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HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, April 5. 
Ou Friday, March 28, William Berner, a 
brutal and self-confessed murderer, was con¬ 
victed of manslaughter only at Cincinnati, 
and was sentenced to the Penitentiarj r for 20 
years, instead of to the gallows, which he richly 
deserved. Even above other places, Cincin¬ 
nati has lately become notorious for t he escape 
of murderers from their just deserts, and on 
Friday night a crowd of 10.000 indignant citi¬ 
zens attacked the jail to hang Berner and 
seme of the other 42 murderers confined there¬ 
in. They broke into the prison, but Berner 
had beeu “spirited away” towards the State 
Prison at Columbus. He escaped from the 
officers on the way, but was captured after 
80 hours of panic-stricken flight, and is now 
behind State Prison bars. Meanwhile the 
police being unable to cope with the mob, the 
First Regiment of the Ohio National Guard 
reached the jail just after the guards, aided 
by the police, had ejected the mob. On their 
way to the jail through a tunnel which ad¬ 
joins it, the militia fired upon a couple of 
policemen guarding the jail end of it, wound¬ 
ing one and killing the other, besides 
wounding some of their own members 
in their bungling haste to fire. After a 
night of terror about the jail aud adjacent 
Court House, the mob dispersed at daylight, 
leaving a large number of dead aud wounded 
in the streets and neighboring buildings. 
The following (Saturday) night the mob re¬ 
assembled. burnt the Court House with a vast 
amount of records and the second best law 
library iu the country, broke into a number 
of gun shops for arms, and agai u attacked the 
jail, but were repulsed, as the building was 
now heavily guarded by the militia and police. 
On the advent of daylight, on Sunday the 
crowd again dispersed, and although there was 
a good deal of com motion all day and uight 
Sunday, the mob never collected in force. 
Meanwhile, Gov. Hoadley had ordered all 
the militia of the State to concentrate at Cin¬ 
cinnati, and by Sunday morning about 8.000 
soldiers were stationed at various points in the 
disturbed section, while the railroads converg¬ 
ing towards the city were hurrying forward 
more troops from different quarters. On the 
subsidence of the tumult, however, these were 
ordered to return home. The total casualties 
are put down at 47 killed and about 250 more 
or less severely wounded—but, then, os au 
offset, the lives of 42 murderers were saved! 
According to all reports, the mob was com¬ 
posed of reputable citizens indignant at a 
gross miscarriage of justice. No pillage 
was committed—except iu the gun shops— 
until Sunday, by which time the local criuii- 
cal classes had been heavily reinforced by 
rogues from other places, attracted by the 
prospect of plunder during the tumult: but 
the criminals were soon either captured or 
driven to their dens or out of the city. The 
police appear to have acted bravely aud with 
commendable forbearance: but some of the 
militia are bitterly blamed for firing hastily 
and indiscriminately into the crowd ... 
The steamer Daniel Stein maun, from Antwerp 
to this port, struck on Sauibro Point, 20 miles 
from Halifax. Nova Scotia, last night, and 
sank, with 180 passengers and crew, only niue 
of whom are known to be saved. 
A national cat show opened in Philadel¬ 
phia, March 81. The prizes amouut to $1,500. 
.The Montreal Board of Charities have 
complained to the Dominion Government of 
the number of assisted immigrants in that city 
who are unable to find employment.. 
The earnings of Sing Sing prison, N. Y.. for 
the mouth of March were $10,763.44; the ex¬ 
penditures were $14,744.41, leaving a profit 
for the mouth of $5,019.03. The profits of the 
• Auburn prison for the month were $421.72- 
.The railroad monopolies do not like the 
supervision of commissioners aud are seeking 
injunctions in all directions to prevent their 
interference with railroad management. 
