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J V Fir!i?i tip stkht Tsrar sr ; lULi.., -kiilI (Li C4; "'- ; - i .Advertiser Uck. Haia E'tbei ?ccn ? ,5 i . Ay - ' A 47.' r f : i i I 5 Irownvillo, L'JoT. v A.i.. V - - rr z: rt i.r a , 1 "cf?, 'in j:V!r,n jinr,,f, ... lizt .irutTi tiun, muit inr;-,lj, t raid !n Alvao too beit styie, !iJu-j bhori uuti e. : ' c. ' ' ''4 i 'LIBERTY AND UNION, ONE AND INSEPARABLE' NQW AND FOUEVEIl.1 BROWNVILLEy NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1867. NO. 42 VOL. XL , i i j 'J) j CHARLES G. DOUSE V ITTORHEY ATLAT7 Xrtt Doer to Carson s Bazk. MAIN STREET j.W.BLACKBURII.H.D. FEXSIOX EXA3IIXIXC Sl'ECEOX, 'ttAenW pr Tessiona! ferrice to the citiiucsof jrflCE AT CITY DRl'G STORE. V-fVit('Ut bi Residence fouth side of Atlan tic betwwn lit and Sad streets. RED STORE Modi ! KIES WETTER & CO., Hire opered op tlieir New Meat Market in tbe ftED STO RE, whera they will U plrMod to wait upon th pullic to the be?tar,d tfnderet roaaU th county allordi neatly dressed Ddrotup. Country Produce bought and scld. Give us a callf JACOB MAROIIN M C HANT 772 STHEET, DR0V7XVILLE, NEBRASKA CITY" J3REWE LlY. .-sriRircER :c criegel,- TTm jujt pot thoir Prvrcrr wr.l'T fu'l mrninr 'itder, tLry are niw in ikintr 8 p.K i Mtr h. t in bf nmde !n the I'luN-d Matc. With thcirfaoil fcr making HeT, they arc prepared to lurnish quHDtijt on fh't rt noiir o. All orders filled as soon as received NOTICE TO FARMERS- The undcr-irnc(l having rented the Brownville FLOURING Takes this mtihol cf informing the pub lic that he iiitcnds doing - CUSTOM WORK for the Bccommriiion of Termors and o'hers the coming season . 1 he mill i now in operation and ho Lave wheat to t.md are respectfully invited to give me a trial, a? 1 am ciiiCdent of giving gn- vmisatmra'-tnn. ike highest cask price given for wheat. 26:f F. W. MORRIS. GATES & BOUSFIKLD, BRICK LAYERS PL AS T-EDR ERS. UrowiivlIIc, Xeliraslta, , "Jl take contrui-t! fur I'rioklayiii', I'l.nterinj, Vuildin? Cisterns, and dt anvthinc in their Hue tha mokt Fatif acttry and workuiaulikc manner. AOg. 30,1800. X-47-ly ;mr0.'m-to.CJcmctt, Millinery & Fancy Goods Iain Strct one door west of the Post OGce KKOIVWI I.E. MCHRASKA. A superior stcck r,f 1-V. nnn Winter Goods "Jkt P. i it. ' 'ptennstant!y en hand. l)re??-Making , lionnet caciiir.f anJ Tr;'tmr.z done to order. OctobT,Jj 1 Srtt . v8-"---5ly LDWARD . THOMAS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SOLICITOR CHANCERY, ORlce corner f Viu n1 First Strets. 3R(j V K 'l L L E, NEBRASKA. idKaSMTEM. AND JOSE P II S II U T Z Ha -r.J a tare nni well ele-:tedbt'jck of genuine ar H'ieiuo i. line. . .One Door west of Grant s Store, Brow rille, JWhraska. Of Clock; Wuhes and Jewelry dvne on the thort- M X utK4. WORK WARRANTED. rtivmc, Kelt.. March l6:h. 1S66. J0-C5 ly rrh ToniatocF, in two and three rur.d oan, at SWAN A BliO .S. H rrici . Cherries a! M CMP 1' I fiTiA i SWAN 1 BUG 3 MAI S; 135 W iPT C3r C. F. STEWRT. M. D. South East corner of Main atd First Streets DROIUTlLLi; XERIMSIIA. Orncs IIorKS 7 to 9 a. m. asd 1 to 2 and t) to nrownrilleNebrafVafMay 5th, 15"5 No 34, 1y. A. HOLLADAY, M. D. Gratluntcd in 1S51,1 Located In Eroivnvillc in 1555. PHYailH SVRBBOD ,113 . OBSTETEICIAN Dr. II. Las cn hand complete sets of Amputat ing, lrepnining anauDsieincai jneirumenrs. OClcc: HcIIaflay & Co's Drng Store Two Doors East cf Post OJJlce. P. S. Special attention giren to Obftetric." and the diceaaeg of .women and children. x-44-Iy CHARLES HELLMER, Baal ml- Ik t TttL EL 23 , Main Et 2 doors below Brownville Ilouse, ROWKVILLE N. T. ITas on hand a superior stock o? Boots and Sbces nd the best material and ability fur doing CUSTOM WORK Repairing done u-ilhneatntss and dispatch Torino Caslii fn.nn, FRANZ HELMER, 4 4h r if. OPPOSITE DEUSER'S TIN-SHOP, DftlOlTIVTILtiE, ;XEZIRASKA. V7AGONS, BUGGIES, PLOWS.CULTI VII OUS, .c, ReiiHirxloti i-hort notice, at low rates, tid arraiitei!toi?ie8aii!rfdCti(m. s-13-fn nn AMERICAN HOUSE. 