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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
■JUNE 7 
Ims of ihjt lUffk. 
HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, May 31. 
It is officially announced that the Canadian 
Government has resolved a* a temporary ex¬ 
periment to remit one-half of the present . 
canal toll of five-eighths of a cent per bushel 
on grain, provided others interested reduce 
charges so as to make up one cent, per bushel. 
....Owing to daily applications at Washing¬ 
ton, Pa., for the incineration of bodies, the 
trustees of the Lemoyne Crematory have de¬ 
cided, after August 1, to limit the use of the 
crematory to residents of Washington Coun ¬ 
ty.The Supremo Court of Dakota has 
reversed the decision of the lower court with 
regard to the location of the capital, the re¬ 
sult being in favor of Bismarck. Appeal 
was taken to the United States Court.... 
The Toronto Mail building, one of the hand¬ 
somest edifices in that city, was partially 
burned Saturday morning. The southern 
wing was saved. The lire originated in the 
press room. The damage is estimated at 
$15,500. Over 1,000 telephone wiros ran 
into the place. All were wrecked. 
The Penn National Bank of Pittsburg, Pa., 
has failed with liabilities of over $2,000,000. 
The directors simply pocketed the money of 
the depositors, who will be fortunate if they 
get even five per cent, of the money they en¬ 
trusted to the bank.President White, 
of Cornell University, received a letter Tues¬ 
day from lliram Sibley, making the follow¬ 
ing donatiouto the University: For an addi¬ 
tional building for the Sibley Mechanic Art 
School, $30,000; for increased equipment, 
$8,000: for an increased endowment for the 
same department, $50JJU0. Mr. Sibley is now 
in Europe.Wheatland, tbe home of Presi¬ 
dent Jos. Buchanan, near Lancaster, Pa., has 
beeu sold by Mrs. Harriet Love Johnston, the 
President’s niece, to George B. Willson. 
...,A telegram from New Orleans, lost Mon¬ 
day, says that the heaviest rains on record 
hail fallen in Red River Parish during the 
previous 10 days. The total rainfall since the 
1st iust. had been Dourly 13 inches. The river 
was higher than for u number of years. It 
rose seven inches during the previous 24 hours, 
overflowing plantations and sending the stock 
to the hills. Crops wore suffering from the 
continuous ruins, aud the huuds were unable 
to work. The prospects were more gloomy 
than for years. All the creeks and bayous of 
any consequence were swelling into immense 
proportions. Planters and business men were 
very very much discouraged.The late 
rain storms in Texas have done a world of 
damage. Crops have been injured or com¬ 
pletely ruined; houses and fences swept away 
by floods ou tli3 river bottoms; stock drowned; 
bridges borne down; and railroud beds washed 
out. The damage is already estimated at 
$ 5 , 000,000 .The anti prohibitionists of 
Wichita, Kan., hud a mass meeting, “to em¬ 
phasize the doctrine of free opinion in a free 
country.” Late that same night the Metho¬ 
dist and Presbyterian churches, the pastors of 
which were total abstaiuers and advoAtes, 
were set on fire, and the barns of several per¬ 
sons were destroyed..The House Com¬ 
mittee on Public Lands has reported favorably 
the bill to forfeit the unearned lands granted 
to the Northern Pacific Railroud Company... 
_The House, Wednesday, passed the joint 
resolution appropriating $100,000 additional 
for the relief of sufferers by the Missisippi 
fl 00( j.As we go to press, a dispatch says 
the Canadian canals were made free on Thurs¬ 
day. A heavy frost is reported from most of 
the upper parts of tbe Northern States on 
May 29..*.“Blind pools" have been pretty 
liberally used to swindle folks lately—Grant 
& Ward, in tin's city, aud the Penn Bank, in 
Pittsburg, Pa., are illustrious examples. 
Swindles—big ones—all around by the “best” 
sort of people, and those most conspicuous in 
church affairs.Decoration Day was 
duly observed at Washington, the depart¬ 
ments being closed and flags flying from many 
of the larger buildings in the city. At the 
National Cemetery and at the Soldiers’ Home 
the graves of the Union dead were decorated 
with appropriate ceremonies. In Richmond, 
Va., and New Orleans, La., ex-Confederates 
vied with Union soldiers and their friends in 
strewing the graves of the nation’s defenders 
with tributes of affectionate remembrance... 
