EXCHANGE DEPABTMENT.
FOR BALE.
F
IKCTT FARM FOR BALE-WO toe bearing trees.
I_ NICHOLSON, Salem. Washington Co., Ind.
FOR SALE—Eggs from the very best light Brah-
m_.lt t-.50perdoz.  Geo.Vestal, Cambridge
Otyjnd. : -__!!_
FOR SALE—Seed Sweet Potatoes, five kinds; price
W peVbarreL   Address L. E. MACE, Lexington,
Scott county, Ind. 11-tt
FOR SALE—One   Jack—a large breeder.    Call
Soon or address W. A. BRANSON. ZlonsyiUe,
Boone county, Ind. 12-2w
FOR S-VLE-Cornoord Vtoes, -est quality L cheap
for Cash.    Samples 10 cents.    LEE A SON,
Mlnonk. Woodford County, Illinois. *-tf
T710R SALE—Several fine young Poland China
h male pigs, well bred and ready for service.
Address F. -IcKEEVER, Anttoch, HuntLogton Co.,
Indiana. __ sw
FOR SALE—FOWLS and EGGS—All bred from
first - class stock.    Turkeys, Chickens, Ducks
and Peafowls.    Send for circular and price-Ust
H6 L. 8. GOODWIN. Waterloo, Ind.
OR SALE—Eggs from registered stock, Light
JL- Brahmas. B^Black, White and Partridge Eo-
chins, $3 for 13 or »5 for 26 eggs. T. E. ELLIS,Main-
fleld, Hendricks county, Ind. ii-m.
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FOR SALE—BERKSHIRES—I haveseveral choice
Berkshire pigs for sale at reasonable prices
there and five months old.   W. A. Ma-e.SharpsjlUe,
Tipton county, Ind. 8-tf
FOR SALE—Seed Sweet Potatoes, on reasonable
terms, or furnished to responsible parties to
.prouton shares of one-half; (Yellow Nansemond
■variety.)   H. A. Wooley, Galveston, Cass Co.. Ind.
B. F. & C. L. Van Meter, announce that
they will sell some of the finest trotting
stock in the country, on the 10th of April,
at Lexington, Ky. The catalogue of these
horses, and the well-known reputation of
these gentlemen warrant the offer of
good stock.
Perfection—A Mistake.—It was stated
by mistake in the Farmer two weeks ago,
that James Mustard, of Broad Ripple,
this county, had sold his fine Poland China, "Perfection," to G. W. Norwood, of
Boone county, Ind. Mr. Mustard would
not part with "Perfection" for hardly any
price.   The one sold to Mr. Norwood was
"Jim Crow," a very promising pig.
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FINE STOCK AND FOWLS at SUNMAN, INDIANA.
FOR SALE—200 Farms—Splendid Soil and good
Buildings; can suit any one; no better country;
cheap transportation to Philadelphia, New .York, or
Baltimore; all in Delaware and Maryland; finest
-Si in the world for fruit. J^^tf^^i^
Estate Agent, Middletown, Mew Castle Co- Delaware.
TTT.OR SALE—Good farm, one half mile from Ath-
Jb erton Station, Vigo county, Ind., and 9\_ miles
from Terre Haute City, consisting of 280 acres, 255
In crop and pasture, balance timber; good sized
house and bam; large orchard; well watered, suitable for stock or crops. Price *65 per acre on long
time at 6 per cent interest Apply to proprietor,
Alex. Menhinick. 13-3w
FOR SALE.—I will sell, at very low price, a No. 1
JackTnve years old next foaling time. Sired
by Castillion; 1st dam, Black Sampson; 2d dam, Pioneer, 3d dam, Black Warrior. This Jack is near 15
hands high, large bone, good length of body, carries
himself up well, good action. Has made one season
and proven a success. For further particulars call
upon or address M. W. ROBERTS,
Brook's Station, Ky., on the L. & N. railroad, thirty
minutes ride from Louisville.
FARM FOR SALE—110 acres, adjoining Shldeler
Station, on the Muncie & Ft. Wayne railroad;
110 acres cleared, SO acres timber, all fenced; two
orchards: spring water all the year; frame house of
six rooms, porch and milk-house; barn 32 x 40 feet;
hay and stock scales with house over them; other
buildings convenient Price 860 per acre, one-half
down, balance in three equal payments. JOHN S.
BHIDELER, Shldeler Station, Delaware Co., Ind. 4-7
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Will do almost any kind of work for fair
wages. Address F. R. H., at Indiana Fabmsk Office. 11_?
