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VOL.. XIV.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, OCT. 18, 1879.
NO. 42.
FOB SAU3.
TCTOR SAt.E-5*) head of yearling steers,
J?     A. J. PATTERSON, *Ci	
Address
nion, Pike Co., Ind.
FOB SALE—12 head of pure Merino Bucks.   Address H. D. COLL1NGS, Bellmore, Parke county, Indiana.
"ClOR SALE—Cheap—A few choice Berkshire pigs.
_V Either sei. WILL T. ALEXANDER, Bennington, Mich.
FOR 8ALE-A few choice Chester White pie
show fix; also,some aged hogs.   Address 1
Moody, Eminence, Ky.
T7**0R SALE—or Trade-Three Clydesdale Stallions.
JP Imported from Scotland this year. ROBERr
CRAIU, Greenwood, Ind.
FOR SALE—Thoroughbred Shepard puppies
dress C.   B.   FAWKNER, "	
i-lORSALE*
 '     dress C.
street, Indianapolis, Ind.
Ad-
20 South Meridian
IOR SALE-Cholce  farm of 214 acres. 13 miles
southeast of Indianapolis. WM. E. MICK, Real
Estate Broker, 6a East Market street.
■po
FOR SALE-C'hester White pigs,
service.
.   _ --...-.   Boars ready for
  Satisfaction guaranteed.   Address **■*..
L. McCOKMICK, Oartersburg, Indiana.
FOR SALE—"Farms in Marion, Rnsh and other
counties In Indiana.   O. W. ALEXANDER, 36
E. Market St., (side door Central Bank).
-160 acres of excellent land one mile
_ from Kokomo. WiU require 51.500 to rs.OOO cash,
balance on time at 6 per cent. T. A. GOODWIN, In-
diapolis.
TflOR SALE-
FOR BALE-Chester
stock, 5 months old
for service.   Price from 18 to $10.
ER, Pecksburg, Ind.
White   male pigs.     Todd
;s and large
WEST A WHIG
stock, 5 months old, good pigs and large enough
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FOR SALE-The
Book.   Complete
connts. Price »1 each.
  __   .Farm Register and Account
Complete method of keeping farm ac-
Icetleach. Address INDIANA FARMER
COMPANY, Indianapolis.
FORSALE . .
from 8 to 12 weeks old.   Shoats from 5 lo 9
months old.   Sows with pig, or without.
SHEPPARD, Speacer county, Ind.
Fifty head of Jersey Red swine. Pigs
--   - - -       "    "* " im 5 to 9
HARRIS
FOR SALE—Twenty head of choice Poland China
pigs, ready for service, either sex. Special offer
for 30 days. Please write me before you purchase.
Address L. H. AIKMAN, Dana, Ind.
FOR SALE— Suffalk plgs-I have for sale IS head
of pure bre*i Suffolk pigs, six months old, at
very reasonable rates. Fo» particulars, address
JOSEPH FURNAS, Boxley, Hamilton Co., Ind.
FORSALE—I have ose of Zimmerman's galvanized iron Fruit Drying and Baking Machines,
which I will trade for waod and produce. A bargain
to any one.   J. A. RIPPETO, office Indiana Farmer,
FOR SALE—Two larms of 1-0 acres each; one is 11
anorthe other 4 miles northeast of Indianapolis.
Also, a farm of 120 acres near Pendleton. Madison
couaty, Indiana. W. M. A C. E. COFFIN, 34 North
Delaware street, Indianapolis.
A. Lawrence, of Fayette county, two yeara
ago. He took first premium on six pigs at
both the Wabash and Huntington county
fairs.
. A   rn.   »	
J. McCaslin,* Son, Franklin, breeders
of Short-horn cattle, have sold to R. B.
Harrison, of Helena, Montana, four head bf
fine Short-horns at good prices.
As an evidence of the increased interest
in sheep-breeding in our State it may be
mentioned that over one, hundred young
rams of improved breeds were sold at ovulate State fair.
