vol, xm.
FOR IAL1.
FOB SALE—Pure Essex pigs.  H. T. HOCKEN-
8MITH. New Augusta, Marlon connty. Ind.
OB SALE-I have a lot of nice Clawson Wheat
for sale, at JL25 per bushel; sacks 25 cents extra.
A. SHATJL, Cicero, Hamilton county, Ind.	
KKD WHEAT—Muscovite 63 bus. per acre; heads
5 to 6 inches long.   Send 25 cents for package,
or (rate) (tabus. Address 0. H. WALKER, Elkhart,
Ind. 	
Na
FOB SALE—Jersey Bull "Sir Bodei _
1732; 3 years old; sure breeder and from a good
butter flunily. Price 1150 00.  A. L. •_ W. & DAVIS,
Dublin, Ind.
"I7.0B SALE—The Farm Begister and Account-
J3 Book. Complete method of keeping farm accounts. Price, 81.00 each. Ad_ws INDIANA FABMEB CO., Indianapolis.	
Tj,0— SALE—The largest stock of salt, calcined
JD piaster, land plaster and cement. The only
house that keeps these gocds always on hand, at
lowest prices. ANDBEW WALLACE, Indianapolis.
FOK SALE—CHICKENS—Having succewfully
raised about 250 flne chickens, I am prepared
to sell either Light or Dark Brahmas at 85.00 per
trio. E. G. BAGLEY, Sunny HlU Poultry Yards,
Indianapolis.
FOR SALE—I have a fine lot of Poland-China
pigs now ready to ship, of undoubted purity,
representing the Black Tom of Hess ftmilies, at
reasonable prices. WILL T. EVANS, Bomney, Tip-
pecanoe Co.. Ini. • .
TTtOB SALE—A choice lot of Poland-China pigs,
JD now ready to ship; sired by my flne young
Perfection boar,and from as good sow as there are
ln the State. Also a first-class show sow; none
better.   F. M. PITZER, Kokomo, Ind.
"TTW— SALE—Two Leicester rams one year old
Jj and eight Leicester ram lambs, boxed and
delivered at railroad station, at 50 each. Bull
calves, six to eighteen -uonths old, the get of Star
Duke 2d 24,903 and Oa**_and Duke 21,153 at 150 to
175 each. J. T. WILLIAMSON A SON, Thorntown,
Ind.
Mixed Food for Stook.
iotianapolis, nunii_. august 24,187a
No. 34.
Cattle, in a state of nature, or
if left free to their own choice,
will feed on a variety of herbage. It is well, therefore, for
farmers and stock raisers to take
hints from the natural taste ot
thediflerentanimals of the farm
and provide accordingly. Very
many, I am pleased to say, do
thus provide a variety of food
for slock confined to the stable
or yard; and where this is practiced, thrift, health and comfort
of tbe stock is general, to the
advantage and economy of the
owner. Without doubt, gocd
hay is one of the best and most
economical kinds of food in our
northern climate, as it contains
the different elements of nutrition in nearly the proportions
required; and when land is cheap
and labor comparatively dear,
and estieciallvjwhere the soil is THE DOOSIEK GKAIN nni__—Manufactured at M on, Ind., by the Hoosier Drill Company. The Com-
adapted  td;^a8*, hay  is, per-  ' •    '     P»°y »!»<» one of their superb drills | enr premium list to agents,
haps, the mbst economical rood'
FOB SALE—Owing to my wife's failing health,
I offer my show herd of swine, consisting of
Old Beauty, Young Beauty, (6 mos. J Mayflower, (4
mos.,) Prince, (14 mos.,) Priseflower, (14 mos.,) Champion, (6 mos.,) Prizer, (6 mos.,) and Eva Bose (1
mos.) All good pedigrees. They will be at Knightstown, Henry Co., Aug. 27. A. w. BOSS, Muncie, Ind.
