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OCT. 2 
THE RURAL HEW-YORKIR. 
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HOME NEWS. 
Monday, Sept. 27,1880. 
A misplaced switch on the aed threw an engine 
and 6tx cars from the track on the Rome, Water- 
town and Ogdenshurg Railway-Benjamin 
Westmoreland, aged 72, of Dinwiddle county, Va., 
was thrown from his wagon and fatally injured 
on the ‘21st.A Are In Cincinnati destroyed 
the Marmet coal elevator and some machine 
works adjoining. Loss, $62,000 ; fully Insured. 
....Wood fires are destroying considerable pro¬ 
perty In the vicinity of Kewaunee, Wls. 
Several stores In Denver, Col., were damaged by 
Are to the extent of $ 0 . 0,000 on the 22 a.Wil¬ 
liam Evans was instantly killed on the 22d In a 
colliery near Pottsvllle, Pa., by a fall of coal— 
... At the wedding reception of Dr. Simeon Den¬ 
ton and bride, of Hancock county, Ill., some of the 
invited guests were dangerously poisoned. The 
theory Is that a drug was introduced Into water, 
of which they drank freely. Medical atd was sum¬ 
moned and antidotes were administered. Some 
were alarmingly 111 and vomited blood, but no 
deaths_The Cheyennes are again reported 
to be In a threatening attitude in the Indian Ter¬ 
ritory.The fourth annual reunion of the 
Army of West Vfrglnla was largely attended at 
Parkersburg... Mrs. Leonora Borg and three 
children were poisoned by eatlug smoked salmon 
In New York on the 22d. One child may die.... 
_The hody of one of the men killed In the Hud¬ 
son River tunnel was found on Tuesday even¬ 
ing. Little more than the skeleton was left— — 
Silas M. Waite, the absoondlng President of the 
First National Bank of Brattleboro, Vt„ whose de¬ 
falcation amounts to $450,<i<)u, was captured at 
Omaha on the 21 st.The Arst order for sliver 
certlAcates based on a gold deposit In New York 
was received by the United States Treasurer on 
the 2*2d. It. was for $ 26 ,ooo, the certlAcates to be 
paid in St. Louis at the Sub-Treasury.Sadie 
White, aged 19, a daughter of Hugh L. Whtte, of 
Richmond, Ky., and generally designated as “ The 
Belle of the Blue Grass Region,” committed sui¬ 
cide on the 22d, by cutting her throat, while tem¬ 
porarily Insane.John C. Cahill, late post¬ 
master at Bucatunna, Miss., was arrested on the 
23d, by Post-office Inspector John A. Galbreath, 
charged with opening registered letters from hie 
office; also with paying debts and buying goods 
with postage-stamps, contrary to the law forbid¬ 
ding postal employes to do so.The Indiana 
Encampment, G.A. ll„ and the Soldiers’ Reunion, 
convened In Indianapolis on the 22d.At Las 
Vegas, Col., Sept. 22 , Samuel Matthews, while 
under the inOuencc of liquor, killed a lady 
acquaintance and committed suicide. No cause 
for the act Is assigned.The pickets at Corn¬ 
ing, Ohio, were Hred upon by the strikers on the 
22d. They returned the Are, but, as far as can be 
learned, no one was Injured, it is said most of 
the miners living at corning would return to work 
at the sliding scale of prices but for fear of ven¬ 
geance from their associates in the miners’ union. 
At the suggestion of the Sheriff of Perry county 
the New Lexington Guards, who had a skirmish 
with the strikers on Sunday last, were re¬ 
lieved from duty and ordered home. The two 
other militia companies will remain on duty for 
the present.The centennial celebration of 
Maj John Andre's capture at Tarry town, N. Y., 
occurred on the 22d. The day was celebrated by 
the ringing of bells, salutes from men-of-war In 
the harbor and cannon on the hill-tops and a 
grand procession, including the 7tst and 22d New 
York regiments, the 7th brigade of the State 
militia, and the Hartford (Ot.) foot guard. There 
were also exercises In a big tent, Samuel J. Tllden 
presiding, Orlando B. Potter reading a historical 
sketch and Chauncey M. Depew delivering the 
address. A bronze statue of a revolutionary sol¬ 
dier will be unveiled on the spot where Andre was 
captured.The 12th reunion of the army of 
the Cumberland opened at Toledo, Ohio, on the 
22 d, some 500 members being present,, Including 
Gens. GarAeld, Sheildau, Prouty, Cist and Meiss¬ 
ner. 
