APRIL 24 
of % TUcrh. 
HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, April 14, 1888. 
Sitting Bull has been converted to the Roman 
Catholic faith by Bishop Marty, of Dakota, 
and “ will be received into the Church” on 
June 1, with 400 of his followers. It is ex¬ 
pected that all, or nearly all, the Uneapapas. 
numbering 4,000, aud many of the other 
Northern Indians will soon follow his example. 
To-morrow he is to join his tribe—the Vnca- 
papas—at the Standing Rock Reservation in 
Dakota, and will rightaway take up a farm 
on the Grand River, where he aud 200 other 
families mil henceforth devote their attention 
to agricultural pursuits. Great hopes are en¬ 
tertained that their example will have an ex¬ 
cellent effect in ‘‘settling the Northern Indian 
Question,” There are schools on the Reserva¬ 
tion, and the Indian children are to be in¬ 
structed the same as “ whites” elsewhere...... 
In the South Juh’s band of Apache Indians are 
still on the rampage; 93 persons are known to 
have been massacred by them in the State of 
Senora, Mexico, 27 of whom were Americans. 
At Palmo ranch 10 persons were killed on 
Tuesday. Two women were hung up by the 
hands and their bodies ripped open. The 
unborn child of one was found mangled 
at its mother’s feet. The bodies of the 
men were also horribly mangled. This 
is the same band of red devils that has 
been operating in Arizona, whence they have 
made a raid across the frontier into Mexico 
when hard-pressed by U. S. troops on this side 
of the line. General Crook, the Indian light¬ 
er, thinks they ought to be exterminated, and 
Secretary Teller agrees with him. The com¬ 
mander of the Mexican troops has ordered 
that no prisoners sliall be taken—all are to be 
killed. General Crook and himself have 
agreed on joint action for the annihilation of 
Juh’s band. Many of these are supposed to 
have come from the San Carlos Reservation 
of Apaches in the Indian Territory, aud a body 
of “Rangere” just organized at Tombstone, 
Ariz,, swear to “wipe out”the entire Reserva¬ 
tion. Crook has 400 troops assembled for its 
protection, as the local agent declares that a 
count of the Reservation Indians shows none 
are on the war-path.March added J8,- 
400,000 to the surplus silver coin of the country 
.The Post-office Department has de¬ 
clared the Marion trust companies at Chicago 
and Indianapolis fraudulent concerns. Clias. 
A. Rowan, representing the Excelsior manu¬ 
facturing company at. Beaver Dam, Wis., and 
J. N. Williams, alias “The Mystic Language 
Publisher,” at Detroit, Mich., also have been 
placed on the “black list”.The Augus- 
tinian (Roman Catholic) Society at Lawrence, 
Mass., which did a religious banking business 
and failed, announces that it isn’t going to try 
to pay its $505,000 debts to 730 depositors, and 
as in the case of Archbishop Purcell’s *4,500,- 
000 id Cincinnati, they are likely to lose every¬ 
thing. These “religious” banking failures 
should be put under the head of SWINDLES, 
as they scoop in the money of their dupes by 
“pious” frauds__ .The Ohio Legislature has 
agreed upon two propositions for amendments 
to the constitution on the liquor question. On e 
provides for the prohibition and the other for 
legislative control.The prohibitory' amend¬ 
ment to the constitution was rejected Thurs¬ 
day by'the Connecticut Legislature.A 
terrible cyclone swept the country south and 
east of Hot Springs, Ark., Sunday night 
Scarcely a tree was left. Farm-houses, fences 
bridges, etc., were demolished. Another cy¬ 
clone passed over Millan, LorainCouuty, Ohio, 
Thursday, badly flamaging buildings and 
crops, killing one and wounding several per¬ 
sons. .......A severe snowstorm with violent 
wind prevailed through the Northwest on 
Tuesday last, April 10. Six inches of snow 
fell at Duluth and three at St. Paul. The 
whole section appears to have experienced 
the storm on that or the previous day'. 
.The Marquis of Lome will be in 
Boston to-day, and the authorities have been 
requested to protect him from dynamite con¬ 
spirators He is waiting for the arrival of the 
Princess Louise from Bermuda. 
Lawyer Bigelow, of Washington, who offi¬ 
ciously thrust himself forward for notori¬ 
ety’s sake when Sergeant Mason shot at 
Guiteau, to secure the release of the former, 
now claims for his services *8,500—curiously 
enough the precise amount Mrs. Mason is 
known to have saved from the contributions 
for “Betty aud the Baby”—lawyer-like he 
wants all. ..Additional evidence—from 
the men belonging to tbe expedition, who have 
lately arrived from Siberia—shows that there 
was a great deal of bickering and disagree¬ 
ment among those engaged in that unfortu¬ 
nate Jeannette expedition to the North Pole. 
