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HOME NEWS. 
Saturday. April 28, 1883. 
What a week of tornadoes the last lias been! 
At four o’clock Sunday afternoon a fearful 
whirlwind struck Beauregard and Wesson, 
about 40 miles below Jackson, Miss. More 
than half the former town was destroyed and 
the rest greatly injured, while a forest near-by 
“was blown out of existence.” Beauregard, a 
place of 600 inhabitants, was utterly destroyed, 
being left a mass of ruins, the materials of 
some of the buildings being scattered for miles 
over the country. The same or another storm 
struck several other places in Mississippi and 
also wrought havoc in places in Georgia and 
Tennessee and both the C'arolinas on the same 
day. The latest accounts put the aggregate loss 
of life owing to the tornado at 83 persons, and 
over 320 were wounded, man}’ of whom are ex¬ 
pected to die. The loss of property in houses, 
fences, live stock, scattered crops, etc., must 
be high among the hundreds of thousands 
Notable escapes and deaths are reported as 
after a battle. James Bass’s family of ten, at 
Pearl River, Miss., were all killed. Relief 
committees are doing their best for the sur- 
vivoi’S, and aid is urgently besought... 
This day week a terrible storm of wind aud 
rain struck Mapleton and Dunlap, la., and the 
surrounding country, doing a great deal of 
damage, but fortunately causing no loss of 
life....A monster convention of Irish- 
Amerieans, numbering over 1,500 representa¬ 
tives from all parts of the country, is in session 
at Philadelphia, consulting as to the best 
means of aiding in the patriotic objects of the 
Irish Land League. As much harmony as can 
be expected where so many hot-headed peo¬ 
ple meet. The dynamite policy repudiated... 
The Supreme Court of Iowa has decided, on 
appeal, that the late prohibitory amendment 
to the Constitution is not valid—that settles 
it.The formal opening of the great 
$14,000,000 bridge, connecting this city with 
Brooklyn, is promised for May 27.Grain 
rates from Cincinnati to New York are re¬ 
duced from 26 to 21K cents per 100 pounds 
.The discovery has been made that the 
scheming Dakota Capitol Commission was 
illegally appointed.President Arthur 
is in jolly health in Washington.Con¬ 
gress will be asked at its next session to pass a 
bill retiring enlisted men from the army with 
pay after twenty-five years of service. 
Acting Postmaster-General Hatton has de¬ 
clared F. Wilson, No. 203 East Fifteenth St., 
New York, to be engaged in conducting a 
fraudulent busiuess, and issued an order di¬ 
recting the postmaster here to discontinue the 
delivery to him of registered packages and 
money orders....... 
The prices paid for laljor in the various cities 
of this country are as follows: 
Bricklayers—New York, $4; Cincinnati, $4.50; St. 
Louis, $ 4 . 50 ; Chicago, $3.50; Philadelphia, $3.50; Bos¬ 
ton, $3.25; Baltimore. $3.50. 
Brick Masons (fronts)—New York, $5; Cincinnati. 
$4.SP; Chicago, $4; Boston. $3.50; Baltimore, $4; Phil' 
adelphla, $4; St. Louis, $4.25. 
Carpenters—New York. $3.50; Cincinnati, $3; Chi 
cago, $3; St. Louis, $4.25: Philadelphia. $2.75; Boston, 
$3; Baltimore, $3.50. 
Cabinetmakers—New York, $3.50; Cincinnati. $2.50 
Cblengo, $3.50; St. Louis. $3; Philadelphia, $2.25; Bos 
ton, *3; Baltimore, $2.50. 
Finishers New York. $3.50; Cincinnati, $3; Chicago 
$3.50; St. Louis, $3.50; Philadelphia, $1.00 : Boston, $3 
Baltimore, $2.50. 
Foundrymen—New York, $3.50; Cincinnati, $2.50' 
Chicago, $2; St. Louis, $3; Philadelphia, $2.50; Boston’ 
$2; Baltimore, $2.50. 
Blacksmiths—New York, $3.50; Cincinnati. 82.50; 
Chicago, $2.75; St. Louis, $1.60; Philadelphia, $2.50; 
Baltimore, $2.50; Boston, $3. 