..The Natioual Horse Show is now open at 
Madison Square Gardeu, this city, and is well 
attended.About 60 gentlemen, repre¬ 
senting the sugar, wool, rice, and other indus¬ 
trial iuterests of the country, met Wednesday 
in Chicago in mass convention. T. D. Curtis, 
of Syracuse was called to the chair. A plat¬ 
form was adopted claiming protection as the 
true policy of the United States until other 
nations shall pay equally high wages to work¬ 
men as wo do...*—Foreign commerce re¬ 
turns for April show an excess of $4,268,998 in 
imports over exports of merchandise; for 10 
months from July 1, an excess of $78,712,413 
in exports over imports. During April, 188.'?. 
there was an excess of exports, amounting to 
$3,897,000, and for 10 months ending April 30 ? 
1883, the excess of exports over imports was 
$109,307,462. The exports of coin and bullion 
in April were $19,082,116 in excess of imports; 
same time last year, the excess of exports was 
$403,866. For ten months from July 1, the 
excess of exports of coin and bullion over 
imports was $28,914,025, compared with an 
excess of exports of $193,381 for correspond¬ 
ing 10 months of the preceding year. 
The Grand Lodge of Good Tempiers of the 
United Btates, in session at Washiugton, 
adopted a resolution Wednesday, urging Con¬ 
gress to submit to the several Stales a joint 
resolution providing for a constitutional 
amendment, which will prohibit the manufac¬ 
ture, importation and sale of all alcoholic bev¬ 
erages.The New York Herald reckons 
up the decline of Juy Gould’s stocks of late at 
$20,000,000 and upward.The Republican 
National Convention will have 94 delegates 
who were members of the Convention of 1880, 
including 63 who voted for Grant, 20 who went 
for Blaine, and six Sherman men... .Fer¬ 
dinand Ward was arrested at New York Wed¬ 
nesday evening by a deputy sheriff in a civil 
suit brought against Grant & Ward by J. 
Nelson Tappan, the City Chamberlain, to re¬ 
cover $320,000, balance due of Investments 
made by Tappan with the firm. Bail is fixed 
at $800,000, and Ward is now in Ludlow Street 
Jail. James D. Fish, the cx-President of the 
Marine National Bank, charged with robbing 
that institution of over $1,000, was arrested 
this week, but finally admitted to bail in 
$30,000 by United States Commissioner 
Shields. A warrant is out fort.be arrest of 
John C. Eno, swindling president of the Man¬ 
hattan Bank. 
CONSUMPTION OK TJI E LUNGS,—A CASK 
OF RAI*II> DEVELOPMENT ACCOM¬ 
PANIED BY SEVERE HEMORRHAGE 
The following testimonial to the prompt ac¬ 
tion of Compound Oxygen in a case of rapidly 
developing Consumption of the lungs, is given 
by the writer in order, as he says, that by 
means of its publication, some afflicted one 
may be induced to try your very simple and 
beneficial remedy.” 
Fountain City, Indiana, April 17,1882. 
••Drs. Starkey & Falun. Dear Sirs:— 
My lungs have been affected for years, it being 
hereditary with mo, my mother having died 
of Consumption. One year ago this last win¬ 
ter 1 took a severe cold which settled on my 
lungs ami finally resulted in a severe, hemor¬ 
rhage. 1 had u hard, hacking cough all 
spring; in fact all through the summer, at 
times. Last Fall, as the cold weather came on, 
my cough increased, and l was haring night 
sweats every night and had one or t wo severe 
hemorrhages. 1 was very much reduced iu 
flesh. The color had left, my Ups and I was 
expectorating thick, yellow matter, often 
mixed with blood. Had to lie propped on 
pillows at night. I had about made up my 
mind that a few mure months would end my 
earthly career, and my friends have told me 
since I began to improve that some of them 
had only given me until next. May' to live; 
, but if I die before that time now 1 will have to 
go in some other way than Consumption. / 
have not had u single night sweat since J ,/irst 
began your Treatment. My cough has almost 
dissappeared and / am rapidly improving. 
“Very gratefully yours, J. Lindon Parker.” 
Our “Treatise on Compound Oxygen ,” con¬ 
taining a history of the discovery and mode 
of action of this remarkable curative agent, 
aud a large record of surprising cures in Con¬ 
sumption, Catarrh, Neuralgia, Bronchitis, 
ABthmu, etc., and a wide range of chrome dis¬ 
eases, will be sent free. Address, Drs. Star- 
key & Palkn, 1109 Girard St., Pbila.— Adv. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, May 81. 
