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WHO WROTE THE BOOK OF
MORMON.
New and Important Testimony.
From tho Washington Penn, Reporter.

New ana important
From the Washington Penn, Reporter.
Some time since became the owner
OF the book ofMormon. put into the
hands of Mr.. Joseph Miller, ST., of Am
we'll township. After examining it he
makes the following statement concern
ing the connection OF Rev. Solomon
9palding with the authorship of the
book of Mormon.
Mr.. Miller is now in the seventy ninth
year OF his age. He is an elder In the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church. His
Judgment is good and his veracity un-
impeachable. He was we'll acquainted
with Mr.. S. while he lived at Amtty.
He waited on him during his last III;
ness. He made his coffin, and assisted
to bury his remains where they now Ile,'
in the Presbyterian graveyard at
Amity. He also bailed Mr.. SIS vile
| when she took out letters or admins
tration on his estate.
Mr.. Miller's statement may be relied
on as true. .. w. hAmALtoN:
When Mr.. Spalding lived in Amity.
Pa, was we'll acquainted with MIN.
was frequently at his house. He kept
what was called tavern. 1t was I'M
| derstood that he had been preacher;
but his health failed him and he ceased
to preach. 1 never knew him to preach
after he came to Amlty.
He had in his possession some papers
which he said he had written. He used
to read select portions or these papers
to amuse us OF evenings.
These papers were detached sheets of
foolscap. He said he wrote the papers
as IL novel. He called 1t the Manu-
script Found" or "the Lost Manuscript
Found" He said he wrote 1t to pass
away the time when he was unweli;
and after it was written he thought he
| would publish 1t as novel, as q
means tn suOOOFt his family,
Some time since a copy of the Book OF
Mormon came into my hands. My son
| read it for me, as l have nervous
shaking of the head that prevents me
from reading. noticed several Passa-
ges which l recollect having heard Mr.:
Spalding read from his "Manuscript."
| One passage on the 149 page (the copy
have is published by j. .. Wright q
Co., New York; l remember distinctly.
he speaks. of a battle, and says the
Amelikites had marked themselves with
red on their foreheads to distingh tsh
them from the Nephites. The thought
of being marked on the forehead with
red, was so strange, it fixed itself In my
memory. This together with other pas
sages l remember to have heard Mr..
Spalding read from his Manuscript"
Those who knew Mr.. Spalding Will
| soon all be gone and among the rest.
1 write that what l know may become
matter of history; and that 1t may
prevent people from being led into
Mormonism, that most seductive delu-
sion of the devil.
| From what know of Mr.. Spalding's
Manuscript" and the Book of Nor
mon, l firmly believe that Joseph
Smith, by some means, got possession
of Mr.. Spalding's "Manuscript, ana
possibly made some changes In 1t ana
called it the "Book of Mormon"
JOSEPH MILLER, SR.
March &c, 1869.
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GteMffelk1Q2aee1..
AN APRIL WELCOME.

