The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-11-26
CURRENT NEWS.
WASHINGTON.

Niee-prcsidrnt Wilson was prpstfaitN
by a sudden illness, while in a barber :
chair. in Washington. on the morning OF
the 10th. II was at first supposed 60 be
an attack Of apopleNy, hat the physician
said il wa> caused 10y indigestion and consti-
patton. Mr.. Wilson'S condition al mid
night was such that the attending physician,
thought he would soon recover.
Commissioner Eaton, OF the National bu-
rcan o. Education. presents some Interest,"
ing statistic, in his fifth annual report. cut
OF 10. 900. 600 boys and girls between theages
OF six and sixteen years. the total public
school enrolment in the United states and
Territories amounts TO s.0Oo,op, with am
average Attendance Of f.JO0, 0o0. The total
expenditures for public school purposes for
the past year reached the sum Of >14.oD,Voo.
The expenditures in the year per capita Of
average attendance in the public schools are
a. follows: Massachusetts. 80; Ohio. sl4;
Nebraska. SIS: Rhode Island, sis; Con-
necticut. Sl9; Vermont, Sl2; New York,
SCI: Iowa, sl4; Michigan. SIS; New
Jersey. SIS; Indiana. sli; Illinois.
SO: Maine, SO; Maryland, $40; Minnesota.
sl3; Mississippi. -; Tennessee. -: Virgin
ia. -: Florida. -; District Of Columbia.
Sa6; Montana. Sl7; Colorado. ~; Utah.
81; Cherokee Nation, 80. The statistics Of
several States are deficient or altogether
wanting.
WA. Curtis. Of Ohio. for a number Of
years Chief Clerk in the General Land Office,
has rendered his resignation.
Supervising Architect Potter has submit
ted his annual report to the secretary Of the
Treasury. He recommends that. in future.
designs for Government buildings be opened
TO the competition OF other architects. the
duty OF the Supervising Architect TO he
simply the superintendent Of construction.
The Secretary OF the Treasury has agreed
upon a commission 10 investigate the affairs
Of the second Comptroller office. with par
ticular reference To the conduct OF the >ugg
Fort and Witkowski ease.
II. G.. Woodward. Of Iowa. ha> been APP
pointed Examiner-in-Chie Of the Patent
Office.
The official cotton crop report for Noyem-
her makes a direct comparison OF the pro-
duct this year with that II ls74. ~ former
reports OF the condition have indicated. the
States bordering on the Atlantic an show a
reduced product. and those in the Mi,sis-ip-
pi Valley an increased yield. The area Of
the great september storm i'm southern
Texas proves less disastrous than was AZ first
represented. The amount OF lint in COM
parison with the weight of seed cotton j.
quite favorable. ranging from - 10 % per
cent. but, 30 far as reported. appears to be
les. thsn in 1874. The state percentages.
representing the aggregate quantity as com
pared with last year. are a. follows; North
Carolina. ~: south Carolina. -; Florida.
20: Alabama. l02; Mississippi, Ill; Texas.
ia: Arkansas. 49,: Tennessee. 1l6. The
crOp OF Arkansas j. a good one. hut the
figures arc increased more hy the fact 81
last year, poor yield than by the excess OF
this years crop. These figures point 10 4
small advance upon last years aggregate. il
November and December should be favor
able to the opening and picking Of the toI
crop.
commissioner Burdet. Of the Genera
Land Office. will in his forthcoming report
strongly recommend that all timber land.
owned by the Government be appraised amt
thrown open 20 purchasers az not less than
their appraised value. He isof opinion that
unless they are thus placed under priyat,
guardianship the fine forests Of the country
will soon be wantonly exhausted by lumber
companie. aud spectators, who are now
stripping the land 81 it, timber under coy roI
dummy prescription entries. or without
any pretcnse OF compliance with the law
while the Government derives no rcycnu,
from il property. and the country -u-tain'
irreparable damage from the sweeping de-
mutation Of large areas II it, Watersheds
He will also condemn the practice Of extend.
ing The system 81 subdivision surveys 0Ncl
immense bodies Of worthless land west 81
the one hundredfh meridian. and sugges
that only such tracts be infinitely sur
veycd a. have any attraction. Tor set.
iler.. He will also recommend tina
provision Dc made Tor connectin.
the Land-otice surveys with impprian
points established hy geological surveys d
the Territories. and that monument az zee
tion cornerS. ETC.. be constructed in a muci
more lasting manner. The recommeudatio
Of his predecessor that the prescription law
should be abolished and the homestead ~ys
TEN made the only method of acquiring it'll
TO agricultural lands j. repeated by Commits
sioner Burdei. aud earnestly urged upon N,
attention OF Congress.
EAST.
Gold closed in New York on November -