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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-14

horse of all work should be first thor
ouehly trained to saddle, as in my ex-
peliepce he will always work to those
gaits; that is to say. when in saddle TO
trot or canter, but never to pace or sim
gle foot. When in harness he will
learn the latter too soon. Some people
think saddle horse ought to pace, but
this is a mistake, as the canter is the
best for horse and rider. / speak from
experience, as for the last twenty years
| have been in the saddle six days out
of seven. In travelling long distance
the horse which trots or canters will
take you over the road with more ease
than pacing horse. A goGd trainer
can train horse to the saddle gaits SO
that these will never conflict with each
other, and on the proper application OF
the bride, hand and the legs the horse
will change his gait at any moment
Country Ge,aemln.
BREAD MAKING WHEAT.-In reference
to statement of an Iowa correspon-
dent Of the Pruirie Farmer as to the
breadmaking power of Minnesota and
other reputable spring-wheat over win
ter wheat, and that Minnesota wheat
will make 27O to go pounds of bread
to the barrel Of -four, while Michigan
wheat (winter) will make but 24O
pounds, an Ohio CORES pondent OF LetsFs
Milling Neaos says: at has long been
we'll known that wheat consisting en-.
tirely, or almost so, Of starch will not
make nearly so much bread as that
containing larger proportion OF gluten.
1t is a well recognized fact that Michl-
gan wheat is almost entirely composed
Of starch, and that accounts for TIE
smaller amount Of bread to the barrel
of flour. The Fultz wheat now being
introduced into this section has little or
no gluten in it. 1t is largely grown In
the Cumberland valley, Pennsylvania,
trade of the milers. The Clawson
wheat is also being introduced here,
and is very popular with farm ers on
account of its prolific yield, but it, like
the Fullz, is almost if not entirely des-
titute of gluten. The flour lacks
strength, and will therefore make but a
small yield OF bread and is universally
condemned 10y good bakers, and not
only on that account, but because it
will not make large sized loaf in pro-
portion to its weight. A choice grade
OF -four cannot be made Of either Fultz
or Clawson wheat This IS the uniyer-
sal testimony of all who have tested
them. Ia connection the Prairie Fdrmer
may add that at the late session Of the
Pennsylvania Mller's Association, after
a prolonged discussion, it was resolved
to discourage the cultivation of FulIz
and Clawson wheat. and to recommend
Lancaster, Old Mediterranean, Bough-
ton, Shoemaker, Deal, Wick and Cam
ada White.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-14
Sure Signs.

To meet a funeral is a sign of death.
To dissipate to-day is sign your hair
will pull tomorrow.
To kiss pretty girl against her VIII Is
sign you'll get your face scratched.
To take home piece of beefsteak Is
a sign that there will be broil IN the
family.
Tosee dog fly at farmers leg is
sign a misfortune is going TO betals the
calves.
To see man loafng around bar
room is a sign he'll drink--if voi ask
him to.
To see your sweetheart kiss another
fellow is sign you will be disappointed
in love affair.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-14
An Old Stanza.
Saturday Magaz ne

Saturday Magazine 4
Some one was asking the ONE
where to find some lines beglilii-'7
As I walked by myself
talSed 10 myself
A correspondent states una cyuis
an old stanza (of some"la11t oa.
complexion which runs as io''O
As walked by miseh
| talked To myself % RE
And Thus myse + said 70 n'
Beware OF thy>elt--.
Tase care or thyseIi- ,Lse
For nobody cares iV'
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-14
.Nalarial Fever.

Malariai Fevers, constipation, torpid.
ty of the liver and kidneys, general de
hllity, nervousness and neuralgia All
ments yield readily to this great disease
conoueror, Hop Bltters. 1t repairs the
ravases of disease by converting the
food INTO rich blood, and it gives new
life and vigor to the aged and intirm
always. See Truths" IN Other
column.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-14

"REMEMBER, now" said an Indiana
bride ut the altar, I'VE have been sepa,,
rated and remarked four times and
about once more will convince me that
we can never live happily together.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-14

A CLERGYMAN once asseI ID 81
whether he didn't thinA 'l0 The >
him his tongue to be USED; rars nr
ciled reply was, "The L9ro = = ne
mine mind that tells me when to ~
tongue"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-14
BEAUTIFUL SPRING.

