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Vol. XI
MDIAMPOLIS, MpiANA,;iUaUST 5thf 1876." -
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No. 31.
EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT.
:: .j  *-   PERSONALS.
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Persona In any part of the state seeking the ad-
drees or attention of parties in other portions of the
state or country should make inquiry In this department
Lost, Strayed or Stolen.
■ No better-medium could be selected than thia department of the FiKMEK for the recovery of stock.
Tell your neighbor of it when you hear of the loss
of his stock. .
A two or tiiee line notice *111 cost you only 25c
each insertion.
FOR SALE.
TJIOR SALE.—Ten Short-hem cows andjieifers;
yG    no bulls.   Recorded stock.
Poolsy ille, Warren county, Ind.
J. A. JOHNSON,
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FOR SALE.—A few choice Berkshire pits from 3
to 4 months old.   A.  C. SHORTRIDGE. Indianapolis, Ind..   28-tf
FOR SALE-'SUte and county rights of a Vegetable and Fruit Sliccr useful any month in the
year send stamp for circular to John R. Wharry,
patentee, Moundsvllle, W. Virginia. 29-lw
FOR SALE—Atone-half usual price—High class,
pure-bred poultryof twenty varieties. Bronze
and white Holland Turkeys. Pekin Ducks, etc.,
etc. Must be sold within 30 days. Address, Clarence Stark, Louisiana, Mo. Sl-2wj|
WAITED,
\\r ANTED—Farmers and saw mill men to know
W   that they can have their saws repaired in the
best manner or can purchase the celebrated Dieston
saws at the Hoosier Saw Works,94 E. Georgia street,
. W. B. Barry, proprietor. 29-4w
farms with them, and do it with. less
money. Besides there are some who have
not farms suited to cattle growing. The
fact should be kept in mind as one well
settled,' that the money, in grain is made
in converting; it'into beef and pork. All
know how well the prices of hogs have
been sustained 'in the past fifteen years,
notwithstanding the increase; Here is a
table showing the increase, being the statistics of the,packing houses of the North-
Years.       No. of hogs.
1863-64 3,261,105
- 1864-65 .......2,422,779
1865-66 1,785,955
1866-67 .....2,890,791
■ •' 1867-68  ,„.2,781,084
1868-69 2,199,873
1869-70 ...8,635.312
1870-71 8,623,404
1871-72 ........4,782,4m
1872-73 5,456,004
1873-74 5,383.810
1874-75 5,537,124
1875-76 4,850,192
west:  '
Yean.       No. of hogs.
1849-50 1,652,220
1850-51. 1,332,867
1851-52 ...........1,18*1.846
1852-5S.:.-.;;;..-.-..2,201,110
1853-54............2,534,770
1854-55 .....2,124,404
1855-56 2,489,502
1856-57 ...1,818,468
1857-58 ;.....2,210,**78
1858-S9.......;....2.<e5,552
1859-60............2^50,822
1860-61 _.....2,1"j6,702
1861-62............2,89S,666
1862^3......;.....4,069,520
Diseases of Cattle.—"Cbarbon" Among
the Cows in Ireland—The Cattle
:-r','      Plague,in Knssia.
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-fTTANTED—Excursionists to the Great Neosho
TV Valley, Kansas. August 16th and Sept. 6th.
For rates and special Information, address J. D.
King, Mo., Kan. <s Texas R'y, Land And Excursion
agt., Crawfordsville, Ind. 29-7w
MISCEIs-LAHEOTTS.
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STRAYED OR STOLEN—From Wm. J. Wallace's
place on the National Road, about three and
one-half miles east of the city, a small black horse
airont 14 or 15 hands high, six vears old, two white
hind feet, and white star on forehead, heavy mane
and tail. A liberal reward will be paid for his return, or for any information regarding his whereabouts, by the owner, ROBERT KELLER, 125 East
-Washington street, Indianapolis, Ind. 31-lw
STRAYED-'-Horse—Reward1* Strayed from en-
ehwure vet_r___Mtprd,2eStkpis__fJ,« sorrel mare
wlirreceive a liberal reward by calling at office of
Indianapolis Railway Supply Company, 28 and 30
E. Georgia street.  81-lw
STOCK NOTES.
Mr. T. W. W. Sunman, of Spades, Ind.,
has just received a fine year old Berkshire sow from the well-known firm of
Messrs. Gilmour & Co., Greensburgh, this
State.
