The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-11-10

THE NEWS.
Compiled from --latest Dispatches.
From Warrington.
Ar the close of business on the 3lst ult.
tne United States currency outstanding was
sSo2 .olS, Ill. The outstanding National
Bank notes aggregated $s5e, 4s2, 7ss.
1HE official estimates for postal service
Tor the next fiscal year Indicate that $43,-
o6l,SO will be required, of which the rev.
enues will furnish 81, TAI, 722, leaving .
deficit to be supplied by the general Treas
ury Of s9l9,55s.
The exports exceeded the imports dur.
ing the twelve months ended September -
oy $24O, 2'o,6l5. The excess Of the imports
OF gold coin and bullion over the exports
during the same time was ST., 3al, 563.
IN his annual report to the General of the
Army, General Drum says the losses Of the
army during the year were: Deaths, 24S;
discharges. 1854; assertions, 1851; total,
*,l1S. The number of recruits assigned was
$500; the number Of soldiers re-enlisted,
1884; total, $500.
On the Slst ult. John Mailing, . lunatic
from CoIesville, Pa, who was once arrested
In Washington and sent home, reappesred
at the White House fully armed, with the
intertion of killing President Arthur and
seating DR.. John MODELLING in the executive
chair. He claimed to have been directly
inspired to his course by Almighty God. 1t
required several men 10 take . revolver from
the mailman, when he became quiet, and
was sent to the Government asylum.
AMONG the witnesses summoned on the
LIST on behalf Of Guiteau were Mrs. Angus
tus Parker, James G. Herman, George T.
Burroughs, Frances NJ. ScovilIe and j.
Lewis Lee, of Chicago, and G. s. Joslyn, Of
the Oneida Community.
THE public.debt statement for Octo.
Der shows the following: Total debt lin
GLIDING interest), $s,026, 49a,4S Cash in
Treasury, $40, 96O,97l. Debt. less. amount
in Treasury, 81, 7s5, 534, 466. Decrease dur.
ing the month, Sl3,321, 459. Decrease since
June 30, 1881, ST, C64 ,345.
THE Chief Clerk in the Fifth Auditors
Office in the Treasury Department was re-
Gently asked to resign for the reason that he
had passed an alleged illegal claim for
5000.
IT is stated that caveats on file in the
Treasury Department show that there are
outstanding $2,54l 200 in stolen registered
bonds, for which duplicates have been
issued.
On the ID Captain Francis NJ. Ramsey
was appointed Superintendent OF the United
a,sca 1,~nfr D~lr
ers. who Is to be placed on the retired list.
On the I'd gold to the amount Of 81 .O4!, $50
was received at San Francisco from Aus.
trslia by the steamer City Of New York.
THE President has directed that the PEN
sion agency at st. Louis be removed to To.
peka, January l, and has appointed Nathan.
iel Adams, Agent.
THE report of United States Treasurer
Gilfian for the fiscal year ended June 30
shows an increase in receipts over those Of
the previous year from all sources. In Gus.
toms there was an increase Of S11, 637 81;
internal revenue, S1l 5,01l; sales of pub.
lie lands, II, lS5 ,S56; miscellaneous sources,
sS.177,7O2. Total increase, $27 ,255. 6sl. Dur
ing the year there was a reduction in ex.
penditures of 5000, 07O, thus making an
ISL. The net revenues for the last year
were 1861, 7s2, 292, and the net expenditures
$500, 7l2,SS7. OF the excess 800, s72, 26l was
expended in the reduction of the public
debt. The total amount of coinage of silver
dollars, under the act of February q, 1873,
was 9S,222, 70J. of which thirty.four per
cent. are 10 circulation. The coinage of the
last fiscal year was $27,755.955. of which
$3.50 ,42O went into circulation.
THE Acting Secretary Of the Treasury has
issued q circular suspending the exchange
OF silver certificates for gold coin until fur
Their orders. The reason given is the small
amount Of silver dollars in the Treasury.
THE President and Secretary Hunt left
Washington for New York on the Sd. where
they proposed to remain until after cleo.
ton.
DURING the last fiscal year the receipts on
account Of the POST office Department we're
S39, 757 1854, and the expenditures $3S, 544,.
933, OF which amounts S24, 7O2, 7O3 were re-
ceived and expended directly by Post.
masters.
ACCORDING to the annual report of the
Pension Bureau there were in the United
States on June %, 1881, 26s. $50 pensioners,
being 1S,O2S more than there were in June,
1880. The amount paid for pensions during
the year was $40, 723, l47, of which So, $50
Was expended for arrears of pensions
GENERAL HAzEN, Chief Signal Officer,
states in his annual report that there has
been decided improvement in the weather
predictions made by his Department. In
regard to the forecasts made for the benefit
of cotton growers, he Gays he had been
obliged to reduce the number of signal sta.
tons on account of insuficiency of the an.
preparation.
ARGUMENT was begun In the Criminal
Court at Washington on the Sd on tho
motion to set aside the information in the
'Star-route cases. Mr. Wilson, for the de.
tense, held that the Grand Jury was the onlv
recognized authority for the prosecution of
parties for crime, and Mr.. Ingersoll said he
should insist that the informations were
Illegal. improper, and contrary to the spirit
Of American liberty.
The late Newark bank defalcation has
induced the President to call the attention
OF the Acting Secretary Of the Treasury to
the system OF bank examinations. The
President says the Newark defalcation shows
either that the Bank Examiners are inef.
fcient, or that their inspection Of the books
OF National Banks is merely nominal, or their
inspection so fnfreauent IS to be Of no prsc.
tical account in detecting fraud.
THE Secretary Of State of Guatemala made
the journey to Washington to convey the
coincidence Of his Government on the death
Of the late President Garfield. He was an.
propriately received by the President on
the I'd.
The East ,rt.
A SEVERE earthquake shock was felt at
HeDinker, N. H., on the morning Of the 3lst
ult. The earth shook perceptibly.
ON the 3lst ult the Mechanics National
Bank Of Newark, n. j., supposed to have
been one Of the strongest banks in that State,
suspended, with liabilities Of over $4,000.
900, and assets valued at only $50, 900. On
being confronted by the Directors O. L.
Baldwin, the Cashier, appeared to be
anxious to make clean breast OF the mat.