Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BED , SUNDAY , JULV C , 1800-SIXTBBN PAGES.
Till CONDITION OF TRADE ,
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> financial Sky Bright , 771th a Brilliant Outlook -
look for the Futnro.
CROPS RAPIDLY APPROACH MATURITY ,
\
Iho Ijocnl Frocliice Jfnrkct I'alrljrVo
tive , With rilbcrnlllccclptn ami
a Hrlsk llcinnnd nt TJu-
i'rlocs.
r Tht cioarlnRjfor the week ai reported by
Mr. Hii lic > , imnu cr of the clo-'tliiR ' lionso
for tlio iiMoclntcd lranksofOjimliuioott.V.03 , .
OGI.fti , an Incrcaao ol 15 7-10 jicr cent ! balance *
WoroM,07J,210.a ) ,
Tills It tlio llrst tlmo In the history of tlio
Oriinlm clearing lioiiso Unit tlio record lin :
shown clearings of a million and upward i > cr
fluy throughout the wc k.
1 taul > era report a Tcry cnsy money market
ftnd u comfortable situation In ovcry ruspoct
Dtitiiit'liilly , Deposits lire liberal , there In a
RoodiU'imml from borrowers , rules tire linn
and oxulianKOIn supply liequal to tliu ilcinitiul
Tliopn&t six month * hai uiitloulitudly cov
ered a bmy and prospunmi pel loci In Oinaliu's '
financial : in l commercial history , UonornJ
tradeliiusljucitKood , l.irwly In OXCCAI of 1HS9
in all lints oscnpt hutlilliix , KilliiriH luivu
boon few nnd collections readily inaiio. Thiit
tbo Inillilltit ? trndus In Umalia nro dull
l.s dim entirely to tliu fear on tlio pnrt
of ( ivnunu of ronl ctilo ; thnt. prohibition
will curry imcl rents decline , anil uhllu arclil-
teoln' olllcr are full of plims for pmpoMcil
liiilMlimsthem Is no disposition to lit con-
truclH when tlio future line uncurtain.
Tlio JulydlslmrHrment'iof ' Interest unilillvl-
lie nils this month nro tins hugi'st ever known
In tlm lil.story of tlio country. Interest Is line
mid payable on iipwnrds of two tlioiimiul
millions Ijondi of rullroad.s and slmllnr cor
porations niul Iho Block of corporations cm
which tlicM * ( ilvldoml.aio imyabluamounts to
ororlwOO.OOU.OUO. The total Interest dt.slm'-sc-
mnnlft will aKjroKiite $ . " . ! i.00iono ) and dividends
will amount to over Slfl.OOO.OOO . , besldoHM.-l.V
27H on KMvcrnincnt amount , tmiktnirii totul f
( t > 2,2M,278lo which illicit boiulUcd thnlntor-
cst on hunk Blocks , stiitiiaml muiilcliml liondf ,
etc.nnd the Kraiid totiilwlll than , bu upwards
Of # 100.W > IMMO.
Tlio follon'Iiij t.'ililo compares the July rtls-
mirsempiits oiinecount of IntorONtsiunl ( Hvl-
duiiilsoii nxllrouil and slnilhir properties for
IBM. 1080. IROO.
SonilJ 81,121,421,878 , | I,712W,744 | 2,22I,2I8NB
utorest iis,207irn nir is.)7 81,1191MI
tocku Mf > , I43,8IX ) 71Sli.rj 8UIn.p ) > ,205
.llvldcnils 11K ,8IU , 14ar > ,158 , 15,177S
Tot'ldlKb'rsu-
inontH 4T,237SIO , 01,125,415 7MIW.12I
Ilcmlsnn Increase of jrilD.TB.niS on which In-
tcroit Is ii3"ablt ! contnnrcd with tlio HIIIIIO
porlud of lustycaratul HlUIl iiT3 : nt eoni-
liari'il with tlvuyonrs lino. The capital stock
on whlolidlvlilendsiirH nayaWo HhuwH nn la-
cronwof flll.IBi.lSl nvor last ysa.r , and KEM- ,
4lK2NI.i vcr ISSt. Tlio total clHhursciiioiiU ( in
TII II mail sloe Id and bonds Niii.o : 10,701) ) In excess
of this inoiiililnst year.mid MIU3lDSt , Creator
than llvnyi'un : " .
'J'lio uxi'ortsof domestic produce from tlili
port for tlio jmst week ainiiiint to 40lM7fMI , ,
iiwalnsft Sl.iHO.fta for ttio correspoiidlntf week
of mi ) . The fullowliiK tublu shows tlio o.x-
ports ( cvicluslvo ofMpccIc ) from the port ot
Now Ycuk for tlio week ending July 1 , 1850 ,
compared with the statouii'iits of tno two
previous years :
isno. 13S9. was.
Fortho wcnk . ? awWl ( $ ( lli.7ill : ! ) $ 4,7iiOI7 !
1'ruv'y ri'port'il KKUMl.SW H'i\KU'K \ , > 110,71(1,1)71 ( )
Since .Ian. I..HOOSOIr l il0,97U8l ;
Tlio IninorUof dry goods atth Is port ( or tlio
piLstweekaiidnliicoJuiiiiiiryl , 1800 , compared '
as follows with Uiosamoperlod of the hit two
yours :
For tlinwoott. IftO. 1RSI. ! 1RS3.
Kiitered nt the port.1iKiitK)0 N , ( > srA'l $ i'oi4.fA1
Thrown mi murkut. . 3lWii7 : 1,916,078 , l.USI.lilX )
Since .limuury 1.
Entered nt the port,7l,5ttl.'S7 HIVil.OOl . OI.K71.110
Thrown on market. 7J , ( ! llbr ; j te.tKHout ( ttbui.IS )
Tlio dccroasc In the not publlo ili'bt. during
June Is istlinuU'd nt thn troniury department
to lie about flil.OOO.OW ) . The docronw from July
] , 1M ) . toMaylll laslvrn3n7 , > M7 , ? : ! : so that the
clucrriisufor tlio yonr would bo about Jifll.OOO-
000. Tliudocrcisn iliirhm the fiscal year pre
ceding \VIIH ulwut jll.XOU ) , the dllTcrunoo being
duo partly to th e inrxo pension drafttf nnd
partly toltiunmodcurrcnt expenditure. The
purchases of bonds for the Usual roar which
closed taihiy R'achrd a total par vnluo of * 1M-
5-IHVl. and In addition t-0.87l. ( > 17 was pal'l out
In ] ) ii'iiiluins und nccrucd Inlorcst. Of tlio
vuhio of tliu liond.s ptircliiiNcil , S7i.li'rrtviis : ) ! )
4 per ci-iitu anil KJO.UM.tMO w n In 4 per
i.tn. The total amount thus uMpondod dur-
liiRthoyerir wnn | IH,4I8..PB7 ! , lueludliiB about
tll > ,00ii,0i ) for lionda puii'liiisi'd ' on uocountof
thoslnldiii , ' fund. The purchasesduilnir thu
fiscal ycnr undhiK Juno ! ti. Jw'J , wcro SW.lOd.lOO
lu Ipiircfiita and 8siMUj ( ) In 4i ! porcents.
luiiUiij ? n total par vnluo of * IL.0C74,450 , and a
total uxnimdlturo of $ UMG ! .ftU.
'I'liuro Is nu certainty to any forecasts for
tliolnsthalf of thoycar , hut all Indications
point , to a continuance of. the piu&uiit pros-
puilty.
Tlio erops are In nmKnlfleciit condition , the
liot wonllier ot tlio past Inn days havliiR
liriiiKlittlniiinuarur tomaturlt.ynl this tlmo
than wfn tlioiiKhtposslhlo a. fuw wuekssliico.