Messes. A. S. Gilmour A Co., of Greensburg, took five premiums on their Berkshires at the State fair, and have been very
successful at all the fairifthey have visited
during the season. /
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Messrs. G. VT. & D. L. Thomas, of Homer, Rush county, purchased of 1. A. Lawrence, Connersville, at the State fair, the
fine young Poland China that took first
premium in his class,
 « — »	
Mr. Geo. GRAT,of Rushville this State,had
on exhibition at the State fairapairof Long-
horn steers whose combined weight waa 7,015
pounds, one pulling the beam at 3,700 and
the other at 3,315 pounds.
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We heard it rumored at the State fair
that several stock exhibitors held an informal meeting, at which they resolved not
to exhibit their stock in the future at fairs
where gambling schemes and devices are
licensed.
Sew Pony Circular Nstw, Slniinftietiirert \*f C
Cooper, Mt. Vernon, Olilo.'
FOR SALE—Over 30,000 acres of land, comprising
over 150 improved farms, at low prices, on long
time and low  interest, in Nebraska and Southwestern Iowa.   Address for circulars and particulars, B.
J.OMBARD, JR.. Lincoln. Nebraska.
FOR SALE—Farm near Monrovia, Morgan county, Ind., containing _ acres; CO acres under cultivation; good houstf' >f 6 rooms and cellar; good
barn and other outbuildings. Terms easy.. For full
information, address D. B. JOHNSON, Administra-.
tor, Monrovia, Ind.
FOR SALE—Lewis Gwinn, of Aroma. Hbmilton.
county, Ind., will ofTer ior sale at Public Auction, Thursdey, Oct. 30,1879, at his residence, 7 miles
east of Acardia, on the I., P. and C. R. R., eleven
head of pure bred and fifteen or twenty head of high
grade Short-horn cattle.   Send for catalogue.
FOR SALE—A young stallion, five-eighths Norman, balance Morgan, light gray, weighs about
1,400. Took first premium at Fulton couuty and Kosciusko county fairs last year, and sweepstakes and
first in his class the present year at the Fulton county fair. He is three years old. For particulars, address A. COOK, Sevastopol, Kosciusko county, Ind.
WAJTTEO.
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Book,
ANTED—Agents, local and general for Indiana
History, Family Bibles, and the Voters Text's. L. MARROW, Indianapolis.
WH. ALLEN & Co., Druggists opposite post-
. office, keep a complete stock of Drugs, Patent
Medicines, Oils, Toilet Articles. Best goods and
lowest prices.
WANTED—Everybody to know that W. F.
MICK, Real Essate Broker and Rental Ageat,
68 East Martlet street.collects rents for 5 per cent..and
makes prompt returns.
\\7 ANTED-Agents for "The Voters Text Book."
TT published in English and German, A standard Political History to date.   Not partisan.   Will
have a big sale next campaign.   Secure territory at
     FRED. L. HORTON A CO., 68 East MarketSt,
WANTED—Good canvassing agents for every
county in the State. We hare a large list ot
the best books published. Reliable men can secure
permanent employment. Apply at No. 36 East Market street, or address J. M. OLCOTT, Publisher, Indianapolis.
\\/ ANTED—A man fully competent to manage
T T the Bate of Dr. Naphey's Family Medical Work
and take charge of territory. Must be ft good organizer and able to hire and control men; also willing to
go into the field and learn bow to sell the book and
then teach others. Will pay a man who can do this
business from fl ,000 to *J*3.uOO a year after a fair trial.
Give age, experience, and send this. W, J. HOLLAND A CO., Chicago, 111.
HMCEIXASEOrS.
SM. GOODE-Dentlst, over 80 North Pennsylva-
•   nla street.
William Meikle, of Pendleton, Ind., on
the 6th, received the famoua heavy draft
stallion, "Baron," direct from Scotland.
He is five years old, and weighs 2,260
pounds. The animal was to have been here
at the fair, but was delayed several days on
account of rough weather.
