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HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, Feb. 12, 1887. 
The Imperial Government, In deference to 
French interests, has disallowed the New¬ 
foundland law fotbidding the export of bait 
to French or other foreign fishermen, though 
it has assented to a similar Canadiau law. 
Newfoundlanders indignant...Still 
fighting in Congress over the repeal of the in¬ 
ternal revenue tax on tobacco. Democrats 
fighting Democrats ou the subject. Bill hard¬ 
ly likely to be passed at this session. Tobacco 
growers and users would gain little by it; 
manufacturers and dealers would get almost 
all. Morrison and Carlisle say “No tariff 
legislation; no internal-revenue reduction”... 
....'.The Kansas Legislature wants Con¬ 
gress to organize the Territory of Oklahoma. 
... Monday the Senate passed, without a 
division, a bill appropriating #21,000,000 for 
the construction of heavy steel guns “adapted 
to modern warfare”; and for the erection of 
“plants” capable of making what’s wanted; 
and for the construction of sea-coast defences. 
The bill is “hung up,” in the House, though 
the sense of the country appears to heartily 
approve it.The Supreme Court of 
Washington Territory has decided that the 
law passed two years ago giving women the 
right to vote is unconstitutional. Case will 
probably be appealed to the United States Su¬ 
preme Court.The Spanish Minister 
at Washington declares that unless negotia¬ 
tions for carrying out a reciprocity treaty be¬ 
tween Spain and the United States reach a 
favorable result hy March 1, he favors coer¬ 
cion aud reprisals. Even Spain coaid whip 
us at sea, and bombard our large sea-coast 
cities.The laws of Illinois know nothing 
of a “proxy marriage” like that between the 
Ninny and the Anarchist...Two shocks 
of earthquake were felt in parts of Indiana 
and Illinois at four a. m. Sunday.... 
_The Senate, Van Wyck alone objecting, 
has passed a bill to refund to the States and 
Territories all money paid the Federal Govern¬ 
ment. under the direct tax of 1861, amounting 
to $20,000,000........ Terrible cold reported 
from Montana and Dakota: great suffering 
from want of sufficient fuel in mauy sections; 
coal hard to get at $00 a ton at Fort Benton; 
wood proportionately high.Some time 
since the U. S. Courts in Virginia decided that 
the Federal Government had no power to 
make a State pay its debts. The other day, 
however, Judge Bond, of the U. 8. Circuit 
Court, decided that the coupons on the State 
bonds must be received for State taxes. State 
authorities “kicking” violently.A Ne¬ 
braska roorback says Brigham Young has re¬ 
turned to life. Some say it’s a man like the 
old sinner whom the “boss saints” wish to 
palm Off on their ignorant dupes as the resur¬ 
rected “prophet.;" others say it’s all a hoax... 
.The Texas Legislature contains 140 
Senators and Members. Tbe 81 Senators are 
Democrats, every man of them. In the As¬ 
sembly are five Republicans and one Prohibi¬ 
tionist. On joint ballot the Democratic ma¬ 
jority is 128.In both Houses of the N, 
Y. Legislature a joint, resolution was passed, 
Monday, asking the railway commission to in¬ 
quire into some safer methods than those now 
in use for lighting and heating cars. 
The Canal Committee at Albany will report fa¬ 
vorably the bill appropriating $550,000 for 
canal improvements.. 
.The cats in Casey County, Ky., were all 
killed a short time ago by an epidemic like 
cholera. Now the rats and mice are so nu¬ 
merous that cats are being bought at high 
prices.“Porch, Consul-General” at 
Mexico City, having refused to resign when 
asked, has been removed by Sec. Bayard and 
a Missourian has been nominated to succeed 
him. Porch still kicks most vigorously. He 
is accused of having been a world too garru¬ 
lous about the Sedgewick ami Manning al¬ 
leged drunkenness in the Aztec capital.. 
