Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-05-27
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.saocr.rEp PRESS DIsPATcBEs
Lnmber Fire.

: ristle's uiliyard, at Spring Lake
s.,red Yesterday, and the lumber
2S..a At $4,000. owned BY Kelly
S.s,,arn & Co., of Chicago. Insured
- mo. This firm lost 9. 00O.00o fee
- last fau. s.,.,
,,oo. MAY 26.-The leading dis
-. Of tho country are In session q
:. e,sud Pacific, trying to agree upor
-..sue for reviving the Western Ex
- ASSOCIATION to fx rsgulative prict
s.,,rh wines and prevent the disas
Il - cutting of rates. A comnis'e'
-,;utsd for the purpose made = re-
"a this morning, which was discussed
3 l.nsth, and pending vote upon it
LION the meeting adjourned for din
Demand for Removal.
ru YoEx, May 25.-The Land
s..,ue il securing signatures to peti'
-. 20 tho President for the speedy re-
- AZ Lowell. One hundred thousand
.s arc expected by noxt Saturday
a6ht
Improbable.
v.myxaros. May 26.-It Is under
~ hsre that Cenkling lately init
,,.Aee that he conld not ask his friends
!, stand BY the administration in the
e,usess for Governor, as Arthur had
Aid TO do what be expected Of him.
A;,oat the Harvest.
CucAeo. May ga local commission
srm have concluded to report crops in
I. =, northwest received from trustwor
8 - correspondents. Their points are &c
silcvG Fully more than 50 per cent.
r,ors wheat acreage than last year: none
md; no bugs; harvest promises a
s1,rpe Weld. 1t isexpected that corn and
- viii be 80 per cent. larger acreage
1lsu in 1881; looks well. Kentucky has
q = psr cent. more wheat planted than in
4 ri; none killed: no bugs; little frost
"a soroe damage. Missouri has about
- same acreage as last year; great
Entities of chinch bugs in some local
-. but no material damage; prospects
=, very fine. Corn is all planted; 20 per
at. greater acreage; only ordinary
lid. Maryland has slight increase OF
inter wheat, and an average crop;
ben npromising; some little winter wheat
haled; bugs, mono. Ten per cent. old
vheas on hand. Corn acreage and oats
3 per cent. less; looks poorly. Ohio
shsat acreage the same or trifle larger.
IN per cent. OF the winter wheat is
hlIled; no bugs; looks we'll, except where
oeoded. The acreage in corn and oats
bunchanged. A little old grain is on
Ind. In Indiana tho acreage Is some
ehat increased. A little winter wheat is
kllsd. A few bugs; plants look well
Iltls wheat on hand. Corn same acre
~ a. 1881; none for shipment. Oats
Ipok we'll. In Illinois the winter whea'
h Of same acreage, or trife larger
hsss have appeared, but are harmless
1hs worms have only stripped the leaves
4 plants. The outlook promises IL te
q busheIs per acre. Corn is most all
ylnnAsd. except in northern counties
aaNses sams or little larger in south
ond central. Illinios has about 40 pei
cent. Of old for shipment. Oats acreage
- ID to 20 per cent increase. and a fail
amount for shipment. Looks well. In
Kansas the winter wheat ia about thu
nms; spring is less; both look well; har
vt will begin the 10th, and corn is al
tainted; acreage 70 per cent. larger
Oats acreage increased. Little grain o
any kind left over. In Nebraska no
much winter wheat raised. Nom
killed. Acreage larger than 1881. Bug
scarce. Spring wheat about the sam'
- last year. Plants look as we'll as las
ysar. Little wheat here. Corn al
planted. but little must bc replantod
Average increase % per cent. Oat'
Iaersage larger. Crop splendid. Ii
Iowa thore is Is per cent. less acreage
j looks we'll. Little on hand. Corr
acreage Is per cent. larger. Not al
planted. About % per cent. Of las
ysar's crops on hand. Acreage of oat:
10 per cent. increase. Looks we'll. Lit
u on hand. In Minnesota, in th,
eouthern and southwestern parts ther'
- 30 per cent. less acreage. Centra
md eastern no larger, possibly less, acre
~ than 1881. Northern portion 25 pei
.eent. more. mostly on new lands. Looks
Nsll, though the season is backward
sOt corn 25 per cent. more will be plant
-. Oats will probably be larger. Both
aespend On the weather. In Dakots
~ acreage in wheat il 25 per cent
eater. About half the crop was in lC
~ ahead of the usual springtims
Minis. which delayed the balance, but
~ viii be in by the 18th in good con-
4licu. Prospects are moro favorable
IA last year this time. In Wisconsin
~ Is Is per cent. larger acreage OF
inter wheat. None killed. No bugs
Looks we'll. Corn and oats 10 per cont
AfRsr. Cold and frosts in the north
eess part few days ago will not me-
leriaily affect the situation.
Preparing for Fast Malls.
CHICAGO, May 29.-Postmaster Gen
~ Howe, now hero, says the money to
psdite mails specially appropr lated
Congress will probably be used to in
9eane speed. He is here to hasten tbs
n trans between New York and Sar
stancisco. The chief question is nov
sAefher it shall leave New York in tn,
sosning or at evening. Opinions diffel
= this point. The interests of New
soek and Chicago seem to clash regard
9 tho time. which will probably resul
10Th morning and evening trains. III
20 thinks there should be faster tim'
sSeen New England aud the South
ss with New Orleans or some othe
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