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Brtos of tbc Mult. 
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. 
Monday, July 26th, 18S0. 
The Grand Army of the Kepubllc, of Pennsyl¬ 
vania, completed last Friday a week's oucamp- 
mcnt at Gettysburg, Pa. The citizens of the town 
received their visitors In the most cordial manner 
and the encampment was lu every way a success. 
Those Feaudulent Diplomas. 
The case of Dr. Buchanan of Philadelphia who 
^ as recently detected In selllDg bogus medical 
diplomas, which we noticed In News at the lime, 
Is growing lu Interest. The list of graduates In¬ 
cludes over 1,500 names and embraces tUe twenty 
two years from 1858 to 18 0. The amount of fraud 
which imohannn has perpetrated Is almost Incal¬ 
culable. in the jear 1880, although only thirty 
students were in attendance, his list or graduates 
for that year figures up 105, and this large figure 
does not Include those diplomas which were ante¬ 
dated-a-s many more in number. The returns 
from New Jersey show that, tor every one lu his 
lists there are seven more that have been unte- 
d ited, and not in tits lists. If the same ratio holds 
good in every other State, then he has sold over 
11,01)0 diplomas. The number of dlplomascredltcd 
by him l o Europe and Germany Is less than twent y. 
That figure is ridiculously small, In view of the 
complaints lodged at Washington by our Ministers 
and consuls abroad. All diplomas of Doctor of 
Dental Surgery issued by him arc bogus. Buchan- 
an's College has not, and never had the power to 
confer such a degree; nor can It confer the degree 
of Graduate in Pharmacy. In publishing uis re¬ 
ports for the years 1868 and 1869 Buchanan tailed 
to give the States to which the graduates for those 
years belonged. For all the other years this In¬ 
formation has bean obtained But It Is not a 
safe guide In establishing the Identity of any par¬ 
ticular doctor, because many of them have pur¬ 
posely credited themselves to other States so as 
to avoid loo positive an Identification. These 
fraudulent doctois ol medicine, with bogus di¬ 
plomas, who Impose upon an Innocent and confid¬ 
ing public, are scattered all over tbe country and 
they arc even to be found In Europe. To de¬ 
tect a bogus diploma, note tho names written 
thereon and then refer to a list of Buchanan’s 
faculty for the year In which the diploma was Is¬ 
sued; If a name of any person who was not a mem¬ 
ber of the faculty at that time occurs upon It, 
there are. grave reasons lor suspicion. Further, 
any diploma containing the name of John J, Sig- 
glns Is a fraud. All diplomas bearing the name of 
David Dlller. or of R. A Blmpson alter 38T8 are 
fraudulent All diplomas purporting to come 
from the Livingston University of America Is a 
fraud. All diplomas not having the name of 
John Buchanan are frauds. Many an eclectic 
“doctor” may have reason to tremble. 
RECORD OF CHIMES. 
on the 19th Inst, a fearful tragedy occurred at 
PHtSton, Fa. A drunken German shoemaker 
named Just in Hoffman, returned home from a 
day’s debauch and, as usual, began to abuse his 
wife. She sat caressing their little child, and tried 
to soothe him with kind words; but he, on the 
contrary, became furious and seizing a shot gun, 
took deliberate aim at her and the child and fired. 
He then fired a second shot among the children 
playing oubof-doors, wounding two, one his own 
the other hts neighbor’s. The baby was shot 
through the head and died almost Immediately, 
aud his wife was hit in the breast and at last ac¬ 
counts was not expected to live. The murderer 
was lodged In Jail.Another tragedy took 
place at Lyons, N. Y., al90 on the 19th. A farmer 
named Solomon 11. Easterly quarreled with ills 
mother-in-law and ordered her to leave the house. 
On her refusal to do so, he dealt her a heavy blow 
on-the head with an ax, from which she soon ex¬ 
pired. lie then altacked his wife with the same 
murderous Instrument and kilted her, and next he 
drowned himself in the Clyde River in two feet of 
water Ho was said to be worth $20,000, was a 
temperate man and had but recently returned 
from Florida. 