I'dci's nro steady. Sultan virtually nn-
rlinn ud , Ifvo \ cjcojit a slight advance In
XX.XX iiowdeir-d , which Is always In demand
durlnic tlio hot suavm. A dccllno hi freluht
rail's bt'tween Now Vork nnd Omaha him led
to n riduetlonof Mo P rpound In roasted eof-
fovs which will tukoulTi'ct ' Monday , In green
cotTuos there Is no chanje , holdorsiiro wiilttng
forliuyeis tocoinoforwud nnd cliilinlhiitan
adrniicoiiiusthoonlio rstalillshed , hut they
Bocm to bo losing fonlldi'iioo , The total stoi'lc
of llrayll eolfiv * In stock nnd ulloatfor tlio
United States Is : i7.'Xi3lnS3ailn9t570.'jrj ) | ? : ba's (
ut taintitluiolust your.
Dried fruits uru ciulnt nnd the market
weaker. OITUII fruits urn Induinand and stllf
Nit ; iiuotiitlons. lilco Isllrnimid llktily to KO
hlKhur. Tlm Iron und stt'ct inarkot-s are un-
ehaiiiioil , I'rodnutloii and ronunmptlna np-
] > onr to lie pretty Moll bain need and i > rlccs nro
Ktvady. ( 'oppor Istlrni , l'iy tin Is somuvvliat
woiik , and tin plato alow with no Important ,
change's III pilces.
In limits qulnlno Isvcalr. . opium higher nnil
innrplilno In nctlvo MMinest nt slightly reduced
Humes' . Itorax Is Mtron ur and ammonia.
Hlimvh atciidi'ticylo advnnct1 ,
'J'ht liUhust and lowest ijuotatloni ( it Chl-
ciu'ii In cniliiaiul iii-ovhlon.-iduring Juno wore
as follon.s :
SVhfatJiiniOic ; ; , 8lo ; July , OI7 c , 84jo ? ;
liiruJuiH' ' , JU o , : > 3.io ! ; July , Hojic , ! !
OUMlunei.t ! > o , i'lijjc : Jnlv mc ) ! ! , ' < \ic \ ; /
Kint , ii7J.i' ( , Ic ; Soiitoinlmr'lie , -I'jo. '
rprk-Juno , tlll.'r'/i. irj.ini .Inly.
oii. . . . . . it , ) ii.UO : , * 11,75 ; September , JI'J.OO ,
Tard-Iniie , M.05 , M.Kl ; .Tnlr , $0.17i ! , $11.70 5 ;
A uiu tf.L'J4. * " > .77 ; Svpteiulior. ( ilJCi. ( .V1IJ.
Iho loeiil proiluco inurket has hoon fairly
nvtlvu with liberal receipts and a brisk ao-
iiinnd nt nnohiiiiKud prices. City trudo Is
liiilet , but collections are homuwliat bettor.
OJl.tfl.l \ STOCK.
Cuttlu.
Saturday. July 5 ,
Ftltnatcd receipts of oattlo 5IK ) . compared
with 17 yesterdnv and l.lOo Saturday of last
vruck. Tin'rccolpl.t are liisunielent toinnkon.
market , The roeolpts during the week were
( MM. etimpaicdlla 10ili ; the week prior , a
falling oil 0(4,211. Ot lhol ! lo.uls In today ,
ono man IniHlii loaila of oornfi'd r terns , nnd
on iiccni'.r-t of tlio prices ho asks limy nro
prartleiilly olt the mnrkot. Of the halunee , : !
cars uri < \\eateni Mockers anil feeilors , leaving
only stor seven loiuls of Moors and threoor
four loads of rowa on saleTho - sales wcro
Hindu : it an ndviinuo of KXj over Thursday's
1 " ttuckers uml feeders > vcro slow and
receipts of hos 2,0 * ) , compared
with ii.ltiiyoMorday and fl.5H Saturday ot last ,
week. Thu receipts durliii ! tlm wei'k hnvo
bt'i'ii 'JS.nil. comp.ired wit It t.'J , ( ' . ? : ! tlio week
nrlor. The Tnarki'toponod 5lo mo higher , was
uetlvc. closhni btronir ultH nil sold. Tlm raniro
of prices was H..Vi < iata ; Unlit , * 3.V > ai 110 ;
mixed. MJi7ii : i.a"i ; heavy. aj * ! fcl.ia. Tlio
nviapiof the price * imfdvns SUM , eom-
inrod Mlth * J-11ii yesterday undKI.4U > i Sutnr-
ay of last veok. .
1'ruvniling IVIoes.
The followhiB Is a table nf prices paid In
this innrkotfiir t lie eraitn of stock inuntloncd :
" ' ' ' " ' ' '
Oooil steersriii ) toll Jlhs. . . . . . . . , 4'.O.T &j i
Oood steers , Itivi lo itxltb.s ; , U-SS
Comnuin , UWO to 11V ) B > s x-j.-i
Coninion eannnors. . . . . , , l.H )
Orillnury tofalc eo\rs.
Fair to KI M | cow *
" ' ' " " " ' " * " ' ' '
Cluilco tifitncy cows" . . . . . . . . . 5I < S.'tJ
Knlrtok'oodbull.s 1.7.1 W.V.in
Clnilcw to fancy hulls S.M fu .a
l.l ht stnckvrs and feeders .SO tfeUO
1 ' ( H'diM'Hinn to IlUn > . , . . , , 2.1K ) < Tf-'t.W
I'nlr toclioloi ) light lings aJU < tt lM
J-'ajr tocholeohouv _ > ; Juus 3.M ( i tAl
of lrlces.
/ lions.
ijr The folldwln tahtu shows the tango ot
nrlccs paid foi ho s :
Vnlr toclioli'u ell hojj. . . , „ . . . , M 5 ! ® 3 M
Kulr tocholeo 1.- . , vy 'A GO dy.fa
Fair tocholeo nilivu
d
I'rliun f.tt slwop. . , , , . ,4 40 St ! > 10
OIKKJ fatsueep 4 23 4 W
Uomtiioii to medium t > heop. , , 'i 00 ui 10
Cost of
The following tnhlo Rlv i ttio , . . . _
ot hng4on tlmrinU'4 montli'in-d ' , liu-liullng llio
cojl txxluy. is l > nwl upon Mies icpurtcd :
.Iiino 2 $170 .Ulrica ) . . | 'IMH
Juno n . .3m Juno-'t . . . . . . . . . JIM
Juno I ! IM' ( JiinottI HOI
JunoR 3W ) Juno 24 , , , ! l MJi
.lullon 3M Juno 25. . . JI5I
Juno 7 . . . . . 3 r > r4 Juno 20 „ , . ilSIK
June 0 3M Juno 27 aisH
Juno 10. . . . . . 3 Kl Juno SH a-tilS
June II .1 M Juno 150 : ) I73i
June 11 DM ) Jnlyl „ . . 24iM :
Juno K 3X ( ) > { Julys 341- ! }
JilllO 111 3Kli ! July3.
. ( line 17. . . . . . . . . . . 3 K > .Inly 4.
Juno H 34r July5. . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Juno U 347
Compnrnllvo Tallcs.
Tlio following table shows the range in
prices on lings diirlngthls nnd last
Dajs. ThH Week. Lnit
.Momlnjr H
Tilomtii ; 8 . . . . .
AVerttieiclny 3 37M3 M a 4J W.I 6'
Tlmr.i.bf . 3 ! { . X .ni.i < * iai
I'rliliiy. , 3 47j ! ( . I M ! l 42ii't.'l ! W
tjnturd y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 fw'.i ! ! (15 ( ,1 SO feet J7
Avci-ngo I'rlcool *
ShowhiR the average nrlcn palil for load * of
luuon the days Indicated in 13S7,18ad , ISat )
Dar. .luno ' 90. Juno 'W. Juno ' 33. Juno ' 87.
juiriu. July " , ) . , ) uir'w. Juir iw.
