VOL. XV.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, SATURDAY. OCT. 30. 1880.
NO. 44.
FORSAI-E.
F
OR SALE-A full blood Scotch Collie Shepherd
dog. cheap.   R. G. CRIST, N.,w Market, Ind.
FOR RAI.U-—Pure blood Jersey Red hogs. Address
PETUR MILLER, Martinsville, Clark connty,
Iillnois.
F0R SALE—Some line Plymonth Hock cockerels,
at >Jl, if ordered soon.   KG. CRIST, New Market, Ind
FOR SALE-Pure bred Southdown bock lamlf, at
reasonable prices. Address URIAH rRlVETT,
Greensburg, Ind.
asJORSALE-Pnre Taylor Proline Blackberry roots
JT for fall or spring planting. Address JACOB
TAYLOR, Spiceland, Ind. 	
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FOR SALE—Parms—In various parts of Indiana,
by  M.  ARBUCKLE, Agent, M East Market
street, IndianapoUs, Indiana. ,
FOR SALE—I haveaflne lot of Pekin docks to
sell chean; also, Brahma Cochin and Plymouth
Bock Poultry.   I. N. BARKER, Thorntown, Iud.
POR SALE—Leicester and Cotswold sheep, lately
Imported Iron, Canada.   I havo bnth bucks and
ewes .Address THOMAS TRIBBEY.Plymouth.Ind.
FOR SALE—The best farm wagonB. wagon boxes
and secood-hand wagons for ihe money in the
city, call at 291, Massachusetts avenue, Indianapolis.
FOR SALE—The DanTllle Nursery-has asale yard
near depot as bel re, and will close out the
present very valuable stock at low rates. Have a
full line
F
OK SALB-Sbe-pp! Bhefp!!  Sheep nt   200 nice
ewes; KX) ewe lambs; iu lots to sutt customers.
j   tji   MIUK
No. 669 North Alabama street, l&dlanapolis.
FOR SALE—A choice lot of White Cochin chicks;
pure Fenton stock, ln pairs, or ln lots of 25,
cheap. Apnlysoon to 394 Broadway, IndianapoUs.
Reference: Indiana Farmer.  #
FOR 8AL13— A law* quantity of screenings from
wheat, suitable for cattle and cheep feed. -Price
»1« per ton at the mill. GIBSON A CO, millers, 852
West Washington street, Indianapolis.
FOR BAIiF—The largest stock of Fruit and Orna
namental Trees, Shrubs, Vines, etc, ln the
West. H. M. SIMPSON A CO., Proprietors of Knox
Nurseries. Vincennes, Indiana. eow
FOR SAX*]&— First-clans Poland China pins, both
sex, sired by Governor and Black Btcfc, good
color and well formed, 5 to 6 months o'd. on cars lor
II1. each; sows 8 mouths old, $18. A. W. RjSS, Muncie, Indiaua.
FOR SALE—Furniture and undertaking business
In a thriving town, this state; stock new.
Splendid opening for a cabinet maker with $so> or
•.,•*«. N-» cmittipetition Address H F. UNDERWOOD, Peru, Ind.
FORS ALE—The Indianapolis Nursery h&s400,ono
fruft and ornamental t-ees, inchidlnc its
branches. Make out your order and serditlnfor
prices. Address T. C. BARNUM, 134North Penn-
sylvaulastreet, Indianapolis.
%ivt
Will T. Evans, Arabia, B9nton connty,
Ind., reports his herd of Poland Chinas
in splendid condition. Ho bas twenty
choice boar pigs ready for sale and shipment.
 •
When pigs are affected with indigestion,
salt and charcoal -will be found a remedy.
Mix the salt and charcoal together, putting
them in a box accessible to tbe pigs; tbey
■will eat no more than required.
To increase the digestibility ofthe different kinds of grain fed to horses or cattle,
different means have been employed; of
which the grinding, crushing, soaking, and
mixing with acids, only under certain conditions and then only imperfectly, answered
the purpose. By steaming and cooking
grains, however, a higher degree of perfeo
tion has been attained.
