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Vol. xm.
mDIA_NAPOUS, INDIANA, AUGUST 31,1878.
No. 35.
FOK  IALI.
H. T. HCKEN-
FOR SALE—Pure Essex pigs.
SMITH.. New Augusta, Marlon county, Ind.
lT_10R SALE—I have a lot of nice Ulawson Wheat
Jj for sale, at JlaW per bushel; sacks 23 cents extra.
A. BHAUU Cicero. Hamilton county, Ind.
loJi
OB SALE—My entire stock of Partridge Cooh-
. ins. If you want bargains, write immediately
JOHN OO—I, Bellmore. Ind.     	
B»D WHEAT—Muscovite 63 bus. per acre; heads
i   5 to 6 Inches long.  Send 25 cents for package,
: or (rate! tl a bus. Address U. H. WALKER, Elkhart,
Ind.
s
F
OR SALE-Jersey Bull "Sir Roderick"  No.
1732; 3 years old; sure breeder and from a good
"     '      -'-    ~    A. L.A W.C.DAV18,
butter family. Price J150.00,
Dublin, Ind
FOR SALE—The Farm Register and Account-
Book. Complete method of keeping farm accounts. Price, J1.00 each. Addresa INDIA.NA FARMER CO., Indianapolis.	
FOR SALE—The largest stock of Bait, calcined
plaster, land platter and cement.   The only
house"that keeps these
lowest prices. ANDREW
-roods always on hand, at
V ALLACB. Indianapolis.
Tj^ORISALE-CH1CKENS—Having successfully
_D raised about 250 fine chickens, 1 am prepared
to sell either Light or Dark Brahmas, at prices to
suit the times. E. G. B-.OLEY. Sonny Hill Poul-
try Yards, Indianapolis	
FOR SALE—I have a flne lot of Poland-China
pigs now ready to ship, of undoubted
representing the Black Tom of Bess families, at
reasonable prices. WILLT. EVANS, Romney, Tip-
pecanoeCo.. Ini	
TG.ORSALE—A choice lot of Poland-China pigs,
JJ now ready to ship; sired by my fine young
Perfection boar,and from as good sows as there are
"ln the State. Also a first-class show sow; none
better.   F. M. PITZER. Kokomo, Ind.
EOR SALE—JERSEYS FOR BALE—I have a
number of Jersey cattle for sale, comprising
two six year old cows, Hi grade; two 2 year old
heifers, % grade, in calf; two 6 months heifers 9i
grade: one bull, 6 months old, and two young cows
mil blood and registered. Addresn, or call on me!
for particulars. M. G. PARKER, Amo, Hendricks
- county. Ind.  [Aug 20]
FOR SALK—seven imported Clydesdale Stallions
weighing from 1850 lbs, to 2160 lbs. Someone
will get abargaln, as one of the herd must be sold
soon. One % blood stallion 3 years old, extra fine
big heavy colt; 1 one year old y_ blood; also shep-
perd pups, by Watty & Meg. Centennial prize winners. Address Wm. Mkikle, Pendleton, M.dlson
Co., Indiana, formerly Pa.
WAHID.
WANTED—One thousand breeders of fine hogs
and ponltry to send fbr price list of Poland-
China hogs and fancy poultry. HENRY COMSTOCK, Liberty Mills, Ind.
WANTED—To trade new and second hand
farm and sprlrg wagons, buggies or carriages for a-pair of good work horses or mules.
Q. H. SHOV-K, 174 K. Market Btreet, Indianapolis.
-\\T ANTED—300 men and women to learn tele-
,- »V graphing and tak e offices on the lines paying
. 165 to (SO rer month; can be learned In 3 months.-
Address, with stamp, for particulars. INDiANAP-
OLIS TELEHBAPH INSTITUTJC, InrHRtin.pyHfi.Tnfl
MISCELLANEOUS-
c
C. BURGESS, Dentist  Office ln room 4, Va-
s   Jen's Exchange Block,N. Penn. St.      7-tf.
of medicine should be somewhat in proportion. We can procure and send, aa
in the above case, to any who wish to test
the efficacy of the Haas remedy, at the
regular prices, $1, $2.50 and $5 per package, but would strongly recommend the
nse of the larger packages, as much more
likely to give successful results.—Eds.
 a   am   a
•ur Beef Exporta.
