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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-24
IN IOWA.

The Dubuque Times - 0gurng Iowa into prosperity.
1t thinks the harvest yields that will give Iowa
thirty million bushels OF wheat for market This
will bring $50 OOO O0O Based the figures Of last
year, the pork crop will ycld $50 600 600 moro These
income equal 10 $1,000 for each family IN the State
other crops have excellent the grass especi
nj beef
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STARVED IN THE STREETS.
M1sH1Na CHILDREN FOUND IN HALL

TWO FAMIsHINo CHILDREN FOUND IN HALL
WAY By TIE DEAD BODY OF THEIR MOTHER.
In tho hallway Of No lac Eighth avenue yesterday
morning was found ragged, attenuatcd woman lying
dcad Two children, ono nine years old, the other
twelve, crouched beside her whom the body was dis
covered, but thcy seemed so worn out and famished
that they hardly able to tell who they were or
how they came there Tho dead woman was Mary
Mc(;loyne, their mother She and they were homo
less and without means OF subsistence. They had
wandered through the city In poverty and filth till the
womans strength failed and she crept into the hallway
TO die The body sent TO the Morgue and the chill.
drcu TO the House Of Detention.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-24

consort. The plan at present is to push the Grvan
down and pull her up The object OF this to secure
greater despatch the locks. With very excep-
tions the tall is toward the east BY pushing the barge
on the down trip the steamer materially IN
getting her into the lock- while BY towing when
ward bound back she pull her out, witch rs the
most difficult part OF the work. Tho Squires d
pected TO make, with her consor, both fully loaded al
least three miles an hour Judging from her appear
ance she viii 60 this providing that the coupling will
work all right
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NOT THE CONTRACTOR.
New YORK, August rs, 1877.

New YORK, August rs, 1877.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
In an article under the heading OF Seventh Ave-
nue." N yesterdays issue, IT is stated that tho con-
tract Tor paving that avenue was awarded to me by
the city, on November 20, 1870 Permit me TO occupy
enough space tn your columns to say that there Is not
a word oi truth IN that statement. My only connec
ton with the matter was as sub-conactor under the
contractors As such did not furnish the paving
blocks, my sub-contract being only for laying the
pavement and regulating and grading aud furnishing
the sand Tor which received from the contractors
not from the cny-sl 90 per square yard
JAMES EVEKARD.
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THE MOHAWK DISASTER RECALLED.

The announcement that the homestead OF tho late
Commodore Garner, OF the New York Yacht Club. Is
for sale recalls mind the thrilling incidents OF the A.
,crnoou OF the goth oil July. 1885, when the yacht Mo-
hawk, upon which were the Commodore, Mrs. Garner,
Colonel Schuyler Crosby and other guests, foundersd
IN a sudden squali or Staten Island. The homestead
Of the late OF the Mohawk situated on the cor
NOR OF Bard and Castleton avenues, New Brighton,
Staten Island, with all tho appointments, furniture,
fifteen acres OF land &C., Is advertised for sale by ps
vue contract Tho advertisement appeared yesterday
Tor the nrst tme and is understood that the sao 10
for the purpose or closing tho estate
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SUICIDE OR ACCIDENT?

Several Iounpers at the loot Of West Thirteenth
street Yesterday morning noticed stroling along
the pier stopping a, intervals TO look into tho water
No one paid any attention to him. however, I'LL splash
was heard In the wa,or Then several people hurried
TO the strngpiccc but not in time TO save tho I'M
happy man, who sank before Their eyes He was
apuui thIrty wears old dressed In black trousers, q
checked shirt and Kossuth hat The body was not
recovered and IL is not known whether the deceased
committed suicide VI accidentally fell into the water
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NOT MIR. BAGLEY'S SON.

well dressed young man, who claims that he re-
sides IN Troy and that his Is James Walker was
arrested In Brooklyn yesterday charged with obtain
ms a from N. W. whulock, superintendent Of a
tobacco factory the latter city, by representing that
be was the son of Mr. BagIcy, the tobacconist, Of
Detroit
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I'd. agreeable duty Of revision in favor OF larger o.
MICHIGAN WHEAT FOR 1s76-77.

