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VOLUME V.
THE GUITEAU MYSTERY.
STRANGE SECRETS THAT DIE
WITH LAWYER CORKHILL.
Hia Boliet is a Conspiracy for the “Re
moval” ofGartleld —Outlines oi a
JH arrative That He Was Pre
paring for Publication.
From the New York Herald.
Long Branch, July 7.— lt ia not neces
sary to gossip about the living when the
solemn event of (lentil suggests a fitting
theme.
The papers this morning announce the
decease of Col. George B. Corkhill, the
ex-district attorney of Washington, who
c mvicted Guiteau. This intelligence is
doubly sad to the writer, not only be
cause Corkhill was a sociable fellow, a
gonial companion, but also one of the
greatest stories that ever fell from the
lips of a criminal lawyer probably dies
with him. He was only waiting for the
recovery of a sick man who was more or
less interested. This he told me him
self, just one week ago, at his apart
ments in the Portland, in Washington.
He did not want to bring pain even to
tho heart of a dying enemy. It is un
fortunate that he waited, for the com
pleteness of history demands, some
times, the sacrifice of people's personal
feelings. Colonel Corkhill was a crim
inal lawyer of more than ordinary
shrewdness. Those who knew that fact
marveled at many peculiar things he
did during the trial of Guiteau. On one
occasion in particular ho was openly
charged with having mutilated a letter
which ho offered in evidence. He ad
mitted tho charge but declined to give
his reasons. Several witnesses' pos
sessed of information regarded as essen
tial to his case were not c died. These
and a score of minor incidents, called
down upon his head much severe criti
cism. For only was hia ability as a pros
ecutor assailed, but even his good faith
was questioned. He was like other
men. Ho smarted under those attacks,
but he held his tongue. When the end
of his term was reached he was not re
appi inted by President Arthur. That
probably wounded his feelings likewise.
He often said lie did not desjro another
term; but men arc only human.
TIME TO TAKE OUT.
Just ouo week ago this afternoon 1
Ihet him in the House corridor of the
papitol at Washington, tie was suffer
ing from unusual agitation, it was evi
dent. At first he declined to explain,
but ultimately lie explained:
“I can’t endure the reproaches that
Jjaye Upon pufi upon my conduct of the
(jJuittHW ease any longer, A|y profes
sional pride revolts at the injustice that
have been heaped upon me. Only yes
(qrijay I was accused to my face of
paying lpiugeij an uniyne mm. i] it to
day, thank God! 1 have been put in pos
session of facts that render it possible
for me to speak about the assassination
pf Garfield m n \yay that will drive at
least two public man into public gsLiol
ism, It came to u'e by accident and
most curious I y.”
“How?”
“I wan sitting at my home in the
Portland iliis afternoon, thinkj lg of mr
coming vacation trip to the Wed, when
the servant announced a lady. lam not
in the habit of having (jailers of that sox.
I sent word that, it a client, she could
find mo at my ollice about two o’clock.
A MYSTERIOUS VISITOR.
ff'j'he vpmpui omlJ Udt take such an
answer and the maid returned to say
that the visitor was awaiting me ia the
drawing room. Well, when 1 entered
tfio rqom a tall worn in rose and said:
“You do not know me, utr, but you
have caused mo a great deal of misery.
“I looked closely at tho speaker and
replied that I certainly had never seen
per before, \yhon she had taken a seat,
at my suggestion, she continued:
“ ‘Very true; yet you lmng one hus
band of mine, and now, as an act that
will partially offset that mischance, 1
\yant you to hefp iqo secure a pension
for another. Will you do it?’
“ ‘But, madamo, who are you?’
“ H Was qaqe the wife of Charles
Guiteau!’
Til E STARTLING LETTERS.
“ ‘lndeed, are you tho wife wo hoard
so ruuoli about, but never could find?’
