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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. NOV 7 
toi of the TDeek. 
HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, Oct. 31,1885. 
George Brinton McClellan, formerly 
Major-General of the United States anuv, 
and commander of the armies of the 
United States, and more lately Governor of 
New Jersey, died at 2.45 Thursday morning:, 
Oct. 29. at his home in St. Cloud, on Orange 
Mountain, near Orange, N. J. On Oct. 17 
he first felt a severe pain in the heart while 
passing through Hoboken. “Neuralgia of the 
heart,” said the doctor. At 11 o’clock last 
Wednesday night, he was again attacked, and 
the pain returned with intense severity at 
two o’clock in the morning, and the General 
became unconscious, remaining so until his 
death three-quarters of an hour later. Flags 
half masted on National and State buildings; 
multitudes of messages of condolence, and 
other marks of public regard. G. B. Mc¬ 
Clelland was born in Philadelphia, Dec. 3, 
1826, so that be was nearly 59 years old. His 
father was Dr. George McClellan, founder of 
the Jefferson Medical College. He entered 
West Point when 16, and graduated in 1846, 
second in his class. Served in the Engineer 
Corps during the Mexican war, and was 
breveted successively Lieutenant and Captain. 
In 1851 he was assistant engineer in the con¬ 
struction of Fort Delaware in Delaware Bay, 
and in 1853 53 was Chief Engineer in the De¬ 
partment of Texas, and was in charge of the 
surveys of the coasts of that State. In 1856 
he was one of the Military Commission which 
visited the seat of war in the Crimea. Re¬ 
signed his commission January 19,1857, to 
become Chief Engineer and Vice-President of 
the Illinois Central Railway, becoming, in 
1860, President of the Eastern Division of the 
Ohio and Mississippi Road. May 14, 1861, 
commissioned Major General of the regular 
army, and appointed to the command of the 
Department of the Ohio. Defeated Pegram- 
and Garnet in W. Va., and restored that 
section to the Union. July 25, assumed com¬ 
mand of the Department of Washington and 
Northeastern Virginia, and at once set 
himself to create the Army of the Potomac. 
His career since then has been well known to 
the public.The new star in the 
Andromeda nebula which has been the curi¬ 
osity of astronomers this season, continues 
slowly to fade.A hurricane of nn 
precedented severity has been ragtag along 
the incle eDt coast of Labrador. Over 70 
vessels, ch efly fishing craft, and at least 300 
lives have been lost. One vessel arrived the 
other day at St. John’s,Newfoundland,with 260 
shipwrecked men.womeu and children .rescued 
from the disaster Over 2,000 persons are 
destitute and stranded ou the coast. Five steam¬ 
ers have been dispatched to their assistance... 
.The Interior Department appears to have 
withdrawn the privileges granted to the 
Rufus Hatch hotel syndicate in the Yellow¬ 
stone Park. Another syndicate, representing 
parties intimately connected with the North¬ 
ern Pacific Railroad, has been giveD the right 
to construct six hotels, establish telephone 
lines, build a steamer and maintain stage 
routes in the Park... 
In Atlanta. Georgia, there is great excite¬ 
ment over the liquor question. Should the 
law as passed by the Legislature be adopted,it 
will be illegal for drug stores to sell whisky or 
brandy, and for physicians to administer 
either compound.In the twelve 
cities of Massachusetts the death rate aver¬ 
age 1 *, 2.57 per thousand. The extremes are 
25.07 in Boston and 15 65 iu Lynn.... 
