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'   DTCDIAMPOIIS, INDIANA, JUKE 9,1877.
No. 23
EXCHANGE DEPABTMENT.
Lost, Strayed or Stolen.
Ten cents per line, and no advertisement for less
than 25 cents.
No better medium could be selected than this department of the F_b*___ for the recovery of stock.
Tell your neighbor of lt when you hear of the loss
of his stock. 	
FOR SALE.
-TTIOR SALE—Farms ln Indiana and Illinois. A.
|i M. ALEXANDER, 48 Vance block, Indian-
^blis, Ind. 20-Kti-OO)
FOR SALE—Eggs of high class Plymouth Rock
Light . Brahma. Golden Sebright Bantam, 82
per 13.   F. C. BAKRETT A BON, Ft. Wayne. 22-4t»
FOR SALE—The well known White Oil Com
Single packages 15 cents;. 2 packages, 25 ceuts,
or 81-40 per dozen. Indiana Fabmeb Office.
■TJIOR SALE—Eggs from first class Buff Cochin
Si fowls from Imported stock till July 1st at 82.00
per setting of 13.  Address:
J. L. Carey, Indianapolis Ind.
6-220. 85 and 87 South Meridian Bt.
FOR SALE—A new Childs Brothers' Organ, style
80, new and in good condition.   For sale at a
discount from regular price.
4tf Indiana Fabmeb Co.
F
OR SALE orTRADE-"Mugglns," 4028 A. 8. ****.
Record; 4 years old; a good breeder, will sell
de.   S. R QUICK, Columbus, Ind.
cheap, or tra<
13-tf-200
TJIOR SALE —POLAND-CHINA  PIGS—A  few
1*1    choice pigs selected from a lot of 200.   Satls-
taction guaranteed.   Send lor prices.   Address B.
C. BURKETT, -iDcastle, Putnam county. Ind.
12-13W197
F
IOR SALE—Will spare eggs, at reasonable rates,
from premium Light -rahmas.   Address
GREEN & VANSCYOC, Indianapolis, Ind.
14-1OW-202
FOR SALE—Poland China Pigs. No. 1 Pigs at
from 812 to 815 each. Also a few choice Chester White Pigs. Eggs and Chicks from high class
-White, Buff and Partridge Cochins, D. Brahmas,
and B. Leghorns. WEST A WHICKER, Pecksburg,
Hendricks county, Ind. 16-3mo«
FARM WAGONS—We have five gooa, new farm
wagons for sale. Very cheap for cash; or on
Bme, with Becured notes. They were made at the
Indianapolis Works, out of tbe best material, and
are warranted. W. A. A I. N. PATTERSON, 100 East
Washington street, Indianapolis. 23 2t 20
"TTtOR BALE—A fine Jersey Bull Calf 6 months old!
Jt! sire, Rip Van winkle; dam, India No. 2696.
His sire was bred by F. M. Churchman, of Indianapolis, and his dam by R. S. Dorsey, of the same
place, to either of whom you are referred. Sam J.
is from excellent butter stock. Tarvin C. Grooms,
Greencastle, Ind. 23 8t 22
THE FARM.
Postal Card Correspondence.
-nCDIANA.
Our correspondents will please inform us in
regard to the demand for farmhands and the
ruling rate of wages per month, in their respective localities. Editobs.
FOR SALE—Three Bhort-horn Brood Cows with
Sucking Calves by their side; good Pedigrees;
first-class Show Cows; in fine show condition now;
will sell lewer down than any man will similar
stock. Tkey are regular Dreeoers; in their prime
from 4 to 6 years old. Also, 15 to 20 Breeding Ewes,
finely bred Cotswold,—several of them imported;—
will sell on 6 months time for approved paper.
Anyone wanting stock, all they have to do ls to see
the stock, and we will trade SURE.
W. W. THRASHER,
22-4t* Groves P. O., Rush county, Ind.
