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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, November 8. 
Weld, the “agony” is over—or nearly so. 
Usually tbe result of a Presidential election 
is known through out the length aud breadth 
of the land the night of the election, or the 
morning after it. Of course, the precise fig¬ 
ures cannot be given so early, but the general 
result is known. In 1876 the outcome in Flor¬ 
ida was in doubt for some days—yea. indeed 
for several months—and this year the result 
in New York has been In doubt since Tuesday. 
Then the election hiuged on the lour votes of 
the Flowery State; now it turns on the 8ft 
votes of the Empire State. Then a special 
Commission, called into existence by unpre¬ 
cedented Congressional legislation, decided 
the matter; lliere is little doubt but the ordi¬ 
nary State authorities wiLl decide the question 
in tbe present case. Indeed, practically, it is 
decided already, as it is generally conceded 
that Cleveland and Hendricks have carried 
the State by ubout 1,200 plurality. Slight 
clerical errors are constantly discovered in 
tbe returns from various precincts; but those 
on one side counterbalance those on the other. 
The plurality on either side is so small, how¬ 
ever, that the “official count" alone will sat¬ 
isfy all parties. This will be made next Wednes¬ 
day. In this and other "close" Slates, thereare, 
of course, numerous charges of "colonization,” 
"bribery,” "repeating,” "ballot-box stuffing,” 
and other forms of fraud; aud no doubt, some 
of the charges are true—on both sides. 
Who killed Republican Cock Robin! Of 
course, tlie Democrats helped; so did the In¬ 
dependents; but the fatal arrow was shot by 
the unforgiving Stalwarts. They made no 
noise; formed no organization; held no meet¬ 
ings; printed no documents—but they voted. 
They remembered that Foiger had been de¬ 
feated for the Governorship by Cleveland 
through the action of Blaine aud his friends; 
they remembered Blaine’s assaults on Conk- 
ling, and they voted to square the account. 
The returns from Oneida County alone— 
Conkling’s home—whore Garfield had a plu¬ 
rality of 1,046, now show a plurality of 28 
for Clevelaud a change of 1,074 votesin that 
little county uloue. or 700 more than the 
plurality for Cleveland in the whole State. 
It. is possible, however, that Republican 
Cock Robin isn’t dead yet.. 
At present the correct returns seem to Vie as 
follows: 
THE ELECTORAL VOTE. 
DEMOCRATIC states. 
States. 
Plurality. 
Electors 
Alabama. 
. 30.000 
10 
Arkausas . 
. 28, IKK) 
7 
Connecticut . 
. 1.200 
6 
Delaware. 
. 3,000 
3 
Florida . 
. 5.104 
4 
Georgia...... 
. 45,000 
12 
Indiana. 
. 3.000 
15 
Kentucky. 
. 45. GOO 
13 
Louisiaua. 
.. 20.00(1 
8 
MarylOUd . 
. 10,000 
8 
Mississippi. 
.. 20. (HH) 
9 
Missouri . 
. 20.000 
1ft 
New Jersey. 
. 4,112 
9 
New York . 
. 1.2(H) 
36 
North Carolina... 
. 9,000 
11 
Sout h Carolina.... 
.. 43.000 
9 
Tennessee. 
. 20.000 
12 
Texas . 
. 98.500 
13 
Virginia . 
. 14.000 
12 
West Virginia. 
. 4,000 
ft 
Total. 
REPUBLICAN STATES. 
. 219 
States. 
Plurality. 
Electors. 
California. 500 
Colorado. . 8,500 
Illinois. 15.000 
Iowa . 43.000 
Kausas... 47.000 
Maiue . 20.000 
Massachusetts. 10,000 
Michigan. 4.000 
Minnesota..,. 32,000 
N ebrnska.... 20.000 
Nevada . 1.000 
New Hampshire. 4.000 
Ohio . 11,000 
Oregon-....-. 1,500 
Pennsylvania. 28.000 
Rhode Island. 7,000 
Vermont. 25.0(H) 
Wisconsin. 9,000 
recapitulation. 
Democratic.219 
Republican. 182 
Cleveland’s majority. 37 
Indiana, however, is claimed by the Republi¬ 
cans. Tbe interest in the Presidential election 
has been so great that little news has hitherto 
come with regard to municipal, State, aud 
Congressional elections in various parts ol the 
country. All important information on this 
point will be condensed here next week. 