The Secretary Of State Of Michigan has issued an
oficm statistical statement, which Is guaranteed 40
substantially accurate, for $50 townships aud two
cities The average yield per acre OF wheat in 1875 for
the state for each county the average only Tor
those townships that reported both tho acreage aud
the YIELD comparison with the census Of 1874
shows that this average Is but 1900 Of per
than the In 1875 also that there
few more acres harvested IN 1876 than In 1879.
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MINNEsoTA's MAGNIFICENT HARVEST.


The agricultural returns now sufficiently re-
ported to the Commissioner OF Statistics to afford
liable data for estimate OF the wheat crop Of the
present year. From these reports appears that the
locusts have had greater effect than was apprehcndod
In discouragng the Wide extont OF wheat culture
heretofore pursued Reports from afy counties show
that Notwithstanding considerable increase oil wheat
lion the ravaged districts Is great as to cause
actual reduction In the wheat area OF from 10000
TO $4,000 acres. This will leave about
100000 acres the wheat area Tor
1877. Some sixteen counties have sustained an ap.
precabc loss IRON grasshoppers the present year In
two Of these Kandiyohl ana Chippewa, the destruction
was substantially complete. Their combined average
was 500,97j, which further reduces the wheat area
to 749O0O acres. In tho remaining fourteen grass.
hopper counties II is estimated that the ravages vary
from fourth 10 three-iourths OF full crop These
counties embrace wheat area OF 269 800 acres which
We estimate Will yield All average OF 10 bushels per
acre. Estimating the yield OF the wholly exempt
portion OF the state at 10 bushels per acre. we have the
following result
1,i79 73f acres at 10 bushels. ia 800
800 grasshopper acreage al 10 bushels 2o93 600
l,74y02t 30.S07 800
newspaper and tho Calculations OF over
sanguinc farmers to give much cfodence 10 the prev
acnt talk of twenty five and thirty bushels as the wheat
average and OF 49, 900 900 or 5O0OO0O0 rs tue total
wheat product OF the state Tho crop 10 unquestion-
ABLY most beautiful one and while Is true tnat the
result the few thrcshngs already reported seems TO
countenance more hopeful expectations we prefer to
adhere the conservative estimates above gwen at
least until fuller and moro definite results TO be re-
ported within the next week or ten days shall enforce
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THE NORTHWESTERN WHEAT cnop.

Tho Northwestern wheat has a bountiiul
one. From mass Of statistics published in tho Chi
cago Tribune Of Monday, August 20, Il IS estimated
that there scarcely be any important difference
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FEAST OF FAT MEN.
ANNUAL GRAND SLAUGHTER OF BIvALvEs AT
GEEooRYs PoINT-PBEsIDENT MURPHY RE-

