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THE RURAl HEW-YORKER. 
SEPT 44 
Saturday, September 4, 1886. 
L ast Tuesday night between 9.15 and 9.45, 
an earthquake was felt more or less severely in 
most parts of the country from Canada to the 
Gulf, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 
The shocks were much less violent iu the North 
than in the South, and culminated at Charles¬ 
ton, S. C. There were several shocks there; 
but the first did the greatest harm. The first 
accounts reported over 100 deaths, but the 
latest accounts lower the number to between 
40 and 50; but nothing definite is yet known. 
Two-thirds of the city have been destroyed, 
and most of the buildings left standing are 
considered insecure. The damages are estim¬ 
ated all the way from $8,000,000 to $10,000,000. 
Families sleeping in the streets. Much desti¬ 
tution. Intense suffering. Several neighbor¬ 
ing villages destroyed or damaged. 
..The Indiaua Republicans, at their State 
Convention at Indianapolis Thursday, went 
in for local option and high license. Yester¬ 
day’s telegraph says a notable feature of the 
convention was that so mauy of the delegates 
were big men physically—tall, broad-shoul¬ 
dered, solid fellows from the farm. 
The anti-saloon movement is gaining great 
strength among Republicans, who feel that 
unless they take a very decided stand against 
rum-sellers, the party will lose so many of 
its best adherents as to be pretty certain to 
meet defeat at the polls. It is in a delicate po¬ 
sition; if it strongly opposes the rum-sellers 
it will lose heavily on one side; if it doesn’t 
do so, it will lose heavily on the other. In 
some few States, especially in the South, the 
Democrats are in the same dilemma, but the 
Republican party being the “party of high 
moral ideas," is likely to suffer most by the de¬ 
fection of Prohibitionists.Canadi¬ 
an vessels are not allowed to go from one 
United States port to another to get cargo. 
Canada has just enforced a similar rule 
against American vessels, and lake ship-mas¬ 
ters are howling...Two other Ameri¬ 
can fishing vessels have been seized by the 
Canadians within a week, making 18 in all. 
AH, except the last, have been released on the 
deposit of *400 each by the owners or the U. 
S. Consuls at the ports of capture. The right 
to the fine will be decided by the Canadian 
Courts, but it is generally thought the deci¬ 
sion will be agaiust the owners, but the Im¬ 
perial or Dominion Government may after¬ 
wards remit the fines, should a satisfactory 
treaty be made. Our Prof. Baird is experi¬ 
menting on a newly invented process for pre¬ 
serving fish; with a view of preserving bait 
so that our fishermen may be independent of 
the Canadians in this particular. If it proves 
successful, it will be of vast importance in 
other ways also.As Congress is not 
sitting, news is scarce, and the papers are fill¬ 
ing up their yawning columns with long yarns 
about the sea serpent, which has been lately 
seen by large numbers of “credible witnesses” 
from Savannah to Cape Cod. One is sup¬ 
posed to be up the Hudson River now. He’s 
enormous—from 25 to 250 feet as far as 
seen, “round like a barrel,’’ with head up¬ 
lifted from 5 to 25 feet out of the water. 
Prof. Calvin Stowe, the long-time ailing hus¬ 
band of Harriet Beecher Stowe, died at Hart¬ 
ford, Conu., last week.There’s likely 
to lie a long and bitter freight and passenger 
rate fight between the great Western pool 
railroad lines, as the Baltimore and Ohio has 
been cutting rates in revenge for an at¬ 
tempt made by the Pa. Road to shut it 
out from New York..The American 
Purchasing and Leasiug Company includes 
all the distilleries north of the Ohio, and 
began operations Sept. 1. It is increasing 
the capacity of the distilleries about 30 per 
cent., in spite of the Prohibition agitation. 
_At Englewood, near Chicago, three Know 
Nothing lodges, with 300 members, have just 
been discovered, and local politicians are 
angry and perturbed. 
