lares . mvlo lumber n.'ir er- n Iiit!oar lo h t in a Lin itn'n have to .v 'i lo into tho them nut until i 1i:iug truJy cou- r from lsi) t, litclncs of tilt Unit". I d Irom ?'.,. Oil, )((, 000 ",oi)0 huiI in now more five billions of dollar. of increase, khvh tho Den th tinii) in not fur distant ttu n out of i vory huri'lrud a!1 the wealth of tin country. .aria is rpponiMo for half the uh of all mankind, iiivoriling t: II. M. Clark. From hi rxiuri od in India ho icnrun that mnluria i ot fontim-i! to rich, low-lyin? soils, tmt it founil i'vimi in eau.ly (lexer ts. Tho natives of the ruin oonht of WcHtorn Africa im.l tho Tannin ol Northern ludin are the only racer, proof auiuKt it. Jloth modern modi cine aud hauit.iti.jn :tre powerless in dealing with it. Sinrgostud prevent ives aro the lloo hn of swamp Im.li aud tho planting trecu that will re tain wat. r and sii lo tho noil such ai tho plantain uud bulimia, hut Cot ilit eucalyptus. An electric tlchtitiit, man i about t!u latest thing in tho i Icclricul lino. Ac cording to a recent number of tin Lou don Electrician, on inventive eiiim has offered to fumi-h to the Spunisl: (lovernnient for a o.-iiKi.lcratiori, hit invention, known uh "m autouiaton HoMitir, made of forged iron, ivtpuMt of firing forty hbota a', minute at th. rnomy," tho maohin.4 eiug operated Iy electricity. The chL f tidvant age ol "heme, however, 1 tho fact that .licr'n brain nr. ed up with .lyni tur'-' ' r i ...m ttcmci cure. A fight bet 'ecu aruiien com posed of these soldier would l! inter esting in tho extreme. A writer of "ill i f. r n in . v.l lint long lu'i n intercnted in the Mibj".'t ol agriculture, cotitideiitly asserts thai tho furtu of tho future will be the forty-aero farm. Thin claim niut . : : t i. . t . . . .i .i Vk. -wuiiieiiui i! irom Hie met null 11 originates in California, for there the great IhIhI owut th have held title to tracts that ran it high in o(,0.H to 100,0i)0 acrcH, and it wan tho po uofhion of one of these iinnienst stretches of territory that prompted Houry tleorgo to give his laud-taj theory to tho world. Thin particular tract ia now btiug divide 1 into annul farnia "to suit tho purchamr,' and the nnnio ilau in being pursued it many parta of tho State. When it wus m lj'Ullinii jiunnrrniuu liiuiujuil-l 11 was the chief industry, and vaM ranges wero looked t'pon as necessarj to a jiroHpcrous businem. M'hui ahecp-raiHing was gono into the aaiue idea prevailed, and oven when wheat -raising became popular the wealth of tho owner, improved y machinery and tho case with which help wan proeuted enable 1 tho great land owner to keep their farum in tact. But with tho introduction of fruit raining curjo the cutting up ol these big tbtatep, uud tho Hniuller hold ers have multiplied uutil tho writer referred to feela jiiHtificd in hia pre diction. Literal fulfillment can hard ly be exnected. however, in tho onin- -0 r a ion of tho Detroit Free Presc, which adds: Forty acres makes too largo a farm for the raising of market "truck" and too small a one for cattle raising. As for general farming, much depend npon tho farmer and his surround ;, ings. What a man does for himself ' ha is dinponod to do well, and with a view to making tho most of his oppor tunities. There is always tho danger of loss through asuiatauco that is em ployed, and this fact is a factor in the problem that cannot bo overlooked. On the other hand, the small farmer cannot afford all tho modern machin ery which facilitates hU work, yet must lio idlo during a greater portion of the year. When this ditllculty is orereome by neighboring farmers hav ing S) Douiinunity of interest in these ids to their work, there will be a , aearer approach to a fulfillment of the ( pr edict ions maJe bj the California orophet. TICKINGS OF THE TELEGRAPH I OREION AND DOMESTIC. What Is Tranapirlnc the World Over. Important Events Br3r Told. fsvltnl. I.Mhur S lrsatrlnt. nrMirts to Itradstrm't sgocy from 119 point In the FnHe.l Plate! tbow tint mors tbsn 80I.WJ employes In Industrlsl and other lint are now in enforrkj Idleness .and that I,9.V).0OO person are deitendcnt dirtctly upon