I o J.I 111. | 40I Miiidnr. (4 (
2 : n > S 4 UO I'l 31 471
3 3 | Vi ( 404 6 i)0 ) Sunilny.
t a&li-i llnl IIoI. llcl.
i. 3M I 4 13 6 < 4 4 8.1
IIIiliCHtiiitl Ijowe.st Sales of llo s.
Today , Yesterday.
IllKliest W m Tllslio.st SIS"
Lowest II V > Lowe.sl J 47i-j
Slocic Hcoclpts.
iMtenluy. l thnatod Today.
Oattlo. . . . lOcarj , 217 Cnttlo. . . . 2.1car.s. OTO
ill can , 3IS ! ) Hogs SJcars , 2,000
flicop
Horses. . . Icar , ttt Icar , 23
ul' Stook.
Showlns ? the iminticr ofoyn \ \ purchased by
the dlirorent.buyors on todays market :
IIOdK.
The Armour Cuilnhy I'nukliiR Co . . . . . S21
Omaha I'acklim Co . ( ; : n
Swift * Oo . siu ;
The GUI. llaiiiiiioncl Co . 21KJ
Itcprc.scntatlvo Hales.
miKSSKO BBKIf STIIKIIS.
No. Av. Pr. No. Av. I'r. No. Av. fr.
S. . 775 Kl tt ) > &J03 GL.irJl
S'O AND ISXrOIlT STKUIIS.
1..1G80 3 5 100..IKt ) nft'i 55..110(1 ( 423
5. . HID t 10 i. . a 10 i IB B..8S8 175
10. . &I7 1 3D 1. . TOO 130 1..113J 175
cows.
.1. . 10(11 ( 2 00 II..10111 SM 1..1000 283
13. . 1WI 2 SO
iiur.r.s.
1..1170 2 10 1..1200 2Z
13i. 7 2 y > 0. . 717 223
MTOCKI'.ltS ANI F
. . 010 323 28. . 811 a 23 40..873 330
VTE3TEHS OWrrjE.
No. Av. Pr.
2 steers , d rested hoof Ktt5 3 2Ti
II" steers , ori'SSdd ' heef 1130 31)3 )
! 9fuuilora 7J3 285
No. Av. I'r.
11)0 ) natives , feeders . , . . . U $ ' . 140
Alnrlcct > Icntion.
R. 7 , Jones canio la from Atktnsoa with a
car of cattle.
J. F. Fnlrmanhad acarof hogs on the mar
ket from Axtcll.
Hipp & Lambert scut In u car of hogs from
Hiuupliroy.4 ,
P. 11. lllbbnttl brouirlit In three cars of cattle
from Irvington ,
A. Mokel.1r.of tlio firm of A.NIekol & Son ,
Ineoilci-s of I'olaiid Ulilunswine , was a visitor
nt tlio yunls.
Wiley Black , tlio plonocr sliIppur of Tlatts-
moutli , oaiuu up with two curs of cat tlo and
ono of IIOKS.
Tlio regular monthly mcotlns of the cx-
cliajiffe anil board of directors will occur Mon-
iluy , July 7 , tit 3p. in. All niumborbbhould bo
pro-scnt.
I. M , JOIIPS. a roRiilar dealer at Wrnv , Col. ,
was oif tliumiiikut 1'rlday with a car or hogs.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.
OniOAOO , July ! ! . [ Special Tolosrani to THB
IiK.-OATTri-lto.st ! : ] nallvo cattle sold out
quick and at strong prices , hi some cases sub
stantially higher tlinn nn Krlduy , anil prlmo
handy steers aio lOo to l.V ) higher than at the
opoulng of the wrulc , whllo common und
Brassy stock may bo quoted lower than at
the onimlng of the weak. Thu run of To.\ans
for the week has been heavy and homo fcalcs-
moii are qnotlnj a decllno of 25o lo 30o for the
week , Nntlvo butclicrs' stock has had to fol
low the down turn InToxaas to a grantor or
less extent. Vrlccs oa natives have rnloil low
fioni start to llnlsli , with W.S" the
top for the vo k , a. jrrcat hulk
of iirhim stock sell Ins within a rang"
of fl.SYfC4.65. , lindobulow Kooil , i.J.7Jt04.10anl
aloiii ? tliorc. with common and srassy stoolc IIH
low inHl.Wtil J. Oholcctoo.xtm Iwovcx , MM
651.80 ; inoilluin to Rood titonirf , 1,113) to I , . " > OI
Ibs. , Ji.oixiM.ioj 1,2m ) to itr : o ibs. , $ ' ) .8ix3i.u"ii
OT ) to lM His. . W.4oa'UK ) : btockora anil
feeders , Sv' . : li.SOj ; eow.i. balls and
mixed , $ I.DOii.lO ( : : bulk , $2.WVa2.W : ; Texas
) . ' .UO@j. : i ; cows , Jl.rAft2.2il. lliiNlno.ss was no-
tlvo with an upturn of MlOo , making an ad-
vaneonf lW 15ohlncoThursday at the eloso.
Thojitilkof thn mixed sold at if.'I.M'Wl.Ki , and
hitavyat J.S24I3" ! > .IH : IlK'itmixed ' anil assorted
llKlitMldntS.6UJ.to ; ) , and a lot of fauoy lliht
ul * 1.W.
Itll'E STOCK.
CniCAfio , .7nly 8. Cattle IJpcolptn , S.OOfli
mnrkut qnli't.stiMidyiboovus. ifL" > 0TC.Wj ( ) ) stcors ,
$ : i.lOffil.40 : stockurs and fooilers. J2. : 00i.r ; 0 ;
cows , bulls and mixed , * 1.00U,10 ; Texas cnttlu ,
' '
llos Itecolntti , 8r,00 : market strong anil
lOo hlBliori mixed , K1.70uxii : heavy , $3.70 ®
3,0.-i ; VlBht , $ ; j.704.00 ; skips. W.Otxa.'I.IO.
Sheep lecelptsi.COO ! : markotstiiaily ; natlvos.
f3.loa-.00 | western , Kl.U03l.80i To.xans , $3.00 ®
4.00 ; lambs , n.XKfr0.ji ( ) .
KANSAS CITV. July 5. Oattlo-Kccetpts ,
n.StiUiiihliimaiiti , 1.7JO ; inarkut bl her ; hteors ,
M.IO4.40ieow3 , ll.00.43i : stockers and food-
er-4 , W.05 1.75.
llnj.'s Jtecolpta , < WV ) ; shipments , 2,150 : ninr
ket IdRliur ; all Brades , W&tijMll.
ravKiu-oor July 5. Wheat firm , demand
rnllciinlTt holilers oiler uparliiBly ; Oallfornla
Ni > . I , 7s I'id7 ' 2il poreuntal.
Cora Steady and ilumniul poor.
TlioOold in the United States.
To ilctfrralno iiwv-o exactly the amount of
gold hold In tlio country the treasury depart
ment soinotlino ago sent out Inquiries to pri
vate and state banks ns to the slzo of their
stocks of the metal , Seine 5,093 , or all but
about 7-11 of thcao banks , Imvo been heard
from , nnd report n totul amount of about $3-1-
000,000 ot gold In their possession. Tlicro Is
$ UtM7SV : ! > of gold coin and bullion In the
government treasury nnd 571.010,407 In thu
national banks , making a total altogether of
Hl > , ! i7SaiJ. ! : Hut the treasury department
hns estimated the totul supply , on thu basis
of tlio mint records , at $ Si'JriitX , ) , and thus
there is iO'J,57StB $ to bo otherwise ac
counted for. This cannot bo in circulation ,
unless on the I'ucitlo coast , for poll is seldom
soon In circulation , and must , therefore , \-Q \
hoarded in tbo HOOKS ami crannies of dwell
ings or non-existent in the United States. In
the latter case it must either have been taljen
tuvny by Americans traveling abroad , or ex.
jxirted without being recorded uttuo custom
house.