Influenza Among Horses. [
Investigations are iu progress all over the
country as to the cause of epizootic amoog
horses. They are now troubled in Toronto,'
Canada, and Prof. Smith of tbat ciiy gave
his opinion to a reporter of the Mail to tbe
effect that the disease is nothing more than
influenza, which had attacked a few horses
in that city. The doctor states that when
the symptoms appear the animals should be
stabled and carefully attended to, and the
nearest practitioner calledv in. He is also
inclined to the opinion that the approaching cold weather might cause the fever to
assume malignant form, unless the greatest care can be taken to remove the animals
attacked from tbeir companion--, and not to
allow them to eat or drink from the same
vessels. These are useful hints which the
owners of horses should not forget to
promptly act upon as soon as tbe first indi
cations of the disease present themslves.—
Stockman.
In 1865, at B. B. Groom's first short-horn
sale, Wm. I,. Snyder, Montgomery, bought
two heifers that were ot tbe Young Phyllis
family. He has already sold seven times
the amount invested, and baa the money
for them. He has now fifty-four head that
are worth more money at tbe prevailing
prices of this year than the farm upon which
they were reared. All these are descendants
ol the first two heifers.—True Kentuckian.
EOR SALE—ror 80 days I will fell the following
choice breeding stock at fl each,.") Plymouth
Bocks. 20 White Leghorns, fi Bondans. -BnffCoch-
1ns. E?galnseasjjn,fl for 13. Write soon to Insure
the best.   O. W. DUNN IMG, Marlon, Ind.
FOR SALE—A choice lot of Poland China pUs
ready for service; either sex; will breed some
flne sowBandBhip at any time to Sj.lt purchaser.
Also Short-bom boll calves fbr sale. Please write
me belore you bny. L. H. AIKMAN, Box 21, Dana,
Indiana.
FOR SALE—260 acres of first-class heavily timbered unimproved land, in good loealtiy.on Mlch-
gan road, twenty-three miles northwest from Indianapolis, ln the edge of Boone county. For further
intormation, addrees C. B. JACKSON, Centerville,
li-dtana.
FmB. ''ALE—Two young Jersey bulls and two bull
calves oi the very best butter family In the
Btate. Dams make from 12 to 1. lbs. of butter In 7
days, also 4 yonng graded Jersey cows. Would trade
some of the above stock for a eood work horse. T. J.
JOHNSON, Greencastle, Ind.
FOB SALE—Thrroushhrei- chicks, Scotch collie
shepherd pups, etc. Chicks of the follow!,,*
vurlrtie-: Several trios White Le_horr.s. a few eat h
of Light Brahmas, Partrirt^e Co,-hlns and Pea Comb
Partridge Cochins. The Shepherd pups are rrom
Imported "Fa,'nle." S-ock can he _een at the Indiana Ponltry Yards. West Morris street, (near
Pugnesrun), or address W. J. EL6TTJN, Indianapolis, Indiana,
FOB SALE—128 acres of land lying In Knox county, Harrison township, 2_H rallt-s trom Monroe
City, 10 miles from Vincennes. 127 acies under fence,
some growing wheat on it. 70 acres of corn ground
for next sprint?, frame house, spring with soft waier,
out buildings, young orchard 5 acres hearing. 20)
sugar trees, land lays rol'lng wi,h good soil. For
further information call Vin JOHN M. REKL, ou
lower Petersburg road,7>_ miles south of Vincennes.
-»II--S..-EI_l_A?s.KOI*_t.
JOHN KIDD, attorney-at-law, rooms 23 and -al
Tnorpe Block. Proprietor of "The World-s Collection Bureau." Collections and commercial litigation a specialty. Personal attention to cl y business.
fQ K WATCHES. 4 os. silver casee lor »18. Kvery
'OO watch Jeweled and warranted two years,
hen ordering state name of express office. Watches
sent C. O D. with prlvlledge ef examining before advancing any money. N. A. STEVENS, Jeweller,
Brandon, Wisconsin.
WANTED.
WANTED-Farm Buyers-To write stating where.
In this State, size, improvements, vaiue, etc.,
ef what he wants. I have a large list of good farms
to sell cheap. M. ARBDiKOE, 58 East Market St.,
Indianapolis, Indiana.
isO-Urn.
M
ONjcy to loan on Improved Farms at 7 per cen t.
