AUG. U 
§28 THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Efius of ffre 8$Uek, 
HOME HEWS. 
Max Burckhardt, editor and proprietor ot the 
Humorist, a German weekly published In San 
Francisco, committed suicide recently by taking 
morphine. The cause ol the act is unknown. He 
was a native ot Berlin, and about BO years or age. 
.S. W. Hoffman, ex-Auditor ot Cincinnati, 
Ohio, was arrested on the 1st Inst ., on the affidavit 
ot Julius Dexter, of the Sinking Fund Commission, 
charging llofTman with the misappropriation ot 
two Cincinnati bonds of 1,000 each while City 
Auditor. Ball was fixed at 85,000.On the 
1st Inst., a large balloon that was used for short 
aerial excursions at Youngstown, Ohio, broke loose 
from Its moorings and went skyward with a man 
and woman In its basket. The balloon rose to a 
great bight, then drifted In a northeasterly direc¬ 
tion and disappeared from view....Hallway 
enterprises to the number of 2S7, and covering a 
contemplated mileage of over 20,000 miles, have 
been reported to our noHee during the past six 
months, as either in process of construction or 
projected, in as states and Territories. Certainly 
these figures are very encouraging to all whose 
business Is In any way connected with railway 
building or operation, as they show the great 
activity In the business.The very latest ex¬ 
pedient for getting rid of the Chinese in C alifornia 
Is to tax the six companies out of existence. 
visitors at Niagara Falls find hackmen, hotel pro¬ 
prietors, and shop-keepers at that place as aggres¬ 
sive this year as usual; for some reason there are 
hut few visitors, however. Nobody has gone over 
the Falls yet this year, hut several persons have 
toppled over precipices by accident or other¬ 
wise. it. is a popular place for aulclders_ ... 
The Iiev, Mr. Adams, of Dunkirk, N. Y., has been 
suspended from the Presbyterian church for 
heresy. Hla offence consisted in that he an¬ 
nounced in a sermon that he could not believe in 
eternal punishment.The Public Printer 
having refused to allow the employes under him 
pay for Che Fourth of July, a committee of printers 
paid a visit to First Controller Lawrence, of the 
Treasury, to get a decision from mm regarding the 
legafity of the withholding of pay for public holi¬ 
days. Judge Lawrence Informed the committee 
that he was not at that time ready to make a final 
decision, hut would hold the case under advise¬ 
ment. The Judge decided the sd Inst, that the 
employes are entitled to receive pay for public 
holidays. This decision l.s of interest, as It may be 
taken as a precedent for similar cases— 
UTKS SIONINfl THE TREATY. 
A special dispatch from Los Pinos, under date 
of August 2d, says: “ Indians were struggling Into 
the Commissioners’quarters all day yesterday to 
sign the treaty. The chiefs having signed the 
agreement, the others were fearful that unless 
their names were, forwarded to Washington they 
would receive no part, of the $60,ooo which the 
Commission la authorised to pay out as soon as ar¬ 
rangements for the removal ol the Utes are 
perfected, which will probably be some time next 
Fall. The commissioners will probably leave 
here about, the 4th Inst, for the South Ute agency, 
except Col. Meacham, who will remain at Los 
Pinos to take the census. The removal of the 
Utes is only a question or time, and the Commis¬ 
sioners are hurrying matters as fast as possible. 
A year from this Fall will probably see the reser- 
tlon open to settlement.” 
The new Iron bridge across the Ked River, on 
the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Rail¬ 
way, is completed, and trains will now cross. Its 
length is 788 feel between the abutments. There 
Is a draw span 800 ieet. In length, a fixed span of 
312 feet, and two fixed spans of ss feet eaefi. The 
bridge Is a first-class one In every respect. 
THE ALABAMA ELECTION. 
The election held In Alabama on the 2d Inst., 
was for a full ticket of State and county officers. 
