Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1876 — FROM WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

FROM WASHINGTON.

Tua digest of crop'returns for O«to>er, as prepared at the Deportment of;Ac icu'fare, indicate* a reduction in the yield of t'>e wheat crop of nearly one-sixth, while the quality fa somewhat superior. Every section of the Union indicate* a reduced product except the M ddle States, figures point to a yield Of about 915,000,600 bushels. Hye is reported four per cent, less than in IMS, but |he qu lity - better. Barley is •*x par cent. leas than last year. Buckwheat i* a full average. Oats show a falling ofc of t • enty-three percent Every McOon of the Union is decent The corn crop is deficient, but th* figure* are not yet obtained. Theooton crop wMI be large

and llkely/tf .approach Me heavy yi< l<f of 1875. dwofit psiatoe* ary a full averflfe cfoP- Jqlghum ty a Mull production, ■flobaccn repott ahdwa.about the avorjpe production. Pbmidbmt Gbamt has appointed Isaac F. Shepard, of Missouri, United States Consul at Hankow, China Im the matter of the application of Mrs. Belva A. Lock wood foradmisalon to practice as Itn attorncyund counselor hi th* Ual ted States Supreme fourt, the Chief Justice hss announced as the decision Of the court that none but men are admitted to practice before it as attorneys and - 1 iwf ’ I f

i vhk KAinr. .. . , A WORTB.BOQBD local paaaengir traln on the Pennsylvania Railroad was wrecked on the morning of the 2d, south Of the Linden depot, by runlnglnto two freight cars detached from a preceding train and left standing on the trabk. The locomotive was turned updide down and the first passenger ear ran over it and split it in two. The two freight Cars were demolished. Jadob Elliston, a brakeman, received fatal Injuries, and. a fireman and several other persons were more or less seriously inJ ured. On' the afternoon of the same day a passenger'cat- on -the Northern Pennsylvania & Lebigfl Valley Railroad was thrown from the near Bethlehem* by the breaking of an' axle. After leaving the track it struck a ledge of rocks and was completely wrecked- < There were eighteen or twenty passengers aboard, two of whom were killed, and ail the rest were more or less injured, some quite seriously. Tub Congregational Association of New Fork and Brooklyn has adopted a preamble and resolution reciting that the committee ai pointed last winter to cooperate In bringing evidence before the Advisory Council Commission relating to the Beecher scandal have reported that there is no substantial ground for believing in the guilt of Mr. Beecher, and declaring that “we do, therefore, as An Association, regard our brother as worthy of our confidence and love, and express to him .pur sympathy in the severe trial through which he has passed.” ' At Salem, N. $., on the 3d,-Wdeden, Goodwin and Collier, found guilty of manslaughter by aiding in the killing of the prize-fighter Walker, were sentenced to six years Imprisonment each fn the Trenton penitentiary;' The remaining two prisoners, Clark and Neary, were sentenced to impris;' onment of two years each. Gold closed it) Ijew Xork on the Bth ai 109 - The following were the closing quo. tatlons for produce: N 0.2 Ohfcigo Spring Aheat (New), tI.W®L2B; N 0.2 Milwaukee (New), 81.24@L25; Oats, Western and State, 28@48Jfc. Cbrh, Western Mixed, 56@58c; Pork, Mete, 81785; Lard, Flour good, to choice, 85.45@5A5; White Wheat Extra, [email protected]. Cattle, B@lo%c for good to extea. Sheep, 4@6c. Hogs, stf@6c. • ■ At East Liberty, Pa., on the Sth, cattle brought: Best, [email protected]; medium, 84.50 @4.75; common, [email protected]. Hogs sold— Torkera, 85A5@5 55; Fhiladelphiaa, 85.75@ 8.00. Sheep brought, [email protected], according to quality.