At the school commissioners’ eleotion at Bing¬ 
hamton, N. Y., 147 women voted.James 
S. Grover, a prominent citizen and merchant of 
Oak Creek, Wte., hanged himself, on the 20 th.... 
j. Taraultz’s stove and hardware factory at 
Graytown, O., was destroyed by Are, on the 20 th. 
Loss, $ 20 , 000 ; Insurance, $9,000.Internal 
Revenue Deputies Lowe and Ellet report from 
Calhoun county. Alabama, that they attempted on 
the mu to arrest Joseph Little for illicit dlstllllDg, 
when the latter thrice shot and badly wounded 
Lowe.A committee of prominent lawyers at 
St. Louis, after examining the law on the subject, 
has reported that Oklahoma Is public land, and 
cornea within the pre-emption and homestead 
laws. The King & Curtis elevator at Kellogg, 
la., worth $11,000, was burned on the 19th, to¬ 
gether with 10,000 bushels of wheat and 4,000 bu¬ 
shels of corn. Insurance, $ 1,000 on the building 
and $t,ooo on the grain.The Cabinetmakers’ 
Union furniture factory and lumber yard at Tell 
City, Ind., together with a number of small dwel¬ 
lings occupied by workmen, were destroyed by Are 
on the isth. The lumber was valued at $ 50 , 000 . 
The total loss Is placed at $ 200,000 .It la said 
Major Walsh, of the Manitoban mounted police, 
has secured Sitting Bull for three years for a com¬ 
pany of Canadians, who propose making a tour of 
the United states and Canada with him, com. 
menclng on the 1st of January. He will appear In 
a border-life drama. 
The Presbyterian church at Green Bay, Wls., 60 
dwellings, some or them the best, in the city, and 
30 barns were burned on the 20th, the names only 
stopping at the river ; loss $ 170 , 000 , insured. 
Memphis celebrated the continued good health of 
the city with a business and trades procession 
over three miles long.Western Reserve 
college at Hudson, Ohio, with an endowment of 
$ 250 , 000 , is to be removed to Cleveland and Its 
name changed to Western Reserve University, to 
secure $ 500,000 offered to it by Amasa Stone of 
Cleveland on those conditions.Mrs. Baz- 
zard of Montlcello, Ill., gave birth to Ave babies 
on the isth. They are all alive..... ... October 2 d 
has been fixed for the laying or the corner stone 
for the obelisk In Central Park, New York. The 
Masons have been Invited by Grand Master An¬ 
thony ot New York to turn out en masse. 
The soldiers’ monument In Anttetam cemetery 
was unveiled on the lTth with Imposing ceremo¬ 
nies and In the presence of a large number of spec¬ 
tators. Mr. M. Broslus delivered the oration- 
There has been a very heavy increase In exports 
at New York recently. Last week the amount was 
$12,795,558, more than five millions greater than 
for the corresponding period last year.Two 
Indians, a Navajo and a Ute, In New Mexico, be¬ 
came enamored of the same maiden. To settle the 
vexed question they resolved to Imitate the white 
man, and had recourse to a duel with knives. One 
was killed and the other seriously wounded. 
Boston celebrated her 250th birthday, on the 17th. 
In a big, hearty and successful manner. The Jour¬ 
nal says of It: “Theweather was all that could 
be desired, the crowds were Immense and orderly, 
very few intoxicated persons were visible day or 
night, good nature generally prevailed, even In 
the most densely crowded streets, the procession 
started promptly on time, and the whole affair 
was creditable to the city.” 