tliein fur support. j J. fi. liarneit, proprietor of a tsnnery at Little Kails. N. Y., Iini not i fid hit 400 era ployes that after this week their wages will be reduced 10 per cent ' 1'hi'silelphis carpet weavers have formed t union and the mill of tli Keniiniton district itirt up with the employes work ing st a 10 per cnt leductlon. The Aetna Standard m l laoRhlln Iron mills and Sptnce .Vons' onidry at Mar tins Kerry. )., reunied wotk. About J.OoO Idle men are a:a:n employe!! Nest Miimluy another (rental reduction In wai will go Into effect st th mills of the I'otttville, I'a., Iron and siel company. It will av erage from 0 to 1 I fer cent throughout the work. i The employes of fiormnn I'.tos. of Phila delphia liat agreed to accept a reduction of 10 per tent, hi their wanes and tbe bis: Inxruin carpet mill, whicli I Si been closed iiice November i will be itsrted Friday, giving emp oyment ti about' 400 hands. The Wnltbsm, Ms., bleaehery,. which has been clo ed mime time, began running with a full force cf 2U0 bands on Thurs day. ( About 4 00.1 shopgirls in New York city loot their s tuitions with the end of the Christmas rush. , iiw iiiiii i'mnli). A bjld robber relieved the sgvnt at Datmlle, Tetm . of 1 aa pnrk.ige containing f .VK) l!ai!rouf are at work mi the case. Mrs. Khabitli H. -Petty, a railroad express detectives eccentric misi-r.was murdered In lerli.Xie at Newark N. J., for her money, hhe wu 03 years old. A dynamite bomb ws ttirbWn by tome per-on unknown in Oakland, Pittsburg, t'a. on Wednesday niht and two bouses were wrecked and window broken In all houses is the miKhborhood. No cue was hurt wriously but many had tsrrow escapes There is a mystery enshrouding the das tardly deed which the police are unable to penetrate because they can Hod ni motive unless it bo that the bomb throwei1 acting out of depravity of mind. The explosion occurred in Howard's lane about 8.05 p, ro., ii a quarter where many negroes and Ital ians live. Waahlntloii - ws. miss 1'oiiaM. the plaiutitT in the ena- n the otial breach of promise case against He' 'veW. C. P. Brocklnrldge. of K 'eft tbe H?-n of Mercy, . e the ..in. tnscongre. securing a c deny it. i!W tO rueys J s PUnalrrai Arrlilrni unit I'mnltilr Three boys, Tracy K. and Ucar ltiUKhani ions of ltlxlmp Iiinhain, and Jotil Ash lander, were drowned while tkatiii ou a :rock at Kiverdale, Utah. Klnnnrlnl nnit Coinmerrlnl. At Milwaukee the lielinnce wire and Iron works, the I'hoenit. Suspend 'r com pany and the White Fish Hay nsjo.iotioa assigned. MUrrllnnroiis. rhe public authorities of Maspctb. U I,, buried on Friday a child that was horn last Saturday In a luti coop. Tho mother of the child, Alice Warwick, with her mother; rented the coop for 23 cents a week, because too poor to have a belter place. The coop is about 10x8 feet. , j Mayor tiilriy of New York has been given :0,ikjj barrels of Hour by a leading milling company for distribution among the poor. At Philadelphia dandelions were in bloom on Christmas BEYOND OU BORDERS. There were thunder itormi in Europe on Christmas day and it was abnormally warm in Uussia. A pleasure party boating on the river at Kiama, neur Sydney, N. S. V, was carried out to vea and wrecked in the surf in the presence of hundreds of spectators, t'even out of eight persons were drowned, j Secretary Morley stated in the House ot Common that during tho six monihsended r-'eptenibor 30 last. 1.711 erons had been evicted by Irish landlords. Since that date ISO tenants have been evicteJ. STATE IiANK NOTES. The Minority Heport on the Hcgi'latloD ot Their Issue. The i.b-c nominee ol l ie Coni'iiittee Kanking and Currency of the liouxe, which was committed the oictinn cf peuliiu tbe Suite bank tax, divided on on to matter, Mr. IVx, of Tt uueee. siibiuittins a reporl embody. iu uiiconditioual icpeul. and Mr Wurner of New York and Mr. Hall, i f Miunesuta. reporting In favor of condi tional repeal. The bill d-uf'ed liy Mesrs. Holland Warner repculs ihe In r cent l.x. but pro vides lliat the msiie if Ma s liauk notes shall be con lined to the Stale in which the banks are incororuted and il the note are