WAIIID,
~\\J ANTED—Agents to sell Navin's Explanatory
W    Stock Doctor, the New Illustrated History
of Indiana, and fine family Bibles.  Address J. W.
Lanktree &Co., 47 Thorpe Block, Indianapolis, Ind.
10-ly(189) •
WANTED lt known that the White OU Com
has stood the test, won laurels, and is for
sale at 15 cts per pkg.  Address
8-tf. IHDUHA Fabmeb Company,
-CTTANTED—Farmers to call on H. O. Rice,35 Ky.
YV   Avenue. Pumps, Wells, Cisterns and Vaults
dug, cleaned and repaired. 19-13U*'
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
SjlYE AND EAB. DR. I. A. E. LYONS, Room 10,
li Bates' Block, opposite Post-office, Indianapo-
,Ind. 1913CCS"
HENRY F. BARNES, M. D., Physician and Surgeon.  Office, Rooms 10 and 11 Masonic Temple.  Office hours 10 to 12 a. m, and 2 to 4 p. m,,
19-18..S
R. STOKES, Attorney at Law, No. 6 Vln-
.   ton's Block, opposite Postoffice, Indianap-
Ind, _2-4t«
0Us,Ii
MlSOEIalaANEOUS.
LOST—The health and happiness of thousands
who, from exposure, are hurrying to the consumptive grave. Such may be saved by the tlinely
use of MRS. EOHKER'S NEW REMEDY for ths
Lungs. Price 81 per bottle. Send to Mrs. E. Rohrer
4 Oo., 347 and 819 S. Meridian street, Indianapolis,
Ind, ssiw-0
MONEY to Wain In sums of 8500 to S5000, on im-
Moved flutes.   Money In Bank   No delay.
RUDDI?LrWA^OTT&VINTON,UHN.P^nnsyi
vania Street, Indianapolis, Ind. -" tr*llu'
POP THE QUESTION CAitDS.—A new plan—
Frmldlve-lSfu-or'earnest-Sureto please.
Sample IOcTrOLIE B. BECK, box 1103, Vincennes,
Ind. 21"1D
dT*«lTT.-K-noTavl_<rs of 1000 American Statesmen.
CO., Washington,D. O. «> «ui ■**--
TEXAS-Two choice sections of V^,?r&50rY
610 acres each.   Address, W. c-oREG°5i*
600 Washington Avenue, St. Louis. ■aMW.
'rri&XAS LAND WARRANTS-Of 640 "res each,
1 fbTsalTat 25 cents per acre, l°cfJ»WeJ2£n*
Vublic lands in the State of Texas Maps of Texas
and full information free.   Address N. R. was
WICK, Agent, 188 Vine St., Cincinnati, a      ""(i**
To the Editors Indiana Farmer:
Grange Picnic—There will be a picnic
or (basket meeting) atFive Points Grange,
three miles northwest of Montpelier, on
Thursday, June 14th, 1877. Henly James,
W. M. Btate Grange, and other prominent speakers will be present to address
the occasion.   All are invited.
J. D. Goodwin.
Blufilon, Ind., June 5, '77.
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The pure Paiis green will do the work.
Bee Birdsal's advertisement on fifth'page.
Mabion Co., May 31st.—The prospect for
wheat is good. Corn that came up well is
growing some, but we had a great deal to
plant over on account ot the big rain we had
abont two weeks ago. A Subscbibeb.
Dubois Co., Mry 24th.—Wheat looks well.
Com, nearly all planted. Oats look well, but
the dry weather may injure them. Cattle and
hogs are doing fine. Peaches are all killed.
Apples are plenty. Good prospects for the
farmers. L. H.
Pike Co., June 1st.—One extreme follows
another, we had too much rain np to three
weeks ago and since then none, and now its
so dry that corn will not come up and that
which was planted while it was so wet did
not come well, so we have a bad stand all
round. Wheat looks well and so does grass
and oats. Apples are dropping off very fast
so there will not be any too many on the trees
after all. Peaches, none except on some few
high hills, none in the low dales. A little corn
to plant yet, and considerable to replant. I
would send yon more subscribers but we are
all John Shermanized so badly we can't raise
the circulating medium.