BEAUTIFUL SPRING.
In one month more wen have the rose,
or love true reminder;
And, be II sad, Wen also have
The festive organ grinder
With monkey attachment.
--NeW York S'ar
A lady named Mary Magul.ah
Had trouble in lighting nef ii.ah
The WOOD beng green,
She used Kerosene
pause. Then continue solemnlyl:
She has gone where the fuel is drah.
Mike was asked if he believed in Sc,
Ond love. Faith an | do" sad he
IF you have pound of sugar, lsnI
swate? And when that's gone don
you want another, and isn't that swat
too?"
For month, now, we advise all goo
and peaceable husbands to Suppt
themselves with excellent cigars, an
spend as little time as possible In lhel
homes. Let them beware of stirring u
the female temper; let them cease
use authority in their households \
them take their meals occasionally 0u|
side; if they wish to rise high IN ltnl'i]
honor, let them graciousy assi,'
the graet work of renovation DOM
Herald.
On the tickle springtme wea'heh
When man Is puzzted whether
BY the feeling OF MS pulse, lei
Wear his duser or bis ulster
If he goes without umofela
1t Is sure 10 vet ieller'
! he thinks he'll have 10 use IL
He will set il down aud lose IT,
Springfield taio'
The Rev. Mr.. Jasper, of Rlchmon1
Va, who pins his faith on the u, ny"
that "the sun do move, cai,eu
Brother Scogln to open last olgu1|
evenings service with prayer, anu
did 81, as follows: 80 LORD Nfs
mighty abused people; ives had i'l n'l I
time in slavery; we's been all oroh ',no1
pieces; ives bow-lesged, knoch An a,e1
bandy-shanked, cross-tyed, ana M
many of us is bump-backed' ~ d
Lord, we want to be mended up aT N n
wants YOU to come an do H. ~
send an angel, for dis is too o,g
for an angel. You made us, . Lolu "
YOU know our wants, an you cin
us u, as nobody else can. Conc
down yourself, and come quicA'
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-14

A ,wEEr. intelligent, siil,''''
adds to The beauty ola bonne''
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-14

PENNSYLVANIA has adopted the New
ii hampshire tramp law.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-14

Truth is strtranger than 6c,;o
there is less OF it 0'ioh, Tor
When proud man is rol,;na
ash barrel, horse-car loaded rs 'ut an
'0naoie ladies generally passes h ,,'S'
The man who originated the s.u;
Hurry Is the mark of weak 10; 10. igg,
never was chased by BULLDOG -li p
ford Era. Brad
japanese farms average abo,,
acre each in size, and it doesn't vi, ohe
forever to hunt up the COWS in ,bo .aAe
ture.-Ne'0 Haren Register. pas
Judge: "Have you anytbino -
to the court before sentence il 1os ~ 4le'
YOU? Prisoner; mo, Judge, ! te1
$40, but my lawyers took that" NS0
Miss Penny was saved from drouu:
by jonathan Smith. In equity She ~
ongs to Smith from this time here "
because a Penny saved is a pSnH
earned Toledo Commercial 'DIy
A correspondent asks: "Wbat !,
batY' A bat, my friend. is that nor,
brick which will encourage ror
neighbours hens to gacate the bed -.
peas which you have just planted
||aerLoo Observer.
Il is now said by scientific ap,bo.;,.
tfat sleep commences in the feet any,
extends TO the head. Possibly the crs
tom of sitting with the feet toward ,no
pulpit may have something to do with !,
Turner's FuAs Reporter.
A lawyer endeavored to brovbaot
witness by telling him that he saw
rogue In his face. Il never knew bs
fore, said the witness, shat nv facs
was looking glass.
A lady engaged to be married and
getting sick of her bargain. applied To-
friend to help her unite the Knot before
II was too late. "Oh, certainly" she r..
piled, 1T Is very easy to unite it now
while it is onl Y beau knot"
It's funny, but a soft palmed woman
can pass hot plate to her neighbor at
the table with smile as sweet as dis.
titled honey, while a man with a hand
as horny as crockodiles back. wi
drop 1t to the floor and howl around
like a Sioux Indian at a scalp dance.
Old bus-driver: "Now, there's lot d
nice girls IN this 'ouse ere o the off side
sir. Their ma dresses 'em out, therrs
drives 'em out, and | brings 'em down
young men of q Sunday, you see. and
yet they don't seem to 90 off, some
now !'-Punch.
The following is told of a young gent
tleman VINO was passing an examIna
ton III physics: He was asked, "Wha
planets were known to the ancienh?
We'll, sir" he responded there wera
Venus and Jupiter, aud, after pause
Il think the Earth, but I'm not quito
certain y
, 1879-07-09