Interest.   M. B  VINTON. Indianapolis. Ind.
Scientists have for some time been
experimenting lo determine the virtues
of the Australian Fever tree, known aa
the Eucalyptus, in banishing the un-
wholesomeness of malarious districts,
and the results are said to be very satisfactory. In many fever-plagued regions
in Southern Italy, Corsica and Algeria,
where during certain seasons,the atmosphere has been literally pestilential, the
planting of these trees has almost wholly
banished epidemic fevers, and large
"tracts of low grounds near Algiers, heretofore unoccupied, on account of the un-
healthiness of the region, have been
transformed through agency of the fever
tree, and rendered wholesome and habitable. Many districts in this couutry
need to profit by the experience of our
friends across the water, and through
the agency of the Eucalyptus, at least
diminish in frequency and iuteueity,the
fevers and pestilential diseases of their
localities.
Mortality is an event by which a wise
man can never be surprised; we know
that death is always near, aud it should
therefore always be expected.
STOCK FEEDING.
A correspondent of the Country Gentleman thinks it a great pity that the farmers
of the United States do not use all the oil
eake made in this couutry, instead of wasting so mucb meal and grain in forcing
breeding stock, and allowing the oil cake
to go over the ocean to England to be sold
to the tenant farmers there. One great
cause lor this exportation is the grasping
covetuousness of middle men, who buy of
the manufacturers at a little over $.'"0 per
ton for the best, and charge more than 60
per cent, retail, so tbat the farmers across
the Atlantic pay less for it than those here
who get it in small q uantities. Another evil
is the grinding it into dust and adulterating, which the English escape, as they always purchase theirs in the cakes and crack
it up themselves.
Trichinrs in American Pork.
Dr. S. P. Billings has recently written a
highly interesting paper on trichinae In
hogs and in man. From this it would "seem
that this disease, which most Americans consider as peculiar to Germany is in reality
mucb more prevalent in this country than
elsewhere. For example,from au examination of several thousand bogs sent from
various parts of the West, Dr. Billings
found that oh an average one in eighteen of
them was diseased in this way, while out
of nearly two million hogs examined in
Germany in 1876, tiuht hundred only were
found trichinous. That this disease is not
oitener communicated to man in this country, is wholly due to tbe fact that pork is
rarely eaten here until it is cooked. If we
were in the habit of eating uncooked
smoked perk, in ham or sausage, as it is
commonly eaten in Germany, the number
of deaths that would be caused by trichinae
wonld be alarmingly large. The parasites
are bo small that their presence can only be
detected by a microscope, and it is estimated tbat in eating what would be the ordinary meal ofa man, of diseased pork, it
would be easy to take into tbe stomach not
less than one million trichinae. Dr. Thud-
ichuin, in reporting to the English privy
council, describes tbe symptoms of trichin-
iasis in man as follows: "Sudden swelling
of the face, particularly the eye-lids, after
the patient has for some days felt prostrate
and has lost his appetite (this swelling causes
a feeling of teliBion, but no pain); fever,
with a quick pulse and copious perspiration;
the muscles are swelled and give great pain
when movod or touched. In worst cases
the entire body was immovable aud sensitive; there is diarrhoea, wiih a red, somewhat covered tongue, inclining to dryness.
When the swelling in tbe lace has subsided
oe lama ofthe feet, legs and thighs oomeon;
shortly after anasarca, swelling of the
trunk, makes its appearauce." Although
these are the phenomena the disease Itself
exhibits, it is the opinion of experts that
the parasites tbat occasion them exist in
the muscles of many people, in r"*nbers
insufficient to produce material,'-'' yijje.
Certain it ib that in several surg'Cisf,..*—-
of late their presence has been. discovered.
Dr. Billings asseita that the surest way to
prevent them ia to bave tbe pork, before
being cooked, cut in relatively thin slices.
