376 THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. JUNE 4 
f§Ws of tlje Week. 
HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, May 38, 1887. 
The number of distilleries running in Illi¬ 
nois is 18; daily production of spirits, 75,(500 
gallons, against a production of 85,3S7 gallons 
a year ago....... .President Cleveland has ac¬ 
cepted au invitation to visit St. Louis about 
the last of September—Fair time. That 
National Drill at Washington has been taking 
place the last three days. Wednesday the 
President reviewed a parade of the troops at 
the encampment. A company from Mem¬ 
phis and another from Vicksburg refused to 
take places allotted to them in the line, for the 
reason that there were colored organizations 
immediately ahead of them; so they, 
very aristocratically, brought up the rear 
........The Indianapolis Grand Jury has 
indicted a dozen politicians for election frauds 
. The Manitobans have already begun 
a railroad from the Canadian Pacific to the 
United States border, iu spite of the refusal of 
the Dominion Government to charter such 
a line.Boylston Market iu Boston, built 
in 1810, is about to be torn down to give place 
to a big clothing establishment.There 
was a general observance of the Saturday 
half-holiday at New York on Saturday last 
among the exchanges. All the Police courts 
will hereafter close at noon on that day. 
... .The President and Mrs, Cleveland started 
Wednesday to spend the anniversary of their 
wedding in the Adiroudacks—will be gone 
about two weeks. Rest, recreation and good 
fishing the chief objects. The British 
Steamships “Britannic” and “Celtic,” both of 
the White Star Line, the former bound for 
New York and the latter for Liverpool, collid¬ 
ed in a fog 350 miles east of Sandy Hook, May 
19. Four steerage passengers were killed by 
the shock and several injured. The vessels 
were somewhat damaged, but arrived safely, 
and will soon be ready for sea again. 
The office of postmaster at Shenandoah, Pa., 
salary $1,700 a year, was vacant about a fort¬ 
night without au applicant! ! !.The Re¬ 
publican and Democratic fusion against the 
Labor Vote continues in Chicago, each party 
having nominated three judges on a joint 
ticket Monday, for cite election next week ... 
The first, train on the Canadian Pacific Rail¬ 
road reached the Vancouver ocean terminus 
Tuesday. Hitherto trains stopped at New 
Westminster. Great celebration over the 
completion of the line.The Chicago 
labor tight still continues fierce and obstinate. 
Employers are “resolute,” employes “obsti¬ 
nate.” Both sides seem as anxious to injure 
the others as to benefit themselves. The 
demand that every workingman in the build¬ 
ing trades should sign a card of principles 
formulated by the employers has been radi¬ 
cally modified. Only an “assent” to the prin¬ 
ciples will be required .Copious rains 
all over the Upper Michigan Peninsula have 
extinguished the forest fires. The town of 
Lake Linden was almost wholly destroyed by 
the flames, and public aid has been asked for 
the sufferers. The relief fund, including $20,- 
000 appropriated by the Legislature, amounts 
to about $40,000. Outside cities are contribut¬ 
ing liberally, but when it is considered that 
there are 3,000 houseless people, the amount is 
far short of the absolute need.The heavy 
showers of rain which fell early in the week 
extinguished the mouotaiu tires in Pennsylva¬ 
nia. Great damage was done to timber on 
the Blue Mountain. Nearly all the young 
timber in the western part of Schuylkill 
County has been destroyed. 
.The Massachusetts Legislature has de¬ 
feated the bill to regulate telephone charges— 
of course!.Attorney-General Garland 
declares positively that he will not be a candi¬ 
date for the vacancy on the Supreme Court 
bench. He says hjs public life will end with 
the present Administration.The Penn¬ 
sylvania Legislature has passed a Congress¬ 
ional apportionment bill which gives the 
Republicans four districts in Philadelphia and 
does not intefere with Randall’s district.__ 
. .Gen. Abram S. Duryea, of Duryea Zouave 
fame, was stricken with paralysis here last 
Tuesday, and is still in a dangerous condition. 
