THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
w of the Week. 
HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, Sept. 5,1885. 
The American Society for tbe Advance¬ 
ment of Science, at Ann Arbor, Tuesday, 
elected E. S. Moore, of Salem. Mass , as Pres¬ 
ident. and selected Buffalo as tbe place of tbe 
next meeting .......Gen. Grant’s family bas 
left Mt. MrGregor; “Nellie’’has gone home to 
England, and tbe family generally are scatter¬ 
ing about their usual occupations. Tbe 
undertaker says bis bill will be $14.1G2 75, 
which is considered reasonable. It includes 
$5,000 for carriages—500 carriages at $10 each. 
Tbe Government is to pav tbe bill. Lots of 
visitors everv day to Grant’s tomb; among 
them were Mrs and Col. Grant on Tuesday.. 
_Rev. Dr. S, W. Duncan, pastor of a Bap¬ 
tist church at Rochester, N. Y., has been 
elected President of Vassar. The name of no 
woman was presented at the election ...This 
season is tbe worst for the circuses that they 
have known in 10 years. It is said that not 
one bas cleared any money, and many have 
lost heavily .A determined effort is be¬ 
ing made to clear tbe Salvation Army out of 
Chicago- The mem hers are arrested at every 
attempt to parade noisily, aud neighhors will 
no longer stand tbe din of tboir meetings..... 
_Tbe Prohibitionists of Iowa, convinced 
that juries will not convict nimsellers, have 
obtained a law providing that forbidden bars 
«may be closed by injunction. The defendants 
in some test cases, now expect to have tbe 
statute declared unconstitutional, on the 
ground that it denies to them tbe right of 
trial by jurv.Tbe Union Pacific Rail¬ 
road owns the largest coal mines in Wyoming 
at Rock Springs. 250 m-les west of Cheyenne. 
Recently tbe company imported large num¬ 
bers of Chinese to take the place of white 
men, Wednesday afternoon all the white 
m i ners _150—armed with shot-guus, marched 
on Chinatown, end ordered the Celestials to 
leave. All—600—fled at once to the hills, 
hurried alone by volleys from the white men. 
Fifty hnuses belonging to the company, aud as 
many shanties belonging to Chinamen, were 
burned, and it is believed many sick and 
feeble Celestials perished in the flames. Fif¬ 
teen dead bodies of the fugitives have been 
found; others are most likely on the hills, 
where the trembling survivors still lurk with¬ 
out food. Provisions are being sent to them 
by tbe authorities. The white miners have 
dispersed peacefully and contentedly, .. 
Just as we go to pre«s a telegram says 150 
Chinan an were killed; many of tbe wounded 
died among the hills in the underbrush. A 
number were shot while trying to escape from 
their bouses, and, wounded. were burnt to a 
crisp in the flames. The outrage was horri¬ 
ble. A dozen or so of the white men have 
been arrested. Troops are hastening to the 
spot. Not one of the contractors who brought 
in the Chinamen, and caused all the trouble, 
has been hurt...... 
_Tn 75 cities and towns of Wisconsin, since 
tbe liquor license fee was raised from $75 to 
$260 a year, the number of saloons has fallen 
off 432. But the amount received for licenses 
has increased more than $224 000 .In 
Texas the Knights of Labor and the farmers’ 
organizations are acting hand-in-hand. 
G Am Ernie, a druggist, of Hoboken. N. J., 
gave morphine instead of quinine to the fam¬ 
ily of Cbarlps E. Holtz. Two daughters of 
tbe latter took it, aud both died. Ende took 
poison from remorse for his blunder, but will 
recover aud be arrested. Too many sooh 
blunders of late! ...Ex Senator Gwin, of Cali¬ 
fornia, died Thursday in this city. 
_Pome reports severely wound Geronimo, 
tbe hostile Apache; others kill the old rene¬ 
gade .. There is a great demand for 
cocoannts in the prohibition towns in Kan¬ 
sas, and the milk iu the ooeoauut is thought 
to account for much of the intoxication that 
prevails in those towns .... 
....The public debt decreased $2,879,052 in 
August. The total*outstanding national debt 
now is $1,880 172.175; but if from this the 
cash in the Treasury be subtracted, the net 
debt on Sept. 1 was $1,473,692 307. Interest is 
paid only on $1,260,775,012, the rest being 
made up of debts on which interest bas ceased 
since maturity, legal tenders, gold and silver 
certificates, currency, etc ..A large 
crematory is to be built in Buffalo. N. Y..... 
....The can makers of Baltimore are on strike 
because tbpir employers refuse to advance 
their pay 20 cents per 100 for making tin cans 
and because cans for fruit and oyster packing 
are now in great demand .. Gen. O. 