W. E. Chappbll.
Posey Co., May 28th.—We have a fine prospect for wheat in this county, and if not injured in the future, farmers may expect to
reap a rich harvest. With few exceptions, farmers are done planting corn. I think there
will be about half a crop of peaches here. If
nothing happens to apples in the future, there
will be a bountiful crop raised in old Posey,
The farmers are getting well of that dreaded
disease "the bines," and are looking forward
for better times, in consequence of the European war and the famine in California. War
and famine are sad disasters to the people they
visit, but such things must needs be, so let the
farmers of Indiana improve their opportunity
by raising all they can to sell. One of my
neighbors has a hog he has been trying to fatten for very near a year, but has not succeeded yet. The hog is as lean and poor as when
first put up. Will some of the many readers
of the Fabmbb tell us what is the matter with
the hog, and also a remedy to cute him, so
that he will fatten. H. O.
QUERY AND ANSWER.
Thumps ih Pigs.—A recipe for the thumps
in pigs. Give them a half teaspoonful of turpentine in milk or slop each day Until they
get well. Turpentine is good for hogs both aa
a remedy and a preventive of disease.
A SUBSCBIBKB.
To Knur Bugs Pbom Melon Vihis.—Take
the droppings from the hen roost, pulverize it
and sprinkle it oa the melon vines and the
bugs won't bother them.       A Subsobibbb.
Habmoht, Clay Co., Ind., May 29.
To the Editor* Indiana Farmer:
Please inform me through your very valuable paper, where I can get the Osier Willow.
Also, whether carbolic acid diluted in rain
water will injure leaves of plants when applied. Jesse Macbeb.
A Very weak solution of carbolic acid is
sufficient to destroy insects and will not injure the leaves of most plants.—Eds.
Do not fail to look at the 'advertisement
of Jos. A. Moore, on the 4th page of this
I paper.
Cabbolij Co., May 31st, 1877.
Editors of Indiana Farmer:
Can you inform the readera of the Fabmeb
how much money is annually paid out to foreign Life and Fire Insurance Companies, by
the people of our State ? and how much is returned as indemnity for losses sustained by
the insured? Answer to the above will greatly oblige yours truly. Isaac Jacksoh.
For answer in regard to Life Insurance
Companies, we refer to an editorial on Life
Insurance published in the Fabmkb of May
26th. As to the amount paid to Fire Insurance Companies we have no, statistics at hand,
but will endeavor to look the matter up and
publish the figures in a ftiture number.—Eds.
Washington in 1876—The First Centennial.
We return thanks tb our excellent friend
Mr. J. H. Simpson ofthe Knox Nurseries,
Vincennes, Ind., for a fine collection of
rare and beautiful flowers and ornamental
plants. Mr. S. is an old, reliable and thorough florist'ahd nurseryman, and his stock
of fruit trees, vines, evergreens, shrubs and
flowers is one of the finest and most complete in the country.
NO. 3 — QBKERAL PLAK.
Washington, in making a general plan of
the new city, determined to avoid the inconveniences of having irregular Btreets, the difficulties of narrow ones, and the awkwardness
of the rectangular plan. His design comprehended a diagonal system of "broad avenues"
and a rectangular system of "wide Btreets. In
the system of streets, they were laid out north
and south, and east and west, making rectangular squares like the city of Philadelphia.
Crossing this Bystem of streets, Pennsylvania
Avenue was laid from the north-western part
of the city to the south-eastern, passing over
Camp Hill and Capitol Hill. Abont a half
mile from this, on the upper Bide and parallel, Massachussetts Avenue was located. The
same distance below and parallel we find Virginia Avenue. From the north-eastern part
of the city to the soulh-western lie Georgia,
North Carolina, Maryland and New York
Avenues. Other avenues, radiating from the
Capitol, President's House, and other prominent places, completed the system of avenues.