The exports of slaughtered beef and live
stock to Eugland continue large, and are
destined to increase, now that experiment
has ended in success. Our competition in
England has resulted in stopping the establishment at Bockhampton, one of the
principle places in Australia for slaughtering and preserving the Canned Meats sold
in Great Britain. The cattle dealers require $3,40 per 100 lbs., for the new mate
rial, but the managers of the works will
only pay -12,90, and there are few, if any,
stock owners willing to sell their herds at
this rate.
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The Foreign Cattle Trade.
The live and dead stock trade with the
United States and Canada is increasing
considerably. The rate ot insurance on
live-stock, which was formerly 8 per cent,
has been reduced to 3 per cent., covering
all risks, which will probably be still further reduced, as the rate of mortality of
horned stock does not exceed one per cent.
The Canadian steamship lines are bo well
employed that shippers are successfully
chartering sailing vessels for the shipment
of stock to Britain. The first of the vessels—the Wymera—chartered by Mr. 8.
Price, of Montreal, arrived last week, and
had 190 pigs on board. Preparations are
also being made in Canada to ship sheep
to this country on an extensive scale during the next few months. Up to Tuesday
no fewer than 1,239 head of cattle and
1,133 live sheep had landed at Liverpool
since Sunday. Several other steamers
conveying cattle are expected in the course
of a few days, bo that the present week
will most likely witness the arrival of an
unprecedent number of live stock. The
steamer Istrian, which', arrived from Bosk	
ton,"had on board 440 oxen,  whilst <rae1imoW-W_h"* ^""^X^0^0.^'0*111'
j;_j^,» r__-_j—___o,--—_» _»? ui-uens Vwef-j o_'land made very rich by the u_o
lost overboard.   The Lake Nepigon, which
yield per acre at fifteen bushels, which
would be an aggregate of -.'
THIRTY MILLION BUSHELS.
produced in our state this year, whioh is
worth say 80 cents per bushel. Its
money value would be $24,000,000. Al~.
lowing for home consumption 10,000,000
bushels, whioh is five bushels to each person (our present population being say
2,000,000) and 3,000,000 bushels for seed
this fall, leaves 17,000,000 bushels for
export, to supply the wants of other
parte of our country an$ the world where
wheat cannot be so profitably raised as
here. Now, what I claim and firmly
believe is that the average product can
be raised to
TWENTY BUSHELS PER ACRE.
with reasonable amount of additional
knowledge and skill.
The question is, how can this be done?]
It is known to all that a good growth of
clover turned under and ground well
prepared, hardly ever fails to produce a
good crop, and as far as it goes nothing
better can be suggested. In this case the
product can, probably, be largely increased by the use of an alkali. Wood ashes
would answer the purpose for experimenting, but cannot be had in sufficient
quantities for extensive use; but if this is
fonnd to be beneficial, Kaint, or German
potash, can be had in any quantity desired at the seaboard cities. 'It is mined
in Germany and can be bought at seaboard at about $10 per ton; cost here say
$15 per ton. The .effect of an alkali on
the soil is to decompose more perfectly
parts of the vegetable matter and put it
in condition to be taken up by the growing wheat plant It also has the effect to
dissolve the mineral matter in the soU
and enable the plants to take up such]
portions of it as are needed to produce a
perfect growth of both straw and grain,
TO LOAN—Money to loan on improved farms.
J. H. HARD-BECK, 36 East Market St, IndlanapoUs.         ' tl
BOARDING—By the week, day or meal, at No.
170 East North street, by  Mas JULIA A.
HILLS.
MONEY TO LOAN—Sums of $300 to J3.000 on
improved farms.   RUDDELL, WALCOTT ■_
VINTON. IndlanapoUs, Ind.
TT.OR TRADE—A number one ta of 80 acres,
JD in Marion county, Ind., first-class buildings,
orchard, etc., for a larger farm In Illinois, Indiana
or Ohio. For particulars, address Indiana Fae-
M-RCO.	