At the depth of 1,400 feet an artesiau well at 
Little Rock, Ark., has developed a strong vein or 
salt water which rises to a hlglit of 700 feet In the 
well.Work on the harbor at Michigan City 
la rapidly progressing. This movement will help 
make that port one of the most Important on the 
lakes, and nearly the entire lumber shipments ot 
the South will be transferred to the railroads cen¬ 
tering there.Howard and Denlg. contract¬ 
ors for the new Indiana state House, are paying 
all their employes in gold. The men at the State- 
house building numbering 200, were, on the 10th, 
paid their wages for the month of August, amount¬ 
ing to $7,000, In gold. An additional $5,000 of the 
same coin. Just from the mint, has been provided 
for the pay-rolls at the brickyard and the stone 
quarry. 
The contract for the monument ot the late Sen¬ 
ator Morton of Indiana, to he set up in Indianap¬ 
olis, has been awarded to Si mm ons, of Rome. His 
model Is represented as standing on a granite ped¬ 
estal, and on the Bteps of the monument proper 
the Goddess of Liberty sits holding the American 
flag half-furled. This figure Is to be removed on 
the suggestion of the committee. On three sides 
of the square laurel wreaths are entertwlned with 
the Union .Jack, and on one is a cannon and sword. 
Morton Is represented as speaking, with his right 
hand In gesture, dressed as he was accustomed to 
dress, In a frock coat. The cost of Simmon’s statue 
will be about $20,000.The earnings of the 
different railroads throughout the United States 
for the month ending with July were $ 29 , 000,000 
larger than for the corresponding period of last 
year.The Texas Pacific railroad has Inau¬ 
gurated a grand immigration scheme and pro¬ 
poses to bring from Europe this year 10,000 German 
and Scandinavian farmers to settle upon Its 
lands. 
Larkin G. Mead, sculptor, has just shipped to 
America the models for the two remaining 
bronze groups for the Lincoln monument at Spring- 
field, Ill. He Is now engaged on studies for a 
statue of General Sutter, the California pioneer, 
at whoso mill gold wa3 first discovered In that 
State, ana who was recently burled at Ltttz, Pa. 
.Mr. Mead la also modelling a colossal figure 
representing the Mississippi River, which Is to be 
presented te the city of New York as an addition¬ 
al embellishment to Central Park by Mr. Elliott F. 
Shepard. The figure, which is a reclining one 
surrounded by fruits and animals, is to be executed 
In whtte marble.A gang of five tramps at¬ 
tacked a party of emigrants bound for Kansas, 
who were camped about 12 miles north of Colum¬ 
bus, aDd in a skirmish Andrew Mably, one of the 
emigrants, was shot through the hand. One or 
the tramps was mortally wounded and carried off 
by his comrades. 
Next Monday. Oct. 4, Mrs. Amelia Lewis will 
lecture on food and cooking at the Y. M. C. A’s 
Hall, Fulton St. corner of Gallatin Place, Brook¬ 
lyn, at 8. r. m. Admission 50c. Mrs. Lewis is an 
English lady who has invented a new system of 
cooking and Is the author of several works on 
that and kindred subjects. 
POLITICAL. 
The October elections are expected to give a 
pretty certain indication of how the presidential 
election will result.Georgia will elect, on 
Wednesday, October 6, State officers and a Legis¬ 
lature, which will choose a United States Sena¬ 
tor. It should be noted that Georgia will not elect 
Its Representatives in Congress at the State elec¬ 
tion, but will choose them on Tuesday, November 
2 .Indiana will elect, on Tuesday, October 
12 , State officers, Representatives In Congress, and 
a Legislature, which will choose a united States 
Senator__ Ohio will elect, on Tuesday, Octo¬ 
ber 12 , minor state officers, Representatives in 
Congress, and a Legislature, which, in the case of 
the election of Gen. Garfleld as President, will 
choose a United States Senator.West Vir¬ 
ginia will elect, on Tuesday, Ootober 12 , State 
officers and a Legislature, which will choose a 
United States senator. The people will also vote 
upon two proposed amendments to the Constitu¬ 
tion of the State—one relating to courts, and the 
other to the right of trial by jury In certain cases. 
As In Georgia, the Representatives in congress In 
West Virginia will be elected on Tuesday, Noveru- 
nor 2 .It may be added that the town elec¬ 
tions In Connecticut will beheld Monday, October 
4 , and that a proposed amendment to the Consti¬ 
tution of the State will be submitted to the vote of 
the people, the amendment providing that, here¬ 
after Judges of the Supreme Court of Errors and 
of the Supreme Court Bball, upon nomination of 
the Governor, be appointed by the Legislature. 
