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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-01
The Last Snake Story.

It appears that a spot of ground
near a grove on Elizabeth Farms,
in Lancaster county, Pa, is worn as
hard and smooth as a floor in a
b%rick>yard. 1t is in the shape of a
circle-the "magic circle" 1t was
supposed that fairies held their mid
night revelries there. One dark
recently, a person cut across
the fields to lessen the distance
home. He was escorting a lady to
her residence, and why he wanted
to abbreviate the distance is a mys-
tery-unless she was his wife.
When near the "magic circle his
ears were a%ssailed by sounds
that almost paralyzed him with
terror. He screwed up cour-
age, however, and reconnoitered.
And this is what we saw and heard:
"The circular spot of ground was
covered with a dense mass of his
sing, squirming serpents. There
were hundreds and thousands of
them, of al sizes and kinds. They
staod erect on their tails and leaped
high in the air, and fell, only to re-
peat their actions. Some were
crawling rapidly around the edge Of
the ring, and hundreds of them
were rolled tightly in balls three
feet high. Their eyes shcne like
fire, and made the cold chills creep
over me-" He heard a rustling in
the leaves and knowing that more
were coming, he turned and ran ;
and says: 81 did not feel safe until
[ was home in bed"
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-01
ACROSS THE CONTINENT"
Lecture by Schuyler COIfax-Allu-
siOns to Grant Rapturously APP
nlaDded.

Schuyler Colfax delivered his
lecture, "Across the Continent"
recently at the Masonic Temple, in
Baltimore, for the benefit of the
Masonic library. President Hayes,
Postmaster General Key and AS
sistant Secretary of the Treasury,
Hawkins, occupied seats on the
platform, and before the lecture
were introduced to the audience by
Mayor Latrobe. In the course of
the lecture, descriptive of Oregon,
Mr.. Colfax mentioned the name of
Capt. Ulysses S. Grant, and his
having been stationed there many
years ago. At the mention of
Grant the voice Of the speaker was
stilled by v%ociferous and r~apturous
applause, which continued for some
time. At the conclusion of the
lecture there were loud calls for
President Hayes, and the audience
remained in their seats, repeating
the call, until the President arose
and bowed his respects. He was
greeted with a hearty Welcome
Boston Herald.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-01
The New Constitution of California

The New Constitution of California.
From the San Francisco Alta California.
The effect of the New Constitu-
ton is showing itself in financial
affairs in many ways. During the
first half of the year there was a
decrease OF $1,000, 600 in the de-
posts of the savings banks. On
the 1st instant. the bank of Cali
fornia reduced its capital stock
from SIS, 100000 to So, 900, 900.
On the 18th inst, the Changers
Bank reduced its capital stock from
100000 (though only 100000
had been paid up to $1,000, 900.
Another large reduction in the same
business is expected soon. The
real estate business has not
been SO dull in any previous year
since 1868, when San Francisco had
less than 100000 inhabitants, as
now with 300, 600. On every hand
We are threatened with litigation to
grow out of the changes made in
considerably by the Ignorant major
ity in the Constitutional Conven-
ton. The titles and terms of many
Of the county officers are left in
doubt, and must be settled by the
courts, most of which will be para
lyzed until the Legislature can
grant relief, and the action, neces-
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-01
Atlanta Market.
Atlanta Constitution. Oct. q

