PERSONAL ITEMS. 
no one appears to be able to account for tbe strange 
deed.” 
(EAucatfaunt 
amt pacltiiury 
Ex-Senator Ckatreo, of Colorado, Is said to bo 
worth $«, 000 , 000 . 
An Indianapolis man has been arrested for vio¬ 
lating Indiana law by marrying Ills step-daughter. 
A Wisconsin boy fired at what he thought was a 
scarecrow, and lilt a tramp, whose ragged clothes 
were flapping in the wlud as he crossed a field. 
Georgo Hoag gave a decision, as umpire of a 
Chicago game of base ball, that displeased one 
side’s captain, who struck-him a fatal blow with 
abut. 
Mrs. Kempt, of Bridgeton, Mich., named her 
boy Christ, not meanlug to be sacrilegious, lie 
grew up to be a bad man, and Is now In prison for 
stealing. 
Eben Waterbury, aged Vi, fell in love with a 
young woman at Ellsworth, ill, and gained her 
consent to marry; but his stern son Interposed, 
and the old man committed suicide. 
The London newspapers tell of a belle who paid 
$ 2 & to have the Initials of her lover’s name tattooed 
on her arm, and later, having tpiarrelled with 
him, was offering |500 for a moans of obliteration. 
Lawyer Dotnbttz of St. Louis Is Invariably po¬ 
lite. A long and terrific roll of thunder stopped 
him In an address to a jury, and on resuming he 
said: “ Gentlemen, pray excuse this Interrup¬ 
tion.” 
Major Fred. NlchollS, of the Memphis Avalanche, 
Is the only member of the staff who has not tied 
from the city. lie edits, seta type and prints the 
paper without assistance. He alone- stood to ills 
post during last year’s epidemic. 
About two years ago James Hartland was sent 
to jail In England, and vowed he'd murder oue of 
the committing magistrates. On August 8 he kept 
his word by putting three bullets Into the Let J. 
Itooker, for 32 yearn vicar of Gornal. 
Bob McCorkle, lately hanged at Taylorvllle, 
N. G’., was one of tbe rew murderers who did not 
feel sure of going from the scaffold direct to 
heaven. “ Kind friends,” were his last words, “ re¬ 
member me In your prayers to-night, for I don't 
know where i’ll be." 
European rulers probably do not enjoy travel¬ 
ing. The Czar was lately hurried from Livadla to 
Moscow ahead of the appointed time, In conse¬ 
quence of the discovery of a plot to assassinate 
him on the way. King Humbert Journeyed by 
night from Genoa, because he feared death at the 
hands of a revolutionary society, Into which one 
of his spies had penetrated. 
Thomas II. Stopfell and Helen Reed were mar¬ 
ried at Ebensburgh, Fa., against the lleed family's 
wishes, the bride s brother, particularly, having 
opposed the mutch. The young couple were at the 
village hotel, getting ready to start on a honey- 
mooh tour, and the brother dashed into the room 
In great rage, und attempted to shoot Stopfeil. 
The girl saved her husband's life by seizing her 
brother's pistol; but the excitement speedily 
caused her death. 
II; F. Beecher, son of the Lev. H. W. Beecher, 
left Kern county, t 'al., three or rour months ago to 
superintend the driving of w.tHMl sheep, the prop¬ 
erty of General Beale, to Salt Lake City. In cross¬ 
ing the Alula desert, over which the drovers and 
their herds traveled for eight days and nights, 
finding no water tor tlio animals, lo/iiii sheep per¬ 
ished. General Beale was offered * 15,000 for the 
herds at the start, but refusing, now finds himself 
the loser by some $r,ouo. 
Mr. Montagu Corry, Lord Beuoousfleld's secre¬ 
tary, Is his alter too. Lord Beaconsfield hardly 
over even dines out without him, and he always 
accompanies his chler on his visits to Osborne- 
Mr. Corry is son of the late Light. Honorable H. L. 
Corry, and first cousin of the Irish Earl of Bel- 
more, who married Mr. Gladstones niece, ills 
mother was sisterot the Whig Earl of Shaftesbury. 
The Corry ramlly are rod-hot Irish Protestants. 