'Jod Feed and Livery Stable In connection with the llonse. L D. RCB1HSQIJ. PROPRIETOR.. Front Street, between Main and Water, P.ItGTTXTIIE, ItCZERASILA. S0:h 1SGG. 10 36 ly T.W.TijU.n O.U.IIewett J :S. Church CHURCH au), TiPTOH, HEVETT CAttomciiG at BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. March l?t, 'C8. ly. A. ROBINSON, iOTISHK Vain Retween 1st Jt d Street Brownvillo "INJol3Xf3lE.n. Takes this method of informinz the public that he has on hand a splendid as.irtn(nt of licnt'a and Lndio s Misfcs ana thlulrens s BOOTS AND SHOES. Custon work done with neatness and dis patchf Repairing done on short notice. 10-30 fann GROVE3TEEII & Co., PIANOFORTE MANUFACTURERS, 490 Ilroadvray,:;. Y. THE ATTENTION of the public and the trade is invited to our Jfew Scnte, Seven Octave, Koxrtcwi Piano trU, wtn. n lor voiume ana pu rity of tcne are unrivalled oy any nuneriu oaerea in this inavkot. They .?ontia U tho modern im provements, French grand action, narp peaai iron frmo. nvcr-strunsr bass, etc.. etc., and each in strument bcir made i nder the personal supervis ion nf Mr. J. H.Okov.stees, who bag a practical experience of over thirty years in their manufac ture, is fully warranted in evcrj jmi iicuiar. The Grovcstcca PIANO FORTE Received thsh'elioet award of merit Rt the cole hratcd world's hair, where were uhibited instru ments from the beet makers of London, Paris, (Jer- mnnY. Philadelphia. Boston, Baltimore and ISew Ynrk : and also at the American lnnitute for five sii."t(iiiro v ears, the (loLDand Silver Mkdai.s frr.ra both of which can be seen at our waje-rooms . lty the ictrodaftloa of improvetnonts wo make a still more perfect Piano-forte, and by manufact uring largely, with a strictly cah system, are en- hh-ri t.-n.iTr tbefe instruments at a price which will preclude all competition. . Ourprioasare fram $133 to $230 cheaper than anv ffr-t i I iariy-forte. TKFiMS. Nkt Cisn in enrrent funds. Descriptive Circtlar jent free. Julv list IbS one year Tt.ACo. WHISKERS. ASD MUSTACHES, TTIOKCFD to rrnw nT,,in t!i smoolhi-xt face in from iLree lo five weets ty usiii? Dr. SEVIGXK'S CA 1'ILLAIKK. li e T.iQl wir.5prf nl dlsCnvcir in moder: ience, actina cnon the Berd anJ IIir in an almost miraculoim nmnnci . It lias teen used by tue elite rn and Lor.J.c with the mrt CitrinR tnrcesn. rrcnaf-er will he reci'terert, and it en tire gatii-farttan is not civen iu every inf-nnce .tne ruoa ey w ill te clietTuny rcrundci. Trice by mr.ll, fe-Uod and posipai'i , ft. lo!cnrtive cirt nUrf and teptln-.. liUU mnilfj fr-e. A.Mreas BEU'lKR SIUTTS & fV, Ho. 2' .5 Kiver Ntreet. Tr y, New York, bole aseuU tor the Ci:i:eJ State. l t-b 2J 67 I T CUllL l'OUIi HAIR ! SAMPLES SENT Fit EE. A sample c.nW. TUa Cnrlhiue will be fe free to any address. "The Curliqne will curl the ttraighteet hair on the first application without in jury in soft, luiarunt, beautiful enr's. AddreM, with ftan p, Prof II. B.ROTIB Iec. 27th lb-56-6ia Pars AN.Oato. C inn n l.'afittf, Waatbtardj. lnterri Ac. at SV.'AN & 1 MOTHER'S .S O mm AN ACT. r To provide for the Registry of School Linls, for the control and disposition thereof and for safe keeping of the funds deprived from the Sals and Lease of said Lands. Spc. 1. Be it enacteJ ly the Legis lature of the State of Nebraska, That the otTice of the State Land Commission er be, and is hereby created ; and that the Auditor of the State be and is hereby invested with ail the duties relative to the register, custody, .and disposal of ell the public laud belonging to or acquired by the State, which may be prescribed for, or enjoined upon him as such Stats Land Commissioner by this or any other public act of the Legislative Assembly. Sec. 2. The Land Commissioned shali keep, et the . Seat cf Government, an office which shall be furnuhed for him by the State, at which he shall give daily attendance by himself, or deputy, and wherein he shall keep all maps, books re cords, documents, and papers appertain ing to his office, subject at all times to the inpectMDn of the Governor or a Com mittee from either House of the Legisla tive Assembly. Sec. 3. The- Land Commissioner shall give, before entering upon the du ties of his office, a bond in the penal sum of twenty thousand dollars, payable