_A telegram received at the Indian Bureau 
from Governor Crosbv, of Montana, states 
that the greatest destitution prevails among 
the Indians in that Territory, many of them 
being on the verge of starvation.A 
statement sent, to the Senate Monday by the 
Secretary of the Treasury, with respect to the 
war tax of 1861, shows the following States 
and Territories to be still indebted to the 
United States iu the sums named: Alabama, 
$520,823: Arkansas, $77,803; California, $6,- 
507; Colorada, $31,388; Dakota, $8,241; Flo¬ 
rida, $33,092; Georgia. $512,050; Louisiana, 
$117,371; Mississippi, $388,842; North Carolina, 
$190,000; Tennessee. $281,775; Texas, $225,008: 
Utah, $26,082; Virginia, $213,501; Washing¬ 
ton Territory, $3,487; Wisconsin, $51,145. 
....The Connecticut House yesterday passed 
the biennial session amendment, 174 to 40, the 
necessary two-thirds vote for its submission to 
the people. The Senate had previously passed 
it by a vote of 20 to 1.During the past 
four years the Methodist Church has paid out 
$6,455,000 for religious publications, aud $3,- 
500,000 worth of literature has been supplied 
by the Methodist Book Concern. Ten years 
ago 928,000 copies of Methodist papers were 
disposed of in the Sunday-schools, and to¬ 
day 2,134,000 copies are called for... 
.... In 1874 the amouut of fractional currency 
issued was nearly $46,000,000. Since then re¬ 
demption of it has been going on, but since 
1879 little or none has been paid in. and there 
is now a balance of $0,084,000 iu favor of the 
Government. Nearly this amount, it has been 
thought, has been lost, destroyed, and kept by 
curiosity collectors.Strikes and rumors 
of strikes mark the opening of the Spring 
season..The House has parsed the bill 
for the retirement and recoinage of the trade 
dollar after, on the motion of Mr. Bland, strik¬ 
ing out the fourth section, which provide 1 
that the trade dollars recoined into standard 
dollai's shall be deducted from, the amouut of 
bullion required to be coined by the Remone¬ 
tization Act.A boom in tea has just col¬ 
lapsed here, prices having fallen six cents a 
pound within a few days........ Sir Johu Mac¬ 
donald has defeated the resolution in the Do¬ 
minion Parliament looking to a renewal of 
the reciprocity treaty with the United Sta tes, 
ou the ground that Canada did not care to be 
snubbed again by the Washington authorities 
.The St. George’s Society at Montreal, 
Canada, has decided to communicate with the 
English journals as to the false inducements 
held out to emigrants.The decrease iu 
the public debt for March is $14,238,000. 
The New Jersey Assembly has rejected the 
woman suffrage resolu tion by 27 to 24. 
Ou four occasions since the middle of Febru¬ 
ary, all the registered letters made up in Que¬ 
bec for Toronto have mysteriously disappeared 
from the mail bags. In one instance a To¬ 
ronto package for Quebec was stolen. 
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, April 5. 
Up to April 1 we have exported from the 
United States siuce the first of September 
68,554 bales of hops—62,820 from New York, 
3,060 from New Orleans, 1,986 from Boston, 
1,032 from Philadelphia, 121 from Portland 
and 85 from Baltimore. At present the ship¬ 
ments are very light aud are uot likely to 
materially increase for a while.Two 
hundred mules died within 48 hours in the vi¬ 
cinity' of Grenada, Miss,, from buffalo gnats, 
on March 20.A hill is before the Massa¬ 
chusetts Legislature “to assist students at 
the agricultural college in procuring uni¬ 
forms.” It provides that a sum not exceeding 
$6 shall be paid to students on June 1 and as 
much more in December, but the whole out¬ 
lay is not to exceed $1,000 a year.There 
are reckoned to have been 73,000,000 quarts of 
skimmed or watered milk consumed in New 
York in a year .......Excellent reports of 
the maple sugar crop come from New Eng¬ 
land.The date for the National Wool 
Growers’ Convention, at Chicago, has been 
changed from May 7 to May 10, iu order that 
the delegates may be present and participate 
in the proceedings of the National Industrial 
Congress, which will be held at Chicago, May 
21 ..Orrin Todd, a farmer residing near 
Hartford, Conn., has died of glanders con¬ 
tracted from a diseased horse.Prof. 
