Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-11-25
General News Summary.
PROM WARRINGTON.

Tug report OF the PaymasterLGeneral o.
the Army shows that there has been dis
bursed 10 the army during the last year si2,-
272, i0o3s, and TO the Military Academy s2o2,-
2ay04. The number o. desertioDs during the
year was 2,5ei, against ,G0G the previous
year. The re-enlIstments aggregated ,soS,
a. against $50 the year previous.
Ig his annual report the Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue says the British public,
numbering less by one.fourth than our peo-
pie, paid under their excise laws during the
year ending March 81, 1875, taxes measured
In Qoid 10 the amount Of sIs3 ,g62, 756, against
sIi0,bs5, l54 paid In currency by the people Of
this country during the fiscal year ended
June 20, 1875.
THg Commissioner Of the General Land
Office In his report recommends that all the
timber lands owned by the Government be
opened 70 purchasers at minimum yalna.
ton, and thus be placed under private guard
ianship. He also recomm ends the adoption
OF the plan OF public sales heretofore prac'
tieed, but now abandoned. He thinks
that the Presumption laws should be re-
pealed, and the homestead system be made
the only method OF acquiring title 10
agricultural lands. The number Of acres
disposed u during the last year was 7,070,Z1l,
belng 2,4g0,g0i lees than the previous year;
OF this amount 1855 .0T acres were home
stead entries and S,lD7,g43 were certified TO
railroads; 745,Osi acres were disposed Of at
cash sales. The cash receipts during the
year were si,7si,0ol.
ACCORDING 10 the annual report Of the
Commissioner NJ Education there has been an
increase Of 1914. 900 school children during the
year. Thirty five out OF thirty.seyen States
report the number Of teachers, thirty-seyen
states and eleven Territories report the pub.
He.school income, which shows an increase OF
OIL ,232, 900, but only thirty.6ye States and nine
Territories can show their school cxpendi-
tares. There are enrolled In the public schools
100000 pupils. The average daily attend
ance IL 1900, 900; the estimated population
between six and sixteen years Of age IL TO-
574.G74; number Of teachers employed, AL
200; total income public schools Estates and
Territoricsl ss2, 15s ,o05; total expenditures,
s7s ,g74 ,9ss; value Of school buildings, $780,.
75s,47.
PRESIDENT GaAsr has appointed Hiram
LefiiDgwell 10 be United States Marshal for
the District OF Missouri, and 7, G. Wood
ward, Of Iowa, 10 be Examner.in.Chief Of
the Patent Office.
SECRETARY Bafsrow has given notice that
$40 coupon aud registered bonds Of 1854 and
lsG4.'65 TO the amount OF fi7,7s5,35o viii be
paid on and after Feb. i5, 1876, and that In
terest will cease al that date.
A REPORT that Treasurer New contem.
plated resigning his official position has been
emphatlcally denied by recent Washington
dispatches.
viog.PREnpEgT WILSON was not 80 well
on the 10th ms on the previous day, having
oyer-exertcd himself reading letters and
newspaper His physician reported him "a
resting comfortably In the evening, and had
exciu ded all visitors from his room,
A RECENT Washington dispatch states that
Secretary Bristow had closed q contract with
the syndicate for taking the whole Of the re.
mainder OF the 100000 600 per cents. The
Secretary will take no action In regard To dis
posing Of the 4or ~ per cents until Congress
meets.
COMMISSIONER SMITH has resigned his
charge OF the Indian Bureau, and Secretary
Chandler has appointed George jerome, ex'
Collector Of Customs ut Detroit, rs his sue
eessor.
THE report Of the commission appointed
10 negotiate with the Sioux Nation for the
Black Hills region has been forwarded 10 the
Secretary Of the Interior. II Ia lengthy
document, giving full history Of the efforts
made TO lease or purchase the gold region,
The failure was caused by the preposterons
demands OF the Indians, instigatcd by white
men.
SOME excitement existed In Washington on
the nth over ramors OF serious complication
with some foreign power, supposed To be
spain. Orders were issued for the sailing o.
three Iron. ciads, but subsequently, revoked
the latest news OF that date boiug that the
impending troubles had been sHtisfactoril,
adjusted.