EOB SALE—JEB8EY8 FOB BALE—I have a
number of Jersey cattle for sale, comprising
two six year old cows, ?i grade; two 2 year old
heifers, % grade, ln calf; two 6 months heifers, %
grade; one Dull, 6 months old, and two young cows,
mil blood and registered. Address, or call on me,
for particulars. M. G. PAKKEB, Amo, Hendricks
connty. Ind. • [Aug 20]
waiiis;
WANTED—One thousand breeders of fine hogs
and poultry to send for price list of Poland-
China hogs and fancy poultry. HENRY COMSTOCK, Liberty Mills, Ind.
WANTED TO  EXCHANGE-A trio Of good
Dark Brahma fowls,j»d_ap^rofBerk-
shlre pigs fbr a quiet __<3t Cow7T_Tii:3__l_rri
. - JndiaTtapOUUga*a**aafea_tf*-a^aaM^ '- ,'*.a~-r -a V a-a.ri y-~-
WANTED—To trade new and second hand
farm and sprlrg wagons, buggies or carriages for a pair of good work horses or mules.
G. H. SHOVES, 174 E. Market street, Indianapolis.
\\t ANTED—300 men and women to learn tele-
W graphing and take offices on the lines paying
(65 to SS0 per month; can be learned ln 3 month?.
Address, with stamp, for particulars, _-IDIANA--
OLia TELEQBAPH INSTITUTE. Indlanapolis.Ind
_H_C___.AN_0-_.
c.
O. BURGESS, Dentist,   Office ln room 4, Va
Jen's Exchange Block,N. Penn. St.     7-tf.
TO LOAN—Money to loan on Improved farms.
J. H. HABDEBECK, 30 East Market St, Indianapolis. - -. . . tf
MONEY TO LOAN—Sums of K300 to J3.000 on
improved farms.  BUDDELL, WALCOTT &-
VINTON, Indianapolis, Ind. :
YOUNG MEN thinking of attending a business
college, should send for circulars of the old
reliable INDIANAFOLIS BUSINESS COLLEGE (established 1858.) The finest penman in America ls
employed in this college. Graduates receive situations paying 81,200 to $3,000 per annum. Address
with stamp, KOEBNEB _ GOODIES, Indianapolis.
DECIDED BARGAINS to reduce oui choice'
breeding stock of Yorkshire, Berkshire, Es-
. sex, Chester White and Poland China pigs of all
ages. Also sheep, cattle, and fancy poultry; finest,
new breeder's manual, elegantly illustrated and
'vlng fall description ofthe different breeds. Price
i cents. Beed wheat; all the best varieties, grown
especially for seed. Also turnip, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, radish, spinach, and all seeds for
the fall. Prickly Comftey, the most wonderful forage plant, setts*l.00 per 100; 50 cents extra by mail.
Seed catalogue ftee. BENSON. BURPEE _ CO.,
!B3 Church street, Philadelphia. Pa. 88-ly
£
Ms. A. W. Boss, of Muncie, has a fine
and healthy herd of Poland Chinas, this
season. His "Beauty" and "Young
Beauty " are fine enough for any show
ring.
■ am   a
Swine Breeder's Meeting.
Indianapolis, Aug. 13.
The Executive Committee of the Indiana Swine Breeders' Association met at
the rooms of the State Board of Agriculture and appointed Tuesday evening, October 1st, as the time of next meeting.
The meeting will be held at the rooms of
the State Board of Agriculture. Dr.
Fletcher will deliver a scientific address,
and other sneakers will be in attendance
T. M. Reveal, Chairman Ex. Com.
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Investigating the Cause of Hog Chol-
era.
To the Editors Indiana Farmer:
Having accepted an appointment under
the Commissioner of Agriculture, aa a
member of a board of inspectors to investigate the cause, nature and treatment of
hog cholera, and proposing to begin my
investigations on the lst of September, and
continue the same during the month of
September and October, I would respectfully ask through the medium of your paper, that the farmers throughout the State
inform me at once of the prevalence of the
disease; where it exists; and also of the
extent to which it exists, and of the size
of the ordinary herds in the vicinity. In
making investigations I desire to visit
such localities as now have the disease in
its most active form, and where hog growing is sufficiently encouraged to enable me
to study the disease from a multitude of
, cases. I cannot do this where there are
only five or six hoga in aplace.
