THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
JUNE 24 
Wntrs of tb/ TUfdi. 
HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, June 14. 
The tax valuation of Chicago is, real and 
personal, about *133,000,000; that of Cincin¬ 
nati for the same year (1883) was *163,000,000. 
.Heavy rains all over the Eastern and 
Middle States on Tuesday and Wednesday.. 
... Last Monday Mr. Tilden wrote to Daniel 
Manning, Chairman of the Democratic State 
Committee of New York, saying, in the course 
of an elaborate letter, that, because of the 
condition of Ids health, he is “constrained to 
say definitely” that, he “cannot now assume 
the labors of an administration or of a can- 
vugg- »>.The Union Depot BulJdiug at Bt. 
Paul, Minn., was totally destroyed by fire 
Wednesday.The .Society of the Army of 
the Potomac, on Wednesday held its 15th 
annual reunion in Brooklyn. The city was in 
holiday garb and the veterans paraded the 
streets. General Grant was enthusiastically 
chosen president of the society and made a 
speech on crusades. There was a reception in 
the Academy of Music in the evening, at 
which Mayor Low and General Horace Porter 
made addresses.On the same day the 
manufacturers and importers of tobacco hold 
a meeting, at which it was resolved that a me¬ 
morial be addressed to the Secretary of the 
Treasury in reference to the importation of 
tobacco from the Island of Sumatra.• «-«.... 
The excitement over the discovery of a ten 
thousand dollar diamond at Eagle, Win., has 
been revived by the discovery of three more 
gems, making seven found thus far . 
The Supreme Court of Iowa lately refused a 
divorce to a woman who knew of her husband’s 
intemperate habits before marriage, on the 
ground that, voluntarily choosing a drunkard 
for a husband, she must discharge the duties 
of a drunkard’s wife. Maidens, take warning. 
. The Rothschilds own *400,000,000 of 
United States bonds....There are now 
33 circuses traveling through the United 
States........ There are but 14 inhabitants to 
the square mile In this country, while 
Belgium has 4-30, England 290, Italy 247 
and France 130 to the square mile. 
Henry C. Work, the noted song-writer and 
composer, died in Hartford, Conn., Sunday 
evening of heart disease. “Marching Through 
Georgia,” “Grandfather’s Clock” and “Dear 
Father Come Home With Me Now,” were 
written by him .The Hon. Hiester 
Clymer, Democratic Congressman for Berks 
District, Pennsylvania, for four terms, died 
suddenly shortly before seven A. M. Thursday, 
at Reading, Pa., from apoplexy, aged 59. 
Frank L. Loring, the partner of John Flem¬ 
ming, in the great swindling “ fund” specula¬ 
tive scheme at Chicago, which was fully 
exposed in our “ Eye-Opener” a couple of 
years ago, was locked up in jail at Chicago 
last Thursday, on a sentence of one year’s im 
prisonment and *500 tine, hi* appeal to the 
United States Court having been rejected by 
Judges Harlan and Blodgett. Flemming, who 
received the same sentence, is out ou bail, but 
will surrender. These were the ring-leaders 
of a powerful gang who swindled thefarmers 
of the Untod States and Canada out of over 
*1,000,000 in bogus grain speculations.. 
The Victoria (British Columbia) Colonist, the 
Government organ, publishes a bitter article 
on the failure of the Dominion Government to 
carry out the terms of the settlement bill. It 
says the Mainland Railway roads are still tied 
up. Hundreds of immigrants have left for 
the United States, and the situation is becom¬ 
ing threatening.The Western Union 
has declared a quarterly dividend of 1®* per 
cent., payable July 15. The net earnings for 
the quarter ending in June are estimated at 
*1,750,000. The gross earnings for the past 
fiscal year are within a fraction of *20,000,000, 
an increnseof half a million over the last year. 
Owing to the strike, the net earnings are not 
quite as large this year as last.Ex 
tremely disastrous rain storms and floods 
in nearly all parts of Texas that are thickly 
settled. Great loss.The most dIsas- 
trous flood since 1865 w as caused Wednesday 
in the Allegheny Valley, Pa., by very severe 
rain storms in the western part of the State. 
