The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21
The Attempt on Andrew Jackson's Life.

An official at Washington has
looked up the facts in the case of the
attempted assassination of President
Andrew Jackson. II took place Jam
uary 80, 1885. President Jackson was
passing through the rotunda of the
capitol, attending the funeral Of u
member of congress, accompanied By
gentleman OH either side OF him.
He was walking alone and did not
notice the approach of Richard Law
renee, an Englishman, a house painter
by trade, who drew pistol from un-
der his cloak and fired. Being II flint
lock the powder did not catch and no
explosion took place. He then drew
II second pistol, but that too did not
90 off. Lawrence was arrested but
never brought to trial. He was sent
to all insane asylum and as far AS
known never came from there. 1t
was found that he was insane and Ia
bored under the impression that
Jackson's policy lad brought about
the hard times which then prevailed;
and should the president recover the
ease will only be an assault with in
tent to kill, the extreme penalty for
which is eight years imprisonment.
The new wheat crop is already
coming into market. 1t is in good
condition and of excellent quality.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says the
present crop promises to be large, de-
spite the noble efforts Of the individu'
ais to the contrary. a few slight
failures of production in isolated
sections of the country were magni
fed into general decrease, but
figures have been published that dis
pei the pet theorys of the croaker. Ii
was reported that the crop of Illinois
would fall short twenty-five or thirty
million bushels, and that Ohio would
not yield As much this year by fifteel
to seventeen million bushels as it die
last year. TO offset these wild view:
the official estimate of the Department
of Agriculture of Illinois shows thai
the decrease in that State will be bu
$3.50, 900 bushels, and the Secretary o
the State Board of Agriculture o
of Ohio shows an actual gain of 700,
600 bushels. Since croaking fo
speculative purposes has SO signally
failed in these two States, for all lat
reports indicate that in certain loca Ii
ties, where there We're well-groundeC
fears that the straw would be thin,
has "headed' out much better thai
anticipated, and there will be a fai
yield. In laying plans for a short
crop scare the spring wheat wa
entirely overlooked. From all sprin
wheat growing sections come favorabl
reports of the good condition of tn
crop, and the prospect of largel.
increased production. Kansas wa
also overlooked in the calculation
The large increase of acreage o
winter wheat in that State was nc
taken into account, perhaps because
/
was too great subject to handl,
There is now not much doubt til
crop of 1881 will amount to 45O, 900, ,OO
bushels, and may exceed these figures
for the gain in the productions G
spring wheat is difficult to estimat,
and this, taken together with the fax
that the yield of winter wheat wi
fall but little, if any, below that {
last year, the estimate of +5O, 900, ,OC
bushels, which was the yield in 1877
may be considerably below the actu;
quantity, and the crop may yet |
swelIed to the unusually large quar-
tity of $50, 900, 900 bushels, which WI
the production in 1880.