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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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mercial-Gazette, has just become editor-in- 
chief of the Brooklyn Standard-Union. 
Captain Couch, the noted Oklahoma 
boomer, died last week at Guthrie, Okla¬ 
homa, aged 49, from a wound which he was 
given, April 4, by S. C. Adams, who dis¬ 
puted his possession of a claim. The feel¬ 
ing against Adam3is so strong that United 
States Marshal Walker has taken him to 
Wichita to save him from being lynched. 
Couch was a “sooner,” hence the fatal 
dispute. 
Representatives of 90 Women’s Clubs 
representing the country from the Atlantic 
to the Pacific and from the Lakes to the 
.Gulf, were lately in session in NewYork City 
for the purpose of federation. According 
to Mrs. Clymer, one of the leaders, the 
work of the federation is “ to complete the 
emancipation of American women”—a large 
phrase which needs some elucidation. 
A large convention of negroes just held 
at Richmond, Va., refused to discuss pol¬ 
itics or emigration; but recommended 
colored men to build school-houses for 
themselves where the State would not do- 
so; to accumulate property, and to guard 
against intemperance, and, above all, to 
shun the terrible moral laxity of the race. 
It was the general feeling that when the 
negro shall prove himself worthy, he will 
receive all the political and social rights to 
which he is entitled. 
Congress and the President have placed 
the old Path-finder, John C. Fremont, on 
the retired list of the army, with rank and 
pension of a Major General. 
Vandals in search of “memorials” have 
so mutilated Lincoln’s tomb at Springfield, 
Ill., that a 8tout iron fence is to be built 
around it to prevent close approach. 
It is said that in view of his possible can¬ 
didacy for the Presidentship, lithographs of 
Senator Stanford are appearing in farm¬ 
houses from California to Maine. 
Eiffel and Edison propose to build for the 
Chicago Fair a tower 500 feet higher than 
the one in Paris, to be lighted by 1,000,000 
of Mr. Edison’s incandescent lamps. They 
will furnish all the capital, and merely 
wait for the world to go ahead. 
For nine months, beginning with July, 
1, 1889, there were 1,578 desertions from the 
army against 1,893 for the corresponding 
months in the previous year—a reduction 
of over 10 per cent. 
The Indianopolis Ice Trust, by getting all 
the dealers in natural ice into a combine 
and buying up all the product of the arti¬ 
ficial ice factories,has run the price up to §20 
a ton. A packing house with a private ice¬ 
making machine having a capacity of 25 
tons a day, threatens to go into the retail ice 
trade ana sell at §5 per ton—consternation 
among the Trust syndicate. 
The House Committee on the Judi¬ 
ciary has reported favorably and without 
amendment on Senator Sherman’s strin¬ 
gent bill against trusts. 
BURLINGTON ROUTE. 
HOME-SEEKERS’ excursions. 
The Burlington Route, C., B. & Q. R. R., 
will sell on Tuesdays, April 22nd and May 
20th, Home Seekers’ Excursion Tickets at 
Half Rates to points in the Farming Re¬ 
gions of the West, Northwest and South¬ 
west. Limit thirty days. For folder 
giving details concerning tickets, rates and 
time of trains, and for descriptive land 
folder, call on your ticket agent, or address 
P. S. Eustis, Gen’l Pass, and Ticket Agent, 
Chicago, Ill.— Adv. 
FOREIGN. 
Saturday, May 3,1890. 
The great May Day labor demonstration 
in Europe has attracted so much attention 
from the various governments and the gen¬ 
eral public, that all other news has been 
dwarfed in comparison. In England things 
passed off as quietly as in this country. 
Indeed, where such a large measure of lib¬ 
erty of action is permitted to the masses 
as well as to the individual, dangerous pop¬ 
ular agitation seldom prevails. On the 
Continent wherever any considerable dem¬ 
onstration was expected, large bodies of 
troops were stationed to suppress any 
turbulence at once. The blank cartridges 
commonly used at first on such occasions 
were replaced with ball, and the soldiers 
were strictly enjoined to fire to kill; while 
the public were notified of the fact, and 
that no disturbance would be tolerated. 