Counterfoil XcifUollnr Hills.
For the past two weeks aomo ono has been
circulating countorfeitillT binTiTTiTaltlmore ,
Md. Ttio pollco have Leon at work on them ,
but ns vet have rot discovered where they
aro. coming from. Ono clay last week tlio
Drovers nnd Mechanics' hank received
several of tbo notes. The flerman National
hank has received live lu the last week , and
the Eutnw Savings tank tcveml. Other
hanks have bad them presented. Thacouii.
terfdt Is on the Gennaula National bank of
Now Orleans. La. , boawebeck letter C , and
Is signed \v , S. liosccmns , resistor of the
treaiury , aud C. N. Joiilau , ttvasuivr.
DUN'S ' REVIEW OF THE WEEK ,
The He-w Fiscal Year Shows Heavy Disburse-
inonU and Easier Money ,
TRADE A LITTLE SLOWER THAN USUAL ,
Pending LjCRlnlntloii Causes Considerable -
able Hesitation In Knstcm Markets
" \Vlicnt \ Iliilcs Higher ntxd
1'ork 1'roiluclH Steady.
NEW YOIIK , July 5. [ Special Telegram to
TiiKDnn.J U. G. Dunn & Co'a , "Weekly
Itcvlow of Trade says :
With the beginning of ft new fiscal year xvo
hnvo heavy disbursements nnd cosier money ,
better crop prosi > ect3 unil n contlnunnco of
larger trade lor the season than has been
seen In nny previous year. At the sumo tlmo
it la to bo admitted that thcro scorns to bo
within the past week or two tv little moro
than the ordinary hesitation or slackening of
trnJonttho urrlval of midsummer and confi
dence in the future as nffcetcd by legislation
is rather loss strong than it was a fortnight
IIRO. Monetary apprehensions excited by experts -
ports of pold have boon nlluyod by the heavy
disbursements In dividends and interest , said
to bo the largest over mailo at this season ,
and exclusive of government payments esti
mated nt $ " 1,000,000 , , against $ ( HX)0XK ( ) ( > last
year. Foreign advices and rates of exchange
do not at present indleato dnngor of nny seri
ous drain from abroad and the interior mar
kets aw all firmly supplied at usual
rates. The volume of trade shown ly )
the clearing house returns at all cities out
side of New York Is 14,1 per cent larger than
last week for the month of Juno nnd 1H.O per
cent larger for the half year. The last week
or two luivo witnessed a smaller increase , the
extreme hot weather having depressed trade
at many western points , while at the east the
hesitation on account of pending legislation Is
now noticeable. Failures have been fewer on
the whole , and liabilities of firms failing
slightly smaller than in the first half of lost
year , but In some important branches of
trade the situation is plainly rather less
healthy than It seemed six months or ft year
ago. Knllroad earnings thus far reported for
Juno show a gain of about 10 per cent over
last year , but those also show ' . * s pninfor the
latter than for the first half of the month.
This may bo duo in part to further cutting of
rates , attempts to adjust castbound freight
wain having thus far fulled , and the stiifo
between Canadian lines and those nearest the
border having grown more bitter.
Nothing has occurred to imilto the pros
pects regarding legislation moro dcnnite.
The demand for raw wool Is scanty , prices
tending downward In spite of the smallness
of stocks on hand. The iron trade is more
steady , but rather dull. The mileage of rail
roads built this year is estimated nt 1OX )
against llfiO for the first half of last year
and a total of (5,000 ( miles for the year Is ex
pected , but this does not go far toward pro
viding use for the greatly increased supply of
pig iron.
Leather is firm at all leading markets and
activity In building sti'l ' renders lumber and
other inatcri.'ils hi niitivn rinmnml. wlilln mi.
thraeito coal Is a shade stronger.
Wheat has teen \yt cents higher , the visi
ble supply having rapidly diminished , but
these who claim that much less than 70,000-
000 bushels of surplus has been brought over
to tbo new crop year are compelled to dispute
the correctness of tha oflleifil and only information
mation of last year's ' yield. Corn has been a
shade stronger , but oats nro unchanged.
Pork products arc steady and raw sugar n
shade lower , reported stocks la nil countries
being 1,0'JO,000 tons against COr.OOO a year
ago. Later reports from the south are very
favorable as to growing cotton , nnd in Texas
the estimated yield is the largest on record.
Coffee has grown steadier , after largo liqui
dation , but the demand for consumption is
disappointing. In general the speculative
markets have been rather Inactive nnd the
level of prices for nil coinmoclotics July 1 ,
though a shade lower than it week ago or
January 1 , is fully a percent higher than at
the same date last year. The future of
speculation and of the money market now de
pends larpely upon the measure of activity
developed in the movement of crops and In
the branches of trade which full crops stimu
late The accounts from the interior cities
are most hopeful , though at present quiet is
noted at Philadelphia , Boston , and , oa no-
count of the great heat , at St. Louis , Mil
waukee and many other western cities. Chicago
cage reports the dry goods and clothing trade
larger than last year , with good fall orders
and satisfactory payment. Minneapolis
notes bettor prices for lumber and a bettor
demand for flour. Iron is dull at Cleveland ,
but groceries and hardware active. In all
the reports received there Is nowhere com
plaint of collections , nnd confidence in a largo
trade next fall is almost universal , though it
is recognized thnt nn increasing volume of
business has not of late brought a correspond-
int ; Increase in profits.
The business failures occurring during the
past seven days , as reported , number 1UV ) , as
compared with m last week. For the cor
responding week of last year the figures
were JittJ.
Tlio Pullman anil the " \Vnjjiicr.
Discussing the affairs of the Pullman Pal
ace car company , a prominent western rail
road ofilcial said :
"There is a big contest on between Pull
man and the Vanderbilts , which attracts very
Httlo attention , but which has been on for
five years now , over sinew the Vamlcrbilts
bought Into the Wagner palace car company ,
and which Is getting fiercer nil the time.
About once each year the announcement is
made that the Vnndorbilts hnvo purchased n
new railroad. This year it was the Big Four
system. Kach such announcement means
more to Pullman than anybody else in the
country , for it means the throwing off of the
Pullman and the substitution of the Wagner
sleepers. 'Xho New York Central , the Hud
son liiver , the Michigan Central , the Lake
Shore.tho Big Four.nnd the Northwestern all
use nothing but Wagners. Pullman hap
pened to nave a twenty-tlvo years' contract
with the Union 1'acilic , or , when the North
western-Union 1'acilio deal was made , thn
use of the "Wagner would have boon
part of the contract. Undoubtedly the "Wag
ner will bo running on the Union Pacific in
1913. Pullman , evidently dreading the Van-
derullt extension , has lately been making
these twenty-llvo-yenr contracts. That alone
saved him the vast Union Pacille. If "Will
iam II. Vanderbllt had sncceded in his fight
against IJ. It. Cable and H. II. Porter In 1S8S
the liock Island would rmt bo running Pull
mans. Pullman got the Atchison imd the
Atlantic & 1'acillo last year , when hu .undo
his contract with the Union Pacific. He has
now about 110,000 miles of road , against
30,000 , controlled by the Wagner people. ' '
Silver Coinage.