used ouUi.ie of the Stale thee ate lobe subject to a tax of 10 per cent of their I'jcs value. Stuie banks ar authorized lo issue circula ting noies suujeji lo regulations that will guarantee us well as can be done the pro tection of their lace vulue to their holders Tbe Miantouomah Sails. The Miantonoinali left New York Under sealed orders lor Fortress Mon.oe, Virginia. She will replenish her eial supply there aud await luriher instructions from the navy department. Her uestiuation is be lieved to te itio Janeiro, The tuiikiiie ready of the Minntonomah for sea was without doubt with th idea of send i n hr to Jilo. Hut there is rt-'on lo doubt whether she will go ber - foik no i futur develoimj Itio eu still furtherX the fc LATER NEWS. CAPITAL ARO LA SOU. The directors of a Peoria (III,) street rail was bsve decided their men must work fifteen bourt a day Instead of twelve, with out extra pay. The entire establishment of tbe Pennsyl vania Steel company, at Steelton, Pa., with tbe exception of tbe frog switch and signal department and two furosces, have closed down for an indefinite period. Tbe management announced that ss soon ssthey received a lullicient number of orders to Insure continuous running In any .or all of tbe departments, work will be re sumed. At Johnstown, Pa., there is a boom In all departments of tbe (Jauntier steel works. Tbey are two month behind orders Over 1,000 men sre working overtime, many 13 hour a day. According to the police cens-is there are 6,013 people In llostou who are unemployed aud who are anxious to get work. The repair shop of the New YorK and New Knglatid raiiroad at Norwood, Mass., were closed an I about H)) employes were thrOW OUt Of Work With lll Imlil-I n-t,n they will return. Ohio Kiverrailroal oflicials here rednced employes' wage 10 per cent. MATrM, ACCtflNTK AND rsTMITlr. At Sedilis, Mo., t A residence of Mr. Barah Kellee wa destroyed by lire and her crandchildren. I.eona West and Laudon Uailey. were burued to death. . At Miran, Kan., while crossing the rsN way track in a b'.igtry Mr.JatuesCorro!l and four children were struck by a train and Mr. Car roll and babe were latally Injured. Jacob Hartman. a Philadelphia motor man met death in a peculiar manner. There was some trouble witli the wire und Hart man was leaning over the front dasher In iking up when hi car overran a twitch and collided with another car. crushing his head against the woodwoik. At the Cincinnati railr. ad shops, C hatta nooca, Tenn.. Charlf Iteckert, white, arid James Lang, colored, were in-tantly killed by the explosion of the bailor and en gine. roiirtosj, A Cispatch from Melbourne ays: Fiftren lives were lot through tie wreck of the steamer Alert, which went ashore off Jubi lee Point d iring the terril'.c gale which swept ever Point Phillip. C'.ily one perron was saved. At Amsterdam, during a fog on Saturday 73 tersoti fell Int ) the tannin from boat which had been up-et. F.ftem irsona were drowne 1. The f-.g was dene from the K.it Knglihh co.ist ni r.s.s th- sea and throughout the Netherlands. A thousand ucutha from diphtheria h-m trcurre l ut Teneriffi?, ore of the Ciliary lV:an Jj. Trade has been paraly.-d. WASHINGTON". The President, Secretary tlrcsbam, Sccrc taiy Carlisle and Capt UoUIey D. Kvan ' the navy, returned to WVlnii-.ton btfir ducking tripdown the PotomacY mrj tli.i in-. liu li sport th ey had lots of fun." T.'fe President evidently is much benclitvd by his rest. t rinrs .l iTXtTir. J'lir.t J'.lnod, a wealthy lnaiden living i:i s remote .art c f 'iroti.