■„..,* D. W. Voyles.
New Albany.
for general use-. But we find exceptions
to all general rules; Working animals
require something in addition to hay, as
do milch cows and other animals,' where
greatest returns are sought. Something
containing more nutriment in smaller
compass, admitting of more rapid digestion, is wanted. In such case an economical food consists of ohopped hay, straw
or chaff, and some kind of meal. Ohopped
root?, mixed with these other articles, add
much to the value ofthe whole, and this
is fed more economically if steamed, or
if steaming is impracticable, if pressed
into some confined space, as a close box
or cask, a day or two before feeding, to
allow of softening and partial ferment.
Straw and meal are found adequate to
supply the needs of working animals.
Oram alone is insufficient, being too much
condensed; coarser food being essential
for distending the stomach and keeping
the digestive organs and bowels in condition. Straw, also, contains phosphates
in considerable proportions, so essential
to supply osseous, materials for the wast-
irift bo-nac-c".- -T-v?-*"^..   *""   •-• ■■ r^~.    "^-    **~
The chopping of hay and straw makea
quite a saving of waste in more than one
way. The waste caused by dragging from
the feed box and soiling and trampling
under foot, is saved, while time and
strength are saved in mastication, and
more time is had for digestion and assimilation. Cooking also develops the nutritive matter of the feed, saving the animal
system this labor which is more economically expended in ordinary work, or
other production. Wherever cutting,
bruising, grinding, cooking or fermenting
food is practicable—and where is it not
in some of these ways?—they will all tend
to fit it for rapid digestion and assimilation. '      .
In adopting a mixed food much of the
coarser products of the farm can be
worked up, which now go directly to the
manure heap. Scarcely any of the vegetable products ofthe farm need be wasted
till they have first contributed to the nutriment they contain to the support of
animal life. True, by mixing them with
the manure they afford whatever of value
they have to the next crop, when incorporated in the soil; but what an absurd
waste to undergo the labor of producing
and reproducing for the use of the stock
what we have already secured! Straw and
hay often are useful for absorbing and
retaining valuable portions of aTiin.nl
excrement which often are left to waste;
and where this is the case, they are val*
uable for enriching the soil far beyond
the materials they naturally possess—but
why allow this waste at all when there
are so -many substitutes for straw available on nearly every farm? Other means
can be provided for saving the manure,
and the stock can be kept equally comfortable in their stalls and beds.
There is still time to prepare for a great*
er variety of food for the farm stock before
cold weather, and by following out some
of these suggestions much may be added
to the value and products of the farm
animals. Profit is what most farmers
work for—would it not then be wise to
add to it by adopting economical courses?
—Oor. Country Gentleman.
off with a rasp to prevent the raveling u
.of the edges of a hoof, for the first tim
since colthood brought naked to t'
ground, he would be agreeably surprise
Occasionally paring will always be nee*
ed) but the frog should never be cut. Tj
writer thus anticipates an obj ection wl
will occur to many readers : "Some
will be likely to say that draught horj
have to dig their toes into the grouni
start a load. Of course they have w
they are shod. But the unshod hi
starts with the flat of his foot, wl
affords him a much larger and
holding surface, more holding beea'
is tougher and rougher than a b:
shoe.—Boston Journal.
Wild Horses in Kansas.
No Horse-Shoes.
The slipping of horses on the asphalt
pavements, in London, has given rise tp
some discussion as to the proper form for
shoes, whereupon a writer in the Times
comes forward with the recommendat/on
that no horse-shoes at all be used! He says
he has constantly dispensed with them
since 1852, adding: "I have owned over
200 animals at one time, dedicated
to all manner of purposes, draught, saddle and pack, and not one of them shod.
