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HOME NEWS. 
Saturday. October 24. 
The official count of the late election in 
Ohio shows that no party had a majority. 
The Republican plurality for Robinson, can¬ 
didate for Secretary of State, was 11,334, be 
having 391.500 against 380,27b for Newman, 
his Democratic rival. The Prohibition vote 
was nearly 10,000, and the Greenbock vote, 
3,780. Butler and Bella will add interest to 
the flgbt in November. The Democrats have 
reorganized the State, and hope to carry it 
next month. Rlaine has been traveling in the 
West, and been working like a Trojan; 
Cleveland remains quietly workiug at Al¬ 
bany, making occasional trips to neighboring 
places; Butler seems to be everywhere; St. 
John is also very busy; Bella—well, there’s 
nothing to lie said about Bella. 
The Republicans and Democrats claim to be 
cocksure of victory; numerous big bets ore 
made by partisans of both on the success of 
their respective favorites, but the betters 
always live in distant places, and can seldom 
or never be found. Mud-flinging is lively. 
Will Butler or St. John poll the larger vote, 
and will the latter hurt the Republicans as 
much as the former will help them, are inter¬ 
esting questions. The contest is likely to be 
mighty close, anyhow. The Democrats ure 
sure to come from the Sunny South with all 
the votes of Dixie; they will then need only 
48 more to secure the Presidency, and New 
Vork and Indiana, or New York and any 
other moderately large State, will give them 
enough; but are they sure of any other 
Northern State—are they sure of New York?.., 
. ..Iu Buffalo there is much dissatisfaction over 
the dullness iu the lake traffic. There is no¬ 
thing for many vessels to do, and they aro 
being laid up for the Winter. Many crafts in 
Mil waukee and Chicago are also idle......... 
Great dullness in manufacturing industries 
everywhere. Tens of thousands of operatives 
idle. Hundreds of thousands work short time 
or for shortened wages .The South 
Tedgur, Tennessee. Nail Works, the largest in 
the South, have given uotice of a 10 per cent, 
reduction of the wages of the employes....... 
... .Thereport of the Director of the Mint will 
show a falling off in gold coinage for the year 
of 8100,000. and an increase in the silver coin¬ 
age of 827,000,000.The Dominion Gov¬ 
ernment will soon establish a gun factory in 
Quebec.The Chicago police have been 
ordered to arrest all women found on the 
streets wearing Mother Hubbard dresses. 
.There are about 375,000 retail dealers iu 
intoxicating liquors in the United States, each 
of whom pays to our Government 835, in con¬ 
sideration of which they are permitted to 
carry on their business for a term of 13 
months. They are also obliged to have a State 
license. There are also tens of thousands of 
the lowest sort of rum und beer sellers who pay 
no license whatever.There are over 
375,000 school teachers in this country. 
Pretty heavy snow storms in various parts of 
Ontario, Canada, and from Lake Huron to 
Lake Michigan ports, and also at Cleveland, 
Ohio, on Thursday morning last.. 
The people of Arkuusas at the September 
election, voted upon the question of licensing 
the sale of liquor with the following result: 
For license, $>3,597; against it 45,358. Six 
counties voted against license. Tw r o years 
ago 13 count ies voted against it.The peo¬ 
ple of Michigan are to vote upon two pro¬ 
posed amendments to the Constitution of their 
State at the November election. One author¬ 
izes an increase of the salaries of judges in 
the upper pen insula ; the other relates to the 
compensation of the members of the Legisla¬ 
ture .......Mr. St. John engaged a hall in 
Worcester, Mass., for an evening address, but 
the Republicans cut off all entrance by 
marching uniformed Plumed Knights arouul 
the place.There is now believed to be 
not a single herd of wild buffaloes upon the 
prairies of Dakota or Minnesota, where they 
once wandered iu thousands. Last 3 -ear there 
were but 10,000 robes handled iu St. Paul, 
where in 1881 100,000 robes were turned over; 
and this year the entire trade has amounted 
to four robes .All along the Canadian 
border there are houses and stores built ex¬ 
actly across the line, for the purpose of smug¬ 
gling, aud the Canadians are making an effort 
to have the practice made illegal by both 
countries. It would appear to be no infringe¬ 
ment on the rights of a citizen to compel him 
to build his house entirely on one side of the 
line or the other.It is understood that 
Sir John A. McDonald will resign the Pre¬ 
miership of Canada upou his return from 
England, on account or failing health. He 
will give a grand reception in Toronto. It 
is said that Sir Hector Laugvine will become 
Premier.The Chief Examiner of the 
Patent Office has decided in favor of Bell in 
the telephone Interference patent case. 