By examining a map of the city the advantages of a combination of these two systems
are very evident. Aside, however, from the
general convenience of the residents, this plan
introduced a Grand System of parks, by
throwing out the corners and space J where
avenues and streets cross each other.
These parks now number about 160, and are
of various shapes and sizes, from one-fourth
of an acre to over six hundred acres. In the
largest of these parks, abont three-fourths as
large as Central Park, New York, are located
the Capitol, Smithsonian Institution, Agricultural Department, Washington Monument,
Treasury, State Department and the President's House. In other of the larger parks
many of the public buildings are located. Of
the smaller ones, some are decorated with
shrubbery and flowers, while others are ornamented with works of art—fountains and statuary. Recently all the parks, avenues and
streets have been well set with about seventy
thousand shade trees. All kinds of American forest trees are set, each kind on a particular avenue or street, and occupying several
miles.
In a few years the "Drives" about the city
of Washington will excel in number and
beauty those of any city in the world. They
will extend from three to five miles each "under the Lindens," under the Elms, under the
Catalpas, under the oaks, under the Chestnnts,
under the Maples, under the Sycamores, under the Poplars, etc. The avenues are gener -
ally 160 feet in width. The streets average
about 100 feet. Sidewalks and parking on the
streets are from twenty to fifty feet in width.
About one-half of the entire territory is included in the parks, avenues, and streets. These
are owned and absolutely controlled by the
United States. No city in the world has so
puch public ground. The beauty of broad
streets and magnificent distances was prominent to every visitor last Centennial Year.
The Board of Public Works, which has been
brought so prominently before the country the
few past years, merely carried out, or rather
executed, as far as they went, Washington's
plans in detail. Much remains to be done,
but when completed the astonishing ability
With which Washington executed his trust in
founding a city for the Capitol of the Nation
will be fully acknowledged, and this monument to his memory will equal, if not excel,
all others. In regard to the large expenditure
of money, not exceeding twenty millions, it
should be remembered that the great cities of
Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
St. Louis and New Orleans, have all been gradually expending money, year by year, a little
ata time, for Beventy-six years, while the City
of Washington was for sixty years left a bone
of contention between the two great political
parties. No money was ever appropriated
worth naming for the improvement of theCity
of Washington during this time. Under the
Board of Public Works Improvements were
commenced, and the money expended necessarily in all directions.
The probabilities are that there is not a single city in the United States of 160,000 population that has not expended more money during the pjat sixty-six years than the City of
Washington. The only difference being that
Washington was compelled to make its improvements within four or five years, while
these other cities have taken their leisure and
spread their expenses over three-quarters of a
century. Coventby.
At a meeting of the Lenawee, Mich.,
Farmers' club, Mr. Abbott said he had a
field seeded to clover on light soil, and
about the first of June noticed it was making poor growth, so hired some boys to sow
plaster over it, and it was done boy fashion
—making wedge-shaped balks across the
field. He could see the streaks for three
years; on them the clover was small, but
where the plaster was applied the clover
was large.
Fountaintown, Ind., June 4, '77.
Please  continue   my   advertisement.
There is no other paper as good as the
Farmer to advertise in.
L. D. Mi-bourn.
Nebraska Notes.
Keabney Juhctioh, May 3rd, 1877.
To the Editors Indiana Farmer :
This five-year-old city of about two thousand inhabitants, is the Capital of Buffalo
county, and is located on the Platte river 200
miles west of Omaha at the junction of the
Burlington & Missouri River and St. Joseph
& Denver Railroads, with the Union Pacific.
Kearney has three well conducted newspapers
one daily and two weeklies; good public
schools; four live churches, Presbyterian, Episcopal, Congregational and Methodist. The
Presbyterians here bought out a liquor store
and use it for a place of worship, and a newspaper man says the spirits of the place are
greatly Improved. The recent establishment
of a new mail route from Kearney to the
Black Hills is increasing business, and as many
as 60 teams passed through on their way to
the land of gold, in one day during my stop
here last week; this route is up Wood and
Loup rivers, crossing them near their sources.
