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OCT 2 1 
THE BOMS- MEW-YORKEB. 
fw of !lje Wuk. 
HOME NEWS. 
In Chicago, the First National bank has 
notified its 130 clerks that, they must all pro¬ 
cure bonds from $40,000 to $50,000 each, to 
aggregate over $320,000—trying to keep them 
honest.The United States Steamship 
Mail company, with a capital of $1,000,000, 
was incorporated Saturday. The line is to be 
run from Boston and other Atlantic ports to 
the Pacific ports. John Roach and G. W. 
and E. A. Qnintard are among the stockhold¬ 
ers. ........ The Union Pacific officials ag¬ 
grieved at a swee ping reduction of rates by 
the railroad commissioners of Kansas, an¬ 
nounce that they will cease to operate the 
leased line from Solomon City to Beloit, thus 
leaving a rich agricultural section without 
transportation facilities, as the construction 
company owning the branch has no rolling- 
stock.Suowto the depth of from throe 
to five inches fell Tuesday in the region be¬ 
tween North Platte, Nebraska, and Evanston, 
Wyoming, the greatest mantle being at 
Denver.Judge Gary Saturday de¬ 
cided that Chicago possesses the power to tax 
dogs and distilleries.Western Union’s 
annual report shows that it owns $10,000,000 
worth of telephone stock. The company has 
nearly half a million miles of wire. It hand¬ 
led over 40,000,000 messages last year. For 
this service it received nearly $20,000,000, 
about $3,000,000 of which were profits. In the 
election of Directors, John Hay and Frank 
Work took the places of E. D. Worcester and 
Z. G. Simmons.At length the business 
of the country, as reflected in the clearings, 
shows a genuine improvement, the large sum 
of $1,107,071,622 being given as last week’s 
total for the country. Not many weeks ago 
the total was $400,000,000 lass. -.The Bank 
of Nevada, at Sau Francisco, made $750,000 
net profit last \ ear. It is owned by J. C. and 
J. L. Flood, Fair, Mackey, and Brander,...., 
The distillers will try during the coming ses¬ 
sion of Congress to get the bonded period on 
all goods in bond the 1st of September ex¬ 
tended for two years. The quantity is 1,500, 
000 barrels....... Work has at last been be¬ 
gun on the Cape Cod Canal....A terrific 
cyclone struck the little town of Arcadia, 
Trempcleau County, Wis., Monday night do¬ 
ing much damage to property and injuring 
several people there and in the county adjoin¬ 
ing.The total earnings of the great 
Brooklyn and New York bridge for the first 
10 weeks since its opening were $69,063. De¬ 
ducting expenses, the net earnings were 
only $17,744.92. This is at the rate of $50,000 
a year. But the interest on the bridge bonds 
is $750,000 a year. The bridge has settled 
four feet sinee it was opened.Statis¬ 
tician Dodge of the Agricultural Department 
calculates that 5,000.000 sheep are destroyed 
annually by disease and dogs, mostly the lat¬ 
ter. This is one-eight of the sheep in the 
country and is a big rate of interest to pay on 
the dog monopoly........The Marquis of 
Lome and Louise left Ottawa for England on 
the 15th inst,..The total number of im¬ 
migrants into the United States in September 
was 45,719, against 49,935 in September, 1882; 
for the three months to September 30, 130,827, 
against 158,021 in the corresponding three 
months of 1882. The greatest falling off was 
in immigrants from Germany, while the num¬ 
ber from England, Ireland and Wales shows a 
slight increase as compared with September, 
1882.The steamer which sailed from San 
Francisco, Thursday week for Hong Kong, 
carried away nearly 1,200 Chinamen, the 
largest number ever sajliug from that port. 