It is believed by the Signal Service authorities 
that it will soon be practical to send out trust¬ 
worthy warnings to localities about to be 
visited by tornadoes in time to have neeessary 
precautions ts ken against them..A 
violent agitation of the Chinese question has 
broken out in Augusta. Ga. For several years 
Chinese have been flocking thither, and all 
have prospered in business. A large number 
of citizens have petitioned the city council to 
take steps to prevent further immigration of 
Chinese...The anti-Chinese agitation still con¬ 
tinues on the Pacific Coast, especially iu Ore¬ 
gon. British Columbia too is bitterly opposed 
to their presence.....The question of 
vacating the Bell telephone patents is to be 
discussed by the parties in interest before 
Secretary Lamar and Commissioner of Pa¬ 
tents Montgomery. The monumental greed 
and extortions of the owners of the patents 
have aroused bitter hostility against them 
everywhere, and there is little doubt but the 
patent was fraudulently obtained—extortion 
founded on fraud... .The total revenue 
and expenditures of the Dominion of Canada 
during the year show a deficit of $2,357,470. 
The revenue during the year was ‘$32,970,000, 
or $1,101,000 more than last year, while the , 
expenditures increased from $30,445,000 to 
$35,327.000.There are engaged in 
the fishing industry of Europe and America 
upward of 150,000 vessels and 600,000 men. 
The annual product of fish is not much short 
of 1.500.000 tons: but few people will stop to 
realize the importance of these figures. As a 
tou of fish is equal in weight to about twenty- 
eight sheep, a year’s supply of fish-food for 
Europe and America might be represented by 
42.00t).(X)0 sbeep.The Chief of the 
Bureau of Statistics reports that the total 
values of the imports of merchandise during 
the 12 months ended September 30, 1885, were 
$570,551,260. and during the preceding 12 
months $658,010.065, a decrease of $87,558,805. 
The values of exports of merchandise for the 
12 months ended September 3ft, 1885, were 
$715,898,671, and for the 12 months ended 
September 30, 1884. were $735.777.000, a 
decrease of $19,878,359 ........... Last. Thurs¬ 
day in answer to a letter of inqury from 
Mayor Grace, of this city, Mrs. Grant wrote 
that Riverside Park. New York, is to be the 
final resttag place of Gen. Grant’s body; be¬ 
cause, 1. it was, she believes, bis preference; 
2. it is tbe place of her residence as long as 
she lives, and she will be able to visit his tomb 
often; 8, the tomb will be visited by many 
more here than at any other place: aud, 4, the 
offer of a park in New York was the first 
which observed and unreservedly assented 
to tbe only condition imposed by General 
Grant himself—namely, that she should 
have a place by his side... 
....In Jackson, Miss., the colored State Pair 
was opened Tuesday by Governor Lowery. 
The attendance was large, and the number of 
exhibits of agricultural and other products, the 
results of colored labor and skill, was quite 
remarkable....It is rumored in Welling¬ 
ton. Kansas, that the “boomers” intend to 
make another raid on the Indian Territory... 
... .There will be no further arctic expeditions 
recommended to Congress. Tbe Secretary of 
War and the Secretary of the Navy are 
opposed to any farther risks in that connec¬ 
tion....It is reported that the Chippewa 
Indians at Leech Lake, Minn., are in danger 
of starvation, because of the overflow of their 
rice and crauberrv lands by tbe new reservoir 
system at the head waters of the Mississippi.. 
Tbe “bostiles” in the Southwest are said to 
have been driven into Mexico, where they are 
pursued by Mexican troops .In a boat 
race on last Saturday between Hanlan and 
Teetner, on the upper Hudson, Hanlan was 
badly defeated..M. J. Haley, the special 
timber agent, who has heen investigating the 
Northern Pacific and the Manitoba Improve¬ 
ment Company timber trespass cases, reports 
to Commissioner Sparks that these corpora¬ 
tions have caused to be cut from the public 
domain 45.100.000 feet of lumber and bridge 
timber. 84,744 railway ties, 15.400.000 shingles, 
32,035 cordB of wood, and 20,000 cedar posts, 
valued in all at $613,400.A convention of 
third and fourth-class postmasters is to be 
held in Chicago November 25. to protest 
against tbe Government’s refusal to allow 
them for tbe expense of fuel, light, stationary, 
account, books and other things incidental 
to official business.Pittsburg, Pa., 
has an abundant subterranean supply of 
natural gas for carrying on mauufaetering 
operations aud beatingand ligbtingthe houses. 