Virchow, after minute inquiry, has been able 
to authenticate only one case of trichinosis in 
Germany, which was of doubtful origiu. No 
case has been traced to Americau pork....... 
The Devon cattle breeders of the United 
States, at their late meeting at Pittsburg, 
Pa., organized an American Devon Cattle 
Association. The objects of the association are 
the importation, breeding, and improvement 
of Devon cattle, keeping careful records of 
importations and transfers. ... .The 31 
car loads of corn (12.400 bushels) donated by 
Sedgwick Countv, Kansas, to the flood suf¬ 
ferers of the Ohio Valley, realized about 
$8,500 when Bold by auction at Cincinnati last 
week.. .Commissioner Fink has de¬ 
clared a reduction in east-bound freights, the 
new rates being 15 cents per 100 pounds for 
grain from Chicago to New York; 20 cents 
for “provisions,” aud 25 cents for salted and 
packed meats—a reduction of five cents per 
100 pounds all round.. .The Ontario Ag¬ 
ricultural and Arts Association, Canada, have 
decided to extend the time for receiving ap¬ 
plications from farmers’ sons for the associa¬ 
tion until May 1 .A strong combination 
of California capitalists are making prepara¬ 
tion to go into the business of sugar-making 
in the Pacific Coast States of Mexico, where 
the soil is perfectly adapted to raising cane. 
Under the new reciprocity arrangement 
they do not doubt the business may tie made 
to pay large profits.The Farmers’ Club, 
of Corning, N. Y., has passed resolutions 
declaring that it takes a deep interest in sor¬ 
ghum sugar-cane culture and the manufacture 
of sugar and sirup from the cane, and that the 
services of Dr. Collier have been of great 
value in this connection. It therefore recom¬ 
mends to Congress a liberal appropriation 
to continue experiments in sorghnm sugar¬ 
making, and that Dr. Collier be placed in 
charge of the same.Last Wednesday, 
Mrs. Guile and daughter, victims of trichino¬ 
sis, died at Loyalhanna, Pa., and the father 
and another daughter are not expected to re¬ 
cover. ... Ludwig Schultz, husband of the wo¬ 
man whose death from trichinosis was an¬ 
nounced here last week, is still in danger with 
three of his children .Inspired, doubt¬ 
less, by the disclosures made during the re¬ 
cent Legislative investigation in this city, the 
British Foreign Office has been instructed to 
Obtain information about the importation 
into the United Kingdom of adulterated but¬ 
ter aud cheese from this country. 
A duty of 20 per cent, is imposed on all gar¬ 
den-seed imported from Canada, The busi¬ 
ness in peas and beaus in Jefferson and Oswe¬ 
go Counties, N.Y., also in Michigan, has grown 
immensely the last few years. Some time 
ago dealers and growers asked for duty to be 
imposed on Canada beans and peas the same 
as on garden-seeds. This was refused, and the 
purchasing of Canada peas and licaus became 
more extensive. Last Fall it was found that 
Cauada peas and beans had been imported in 
large quantities for seeding purposes. This 
was reported to Washington, and it is stared 
that Secretary Folger will soon issue an order 
to consider peas and beaus garden seeds, 
and subject to duty as such.... 
.... It is expected that the lambiug season of 
18S4 will increase the number of sheep in Texas 
by 3,000,000 head.In 1883 Great Brit¬ 
ain imported 494,000,000 pounds of sheep’s 
wool, grew 128,250,000 pounds, and imported 
alpaca, mohair, etc., to the amount of over 
100.000,000 pounds. The product of 296,500,- 
000 pounds, or about 40’4 per ceut. of all this, 
was exported.There were 1.662 cows 
and 82 hulls exported from the Isle of Jersey 
during the year 1883.For the year 1883 
there were received at Boston 161,162 cattle, 
at New York, 674,632, at Philadelphia, 236,- 
050, at Baltimore, 04,340, a total of 1,106,100.. 