O Howard’s 19 year old son fatally shot him¬ 
self at Cinnabar, Oregon, the other day- 
quarrel with a sweetheart.. 
... Scoharie, Oswego, Onondaga. Steuben, 
Reusselaer and Albany Counties, N. Y.,bave 
been visited by severe rain storms during the 
week—much damage to crops,’especially 
to potatoes .Ex Minister Taft has 
arrived home from Russia.*. 
... A considerable Russian colony is about to 
settle in “a large valley north of Sitka,’’ 
Alaska .Heavy rains on roofless 
Charleston caused much misery early in the 
week.The agitation to save Riel 
still continues among the Frencb-Canadtans 
on both sides of the line. Reprieve solicited 
from the Governor-General until an appeal can 
be made to the Imperial Privy Council: insanity 
alleged as a reason. Most other Canadians, 
favor execution of the "rebel.”. 
... Gen, Crook telegraphs that the hostile 
Apaches are now in Mexico. 200 miles south 
of tbe boundary line, and still moving south. 
All fears of the Apaches iu Arizona are re¬ 
ported to have been laid aside. Those at San 
Carlos Agency “have raised a large crop of 
grain and are peaceful and content ”. 
_Tbe TJtes in Colo., contrary to late reports, 
are peaceably disposed.... Iu 
Cassia County. Tdaho. last Saturday, Chief 
Justice Hayes affirmed the constitutionality of 
the Territorial election law prescribing the 
anti-polygamv test oath. This will largely re¬ 
duce the Mormon vote......-Tbe North¬ 
western River and Harbor Convention, called 
to consider ways and means for securing the 
adequate improvement of northwestern water- 
wavs, assembled, with between 909 and 1.000 
delegates, in St. Paul. Thursday. Hou. 
William Warner, of Missouri, was made 
permanent chairman. The convention 
will recommend a liberal appropriation 
for Mississippi improvement and a larger 
allotment to tbe upper river Other interests 
to receive its indorsement are the Missouri, 
the Red River of the North, the lake ports, 
and the Heunipin Canal project. 
.Small pox somewhat abating in Mon¬ 
treal. Snecial Board of Health appointed 
with full powers to taka all sorts of sanitary 
precautions. Trade of the city with outsiders 
greatly injured. Protests from Toronto and 
other places in Ontario that no unusual num¬ 
ber of small pox cases are to be found there. 
Doctors have been appointed by our National 
Board of Health to prevent importation of 
the disease into this country. The Canadian 
Postmaster General thinks that the number 
of small pox cases existing in the Dominion 
does ndt justify the disinfection of the mails 
to this country. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, September 5, 1885. 
There are still lands open to settlement in 
19 States and eight Territories. The prices 
vary from $1.2.5 to $2.50 per acre.. 
... The University of Pennsylvania, in West 
Philadelphia, has completed a building that 
will hereafter be known as tbe Hospital for 
Rick and Maimed Horses, and was opened for 
tbe treatment of auimalelasc Monday. Horses 
belonging to persons unable to pay for their 
treatment will be doctored gratuitously ..... 
....Ten pairs of English sparrows were let 
loose in Adelaide. Australia, a few years ago. 
and their progeny is estimated at two mil¬ 
lions. It is feared that unless some effective 
remedy is found to abate tbe nuisance, the 
whole colony will, in less than twenty years, 
be reduced to a mere sheep-walk . 
....An experimental sugar station is to be 
established in connection with the Louisiana 
State University and Agricultural and Me¬ 
chanical College, and the Sugar Planters’ As¬ 
sociation of Louisiana, and Prof.W. G Stubbs, 
of Auburn. Alabama, has accepted the position 
of Professor of Agriculture in the University 
_Durham. N C-. a tobacco manufacturing 
town, shows remarkable development :—20 
years ago it. was a small hamlet, with but 90 
inhabitants, and the total valuation of property 
was onlv $10,000. A recently completed census 
shows a population of 6 370. »ud tbe o°8PS e ed 
valuation of the property is given at $3,000,000 
.The fruit trade in this city is seriously 
injured bv the cholera in Europe, for although 
there is little or no danger of the importation 
of the plague this year, thousands of timid 
people, who ordinarily would have used fruit 
liberally, take little or none of it now, through 
fear that its use would predispose them to the 
disease. Tb« sale of watermelons was greatly 
curtailed on this account, and tbe same cause 
operates el°ewhere also ...The Govern¬ 
ment of Holland is about to adopt additional 
protective dutiea .Fully 80.000 peonle 
visited the great.Grangers’picnic, at Williams 
Grove. Pa., Thursday. Crooks, pickpockets, 
Bod guide-shows numerous, and doing an 
“excellent business.” .E. C. Stevens, of 
Attica, N. Y., the well known breeder of 
Holland cattle, bas started for Western fairs, 
visiting Ohio Rtate Fair at Columbus; Tri- 
State Fair at Toledo: Illinois State Fair at 
Chicago; Northern Indiana and Southern 
Michigan Fair at South Bend, Ind.; Indiana 
State Fair at Indianapolis: and tbe great 
St. Louis Fair.. He takes with him 24 head 
of noted prize-winners. 
