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HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, D ecember 8,1888. 
Tbomas B. Barry, the expelled leader of the 
K. of L., is going to sue the order for de 
famation of character and “alleged expul¬ 
sion.” He is also starting a new order—The 
Brotherhood of United Labor.The 
natives of Alaska have appealed to the 
Government fdr protection against the op¬ 
pression of the agents of the Alaska Com¬ 
mercial Company, and the outrages of white 
men generally. They say they are virtually 
reduced to slavery, while their wives and 
daughters are atrociously maltreated. 
A number of settlers in Oklahoma have just 
voluntarily decided to throw up their claims 
and abandon the country pending Congress¬ 
ional legislation regarding the proposed new 
Territory .Wiggins says an earthquake 
will extend across the American Continent 
from California and reach Europe next Feb¬ 
ruary. He’s quite indignant at his recent 
election as member of the Ananias Club of 
Boston..►.It is emphatically denied that 
the Pope has congratulated President Harrison 
on his election. He doesn't wish to interfere 
with the political affairs of nations. 
The newspapers and bad weather have put a 
stop to the Des Moines River evictions “ for 
the present.” The 200 or more settlers still 
remaining must “go” or settle up before the 
Republicans come into control of the govern- 
men r , however, as a bill would be speedily 
passpd and signed by President Harrison, put¬ 
ting a stop to the trounle. Such a bill was 
passed at the last session of Congress; but 
President Cleveland refused to sign it .... 
The White Caps are busy sending out threat¬ 
ening notices in parts of Ohio, Indiana and 
Kentucky. The authorities in all three States 
are on the alert to prevent ontrages and put 
an end to the organizations. It is 
now denied that the Bald-knobbers recently 
killed a number of witnesses against them at 
the late trials. It is reported that the organ¬ 
ization ha*- virtually disbanded. 
Mrs. Ellen Ewirg Sherman,wife of Gen. Sher¬ 
man, was buried at St. Louis, last Saturday. 
She died here on November 28.aged 64. 
Philadelphia parlies lay claim, under an 
old Spanish grant, to 20 000 acres of land 
near Perryville, Ark. Over one hundred 
persons occupy the land. 
The Director of the Mint, in his annual re¬ 
port, estimates the gold product of the United 
States far the pa«t year at $33,000,000, and 
that of silver at $53.000,000.Secretary 
Vilas points out in his report that, during the 
present Administration, there have been re- 
stoied to the United States and opened for 
settlement, 83,157,990 acres of the public do¬ 
main which had been granted to railroads, 
and that the restoration of 65,020,538 acres 
more has bpen recommended.... The re 
port of the Secretary of the Interior estimates 
the present Indian population of this country 
a f 246.095. For these there are set apart 112, 
413,440 acres of land, or nearly 500 acres to 
every buck, squaw and papoose in the whole 
lot. And these lands are, chiefly, among the 
very choicest of the public domain. 
For October the number of immigrants was 
less by nearly 4,000 than during the same 
mon»h of 1887. For the past four months 
the aggregate immigration has been less by 
12,000 than for the corresponding period of 
last year. The revenue of the Post 
Office Department for the past year has been 
$52,695,176, leaving a deficiency of $4 190.227. 
The total number of postoffices is 57,387, an 
increase over 1885 of 6.124 ..The last ses¬ 
sion of the Fiftieth Congress began last Mon¬ 
day. The President’s last regular message 
was long and well written, and reaffirmed 
the views he had previously expressed on the 
tariff and other matters- Representa 
tive Stewart, of Georgia, has induced a bill 
to estaolish a graduated income tax, which 
provides that all individuals, corpora'ions 
and estates in the United States, receiving an 
annu -1 net income of $5,000 and upward, shall 
be assessed, as follows, the money to be col¬ 
lected by the collectors of the internal revenue 
and to be paid into the puhlic Treasury: Five 
thousand dollars up to $10,000, two per cent, 
of said income; $10,000 to $25,000, three per 
cent.; $25 000 to $50,000, four per cent.; $50, 
000 to 75 000, five per cem.; $75,000 to $100,000 
six per cent ; $100,000 to $500,000 eignt per 
cent.; all over $500 000, 10 per cent. 