.In Camden, N. J , 20 boys belonging 
to a “Jesse James” gang are being tried. A 
large number of robberies have been traced to 
them. They mostly belong to good families. 
Not a day passes without the record of some 
juvenile folly or rascality due to the reading of 
“ dime novel” trash.The National Educa¬ 
tion Association meets at Madison, Wta., July 
101© IS; 5,000 teacher* present.Vast tract* 
of country in the Lower Mis*Li*ippi Valley are 
still under water, and suffering there i* ex¬ 
treme. Great destruction of stock by drown¬ 
ing and starvation. Much relief is still needed 
even in the lately overflowed bottoms along 
the Ohio.Gen. Abe Buford, the noted 
I Kentucky turfman, committed suicide at his 
nephew’s, at Danville, Ind.. last Monday. He 
sacrificed most of hi* property in the defence 
of his brother, Tom Buford, who murdered 
Judge Elliott a few years ago. A year ago 
Tom escaped from the insane asylum to which 
he had been condemned, and took up bis 
abode in Indiana, but becoming a pauper and 
complete wreck, he was taken back to the 
asylum last week. This misfortune, together 
with the decadence of his family and the loss 
of his fortune, made the old man put an end 
to his life .The village of Springfield, 
Vt., w as swept almost entirely away last Mon¬ 
day by flood in a creek that flow* 
through it, the flood being caused by the 
downpour from two rain-storms that met 
in the neighborhood. Loss, over *50,000. 
_Earlv in the week, Chesapeake Bay was 
dense with smoke from the forest tir * In the 
Dismal Swamp of Virginia.The mem- 
lier* of the committee appointed bv the Na¬ 
tional Republican Convention to notify Blaine 
and Logan of their nomination, arc ordered 
to meet in Boston on Jnne 22. whence they 
will proceed to Augusta. Me...Several Repub¬ 
lican and Independent paper* have declared 
against the Blaine and Logan nominations, 
tbe principal of which ar* tho New York 
Time*. Herald. Staats-Zcitung. Evening Post, 
Commercial Advertiser. Truth, Telegram, 
Puck. Harper’s Weeklv, Independent. Brook¬ 
lyn Union, Rochester Herald. Rochester Post- 
Expres*. Albany Express, Buffalo Express, 
Buffalo News, Philadelphia Telegraph, Phila¬ 
delphia Record, Philadelphia Times, Boston 
Herald, Boston Advertiser, Boston Transcript. 
Worcester Spy, Worcester Gazette. Spring- 
field Republican, Reading (Pa.) Engle, Flush¬ 
ing (1,. I.) News, Newport |R.. I.V News. Chi¬ 
cago Stoat*- Zeitung, St Louis Westlich©Post, 
Rt. Louis Anzeiger, Kansas City Star. The 
“Independent.” Republicans threaten to bolt; 
but have hitherto delayed action, awaiting to 
*ee whom the Democrats will nominate at the 
approaching Cbioftgo Convention Gove 
Cleveland of New York, Senator Bavar 
Delaware, and Kx-Scuntor McDonald of In¬ 
diana, are now the most prominent candidates, 
since Tilden has absolutely declined to stand.. 
. .Henry G. Vminor, the weather prophet, died 
in Montreal, Sunday evening, aged 44 years.. 
..The Commissioner of Pensions has obtained, 
through the Grand Army of the Republic, a 
list of 300,000 name* of Union soldiers, from 
which tie is enabled to give applicants 
for penflion* information Of the whereabouts 
of their comrades, who can furnish the testi¬ 
mony required in their castes. 
AT DEATH’S DOOR. 
Rev. J. H. Richards, of South Haven. Mich., 
gives us, under date of June 14th, 1882, the 
following account of what Compound Oxygen 
did for an old lady seventy years old, who, a 
yenr ago, was at death's door: 
“Compound Oxygen has done a flue work 
herein the person of a lady near .seventy. 