An Immense vote was brought out. As in a great 
many Democratic counties there were no nomina¬ 
tions, each candidate brought votes to tne Demo¬ 
cratic state ticket. The Republicans had no ticket 
In the field, and supported the Greenback ticket, 
though there was no regular organization through¬ 
out the State. The vote for that ticket will be 
very small. The returns so far received show 
large gains for the Democrats Jn the counties oi 
the Congressional district now represented by 
Mr. Lowe. Mr. Lowe’s district Is the Eighth, and 
consists of the counties of Colbert, Franklin, Jack- 
son, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, 
and Morgan. The Democratic majority will not 
be less than 50,000, and returns indicate a larger 
majority than that If the same ratio is kept up by 
the oi her counties. Retai ns from Mobile county 
show a clean sweep ior the Democrats against the 
Republicans and Greenbackers. The lowest can¬ 
didate on the Democratic ticket will have i,uoo 
majority. Special dispatches say that Tuscaloosa, 
Perry, Dallas. Bullock, Macon, and .Montgomery 
counties have gone heavily Democratic. The re¬ 
turns from Madison, Limestone, and Morgan coun¬ 
ties are also highly favorable to the Democratic 
ticket. 
The election in Utah resulted In the liberals 
carrying a part of their ticket In two counties..... 
Out of 18 judicial districts In Kentucky, ihe demo¬ 
crats have just carried ia.The opinion gen¬ 
erally prevalent that the South would lose some 
eight to ten Congressmen by the new apportion¬ 
ment resulting from the new census, does not 
seem to be borne out by tbe preliminary returns. 
A part of the present representation may be trans¬ 
ferred from the eastern to the western ot the 
southern (States, as will a portion of the eastern 
northern States to the western. 
The female popuia Ion figures prominently In 
the census returns or Colorado, the youngest. In 
the sisterhood of States, and ranges all the way 
from more than a third, in a comparatively aged 
town like Denver, to 8794 among Leadvfile’s i6,isi 
people and 686 to the 4674 In the newer mining 
town, Sliver Cliff.One great trouble with 
Edison’s electric light has been to get an engine 
that would run the dynamo-electric machine fast 
and steady enough. Tne Southwark Iron foundry 
at Philadelphia Is now trying to see what It can 
do, and proposes to turn out a 100 horse-power 
engine that will make goo revolutions to the min¬ 
ute.The most disastrous fire which has 
visited Buffalo, N. Y., for some years broke out in 
Dewitt’s planlng-mlll last week and swept over an 
area a quarter of a mile long and about soo feet 
broad; loss$225,oou, Insurance 8195,0m).The 
census office says that tlie cotal population or the 
United States will be a little over 49 , 000 , 000 . The 
official count will be needed to determine whether 
Ohio or Illinois Is the third state of the Union In 
population... .Fifteen disguised white men 
went to the house of Joe Thompson, a colored 
man, 20 rnllesfrom Atlanta, Ga, last week, dragged 
him out, beat him and fils wife fearfully, fatally 
shot Ills son, and killed Ills daughter. There Is 
great Indignation throughout the county, and a 
citizens’ meeting ar Jonesboro denounced the kill¬ 
ing and offered $50n reward for the murderers. 
The state authorities are also determined that the 
murders shall be property avenged. Gov. Colquitt 
and the Gate City Guards of Atlanta have taken 
the seven prisoners arrested from Jonesboro to 
Atlanta for safe keeping, and other arrests are 
expected to follow. John Gray, the leader of the 
gang had recently been prosecuted by Thompson, 
and been convicted ot assault and battery. 
information comes from Texas that what Is 
known as the Grand Army ol Occupation organi¬ 
zation, whose object is Che Invasion of Mexico 
under General Dalrymple, la assuming consider¬ 
able proporuous. Three hundred men are en¬ 
rolled In Austin and vlclulty, and tne first regi¬ 
ment of Texas cavalry, ot whlcn C'ol. Armstrong, 
of Austlu, is commanding officer, has 300 members 
and recruiting Is gotDg on. General F. W. James, 
who Is general of Texas militia, has been given 
command of tne department, embracing Texas, 
New Mexico, Arizona and California. He has ap¬ 
pointed his staff, and consultations have been 
held, but the results have not yet transpired. The 
movement Is attracting a good deal of attention, 
and the belief is expressed that If the government 
doesnotlntertereserious trouble will result. 