to the State of Nebraska, with four sureties, to be approved by the Governor and one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the State, conditioned that he will faithfully and impartially perform. the dutie3 of his office and well and truly account for all moneys which may come in his posession by virtue of said office, which said bond shall be filed in the office of the Secre tary of the State. - Sec. 4. The Land Commissioner shall receive, and be paid bj the warrant of the Auditor upon the Treasury, quarterly.the sum of one thousand dollars per annum, and a farther sum not to exceed two hun dred dcllars'per annum to be paid on vouch ers presented, by him.for actual travelling expenses. Sec. 5. When tho selection of Uni versity and Agricultural College Lands made as herein or otherwise by law pro vided, and the selection of lands in lieu cf Sections 16 and 33 in the several townships, whereon they have been pre empted, have been confirmed by the De partment at Washington, or are properly ascertained to be under the control of the authority of the State, the Land Com tnifs;oner shall make a Registry of the School and University lands, the Agri cultural CcJlege lands being entered in the boik of the University lands as a part thereof, in seperate bocks to be provided or the purpose, Provided, That nothing iu this section shall be construed to pre vent the disposition of such common school ands as the State may have an unques- ionea title thereto, as soon as the same may be presented according to the pro visions of this act. Sec. G. As soon as the registry cf the common Schocl lands herein provided 'or is complete in any one county, the and Commissioner shall make an ab stract thereof for such organised County of the herein described lands as are lo cated within such county: and forward it to the County Clerk therof, who shall ac knowledge the receipt therecf immediate ly after it shall come in his posession. Sec. 7. The County Clerk shall then copy the abstract furnished him in a book to be furnished him by the Land Commissioner, which said book shall be substantially made, and of the best ma terial, and shall be ruled in columns and printed with the following headings and sub-headings, to-wit : School Land Record of County, (1) Name of Precinct. (2) Part of Section, (3) Section. (4) Township. (5) Range; (6) University, or common School. (7) Timber, or Prarie. (8) Improved or unimproved. (9) Total appraisment value of land value of improvements. (10) Date of sale, or lease. (11) How disposed of (as by) public sale, or lease. ( 12) Name of Purchaser or lessee. (13) Price per acre. (14) Appraised value per acre. (15) Total price of land. (16) Amount paid in cash. (17) Amount unpaide. (IS) Amount of interest cf lease money due to next 1st January. (19jAraount of annual interest.cr rent al. (CO) Amount of bond, or contract. (21) Due of contract and approval. (22) Names of securities. (23) Kind of security if collateral. Sec. 8. Upon the reception of the abstract the County Commissioners shall appoint in each county three persons none of whom shall reside upon any o the land shown by the abstract before them, who shall take and subscribe to an oath before a proper officer to estimate end appraise carefully the value of the prairie land3 in tracts of njt exceeding forty acrea.esxb, and of the timber lands in tracts of cotexceedirg ten acres each, and the value of all the improvements thereon, and to mako due and, prompt return thereof to the County Clerk. Sec. 9. The appraisers shall alia as sess !1 damage done and waste com mitted on said lands. They shall also rnr!p ! L-'nrl fn ipinrnvmPRls if anv. specifying the value of each. The said appraisers shall be allowed and paid from the county Treasury each the sum of three dollars psr day for their ser vices. Sec. 10. Upon the reception of the report of the appraisers, the county clerk shall prepare a" rough abstract thereof, and lay it before the county commis sioners. When a rough abstract has seen corrected if need be, and app raved by the commissioners, the county Clerk shall copy it into his "School Land Rec ord," putting the several items of. tp praisers reports, usd-r theirnpprcprip3.?e headings; and shall forthwith forward a copy from 6aid book to the Land Com missioners; and thereafter no erasure or alteration of any word or figure ia said "School Land Record" shall be made without the written authority of the Land Commissioner. Sec. 11. If any purchaser of timber lands shall before recieving his title in fee simple therefore cut or destroy; any a i . . 