Laborers—New York, $2; Cincinnati, $1.50; Chicago, 
$1.75; St. Louis, 82: Philadelphia, $2.25; Boston, $2.50; 
Baltimore, $2.50. 
Painters—New York, $3; Cincinnati, $2.50; Chicago, 
$3; St. Louis, $2.75; Philadelphia, $2.50; Baltimore, 
$2.25; Bdston. $2.5(1. 
Plasterers—New York, $4; Cinclnnatl,$3.50; Chicago. 
$3; St. Louis, $4; Philadelphia, $3; Baltimore, $3.50; 
Boston, $3.50. 
Stone Masons—New York, $4; Cincinnati, $3.50; Chi¬ 
cago. $3.75; St. Louis, $3; Philadelphia, $3.50; Balti- 
more, $3.50; Boston, $3. 
Stonecutters—New York, $4; Cincinnati, $3.50; Chi¬ 
cago, $3.75; St, Louis, $3.50; Philadelphia, $3.25; Bos¬ 
ton, $3.50; Baltimore, $3.25. 
Tin Roofers—New York, $3; Cincinnati, $3; Chicago, 
$2.75; St. Louis, $2.00; Philadelphia. $2.50; Boston, 
$2.75; Baltimore, $3. 
Slaters—New York, $3; Cincinnati, $8.50; ChleagO ) 
$2.75; St. Louts, $3.50; Philadelphia, $3; Boston, $2.75; 
Baltimore, $3. 
The Cigarrnakers’ Union of Albany, N. Y. has 
notified the manufacturers that after May 1 an 
advance of $2 per 1,000 will be demanded. The 
Union has 315 membera. One dollar per 1,000 
is the usual rise demanded.The Penn¬ 
sylvania Senate Tuesday killed the hill pro¬ 
hibiting a person from treating another....... 
In Virginia and North Carolina immense quan¬ 
tities of tobacco, cigars and cigarettes are 
awaiting shipment on May 1, when the manu¬ 
facturers can avail themselves of the rebate 
allowed by a recent act of Congress. 
General Crook has started in pursuit of the 
marauding Apaches with 300 troops, 200 Indi¬ 
an scouts and 21 wagons.Indian Agent 
Wilcox telegraphs that a company of Rangers 
intend to surprise the Indians at San Carlos 
Agency and Secretary Teller has directed that 
they be not surprised.Lieutenant Davis, 
commanding the detachment of troops at San 
Carlos Agency, has made arrangements to re¬ 
sist any attack by the Rangers.The 
Georgia gubernatorial election passed off very 
quietl}’, and there was little or no opposition 
to Henry McDaniell, the Democratic nominee. 
.The Commissioner of Pensions has is¬ 
sued a circular warning people against fraud¬ 
ulent pension examiners. 
The Mississippi River has still been rising 
during the week and flooding a good deal of 
country below Helena, Ark.; in Phillips 
County alone a decrease of 8,000 bales of cot¬ 
ton below the average is feared on account of 
the flood.The heaviest rainfall ever 
known at Helena occurred on April 23; six 
inches fell in five hours.The Ohio River 
is rising again from Pittsburg to Cairo, with 
prospects of 18 feet of water at Pittsburg. The 
Little and Big Kanawha, Kentucky, Cumber¬ 
land and Tennessee Rivers are also rising, to¬ 
gether with the Upper Mississippi, Arkansas, 
and Red Rivers, indicating big water in the 
Lower Mississippi at New Orleans, Natchez, 
and Vicksburg.The count of the funds 
in the U. S. Treasury vaults, amounting to 
several hundred millions of dollars, has been 
completed. The committee found an excess 
of three cents in favor of retiring Treasurer 
Gilfillan.The Union Pacific Railroad 
Company are in debt to the Government to 
the amount of $1,036,000, and there is some 
talk of requiring payment before any more 
dividends are declared, but Secretary Teller 
does not seem to be in sympathy with the plan. 