Tho ennea seed At the snn,e time. Each cairo
bearB ntH,ut 4 peck Ut cllbtn seo.l, resembling
rice, which Is very fnt md npur1shtng, mud IL
often cnton bY the lntlfnnH. ilIe 1uanlty pro.
ducctt IA enormous, an! lnrEe nrGns nro o!tcn
covered 10 a depth VI i've ur six Inches. After
seeding, the cnn6' sllcs, breaks Of nt ihc root
aild falls to The grountl> t!+ prnccsH Of trcny
ln!ng haAtenct br the hnfinEs OF lnrym which
live upnH fhe hamboo nntl anpear 10 1o rartfeu-
larry abundant at sectlInc-tinc. These lnrvu
marc, doubtless, Etven rise to the AiDfy Of tho
grub developing ilitoa rat. New canes spring I'm
fruln The secl but require seven Or clEllt ycnss
10 become f1t for use, ninl thirty IL reach lna-
turity. With the sudden and constantly y.ncreas.
inx s,lppty Of noltrialltng fntKi Tor period ct
ilvo ycars, tlr rats IND mtco, both of native utl
imported speclcs Increase extraordinarily in
nutnburs. The fccundIty Ut tt,cse nntn,nIs IL
wctt known, md The result, aftcr four or ffva
years OF an uuuhuaf at,l constantly .lncreast,,g
bltpply Ut cxcclcnt food. aud In tho absence ot
ullein{ca Of equal facunilty, tan icndIly ba im-
ngtftcd, The Inst crop ut the seed being fnaturo
alnl fallen tI the ground, ,tie first rail. ca,tRes II
to decay III tho spnce tf ycry few days. Tho
rats, suddenly deprived of food,, begin 10 mi;
crate, Invading t.c plantations md houses, md
consuming ernrything tint does not happen TO
he repnrnnnt 10 the not very fastdona painto
If n famshtn. rodent. II It happens TT tho tin,a
Of cor planting, tho seed is consumed NJ faAt a.
It can bu put Into tile ground Tic tnantlsocn Is
dug npi The rce.crop, II It happens 10 be uswly
sown OF tn seed, u cotlsmetf, as ID nlso every..
thing Ia tho llu'lBo III the way oi provisions nlll
leather. II not carefully guarded In Til trunks.
, 1879-07-09