At the St. Louis fair E. R. Moody, of
Eminence, Ky., took seventeen premiums
on his Chester Whites in their classes, and
one sweflpsfcakes, I. A. Ijavvrence, of Connersville, Ind., took first premium on his
two year old Poland China boar. He took
four first premiums besides.
Imported Breeding Animals.
The law exempts from duty animals imported for breeding purposes under such
regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. Under this law the
Treasury Department requires that all animals must be of superior stock, adapted to
improving the breed in the United States,
in order to be entitled to such exemption.
In a case recently tried in Maine, Judge
Lowell held that the department had no
right to thus restrict the law, and that animals imported for breeding purposes,
whether of superior or inferior stock, were
entitled to free entry. The Treasury Department is considering the propriety of
taking an appeal to the Supreme Court of
the United States.
person that haa paid any attention to the
subject knows that about nine times out of
ten the premium is given to the fattest animal. The object should be to encourage
the exhibition of superior breeding cattle.
The officers of our fairs should positively
prohibit the awarding of premiums to overfed animals in the breeding classes. They
should select for judges men who are judges
of the breed they are to judge, and if possible the judges should not be personally
acquaiuted with the exhibitors. To 'illustrate the importance of this. At one fair I
attended this fall, I saw in one ring seven
cows three years old and *»ver. I waa surprised at the decision and made some enquiry. One of the judges was an intimate
acquaintance of the owner, and one of the
other two* judges had sold the cow to the
present owner. I could understand then
why that cow got the first premium. I am
satisfied the officers of the fair knew nothing about this, but they should be more
careful in selecting judges. Whenever the
officers of onr fairs can and do select competent and impartial judges, and positively
prohibit the awarding of premiums to overfed animals in the breeding classes, then
the Short-horn breeders will be willing to
send their cattle to the fairs, and we would
have ten entries where w*e now have only
one. Another change in the management
of our fairs would be beneficial. Instead of
giving $500 to a little cander-legged pacing
horse, (not worth $50 for practical purposes)
give him §100 and add the §400 to the cattle
department. Sol, WiUGnT.
Ghent, Carroll Co., Ky.
^Idcrhwrjt*
lustration of their Pony Circular Saw Mill,
expressly designed for farm engines.
They are made with capacities from 2,500
10,000 feet of lumber per day. Parties in
timbered districts owning one of these
milla and having an engine can keep their
engine profitably employed the year
round, inatead of having it idle outside
oi the threshing season. The firm furnish very elegantly illustrated catalogues of
their manufactures free to interested applicants.
tht $
arm.
Postal-Cartl Correspondence
C.
C. BURGESS, Dentist.  Office in room 4 V»-
Jen's Exchange.Block. N. Pennsylvania St.
THE old reliable Indianapolis Business College,
Bates Block, opposite the postoffice, Imparts
Holstein Importation.
On the steamship "Maas," which landed
at New York August 31, arrived Mr.
Thomas B. Wales, of South Farmingham,
Mass., with 23 head of Friesian, or, as
they will now be called, Holstein cattle,
comprising seven cows, nine heifers, five
heifer calves, and two bull calves. This is
the most even lot of animals that it has
ever been our lot to see, and were all personally selected aa the best that good judgment could secure. Mr. Wales exercised
special precautions in seeking out and personally inspecting the parents of each animal, in order to secure not only good
looks in his purchase, but, what is far more
important, good breeding. This herd will
be found well worthy of a visit from gentlemen interested in this kind of stock.—
Scientific Farmer.
Live Stoek Convention.
A call has been issued by the undersigned, to use their own language:
"To the end that we may with far greater
precision, intelligence and method than it
is now possible to do, improve and fix in
our various breeds of cattle higher and
more persistent milking qualities, and the
ability to transmit those good qualities to
their offspring.
"To accomplish thia purpose, we, the undersigned, agree to meet in convention at
the American Institute in New York City,
December 9, at 12 o'clock va., and organize
an association for testing and recording the
yields of dairy cows:"
X. A. Willard; Henry E. Alvrrd; F. D
Cnrtis; Colin Cameron; T. S. Gold; S. M.
