The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-04-23

'"i information concerning the appear
lance cf w-eas th-oughcUt the coun
try. The returns cover a large proportion
If the winter wheat area in each state
The winter ha. been extremely favorable il
I'll sections. No previous season has beer
mere generally go since the Inauguration o
crop reports.
In the South. very few excei tions to tn,
general vigcr and even luxuri.nee of th,
growth, have appeared. In the Gulf coa>t
region. win:sr pas.uiing Of wheat field
has been practioed, 70 ,lsNad:antage of tn,
crop.
In New York ana PENNEY .vania, tn.
weather since the middle of March ha,
been unfsTsrasle N account of sudden
changes Of temperature and cold winds, 1:
The injury of wheat on clay and undraineo
lands. Ia Ontario, Niagara, Livingstone
and Geqesse. four couuties which produce
| one third of the winter wheat OF New York
average expectations are entertained, thougil
-cne iojury from freezing and shawing, on
low grounds, is reported.
The promise is remarkable IN Pennsyl
vlnia. Nine tenths Of the counties are
making favorable returns. many of then,
very aatterinG.
Fully three! !fnurths Of Ii. counties Of the
Ohio valley report either sn Average or su
perior condition.
Beyoni the Mississippi. Missouri and
Kansas hays sti, fewer unrsomising repre-
sentations.
There are reports from the nor.hwes.
which are more favorable than usual
The prospect in California is very PROM
sing, though complaints of injury from an
unusal cousse of wet weather como from
several counties. The sec.etary Of the
state board of agriculture, reports promise
Of 40,UOO, eco bushels in the state.
NOMINATIONS.
The President has nominated Mrs. Mary
Card to De postmis,re.s at Mason City,
Iowa, and Lewis Stewart to be agent for
Indians of the Chippewa agency, in Min
nesota.
CIVIL SERVICE MESSAGE.
The President to, day sent the following
message to Congress
To the Senate and House Of RepresentI
tires
Herewith transmit the report of the
civil service commission, authorized by the
act Of Congress Of March 81, 1871 |. ana in-
vito your special atsentinn theret1. IF ~.
tain by Congress, have no doubt the
rules csa, after the experiences gained, be
so improved and enfuroed as to sill more
materially bsUeft the public service, and
relieve the executive members of Congress
and heads cf departments, fron: influences
p-eiudicia, to good administration. Tie
The rules rs they have heretofore been es
orfced have resulted benefcial1y, as is shown
by the opinion of members of the csb'net
and their subordinates in the departments,
and IN that opinion ] concur. But rules
applicable to officers Who are appointed 10y
ana with th. advice and CONSENT of the
Senate, are in a great measure impractical
be, except in so far as they may be sus-
taiued by the action of that body. These
must necessarily remain SO, unless the d.
rec, sanction Of the Sena.eis given to the
rules. advise for the present, only such
appropriations c. may be aieg uate to con
tinue the work in its present form, and
would leave to the future t. determine
whether the direct sanction Of Congress
shall ts given to guleS that may perhaps be
devised for regulating the method of selec
ton of aPpoio'ees, or Il portion of them,
who need to be confirmed by the Senate.
The same amonnt appropra led last year
would be adequate .or tie coming year !;
bu, think tile public integ.s: you'd be
prom. ted by authority to the executive for
allowing n email compensation for special
service, performed beyond the usual cEce
hours. tpde; ihe act of 1871, to persons
called int, tie service Of the government.
Signed :" U. s. GRASSr
Executive Mansion, Washington, April, Is.
TIE sANBoRs REPORT.
The report in the Sanborn investigation
is nearly comp leted. 1t carefully analyz e
The testir7 vny, and quite severely criticises
| the prominent treasury officials who have
! been mentioned in connection with the case
| The report recommends the repeal of the
I iax, and the .uJsiitution of more liberal
Iuni, to be placed at the disposal Of the
commissioner Of internal revenue.
DISTRICT OF coLUMB'A.
! In the Dis,ric. of Columbia invest "a
ton, this morning, Henry S. Davis %asex
amiued with reference to the estimate Of
the cost of the Improvement done by the
hnard of puF'lc works made hy'him. lie
though, the .'aIAe Nuf the material taker
,,rouat-l to Isari of $4,000, 900. lie
.,iiniatsd ihnt pirate property had beer
! injuTeu u per cent. and that the measure
mems generally made were 10 per cent, ir
excess oC the work d,ne.
rAxA.IoS OF RAI!koAD LASDs.
The House committee % public land,
agreeged ia recommend the 2ass.ye of I
Iii; providing that all lards heretofar,
grated by Congress t, railroad companie
shall be -uhi"e: to l"cai tnSa'ior the .a!n'
as similar property of individuals.
ros-AL CONTRACT HING.
! representative Lnttrcil to-day sulmi,te'
tc t!,s House Committee, on : O.. Offices an,
pa>t Fnais, Il Ii, Of witnesses and detAile'
,pecihcations Of his charges relating to al
ieEad irregularities in the post Office depart
n5ent, cnnnectel with pirate contracts
caymcnts to mail contractors, etc. Th
Committee will proceed to make rhornug
Investigation of the subject. Congressman
Stone, oi Missouri. was also preseEt, an
Statsd tbs, lie would satr,is his ,harg ges IA
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