.A telegram just received from Dead- 
wood, Dakota, save the unpleasant weather of 
the past two weeks culminated in a snow 
storm to-dav. Tbe thermometer has rauged 
from 50 to 60 degrees, and more or less rain 
has fallen daily. The outlook for grain is 
gloomy iu the extreme. Four fifths of all the 
crops are cut, and the bulk is lying on the 
ground, heating and growing, much that is 
stacked being destroyed even for feed. 
Practically no thrashing has been done yet, 
and it begins to look as though there would 
be nothing to thrash. Prices have advanced 
200 peropnt., and few sales are made at any 
price. Farmers are greatly discouraged. 
_Another from St. Paul, just to hand, says: 
The severest frost of the season fell in south¬ 
ern Minnesota, Iowa, and Western Wisconsin 
on Saturday morning. In some places ice 
formed. Garden truck was badly damaged, 
and corn more or less injured. Tn Winconsin 
tbe cranberry marshes suffered severely in the 
vicinity of Berlin, one firm estimating their 
loss at $20,000.The officers 
of tbe N. Y. State Agricultural Society 
took possession of the fair grounds at Albany 
Tuesday.and will immediately finish the prep¬ 
arations for the State Fair, which will open 
September 10 .The apples of Orange 
County, N.Y., are nearly all natural fruit, as 
they are growu chiefly for the manufacture of 
whisky and not for sale as fruit. The manu¬ 
facture of applp-jack is an important indus¬ 
try iu that county, ns much as 60,000 gallons 
being made in favorable seasons. This will 
sell at an average price of $1.50 a gallon, and 
returns 90 cents a gallon to the Government 
in the shape of internal revenue tax. 
Can Hrieht’a Disease Be C’nred? 
Mr. Geo. W. Edwards is a well-known 
Philadelphian, now in middle life. His father 
was one of the most, public spirited men of the 
Quaker City, and did much to improve the 
pLcebv the erection of a number of hotels 
and othpr costly edifices. Mr. Edwards Sr. 
died about twenty years ago of Bright’s Dis¬ 
ease. and so did bis wife. The present Mr. 
Edwards thus inherited the disease and at an 
early period in bis life became a confirmed 
invalid with but little Imne of recovery. 
A gentleman connected with the press, who 
was threatened with the same disease and had 
beard of Mr. Edwards’recovery, recently call¬ 
ed upon him and gives the following account 
of bis interview; To the question if he had 
reallv been a9 great a sufferer as represented, 
Mr. Edwards replied: 
“Yes. I had Bright’s Disease My father 
aud mother died with it. So did two of mv 
brothers. It cam« on me slowlv. I passed 
much albumen and many epithelial casts, 
which are the sun 1 indications of l ho disease. 
For three i/ears I was so -prostrated as to be 
unable to attend to business, I teas utterly 
exhausted Not,only was I not able to walk 
with comfort, but actually could hardly walk 
at all. / hardly averaged an hours' sleep in 
the twenty four Nearly all the while I suf¬ 
fered with sex'ere neuralgic pain in my head 
and rheumatic pains in my joints My di¬ 
gestion teas miserable. I was nervous and 
continually disturbed. At the St.. George 
hotel, where I lived. I found it impossible to 
take ray meals at tbe table, for my nerves 
were in such a stste that the rattling of the 
knives and forks distressed me and compelled 
me to leave the dining room. The little I 
was able to cat was brought to mv room. 
“I was in this exhausted condition wbeu ray 
friend. Mr, Arthur Hagan, of Front. Street, 
who had been mnde a new man by the use of 
Compound Oxygen, said to me that be be¬ 
lieved there would be some chance for me if 
I were to trv that treatment. A drowning 
roan will catch at a straw and I caught at 
this in mv desperation, regarding it as li'tle 
more than a straw. In about 10 days after I 
began using it the severe pains in my head 
were greatly relieved, and hefore ninnv more 
davs they were gone Then f began to gain 
strength. Gradually the rheumatic pains 
went away. My appetite improved I soon 
became able la enjoy refreshing steep. For 
two months I took the Ogveen Treatment, 
daily gaining Wheu T first began to take it I 
was so weak that I could not inhale for more 
than 10 or 15 seconds I began in March, 
1882. and finished in May. By this time I 
xvas so well that l needed no more Oxygen 
Now Tom able to attend to my business 
regularly and cheerfully, I live in tb« eoun 
trv and come to town every day. T sleep 
soundly; take a good deal of active exercise, 
eat everything T want, and my digestion is 
good. 
