THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
JAN 24 
Iot 5 of tfje Wall, 
HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, January 17. 
Schuyler Colfax, Ex-Speaker and Ex-Vice. 
President, dropped dead at 10:35 p. M , at the 
Omaha depot, Mankato, MinD., on Wednes¬ 
day last, Jan. 13, having arrived from Mil¬ 
waukee half an hour earlier—heart disease. 
Colfax was born in this city on March 23, 
1823, being the posthumous child of an officer 
who bad commanded Washington’s body¬ 
guard. Mo'md to St Joseph County, In¬ 
diana, in 1886. After “clerking” for five 
years, moved to South Bend, Ind. Studied 
law there, and in 1845 established a Whig 
newspaper—the St. Joseph Valley Register. 
After having been a delegate to several Whig 
conventions, he was elected to Congress as a 
Republican iu 1854, where he retained biSEeat 
until elected Vice-President in 18GS Chosen 
Speaker of the House of Representatives in 
1863, occupying the chair for three terms. 
Later he was accused of accepting bribes from 
a contractor who furnished the Government 
with stationary, and of participating in the 
Credit Mobelier transactions. It is said he 
was made the scapegoat for the offences of 
others. As a lecturer be was in great and 
remunerative demand. He persistently re¬ 
fused to re-enter “public life,” and was gen¬ 
erally quite popular..Mrs, Myra Clark 
Games, the famous New Orleans litigant, is 
dead, and her six grandchildren are left heirs 
to her judgments for a fortune of several mil¬ 
lions which she could uot collect from the 
city of New Orleans, though the courts had 
over and over again decided that the city 
owed her the mouey ......... The Supreme 
Court of the Dominion has decreed that a di¬ 
vorce decree regularly obtained in New York 
is valid in the Dominion .The election 
frauds by Republicans in Cincinnati, aod by 
Democrats in Chicago, appear the more de- 
testible the more they are exposed.....Last 
Saturday W. H. Vanderbilt, having previ¬ 
ously acquired a legal title to all the property 
pledged to him by Gen. aud Mrs Grant, so as 
to put it out of the reach of the creditors of 
Grant & Ward, offered the whole of it 
($160,000 worth) to Mrs. Grant, for her sole 
use, provided the swords of honor and other 
similar gifts made to the General, should 
finally' revert to the National Government. 
At first the offer, made with much persis- 
tance, was accepted, but an hour or two later 
Mrs. Grant wrote to Vanderbilt refusing to 
accept the generous offer—aud it was gener¬ 
ous, in spite of all that satirists of inillionarism 
may say. “The only Barnum” offered $100, 
000 cash and a part of the profits for permis¬ 
sion to exhibit the swords, etc., in this country 
and Europe, but the General replied that they 
were all beyond his control. A bill, putting 
him on the “retired list” of the army with the 
rank aud emoluments of “General,” has 
passed the U. 8. Senate, with only nine votes 
against it, and is now before the House, where 
it is likely to meet a stronger opposition, as 
the friends of Fitz John Porter are likely 
to oppose it there, because their favorite is 
not included in the measure..Oliver 
Brothers & Phillips, of Pittsburgh, Pa., one 
of the most extensive iron firms in the coun¬ 
try, have failed for about $4,000,000. The 
Oliver & Roberts Wire Co is included in the 
failure. It is said an extension of time will 
be given oy creditors and that the firm will 
pay in full. Over 4,000 men will be thrown 
out of employment.John J. Cisco & 
Son, bankers of this city, have failed, liabili¬ 
ties about $3,500,000; assets said to be about 
enough to cover all indebtedness. It did a 
large business with the Southwest and West, 
and the failure here will cause losses to a num¬ 
ber of banks and business houses there. The 
announcement of the above two failures on 
the Chicago Produce Exchange, on Thursday, 
caused a drop of L}^ cent on wheat, and a 
corresponding decline iu the prices of other 
products; but the market soon began io re¬ 
cover.Gov. Hill, of this State, recom¬ 
mends legislation making it u penal offense 
for any persons to advertise themselves as 
running a bank without a legal warrant for 
doing so—a wise precaution everywhere, in 
view of the great number of “private banks’ 
that have lately swindled their depositors..,. 