CLAWSON WHEAT—I can furnish a limited
amount of this popular wheat for seed, in
new bags, at $150 per bushel, delivered on csrs at
Indianapolis. Special rates on ten bushel lots or
more. Cash with order. WM. H. FRY, Indian-
apolls. '_ '     	
YO UNO MEN thinking of attending a bnslness
college, should send for circulars of the old
reliable INDIANAPOLIS BUSINESS COLLEGE (established 1868.) The finest penman in America is
employed in this college. Graduates receive situations paying $1,200 to 83,000 per annum. Addr*—a
with stamp, KOEBNER & GOODIER, Indianapolis.
DECIDED BARGAINS to reduce oui choice
breeding stock of Yorkshire, Berkshire, Essex, Chester White and Poland China pigs of all
ages. Also sheep, cattle, and fancy poultry; finest
new breeder's manual, elegantly illustrated and
giving full description of the different breeds. Price
S5 cents. Beed Wheat; all the beet varieties, grown
especially for seed. Also turnip, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, radish, spinach, and all seeds for
the fall. Prickly Comfrey, the most wonderful forage plant, setts M.00 per 100; 50 cents extra by mail.
Seed catalogue free. BENSON, BURPEE & CO.,
213 Church street, Philadelphia, Pa. 88-ly
Leicester Buck Wanted.
To the Editor* Indiana Farmer:
Can you or any of your readers tell me
where I can get a thoronghbred Leicester
buck? Please answer through the Farmer.
I shall feel very thankful for the desired
information. B. H. L.
Kiley, Vigo Co. 9
Some one who has the breed should advertise.
The Haas Hog Cholera Bemedy.
Charleston, III., Aug. 19v
To the Editor. Indiana Farmer:
We ordered some of Dr. Jos. Haas' hog
medicine through you for some of our
neighbors.whosehogs were dying very rap-
dly. None died after taking the medicine-
We can cheerfully recommend it as a
preventive. We think it has no equal.
Every farmer who raises hogs ought to
use it. Wishing the Indiana Farmer
abundant success, we are yours truly, .
Shepard & Alexander.
We are glad to publish the above testimonial to a remedy that has been much
decried. We have thought that one
reason why others have not been so successful in its use is because they have
tried to cure too many sick hogs with a
small package. It must be remembered
* that a grown hog is a large animal. He
[eats a large amount of food, and his dose
reached the Mersey on Tuesdy from Mon
treal, brought 263 head of Canadian cattle; and the Dominion line steamer, Mississippi, brought 621 sheep, 195 cattle, and
3 horses, on Monday.
The supply of fresh meat last week was
greatly in excess of recent weeks, though
in the number of live stock landed in the
same period there was a great decrease.
Five steamers brought 7,477 quarters of
fresh beef, and 206 carcasses of mutton, one
of the consignments being very large. It
was brought by the steamer Wyoming,
from New York, and comprised 8,224 quarters of beef. The live stock supply consisted of 707 head of. cattle, there being no
arrivals of either pigs or sheep
During the month of May the supply of
American live and dead stock at Glass ow
was above the average. There were landed during the first part of the month, 650
head of cattle, and 1,502 head of sheep.
The importation of dead meat was considerably above the usual receipts, 7,184 quarters having come to hand, being an increase
of 500 quarters on the previous month, and
2,000 quarters on the average monthly arrivals of the first five months of 1877.
Mr. Dyke, the Canadian Government
agent at Liverpool, reports that 5,211
head oi cattle, 401 horses, 3,318 sheep, ahd
838 pigs have been brought to Great Britain by the Canadian steamship lines during the six months ending June 30th, In
consequence of the available space in these
steamships being secured until September,
2,761 head of Canadian cattle, 963 sheep,
and 386 horses have been conveyed by
steamers sailing from Boston and New
York, also 88 head of cattle, and 203 pigs
by sailing vessel from Montreal, making a
total of 8.010 cattle,  4,231 sheep, 1,041
gigs, and 787 horses. The imports from
anada in the year 1876 were:—2,767 cattle, 2,607 sheep, 332 horses, and no pigs.
In 1877—7,412 cattle, 6,325 sheep, 298
horses, and 363 pigs.—London Live Stock-
Journal. .
to Europe, where its use and value are
better known and appreciated than here.
