Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-02
MAsnlNaroN.


port Asia Tor Legislation 90 stamp uut
cattle niseassa,
pr0nrAaH IN runlic nHuT,
WARRINGTON, Dee, The public
debt statement ienucd to-day shows
decrease during the month Of November
OF $4,000 2ip, Total cash IN treasury,
stB0, 0sa,ii0.
GOLDMAN on rLNui,n srNEuMoHfA,
WAsnlNurON, Dec Norman y, Cul4
man, commissioner ot agriculture, to-day
submitted his second annual report 10
the president, lie dorcthoa In general
terms the progress made IN agriculture
during recent years hhd the conditions
which contribute tu make this "fhn best
led nation on the glohn,N Ito acts forth
at length the honeita derived aud 20 bo
expected from agriculture experiment
stations and colleges
Commenting upun the bureau Of anil,
nal Industry, he describes thr spread
Of r0pnoumonla lilo tRyB rycry
effort possible under the existing laws
has bapn mRd0 lO locate disOaaua uulmala
ana ISOLATE Rl that have been exposed IL
wunld have been moht fortunate II livery
ANNUAL txpuaUh q tho disease aud iinbla
10 contract II could have been hummafliy
slaughtered, and Tho contiguous disc aBU
thus eradlcatod with a disease
u this character NJ Chicago, IL
has been truly enid that
tho cattle industry ~ this country has
roochodh crisis, There eau be no u0nbt
that n VIII bp soon and widely dltHnmi
natod unless prompt ana pifootnal
action ean bO lnhiitutod for III speedy
suppression, Even nav II may have
been scattered to soma oYloni 10 The
West, and tho Investigations OF Tho next
year will probably hriug other outbreaks
W light, The matter II most important,
oyefshRdOwlng IN urgency ell nihnf affect.
Ing our agricultural population aud
IN ui vital interest also To- every oonnumuf
81 beet, butter aud clooae 10 prevent
the spread ut tCourga which Inns already
greatly Elected our foreign ana interstate
commerce additional legislation by con.
greHa ls now essential Much valuable
work has h,fcady becn done IN Maryland,
aud tho danger uf dissemination % Oon.
tngioH from that state has been greatly
lNAAhned No work hR6 been done
ia tho state 81 NV Yofk
because n was evident The appropriation
was not SUFFICIENT ~ secure amy favorable
results there on account Oi Infection,
Tho dlseasa also exists Ia Now Jersey,
Pennsylvania aud Virginia, but tho state
authorities hayo not yat accepted Tho iulen
ana regulations Of thn department fii cu,
operation ! greatly regret the necessity
Of announcing tho existence of this
dangerous diB0aan over such q wlds area,
bat tuGh results unprecedented from u
make N imperative That lhn truth should
bo Known, ~ order that such legislative
action may bo taken aH indicated by Tho
emergency
Upon forestry, h0 eAya there IN pranu-
eaiiY no reproduction attempted on Tor
ast planting worth mentioning IN com.
pafla1n with The enormous annual con.
sumption. Az the Hfet alfp IF reform, 30
huYs, undoubtedly tho land policy Of The
United Bthloe 10 The lin.
bered regions requires u change
according 10 the conditions ~
thosH localities Besides Tho good eS.
ample which tbs government nay col IN
taking better cate of ~ oWn timber
lands, IL might appropriately extend ~
operations by planting on a larger scale
IN bodies OF contiguous sections IN tho
tloeloas siatoa and territories Of the
West The military reservations ~
these states owned BY ihS general gov
eminent would form most desirable
6cid Of operations. Only by such "a en-
aiyo planting can desirable modification
VI rho extreme climate on tho western
plains bo expected.
roo opD 10 wOHg
WAanIauTOH, Dec, rr william l.,
Newton Of the District 0f Columbia, clerk
In tho dead letter department, was 10 day
removed Newton has been ~ tho ser
ylca 81 the department since July i 1860,
and has become inoapacilatcd from old
age " perform clerical duty,
IMPROVED 0IONAf, hgHuCg,
WARRINGTON, Dec, ~. Lieut., Joseph
Powell Of tho signsl survive has been Dc.
tailed 10 proceed 10 omaha 20 organize
the meteorological service " Tho Union
Pacific railway, which ~ 10 cooperate
With thg United states blgnal'baTyiee bu-
feau ABOUT thirty htatisnH Will DO ees
tabiisiiad along this line Of this ROAD, N
Is ftated that tbs Northern Pacific aud
Canada Pacific railroad companies also
contemplate the establishment u me.
genealogical service, The signal service
bureau Nill add ~ tbs proieoia 10 the e.
tent Of IA ability ~ their service ~ ~.
ptcled 70 materially assist Tho bufHan IN
weather prOgnostieations. Win these
eidslt ~ believed cold weather or any a.
rect change 10 tempefturg can readily 10
traced IN - eastward course.
cLHtffAHn HAs ntfKuBATieh,
WAenNUTOH, Dec Tho president
has been confined " his room ~ two ~
flireg days by slight but annoying al
tack VI Rheumatism, aud has for his res.
EOn'bean obliged :. deny himself W pli
caliete except cabinet Oficofe He N
feeling somewhat better to-day TINS
pfaaldept euHofed from rheumatism be-.
tore, bat this Is the lfat attack ho has
had elnoe he aul0rnG the Wnite House.
FOsfMAsfEng ArpOisrgD.
W4aDinafOR, Dee, The president
today appointed tHe t0ll0Slng named
pOgtmasiers
w. -. n. whilsitt, Peasant liiii, Mo-,
Vice o. l., MayO, Suspended N w,
NOoil, Cisco, Tex, vice Dayid hedneld,