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that hoop iron, cut to lengths, punched and
splayed to ct barrels, are dutible as hoop iron.
AN examination of the records Of the inter
nal revenue Office at Washington show that
during the year ending June 80, 1881, 20, ,199,-
$50 gallons Of spirits were produced, and that
during the same period 6S6,9 gallons were
lost by casualties, being fraction less than
one gallon lost for every thousand produced.
THE Senate on the 14th confirmed ]. R. G.
Pitkin, United States Marshal of the Eastern
district Of Louisiana Customs; William A
Pledger, Surveyor of the port of Atlanta, Ga
Adm B. Underwood, Surveyor of the Boston
and Charlestown district, Mass Daniel Hall,
Naval officer of Customs, Boston and Charles
town district, Mass. John J. Pratt, Consul to
Cork; James Irwin, Agent at Shoshone agency,
Wyoming; Edward f. Burton, Superintendent
Of the mint, San Francisco. SO ...fs T..
The Cabinet held q session on the 14th- An
OF the members were present The principal
questions under consideration were the com
ing monetary conference in Paris; the trouble
with the cowboys in Arizona and the Fitz-
John Porter case. This case was finally dis
posed Of, as far as the Executive Is concerned,
but the action taken is not known.
A SYNOPSIS Of the April report Of the De
partment Of Agriculture upon the area and
condition Of winter grain shows an increase
Of nearly half q million acres, or two per cent
The estimated area of the previous crop was
q, $40, 900 acres. Tne States showing the In
crease are: Michigan, 8 per cent; (; Indiana, 4;
Ohio, 10; Kentucky, Is; West Virginia, Q; Vir-
ginia, 5; North Carolina, IS; South Carolina,
10; Georgia, II; Florida, 9; Alabama, 50; Mis-
sissippi, "a; Louisiana, 20; Texas, 70; Arkan-
in the cotton States OF % per cent. amounts
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lantic States, from Connecticut to Virginia,
the area is 4o5s, 900 acres, which is about
5000 acres less than in 1881. In the West
ern States, from West Virginia to Kansas,
there is an average decrease Of 2 per cent,
the decrease being 10 per cent. IN Illinois,
2 in Missouri and IL in Kansas. The esti-
mate acreage in eight winter wheat States
Is 16, 926, 600 In California partial returns
point to an increase Of 10 per cent The
Pacific coast Is not included In the List Of
strictly winter wheat States The condition
of winter wheat Is high throughout the West
(ohio alone reporting below 100), in the cot
ton States and in Delaware, Maryland and
Virginia. Those below the average are: Con-
necticut 90, New York 81, New Jersey 95,
Pennsylvania 96 and Ohio 81; Delaware aver
ages 10 points above 100, Marylande, Virginia
4 North Carolina 13, South Carolina 2,
Georgia 10, Alabama IL. Mississippi IA, Louis
lana Is, Texas 9, Arkansas IL, Tennessee 8,
West Virginia 6, Kentucky II, Michigan 8,
Indiana 5, Illinois 3, Missouri 10, Kansas 10.
Winter rye shows an increase IN area except
in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, indiana and
Missouri. The increaseis relatively largest IN
the South. ~ ~ - ~
PRESIDENT ARTHUR notified General Fitz-
John Porter on the 18th In answer to his petit
ton for relief from the sentence Of the court
martial that he can do nothing In the case as
IL is entirely beyond his power. This action is
based upon the opinion Of Attorney General
Brewster and has received the unanimous con-
currence of the Cabinet. g - inaa7 'f
TEE President has recognized John Dunn,
British Vice Consul at Chicago.
TIE members Of the Republican National
Committee in Washington on the 18th, held
an Informal meeting. Marshall Jewell, Chair
man, presided, and John c. New, Indiana;
William p. Frye, Maine; Chauncey /. FL
ley, Missouri; William Yost, Virginia; W.
w. Hicks, Florida; J. B. Devereux, Georgia;
G. A. Martin, Kansas; Paul Strobach, Ala
bama; W. P. Canady, North Carolina, and
Samuel Lee, South Carolina, were present.
The subject Of party interests in the Southern
States was fully discussed, and members ex-
pressed themselves earnestly in favor of q
union of. Republicans in Southern States,
with such liberal elements In those
States as promise progress In the
direction of liberal National sentiment
and broader political ideas that VIII insure 4
free ballot and an honest count, that in
Natioual Affairs win antagonize the principles
and policy Of the Democracy. The following
resolution was adopted: ''That there be q
meeting Of the Republican National Commit
tee at Washington on the fourth Wednesday
Of January, 1883 TO consider and take final
action on the report OF the committee ap-
pointed March 5, 1881, to mature and report
| to the National Committee plan for secu-
ring to the several Congressional districts the
right to elect their own delegates TO the next
National Convention, and to transact other
| business brought before them-n