The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-08
FINANCIAL ITEMS.
The New York Tribune this morning says

Government bonds opened strong and in demand
g. s OF H from the closing ooss
ard all The 1 new bonds are In active borrowing de-
market has reduced the amount on hand a amons sns
dealers to very small amount, and the advance Ia
the continued drain for shipment and investneinsi eis
not The msnpuatoa Of clique is the Ssase shd
ti,mness in prices and the scarcity Of ponds. Tne
ss na she % bs o. the sOun
inyesIieg ali their surplus moneys in aeyenmea,s e,w
ss the che apest and best Investments they can
q es Dew bonds ss North Carolina sHeSapoas sSs
is an new bonds 72 Mssou,i pes cents 9l RAILWAY
Pacific Mail was active with heavy transac ions a
vance 5s and deciised to o. Merchants 1s 1sSn ea
sold at rs, and fell or to 20. The attempt TO
s STOCKS sd e s tSs and
Of e snd eW aqd sve with
sold AZ IA; Reading s2 Cleveland ard Pittsburg s7S
%orahWesern and 81 Paul soeks aoa TIE
a,tenli Of the street to a great extent. North.
s Soih Of iheas Toads are 81 nes 81
o os ne a nd e friends In freight
h OF an immedise TssG,mptiSn , % OF cash dIydesds
holders have as 70 making their prices the ability
''sss 1s%R'+sy ssS
aud Quincy was DID the ocIecs sSr.lasSs soaras .Ss
market reacted from Al@H per cent. ON the general
& Was srs e.. assaoE asoias a IT, g.
Psul stocks locks were over after The deliveries were
prefrred stock. The market closed dull. Govern,
of the Hop Crop of Michigan a correspondent NJ
the e, Retrit S ,,T Erss Press % Of September
comb county yeaTs was sso ae%p,ed es e In Ma
failure with Mr.. Curtis the frst gentleman Who sx
smith Armads out six acres of his sG Par% Hr
IN hoDs Twelve years ago yard q f'pr acres. and
yaI DIS of four ana Ave acres which will bear for the
ssr ss Rss
,weh ana eleventh Gro Gro 2s respectively Either OF
Is mot Hop-ysrd in the state that is superior II
az % ss Sss ps Se Ss
this year. A,s tive olher yards have In bearing a
Maoa@b county o have the soil a that esps
ay aa s 70 hS Rr s%h th Is
szsmgs @ sS IN and Sss,5n enterprise Hrse
clair, tSpesI, ard oakland. During issa5 aud les
paid over 500 @ SS3 year for the
Sssa he bons
balance being sent forward by the growers. DR.
S s.s3ns oos Ss pay
start WIN ch they thus obtained DR. Smiths m sthod
soil prepare il We'll for corn 20 ses psnt dspn sSn
ard at The same time hops. putting the hops
the hop roots Or hiilsi6s the betterDsoTeshsr
rna %ia ~ e piassh aho al the ashes that can b gath
manure, put two cedar poles 10 the hill from eighteen
land two three vines the pole During the eaSIy
part of the season plough the furrOws way deem
enough 10 bring up the su6soil midway between the
hops Go thr ugh them with cutivator eight or ten
times or often enough keep the grou nd mellow and
XIII al the weeds and grass The theory is that q
large growih Of vines must be produced 70 get good
9nsiy ard abundant crop In 1850 the Doctor picked
previously been used twenty years as BARNARD
"Let the hop get fully matured before the d ckIng
Is commenced and the seeds are ripe, A bette1
quality OF ops are harvested, and the vines do not
bleed As much Many yards have the root materially
the roots have not strength enough TO prodnce
good crop on account OF the bleeding II would nav
the hopraser 10 close the end of the vine when fuf
would be amply rem unerated. 49, '''P He
"rbe maEnilude OF the business OF hop-raisIuR 10
these counties may be gathered from the satennent
below OF the nupb OF hoprasers and acres OF be ar
Ing ysIds In Macomb. 81 Clair, Lapeer and Oakland
counties, commencing with Macomb.
at expected thai the will average about I've
hunsTtd pounds To the very good Judges Of Ihe
crop being OF the opinion that will be sbout m al
amount. Should this be the the crop statlstics
In the four counties will be about follows:-