At Tyro, in Davidson county, Va., a few nights 
ago, Uriah Phelps ejected some negroes from his 
store. Anticipating further difficulty, he secured 
the services of o. W. Chick, a young man addicted 
to sleep-walklug. The men watched in the store 
halt the night and then fell asleep. .Subsequently 
Chick got, up and cut off Phelps' head with an ax. 
Chick was arrested. He claimed he knew nothing 
of the deed till some time after it was committed. 
Chick’s habit of sleep-walking and the friendly 
relations of tne two men turn publio opinion in 
Ills favor.The earnings of the Chicago and 
Northwestern Railroad for July show an lucrease 
of $390,000.The Illinois (Secretary of state 
nas licensed the Metropolitan Elevated Railway 
of Chicago, it has a capital ol $5,000,000. 
On the oth Inst, the Italian wife murderer, Balbo, 
paid the penalty of LUe crime with his life, stren¬ 
uous efforts Uad been made to Induce Governor 
cornel! to commute tne sentence, but he declared 
that he was unable to justify himself In any inter¬ 
ference with the execution of tne law. Balbo was 
hanged In the Tombs, New York city, early In the 
day.secretary Evarts has been notified that 
an American missionary named Harris lias been 
murdered by tne Turks near Constantinople. The 
government promises reparation. Tne slayers of 
Dr. Parsons and his two servants, murdered 
near Isrnld the other day, have been arrested. 
Tney are nomad Turks, and have confessed. 
THE NOTORIOUS UENDKK FAMILY. 
Two tramps, an old man aud woman, supposed 
to be the notorious John Bender and wile, who 
committed the wholesale murders on the Bender 
farm In Labette county, Kansas, tn 1872 and 1873, 
were arrested at Fremont, Nebraska, on the 
29th ult., since whlcn tune an effort has been made 
to prove the character of the parties, and has re¬ 
sulted in the general boiler that the notorious 
outlaws are at last in custody. They call them¬ 
selves McGi'eggor ami have been living among the 
Sioux Indians lor a year or more. The woman Is 
six feet la bight and very stout, weighing over 
200 pounds, neuder is also a man ol very large 
irauie. Reporters and officials nave succeeded in 
getting very complete uontessions from uic two 
that tuey are the identical Benders concerned lu 
the various murders, aud they were on theith 
instant taken to Kansas oy the sheriff and assist¬ 
ants. It was reported that young John aud Kate 
Bender were somewnere In the neighborhood ol 
Omaha, but they have not been round. 
Elizabeth Monahan, or .Seabright, N .* J„ died on 
the 7th, room tne effects of a druggist's mistake in 
putting up a solution of morphine instead or Ep¬ 
som salts.The completion or the Washing¬ 
ton monument at Washington was began on the 
7th. 
The annual rule of mortality, according to the 
most recent weekly returns, In Calcutta was is; 
Bombay, 31; Madras, 81; Paris, 26. Geneva, 21; 
Brussels, 24, Amsterdam, 20 ; Rotterdam, 24 ; the 
Hague, IB; Copenhagen, 25; .Stockholm, 24; Chris¬ 
tiania, Itf; St, Petersburg, 48; Berlin, 38; Ham¬ 
burg, 23 ; Dresden, 18; Breslau, 31; Munich, 3a; 
Vienna, 27; Buua-Pesth, 41; Venice, 24; Alexandria, 
40; New York, 24; Brooklyn, 17; Philadelphia, 
17; and Baltimore, 28 . is mall-pox caused 48, 
measles, 39, and typhoid rever 20 deaths In Paris. 