Of these over 900 were provided with return 
certificates. Every one of the 1,200 carried off 
with him from $500 to $1,000.On 
Thursday the House of the Washington Terri¬ 
tory Legislature passed the bill granting 
women the right to vote.The trustees of 
the Garfield National Monument Association 
invites competition for designs for the monu¬ 
ment.J. W, Mackey and James Gordon 
Bennett signed a contract at Paris September 
28 with Siemens Bros, for two transatlantic 
cables, which are being made near London. 
The first cable will bo open to the public about 
June 1 and the second one a few weeks later. 
This is an anti-monopoly move, and a promise 
is made that these cables will not, under any 
circumstances, be permitted to form a part of 
the present cable monopoly.The Demo¬ 
crats concede Gov. Sherman’s re-election iu 
Iowa by 20,000 majority. A Des Moines 
special says his majority will reach 30,000. 
His plurality will not be less than 12.000. The 
lower House is close. The Republicans now 
have 54 and the opposition 41. Of the remain¬ 
ing five the Republicans will get three. The 
Senate now stands: Republicans, 37; opposi¬ 
tion, eight; in doubt, five. Judge Cook is 
elected in the sixth district by a small 
majority.....The United States Supreme 
Court has rendered a decision that the Civil 
Rights Law, which prohibited any distinction 
in public conveyances, hotels, etc., on account 
of color or previous condition of servitude, is 
unconstitutional. There were five cases be¬ 
fore the court, and all the Judges, except 
Judge Harlan, agreed that Congress had no 
constitutional authority to pass the law under 
the 13th or 14th amendments to the Constitu¬ 
tion. The States alone have the power to pass 
such laws. Much excitement among leading 
colored men........ The President has ap¬ 
proved the sentence of dismissal in the case of 
Lieut. Col. Guido Ilges. 18th infantry, tried by 
court martial on a charge o t having duplicated 
his nav accouuts. The President has also ap- 
p ov. h e sentence of dismissal in the case of 
Cap.. .vard B. Hubbard of the quarter¬ 
master's department tried on a charge of 
drunkenness. He disapproved the sentence of 
dismissal in tne case of First Lieutenant Jamas 
E. Simpson, 3d cavalry, who was tried ou a 
chai'ge of conduct unbecoming an officer and 
gentleman in having married a woman who 
had been his mistress.Returns from 05 
counties in Ohio give Foraker 220,986 out of a 
total vote of 458,146, Hoadly 228,386, Schu¬ 
macher 5,659 and Jenkins 1,864, The Legisla¬ 
ture will stand, Senate 22 Democrats aud 11 
Republicans, the House 63 Democrats aud 42 
Republicans, being a majority of 32 on joint 
ballot. The license amendment to the consti¬ 
tution did not get over 100,000 votes. The 
prohibitory amendment received 321,000 votes, 
but falls short of the required majority by 
over 30,000........ Pension Commissioner 
Dudley reports 148,000 applications on tile for 
arrears of pensions and 100,000 for current 
pensions. Under the present system of ex¬ 
amination the average amount paid claimants 
for arrears has declined from $1,900 to $1,400 
.Postage reduction is catching, and 
Canada will probably come down to two cents 
this next session of Parliament. The post- 
office has a large sin-plus.The total in¬ 
debtedness of the several subsidized Pacific 
Railroads to the United States on June 30, 
1883, was us follows: Union Pacific, in-.-luding 
Kansas Pacific, $64,626,675; Central Pacific, 
including Western Pacific, $52,976,434; Sioux 
City Pacific, $3,092,617; Central branch of the 
Union Pacific, $3,149,808; total, 1123,845,605. 
Total credit ou accouut of transportation ser¬ 
vices performed and money paid into the 
Treasury as follows: Union Pacific, $13,535,- 
040; Central Pacific, $7,668,813; Sioux City 
and Pacific, $21,355; Central branch of the 
Union Pacific, $159,084; total, $21,469,292. 