The Mississippi River has not been lower in 
years than it has been this Summer, A few 
days ago a mau on horseback forded it near 
Galena, Ill., where usually the river is three- 
quarters of a mile wide. The deepest, water 
he found was in the channel, and there it was 
but a trifle over two feet deep.Mormon 
apostles very troublesome about Spartans- 
burg, 8. C. Probably there will soon be 
lynching or tar-and-fGathering “ outrages” 
in that section, just as iu Tennessee and Geor¬ 
gia a short time ago.... Monday the Knights 
of Labor, of Hamilton County, Tenn., in 
convention at Chattanooga, nominated candi¬ 
dates for the State Senate and House—the 
first action of the kind taken by the order in * 
the South. The K. of L. are going heavily 
“ into politics ” elsewhere, however..No, 
the Government telephone case is not dead. 
The arguments against the Bell Telephone 
Co., will begin at Columbus, Ohio, on Sep. 20, 
and the Government’s case will be presented 
by Messrs. Thurman, Lowery and Chandler. 
.Not including the Post Office ortho 
War and Navy Departments, *12,893,476 are 
due the Government on account of defalca¬ 
tions and improper disbursements since 1861. 
PARTICULAR 
attention is called to the 
list of journals with 
which the R URAL NE W- 
YORKER clubs. Any of 
our readers who desire 
to subscribe for any of 
these paper's in connec¬ 
tion with the R. N.- Y. are 
promised that their com¬ 
mands shall receive care¬ 
ful and prompt atten¬ 
tion. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, Sept. 4, 1886. 
The Fourth Annual Exhibition of the 
National Horse Show Association of America 
will be held in Madison Square Garden, New 
York, during the first week in November, be¬ 
ginning on Monday. Nov. 1. Prizes to the 
amount of *16,135 have been offered. Of this 
amount $11,765 are for first prizes, aud *4,370 
for second. The total amount iueludes special 
prizes valued at *1,800. The highest regular 
prize is one of *500, which is offered for the 
best trotting stallion shown, with four of his 
get. There are 99 regular and 9 special classes^ 
Prizes are given for Thoroughbreds, Arabs, 
trotters, heavy draught horses, Clydesdales, 
Normans, coaching stallions, carriage horses, 
tandems in harness, four-in-hand teams in 
harness, cobs in harness, ponies in harness, 
horse and cab, saddle homes, cobs, ponies, 
hunters, fire-engine horses, police horses, 
cavalry horses, and donkeys and mules. The 
association has expended in prizes in the past 
three exhibitions *30,635. Iu 1883 there were 
391 animals shown, in 1884 382, and in 1885 
444. Entries for this year’s exhibition will be 
closed ou October 12. Forms of entry can be 
obtained from Secretary, W. F. Wharton, at 
No. 48 Broad Street.During the last 
few months a new industry has sprung up in 
the Canadian Northwest-—that of shipping 
hogs to Eastern points. In one day recently 
nine cars, seven for Toronto, and two for 
Ingersoll, left Winnipeg. The hogs are gath¬ 
ered up from funnel's all over the province, 
and command good prices.The total 
exports of wheat from the Atlantic ports this 
year, between January 1 aud August 7, were 
31,246,000 bushels, against 21,828,000 bushels 
for the corresponding period last year. The 
exports of flour for the same period are 4,461,- 
000 barrels this year, against 4,443,000 barrels 
last year. Our foreign wheat trade is by no 
means dead yet, in spite of the antics of 
speculative gamblers... 
..The celebrated orchid “Vanda Lowi,” 
which was purchased by William S. Kimball, 
at the great Morgan sale in New York, is now 
in bloom at his gardens in Rochester, N. Y. 
The orchid is the only one of the variety ever 
brought to this country,and cost Mr. Kimbals 
*12,500. It has been in bloom only once be¬ 
fore, at the botanical gardens in London, 
where Mrs. Morgan purchased it. 
....At a conference of the cattle dealers of 
Ireland, in Dublin, a week ago, it was stated 
that the depression has lessened the value of 
stock £20,000,000, or *100.000,000. 
