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The Princeton Union. R. C. DUNN, Publisher. Terms$1.50 per year in advance. NEWS OF THE WEEK. KiiSllslt t-Sralii Markets. The Mark Lane Express says: Wheat catting is now becoming general, and, judg ing from recent agricultural advices, -wheat has improved -wonderfully in many parts of the country. The sunshine has repaired the injury caused by the rainfall of May to an un looked for extent, excepting in districts where the drought was severe, causing premature ripening. The prospects for the barley crop are variable and generally unpromising, par ticularly on high lands. The yield "will cer tainly be light. Oats and beans promise fairly. The grain trade in London and the provinces is devoid of any special feature but prices are well maintained considering the proximity of the harvest. There is an under current of steadiness observable and the opin ion generally obtains that whether bought for consumption or speculation, wheat.at present prices cannot do much harm to millers or speculators if the strengthening influence at work is continued. There is a constant de mand for white for export, and cargoes oft*the coast have been taken for continental account and the fact that prices are stationary in the face of liberal imports and the improved crop prospects is in a great measure due to this legitimate increased demand. The arrivals of wheat cargoes oil'the coast, especiallj'from America, appear likely to be small for the next few weeks, but as brilliant prospects are entertained of the crop on the other side of the Atlantic, the probability of any material rise here is more or less remote. With mod erate arrivals at ports of call, the floating car go trade for wheat is steady without quota ble change. The demand for the continent continues and helps to support prices. Maize dull. Barley unchanged. .V lawjri' Sliot. At Little Rock, Arkansas, July 31st. Edward M. Orr shot and it is thought fatally wounded James B. McLaughlin, a lawyer of that city. The father of Orr is soid to reside in St. Louis. Orr has been in the county jail ncariy one month on the charge of gam bling and sharp practice on some citizens. On the '20th ult., his fine was paid with money by his father. McLaughlin had been employed by him in the meantime to defend him. He had turned over his valies to the lawyer who was to keep it until Orr, on being released from jail, demanded it, but McLaughlin had refused to 2,ive it up until his fee was paid, whereupon Orr shot him, the ball passing through the breast and touching the lungs, and, it is thought the shot will prove fatal. Another entered his leg and one his thigh. Orr is in jail. McLaughlin has been a resi dent of Little Rock about six months. He is from Cleveland, 0., and stands well at the bar. HifXtcan Border Outrages. A Galveston JS'ews special from Antonio says: Official information from the border says the Mexican government is organizing the inhabitants, both Indian and Mexicans,in to companies to operate against the Ameri cans. The most notorious characters on the border hold commissions from the Mexican government. Oroles, a notorious raider is In command of a company at the new town on the Mexican siclj above Pedras Negras. Kick apoo Indians have been enrolled to defend the town of Serragossa against McKenzie should he follow raiders across the Kio Grande to that place. There is almost a ces sation of friendly relation between American and Mexican officers. The Parvenus, a Mexi can paper at Pedras Xegras, announces that Col. Nuncio has an ample force to destroy the Grengos. There has been no modification of orders Ejiven regarding following raids into Mexico. Voluntary BanUrnivtcy. On Monday the 29th inst, J. H. Mc Vicker, for many years proprietor of Mc Vicker's theatre at Chicago, and well known in the dramatic world, filed a voluntary peti tion to bankruptcy. Liabilities $(350,000. Of this amount half a million is a judgment against him as one of the bondsmen of David A. Gage, ex-city treasurer, who defaulted in a large amount to the city in 1ST4. Of the re mainder, :?9"j,000 is secured by mortgage oil McVicker's theatre, and all the rest is vari ously secured, with the exception of 82,000 or 3,000. He owes $60,000 to Mrs. McVick er, and 835,000 to various Eastern parties. At presant the theatre will be run as hereto fore by Mr. MeVicker, and all contracts which have been made with dramatic troupes will be carried out. Stage Co:icIi Attaeltert Ty Indians. The stage from Boise to Silver City was attacked by Indians near Moreday's ferry, Snake river on the 30th ult. The driver was shot through the body, but brought the stage to the ferry, the guard of five soldiers at the ferry and employes of the station ex changing iire with the Indians, when they left. The band of hostiles are supposed to be Bannock?, returning to the scene of the origi nal outbreak in Camas prairie. It is expect ed that Bruneau valley will be again raided. Storm in Oetroit. 