The volumes written in Canada during these 
exciting days of the political campaign may 
be boiled down to this: The Liberals wheu in 
power accumulated a debt of $7,282,000, or at 
the rate of $1,446,400a year; the Tories have 
contracted a public debt of $176,580,000, or 
$12,600,000 per year. The Tories reply that 
they have railroads and other things to show 
for this great outlay, aud the Liberals retort 
that the other things consist of official jobs, 
useless wars and bribery funds.. 
.The French-Canadiau Merchants of 
Pi.5rrUaurou.tf SUmtitfinj). 
DIXON’S “Carburet of Iron” Stove Polish wai 
established In 1K27, ami Is lo-ilay, as It was then, the 
neatest and brightest In thernurket; a pure plumbago, 
giving olT no poisonous vapors. The size Is now doub¬ 
led and cake weighs nearly hall a pound, but the quali¬ 
ty and price remain the same. Ask your goooer lor 
Dixon’s big cake. 
Montreal have formed a Board of Trade of 
their own, to which none but Frenchmen wall 
be admitted, and which is to support a pro¬ 
tective policy.- Big Bear, the most 
blood-thirsty actor in the half-breed war of 
the Canadian Northwest, has been pardoned 
after an imprisonment of 18 months. 
Mauna Lon, the famous volcano in Hawii, 
one of the Sandwich Islands, is again in vio¬ 
lent eruption, having beguu Jan. 15. Earth¬ 
quake shocks all over the island.“Hon¬ 
est” John O’Neill, the convicted boodle aider- 
man of this city, was yesterday sentenced to 
Sing Sing for 4’^ years, and a fine of $2,000. 
Another “boodleman” will be put on trial 
next week.The Moutreal oaruival 
was opened by Lord Lansdowne Monday. 
Very brilliant; but Americans are grumbling 
loudly at the extortionate prices charged vis¬ 
itors for everything...Neither Clu- 
verius, the hanged Virginia murderer, nor 
his virtim was related in any way to Presi¬ 
dents Jeffersou or Madison, as reported in tbe 
papers a short time ago . 
.... The President 1ms vetoed that “Depend¬ 
ent Pension Bill,” eras it is generally called, 
the “Pauper Pension Bill,” which would take 
out of the Treasury anywhere from $25,000,000 
to $30,000,000 a year. He thinks it too ambig¬ 
uous and likely to cause too many evils. 
The Edmunds-Tuckor Anti-polygamy Bill is 
likely now to pass, the conference committees 
of both Houses having agreed U|>on all amend¬ 
ments to the two original hills embodied in 
this one.Some of the severest floods 
known in Western Central New York, Penn¬ 
sylvania, and Ohio. Great floods threatened 
in other Slates also . 
.... The great strike here still continues, 
though it is fast petering out. New hnuds 
from all over the country are taking the 
places of the strikers. Yesterday the station¬ 
ary engineers aud brewery workmen were or¬ 
dered out by the K. of L.,’because “scab” coal 
was necessarily used in the works; but they 
refused to obey. The bosses are “ firm,” the 
men “obstinate;” but what chance has an 
empty stomach agaiust a full purse in a loug- 
drawn-out struggle? Owing to the high price 
of coal, due to the strike, over 1,600 respec¬ 
table poor people have had to go to the work- 
house, because th 63 r couldn’t afford fuel for 
cooking and beating. Strike likely to col¬ 
lapse by Monday. Smaller strikes all over 
the country.Wednesday the Pennsyl¬ 
vania House, by a vote of 180 to 00, passed 
tbe Senate Bill providing for a popular vote 
on a Prohibition constitutional amendment 
pure aud simple, and next day Gov Beaver 
signed it .. ..Wednesday night while Ade¬ 
lina Patti was finishing her singing at the 
Grand Opera House, San Franeisoo, Dr, 
Hodges, a dyspepsia specialist aud Anarchist, 
in the gallery, attempted to use au iuferuat 
machine, either to kill millionaire Flood and 
daughter, who were present, or Patti, or to 
cause a panic in which hundreds would he 
killed. The machine exploded prematurely, 
severely wounding the miscreant,but injuring 
nobody else. No panic, “Home, Sweet 
Home” by the diva held the audience fixed. 