M ‘l am she, Here is my marriage
Certificate’—and she produced a much
crumpled document. ‘Here is lii3
photograph’—-and sho showed a pic
ture of the assassin wholly unlike any
J had ever sewn, but unmistakably the
face of Guiteau. Contrary to general
belief, Qqiteaq, had been a remarkably
fine looking man iu Jus day,, Afore than
that, my friend, she produced a bundle
of letters letters, sir, that mule my
bieath fail me. She promised them to
$ e i f 1 would aid her to her
fights. l had (be previous bits
of manuscripts in my fingers, one at
a time, for sho corralled them as though
tfiey were diamonds. I consents to
Undertake fier ease, Tfiose letters are
to be my fee. They are more than life
to me, my boy. They are revenge!”
We had desconded the marble stairway
and reached the restaurant about this
time. The weather was warm n.,d we
each drank a cool cobbler in silence.
The first reference again made to the j
matter took this form:
“Wait till I seea member of the j
House committee on pension* to verify j
what this woman told me.’
Col. Corkhill was gone ten minutes.
Standing in the corridor, near the tele
graph office, I awaited his return. Con
gressman Bowden, of Allen ton, was
there. He dwells in the Portland.
He and Corkhill were neighbors and
friends. When the lawyer returned
he took tlie writer by the arm and said:
“She told the truth. The bill of re
lief has passed the Senate. It will be
brought,up here Friday night, if possible.
Now come to*tho Portland.”
A hansom took "us down the hill and
up Fourteenth street. The distressed
and thoroughly vengeful lawyer poured
his story into my ears. At the time,
and until he should give me signal, it
was regarded as a sacred confidence,
That signal can never be made. Col.
Corkhill is dead.
a hint.
But, says the disappointed reader, can
not you give me a hint? Yes, indeed.
Here it is:
Colonel Corkhill claimed to be able to
show by legal evidence appointments,
long talks regarding- the “removal” of
Garfield held over luncheons at Ru
dolph’s, and in a certain basement res
taurant not far from that hospitable bar.
He believed in the existence of a calmly
developed conspiracy, whose plot cover
ed even the flight of the assassin to
Europe. Corkhill said he knew the ves
sel, the name under which a stateroom
was taken for Guiteau, and the identity
of tho persons who were to assist him in
his flight. Dates, names of men and
steamers .were at the fiager.’a end. It
was tho most horrible, crushing array of
allegations, correct or incorrect, that my
ears ever heard. The dramatic incident
of that solemn hour at the Portland was
the production of the mutilated Guiteau
letter (about which Corkhill had been no
defamed) and fitting into the yawning
space of the missing piece of paper. ;
It matched exactly. Upon it were two j
names, though it contained exactly two
and a half lines of seript.
We looked at each other. Corkhili’x
eyes were afl tmo as he pointed t<> one of
the names nuff muttered with the
solemnity of an executioner about to
break a culprit on tho wheel: .
“And it was for him that I damaged
my professional career heyoml recall; 1
for him that J gnvo tfio odd* of defeat!” i
ft was a moment and a picture that ;
will never pass away from memory, j
But the man who spoke it is dead. He
was to have been here next week. He
will never come.
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THIR.ST LOU DUINK.
A li,-U Husl>aii<l Drinks 11m Whisky
J’reacriheil for His Dyin-- Wife.
A t hru - 15:ii**t;Watchman.
There recently reached our ears a I
stoiy almost to horrihle’too belioye, and
it comes from a reliable source. There
lived in Athens an old couple, with all
children married off. The wife was a
worthy,-Christian woman, but tho hus
band was a confirmed drunkard whose
thirst for whisky was insatiate. He
would pawn his soul for a drink, and
every dollar he earned went- to tho bar
keeper. At last tho wife was taken s
- sick and her life was in a critic il
condition. The physician prescribe, and
whisky for treatment, and as the old
people were without means, a soi.-'n-law
gave the husband enough money to buy
a gallon of liquor. He weiff down in
Ogiothope county, to a man who is deal
ing out the ardent in defiance of prohi
bition, and purchased a gallon of whis
ky. While the temptation to taste it
was strong upon the old man lie re
strained his appetite until near home, :
when he decided to steal only a swallow.
