THE RURAt ff&W-YORKER. 
SEPT 48 
HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, September 11, 1886. 
Several minor earthquake shocks have 
been felt in Charleston since last Saturday, 
greatly frightening the people whose nerves 
were already overtasked, and prostrating or 
damaging still more a number of buildings al¬ 
ready demoralized by previous shocks. For 
days and nights the alarmed inhabitants 
camped in the widest streets, squares and other 
open places, nearly starving at first because 
afraid to venture into the narrower streets to 
get food from home or filestores, as chimneys, 
etc., were toppling down frequently and whole 
buildings might crash dowm on them in case of 
auother shock. A very large proportion of 
the town will have to be rebuilt, and nearly all 
of the houses need strengthing and repairing, 
A number of fissures appeared here and therein 
the city, and still more in the adjacent coun¬ 
try, where many houses were damaged or 
thrown down, and many people injured, and a 
few killed. Relief societies wore at once or¬ 
ganized ju all the chief towns of the country; 
and especially iu this and other Eastern and 
Southern cities which have much commercial 
relations with Charleston and the tributary 
couutry. Large contributions were at ouce 
telegraphed by private individuals, companies 
and organizations like the Stock and Produce 
Exchanges, and within the first week over 
$100,000 was forwarded, besides a vast amount 
of provisions and clothing. More contribu¬ 
tions are still pouring in, aud there’s no doubt 
but all the help needed will be given. What 
is now wanted are loans to enable the people 
to rebuild and resume business. 
Sea serpent seen in Connecticut River Tues¬ 
day. Head five feet out of water; largo as 
the smoke stack of a steamer. Two “credible 
witnesses”—nobody else ever sees it. 
Federal officials are again warned against in¬ 
terference in politics—this time by the Acting 
Secretary of the Treasury,,,.Judge 
Thomas C. Mauuiug, of Louisiana, is to suc¬ 
ceed United Status Minister Jackson iu Mex¬ 
ico.People getting tired of the Cutting af¬ 
fair-—excitement dead on that score; but 
other complaints of illegal imprisonment of 
other Americans excite some interest. The 
Republicans, as a party, are opposed to trou¬ 
ble with Mexico, but favor a “vigorous pol¬ 
icy” with regard to Canada... Another Amer¬ 
ican fisherman lias been seized. The Canadian 
authorities declare that our seizures of Caua- 
dian vessels in the Behring Sea were illegal, 
as seals are not fish. and anyhow the captures 
were made over 130 miles from land. It is 
said that English war-vessels on the “Atlantic 
station” are to assemble at Halifax and aid 
the Canadian cruisers to prevent Americans 
from fishing within the tabooed limit. 
.At Northmoud, Sullivan County, Pa., 
Thursday night a shanty, in which 56 Hun¬ 
garian workmen were sleeping, took fire, and 
seven were cremated........ The Louisiana 
State Board of Health is strongly of opiuion 
that there are several cases of yellow fever at 
Biloxi, Mississippi, a Southern watering-place 
on the Gulf—exodus of visitors.Nearly 
$4,000,000 iu gold has been shipped into this 
country since August 14. Crops going out, 
gold coming in. .... ..Horace Chase, one of 
the founders of Milwaukee, died September 
1.The aggregate Internal Reveuue re¬ 
ceipts for July, 1886, just published, show an 
increase of more than 10 per cent, over those 
of July, 1885, about two-thirds of winch are 
from spirits. The figures are for July, 1885, 
$8,832,108, aud for July, 1886, $9,735,488. 
Anti-Prohibitionists attribute the increase to 
the Prohibition agitation 1. . 
.According to the new Pennsylvania 
marriage law, a license must be obtained in 
the county in which the ceremony takes place. 
A parson was fined $100at Philadelphia Thurs¬ 
day, for marrying a couple on a license issued 
in another county.Monday was “La¬ 
bor Day”—a holiday with many workingmen. 