Telegrams this morning, say that a heavy 
frost greatly injured corn, potatoes, strawber¬ 
ries and all garden vegetables in the interior 
of Long Island. Ice half an inch thick formed 
around Albany, N. Y., and “nearly all vege¬ 
tables and small fruits were destroyed.” Some 
farmers protected their beds by keeping tires 
lighted near them all night. Heavy frost in 
Orange Co., N. Y., did ••incalculable damage 
to early fruits and plants." Snow fell in Onon¬ 
daga County, aud “fruits and vegetables were 
seriously damaged in many localities iu Onon¬ 
daga, Oswego, Mudisou, Oneida, Wayne, Ca¬ 
yuga, and Cortlaud Counties. About New 
Haven, Conn., farmers are greatly discour¬ 
aged over the damage done by tbe heavy 
frost; “potatoes are cut down and grape-vines 
ruined.” Farmers will at once plow up aud 
replant. Much damage was also done in Mas¬ 
sachusetts. In Northern New Hampshire, 
several inches of snow fell. In Vermont, ten¬ 
der crops were killed and fruit was badly in¬ 
jured, but corn was not advanced far enough 
to be much damaged. Reports from Eastern 
Ohio aud Western Pennsylvania indicate that 
severe damage was done to early vegetables 
and fruits by the heavy frosts on Wednesday 
and Thursday nights. In some places ice 
formed a quarter of an inch thick. Com, 
wheat, potatoes and tomatoes were badly 
frozen. The frost on Wednesday night in 
Eastern, Central and Southern Michigan was 
very severe, “cutting down all small vege¬ 
tables, and badly nipping corn, and injuring 
wheat on low ground,” Fruit also was “badly 
affected.” On Thursday night severe frosts 
prevailed throughout Canada, causing great 
damage to the crops. Grapes and other fruits 
were badly injured, and in many places bar¬ 
ley was entirely ruined. Peas and fall wheat 
were also badly hurt; while early potatoes, 
l>eans and tomatoes were, in some places, cut 
to the ground.A cattle raiser of Texas. 
who has just made a tour of the stock region, 
estimates the drive for the season at half a 
million head. Some advance herds have ar¬ 
rived at Dodge City.Chicago makes 
150,000 pounds of butterine every day. 
Exports from New York last week included 
1,100 live cattle and 6,3?2 quarters of beef.... 
.... The export of catt le and dressed meats per 
steamers from the port of Boston last week, 
was 2,480 cattle and 1,714 quarters of dressed 
beef.In 1882 there were shipped from 
Key West, Fla., 27,291 cattle. These were the 
Southern cattle of Spanish stock, and they 
were valued at $410,768. In the same year 
there were shipped from New' York 33,412 
head of cattle, which were valued at $8,332,- 
000. These latter were largely grades. The 
former were valued at $15.05 a head, while 
the latter averaged $99.74 .Provisions 
here have not sympathized much with the Chi¬ 
cago pork corner. Demand is no heavier; ar¬ 
rivals of hogs (w'ost) are heavy and packers 
are quiet. The manipulators suffered a de¬ 
cline Thursday, but held on .Somebody 
has ciphered up the potato production of the 
world thus: Germany, 235,000,000 hundred¬ 
weights; France, 113.000,000; Russia, 110,000,- 
000; Austria, 76,000,000; United Ktates, 47,000,- 
000; Ireland. 88,000,000; England. 26,000,000; 
Belgium, 23,000,000; Sweden, 16,000,000; Hol¬ 
land, 15,000,000; Hungary, 14,000,000; Italy, 
7,000,000; Norway, 6,000,000; Denmark, 5,000, 
000; Australia, 3,000,000; Portugal, 3,000,000; 
and Spain, 2,000,000.A Hub committee 
has reported to the House Agricultural Com¬ 
mittee a bill to establish agricultural experi¬ 
ment stations at, the various State og’l colleges. 