.The Post-office expects a falling off of 
possibly $4,000,000 owing to the reduction in 
letter postage—but there will be a large in¬ 
crease probably, in correspondence: busi¬ 
ness circulars and other printed matter must 
be sent in closed envelopes, paying two cents, 
instead of open envelopes paying one cent, as 
at present, and many, too will send sealed let¬ 
ters instead of postal cards, so the decrease 
will probably be less.The Delaware 
House, by a vote of 11 to 5, indefinitely post¬ 
poned the Senate bill providing for the sub¬ 
mission of the question of license or prohibition 
to the people.The constitutional liquor 
prohibitory amendment has been defeated in 
the Pennsylvania House when it came up for 
a third reading. A motion to reconsider was 
made but rejected by a vote of 27 to 151.... 
On recommendation of the Civil-Service Re¬ 
form Commission the President has appointed 
Dr. B. Randolph Kerm of Pennsylvania to be 
chief examiner of the Commission.The 
surgical operation on Gen. Joshua L. Cham¬ 
berlain of Maine rendered necessary by a. 
wound he received in the war was successful¬ 
ly performed at Boston last week and the sur¬ 
geons say that the symptoms all point to 
speedy recovery.Kate Kane, Milwau¬ 
kee’s only woman lawyer, threw a glass of 
water in the face of Judge Mallory in'the 
criminal court last week and got fined $50 for 
it. She claims that the judge insulted her, 
but will not say in what manner. She re¬ 
fuses to pay the fine and will have to go to 
jail unless her friends get her out of the 
scrape.B. G. Northrop, ex-secretary of 
the Connecticut Board of Education, is preach¬ 
ing village improvement around Chicago, and 
goes to West Virginia next month to give a 
series of lectures by invitation of the State 
authorities. 
A party of negroes who bad removed from 
South Carolina to Liberia about two years 
ago have returned to their old homes in a sor¬ 
ry condition, having lost what little property 
they had, besides contracting a disease that 
has caused several of them to lose toes. 
♦ -— 
A patient writes: " I sleep well, my appetite 
is good, and my digestion is much improved.” 
This is the uniform testimony of those who use 
Compound Oxygen. Our Treatise on Com¬ 
pound Oxygen, its nature, action and results, 
with reports of cases and full information, sent 
free. Drs. Starkey & Palen, 1109 and 1111 
Girard St., Philadelphia, Pa.— Adv. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, April 28, 1883. 
The latest estimate of the “drive” of cattle 
out of Texas this season does not exceed 240,- 
000 against 350,000 last year.The Bust- 
amente tract of a million acres, in Zacatecas, 
Mexico, has been sold for $2,500,000 to a 
London syndicate.John G. Whittier 
writes in an encouraging vein to the Ohio 
State Forestry Association, and udds that he 
is pained and indignant at the wanton de¬ 
struction of the New England forests.The 
old Wool Buyers’ and Dealers’ Association of 
Ohio has been revived at a meeting in Colum¬ 
bus. One of the speakers made a strong ar¬ 
gument, showing that the wool interest will 
not be injured by the reduction in tariff... 
A highly important sale of Short-horn cattle 
belonging to Richard Gibson of Ilderton, Can¬ 
ada, and Rigdon, Houston & Sons of Blandins- 
ville, Ill., took place at Chicago Tuesday. The 
31 animals sold brought $35,479. Of Mr. Gib¬ 
son’s cattle seven males averaged $448 and 15 
females, $1,797. Houston & Sons sold one 
male for $3,500 and eight females for $1,368. 
The highest prices were;—First Duchess of 
Hillsdale, calved June 30, 1881, sold to C. C. 
Judy, Talula, Ill., for $6,000. Her graudam 
raised $300,000 worth of cattle and is still 
alive. First Duke of Hilldale, $3,500; Lady 
Barrington. $3,000; Wild Duchess of Geneva, 
$2,100.The six leading agricultural pro¬ 
ductions of the LTnited States, according to 
the Census report of 1880, were in the following 
order:—Corn, wheat, hay, cotton, oats and 
potatoes. The value of the first was $600,- 
000,000, of wheat $500,000,000, hay $380,000,000, 
cotton $242,000,000, oats $180,000,000, and po¬ 
tatoes $73,000,000.The Mark Lane Ex¬ 
press of April 23 says:—“The wheat crop has 
materially improved.”.Two hundred 
persons started from Berne, Switzerland, 
Thursday week for America, on account of the 
agricultural distress prevailing at home. 