About 20,000 paraded here, 15,000 iu Brooklyn, 
18,000 in Boston, 14,000 in Pittsburg, 28,000 
in Chicago.and proportionate numbers in other 
centers of labor. Lots of speeches, music aud 
bunting.The inland revenue receipts of 
the Dominion of Canada for the year ended 
June 30,1886, amounted to $5,888,580, making 
with additional miscellaneous collections, a 
grand total for the year of $6,396,330. 
It is stated that the Knights of Labor organi¬ 
zation will be remodeled after the system of 
the Federal Uuiou, The leaders of the minia¬ 
ture National Party in Mass, have invited the 
Knights of Labor to take part in politics with 
them. In Connecticut a convention of dele¬ 
gates from labor organizations has nomi¬ 
nated a State ticket. The impression is grow¬ 
ing in the New England States that the 
Knights mean to become a power in politics. 
.The Court of ^Appeals .of New York 
State is said to stand four to three against 
boodle Alderman Jaehne’s appeal, so it is like¬ 
ly he will serve hik full time iu Sing Siug. 
His lawyer, however, who also acts for the 
other boodle aldermen, says he has discovered 
a technical flaw in the manner of making up 
the grand jury which brought indictments 
against the “boodlors,” and that this will ho 
enough to vitiate every case on which it acted. 
.“Docs Prohibition prohibit,” is the 
latest conundrum of the high-1 iconsc, local- 
option aud anti-saloon people. Each says his 
own check on liquor selling is a much 
stronger stimulant to temperance than Pro¬ 
hibition, which they say cannot he enforced 
at all in large towns, and only partially in 
small ones. Prohibition is certainly the great 
side issue now everywhere, and it looks as if 
it would become a main issue soon iu National 
and State politics.“Ex-President 
Arthur continues to improve,” say the New 
York papers. “Ex-President Arthur is again 
in a serious condition,” say the Chicago and 
St Louis papers.Recent discoveries 
here, in Newark, N. J., and in several other 
parts of the country leave no doubt of the 
truth of the impression that roller-skating rinks 
are nurseries of vice. The “fever” is fast 
subsiding; and late revelations should close 
every such den in the couutry.Forest 
fires are “raging terribly” iu the couutry 
about Calais, Me. Waters in rivers and lakes 
not so low for years.....Drought still 
very severe about Tolono, Ill. Streams dry; 
fish dead; stock driven long distances to 
water. Corn parched. Earth full of cracks. 
Soil baked.The revolution against 
the General Government is assuming “alarm¬ 
ing proport ions” in Tamaulipas, Mexico. In¬ 
surgents uurnber 1,000 well mounted. Revo¬ 
lutionary strength reported as great in Nuevo 
Lion aud Coahuila.The America Cup 
was won from the best English yachts about 
a quarter of a century ago by the yacht 
America, and several attempts have since been 
made by crack English yachts to recapture 
the trophy. Last year the Yankee sloop 
Puritan defeated, in two straight races, the 
English cutter Genesta. This year the Eng¬ 
lish cutter Galatea, said to be faster than the 
Genesta, has come across to try for the Cup; 
aud Yankeeland built the Mayflower, which 
has proved foster than the Puritan, to defend 
it. In a 40 -mi In race on Monday the Boston 
flyer outsailed the English clipper by nearly 
13 miuutes. They started again for an ocean 
race Thursday, but a dense fog and light 
breeze stopped the race. Mayflower ahead, 
however. To day they are racing again and 
(now, 3:30 p. M.) Mayflower is 2)i miles ahead. 