The Anarchists, Nihilists and other plot¬ 
ters and leaders of violence were, as a rule, 
fairly cowed, and either kept at home or 
wore a comparatively meek aspect. Indeed, 
as a rule, the red-hot ring-leaders slunk 
out of view, so that the mobs wherever 
they assembled were without leaders. In 
Paris 35,000 troops were concentrated and 
were probably needed to prevent disorder 
or an open outbreak. There appears to 
have been a royalist plot to proclaim the 
imprisoned Duke of Orleans King, but it 
came to naught. As a rule, everywhere, 
the men instead of parading, assembled in 
a multitude of places under a roof to listen 
to harangues or drink beer, while large 
numbers of excursions were made into the 
surrounding country. In Pans, and in¬ 
deed in most other places in France, when¬ 
ever crowds assembled, they were speedily 
dispersed by the rough riding of cavalry. 
At Fourchong and Roubaix, extensive 
manufacturing towns on the Belgian fron¬ 
tier, the strikers and paraders became riot¬ 
ers and several were killed and many 
wounded by the soldiers. It was thought 
by some that the troops in certain parts of 
France and even in Berlin might fraternize 
with the mobs, but everywhere the work¬ 
man in uniform was ready to shoot down 
the workman in blouse at the first word of 
command. In Berlin the police alone were 
allowed to parade. In Vienna the day wa3 
g enerally spent in harmless jollity. The 
lelgian legions were very quiet, but enjoyed 
themselves hugely. The Italian ardor was 
cooled and drenched by tremendous rains. 
Much noise was made in Holland, but the 
Dutchmen kept the peace. Extraordinary 
precautions to preserve order were taken in 
Denmark, and proved quite successful. In 
Hungary several more or less severe con¬ 
flicts occurred between the troops and the 
people. Bloody riots also took place in 
Barcelona and Valencia, Spain, but the 
troops were too strong for the mobs, and 
would “stand no nonsense.” On the whole, 
the dreaded day passed off more quietly 
than was expected, mainly on account of 
the precautions taken against riot. In 
only a few places did the industrial demon¬ 
strations partake of a political aspect. 
“Don’t Give Up the Ship.” 
“Many that did ill under physicians’ 
hands have happily escaped, when they 
have been given over by them, left to God 
and Nature and themselves.” “More 
danger there is from the physician than the 
disease.” “ Their art is wholly conjectural, 
if it is an art.” All this was written long 
ago, before the “Elixir of Life” was dis¬ 
covered and applied by the “regular facul¬ 
ty ; ” and the writer frankly adds: “ I honor 
the doctors, as I am enjoined, to honor the 
physicians, for necessity’s sake.” Though 
the doctors of the present day are, no 
doubt, very different from those above re¬ 
ferred to above, and in spite of the great 
progress in medical science, we are obliged 
to admit, that many, very many cases are 
still given over by them as hopeless. To 
such patients we say : Compound Oxygen 
is neither a drug nor a medicine, but a 
vitalizer, assisting nature. 
You will find our treatise on Compound 
Oxygen an interesting work, carefully and 
thoughtfully written. It contains records 
of many cures, with the patients’ grateful 
testimonials. Send for ic and see for your¬ 
self. Sent free. Address Drs. Starkey & 
Palen, 1529 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa., or 
120 Sutter St., San Francisco, Cal.— Adv. 
AGRICULTURAL. 
SATURDAY. May 3, 1890. 
The spring sale of trotting stock, car¬ 
riage horses, etc., at the American Insti¬ 
tute was rather dull, and prices were gen¬ 
erally low, ranging from §230 up to §550. 
The quality of the stock was not high 
An imported Percheron stallion sold for 
§400. 
The Minnesota farmers demand that 
binding-twine shall be made in the State 
prison, so as to break the Twine Trust. 
The crop of peanuts has been well cleaned 
up through the South. Prices have been 
steadily advancing. 
There are 110 different varieties of straw¬ 
berries growing in the experimental gar¬ 
dens at the Kansas State Agricultural 
College. 
Stock raisers in certain counties of Iowa, 
having suffered much from the depreda¬ 
tions of wolves, have organized for a grand 
wolf hunt with the view of exterminating 
the pests. 
