Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 18, 1877, Page 5

b I : "rxam weeds; THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY., JUNE IR, 1877. THE CROP COondition of the Corn Crop in Illinois, Reports from Every Con- gressional District. The Prospects of a Good drop Most Excellent. Farmers Everywhere at Work with Cultivators, Outlook for Other Crops First-Class. ‘The Grasshopper Ravages in Minnesota and Kansas, ILLINOIS CORN., MEPORTS FROM EVERT PART OF TIIE STATE, Through its farmer correspondents Tue TrinuNE 18 thin morning enabled o lay before its readers complete returns of the condition of the 1llinols carn-crop. ‘The reports are classified by connties snd Congressional Districts, and. belng eent by practical farmers, may be relied upon as accurate, PIRST DISTRICT. Du Panx Couxtr—Corn came up unusaally well, and we are now caltlvating. Land is generally clean. Season falzraverage, General outlook for cropa falr. o YOURTH DISTRICT. Dooxz Countr—Corn does not come upwell; one- fourth replanted; stand bolow an average; busy caltivating; land " clean; scason backward, Oats and other apring gralng looking well. Dr Kawn Couxtr—A good stand of corn in mont ficlds; remarkably clean; growing finely, and promises well; scason advanced, and antlook of crop very encouraging; farmers looking on the ‘bright slde of the plcture. Mellzxnr Countr—Corn came up poorly; mach hasbeen replanted; frequent rains prevented lts cultlvation; weeds flourish; scason an averago; outlook for cropa gaod. Winxknsno Countr—Corn s being cultivated the third time, and Jooks magnificent; Winnebago County bas not had such a promise of abundant crops for forty years, FIFTIT DISTRICT, Onwe Countr—Corn come up poorly; uneven stand; farmers aro cultivating; land in falr condl- tion; season backward, Othor cropa look well, Jo Davies Countr—Corn, generally falr stand; cultivating goes on very extensively; Iand clean; season full averaze advance for the timeof year. For most ali crops ontlook good, SIXTR DISTRICT. Trsny Countr—Corn has not come np well; much replanting dono; cnitivating now; scason cold and wet. BrnEau Countr—Corn mostly replanted; com- ing good; farmers busy cultivating land not clean; season backward; prospect for small grain good. LEE Couxty—Corn mostly replanted; farmers now caltivating; land weedy; scason cold and wot. Pornax Countr—8tand of corn good now; much repianted; sll busy caltivating; ground- fae con- ditlon; season backward;: gencral outlook for growing crops falr, Htock TsLaxnn Countr—Many havo boen obliged to replant; cultivating now; land clean; outlook for crops falr. SEVENTIL DISTRICT. Anuxoy County—Corn fe a (hin stand cenerally; we aronow cultlvating; land {n falr condition;corn pale and unhealthy ; scnson aversge; crop prospect {alr. Kexnart Conxrr—Comn did not come up well; roplanting gencral; dolng well now, but backward; wenther wet: prospects for small grain good, La8arve Connty—Corn came up well; very little toropiant; land fafrly clean: cultivaling second timn: outlook for all crops good, Wit Countr—Corn did not come np well; stand now faic: have had cold rains during tho past'week, which havo given the weads & alart; “scanon * backs ward; have hiad very littla growing weathor an yot; Jeneral ontlook far crops falr to good. ‘EIONTIL DISTRICT, Tnaquots Countr—A ureat deal of com re- anfed; buey cultivating: corn looka well: froo ofter prospect than sverage years; moro coen plauted than ever before; outlook for il crops very good. Kaxkaxre Couxyy—Corn is doing well; good stand; very clean; belog cultlvated; the scason fe sbout 8a avorage. LivixartoN Covnty—Corn did nct come up as wcll as usunls grun.worm heen destructive; ono-fourth of the crop roplanted; all busy cultis yating: outlook for all crops falr; land generally weedy, Mukanavs Couxtr—Corn did not come up well; 100 wet at present ta caltivate: lanid In many cane waedy ; season backward : amall greens dalng well; prospcct for an Average crop, Waonronn CoUNTr—At least 20 per cent of the corn was replanted; up and doinz well; Jond cleaner and in better condltion than usoal; weather cuol, but crops not backward, Forp County—Ilata and squirrels have taken s teal deal of the comn; farmiers aro busy eultivat- ni: land Is quite clean; avernhlnfi vel{ Lacks ward; had good growingshowers for the last week, _ NINTH DISTRICT, Frivon Copsry—Nearly overy one has re. lanted; sl busy cultivating; graund weedy; corn ckwal imtlook I8 gaod for uther crope, hxox County—Corn did not conic up wellj re- lanted: are cultivating; land Is clean; scason ckward; prorpects not goud, s7ank Countr—A good deal of replonting; culs tivating now ; corh louks well; land cloan; searon fully as forward as usual; outlook \(ao«f for all crops. Praita CouNrr—Corncamo up woll in the maing cultivating na faat an the weather will pormit; the corn wi rluntml Iato, und tho ralny weather han nrevented Ite growth rapldly, but is a good color and healthy; the acresite Ja larger than vver, and withan average sessun from this time we must have a good crup. TENTIL DISTRICT, Hancorx Countr~The usunlacreage Is planted; ground now fn good ordor; land clean, and pros- ¥octa vood seasun backward, Mencxn Covxtv—Cor came np badly; ngreat dea) of replanting; crop bolow an average; land clean, and ground well cultivates on cold and backward; ali other crops excollent, Meloxol CoUNTY—Lorn rotted Inthe gronnd; replanting has been genoral, and corn looks well} land generally clean; cunelder thu season backs ward} crops genorally good; f(armers determined to ralue & crop. Wannzy Counrr—Good stand of corn an ex- ceptlon; replanting goneral: cultlvating (ho aece ond time: ground moderately clean; season backe ward; outlouk for all crops scarcely falr. j ELEVENTIl DISTHICT, Drowx Countr—Cora camuup poorly: still ree nlmlmx: land clean;acuson vury lmkwm!: ground cold and wet, Grexx Covnry—Comn good slandiall at work caltivating on vory backwark for com: good for other cropa, - Ptk Couxty~—~Corn cate up poorly: all done re- planting, and are now cultivatin Condition; prospect aboy oala; weather cool: crop backward, TWRLPTIL DISTRICT, CrRrisTiAX CauNTY-=Very poos stand; no cultls Yaling done yot; kame ploces Y foul; corn will not be more than halt & crop; goneral outlook for 81l crops poor, - Mrxann County—Corn not np well; great deal of roplanting: cultivating fArst time: lund foul; scason backwaid; outlook for carn poot Bcorr Cousvy—First plantl came poorly; sccond planting came up fine; the corn In goos ;oudluanx all crope 15 per cont better thau last ear, Baxaaxox Couxry—Corn camo np as well as In the averago of seasons; on the wholc the stand {e good; cultivating now: isnd s not clean: with a Week of favorable weather an inmense differcuco will bo seun; thd ontlook {s oncouragmug. TUIRTEENTH DISTUICT. DzWirr Countr—Corn came up Yoovly. and a reat deal replanted: cullivaling for tho fizet time; elds fn {air cpndition; seuson backward; rats bave beon very dostructive ta cura; ail othor crons looking well, Masox Covxvy—Corn had stand; replanted; cul- tivabing: Yory weedy; ueuton backward i all other o) YAt bLt Conury—Corn fs now up well; cultle Yating sccond time; land in fair condltivn; scason ckwa i generul outlook g Loaax County—The corn came up well, bat the {armers complain of tho rats and ‘mice 'thinniag out thastand; early planted weedy, and tho wet of the pasttwo weeks has prayeutsd ite Proper cultivation; the outlook fe nos sd’ good for corn as last year; season coli ana backward; for other crops iho prospects are promising. McLrak County—Iteplanted corn cuming welly cold weather has made it look yellow in many Ridces; rats hava dostioyed great deal of the corn} been cultivated vnce; sesson backward, FOUNTRENTH DISIAICT. Cuaxraton CounTr—-Corn came up only mod- eratoly well; cultivating has beguns land generally :‘(fi!,&uuflwkguodimol scason, ahollar to thet replanted con- scason back- VenwitLiox Cornvy—Stand slderable; cultivatlug: Iaud clean ard; good vutlouk for crups. 