Messrs. A. S. Gilmour & Co. have lately purchased a fine Berkshire boar from
S. A. Knapp, of Vinton, Iowa. These
breeders are on the lookout for the best
pigs of the kinds they are breeding and
pick them up wherever they find them,
regardless of price. Our readers will notice the change in their card in our
Breeders Directory.
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Galled Shoulders.
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Take hot lime shells of the bulk of two
quarts, and pour upon them two quarts
of cold water; and after they have intimately combined, pour off the liquid into
a dish. Add to this liquid five wineglass-
fulls of linseed oil and two ounces of fine
powdered sugar of lead, dissolved in a
fittje water. Stir them together, and then
bottle and cork for use. After the bruises
have been washed in the evening, anoint
them with this liquid with a feather until the wounds heal.
Berkshires — Some Interesting Notes
frern a Practical Breeder.
Onarga, 111., July 24th.
Editors Indiana Farmer:—Seeing several statements recently in your paper
giving weights of pigs, and thinking that
Illinois can beat them all, I send you the
following: Wm. A. Boswell, of this place,
has a litter of nine Berkshires that were
farrowed April 7th, and on the 23d of
July weighed 940 pounds, an average of
a fraction over 104 pounds each, at 8}
months old. One of the pigs got lame,
and one was ruptured and castrated,
causing the two to fall considerably behind the others in weight.
. I have been breeding Chesters, Berkshires, Essex and Poland China swine for
some years, and find them all good. I
consider the Berkshire the best, for the
followingjreasons:; - They are  the  most
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ing better mothers and not liable to overlie or trample on their pigs. The quality of pork being better and the pigs not
liable to mange. I do not find the objection to them that some of your correspondents do, to wit: that they are too
small, that not being the case here. Our
Berkshires weigh from 400 to 600 pounds
at maturity. I have often seen them to
weigh 600 and 900 pounds. Jesse Cloyd,
(now deceased,) of 'Champaign county,
exhibited three at our State Fair, held at
Decatur, in 1870, that weighed from 830
to 950 lbs., at two yeare old.
The only objection to the Poland China
is that they are very poor mothers. They
usually destroy a large part or all of their
pigs by their heedlessness, particularly
if bred for early pigs. If a farmer will
have his pigs come from the first of June
until falL allowing the sows to run on
grass without much grain, they usually save their pigs. I could never raise
enough spring pigs from my Poland
Chinas to pay for keeping the sows, and
haye abandoned them.
The Essex is a good hog, but should be
kept by themselves, as they carry a great
deal of fat, and other hogs are apt to injure them. They are a little delicate
when young. Ihave no objection to th
Chesters, except that farmers would no
buy them on account of the color, and
they mange badly under unfavorable circumstances. C.
BEEF AND FOBS.
The Pall MaU Gazette says: "The dis-
eases to which cattle are liable unfortunately,-as a rule, baffle the skill of veterinary science, and for this reason alone
some anxiety will no doubt be caused by
a' singular disease called 'charbon,' which,
it is stated, has made its appearance
among the cows in the Parish of Galane,
County of Cork. Death seems to follow
seizure:- with striking rapidity, one of
seven.cows attacked on the same day
having died in four hours. With the
view of probably of not wasting the flesh
of even a diseased cow, the stomach of
the animal was divided into small pieces,
which, with great kindness and liberality,
were distributed among some ducks and
geese. The result was not satisfactory.
The ducks and geese voraciously devoured the feast thus placed before them, and
in less than five minutes began to totter
about, and then fell down dead. An attempt was made by.the veterinary surgeon to bleed the infected animals, but
no blood, would flow. The blood resembled tar in its color. and consistency.
It is some comfort to hear that the carcasses of the animals, by direction of the
police, have been buried very deep. The
deeper the better; and even cremation
might with advantage have been brought
into operation as regards these cows.
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Feed for. Short-horns
sides having little milk, their offspring
come qfte'n and vainly ^ pulling at the
empty ve&l, are thus" more apt to have
mouthfu-s'of the dangerous wool.—North
British Agriculturalist. V
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At a Fine Stock Convention held at
Vinton, Iowa, the well-known Short-horn
breeder, and dealer, S. W. Jacobs, said the
average weight of his Short-horns at one
year old was 1,000 pounds. He fed milk
six months and grain six months, giving
four quarts daily.   He also said:
"I treat a calf kindly, give it its mother's milk only; at four weeks old it will
commence to eat dry shelled corn. I do
not measure the quantity, but let it eat
what it will eat clean; feed three times
per day; do not let it out in the hot sun
to graze; curry it sometimes; at'three
Tnat'aoes'not pJEysic,"ana improves rue
hair and appearance of the head; and
also, when an animal scours, give it oilcake.