..A telegram from Fargo, Dakota, lost Thurs¬ 
day says a number of wheat growers from all 
parts of Northern Dakota were there the day 
before to witness an experiment iu plowing by 
steam. A traction engine drew eight plows, 
turning a sod four inches thick as evenly and 
well as could be done by horse power, and at 
a rate of over 25 acre* a day. This will mark 
a new era in wheat growing, as it will enable 
farmers to plow at a cost of not more than $1 
per acre.The Brewer&’s Convention at 
Rochester, N, Y., has fixed the Larc on hops 
at seven pounds,..The Collector of Cus¬ 
toms at Winnipeg, Manitobia, has notified the 
railway company that hogs cannot be im¬ 
ported from the United States except for im¬ 
mediate slaughter, bond to do which must be 
given.Thirty leading merchants of 
Norfolk, Va., were in Memphis lost night on 
their way to Kansas City to influence direct 
shipment of grain and Northwestern products 
to Europe by way of Norfolk. 
■-» • »- 
Heart Disease in all its forms cured by 
Dr. Graves’s Heart Regulator. Price $1. 6 
for $5. by druggists.—.4.d». 
« 
The only remedy for Heart Disease in all 
its forms is Dr. Graves’s Heart Regulator. 
Price $1. 6 for $5.— Adv. 
CROPS AND MARKETS. 
Saturday, May 31. 
Reports from Secretaries of State, agricul¬ 
tural reviews, aud other official sources, con¬ 
taining information to date concerning crop 
prospects in all the wheat growing sections of 
the country several weeks later than any 
heretofore published, with very few excep¬ 
tions, are all highly favorable. States and 
sections of States, which a few weeks ago, and 
even as late as 10 days ago, made complaints 
concerning the prospects of the growing grain, 
now report a great improvement, aud nearly 
every' State reports that from present Indica¬ 
tions the crop will be fully up to the average. 
In nearly all of the larger wheat-growing 
States the conditions have been favorable 
from the very first, and the growing plant 
presents a hardy, healthy appearance. Es¬ 
pecially are excellent reports received from 
Minnesota, Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and 
other spring wheat sections, and unless there 
shall be some unforeeen set back, the spring 
wheat yield will be largely increased over 
that of last year. The following are samples 
of the specials received: 
Ohio.— The Hon. W. I. Chamberlain, Sec¬ 
retary of the State Board of Agriculture, re¬ 
ports:—“Wheat is improving, and has done 
well during the past two weeks. The present 
prospect is that the State will produce 84,000,- 
000 bushels of good wheat, against 25,000,000 
bushels of badly shrunken grainjkist year.” 
Missouri. —The Hon. J.*W. Sanborn, Sec¬ 
retary of the ' State Board of Agriculture, 
says:—“Reports have been received from 100 
counties of the 114 in the State. The present 
average is 110.” 
Minnesota.— T^e Hon. H. H. Young, Sta¬ 
tistical Agent, reports:—“The season has been 
very favorable, and the rain is advancing 
wheat rapidly. The acreage is increased about 
8% per cent The probability is that we shall 
have at least 36,500,000 bushels.” 
Nebraska.— The Hon. D. H. Wheeler, State 
Statistical Agent, reports:—“The weather has 
been very favorable, and tbe outlook for wheat 
is much improved.” 
Illinois. —Reports from all parts of the 
State are to the effect that, while the crop will 
probably fall somewhat below the average, it 
will still be much larger than last year. 
Tennessee. —The Hon. A. J. McWliirter, 
Commissioner of the State Agricultural Bu¬ 
reau, says:—“Reports from all parts of the 
State are of the most encouraging eba racter, 
and notwithstanding the retarding influences 
of a late season, the prospects of a good crop 
are most gratifying. The acreage is largely 
increased, and the utmost care was exercised 
in the selection of seed.” 
Georgia.— The Hon. J. T. Henderson, Com¬ 
missioner of the State Board of Agriculture, 
gives perhaps the most gloomy report received 
from any State. He says:—“The acreage of 
wheat is decreased. In Northern Georgia the 
crop is reported as injured, by winter-killing 
and other casualties, 14 per cent.; in Middle 
Georgia, 25 percent.; and iu the Southwestern 
parts of the State 12 per cent.” 
Maryland.— Reports from well-informed 
source* are to the effect that the weather is 
excellent for the growing wheat, which sel¬ 
dom, if ever, looked better than at present. 
These are samples of a lurgo number of re¬ 
ports. From information now at hand, the 
Times correspondent is able to make out the 
following table of the probable wheat crop of 
the country for this year: 
Call fnrtllu.4U«tODH 
Minnesota.36,500,100 
Ohio.84,^0,000 
Kansas .. 