The Platte, Wood and Loup river valleys
surround Kearney, with a superior farming
and grazing country, which is also well watered and drained by a great number of small,
clear and rapid streams. The soil is black,
yery rich, from 3 to 9 feet deep, and produces
large crops of wheat, corn, oats, barley, rye,
melons, pumpkins, squashes, and all kinds of
vegetables, and fruit will doubtless be successfully raised as soon as the trees shall have had
time to mature, as almost every settler has
young thrifty-looking peach, apple, pear,
plum and cherry trees some blooming.. Wild
plum, grapes, gooseberries and raspberries
grow luxuriantly along the streams, many of
which are beautifully fringed with young
oak, ash, walnut, elm, box-elder, etc., which
will soon make plenty of timber if the prairie
fires are kept out of it. Col. John H. Roe, of
Kearney, informs me that Buffalo county has
31 school houses, all built during the last five
years, and 35 bridges, the aggregate length of
which is 17,000 .feet, all paid for. Last year
there were 292 car loads of grain shipped Ei st
from here. The altitude is 2300 feet and only
eighteen deaths in the county last year. The
crop prospects are good, wheat and other
small grains are heading out and no grasshoppers in the region. Farmers, merchants, stock
men, and all classes are prosperous and happy. Wood river runs nearly parallel with the
Platte for nearly 200 miles never more than
16 miles from it, and generally not more than
4 or 6 miles. The valley and country through
which the Wood river flows is equal if not superior, in beauty, fertility and healthfulnesa,
to any between the Mississippi river and the
Rocky Mountains. The U. P. R. R., land-
extend 20 miles on each side of the road, including every alternate section, and are sold at
from 2 to 9 dollars per acre on long credit, or at
lower prices for cash. Examinee.
Weevil in Grain.
NEWS  OF  TILE  WEEK.
State News.
A correspondent ofthe Country Gentleman,
says: "The only way to get rid of the w eevil
is to keep grain in a clean place, and to spread
out until thoroughly cured, so as to avoid
heating.   It is very difficult to clean a place
where weevils have been prevalent, as they
and other grain pests  hide in the cracks and
Beams of a bin, and no cold of winter will
kill them.  The germ of the weevil ls often in
grain that to all appearances is perfectly
sound, and only waits & suitable amount of
moisture and heat to  develop.    In  grain
houses our only remedy, when we have a lot
of infested grain, is to screen frequently and
try to keep it cool till winter.   I know of
nothing to kill weevil in grain that will not
recommend storing in a new place, far enough
from where the infested grain was kept to prevent them crawling to it.   I have often put
weevils on the floor at some distance from a
pile of grain, and they would make a bee-line
for the nearest lot—never go away from it.
They will sometimes fly, when in the hot sun,
but not often.   I once made a test by taking
about a pint of sound wheat from a boat load
in which I could find no indication of weevil
ahd sifting it very thoroughly in a course
hand-sieve I put it in a glass jar and sealed it
very tightly.   In a few weeks it was alive
withlarge and small weevils (two kinds) and
they lived for more than a year in thi s tight
jar.   This was a season when there was agreat
deal of wheat infested with weevil.   Ordinarily when grain is dry and cool the weevils do
not injure it.   The surest way   to preserve
grain, after it is dry and thoroughly cleaned,
is to keep it in a dark place.
Destractive Fire.
TotheEdUo
On the 2!
also four
hom bulla,
hay. Loss
surance.
Montgon *:
Our read,.*
vertisement •■
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T "*t>*w, June 3,1877.
:,:.ixu:: farmer:
.. I lo;:! h.ybarn by fire,
jf Uu-tc -ghbred Short-
>raess, corn and
1 dollars; no in-
W. Haistead.
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i-. on 5th page.
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A one hundred pound catfish was caught at
Martinsville.
An eighty-two pound catfish was caught at
Worthington last week.
The prospect for a large yield of wheat in
Greene county is very good this year.
