Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-16
CROP REPORTS.
Unfavorable Showing for Cotton, Corn and
Tobacco

Unfavorable Showing for Cotton, Corn and
Tobacco
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.-The department of
agriculture cotton reports for September LIST
show very heavy decline in the condition
since the last report, owing to protracted
drouth, which prevailed in all sections. Cot
ton bale condition is reported as 70, decrease
of 16 per cent. during August, and as CON-
pared with the returns at the same date last
year, 10 per cent less. The number of coun-
ties in the States average as follows: North
Carolina, forty counties, average u;
South Carolina, twenty-five counties, average
IS; Georgia, ffty-fve counties, ave. uage II,
Florida, fourteen counties average 81; Ala
bama, thirty-three counties aveIage 80; Mis-
sisslppi, thirty-seven counties average "a;
Louisiana, fifteen counties average 176; Texas,
sixty counties average IS; Arkansas, thirty
one counties average So; Tennessee, twenty-one
counties average So.
Corn-General average condition September
was 60, being II per cent. lower than the
month previous and 81 per cent. lower than
last year. In Missouri and Kansas there are
some serious complaints of ravages by the
chinch bug added to the prevailing drouth and
injury to the crop, the prospect is shown by
State averages, which are IS, AZ and So respec-
lively.
Tobacco Returns give serious decline in
the prospect for the crop, being some 20 per
cent. less than month since, with the excep-
tions of States north of Delaware
river and Wisconsin. In the west the univer-
Sal complaint is drouth. Kentucky and ILL
nos each report but little over half crop,
while Tennessee and Missouri report less than
two thirds of an average. For the whole country
only IS against IS last month, and 81 at the
same date last year.
The cause of the lower condition existing il
almost every section of the country, is
drouth. New England has been less effected
by it than any other section east of the Mis-
sissippi, and reports an average of 80. In
Wisconsin, Minnesota and most of the terri
tories there has been more seasonable weather
and the condition of the crops are correspond
ingly better, but in all other sections reports
show the effects of an unreasonably dry season.
Progress of the Mutual Union Telegraph
Company,
NEW YORK., Sept. 14.-Mr. Ballou, of the
Mutual Union Telegraph company, says that
the wires will be open for bushes to all i'm
portant cities about the list of October. Mr..
Gamble, late manager of the Western Union
lines In the Pacific States, has resigned, and
accepted the position of general manager of
the new company. The line already extends
to Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Bos-
ton, Albany, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica.
Rome, Auburn and Buffalo. From Buffalo tc
Chicago the lines reach Cleveland, Detroit an7
other cities. They also reach all important
points between Toledo and st. Louis Fro:
Chicago they run to Minneapolis, taking /
Milwaukee. st. Paul and other importal
points. They cover Pittsburgh, Cincinnati,
Titusville and Louisville. The line is being
extended to the Southern cities, and Mr. Bal
lou says that by the first of next month the
general office will probably be connected with
four-ffths of the great commercial towns In
the country.