14T Countr—Corn came up only fal Planted takeu constderably by rate; 7 cultivatlog land clean; season has bee backward nd culd; with reasonablo weather from *&uucnl time, therois & prospect for a good — o1 w tivating now: eromnd In fine conditio falr for an averags crop: all ather crapa good. Dotiot.an Covxrr—Corn Is well npand a good stand; enltivating: land clean; groond is now wet; outlook fair, TIFTEENTI DISTRICT. Connzniann County—Largeat acreags of corn out ever in this county: mneh replanting; rome cultirating second time: gronnd fair condition; weather now clear, and ali are hapeful. Crank County—Early-pianted coen did not come: late-planged np and falr stand: enltivating second time: looka wall, and land clean ;crops well sdvanced, excent corn and potataes. ,Errivaitax Countv.—The most of the corn ginand has been planted within the last two weeke, and Ia tloan: cama up well, and have commenced cultivating: the general ontlook for crope s fine, but corn in late and will require & favorabla season to mature, Lawngrcx Coustr.—Corn camo "f generally well; acreaze planted not large: caltivatora ot wark, and land ciear; scason backward. MovLrniz County,—Corn a poor aiand; cultl- vatora going In ecvery feld; land grass "on very“‘ backward: general outlook for il other crops goa BIXTEENTIT DISTRICT. CraY Covxry—Corn come up very paorly: enltfe vating; land not veey clean: scason backward, Boxp Cauxtr—Corn has and Is now coming up well; first nxumlng foul: show for corn poor; season cold and backward, WastiinnTox Couxty—Corn has came up well; very backward and land foul; caitivating now; genersl ontlook good, Ctixrox Cousty—~Corn replanted: cold and raln killed conatderabl nd not very clean; somach in that the ctops are all backward; we are calti. vating our corn, BEVENTERNTIL DISTRICT. Macourix Coustr—Corn came np well, but has been hnnh{ worms and mice; coltivating now; land In good eandition; outlook for sll cropa good. 81, CLatn County—Corn has nnunfll come up well: nome had to replant, however; wet weather retarded caltivation, and tho weeas had & good start; rains havs ceaced, and now every plow and cultivator al work: acason very backiward, Mamsox Cousrr—Early-planted corncamo np badly; latier better, bul 18 weedy, ‘and Is now belng cultivated: season very backward: momo lanted here on the 13ths corn not planted be- ore thie lias 11o chanca to get tipe, and will only mke fodder; the crop cannut be an’ abundant ane s year, Arnary Connrr—Corn has not come ap welly conelderalle has beenreplanted; generally too wet to cuitivale; the land isfvery foul; season very backward: the eutlook fur all crops 1s good, ex- cepting for cornand oata; winter wheat looks fine, and an shundant yicld ls looked for; potatoes promize well; somo farmers are replanling yet. EIOUTEENTII DIATRICT, Raxnot.rnt Cousty—Corn came np poorly, and a great deal of mpllnllntx: cultlvating: land pretty clean; eoanon hnckward ather crupn Inok well, Puranki Conrsry—Corn somo n good conditlon; replantod : cultivated once; season hackward: look for nll crops good. $ Prnur County—Corn came up fairly; the heary ralna continued until the Oth lnat. : ground getting yery wced‘r season backward; prospecta for other crope good. JAcKroN CouxTr—We had ta roplant; some sro now cllllln“n[ttlnr the sccond and third times; geason very backward on account of rain; outlook goud for afl crops. Uxiox Couxty—Corn good but tate: tho Inces- aant rain-fall has retarded cultivations weather fine, and tho sick, lamc, and Inzy are plowing the corn, 3 oute Massac Courry—We have a falrstand of com: done replanting, and In full force cullivating; our 1and {a not clean; season sn average one; prospects good for all crops, NINETEENTN DISTRICT. BaLINE ConxTy—~Corn came up remarkably well; all handa cultivating; land rather foul; been too much rain; general outlook for crop gnod. GattaTiN Countr—Corn did not come np good; replanting general; land foul; season very backe ward, Wanasn Couxtr—Corn Is not generally a good ntand: land fs foul; somo sro cultivatingi season very backward; rained ell through Mays: time yet ta make & crop of corn If the weather la favarable; the tornado did not damage crops here. OTIIER CROPS, . LLINOIS. Bpecial Dispaleh (o The Tribune, Braoxnennr StaTioN, June 10.~The froquent showers of the week past have caused the grass to thicken up, 8o that a good hay-crop {s assured, On tho 10th inst. the mercury sank to 40 degrees at sunrise. The growth of tho corn was yory much retarded for asevernl days, but the last two days, with the thermomoter ranging from 84 to 80 at & . ., corn hins grown ranidly. Small grain blds falr to be a heavy crop, Tho Early Roae potatoer, planted early, will soon bo large enough to eat, ‘There 18 cvery prospect of & latgu crop. The ent- worm has done great dsmage to corn planted on timothy sod. ‘The gophers have taken thoir full whare. Many farmers are overran with rats, A woman, on retiring at night, placed her falso teeth on a stand near the bed, A larya rat neized them, and, though hotly puraued, mada a safe retreat with Ina booty, D'otato-bugs arc as plenty aa ever, Phe chinch-bugwill do bt Hitle damage this. son- son, ‘Tho cheose-factories are warking up to tholr tulleat capacity, Special DispateA 10 The Tribune, Sourut Erar¥, June 10.—The weather for abont 8 week past has been' vory stormy, and the corne crop haa made but littlo progress in growth daring that tinie, but if good weather now follows tho crop will prohably yet be abundant, The farmers will have fo commenco haying In abont two weeka; the hay crov, scemingly, will yleld well. Dyan abundant uro of Parls green. the potato crop now looks quite promising. Small grain s still grow. ing Onely, and the feed n the pasturcs cuntinuca 00d. L Special Dirpatch to The Tritune, Detvrur, Kt Clale Co., June 10,—Wheat s looking splendid. Havo Juat recelved n letier from parties in Fayotteville, Tenn., -nylngi that they wiil be_ready toship new wheat “by the 25th uf Juno. ‘The qunlity I sald fo be very Ane. Ipecial Dispaich tn The Tridune, EL7itAN, Jackson Co., Jung 10.—~Batley harvess. ed, und is n pood crop. Wheat nover better. Haurvest noarly here. 1f wa can have clear weather wo can wava the fineat crop over ralsed In ihe county, ~ Muadows never boetter, Frult of all kinde'plenty, Special Dispaich to Tha Tridy Thauuanp, Madlson Co., June 10, —Wheat rasty insome placea and n others down, but generally promising, Oatw fine whera not too thin, Grass uf overy kind promlsing, necial Hapatch to The Tribune, Atxa, Marlon Co.,duna 16, —Winler wheat firat- eates harvest it In ten days. Oats and grass are goud. Fruilcrop good. Lols of youuy col ‘wules, Bpectut Diepatch to The Tridune, Equatiry, Gallatin Co,,Junec 18,~Winter wheat. an average ‘crop. Gats only falr. Wo have had miany raing, and still It rins, Sosson very Lack. wa Bpecial Dispateh (o The Tridune, Cantyrr, Clinton Co., June 10.—Winter wheat 18 about two weeks late. It is now filling fnely, with prospucts of a large crop. Bpeciul Disputed fo “The Tribune, Etxwoon, Peoria Co, , Juae 1 Ryo nevar bet. ter; spring wheat and oats go grues and pase tures en\g and promising. pecial Dispaich o The Tribuna, #ranra, Randoluh Co., June 10, ~Winter wheat very pmmhhl’x: oats good ; hay eplondid Speclul Diapate fo The TaLLoLA, Menard Co., Jun and oats very fine; grass oxtra; fino. Bpecial DitpateA to The Tridune. New Cotvunta, Masaac Co,, Juno 10.—Wheat 18 better than n Wa are’ barvesting. Tim. otby and clover ars very good. Apecial Dispaich o The Tribune, Conorx, Unlon Co., Jung 18.