The New York Tribune Monday published a 
large number of reports from the West and 
Northwest regarding the condition of the 
wheat crop. They indicate that the crop, if 
not equal to last year’s, will be at least up to 
the average of crops for several years past- 
The State Agent of the New York Cattle 
Commission last Tuesday notified the Chief of 
Police of this city that all regulations of the 
Commission which restrict the passage of 
cattle within the State or entering it are re¬ 
voked. The office of the Commission here will 
be closed.In 1882 Great Britain im¬ 
ported 169,787,028 bushels of wheat. Of this 
total, 54 per cent, was drawn from the United 
States, 15 per cent, from Russia, 14 per cent, 
from Australia, 13 per cent, from British India, 
Uj per cent, from British North America, 
per cent from Germany, a fraction under one 
per cent, of the whole" from Turkey and less 
than one-half of one per cent, from any other 
country. The United States furnishes more 
than all the Gibers combined.Hero is 
the essence of some ollicial reports:—The 
Winter wheat in southern Iowa is m fair con¬ 
dition, though the acreage is small. Most of 
the Spring wheat is sown and some is beginning 
to appear above ground. The acreage is 
lavger than usual. Rye is in good condition. 
A large acreage of oats is being sown. Farm¬ 
ers are preparing to put in a greater area of 
corn than hist year, in Missouri, Kansas and 
Nebraska 50 per cent of the old crop of com is 
still on the farmers' hands..The wheat 
acreage of Minnesota this year is 2,500.000, 
against 2,572,000 last year, and that of Dakota 
1,600,000, ugainst 850,000 last year. It is es¬ 
timated that this increase will' swell to fully 
24,000,000 bushels from 12.000.00U last year.... 
A gigantic undertaking in the way of fruit- 
growl ng has been commenced by Lord Sudeley, 
at Toddingtou, near Cheltenham, England. 
Two years ago there were planted 93,000 
gooseberry hushes, 20,053 plum trees, 167,000 
black currant bushes, 2.919 apple trees, 852 
pear trees, 8,845 dutusoii trees, 532 cherry trees, 
10,000 red eurrant bushes, 25,000 raspberry 
bushes. 100 cob-nut trees, mid 52 acres of straw- 
brry plants. In addition, 100 Scotch firs and 
10,000 poplars have been planted for sheltering 
puiposes. Lord Sudeley is at present erecting 
a large jam manufactory in the centre of this 
estate. He is one of the Queen’s lords in 
waiting, was formerly in the navy, and is an 
active, useful peer. 
_E. F. Smith, Secretary of the California 
Agricultural Department,,‘says the wheat crop 
will be an average—about 31,000,000 bushels: 
increase of acreage about 10 per cent. Farm¬ 
ers jubilant at brighter prospects due to late 
abundant rains.The strike of the Texas 
cowboys of the Ran Handle still continues. 
Those first out worked for the Lee-Scott Cat¬ 
tle Company, the Prairie Cattle Company, 
Glidden & Sanborn aud Gunter, Munson A 
Gunter. They have sent ordcix to men still at 
work to join them at, once or take the conse¬ 
quences—be shot. Employers aud employes 
resolute! much trouble feared...The 
Baltimore dealers in Maryland aud Oltio leaf 
tobacco have received information that, the 
French Regie contract will be adjudicated on 
June 6th next. The requirements for France 
are 3 , 000,000 kilogrammes, or 9,01X1 hogsheads, 
of Maryland leaf in three lots, and 3,000,000 
kilogrammes, or 6,000 hogsheads of Ohio leal 
in two lots. The quantity of Maryland, it is 
thought,, will be easier to furnish out of the 
estimated crop of 35,000 hogsheads than that 
required of Onio leaf out of u crop of 11,000 
hogsheads.Since March wheat in Aus¬ 
tralia has taken a drop amounting to an average 
of 12L} per cent. This is owing to favorable 
weather and the greatly Improved prospects 
of the growing crop. The yield is expected to 
l>e immense.The extent of land under 
grain crops in New Zealand in 1881 was 688,- 
910 acres; under green crops. 863,573 acres, 
and under artificial grasses, 3,938,069 acres... i 
During tin; year Chicago slaughtered 4,222,780 
hogs and 774,578 cattle—of the latter, 420,000 
for shipment as dressed heel".What is 
termed the “bucket shop” bill, by which it, was 
sought to compel the Chicago Board of Trade 
to furnish outside grain speculating rooms 
with market quotations, was killed in the 
Illinois Senate last week.. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
Saturday April 28, 1883. 