-i,Ma-s.1was rohbi.K'at urday iiif'lit ol i he buri-'lnrs entered It window, svi.e I i:;r- vv i-i, hound ln-r lianda niid took all ;he i.iuiic they co.ild tind. As his lirokrn-heaMeJ w'i'i! bent ov.r to ki.'s Frank Ii;l.:niea,a maniac in tlicWcs ton, W. Va., inta'iu aylu,n, the madman cut her t!iroat with a razor. Then he turned ou a keeper, and before he Was overpowered had cut his own tln.t from ear to oar. It is barely pdisible that they will both re cover. The Hawaiian Mniorty Report. The iU- ubliean members of the Foreign Aflaira l ommittee have finished the mi nority report on the reolutions presented by Chuirman McCreary on the day Congress uuj'i-.iriicu as a suiHtitute lor the mtt reso lution. It goes in di-uil into the whole Li-! ory of Mr. lU.vint's appointment a9 Coin ini inner Paramountaud tbe course of the aduiin.s'ratio:i. Tho preamble rentes that it ha been di-cloM-tl that the executive iieparlmeiit has been lurniKliing to n mini-ter plenipoten tiary secn-t liistrui'tion.s to cons). ire with the rep. ..eni.it. vej and agent ol a deposed uii I d.carUeit monarchy lor the overthrow of u fnendlv Pcpublican uoverument. duly recogiue'l bv all the i ivihe I nations to whii h said Minister was accredited, and t which Ins put lie instructions ple.iRed the K'Wd taini und symputliy of the president, the govcrniiH'iit uud the peojileof thel'uited States. The resolution is that such intervention ry the F.xecutive is a dungcrous and un WHrrauted inva-iou of the righta and digni ties of the ongress of the CmtedStates and a violation of the law of nations, and further that the manner of such intervention and methods used are unworthy o( t lie Kxecu live, while the conlessd intent ot such In tervention is contrary to the policy and traditions of the republic and the spirit of the Constitution. THE PRESIDENTS' .RECEPTION, Over 6,000 People Wish Him and Mrs. Cleveland a Happy New Year. Tbe oilicial toc'al season in Washington began on New Year's Day with the regular New Year's reception at the White House. Tbe general public attended tbe reception in greater Humbert than on any New Year's Day for years past. So great was tbe throng that It became necessary to double form two lines, one extending to Seventeenth street, and the other to the Treasury. It was after 10 o'clock before they were permitted to enter. All the receiving party with tbe exception of the President and Mrs. Cleveland, withdrew from the blue P.ooui after theotlicisl contingent bad passed. The crowd of commoners was estimated ut 6,000. A handshake from the President and a handshake and a smile from Mrs. Cleveland were given every man, woman unit rhlht si'hit and hlni-a whn nsast It was nearly 3 o'clock when the last oft th general public shook baud with tbd President and Mr. Cleveland, und tbe New Year reception of lR'.M ended. Vice President and Mrs. Stevenson receiv ed at the Hotel Kormundie after the Presi dential reception and had a perfect ovatiou. Treasury Balance Lower Than Ever, Tbe National Treasury net balance on Thursday declined to tbe low fignrt or 188,. 91-i.OMi. of which 62,02s,GUo l- , gold and 16,889,300 Is in currency. is tb nweat tvtint ever rac"1 f - ssury. A COLLAPSE OF INDUSTRY. DUN'S REVIEW OP TRADE For tbe Past Year. A Drop In Business Which ia Almost Without a Precedent R. O. Dun A Co ' Weekly Keview of Trade, New York, sty, under the caption, " The Year 1PH3": Starting with tbe largest trade ever known, mill crowded with work snd all business stimulated by high hoies. tbe year 1893 bat proved, In sudden ibrinksge of trade, in commercial disasters snd In depression of in dustries, tbe worst for 30 year. Whether the final resu t of the panic of 1837 were relatively more severe, the scanty records of that lime do not clearly show. The year close with tbe price of many products the lowest ever known.with millions or workers teeking in vein for work, and with cbsrity laboring to keep back suffering snd starts 'ion in all our cities. All hope that tbe new year may bring brighter day, but tbe lying year leaves only a dismal record. , trie review oi umereni departments ot trade exhibit a collatwe of industry1 n. business which I olruoil without pre cedent. Ihe iron industry sustained a week ly production of 11, 3.M tons pig Msy 1. but by October 1 the output had fallen to73.'JJ tons, und the recovery to about IOj.O V) De cember 1 still leaves -10 per cent, ot tbe force unemployed. O.er half the woolen manufacture is Idle, snd, excepting a brief recovery in Novem ber, ha been ever since new wool came In May; tor all sales at tbe three chief insrketa in the eight months have been but 10,79 4J0 pounds. partly for speculation, tbe price having fallen 'Jo per cent