It is with much regret and profound sym¬ 
pathy we learn of the recent death of Mrs. 
Mary E. Allen, the admirable wife of our 
long-time friend and contributor, Mr. A. B. 
Allen. She had been an invalid for 10 years, 
during which period she had been confined to 
the house most of the time; her death, how¬ 
ever, which was due to neuralgia of the heart, 
was unexpected, as there wf re no very serious 
premonotory syiuptoms. Mrs. Allen had long 
been a member of the Episcopal Church, and 
her many virtues greatly endeared her to a 
large circle of friends .. 
Jones, the would-be assassin of Ouiteau, 
was tried at Washington last Monday, and 
the jury, after being out 20 minutes, acquitted 
him. The defence was that he was not the 
man “on the brown horse,” who did tbe shoot¬ 
ing. No doubt he was, however.The 
estimated decrease of the public debt for Oc¬ 
tober is $8,250,000.The ex-slaves of the 
South now pay tuxes on a tax valuation of 
$9,000,000, and have acquired proprietorship 
iu 000,000 acres of land.The severest 
storm for 50 years, together with an extraor¬ 
dinarily high tide, did an enormous amount 
of damage along the Bt. Lawrence River on 
Thursday. At Quebec waves nine feet high 
swept over the wharves, and flooded all tbe 
warehouses aud buildings on low ground—loss 
not less than $350,000. At various other points 
along the river much injury was also done, 
aggregating tons of thousands of dollars.. 
....A heavy fall of snow in various parts of 
Canada on Wednesday.It is said that 
the county of McIntosh, Dakota, which 
was entirely Government land until 90 days 
ago, does not yet contain men enough to fill 
the usual offices, but they have elected them¬ 
selves as far as they will go.Eight 
hundred barrels of flour, sent by the Cana¬ 
dian Government, has been delivered to the 
distressed Labrador fishermen.Mr. 
Charles E. Coon, Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury, who has returned to Washington 
from Elmira. N. Y., has been designated by 
Secretary McCulloch to sign, in his stead, war¬ 
rants for the disbursement of public moneys. 
....The number of medical colleges in the 
United States and Canada is stated to be 139. 
Of medical students there arc 12,00(1. of whom 
10,000 are "regulars,” 1,200 are homoeopaths, 
750 eclectics and 50 physio medicals. 
The Episcopal Council of Nebraska on Wed 
nesday again elected the Rev. Dr. Worth¬ 
ington, of Detroit, as Bishop, in the hope 
that this time he will accept. 
A saloon keeper of Cincinnati brought suit to 
recover moneys paid under the provisions of 
the Scott Law, which has just been declared 
unconstitutional. Justice Anthony decided 
that one year aud one day having elapsed 
since the payment of the tax, recovery was 
barred by the statute of limitations. Hamil¬ 
ton County is interested iu the decision to the 
amount of $400,000.Charles J. Faulk¬ 
ner. w ho died Saturday at Martinsburg, West 
Virginia, was Minister to France before the 
civil war, and served as chief of staff to 
Stonewall Jackson...Judge Zane’s 
late sentence of Rudger Clawson, tbe 
Mormou polygamist, to four years’ impri¬ 
sonment and to pay a fine of $800, and his 
his refusal to accept bail, are the best fruits 
of Utuh legislation thus far. ... 
The Ohio Divorce Reform League has 
issued a circular, which gives some startling 
facts as to divorce in the United States. The 
number of divorces Iu New England in 1878, 
was 2,113, or about one to every 10 marriages. 
Iu California the ratio is about one to seven 
marriages. In the whole country the ratio 
has doubled in the last 30 years, aud the pre¬ 
sent increase is still greater. In Ohio there 
were 873 divorces in 1805, and 1,905 in 1883. 
This is an increase of 233 per cent., while the 
increase of marriages in the same time was 
only 30 per cent. Tbe ratio iu Ashtabula 
County, Ohio, iu 188S, was one divorce to 
four marriages, and one petition for divorce 
to every two marriages.... 
