Vol. .xn.
ENDIMAPOLIS, INDIANA, TEBRUAEY10,1877.
No. 6.
EXCHANGE DEPABTMENT.
PEBBONAL8.
. Persons In any part of the state seeking the addresa or attention of parties ln other portions of the
state or country should make Inquiry In this department
FOR  BALK.
FOR SALE—I have eggs for sale from Chicago
Premium Light Brihma Stock. Prices reasonable.   MBS. EMMA ALDEN, Bunroan, Iud.      Us
"T710R SALE—Twenty-five Foland fhlnaand Berk-
JD shire brood sows for fhle. J. B.G1LBBRT,
Louisville. Henry couDty, ltd. 1-twks
FOR BALE—AnewChllds Brothers' Organ,style
SO, new and ln good condition.    Fcr tale at a
discount fri m regular price.
Itf Induma FAxxxa Co.
E
OR SALE or exchange a Chester White male
hog. Has proved good for stock. Address:
GEORGE DeLONG, bluffton,
6-tf (173) Wells County Ind.
FOR SALE—Galvanised Eureka Fap 8pcut.    We
have a few hundred of there sap spouts, which
we will cell at the low rate of J3 60 per hundred.
.   4—lw Publishers or Indiana Fabmee,
"T710R SALE—Bronze Turkey* I have a few pairs
_D ol flne Bronze TurkeyB crotsed with American
:wlld turkeys, lor sale" at fo,00 a | air. J, M. Bray A
Hon, Hamilton county, Ind,    6-3w
*T***101"t SALE—Poland-China pigs, from three to
J2 Blx months old. Some flne males ready for
service. Geo. F. Parent, Union City, Randolph Co.,
Ind.    . S-ly
.T""*IOK SALE-Etsex Swine. A few extra choice
■ I*' male pigs 1 to 8 months old at low figures. Address A. P. Wiley and Son, New Augusta, Marlon
oonnty, Ind. 3-tf
TTIOR SALE—Black Spanish Jack fcr sale cheap;
■P he ls 15 hands high, weighs 1,000 lbs, ls 9 years
old and a good foal gcuer.-- Address or call on A.J.
Peed, New Castle, Henry county, Ind 3 8t
""•"*"**lOR SALE.—Jersey Cattle, fllerd Register) Berk-
_C shire and Poland China hogs,: Light Brahma
and Game fowls. -
ia-6-lyr    (126)   D. W. Voyles, New Albana, Ind.
"COR SALE—Cotswold Sheep, Berkihlre Swine.
Jj White Holland Turkeys, Aylesbury Ducks, and
Partridge Cochin Chicks. Address, Jacob Kenne-
day, Lizton, Hendricks Co., Ind. 40,tf
TTIOR BALE, a few first cIsfs Buff Cochin fowls
_t> from lmpiirted sv.i k. Also eg£s till July lst
at t2.(J0 per Felting of 13.   Addrtfs:
J. Ia. Carry, lDtlianapol's Ind.
B-22tl f5 and 87 South Meridian St.
FOR HALE—One- HoUtein bull 2 years and 9\i
m'nlhs o'd, weigbt 2cC0 lbs; also four half-
blood bull calves 0 and 10 months old; weight from
400 to EO0; price very r.afODable. ROBT. licit 1L-
LEN, nesrLogansport.'lnd. ,      . 6-'2w
"TT^OR SALE-Concord Grape Vines, three years,
1*1 . extra. S2 per dozen, ■ Eureka, a new seedling
of great promise. II per two vines. .Nursery ttock
of all kinds', Send for circulars. I.' H. HAYNES.
Excelsior Gardens, Delphi, Ind. 4-lwks
"ITIOR SALE—Gsrden and Horticultural Lands,
1*j near Irvington, at $100 per acre. Also good
building ground fjr sale nesr Irvington and University, at 9100 per acre. Call on or addresB J. C.
McCLAIN, Irvington. Ind. 5-4W
TJIOR 8ALE-*-A fine Durham Bull of the Short-
_fj horn stock: full blood; pedigree furnished on
application. Enquire of E. 8. JONE6, Kouit's Eta-
tfen, Porter county, Indiana, or of H. C. Holloway,
Indianapolis.
