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Middletown transcript., 1873-06-28

A TuwS DEsrnoyEp The town Of
Michigamme. on Michigammc Lake. in
Marquette county, Michigan, was entirely
destroyed by fi,c last Friday week Over
two hundred houses were burned. The
loss Of property was immense. Eight
lives were lost,
Middletown transcript., 1873-06-28
DANCING ACADEMY.

DRoF. L. r. GAwRoNSKi has tho pleasure
L to inform the ladies and gentlemen Of Mid,
dleiown and Its vicinity that he has opened
Dancing School in this town.
Prot u. invites those who wish to patronixs to
be at the Town Hall, on Wednesdays. Thursdays
and Fridays, at 3 o'clock, p. n. Evening class
at 8 o'clock, same days.
TgnMs ~ ApvAscg For one from family a
course Of l2 lessons So 90 for two or more, tho
course 70 lessons, Ss.oo--sach pupil.
June 2s, Is13-lw.
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The Murfrccsboro (Tenn Meas is
Informed that the Hon Jno. NJ. Bright,
member Of Congress from that district.
has drawn what is known rs the back pay
aud proposes to return each county 10 his
disirie, their quota upon the order Of the
County Court accepting it."
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THE I,py's FRiEND ron JIM.

With ihs July number oi this t'vnti'r munihlt
1t assumes more OF a literary character. the fash
ions, while not excluded, being placed in The
back ground. This viii commend Il still more
10 that l,rsc elias, OF rradcls Who vhlac ga
zine for the quality Of it. rcadin. matter. rlr
ir,1i'i-picrc IS 81 engraving OF " Lady Iane
Grey. TINT Qucrn Of Ten ptis in tire Tower
OF London The literary contents all a'i.ihnf
are yer, Interesting. There are alec Fashion
Department, Music, Editorials and Receipts.
send fof sample nuinhrr Price, 50 90 ,crr.
The Lad! Friend ts:.ooI aud "Midyiomn
Transcript :! vnl for - 81 The rrg'nrm
thrpmo ora barge Sl,cI Engraving Is given 10
the sender Of every club Published hy pctc.
4 Peterson, $40 Walnut Street, Philadelphia.
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oALTHUMPIAN ON THE MOOR.

VIsHE Cal,humpan Cornct Bard. Of Odessa,
L Del, are now prepared 10 furnish the public
with their choice music. Their music Is OF tho
best selection, written by themselves and played
By no other bands. Please give them . csli.-
Open TO all engagements. For terms apply TO
u. A. Enos, Business Manager or r. b. Stevens,
d. s. Agent. AL. STEVENS, Leader.
Reference. SAKE Horn, Of Odesaa. Del.
June ~, is,3-iw.
Middletown transcript., 1873-06-28

The sleeping car attached to the light.
ming express on the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad jumped the track near Chariot
tesvillc. Va. and falling down an en-
bankmcnt was smashed to pieces. involy
ing loss e $4,000. The passengers
escaped with Sigh, injuries.
Middletown transcript., 1873-06-28

The Governor Of Oregon has instituted
a searching investigation for the discovery
of tho two masked men who killed the
four Modoc prisoners while they we're
being conveyed to Gen. Davis's heudquar-
tcrs
Middletown transcript., 1873-06-28

The next issue Of the TnASscRirr will
be delivered at the residence Of the sub
scribcrs living in the towH. Those living
in the country can have them lef. a. any
store they may designate IL they wish to
avoid the payment Of postage.
Middletown transcript., 1873-06-28
FOR SALE.

TWO young HORSES for sale one, good
L driver aud si~pver, sired BY Mnscow, right
years old -rrice, 5000. The other 10 Green
Mountain Morgan, years old, sound and kind
prize, $50 Or, u desired, will sell two much
cheaper hessss. wM. GREEN,
Jase :e-3w. Niddletown, Dei.
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Another ocean cable is slowly approach
ing our shores. Six hundred and four
miles have been paid out by the Great
Eastern. and ut Inst sdviccs oil wns we'll.
and the succsss. thus far. complete.
Middletown transcript., 1873-06-28

