THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, May 24. 
A meeting was held at Toronto, Out., lues- 
day night to protest against the spoliation of 
the property of tin- Propaganda by the Ital¬ 
ian Government.Over 8,000 Immi¬ 
grants landed at Quebec during the lost three 
weeks.The shrinkage of stock and bond 
values during the month which ended laRt 
Saturday has been enormous, and the estimate 
of $800,000,000 is probably not far out of the 
way. The loss on 15 of the most, active stocks 
was About $70,000,000, the 24 percent, decline 
on the 60,000,000 of Union Pacific stock alone 
amounting to nearly $15,000,000, while the 
other shrinkages were: Western Union, 
$8,000,000; Central Pacific, $7,000,000; St. 
Paul, Heading and Northwestern. $5,000,000 
each; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Lake 
Shore and Louisville and Nashville, $4,000,000 
each; Missouri Pacific, and Cleveland, Col¬ 
umbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis, $8,0(K),- 
000 each; and Illinois Central, Canadian Paci¬ 
fic and Lackawana, $2,000,000.One 
thousand Grand Army posts have sent, in 
petitions for a pension of $8 a month to every 
man who served 60 days in the army and was 
honorably discharged, and their committees, 
now at Washington before the Pension Com¬ 
mittee of Congress, threaten to bring the per¬ 
sonal solicitations of 50,000 men to bear on 
Senators and members of Congreas in bohulf 
of this measure.Truth, the New York, 
newspaper which made itself infamous by 
publishing the Morey forgery during the last 
Preddcntal campaign, has been sold at. aue 
tiou to satisfy executions for $23,000 issued 
by the courts. The property was bought by 
William H. Brown of Brooklyn for $1,500.... 
.The Mexican Senate has ratified the 
reciprocity treaty with the United States.... 
_In discussing the reason why the agricul¬ 
tural lands on the upper waters of the Otta¬ 
wa, St. Maurice and Saguenay Hi vers are not 
taken up and cultivated, the Montreal Star 
candidly says that the French-Canudtons 
select New England and the Western States 
because they prefer to go “ where something 
is doing,” and where dishonest government Is 
not the rule. Things up there, they say, are 
less inviting to settlers than before the con¬ 
federation.Eighteen boys ate deadly 
hemlock for wild parsnips at Harrisburg, Ky., 
last week, and were taken violently ill. Two 
of them died almost immediately, five oronot 
expected to live, and the others are suffer¬ 
ing severely.The Bankruptcy Bill 
has been virtually defeated in Congress 
by the refusal of the House to consider it 
last Monday.The Greenleaf Bill pro¬ 
vides for a commission to examine and revise 
the patent system of the United States. 
The shore end of the Commercial Company’s 
new cable, better known as the Bennett Mac 
key cable, was enthusiastically received at, 
Rookport, Muss., on Thursday. The towu 
enjoyed a general holiday, with bell-ringing, 
cannon firing and music playing, closing with 
a banquet in the evening.Five new 
bishops were consecrated at the Methodist 
Episcopal General Conference, at Philadel¬ 
phia, on May 22.It is stated at Mon¬ 
treal that steamships from Phildelphia are 
taking graiu to Europe at the same rates as 
those from Montreal. The rate from Chicago 
to Philadelphia by rail being the same as to 
Montreal, 18 cents, the Pennsylvania Railroad 
as well as the Grand Trunk, is now quoting 
through rates to Liverpool at less than the 
regular rates to New York....Ferdinand 
Ward, the arch swindler of the century, of the 
firm of Grant & W ard, is iu jail, having been 
arrested for barefaced swindling. Where the 
millions he scooped in, have gone, nooneseems 
to know; but doubtless he has a pile “salted 
down” somewhere, to be quietly “enjoyed” 
when set free by his hoarded stealings and the 
mawkish sentimentality of a large proportion 
of the public, who, having themselves lost no¬ 
thing, are disposed to bear the losses of others 
very philosophically, and even to sympathize 
with a smart rascal behind the burs. 
