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HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, September 27. 
Politic ad mutter* are getting lively. In 
Ohio, Indiana and Went Va., the campaign 
is in full blast, in view of the October elec¬ 
tions there for State officers. These elections 
are always thought of great importance in 
presidential years, as indicating the course of 
public opinion. Moreover, there are tens of 
thousands of people who do little thinking po¬ 
litically for themselves, and are swayed by the 
majority to whatever side it may belong: and 
there are ns many more who always back the 
“upper dog in the fight,” and vote in November 
with whatever party may have won in Octo¬ 
ber. All parties, therefore, are doing their 
level best to make a fine show in the October 
States. Blaine has been “swinging round the 
circle” from Augusta, Me., to Philadelphia, 
Pa.; then he swung up through New York 
State, and is now on his way to Ohio. Every¬ 
where he has been received by crowds who 
cheered vociferously. He has visited a large 
number of fairs along his route, and delivered 
short, “taking” speeches. Logan has been 
“swinging round the circle” in the West, and 
as far south as W. Va. Cleveland has been 
sticking at Albany, doing the duties of gover¬ 
nor, and receiving hosts of visitors. Butler 
has been here, there and everywhere, and is 
always lively and entertaining. St. John has 
just started from Kansas to make a charge 
through most of the Western and Middle 
States. The political papers all over the 
country are having recourse more and more 
to “billingsgate” in speaking not only of the 
opposing candidates, but of every one who 
ventures to dissent from them. In spite of 
all the boasts, the issue of the battle is still 
doubtful between the two great, parties The 
candidature of Butler Is thought to bo in¬ 
jurious to the Democrats; but that of St 
John is considered to be equally injurious 
to the Republicans. Both claim about an 
equal number of votes—1,000,000. 
The American forestry Congress at Saratoga 
last week elected the following officers: Presi¬ 
dent, Warren Higley, of Ohio; Vice-presi¬ 
dents, H. G. Goly and W. U. Eggleston; 
Recording Secretary, Dr. B. F. Hough; Cor¬ 
responding Secretary, B. E. Fenson; lreas- 
urer, .T. D. Hicks. Executive Committee—B. 
G. Northrup, of Clinton; J. D. Hicks, of 
Roslyn; Harvey Baker, of Ouoonta: J. G. 
Kuapp, of Liuiona, Fla.; J. L. Budd,of Iowa; 
F. B. Hough, of Lowville.Forty-one 
persons were killed and 200 injured in the 
late riot in Cincinnati, and not one murderer 
was hanged.There are now in the 
United States 810 Young Men's Christian 
Associations, with a membership of 108.187. 
They own eighty buildings, and $3,956,676 
worth of real estate.There were four 
Anti-MonopoRsts elected to the Vermont Leg¬ 
islature ut the recent election.The Grand 
Trunk car works at London, Ont., were burn¬ 
ed the other evening, and 400 men were 
thrown out of employment. Most of them 
lost their tools. The total loss is estimated at 
$400,(XK).Two small Massachusetts towns, 
Seekonk and Mt. Washington, will not have 
Republican ballots printed, but will go solid 
for St. John and Daniel .The President 
has appointed Harry Kislingbury, sou of 
Lieut. Kislingbury, who lost his life in the 
Greeley expedition, a cadet-at-large to the 
Naval Academy.The new batch of Ala¬ 
bama claims, amounting to about $2,500,000, 
have all been paid. It is estimated that there 
are about $5,000,000 more in unsettled claims, 
which would leave $5,500,600 ns the Treasury. 
.Congress having called, on the Secre¬ 
tary of the Interior for all the evidence in his 
department bearing on the frauds of pension 
claim agents, to be produced in print, a cheer¬ 
ful little volume of 1,600 pages in fine typo is 
produced, showing up the rascalities practiced. 