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[Rochester Sentinel,] 
“Buckvreat Cakes and the Measles.” 
When a young husband had gone from home 
and with fond solicitude telegraphed his little wife, 
—“What have you for breakfast, and how’s the 
baby?”—he received the brief, suggestive reply,— 
“ Buckwheat Cakes and the Measles." We have 
the report of a case in our mtdat, not where Mea¬ 
sles was In the bill of fare, but wliero Sciatic Rheu¬ 
matism confined Mr. J. Dawson, the well-known 
druggist, to his room for a long period. It was 
stated to our reporter In the following words- 
The senior of this firm was attacked with Sciatic 
Rheumatism December last, and for four weeks 
could scarcely leave his room. He used 8t. Jar 
cobs oil, and Is now able to be at his place of busi¬ 
ness, feeling no worse for his recent affliction. The 
Inference Is convincing. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
There are now in use in New Zealand, which, 
not so very long ago, was the subject or Sydney 
Smith’s familiar Joke about cold curate on the 
sideboard, 5,000 reaping machines and more than 
1,000 thrashing machines, of which 374 are worked 
by steam power.It has been estimated that 
of the horses In the world Austria has 1,367,000; 
Hungary, 2,179,000; France about 3.000, 000;Uus- 
sla, 21,470,000; Germany, 3,352,000; Great Britain 
and Ireland, 2,255,000; Turkey, about 1 , 000 , 000 ; 
tiie United States, 9,504, 000 ; the Argentine Re¬ 
public, 4,000,000; Canada, 2,634,000 ; Uruguay, 
1.600,000.The Mark Lane Express of the ; 
20 th, In Its review of the British grain trade the 
past week, says: “ Rains and floods have greatly 
damaged the crops stiU standing In the North of 
Scotland. As thrashing proceeds It Is found, In 
the midlands especially, that the yield of wheat Is 
considerably below anticipations formed during 
the brilliant harvest weather. This caused grow¬ 
ers to be bolder in resisting a decline. A decided 
reaction has taken place, raising values one shil¬ 
ling te two shillings per quarter both In London 
and the country. The supplies or home-grown 
wheat were comparatively light, but parcels suita¬ 
ble for milling sold readily. Larger millers, how¬ 
ever, have not shown such Inclination to Increase 
their stocks as tUey would have done if the im¬ 
provement In price promised to be the first step 
to a prolonged rise. There is not much chance of 
prices attaining but a very moderate level if only 
subject to the legitimate infiuences of supply and 
demand, as the American surplus far exceeds the 
estimated Old World deficiency. Arrivals at ports 
of call have been smalL ’there has been consid¬ 
erable business in wheat, both for Great Britain 
and tbe continent. Prices steadily advanced, red 
winter closlDg is 3d<ais 8d and Australian Is 
dearer on the week. Maize was in moderate re¬ 
quest at about 3d advance. American red winters 
generally held above buyer's views, but there has 
been an occasional advance of is per quarter for 
special shipments. Barley quiet. The sales ot 
English wheat during the week were 44,624 quar¬ 
ters at 39s lid, against 10,214 quarters at 47s -id for 
the corresponding period last year. The 
imports into the United Kingdom during 
the week ending September H were 1 ,939,021 
cwt of wheat and 240,012 cwt or flour. 
Tobacco raising in Pennsylvania has not been 
carried on many years, but is assuming large pro¬ 
portions. The estimates for the season reach 
100,000 cases of 400 pounds each, of which Lan¬ 
caster county claims 40,000 to 45,000; York, 18,000; 
Chester, 10,000; Bucks, 5,000; Lebanon, 6,000, etc. 
Last year’s orop amounted to so ,000 cases—about 
$5,000,000 In value. The plant Is ehiefiy grown In 
small fields, from half an acre to a few acres each, 
In some Instances reaching 50 to 60 acres. The 
yield Is said to be 1,900 to 2,000 pounds to the acre 
In most cases, in some Instances reaching 2.400 
pounds, and realizing about 13 cents per pound, on 
an’average. At this rate the 40 , 000,000 pounds 
of this year’s growth would amount to $5,200,000. 
