SEPT 2S 
@14 THE SURAH NEW-YORKER. 
Mrurs of the Week. 
HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, Sept. 19,1885. 
The Canadian inspector of prisons reports 
that, owing; to the large increase of crime 
among the Chinese of British Colombia, it 
will be necessary to enlarge the penitentiaries. 
.Louisville, Ky., held a great celebra¬ 
tion Thursday over the sale of the one hun¬ 
dred thousandth hogshead of tobacco this 
year.It has been discovered that the 
Treasury Department employs 64 persons at 
an expense of $25,000 to the Government, to 
count $85,000 worth of beer stamp paper. The 
same work is done by two girls employed by 
the manufacturers.The number of 
boiler explosions in the United States last year 
was 159, by which 254 persons were killed and 
261 injured.A computation made at 
the Treasury Department, Washington, last 
Wednesday, shows that the bullion value of 
the standard silver dollar, according t,o the 
Londou rates of silver, is 70 7 10 cents .. 
War is to be waged on the seals and sea lions 
in the harhor of Ran Frauciseo, which are de¬ 
clared to bill 45,000 tons of Ashes every year, 
to the serious inconvenience of the fishermen. 
.About 700 Chinese have been collected 
at the Union Pacific mines in Wyoming. 
Troops guard them and the mines; but the 
Celestials are badly demoralized through 
dread of another massacre, and are leaving on 
train and foot in considerable squads. The 
Knights of Labor of Wyoming have declared 
war against all Chinese labor in the Territory, 
and should the U. P R. R persist in employ¬ 
ing it, serious trouble is feared The Knights 
of Labor in Montana have warned the Chinese 
to leave the Territory, and threaten to boycott 
all wbo employ anv of them .Great in¬ 
dignation at San Francisco on the discovery 
of the bones of a laree number of Chinese iu 
course of preparation, by boiling, for ship¬ 
ment home. They had been collected from all 
over the country, and to some of them from 
San Francisco much of the flesh was still ad¬ 
hering .The new assessment of property 
in Virginia is said to be largely in excess of 
its actual value, and a great many property- 
holder’s of Richmond and other places have 
taken steps to secure an abatement before the 
courts.The Grant Monument fund here 
is now a little over $77,000 .A forestry 
congress will be held at De Funialr. Springs. 
Walton County, Florida, on December 16, 
that will probably be presided over by Gov. 
Perry, of Florida, and at which the Governors 
of a number of Southern States, and other 
gentlemen interested in preserving Southern 
forests, will be present.The popularity 
of Southern California as a sanitarium is such 
that there are over 200 cottages, worth from 
$600 to $2,500 apiece, in course of construction 
in Los Angeles and suburbs.Judge 
Gresham, of the United States Court, at Chi¬ 
cago, has rendered a very sensible decision 
denying any extra-territorial force to the 
usury law of any State, The United States 
Mortgage Company was chartered by New 
York with power to charge the legal rate of 
interest on loans, which in New York is six 
percent. Judge Gresham holds that this is no 
bar to the same company collecting 10 per 
cent, ou mortgage contract at Chicago, as the 
State of Illinois is supposed to be capable of 
protecting its own citizens .. Outrages 
are reported in Bienville Parish. La., upon 
prohibitionist negroes, by anti-prohibition 
ist ruffians of a low class. Gov. McEnery 
has been appealed to take measures to dis¬ 
cover the rascals.-. 
_The Mississippi River Commission has sus¬ 
pended work in Louisiana for lack of funds,. 