Indiana..83.Ve.uH) 
Missouri. 83 t 5Ui,000 
Illinois.8S.soo.OiO 
Michigan. 80.00CMOI 
Pennsylvania.. 25.000,000 
Iowa .3«. oou.ooo 
Dakota.SS.OUO.OOO 
Nebraska. 20,000.000 
Wisconsin. 19,000,000 
Oregon.. 16.000,000 
jjlarfwki 1 New York . 14.000,000 
Kentucky.. 14,000,000 
Virginia. >0,000,000 
Maryland. 10 000 000 
Tennessee... .... 10,000,000 
Other Slates and 
Territories.... 44,800.000 
Total. 505,800,000 
This will be an increase of 50,000,000 bushels 
over the average crop of the last five years. 
Secretary Seamans, of the National Mill¬ 
er*’ Association, has prepared a report on the 
present condition and outlook of the wheat 
crop, as compared with the corresponding 
time lust year. Tbe report i* compiled from 
replies to 3,000 circulars of inquiry, und the 
conclusion is that the present outlook is very 
promising. Tbe indications are that the yield 
for 1884 will approximate that of 1882, should 
no indorseen misfortune happen. 
The latest advices from the principal live 
stock markets of the country may be con¬ 
densed into the following brief summary: 
Cattle are nearly everywhere active and 
slightly stronger, with an improving ten¬ 
dency shown in several places as we goto 
press. Desirable stock is going forward spar¬ 
ingly, and the supply is. on an average, hard¬ 
ly equal to the demand. The hog trade also 
shows some improvement, the country over. 
Hogs are not as high as a few weeks ago, but 
the feeling is steady and values are firmly 
held. There has very naturally beeu some re¬ 
action from the sharp depression lately rest¬ 
ing upon t he fat sheep trade. Prices have not 
returned to the point they held previous to 
the late decline, but a strengthening inclina¬ 
tion is shown and the feeling is very material¬ 
ly improved. 
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. 
Saturday, May 31, 1884. 
Chicago. —Compared with cash prices a 
reek ago, “regular” wheat is l%c. higher; No. 
Chicago Spring, lj&c. higher. Corn, l}£c. 
ligher. Oats, l Ac. higher. Pork, steady. Hogs, 
5c. higher. Cattl9, a trifle lower. Sheep, 
9c. higher. 
WiiKAT. -"Regular" wheat, 9< | 4fi'a,9iq,e; JuJy, 92i4@ 
August.September .SuAt 
'htcago spring, iWivi 49 i>VW. Con* -cash, 
lav, jl8j(o,55He: June, 5 V>fcui 6 )Ae: July. 
lueust 1 4 ’-". Oats.—D ull; sales ranged Cash, 
nic, Juue?S!H&5C9tfM J uly. August. £4 
uii iiit* year,at'lTWt*. Kyk ilrm. at 611 ^ 1 .. 
lAimKT—DuUutrie. I'lax smi» Quiet at *1.69. Fork 
' ash, *16.5O«,18.03: June. *13 xV&ia.'IS; July, $^10® 
130 Lard—J uoe_ 
m 47^^8.50. Be itzb —Quiet. Creamer}, 20(^1 C, 
iairy? lSiilic. Kuos—Quiet at 
lough packing, *5*5.3v; packing anJ shfi^ cattle— 
* 5,60 light, *4.A^5.*0; skips. tiu-at.-O. CATTLE 
’xnorts *6 ato.T.lW: good to cholee shipping. 6.50. 
•oinmon to medium a5.65KS.l5. Sheep-I nferior to 
air. *2.50(0,4; medium to good, *4*5; choice to extra, 
(5.25*5.15. 
St. Louis. —Compared with cash prices a 
iveek ago, No. 2 Red Wheat is highei, 
Zorn, %c. higher. Oats, Me. lower. Pork 
>5c. higher. Cattle, a shade higher. Sheep 
25c. lower. Hogs, best grades higher, others 
steady. 
Wheat.— No. 2 Red Wheat, cash *U5tfe: June,*U0 
Julv y6c; August, 9244<fi;92Jfcc: all the year, 92c 
Corn— 57ie(i&2hiC. cash; 51fc,<3,51JiC. June; 51>6 