"TTTANTED—Active Agentes everywhere to take
W control of counties for first-class goods. A
light and permanent business with large profits.
Particulars free. Address NICKERSON, SMITH &
CO., 342 E. St. Clair St, Indianadolis, Ind.      12-2W
"YTTANTED—Young men wishing to attend the
W best Business College in the West to send
stamp for circulars to the Indianapolis Business
College, Bates Block. Graduates assisted in getting
situations.  m-tt
WANTED—Farms and Country Town   Property (anywhere in the States) for City Property and Western and Southern lands.  We have extra facilities for making exchanges.  Bend full description. WADSWORTH 4 ELDER,
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OR TRADE—A carriage and bugs,; for horses
and mules.   Eli Heiny, Indianapolis.     13-4t
STOCK NOTES.
L. D. 1-rown, of Otterbein, Indiana,
weighed one of his fine lambs at eight
days old, and it weighed twenty pounds.
That lamb will be hard to beat.
The . three Suffolk stallions imported
last summer by Mr. J. D. CamDbell, are
on Mr. C.'s farm near this city, in fine
condition. They will be on exhibition at
the Grand Horse Show at the fair grounds
on the 5th inst.
The west coast of.South America has
contributed two new breeds of sheep to
the English flocks. One is a white-wooled
variety, with long curved massive horns.
The' other is a species of the Llama and
Alpaca breed mixed, with long dark
brown and exceedingly fine wool.
Artichokes for Hoos.—An Iowa paper tells of a Mr. McMillan who made an
experiment with feeding artichokes to
hogs last season. He bought fifteen bushels of artichoke tubers, at $3 per bushel,
and planted them in drills, like potatoes,
in a patch of two acres, about the 25th of
May. In mid-October he turned in 12
sows and 40 shoats, and they operated all
winter. He fed no corn to the sows, and
only two ears per day per head to the
shoats, and they are in prime condition.
, He thinks he saved at least 90 bushels of
corn, and still has the ground seeded for
8this year.   Frost does not hurt the tubers
Lin the ground.
Before the advent of the Order of Patrons- of Husbandry, it was often regretted
by intelligent farmers that there was so
little sociability among them as a class.
One seldom knew anything of a" brother
farmer's stock, or management, who
lived twenty miles away. But since
granges have multiplied and their teachings are being heeded, we are getting better acquainted. I spent'several days very
pleasantly, and not altogether unprofit-
ably, last week in a visit to Sunman, Ind.,
in looking at the fine stock of the neighborhood.
One point worthy of notice is the fact
that at whatever place I stopped
found that the best farmers of the immediate neighborhood were members of the
grange and subscribers to the Indiana
Farmer, which proves that the Patrons
of Husbandry are composed of the best
citizens, and not the rabble as our enemies would have people believe. Where-
ever I found members of the Order, I
found a growing desire for improved
stock and improved methods of farming.
Reaching John Bennett's-late, I had
no opportunity to see his fowls until
morning. After breakfast, friend Bennett showed me around his poultry yards,
where I found the most splendid specimens of Black Spanish fowls I ever saw;
among them was the Chicago prize cockerel which is indeed a perfect beauty.
Mr. B. also has some noble specimens of
Light Brahmas. He prides himself on
breeding this variety with the most perfect combs of any in the country, and I
think his claims in this respect are well
founded. He also has a small flock of
Pekin ducks, but as they were the first
birds of the kind I had ever seen, I of
course was not competent to judge of
their merits. Leaving Mr. Bennett's, I
crossed the farms to C. Y. C. Alden's
where I found a superb flock of Light
Brahmas, and among these were more
Chicago prize winners. Mr. A. has some
specimens of Chester-White  pigs
Different way i of Testing that Matt.r.
Editors Indiana Farmer:—There is *
principle in man's nature the tendency
of which is to make him discommode
himself considerably for the sake of show.
Being a plain man, I confess I do not
approve of indulging too freely in this
luxury (?), especially if, as in the few cases
I propose to cite, it does not pay.
Talking a few days ago to an old man
in our neighborhood, I asked him to tell
me some of his experience in this western country, and "how he got his start."
Perhaps }t will be well to give his reply in his own words, for they are doubtless as brief and pointed as it would be
should I give it in my own.
"I," said he, "came to this country a
poor man. I was an old man when I
came here,
BUT I WENT TO WORK.
