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HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, July 30,1887. 
The total collections from all sources of 
internal revenue for the year euding June 30 
were $118,835,787—$1,982,888 more than in the 
previous fiscal year. The cost of collection 
was about $4,075,000. Among the items of 
receipts were: spirits, $(’>5,829,233, a decrease 
of $3,2(52,944; tobacco, $30,108,0(57, an increase 
of $2,200,705; fermented liquors, $21,922,187, 
an increase of $2,245,45(5; oleomargarine, 
$7251,948, all increase_There is a great sen¬ 
sation at Ottawa. Canada, owing to revela¬ 
tions made, Tuesday, with regard to immoral 
traffic in young girls from 12 to 14 years of 
age, in which a number of leading citizens 
and several prominent politicians are impli¬ 
cated .. President John Taylor, of the Mor¬ 
mon Church, who had been hiding for some 
months from the United States authorities 
who wanted to arrest him for polygamy, died 
the other day; but the Saints refuse to disclose 
where his death took place. 11c was buried with 
great pomp from the Tabernacle iu Salt Lake 
City yesterday....... .. A now 
regulation made respecting the Canadian Gov¬ 
ernment Savings Bank, provides that here¬ 
after the amount received from any one depos¬ 
itor iu one fiscal year shall be limited to $300. 
The maximum sum to the credit of any cue 
depositor is not to exceed $1,000 exclusive of 
interest.. Over 200 delegates attend¬ 
ed the Mississippi State Prohibition Con¬ 
vention at Jackson, Wednesday. After a hot 
discussion between the advocates of prohib¬ 
ition and high license, the former passed a ma¬ 
jority report..... 
_A bill has passed one branch of the Geor¬ 
gia legislature taxing bar-rooms $10,000 per 
year... .The Texas election next week 
promises to be extremely exciting. All party 
lines^ are 'temporarily dropped. Democrats, 
Republicans, and Labor men are electioneer' 
ing in the bitterest way for and against, pro¬ 
hibition, without any regard whatever to par¬ 
ty affiliations. In no State has the Prohibi¬ 
tion fight raged more fiercely. Five other con¬ 
stitutional amendments will be voted upon_ 
Russell Clifford, a jeweler at Lowell, Mass., 
has been arrested, charged with stealing large 
quantities of electricity from the local tele¬ 
phone exchange—first, prosecution for stealing 
electricity..While workmen were 
digging a well the other day at Howell, 
Mich., a terrific roaring was heard and stones 
and dirt were thrown 100 feet into the air 
Natural gas had been struck. The flow was 
lighted and a flame as large as a barrel ascend¬ 
ed to a hight of 40 feet.The Supreme 
Court of Minnesota has decided that women 
cannot serve on juries.....The Phila¬ 
delphia Board of Health has ordered the re¬ 
moval of all poison vines from the cemeteries 
and Fairmont Park. Hundreds of men, 
women and children have been poisoned by 
the vines this summer. 
.The new yacht. Volunteer still contin¬ 
ues to give much satisfaction. The Thistle 
left England Tuesday to capture the Ameri- 
eus Cup. It is said a syndicate of English 
betting men has been formed to scoop in lots 
of “Yankee” money by backing the Scotch 
wonder. Ry the wreck of a construction 
train at Hopedale, Ill., Wednesday, 10 men 
were killed outright and 22 wounded, some of 
them so severely that they have died since.... 
.Thirty-six Mormon missionaries have 
been driven away from Asheville, S. C., by a 
mob armed with axe helves and headed by a 
Baptist preacher.One watermelon 
train ran into the rear of another near Chest¬ 
er, S. C., Wednesday. An engineer aud 
fireman were hurt. Twelve cars and count¬ 
less melons were wrecked... 
