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Encouraging Crop Reports From
Three Neighboring States.
CORN ALONE A BIT BACKWARD.
All Other Farm Products FIourisMnj Well
Except Fruits.
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK EXCELLENT
Mr. A. B. Wigiey, local manager of the
B. G. Don & Co. Mercantile Agency, fur
nishes The Dispatch with crop reports
and the general business outlook in 24 towns
near Pittsburjr, in Pennsylvania, 27 in Ohio,
and 19 in "West Virginia, which are given
below. The general tenor of the reports
from the various agencies shows business to
be in a flourishing condition. The reports
are fcr the quarter ending May 31.
Mr. Wigiey, in commenting upon the ex
isting conditions in the farming industries
in his district, which comprises "Western
Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and a portion
of "West Virginia, said: "The farming in
dustry materially affects every other branch
of trade. It is the great fountain head of
nearly every line of commerce, and when
there is a depression in the farming indus
try, manufacturing trades also become dull.
If the crops turn out bad the railroads have
considerable less hauling to do, and in con
sequence, does not create a demand for rails
and other things essential in railroading.
So it can be readily seen how many people
experience the effect from poor crops
throughout the country. In my district the
quarterlv reports show the crops to be in a
lair condition, with the exception of fruit,
which has been damaged by the frosts.
Pennsylvania crops have suffered most by
the cold weather. Not much lrult of any
kind will be had from this year'j harvest.
This section o! the country will have to rely
on the Southern market for most of its fruit
this year. Throughout Ohio and West Vir
ginia the same state of affairs exists, and
tbey too will have to resort to the South and
"West for beir supply.
"The grain crop, however," continued
Mr. Wigiey, "is over aoundant in many
places heard from. The wheat and oats
crops will be very large, if the weather does
not kill them between this and harvest time.
The corn crop has not fared so well, heavy
rains did not permit ol early sowing of corn,
and the extent of the harvest cannot be esti
mated now. The report of the business out
look from every section of my district js
very encouraging. The failures reported in
Pennsylvania, in this district, have an in
crease of $150,391 in the liabilities over last
year. This is attributed to the increase in
business. But while the liabilities have in
creased, there has been a corresponding in
crease in the asets of 5172,235. This is a
very fair showing, owing to the bad winter.
The indications point to an improvement in
commercial lines."
The following is the report of the general
business outlook and the crop reports in this
district:
PENNSYLVANIA.
BEAVEB r ALLS.
Condition of CroDa Wheat and oats look
well; corn is back for the time of year, but
coming along very rapidly at present. The
same mtht be said of die others. Season
backward, owing to cold and wet spring. The
bay crop will be very large. General outlooK
very good.
Business Outlook Very good; all or our
manufacturing institutions are running with
their U6ual lorce, and hear very few com
pla nts. Have had a few failures within the
latt few weeks, but only the do-iog out of men
attempting to run business without money.
ELAIUSVILLK.
Condition of Crops Wheat, oats and corn
..look well in this locality, and promise to be
mora than an average crop. The hay crop will
be very heavy. Of truit, there will be none in
this section, all having been destroyed by tho
lrost in March.
Business Outlook Very good. There is
much building being done, and Generally good
houses. The annexation of the suburban vil
lages to the burongn will increase the popula
tion to between 3.OU0 and 4,000. which will ma
terially add to the business affairs of the bor
ough. Lot holders are holding off lor higher
figures, which are advancing very materially.
Our merchants are generally in good condition,
financially.
BROWNSVILLE.
Condition of Crops. Corn looks well: will be
an average crop. Wheat will be an average.
Oats are good and n average. Hay will be
plenty, as the jield will be large. Potatoes
look well, and if the weather does not keep too
dry, will be a good crop. There will he no
.peaches, and not more than half a crop of
apnles.
Business Outlook Good; everyone seems to
hare plenty to do, but grumble some about
prices. There are no idle men here now; if
they i ant work, they can have it. Lumber
men and bmldeis are all doing a larce business
larger than last year, or any years for some
time back.
EUTLER.
Condition of Crops Wheat looks remarkably
well and will be consideraDly more than an
average crop. Corn is quite backward fur the
time of year, but may rally so far as to make
fair returns. Something in the shape of
blighting is affecting oat.-, and the outlook for
a good yield is pour. Kj e is iu an exellent cou
duion ana the jield will be large, and the same
ma) be said of hay, which will furnish an un
commonly heavy crop. With the exception of
berries fruit is a failure in this county this year.
Business Outlook Good, and no complaints
of hard times or scarcity of money are heard
any w here. Ihe great majority of business men
are paying their way as they go, to all appear
ances, and no one need suffer for want ox em
ployment this ;ear. In the borough alone about
&S.U00 will be spent iu sewering and pav
ing tome of the principal streets, while the
building bourn continues undiminished. Oil
operations bid fair to be very active also.
CAXOXSBUBQ.
Condition of Crops In our county the pros
pects are good for an exceedingly heavy grass
crop. The wheat prospect is very good. TIhj
corn is well advanced for the season. The out
look is not very good for oats; it is short and
poor.
Business Outlook Business has been a little
dull for the past three months, but, the pros
pects are brighter now, with the dry weather,
better roads and line crops.
CORNELLS VILLE.
Condition of Crops The grass crop is good.
never better. Corn is dome very well, and
farmers are expecting a good yield. Oats and
wheat are poor. Fruit is nearly all killed, may
be some grapes. Apples, cherries, plums and
peaches are failures.
Business Outlook Good.
EBENSBUBG.
Condition of Crops Particularly encourag
ing just now in this commui.ity. Wheat will oe
an average crop, as will also rye. The .recent
hot weather has done the corn au immense
amount of good, and it promises to be a very
fair yield. We will likely exceed last year's
crop of bay, which was enormous. On account
of the continuous rains in the spring, the fruit
crop generally will be short.