The director of the mint has prepared n
comparative statement In regard to the pur
chase and coinage of silver , from which the
following figures are taken : The amount of
silver purchased under ttio last administra
tion , that Is , from March 1,168. , to March 1 ,
ISsl ) , was 993,110,628 , , an average of S'H4,09J ) , ( (
worth per month. The number of silver dollars
lars coined was 12(1,847 ( , ISO , or an average of
2H-2tV ( > 5 per month. During the fifteen
months of President Harrison's administra
tion the amount of silver purchased has been
* 3i,702,82a , , an average of 62,184,821 worth per
mouth , nnd the number of silver dollars
coined has been 4r ,42 < , ) l77 ( > , or an average of
H.lKS.tIM per month. Since the present
director of the mint took diargoof the pur
chase nud coinage of silver , thnt is , from
October 1 , 1S-S9 , to June , IbliO , the number of
silver dollars coined was 25,188,010 , or a
monthly average of H,24K,077. ,
Chemical National Hunk Stock.
At auction recently one share of the Chem
ical bunk's itoon sold for fl.OSO , This Is the
highest price which the Chemical's stock has
ever brought , A Wall street broker , after
the sale , remarked : ' 'A ' share In the Chem
ical bank is a good thing for a man to die and
Icavo in a strong box. " Forty-nine hundred
and eighty dollars for n share , the par valun
of which is ttoo , is the highest bid on record
in thlscouutry.
A Dangerous Counterfeit.
A dangerous $ . ' , counterfeit bank note 1ms
been detected in the Now York postoftlco. It
has the appearance of Imlng much worn and
purports to have been Issued by the National
bank of Tnmnqua , TK ti July , 18C3. It Is
almost perfect In nppiw&xnco. the fnco being
printed from n gcnulnc/miltc. / nnd the Imper
fections being only oirtUo back and in the
quality of the paper. The note presented nt
the postofllco was promptly defaced.
Til Ot'1 Tltl ! MISSION.
A-
An Unconventional Taleorijovo lit the
Following is a story from the pen of
Hmlynrd Klpllnjr , the English novelist ,
whoso work is creating so much Interest
in literary circles : . .
She was the dnugUtpr of Sonoo , a Hillman -
man , and Judoh , his wlfo. One year
their muizo fulled , uml later their only
poppy Hold ; so noxMonson they turned
Christian , nnd brought their baby to the
mission to bo baptized. The Kotgarli
chaplain christened her Elizabeth , niul
"Llspoth" is the Hill prouotinclntlon.
Later , cholera ctitno into the Kntgnrh
"vnlloy nnd curried oil Sonoo nnd Jndoh ,
and Llspcth bociimo iinlf-scrvnnt , half-
companion , to the wife of the then chtip-
Inlti of Kotffiirh. She grew very lovely.
When a Hill girl grows lovely Bho is
worth traveling fifty miles over bad
ground to look upon. Lispoth hud u
Greek face one of these faces people
paint so often nnd BOO so seldom. She
was of a palo ivory color , and for her
rauo extremely tall. Also she pos
sessed wonderful oyes. Llsnoth's
own people hated her bocmiso
she hud , they said , become a mem-
sahib nnd washed herself dally ; nnd the
chaplain's wife did not know what to do
with hor. Somehow one cannot nsk a
stately goddess , flvofoottonln her shoos
to clonn plates nnd dlnhea. So she
played with the chaplain's children and
toolc classes in the Sunday school , and
read all the books in thu house uud grow
moro nnd moro beautiful.
Ono day , a few months after slio was
seventeen yours old , Llspeth went out
for a walk. She covered between twen
ty and thirty miles in her little constitu
tional. ' .This time she came back at full
duslc , stopping down the breakneck descent -
scent into Kotgnth with something
heavy in her arms. The chaplain's wlfo
was dozing in the drawing-room when
Llspeth eamo in , breathing hard nnd
very exhausted with her burden. Lis
poth , put it down on the sofa und said
simply : "This is my husband. I found
him on the Bagi Itotul. Ho has hurt
himself. Wo will nurse him , and when
ho is well your husband shall marry him
to mo. " This was the first
mention Libpoth Imd ovw niado
of her matrimonial views , nnd the chap
lain's wife shrieked with horror , now-
over , the man on tlio sofa needed atten
tion llrst. Ho was a young Englishman ,
and his head Lad boon cut to the bone by
something jagged. IIo was put to bed
and tended by the chnplain , who know
something about medicine. Lispoth ex
plained to the chaplain that this was the
man she meant to marry ; and the chap
lain and liiswife lectured her severely.
Lispoth listened quietly , and repeated
her proposition. Ilaving found the man
she worshipped slid was going to nurse
him until ho trot well enouL'h to marrv
hor. That was her programme.
After a fortnight of fever the English
man recovered coherence nnd thanked
the chaplain and his'wifo and Llspcth
especially Lispoth for their kindness.
IIo was a traveler in the east , ho said ,
and had come from Dahra , Dun to hunt
for butterflies am6ng the Simla hills.
IIo fancied ho foil over the
cliff while stalking a fern. Ho
mndo small hasio to go away
and recovered hi/ / ? strength slowly.
Lispetli objected to j > oing advised either
by the chaplain or his wife ; so the latter
spoke to the Englishman and told him
how matters stood in Lispoth's heart.
Ho laughed a good d6al and said it was
very pretty and romantic , a perfect idyl
of the Himalayas ; but , as ho was engaged -
gaged to a girl ut home , ho fancied that
nothing would happen. Certainly he
would behave witli discretion. Ho did
that. Still ho found it very pleasant to
talk to Lispoth , and walk with Lispeth ,
say nice things to her and call her pot
names. It meant nothing at all to him
and everything in the world to Lispoth.
Doing a savage by birth she took no
trouble to hide her feolingsand the Eng
lishman was" amused. When ho wont
away Lispeth walked with him up the
hill as far us Narkunda , very troubled
and very miserable. The chaplain's wife
being a good Christian , disliking any
thing like fuss or scandal , had told the
Englishman to toll Lispoth that ho was
coining back to marry hor. So , all the
twelve miles up the hill the Englishman ,
with his arm around Lispoth's
waist , assured her ho would comeback
back and marry hor. She wept on the
rldgo till ho had passed out of sight.
Then she dried her tears and went to
Kptgurh again and said to the chaplain's
wife : "Ho will como back and marry
mo. Ho iioa gone back to his people to
toll thorn so. " And the chaplain's ' wife
soothed Lispoth and said : "Ho will
como back. " At the end of two months
Llspotli grow impatient and was told
that ho had gone over the sons to Eng
land. There was an old puzzle map ol
the world in the house. She put it to-
Kotlior of evenings , and cried to herself ,
and tried to imagine where her English
man was. As she had no ideas of dis
tance or steamboats , her notions wore
somewhat erroneous. This , however ,
made no difference. The Englishman
had ho Intention of _ coming back 'to
marry a Hill girl. jio forgot all about
her by tlio tlmo ho was buttorlly-hunt-
ing in Assam. Ho wrote a book on the
cast. Lispotli's name did not appear.
At the end of three months Lispoth
made daily pilgrimages to Narkunda to
heo if her Englishman was coming along
the road. It gave her comfort , and the
chaplain's wife , finding her hnppy
thought that she was getting over hot
"folly. " A little later the walks ccasec"
to help Lispoth and her temper grow
very bad. The chaplain's wife thought
this a profitable tlmo to lot her know
the real state of affairs that the Eng
lishman had only promised his love to
keep her qulot thnt ho had never
meant to marry liort Lispoth said thn
all this was impossUei , because ho line
said that ho loved her. ' "How can whn
you and ho said bo untrue ? " "Wo sale"
It as an OXCUFO to keop. you quiet , child. '
"Then you lied to.no"said . , Lispoth
"you and ho ? " The chaplain's wife
bowed her head and' ; riald nothing. Lis
poth was silent , toofor , a little time
then she wont down.tao ; valley and re
turned in the dross'pf.a Hill girl infa
mously dirty , but without the nose
lings. "I am going.-back to my owi
people- said nho. 'u"You ' hnvo killet
Lispoth. There is Otily left old Jndoh' ;
daughter the daugjlittir of a palmrlanc
the servant of Tnrkd'J ovi , You are al
liars , j-ou English.-- . She loft and tool
to her own unclean people savagely , am
In a llttlo tlmo she ( .married a wood
cutter , who beat her and her beauty
faded soon. Lispoth was a very OH
woman when she died. She always hat
a perfect command of English , ana whoi
she was suJIIjiontly : drunk could some
times be induced to toll the story of ho
first love utTitir. It was hard then t
realize that the bleared , wrinkled creature
turo BO like a wisp of charred rnjr couh
over have been "Llspeth of the Kotgarl
Mission. "
It U aotnt-ofllciully stated that the recen
strike cost the Illinois Central $1.000 hourl >
or $100,000 , in all.