I made baskets for two years, gathering
my material out of the timber here, and
I and my wife carried it home on our
backs. I sold agreat many baskets, and
by this we managed to live. One day
while looking out of the window, I saw
an old cow grazing upon the common;
she could hardly walk; so poor, sir, was
that cow that you would have killed her
and thought it a mercy. I found the
owner and bought the cow for eight bushel baskets. I stabled her, and for six
weeks I fed her corn meal and bran, with
hay. I always cooked the meal in a large
pot, on the stove. Sir, that cow lived just
as my wife and I lived, on corn meal
pudding, until, at the end of six weeks,
she was so fat that she could not stanoVon
her legs. We butchered her and sold her
for forty-two dollars; money was money
then, gold. What I got for that cow is
equal to ninety dollars to-day. That's
how I got my start. But, by the' way,
that cow had fattened so quickly that her
tallow was like lard, and would not make
a candle."
Now, a word in regard to this man. He
now owns  a section of land  here, and
fine
from S. H. Todd's celebrated stock, and
some imported Jersey cattle; which are
beauties arid fine types of this desirable
breed. His celebrated English draft
horse has already been noticed ■ in the
Farmer, and in my humble judgment
the horse is a fine specimen of his race.
After dinner Mr. Alden insisted on harnessing his horses and taking me around
to see his neighbors. A mention of- all
would require too much space, but I
cannot forbear speaking of W. L. Algea,
where we again found some Light Brahma fowls. Mr. Algea's location is one of
the best to secure healthy fowls that I
have seen, being an elevated wood lot,
with sunny openings.   Mrs. Algea dis-
Elays quite a taste for the cultivation of
ouse plants, and has a fine collection of
rare and beautifnl varieties. Many
thanks are due to Mr. Alden and lady for
their kindness during my stay. Although
the trip was taken for the sole purpose
of seeing the fine stock and fancy fowls,
without intending to purchase anything,
I could not resist the temptation to
carry home a few fowls and a few dozens
of eggs. Delos Wood.
North Madison, Ind.
Editors Indiana Farmer:—Much interest is felt in the condition of the prospective fruit crop. It is evident to a
close observer that it is seriously damaged,
but to what extent cannot be exactly ascertained.
Apples would appear in some instances
to be nearly all killed. The Transcend-
ant Crab, with me are perhaps all killed.
This comes from the disposition of this
variety to push very early, or in other
words, burst into leaf very early in the
spring. Other varieties that come into
leaf later in the season make a better
showing of fruit.
Pears make a better promise on my
place than apples, while one of my neighbors thinks his all killed.
Cherries with me are looking better,
and certainly promise hal£a crop.
Peaches are mainly killed.
There are always more or less of fruit
buds less advanced, nearly dormant, (a
reserve corps,) and if these are not destroyed after this, I feel confident of a sufficiency for home consumption, if not
for market, of everything except peaches.
As chairman of the Centennial Fruit
Committee for Indiana, I should like to
hear from every part of the State, through
the Indiana Farmer, respecting the fruit
crop, and especially^ of the apple and
pear, as it is only designed to exhibit these
at the Centennial Exhibition in September next. Very truly,
A. Furnas.
Danville, Ind.
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SPRING CULTIVATION OF WHEAT.
If farmers should cease their efforts at
producing a corn crop with the planting,
they would have little success, certainly.
If they should go farther, but end their
operations with pulling the grass and
weeds' out of it, their success would be
MARION COUNTY AGRICULTURAL
AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
very poor  still.   The corn plant roots
three times every year he fattens 3pr_m.~~uep,-*nd must be cultivated, and the air
or twenty head of cattle. These he picks
up in the fall, poor, starved old cattle;
he has a stable for them, warm and handy;
cooks all his feed in a large kettle kept
for the purpose, and fattens them on
"corn meal pudding." He sells in the
spring, and gets fifteen more of the same
stamp. He feeds and sells again and
again, and clears about eighteen hundred
dollars.
Now allow me to mention iust one of a
thousand similar cases which come under the observation of every man. A
wealthy man, whose farm joins the section before mentioned, prides himself on
being an extensive stock raiser. His
plan is to buy calves, for more than they
are worth, keep them on pasture until
three years old, then sell them. His last
lot of cattle, two hundred in number, he
pastured as usual for three years, hiring
them fed on shock fodder during tne winters, and feeding considerable corn in the
ear. This last fall he sold his cattle, and
he told me that hehad not made a dime.
This is but one case. Every reader of
the Farmer has seen scores of just such.
Now, does it pay ? Answer for yourself,
which is worth the more? Which is the
easier to handle, a one-hundred dollar
bill, or one hundred dollar bilk;?