.Circulars concerning the entry of sheep 
in the first volume of the Black-top Spanish 
Merino Sheep Register can be had on appli¬ 
cation to W. G. Berry, Secretary, Houston- 
ville. Pa.The American Shropshire- 
Down Registry Association, which was organ¬ 
ized February 5, is to hold a second meeting 
June 5, 1884, at Indianapolis, Ind. For par¬ 
ticulars concerning the Association write to 
Mortimer Levering, Secretary and Treasurer, 
Lafayette, Ind.Six of the leadiug rail¬ 
roads in the Northwest disposed of 1,137,837 
acres of land last year-.... At a recent sale 
of Aberdeen-Angus cattle in Scotland the 
average price obtained was $375, The highest 
price reported was 275 guineas (about $1,443), 
paid for the Eric-a heifer Waterside Erica 2d. 
The Pride heifer Waterside Pride 7th brought 
100 guineas.The Jersey Princess II., 
granddaughter of C’oomassie, it is claimed, 
recently made 27 pounds ten ounces of butter 
in seven days. This it> the highest test record¬ 
ed.The excitement over the fooband- 
mouth-disease scare in Kansas is subsiding_ 
.A heavy snow storm raged in North¬ 
west Nebraska and Dakota Tuesday. In some 
places the snow fell to a depth of six feet. 
.... Sixteen per cent, of the total area of the 
United States is covered with timber, in all 
380,000,000 acres.The horses used in the 
armies of Great Britain during the time of 
peace number about 18,000. It is claimed that 
contagious diseases never arise among them. 
.The Mark Lane Express, in its review 
of the British grain trade for the past week 
says; “Colder weather checked vegetation. 
Wheat is uot too forward. Flour is weaker. 
Sales of foreign wheat Blow aud tedious, and 
generally in favor of buyers.”.The 
wale of prices for milk at wholesale, iu this 
city, which was recently agreed upon by com¬ 
mittees of the producers and the milk-dealers 
went into effect Tuesday. The price set for 
April was three cents, and that appears to be 
generally satisfactory. The members of the 
Milk Exchange sent notices to their dairymen 
Tuesday that they will pay the price, three 
cents, for this month’s product. The quality 
of the milk coming to market is generally 
good, though there is reason to believe that 
some of it is skimmed before being sold. The 
fact that a few dealers protest against the 
aggregate price fixed of 40 cents for the year, 
will not be likely to causo a milk war. The 
fanners have marie arrangements to sustain 
the price by keepiug their surplus milk in the 
country, should the production exceed the 
demand. 
-- 
Science iu Punning. 
This book, which will be found advertised in 
our columns, is one which every farmer needs 
if he would really understand his business, 
and make the most profit from it. It is writ¬ 
ten in a style which any intelligent man can 
readily understand if he is willing to give to 
the subject the same application he expects his 
children to give to their books. It fills a place 
not filled by auy other book. Sir J. B. Lawes 
of Rothamsteod, England, pronounces it “a 
valuable book, giving a great deal of real in¬ 
formation in small compass.” It has received 
equal commendation from college professors 
and practical farmers.— Adi). 
-»-»-*- 
Commissioner of Patents, Butterworfch, has 
issued a communication to the effect that the 
Examiner in charge of Interferences, having 
heard the case of Dederick vs. Ertel, decides 
the priority of iuveution in favor of Geo. Er¬ 
tel. Washington, D, C., Jan. 30, 1884.— Adv. 
Brown’s Bronchial Troches will relieve 
Bronchitis, Asthma, Catarrh, Consumptive 
and Throat Diseases. They are used always 
with fjond success.—A dv. 
Heart Disease in all its forms cured by Dr. 
Graves' Heart Regulator. Price $1. by drug¬ 
gists.— Adv. 
When the Doctor can’t cure your Heart Dis¬ 
ease try Dr. Graves’ Heart Regulator. Sold by 
druggists.—A dr. 
-♦ — 
The Best Butter Color. 
The great uuauimity with which dairymen 
of high reputation have adopted, iu preference 
to anything else, the Improved Butter Color 
made by Wells, Richardson & Co., of Burling¬ 
ton, Vt., is remarkable. It shows that the 
claims of imitative colei's are baseless, wise 
dairymen will use no other.— Adv. 
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. 
