The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-07-30
BEYOND THE ROCKIES
Grain Acreage Throughout the
Southern States.
THE TENNESSEE GRAPES MOLDING.
State OF New York Goes Into the Landlord
Buslness-Car Manufacturing
Companies Combine.

The "army worm" IL ravaging wheat
fields near Doylestown, Pa.
The new capitol OF Kansas at Topeka
Is slowly crumbling to pieces.
A great strike OF gold ore is reported
twenty-five miles from Creede, Col.
Immigrants 10 the number of o., ,242
arrived in this country during May.
The Burlington threatens to withdraw
from the Western Traffic Association.
Immense beds OF asphalt have recent.
ly been discovered in Northern Texas.
The Kansas railroads are putting down
their rates for the benefit OF harvest
hands.
Last year the aggregate loes Of prop
erty from fire in the United States was
sl4), 1000 600.
The National Executive Committee OF
the third party is out with an appeal for
campaign funds.
In Middle Tennessee grapes are mold
ing and rotting, and II is feared the crop
will be short one.
Settlers in the Indian Territory are
alarmed over the Arapahoe ghost dances,
and want them stopped.
New Jersey is jailiDg and cropping her
ballot. box suffers and decorating them
with penitentiary uniforms.
The rise in the river at st. Louis is
throwing many helpless people on the
relief committee for support.
General Horace Porter will receive
1875, 900 in place OF the 1850, 600 he asked
for to complete the Grant monument.
A company with 81 900, 900 capital has
been chartered at Trenton TO propel
street and other cars by compressed air.
The Indiana oil field has received a
boom by three wells just drilled in near
Portland, which produce 500 barrels a
day.
Edward O'Kelley, who killed Bob
Ford, the slayer OF Jesse James, has beon
sentenced to the Colorado psnitentiary
for life.
An Atchison (Kan.) bride is not only
supporting her husband, but is paying
something every month on his first wife's
funeral expenses.
Spencer county, KY, ia threatened
with natural-gas boom, gas having been
struck at point about mile and hall
from Taylorsville.
The car-manufacturing companies OF
Michigan have combined. The capacity
OF the trust is 10J cars a day, and the
protits 81 ,000, 900 per year.
Several hundred negro emigrants have
left Christian county, KY, in the last
few days for Kansas and other Western
States to reside permanently.
The Ty biographical Union of New York
city has Just secured rich plum in the
shape of an agreement with the govern-
ment to do the postoffice printing.
The State of New York has gone into
business as landlord. 1t will rent camp
sites of five acres each in the Adiron-
dack region for from $25 to $3.50 year.
Philadelphia possesses the most re-
markable STRENGTHENING contractor on
record. He sends check to the con-
science fund after every heavy rain
storm.
The total amount of the pension ap-
preparation bill as agreed upon in con
terence is $l46, ,737 ,350, or $11,9l2,2 ,2S4
greater than the amount voted by the
House.
On July for the first time since 1886
the State of Tennessee was able to pay
the interest on the State debt without
borrowing dollar. There is now re-
mainder of 1892, 900 in the treasury.
During the last nine months the inn
ports of coffee into the United States
amounted to 465, 1877, ,732 pounds, an in
crease of upward of loo, 0,000,0 900 pounds
over the imports for the same period last
year.
New York is growing at great rate,
especially in the upper part. The valu-
alton of real estate has increased over
SAC, 900, 900 in one year, chiefly in the
wards that are being built up with new
houses.
The magnitude of the work now in
progress at Conewago and vicinity along
the line of the Pennsylvania railroad is
very little understood. One thousand
men will work year before the under
taking Is completed.
The grain acreage throughout the
Southern States is greatly increased this
year. King Cotton yields large portion
OF his territory to wheat, corn and oat
crops. The farmers are producing grain
fully 25 per cent. cheaper than any year
since emancipation.
The rains continue to break the Tom
bigbee's left banks in Mississippi, de-
stroying thousands Of acres of fine cot
ton and corn and sweeping away all
bridges erected since the April floods.
The damage will not fall short of $780,
600, and hundreds OF families are on the
verge of starvation.
Governor Buchanan OF Tennessee and
the Prison Inspector have entered suit
against the Tennessee Coal and Iron
Railroad Company for $147,000 lease,
money due from the time the 500 con-
victs were not allowed to work by the
East Tennessee miners, and for expenses,
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