Sterns 0f tljc WffK. 
HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, Dec. 3,1887. 
Titk National Committee of the Prohibition 
Party met at Chicago and elected Prof. Sam¬ 
uel Dickie, of Michigan, as chairman, to suc¬ 
ceed the late John B. Finch, of Illinois. 
Five men were terril ly burned near "Washing¬ 
ton, Pa., by the ignition of natural gas in a 
well they were sinking.The New 
York Herald has just raised its price from 
two cents a copy to three, its regular price 
until it, like the World and Times, dropped 
about four years ago. The Tribune stuck at 
three cents and the Sun at two, as formerly. 
Many other papers throughout the country 
followed the example of the Metropolitan 
sheets It is expected that a large proportion 
of all that dropped prices will scon raise them. 
The quality of most of them went down with 
the price. ‘ A thoroughly good paper can’t be 
made for anything uuder a certain figure 
anyhow or where- The receipts of the 
last great St. Louis exposition were §126,913.- 
91; expenses, $57,759.35; balance to the good, 
$69.154 56.The Standard Oil Com¬ 
pany is doing a heavy and amazingly 
growing business in supplying oil for fuel. 
It has now on foot a scheme for a trunk 
pipe line from New York to Chicago 
—almost 1,000 miles. Oil is to be 
piped from the Pennsylvania wells to both 
cities in 10-inch mains and placed on the 
market for fuel...At the recent 
meeting iu Dallas. Tex., the race for trot¬ 
ters and pacers with running mates was 
won bv You Bet (pacer) and mate in 2.08, 
Patsy Clinker ipacerl and mate being second, 
and A. V. Pautliud (trotter) and mate third. 
Pautlind was timed separately, and trotted 
the mile in 2 12. Dude H., that, won the 
2.40 trot at the recent meeting in Dallas, Tex., 
is a black bronc ho and a converted pacer, ne 
now has a record of 2.27, and was form¬ 
erly used for herding cattle. 
The oil well at Cygnet. Ohio, the greatest 
gusher in the Ohio field, caught fire and 
burned for a week till Wednesday when the 
flames were extinguished. It is estimated 
that 850.000 barrels of oil were consumed — 
... Diptfieria of a peculiarly fatal character 
is alarmingly prevalent at Montreal, Canada. 
Last week there were 32 deaths and the death 
rate still shows no signs of decreasing 
... As said last week, the PostmasbGeneral 
has instructed postmasters! not to collect letter 
postage upon The delivery of packages of third 
and fourth class mail matter on account, of 
printing upon the wrapper, but postmasters 
are still instructed, not to forward matter 
having such printing on the wrappers A 
lawyer at, "Washington is now testiug the 
legally of his order by a suit before the Dis¬ 
trict Supreme Court.The National 
Fishing Association has sent an agent, to 
"Washington for the winter to keef) track of 
fishing legislation and report to the fishermen. 
... Typhoid and malarial fever are raging in 
Ottawa, Can.There are 50 claim¬ 
ants to ex-Vice-President, Wheeler’s estate.... 
... The Tehuantepec Ship Railway Company 
has been incorporated at Albany, N. Y... 
Anew living machine has been invented in 
New York to be controlled by electricity.... 
_The money cost of the C liicago anarchists’ 
trial and execution was $100.600. 
_The Fishery Commissioners are in session 
at Washington, working very busily, and it 
is expected their labors will be over before 
the end of next week. The French 
Chamber of Commerce at Ottawa has adopted 
a resolution asking Sir Charles Tapper, the 
Canadian representative, on the Commission, 
to demand payment by the American Govern¬ 
ment of the claim against it for hay duties, 
on the same principle that the United States 
asked for and obtained too reimbursement 
from Canada of considerable sums stolen by St. 
Albans raiders and the payment by Great 
Britain of the Alabama claims.Pro¬ 
hibition was again voted on at Atlanta. Ga,, 
on Saiurday, and was defeated bj' a majority 
of 1,110. As a majority of the “city fathers’’ 
are Prohibitioniats it is expected that high- 
license will now be enforced. 