Frying and broiling are the most effective
means of destrojing tbem; roasting comes
next. Boiling coagulates the albumen on
the outer surface, and allows the heat to
penetrate less readily, and for this reason
large pieces of meat should be boiled for at
least two hours. It is not safe under any
circumstances to eat American pork that
has not been subjected to a strong beat.—
N. Y. Times.
Profit in Hog Raising. ,
A farmer in Kentucky, it is si ated, bought
210 hogs, and corn to feed them for $3,563;
led and sold them, averaging 323 poundp,
for |6,640; and refused $954" for 111 shoats
which be had raised from them. A Lawrence county farmer, In New York, states
that four nine-month's pigs were killed in
that place, the dressed weight of which was
400,401,418 and 450 pounds respectively. A
New Jersey farmer talks of 1,963 pounds of
pork raised by bim in fifteen months and
nineteen days, from which be realized a net
profit of $119 '41. No doubt there is money
in pork raising under pioper conditions.
Breeding, feeding and "culture" bave
worked wonders for the snout of the hog of
the period. No great age is rtquirell to re'j
member when the representative pork'j
was a little, sinewy, fleet-footed anim;
withajjtw and a proboscis iquil to any
emergency where strength and endurance
were required. In regarding the neat little
snout of the modern hog, his dignified slowness of motion, bis general gentleman-of-
leisure air, it would be a hard-hearted
wretch who could condemn him io "root
hog, or die." The muscular pioneer hog
could do that, but to any well connected
hog of to-day the idea would be simply preposterous.
Experiment in Horse Feeding.
The London News has the following:
A singular experiment is at present under
trial in the French army. Toe Minister ol
War, anxious to reduce the bulk of provisions to be carried during a campaign, hatj
ordered that a new kind of biscuit should
be used as food for the horses. On the conclusion of the present maueuvers the ex-
perimentwill be rigidly tested. Two squads
of cavalry and a battery of artillery will at
once be put under the new system. Thfe
circular of the Minister directs all the details and orders tbat a commission composed of four officers and a veterinary surgeon should see that the instructions are
completely carried out and report on theil
progress and results. The selected horsel
are to be weighed and measured across th
shoulders before the experiment co
mences, and two other squadrons of caval
and a battery ot artillery are to be selected,
composed as nearly as can be of animals of
the same weight and size. They are to be
placed under allowance of fodder and both
at once to be subjected tothe estimate averages of a campaign during twelve days.
The experiment will be followed out, whilt.
the officers charged with its conduct will
constantly report on Its result. The horses
are to be supplied with new food on the first
day of the campaign,without any transition
or preparation far the change. The biscuits
are to be watered before each meal.
and if others have not an abundance- of
milk, yet the milk is of superior quality.
In short," he continues, "I have ascertained
that Dutch cows of equal weight consume
about a,qiiarter more food. The bullocks
are good and energetic workers, at least
with me. >iy best milker has three parts of
Durham blood to one parts of Dutch blood.
This cow is 12 years old to-day, and is as
strong as iron—a rare thing with good
milkers, who are usually troubled with
phthisis."
Here is a remarkable example of the influence that a cross with a Short-horn bull
produces on tbe milk. I have another
striking example ot the same thing in the
account rendeied iu 1879 80 ofthe working
of the agricu.tural school St. lt<<mi (Haute
Saone), which the excellent manager, M.
F. M. J. Cordier, has just sent me. Under
the chapter on cattle I read as follows:
"We have actually five Short-horn cows,
hall-bred, of which three have had one calf
and the otheretwo. All without exception,
are good milkers; the first lot give twice as
much milk as their mothers; the second lot
three times as much. The results obtained
by a certain number of breeders, who have
magnificent animals crossed witb the
Short-horns, at the last meeting of the committee in the district of Gray, so admirably
organized by M. Jjjbard, senator, fully confirms the evidence already given to the
school. The invariable reply given by exhibitors to the questions put to tbem respecting the production of milk by their
cross-bred cows, was tbat they were good
milkers. And It was only necessary to see
the udders of tbese beautiful animals to be
convinced of the truth of the remark. On
,the other hand, it waa easy to prove their
fine form by comparing them with the
ther animals.exhibited."
This is the language of practical intelligence and enlightenment. The breeders
who have done me the honor to read my
publications, agree that this evidence,
which is that of fact, cannot be refuted.
