Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1883 — Page 6

Rensselaer Rrpnblican.

BT GEO. E. MARSHALL.

WEEKLY HEWS REVIEW.

THE EAST. Thebe laborers vrere killed at Auburn, N. Y., by the caving In of an earth bank through which they were cutting for a new street Oh the Ist of January the standard silver dollars In circulation amounted to 88,908,238—an increase of 8,117,195 over the same date in 1882... .Firein Hood, Bonbright A Co.’s dry goods store, at Philadelphia, caused a damage of $50,000. Several companies of Union volunteers from Rhode Island were only mustered out last month, and an officer of the command claims pay from the War Department to the date or discharge. A Vermont regiment was similarly forgotten at the close of the late unpleasantness. The stockholders of the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition are behind to the amount of $1,700,000. On the ground of general benefits to the country. New York bankers apd merchants have forwarded to Congress a memorial for an appropriation to cover the deficit... .At Cohoes, N. Y.J Morrison, Colwell & Page’s rolling-mill, O’Brien A Powers’ knitting-mill and the Pilot mill, belonging to P. Gugerty were destroyed by fire. The loss is about $750,000. Herbekt F. Gye, one of the Mapleson Opera Company, left his seat on a train near Philadelphia to ascertain the cause of a slight accident, and when he returned his sachel, containing $75,000 in checks, SIOO in bills and some articles of jewelry, together with the gentleman who occupied the opposite seat, were missing... .An accidental nro in the of Ovington Brothers, in Brooklyn, caused its destruction in an hour. Their loss is placed at $250,000, and occupants of adjoining buildings suffered damage to the extant of SBO,OOO. THE WEST. Ih the County Court at Denver, by agreement between the attorneys, Mrs. Tabor was given a divorce from the Lieutenant Governor, on the grounds of desertion, with $250,000 alimony. Simeon H. West, a Democratic member of the Illinois Legislature from McLean county, prints a letter declining to accept an annual pass from the Alton road. George R. McConkey, County Treasurer at Hamilton, Ncv., was found dead on the floor of his office, a pistol lying beside him and his safe door open....A fire at St. Joseph, Mo., destroyed an unused elevator and the old passenger depot of the Hannibal road, beside several loaded curs, the loss aggregating SIOO,OCO. Two boilers in a box factory at Muskegon, Mich., exploded, killing John Connors, engineer, and his sons John and Fred, aged 14 and 4 years; also seriously injuring John Hawk and Silas Blodgett, w ho are not expected to live. 'The buildings, engine, etc., are a total loss, estimated at $10,000.... St Mary's Provincial School, at Knoxville, HL, the largest Episcopal institution for girls in the country, was destroyed by fire, the loss being $100,(KX). There were'sixty scholars and twelve teachers in the building, and many reached the ground by means of ladders. ‘ Miss Gillette, of Buffalo, had a leg broken, nnd Miss Hosford, of Dubuque, was injured by a fall. All wearing apparel and books were burned. “Lucky” Baldwin, tlm well-known San Francisco millionaire, was shot in the arm by a woman named Fannie Baldwin, claiming to be his cousin, who has been teaching school on bis ranch in Los Angelos county, where, she alleges, he assaulted her criminally. The Dcwin Block at Peoria, in which were Schratlskj 's clothing store nnd Colligan's boot and shoe house, was consumed by fire, causing a loss of SIOO,IXIO, on which there is insurance amounting to $52,500.... The cashier of a national hank at Muucle, lud., received a package from an Indianapolis bank by express, supposed to be SS,<XX» in ■currency. It was found to contain slips of muslin and five $1 bills, the seals being in .good order. In a St. Louis court-room ex-Senator John B. Henderson called ex-Congressman Dop Morrison a blanked liar, and was struck over idle head with a walking-stick, Henderson retaliating with a fist blow which knocked his adversary over a chair.