Some one will say that they worked over
grass or sand. They did not, but over
the roughest roads imaginable, in places
excessively hard, and in others as disagreeably soft and heavy." He gives his
experience in Brazil, where pack horses
without being shod, travel journeys of
over eigbf' hundred miles. Unshod
horses ara also used in Brazilian cities,
without slipping on the pavement. Of
course, says the writer, if an owner were
to pull off his horse's shoes, and at once
ride him a long distance, he would find
his librae go tender on all his feet; but
wera he to use him gently for a fortnight,
and gradually let him feel his feet, keeping the edges of his hoof slightly rounded
/
It is a well known fact that from
immemorial herds of wild horses
roamed the plains of southwestern
sas.   Their origin no man knowethu
may date back to the early Spanish col
quest of the country.   It has beefi.e.
Ott&tl—-b»   _iffi.Mll* -*»   mm.pAm.r^ thlAaif th
method pursued _aving been to run dow
and lasso them with fleet horses. Latter!
however.it has been found that they ci
be captured in herds. The method i
get up an outfit of a fast walking
a wagon carrying provisions and ca
supplies, and three or four riding po/ies,
and as many men. When a herd is If oui
they are kept moving, no effortyfceiag
made to drive them in any direction. The
team and ponies are not drivep faster
than a walk; and every opportunity ia
embraced of cutting across to iave distance. The wild horses are kept in motion till dark, being given no opportunity
to graze during the dayl At foght they
are too tired to graze and will lie down.
The pursuers camp, f«d their horses
from grain which tney iarry with them,
and are up by dayliglx Have breakfast
and start again. This/i3( kept up day
after day. Every dayVtakes some of the
scare and wild out of /hem, they become
accustomed to the sighf/of the men on
horseback and the team, find they are not
going to be hurt byAhem, and leg-weary
with constant travel and little feed, in
from eight to ten days will allow the men
to ride in among them and drive them in
any direction. They are then headed for
the ranch and are quite tamed and docile
by the time they get in. They are of the
pony order, such as are used in the cattle
business, make good riding ponies, and
when thorou-^hly broken, good teams for
light driving in that country. They sell
when broken to ride at $15 to $25 per
head, and when broken to drive at from
$60 to $75 per span.—Cin. Price Current.
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Slaughtering Cattle Before Shipment.
Your columns this morning contain a
brief no-tice to the effect that a bill has
been read a second time in the House of
Conuaons, providing that all cattle im-
porlsd from the Continent of Europe be
slaughtered at British ports of debarkation,
ot one person in 10,000 in this country
cat. appreciate the importance of this announcement.   To the cattle producer and
porter of fresh meats from America to
Europe it implies great advantages. At
•present there are thousands of butchers
' scattered over the cities of Great Britain,
who have clamored for a continuance of
live stock imports from the European continent, in opposition to the steadily developing fresh meat trade. The shippers
of inferior cattle from . Dutch
and other ports could not
compete in the dead market with American produce, and a determined resistance
to sanitary measures for the preservation
of British herds has succeeded in
flooding the United Kingdom with contagion. The death knell of the hissez/aire
(let alone) system has sounded. The
slaughter of all animals imported into
England from the continent of Europe at
the ports of debarkation will be followed
eventually by slaughter at the ports of
embarkation, inasmuch as the contamina*
ted hoof of an aphthous bullock may yet
propagate more disease than the British
farmer can stand. Morever, the only humane and advantageous course is to
slaughter animals near their feedine
grounds.
Some 8uccessul attempts, during the
summer months, have been made to ship
live cattle from Canada and the United
States to England.   Fortunately the ship
pers have lost money sufficiently often to
Keep the improper trade within narrow
limits. Nevertheless, thousand, of animals
have been thrown overboard on the Atlantis passage. The practice is cruel in the
extreme, wasteful, and in every sense ob-
objectionable. It has some attractions for
a gambler, who likea to take chances and
experience the excitement of a probable
little fortune, by a successful shipment,
when the price of cattle on this side is low,
and the opportunities for dead meat shipments not under his control.