_There Is a radical difference in the polit¬ 
ical Labor ranks. Powderly, with a large 
following, favors protection for uative indus¬ 
tries, and restrictions on Immigration. Hen 
ry George earnestly advocates the widest 
sort of free trade, and absolutely unhampered 
immigration.Many bodies, en¬ 
gaged in various industries, are still seceding 
from the K. of L. Among others, the brew¬ 
ery workmen of Milwaukee, New York and 
Philadelphia, buve just done so, as the 
Knights are opposed to all forms of intemper¬ 
ance .The Chicago boodlemon up- 
pear to have been more grasping and shame¬ 
less than even those of New York. As pub¬ 
lic officials they took bribes all the time, and 
it was impossible to get. them to vote for any 
public improvement, however necessary, 
without bribery. Ex-County Commissioner 
Lynn, a. gray-haired saint, and church sup¬ 
port, who has turned State’s evidence, uu- 
blushingly confesses that he received $5,000a 
year in bribes ranging from $500 to $1,300. 
Chief boodleman W. J. McGarigle, after con¬ 
viction, was allowed by Sheriff Matson to 
visit his family and take a bath, under care of 
a deputy sheriff, and escaped to Canada early 
in the week. He is under $(50,000 bail for 
other offenses, and unless he surrenders or is 
captured, bail will be forfeited. The privileges 
allowed rich criminals after conviction, nearly 
everywhere, are atrociously shameful. 
... .New Mexico wants Texas to cede all west 
of the Pecos River, so as to secure speedy ad¬ 
mission as a State....In reply to the invita¬ 
tion of that large Missouri delegation, the 
President says he will visit St. Ixniis early in 
October; and a large Kansas City delegation 
secured a similar promise for their “booming” 
city. Detroit, also wants a visit; and so do 
lots of other places. Probably there will tie 
a lively “swing round the circle. 11 - .. The 
Ohio Republican Convention at Cleveland, 
Thursday, unanimously and enthusiastically 
indorsed Senator Sherman as its candidate 
for the Presidency , though Blaine has a strong 
following in the Buckeye State. Foraker 
was enthusiastically renomiuatad for Gover¬ 
nor_Storms, cloud-bursts and floods have 
been more disastrous and widespread this 
week than even last. Massachusetts, N. H., 
N. J., N. Y., Pa., and several of the Western 
States have suffered grievously. Hay has 
been greatly damaged in wide stretches of 
country, and nearly ruined in others, aud all 
growiug crops have suffered greatly. The 
land, too, has been severely gullied and the 
“bottoms” along rivers and creeks covered 
with debris from the higher grounds. Many 
deaths are reported—18 iu Massachusetts 
alone At a Canal Convention held the 
other day atSault Ste. Marie, Mich., delegates 
were present from all the various commercial 
organizations of the West, and a National ap¬ 
propriation of $7,000,000 was demanded for 
the speedy enlargement of the Sault Canal... 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
Saturday, July 30,1887. 
In the United Kingdom the echoes of the 
late Jubilee festivities to celebrate the 50th 
anniversary of Queen Victoria’s ascension to 
the throne, are mingled with the cries of 
anger, discontent and smothered rebellion in 
Ireland. The Jubilee was the greatest show 
England, and probably Europe, has ever seen. 
Most of the 4,500,000 population of London 
thronged the streets sight-seeing, and the 
packed multitude was increased by crowds 
from the rest of the British Isles, from the 
Continent and indeed from all parts of the civ¬ 
ilized world. Kings, princes, grand-dukes and 
other high notabilities swarmed everywhere. 
Steam on rail and ocean, electricity as a mes¬ 
senger, peace everywhere, unprecedented fa¬ 
cilities for travel and accommodation, afforded 
more favorable conditions for collecting and 
controlling a vast multitude than the world 
had ever seen before. Then, early this week, 
what a glorious sight must that review of the 
British fleet, four miles long, have presented! 
Oh, the whole display was a sight of which 
the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and 
Empress of India might well be proud, and 
her subjects boastful. 
While Great Britain is resounding with 
hosannas, however, only groans and execra¬ 
tions are heard throughout most of Ireland. 