Tbe fact is that our lands are naturally
so rich and productive that, until lately.
we have not felt the want of artificial
manures, nor anything except what nature has furnished, ana other people in
other sections, where-the soil was poorer
and the climate less favorable, have been
GROWING RICH ON WHEAT WE HAVE WASTED,
but we have probably gone far enough in
that direction, and will now begin to utilize the things which we have heretofore
overlooked. Most of you have noticed
that cattle, when grazing on an old field,
if they come to the bleached bones of a
dead animal will chew and suck at them
with great perseverance. This is an effort to obtain the phosphates in the bones,
which their systems require, and which
is lacking in the herbage of an old field.
It may be that what is called phosphate
rock, which is mined in large quantities
near Charleston, S. C, would be a valuable manure for our wheat fields. It is
exported to Europe by hundreds of ship
loads every year. It is mostly Gypsum,
or land plaster, but contains a large per
centage of the bones of marine animata.
It sells for about $15 per ton, on cars a;
Charleston, and I think would be well
wortli trying.   Common
LAND PLASTER
or Gypsum, which is found plentifully in
our own and other states, has. been found
beneficial in some cases where the soil is
deficient in lime, but in most cases our
soils are well supplied with lime, either
by the gradual decay of the limestone
■gravel, which is a part of the formation
of our second bottom lands, or the limestone formation of the hills of the Ohio
river and its tributary streams.   Land
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
■ tate Hews.
Eli Sullivan, a farmer about 60 years of age,
living nine miles southwest of Wabash, waa
returning home from that place on the 21st
inst., and when about two miles on his way,
fell from the wagon, breaking his neck. He
was a man of intemperate habits.
Andrew Daily, deaf and dumb, while walking on the railroad track a few milea sonth of
Kokomo, on the 20st inst., waa struck by a
freight train, having hia head smashed and
his right leg cnt of.
Mrs. Marshall Charley, living a mile and a
half eaat of Oak town, while attempting to start
a fire with kerosene, waa fatally  burned.
David Koons, a Knox connty farmer, in
driving with his family down Fisher's hill near
Bedford, on the 26th inst., upset the vehicle,
and in seeking to prevent it ruptured a blood
vessel, dying in a ftw minutes.
Frank Thompson, living fonr miles from
Vincennes, had $100 stolen from under his
pillow on the night ofthe 26th inst. No arrests have been made, but suspected parties
are being closely pursued.
Dubois connty farmers complain of the
destruction of their corn by rats.
The Vincennes starch works will resume
operations soon, with a capacity to grind up
1,000 bushels cf corn per day.
J.T. Lamb, postmaster, merchant, and an
old and highly respected citizen of Patoka,
died snddently on the 26th inst., it is supposed, of congestion. Ee walked to his store and
opened it, when, complaining of not feeling
well, he went back to his house and died in a
few minutes.
. Joseph BUlester, of Brazil, waa ran over by
an engine on the 25th inst., killing him instantly.   He leaves a wife and seven children.
.    Mrs. Graham, an old lady near Arba, Kan-
that is partly made of the decay and wear  d0]ph, county, had a fit of epilepsy while in
,-.<■.  _   -—a„s * .*:— u   —'the farmyard on the 23d inst., and before she
of. a  sandstone  formation,  wonld, no
doubt, be benefitted by the application of
The prep_raUonaof^v_.-xixl«aijnaUeJ-^i fa_d plaster, but not our limestone land
think is the mostk»1^^^^w^
tzj&t—.r-w—-  i .     .».-'___..-;---««l f<—l~tEe>i_i-Oic*81
stable manure, produces a heavy crop of
soft straw and a small yield of very poor
imperfect grain. The reason is that these
naturally, or artificially, rich soils contain
too little mineral matter in a condition
to be taken up by the plants. Therefore
when wheat is sown on very rich land,
enough alkali should be used to dissolve
the mineral matter in the soil aaid produce .        i.
A PERFECT OROWTH OF STRAW ANp QRAIH.
The kind that is best and manner of
its use must be found out by experiment.