4 On July 81st a terrific wind storm passed over Detroit, Mich., doing considerable damage. During the strom the flat gravel roof of the east wing of the moulding shop of the Detroit stove vorks became over loaded with water and fell in. There were about thirty employes in that part of the building. The only one seriously injured was Henry E. Hibbin, who was badly crushed about the body and injured internally. Damage to building, etc., 31,500. JLlIiel r.nil*. Dr. Wm. J. Sneid, of Nashville, enter ed suits in the United States courts at Cinci ati July 29th, against the the Cincinnati En quirer for $20,000, and against the Commercial for $10,000 damages for alleged libel in pub lishing an article stating that Sneid oed with the wife of a citizen of Nashville. The Hostile Savages. A Portland, Oregon telegram says, a rendezvous for all unfriendly Indians both in Oregon and on the "Washington Territory side is at the foot Priest Rapids, where they are collecting in good numbers. Chief Moses says he can't,control his vong men and warns settlersj etc., to look out for themselves. __: Cause fli an/vxplosion. The mystery of the explosion in Green field's N. Y. candy factory ix monthBago, by which several persons were killed, is still un explained, but it is now found that the invea tor of a singularly destructive powder, the composition of which is a secret and is manu factured solely for the Russian government, had an office in the Greenfield building at the time of the explosion and it is thought that the presence cf this compound may account for the disaster. Committee oulittbov. The Congressional committee on labor had a session in New York city, on Saturday, Aug 3, and representatives of workingmen appeared before them. They laid the blame of depression in business to National and State legislation, the granting of lands to railroads and other corporations, and the granting of large interest on bonds. They advanced the idea that the government should pass a home stead law, and throw public lands open to set tlement, and assist men to settle there. Mrs. Hale said the first step necessary to bring back prosperity to the country was to grant suffrage to women. Give women the ballot and everything would be lovely and perfect. Advance in San Francisco Freights. The Union Pacific railroad company, issued, July olst, a circular to the dry goods trade, informing shippers of an increase in rates on first class merchandise from New York to San Francisco from $0 to $12 a hund red. The reason assigned is that when rates were low, merchants only shipped light freight by rail and sent all bulky merchandise by clippers around Cape Horn, thus leaving to railroad companies light and costly freight on which the risk was too great for small profit. Xatlonal JStmkrupt Agency. The following is a statement of the operations of the national bankrupt agency for the month of uly compared with a corre sponding period last year: Notes for circula tion assorted and returned to banks of issue $10,236,000 notes for circulation assorted and delivered to comptroller of the currency for destruction and replacement with new notes. $1,051,700 notes of failed, liquidating and re ducing bauks dcpositi.'d in the treasury of the United States, $1,073,050. Total for July, 187S, $21,905,150, total for July, 1S77, $21,S3S,200. Increase. $120,950. Jfegro JKiot. Reliable reports from Havana state a negro riot broke out there on the 22d inst., in a locality known as Los Sitios. The prin cipal cause of dissatisfaction among the blacks seems to have been their continuance in slavery after the liberation of all those who lately surrendered at the collapse of the rebellion. During the disturbance the police had to charge, sword in hand, killing and wounding a great many. The rioters then dispersed and tied to the swamps around Atores Castle. Only a few arrests were made. Capture of Escoltedo. An official dispatch from Col. Sweitzer at Ringold barracks, near Brownsville, fully confirms the capture of Gen. Escobodo, con cerning which there has been some doubt. He was captured July 20th near Custro Gene gas, in the State of Catahuaila. He Avas sick at the time, and concealed at a hacienda, the owner of which was threatened with death un less he revealed Escobedo's hiding place. Es cobedo, to save the man, surrendered himself. reatl of a Millionaire. A San Francisco telegram of Aug. 3d says: Michael Reese, the news of whose death at Wallenstcin Germany, has been received there, leaves an estate approxi mated at $10,000,000 or more, and with the ex ception of Senator Sharon, was the largest real estate owner in that city. Seme years ago he made a will leaving the great bulk his estate to benevolent institutions. Flection In North Carolina. A