A Weekly Journal of the Farm, Ho me and Garden
VOL. XVII.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, SATURDAY, SEPT. 30, 1882
NO. 40.
FOR SALB.
F
iOR SALE—Farm. 50 acres near Martinsville, Ind.
Address J. M. ST. JOHN, FranKlin, Ind.
F
OR SAJjE—Canada bocks, two years old, extra
good.   Address A. 8. REEL, Vincennes, Ind.
F
OR SALE—Two very flne your Jersey bulls, light
and fawn color. R. S. RUSSELL, Zionsville, Ind.
FOR SALB—Cotswold bock lambs: flne ard large.
Terms reasoi able.   A. M. JENKINS, Fountain
City, Ind.
FOR SALE—Cotswold bucfc lambs aU from import-
ed Bt*ck ftt |16 a piece.   JAMES if. MARLOW,
Adams, lad.
FOR SALE—Kiefifer's Hybrid, LeConte, and other
choice blight-proof pears.   Catalogues free.   K.
Y. TEAS, Dnnrclth, Ind. eow
FOR SALE—Lucretla Dewberry, Gregg Raspberry,
and other choice Small Fruits.   Catalogues free.
E.Y. TEAS, Dunretth, Ind. eow
FOR SALE—Farm of SOarres;  well Improved; In
good celghborhord :in Hamilton county,   price
reasonable.   Address M. ____. S., care of this office.
FOR SA LE—Cotswold buck Iambs, good oneejfrom
my. Darnell buck.   Come and see tbem, or writ*
to J. L. BRENTON, Petersburg, Pike county, Ind.
FOR SALE—A fine farm of 139 acres In Hendricks
Co., Ind.   For particulars, address ALEXANDER CLARK, Center Valley, Hendricks Co., Ind.
FOR SALE—A few very fine Ch-ster White pigs,
either sex.   Also  Plymouth  Rock  cocks.   Ad-
dressA. W. BEWSEY, Colfax, Clinton county, Ind.
FOR SALE—One of the finest lot of Poland China
spring pigs in the State; over 100 to select irom.
Address J. CUNNINGHAM & CO., Miami, Miami
eounty, Ind.
FOR SALE-Partridge, Buff and Black Cochins,
White Leghorns. Plymouth Rocks and Creve
Cceurs, from prize birds. Address L. L. DAUGHERTY, Wabasb, Ind.      	
FOR SALE—A Campbell Ditcher with improved
capstan, new rope and one pair of oxen, for sale
or trade. Cuts ditch 2 feet deep ond & feet wide. W.
S. L1NGLE, Lafayette, Ind.
FOR SALE—Short horn bulls, heifers and cowsoi
the Louan family, all registered or entitled to
registry, at my farm four miles west of Indianapolis.
JOHN T. PBESSLY, Indianapo Is, Ind.
InOR SALE^-Pedigreed Short Horn cattle and Po-
! land China hogs, over 15 years a breeder. Please
Btate about what you want and address L. H. AIK
MAN, Box 21, Dana, Vermillion Co., Ind
FOR SALE—Scotch Collies—Two choice litters of
Scotch Coll es, for sale; now ready for delivery.
Price, $10 each. Apply to ISAAC J. HAMMOND,
Walnut Hills Stock Farm. Greencastle, Indiana.
T?.OR SALE-Shppherd Pups—Bred from English
X* shepherd dog and Scotch Collie slut. Biddie.the
mother of these pups, bad charge at one time of f 00
sheep. Price, $10. ALFRED LODER, Lewlsvillejnd.
"T^OK SALE—Valuable 125 acre farm close to city:
JF pite road; good two-story brick bouse; good
barn; fruit, water, plank, rail and hedge fences; title
good; easy terms; on Louisville and Chicago R. R,
Address Box 148, Bloomington, Ind.
FOR SALE—A flne lot of Poland China pies; sired
by Star of the West, Prince 2d and other boars;
ancestors all recorded. Also, Plymouth Rock cockerel's. Prices reasonable. BARCLAY MOON A
SON, Jerome, Howard county, led.
FOR SALE—Pure bred sheep, single or by car load,
Cotswolds, Southdowns and American Merino
buck lambs and yearlings at from $10 tt $15. Also,
Sbort-horn cattle, recordable; Poland China pigs.
Stock all pure bred and a part imported and recorded.
