Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-01
The Fish-Fry Divide.
Uncle Sans Fish Commits
sion's Operations.
MILLIONS OF THE FINNY TRIBES

Planted In the Waters All Over the Land
Probable Outcome of the Pension Re-
Rating acknowledgements Comes Back
mt Hatton in Forcible EngIish-The New
Gunboat Yorktown Payment Sus-
pended on Telegraph Service Bills
whitney Makes n Disclaimer.
WASHINGTON CITY, Aug 1.-The United
States fish commissian distributed in Ohio
Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Mis-
souri,, and Nebraska during the past fiscal
year 100, 600 yesrling fish of the indigenous
species Of the Mississippi valley, consisting of
catfish, Buffalo, crappit, white and black
bass, sunfish, pickerel, white perch, wall-eye
pike, and native carp. A plant OF 1900
l-year-old brook trout was made in the wat
ers of Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, an3 Michi-
gan, the bulk of them being put in the waters
of the two states last named During the
season 5000 rainbow trout eggs were
shipped from the Worthwhile, Mich, station
of the commission and 10000 from the
Wythevile, Va, station to the various state
commissions for planting in suitable waters.
Little Fish "a Year Old.
One-year-od fish to the amount of 90 900
were distributed as follows: To Indiana, g.
IOWA. ll,SVo, Nc
braska, 5, 400; Ohio 2, 900; Kentucky, 4 900;
Tennessee, 500; Georgia, 1900; North Car
Dina, $1,000; Virginia, 5000; West Vir-
ginia, L. 200; Maryland, 1000; Pennsylvania,
10000 Lake trout to the number of 3,OOO,-
BOO, were distributed during the season, p
BOO, 900 going to state commissions and L.
200, 900 of fry TO Lake Superior, near Dn-
luth. OF the yearlngs of this species II, 900
were deposited in the waters of Indiana and
10000 in Michigan The distribution of
Loeb Haven trout eggs was as follows: Ne
braska 50 600; Wisconsin, 81, 600; Pennsyl-
| vania, 50,00d; New Hampshire $1,000.
Perch. Cod, and White Fish.
Red-eye perch to the number OF 5000 were
distributed during the year TO applicants in
Massachusetts,, New York, Maryland VIr-
gina, North Carolina, and Georgia. OFF
the cost of Massachusetts, 10000, 900 Goldfish
and S, 900 900 pollock were deposited during
the year The Sandusky (O) station of the
commission collected during the year $780,,
o0O, 900 whitefish eggs, and the Alpena
(Mich) station 45,000,000. OF these
| 40 900, 900 were distributed to the north
| western states bordering on the lakes.
Distributed by Millions.
The distribution of the fry produced at the
| Sandusky, Alpena and Duluth stations was
as follows: Lake SUPERIOR, 1,O0O,OOO; Lake
Erie, 40, OOO, 900; Lake Huron, S, 000, 900, and
| 5,00O, 900 were deposited in the public waters
of Idaho, Washington territory and Oregon
| Wall eye pike to the number of 81, 000, 900
were deposited principally in the public
waters of Minnesota, Illinois, Ohio, New
York and Pennsylvania.
A Succulent Shad.
During the season 10l, IT'S, 900 shad fry
were deposited as follows: Tributaries of
Narragansett bay, 4, Ms, 600; tributaries of
North Atlantic coast, l,SO3, geo; Hudson
| river and tributaries, 6, 100000; Delaware
bay and tributaries, 26,ooOOOo; Chesapeake
bay and tributaries 81 900. 900; tributaries of
south Atlantic coast, 1900, 900; tributaries of
Gulf of Mexico, 5 $500, 900.