Saturday, March 29,1884. 
Chicago. —Compared with cash prices a 
week ago, “regular” wheat is 3/ s 'c. lower; 
No. 2 Chicago Spring, 3J£c. lower. Corn, 
He- lower. Oats, 3&C. lower. Rye, S^e. lower. 
Barley, lbjc. higher. Pork, 70c. lower. 
Wheat.—'*R egular ” demoralized and panicky; 
weather warmer and foreign advices unfavorable 
The market opened weak ami Altaic, lower; declined 
lc. additional, rallied We., hut again declined, touch¬ 
ing a point 2 - l»c. lower for Mav, 2440 . lower for June, 
aud 2‘*e. lower for July than yesterday; -alos i tinged: 
April.rJWfoHlUe: dosing at Tithe.: May,siq^tSilue,clos¬ 
ing HiAac.; June S5?*<4*d We. closing a t Mitge; July, 86 % 
(<iR8MC., closing alt 867*0: September. HT'aMUjc.: No. 2 
Chicago Spring, 79Vtg82t6c, Colts active but weak 
anil lower; ibe market opened 1 m 1 qe. lower, rallied 
Bjc.. declined Tjc„ rallied lie., cloning DAfltUAe. under 
yesterday: sales ranged: Cash. im.mM' py Atoll, tsq 
onli'Wo.. cloning at 48J$c.: May, "rcyie, closing at 
58 ‘ac.; June. M@84T*e, clcsluu at 54Wo: July, 5 S?Jm> 
565>,o. closing at jdm.ViWc, August, S64tJt'A5?We. Oats 
In good demand; the market opened AjmIo lower, 
reacted 5>,o.. und dosed quiet hut steady; sales 
ranged; Cash. 2T<H'" April. WWaSo Closing at-279*e; 
May, SBva'tt-Ke. closing at 821* .i :V2'je; June. 22 m: 62We, 
closing at 33b'‘»82Wc.-. July. 8ltjjto32c\closing- at 817*c; 
all the year. 2654c. Uyk quintal KTeiSTRjc, Barley 
A rm at «2V4@t>iic. Flaxskkp easier at auM. Pons 
active hut weak; the market opened >4925c. lower, 
declined sharply TAgmWo, rallied iwtue, and closed 
steadier, sales ranged - Cash. 816 .11-817; May, #16.40a 
*17.24, dosing at gUUTJWM lS 65; June. ♦16.15a17.80, 
dosing at 816. ritwtlfl. 75; July jnil Tuwl? 23, closing at 
816.80't 16 34; all tue j ear. *15.05. r.Aiu* In fair demand; 
the market opened Ala ?5r. tower, declined JiwSOC. 
additional, rallied lev* 15c., and ruled steadily to the 
dose: sales ranged: Cosh. *8May. S8.50frti 
8.80. closing at 8862Wt.t8.6V June, •s.int.rs.s*. closing 
at $YT256 mS.iJt July. 88.70M.S US, closing at - 
8.8246; all the year, tK.4UM s.i2W Eggs quiet. LWpaiiec. 
Cincinnati. Wheat null No 2 Red. cash, 81 . 03 ® 
1.04; receipts, Lima) bush : shipments. 1.300 hush. Corn 
—Easy. No. 2 Mixed, 844»(>('43c. Oats Active. No. 2 
Mixed. iifi4*fij,30S<. Ryu—Firm. Kp. 2, RCsifiipi^e. Bar¬ 
ley— Pirn). Extra No 3 Fall, Tie. Pork Dull at 
817(917.50, L ARP—Inactive. Prime Steam, 88.75 
Bulktneuts weak: Shoulders, fii.vrq, - Short rib, *8.85. 
lloas—quirt. Common and Light, $4.90&6,35; Pack 
ing and Butchers. $0.20(96,94). 
St. Louis.—Compared with cash prices a 
week ago. No. 2 Red Wheat is l%c. lower. 
Corn, higher. Oats, 5%c. lower. Rye, 
He. lower. Barley, steady. 