The balance in favor of the United States, but 
not due until maturity of the principal in 
1895, is $99,102,376,342. The reports show that 
the Central Pacific has in the Treasury to the 
credit of the sinking fund $2,404,015, and the 
Union Pacific $1,622,697. The Northern Paci¬ 
fic Company has acquired by United States 
patent 740,063 acres of land, by certificates by 
the United States land officer not patented 
6,583,085, earned but not certified 25,000,000 
making the total land grant earned by the 
company to June 30, 18S3, 31,323,098 acres, 
company had disposed of 4,539,743 acres to 
June .10, 1883, for $15,593,156. 
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, Oct. 20, 1883. 
A pipe used to conduct ammoniacal gas in 
Moerlin’s brewery at Cincinnati, burst where 
it passed through a stable, where it liberated 
the gas, and 23 horses were killed thereby iu a 
few minutes..Commodoro Kettson, of 
St. Paul, Minn., has bought, for $36,000, the 
horse Johnson, that paced a mile in 2.10. He 
already owned the next fastest pacer, Little 
Brown Jug, with a record of 2,11%.A 
Minnesota dispatch alleges that the Manitoba 
wheat crop is a failure, because the wheat 
was frozen in the milk...Cape Cod will 
raise about 30,000 barrels of cranberries this 
year.The crop report published by the 
Michigan Secretary of State for the seasou 
ended October 1, says the total wheat crop of 
the State will be 23,147,135 bushels.The 
Harlem Railroad leading^into this city is 
about to reduce the freight on milk from 45 
cents to 20 cents per con. Within the last five 
years the transportation of milk on the road, 
has fallen off more than one-half on account 
of the excessive charges.The Kentucky 
Short-Horn Breeders' Association lias deter¬ 
mined to duplicate all the premiums which 
may be won at the Chicago Fat-Stock Show 
by Short-horn cattle shown by Kentucky 
breeders.A few weeks ago a large con¬ 
signment of frozen mutton was received at 
Manchester, England, in fresh, wholesome 
condition. The sailing vessel which brought 
this consignment from South America had in 
her cargo 17,165 carcasses of mutton. 
Application has been made for space in the 
Exposition Building in Chicago for the exhi¬ 
bition of 70 imported Hereford, Aberdeen- 
Angus, and Galloway cattle, owned by the 
Hon. M, H. Cochran, of Canada.Bel¬ 
gium raises annually over 5,000,000 ducks 
which are sold at $1 per pair.The grape 
crop of Rhode Island was so plentiful this 
year that Concords have sold as low as two 
cents per pound. The potato crop of the 
State is also said to be the best for years— 
_Mr. Jones, of Ontario, Cauada, is the 
owner of what is perhaps the largest bee- 
farm in the world. As this has been a good 
lioney year in that country, he expects to take 
not less than 70,000 pounds of honey, the net 
value of which will reach nearly 810,000.... 
—Kane County, Illiuois, last year marketed 
816,822 pounds of butter, 676,000 pounds of 
cheese, 10,053,565 gallons of milk, and nearly 
a million gallons of cream. 
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FOREIGN NEWS. 
Saturday, Oct. 20, 1883. 
It is stated that the Mexican Government 
has negotiated a loan of $10,000,000 with 
Americans and Germans. The bonds are to 
be taken at 85 cents on the dollar bearing 9 
per cent, interest..A Roman duke writes 
to the Catholic Congress at Naples that 60,000 
men in Italy are ready to strike for the resto¬ 
ration of the temporal power of the Pope.... 
.... Recruits from upper Egypt, for the Sou¬ 
dan army are brought to Cairo in batches 
of 20 or 30 chained togethor by their necks. 
Many, including gray-headed men, are 
handcuffed to huge blocks of wood. They 
are followed to the station by crowds of 
women and ehildreu, raising loud lamenta¬ 
tions. Poor stuff this, to fight the False 
Prophet.France aud China are likely 
to come to satisfactory terms with regard to 
Tonquin.It is reported that the King 
of Annam is preparing to send a deputation 
to Paris with presents for President, Grevy 
aud the French Minister..A new Minis¬ 
try has been sworn in at Madrid, and the 
Alfonso “incident”is supposed to be settled. 