The great biennial law'-makiug season has 
come. Twenty six State Legislatures have 
begun business within a few days. The whole 
list includes all the Northern .States except 
New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island and 
Iowa; aud Arkansas, Missouri, Delaware 
North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West 
Virginia in the South.... The Louisiana Lot¬ 
tery has offered to start a $500,000 lottery for 
the World Exposition; prizes$200,000; expen¬ 
ses $50,000; profits for the Exposition, $250,- 
000. If the offer is accepted, “the greatest 
show on earth” will lose the good wishes of 
millions. New Orleans is already a vast 
gambling den.The Earl of Aylesford 
died suddenly on his cattle ranch at Bay 
Springs. Texas, last Tuesday. He was a wild, 
rather disreputable young man, whose wife 
eloped with Lord Blaut'ord, the present Duke 
of Marlboro. On the ground of collusion he 
was refused a divorce in England, and after 
going through the police, divorce and bank¬ 
rupt courts in the Old Country, he drifted to 
the New, and settled ou a small ranch in Texas 
—worth, with stock, about $25,000. He left 
two daughters, but the title and entailed es¬ 
tate go to the eldest of his brothers. 
The Secretary of the Navy wants $2,500,000 
for the erection of a gun foundry aud the 
purchase of steel therefor. The Secretary 
of War wants $1,000 000 for the same pur¬ 
pose. No other important nation is without 
a nat.ioual foundry.The House and Sen¬ 
ate have appropriated $50,000 for the relief 
of the starving ludians in Montana—too late 
for many who have already starved to death 
.The reduction of postage on letters to 
two cents has caused a great decrease in the 
sale of postal cards ..The estate of the 
late John W. Garrett, President of the Balti¬ 
more & Ohio Railroad, is valued at $35,000,- 
000, of which $30,000,000 is personal property. 
The entire amount is bequeathed to the vndow 
and three children... Governor Gray of 
Indiana and Governor Martin of Kansas, 
were inaugurated last Monday.The 
Oklahoma “boomers” are intrenched and well 
provisioned, aud declare their intention to 
resist all attempts by the military to remove 
them; but they say they will at once obey the 
civil courts. They have rifle pits which they 
say will afford them complete protection 
from the Hotchiss guns. Col. Hatch says be 
will expel them at any cost. If driveu out 
they say they will fire the prairie grass aud 
burn out every herd iu the Indian Territory... 
Thomas Clyde, a wealthy shin owner.founder 
of the Clyde steamship line, died at Philadel¬ 
phia, Monday eve niDg .Secretary Lincoln 
declines to grant Gen. Hazeu’s request for a 
court-martial on Lieut.Carliugford,who failed 
to find Greely, and ou Gen. McKeever who 
dared to joke about Uazen’s connection with 
the unsuccessful search expedition. Hazeu 
is becoming a nuisance to civilians as he has 
long been to military men. He has not yet 
asked for a court-martial on himself, as Sec¬ 
retary Lincoln long ago said he ougnt to do... 
....There is a bitter controversy about the 
action of St. John, the Prohibition candidate 
during the last election. The Republican 
“organs” insist that he offered to sell out to 
the managers of their party for $25,060, for 
which sum he would quit tbe canvass or act 
as they might desire; and that for money 
from the Democratic managers he kept in the 
field and got Republican votes enough to de¬ 
feat Blaine. St. John denies both stories 
emphatically and calls for proof. J. L. Legate, 
a prominent politician of Kansas, and a close 
friend of St. John, owns that he offered to 
the Republican managers to withdraw St. 
John for $25,000, but says that St. John knew 
absolutely nothing about tbe matter. Tbe 
Prohibitionists say that ht. John acted through 
the campaigo in exact compliance with direc¬ 
tions from their headquarters, and that they 
put full reliance on his fidelity. There is a 
great deal of lying certainly ou one side or 
the other iu this controversy; but certainly 
no proof has hitherto been brought for ward 
to convict St, John of treachery. “Outsiders” 
say it is an effort to “break down” the Prohi 
bition candidate in revenge for his persis¬ 
tency during the election, and to prevent or 
enfeeble a Prohibition Presidential nomina¬ 
tion in 1888.A strike of workmen at the 
OliverCmlled Plow Work9, South Bend, Ind., 
has inflicted a loss of several thousand dollars 
on tbe company aod of more on the strikers, 
about 800 of whom were Poles. The ring¬ 
leaders of the turbulent strikers are in prison. 