She bad a pulmonary attack, coughed inces¬ 
santly and became greatiy reduced—in fact 
was completely prostrated. The physicians 
said that <hei/ could do no more for her, and 
that her end was at hand. She used, after 
this, one Treatment and wm 80 much relieved 
that she could endure life. But in two or three 
months she, was again at death's door. Her 
family were culled in to say farewell, and she 
gave them her dying charge. But not really dy¬ 
ing,oneof the daughters asked if the Compound 
Oxygon bad censed to do her >cood. *Ob! 
no,' she replied, ‘but I have been without 
it for some time.’ A treatment was im¬ 
mediately procured. This was about oue 
vear ago. Now she is doing vtork for her 
family and going out visiting in her carriage 
‘for miles in the country.” 
Our "lYeatiec on Compound O.vygen con¬ 
taining w history of the discovery and mode 
of action of this remarkable curative agent, 
and a large record of surprising cures in Con¬ 
sumption, Catarrh, Neuralgia, Bronchitis, 
Asthma, etc , and a wide range of chronic 
disease*, will be sent free. Address Drs. Star 
key & 1’AbEN, 1109 Girard St., Phila .—Adv 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, June 14 
It is feared the entire hucklelrerry crop of 
New England was ruined by the May fronts. 
The huckleberry gives profitable employment 
to hundreds of women and children in July 
and August, the berries at tbe opening of the 
season bringing as high as 20 cents a quart, 
the price rarely' falling below six to eight 
cents. It is now thought there will be no 
berries in Connecticut, Rhode Island or M*s*a- 
chusett*, and probably the other States will 
share the same fate.103 imported 
Jersey cattle belonging to T. S. Coopersburg, 
Pennsylvania, were *old by auction here last 
Wednesday. The aggregate price was a trifle 
over *44,000—an average of *485 per head. 
The highest figures were *3,050 for Primrose 
of Ea»t View; *2,000 for Las* of Como; *2,000 
for Fillpail II. ; *1,600 each for Belle Dame II. 
aud Lady Lemon. W itch of St. Lambert was 
knocked’ down for *1,200—a lower price than 
that paid for her on the Island of Jersey. The 
lowest prices were *125 for a calf. *175 for a 
young heifer, and *190 for a three-year-old 
C01V .The farmers of this State predict 
that if there is a fair supply of rain for the 
next two weeks, the prospect* of a good yield 
of hay, which ha* been affected by the droughi, 
will be realized. Grain, rya, and oats are 
flourishing. The late fro*ts were particularly 
•ever® ou the young potatoes and corn, which 
have been set back about two weeks. The 
frost has also blighted the young apple tree*, 
which had just blossomed, but a fail- apple 
crop is expected. There will probably be an 
abundance of cherries and strawberries. The 
worms are destroying the currant bushes. As 
large crops of corn, potatoes, and other veget¬ 
ables as those of last year are predicted. 
At the meeting of the Medico-Legal Society, 
Tuesday, President Bell appointed the fol¬ 
lowing committee to investigate the prepara¬ 
tion of canned fruits exposed for sale in this 
city: Drs. A. J. Johnson, O. R. Doremus 
anil L Clark Thomas, tbe Hon. B. A. 
Willis, and Judge M. S. Isaacs ............. 
The number of hops packed at the V est from 
March 1 to May 28 amounted to 1.235,000, 
against 1,110,000 fortbe corresponding tirneof 
la^tyear.The number of cattle slaugh¬ 
tered in Chicago for the year ending March 1. 
1884. was 1.182,006, as compared with 774.578 
for the previous year.The yield of 
peaches in Delaware promises this year 8,000,- 
000 baskets, the heaviest yield since 1875. 