Business Outlook Very good; considerably
better that at this time last year, but at that
time business was very much retarded by rea
son of the flood. Money is easy, collections
good and in every wav the business outlook is
very satisfactory. A number of local causes
namely, the construction or a couple of rail
roads, coal and coke works, etc promise to
make times very lively in this community and
northern Cambria for some time to come.
GALLITZIN.
' Condition or Crops The grass crop is going
to be good here. Corn is not advancing; too
cold at night. Oats showing up welL Fall
grain looking good. Spring sowing of wheat
and rye not so good.
Business Outlook There is a bright business
outlook for this county. The coal mines are
all running; but few strikes; not much agita
tion. Bpecolators are buying up and leasing
coal lands all through this county at 15 per
acre (coal right). The demand for coke is
pretty good for the summer months.
GBEE5SBDRG.
Condition of Crops In WetmoreIand county
both corn and ojts have been retarded b
heavv rains. The corn crop has a fair Set. and
with a good season will be a fair cron, but is
now very short. Oats much injured by worms
at the root and presents a rusty appearance.
The crop will be poor. Wheat and grass are in
excellent condition and a large crop may be
expected. Fruit was generally winter killed.
Ho apples or pears or peaches; vegetables in
fine condition and promise good.
Business Outlook Good. Building through
out the county Is being pushed; all classes of
mechanics are overcrowoed with orders.
Miners in the ga coal regions about Irwin,
employed by the Westmoreland and Pcnnsyl;
vania Gas Coal Company, are striking for 6o
cent as against 60 cents offered. This strike
las progressed since Mayl and bids fair to
last. Coke Is maintained at V as per ton by
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the Frick Company, and ovens rnn five days
per week. General business is splendid, and
prospects for a prosperous season are good.
INDIANA.
Condition ot Crops Wheat crop good. Corn
away behind. Oats not sowed in many in
stances. General outlook good.
Business Outlook Very fair and promising
for better. The developments of coal and coke
industries will add much to onr business this
summer.
J GAZETTE.
Condition ot Crops At present exceedingly
favorable, especially hay, oats and wheat.
These will undoubtedly be beyond the average.
Corn has suffered somewhat from heavy rains,
being washed considerably, but farmers report
that with favorable weather the crop may be
fairly good. The apple crop is almost a failure
in this county. Other fruits will be much be
low the average.
Business Outlook For the summer not good,
owing to the shutdown during tho months of
Jnlv and Aurnst of the class industries. Build-
Ing'is going on and the prospects for the com-J
mg year are very xavoraDie, promising iu sur
pass that of the previous year.
JOHNSTOWJf.
Condition of Crops There has been a fair
average ot wheat and rye sown ny the farmers,
and which at present looks well, and doubtless
will yield a fair crop. Oats backward, on ac
count of the extraordinarily wet weather. The
hot dry weather may possibly bring it around
all right yet Corn and potatoes are both back
w ard, for the same reasons. The usual amount
of each, has, however, been planted, and may
possibly yield an average crop. FruiM will
be exceedingly scarce. Apples and peaches,
very few; cherries, not more than half the
usual crop. ...
Business Outlook Quite brisk, particularly
in the building line; and it would be equally so
in all other branches of business were it con
lined to the same number of people who were
engaged therein prior to the flood. Many out
siders seemed to think that after the flood
Johnstown was a veritable Eldorado, from the
niainer in which they flocked here, offering
exorbitant ground rents, erecting temporary
buildings, and filling them with stocks of
goods. The result is that, while our popula
tion is not as large as it-was prior to May 31,
1SS9, there has been an Increase of 45 per cent
in the"business places since that time Under
the conditions and circumstances, there can be
but one result soma will sooner or later suc
cumb to the inevitaole. Our ante-flood people
are, however, pretty generally holding their
old trade, and doing well.
KITTANNWG.
Condition of Crops Will be better than for
many rears. Corn, owing to wet weather, has
been damaged to some extent, but all other
crops are above the average.
Business Outlook In this vicinity, unusually
brisk. Merchants have all they can do. Brick
works, glass works and pottery are running
full time.
LEECnBURO.
Condition of Crops Wheat crop good. Grass
crop very excellent. Corn said to be noor.
The fruit crop is very poor, an average one
only. Peaches and apples almost a total fail
ure. Business Outlook moderately fair. Butter
very plenty, and only worth 10 cents per pound.
Farmers complaining generally.
MILLEESTOTVN.
Condition of Crops Wheat, rye andoats look
ing very promising. Corn, too. Is all right,
though little backward. There will be little or
no fruit. Hay is especially noted as promising
large returns.
Business Outlook Largely influenced here
by the condition of the oil trade, and as our
producers are getting above SI a barrel for
their production, business is good and the out
look is very encouraging.
JIT. PLEASAHT.
Condition of Crops In general, looking well
in this section of the county. Wheat is fine,
and is being well developed. Corn is now doing
nicely, and if we have rains during the month
of July there will be a big crop. Fruit is going
to be a. failure. There mav be some ancles.
Grass is good, and prospects for a large bay
harvest.
Business Outlook Coke works are now
mostly running on full time, and free from
strikes in this section. Wages are good and
work plentv. All trades are kept busy. There
is no "boom" in this part of the county, but a
steady growth, and business of all kinds Is in a
prosperous condition.
KETrBKIOHTOS.
Condition of Crops Wheat has not been as
promising for 25 years. Oats looking well, and
there will be a large crop. Corn is very back
ward, but looking well fir time planted. Will
be a larce croD of good bay. All the crops are
in excellent condition. There will be a largo
yield of berries, but no fruit.
Buiness Outlook Brick business Is very en
rouraglng. Potters report scarcities of orders.
Glass trade dull and prices low. AU others
fairly good.
NEW CASTLE.
Condition of Crops Good, generally, Wheat
never better. Oats good. Corn, planted late,
owing to spring rains; but doing well now.
Business Outlook Bright. Nearly ail indus
tries are running full time, with plenty of or
ders. Labor is employed, and retail trade good.
rETBOLIA.