_.Jones, of Nevada, has been reelected to 
tbe United States Senate; and Cameron, of 
Pa., has been re-uomiQatPd .The Ohio 
Legislature has resolutions for a constitution¬ 
al amendment doing away with Octooer elec¬ 
tions, and also permitting liquor licenses. ... 
... J. C. Moore’s bell factory at Colliusville, 
111., the oldest and inoat extensive in the 
United States, was entirely burned last Tues¬ 
day. Loss $60,000; 15,000 dozen bells were 
destroyed... 
FOREIGN. 
Across the Atlantic Parnells supreme in¬ 
fluence was lately illustrated in a signal way 
at the election of a member of Parliament for 
Thurles, Tipperary'. A memlier was nomi¬ 
nated by a majority of the voter- who were 
opposed to Parnell’s domination. Parnell 
from London named a Home Rule friend as 
candidate. Tbe rival candidate swore he 
would “stick;” his supporters swore they 
would elect him. Just belore the election 
Parnell quietly took a rapid journey to the 
town; made a brief speech to the populace, 
declaring that the “good of Ireland” demanded 
tbe election of his friend, and straightway the 
opposition candidate resigned, aud the Home 
Ruler was quietly elected. “A most consum¬ 
mate boss!” exclaim all the English papers. 
..In England there is a great deal of dis¬ 
content, even among Liberals, at the Govern¬ 
ment’s weak-kneed foreign policy, and seve¬ 
ral prominent Liberal papers have suggested 
the resignation of Gladstone as well as of Earl 
Derby, the Secretary' of Foreign Affairs The 
financial difficulties in Egypt are increasing, 
as the English proposals about the settlement 
of the Egyptian debt have been rejected by 
Germany, Austria, Russia, aud Frunce, and 
those formulated by tbe last Power have 
just been acceded to by the three others. 
Tbe Australian colonies are loudly complain 
ing at Germany’s occupation of the small 
islands in the Pacific and of a part of Borneo. 
The Russian advance in the East is seriously 
threatening British domination in India, 
and her prestige all over the East, where the 
new title of “Emperor of the East,” about to 
be assumed by tbe Czar, is sure to increase 
his influence. England is apparently without 
a friend in Europe; though France has been 
drawing closer to her within the past week. 
Bismarck’s colonization policy is very dis¬ 
tasteful to Englishmen, who think tbe Foreign 
Office ought to check it. Meanwhile Glad¬ 
stone complains of ill health, and again the 
report is started that he will soon resign the 
Premiership, and seek repose in the House of 
Lords.. In France Gen. Ghamperon, Minister of 
War, has resigned, because be was opposed to 
the weakening of the home army by sending 
large reinforcements to the army in the East. 
He declares that Bismarck wants to injure 
tbe French army at home by inducing'the 
Government to employ' a great number of 
troops iu distant warfare; that having caused 
France to quarrel bitterly with Italy and 
Spain, be is now seeking to embroil her with 
England on the Egyptian and Cninese ques¬ 
tions, so as to isolate her in Europe even more 
completely than is now done by her republi¬ 
canism. Gen. Lewal, his successor, favors a 
vigorous prosecution of the War in the East, 
and 6,000 more troops are prepared to start at 
once, to be followed as soon as possible by an 
additional 6,000. Tbe whole of Tonquin is to 
be held permanently by France, and China is 
to be compelled to make peace, even if it has 
to be forced on her by French bayonets at 
Pekin. 
A STRUNG TESTIMONIA L. 
The following letter, from the wife of Attor¬ 
ney General Fair, of Tenuessee, gives a clear 
and emphatic report of tbe great benefit re¬ 
ceived Irom tbe use or Compound Uxygen: 
“BLOUNTV1T l.E, I KNN., October lOltl, 1882. 