Ww
*TJ*IOR SALE—We have a nice lot of choice Berk-
fl   shire pigs now four months old, which we will
sell at rearx>nable prices to all customers who apply
early.   Also a few sow pigs ready for breeding.
A. 8. GILMOUR A CO.
60-tf   ■••''-,;■ Greensburg, Ind.
-ijlOR 8ALE—Will book orders for eggs of Dark
fl Brahmas, Houdans, and R. B. Games at %t per
setting. Rouen and Aylesbury Ducks at $3 per setting. Pekins at $4 per setting. Bremen, Toulouse
and HongkongOeese, Jl per dozen, Premium stock.
L H. HAYNEs, Excelsior Gardens, Delph, Ind. 4-4t
EOR SALE, Fruit farm at a b-irgaln, less  than
a mile from the Public Square of Kokomo Ind.
Containing 15 acres well stocked with fine fruits,
both large and small.   Good house, barn and other
buildings, well and cistern.   Address:
i   6-lw 0,8. BOGGS, Kokomo, Iud.
"TTIOR SALE. Pure Light Brahma Chickens, from
Jj. prize birds of the most noted breeders ln the
United States. Also Pure Italian Bees and Queens.
Would exchange for t'oltswold Sheep, or a male
Ohester White pig. None but undoubtedly pure
stock and One sdecimens wanted. Address'.
• DELOSWOOD, North Madison
6-4w   .   (1"3) Jefferson Co, Ind,
*T>OR SALE. I will sell the following Registered
1*1   Jersey animal, sex male, name  Kamchunder
Herd Register No. 418.   Is perfectly  quiet, easily
handled and Is 5 years old. Address or call on
L. 8. AVER.Y, Sunny Side Ind.
4 miles West of Indianapolis on National road 7-1 w
"TTIOR 8ALE—A thoroughbred bud, five years old
Jj ln November last; a beautiful red color; quiet
disposition; sure getter, and a noted prizs winner,
having won six fir»t premiums In his class at the
Indiana State fair; will be sold very cheap. Address
  ENOCH R. KENNY,
6-2W Lafayette, Ind.
-*n*l ARM FOR SALE—Containing 62 acres, In Mor-
l~i gan oounty, Ind., on the gravel road half a
mile east of Martinsville; good two story frame-
house, several out-buildings, 17 acres of woodland,
pasture, balance under cultivation, apple and peach
orchard, several good springs with plenty of never-
failing water for stock.   Addres ^ ^^
5^1 Franklin, Ind.
MONEY "LOAMS.
TO LOAN-»500,0O0—ln sums of 11,000 and upward, on well-improved Farms in any county
lathe State. Time, three to five years. Interest ten
per cent., payable semi-annually at the end of every
fix months. Commission five per centy Money
furnished ln five days after examination of property, and abstract and appraisement is made. In.
writing give number or acres cleared and ln cult*,
•ration, kind of house and bam and value. Address W. A Bradshaw, State Savings Bank, No. 56 N.
Pennsylvania st, Indianapolis. ■   . *"*"
WAIT TBI).
f TTANTED—Cotton-wood logs; also. Cotton-wood
W     Inch-board*.   State pri.e deliveredat
•  UDELL LADDER and WOODEN WARE COS
4-lm     • Factory North Indianapolis, Ind.
■^^^^^^j^^^^^H^jMaM^aaa^Maa^M^Ma^^Moaaa^M^H
'       MISCELLANEOUS.	
- TTIOR TRADE-640 acres of choice land in north
J3    em Texas, well watered and adapted for a
slock or grain farm, to trade for land in i-outhwest-
. em Iowa.   Address A. F., care Indiana Farmer,   lt
EOR TRADE—Safe, double doors with combination lock, for horses and large delivery wagon
L or lumber. UDELL LADDER AHD WOODEN WARE
I CO, North Indianapolis, Ind. 4-lm
THE FARM.
Postal Card Correspondence.
ITCDIANA.
Clinton  Connty—Jan.  Slat.
Weather pleasant for the past few days.
Hog3 and cattle scarce. A great many hogs
have died with the cholera. Hogs worth 15.60.
Cattle$250to $3 00. Sitr Strange:.
Tipton  Connty—Jan SOth.
Will some of your readers please Inform me
through your columns, what is the best
material with which to bed hogs.
