The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-15
The Nous.

The Western Union Telegraph Company
on Friday absorbed the American Rapid
and Bankers Merchants line In New York,
Buffalo and Baltimore.
The publishers announce that the 9th edi-
tion of Miss Cleveland's book is off the
press, but they canuot ill the orders
now on hand. The 7th edition has been
put to press, and duplicate set Of plates
has been made to hasten the printing.
A terrific land slide occurred Friday last,
on the north side of Cherry Mountain, in
Jefferson, N. H., covering about twenty
acres of the farm at the base. One man
was badly injured and several cows and
hogs were killed.
The report that there were about dozen
cases of yellow fever at New Orleans Is
contr addicted; only one case is known IL
the city.
United States Minister Foster has sus.
pended negotiations with Spain concerning
the proposed commercial treaty with the
United States.
The fires for June foot up over six and
and half millions CSC, $50, 000) or $3.50, 900
beyond the ten years average for June, the
month of all the year most exempt, usual
ly, from fires.
Harvesting has commenced in the North.
west, and In most localities under favorable
auspices. The weather has been fine for
two weeks, cool and dry. Minnesota is ex
pected to give about s. per cent. of last
years crop.
The visible supply of wheat east of the
Rocky Mountains, including Canada and
the United States, on the lst Of July was
As million bushels against Is millions In "a,
10 mil,ion4 In '83, 10 millions In '82. Simi-
lar stati sites Of -four cannot be given, for
singularly enough 1t has not been consid-
eied Of Importance enough to gather and
keep, but the quantity is believed to be
largely In excess of the usual amount.
The amount of national bank notes out
standing July lst, 1885, was 3l8, 1881 1928,
decrease from July LIST, 1884, Of more than
~ millions (2O,253, O67), while the number
os banks has increasen from 2.60l Oct. 2,
1888, to 2,678 May 9th, 1885. The average
capital stock Of each bank in 1885, is
but 1876 thousands; 10 1881 the average
was 217 thousands per bank, showing that
the Increase has been chiefly OF small banks
In the country rather than Of large banks
In cities.
Complaints come from the small pox in
fected district, near Creston, Iowa, that it
Is impossible to get conveyance to carry the
dead to the cemetery. The people are PAN
ic stricken. The dead lie unburied several
days. Much indignation is expressed.
Ex-Confederate General Buckner visited
Gen. Grant Friday, Gems. Grant and Buck
ner were fellow students at West Point and
when Fort Donelson fell Gen. Buckner was
| the first Confederate General captured by
Gen. Grant. Their meeting was affecting
and the interview lasted an hour
Business failures throughout the country
the last seven days number for the United
States 1853; Canada 81; total 1856, against
204 last week and 205 the week previous.
There is such demand for arsenic In
| California with which to destroy grasshop-
pers that 1t Is sold by the hundred pounds,
and one concern In San Francisco disposed
or 1000 pounds In few days. Ii Is found
to be the best remedy for the scourge, as
the hoppers eat the mixture containing 1t
with great avidity.
The West Division Railway Co. has re-
instated IA Of the 16 men discharged from
their service and for whose reinstatement
the recent strike was inaugurated. The
president Of company declared there was
no adequate cause for the discharge Of the
men In question.
The stopping of 10000 head Of cattle on
the drive from Texas to Colorado, by
armed men, has caused much excite
ment among the owners Of the herds. The
alleged reason for obstructing the drive is
that the cattle are diseased but the herd.
ers say the cattle are sound and healthy,
and the stopping of them Is due solely to
mschievous rivalry. 1t Is a curious case,
which the Washington authorities are in
vestigating.