The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-07-12
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE
Washington BreVitics.

"NS"iN"lo"' July a. h'le 10 hio"
ing sentiment among the members OF the
house in favor of considering at their SEES.
y;o, ,ho contestod olactiop coeos nj Small
,, ,,,N 49,, 49, snI 1T. -, '..,,
vs.. llllmah' rom the nun district OF souih
Carolina, ana omilh vs. shelley, from the
fourth district OF Alabama. oergeant-al-
arms Hooker says ne can OBTAIN quorum
OF republican illeiiloers III iorly-eiGht hours
ana many members ON the republican
SIDE oil the mouse are oil lhe OPINION that
ms can DC uohe. anu eases Whlch Fave
oeeh reported 10 tneCoI'liilittee ON elections
should DC disposed OIL before maj adjourn
ment oil the present session. me adjourn
ca caucus whlch WIN ueC lt inns VIII proDa-
Dly Dc heiu 'o-hlorroW' thursday evening.
-, pEpARrMENrof A"RlcGLruRE.
Inc July returns Oh the department OF
agriculture rom ~. atates anu territories OF
the y nl'eu 0taies lhuioa'e AL increase OF
area planted Ill corn exceeding per cent.
or iully Two ana hal mlllloh acres. In
ohio' Indiana ana iliilols thGre mas been q
loss Oh acreage, put Ill all
other States Oh any -, prom
lnence, Ill corn growing there IS
some increase, III the gun 81 Us the adj
vance mas Deen heaVy, IN obedience TO the
instinct OF sell protection. The usual re-
- Hh'i'N7
date extension oi us breadth OF cultivation
was prevented IN the ONO valley only by
the excessive rams ana temperature that
made an early planting impossible,
The states reporting decreased
area are NAME, per cent;
Oiho, Caliiornia, utah, z, Nevada, j. lndl-
ana, j; Illinois u; Washington, .; Rhode
Island, l; New York and Oregon report
same area as last year, New Hampshire,
pennsylvania ana Delaware make per
cent. increase. vermont, New Jersey
Maryland, Wisconsin Missouri and Colorado
z MASSACHUSETTS, North Carolina West Vir-
gina, Mlchlgah ana Iowa, .; New Mexico,
l;tonnecticut and Nirglria,1; Louisiana and
Tennessee Mississippi Z; North Carolina,
Florida, Arkansas ana kentucky, .; Kan.
sas, II, NnhrtsSa. ~ Georgia and Ala
oama, III lexas, IL Minnesota, q; Dakota,
ID. Though the percentage of Minnesota
seems large, the corn area of that state has
until recently Deeh less Than that oftwO
counties ol limos. Inc condition OF corn
is marked low IRON the late planting, cold
and wet weather and replantng after
Hoods, but has been improving
during June, and is generally in lair vigor
ana actiVe growth aud promising lar better
condition IN August, should the season
continue Us n'Vorapie as ~ ms date. The
seaeia' a>'LaEv 10 81 asnihs. wv Ill July OF
.as' year, 1e'oio .'e ,oo disastrous Hrouths
set H. ~ 10 aoo'e "" III hiI OF the sea
yoasl s'"'IS, lipnl oouth 'aroliha To
irNas' IN ishhessee ana Ken,
.Nucky anu hansas, oregon and
nievaua ~ was a. ~ ArkshsaS, y. New
hampshire, .onhec'iSut ana New Mexico,
wy North .aro,ina' Daniornna ana utah,
%, Ma,yianu' NNirE.hla ana colorado, VI;
MASSACHUSETTS Missouri ana West Virginia,
vs. ermoht anu pakota, "; New Jersey,
nelawaIS, NeorHsNs ahH Washington, ~;
Maine NeW M; roth ana =, Mlchlsan, NJ; Zen
fnu'Ny, ~ Min'le'p'u, ~ lchhSyNahla, ~
hhode lsla'ln "mu Wisconsin, So Indiana,
~ Iowa, ~ ILLINOIS, ~, The state Of
largest acreage slahuS lowest OF all III con
aluoh upon 'h's area ana medium yields
producing seventeen million, bushels, is
scarcely possible WIN the yield OF last year,
ne proIuct would exceed one thousand
two hundred mllilon, The range of pCSsl-
nlriIes covers AT least hVe hundred million
bushels, the result dependent upon
the meteorological condition of the
succeeding oiEh'y daNS the condition of
winter wheat averages higher than ut any.
previous umH' July return lOlisatttst 50