A dispatch from Springfield, Ill., states 
that fully three-fourths of the wheat-seed¬ 
ed area in the State is being plowed up 
and seeded to corn or spring wheat; the 
other one-fourth will probably yield half a 
crop. 
The stock of hides in this city is 498,200, 
against 539,800 last year. 
There have been heavy foreign shipments 
of rye recently, some 72,000 bushels having 
been shipped to Antwerp and considerable 
quantities to Glasgow. 
The report of the European beet-sugar 
product for the seasc n of 1889-90 gives 3 - 
030,000 tons as compared with 2,786,844 tons 
the previous season. Quite a material in¬ 
crease. 
The number of stands of bees on farms 
and in cities and villages will be included 
in the census this year, and for the first 
time. 
The Farmers’ Alliance of St. Joseph, Mo. 
has undertaken to control the price of 
wheat. The scheme is for a large elevator 
for the storage of wheat until the price 
reaches a dollar a bushel, the farmers 
meauwhile being accommodated with cash 
advances from a bank. If the bank can be 
induced to advance one dollar per bushel, 
the movement will be a grand one for the 
farmers. 
Reports of cold, dry weather in the north¬ 
west with unfavorable crop reports from 
many other quarters have advanced the 
price of wheal materially. 
The actual sales of wheat in this city, 
May 1, were 8,000 bushels, while the option 
sales were 12,680,000 bushels. 
A syndicate of Euglish capitalists has ne¬ 
gotiated for the purchase of 1,000 acres of 
valuable phosphate lands in Marion Coun¬ 
ty, Florida. 
The Granges and Farmers’ Alliances of 
Huntingdon County, Pa., have cut loose 
from political leading-strings. They have 
issued a call for a mass meeting of the 
farmers of the county “ for the purpose of 
demanding of the political parties the nom¬ 
ination of such men as will best represent 
the interest of the farmer in our legisla¬ 
ture, and in supporting the various bills 
that are to the interest of the farmer and 
laboring class.” 
California proposes to supply the country 
with figs in the near future, and, judging 
by the way in which she does business in 
the fruit line, she is quite likely to do so. 
State Entomologist Smith of New Bruns¬ 
wick, N. J., is sending circulars asking the 
co-operation of farmers in getting rid of in¬ 
sect pests. He will send free samples of 
insecticides. 
The Interstate Commerce Commission is 
about to hear final argument in a case of 
much importance relative to the shipments 
from the West to the East of dressed and 
live stock. The practical point at issue is 
whether railroads shall be permitted to 
make such low rates on the transportation 
of dressed beef and pork that it will be im¬ 
possible for Eastern packers to ship the 
live hogs or cattle to the East and pack 
them there. The charge now is that the 
trunk railroads have entered into a com¬ 
bination in the interest of the Western 
packing houses, notably those in Chicago, 
as the result of which dressed beef is car¬ 
ried at such low rates that it is impossible 
for those who choose to pack beef and pork 
in the Eastern market, to do so without 
loss. The principle which has been adopted 
as to these lower rates for dressed beef, is 
that the live stock must pay a proportion¬ 
ate rate. The plan is said to work very in¬ 
juriously to Eastern interests. A new ele¬ 
ment has just entered into the considera¬ 
tion of the question, in view of the fact 
that the Hammond Dressed Beef Company, 
located in Chicago, has just passed into the 
ownership of an English syndicate. The 
Interstate Commerce Commission, and, for 
that matter, Congress itself, will be asked 
very soon in an emphatic way if it is the 
intention of Congress and of the Com¬ 
mission that special rates shall be made or 
permitted in favor of foreign syndicates 
engaged in the dressed beef business, to the 
injury of American dealers. 
A company has been formed in England 
for the sterilization of milk. 
Agricultural depression and consequent 
depreciation of farm land seems as bad 
among our Canadian friends as on this 
side of the line. Here’s one instance of 
hundreds: Six years ago an offer of §78 
per acre was refused for a farm at Port 
Hope, Ontario; the other day it was sold 
under foreclosure at §40 per acre. 
LATEST WHOLESALE PEICES 
COUNTRY PRODUCE. 
New York, Saturday, May 3 , 1890 . 