Atlanta Constitution, Oct. Is.
FLoUR-Superfne $500; extra. 800; fam
lily. $3.50; extra family, SITS. fancy. $50.
BAoOE-Tennessee sides 81; sugar cured
hams 10Ha1Ic.
BULK MEATs-Clear rib sides 7c: clear
sides 6Aa61zc
LARD-Tierces SIC; kegs and cans 9a9Ec.
WHEAT-Tennessee. choi-e white. 81 40al. 60
per bush; prime, 84.30a'.40. I.
OATs-47Ia75o.
HAY-Timothy, s1.12al 10; mixed, s1.1O.
CORN-White 70a72c; mixed, 6 a67c.
MEAL-.5c.
PEAs-none in market.
PoTAToEs-Irish Tennessee. S1.75a$3.00 per Dbl;
sweet. 60a65c per bushel.
ONIONS !. Tennessee, $1.0O per bushel.
EGGs-15c.
BUTTER-Tennessee. choice, Csc.
~POULTRY-Young chickens, 12Ha2212c.
B~EESWAx-l9c.
FEATHERs-New Choice mixed 45as0c.
DRIED FR?TT-Peaches, peeled, 1oall1; un>
peeled, 3Ma4c.
LIVE STOCK MARKET-Tenressee cattle
choice &C., common 11aa2Hc, Georgia raised
lAa2Hc. Spring lambs mons; heep-S .00a2.00
per head.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-01
Chattanooga Market.

ChattanooPa Commercial Oct. %.
CoRN-In demand, 50a60c.
WHEAT-IDeIeas receipts, $~1.37aa1.40.
MEAL-60a62l cents per bushel.
MEATs--Bulk meats, long clear sides, 63c.
Bacon, short clear sides, Sic; shoulders,
54a53; Tennessee hams, &c.
LARD---In %tierces, Tic; cans, Sc.
OATs-Per bushel, 36a37 cents.
HAY-75a90 per cwt.
PoTAToEs-Irish, 60a65c.; sweet, 60a65c.
FLoUR-Extra, 5000; family. $3.50;
extra family, $500; fancy, 1915.
POULTRY-Chickens, frying. 12a15c.
EGGs-Per dozen, 13a15c.
BUTTER-Per pound. 15a20c.
GINsENG-Per pound, 80a$1.o5.
BEEswAx-Per pound, 16a18c.
HIDEs-Green, 5c; sailed, 7c; dry
8a12c.
FEATHERS Live geese, 20a423c.
TALLow-Dull, per pound. &c
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-01
NOTECE.

PURSUANT ADECREE OFTHE CHAN
4 Gerry Court for tlouut county. Tenn, rem
dered at the June Term. 1879. L will sell to the
highest bidder at the Court H99se door in Mary>
vile, Tenn, on the 1sb day Of December, 1879,
the MOnt7ale Springs lands situated in District
No. 9Th, BioUut county, Tennessee, containing
of Wm. Walker, L. Carpenter, James Matthews
& Co. and others. Said lands will be sold in
small farms. and as a whele. and the Eale bring
viii bs made on e credit of six, twelve. eigL-
teen and twenty-fcuF months. except 5 per cent.
cash in hand, IN bar Of the equity Of redemption.
Bdmr. and against Joseph L. King ct al, the
purchaser TO give note with good security. bear
irg interest from date of sale and q lien retained
Tor the payment of the p1rchase money,
This 24th day of Oct, 1879.
z. GODDARD.
oct2984t c.. L N.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-01
Why is Ii

That cheap, adulterated baking pow
ders are warranted equal to DIR.
PRICES, when it is known that DR..
PRICES Cream Baking Powder is the
purest ard healthiest made? 1t Is
because the adulterated kinds are
bought for less and give a letter
profit.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-01
81 tn 500 per dag At ho9e. Samples
STINsCE = Co., Portland, Maine.
ChanceEy Court at Knoxville, Tenn.
No. 3,271.

George z. Reynolds. by Lewis z il mar, jr, next
friend We. Blrbary Reynolds and other.
1T APPEARING FROM THE BILL WHICH
L is sworn to that tn defendants, Henry Bal
lard and wife. Jane Ballard. Charlotte Boyd and
Nm. Boyd res.da in parts unknown, it is order
ed t9at the defendants above named appear be-
fore the ChanceIy Court at knoZYiile, Tanness
see. on the first Mondsy in January next, 1890,
ami make defense to he bill in this cause, or the
same will be taken for confessed. This notice
will be published in the knOxVills Wing and
Chronicle for four consecutive weeks.
A true copy: Attest. Oct. 9th, 1879.
ocse-W4t NJ. L. PATTERSON, G., & NJ.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-01
u ~ Eh REPGEEA
wholesale Grain and r.arkes

