The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-06
TEH NEWS.

wAnENA. MINNESOTA.
THE NEWS.
WASHINGTON NEWS
A large number of letters from banks
throughout the country are now being re-
ceived at the internal revenue bureau, in
quiring why the money appropriated by
congress for the redemption Of cancelled
stamps on bank checks is not sent with the
cheek books which have been returned
The commissioners replies that the immense
amount of work entsiled on the bureau by
the plan devised to cancel stamps and
return checks has caused some delay IN
making up accounts: The work OF de-
stroying, defacing and reshipping Is q sep
on while the accounting officers of the
treasury department are making up the nee
essary lists. Before warrant can be is.
sued to q bank by the treasurer for the
amount due on account of stamps returned,
it has to go through all the routine of
auditors and controllers provided by
law.
A letter was received at the swa, depart
ment recently from Gen. Sherman recon-"
mending that the twenty.first infantry Enov
on the Pacific coast, with headquarters at
Fort Vancouver, w. T., change stations
with the T:nth infantry, now on the lskes,
with headquarters at Detroit. This recon-
mendation will be great aid to the TWen-
ty-first Infantry in endeavoring to cause
this much desired change to be made: This
REGIMENT has been stationed in Washington
Territory during several administrations,
and now claim that a change is their just
due, especially in view OF the fact that O:her
regiments have been changed number at
times FROM station to station during that
period.
Acting secretary OF the navy received the
following cablegram from Rear Admiral
Crosby, commanding the Asiatic fleets, da-
ted Yokohama: Lieut. Noyes was killed
this forenoon. A top gallant mast fell
while exercising" Lieut.. Noyes was a ma
tive of Maine and was appointed to the
navy from Virginia in 1864. He was regard
ed as one of the best officers in the service.
Gath hears that Judge Greahan, the post
master general, was under an engagement
to become the law partner of the Hon Jo-
seph Mcdonald, when he was summoned
into President Arthur's cabinet, and ha6 to
obtain McDonald's consent before he could
relinuuish the profitable railway and other
practice of "Saddler Joe," which was worth
last year $65, ,OcO.
During the last fiscal year 91,000 appli-
cations for pensions were disposed of by the
pension bureau. Commissioner Dudley
says the Office handled every case brought
before it. All applications were passed,
rejected or additional evidence required, so
that no case was left untouched.
Il is stated that Supervising Architect
Hill will shortly resign, whether the report
of the Investigating commission is favora-
BILE or unfavorable.
Eighty thousand books, each containing
500 of the new postal notes, have been sent
to the money Offices throughout the coun'
try.
TIE RAILR0AD3.
Work on, the new railroad from Rush
City, Minn., to Graatsburg, Wis, is pro
crossing nicely, and The iron will be laid to
the st. Croix river quite in advance OF the
finishing of the bridge, which is to be
fine structure of iron and wood, and will
cost $4,000. As soon as the bridge is
ready the work will be pushed on to
Grantsbur.;.
The Milwaukee Is ST. Paul has large
force of men at work on its new elevator al
Wabasha. The building will have capa-
city OF 100000 bushels, and it will be equip
ped with all the modeln improvments. II
will be ready for the reception o. grain
about Dec.1.
Two hundred and sixty.fve miles have
been added On the main line of the Canadi.
an Pacific west THIS year, and about seventy.
five miles of branches constructed. The
land sales of the road up to the present time
exceed 1s,000,ooO. -'
MISCELLANEOUS
The United States steamer Enterprise has
made another contribution to our present
knowledge OF the topography of the ocean
bottom, by taking deep sea sOundings in the
Mozambique channel, off the coast of Mad
agascar. During the month of June thir-
teen SOU dings were made by means o.
piano wire, the least depth obtained being 337
fathoms and the deepest cast 2,6O7 fathoms.
prise is done urder the personal supervision
of Lieut.. G. A. Norris, who was Capt
Beknaps aide in the memorable sound
ing cruise of the United States steamer
Tusca. ora in 1878 across the Pacific ocean
and back.
Col Lamborn, land commissioner of the
Northern Pacific railroad, has received from
Riddle Reaves of Prickly Pear Creek farm,
eight miles from Helena, some samples o,
seven-rowed "goose" wheat, so named from
the popular superstition that the seed from
which this wheat is grown dropped from
the craws of passing geese. The samples
came from wheat that yields eighty BUSH
els to the acre, and it is claimed that this
character of wheat has been known to pro.
duce 100 bushels per acre. 1t is remarkably
heavy and hardy, and has from seventy to
eighty kernels to the head. It has been
sent to the Cincinnati exhibition.
Saturday was the 243d day of the contin-
uous session of the Pennsylvania leglsla-
ture at $40 day for each member, absent
or present, living or dead, and total cost
to the people of $72o, 900; and the S7th day
of the extra session OF the legislature, at SIC
day for each member, absent or present,
living or dead, and total cost to the peo-
pie Of $26l, 900.
Franklin Simmons, the sculptor, who re.
ceives $9, 500 for statue of Oliver P. Nor
ton, is to deliver it in Indianapolis not Ia
ter than Oct. l. The figure has already been
shipped from Munich, where it was cast in
bronze. The Indianapolis committee are
raising $4,000 to pay for granite pedestal.
Bradstreets Journal furnishes the fol-
lowing: There were 156 failures in the
United States reported to Bradstreet's during
the past week, fifty. three less than the pre-.
ceding week, sixteen more than the cores
ponding week OF 1882, and % more than
the same week OF 1881.
The late rains have raised the water In
The St. Louis river sufficiently to allow the
logs to foat over the" Dallas, and reports
from there say that they are coming down
quite freely. With little mere rain,
about 81, 100000 could run over.
Citizens of Fargo raised $2,400 in cash
for the sufferers by the cyclone at R ochester
and adjacent points, and appointed Rev. Mr..
Newell as their agent to convey the sum to
them. ..--"s-
In the Arkansas Valley company's oil
well, at Canon City, COL, at the depth of
1000 feet the drill penetrated a second vein
ofoil which raised 120 feet in the tubing.
Mrs. Ellen Wright of Indianapolis has
brought suit for damages in the sum of $5,-
600 against Rev. Robert NJ. Turner, colored,
for breach of promsie.
Important nickle ore discoveries have
been made in Churchill county, Nevada.
Snecimans assaved WELD 40 ner rent of