This only whetted his thirst, when ho
staggered into the room where his siok
wife lay, ho was beastly drunk. For
two days lie lay on the floor in this con
dition, with that jug hugged to his
breast, and on awakeuiug from his stu
por would at once begin to drink again.
In fhe meantime hie poor wife lay upon
Iwv bed with no ono to attend to her
wants, while her besotted husbuid w s
rolling like a lie ist up ja the floor, sel
fishly drinking up the whiskey that was
to restore her to life. The neighbors
know nothing of what Was going on.
In the meantime, the poor woman,
through sickness and neglect, died un
attended and unc ire 1 for. After t*o
and us' time some person charmed to pass,
aid discovered the husband drunk upon
the floor, while tho poor old woman
was lying dead upon her bed..
fflie debt statement issued July 1 show
foe decrease of the public debt during the
month of June to be $9,061,809,34.
A recent volcanic eruption has added a
new island, of nine square miles area, to
the Friendly Islands, in the Pacific.
ffheEjlair bill, appropriating $70,000,0(0
for educational purposes has been doomed
for the present session of congress.
The United States senate bill to incor
porate frades unions now onltf awaits the
president’s signature in order to become a
law.
During the twenty-four hours of July 3,
there were 155 new cases of cholera, and
j 10 deaths in villages around Brindisi.lt
july. *
CAUTEBSVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JULY ’2O, 188(5.
A CAVALRYMAN'S STORY.
How General Kilpatrick’* War Hoim>
Changed Owners.
An Augusta man who was a member cf
Gen. Butler’s division of cavalry, and Who
was a participant in the little surprise of
Gen. Kilpatrick’s forces near Fayette
ville, N. C., tells a different story from
any story that has yet been, published
about Kilpatrick’s war horse. Alluding
to “High Private’s” story in the Morning
News a day or two ago, he says : “What
‘High Private’ says about how the horse j
came to be in possession of Gen. Kilpat
rick i3 no doubt correct, but how the
same horse afterwards changed ‘owners’
is not properly recerded.
“The plan of battle at Fayetteville was
that Hampton should attack in front and <
Wheeler was t* attack the rear. Wheel
er’s forces never put in an apnearance un
til after the fight was over. He gave as
an excuse that he could not reach the
scene of action iu time on account of liis
inability to ford a river or bayou which
crossed liis line of march. Consequently
when Butler’s division surprised Kilpat
rick and came so near capturing him (and
would have dne so had Wheeler put in
an appearance according to the pro
gramme) the Yankee forces were too
strong for our command, and it failed in
its attempt to capture the person o! Gen.
Kilpatrick. However, we got so close to
him that one of his staff was taken prison
er, all his camp equipage, his horse and j
saddle, etc. The horse captured was (
‘Spot,’ and the man who captured him
was named, I think, Charley Watkins, of
Cobb’s Legion, a resident of Augusta.
Two weeks after this affair our forces sur
rendered toJShermau near Greensboro, N.
C. During the prevalence of the armstiee
Watkins was selected by Gen. Hampton
as one of his couriers to accompany him
during ihe negotiations for surrender.
Watkins was riding ‘Spot’ whom lie had
captured at Kilpatrick’s headquarters at
Fayetteville. Gen. Kilpatrick saw and
recognized‘Spot,’ and before thesurren-.
der of our forces had been completed he
offered Watkins tw# fine horses for ‘Spot.’
The trade was completed and Kilpatrick
took‘Spot’ north with him,where, as above
noticed from Northern papers, he is
alive, and a great parade is being made
over him.
“These are facts which I can prove by
Gen. Butler himself, arm hundreds of oth
ers who are familiar with the transactions
and scones of those stirring days.
