The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-09-16
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.
Agricultural Report.

AsHISGTON, oepl' i''
Agricultural Report.
The report o. the Agricultural De-
partmept for August and part OF Sep
tember. will be sent to the printer dur
ing the present week. The wheat crop
will reach two hundred and fifty mil
lion bushels for the entire country. In
some parts the crop is below the sver-
age, and in others largely in increase.
The wheat product OF Minnesota will
reach the unprecedented yield o! thirty
million OF bushels. The crop in Penn
sylyanis will come up to the average.
The cotton States are also favorable.
The larger portion Of the cotton region
lylng within the rain belt, great trou-
Ole IS annually experienced by excess
of moisture and wedding This year
these troubles were about as usual
The yield according TO the facts in pos
session OF the Agricultural Department,
is eetims.ed at four million bales.
Died.
The Navy Department this afternoon
received q dispatch announcing the
death of Lieutenant Commander A.
NJ. Mitchell. commanding the United
States steamship Pawnee, Of the NORTH
Atlantic feet at Key West yesterday, OF
Yellow fever.
Appointme
The following appointments by the
President have been sent for record:
A. A. Gargulic, Interpreter to the U.
3. Legation at Cosstantinople; Jas. B.
c. Drew, United States Attorney for
the Northern District OF Florida; Frank
o. DeHaas, OF New York, U. s. Con-
sui at Jerusalem John L. Hoar, OF
Michigan, U. S. Consul at Windsor,
City Dr.. John B. Blake, Member OF
the Board OF Public Works of the Dis
uict of Columbia; John W. Wilson,
u S. Consul at Bremen; Charles e.
Talbot, Postmaster at Brooklyn, New
York.
sworn In.
General Sheperd was sworn into
Office this morning by Judge Macarthur,
at the residence ofthe retiring Govern
or, Ii. D. Cook, in Georgetown.
Collector Harper.
A special agent of the InterEel Rev
snue Department telegrsphs from
Springfield, Illinois, that Harper's de-
talcation has been ascertainsd TO
amount to $lO6. 74Sl9, OF which ST.
AS 10 is in stamps and list accounts.
Revenue Decision.
The Commissioner OF Internal Rev.
snue holds that the person who sells at
The place or. manufacture, wine made OF
his own growth, is not liable to a spe-
eisl tax as q LIQUOR dealer for such
sales. But if selling such wine away
from the place OF manufacture, he is
lisble. A vintner, however, who sells
wines from grapes not exclusively y Of
his own growth is subject to special
tax therefore, whether selling such
wines at the place where made or else
where.
The Seal Lock COntreyeTsy
The excitement in regard TO the
Seal Lock question, which it was
thought would subside Oh the report o.
the committee on Saturday, appears to
be on the increase Protests have been
received from the following companies
sgainst any change in the presen; style
OF lock in use: The Blue Line Trans
portaton Company, Grand Trunk rail-
road, Of Canada, Great Western rail-
road, Vermont Central sni Canada
ian railroad. These roads have now
about 1000 locks, for which they pay
sevetpy-five cents each The adoption
oy the government OF tie Miller lock
will necessitate the re.equipment Of
these lines with locks costing
three doIlars and seyenty.fve cents
sach, causing an outlay OF over two
hundred and sixty thousand dollars.
The annual consumption OF locks by
Ihe various line OF transportation eI-
ceeds three hundred thousand, at cost
OF $4,000. The new lock will in-
crease this sum to one hundred thou
sand dollars. The railroads claim that
she lock now in use gives entire salts
iaction and protest against having 10
incur additional unnecessary expense.
A committee will leave New York to-
day for the purpose of entering this pro-
test against the contemplated change.
In the meantime the Secretary OF the
Iressurey has been requested TO with
hold any decision until the committee
ehall have been heard.
The following Internal Revenue store
keepers were appointed to-day Jas.
J. Hudrad for the 9th Distric. OF Ken
tucEy, James Miller for the lst Illinois
District, and Henry c. Raley for the
18th Ohio District
A general Irrigation Convention for
the territories has been called to N eet
st Denver on the 10Th OF November.
Several citizen Of Colorado and other
territories are here. with the view to
further the object OF the Convention by
enlistipg the cooperation OF public men
and others.
A general convention OF the Uuiver-
salsts ofthe United Ststss will convene
here Tomorrow. Means will be taken
20 accomplish the building o!a Univer
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