Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-05
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
Interesting News Compilation.
From Washington.

PosTM.srER-G GRESHAM re-
ceived n call from West Stever, Louisi
ana attorney, on the Goth, who asked that
The New Orleans Cotton Exposition, in
lorsed by tho last Congress, he placed
upon the list OF frauds and denied the use
of the mails. Mr.. Stever charges that the
Directors of the Exposition occupy SINH
lar positions in the Louisiana Lottery,
and devised the scheme of a grand cotton
expositiou t. further the interests of the
Iottery.which is now deprived the use of
the mails Mr.. Gresham said he had no
authority under the law to close the mails
to the Directors of the Exposition. Mr..
Stevcr promi scd to prove that Congress
had been imposed upon in this matter.
Irwas estimated the 9th by Prof.
Dodge. sta;istician of tho Agricultural
Dppartrrent, that the corn crop would be
J.s6I ,rG6, 50 bushels, the wheat crop 4O0,-
Wo,OoJ husl, Is, and the cotton product
6,C00, ,GDo bales.
DIRINt; the first five months of the pres
ent fiscal year the total internalrev
collections were $oI ,219, ,43s, being $11 ,343,-
97I less than the corresponding period
last year. In spirits there total
increase i'll collections of S2,O14,111, and
frrmcntcd liquors increase S491 ,:SS. The
total decrease in the collection of taxes
on tobacco WAS So 19l .601, from banks and
bankers sizes, ,aa?2, and miscellaneous taxes
S3,G56,23l.
Four PFR-C CENT. Government bonds were
on the 9th q,otel at $l.2j, the highest
point ever reached.
GENERAL a. a. HUMPHREYS died sud-
denly i'll Washington on the 2S:h. He was
Major-General of volunteers, and after
ward became a Brigadier in the regular
amy, serving Chief Engineer for
DURING the seven days ended on the % h
the business failures throughout the u tied
States and Canada numbered PSI. against
3l3 the previous week. The distribution
WAS as follows: New England States, 81:
Middle, "a; Western, 1O1; Southern, 6;,;
Pacific States AMI Territories, 2l; Canada
and th-. Provinces, "a
AN cstimats was made on tie 2Sth that
tie surplus in the United States Trea -ury
ut the end of the present month would be
s142.0OD,pa. This amount is about S6,0OO,-
COZ more than the forty per cent. which it
is considered ought to toe kept as a reserve
fund.
II is announced that Representative
Bland, Chairman of the Coinage Commit
tee, does not expect to effect changes in the
laws at this session of Congress except to
bring about the even exchange of stand
sentative BucSner disavOws any intention
of making war OH the National banks. but
he holds that their note franchise is vicious
and unnecessary.
STATISTICS published on the 2Sth show
that over one hundred thousand people
throu sli"ut the world have been killed by
notable accidents and disasters during the
wear ISS;. Had the minor accidents been
given the number would have been far
grerter-
REPORT made by the Navy Yard Com
mission states tat such cities as New Ork,
Boston, Philadelphi:, San Francisco. etc.
must be defended at any cost by perma-
nent fnrtfica'ions.
ADvICES Were received at the State De-
parimen. on the 10Th ult. that Amer lean
pork and lard were not even permitted to
pass Through Germany in scale cars
THE dismissal is announced of n party OF
French aliens who have for years con-
trolled the mod"ling-room in the office OF
the Supervising Architect of the Treasury.
SEvENTY-SIX fcurth-class postmasters
have been raised tn RI" p-s"' ''~..'ial sr die
within the las. three months
THE value of exports over imports fol-
the twelve months ended November 80
was sIso 10000.