The said income tax shall be applied 
to the payment of pensions.. 
The rewards for the arrest of Tascott who 
murdered Mr. Snell, the Chicago millionaire 
several months ago, now amount to $50,COO. 
A large number of arrests have been made in 
different parts of the country of men who 
were mistaken for him, but the real Tascott 
is still at large. Many suppose he has sui¬ 
cided .The jury in the case of Hronek, 
the Chicago Anarchist, found a verdict of 
guilty, and fixed his punishment at twelve 
years in the penitentiary. He was charged 
with planning the assassination of Judges 
Gary and Grmnell and Inspector Bonfield 
Frank Bates and John Lanergan, two of “Old 
Hutch’s” clerks are missing. Frank “made” 
about $20,000 in the last six months; how 
much John “made” is not >et known: or if 
it is, it hasn’t got out.New fishery 
regulations have been promulgated on the 
Canadian Pacific Coast,the object being to ex¬ 
clude American fisherman-The following 
is the population of the various Territories 
now seeking Statehood, according to the re¬ 
ports of the Governors just sent ini o the Depart¬ 
ment of the Interior. Dakota, 700,000 
Utah, 210.000; Washington, 186,393; New- 
Mexico, 175.000; Montana, 140,000; Idaho, 
105,000 ; Wyoming, 85,000; Arizona 
(census of 1882) 82,977. 
Although the elections took place consider¬ 
ably over four weeks ago ,the popular vote is yet 
unknown. In Colorado the^eanvass is not yet 
completed: but, omitting this State, the total 
vote is put at 10 868.454. and Mr. Cleve¬ 
land has a plurality of 110 904 Colorado’s 
vote will reduce this to about 98.000. In 1884 
Cleveland’s plurality was 23 005. The total 
v» te shows an increase of 882.487 over that of 
1884; the Republicans gain 370 108; the Demo¬ 
crats 446 440; the Prohibitionists 93 383; while 
the Labor vote shows a falling off of 30,000. 
Republicans insist that if voting was as free in 
the South as it is in the North, Harrison instead 
of Cleveland would have a pluriality or 
even a majority, perhaps. 
A new “combine,” involving all the big fire 
insurance companies of New York, is said to 
be forming .. Fifty-one entries, covering 
60.000 acres of the finest farming land in 
Eastern Wyoming, were canceled by the 
General Land Office at Cheyenne on Tuesday, 
on the ground that the entries were fraud¬ 
ulently made for the interest of cattle kings 
and land speculators ....The Republicans 
in the Senate have introduced a tariff bill on 
the lines of that presented in the last session, 
and they appear to be anxious to rush it 
through.Canoncbet, Governor Sprague’s 
mansion at Narragansett Pier, R. I , owned 
by Colonel Wheaten and Mrs. Sprague, 
has been sold to a syndicate for $800,000, 
to be used for hotel purposes. 
It is reported that good apples are selling in 
Atchison county, Kansas, at 10 cents a bushel. 
.Navigation on the lakes closed the first 
of this week .The Calumet and Hecla 
copper mine at Marquette, Mich., was fired by 
an incendiary Thursday week. Eight men 
lost their lives and 300 barely escaped death. 
The fire will cost the company an immense 
sum.Mrs. Jay Gould still lingers; but 
no hope is entertained of her recovery. She 
is worth $2,000,000 in her own right. 
The estimated cost of themilitaiy establish¬ 
ment in France for the year 1888 was $138,000,- 
000. The cost of our own military establish¬ 
ment, including pensions, was $118,810,944. 
Of this sum $39,000,000 went to support the 
army; the rest to pay the pensions. 
The pension Appropriation bill was completed 
by the Sub-Committee of the House Appropri¬ 
ation Commitee Tnursday, and will be re¬ 
ported to the full committee to-day. It ap¬ 
propriates $84,767 500 and is identical with 
last year’s bill, with the exception that $1,200 
less is appropriated this year than last tear 
for the rent of office buildings. Illinois 
was 70 years old on Monday.Poor old 
General Spinner—he of the pot-hook auto¬ 
graph on war-time greenbacks—-is nearly blind. 