ANNUAL GRAND SLAUGHTER OF BIvALvEs AT
TAINs THE GREAT cANy.
SOUTH NoRwALK Conn, August 20. 1877.
Tho eleventh annual clambake Of the Fat Mans
Association took place at Grcgory's Point to-day
proved to be an occasion where everything worked
together for the pleasure and enjoyment oil 'nose
concerned Favored by fine weather the heavy men
assembled early on tho grounds, coming long dis-
tapces and representing many states oil the
Union Preparations for the ample accommodation
OF guests had been made by mine most por'on,
OF Fulton Market proprietor OF the Doroh house. ana'
as II his beraty, lovers oil clans came IN
tent on do ng their best 10 dispose OF the contents Of
bake the size and excellence OF which had never be-
fore been equaied at the Point The bake was pre-
parco afes the old time fashion, and consisted OF 10
bushels of clans and oysters 500 pounds OF Holsters
and Ii barrels OF potatoes Irish potatoes fsh,
swes, corn chickens. These placed on heated
stones and covered with seawecd During the process OF
cooking the heavy men and their friends 'otercd
near fostering appettes for the event OF the day,
which was to occur at table At two o'clock under
vast pavilion near the Dorlon House Music oy
brass band from Bridgeport enlivened the OCCASION
The great chair OF the association, made OF hickory
gnarls artsticay wrought, was an object OF interest,"
10 those chairs OF ordinary size but
President Murphy 1907 had TO make only slight cnors
70 convince them OF the need of so stupendous a
structure An incident Of the day calculated 10 add
TO the pleasure of those already on a,.n nana
with an immense freight OF heavy men from New
York city on board. These brought the aggregate OF
visitors 10 iuily TWO thousand persons PREVIOUS 10
dinner the weighing process was attended TO- out Win
lc4s regard 10 system than In some former years or
the J63 persons placed upon the scales 29l were OF
standard weight 200 pounds and upward I'VE weigh
ing over three hundred pounds each. one slender
youth, sir Willard Perkins, former president, aged
Twenty-Five years. raising the beam NJ 800 pounds
the average weight OF these 2l0 pounds and tue
aggregate 10 pounds Among the heaviest OF these
We
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Thus It will be seen that tho principal crops
worth aeary 49, 00O, 000 $40 for every man,
woman aud child IN Zane county.
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OF the distinguished heavy men present wcre Colonel
W. = Rowland, 239, OF London England; ex-Mayor
D. 5. Gregory 2c4 Jersey CITY; ". Z. Harvey, 2ls
Indianapolis; Captain W. A. Thompson, 2Oj, OF the
steamer Britanic, who recently made the quickest
passage from Liverpool to New YORK on record, and
Il. II. Covert, 2SS of the New FORK Ne,oS
Dinner was served under the pavilion, the guests
sitting At some thirty tables and occupied about
hours. President Murphy was at the post OF honor
his table being decorated by bouQue. Of fragrant
flowers measuring nine feet IN circumference On his
right and lett sat the various expresidents of
sociaton. Many ladies graced the tables with their
presence The scene after all mad been helped to the
luscious bivavcs, Tor which tNorwaik uarpor Is 90
famous was one never 10 be forgotten.
A business meeting held alter dinner was attended
by the greatest men n tue country, Mr. Murphy 500,
ton, and Ii. W. Naples, OF the Norwalk Hour, secre-
ary and treasurer Fifteen vice presidents, Of $50
pounds aggregate weight were also chosen In &C.
ccptng the great cane for another year, Mr. Murphy
remarked tina. he was not much used TO speech.
making but he was thankful for the large
and grateful 10 Mr.. Doron Tor his hospitality He
should do ali IN his power 10 promote interests OF
the society," and should endeavor 10 IL In tho
future some measure Of the success had met with
in the past The cane as IL appears is a novelty
the way OF workmanship. Ii was originally mado
by Mr. Andrew Hull, OF Danbury. Incorporated in II
is piece OF wood from the ship Maynower, which
year the gold plates placed upon it by the various
presidents have been taken of and plate of solid
gold twenty eight inches long put IN hcir place. This
plate bears the following inscriptions
Sidney smith t3l5, Stamford. President, August
20, 1868.
John A. P. Fisk 1861, New York, August 20, 1858.
Andrew Hull esq., Danbury, 1870.
G. W. Bradley 2l7l New Haven, 1874. Re elected
1872; weight 270 pounds
W. a. Briggs (305), Pawtuckct X. l., 1873
willard Perkins $685. Waterbury, Conn, 1874 Re.
elected 1875; 372 pounds
Patrick Murphy 1909, wcstport, Conn, 1876
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NUMBER oY ACRES IN DANE COUNTY.
1879 1877
Wheat. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. liz 431 1925
Corn ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1882 S4O,2
Oats. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 63,43I 7l20
Barley. .......... 1887 % 40
Rye Observation-Disclosures. 1897 7,4lO
HOPS Observation-Disclosures. 274 3l7
Tobacco. ............... ........ 1879 2459
Cultivated grasses. ............. 39,74 53219
Potatoes. Observation-Disclosures. 1855
The following table Is made up from estimates Of
competent judges, and will be ound rather below
than above the yeld:-
Wheat 500 600 bushcIs value. ....... ST. 500 600
Corn 3, 800 900 bushels value. 100000
Oats, 5000 900 bushels; value. ............ 10000
Rye, las, 900 bushels; value. 1900
Barley, 5S7, 500 bushels; value. .......... 400 QUO
Hops, 400 900 lbs. vulue................ 100000
Tobacco, 5000, 600 lbs value. 300,0O0
Cultivated grasses, 500 900 TONS value. 30OO0 900
Potatoes 2l5, 900 bushels; value .......... $4,000
Wool, $50 900 los Value ................ 126, 900
Total. -..............$ ST. 70O, 900
Thus Il will be seen that Tho principal cropa are
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Merchants. Hotel.