It is reported that, the False Prophet has 
captured Khartoum, the capital of the Soudan. 
The insurgent movement is extending. 
in England the race for the Two Thousand 
Guineas at Newmarket was w on by Lord Fal¬ 
mouth’s cold Gallard, with Goldfield second 
and The Prince third, Wednesday. 
Prince Bntthynny, the well-known patron of 
the turf, diert suddenly in the iuelosure for 
members at the Newmarket track just before 
the races.TheCuuard Steamship Com¬ 
pany have asked a subsidy from Austria to run 
steamers between Trieste and America,. 
There is an evident, intention on the part of 
the English government to get rid of a good 
deal of Irish discontent by inducing or forcing 
the Irish to emigrate; hence government pays 
the passage of intending emigrants, but de¬ 
clines to help them nt home outside the poor- 
house walls. On April 28 another batch of 
282 “exiles”—from Mayo this time—left Mp- 
ville for Montreal and Quebec at. the public 
expense. Same day Lord Lmisdowne stated in 
tho House of Lords that there are 2.50,000 
tenants whose holdings cannot, support them 
even if they pay no rent, Earl Spencer, the 
Lord Lieutenant, arrived at Ballcna, Mayo, 
Thursday and yesterday w itnessed the de- 
parturedf government emigrants for America. 
The trial of the Phoenix Park alleged mur¬ 
derers is still going on nt Dublin. Kelly, the 
third tried, has not been convicted owing to 
two failures of the juries to agree. The evi¬ 
dence against l.im was as strong as that against. 
Brady and Curley, already convicted. Michael 
Fagan was convicted yesterday. Tynan, better 
known as “No. One,” the alleged leader of the 
assassins, is supposed to be in this country or 
Mexico, and the British Cabinet is thinking of 
asking for his extradition. - .The taxation of 
Jamaican lahorei’s on the Isthmus of Panama 
is creating an agitation.The French 
Senate lias passed the bill for converting the 
five per cent bonds into four and a half per 
cents.A credit of 5,000,000?, is asked 
in Franco for the Tonquin expenditure. 
Many earthquakes and some volcanic erup¬ 
tions have occurred along the line of the 
Andes mountains.It is said that the 
misunderstanding between Chile and La Plata 
is increasing. Great ill-boding agaibst Bo¬ 
livia exists in Chile on account of the former’s 
continued alliance with Peru. - - -Suleiman 
Pasha, the most capable and original of the 
Turkish generals in the war with Russia iu 
1877-8, is dead, au exile at the age of 43. 
Baron Goltz has gone to Constantinople to re¬ 
organize the Turkish armv.President 
Soto resigned the Presidency of the Hon¬ 
duras, but Congress refused to accept his res¬ 
ignation, and instead granted him leave of 
absence, during which he will visit the United 
States.At Odessa 50 persons were ar¬ 
rested last week for Nihilism. At least 20 
workingmen accused of Nihilistic tendencies 
will be placed on trial before the coronation. 
Tw’o thousand arrests have been made 
iu Moscow’. At the coronation on May 27, 
the Czar, report says, will commute the 
sentences of all condemned to death aud 
grant a great many pardons. 
Deserving of Confidence. —There is no 
article which so richly deserves the entire con¬ 
fidence of the community as Brow n’s Bron¬ 
chial Troches. Those suffering from Asth¬ 
matic and Bronchial Diseases. Coughs and 
Colds should try them. Price 25 cents.— Adv. 
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* It is impossible to disguise the fact that the 
Vegetable Compound, prepared under the per¬ 
sonal direction of Mi-s. Lydia E. Pinkham, 
with the superior science and art of modem 
pharmacy, is the most successful medicine 
known .—Adv 
For dyspepsia, or any stomach derangement, 
no other remedy can be found so pleasant, 
prompt, aud effective as Ayer’s Cathartic Pills. 