... .Edward Stokes, murderer of J Im Fisk and 
liquor seller, is, a New \ork letter writer 
says, soon to marry the widow of the Pennsyl¬ 
vania millionaire, Robert Packer. But her 
millions go to the Packer charitable institu¬ 
tions after her death.The Colorado 
Democratic State Convention nominated Alve 
Adams, of Pueblo, for governor, at Denver, 
Wednesday. Gov, Grant declined a renomi¬ 
nation. The Colorado Greenbackers have 
nominated for governor JobnE. Washburn, 
of Larimer.The Republican and Dem¬ 
ocratic Conventions of Washington Territory 
have indorsed the woman suffrage law, and 
declared for maintaining it as the result of 
experience.Henry Clay was shot and 
mortally wounded by Aid. Wepler, a bar¬ 
room keeper and politician, Sunday morning 
at Louisville, and died Monday. The de¬ 
ceased was a grandson of the noted statesman 
whose name he bore. Wepler has been ar¬ 
rested.The Newcomb-Buchanan Com¬ 
pany, of Louisville, Ky.—the largest whisky 
corporation in the South, and one of the 
largest in the Union—made an assignment 
Monday. The company failed about two 
years ago^witb about $1,000,000 liabilities and 
$2,000,000 nominal assets, but finally suc¬ 
ceeded in obtaining an extension from its 
creditors.It is claimed that. 500 China¬ 
men have made their way into Oregon from 
British territory within the last three months, 
on the false pretense that they lived in 
America before the Chinese Restriction Law 
was passed.Great business depression 
in the Dominion is reported by a telegram 
from Ottawa, Canada; and it is said that un¬ 
less grain exports assume larger proportions 
the balance against Canada in Great Britain 
will greatly Increase this month.Last 
Thursday night Postmaster-General Gresham 
was nominated Secretary of the Treasury, to 
succeed the late Jndge Folger, and took the 
oath of office before midnight. Frank Hat¬ 
ton, Assistant Postmaster-General, will act as 
Postmaster-General for the next 10 days, or 
until a successor to Gen. Gresham shall be ap¬ 
pointed. The general impression is that Hat¬ 
ton willget the position....John Riordan, 
president of the Toronto (Ont.) Mail Printiug 
Company, is dead.Keely says that 
complete success is very near at hand. His 
motor will be completed in less than two 
weeks. He will then make a public exhibition 
of its wonderful power.The Panama 
Canal Company has signed a contract, with a 
New York company, providing that the last 
section of the canal shall be cut in 1887. 
The officials of the Adams and American Ex¬ 
press Companies state that a man giving his 
name as I. T. Lloyd is traveling through the 
country swindling many persons by means of 
bogus papers, purporting to be signed 
by the above-named express companies..... 
....In Washington, the court of inquiry in 
the case of the collision netweou the Talla¬ 
poosa and the Baltimore schooner, find that 
the Tallapoosa did all in her power to avoid a 
collision and complied with the law, and that 
the blame rests with the schooner. The De¬ 
partment has approved the findings. 
The Chinese Government has applied through 
Mr. Young, the United Stab's Minister at 
Pekin, for 8,000 square feet of space for its 
display at the approaching Now Orleans Ex¬ 
position. Major Burke, the Director-Gene¬ 
ral, has been written to upon the subject 
by the Department of State.At the State 
Department in Washington, it is said that 
there need be no fear of any trouble growing 
out of the decision of the Mexican Boundary 
Commissioners, which places the line 000 yards 
north of where it was supposed to run. At 
Nogale, Arizona, there has been considerable 
disturbance of monuments, and in some cases 
the boundary has been obliterated. Near 
Emory Springs the Mexican village, custom¬ 
house and small pond fall to the jurisdiction 
of the United Status..It is reported in 
Constantinople that Sackville West, the Brit¬ 
ish Minister to Washington, will succeed Lord 
Dufferin, ambassador to Turkey... It is 
reported that Sir John McDonald, the Cana¬ 
dian, will be elevated to the peerage. 
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FOREIGN NEWS. 
Saturday, September 27. 