—Wheat atill promises abundance and early, Special Dispatch fo The Tribune, Saxcuraten, Scott ‘0., Jnna 1t., —Wheat never looked helter at this time of tha year. Potatocs in fine condition; oata good, MINNEAOTA, Bpectal Dispateh to The Triduns, ARE CitY, June 17, —During the past wrek the Heaslan iy bas be: Peterson. o Lrought n_ sov, {ull of white and brown worms at the Junction of the stalk and root, Very fow farmcrs i this coun. try know what these worals or cugs are, never have ing ween then boforo; but farmers who have come from Michigan, und are familiar with the forma- tion of the lessian Ny, say this is what is soon go- Ing to bo the matler with Miau~sota wheat, Flicao okgs, or worms, are firet white, then brown, then black, then tho My, any fsrmers in this vicinity are ' beglnning to be dectded! llnqunndlnk In addition to the coming tly, the drought {e becoming (o shaw badly on the color of (he wheat-fleld. Two wecks ago Jesterday tho writer passed thruigh 8 largo part of joodhue, Wabasha, and Olustead Counties, and Hover saw a botlor show for a crop of wheat' than thero was ut that timo, but the outlook to-day is quite ditferent: it now seems hido-bound, and hes grown but littlo during tha past twenty da; Wheat :ro’l that promived onlys short bo_ono of the Licaviest the State ¥ scen, has chay ! bune, 10, ~Winter wheat ather warm and © od ita brilliant peospect for one of ordluar) ven with favorablo weather frdin this unt vost, spectal Dispaith io. The Trid al Dispaich to The Tridune, Bzataics, Payo Co., June 10, —Winter wheat fn cad and very fue. liye, large crop; wil bo cut this month. * Barlcy is in head. ‘P cold weather basruined tho grasshoppers here, Bpring grain very raok Em‘"h' peciul Dispatch to The Tribune, Fainriziy, Clsy Co., Juno 16.—Our prospects for small graln ara uxcellent; nover befora 20 good s uow. The inu 0pDOT scare {8 OVer; mADY Wero Baiced, but the cold ralns dostroyed (ham. Special Dispatech to The Tribune, Juxiara, Adanis Co., June 10, ~Crops aro look. ing well, Farmers happy. No grasshoppers at sll. N1s20UKL, Bpecial Dispalch fo The Tribune, MansuvisLy, Webster Co., Juno 10.—I have returnced from & trip through Oesge, Morris, snd ki Countles, ou horscback, sud through por- f the Weatorn countles by raflrosd. Every. where the wheat_Is goud; osta ditte. ' Corn ‘ls growing picely, Never wero better prospecta for abuudant crops. Bright sunshine fur “{ho last four days, Farmers {nto thelr corn wilh all tho forco thoy can waster. Bpectal Duspaich 4o a4 Trivu . a o ne, our connty, Proapec & crop of grain vory good. Wa hata no fear of grasshoppera ex- cept those that may come from other places, MICHIGAN, Speeinl Dirpatch 1o The Tridune. Laxnixa, Mich,, Jnne 17.—Reparts from Clin- o, O ¢, Livingston, Inghsm. snd Eaton Countiea show'a eplendid prospect for wheat. The innect w0 far hi t made An appesrance. The avereage In large. Comn in Livingston and Ingham looka thin and bad. ~Potatoca are thrifiy, with a few bugs. In others soms complaint i1~ made of the wire.worm. Of grass thera 18 8 good rrop. Fralt will be plenty, except apples and currants, Apples Iatled to bioasom. and currant bushes were damaged hy warms, Wool [s coming In quite freely ta markel. It has ranged from 30 to 40 cents, according to grade. GRASSHOPPERS, MINXESOTA, Bpectal Dirpatch ta The Tridune, 1iranox, Nicollet Co., June 10,—For three or four vears we have had very cold weather for the season, with an occanlonal dash of rain or a cloud of mist sweeping throuch the alr. Wea had & whita frost on the morning of tha 10th, Corn not caten by *hoppers is badly cut down, Grasstioppera are growing finely: aome have alrendy got their winge, Wheat s already eatcn In this neighborhood, Oata mostly beyond recovery. Corn from frost and ‘hopper bite ean bardly recover. Farmers are preparing for later eown crops of bucke wheat, millet, and Hungatlan grass, and for planting’ early vatletles of corn, potatoes, and beans, Of all tho ways to catch geanshoppers, stitehing seemsto be the most efe fective, The iron pan, with coal-tar and kero. sene, {a heing ueed extensively, and with good euccesson the ficlds of graln; but with all the deyices for thelr destruction It acerin imposatble to defend the crop where they are in furce and hatched out early. Upon culd clay-land they come ont Iate and'seam feeble, and the crops get ahead of them. On dry, sandy soll, thoy come out early and iro ready for tha first 'tender herl that pats orth. Spectal Dispatch to The Tridune. Btooxninn Gnave, Waseca Co.,June 16, —Every body here voted No™ on the bund question. We thought one plague enouch at a time. The *hoppere, e think, have ail hatched nnt, but not in Jarce quantities, Hopper.dozers and ‘coal-tar, ink, will exterminate them. Smail grain s very promising—never more s0, Weatter has been very told, Frost on the Oth Inst, Spectal Dispateh to The Tribune, Kawnirom 8ratton, Kandlyohl Co,, June 17, — Qrs nr ers secn Lo increase, One-half of the grain fields of this connty are entirly bare, and the graln in the reat of tlien {8 badly esten, and is now black with Rllfillll'?)[l!r!- They nwarm every- where, All means to destray thent have failed. e hiave mnado a hard ight, tint are beaten, cial Ispateh to The Tribune. Lake Cnyarat, Bluo Farth Co,, June 17,—It Is only a matterof time. Fields of wheat that Ove or aix days since Jooked promining nro all gone. Oata in soma localitles aro still Inoking weil, but they cannot sland the pressure much longer, Some of the *hopperw sre almost winged, while others are Just hatching, Weatill liope to get rome corn, Rpectal Dieaich to The Tyimune, AvnrxanNpria, Donglas Co., June 16, —Grasshop- pera liave hatched out In great numbers, and have already dono sorions damage to the grain, [t is vet too eurly to give s currect estimate of thelr dai igen, A number of flclds have escaped, but aill et befors they leave, e Special Dispatch {0 The Tridune, ELYa1AN, Lo Bear Co., Juno 18,~The crops are nlllnnrlendhl condition at present, except cormn. which la backward, The'hoppers are dsmaging the wheat and corn in sandy places. Everybody in bury fghting them with tar and firc, and thero 18 o pros- pect that the cropa will bo saved, Specini Dispalch to Ths Tribune, Oxronn, faant) Cory Juno 10.—Farmers are do- #troying the grasshoppers by the bushel with the new Invented sheetiron ‘hopperdosers, In the countien west and sonth they are hatching out in considerable aunnml:-; none In thls county, Small graln aplendid, Special Diepateh to The Tridune, Nonturieen. RlceCo., June 17, ~Tho situation 1n rome localitiea 1n critic: *Hoppers are catin, tho crops in some localitles. Not hero yet, thoug] Yaare .nrx?m of them. Smaltgrain {a Jooking very romising. ¥ Special Dirpateh tn The Tridune. Bra LAK!LFhurbumu Co, . Juna 16— ra ato making scrious work in wheat feldsyvoma elds past recoverlug. Tarand shect-iron aro be- Ing ueed froely, Bpectal Dispateh to The Tribune, Littee Fatue, Morrison Co.. June 10, granshappers In this county, 5o far the croj Vory promieing. RANSAS, Speclal Correspandence of The Tritune. BELLRAAUDE, Kea,, June H.—It keeps on raln- ing. It has zained every day this week, and con- tinuonely durinz the last twenty-four hours, and there are yel no elgns of stopping. Creeks and rlvors: aro” ununually bigh, romu” overflowing, Corn on low land is considcrably damaged.” Grass- hoppers are numerous only in a fow lmited places, and have done, 80 far, but very Jittic dame sge. —No Bpectal Dispateh lo The Tribune, Hianuaxo, Doniphsn Co. , June 10,—In Courlty thefarmer wre Aghi) earnost with coal-oll. ~ Ono farmer killed twelve hushela on eichty acrer. They werc one-third grown, 1t will requiro our utmost efforts to con- quer them, Special Dispatch (o The Tritune, (naxava, Newmaba Co., June 16,—Wao have plenty of grasnhappers, but they do not appear to domuch damage yet. 'In a feir cases thoy oaten the corn. They appear o be working the timber, Fpectal Dirpatch to The Tribune, Goovntey, Linn Co., June JU.