Raleigh telegram of Aug. 3d, says twenty three counties heard from indicate that the legislature will be largely Democrat ic, though thus far the Democrats have lost nine members, distributed among Republi cans, Independents and Nationals, and have gained six. The Independents, however, can not strictly be classed with the Republicans,^ as most of them will vote with the Democrats IVatohins: for aiclienzie. A Galveston News special says: Gen eral Pedro Valdez, the Mexican commander, who met MacKenzie when the latter was in Mexico after the raiders, is, with about 1,500 men, stationed in the mountains above Eagle Pass on the Mexican side watching for Mac Kenzie. On the 25th ult., upwards of sixty head of Texas cattle were driven across the Rio Grande to feed Yaldez's soldiers. The WestOTii Indians. A Baker City dispatch says Gen. Howard formed a junction with Forsyth's command July 23d. The whole force left camp near Robinsonville to follow the fleeing hostiles, who are making direct toward Mal heur agency. The hostiles will be forced to fight soon, as the troops are coming against them from several directions. Short filiations. Xcws is received from Malheur City that Howard's command were entirely out of rations. Fresh Indian trails have been dis covered leadhur direct to Malheur agency. It was thought the hostiles were either going to the agency to surrender, or making towards Stem Mountain. Several hostiles passed near Malheur, cleaning out a few houses and shoot ing at citizens. Frairio Chickens an Wisconsin. Sportsmen are warned against shooting praire chickens in Wisconsin until the 25th of August. The law which permitted the shoot ing of chickens on the 15th of August was amended last winter as above, and a penalty of 10 for each bird killed before the time mentioned added to the law. Outrages in lower California. A San Diego dispatch says: A tele gram from Campo says a runner has arrived from lower California with news that Pedro Badillo has attacked the officials at San Ra fael, killing one soldier and wounding anoth er, and that the whole frontier was up in arms. J.atv Against Tramps, The bill for the punishment of tramps passed the New Hampshire House the 24th inst. It provides for punishment by impris onment from fifteen months to fifteen years, the former penalty being provided for any person proven a tramp. Yellow Fever. 5 The New Orleans board of health August, 1st, reports 24 new cases of yellow fever and seven deaths for the previous twen ty-four hours. The river ports are enforcing the most rigid quarantine against New Or leans and Vicksburg. Rich and Not Rich. A New York telegram of Aug 2d says, the examination of Walter H. Shupe, editor of the Advocate, weekly paper, as a judgment debtor in the case of Jennings against Shupe, was resumed to day. Shupo denied that with in a week he had made apresenfof furniture to any one, or presented a set of furniture, or anything, to the church since the service of his order. He is not pwner of any stock. All his claims arc outlawed, or not good, and ids Avife has now the share in the Advocate which Shupo^formerly owned. The Jgxpress says the prosecution are in possession* of in formrtion that points to the, fact that ^shortly before leaving for the Syracuse, convention, Shupe at the house of Dr. Milfer^'thifc, city, offered $1,500 to the county convention if they would make sOme arrangement by which both fations should be united, and he would give to a number of gentlemen of the conven tion a salary from the earnings of the Advocate. It is further alleged that previous to the con vention Shupe offered thecountv convention, if the factions would unite, $1,000 as a present in cash, and $2,000 as a loan if they should be come short of funds, if they would make him chairman of the county convention. instructive Tornado. Advices from Southeastern Indiana slate that a tornado swept through that section of the country Aug, 1 damaging crops, trees and buildings quite seriously. At Liberty the Methodist church was badly damaged, and the residence of J. M. Darco partially burned. At Eaton, 0., corn was flattened out over a large area and apples and pears covered the ground in the vicinity of orchards. Reports of the same tenor are also received Jkom Greenville, Ohio, West Alexandria, and Rush ville and Connersville, ludiana, Monument to Cant. Jonathan Walker. Dispatches from Muskegon, Mich., stat that the monument erected to Capt. Jonathan Walker, by Rev. ProtiusFim, of Greece, has been unveiled. He was known as the man with the branded hand, a cognomen derived from the fact that the palm of his right hand was branded "S. S." (slave stealer) on account of his having assisted in running fugitives into Canada on his vessel. Parker Pillsbuiw, ex-Congressmau Williams, Gen. Pritchard and others made addresses. A. Great Failure. The wholesale grocery house in Cin