mans body, Bakers 11Drso opened f}rn on tho
flying eoecks beneath. There vera no casuafttes.
On our rlcflt wns fsandlnnh; about rs ule vnl-
leys ia which thc Zn'u army concealed thcin-
fclyct boforo making il,at terrible onslaught on
tho 1lnsuspecttng troops. Away out1,e LETT roso
the flat.hcatled Mhlazatze. found the baso Of
shr hill on which we were, Col. 1iMller noticed
four large kraals, s,Ni At once dectdcd
,it,on burning trna. Dnkcr'4 Troop nm1 the
Ftontlcr Light Horse went away sfown tho
northwest slure Of tile mountain, nnl birtit tho
kraala there; while Col. Rulier, with the Rasu-
tns, descended on tho so,lt!,cast elore, c0snit,S
out upon kraa, wllcre the Ztlua had hecn 70.
Gently engaged In shoifing meatch. When ttin
flotses had 1lau their I'LL lhcso were deslrorcd,
nnsl we proceeded 10 another kraA,. where sYo
ncrr toinrt1 by tic other mounted men. After
this Ne proceeded homcwntds. The wind blew
cdd. most bitterly 50; md for thoso who l.al
no blankets uterc was po sre,, tl.at plight. THE
Primes was among tlls fotlurn nnd cnverless
ones, nfN! he wandered up mi! down hsconto.
lately. Next dar nothing occurred. We bseak T.
TASTED. nc dincd; re raw no Xulus. Killed 1totl,-
lug; net With NJ, accidents, mud Eot Into camp
% quiet ~ yun like. These who know the Xu-
lus saY The patrol has done great good In burn-
ing the kraals, ~ snch ncts teach tic nattvcs
TINT ne mean to thoroughly suppress them.
Ono thing has been nsccrtalheh, nani that Is ihnt
there arc no Zt,tus In any number in tic north
east corner Of Zulnlansl.
, 1879-07-09

Rrcsst dated from Robinsops House, IN tho
IlIYh!n.lds, which rccttcs tho capture Of Audre
to tho tt,otn,. Following this litter Is a lst Of
the boatd OF General Otlicots who tried MAJ.
Andre. II consisted Of Xix Major Generals. In
cluttInE Lafayette :anA Sscntcn, at9ht Drtgadlor
ticncrals, a.Si John La.rense. Judge Advocate
Including letter from Andre to Wash"
inGtot. in wlIIeh i'o snya he carne to
tfcnt With snno person for important III.
teltiGenre. To favor ttls no agreed 10 ncot
eltcr army. Day coming on he was co.iccaIcd::
Against MT attnl,fatiua1,. my intention, and
wlilnIt ny Knowledge beforchan.l,. waE con
d'cted ~lthln ons VI so'lr posts. Your Excel
1cncy may conceive my sensation on this occa-
nse been Affected by refusnl 10 sccontt'Ict ma
9ark t''e nexl nfs m ee ! haI been brought.
This become . prisoner, had to concert my
cstatc. lut1ed my. uniform, was pnsse.l
posts 10 Neutral ground. nn,l Nus informed tht
| wns beyond all asnu.l parttoa, md left TO presa
for New YORK: WIS talson A. TarrytoTn.n
\ pnss Mas laid before the Buard from He1.
nume; nso letter frosu thc ltcs. Mr. lsobin-
antt, dateh from The wnr.Hlltp Vnlture, deHlafHl-
Ing Antlre'A rcleaho; anl a letter from the snrne
placc from Arnold, asking That protection be
afforded b.: wife and slic be allowed 10 return
tu PHILADELPHIA.
Tin hoard considered these sub}ects, and con-
clnt!cd that And1c was spy mud shonld suiIcr
death.
News Of the judgment wns tmmctiately sent
10 tic cneMy's camp, att.l every effort wne mada
hy Andrc's friends to rclcnsc lin. Sir Henry
Clinton egcn sent ecu. Robcrtson and two
friends, nnIlcr flag Of truce, to plead tho cause
Of Andre; but atl In vain.
\ latter irntn Arnold also begs for e1enaency
for Andre. anti contains the following threat Il
II he mt extended: "Fort! Of tho prlnelnal
inhabitants o! South Carulinn have Justly tor-
fritcd ,lrir lives, which l,nye hitherto been
spared by hts Exccllcncy sir JnK'es CLIFTON vino
c,n,,nt III Justice Gxtond his mercy to them any
longer II Nal. Andre sl,ttrrs.n
Tile pan,nh!et co,clndcs With a request from
A,.lreefo Washington ll!Ii he mar ha permitted
to dir soltIicr's dentii, and not ipon the Ett-
bet. In ali his communications Andre spcaks nf
the knnnas he rcctiveh ht tin. tlas,da Of Tho
Americans up to tllc dread day Of the 8d Of
October, 17NI, ut Il n'clock mon, Wien the
closing scene waS enacted.
, 1879-07-09

