, 1866-04-30

"A leci.ton has been made In The Northern dis
trict Of the Cl1cnit Court oI The United S,atea.
ph,ch prevents State Assessors from iesying ta1
on the surplus earnings Of q bank.
The IaIaye,,c Co.nttr OF the s5sh instnnt, sass
that Lafayette ring recently held the largest
amount OF wheat at Milwaukee ever held there by
tInRle combination, and sold ont On the top wave
Of he late advance nt handsome profit"
We have been informed that the Canantn1@ua
AID Niagara Falls Railroad, which has fot se7esal
ysars been opernted by the New York Central
Company, has become the property. BY lease OK
pusehnse, ct The Pennsylvania K1lltoad COMPANY,
which management will secure to the hitter CON-
pspy the control Of direct railroad line between
Phiiadc1ph1a and Niagara Falls. 1t Is generally
understood that tbs WORKING Of The Canandaigua
br.nch has not been source Of profit 10 tht New
York Central Company, tact which may account
for their consent 10 y,eldtne its control TO the
Pennsylvania Company.
AN otHctat notice from tho Chicago i Rock
Island ailroao Comp4ny ia to the effect that share
holders a. registered On the 8th Of My, will 70
ceiye T. eco 00 10 Per cent On their capital OF
$GsQ0 0G0 In bones or scrip, convertible Into The
iull paid thsres Of the company on or before the
II Of Juue, On tha pnynsnt Of 70 per cent Of the
psr rane Of tho tcrip. In other words, the extta
dividend II equal to 8. pr cent eath, counting tho
shares at par e1tn dividend. The Of T. 03o.0o0
| surplus fnc.ease thus appropriated and $1H.ooo
cash on the conversion VI the scrip fn.o full shares,
together COO 0D viii accomplish ths purchase OF
The Miesi.eippi and Missouri road, west u inc ale'
| sieFippi River.
s,mmepts wera not valid uuless they have the psc-
| scrthed nyenue clamps upon them Bnt judge
Hoar- Of the supreue Court Of Massachusetts, one
OF the panst eminent tarssts tn this couny, mas Ut
cIced thai this II not The cste.
| -rhe Rochester B1aks seem 10 ha all winding up
I az. =. f-.A- -nk1a-S nj
nrothes. II follows:
Fctayear or two past the Commercial nsnk Of
,ht. ciy has bern contracting Its ouslnes- With 1he
in;. utton Of closing Its operations etilse'y On
and depoels, md tho facs ts duly anaoonec1 IN az
adyer1ft sment. to day. Al! balances du5 rom #
vi be a At f1s h neT % a 10 qaoIs Fes, y
HnnE. and pcfsons who haye left v1Iuab;es IN IL
| keep1us arc required to reclaim them.
/ The annual meeting OF the stockholders Of the
Michigan southern + Northern IDllsna leai!coad
/ Company wa8 held at the conpaoy@s o6ica at To-
kdo. On the s6th instan&. The result at the cleo
ton for Directors shows that the stockholders wefe
pertecily satisfied with the Old Boa1d but stng!e
pe-y name appearing n the list-Mr. Keep, Of New
York, declined reelection ns TreasuEez, and L.
G,and Lockwood was elected to that ONCE. The
Eoard Is as tofloWss
/ DIrectors-james q. BanEes, henf5 rep. le
| peT John P. Acker. Jesse Bon tot ). Aoys : lo:)
Nss York; Nelson Beazasiey, 81 Au9nE1. n. NJ T.;
/ Johu s., barry. copsr1n.tue. Mich; Pnilo Mots
% bus, Elkhort, Id. !; E. b Pnilhps and Albert Keep
OF Cnteazo. .... f.,.n,rx,
The follow tne arr tho officers d no company:
frtsidenk-E- D. PkHlt1a Office CniesGo. is;
| Irecsure--L, G. lockwood once Ca!esEo~
SaTstary-D. r. yarbyd1. ofaes SeT % Iots-
Ges- sypt-chas: llatsh oa;Se NICE toi9oe- sh,1-o
Suri. Eat Wn-J. E. Curtis; ottec Acsaan-
sapf, icy psac. n;ss asts Faisto rsss t'po*fe
t,sJtorSiohn ]. Adam, ofdee Toledo.
. comT Fr'dt Eft. u. Graz, efdco coisafos
IN. Iuss I915. tnd Gen. AfcoAata3-l. =.