THE SOUTH, A great lire at Pine Bluff, Ark., destroyed 1 property valued at 9125,000. A difficulty between the city and fire department resulted in the one steam fire engine being allowed to get out of repair, and the fire virtually burned itself 0ut.... Twenty colored convicts of North Carolina, who were engaged in excavating a railway tunnel in Jackson county, were drowned while attempting to cross a river in a leaky ilat The Baltmorc and Ohio railway repair shops at Mount Claire, Md., burned, together with a number of coaches and the tools of the employes. The loss is placed at ♦loo,ooft A select committee of the Tennessee Legislature appointed to settle with tho State Treasurer. M. T. Polk, found that he had been absent for two days at some unknown point The Senate adopted a resolution announcing a deficit of 9400,000, and ordering'the Attorney General to attach all available assets of the defaulter. • The bond is for SIOO,OOO. Polk is a nephew of the exPresident, is 51 years of age, graduated at West Point, lost a leg among the Confederates ut Shiloh, and served on Gen. Polk’g staff. ...A murderer named Isaac Scott was legally hanged at Paris, Texas WASHINGTON. In the star-routfe cases at Washington, Mr. Chandler moved to place on the reeprds of the court the verdict of the jury at the lost trial declaring Peck not guilty. Judge Wylie ordered the counsel to his seat, and declared that there was no verdict rendered in regard to Peck. Secbetary Lincoln, in reply to an inquiry from the House of Representatives, says that in many instances the substantial benefits to commerce arising from the expenditure of public money on river and harbor improvements have been so obscure and insignificant as to justify a doubt of the wisdom of making the appropriation. The estimates of the Engineer Department for the improvement of rivers and harborß during the next fiscal year aggregate $33,889,000, and to many or the items Mr. Lincoln records his objections.

Secretary Teller would like to see a new'lndian Commissioner in place of Hiram Price Edward Fenlon, of Leavenworth, confesses having cleared $56,000 on a contract to deliver 96,000 pounds of flour at Los Pinos agency. Mr. Price refused to accept bids of $3.54 per hundred tor supplying beef, and will now be unable to make purchases at less than $& * GENERAL. The leading rubber factories of the country are earnestly considering the propriety of making a $25,000,000 consolidation, to handle the entire crop of Brazil.... .Mr and Mrs. Cooke, of little Ridettu, Canada, were brutally murdered, and their sons George and" Willie and daughter Emma dangerously wounded, by their man-servant. The bark Star of the West, from New York for Bremen, was lost at sea, the officers and crew, fifteen in number, perishing. The death of Maj. De Gress, Vice .President of Gould’s Mexican railroad scheme, was quickly followed by the seizure of that line by the Government, -on the ground that the conditions of the grant had not been complied with J. H. Devereux was elected President of the new Board of Directors of the Nickel-plate rood. A general convention of the bitu-minous-coal miners of the United States is contemplated, the object being to effect a federation of all State associations and district associations. The proposal emanates from Pittsburgh, and the convention will be held in that city. POLITICAL. J. D. Taylor, Republican, has been elected to fill the Congressional vacancy from Ohio caused by the death of J. T. Updegraff. His majority is about 1,500... .Gen. Joseph Wheeler, Democrat, has been elected to Congress from the Eighth Alabama district, over McClellan, Independent, by 2,G00 majority. The inaugural of Gov. Butler at Boston attracted a throng seldom seen on such occasions. The galleries and aisles of the House of Representatives w r ere packed with people, special provisions having been made for ladies and invited guests. President Crocker, of the Senate, administered the oath, after which the Governor delivered his inaugural address, containing many suggestions of new statutes for the welfare of the State.