Come up April. through the valley,
In your rooes OF beauty dreSt,
Come and wake your tlowery children
From their wintIy beds OF rest;
Come and OVERFLOW them softly
With the sweet breath OF the south;
Drop upon them, warm and loving,
Tenderest klssesof your mouth.
Touch them with your rosy fingers,
Wake them with your pleasant tread,
Push away the leaf-brown covers,
Over all their faces spread;
Tell them how the sun iB waiting
Longer daily in the skies.
7 Looking for the bright uplifting
Oftheirsoftly fringed eyes.
Call the crow foot and the crocus,
Call the pale anemone,
Call the violet and the daiky,
Clothed with careful mOOestY;
Seek the low and humble blossoms.
Oftheir beauties unaware,
Let the dRndellOn and fennel
Show their shining yellow hair. 81.
Bid the little homeIy spsrrows.
Chirping In the cold and rain,
Their impatient sweet complaining,
Sing out from their hearts again;
Bid them set themselves to mating,
Cooling love in softest words,
Crowd their nests, ALI cold and empty,
Full OF little callOw bids.
Come up April, through the valley.
Where the fountain sleeps to-day,
Let him, freed from icy fetteIs,
Go rejoicing on his way;
Through the flower-enameled meadows
Let him run his laughing race,
Making love to all the blossoms
That o'erlean and kiss his face.
But not birds and blossoms only,
Not alone the streams complain,
Men and maidenS too are calling,
Come up, April, come again!
Waiting with the sweet Impotence
ora lover for the hours
That shall set the tender beauty
Ofthy feet among the flowers!
PHGBE CARY.
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This Company offers the following advan-
tages:
special act of Congress, 1885.
1t has a pa1d-up capital OF $lOCOOGO.
1t offers low rates OF premium.
1t furnishes larger insurance than other
companies for the Same money.
1t Is definite and certain in It's terms.
1t Is home company in every locality.
It's policies are exempt from attachment.
There are no unnecessary restrictions III
the policies.
Every policy Is non-forfeitahle.
Policies may be taken which pay TO the
insured their full amount and return all the
premiums, SO that the insurance costs only
the interest on the annual payments.
Policies may be taken that will pay to the
Insured, after q certain number OF years,
during life, an annual income of one tenth
the amount named in the policy.
No extra rate is charged for rlAks upon the
the lives OF females.
1t insures, not TO pay dividends TO rolicy-
holders. but at so low cost that dividends
" i'll be impossible.
Circulars, Pamphlets and full particu lars
given on application to the Branch ONCE OF
The Company, or TO
JAY COOKE & CO., Washington, D. c.,
General Agents for ID. u, DEL, Va. andW.Va.
GEO. ADAMS, Local Agent,
Wheeling, W. Va, Ohio County.
mar25-e odd&eoww.
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ChancerY NOTICE.

Helen Bloch. auardian In Gha2SSry IN
Samuel s. Bloch. ct all ohio Co., W. Va.
PURSUANT TO a DECREE RENDERED
in this cause on the hlth day OF MaIch,
A. D., 1869, by the Circuit Court OF ONO
County, West Va shall on sne In ae mS ~
DnbIic auction, at the front door OF the Court
House OF Ohio County, at 10 O'Clock a. NJ, OF
To wit: part OF lot NO. one hundred and
twenty-e1ght C2S) on the east SIDE OF Marcy
street. in the City of wheeling peglnning ~ ~
said Iot No. I2S thence with the line OF said
street north twenIy-three feet, ten inches (2S
n 10 IND 70 Iost ana [ss5 o. teeT Io post;
thence south six (6l feet to post; Lhence
east nfty-two (52) feet to post and corner OF
feet ten incnes III IT 10 in.) TO post; III snce
westwardIy one hundred and twenty GLzOJ
Ieet TO the beginning hein ~ me dea Sa hy E!n
Ram Pollock and wife TO Soloman l. blocn.
Also part OF lot No. I2S. in EbeneZer banes
addition to the CITY OF Wheeling. bounded as
follows: beginning AT a post four ~ feet east
OF the corner of the house and lot sold 10 3.
q Robinson; thence east with said Robin
son a line fOrty-eiRht (4S) feet to a post on
the alley; thence north to a post on Madison
street thirty-three 1881 feet; thence west with
Ihsncs al right anGl les south to n post add
Mace Of beginning, being the same property
heretofore conyeyea Dy hI , III X: List ana
wife TO Solomon IL b4oCH Ny "eeu uHteu de-
TePms Of Ono third Of the purchase
,nnnev IN he paid in cash; one third in six
months and one-thIrd in twelve months,
with Interest on the deferred lnstalInehta
from date. or the pnFcn;attSef nn4csse money
Ht .tHIe time of sale over and above one-LhIIu
portion OF the same AS he may deslt g. IL
notes given by the purchaser FOR tne ue
HIre1, 7nsfalmsnts TO be executed with suf.
ricient surety, and the title TO be retained
until the whole q f,f tRs PSl IT, GRANMEk.
pau ~ SHt Commissioner
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WANTED. AGENTS, s7s 9 to ,e s29o