1 timber upon said land any iartner man may be actually necessary for the build ing and repairing o" fences upon the and, and for fuel for the family of trie occupant, he or she shall be liable, in a civil actions for the recovery. of twice the amount of damages done to the land. Sec. 12. The County Clerk shall give notice by publication, in some Newspaper published in the county; or, if no JNew3- paper oe puomnea in saia county men y posting at least five written or printed notices, .in tne most public places in the county, that upon some day named, a not less than seventy days from tne date of the notice, at 10 o'clock A..M. all of "the School lands within the county, will be offered at public sale to the highest bidder, Provided, That no lands shall be sold for lass than seven dollars per acre, in addition to the appraised value of the improvments on the land. Sec. 13. The Co-intv Clerk shall -be the crier at such sale, and the County 4 Treasurer shall attend to receiving mon evs and cive receipts therefor. The off ering shall begin with the lands in the Southwest corner of the county and nil school lands in each Range shall be off ered before'that in the next range east is put up, and none shall be offered for ess than seven dollars per acre, ine Cleric shall name the appraised value if over seven dollars per acre, and the appraised value of improvements, if any, and shall first demand who will give for the land the appraised value thereof,and if any person shall offer to take it, then the Clerk shall use his best effort to ob tain a trreater price; and if after due dil lence in this respect no greater Did can be obtained, the Cierk shall declare the land sold, and the name the bidder to the Treasurer. And the Clerk and Treasurer may at 12 o clock noon, ad nnrn the safe until the next day at 10 j'clock A. M.. and they shall continue to oiler at IU o ciock a., iu., every uay asv 1 t A T ,1 . until all the school land advertised shall have been offered. Sec. 14. When anv purchaser at such sale shall pay to the county Treas m urer, the purchase money, the county Treasurer shall deliver to such person a receipt and duplicate, ths presention of either of which, to the Land c-omnv.s sioner. after fifteen days from its date shall entitle said purchaser to a title in fee simple from the State, and upon the delivery of such deed he shall surrender either his receipt- or duplicate, as the others shall have already been given to the Land Commissioner. Any occu' pant of said ianda sold under the provis ions of this act may remove within six months after the sale, the improvements he may have put thereupon. Sec. 15. Within three days atier tne receipt of any purchase money for lands sold as above the Treaurer fhall notify county Clerk, and the county Clerk shall make the proper entries upon nisscnooi Land Record,,' and forward an abstract thereof to the Land Commissioner. Sec. 16. Payments for land sold un der the provisions of this act shall be made as follows : For prarire lands one tenth of the price cash in hand, and ror other lands one half cash in hand, wilh a promissory note for the remainder to mature on the 1st day of January 1SS0 bearing intreste payable annually, the first payment of intreat being compu ted to the 1st of January next after the date of the note: such note to ba secured by the endorsment of two freholders of the county, and of one additional endors er for every five hundred dollars cf the principal of the note after the first five hundred: the note to be accompanied by pnntrart which shall ssecifv the times and terms of- payment; ' that