Of the suit nlso required .hu defendant 10 allow
conp,hl'lants acecss 10 The mines nnd bo0ks, to
comnlatuants' intcrpsts ,Intil tier can hare
decd whereby they claim iatetr nnc-tifth lntercss
was ctuvcyol to tie defendant without nnLfiort-
ty .af"! without consideration. 1'llr pr1pcrtr Is
talned At .omnthlne like 5000. .lN'0, although
the stock Of the defendant Ia $.a), ,UUU. 900.
,..DESvkn Col, Jnly A-fn the cnso NJ Foss &
Hunter VI. Tia l.tttte Plttsburg Consolidated
Company, duasfes Miller, In the United Sta.ca
Circuit tuurs, to.tlhy declined To grant an In.
junction OF autnslnt Receiver, but or,ierctl that
tlu Cutn1nny make sworr thoEthis returns uf ia
earnings, that onu.ftl, be deposited in Court,
nnl TINT the cntnplalnanst be permitted to OK.
amino the bool;s Of the mtne, =
, 1879-07-09
CROP REPORTS.

sy~csnl M.nafchts to Tnt Trfoane.
WARREN, Lake Co., July 8.-Flax mad oats
nrc cut short by drought 2j per cent. Corn will
nil bo laid bY this wpck. Meadows light. Hay-
crDp short.
SnELnrv1LLs. Shelby Co., July 8.-Wintcr
wheat better than last season. Oats arc short.
Corn doing finely. Hay will not le half crop.
NEoaA. Cumberland Co., Julv 8.-Winter
wheat ten bushels to the ncrc. Grnln e1cetlont.
Cut short by drought. Oats half crop. Corn
promises better than for ttyo or al1 vears. Clean
ard growing taas. Hay may mnko hall crop.
EI'zAnErnrowH, Hardin Co., Julys.-Winter-
wheat crop bsttcr than last Jenr. Corn IL In
bottcr condition than for thrco years.
DnLut Jersey Co., Jnly 8-Winter wheat
will Yield ten bushels 10 tie acrc. Three
bushels lcss than last year. Tho oat crop ts d.
most failure. To short to cut. finy il In
JENsEYylLLE, Jersey Co., JULY 8.-Qua!ity Of
winter wheat butter than last year. Yielding
froai t1ttcen to sl1toen bushels. Corn Is bettcr
than Tor years.
ConlNrll, Williamson Co.. July s.-Wintcr
what yielding ten 70 twelve oashols. Crop
bettor than last year. Poor stand of corn.
Whnt tl.vrc Is Of It good. Pastures aud
measlovs short, Hay eroo short. ,
wheat will yiehl seventeen buahels to, the acre.
Oats hayo suffered by the drought. Corn doing
well. llay poor ulLl scarce.
KANE, Grecne Co., July 8.-Wintor wheat
In tuc order: Short growth Of oats. Corr, 10
booming. Early planted oser man's head.
uay not over l,alf cEop:,
BELLE PnAlnis. Hamilton Co., JULY s.-Wln-
Shortened by drought, but better than last year.
Oats hardly, wosth cuttng- Corn from tlvo to
Z asSssso, = Henry Co., July s.-ch!nch-bug.
, 1879-07-09
SlllctQE..
CVlttQLS
dufeIdt H.p1ttA 10 III Tribune.

