The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-07-12
NEWS uS NlAtIn
BcIns Matters at Wa-hin2iOu--
HrnNcr'- Record.

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WAsm>aroS, July lO.--A petition hus
been lilod IN the department here favor.
ing Ward Tag lor for postmaster at jeff
ersou Colonel Cu'bcrspu applied to
see the petition, but WAS refused 1t Is
supposed that Colo el WASH. Jones filed
the paper The present postmi-tress,
Mrs Sterncs, is the widow " the late
postmaster there, and the effort is being
made Tor her removal with the above
view
II N quietly undc stood here tonight
that Senator Kellogg will be indicted
Tor alleged receiving Of 10000 bride
IN connection with stur-rnutc matters,
II Is al eyed tina Price who ran sc eral
Texas routes gave him the money
regarding these routes II the
prosecution proves what IT snys IT
Gnu. Kellogg will gn to the pcuiteutIary.
There ARE mo- new developments IN
Texas appointments here. There are
yet uo combinations, and they arc hang.
ing us they were month ago
\ prominent republican ofliciHl, Of
Iowa, furnishes the following political
biography Of General Weaver Weaver
W sg colonel ~ an Iowa regiment dur.
ing the war, and at ils close became as
SCISSOR oi internal revenue FOR the first
district in Iowa, and 80 confined until
the Office was abolished, in 1871, He
bGaRalSd52te h t2T f9 N abe before sS7d q
but failed to receive the nomination was
Il candidate for governor before u rcpuh-
lican convention in 1873 and 1877. Du-
ring tn Re years lie was an active stump
err for the republican party, advocating
its policies and principles, and sustain
ing the bad or robbcr laws, he now de-
nOunccs the democrats for not rGpo hing.
In 1873 he received the republican
nomination for state senator, but was
buatcu at the polls, and in the TALL Of 1877
he renowned his allegiance to the re-
publican pnrty and became IL green
bnCkcr,
rHR coTToN CROP.
WAsHINGTuN, July l0.-StatistIcal re-.
turns of the department Of agriculture
Tor July, which are very full, how that
cotton hHs improved since the lat Of
June, its average condition beng three
points better on the lst Of July from
Virginia to Geurgin, and west Of the
Mississippi every atgte shows higher
tigurus. From Florida to Mississippi
aud Tennessee, the condition has
hllghtl! declined. he general average
IS w, which If higher than in July OF
1878 and lS7i,and lower than in any uthr
yenr ~ the past ten II wns g3 in 1877
aud 1879, and 30 last July This condi-
tion IL due to late, wet spIing, aud
rapid and generally improving under
fHvOrug ski, =.
The figures Of several states ARE.
Virginia, IS; North Carolina, 90; South
Carolina, 9S, Georgia, ~, Alabama. g3,
Mississippi, ~, Louisiana, 9G, Texas, ~;
Arkansas, 30; Tennessee, rs. In Texas
and South Carolina the condition liz
better than IN July Of 1881, and aame ~
that date IN Louisiana, The drawbacks
are those OF the past, aud are
ii iicicnt stands slow growth
aud general backwardness, but there
IS "a marked absence Of the prcsru, I'M.
healthy condition. Returns nrc nea,ly
in Indicating the degree II
yigor and rhpllity Of growth. Thus far
here only loss Ut time Tor develop
neLt and fruit ,ge, The future invora-
Die conditions may make good the de-
iclcncy hut mfHvornble weather in
July and August would make fall
,Tup impossible.