NEw ULN, MlNx.
1'HIs House has recently been redttea
! and furnished in first class style.
S-14 CHARLES BRUST. Pronr;etor
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To ConsumptIves.

Consumption, that scourge of hu.
mauity, is the great dread Of the hu
man family, 10 all civilized countries
feel confident that I am in poses
SION Of the only sure, infalllble RENE.
dy- now known to the profession-for
the positive and speedy cure Of that
dread disease, and its unwelcome con.
comitants, viz. Catarrh, Asthma,
Bronchitis. Nervous Debility. TO-, 80.
Twenty eight years experience, Is
busy practitioner, in the best Cousump.
ton Hospitals Of the Old and New
World, has taught me the value Of the
Medicine in the cure Of all Throat and
Lung Complaints.
Those suffering with consumption or
any Of the above maladies, BY address
ing me, giving SYMPTOMS, they shall be
put in possession OF this great boon.
without charge, and shall have the ben.
eft Of my experience in thousands Of
cases successfully treated, Full di-
rections for preparations and use, and
all necessary advice and instructions
for successful treatment at your own
home, will be received BY you BY re-
turn mail, free Of charge, BY address.
ing,
Dr.. JOHN 8. BURNETT.
167 JE1RERsoN STREET.
Louisville Ky.
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Ksn,as City Mo-, Oct, 19.-A most ii.
gantic swindle was brought to light
here to-day by the arrest of. r. Ham,
Edward L. Stevens and George Miller,
on . rcquisition from Governor Hub
bard, Of Texas, on . charge Of forging
land titles and issuing deeds for large
tracts Of land in Texas, The swludle
originated with Ham aud man named
Thomas Tullis, Of Austin, Texas. Ham
lives here. and through his persuasious
Stevens and Miller were brought into
the scheme, Stevens, who is lawyer,
and son Of Judge Stevens, Of this city,
is credited with having gone into the
operation innocently at FIRST by buying
1000 acres Of Texas land Of Ham,
aud subsequently freely with other par
ties engaged in il, and was known in
Texas Is = Kansas City lawyer. The
better to enable them to carry out their
scheme Ham and his confedarates had
made duplicate copies Of national and
other seals, aud had obtained the sig
natures Of many officials. They also
had printed here blank forms aud per
feet copies Of deeds necessary for their
operations. All titles aud patents re :
presenting either State or government
ands used by them we're forged. An
immense amount Of land has been cor. /.
veyed by them under many aliases and
to many different parties. Abuot year
ago the attention Of Gov. Hubbard was
called to the matter, and on looking in
to it. a monsterous swindle is detected,
involving both the State Of Texas and
the United State. The authorities at
Washington were informed and Special
Agent Foster was sent out here who
obtained clue which has been closely
followed ever since, resulting in the
simultaneous arrests to day Of sixty
persons in different parts Of the country
who belong to the gang. No less than
thirteen court houses have been burned
the past year to destroy evidence that
could be brought against the swindlers.
Ham, Stevens and Miller left for Texas
today in in charge Of officers from
that State.
The Redwood gazette., 1877-10-25
Scribner For November.