Condition of Crops The winter crops, wheat
and rye, will be what the farmers call a good
average. Oats look bad. and will be very little
over a half crop. Corn is about two weeks be
hind the season, and will not be over a three
fourths crop, unless the fall season is very
favorable. The .grass will be about a two
thirds crop. Hoots and vegetables will be a
fair average. ....
Business Outlook Bather good. As this
section depends on the oil production more
than farming, for busiuess, we look to it for
life and energy in our business men, as the oil
market goes up or down.
PUNXSUTA'WI! ET.
Condition of Crops Excellent. Wheat and
rye very promising. Hay abundant. Com and
potatoes will be late, due to the spring rains.
Oats good.
Business Outlook The strike being ended,
business is improving and during the summer
will probably bo good.
RETKOLTJSVILLE.
Condition of Crops Generally good. The
corn is a little late on account of the wet
weather in planting time, but has a healthy ap
pearance. .Business Out'ook This region now has a
brighter outlook Depending, as it does, on
coal and lumber, the strike ot the coal miners
having been declared off dispels the dark cloud
on the business horizon.
ROCHESTER.
Condition of Crops The wheat, oats, rye,
and especially the grass or hay are in excel
lent shape, and prospects bright for a big crop,
hut all kinds of fruit will be almost a failure
on acconut of late frosts. 1 he corn Is not In good
condition. On account of the rain, the farmers
could not get it planted and then rain came
right after the plowing and baked the ground
constderablv, but it may catch up yet.
Business Outlook Good in all branches.
TVASHINGTOlf.
"Condition of Crops Will be up to the aver
age of former years. The backwardness of the
season and wet weather may result in shorten
ing the corn crop.
Business Outlook Not discouraging, and
this year's business will not be much, if any,
behiud last year's.
ZELTEXOPLE.
Condition of Crops Grain of every descrip
tion is all that could be expected. Bo is grass.
Hay was but $5 per ton, delivered in the spring,
and most farms have a number of old stacks on
band. Potatoes and corn look very well. Borne
cherries arc expected: no peaches and a partial
crop of apples at the outside, barely enough for
borne consumption.
Busiuess Outlook Very good.
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ALLIANCE.
Condition of Crops The weather has been
favorable for crops. Wheat stands well, and
the outlook is very good. Oats came up well,
but too much rain has caused it to rust and
blight, especially in Jow grounds. The oat crop
will not. from present indications, be very
large. Corn was planted about three or four
w ceks later than usual. Too early to form any
judgment as to the Top. except to say that It
will take a very favorable season to bring it to
maturity. The hay crop will not be what was
expected. It generally has thick setting, but it
shows signs of blight in low grounds. The out
look is not very good for large crops. The
probabilities are that tbey will be below the
average. Fruit seems to be a general failure,
except the small kinds.
Business Outlook Good. We hear of no
complaining on the part of merchants since the
roads have become passable. Money is a little
tight, there being some complaint about collec
tions, but on the whole, the outlook Is quite
good.
CADIZ.
Condition of Crops Wheat in best condition;
large yield expected. Oats fair. Corn very late
in getting in ground; still nearly usual acreag e
in.
Business Outlook Fair.
CAMBRIDGE.
Condition of.Crons Wheat, acreage medium;
prospect for good yield Is first-class. Oats
same. Corn Is rather backward, but with good
season will have fair yield. Bye and barley,
acreage small; yield will be good. Outlook for
hav was never better.
Baslness Outlook At present better than at
this time last year, and sales are larger.
CALDWELL.
Condition of Crops Wheat and grass crop In
Noble county good, and will be a full yield.
Ihe corn crop, owing to the wet weather, will
be light. Oats will be a fair average; potatoes
good. No peaches, and apples very few and
indifferent. Good prospect for berries and
small fruits.
Business Outlook Business opened up Tather
favorably. The bad roads operated against It
tome, but the merchants are pushing It con
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siderably and have bought heavy stocks of
goods.
CANAL DOVER.
Condition ot props. Wheat, oats and hay
above the average. Corn crop below the aver
age, ou account of late plantfng.
Business Outlook Generally promising.
CAXTON.
Condition of Crops Oats, wheat and grass
very promising, and above tho average. Corn
is just being planted, owing to tho continued
wet weather. Fruit of all kinds, except ber
ries, will be less than one-fourth of a crop.
Apoles are almost completely destroyed.
Business Outlook There seems to be no
change in the bnslness outlook, and we have
no reason to anticipate any depression in trade.
IhesDring business has been very much re
tarded by the continued wet weather, and
merchants have become very conservative in
their purchases.
CANAL FULTON.
Condition of Crops At present, good. Wheat,
grass and oats promise an average yield. Owing
to the wet season tho corn crop will likely be
8 Business Outlook This being a mining conn
try, and little work, causes dull trade; money
matters close.
CAEKOLLTON.
Condition of Crops Prospects of wheat
reasonably good; will average SO per cent of a
full crop. Corn and oats and other spring
crops are not so good, by reason of extremely
wet spring weather; more favorable now and
prospect may Improve: not more than two-third
of a crop put in the ground this spring. Fruit
of all kinds almost a failure.
Business Outlook Not good; dull time and
farmers are discouraged, which has a bad effect
on business. -
COLUMBIANA.
Condition of Crops Wheat and grass very
good. Oats poor, and a large amount or corn
has been planted the past week, and Is not yet
up. The outlook for corn is not flattering.
There will be a good crop of small fruit, but
no peachos or apples.
Business Outlook Fair. Our manufacturers
are running full timfc with plenty of orders.
and merchants are having a fair trade. Labor
commands fair wages aad steady employment.
EAST LIVERPOOL.
Condition of Crops The crops never looked
so promising as they do in this section or the
country. The wheat, oats and grass could not
look better. The corn, although somewhat
backward, owing to the late ' spring, is a good
stand and looks fine. Fruit of all kinds will be.
almost a total failure.