.Bradlord, Penn., July 2 s.—Dr. A. G. Hop¬ 
kins was to-night held for trial on the charge of 
involuntary manslaughter in carlessiy prescribing 
morphia—iusteaff of calomel—irom the effects ot 
wlilCu Mr. A. McOarroii, Ula patient, tiled on Sat¬ 
urday... Iranvllle, Va., July 2s.—In Patrick 
County, last Friday, Pink De Hurt met Amos 
Wooivlne on horseback, wlib Mrs. Bart be¬ 
hind him. An altercation ensued between tne 
men, ending by De Hart snooting Wooivlne with a 
revolver Through the torehead and neck, killing 
him instantly. De Hart then went to Patrick 
Courthouse and surrendered himself. He suspect¬ 
ed that Improper relations existed between his 
wife and Wooivlne. 
FOREIGN. 
The dispute between Turkey and Greece and 
Montenegro remains In statu fjuo, with the proba¬ 
bility growing stronger that Moutenegro will he 
placated by the cession of Dullgno, Instead of a 
part of Albania, which It would be hard to baud 
over In the teeth of Its bra ve Inhabitants, and still 
harder to retain. The Powers seem to * weaken ” 
a trifle on their demand of territory to be ceded to 
Greece, The fact is that while they are anxious 
that their wishes should be obeyed, neither of 
them is willing to begin hostilities to enforce 
obedience, as no one knows where the war would 
end, once begun. Moreover, the illness of Mr. 
Gladstone, which has been severe though nearly 
over, has somewhat retarded measures, for he Is 
the greatest pbllohellenlst In Europe. Then 
again, the trouble out In Afghanistan, menacing 
the security of tbe British Empire of India, makes 
Englishmen regard the Interests of Greece, just 
now, as mere trifles. It la not unlikely, therefore, 
that Greece will, for t he present, have to rest con¬ 
tent with a good deal less t han she wants of her 
neighbor’s property, In the belief that when the 
••sick man ’’dies, she will get a proportionately' 
larger slice ot his land than she might otherwise 
obtain_In South America the war between Chill 
aud Peru still drags Its slow aud cruel length 
along. In Lima there Is an ugly report that some 
Peruvians entered Mosquequa, where the victori¬ 
ous Chilians had left their wounded In care of the 
natives, and murdered every one of them. It Is also 
said tlie Chilians have sent, a force to wreak a ter¬ 
rible vengeance. In Callao Bay a Chilian trans¬ 
port has been sunk by a Peruvian torpedo with a 
loss of about iso men out of less than 200 . 
In England, just as predicted here last week, tlie 
Compensation tor Disturbances bill has beeu over¬ 
whelmingly defeated in the House of Lords, quite 
a large number of Liberal lords having opposed 
its passage as vigorously as the whole body ot the 
Conservatives, in Ireland, where now the relax¬ 
ing grip of the landlord Is again thus tightened on 
the tenant, the discontent is loud aud deep. The 
Government has already sent 1,000 troops trom 
England Into the most discontented districts, and 
more are held In readiness for embarkation, should 
any' disturbances break out. Most likely an agita¬ 
tion will be started in favor of the abolition of the 
Bouse of Lords, but It will be generations before 
Ibat will take place. The late disaster In Afghan¬ 
istan absorbs public attention Just now, and re-ln- 
torccments are being pushed forward as rapidly as 
possible, 1,000 troops having already left South¬ 
ampton tor the scene of war. Gen. Stewart has 
left cabool with his forces to relieve Candahar 
which 13 beset, by Ayoob Khan, who has taken 
several small places on the British line of retreat 
or of succor. There is a good chance that a great 
deal more 01 the Afghans will join the victorious 
standard, but of course, almost like our Indian 
wars, Uie triumph ot the white man Is a mere 
question of time. 