W. W. Clam:.
We presume Mr. O. wants to know the
cheapest as well as the best material.—Ed.
JfiaUiaon County—Feb. 6tti.
The wheat looks better than it has for years,
and in consequence onr farmers are reasonably happy.- -Corn 40 seats per bushel; large
amounts coming into market. The outlook
better than for some years. Potatoes brisk st
$1.00 per bushel. H. J. B.
Anderson, Ind. ' .
Henry Connty—Feb. Snd.
Wheat looks very nice and promising. Corn
very good and abundant yield; apples nearly
all frozen. Hogs have ceased dying, but
quite a number were lost Please answer
through the Fakmer, what you will send the
Enquirer and Fabmeb one year for and oblige
' AFabmeb.
See our clubbing list—Editobs.'
Kosciusko connty—Feb. 6th.
We are having warm and pleasant weather,
with plenty of mud. Our beautiful roads and
nice sleighing has all disappeared for the present Wheat is looking delightful. Stock of
all kinds is dolDg well so far, with no hog
cholera, and no sheep killed by dogs in this
neighborhood.. We would like to hear more
about the Jersey Red hogs.      S. K. Coos.
Sevastopol, Ind.
Montgomery  c'oniity—Feb. 2nd
Since the ice and !-),.* have gone off, the
wheat looks very well. People can hardly
get around now with a team, for mud. Stock
hogs tolerable plenty and worth 6J to 6 cents;
fat sheep selling'at 4 cents. Horses and cattle
are dull. Horses plenty for sale here. I wish
I could get two Farmers a week, for one
don't satisfy me. MY Fecits.
Alamo, Ind.
Pike Connty—Feb. 8rd.    '
Weather is fine; roads muddy, but little
rain yet. Wheat looks fair at present; health
tolerable; business getting better. Considerable improvement of late in Pike. ' Corn is
low yet, but if boats get to running in White
river it will raise. Grangers are in a healthy
condition, Washington Grange . G52,' Piket
county, has elected Brother H. C. Brenton,
business agent We got the chromos and
they are all O. K. J. L. Breston.   '
Vrabnsa] Conn ry.—Jnn. 29th.
Very fine weather here. Farmers are busy
hauling saw-log, staves and heading. Staves
at Lagro are worth $12 00 to $14.00 per 1,000 ;
spokes $17.00 per 1,000. Corn 50 cents ; potatoes $1.00; beans $1.75; wheat $1.15; clover
seed scarce and worth $8.00 ; hogs , $5.75 to
$G.00; stock hogs scarce ; butter 18 cents;
eggs 20 cents; chickens 5 cents per pound;
sheep 3 cents per pound. Sheep-killing dogs
are plenty and not much demand for them.
George Rickebt.
Kosciusko county—Feb. 6th
Thebeautifal spring like weather has taken
all the snow off and left us in the mud. But
I hope only for a short time. Wheat as it
now stands looks well, much better than
most people anticipated. Hogs nearly all
sold, some yet remain among the farmers,
and they will soon have buyers. The Government has just established a post office at this
place, to be called Yelow Creek, and all communication tor Yelow Creek Grange • should
be addressed as above. Hogs $5.50; cattle
$3.50; hay $7.60; corn 45 to 48 cents.
George T. Barket.
"While county—Feb.  5tto.
Noticing that a number of counties of our
State are represented in the postal card department of the Fabmeb, I concluded to
give White county a place in the. next number. The corn crop was pretty near a failure;
wheat no better; oats light Com selling at
33 cents; wheat $1.10; oats none selllne.
Fat hogs principally all sold at $5.00 per
hundred; Stock hogs dying with some unknown disease. The farmers of this connty
are rather on the background, bo far as breeding fine stock is concerned. I think the Fabmeb is the paper for all who follow agricultural persuits. Bobebt Ibwiw.
Brookston, Ind.:  ' •>■■ '
•Whitley Connty—Jan. 24.