.The Secretary of the Interior has ap¬ 
pointed a Commission t.o visit the Indian Ter¬ 
ritory and confer with the Choctaws, Creeks, 
Cherokees, and Seminoles in regard to the 
better occupation and settlement of their 
lands, which are still held under tribal owner¬ 
ship. It is thought that Oklahoma will soon 
be opened for settlement .A committee 
of Catholic archbishops has issued a circular 
asking subscriptions for the endowment of 
eight scholar-hips for the proposed Catholic 
University at Washington— partly endowed 
by Miss Caldwell’s gift of $800,000. No trouble 
is anticipated in securing the extra funds 
needed to equip the institution.„ .Wis¬ 
consin, that stronghold of brewers, has bad a 
vote upon license, and a surprisingly strong 
high-license sentiment is shown. The last 
Legislature raised the license fee from $75 to 
$200, and gave the cities and towns an option 
to raise this sum to $850 or $500 by popular 
vote. The first election under this law was 
held Tuesday, and of 59 towns reported, 22 
carried a $250 license, one voted for a $350 
fee, and 36 for $500. In Milwaukee the low 
license majority was 15,000, which is small 
considering that no high-license oampaign 
was organized until Friday. The prohibition¬ 
ists are said to have refrained from taking 
part in the contest, so that the high license 
votes are the work of the believers in license 
regulation for the liquor traffic... 
.... Rev. Dr. Samuel W. Duncan of Rochester, 
N. Y., lately appointed President of Vassal* 
College, has declined the offer. Rev. Dr. J. 
Ryland Kendrick of this city, has been ap¬ 
pointed acting President until the vacancy is 
filled.Muocey, Ind., makes visiting 
tramps run the gauntlet of nearly 200 men 
armed with whips, etc. ...The Second 
Annual St. Louis Exposition opened last 
Wednesday. Big crowd. Will be open till 
Oct. 24 ... . Barnum's big elephant. Jumbo, 
and his little elephant. Baby, were killed by a 
collision on the Grand Trunk R. R., near St. 
Thomas. Out., Canada, on Wednesday. 
. The laud grabbers have feuced up the 
public lauds all around Cheyenne—almost 
locked the city in .The full court of 
Manitoba, presided over by Chief Justice 
Wallbridee, has confirmed the death sentence 
of T ouis Riel, the balf-hreed leader. He has 
been reprieved, however, until Oct. 24, in 
order to allow time for an appeal to the 
British Privy Council.Big Bear has 
been sentenced to three years in the peniten¬ 
tiary for treason-felouy, and Red Eagle, The 
Hole, Poor Crow, Red Bean and Left Hand 
have been found guilty of the same offence 
for their ymrticipation in the battles 
of Duck Lake and Batoche... 
Emery A Storrs. the distinguished lawyer, 
was found dead in bed Saturday morning at a 
hotel in Ottawa, Illinois having expired two or 
three hours previously of paralysisofthe heart 
... A good deal of excitement here and through 
most of the country during the week ou ac¬ 
count of the race between the English cutter, 
Genesta, and the American sloop, Puritan. 
The former crossed the briny to take back the 
cup won in England by thp American yacht 
America in 1861. and for the recovery of which 
four other English yachts have crossed the 
Atlantic full of hope, to go home full of dis¬ 
appointment. Four unsuccessful attempts to 
race occurred last week—wind not strong 
enough to bear the rivals over the 40-mile 
course iu the seven hours allowed by the reg¬ 
ulations. Ou Monday the Puritan won the 
first of the “best two out of three” by 16 min¬ 
utes 19 seconds. Ou Wednesday the Ameri¬ 
can won the second and decisive race by one 
minute 38 seconds. Hurrah for our side!. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, September 19, 1885. 
Shippers of Chicago dressed beef are mak¬ 
ing strong efforts to control the Philadelphia 
market.At the annual convention of 
agricultural chemists held at Washington the 
other day, the following officers were elected: 
Professor H. W Wiley, Washington, presi¬ 
dent; Dr. C. W. Dabney. North Carolina, 
vice-president; Clifford Rieharisou, Washing¬ 
ton, secretary and treasurer. A method for 
determining phosphoric acid was also adopted, 
and it was made obligatory upon the members 
to use the same methods in their official analy¬ 
ses . A single New York bouse has 
ordered of a local taxidermist 2,000 “Easter 
cards.” each bearing a mounted bird, set 
against a chromoed background or panel— 
“Slaughter of the innocents.”.A num 
ber of cattlemen were indicted at Wichita, 
Kans., last week, on the charge of driving 
Texas cattle infected with Texas fever into 
the Indian Territory and through the improv¬ 
ed herds of the northern part of the Territory. 