Sir Bartle Frere to whose mismanagement as 
Governor of England’s South African dependen¬ 
cies the Zulu war and other troubles In that sec¬ 
tion have been widely attributed, has been re¬ 
called. The conservatives and the Queen herseli 
were strongly opposed to this step, but public 
opinion demanded It, and the government has 
been obliged to yield.Gladstone’s sickness 
has caused a great deal of anxiety throughout the 
world during the week, but he Is now declared 
out ot danger.Servla and Bulgaria are re¬ 
ported to have formed an offensive and de¬ 
fensive treaty, In view ot probable trouble be¬ 
tween Turkey and her neighbors. 
it is now stated positively, after bavlng been as 
positively contradicted, that the Baroness Bur- 
dett-coults, tne greatest living heiress and philan¬ 
thropist, is about to marry Mr. Ashmead Bartlett, 
an American by birth, who has acted as her secre¬ 
tary and almoner for some years. By becoming 
bis wife the Baroness will lose a large portion of 
her income—to the extent, it Is said, ol 85uo,ooo a 
year, In accordance with the will of tne Dueness 01 
St. Albans, who left her a vast property on con¬ 
dition that if she married an alien or natuarallzed 
Citizen, her Interest In the Coutts Bank and other 
properties should cease. The Baroness is oc; Mr. 
Ashmead not yet 29 .in Italy the clericals 
have gained great victories at tne municipal elec¬ 
tions at Florence and Rome, bavlng returned 12 
candidates out 01 14 vacancies.Russia Is to 
nave new flotillas of revenue cutters In the Baltic 
and Mediterranean, to be under the Minister of 
Finance in peace, but to belong to the Navy In war 
time. 
In France the victory of the Republicans at tbe 
late election for counclls-General which, in turn, 
elect senators, has proved much greater than was 
expected from last week’s advices—they have 
elected more than three times as many as their 
opponents combined. This gives a certainty of 
tbelr success at the general elections next Bum¬ 
mer. In Germany the unusually large tide of 
emigration to this country Is causing no small 
uneasiness, as much of the bone and sinew of the 
country and, above all, of the “food for powder" 
is thereby lost. Bismarck Is In temporary retire¬ 
ment for his health’s sake, and all things are 
therefore quiet and uninteresting. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Reese Owen, a Pittsburgh pork packer, has 
failed. LlabUltles, $160,000.The railroads 
are dolug an enormous business lu moving grain 
eastward. Yesterday week 1,500 car-loads ot grain 
passed Poughkoepsie, N. Y., which la an unprece¬ 
dented number for any one day.The land 
question in California Is summed up by a Califor¬ 
nia paper In tbls way: There are about 100 , 000,000 
acres of land In California. A little less than half 
of this area Is unsurveyed, or about 45 , 000,000 
acres. There Is not much exceeding 4 . 000,000 
acres under cultivation, although something more 
than 6 , 000,000 acres are Inclosed with fences. 
There are 5 , 000,000 or 6 . 000,000 acres of land, more 
or less, which can be bought for from $1.25 per 
acre up to $7.A shrewd farm hand bought 
for $ 1 60 tbe big meteor which fell lu Emmet County, 
Iowa, last year, and was laughed at by hl 3 com¬ 
rades tor what they conceived to be his Idiocy. 
He has now sold It to the British Museum for 
*WS 00 .A miller at Poplar Bluff, Mo., was 
noted for never fulfilling a promise. No grist, was 
ever ready on time. Tbe other day an exasper¬ 
ated customer, who had come twenty miles 
to meet with tbe usual disappointment, fell 
upon him with a knife and klilled him. 
A Parliamentary return, just Issued, of cases of 
eviction which have come under the knowledge of 
the constabulary in Ireland shows that during 
1877, 400 families were evicted; in 1878, 834families; 
and in 1SS9 there were 1.09S. During the current 
year, up to June 20 , there have been i,oe> families 
evicted. The aim ot Mr. Foister’s bill was to pre¬ 
vent further extermination. Hence landlords’ op¬ 
position.The tenants ot an estate In Lein¬ 
ster have combined not to pay rent, but to post¬ 
pone payment. On the laudlord remonstrating 
with one of them, and pointing out the unpleas¬ 
antness of their probable future relations, the man 
replied: “Well, yer know I can’t pay yez the 
rent, but If you’re anyways short. I’ll lend you It. 
