davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1873-12-31

ono for consumers Is tho reduction Of 500 ton in
cred, which IL aa low point as has beoll reached ut
any time during tic eeason Trlses Of ao. Soes IS e.
Iackawanna $500; Eric. $500; Walnut Hill, fa. 90 ;
brooks, $500: n!osshnrg, :so@poo Can,el, f9o1@
D.a0; Hooking Valley, 1850 1nlia1ia block, $7.0O
1nrclay, 1900 Kirklana arae. $500 A!nonk, $3.50
Wilmington, 400: Midway. $3.50.
COOpElshul-Tho of1erlnEa Of rackora' goods havo
been very largc, partcnry Of PORK barsea, OWING It
Ia sn1, largely to tho fact Tint may coutry packers
havo closed THUR huaea for tho aoason, mud tsro ilna
aao becn falling or in tlls local demand Prices havo
pork barrels. No change was reported to-,ay. We
q,,oto: Pork barrels, whisky barEels $l.o0@
21U uri ttercos, $tGn 10; flour bnrres a8@55c pork
aiaves, rongh, s3loo@23oo d. h.cked, 81!
lereo slaves, rough, s92. .00@2.oo bnrked or sawcd.
*4s whitkoy gtarpa, rough so 2A.g co: 10
tuckel *33ooa2soo; -four aaves So sOtsil.oo: erclo
flour 1lcallnE, 7kG90Ho per set Hour hoo-poleHt
s140o@ 90 per ii. Silica include cars ut $3.50 for
pork inrrcls, and 81 80 for tserccs.
DRUGS AND DI1EAffOALS-Tho business Of tho
week Ina beon rathor light, ,tsai 1t this soaBon.
Wo noe eght relucoa III tllo prlco Of cltro acid,
camphor, and iodldo Of POTASSIUM, uld advance III
cnstor oil. Otherwise thore was no variation III quota-
, 1873-12-31
CHICAGO 'DRY.COoDS MARKET.

The week ending to~slay haH been somewhat lesH
active than It's two three predecessors, hut tho
amount Of yuois distributed akes after nl worry
spectacle aggregate aul fully eqnuls al reasonable
expectations, as the volume If business WAS uugues
t!olAbly larger than In any previous season at or-
responding period. Tho continuous good demand ia
no doubt n.any attributable TO the now generally
recognized fact that interior merchants carrying
Light stocks, and havc therefore, to ralcnieh Often
but tho lnstnkabe upward Tendency III prices Of lhe
leading stape articles tends to stimulate tho demand
This changes sinco our last reviuw hare not
been important, being confined to 20 nayance
III few OF tho moro popular Grands OF bleachel cot
tons but the market seems 10 be steadily harlaning
and u pretty general advance during ncxt mouth is
now looked for. Tho cnrrot trade remains very quiet,
IN Is usually the at this ssage Of tho se1aou, aud
prirea rule steady ANIL unchanged. Tho New York
Journal Qf commerce sass OF the lorcieh gpos fa1e
active. nnd no important movement IL expected until
the time Of preparation for tie approaching spring
traffic, The recent arrlylls Of merchandise from
abroad ,avo been comparatively small but Tiers win
undoubtedly 10 ntnpe supply Of tue various Brit
sh nH Continental productions, for tho earcst trade
requirements"
, 1873-12-31

