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HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, August 10, 1889. 
An Ice Trust at Indianapolis from the open¬ 
ing of the season till the end of last week 
kept the price of ice at 140 per cent, more than 
was charged last year, regardless of public 
protest and indignation A week ago it at¬ 
tempted to put the price higher; but one 
dealer refused to agree to this and withdrew 
from the compact, having previously pur¬ 
chased enough lake ice to supply the whole 
city. He at once reduced the price 50 per 
cent, and now there’s a desperate cutting of 
rates among the extortioners. Sic semper 
tyrannis ! . Claus Spreckels has given 
orders to duplicate his mammoth sugar refin¬ 
ery at Philadelphia at once. When this is 
done the producing capacity of the works will 
be about 4,000,000 pounds of sugar per day, 
and the entire cost of the plant between $4,000, 
000 and $5,000 000. The present factory will be 
ready for business September 15. Claus 
doesn’t belong to the Sugar Trust, but he 
keeps even pace with it in putting up prices.. 
.There’s a movement on foot to create 
a Cotton Trust or Syndicate to control all the 
cotton mills in New England, if not in the en¬ 
tire country. It is stated that the amount of 
money already subscribed, chiefly in England, 
is enough to buv the cotton industry of Amer¬ 
ica. The Fell River mills alone have a capi¬ 
tal of over $20,000,000 and an investment of 
upwards of $30 000.000 more, owned by thous¬ 
ands of stockholders, who wouldn’t sell for 
anything like prevailing prices. The present 
tick'ish condition of European politics and 
the danger of a continental conflagration 
at any hour are inducing capitalists and all 
others who have money to invest, not only in 
the United Kingdom, but also in Germany 
and most of the continent of Europe, to seek 
for investments in this country. In the event 
of war all investments of hostile aliens in any 
country are liable to confiscation and are cer¬ 
tain to meet with enormous depreciation in 
the most favorable event, hence toe anxiety to 
make investments in this country with 
which there is really little chance of any 
European country going to war. Of course 
the greater the amount of capital invested 
here by the citizens of any foreign nation, 
the greater would be the pressure they would 
exercise on their government to prevent 
it from going to war in case of any 
embroglio with this country. 
Latest advices from Graytown, Nicaragua, 
the Atlantic port of the projected canal, say 
the actual work will be under way by Jan. 1. 
All preparations are being now rapidly push- 
fd forward. The “terrible example” of the 
Panama fiasco will be a lesson to the Amer¬ 
ican Company in this strictly American enter¬ 
prise. The men will be well boarded and housed 
and get all goods at first cost, every precaution 
being taken to avoid the dissipation, drunk¬ 
enness, starvation, mismanagement and death 
that caused the collapse of De Lessep’s grand 
scheme. Work will be pushed simultaneous¬ 
ly from the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and 
it is expected that the canal will be 
completed in 1894 or 1895 .The great 
Chesapeake and Ohio canal, the originator 
and first president of which was George Wash¬ 
ington, and which was completed from 
Georgetown, D. C., to Cumbeiland, Md. in 
1850, was greatly injured by the late floods at 
the time of the destruction of Johnstown, Pa. 
It had long suffered as a prize of the machin- - 
politics of Maryland, in which its whole length 
stretches along the Potomac. In all about 
$40,000,000 have been sunk in it, and now it is 
in danger of going into a receiver’s hands, as 
capitalists refuse to subscribe the $300,000 
needed to repair the recent damages, unless the 
present managers are removed and the work 
isemirely taken out of politics .. 
The 30th anniversary of the striking of oil in 
Pennsylvania, will occur on August 29. 
A treaty of peace, or it may be only a truce, 
has been patched up between the leaders of 
the Knights of Labor, the Federation of 
Labor, and the Brotherhood of Railroad Fire¬ 
men and Switchmen, as the programme says: 
“in order to disabuse the minds of our fellow- 
toilers of the false impression that any rivalry 
prevails among the various orders.” Having 
the same object, all should certainly heartily 
co-operate in achieving it; but it’s quite like¬ 
ly that the leaders will go on poaching on one 
another’s preserves as of old.Hippolyte 
has been again three times repulsed from 
Port au Prince in Hayti. He managed to 
capiure 18 prisoners, however. Some of them 
were shot in fun, and the others after their ar¬ 
rival in the dusky chief’s camp, had their 
throats cut in sight of the wnole body of 
troops, who went into fantastic ecstasies at 
the sight. In savage reprisal Legitime ordered 
his prisoners—eight in all—to be taken t j the 
market place where their throats were cut be¬ 
fore the populace, who yelled themselves \ 
hoarse as each quivering victim felL Tne 
first few were gagged; but the gags of the 
others were removed in order to add to the 
exultation of the frenzied mob by the agonized 
shrieks of the butchered prisoners. Civilized 
nations are combined to put an end to the 
horrors ot African barbarism in the Dark Con¬ 
tinent; why shouldn’t they promptly combine 
to put an end to the horrors of African bar¬ 
barism in the West Indies?.. 