. It is stated that the Canadian Govern¬ 
ment and the Imperial Government propose 
jointly to arrange for a rosurvoy of the St. 
Lawrence River as far as Quebec. 
.... Great excitement in Reading, Pa., over 
the collapse of the Equitable Marriage Insur¬ 
ance Association.The Connecticut 
Legislature has passed a bill rendering women 
elgible to local boards of education. 
....Another gas well has been finished near 
Lima, Ohio, and flows at au estimated rate of 
10,000,009 cubic feet per day.President 
Cleveland’s order consolidating internal rev¬ 
enue districts dispenses with 23 collectors from 
Maine to Nevada, saving $100,000 a year. 
.Five whites and three negroes were 
whipped from 5 to 10 lashes each at Newcastle, 
Del., Saturday for larceny. Scarcely a week 
passes without such scenes in Delaware—the 
only State in which the whipping post still 
“flourishes”.Three persons died of yel¬ 
low fever during the past week at Key West, 
Florida. Other towns have quarantined the 
place. Very early for an outbreak of Yellow 
Jack even in the Gulf cities .George W. 
Cable, the novelist, was engaged to lecture at 
Columbia, S. C-., for the public school library 
fund, but “leading citizens” got very indig¬ 
nant over the “insult,” “disgrace” and so 
forth, and Mr. Cable was notified that the en¬ 
gagement was canceled by those who had so¬ 
licited it.Last year, up to May 30, the 
receipts of the Treasury were, iu round num¬ 
bers, $295,000,000; this year they are nearly 
$327,000,000. Lost year the expenditures were 
$314,000,000; this year they are nearly $340,- 
000,000; but in spite of this increase of $26,000,- 
000 in expenditures up to date, the excess of 
receipts is greater by about 16,000,000. During 
the few weeks remaining of this fiscal year 
the revenues will bo carried up to $370,000,000; 
the expenditures, the amount of which is 
already determined, will not be more than 
$366,000,000, leaving a net surplus of over 
$ 100,000,000. .On the transfer of the 
money in the U. S. Treasury from Ex-Treas¬ 
urer Jordan to Treasurer Hyatt, it must all be 
counted. This began Wednesday, and it re¬ 
quires a committee of 75 persons to do it, and 
it can hardly be finished inside of two months. 
It will involve an actual couut of all the 
money iu the Treasury, including $287,000,000 
in paper money in the reserve vaults, $95,000,- 
000 in the cash vault, $60,000,000 in standard 
silver dollars, $35,000,000 in gold and a 
smaller quautity of fractional silver .. 
....The Treasury has issued a call for the re¬ 
demption of $19,751,500 bonds of the three-per¬ 
cent. loan of 1882, and gives notice that the 
principal and accrued interest of the bonds 
designated will be paid at the Treasury 
of the United States, July 1, and the interest 
on the bonds will coase on that day.The 
New York Legislature adjourned sine die 
Thursday noon. At the last the Vedder High- 
License bill was rushed through. It is 
claimed that it will reduce the State taxation 
between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000 a year. Passed 
almost by a party vote—Republicans for. 
Democrats against. It divides places where 
liquor is sold into two classes, namely; places 
of the flirt-class, those licensed under the ex¬ 
cise laws to sell liquors of auy kind to be 
drunk on the promises; places of the second- 
class, those licensed to sell malt liquors or 
wines, but no other beverages containing 
alchohol, to be drunk on the premises. The 
taxes are as follows: In cities of more than 
500,000 inhabitants, first-class $400; second- 
class $100; in cities of more than 100,000, but 
not more than 500,000, first-class $300, second- 
class $50; in cities of 20,000 but not more than 
100,000, first-class $100, second-class $25; in 
cities and villages of more than 5,000, but not 
more than 30,000, first-class $50, second-class 
$15; in all places not included under the above, 
first-class $30, second-class $10. All the rev¬ 
enue collected from tbe tax shall be paid iuto 
the State Treasury and be applicable to the 
maintainance of prisons, penitentiaries, re¬ 
formatories and lunatic asylums, and to the 
payment of the current and general expenses 
of the State Goverumennt. The taxes to be 
levied on and after July 1... 