for fleece to the lowest point ever known, aginst 212,330.003 po inds ia tbe tame months last year. Sales of cotton are fully a quarter below tbe usual quantity. Tbe small advance attempted in boots aud shoes a year ago, was uot sustain ed, but with price sa low as ever, the shipment of boot aud shoe from Huston are per cent less than last vear in Dtoetu ber. Not only manufactured goods of a whole, but them .st important farm products are so low that farmers rind little comfort. Idticial aud other report deluded traderr with the no'i n tint crops of lost year were to short that (amine prices could be nali -i on purchases. Ftiorniousttocks were Lougl-t and held with the aid of bans until heavy receipts in the spring caused a collapse ( wheat, pork and cotton pools. Disastrous failures helped lo produce t ie alarm, which soon made money iniposiitle but get; but even at the worst hour of psn.c, prices were scarcely lower thau they u.e now. Wteat has repeatedly sold here and at CM cag.j at the lowest price ever known and Jt is half a cent above it now. Pork fell 7 11 an hour when the siieculatlou burst sells lower todav. Cotton was lifted fa cVit with accounts of the scarcity in Senieml.r but has lot most of the gaili and sella be!,' b cent. Thus, unreasonable speculation, by preventing the sale of surplus product, have proved a great injury to farmers at-n time when their euforced curtailment purchases is di.-astrou to all other indu.i trie. 'J Clear evidence of ihe shrinkage in differ ent branches of business is a Horded by an swers already received to eoveral thousand ciKulan qutin tlgure on sales duru.i' the lasv halt of iS'JJ and 18'iJ. Full infor m.Vion of the renult will be given hereaf tvr, but returns of the textile goo.ls alrear ow sales amoiititiug to 43,3TJ,.,s7J th egaiust t;o,3t7,SSJ lutt year.a dex::. ' Iron returns thus far aagregste II0,ca. against 01..JS1.MJ1 Inst year, a decrease ot ' Ul , US per cenr. Iteport thus far of lewelrv show a decrease of Wp'f rit; ot furniture So per cent; ol ilryg jo-K 2 1 pet cent of liatn, l..60percetit:of haidware. 17 per tent, of ibue manufactures, H per cent, und by 1 dea'crs. s per cent, uud ot clothing, 10 er , cent. j It in curious that the only trado showing : any imreaseas yet is in groceries, tbe ag ' itregate sales hitnr 1 ptrioiit. larger than in : the Inst half of IS M. I In '" years, covered by the record of this ' ogency, the number of lailures has only : once risen a little above Pi.ti.Vl In a year. I In l?i3 the number reported ha been 1'i.t.jJ The aggregate of the liabilities in all fail ures reorted bns in six year risen above ; j'jo i.iXnj.iJoO. This year the strictly cotu ' mercial liuhilitie alone have exceeded j t.Ul.t.'ilM!. tho liabilities of banking and financial institution have been (Jlo.U.Vi.MJi I and the liabilities of railroads placed iu the j band of receivers about 81, ZYl. '.'17.0J t. As all reports hitherto have been to some : extent erroneous through inclusion of (at. ' ures not strictly commercial, the classified returns show 3.2.li manufiieutrins failure with liabilities of llJt.707,44.; Htil fail- ores In legitimate trade with liabilities Of fvVXT.H;), and 302 other failures including broker and speculators, with liabilities of (3;.tii'3.73:. The average of liabilities in manufacturing is t.VJ0'i; in legitimate trading ts.oooand other failures HI, WO. MADE A GOOD HAUL. An Express Messenger Knocked and Bobbed by a Negro. Down As express me.-ngers A. F. McCulloch and F. Neardall were transferring their ex press bag from the Texas ft Pacific pass enger train to the New Orleans Pacific train at Marshall Texas, McCulloch was knocked down rty a negro.who snitched a pouch Iron him and ran. Neardall tired one shot at the rohbi-r ns he tied but tailed to stop him. 1 he robbery wa committed on the depot pbittorm under ihe glow of elce tric lights. while there were probatily one hundred people, atiinding around The ex press teop!e did n-u tell the amo int secur ed, but it is estimated at from t&,oo0 to t. 000. Balances Decreasing. Exclusive of Saturday's business the re ceipts of the liovernmeut for the month of December have been ( 20,027. M7 and the expenditures 30,174.6r.t. a deficiency of receipts over expenditures of U.l.V).0J2.Th receipt for the fiscal year todate have bee a H')5,ljll,3U and the expenditure ele3,600.. 