For a large bull you want a double
stall; half an hour of exercise by letting
him run in the yard; water as often as
he wants it. We water our stock three
times a day. Feed a bushel of cut hay
mixed with fifteen pounds of corn-meal
and three pounds of oil-cake."
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Liniment for Horses.
Hints to Horse Traders.
A few sows will soon stock a farm with
hogs enough to consume all the surplus
com, and if they are good grade stock,
thoroughbreds crossed with the common
hogs, the corn so fed will yield the farmer nearly double the price he gets for it
when sold to the grain buyers. Such a
plain and easy way of nearly doubling
the value of corn should certainly com-
' mand the attention of all. The reason it
is not done is simply neglect. That is
the whole story. When they see that
this can be done, it is just at the time
they haven't the hogs to do it with, and
so year after year some neglect their opportunities, never providing themselves
selves with stock to consume their surplus corn. This is all plain enough to
them, but they venture on experiments,
continue to fritter away their opportunities, and are forced to sell their surplus
grain at starving prices. Resolve to
breed some good grade stock, feed the
surplus and you will never regret it. "
The same is true of beef cattle. We re-
ifer to hogs specially because farmers with
Ismail  means  can  soonest  stock their
R. S. Steele writes to the American
Farmer's Club:—"Some time ago I was a
good deal worried with a couple of horses
which had sore backs. I tried various
remedies without success, and was beginning to despair when the following receipt
came to mv notice: 'The inner bark of
white oak bark boiled down in an iron
kettle (never use a brass one) until it is
as black at* ink; while boiling drop in a
piece of alum about the size of a hen's
egg.' This liniment is to be applied with
a sponge, ahd is good for any sore or
bruise; in fact it is a safe thing to keep in
one's barn ready to use when occasion
requires. As I found this so useful, I
nture to send it for the benefit of oth-
.vho may not be in the possession of
hingas good. I think it is also an
. llentplan in warm weather to clean
the collars often with castile soap.
HOTESIFE0M HEWT01T COUNTY,
1        INDIANA.
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EorroRS Indiana Farmer:—The wet
season hos ruined the corn crops on all
the leveJuand in this section. One of the
heaviest' corn growers on the Iroquois
river this county, last week offered to
take one hundred dollars for one hundred
and thiriy acres of his growing corn.
This land usually produces sixty to seventy bushels per acre, but it will hardly
have two hundred bushels on the one
hundred'and thirty acres this year. The
high land on Beaver Prairie will grow
the most of the corn that is grown in this
county this year. Very little wheat is
grown r.ere, and the crop this season was
trifling. Oats are a poor crop. Hay is a
fair crop. There is a good deal of old
corn in the fanners hands here from last
year, but much of it is poor and damaged. This is a very productive corn
country when the season is fair. The
corn crop of year before last was a very
large one. Farmers felt they were getting rich, as good prices were obtained,
and many plunged into debt for more
land, improvements etc., and they are
now hard pushed to meet their obligations. The only safe way I find is to
keep cut of debt, and near shore. All
will have to learn this. The big crop of
two yea-rs ago made land sell at good
prices, and now it is a drug, and much
reduced in price. Taking the failure of
the crops, andthe threatened bankruptcy by? the iniquitous resumption of
specie'act, and the people feel blue in
thi3 part of the State. J. D. K.
AQEICULTUEAL CONGRESS.
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Lambs Dying from Swallowing Wool.
'NOTpi FROM WABASH^ COUNTY.
has been a very wet one until within two
weeks, in which time we have not had
more than enough rain to dampen the
hay a little. I notice in the corn fields
that have been ploughed regularly, at
least once in eight days, no damp earth
is turned up by the shovels. Farmers
and others have been prophesying a
drouth for a wind up of our wet season.
Already farmers are occasionally looking
skyward and then at the corn. Their
thoughts are easily divined. The clouds
are gathering. Just enough lightning to
remind us that there is electricity in the
air. Though grumbling, the thunder
gently rolls in the distance, and with it
comes "the pattering of the rain." It
falls so gently and is --o welcome that the
stock and fowls would rather each accept
the outside pressure as it falls than take
to the shelter. That snapping, snarling
sound does not come from the seventy-
acres of freshly ploughed corn, but with
the continuous stirring of the surface and
the copious shower that now so opportunely comes will add several hundred
bushels of corn for store.