Address B. F. LEt. G, Windfall, Tipton county, Ind.
FOR SALE— Farms, Farms!—In Howard, Miami,
Tipton, Cass and Clinton counties. Also No. I
stock farms in White, Jasper and Pulaski counties.
This is the richest farming country in Indiana. We
are glad to show lands to all seeking homes or profitable Investments, STUART A HOSS, Kokomo, Indiana.
FOR SALE—A choice lot of Poland China pigs of
either sex.dtcended from a htrdof the very
best strains that have been produced and mostly sired
by the Justly celebrated hog, Star of the West" No.
535, Vol. 1. C. P. U Becord, all eligible for either record.
Address T. M REVEAL, Clermont, Indiana, Marion
county.
FOR SALE—Farm of 95 acres, in a high state of
cultivation, situated on the west bank of White
river, four miles north of the city; good house, barn,
and tenant house; good orchard of apple, peach and
pear; grapes and small fruits of all kinds. For particulars ar ply to the proprietor on the premises, or
address HEZEKIAH FERRIS. Indianapolis, lad.
JjyOR HALiir-We have a large list of farms at prices
2 that will bear your closest investigation. We
can f_uit the buyer in. price and quality, location and
surroundings. Come to our office where you can see
plats, and get full Information. Office: Boom 4 Va-
Jen's Exchange Block, Indianapolis. MILLS & FUL-
LENWIDER, Real Estate Agents.
FOR SALE—Two trained Scotch Collies by imported shepherds; they are very fine; price, $25; a
few young pups for sale, or will exchange for good
bred stock of any kind. Also my thoroughbred Lincoln ram, 3 years old. by imported General, dam imp.
Nell. Price, $50. For particulars, address I. A. CON-
OVER, Monroe, Butler county, Ohio.
FOR SALE—A Signal Bull—Sultan of Woodside,
No. 5135, American Jersey Cattle Club Herd Register; born January 10,18S0; color, squirrel gray,
shading black on head, neck and sides; full black
points; floe head and fine small Incurving horns; elegantly bred; no better Jiving; price $150; can be seen
at the State fair, or by calling on S. F. GRAY, 27 Virginia aveuue, iDdianapolis, Indiana.
FOR SALE—Gar en farms at half price. 15 acres
under^ralned, rich land; I rick house of 9 rooms;
running waur; terms'', v cash, $800in 3 years. 47
acres in two pieces, wit. t. rchard on each; good barn
and small house on one piece; terms, $1,500 down and
$1,450 on time. All within four miles of the city,
northwest. Inquire at first toll Bate on the Lafayette
road. Apply at once. E. CHURCHILL, 417 Indiana
avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. >
FARMERS READ THIS—A big chance tomaice
money In connection with running your farm or
other business, by representing as Agent In your
county, TheJndustrial Life Association of Indianapolis, Ind. Tbls popular home company has in the
past six years established its business successfully in
all the principal towns throughout the State, and is
now desirous of securing reliable Agents on liberal
Inducements to work among farmers. The Industrial
Life furnishes reliable Insurance at actual cost on
small monthly payments; members when joining
and at ail times knowing tbe outside cost; it has
stood the test of time, bas always paid death losses
In full, bas never contested a claim, and bas no superior In point of strength, cheapness and permanency
and is not on the dollar a death co-operative or old
line plan. As to the high standing and responsibility
of the Industrial Life, we refer by permission, to tbls
paper, Indiana Farmer, the Indiana Banking Company or First National Bank. Address at once In order to secure territory. INDUSTIAL LIFE ASSOCIATION , No. 70 East Market St., Indianapolis, Ind.
F
OR SALE—GRASS FARMS.
210 acres, stock farm, excellent orchards and buildings, about 2>4 miles south of llourovla, Morgan
county.   Price, t-0 per acre.
240 acres rough grass land, good orchard and small
house, about sH miles southeast ol Monrovia, Morgan county.   Price, .10 per acre.
240 acres, 3 miles west of Greencastle, Putnam connty.  Price, |I5 per acre.
160 acres, 7 miles west of Greencastle, house, about
half plowed.  Price, |15 per acre.
168 acres, about 2 miles east of Eminence, Morgan
oounty, about half plowed, remainder good timber.
Price |18 per acre.
IM acres, in southeast corner of Parke county, two
miles north of Lena; said to be good coal land, 60
acres cleared: small buildings.   Price, $10 per acre.