His age is now 86 He lives at Pablo Beach, 
Fla.James Russell Lowell has 
arrived from England. 
.The carpet manufacturers at their recent 
meeting in Philadelphia decided not only to 
raise prices, but to reduce wages as well.... 
....The first cotton factory ever built in 
Iowa has just been opened at Des Moines with 
elaborate ceremony ....The Washington 
Post, which for a long time claimed a 
majority in the next House for the Demo¬ 
cratic party, now admits that the Republicans 
will have the disputed Tennessee district, and 
at least one of the four districts in West 
Virginia, and that the roll of the Bouse will 
bear the names of 166 Republicans and 159 
Democrats—a Republican majority of seven. 
. Carl bhurtz has accepted the Amer¬ 
ican directorship of the Hamburg-American 
packet company. R. J. C«rtis, formerly of 
the White Star line, will be general agent 
under Mr. Shurtz’s direction. 
In the great go-as-you please six-day race at 
Madison fequare Garden in this city last week. 
George Littlewood, the little Englishman, 
walked away from some of America’s finest 
pedestrians, taking with him the world’s 
championship belt and part of the gate receipts 
His record of 623 miles 1320 yards, which he 
made shortly before 10o’clock Saturday night, 
is over two miles ahead of James Albert’s 
performance last February. Littlewood got 
$3,704 04 This is 40 per cent, of the receipts. 
The remaining 60 per cent, of half the receipts 
was divided in this way: Heriy. $1,666.98; 
Moore, $1 111.32; Cartwright, $833.49; Nore- 
mac, $554.66: Hart, $463.05; Howarth, $370. 
44: Conner, $277 83: Golden $185.22; Mason 
$02.66. The managers got all the rest. Mr 
O’Brien the man who got up the contest, took 
half of the receipts as per agreement, and it 
amounted to about $12 000. 
The direct Tax Bill now before Congress pro¬ 
poses to refund to the various States the 
amounts paid upon the direct tax levied in 
1861. Of the $20,000.000 then appropriated $15, 
5u0,000 have already been co'lected. Tne 
States and Territories that are delinquent are: 
Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, 
Georgia, Louisana, Mississippi, North Caro¬ 
lina, Ttnnessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wash¬ 
ington and W iscousin, and these show no in¬ 
clination to pay up.A few cases of 
yellow fever and a few deaths have been re¬ 
ported at Jacksonville, Fla., during the week; 
but refugees will be permitted to visit the city 
during day time after Dec. 10, and to stay 
after Dec. 15. Tne work of fumigation and 
disinfection is going vigorously on. 
Majjr General R. B. Ayres, has just died at 
Fort Hamilton, N.Y. harbor, at the age of 62. 
Coughs. 
“Brown’s Bronchial Troches” are used 
with advantage to alleviate Coughs, Sore 
Throat, Hoarseness and Bronchial Affections. 
25c. a box.— Adv. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
Saturday, December, 8, 1888. 
In England the Parnell Commission has 
adjourned until January 15, on the proposal 
of Parnell’s counsel. Doubtless the intention 
is to secure funds by which to carry on the 
fight which threatens to exhaust the resources 
of the Irish party. About $125,000 have al¬ 
ready been collected; but at least double that 
amount will be needed. The Times is still 
dragging out the case,.by means of a multi¬ 
tude of witnesses who testify to outrages of 
all kinds the responsibility for which it is try¬ 
ing to fasten on the Land League and its 
leaders. Besides its o wn vast resources, it can 
obtain any desired amount by puhlic sub¬ 
scription, and there’s some talk about the 
Government paying the costs of its case. 
... Mr, John Bright is on his death bed at 
the age of 87.Dowager Empress Vic¬ 
toria,of Germany,with her daughters is visit¬ 
ing her mother, Queen Victoria, at Windsor. 
. It is probable that no successor to 
Lord Sackville will be appointed till after 
President Harrison’s inauguration. 