UaRoHraLE OFrloE,
KNOW Lib. Tam. Oct. e, 1879.
The advance on Wheat in the Eastern
markets has impaired life to the trade.
Wheat is coming in freely and finds ready
sale at quotations. Some demand for
B con at an advance. But little Corn
offered and no Oats coming in. The de-
mand for Dried Fruits sctive, and prices
advancing. a good demand for Field
Seeds prevail. The farmers of Knox and
adjoining counties are using drills for
planting wheat and seeds and applying
commercial fertilizers freely.
Field S eds, Timothy So. 25a3. so per
bushel. Herd grass, 80 to S1.OO; Blue grass,
SIPS; Orchard grass, $l.6Oal.7 IS. Clover,
S7.O0.
BAcoN-Buying, sides, 7A74i shOulde s
5a54; hams, Gas.
Lard, old, buying at 63a7ci selling at u
to Sc.
WaEAr-Active, buying at 81. l5a1. 25 for
white and amber; red, 81. 10al. Is.
,'oRN- Old, loose, 47a50; sacked. SIC;
9oGaEUM-Ia better demand; Is to SIC
lATs-New crop; Buying, loose, 273e30
selling, 35 to 38c.
PoTAToEs-Loose. scarce, 40a5Oc.
az Loose, t0460c per 100 lbs.
DEIED Participates firm, 81 to 33c
per pound: Peaches. hslyea, 61aG4. Black
berries. 74a83.
ELoUR-Nominal; country extra, buy
nag. p. 25a2. 80, selling, $2.60a2.7 Is; family
buying $3.50; selling, s2.75aS.Oo per
sack.
FEATHEBs-Prirne. 48c: mixed, Soc.
BUrrER-Active. medium, 10s15c good
to prime, 15a18c.
EeGs-Buying dull, 6a64c.
ward tendency.
8Aes-CottOn, 1a14c.
BEE swAx-22c per pound,
GfssEEQ-S Spring, $1.00.
SER KA SEAKE-40j
WILLOW RooT-53c.
PINK RooT-25c.
MAY APPLE RooT-2c.
HIDEs-Dry 12c.; green. 6.
ThLLew-64c.
FLAX SEED-Per bushel, 70aT5c.
B~RAss-8e.; Copper, 10c.
WooL-Per pound. 25a33.
APPLES Green, 75a$1.00 per bashel.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-01
In the Circuit Court of anderson
County, i lin an, Tennessee,
ORIGINAL DIVORCE BILL.
Cardelia Daniels rs. John DauieTs.

TN THIS CAUSE IT APPEARING FROM
i the comp.alnant's Dill that the defendant.
John Danieis is of a residence unknown, it is
therefore eTde ed by d. l.. Hall, Cie,k Of the
Circuit Court of Al derson county, Tennessee.
that said deFendan John Daniels, be required
to appear bsf, re ths Circuit Court On the End
Monday of NcvFmbe next, at Clinton, for An>
derson county Tennessee. an make defense to
said bill or the same will be taken as cor Jesse !
and the cause SCI for Tearing ex parte. 1t is
further ordered that this no1ice be published in
the Kuoxvil Wing and Chrouiele a newspaper
published at Knoxville, Tenne see, for four con-
secutive week. This September 50 b, 1879,
oct15W4t d. l.. HALL, Clerk.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-01

L2Ii1es solid Nonpareil constitute one inch,
Che Inch each insertion ...,,....... 81 90
N- Sneoial rates on application fer advsr-
sements y the year or month.
Local Nog' ses Is cents per limo each insertion.
City Notice 10 cents per line first insertion,
All advertise rents due after first insertion.
Yearly advertis 9nents payable quGrterIy. All
ether Advertisements payable on demand after
6rstinasrticn.
WEEKLY PAPER.
gne year IL 5U
Clubs of Twenty or over. per copy........... / 00
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-01

sarily taken in haste, will be subs
iect to the errors that are almost
unavoidable without long deliber-
alton.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-01
III GfaHcery Court at JacksboyO,
CampbeI County. TENNESSEE,

