The Montana post., 1868-11-27

MoNETERY AND CoNIAIERCIAL.-Bus usi-
ness during the past week has been very acS
tive. The fall trade, which, in this country,
is the heaviest of the season, has fairly com
menced, and we meet daily In our streets the
familiar faces of outside dealers who are in
town on the buy. The nea- approach of win
ter has stiffsned up prices little, and all sta
pies rule a little more firm then last week on
account of this fact, and the increase of trade.
The leading rulings of the market We give
below, being as near the correct approximate
as is possible to arrive at in this part of the
country. Flour being the greatest of all sta
pies, is regarded with more interest than any
other and the fluctuations of prices create a
deeper inquiry from those Who regard
the ups and downs of canned
fruits with little interest Weare compelled
TO record a great advance In this article 1t
has been bought mp largely by spectators
who not only relieving the market of all
surplus, but are buying of the farmers who
produce it throughout the country. IL has,
we understand, advanced four dollars per
hundred, and Is at present held firm for an
advancing market There Is a possibility
that -four will advance considerable before
the winter comes Sugar Is firm at a slight
advance, and while the transactions have not
been large, there Is a strong prosp ct of
rise. Coffee Is quiet; very light sales have
been made and there is no advance; in fact,
coffee closes much easier than of late
Bacon, in considerable quantities, has changed
hands, bat at no material advance; sellers are
Offering at market rates and there rs no dispo-
sition on the part of buyers TO accept In any
quantities except TO I'LL orders or bills
Dried fruits: The market is Asse of any and
all varieties, except dried apples, of which
there is a very large supply These are held
at 25 cts. by spectators on account of
speculative IBqulrl es. Coal oil has had quite
an sdvance. It has been taken up by specu-
lators, who control IL to a certain extent at
81, currency. The market closes feverlsh.
Matches rule quiet, owing to the eject of
several reports current 10 regard TO the start
ing of some manufactures of the article
Some sales have been made at SIS per gross
The market closes very weak. Candles are
held firm at 40 ctsi sympathiIing with coal
oil. the future market will depend much
upon the standing of that article Nails are
quiet; no substantial advance The general
market remains comparatively unchanged.
Our merchants are TO be congratulated upon
the trade Of the past week, and while the
present weather lasts, there Is no doubt but
that large quantity of all kinds Of goods
will change hands.
DAILY MAIL TO HELENA.-A few days
ago the Post Publishing Company, recOgniI-
ing the importance of securing daily mail
to Helena and knowing a petition to the
Postmaster General TO that effect, would be
gladly signed by our ci tiEens, printed circu-
lar petition which was sent TO the various
Post Offices, having their mail distributed
here, and il was also placed IN circulation
here By Mr.. John Potter. The result was
that on Friday last, Mr. Potter had the petit
ton ready and transmitted IL to Mr. Randall.
The signatures-nearly seventeen hundred In
number-covered a strip of paper, legal cap
size, twenty-three feet and half in length.
This is the most numerOusly signed petition
that ever left Montana and If th ere rs any yir-
tue In a clearly expressed worthy object, Pc
tiloned for by a host of those interested, We
think our citiEens can rely on the early instr
tuition of daily service TO connect with the
daily mail from the States to Virginia
o. Y. 10. U. ED-He tolls not, now,
nor spins, yet no solemn man arrsyed in all
his glory, e'er cut such q lively swell on
Broadway or on Main An alttudinated
castor, smooth as oil expressed from olives
grown beneath Italia's sunny skies; boots
whose exquisite neatDess would set Sc. Cris-
pin frantic with delight and whose shine
eclipse the brilliAncy Of Day Martins most
eHectual polish; linen immAenlatei KIDS spot
les as the untrodden snow; broadcloth un-
wrinkIed as the rosy cheek of childhood;
a cane whose dextrous twirl IN graceful cur
Natures would fll Bean Brummell with en-
vious ambition. and n style-graciousi With
easy dignity and consciousness Of duties all
performed, he rests from the summer cam
paign and goes into winter quarters, exPen-
sively, exquisitely, extatically, exactly-A-
THE RNILRoAD.-On last Friday even
ing, as We learned from a private dispatch,
the U. p. R. r, was completed and cars run
ming 10 within fourteen miles Of Bear riEer,
sGiImer1 City, or within ninety-tour miles of
salt Lake City. At the ordinary rate of track
layinE il should Be completed TO Gilmer to-
dax or to-morrow. Passenger trains will I'M
donbtedIy be nun through 10 that point al
most immediately on cOnPietlons certainly as
soon AZ The road il accepted BY the govern
ment commissioner