In April there arrived in the customs districts 
of Baltimore, Boston, Detroit, Huron, Minne¬ 
sota, Now Orleans, New York, Passamuquod- 
dy, Philadelphia and Sau Francisco 66,800 im¬ 
migrants.More trouble is apprehended 
from the Assiniboine and other Indian tribes 
in the Canadian “Northwest.” They want 
fresh land, where they can get fresh fish, to 
counteract the effect of bacon, which has 
caused scurvy, of which 50 people have lately 
died.A bill has been introduced into 
the United States Senate to prohibit specula¬ 
tion by officers of National Banks.Great 
excitement at Custer, Dakota, over recent dis¬ 
coveries of unusually rich tin mines.Last 
Tuesday, the Presbyterian General Assembly, 
at Saratoga, adopted a report on Sabbath 
observance, in which, among other things, 
Sunday newspapers, Sunday travel, and tak¬ 
ing mail matter from the Post-office on that 
day were disapproved of.Chancellor 
Peyton, of Mississippi, holds the Railway 
Supervision Act of that State unconstitution¬ 
al, and enjoins the commission in the interest 
of the Natchez, Jackson and Columbus com¬ 
pany.Montreal’s Board of Trade deplores 
the shrinkage of grain transportation by 
Canadian routes, arid urges the Government 
to free the canals of toll charges.Mr. 
Plumb, of Kansas, has introduced a bill for 
the forfeiture of the unearned lands granted to 
the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company. 
.... An effort will be made at an early day to 
rush a bill through the House repealing 
the entire tax on tobacco and cigars.The 
Columbus, O., press and people are very indig¬ 
nant over the desecration of Sunday by base 
ball clubs and the excursionists who come to 
the city to witness the games... D. D. Calvin, 
the well know' forwarder and an ex-member 
of Parliament, died on Sunday night, at 
Kingston, Ont.New York city spends 
$8,000,000 annually on churches and $7,000, 
000 ou amusements..The Governor of 
the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, in 
his message to the Legislature, recommends 
that ft protest be sent to Congress against the 
passage of a bill for the adoption of negro 
freedmen as citizens.The value of the 
Canadian fisheries during the year 1883 was 
$17,000,000 _The farmers and fruit, growers 
along the Hudson say that, the plentiful rains 
of late are worth thousuuds of dollars to them. 
A better outlook for all kinds of berries, 
peaches, and other fruits has rarely existed... 
Of the 96 railroads of this State which have 
reported to the railway commissioners, only 
15 paid dividends in 1883, and 14 It* 1882. The 
total capital stock of the 96 roads was $628, 
718,596, and the total amount of dividends paid 
was $15,074,114, or only about two per 
cent on the capital.After having 
l>een cut off, on Pike’s Peak, from all 
communication with the world for 
several weeks, Sergeant Ramsey, the Hignul 
Service officer left alone on that eminence, 
was found by the relief party sitting beside 
the stove and playing ou the banjo. 
Governor Stoneman, of California, is pre¬ 
sident of the World’s Fair that is to be 
held in San Francisco iu 1887, and that pro¬ 
mises to be the biggest thing of the kind on 
record. The "glorious climate” of California is 
said to be peculiarly favorable to world’s fairs. 
....The Anti-Monopolists met in convention 
at Chicago on Wednesday, built a platform, 
and nominated Gcu. B. F. Butler to stand 
upon it as their candidate for President. But¬ 
ler has accepted. There were only 150 dele¬ 
gates, although, under the call, the convention 
ought to have had over 1,200 members. There 
is no doubt, however, the nomination of an 
independent, ticket, and still more, perhaps, 
the acceptance of the nomination by so 
shrewd a politician as Gen. Butler, will direct 
unusual attention to the evils the Anti-Mo¬ 
nopolists profess to be combatting.. ..General 
Sheridan advocates the concentration of the 
greater part of the army in certain central 
posts, from which troops can easily bo sent 
wherever they are needed.It is reported 
that the Bank of Montreal exported $8,000,000 
in gold to New York during the great finan¬ 
cial trouble iu this city..In spite of the 
dissatisfaction and political agitation in 
Manitoba, a heavy immigration is pouring into 
the country—ia heated controversy seems an 
attraction in that frigid region. 