. Croatia, which has been in a ferment 
because Hungary insisted that the inscriptions 
ou the public offices should be in the Hun¬ 
garian language, has won its point. The 
Lower House of the Hungarian Diet has 
ordered that the escutcheons on the public 
offices in the disturbed province shall bear 
only the Slavonic inscriptions to which the 
Creations have been accustomed.. .Gen. 
Sir Evelyn Wood, English commander of 
the Khedive's troops, says that, he can main¬ 
tain order in Egypt with native troops. This 
statement has determined the Gladstone Gov¬ 
ernment to withdraw the English troops. 
The Butterworth Thresher now everywhere 
recognized as the best in use, was exhibited in 
operation at the Mt. Holly Fair. This afforded 
a fine opportunity to examine its many points 
of excellence, which have placed it so far in ad¬ 
vance of all others. Address, New Jersey Ag¬ 
ricultural Works, Trenton, N. J.— Adv. 
Does your heart ever seem to stop and you 
feel a death-like sensation, do you have sharp 
pains in region of j our heart—you have heart 
Disease. Ti-y Dr. Graves’ Heart Regulator. 
$1 per bottle.— Adv. 
CROPS AND MARKETS. 
Saturday, October 20th, 1883. 
The x-eport of the Department of Agricul¬ 
ture with regard to the condition and proba¬ 
ble outcome of the crops at the end of October 
shows the following points: 
Corn,—T he reports with regard to this 
cereal fully sustain the telegraphic summary 
of Sept. 10 as to the injuries by the frosts of 
the 8th, 9th, and 10tb. There were light 
frosts later, the most uoticcablo being that 
of the 16th iu the Northwest. State avorages 
of condition show the extent of the injury, 
which was greatest in Michigan, Wisconsin, 
Ohio and New York. There was also severe 
loss in Minnesota and Dakota, and some dam¬ 
age in the elevated portions of Pennsylvania 
aud West Virginia, in the northern counties of 
Indiana and Illinois, aud in the east advanced 
fields of Iowa, but scarcely any in Nebraska, 
and none in Kansas is reported. Except a 
few places in Northern Kentucky and Mis¬ 
souri there is no mention of frost in any 
States south of Pennsylvania. 
The reduction of the State average is: 
Michigan, from 60 to 45; Wisconsin, from 70 
to 50; Ohio, from 82 to 63; New York, from 
77 to 57. The reduction is seven points in 
Illinois and five in Indiana. The high Sep¬ 
tember figures have been materially reduced 
by the frosts. The loss of condition from 
drought has been more apparent,causing slight 
reductions iu the September estimates of 
many Southern States. The general average 
condition is 78, six points less than Sept. 1.— 
four from frosts in the North and two from 
drought ou the Atluutic. seaboard and south 
of the frosted areas. It is five points below 
the October average of 82, while there is 4 
per cent, increase in area, It is twenty-one 
points lower than the October average of 
the Census crop. The product of the year 
will be close to 1,600,000,000 bushels, with 
more soft com than last year, mostly in the 
regions that consume their entire crop. 
Wheat.—T he returns of the yield of wheat 
per ao*e indicate a production ofjaboufc two- 
and-a-fourth bushels per acre less than the 
crop of last year. It is but nine-aud-a half 
bushels per acre iu Ohio. 10 in Illinois, and 
but a fraction above 10 in Indiana. It is 
above 12 iu Michigan, and 13 in Minnesota, 
Iowa, aud California, The Missouri average 
is 12 bushels; Dakota and Nebraska exceed 
16, and Kansas averages about 17, These 
averages in the several States are based on 
systematically-recorded results of thrashing. 
While a revision of the records of the season 
may cause slight local changes, it is certain 
the final average yield will not. differ much 
from 11 3-10 bushels per aero. The aggregate 
will exceed 400,000,000 bushels, and may reach 
420,000,000. The quality is not up to the 
average yield. 
