Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-12-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gathered from All Quarter.


The fecal year from fees Of various kinds hQ
gregate e780,547, and the total dxpensss
t5SS, ,926, showing net reserve 10 the Gov
ernment Of s19l,63l
The excess of exports Of merchan-
disc over Imports for the twelve months
ended October 81, 1880, was ei55, ,572, 158; ex-
cess Of imports Of gold and silver coin and
bullion S87,2l4,s2i.
The Commission sent out by the In
terror Department to examine the completed
portion Of the Northern Pacific Railroad has
reported favorably.
THB United States, France and Ger
many are arranging for another conference
on the silver question.
A WASHINGTON special says there
are grounds for belief that Secretary sher-
mans report win contain a recommendation
for new short bond, or q series OF bonds
having different times TO run for funding the
eve per cents Of 1881.
The Electors of the various States, ex-
cept Georgia, In accordance with the law re-
quirinR that the vote Of all the Electoral Col
ieges shall be cast on the first Wednesday In
December, met at their respective capitals on
the 1st and cast the votes Of their States for
President and Vice-Presldent as indicated by
the November election. In Georgia the Elect
Ors failed 10 vote because the code OF the
State provides that the Governor shall notify
The Electors TO meet at the Capital on the
first Monday Of December 70 be ready on the
Wednesday following to cast their votes. This
the Governor did, but the Electors did not
meet, and IL Is thought by some that they
have no right 70 meet on the second Wednes-
day.
TIE public debt statement for No
Vember shows the decrease Of the debt during
the month 10 be s9,609, ,23l; cash In the Treas
ury, S2l0, 926, ,763; gold certificates outstand-
ing "a, 400, 800; silver certificates outstanding,
es5,077, $50; certificates Of deposit outstand-
Ing, sS,525,O0O; refunding certificates, Se4s,-
$50; legal tenders outstanding S348, ,6Si, ,OI8;
fractional currency outstanding, S7,169, ,207 (;
United States bonds Of 80 outstanding Sl12,- :
$4,000. .
THE population of Alaska Is put at
22,065 by Ivan Petroff, the census enumerator
who has recently returned from his labors
Mr.. Petrod travelled 5000 miles in and about
Alaska, Of which $500 miles were traversed
In a sealshln boat
DURING November the United States
mints coined S4,574,2OO lu gold and 81, 9OO, 900
In silver.
The Creek Indians are strongly OPP
posed to the settlement of the ceded lands
now known as Oklahoma by the whites
Three representatives Of the Creeks viii re-
main IN Washington during the session Of
Congress TO look after the interests OF their
Nation.
Mr.. BURoHARD, Director of the Mint,
attributes the hestrlngeney Of the money market
IN the East largely 70 the boarding Of gold.
His Investigations show that 500, ,OO0, 900 have
disappeared from circulation.
A CIRCULAR has been issued from the
headquarters Of the Grand Army OF the Re
public, setting forth the enormous number Of
unsettled pension claims aud calling upon all
members OF the G. A. r. for their lndorse-
ment Of Bentley's bill for the appointment OF
surgeon and local examiner in every Con-
gressiohal district TO facilitate the e1amina-
tions Of applicants for pension. Memorials
20 Congress praying for the passage Of that
bill accompany the circular.
A FIRE broke out in the barber-shop
Of the House of Representatives at Washing
ton on the night OF the Both ult., but was put
out before It had done much damage.
The annual report Of the Director Of
the Mint shows that the deposits Of gold bull
Ion ht the mints and assay Offices during the
year was S7s, 5,096 aud exceeding by nearly
ts0,OOO,0OO the highest previous deposit Of
1891. The receipts OF domestic silver bullion
we're t82,l92,T58. The coinage OF gold, al
though heavier than In any previous year,
could not keep pace with the deposits and
S2s, ,sH In gold remained unconed at the
New York assay office and Philadelphia mint
At the close OF the fiscal year. The mints,
however, augmented the circulation Ss4,57O,-
IA, adding s56, i51 7a5 gold, S27 942 437 silver
and S269,97l In minor coins The total pur,
ehases OF silver bullion during the year
amounted TO 2496, 259, 1888 standard ounces at
cost OF S24972 i6l, being an average pur-
chase Of S2,OSl,0la worth of silver bullion per
month. The total coinage OF standard silver
dollars has been S72,sI7,7b0.