Mr. Corry bus considerable private means, en¬ 
abling him to refuse the good places his patron 
has offered him. 
Owen Wall, the famous negro banjo player of 
North Carolina, rode with a party of tourists 
through the mountains, near Rockingham, ou Sat¬ 
urday, the gayest of the gay. He sat In his saddle 
Turkish fashion, carelessly,-picked on his banjo 
and Bang “Dandy Jtrn of Caroline,” the chorus of 
which runs: 
" My ole marstcr tole me so, 
lse de bos Jooklu’ nigger in de couulree, o l 
I look In do glass and ioun’ 'twas so, 
Jes as olcl marster told me, O.” 
Just as Owen finished the song, and while the 
gentlemen weve applauding, he fell from the sad¬ 
dle, stone dead. 
Oliver Dalrymple, the wheat king, lives at 
Fargo, Dakota, lie may be seen anywhere and 
everywhere on his mammoth estates throughout 
the day. Afoot, ou horseback or tu carriage, he ts 
always on hand to look after his own and his 
partner's interests, ami every detail of the great 
business appears to him familiar. He is a tall, 
ttdu, pleasanHooking gentleman of about 45 years 
of age, and though he w ould not he picked out in 
au assemblage as a great man, any one who visits 
the Dalrymple farms, in the Led Liver Valley, 
and sees the monarch of the American wheat 
fields at home, cannot but come away enthusiastic 
In praise of an executive ability which may well 
be compared t.o that of the manager of a great 
military campaign. 
A Russian Socialist, condemned to the mines of 
Siberia, desired to commit suicide, but the cell in 
which he was confined, at Odessa, contained 
nothing that, could be used In any ordinary 
way against his Ufe. So ho tore off the top of his 
lamp, lighted the petroleum olllu it, and sat over 
It In such a way as slowly to burn to death. “ sueli 
was the man’s determination,” says a corres¬ 
pondent of the London Times. “ that neither dur¬ 
ing the act nor at the hospital whither he was 
removed only to Huger and die did he utter a 
word or give any slgu indicative of suffering, and 
Fair skin, rosy cheeks, buoyant spirits and the 
sweetest breath in Hop Bitters. See notice. 
RASPBERRY PLANTS 
the. best. All(ftfCTD A \k !DCDDV 
newest and brst& ‘ « W D t ft 11 I 
in pots or strong’ layers. Stock pure and first-claas. 
Brices low. CS^'Sce new list. Address 
GIBSON & BENNETT, Woodbury. N..T. 
t largest and best. 
XiXiAiXvAXio I Longfellow, Warrou, Huddle¬ 
ston’s Favorite.Black Giant, Khurpless, an d Queen of the 
Market. Font nun. Nursery. UW acres devoted to small 
fruits. Price-List free. Send 8c. stamp for colored illus¬ 
trations and testimonials. 
\VM PAF.UY, 1 'iuiiaujiuson, N. J. 
STRAWBERRIES! •SSKggAK 
FA VOItITE, are the largest aud heat. For Plants, or 
Circulars, address E. Y. TEAS, I) UN KEITH, 
Henry Co., Ind. 
SHARPLESS 5‘,™7,‘ er ,™ 
) u u u grown or from open ground. Noted 
for its great vigor, produettiicnesx , large, size, and best 
gii.nt.it 1 / /'or -market and /’amiIn use. Get plauts direct 
from Central Peunrylvauia, ” the home of the Sharp, 
lefts,” and l>e sure they are genuine. Oe.inriptivn Price- 
List of this aud other varieties tree. 
.1. L. DUvLON, Florist, Blooms*>urg. Pa. 
—STRAWBRIES-" 
Now and old, including SHARPLESS and PRES. 
LINCOLN, not-grown and in layers. A full line of 
nursery stoolc, and 150,000 Grape Vines and Cur¬ 
rant Bushes tor Fall trade. Send for price lists. 
W. L, FEHKIS. Jit., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
(Late Fichu is, Minauo & Go.) 
STRAW 
E. P. ROE 
offers one of the largest 
,, - , „ - --aadnNKST stock* of Pot- 
Grown and Lover Strawberry Plant- overgrown 
in this country. Prices very reasonable. New Deaerip 
ti ve Catalogue free to all. Address: 
E, P. ROE, Oornwall-on-Hudfon, N. Y. 