An election for State Treasurer and members 
oi tne legislatu e was held the other day in 
Kentucky. Of course, the Democrats carried 
the State, by about 40,000 majority. Tne Re¬ 
publicans are reported, however, to have 
made some gains in the legislature. The Pro¬ 
hibition vote was, of course, very light. 
Martin Burke, the Cronin suspect, arrived in 
Chicago from Winnipeg, Tuesday. Oa the 
road he was heavily mauacled and strongly 
guarded. The police expect he’ll turn infor¬ 
mer so as to save his own neck by putting 
those of his confederates in nooses. The world 
would be well rid or the entire crew... 
The Gentiles are jubilant at their victory in 
the local elections at Sait Lake City, Tuesday, 
and will turn the present Mormon rascals out 
next February....... 
Monday, elections in the Cherokee Nation 
were favorable to Chief Mayes’s faction, indi¬ 
cating the defeat of the proposition to sell the 
Cherokee Strip... .The wrangle still 
resounds between Postmaster-General Waua- 
maker and President Green, of the W U. Tel¬ 
egraph Company, about the compensation to 
be allowed by the government for telegraphic 
service. The P.-M.-G. insists that the tele¬ 
graph companies have received valuable con¬ 
cessions from the nation; Pres. Green declares 
that the Western Union never received “a 
stone, a stick of timber or a foot of land un¬ 
der grant of Congress.” The Pacific Tele¬ 
graph Line, however, from the Missouri 
River to the Pacific, a distance of 1,800 
miles, was built upon a government subsidy 
of $40 000 a year for 10 years, while its net 
cost to the projectors was only $30,000. It 
was gobbled up bv the W. U. cormorant: and 
capitalized at $6,000,000! On this immense 
mass of “water” the dear public have been 
paying a heavy interest. Many of the other 
lines raked in by the monopoly got as gener¬ 
ous an allowance of governmental pap. 
Some time ago the New York City authorities, 
in compliance with a new Jaw, ordered the 
various telegraph companies to remove their 
wires and poles from certain streets on which 
conduits had been laid under ground for the 
reception of the wires. Most of them obsti¬ 
nately refused to do so. the Western Union, 
by far the worst offender, being also the worst 
kicker. Mayor Grant ordered the work to be 
done at the city’s expense. It cost. $45 000, 
while the old poles, wires, etc., have just been 
sold at auction for $1,500. Jay Gould and 
his confreres are therefore $43 500 ahead. 
.There have been a number of disastrous 
cloud-bursts in various parts of the country 
during the week. They appear to be useful 
down in Georgia where thev are called 
“trash-movers.”.Last Wednesday on 
a two-mile circular track, at Laurel, Md., a 
three-ton electric motor made two miles a 
minute for 10 consecutive minutes. The new 
system of transportation is intended for ex¬ 
press packages, mail matter, newspapers, etc., 
end is to be pushed rapidly into public use. 
Edison calls it “the greatest conception 
since the telegraph”.... 
In the Connellsville region. Pa., every one of 
the 776 coke plants and over 14,000 coke ovens 
are idle on account of one of the worst strikes 
ever known in that scene of chronic strikes. 
The strikers are ferociously turbulent against 
incoming scabs, many of whom have been 
bludgeoned and maimed and a few shot.... 
. Last Sunday night Spokane Falls, a 
growing town of about 20,000 inhabitants, in 
the midst of a rich agricultural country in 
east central Washington Territory, followed 
the recent example of Seattle on about the 
same parallel in the western part of the Ter¬ 
ritory, and for the most part went up in flames 
and smoke. Thirty blocks with the railroad 
depot and a vast quantity of merchandise 
were cremated. The loss is variously estimat¬ 
ed at from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000 about 
one-fourth of which is covered by insurance. 
Temporary help is urgently needed, but Phoe¬ 
nixlike, a new and improved town 
will promptly rise from the still warm ashes 
of the old, bricks taking the place 
of lumber in the buildings...... 
Ever since the refusal of the Dominion gov¬ 
ernment, some months ago, to disallow the 
grant made to the Jesuits by the Quebec leg¬ 
islature to compensate them for losses incurred 
by English “ usurpation ” ages ago, the dis¬ 
cord between the Protestants and Catholics, 
and especially the French-Canadians, across 
the border, has been growiug stronger aud 
more bitterly out-spoken. All over the coun¬ 
try the Protestants have been ringing the 
tocsin against the increasingly aggressive 
priestly domination, and the French Catholics, 
especially those of the Province of Quebec, 
find in tnis an excuse for more compact or¬ 
ganization. “The division of Canada into 
two necessarily hostile parts,” “dissolution of 
the confederacy," “breaking up of the partner¬ 
ship” aud “ultimate annexation to the United 
States,” are threats or fears that find 
frequent expression, in this connection, 
in the Canadian papers. 