155 acres in Morgan county, about 5 miles north of
Martinsville; half plowed; comfortable buildings.
Price. J2.000. .
1J48 acres prairie, In fcewton connty, 6 miles from
railroad; 500 acres plowed; excellent buildings. Price
£3 per acre.
200 acre stock farm, good dwelling, about Vi miles
southeast ot Eminence, Morgan connty. Price, (17
per acre.
These farms are in the best blue-grass region of Indiana, are well watered, have sufficient timber, and
eminently suited for sheep or cattle. They are In
healthy, well settled nelgborhoods, convenient to
railroad, church, school and market and market facilities. They are worth mnch more than above
prices, but being taken on foreclosure by corporations desirous to close ont this class of assets, are offered at cost, on payments of one-fourth cash and remainder in ten annnal payments,to run at 6 per cent,
interest, payable half yearly. These are the lowest
prices. No other property will be taken in exchange,
FRANCIS SMITH _t CO, Indianapolis, Ind.
Concluded on Filth Pa*e.
%XW    MOCal.
Poweix Bros, have just received two
fine shipments of Clydesdale horses from
abroad, arriving in good condition.
The public sale of superb Short-hom
cattle by J. Baugh & Son, takes place at
Lafayette, Ind.,  October 12,  at the  fair
grounds.
_—. .
S. S. Eabhabt, Clinton oounty, Ind.,
have sold and shipped to David Earhart,
Nashville,   Tenn.,   several   fine   Poland
China pigs.
 .
We have just heard of the arrival of Mr.
Robert Craig, of Greenwood, Ind., from
Scotland with a lot of superior Clydsdale
stallions and mares of different ages.
Among the lot is the noted two year old'
fillie, "Lady Evelyen."
 . ,
Mr. J. W. Maccoun & Son, who advertise a large herd of Short-horns for sale,
near Danville, Ind., on the 11th of October,
are among the oldest and best breeders of
the State. They have a fine lot of cattle,
all of which will be sold.
daily of the lower grades.Jand hence it is
clear that a reduction of the present duties
will be ruinous to the wool growing interests of our people, and will compel
many now engaged in this pursuit to turn
their attention to other branches of agricultural industry. Against such results
we desire to present the respectful, yet
earnest and emphatic protest of the united
wool growers of Ohio."
Pbkhaps one of the largest sales of fat
cattle ever made in the State was the late
one of Messrs. Lockridge and Bridges. The
sale embraced 3,300 head, averaging 1,500
pounds, to be delivered at Albany, N. Y.
A. M. Lockridge <fe Son sold to the same
party 1,000 head, averaging 1,550 pounds.
Many of them were pure bred Short-horn
steers from the head of Hon; S. F. Lockridge, a total of 4,400 head, amounting to
about 5445,000. They are being shipped at
the rate of thirty-five" car loads per week.
■ .
The Wool-growers Association of Ohio
at their recent meeting at Columbus,;that
state, unanimously passed a resolution in
favor of a protective tariff for the needed
legitimate industries. In regard to wool
production they passed the following:
"That the present duties on unmanufactured wools are not sufficient to accom-
plsh the object above stated, and, therefore, we desire to assert this opinion, that
if these duties are to be changed, tbey
should be increased. It is well known
that the existing tariff on wool permits a
considerable    annual importation,  espe-
Will it hurt the wool of my sheep to let
them run around a straw stack this winter? R. A. L.
We do not know of any harm it would
do them.
Increasing Demand for Meat Abroad.
The English live stock industries are
alive to the fact that other countries must
furnish a considerable supply of food, and
that this condition of things are rapidly
increasing. Referring to this fact the National Live Stock Journal summarizes the
English view of the question as follows:
A careful estimate, according to the figures given, brings out the fact that a comparison of the production with that of consumption shows a deficiency of 793,000
tons of meat, and 8,500,000 tons of grain.
These deficiencies must be made up by
importation from other countries.
Returns show that the cattle of France
and the sheep of Great Britain are decreasing in numbers, while the population
of Europe is growing more dense, the annual increase being 3,000,000. The present
food supply produced in Europe is said to
be sufficient for its inhabitants during
eleven months of the twelve, but at the
rate of decline the opinion is given that
not very far ahead the shortage will be
represented by two months, instead of
one, or a doubling of the deficiency. The
English press is quite inclined, natuialiy,
to keep attention directed towards their
own colouiesasgrowingsourcesof supply.