The winding up of wheat harvest was
decidedly hot. The last was a fine week
for making bay, and many took advantage of it. Hundreds of tons were put
up in this vicinity.   Henry Comstock.
Liberty Mills, Ind.
NEWS   OF   THE   WEEK.
First, look al the horse while standing
still in the stable.   If he seems to rest one
foot, look that  leg  from top to bottom;
see if he has any splints, spavins, puffs,
windgalls,  or  curbs,  or  if he is.knee-
sprung, and if his hip-cap is down, for in
fat horses this sometimes hardly shows.
Next, his eyes; if they look weak and he
is young, it may be caused by what are
commonly called "blind teeth."   If this
is so, his face will be thick, and they can
easily be found by looking just in front of
the first grinders, and should be pulled
with common horse forceps, or punched
out.   The first is preferable, as ycu can't
get all the roots by punching every time.
Next, look at his coupling, and if he kips
up well.   By  placing  your  ear  to his
breast, you can usually ascertain if his
wind is good, after a little traveling. Next
see if he stands straight on his feet, or if
he stretches himself while standing.   It
is a great mistake to want to see a horse
on the move all the time.   You can learn
twice as much   about  a  horse standing
still as while moving.   Far better back a
horse than see  him   go   forward; for if
stiff, there is where he will show it, and
that is what will tell on his shoulders, if
they have been hurt at any time.   Ii"you
wish to buy, ride the horse yourself, for
the owner knows the gait that his horse
moves best in, and you can tell  by the
motion ofthe horse, if you are on him,
whether there  is anything  the matter
with his travel or not.  I could not add
more, if I thought necessary.—American
Farm "Journal.
Use Eagle Bill Corn Husker and Champion
and Brown Hog Ringer and Rings.      31-13w
Numbers of lambs everywhere die from
obstruction and inflammatton of thebc^
els caused by the  swallowing o, wool:
which, although taken up only in small
quantities at a time, get agglutinated and
rolled into considerable balls, on which
each lock Or thread of wool is rolled until
one or two of these foreign bodies block
the ortfice opening fram the true stomach into the_bowels, or are lodged in the
small insestines, causing spasms and bye-
and-bye inflammation which is evidently
difficult to relieve.   Hair balls of a similar character and producing similar injurious effects occur in calves from their
licking themselves and their neighbors,
and also occasionally in horses.   But the
wool which  has  apparently  destroyed
your neighbor's and your Own lambs, is
not, as you suppose, licked up from the
grass.   More commonly it is pulled from
the udder and belly of the dam   by the
hungry lamb whilst vigorously seeking ita
early food.   The obvious remedy, so frequently had   recourse   to,  is trimming
away of any wool  from the udder and
belly of the ewe  immediately before or
after lambing.   To   relieve _ the  lambs
which have already such portions of wool,
and which are recognized by dullness, abdominal fullness, and  ineffectual diarrhoea, they should have small doses]twice
a  week  of castor-oil  and   laudanum,
which will gently move the bowels, arid
will bring away the balls of wool, if they
have not become too large to pass along
the narrower portions of the canal.   A
long cold spring, such as we have experienced, increases the mortality from this
as from so many other diseases; the weakly lambs are unable to bear up against
any untoward condition.   The ewes, be-
Crop Notes from Dearborn Co., Ind.
Guilford, Ind., July 27th.
Editors Indiana Farmer:—In your
paper of last week there appears, by a
correspondent, what is regarded here as
a very remarkable article, on the subject
of "Splendid crops in South-eastern Indiana." Now,"while it is probably true that
there are just such crops as "J. B. Y."
represents, I undertake to say that they
are the exception and not the rule. I
live near the center of Dearborn county,
and have had opportunities of obtaining
information which will fully warrant me
in saying othat the wheat crop in this
county will not reach an average by one-
half. And what is true of Dearborn, I
have good reason to believe, is fjrue of
most, if inot all the adjoining counties.
It will not do to take a few farms on the
Ohio river bottoms, as a criterion by
which to judge of the crops of an
entire cb'dnty.