A flask of powder and a lot of blazing kero¬ 
sene were to lie thrown among the audience or 
at Flood or Patti.The Inter-state Com¬ 
merce Bill goes into force April l. 
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FOREIGN NEWS. 
Saturday, February 12,1887. 
The wur scare still agitates Europe, but is 
less acute this week than lost, because it is 
thought the prospects for peace are less 
gloomy. The talk of all the Continental 
Powers promises peace; their actions threateu 
war. Bismarck aud the old Emperor tell the 
French Ambassador at Berlin that Germany 
will not attack France, and both assure the 
Czar of the same thing; yet Germany has dis¬ 
solved the Reichstag (Congress of the Empire) 
because it refused to make appropriations for 
increasing the army for seven yearn, though 
willing to do so for three years. The newest 
and deadliest, of magazine rifles are being 
made so fast that 256,000 troops will be 
equipped with them by April 1. The frontier 
fortresses are being strengthened and their 
garrisons increased. Seventy thousand of the 
reserves are now under anus practicing with 
the new rifles, besides the army of 427,1XXI 
men “on a peace footing.” A war loan of 
$75,060,000 has just been issued. The “in¬ 
spired” papers,the’’reptile press,” are constant¬ 
ly publishing articles to incite French wrath. 
Von Mollke and other geuoruls mutter fre¬ 
quently of the critical state of affairs. Outlie 
whole, affairs in the Fatherland are decidedly 
belligerent.. 
The war spirit is more popular in France, how¬ 
ever, as tna nation is burning with a craving 
for revenge und the recovery of Alsace and 
Lorraine. (>arge appropriations are made with¬ 
out opposition for military purposes. The 
strongest frontier fortresses the country ever 
had threateu all invaders, esjiecially along the 
German line. Them the garrisons have been 
so increased that wooden barracks have been 
built, to accommodate those for whom there was 
no room in the regular quarters. New maga¬ 
zine rifles, new explosives, etc., etc., are being 
turned out with the utmost dispatch duy and 
night. The wrath of tbe Germans against 
Boulanger, tin.' great, organizer uf the French 
forces, has made him the absolute idol of all 
classes, especially of the army, which is larger 
aud better drilled and equipped than any army 
France has ever before had. All preparations 
are being made with the greatest energy, but 
uietly. France doesn’t feel ready yet and 
oesn’t want to provoke au outbreak. Then 
as a Republic, she is isolated among the mon¬ 
archies of Europe, aud she feels that if defeat¬ 
ed in the next war, she will be so dismembered 
and loaded with debt by way of indemnity to 
the victor, that she will no longer be among 
the Great Powers of the world. 
In Belgium the government asks for large ap 
propriations for increasing the army and 
strengthening the fortifications. In Italy the 
Durpretis Ministry has just resigned owing to 
the odium incurred by the annihilation of an 
Italian force by the Abyssinian? in Eastern 
Africa—480 Italians slaughtered after killing 
5,000 of the semi-savages. Russia and France 
glad, as Duoretis was opposed to both. Ru¬ 
mors from Russia say the Czar is concentrat¬ 
ing vast forces on the Southern frontiers ready 
to be launched agaiust Austria or the Balkan 
States, or Iwth, Austria is getting ready as 
fast as she posssbly eau. Altogether, while 
peace is still possible this year, war is quite 
probable. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, Feb. 12, 1887, 
The N. Y. Assembly, Tuesday, passed the 
bill to punish persons for obtaining false regis¬ 
tration of live stock.. .A syndicate of 
English capitalists has been formed with a 
capital of $6,500,000, to operate 10 farms of 
10,000 acres each along the line of the Canada 
Pacific Railroad. They will be stocked with 
imported animals.. .Next Monday a test 
case against oleomargarine dealers is to be 
tried in this city—there are over 200 in all- 
The South raised about twice us much corn 
last year as in 1870, and the increase of other 
crops show that King Cotton is losing his 
crown.The N. Y. State Fair will 
begin at Rochester, September 8. 