Especially is Australia quoted as already
giving a good supply in this direction;
and it is predicted that the prospective development of her resources will enable
her to send forward frozen, canned, and
otherwise preserved meats, in incredible
quantities. South Australia is said to
grow about one ton of wheat to each inhabitant, counting all ages. New Zealand is said to be able to send annually
1,000,000 frozen sheep. The annual increase of sheep in Australia is reported at
about 22,000,000, one-half of which can be
spared for shipment.
Reference is made to the prediction of
Consul Murray, in 1834, that the day
would come when America would feed
Europe; but the English, while they naturally expect to look te this country  for
heavy supplies, take pride in citing
the resources of their own colonies as
great aids in this direction. That they
will be, of course there can be no doubt.
However, while the English are great eaters of beef, and they require this to be of
the best grades, they will find that for a
long time to come the quality of. Australian beef will be quite ordinary when compared to the product from the States.
This latter, too, is undergoing rapid improvement, and the quotations of the best
grades will always be high. Tho principal consumers of meat are those who discriminate very closely as -to the quality;
and the largest portion of this class are
able to buy good meats, and will have no
other. In this particular they will not go
backward, but, on the contrary, any cultivated taste becomes more and more exacting as it is habitually ministered to.
We quote the following figures as showing the total meat product ofthe countries
named. These figures (the first representing the product of each, and the second
the consumption) refer to the three articles, beef, mutton, and pork: United
Kingdom, 69; consumption, 109. France,
55,70; Germany, 61, 66; Russia, 49, 47.
Austria, 57, 53. Italy, 20, 18. Spain and
Portugal, 60, 48. Holland, 62, 48. Belgium 44, 74. Denmark, 124, 76. Sweden
and Norway, 70,70. Roumania, 56, 69.
Europe, 55, 60.
During 1881, Europe paid .-35,000,000
sterling for meat from abroad, and £85,-
000,000 sterling for grain. This is an increase, .which is shown by the following
figures: In 1660, 91,230tons; value, -.4,390,-
000 sterling. In 1870, 144,2_5; value,
£7,708,000 sterling. In 1880,650,300; value,
£26,612,000 sterling. For each inhabitant
this was, in 1860, 7 lbs.; 1870,10 lbs., and
in 1880, 40 lbs. It is claimed to be shown
by these figures that the English supply is
sufficient to give their own people as
much meat as is consumed by Frenchmen or Germans.
The imports of living animals for food
have thus far, according to the English
trade returns, as given by the English
press, been greatly in excess of any previous year. For the first five months of
1882, the number of oxen, bulls, and cows
imported was 21,432 in excess of the same
period last year. On these the increase in
value was £485,916 sterling. The importations of sheep have exceeded those of last
year by 104,328, at an increased value of
£210,453 sterling. Theimportations of pigs
has greatly fallen off. The importation of
dead meats is also stated to have fallen off
largely. The quantity of bacon is reported as being much less than heretofore
—fully one-third less than in 1880, during
same period.    - ;
It is quite clear, we think, that the beef
animal of the future must be an improvement upon what be has been in the past'
with ns, if we would maintain the full advantage of our position in furnishing beef;
to go into the better markets abroad. No;
matter what the competition from other*
quarters, so far as the character of that
competition is now concerned, if it
below our standard, the same rule will
govern that acts in fixing values on all
other products. The rule that holds with
creamery butter, as compared to country
firkin-packed, will apply to our best
beeves; and, notwithstanding the efforts
made on the other side to keep up a dia-
tinction against beef grown and fed oil
this side, every day's operations will go to
establish that such distinctions have no,
basis upon any disqualifying characteristic* in the meat itself, and, like any other,
disingeneous effect, will drop out of sight.
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Founding Herds. }</
It is far easier and cheaper now to found
herds than in the early days of stock fanning. There is no longer excuse for breeding scrub stock. Touching this matter
the Stockman very well says:
The time was when good foundation'
stock for a herd of cattle could riot be procured without great difficulty, often not;
without exportation, and never without
great expense. But it is now quite differ;
ent. The tnan who does not wish to import can establish himself with finely-bred
animals from choice strains without going
beyond the Atlantic and very often without going out of his own state or neighborhood. In the matter of price, too, the
new beginner fails to meet with the discouragement which would have faced
him had he lived a generation ago.