Across the Atlantic discontent in Ireland 
crops out in the refusal of the Limerick to pay 
a special police tax imposed on the city for 
the support of au extra number of policemen 
stationed there during the late troubles. The 
tax had just been reduced by Earl Spencer, 
Lord Lieutenant, whom the corporation de¬ 
nounces as a bloody tyrant. The Mayor of 
Cork entertained the Queen’s son, the Duke of 
Edinburgh, during liis recent visit; but the 
corporation of the city refuses to approve of 
his conduct. Hatred of English rule is con¬ 
stantly showu by such manifestations of im¬ 
placable dislike.......... 
In England the political situation may be 
inferred from a sentence iu Gladstone's speech 
at Carlisle yesterday: “In the present crisis 
the Lords ought to study the best means to 
provide that the House of Lords shall not fall. 
This end can be best secured by their acting 
with moderation and prudence.”.There 
is a good deal of fear of more dynamite out¬ 
rages, and English detectives accompany each 
steamer across the Channel to narrowly scru¬ 
tinize each passenger aDd subject the baggage 
to close examination to prevent the Introduc¬ 
tion of dynamite from the Continent Egyp¬ 
tian affairs now engross English attention most. 
Lately Lord Northbrook, ex-Viceroy of India, 
was appointed High Commissioner to arrange 
Egytiau financial affairs, the muddle in 
which has been the prime cause of all tbe 
trouble in that wretched country, includ¬ 
ing the deposition of the late Khedive. 
The other day. by his direction, money that 
should have gone into the sinking fund, de¬ 
signed to pay the bonded debts of the country 
when they fall due, was devoted to pay the 
general expenses of running the government, 
and making internal improvements; and for 
this purpose the English Government ex¬ 
pressed its willingness to lend $40,000,000 
more; but as it is treating the country as a 
province of its own, it would be. of course, to 
improve its own territory. All those who 
had loaned money to Egypt at extravagant 
rates of interest, seeing that tbe payment of 
their debts at maturity would be endangered 
bv the failure of the sinking fund, appealed 
clamorously to their respective government* 
to protest against the measure: and Germany, 
Austria. France and Russia^ have formally, 
but peremptorily, told the Khedive that the 
sinking fund must not. be interfered with, as 
the provisions in relation to it ore matters of 
international law, aDd that If he supported 
the English project he would do so at his 
peril, as it might be necessary to restore his 
deposed father to the throne. England in 
Egypt is now brought in opposition with the 
rest of Europe in this matter, and to a less ex¬ 
tent in the general course of her policy there. 
..News comes that “Chinese” Gordon has 
routed the l**>eigors of Khartoum; that the 
seige is raised; that Gordon has captured from 
El Mabdi several Important, places, and is 
preparing to take others, and to scDd a de¬ 
tachment north to meet Lord Wolesley. fhe 
latter start* sout h to-day with a flying col¬ 
umn, as it is hardly likely an army will now 
lie required to relieve Gordon ; although one 
will be ready to march should it be needed. 
The ravage* of Cholera continue iu Italy. 
There were in the last 24 hours 452 new cases 
and 212 deaths? iu Spain there were 8 fre»h 
cases and 7 deaths, and in the south of France 
8 fresh eases and 3 deaths. Groat distress pre¬ 
vails in ail the afflicted districts, as business is 
paralyzed.Nothing new in the Franeo- 
Cbiuese embroglio, except a report that 
France and Russia have formed an alliance 
with regard to China, which would meau the 
partition of that empire and the destruction of 
British trade there, and consequently great j 
danger to British domination in India, most 1 
of whose revenues are derived from the opium 
and other kinds of trade with China!. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, September 27. 
A telegram yesterday from Chicago says 
that Dr. D. E. Salmon, Chief of the Bureau of 
Animal Industry, during his recent inves¬ 
tigating trip through Ohio and Kentucky, 
found u herd of cattle numbering 250 head, 
belonging to Frisbie Lake, of Cynthi- 
ana. Ky., affected with contagoous pleuro¬ 
pneumonia iu an advanced stage. Some were 
killed, and the rest quarantined. The infec 
tiou had been carried from the farm of M. B. 