The testimony tbat I have jnst given will
be still more complete if the question ofthe
fattening is taken into consideration. The
extraordinary aptitude for the final fattening which is manifested by Short-horns,
and to which my .eminent correspondent
from Alsace-Lorraine has Indirectly alluded
when saying the Short-horn cows of equal
weight consume one-fourth less food than
Dutch cows, is a virtue the importance of
which can scarcely be exaggerated. The
slaughter-house Is tbe place where cattle
end their days, and this fact enters largely
into the consideration of those who estimate the produce of cattle. An old milk
ing cow that has finished her milk, and can
yield no more, gives at last a real important benefit to the fattener, after having as
milker and cow-mother realized a considerable sum to her owner in milk and veal.
None but Short-horns possess this quality
of aptitude for easy and economical fattening; and the farmer wiih this breed alone
may hope to reap this last harvest, which
with other breeds is almost always changed
into dry and absolute loss.
Short-Horns as Milkers. I
Tbe following extract is from an article
by the French agriculturist, F. R. de 1.
Trehonnais, translated in the London Llvt
Stock Journal:
In England, as I have often declared
and as it is a well-known fact tbat in the
sbires where attention Is given entirely tc
the manufacture of butter and cheese, anc
also in the large dairies near London which
supply tbe vast metropolis with milk, the
milking cows are exclusively Short-horns)
and the average yield is not only superio*
in quality, but it exceeds in quantity that
given by any other breed. The produce is
much more economical also; for if we oom-j
pare Short-Horns with Dutch cows, which!
are considered the best milkers we knowi
we find tbat they consume much more food
than the Short-horns. The same remark
may be made about Normandy cows. Only
yesterday I was reading in a lettei
sent me by one of the largest breeders ot
Alsace-Lorraine, who has a.herd of sixty
cows, including both Dutch cows and Short!
horns; the Short-horns being of mixed
blood, not one of them belonging to a distinct family'   •-•
My Alsatian correspondent tells me, in
his interesting letter, that the Short-horn
cows which he "possesses (I quote in exact words), according to nfly experience are
not bad milkers; many are heavy milkers,
ftdmnarji.
This department ls edited by Dr. John TH. Navin,
Veterinary Snrgeon, author ot Navin's Explanatory
Stock Doctor.
Rules to be observed by those expecting correct
answers:
1. State the rate of pulse.
2. The breathing.
S, The standing attitude.
. 4. Appearance ol hair.
5. If cough, and secretion from nose, whether
glands between the Jaws can be felt, and how near
the bone.
6. II breathing ls rapid, accompanied by rattle or
rnshlng Bound, no time must be lost ln blistering
throat, and using tincture of aconite root and tincture of belladonna 20 drops on tongue alternately
every two hours/HOr time is too short for an answer.
- 7. Parties desiring answers by mail mnst enclose a
stamp.
Hopeless Case.
JSditors Indiana Farmen
I would like to know what ails my
horse's head. He has a lump under his
right eye. It came there four years ago.
It ls four inches across. It broke open in
his nose and runs white and yellow matter. H. S.
You neglected your horse four years, and
now the case is almost hopeless. Your
horse has a case of nasal gleet, difficult to
cure. It requires time to effect a cure.
During treatment do not feed too stimulating food, but chop feed, to keep the bowels loose. Protect the borse from wet and
cold weather, and give the following internally until the discharges are stopped:
Alum, pulverized, two ounces; indigo, pulverized, one ounce; cantharides, pulverized, two drachms; Spanish brown, one
ounce. Begin using at the same time the
following, to be injected into the nostrils:
Sugar of lead, one-half ounce; sulphate of
zinc, one-half ounce; blue vitriol, one-half
ounce; warm rain water, one gallon. Dissolving in the gallon of water. Inject up
the nostrils once per day with syringe, and
u«e till a cure is effected. Hold bis bead
up when injecting this into the nostrils.
STATE  NEWS.
Diphtheria is raging at Hagerstown and
vi.inity.
Mt. Vernon had a disastrous fire on the
20th.   Thedoss will probably be ♦150,000.
Stephen Latham's house, six miles northwest of Greencastle, burned on the 20th.
Insured for $1,000 in the Ohio Farmers'.
The residence oi Dr. Prichard, at Cloverdale, was entered one night last week, and
a gold watch and chain valued at $260 and
$130 in money taken.