Tbe price is moderate, as two rival companies 
control the gBs. Many other towus iu Pen¬ 
nsylvania have similar advantages, and lately 
gas was delivered in Jamestown, N. Y., from 
wells 30 miles away in Warren County, Pa. 
The gas when admitted to the pipes was 30 
minutes in expelling the air and forcing its 
way to the point of delivery. That huge 
monopoly the Standard OU Company now 
controls nine-tenths of all tbe gas companies 
outside AHeebany County, and it is reported 
to be determined to secure control 1 f tbe Pitts¬ 
burg wells and those of the entire States also. 
Natural gas is extensively used in several 
other States also, notably in West Va. 
.Sir Leonard Tilley, in consequence of 
continued ill health, has tendered his resigna¬ 
tion as Finance Minister of Canada. It is 
expected that he will accept the Lieutenant- 
Governorship of New Brunswick, which, at 
present, is vacant .Three 
topics now engage the attention of the 
sensational press—the trial of a handsome 
woman in Kansas for poisoning her husband; 
a Massachusetts divorce case iu which a 
preacher is involved, and au alleged conspi¬ 
racy between a Baltimore hotel keeper and a 
lot of outcasts to murder the daughter in-law 
of the former, because before her secret mar¬ 
riage to bis son she bad been a servant. The 
nauseating details of these cases, under glaring 
head-lines, form tbe most eonspicuous and 
lengthy articles in tbe papers! . 
....Only 11 miles of the gap between the east¬ 
ern and western ends of tbe Canadian Pacific 
Railroad remain to be completed. The last 
spike will lie driven on November 5 without 
attendant^.ceremonies.While «i 
prominent Mormons are beiug imprisoned for 
“unlawful cohabitation” at home,or are skulk 
ingin concealment through fear of tbe law, the 
“elders" are very busy proselytizing, not only 
in Europe, but also in several parts of this 
country, notably in Illinois, Tennessee and 
Georgia.Ferdinand Ward, of tbe 
wbilom firm of Grant & Ward, tbe infamous 
swindler, whose name will go down abhored 
through the ages as the besmircher of Gen. 
Grant’s reputation, and one of tbe chief causes 
of the early death of the heart-brokeu hero, 
was convicted last Wednesday of obtaining 
money under false pretences, and sentenced 
this morning to 10 years’ imprisonment. He 
will probably be tried on other charges also. 
The villain, it is generally believed, has at 
least $2,000,000 hidden away somewhere in 
diamonds or bonds. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, October 31,1885. 