—No grasshop. pers. Alliswell. Cropaluok fnc. Tirown Iy{ the locnxts In good 4 TFIRLS. AT XEOKUK, IA, Bpacial Dispateh 10 The Trikune, Krours, Ia., June 17,—Detween 3 and 3 o'clnack thie morning o fre broke out in the packe Ing-honse of James Hlagers & Co, It wav discov- ered 1n Ita first stages by w watchinan onduty, and alurm given ax evon as posallle, hut owing to the remote locatlon, the cambustible patura of tho Luildiog and contents, und tha difficulty or getting waler, tho extablishment was wholly emvejoped before anything could by done toward saving 81, Nuthing win remaved except ths bouks and wapes in the ofiice, Thy structiire wax a frama 200 by 220 feet, and, willi the machinery and fAxturer, wan valued at 815,000, It conlained bo- tween 330,000 arul $10,000 worth of cured-ments, pork, Iard. salt, eto.. all of which wero connnticd. Tife Inaurauico was an follows: On bullding nnd fstures—Unilerweitens', 85,0001 Phienix of New York, ! 3 Nlavara of New York, $2,000; Frankiin of “Philadelphis, 0003 on stock - Underwriters', 85,000: Indurance’ Company of North Ameriea, $5,000: lomo of New. York, $5,000; Fire As-ociation of Philadeiphia, 85,000 Queen'nof Tondon, £5,000; Aitna of {lartford, $5.000. 'I'ho re urizinsted’ oh (ho outside of The building, sud was nu doubt the work of ag fu. cendiary, A GULF S8TEAMEIL, New Onieans, June 17.—The steamer Lizzlo Hence, fur Pensacola, burned to the water's edggo thin worning soven miles from Rejolets, Three lives reported lost,—two negroes aud ono white mon, ‘The ficc was canved by wowd betng pilea noar tha boller, Thu cargo—id sacke of corn, 50 r:lrlrul- flour, and 600 pavkages of sundrica~is o oss, IN CITICAGO, A atill-alarm to Englne Company No, 20, at 5:2 yesterday afternoan. was caused by a defective flue in 8 houso mcur the corner of Wallaco and Thirty-second strects, owned snd occupled by Michae! Meazen.” Damsge nomina), The alarm frum Hox at N was caused by the oxpilosi saloon of John Hichier, nue. Damoge notinal, THE WEATHER, i Wasmixatox, D. C., June 18—1 . m.—~For Lake region, falling Larometer, bigher tompera. ture, winda shifting to southeasterly, clearor partly cloudy weatlier, probably fullowed fu tho Upper Lako recion by rising baromeler, coider, portherly winds, and raln arcas, LUCAL OBIRRYATION. b Lutoaco, Tid, |anv.|nr‘lm.'_|r§m. |2 Iast evening, gasometor 1 tho U Clyoourne at e ——— NEW ORLEANS CUSTOM-HOUSE. Nxw OncEads, Juns 17.—The Custom-House Commission, consisting of Gen. Baruey, Speclal Agent, Chalrman, ex-Congressman Sheldon, and ex-Confederat Collector 1latch, returoed to this clty to-day from a four daye' Inepection of Cus- toms stations from Rigsletz to the gulf. It s underatood they have sgreed upon & plan which will consulidate 80d reduce the cxpenscs of thess statious, and jutcrposs & niore electual barricr to the exiensive smuzzling uow carrled on Ly meaos of the numberless bayous and outlets exisilog uear the wouth of the Nissiwslppl. They will to-mor- Tow entor upon an Investigation of the $ystem of e weighing, gauging. s ralaing ¥ Yeu.1j in 1B8 edicnatre Gice o .unxn'z\%" 0455 faw WASHINGTON. More Quesses Concerning the Chicago Collectorship, Donn Platt Recants, and Now Supports the I'resident’s Policy. The White Sulphur Springs to Be a Political Hot-Bed 'This Summer. Chlef-Justice Waite Disgusted with the People of South Carolinm. An Office-Holder Who Would Not Take & Hint Given n Kick. Spectal Dispateh 15 The Tribune, Wasixorox, D, C., June 17.—A Chicago gen- tleman who has srrived hero Iy authority for the statement that the Chicago-Collectorship contest has assumed & new phase, and taat Whllam Hlenry Smith and Reprexentatives Aldrich and Brentano have agreed upon n new man who has never yet been named in conncction with & Goverament of+ Bco. ‘The same muthority eaya that the candidate waa fret auggested by William Ilenry Smith, Gen, dJullus White bas been very stronely pressed for the position, particularly on the ground that be re- slgned tho ofice to go into the Warat a very cone aiderable persoual sacrifice. 00LESBY, 1t 1a very certaln that Uav, Ogleaby, before leav- ing here, did not urge the appolntment of Gen, Julina White ar Collector at Chicago, a4 has been reported. Uglesby. on the contrary, from the first hag been oppuscd to White's appoiniment, Ugles. Ly's only candidate has been Sheridan Wulte, whom he did recommend to the President lnst week, Ozleshy changed hin recommendation for the Manne HMospital Snrgeon at Chicago after he had read the reporta of the tnvestization, In which Dr. Isham ls e0 severely censured for gross neg- lect of auty, AND BATAN CAME ALRO. Trenident Hayd tand most astonfshing con- vert ta Doun Platt's Capital, which advised xls gueation day., To-day's issue cditorinl which concludes as **T'o sit and make mouthn ot a President ped to creute—to be shouting frand and usiiig violent lanupze—ia in the worst posmible taste, to say the lcast of It. In that sort of chiid. Ish condnci they must count us vut. Mach to our amazement, Hutberford 18, Hnyes s carrying ont the Demyceatic policy an announced on the Demo. cratic platform, We who wanted to kill him, a8 they nsrczt, are now equally anxioun to give that ralu:y 8 fair trial, and. on that acconnt, have very ittle sympathy wilh the white-chokered, swallow- talled old frauds of the Manhuttan Club.* WIIITE SULPHUN SIRINGS, A morning newspaper eaye that Preaulent Hayes has engaved 8 cottage for the Iatter part of July and Auguet at the White Sulphur Soringe, Virzinia, nnd ‘that_the principal Hepublican statesmen as well as Democratic asvirants for the Speakership and ofMiclale of the llouse will then assenible there, —that, in short, the Forty-ffth Congress wiil ba organized at the White Sulphur Bprings, and that, if there s nny chance to organize it upon a lte- publican basls, the fact will be developed there, WIHISKY. Charlea IReed wlll present to Secretary Sherman anTuesday a petition for tho reopening of the cane againet itocile, Jnnker & C., and will proba- bly make & new pn'J-EolHIon of compromise, leed will seek to have the Junker case placed on the same footing as thatof Heslug, The letter from Comnussioner Raum to the District Attorne, directing tho reopening of tho Ilesing cane, has been forwarded. “llic reopening of the Judyment, alro, reicases one of two _uthiers bealden llening, Charles wart, of Chicago, has arrived here, and aeekaa Consulat appolntment CINEP-JUSTICE WAITE INDIGNANT. Chiof-Justice Waite, since his rutarn from try. Ing the Ellenton rivt cascs, gives free expreesion to the manner In which he was received there, Soclally, he was really insulted. and himself and his fanuly ill-treated, Mra. Walte was avolded Dby the wives of the chivalry. The Chicf Justice ta said to have expresscd the opinion that. in his Jndement, o wiite man In South Carolina could ot ha convicled of any offense ngainst & negro. A MOUSE RUNNING UL GEN. DADEAU'S CLOOK. Dockeray, of North Carolins. bas told some of hin frienda hero that the President hias recently (n- formed bim that he woald appaint him Conaule General o London fn place of_ Badean, who has Nield the niice for elglit yenrs, - Nu changas will be made in this mission nntil after Gen, Grant has comploted his visit to England. This, it {s under- ¥tood, was Gon Grunts Jast requeat. 