It is well known that the trade in beef
from the eastern cities to Europe has been
Successfully initiated and carried on by only one man. Numbers have tried, and a
fewi have been partially successful; the
majority have failed. Capital, strict at-
tertion to the preparations of the meats in
Ne-r York, and control of the appliances
needed on many steamers, have combined
to make one man master of the business,
not Mily to his own advantage, but to the
benefit of both England and America.
\ajCiat success indicates how, under more
feo^t^W^sof trade whirW-nipti
■feke-fpth the nevrreguiauons aoouvto DC
OfiOduced in Great Britain, the import
rade in American meats can be indefi
itely extended.
The" feeding grounds of the finest herds
are iii the West, and from the West the
meat must be snipped direct to the large
cities of Western Europe. The waste and
deterioration of prolonged railway journeys—the bruises, broken horns, gouged
eyes, thirst and starvation incidental to the
railway transport of live cattle, muat
cease, and the meat handled with the same
care as it is in New York, shipped in refrigerator cars, will find plenty of steamers in New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore io convey it to the European seaports, and thence into suitable stores for
distribution to the consumer. The development of this system, advantageous to all,
is the object ofmy second visit to the United. States, and I shall be grateful if you
will, with your usual courtesy, afford me
the opportunity to direct attention to that
wholesome legislation which is at last to
favor the most humane and beneficent
revolution in the cattle trade yet witnessed
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
■ tate Hewa.
soon to be
A colored lodge of Masons is
organized in Jeffersonville.
Fifteen thousand one hundred and fifty-two
loaded freight cars were handled at this point
last week.
The drouth is injuring the growing corn in
Clark county, and in some localities will make
a very short crop.
It is rumored that the Btate line question is to
be investigated by the legislatures of Ohio and
Indiana next winter.
John Stahl, for many yean a leading member ofthe legal fraternity cf Ft. Wayne, died
of consumption on Saturday.
A thief stole a team at Goshen last week,
but after driving five miles the horses ran
away, throwing out the thief and fatally injuring him.
A young man, named Jesse Steed, living
near Deerfiehj, Randolph county, was accidentally shot in the leg by an intoxicated
friend, one night last week. The leg will probably have to be amputated.
Joseph Engle, of Frandsville, was accidentally shot, and frightfully wounded about the
head and face, by William Raider, while
hunting. He will will recover, with the loss
of his sight.
James D. Allen has, by will, left one
thousand dollars to the M. E. Church in Bock-
port, the interest of which is to be applied to
the payment of the pastor, and one thousand
dollars, the interest to be used in the canse of
temperance.
The boiler attached to a steam threshing
machine, near Washington, exploded - last
Saturday, killing or* man and wounding several others. The grain stacks took fire, and
were entirely consumed.
The barn of Mrs. Bhinerson, living near
Laporte, was struck by lightning on the 15th
instant, and it, with contents, consisting of
some fifty bushels of com, eight or nine
tone of hay, and other valuable property, was
consumed. '
had thirty bust—is ■ of _a_¥eed
night last wetk.   The wagon in which it was
carried was tracked for some distance and then
lost.
Mr. Seabury, who owns a large farm in Benton county, has jast lost about $3,000, through
the perfidy of his confidential agent, in whom
he had great confidence. It seems that the ras*
cal took Mr. Beabury's herd of Hereford cattle
to Chicago, where he sold them, and left for
parts unknown,
Walter H. Broaddus, a Fayette connty far
mer, now has a dairy of sixty cows, from
which he manufactures fifteen hundred
pounds of cheese per week, and two hundred
pounds of butter. He expects the total* products of his farm this year to yield him an
$8,000 income.
The West Lebanon citizens call vigorously
on the railway officials to build a depot at
their town. Several accidents have recently occurred, owing to the lack of accommodations,
to passengers at that point.
An  eight-year-old  son of Dr.  Glass, of
There Is a band of organized thievee infesting Clay county. Beveial burglaries have been
committed, and four of the gang are now in
jail.