TREES 
A large assortment of Fruit, 
Nliarfc, Oruiiuientnl Trees 
and Shrubs. Roses, Green¬ 
house Plauts, etc ; Gregg 
Itiispbec. y, stnyuev k Iu ok berry, Apple Seed¬ 
lings. New Full Catalogue free. Established 1852. 
BAI2D & TUTTLE, Ajsats, Blocniagton Nursery, Ills, 
SEEDSMEN I •SSfiaLflB" 
New Crop. Best Varieties. Pure Stock. 
Illustrated price-list for dealers only, free on appli¬ 
cation to FltANt'ls Hit ll,i„ 
Mattltuek. L. I., N. Y. 
CTRAWBEKET PLANTS.—A choice stock of 
n Old and New varieties at moderate prices. De¬ 
scriptive List sent freo to oil applicants. Address 
P. M. AUGUlt & SONS, Middle-field, Conn. 
ijlliVceUaucoiw. 
JSKK DflAT RCCD EKSrt 
eliUU I DttH:;" 
and strengthening. Ask your druggist for it. Sent by 
mall ou receipt of 25 cents. 
Manufactured only by 
CHARLES E. HIRES, 
215 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Watttea. 
AGENTS WANTED.} 
Circulars free. Address AM. PUB. CO., Hartford, 
Wire’s 
Ct 
kai *7 H H A year aud exiwusea to agents. Outttt Free. 
O i l I Address P. O. YICKEICY, Augusta, Maine. 
Estate, 
Improved Farms for Sale 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS. 
Parties desiring to sanire bargains lu lwprovod 
farms should w __„____ 
tls, Chuuipnigu, 111b., be/'ore investing elsewhere 
to Buruliiim, Trevctt dt'AInt- 
elsewtu 
Ilcur guMiottion#. 
The Voice of Worship, 
For Choirs, Conventions and Singing Schools. 
15 V 1j. O. Ill NX ERSON. 
This iiplnndld book is now nearly through the press, 
and will be lu great demand. Fail collection of the 
beet Hymn Tuned and Anthems for Choirs. numerous 
Glees tor Social aud Clu.-yi singing, aud a good Singing 
School course. Us attractive couleuts, with the low 
price ($1.UU or $9.00 per dozen), should make It the 
most popular of Church Music Books. 
m TEMDI C f’w Staging Schools. Con- 
I C ItlrLCi vent ions and Choirs. By \V. 
U. PEuitttts. will be ready in a few days. First class 
book for Slugtng Schools, witli largo collection of 
Gleoa. and plenty of Hymn Tunes and Anthems. 
Price $t.iK)Or ijui.uo per dozen. Although Singing Class¬ 
es are especially provided for, both the Soenkr and 
Sacred Music render it one of the best Convention 
and Chtii r Books, 
FATINITZA. 
three languages, all 
_ _ JP- 
_la era, is now ready, with words in 
> languages, all the Music and Libretto complete. 
Price #2.00 paper. $2.25 boards. 
PINAFORE, 
tor a dollar. Com 
Price reduced toSOots. The same 
—____ elegant edition heretofore sold 
tor a dollar. Complete Worilis, Libretto and Music. 
All ready for tbe stage. 
>oK u. 
Any book mailed for retail price. 
OLIVER DITSON & CO., Boston. 
C'* U« Ditaoii & Co*j J* £* X)if sou JLr- Coif 
843 Broadway, New York. 922 Chestnut St, Phila. 
LASELL SEMINARY, 
AUBURNDALE (near Boston). MASS. 
Studies the eduration of girls.dram the practical side, 
how best to fit them, as we find them, to be strong, use¬ 
ful women. A refined. Cbristiau home; special care of 
health and manners of growing ei rls. F ourteen teach¬ 
ers. Boston specialists in Cooking, Millinery, Dress 
cutting.&o. Yearly expense, Opens Sept. 18. 
Catalogue free. C. U. BKAGDON, Principal. 
VASSAR COLLEGE, 
M 9 oo£'/ttcetpsiry wV. 1'. 