The hs$ crop in our county cannot be
put down'.at more than a half crop, and
oats less.'.r.4 "        '  ' *
Corn ia-iiaw suffering badly from want
of rain. If we do riot have a good rain
soon, a good:ideal of it, will shoot, and
the crop will inevitably be light. For the
last month, persons have been talking
about our "fine corn crop;" when every
farmer ought to know that two weeks of
dry weather ■ at a certain period in its
growth will blight the finest prospect.
Late potatoes will be light, unless the
peachblow should do'Well, which we can't
tell anything abcjit yet.      K. Collier.
The fifth annual session of the National
Agricultural Congress will be held at the
Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, September 12th to 14th inclusive. The following is the circular announcing the
coming session:
All agricultural societies, agricultural
periodicals, agricultural colleges, boards
of agriculture, granges, farmers' clubs,
or other organizations whose object is the
promotion of agriculture, are invited to
send delegates; and all persons desiring
to promote the objects for which
the Oongress is instituted, are earnestly
requested to attend and participate in
the deliberations.
Believing that the time is come when
the agriculture ofthe United States must
be studied and considered as a whole
and by a comparison of the capabilities' person's.
and conditions of widely separated regions, in order to fully understand in
what manner the interests of each and
all may be best promoted, we appeal to
the agriculturalists of every section of
the Union, and to all who are working
for their welfare, to gather together in
this Centennial year of our nation's his
tory, and, in the birthplace of American
national freedom, to counsel together
and to give a new impulse to the agricultural progress of our country.
Societies etc, sending delegates are requested to communicate their appointment to the Secretary, at Iowa Agricultural College, Ames Iowa, previous to
September 1, and after that time to him
at the Belmont Hotel", 41st and Oregon
Streets, Philadelphia, where delegates on
their arrival are invited to call and report. W. C. Flagg, Pres.
G. E. Morrow, Sec'y.
The Belmont Hotel, corner of 41st and
Oregon Streets, and convenient to the
Exhibition grounds, will be headquarters
of the Society and the place where its
evening meetings will be held. Delegates
desiring rooms are requested to notify
the proprietors in advance.
ORDER OF BUSINESS. —TUESDAY, SEPT.   12
Promoting A"giiculture", andliurnet L,ati-
dreth, Esq., Chief of Bureau of Agriculture, International Exhibition. Response
by President of the National Agricultural
Congress. Appointment of committee
on credentials.
Address—"American Agriculture," by
the President, W. C. Flagg, of Illinois.
3 p. m.—Report of committee on credentials. Election of members. Payment of Dues. Appointment of committees.
Address—"Objects and Work of the
National Agricultural Congress," by the
Secretary, G. E. Morrow, Iowa. Discussion.
8. p. m.—Address—"The Outlook of
American Agricuture," by Jos. Harris, of
New York.   Discussion.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13.
10 A. m.—Reports of committes. "Agricultural Statistics," by J. R. Dodge, Statistician Department of Agriculture,
Washington.
Address—"American Agricultural Literature," by Dr. E. L. Sturtevant, Mass.
Discussion.
3 P. m. — Address—"American Live
Stock Interests," by L. F. Allen, of New
York.   Discussion.
Address—"American Dairying," by X.
A. Willard of New York.   Discussion.
8 P. m.—Address—"The World's Grain
Crop of 1876," by Hon. Alex. Dalmar, of
Pennsylvania.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 14.
10 a.m.—Address—"Our Grain Fields,"
by Alfred Gray, Secretary Kansas Board
of Agriculture.   Discussion.
Address—"Our Southern Agriculture,"
by Col. Thomas Claiborne, of Tennessee.
Discussion.
3 p. m.—Election of Officers for ensuing
year, and fixing place of Annual Meeting.
"Agricultural Organization," address
and discussion.  .
8 p. m!—"Agricultural Organizations
and Co-operation." Address and discussion. .   , .
Thos. P. Janes, Commissioner of Agriculture, of Georgia, will address the congress upon a topic not yet indicated.
So far as time will permit, other appropriate topics will be discussed. Brief
addresses are expected from a number of
gentlemen widely known in agricultural
circles, from their official positions and
writings.
State News.
There were twenty-nine deaths in this city
last week.
The periodical agitation of the question of
building the coal road, is on again.
Greencastle is furnishing teachers for schools
in many parts of this and other States.
The dwelling of Mrs. Wear, of Liberty, was
struck by lightning on the 30th, and considerably damaged.