“Drs. Starkly 1’alkn: —For seveuteeu 
years i have been a sufferer Irom diseased, 
liver, having contracted the disease while liv¬ 
ing in me malarial districts of lexas, each suc¬ 
ceeding attack being more severe and leaving 
me less strength to bear the next. Aoout t wo 
years ago i was induced to uso Compound Oxy¬ 
gen, and since that time have steadily im¬ 
proved without any falling back. For years 
1 had not. hud lwo good, nights' sleejj in suc¬ 
cession, bnt since using your remedy, have 
slept well, it is now twelve months since 1 
have had an attack of bilious colic, and have 
fewer symptoms of the return of the disease 
than for years. You are at liberty to publish 
this. “Mrs. John Fair.” 
Our “Treatise on Compound Oxygen," con¬ 
taining a history of the discovery and mode 
ot action of this remarkable curative agent, 
and a large record of surprising cures in Con¬ 
sumption, Catarrn, Neuralgia, Bronchitis, 
Asthma, etc., and a wide range of curonicdis¬ 
eases, will lie sent free. Address Dks. Star- 
kjcy& Palen, 1100 Girard St, Philada,— Adv. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, January 17. 
The Illinois State Board of Agriculture, 
which met at Springfield, last Tuesday, “re¬ 
solved” to support tbe amendment to the 
Animal Industry Bill, now before Congress 
regulating expenditures, and more effactually 
suppressing pleuro pneumonia. .The Indiana 
State Board of Agriculture, which convened 
at indianopolis a week ago last Thursday, 
protested against the exclusion of American 
pork from France, and called upon Congress 
to adopt retaliatory legislation. The Board 
also voted to ask the Legislature to create the 
offlceof State EntumoJoglst.uud aid in paying 
off tbe debt on the fair grounds.Plenty 
of rain in California is somewhat consoling 
the farmers for present low prices of gruiu 
by a promise of abundant crops next harvast. 
..... ..Among the names discussed for the 
positiou of Commissioner of Agriculture un¬ 
der Cleveland, tbe most prominent are, Kx- 
Uovemor Coleman, of St. Louis; Governor 
Glick, of Kansas; Col. Harris, of tbe sumo 
State; D. W. Smith, Hon. J. R, Scott, and 
M. W. Dunham, of Illinois; 11. J. Storliug 
Morton, of Nebrasku; Hon. W. T. Smith, of 
Iowa; Gen. Williams, U, S. Seuulor from 
Kentucky; Henry E. Alvord, aud Dr. Lewis 
E. Surtevantof New York; and Representa¬ 
tive Aiken,of South Carolina Gov. Stock- 
ley, of Delaware, issued a proclamation last 
Wednesday, saying that contagious pleuro¬ 
pneumonia exists among the cattle of that 
State, and ordering that all diseased animals 
be quarantined. The General Assembly and 
tbe State Grunge are also moving in the mat¬ 
ter.W. W. Ogilvie arrived at Winni¬ 
peg, Manitoba, last Suuday, He Bays his firm 
has purchased 2,000.000 bushels of wheat, but 
has closed its mills because American firms 
could undersell it in Canada. They are paying 
12 cents less for wheat, in Minneapolis than in 
Wiunipeg. Tbe Ogilvie mills will reopen socn, 
as the Minneapolis millers have advanced 
prices .. In November, out of a total of 
4 486 cattle, sheep and bogs inspected at the 
Minnesota Transfer, no loss than 512 were 
found to be unfit for use. During December, 
the total number was 2,443, of which but 24 
were condemned... In a paper upon but- 
terine, read before the Society of Arts, at 
London, it is stated that in 188S over 40.000 
tons of that product were imported into Eng¬ 
land from Holland, the factories at Oss send¬ 
ing 150 tons a week. Tbe latest improved 
but.terine consists of oleomargarine, milk. 
vegetable oil, and real butter.Bow Park 
Farm, at Brantford. Ont , Canada, tbe prop¬ 
erty of the Canada West Farm Slock Associa¬ 
tion, was sold at auction Thursday The real 
estate, comisting of 895 acres ot land, brought 
$71,000, A herd of Short born cattle, num¬ 
bering 25 males and 115 females, brought 
$95,500. and tbe horses, crude cattle, steers, im¬ 
plements and produce, $14,700. The whole was 
purchased by Thomas Nelson, of Edinburgh, 
DESIRABLE FARM MACHINERY. 
