The State Medical Society Did A Sensible Thing

sensible thing at its recent meeting in Detroit when it laid upon the table, by a unaniuious vote, a resolulion protesting against the introduction of a chair of homeopathy in the university. The people who furnish the means for the support of these schools are heartily sick of the quarrel which has been going on fur years. Let the dissentions of the past have no place in the future. The papers in the fourteenth judicial circuit are discussing the shortconiings of Judge A. H. Uiddings, who receutly allowed a term of his court to go by default, while he revelled in a drunken debauch in Chicago. He is a man of excellent qualifications when free from the influence of intoxicants, and before his renomination he pledged hiin self to abandon their use. But his appetite appears to be stronger than his resolves. Some of the papers cali loudly for his resignation. It is estimated at the Government Agricultural departinent that the hog erop of the present year will amount to over 18,000,000 head. Statistics collected by responsible persons at the Department, from the seven leading hog propucing States, show that there were on hoof in these States in January last, 14.213.800 hoes, divided among those States as follows : Iowa, 3,398,200 ; Indiana, 2,670,000; Illinois, 2,034,000; Missouri, 2,082,500; Ohio, 1,37,400; Kentucky, 1,706,000 ; Wisconsin, 587,000. Froin this it appears that Ohio by no means stands first as a hog producing State. Another ocean steamer has gone to the bottom of the sea. It was the Canadian steamship Vicksburg, of the Dominion line, bound from Montreal to Liverpool, which was sunk by the ice June 1, and a few survivors were picked up June 5, more dead than alive, from exposure. Fuller accounts as related by these survivors, throw no additonal light on the ever recurring and seldom satisfied question of responsibility. Fully 50 lives were undoubtedly lost, although the certain fate of those on shipboard will likely uever be known unless something more is learned from the other of the ship's boata, which were, it seems, equally fortúnate in getting away from the ship with the boat which has been picked up. Measuring grain before it is grown and oounting chickens before they are hatched are alike attended with difficulties. Of late we have seen several estimates about the wheat erop of the present season, but these reports must be accepted with more or less allowance. It must be remembered they are estimates made upon so slim data as to render them of no coaimanding value, for at this date of the season it is tremely üimcult to calcúlate witn any oertainty what the harvest will be. But it is hopeful to see that the lowest óf these estimates places the coming wheat yield at not less than 230,000,000 bushels. This is 70,000,000 bushels less than that of last year, but as this would allow more than five bushels each for every man, woman, and ohild in the United States, there need be no appreheusiün of a wheat famine. The South American earthquake proves to have been one of the mest terrible within the century. It seenis to have extended throughout portions of New Granada, Bolivia, Venezuala, and the States of Columbia. The two towns almost utterly destroyed, had a total population of about 7,000, large numbers of whom undoubtedly perished. The total population of the lowns and región disturbed must reach 40,'000 to 50,000 inhabitants. The numbers of the lost oannot be estimated froin reporta at hand other than the original estímate given at 16,000 persons. The portions of country disturbed are among the richest and most pioductive of the country of the North. Volcanoes hitherto extinct have burst forth afresh, and from the reports one instance is given where the shock must have been feft at a distance of 500 miies from the center of disturbance. James F. Joy has recalled his letter of resignation and is a candidate for reelection to the presidency of the Michigan Central Railroad. The Chicago Tribune says this was brought about by the board of directors, who unanimously requested him to withdraw his resignation. That paper adds that an effort will be made at that meeting by his enemies to oust him from his position, but it is believed that enough proxies have been secured to elect him. This result is said to have been reached after several consultations betwetn the factions, which brought about the displacement of Mr Joy as a director of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. There are numberless rumore as to various changes to be made in the management of the road as a consession to the opposition which heretofore fought Mr. Joy, but none of them have as yet assumed deünite enough shape to warrant an announcement of what changes will be made. Nothinq aatonishes the English more than the American system of barreling and keeping apples. In that country the erop is placed thinly on 6helve8, in fruit house constructed especially for that purpose, and no one thinks of sending them long distances to inarket. Our Rhode Island Greenings, Baldwins and Eussetts, therefore, which go there in barrels in immense quantities, surprise them considerably. A good deal of this is perhaps due to the varieties we send there. A few years ago the Newton Pippin was the great American apple in the London market ; but since the failure of that variety, those three mentioned have in a measure taken its place. It is not, however, that these pples should reaoh the English markets in such excellent condition after being barreled up that so astonishes the English ; the price is also a wonder, for after being sent so far, they can still be sold at a price the English can hard ly touch with their own fruit.