■ We are having a very cold - winter, accompanied with a great deal of snow, has been
very cold for eight or nine weeks, and snow
covering the ground all the time; much good
sleighing, and a good prospect for the , cold
weather and sleighing to continue. A very
hard crust on the snow at present, which
renders it almost impossible for horses and
cattle to travel  where the roads  are not
broken. The main roads are solid and icy,
and a good prospect for them to remain in
this condition. Wheat when snowed under
looked well; not a very good acreage sown
here last fall. Wheat worth $1.30; corn 40
cents; Oats30cents. Fat hogs all sold at
prices ranging at from $5 25 to $5.50. There
are several young hogs being fattened for the
spring market Much sickness prevails here
among the people now and bas been for the
past two weeks, several fatal cases of lung
fever. I deem the Fabmeb well worth the
subscription price. Thos. Fellisoh.
sXLINOIS.
Moultrie County—Feb.   2nd.
The fat hogs all sold, and a good many
feeding for summer delivery. Sheep do finely
here, and many more will be raised in this
State if the hog cholera continues so severe
and fatal. G. B. S.
Edwards Connty—Feb. 3rd.
Wheat is looking well here that was put in
with the drill, ahd if nothing damages lt yet,
the crop will doubtless be large next season,
as the amount sown Is an averse* or more.
Fruit all right so far.   Health good.
A Beadib.
Schuyler Connty—Jan. 38th.
More hogs bave fed and fattened here than
for along time, and as corn was cheap fed
later than usual. Many, and perhaps most
of them were sold this month. Many stock
hogs left, and cheap corn to feed them on.
Fabmeb.
Sangamon Connty—Feb. 2nd.
Com here in the center of Illinois is selling
at from 25 to 28 cents only, but there ls no
hurry among farmers to sell at that, as we
expect better prices in the spring. The fat
hogs are mostly sold, but there are many
stock hogs left. Not as many cattle feeding
as usual tor this section of the State. Fruit
buds are all right yet. Wheat eatly sown
looks well. C. B. Baldww.
OHIO.
KENTUCKY.
Madison Connty—Feb. 1st.
The winter here has been very fine for
stock, which are in fine condition. If this
warm weather continues the blue grass pastures will be fine early, as the grass Is now
growing under the warm sun. 8. R
, B.
KEBRASKA.
Adams Connty—Jan. 29th.
The oold winter it is fully believed haa destroyed many of the hopper eggs In this part
of Nebraska, but on close inspection we find
an uncomfortable number that will hatch
when warm weather sets In, and then we
shall fight them with fire. Tbe destruction
of crcps In Western Nebraska last season,
made it hard on hundreds of new comers to
get through the winter. B. A. Avert.
KANSAS.
Preble County—Feb. 3rd.
It is believed that the peach buds in many
localities here are destroyed by thecold weather
but I find mine, in a favorable locality yet all
right. I think that frnit is only damaged in,
very much exposed places, for the weather
was dry and favorable. G. R. M.
Butler connty—Feb.   1st
Since the late warm weather set in an examination of the wheat in favorable localities shows that it is in fine condition, and so
far promises very fine. .The hard weather on
wheat generally comes in this month and
March, and if it weathers through these, we
sbal} have a promising crop next season, in
all probability. Stock doing finely, and fruit
buds ditto. J. A.B,
Carroll County—Feb. 1st.       '
After three years of experiment with commercial fertilizers, I find tbat it gives me the
best results to use super-phosphate in the
corn hill, with plaster.. I nse about two
hundred pounds per acre. Heavy stable
manuring on the same kind of land by the
side of it, gave me about equal results. Wheat
looks well since the snow went off. I shall
hairow mine when the ground settles in the
spring, as I hear it improves the yield a good
deal for those who harrow.  C. R. Collins.
IOWA	
Logan County—Feb.  1st.
The hog cholera has swept away the profits of the farmers here in the hog crop. It
proved very fatal, many fat hogs dying. We
have an abundance of corn yet, but there is
but little encouragement to feed it to hogs,
and it sells too low for profit
( •    ,H- T. Howard.
Taylor Counly—Jan. 20th.
We have the largest nnmber of stock hogs
in this connty that we ever had at this season
of the year, and they are in healthy condition. Few of them are selling, and as com is
plenty and cheap, farmers will feed them for
the summer market. L. Morris.
1 MISSOURI.
Bates County—Jan. 27th.
We are seriously threatened with the grasshopper plague here in Western Missouri next
spring. It was thought that the oold weather
would destroy the eggs, but we find that very
many will hatch when warm weather comes,
and there Is no hope. but to fight them.
Wheat was quite promising late in the fall.