George Harden, a laborer in a Portland
stave factory, was caught and thrown across a
circular saw, on the 15th inst., killing him almost instantly.
David Taylor, an old farmer residing above
Chester, who went to see Barnum's show, at
Bichmond, was swindled out of $250 by three-
card monte men.
A fool with a pistol undertook to shoot rats,
at Graj ville, the other day, and succeeded in
planting a bullet in the eye of a worthy citizen
named Colby Wyatt.
A tramp who was stealing a ride, fell between the cars, at Nebraska, Jennings county,
on the 18th inst., and was Instantly killed,
Ko one has yet identified him.
Henry Watson, John Strange and Dow.
Bowles, of Greencastle, got into an altercation
last Sunday, in which Watson and Strange
were stabbed by the latter. Watson's wounds
will probably prove fatal. Whisky.
Harry Scott and Charley White, who were
confined in jail, at Tipton, on a charge of
grand larceny, eccaped from jail on the night
of the 16th inst., by raising a Btone in the door
and tunneling under the wall. They left
a note to the Sheriff thanking him for
past favors, and saying they were sorry to
leave him, but their business needed them
elsewhere.
GENERAL  NEWS.
by man.—John Gamgee, in Bt. Louis Dem-1 Shielville, while jumping  on   a passenger
ocrat.
Cattle Feeding.
Professor Stewart lately informed the
American Dairymen's Association that he
once tried an experiment with ten cows,
giving each three quarts of corn meal a
day, fed alone. This was continued a
month. Then three quarts, mixed with a
peck of cut and moistened hay, were fed to
each cow. By weighing, the result showed
a gain of 25 per cent, in favor of mixing
the meal and cut hay. If the meal ia fed
alone, it is better to feed it dry, as thia fa-
vora digestion. Thia food was given raw.
If cooked, the fodder is brought nearly to
its original green state. But it will not
pay to cook for only five or ten animals, as
it requires nearly the same labor to cook
for ten as forty. An experiment was made
to ascertain how much an acre of corn was
worth. It was fed when in a raw or roasted state to 104 cowa in October, and it
lasted them four days. Thia is jqual to
feeding one cow 416 daya. Prof: Stewart
recommends, aa a cheap way to cook corn,
running ears and all through the cutting
machine, and then passing them to the
steam tank, mixed with water. This aavea
husking, shelling, and grinding.
■   m » —
To Determine the Weight of Live Cattle.
Measure in inches the girth around the
breast just behind the shoulder'blade, and
the length of the back from the tail to the
forepart of the shoulder blade. Multiply
the length of the girth, (in inches,) divide
by 144. If the girth is less than three
feet, multiply the quotient by 11; if between three and five feet, multiply by 27;
if between 5 and 7 feet, multiply by 23;
if between seven and nine feet, multiply
by thirty-one. If the animal ia lean deduct one-twentieth of the result. Another
rule is, take the girth and length in feet
and multiply the product by 336, and the
result will be the answer in pounds.—
Drovers' Journal.
Henry Freund, of the flrm of Max Freund
& Co., was robbed of $15,000 worth of jewelry at the Palmer House, Chicago, on the
17th inst.
train, was drawn under and received injuries
which resulted in death. The coroner's jury
returned a verdict of negligence on the part of
the boy.
Michael May, of Brownstown, on the 14th
inst., while crossing the Jeffersonville road
in a two-horse wagon, was struck by an express train, killing his horses and fatally injuring him. •
Two persons were shot at Terre' Haute one
night last week. One, named Foley, has died,
and the other is not expected to recover. Both
are strangers, and neither could give any account of his injuries.
While Joseph A. German, a farmer living
near Shelbyville, was pitching straw, his son,
a mere lad. was standing on the stack, and
jumped toward his father, who had at that
moment raised the pitchfork. One prong
of the fork entered the skull, at the
side of ' the head, penetrating to the
depth of several inches. The boy will
die.