.. Last week Milwaukee warehouse men made 
the charge for storing wheat a year ll>$c. 
per bushel instead of 15 cents—the rate till 
then. The reduction amounts to one-third 
during the seven summer months, and other 
concessions are also made. .A herd of imported 
Aberdeen-Angus cattle belonging to Andrew 
Allan, of Montreal, Canada, valued at *1,200 
each, has been destroyed at Montreal as 
affected with pleuro-pneumonia. The govern¬ 
ment pays two-thirds of the value of cattle 
thus slaughtered to prevent the spread of the 
disease; but the amount per head must not 
exceed *50, however great the value upon 
stock. Some of those slaughtered in quaran¬ 
tine the other day were worth *2,000 and 
over..The orchard fruit crop of Scot¬ 
land is this year a complete fuilure. The al¬ 
most continuous frost and snow of May aud 
June ruined the crops of apples and peal's, 
Small fruits, an average yield ; but there, too, 
prices have been very low, 
.... An official call has been issued for a 
general gathering of the millers of the country 
at Minncajiolis, September 13 and 14.Two 
bales of new English hops, the first received 
here this year, were sold Thursday at 40 cents 
per pound.The Government silk sta¬ 
tion in Piedmont, S. C., was lately sold by 
order of Commissioner Column. Meanwhile 
Congress has voted *15,000 more for another 
year’s fooling with silk-worms.Reports 
of frosts from several parts of Iowa and 
Dakota have tended to raise the price of corn, 
through fear of early damage to the crop. 
No injury yet reported... 
AMERICAN HAY PRESSES ABROAD. 
Recent advices from South America state 
that the “Inter-National Rural Exposition” 
of Buenos Ayres, has awarded the Whitman 
Hay Press the First Prize over a large num¬ 
ber of competitors. This is but an additional 
honor to the Whitman Agricultural Com¬ 
pany, of St. Louis, who, we are informed, 
have received the First Prize at every Fair, 
Exposition and Trial where they have ex¬ 
hibited their “ World Renowned Rebouud 
Plunger Hay and Straw Press.” Farmers or 
others who are in need of Hay Presses will 
do well to communicate with the above Com¬ 
pany.— Adv. 
Cr.(J}!5 & fVUvkctS. 
Saturday, Sept. 4, 1886. 
The Mark Lane Express, in its weekly review 
of the British grain trade, last Monday, said : 
The week’s splendid harvest weather has mate¬ 
rially altered the position. Much grain has 
been secured. The crop iu early sown dis¬ 
tricts is in fine condition, while late sown 
crops are rapidly maturing. Another Week’s 
sunshine will probably cause a big drop in 
prices. 
A cablegram from Vienna, Austria, on 
the same day says: The harvest re¬ 
ports for Austria-Hungary, show that the 
yield of wheat is from 5,500,000 to 6,000,000 
hectolitres below the average ; the yield of 
grinding barley 5,000,000 hectolitres below the 
average, and of rye 3,500,000 hectolitres below 
the average. There is a medium yield of 
maltiug barleys and oats. The only grain 
available for export is malting barley, to the 
amount of 2,500,000 or 8,000,000 hectolitres. A 
hectolitre is 2.82 or 2 4-5 bushels. 
A cablegram from Sidney, New South 
Wales, on the same date, says : The harvests 
of New South Wales are very promising. 
The test yield since 1870 is expected. 
It is estimated that the wheat crop of Cali¬ 
fornia will be worth *54,000,000 this year, as 
agaiust *28,000,000 last year, and that the bar¬ 
ley crop will fetch *16,000,000, a gain of 
*7,000,000 over last year. The area sown is 
said to he but a fraction larger than in 1885. 
Recent estimates place the wine crop at 
*18,000,000, instead of the *25,000,000 estimated 
earlier in the season. Last year’s crop was 
*15,000,000. 
The Charleston Courier says that the re. 
ports from the crops coutinue to be good for 
both upland cotton and rice, but in the .Sea 
Island section caterpillars are reported on 
nearly every plantation. 
Cigar lea/ tobacco promises to be a more re¬ 
munerative crop this season than for several 
years, judging from the reports made to the 
New England Homestead by 500 special cor¬ 
respondents, covering the seed leaf districts of 
the entire United States. The Connecticut 
aud Housatonio Valleys take the palm for 
quality aud yield, producing 1,500 to 2,000 
pounds per acre of Havana seed leaf and 1,600 
to 2,000 pounds of domestic seed leaf. The 
acreage has teen reduced fully 15 per cent., 
but the yield, being 200 pounds per acre more, 
v ill make a total product fully as large as in 
1885. On the whole, the season has beeu singu¬ 
larly favorable, hail aud wind having done 
damage only iu small streaks, injuring less 
than five per cent, of the crop iu the two val¬ 
leys, while insect pests have been few, and 
“calico” or mottled plants, which iu some 
years give the crop an uneven value are this 
year notable by their absence. As a result, au 
unusually large percentage is wrapper leaf t 
and higher prices are expected—from 10 to 20 
cents per pound, against 7 to 15 cents last 
year. 
