The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-06-26
WASHINGTON.

WAsHTNGToN, June "a.

riGly of causes, the chief Of which is the
dry spring in most paris Of the country,
The largest increase in the acreage Ol
wheat is reported from Kansas, where il
Is thirty per cent greater than last year
The report on the whole is not specially
disCouraging, except rs to the Iaillng ol
such an increase in the product over other
years MS might be expected.
| A letter has been received by the
Most WOrshipiul Grand Master OF Ma
sons of the District of Columbia, contain
Ing the sincere thanks Of Earl De Grey
and Ripon to the Grand Lodge Of MasOns
of this District and the United States, for
his cordial reception as the Grand Mas
ter ofEngland,
The office of Commissioner of Customs
being vacant, the proposition t0 establish
n Bureau of Revenue Is revived, 1t Is
proposed to do this by the consolidation
Of the Custom and Internal Revenue
Bureaus, similar in character
Secretary DelanO and John Delano,
Chief Clerk, left Washington Tor their
home in Ohio this afternoon,
The President will be in this city on
Friday of next week, II IL understood
that il Cabinet meeting will he held on
that day.
nogc toy i lcrolIv collected ON canal boats
irai;n~ viii Tonoda hy inland routes. in
case tLn heats orc in6royided with sails
or | sicom nower ,hc Secretary of the
Treasury Iecidea lint such bonts are
suhieri IN ihe enmc regulations in regard
I" ihc novmcnt or innnaWc ioy ns GIhcr
vcosala NJ ihe T,nileI states
The t",oI nnmhGr or nhvsicians who
nsiI tsyea IN thn Govcrnmont for the
p""r @ onJina Min Snril m was do 7OS, of these
yh"ro wore rcg,,lor or oIlonnihic no 0T0.
homonoihjc 50Gi, hvdronatLic 133. 20.
irctic 40. miscellaneous, or not classi.
iieG 4 "a
iInder the late rulinp Of the Commits.
sion"r NJ intornoI Revcnne the tay de.
rived from incomes will fail several mil.
Inns shorl oc ,Lr nmonni estimated from
tint service
snhscrintions IN ,he new loan ,o.dav
Sg5 000 ''''' ~ Vs.
Commissioner Pleosonton Inns slated In
reanonse ~ n latter innniring whether he
,VonlI rive hls sanction IN anv measure
which NAV he nronosel 10 Congress.
whereby certain pnriies in common will
",hers % yi%ht ohtpin rpIIef from tIe INV.
meni Of INK on tobacco, snuff and cigars
manufactured prior 10 the nassnre of the
nresrnt IN Y law ani remninT uns0ld nj the
sevcrni Io;ca mnniioncI IN saiI IaIrs
In eoiG law. when nil TOBACCO.
snuff md cigars NAV he STAMPED before
beinp s0ld 0r offered for sale. IIo (ully
npDreciates the Justice of thc claim for
relinr md states that he ia ready TO
giye relief NJ the same time protecting the
Government % from unjust demands
There ia considerable interest in official
circles concnrninp tho onnosinp views of
Soc rreI cre,orv Romtwcll ond Commissioner
pleasonton ON noinig connected with the
ADMINISTRATION OF The Internal Revenue
office. particularly concerning certain dc.
cisions made Lv the Commissioner who
claims tint his decisions nre moi subject 10
tho revision or approval of the Secretary
The matter will probably lie brouphtio
thr attention or the President and Tnbi.
moi moi for their consideration
Insiruriions for Cnptain Unlps pynedi.
tion toward the NORTH Pole, by Tho See.
retary Of the Navy, have Just been print.
ed. They are full and specific. Ap,
pended Is letter from Prof Henry, in
which he says that although the oDleCis
OF THIS expedition arc not primarily
oI scientific character. YET many pllc'
n0mena may DC observed ana specimens
OF natural history DC lnciuentally collect
ed; and therefore, IN order lhat tue 0p..
portlinlty Ol oDlalnlng such result might
bonot lost, n committee from the Nation
al Academy recently was appointed TO
prepare u series OF instructions on the
dilierent branches o. physical and natural
history, and 10 render assistance IN secur-
ing asclcnllilG QUILT Inc Smithsonian
Institute coast survey hydrographic OH,
GERS and signal Corps nave contributed
tlle necessary instruments. ,
twenty-five plate printers ana thlrly-
i've girls, employed IN Tue printing Dll-
reati OF the treasury department, were
discharged to'uay, owing 10 tlc Slack OF
business .,m.,, -,
Ihe Council lorrllorlal LEGISLATURE, Dy
It's action Today makes women eligible to
any oIIlcea createu ny 'lle chartcr.
WASHINGTON, June 90.
A letter lust received from Vice presi.
dent Colfax, dated South Bend, says the
Doctors allow him TO write two or three
letters day, instead of twenty or thirty.
lie adds. | am living here the LATEST pos
slblc life; looking back to the last dozen
| iall earlier In every biennial congres.