The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-11-09
cflnanflaI ano GummsrtiM.

The amount OF gold coined at the San Fran
cisco branch mint during October was $a,3I2 0ee.
a telegram from San Francisco says crisis
is Impending in Victoria, Vancouver Island, and
the whole commercial fabric is tottering.
We hear of the failure Of a prominent cloth
hoess IN Baltimore, in which many New York
osn'a.ssion merchants and suctioneers arc inter
ested 1t is said to invoive some 5000, 900.
1t rumored that prominent dry goods firm
in New Orleans have suspended.
4 stock company which formed to work
the iron mine discovered some time sinoe near
bAtchewannng Bay. on the Canadian shore Of Lake
Superior, has, after . series Of misfortunes made
strike by discovering new beds Of ore. which are
said TO be the finest discovered in that vicipi-
~. The orc is strongly magnetic, being what is
technically known as the "biack band" ore. re-
markedly fine and close, similar to Scotch, and
equal to any in the world. The company is max
Ing preparations to do heavy business hseoniny
| winter.
This y. Y. Skipping Li.t in q recent issue.
says: I'm our last issue We had soma rem.yk.
npoa tho probability Of = lessened dependence of
the United States upon England in the future, ~
regards the manufactured, particularly Of Gotten
and wool, owing to the steady transfer bf skilled
artisans from England to the United ethtes. And
the consequent tendency to an equalization Of
the wages Of labor in the two countrie, lin future
years. We read In British pablicatioa that Nc
mhian, scotehman of large capital ana expert
snee' l. ABOUT TO transfer his WOODEN nahsfactory
Across the ocean, and set it up at Buffalo In due
time II 10 quite probable that other Brithh manu-
rers will follow The example,"
The Revenue Commissioners innate that
over i2,ooe,coo gallons Of distilled spirits, 1885,.
'Ns,eVV gallons OF fermented liquors, and H.
'"o-osV gallons Of imported liquors are annually
coas4aed IN this country, costing 4SoS, DOT. 00e
ioe 1sfsFnm*nt revenue derived from the liquor
eaaine-s is ss'imsted at $l7, T27, 276 Annually.
The Boston Commercial Buliefin Of E.tura.v
last says "The oil fever has prevailed With great
siruienee in ZONE parts Of Maine during the last
eighteen months II has now nearly lsbs;d.a
ande envalescents are reckoning IN their ,.....
These are large, aggregating, il 10 esti.atsd NOT
~. .hao s''o'eoo. Citizens Of Bangor, Bath,
and Lewiston are the principal sufferers
LAkk SerEsIos coprER M,Srs-Tho.e Of our
FsadeFf who have "dabbled' in copper stocks may
re N crested 10 know that the whole unuber -
PIPER mining companies in the Lake |ssp.,s.r
9ah'f' g 1917; the whole Amoust paid n = m
- 'e I'D the aggregate of cash divja...a, /.
''99e'tee e,iy eight companies h.v. p.iA ssh
= s-a ha4 as follows; Pittsburg 4 Boas>s. ~
2 eta ainnesota, 81, 76o, coo; Quipe,. s7oo 600.
fev~.s'e. $3.50 900; National $2sa soO. f,.nl,;,
s-2o,eHe Central, si5o.oeo; cs,.sr F.h.. sac.
600. "'1s
tss 1oLp MINES o. NavApA.-rhe cold Hin
NersdaJ sers asks: "Who says Ii. mines -.
giving outs Wen, they are doing stha, s.m@ -.
pec'Aly the Gold Hill mines. A. (. specimen u !.
We present the following figures: There Yer.
sh'PPsd BY Wells. Fargo Co, from their t,o,d
hui once. during the month Of August, s7ss. s4o.
10 Abouts hundred thousand dollars ofth. ,,o
duct Of the Gold Hin mines. besides ii, .bo,.
vas shipped from Virginia City. Half . month.
product Of the Gold Hill mines would nav az a..
State debt" tS