The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-10
EpitOme of the Week,
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
ERQM WASHINGTON.

SUPERINTENDENT LEIBHARDT of the
deaG-lctter Office says il his annual re-
port that 7,2s9,240 pieces of original
dead mail matter were received during
the year. an increase OF 1904 pieces
over the previous year.
IN the United States the visible sup
ply of grain On the 3Oth ult. was:
Wheat, 43,:65,62S bushels; corn, 1896,
$50 bushels; oats, 4,137,477 bushels.
DURING the week ended the 3Oth ult
the issue of standard silver dollars
from the mints was S454, $50. The issue
during the corresponding period of last
year was $5G3, 200.
SUPERINTENDENT POLLOCK, of the
free delivery of the post office depart
ment, shows in his report that the
number of free delivery offices at the
close of the year was $40, an increase
Of 65 over the preceding year. The
cost of this service was S9,073, ,060 The
local postage for the year amounted to
S1l, IA. .754. The number of pieces of
mail handled was 1896, 354. $50.
= THE statement cf the public debt is
sued on the 1st showed the total debt to
be 81. $40, ,9Gl ,695; cash in the treasury,
S74s, $50, 80; debt less cash in the treas
ury, sos GC4,945. Decrease during No
vem Der. 50, 570.1 .139.
PROF. r. MENDENHALL, chief of the
United States geodetic and coast sur
vey. in his report concerning the In
diana Ohio boundary line, shows that it
is one mile cast of its proper place,
thus giving Ohio nearly 100 square
miles of Indiana territory.
The Window two-dollar certificates
were issued. No. / was allotted to Mrs.
Window.
The first assistant postmaster gener-
al in his annual report shows that at
the close of the last fiscal year there
were 2,9S4 presidential post offices in
the United States. The gross receipts
amounted to $50, 3o5, O27 being an in.
crease of S4, ,696 over the previous
year. The aggregate expenditure for
to Sl4, 526, 500.
AN order by the postm oster general
directs that all promotions of clerks
in the fifty post offices now under the
evil service law and rules be made only
after competitive examination.
TREASURER NEBEKER in his annual
report to Secretary Foster on the opera
tions and condition of the treasury
says the net ordinary revenues of the
government for the past fiscal year
/ were S392, 6l2, 447.3l, or $40, ,46S, 535. 81
i less than those of the year before.
| The net ordinary expenditures, eX-
elusive of the amounts paid in premium
on bonds purchased, were S355,372,
Gs474 The postal revenues amounted
to S65, IS ,,9OS. 50 and the expenditures
to S72.GG7. .5SJ.65. The reduction eff
fected during the year in the principa
of the bonded debt was SIG, 800, ,373
The amount of money in circulation
was Sl,61G,0 G,07S. 1O2. The disbursements
during the year were $73l, 12G, 376 %,
leaving balance of S126, 222. $3.50.
CONTROLLER Lacy in his annual re
rort shows that during the year ended
October 81 last 1913 new banks were Or
ganized. with an aggregate capital O.
/ $40, 700, 600. The number of banks ir
operation was 3,69+, having in capita
stock 1854, 1886. The affairs of 10:
!
In his annual report Commodore Fol
ger, chief of the bureau of ordnance
estimates the expense of the bureau
J for the next fiscal year at 81. 7S), 291, O.
which total the sum OF 81, 1S6,250 is te
be applied toward armament Of new
vessels authorized to be built.
POSTMASTER GENERAL. WANAMAKE1
! in his annual report shows that, il
spite of the fact that over $1,000, 00
worth of lottery revenue has beel
lost during the last year, the postal de
ficit of $4,000, 900 is surely disappear
ing. Mr.. Waramaker favors posta
telegraph, telephones and post;.
savings system, and thinks penny post
age will be demanded in the nea
future, and shows how newspaper
may be transported free from July
1898.