The exports of live cattle from the United 
States for the first nine months of this year 
amounted to 114 094 head, against 122.866 for 
the same period of 1884, while tbe exports of 
fresh beef have fallen to 81 , 680,000 pounds, 
compared with 84,400,000 pounds for tbe same 
nine months last year. Exports 
from Boston last week included 1,172 live cat¬ 
tle and 860 quarters of beef.Prices 
of American cattle are lower in Liverpool 
than at any time since the export trade began, 
UhaC. per pound, estimated dressed weight, 
being an outside figure........France 
exports more butter than any other country 
in Europe—her average for ten years ending 
1883 being over 90 000 000 pounds aunually, the 
average value being $17,300,000. From this 
sum. however, must be deducted about $3,- 
500,000, the average value of her yearly im¬ 
ports. France imports four times as much 
cheese as she exports.An official 
stock-taking by the San Francisco Produce 
Exchange discloses the preseuce in California 
of 305.000 tons of wheat available for export to 
Europe...... ..Biscuits were eaten in a Me 
Pherson, Kan., hotel, recently, made from 
flour ground from wheat which was standing 
in the field 90 minutes previous to call to sup- 
supper.Only one pound in ten of 
what is'sold as butter in Chicago is the genuine, 
unadulterated article, according to the Health 
Commissioner of that city...Tbe 
shipments of green fruit from California to 
the East continue very large, and have prob¬ 
ably been twice or three times as heavy this 
season as a year ago. The rate by passenger 
train, however, continue at $600 a carload, and 
$300 bv freight.It is announced 
that an English inventor has lately devised a 
method of coating tin with a material resem¬ 
bling glass, which remofes all danger of poison 
in canned goods.The importance 
and value of the tobacco crop in Virginia is 
very clearly shown in the statement of the 
Lynchburg Advance that Lynchburg pays 
more revenue into the United States Treasury, 
on the single article of tobacco, than any one 
of the New England States pays on everything 
it produces.The National Cattle 
and Horse Growers’ Association of tbe United 
Staies will hold a convention at 8t, Louis 
from November 28 to 28 next. A large ot- 
tendanee is expected. This is the organiza¬ 
tion of the stockmen of the great Western and 
Southwestern ranges, the lately formed rival 
of the National Cattle Growers’ Association, 
which is to meet at Chicago during the Fat 
Stock Show. 
.... Mr. F. C. Stevens, of Maplewood Stock 
Farm, Attica, N. Y., after making a tour of 
many of the Western fairs with his fine herd 
of Holland cattle, and, as a matter of course 
carrying off many of tbe prizes, now proposes 
to leave a part, of bis best animals iu the West, 
as be proposes to hold au auction sale of Hoi 
S tein-Friesiaus at Chicago on November 20th, 
during the Fat Stock Show. Breeders should 
make a note of this.... 
Mnrveloil* Kcst oral ion. 
The cures which »re being made by Drs. 
Starkey & l’alen' 1529 Arch St.. Philadelphia, 
in Consumption, Catarrh, Neuralgia, Bron¬ 
chitis. Rheumatism and nil chronic diseases, by 
their Compound Oxvgeti Treatment, ure 
indeed marvelous. If von a sufferer from any 
disease which vour physician has failed to cure, 
write for information about this treatment, 
it will be promptly sent, free of charge.—.loir 
CROPS AND MARKETS. 
Saturday, October 81, 1885. 
A large Chicago stock yard firm, having 
sent out a great number of inquiries in Illi¬ 
nois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wis¬ 
consin and Minnesota, received about 3,000 
answers. The principal questions and answers 
were:— 
Q. Are there more or less hogs in your 
vicinity than last year! A. 459, more; 966, 
less; 375, the same. 
Q . Is there any hog cholera f A. 912, yes; 
891, no. 
Q. If so. is there more or less than last 
year? A. 828 more; 240. less; 123. same. 
Q. When will be the bulk of tbe hogs be 
marketed? A. 537, in November; 630, in De¬ 
cember. 
Q. When bogs are ready for market, if 
prices should be low, will many hold for higher 
prices. A. 588, no; 1,071, yes. 
Q. Are there more or less cattle being fed 
than last year? A. 588, more; 822, less; 444, 
same, 
Q. Is the crop of corn greater or less than 
last year? A. 1,053, greater; 366, less; 346, 
Barne. 
Q. Is corn selling at higher or lower figures 
than last year? A. 195, higher: 888, lower; 
570, same. 
The Cincinnati Price Current. Thursday 
last said, “Tbe number of bogs packer] in the 
West last week is 265,000, against 165 000 for 
a corresponding time last year. The total 
from March 1. is 4.640,000. against. 3 975,000 a 
year ago. The movement since March 1, at 
the principal points is as follows: 
Chlcaco .2,4in.fW' I Cerinr Rnnlds. i«s non 
Knnsns CHy. 778.000 I °t. Louis . 1°0.0G| 
Milwaukee . 917,000 1 P'pvpl«n<i.... iss.ikio 
Indianapolis. 184.0QO I Cincinnati. 128,COO 
The grape yield in Ulster County, N. Y., 
this year has been enormous. Not a few 
growers cut as high as 150 tons from their 
vines. Many tons have been placed in cold 
storage to be kept till Christmas. 
