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HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, Feb. 20, 1886. 
Owing to the large deficit in the Canadian 
Treasury (between five and six rnilliou dollars), 
the Government will not be able to enlarge 
the Welland C’aual this year—cost would be 
about $1,500,000, All interested in the carry¬ 
ing trade of the West are urging the abolition 
of tolls on the St. Lawrence canals, as most 
of their former traffic has been diverted to the 
Erie since this State made it free. The mara- 
time Provinces, however, and other sections 
which gain nothing by the traffic, while they 
have to contribute largely to the maintenance 
of the cauals, are strongly opposing their be¬ 
ing made free.Montreal is said to have 
1,000 cases of diptheria, and the disease is 
terribly prevalent in Quebec, Toronto, St. 
John, Haliffix, and several other Canadian 
cities.Several of the Ontario cities, 
Toronto and Hamilton among them, have 
memorialized the Dominion Government to 
cease spending public money for the purpose 
of inducing immigrants to come to Canada... 
.George Q. Cannon, the “brains” of Mor- 
monism, who had been biding for some weeks 
from officers seeking to arrest him for 
polygamy, was arrested last Saturday, while 
trying to steal away from Winnemucca, Neb. 
.Gens. Howard and Terry are likely to 
succeed Hancock, dead, and Pope, “retired,” 
as Major-Generals. They are highest in rank 
as Brigadier-Generals. Though Gibbon and 
Stanley are their seniors in service, them real 
rivals are Crook and Miles.. 
_The License Law of Connecticut provides 
that liquors shall not be sold to mmors. The 
State Supreme Court has just decided that this 
means for their own use; and that it can be 
sold indiscriminately to minors for the use of 
adults. An amendment of the law is prob¬ 
able ....... There is a movement to transplant 
Mormonism into Mexico, negotiations for large 
tracts of land being, it is said, under way. 
Pres. Diaz is reported to favor the transfer- 
There are four propositions with regard to 
Dakota, before the House Committee on Terri¬ 
tories. Fu*st, to amend the Senate bill so as 
to wipe out the present State organization 
and submit the question of division to a vote 
of the people. Second, to pass an enabling 
act for the southern half of the Territory. 
Third, to divide the Territory into two parts 
on the Missouri River, and admit the eastern 
part as a State. Fourth, to divide the Terri¬ 
tory and postpone the admissiou of either 
portion. Neither of these propositions is 
popular with the Dakota people, who still hope 
to see the House pass the Senate bill admitting 
the southern part of the Territory as a State. 
.The anti-Chinese agitation continues 
on the Pacific coast stem lily but more quietly. 
The anti-Chinese Congress at Portland, Ore¬ 
gon, reeomendsthe impeachment of Governor 
Squires, of Washington Territory,for bis vigor¬ 
ous action against the anti-Chinese rioters, 
and the abrogation of all treaties with China 
that permit immigration. It commends 
newspapers that indorsed the rioting at Sea- 
tie and Tacoma, and permanently boycotts 
those that went in for “law and order.”. 
The Government telephone suits will be 
brought to trial probably at Columbia, Ohio, 
certainly outside the District of Columbia, as 
it is thought that juries there are too easily 
“influenced” by corrupt considerations. 
The Knights of Labor demand postal savings 
banks, to preserve their savings from the 
clutches of bank cashiers starting for Canada. 
...In Texas the Knights are still boy¬ 
cotting the Mallory line of steamers, and 
soliciting merchants all through the State not 
to patronize it. The wholesale dealers are 
chary of making promises; the retailers, 
whose trade is directly affected by working¬ 
men’s patronage, are more compliant. 
The business of the Morgan railroad and 
steamship line which monopolize the trade 
between Texas and New Orleans, is at a stand¬ 
still, as the men have struck for higher wages. 
No freight is received or handled—all means 
of transportation are “tied up.”.. .All over the 
country “labor troubles” are injuring or par- 
alizing regular business in places; and the 
strikers are much better organized and much 
more successful than ever before. The 
Knights of Labor are everywhere the “brains” 
of the movement, and strikes and boycotting 
the weapons.In Congress the Fitz 
John Porter bill has passed the House by a 
large ma jority.A bill providing for a 
fine of not more than $500 and imprisonment 
of not more than one year or both on all going 
on Indian lands with the object of settling 
there, passed the Senate Wednesday. 
Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, has introduced a 
bill for the repeal of all treaties permitting 
the immigration of Chinese, and prohibiting 
their coming, except inya.se of deplomatic_aud 
official personages.The Republican 
Senators, who are in a majority, will not con¬ 
firm appointees to office where the heads of 
Departments refuse to furnish information 
as to the reasons for the removal of former 
officials, when it is asked for by the Senate.... 
_The House Committee on Agriculture has 
agreed to report favorably the bill introduced 
by Representative Hatch to establish experi¬ 
mental stations in connection with agri cul¬ 
tural colleges.The Pan-Electric contro¬ 
versy is to be investigated by the House. 
Claims for damages caused by the anti- 
Chinese riots at Rock Springs, Wy.. last 
Fall, have been filed with the Secretary of 
State; others are expected on account of the 
riots in Oregon and Washington Territory. The 
Cabinet is about to urge legislation to indem¬ 
nify the Chinese.The House has passed 
a bill reducing from eight cents to five the 
charge for money orders not exceeding *5.... 
Again a bill is up in Congress to allot lands in 
severalty to the Indians. This is the best way 
of cutting down the vast territory assigned 
them.The battle for and against a con¬ 
tinuation of silver coinage is loud and hot in 
Congress, with advantage hitherto in favor 
of the silver men; but Eastern papers expect 
the case will be reversed soon.The Trans¬ 
continental R. R., Association which for some 
time has controlled passenger and freight 
traffic between the Pacific and Mississippi has 
burst up, as some of the roads wanted a larger 
share of the traffic than the others were will¬ 
ing to give. Some say rates will at once be 
cut; others that another conference will soon 
be held.The New Jersey Supreme 
Court has decided that the railroad and canal 
tax law of 1884 is unconstitutional. It was 
supposed that no taxes would lie needed ex¬ 
cept those *on railroads and canals. The 
Court, decides that these can be taxed only 
under a general law taxing corporations. 
The States will have to refund over $1,000,000 
already collected, audit has made no provision 
for iucoroe from other sources. It is con¬ 
sidered temporarily bankrupt. The Treas¬ 
urer refuses to pay out a dollar. Decision of 
Court to be contested.. . 
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Those who have used the Boss Zinc and 
Leather Collar Pads and Ankle Boots 
say they are the best and cheapest, liecause 
most durable. They will last a life-time. 
Sold by harness makers on 60 days’ trial. 
Dexter Curtis, Madison, Wis.— Adv. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, February 30, 1886. 
A machine just invented in France, it is 
said, jierfectly separates the fiber of ramie, 
ready for bleaching, carding and spinning. 
If the report turns out true, the culture of 
ramie in the Gulf States is sure to take a new 
start, as the difficulty of separating the fiber 
has hitherto been the great obstacle in the way 
of utilizing it.The exports of hog pro¬ 
duct in January were nearly 40,000,000 pounds 
short of corresponding month last year. 
.The production of St. Louis flour mills 
for 1885 is officially estimated at 1,838,782 
barrels; for 1884 at 1,900,737 barrels, and for 
1883 at i,892,033 barrels.The low price 
at which Nebraska corn can be laid down 
in San Francisco, has been taken advantage 
of by large stockmen and dairymen. Some 
have abandoned feeding barley, and are sub¬ 
stituting corn and low grades of wheat, which 
can be purchased cheaper and are said to pro¬ 
duce better resulte...Telegraphic 
reports from all the great cattle-raising sec¬ 
tions of the Northwest, West and Southwest 
are rosy. Loss iu Texas not over five per 
cent.; in Kansas, 25,000 head instead of 
100,000 as earlier reported; in Colorado, two 
per cent.; in Wyoming, one per cent.; in 
Dakota, all wintered well; in Montana “cattle 
were never looking 1 letter at this season”— 
mildest Winter since 1877; in New Mexico, 
Winter exceptionally severe; but little loss 
of cattle, as they found shelter iu the cations 
and arroyas. Losses light in Manitoba and 
throughout the Canadian Northwest. 