Rinaldo.
Rantoul, 111.
For the Indiana Farmer.
SHELTERING STOCK IN WINTER.
Captain John Worrell, near Clayton,
Hendricks county, Ind., built a large
stock barn last summer, at a cost of $1,-
500 or $2,000, in which he has fed twenty-
four head of steers this winter, having
each animal stalled and nicely bedded
of nights, and in stormy weather. The
captain is a very careful calculator, and
he estimates the net profit on the cattle
(which are yet unsold) to be equal to
one-third the original cost of the barn,
over and above what it would have been
if the same amount of feed had been consumed, with the stock unsheltered. This
estimate does not cover the profits to be
derived fromjthe saving of a large amount
of manure, and the additional amount of
comfort and pleasure in feeding. Such
being the facts in the case, would it not
be well for other farmers to take the hint?
R.
BREEDERS'   RECORD.
Editors Indiana Farmer :—Why is it
that there are no blank breeding record
books made and sold for the use of swine
breeders? I find it considerable trouble
to keep my breeding record in shape so
that I can refer to it at any time a year
or two back, while if I had a book with
the proper blanks and properly indexed
it would be no trouble. The same may
also be said of a shipping record, as when
there was a second order received from
the same person it would be no trouble
to refer to the shipping record and avoid
sending something akin to the first shipment.
I would like to hear from my brother
breeders in regard to this matter of keeping their records, as I may derive some
information that will be of value to me.
I have spoken to blank book manufacturers, and they want from $15 to $20 for
a book of the kind I speak, of, assigning
as a reason for the high price that there
is no demand for them, and they could
not make a single book for less.
Breeder.
,  New Paris, Ohio.
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Editors Farmer:—I have received several shipments of pure Poland China
hogs of late from James H. Parker, Rockport, Ind., and I find his hogs most excellent, and himself an honest breeder, and
fair and honorable dealer. No bi tter or
purer bred hogs have ever been shipped
to this part of the country than his are
found to be. P. P.
Blackford county, Ind.
given- a chance to circulate in the soil,
to feed the plant with the fertilizing gases
with which it is ladened. This is all coming to be well understood.
Now is it not a little singular that we
so generally forget these sensible principles in the production of wheat?   The
Beed is sown in the fall, and we stop till
harvest comes with the exception, perhaps, of an occasional application of fertilizers.   This we say is the rule.   If the
cold winter has frozen the ground hard
and pretty deep, and in the spring there
is but little rain, the frost acts as a tolerable cultivator, loosening and making the
ground porous- for the reception of the atmosphere. If we have heavy spring rains,
the ground is beaten down hard, and a
crust obstructs the circulation of the air.
Especially is this the case to a greater degree in clay loam soils.   Manifestly, common  sense teaches that  cultivation is
needed.   This hard crust, and the packed
soil needs disturbing in order to give the
plants the atmosphere and its gases, and
a free open soil in which to spread.   The
fanner is not without proof of the importance of this. ' Some of our experienced
farmers have time and again tried  the
harrow upon their wheat fields in the
spring, after the ground had so settled as
not to be damaged by tramping.   The result has been most satisfactory.   Strips
of the same field have been thoroughly
cultivated with the harrow, and others
left to take care of themselves.   The harrowed strips soon showed the advantage
of cultivation, and when the harvest came
were found to have produced from ten to
twelve bushels more per acre than the
others.   Not only so, but  the cultivated
strips matured earlier, and escaped some
of the enemies which late wheat usually
has to encounter.
So we see that actual experience upon
this subject confirms the theories of common sense, that all crops, where it is admissible, are made better by cultivation.
In some degree this is true of oats, rye and
barley, also. They are made to produce
more by a judicious use of the harrow.
We have referred to this matter before in
the Indiana Farmer, and we should be
glad if we could induce some of our readers who never have, tb try this plan of
cultivating their wheat, and after harvest
report to the Fabmsr the result.
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A Nevada sheep. man who had tried
and succeeded with sheep, said : "Sheep
are better than'a government bond; you
can tear off a coupon' every six months
half as big as the oond, and the bond is
left as big as it was." ..        ,   -.
Editors Indiana .Farmer:—The last
meeting of this Society was held on the
18th of March. After completing some
unfinished business the Society proceeded to the election of officers for the ensuing year. [The names of these officers
were published in last week's Farmer.—
Ed.]
The time of holding the next Fair was
then considered and it was agreed to hold
it on the 7th, 8th and 9th of September
next.