cinnati, of R. M. Bishop, Governor of Ohio, has failed. Liabilities $350,000 assets not yet known. The firm consists of Gov. Bishop and his two sons. He attributes his disaster to shrinkage in all classes of property and a consequent failure in customers to meet obli gations It is thought the firm may oe able to pay fifty cents on the dollar. Xlie Union Pacificlt Uiltta will Contest. (i The land agent of the Union Pacific railroad, at Omaha, has issued an official cir cular letter, giving notice that the railroad will not accept as final the recent decision of Secretary Schurz as to the right of citizens to settle on and remain in undisturbed possession of land granted to the Union Pacific railroad by the government. Any such settlers will be dealt with as trespassers. Specie Resumption. On Saturday, August, 3rd, in New York city, Secretary Sherman and Senator Burnside had along conference with leading bankers on the feasibility of immediate. r|r sumption. Tne secretary think! with'the gold afloat on called in bonds the supply of coin will really exceed the demand. Fight With framps. At Rochester, Minnesota, on the 3rd inst., as the Sheriff was locking up a prison er, six hard looking fellows rushed into the jail through the basemaut, and one met the Sheriff neai\his office door, who kicked him out. Three of them attacked the jailor, but assistance arriving all were arrested and locked up. Stabbed by a Tramp. P. Wood, a weil-to-do citizen of Roch ester, Olmsted county, Minn., Aug. 2d, was stabbed near the heart by a tramp named Dan F. Crowley. Instantly Sheriff White who was near by, organized a company who followed with horses and arrested Crowley one mile from the city. Mr. Wood lies in a dangerous condition. Killed by Lightning. During a thunder storm in Philadel phia, on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 4, lightning struck the Methodist tent at Diamond street and Bridge avenue, instantly killing one child, and fatlly injuring three others, and stunning others, birth children and adults. Yellow Fever in Glalventon. The board of health have declared quarantine both by land and sea. All incom ing trains will be boarded at Highland station, and persons from infected points will be de tained. Four Per Cent. Subscription. Subscription to the four per cent, loan July 31, 81,561,570. For four months ending to-day April, 4,978,150 May, 7,530,50(1: June, s$,052t100 July, $19,272,200'. Total, $39, S3:?,950. Storm in Toronto. A terrific storm passed over Toronto, Aug. 1, doing great damage. Hailstones fell as large as large walnuts. Milwaukee produce Market. GEAINWheat opened strong and %c higher, and closed strong No. I hard S1.16V4 No. 1, 1.161 No. 2,1.I614 Julyl.lGi.4 August W%6 September 93%c. Cornqxiiet No. 2, 3914c. Oats easier No. 2,2614c. Eye steady No. 1, 54c. Barley unsettled and higher No. 2 cash and August 90c September, new 98c. PROVISIONSFirmer but qiuet mess pork 9.75 cash and July. Lard, prime steady at $7.12^,. Chicago Produce Market GRAINWheat opened unsettled and closed stronger and higher for No. 1 red winter 95y2@WAc: No. 2 do95J4ccash 93c August No. 2 Chicago l-05Kz cash and July 94%95cAugust 90^(3190^80 September No. 3 Chicago 90c. Com active af 35'/2CSi39'X{c cash 33-Kc July 38%c August 387e'c September rejected 37y2c. Oats fairly active an irregular new 26c old 27c cash 2654c July 227^d August 2254c September. Eye in fair demand at 54c. Barley weak demand fair and higher at 73c cash 94Vi@95c September. PEOVISIONS-Pork fairly active at $9-55 cagh 9.57f4@9.65 August 9.72i/2@9.75 September. Lard steady at $7.20@7.12i4 August. Bulk meats steadv: at 5.00, 6.006.25. New York Produce Market. GRAINWheat, spring quiet and winter lower re ceipts 388,000 bushels No. 2 Chicago 1.07: No. 3 70c Milwaukee 1.18 ungraded winter red western 1.07 No. 2 do 1.07 No. 2 amber 1.09 No. 1 amber 1.11@1.13, ungraded white 1.08 white state 1.35. Eye, western 60@65c. Corn firm receipts 174.000 bushels ungraded 45@49c No. 3, 47c steamer47% 48!4c No. 2 white 55@55^c Oats quiet receipts 93,000 bushels No. 3 white 33c No. 2,3434y2c do white 34/j@35c No. 1, 35c do white 37/c white western 3754c. PROVISIONSPork, ineBS $10.30@10.62!4. Beef dull and unchanged. Cut meats, western long clear middles $6.12& city 6.75. Lard, prime steam 7.3754 "The funeral was elegant," wrote the waiting maid of a lady, whose husband bad just been buried, to her sweetheart, "I was dressed in black silk, the flowers were lovely, and mistress wept just like a born angel." THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. Invent 1 gating the Election or 1S7 Under the Potter ResolutionJam** B. Anderson and Secretary Sherman on the Stand. SATURDAY, July 29.At At lantic City, N. J. Ex-Congressman Moreywas recalled. Witness testified to an interview with President Hayes, in which witness assumed that not maintaining the