Three dollars per car to 10 added when transferred,
which charge folowa tue shingles.
Thickness-Fiye shingles to bo two inches in thick
nces.
Longth-sixtcen inches.
ee5.Oo@s500; common, $35oo@50,Oo; Gull, soo.ooG
''a Hs1ssar .sGs1g sssse comuon s,soooes
Il. 1siSjss;; : sS; iS9 ooioo5 common si'oos2so0
Hickory s?sSes9@so.oo; common sso,oo@
''i SIan'e@Glsa1, ; common. sleooe2soo
Uattarnut-oIear, sa5.oo@oo.oo; common, soo.oo@
olerryaolear, s4oooo@co.oo; common, s15,oo9
asS3 s sioas5s. S '0@'o'0 common s'@
iSss WsSqn s;c sa as's x Per st.
s * %ab TiSShss sg Ue s ss
cllu1gc Tin pnte is firm, and will probably advance
soo roaauly 4fter tho lat Of January othor lines of
soods M though pa'hea copper s
% l. lSsssi ,sls5 % g. 11sss sa? % Il
Is.1i5s sa; Sai ioa; p'ps'' fa'i coils, 1oxo'
IS snEEr Isl ziso-Fuu casks 1oo half Casks, 1oxo;
nna sHs: saosf3 : ssaasa ss
! 1utes American NuBstA--A, lie; II, lie.
GALVANIZED InoN-No. 1BG921, loo; No. 22@a4 18c;
do, 25s20, lie; No. ~ 1sc; No. %, 2oc. discount
| If 15 per cent IL lnadB from this liat.
CorpEn-Copper bottoms. SIC: braziera, over 12 lbs,
47c: timed "copper" 500; planishcd copper. 4lc; do
cut to gizes. 43c.
WlnE-Nos. to 0, oo; to Q, 1oo; 10 to H. lie; 49,
| 11hc; IL Anl II, l2N6; IL aud 10, lie; IT,, 100;
IT, loc; 10, loo ao 2oa; full bunilc 10 per cont dis
| count fenc0 wire, by car-1oad, 9Ac.
NAILs-Were III light request, and firm at the an-
do, fi75; ii mud ID DO, $780, 81 do, $50; ID do,
| llne. SIZE; clinEh, s687N.
NAVAL STORES-Uuder this head t1ore In little do
Ing, but prices uniformly steady follows: Manila
rope, . b. 1dltal7u; siaat rope y H. l4h@l51fc;
hemp sash cord, Y z 1929; marne . Y NS zea.sS;
] rtci, u hrl, 81. .60(96.OD: tar, U brl, $5.0D.
OIls-Wh the exception Of Ac reduction In
prices Of carbon, quotations Of week ago have
;!ot been subjoctcA to any apprecal,e ehalgo; Ihs
steady folows casee l.@15S; extra wana winter
raw, o5elo1o; dn boled $l.oo@i.os; whale. so@s2s:
sperm $a1u32 20: nsas-foot oil, strictly pure, ST.
$50 elephant oil, OSo turpontlne, SOC: naphtla, c5
gravity, l7c nnphtln, common. l4G,
PAINTS, cOLORs, AND puTIY-yery little trad
Inn has beeu done III this clasa Of goola and values
| remain nomiually unchanged. We quotc:
, 1873-12-31
CHICAGO DAILY MARKET

-..= TUESDAY EVENING, Dec. 80.
Acknowledgements Ut $l.S6@l.o1 for u per cont
BEANS AND pEAs-Thb demand 10 chiefly for
CHOICE bcalls, a,d prcos steady. Pens quiet.
Wo repeut Navy bcuns $26odBaGo nledtulnR, 81: :25
III bugs, an,l 81. 40 in brly.
DAGuINa-rriceH Of gratn bags range the same as
4 week ago, wtera they arc acady aud r,u business
Ia still Hack, but there are Indications of IN curly re-
viyal OF trade and stocks in tho East as well M
THIS 'narket gre very moderate, tue no1. movement Of
.ro quiet aud easy "a are also gunnes Woo. sacks
nro Inactive aud nonnal: Stark A, 3+c; Ludlow
4, 33c lewiston 4, 3a13c: American H. 29c; AMoR~
leag 4, 29c Otter O.eel, $40 burap bugs, / and s
bn, 1s@2oc gunnies, 6ingle, l781sc; do double.
a7tSasc; wool sacEs. a3ea9sc.
during the taAt Bix days. though rood many small
orders have beon received. Tie MArkat ss hg1n at
the given quotations: Choice TO extra lur, 71t19o
corr tnt viii work itself into eho!ce hNsl broom,
GN1s7u: for goot1 10, bkGSGc: good to CHOICE stalk
bIsi1. GG37c; inferior brush, 4G35c.
, 1873-12-31