The “Coercion Law” or “CrimesBill,”against 
whose passage in the House of Commons the 
Liberals and Parnell itos, under Gladstone, 
fought so valiantly and persistently, has at 
last become a law,and all Ireland, except An¬ 
trim, has been proclaimed subject to its rigors. 
Any citizen can be arrested ami imprisoned 
at the discretion of a horde of petty magis¬ 
trates appointed to enforce it. It suspends 
habeas corpus and all other constitutional 
guarantees of personul liberty. It permits the 
trial of a certain class of offences without a 
jury, aud iil-o the removal of any Irish offend¬ 
er to any portion of the United Kingdom—to 
England, for instance—for trial. It is the 
most tyrannical law on the statute books of 
any country In the world to-day. 
_The Tory or Conservative party being in a 
minority iu Parliament, the Government 
could not have carried the measure without 
the help of the disgruntled Liberal-Unionists 
under the Marquis of Hartington and Mr. 
Chamberlain, and on the passage of the bill 
the latter Insisted that the Government 
should introduce au Irish land bill still fur¬ 
ther scaling down the rents and giving to the 
tenants terms so liberal as to amount almost 
to a confiscation of the landlords’ rights in 
the long run. With the exception of a few 
highly obnoxious clauses, even the Parnellites 
are satisfied with the measure. It was ab- 
lutely forced on the Government, however, 
by the Chamberlain wing of the Liberal- 
Unionists, uud many of the Conservative 
leaders and all their landlord supporters in all 
three kingdoms are bitterly opposed to it. 
This greatly weakens the Government. Late¬ 
ly, too, the tide of public opinion is going 
strongly against the Tory party, as indicated 
by the election of three Liberal members of 
Parliament to seats lately held by Conserva¬ 
tives, and by a marked reduction of Conserva¬ 
tive majorities at several other elections. All 
parties appear to believe a dissolution of the 
present Parliament near at hand, and an 
election of another which will more correctly 
represent the present sentiments of the people. 
In such an ovent, Gladstone and his Liberals 
a^e very likely to secure a majority. In that 
case, the Coercion Act would be speedily re¬ 
pealed, aud Home Rule granted to Ireland. 
In the Parliamentary struggle over Irish 
affairs for the past two years and more, legis¬ 
lation for the rest of the empire lias been 
almost entirely neglected. A convention with 
Turkey about the English occupation of 
Egypt, being distasteful to France and Rus¬ 
sia, inasmuch as it virtually made Egypt an 
English dependency, has not, been ratified by 
the Sultan owing to the threats from Paris 
and St. Petersburg, und the English agent 
who had the matter in charge, has been 
obliged to leave Constantinople w ithout hav¬ 
ing accomplished anything,after incurring an 
expense of $165,000. In India England is vig¬ 
orously extending railroads both to develop 
the country’s industrial resources, aud for 
strategic purposes in the war with Russia for 
the empire of the East, which is merely a 
question of a few yearn, if not of a few 
months. 
On the Continent, France and Germany are 
still snarling and glowering at each other, aud 
straining every nerve to be prepared for the 
deadly struggle which cau hardly ho de¬ 
ferred much longer. The result is likely to bo 
cither the dismemberment of France or her ac¬ 
quisition ouco more of ht r lost provinces Alsace 
and Lorraine, and the extension of her .north¬ 
ern boundary to the Rhine. The armies of 
both countries are being increased as much as 
possible, and equipped with the latest and 
most deadly weapons; fortifications are being 
strengthened and multiplied aud alliances 
songtit on all sides. The most trustworthy 
accounts agree that Germany is tho better 
prepared for war, bolh as regards her army 
and her allies in case their help is needed. 
France can rely on noue except Russia, if tho 
latter isn’t offered better terms by Germany. 
The latter has Austria, Hungary aud Italy for 
certain on her side, and can doubtless seduce 
or coerce other countries ulso. 