FOREION. A post-mortem examination of tue remains of Gambctta shows that ms death was the result of hepatophthlsia and pericarditis. Any surgical operations would have been dangerous and unjustifiable. No lesion was discovered in any organ except the intestines. The post-mortem examination was held in order to contradict the, rumor that his death was caused by a bullet in the abdomen.... Biggar, M. P., was committed for trial at Waterford on a charge of high treason, founded on recent utterances. He was released on bail... .A. party of bailiffs, who were attacked by peasants at Upper Cross, County Tipperary, tired on their assailants and killed one man. Five arrests were made Tut: floods in Germany and Austria created great havoc. More than 300 houses were wrecked at Badenheim, Itexheim, Morseh and Oppaur- At Robstadt and Frisenhcira the roofs of the houses were covered with the waters. Thousands of people were driven from their homes, and starvation is imminent... .The central tower of the ancient cathedral at Peterborough, England, is to be demolished because of gaps in the walla The Czar is said to have found in his bedroom a letter from the Revolutionary Committee demanding that promised reforms be commenced:...Gambetta's brain weighed 1,100 grammes. The man who 1m generally looked upon as the successor of M. Gambetta is Clemcnceau, a Paris physician, who enjoys great popularity in that city. lie was a sympathizer with the Commune in 1870 and he voted against the terms of peace In the Assembly of Bordeaux He Is a strong advocate of local self-government,* and lie is almost as popular in Paris us was M. Gambetta, though he has not such a hold upon the French people at large, while many doubt whether he has the ability to become a leader..... A Milan journal which opened a subscription list for a monument to Overdank has been warned to withdraw it, or the paper will be Bequestrated... .Gen. Chanzy, a life Senator of France, and a prominent military figure in the Franeo-Prussian war, is numbered among the dead. The demonstration in honor of M. Leon Gambetta, upon the occasion of the funeral ceremonies of the deceased statesman, was one of the most remarkable historical events in the annals of France. It was not alone Paris that joined in making up the extraordinary funeral pageant; all France was represented by deputations from the various departments; all the liberty-loving world was present in sentiment and sympathy. A careful estimate places the number of people in the procession at 300,000, and probably 2,000,000 more were interested spectators along the line of march and at the cemetery. The display of liowers, flags and funeral emblems is described as something perhaps j never equaled... .Spain is onoe move in the | throes of a Ministerial crisis, the j entire Cabinet having resigned bei cause of a disagreement between i the mem bets in regard to the sale of some 1 crown property The steamer City of | Brussels, of the Inman line, which laftNew York Dec 28 for Liverpool, was run down in St. George’s Channel by a Glasgow steamer during u den e fog, and ten persons were drowned.

Health and Underdrawing.

It gives me pleasure, also, to say that the practice of underdraining the soil has, in this State, been found so greatly to increase its productiveness that, in proportion to the area of the State, it is said that we have more underdrained soil that any of the States. Underdrainage has everywhere' been followed by a great lessening of sickness, and intermittent fever, once so common, has become so rare that it is a good less prevalent than in some of the oldest of the States. Our laws relating to drainage have been recently much iniproved, and a disposition to relieve the soil in every portion of the State of all excess of moisture tending to lessen its productiveness and to bijin g on sickness is everywhere evident;— Governor Porter, of Indiana. Thebe are in the German empire 17,591 physicians and 4,457 apothecaries.

STATE LEGISLATURES.

The New York Legislature assembled at Albany on the 2d of January. Alfred C. Chapin, Democrat, was elected Speaker of the House, and Grover Cleveland, the newlyinaugurated Governor, delivered his first message He opposes the expenditure of large sums in the alteration of the canals until the effect of the abolition of tolls is fully apparent; favors frequent visitations and the most thorough examination of prisons and insane asylums, and reform in the civil service; denounces special legislation, which interferes with the administration of local government, and advocates the strictest economy in the public funds. The Pennsylvania Legislature convened At Harrisburg. John E. Beyburn, Cameron Republican, was elected President pro tern, of the Senate, and Faunce, Democrat, was chosen Speaker of the House. Gpv. Hoyt states, in his message, that the finances of the State are in a highly satisfactory condition. He favors equalization of taxation upon all classes of property, and is particularly impressive that corporations should pay their share of the burden Of taxation. The Nebraska Legislature met at Lincoln. A. H. Connor, Anti-monopolist, was elected President pro tern, of the Senate, and G. M. Humphrey, Republican, was chosen Speaker of the House. v The Legislature of Minnesota assembled at St PauL Loren Fletcher, Republican, was chosen Speaker of the House An adjourned session of the Ohio General Assembly Began at Columbus on the 2d inst. Gov. Foster, in his message, recommends the passage of a uniform liquor-license law, under which the premises, and not the individual, will be licensed. He confesses the failure of the existing law, which places the liquor trade under the ban of prohibition, and believes that the plan suggested will prove acceptable to all classes. The Connecticut Legislature met at Hartford, and organized by electing Robert Coit, Republican, as President pro tern, of the Senate, and Charles H. Pine, Republican, as Speaker of the House. The black ballots were declared valid votes, and Gov. Waller and the other Democratic officers were installed. Gov. Waller, in his message, makes a strong plea for civil-service reform. The Legislature of Indiana assembled at Indianapolis and organized by electing W. D. Bynum, Democrat, as Speaker of the House and A. J. Kelly Secretary of the Senate. ....