6ptcid1 DftpQttk 70 I'M Tribune.
OTTAWA, H., July 8.-Lewla Frost, Of this
city, II years Oh, committed, au'cile tlls after
nooa by taking laudanum. No reason Tor tho
act run i>a aasgnsl.
Gptttst D!spatcA to IAs 1rtbun4.
MILWAUKEE, July Sat M early hour this
,nornlng Pcter usstncr, wel1-todo German
citizen, Tor thirty.iour years resident OF Nil.
wnukce. aud about u years Of age, suicldtd by
cutting tho arteries ot his HEists NTH razor,
s sotrnn s %ea fro
excessive lah0r IN perfecttng new WAtef.wheel,
II ascrtoct Ms the cause. destuer resided at No.
v15 Mill street.
I.oulsvlLLA, IulyR-A Courier Journal special
from Muykyll!e says thut Mias Bettle K!dwell,
, 1879-07-09

4 NRCoNOIssANCH IN WHICH TIE fRlNCH I'M
rERfAL PARTICIPATED.
Lonsien ISAfs June 20,
The following account Of a reconnaissance In
which the Prince Imperial took part, before the
oue In Nhtcl, he met his death, Is takon from
the Natal lPtsness, tho correspondent OF which
WAS with BreadIor Woods Flying Column:
MAT 1G.-l rctt,fnctf ths aftrrnoon from .
thFec days patrol, In whrl little waa done, ~
forrc numbered aboutsixtY Of the frontiur Light
Horse, under CuDt. D'Ayoy and Lieut.. Blaine,
forty II ti,c pasusos, undnr Capt. Cockurcll a1Hl
Llotlts. Henderson 4nl lsaw, and about eighty
iiIrect command oi Coi. I!ulicr. Tia active
Imperial, Lord VI. Beresforts. A, u. G.
(who haa already made hImsalt tan'!l-
bruuaa If w,t W vi .. s'5Se ss' eon.steace s ILL., H.
wl'ure tie tunss of tho Nlnets-fouEth are nuW
pitched; md more unluterestMg, tsrs, and
stony spot to pitch tents on gould not bs d.
covered elsewhere outside Ut th1 Ka!it,ata. The
@ G,s srs nsst x, b. ss s 4@s 1nsy
curc Hill We went afterwards 10 u. faEtner's
house about I've miles oil. md here We hy-
ouacked wlle our hoFses fol contentedlY tn
,ls tnsalls hoIds. A. dawn next morning tie
the Hood Atver, and passing on tu q bill from
which ono could sec 'lsorka's Drift, some fur
1ntlcs distant. 'rhu country from Conferences
llill II opan, a'.t! good roal might sas!ly be
Ut krAai where tho Zulus liad beea overnight j;
III fart, few Of the'r nu1nbcr had bccu t,,ers
tsat Motnng, but did not watt lor ",
| saw them making Of np sLrayo'a I'LL.
reached tho top, when Lucy took Instant pso: ps,or !
ceedlngs TO call gathering Of the CLAN Tl.c
Town-Crer, pn : Aray horse, gave duo naticu to
all Tue ctlxens living IN lsraals; ANT very soou
, 1879-07-09
JEFF IN LUCK,

Ulspdtfh 70 Evening 1esk9FdpH.
NEW ORLEANS, July 8.-it Ia learned that the
lnte Mss. Sarah A. Dorsey, Of Mississippi, who
died in this city last weak, leaves a will b.
qacath!ng her whole estate to Jefferson Davis
In making this bcquest Mira Dorsey Eotcrs to
Tho great services and sacrifices Of Ms. Davis on
behalf Of tho South, reproyea his countrymen
for thelr failure III gratitude aud appreciation
for suct, soryIceB; and regrets ts stnull coutrl.
buttou which ehu Ii abl9 to makt fpr llts rrivf.
Tue estate emoFacua Ia this lrgacY Includes two
largo plantations In tho upper pArt Of tl.e State,
MD thu elegant villa at Hcauvoir, on tho sea.
coaat, wlsrs Mr.. Davis Ia now sotournlng, tho
climate md situtttom Ut which hR1s proved CO.
pcc!ally favorable to ST. nayt2' health and his
present occupatlon Of study und labor In tl,e
preparation OF hts hoax defensive OF Ills admin
istratson 0t tic Office Of pres!dcnt OF tho Con-
iedeEAtQ States
, 1879-07-09