1f Docker- ay's statement proves trug, the family rale nsto appointments Is” not to run iu the Btale Deparc. meut, as unclmly"- #on Lina aircady becu appoint- ed Conaul to Le root, It s aald that ex-8enutor Pool, of North Caro- Una, barely ecscaped buing sppolnted Saliciior of the Treasury, ashe also barcly escaped beine appointed to & Cabinet ponltion.” Lils uamo was under advisement for both placea, BMALL GUEENUACKS. The following facts in revard to legal-tender $1's and $2's are furnished from the Trensury with the conrent of the Secretary: The shipwent” of thesg denaniinations 10 banks wae stopped Aprii2l, Sinco that dnte aud up to Juns 15 none wers slilpped 1o Lanks, Dotween the dates named 200,000 In theso notes were acnt to the Sub- ‘I'reasurics. There has been no effort to et these Lille an, and all that have reached the Treasury have cume In tie due course of the businees of redemption, There has been no effort ta sort oot these billa for disiribution. The outatandine nntes of theae denominations April 24 were as follows: Ones, $27, L. 000 twos, §27,270, (0. On June 5 theae flgures had fallen to: Ones, $25, 5k, 000 ; N mx&o!nlllnfl off for hoth de- matlons of S, Yeaterday tho ship- ment of thease small notes in limited quantition was begnn again for banke and those sending National Hank or greenliack currency for redemotion, and the ‘Treanury hiere sleo begin (o furnlsh them for cuange to the amount of $10 10 ench applicant, BECHETANY SCHUNLZ 70 the Western Asocialed Irea, Wastunaton, 1, C., dunc 17.—Kecretary Schurz aguin proununces aa slanderonsly uniray the re- cently repeated story of his botrowing waney from George Schnelder and then paying the debt by have ing ham sppainted to the Swine miselon, The Sec. reiary ulso saye lio n ad any pecuniary truns- actione with Sch: er, and took no in the movement for nvsm!ntmem. further than to state that be belleved i to be 8 wan of guod rep. utution and business nbility, 'S LAMENT, AN OFPICEIOL. A spocial agent of tho P cently unpointed from a_Kout master-General Key, having been assigned (o duf which o finds quita arduous and sometimes dis- agreeable, bas wrilten a lotior to tha Depurtment 1 which he complaina of the work to which he b been ansipned, and saya that when appainted he supp atica would be limited 1o his own Sitate, where he could bu ** mowt usoful to the Ad minlatration" and uid his party fricnds In bublding ur au Administration party, lle also wrute to the Chie Speeini Agentand expressed hin carnest deslro {hat the matter whiould bo brouaht Lo tha pereanal attention of the Pastmasier-Oeneral, lnlluvlnf that ho would sustaln thisview of the case, Judgo Key replicd in the following letter: POSTOPFICE DEFAKTHENT, WAMLINGTON, June I =l =, Rpecial deRI=DEAL BIR: Tarke Chict of Bpectal Agcnts of this Departivent, hianded me & lelter of yaurs, writien to- him, dated 10t Inst. ~ You certalnly Iahor und:r a soi it 411 he re charged with simitar undenatandtugy. . ppecial Awenta of *depredatlon Dranch f of the service he fiutgrtant duty of detecting {hices aml Fsealt, A stranuer ts more i ceed fi s duty than ono who s wull kuown, ¢, BUF Akents uat often be seut where they are UBknuwg, and iiust Ku atd ba ready ::,&:v suywhere and everywhere as the ecxigencics of gervice may demainl. They must ofieu leave the ot ud Ko (060 the moukialns and ter. racback mid day (i TaIn, ayeeat detendrat Not uniicyucuily, do sgenlanot weehong Luaf 1o tweary:our, allke mistaken In the other ter. You were nut ape pointedto vruatte and ufan Adminlstration 1LY 1l FOUF BUALe, OF ¢ltawhiers. | Y 0u wero appointed v do thi work of the P'ost-Oiftice Depariment. serve your party best by dolug thet work, aod b ahall - lake in " reinovin, an syeat and whea discovey that bo has tie to to variy-organiza: ton and party dlaciplines W Lave Do gr orce AW s Dieecksary 15 4o work. { Are not, 11 not,” give speclsl priviieges to sn; I 1give yuu specific serritory | must doso for everyother agent. 1 iufkht aa well dlsband the forca Rsiothis, Every sgeut must bo s workor, t4e must Byt unly e poady Lut w L to 20 anywiicrd in al sorts uf weatlier, un Ronebarks o touty 1 need be, 10 1o whatever work e beodsi. |1ko the saliter, te muat vty onders witbout complalit, ‘or cicctiod, ue crlii clani,” Tralyy 0.3l Kx¥, Postmaater General, —— INDIANS IN WASHINGTON TERRITORY, Sax Francisco, Cal,, Juoe 17.—A Portland dls- patch says a dlepatch to-day from Licut. Wilklne son, now at Wallula, conveys startling news of an uprisiug of Indiaus, and that they were murdering whitce at Mount 1dabo, situated wizty milcs from Lewiston. He neked Lo bave a boat Jlapatched at once from Wallawalla to couvey soldiers to Lewls- ton. The order has been complled with, and all availablo lnlor allawalla dispatehod at once to slio scene of the difficulty. Anotber dispatch suys several sotilors living on Cottoawood Creek have been massacred Ly the Indiane, aud tho wce- senger who brought the jutellizenco to Lapwal waa wounded, betng entrapped by savages. GUen, Howe snd, whu' is béyond Wallaws bas just tele- graphed to Ad) cn. Wood, of this city, to for ward all available truops witbout delay 10 the scens ©of the trouble. tireal exscitement prevails. It le thought the Isports havo been exaggersted, Full pacticulars will soun be knowa. —— — UNEMPLOYED WORKMEN., Buecial Disyatch fo The Tribune. Inpia¥aroLie. lud., Juno 17.—The unemployed workinginca bave joined themscives Intoa regular organizativn, with articles of asaoclation, under the style of **the Protective Labor Unton." The Conatitutlon provides: **To eliminate from the e 1 tdlaem s dnid besdn who are ever on hand to draw rations, but never reaay to work, ‘This organization 1 anly for the Indnstriona bee, and haeno place for drones. To recnre Ly wise couneel and nnanimity of action from the commonwealth snch relief an will enablu the witling workmen Lo appropriate to these nwn nse the products of thelr own labor, 2l to be done in an ordetly manner, an becomen I biding cite fzenn.™ W, Chiiton, st the head of the organiza- tion, is a regniar Communiet, and the assaciation tllll do nothing butharm e long 28 it s in his cone trol. CRIME. STABBING. Bpectal Correspondence of THE Tribune. Drcatvn, 1lh, June 15, —Yesterdsy a man named Kingaley came here from Indiona, to visit his mother and stepfathiar, named Lane, who live fBve oreix miles 1o the country, Ife was intox. fcated, and Iate lsel night started for home. He wan accompsnied by, or fell in with, one Lune, n Lrother of hia stepfather, and they got Into a quatrel, Lane stabbed Kingeley, and, lear- In¢ Wm in the road, went home and told Kingsley's mother that he had cot him all to Plecen. Aldwaneent to nim: but. in the mean- ime, parties comine alonz the road found him, bim up. and Lrought him to lown, physician wae called. and found that he had been #labbed in twenty.aix piaces, There were righteen etsha in his back, some of them penetrating the Jungn, Jio will probably die during the dav. ’ The origin of the dificulty is not known, Sherift Forat- meverand Officer Tucker went afier Lane, bot have ot returned up to the present titme, FOUL PLAY. Fpeciad Ditpaich to The Tridune. Dasviie, il June 17.—Francls Galliger, an employe of the Chicago, Danville & Vinceanes Rallroad, was found dead on the track of the To- ledo, Wabash & Weatern Rallroad, near the Ver- million bridge, this mornine. A Coroner's jury wos impaneled, and a partial investigation of the case has led to the pretty gencral concinnlon that the man was murdered, and hix remaine placed up- on the track to conceal the crime, It seems, from the evidence already obtalned, that Galliger was in the habit of receiving remittances of money from friends at slated intersaia, and the supposi- tion 13 he had recelved a remittance, and has been murdered for his money. The jury hoa adjourned until to-morrow morning, when the will agal: be taken np, ‘ Rt RESISTING AN OFFICER. Bpectal Dispateh (o The Tribune. Mexpora, 1L, Junc 17, —~While night-watch. man Cane was cndeavoring to take an Irishman named Maher to the lock-up last nizht, Edward Coleman, Alderman for this city and baggage. master for the Chicago, Burllngton & Quincy Rail- road, came to the aseletance of Lhe prisoner, en. abling him 1o escape and dizarming the policeman. ‘The Aldermnn was subscquently jocked up for obstructing the policeman in hln duty, but was liborated this morning by the Mayor. THE HENDIRIX FUNERAL, Bpectal Divpateh to The Tribune, Broomxutox, Ill., Juse 17.