We all know that wheat sown in corn
hardly ever produces a good crop, either
in quantity or quality. The reason, I
think, is that so much of the mineral
matter has been taken up by the corn
that not enough is left to produce a
healthy growth of wheat; if this is correct,
the remedy is to use alkali in some form
to dissolve the mineral matter and put it
in condition to be taken up by the wheat
plant and produce a perfect growth of
straw and grain. If this proves to be
correct it is an important matter, aa it is
so often convenient and necessary to sow
wheat in corn that it is constantly done
with fhe certain knowledge that the
wheat crop will be a poor one. The
burning ofthe straw on the field on which
qus-lity of white wheat produced there,
and the flour produced from, it commanded the highest price in New York; but
ten years since the production began to
fail. It was preyed upon by all kinds of
insects and grew from bad to worse, until
the cultivation of wheat was almost
abandoned. Within the last three or
four years wheat growing has revived,
and they are producing larger crops than
we of the west, forty bushels per acre not
being an unusual yield. I am told that
the principal cause of the increased production is the free use of land plaster,
which _ is found in large quantities along
the Erie canal. In Maryland the production of wheat has been largely increased
of late years, and I am informed'that this
was brought about by the state'authorities employing first one scientific and
practical man to go through the state and
examine and analyze the different soils,
and find but what they needed for the
more perfect growth of crops. In nearly
all cases what was lacking in any one
soil was found near by in some other
soil, and the farmers, in adopting the
suggestions of the scientist, found great
benefit, and now the state has three such
men employed. Indiana might do the
same thing, if her people think it the best
plan to get us started on the right road;
but, in time, there is no reason why the
farmers themselves may not be the best
recovered the hogs had torn off an ear, very
badly mutilated her shoulder, and almost
d«M-y-^ow hand. .
VUJUIUK V4 *_IQ OUAI1  VU UXO UOiU W ITU1W. - . ... ... , ••        1 a
,.     - !..__-    a     n_       ...   .-_    . __,-   of scientists, and the most practical of
it was grown, together with the stubble. men '
Wheat Culture.
[Address of Da-rid Gibson, Esq., of Indianapolis,
before the Marlon connty Horticultural and Agricultural Society at Southport, Saturday Aug. 21.]
Gentlemen:—I am here by invitation
to talk about the cultivation of wheat.
Since I left the farm, which was a good
many years ago, my business, flour-
milling, has necessarily interested me in
the production of wheat. I do not claim
to be able to instruct any one as to the
best method for wheat production, as
that has got to be discovered and demonstrated by experiments to be made by
yourselves. If I can by any hints or suggestions assist in starting you on the
right road, I will have done all I expect.
The importance of the wheat crop in our
state to all of us can hardly be overestimated. As stated in the report ofthe
■State Auditor, the farms of Indiana
contain twenty-two millions five hundred
thousand acres of land. Ten millions
one hundred thousand acres are under
cultivation, and according to the best data
I can get, two million acres were in the
wheat crop   which
has proved beneficial. It furnishes alkali I
and mineral matter that is needed, and
also destroys the germs of insects that
are always threatening the injury or destruction of the wheat plant, during its
growth and ripening. What I have said
applies to land that is rich enough, or too
rich, for the perfect growth of which there
are large quantities in this part of our
state, manures and stimulants are needed.
Clover cannot be successfully grown on
poor clay soils, on account of the action
of the frost, pulling the roots out of the
ground, and some other method must be
resorted to, to produce a perfect growth
of the wheat crop. For this purpose experience has proven that
BONE DUST OR GROUND BONES
is the very best and moet effective substance. It contains, in a concentrated
form, the very elements that are needed,
lime and phosphorus, I am informed
that about 200 pounds per acre is the
usual quantity sown and that tbe results
are astonishing, and the pay, several
hundred per cent. This experiment any
one can try at a very small expense, by
putting it on one or more lands in the
field, leaving it off the remainder, and
noting the difference in yield between the
part so treated and the same quantity of
land where it has not been used. It is
largely used in England, Europe, and of
late years, to a considerable extent, in
the eastern states.
The cost of bone meal is about $1.50
per hundred pounds. I understand it is
manufactured in Indianapolis, and most
a-.* IA   J„   «t,_—-». J   JL__    _V ,*A J        _       _  *
?ri^oWnlch  was harvested this,-; .    ,. ■ - — — —--—,FU*__,,..	
year  of 1878.   I  estimate the average I of it is shipped to the seaboard states and
[CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.]
 >     *♦    ■ r	
Mullen as a Cnre for Consumption.
A coy-respondent writes as follows about
the flower of a well-known plant: "I have
discovered a remedy for consumption. It
has cured a number of cases after they had
commenced bleeding at the lungs and the
hectic flush was already on the cheek. After trying this remedy to my own satisfaction, I have thought philanthropy required
that I should let it be known to the world.