Packard government would he the destruction of the Republican party in the South. The President took the position that the Rcpubli can party could no longer maintain that policy which had lost New York to the party. With reference to Eliza Pinkston being brought into the room of the returning board on a sofa. Morcy said such conveyance was a matter of necessity, owing to her wounds. This was not designed to produce a strong impression on the hoard, although it naturally had the effect Gen. Sypher was recalled by Hiscoc-k and interrogated concerning the alleged Sherman letter. Hiscock repented the question asked Wednesday, namely: whether there was anything which' enabled him up to the time he saw what ourported to be a letter writen and signed by Mr. Sherman to carry the form of the hitter's hand writing in his mind, and also read the answer then given by Gen. Sypher, namely: "No, sir, 1 have not the form ot his writinir in my mind now, and have not seen it frequently since. I would not swear to his signatnre now." Ex Senator liumbull and others briefly testified, when the committee adjourned to New York, to resume the examination of witnesses, July 29th. MONDAY, July 29.The Potter com mittee met in New York city. Ex-Gov. Palmer of Illinois testified. He went to New Orleans in November 1876. Had conversa tions with Gov. Kellogg and Gov. Wells. Urged the necessity of filling the vacancy in the returning board. Talked with Gov. Wells and Gen. Anderson, and impressed upon them thst civil war might follow this matter of the Presidential election. There was a difficulty as to who should be selected to till the vacan cies in the board. Democrats had made extra ordinary efforts to capture the negro vote. He saw Eliza Pinkston when she was brought into the room by two men, and her condition certainly was horrible. It was about the seventh of December when witness left Louisiana. He had heard Mr. Archer say that Judge Levisee stated the election was a fraud, and if he could have $100,000he would L'ive his vote to Tilden. If witness was asked if the election in Louisiana was fair, he would say no. The sense of the people there was that Tilden and Nicholls were elected. He had heard of no prosecution against parties charged with committing the Pickston outrage. He said to Gov. Wells and Gen. Anderson that the Tilden electors were chosen, but that they might on a fair consideration of the question come to a different conclusion. Witness satisfied himself as to the perpetra tion of the Pinkston outrage by inquiries, and he supposed that the political parties, then, by takine the same means of inquiry that he did, could have also satisfied themselves as to its perpetrators. He told Governor Kellogg if hese things happened in Illinois he would bring the uarties to punishment or he would leave the State. He believed that the people would have been satisfied with the Packard government if thev thought he had been fair ly elected After a few unimportant questions Gov. Palmer's testimony was closed and the committee adjourned till the 12th of August unless sooner called toa-ether. Wlierethe World's Wheat is Raised,and Other Interesting Facts. From the National Board of Trade. Many Western journals are throwing out hints to the farmers to hold on to their grain. Last year at this time the same advice was given by the great majority of western journals, including the large dailies ofj this city. The NATION- AL BOARD OF TRADE advised the farmers to sell at the good prices then prevailing and above ail to avoid anything that savored of speculation. Almost immedi ately after our advice was published, wheat began to decline, and at length soid down 25c per bushel. There were then not 2,500,000 bushels of waeat in sight, while the British warehouses were cleaned out, the Eastern Russian ports were closed, and war iu Europe was gen erally looked upon as certain. But is there any reason this year why the farmer should hold on to his wheat that did not exist last?- Certainly not. On the contrary the hopes of high prices this year are faint compared to those of last. This year the yield of wheat in the United States is larger than last. What the prospect in Europe is we gather from the leading sources of information, and present to our readers. And first, as we have often heretofore pointed out, the prostration of our home industries has largely cut into the home demand. Unless our manufacturers can give employment to labor the eastern home demand for western products will naturally be light. This gives the British market a great advantage. It enables the capitalists of that country to obtain values froi-.t us at much lower prices than if our home demand were active. In fact it en ables them, to a great extent, to fix the prices at which we shall deliver to them. For the past year, the result of the ven tures made by these capitalists