... Official figures from nearly all Dakota 
counties show that the majority' for division 
in the entire Territory will not exceed 8,000, 
the total vote being about 70,000. Only three 
counties iu north Dakota voted for division, 
and in south Dakota 15 counties voted aeainst 
it. Only eight counties voted against Pro¬ 
hibition ill the Territory. . . The Chi¬ 
cago and Grand Trunk road, Saturday' made 
an additional reduction of four cents per 100 
in rate ou dressed meats from Chicago to 
New York and Boston. This makes ibe rate 
'.58)4 cents in the refrigerator cars and 36 in 
common ears. The company' has also pub¬ 
lished a rate showing a reduction of export 
rates via Portland. Me., of three cents per 100 
on provisions ami two cents per 100 on flour. 
Wednesday the American trunk lines reduced 
their rules to ilie following figures: Chicago 
to New York, dressed beef and sheep in re¬ 
frigerator cars 341, cents per hundredweight, 
dressed hogs iu refrigerator cars ?A)) ceuis, 
and iu common caraSl^S cents; live cattle \8)4 
cents, live sheep 21 cents. The schedule 
goes into effect at once.The an¬ 
nouncement comes from Duluth that nearly 
1,000,000 tons of coal have been taken there, 
over 200,000 tons more than last year, and 
yet it js already evident that, there will be a 
great shortage in the supply this winter. 
The.towns of Western Minnesota and Eastern 
Dakota arc even now showing signs of great 
anxiety. The report comes from Huron that 
many people there are preparing to tiring hay 
burners into requisition, and a telegram from 
Adrian annouces that there is not. a pound of 
coal for sale in that town, and some distress 
is reported among the poor. Blizzards 
and intense cold are already the order of the 
day.At Lacrosse, "Wis., the Mississippi 
was closed by ice last Monday—the earliest 
ever known.A heavy wind storm Sat- 
urdry evening blew down a two-story frame 
building at Miueola. Tex., in w hich about 70 
negroes were having a dance. Six persons 
were killed and 20 injured.Three Sioux 
Indians named Finger Nail, Sitting-in Front, 
and Pete Mathews, confined in the county 
jail at Glendine. Mont., for horse stealing, 
killed two white fellow prisoners, Sunday 
last, and then hanged themselves. 
Henry George no longer favors a Labor Pres¬ 
idential candidate. The Prohibitionists will 
have one. however—probably General Fiske, 
of New Jersey. The Montreal Star has 
had recourse to figures, and finds that Canada 
has one “ American” to every 56 Canadians, 
while the “States” have but one Canadian to 
eveiy 75 “ Americans.”.Greeks are 
coming to this country in great numbers, says 
our eousular agent at the Pirteus, the port of 
Athens. Most of them haven’t a penny with 
which to bless themselves, and their idea is to 
make little fortum s and then go back to 
Greece and loaf for the rest of their lives. 
Chinese idea over again.t . 
Of the 6 327 persons shipwrecked ou the coast 
of the United States, during the past year, all 
but 55 have been rescued by the life-having 
service, at. the sacrifice of eight members of 
the life-saving crews. There are 218 stations, 
of which 166 are ou the Atlantic coast, 44 on 
the lakes, seven on the Pacific and one at the 
falls of the Ohio. Louisville, Ky .After 
all. the New York Court of Appeals basde- 
okled that. Jake Sharp is entitled to a new trial 
on the ground that evidence against him was 
admitted on his last trial on four points which 
ought to have been excluded. The trial judge 
and five judges of the Supreme Court were 
all of the opinion that the arch briber 
was not entitled to a new trial; while the 
seven judges of the highest tribunal in the 
State are of a different opinion. Among 
lawyers in general and the public at large the 
opinion is common that in intellect, erudition 
and judgment the six are a good deal heavier 
than the seven; but the decision is final and all 
must respectfully how to it. The convicted 
boodlers hope now for new trials; those yet to 
be tried are jubilant, audthe prospect of more 
convictions is very discouraging. 