While there are many individual animals
in this country which are held at strong
fancy prices, it is indisputable that intrinsically meritorious and- faultlessly-brett
stock can be procured at a reasonable figure. It does not require a purse of wonderful length to get a fair start in this most
fascinating business. A small beginning]
with a few choice animals, managed judi-
ciouslyand bred from consclentiously,gives
the beginner all the capital which is absolutely essential. We would not detract
from the importance of importing stock
indeed it is necessary that this fresh infusion of blood should be kept up. But the
day is past when the man who does not
wish to import is so handicapped by that
fact as to materially affect bis business, in
ordinary lines of breeding. •■
This department la edited by SB. JOHN K. Navtk,
Veterinary Burgeon, author of Bavin's Explanatory
Block Doctor.
Rules to b* ohaerved by thou expecting correct an
jswem
L Btate the rate of pnlae.
X. Tbe braMblna..
I. The standing attitude.
4. Appearance ot balr.
f, 5. If coogh, and secretions from nose,   whether
•glands between th* Jtm can b* Ml, and bow near
the bone.
; «. If breathing Is rapid, accompanied by rattle or
rushing round, no ttrn. mnst be lost in blistering
throat, and using Unctur* cl aconite root and tincture of belladonna SO drape on tongue alternately
very two ^onrs, tor uiie ts too short (or an answer.
-. Parties requiring answers by mail must Inclose tl
"• for advice, otherwise reply will appear In next Irane-
• I have a two-year-old steer that eats and
drinks hearty, but don't grow, except his
horns; scours badly; what should I do
for him? J. C.
: Yonr steer indicates a very low breed of
scrub stock, for if nothing else they produce enormous horns. Give him the powders so often ordered in the Farmer.
'■': I have a Jersey cow that milks very
hard; is there any remedy, if so, what is
It, and where can it^be had? A. C.
• No remedy except one to dangerous to
/resort to, viz: To force a wire through the
Orifice, the willingness of the animal to
lactate is the trouble in cows being difficult to milk nine times in ten.
J,''My mare has a fistula and I used your
Remedy, but done no good, please send me
jMroceipe ja the Farmer. . .. ^J. J.
fejiYou, notthemediclneis to bli-riretfif^iff^'imk
jjwrite motiving' full history, and state of
Ithe case. I will answer by letter, giving a
jlengthy mode of treatment, too long for a
Saewspaper article. Observe the rule at
head of veterinary column.
r I want to know what to do for my horse,
he has trouble with bis water; it comes
from him slow and he strains as if he would
burst; I have used spirits of niter, it seems
to relieve him temporarily.       G..M. H.
If you desire to continue the use of diuretic medicine, give him pulverized nitre
one level teaspoonful every night in
mixed feed, or give him the powders so
often recommended in the Farmer, or
turn him on pasture.
I have a mare which has been lame for
about a year, her shoulders are shrunken
and she limps on the right leg; I thought
it was the sweeney and I tried your sweeney
cure; the skin appears to be loose on the
shoulders, and she does not appear to
mind it when I rub it. J. N.
Evidently it is not sweeney else you
could cure it from the book, but what the
disease is I cannot tell nor can any man,
except heseesit. Youmust pathologizethe
case or get somebody to do so.
in the nostrils perhaps; more likely an
abscess, or tumor of some characterjthe
treatment I cannot anticipate not having
seen the case; a polypus must be excized,
but a tumor mav be reduced by injeeting
tincture of iodine, etc
(&zxxzxul 3§.je.tm
My cattle have had a cough for about
faiia four months. It does not get better.
lauSTWhat should I do for them?
T. W. B.
,: Take thorough-wort, slippery elm, linseed, hoarhound, stick liquorice; of each
an equal, quantity; boil thoroughly in water, two gallons to the pound of eachi
that is to say two gallons to the above
four pounds. When boiled down to six
quarts, add one or two gallons of molasses,
boil again until thoroughly incorporated
and give half a pint to each cow morning
and evening.
My neighbor haa a horse that is a little
hoof-bpUnd and he would like to know
whether Navin's shoe would be good for
that. Also how to keep the horse from
interfering in front. S. H.