There is a report that Stanley is moving 
westward towards the coast along the upper 
confluents of the Ongo Another report says 
that mysterious “White Pasha,” down in the 
Soudan, is moving northward. If he is Stan¬ 
ley and the first report has any foundation, he 
should be moving west instead of north. 
Instead of any relaxation in belligerent pre¬ 
parations by land, in Europe, they are being 
pushed forward with feverish celerity. The 
other day Gen. Viale, the Italian Minister of 
War, boasted that the railway arrangements 
had been completed for mobilizing the army, 
“in the event that it became necessary;” 
that ordinary traffic would be stopped, and 
the military would assume the direction of 
the roads. A similar state of affairs exists in 
France, Austria-HuDgary, Germany and 
Russia, and to a somewhat smaller extent in 
other European countries. Everywhere the 
railroads are regarded as immensely impor¬ 
tant factors in war. A cablegram tells us 
Austria is expediting measures to enable the 
Government to mobilize the landwehr, and 
that improved rifles are being turned out at 
the rate of 30,000 {.er month. In other 
countries also, not only are the active forces 
being constantly drilled and increased in 
numbers, but the reserved forces of all kinds 
are being kept in constant readiness for 
action; the first class to follow the active 
army to the field, and the second to defend 
and protect their native country while the 
others may be either defending it, or invad¬ 
ing their neighbors’. Cannon and rifle mak¬ 
ing, both for sea and land, for attack and de¬ 
fence, is probably the busiest industry in 
Europe to-day. Germany is going to invest 50, 
OuO.OUO marks ($12,500 000) in new artillery.... 
Nature’s Kindly Breath. 
Of all the metaphors, that whichcalls Ox¬ 
ygen “Nature’s Kindly Breath,” is the most 
apt. It is indeed the kindly part of nature’s 
breath. Observe the result of this bountiful 
respiration: 
Hon. P. H. Jacobs, the well-known chemist, 
says: 
“ I have examined carefully the Compound 
Oxygen manufactured by Drs Starkey & 
PALEN;that it will give to the exhausted sys¬ 
tem renewed and permanent vitality, is be¬ 
yond a doubt. 
Providence, R. I, Mar. 21, 1888. 
“Compound Oxvgen is a wonderful remedy.” 
P. F. Jeknegan, Brown’s University. 
Pen field. Pa., Feb. 2, 1888. 
“ Thanks to the Lord and Compound Oxy¬ 
gen, I believe I am well.” 
A. H. Rosenkrans. 
Savannah, Mo., Feb. 18,1888. 
“I am highly pleased with the Compound 
Oxygen Treatment. 
Milton L. Van Buskirk. 
Lead City, Dak., April 24, 1888. 
“I feel that the home tr-atment k doing me 
great good. Rev. J. Whaling. 
We publish a brochure of 200 pages, regard¬ 
ing the effect of Compound Oxygen on inva 
lids suffering from consumption, asthma, bron¬ 
chitis, dyspepsia, catarrh, hay fever, headache, 
debility, rheumatism, neuralgia; all chronic 
and nervous disorders. It will be sent, free of 
charge, to any one addressing DRS. Starkey 
& Palen, 1529 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa., or 
331 Montgomery St.,San Francisco, Cal. —Adv. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, December 8, 1888. 
The average yield of wheat in France the 
past year was 14 bushels per acre, against an 
average of 16% bushels for ten years. The 
smallest yield was in 1879—13% bushels. 
... The following authoritative records show 
the shipments of apples to November 19 from 
the beginning of the season: From Boston 
there were 166,496 barrels; from New York 
209,489 barrels; from Montreal 243,264 barrels; 
from Halifax 54,484 barrels, making a total of 
673.733 barrels. During the season of 1887- 
88, 336,900 barrels were shipped, and during 
the season of 1886-87 477,735 barrels were ex¬ 
ported.The regular annual meet¬ 
ing of the Western Pennsylvania Agricultural 
Association will be held in the Opera House, 
Washington, Pa., on Tuesday, December 11, 
1888, at 10 o’clock a. m., for the election of 
officers for the ensuing year, and for 
the transactions of other business con¬ 
nected with the Association . 