no waste shall be committed upon the lands ; and that iu case of pou payment of interest or rrinciral the land snail be surrendered tv, ih thft iinnrovments thereon to the i a i- 4 Slate. Spc. 17. The counts romnissioners of the several organised counties are hereby authoiized and directed to lease thp common school and unitversity land within their juristiction at any t:ae ex cept that timbered lands and lands held b resident occupants shall not be leased u.uil after they shall been offered for sale as herein : before provided upon the following terms : The lessee shall rire his or her obligation and conract. mat the lease money shall te fuily nd promptly paid annually, in advance, (tha first payment beiug computed. Ij the first of January, next ensuing) ;that no waste shall be committed upon the land, and that the premiums shall be surrendered at the expiration of twenty five year from the first day of January next, after the dcte cf the lease, or sooner with the the coment of the county commissioners: that the lessee will pay for the se of said land the annual rate of six per cent upon the appraised value thereof : that at the expiration of five yeara froni the date of tha lease, and every five years thereafter, the leud shn!l be appraised by three person?, one of whom shall be appoin'ed by the county commissionersj One by thelesfee, and the third by the two others, and that the valuation made by such appraisers, shall (provided it be In'n less than the former . nf prihement) be the basis cf the rental for the five year3 succeeding the next first day of January. Sec. 19. In the case of the' violation of any of the covenants in tho contract furnished by the lessee or purchaser by the non-payments of moneys at the time specified in the contract by the commis sion of waste upon the land by the re moval of any improvments thereupon from the land without the consent of the commissioners the county, treasurer shall notify the lessee or purchaser of his or her delinquency, and require ' the removal thereof by the fulfilment of the convenants cf the bond and contract, and if such delinquency is not removed with in thirty days, the lesseo or purchaser shall yield possession of the premises to the State of Nebraska, and the property shall thereupon immediately revert to, and be revested in the State, and the contract shall be dissolved and the rights of the lessee or purchaser, both le gal and equtible therein, be absolutely determined, and the prosecuting attour ney cf the Distrcit shall immediately af ter receiving notice from . the county treasurer of the violation of hi3 or her covenants by the lessee or purchaser cf any school land, proceed against the per son in possession of the premises involv--ed in the nam e of the people of the State of Nebraska, for forcible detainer and obtained restitution of the premises in the same manner and with like effects as in case of tenants holding over. In cases of violation of tne contract by the lessee or purchaser of school lands, the county treasure shall accompany his notice if such delinquency to the prosecuting at tburney.with attested copies of all papers which may provet he covenants- and the violation thereoef. Sec. 19. Any persons purchassng lands upon which they have made im provments, shall be allowed to deduct the appraised value of improvments from the amount bid for said lands ; and' in the evnt that any person purchase land upon which any other person has im provments, the purchaser shall pay the full price of saijd land to the county Treasurer, shall pay the appraised value of improvments, to the person, ownin the same. Sec. 20. If any person shall commit wastr, trespass or other injury upon the school land in the State, or upon any improvmenis thereon, the person so cf fending shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in a sum not less than twenty five dollar?, nor exceeding one thousand dollars. Sec. iil. Ail civiJ otlicers, upon in formation on oath.or of their own knowl edge, shall cause any person committing any of the offences mentioned in the pre ceeding section, to