A new penny daily paper, The Evening
Post, has been started in this city.
The ''fly" is injuring the wheat cio_> to an
alarming extent in Lawrence county.
Colorado potato bugs have appeared in large
numDers in the northern part of the State.
There is some complaint of fly in the wheat
in some of the southern counties of the State,
A few days ago Johnny Franklin caught a
seventy pound catfish out of White river at
Spencer.
They say the blackberry crop will be a failure, the roots of the plant being killed.—Martin Co. Herald.
The farjaers in Greene county are planting
more corn this year than any previous year.—
Worthington Press.
Senator Morton delivered a lecture in this
city on last Saturday evening, on the Abolition
of the Electoral College.
Mrs. Frain, of Seymour, was so badly injured by a runaway team of mules, Saturday
16th ult., that she died Monday following.
Jerry Brown, of Martin county, while in a
state of partial insanity, committed suicide by
hanging, on the 20th ult.
A little son of James Matteson, of Warsaw,
was run over and killed last Wednesday, by a
train on the 0. W. & M. road.
John Williams, a brakeman on the O. & M.
R.R., was killed at Conlogue, on the 29th ult.,
while switching cars.—North Vernon Plain-
dealer.
Mrs. John R. Porter, of Vermillion Co.,
was tapped for dropsy a few days ago; sixteen
gallons of water run from her body and
limbs.
The indebtedness of the city of Indianapolis is less in proportion to its population and
wealth than that of any of the larger cities in
the country.
A Land and Emigration Aid Company has
been organized in this city to select and locate
lands in the south-west States and induce
emigration thereto.
The barn of Charles Lawson, of Madison
county, with harness, hay, grain, and farming
utensils, was destroyed by fire on the 29th
ult.—Anderson Herald,
At Bloomington on the lst inst., Bert Jones
was convicted of the murder of Thos. Moody,
at Orleans in March 1875, and sentenced to the
penitentiary for life.
Charles Daggett, of Terre Haute, was fatally
wounded Friday, while loading logs in Sugar
Creek township, Vigo county. A log struck
him in the head, fracturing his skulL
The Belt Rail Road ls progressing rapidly.
Grading is about oompleted from the I. B. &
W. road, on the west ofthe city, to the Jeff,
road on the south.
The jury in the case of Perry Tracey, on trial
for the murder of James O'Brien in Fort
Wayne last winter, have returned a verdict of
guilty and a sentence of imprisonment for
life.
Logansport, June 3d.—A little daughter of
A. Sanderson, aged four years, fell backwards
into a kettle of hot lye last evening, and was
terribly scalded. Death resulted in a few
hours.
On last Thursday the flouring mill of Fred.
Lohse, at Eberfield, Scott township, Vander-
burg county, with its contents, was destroyed
by fire. The loss is $10,000, with $6,000 insurance.
Our farmers are turning their attention to
tobacco raising, and more of the staple will be
planted in this county the coming season than
has been witnessed for many years.—Martin
Co. Herald.
Mr. Dorsey McCollough, the leading druggist
and a highly respectable citizen of Kentland,
Ind., was drowned on Decoration Day, in attempting to swim across the Iroquois river.—
Logansport Journal.
The dwelling of James Bess, near the Jackson county line, caught fire and burned on
Monday 28th ult. Of four motherless children
who were in the house, only one escaped.—
North Vernon Plaindealer.   ■
We notice among the reports of sales in the
Kentucky Live Stock Record, the purchase of
the fast pacing horse Rowdy Boy by Messrs.
Dunbar, Dunnington & Co., ot Greencastle,
Ind., from Tom Hamrick, price, $1,000,
On the 29th ult., a little son of Mr. Jesse
Day, of Lawrence  county,  riding  a horse
hitched to a harrow, was thrown from the
horse and terribly mutilated and instantly
killed by the harrow passing over him.—Bedford Banner.