TOO RlOn IN SILVER. 
The accumulation of coined sliver In the Treas¬ 
ury and sub-Trcasurles of the United States Is so 
great that It Is very hard to find proper storage 
room lor It. By tho act of Fob. 28 , 1878, the Sec- 
re'ary of the Treasury was directed to coin not 
less than $2,000,000 worth of silver bullion, nor 
more than $1,00(1,000, each month. The vaults of 
tho Government now contain $70,000,000 In silver 
coin, of which $15,500,000 arc in dollars, and the 
remainder In smaller pieces. The Government 
also has on hand $ 6 , 000,000 worth of stiver bullion. 
This amount of coin takes up a great deal of room. 
The hulk of the load is carried In San Francisco 
and New York, Notice has been received Horn 
San Francisco that the overcrowded vaults wilt 
hold no more. 11 la impossible lo Induce the people 
to hold and use this silver as currency. It returns 
to the Treasury very soon alter It has been paid 
out, la payment of duties or lu exchange for stiver 
certldcates, a great many of which are In circula¬ 
tion, aud still the work of coining the unpopular 
money goes steadily on, In compliance with the 
law. at the rate of $2,324,000 a month. This has 
been the average for 27 mouths, the total lor these 
months being nearly $63,000,000 three-quarters of 
which remain In the Treasury. 
The President has appointed the following! 1 ost- 
masters : Ole Selwig, at Wllbnaun, Minn,; 11. J. 
NOrlUrup, Saginaw, Mich.; Oscar Eaton, Bryan, 
Ohto; Miss Sarah L. Christie, Nyack, N. Y. 
Ilarry English, a notorious outlaw, who has for a 
long time been the terror of northwestern Penn¬ 
sylvania, has been captured In Michigan, ilarry 
is a lumberman, nearly seven feet high, weighing 
250 pounds, though not fleshy, shrewd, courageous, 
cold-blooded and desperate. lie had committed 
several forgeries in Bradford, Pa. When discov¬ 
ered. and an attempt was made to arrest him. he 
killed two of the officers and wounded several oth¬ 
ers. He then escaped to the woods and could not 
be found until a short time ago he turned up In a 
lumber camp In northern Mtcblgan, and he was 
arrested by a detective from Philadelphia wbo 
disguised himself as a lumberman and became 
intimate with English. A reward ot $ 2,200 was 
offered for his arrest.George Hunt, a resi¬ 
dent of Bye, and Warren Mead of New Rochelle, 
attempted to cross the railroad in a wagon at 
Port Chester, N. Y., as an express train was comlDg 
at full speed. The wagon was caught by the en¬ 
gine and reduced to klndllDg wood; the two men 
were thrown 30 feet from the crossing and Instant¬ 
ly killed, and the horses were hurled down a steep 
embankment, and also killed _Early on the 
morning of the 22d Inst., a sad accident occurred 
here. The tunnel which Is being excavated under 
the Hudson River caved In, and twenty-one work¬ 
men were burled alive. It will yet take about 10 
days to build a coffer-dam and make an exca val Ion 
to the spot where tbe unfortunate men are sup¬ 
posed to lie. 
Dr. 'l'anner, the si arvlng man at Clarendon Hall, 
Is still alive, and as lively as a cricket. Ue drinks 
water, hut otherwise Is still a teetotaller as far as 
abstinence from other liquids and food Is con¬ 
cerned. At noon to-day he will complete his fourth 
week and enter upon his firth, lie has spoken hut 
little of late, and he passes a groat deal or his time 
In sleep, a symptom which the doctors regard as 
favorable. The marvel Is, that a man who has 
fasted four weeks Is living at all, 
CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE IN NEW YORK. 