crops. All dispatches agree that too much 
rain has fallen. Wheat rust has se' in in some 
sections, and cotton cultivation is retarded 
from two to four weeks. In some instances 
cotton plants are flooded out. It will necessi¬ 
tate a new planting. A telegram this morn¬ 
ing says that the dowupour has been ex¬ 
tremely disastrous to all growing crops over 
half the State.It is understood 
that Commissioner MneFarland, of the Land 
Office, has obtained evidence to show that there 
have been many fraudulent preemptions and 
entries of public lands in Minnesota, and that 
one of the syndicates that has been engaged in 
this business is the Nelson I,umber Company, 
of Duluth, of which Senator Sabin is a mem¬ 
ber.This Is “17-year-locust” season in 
Virginia, and considerable alarm is felt in 
States qualities.” The last number of the Mark 
Lane Express, in discussing the weather and 
the outlook, says: “As the crop now stands, 
there is an exceptionally good plant on an 
acreage which may safely be estimated as 
exceeding materially that, of last year; its 
stage of growth at this period of a very ab¬ 
normal season would seem to afford at least 
as much safety as risk, and while there are 
many dangers yet to run which may involve 
disaster and failure, and while a large pro¬ 
portion of the crop will most certainly require 
assistance, there yet remain the possibilities 
of ouch a crop of wheat as has not. been seen 
since that of 1868.” The London Miller says 
that May, “with ordinarily fair weather,”— 
which it has had so fur—is likely to rest con¬ 
tent with present prices, except so fur us good 
some quartern at the announcement. arrivals from California or Australia may 
_ _ - _ ..1 1 \ _ A. .2 .« aAi ——- « m $ L 1 a./t . £ 4- L i*a — m 
Cattle in Northwestern Texas are in fine con¬ 
dition. Water is abundant and grazing good. 
A heavy drive of young steers is now going 
on. Eastern companies have recently made 
several large purchases of cattle .There 
was a heavy frost throughout Lancaster 
County, Pa., Friday night, and it is feared 
that considerable damage has been done to 
young tobacco plants.An English and 
German syndicate has purchased 1,000,000 
acres of land in Florida, for settlement on 
small farms.Car Wardino, the famous 
cause a slight reduction in the value of those 
varieties off stands. “We must wait,” says 
that journal, “for June before Russian wheat 
is likely to be pressed on sale, and midsum¬ 
mer will be over before a similar result occurs 
in the case of Indian wheat of this year’s crop. 
The reports of the weather at the West con¬ 
tinue to be very favorable to the growth of 
the wheat, plant. A telegram from Milwaukee 
notes that millers throughout the country 
give a favorable account of the growing wheat 
crop which, it is estimated, will approximate 
Hereford (England) breeder, is dead. ^hat of 1882 (500,000,000 bushels) provided the 
iiHuiff.r true tn weather continue favorable. A Minneapolis 
A Danacrous Enemy. 
We cannot too earnestly urge the necessity 
of using the new Vitalizing Treatment of Drs. 
Starkey & Palen, 1109 Girard Street.. Phila¬ 
delphia, iu the very commencement of Pulmo¬ 
nary trmihlf and before the disease has made 
any serious inroads upon the system and 
reduced its power to eonteud with so danger¬ 
ous au enemy. Too tunny of the cases which 
come to them are of long standing and the 
chances for a radical a nd permanent cure just 
so far remote. That their Treatment benefits 
or cures so large a proportion of these cases is 
often as much a surprise to themselves as to 
their patients. If your cough is becoming 
troublesome, if you are beginning to lose flesh 
and strength, and have night sweats, don’t 
wait a da v before sending to Drs. Starkey & 
Palen for such document* and reports of cases 
as will enable you to understand the nature 
and action of their new Treatment. Take 
your enemy in time, and the chances are all 
in favor of your dislodging him.— Adr. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, May 24. 