The New York State Dairymen’s Association 
will meet at Oswego on Dec. 11, 12 and 13. A 
number of prominent men will address the 
meeting.The N. J State Horticultural 
Society will hold its 10th annual convention 
in the State House, Trenton, on Dec. 12 and 
13. E. Williams, Montclair, N. J., Sec’y. 
There will be a number of interesting and in¬ 
structive addresses. The Connecticut 
Board of Agriculture will hold a farmers’ 
convention at Danbury on Dec. 11, 12, and 13. 
All are heartily invited to attend its highly 
instructive sessions.The Michigan 
Fruit Growers’ Society will hold its winter 
meetine at Fennvdle. on Dec 18, 19 and 
20. G. A. La Fluer, See’y, Allegan, 
Mich. An excellent programme promises 
an instructive convention. There 
is a sad wrangle in Florida over the 
management of the’Agricnltural Experiment 
Station. It is charged that it is gross 1 v misman¬ 
aged,its funds being diverted to the Agricul¬ 
tural College, or the “Universi’v” to which it 
it is attached.Mr. Thoma= S >aw, founder 
and editor of the Canadian Live stock and 
Farm Journal, gives much satisfaction in the 
chair of agriculture in the Ontario Agricul¬ 
tural College at Guelph, and also as Superin¬ 
tendent of the college experiment farm, 
which positions were left vacant some time 
ago by the resignation of Professor William 
Brown, who accepted a more lucra¬ 
tive situation in Australia. 
It is said that the oldest rose bush in the 
woVld, of which there is authentic record, 
grows in a churchyard, and against the old 
church at Heldersheim, Germany Eight 
hundred years ago, so the records say, Bishop 
Hepilo caused a trellis to be built on which it 
was supported. To-day the main stem is 
thicker than a man’s body .Potatoes are 
a drug in the market at Colfax, Wis , owiug 
to the enormous crop raised in that section. 
The best price to be got is 10 cents a bushel... 
....The Supreme Court of New Hampshire 
has sustained the law forbidding the sale of 
oleomargarine unless it is dyed pink. A nice, 
appetizing color!.The largest mule 
market is St. Louis, where the trade reaches 
$6 000,000. Atlanta comes next, with a trade 
of $2,000,000. Columbia has a trade of nearly 
$1.000,000.The Uni’ed Kingdom 
imported 12 000 tons of eggs last year 
(about 204 000 000 single eggs) through 
the port of West Hartlepool. 
There are 2,038 owners of Percheron horses in 
this country . The French Minister of 
Agriculture has promised to give official in¬ 
spection to horses exported to the United 
States.... The American Bureau of Animal 
Industry during the year inspected 274,555 
cattle for pleuro pneumonia, and found and 
slaughtered 2.330 affected auimals .. The 
Duroc-Jersey Swine Association have taken 
steps towards incorportion under Illinois law, 
and propose shortly to issue the second, vol¬ 
ume of the register _The Illinois Snort- 
horn Breeders’ Association are to employ an 
agent to go round the State educating the 
farmers on the merits of Short-horns, bring¬ 
ing breeders and buyers together and 
inducing breeders to join the society. 
LATEST MARKETS. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
Nkw York, Saturday, December 8,1888. 
NEW YORK MARKETS. 
Cotton.— The quotations, according to the American 
classification, are as follows: 
New Orleans. 
Uplands. and Gulf. Texas 
Ordinary. 6-H 6% . 
Strict Ordinary. ~i% . 
Good Ordinary. 8 5-16 8 7-16 . 
Strict Good Ordinary.. 8 13-16 8 15-16 . 
Low Middling . 9^ 9J^ . 
Strict Low Middling... 95* . 
Middling . 9J6 10 . 
Good Middling. 10 3-16 10 5-16 . 
Strict Good Middling.. 10 7-16 10 9-16 . 
Middling Fair. 10 13-16 10 15-16 . 
Fair. 11 7-16 11 9-16 . 
STAINED. 