A rapid, strong and durable Hay Press that 
will put 10 tons in grain car is much needed 
throughout tbe West. Tbe Whitman Agri¬ 
cultural Co, of St. Louis, Mo.,guaianteetheir 
Rebound Pluuger Press to be superior to any 
of t heir class in all respects; their success with 
it has been remarkable. They also manufac¬ 
ture the Magic Feed Mill with steel grinders 
which is warranted to grind 30 bushels of feed 
per hour with Two Horse Railway Power, aud 
makes tine family meal. The celebrate Mon- 
arcb and Young American Corn and Cob M ills 
and Magic Feed Mills are well known; Pacific 
and Gaboon broadcast seeders for attaching 
to furin wagons. These Sowers will sow 
evenly from 30 to 50 feet wide and are a won¬ 
derful labor saving machine. Send for cir¬ 
culars stating machine wanted, as their man¬ 
ufacture embraces a very large liue of first 
class machinery.— A do. 
A Cough, Cold or Sore Throat should 
not be neglected. Brown’s Bronchial Tro¬ 
ches are a simple remedy, ana give prompt 
relief. 25 cts. a box. — Adv. 
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. 
Saturday, January 17. 
Chicaoo. — Compared with prices a week 
ago, “regular” wheat is Sjjfc. higher; No. 
2 Chicago Spring, l^c. higher; No. 2 
Red, 2V£c. higher. Corn, l^c. higher. 
Oats, higher. Pork, 25c. lower. Cattle 
about the same. Hogs somewhat higher. 
Sheep, ditto. 
Wheat.A ctive.” Bales ranged: .lanuary, 80}* 
(ftSUvr; February. S0<K)<»8i J*o : March, 8i(>ft<«824*c; 
May. HC#iaS-54e; No. 2 Chicago Burin**, Hiq,a8.kc; 
No. 3do. H iafcsSjt" No 2 Rea 8(}*e - So, 3 Rod, 6Sia59c. 
Cotta —active anles ranged: i_ ash. S.tfcsaHc. Janua¬ 
ry, a.,STf,c; February, .n$t<(kS' | i:(|. liny 4U419*c. 
OaJs quiet, miles ranged: January, JtJiC. F> bru- 
ary. Z64*c May, .ufeo. KTB- Steaoy at 5a barley — 
N . 3, INjiiO* c Poke Steady; sales ranged Cash, 
®1S. i3 ^IZ Ae January, $12.15,4.12.20 bebruury. $12. 12 }* 
(ilVJ.SU March, La tin steady sales 
ranged Cush $6 Hour January «0.dT>otu6.#0 eh sing 
ut «t> Hi}*-February. ♦U.UJVa. Cattle.—M arket weak; 
Uood to choice Mopping, 15.411 5,90, common 
to medium. $4.0,in5.00, Texans, *8,20,1.4.60. Hoos— 
Market active, rough packing, fi.i <>(4.15 (lacking 
aud .hipping. SI 33(fl4 i.‘>. light. *1 20c,4 50; skips, 
5 S.SUl4.45. Mi Kite- Market steady; interior to fair. 
medium to good, . 3ia>3.ai- choice to extra. 
$I«t 1.35. 
St. Louis. —Compared with cash prices a 
week ago. No. 2 Red Wheat islj^e, higher. 
Corn, l^c. higher. Oats, 5)^c. higher, cat¬ 
tle average aboutGOc. higher. Sheep, steady. 