Russia, with a vast Territory and a popula¬ 
tion of 82,000,000, has tho largest army in the 
world—824,762 men in active service, uud a 
reserve of 1,800,815; a total of 2,425,577 sol¬ 
diers. She is rapidly pushing her railroad 
lines to the borders of Afghanistan, the near¬ 
est point at which she can attack Great Bri¬ 
tain—and the only point at which that fleet- 
protected island is vulnerable. Bulgaria hav¬ 
ing elected Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg 
Gotha as sovereign, the Czar refuses to 
recognize the legality of the Sobranje which 
elected him, so as to keep the “Eastern Ques¬ 
tion” open to afford him a pretext for march¬ 
ing on Constantinople whenever au opportu¬ 
nity is presented. The cholera is spreading 
again in Southern Italy. Spain is quietly de¬ 
veloping her resources under Queen Regent 
Christina. Belgium is busy fortifying her 
strong defensive points lest her level plains 
should be made the battle ground in the next, 
war us (hey have been in so many previous 
struggles between the Fmuks uud the Teutons. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, July 30, 1887. 
There is a movement on foot to establish 
an annual fat stock show at Denver. Why 
shouldn’t this bo a success?.At the 
Knusas State Ag'l Coll, in 1885-7 there were 
481 students, of whom 449 were from 66 coun¬ 
ties iu Kansas, and 32 from 15 other States and 
Territories—N. Y., N. J., Fa., Fla., lnd., Ia., 
Nob., 111., Mo., Col., Cal., N. M., Wy., Utah 
and Indian Territory.Though the 
Texas Cattle Trail is no longer crowded, Texas 
cattle continue to be received in large num¬ 
bers iu Chicago—8,000 to 5,000 a day. 
New Mexican burros are offered at $40 to $50 
ahead at Chicago; lately a car-load sold at 
$65 to $75 a piece here.No loss 
than 19,000 horses were sworn in from Canada 
during the fiscal year ending July 1, 188(5, as 
imported for breeding purposes, and it is esti¬ 
mated that 18,000 of them were mares aud 
geldings to bo sold as work animals.... 
Resides the demand for $17,000 duty on former 
importations of horses, made of Galbraith 
Brothers, under Judge Gresham’s recent de¬ 
cision, demands for duty have already been 
made on several other importers. The deci¬ 
sion is generally denounced as quite injurious 
to the live stock interest of the country. The 
ease will probably be appealed to the U. S. 
Supreme Court, but there it couldn’t be 
reached in less than four or five years. 
.The Hereford men, having, us they 
appear to think, triumphed over tho support¬ 
ers of the other beef breeds, are uow busy 
challenging each other for the best specimens 
of the breed. Well, it helps to keep up the ex- 
citemeut—to keep the “boom” lively. 
The International Association of Fair Man¬ 
agers held its annual meeting at Toronto 
July 27 and 2S. A good attendance, especial¬ 
ly of Western men.Under the aus- 
picas of the New York State Dairy Conven¬ 
tion, dairy conferences will lx* held at the 
dairy of W. H. Gilbert, Richland, Oswego 
Co., on August 10; and at tho dairy oi Jesse 
Owen & Son, Chemung, Chemung Co., on Au¬ 
gust 12..On tho Massachusetts Agri¬ 
cultural State College Farm there are uow 23 
Ayrshires, half unregistered, eight Holstein- 
Friesians, six Jerseys, six Short-horns and 
nine grades—altogether 5(5 head, of which 11 
are bulls and hull calves, six steers, 30 cows 
aud heifers in calf,and 11 heifer calves. There 
is stable accommodation for 68 head. Labor 
costs $8,000 a year. Quite enough cattle there 
for a good object lesson.Gov. Preston 
H. Leslie, of Montana, under the act of the 
Territorial Legislature, approved March 10, 
1887, has prohibited the importation of sheep 
into Montana from Oregon, Nevada, Califor¬ 
nia, Washington Territory, Idaho aud Utah, 
on the ground that scab and other contagious 
diseases are prevalent among the flocks there. 
