Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-10
WASHINGTON.
The Department Of Agriculture Issues
Report on the Cotton Crop
which is Favorable.
The President PRrdons Four Mormon Bish
ops because lille galiy UoDvictod--Re.
movaI OF Justice Chase's Body.

SALMON i. CHASE'S BODY TO BE TAKEN
TO OHIO.
WASHINGTON, Oct 9.-The arrange
ments for the removal of the remains o.
late Chief Justice Chase to Ohio are about
completed. The justices of the supreme
court will hold meeting this afternoon
and appoint committee to represent
them in the exercises at Cincinnati. The
bar of the District of Columbia will also
take similar action. The exercises here
will consist simply OF escorting the re
mans f.om the cemetery to the
depot 1t is expected that the Rev
John Hall of New York will &c
with the funeral train and conduct the
religious services at Spring Grove GENE.
terry, Cincinnati, in connection with
Bishop Bedell of Ohio. The remains will
be taken to the Baltimore & Ohio train
here Wednesday afternoon, the 18th inst. >,
and be due in Cincinnati Thursday morn
ing, the 14th. The memorial services
will be held in the forenoon of the 14th,
IN Music hall. Gov. Hoadlev is to deliv-
er the memorial address, and Justice
Mathews and Senator VOORHEES, and
others are expected to speak.
MORMON BISHOPS PARDoNED.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9--The president
to-day pardoned Ammon NJ Terry, j. c..
Kemp and j. X. Christoferson, three
bishops of the Mormon church who were
convicted In Arizona about two years ago
OF violation of the Edmunds law and sen
fenced to Imprisonment at Detroit, Mich.
They were the first persons tried under
that law, and the president and attorney
general as we'll as the Judge before
whom the cases were heard, are now sat-
isfed that the sentences imposed were
illegal and excessive. 1t appears that
they were tried on charge of unlawful
cohabitation, misdemeanor, and con-
victed and sentenced for polygamy,
felony, and that there were several other
informalities in the trial.
WISE PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-The president
has received several applications for the
pardon of James d. Fish, president of the
defunct Marine National bank. He has
referred them all to the United States dis
trict attorney who conducted the prose
cution OF the cases against Fish, for a re-
port.
COTTON CROP REPORT.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-The report OF
the department of agriculture says the
cotton season has been too variable in
temperature and preci pitatiou for the best
development and largest fruttage. 1t
was too dry in September on
the Atlantic, resulting in further
shedding of bolls. The boil worm has
wrought injury in the Gulf states, and
the caterpillar in less degree. The
weather has been comparatively favorable
for picking, except for excessive heat
ana Tor rains in the Mississippi
valley and Texas. The season is
late and the risks of early frost
are, therefore, greater and liable to dis
count the present apparent condition. In
Georgia and Alabama cotton is REPORTED
the same as last month. Tennessee makes
slight improvement. The Carolinas,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Ar
kansas show small reduction.
The average Isl Virginia ~,
South Carolina "a, Florida So,
Mississippi 20, Texas "A, Tennessee 96.
North Carolina 70, Georgia 81, Alabama
80, Louisiana 70, Arkansas So. The
average of condition is 1913 against last
month and 7S In October OF last year.
1t is six points below the October
average OF the crop of 1879. Local
estimates OF the yield per acre in hun
dredths Of bale are made by CORE
spondents subject to the necessltudes OF
late season and especially lateness of
killing frost, they must not therefore be
cited as official predictions of
the result of the harvest.
State averages are as follows: Virginia,
so; South Carolina, 81; Florida, %; Mis-
sisstppir4Q; Texas, 81; Tennessee, So;
North Carolina, 81; Georgia, 30; Ala
6ama, 80; Louisiana, So; Arkansas, go.
General average SO.
In summing up of the situation the
average OF condition is point higher
than last year, the area Is per cent. more
and the season is late. The difference
between long and short season
may easily be half million bales. Re-
ports of the condition of other crops will
be issued on Monday.