Dr. Navin's expansion shoe is a ^specific
for contraction, gotten up to cure the disease, and prevent its occurrence, but is
out of every size except two and three,
price 75 cents per pair. To stop interfering eut down the outer wall of the foot,
and leave the inner wall untouched; use
a shoe with the inner arm double the
thickness ol the outer side.
My cow snagged one of her teats about
two months ago and it has not healed
proper, for it leaks and looses nearly all
the milk from that quarter of the udder;
I took two stitches iu it a few days ago,
but did not seem to do fay good, for they
soon broke out; the hole is about the middle of the teat, that is in length, etc.; she
is fresh; will you please tell me through
the Indiana Farmer how to close the
snagged hole in the teat? Reader.
; Introduce a fine tube sufficient to allow
the milk to pass through, let it pass
above the apperture, then close it, using
coarse saddler's silk, if too fine it will cut
through the skin.
We have a young cow that breathes very
hard and bleeds some at the left nostril;
we have had a doctor for her, but is not
much better that we can see; she has been
so for one month; what shall we do for
her, and what is wrong with her?
T .C. K.
Tell your doctor that, she has a polypus
A good many corn fieldB are reported
out of danger.
Lafayette's public library will open
about the 1st of November, with 9,000 volumes.
Four cows have died of Texas fever at
Champaign, Illinois, and two ditiry herds
are sick.
American barbed wire fencing is advertised as kept for sale at 25 different places
in Germany.
Tennessee has about $2,000,000 invested
in cotton factories, which are earning
large profits.
A farmer of Jefferson county, while
plowing killed twenty-two spreading vipers in one nest.
The estimated com crop of Georgia is
35,00O.CC0 bushels, which Is nearly double
what it was last year.
There are already in use in the United
Stated 220,090 telephones, and the number
is increasing at the rate of 6,000 a day.
The body of Allen Spencer, a oooper,
was found in the canal south of Conners-
ville.   He was much addicted to drink.
Over 9,000 new farms were started on
Government lands in Minnesota and Dakota during the year ending June 30,1882.
Charles Eieer, aged eleven, is under arrest in Chicago for shooting Katie Becker,
agedeight,.with» pistol  while  he was
The butter made in Kossuth county,
Iowa, this year will bring f 500,000, which
is more than f250 for every family in the
county.
The value of domestic breadstuff^ for
the eight months ended 31st of August
was fll0,015,903, against $167,605,205 the
same time in 1881.
A bridge across the- river, at Elkhart,
fell recently, dropping three teams into
the stream. One man and several horses
were severely injured.
The comptroller of the currency has extended the corporate existence of the First
National Bank of Madison, capital $100,-
000, to September 18,1902.
Counsel for Sergeant Mason has filed a
petition for a habeas corpus. The argument will be heard on a motion for the
writ at TJtica, early in October.
Statistician Walker, of the New York
Produce Exchange, figures it out that
"this is the greatest year for good crops
ever known in the United States."
An exchange tells of a Monroe county
f armer who owns 600 acres of land, is
worth sortie $40,000, has a large family of
children, takes no newspaper of any kind.
The public debt has been reduced since
August 31,1865, from $2,381,530,294 96 to
$1,437,693,750, and the annual interest
charge from $150,977,697 87 to $57,446,488 60.
The barn of Mr. George Dipple, near
Smithland, was seta fire by some malicious person, last week, and destroyed,
with its contents, causing a loss  of $2,500.
The business of the United States patent
office is increasing rapidly. The receipts
for the past eight months show an increase
of $108,000 over the same period of last
year,
A young son of AmbroseMefager,of Lafayette, found a bottle of carbolic acid,
from which he drank a swallow. The
acid is literally eating his life away by
degrees.
Judge Carr of Columbus, has rendered a
decision in favor of the validity of the two
per cent, tax, $72,000, voted to aid Scott's
C, H. & G. railroad. The kickers, appealed to the supreme court.
Shipments of peaches from Delaware
and tbe eastern shore of Maryland are
now at the rate of over 200 car loads a day,
and the traffic of the season will probably
be the heaviest ever carried.
During the performance of a circus, at
Mount Airy, N. C., the seats fell, with
1,500 people. Over fifty persons were seriously injured. Many men, women and
children had legs and arms broken.
Thus far 1882 has been an extraordinary
year for fires. The estimated losses in
the United States for the eight months
foot up more than $61,000,000Jor'$7,000,000
more than the average for four years.
