The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-24
CUsToM-HoUsE NOTES.
The Weather for the Week Internal
Revenue INSTRUMENTATION
Government Logs

The Weather for the Week Internal
Revenue Instructions-After
Government Logs.
The general summary OF the weather for
the week ending Saturday, July 20, as COM
piled by the chief signal service officer, is as
follows:
During the past week IN area OF low pres
sure has moved from Montana and Dakota,
where It was probably central on saturday,
the twelfth. eastward over the northern por-
tion Of the United States and Canada; it was
preceded by high and rising tenn perature over
the eastern portion OF the United States, and
during Its passage over New England, on
Wednesday, was accompanied by severe
thunderstorms, with high winds and occa-
sional heavy hail. It has been followed by an
area OF high pressure from the northwest,
with lower temperature and cool, clear or ialr
weather.. except, over the Southern States,
where rains continued throughout Friday.
The rainfall for the same week averages
about as follows In the various districts ::
Canadian Maritime Provinces, O.s3 inch; st.
Lawrence Valley. O63; Lower Lake region,
o72, Middle Atlantic States, OPS; South At
lantic States, 2.3o; Eastern Gulf States, 0 go !;
Western Gulf States, O42; Ohio Valley and
Tennessee, o49: Upper Mississippi Valley,
O04; Lower Missouri Valley, 40; Red River
Of the North Valley, 0.23; Eastern Slope,
from Dakota to the interior Of Texas, 0,99;
Rocky Mountains, 01D; Western Plateau,
OO4, California, trace; coast of Oregon and
Washington Territory, DOS.
| During the week the Red river has fallen
| 7 inches at Shreveport. The Missouri has
| fallen Is inches at Yankton, 1G at Omaha and
| is at Leavenworth. The Mississippi has fallen
| 81 inches at st. Paul, Memphis and Vicks-
| burg, and risen 81 at La Crosse and 26 at keo-
kuk. The Ohio rose about feet at Pittsburg,
Friday to Sunday but has since fallen feet
1t has risen IS inches at Cincinnati. The Ten
nessee at Chattanooga, the Cumberland at
Nashville, and the Savannah at Augusta, con-
tinue low and nearly stationary.
The Collector OF the Port has received the
following communication relative to the pro-
visions of the act Of March 81:
| TREASURY DEPARTMENT, |
| Washington. j. ly 10. 1879 !
| A. S. Badger, Collector Customs, New Orleans
! Sir-The honorable Secretary Of the Treas
ury has transmitted to this Office a copy Of
your letter Of the ninth nltimo, submitting u
communication from IL. Bonzano, in which he
inquiries whether section II OF the act ap-
proved March l. 1879, applies to imported
| liquors delivered to the importer prior to } une
| 80, 1879.
Relative to this matter you are respectfully
informed that the regulations OF this office
require that whenever any chsk or package
of imported distilled spirits of not less than
five wine gallons is filled for shipment, sale or
delivery on the premises Of any wholesale
| liquor dealer, the same must be stamped as
provided in the regulations Of this office,
known as Series Z, No. I, Supplement No. 2,
whether the spirits were Withdrawn from
customs bonded warehouse prior or subse-
quent to June 80, 1879.
Respectfully, GREEN B. RAUM,
Commissioner.
| The United States marshal has started out
for another effort to capture those 1900 logs
in st. Tammany parish, which, the officers OF
the government assert, were cut on govern.
ment land by Adolph Poitevent. At the last
hunt they made for them they succeeded In
getting but seventy or eighty.
Patrick Roman was up before United States
Commissioner Chester yesterday, charged
with passing counterfeit money. Roman
claims that the charge Is malicious, and
grows out of the fact that he refused to re-
ceive back, as having been paid out by him, q
counterfeit half dollar.
Alfred johnson was also before the commits
sioner on the charge Of assauIting Peter Jones
with intent to kill him. Both men are deck.
hands on the steamboat w. P. Halliday.