The North Carolina Legislature was organized at Raleigh by the election of Demo, cratic oflicers in both branches. Gov. Jarvis, in his message, reports that of the unsecured debt #8,820,000 has been compromised for #2,606,000 in 4-per-cent bonds, and #3,806,000 of the old bonds remain outstanding. The Florida Legislature convened at Jacksonville. Charles Dougherty, Democrat, was chosen Speaker of the House. The Governor’s message shows a full treasury, and recommends a reduction of the State tax to 5 mills. The Michigan Legislature assembled at Lansing. Sumner Howard, Republican, was elected Speaker of the House, and Edwin 8. Hoskins, Republican, was chosen Secretary of the Senate. Mrs. Josephine Robinson was elected Postmistress by acclamation. The Legislature of Massachusetts met at Boston, organized by selecting George G. Crocker, Republican, President of the Senate, and Edward A. McLaughlin, Democrat, Speaker of the Houbc. The Maine Legislature met at Augusta John L. Cutter, Republican, was elected President of the Senate, and Manchester Haynes, Republican, Speaker of the House. The Tennessee Legislature organized at Nashville by the election of Democratic officers in both houses. Each adopted a resolution directing the Comptroller and Treasurer not to pay interest on the State debt under the act to fund it at 604 W-5-6. About half of the #27,000,000 has been funded under that statute It is thought the Legislature will not go higher than 50-3, with thirty-year bonda It is evident that the Legislature will pass a law authorizing the appointment of Railroad Commissioners. The General Assembly of Illinois met at Springfield, and effected an organization on the second day, by the election of W. J. Campbell as President pro tem. of the Senate and Lorin C. Collins as Speaker of the House, both Republicans. The Missouri Legislature assembled at Jefferson City, and organized for business by choosing J. T. O. Morrison, Democrat, for President pro tem. of the Senate, and J. H. Richardson, Democrat, for Speaker of the lower house Gov. Crittenden, in his message, calls attention to the report of the Commissioner of Labor that street-car employes are compelled to work from twelve to seventeen hours per day, and argues that it is against the interest of the State to permit such demands to be made upon any class of citizens. The fourth Legislature of Colorado assembled at Denver. Stretler, of Boulder county, was elected President pro tem. of the Senate, and Davis, of Lake county, Speaker of the Housa

XLVIITH CONGRESS.

The President laid before the Senate, at its session on the 2d inst, a communication transmitting the report of the Mississippi River Commission, with maps, etc. Ordered printed. Mr. Garland presented the remonstrance of certain merchants of Arkansas against the increased duty on tin platea Referred. Several petitions were presented for the passage of a bill giving an increased pension to one-m-med and one-legged soldiers. Mr. Garland, from the Committee on Judiciary. reported the original bill as a substitute for the bills referred to that committee, providing for the forfeiture of certain railroad land grants. The bill cancels all grants of land to railroad companies which have made little effort to complete their trades within the time specified. Mr. Logan delivered a three hours’ speech in opposition to the Fitz John Porter bill In the House, bills were introduced to transfer the revenue-cutter service to the Navy Department, and to limit to one year the presentation of claims by States for moneys expended In suppressing Indian hostilities. BUIb were passed: To place tobacco exported by rail on the same looting as that sent to Europe by sea, and t 6 permit 'Canadian farmers to nave 'grain ground at mffla on this side ofjfeehprder. Mr. Logan finished his argument in the Fitz John Porter case on the 3d infit., and a motion for an indefinite postponement was lost—2B to 20—Mahone and Cameron, of Pennsylvania, voting with the Democrats. A number of petitions were presented fop a constitutional amendment to prohibit the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors. A statement from the Comraission-