_Whiskey distillers are in s> ssion at Peoria, 
ID., trying to form a Trust. Five houses are 
unwilling *0 accept the terms. The re¬ 
venue of the Government during November 
amounted to about 880,500,(Kill The disburse¬ 
ments nearly equalled the receipts. Over 
$18,000,000 was paid out on account of pen¬ 
sions. ..... Congressman Townshend, of Illi¬ 
nois, will introduce a bill the coming session 
to provide for commercial union with the 
South American Statesand Canada..A Texas 
member of Congress has begun bis education 
in Washington by blowing out the gas. 
.... .The United States has applied for 100,000 
feet of space for exhibitors at the exhibition 
soon to be held at Melbourne, Australia. 
... Secretary Lamar, in bis report, calls at¬ 
tention to the enormous frauds in land grants. 
. During the year there were deposited 
at the mints $84,416,779 in gold and $48,219,- 
031 in silver, The total stock of coin in tho 
United States is estimated at §927.796,216. 
.. There are 85,157 post-offices iu the United 
States.. Last Sum may night a great go- 
as-you-please contest, of 142 hours ended at 
Philadelphia, Pa. Littlewood, the English¬ 
man. won, but he abandoned his intention of 
beating the world’s record. 610 miles. Little- 
wood received about §2,200 as his share of the 
gate receipts and entrance fees: Albert about 
$1,200, Pancbot $60o, Noremac §450 and El- 
son about $300. The management’s share of 
the profits is about $4,000. Followiug are the 
scores of the five men at the finish: Little- 
wood, 569 miles, 1 lap, Albert. 530; Panchot, 
511, 9; Noremac, 501, 6; Elson, 500, 1. 
U. S Marshall Dver has seized the safe con¬ 
taining the account books of the permanent 
immigration fund of the Mormon Church, but 
can’t find a cent of the $417,950 which the 
books show should exist _The “Ameri¬ 
can Parly,” throughout the country, and t-s- 
eeially in this city, has been wonderfully 
loomed by the actions of the Anarchists. 
Here nearly 10.000 new members have .joined 
it w'iibin a fortnight. John Most., blath¬ 
erskite Anarchist of this city, has been found 
guilty of using inflammatory language at a 
meeting to protest against the execution of 
the Chicago four. Will appeal. Highest, pun¬ 
ishment.,imprisonment for one year and $500 
fine. In Chicago and other towns all over the 
country there is a disi ositiou to “ stand no 
nonsense” Iron) the Anarchists. The 
American Federation of Trades threatens to 
drive the Knights of Labor from the field. It 
is growing like u mushroom, just as the 
Knights used to grow. Its national conven¬ 
tion at Baltimore, December 13, is being 
looked forward to with great interest.... 
Nina Van Zandt has given up the idea of kill¬ 
ing herself because ot Anarchist Spies’ death, 
and will buy a suit of sables... 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
• 
Saturday, Dec. 3, 1887. 
Across the Atlantic coercion is being more 
remorselessly enforced iu Ireland. New ar¬ 
rests are constantly being made, the most im¬ 
portant of which alone are cabled to us. 
Mayor Sullivan, of Dubliu, lias been again 
tried for admitting to his paper a list of pro¬ 
hibited meetings: this time he has been 
convicted aud sentenced to two months’ im¬ 
prisonment, The prison authorities in trying 
to force Editor O’Brien to wear the prison 
garb, stole his clothes at night, but after keep¬ 
ing iu bed a week, a new suit was smuggled 
iu to him, and thousands of dollars have been 
spent in cabling and printing all about those 
clothes. Hartingtou, Goscben and other 
Liberal-Unionists are vigorously discussing 
their Anti-Home Rule view's in Ireland, ap¬ 
pealing io the manufacturing and commerc ial 
classes against the agriculturists—the chief 
supporters of Dome Rule—and to the Protes¬ 
tants against the Catholics—in other words, 
to the minority against the majority. The 
turbulent crowds in London are for the time 
repressed by a great display of police and 
military forces; but they are silenced only 
for a time, as the cause of the discontent re¬ 
mains. 