everywhere. male and female, to Introduce
the GENUINE IMPROVED CoMAoN SENSE
FAMILY SEWING MACHINE. This machine
will stitch, hem, fell, tuck, quilt, cord, bind,
braid and embroider in q most superior
for nYe years. We viii give $1,000 for any
machine that will sew q stronger, more
makes the |Ela6tlc Lock stitch Every
second stitch can. be cut, and Sill the cloth
cannot be pulled apart without tearing It.
We pay AGENTS from SIS 10 800 per month
and ex penses, or commission from which
twice that amount can be made. Address
SECOMB & Co, Pittsbugh, Pa, Boston,
Mass, or st. Louis, Mo.
CautIOn.-Do not be imposed upon by
other parties pRlming OF worthless cast Iron
machines unuer the same name or other
wise. Ours Is the only genuine and really
practical cheap machine manufactured.
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UNITrD STATES INTERNAL REVENUE,
AssEssoR's OFFICE, lsT DIST: w: "a"

0NITrp STATES INTERNAL REVENUE
AssEssoRs OFFICE, 15T DIST. w. VA, Z
PARKERSBURG, March IL, 1859.
NOTICE IL HEREBY GIVEN THAT the
IN Annual Assessment under tnS III siI Ia ~
completed in the ID and 18th Divisions com
posed Of the County OF Ohio. and IN aSe9 or
Si1n ated the SIN day OF April next for hear.
Ing appeals, and on that day will be at the
Custom House, In Wheeling, when anu
aud Valuations made by -Robt. Pratt, ID: u:
Hin and w, W. FerrelI Assistant Asse1 tors
for sid Divisions, and Will linen anu EuSa 2
may be presented, All Appeals must oe
made in writing and must specify Gne ~. H.
ticulaF cause, matter, or thing reSPecIAnB
WHOM q decision II requested.
A. q. LEONARD
poar3O.td Aksatsor LIST Dist. West va.
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AssIGNEE's SALE
Real Estate and LeaSehold Property

AS ASSIGNEE APPOINTED IN THE
n matter of Jessie b. Mellor, Bankrupt, l
Will, on
Saturday, April 10TH, 1860,
At the front door of the Court House OF
ohio County, in Wheeling, offer at public
sale. the following described real estate.
that Is TO say: the undivided three (3-5j
tifths part OF a part Of lot No. 2, in Square
No. q, on HRmpden street, in the City OF
Wheeling, with the improvements. Said
improvements consist of a cOmmodlOus
frame dwelling house, two stories high, con-
tanning six rooms and Kitchen, with out
buildings.
Also. the undivided three (3-5l fifths OF a
leasehold with the improvements In sixteen
tl5) feet OF ground fronting on Union street,
in the City OF Wheeling, being the property
now occupied by Geo. McMasIers as a Sad
dIery and Harness establishment. The lease
on the ground runs to April LIST, 1874, At a
ground rent of eighty dollars per annum,
with The right TO remove the building at the
expiration OF the lease. Selling as Assignee
win convey such title as is authorized by
tile act of Congress, commonly called the
bankrupt Act. The title is, however, be-
leved TO be unexceptiOnable.
Terms OF SaIe-One-half cash, the balance
in sixty days. Title retained until deferred
payments are made.o
mar22-tS Il. G. BARR, Assignee.
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d. NICOLL &c BRO.
"AVE JUST RECEIVED A SUPPLY
ii OF Cashmere. Angola and Sa1ony
Yarns.
"a and Fold ZephyTs.
6eft0antOwn Wool.
French dressing for LadIes' anu ChIldi en- y
Shoes.
French Boot Backing.
Pearl, silk and Velvet Dress Buttons and
TrtmmingB.
MarseIlleS Trimming.
Knitting Cotton, best make, nil numbers,
ScrubbIng, busting, Window weeping
Feather, Velvet, shoe and "hlteWash
Brushes.
travelling Baskets and leather Satchels;
Channels Skins. MARI
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New Drug Store.
"Church of the Strangers"
NEW YORK