The broom factory of William Curtis, located at Tamarac Corners, Fulton county,
burned on the 21st. Loss on building and
contents $2,500, idsuranoe $500.
A well-known resident of Jefferson
Township, Whitley county, named Newton
Withrow, was killed on the 21st, by a falling tree while at work In the woods.
Burglars entered the house of E i Thompson, JefferBonville, on the 18th, and got
away with $1,456 in cash. The robbery is
supposed to have been committed by ex
convicts.
A child of David Hughes, Charleston,
Clarke county, aged seven, attempted to
kindle a fire by pouring coal-oil upon live
coals, when the can exploded, and she received fatal injuries.
Fred H. Ranney, a freight switchman at
Wabash, fell from a box car while walking
over the train. One car passed over him,
crushing his right arm and thigh, causing
death in a short time.
William Houston, a farmer, was found
dead at his home near Moor's Hill last
week. His wite left him at work in the
field and went visiting. Upon returning
she found bim lying upon the bed dead.
George Mvsser, wfcile firing a salute at a
reception of Governor Porter at Madisjon,
on the 20tb, had both his arms blown off
and his eyes Mown out by the premature
discharge of the cannon. He will probably
die.
The Prather school-bouse in Owen township, Jackson county, burned during noon
intermission on the 19tb, together with all
the furniture and many of tbe books of the
pupils. Cause, defective flue. No insurance.
The miners' strike at Brazil has been adjusted by all the operators giving the ten
cents advance on the price ol mining coal,
making the present price one dollar per
ton. All the works have resumed operation.
A number of boys attending school in
Walker township, Rush cdunty, were at
recess, chopping down an old tree. When
it started to fall Willie Muell, only son of
Fred Muell, Jr., ran under it and was instantly killed.
A young son of George Charles, a farmer
living northeast ot Ridgeville, accidentally
fell from th6 fence a few days ago, breaking his leg in such a manner that it had to
be amputated twice. He has since died
from the effects of the injury.
The Knox county fair at Vincennes last
week was not a financial success. There
were 8,000 tickets sold at the gate against
12,000 last year. The falling off in attendance was owing to tbe weather,the week being ushered in with a snow-storm.
The horse and mule market at New Albany has been quite active for some time.
There are many buyers and prices, ranging
from $75 to $150 per head for mules, and
$80 to $175 per head for horses. Most of
tbe animalB purchased are for tbe Southern
markets.
A battery of three huge boilers exploded
at Cox <fc Fairbanks's distillery, the largest
in the United States.situated on the Wabash
at the west end of Terre Haute, on the
20th. Tne report of the explosion was
heard for miles, and the concussion shook
the buildings all over the city. Five men
were killed outright and many were
wounded.
Mrs. John Rea, who resides near Madison, while sitting in front of a large fireplace, nursing hor six-weeks old babe,was
suddenly attacked with vertigo, and in falling threw her babe upon the burning logs
of fire, burning it in a frightful and fatal
manner, there being no assistance near except a four-year old child, who dragged
tbe burning infant irom the fire across the
body of its prostrate mother, setting fire to
her clothing. Sbe was badly burned. The
child cannot recover.
The war to*put down the rebellion cost
the government over $13,000,000,000. The
National debt at the close of the war was
$2,600,000,000.
The enormous apple crop in New England has been squeezed into so mnch cider
that the price ot the fluid has dropped to 60
cents a barrel.
The arrivals of specie at New York in
one day last week was $2,328,807, and the
amount of gold now on the way from Europe exceeds $6,000,000.
The largest shipment of apples from this
country by one steamer was by the Iowa,
which left Boston October 10 with 10,073
barrels of apples as a part of her cargo.
Shipments of grain in bulk from St. Louis
to foreign ports from January 1, 1880, to
date, amouut to 13,914,000 bushels, double
the amount for the same period iu 1879.
From present indications tho reduction
of the public debt during October will be
r>bout eight millions of dollars. The revenue continues largely In excess of the expenses.
Over 1,500,000 bushels of grain, mostly
wheat, were shipped from New York during the past week. This is the largest
quantity ever exported from that port in
one week.
During the last fiscal year the prices
realized in American exports were about
ten per cent, higher than for the previous
year. This increase was on manufactured
articles as well as agricultural products.
