The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-10-26
From Washington

SAMUEL J. TuDEN's income tax suit came
up the other day before the United States
supreme court on defendants appeal from
the Judgment of the New York circuit court
overruling his demurrer. Upon motion of
Solicitor-General Phillips, who appeared for
the government, the suit was discontinued
and dismissed.
ADVANCE sheets from the census Office
show that in the United States in 1880 there
were 2,GS6 wool establishments, employing
1G1, ,4S9 hands, and turning out annually pr d.
ucts to the value of $267, 1872 914; 1,0O5 cot
ton establishments employing 1885, ,472 hands,
and turning out products of the value of
5000, $50 1888; 1,005 iron and steel establish
ments employing 14097S hands, and turning
out products of the value of $3.50, ,557, $685.
HE following is a list of tho moro i'm.
portant claims filed with the board designated
by Congress to audit the claims arising from
the illness and death of the late President
james a. Garfield: DIR. d. w. Bliss, $25-
600; DIR. d. Hayes Agnew, $14,7OO; DIR.
Robert Rcyburn, $10,SG0 DIR. d. S. Lamb
(for examination of the body at Elberon, N.
J.), $1,000; Susan A. Edison, $4,000; Henry
S. Little, receiver of the Central railroad
company of New Jersey, for laying special
track at Elberon and running special trains,
S3,239.91.
THOMAS A. EDISON, has now taken out in
all 2S1 patents, 154 of which have been in
connection with electric lighting.
TIE cost of railroad mail transportation
for the last fiscal year was S10,373.5 .515,
against 50, 78, ,155 for the previous year. The
increase in mileage was S,99l miles, or SO
per cent. increase. This is the greatest in
crease in length of railroad routes ever made
in any one year, and is greater than the en-
tire railroad mileage in 1851. The appropra-
ton for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1883,
is $11, 10000, and the estimate for this item
for 1884 is S12,OOO,000. There arc now more
than 100000 miles of railroad service in ope-
ration, reaching every State and Territory of
the Union. The cost of the star route SER
vice during the fiscal year ended June 20,
1882, was $5,553,St9. This was 81, 4O3, ,5OG less
than the cost of the service for the previous
year. The estimate for all items of transpor-
tation for 1884 reaches the sum of 525,423,-
l2O; the appropriations for tho same items
for 1888 amount to $2G,041 900, showing
decrease of $547, $50 in favor of 1884, includ-
ing the additional expense resulting from
tie growth and development of the postal
service.
THE 11Sth call for the redemption of S15,-
0O0,C90 Of the five per cent. bonds has been
issued by the secretary of the treasury.
TIE annual report of the second comptroller
Of the treasury for the last fiscal year shows
that the total number of claims cases settled
during the year were 20,690, representing
$10G, ,7G3 074; number of claims received from
second, third and fourth auditors, II, 133,
representing $1OG, 1897 ,052; number of mis-
cellaneou5 claims, including soldiers pay
and bounty, II, ,4G5, representing $3.50, ,24G
number of cases not involved in present ex-
peAditures, 1866, representing $3G6, ,O22; num-
Der of contracts filed, 1856; acquisitions re,
corded 12,G59.