Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-31
BoAsSo in CUSTODY.
Reporte Of the Wheat Cron.

Reports of the Wheat Crop.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, July 20.-L. w.
Pallmadge received from H. p. Young,
crop statistical agent of Minnesota,
the following: "The wheat crop has
suffered severely by some recent storms
and excessively hot weather. Storms
have been individually limited to To-
calities Of comparatively small areas,
but there has been an unusually large
number of them here, and the damage
is extensive. The injury is in the
yield, and the grade already inflicted
will, l think, be about ten per cent. on
the value of the crop, and the indica-
tions now are that we will have still
more damage"
D. H. Wheeler, crop statistician Of
Nebraska, sends the following tele.
gram: "The wheat crop is coming
out in good shape, and will consider
ably exceed my former estimate by,
say a yield of 100000 bushels"
A telegram from Dakota says: "They
are now harvesting wheat in Dakota,
and it is turning out ~excellently.
Horror of Being Buried Alive.
EpGERToN, Wis, July 28-Miss
Florence M. Coon, aged twenty, died
suddenly while visiting at Oconto.
Her body was brought home the fol-
lowing day and arrangements made for
the funeral services which took place
Saturday. Although apparently dead,
the usual evidences of dissolution are
not present and she was therefore not
inferred. The body has at no time
been cold nor are the eXtremities cold
and no signs of decomposition are Wis
ible. Before her death she exacted a
promise from her mother that if ever
she should die suddenly her remains
should be kept until her relatives
were certain OF her death as she had a
borrow of being buried alive. Her re.
mains will be Ekept Eunburied until
death is established beyond a doubt.
Baltimore g. Ohio vs.. PENNSYLVANIA
SSAl Poliy
CHICAGO, July ga private dis
patch received here states that the
Pennsylvania railroad company intends
to issue an order within a day or two
restoring emigrant rates from New
York to Chicago to $13. On top of
this comes the information that the
Baltimore & Ohio had decided to re-
duce the emigrant rate from Baltimore
to Chicago to 81. The Pennsylvania
railroad company reduced its emigrant
rate early last spring to 81 from New
York and Chicago and st. Louis, and
as the other roads refused to carry any
of this business at less than $l3 the
Pennsylvania has been carrying nearly
all the emigrant business this year.
II it has been decided to advance the
rate now, it is, no doubt, for the rea-
son that it has made enough contracts
at the 81 rate to keep it busy until the
end of the year. AS far as can be
learned nearly all the emigrant bust
ness to come over this year has already
been contracted for, based on the 81
rate by the Pennsylvania. The action
of the Pennsylvania, therefore, will
help the other lines but little for the
rest of this season.
The United States Consul from
Brazil Arrives at Washington.
WASHINGTON, July 28.-Mr. Bedford
Mackey, United States consul at Rio
Grande de Sol Brazil, arrived in Wash
ington to-day on a leave of absence.
Mr.. Mackey is the consul who some
weeks since had a shooting affray
with a Brazilian editor, the latter
having published scurrilous attacks
upon him and his mother. Mr..
Maekey was tried and acquitted hon.
orably. The consul reports that a col.
ony of ex-ConfeGerate soldiers is To-
Gated in southern Brazil. The COLONY
numbers about five hundred persons
and is doing well.
Determined to Organize an Insur-
ance Company.