Although the receipts of wheat at Minne¬ 
apolis for tbe week have been 1.770.000 
bushels, this bas come almost entirely from 
the elevators controlled along tbe roads by 
the Millers’ Association. Farmers in the 
Northwest seem resolved to bold on to what 
wheat, they still have on their farms Receipts 
at Minneapolis for Octoberba ve reached about 
7.000.000 bushels. There has been a fall of 
one cent a bushel in No.1 Hard; hut it appears 
improbable that there will be any mere de¬ 
cline in tbe near future. Wheat everywhere 
appears stationary, and other grains sympa¬ 
thize more or less with it. 
The shipments of American apples to Lon¬ 
don, Liverpool aud Glasgow are quite heavy 
this year, though hitherto not, quite as heavy 
as last. Prices fluctuate considerably at each 
point in accordance with the amount thrown 
on the market. Usually the goods are con- 
consigned to some shipping house in New 
York. Boston or some other seaport, or sent 
directly to the steamer, consigned to some fruit 
dealer at the port of debarkation. It will 
never pav to send any except the choicest 
fruit, and fine, showy apples bring the highest 
figures. Quite a considerable number of fruit 
growers in the Hudson Valiev have made ar¬ 
rangements to ship direct to tbe Old World. 
J. C. Houghton & Co., Liverpool and Lon¬ 
don. represented in this city by Otto G. Mayer, 
54 and 56 Broad Street, do a very large busi¬ 
ness in selling American fruit. Last Wed¬ 
nesday they cabled that on that dav American 
apples were selling in Liverpool at $4 03 to 
$7 29 forNewtown Pippins: $3 64 to $4 03 for 
Kings: $2 67 to $3 15 for Baldwins: $2 67 to 
$2 91 for Spitz: $2 43 to $2.91 for Northern 
Spies; and $2 91 to $3.15 for Twentv-Ounees. 
As the cost from this port to t.he port on the 
Other side would be about $1.50. it would 
hardly pay to ship any except the higher- 
priced varieties. The sale of 5.000 to 6 000 
barrels a day.hv auction, in Liverpool, is not 
uncommon. Prices in Glasgow and London 
do not differ from the prices given for Liver¬ 
pool any more than those in the latter place 
differ from day to day. 
Reports to the Springfield (Mass.l Repub- 
icau for Western Massachusetts. Southern- 
Connectieut, Vermont and New Hampshire, 
how that less tobacco lias been raised this 
year, but the crop is universally of excellent 
quality. Tbe bay crop is much larger than 
last year. Potatoes are hardly up to the 
average mark, many large sections reporting a 
falling off of from one-third to oue-balf 
through rot or scab. Corn is without excep¬ 
tion an unusually good crop, and other grains 
are mainly satisfactory. The fruit yield is 
very large, in many places unexampled. 
New York and Boston agents have bought in 
Western Massachusetts alone over 50,01*0 bar¬ 
rels of apples for shipment to Europe at au 
average price of $1.00 a barrel, in many cases 
sending their own men to the orchard to pack 
the fruit. There is a corner in the barrel 
market, and farmers are using hogshead in 
which to pack the fruit they retain for their 
own use. 
Those Complaining of Sore Throat or Hoarse- 
ness should use Brown’s Bronchial Tnocims. The 
effect Is extraordinary, particularly when used by 
singers aud speakers for clearing the voice.—Ado. 
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. 
Saturday. Oct. 31. 1885. 
Chicago,— Compared with cash prices a week 
ago, “regular” wheat is lower: No. 2 
Spring, %c. higher;[No.; 2 Rtd.U^'e. lower. 