Wells; L. S. Hardin; William Crozier; T.
M. Seaver, Sec'y* Int. Dairy Fair; J. H.
Reall; Miss Midy Morgan; James Neilson;
Lawson Valentine; H. C. Hoffman; R. H.
Allen; B. F. Small, and others.
The answers to the following queries are given by
. )hn N. Navin, V. S., of this city.
What Ails the MareP
J ditors Indiana Farmen
Can you tell me what ails my mare and
hat will effect a cure? About two weeks
■fco as she came home from the pasture I
1 ret noticed her lying down, and as she got
•up with difficulty I went to her and found
Ber standing apparently all right, but one
Are leg standing on the toe of the hoof. I
examined it but could find nothing wrong,
tfere being no swelling or sore or tender
pice, but on moving her I found that her
hiid leg on the same side (the right) was
qiite stiff, sbelimpingon her front foot and
diagging*%er hind foot hard on the ground.
Ijgave her corn and then hay> she eating as
tlough nothing had been wrong, but by
miming had lain down and did not get
u^fo*** about two days, her left legs and ear
betageold and her right legs and ear warm
aijl lying on her left side while she waa ail-
irij onthe right. Since that time she has
bt*tn nearly all the time standing or moving
will'difficulty on her right side, the left
Plowing all right and seeming otherwise
waft and in good cofldilio'nr- */ -"•Sx-rsJ..:
•tober 4,
Your mare has a disease called par-
alifcis. When half the body is affected
it: called hemaphlagia; when one limb
or . portion of the muscle is affected it is
ca ed paraphlagia. The only chance for
a i ire is copious bleeding.   It is caused
XSOtASA-
Pike Co., Oct. 4.—Weather was wet for a
part of September and put wheat sowing
back, which is now in full blast; a large
acreage is going in, mostly in good order.
We had considerable frost on the 21th and
25th, and ice as thick as a knife blade, but
we see but little harm from it. The weather now is quite warm, up in 80° somewhere.
A large amount of corn will be cut up to
make up for want of hay and prevent its
rotting, as its all down badly. Health fair.
Success to the Farmer. J. L. B.
Harrison Co., Oct. 6.—The farmers &till
busy sowing wheat. There will be the
largest crop that was ever sown, the most
of it being fertilized, a great amount of it
being the fertilizer which I gave a receipt
in the Farmer for of the 6th of September.
Corn badly blown down and will not be
more than half a crop. A great many farmers won't have enough to fattpn their hogs.
Potatoes will be a good crop if the frost
don't come too soon. The farmers are rejoicing that wheat is rising, for that is
about all they have to sell. The Farmer
is a welcome visitor. J. S. B.
either a lodgment of blood upon the
in or a watery effusion, or some other
Practical, Useful and Profitable Education,
lg the wants of nine-tenths of the young m
boys.   Young men wishing to enter business will
ing the wants of nine-tenths of the young men and
boys.   Young men wishing to enter bus
here receive such aid as will insure a successful fu
ture to them.    For circulars of   information, address KOERNER <fc OOODIER, Indianapolis, Ind.
LOANS.
MONEY
to   loa»  on  Improved Farms.   M. E.
VINTON, Indianapolis, Ind.
LOAN—Money to loan at 8 per cent. Ten years'
time with privilege of paying at any time after
three years. No life Insurance. No commissions. M.
E. VINTON, Vinton Block, IndlanapoUs. Ind.
LOAN—MONEY—In sums of fum to ,10.000, on
improved farms in Indiana, at eight per cent,
interest, payable an nually (no commissions charged).
The principal, or any part oi it can be paid at any
time. H. B PALMEll - "" **"- --*-- — --■■-
St. .Indianapolis, Ind.
IA CO., No. 78 East Market
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WC
An extra of the Ottawa Gazette contains
an order in council further prohibiting the
importation or introduction into the prov-
. inces of Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick,
* Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island of
cattle from the United States.   No time is
specified.