Abigail BroyIes Us. aaron Broyles ct 81.
IL THIS CAUSE IT APPEARING FROM
l the Allegations in the bill. which is sworn TO.
resident ef the State Of kentucky, it is therefore
ordered By the CIsrk and Master OF said court
AND CHRONICLE, q newspaper pubIi5hsd in the
city Of Knoxville, for four consecutive weeks,
notifying said Broyles to appear at the neat
I5th day Of DosombegP. 1879. at he cSurt house .
IN JacksboTo, Tennessee, ard make his defense to
said Dill or the same viii be taken as confessed
AID set for hearing OK parte as to him. This
October 22n5, 1879.
is LINDSAY, G.. K II.
Of the Chanoery Court at Jaeksboro.
nct2gwIt
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-01
NASHVILLE,
CHATTANOOGA
and ST. LOUIS
r. 7 7 z DAD.

For speed, safety and comfort you viii
find this line to be unrivalled. For the
celebrated Springs and Summer Resorts
Round Trip Tickets can be purchased at
all principal Offices. Emigrants wishing
to go West, either to locate or as pros
pectors, will Rnd it to their advantage to
go by this QUITE. Round trip emigrant
tickets on sale to Texas points. By this
line you have no tiresome delays. Through
coaches are run from Chattanooga 10 Col
umbus without change. Sleeping coache
on all night trains. Good coaches, good
road and quick time.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-01
1--we Raock marRar

Reported for the CHRONICLE by Jones i Lee
Butchers. Market Square.
Kso1piIEs. Oct. %
REVIEW.
The market for Hogs seems to have set
tied for the present at quotations. Sheep
in moderate demand. Cattle active.
r. BEEF CATTLE.
Small fat cattle Halle; 600a800 pounds
do. l4a13c; best &c. Old COWS and poor
steers low and plenty.
HOGS. :
200 pounds and upwards, Sc. Less than
zoo pounds 21a23. Nett hogs 4a43.
SHEEP.
No. l, Haze; common, $1.00a1.21
vEALS.
$500 81 80, according to quality.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-01
Special Notice.
STOP 4 RORBERL

Do you ask what robber? Way, FatheI Time,
Of course. who is c~tsaling the color from millions
of heads Of hair AIasl
EzE CAN'E Be STOPHED.
What then? His rayages can be repaid
EE LESS THAR TEN MINUTES.
It is soon done. No trouble; no danger of in
juring the fbrs5. Not q stain.
CRFSTAE20R0'& HAIR DYE
confeTs q superb black or any sha5e Of brown
with a ] but Miraculous Tapidity. Manufactured
b. j. CRISTADOR0, No. SO William St, N. Y.
Sold By all Druggists. Applied by all Hair
DreEsers.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-01
In the Circuit Court at Clinton,
Tenn.
BILL FOR DIVORCE

Ester Smith vs.. John Smith, lat least one of
them.)
IN THIS CAUSE 1T APPEARING FROM
] the alterations ofcomplainant's Till. which is
sworn to, that the defendant, John Smith, is Of
residence to comulainant unknown, it is there
fore ordered by D. l.. Hall, Clerk, sc, that the
said defendant, John Smith, be required to ap-
pear before the Judge Of cur Circuit Court fer
rson county, Tennessee, at Clinton, Tenn,
on the 2nd Monday of Novernber, 1879. and make
defense to said bill. or the same will be taken as
and the cause set for hearing OK
parte. It is further ordered that this notice be
published for four C nsecuJjye weeks in the
Knoxville Wing ard Chronicle This Oct. l0:h.
1879. octI5w3t D. L. HALL, Clerk.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-01