uoPs--Dcalora still report very qulot market.
Reports from seyeral points In Now York show quiet
Wel,e, in his weekly circular, saya: Our 1parkot Is
quiet. aud viii roma',, 70 during tho holiday neaaon.
ably firm, anl with consdorablo failing on IN tho
cepts NJ further decline 10 antioipaed for tho prcs~
market after Now Year, Ana thcre IA no dIsposton
tho part OF sch holders to force snes. Dy tlo gurta
given below 1t win DO TINT the tofnl imports for
Tho aoaaon now only exceed TINT Of the corresponding
seaaon Of last year by lio over 200 bales. During
foreign bops arrived at luis port, aud yo o ,nnrktt
was active, and 50u readily realized for good Anorl
with an oxirslnoly slow lonand. II ia aafo 10 say
prices have touched bottom. SHOULD tlicre be muci
further dccllno hcrc, md prices kecr up In London,
wo will DO ablo to Ahp to that 1nnrket at pront
Total imports enco Sept y 1878, oel9 total imports
for anmo reriol, 1874 5.o8. Common TO primo Vest
crn, 2s@40o; Now York State, 40S15c Davarian Au@
4Gr.
IRON AND sTEEt-BusinerB rcmana quiet, IN
usnal at tha season. It Ia thought that there Will 10
heller trade aflor tho ISL a batter feeling exists
41.o$r In
, 1873-12-31
Al ONlh. .+.s+s+s s.ss.sssssss s...'.-s
In DlAuuGfH, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

pIG-lRoN-Trado III revlviuR and prices are gralu-
nlly hardenug, The volume OF aales Tor Tho week
l,ucr rescw considerably exceeds TINT OF my previous
week since Tue inception Of the anc and with stocks
vance. For tho past tlroa months or more cona,imesa
have restricted their purchases 10 meeting actual eur
rent requirements, aud, conaaqHGntly thoy haFg Vt
present Ate BtoGk IN their possession, Which
thru ordinary acivty, and onu Of fur rroha.
Quotations remain unchanged: Scotch {aoeordilg to
hrand), $5001@55, ,00 Massllon, $laG0; Tuscatawas,
$ta.lU Lake Superior No. ], $i0Q0; DO No. Sab00:
do No. .. t5a.o0 do No. 1. s3s.oo; 90 No. 3 soo.oo;
$la.00.
pOTATOES-Tha market has been r4ther dull Rul
not Bpecully hru though for cho!to Sound lots deal
generally insist obtaining full rrlces. The de-
ua4ud IL mainly local md for small lots Tho Geld
In tho laBt two days. w quote: peaclhlows, $1,000
LII; other vArises $1.0D(al0. Car lota quoted
a. $l.0stal.l9S delivered. Tho receipts light.
POULTRY AND faAME--The demand for poultry
st week but toleraby steady vt tho decne for uhoca
l.,ts, Stocks hava accumulated sonlswhst within ,
day or Two, and good deal Of rour frozen stuff aH
now offering. GRme IL abunllant and rather SLOW,
Shippers not aparating only In answer to oroers:
tie Eastern uiarkcia being too lowuua tsclty demand
Chiokeus, gu1d to choice dressed, fa.So@aoo coni-
mon do, $lhO1u0 ducks, dressed - 3t0s gtesc
dreapeA, 81. .0nd 1870; do live, $8.0og00o: Dressed
t"rAsys llae eon'non e t4's a% sa1oe , pfarl" ,
Si.0o; wil1 turkeys. 10aat4o per Il senien r sat!st a
or iluB pG5ivo; ito carcassce, aEsbNoi rah!ts. 7bt
Sl.oO pss tlox; biftulo, 3ds5o.
SEEuH-+rha oHsrIngs wera tribe largeA than dir
trsae each day. Nevertheless, pr!eea have been sus
rangod nghar, whts mlllst and Hungarian sre. apl,
And MY. vi aaoss Tamsaas, s2t61s.0o. HaaAaa
, 1873-12-31
No. hogs packed to
Dec. ao......". 2,711.oo4 3,9so,5o2 so9.t5