have been most depressing. The coming year they hope to recoup themselves for their looses. Dornbusch's 'lGargo List" says of the late-depression: "So general has been the recession of value that the past six months of 1S78, form an era in which firms might sink under a weight of loss without impairing a good name, credit, or even a reputation well earned for pru dent enterprise."1 But if the requirements of the British markets are to a greater extent than ever to determine values here, it is well for us to inquire what-these are and what the promises of their fttllfillment. The mar kets of a nation that imports 240 to 320 millions of bushes of grain of all kinds annually are always important to us. At present they are doubly so. Let us then form an estimate of the home resources of Great Britain and of countries export ing to her. This will enable us to form an equitable basis of values. And what is that basis, judging from present ap pearances? So far as the British import er is concerned, the basis is a yery broad and a very low one. It is almost too early however, for the British trader to estimate fully the European crops. So far, how ever, the prospect is that they are gener ally from fair to good. It is, consequent ly generally accepted in England that the year will be one of plenty." And, in deed, so far as our American dealers are concerned, they are acting upon this sup position. They are going ahead, in the British markets, with offers of wheat at 15s sterling per quarter below la9t season's prices. The question arises, has this had the effect of fixing the prices of foreign wheat for the future? The eminent authority of the British grain market, H. Kains-Jackson, thinks not. His opinion is that prices will not be fixed until later in the season than usual. He claims that Russia now balances the scale with America,"offering wheat freely at 33s to 40s per quarter, with the pros- pect that she could go Is to Cs lower in a couple ot weeks without attracting-entcr prise. "Kains-Jackson claims that the British '.contracts for the year will be de ferred until August has determined what England and Fiance want, as wej.1 as what America has the ability to export. With regard to European prospects, the French crop is estimated at over 100,000,- 000 hectolitres, or not quite 300 millions of bushels, with increasing crop prospects. The British crop is highly promising, and istimated at from 90 to 104 millions cf bushels, leaving the deficiency, to be made up, 88 millions of bushel?. There is also likely to be a large influx of grain in England from North Russia, Australia and India during the next two months. As it will arrive in large ships, it must be rapidly discharged and sold, H. Kains-Jackson sums up the British pros pects thus: ''British fine haivest prospects continu ing, values should in a month be low enough to tempt buyers to make their chief contracts for the year in wheat. With damaged harvest prospects, values would rise to a position it could not after wards maintain. In such a case, the operations for the season should be/ delay ed until the first of the harvesetl supplies bring about a downward reaction. In are i ik S?!i2?!$ i:S-cP J^ S the crop of 1878 being ample for the world's consumption. Yet it must be re membered present rates are already at a level of cheapness in Great Britain that never has been hitherto maintained for two whole years." Hindoo Funerals aud Worship. My last letter was dated upon my ar rival in Calcutta, which I tound to be a beautiful city, with wide streets, fine buildims and numerous pleasant parks. The commence of Calcutta is immense. Ships are moored head and stern in tires of four or five each, so close that the head-gear has to be removed, and they extend ior several miles along the right bank of the river. I saw where the fa- mottS Black-Hole of Calcutta was, but there was nothing now to mark the spot save a large lamp-post. In the botani cal garden we saw a famous banyan tree, one of the largest in the world. Tt has 300 branches and is 800 feet around. After spending several days very pleas antly in Calcutta, we started for Benares, distant a day's ride in the cars. Benares is the stored city of the Hin doos, and is on the Ganges River. They say that the eity is eighty thousand steps I doubt the bulk of the cutting wil nearer Heaven than any other place on I pleted earth and as by dying here good hindoos will be saved quite a, long tramp, the city is filled with superannuated speci mens of humanity, ready for their long journey! It is a part of the religion of the Hin doos to bathe every morning and say their prayers before taking food. The I favorite place for doing both is on the 1 banks of the Ganges. one.morning. we arose about daylight and went to see I them. We hired quite a large boat row-1 quite a large ed by half-a-dozen natives, and had a very good