4 u Treatise on Compound Oxygen,’ con¬ 
taining a history or the discovery and mode of 
action of this remarkable curative agent, and 
a large record of surprisin'' cures in Consump¬ 
tion. Catarrh. Neuralgia. B'onclctis. Asthma, 
etc., and a wide range of chronic disoases, will 
be sent free. Address D88. Starkey & Pa- 
len, 1529 Arch St., Philadelphia.— Adv. 
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CROPS AND MARKETS. 
Saturday, 5, 18S5. 
The Board of Grain and Railroad Commis¬ 
sioners, at St. Paul, Minn., have changed the 
standard for the grade of No. 1 Hard Wheat 
from 75 per cent, of hard Scotch Fife Wheat, 
to tbe requirements that it sbull consist mostly 
of hard Scotch Fife Wheat; ,this will admit 
to the highest clasrifieation. wheat containing 
only 51 per cent, instead of 75 per. cent. The 
propriety of this is doubted, as reducing to an 
ordinary level the grade of No. 1 Hard 
Wheat which was designed originally to in¬ 
clude only the finest grain in the market. It 
will be of no advantage to the farmer, as 
prices will, of course, be reduced correspond¬ 
ingly. 
Late reports say that a severe frost Wed¬ 
nesday night extended over a large part of 
8outb°rn Minnesota and Sout.heas’em Dako¬ 
ta. Wheat and later crops are heiug dam¬ 
aged. Corn bas undoubtedly suffered largely 
in the belt indicated. 
Reports to the New England Homestead in¬ 
dicate that, the onion crop of the country will 
be below the average in all but favored sec¬ 
tions, and prieps promise to be more remun¬ 
erative than for two years past. In New 
England, the price is likely to range from GO 
cents to $1 per husbel. 
The vineyards along the Hudson Valley 
promise an immense yield, and growers are 
arranging for distributing the crop. The 
main points for distribution will be New 
York, Albany, Boston and Philadelphia. 
Grapes were never so cheap as they will be 
this season, aud many producers are willing 
to contract at very low rates. 
Irish agricultural statistics show that there 
ore 5.000,000 acres of laud under crops in Ire¬ 
land, on increase of 81.000 over tbe acreage 
of 1884; that there are 10 250.000 acres of grass 
land, a decrease of 200,000 acres; and that 
bog, barren and mountain land has increased 
27,000 acres. 
Tbe international corn market opened at 
Vienna, Monday. A report on the crop of 
1885 was was read. The wheat crop in Hun¬ 
gary was reported as fine. One hundred and 
fifty thousand hectares more were sown than 
in 1885. and the crop is estimated at, more 
than 40,000,000 hectoliters—about 110,000,000 
bushels. 
Communications Received for the Week Ending 
Saturday. September 5, isss. 
A. M. S.—1,. A. G-F. G. W.—T. H.-J. C.— 
J. W R.-N E -M. W - F. —M. A B.-B. F. J.-F. G. 
W.—J M.F.-W. M.-N S. K.. thanks. O.W.-R R.— 
s. S. C.-P. n F —a. w. i, -C w. F., thanks.—Mrs. 
P D.L B W.H S.—It.W.I, R L.C.-W H. .T. J.- 
H A C.-R G. B-J. H— Mrs G. L.-Mrs T. L-P. 
M. A.—.7 W a.—G. T nnswered by letter.—S. S.— 
R L B. W L D. thanks.-G. F. M.—W R L-A. 
]g. G — W, H C.-C. M. n.-s R-J. L. B. F L K.— 
W E Park, the ferffilzer number will iiUMwer.—C. 
E. If D. M D.,thanks -Q. T.-H. CYW.-C. P -Jacob 
Heckman, we should to ourCnse a sitting next 
Spring. -E. J S.-G. II. C.-C. B. Towle, will answer 
as soon as possible.—B. F. A—A H. A—S C. S., 
thanks.-S C. S -L .G.-W. F. B -W. F B.-F. G. B.- 
J. C. V. 
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MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. 
Saturday, Sept. 5, 18S5. 
Chicago.—C ompared with cash prices a 
week ago. “regular” wheat is unchanged; No. 
