Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-07-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
WASHINGTON.

All free delivery cities have been divide,
into two classes with view to classifying let
ter carriers. The first class is Albany, Balti
more, Boston, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Chicago
Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, indianapolis
Jersey City, Louisville, Milwaukee, Newark
New York, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Pitts
burg, Providence, Rochester, st. Louis, SaI
Francisco and Washington. All other citie
where the free delivery system is in opera
tion, sixty-live in number, are second class.
Secretary Sherman will speak in Maine.
The President has signed the commission
OF John A. Hunter TO be Chief Justice OF the
Supreme Court of Utah.
The cadets recently graduated at West
Point have been assigned to commands.
The Post-ofllce Department has decided that
packages of tobacco bearing an internal rev
cnue stamp can go through the mails a.
fourth class matter.
The Postoiiice Department sold 800, 25O, ,00C
worth OF stamps during the last fiscal year, q
larger sum than has ever yet been realized in
one year.
DIR. Hamilton, Supervising Surgeon General
OF the Marine Hospital service, believes that
the precautions taken by Southern cities will
prevent any spread of the yellow fever. In.
fected baggage carried into Missouri and
Kansas by negroes from the South may cause
some cases of fever in those States. .H
Holders of called 1910 bonds are requested
to forward them to the Treasury Department
Tor redemption as soon as possible.
Advlces at the Treasury Department show
the price OF interest for the use OF money TO
be slowly rising i'm all parts of the country.
Negotiations between Russia and the United
States, relative TO fisheries near Alaska, re-
suited In an arrangement by which vessels of
the United States are allowed to fish in Rus
sian waters in return for payment of money
compensation.
The news of the completion OF the South
Pass ietties has been confirmed by informa-
tion at the War and Treasury Departments.
The Attorney-General has issued circular
itemiztng all the court expenditures and eau
tioning officers against applying money re-
ceiVed for one grade OF service to that of an
other grade. From information received at
the Department OF Justice the United States
Marshals intend to proceed with the duties
OF their offices, and undoubtedly anticipate re
imbursement by Congress.
The War Department has issued a state
ment giving the number of men furnished
the Union army by each State and Territory
from April Is, 1861, to the close OF the war of
the rebellion. 1t shows the total number OF
volunteers was 2,6TS,B ,B7, distributed as fol-
lows Maine, ~, New Hampshire, 81, :
G9; Vermont, 35,362; Massachusetts,, l52,-
O4S; Rhode Island, 23,699; Connecticut, 81.
39; New York, 1901, New Jersey, Sl,O1O;
Pennsylvania, $50, l07; Delaware, 1860;
Maryland, 5O,3l6; West Virginia, 32,C5S; /;
District Of Columbia, 1857; Ohio, 3l9,659;
Indiana, 197, 7,l47; Illinois, 259, ,147; Mchi-
gan, S9,3T2; Wisconsin, 1924; Minnesota,
25,052; Iowa, $1,000; Missouri, 1O9,1I1; Ken
lucky, 79,G25 Kansas, O,15l; Tennessee, 81, :
O92; Arkansas, S,2S9; North Carolina, 3,156 (;
California, l5,725; Nevada, 1,0So; Oregon,
l,SlO; Washington Territory, 964 Nebraska
Territory, 3,157; Colorado Territory, 1903 /;
Dakota Territory, 2O6; New Mexico Territory,
6,5Gl; Alabama, 2576; Florida, 1890; Louis
lana, S,224; Mississippi, 545; Texas, 1865,
and the Indian Nation, 35,040 The troops
furnished by the Southern States were, with
the exception of those I'm Louisiana, nearly
all white. Florida furnished two regiments
OF cavalry, Alabama one white regiment, Mis-
sissippi one battalion and North Carolina two
regiments Of cavalry.
During the last fiscal year l ,4S5 cases of sus-
pected fraud under the pension laws were in
yestigsted with the following result: Three
hundred and ninety-three pensioners were
dropped from the rolls, the monthly rates of
fifty five Others were reduced, and AS persons
we're refused pensions. The saving to the
Government for the fiscal year by these opera
tions was S5O1 ,969.S2.
David q. Humphreys, since 1870 one OF the
Judges OF the Supreme Court of the District
OF Columbia, died at Washington on the 18th,
During the last fiscal year the Post-office
Department issued %, ,SO7, 600 postal cards,
an increase of more than ten per cent. over
1S77-S.
The reports OF the customs receipts for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1879, shows them
to be about 20, ,OO0, 900 greater than last year.
special from Washington states that but
$5O,OOO,OOO Of the four per cent. loans remain
TO be issued to the subscribers. They will be
forwarded to the buyers this month, and the
debt refunding operations of the Treasury
will be closed until 1881.
The outstanding 10 10 bonds will be called
by the Secretary of the Treasury during the
present month.
The Executive Committee of the National
Board Of Health invites the attention of all
State and municipal authorities and sanitary
organizations to the fact that they should
without delay endeavor TO secure the best
sanitary condition of the places and people
under their charge.
THE EAST.
Fairfield, Conn, on the Sth, celebrated the
hundredth anniversary of the burning OF that
place by the British troops under General
IIyon. The exercises were salutes, speeches,
prayers and banquets,
The Masonic Guild and Mutual Benefit As
sociatlon has been incorporated in New York.
The Union of American Uebraw Congroo,a