... It is reported at Washington that $100,- 
000.000 have already been expended on the 
Panama Canal, while not one twentieth of 
the work has been done; and that our Govern 
ment anticipates the early bankruptcy of the 
corporation. Its iuterest charges are already 
$6,000,000 a year.Minister Foster is re¬ 
ported at Madrid as having negotiated a com¬ 
mercial treaty which has been laid before the 
Spanish Cabinet. It contemplates a reciproc¬ 
ity treaty covering tbe United States, Canada 
and the British and Spanish W est indies, aud 
applying on the one baud to West India sugar, 
molasses and unmanufactured tobacco, and 
on the other to breadstuffs and many of our 
manufactures, as well as to our cattle 
and fish. Over 6,000 government offi¬ 
cials left Washington desolate in order to vote. 
_The notorious Ex-Gov. Moses, of South 
Carolina, in jail at Detroit charged with 
swindling Rev. Dr. Rexford, Rev. Mr. Atter- 
bury and others, tried to hang himself in his 
cell last week but failed.The Canadian 
Pacific Railroad will be represented by au ex¬ 
tensive display at the New Orleans Exhibition. 
....There have been in all 100 weddings at 
tbe mission chapel in San Francisco between 
Christian Chinese. 
FOREIGN NEWS. J 
Saturday, November 8. 
In view of the absorbing interest in domes¬ 
tic events, there bas been during tbe week, 
little foreign news of interest to Americans, 1 
Agitation is either slumbering as usual in ( 
Ireland or breaking out in spite here and 
there. Fight still going on in England be¬ 
tween Liberals and Conservatives about Fran¬ 
chise and Distribution Bills. The former are 
afraid the Liberal majorities created in towns 
by tbe Franchise Bill, will be so gerryman¬ 
dered as to swamp tbe Conservative majori¬ 
ties in country places. Lately, the Commons 
took a whole evening in discussing the merits 
of Fair Trade and Free Trade. In the dismis¬ 
sion it was stated that complaints were made 
that rents were diminishing everywhere, that 
capital was leaving England for present in¬ 
vestment in "protection” countries, and that 
the English trade was "suffering from foreign 
countries and protective duties”. 
... Tbe English Ministry has abandoned the 
Australian Federation Bill, in consequence of 
the opposition displayed by the Assembly of 
New South Wales.Reports that El 
Mahdi had captured Khartoum and its garri¬ 
son under Chinese Gordon, have been contra¬ 
dicted by news from Gordon himself. Gen. 
Wolseley is pushing southward to his relief, 
but bis movements are slow owing to defects 
in the commissariat due to difficulties in trans¬ 
porting supplies in such a way as to 
avoid tbe cataracts of the Nile. 
"DOING A ORA 8 II WORK FOR ME." 
In sending for a new supply of Compound 
Oxygen, a gentleman at Walnut. Iowa, says: 
"1 cannot get along without it, as it is do 
iny such a grand work for me. You would 
not believe. me to (»• the some miserable wan J 
was a year ago to see me now . 1 am gaining 
so fast in flesh. I weigh wore now than J 
ever did in my life before, but l still have 
pains through my lungs when I do any work: 
but other ways I am feeling us well as ever I 
did.” 
Our “ Treatise on Compound Oxygen" con¬ 
taining a history of the discover)' nud mode 
of action of this remarkable curative agent, 
and a large record of surprising cures in Con¬ 
sumption. Catarrh, Neuralgia, Bronchitis, 
Asthma, etc., aud a wide range of chronic dis- 
euses, will bo sent free. Address [Iks. Stak- 
key& Palen, 1109Girurd Bt., Fhilada.— Adv. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday. November 8. 
Up to last week the total shipments of 
apples from Boston, New York und Montreal 
were 152,W0 barrels. An advance In foreign 
market prices is hoped for, and steamship 
rates between this port and Liverpool have 
fallen. Red apples are at present the favor¬ 
ites of England, and Hubbardstons as well as 
Buldwins are in demand. Professor 
Riley, the entomologist, who has been makiug 
a tour in France for scientific investigation, 
thinks the only remedy for the phylloxera is 
an emulsion of equal parts of milk and ker¬ 
osene diluted with water and injected into tbe 
roots of the vine.It is not generally 
understood that much of the laud preserved 
for game is unfit for cultivation; the Duke of 
Westminster leases a huudred-aud thirty 
thousand acres of such lands for his preserves. 