2 Spring, lj^c lower; No. 2 Red, 2c. lower; 
Corn, \%c lower; Oats, \%c. lower; Pork, 
50c. lower. Cattle, from 55c. higher for ex¬ 
ports- steady for all the others. Hogs, a trifle 
higher for best of each grade; steady for 
others. 8heep unaltered. 
wheat. Quiet and steady. Snles ranged: **ep- 
i ember. •tsnw<’- October, SHs-ariSp’ November, 
8S'4So. t 8pr1*w. Nn. Red s*c Vo. 
9 uch tim.e. corn- Firm sales ranged* i ash, 1 U 40 : 
September, I7V< r’Vio October, U8i > vH&e Novem¬ 
ber .WiS ’•tjve.OAT* Stead y etMc* ranged Cush. 
2*Me -eptember, < >.u*r.' October 
Ryk SIcr.1v; Sn. t. MV«c Barley No ?. hpsfilo. 
I»enK Active Cush *•* September, »s ov® 
SUV October, *e eo AN TfiU' Novetilb'r >fi fi«BH TTttfc. 
I,Alib—Steady. Sales ranted ciivp, as ?0’3'ii 
September, a* 2< • 1 October, ** 'cyan Nov- 
ember *>■ 1'vnii Hrtt.KMKATS -RhotlH'-r#, *3Sv«3 
Wl Short Ulb K'lleM, « S'-’W ' -V". Short Clear. »fi 15«.6 
•sic CATTf.B "arkei slow exno‘1 7S" '■ 1- cows 
and mixed, *l'S ((t nm sto ker«,«*0’4 «>: feeders. 
111) Texans M1Y»'' 11 SBEEP—Market quiet; 
Inferior **0 33 SO; natives, »1 7'" I 10' Texans, 
»i* r , v, m’o Hogs-R ough mixed, ft'si u M n pack¬ 
ing and shipping, *4 *)»'» 55; light, $1IX)it 75. skips, 
$2 fit)33 75. 
St. Louis. — Compared with cash prices 
last wcek.No. 2 red wheat is steady. Corn 
yfc. lower. Oats, >, s 'e. lower. Rye. lower. 
Barley, unchanged. Pork, 85c. higher. 
WHEAT — Nn ? Bed. cash, i« t September, 
savR'iUc October,in 9m. Horn. Quiet • Cush, 4114c! 
Seldom '■or 38t*'»lfle ■ October- 1 upHtv* : Year, 
tva • :r»% Oats —steady: No. 9 Mixed c„ n, n 
53U 0 seotemner, ? l»e Ryk. MV BittUtY. siondy 
Eggs, • toady at iti*'84" Fi axrkkp— 
St end v "t *’.13 Vnrk, *'< ( n BriKMI! ATS Long 
clear 70 - sho't rib shor> clear, *'* 1°. 
Lnrd Hr in at (I 'Vfi (A CATTm Market steady' 
f«lr to choice native aUipoIum steers, *4 4 lMt>epn, 
native butcher steers, MWiim graBS Texan do, 
*?40'<*4 l)n. ‘-HEKP UoinmOT to medium W 
fair to choiee. •100*1'to Fiona l ight, *4 '.’5®4 50. 
Packing. *4 10 j>4 40; heavy *4 30(34 «v 
Boston --Grain—C orn—in firm demand, nnd 
stendv sales nf No. i wnitc nn-' cericy. c 
9 Whit" 4if*4't»c: No ■ uo." Ill", Rtid of mixed at 
HKU-Y W, per bushel RYK smalt *ii!o* lit 7' '»«'“• per 
lmshci Nothl"Moing *« Bariev H'drs o r Bran nt 
#it’, ton for Spring and mw t - fit for \\ men 
Elm* Feed *ud upoillngs at *IT(IP Will: «tul Cot'ou 
Read Meal, •37<»*7»0 on'be snot cnl run --5 4» ton 
... nrrUe UaY ANn straw— v «i'kel for huv Is d"". 
j.r ^ hi ini i ton, for cbtMco ii a<l ffttiov fnlr to pood* 
StiTtS wono' Fin", *t* iXXbtnO'; poor. *u no *m w. Rye 
•draw Is he'd at (K)di2t On for choice Swnlebay 
ill »ii ni t iv it' per ion. Out straw ai *1"'KVait mi per 
ton HuoDunc.—NEW Buttkii -Northern creamery 
m 72 efl»'» 8 c per a, for extra, and fitwilc, for good 
to choice : Northern dairy —New York anil Ver¬ 
mont cholco to extra, 17 < 316 c; fair to good, 
