Morning journal and courier., 1883-04-12

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 politics is believed to have been the motive of the murder.
 Senator Sherman has returned to Wash ington from Ohio and talks cheeringly con- corning the political situation in that State. He is confident that the Republicans will win 0 victory in Ohio next October, al though concedipg that much depends upon the nominations. Concerning the rumor of his own nomination for governor he said, T am not a candidate, never have been, and could not accept the gubernatorial nomins- tion under any circumstances. It is out of the question. There was manifest dis position at one time to run me 7aozens oolens, but my friends now understand my position fully, and will not press the point" He thinke that the Democrats will either nominate Judge Hoad- ley of Cincinnati or Congressman Geddes.
 Geddes,' he remarked, "would be strong and weak candidate-strong in some re. spects and weak in others. He is an awfully sly one and can play the pious dodge to per lection. He preached against whisky during the crusade and expects the support of the whisky men now"
 At recent meeting of the committee ap- pointed by the Minister of Agriculture to re rort upon the condition of the French vine yards, NJ. Tisseraud, the Director of Agricul- ture, gave some very interesting informa- tion concerning the ravages of the phyl- loxera up to the present time. Near ly 2,O0O, 900 acres of vines have been destroyed, and 1,5o0, 900 acres more have been attacked and are affected in their yield About 50, 900 acres have, within the last year or two been replanted, and the young vines dosed with sulphate of carbon, while 30,OO0 acres newly planted have been protected by submersion; 4O,OOO acres more have been planted with American vines, but though there has, within the last year or so, been slight increase in the area of newly planted vineyards, the total is very trifing compared to what has been destroyed. M. Tisseraud mentions, however, an encouraging cir cumstance that vine growers are forming many associations for the purpose of con- ducting experiments as to the best mode of combating the phylloxera, that these associa- | tions now have F, ,338 members, and that
  to $215, 900 from the government. The com mittee has decided that no remedy has yet l been discovered emitting the inventor to the l premium of sec, coo offered by the govern ment some years ago, but recommends the use of sulpho- -carbonates and the s1bmersion of the vines as palliatives of the disease. The cultivation of the American vine is author I ized by twenty three arrondissements, and it l was mentioned incidentally in the course of | the meeting that seventeen fresh districts | were invaded last year.
 report to the State department at Wash | ington from c. c. Andrews, consul general at l Rio de Janeiro seys that the Brazilian gov ernment owns and operates 800 miles of rail road. The number of miles of private rail. l roads in operation is 1,60O, and at the be- ginning of the present year 1,400 miles of road were in process of construction. On the capital of $34, ,00O, 900 employed by the pri- Fate companies owning these roads the gov ernment guarantees an annual income of seven per cent. The consul says that this guarantee IS not loan, but an absolute gift i: and so far the government continues to pay
 
 AS soon as the companies begin to make suf fcient earnings the government of Brazil | will cease to pay interest. The principal rail | road of Brazil is named the Dom Pedro II, | railroad. It runs from Rio de Janeiro to the more important towns tributary to that city, and about 500 miles of track are in opera. tion. The expenses of the road for the year 1882 were $2, 400, ,OO0, and the gross receipts $5, 600, 900, leaving net income of $3, ,2oO,- 900 to be divided among the bond and stock holders. The cost of constructing the road was $39, ,264, ,23O. MT. Andrews says that during the year 1881 the road brought into Rio 361, ,516, ,G52 pounds of coffee which paid freight amounting to $4,O17, 25O, or an average rate of one cent and one mill per pound, equivalent to $145 per bag. The freight paid on bag of coffee from Rio to New York, a distance of $5, 900 miles, is 40 cents per steamer and B cents by sailing vessel The imperial government sanctions these excessive charges for railroad trans- portation, and, while there is great deal of grumbiing by the planters, they pay the rates rather than ship their coffee by mule trains