, 1881-03-04

John w son of the late Brigham Young.
has been indicted at Salt Lake for bigamv.
The president has approved the bill TO
restore the lands included in the Fort
Reading and Fort Crook military reserya-
tions, California, to the public domain
There is considerable talk ut Washing
ton concerning the reported departure of
Senator Conkling for Mentor. 1t is said
that he has gone TO visit General Garfield
upon special invitation, and that he would
not go until thus invited. The visit re.
wives the belief that New York is to have
the treasury portfolio, as the friends of
| Conkling declare that he intends either
to name the secretary ofthe treasury or
/ no officer at all. The gossip now is that
Leyi 7, Morton will be assigned to the
| treasury department, with some Pennsyl-
vanlan as postmaster general. Senator
| Logan has returned from Mentor He is
reticent as to what he learned there, but
he seems to be i'll rather exuberant
spirits.
Senator Herford will introduce bill
providing that all moneys paid the gov
ernment by Pacific railroads under acts
of congress of 1862 and 1864 for their con-
structIon, and all moneys due from the
| railroads to the United States shall be
distributed and paid to the various states
and territories and the district of Colum-
bla as fast as received TO be applied by
them To educational purposes, distrbu~
| ton to be in proportion 70 the population.
Washington dispatch of February
18th says: 1t is untrue that Senator Gro
yer is so seriously ill as TO prevent his at
| tendance at the executive session. His
| absence would give the organization to
the republicans. 1t is certain that Senator
Davis OF Illinois, will vote 10 maintain the
present organization of the senate, as he
holds that it would be independence TO
maintain statu quo, while organization for
the benefit of party, would be rank par
tisanship.
The appointment bill will probably pass
| congress with tho number of representa-
tives fixed at 307. The house is strongly
disposed to this number and the commit
tee will not it is believed oppose to the
house when the bill comes up again for
discussion. At 307 California, Iowa and
Michigan gain one representative each,
Kansas gains three, and Minnesota and
| Nebraska two each, making gain of ten
in the northern states. Arkansas, Missis-
slppi, North Carolina, South Carolina and
West Virginia gain one each, and Texas
gains four, making gain of nine III the
southern states. Maine. New Hampshire,
Vermont and New York lose each one.
1t is curious that the number 307 is more
favorable to New York than any number
intermediate between that and the pre-
sent. At 294 and up to 30S, New York
| would lose three representatives and from
3Os to 3l6 that state would lose two.
The New York Public's weekly state
ment of clearing house returns shows in
every city except Providence, New Or
| leans and San Francisco an increase dur
| ing the second week in Februar-f over
the large transactions for the correspond
nO no ~ft .srl
| percentage of gain: New York 3S.7, Bos-
ton 5, 5,.Philadelphia IA, Chicago /, Gin
cinnati 81, st. Louis 5, Baltimore 53,
Louisville $40. Pittsburg rs, Milwaukee
l4.6, Kansas City 469,- Cleveland 1914,
indianapolis l05, Hartford %, New
Haven 81, Lowell SO. Syracuse 1874. The
following cities have lost: New Orleans
SO, San Francisco week ending 5thl 81,
Providence 0.5. Considering the unfay-
orable effects of cold weather throughout
the west and the blockade of snow, im-
peding trave! and business, the public
deems II astonishing that exchanges of
western cities should be SO large.
The New York Post of February 18th
says: 1t is reported that the chief organ
izer of the Oregon Navigation system re-
Gently gave notice to his following, who
under his lead have in the last two years
made fortunes, that he wanted fund of
5000, 900 to be used Tor purpose which
he would disclose later; that in response
to this notice he received offers of $l6 ,000,-
600, but allotted only SS,000,000. More
over, that his receipts or certificate of
acceptance of subscriptions have since
sold at 40 per cent premium. We say
that this Is reported. 1t was told us by a
reputable banker and parts of the tale
read like chapter from a leaf of John
Law. We now hear, but not on the
same authority, that the purpose for
which this money was wanted is to be
used in securing control of the Northern
Pacific railroad, the scheme being TO prac-
tically biing about union of the interest
of that company and the Oregon Naviga-
ton. We have been unable to confirm
this but if it is true it affords an explana-
tlon for the large rise in Northern Pacific
common stock and the advance o-day in
preferred shares.
In 1879 Illinois produced one-fifth of
all the corn grown In the United States,
and according to the latest advices the
crop of 1880 will bear about the same pro.
portion to the corn crop of the country.
The report of the board of agriculture
shows that during the past twenty-one
years, after receiving fair remuneration
for the cost of production, the corn far
mers OF this state have realized net
pi.6t of nearly 81 900, 100000 The aver
age yeild per acre during the past season
was thirtv-three bushels. In tWenty-one
years it has been exceeded only eight
times, the average in 1862 being forty.
The present corn crop of 25l 100000 bush
els has been exceeded but three times-in
1875. 2S0.000,000, in 1877, 10000, 900, and
in 1879, 500, 100000. The profits on wheat
have of late years increased the wheat
acreage at the expense of the corn The
average price in past years has been
greater by some cents than the average
for 1880, but the total value of the crop
was $Si, ,O00,000, the value OF which has
been exceeded )nly twice in twenty-one
years.
'Drinkwater is dead at last, =" remarked
l.I. L. L Il