-A fire in the stables of the Belt Line Street 
Railroad at Tenth Avenue and Fifty-fourth 
Street, this city, between one and three o’clock 
yesterday morning, destroyed the vast build¬ 
ing, 200 cars, and 1,300 horses, iu spite of the 
utmost efforts to save the property. Five 
tenement houses and seven other houses 
close to the stables were also burned before 
nearly the whole fire department of the city 
could get control of the conflagration. Loss 
about $1,000,000.The coke 
syndicate in the coke region about Connells- 
ville, Pa., are reported to be ready-to import 
10,000 “American citizens” from the “East” 
to take the places of tbe workmen now on 
strike—mostly aliens.The receipts of the 
United States Brewers’ National Association, 
as reported at their annual meeting iu Balti¬ 
more, were $1,198,337 for the past financial 
year. The product of beer in the United 
States for the year ending April 30, 1867, was 
23,514,435 gallons, au increase of 3,321,870 gal¬ 
lons for the year..... ...The Jake Sharp jury 
here filled the box last Saturday, but owing 
to several “peremptory” challenges by both 
sides, the jury hasn’t been completed yet.... 
.Sir George Stephen and Vice-Presi¬ 
dent Van Horn of the Canadian Pacific were 
burned iu effigy on Main Street Wednesday 
night at Winnepeg, Man,, by crowds of citi¬ 
zens. Feeling runs high... ....Julian Haw¬ 
thorne and Inspector Byrnes, chief of the 
New York City detectives, are to collaborate 
in a series of sensational stories, Byrnes fur¬ 
nishing the material and Hawthorne working 
it up fancifully.The United States 
Brewers’ Association, in convention assem¬ 
bled, has appropriated $5,000 for the assist¬ 
ance of the brewers of Michigan, $5,000 for 
the brewers of Texas, and $3,000 for the brew¬ 
ers of Tennessee, tbe money to l5o used in de¬ 
feating the efforts of the Prohibitionists in 
those States. An extra assessment equal to 
one year’s dues was agreed upon to enable the 
Board of Trustees “to fight the temperance 
fanatics in various sections of the country”... 
....The National Butchers’ Convention iu 
convention at Chicago, Wednesday, pro¬ 
tested unanimously against adulterations 
in lard—iu many lards now, it was 
charged, there is 85 per cent, of adulteration.. 
-A syndicate of Pittsburgh capitalists has 
leased 4,000 acres of land iu Adams County, 
Indiana, and will bore for natural gas. If 
gas is found in sufficient volume, it will be 
piped to Fort Wayne, a distance of about 25 
miles.Thursday an injunction was 
granted by Judge Boud restraining Attorney 
Witt, of tbe Commonwealth of Virginia, from 
beinging suits in conformity with the act 
passed by the Legislature at the sessiou just 
closed,against persons who tender coupons in 
payment of taxes. This injunction was 
granted upon a motion by Mr. Cooper, a 
citizen of England, aud holder of bonds of the 
State.Editor William O’Brien, having 
been stoned at Toronto and Kingston, Cana¬ 
da, for daring to exercise the right of free 
speech, was shot at after speaking at Hamil¬ 
ton; but there, for the first time, the police 
and other authorities are said to bo blameless. 