be brought before them bv the like process as in crimnal . . cases, and enter into recognizanca for his amee-rance at the District Court of the State to be held in the county.on the first day of the next term thereof, and in default of such recozmzenco, commit such person to the jail of the county . Sec. 22. The Judges of the District Court shall give the 20th section of this act in special charge to the grand jury at oach term, who are required specially to inquire into, and make presentments of all offences committed against the provi sion of this act. Sec. 23. .All fines, penalties and for feitures accruing under the provision? of this act, shallbe paid into tho treasury of the county for the use of the public schools of tho district where the land was situated on which the trespass or injury was committed. Sec. .24. All books for county officers, blanks for deeds, bonds, receipts, and other papers for common use, under this act, shill be prescribed and furnished to county clerks for the use ; of his offiee, and other officers mentioned herein, by the Land Commissioner. Sec. 25. The Secretary of State shall receive tho sum of fifty cents for each bend or deed r'ssued from his office, which said fee shall te paid to the county clerk upon the delivery of the bond or deed to the party entitled to the same. All fees to county officers, and county appraisers, and others, for services under this act, shall be paid as they eccrne, by the order of the County Commissioners npon the treasury of the county, and tho County Commissioners shall annually, on thelst day of October, send an account to the Auditor of State, which, when adjusted and approved, by said Auditor, shall be paid from the general fund of the State. Sec. 23. All moneys recaived as ad vance cr f all payments by "purchasers of school lands shall be piid, by tho officer? receiving slid money.lo the Treasurer of the S;ate, specifying whether said money is for common school or university lands duplicate receipts shall be given fcr said moneys, one of which shall bo filed with the Land Commissioner, and the other shall be retsiued by tho p?r3cn paying over the racney. Sucb moneys shall be held as the principal of tho geat'ral shy funds, as they have teen derived from the dbposil of common school or university lands ; and all such' moneys, and al other moneys derived from fines assessed fcr breaches of the penal Jaws of tho State, and all forfeitures which may sccrue from lands and other estates which shsll escheat to the State forwent of heirs or kindred entitled to the inherit ance, from all lands which hare been, or may hereafter be granted to the Stats when no special purpose is expressed in the grant, and all unclaimed fee?, which said other moneys shall belong to the com-.non hnol fund, shall lf . bv lh Governor, Laud Commusijner and Treasurer of the Siat?,investad in United State or Stato securities, which shall bare not less-than six per cent, annual interest.and all bonds, ia which the com mon school or university funds cf the State cf Nebraaka.shall ba invested.shall be endorsed across the face thereof, in red ink : "School cr university funds of the State of Nebraska," which en dorsement shall be signed by the Land Commissioner ; and said bonds shall not be sold or otherwise disposed of, except by order of the Legislature, in a public act and they shall, in no wise, be held as applicable to, or security for the pay ment of any indebtedness of tho State of Nebraska. Sec. 27. All moneys derived from interest upon notes given in liue of cash puyment.i for school or university lands, and all moneys received as rental for school or university lands leased shall be paid into the State treasury to be by the treasurer accounted for as common school or university funds ts they have been derived from common school or universi ty lands, and such funds shall by the treasurer of State be reported to a board consisting of the Auditor, Governor and Secretury of State, which said beard shall proceed, on or before the 1st day of Oc tober in each year, to distribute tho same to the several