Less tan 15 per cent, of th o 1885 crop is iu 
growers’ hands, being held at 10 to 25 cents, a 
larger proportion being held in Franklin and 
Hampshire Counties in Massachusetts than 
elsewhere. There is an increased proportion 
of Havana, except iu the famous Connecticut 
seedleaf district of East Hartford, South 
W indsor and vicinity, where the crop is a mar- 
v.dously tine one in all respects. The tobacco 
which was harvested is curing dowu flue iu 
texture. Ouuudagu County section of New 
York bus a lighter yield (1 ,(KK> to 1,400 pounds) 
and less acres than last year, but the quality 
is very fine. Ten cents are offered for the new 
crop, but 15 are asked. What little old is held 
is worth 121^ cents. The Big Flats or Che¬ 
mung Valley has about 1,600 acres, the same 
as last year, of 10 per cent, poorer quality uud 
8 per cent, lighter yield per aero. Growers 
have upward views us to prices. Pennsyl¬ 
vania reduced its acreage ateut 10 per cent., 
but the yield is nearly 200 pounds per acre 
more than in 1885, being 1,300 pounds of 
Havana and 1,500 pounds of seed leaf. 
The total product is 80,000 cases, against 
75,000 cases last season. The seed-leaf coun¬ 
ties of Southwestern Ohio have increased 10 
per cent, mostly Little Dutch. The quality is 
somewhat better thau that of ( ho ’85 crop. The 
crop hi Wisconsin aud adjoining counties in 
Illinois is light and uneven beyond all prece¬ 
dent. The low prices of hist year led to a re¬ 
duced acreage, but owing to the June and 
July droughts, thousands of acres prepared 
for the crop were not planted to tobacco, and 
large areas that wore set utmost; totally dried 
up. What has survived is very uneven and 
will require good weather until October to 
mature it. Some of the early set, however, is 
very nice, where it has escaped the hail, which 
on August 21 largely damaged what tobacco 
had survived in the famous Janesville region. 
Elaborate' returns from every tobacco town in 
the State show that the average of merchant¬ 
able tobacco on August, 25 was only one-third 
as large as last year, probably yielding au av¬ 
erage ol 850 pounds to the acre, against 1,112 
in 1885. The crop of this whole section is. 
therefore, placed at 20,006 eases, against 80,000 
cases last, year, and 51,000 cases in 1884. 
Growers and local buyers talk strong prides 
for good crops, 10 cents through having been 
refused, and 20 cents mentioned, while but lit¬ 
tle old is held at higher prices, it is quite 
likely that good 1886 leaf will bring somewhat 
better prices than last year, when the crop 
sold at such low prices, and that dealers 
should be able to realize on it readily with a 
good cure. The 18S6 wrappers will do much 
toward supplanting the Sumatra leaf. 
Bear iu mind that the Rural never sells 
its premiums. We give them as payment for 
work. We wall not, under any circumstances 
sell them for cash. The Rural sells nothing 
and hence is not bound to praise any imple¬ 
ment or plant except as it deserves praise. 
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. 
Saturday, Sept. 4, 1886. 
Chicago. —Compared with cash prices a 
week ago, regular wheat is 1‘ £c. higher. No. 2 
Spring, lc‘£ higher. Corn. lower. Oats, 
lc. lower. Rye. lc. lower. Barley, l^c. 
lower. Flaxseed, X c - higher. Pork, 70c. 
higher, aud there is proportionate rise in “fu¬ 
tures. Cattle, from 5c. to 35c. lower. Hogs, 
from oc. to 40c. higher. Sheep, steady. 
Wheat unllvo.-Sept.. 7«®7634e; October. 
November, tVvfcrtj-bty-; No. 2 Spring. Corn quiet! 