Clark, Geneva, 111. Dr. S. believes the disease 
exists nowhere else in Kentucky. In Ohio 
lie had killed five infected cattle in the herd of 
Mr. Dye, at Troy: and had found the disease 
on Mr. Mitchell’s farm at Dayton. Tbe con¬ 
tagion had been carried to Mitchell by cattle 
brought from Dye; while the latter had 
brought it from Maryland in a cur load of 
cheap Jerseys, The infection was stamped oat 
at. Troy; but Mitchell refused to permit his 
diseased auimuls to be slaughtered unless their 
full value was paid, as there are no cattle 
laws in Ohio; and Dr. S , having no money to 
pay the price, merely quarantined the herd. 
Two cows belonging to M. G. Clark, Geneva, 
Ill., were condemned on Wednesday by Dr. 
Paaren, State Veterinarian, and appraisers 
decided that the State should pay Clark $1,10 
for each, though their value was $500 each. 
Vigorous efforts are beiug made everywhere 
in the West to stamp out the plague. The 
dealers still maintain, however, that there is 
no genuine case of contagious pleuro-pneu- 
mouia in the country, aod some of the stock- 
owuers say they agree with them. John 
Rogers, of Abingdon, 111., has brought suit 
for $50,000 against parties whom he alleges 
circulated false reports that his Aberdeen- 
Angus cattle are suffering from the malady.. 
.. ..Edward Clark, tbe architect of the Capitol 
at Washiugtou, in his annual report, notes the 
success of his attempt to transplant over 100 
trees, averaging a foot in diameter. To 
adapt them to removal, their roots were cut 
off at a distance of 3>£ feet from the trunk. 
The operation was regarded as hazardous, and 
was characterized as an injudicious and dis¬ 
astrous one. All of the trees, with two excep¬ 
tions, have flourished, and are growing more 
rapidly than others in the same park. 
..The Mississippi Valley produces 185,000 tons 
of cotton seed, one-fourth of which is mar¬ 
keted in Memphis, much of it being shipped 
in a crude state from that point to Italy, 
whence it is returned to this country in the 
shape of “pure olive oil”.The New Zea¬ 
land Government has authorized an agent to 
collect 200 stoats and weasels, for the purpose 
of thinning out the rabbits iu that colony. 
Each animal is expected to cost about $150 be¬ 
fore it is Landed.Boiled peanuts are a 
favorite dish with the Chinese. Long cooking 
beneath water extracts all the oil and flavor¬ 
ing principle, and leaves a dough that can be 
used in the same manner as that made from 
flour.A butterine factory has just started 
in Chicago, with a capacity of over 2,000,000 
pounds annually...The last General As¬ 
sembly of Iowa appropriated $5,0*30 to assist 
the Farmers' Protective Association in its 
litigation with the barbed-wire companies. 
The Merchants’ Union sued out a writ of in¬ 
junction to restrain the State Auditor from 
drawing the warrant, on the ground that the 
act was unconstitutional. Tbe Supreme Court 
has just decided that it was constitutional, 
and has refused to sustain the injunction. 
....There were 25,064 more farmers in Eng¬ 
land and Ireland in 1871 than in 1881, a de¬ 
crease of over 10 per cent., while there were 
IS per cent, more farmers' bailiffs and 10 per 
cent, fewer farm laborers.There is a 
great deal of growing discontent among the 
general public because, while wheat is lower 
than at any time within a century, there is 
little or no reduction in the price of bread. 
The milleis and bakers are getting the benefits 
of tbe superabundant crop.The ex- - 
ports of rlairy products from Canada amount 
to nearly twenty per cent, of the export of all 
agricultural products, including live stock, 
from the Dominion....The Montreal 
Gazette says: “We believe that there is 
more cheese in Canada, to day, than at any 
other time in the history of the trade.". 