Oats. —Oats are a full average of a series 
of years, or about 28 bushels for the whole 
country. The range of State averages iu the 
West is from 30 in Missouri to 41 in Kansas, 
about 33 iu the Ohio Valley, aud 36 in the 
Northwest. Nebraska and Kansas hnvo the 
largest yields. The crop will aggregate 
about 500,000,000 bushels, aud the quality is 
high, averaging 98, 100 being the standard. 
Barley. —The barley crop average is be¬ 
tween one and two bushels per acre more 
than last year, approximating 50,000,000 
bushels. California, New York, Minnesota, 
Wisconsin, aud Iowa contribute three-fourths 
of the whole product. 
Potatoes. —The potato crop is in better 
condition than any year since 1875. The 
average is 93, while the October averages of 
1882 and 1878 were each 90. The prospect is 
favorable for a crop above the medium. 
Tobacco. —The tobacco crop will be below 
the average. The average condition in Ken¬ 
tucky is 77; Virginia, 64. The Maryland crop 
will be good. The averages of the seed-leaf 
States are low-. The general average condi¬ 
tion is 82. 
The cotton returns of the Department of 
Agriculture show that the condition of the 
crop the 1st of October was worse than the 
1st of September. The continuance of the 
drought at many points, the ravages of worms 
in regions most infested, aud the more visible 
results of previous injuries have reduced the 
general average condition from 74 to 68. In 
October last year SS foreshadowed a crop of 
seven millions; iu October, 1881, the average 
was 66 aud the crop was loss than five-and-a- 
half million bales. Indications point to a crop 
a little larger than that of 1881, hut. falling 
short of the last, crop by more than a million 
bales. The averages of condition are as fol¬ 
lows: Virginia, 67; North Carolina, 69; South 
Carolina, 67; Georgia, 66; Florida, 82; Ala¬ 
bama, 07; Mississippi,67; Louisiana,67; Texas, 
65; Arkansas, 71; Tennessee, 75. 
Foreign markets for wheat, especially those 
of Paris and Marseilles, have shown no im¬ 
provement during the week. Before there is 
a sensible rise iu price, it. seems probable that 
the people must eat their way well into the 
superabundance Of grain piled up before them. 
The record of the importation of wheat into 
the United Kingdom during thu first eight 
months of the current year show an enormous 
increase over the imports of the corresponding 
period last year and the year before from 
Russia, Germany, France, Turkey, Walluchia, 
Modavia, Roumania, Chili, and British India, 
and while our exports to England have de¬ 
clined very heavily from the Atlantic ports, 
those from the Pacific ports show almost a 
proportionate increase. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
New York. Oet. 20, is>8. 
Beans and Peas.— Beans—marrow, prime, R.1.50 
(b. 3.55: Beans, medium, prime, $8.I0(«.'3.15; do. pea. 
#:i 1003.16: do. foreign, mediums, new, g2.5O.H2.70: 
do. do. old. $2.25(<i2.26; Peas, green, 1S52, prime, si.35 
@1.5U. 
Eons. Demand Is slow. Choice fresh Michigan 
show 20c, about the top on Western. 
state and Pennsylvania, In bhls. per do*. 27®27«c 
Western, choice, i5Wu.2fiu: do. fair to pood, 2l®25e 
Canadian, aii.v&lic; limed State, 2S(a>28k.c; do. Wes¬ 
tern, 22(0,230. 
Butter. — Western packed stock is slow and does 
not show much strength. Iowa creameries of lino 
prude can be ronehed «t 2fk2)27o, but no one seems to 
want them. In one or two sections of this State 
dairymen are commencing to feel slightly anxious 
about the sale of their stock. 
Creamery, fancy, 2b(<t2tic; do. choice, 20®27c: do 
prune, 2t@25c; do. fair to good, 21 <328c: do. ordinary 
18@2Uc; June Creamery, choice, 23<a)24o, do. do. fair 