The world-renowned and time-honored Alexan¬ 
drian obelisk, “Cleopatra’s Needle,” which was 
purchased by one of our citizens to be erected In 
New York, has arrived safely In this port. The 
Alexandrian obelisk Is about 3,500 years old, hav¬ 
ing been set up In Heliopolis by Thothmes III., at 
least l.coO years before Christ,, it Is an entire 
shaft of granlle, covered with hieroglyphics de¬ 
scriptive ot the power of Thothmes It weighs 196 
tons, and Is 69 feet and six inches long. At the 
top It Is live feet 5\ Inches square, and seven feet 
square, at the base. The lnscilptlons on the apex 
ot the obelisk are much more finely cut than those 
on the sides. The Inscriptions on the side which 
has for 19 centuries faced the Mediterranean Sea 
have been partly destroyed, hut the other sides 
are considered to be perfect, and have been de¬ 
ciphered by many scholars. Including Champollton 
and Kircher. The pyramldold on the first side 
contains a carving of Thothmes represented as a 
sphinx seated on a pedestal, in both hands 
he holds a jar of wine, and the Inscription on the 
pedestal calls him “ the powerful hull, crowned on 
the city of Western Thebes, the Son of the Sun t 
Tahullmes” (Thothmes). The monarch Is repre¬ 
sented as making a gift of wine. A lot more of 
signs arid figures which may Interest students, 
but are very monotonous to the general render, is 
round upon It. The obelisk will be erected In cen¬ 
tral Park. 
FO REIGN. 
The British Isles Just now are unusually devoid 
of Interesting news, in England the chief matters 
of parliamentary Importance relate to the land 
question. Government, sometime back, Intro¬ 
duced a bill called the " Hares and Babbits Bill ” 
with avlew or giving tenant farmers the right, of 
killing all ground game on 1 heir holdings; but the 
opposition was so vigorous that the measure has 
been dropped for the present. Another bill sup¬ 
ported by the administration, lor the relief ot Irish 
tenant farmers who may be unable to pay tbelr 
rent owing to tbe prevailing distress, and there¬ 
fore liable to be evicted by tbelr landlords without 
compensation for any improvements they may 
have put on their holdings, Is being bitterly op- 
posed by the Irish and English landed Interests 
and It Is doubtful whether It will be passed. This 
morning’s cablegrams say that all crops are In 
such a fine condition In Ireland, that the relief 
committees organized to distribute help to the des¬ 
titute, say they will soon close up affairs, as no 
furiher aid Is needed. Great Britain has not yet 
got rid ol her difficulties In Afghanistan, though 
since the accession of the Gladstone Ministry, she 
has been trying hard to get out of the trouble and 
the country. Lately Abdurrahain, an uncle of the 
deposed Y’akoob Khan, was named his successor 
with the consent of the British, who prepared to 
evacuate the place at once, atter securing to them¬ 
selves a mountainous strip ot the counlry adjoin¬ 
ing British India and giving them command of the 
chief passes and an easy entrance into the land In 
case of future diffeullles, besides affording them 
Bcacousfleld’s “ scientific frontier” good against 
any possible tuture Russian aggression from that 
quarter. The latest; news, however, says that 
Ayoob Khan, another rival chief, Is marching at 
the head of a formidable rabble to dispute Abdur¬ 
rahman's title. This will doubtless cause fresh 
trouble for the British and probably delay their 
departure. 
m, Franco the Government has just given a lull 
amnesty to Ibo banished and Imprisoned com¬ 
munists who creat ed such havoc In Paris lu 18T1. 
Tho measure was strongly opposed by the Mon¬ 
archists and tbe Bonaparilals on the ground that 
many of the wretches were guilty of crimes for 
which a life-long Imprisonment was a mild pun. 
lshment. and that their return to France would 
Inaugurate fresh scenes of disturbance and an¬ 
archy. Gambelta, however, and hlH followers 
were successful in carrying the amneatry, and the 
first use Che returned radica ls are making of their 
pardon is bitterly to assail Gambetta and his ad¬ 
herents as milk-and-water Republicans. The last 
report says that Gambetta Is negotiating with 
the Bonapat lists to tom a union of that party with 
the moderate Republicans to oppose tho red repub¬ 
licanism of the amnestied radicals and thelrrabble 
adherents. For the rest, crops are above tbe aver¬ 
age of the last three years; the army Is better dis¬ 
ciplined, more numerous and In everyway more 
powerful than it has been ever be/bne, evon In tho 
days the Great Napoleon, and there la little doubt 
but that even t he Germans would find in it a much 
more formidable antagonists than the paper army 
of Napoleon the Little proved. 