4 writer In religious nowspaper thlnks. that
The craxe for bicycles will be brief bernHso It Ia
ilaYes OF President Porter of Yale College on q
blrycla!'' To this tl,s Albany Journal responds,
"Thia sort Ut argument long ago ccasrd 10 tnl-
press, Think Ut Mrs. NcusAns running with .
aro-enginc, OF Longtellow In Elus oTcralls clcrk-
oranges three for quarter, IT st. 1'aul playing
croqIat. You can't think ot 1t, can you! But
BECAUSE you can't, shal! mt cnEtncs run, Or
groceries bu kept, or oranges be- Vent!td, ar
croquet b. playedl 10 to, thou foolish paEs-
Greuhist,N
, 1879-07-09
FOSSILS.


BS*f4d1 IH5paTfh to 1h1 YT1btn9-
OTTAWA, H., July S.--Tl,e State Natural His.
tory Hocloty met hare last evening, a,.! arranged
for t,e exploration OF tho Illinois Rlsor and
Valley to tue westward. To-day tile whole
party, consisting Of d dozen or more members,
set out, divided lpto two parties. by boats aud
wagons, Tor weeks investigation among the
rich geological specimens and formations OF tho
valley. They will give particular attention to
tlls study Of thosa natural curiosities, Starved
Rock, uarr Park, AMI Split Kock, beside seek
ins information anou9 The other branches 0!
science,
, 1879-07-09

V9Al3st79
Ia CRossz, Wis, July 8.-Crop reports from
many points In Northwestern Wisconsin aud
Southern Minnesota, received to-day, Indicate a
much better condition Of things than had been
hoped for after the severe storm Of Sunday.
Tic cool, breezy weather Of Yesterday and to-
day has dono world Of good to tho standing
grim. The reports from all points west OF
Lancaboro, forty miles from La Crosse IN tho
Southern Mtnncsota, aro all favorable. Wheat
suffered littls or no damage from tile storm,
Eaat Of LaneBl,oro, In the Root Valley, the hill
stlsc farms were pretty badly washed. Probably
800 acscs Of grain wero destroyed in this sccton
ot WISCONSIN. More than half OF tic wheat this
year Is winter, which tho fusmora are now busy
cutting.
, 1879-07-09
KANSAS.

8nfcld! fltpdscAfs q TIA 7H5WnA
CHESTER, Jefferson Co.. July B-Winter
wheat being stnrked. Hare had very heavy
rains slnco harvest, and grain has been aprout-
tng in tho shock. Greeks hive been very high,
mil sotno tcds nearly ull washed away. Wheat
will YIELD ,lfteoa bushels. Oats shout roady to
buttcr. In tho e!lk. Weather hot md suitry.
CorroAwoon, Chnse Co.. July B,-Wintsr
wheat l,ulf a crop. Drought hurt oats badly.
Corn doing finely. bevcn feet high.
ter wheat stacked in good order. Crop better
tlau Inst year. Oats too poor to cut, Corn
very good.
, 1879-07-09

TfE1NCE ALKIAEnUH
VAnsA, July 9--Prtncc Alexander, Of Bal
0arIa, had here an enthusiastic reception.
ARRIVAL At TI1NoyA.
T1nKovA, July 8.-Prince Alexander has ar
rived. Ills reception was one OF iudescribabta
enthusiasm.
, 1879-07-09

consttslcttou,of tic Dsritn Caual will exceed ESQ.,
NU, ,0Do francs. The difTfcnitns Of the work Werc
not 30 formidable >as those which t,aa bccn over
coma tn tie construction. OF tte euss Canaf, as
rallSnT already existed along the course of tho
pronoscd Panama Canal, with large town at
cueh extremity.
De I.csscps ssatcs that tho caution money,
2,0N>,.No francs. required Try vcnczuin. auent
The Panama 1sthmus Cannl, has been already
paid. -
BANQUET 70 Oh LEssArA.
LONDON, July 9.-A Paris dispatch 10 the
Standard reports that banquet vns EiFcn last
night In honor OF N. De Lesssps and tho Panama,
Canal scheme.