Health good.   Hogs about all sold.
! G. W. RossY
MINNESOTA.
Steele Connty—Jan. 28th.
Our hog crop was the largest ever raised,
and it greatly helped our farmers, as the hog
diseases did not prevail here, and they got
good prices for fat hogs. The winter has
been very cold, but dry and pleasant, as this
climate always is.     . '■   S. G.
Ellsworth Connly—Feb. 1st.
Onr growing wheat and rye crops went into
winter in fine condition, and as there are no
hopper eggs here", we expect good crops next
season. Good 160 acre farm claims, improved,
can be bought in this section for fifteen
hundred or two thousand dollars. These are
prt-empted lands by the early settlers, with
good titles. Wild and unimproved lands are
worth four to five dollars per acre. Have had
pretty cold winter. A. K. S.
Doniphan Connty^-Jnn. Slat.
We had an immense corn crop last year,
and now but few hogs, or little other stock to
feed it to. The hog disease here has swept
many stock and fat hogs away. This
leaves us a large amount of corn, for which
we can get only 22 to 25 cents per bushel.
If ths swine disease can be stopped we can,
and will make our corn crops profitable in
making pork with it, and if that can't be done
we can go to more cattle raising and wool
growing. - Fred D. Jokes.
Labette Oonnty—Jnn. 28th.
We have had the coldest winter here ever
experienced by the oldest settlers ; the ground
has been frozen solid since the fore part of
November. There was about six inches of
snow fell the 24th of December, and there is
still a little of it left yet,. The list four days
have been mild and pleasant' What - little
whest tbe hoppers left looks bad. There will
be very little, if any wheat in this country
this year. It is selling for $1.00 to $1 25; com
18 to 20 cents; hogs 5 to 5i cents ; stock hogs
scarce and in good demand; fat cattle are
bringing 2i to 3 cents; horses low acd no
demand, except for home use. Potatoes
scarce and mostly frozen. Success to the
Fabmeb. • *       ■ [Z'. : J. H. Carson.
A colonization association consisting of one
hundred families has been organized' in the
east end of Wayne county. The colony will
locate in Kansas.
The first National Bank of Franklin, discovered a loss, on Tuesday, of $75,000 to $100,-
000, and the dlsappearence of thechathler, B.
T. Taylor.
The residence of George Albon, at Transit-
vllle, was entirely destroyed by fire, together
with its contents, last week. Nothing whatever was saved.
Franklin Democrat: The farmers bring
us bad tidings of the prospects of the coming
wheat crop. We trust however, that like a
singed cat, it may prove better than it looks.
. The temperance ladies of Warsaw are circulating a petition to be presented to the
legislature praying for the passage of the
pending temperace bill.
Mrs. James Knowles, who resides near
Princeton, was terribly burnt one day last
week by her clothes catching fire while she
was standing in front of a grate.
The barn of John Bateman, three miles
west of Boonville was totally destroyed by
fire last week.lncludlng a large quantity of
hay, corn, wheat, and ten head of horses.
N. B. Freeman . and A- I". Bamett, proprietors ofthe Fort Wayne paper mills, filed
their voluntary petition in bankruptcy. Their
liabilities are $56,000; assets estimated at
$40,000.   '■•.,.'•.
John Alexander.' an Insane man living
near Lafouritain, Wabash county, killed his
brother's wife on Monday last, by, cutting
her throat. He was apprehended and confined in jail at Wabash.
A bill is pending in the Legislature providing for the erection of an Inebriate Asylum,
and it provides that a certain per cent, of the
revenue derived from liquor license, shall be
set apart for the maintainance of the Asylum,
While laborers were uorlng a well near
Normal, on the 5th, at the depth of 80 feet, a
vein of gas was struck, and on being ignited,
a fearful explosion occurred, which resulted
in the serious burning of several of the workmen.
Many farmers in Morgan and adjacent
counties have sustained heavy losses on cattle during the past year. Frank M. Flinn,
John W. Crum, John Prouty, and Milton
Epler, of Cass county, all, until recently,
owner's of big farms, and men of wealth,
have failed in consequence of most disaster-
ous speculations in cattle. Scores of others
of the large farmers of these counties have
been seriously crippled financially from the
same cause, and additional failures may be
expected. _ 	
Onr Chromo.