.At last Geronimo, Natchez, and their 
band of 40 adults and three children, sur¬ 
rendered to Captain Lawton, on September 4, 
“unconditionally,” it is said; but many be¬ 
lieve so wary a chief would never have given 
in without assurances that his life would L*o 
safe. On September 9 a special train of three 
cars left Bowie Station, Arizona, with the 
whole baud in charge of Lawton, bound for 
Fort Mariou, Florida, General Miles going 
with them as far as El Paso. Other turbu¬ 
lent Indians, taken from the Apache Reserva¬ 
tion, mot them at Albuqurque, and arc to be 
also transported to Florida. Geronimo es¬ 
caped from Fort Apache May 17, 1SS5, and 
took with him .84 bucks, eight boys, and 91 
women, traveling 120 miles before camping, 
with pursuers hot ou his heels nearly all the 
time. Since then he has been hunted by nearly 
all the cavalry of the United States und 
Northern Mexico, and though wounded much 
of the time, he could not be captured, His 
cruelty deserves death, but his unparalleled 
hardihood, skill, pluck, endurance and 
courage deserve admiration. He may lie im¬ 
prisoned for life, or tried by court-martial 
aud shot, or surrendered to the authorities of 
Arizona for trial, which would mean certain 
death for his multitudinous murders aud 
other atrocities. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
Saturday, Sept. 11, 1886 
In Europe the Bulgarian embroglio still 
“holds the field.” Owing to the loud entreat¬ 
ies of the army and people of Bulgaria and 
Eastern Rouraelia, Prince Alexander stopped 
on his way to Darmstadt, aud at the instiga¬ 
tion chiefly of England, returned hist week to 
Bulgaria, where he was enthusiastically re¬ 
ceived. The chief conspirators against him 
were tried and condemned to death, but all 
were soon released owing to the pressure of 
Russia in their favor, and it soon became evi¬ 
dent that the Russian influence iu the Balkan 
States was so powerful as to cause a civil war 
should Alexander remain, and that would 
give Russia a pretext, for occupying the coun¬ 
try, and virtually taking possession of it. 
Alexander by the advice of Emperor William, 
wrote an abject letter to the Czar, protesting 
his devotion to Russian interests; but the 
answer was curt and brutal, telling the Prince 
he had better quit the country or 
trouble to himself aud it would follow. 
Russia used every means to get rid of him. 
Austria was lukewarm. The German people 
were inclined to be enthusiastic in his favor, 
but Bismarck grimly declared that if he were 
an angel, it wouldn’t be worth while for Ger¬ 
many to offend Russia on his account, so the 
unfortunate young man resigned the title 
he had just resumed, and once more started 
for Darmstadt where he arrived yesterday. 
On the road he was heartily greeted by en¬ 
thusiastic crowds. A regency was appointed 
to look after Bulgarian affairs until a succes¬ 
sor shall be elected. He may possibly be re¬ 
elected, ami then there will be trouble for cer¬ 
tain, and most likely there will be trouble soon 
anyhow. The Balkan States are now virtually 
provinces of Russia, which guarantees a loan 
of 10,060,000 roubles, sends a general to com¬ 
mand the army, aud an envoy to manage civil 
affairs. Whether England, Turkey and Aus¬ 
tria will view this state of affairs quietly is 
doubtful . 
.Turkey evidently fears a war with 
Russia, aud is conscripting all Turks of mili¬ 
tary age in Europe and Asia Miuor. The 
harshness of the conscription is causing much 
discontent in Asia, as fixe families of the con¬ 
scripts! are starving. Artillery and small arms 
are being bought on all sid&s, and earnest 
preparations for war iu Europe and Asia are 
being pushed forward. There is talk of a eon- 
federation of Bulgaria, Roumania and Servia, 
which could put 500,000 men into the Held ; 
and England is trying to bring it about as a 
barrier between Russia and Turkey. Austria 
is dissatisfied with Russian predominance on the 
Peninsula, but is held in check by Bismarck. 
Some say she will push to the sea at Solonica, 
appropriating Bosnia aud Herzegovina, and 
allow Russia to push to the sea at Constanti¬ 
nople, after appropriating all the States 
north of it abutting on the Black Sen. 