er of Internal Revenue estimated the amount . required to refund taxes on tobacco and matches at $36,080,716. In the House, a telegram was presented from the St Louis Mercantile Exchange, asking the immediate passage of the Bonded Whisky bill The Aring Appropriation bill was taken up in committee or the whole, and Mr. Browne’s amendment *for the gradual abolition of the pay corps was adopted. A sharp debate took place over the statement by Mr. Hiscock that the Democrats at the last session left deficiencies in the appropriations amounting to $27.000,000. The West Point Appropriation bill was passed by the Senate on the 4th inst Mr. Morrill reported the House bill to reduce in-ternal-revenue taxation, with an amendment for an entire revision of the tariff and of the machinery for its collection. The Sherman bill extending the * bonded period for two years on whisky in warehouses was passed by a vote of 23 yeas co 20 nays. In the House, Mr. Kasson, of lowa, Chairman of the Committee on Civil Service Reform, reported back the Senate bill to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States, and spoke in favor of the measure. Mr. Reagan, of Texas, spoke in opposition to the bill, on the ground that it was not efficient to remedy the evils complained of. Mr. Townshend, of Illinois, favored the provision of a penalty for the violation of the clause forbidding political assessments by public officers Mr. Buckner, of Missouri, favored the bill, as it would tend to break up the iniquitous assessment system. Mr. Calkins, of Indiana, regarded the bill as a turning point to perfect civil reform. If the Democrats could stand, this bill now he was sure the Republicans, with their fellowß in office, could He admired his Democratic friends who could take medicine in the shape of a Civil Service Reform bill after having wandered for twenty-four years in the Desert of Sahara. For this reason and many others he favored the bill. Mr. Thompson, of Kentucky, moved to recommit the bill with instructions to the committee to report it back with an amendment prohibiting the assessment of public employes by private persona Lost—yeas 85, nays 114 The bill then passed—yeas 155, nays 47. Of the 155 affirmative votes, 100 were Republicans and 49 Democrats—4o Democrats and 7 Republicans voting in the negative. The Senate devoted the principal part of the day, at its session on the sth inst, to the discussion of the Presidential Succession bill Senator Garland, of Arkansas, made an earnest plea for the passage of the measure, declaring that “after the 4th of March next, the life of President Arthur is the only life between order and anarchy.” He favored a Presidential term of six years. Messrs. Jones, of Florida, and Morgan, of Alabama, opposed the bilL Mr. Ingalls presented to the Senate a petition for the admission of Dakota as a State. Mr. Vest submitted a report in relation to Yel-' lowstone Park. President Arthur nominated to the Senate Gustavus Goward, of Hlinois, to be Secretary of the American Legation in Japan. The House took up’ the District of Columbia bill, which appropriates $3,443,847, and passed it The proceedings of Congress on the 6th inst were tame and uninteresting. In the Senate, petitions from Wisconsin were presented for a constitutional amendment to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors, as also a memorial from Oregon for the improvement of Columbia river. A House bill was passed to permit the free exportation of tobacco .and cigars. A bill was reported to grant right of way through public land in Alabama to the Rome and Decatur railroad. Tno House listened to a communication from the President recomm-nding an appropriation of $100,(XX) to complete the census Mr. White, of Kentucky, offered a resolution as to the m cessity for the presence of Commissioner Raum in Illinois, where cnorinou-i quantities of distil ed spir ts now lie in bonded warehouses, and whose owners are petitioning for extension of the bonded period. The Presidential Succession bill was discuss d at some length by the Senate on the Stli inst, ind Mr. Beck, who has heretofore opposed the measure, gave it his support A bill was passed to prohibit the use of the Capitol for other than legitimate purposes Mr. . Fondle on presented a memorial of Cincinnati merchants against the proposed national bankrupt law. In the House,bills were introduced to create a postal telegraph, to reduce lfetter postage to 1 cent, to bridge St Croix lake and Niagara river, and to limit the coinage of • standard silver dollars to the requirements of the people. A resolution was adopted for the appointment of a committee to investigate the charge that John Bailey, Chief Clerk of the House, is an agent of the Washington Gas Company. The Shipping bill was discussed.