632, a deficiency of receipt over expendi ture for practically half tbe yeur of 134, l"i,71H. The treasury balance is (80,201,157, a decrease of 3,03H,4,V( during ten wont Is Net gold is 1st -175,315, decrease since the 1st of f 1.4H3.71I and tbe currency balance is (7,785,822, a decrease ot (4,451,715. A DRUNKEN MAN'S ACT. Be Deliberately Boasts Himself, Family and Motber-in-Lsw to Death. A Omaha. Neb., John Cummlng. while! drunk overturned a lamp, settingthe house a tire. Then he held the door ot tbe room shut si that uo help could come aud be and. his wife and one child, with Mrs. Margaret Fox. Mrs. Cummlng's mother, were roast ed to death. Twenty-Eight Drowned. A dispatch from NHnl Novgorod, Russia, states that during a i htrity carnival, held on the Volga river, the Ice broke and a large number of people fell Into tbe river. Twenty-eight persons were drowned before ins static coal 1 reach tbem. It is thought ihut some of those who were rescued will lie from the effects of the shock and ex posure. There is do sucn tbioK as becom Intr rich while sbuUlntt God out of the heart Id order' put monej lo the pocket iNDEEGAST IS GUILTY. A8SIN OF CHICAGO'S MAYOR aedtoHaoR. Tbe Condemned Man m sn Occupant of Murderer's Bow '1th a Death-Wateri Set on Him, :lA less tier law shall interfere, Tstrick tie Prendergast, the murderer of Cbl s Mayor, Carter II. Harrison, will die ie gallows. Twelve representative cit i of Cook County on Friday afternoon dged blm responsible for bis cowardly on tbe night of October 8, and th h watch now sits outside hia cell In th ity Jail atChlcago.The verd.it of the Juty agreed upon after a deliberation of a over an hour. Prendergast "crosed" self, according to the Catholic faitb, n it was t.nnov.nced. but uttered no 1 Preston Harrison wa the first to approach Attorney Trude and thank him earne-t.y for his services and eronal lniert io meting out justice to the murderer of h:s ( father. IPs remarks viere free trotu exult ant feeling. He believed that JuMiie only had been done. Prendergast created no scene when he was returned to hi cell, anil the xerdict was kept from his fellow prisoner at long t possible. They toon reeeived word through visitors, however, and Jailer Morris re moved the condemned man at one; to "Murderer'a row." his ceil being thai n.t to Painter, who hrs been given a respite bv Uov. Allgeld until January 12. Prenderrrast sent word that be would not see any visit- or, newspaiier n-en cially. I Bhortly after Prendernast had arrived at the jail be was called on by his brother John. Tbe meeting between the brothers was I painful. They shook hands tliently and neither spoke lor several minutes. Then John said : ' Don't hue hope Gene, we'll do all Wt ojn for you." CL assassin bowed his head but made no reply Later he talked quietly to bis brother for ame time. During the evening Messrs. Mctinorty, Ksex ami Heron, his attorneys, called upoii'hlm and talked to him in a mannrr calculated to cheer him up, bat their rlrort did not appear lo have the de si wo e fleet. The awlulueas of In sentence seemed to have cowed the assassin and to have broken hi spirit. From the evening of October 28, when Piendergast lirei the fatal shot which murdered the city's chief executive, until the end of Ins trial, one of the most promi nent and imwerlul motives which has seem ed to actuate him has been an abject tear t list through some neiriigence of police or sheriff's deputies he might become the vic tim of mob violence. November 1, on the way to Uraceland where the body of Mayor Hsrrison was placed In a vault, the proces sion passed by the jail where Prendergast wasconlined. He was in ubject tear then and asked his attendants for stronger pro tection. So grest was hi apprehension that lu theirereif for the muroered mavnr c the people might become uncontrollable and mob the jail that lie tried to hide under tbe cot