New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-06-09
Grain Stocks of the World.

The acting commissioner OF agriculture
in reply to a resolution Of inquiry OF the
house, has transmitted an exhaustive
compilation Of statistics by Prof. Dodge,
statistician Of the department. The tables
show.
The worlds production OF wheat in 1885
was 2,11O, 100000 bushels, the require
ments of consumption 2,165, 10000
bushels. presenting deficiency OF 55,OOO,-
600 bushels drawn from the previous years
surplus OF 125, 900, 900 bushels. They find
the product OF Europe a medium, those Of
India and Australia large, and a heavy re-
duction in the United States. For
the supply OF the coming year the crops
OF Australia, India and South America, al
ready harvested, are probably $4,000
600 bushels less than those of last
year, while those OF the United States prom
Use fully 100, 00O,O 900 bushel more than the
harvest OF 1885. The wheat in the United
States on May was 1O4 100000 bushels
against 1872, 100000 in 1885. OF the COM
mercial stocks OF wheat, New York had, l.
1873, O95 bushels, Buffalo 2, 48O, LII bushels,
Chicogo 11.777, SO4 bushels, Milwaukee A.
335, 900 bushels, Minneapolis 4,7O7, 999
bushels and Duluth 7,393,74s. The crop
OF corn in 1856 was 1.617, 900, 600
bushels, the stock 5s7 100000 bushels.
The estimated acreage of winter wheat now
growing is "a. 727, OS7 acres, spring wheat
II, 10000 acres, total SO, 527, O87 acres.
Miss Lizzie Harrison was drowned near
Jefferson, Oregon.
| Thirty buildings in Pensacola, Fla, are
burned. Loss, 100000.
Maj. 81. c., Russell, wellknown sporting
man. committed suicide at Indianapolis
| At the Knights of Labor convention in
Il ri1 %l,@
board qualified control over the ordering
OF strikes and boycotts and one demand.
! ing a fixed rate of interest and government
| loan offices are adopted.
A Boston judge refuses to allow the re
| opening of the famous Taber divorce case
Many farmers in Illinois are sowing salt
on their fields to kill clinch bugs.
The mill property of T. Jerome & Co., at
Carrolton, Mich, was burned recently.
Loss, $50, 600; insurance, $4,000.
At the annual meeting OF stockholders OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad company at
| Pittsburg: reports showed general de-.
| crease in revenues.
By an explosion at Kimbark's factory,
Quincy, Mich, two persons are killed and
three are wounded.
! Frank Stevens, a confidence man ar.
rested in Chicago, proves to be the party
who swindled Milwaukee firms out of $500.
| J. F. Nordgren. while asleep in a car be.
tween Omaha and Gus Imam, Neb., is rob
bed OF $13. 900.
John Bowman, the Iowa and Illinois
forger, is rearrested in Chicago, after re.
ceiving Bis discharge in Judge Rogers court,
Gen. c. j. Stannard, a messenger Of the
house on the soldiers ROLL" died after q
| short illness. He had held his present no.
sitisa for several years. and his promi
nence during the war as soldier has bees
TO some extent lest sight Of. He was q
major general Of volunteers during the war
and is credited with some able work a
Getty sburs.
The president appointed John B. Ri1e,
ex.mayor Of Plattsburg,N. Y, to be India1
school superintendent, vice ohm n. Oberlv
appointed civil service commissioner. III,
president sent the following nomination,
to the senate: David L. Hawkins Of Mis-
souri,, to be assistant secretary Of the in
terror. vice George A. jerks, resigned; 10
seph p. Johnston OF Virginia, mission
er in and for the district Of Alaska, vic,
Chester Sseber, resigned.