The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-14
WASHINGTON WAITS.
News Nuggets Of Note from
the Nations Capitol.
THE CEREAL CROPS.
A Gist of Interesting Small News
Caught Up and Arranged
at Random.

WASHINGTON, October 1O.-The Depart
ment of Agriculture reports that the yield
Of wheat per acre for the area harvested
il 1Oh bushels, and only min on the area
sown, which was nearly 100000 acres.
The area harvested will not exceed 80, OOO,-
600 acres. The corn indications point to
L yield of 46h bushels per acre, which would
give IL yield OF 196, 900, 900 bushels. The
oat crop exceeds 600, OOO, 600. The cot
ton condition has dropped from 81 to IS
per cent.
THE COTTON CROP.
The crop report of the Department of
Agriculture says: The high condition OF
cotton in June and July is not maintained
in August and September. Severe storms
and excessive rains have prevailed. Rust
has destroyed the foliage, and worms have
injured the fruit worse than for several
years. Another fall in the average OF the
condition has occurred from 81 on the
first OF September to rs average in Octo-
Der.
THE WHEAT YIELD.
Returns for wheat are on the basis OF the
yield per acre for the area harvested. The
average is about 1OH bushels. 1t is only
80 bushels on the area sOwn, which was
nearly forty millions. The area harvested
is not precisely determined, but will prob
ably not much exceed thirty-iour million
acres. The States averaging / to 6 bushel,
are Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Tennessee, West Virginia
and Kentucky. Missouri returns s bushels,
Ohio S.22, Illinois 90, California 9.5, Penn
sylvania 1, Indiana 10.S, Iowa 11.2, Mime
sofa and Maryland lis, WISCONSIN 11.o,
Texas reports 1875. with Il large area OF
New York and Oregan 1915, Michigan 20,
and Colorado, Montana, Utah and Wash
ington 81 to 23 bushels.
THE lei OF OATS, RYE n BARLEY.
The average yield OF oats will be nearly
% bushels per acre, ~insuring a crop in ex-
| rye average is 1O.4 bushels, nearly two
/ bushels short OF the yield of 'S4. Theaver-
| age yield of barley will be about 22 bushels
| per acre. The conditions OF the yield OF po-
| tatoes has seriously declined on account Of
the prevalence OF the rot in New York,
Michigan and elsewhere, a decline from the
LIST of September OF IL per cent.
LEMONADE WON'T DO.
First Auditor Chenowith said o-day that
I he had not yet concluded the consideration
of the expense accounts OF the Civil Service
Commissioners, but that he had already
made up his mind not to allow such items
| as "ginger ale, lemonade, ~""papers, etc,
under the head OF necessary expenses.
HoLER AMONG OUR SAILORS
Advices have been received at the navy
| department from the Asiatic squadron up
to September 18th. In the latter part OF
August when the "Ossipe" was lying off
Hiago q number OF cases OF cholera occurred
among the men and the following died {:
Edwin iIotte~. rri vate of marines, August
20; John McCourt, seaman, A~s.et "9:
H. p. Herbert, first sergeant OF marines,
| August 20; Alonzo s.. Lane, ordinary sea-
man, August 81; Thomas Cassidy, ship
/ corporal, September Sd. The first three
/ named died when the ship was in an inland
| in the quarantine hospital and were buried
| on shore. As McCourts and Herbert died
from %undoubted cholera theil bodies were
buried as soon as they could be prepared,
and all their effects were Immediately de-
stroyed. When Sergeant Herbert died the
ship stood for Kobe, the nearest point
where assistance could be obtained. When
that port was reached the sick were placed
in the quarantine hospital and the vessel
thoroughly disinfected. At last accounts
the sick were all doing we'll.
MINISTERIAL COURTEsIEs.
The following official advices have been
received 1T the Navy Department.: DENLY,
the United States Minister to China, ar
rived at Yokohama on the evening OF Sep
TENDER 7th. On the 10th he went to Toxic
and the next day, in company with Hub
bard, the United States Minister to Japan.
called upon Count Inauye Kaorn Hyma,
Minister OF State and Foreign Affairs, and
Vice-AdmIral kawamma, the Minister OF
Marine.