France, especially Paris, is all agog over the 
latest revolution. President Gr£vy, after a 
world of vacillation, has been forced by the 
Legislature very reluctantly to resign, though 
he has served only two years of the last term 
of seven years for which he was elected. His 
championing his sou in-law Wilson rendered 
him highly unpopular, and he would have 
been impeached had he not resigned. Parties 
are sadly mixed up in the Legislature To-dny 
the Senate and Assembly in joint session are 
to elect a new President, for in France he is 
elected not by the people but, by the Leirisla- 
ture. There has been some rioting in Paris, 
but the garrison of 36,000 troops is too strong 
to permit much disorder. The rest of the 
country is tranquil. The frequent changes of 
Cabinet and President tend to weaken confi¬ 
dence in the Republic, and the Monarchists 
are hopeful. 
Alter Thirty Tenrs. 
That the spine and brain are intimately 
connected, all who have ever had spinal dis¬ 
ease, or who have witnessed the sufferings of 
any one affiieted with it, cau attest. The suf¬ 
fering generally is of the keenest character, 
aud usually greatly prolonged. It seems a 
mystery how the human frame can survive 
the agonies frequently endured, and one is- led 
to wonder if the body is not toughened in the 
flame of pain so that it is made capable to en¬ 
dure more pain. The Warren Republican, of 
Williamsport, Warren county, Iudiaua, print¬ 
ed the followiug in August last: 
“Rev. Colbrath Hall, of Pike, was in town 
yesterday, looking bale and hearty. He re¬ 
ports the wonderful recovery of his wife with¬ 
in the last eighteen mouths, after being aeon- 
firmed invalid for over thirty years from 
spinal trouble. She, about eighteen months 
ago, began the use of the Compound Oxygen 
Treatment, and attributes her recovery to the 
use of that medicine. She now is able to walk, 
get in and out of the buggy, take rides, etc. 
All acquainted with Mr. Hall and his family 
will rejoice with them in this remakable re¬ 
covery.” 
Iu a letter dated West Lebanon, Indiana, 
September 2, 1885, Mrs. Sarah II Hall wrote, 
enclosing the article and pronouncing it cor¬ 
rect. 
Send to Drs. Starkey & Paleu. 1529 Arch 
Street, Philadelphia, Pa., for the last number 
of Health and Life which is sent free to all 
applicants ; also the treatise on Compouud 
Oxygen, a valuable little book of two hundred 
pages.— Adv. 
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, December 3, 18S7. 
The annual report of the Commissioner of 
Agriculture was laid before the President last 
Thursday. The Commissioner recommends 
substantially the abolition of the seed division 
of the Department and the transfer of its 
duties to the State and Territorial experiment 
stations. He discusses the scope aud functions 
of the Department in a way which leaves 
room for the plain inference that he disap¬ 
proves the efforts to moke it an Executive 
Department with a member of the Cabinet at 
its head. He says it is yet too early to make 
on official statement of the results in detail 
ol the present year’s experiments in the de¬ 
velopment of sorghum sugar manufacture. 
“But,” he adds, “enough is known already, I 
think, to enable this country to anticipate, at 
an early day, the production of a sugar supply 
from a plant as easy of cultivation as corn, 
but little circumscribed by t lunatic influences, 
and one whose by-products have a value 
equal to the cost of raising.” Upon the sub¬ 
ject of our wheat surplus he says: “The com¬ 
parative prominence of this country in its 
wheat surplus may not be popularly realized. 