VISITORS to the City of New York are In
formed that they Will md Divine Service
every sunday, In the Large Chapel OF the
University. Washington Square, at 1O15 a.
NJ, and q: TX p. N. The evening service in
summer Is at = o'clock. Waverly Place, i'm
mediately north of the New York Hotel, cut
of Broadway, runs west to Washington
Square, on the east side of which is the Uni
VersttY. The entrance to the church Is the
main door OF the University. University
Place cars run from the door OF the Finn
Avenue Hotel, TO the door OF the Church.
From the st. Nicholas and Metropolitan,
take the cars corner OF Broadway and
Broome, leave at Waverly Place, and go west
one block. At The As.or House take UNI
and go west one block. Strangers Will nnu
cordial welcome, and polite attention;
The Pastor is REV. DIR. Deems, VINO de
stranpers. II any be sick, let them address
him a note by mail, '.as Pastor OF the ChuIch
Of Inc stranSers, N. "" and It Will reAch
him. The ladies' who compose the society
of the Sisters OF the Stranger, procure
medicsI LEGAL, and spiritual help for StTan-
gers in perPlexIly, distress or sickness. Adj
iress, ''slstsrs OF the stranger" care Rev. Dr.
n you are coming TO NelO York soon, cut this
oui and pdSte II in your memorandum book.
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ESTABLISHED AS A REFUGE FROM
QUACKERY.
TIE ONLY PLACE WHERE A OURL
QlN BE OBTALHED.

DR. JOHNSON has discovered the mos.
Certain, Speedy, and only Efectual
Remedy in the World FOR Weakness OF the
Back or Limbs, Structures, AFFECTIONS or the
Kidneys and Bladder, involuntary D1schar-
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ness, Dyspepsia, Languor, Low Spirits, Con.
fusion ef Ideas, Palpltauon or tne Heart,
Tmidity, TREMBLING, Dmness OF Sight, OF
Giddiness, Disease OF the Head, Throat, Nose
or skin, Affections OF the LIVER, Lungs,
Stomach or BoWelA-thoSe Terrible disorders
arising from Solitary Habits OF Youth-secret
and solitary practices moro fatal to their VIC
inns than the song orSyrenS 10 the Mariners
or Ulysses, blighung their most brilliant
hopes or anuclpatiOns, rendering marriage
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MARRIAGE,

Married Persons, or Young Men cOnteu.
plating marriage, being aware OF Physical
Weakness, Organic Debility. DelOrlnlues.
speedily cured.
He vino places himself under the care o.
DR.. J. may reng1ously connde In his honor
as gentleman, and Confidently rely upon
hlN RiCtll as a physician.
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ARt5 Adperttsemeuts.
LOOK HAVEN, PA.

MEsaRs. L1PPMooTT BAKEwELL, Pitts
burRh, Pa.
Gents I'VE have been using your make
of Gang SaWB in our Mill, and ind them, in
point OF quality. superior TO any we have
ever used. f9Trst &c .1cuAPDAoo
ORRIN SHAW, FOREMAN.
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TlHR MEMBERs OF THE JOINT COM
20 investigate matters p6ffa1nlhG SO the
state Penitentiary, win meet 81 MonndsT1le
N Monday, the nth day OF May 1870
Oh m1aSSSd&wtd JOHN NJ. PHELPS.
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Chartered by Special Act OF Congress,
APPROVED July IS, 1868
Cash Capital, 100000
PAID IN FULL.
BRANCH OFFICE:
FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING.
PHILADELPHIA.