Whbat—Q uiet; No. 2 Red 8l.06W.cl.07. cash: 
Aurll. 8I.ii6i.CI.06qj: 51 tty, 81.064*'v<il.06-V June, 81.027s 
Ml.02: July. 928f®927$e; All the year. 308«a904$c: 
No. 8 Red Fall, Wit^. 'lMc. Corn Active. KWtoLWse. 
foreadt: •ITWIT'-p: - . April: 48c. 5tav; I'.lAg'.i 19' a e. June: 
riftgMiVlW.:- July 52V*o. bid August, (bis Dull at 
ah', cash; 3?4*e. April; 32*tje May Rye Strong at 
60c. Baulky steady at 70msK5c Enos Firm utile. 
Ft.AXSKKP-8l.fiu. Hav -Steady, Timothy. su.Oiim, 
15.CW: I*ra1rte. 8*'.OOi0lO>9O. HraS—F irmer at TNmSOc. 
Pouk- 817.00, cash; 817.80 April. Hit.kmf its-L ong 
Clear, 8K.0daH.7U; Short Bib. $8.7093.80; bbori Clear, 
$11.52,4*. 
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PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
Nkw York, Saturday, April 5, 1884. 
Beans and Peas.— Beans, marrow, prime, new, 82 75; 
do. medium, prime, 82.45 mi 2.50: do. pea. 82 50i.c2.55 - do. 
white kidnev, choice, $S.80,'i*3.10; do. rial kidney, 
choice, 85.0tFrc5.05: do. turtle -amp, $3 50tfH,73: for¬ 
eign pea beans. $2.15(92.20; beans, foreign mediums, 
82.00uc2 10; peas, greou, jirlme *1 30i»t.83 - ilo South¬ 
ern. H. F„, $3.25(48,50; California, Llmu, 83.00(93.05. 
Bbcapstphek and Provisions.-as compared with 
prices of a week ago. tTugruded Winter Ked Wheat 
u >. lower; ungraded While Is ill^c. lower. kye.— 
Western Is 14^0. lower; Cattudu and Stale Is lc. 
lower. Cons.—Ungraded 4i|.ved is lflo. lower; No. .8 
1 h *4e. lower; No. 2 la lc. lower, delivered; Old No. 2 
Is njc. lower Iu store. Oats.—N o, 3 mlxrd Is 14$c. 
lower; No. 2 Is I Vo. lower - No. 1 Is 2c. lower: No. 
3 White Is 144c. lower; No. 2 Is iqc, lower; No. 1 Is 
lc. lower; Mixed Western Is 2e. lower; White West¬ 
ern Is lc. lower: White 8taie Is IV*e.lower. 
BLOlTIl AND MEAL — Flour—Quotations: Fine, $2.l5o, 
2.85: superfine, $2.Wkit3.8 l latter an extreme, common 
to fair extra State. 83.I4 m- 3.40 - . good to fancy do. $3.15 
(ic«; common to good extra Western. $8.13(93. tX); good 
to choice,$3.64!<*6.00; common to fair extra Ohio, 88.25 
tori: good, $4.05664.5 ' • good to choice, 85.45to.i9.fi.Oil; com¬ 
mon, extra 4llnnesotn. *'3. irWusi); clear. * l.uOw 
5.00- rye mixture. 8i<.d 7straight, 84.25(95.50; 
patent., $3.4lK&t>.tlO; bakers* extra. $4,359 23: St. 
Louis common to fulr extru. $8.20(94.2'}; fair to good. 
$4.3ttoa.2U; good to very choice, 85.36w6.24: patent 
Winter wheat extra, 85,25<9fi.5U: city mill extra for 
West 1 tulles, 85(43.10; South America, 85.15Sc5.25. 
Southern Ft .our.— Common to good extra, 83.25(9 
4.2): good to choice, 8i,80' - »12'5. Ryb Flour Super¬ 
flue, at $3.25(<i3.50; small parcels choice, 83.54@8 60. 
Corn 51eal— Yellow Western, 83(93.30; Brandywine, 
$3.30(93.40. 
Grain-Wiieat-No. 2 Chicago uostfreight and insur 