When our exports have exceeded 186,000.000 
bushels per annum for leu years, those of Rus¬ 
sia were about 66,000,000 bushels, and those of 
Indio 24.0O0.0tX) bushels iu round numbers for 
the last decade. Other lands contribute only 
a very small surplus—Australia, Chili, the 
Argentine Republic, and others only a few 
millions each—and the combined surplus of 
all nations dees not equal that of this coun¬ 
try.” In his chapter upon the Department’s 
experiments iu silk-reeling, the Commissioner 
buys be has the verbal admission of Mr Ser- 
roll, the mvenior of the machinery now iu 
use, tliht American girls can do as much work 
in a given time us the same number employed 
in the South of France. This admission, he 
adds, is corroborated by other evidence in his 
possession. The experiments have not yet 
reached the point of paying their own ex¬ 
penses, but that, the Commissioner says, was 
hardly to be hoped for with a plant so limited. 
AuotTher yt nr’s experience, it is expected, will 
show what, could be done “under factory eon- 
diiions”.Herr Rebel.Socialist, member of 
the German Reichstag.calls the Com Bill, im¬ 
posing heavier dutlesou foreign grain, a blood 
lax on the large masses of workingmen who 
will have to pay it almost exclusively. 
At the National YV omen’s Tomperauee Union 
Convention the other day, amoug other reso¬ 
lutions passed was one deprecating the cruel 
slaughter of birdH to ornament the head¬ 
dresses of ladies aud pledging those present 
not to buv head-dresses so ornamented.... 
... Intelligence fiom the London wool sales, 
shows a good attendance aud pretty active 
bidding. Prices are hardening, especially 1 oi¬ 
liest Australian scoured and greasy cross¬ 
breds, though some of the poorest wools are 
lower. .... Dakota raised in the vearl887 
more than one-seventh of all the whpat pro¬ 
duced in the United States, producing more 
than three times as much corn in 1887 as in 
1885, and almost. 100 i»er cent, more bushels of 
•nin in 1887 than in 1885.. 
alamazon, Mich., is famous for the extent 
and excellence of its celery production. The 
day before Thanksgiving was the heaviest for 
shipping celery this season, not less t han 20,- 
000 dozen bunches being sent, off. The heav¬ 
iest. single shipper sent away 4,800 dozen 
bunches to 300 different customers . 
The exports of cheese from Montreal for the 
season of navigation now closed amount to 
1.103.000 boxes against 891.000 for 1886. This 
comes within 5.000 boxes of the heaviest on 
record, which was in 1884. when the shipments 
were 1,108 000. The exports of butter amount¬ 
ed to 60. 000 packages, as against 54.000 last 
year. This is an apparent increase, but. as 
compared with 1880 it shows a falling off of 
130.000 packages. ....A joint confer¬ 
ence will be held in Washington Monday be¬ 
tween the representatives of the woolen man¬ 
ufacturers, wool growers and wool merchants. 
A New York syndicate has purcbusrd a 
large tract of laud in Florida and will plant 
over 1 OOO acres in tobaeeo during the com¬ 
ing year. At the 
Chicago Fat Stock Show six first prem 
inms and three sweepstakes on print butter 
were awarded to persons who made it by the 
Cooley creamer process Governor Larra- 
bee, of Iowa, has lifted the cattle quarantine 
from all Illinois except Cook county. Chica¬ 
goans cornplsin that as the quarantine wasim- 
posed ou Cook county because the official vet¬ 
erinarians declared it was infested with 
“pleuro.” the quarantine should be raised from 
it now when the same official veterinarians 
declare it is free from the plague. 
At the Chicago Fat Stock Show nearly all the 
best reports sav the prize for ihe best carcass 
in the three-year-old class, went to John B. 