Cases in Point. 
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no particular reason unless it is the fear of 
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more venturesome than ourselves through 
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You have not to leap in the dark, for there 
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Penfield, Pa., Feb. 2, 1888. 
“Thanks to the Lord and Compound Oxy¬ 
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A. H. Rosenkrans. 
Frazier, Pa., May 28, 1888. 
“My recovery is perfectly marvelous. I 
feel as if I would like every sick person to 
try Compound Oxygen; it has done so much 
for me.” Miss A. M. Robb. 
Danville, N. Y., July 21, 1886. 
“I feel truly Compound Oxygen saved my 
life aud nearly four years have passed since I 
came to you in such a distressing condition, 
and to-day 1 can truly say I am entirely well 
and free from asthma and every symptom 
that pertains to it.” Mary Y. Hedges. 
Weatherford, Texas, April 1, 1888. 
“You have my heartfelt gratitude for the 
good your Compound Oxygen has done me.” 
Mrs. Frankie Edwards. 
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FOREIGN NEWS. 
Saturday, August 10, 1889. 
It appears as if the decrease in immigration 
to this country was at least in part due to the 
increase in immigration to the Argentine Re¬ 
public. The number of Europ°an arrivals in 
Buenos Ayres in May was 21 655, and in June 
21,952, or at a rate of 200,000 a year. Since 
January 1, there has been an influx of over 
118.000 foreigners against 65.000 for the corres¬ 
ponding period last year. In view of the fact 
that in 1867 and the three following years less 
than 200,000 immigrants a year, and for two 
of these three years less than 150,000 a year 
reached the United States—a territory three 
times larger than the South American Re¬ 
public—it is evident that the rush into the 
Argentine is phenomenal. The Republic en¬ 
courages immigration by paying the passage 
money of the immigrants, as a rule, and often 
by making them concessions of land. 
... Felix Pyat, the French writer, dramatist 
ar.d revolutionist, died Sunday at Paris, aged 
79.Tennyson was four score years 
old on Tuesday, August 6.The wife 
of the famous Marshal Canrobert died sud¬ 
denly at Paris, Tuesday. The Marshal is now 
81 years old.. 
FIVE HARVEST EXCURSIONS. 
The Burlington Route, C., B. & Q. R. R., 
will sell, on Tuesday, August 6th and 20th, 
September 10th and 24th, and October 8th, 
Harvest Excursion Tickets at Half Rates to 
points in the Farming Regions of the West, 
Southwest and Northwest. Limit30 days. For 
circular giving details concerning Tickets, 
rates, time of trains, etc., and for descriptive 
land folder, call on your ticket agent, or ad¬ 
dress P. S. Eustis, Gen’l Pass, and Ticket 
Agent, Chicago, Ill.— Adv. 
AGRICULTURAL NEW8. 
Saturday, August 10, 1889. 
“ The Hillis Plantation Company ” has been 
incorporated for the manufacture and sale of 
a substitute for coffee in New York.... . C. 
H May, U. S. Consul-General to St. Peters¬ 
burg. has made an exhaustive report to the 
Stat° Department, on Russian agriculture and 
cereal trade. He says the exports of cereals 
from Russ>a in the past two years show a n ab¬ 
normal increase, due to three causes—Fyst, the 
enormous crops gathered from both the 
black lands and the arable prairies; second, 
the depreciation or the paper rouble, and 
third, the foolish practice of systems of “cor¬ 
ners ” in the United States trade. The arable 
lands of Russia in Europe, excluding Poland, 
cover an area of 450,000 square miles. This 
must make Russia a formidable rival to 
the wheat-growers of America, and must ef¬ 
fectually prevent graiu dealers of this coun¬ 
try cornering the markets of the world. Every 
corner attempted in this country gives Russia 
improved opportunity for disposmg of her 
surplus. The nations of Western Europe will 
not pay artificial prices for grain so long as 
Russia can furnish such abundant and in¬ 
creasing supplies These facts should teach 
market manipulators in this country a lesson, 
before our export trade is entirely ruined.... 
The Fourth Annual Exhibition of the New 
Hampshire State Grange Fair Association 
will be held September 10-12 .The 44th 
Annual Provincial Exhibition will be held in 
London, Ontario, Canada, September 9-14. 