Tippecahoe Co., Ikd., Jan. 17, '77.
Tb the Editors Indiana Farmer: '
I received to-day your premium chromo,
and consider it a valuable present, a rare
specimen of art and beauty, one that may be
preserved for future reference and admiration. Its free presentation should secure many
subscribers to your ' valuable paper. May
success attend you.     Yours Truly,
WiixT. Evakb..
We have just received a large supply, of
these beautiful pictures, and will send them
to agents and subscribers 'as long as they
last.—Editors. ■   ■  • •       ■        -
HOTEL CARS.
Another  Grand Improvement to
made by the "Pioneer" Line.
be
Description of the Superb Cans now  be.
lag  Constructed.
HEWB  OF  THE  WEEK.
State Hews.
Spencer county employs 400 men in the
tobacco trade.  ,:;■•:
A farmer near "Greenfield had 31 sheep
killed one night last week by dogs.
Jame L. Morrison is the heaviest tax payer
in Wayne county.   He pays $2,32 80.
The peach buds in Martin county are reported killed by the past cold weather. ,
Alfred Hough, an old citizen of Elkhart
county, died on the 3rd.
Wslkerton has a temperance society lately
organized, numbering over fifty members. ■
The public schools of Crawfordsville have
an enrollment of 831 pupils and 16 teachers.
The bill in the Legislature to protect the
quails for five years, was defeated iri the
Senate.
The expenses for the poor for the city of
New Albany and township in January was
$176 66. Y       ' ,   '  ' ■ ■
DeKalb county has 120 school houses, with
an estimated value of school property of
$119,615.  ■.-'■.■
Stark county is to have a new asylum built
on the county farm. The cost will be somewhere near $1,800.
The residence formerly belonging to Stephen
Clark, a mile and a half south of Windfall,
was totally destroyed by firo recently.
The Wayne agricultural works are running
with a full complement of hands. They expect to do more work this year than last.
Walt Noyes'.-of Edwardsburg, has quite a
menagerie, consisting of .a six-legged sheep
and two wolves/ :
Geo. Briber, a wealthy citizen of Elizabeth-
town, Bartholomew county, was found dead
in his bed on the 2nd.        '•
A revival which has been in progress at
Union City for fiva weeks past, resulted in
153 accessions to the membership.
Key. Hammond, the revivalist' has awak-
eneS great religious interest at Terre Haute.
Hirmeetinga were largely attended.
The Government has been giving employ-
meet to between 500 and 700 ladies .'at Jeffersonville, for some time past in manufacturing
army clothing. Owing to the scarcity of
work it is understood tbat the list is to be cut
down to about 150 persons.
The well-known horse Tempest, that
created a sensation in sporting circles in the
southern, part of the State, died a ..his - stables
near New Albany the other day. He was a
celebrated stallion, and is the sire of many
good horses in Southern Indiana. ,
A teamster of Columbus named William
Behler a few days sinoe received notification
of the death of an uncle in German y, whose
will named Behler and five others as legatees of his estate, the total value of which is
stated at about $15,000,003 or $16,000,000. ,.
General News.
Congressrrran Alexander H. Stephens, of
Georgia, is lying very low at Washington.
He can hardly* last much longer.
Pittsburgh, Pa, has been the scene lately
of a wonderful temperance revival. , Thousands of persona have signed the pledge.
The unemployed workingmen of New
York, in mass meeting, have called upon the
Legislature for an appropriation of $2,000,000
to set 55,000 idle men at work.
The inquest held over the -victims of the
Ashtabula, Ohio, railroad disaster in January,
has developed facts going to show the insecurity of the bridge, and defects in its construction. • \
The President urges Congress by a special
message, to prepare for speciea resumption at
once, by the enactment of certain laws which
he thinks would bring it about at once, and
put business on its feet again..
The counting of the electoral vote promises
to be tedious and long drawn out. Counsel
on either side will fight over every, inch of
legal ground before the commission, in the
interest of their respective sides.
The Commission for counting the electoral
vote began ita work on Thursday of last
week. Alabama, Connecticut, California and
Delaware were counted without objection, a
contest arising when Florida- was reached,
which was referred to the commission of
fifteen. *'..'.   '
In many sections of Iowa, when the grasshoppers deposited eggs, they begin hatching
out under the recent warm sun rays and the
prospect ls that, cold weather and starvation
will end millions of them, and thus relieve
the country of their presence before vegetation
comes.