At the same time that the outlawed commun¬ 
ists are received with rejoicings by their asso¬ 
ciates and given aid by the government, the lat¬ 
ter has peremptorily baolshed the Jesuits on ac¬ 
count of a nearly forgotten law passed about 
1S16, and which neliher King, Rupubllc nor F.ni- 
peror had ever since thought of enforcing. The 
same law applies with equal force to nearly all 
tho other religious orders In France, but It Is highly 
doubtful whether the Goverment will dare to en¬ 
force It against them for fear of the consequent 
popular commotion. Meanwhile the Jesuits are 
receiving much sympathy and help, and many of¬ 
fers of asylum In other countries, and a large 
batch of 1 hem are corning hither. 
In Germany Bismarck Is taking a holiday and 
all things are quiet, lor tho present,. Crops are 
poor on the whole—below an average, and a good 
deal of trouble Is expected from the probable 
drain of gold from the country to pay for foreign 
cereals, the Importation or which will probably be 
heavy despite the import duties lately placed upon 
them to the Joy of the native farmer but to the 
discontent of other classes. 
lu Tta'y the chief trouble Is how to support an 
enormous army on so slim a revenue as the trade 
of the country can afford. Of lute there has 
been a growing excitement about the repeal of an 
odious grist tax imposed a few years ago. and 
which bore with crushing weight on the lower 
orders. It has Just been repealed to the discon¬ 
tent of the Government who don’t see where the 
necessary revenue Is to come from. In Spain the 
most notable topic now, Is the approaching birth 
of the first child ot the young king and queen, the 
ex-Archduchesa of Austria. 
Tn Russia there has lately been little or no trou¬ 
ble from the Nihilists. There Is, however, a 
good prospect that the country will soon he em¬ 
broiled In war with China ; both sides are now 
making vigorous preparations for the contest, 
The trouble Is about the old Chinese province of 
Kuldja which Russia held possession of during 
the internal troubles In China a few years 
ago. Now China reclaims It, and Russia says 
she will yield 11 only after her expenses 
there have been paid and her native irlends 
guaranteed safety. The Muscovite war against the 
Turcomans is being pushed by Gen. Skobeloff, 
who distinguished himself so much at Plevna and 
elsewhere during the Turko-Russlan war. By the 
way there Is a report that he has been captured 
by tho Turcomans and beheaded. 
The main subject ot Interest In Europe, however, 
Is the difficulty between Turkey on one side and 
Greece and Montenegro on the other. By the 
treaty of Berlin Turkey had to cede some territory 
to both of them, and hitherto ibis has not been 
done. Montenegro was to have a part of Albania, 
but the Albanians, one of the most warlike tribes 
In the world, hate the Montenegrins equally bel¬ 
ligerent. Turkey, instead of handing over the 
territory, merely withdrew her forces and told 
Montenegro to take it. The Albanians at once 
flew to arms, and, bo, up to to-day much threaten¬ 
ing and a little occasional bloodshed have marked 
the dispute. To Greece the Porte refused to yield 
even half of the, country suggested by the Berlin 
treaty, and lately a conterence of the Powers that 
signed that treaty was held al Berlin to decide, 
how much territory Turkey should .yield to Greece. 
They ordained that Janlna, Larissa and Melzovo 
with a strip or territory a little less than Greece 
demanded, but a great, deal more than Turkey 
was willing to yield, should be handed over to 
Greece. The Porte refuses to do so, however, and 
both Turkey and Greece are busy preparing for 
war. Should this break out, no one can tell where 
It will end, as it, Is not Improbable that It may lead 
to a general European struggle. 