As George Hughes was driving seme cattle,
near Elkhart, on the 16th inst, one of them
started to run. Hughes started after it on his
horse and headed it off. The animal ran
against the horse, knocking it down, and it
fell across Hughes's chest, crushing the life
out of him.
On the night of the 16th inst., a mob surrounded the Vernon jail, where Shaffer, the
wife-murderer,, is confined, and broke down
the office door, with the intention of Baving I
the sheriff further trouble. The jailer promptly rang the fire-bell, and the vigilantes, not
desiring too much publicity, left without accomplishing their purpose.
Some weeks ago George Houghton stole a
horse from Mrs. Stewart, of Newport, who
offered a reward of $50 for his arrest. He conld
not be found, however. Last week he drove
to the house of John Stribling, near the locality of his former exploit, during the absence
of the rest of the family, and kidnapped his
youngest daughter. Nothing more has been
seen or heard of him. Houghton is ahardcase,
and has so ved two or three terms in the Hlinois penitentiary.   -
2,000 cotton operatives at Bristol, England,
have struck.
The Pittsburg Wagon-works were burned on
the 16th inst Loss, $60,000.
Conflagrations in the grain fields of California have occasioned serious losses.
A boy named Isaad Brit was drawn into a
grain bin at Dixon, HI, on the 15th inst., and
smothered to death.
The order prohibiting the export from England of torpedoes, and other war material, has
been rescinded. ...'■■
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Main has been given to Gen. Oiant by \._e
authorities of that city.
By the State census of 1875, Massachusetts
had 351,113 voters, of whom 69,271 were naturalized.
The number of South Carolina illicit (_stillers
pleading guilty Is largely diminished, and only abcut 50 more are expected.
Illinois is ablaze with the camp-fires of reunited regiments.
East-bound freight rates are firm on the basis of 25 cents on grain from Chicago to New
York.
The sixty-eighth call for five-twenty
bonds ($5,000,000) was issued on the 17th
inst.
St. Louis exports flour to Bio Janeiro, West
Indies, England, Ireland, Scotland, Belgium
and Holland.   *
Maryland will imitate the example of New
Jersey in putting tramps to work on the roads
and other publio works.
D. L. Moody, the evangelist, haa rented
a house in Baltimore, and will remove
there with his family about the first of Ootober.
By a heavy storm at Washington laat week, .
an old shade tree planted on the white house
grounds by President Monroe was uprooted
and split into fragments.
Boston Corbett, who shot the assassin Booth,
and never tried to make money out of y_e
honor, has left Camden, N. J, and settl/ on
a claim in Navada. f
Ten thousand people were present at Cherry
ValUy, New York, on the 17th inst., at the
unveiling of the monument of the patriots
who fell ln the Indian massacre of November 11, 1778. Ex-Governor Seymour made
the address.'
The women have had to do harvest work in
many places in Iowa, because men enough
couldn't be had at $1.50 to $2.00, and
even $2.50, a day to gather In Ihe crops.
Nine prisoners made ttsir escape from
the Hamilton, Ohio, jail at an early hour
on the 16th inst. The most of them were in
for burglary.
The party of American excursionists, numbering twentj-six ladies and forty-four gentlemen, from Boston, in charge of Professor
Tourjee, has been received at In audience by
the Pope. \
The Chicago Commercial Bulletin saya that
in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa*
the aggregate acreage average Is 9,750,000,
a nd the total production 190,000,000 bushels,
against 150,000,000 last year.
An Efficient Hanager.
The St. Louis Post speaks in the following complimentary terms of the general manager of the Vandalia road: Maj.
John E. Simpson stands at the very head
of the railroad profession. Yet a young
man, he has had vast experience, and
poese'sses wonderful executive ability. He
can command two or three railroads
with as much ease as one. His abilities
as a manager are unrivaled. In introducing improvements on his road he is
one ofthe foremost men in his profession,
and to him, in no mean degree, ia due
the popularity of the Vandalia railroad.
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