These are the parties who were ordered to be 
allowed to pass through by Secretary Lamar, 
in violation, as is charged, of the Animal In¬ 
dustry Law of the United States. This is a 
case of national importance, inasmuch as it 
will affect the grazing interests of Colorado, 
New Mexico, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, 
and Illinois.Bureau of Statistics reports 
show that values of the exports of domestic 
cattle and hogs, beef, pork and dairy products 
during August, 1885, decreased $1,822,362, as 
compared with the corresponding month last 
year, and for the eight months ending August 
31, compared with the corresponding eight 
months of 1884, the increase was $1,270,241... 
.The export of cattle from Montreal to 
Great Britain since the opening nf navigation 
in the middle of July has been 19,000 head— 
5,000 more than last year to the same time ,. 
....The phosphate mining industry in South 
Carolina gives a better return than gold mines. 
During the last 17 years the sbinmeuts of phos¬ 
phate rock and fertilizers made from it have 
aggregated fifty million dollars. Half of this 
sum has been earned in the last four years ... 
. Celery can be had in Jersey City at a eeut a 
bunch, which is a starvation price for the cul¬ 
tivator. One bunch makes two 40 cent portions 
of a fashionable New York restaurant.. 
.... The Forty-fifth N. Y. State Fair closed at 
Albany last Wednesday. It was eminently 
sucoeaaful in the number and excellence of the A 
exhibits, the large attendance, and—greatest 
object of all—the cash receipts. In 1883, at 
Rochester, the gate receipts were $13,284 At 
Elmira last year, they were $15,833, while 
this year, the receipts are over $20,000. This 
year there are 3,251 eutries. In 1884 there 
were 3,591; in 1S83, 3,197, while in 1882 and 
previously, they did not reach 3,000 . 
It is now reported that the cattle on the 
Cheyenne and Arapahoe Reservations 
amounted to over 200,000 head; nearly all 
have been removed at an estimated money 
loss of $5 per head, besides the lo's of great 
prospective profits. The throwing of large 
herds on the market is said to have made a 
difference of from $5 to $10 per head iu the 
price of stock animals, and of from $2 to 
$5 in that of fat cattle in the surrounding 
country.The exports of livestock and 
dressed meats from the port of Boston for the 
English markets per steamer last week were 
1,009 cattle aud 1,530 quarters of lieef. Those 
from New York included 575 live cattle. G.235 
quarters of beef aud 350 carcrsses of mutton. 
....A fruit dealer of Loekport, N. Y., has 
been gathering information as to the prohable 
yield of apples in that locality, aud estimates 
the crop as follows: Niagara County, 800,000 
harrels; Orleans, 600,000; Monroe, 600,000; 
Wavne, 500,000; Genesee, 400,000.The 
annual silver product is only about $40,000,- 
000, while the egg crop amounts to over 
$91,000,000 ...The Newark Machine Com¬ 
pany, of Columbus, Ohio, have just entered 
suit in the United States courts against Gaar, 
Scott & Co., of Richmond, Indiana, for the 
use of certaiu patents upon the Clover Huller, 
manufactured by the latter, which the New¬ 
ark Machine Company claim to be infringe¬ 
ments on their pateuts ou the Victor Clover 
Huller manufactured by them. This is an 
important suit. for. if it is gained by tbe New¬ 
ark Macbiue Company, they will have good 
cause of action against, and can collect dam¬ 
ages from, any one using clover hullers made 
by Gaar. Scott & Co. .... 