in his cell. f'AKUS OF PENNSYLVANIA. Important 8tatttU-s From the Census , Bureau. Secretary f" Iri of the State Hoard of Ag riculttire of IlVrlsburg has secured from e ctnsu bureau at Washington a tabu- statement of farms in the various dies of Penns'ania, including lands, sssirs acceding to the cen ... , in is win t , forthcoming annual repo ti,in seitli tnhuluted ilateme ' f furm, , tlje ute MCord,g lo the cel.. , . .. , , . , , . , - oM8 0 and the estimated value of farm j products in 1883 and 1SW. The census of 1M shows a decrease in the : farm voUatin of Pennsylvania of lo U0, ' 177 Irom that of Inst, when the total i-pia-I tion was rc'i.bVMlO. Only 22 counties shows train in the valuation of their farms over tbe census of 1 .'). and near.y all of them ore in the western part of the state, where oil, ira and coal were discovered dur ing the Intervening t rue between the census of 1SS0 and that of 1-vsi. The farm valuation in the state according to the cetiso of 1V0 was (407.H76 U'nj. The census of Itt'H given the valuation at ei'.iiJ,- 0V).7u7: lrt7i(l.(43 41 fixJ; 1VJ t'.l75.ti8:),- 410: lSKJ 022. 2 10, 221. Tbe high watermark in the farm valuation of Pennsylvania was reached between the cenu of IWJ and that of 170. during the war triod, when wheat sold at (3 a bushel, and other farm prodiictcorrcpondmg iu price. I he dif ference between the farm valuation given by the census of 18,0 and the last census is (121, 241, 340 or a loss of les than 11.73 ier cent. The 22 farms which show an tscreose In their farm valuation In the census of 1SJJ over the reviou census are Allegheny, where there tin been an increase ot f'l.oo,,. 374; Heaver. (1.111.301; Cambria. ot;U,2, Ca-i eron. (ti7, I'M; Carbon, (221.015; Cleur (1.1'jH 6!i"; Crawford. (l,Wu.S75; Forrest, liii,040: (Ireeue. (1.0K-t,Gti2; Indiana. tl.Ml, 8 IS; Jefferson, ('.: Lackawanna. H3,. liitj; I.vcoming, (Ut 275; Mckean, (131.011; Montgomery, f -' M..,.r.i; i una leipnia, (1.0'..310; Pike. ( Hiio, 207: Porter, ('JW,7o5; Sullivan, (120.544; enaiiio, (17S.U2; Wayne, (3o,b03; Westmoreland, (2,l'3J,- C70 Tbe largest Increase ha been in Allegheny county, the census ol nsj giving its valua tion at (40,411,'.i'hJ, and tbul ol 1SO0 at (47, U70.33O. Tbeestimate of 1S03 gives tbe aggregate value of farm products in the state at (121, 328.34S, or (ft.432.128 less than the estimate made 10 year previous. Allegheny tbows a decrease ot (714.713; Armstrong. (281,172, Uutler. (208 0(H; Fayette, 10'.',171; Law rence t72,a.ii; Aoiims, 4i,u-ju; niair, eii - !kh; Columtiia, (.175.010; Cumberland, 4'., 203; Franklin. (3fi.8'.i; Juniata. (100.925. In a few counties there has been a decrease in frm valuation and au Increase in tbe lalue of furin product. A OBEAT BOSTON FIBE. The Olobe Theater Burned snd tbu Drygoods District Boorcbed. 1 he Olobe theater utltoston, Mass., burn ed early Tuesday morning. The fire raged furiously and threatened to take in the whole square bounded by Washington and Essex streets and Hayward place. The inflammable nature of the scenery and properties of the Hanlon's Superba Company helped on tbe blaze, and little effect was made on it by tbe wa'er. The theater will be a total loss. A this writing the large six-story build ing Just erected by the Harvard college trustees bad caught and every effort is be ing made to save it. It looks a If tbe en tire block on the Harrison avenue extension would be swollowed up. During tbe prog ress of the tire several severe explosious occurred which proved to be the powder and cartridges owned by the llanlon Company, who are playing there this week. It is stated that every particle of tbe ward robe of tbe company ha been lost. JIB "Did you say the furniture ia Louis XIV.?' She -Yes. Why?" lie "The bills suggest tbe Reign of Terror. - beau Monde. I ' o matter wnere the devil's mud 1 1 kes a true Christian, it leaves a btspot. Ao mtls Lose Tttetr TVildnene. The Strange way to v?nlch anltuali chane their habits ot life, owing to tbelr environments, Is nowhere more apparent than la menageries. It would hardly bj Imairlned that the slow, phlegmatic Galapagos turtle could