Italy is strongly opposed to Russian designs os 
likely to bring the mighty Muscovite Power 
close to her on the Mediterranean. Genuany’s 
attitude is a puzzle to diplomatists, as they 
think she ought to desire to humble Russia, as 
there must probably bo a war between the 
two before loug. At present Bismarck appeal's 
to be playing secoud Addle to De Giers, and 
favoring Russian pretensions iu every way. 
France thinks her position is bettered by the 
embroglio. Her army was never so lltrge or 
well equipped. Her navy is hardly second to 
that of England. Whatever side German}' 
may bike in any war, France is sure to take 
the opposite, aud most think the present atti¬ 
tude of Germany is duo to Bismarck’s determi¬ 
nation to prevent a Fmnco-Russian alliance at 
all cost. Hence the concessions to Russia are 
the price of a continuance of the "Triple Alli¬ 
ance” ... 
.England’s army is insignificant iu 
numbers iu comparison with those of the great 
Continental Powers, and she cannot fill it up 
by means of conscription, the only means by 
which other European Powers keep up their 
vast armies. Moreover, it is scattered all over 
the world, and the present disturbed condition 
of Ireland keeps upwards of 40,000 troops there; 
and probably twice that number will be need¬ 
ed the coming Winter, if the threatened evic¬ 
tions take place. Moreover, trouble is feared 
in her East Indian possessions, as it is known 
that Russian agents have lately been inflam¬ 
ing the natives against the British, and iu fa¬ 
vor of the Russians. The latter have been 
pushing their railroads east, with all speed, and 
can now transport, troops by rail nearly (o the 
borders of Afghanistan, and in case of war 
with England no doubt the latter country 
and probably India, also, would bo involved 
in the contest, lienee Eugluud is cautious; 
though strongly opposed to all the Russian 
projects in the southeast, of Europe. There’s 
very little “ jingoism” just now, but it would 
not. take much provocation to rouse it against 
Russia. 
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Honors ai Home and Abroad. 
The Whitman Continuous Hay and Straw 
Press was awarded the First Prize Silver 
Medal at the New England Fair (Bangor, Mo.) 
this week; also First Prize at the late Inter¬ 
national Rural Fair, Buenos Ayres, South 
America. Hus, iu addition to the Great 
World’s Fair aud many others, should he very 
gratifying to the Whitman Agricultural Co. 
of St. Louis, Mo., who will furnish any in¬ 
formation desired.— A&v, 
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, Sept. 11, 1886. 
At West Chester, Pa., Wednesday, about 
700 bushels of wheat stored in an upper floor 
of the baru of Darlington Strode, in East Bed¬ 
ford, proved too heavy for the joists, and the 
floor giving way, crashed into the cow sta¬ 
bles. Twenty-two cows were in the stable, 
seven of which were smothered to death by 
the grain or killed by the falling timbers. 
Most of the cows taken out alive were more 
or less injured ..Thursday, at 
Jacksonville, Ill., Charles Spain and Everett 
Ellis, aged 11 and 13 years respectively, were 
smothered to death while playing iu a wheat 
bin from which the grain was being drawn,.. 
_The above two items are simply specimens 
of many accidents reported, due to similar 
causes.Counsel, “the best trotting 
horse on the track” at the annual meeting of 
the Council Bluff’s Driving Park Association, 
belongs to G. W. Barley, of Fairbury, Neb., 
was sold for $10,000 the other day. 
.Texas fever prevalent among cattle at 
Decatur and Jerseyville, Til., contracted from 
Texas aud Cherokee cattle bought at St. 
Louis.Hog cholera very fatal 
south of Muneic, aud about. Peru, Ind. 
....It is reported that nearly half the oleo¬ 
margarine exports from this countiy return 
in the shape of foreign cheese. 