-~The faneral of Fred Hendrix and wife, the wifc-marderer and suf. cide and his victim, occurred to-day at Oldtown Church, near the acenc of the tragedy. At leant peoplo were prescnt, attructed to the oeris ble acene by curiosity snd aympathy, ————— IOWA. The Shermans—'Hoppers—Important Litiga- tion. Specint Correrponaence of The Tribune. DesMoixes, 1a., June 10.—Warhington corre- spondents have got the DesMolnca branch of the 8herman famlly bodly mixed, There le noncof the name of lMogh, Thereare four brothers: dohn, William Tecumseh (the General), Lampron P., and Tloyt,—the latter two residing (n this city., Hoyt Yiolds no ofiice under the Federal Government. L. I’. was svpointed Revenue Collector by Gen. Grant, o8 saccessor to Mr. Goodrell, who died In ofiice. 1l Je devcrvedly popular, anul has been re- tained in offica at tho speclal and ehrnegt request of citizens of all partier, becauso he is conaldered the best man for tho place in the District. 1fe s not a politictan, and kas Jittle to do or say sbont affairs outsidsof his oftictul dutics. Prof, Reltley, of the Natlonal ‘Hopper Commis- slon, was in the cityn dayortwo agu, amd wan visited by a large number of peoplo who are In- tereated in the grasshopper question, The Pro fessor waa affable and commuinleath ving con- cise and lnlelllfienl r!clle! to all Inqu! From the ranniis fusllade kept up acalnet lum, it was pathered that the ‘hoppers which come down upun A fropi the northwest are indizenoun to & wection of country he denominated Hubh-Alpine, the ex- treme north In Dakota and Montanu, extending into the liritish posaeasions, o docs not think their emigration 1n caused by hungeror want of forage, but from overcrowdinit: they gettoo thick. He “mays their raids hav been made periodically ~ for many years, but unno- ticed because this Hiate' han hut recently been rettled and the land on which they stopped oce cupied, Hesays they will not, and cannot, sur- vive and propagato in thia section. The second generatiun diea in embryo. _According to bia theo- 77 the ruld the part two yearehanso thinned out the *hopyers in their native haunts that no raids will be mate for several years tu come, Liko the sbd, they instinctively retarn to thelr native home, Those that are batched hore will tiae, and, with the winds from the Gnlf in June, July, and Aoz- ust, it back nortiward. The extermination of the ‘hoppera here reducen the stock far batcling iu tha Nurthweat. Such bas been the effort niade tu «: terminate, and so great haw been the loss of evsw, tnat tho Professor apprebende but hittle dauuice in thin State frowm the "hoppers. A few days ogons farmer s few miles northof Perry, in Dallas County, discovered a swarm of *hoppers on n forty-scry_teld. which were all ho could find on hin farm. Ile took & long tronsh which had been ueed for feeding hoge, attached axtes at each end, plucod It on two wugon-wleels, filled It uearly fall of water, and attached a wite boand on one side, projecting forwand. 1lu poured & quantlty of Ketosene on the waier, uud then stacted Lhe trough vack and forth acroes the fehd, The "hoppers wonld ride, nud. stnking azatust the bourl, wunld fall Inte the trouek: und, the wo- went hey touched the & they tarned up theirfoea In this way, in he rid the fichl wod hin_ farm of inpnen ciired uver two Lushels, by actual measure, of *hopbers, A simtlar contrivanco is being used with gieat suy lten in l‘ilm *hopper countics, aud the crope are be- ne maved. ‘The caso of Small va. tho Chleago, Tock Istand & Vaclfic Railroad Company, nuw Ueforo the Su- preme Conrt on appesl, presente & very fmportant polnt far Iitizwtion. Bumall recovercd dauiages of ho ltallrond Compuuy in the Courl below, for the destruction of o savemill by locomotive Fparks, under the Codo of 1873, The Company clalin that the clause in the sixtule under which the Judg- ment wus rendercd s uncunetitutional, on the raund that It wa & new ennctuient of new la njected into the Codo by the Commlsloners wit out authority, and contrary to the intent of 1 PETROLEUM. Interest nlanifosted In New Ol Intens: Sirikes In Pennsylvania-:-Fallure of » Dig Qil and Land Operatoe, Spectal Correspondence of The Tridune. Port Ricunosv, Pa., June 15,—The lutelligence of numerous grest ‘*strikes* (n the new Bulllon. Run and Summit-City petroleum-reglons, and the snnouncement of the Snancial embarrassment of Frederick Prentice, Prestdent of the Producers' Convolidated Land & Petroleum Company, are creatlng onc of the liveliest sensatlions the oll-trade has experienced for a long time. ‘The leadiug oll-operators have regsrded with conalderabla_anxlety (ne contlnucd heavy de- preciation of pwiroleuns production tn the old districia, and bava awalied With geeat interest the developments at Bullion and Sommit Tho successful tesult of the operations at those places bas restored the confidenco of the oil:men, ‘who now El'll""lun agree. that Pennsylvania's i portant and valuable petroleum-inteceat exhibite no sizne of flickering out, as thers was an indicae tion at oue fime would bu'the case. Several wells In tho newly-discovered districte 1o spurting forth the oleagiivus cowpound at the rate of 1,500 ba l‘:r ay, wh nuwmber of other wells are doing between' 500 aud 300 barrel dally. The aggrecated production of the cru article reaches between 2, 000 and 33, 000 barre perdicm; and this will 00w sllow & goud percent- agu of the uil to bo stucked. Upto the time of the new strikes a henvy draln wasrbeing wade upon the *‘taoked oll.” Tiis Wil probably bu stopped, aad the demaud supplied by the pipe-line cobipani The Culumbia Cone duit Company bus trausported 8,000 “wrrels, while Its wtock un hand is 490,000 barrel ‘Fhg condition of the United, Nutlousl, Uuton, sod Funnsylvania Trsneportation Companies 18 equally as with excellent pro:nises fuc the tuture, 1t will be remembered that, & short tiwe sluce, a schemo was \lfllflnllld by the Potte and Prentlce Companies to form & combination o mwonvpolize the production, traneportation, refiniog, und mar- ketlogof oll. "As toe project wae started with vast capltal, snd co-Operated In by aeversl principal trunk. rellroads. (be petroleum operators, rofine; nd vtbers interested, were ap- prebensive of oucroschment npon their busiuess, 31 the announcement of the origin of the com- bination created surpriss in sone circles, this has nuw been increased to satonlshmicnt by the rather unexpecied and startling statement that Frederlck Prentico fulled. ‘This gentleman, who fe credited with being oou of the sharpest and strewdest oil, railroad, and land speculaiors. was B centeal dyura in the propascd wagnificent schemo (0 control the vest petroleuui-operations uf tho State, From what cau be Jcarued, tha estent of the faillure 1s great, and all of Mr. Prentice'sinlercaty ars more or lcws atlected. 1t has becu curreutly kuown to the oll-trade that Mr. Preutice bus been waterially ssefated 1o his §Eoat_enterprisve by the Boslon mausyera of the ol Uemds i ceaTa Caemmanirs st 000 822 . fhe railrouds of the country amounted to § acertained that the precont embarraerment of Ne. P whl woon e satisfactortly adjusted to )l intereats concerned, Tiin liabilitics are eatimated at between $450,000 and $:500, 000. This trouble will 2ive » check 1o the eatablish- fhent of the propared combination, bat t in thongbt the other inferenta involved will make rach finan. ¢ial and raflroad arrangementathat iy will be fnally and anccesafally organized. OBITUARY. JOHN PETTIT, OF INDIANA. Laraverse, Ind., Jone 17,—Tho Hon. John Pettit died to.night, aged nearly 70 years. Hehas been United States Henator, Representative in Congress and in the Lewislature, Mayorof this city, Jadgeof the Circult Court, and Sopreme Jndge of Indlana, besides holding nnmerons rob- ordinate positions, le was United States District Judge of Ka Territory at the time of the bor. der ‘euffan troublea in 1854, and haa cut a con- spicuous figure 1n public affairs, s FEX-SENATOR PRATT. Looaxsvont, Ind,, June 17, —Fz-United States Senator . D. Pratt died of heart-disense thie morning. e wan sitting in bia chalr dictating to his daughter, Mrs, E. 8. Huntington, feeling as seell a5 nsual, when he gave & ga and, before bis daughter could reach him, ho Wl‘l dead. He was G4 yearsof age, Special DispateA to The Tridune, 18p1ANAPoLIR, June 17.