.... A sale of 27 head of registered Jersev cat¬ 
tle took place last Tuesday at Madison Square 
Garden, this city. Nearly 200 breeders and 
dealers iu fancy stock attended the sale. A 
bull calf, son of Black Prince of Linden, sold 
for $3,000; Fill Pail II., a four-year old cow, 
brought $1,000; the bull Black Prince of Lin¬ 
den went at $L,750: the cow Westphalia 
sold for $1,100, and the famous cow, Oxford 
Kate, sold at $3,250 .The Commissioner 
of Agriculture has sent Prof. Scribner, thp 
head of tbe new division of fungi investigation, 
to Boston, to make a thorough study of what 
is believed to be the largest specimen of fun¬ 
gus growths in the country. It is Mr. Col- 
man’s intention to have Mr. Scrihuer conduct 
a series of experiments at the Department 
this Winter, in the propagation of rust, 
mildew, blight and similar fungi . 
A Dangerous Enemy. 
We cannot too earnestly urge the necessity 
of using the Compound Oxvgen Vitalizing 
Treatment of Drs. Starkey & Rolen, 1529 
Arch St..Philadelphia, in the very commence¬ 
ment. of I'ulmonary trouble aud before the 
disease has mode serious inroads upon the sys¬ 
tem aud reduced its power to contend with so 
dangerous an enemy. If your cough is be¬ 
coming troublesome, if you are beginning to 
lose flesh or strength, and have night-sweats, 
send at once to Drs. Starkey & Paleu for such 
documents and reports of cases as will enable 
you to understand the nature and action of 
their Treatment.— Adv. 
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CROPS AND MARKETS. 
Saturday, 19, 1885. 
The Mark Lane Express, in its weekly re¬ 
view of the British grain trade, says: Storms 
and gales during the week have badly dam¬ 
aged tbe outstanding crops. The raiufall was 
heavy. The sales of Euglish wheat were 
57,192 quarters at 31s Id, against 86,052 quar¬ 
ters at 84s during the corresponding week last 
year. Foreign wheat is firmer, without auy 
increase iu demand. There is more animation 
in the off coast. Prices advanced fid. 
A London grain circular says: “Wheat 
has lost value, the United States markets, 
with their enormous visible supply, pressing 
heavily on the minds of operators. 
The very latest news of European crops is: 
The wheat crop of Great Britain this year, 
while about 10 per cent below 1884, is au aver¬ 
age one for a period of 10 years. 
Tbe wheat crop of France this year is but 
little if auy below 300,000,000 bushels, com¬ 
pared with 286,000,000 an a verege for 10 years, 
and 324,000,000 bushels for 1884. 
Tbe wheat crop of Hungary is about 15,000,- 
000 bushels above an average, this season, and 
of Austria about 12,000,000 bushels below an 
average. 
Tbe wheat crop of Prussia is but slightly 
below an average. 
The wheat crop of Italy is estimated at 115,- 
000,000 bushels, comp ared with 140,000,000 as 
an average. 
An average wheat crop in Russia is abmit 
200,000,000 bushels, and this year is about 15 
per cent, short—or about 30.000,000 bushels. 
The rye crop of Russia is 15 to 30 per cent, 
below an average. 
Tbe rye crop of Prussia is nine per cent, 
below an average, or about 20,000,000 bushels 
short. 
The Cincinnati Price Current soys its re¬ 
ports indicate that, the present corn crop of 
country will aggregate 1,990,000 000 bushels, 
au increase of 195,000,000 bushels, or nearly 
11 per cent, over last year. From the 12th to 
the 14th inst. the date of most of the returns, 
about three-fourths of the crop in twelve 
Western States, which produce 77 per cent, of 
the entire crop, was out of danger from frost. 
Ten to fiftoeu days more would render the re¬ 
maining portion safe. After September 25, 
with tbe present favorable weather, the 
danger line will be crossed. 