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

Congressman Anderson,’ of Kansas, introduced a bill in the House for the establishment of a Government postal telegraph. His proposition calls for the issuance of $8,000,000 worth of bonds, bearing 3 per cent, interest, the avails of which are to be devoted to the establishment of a main line from Portland, Me., to Topeka. Kan., with brahehes to various points. Offices are to be first established in carrier offices only, and to be extended in the judgment of the Postmaster General to smaller offices The tariff is fixed at a uniform rate of 25 cents for ten worda Detroit dispatches chronicle the suieide of J. Edward Monck and wife, belonging at Chatham, Ont, having left their infant child with a lady friend. The wife took morphine, after being locked in her room by her husband, and he went to a strange hotel and killed himself in the same manner. Relatives took their bodies to Canada for burial. Eighty citizens of Cheney, W^rng:. ton Territory, lynched a Chinaman, accused of murdering and robbing a woman of his own race. Engineer Melville and all the members of his family appeared in a Pennsylvania court last Week, he having applied for a writ of habeas corpus to recover his children. He testified that for three years his wife received #9O per month and a residence; that for thirteen months she had drawn #l4O per month, jand run in debt #1,500. Two servants of the family and three neighbors testified that Mrs. Melville drank a great deal of whisky.*.. .At the annual meeting of the New York Tribune Association it was ascertained that Whitelaw Reid and his relatives own 143 of the 200 shares. A dividend of 25 per cent, was declared. The City of Brussels was wrecked about three miles from the lightship at the mouth of the Mersey. Her masts and funnel obstruct navigation and will be removed Divers expect to save a good portion of the cargo, which was valued at #350,000. The shipwrecked passengers passed resolutions expressing gratitude and admiration for the conduct of the offloers.

NATIONAL FINANCES.

The Monthly Public-Debt Statement. The follojying is a recapitulation bf the debt statement issued, on the 2d inst: Interest-bearing debt— Three and one-half per cents. I 99,320,200 Four and one-balf per cents. 250,0m.00t) Fonr per cents. 1 738.956 55a Three per cents :. - 288,661,950 Refunding certificates. * 4 75<> Navy pension fund. 14,000,000 Principal , $1,832,245,450 Interest ....? 12,067,188 Matured debt— Principal. 14,887,015 Interest 446,814 Debt bearing no interest— Old demand and legal-tender notes. 846,740,311 Certificates of deposit 9,585,000 Gold and silver certificates 137,468,500 Fractional currency 16,393,006 Less amount estimated lost or destroyed 7,022,014 Principal .....$ £00,815,885 Unclaimed Pacific railway Interest.. 6,889 Total debt— Principal +. $1,907,948,350 Interest 12,619,342 TotaL $1,920,467,60S Cash In treasury 312^24,016 Debt, less cash in treasury— Jan. 1,1883 $1,607,543,676 Deo. 1, 1882 1,622,956,899 Decrease of debt daring month. 16,413,223 Decrease of debt since June 30,1882.. 81,370,783 Current liabilitiesinterest due and unpaid 1,498,913 Debt on which interest has ceased... 14,887,016 Interest thereon 446,814 Gold and silver certificates 137,463,500 United States notes held for red emotion of certificates of deposit.... 9,585,000 Cash balance available Jan. 1,1883.. 149,037,773 Total. $ 812,924,016 Available assets— Cash in treasnry 312,924,016 Bonds issued to Pacific Railways— Principal outstanding.... 64,623,512 Interest accrued and not yet paid... 1,938,705 Interest paid by United States 65,344,683 Interest repaid by companies— By transportation service 16,123,860 By cash payments, 5 per cent, net earnings 666,198 Balance of interest paid by United States 88,365,623 Statement of the Comptroller of the Currency. The following is the statement of the Comptroller of the Currency, showing the amounts of national-bank notes and of legaltender notes outstanding at the dates of the passage of the acts of June 20, 1874, Jan. 14,1875, and May 31,1878, together with the amounts outstanding Jan. 1,1883, and the increase or decrease: NATIONAL-BANK NOTES. Amount outstanding June 20, 1874... .$349,894,182 Amount outstanding Jan. 14, 1875 351,861,450 Amount outstanding May 31, 1878.... 822,>65,965 Amount outstanding at date*. 861,9>1,460 Increase during the last month. 129,291 Increase since Jan. 1, 1 82 437,856 LEGAL-TENDEB NOTES. Amount outstanding June 20, 187 1. ...$382,000,000 Amount outstanding Jan. 14, 1875.... 382,000,000 Amount retired under act of Jan. 14, 187 s to May 31,15-7 35,318,984 Am unt oatstanding on and since May 31,1878 846,681,016 Amount on deposit with the Treasurer of the United States to redeem notes of insolvent and liquidating banks and banks retiring circulation under act of June 20, 18 4 39,940,815 Increase in deposit during the last month 1,550,401 Increasein deposit since Jan. 1,1882.. 10,404,873 •Circulation of national gold banks not incladed in ihe above, $729,709.