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. Enos Powell, one of our most successful agents in the northeast part of the
State, has made a success at tho fairs with
stock from the Poland China pig he received
'as an Indiana Fa*umer premium from I.
Judging on Live Stock at Fairs.
Editors Indiana Farmen
This is a very important subject and I
hope it will be thoroughly discussed in the
Indiana Farmer and other agricultural
papers of the country. In yourpaper October 4th' is an article on this subject from
the National Live Stock Journal. I can
agree with nearly everything said in that
article except where it recommends the selection of practical butchers for judges of
cattle in the beef producing classes. Butchers certainly would be good judges .of fat
cattle," but what would they know about
their milk or breeding qualities. I beleive
the Short-horns stand at the head of the
beef producing breeds, and it is the fault of
the Short-horn breeders that they do not
stand at the head of the dairy breeds. In
England three-fourths of the dairy cows are
thoroughbred Short-horns or their crosses,
and tha day ia not very far distant when
they will be the leading dairy cows in the
country, but it will not be hastened by selecting butchers forjudges of this breed.
The greatest objection Short-hom breeders
have for exhibiting their cattle at fairs is,
that in order to have any show of getting
the premiums, they have to b» made so fat
that their breeding qualities are greatly injured,  if not entirely   destroyed.   Every
Fancy Prices for Fancy Stock.
One of the most remarkable cows on record is the 10th Duchess of Airdrie, owned
by Hon. Mat. Cochran, which has just given
birth to her ninth calf, a red heifer, to be
named the 8th Duchess of Hillhurst, by 3d
Duke of Oneida. Ofthe 10th Duchess and
her daughter's calves, Mr. Cochran has sold
the following animals at theprices named:
In tbe winter of 1875, the bull calf, 4th Duke
of Hillhurst, at $7,000; at public auction in
Toronto, June 16, 1875, the bull calf, 5th
Duke of Hillhurst, two months old, at
$8,000, and the heifer, Airdrie Duchess 5th,
eight months old, at $18,000; at auction sales
in Toronto, June, 14,1876, the cow Airdrie
Duchess 2d, at $21,000, and the heifer Airdrie Duchess 3d, at $23,600. In August,
1877, privately, the heifer 6th Duchess of
Hillhurst, at $12,000; and at public sale in
Bowness, Windermere, England, September 4,1877, theheiffrSl Duchess aid5th
Duchess of Hillhurst, at 4,100 and 4,300
guineas each, or $20,500 and $21,500 respect-
ively,making $131,600 for eight animals sold.
He has still in his possession, besides the
10th Duchess, Airdrie Duchess 4th, 7th
Duke, and 7th and 8th Duchess of Hillhurst,
five animals, and has lost four animals by
death. The above result has perhaps never
been equaled by any one animal at the
same age. In December, 1859, an offer of
$25,000 for the 10th Duchess was refused,
and the same for her daughter, Airdrie
Duchess 4th. Since then the old cow has
brought three heifers and one bull; two of
the heifers have been sold for $33,600, and
there still remain the bull and the heifer
just dropped, besides the dam, who will
probably breed a number of calves yet.—
Nova Scotia Journal of Agriculture.
de angement of that organ, or of the
oal column. In addition to bleeding,
nch with tincture of aconite and
tijcture of belladonna. Every alternate
tilo hours give half a drachm to the dose,
v lich may be gradually increased to 1 j
d achms.   A full cure is doubtful.
A Lame Horse.
B litors Indiana Farmer:
I would like to have your opinion in re-
_ ird fo my horse. Another horse cornered
1 >r in a field and made her jump the fence,
c .using her to fall, from which she became
1 me in her hind leg. On the back part of the
1 g just below the hock joint thero is a lump
t tat is soft, on the inside of the leg there is
i knot which is hard. She got well of her
i rst lameness but twice since sprained her
1 ig by turning around very quickly. Can
t lose knots be taken off? If so, how?
Pleasantville, Oct. 6. E. P.