.... A resident of Chester, Ill., is reported to 
have a pet crow that talks quite as well as 
any parrot. A seven-year-old pure 
Short-horn cow belonging to Elias Hines, of 
Troy, Mo., gave birth to four fine calves the 
other day and then died.In the village 
of Nora Springs, Ill., 1,407 hogs have died 
from disease within a very short time. 
It is reported from Maine that the English 
sparrows are growing white, as a result of 
their becoming acclimated.. . 
.The Treasury Department once more in¬ 
structs collectors of customs that no animals 
must be admitted duty-free for breeding pur¬ 
poses uuless the custom officers at the port of 
importation are clearly of opinion that breed¬ 
ing is the special and not au incidental object 
of importation. Auimals imported for sale, 
or speculation, or working purposes cannot be 
admitted free on the presumption that they 
may at some future period be used for breed¬ 
ing .A joint resolution in the New Y ork 
Legislature wants the Governor to proclaim 
April 20 “Arbor Day,” for the planting of 
trees.The good work of tree planting 
goes on rapidly in portions of California. 
Three firms in the State have sold 60,000 trees 
to Nevada County alone, aud the present 
year will probably see 100,000 trees planted in 
that county.Adam Mageuer and wife, 
of Chicago, are suing Phil Armour for $75,- 
0(X) damages. A year ago they and Magener’s 
sister ate trich hue-infected pork, which has 
since been traced to Armour’s slaughter-house. 
The sister died and the husband aud wife have 
only lately recovered from severe illness due 
to eating the diseased meat... 
At the National Sugar Growers’ Association 
meeting held the other day at St, Louis it was 
shown that the total production of cane sugar 
in 1885-6 was 8,197,000 metric tons (2,240 pounds 
each) against 2,868,000 metric tons iu 1886-7. 
Sugar from sorghum last year, 1,000,000 tons. 
The importation of European beet sugar has 
only lately begun, hut it has ulready reached 
an amount equal to the total home produc¬ 
tion of all kinds of sugar.A bill iu 
the Maine Senate proposes to abolish the State 
fertilizer experiment station and turn the 
proceeds of the sale over to the State College. 
It is said that the station has been ruu iu the 
interesta of " fertilizer monopolies,” and that 
the farmers have derived no benefit from it... 
... .The herd of cattle belonging to the Maine 
Agricultural College, is reported to have 
never been paid for; 1,500 head are said to 
have originated from it, and “tuberculosis” 
(contagious pleuro-pneumouiaf) has broken 
out among them. It is proposed that the 
State should buy and kill them all. 
The supervisors of Sangamon County, Ill., 
have decided to deed the fair grounds to the 
Illinois Bourd of Agriculture for annual exhi¬ 
bitions, and to expend $60,000 in repairing 
the streets und roads leading to t he tract. A 
bill is before the Illinois legislature locating 
the annual State Fair in Cook County at or 
near Chicago...... 
Gen. lx)e of V T n. says of that State it has less 
money than at any time since the surrender 
at Appomattox .Weduesduy 98,000 
bushels of Minnesota wheat for export ar¬ 
rived in New Orleans. Shipped hy rail to 
Cairo; the nee ou barges. More to follow. 
First considerable shipment of grain from 
the Northwest to Europe via New Orleans 
for years....“The second national 
convention of wool-growers, wool-dealers and 
manufacturers of woolens and international 
shearing” will be held at St. Louis May 11, 12 
aud 13 inclusive. Flock-owners, wool-buyers, 
etc., earnestly desired to'atbend.—A'fine pro 
gramme.The Armour Packing Com¬ 
pany of Kansas City is reported to have re¬ 
cently sent large quantities of meat to Eng¬ 
land via New Orleans with more profitable 
returus than from simlar shipments via New 
York... 
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Crops & ilXarluto. 
Saturday, Feb. 12,1887. 