A telegram from St. Paul, Minn., this morn¬ 
ing says wheat iu the Northwest is now all 
harvested, and corn may be considered posi¬ 
tively out of danger. Gener’llv it is thought 
that frosts have hitherto done little or no 
damage to corn, though some put the loss 
as high as 12 per cent, in Minnesota. Wheat 
is coruipg to market slower than usual. The 
farmers have settled down to the policy of 
holding for higher prices, and they are able 
this year to stand a good deal of waiting. The 
price rose for the week about 8c., and millers 
are paying 2 to 3c. more in the country to g»t 
wheat. 
A telegram from Lyuchherg, Va.. Inst night 
says that special reports to tbe Advance just 
received from the bright tobacco belts of that 
State and North Carolina, agree, with few 
exceptions, that the crop is a failure. The 
estimates range from 20 to 40 per cent, less in 
weight an?! color. The plant, owing to the 
drought, is firing badly, and is being cut to 
save it from total loss. In some districts do 
rain has fallen for a mouth or six weeks. 
Advises from Evansville, Tnd., say tobacco 
will fall somewhat short. The sales of leaf 
tobacco here have been large, and prices quite 
firm, except those for old crop tobacco, which 
declined. The activity' in Western tobacco 
this week was fully equal to that of lust week, 
and sales were about 300 hogsheads, of which 
200 were for export. 
Friday. Same time last year. 
Common lugs.fi'A'SiiVic. s ®s^o. 
Medium lent.KSpS'.HH 
Tobacco at. St. Louis is in small offering but 
good demand, with only moderate supply. 
The honey crop all through the West and 
Southwest, excepting parts of Indiana and 
Texas, is reported a failure. The reason as¬ 
signed by bee-keepers is that the blossoms, 
though as profuse as usual, did not secrete 
honey,and that this failure occurs periodically. 
The amount of grain in store iu the United 
States and Canada ou September 13, and the 
amount of increase over or decrease from the 
preceding week was: Wheat. 43.167,183 bush 
els, decrease, 117,198; coni. 5,319,91,8 bushels, 
decrease, 429.350; oat«. 4.082 880 bushels, de¬ 
crease, 243.667; rye. 414,793 bushels, increase, 
10.012; barley, 141,945 bushels, decrease. 10.- 
970. The amount of grain in store in Chicago 
on the date named, was: 'Wheat, 12.991.445; 
corn. 887.420; oats, 62,040; rye, 182,905: bar¬ 
ley. 19,079. 
Hero wheat, has risen in all the chief market®, 
during the week, mainlv owing to a cablegram 
announcing considerable damage to uneatber- 
ed grain in t.he United Kingdom by stormy 
weather. On Monday tbe reported decline in 
the visible supply in the United States (from 
Chicago), notwithstanding the small increase 
in tbe same reported from New York (127,000 
bushels) helped the advance, for a larger in¬ 
crease than announced here had been predicted 
and expected iu many quarters. The short¬ 
ness of the crop, which can no longer be 
doubted, and the disposition on the part of 
farmers to bold back their grain fur higher 
prices, helped to stiffen the market. 
In spite of a decrease of 500,000 bushels in 
the visible supply of corn, the prospect of an 
“unprecedented crop” ahead has tended to 
depress prices. The latest reports indicate 
that Ohio may yield 112,193,744 bushels, 
against 88,893,000 bushels last year ; Iowa, 
265,000.000 bushels, against 252,600,000 in 1884; 
Nebraska. 150,000 000 bushels, against 122 100,- 
009 in 1884, und Illinois 20 per cent, more than 
the average of tbe last five years. 
Oats have been dull, though a large amount 
has been marked, especially in the West. 
Crop reports continue favorable. 
Tbe hops that have lately come into market 
are poor, considerably below what dealers 
consider a fair average of the crop It was 
thought that the quality would be extra good; 
but now it seem* likely to be only an average. 
Trading is confined to small lots, however, 
principally to fill orders, and there is no spec 
ulative demand. A heavy consumption of 
German hope is expected, and several lots of 