New York'Sun : Musician There. Tha
Is my latest coiniwsitlou. What do vo
think ! Cvnlcus AVoll , candidly , Thumpoi
my boy , if architecture Is frozen muslo tha
couipostlon might be concealed lutoaauu-
cessfullniorgue , but otherwise
ELECTRICITY IN DAILY LIFE
ts Utilization Began Only a Quarter of
Oontnry Ago ,
LECTRIC ROADS IN THE CENSUS ,
Dntn Whlcli Will lie of Oro.it Gctv
er.il Interest Mtjlitltij ; Trains by
Electricity A Imr o Domes-
tlo Plant.
The life of tpdny hns derived its most
ssentiul characteristic vapidity from
ho wonderful natural force , electricity.
\Vo nro living under the sign of oloc-
riclty ; nnd yet the sclonco that hns
> rought it about is very young , writes
Trailllendt in Unscro Zelt. Tlio com-
ng year will witness its Iwmty-nftli
) irthday only , for there could bo no talk
of a technical utilization of electric cur-
ents prior to the invention of the ilynn-
no machine. And next year will give
us , ns has boon llnnlly decided , an Inter-
mtloiml electrical exhibition In Frank-
ortonthoInln. .
Although Germany was the original
lomo of the telegraph , tlio methods of
quick telegraphy that have done moro
than anything else to cronto this ngo of
electricity have boon developed in
England and America. In the past year
.ho 'Whentstono apparatus , which is
capable of transmitting from -160 to 000
vords a minute , was first introduced into
our country. Similar mechanisms are
n use in Franco , among tliom the Baudot
multiple printing instrument , with
vhlch from 21G to 2o2 dispatches of
iwonty words can bo forwarded on a
single -vylro ; whereas with the Morse in
strument the limit was twenty-live , and
with the Hughes instrument sixty
Messages. These improvements In the
apparatus have been accompanied by a
remarkable economy In the wires since
Siemens , Frlsehen and Edison have de
veloped the method of multiple tele
graphy. It Is now possible to send sev
eral messages simultaneously on the
same wire , and even in opposite diree-
ions. In a short ti mo the entire glebe
vill b3 encircled with the telegraph , ns
the San Francisco board of trade has re
solved in favor of laying a Pacific cable
jy way of Honolulu and Tutuila.
Another memorable advance is the
wringing of widely distant places into
lirect oral communication , as by tlio
[ lomo nnd London line , that has been in
) porntion since December 1 , 1880. Dur-
, ng tlio year 1888-89 the number of cities
H'ovideu with the telephone increased
! rom 171 to 00 , and the number of tele
phone Btatious rose to 88,7GS ) , an ici'oaso
of 7,4.14.
For generating currents for electric
lighting throughout the world about ono
million hoi'So-powors arc employed ,
capable of a total illumination of iiOO- ,
000,000 standard candles. The floating
capital employed amounts to $400,000- ,
000. In the United States alone $02-5-
000,000 are invested in the electrical in
dustries. In electrical conduits Ger
many leads all nations , even the practi
cal Americans , as no less an authority
than Edison has acknowledged. Cen
tral generating establishments exist in
the great cities , not merely for the pur
pose of supplying illumination , but for
conducting electrical currents for other
purposes into the houses of con
sumers ; and here a prospect is
opened for electricity to play an im
portant part in the domestic and social
economy of the future. With the growth
in the number of consumers , and im
provements in insulation and dynamos ,
tl\o supply of power is becoming con
stantly ehenpor , and the time is not far
of ! when the artisan will bo enabled to
drive his little machines witli the olec-
tuic current , relieving his muscles , and
placing it in his power to develop a
manual dexterity that In certain direc
tions can produce results beyond the
attainment of manufacturing processes.
Thus it Is seen that there is virtue in
electricity to aid in the solution of some
of the social questions that are stirring
the world.
Electric Uuilrniuls in the Census.
The use of electricity ns a motive
power for street cars will bo an import
ant section of the census investigation of
the electrical industry. None of the
many forms of the application of elec
tricity has been developed more rapidly
or been accompanied by moro satisfac
tory results than that of the transmission
of power for street ear purposes.
The census investigation of the general -
oral subject of transportation has been
very properly assigned to Prof. Henry
C. Adams , stuti&tioiim of the interstate
commerce commission , says the Electri
cal World. lie 1ms divided the subject
In several sections , ono of which is
"Enpld Transit In CMtles. " This section
has been assigned to Special Agent
Charles II. Cooley , a con of Thomas M.
Cooley , chairman of the interstate com
merce commission. '
The plan of investigation thnt has
boon adopted is designed to make a com
parison between tno uilleront motive
powers em ployed anlinalsteum dummy ,
cables nnd electricity to show the re
lative economic value of each. Elec
tricians can wish for nothing hotter than
this. Street railroads are now being
transformed into electric roads ns fast as
munufucttirorors and construction com
panies can take care of the business.
How they will manage with an added
impetus given to the business , is hard to
predict.
Tlio schedules for the section of rapid
transit in cities will include the inquir
ies to bo made regarding electric rail
roads. That part of the schedules per
taining to the olootrical branch of the
subject , will bo prepared under tlio
supervision of Allen It. Footo , special
agent , and thnt portion of the report
pertaining to the use of electricity us a
motive power for street cars will bo em
bodied fa a report on the investigation
of the electrical industry , as well as in
the report of tlio section making the in
vestigation.
The census ofllco Is performing a ser
vice of great value for the public in mak
ing such special investigation. All who
have to do with questions of municipal
management of public ufairs ( nro keenly
a ware of tlio necessity of securing trust
worthy data by which to guide their
actions. The cost of obtaining such
statistics through the census otllc < , Is
but an infinitesimal tux on the capi
talization of the industries Interested ,
whllo its iinjmrtinl and Impersonal
character glvos it the weight of an un
questioned authority ,
A Simple Stor K Maltory.
The following directions for making a
simple storage battery are duo to the
Journal of the Telegraph. Got two half-
round porous cups and n round glass jar
largo enough for the two porous cups to
stand In upright. Gut two plates of shoot
lead one-sixteenth of an Inch thick , wide
enough to lit thu half-round side of the
porous cups und deep enough to como
an inch or so nbova tlio top
cilgo of the cups and jar. Solder
n stout copper wlro or \ screw
post to eacli load plato nt tlio top , ,
rlnco the lead pinto * la the cups nnd
1111 the cups nearly full with a paste
uiado of red lend mixed with a solution
of sulphate of soda thin onougli to run
llko a cement. The class jar containing1
the two cups should bo filled to within
half an inch of the top of the cups with
sulphuric add and water , about ono part
of acid to eight of water. The plates
should bo marked so that , m charging ,
the currents may bo sent In the right
direction. The cell may bo charged by
attaching it to a series of a do/.en sul
phate of conpor cells for twenty-four
hours , or from a dynamo. A wooden
cover inn y 1)0 ) lilted to the glass jar , and
evaporation ol the iluld should bo re
plenished by adding water. Two or
more Cells of this battery will work
small motors , lump * and Induction cells ,
nnd if thoroughly charged will retain
a largo volume of electricity for a con
siderable tlmo. After once being well
charged , four to six cells of sulphate of
copper battery will recharge it.