“The crop prospects throughout the West 
and South and Northwest were never looking 
more prosperous than now.” So Gould, in New 
York, cables to Vanderbilt, in London. 
Specials from Sherman, Dallas, Tyler, Corsi¬ 
cana, Melissa, and other points in Northeast¬ 
ern Texas, report another very heavy rain¬ 
fall. The Northeastern section embraces the 
largest cultivated area in the State, hence 
farmers.are becoming apprehensive about the 
Mr. I. C. Plant, a Macon banker, true to 
his name, kaB solved the problem of utilizing 
the swamp lands of his section of Georgia by 
setting out 810,000 willow cuttings on 28 acres, 
the produce of which for ten years to come 
has been contracted for by a manufacturer in 
this city.Official statistics give the num¬ 
ber of horses now in the United States at 
11,169,683 head, against 10,8158,111 head last 
year, an increase of 881,577 head. The num¬ 
ber of mules in the country is now estimated 
at 1,914,126 head, which is but about 70 per 
cent, of the number of horses. The increase 
of horses during the year has amounted to a 
little over three per cent., while that of mules 
is less than ~li per cent.The loss of cattle 
in Southern Utah, during the past Winter, is 
reported as very hea vy .Ex porters of 
cattle now generally insure the stock they ship 
by the best, steamers only against total loss... 
....Thenumber of oxen in Vermont has de¬ 
creased from 49,000 head in 1850 to 19,000 head 
at present.Of the entire number of 
cattle in America, it is estimated that 75 per 
cant, are scrubs or natives.San Fran¬ 
cisco butchers have put up the price of beef, 
claiming that the loss of stock from winter 
exposure will enhance prices.Since Jan¬ 
uary 1st the Warren Line has carried from 
Boston to Liverpool 8,562 head of live cattle, 
with a loss during that time of only 47 head, 
or 55-100 per cent........ More than one-third 
of all the cattle of Illinois is listed as high 
grades, which meaus morn than a half-blood 
of the recognized pure breeds. The larger 
part of them are grade Short-horns.A so¬ 
ciety has been instituted in Ireland, with the 
object of defending the practice of dishorning 
cattle. The Secretary claims that 80,000 head 
of cattle are annually dishorned in that coun¬ 
try.The attempt to cultivate the tea 
plant, in the United States has finally col¬ 
lapsed. The appropriation for the purpose is 
exhausted, and surplus plants are scattered to 
the four poiuts of the compass. About $25,000 
have been expended iu this enterprise.. 
At a meeting of the employes of wholesale 
butchers at New York City, lately, it was de¬ 
cided to mail each retail butcher in the city a 
notice that he will be “boycotted” if he 
handles Chicago dressed beef in any way.... 
The Mark Lane Express, in its review of the 
British grain trade the past week says: “Sun¬ 
shine improved the condition of wheat. Trade 
is slow and values iu favor of buyers”. 
Since the reduction ci£ the tariff, the flockmas- 
ters are puylng more attention to the carcasses 
of their flocks, and more mutton sheep may be 
expected from this source in our Eastern mar¬ 
kets than heretofore. Colorado alone will 
market 390,000 wethers this Fall, beside 100,000 
lambs. Other States will have Lheir quota to 
offer, and must find a market for them some¬ 
where.At the New* York State sheep¬ 
ish earing, the heaviest fleece was a two-year- 
old ram’s fleece, weighing 28 pounds 12 ounces. 
