Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-11-10
EPIT0ME OF THE week.
Interesting News Compilation.
From WaShingtOns

GENERAL PHIL SHERIDAN assumed the
chlef command of the United States Army
on the 1st, General Sherman retiring.
1HE Secretary of War received General
Sherman's last annual report on the lst.
which shows that the army consists of
LIB officers and %, ,335 men. The General
considers Crooks Apache campaign a suc-
cess, and said the Indians were substan-
TALLY eliminated from the problem of the
army. He considers our military schools
among the best in the world, thinks the
transcontinental railways have settled the
Indian question for all time, and renews
the recommendation that the strongest
military posts be enlarged and the minor
ones be abandoned.
THE public-iebt statement for October is
as follows: Total debt (including interest)
Sl,Si1,S3i, ,2iS. Cash in Treasury, 1864 347-
OIL Debt, less amount in Treasury, 81 oil
900, .31. Decrease during the month, $IO,-
Si,,9S. Decrease since June 80. 1883.
S59, 40.
y. {. MCFARLAND, Commissioner of the
General Land Office, in his annual report
issuei on the 1st states that 19,O3O, 769 acres
OF public lands and 399. 80 acres of Indian
lands were disposed of during the year.
for which <1I, ,713,S ,SSj was received. He rec
commended the repeal of the. .Pre-emp:ion and
of the HOmcst cad law, and said that much
valuable timber-land on the Pacific coast
was being taken up by persons hired for
that purpos..
lT is shown by statistics of the Uni
versai Postal Union that the United States
ranks first i'll the number ofpost-offices and
of newspapers conveyed, and Great Brit
ain in the number of letters.
THE PaynIaster-G General of the Army
made his annual report to the Secretary of
War on the I'd. 1t shows the receipts for
tn" last fiscal year to have been $15, 400 $40 ,
disbursements, 81, 49,, ,164. Since the last
report five officers of the pay department
have been retired, having attained the age
az siNty-four, one died, and one was dis
missed for nlisappropriation of the public
funds.
THROUGHOUT the United States and Can
ala the business failures during the seven
days ended on the 81 numbered 222,
against 229 the previous week. The distri-
button was as follows: New England States,
-; Middle, 52; Western, 81; Southern, 81 :;
Pacific States and Territories, 81; Canada
and the Provinces. -.
COMPTROLLER, KNOX has declined to au-
thorize Il National bank in Indian Terri
tory, for which purpose the sum of $4,000
had been subscribe ID, on the ground that
TIE APP lic'3ntS are not citizens.
THE postmasters i'll twenty of the
largest cities in the United States reported
On the 81 an increase of over six per cent.
i'll the amount received for stamps alone,
Detroit only showing decrease.
THE Commissioner of Pensions estimates
that Si0,G0o,no Will be required for pay
mcnt of pensions the next fiscal year.
IT has been decided by Secretary Folger
that flower seeds are not dutiable under
the provision for garden seeds, and that
they are exempt from duty.
THE annual report of Mr.. Burchard, Di-
rector of the Mint, made on the Sd shows
the gold coinage of the year at Sd, ,936, o.. :
and the silver turne,, out at SIS, SO, 40. He
recommends the repeal of the act author
izing the trade dollar, and that the same
Bc sent to the mint and exchanged for
other silver.
THE report of Walter B. Evans, Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue, made on the
Sd shows that during the last fiscal year
as compared with the previous one there
was an increase of 9,G),0N pounds in the
production of manufactured tobacco and
snuff, increase of 1Sj,o)o 900 i'll the num-
her of cigars, and 9S, 100000 i'll the number
OF cigarettes. The reduction in the rev.
eIue from tobacco through the act of 1SS:,
was placed at SO ,O00, 900.
AT twenty seven leading clearing houses
in the Unit Il States the exchanges during
the week ended on the Sd were S1,1 ,21G,-
193, against $I,i19,o30,655 the previous
week.
The appointment is announced of J. c..
Bancroft Davis as Official Reporter of the
United States Supreme Court at Washing
ton, vice .Ju !ge Otto, resigned.
DURING the week ended on the Sd the is
s1e of standard silver dollars amounted to
Sf11 .4H9 against =, ,O;;:;, 900 for the CORES
poniing period of last year.