River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-07-08
THE NEWS BUDGET.
A Summary of Events During the
Past Week.
FROM THE CAPITAL.

RAILWAY companies are daily making
application to the department for prepare
ton of their bonds as common carriers
under the new immediate transportation
act, which goes into effect on the LIST of
July.
THE gross receipts from the internal
revenue for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1880, estimating the receipts for the two
remaining days, viii be in round numbers
$4,000, 900; an increase of sl0,000,000
over the receipts of last year, and an in
crease of 100000 over the estimates of
the department. This increase is derived
from whisky, cigars and cigarettes.
The heavy disbursements of the treas
ury during the present month, and the
large expenditures in prospective, have
compelled Secretary Sherman to curtail
his weekly purchase of bonds and the as
sstant treasurer at New York has been
instructed to buy only 100000 of bonds,
being the minimum figure touched for sew
eral months.
GEN. JAMES A. WILLIAMSON, commission
er Of the general land Office, has just com
pleted his annual instructions TO surveyors
general. These instructions require some
important changes in the management of
the surveys of the public lands for the COM
pose is $500, 600, the same as last year. The
rates of payment are slightly more than
those of last year. being for standard me-
ridian lines $l2, township lines so, and
for section lines IS per linear mile.
THE law passed by the last congress, re-
ducing the license of tobacco dealers from
S2J TO 3 when the amount of tobacco sold
does not exceed $50, 900 per year, will go
into effect Immediately Mr. kimball, of
the tobacco division OF the internal revenue
bureau, SAYS endorsements of the law will
not materially affect the revenue one way
or the other, the amount received from
small dealers not exceeding 100000 a
year; but it will be of great advantage as
a part of the machinery of the governme Mt
in aiding to keep track of tobacco from the
time it leaves the hands of the grower to
the time il becomes merchantable article.
CONGRESSMAN Shellanberger, of Penn
sylvania, filed the last claim for arrearages
Ofpensions.on the Sd inst the time for filing
applications having expired, under the
law, at the close of the last fiscal year
1t is thought that large number of meri-
tOriOus claims are still outstanding, and
that congress will be asked, at the next SEES
sion, to extend for an additional year, time
for filing claims. 1t is estimated that the
amount paid out and yet to be paid out on
account of arrearages will be s5O,OOO,000.
The number of claims daily received at
the department during the past several
II. onths was largely accelerated in conse-
queace of the short time in which applica-
lions for srrearages could be received The
expiration of this time, it is believed, will
lessen the number of new claims daily re-
ceived, but it is estimated that it would
take thirteen years, with the present force,
to dispose of claims now filed and unset
tied Commissioner Bently saws it is
wholly impracticable to keep up with the
business of the office under the present sys-
tenn and he is more than ever in favor of
the establishment of local boards for adju-
diciation of claims