Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-10-09

MoNIED COMBINATIONS SEVERED.
Wall street to-day shows that the eff t
of the financial disturbance" has. for the
present, destroyed the cliqucs When the
operations on stock are rapid and the wires
are pulled by strong hands, there is an i'm
petus To the clique transactions which
sways thousands in the balance every mo-
ment. and closes the DAYS business with
alternate long and short interests which
may be taken a. a basis of Representation
a to the general market. Bat in "A break
Ing down of the market such a. We have
just seen. when collatcralS are completely
useless and the borrowing values uncer-
tain. together with the rates for money a.
changeable as til, sunlight shadow between
the leaves, there i nothing to warrant the
existence Of the cliques, aud there may to-
day be said 10 be none on the street; but
this happy condition OF financial quiet will
soon be disturbed for it is not in the nature
of bulls" and bears" to remain passive
under exciting events.
RELIEF TO TIE PRODUCE MAEKEr.
The most important news to the produe-
cr>. is the action OF tile bank officers with
reference Ia exchange. which will tend to
relieve the produce market OF an inactivity
which i daily becoming more disastrous.
Al the session of bank officers held at the
Merchants Bank, proposition was ma
tured Tor the purchase of exchange. IN
order to facilitate the movement Of crops.
The proposition il 10 be submitted to the
Bank Conference at it, next meeting. which
will probably be in day or two. Thi>
action i endorsed by the bankers rs well
a. by the Produce Exchange a, Il substau-
tial measure OF relief. and the good effects
will be at once felt Oh the produce market.
JOrTINGS AND GOSSIP.
The conduct Of the committee appointed
by the Society of the Army of the lumber
land to decide upon model for an equc,-
TRAN statue of Gcuefal Thomas. j. to ,av
The least iucN.licahlc. \ number ui
promincn; >cnlpturs having responded Ia
their call FOR designs. the committee never
go 'i'i4t 80 $50 t4tt ~4tllA ltsttAhtl. sAtit4
faded - recognize, D. even a vote #
thanks, The responses made Ia their call
A. The competitors hsd spent time. money
and talent. in the matter. common cuur-
te,r demanded At least TIA, poor formal
ity.
The Tcformcr> are sound on the question
Of paying iAe sheriff The fees and rinnl
umeuj- of the Office" they -ay. mus, De-
reduced. They are now largely in cxcc-,
&C q. rte>,n; salary of the President Of
ihe tli,ci States. cvcn doubled ~ that
las recently bcrH. The expressions and
'Aiortiou> Of this oiilce must bc abolished. "
ANON. other useful industries. IL appear,
thar sing sing Prison boat, a di>tilcry
supplying c"uyic;s wiki a spurious bcycr-
age which. though manufactured Gom 4
nau>eatinE medley OF refuse vegetables.
yci brings a dollar piu,, aa! finds plenty
Of takers
The other morning Nix. john BRENNAN II
kout Avenue. Williamsburg. was a>,au.,-
RI log two men Who attempted 10 .arruic
hI"u- and hc gave Them both SQUAD
ihra>hiH@ Then he called the police and
had them locked up. They gave the frames
OF Alexander spencer and William Cowau
Recently mad Texas bull escaped from
a drove. at Finy-;hird ,ttec, and Third
avenue. Al Fiity->cyeuth street ii turned
upon crowd OF boys who Acrc pursuing
IT,, and knocked down 4 man. Further on
II ran INTO party of ladies comm. out Of
the Terrace Garden Theatre. At that mo-
ment Round>man MinicA of the Ffty-niufh
street police drew his revolver and. at HE
ri-k OF his life. placed the muzzle close TO
the animals head and fired. Before Mlnick
could recover himself the bull turned mp
on him and tossed him in the air, corinc
him severely.
The trade in the late potatoes is now 20
ing briskly forward. Every day large con-
siSumcnts are received. The price per
barrel now is - 20 for the first class. ard
$50 for second class.
Prof. Donaldson sailed over East Brook
lyn. jamaica. and Rockaway Beach for
fifty minutes on Saturday evening. at "a
elevation ranging from 900 to 6 900 feet.
lie landed near Queens depot.
lNsIDER.