The stocks of flour in London on October
1, 1880, are estimated at 260,000 to 270,000
quarters, against 380,000 to 400,000 quarters
at the same date last year—say 105,000 quarters or 900,000 bushels less than a year ago.
The total value of exports of domestic
(breadstuffs from the United States during
September were $23,881,936, and for the
nine months ending September 30, 1880,
$20S,679,542, and for the same period in 187f
$176,399,946.
The present railway mileage of all Europe is 102,700 miles; tbatoftbeUnitedSta.es
88,000 miles. This country is better supplied with railways in proportion to population than Europe, it having 1,760 miles to
each million inhabitants, while Europe has
only 330 miles to each million.
This year's wheatcropot the big Dalrymple iarm in Dakota foots up 432,000
bushels—about 900 car-loads, or 46 train
loads of 20 cars per train. Tbis immense
crop will go to the seaboard by way of the
lakes, through Canada and the Erie canal,
and is expected to net 60 cents per bushel
at the farm.
The value of the crops raised in Pennsylvania in 1880 ie shown by the reports
authorized by the Legislature to bo $111,-
251,000, and the value of live stock $85 570,-
912. The acreage of wheat was 1,450,000;
hay 2,i550,(O0; corn 1,261,000 aud oats 1,168,.
000. The cost of fences iu the State is $162,-
000,000.
The Treasury Department on the 22d
transferred to bulHun fund ol the New
York assay office $30,000,000 in gold coin,
to enable the superintendent to pay for
foreign gold bullion and coin which is expected to arrive sson. This makes $60,000,-
000 transferred for the payment of ioreign
gold since the 14th of August.
The amount of United 8t»'-t.<*js gold and
silver coin in the country 0>:t-s>L',ir 1st was
$.369,881,003 gold and |14n,7U»,33e silver.
Of these amounts there ire J,'i7,204,-_ro gold
in the Treasury and $302,*j?(i,~i'9 in circulation or held by banks, and $7_? ■.'J >''>!? (■!!-
ver in the Treasury and $77,344 736 in circulation. This is a larger amount of specie
than was ever before ln the oountry.
The Portland, Me., Beet Sugar Works
last year worked 9,000 tons of beets into
900 tons of sugar and molasses, which wei«
sold at $110,000 a moderate profit was realized. This year they will commence October 10, and expect to turn out 30,000 pounds
of sugar daily. Last year the firmer-, averaged about $100 per acre for their beets.
They hope to do betjj-'r this year.
GENERAL  NEWS.
The total number of immigrants arrived
during the year ending June 30 was 457,257.
Of 301,000,000 bushels of corn shipped
to Europe last year, 99,000,000 bushels, or
nearly one-third, were from Iowa.
This year's cotton crop in this country ls
estimated at 5,757,397 bales, worth $200,-
000,000—the largest ever gathered.
The advance in value of U. S. Bonds,
grain and other products during the past
two weeks amounts to over $100,010,000.
The stook of Bra/ . coffee at the United
States ports in firs hands last week were
155,556 "ags, agaiiist 43,89a in 1879, and 60,-
447 in 1878. Stocks in seoond hands, 221,-
359 bags, against 229,011 in 1879, and 112,-
946 in 1878. VUiblo supply, including
amount afloat, stock at United States ports
in first bands, and purchased at Rio, etc.,
647,469 bags, against 394,095 in 1879, and
262.426 in 1878.
The annual production of gold at the
commencement of the Christian era was
$800,000, at the period of the discovery of
America it had diminished to $ll>*,000, after
that event it gradually inc-eauMi, and in
1600 it attnined to $2 000,000, in 17'K) to $16,-
000,000; in 1800 to $77.iiOO,IXKi; in 1813 to$62,-
000,000; in 1850 to $106,000,1 00; i„ 18-.3 it attained Us acme, wlien it whs %'_CWi 000,000;
hut, in   1R6.*>  it  din,it,isi,sd  to  f-OH noo 0 0.
ciler, ian fi
come, it is never our ten,l,rne-s tbat wo "J
When death, tli** -.real r, c ,
>me, it is never our tendti
repeDt of, but our seventy.
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