...The Edelweiss is to be found on 
Mount Ranier, in Washington Territory. 
. .Volume ft of the Ohio Polaud-China Record 
has been issued by W. H. Todhunter, Secre¬ 
tary, Middletown, O.According to the 
most recent returns issued by the Govern¬ 
ment of each, the actual acreage of woods and 
forests in Europe (Turkey, Spain aud Portu¬ 
gal excluded) is ftSfi.9ftO.391 English acres. 
The highest percentage to area is 42 38. in 
Russia ; the lowest 1.02, in Ireland. 
The October rains on the Pacific Coast, which 
caught a part of the grape crop at an esti¬ 
mated damage of $1,000,000. have wet the 
ground from eight to twelve inches, aud set 
plows running in all directions.There 
has been a terrible outbreak of trichinosis in 
St. Andreasberg. a little town in theHartz 
Mountains, the center of the canary bird bus¬ 
iness. . .Compared with other English counties, 
Devonshire and Somersetshire have suffered 
very little from the agricultural depression, 
the farming being dairy and root crops chief! v. 
.Colonel Edward Richardson, President 
of the New Orleans Exposition, is running 23 
cotton plantations of from 1,00b to 2.000 acres 
each, with one laborer to every ten acres. ... 
... A telegram from Lynchburg, Va., Mon¬ 
day says: "Late rains have made this a good 
season Yor handling leaf tobacco, and tbe mar¬ 
ket is opening actively. Tbe Secretary of the 
LyDchburg Tobacco Association reported to a 
meeting to day sales amounting to 70,000 
pounds for October, most of which occurred 
in the last week of the month.”.—The 
crop of oranges in Malta, so highly prized on 
European tables on account of delicate tlavor 
and thin skins, is more abundant this year 
than ever... .Tbe German bop crop this 
year will yield obout 4:10,000 cwt. The crop in 
the United States is largei tbaD that of last 
year, and on the Pacific Coast the gain is re¬ 
ported to be 30.000 bales of 180 pounds each... 
m .Many Russian farmers complain loudly 
because they have bad to sell their wheat this 
year below the cost of production The ex¬ 
port of w heat from the Empire has been com¬ 
paratively trifling so far....Large 
quantities of African peanuts are imported 
into France, where thev are used in the 
manufacture of "olive oil.” .... 
.The last Iowa Legislature appropriated 
$5,000 to assist the Farmers'' Protective Asso¬ 
ciation in their litigation with the barbed wire 
companies.A huge bog farm is to be 
established 17 miles from Denver. Col., by 
what is known as the Alfalfa Live Stock Com¬ 
pany. Six plows are already at work turning 
tbe soil, preparatory to seeding in the early 
Spring. Fourteen hundred acres will be 
planted to Alfalfa, the remainder to grain. 
Hogs will be purchased late next season after 
the crops have advanced tosustain them. All 
tlic appliances for a model hog farm will he 
had. and no expense will be spared to make 
the experiment a success...The Mark 
Lane Express. London, says: “At last, more 
by lurk than wit. the United Kingdom is free 
from foot-and-moutb disease. We are not 
safe vet. however, as there may be contagion 
still left In odd corners ” . Thus far no 
Short, horn breeders have signified their inten¬ 
tion to exhibit their cattle at the World’s 
Exhibition *it New Orleans .Ill the Jer¬ 
sey herd of Frisbie & Lake, C.vnthiana, Ky.. 
12 deaths from pleuro pneumonia are reported 
up tothi* time, a few are still sick, nud all are 
strictly quarantined ......St. Gatien, the 
famous Engli«h soeeder. is credited with 
having earned $750,000 for his owner within 
the present year.... Secretary Fisher an¬ 
nounces that the prospect for the Fat Stock 
Show at Chicago is very promising Already 
stock for the show is assured from Ohio, In¬ 
diana. Michigan. Kentucky. Iowa. Nebraska, 
Minnesota. Wyotnin New York and Canada 
—the widest range of territory ever covered 
by »uy fat. cattle show . Some enthusi¬ 
ast has been figuring that, there a re $10,000,000 
worth of Jersey cattle in tbe United States: 
20,000cows worth $400 each: and 5,500 bulls 
at. $300 each ........ England has a cavalry 
force of 10.000 at command, while Germany 
is credited with having 70.000, France 60,000 
and Russia 84,000. The armies of Europe 
consume an immense contingent of horses 
from year to year.It is estimated that the 
averagednilv consumption of eggs throughout 
the United States amounts to 45.000 000 . 