Business Outlook For this city, as well 1 as
community, it looks fairly promising. Our fac
tories running steadily, as they have been, and
the outlook for trade still good, together with
good crops for the farmers, cannot but give this
community a prosperous year.
EAST PALESTINE.
Condition ot Crops Wheat goodfull aver
age, or more. Oats. same. Corn, late plant
ing; too early to tell, but Is starting nicely.
Fruit, nearly entire failure.
Business Outlook Good.
GIEARD.
Condition of Crops Wheat, hay and rye.
good crop Corn and oats, about three-quarters
crop. Potatoes, about half a crop.
Business Outlook For the coming year very
favorable in most ways, and we think trade
will be good.
HASSILLON.
Condition of crops Wheat round about here
ism fair condition; a little better than it was
last year. On account of rain the oats and corn
are not as far advanced as usual at this time of
the year; indeed, much of the corn has but re
cently been planted.
Business Outlook The manufactories are all
running fulk The coal mints are fairly active,
and the merchants are doing about their usual
business.
MINERVA.
Condition of Crops Very good, except fruit,
of which there will be but little of any kind.
Business Outlook Business in all branches
has been dull for this season, though the out
look is fair for a good fall trade. Wool in this
section will soon commence to move, when
business always improves.
NEW LISBON.
Condition ofCrops-In this vicinity will be
good. Wheat is above the avetage, with a fair
prefect for corn andoats. Fruit is a failure,
except the small varieties, such as berries.
Business Outlook Good. Sewer pipe and
fire brick works are running constantly day
and night. Take this, together with the farm
ers' good luck, business must be good.
NEW PHILADELPHIA.,
Condition of Crops Wheat is more than an
average crop, and is In fine condition, with the
exception of a few fields on low bottom land,
injured by high water. The average is more
than last year. Hay will be abundant Corn,
owing to the wet weather and backward snnng,
was not got in so oarl as desirable, but the last
two weeks of warm weather has brought it on
ranidly. and it now looks well. Oats, small
acreage, but looks well. Wool, unusually large,
and prices lair. , ,
Business Outlook For the coming season is
fair though the somewhat depressed condition
of the agricultural interests will to some extent
diminish the volume of business. The Iron
manufacturing industries are in a prosperous
-ondition. and all are being operated to their
full capacity. The manufacturing of products
from fire clay, comparatively a new industry
here, is being rapidly developed, giving em
plovment to a large number ot operatives, and
affording a large profit to the operators. All
things considered, the business outlook may be
considered fairly good.
NILEB.
Condition ot Croos From the present out
look Quite favorable for all crops. Oato and
corn were late in being put out, but the favor
able weather is bringing both along in good
shape; acreage is not no to the usual amount
Business Outlook Very favorable.
ROSEVILLE.
Condition of Crops The prospect for a wheat
crop Is about three tourtns. uais win ue a iau-
ure in tbistownsnip. jorn iuuks uautpruspouu
for one-half a crop; acreage less than last year.
Potatoes fair; prospect ot a full yield. Fruit
almost a failure.
Business Outlook Fair and on an average
here' as this is quite a factory town and always
a de'mand for the wares made here.
SALEM.
Condition of Crops Grass is looking un
usually well and will be a full crop. Oats at
present promises to be a large crop, something
more than an average one. if the weather
should continue favorable. Wheat is about an
average crop in this neighborhood. Corn is
very backward at this time on account of the
great amount of wet weather we have had.
Should we have an early fall the corn crop will
be very snialL There will probably be a fair
crop of potatoes Strawberries are very pleuty
and large, but there will be scarcely any cher
ries, peaches or plums.
.Business Outlook Seems to be fair. Some of
the drygoods men claim that it has been rather
a poor spriug for trade, but there does not
seem to be much general complaint of dull
times. The various manufacturing industries
here are rushed with orders, with the possible
exception of Borne of the stove works.
SALINEVILLE.
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an entire failure. There will be no peaches or
ancles here. Small fruits are shortalso. Cereals
are looking first class, with the exception of
oats. There seems to be some kind of a rust
There is a very small acreage ot oats, owing to
the extremely wet weather about sowing time.
Wheat never looked better. Grass will not be
as cood as is generally thought now, many
meadows will not yield a half crop; others
again will yield more tnan au average crop.
Should a drouth overtake us, the hay crop
would be very short. Corn Is very late owing
to the wet weather about planting time, but it
Is looking very healthy and growing rapidly.
Business Outlook The coal trade here is un
usually active for this time of year from 90 to
100 cars per day are sent away from here. All
hands are at work, and the outlook is very
promising. The stoneware industry here is en
joying a boom ust now. All branches of in
dustry carried on here seem to be prosperous
Sales in merchandise are not as heavy as usual,
but pay is readier and more confidence is felt
than tor some time past The only complaint
comes from tho farming community. All farm
products are at ruinously low prices, and an
over-production. A heavy clip of wool is being
taken, and will be held for S7 cents per pound.
STEUBENVILLE.
Condition of Crops Wheat hay and oats
crops are all promising finely, and will certainly
be more than ordinarily produced, if the sea-
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this spring has delayed corn planting so that
the crop will not be as large as it otherwise
would, but the growing crop looks well, and if
the season is late so that it will mature, it will
probablv be but little short of the ordinary
crop. The fruit is not very plentiful except
the berries, the peaches and most apples being
killed.
Business Outlook Only fairly bright not
mnch building being done, and yet the
mechanics are generally busy repairing, to
gether with somenew structures beingerected.
Glass and iron business not very bright, though
our mills and factories are all running. We
feel that the year is to be a fair one, but look
for nothing above the ordinary.
BHBICHSVILLE.
Condition of Crops All the crops are in ex
cellent condition, except corn and oats. The
weather has been so wet that they will be of
little value.
Business Outlook Nearly all kinds of busi
ness prospering.
WARREN.
Condition of Crops Grass and hay will be a
great crop, while vats Is very late and farmers
could not get It in early enough generally.