“Gen. Wheeler never saw ‘Spot,’ and of
course the assertions that Watkins pre
sented the horse to that General falls to
thu ground. I saw Watkins when he
captured ‘Spot,’ saw him riding the game
horse until the surrender, and saw the
two horse* Kilpatrick gave him in ex
change for ‘Spot,’ and Watkins himself
told me of these tacts. —Savannah New*-
EFFECTS OF THE KKIHNT FLOODS.
Much damage lias been done in every
community of North Georgia by the re
cent rains. Not only have the fanners
suffered, but some of the young gallants
have begun to realize that they are inter
ested in the doings of an all-wise Provi
dence. During a visit to the beautiful
little city of Cedartown a few weeks ago
we were so fortunate.as to escape drown
ing, out tliis escape was very narrow.
A trio of young fellows decided that the
waters would not vacate the streets and
roads soon, and they were compelled to
visit their girls. A hack was procured,
and they rode out in fine style. The
hack man was instructed to return for them
at the hoar when the gentleman of the
house begins to feel as though he doesn’t
want company any longer. Tho clock
very distinctly tolled the hour of mid
night, and no backman came. The cus
tomary reminders came from another part
of the house. The young men were
fully aware .of the fact that the water
had been falling steadily for several
hours, and it was evident that they would
spoil their best-suits, should they attempt
to walk home. At the hour of 1 o’clock
they became desperate, and for the sake
of preventing any unusual disturbance
sallied forth into the darkness and storm.
They hadn’t gone many steps before "they
found themselves standing knee deep in
the result of rain. They knew that as
they were then on a high place an at
tempt to go farther would be to find a
watery grave. Determined not to be
outdone, they returned with their hearts
filled to overflowing, and besought the
man whom they had honored by va
cating liis parlor a few minutes before to
allow them shelter from the dampness
without. They were of such a turn of
mind as to be glad to get room in the
shuck crib, but this gentleman was so
compassionate as to grant them room in
his house. Next morning they de
parted at daylight. Again an effort was
made to find their homes. About 9 o’clock
a gentleman from the surrounding coun
try was in town inquiring if any tramps
had made raids on the ’community.
His reason for the question was that he
saiv two handsome yomig chaps with
their coats, etc., swung over their shoul
ders on a stick, as they weut plunging
through the waters that covered the
ground in almost every directum, heal
ing their way to unknown parts, lie
said liis suspicions were not aroused until
he noticed their earnestness in efforts to
keep out of tho sight of everything hu
man, It was finally agreed that they
were a part of the trio, as but one Lad
turned up in town. This one learned that
the haokman had attempted to fulfill his
appointment on the previous night, but
the horses swam themselves down before
reaching his party and were compelled to
turn back. Fathers of daughters should
keep bateaus convenient in such a coun
try as this, as it is very embarrassing to a
young man to have to wake a girl’s father
so early in the morning tor the purpose of
arousing his sympathies.
A CONGRESSMAN’S ROMANCE.
A Washiagtojcorresp indent says that
the story of the marriage of Congress
man Stone, of Kentucky, is a strange and
interesting one, ad proves that there
are as interesting incidents in real life
as are told in story-books. ii:oue was a
Confederate soldier, and at a battle at
Cyathiauim, Ivy., was badly wounded.
As he fell his hid went one way and his
musket another, and he found himself
unable to move to regain either. It
wu* a scorching summer day, and he
was obliged to lay o.i that hot hillside
exposed to the intense heat of the blaz
ing sun. unable to sven protect his face,
exceptby throwing IPs arm across bin
eves. His life blood was rapidly run
ning away, and he boo uue weaker and
weaker, and soon was usable to speak
or move. The blazing sun which fell on
his head and face was adding untold
suffering iu his feeble condition. After
the fight he was left with the dead and
dying, for it was supposed that be could
not live more than a few* minutes or
hours. After the troops had withdrawn
seme of the people living in the vicinity
of the battlefield passed over it, reliev
ing the necessities of the wounded so far
a* possible. As they posted near - where
Stone lay suffering in the hot situ, nil
able to speak, a young lady in the party
noticed him and the sufferings the sug
must produce if li were still conscious.