On the 3d of May no lc®* than four entire 
pages of the London Times were filled with 
announcements, printed in small type, 
which referred to various landed properties 
which different agent* had been commissioned 
to sell during the present vear .Tbe 
export of live cattle from Canada to England 
assumed unusually large proportions last 
month. Twenty-five steamers left the port of 
Montreal carrying 9,114 head of cattle, of 
which one-half‘went to Liverpool and the re¬ 
mainder to Glasgow, London aud Bristol. In 
1877 the shipment* for the whole vear 
amounted only to 6,940 head, or considerably 
lens than that of last mouth.Tbe New 
York oleomargarine law went into effect June 
L The oleomargarine manufacturers are pre¬ 
paring to test its constitutionality.The 
prizos for speed which will be- paid out at the 
different meetings at the Chicago Driving 
Park will amount, to *230,600. Including the 
Illinois State Fair, there will be six trotting 
and running meetings..The Jersey cattle 
sold at Louisville, Kv.. recently, by Herr, 
Harris & McFerrau brought fair prices. Fifty- 
six head were sold for *19.525, an average of 
*349 50.Several virulent case* of pleuro¬ 
pneumonia are reported from Blissvilie. Long 
Inland.Among I ho exports from Boston 
last week were 2,054 live cattle and 1,032quar¬ 
ters of dreseed beef.The price of hogs 
at Chicago was about 15 and 20 cent* higher 
at tbe close last Saturday than they were at 
the same time the previous w eek.The 
Association of American Seedsmen has de¬ 
cided to pctilion Congress to remove the dut ies 
on setsi* as now existing, and has appointed a 
special committee to go to Washlngtou to look 
after the matter: bo says a telegram from Bos; 
ton yesterday.Persons interested in 
carp culture will be glad to know that a gen¬ 
tleman in Virginia ha* been aisle to send by 
express living carp of four pounds weight, 
packed in wet moss, which arrived in good 
healt h at the end of a journey eight hours long. 
.The Army-Worm has appeared in large 
numbers in several parts of Connecticut-... 
In the House of Commons, the other day, Mr. 
Thomas Duekhom, Liberal member for Here¬ 
fordshire, asked the Government to adopt 
measures to protect the public against the sale 
Of adulterated American dalr> products. The 
Right Hon. George J. Dodson, Chancellor of 
the Duchy of Lancaster, stated that the in¬ 
quiries made by the Government confirmed 
the common report as to the noxious and in¬ 
jurious character of the confounds of dairy 
products, or oleomargarine, manufactured 
and sold in Now York. He stated that he 
would lay the correspondence before Pailiu- 
ment if ft were called for...A good 
many clips of Ohio, Pennsylvania and 
West Virginia washed wool have been 
sold within the past 14 days at 30 cents. 
At the sale of the well known Short horn 
breeder, Strawther Givens, Abingdon, 111.,on 
the 29th ult., 27 females sold for *5,665, an av¬ 
erage of *210.55, aud 20 male* sold for *8,515, 
an average of *175.75..,.,.At the 
Short-horn sale of Pickrell. Thomas & 
Smith, at Hnrristown, 111., the other 
day. the cattle sold were the finest ever offered 
bv these breeders at a public sale, numbering 
48 cows and 17 bulls. The aggregate amount 
of sales was *21,915. The cows brought 
*16.070, an average of *334.79 per head, the 
highest price being *1.000. The bulls brought 
$5,865, an average of *345. The highest priced 
bull was *1.015. The purchasers were from 
Illinois. Indiana, Missouri, Kansas and Ohio. 
.The Mark Lane Express, in its weekly 
review' of the British grain trade, says: Wel¬ 
come and timely rains have ended tbe 
drought. The condition of all spring-sown 
grain has materially improved. Breadstuff 
market languid, though the demand is good. 
.The United States raises 48 bushels of 
grain per head of its population, aud consumes 
41 bushels per head. In both cates it takes the 
lead of all other nations. Italy consumes but 
9 62 bUriels of grain per head. Austria 13.57, 
Spain and Russia 17 each, Denmark 3U.83, 
France 24.02, aud Canada 38.11 bushels per 
capita_Notwithstanding tariff reduction, a 
little less foreign wool has been received in 
Boston since January 1 than iu the same part 
of 1883... .The Wool-Growers’ Association of 
Arkansas has appointed a committee to confer 
with the Fort Worth committee looking to 
cooperation iu bolding a world’s fair at Fort 
Worth, Texas, in 1887.Unwashed wool 
is selling iu Michigan ut 16 to 20cents; washed, 
at 25 to 30 cents. The market is opening 
more briskly there than would naturally 
be expected with such low' prices ruling. 