De Long seems to have quarreled with every 
person—officer or enlisted man—of any inde¬ 
pendence of character. There was a world 
either of martinetismor insubordination. 
H. D. McDaniel, of Walton Co., has been nom¬ 
inated as Governor for Georgia to succeed 
Alex. H. Stephens, by the Democratic State 
Convention—equal to an election. 
The U. S. Post-Office has ordered thus; 
Prepaid letters* shall he forwarded from one post, 
office to another, at the request of the party ad¬ 
dressed, without additional charge for postage. All 
letters upon which one full rate of postage has been 
prepaid, aud all postal cards shall beforwarded from 
the office to which they are addressed to any other 
office at the request of the person addressed, or of the 
party whose card maybe upon the envelope, or whose 
name may be signed to the postal card, without addi¬ 
tional charge for postage. Such forwarding must 
be continued until the party addressed is reached,’ 
..Gov. Butler, of Mass., has appointed 
John A. Chadwick, formerly State Director 
of the Boston and Albany R. R., Railroad 
Commissioner—a good appointment.. 
President Arthur has excellent fishing, over 
200miles “up country,” on the wild Kissimmee 
which flows into Lake Okechobee.Fla.Flor¬ 
ida has had over 80,000 Northern visitors this 
season, aud still there are some arrivals. 
Gen. Diaz gloriously feted at Boston during his 
New England trip.Secretary Chandler 
has decided to build the new steel cruisers, or¬ 
dered by Congress, by contract, instead of in 
the navy-yards.Peter Cooper left 81,- 
800,000 to lie evenly divided between his son, 
Edward Cooper, Ex-Congressmau aud Ex- 
Mayor of this city, and his daughter, wife of 
Congressman Abram Hewitt. The Cooper 
Institute, for which he had already given more 
than *1,000,000, gets mi additional 8100,000, 
and some $250,000 more are to be devoted 
to legacies to employes aud other kindly pur¬ 
poses. He was always giving money—no one 
below knows how much—probably he gave 
more than he left... 
Extensive prairie fires south aud east of 
Bismarck, Dak.The Connecticut House 
of Representatives on Wednesday passed, by a 
vote of 150 to 21, a bill prohibiting railroad 
companies from discriminating iu freights by 
charging higher rates for a short haul than 
for a long haul. . 
The Connecticut Senate on Thursday re¬ 
jected a bill requiring railroads to proride 
free passes to members of the Legislature. 
“Sound sleep and splendid appetite.” This 
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its nature, action and results, with re] torts of 
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, April 14, 1883. 
The Civil Service Commissionors have at last 
found an office in the Annex of the Agricul¬ 
tural Department at Washington, D. C. 
Professor W, H. Wiley, of Perdue University, 
Lafayette, Iud,, has been appointed Chief 
Chemist of the Department, of Agriculture in 
place of Professor Collier, to whom the 
sorghum industry of the country is so greatly 
indebted.The Firmenich Grape Sugar 
Works, of Buffalo, have shut down, throwing 
850 men out of work.It Is estimated 
that $10,IKK),000 worth of flax fiber is annually 
wasted in this country iu the simple effort to 
raise linseed. Why not convert it into paper? 
.The Legislature of Arkansas has made 
an appropriation of *3-,000 for the State ex¬ 
hibit at the World’s Cotton Exposition. The 
time for holding the Exposition will probably 
be fixed at the meeting of the Executive Com¬ 
mittee of the Cotton Planters’ Association on 
the 24th inst.The Ohio agricultural re¬ 
port says the outlook as regards the wheat 
crop is the most discouraging for eight years. 
Severe cold with bare ground killed the tops. 
The crop promises to be 53 per cent, only of 
an average crop. Warm rains and good 
weather may bring it up to IK) per cent., and 
unfavorable weather will prevent it reaching 
50 per cent. Official telegrams received April 
7 from other States give the following per¬ 
centages for condition of Winter wheat, com¬ 
pared with same time last year: Indiana, 72; 
Illinois,-08; Kansas, fiO; Kentucky, about 70; 
Michigan, 70; Wisconsin, about 75; Califor¬ 
nia, about 05; Minnesota Spring wheat, prob¬ 
able acreage, 98........In the list of Irish 
landowners is Frederick Kennedy, 288,849 
acres; value, $4,215.The whole Hun¬ 
garian colony at Bukowina, a town of 
Russia bordering on Hungary, numbering 
20,000 souls, is determined to leave for another 
place owing to the insufficiency of crops to feed 
the population.The Washburn & Moeu 
Co. seem determined to keep control of barbed 
wire in the U. 8. They have recently entered 
seven more suits against manufacturers in 
Iowa, claiming $20,000 in each case. 