Mrs. David Worden, of Fort Wayne, after having been cruelly beaten by her husband, set fire to her bouse and threw herself into the flames. She was rescued by
a policeman, but was painfully burned.
On Sunday night a thunder storm swept
over   Bryant,  Jay    ceunty.     Lightning
struck and instantly killed Ben Goodson
aged forty-five, and Rebecca Goodson, his
daughter, aged ten. Isaac Landers was
stricken down, but his injuries will not
prove fatal.
William Hartle, residing near Warring-
toD, Hancock county, was standing near
a barn, when a gust of wind blew a large
door against him, throwing him to the
ground and injuring him so it is thought
he will die.
Eddie Seaburn, of Sharon, Pa.,aged sixteen, disappeared three months ago. Twice
since then have funeral sermons been
preached over what were supposed to be
his remains, but yesterday he turned up
alive and well.
The trial of Thomas Royer, aged 18, is in
progress at Washington, for killing an unknown man in cold blood in the streets of
Vincennes. Not the slightest clue to the
identity of the murdered man has ever
been discovered.
Estimated farm products of Kansas for
1882 will aggregate $176,000,000, or an average of $880 for each of the 200,000 families
in the State. The number of farms in
Kansas is 100,000, which gives $1,760 as an
average yield per farm. ■
William Steilburg, while handling a circular saw at Elizabeth, Harrison county,
let it fall and one of the teeth entered the
top of his foot, penetrating clear through.
Lockjaw supervened, and at last acoounts
he was in a dying oondition.
The failure of the English hay crop will
entail losses amounting to many millions
of dollars. This wide-spread ruin was
wrought by protracted rains. With reasonable rates of ocean freight, the export
of American hay to Great Britian bids fair
to assume considerable proportions.
- -raw Department of Ag_.<sii_*»tfafrWrtff***f)
Ington estimates the total wheat yield
(winter and spring) of the United States
at 520,000,000 bushels. While the crop is
unusually large, the yield per capita will
be less than in 1879 or 1880. The potato
crop is estimated at 150,000,000 bushels.
Wm. Kelley, with two companions, entered the melon patch of a man named
Harden, near Nashville, Saturday night,
for the purpose of getting a melon. Harden, who was lying in wait fired upon
them, putting a bullet through Kelley's
neck and killing him at once. Harden is
in jail.
One night last week thousands upon
thousands of birds passed over this city
bound for the sunny south. The hoavens
were resonant with their voices. Some of
them were caught, Bhowing them to be the
red-breasted grosbeck and the yellow-
throated warbler. In the daytime not one
was to be seen.
Wm. Colvin, of Utica, near Jefferson-
vllle, had promised to marry his cousin,
Belle Colvin, but for some reason there
was a hitch in the rroceeding. The girl's
f ather got after him with a revolver and
perforated the bridge of his nose. ' He responded |breaking his prospective father-in law's collar bone. He then married thejgirl.
Since the close of the war the American
people, have paid out $530,000,000 in pensions. At the end of the present fiscal
year there were 85,697 names on the roll,
representing an annual out-go of $54,296,-
280, and in tbe last year 27,644 new pensions and 10,231 increased pensions have
been granted, and there are yet 269,678 applications.
The remarkable arson case at New Albany, which was on trial five days, in
w hich Miss Mattie Bowman was charged
•with firing the bam of Gabriel Farnsley,
in Franklin township, closed with a verdict of not^guilty. There was not a particle of evidence against the young lady,
and the suit is said to have been instiga-
t ed by malice and revenge. Miss Bowman having refused an offer of marriage
f rom one of the Farnsley boys. •
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Remedies for Wheat Smut.
There is good reason, founded on experience, to believe that bluestone solution
of proper strength will kill every smut
germ in the seed, and that none will be
propagated from it to affect the crop if
the seed is sufficiently steeped. But a
slight sprinkling of the solution is not
sufficient for seed that contains smut
grains, or sacs; they must have time in
soak for the solution to penetrate and
reach all the millions of germs which
each of them contains, or they will retain
their vitality and affect the growing crop
with the seed of which they are sown. It
may also be, and frequently is, no doubt,
infected from smut grains of a previous
crop on the same ground. As • rule,
while bluestone sprinkling will answer
for seed tbat contains few or no unbroken
smut sacs, it is better to give it all a thorough soaking for assured protection Irom
the smut infection.—Contra<>.KtaOae«?tt4»,
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