Crawford avalanche., 1886-09-16
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

The September report of the Ma
better yield OF spring wheat than was expected
q month ago. The improvement is in the
northern belt-Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Da-
kota In Nebr raska there has been @ decline,
in Iowa little change. The general average is
"a, an increase Of four points. The average
yield Of the crop, so far as the results of the
spring are reported, exceeds IL bushels, and
may reach 111l bushels per acre. The entire
wheat product will apparently exceed that
of last year by 100000 to 0OOO.-
600 bushels The exact determination
Of area harvested and results Of thresh-
ing are easily equivalent to varia-
ton Of at least two per cent Corn has de-
clined from 81 in August to n. The cotton
returns show vigorous condition Of the plant,
with lateness and deficiency in fruiting. With
long and favorable autumn it indicates an
average crop. The results Of threshing make
the condition of oats at harvest 81, O small re-
duction from earlier expectation. The average
of barley is 9-indicating an average crop.
The condition of tobacco averages 81. The
numbers Of fattening hogs are apparently less
by about six per cent, with some reduction In
average weight
The business failures occurring. dur
ing the week throughout the country, as re-
ported to r G. Dun & Co., number for the
United States 149 and for Canada 20, or a total
of 17S, as compared with q total of 100 the
week previous. Casualties are fewer in every
section Of the United States, but in Canada
flaxy f,,lI a.
Complete returns from the Vermont
election give Ormsbee Republican) 37,6S1,
shurtleff DemocraD 1901, Seely (Prohibi-
tion) ,SS2 Greenback and scattering 295 The
Representatives elected are divided politically
as follows: Edmunds Republicans, 1856; anti
Edmunds Republicans, g.; straight Republ-
cans, As; Prohibition Republicans, q straight
Democrats 20; Edmunds Democrats, 4
J. M. Adams has been renominated
by the Democrats Of Nevada for Governor.
T. J. Bell received the nomination for Lieu
tenant Governor. The platform indorses
Cleveland's administration.
The Knights of Labor and the men,
bers of the Central Labor Union and other
labor organizations of st Louis, have COM
party and will hold q convention of delegates
from the various assemblies and unions on
Oct for the purpose of nominating full
city, Congressional, and Legislative ticket
The Apache captives have gone to
Florida in charge of General Miles The act
ing Secretary of War has ordered that Geron-
imo, Natchez and other leaders be imprisoned
at San Antonio until a decision can be reached
as to their mode Of trial
Miss Lulu Bates, of Cincinnati, made
balloon ascension at Crawfordsville, Ind.
When three hundred feet from the earth the
air-ship burst open, and she braced herself in
the basket and reached the ground with bad
jar.
John l.. BARLEY, wealthy farmer
of Clermont County, Ohio, drew from a Gin
cinnat bank s3,0 He went to the wharf to
take steamer home, and has not since been
seen. His empty pocketbook was found in
small boat, but there was no trace Of BARLEY
1t is thought he has been robbed and mur-
dered, as his business and social relations are
perfectly upright and pleasant
The stove-foundry employees OF
Pnnaus pnla are Oh strlke NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
have plenty of orders, and it is thought COM
promise will be effected
That sterling old play, LADY
Audley's Secret" constitutes the attraction at
Mcvicker's Theater, Chicago, this week.
Mr.. William Redmund aud Mrs Thomas
Barry personate the two leading characters.
Mrs. Barry created sensation in this play,
years ago, at the Boston Theater. Little
Lotta, whom John Brougham called a
dramatic cocktail" begins an engagement at
MnXickar,a nnxt Monday