Brans.— Marrows—New, 82 45@#2 50; New Mediums 
choice, 81 95@82 00; Pea, 81 90@$1 95; Red Kidney. $410; 
White Kidney, choice,82 35@82 40; Foreign Mediums, 
81 50081 65; California Lima, 83 6008 -: Italian,81 60 
081 75. Green Peas, 81 0508110. 
Butter— New—Elgin, best, 19@20c: Western, best, 
1846@19c; do prime, 15@1744c: do good, 12014- do poor, 
lOOll; State. Dairy, half-flrKlns, tub8.besc,18@lS46e; do 
prime, 15017; do fine, 12@14; Welsh tubs, fine,15@l644c; 
do good, 12©l4c. Western-Imitation Creamery, best, 
18015; do line, 10312; Western dairy, Hue, 12©13c; 
do fair, 9 310c: do poor. 6@644c; do factory,fresh, best. 
10011c. do prime. 9®10: do good. 708 ; do poor, 5 
©8c; Old butter from 8 to 7c. per pound less. 
CHKK8E.—state factory, fancy.1144®—c; dodo fine, 
10@104tc; do do. prime. lOOlllj^c: dodo, fair to good, 
894@9->4e; Ohio, flat, prime, 1044® L034e ;do good,— @—c; 
do. good, —; Skims. llgnt 74439c: do medium. 
6®7c: do full, 2®4c. New Cheese from 1 to 1)4 cent 
lower. 
Egos.— Near by, fresh, 1231244c; Canadian. 1201244; 
Southern, 1144312c: Western, oest, 1231244c; Duck. 
15®18c; Goose, 25@2Sc. 
Fruits.—Fbksh.— Apples, per bbl, 83 25©85 00 ; Cran 
berries, Jersey, per crate, 83 50386 00 . Lemons, per 
box, $2 50©84 50; Oranges, Florida, $2 50 38? 00. Straw¬ 
berries, 5c®22c. 
Domestic Dried— Apples —Evaporated, old, 7@10c. 
docholce.uew. ll@124$c; prime, 10 © 104 ue; sliced, new, 
444@7c; do old, S44@34fc; Chopped, 4®444c; Cores and 
skins, 2@244c. Cherries, new, 8@12c; do, old, 8© 10c. 
Raspberries, new. 25©29c; Blackberries, 4®444c. 
Peaches, Delaware, evaporated, peeled, 15@21c; do do, 
unpeeled, 7@10e; Georgia, evaporated, peeled, new, 13 
®15c; do do do, uupeeled,7@944c: do do, sundrled. 8® 
1044c. Huckleberries, new,10>4@llc. Plums, new, 544 ® 
6440- 
Game.— Plover, per dox, 81 25@81 50 : Snipe do, do, 
81 00©8200; Woodcock, per pair, 8-@8-; Grouse- 
do do, —©— ; Partridges do, 8-©8- Duck, Mai; 
lard, 80@50c; do, Teal, 20@35c; do, Redhead,80 50@#100; 
Hay and Straw.— Timothy, best, S5®90c; do good, 
70®80c: do medium. 50c@60: Clover, mixed, 45®60c; 
shipping, 35®40c. Straw— No. 1 rye, 85®—c ; short 
rye, 40®50c; oat aud wheat, 30®40c. 
Honey— In one-pound boxes. White Clover Il©l2c; 
Huekwheat, 10®lie: Beeswax 22®23c. 
Hops.— State, New, 17® 18c; do, good, 16@17c; do 
common, 18@14c; do 1888, oesi.l2-«13c; dodo, prlme.10® 
11c; do do, common, 7@8c; California, New, best, 15® 
16c; do good to prime, 12®14c do Old, best, ll®12c; 
do common and fair, 7®9c. 
Ndts.—P eanutsarequiet. Fancy,hand-picked,quoted 
844@844c, and farmers’ grades at 7@794e, Pecans, 8® 
loc. Chestnuts, 84 00®$6 00 per bushel; Hickory Nuts, 
81 50382 00 per bushel. 