view. Thousands were in the water bathing and washing their clothes. I After being in a sufficient dme, tney went to one of the numerous priests to be found on the bank, said their piayers, and the Brahmin painted their faces, red or yellow, according to caste. While out on our sail that morning, we saw another very curious sight, i namely, the burning of bodies on piles of wood. The burning is alwi3vs done on! the banks of the river, at a place called the Burning Ghat, and following is the general order of arrangements: The body is brought down on a bamboo stretcher, on the shoulders of four coo lies, followed by the relatives. It is first dipped in the holy Ganges, and then places on the bank, while the wood is arranged cob-house fashion. Then the body is put in the river again, and after ward put on the pile of wood, face down ward. Wood is then placed on the corpse, and everything being ready, a boy pounds a big gong, and the fire is lighted. Of course, there was a sickening 'smell, but my curiosity compelled me to remain. It took three hours to burn the remains to ashes, which were then thrown into the sacred river. The people think that the Ganges flowes direclly into heaven. All the details of the burying were done by relative? of the deceased, but they did not seen very sad. In fact, they laughed and chatted as if the whole pro ceedings was a capital joke. Many die in Benares^ and there are alwas several of these operations every day. Sometimes among the poorer classes, who cannot af ford the great expense, about $4.50, the burning is dispensed with, and the body is placed on its back, with a lighted candle in its mouth, aud sent floating down the stream to heaven, via Gaifges River, We spent one day among the celebrated temples of Benares, which numbers over 1,000, beside nearly three hundred Mo hammeden mosques. I had been led to expect something grand and wonderful, but I was greatly disappointed, espec ially after having seeu such places as Shiba and Uyeno, in Japan Haiqam Temple, in Canton, etc. In one part of the city was a temple dedicated to the sacred monkeys, which not only filled fhe place, but raised "Ned" all around the neighborhood. I bought a quantity of nuts and fruit, which I threw at the little rascals, with the idea of frightening them, but they merely stood on their hind legs and caught the fruit with great dexterity. At another temple there was a very deep well, and all that was necessary to Lc done was to lock down, say a short ^SK tU_ prayer anjd then make some request, no matter what, and the request was sure to be granted. But the most curious of all was the Temple of the Brahmin Bull. It was filled With people praying to a lot of cows. The only sensible thing I could see about the religion of the country was the bathing 4n the morning, which was very needful, as the Hindoos area most filthy people. Our intention was to go from Benares to Agra and Delhi, but the weather was so dangerously liot that we were obliged to abandon the idea and proceeded direct to Bombay. It is a ride by rail of about forty hours. Bombay is a pretty place. With elegant buildings, drives, etc. The most famous sights here is the Pharsee Cemetery, where bodies are placed on the top of a tower and are picked to pieces by vultures. The1 r- :"*""N nearly 1,400 years ok Years ago the out here Portuguese: sent fi$- man-tif-war and battered the -place severely because it was a-place ot^atben worship. CROPS IS%INi\ES0TA. Windom Reporter, Aug.~l: TFhe crop-will he reasonably good, though not as good as last year. FT 1 1 1' Howard Lake (Wright county) Pe.rpWs Adeomte, Aug. 1:- Many f*WBi-a*-coni- plaining of down grain. Little Falls Tpifyn-'imi,Aug. 1: Through out the entire northeYn%drtfon of the State crops of all kinds are in splendid condition. Madeira Timc^fcne, 2: the graid being Jod^d and c: or less, the cutting progresses si fields of oats fkive to becut Morris (Stevens county)f Tribune, Aug. 1: The crops in this viciriiry-^rre nearly all har vested, and the most careful estimate* place the yield at an average of/about t^ntj-three bushels per acre for wb^at, f~ I Rochester liecord(ni'} Lgi%t, Jbg. 2: Mr. Harmon, who lives about two miles southwest of the city, says he has 100 acres of wheat which will yield y roj?. the 'ae^e"-"ltf on 'tffipJd.