Extensive preparations are being made, and 
liberal prizes are offered, and it is intended to 
make this one of the most interesting exhi¬ 
bitions ever held.The Society of Amer¬ 
ican Florists will hold its Fifth Annual Meet¬ 
ing at Buffalo, N. Y., August 20-22. An ex¬ 
cellent programme has been prepared, reduced 
rates have been obtained from railroads, and 
a large attendance is expected. Wm. J. 
Stewart, secretary. 67 Brumfield Street, Bos¬ 
ton, Mass.The 23d Annual Fail of the 
Watertown Agricultural and Horse Associa¬ 
tion will be held at Watertown, Conn., Sep¬ 
tember 24-26. A. H. Scovill, secretary, 
Watertown, Conn. . 
The “Great St. Louis Fair and Zoological 
Gardens,” will be held at Sc. Louis, October 
7-12. All articles for competition are entered 
free, and any article exhibited may be sold. 
All articles and animals must be on the 
grounds on Saturday, October 5, and all 
awards will be made before visitors are ad¬ 
mitted. All railroad and steamboat lines 
terminating in St. Louis offer a reduced rate 
of one fare for the round trip. $70,000 are 
offered in premiums. Arthur Uul, secre¬ 
tary, St. Louis .The Queens County 
Agricultural Society will hold its 48th annual 
exhibition at Mineola, Long Island. Septem¬ 
ber 24-27. Secretary, Jacob Hicks, Old West- 
bury.Tne Rock County Agricul¬ 
tural Society will hold its Second Annual 
Fair at Bassett, Nebraska, October 1-4 R. 
W. Blake, Long Pine, president, A. H. Gale, 
secretary. . 
The Lane mill at New Orleans is turning out 
30,000 yards of cotton bagging daily, aud has 
orders on hand for 7,000,000 yards. r J his is 
an effectual way to settle the Jute Bagging 
Trust. Florida is divided into six in¬ 
spection districts, with an inspector of ferti¬ 
lizers over each.The city of New 
York owns 781 horses, valued at $230,085. It 
coBts about 28 cents per day to keep a fire de¬ 
partment horse, and 78 cents for those used 
in the street-cleaning department..... .... 
It is said that a car-load of cheese is shipped 
daily from New York to California. 
A Michigan cheese factory has shipped the 
June make of cheese directly to England re¬ 
alizing nine cents per pound.. 
The total receipts of live stock last week, at 
New York were 12,715 beeves, 98 cows, 5,669 
calves, 34,593 sheep, 22,783 swine. This is an 
increase of about 50 per cent, over the corres¬ 
ponding week last year, on beevas, and a con¬ 
siderable falling off of other animals. There 
were shipped from this port, during the same 
time. 2,506 live cattle, 8,6b0 quarters of beef, 
179 sheep. Boston shipments were 1,547 live 
cattle and 3,S04 quarters of beef. 
The Williams French Fattening Poultry Com¬ 
pany expects to begin operations in Jersey 
City next week, and will fatten 100,000 hrad 
of poultry every 2. days.About 77,- 
000,000 acres are planted to corn in this coun¬ 
try this year, a slight, increase over last year’s 
acreage.Experiments in the manu¬ 
facture of sugar by the diffusion process at 
Lawrence, Louisiana, show a considerable in¬ 
crease iu the yield over the mill method. 
The Senate Irrigation Committee is on a pil¬ 
grimage through the West, and last Sunday 
distinguished itself by holding a public meet¬ 
ing at Aberdeen, Dakota, the first public 
meeting ever held on Sunday in the his¬ 
tory of the Territory. They claim that irri 
gation by artesian wells is practicable . 
The English are likely to have a Department 
of Agriculture, with a Minister of Agriculture 
iu charge before the close of the present 
session of Parliament. 
Crops & 
Saturday, August 10, 1889. 
The country at large has not been deluged 
with water to such an extent during the past, 
as during the preceding week, although there 
have been some heavy local rains. Light 
frosts have been reported from some parts of 
Illinois, and in the northwest, but no serious 
damage has resulted. The weather has been 
more favorable for farm work, and for secur¬ 
ing the crops which have escaped complete 
destruction. 
Wheat has shown but little change, but 
the tendency is for advanced prices. But 
little thrashing has been done for the time of 
year, and much wheat has been badly 
damaged, if not entirely ruined by the long- 
continued rains. The receipts at iuterior 
points are very much lighter than at the samo 
periods last year. The first new wheat con¬ 
sisting of two car loads, arrived at Minne¬ 
apolis, August 5, from Winnebago City, and 
sold for 82 cents for No. 2, and 88 cents for 
No. 1. 
Corn prospects continue discouraging for 
nearly all sections. Kausas reports an im¬ 
mense crop, some placing the average at 105. 
Missouri also reports a good crop, but all 
other Western and Northwestern States will 
need a very late, warm fall to mature their 
crop. Texas also reports the best corn crop 
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