The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-11-27

soNc VI thcm. On opening thelr crops
he found only three grains Of wheat and,
By actual account $50 weevils. 1t is bet
ter that farmers know whether they kill
friends or foes.
TIE Aark Lane Erpress, in re|atio
to land rental, taxes, etc., in Great Brit
ain, says: An owner of 200 acres receives
s2,10O rent, and pays *115 land and in
come tax. The tenant pays; Rent 81, 100;
poor and highway rates, $40: drainage
rate $3i5; income tax, 1876; total rent
and tax, $2,977.50, or at the rate Of $l4.-
7s per acre per year.
Tue latest pdvlces from careful esti-
mates are that the wheat requirements
Of Europe will bo es3, 3,oo0,0 900 bushels,
of which the British Islands will want
l43,00O,0O0; France and dependencies,
$4,000, 900; SPAN and Portugal, 13,000,-
600; Italy and Mediterranean ports, 49,
100000; Germany and North sea ports,
eO,0OO.O00, and Holland and Belgium,
100000.
OFFICIAL figures show that our exports
to France are healthy and increasing
rapidly. Not only are values Of exports
increasing, but tho number Of the invoic-
es sent are larger than ever before. For
the quarter ending September 80, 1870,
the value Of exports of the United States
Was S12,597,733 over the corresponding
quarter Of 1878, and en- increase Of II
277,066 over the quarter ending Juno 80,
1870.
THE statement Of the public debt cf
the United States ior the month OF o..
tober shows the aggregated interest bcrr-
ing debt to be, including registered aad
coupon, $1,79G,950. Aggregate debt in
which interest has ceased on maturity
$93,ose,o35.99. Aggregate debt bearing
no interest, 2.405, ,5S5, ,1900l, making the
total debt, principal and interest, $2y"45,.
94,357.83 There has been dec. ease
1t the debt during the month of $1O,:52,-
9O6.e2.
THE distress in Hungary on account
ct the bad harvest is very great. Gov
ernment has suspended the collection of
taxes until the next harvest has been
gathered. In ifty-seven towns and viii
lages in Temes district the greatest dis
trcss prevails. In Saros district, where
cases Of starvation have occurred, forty
parishes are threatened with famine.
Frightful accounts have also been re.
ceivod from the districts OF Abapj, Heves
and Zemplin.
The late Senator Chandler is under
stood to have left an estate valued ut
from $l,5oo,ooo to se,oo0,0Oo 1t con-
A'sted mostly Of real property. He owned
~ Of the most valuable stores in the city
Of Detroit; spacious and elegant man
sion ON Fort street; house IN Washing
ton; very large and valuable farm near
Lansing, Michigan, upon which ho has
Just finished an enormous barn; large
quantity of lumber lands in Michigan,
and, among his personal property, shares
In the Second National Bank of Detroit.
the iucrease in the cotton crop South
is reported at SOC, 900 bales more than In
any preceding year. The increase in
cotton is expected to yield $20,000.00o
more than last year. The tobacco crop
Is 100000 pounds over last year, and
sugar 100000 hogshea.ls greater. This
surplus is valued at $40, 100000 over tht
product of last year. On the other hand
the west is thought to have 10000, ,00{
bushels Of corn more than ever before
and the hay product is also larger thi
year than for many years past. Cattle
will also probably go over previous years
production, the price Of grain is larg'
and meat predictions realize fair value
THE Italian papers report a case o
bagamy just tried before the Law Cou,
Ut salerno, which is another Of those in
stances seeming to show that the institu
ton Of trial by jury is not suited for al
human beings alike. The offended ad
mitted the two marriages. which wer'
otherwise proved, and the Judge summed
up for verdict Of guilty but the Jur,
decided n tho negative. The Judge, dis
missing the prisoner, said: 'Signo
dusitano, you assert that you have. maj
ried twice, but the gentlemen of tho jur
declare that you have married neithe
once nor twice, consequently set you q
liberty, and you may now marry . thiz'
time"