Telliag her companions she believed lie
was slid alive, she produced the ramrods
from four muskets lying near by, and
sticking them in the ground by liis head,
fastened over the top a seatf from her
shoulders, to break the rays of the sun.
When the wounded were gathered from
the field it was found that Btone was
still living, and lie was sent to the hos
pital. There was a long struggle be
tween life and death, but he finally ral
lied and slowly regained strength, after
the amputation of his right leg. The
residents of the town and vicinity did
all they could for the sufferers in the
hospital, sending them food and deli
cacies and often visiting them. One
day after he had gained sufficient
strength to speak and notice thos who
visited the hospital, he saw’ among the
visitors the young lady who had prob
ably saved his life by her kindness when
he lay helpless and speechless on the
battlefield. When opportunity offered
he spoke to her of the occurrence and
thanked her for her The
acquaintance thus begun ripened into
love, and she Ls now nis wife.
OUR BOVS.
The average American boy of to day ia
very much interested in the develop
ment of his muscles. He gives as much
or even more time and thought to this
subject, than to the development of liis
brain. It is uot an uncommon thing for
a boj’ to have his fingers brokoa at base
ball, or his body bruised and his boues
fractured at foot-bull. When we read
in our papers the account of. a game
of f<hwe expect also to see a list
of the wounded earriod from the field.
Athletic ports should receive attention,
but they are being pushed too far, es
pecially in colleges and udiversities.
On this subject the New England Jour
nal of Education says; “Boys should
gain muscle as well as developed brain,
but the question is coming home to a
great many thoughiful parents, whether
on the whole, it pays to send a boy, es
pecially if he is not an athlete and has
simply the tastes of a quiet gentleman,
into the beer garden that the mussular
region of college life is now becoming.
Borne of these “accidents," as they are
politely named in the daily press,- repre
sent a roughness, not to say brutality,
in the conduct of these sports, which
would disgrace a crowd of young North
American savages.'”
A NEW KIND OF FISH.
We have anew kind of fish, which
certainly presents some very odd fea
tures. The largest ones are not mote
than two inches long, and the smallest
so small it would require a microscope
to distinguish it from an atom of green
moss. They have large black eyes, sot j
prominently ii the head, which is the j
largest part of the fish. The tails are ]
red and forked. There is no number
ng their legs, which seem to peiform
the office of fins while they swim on
their backs. Several persons have ex
amined them, among the number being
some who have made fish culiure a study,
but none of them can tell us what they
really are. Macon (Go.) Telegraph.
Clerical work of too arduous a charac
ter is telling on the President’s health. He
gro as stouter, but loses iu vigor. He
cannot last at the present pace. A cor
respondent of the Louisville Post says:
“He is omug in the right direction, but
still he is erriug. He may not realize it
until he tumbles seme day on the marble
floor of liis • mansion. It is glorious to
die iu the harfcesa of duty, but it is even
mne glorious to live and continue the
guarantee to the people of wise leader
ship and honest government,”
♦ _
* Mr. Oswald Ottendorfer, the editor of
the btaats Zeitung, an afile German daily,
has lately, for the fourth time, given to
each.of the editors, repoiters, clerks, com
i positors and office boys, a present equal to
| one-tenth of his annual salary, the extra
sum amounting to $20,000.
A CLOSK CALL.
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L tom the Detroit Free Press.
“Passengers often do not and should
not realize the danger they escape,’’
said a veteran conductor. “Two hun
dred passengers on my train had a risk
the other night which would have set
half of them crazy had they realized
it, but not, one single person knew the
facts in the ease. '
“How was it?”