Wheat willbe a fair crop. Fruits, such as
apples, peaches, pears, etc., are almost a
failure; smaller fruits and berries will be all
right as it now looks.
Business Outlook Warren never before had
such a "healthy boom and everybody is em
ployed. Many different kinds of manufac
turing Is awing1 forward using all hands that
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PITTSBURG- DISPATCH
can possibly be had here and elsewhere. It is
hard to find any one to even hoe a little in the
garden. Other towns throughout this county
are prosperous, too. Business is good and
healthy generally in this county.
, WELLSVILLE.
Condition of Crops Whoat, rye and hay crops
are very promising. Oats and corn, owing to
wet weather, not put in until late, but now
have a good start Apples and peaches will be
ofwmill yield.
Business Outlook Good.
ZANESVILLE.
Condition of Crops Whoat threatened by
Russian bug, a small black Insect that saps the
base of the grain while in a milky state. Many
fields in this county suffer. The former ap
pearance of this bug was during the early years
of the war. Curn very late getting planted by
reason of the great amount of ram. Oats, rye
and bay promising. No fruit but apples.
Strawberries and all garden prodnctsabundant
Business Outlook Population and business
of Zanesvllle growlnifall the time. Beal estate
sells well in the city,butfarm lands containing no
clays, sand or minerals, adapted to agriculture
only, sell very slowly and low. The prices of
wool and live stock and grain for the past year
don't pay for their production, and therefore
farming fa unprofitable and laud cheap.
WEST VIRGINIA.
ADDISON.
Condition of Crops Corn is more planted
than has been for several years. It looks well
for the season. Very little wheat sowed in this
county, but it looks well. ' Oats There is a
very small crop sowed and don't look well.
Hay, never was any better in this county.
Grass, very good.
Business Outlook In this section is good.
There isqnite a lumber boom on all the streams
in this county. This brings money in the
county.
BEVERLT.
Condition of Crops Fair, and prospects of
trade about the same.
Business Outlook Promising.
BRAXTON C. H.
Condition of Crops Generally unprecedent
edly good. The prospect for wheat and grass
the best for years. Corn is a little late, but
bids fair to yield well. The counties adjacent
are about the same as this.
Business Outlook Very flattering. A rail
road is in course of construction through 25
miles of the county and will be in operation by
November 1. In consequence, new citizens are
pouring in, real estate finds ready market and
business of all kinds is steadily advancing and
new enterprises springing up; by January 1,
1S91, business will have increased fiom 33 1-3 to
60 per cent over the preceding year.
BUCHANAN.
Condition of Crops In a flourishing condi
tion, but If wet weather continues the wheat
will be damaged. Corn is not well worked for
lack of dry weather. Small fruits and berries
are plenty. The apple crop will be a compara
tive failure.
Business Outlook Money is very scarce, hut
no financial disaster or panic is threatened, and
our people are on a healty financial basis. At the
present time business transactions of all kinds
are light Money in this locality always comes
mostly from sale of cattle, sheep, etc., and be
comes plenty from about the first of August
until the end of tho j ear, and Is always close in
the early part of the season. It is unusually so
now.
CLARKSBURG.
Condition of Crops Excellent at present
Business Outlook Fair and Improving.
ELIZABETH.
Condition of Crops Wheat above the aver
ago at this season of the year, and without
something happens to it between now and harv
est It will be from 10 per cent to 20 per cent bet
ter than last year. There is an acreage above
the average in area. Grass is prosperous and
meadows will be fine. Fruit is afailure, except
small fruit and many of the trees are killed by
the March freezes. The corn crop Is late, by
reason of the lone spring rains, but If season
able it will be a fair crop.
Business Outlook Not encouraging. Prices
for stock are so low that the farmers are in
somewhat of an embarrassed condition. The
lumber and timber business has been fairly
active for the past year. The business men
apparently have a good trade.
GRANTSVILLK.
Condition of Crops Wheat fair; grass good;
corn expected to be good.
Business Outlook Promising.
JACKSON c. h. .
Condition of Crops Generallygood. Wheat
is excellent; acreage average. Oats, medium.
Corn, late and not full acreage on account of
excessive wet season. Very little fruit
Business Outlook Very good. Money is
plentiful enough for those who have anything
to bell. The "hard times" complaint comes
from persons who produce nothing.
KlNGWOOp. .'
Condition of Crops Excellent, except fruit,
which is a failure, except berries.
Buines Outlook Dull, on account of de
pression in the cattle market
MARION COUNTT.
Condition of Crops Crops are looking well.
Bather too much rain for com, and In fact all
crops, but they look well and promise a good
yield.
Business Outlook Fair to good. A great
deal of money has been expended in this
county during past year in building railroads
and establishing coal works. New coal works
will start with a fair trade". It is not likely the
future will be any better than the past
MORGANTOWN.
Condition of Crops Wheat and grass pros
pects are excellent Corn and oats will be dam
aged some on account of rain. Corn will be
fair, and oats a little below the average.
Business Outlook Fair, not being materially
changed this quarter.
NEW CUMBERLAND.
Condition of Crops Oats and corn very late
and backward, owing to wet weather and late
season, but prospects still fair. Prospects for
good crop oi wneat oener wan usual, urass,
gonu.
, Business Outlook Fair. Not so much boom
as this time last year, but everything on a solid
basis, and outlook now quite encouraging.
PARKERSBURQ.
Condition of Crops Considered good, and
virtually out of danger, having sufficiently ma
tured to be harvested within a week or ten
days. The yield is estimated to be fairly large
from the average acreage of former years. Oats
is not largely sowu, and the crop will be small;
while corn planted is showing up well, with in
dications of increased acreage. Potatoes are
doing welk with showing of good crop. Fruits
will yield sparsely, owing to late killing frosts.
Business Outlook Merchants report an act
ive spring trade in all lines, attributable to
bright crop prospects, and the general activity
throughout the State iu development of oil,
coal, lumber and minerals. The payments
have been more promptly made, and the out
look is encouraging.
