Weekly Phoenix herald., 1882-12-01
Geographic MisceIIaney.
Secretary Folxer Reports.

! Nav YORK, Nov. PA Washing
ton special says that the report Of
of Secretary Folger will estimate
the surplus at the end of the fiscal
year of 1884 at $9O,0OO,0O0. He re-
! lies on an important decrease in the
River and Harbor Bill, and, in fact,
all the appropriations. He will
hint at Congressional extravaganza,
and will intimate that that the ex-
travance has been fostered by a
know ledge that there would be q
surplus of $780, O0,0 900, exclusive of
the fiscal year. The S cretary will
urge the reduction of taxation on
the ground that the large SURPRISES
tempt to extravaganza. He will
recommend that the debt ought not
to be paid more rapidly than it be-
comes due. He will remind Con-
gress that this can be done simply
by meeting the sinking fun!. He
will oppose the abolition of the in
tional revenue tax, bnt will go fur
than he did last year, expecting re-
duction of these taxes. EIe will urge
that spirits and tobacco be taxed,
but will suggest that the amount can
be safely reduced. He further rec
ommends tariff reduction, but VII
make no special recommendation on
this subject, though he will suggest
the reduction Of the sugar tax aud
that on steel manufacturing. He
will also call the attention of Con-
gress to the relation of national
banks to the bonded debt of the
country, with the suggestion that the
rapid extinguishment of the curren-
cy may follow, because the banks
will refuse to take the fours and
four-and-a-halfs at a premium to re-
place the three-and-a-halfs, prefer
ring to retire their circulation. He
will recommend, therefore, that if
the revenues are not reduced the
banks be allowed to replace threes
and three-and-a halls with tours and
four-and-a-halfs, giving circulation
for full face value.
Corpse Dug Up.
SPRINGFIELD, Me, Nov. 25-In the
trial for damages against the town
for he death of a young lady by de-
fective highway, one doctor testified
that the collar bone was broken,
which two others contradicted. The
first to head the post mortem went
to the cemetery to exhume the body
and make good his testimony by
breaking the collar bone. He was
discovered IN the act of digging up
the corpse by person who was at
first bribed, but who since told the
whole story
Conspiracy to Rob.
CHICAGO, Nov. 25-The Times says
it has been learned that the whole
sale boot and shoe house of Phelps.
Dodge and Palmer, had tor ten
months past been Systematically
robbed of some thirty or forty thou
sand dollars, possibly more, by some
of their travelling statesmen in collu-
sion with others of their most truSty
employees. The greed and boldness
of the confederates excited much sus-
picion, and an investigation followed
which, it is said, uneal thed the fact
that upwards of dozen men were
in the conspiracy.
A Famine Threatening Ireland.
LONDON, Nov. 24-It has been Off
cially reported to the government
that wide spread distress is feared IN
Ireland this winter. The districts
most seriously effected through want
of employment on farms and the
failure of the potato crop are Sligo,
Ballida, Swinford and the greater
portion of Galway. There is much
restitution in West Clair and Con-
naught- Owing to continuously