Charles H Holme*, of Grinnell. Iowa. Sec¬ 
retary of the American Duroc-Jersey Swine 
Association, has issued a call for its second 
annual meeting, to bo held at tbe Grand 
Pacific Hotel, in Chicago. Thursday evening, 
Nov. 18.Iowa has 650 creameries, Illi¬ 
nois 470, Wisconsin 430 aud Minnesota 139, 
making a total of 1,689 in four of the North¬ 
west States. This means au immense produc¬ 
tion of batter. 
As ii fare for Sore Tlirnuf nmt UoiiitIih, 
“Brown's Bronchial Troches" have been 
thoroughly tested, and maintain their good 
reputation.— Adv. 
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CROPS AND MARKET8. 
Saturday, Novembers. 
The plethora of grain in tbe markets of the 
world bas recently brought, about two novel 
agitations, one in Franco aud one in Russia. 
The new Minister of Commerce in France is 
an advanced free trader, while the Minister of 
Agriculture is a wry strong protectionist. 
Business in France, as everywhere else in the 
world, is very bad, and the ignorant peasant¬ 
ry and artisans are trying to get the Govern¬ 
ment to impose an import tax on grain and 
produce. The Government, under the guid¬ 
ance of M. Moline, the protectionist Minister 
of Agriculture, lias already introduced a bill 
increasing the duties on oxen from 15 francs 
to 25 francs; on sheep from two francs to 
three francs; and on pigs from three francs to 
six francs; but the farmers are bv no means 
satisfied, and want much higher duties on im¬ 
ported cattle, and a tax of two francs 50 cen¬ 
times per cwt. on wheat aud four francs 5ft 
centimes per cwt. on flour The same influ¬ 
ences are at work iu Russia, although in a 
different way. The supply of grain is so large 
there*, aud the demand so limited, that the 
farmers cannot dispose of it at anything like 
cost price, and the party of the Moscow Ga¬ 
zette goes so far as to recommend that the 
Government should advance rnouey to the 
municipalities, allowing them to establish 
large granaries, where the peasants might 
store their grain and receive a loan uooa it 
until such a time as an advance m price would 
enable them to sell at a profit. One moment’s 
reflection ought to satisfy the most unreason¬ 
ing mind t hat such a proceeding w ould only 
tend to raise prices artificially, and thus check 
exportation. But it is uothiug surprising 
that such a thing should not be properly under¬ 
stood in Moscow, when all the Chicago grain 
cornerers aud bank directors do not seem to 
get it through their heads. 
Abroad large accumulations of wheat in 
England, coupled w ith the beavv receipts here, 
have had a very depressing effect on prices. 
Late advice8from Madras. Bengal and Mys¬ 
ore, in India, report, favorable weather. The 
Argentine Republic promises ft,OOO.dOO bushels 
of wheat for export. On tbe Continent of 
Europe tbe weather has favored tbe planting 
of winter wheat, and trade in bread-stuffs has 
been dull, and prices as low as in previous 
weeks. A Loudon circular states that " flour 
continues to be offered at very low prices, 
both for home made and foreign, aud is now 
i cheaper in proportion than wheat; yet no one 
seems to have confidence in speculative opera- 
i tions, seeing how the United States can pour 
out the manufactured article with such a large 
> visible supply of wheat, in nand there.” Here 
L between the close on Friday. October 31, and 
that on Wednesday. Novembers, the decline 
• in the price of wheat amounted to %c. per 
i bushel. There was no special cause coutribut- 
l ing to this, aside from discouraging cables as to 
prices in the United Kingdom, tbe negligence 
of operators aud the falling off in volume, ow¬ 
ing to the political excitement. The weather 
\ is cooler, which, with the lull of excitement. 