“Well, we were a good many miles out
of Detroit, and such passengers as had
berths in the sleeping cars had turned
in. Jttst as we struck a long dawn grade,
the drawbar holding the first coach
broke and iet the engine go off with the
baggage, mail and express cam. The
bell cord broke of course, but before we
exactly understood what had happened,
the train was slipping down the grade at
a very live pace, and the engineer was
buzzing .along to keep from being run
into. There was no great fear but that
we could not set the hand brakes and
bring up in a few minutes, but at the
next station ahead he had to side-track
and let the express have the main line
to thunder past on. Wo never had over
live minutes to spare on that switch, and
here we are losing time right along and
the train broke in two. Had the engi
neer waited to pick us up there would
have been an awful smash-up. He
knew the danger, and just waltzed off
down the track with the throttle wide
open and the drivers humming as he
had never heard them before. He
whistled the station master out when
he was yet a mile away, n:.d the way
they worked to get up the danger signal
and get the locomotive out of the wav
brought out the sweat. We got our
share of the train stopped two miles
from the station, and it was well we did.
It was probably the first time in the his
tory of the station that a danger signal
had been displ lyed, and the express
train ran by almost half * mile before
she was checked. Had we boon two or
three minutes late, or the engineer, hes
itated too long, or the lamps at the sta
tion been out of order, the express would
have thundered into the locomotive at a
speed of forty miles an hour. A few of
tl.s passengers knew that something was
amiss after we side-tracked and began
toggling up the draw-bar, hut I don’t
think there was a single one of them
who comprehended the close shave.”
POSITION IN SOCIETY.
We all havd to work in some way, and
perhaps more than half of u- have to earn
our own living, then why should not the
girl who works in thoiritehen be treated
with the same respect as a sewing girl ora
sellxd teacher? But they are not, indeed,
k have seen the sewing girl seated at the
table and be treated as one of the family,
but had* the help who waited upon her,
(and who, by the way, was far superior in
everything), dared to have sat at the same
table she would have been shown the door,
and her father services would be dispensed
with. Yet, where was■ the difference?
They were both working girls, and both
Americans. But ona was a dressmaker
and the other only a second girl.
Of course, 1 know that some, by their
better abilities and education, can com
mand better wages than those who have
not these advantages, and it is right that it
should be so; but why because one can
make a dress or teach a class of country
children, she is entitled to a better position
in society than the one who can only cook
a good dinner, is past my understanding,
and yet the health of the entire family
often depends more upon the cook than
anything else, i think. This is one of the
deepest roots of the present evil. And
while we learn to look upon one kind
of labor as respectable as another, and the
girl who work? in the kitchen as worthy
as her sister who works in the store or
workroom, I fear the old cry pf “bad ser
vants” and heart-sick housekeepers will
still continue.
Sometime ago in’London a lady adver
tised for a children's nurse, but in vain.
She received no answers. At last she ad
vertised for a nursery governess offering
the same salary and demanding the same
duties, and by tile first post she received
no less than fifteen applications. You sec
it was neither the work nor the money
they looked to, hut they want to bo treat
ed with that scant amount, of consider
ation which as nursery governesses would
fall to their lot, and which they could
not hope for as common nurses.—Cleve
land,'(6.) Leader.'
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FOirtTMCS IN TEXAS,
A Texas correspondent explains how
some of the fortunes are made in the cat
tle business iu that State. Ail the equip
ment that is required is a knowledge of
how to erase brands, and a branding iron.