Poultry. Dressed—T urkeys, mixed, per lb. 11® 
15e; Fowls, western, choice, 10® Uc; do common to, 
good, 9®loc; Ducks, spring, good, S@15; Squab; 
white, per dozen, $3 50@84 00, do dark, do. $2 50©82 75: 
Chickens, spring, I3®22c: Fowls, near by. ll@12c ; 
Capons, 16 322c; Slips, I6®18e. Broilers, heavy, 25@32c; 
do. light, 35®37c. 
Poultry—Live. —Chickens—Spring, per lb, 20328c; 
Fowls near by,per lb,lU44®llo, .10 Western, perib .1044 
©lie; roosters, per lb, *46 <j>7c ; TurKeys, per lb, 11.4 
13c; Ducks, Western, per pair, 75®$1 00; Geese,West¬ 
ern, per pair, 81 12®81 37. 
Vegetables.— Potatoes—Maine, per bbl. $2CO@$SUO; 
English Magnum, 82 00; Statedo,8l 8748212. Western, 
do, 81 25482 12; Bermuda, do, $4 uu@$7 u0; Florida, do, 
$4uO@$7UO; Scotch Magnum, per 168 1b. sack, 817a 
®$2 U0, Sweets do, S3 00 385 00 . Cabbage, per 1UU, 
810 00®815.Turntps,per bbl,$150®81 75 : Ontons-Orauge 
County Red, 83 50®$4 50- Eastern White,$5 U0®$10 00 ; 
Eastern Red, $4 0U®$5 00; State, Yellow, $3 50®$4 50. 
Bermuda, per ci ate, $2 23; Havana. 00 do, 82 00382 25, 
Cauliflower, per bbl., 83 U0@$8 0U; Squash, Marrow, 
$300@$3 50; do Hubbard. $3 UO o$3 50 Celery, per doz. 
bunches, 20o®$l 50. Tomatoes, per orate, $3 0U@$5 50. 
Beets per crate, S125@32 2i; Asparagus, per dozen, 
83 00®$4 50. Egg Plant, per bbl., 83 O 0®$8 00; Kale, per 
bbl , $o 6 O 480 15; Spinach, per bbl. 81 U0i«$2 10; Peas, 
per orate. *1 00®$4 50, string Beans, per crate, 81 00(3 
$4 50; Cabbages, Florida, per bbl., ®2 00a§t to Cucum¬ 
bers, per crate, $4 00©$6 e0. 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
WHEAT.—Unfavorable crop news served as the 
ehief element of strength. From the Northwest there 
were reports of <>ry weather. Dispatches from Chi 
eago stated that the Farmers’ Review estimated the 
condition of the winter wheat crop as betag to per 
cent below that of last month. Cables wer -dull amt 
rather easier, aud the export demand continued slow, 
but they hat uo material effect ou tue situation, 
Sales—Ungraded Spring at $1 01 elevator; No.2 Red 
quoted 97 ® 9 i 44 c. store, Sfe 94 ®» 8 %e. afloat, 914 * 3118440 . f. 
o. b.; No. 1 Hard Spring nominal, $1 W44@l 05 afloat. 
RYE—In light demand. Western, In boatloads, quoted 
68®68He ; State, 60®61c; Canada, 59@60c. BARLEY.— 
Firm but quiet. CORN—Also tended higher as affected 
by the rise In wheat. Bradstreet reports a decrease 
of 5,01)0,000 bushels In stocks east of the Kockies for 
the week. For prompt delivery the market advanced 
94 @ 144 c. and closed strong with slight offerings, de¬ 
spite the liberal arrivals. Export Inquiry continued 
brisk. Sales—Ungraded mixed and White, 38@42J4c; 
Steamer Mixed, 39 44 ®40c. elevator, 4044 ®41 He. dellv 
ered; No. 2 Mixed, 4044®40%c. elevator. 40-Vffl41H. de¬ 
livered, spot and nearby, 4(i4J®4U?4c. special May: No. 
2 White quoted 4446®45c. afloat to arrive. OATS.— 
Sales No 3 White, 3844®>3S44c. elevator No. 2 Mixed, 
33-4(334c. elevator, 35c delivered: No. 2 White. 3403444c. 
elevator. 35c. delivered; No. 1 White. 3544c elevator; 
Mixed Western, 31@35c; White do, 3344@4044c.. 
LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 
BEEVES.—No trading In live cattle. Dressed beef 
firm at 644®794e. per lb. for poor to prime native sides. 
Latest cable advices front London and Liverpool 
quote American steers dull at 10H@l2c. per lb. for the 
dressed weight, sinking the offal, and AmeiP-an re¬ 
frigerator beef steady at scant 9c per lb. 
CALVES.—Market steady. Poor to prime Veals 
sold at $4®$5 50 per 100 lbs; Buttermilk Calves at 83 25 
@83 50. Among the sales to-day were Veals, 125 lbs. 
average, at 85 per 100 lbs: do, 18/ lbs. at 85 30. Butter¬ 
milk Calves, 119 lbs. at $3 50, and do, 122 lbs, at $3 25 
SHEEP AND LAMBS.—Market steady with Arm feel¬ 
ing. Poor to prime unshorn Sheep sold at 86 30@87 35 
per lOolbs: clipped do at $5 8J46@$B 25; clipped Year¬ 
lings at 86 85-a)$7: Spring Lambs at 88 $$10 per 100 lbs. 
Dressed Mutton firm at 944@llc. per lb; dressed Year¬ 
lings steady at I 046 @l 2 c. 
HOGS.—Nominally steady at 84 40@84 90 per 100 lbs. 
Communications Received for the Week Ending 
May 3 , 1890 . 
W. T. P.-C. C.—W. E. H.-H. S.—T. L. K.-A. J. C.—D. 
R. M.-S. L. F.-T. B. T.-H & H.-S. S. B —I. W. G.— 
M. R. W.-G. L. P—K. B.-W. F. K.—A S. A.-E. S.G.— 
F. C. G.-C. B T.-J. F. S.-J. W. I.-H. M. R.-H. S.— 
E. A. L.—C. C. A.-U. S S.—T. S,—E. McM.—C. R. B.— 
J. E. R.-F. D. F.—A. J. C. 
MARKET NOTES. 
Maple sugar is in smaller supply than 
usual. 
Good tomatoes bring very satisfactory 
figures. 
Cabbages are higher on account of a 
reduction in the receipts. 
Onions are not plenty and the stock is 
not allowed to accumulate. 
Pease have fallen off materially in price, 
and the receipts are increasing. 
Asparagus is becoming plentiful, though 
the best still brings good prices. 
The hay market is well supplied, the best 
grades being the most in demand. 
Florida oranges are about out of market. 
Prices have ruled high for some time. 
The receipts of apples have become very 
small and the price for fine fruit is 
good. 
Stocks of beans are very moderate and 
the prospect is that prices will be well sus¬ 
tained. 
Corn and oat s have advanced in price and 
the prospect is good for brisk trading and a 
further advance. 
New cheese is quite plentiful, but as 
there is a fair supply of old, prices are low 
and sales limited. 
Bananas are the cheapest fruit in the 
market, and the most plentiful; fine ones 
can be bought for a cent apiece. 
Poultry is being received in only moderate 
quantities and the best lots are selling 
readily. From now out prices are likely to 
be good. 
Potatoes are coming forward freely, and 
prime lots are bringing good prices; but 
there is a great deal of poor stock that 
sells slowly at low figures. 
Strawberries have become quite plentiful 
after a season of great scarcity. The ship¬ 
ment from Norfolk last Friday was re¬ 
ported the heaviest ever known. 
The best creamery butter is not very 
plentiful, and prices are well maintained. 
What little old butter remains in store is 
decidedly old, and sells for a very small 
price. 
If you name the R. N.-Y. to our adver¬ 
tisers you may be pretty sure of prompi 
replies and right treatment. 
LINSEED OIL MEAL 
As produced by the 
DETROIT LINSEED OIL WORKS, 
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, 
Is the Best Feed for 
DAIRY COWS. HORSES, PIGS. SHEEP 
-AND ALL- 
DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 
The large and increasing trade the Detroit Linseed 
Oil Works enjoy, without any personal solicitation 
whatever, together with otner facts they can give 
upon mall application, fully sustain the above state¬ 
ment. 
Write for further particulars, referring to this 
notice found In the Rural New-Yorker. 