For the Tsiberal FdHaitian of Women. J r laminations 
for entrance, Sept. 1/. Charges *400 a year. Catalogues 
sent on application to W. L. DEAN, Registrar. 
WOMAN’S MEDICAL COLLEGE 
OP TUB 
WEW YORK ISffPIRMARY 
128 SECOND AVENUE, Cor. 8th St., New York. 
Eegui.au Session of l878-'7i) will open October the 
1st. A thorough course of three years' instruction by 
M ilitar y school, sing king. n. y , Rev. 
D. A. Holbrook, Ph.D., Prlncip.i .. 
for College, West Point, or tor JuuBinesa. Reopens 
Sept. 16th. Send for catalogue. 
M APLEWOOD INSTITUTE for YOUNG 
LA DIES, Pittsfield, Mass. Advantages supe¬ 
rior and location nnri vailed. 
Rkvs. r. Y. SPEAR and R. E. AVERY, PaiNC. 
Trinity Hall, Beverly, N. J.} EBU m* ed 
An attractive Homc-Si-liool for Git-la, Varied 
advantages of the highest order. Fall term begins 
Sept. 18. For circular address 
Miss RAOJIEJ.LE GIBBONS HUNT. Prin. 
OtlLKY J’LUWS.-TUB SUBSCRIBERS 
4 D are the only manufacturers of 
OSBORN’S SULKY PLOW, 
the only plowing Machine that has proved a perfect 
success in all kinds Of soli. Any kind of plow can be 
attached. The plowman rides and handles the plow 
with e:iho, rop.’icatiiijr the depth nud width of furrow. 
I he dratt tor tbe team is materially less, and the ordi¬ 
nary laborious mode of plowing is reduced to one of 
comfort ami ouro. Also, uiuuufucttu'ers of 
THB MEADOW KING WIOWEH, 
and other Agricultural Implements. 
Send for Circulars. GREGG ik CO,, 
Tin inn usburgr, Tompkins Co., N. Y. 
PATEVT SC IRK- IURESTFR. 
8 —H. P. Mounted, $650. 
10 •* •• 750. 
12 “ “ 1000. 
Sendjor our Circulars. 
2-H. P. Eureka, $150. 
4 '• “ 250. 
6 *’ “ 350. 
B.W’.Pa.yue&Sons, Corning, N.Y. 
State id fur- x/ou saw (his. ° 
THE FARMER’S FAVORITE 
WINE & CIDER MILL. 
IT HAS NO EQUAL IN SIMPUCIIY, 
GRINDS FOUR DIFFERENT GRADES OF PULP. 
We make throe sizer. 
No. 1, Fiuuily .Ulll,—Two curbs, holding about 
5 peeks each. 
No. tj, Family Hill Press—has capacity of 1 bag. 
tel. 
No. U . New Power Mill.- Two men will grind 35 
to 40 bushels hard apples per hour. By power will , rind 
a bushel aiuluute. Its press has a capacity of 75 uyfi. 
lone at a t'resBing. Send for circular. 
HIGGANH.R IlFG. CORPORATION, 
Hlggauum, Ct. 
Manufacturers of Agricultural Implements of alt de- 
scnptious. 
BGOKWALTER ENGINE 
Compact, substantial, eioo- 
nomical and easily muuaged. 
Guaranteed to work well aud 
give full power claimed. 
Engine and boiler complete, 
including governor, feed¬ 
pump. drive-pulley, etc., etc., 
at the low price of 
3 Horse power. ,,.$215 
Oi “ ” .... 245 
6>4 “ " .... 315 
Manufactured at Springfield 
Ohio. Send for Descriptive 
Pamphlet. 
JAMES LEFFEL & CO., Springfield, 0. 
Or, 1 iO Liberty Mt., New York City. 
Russell’s Improved 
FARM ENGINE. 
With or Without Traction Attachment. 
Easily Illanaged, does Good Work and 
More of it tkau any other Engine. 
started their new machine, ’threshed 271 buehelH of 
wheat with one quarter cord of wood. We are taking 
the sway ; have got more than we can do: the fairness 
say it is tne beet ng in the world. 
8, lO & 14 HOUSE POWER. 