“A niece of wet blanket,” lie says, “was
wnyig out after being dippe lin wait A
common frying pan was then h cited
nearly red hot. The wet blanket was
then applied over t!ic brand and the ral
hit pan pl'osscd ha 1 aghast it. The
steam generated seakle i the luir clean off,
and the job was dong. T.m same plan is
a looted by horse thieves. Then, again,
these fellow’! had a kind of branding iron
with which they could change a number
oi brands. I one* heard a J’exan boast
ot amin in Presidio eountv, dVx-as, who
; t .rted in twenty ye irs ago with only two
cows and a branding iron and is to-day
wort li*s 100,Q0Q., I told him that I knew
half a dozen men in New Mexico who
started in with not hi fig* but the branding
iron and are to-day worth SBOO,OOO. The
branding, iron has mad- the fmn 1 ition of
| many ivspeetabl; fortunes.” —New Or
! leans Times-Democrat,
CROP REPORTS
UP TO JULY 1, SENT OUT BY THE
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
Injury to Crops by Ram-The Average
Loss for this June as Compared
with the Same Month Last Year.
Washington, July 10.—The cotton re
turns to the Department of Agriculture
for July Ist, represent crops to be fifteen
days late. The low grounds are satu
rated with the excessive rains of JJunc.
There is a general prevalence offaphis in
such situations and smothering in the
growth of grass and weeds. The drier
uplands show' a vigorous plant growth
and in full handed plantations clean cul
tivation. This description will apply to
all States except Texas, Arkansas and
Tennessee. 'There has been improve
ment during June in these States, and a
retrograde in all others. There will be a
small area abandoned on account of an
inability to cultivate and some injury to
plants w’ill result in the process of clean
ing. Reduction in condition is mainly to
North and South Carolina, Alabama,
Mississippi and Georgia, reported low in
June.
The general average of the condition is
88. It was 88 on the first of June. Last
year it was 9G iu July, a gain of 4 points
during June. Favorable weather in
July, wish prompt destruction of weeds
may advance the condition, but further
rains or long continued drouth would
work serious injury to the crop. While
fair product may yet be possible east of
Mississippi, the condition of that portion
of the crop may be considered somewhat
critical.
Averages by States are as follows: Vir
ginia 92; North Carolina 91; South Caro
lina 76; Georgia 81; Alabama 80; Missis
sippi, 79; Louisiana 84; Texas 97; Arkan
sas 92; Tennessee 88.
The average of corn has very slightly
declined in the Middle States, and in
Maryland, Virginia and South Carolina,
with some increase in other States' of the
South, which is largest west of the Missis
sippi. In the Ohio Valley the average is
nearly the same as in 1885. West of the
Mississippi the increase is heavy; in
Kansas 20 per cent.; Nebraska 10; Dakota
20. The total increase is 81£ per cent., or
about two and a half million acres. Corn
is late on the Atlantic coast from w r et
weather, cold nights and slow germina
tion. Iu many instances the seed rotted>
and replanting became necessary. In
stances are reported of planting three
times; yet there is generally lair standi,
and the crop is growing and healthy,
and with seasonable July weather, will
make a full yield. It has suffered quite
as much on the Gulf coast, where yet
areas are still more unpromising,
Red lands generally bear vigorousgrowth,
while in gray soils and bottoms, plants
are yellowing and spindling. Some of
the areas have already been abandoned.
Some parts of Texas have l>een dry, but
abundant rains will suffice lor a goed
crop in the eastern and central counties.
Arkansas shows a high condition, but
Tennessee reports injury from low tem
perature and excessive rains. The great
corn belt of the West reports medium to
high condition, growing better from Ohio
to Kansas. The Missouri Valley averages
better than tho Ohio river and lake re
gions. There is a full stand in Missouri,
a vigorous and even growth and ten days
earlier than last year. Kansas returns
are equally favorable. lusect injuries
have nowhere been serious. The chinch
bug is now threatening some localities in
the West. The general average is 95,
against 04 last year, and 96 iu 1884.
The averages of the following States arc:
New York 92; Pennsylvania 78; Virginia
94; Georgia 92; Texas 82; Kentucky 91;
Ohio 97; Indiana 95; Michigan 96; Illi
nois 97; Missouri 101; Kansas 102; Ne
braska 95; lowa 90.