..The value of hreadstuffa exported during 
eight months ending August 31 amounted to $181,- 
650,760, against $137,914,047 last year , ... Wheat 
exports In August were 21.787,475 bushels, or 777,- 
356 less than same month last year.Corn 
exports m August were 8,632,180 bushels, or 3,847,- 
837 more than corresponding month last year.... 
... .Flour exports In August were 602,858 barrels 
or 46,500 more than in same month of lsra. 
The stock of lard in New fork on September 15th, 
was 32,373 tierces, and at Chicago 75,914, making a 
total at these two principal points of 108,287 
tierces, against 116,220 at New York and 97,860 at 
Chicago a year ago-a total of 214,070. Decrease, 
105,783 tierces.The International Corn 
Market was opened at Vienna, Austria, on the 
16th Inst. Statistics ot the crops of the Austrian 
Empire estimate their condition, taking 100 as the 
average, as follows; wheat, 98, rye,97; barley, 109; 
oats, 107, The quantity available for export, 
reckoned in centals, Is estimated 6 , 000,000 rye, 
5 , 000,000 wheat, 4 , 000,000 oats.A despatch 
from Alexandria, Egypt, reports that the rise In 
the Nile 1 b quite up to the average, and the pros¬ 
pects of the crops are very satisfactory. . .it 
Is estimated that 16,000 people are In absolute need 
of food In Western Kansas, owing to the failure of 
crops there this year and last. Assistance is 
urgently needed and sought In their behalf.... 
.... A couple of French peasants discuss the fertil¬ 
ity of their respective provinces. “At Bordeaux,” 
said one, “If you let a match fall to the ground the 
next year there will grow up a forest.” “At Mar¬ 
seilles,” cried the other triumphantly, “you let a 
suspender button fall, and In eight days you will 
have a pair of pantaloons ready made,”.The 
Fiji islanders, who, up to six years ago, when 
England adopted them, were cannibals, and in¬ 
dulged in frlcaseed traders, with cold missionary 
on the sideboard, have become so civilized that 
they wear,.clean shirts on Sunday, stng hymns, 
and eat yams and beefsteak like any orthodox 
Christian. What with cocoanuts, cocoanut fiber, 
cotton, sugar, and coffee to export, and a luxuri¬ 
ant soil to grow all these products In, the colony 
ought to have a grand future. 
“ Maud S.” beat “St. Jullen” and bis remarka¬ 
ble record of 2.11 v Saturday week, trotting a mile 
at Chicago In 2.10 V. Her second quarter, made In 
80 sf, was also the fleetest on record.Parts 
of Kansas have been visited by vast clouds of but- 
terfles. They settle In every yard where there are 
trees, making them look as though the leaves are 
brown with frost. There are millions of them, of 
large size, with long, black bodies and brown spot¬ 
ted wings.The largest sugar producer In 
Louisiana made last year on 3,200 acres 6,480.000 
pounds of sugar and 7290 barrels of molasses, for 
which he received over half a million dollars. The 
largest wheat raiser In the world, Dalrymple of 
the northern Red River country, raised a crop of 
wheat which sold for $ 100 , 000 , hut It took 23,000 
acres of land to raise It on, nearly six times as 
much as was required to raise the sugar and mo¬ 
lasses.The Gardener’s Monthly says the 
original Seekel pear tree stands on the farm of 
Mr. Bast.lan, on the “Neck," between the rivers 
Delaware and Schuylkill, below old Philadelphia. 
The tree Is a mere shell, about too years old, hut 
yet bears a few pears.The receipts of grain 
at New Orleans for the year just closed were 
8,745,ii9bushels of corn and 4,541,393 bushels wheat, 
against 3,912,569 of the former and 1,«43,2ST of the 
latter in 1S79.The assessed valuation of 
property in Nebraska Is $90,000,000,, and out of a 
total of about 46,000,000 acres It appears that 
13,000,000 acres, or nearly one-third the whole 
amount Is now In private hands. The State Is 
rapidly filling up with an enterprising and Intelli¬ 
gent class or farmers and others.An epi¬ 
zootic disease has attacked nearly all the horses 
belonging to the horse railroads and omnibus com¬ 
panies of Boston and a great many private horses 
also. The distemper Is spreading quite rapidly. 