—Your horse, as far as I can judge, has
bone spavin and a curb; the enlarge-
lent on the back of the hough is curb,
nd that on the inside is spavin. The
nly chance for stopping the lameness is
o blister severely. To one pint of spirts of turpentine add one ounce of pul-
-erized cantharides, Spanish fly. Rub
a well with the hand morning and
•vening until blistered; then once per
iay, after four days; every alternate day
far fifteen days after it is once blistered
to not rub much, but in the first applications rub hard; do not let the blister
encircle the leg. When done grease with
lard.
KANSAS.
Pottawatomie Co., Oct. 6.—The late
.rains have thoroughly soaked the ground;
rati grain* *eii*rrtr-iiT-.ij>./» i«oXting nrie. si&h^v
are still sowing wheat. Corn gathering has
commenced but is not as good as last year,
the dry weather in August and fore part of
September cut the crop somewhat short.
Potatoes are scarce of late varieties; early
ones were good. A large amount of prairie
hay has been secured and put up in good
order. Times areimprovingandeverybody
seems to be making the best of it, getting
out of debt, and are joyful over the result.
Many are gathering in young cattle. Calves
at $8 to $10; yearlings $18 to $20. This is a
good stock country. A Subscriber.
OKEGOir.
Junction City, Sept. 30.—Wheat a little
over a fourth of a crop; farmers about all
"busted." Rust got away with it. Credit
system will ruin any country. That's
what's the matter here. I. N. B.
ILLIKOII.
Piatt Co., Oct. 11.—Our crop of fall wheat
was excellent, from 20 to 43 bushels per
acre, but we had a small acreage. My
Clawson wheat averaged 36 bushels per
acre, sown 15th of September. My Fultz
wheat sown 15th of October yielded 24
bushels per acre. A comparatively large
acreage of wheat sown this fall. Corn over
an average crop, 45 to 50 bushels per acre.
Fair crop of apples. Oats yielded from 40
to GO bushels per acre. Average crop of
hogs.   No cholera. S. H.
McLean Co.,Sept. 30.—The immense corn
fields of this State have been cut with frost.
The extent of the damage is unknown. The
fair closes to-day. The show of stock meagre; fast horses and saloons and fast men
fully represented. Small fruits abound in
this vicinity, enough for home consumption, at moderate prices, and large amounts
have been shipped to Chicago and more
distant markets. S. W. H.
Thirty thousand school children assembled at Woodward Gardens, San Francisco,
the other day, to welcome General Grant.
Bullion in the Bank of England has decreased £740,000 during the past week*
The proportion of reserve to liability is 51H
per cent.
The increase in immigration for the year
ending September 80th, over the former
year, is about 40,000, being more than 33
per cent.
There are 30,000 deaf mutes in the
United States, and fifty places of worship
where services are conducted in the sign
language.
The law exempts from duty animals imported for breeding purposes, under such
regulations as the Secretary ofthe Treasury
may prescribe.
In order to check tbe flow of gold to the
United States, it is reported from London
that the Bank of France has decided to advance the premium.
Thirty thousand men are in the various
prisons of the United States, and the
number would increase largely if every
one was there that ought to.be.
Over $34,000,000 were imported into this
country in the regular course of trade in
two months this season, amounting to
68 tons of metal, and it still comes.
The treasurer of the United States.reports
the total number of standard silver dollars
coined at 42,757,550. The number on hand
inthe treasure's office is 31,703,680. The
number outstanding in circulation is 11,-
054,070.
America has realized an average of $100,-
000,000 per year from breadstuffe alone
since 1865, the amount last year beigg
$181,767,841; $133,232,575 waa realized last
year from our animal products, cattle,
hogs, etc.
The Mt. Vernon Iron Works.
The above name works, situated at Mt.
Vernon Ohio, and under the proprietorship of C. & G. Cooper & Co, constitutes
one of the largest manufacturing institu-
;ions for which the State of Ohio is famous.