Wheat waB moderately active in tho afternoon
and lower. selling down TO $l.1Gi{. then up to
sl.l7 for january, closing at tho outside and at
$1.20 seller Febrnary. Corn was quiet aud 10
lowor selling at .694@5s%o aollor January,
closi,g at 531sc, and ut 511fGD54e4e for Februa1y
cludo 800 hrIs mesa pork as tl47o ae.lor
February, and 200 tcs lard ut 90 s.llor Marcel.
There was good inquiry for meats for both
present aud future delivery,
, 1873-12-31
COMMERCIAL,

TUESDAY EVENING, Dec. so.
Tho following were tho receipts mud shipments
Of tho lending articles OF produce In Chicago
during tho past twonty-four hours, aud for the
corresponding dato ono year ago:
, 1873-12-31

{}IIEEsE-The pasE weak haH WItntsFed 2 flr!htr
faetury now ong quoo.l at lb@1t1c, and weatern do
vt j4@l6e. These IL no considerable alunpnt Of cheese
remaining III tlrat 1.ls. East West, and aa jebers
aro not aa Hbsray supplied IN former yours at thls
seaxon, ts,ere ass prstty gaa grounds far believing
wears away Joi1ers IRE making effort to tncreasa
snca ut ta current rates. whia ~ follows: New
York fnctory mild. lo911tso: Ohio factory and ~eat-
C0AI-rAe colder weather of tho past weak Las Lad
the effect to slghsy stimulate the demand for fuel,
uos 81 te market ~ orsrstoctsd, aud asesa are aux
xae 70 Ses1lxA. N Important oRAat& &Ra Nsloo11e
, 1873-12-31

forward meats and lard rs oar1ior III the season.
lilo following nro tho footings OF tho Official
report Ut grain In s!ore in this city on tho ovcn-
Of Saturday 1aat, nrll at corresponding dates,
, 1873-12-31


soap, CASTLE, gon., ib............-.. II q la
EaasTio recops of r:s, eges havo Seen mod
crate, but anple to ineet all requirements, which
fsy ss ae srs asi ess % e
TESrEnsA ,,! lte esstes feeling E ho. ' aeye'esa
sa ssa1 sts @
dtseo,lnt L for cnsh,. 0 p&'|S" ''S''''' t'-
Fisn-Although Just ut present tho marriott haa an
appearance Of lGlIncss, the indications Of an eary
vval Of trade very latcring. and, ut tho relatively
low prices now rrevalent thsrs ~ q decidedly 1rm
orally stocked with tho different descriptions Of ish,
there Is no over-surpls, and .he proba1ili.iea are
tay tas aher Feown ~ H es
81. s5 TNSsn W. i4eu ? Se No. as sS
$s$ ssS; IT,.
Gsh sa.ooao. rs LaDrador herring split 6rla $50
@oo9 d. u s.a5t50; lstraer q adg. herring, @
t'f gs1 SSsS esS1 eday
hers fa1ling OF III the demand for layer raisns,
eitron, lemon reel Hc nnl aenslblo % %easing up of
tnat are in oyoryay so such ae pranes, cursants,
aprlcs peaches, and blackborrsea, The deniaud con-
apes eo0a and T. tue market resins
uosed mud some descriptions aro lower. During tho
wcok further material advance bus taken place in
w ssas aSor o
as III Soees Isses a PVT Th afp prass ia
Mseita is noa sfe afr rass, Sssncia asx ia
eSa a pee nsm 1sx spple
Michigan, ancel H. l2o; Mielligan quarters 1o!d@
7ts Messsrn re aS gsssics haye g.
3nxrd liza Ss bloshpor1ies new I4ai1Tc: rasp
borsic: 55@sso; pttIed oherries. 2oG955s: No1sFil
walnu1ts. E a7Saao : chjI walnns, $afSSso; French
wainuts, new, 2oa2lo; Braxils 1o@ioNo; reeans,
Tnros D%@ioxo. W}1minuton noa,i,ita 16lOo :
Tenmssaee Tenn Hsannts s4"a7Me p'~''1'' 'e'10e
FuRs-rIo receIpts woro trif1o largcr, aud thcro
Ras ossn fair 9as s fs Ed Es
orn sxins ire worth FROM is to 30 er cent upro Mink,
No. i, iarge. $50; do No. i. small nul nediu,n,
SO do No. !. is | do No. i. Ss muskrat. ia Ike
Sc IL aort af,ine1 wine aho do arrow strnsi
prne. 2oo do broad striped prime, Sc; otter No i,
tsoo % NJ No. aa sSc, No: Na aa 1922 81 20 No
s5So do No 8 ss5o: do No. 1. 7Sc: wolf. No. i
jargo mouptain's is do No. ., Do. s2 DO No: lido.
j. ID knc ID No 4 do sc do No J. do IDS :bcaycr
Ic f,rrei nnI ceau. 1cr ibs1 70 do ataxy md heayy
pes ~ e mG eSl s1y,r so crax n fo1
ssooS1sooo; cross fox. No. i, s2oo@4 .oo red fox,
n NO. ga a syeras asessis ss IL saSsf @
1 rsa pna s0f' 'lae' por H. '0' ae0sS2 III na'r gray
PC aREEN III rnu1rs-Ann,cs md craubcrr1cs arc In
eh. demand Ut about former prices, lie offerings,
an 81 sS asi Aesys 81 o,,oo oef tn
bss soai3e5% Az sosssnass; 1ss
n f.SnSa Sn ~ N.Y. ~ na odnst n1hs1y ", -
, 1873-12-31