It is common mullen steeped strongly and
sweetened with coffee sugar, and drank
freely. Young or old plants are good,
dried in the shade and kept in clean bags.
The medicine must be continued from 3
to 6 months, according to the nature of
the disease. Itis very good for the blood
vessels also. It strengthens and builds up
the system instead of taking away the
strength. It makes good blood and takes
inflammation away from the lungs. It is
the wish of the writer that every periodical in the United States, Canada and Europe should publish this recipe for the
benefit of the human family. Lay this up
and keep it in the house ready ior use."
— .   m »	
M_jj Stone—Say to "Enquirer" that
there is Buch a thing as a mad stone, for I
have one which he can see by calling on
me, three miles north of Brownsburg, Hendricks county, Ind. Will the lady of
Terre Hante who owns one please give me
her addresa? A. B. Baugh.
Brownsburg, Aug. 21.
The Terre Haute lady who has a mad
stone does not read the Farmer probably.
Perhaps friend J. A. Foote, can give us
her name.—Ed.
who lived near the canal in Connersville, was
missed by its mother, who, after searching
half an hour, found her baby about one tun.
dred yards below their house floating in the
canal. The mother waded in and carried it
ont, bnt the child was dead.
Sabbath school celebrations are very numerous and popular in Franklin connty.
. There has been co much <famp wheat put
Upon the market ait Kokomo iq the last few
days that the dealers were compelled to refuse
much of it at any price, come being sold at 40
cents and some hauled back home again.
Mrs. Johnson, the wife of a colored barber
of Kokcmo, in attempting to kindle a fire on
the 24th inst., with coal oil, was burned so
badly that she died from the efffcts of it. Her
hands were bnrned into a crisp, and the upper part of her body to bsdiy burned that the
skin all came off at once.
Miss Ida White, of Ft. Wayne, while'passing along tbe street on the 20th inst., was attacked by a rcvsge dog and torn almost to
shreds. Itis thought that she will not recover.
Tho mas H. Hendrickscn, of Shoals, was
digging a well on the 22nd inst., and when he
had it a bont sixteen feet deep the well caved
in on him, covering him eight feet deep with
sand. His bedy was not reccvexed until the
next day.
A peach 121 inches in circumference was
found in Mr. Whitsit's orchard, near Madison.
The general passenger-agents of fifteen Western roads rr ade a bid on a contract to carry a
col ony of fifty-eight families and their effects
to Norton county, Kansas. The Toledo, Wa-
ba s h and Western got the contract to famish
sixteen 'cars fer $1,650. The colony is made
up principally in Montgomery and Tippecanoe counties, Bnd will start for West Point
abont the middle of September.
Oeorge Garner, a farmer living near Huntington, hung himself en the 2lBt inst. He
was security for a large amount, which, it is
supposed, caused him to take his life.
More than twenty years ago, Dr. Robins, of
Sh elb j ville, attended a case of child birth for
which he was not paid. Recently the child,
no w a man grown, paid the bill himself by
hanling wood for the Doctor.
Thomas Hendercon, of Booneville, narrowly escaped death last week. The rope by
which he was being drawn up from a coal
shaft where he had just lighted a fuse to a
blast broke, letting him fall to the bottom of
the shaft. Although his leg was broken, he
ro lied a barrel aa far away from the blast as
possible, and crawled into it. After the ex-
p losion he was taken ont unharmed.
John W. Beed, ton of one of the prominent
citizens of Qreen connty, living near Lyons
Station, was thrown from hia horse and killed
on the 21st inst He was found on the road
in an unconscious condition, and died shortly
af terward. It ia supposed that he waa running
his horse.
At Quincy, led., on Saturday evening of
the 21st inst., the house of Squire L.Gillaspy,
an estimable citizen was struck by lightning,
instantly killing Mrs. Gillaspy, and knocking
down and severely shocking the Squire.
GENERAL  NEWS.
A stock company with a capital of $50,000
is being organized in Omaha for the manufacture of starch.
The largest land owner in the state of Nebraska is Adam Smith of Boone connty. He
owns twenty thousand acres of land, and he
proposes to make additions to it, so that the
big farms of California will seem like veritable gardens in comparison.
