The interior journal., 1875-10-08
NEWS IN BRIEF.


NEWS IN BRIEF.
Resss from the Cupsas.
The agricultural report for August and
September gives the condition Of wheat
when harvested, for all States, as seventy
nine per cent, but quality poorer than for
several years. The oat crop Is superior In
quantity and quality, and Is mostly secured
In good condition. OF barley, the average
for the country is eighty.fve. Potatoes are
ten per cent above the average. The wool
crop Is full average weight, or little above,
In nearly ali the States. Tobacco has fallen
ten per cent below an average. Hops, New
York and Wisconsin, which together pro-
duce from threefourths to four.hfths Of the
entire crop, have largely increased their
average.
The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue
decided under the act Of July e. 1870, rail.
road corporations are liable TO FIVE per cent.
tax, instead Of two and one.half per cent, to
August |, 1870, on amount Of all dividends,
earnings, income or gairs which accrued be-
fore that d,te, and also on all undivided
profits earned by the companies prior to
10. .~. ea'. s"o au ~ sn! surplus oon''n'
80 ",,o.. '. 80 ~ 4ao" 'S"e w
p.n...t r,s." - ~" nv LINUS
at the rate Of FIVE per cent, claiming that
two and one.half per cent. was the legal rate
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comm;..;onsrs =, a. r,.s,u,. D'u, s..'n
and Trust Comrany. appounce that thew
will commence paying dividend Of 20 per
cent. on all audited claims, on the LIST Of
November.
inc So"f"'
News continues to come in from Texas re-
specting the terrible gale. The number of
persons known to have lost their lives be-
tween the peninsula and Bernard, on the
Brazos river, are fiftyseven.
later information from Trinity river says
that three schooners are high and dry in the
fields near the fork Of Double and Whites
Every house IN Wallisville is more or less
damaged, and IL will take years to rebuild
the town, but from the present feeling Of
the people II is not thought many Of them
WI '.ou' w . %as'' ""1 hN'' nan
'"ne aoo'. "ane' on no,,'' is'a1u'
lost fifteen hundred head Of cattle and fifty
head OF horses. His dwelling was only
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one thousand to fifteen hundred head OF
stock, among them forty horses. His resi-
a 4
a..,c..,. .s r.-,s....
III an "'.,ue"' 70 inc maj, "a,n i'on' ohi,
easo' on .e '",v'so, p",ins'o" ""u
Suiney roao' near "oouou'"' io"s' James
ioNeis' see"on nre"an' wa" i"s'anuy
h"ieu' anu aoou' my Passense's ''o'e VI
iess 'nlufeu. one iaoy' nane ""N"o"n'
''an ',o anu ies oioA.n
Inc hfs' aee'ueh' 70 'he iimi'eu man ,faih
happened 70 the section "hleh ien ri'tsourg
AZ SIX O'Clock on the evening OF sept ~
over 'he fitsourg, oincinnati ST. LOUIS
Railroad. Edward Mckinney passenger
Tor Dayton, was thrown from ,ne platform
near Lock IL, In ohio' ana ieu unuer the
wheels, the tram passing over him' erusning
the pack part OF ms heao anu inJ"ring nun
so that he can not recover
IRON sorei' quebec we learn 'na'' ie"
nig'ts sihee' a uain coming IRON ianasNa
ran over an OBSTRUCTION supposed 70 nave
Seen mai,eiousy P'aceu sinn ncrJs' & sne usen,
o,N i'"oO'" .sis, y" "n' ~ ~
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ens'"e y" ~. ''s' "ru 'n' ""'" -,
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pa ~, oo"'u ''ai, us"'. a"u "a
r., ,.,.'e" ".,e ,n'eu "'u ", '".n' .1a"uu. .","
me Nounueu were "'' '"'o''''' anu o''o"s
nS ,ose' we ,nIas;a oaI"uS n, Il; IN. .nc,or Col.
,;.,y n..r po,,.v;,I. pa lanes Adams and
,,,tnr unn, u.,. l;,I.d and Isaac Wilson
n,ahsh,v sa,.,Iv wonndsd Michael RntIer
- ~. -. wa.. s.y.,.Iv ;n,,red
-, ,ha ia .na ,odr and uo..s lanes
t. Loy ,.ss s,;.h,Iv banned
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