@s i ssy % "s :AoeS seSyia I'm;
o1hy at 500; bugs q t2es; ~ 1aae comtccn ut
s1LTTo den'an'l ioi S' !, It e.it',es n % f"i hrpe
leaa .esyo TIM, few weeks ago. l,fy. 1a .cr,
si,co; ga'sada d.. ss.oo; ordln ~. cosfse, ,2iS;
Ssat a9y 81 ssss stE ;S s sfs S, , 25.$
TEAH-A NJ ss'.sampt,yo %al mo r. 'enlsttve In.
very firm tone. WLtlo tho tenlo ~ Of prirts ls al
stroaey upward no further n.!va.! ilas tak!n lMe
mcnts 10 tue United stacs cont!nno sual whe1, cot
rared with thoae Of last yoar aid THO year rrovous
The toal I, spnons from ohtns aa lap, rom y.
' !as' nssioa q 'f isst ssason: wIe from jan
asa %e a.t lbs: ;cnr @saSt ~ qaS's yon ms hy
son. common to fa!r aS@t7e,; g. gool s1tso5o,
s Sso SesS ST; s pas SGa 5@se % eoS
;s@sos; ehoieo r,sssaey, si.io@i.2S essrs Meyans
common do, 4ola4sc; eoore natnril lcaf J.pan, s7d
&c; common to t'ne oolo"g, a7@47e; good. S7c7e'
TOBACCO -l,cnlsi,ls 1niot and etea1y. We qno'o:
FINE cur-Extra. 7oGabuc: cotce. eoSo'' medium.
-, Fl;ua-Natnral leaf, 756S0o; hnlf bright oos7oo;
BLACK. sound, 4at1t5c.
woods dull aud by no means Arm Mt the nj.
@1oso; hickory, sl1.oo; siaGa $o.cG, doliverci
WooI--The mar'set haa bcci very quics, ,un towatd
eAo Inst Vi Tho wcot aer royiew, wleii New York y
or appcaretl ana nugh good or.on Of t.tu stock on
hahd, which hn. oil along Iecn email. H.cs ngRregat.
Zig nearly 1000 ts Were reported. Following ate lie
quotations:
fun. waahed, rrime me............,............ @50e
Tub, waBat, common to good ..I0tg47d
Cannon dltlRy .......................h, .h,,r38e
Fleeccs wssllcu, 4 Xxx, hight .43tI 4jo
Fleece, waRllel \ + NN, dngy. JGG9A2c
Fleece, waahed, medium light... ..4atil5d
Coar8o washed cd....................... .d9tv4Jo
Fleece, unwaslcd, coarae 10 medium. tsflo
Fleece, unwasllcl, coarse mud lingy .GGt:sUo
Fleece. 1iiwaelled, fine. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. I5aaOo
Super and cxtra pulled, 3J@s3so
RAILROAD FAE1G1lTs-waro Motive, uho,gh ths
strike among llle engineers lpa interfered with lruuB.
poraltnn sun,r Of thu stfes. Hates firm, md
there IL talk Of adyance early uoxt month. We
1uoto:
, 1873-12-31