.Interviews with cattlemen do not give 
estimates qu ite so favorable. Loss throughout 
the Northwest is put three per cent. Let¬ 
ters from ordinary travelers and prospectors 
through the cattle ranges are still less favorable. 
“Native” stock have everywhere suffered less 
than pure breeds or even crosses or high 
grades. In farm stock there has been little 
loss, as even the rude shelter and care they 
got, have saved them from death, though 
many are in poor condition. Curious—isn’t 
it?—that owners of range cattle everywhere 
say they expect unusually high prices for 
their stock, although the losses have been so 
“insignificant.”_... Massachusetts proposes 
to impose a fine of ¥250, or imprisonment for 
six mouths, on any one who negligently or will¬ 
ingly seta fire to another person’s woods or to 
his own if another person’s property is in¬ 
jured .In the matter of Green’s driven 
well patent, which expired about a year-ago, 
ten appeals were taken to the United States 
Supreme Court from the decision of Judge 
Nixon of the Circuit Court of New Jersey, 
who had supported the validity of the patent. 
The Supreme Court has dismissed all the 
appeals, putting the costs on the well owners, 
and establishing the validity of the patent— 
good job it runs no louger!. 
.Comte de St. Vallior, the French 
statesman who died lately, had for 20 years, 
in consequence of a disorder of the stomach, 
lived exclusively on milk, of which, during 
his splendid dinner parties, he sipped glasses. 
.The New Jersey State Board of Agri¬ 
culture asks the Legislature to remove legal 
protection from the English sparrow. 
Great Britniu consumed 305,000,000 pounds of 
wool the past year, and the United States 
308.000,000.The McCormick Reaper 
Works, at Chicago, have been shut down, 
throwing 1,400 men out of employment. After 
a late strike the wage question was arranged 
quite satisfactorily: and the men then insisted 
on the discharge of all nun-union hands—hence 
the shut-down.A decree has been sign¬ 
ed by the Queen Regent reducing by 15 per 
cent.* the duties on Spanish flour imported into 
Cuba. The law will be in force until the 1st 
of April next..Eight more arrests of 
retailers of bogus butter in this city yesterday. 
.In the year from May 1, 1884, to 
April 30. 1885, the shipments of fertilizers 
from Baltimore constituted 45.6 per cent, of 
the whole fertilizer trade of the country. 
The total shipments were 801,230 tons. The 
shipments to the different States were: Ala¬ 
bama, 47,283: Delaware, 10,040; Florida, 
5,540; Georgia, 205,208; Illinois, 8,533; Ken¬ 
tucky', 210; Louisiana, 355; Maryland, 57,141: 
Michigan, 389; Mississippi, 0,748; New York, 
18.033; New Jersey. 33,957: North Carolina, 
105,147; Ohio, 0.295; Pennsylvania, 08,347; 
South Carolina, 130,577; Tennessee, 6,751; 
Virginia and West Virginia, 92,006; Western 
States, 15; District of Columbia, 84; New 
England, 1,905. ................. 
_The House Committee m Agriculture has 
practically agreed upon amendments to the 
Bureau of Animal Industry Act. which will 
provide, for the condemnation of animals in¬ 
fected with plenro-pueumouia, or suspected of 
such infection. These amendments will fix a 
maximum price on auimals so condemned, of 
800 for common animals, nnd £120 for blooded 
cattle._ 
Our Experiments, substantiated by dairy¬ 
men and the proprietors of creameries iu all 
the fancy butter districts, warrants us in 
asking strangers to try Thatcher’s Orange 
Butter Color. Wo know it will please them. 
Ask your dealer for it.—H. D. Thatcher & 
Co., Potsdam, N.Y.— Adv. 
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If you grow Cauliflowers or Cabbages, seud 
30 cents in stamps to Francis Brill, Riverhead, 
Long Island, N. Y., and get bis book with 
practical information in minute detail.— Adv. 