Hogs, unchanged 
Wheat. No . lieu, S'HkaslUrfo. cash and January 
Sit* e: February hhi^c; May, ‘.Mtae. Cohn-C ash. 86c; 
Juuuury, avi^c- February. 3d>4e. Muv. :;84*c Oath 
Dun ru b,2H4C. February, ."Jr May Ml)* it 7*c. Rye 
— Firmer at .!utriMi*c Baulky - Min k, t quiet. at 55« 
IV. Flaxseep Steady at *' Ti Tobk At *12 35. 
Caitee Market, steady Exports, Hi»>. 2.V good to 
Choice shlppln.', *5 o.Va.l SV lair to medium, *4 50® 
i. Z5t Texans, ti mi. smti:e Common to medium. 
$2 iw 3: fair to choice, $4 25>» 4. Hu os Light ut *4 25 
to (<*130 pack lug at 64.30.4.1.00; heavy ut $4.Mi®4 65. 
Boston. —Compared with cash prices a 
week ago, coni is IJmc. to 2c. higher. Oats, 
rrom 1c. to mjc. higher. Rye, 8c to 4c higher. 
(lliAt*,—C hun Steamer .Mixed, 68«*5!)lt,e: Steamer 
Yellow,54»5lWC High Mixed, 3>(.i55t* aud No Grade 
per Push Oats are steady, sale ot No. I 
White and hurley, ut 4(htHHe. No J White. 3sW(<4 
3*e No s at ti xH.lve. and of mixed at.S («3Sc. (.' bush. 
Rye. Ktnall sules at ,la'.r>e. >* btt-h. Hauls y, at n 
<a.4j sates of sports, ut #15 1* tint tor opting, and 
$16 4 IH .511 for winter. Fine Feed arm Midtlun«8 range 
at «,6 004.19. and tort on seed Meal. *2tf..v«a$29.ui v 
tun to arrive uud on the spot Hay asm straw 
llay, t er ton fair to good at *12(4 ll. and com¬ 
mon to fair at *18 *l\ Rye straw lx held at $10(4 20 for 
choice Swale Hay at $h , 9 . Oat Si raw ai $9<» lu per 
ton. Hiittkii Nurtheru creamery. 1 xtra, 28 a:9c; 
choice, fresh, 252*270 : good to choice. 2' tie 25c: 
Northern dairy, Franklin County. Vt., extra 
24. 4.29c; New York and Vermont choice, 2:k»v4c; 
mrulgnt dairies. elude-. 18 a2oc: fair to good do, 
extra, is(*lic. common do, tun*lie-. Western cream¬ 
ery. extra, 30® 82c: cbotci. SiiitHict good 1 choice 
summer make 2Ua?4e YVc-tern dairy, choice, liu# 
I He. fair to good, ir, *ltle. imitation creamery, choice, 
)8 a2Ic; ladle, choice 1*W 13c; do. ccmtunu to good, 
1114,15c. ClHtk.SK -New York uud Vermont, choice, 
ivY*,*i c. P it VVeme u, cholt H!,« *I2‘*e- lair to 
good, kadlo V tt, Kutw - Eastern, fresh. 2S<*29c; 
New York and Vermont. 2 .( 4 29c Provincial. 2 ti<* 27 c; 
\\ i-vtcrn, 24'fcVto. BkaS^ Pea, choice i.aijd picked 
$1.61 a ,3> * bushel large, do. do, ll.SVal.W; medi¬ 
um Choice, $l.Wtt',55; do, screened. *1 23a 1,40 Yel¬ 
low Eyc<. Improved •S.OUia. lie Red kidneys, *2.4U«» 
$2 U>. t'anaua peas, Mie.gitl 0 per liiisn for com¬ 
mon to choice (lr>on I‘ea» at sh.yi III. Potatoes— 
W>-(incite. Ka8t.rn Ma55c *( hush: N* rtbern, 45ut :>8c. 
Heeds Domestic Flaxseed ul Chl> ago W sievdy, with 
sales at. »1.39 * tm»h Calcutta Linseed lu New York 
l- nominally ut 8'.K> * busn. Grass seeds show very 
little change. We quote Clover Seed, Western at 
8 (fl, 8 V 4 C per n> New York, at 'J*4(»10c V !t>; Timothy at 
81.40 4.1.Ul 4k bush; Red Top at $l.tkK8(2.U0i8 hag; and 
Canury ut 3RKiB3!l*c. $1 D,. 