The Italian Government is going to stamp out 
the malarial fever at Rome by undertaking to 
drain and cultivate the great plain of theCam- 
pagna around the city, now mostly in pasture^ 
.The Creeks in the Indian Territory 
have made a law that stray cattle belonging 
to the Cherokees shall be confiscated. This 
stirs up all the troubles of the past year, and a 
war ife feared.The Department of Ag¬ 
riculture makes this report of the condition 
of the winter grain crop on April 1, In Mich¬ 
igan and other Northern States and Territories 
wheat was still covered with snow. In the 
Ohio Valley Winter protection had been par¬ 
tial for a term locally varying from three to 
10 weeks, after which loss from freezing was 
quite general. The average depreciation is 
greater in the upper part of the Ohio Valley 
and in Kansas than elsewhere. East of the 
Alleghenies the condition was good iu the 
northern belt, declining slightly in lower 
latitudes. It was not up to the average in any 
paid, of the South. The average for the crop 
is 80. Last April it was 104 and iu 1881, 85. 
The most observing reporters have examined 
the roots aud in many cases found them 
healthy, while the plants are brown. There is 
good reason for believing that the real con¬ 
dition of wheat is therefore less unpromising 
than it seems. The average of condition in 
the States of large production are: New 
York, 101; Pennsylvania, 94; Ohio, 70; Ken¬ 
tucky, 80; Indiana, 75; Michigan, 93; Illinois, 
80; Missouri, 83; Kaunas, 70; California, 02. 
The acreage of winter wheat varies little from 
last year’s breadth. The returns indicate an 
increase of one per cent., Illinois returns, two 
per cent, increase; Ohio, Michigan, Indiana 
and Missouri, one per cent, decrease and Cali¬ 
fornia, 10 per cent, increase. A slight de¬ 
crease appears in the Gulf States. The re 
turns of quantity of seed used to the acre in¬ 
dicate a tendency to thin seeding. Ten years 
ago about six pecks to the, acre w'ere used; 
now less than SVtj'are used in the winter wheat 
region. The increasing use of the drill ad- 
mils of this economy.. 
A cablegram from London this morning says: 
“A few months ago large quantities of Ameri¬ 
can wheat were bought for forward delivery, 
it having been assumed by the purchasers that 
the continuous bad weather would cause prices 
to rise. Contrary to expectations, however, 
there lias since been a decline of five shillings 
per quarter. Heavy losses have thus been 
caused in London aud the Provinces and a 
number of failures are probable.”.James 
Robinson, the old circus man and famous bare- 
back rider, has sold his farm of 900 nci'es, eight 
miles from Mexico, Mo., for $45,000. 
There is great activity in the cattle market in 
the Southwest. The grass is starting well and 
the cattle arc reported in good condition, in 
consequence of which prices are high, year¬ 
lings ranging from $12 to $15, and older ones 
in proportion. The grand gathering of cattle 
this year is expected to take place in the Che¬ 
rokee Nation, I. T., whence 200,000 head will 
probably be shipped to the various Northern 
and Eastern cities. Arkansas now has 13,000 
out of 25,000 cattle ready for the drive. 
Northern Louisiana cattle will go into Texas, 
aud in Northern Texas buyers and dealere are 
congregating in anticipation of an active sea¬ 
son.The Minister of Agriculture in 
France, M. Meline, has submitted his budget 
for 1884, nud asks for *5,152,128, being an in¬ 
crease of $221,978 over the amount voted for 
the current year. This stun Is to lie expended 
iu the direct encouragement of agriculture by 
irrigation, drainage, indemnities, teaching, 
model farms, and tbe fight against the insect 
enemies of agriculture... 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
Saturday April 14, 1883. 
Across the Atlantic the news of the triple 
alliance of Germany, Austria aud Italy against 
French aggression is con finned. The Italian 
Minister of Foreign Affairs says the sole ob¬ 
ject of the accord is the preservation of.peaee, 
and denies emphatically that the agreement 
is characterized by a hostile spirit towards 
France. Orders, however, have been issued 
for the immediate organization of 72 new regi¬ 
ments and the construction of a monster vessel 
as a transport for troops. Italy strongly ob¬ 
jects to French aggrandizement in Africa, and 
wishes to test her force and alla> domestic 
revolutionary discontent by war. She can’t 
fight Austria for the Italian district round 
Trieste; because Germany would side against 
her; but she ean fight France for Italian Savoy 
and Niee ceded to Napoleon III in return for 
his aid in freeing Italy from the Austrian 
yoke in 1859. Tbe French Minister of Foreign 
Affaire declares the Republic will attack no 
one but will make itself respected by nil. 
