McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-11-20
CAPITAL BRIEFS.

According to the figures compiled by Secre-
tary Mcpherson the next house of congress
| will have democratic majority of forty-one.
The president has modified Rule 10, of the
| Civil Service Regulations. specifying officers
exempt from examination, SO as to include in
the list disbursing officers having the custody
| of money, which have given bonds.
| Agricultural department reports for the
November returns of the rate of yield of corn
indicate the product somewhat in excess of
1,600, 600, 600 bushels, or an average rate Of a
small fraction above 26 bushels per acre.
The total values of domestic breadstuffs ex-
ported during October was 81 ,541 ,112, against
Sl4,740,994 for the corresponding month of
1888. For the ten months ended October 31st
it was S12O99 O47, and sl45, 12 S3l for the cor
responding period of 1888.
The annual report of Major General Scho-
field, commanding the division of the Mis-
souri,, treats of the operations in that division
during the past year. The roster of the troops
in that division shows seven regiments and
two companies of cavalry, nineteen regiments
and one company of infantry, and four bat
teries of field artillery. The report urges the
necessity for liberal appropriations to provide
permanent shelter and barracks for the troops
in the division.
The Washington monument has reached
greater height than that of any other struc-
ture in the world, being $40 feet and ten inches
above the floor of the monument. The next
highest structure is the spire of the Cologne
cathedral, which towers SIS feet above the
floor of the building. 1t is estimated that it
butt 4
plete the monument, SO there is no doubt of
its being finished in time for dedication on the
I'D of February.
The annual report of Hon. Walter Evans,
commissioner of internal revenue, for the
fiscal year ending June 3Oth, 1884, has been
submitted to the secretary of the treasury.
The total receipts from all the sources of in
ternal revenue taxation for the year is S121,-
59O,O39, as compared with S144 ,553 ,344 for the
year 1883. S146, 523,273 for the year 1882, and
Sl35, 22299 l2 for the year 1881. 1t is estimated
that $l15,0O0,000 will be collected for the pres
ent fiscal year. The payment of tax on the
large production of spirits for 1881 was ma
terial factor in the collections during the past
year and the commissioner says that the fall.
ing off anticipated for the present year will
follow from the diminished quantity of bour.
bon and rye WHISTLES produced in 1882, on
which the tax will mature during the current
fiscal year. Another cause contributing to
the reduction of receipts will be the largely
increased expectation of spirits in bond. on
which, for various reasons, owners cannot pay
the tax. Something like 100000 gallons
have already been forced abroad during the
current calendar year, because of stagnation
in the trade and the refusal of congress to ex-
tend the bonded period. A comparative state
ment of the receipts for the fiscal years 1883
and 1884 shows decrease of S16,O41,S5O from
tobacco; an increase of 1855 61O from spirits;
an increase of sl,1S4,S3s from fermented
liquors. and a decrease of S1O,642 4O4 from
taxes, under the repealed laws and penalties;
making total decrease of sci 96633 :305