*** Glencoe E uterpri fc^uly 31: Tne-yield in the county will average about' twelve bushels to.the acre, where three..we*s a^o the prospect was that it would reach from twenty-to thirty bushels per acre. Le'Sueur Sentinel, Aug. 1: There is some comfort, 'mid the thickening 'disjoint* ments of the wheat crop,* that -the pat crop has generally been excellent ahiTfhe corn and potato crops/now.' indicate unusually heavy, yields. Winona Herald, Aug. 2: In this county, as well as in many other counties^in south ern Minnesota, scarcely half an/fverage crop of wheat in quantity can be exacted? while the quality is. certainly poor.,. Baric-vis said to be almost worthless. Freeborn county Standard* Aug. i: The rains this week have still further damaged the wheat crop and delayed the harvest. We do not think the average-v^Ld-of .thia .county will be eight bushels per acre, witl^very little if any will grade No. 2. St. Charles Tunes, Aug. 2: Farmer? are busy cutting their grain. The ground is rather wet, reapers cutting in considerably, making it heavy work for teams. Shonld it continue fair the balance pf "the week, no be com- St. Cloud Journal-Press:, Aug. I: Mr. Geo. E. Whitney, of Itich Prairie. Morrison county, was in the city to-day. He says the farmers there are busily engaged in cutting and stacking their grain: that the berrv is full and plump that there is no smut but little rust. Northfl m6r la greatest sight, howeVetVin Bombay, and I can almost say in India, is the famous Elephanta Cave, which is a large chasm chiselled out of solid rock. It contains many large statues, and is ram ge coul tod3 an aroaj S th el eld (RiceJ* countv).-./.,,,,,,^, AV. 1 Zfe thlc ^hm-sdaym Th most hopeful an fro half a crop of poor'wheat, and the ram was not improving the prospect. Twelve or fif teen bushels to the acre was the limit. Wilniar Eepuliliccn^GtnLf Faribaultr Demoorni,'. thre The farmers are very busy with their harvest About all the oats are harvested, and .there is a good crop. The wheat is nbf as good as was expected. The hot weather ripened the grain too quick, and some of it is shrunk very bad. As bad as it is, we look for about twenty bushels to the -acp^ --c- Aug^. 2-J 1'he last or fou days Jiave been excellent for harvesting and the farmers are'busy gather ing their grain together. Iri most localities the crop is badly damaged, but there are some fields that yield well: The average yield of Hice county !may reach ten bushels per acre: but very littW it will be 2\o. 1. Mazeppa Tribune, July 27:.Harvesting was pretty generally commenced in this neighborhood on Monday and TnegQay last, and on Thursday we had" another heavy rain^ lasting nearly ajl dayi Judging .from re ports received here from different i&rniers during the week, it is e\*ident that th- vield will be very slimranging^ betweeitfjk: and fifteen bushels per acre-in this an&'&akah-ie counties.' Shakopee Carrier, Aug. 3 Jfe formed as we, go to press that the d. not going to b as extensive aaiwa from the wild..'reports circulated byjjgirelia ble newspapers and their sensational corre spondents. But we must expect more re ports of losses south of us. On Eden Prairie, across the river northeast, the farm ers escaped the .hail/ Benson (Swift county,) Advocate, Aug. 2. While our exchanges in different parts of the State are complaining,, of storms, blighted wheat, and only 'h'alf a cA^^.'-p^f Efty-e very little to' complain of. excr-iiiUfiie^feeafceity of harvesting machinery. Of cour-e we shall not have as many bushels to the acre as we should have, but wheat will average fifteen bushels to the acre throughout tho county. Lodge Centar I^v-vs. Augv~: *'The croak ers of two. or 1&ree wej&ks a] gjire happy, as far as* the privilege -01 sying**-I told you so," can make one happy. The wheat crop is a failure, although it might be worse. Candid men put it at about a half crop. Other crops arefipivtjrp|r')r4thangh barley will much of it be unfit for hJer, and will have be converted into po'iTTaiid beef. Too bad about the "barley. lied! AViug Vft'/y'/if.'Aug. y. ^T^eports from farmers concerning the wheat crop in Good hue county are very conflicting, some claim ing they will have nearly a full .cr^p, -while others say they will have a small ofeio crop at all. The wet weather, rust, sgat and other calamities are reported ia diSeSat sec tions, butifrom infdraiii# we can ,thebest gather we should judge there will be on an crop, and the most of wheat. average about half a it will grade as No. Mantorville, (Dodgg county) Express, Aug. 2: Crop reports from the surrounding country continue gloomy. Blight and rust have done their work undoubtedly too well, yet notwithstanding the doleful strains in which farmers I recount their Uo^bss^by the above causes, a fair yield of rather inferior grain would have been realized had the weather cleared up.^ft^r the-torrid wave passed over, so that harvesting ''cdula have been done without further waste. Worthington Journal, Aug. 1: In some instances the yield has been reduced one half, or even more, but in many dttrers it will go far above an average.' enough so in fact to make up the deficiency, when it comes to the aggregate yield in the county. It seems to us.that the prospects of gobies county weft' neVeFtrfgW^afflPEfcesent, and to those who have straggled and toiled to maintain a foothold amid the discourag ing circumstances of pioneer life, the result must be highly satisfactory.