Iptormiilii PUtmtco hy Kluctrlclty.
"Lieutenant Fisko of the Untied
States navy has Invented an instrument
to determine the range of an object , of
which the general principle , " says the
Kiiglneoriiig and Mining .Tounial , "that
of determining the distance by the
dllTorenco of angle at which It appears
from the extremities of a known biiso
line , Is well known , but In Lieutenant
Flake's instrument the dllTorenco of
auglo Is determined with accuracy and
vapidity by means of a whentslono
bridge , and either a sensitive galvano
meter or a telephone. In practice two
telescopes nro mounted at a Known dis
tance npuvt nnd focused on the object
whoso distance is to be deter
mined. They will , of course , mnko
an angle with each other. A simple
electrical arrangement with galvano
meter or , telephone in circuit is BO ar
ranged that a current will Jlo\v
through tlio instrument unless the two
telescopes are exactly parullol. The ob
server notes on ono of the two telescopes
the angle required to prevent a current
from passing through the instrument ,
nnd thus measures , or rather electric
ally weighs , the difference in the angle.
Thus , a single observer with an un
learned assistant , can determine with
great rapidity tlio exact distance of a ,
vessel or other object. As designed ,
the range-finder is intended for use in
naval warfare to allow accurate tiring of
great guns , but , if It proves ns satisfac
tory in practical use as it is claimed , it
should prove far more Ubeful in the pur
suits of peace. "
* ; Trains by
Despite the fact that several railroads
have given up for the present systems of
lighting trains by electricity , the Con
necticut river railroad not only main
tains the illuminations but has made
several improvements In its practical
workings. For the past three voars u
train riuiiuntr between Sprlnliuld and
Northampton , Maw. , has boon lighted
by the fluid , which seldom falls to work
successfully. The apparatus used wan
put in by is. H. llnrrott , who lias recently
perfected an improved form of storage
battery , from which ho oxppcts more eco
nomical results than anything heretofore
attained. The electric lighted train
hitherto used has been kept in local
service , "ami has been run by a dynamo
placed in the baggage car. The bat
teries , however , have worn out , ami nd-
vuutago was taken to put In new bat
teries of ilfty cells , which nro stronger
than the old Hlylo. An Improved switch
board has also boon placed in the bag
gage car , and with this arrangement the
lluid can bo regulated in any part of the
train. The old way to turn on the lamps
was by manipulating a number of sepa
rate switches. An improved motor hits
also boon added to the equipment and
this shows the strength of the current as
it passes through the curs. Another new
device is the Jordan electric coupling ,
which connects the wires as they pass
over the platforms. New and handsome
lamps have been hung over the plat
forms , shedding sprays of light over the
steps. _
A. Tjar o Domestic I'litiit ,
The Socioto Electrique of Brussels ,
which work's the Julien system of ac
cumulators , has just made an important
installation of the electric light in the
palace of thcrComto do Flandre at Brus
sels. The lighting includes at present
three are lumps in the state court yard
and 1)00 ) incandescent lamps , divided as
follows : 178 in the library , the dining
hall , the billiard room , and the prince's
private apartments ; .774 in the reception
rooms , 27 In the guests' chambers , 2S In
the children's apartment , and 9t ; in
various other rooms. The primitive in
stallation of the motive power , placed in
the collars , included in the llrst place u
4 h. p. dynamo for charging u battery
of .rutlon accumulators for curving the
private apartments only. This luiri boon
Increased by the addition of a h , p. dyn
amo for charging a battery of 'M accum
ulator ! ' . These nro ohnrged every eight
days , according to need. This plant ,
which is entirely supplied by nueumula-
terri , allows the light to bo hud at any
hour ' without setting the engines at
work. The success , it is said , 1ms boon
so great that the Comto do Flimdre Is
now preparing to light thoentiropftluee ,
wliicli will raibo the total installation to
1,500 , lamps.
8UAUKAM ) POKl'OISH KIOIIT.
A. linttlo Off the Jersey Const thnt
Made tlio Sea AVnvcs K 'il.
The other morning at 5 oclouk , while
the buthors wore enjoying a bath in the
bull'at Avalon , a largo school of por-
iioisos mndo a dash up the coast just be
hind the breakers. Thcro was over a
hundred of thcso slippery inon-
storrf , so hard to catch in
a not , nnd they never blto
at any known bait. A good sized por-
polsu'will dcvour.a bushel of mow bunk
ers or a young drumlish at a single meal ,
and just now the surf is tilled with small
drumtlsh feeding nt flood tide. Tlio
man eating shark likes the same kind of
dlot , and many a bloody conlltct ensues
between these robbers of the great deep
when they meet on common feeding
ground. In front of the hotel thoro-id
considerable depth of water , and the
porpoises came so near that many of
them could have been reached with a
fishing rod.
Suddenly , as the school of porpoises
were tumbling over each other In play ,
a four-foot shark made a duih out of the
water , pursued by a ton-foot porpoise.
The porpoise succeeded in lilting a , piece
out of thu man-eater , and made a vicious
plunge at tlio shark in nild-alr , while
the bua becaino red with blood.
Both llsh wore in a duel to tlio death.
Neither tried to escape. Tlio shark was
the swiftest In motion , but was an un
equal antagonist. The porpoise would
dive under him and strike him In the
holly under water , to the great discom
fort of tlui man cater , whoso jaws wore
not big enough to maku an impression
on the tough hide of thofdlppory sea
hog. Thrco times they met in midair
and struck each other na two bull elks
butt each other with their antlers.
The porpolso slowly retired ton foot
nnd with the swiftness of lightning
struck the shark in the middle and
ripped him open. The man-outer boon
floated , dond , out on the oca , while tlio
porpoise , luidly hurt , followed his cf
punloiis up Townsend iulot ,
THE HALF YEAR'S RECOAD ,
Eovlow of the Building nnd KeaKv Bust'
ness for Six Months.
A DIG JUMP IN BANK CLEARINGS
TIioHcnl ISstntoTrntiifVM Snow nn Iiv
crt-nno of Two .Millions A
Small Docrenoo In Itulld-
iujj Permits.
The following flh'uros show the totals of
real ostnto transfers , building iwrnilU niul
bank clearing for the past week compared
with the corrcspoiullng period of laiL year :
lli.U , UHTATK TIIAMirKIM.
I > ny. ISW9. tX ! ) .
Moniliiy $ : u.9H I 711.701
Tiusilny 4U7H : 47,001) )
Wednesday 07.WI 7O.nt ;
Thursday ! > 0 , : i7
I'rldny r-.80S
Saturday 17S.IM 4 ,5rJ
Total !
lum.mxu i
nny. ifw. ISM.
Monday S 5.NX ) tlil.tt )
'I'uesdiiy U.IHO 2.4.V )
\Vodiu .diy : 2,330 1.IW
Thursday 2t ; , ISO
I'rldiiy 1H.M
Saturday 21,700 22,700
Totals $ lV > ,7i3 MO.ISO
HANK I
Monilixv
' ' " ' ' ' "
" ' " ' ' ' ' ' ' " ' " " "
Tiu'idny. . . . . . . . . . . , . . r.V.i'.li" . . . i'.wilbiijii
Wednesday l.oi.Vitso.'l
Tlmrsday ' 1,003,800.50 ,
1'rlday
Saturday ll.'ilitn.W , :
Total K > ,2mlUI.H5 !
.An liierooso of 15,7 percent over tlio corn-
sponcting week of last year.