Adv. 
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The reputation of Ayer’s Sai-saparilla as a 
blood medicine is maintained by cures made 
and daily making.— Adv. 
Read Adv. of New Principle Cultivator.-Ad v. 
Sl),c iftWhds. 
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. 
Chicaoo. —Wueat.— Regular, $1.11 April; $l.liv 
May; 1.14H9I.14R June: SUM* July; No, 2 Chi¬ 
cago Spring, Sl.liiWd/l.ll; No. • do., ;*;><■; No. 2 rod 
Winter. $1.12k. Cobs, nt renWiGo cash; r>r>te© 
r 1 -i<•. April; V" ,o May: d*tw Juno: 
July; 59? *c. August. Oats, i : '(.r. ru-xL; 4 (W} 0 . April; 
4l4gc. May: 42V. Juno; 42Mic. July. Rye quiet nt 
Bio. Baulet nominal at *Se. Flaxseed firm at 
1.52. Hi m u Oreanitry, I U to fancy, 
1 K<Hi27c; dairies. good to choice, 180 . 220 . Kuos quiet at 
15j*c, Uoin: Irregular nnd fairly active at SPAS') cash; 
Hotl 8 —Fair demand but prices Sc. lower limn yester¬ 
day; Mixed; $ 1 ( 3 . 7 . 34 ; heavy, $i.light, $7@ 
7.SO’ skips. *1.(00/11.7ft. l Atn.i Market weak; Ex¬ 
ports, so.jiksaiu; good to choice shipping, $6.70@t>.l(i: 
eotnmou to medium. $.s,‘t>w 5 . 70 . sheek—M arket 
utrougmid prices UAjtiftc. higher than yesterday; all 
sold early; common to fair, $47501:4.50; good to choice, 
$5.50005.75, 
GMtCHMtA.TI.-Wheal, No. 2 red Winter, $1.15/3)1.14 
spot; $l.U& April: Shiite May: $1 lib July. Cons 
firm at 58c, spot; 56c. April; May; COc. August. 
oats firm at l.'o. Rye quiet ai 5toUc. Baulky, 
extra No. H Hall ai 07e. Hi ri i u -Choice Western 
Reserve, 25c ; choice Central Ohio, ISc. IIouh firm; 
common and Ught,$6.25(ou 7.50; packing aud butchers’, 
$7.0bt‘«7.8!>. 
$T. Loots.—Wheat, No. 2 red Fall. $l.llte cash; $1.08te 
fohiwApril; 1.lotyuil.l 14; May, $l.l2ft|(«1.11 June; ..11U 
f.'jl,I2te July. SUHUftunite all the year: No. 3 red 
Full, $l.di. Cohn, !<|iqi.t..;j.A,e cash • April, tejC.; 50(.< 
MKtjc. May; 53H<$53c' June: ‘.py. y>c. July; .VJ.^c. 
August; Wiljc. year. Oats, slow at 42ec. hid cash; 
May; 1 ;C Jline; II -he .1 ul\ K\ i dull at 'o'...e. 
blu. Baulky quiet ui ft.V<woe. Bui ilk steady: Dairy, 
‘Aktf/A’ic.: creamery, 2(li.i30c. Caulk heavy snipping 
steers, Including exports. $f',0(«.i ii.5(l; light do., sV-i’K'l. 
8.90; common, $l.75(- 5; fair to choice cows and heifers, 
$t.25619.25. common, 4 :l.fMAp.-j; fair to best butchers 
bulls, $4.illki'ILlil. tinuiif Market steady at $1.1 Mo 5.75 
medium to choice sheared. Hoos—Light grades 
strong at $7.35@7.50; packlug, $7.10(37.40; butchers’ to 
extra heavy, $7,50(37.00. 
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PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
New Yokk, May 5, 1888. 
Bicans and Peas.—S upplies of white beans con¬ 
tinue ample, the accumulation of foreign stock es¬ 
pecially looming up in unpleasant proportions, and 
the market has allorded sellers lit tic encouragement. 
On black or turtlc oup beaus, u little more Urmness 
Is shown, tho result In part of u speculative feeling. 