. The Russian newspapers report that much 
mischief Is being done to the crops In southern 
Russia by locusts and other Insect pests, in the 
district of Rasachs 5 ,000 men were da lly employed 
in the work of extirpation. On the railway Irom 
Tlfils to Pot! the locusts lay so thick on the line 
that the trains were obstructed. The steppes of 
he Don have been swept bare ot all vegetation, as 
if a fire had passed over the land. Fourteen com¬ 
panies of soldiers are employed in the Odessa dis¬ 
trict in destroying these Bisect plagues. The mis¬ 
chief Is not confined to the south; swarms of 
locusts have been observed also In the northern 
governments. A huge swarm passed by Moscow 
In the middle ot June at an elevation of from 70 to 
100 feet.Sweet corn Is canned In Clrclevilie. 
O., at the rate of 750,000 cans per acre, at an estab¬ 
lishment which has been several years In success- 
operation. They grow their own corn, sometimes 
planting 500 acres. Boston Is their usual market. 
.The French Ministry of Commerce has, for 
the first time published the statistics or the im¬ 
ports of cattle and pigs Into France. The return 
applies to the first four months of 18S0, and shows 
that 87,ooo head of cattle, 575,0oo sheep and 93,000 
pigs were Imported. Of these, only isi oxen, 1,045 
sheep, and 20 pigs were brought from America, the 
principal Importer ol oxen being Italy. 
Baron J. J. Vau den Wyngaert, President of the 
German Millers’ Assoclatlan, Is vlslilag this coun¬ 
try, at the request of the German government, to 
Inspect the various wbeat-growlng regions and the 
methods of milling. He praises Minnesota and 
northern Dakota as the best wheat-growing States. 
He says that great Id jury Is done to farmers of 
that section by grain merchants and elevator men, 
Inasmuch as their choice wheat comes to European 
dealers so mixed with Inferior grades that It Is 
much depreciated, and Russian wheat, not nearly 
so good, has to be used to give proper strength to 
the flour.Thrashers in Indiana state the 
wheat, In that State is light this season. Several 
experiments show that a hundred bushels of the 
growth of this year weigh only as much aB ninety- 
two bushels raised last year. The light weight Is 
evidently due to the hot weather in June which 
hastened the growth of the grain too rapidly.... 
.. ..The North American Beekeepers’ society will 
hold its annual session at Cincinnati, Ohio, on 
Wednesday, Thursday and Fi lday, September 29, 
80 and Oct. 1 , isso. commencing at 10 A. M. 
In Canada the Grand Trunk authorities have re¬ 
ceived their annual report of the state of the crops 
rrom 159 places on the line of the railroad, from 
the Ntate of Maine, in the East, to Detroit, In the 
West. The report states that Fall wheat was part¬ 
ly winter-killed In some sections between Toronto 
and Port Hope; from Toronto to (Sarnia it is very 
good, and promises a yield of twenty-five to forty 
bushels to the acre. .Spring wheat In many places 
Is badly Injured by rust, and, to ail appearances, 
will fall considerably below an average. Peas 
and corn are generally looking well, and promise 
a large yield. Barley and oats are progressing 
satisfactorily. Hay Is considered above an average 
crop. Clover-seed was partly winter-killed. Flax 
Is excellent, and hops are everywhere looking 
well.The stocks of pork at Chicago and 
New York on August 1 aggregated 107,665 barrels, 
against 223,161 at same date last year—a decrease 
of 25,515 barrels.The stocks of lard in New 
York and Chicago on August i amounted to 174,- 
625 tierces, against 259,046 at same date in 1879— 
a decrease of 84,520 tierces.The stock of 
flour In Chicago August 1 Is reported at 26,325 bar¬ 
rels, against 38,461 on July i and 16,200 on August 
1, 1879. 
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vkoktable Compound has 
done thousands of women more good than the 
medicines or many doctors. It is a positive cure 
for all female oomplalnts. Send to Mrs. Lydia E. 
Pinkham. Sold by all druggists. 
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Kidney-Wort radically cures biliousness, piles 
and all nervous diseases. 
Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, cures 
eveiy kind or humor, from the worst scrofula to 
the common pimple or eraptiou. 
Four to six bottles cure salt-rbeum or tetter. 
one to five bottles cure the worst kind of pim¬ 
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