organized counties in the State according to the number of children between five and twenty-one years of age in each county. Sec. 23. Every county treasurer shall pay ail school or university moneys re ii - ceivea by him, into the btate treasury upon the 1st day of tho month next after its receipt ; and if convenient they maj make 6uch payment by bill of exchange or sight draft from some solvent banking nouse upon anotner, and deduct the ex pense therefor from the whole' amount in his bauds to be paid, forwarding with the draft and voucher for such expense and if any tank, private banker or ether person shall issue any draft or bill of ex chance which shall be dishonored on pre sentation or maturity he shall, be deem ed r-uilty of fraud, and shall, if he do not in three days make restitution of the amount named in such bill or draft, be subject -to conviction as for obtaining money under false pretences, and upon conviction ehall be imprisoned not less cne year for every thousand dollars or fraction thereof of tho amount of th bill cr draft in question. Sec. 29. The Land Ccrnmissicner shall annually on the 1st day of January present to tho State Superintendent of Public Instruction a brief statement of the whole number of acres of school and nnivsrsity lands, which were possessed by the State'at tho beginning of his term of office, or tha last 1st day of January the cumber of acre3 acquired since th number cf acres sold and leased the amount of principal of common school and university funds tho receipts from interest, and rentals during the year. He shall also report to the Legislitave Assembly on the first day after the two Houses are organized, a full report of all the opperations of his officer giving such detail of every public transaction con nected therewith, that tho Legislature may have a clear understanding of the condition tho business of tho offico of the commissioner. Sec. 30. This act sltall be ia force from and after its passage. Approved June, 24th 1S87. THE CROPS, Maine reports same average of winter wheat a3 last year, but 10 per cent more in sprig wheat, with present condition of the former six per cent better, and the latter that amount below the crops same time last year. . JYtty Hampshire. Same average Win ter wheat, and 15 per cent mere of spring wheat loth in about the same condition a3 last year. Vermont. Threo per cent greater acreage of winter wheat and 15 percent in spring wheat the fanner 17 percent better in appearance, anitLo latter eight por cent. ' . Rhode liland. reports an increase of three per cent in acreage of Spring wheat. with present condition three per cent be low that of same lime last year. Connfcicuf. Three per cent increase in acreage cf winter wheat and abont the fame in Spring what &s last year tho former promising 17 per cent, and tha latter eight per cent better. ' -.Vei? VcrrJ reports six per cec. incre ased acreage cf winter wheat, and ten per cent in Spring wheat, the former bo- mgl4 per Cent; and the latter 10 per cent, letter in condition than same timo hst year. J cu? Jcrsnj Five p2r cent increase of acreage of winter wheat, which is 17 per cent tetter in present condition. No con-s-.btrnbie amvit ef Spring wheat groins Pennsylvania Slight increuo" tho acreage of winter nal decline in ?:rf ar of Sprang wheat, tha former over CO p?f cent better !d condition and th? litter io per cent below that cf lat year. Ddairare Seven p jr cent increaso cf acreage in winter wheat, with CO per cent improvement appennee over date li.-j year. iot much bpnc; Dilawaro. wheat grown ia Maryland reports fcr percent irceis of acreage in Winter wheat, with 30 pr cent better premise from present ccsii lion. No Spring wheat. Virginia Thirty three per cent in creaso ia acreage Winter wheat; very little spring when gr.v.vi; the forns: promising 100 and tho latter 5 per cent better than last year. jort Carolina. Eight! rr cent ia crease m acreage Winter wheat, and mt much Spring whaat sown; the former b3 ing forty and the latter 30 per cent bet ter ia appearance than at the earns lima ast soa3on.. Soulh Carolinia. About tea per cent increase cf acreage in Winter wh?it. and. . about 50 per cent better ia condition thaa last year. Alabama.