TINE GREAT SOUTHERN
i remedy for the cure of Scro-
fula, Scrofulous faint, Rheuma-
tism, White Swelling, Gout,
Goitre, Consumption, Bronchi-
tbs, Nervous Debility, Malary
and all diseases arising from an
Impure condition of the Blood.
Tbs merits of this valuable prepar-
alton are SO we'll known that a pass
ing notice is but necessary to remind
the readers Of this journal of the ne
~cesSity # always having a bottle OF
his medicine among their stock of
family necessities.
Certificates can be presented from.
many leading Physicians. Ministers,
aid heads of families throughout the
South, endorsing III the highest terms
he Fluid Extract OF Kcsadalis.
Dr. 81. NsalsOsl Sarr, OF Balti-
more, say S she has used it in cases of
Scrofula and other diseases with
much satisfaction"
Dr. n. q. Pggh, of Baltimore,
recommends it C all person. suffering
with diseased Blood, sayiGg it Is su-
perior to any rreperation he has ever
u cd
Kew. Dabuey Bail, of the Bal
timere M. +. Conference. South, says
he has been 20 much benefited by its
use that he chterfully recommends il
10 all his frieLd5 and acquaintance.
craven az &C., Druggists, at Cor
donsVilic, Va, say it never has failed
to give satisfaction.
Sam'l q. "a cE'adden, Murfreeg-
boro, Tennessee, says it cured him of
6heuma ism when all else failed.
Rooaialis is not a secret quack
preparation. its ingredients re pub
ilshed on every package. Show it to
yoGr PLY sician and he will tell you
1t is composed Of the strongest alter
atiVes that exist, and is an excellent
Blood Purifier. Did our space admit
We cou d give you Testimonials from
every State in the South and from
persons known to every man, woman
and child either personally or By
reputation.
Kosadalis is sold by all Druggists.
JOHN T. HENRY, CURRAN & CO.,
s COaieGe Place,
NE@w YORK,
&C.. W. Albers Wholesale Agent.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-01
Martha Washington College

AblngdOn, Virginia.
I'HE best equipped Female College in the
= South; Thorough inctruction guaranteed
n al the branches of a first class eduestion.
muslc a speciality. The campus covers eleven
acres res and is an elegant spot. The buildings
Soss nearly 100000. Every room is hand
PPdnne1y carpeted and furnished. Table excellent.
1oaLo. tuition. fuel. washing and lights for 40
cst % WV. The same with music $3.50. For
rev. Il. E. HOsS, IN. a, President.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-01

Ezms OF DAKEv PAPEB.
EATEs OF ~ADVE8TEsEEG.

psr month. By osTTisE or By uaail..-...-.~... 10
. gear. by all'..".............. .......~..s"-.. 3 0O
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-01
Chancery Court at Knoxville, Ter
naSS2s.

40 oApt'
Jas. G. Clark VI. Dickson Marble aud Zinc,
Mining and Manufacturing Company
of Tennessee, ct al.
yTAPPEARING FROM THE BILL WHICH
1 is worn to. thai the defendants Dickson
MAR lie and Zine, Mining and MaBuflciUring
Company Of Tennessee AID 30, Z. II Jewell,
are n~onsresid ents of the State Of Tennessee, it
is ordered that the defendants above named
appear before the Chaucery Court at KBox>
vile, Tennessee. on the 1st Monday
in January next, 1850, ana make de-
tense to the bill fled in thisc cause, OF the same
will be taken for c MESSED. This notice will be
published in the Knoxville Wing and Chronicle
for iour consecutive Weeks.
4 true COPY attest. October 8. 1879.
oct8 vat NJ. L. PATTERSON, c. & NJ.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-01
y, s.osessse Grocery marke..

KNOXVILLE, Oct. IS.
Coffee and Sugar still booming and
higher, demand excelle t. Everything
advancing.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-01
Chancery Sale Of a Tract Of
Land.