No sheep from these places are allowed to be 
introduced, except upon a certificate from the 
Montana Yeterinanian, that, he or his deputy 
has inspected them and found them clear of 
scab and other infectious diseases.At 
the great trotting match at Cleveland, Ohio, 
yesterday, the stallion Patron, sired by Pan- 
eoast, defeated the heretofore invincible Har¬ 
ry Wilkes in throe straight heats in 2:16; 2:- 
16% add 2:14’/, The last is within one second 
of the highest, record for stallions, aud if Pa¬ 
tron hadn’t jogged home, he would, no doubt, 
have lowered it. Patron is King of the Trot¬ 
ters now; how long will his reign last?. 
... The Ontario (Canada) Oatmeal Millers’ 
Association, recently in session at Toronto, 
has decided to organize a company with an 
ostensible capital of $30,000, composed of all 
the oatmeal millers in Caunda, for the pur¬ 
pose of controlling the trade and lixiug prices. 
.By the burning of the Vienna bakery’s 
large stable in this city Monday, 43 horses 
were cremated; 545 wore saved .. Entries 
have been received from all parts of Canada, 
and also from tho United States for the Pro¬ 
vincial Exhibition, which will be held in 
Quebec from the 5th to the 10th of Septem¬ 
ber .Texas fever is very widespread und 
fatal iu Washington and Montgomery Coun¬ 
ties, Kansas. The disease was taken from 
Kansas City in a drove of several hundred 
cattle shipped against the orders of the In¬ 
spector. The Legislature failed to appropri¬ 
ate any money for the protection of the cuttle 
interests, aud the State is practically helpless 
to wage buttle against, the fever. The rail¬ 
roads, however, will be called upon to cease 
the shipment of any more diseased cattle. 
....According to Secretary Sanborn, of the 
Missouri State Board of Agriculture, the 
Missouri pig crop will be deficient, the short¬ 
age being about, 15 per cent.Omaha 
had packed 810,000 hogs from March 1 up to 
July 13, or an increase over lust year of 285,- 
000.It looks as if the great Cattle 
Trust had burst. Too many wanted to get in 
“on tho ground floor;” but, if tho starters of 
the scheme allowed all to come in on the splen¬ 
did term? they grunted to themselves, to 
make the certificates of stock they took at 25 
cents worth $1, would bo like transferring 
money from one of their own pockets to an¬ 
other. What they want is to transfer it from 
other folks’ pockets to their own. 
Statistics show that 1,300,105pounds of wool 
were exported last year; but not a pound of 
this was from our own (locks—it was import¬ 
ed foreign wool exported....... .. .. 
..The Short-horn Society, 
of Great Britain, exported 885 pedigreed 
Shorthorns last, year, as follows: To South 
America, chiefly Buenos Ayres, 295; United 
States, 34; Germany, 31; Canada, 15; South 
Africa, 7; France, 2; Italy, 1. That is, the 
United States took a little less than 9 per cent, 
of the whole. The Society numbers 1,183 
members.Ouy cuttle exports during 
June were 1*3,842, against 11,742 in June 1886. 
Exports for 12 months ending June 3(1, were 
99,145, against 115,815 same time last year— 
.... In one district of Algeria it is alleged that 
50,000 gallons of grasshoppers’ eggs have lieeu 
collected aud burned t his year—premiums are 
given for such collections.Belgium 
has increased the import, duty on coffee, cattle 
and meat, and after January I next meat will 
not bo permitted to enter Belgium except in 
tho form of wholo uuimuls and halves and 
Pi,occllancouji ^<1 mtipifl. 
DIXON’S "Carburet of Iron” Stove Polish was 
established In 1827, and Is to day, as II was then, the 
neatest and brlKhiestln the market; a pure plumbago, 
giving oft no poisonous vapors. Tho size Is uow doub¬ 
led uud cake weighs nearly half a pound, hut the quail 
tv and price remain the same. Ask your grocer lor 
Dixon’s big cake. 