Cash, 41 Wei September. 41©4146c. closing at 4lJ^e; Octo¬ 
ber, 424f(jt4S)j;e; November, 43t*®44klc. Oats.— Steady) 
Sules ranged: Cash. 23-Me: September, Oc¬ 
tober, 2TW®27Wc. Kyb. —QiUet; No. ?. ffie. Barley.— 
Firm, No. 2, js.Hj.te. FIaKsked. - No. 1, SI 10© 1 10W. 
Mess Pork. — Firmer, Sale* ranged: Cash, *10 20© 
In 25; September. #10 »>.cSI0 25, October. S10 12W© 
10 40) November. S10 00(4 #10 20. L\kb. -Firm: sales 
ratiped: Cosh, ST -ti8ii September. ST .‘fity-O? 50; Octo¬ 
ber. 6 ST)i©#8 *): November, #8* DO. snort Ribs; — 
Steady; Cask. #9 SO. Boxed Meats.—Prv salted shoul¬ 
ders, *5 75 (So STtjj. Short clear sides, $8 6()©6 65. 
Cattle. Market strong- shipping steers, #3 50© 
8 IK); Stockers and feeders, #2©3 50: cows, bulls 
aud mixed #1 50©:) 40; bulk, #2 28©2 Ms through 
Texas steere, *2 70@3 90. Hoos.—Market strong; Rough 
and mixed, W©4 56; packing aud shipping, #4 So© 
*8 10; light weights, #:i 7W.4 85; skips. *2 40@3 90. 
SHKEr.—Natives, <200©4 00,Texans,$1 ?5©#275; Lambs, 
$4@S. 
8t, Louis, —Compared with cash prices a 
week ago. No, 2 red wheat is l^e. lower. 
Corn, lljjCi. lower. Gats, lc. lower. Rye, 
1 v £c. lower. Butter—Creamery steady; dairy 
from 2e. to 5c. higher. Eggs’ steady. Flax¬ 
seed unchanged, Pork, 50e. higher. Lard, 
50c. higher. Cattle from 5c. to 15c. higher. 
Hogs from 10c. to 20c. higher. Sheep—Lower 
grades steady; best kind good figures. 
Wit icat.—A ctive; No. 2 Ued. Cash, ITftrilTWn; Septem¬ 
ber, T79*c; October, T9?i©79Jf>e. Cohn.—D ull: No. 2 
mixed, Cash. 3 iIa©3iU c; September. October, 
89a Oats. -Firm; No. 2 mixed. Cash, il7A©29c Sept, 
25c.; October. 26 V-. Kvu -Sept, SOVtfo. Barley—N o mar¬ 
ket. BrTTBR.—Ureatuery, IBaWty dairy, tWHie. Eoas, 
t2c. Flaxseed.—$ l 09. Ha y.-T imothy, #10 00; Prai¬ 
rie, $s pU- Pork, #10 75. Bi lkmlat*. Long clear, 
#* id; short rltw, #o ft); short clear, $6 80 Lard, #9 75. 
Receipts; Flour, 2,000 bbls. Cattle.—M arket aetlve; 
Good to Choice Native Shipping Steers,* 4 30®4 75: 
Common to Fair. *3 5o®4 20; Butchers’ Steers, #3 50 
i.c4 tit); Cow* and Heifers, 42 2.'v,o:) 35; Stockers, nnd 
Feeders, *:) 25®4 00; grans Texans, 83 35©:! 90. Hoos.— 
Market Arm aud active; heavy. Stint©", 10: Packing. 
4 33<ie4 S3; Lights, 84 40.2)4 ft). SiitcKiv -Market firm at 
2 28® 4 25. 
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PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
Nkw York. Saturday, September 4, 1836. 
8tatk of the M arret.—As compared w Ith cash prices 
last week, flour la 5C, lower ; ungraded Red Wheat, 
lc. higher; No. 2 Red, tic, lower, t’orn, ungraded 
mixed, tkc, lower; No. 2,’it- higher, uars, J^c. tower. 
Pork, 25c. higher. Butter, lc. to Hie. higher. Cheese, 
2e. to 2>4e. higher. Eggs, )*c. lower. Fruits and vege¬ 
tables steady. 