KAVEN8W00D.
Condition of Crop3 Very little prospect of
fruit, except berries and some apples. Wheat
looks very welk Corn very late, owing to con
tinued wet Oats the same, with small acreage.
Business Outlook Fair. Money getting more
plenty. Prospect of building B,. 8. & G. B. B,
this summer cadses a better feeling in this
county.
TYLER.
Condition of Crops Farmers report that
wheat heads are rather small, but the crop will
be more than average. There is an immenso
crop of straw. Hay crop will be very large,
and is In good condition, if the farmers have
dry weather enough to save it. This county
raises about 150,000 pounds of wool. Borne of it
has changed hands at from 20 to SO cents a
pound. A majority are holding for better
prices. Corn is looking well, but is very weedy,
owing to the excessive wet weather, which pre
vents the farmers from working It The apple
crop will be almost an entire failure in this
county. There is an abundance of some smaller
fruits. Oats are looking well, but few of them
are raised in this county only enough for home
use.
Business Outlook Business is only moderate,
but would be better if the rains would cease so
the roads could be put in condition to be used.
There is considerable oil excitement in this
county. Some eight or ten wells are being
drilled in different parts of the county, and the
prospects for oil are very flattering. This will
give the county a boom. Money is very scarce
in the Interior of the county. The farmers
have not been able to haul anything to the rail
road on account of the bad roads for at least
olirht months. There have only been two fail.
ures among the business men in he county,
and tbey will pay at least 60 per cent of their
indebtedness.
WEST UNION.
Condition of Crops Good.
Business Outlook Improving.
WHEELING.
Condition of Crops The crops are in good
condition generally, and the indications are for
a fair average yield of all kinds of grains and
fruits, as well as small garden produce.
Business Outlook For this section, very
promising. The season has been late, but a
continuance of the present dry weather will
insure good roads and an increased activity in
the business territory tributary to this
Wheeling market and the wholesale trade
anticipate a good fall trade. 1 ho mills are alt
running full aud making money, and the banks
report a good volume of business, with a good
aemand for money and a good supply on band
to meet it with.
The worry of a constant cough, and the
soreness of lungs, which generally accom
panies it, are both remedied by Dr. D.
Jayne's' Expectorant
Fonrth Jnly Goods
Of every description, in abundance, at less
prices than ever before. See the elegant
novelties in this line at James "W. Grove's,
Filth ave. Poiitivtly no advance In prices
with as. wra
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SATURDAY. JUSTE 28
T
A NOBLE INSTITUTION.
What ihe Sunday. School Accom
plishes for the World's Good.
REMARKABLY SUCCESSFUL WORK
Performed in tha Few Years Since the
Schoels Were Organized. "
GLEANINGS FK011 CHURCH FIELDS
The late John Bright once said in an ad
dress to a Sunday School Convention in
London that the Sunday schools of Great
Britain had done more to promote the true
interests of the nation than all other institu
tions. "All your statesmen and philoso
phers," said he, "have not done so great a
work in strengthening the foundations on
which our nation rests as the Sunday school
teachers, who mold and shape the senti
ments of the youth."
"We do not claim to quote the exact
language of the Birmingham statesman, but
this was the sentiment to which he gave
utterance a generation ago, and the utter
ance of the great orator made an impression
on one memory which will stay while life
and being last, though .an entire generation
has passed away since it was made.
Since John Bright made that declaration there
have been a multitude of events confirming ms
views. Sunday schools, which are a little
more than a century old, have had their great
est growth In the past quarter of a century.
There are people now living who can remember
when this institution was looked on with sus
picion by orthodox churchmen. Our grand
fathers were very alow to fall in with the Idea
of Kobert Raikcs, and It is within the memory
of the writer when orthodox churches of this
vicinity looked with distrust on the Sunday
school. The International Sunday School
Convention held in this city this week was one
of the great religious events of the year:
Representatives from all parts of the land and
from the British provinces were here to testify
to the grandeur of the work laid upon the Sun
day schools. The daily papers have furnished
full details of tho convention's work from day
today, and it remains only to gather up some
of tho fragments, and give the general im
pressions made by this convention of Christian
workers. Every theee years the Sunday school
workers meet to mature plans and map out
their work
The convention this week was the sixth tri
ennial convention. The last was held in Chi
cago in June, 1887. Since that meeting there
has been wonderful proeress in the work, and
all bands concede that the Pittsburg meeting
has been the best.
SOME INTEBESTING STATISTICS.
In the statistical roport of Secretary E. Fay
son Porter it was developed that Pennsylvania
stands first in the enrollment of Sunday school
workers and scholars, though New York Is a
close second. The total for Pennsylvania is
1,083,083, and for New York ,0o7,687. Ohio
stands third on the list with 708.668, and Illinois
fourth with 582,756. Pennsrlvania and New
York alone pass the million line in the number
of Sunday school scholars and workers. The
total Sunday school membership of the United
States Is 9,786,445. It Is pleasant to know that
in this enrollment Pennsylvania leads. The
total Sunday school enrollment of the world is
19,715,781.
Ihe earnestness and enthusiasm of the Sun
day school workers could hardly fall to make
an impression ud on the visitor. Enthusiasm
was in the air. The impression was at once
made that these men and women who repre
sented tho Sunday school cause of North
America were deeplv in earnest There were
in round numbers 1,200 delegates, representing
every section of the United States from Maine
to California and all parti of the American
British provinces. It goes without saying that
the best church workers are in the Sunday
school, and the 1,200 delegates to the Inter
national Convention, no doubt, were
among the foremost In this great
work. While there was disappointment
over the absence of Senator Colquitt
Dr. John Hall, of Georgia; Hon. E. H. Blake,
of the Canadian Parliament, and General
Clinton Flsk, of New Jersey, there was a eoodly
number ot representative Sunday school
workers who did not fail to keep up the Interest
of the meetings from day to day. BIshoD Vin
cent, B. K. Jacous, of Chicago; exPresident
William Reynolds, Prof. Harper, of Connecti
cut and the sweet singers. George C. Stebblna
and wife, did not fail to do their cart In keep
ing up the enthusiasm of the convention. All
who were permitted to hear the address of Miss
Lucy Wheeler.of Boston, on Thursday night,as
the best way to teach children, speak in glow
ing terms of the effort Another, Miss Mabel
Hall, of Chicago, captured her audience on the
same evening.