For Form Boys to Learn.

How many of the boys who read this paper could “lay off” an acre of ground exactly, providing one of the dimensions was given them? Now “Hoe Handle” likes to be useful, and I have taken some pains to make out a table, and I would like to have every one of the farm boys learn it. There are 160 square rods in an fibre, and there are 30i square rods in one rod. This gives 4,840 square yards in one acre. 10 yards wide by 484 yards long is 1 acre. 20 yards wide by 242 yards long is 1 acre. 40 yards wide by 121 yards long is 1 acre. 80 yards wide by 60!$ yards long is 1 acre. 70 yards wide by 695$ yards long is 1 acre. 60 yards wide by 80% yards long is 1 acre. Again, allowing nine square feet to the yard, 272±- square feet to the rod, 43,560 square feet to the acre, and we • have another table: 440 feet by 90 feet—l acre. 249 feet by 181% feet—l acre. 220 feet by 198 feet—l acre. 120 feet by 363 feet—4 acre. 110 feet by 369 feet—l acre.

THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK. Beeves f g.so @ 7.80 Hoos 6.80 @ 6.80 Cotton io @ ,ioj< Flour—Superfine 8.25 @ 3.75 Wheat—No. i White 1.09 @ 1.09 No. 2 Red 1.11 @ 1.12 Corn—No. 2 6T @ .68 Oats—No. 2 43 @ .48 Pork—Mess 18.25 @18.50 Lard iojs@ .10 H CHICAGO. Beeves—Good to Fancy Steers.. 6.60 @ 6.50 Cows and Heifers 8.25 @ 4.40 Medium to Fair 4.85 @ 5.40 H(?OS 4.50 @6.55 Flour—Fancy White Winter Ex. 5."0 @ 6.2? Good t-o Choice Spr'gEx. 4.75 @ 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Surimr .95 @ .90 No. 2 Red Winter....... .96 @ .97 Corn—No. 2 M @ .53 Oats—No. 2 35 @ .36 Rye—No. 2 JS7 mu .58 .. Barley—No. 2 79 .80 * Butter—Choice Creamery. .38 @ .40 Egos—Fresh 25 @ .26 Pork—Mess 16.75 @17.00 Lard 10%@ .10 U MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 95 @ .96 Corn—No. 2 ri <a .52 Oats—No. 2 36 @ .36 Rye—No. 2 53 .54 Barley—No. 2 71 @ .72 1 ork—Mess 16.75 @17.00 Lard io @ .io>* ST. LOUia Wheat—No. 2 Red 98 @ .99 Corn—Mixed 44 @ .45 Oats—No. 2 37 @ .38 Rye... 54 @ .55 Pork—Mess 10.75 @n.oo Lard to @ ,ioj< CINCINNATI. Wheat—No. 2 Red .99 @ l/o Corn jsi @ .52 Oats 38 @ .89 Rye 62 @ .63 PORK—Mess 17.00 @17.V5 Lard 10 @ .1054 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 Red 1.00 @ l.oi Corn. 52 @ .53 Oats—No. 2 .38 @ .39 DETROIT. Flour 4.05 @ 5.00 Wheat—No. 1 White .96 @ 98 Corn—No. 2 so @ .51 Oats—Mixed 36 @ .37 Pork—Mess n.Ou @17.25 INDIAN APOLIS. Wheat—No. 2 Red 95 @ .06 Corn—No. 2 45 @ .46 Oats—Mixed .35 @ .36 EAST LIBERTY, PA. Cattle—Best 6.75 @ 9.40 Fair 5.25 @ B.M) Common 3.75 @ 5.50 Hoos J.. 6.36 @6.80 Sheep 2.60 @6.60