The fourth annual meeting of the Veterin¬ 
ary Medical Association was held at Colum¬ 
bus. Ohio, the other day. Laws for shutting 
out quacks and giving protection to profes¬ 
sionals are to be sought.. Incompetents having 
been driven out of New York and W Via., are 
sail! to have found a welcome in the Fuekeye 
State. The following officers were elected: 
President, T. D. C’ot.ton. of Ohio; vice-presi¬ 
dents. R. J, Withers, of Chicago. A. J. Chan¬ 
dler, of Michigan, aud T. L. Armstrong, of 
Indiana: recording.secretary. Cl. B. Robinson, 
of Wheeling: corresponding secretary, James 
Hamill. of New York City; treasurer, L. V. 
Plagnmann, of Brooklyn. 
The Democratic convention of California de¬ 
mands the restoration of the tariff of 1876 on 
wool.The principal authorities in the 
gram trade iu Great Britain agree in predict¬ 
ing a higher range iu wheat prices during the 
coining cereal year than Ins prevailed during 
the past one.English agricultural re¬ 
turns for 1886 show that the acreage of land 
under wheat this year is 3.286,060 acres. This 
shows a falling off of 7.8 per cent, compared 
with last, year, and of 14.6 percent, compared 
with 1884'.Tlie exports of live stock 
aud dressed meats from the port of Boston last 
week were 1.173 cattle and 3,179 quarters of 
beef.Iu the last ten yea rs Canada cattle 
increased about 30) per cent, against an in¬ 
crease of 63 per cent, in the United States. 
It. costs about $25 per head to carry 
cattle from Canada to the English markets... 
.A second New Jersey Horticultural 
Society was organized Thursday. President, 
James R. Pilcher, of Short Hills; chairman of 
the executive committee. J. P. Knorr. of 
Orange; treasurer, Thomas H. Spaulding, 
Llewellyn Park: secretary, John Farr. Short 
Hills.The exports of genuine butter 
from the United Slates have fallen from 
40,000,000 pounds in 1880 to 21.638.13S pounds 
in 1.883. or nearly nne-ball’, while the exports 
of butler substitutes have increased from 
20,00(1,000 pounds in 1S8n to 39.000,000 in 1885. 
.The Hessian fly has just been added to 
the many other plagues of (he English farmer. 
MKs Ormerod, Consulting Entomologist of the 
Royal Agricultural Society, has “positively 
identified it” near Hertford, and farmers are 
cautioned against it—but what good will that 
do; It has long been a pest in Germany, the 
wonder is that England has hitherto escaped. 
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Crops & iVUvhcto. 
Saturday, Sept. 11, 1886. 
The Mark Lane Express, in its review of 
tho British grain trade during the past week, 
says: “ The rainfall of the week has done uo 
harm to crops. In the earlier districts the 
bulk of the harvest has beeu secured, aud 
whore the crop has not been reaped strong 
winds counteracted the wet. The change iu 
the weather will retard the appearance in tho 
market of new wheats, and will also he an im¬ 
portant factor in determining values. The 
sales of English wheat during the week were 
29,893 quarters at 33s. hi., against 39,709 
quarters at82s. 4d. during tho corresponding 
period last year, Foreign wheats are steady, 
but with little doing. 
The fourth series of London wool sales of the 
year, at which 266,000 bales are to be disposed 
of, commenced Saturday last . There was an 
unusually largo attendance of home and Conti¬ 
nental buyers, aud competition was very ani¬ 
mated. Since tho close of the last series 
there lias been an active demand, which has 
resulted in the private sale of 20,000 bales at 
two to four cents above the average rates of 
the series. The values realized the first day 
of this sale show the following advances com¬ 
pared with tlie closing rates of July: Austra¬ 
lian— Greasy und merino seven cents; 
washed and scoured four to six cents: do. cross¬ 
breds two eeuts. Cape of Good Hope and 
Natal—Greasy four cents, do. fleece anil 
scoured six to seven cents. 
Early-planted potatoes are reported to be 
generally good in tho West; but late-planted 
are poor, aud [in many districts a flat failure. 