THE FBATEBHAIi SPIEIT
of the convention was another notable feature.
All the leading Protestant denominations were
represented. The election of an ex-Confederate
officer from Alabama, and the stirring ap
peal of the South Carolina colored bishop on
the first day of the convention showed that
brethren from all sections of the land were
ready to dwell together in unity. That the
colored brother and the ex-Confederate should
shake bands in a city where a quarter of a cen
ture ago implements of war were manufactured
for the purpose of destroying the erring South
ern brethren, is one of the signs of the times.
May we not hope that in the next quar- -
ter ol a century mo great nenoiuinauuus
represented in this Sunday School Convention
will find It best to come together against the
common enemy, and under the great Captain's
banner. With the same progress toward
Christian union the next 25 years as the past
the denominations represented in this Inter
national Sunday School Convention will be one
church. '
The members who represented the different
churches can hardly fall to consider the possi
bility and advantage of a great Protestant
church, which shall stand for the treat essen
tial truths of our common Christianity.
Pnstor nnd People.
The degree of D. D. was conferred on Rev.
B. F. Beazell. of the Oakland M. E. Church, by
Allegheny College this week.
We learn from reports to the recent United
Presbyterian Assembly that during the past
year the sum ot 31,134,233 has been contributed
by the church through the regular channels.
Ibis is an average of $12 34 per member.
THE Rev. I M. Wood, son of Dr. E. M.Wood,
of the Pittsburg Conference, has withdrawn
from the Methodist Episcopal Church and
joined the Congreeational Church. He has
accepted a call to the pastorate of the Congre
gational Church at Bloomlngton, Ilk
Rev. Alexander Jackson, formerly
pastor of the Southslde Presbyterian Church,
now of Gait Ontaria, Canada, was in the city
this week taking in the International Sunday
School Convention. Rev. Jackson has recently
been dubbed D.D., and henceforth, is Rev. Dr.
Jackson.
To-morrow, June 29, a number of the chil
dren of the Qerman Catholic Church, Wood's
Run, will receive their first holy communion.
Millard's high mass will be sung by a choir of
25 voices, accompanied by the Laurel Orchestra
of 15 pieces. Joseph Corcoran is musical
director and William Blattner leader. It will
be;a,bigh day in the tVood's Run church.
Savtno the Heathen Stranger (In Brook
lyn) Where are all those gentlemen going?
Resident Tbey are going to bid farewell to a
popular missionary to China who has been very
successful in teaching the heathen the gospel
of love and peace. Stranger I see. And
where is this gang of boys going7 Resident
They are going to stone a Chinese funeral.
New York Weekly.
THE Comsin Street M. E. Church, McKees
port will be dedicated on Sabbath, June 29, by
Bishop Isaac W. Joyce, assisted by able minis,
ters of the Pittsburg Conference. Praise ser
vice, 9.30 A. M.; sermon by Bishop Joyce 10 a.
jl, one-half hour earlier than usual; Sunday
school meeting for children and young people
in the auditorium. 1.30 r. M.: platform meeting
3 P.M.; sermon, 7:15 P. IT.
Next Sanbath is Missionary Day In United
Presbyterian Sabbath schools. The last Gen
eral Assembly directed that a special, effort
should be made on that day to raise a sum suffl.
cient to meet the debt of 10,635, which has for
several years been resting on the Board of Mis
sions to the Freedmen. That board has sent
out an appeal, which is in the bands of all Sab
bath school teachers and scholars.
AT the recent meeting of the Pennsylvania
State Congregational Association, held at
Rlrtgway, a representative of the Freedmen's
cause said that he bad found a benighted re
gion in the South, where one ot his bearers had
not beard of Jesus. When the ministerial
brother attempted to press the claims of Jesus
Christ, one of his auditors inquired if this J esus
was not some relation ot Abraham Lincoln.
Anent an appeal for funds for Atlanta Unl
versity. In which appears the name of William
Lloyd Garrison, the editor of the Atlanta Jour
nal writes: Now here is William Lloyd Garri
son, with one foot in the grave, who was the
father of abolitionism, and has spent his whole
life in abuse or the South and her institutions,
cannot let this opportunity pass to hit Georgia
lick. Boms day tho Mtute idltor ot too
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Journal will be startled into an early grave by
learning the sad Intelligence of the death of
Adam.
Another old-time Pittsburg1 pastor was
among our visitors this week, namely Rev. Br.
Lea, who so long and faithfully served the
Presbyterian Church at Lawrenceville. Dr.
Lea took charge of the Thirty-ninth Street
Church in 1836. Up to the past year or two he
has been in the harness. His present home is
in the vicinity of Greensburg, where he spends
tbeevenlncof bis days on a small farm. Dr.
Lea looks as fresh and sprightly as he did a
score of years ago. His multitude ot friends
will wish him good days for many years to
come.
The Brooklyn Iagle gives the following re
port of the address of Dr. Storrs: "Why U it
that the Sunday school of to-day is so different
from that of our childhood? There is a festal
tone that belongs to the Sunday school, and
that reaches to the family and influences the
whole community, and even affects church doc
trine. This is not an era of doubt There is
more religions earnestness than ever before.
Doubt comes when the Church is at a cold tem
perature. But the way to answer doubt is by
intense Christian faith and activity. Warm,
earnest spiritual activity on the part of the
laity, and especially In the Sunday school, ban
ishes doubt into the air. Let us always re
member that it is from a baby's cradle that
Christendom has come."
A BIG LOT OF BAD BULB.
A Western Man Carrying; Aronnd Thousand
In Unsigned Notes.