Where the general business of the Company
is transacted, and to which all general cor
respondence should be addressed.
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CLARENCE H. CLARK, President.
JAY COOKE, Chairman Finance and Exec
uuve Committee.
HENRY D. COOKE, Vice-President-
EMERSON W. PEET, Secretary and Actu-
airy.
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LTPPINCOTT Il BAKEWELL,
Manufacturers of Circular, Mulay, Mill
Gang and Cross-Cut Saws. ChoppinR Axes,
all shapes. Colburns Patent Axe. 6hovels,
Spades and Miles Patent Covered Scoop.
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~ Bar Iron.
DARIRON, ROUHD AND SQUARE' from 9i1
D Wayne and American and SIG" SnHu7'
BAR Iron. fat, nom s<x1S to $50:
BAR IRON oval, half oval and na!I tou q
BAR IRoN, single and double aorSe ehOe'
BAR IRoN, hoop nom q TO ! IN.
RAJ IRoN, Wagon tires cut 70 lengths.
P, q. HILDRErH d BRO.
T~EIIIGENCER JOB OFFICE,
No, Is Quincy street.
cARDs AND BILL HEADS neatly printed
MANUFACTURERS LABELS. .
INSURANCE POLICIES AND BLANKS
may rICKEfs AND BILLS OF LADING
PROGRAMMES AND POSTERS.
CHECKS NOTES, RECEIPTS. &"
SHOW BILLS, Dr Country Merchants.
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asssS999 f9iff

To THE WORKING CLAss:-I am now pre-
pared TO furnish all classes with constant
employment at their homes the whole of
ness new, light and profitable. Fifty cents
to IS per evening, is easily earned oy persons
OF either sex, and the boys and girls earn
nearly as much as men. Great inducements
are offered those who viii devote their whole
time to the business; and, that every person
who sees this notice; may send me their adj
dress and test the bust ness for themselves, 1
make the following unparalleled offer: 10
all who are not well satisfied with the busi-
ness, 1 will send 81 to pay for the trouble of
writing me. Full particulars, directions, Co.,
sent free. Sample sent by mail for 10 cents.
Address e. e. ALLEN, Augusta, Me.
$4,000 SALARY. Address U. 8. PIANO
CO., N. Y.
A N.LANCAsTER will buy Iowa Lands
IA and Chicago property; also Lands and
City Lots sold for taxes and otherwise en-
numbered. Is Wall street, New York.
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YOuNa MEN

especially, who have become the victims OF
habit which annually sweeps TO an untimely'
grave Thousands of Young Men OF the moSl
excellent talents and brilliant intellect who
might otherwise have entranced listening.
Senators with the thunders OF eIoquence or
waked 10 ecstacy the living Tyre, may csaII
with full confidence.
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ORGANIC WEAKNESS.

Immediately cured and tuu V1gor restored.
Life miserable and marriage impossible, IL ths
penalty paid by the VictlmSof Improper In
dulGencea. Young persons arc too apt to
commit excuses from not being aware OT the
dreadful consequences that may ensue. Now
who that understands the subject will pre-
tend to deny that the power OF prOCreati0n is
lost sooner by those falling into improper
habits than by the PRUDENT Besides belnR
deprived of the pleasure OF healthy offsprIng
the most serious and destructive symptoms
OF both body and mind arise. The system
becames deranRed, the Physical and Mental
Functions Weakened, Loss OF Provocative
Power, Nervous 1uttability, Dyspepsia, Pal
pitatton OF the Heart, indigestion, Consti-
tulional Debility, and Wasting ofthe frame
Cough, Consumption, Decay and Death.
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Member OF the Royal College OF Surgeons
London, Graduate OF one OF the most emil
nent Colleges in the United States, and the
greater part OF whose Life has been spent in
the hospitals OF London, Paris, khiladeIp hia
and elsewhere, has efrected some OF the most
astonishing cures that were ever known,
ears when asleep, great nervousness, being
alarmed At sudden sounds, bRshIulneaS, with
diAtalV.
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National Savings Bank
of Wheeling.

