The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1882-04-20
LATER.

THE First National Bank of Buffalo,
n. Y, closed its doors on the I4th. The fail
ure will seriously affect a large number Of
cattle dealers who have sent the banks drafts
In payment for stock sold by them. It is
thought, however, that the depositOrs will be
paid in full.
The annual Ohio crop report for 1882,
Is now in press and will be issued soon. In
addition TO tables giving carefully condensed
estimates by counties Of wheat, rye and barley,
old wheat and corn on hand, the condition Of
laEm stock and prices Of wages, IL will contain
a careful and comprehensive review of the
wheat situation in the great wheat eX-
porting States by Secretary W. ]. Cham
berlain and Of the exports and probable
export demands. 1t shows we had 49,, ,OOO,-
UOO bushels less wheat to export from
the crop Of 1881 than from that Of 1880;
that our real surplus is already more than eX-
hausted; that what we export from now till
August must be the squeezing Of the sponge;
that the fact that the ocean steamers are pay
ing premium on wheat to use as ballast shows
that the export stock is exhausted; that the
present probabilities for the winter wheat
states are better than year ago, but not so
good as two years ago, and that prices are
likely to remain firm, even after harvest The
Secretary does not regard the effects Of the
heavy freeze as alarming, Thought may dimin-
ish the general average some three or four per
cent
The Secretary Of the Treasury has de-
cided that hoop iron, cut to lengths, punched
and splayed to fit barrels, are dutible as hoop
iron.
Mrs. BOYNrON, mother Of DR.. Boyn-
ton, and sister Of 'Grandma" Garfield, died at
Hiram, Ohio, on the l4th.
The high water did great damage
at Fargo, Dakota on the 18th and 14th. The
loss, it is estimated, win not fan below 500,
co., The Union and Grandine elevators, FUN
OF grain, were 10 great danger Of falling, be-
ing undermined by the water.
In the Senate on the 14th, Mr.. Maxey,
from the Committee on Claims, reported
favorably, with amendments, a bill to reap
propriate and apply the amount Appropriated
by the act OF March, 1871, TO pay certain south
ern mail contractors The regular onder 81
addressed the Senate upon the resolution
introduced BY him, declaring that the
conduct Of tho State Department "a rela-
ton % the arrest and imprisonment by the
british authorite8 Of Daniel McSWeeney and
other American ecibZeus is in violation Of
American law, inconsistent with the value Of
American citizenship. and der0gatOry to the
honor Of the United States. After an eNecu-
i've session the Senate adjourned until
the l7th.... in the House the minor
ity report on the and-Chinese hill
was presented. IL states that the minority
have determined not 20 report the fifteen wear
bill, but TO vote for Mr.. Pages motion. The
House then went into Committee Of the Whole
on the private calendar. The first bin
on the calendar was for the relief of
Edward b. Armstrong, one Of the heirs Of
James 3. Armstrong, Of Mhsouri-met with
opposition on the ground that, though the
original claimant had been loyal, ~ III Arm
strong had been unable 20 prove bis loyalty.
The debate was continued az great length,
after which the enacting clause was stricken
out thus defeating The measure Adjourned.