After a short visit to across the border, for 
rest end recupuration after several more or 
less severe bruises, he visited Montreal Thurs¬ 
day at the invitation of the great body of the 
people, who wished to show their sympathy 
with him aud the cause he advocates. Re¬ 
ceived enthusiastically. There seems to be a 
geueral impression that he has not helped his 
cause by introducing it into Canadian poli¬ 
tics, aud were it not for the brutal violence 
towards him, his mission would probably 
have been a failure. The Oraugemen’s at¬ 
tacks on him, however, have decidedly helped 
his argumeuts on both sides of the line. In 
several recent speeches Lansdowue has tried 
to belittle or laugh at what he calls the 
Irish “invasion of Canada.”..It was 
rumored last night that Jay Gould was quite 
in at Irviuglua-ou-Hud-son .Elaborate 
preparations are being made for the obsoi*- 
vance of Memorial Day, Monday.Next 
Thursday has been fixed for the arguments of 
counsel in the fishery seizure cases of the 
David J. Adams and Ella M. Doughty, at 
Halifax, N. S.The business of the Gov¬ 
ernment so far this mouth, indicates a large 
reduction in the public debt. The receipts to 
date have been $31,385,031, aud the expeudi- 
tui’es $20,540,888, leaving a surplus for the 
month of $10,738,188. The expenditures in¬ 
cluded about $10,000,000 paid on account of 
pensions.With regard to the industrial 
situation, special inquiries by Bradstreet 
show that 95,000 industrial employes are strik¬ 
ing or locked out, not including 5,000 blast 
furnace, 3,000 iron and steel mill aud 1,500 
flour mill men, the 15,000 authracite mine aud 
idle nail mill employes, or a total of over 
119,000. Owing to the strike among coke men 
53 blast furnaces have been bauked for waut 
of coke since May 4, redueiug the pig-iron 
production over 86,000 tons weekly. The 
check in flour production at Western centers, 
due in part to the relatively high price of 
wheat as compared with Hour, is at the xate 
of 9,000,000 barrels per annum. 
A Catalogue of the “Wonderful Chair” 
combining five articles of furniture with 50 
changes, and sold at a price within the reach 
of all, mailed on application by the Luburg 
Chair Co., Philadelphia, Pa.—Mdc. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, May 28, 1887. 
Fierce gales have prevailed during the 
week and great damage to crops and farm im¬ 
provements has been done m various parks of 
England. Snow and hail storms have been 
experienced in the lake districts of Scotland.. 
..The bill abolishing the Board of Live- 
Stock Commissioners whs sent to third read¬ 
ing in the Illinois House Thursday. Both 
Houses have passed a joint resolution appoint¬ 
ing a joint Committee to investigate conta¬ 
gious pleuropneumonia in Cook County. 
.Petroleum is now employed to generate 
steam in boilers used to run steam-thrashing 
machines. The petroleum fire gives forth no 
sparks, and will, therefore, much reduce tbe 
hazard of barn burniug at thrashing time.... 
.... At the late New York Dairy Show butter 
made from cream raised in Cooley creamers, 
won $810 in prizes... 
... .Upwards of 100,000 barrels of Nova Scotia 
apples have been shipped to England this sea¬ 
son. About 20,000 barrels huve yet to go for¬ 
ward. Prices continue on a paying basis, and 
the demand is active.The Retail Gro¬ 
cers’ Union, of this city, protests vigorously 
agaiust the sale of oleomargarine. 
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company has 
made a rate on wool in grease of C>2\4 ceuks, 
aud ou scoured of 75 cents per 100 pounds to 
New York and Boston. This is a reduction 
respectively of $1 and 81.59....During 
Victoria’s reign, according to the best calcu¬ 
lations, 1,255,000 persons have died of starva¬ 
tion in Ireland, 3,365,000 have been evicted 
for uon-paymeut of rent, and 4,850,000 have 
emigrated.Several of the largest 
slaughter-houses in South San Francisco were 
burned last week. Many sheep, hogs and 
cattle perished. Loss $100,000. Sir 
George Stephen, President of the Canadian 
Pacific Railway, says that his company pro¬ 
pose to go iuto the grain handling and pur¬ 
chasing business in the Northwest and Mani¬ 
toba ou an extensive scale this year. Mills of 
enormous capacity, similar to those at Minue; 
apolis, will be built at Keowatin, cast of 
Winnipeg. Hitherto Ogilvie Brothers, of 
Montreal, have practically enjoyed a monop¬ 
oly of this business.The Hunter & 
Evan’s herds, amoug the largest and finest in 
Montana, numbering more than 18,000 head, 
have been purchased by Piene, Webaux &-W. 