The final report of the cotton crop of 1886 
shows the average date of closing the picking 
season, tbe proportion of the crop marketed 
on the first of February, the quality of the 
staple, the price of seed und the estimated 
product compared with that, of 1885. 
Tbe close of picking is reported tbe same as 
last year in the Carolines anil Texas, one day 
earlier iu Mississippi, two days later iu 
Georgia aud Louisiana, four in Tennessee and 
21 in Arkansas. The dates are: North 
Carolina, Doc. 2; South Carolina, Nov. 30; 
Georgia, Dee. 1; Florida, Nov. 27; Alabama, 
Dec. 2; Mississippi, Dec. 7; Louisiana. Dec. 
12; Texas. Dec. 3; Arkansas, Dec. 25; Tennes¬ 
see. Dee. 1*5. 
The lab* maturing of the crop extended the 
season slightly in a few States; only in Arkan¬ 
sas was the season lengthened by inability to 
pick the heavy harvest earlier. 
The returns of proportion marketed made 
the average to February 1.85.1 per cent.; at 
that date about 5,550,000 bales had gone from 
the plantations. This would iudicate a crop 
of a uout 6,460,000 bales, a mere trifle above 
the November indications of rate of yield. 
The proportions l»y States are as follows: 
North Carolina 87, South Carolina 88, Geor¬ 
gia 85, Florida 83, Alabama 87. Mississippi 34, 
Louisiana 83, Texas 86, Arkansas Ki Ten¬ 
nessee 83. The quality of the crop is super¬ 
ior. Rarely, if ever, have the returus of 
cleanness and color, combined with length of 
staple, equaled those just received. 
The price of seed is low. Complaint is made 
of combinations of oil millers to reduce prices. 
Renters will sell at any price, sometimes as 
low as five to eight cents per bushel. The 
best planters refuse to sell at. ruling rates. 
The average in Mississippi and Louisiana is 
10 cents, II cents iu Arkansas, 12 cents in 
Texas and Tennessee, 13 cents in South Caro¬ 
lina, Georgia and Alabama and 16 cents in 
Florida. Feeders of cattle and sheep pay the 
highest rates. The product is larger than 
last year m Florida, Tennessee, Arkansas and 
Texas, and smaller in other States. The aver¬ 
age result, from a careful analysis of present 
returns, is an aggregate less than two per 
cent lower than that of last.year. 
The current supply of hogs is small at pack¬ 
ing points in the West. The aggregate pack¬ 
ing for the week is 180,(XHI ngauist 2lS,iHK) last 
week, and 280,000 for corresponding time last 
year. The total from November 1 is 5,560,000 
hogs, compared with .5,880.000 a year ago, 
making the shortage now 270,000. While the 
receipts at Chicago for tbe week ending Wed¬ 
nesday were about 45,(XX) short, of eorrospond- 
iug time last 3 ’ear, there was a considerably 
larger number shipped eastward from that 
market; the latter representing more than 
half of the arrivals for the week. Prices of 
hogs in that market have strengthened, mak¬ 
ing an advance of ubout 85 cents per 1(H) 
pounds for the week, with a less marked ad¬ 
vance in ot her markets. The current receipts, 
while including some lots of heavy, well- 
finished stock, are now largely made up of a 
younger class of hogs than have ii-simlly been 
marketed at this season, which have been 
hurried into marketable condition, and al¬ 
though light, in weight, a large proportion are 
of relatively good quality for their age. The 
upward movement, is not, ended yet fur hogs 
aud pork. 
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. 
Saturday, February 12, 1887. 
Chicago. —Compared with cash prices a 
week ago, No. 2 Spring Wheat, is %e. lower ; 
No. 2 Red, l%c. lower. Corn, %0. higher. 
Oats, l%c. lower. Flaxseed, 2c. higher. 
Pork, 95c. higher. Butter, Creamery, ljA'. 
lower, for best, dairy, lc, lower. Cattle, a 
trifle lower. Hogs, 25 to 85c. higher. Sheep, 
irregular. 
Chicago.— W heat. —The highest cash prices were as 