The condition for winter wheat is re
ported for Ist of July in the Northern
district not harvested, and in the South
ern States as it appeared at the time of
harvest. The average has declined from
92.7 to 91.2. New York reports decline of
4 points, Pennsylvania 6, Kentucky 2,
Michigan G, Missouri 1, Kansas 4, Ohio
and Indiana remain as in June, and Illi
nois gains 1 point.
The condition of spring wheat has de
clined from 93 in June to 83 in conse
quence of high temperature, drying winds
alid lack of lain. In the the principle
States the decline has been: Wisconsin,
from 97 to 75; Minnesota, 99 to 78; lowa
100 to 90; Nebraska, 97 to 95.
The condition of the oats aveiages 89, a
decline of seven points.
Rye fully maintains its position, favor
ing 95.
The average of barley is 90.
C hicago, July 6.—There was an active J
and unsettled feeling again to-day. The !
market opened weak, and nearly one
cent lower, owing to the rains of last night,
and heavy speculative offerings, espe
cially from some of the winter markets.
The reports of hot weather iu the north
west caused renewed buying, and when
the government crop report was shown,
indicating a decrease of fully 26,000,000
bushels from June estimate of crop,
caused renewed buying, advancing If
trom inside figures, and closed | higher
than yesterday. Corn and oats were both
active, and closed stronger and higher.
Provisions were moderately active, clos
ing higher.
ANOTHER REPORT.
The National Cotton Exchauge of New
Orleans reports on the cotton crop as bil
lows :
New Orleans, July 10.—-The National
NUMBER 10
Cotton Exchange crop report for the
month of June, compiled hy C. FI. Parker,
secretary, which has just been issued,
says: lhe meteorological record of June
over the cotton belt is In striking con
trast with that of the corresponding pe
riod ot last year. Conditions have been
abnormal over pretty nearly all the area
east of Within this limit,
embracing about two-thirds of the en
tire average under cotton, the rainfall has
been excessive, tomporature unfavorable,
and faffn'Wfe "W?retarded, and.
j over extensive districts, almost entirely
suspended for ail practical purposes, caus
ing grass to grow luxuriantly, and ren
dering necessary tire abandonment of
some lands in those States, embracing tho
Georgia, Alabama and Missis
sippi. Bottom lands particularly have
suffered severely, and fertile black lands
have lost much of the prospect they had.
Over most of tin senates the early spring
was cold, and a bad start w’as made. The
May conditions were not good, and June
has again lowered them a little and ren
dered the outcome more critical.
Still over this area, embracing as it docs
so large a percentage of upland, with
favorable conditions iu July and subse
quently, that is, seasonable showers allow
ing farm work in cleaning out grass and
the absence of hot, dry weather to bake
the saturated soil ami scorch the plants
which have been rendered unhealthy by
extreme moisture, there is room for im
provement.
It is to be noted that insect ravages,
usually accompanying these meteorolog
ical conditions, have been slight, and
stands which were not very good to start
on, have not been impaired on that ac
count. Over all this district the crop is
late, and therefore exposed to vicissitudes
of the fall season.
In the northern portion of the belt,
however, Tennessee had a good start, and
has held her own pretty well, and North
Carolina is better than the coast district
below. Going west of Mississipi, the sit
uation is reversed. Over the great State
of Texas, in Arkan is, and in Louisiana
the rains of June found plants well rooted,
and the fields in excellent cultivation.
These prospects have very much im
proved, and in Texas particularly, the
condition lias been very favorable, and
her rating is nearly on par. The follow
ing is the condition by States :
Virginia 80, North Carolina TV, South
Carolina 75, Georgia 78, Florida 91, Ala
bama 75, Tennessee 87, Arkansas 80, Mis
sissippi 82, Louisiana 80, Texas 98.
Average for belt 88£ against 92 last year,
and 85 the year before.
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FIRE INSURANCE OFFICE.
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