The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-06-27

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.eguiauons as to appointment and oraI
: - 'tonloh .Naui q teachers and their method,
oi teaching vary greatly in the differen,
sections of the country. 49,
some difficulty has been met hv ths
bureau IN obtaining the State statute
lnu IN many cases they have been
bought outright from the States III
compilation probably will be pnbl;sbod
next autumn and after qualification ~
the annual report of the Commissioner
OF Education may be issued In a sena-
rate edition Of 10000 copies.
COAL PRODUCTION or EUROPE
Consul Grinnell, at Manchester Emo
land, has sent to the State Department
report touching the coal product of
England and other countries. He
says: e
10y lar the most important MINING
industry in the United Kingdom is coal
Turning TO the European countries Il
Will be seen that country which has the
largest output of coal, after the United
Kingdom, is Germany; it will be OBJ
served, however, that the quantity of
coal produced in that country does not
amount to half Of that produced in the
united Kingdom. After Germany
comes France, which country only pro-
duces a third of what is produced in
Germany; while next comes Beloium
where the amount is not far behind that
produced IN France. The value of coal
worked ut the place of production. GER
tainly IN France, and probably in Bel
GUM, too, is far higher than it is in
either the United Kingdom or Ger
many. There is one other with which
1t is necessary To compare the output
with that in European countries. name
ly, the United States. In the latter
country the quantity of coal produced
has in recent years increased very con-
siderably."
MEXICAN LETTER POSTAGE REDUCED.
Word. reaches here that President
Diaz, Of Mexico, issued a decree on
June 4 reducing letter postage rates
from 10 to cents on letters mailed in
side the republic, and from TO 4 cents |
for local letters. The change does not |
affect letters from the United States.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION.
The acting Secretary Of War has APP
proved a project submitted by the Mis-
sissippi River Commission for the con-
solidation of upper and lower White
river districts and transfer Of funds to
the new district The new gap in the
levee at the bends of Islands Nos. GA
and 95 may be closed.
FAILING orr IN FERTILIZERS.
Reports from the cotton sections to
the department Of agriculture show a
surprising falling Off in the use Of arti-
fetal fertilizers. Department officials
say this is the most noticeable feature
Of recent advices. For instance, the
reports run like the following: Ala
bama, Barbour county, decrease in fer
tilizer about 20 per cent; Chambers
county, decrease In fertilizer 80 per
cent; Cherokee county, decrease in
fertilizer 80 per cent.
These counties are taken at random,
but others show the same relative re-
dnction. The officials believe it to be
due in part TO the fact that the gov
ernment experimental stations have
sought to show cotton planters that
waste could best serve as a fertilizer.
But is said that the change is so great
that it can be accounted for only by
the fact that planters are turning their
cotton lands into use for other kinds OF
crops.
AGAINST KNIGHTS or PYTHIAs.
A second decree has been received
from Rome concerning the obligation
of Catholics to remain out of the
Knights of Pythias organization. 1t
states that there appears to be no fur (
ther reason why the decree Of last De- .
cember should not be made public In
all dioceses, and all archbishops and !
bishops are accordingly directed TO pro- {
mulgate the decree without further de-
lay. When the decree was first issued
the head of each diocese was given two
months within which TO publish it, or
else 10 make known TO Rome In writ
ING all special circumstances existing {
whv publication should be deferred. {
Most of the heads of dioceses have q
since published the decree, but as un- {
official information has reached Rome {
that some bishops had not yet acted,
tbis second decree was issued.
CONTESTED ELECTION CASES.
The contested election cases against 8
Representatives Buck and Price OF
Louisiana, which were indefinitely post
noned some time ago, viii probably be
taken mo for consideration at an early 4
date. Clerk Kerr has not yet fixed the
date. In the case of Benoit against
of same State, which was
opened last week, the testimony has
already been sent to the public printer I
and will probably be in readiness Dy |
AUGUST When the printing OF the
testimony will have been completed, !
me contestant will be furnished with J
Iuo copies OF the printed evidence OF !
10Th contestant and contestee, and Will
" asked TO file his brief in support OF /
his claim. Thirty days are allowed by 1
aw within which to do So Ihe con-
Iestee will then be similarly treated. '
FRAUDULENT IhfPoRrATIoNs.
The customs division Of the Treasury
Denarfment has received from prom
ro,,t .a;Iverware manufacturer letter
,tst;no that il has come to his know
edge that quantities Of silyerware OF
secent manufacture are being imported
nto this country free of duty as an
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