ssssssssssss 71"ioo1 3A't'S@ 0oet~SU
Total Of all kinds. 3,394, 700 bu. These figures
Bhow Nil increnBe during last week OF 3278s3 bu
wheat, 81, ,O37 bu corr, f0,739 bu oats, 9.811 bu
rye II 7l5 bu barley. Total increaso, 5l4 1863 bn.
EUROPEAN MARKETS.
The following dispatches we're received on
'Chango to-day:
DEo. 30.--London-Cargoc off coast both wheat md
Improving. CarGocs OIL PASSAGE wheat hr1n corn
strung. Cargots of No. spring wiea, Off coaBt, GOs
@cGa 6d. Cirgoca Of American mixed cor, OF eoass,
J7s 81. Liverpool Wheat i.ntrovin8; California
white, 13s sl@l4s; spring, Us 5@12s lid. Corn
LrvEapool Doc. 30-12:3G p. Flour, 28s@9oa ID.
Wnter wheat, la 3l@12s 0l: spring, 19s 1d@12s 81
whitc 13s Id@t3s I'll Cub lbs 9l9l4s I'd Corn. 1885,
Lard, 30s It'd. Pork Goa. Receipts wheat, past thrcc
days, ~ 900 ara, Of which 1.D00 were American.
LArEn--2.ED j. 11,.-Cnb wheat, 14s@14s I'd wito,
ls Tatal3s li0 sprin, l2a t1l2 l0A winter, 12a I'll
@l2s I'll. Corn, 37a vi. hest unchanged.
PROVISIONS.
Tho New York Produce Exchange Weekly
Bays:
rho export movement In pork. Lard, md bacon
last week nearly four ana linf million r0Hnds loss
thun during Tho pruvioiH ~eek. Tho movement, 30
fir In this hcason to Germany md thu Continents Inns
been less marked thun lust season. This deficiency on
tile week 3n tho export may perlapa bo moro than
fnaio good by the eatopral Ia tranat IN tho export
movement Of tho hog product, arrived at Portland
but delayed In export for want Of steamor room.
Tile foreign exVorta Of ihe hog product from tho
poris Of New York and otlor underlnehtionel places
iro, Oct. %, to Dec a. 1878, inclusive conpared
with the exporiA IRON aM Tinted Statcs ports, from
Nov. 10 Dec. u, 1877, were IN folowa:
, 1873-12-31

Dressed beef. mutton rca1, buffalo meat, ypnison
aso fresh meat u barreIs nnd boxes {noanlng ender
los arartrlbs, ec..} 1uc per 100 lbs aoove dresaaa
hog rates, to each poiut respectively.
, 1873-12-31

LEATHEn-Gradua Improvement 3n the situation
of tile loatl1er market Ii reported Dnt the local aud
outside demands now show steady increase, mud tho
market has nssuncd decidedly nrn1 tone, both for
domestic and imported sloce Quotations the
week ayo. bnt some lines bid tar to a yanco at
not very distant lay. Wa repeat iat iollows:
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-04-24
From the Rutland independently
The Crushing ExactiOns of Mono
poles.