Floor. Feed and Meal—Fluor— Quotations; Flue 
*2 IK Kit 2 ft); Superfine, *2 2S®8 00; Extra No, 2, $2 95® 
3 25; floral to Fancy Extra State. 83 30®3 70: Com¬ 
mon to Good Extra Western, 82 70®8 It): Good to 
Choice F.xtru Western, $3 IK©4 71); Common to Fair 
Extra Ohio, 82 75; Good, #') 3t)®4 at; Good to 
Choice. #t 25®4 75; Common Extra Minnesota. 82 65® 
3 00; Clear. *3 35 *3 15; Rye Mixture. 88 80©8 75; 
Straight, #100©i ft'. Patent *t lb©.", 10; linkers' Extra, 
r l 75044 .V); St. Louis Common to Fair Extra. #2 65® 
65 Fair to Good, 83 7U©4 80: Good to Very Choice, 
#4 55(,ti4 90; Pultun Winter Wheat Extra. #4 35©5 00; 
City Mill Extra for West Indict., #1 40®l 55; South 
America, #4 «0©4 Ml. Souttikkn Floor. Common to 
Fair Ext ra at #2 *5c<c3 60. and Fair to Choice. *3 65(4)500; 
Patent, 8528. Kyb Flour. — Superfine, 20©3 40. 
Cons Mkal. Yellow Western, at 82 5(X]12 75 ; nnd 
Brandywine at #2 3W»2 95. 
Grain.—Wheat.— No. 2 Chicago at 87c; No. 2 Milwau¬ 
kee, STAfc; No. I Hard, 92c; No. Northern, 90c: Ungrad¬ 
ed Spring, 75o: Ungraded Rod, 84®£Hle ; No. 3 Red. 88© 
trn<c; Steamer No, 2 Bed. 86c; No. 2 Red, K7U©X7«c; 
No. 1 White, «9c; 2 Red. for September, 87M(4)S7Wc: 
do. for October, do, for November, 90->fl 
©Utltfic; do. for December, l)l*4(i092eU : do. for .latiu 
ary. do. for Vebmory, 944i©fK%a; do. for 
May. 98bt©99 1-I6u. COBH.—Ungraded Mixed, at 8048© 
82c; No. 2, SU£51Uo; No. 2 for September, 5Hjt©M*<te; 
do. for October, 819(j®5H(S: do. for November, 529),® 
52Jic. do, for December, r >;'ie oat*.- No. 8, at. 3H$e; 
do. White. 34)4.0 ; No. 2, 83.Ce ; do. White SIM«35c; 
Mixed Western, '■'2 l -y®!)ie: White, do. 3*4®lie; White 
State. 38c No. 2 for September, 32W<$82 )$g; do. for 
October, 33©33^c; do. for November. :H®.'uqe, 
PnovisioSB.—P ork.- Mean, quoted at 8h'ftki#10 75 for 
Old and 8U «I»I1 35® 11 50 for New; #l.3w#)4 for Fami¬ 
ly Mess; 8IS 75© 151)0 for Clear Back; and 8 " 28© 10 25 for 
Extru Prime. Beef.—E xtra India Mess. #11 80® 13; 
Extra Mess, Iu bnrrels, #8 Oil; Packet. #8 50; Plato, 
#8 51), Hickk Ham: , youleil nt 50 for new. Ol'T 
Meats.—P ick led Hams, 12)9 average. lo«c ; Loose 
lire.cn lbtius. tl&e; Pickled Shoulders, 94wUc; Pick- 
led Bellies, 12 D> average OWe j City Plekled Should¬ 
ers, 6©GXo; smoked Sltoulderv, 7®e; Pickled Hums, 
UWp'idtHf• smoked Hams, I2©12!4 b. Middles.— J-oug 
Clear Iu New York quoted ut O.ff Dkrsskd Hoos.— 
Ctty Heavy to Light ut tiU iiiiV, PilP*. Laud.— 
Western steam spot, at 7.)u'- a® i.l>5c; September, 7.47)^e; 
October, 7.12 m!i,23c: November, C.32uOi 0.V, December, 
6.90c. 
Buttf.r.— Creamery—State, pall, fine, 23@23)tf ; do 
Pennsylvania, tubB, 22®22)8o; Western, best, 22e; do 
prime, 20®21c; do. good, lb<a>17c. State Dulry, palls 
