Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1886 — REVENUE RETURNS. [ARTICLE]

REVENUE RETURNS.

Statistics from the Beport of the Head of the Revenue Bureiu. [Washington trlegram.] The Hon. Joseph S. Miller, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, has made a preliminary report of tie operations of the iuteruai revenue service during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1886, of which the following is an abstract: The total collections lor the year were $116,902,845. The total collections for the previous fiscal year were $112,421,121, showing an increase of $4,481,724. The increuse was made up as follows; On spirits, $1,581,055; on tobacco, $1,500,274; on fermented liifuors, $1,445,949. This amount was reduced by a decrease of $25,000 on banks and bankers, and a decrease of $20,554 in miscellaneous receipts. There was an increase of 252,212,112 in the number of cigarettes; an increase of 151,925,855 in the number of cigars; an increase of 11,010,574 iu the number of pounds of tobacco; increase 1,606,108 iu the number of gallons of spirits distilled from grain and other materials, and increase of 1,524,980 in the number of barrels of fermented liquors, as compared with the previous fiscal year. The States iu which the greatest collections M'ere made are, respectively: Illinois, $23,852,253; Kentucky, $15,746,940; New York, $14,365,209; Ohio, $12,921,349; Pennsylvania, $7,847,231; nnd Missouri, $7,060,649. The smallest collections Mere: Vermont, $32,503, and Mississippi, $45,062. The Commissioner’s report Bhows that the collection of internal revenue in the various districts named was as follows: First Illinois, Joel D. Harvey $1,896,030 First Illinois, 11. Stone 5,441,138 Second Illinois, M. B. Crooker 37,313 Second Illinois, Andrew Welch 187,905 Fourth Illinois, Itowett 55,48 i Fourth Illinois, Maurice Kelly 279,586 Filth Illinois, George A. Wilson 13,913,381 Eighth Illinois, Jacob Wheeler 108,435 Eighth Illinois, Thomas Cooper 1,524,380 Thirteenth Illinois, Charles W. Pavev. 42,266 Thirteenth Illinois, William B. Anderson 455,242 Sixth Indiana, William D. H. Hunter.. 3,058,972 Seventh Indiana, William H. Carter... 61,331 Seventh Indiana, Tomas Hanlon 1,571,444 Eleventh Indiana, 'lbomas M. Kirkpatrick 18,393 Elovi nth Indiana, John O. Hendersn... 168,088 Second lowa, John W. Green 27,347 Second lowa, Wm. C. Thompson 2,244,113 Third lowa, James E. Simpson 5,016 Third Town, Byron Webster 186,988 Fo r h lowa, John W. Buidatte 3.C29 l-ourili loM-a, A. H. Kuhlemeier 60,245 District of Kansas, No son F. Acers.... 201,145 First Mickle an, Johnß. Moloney 1,479.883 Fourth Michigan, George N. Davis 192,111 District of Minnesota, Win. Bicket.... 68,75? District of Minnesota, Adolph Bierman 465,773 District of Montana, Thomas I*. Fuller 13,703 District of Montana, D. J. Welch 77,136 District of N. braHka, George W. P< st. 1,674,013 First Wisconsin, Etward G. Wall 2,508,601 Third Wisconsin, Henry Harden 2,402 Second Wisconsin, Alfred C. Parkinson 154,284 Third Wisconsin, Howard M. Kutchin 83,324 Third Wisconsin, Owen A. Wells 241,948 i-lxth Wise ms n, Leonard Lottringe.. 25.960 Sixth Wisconsin, Joseph M. Morrow.. 156,731 A curiosity of engineering, in the form of a tiny steam-engine, has been mode by an ingenious clockmaker. It weighs only about fifteen grains, and is entirely covered by an ordinary thimble.