A lively discussion and interchange of
sentiments followed on the best method
of making the Fair a success, as respects
the interests of the farmer and gardener
and in a social and moral point of view.
The Society will have greatly increased
facilities for exhibitors,—new and extended accommodations, and a larger monied
premium to offer than heretofore.
The premium list ia being prepared
and will be before the public at an early
day.
Let stock men, farmers and gardeners
all do their part toward making the Fair
a success and thus help on with the general interest and welfare of our country.
A. Doan, Secretary.
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Home-made Yeast. — An invaluable
recipe. Three tablespoonfuls of hops,
two teacupfuls of yeast, ten potatoes
peeled and boiled in a large pipkin of
water. The hops to be confined in a
thin^muslin bag securely tied. A coffee-
cupful of white sugar, two saucerfuls of
flour, a proportion of salt. Put in a large
pan to rise for two or three days; then
transfer to a covered stone jar in a cellar,
refrigerator, or any cold place.
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Cucumbers are generally permitted, or
compelled rather, to grow flat upon the
ground, but vines have been trained ' upon trellises with the very happiest results.
Indeed nature never intended the1 cucumber for a mere surface runner, else it
would not have been provided with grasping tendrils. A Jow order of trellis, keep-
both vine and fruit off the ground, add
largely to the yield and the quality.
When space is an object, a great saving
of ground may be accomplished by training uponhigh trellises.—Cor. New England
Homestead.
Growing Tuberoses.
To cultivate the tuberose, that most
beautiful of all plants, put the bulbs in
six-inch pots, three in each, and use a
mixture of equal parts turfy loam, peat,
and leaf-mold, and place in a pit. Give
very little water at first, and as they commence to grow freely increase it and
keep near the glass. When they begin to
push up their flower-spikes they will of
necessity require to be placed where they
will have sufficient space for the proper
development of the tall spikes. These will
come into bloom from August to October
when they will require a temperature
ranging from 60" to 70°, the latter being
preferable. If wanted to bloom earlier,
the pots should be placed in a warm pit
and on a hotbed the temperature of which,
is about 50° to start them into growth
moi* quickly.
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Capabilities of an Acre.
J. M. Smith, a market gardener of
Green Bay, furnishes some interesting
statements of his experiments in high
culture. He has found the rule invariable, not a single exception to it, that the
mora he has spent in cultivating and
manuring, the greater have been the net
profits per acre. Last season he cultivated fourteen acres, and began with a more
thorough and expensive cultivation than
ever befote. The result _ was, that although there was a "terrific drought,"
one of the dryest seasons ever known in
that region, after spending $3,986, or $384
per acre he hac a better balance than for
any previous year.
He appears to regard constant cultivation, especially through drought, in cen-
nection with copious manuring, all important. Stable manure is the standard;
with such use of supenphosphates,. plaster, lime, ashes, and other manures ae
experience and good sense point out.
"After you have learned how to spend
money to the best advantage," he re-
maks, a larger profit may be made by
laying out $300 per acre thah Jwith less.
After the second year if your land does
not pay expenses, taxes, and ten per
cent, on $1,000 per acre, there is something wrong somewhere. I have some
acres of land that did not pay expenses
for two years, but for a number ot years
past have not failed to pay ten per cent,
on at least $2,000 per acre. I expect my
whole garden to do more than that in a
short time."
He adds that he is now aiming at 1,000
bushels of onions per acre, then a crop of
carrots or turnips, or 500 bushels of early
potatoes; or, if strawberries, 12,800 quarts,
or 400 bushels per acre. This amount of
strawberries is hot wholly impossible, as
we have known, under our own observation, this rate on two-thirds of an acre.—
Mass. Ploughman.
State New a.
The Delphi Times says the wheat prospect
was never better in Carroll county.
Claudius Peterson died at Terre Haute
Saturday morning from the effects of exposure
and long continued debauch.
Rev. John Boss, one ofthe oldest ministers
in Indiana, died at Tipton last week, in the
94th year of his age.
Last Saturday W. L. Leper's dry goods and
grocery store, at Marco, was destroyed by fire.
Loss, $4,000.   Insured in the Aetna for $3,000.
A Mt. Vernon lady has pieced a quilt containing 6,581 piece., which will be sent to the
Centeanial.
The large steam saw and flour mill of the
Mathews Brothers, at Saltillo, Washington
county, was burned Thursday morning. Loss
$11,000.