~The news of the death of ex-Senator 'ratt wan received herg with deep regret, where Le wae well known and highly re- spected, eapecially by members of the bar. JOIIN 8, C, ABBOTT. Nrw Havex, June 17, —The Rev. Jobn S. C. Abbott, the historil dled ol Anotts o ian, dled at Fairbaven to.day MISCELLANEOUS, Special Dispateh 1o The Trisune, Senewariruey, 1L, June 17.—Judge Thomas Moflitt, an aged citizen of Springfield, wan buried from the Second Preabyterian Church to-day, lle was appointed Connty Judge under the Constitu. tion of 1847, llecame to thiscity fn 1828 from Kentacky, where he waa born in 1707, e was QOrecrly Seryeant Iu & Sangamon County company inthe Winnebagn war, and, later, was Uaptain in the Blackliawk war, ile was marrled n fow nionths since to his prother’s widow, Mgaruix, Tenn., June 17, —James M. Willlam- non, an uid'and prominent citizen, for many years Preaident of the Memphis Gns-Light Combany, died laat evening, aged i), TIUE LAILROADS. BTOCKS AND DIVIDENDS, The New York Tribune has wade an Interesting compllation of dividends now pald on rallroad etocks {n the United States as compared with dividends paid daring the flecal year 1875-'G, Ouly fifty-une ruads not leased arc recorded as having. paid dividends on thelr entire stock within the half year ending June 1. The amonnt assigned each rond for 187t5-°7 In based on tho rato now be- ing poid, and is the total which, if that rate con- tinuen, will bo disbureed in dividends within the current year. The par valuc of the stock In the fifty-une roadsin question is 25H1,001,57, and Ihe‘! are nuw paving divicends st 8 rate which will tnuke the aggregate anount thus pald $40,458, 8n averaze of sbout 715 per cent. The sanse roa pald iast year dividends smounting to $40, 675,850, sliowlng s decreace of & little uver &6,000,000. Nine of the ruade are now paying at the ratc of 10 per cent per nnnumi aixteen at the rate of B; four at the rate of 7; thirteen ot G per cuent; one at big per cent; one aL5 per ceat; three atdper ceut; one at 'l cent: oue sl U r cent 'for common and 10 per cent rlfr referred stock; one at 3 for common and [ Tof preferred and one Kt 4 Tor chiintn sl ¢ for preferred, 51z or seven of the roads show aa {ncrease in dividends; twetve or thiricen a fall. Ing off; while the remainder of the #fiy-one present nochunge, Sixly-une Jeased roads are in the dividend-pay- Anu elan The stock of these roads amuounia to $177, 803, 05 d the dividends are at the rate in the sguregals 2, 810,737, Eleven roads, with preferred rtock amountis $45,408, 003, sre paying dividends upon such stock only. ' The auivuut Ao pald (e al the rate of &5, LI, 778 Ieports liave not been recelsed from minor leased roads, withi a caplta) stock of asbout $£17,- 000,000, and which last year paid 81,203, 628 in dividends, nor from sixtcen small roads, with capital stock of 2411, 015, which paid 8250,100 alvldends In 1870-°0. Estimating theec two claases 23 ow payiug tho same as last year, the compara tive totals are s follows: Capltal atock of rail- e panl, . d, 1870-'0, 8011, K80, 3107 en upon current paying rat 7,874 070, This shows a decresse of 80,017, 240)tn the amount af dividende. 74, 204, 81+, The total reduction, on the basia of the | est dividends, Ia unwards of 816,000,000, A ticn of this (a tritlo over $i1, 000,000 i accounted for by the falllng off on the dividends of the roads now paying a percentuza ta atockholders; the ra- matuder 1a explamed by the non-payment of any dividenda during the Jast half-year by companies which paid In I875-'0. Tweniy or iwenty-five fuads have discontinued payment since 1875-°0, The avove Agures show that railroads, as a whole, dld not pay at ns good & ratc during the past sl months us they did during the preceding year, which was 8 poof one for tho bumneen, They also show, however, that the rallroad interest In i very fulr condition after sl, taking everything into cone aideration, Neurly all thu raliroads have intereat on a heavy bonded Indebtediess (o pay. anda large numer of them mankge not ouly ti'do this, but to pay & fair perventage un the capital investad, NOMORE LOW FARES, New Yonrw, Junc 17,—It appoars that at a meot. ing of raliroad P'resldents here Friday night an ar~ rangement was made which restores the uld passcn. ger rates to-morrow, The time-table of 3May 14 will be resumed Juno 25, ol da haviog the £iht to make the same time between SL_Loutu and New York as made on the Pennsylvania Roud. TIRMSB, ‘The dispatch from New York annoancing theend of the faettrain war causcs tnuch satisfaction lo rallway circles here. ‘The Informatiun recetved so for 16 very nieazer, Asfar 84 can bo Judeod at present, the compromisa be 8 victory for Vanders bilt and the Watmsh, and a complete backdown on the part of Col. Thomas Scott. The Wabash Road, sccurding La the dispateh, will Lo permitted to run Its fust truln ae estabiintied May 14, while the othor roads will have to go back iu regular schedulo thmo, The arrangement {4 very nisalisfactory to Chicago mnd (Lo roade leadin? from (his city to suuthwestern polats, and complicatiohs will svoner or later arise, The Chicago, Milwaukee & &1, Tanl Railroad in tn recoipt of crop sepurts from ail polnts un 1ty line. According o these reports, the cropaare 1n goud conaitiun at nearly every point, aud the pross lmcll for # full barvest Were never more proutistug ban they are a present, The lfilnlgun ho Chicapo & Lake Huron Ttaad are naki ments 10 put on ita road through paseenger (raipe after tho 1st of next mouth. Thus far only frerght trulns have been Fun over the e et et —— e CANADIAN NEWS, . Special Mspaich to The Tridune, MoxTreal, June 17.—News from Oka fe to the effcct that all i qniet. Reporters have gone to St Placide, back of the bush, presumably on account of the growing {1l-feeling agalnst them manifevied by the ** habitants.” Prayers were offcred in the Methodist chiurches here to-day on behalf of the Indiane. A private dispatch navas that a lar hrown through s window of the lev. 31 rent’s house last night. Particulars of the arc not at hang, A subject which is belng frecly discussed here fs whether the Orangemen will walk on the 12th of 1y completed portions of the road, W, i July or mot. . The Irish Catholic Uniup, 2.000 lu\luf. 1s drilting and preparing to turm out that y, Il the Ursngemen do. [t will march in pro- cutalon and meet them at some convenient polnt, 1118 not kuown yut whelher the Orangenien ean sccare & church in which to hold ssrvice, and in the meantime maoy of the oldest members object o a walk, e — INDIANAPOLIS, Bpectal Duspaich o Tha Tridune, Ixpraxavous, Ind., June 17.—Three churches opened 1n this city (o-day with new pastors,—the Third Presbyterian with the ltev, Robert Sloss, of Titusville: St. Paul's Cathedral with the Rev. J, Saunders Reed, of Cincinnati; and the Central Avenue Methodlst Buiuogl Church, & new or- xfllntlon, with ihe Rev. Dr. Andrus, of Evans ville, EXCURSIONISTS. , al Dispalch ta The Tribuse, DoBrQUE, 8., June 17.