The subject of increased facilities, for
our marble and other merchandise be-
tween the west and the east and lower
transportations of freights is one that is
absorbing public attention and all classes
seem to have cometo the conclusion that
the evil must be remedied. The farmers
OF Illinois have taken the initiative. An
instance of their hardships is illustrated,
resulting from charges of leading rail
roads. A Philadelphia merchant says
THAT car load of corn was shipped to
him from the interior of Philadelphia
via the Erie railroad and its connections.
The freight charges, commissions and
other expenses, amounted to 1898. 20,
and the receipts 1928 20 leaving deficit
of $40 to the shippers, in addition to the
value of the corn at the place OF ship
ment! Another consignment to another
merchant, from the same state, melted
there 5 cents per bushel, from which,
however, must be deducted the price of
| the corn at the place of production.
| Allowing this to be 90 cents per bushel,
| the shipper was rewarded for this enter
| prise by the loss of 10 cents per bushel.
In view of these facts, can it be sur
/ prising to any one that western farmers
/ should find 1t more to their profit to burn
their crops for fuel, and raise the clamor
for less crushing eXactions and more rail
roads. While there should be no oppres-
sion of railroads, for it costs large sum
to operate them, nor should objection
be made to fair local discrimination
for short distances, yet there would
seem to be some justice in the transpor-
tation of leading articles which go to
make up the business and industry of a
community, These questions are alb
sorbing public attention and must ere
long be settled by legislation unless
sooner remedied by existing railroads.
The very existence of the industrial
pursuits of the east and west depend
upon it, and the recent decisions of the
courts that railroads are not frapchiseS
granted to individuals or corporations
but public highways towards the con
struction of which the people may tan
themselves, leaves no doubt of the leg
stature or the state to control them f0l
the benefit of the producer and in the
interests Of the people as against cXac-
tions of such corporations as have be
come monOpolies.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-04-24
Interesting Relics.

Among the donations reported at the
last meeting of the Essex Institute, says
the Salem Register, may be specified Sc
yeral interesting relics-From Mrs. Ne
hemiah Cleveland of Topstield, an old
stand that held the christening bowl,
and was used in the TOpsfield meeting
house, some one hundred or one hundred
and fifty years since. From Miss Mary
C. Anderson, a pocket Bible more than
two hundred years old, and bearing the
imprint of 1868. Not only is the title
page illustrated with a nicely executed
steel engraving, quite cleditable to the
period, but the covers and gilt edges are
Ornamented with elaborateness rarely
eoualed at the present day. The inscrip-
tons on the fly leaves show the transmits
sion from one person and generation to
another-from Mrs. Dolearry to Eliza
Milestone from Eliza Milestone to
Peter Clarke; from the widow of Peter
Clarke, in 1906, to John Jones Gasco-
igne Clarke; from the latter's admins
traitor to Deborah Fairfax Anderson,
August 9, 1898 and from the latter at
her death to her daughter Mary Clarke
Anderson, March %, 1841. From Mr..
Oliver n. Bryan of Marshall Hill p. o.,
Maryland some relics of the tomb OF
Mrs Deborah Fairfax, situated upon
the banks of the Potomac in most
lovely spot, beautiful grove covered
chiefly with white oaks, elevated above
the river about fifty feet, commanding a
beautiful view down seven and up five
miles, overlooking large portion OF
Prince George aud Charles counties,
Maryland. Mrs. Deborah Fairfax was
the daughter of Francis and Deborah
(Gedney) Clarke of Salem, and was liv-
ing in the house on the corner OF Essex
and North streets, on the site of which
now stands the Shepherd Block, when
William Fairfax came to Salem, as Col
lector of the Port, with his family, and
| lived in the house on the corner OF Cam
bridge and Essex streets, taken down
the last season to erect on its site more
eligible mansion. The wife of Mr..
Fairfax died in 1881 he afterward mar
ried Miss Clarke, and in 1874 removed to
Virginia by invitation of his cousin
Thomas, the sixth Lord Fairfax, to be
the superintendent of the estates that
had lately come into his possession
through his mother, who was Catharine,
daughter of Lord Culpepper.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-04-24

STAMPS UPON TINE CHECKS. The Gus
tom having become somewhat prevalent
in certain parts of Vermont to issue
checks payable one day after date, or to
antedate checks, so payable, for the pur-
pose of avoiding or evading the United
States internal revenue stamp duty on
checks in the ordinary form, inquiry
was made, by party interested, OF the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue in
reference to the legality of such course.
In reply, the Commissioner says ::
"Checks on a bank, banker, or trust
company, really payable at sight or on
demand at the time of issue or delivery,
should be stamped in order to be valid
1t does not render them exempt to have
them dated back day or more, for the
purpose of giving them the false appear
ance of being time checks or drafts. For
issuing checks, ETC., not properly stamp
ed, with intent to evade the law, there is
penalty of fifty dollars in each case.