The November uumberof Scribner is
the first Of its fifteenth volume. Ed
ward Eggleston's new noval. Roxy,
is begun, with an illustration by
Walter Shirlaw The scene is laid in
Indiana, where lived "The Hoosier
Schoolmaster" and other interesting
characters with whom Dr.. Eggleston
has made the world familiar. Henry
James. Jr., has short story in this
number, Bret Harte's poem, John Bur-
roughs tramping paper entitled "a
Bed of Boughs," and George NJ. Towle
a sketch Of the career Of Thiers. The
opening illustrated article is one Of
Scribner's sporting series. The paper
tells about methods of hunting which
will be new to most readers. COL
Warnings usefully and amusingly illus
trated papers on the saddle. horse are
begun, the FIRST paper being devoted to
thorougbreds and Arabians. Miss Traf.
tons story His Inheritance" is con-
tinued. An article by John G. Stevens
on THE Erie Canal which he pre-
diets its abandonment lis likely to be
as much talked about as anything in
the present number.
Dr.. Holland writes about Women's
Winter Amusements," The Bondage
Of the Pulpit" and "Iudications of
Progress The Old Cal met contains.
among other things, q letter from L.
Clarke Davis on "Joe Jefferson in Lon
don." and in Brio Brac, Frank R.
Stockton has contribution which shows
how every man can become his own
letter.vriter.
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For SpEcfAcLEs, Eyeglasses, Read

FoR SpEcfAcLEs, Eyeglasses, Read
ers, Suu-glasses, ETC., 90 to Watson't
Book Store and there you vii; find n
complete an assortment - could be se.
lected in Chicago: Of all grades and par.
ticlarly Of the better qualities. He has
them for the near and far-sighted, Of
double focus aud in variety consisting
Of clearest pebble glass, oolorod 90.
guile. shooting and smoked shades Of
different strengths. Any one desiring
to preserve that inestimable gift-the
eyes sight--can here be fitted and
should loose no time in making selec-
tion He has added to his stock in
this line an Optometcr to test the
strength Of sight aud to assist in fitting
it with proper glasses. If your eye
sight is falling do not hesitate to call
and examine his stock while it is com
plete.
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DON'T PUT THE POOR WORK
ING MAN DOWN.

This is the title Of the greatest motto song
ever published in America. Written and
composed by Bobby Newcomb. Will be
snng in almost every theatre in the land.
PRICE IS cents per copy. II You cannot
get it from your regular Music Dealer, send
to the publisher, F. W. HELMICK, No. SO
West 4th St., CINCINNATI, O..
CHORUS.
Let capital shake hands with labor.
Let the poor have the bread that they earn.
For surely they need everv penny.
Is lessen quite easy to learn,
Remember the poor love their children.
So give them smile, not frown,
Live. and let live, be your motto,
Ohl don't put the poor working man
down.
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by any Of either sex, in any part of the
country who is willing to wnrk steadily at
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Office Of the Auditor Of Redwood County Falls Mnu
To the parties mentioned in the foregoing list;
You hereby notified that the 18th day Of October D.
Tax Sale held provided law Redwood F the Red
wood State Of the Auditor Of said bid the land
above described for the State for the delinquent
for the several opposite each description
assigned the r. Bum The redeem said land
and subsequent herein before hereby
notified that the right redemption from such will
Of January A. D. 1873.
Witness hand and Redwood Falls county this
9Th day Of October 1877
l. NJ. VANSCHAACK,
County Auditor.
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Fer Stomachs Out Of Order.
IMPORTANT CAUTION.

None are genuine unless the signature OF J. HAY.
DOCK, agent for the United States surround each
box of Pills and Ointment. A handsome reward will
be given to any one rendering such information a.
may lead to the detection of any party or parties
eounterfeitinr the medicines vending the same,
knowing them t. be spurious.
sssSold at the manufactory Of Profe ssor HoLLo-
WAY Co., New York, and BY all respectable drug
gsts and dealers in medicine throughout the civil.
zed word in boxes at Is CENTS 81 cents and 81 cach
- There is considerable saving BY taking the
larger sizes.
B..Directions for the guidance Of patients in
every disorder are affixed to each box.
Office liz Liberty Street, Nep York.