Sherman’s Hereford-High land bull (notGallo- 
way-Hereford) Scottish Prince. .. .. The 
Michigan Agricultural College.Lansing,Mich., 
had aii interesting exhibit at the Chicago Fat 
Stock Show of ter head of steers, representing 
the Short horn. Hereford. Galloway. Devon, 
Holstein Friesian and Jersey breeds, which 
are being fed for experimental purposes.. ... 
...The exports of live cattle and dressed 
beef the past week from Boston for the English 
markets were 278 cattle and 2.400 quarters of 
beef. Export, freight rates on live 
cattle are now about §13 per bullock. Insur¬ 
ance rates are four per cent. ........ In 
Northern Scotland this year 743 Short, horn 
ea'tle have been sold, at an average of $88 26; 
Aberdeen Angus. 831. at 883.36. Last, year 
tbere were 720 Short horns, at $111.22; 
and 740 Polled, at $125.20. In 1882 the 
average for Short-horns was $126 28, and 
for Abcrdeou-Angus. §304.52. 
Six new .sections of the New England Milk 
Producers Union have been organized since 
November 1, including two in New H ampshire. 
... The stock of clover seed in Toledo has re¬ 
cently been estimated at 26,512 bags, against 
10.895 a year ago. S* eretary "VVood- 
wax - d announces the followiug fanners’ insti¬ 
tutes for this State . - . 
Dec. 20 and 21—Syracuse, Onondaga Co. 
22 and 23—Albion, Orleans Co. 
28 and 29—Montg. Co., probably Fouda. 
Jan. 10 and 11—Middletown. Orange Co. 
12 aud 13—Sidney, Delaware Co, 
17 and 18—Albany, probably. 
19 and 20—Sandy Hill. Washington Co. 
31 and Feb. 1—Cobleskill, Schoharie Co. 
Feb. 2 and 3 —Oswego, Tioga Co. 
7 and 8 —St. Lawrence County. 
9 and 10—Utica, Oneida C’o. 
14 and 15—Watertown, Jefferson Co. 
16, 17 and 18—Ithaca, Tompkins Co. 
21 and 22—Poughkeepsie, Duchess Co. 
23 and 24—Riverhemi. Suffolk Co,, L. I. 
28 and 29—Hamburgh. Erie Co. 
Mar, 1 aud 2 — Jamestown, Chautauqua Co. 
7 and S —Canandaigua, Ontario Co. 
9 and K)—Horoellsville. Steuben Co. 
14 and 15—Auburn, Cayuga Co. 
In 1850 Brown’s llrourliin I Troches were 
Introduced, and from that time their success as a eure 
for Colds, Coughs, Hoarseness, Asthma anil Rrouehitis 
has been unparalleled. Soul onli in boxes. 20cents. Adv. 
Crops & fUarkotS. 
Saturday, Dec. 3, 1887. 
The first wiuter blizzard swept over the 
Northwest eight days ago, driving the mer¬ 
cury below zero. It brought with it a good 
deal of welcome moisture. It’s hard to tell 
yet wbat influence it hud cm the wheat crop. 
Of late farmers have been holding back their 
wheat until they can learn what the pros¬ 
pects are for the next crop. Low prices for 
grain have forced farmers to practice great 
economy iu every thing. Very little corn 
is bciDg cribbed at the railroad stations. 
Hog cholera is steadily increasing. In spite 
of tho efforts of the packers to depreciate 
prices, bogs are steadily advancing. A dis¬ 
patch from Utica, N. Y., says the best State 
hops are marketed now, and a lot. that brings 
over l'.5)4 cents is extra; mediums can be 
quoted at 11 to 18 cents. The market will go 
lower aud perhups have a slight revival iu the 
future. 
The broom corn crop for the preseut year 
DIXON’S "Carburet of Irou” Stove Polish was 
established In 182*. and Is to-day, as It was then, tho 
neatuflf and brightest In the market, a pare plumbago, 
giving off no poisonous vapors. The size is now doub¬ 
led and enke weighs nearly half a pound, but the 
quality and price remalu the same. Ask your grocer 
for Dixon’s big cake 