W. D. Knight, of Miles City, fora French 
syndicate, for between $350,000 and $400,000. 
The title, owing to the receut alien law, has 
been vested in Webaux & Knight.. .Gov¬ 
ernor Ross, of New Mexico, has issued a quar. 
antiue proclamation as»a safeguard agaiust 
pleuro-pneumonin by advice of the Territorial 
Cattle Sanitary Commission, Goes.into effect 
June 1 .Thursday, tho Treasury Depart¬ 
ment issued a circular to customs officers pro¬ 
hibiting, until further notice, the importation 
of neat cattle and the hides of ueat cattle from 
Scotland, owing to the great prevalence 
of pleuro-pneumonia there.A special 
bonded warehouse for grape brandy has been 
established by the Government m New York. 
... .Nearly half of the wheat now in store at 
Duluth is reported to bo under charter to 
go over Cauadiau roads to tho seaboard for 
export to the Contiueut of Europe. Pi’esum- 
ably most of it is going to Belgium,there to be 
ground and made info bread for sale across the 
border iu France, us no duty is there charged . 
on bread, while the taxes on importations of 
cereals are nearly prohibitory.. The esti¬ 
mated California hay crop this year will be 
80,000 hales, au increase over last year of 23,- 
000 hales. Reports from Oregon, Washing¬ 
ton Territory and British Columbia also show 
signs of au increase.Monday the last 
Maryland Statu Veternarian discovered in Bal¬ 
timore 18 cows, 14 of which were affected with 
contagious pleuro-pneumouia. All were 
killed—the four healthy beasts as a precau¬ 
tion. The stable was appraised aud burnt.... 
. ..The total agricultural wealth of New 
England declined five percent, in the decade 
of 1870-80, and tho fanners of that part of 
the country hope that the long aud short- 
haul clause of the Inter-State Commerce 
Law, which may shut off Western competi¬ 
tion, will have the effect, if properly enforced, 
of arresting the decline of agricultural pros¬ 
perity east of the State of New York. 
... The War Department has placed two com¬ 
panies of colored cavalry at the disposal of the 
Interior Department for the purpose of cut¬ 
ting the wire fences on the public domain, 
the cattle magnates having, as a rule, paid no 
attention whatever to tho PresideYii’s procla¬ 
mation ordering their removal.The 
Northwestern Miller says that only nine out of 
23 flour mills in and about Minneapolis are ruu- 
niug, on account of the scarcity of wheat at 
points tributary to that market....The 
English reserves of wheat are alleged to be the 
lowest known. The quautity afloat in May 
is lower than for nine years. Stocks in tho 
United Kingdom and theGoutinent, visible and 
iuvisiblu, probably never were so small. 
.... One hundred thousand tons of fertilizers 
of various forms were used In New England 
last year, at u cost of about $3,000,000. 
. . .The Commissioner of Agriculture has de¬ 
clared a rigid quarantine agaiust CookCounty, 
HI., tho counties of Baltimore, Howard, Car- 
roll, and Princo George, in Maryland, and 
Westchester, New York, Richmond, Kings, 
Queens, aud Suffolk Counties iu New York. 
These orders have boon certified to the Gov¬ 
ernors of all the States mid Territories, and 
yesterday warnings were given to tho railroads 
against breach of quarantine. Rewards have 
been offered for information leading to a de¬ 
tection of any violation of the quarantine 
regulations....About Chicago over 10,000 
cuttle have boon quarantined since last fall; 
of these6,000 huve boon killed; 3,000 of them 
were iu the distilleries and were lulled by the 
Live Stock Commissioners. Since then two 
batches of 1.500 each have been killed ut the 
request of the owners. About 30 per cent, of 
the slaughtered beasts were affected with con¬ 
tagious pleuro-pneumonia. Ouly 300 of the 
killed cows belinged to private families. 