- About seven per tent in crease of acreage in Winter wheat, pre sent condition 60 cer cent lttpf thsrt ..4 last year. Mississippi. Seven per cent iacreas in acreageof Winter wheat, and tha pre sent condtion is given at 23 per cent bet ter than last year. Tennessee. Increase of acreage reach- es per cent, as compared with last year, and the appearaco of tho crops at the nrpsent tim irt limited breadth3 of Spring wheat, with 30 per cent, better condition. kdrkansas. Thirty per c?nt. Increase in acreage and ten per cent, advance ov;r last year in conditioa'of the crops. Loaieana. Fifteen per cent, increase in acreage of Winter wheat, but cenditioa about the same as hst year. Texas. So far reported there is a de Crease of from 12 ta 15 per cent, in aero age of Winter wheat, while the con dition at 20 per cent below last year at same date. The crop of last year, how ever, was late. Georgta.-Ferty counties report 11 per cent, increase of acreage cf Winter wheat, and about GO psr cent.'advance ia prospect cf crop. The crops was not more than half an average. Kentucky. Forty counties report fiva per cent, more acreage of Winter wheat, while the present condition is givea as 60 per cent better than at th eame.tirn- last year.when tha yield was coasidsrably below average. Ohio. Sixty counties cf Ohio report a decrease of about 15 por cent, injjihe acreage of Winter wheat, but tho pres ent condition of the crop is claimed to.ba at lean 1G0 per cent better than last year at the same date the crop ofJlSCG being half an average. Spricg wheat covers 35 per cnt. more acreage, and appears 17 per cent better thaa last year, whea tho crop was good- 7-J- T" . . muxana. rcirieenper cent uecim in acreage cf Winter wheat, and from 40 to 50 per cent, increase of acerage of Spr ing grain the former 73 per cent, and the latter 13 per cent better thaa last . year. Illinois Seventy counties report two per cent. les.i acreage of Winter wheat, but 25 per cent increase of Spring wheal -the former being 15 per cent, better in condition, and the latter 12 per cent, belter -than last year. 1 JJissonri shows an increase cf over 25 per cent, in acreage of Winter wherrt, and 30 per cent in Spring wheat tho condition of the former being 35, and tho latter 29 per cent, better than same ditet last year. . West Virginia. About tha wseacre- ro c: wit-.ter wneat, but 10 per cent. in. crease in Spring wheat tha former pro mising over SO, and thejlattar 23 percent, better than in 1S65. . .Michigan. Reports show G per cent, increase of acreage ia winter wheat, and 1G percent in Spring wheat tha former SO per cent, better in condition, while tha latter is about tho same as last year. Wisconsin Three per cent, leu acre age in winter wheat tut 15 psr ct-tt. more in spring grain th formerlein 22 and tho latter 7 per cent, better thau same date last year. JIinnesota.-FirQ per cent, increasa.of aceraga in Winter wheat and 35 per cent, m Spring wheat the former 7 per cent, and the latter 13 per cent, core premis ing thaa last seasua. Iowa. rour pet e'en:. Jacraa3o ia acrenge cf Wint:r wheat, tut 29 per cent. iccrea30 in Scrinr Train lha former slightly letter than last year, fttrd tho latter about 5 per C2nt. above. Kansas. a:reage cf Winter wheat 17 per cent le?3 thaa last year. Spring wheat CO per cct mere. Cenditioa cf the former 13 per cent below la3t year, whea tho crop was excellent. Spring wheat is about the rama ia appeUana as last year. Selraska Falling o.T 19 p?r cent, in acreage cf Winter wte.at, but 90 percent more in oprmg nnjat; the former 15 r 20 per cent, below tha crop c( a ver in condition, tut bpricj gr; well a ?hp rrfrnrirf ji yrr 4 is doing a It will le no;:-3 ,.-. J, .v r . racst of tho Jar ye wheat grcr.-ir, St-.p, - . ... V"9 decreed their acerag of Wi, and turned attention urb- io "a former SLriDf f- - i .v , interfiling w -'..aJlties ta r3 ACr? ot Winter wheat sa ;';r!J 6s hrge m tho a-reta as t :i ;l "car; o-i-h it is ie5i b a fe.lT 1 1