The heaviest ew r e fleece w’as that of a four- 
telegram says copious rains have visited the 
entire wheat belt of the Northwest during the 
last three days, and the wheat plant wus never 
in better condition. Small grains of all kinds 
are in good condition. Corn is mostly planted, 
and farmers are in good spirits. There is more 
wheat being marketed by farmers now than 
for the preceding six weeks. Brices were much 
lower for several days, but huve rallied some¬ 
what, No. 1 Hard closing at$l. Receipts of 
wheat for the week at Minneapolis, 526,000 
bushels. The flour market doses steadier, 
with increased demand for favorite brands. A 
dispatch from San Francisco says heavy rain 
in sections of the State has laid the grain, with 
but trifling loss. The spot wheat market is 
depressed, with lower prices. 
The condition of the Winter wheat crop in 
Illinois on May 1, as reported by the State 
Board of Agriculture, is better in the northern 
portion, but not so promising in the southern. 
In the northern portion 14 per cent, of the 
area is winter-killed, hi the central division 20 
per cent., and in the southern division 27 per 
cent. The average yield is now estimated at 
94 per cent., in the northern counties, 86 per 
cent, in the central, and 73 in the southern. 
The southern division represents half the acre¬ 
age of the State, w’hich makes the average of 
the State about 82 per cent, of an average 
crop. 
Reports published ou Thursday, at Toronto, 
Canada, from the fruit-growers of the Niag¬ 
ara Peninsula, vary greatly as to the peach 
crop, a splendid prospect being reported from 
some localities,while others report a complete 
failure. It would appear that the yield of 
peaches will l>e a small one. There have been 
some failures in grapes, but the crop will 
probably be generally a fair one. Apples 
show a good average. The rest afforded the 
trees by the partial failures of the last two 
years is expected to benefit this season’s crop. 
Plums and pears are iu good condition. Straw¬ 
berries generally promise a handsome yield, 
and cherries and currants seem to be doing 
well. 
A telegram from Ottawa says the recent 
rains have placed the hay crop in that vicinity 
ulmost beyond failure, and farming operations 
are well forward. 
On Saturday and Monday the hog products 
markets were weak, with no particular de¬ 
mand. The request from the other side was 
quite as limited as that for the home trade— 
and this in spite of reported small stocks held 
here and at Chicago, and the limited produc¬ 
tion by packers generally. Ou Tuesday a well- 
defined attempt to corner the pork option mar¬ 
ket was discovered. Prices of June and July 
at Chicago were advanced $1.05 per barrel, 
and August about 85c. The market at New 
York naturally followed the turn there taken. 
Wednesday showed continued strength. The 
outlook for the success of the corner is not fa¬ 
vorable, for a persistent uttempt to hold prices 
year-old, weighing 22 pounds 9 ounces. above the normal wQl briug forward an enor- 
__ mous quantity of small holdings which will be 
. , , T , , r,- thrown ou the shoulders of the would-be cor- 
Thousands are cured yearly of Heart Dis- * , a . 
r\ n ,» ..., • , nerers. Actual transactions since the advance, 
ease. Dr. Graves’s Heart Regulator does it. .,, . , _ 
. , . . _ , . have been limited. The western pork corner 
i ug a s s. t ^ ^ _ was firmly held on Thursday, and no signs of 
. . Tr , „ weakening were shown yesterday. Here the 
Why don’t you cure your Heart Disease! market wa8 verv quiet and firnj . Lard ad. 
Dr. Graves’s Heart Regulator will do it. Price vanced ftnd cloged flrm . 
Adv. _ t t t _ The condition of affaire in Wall Street still 
CROPS AND MARKETS continues to exert a considerable influence on 
- the cotton market. Prices have gone grad- 
Saturday, May 24. ually higher, and at the close last evening 
A Liverpool dispatch says: “St. Peters- show a gain of 26 points for May, and an aver- 
burg is now open, so we shall soon have plenty age of 9 points for other near months, and 18 
of red wheat thence to compete with United points for later months over those of Friday 