years. The outlook for French and German 
crops continues favorable. There have been 
reports of rust, in wheat in Austria Hungary, 
and rain has been needed in Moldavia, while 
abundant rains have fallen in Wallachia. The 
London Miller says the markets have been 
very firm in Central Europe, with a slight ad¬ 
vance in wheat and rye, although the harvest 
prospects for both are considered good. In 
Russia the Dwina is open to navigation, and 
exportations from the Baltic porta have been 
made for the last month. The new' sea canal 
at Petersburg was opened some time ago, and 
by July vessels drawing 20 feet of water will 
be able to reach the quays of that city, which 
will greatly cheapen and facilitate the export¬ 
ation of cereals. Over 4,000.000 bushels of 
wheat await, shipment at Odessa, in the Black 
Sea. The new wheat crop in New Zealand is 
generally thought by the highest authorities 
in the colony to promise an exportable sur¬ 
plus of from 4,000,000 to 6,000.000 bushels. 
The favorable weather for growing crops 
during the week, together with a smaller de¬ 
crease than usual in the “visible supply” of 
wheat, coupled with the unexpectedly favor- 
aide returns of the Department of Agriculture 
and the excellent reports of other crop author¬ 
ities, has tended to produce lower prices for 
wheat. The average cash decline in wheat 
has been about 2.H' cents, aud iu corn cents. 
Should the report of Tallmadge, the Milwau¬ 
kee wheat statistician, prove correct, we shall 
have the largest wheat crop ever grown in 
this country, exceeding the big crop of 1882 
bv 12.0OO.C00 bushels; the cron of 1883 by 
118,01)0,000 bushels, aud it will surpass the 
average of tbe last five years’ crops by at least 
60,000,000 bushels. Usually reports of the 
growing crops aro very contradictory; but 
thi* year they all appear to be unanimously 
favorable. 
Prices for Indian corn have sympathized 
with those for wheat; exporters are waiting 
for still lower figures, as the “bears” maintain 
that 80 cent, wheat and 40 cent corn are among 
the probabilities ere long. The “visible sup¬ 
ply” of corn, instead or diminishing during 
the week, has increased over 4,000 bushels; 
hence the drop in prices. 
Oats have lwen moderately firm, although 
the new crop is at hand, and all reporta of it 
are favorable. Stocks on hand, however, have 
been steadily declining rrom week to week. 
Hog products have been dull, and prices 
have tended downward in sympathy with 
grain and the free arrivals of hogs at the 
West. The corner for "mess” pork still exists, 
though its only visible support is tbo alleged 
possibility of a short supply or « late harvest 
of corn, and a scarcity of feed for bogs. Owing 
to the corner, moss pork has risen a* high as 
*30 a barrel in Chicago—*6 a barrel higher 
than it should be, in view of the prices of 
other hog products. 
There have boon no important ebauges in 
the prices of wool; but the conviction is grow¬ 
ing that prices have now touched bed rock, 
and there is a disposition among dealers to 
buy good clip* from first hands, wherever they 
caii be got low enough to pay freight and 
charges, and give a fair margin of profit; but 
otherwise dealers refuse to operate. Specula¬ 
tion by “interior” local buyers is restrained 
bv discouraging reports from conservative 
Eastern firms, and by tbe caution with which 
banks make udvanees to this class of bor¬ 
rowers. 
-*-*-*- 
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. 
Deaths from Heart Disease are common. 
Use Dr. Graves’ Heart Regulator. Price $1, 
by druggists.—.4di\ 
-— ♦ « « ■- 
CROPS AND MARKETS. 
Saturday, June 14. 
Abroad tha drought which threatened the 
English crops, has been averted by timely 
rains, and tbe condition of spring-sown grain 
is greatly improved, and there is now a pros¬ 
pect that England will have a better harvest 
than she has had for the last seven or eight 
Saturday, June 14, 1884. 
Chicago. —Compared with cash prices a 
week ago, “regular” wheat is %c. lower. 