Following are the dairy statistics of the Chi¬ 
cago Produce Exchange for the month of 
Augnst: Shipments of butter 12,294,000 
pounds, increase of nearly 2,000,000 over the 
same month last year. Shipments of cheese 
4,506,000 pounds, an increase of over 200,000. 
Direct exports since January 1st, 1,980,000 
pounds of butter and 6,608,000 pounds of 
cheese....Some rather striking details as 
to tbe areas of crops are to be gleaned from 
the Irish statistics. Thus, the wheat acreage 
has decreased from 153,794 in 1881 to 69.008 in 
; barley from 218,010 in 1880 Pin •f.*7 in 
1884; oats from 1.897,808 in 1882 to 1.847,395 
in 1884; beans and peas from 11,914 in 1881 to 
8,728 in 1H84. and potatoes from 855.293 in 
1881 to 798,942 in 1884 .Tbe Hon. S. 
Dysart is to take charge of the cattle depart¬ 
ment of tbe World’s Exposition at New Or¬ 
leans... It is said that some Ohio farmers 
are feeding new wheat to their swine instead 
of corn, the old corn having been all used up 
and wheat being plentiful and cheap. 
Tlie secretary of the American Carp Culture 
Association states that 25,000 persons in this 
country ure now engaged in the culture of 
carp .Stealing horses in Delaware is 
bad business for the thief if caught. Oue was 
recently sentenced to pay the costs of prosecu¬ 
tion, $100 restitution money. $200 line, to 
stand one hour in tbe pillory, receive twenty 
lashes, and then suffer eighteen months’ im¬ 
prisonment...A convention of all those 
interested in the breeding and management of 
live stock in the United States, will be held at 
Chicago on November 13 and 14 next, during 
the first week of the Fat Stock Show. The 
present condition of tbe live stock Inter¬ 
ests, especially tbe official declaration that 
contagious disease has made its appearance 
among the cattle of the Western States, is 
proof of the need of a convention so held as 
to give the best opportunity for all classes 
interested to attend. .Wisconsin’s 
tobacco crop this year will aggregate 
22.50*1,900 pounds, and will bring the grow¬ 
ers about $2,000.01X1.Duriug the 
month of August of this year $16,455,530 
worth of breadstuff* was exported from the 
United States, against $18,875,276 worth ex¬ 
ported in 1883. For the first eight months of 
this year tbe value of the breadstuff exports 
has been $96,003,250. against $111,239,476 for 
the corresponding period last, year.From 
a statement prepared at the Land Office 
showing the disposal of public lands for the 
fiscal year ended Juue30. 1884. it appears that 
the cash sales amount to 6.817.847 acres, from 
which were realized $10,802,582. The original 
homestead entries included 7.831.809 acres, the 
final homesteud entries 2,945.571 acres, and the 
timber culture entries 4,084,463 acres The 
miscellaneous disposals aggregate 8,600,219 
acres (including 8.343,154 acres of railroad 
lauds), for which the sum of $1,536,410 were 
received. The total number of acres of land 
disposed of under all heads, excluding the 
final homestead entries, was 26.N34.04l, and 
the aggregate receipts were $11,838,993 This 
is an increase over the disposals of last year 
of 8.101,137 acres and of $1,075,521. Indian 
lands to the amount of 697.128 acres, which 
were sold for $938,137. are not included in the 
foregoing totals. Of the 11,000.000 acres dis¬ 
posed of in Dakota, nearly 5,000,000 acres 
were taken under railroad grants. 
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See Johnson <Sr Field's Racine Farm Mill ad¬ 
vertisement in issue of Sept. 27, page 647.— Adv. 
CROPS AND MARKETS. 
The Mark Lane Express, in its weekly re¬ 
view of the grain trade, says: The fine, hot 
weather causes very favorable conditions 
for next year's crop. Values declined. 
The sales of English wheat for the past 
week were 74,135 quarters at 33s. lOd., against 
60,444 quarters at 41s. 9d. for the corres¬ 
ponding week of last year. In the foreign 
trade there has been a further decline, and 
values are only nominal. The off-coast trade 
is confined to a few Australian cargoes, and 