ever tie converted Into almost a lively animal, ever on the watch for some visitors who might offer It a cracker or u nut In the Central Park menagerie, according lothe New York Tribune, these unwieldy tortoises can be foco to raise themselves by their forefeet on the wlrework and stretch out their necks to net tho offered itirt It Is strange to rvo them dividing and almost quarrelling with the rab bits when some small boy throws a handful of crass into the Inclosure. The rabbits sit down na their haunches within a few Inches of their coin an ons and pick out the tidbiis from tho food that U offered them, olten taking- a particular ten der piece of irras out of the very njouthe of the turtles. The Hons und tlircrs, pumas and latruars take no nolice of the men und women that arc ever pasvnff In front of them. They Just look out and blink at them; but let a dog be brought anywhere' near the rage, then they mow their savage nature it once, und spring up, glaring out tavagely, whlio their tails twitch nervously from llaok to flunk. Unvirontiient has had Its effect on the b ars. The cinnamon and grlz ti es are not friendly In their wiid homes, Humph in the tuenugeries they urc a happy family. The slink ing foxes und wolves can be noticed to have lost part of their natural dis trust of man, and tho tlnilJ deer as well, as a rule, come up fearlessly and court tho attention of the public. Tit AJtr "Madam. I was not always thus." Madam "Na It was your other arm you had In a sling this morning. " ln-troit Tribune. "0 MAN hypocrisy. Is absolutely free frrn MARKETS. rirrsFcim. tnt wnoi.rsAi.B phicm ark oivex sjklow. i.IUIM, rt.OCK AND rXKD, IVllEAT .No, 1 Jtcd 1 No. 2 Ked COKN No. 2 Yellow ear... High Mixed ear No. 2 Yellow shelled Hielled Mixed OATS No. 1 White No. 2 White No. 3 White Mixed RYE No. 1 No. 2 Western. New FI.OL'K Kancy winter pat? fancy Spring patent Fancy Straight winter.... XXX Halters live Flour Mt'ickwheot Hour. HAY Baled No. 1 Tlin'y.. HiH Sn 2 T . . .1 h Md r . . nite Middling..... 0.5 t 6 ttt 0 44 4 43 4 40 4 19 4 S 8 3i 3 33 y 31 3 .'Hi 6. S3 fts 4 00 4 ' 4 10 3 30 H 23 a 2o 22 13 50 1J.V 1" " 4 li 5 mown .Miooiiiu-'s ltrnn. hulk STRAW Wheat HtH I'.VIHY l'lloil'rr.i, Ul'TTKIt Klgiii Creamery Fancy ('reamvry 2d Fancy country roll 20 Low grade iV cooking.... 1" CHKFK-obio. new 11 New York, new 12 Wisconsin Swiss 1' I.imliurtrcr (New inak-l... 13 rai'ir am vkckt vulks. Arri-ES-Funcy, V hhl... 4 o: Fair to choice, V bbl.... 2 2) UKANS N Y fc M(new)I!cunse'bhl 1 73 Lima Hfiiin 31 roTATuKH Fancy V bu (it Kwesl. per bbl 2 00 CAHMAijK ;.er hundred.. 3 00 ONIONS YellowUlobeVbu 50 Mixed Country 40 Spanish, per crate 03 Tl ltNll'S purple top 40 SSU'LTHV liTv;. 1.1 ve chicken V pr 43 Live Ducks V pr 43 Live liecite V pr 10) fi 87 6 ( 63 60 1 00 M 6t' tv I 1 l.lve Jurkty yio n lresslchit ken V lb.... it 1hhsis ducks Vft 11 lreeil turkeys V tt 11 I tressed eeese 8 F.titiS Pa t Ohio fresh.... 23 FKATHF.RS Fxtra livetieese y n M I No 1 Fxtra live geese VD 4S 1 Mixed '-" ' MISCKI.I.AMOL'S. TAUX)W-Country,ilb... 4 City 41 BEFDS-Clover 0 03 Timothy prime 2 00 Plue grass 1 40 RAtiS Country mixed.... k mofci- line clover.... n lluck wheat 10 MAi'I.ESYUUl'. new crop. M CIDKR country swectVhhl 0 75 CINCINNATI. FI.Ot'R- WHEAT No. 2 Red. RYE No. 2 COKN Mixed eat) i e 68 63 37 80 20 10 OATS .... EMiS.... UUTTEIl I'llILAMtLfUlA. FLOVR II 00(31 03 , 41 ' 84 24 23 WHEAT No. 2. Red.. CORN No. 2, Mixed. OATS No. 2, White BUTTER Creamery Extra. EUUS I'a.. Firsts s e KbW VOKK FLOl'R ratenU WHEAT No 2 Red 2 00 , 65 60 83 18 24 RYE westeru .t.M.... CORN No. 2 OATS Mixed Western... HUTTER Creamery EUOS ttate and 1'enti I.1VX-BTOCK HKeOUT. tAST UBPHTV, MTTHIICIWi STOCK YARt Per 100 lbs. CATTLE, Prime Steers...... f Good butcher Common , Hulls and dry cows Veal Calves Fresh cows, per head 4 79 to 3 75 to 8 45 to 2 00 to 5 00 to 20 00 to MIEIP. rrimeOS to 100-tt) sheep....! 8 60 to Good mixed 8 40 to Common 70 to 78 ttt sheep... 1 60 tc Choice Lambs 2 60 to HOtiS. Selected .'. 5 40 to t rime Yorkers - 5 85 tc Heavy 6 00 to Roughs. 8 75 to
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