Crops & i^tarhds. 
Saturday, Feb. 20, 1886. 
A cargo of California wheat was sold in the 
Mersey (at Liverpool), last Wednesday, at 31s. 
Od. per quarter (93%c. per bushel), the lowest 
price on record. California wheat is the 
highest- priced American wheat in the Euglish 
market. As it is quite hard, it is usually mix¬ 
ed with softer English wheats by millers in 
grinding. 
The general impression in Englaud is that 
prices of wheat have touched bed-rock; still 
English importers are slow to make an ad¬ 
vance, although purchases are chiefly for 
legitimate wants—not speculative purposes. 
The Mark bane Express says the Liverpool 
grain markets are “paralized” and that “the 
American option is the curse of the world.” 
The pressure of Russian wheat in the German 
markets holds prices down on the Continent. 
The high tariff shuts American wheat entirely 
out of France and almost entirely out of Ger¬ 
many. 
Compared with corresponding date lust 
year, the amount of wheat on passage from 
all parts of the world to Europe shows a de¬ 
crease of 0,900,000 bushels and corn of 040,000 
bushels. The visible supply of wheat in the 
United States and Canada, with the amount 
of wheat afloat for Europe, is 71,125,170 
bushels, against 73,237,803 bushels one year 
ago, aud of corn 11,891,000, against 10,814,1X10 
bushels last year. 
Bombay exports of wheat iu January, ac¬ 
cording to Beerbohm’s reports, were 137,000 
quarters for the Continent and 54.000 quarters 
for the United Kingdom, making an aggre¬ 
gate of 191,1X10 quarters, or 1,028,000 bushels. 
Bombay exports to all ports during the calen¬ 
dar year 1885 were 20,169.407 bushels, the 
largest on record. For 1884 they wore 12,538,- 
754 bushels, and an average of 16,918,354 
bushels for the three years 1881 to 1883 in¬ 
clusive. The Agricultural Department of In¬ 
dia reports a decrease of 126,000 acres iu the 
wheat crop, compared with last, year's area iu 
Gujerat districts of the Bombay Presidency, 
and of 25,000 acres in the Native States. Iu 
the Deccan there is an increase of 100,000 
acres, and in the Karnatic country the area is 
50,000 acres above average. This is nu im¬ 
provement on previous reports. The British 
receipts of Indian wheat within two years 
past were: In 1884,15,119,832 bushels, and in 
1885, 22,590,330 bushels. The estimated pro¬ 
bable British receipts of Indian wheat, Janu¬ 
ary 1 to July 1. 1886, was giveu at 8,000,000 
bushels. India, with its extremely cheap 
labor, fast developing transportation facili¬ 
ties, aud great area suitable for wheat cul¬ 
ture, is now our great rival in foreign wheat 
markets, aud there is a growiug impression 
that it will soon shut us out from them, by 
selling at prices with which we cannot, afford 
to compete. We should, therefore, keep well 
posted with regard to its wheat crop. 
The home wheat market has beet) very dull, 
with a slight downward tendency during the 
week. The prices vary considerably more 
each day, however, even in dull times, than 
the variations recorded for the week in the 
various markets. Cables announce the lowest 
prices yet in Englaud. Reports of injury to 
winter wheat, by frost, have been made and 
strongly denied—probably there is some, but 
not much hitherto. Heavy orders have lwen 
coming to Toledo and other collecting centers 
for wheat wanted by millers in the interior, 
which shows that there is little wheat in first 
hands, and tends to enliven trade. The super¬ 
abundance of wheat on the Pacific Slope low¬ 
ers prices “east of the Rockies,” by compet¬ 
ing with “Eastern Slope” wheat in the United 
Kingdom, Prices at San Francisco have de¬ 
clined three cents per bushel owing to heavy 
supplies. Walla Walia wheat has sold at Port¬ 
land, Ore., at. 00c,, which, with‘the current 
rate of freight to the United Kingdom, would 
make it cost about $1 per bushel, delivered. 