Corn, lj^c. lower. Oats, l>gc. lower. Rye, 
1 c. lower. Barley, 3c. lower. Hogs, a shade 
lower. Cattle. 25 cents lower on upper grades; 
from 75 cents to *1 lower ou common to me¬ 
dium. Sheep, from 20 cent* to 30 ceuts lower, 
according to grade. 
Wheat.—"R oitulur'* wheat active Out weak; sales 
• «h v '.-'V -Ialy, •*'*',• Augu*t.89)4 
September No. 2 Chicago Spring, 
Cour> Sale* range I; Cast 1 . 54 V June 54 
«v ; :4V; July. August. September, 
1 «HaS;* 4 c; ull the year. 4-4««<».**« Oat*.-W eaker; 
s»H s range*!' t'n*b. : 'lytfii June XMW2!*0i July 32Aa<«o 
AXMAc; AukUSI 2-tpA'riHc: September, 27t*w7'T)ic: all 
the year, 27i JVVtc. RTE-Wcak ut 6,we. Barley— 
Ouict at 62 r. Ptiaa-Caab, *I9w'ilW: JulV, *19.75®20: 
August *19.7lM2P' October. 50: all the year, 
nous Market brisk. Rough packing, *W 
V30- packing aud shlppluu $ 5 .35'1*5.75: light, *4.85 
1*5.10; skips. *3.50,44.10. C'AITLB— Exports, S6.40&6.75; 
good to choice •hipping, *6,00*8.50: common to me¬ 
dium. *5.0o<4,5.90. SH*Kt*-Market dull; Inferior to 
fair. *7.90«4; medium to good, *3.?5®4.25; choice to 
extra. *4« L40. 
St. Louis.—C ompared with cash prices a 
week ago. No. 2 Red Wheat is 6c. lower; 
No. 3 Red Full, 8c. lower. Corn, steady. Oats, 
lower. Rye, 3c. lower. Cattle, pretty 
steady, except Texans, which are from75c. to 
*1 lower. Sheep, from 50c. to *1 lower, ac¬ 
cording to quality. Hogs, lower for poor 
grade*; higher for the best sort*. 
W heat — Active. No. 2 Red. at 99c«*t cash; 99® 
99i*r. June; 93W(ai95*4c. July; 9 i)a ,*92V«c. August: 
AwMc September, closing at Inside figure*; No. 3 
Red at 89e. bid. (.'OR* irregular and slow at 
53 r, 5 ,f »gASIT4c. June: 5i‘^ii»52c. July 5!%«55^c. 
August, :i3t*c . September. GaiS— Very alow at 31® 
;:;V cash; 59tea,WMC July, 25 Sh?. all (he- year. Rye 
— Dullat 56c. Bari ev -Dull aLfOaSUc Bctter Dairy 
at 126.11c . creamery at Eq-JS - Dull at 12c. 
Hay— Timothy nt *1 i<a! 8. Bass-Cutet attflc- Cattle 
—M arket slow; lx ports, *6 i.Va/; Good to Choice 
Shipping $tV2‘ t*6.7S; Common to Medium, *5.5o®6; 
Corn-fed Texans. *1 7!k*5.5d: Grass Texans. *3.75® 
4.75. SHEEP- Market steady. Common «oChoice Clip¬ 
ped. *2 25«»8.50 Texan* *2«t8. Hogs— Market active; 
Yorkers, $5.UK*5.*5; Racking, *5.25®5.4u; Heavy, *5.25 
05.40. 
Cincinnati.— Compared with cash prices a 
week ago, No. 5 Red Wheat talc, lower. Corn 
3 i^e. higher. Oats, higher. Pork, 50c. 
higher. Hogs, somewhat higher. 
Wheat.— Scarce and firm'No. 2 Red at *1, Corh— 
Dull-No. 2 Mixed at 5&«5«l4C. Oats- Firm: at S4t*c. 
Pork-DuII: at *18® 18.50. Labd—A t *7.70 bid. Bulk- 
meats—E asier; shoulders at 6c: short rib at 8J^c. 
Bacos—E asier; but not quotably lower. Hoos—Ac 
