The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-07-22
miscellaneous.
GENERAL NEWS.

O@ENEAhAA Ne %
The Postmaster General has decided to
break up the practice of sending through
the mails advertising cards of various
sizes with one cent stamps attached.
After Oct. 1 no cards except the regula.
ton postal cards will be transmitted ut q
less rate than three cents for each half
ounce.
The Marquis of LandsdOwne, a large
holder of land in Ireland and a member Of
the British Government has resigned, as
he is unable, COnsCientiOusly, to support
the Ministry's compensation bill. When
this Iact was announced in the House of
Commons, the Tories cheered Justify.
There are rumors of other designations.
A woman whose name Is not given, has
confessed to Judge Nelson, of Brooklyn,
that she had just discovered that the man
she had married, and with whom she had
been living for the past three years was
her brother, an illegitimate son of her
mother. They were born in Sweden, and
her mother came to this country some
years ago.
The iron trade in England shows signs
VI lCNlNbls Out VI blt l"l BJoJ llOu ludlU=
featuring firms announces its inability to
ill contracts at rates previously agreed
on, owing to the advance in prices, and
the Board of Trade returns indicate Il
large increase in the export Of iron for
June over the corresponding month Of
last year.
In the southern and river counties of
Minnesota wheat has been injured some
by smut and blight, and in a few counties
by chinch bugs, a careful estimate of the
loss being 80 to 40 per cent. of the crop.
In the Red river country and some other
parts of the state the wheat is in fine
condition. The reports of loss appear to
be exaggerated for the purpose of affect
ing the market.
About three hundred men under the
leadership of Capt, Payne have crossed
into Indian Territory from Kansas with
out molestation. The same party under
took to enter the territory last spring but
were forced to retreat by the troops.
Payne courts arrest, as he wishes to de-
termine in the courts whether he acts in
violation of any law,
Agent Whiting reports that Mr.. Tlb-
bles, who has figured prominently as the
champion of the Poncas, visited those In
dams lately by stealth and in disguise,
and tried to get them to steal away in
small parties and return to their old res
e~ryation on the NiObrara, promising that
they should receive ample assistance If
they would do so. Whiting tried to ar
rest Tibbles, but did not succeed.
Rich sapphire diggings have been dis
covered in the abandoned mines of Siam.
Last year there was a rush to the dlggings
from India and Burmah. Many valuable
stones were found. The biggest weighed
$40 carats in the rough, and, when cut,
Ill carats Of the finest water. A number
of sapphires worth 20, 1000 to 10000 rupees
have been turned up. The jungle fever
is prevalent In the neighborhood Of the
mines, and few diggers can sustain the
climate long.
The commissioner of the general land
office on the 9th, issued his instructions
to registers and receivers, governing the
repayment Of purchase money, fees, COM
missions, and excess, under the act Of
June lG, 1880. Application for repayment
under this section must be accompanied
by 4 duplicate receipt of evidences of the
loss of the same, and by u concise state
ment, under oath, setting forth all the
facts and circumstances connected with
the procurement and use of the fraudu.
lent papers upon which cancelled entries
were based, together with such dOcumen-
tary or other proof as may tend to eStNb'
fish the innocense Of the parties relative
thereto.
The projectors of She American Nicara-
qua Canal scheme, at Washington, are
very enthusiastic over reports which were
received on Monday, from Capt. Phelps,
VINO was sent to Europe to confer with
the foreign friends of the enterprise, and
to see what prospect there was Of obtain.
ing European capital. The information
from Capt, Phelps is that his mission has
been entirely successful, and that he will
return to this country about August l,
With the financial interests of the scheme
assured the persons locally connected
with the enterprise say that there will no
longer be any doubt that the canal will be
built, and they think that arrangements
will be Immediately made this fall to pro-
coed to the work OF the actual construc-
tion Of the canal.
The upward sweep in the price of pork
has occasioned q lively awakening on
Change in Chicago. 1t has been discoy-
cred by the capitalists who have soldlarge.
ly of the product for future deliveries that
Messrs. Armour & Co. have hold Of both
ends Of the string. This enterprising firm,
it Is understood, not only controls the
"cash pork" but all the Chicago product
for months to come, as well. 1t is having
things pretty much its own way, and IS
having fun with the boys. Of the 0 5000
barrels of pork in stock there at this time,
Armour q Co. have 1856 900 barrels or
thereabouts, according to popular belief,
and about $50, 900 barrels contracted for
August, September, and October delivery.
A profit of from SO to 81 per barrel is sup
posed to have already accumulated on
these meats, and the "deal" has several
months yet to run, Armour & Co. are al
so supposed to control the New York mar
ket. 1t is estimated that not less than
5j,OOO,O 900 is employed in the "corner."
Prof. Henry Youle Hurd, who has been
appointed to prepare analysis of the docu-
mcnts of the Halifax Commission, has Just
published a letter, IN which he makes the
most startling revelations as othe manne
in which the official statistics of the Do
minion fisheries were falsifed in order to
mulch the United States in eXorbitant
damages, AS an instance, he points out
that the customs authorities of Prince
Edward Island doctOred the statistics to
show that there was exported to the Uni
ted States from the island $92,S3S, worth
of fish in 1872, while the fact was that the
value of the fish sent to this country was
Sl37, TAG. In a like manner, he finds that
the statistics were made to indicate that
the value of the fish exported to other
countries than the United States in the
same year was $35, 1O2 instead Of $S0,010.
Other manipulations of figures have also
been discovered Of an equally sensational