—The excumlon from Clinton snd Lyons, kiven under tho auepices of the Catholic socleties of those citics. arrived this morn- ingati0a'clock. There were eleven conchen fited full, aud rame even on the ontside on the raof—. almost 1,500, They praceeded firstto tha Cathe- dral, sttended high mase by Bishop Hennessy and ancloguent sermon by Father Hurke, and then eeparated over the city, sceking enjoyment and leasure in different ways, Ti ;fl clock this evening, i hepturiedRome o CASUALTIES. KILLED BY A STREET-CAR. Epecinl Dispateh in The Tridune. BrrLnazox, Ia., Jone 17, ~Duting the fire tast night 0, K. Vinton triedto jamp on the forwanl platform of & strect-car which was in rapld mo- tion, ‘The Iron guard strack him in the breast and he tell ander the car and wae dragged A short . dis- tance. Tle was 2 very heavy man, and, when taken up, his neck wn:’!mmd l’n be hrnkcn‘f‘nnd he died almost fostantly. fle was of the firm of Swindler & Vinton, Iu-u{ contractore, and an old gesltent of the tity, widely known and respected. He leaves a wile and famii DROWNED. St Jonxsaeny, Vi, June 17, —~Malthew Welch, Patrick Doherty, and John Dilley wera drowned In the Passale liver this momning by the opsettivg ofaboat. They were llnloxlenu’d‘ L ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. Mexrms, Tenn., Juno 17.—The Rev. S. C. Lnwk, a prominent Raptist minister of Tanola, Miss., accidental] s HMine:: Acchdentally shiot himself Friday, producing —————— I0WA POLITICS, Bpectal Dispateh to Tha Tribune. T, PrEAsAYT, Ta., June 10.~The Repudllean County Convention of this (Ilenry) connty met to- day (erery township represented), and eelected a full fiet of delegates favoring the nominstion of Gov, Newhold, The following resolution was unanimonsly adopted with hearty applause: Hewolred, That this Cunventivn. trengnizing fn the Hlon, Jushita tl, Newbold the patriatic. citizen, the bravesotdior, and ihe in tn'rum’:fl ¢ leginlat il thag e ias iled with erodit b himsedt anid satisfaction 1o the penjla the different positine to which e fias hect LY, PrOARS i 1 the gt Conveutlu for e psition of tiovernor, - % HHAW - — ‘Thomass Ii, Prntan, f the E Ineurance Conpiany, sa ANl Lt n Broadway, New York, have had exvetience, and know Dr. Gil iment Iudide of Ammonia is the cleancst, niceat, and moat perfert combinatian that has cver cana nefure the publie, 1t never nolls, 18 not greasy, is agreeanle amul pleasant. at (he sama timn w0 efect unl and beneficlal, [ have not only used it myeell and fanily, bal iaen iven 1t to many aMictcd with aches, paine, aml brufses, and all willingly unite In testifying to Its wondlerfal and great ment, Thoras B, PrxtON. Farsale by all druggists, BUSINESS NOTICES. Town Talk—*The 1* Bach plug has 2 waod tag. Everybody like i1, cs’ Line eer ! plag tobaeca, Itinnow tho favorito, FMEDICAL. S S SANFORD’S RADICAL CURE For CATARRH IS UNIVERSALY RECOSMENDED. Ve hate Just recelved & communieation tom near: every drugaint in New Kngiaunl and the Wesh, snd thy testinony Ix universally in 13v0F of SANZORD'S RADICAL Crne ¥or CATAUKIL = We belleye there never was & remedy 80 popular wherever known, and ceriainly wa fevl that thiere hever was one more deserving of prajse. Fuunded upon correet sctenting prinelplcs, and calciis Iated by the moat accomplistied phywiciana to mees tho reverest fornis of Catared, the cn) de by It hava not only el BumETuUsy but k1 remarkuble 8150 excite public attention ainl cause the xale to esceed tenford that of any similar remedy ever before eompounded, While miany are anxious o make publc their testt mony in favor of U KANIeAL CURK, Oihers—and aniong this number. may b found many of our Most rrapecied cltizens—dlslike L become pubiicly identined with 8o lonthsol sease, lence, In the followin, togive ttie name, but are permite aycall upon us petsaually to nd tostate the Mu'{ly and condition of lh{cunlz‘- fore and after usink the ADICAL CURk, and siso (DaG Eeutienian occuples & repaualble oaico 1n ono of vur uny, e quote: ** 1 would pot for the world permit my name to by uned, Mithouxh T limva 10 doNBE 1t Would be oF hepens 10 Tthny Bow suflering as 1 have safored; b AUEGL statement of iy cases B * For two years I haye: f. rnmldu% DYery d n singlenlght wittions & uUp once or twice ta free my throat fre: e maticr that had dropped loto it during sleep, und Oually { coughed daring nll this thne. Kluce tnking the RADIOAL CURR! bavo taken no potmnsn e¥{ ammanlu,, slept noundly overy ulghit without nne or diatress ¢ not n particle of matter by prd Into my throat durlog sleep, und oves symplon of u coukh bax lefy me,?? : B e of as A wonderful result truly. aii will say, who know’ o can rralize the extent and scverity of thits case. The cntieman bias hiad sighteen hotile ihe skuptical that there Corux, 'lts mode of 2 in new and original. Tknuring the Qb preciic | remedica, Dr. Sanfond sciected anew flcli, and basdemonsirated his moshod. tohe the only propet and never-fafliuy treatmeat, X Tecumimendations are from DRUCCISTS, Tho are competaut witactses to the work 1t s dally olng: 1 Cure ved the best Haure B pYel e Dot femedr R Haverhill, Mass, 1 el uantities of yonr 8: ' It L T e M ‘ Tisddetons, e, Sanford's Fadieal Cure {a haviog & good safe. Iols hat the bean il Just what peuple have wm‘\x. QERNY, . Parle, Me, 1 have kept Banfont's Rtadtcal Care on hand since ita At tutoduction, and the eale and sattefaction {n lts i uhiequaled by &7 OLhEY Miiar DrepATee Ty Ko R T o L tise lave ey o WIThiG ity Kuuwiedke, Wa th W % Kending, Mass, 1 have sold Sanfurd's iadical Cure for n year or mor and it stauds the tess thic of auy siniflsr temedy L €1 suld, L. DWEN, ik, Me. Wa recommend 0o other cure, ad have no troubio fa selliu it LLF, EVANS & CO, Banford's Tladieal eare has given universal 0w tu sl Iy custuiuers, ana above sll other me nouccens w + CARKY, Haverniil, Mass, Eanford's Radical Care selle well, andls very much upapords fadical Care selle gobl, gadle sery m Baigervilis, Mle, b package containe Dr, Banford’s Improved Inbale Rind full directions for its tso fn sl cases, F atall Drogs Far! n {og Jule, 'rlve 81, Fursale by ail Wholeasls ami EDL throuktivul the Duiled Statvs. WEKKS & PU’ TEIL Ueticral Agcute aud Whoiessis Diusgists, COLLINS' VOTAIC PLASTERS. N Flectro-Quivanic Dattery, combined with ¢ celebraled Meslcated Foraus Piaater, forming tha gTandest curative sgent tu tie. warld of thediciae aad utterly surpassing sl other 1lsators Deretvfore 10 use. They accolmplishy mura i ne week that Lo 0ld Fiastars ina‘whole year, They do bot pakilata, De) OVis. Lo~ stant peliel aforded U Rheumnrism, Neuralgia, Paralyals, Cramps, N, Vitue’ Dauce. Sclatics, 131p Complaiuts, Spionl Affections, Nervous Pulus mod Irritae tlops, Eplicpay or Fite proceeding from Khocke (v tho Nervous System, Ruprures sud Sirniue, Fracturss, lrulws, Contusions, Weak Muscles mnd Jolnts, Nervouz sad Foeble Muscular Actlon, Great Norencss nud Palo In suy Part of the Body, Weak aud Pajuful Kidoeys, Great Teudernese of ¢l Kidoeys, mnd Weak and Lame Back, caussd by Chronte Inflamwailon of the Hidarey o confident are the proprictors 1n tha great valug of this Plasiar over all ottier Plasters tlat they d Dealtats to curative propersies than sli vl piice of each. vie.: 23 cep every sullerer in thic laad. Loadd iog whiat you call fur. Soldeverywhors. Beut by mall, caretully N 113 Tor sia, oF #3.5 for. TweIvo, iR, Proprictors, Boston, wrapped warmanteL ul recelly of pride, 3% ceuta for ot EEKS & PUTS ROYAL BAKING POWDEN, ROYAL BAKING POWDER Absolutely Pure. £uch by the tntrinfc mert of the Rovas BAxtN® 2 the standard Powder. c n the cOTDLry testify W its superfority over all others. and that It will 4 A oy aiher Eind. 14 1a wafmagted abed) LT Its great sircagtn, superior themelvea 0 every intelligent Housckeeper who Wil give & a eled, puwder, 1 f the al d thad R will keep any. LN Qf Ll ¢m any oli 3 R NP R U T e WD, Lhatto-day throughout (he country 1k stands 1y miond b it & housanda uf the 6 fartlicr sad, oze ed 30 hixt 8 reputation sad praltion 1o ery best {amilics tn the city 40d country o betier biscult, Folls, sakoa puddings, uiely pure. sad perf cuntalis Lis e3ack Airangih of & puie oy, sk ‘The fogredients thal enter L (is compual: - 4 ualformity will cat , aad s ool Lable, **