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
The July report of the Department of Agri¬ 
culture shows the condition of the tobacco crop 
as follows;' Acreage as compared with last 
year, in Massachusetts, os per cent.; Connecticut, 
115; New York, 104; 1 ennsylvanla, 113; Maryland, 
60; Virginia, 75; North Carolina, 109; Tennessee, 
92 ; Kentucky, 98; Ohio, 102; Indiana, 89; Illinois, 
99; Wisconsin, 104; Missouri, 91. These States 
raise more than nine-tenths of all the tobacco 
raised In the country. The States wbleh grow the 
bulk of the seed leaf tobacco, viz, Connecticut, 
New York and Pennsylvania, are Increasing their 
product Tho condition of the crop for the whole 
country Is slightly below that, of last year. 
The famous herd of Polled Angus cattle owned by 
the late Mr. W. McComtote, ot TUlyfour, Scotland, 
some prize groups of which have been illustrated 
In the Rural, Is advertised for sale by auction on 
August 26_On Tuesday, July SO, the Board 
of Control of the projected New York state Agri¬ 
cultural Experimental Station assembled at tho 
American institute In this city, In accordance 
with a resolution passed at their meeting in 
Albany on the 14t,h?nst. The following Is the 
complete list ot the members ol the boardGov¬ 
ernor Alonzo B. Cornell, President; General N. 
Martlu Curtis, of Ogdensburg, President of the 
State Agricultural Society, Secretary; W. A. Arm¬ 
strong, Master of the State Grange; Patrick Barry 
of Rochester, President of the State Horticultural 
society; James McCann, President or tho Elmira 
Farmer’s Club; Samuel Campbell, of Utica, Presi¬ 
dent of the Central New York Farmers club; 
Sbelby Heed, of ScottavUle, President of the Wes - 
era New York Farmer’s Club, whose headquarters 
are In Rochester; Robert J. Dodge, President of 
the American Institute Farmer’s Club; Robert J. 
Swan, or Geneva, and Richard Church, or Belvl- 
dere, Alleghany County, both of whom were 
elected at this meeting, the others having been 
chosen at Albany, as mentioned here In our last 
Issue, After some discussion on general topics, 
the meettng'was adjourned until August, 4t,h, when 
the site of the Experiment Station will he decided 
upon. Some consider that Cornell University, 
Ithaca, N. Y. Is the most suitable place, as the 
University has already started an Experiment Sta¬ 
tion of Its own; w hile others maintain that some 
place on Long Island, not far from this city, would 
he the most suitable situation. The Director 
of the Station will he chosen at the same 
time the site is determined upon. 
Peaches are arriving In New York In sufficient 
quantities 1 0 meet the demand, The chief variety 
Is Hale’s Early. '1’hey bring readily $t. 50 a basket. 
Of other varieties there will he Troth’s Early 
rrom lower Delaware and lower Maryland, and 
some very nice ones from along tho Delaware and 
Dorchester Railroad, and from Laurel, Delaware. 
Tbe crop, both In Delaware and Maryland, Is very 
large, and the coming week will bring some very 
heavy shipments by rail. New Jersey will only 
have a fair crop, but larger than last season’s. In 
tbe lower end of Cumberland County It will he a 
total failure. The greater portion or the late fruit 
comes from the Hudson River towns. The yield 
this year is large.Borne time back we com¬ 
mented upon a report that was “going the rounds,” 
to the effect that the Earl ol Duuonore, bad pur¬ 
chased a vast tract In Montana, and Intended to 
slock It with great, herds of cattle to be Improved 
by heavy Importations of English thoroughbreds. 
Last week lie sailed from tbls port tor home and 
before his departure emphat ically contradict this 
sensational rumor.Russia denies that 
she Intends to forbid the export of cereals, and 
says the reports of failures of crops are greatly 
exaggerated. 
value of domestic breadstuffs exported from 
the United States In June, $2S, 049 ,859; June, 1879, 
$17,210,710; during the 12 mouths ending June 
30, 1SS0, $277,326,762 ; same period In 1879, $201,- 
76,499 .Reports from Monroe, Mich., state 
that a severe storm broke over that city on the 18th 
lust., and destroyed much property. Hall and rain 
tell tn enormous quantities with frightful velocity. 