The receipts of wheat at Minneapolis during 
the week were 460,000 bushels, which is quite 
as much as the mills can dispose of; so that 
there was no diminution of the stocks on haud. 
Those at Duluth are increasing. It is said that 
little of the supply came from farmers’ hands, 
most of it having been drawn from the eleva¬ 
tors along the various roads. It is thought 
that unless war news or trustworthy reports 
of extensive damage to the winter wheat 
crop interfere to bolster up prices, there will 
be a drop iu wheat within a few weeks. The 
output of flour was 78,000 barrels; shipments, 
76,000; market dull. 
The Cincinnati Price Current of Thursday 
says the number of hogs packed last week in 
the West was 310,000, against 265.000 for the 
preceding week — total since November 1, 
6,005,000. against. 5,995,1 h hi last year. 
Advices dated February 15, from Elgin. 
Ill., the great butter market of the West, say 
that on that day 15,720 pounds of butter were 
sold at 33 cents; with small choice lots at 34 
cents, closing firm. Cheese was firm at five 
cents for hal’d skims. The sales for the day 
aggregated £12,472. 
A change has beeu made in the dressed and 
live beef freight rates from Chicago to the 
seaboard. The old live stock rates were based 
on 25 cents per 100 pounds from Chicago to 
New York: the basis now is 85 cents. The 
old dressed beef rate was 43V' cents: the new 
is 65 cents. Formerly there was a distinction 
of 74 i»er cent, lietween the live stock and 
dressed beef rates in favor of the former. 
The dressed beef rate is now made about 85 
per cent, higher than the live cattle tariff, 
and all the po d lines are pledged to accept it. 
The change is in favor of Eastern butchers, 
cattle owners and drovers, aud is likely seri¬ 
ously to diminish the Western dressed beef 
trade iu the East. The prices of roasts and 
steaks are sure to go up. 
As soon as practicable after the close 
of the year, the Department of Agricul¬ 
ture made special investigation with regard 
to the last cotton crop. Its report, estimates 
the cotton remaining on plantations on Febru¬ 
ary 1, the proportion of lint to seed, the qual¬ 
ity, average date of close of picking and the 
price of cotton seed. The quality is poorer 
than last year on the Atlantic coast with much 
discolored and trashy filler. The staple is 
shorter than usual, except in favored places 
west of the Mississippi, nud t he yield of lint 
which should average ot least 32 percent., is 
only about. 31 percent, from Virginia to Ala- 
baiiia anti Tennessee. It is 32 iu Mississippi 
and about 32 to 32) ; in States west of the 
Mississippi. The quant ity on the plantations 
on February 1, is apparently about one-sixth 
of the croji, five-sixths having gone forward, 
appearing at the ports about February 5. The 
Tx*rc<*ntage of the crop marketed is asfollows: 
Virginia, 82: North Carolina, S2; South Caro¬ 
lina, 84: Georgia, 85; Florida, 87: Alabama, 
84; Mississippi, KS'j: Louisiana, 88 1 ,: Texas. 
83; Arkansas, 83; Tennessee, 82. General 
average nearly 83. The indications thuspoiut 
to a crop approximating the November esti¬ 
mates of yield per acre, which looked to a 
product of about 6,50U,UU0 bales. 
Sudden C han tree ill went her are productive of 
Throat Discuses, Couglia, Colds, etc. There is no more 
effectual relief In those diseases to be found than In the 
naeof Brown'# Bronchial Tkocmks. Price25eta.—Adv. 
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. 
Saturday, February 30,1885. 
Chicago. —Compared with prices a week 
ago, “regular” wheat is %o, lower; No. 2 
Chicago Spring, Vte. lower: Corn. lT<tv higher. 
Oats. V^c. higher. Rvo and Bariev unchanged. 
Pork, 5c. lower. Cattle, slightly higher on 
most, kinds. Hogs from 10c, to 25c. higher. 
Sheep, steady on lowei kinds; higher 
on best quality. 
Wheat.— Sales ranged; February. 79J^@79$<c; March, 
May, 8lhie@85}jie.; No. 2 Spring, 79M@81hA‘ 