AZ -
w. B. Hope, Admir- of Jno. L~etsinger, decd, VS..
David Reagan.
DURSUANTTO A DECREEPRONOUNCED
Z IN the above cause at the June term, 1879, of
the ChanceTy Court at Knoxville, Tennessee, 1
will SELL at public auction, to the highest bidder,
IL 'front.' of the Court House door in KnOxy lie,
on TUESDAY THE lITH DAY OF NOVEM-
Der NEXT AT IL O'CLOCK, &. NJ.
The tract OF land mentioned and described
in the pieadipgs. lying in the 9th civil district
of Knox county, Tennessee, adjoining the lands
OF 81. E. Hedgcock and others, containing 10
acres. more or less, ami for q more particular de-
scriptJ0n reference is made to deed from John
Letsinger to David Reagan. recorded in Regis
ter's Cftise OF Knox county in Book h, vol 81
Paga III.
TERMS.
Five per cent. Of the purchase money
viii ne required in hand, and the remainder on
a credit of 6, II and Is month";, taking frsn tAe
purchaser notes with security. and retaining, q
lien as for the security. Said land viii be sold
in bar OF the equity of redemption.
This October 8tb, 1879.
oct8>w4t nj. L. PATTERSON, G. an.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-01

Go 4 WEEK, S12 q day at home easily
OfZ made. Costly Outfit fee. Address
TRUE & Co, Augusta, Maine.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-01
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-10-14
Tho Most Married ofWomep.

Benjamin Abbott, who has Just died in
Smyrna, n. r, in the eishty.second year
Of his age, was the seventh husband Of
his widow, whosurviyes him. The much
talked.oi and much.published event (for
It went the rounds Of the press Of the ma.
tom, when he for the second and she for
the seventh time bowed before the altar
Of Hymen, occurred on June 80, 1875, he
then being seventy.etght and she eighty.
two years old. Mrs. Abbotts history In
the marital relations Of life stands perhaps
without parallel In the records OF the
nation, and tradition has It there Is TO be
yet another. II Is currently stated, with.
out contradiction, that some years
ago she had vision In which
eight men stood before her in a
peculiarly impressive manner, which she
has ever regarded as prophetic OF the
number Of conquests she was to make.
The eighth is Just as likely and reasona.
BILE as the seventh, and already public Cos.
sip Is beginning 10 mark this and that man
as the victim Of the next conquest. Her
maiden name was Williams, and she has
been successfully Mrs. Traux, Mrs. Riggs,
Mrs. Farrow, Mrs. Wallace, Mrs. Berry,
Mrs. Pratt, and Mrs. Abbott. In every
instance, save the first, she has married
widowers, some OF them with good mum.
Der oil children, and on one occasion in
her early married lie she went TO the
almshouse and took therefrom three child
rem and raised them. She never had any
children Of her own. all her life has
been spent near Smyrna, and all her hus.
bands were buried by the same under
taker.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-10-14

The attempt to force the milk dealers Of
Chicago to furnish pure milk by series
OF prosecutions based on analysis and the
lactometer has broken down, the Court
deciding that the facts obtained in this
manner were not sufficiently exact to be
the basis Of criminal charges. The evil
dence adduced Tor the defense unques.
tionably showed that the per centage OF
cream in milk, as well as its other constitu-
ents, varied so greatly from mouth to
month that no hard and fast line could be
drawn by an analysis. A more hopeful
plan to improve city milk supply is in
progress near New York at the hands Of q
committee appointed by the Bedford
Farmers Club. TO bring together the milk
producers who furnish New York with
milk. At the last meeting Of the club
John Jay read report from which it ap-
pears that $4,000 quarts reach New York
daily by different routes; the average re-
turn to the farmer during the last year be-
ing from two to three cents q quart.
The railroad charges one and half cents,
the cost Of delivery is two and half, and
the middlemen make a profit Of nearly
two cents a quart, although the latter
claim that they lose one quart in eight by
various accidents. As to another source
of profit, DR.. Chandler puts the amount
paid daily by New York city for water
added to the milk at $4,000. Steps are
to be taken to form an association OF
farmers who will bind themselves to
rigid inspection Of their diaries in the
hopeof making the high quality Of their
milk generally recognized, in imitation
Of the plan adopted by the Aylesbury
Dairy Company in England, of which
Thomas Hughes is prominent member.