Large numbers of mounted police are being 
sent to Prince Albert to subdue Louis Riel’s 
agitation in Manitoba.The Dominion 
Government is about to lay a cable between 
Nova Scotiaand Sable Island ..He¬ 
brews in every part of the world celebrated 
yesterday the hundredth anniversary of the 
birth of Sir Moses Montediore. The great 
philanthropist and millionaire is, considering 
his extraordinary' age, in sound health and 
vigor. He is the most honored of bis race 
in our time, and we hope that not a few j'ears 
yet remain to him. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
October 35th. 
Across the Atlantic, Ireland is jubilant at 
the removal of George Otto Trevelyan from 
the Secretaryship of Ireland. Next to Earl 
Spencer, the I^ird Lieutenant., be was the 
worst hated man on the island. Although he 
has been nominally promoted, by being made 
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, with 
a seat in the British Cabinet, his removal Is 
regarded as an undoubted victory for the 
Parnellites. Even in London Trevelyan has 
te be constantly guarded by policemen, as it 
is feared Fenian hatred may' yet butcher him, 
as it did his predecessor, Lord Frederick 
Cavendish ......Mr, Baunermau, the new Sec¬ 
retary for Ireland, is, like his predecessor, a 
Scotchman, being ft son of Sir James (’amp- 
bell of Forfarshire. He assumed the surname 
of Baunerman. He is 4-3 years old, and be¬ 
longs to the Radical section of the House of 
Commons. It seems strange that Ireland, 
which contributes an Irishman to every point 
of difficulty—a Wolseley to Egypt, a Duf- 
ferin to India, and a Robinson to South 
Africa—should not be permitted to have one 
of her own sons to manage her own affairs. 
....In England Parliament has been opened; 
and the interminable flood of talk has once 
more tiegun to flow. No compromise has yet 
taken place with regard to the Franchise and 
Distribution Bills. Gladstone persists In push¬ 
ing the former; while merely promising that 
the latter shall follow Jt. The Liberals have 
determined to do little or no talking about 
the Franchise Bill, but to press it to a vote; 
while the Radicals hope the House of Lords 
will reject it again, and thus hasten the abol¬ 
ishment of that body. In view of the fact 
that a largo proportion of the members of 
the Lower House are children, uear rela¬ 
tives, or ‘‘connections” of the members of 
the Upper House, and that u Lord is still 
dear to the British heart, it is likely 
some compromise will be arranged... 
France is still hampered with the Chinese 
muddle. Reports of terrible slaughter among 
the Celestials, and also of the defeat of a 
French detachment aud the capture of 300 
Frenchmen, complicate matters. The ma¬ 
jority of the Committee on the Tonquin 
Credit, in the Legislature, favor “ decisive 
action,” and are willing to advance money 
enough to enable the authorities to act vigor¬ 
ously. France seems farther than ever from 
her object—but what is her object, 1 ' The 
Hovas of Madacascar are still holding out 
bravely against French invasion. Bismarck, 
it is reported, is to visit Paris! .Ger¬ 
many seems resolved to establish colonies 
where her sons who wish to emigrate, may 
find homes, while still remaining uuder the 
Government of the Fatherland, and subject 
to enlistment in its armies. This is the very 
thing, however, which most German able- 
bodied male emigrants wish to avoid. Bis¬ 
marck has summoned a Cougrcss of the Powers 
to meet at Berlin to “ take into consideration” 
the status of the new sovereignty established 
by Stanley along the Congo in Africa, 
under the Presidency of King Leopold 
of Belgium, aud iu the interest of the African 
International Association. Several favorable 
points along the West African coast have also 
tieen placed under “protection” of the Ger¬ 
man flag, by the officers of German men-of- 
war. Indeed, there seems to be a “craze” in 
Eui ope just now to seize upon all lands not in¬ 
cluded in the possessions of some recognized 
civilized power, as possible colonies for the 
“swarming” population. All seem afraid that 
England will gobble up everything unless ao 
tion is taken at once to anticipate her. 
The Duke of Brunswick is dead, and the 
Duke of Cumberland, the next heir, says he 
Vvil succeed him as King of Hanover, or will 
not do so at all. The Duke of Cambridge is 
another heir; but be “doesn’t count.” It is 
not unlikely that Germany' will appropriate 
the territory of the defunct magnate.. 
....By the “advice” of Lord Northbrook, the 
Egyptian army will be reduced to 3,000 men, 
effecting a saving of $850,000 a year, while 
Khedive’s household is also economically cut 
down. It is recommended that the “Sinking 
Fund” shall be suspended for three years, and 
that a loan of $45,000,000 be negotiated. Lord 
N. is to return to London on Nov. 4. On Nov. 
1, Gen. Wolseley will be ready to move towards 
Khartoum, which is said to be again threat¬ 
ened by the followers of the False Prophet, 
who, having finished harvest, have returned 
to the ranks in considerable numbers. Eng¬ 
land is “biding her time” to “punish” the 
Boers in South Africa, as the Cape Colonists 
are too cowardly to attempt the feat unless 
they can do so from behind British bayonets.. 