An unknown tramp died suddenly at the
residence of James Boulkman, near Evansville, Thursday night, and it is thought he
committed suicide.
The commissioners of Kosciusko county
refused to grant licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors, as a beverage, to any one at
their last session.
On Monday while E. Collier, of Cambridge
City, was arranging some saw logs he had
loaded on a wagon, he slipped and fell, and a
log rolled on him, almost instantly killing
him.
The growing wheat in this part of the
country, in every direction, is in better condition for a larger yield than known for many
years.--Vincennes Times.
Twenty pieces of real estate was sold at
Terre Haute last Monday, for failure of the
owners to pay the interest on money borrowed
of the school fund.
A man named Taylor was drowned in the
Maumee river near New Haven. He had
been out hunting with a fri end and they hired
a boy to row them across. Their weight was
too much for the boat and it overturned.
Taylor was so loaded down with shot that
all his efforts to save his life was unavailing.
Mrs. Lucy Detraz has a shawl about 150
years old. It was made by hand in Switzerland, by her grand-mother. It has been very
handsome, and is now preserved as a curiosity.
—Vevay Reveille.
A postal card was deposited in the postofflce
on the back of which was posted a 25 cent
scrip intended for a remittance to some distant point. The sender should receive a Centennial medal for such implicit confidence in
his Uncle Sam's honesty.—Lafayette Courier.
Appolus "Cooper, who ehot himself, near
Fillmore, several weeks since, is dead. He
had apparently recovered, and went to Illinois
to visit relatives, when he was taken with
convulsions, and, after suffering several days,
died.
If Phil. Woods, Jesse Woods or Abe Woods
(the latter two possibly called themselves
Greens, instead of Woods), free colored people, who went from Franklin county, Virginia,
to Randolph county, Indiana, about thirty or
thi'ty-tive years ago, will communicate with
Silas Green, at Lynchburg, Virginia, they will
probably hear of something of interest to them
or their legal heirs.
Clinton S. Blake, son of Col. John W.
Blake, was found dead 8unday morning, on
the track of the Indianapols, Cincinnati and
La Fayette railroad, in this city. He was intoxicated the night before, and it is supposed
that he had lam down on the edge of the
platform of.the old freight depot, and went to
sleep; and falling off was run over by the Cincinnati express which leaves here at 11:20 P. M
General News.
A fire at Joliet, 111., Friday night, destroyed
five buildings. Loss, $24,000; insurance
$12,000.
The damage in Eastern Connecticut by the
freshet amounts to several hundred thousand
dolloars.   Seven lives have been lost.
An evening paper, at Manchester, N. H.,
publishes a statement that J. Q. A. Sargent,
of that place, paid Secretary Belknap $12,000
for a contract to furnish heating apparatus in
the government buildings at Fort Leavenworth.
While Wm. Hoggan, wife and four children
were crossing the bridge across Big Sandy
creek, three miles from Winchester, 111., the
wagon ran off the end of the bridge, which
was covered with water, and Mrs. Hoggan
and three children were drowned.
Two miners, Kelly and Kilcullen, were
killed and frightfully mangled, last Saturday,
at Scranton, Pa., by the fall upon them of 100
tons of rock and coal. They had just fired a
blast and were about to remove the coal
brought down by the explosion.
China is making greater preparations than
was at first expected for the Philadelphia
Exposition, $6,000 worth of goods being dispatched by one competitor from Ningpo, who
sends also six Chinese workmen to repair
damages. The entire Chinese contributions
are estimated at $160,000.
About one hundred tramps are encamped
in tlie shanties at the brickyards south of the
city of Dayton, Ohio, a short distance, and
they visit Nazareth School—an institution
under the Catholic patronage—and demand
their rations. They are so bold as to be a
terror to the people in that locality, and a
demand has been made on the authorities to
suppress them.-
Silk culture is increasing so rapidly in
S uth America that the Government of Brazil
contemplates offering subsidies for the scientific cultivation of the worm. The climate is
well adapted to the industry, and the country
possesses an abundance of the Palma Christ],
a plant upon which the worm feeds with
avidity.
Mossy pond dam, Mass., gave way on Sunday, carrying everything before it.   It is estimated that the loss will exceed $200,000.   The
scene on Monday, for a distance of two miles
recalled the terrible Mill river disaster.   Trees
were twisted, snapped, and uprooted, earth 1
and boulders were torn from beneath the hills, I
leaving a rough gorgeseveral rods in width;
the Fullerville company.s comb factory, and>
four other buildings were destroyed.   Hardly
a vestige remains.