France is isolated In Europe owing to its form 
of government, and disliked by monarchists 
through fear that republican ideas may spread 
thence through Europe.The trouble in 
Tonquin wil I probably lead to a long and costly 
war between France and China, with the 
troops of the latter commanded byEuropeans. 
It is also likely some European power will in¬ 
tervene in l>ehalf of China. France for the 
last half dozen years has been “spoiling for a 
fight,” not with a great power but with petty 
principalities, and many would be glad to see 
her find a second Mexico in Tonquin . 
It] Dublin Joe Brady was convicted yesterday 
of the murder of Lord Cavendish and Mr. 
Burke, and was sentenced to be hanged on May 
14. The trial of other prisoners for the same 
crime will promptly follow.Owing to 
the great distress In the United Kingdom 
among the poor the Liberal members of the 
House of Commons are about to urge upon the 
government the neeeasity of undertaking 
public relief works, to give employment to 
compulsorily idle men. 
Queen Victoria has nearly recovered from the 
effect of that slip on the stairs. She takes 
“carnage exercise” occasionally, well guarded 
from Fenians and their dynamite. Her “gil¬ 
lie.” John Brown, is reported to have accumu¬ 
lated $5,000,000: whatever it was, he left it all 
behind him—every cent of it. His younger 
brother has got his place.A very strin¬ 
gent law has been rushed through both Houses 
of Parliament, and was promptly signed by the 
Queen, imposing long terms of penal servitude 
on all who unlawfully possess explosives, and 
possession is priin a facie evidence of guilt. 
The German Reichstag, which reassembled on 
April 3, adopted a resolution, expressing in the 
name of the Nation its most heartfelt thanks 
to those who had so generously responded to 
appeals for assistance for the sufferers by the 
flood along the Rhine—the largest contribu¬ 
tions were from America.A large sec¬ 
tion of country in the southern part of Rus¬ 
sia is covered with water, Owing to floods in 
the rivers. Traffic on the railways has been 
suspended temporarily.The King of 
Ashantee has relinquished his throne and the 
entire coast of western Africa is in a state of 
confusion.A fire at Iruiqui, Peru, 
burned 1,000 houses, doing *10,000,000 damage. 
.The Hawaiian law prohibiting the im¬ 
portation of Chinese has Ijeen repealed, and 
the Sandwich Islands are likely to be at once 
completely flooded with Chinamen. 
A revolution against the oppression of Presi¬ 
dent Solomon has broken out in Hayti. The 
insurgents have fortified themselves at Mira- 
goane.*. 
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MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. 
Chicago. — Wheat strong; Regular, $1.01 April; 
SLtftk May: SI.0TH .Tune- tl.Oek July; No. 2Chicago 
Spring, tutu*: No. :) ilo., 90e; no. 2 reil Winter, $1.06. 
Cprut unsettled at lotaSP'jMo. rash; lOo 0Wp‘ April; 
May; 55(S5Wfic. Jun^j sOWc. July: jitde. August; 
rejected, 10 c. Oats unsettled; No. J. ll V cash; ffeke. 
Iprtl; 43e. May; 4‘Jk'e. June; tlktfttlfeie.July Kvrcflrni 
at Bari.KV quiet at pic. Ft AXSKKtl at $1 .Yi0t 1.45: 
Hotter steady; Creamery, fair to fancy. 1 Sm29c; 
(Ifttrliv, good to Choice, rktjiSfk*. Eggs weak at lfi@l5kc. 
Pork In fair demand at SH.flTsj I* CA*b Hors— Market 
slow and SftlOc lower tlmn yesterday closing very 
weak at the decline; packers doing hut little; mixed; 
STtftT.tr-; heavy, gTAnotJ.iKe Until, $,.lO@T.liO; skips. 
$1,10(5.15.90. CaTTI I: Market slow' nnd weak; no de¬ 
mand for choice heavy; beet, 1U51.V.\ lower than yes¬ 
terday, other grades .V.ilUiv off; E v ports, $tk<tii.N0; good 
to choice shipping, S.V-o.lO: common to fair, $5.25 
tvtSAV SniSJCr—Market slow and very weak; common 
to fair, $3.i5@i!>: good to choice, $6fJ n. 13. 
Cincinnati.—W heat steady; No. 2 red Winter, *1.09 
@1.10spot; $1.09 April; #1.10& May; $1.07W July. Coen 
strong at ft5<5rs>M)0. spot; W-ic. April; Sfike. Miiyj 59e. 
August. Oats quiet hut firm at-Hike. Rye in good 
demand at (Kike. Bakley steady; extra No. 3 Fall at 