Denveb, June 27. When the cashier of
the Denver Manufacturing Company made
their deposit at the German National
Bank yesterday evening, the teller
threw out six ?10 bills and re
fused to accept them. The notes
were not counterfeit, but did not bear the
signature of the President and cashier of
the bank from which they were issued. The
Treasury number is E9793, bank note 3642,
series 1882, on Market National Bank, Cin
cinnati. A man of about 23 years entered the sale
room of the Denver Manufacturing Com
pany yesterday and purchased a $60 saddle,
paying for it in these notes. Be took the
saddle and went to Eoop's livery
stable and purchased a horse for $170,
paying for it with unsigned notes.
He saddled the horse .and rode off toward
the mountains. When he left the stables
he had about $3,000 in these bills. Some
thing over $3,000 of this money was ofiered
at the bank to-day. Officers are on his
trail. v
Fireworks on Ibe Fonrth.
Chief J. O. Brown has issued an order al
lowing the use of fireworks on the streets or
private premises between 8 P. M. July 3 and
midnight Jnly 4, but not in any alley or by
place. Any pprson using ''a firearm of any
description is to be arrested and prosecuted
for carrying concealed weapons.
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MOST
Important Announcement
x New Story
-BY-
Wilxiam Black. i
a new8paper novel.
DEALING WITH COTEMPORARY Itt.
NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED.
Specially Secured for the
Columns of
THE DISPATCH.
We have pleasure In announcing to our read
erg that we have secured for publication in tha
columns of The Dispatch a new work ot Ac
tion by Mr. William Black an author univer
sally admired bis forthcoming wortt being;
moreover, specially written for newspaper pub
llcation and designed to interest all classes.
The story is altogether new and unpublished,
and as it deals to some extent with present day
events and characters, its publication from
week to week will arouse the utmost attention.
William Black's
New Novel
WILL BE ENTITLED
"STAID FAST,
CRAIG-K0YST01V
And the story it will tell will be-as unconven
tional as the title of the work. "Stand Fast,
Craig-Royston," Is the family motto of one of
the characters introduced by the author and a
very interesting, original and breezy sort of in
dividual he proves himself to be. But his great
est claim upon the reader lies in the fact that
his daughter is the heroine of the story. Will
iam Black's heroines are among the most de
lightful creations in our literature, and the
heroine of the present story is equal to the best
o ber charming predecessors. "Stand Fast;
Craig-Royston," whatever else it may be. Is
first and foremost,
A Love Story,
Introducing Scotch Poetry and Saxon Prosa,
American Girls and English Aristo
crats, Theoretical Socialism and
Practical Politics.
A STORY TO BE READ.
THE AUTHOR 07
"STAM) FAST,
'CRAIG-fiOYSTOff-
Mr. William Black.
Mr. WILLIAM BLACK, tha author of "A
Princess of Thole," "Sunrise," eta, was born a
little short of 60 years ago. In Glasgow. His
youthful ambition was to become an artist, but
eventually he drifted into journalism, of which
he may still be considered a distinguished and
successful representative. He located himself
in London in 1S6L As a newspaper representa
tive be went through the Prussia-Austrian War
of 18C6. "In Silk Attire," produced in 1869,
dealt with peasant life in the Black Forest. "Kil
meny,""Tbe Monarch of Mincing Lane" and "A
Daughter of H etb," followed in the order named
and ran through many editions. Next came
"The Strange Adventures of a Phaeton."whlch
literally described a driving excursion the
author made from London to Edinburgh, with
a thread of fiction interwoven. It is said that
a good many people.. Americans chiefly, have
adopted this plan of exploring the English
counties, and have taken these "Adventures"
as a sort of guide book. A glance through the
author's list ot puDlished works reveals that his
later stories appeared in the following sequence:
"A Princess of Thule," "The Maid of Kileena,"
"Three Feathers." "Madcap Violet," "Green
Pastures and Piccadilly," "Macleod of Dare."
"White Wings: A Yachting Romance," "Sun
rise: A Story of the Times," "That Beautiful
Wretch," "Shandon Bells," "White Heather,"
"The Wise Women of Iverness," "Sabina.
Zembra," "In Far Lochabor."
"STAND FAST,
CEAIG-ROTSTOT,"
Wil 1 prove to bo as clever and as successful
as any of the works preceding it from the
same gifted source.
POINTS OF THE NEW SERIAL,
Publication of which begins in The Dispatch
SUNDAY, JULY 6, 1890.
The heroine is a young American girl of
Scotch descent, who has traveled much and who
has a charming simplicity and independence of
character.
The story is full of interest and the move
ment is steady and continuous. The perusal of
the opening chapters gives promise of some
surprising situations in the near future. The
hero is a young fellow of means, with brilliant
prospects In the political world; his father is a
millionaire with socialistic theories.
The love story which the author has to tell Is
of a most original kind, and requires for its
elaboration several interesting personages, in
cluding a family or Americans and several
fashionable notabilities in London.
Tho political characters introduced can aU
most be recognized as counterparts of people
now living. We have copious references in the
mouth of au old Scotch poet to the claims of
Scotland In song and story, and as a back
ground we have fashionable life in Mayfalr, al
Henley and Brighton, labor and co-operative
congresses in various parts of the country, and
a characteristic leader of the masses ln.a
North Country man named Ogden. "Stand
Fast, Craig-Royston" possesses a powerful and
exciting Dlot, and will appeal strongly to all
classes of readers.
William Black's
LATEST, BEST AND MOST SOWERPVn
STORY,
"STAND FAST,
CRAIG-KOTSTON,"
WILL COMMENCE PUBLICATION IN THS
COLUMNS OF THE DISPATCH ON
SUNDAY, JULY 6, 1890.
1 ?
0AcentsshouldsendIn orders early. Loreri
nf Hl-h mix T.lterfttnro who desire to read
THE BEST SERIAL announced so far til3 '
season, should mall orders for1 THE DIS-.
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