In the municipal elections lately held iu 
Belgium, the Liberals had majorities in nearly 
all the large cities; while the Clericals won 
only in small country places. The Liberals 
declare that the results of the elections show 
that the opinions of the people have changed * 
since the last general election, when the Cleri¬ 
cals secured a majority in the Legislature, and 
demand that the present Legislature shall be 
dissolved.so as to permit the election of a new 
one in agreement with the present opinions of 
tbe'people. The Clericals refuse to dissolve the 
Assembly until the term for which it was 
elected, shall have expired. The King is 
neutral and embarrassed. Considerable riot¬ 
ing has already taken place; and much more 
is threatened. Belgium is in great danger,not 
so much from internal disensions, as from 
greedy Bismarck who would like nothing bet¬ 
ter than an excuse for seizing upon the little 
kingdom, and thus securing the great object 
of Germany’s desire—a seaport on the North 
Sea. 
This is the decided affirmation of a gentle¬ 
man in Troy, New York, after a month’s trial 
of Compound Oxygen, in his family. The 
great improvement, in his wife’s condition, is 
remarkable indeed. 
"mPLINDID RKHUI.TH ” 
“My wife had much soreness iu her lungs, 
bad a constant depressed feeling, as if a 
weight were laid upon them. We had just 
burled a daughter wno hail been nearly a year 
sick with consumption, und constant care of 
her produced these injurious results. I felt 
much worried in consequence. Four day's 
use and the appetite began to mnuL Two 
weeks and she fell like a different person. 
The soreness has almost entirely' disappeared, 
and she atm breathe deeper now than she has 
been able to do for years, goes out in all weath¬ 
er and is able to do an amount of ’Christinas 
shopping that is very trying to my pocket- 
book. Besides my wife, other members of 
the fami'y have used it as a general, tonic 
with splendid results. 
Our “ Treatise on Compound Oxygen," con¬ 
taining a 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 dis¬ 
eases. will be sent free. Address Dus. Star 
key &, Palen. lloftGlrard St, Philada.— Adv. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, October 35. 
In Orillia, Ont., George Rix’s son, aged 10 
years, tumbltd into a thrashing machine and 
was cut to pieces—a warning!. 
Archibald Stewart, hotel keeper, died at 
Porter’s Lake, N. S., from eating wild pars¬ 
nip, which he supposed to be sarsaparilla. A 
boy named Murphy is in a critical condition— 
another warning! We come across lots of 
the kind every day.The United 
States raise 74 per cent, of the corn grown 
in the world. ..The eminent botan¬ 
ist, Do Caudolle, gave the age of an elm at 
335 years. The ages of some palms have been 
set down at from 600 to 700 years; that of an 
olive tree at 700 years, of a plane tree at 720, 
of a cedar at 800, of an oak at 1,500, of a yew 
at 3,880, of a taxodimu at 4,000, anil of a bao¬ 
bab tree at 5,00(1......... There was incorpor¬ 
ated Saturday, at the office of the New York 
Secretary of State, the American Milk Com¬ 
pany of New York, capital $100,000 .. 
The correspondent of a London paper alludes 
to the terrible dearth of milk in many dis¬ 
tricts. All is sent up to London, aud the poor 
can get none. In one village in Southwest 
England, milk not long ago was only' sold on 
the production of a medical certificate as to 
its necessity..Water is so scarce at Shen¬ 
andoah, Pa., that but half an hour’s supply is 
allowed out of the 24. Iu Lost Creek and 
other places the people are supplied from the 
tanks of locomotives. The drought is the 
severest for many years.. A telegram 
from Danville, Va., dated last Wednesday, 
says, “The drought, which was interrupted by 
slight rains about Sept. 12, was broken up by 
a fall of rain in this region this evening. The 
tobacco crop has been boused and the corn is 
being gathered, but the rain will benefit the 
turnip crop and such of the lauds, principally' 
tobacco lands, as have been sown in wheat, 
and some of the pasture lands”.Another 
from Birmingham. Ala , of the same date, 
says: “A copious rain fell here to-day, ending 
the serious drought. This is the first rain 
since August 4. The streams have not been 
so low for many years, and there has been, 
consequently, much suffering to live stock. 