Warsaw property owners are agitating the
subject of a proposed change in the channel
of Tippecanoe river.
The hay crop is larger this year than ever
before. It is estimated that there is four times
as much this year as there was last.
The delinquent taxes of Elkhart amount
to   about $2,500 divided among over  1,000
The works ofthe Trench Coal Company in
Parke county, were burned on the 29th ult.
Loss $8,000.
The corn cror> in Newton caunty will be a
great failure. The great rain fall in that section has pretty thoroughly ruined the crop.
The list of drownings from bathing this
season, is lengthy. A lad named Andy Johnson was drowned on Sunday at Freedom,
while bathing.
The trustees of Purdue University decided
at a recent meeting to erect an additional
building, the increasing attendance requiring
it. Work will begin as soon as the plans are
adopted.
Two parties who had gone to the Whortleberry swamps of Starke county, on Friday of
last week, to gather berries, got in a dispute,
which resulted in the killing of one man and
the wounding of two or three others.
Warsaw Union: A large quantity of new
wheat is coming into town, and we are informed that in quality it is vastly superior to
that of last year. The price paid is 90 cents
per bushel.
Knox county has splendid com and grass
crops. The wheat crop is not turning out as
well.j^expected, but is a fair average. Grapes
since, near Newcastle, Henry cdunfy^between
Charles Blatter and Robert Jeffries. It grew
out of some misunderstanding about the rights
of each to certain premises on a farm the latter had rented from the former. Slatter received a charge of Bmall shot in the abdomen.
General News.
The grasshoppers have been devastating everything in western Minnesota.
The Cocheco cotton mills of Dover, N. H.,
have shut down for thirty days.
There is said to be 30,000 laborers of New
York city out of employment.
Cincinnati is taking down her Exposition
buildings to replace them by more substantial
structures.
It is now generally conceded that the Resumption act will not be repealed this session
of Congress.
Hay in Illinois.
The Central Illinois hay crop is said to
be exceptionally large. The supply of
No. 1 timothy is so abundant that it is
readily contracted for at $5 00 per ton delivered in the barn, which price is $2 00
@5 00 less per ton than the ruling figures
for the last five or six years. Clover however suffered greatly by the late rains,
rendering it impossible to cure it.—Cincinnati Price Ourent.
Congress has by law appropriated a sum
sufficient to finish the Washington monument.
Boston authorities are enforcing the liquor
license law with great vigor. A great deal of
liquor has been confiscated for its violation.
The fast mail trains are discontinued. And
now it appears that they did not amount to
much after all. The benefits derived were
small compared to the expense.
Jacob Nunnemacher, one of the convicted
whisky ring of Milwaukee, has been pardoned
from prison on paying his $10,000 fine and the
ct*sts of the trial.
A clerk in the Columbus (Ohio) postoffice
was arrested a few days ago for abstracting
money from the mails. He had earned on his
business at intervals for more than six months.
St. Louis is threatened with a coal famine.
The miners in Madison and St. Clair counties,
Ills., the points from which St. Louis is principally supplied, demand a raise in the price
of their labor.
The mulatto man at Philadelphia, who knew
of Charley Ross' whereabouts, and only wanted the reward preparatory to delivering him
to home and friends, has taken his flight. He
of course knew nothing of the boy.
The Anna Union says: The indications are
that the largest crop of corn ever raised in
Southern Illinois will be gathered this fall.
The damage sustained by the wheat crop is
not half so great as was at first anticipated.
Ann Eliza Young, 17th wife of Brighain,
has had another trial for alimony. The court
decides her entitled to $100 per month or
$6,300 as a whole, and the costs of the stilt to
be paid by Brigham.
Colorado having complied with all the
conditions imposed by Congress for her
admission, has taken her place among
the sisterhood of States,
Hoo Ringers akd Corn Hi-bkers—Attention
is drawn to the advertisement of Chambers &
Quinlan, which appears in this issue. They
have overcome all the defects incidental to
the first introduction of a new article and the
Champion Double Ring now stands !n high
favor with the farmers. All that is required
to make the double rings a success is care and
judgment in inserting, as there are no sharp
points left in the nose of tbe hog.
The superiority claimed for the Brown Single Hog and Pig Rings is that they close on
the outside ofthe nose. The Eagle Bill Cora
Husker is acknowledged to be a valuable invention. It is a hand husker and will pay for:
itself many times over in one day's husking.
All first-class dealers keep these goods.