ILL1SOI8.
The  collector  of St.; Clair county wants
$747,595.14 in taxes for the present year.
- Prof. E. E. Edwards, of McKendree College at Lebanon, will take charge of the pro-
posedscientific expedition to the Rocky Mountains next June. •
For some time we have heard hints of a
line of hotel cars forthe Omaha and California
line of the Chicago & North-western Railway.
When asked about their cars, the officers
have uniformly evaded a direct reply. Our
"reportcrial instincts" taught ns to inveeti-'
gats for ourselves. We have done so, and are
now enabled to state postively that such a
line will be started In the eariy spring, and
that the cars are now being built. The fact
will no longer be a secret after this day's paper gets before the public. >
Four of the most magnificent hotel cars that
have been built anywhere are now being constructed by the Pullman Palace Car Compa ny
expressly for this line. These cars will ba
sixty-six feet long, ten feet wide, and ten feet
high, with twelve sections, one drawing room
(with table room for six persons), and one
stute room, besides the kitchen, china closet,
dressing room, .etc The interior will be
finished with black and wfiite walnut, mahog* .
any, French ash, and curled maple, the place
ofthe usual head-lining being filled in ' with
foreign polished woods ; the panels between
the windows will be of California laurel and
other California woods; the lamp fixtures,
window fastenings, door hardware, etc , will
be of triple plated silver. The upholstery of
the seats is to be of rich but plain reps, corresponding and harmonizing with the wood
finish ofthe sides and roof of the cars. Between
each set of seats is space for a table that will
accommodate four persons comfortably, but ag
a rule are not expected to seat more than two
persons. The glass and chinaware forthe tables are now being made at Dresden, Germany
from patterns selected from the Royal Dresden
exhibit that was at the Centennial Exposition
and so greatly admired. Each piece ofsilver-
ware glass-ware and china-ware will have
the monogram of the Chicago & Ncrth-West-
ern road marked thereon. The kitchens of
the cars will be so arranged that no fumes from
the cooking viands can reach the occupants
ofthe berths. On each car will be a steward,
two cooks, three waiters, and a chambermaid
to wait upon lady patrons. It is the intention
of the company to furnish the best meals
that money canbuy, and choice wines and
cigars will be attainable by those desiring
those luxuries.
These hotel cars will leave Chicago on the
"California Express" and run throng on the
Missouri river. On the west-bound train,
dinner, supper and breakfast will be served.
The east-bound hotel cars will leave Omaha
on the "Atlantic Express each day, in the
afternoon. On this train snpper, breakfast
and dinner will be served. Thus passengers
bound in either direction will be enabled to
have all their meals en rout and yet not leave
their palatial traveling parlor.
The only objection that has ever been raised
against the use of hotel cars has been connected with the odors of the kitchen. As we
saidbefore, this in these cars will be entirely
obviated; no person, no matter how particular he or she may be, will have cause to make
any objections on this score. " In the dining car
you merely get your meals, and as soon as
you are through eating you are shoved out
and started for the coach or sleeper, so as to
make room for some other traveler who desires your place. While in these hotel cars
your berth will be secured throngh, you will
own it absolutely for the length of your trip,
and it will be your own for lounging, sitting,
sleeping, and eating purposes, as much as your
own seat in your own house. As it is not
generally known, dining cars are never run
over the entire length of any route; -they are
taken on and set off of the train at stated
meal times, while these hotel cars will be
made a part of the train and run through in
thesame way as the regular sleeping car.
On the admirable steel rail that is now laid
on the Chicago <fc North-Western Railway,
these elegant, sixteen-wheeled hotel cars will
ride as easy and with as little noise or oscillation as aballoon that floats serenely through
the air; and we believe it will be found to be
a result that thousands will flock to this "Pioneer Line," who have hitherto gone by some
other route.
With these and other improvements the
people are very largely interested and we
believe will join with us in congratulating the
progressive management of this great line in
this its most advanced step; and unite with us
In saying the Chicago & North-Western Railway has become the foremost road in the
West.
These hotel cars will be placed in service
about March, lst 1877.—Republican. Dec. 22,
1876. (135)
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