NOTICE.
The National Savings Bank OF Wheeling.
organized under the Act of Congress entitled
IAN Act to provide National Currency Sc
cured by pledge OF United States Bonds,
and to provide for the circulation and re-
demptlOn thereof" approved June 3. 1854. To-
Gated at Wheeling, in the State OF West Vir.
Rinla, is closing up its affairs. All note hold
ers and other creditors of said Association
are therefore hereby notified to present the
notes and other claims aRaInBf the ASsOclRs
ton tor payment. 8. p. HILDRETH,
Cashier.
Dated Wheeling, March %, 1869.
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AKEPAKTICULAR NOTICE.
YOUNG MEN

VINO have lnjUIe1 themselves by u cerla,n
practices, lnduIged In when alone, n habit he
school, the effects OF which are nightly IeII,
even when asleep, and, II not cured, TendeTs
murriaGe i'm possible, and destroys both mind
and body, should apply Immediately.
What a pity that n young man, LIe hope u:
his country, The pride OF his parents, should
be snAIcned nom all prospects and ENJOY
mentS OF lie by the consequences OF dsVIA-
ting from tho path of nature, anu luduIKing
III u certain secret habit. Such PERSONS uSL
before contemplating
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reflect that a sound mind and body are III.
most necessary requisites To promote cOunu-
bal happiness. Indeed, without these The
journey through life becomes weary pal
SrimRse; the prospect hourly darkens To the
view, the mind becomes Rhadoweu with de-
spalr and tllled with the melancholy reflec
ton that the happiness OF another become
blighted with our own.
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A y ASSIGNEE APPOINTED IN THE |
n matter of Jessie b. Mellor, Bankrupt, 1
Will.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1869-07-23

DIRECT LAND TAX AT TIE SOUTH. There
is some talk of enforcing the collection of
the direct land tax in the sonlh. The South
cru States share of this tax-which alaonnt-
ed to twenty millions among al the State
was six millions /; Of this sum only about
three millions has been paid into the Treas
nry from the Southern States. 1t will be
renelnbe red that when this amount had been
collected President johnson sent message
to Congress, setting forth that in view of the
poverty produced in the South by the war,
it would, in many instances, be ruinous to
that section 10 enforce the collection OF the
tax at that time, and recommending that ii
b. suspended for some time, 60 as to allow
the industrial interests of the South to secu-
perate. 1t is stated that the limit Of the
suspension fixed by Congress has now passed
and the law providing for the leyying an(
collection of the tax comes into full force
again. 1t is argued by those who urge this
proceeding that the industries of the South
have greatly improved in the interim tina
the crops are abundant. and that there is ne
longer any excuse for delay op the score o
poverty Whether the Secretary Of thu
Treasury will act upon the advice rendered
him III this matter remains to be SEEN
Wash. Cor. N. Y. Herald, jug IA.
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Cnops IN ILLINOIS AND TIE WEsr.-Chi-
cngo July 16.-Reports from middle por-
items of the State say that last years corn
crop in the cribs is rotting and spelling =
The following summary of the condition Of
the present crops, gathered from various
sources. mag be regarded as fair one:
There is an enormous breadth Of small
grain planted, and had there been no draw
back, would have produced an unparalleled
crop: S, much so that should it be damaged
to the extent Of over one-half, we should
still receive good average crop.
The wheat crop in Iowa, Wisconsin, Ne
braska, and Minnesota is superb, in excel
lent condition, and of vast extent, beyond
preceding ones.
Winter wheat in Southern Illinois has
been mainly cut, and is Of excellent quality
and although the rain has retarded stacking,
there is no cause for alarm. Central Hi
nos, especially along the line Of the Illinois
Central, Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy
railroads, has suffered most, rain having
fallen there in torrents, and deluged the
country to such an extent that the use OF
reaping machines is entirely out of the ques-
ton.
The farmers of that section have severe
time of it-wading to their knees in mud
trying to save what they can with srain-cra-
dies. This state of things, however, is not
general in Northern Illinois. The grain
looks we'll and promises good yield.
In regard to corn, under the circumstan-
ces it can scarcely be expected to yield more
than two-thirds the average crop, but there
will be an immense yield of oats.