St. Louis haa twenty six flouring mills with
a capacity of 12,000 barrela a day. Forthe
past six months the receipts of wheat have
been 4,832,693 bushels, against 2,610,811 in the
same time last year.
It has been discovered by Minnesota farmers tbat two acres of tunflowers will snpply
a family with fuel through a long winter. The
wood of the stalks and the oil of the seed
make roaring and cheerful fires.
It is reported that the Russian expedition to
Central Asia has been definitely'and completely countermanded.
The doctors have found, it is said, a genuine case of yellow fever in Chicago.
The reported deficiency of untold million s
in the United States treasury haa disappeared
before the investigation ordered by the Senate.
The accounts, balance to a cent.
The aggregate wheat crop of Minnesota is
rated at 25,000,000 bushels; acreage, 2,225,961;
average yield per'acre, lltushels.
The nnmber of native Christians in India
ia given in the new "missionary directory " as
266,391, an increase of 42,153 in fonr years,
and of native ccrcmunicants, 68,689, an increase of 15,873.
It is tl ated that northern men are gradually
getting possession ofthe best landed estates
in Virginia.
Hon. Thad. W. Nafen, a prominent lawyer
and politician of Illinois, died last week in his
71st year.
The dead body of an unknown woman was
ound   npon the railroad track near Decatur,
HI., on the 23rd inst.   She was well dressed,
but it is supposed she died from
Of liqUOr. • „aa_—•• ■——
in Ihe "orchard getting apples. A burley tramp
made his appearance, and attempted to out-
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rage her. Bhe raised e, butcher-knife, which she
had brought from the house to pare apples
with, and inflicted a deep wound upon the
face of the tramp, causing him to disiat from
his purpose and rrake his escape.
The weavers and winders in thirteen cotton
mills at Radcliffe, England, ht ves truck againis'
a reduction of pay. About three thousand
looms are idle, and several hundred more are
expected to step when the notices expire.
A new Tuikish loan of five million pounds
is in contemplation, to be guaranteed by the
Britis h goveixment, which would probably
undertake the.[autrgiment of the finances
of Asia[Minor.
Six illicit distillers in Upson county, Ga,,
have been captured and cemmltted to jail.
A large quantity of brandy and three stills
were destroyed.
Henry P. Westejman.aPekin (111.) distiller,
has filed tis>! petition in bankruptcy. Liabilities *$2t0,0C0. of which $160,0CO is due the
government; assets nothing.
Live stock rates to New-York, from and
after'^September 1, have been fixed at 65 cents
f rom St. Lc u'.s ar d 60 cents.from Chicago.
The] Tgrand prize! has been awarded Edison,
for his inventions, by the Paris Exposition.
The amount of standard silver dollars coined
up to the 10th of AugnBt isf 11,427600;amount
on hand, $10,079,487. It thus appears that
$1,393,013 btve been placed in the channels of.
circulation.
The first bale of new cotton frcm Mississippi
was sold in Cincinnati last week for $1,165,
and the money deposited for the benefit of
the fever-stricken cities.
While in Minneapolis, President Hayes will
be the guest of the! Minnesota Agricultural
Society.
Policeman Thomas J. Seehorn, of Quincy,
Illinois, was f biutally murdered Monday
night, by a drunken man whom he was trying to arrest.
People about Danville, 111., have been much
troubled with horse-stealing, which haa been
very extensively carried on for the past two
months.   Macy fine horses have been stolen
from Vermillion county.
Mrs. McClanab8n, living near Toulon, Stark
county, 111., was afraid of all bankB, and kept
nearly eight thousand dollars on deposit in an
old valise, Jat the- * ..cm of a trunk in her
own room. A<.«w weeks ago she was robbed
of thel whole sum-J.by a discharged hired
man.
The Lcndon_.I**inancier says recovery in
European trade ia generally satisfactory, although several commercial centers, notably Manchester and Glasgow, still com-
plain.
In the international monetary congraa, M.
Say f aid France's policy was to await the moment wben she conld revert to the free coinage of silver. The Swiss representative said
Switzerland locked forwaidto a gold standard.
The alcalde of Newtown, Mexico, aaya the
cattle stolen in Texaa are told to the Mexican
government for the use cf the regular Mexican
troops, and tbat the < -Seers know they are
stolen.
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