Fortunately, a good provision crop has al¬ 
ready been made”.Some idea of the ex¬ 
tent of the California canned goods trade, and 
capital invested, may be gained from the fact 
that the total pack of the Pacific coast in 
fruits and vegetables, including pie fruits, 
jams and jellies, with a fair estimate of the 
tomato, quince and grape packs not yet com¬ 
pleted. is flbfl.flOO cases, 14,157.003 cans, or 
37.218.000 pounds, and the cost of the pack 
$1,830,150 . Bulletin No. 4, just issued 
by the Maine State Board of Agriculture, 
states that the apple crop is a full one, above 
the average everywhere. Franklin 
County farmers, in Maine, arc selling their 
fall apples for $1.25 per barrel. Winter fruit 
is not much sold, although some lots have 
been disposed of at $1.50 to $1.75 per barrel. 
....A report has just tieen received from the 
Italian Minister of Agriculture on sorghum 
investigations taken by the Government. The 
following results were obtained at Modena, in 
Northern Italy, from sorghum cut 15 days 
after the seed was fully ripe: Juice expressed 
from cane, 60 53 per cent : specific gravity 
of juice. 1.089; sucrose in juice, 17.06 per 
cent.; glucose in juice, 1.58 percent. 
TbeUnadilla Valley Association, of New York, 
have now in quarantine 150 head of Dutch- 
Friesian cattle. They are all young, thrifty 
animals. They are all recorded in Holland. 
....From July 1 to Angus* 31 the shipments 
of wheat from San Francisco amounted to 
1,696.603 centals—1.435,014 for Great Britain, 
263.030 for Belgium, 7,863 for Central Ameri¬ 
ca. and 905 miscellaneous. For the same period 
in 1883 the total shipment was 1,309,904 cen¬ 
tals, and in 1883 2,187.316 centals . The 
colored people of South Carolina, to the num¬ 
ber of 1,000, are invited te emigrate to farm 
in California, their transportation to be paid 
and deducted from their wages_More smut 
is in the Northern wbe±t crop this year than 
ever before. Out of 50 cars received at Du¬ 
luth from Bismarck and poluts beyond, only 
one has graded higher than No. 3, on account 
of smut ..An eur of corn gathered in 
Union County, Dak., contained, by actual 
count, 1,742 grains.Between July 1 
and September 15, 85,000 barrels of flour were 
exported from San Francisco to Cbiua and 
Japan.A bill has beeu introduced in 
the Vermont Legislature prohibiting the use f 
iu that State, of barbed wire for fencing.... 
....The Hon. John Scott, Nevada, la., wants 
to open correspondence with every Iowa 
breeder who purposes exhibiting at the 
World’s Industrial Exposition at New Or¬ 
leans, so that he may furnish all necessary in¬ 
formation as fast as he receives it. Mr. Scott 
is to be Superintendent of the Live-stock De¬ 
partment of that Exposition.Hog 
cholera prevails te nn ularmiug extent on 
farms near Shamokin, Pa........ Great fires 
are raging in the woods in GreenviHo aud 
Brunswick counties, Va... Two hundred 
thousand bushels of this year's Manitoba wheat 
have reached Montreal, via the Canadian 
Pacific Railroad.There was a heavy 
frost on Thursday night throughout Western 
Teuuohsee. The lateness of the season pre¬ 
vented serious injury. 
-♦ * ♦ 
See Johnson & Field’s Racine Farm Mill ad¬ 
vertisement in issue of Oct. 35. Page 713— Adv. 
CROPS AND MARKETS. 
Saturday, October 25. 
Across the Atlantic the weather in the 
United Kingdom last week was favorable, 
but the Euglish wheat was not much in de¬ 
mand except for particularly fine lots. The 
foreign wheat was characterized as demoral¬ 
ized, and stocks were increasing. During the 
present week there has been a slightly better 
buying demand, which is not likely to con¬ 
tinue long. France has been buying some¬ 
what freely from Atlantic ports, and specula¬ 
tors have held back new supplies, enough so 
to keep trade steady. With its production 
(293,648,000 bushels, or 49,392,000 in excess 
of last year) nearly equal to its wants, 
France has been freely importing, and thus 
the future is likely to be encumbered. Rye, 
as a large source of food, is still rather fall¬ 
ing in price, and so weakens the value of 
wheat. Belgium, Holland and Germany, 
working much on the same base of supply, 
have all been firm, and the inai kets promise 
support to a moderate advance for both wheat 
and rye. Russia has sent word that an im¬ 
portant proportion of its wheat harvest had 
been damaged by the weather, and prices 
were rising in the north above buyers’ views. 
The extreme depression to which wheat was 
subjected last week—84c, for cash at New 
York, 74c. at Chicago—resulted, as was to be 
expected, in a reaction. Exporters who had 
“limit, orders” foundt hemselves enabled to do 
business, and transactions were increased,and 
have since been heavier. The gain in exports 
of wheat last week, as compared with the 
week before, were 534,795 bushels—from the 
Atlantic coast—and there is reason to believe 
that this volume will be sustained during the 
present week. The visible supply for the 
week ending October 18 increased 1,920,170 