Through the courtesey of Mr. F. L. Fair-
!hild, one of the firm, the writer had the
pleasure of looking through this immense
Xincern. These works, first established in
(833, nearly half a century ago, have steadily increased in trade and facilities, until
;hey now turn out over 100 different styles
>f stationary and portable engines, beside
i large assortment of sawmill and gristmill
triachinery. From 350 to 400 engines, be-
iides other machinery are made yearly at
ihese shops, affording employment for some
200 skilled mechanics. The shops now
Covering several acres of ground, and presenting as busy an appearance as a beehive, are being added to in the shape of a
very large store-house, new foundry, etc.,
On this page our readers will not« an II-
■GENEItAL,  NEWS.
Hlinois reports but little over half a crop
of apples this year.
A very large amount of counterfeit subsidiary coin is reported in circulation.
Chicago reports an improved demand for
horses and not enough offering to supply
it. - '■*
On account of pension arrears almost $8,-
000,000 were paid by the government in
September.
In September, 1879, the national revenue^
was larger by almost $4,000,000 than it was
in September, 1878.
At Belmont, near San Francisco, Senator
Sharon set a banquet for General Grant, to
which 1,300 people were invited.
There are in the world 5,000,000 Free
Masons with 15,000 lodges. The United
States leadi»j having, 9,894 lodges.
The fall crop of grass in Kentucky is reported from all parts of the State as being
finer than any for a score of years.
The latest estimate of practical stat'ujti-
cans is that there are in the United States
35,000,000 cattle valued at $1,200,000,000.
A terrible accident occured on tho Michigan Central railroad, at Jackson, Michigan,
On.thijlOtb^k.ininKtweij.tvpersoii.slnstantly   ,,
and wounding thany others.   The accident
is attributed to carelessness on tho part of
employes.
During the past year the American bible
society has printed an average of 1,000
copies a day of its ten cent testament, tsiid
still did not keep up with its orders. About
550 copies of its twenty-five cent bible
have been printed daily.
A farmer attempted to cut into a premium pumkin at a fair at Council Grove,
Kan., to get a lew of the seed, but found it
made of wood. It had taken many prizes
at fairs for its weight, 230 pounds, and its,
circumference, seyen feet.
Prominent proprietors of the large landed
estates in England and Ireland are satisfied that it is Impossible to compete with
American wheat production. They advise
that British farmers should devote their
attention to the raising of cattle.
Cincinnati has, according to the report
made by her board of trade, 5,172 manufacturing establishments, with an invested
capital of $57,500,000; number of hands em-
employed 67,145, and valuo of annual pro
ducts $138,736,165. These figures indicate
tenfold increase in the last forty years.
In the McKean county oil regions of
Pennsylvania about 150,000 gallons of oil
are running to waste daily. The market is
over stocked and the oil ilows on at 25,-
000 barrels per day, or about 5,000 more
than the pipe lines can handle. All efforts
to limit the flow and stop the waste have
failed.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Morris, of Violinia
township, Cass county,. Michigan, were
murdered last week for money received
from a large sale of wheat made recently.
The body of Morris was found with two
bullet holes through his neck; that of his
wife was shot four times in the breast.
There is no clue.
Exclusive of gold production and coinage we have had an increase, of $09,000,000
within the year. Of this $33,000,000 has resulted from excess of gold importation
$24,000,000 from coinage of silver dollars,
and $12,000,000 from the issue of national
bank notes. The inflation is steadily g*»ing
on as the want of business demands it.
Forest fires are raging fearfully in Northern New York, destroying farm-houses,
barns and farm-property. Some of the
woods are impassable on account of tho
fires. The loss cannot be estimated, nor
can it be known how much damage will be
done as the wind has been blowing fear-
f ally from the west for the last 21 hours,
and the fire is still raging.
In Turnbull County, Ohio, a vein of Petroleum has been struck of a character
heretofore unknown in the business. It i9
lubricating oil ofthe finest quality, just a..
it eomes from the earth, and sells readily
at $16 per barrel. The well yields five barrels per day. Two thousand acres in the
vicinity bave been leased by speculators at '
enormous prices.
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