It is accompanied by a low fever, and Inflamma¬ 
tion of the throat and air passages.An 
agent of the Delaware Beet Sugar company, with 
headquarters at Wilmington, Del., has been In Os¬ 
wego N. Y., trying to buy any beets grown there this 
season. The people of Wilmington have $100,000 
in. the enterprise.The Produce Exchange 
of this city has addressed a letter to Secretary 
Sherman statlug that the receivers and export¬ 
ers of butter find that the statistics as to the 
quantity of actual butter exported are seriously 
at fault by reason of large exports of oleomar¬ 
garine as butter. The Exchange Informs Mr. 
Sherman that he would confer a favor not only 
upon the Exchange, but upon the ent ire dairy In¬ 
terest of the country, by giving directions to have 
oleomargarine cleared as such, and not as butter... 
... English statisticians say that England will pay 
$ 60 , 000,000 less for foreign grain during the coming 
year than was paid In the crop year just closing 
Even with a favorable harvest, however, Great 
Britain grows but one-half of the wheat it eats 
and the London Times, more In earnest than In 
jest, says the English forming, a-fleld and In the 
dairy, will shortly be a pursuit which wealthy 
men may Indeed keep up for their amusement, but 
which no sane man will pursue for profit. 
Great Bistres* 
is often suddenly experienced from an attack of 
cramp In the stomach, colic or other painful affec¬ 
tions for the relief of which nothing la superior to 
Dr. Pierce's Compound extract of Smart-Weed, or 
Water-Pepper, compounded from the best French 
brandy, Jamaica ginger, smart-weed, or water- 
pepper, and anodyne gums. For diarrhoea, dysen¬ 
tery, bloody-fiux, cholera-morbus. Its warming, 
soothing, astringent, and heating properties ren¬ 
der it a perfect speolfic, unsurpassed as an ano¬ 
dyne and stimulating embrocation or liniment. 
Should be kept In every family. Sold by druggists 
at fifty cents. 
-- 
$200,000 Worth of Iltfles—Tlie Lar¬ 
gest Transaction In Sporting Arms 
on Record. 
A Noteworthy Event to All Sportsmen.— The 
Evans Rifle Co., manufacturers of the world-re¬ 
nowned twenty-six-Bhot Evans rifle (whose factory 
at Mechanics Falls has been complimented by 
both American and foreign manufacturers as the 
most extensive and complete in the world), have 
taken a signal, and In the face of the advance In 
fire-arms, a most commendable step. The Evans 
is the most expensively made, and has hitherto 
been the highest-priced or all Magazine or Repeat¬ 
ing Rifles, embodying as It does a marvelously 
Ingenious action. The Evans Is the onlyrepeatlng- 
arm in existence carrying cartridges In Its maga¬ 
zine for a whole day’s sport, and having that maga¬ 
zine entirely concealed within Itself and in the 
stock, where the weight should be, not under the 
barrel, varying the “hang” of the arm wltn 
every shot. The Evans Rifle Company have run 
their factory to Its utmost capacity for the past 
two years, and have thereby accumulated an im¬ 
mense stock ot rifles, made at the lowest possible 
figure obtainable under the most favorable circum¬ 
stances. The price of tho Evans has hitherto 
been $40 and upwards, and It Is well worth it; but 
now the Evans Rifle Company propose, though it 
is in the face of a fierce opposition to the trade, to 
reduce the price of their arm to $18 aud $ 20 , thus 
placing the finest and most complete repeating 
rifle In the world on the par (pecuniarily) with a 
common single-shot rifle. 
The Evans Rifle Company have transferred their 
entire product to the warerooms of the well- 
known Boston house of G. W. Turner & Ross, 
whose facilities for conducting this immense sale 
are unsurpassed, and through that Ann will be 
offered over six thousand of the new and latest 
improved model Evans rifles at halt former prices, 
aud the sportsmen of all countries will not be slow 
In taking advantage ot the offer. We refer the 
reader to the advertisement and the testimonials 
ot such well-known shots as A. J. Boyd, Texaa 
Jack, and others. 