Illustrated Circulars, Price Lists, etc., sent free. Ad. 
dress 
RUSSELL & CO., Massillon, Ohio. 
Also manufacturers of tbe celebrated “ New Massillon” 
and “ Massillon " Threshers. 
Agents Wanted in New York State. 
State you #-»w this in the Rural New-Yorker. 
;tvrixri isi tiiMro runs rt sucot run prizes inq 1 
*u !4« U.S. STATt rtirt ?nt«njU3 in is rr. z ign. 
, j,,; j pirnro7 
«“u ra« wMt my 
/i/is/ss m 
P X UfOrRICK.t CO. A19ANY HYi 
Attention. Owners of Horses! 
THE ZINC COLLAR 
l*AD is the ouly per- 
uanent and reliable pad 
•r fiore-necked horses or 
miles, that haa ever been 
produced, and has been 
greatly imp-roved since 
Jan. 1st. by being specially 
_ fitted to nret-class tight 
and loo .l . collars, ’l he new pad of proper sizes 
will fit either. Being of smooth metal, they do not 
wear the mane, and always dispense, when needed, 
their medicinal virtues. 1 nere are over k million and 
a half of them in use. Pails made of other material 
can only temporarily have nny curative properties 
whatever, and soon become worthless by abrasion in 
cleaning them. The Zinc Pads are sold by leading. 
Saddlery Houses throughout the country, aud harness 
makers generally. Ask your Huniees Maker for them. 
Manufactured by ZING GOI.LAR PAD GO., 
JOOllANA!?, Mxoh. 
Horse-Powe rs, 
For One, Two and Three Horses. 
MAOH1NiGS FOR 
Threshing' and Cleaning Grain 
and Sawing Wood. 
Patented, Mauafactiu-ed and Sold by 
A. W. (i It A. Y ’ 8 HON8, 
Midilleiiiwa -Springs, Vt. 
The machines with the improvements are the result 
of more than thirty years’careful, study and experi¬ 
ment. 
The.proprietors are the inventors, ever have been 
and still are i lie sole manufacturers. 
We have, labored from the first to produce machines 
that wifi be durable, tasty, compact, portable-, mid that 
will mu with the least possible friction. 
We believe that we manufacture the best machine of 
the kind m the country. 
Our machines have never failed to receive the high- 
est award at nfi competitive exliihitious. 
Circulars and Price Lists free. Address ns above. 
Farm Grist Mill. 
The Grinding Parts are 
STEEL. 
It is adapted to all kinds of 
horse powers. It grinds all 
kinds of Grain rapidly. It is 
simple, cheap anil durable. 
i&~ Send rou Dusuale- 
TtVE CrRUOUAH. 
Wm. L. Boyer & Bro. 
SUn Germantown Avonne, 
Philadelphia, IV 
Also manufacturers Celebrated Union Horse-Power,Ac. 
THE BQREL& COURVOISIER SWISS WATCHES 
HAVE BEEN AWARDED 
THE GOLD MEDAL 
Q.UINCHE & KRUGLKR 
at the Paris Exposition of this year, 
based ou the greatest superiority of 
of performance during the test made 
manufactured of the best material 
and finished by skilled hand labor 
er beyond peiadvocturo. Messrs. B. 
tlm in prices, so as to britig tUelr 
Great care is taken In the finishing 
those adjusted for railroad use. Cull 
Improved B. & C-. Watches. Tlio 
relative merits of Swiss Watches, as 
munnfucturo. Can a country that 
Hundred years bo Ignored ? Give 
and they will demonstrate to you 
you to institute un impartial corn- 
The Jury of Awards’ decision was 
workmanship and extreme accuracy 
by tbe Judges. These watches are 
and rnude with Improved machinery, 
thus insuring an accurate Ume-4.eep- 
&C, have made a still further redue- 
watches within the reach of all 
of their movements, particularly 
on your Jeweler and ask to see the 
public is asked to Investigate the 
compared with those of American 
has mndo watches for the past Two 
the Borel A CourvoUier fair play, 
that none can excel them. We ask 
purlson before purchasing. 
17 MAIDEN LANK, New York, Sole Agenia for the United State*, 