The unemployed working men of this city,
to the number of 860 have signed and presented a petition to the Council and Board of Alderman, asking for aid. The matter has been
referred to a committee of twenty well known
citizens and business men.
The heavy rains of Sunday, 30th ult., destroyed a great deal of com just planted in the
vicinity of Independence, Madison county.
The corn is coming on bad, the farmeis having to plant twice or three times. Poor seed
is supposed to be the cause.—Anderson Herald.
Messrs. Wilson & Sons, Rushville, have recently sold to parties in Pennsylvania, the
horse Cyauger, claimed to have a record of
2:31, for the reported price of $1,800. L. Ger-
aghty of the same place has sold to an Illinois
purchaser the three year old filly K. B., by
Blue Bull and purchased a four year old filly
by the same sire of James Caton, at the reported price of $3200.
Notwithstanding the general cry of "hard
times," "no money in the country," and other
despairing wails, our merchants are doing a
got i business. The general tiade in merchandise is about up to the average of former years,
and as for cash payments, is in advance of any
previous spring trade. There is money in the
country, and stock and produce of various
kinds, to bring in more.—Lagoda Journal.
General News.
In three days, recently, Buffalo, N. Y., received 2,309,046 bushels of grain and 3,000,000
feet of lumber.
The Lake Shore railroad has reduced passenger rates from Chicago to New York to $16,
and to Boston to $16.
Fletcher Harper, senior member ofthe firm
of Harper Bros., Publishers, New York, died
in that city oa the 29th ult.
It is believed that $16,000,000 of $21,600,000
of fractional currency outstanding will never
be presented'for redemption.
It is reported that Mr. William H. Vanderbilt reduced the rent of one of his railroad
eating houses from $6,000 to $1,500 on the lessee promising to give up his bar.
Statistics show that while the population of
fifty of the largest towns and cities in Illinois
has increased fifty per centum in the last ten
years, the local debts have increased three hundred per centum.
Ten Broeck, a race horse owned at Louisville, made the fastest two-mile time on record
on Tuesday of last week, at that city. He
made the distance in 3:27i—five seconds better
than True Blue's time and three seconds quicker than McWherter's run the day before.
The employees of the Youngstown, O., Rolling Mill Company, whose mill was burned a
few days ago, have volunteered their services
free of charge to rebuild the works, setting a
noble example of generosity to which no
doubt their employers will cheerfully respond
when they are in prosperous business again.
The forest fires are still raging and causing
sad havoc along the Michigan shores of Lake
Huron and Superior. Onota, the County
Seat of Schoolcraft county, was destroyed on
the 31st, ult., and seven hundred people rendered homeless. Several other villages, and
a great many mills and dwellings have been
burned. Ihe destruction of property is immense, and a great many people are homeless.
A tornado struck Mount Carmel, 111., at 3:35
p. m., on Monday last, almost destroying the
town. The prominent buildings destroyed
were the court-house, three churches, twenty
business houses and two school houses. Besides these, one hundred and fifty residences
were destroyed or damaged either by wind or
fire. Fourteen dead bodies were taken from
the ruins during the day, and it is thought
that at least ten more were killed. Many
more were seriously and perhaps fatally injured. The damage to property is estimated at
$300,000. Mattoon, 111., was visited by the
same tornado and much damage done, but
no lives lost. Several buildings were entirely demolished.
Important to Nurserymen and Others.
The   second  annual  meeting of the
American Association of Nurserymen,
Seedsmen and Florists, will be _held at
Chicago, in the exposition buildings, beginning June 20th, at 10 o'clk a. m., and
continuing three days.   Headquarters at
Grand Pacific Hotel, which offers reduced
rates to those attending the convention.
Reduced rates of fare also in the leading
railroads.   All in the trade and others interested are cordially invited to be present.
Elisha Moody, Pres., Lockport, N. Y.
D. W. Scott, Sec'y, Galena, 111.
T. Hubbakd, Fredonia, N. Y.
J. J. Harrison, Paineaville, O.
F. K. Ecofikld, Freeport, 111.
Executive Committee.