The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-16
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.

graded No. . red, aud sold at 81 per bushnell |
The steamer Danube has returned 10
Victoria. Il. G., with $4,000 sealSkinS gath
cred from the Victoria fleet. which is in the
Behring Sea. She reports that all ,i,a yes
sclS Will continue sealing despite the order
IN council.
Colonel Dyrenf.rth. of the Department
of Agriculture with two assistants. left
Washington for the interior uf Texas. where
he will make further experiments in the
feasibility OF producing rain in arid re
gicns by exploding balloons charged with
oxygen and hydrogen at a considerable
height in the air. Tests Will also lie made
In exploding dynamite attached to til" tails
of huge kites, In connection with the theory
that rain may be produced by the concus-
sion of explosions in midair
--Gencral Passenger Agent Whitney of
the Great Northern Road has received ~
extended report from all of the company
agents in the Red River Valley and No.
hard wheat raising district. The reports
are general that tho yield will lie far ahead
of any previous years. A shortage OF hnr-
vest hands Is reported throt ghout the en-
tire locality.
Passengers arriving from Nalparats,
aud Iquiquc state that the situation Of the
thil:Ii insurgents is desperate. They
without money, and their vessels are in
bad condition and without arnluunition
The army. which comprises 5000 to I,0h0
rotos. do not receive their pay. The in
surgcntS have been able u obtain only 500
rifles, in bad order. bought In Parma.
AT Wan-au, Wis. Clark Horton. II
years old, was Shot with Il revolver hy
Ralph Wylc Il boy about the same age,
son Of DR. d. H. Wylic. Horton is in a very
critical condition. Tho shooting was lrri-
dental.
Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson. the noted
phianthr"pst of Stamford, Conn. WA ad-
judged in~are by jury in the Kansas
city. Mo. Probate Court. AMI q curator
will be appointed t. care for her property
In that state.
Tho Superintendent of immigration r.
ports that +0i,GGi Immigrants arrived at
New York during the last IS al year.
compared with :"s.G9I during the prcsi.
fiscal year. OF last years arrivals 14.:i.
! came from Germany. 70,1l6 from Italy,
! 3l.Ic4 from Ireland. 3:S.104 from Russia and
| the Others from other countries of Europe
/ and Asia. 1t Is estimated that 50 per cent.
/ of all immigrants land at New York Nearly
/ 10000 of the immigrants in question set
| tied i'll New York Stat and jG,001 In Penn
/ sylvania. Illinois got 32.4.9; Michigan.
! 1906: Minnesota. $685.: Wisconsin. S,45t ::
| California, 6.90l: and Iowa. 5.as..
There Is II serious split In the lIe,lrfrk-
! tie branch Of HE Mormon Church at indie
| peudcnre, Mo Elder Hall required the
/ sisters II dress i'll plain black dresses and
! sunhnnn"ts Without ribbons. lac.s and
| friiis- He forbade the men to use tobacco.
/ The frivolous brethren and sisters. how
! ever. rather than give up their tobacco
| and their frill'. gave UP the church. which
now consists Of only thirteen members.
/ There is an unusually excellent stand
of wheat in the No. hard districts of Min
ncsota and North Dakota The Red Rivcr
! Valley. in which there has never, Ecen a
general failure, promises to beat it, best
record. when il produced 1000 600 bushels
! of wheat. There j. much anxiety among
! farmers there owing to III. scarcity Of
| hands.
The Census Ohirc has made public the
tobacco statistics Of Louisiana. The total
! number of planters in the State during III,
census year was 120; total product -, -;
pounds; value of the crop, Si1.1a7.
a reporter who was sent from Topeka
Kan. to investigate the reports that gra ss-
hopp"rs were swarmng in the eastern part
/ of Colorado. tclcyraphed his paper that
I'M r. nau been no tXICTeratfpn or ft1t
facts Gra>shoppcrS are swarmin- in in
Vulnerable numbers over a section Of the
eastern part of tue state and are dest royjrig
every green thing above ground. They
cover area of about sixty square miles
with Bovina as its center. Trains passing
through that section are seriously delayed
every nj sht by the gr;s shoppers. who swarm
upon the warm rails after the sun has gon.
down an the air bls off. As the cugin.
passes over them they are mashed into {;
greasy sub ttnrc. which prevents the revo-
luton Of the driving wh.es I'll" grass
| huppcrs' wings have not yet grown. A re.
turn OF the pl agua of 1874 AMI 1915 Is t. be
| feared
/ Tho white citizens II Anc0nla, Te".
| wcr. SO incen>cd because of the sympathy
! accorded the cnlorcd slayer OF DIR. ]. :
Love by his colorcd brethren that they hav,
warned all negroe, to leave the place with.
In ten days or suffer the penalty for re-
! naming. A number of them have left ant
the remainder will prot ably have departet
before the ten days expire.