The following figures ho\v \ tlio totals of
real estate transfer , hiilldliig pornilU anil
hank el curing' ) for the first six ntontliH ot the
proMcnt year , compared with the annul
period ot lust year ;
KKAti tSTATU TIl.VNSFKHS.
Day , m ) . 1 )1. )
January itStM.TOI $ lXi.llti !
Toliruary l.uro.ra | , M .li > 7
Mim'h 1,2 < 1'WI ' 1.1IW..1II
April I.IHIHIV 1,1 71.123
May i , 7i.7M ansi.mi
Junr lKUd.'J , lIINaM (
Totnla J7sil,2llr,7i.l'Jl : , , ( '
IIUir.lltMl I'tlllMITH.
US ! ) 1800
January $ ( t',201 J Tl.lllO
I'elirnnry 41t > ' .K ) lxi,7IH (
Mari'h 2ll7,0.'i' ' ) 14u : 5
Apill 4l.-i.sn7 4IH.OVI
May Mi\i : \ ax > , m
Jnnu 4M.T.'xJ t'MM
Totals JI.TID.IIO . Jl,533ll , ( !
11ANK Cr < KAUrfl > < .
188 ! ) ISfW
January $ Ifi.SHl.4M $ 1V.1M.IW7
Kohrimry ii.4Ntai5 : lilIDI.4.vl
MulPh 13.477.I.V ) JO.lifiJ.imi
Aplll ; . lli,2l7,2H ! ! 1I,221) ! ) . HI
May 17Hll : , 52 2.I.SI l:7 ( : ( !
Juno lH.H7ltKK : ! W.)1IK3 )
Totals $ 97,1553,517 flSI,7 , 5.IJT
: no .SOAUII2 isuno
Pollocnmii HuIntR.s InolileiitH to I'rovo
tlio Assort ion.
"I thlnlc burgltvrs uro moro often ut
terly routed byvomuii Hum by mon , "
suid 11 policeman to a Now York Tribune )
oportor Iho ether day. "It 18 woiulor-
iilshnt uwoimiu will tlo somutimi'n
vhoii blm lioiirrfti striiiigo IIOBO ! In her
louse at night. I linow that niy o\vii
wife is a noi'vous. oxclttiljlo Inviilitl , who
often lies a\vako in the nl ht when I inn
outoniny Ijcat , trombliiij } in hot1 boil
with apprehension lest u burglar might
inter the house , So far , shols tin nbbo-
uAo coward.
"But lot her really hoar a noise lu
my part of the house which might ho
nado by ti burglivr , niul the opportunity
'or action isu positive ; relief toiler. 1I [ )
she ( jots In u minute , and without a HCU-
ond's liositiition iiinkcshor wny In tlio
lark all over the house , lookiiifj for the
intruder not a slffii of fear then but ns
Lho fact that nobody has actually en
tered tlio house becomes npnaront , hot1
[ oai'leBtBoino ono inlL'ht do so returns ,
and Bho goes back to beda coward again.
Stviino , isn't ' it ?
"I roinoinboi' a desperate hui'prl rwlto
was hanged for killing a man whoso
liouso lie had boon tllsoovorcd robbing ,
telling mo thnt the only time ho actually
fell scared at Hading hlniHolf face to
[ acu with ono of the inmntos of the house
ho was 'cracking' wan when a Blight ,
delicate woman , clad only in her night
drcHts , came running down the stall's ,
and , putting her hand on hh arm , en
quired in a terrified tone :
' "What's the mutter ? Is there a burg
lar in the house ? O , protect mo ! '
"In her terror she did not think ot
him as the robber , and tlm evident com
fort It gave her to llntl some ono to 'pro
tect' her gave him a now aunsatloti al
together.
"Ho was Htaggerod a moment by the
situation , but heaving other inmaloH
moving upstairs , who had evidently
boon aroused by her loud exclamations ,
ho tmidvly said : 'Certainly , nui/tim , I'll '
protect you have no foar. .hint stand
hero behind the door whllo T look in tlm
kilehon where the noino scenm to como
from. '
' "O thank ' she ho
, you , replied , as
slipped out Into the Icitohoii , picked up
his shoes and vanished out of the win
dow , leaving the booty piled upon the
Hour in a tablecloth , which ho wius jtnt
tying up when the woman caniuupon
liim. "
Locomotive l'o\vcr
The novel ppectaclo of uprooting
great trees by the aid of a rnllroad loco-
inotlvolH being witnoKHeu at
nays the Albany Kxjiross , In laying tlio
double track of tlio IJulawnre and llud.son
railroad through the village , it bucamo
neeosBary to roinovoa ntnnbnr ( it largo
elms. A stout rope Is fiintonod lo tlio
trunk ot the trco about halfway up , tlio
largest branched chopped oil , anil the
earth dug uway from the rooln. Tliea
the end of the rope Ls lixod to the front
of the eiiglno , and it IH backed slowly
along tliu track , lifting the tree out
very cleverly.
III3VI/1'Y , A
TNSTHUMKNTS placoJ on ruoura
i yustciduvi
U KU1I1 and wlfo toSylvnstcr
liain , lot 1 , hi k : tiinnln ( } > ; liiiu'Mail. ! wil
J S Holland nnd wlfo to MJluos , lot IM ,
llkt. ) : Itlehlleld ad , w d .
Jlary lleiiimm anil lii liiiiul to . "ohin-
tliin HoUel. 8 i-V , ft lul III. blk 80 , Soiilli
Onialiu , w d .
Sebastian Hol/nl to , I O Iliiiiiuiin. K 17'/J ft
lot ii : , lilk b ) , South Uninlia , w d .
J Tllcliics nnil wlfo to 'A'lllliuu Dnr.it ,
Int lU.fitn wnrt I'lixiu.w (1 .
J I'liiivU to JiieobKaweott. lot 21 , blk
1) ) , llrlitK-4 1'laco , wd .
OV \ Wlfkursliain and wlfo to l < II Halo ,
lot lUMilk H.'i. Smith Unialiii , wil .
Amvrillvor to.V V Graves , lot ill , blk 5 ,
Iliinscnia 1'lnco.wil ' .
K A Morris to M .1 ICoiumrU lul Zl , Alll-
lard JtOnldHroirnrul.wcl .
Itallou llrollioi-s t ( J M Iliiiup , lot'J ' , blk
J , Kvi'rctt I'liiui' ' , w ' 1 . .
Jacob Hdlimr and wlfoto William Uosu-
ntin , lotll , llk I , Arbor I'lari ) , w il . . . .
11 I ! C'lark amivlfit to II T Talk , n 'j ' lotx
, rnimln , blUD , DiiHHit | I'liiee , wil .
E II Katfklii nud wlfoto A HirlKlit I , A-Ii
Co. , lot i ) , UllclW , Albrl4lifrtholrc ( ! , wd. .
WhSolby and wlfo t < il ) V ( itone , w a > {
ft. lotii , blk 3. KlrkuiMxl. ml .
EH ItiMxlnnd wlfutoVJ YmuiK , lot 21 ,
lilk Ifi , Albright's Aiinnv. wil . . . . .
South Onialiu LanilCoto HI ; Holmes ct
nl. , lotTp , lilk I'M , Bonlli Oinaba , wil .
V II Uolliaan imd wtfo to II. ) Windsor ,
lolH llti ) 111 , blk Mote. blUII. loUltiiml
U. lilkn , McC'ormlolc'ii Sail add , wil. . .
Kli I'atteo too Ol.azarus , lot 'j , lilki : ,
llolloiii'V mill , wil .
Kll/iliitb ! Mllliourno ami liuvhnnil to.M
M Marshall , lotx 1 nnd a , blk K , Ham-
inond I'lacu , wil .
WrUnvuHto ( IX Illoks , lot 51 , llki ( ,
Hunscoiu I'lnco , wd . . .