Good Ordinary.6 11-16 I Low Middling 8 7-1 
Strict Good Ord. 1% | Middling. 9 5-16 
Foultry-Livk-FowIs, near-by. per n>, 829c: fowls 
Western, per It. 7® 9c roosters, per lb 5@5J^"- tur¬ 
keys. per n 7®18c: ducks western, per pair SO^TSo; 
geese, western, oer pair $l 250:1 50: chickens; nearbv, 
per lb. 7@8J^c; do, western, 7@8c. 
Poultry.-Drussed— Turkeys dry packed, good to 
choice, per o>, 8 > i21^c do do, common to fair, 7®8c; 
do, Iced, dry picked, choice, 8®9c; do do do, com¬ 
mon, 3®.5c Fowls,western, dry packed, choice, 8®9c; 
do, nearby do do, 8@i2c; do, western, iced, ary 
picked, 8®8J*c; do do do, scalded, 7@«c ; do do, 
common, 8@6c; Squabs, white, per doz, S3 25®$3 50; 
do, dark, do. $2 (jo®§2 25c. Chickens Philadelphia, 
1 ed, choice, !4<ri4J^c do dodo, good, ll@i8c; do, Jer¬ 
sey, dry packed, choice, ll®13c; do, nearby, dry 
packed, good, 8«9c; do, western, do do. i0 «■ 12c; do 
do, ice i, good to choice, 7@9c; do do do common 
8®6c. Ducks, nearby, choice, per lb, 10@12c; do do 
good, 8@10c; do western, do, 8@10c. Geese, do, do 
8®l0c. 
Game.— Woodcock, per pair, 75c@$l: Partridges, per 
pair 50e<a$l 00; Wild Ducks, Canvas back, per pair, 
$2 50@$3 00; do, Red Head, da, S'. 00@—; Crouse, do, 
75cc SI 00, Wild Ducks, Mallard, do, 70®75; do, Teal, do, 
40@50c; Quail, pet doz, $i 00@$2 50; Snipe, do, $l 75® 
$2 00; Plover, do, $i 75@$2 00. 
Hops.— State, new, best, 23®23J8jC ; do. prime, 20®21c; 
do, low grades, 18@19c; do do, 1887, best ll®13 do do 
do, fair and good lots, 10®12c; do do, common, 12®13c; 
do do old, —@—c; do, California, new, 22®23c; do do, 
State, old, -®—c; California, new, cho'ce, 24 26c; do, 
best, old, 13@14c; do, good, 12®—c; do, common,9®llc 
Hay and Straw. Choice Timothy, 95@100c ; do good 
do, 85®90c; do medium, 70@8Uc ; shipping, 6u@65e; do, 
Clover, mixed, 60@65c. Straw.—No. 1, rye, 80@85c; 
short do, 55@60; oat, 40@50. 
Beans.—M arrows, new, $2 50®—; new mediums, 
choice, $2 i'5@210 pea, $2®—: red kidneys, S2 50*-; 
white kidneys, choice, —(2—: foreign, mediums, $1 35 
@1 55; California Lima, $3 00@$3 0a; green peas, new, 
81 55. 
Nuts.— Peanuts are quiet. Fancy, hand-picked 
quoted at 5®5J4c, and farmers’ grades at 4%@4}£c. 
Chestnuts quoted at $1 75®$.! 50 per bushel. 
Hickory Nuts quoted at $1 50@$1 75 per bushel. 
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE MARKETS. 
Vegetables.— Potatoes.—Long Island, per bbl,$l 65® 
$1 75: New Jersey per bbl. $115n/$125 ; State, per bbl, 
90c $1 50 : Sweets, per bbl. $1 50<*2 75. State On'ons, 
orange county-red, per bbl, $0 75®1 00; Cabbages Long 
Island, per 100, 82 00<i8 00: Unions, Connecticut red, 
per bbl. $1 k)@$l 50; do do, white, per bbl. $i 75 «$3 25: 
do do, yellow, per bbl. $1 50<o—; do State, do, do, $1 50 
Turnips, Russia, per bbl, 65®75c. Cauliflower, 
per bbl. 50c® 1 50. 
“Herbrand ” Fifth Wheel_for_Buggiea.— Adv. 