Many hailstones were of the size of chestnuts. Gul¬ 
dens, orchards, and fields were destroyed In a few 
moments. More than so acres of choice Catawbo i 
Concord, and Delaware grapes were utterly ruin¬ 
ed, entailing a loss of nearly $10,000. The damages 
to windows aud dwellings was also great. The 
total loss will not fall short of $75,000.The 
report of the Veterinary Department of the British 
Privy Council shows that during the week ending 
June 26 ,42,205 animals w ere exported from Ireland 
to Great. Britain, including 12,088 cattle; 26,521 
sheep; 2,649 swine; 128 horses; 198 gouts; 20 asses 
and only one mule. .During the whole month 
of June the number of stock shipped from the 
United States and Canada for Liverpool, England, 
was as follows: Of cattle, 10,642 were shipped, of 
which 114 were lost on the passage; of sheep, 9 .- 
435 were shipped and 171 lost; 502 pigs were ship¬ 
ped and 21 lost. The loss In transit was therefore 
only a fraction over one per cent. In cattle, and a 
little over one and three-quarters per cent in 
sheep. There was an lucrease of 6,185 animals In 
June compared with the returns for May. 
The potato blight has shown Itself In several parts 
of county Clare, Ireland, and also in several 
other counties.Out ot 32,237,958 sheep 
which the agricultural returns gave as tho 
number of sheep In the United Kingdom last mid¬ 
summer, rot has destroyed a total of 2,889 ,000 
equal to nine per cent, of the sheep and lambs lu 
the country. To this must be added the deficiency 
of the present season’s lambs and the loss by the 
death of breeding ewes, so that It Is computed 
that five and a quarter million sheep and lambs 
have been lost by the pest ffi one season. 
Halt the oleomargarine Is made in Holland. Mr. 
D. Orlobo de Castro, of Amsterdam, Is now In this 
emu try buying stock for his savory business. 
He gets material la Chicago, St Louis, Louisville, 
Cleveland, Detroit, and Buffalo. Material Is rather 
scarce. The consumption of oleomargarine Is 
steadily growing in Holland and other countries 
w here pasturage Is poor.The entire Import 
of wool at the porta of Boston and New York for tho 
six months of the current year w r ere 73,417,780 lbs, 
an increase of more than 56,000,000 lbs over the 
correspondffig Imports for the first six months ot 
1870.Australian wool can now be laid 
down In Bostou f4@45c. for average lots, and 47@ 
50 for choice, and has been selling of late at about 
the cost of Importing. Tho .Shipping List says 
that it appears that present rate? in that mar¬ 
ket are likely to bo sustained, the extreme 
views ot holders In tho Interior are not likely to 
be realized lor some time to come, and that unless 
some concession Is made, considerable of the clip 
Is likely to remain In the hands of the growers ... 
We learn by a cablegram from London, dated July 
22 , that the report of Clare Sewell Read and Al¬ 
bert Pell, who were sent by the Royal Agricul¬ 
tural Commission to tbe United states and Cana¬ 
da to inquire Into the state ot agriculture, Is pub¬ 
lished. They say that while many of the pre¬ 
vailing conditions are favorable lh America In the 
coutost for agricultural supremacy, still draw¬ 
backs exist which tell in favor of England. The 
severe W Inters suspend agricultural employment. 
Drought, Injurious lnaccta, and In the prairie 
country a sliorl supply or water, endanger the 
crops Western America possesses singular ad¬ 
vantages for slock-raisers, while the Middle states 
afford them excellent pasturage and the Eastern 
Blalcs good markets. The allotment of land, and 
tho termination ot free rouges in the West will In¬ 
crease the cost of cattle-raising, hut the Increased 
consumption by the growing population will en¬ 
hance prices. The success and extension ot the 
growth of lilue-grass opens fresh prospects for the 
grazier, and will lu tiffin bring the improved 
turf under the hoof ot thoroughbred stock, 
or at least of highly-graded cattle.The 
Toronto “Globe” publishes the crop reports 
from over 400 places, every province In the Domin¬ 
ion hut British Columbia being represented. The 
general appearance or tho crops is satisfactory 
Only one crop—Spring wheat—show’s any serious 