TmASKs Hon. Eli Salisbury and
Hon. b. T. Biggs will please accept our
thanks for copies Of compendium Of the
u. s. Census for 1870.
Middletown transcript., 1873-06-28

third the price oil ordinary truck baskets For
sale in large or small quantities, by
WOODRUFF 4 BROTHER,
No. Arch ST, Ph,la.
y. B-Also for sale, all other kind Of peach
and truck baskets-ai low prices. Jun s3in
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Mississippi papers record the death IN
that State. ON the eth Of May last. Of
John Oweins. at the sge Of Ia years 8
months and 9 days. He Va. remarka.
bio man, for. although he admitted that
he used whisky occasionally, snd that he
had smoked aud chewed for 103 years.
be never claimed that be had seen Wash
ington.
Middletown transcript., 1873-06-28

Total nnmhcr Of scholars during the term, 81
The examination of this week closed on Thurs.
day afternoon, We wouln say. for the credit Of
the school, that not n scholar WAS ahsen, from
examination. Thrrr were but very few failures,
and the exercises ihronehon, reelected crcdi, on
the school At tho close of the exercises the fol-
lowing prizes were awarded 10 the classes in
spelling in the \ academic class TO Adhc M.t-
titi, Clara Barnes and Shlir CHM. each stand
ing equal. In second class. frs, prize to EsrIla
Ginn, sccon prize 10 lic,inn Smith Primary
A class frs, priz, 10 Ida CHM second 10 unry
Morris. IN second primary class TO Lee COrh-
ran aud William Budd
The school has now cluscd fcr the summer va
cation, and will resume again on the 9Th OF Sep
irmhrt
Middletown transcript., 1873-06-28

Thirteen persons we're injured. two Of
them seriously, BY q railroad collision
between excsrsion trsins an the Atlantic
sud Psci6c nnilrosds near 81 Louis.
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Ru na way.

On Friday evening last. while on, driving. W.
II y. Bndd accidentally let fall one OF the rcins.
The horse became frightened and started 10 run,
but was drawn By the other rein short around
that the carriage was osersei. and its precious
freight, consisting OF two ladies and gentle
man beside himself, were deposited. with little
injury, ON tho walk in from, OF rhroni's Per-
f-ctl, unmanneeabe from terror the horse kicked
himself loose, and run down Broad street, thence
down Main street, jumping over a small child in
his course, thence mp Wood street, ending his
furious career in the stable yard OF the National
Hotel
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Aecidsn, on the Delaware Raiirond.

An acridcn, occnrrci, on Saturday night,
about lol clock, To freight train, un the
Delaware railroad. nt the drawbtilgr OVER the
Chrisiiaua, IN which no one was hurt, snd no
great amount Of damage Was done. The train
had stopped, aud was siartisg, when draw
bolt came loose drawing down with 1t hroacn
coupling. The compiling caught in the cross-ies,
ripping them up with the iron bolts, for dist.
Of abou, - feet. Two cars, loaded with
timber, were thrown into the creek The bridge
was repaired by o'clock, the next morning,
and the ears and timber were taken out on Non
day.
Middletown transcript., 1873-06-28

A Gre destroyed tho Mount Vernon
Cotton mill. n Baltimore. on Monday,
entailiog . loss Of eS0O, 900.
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Hanged for Rape.

A, Georgetown. Del on Friday Of last weck,
Joe Rurion u negro. con, iriri Of rape on the
person Of a white girl aged H. was executed
lie slept wri on Thursday night, and, after
dressing, called for cigar. viii b he seemed 10
enjoy very much rcmnrkins that this is hig
jly for me lie was composed throughout.
The unfortunate man WAS attended upon the
sallows IS his spiritual advisers After PRAYER,
in which the condrinucd Joined. hr was asked
whether hc had anything 10 say. lie replied
II am not guilty oi the charge The drop felt
~ precisely fifteen minutes 10 twelve, and IN a
quarter al an hour lie pronounced dead
from sufnraiion The body Wis delivered TO
his friends Under State statute only thirty
spectators were allow cd 10 witness the execution
Middletown transcript., 1873-06-28

N s.ilds Heron has nearly saished her
life.
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M,sslss.,xn Asass my.

R~por, Of the students OF Middiciown Academy
in Scholarship, Department and Days Absence,
for The term ending June ~, 1873:
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Nru Advertisements.
CHEAP Truck BASKETS.

We desire to call the aiicn-
i,on Of farmers and truckers
TO The Williams Diamond
Baskets The eheapes,an
hes, basket ever offered In the
market. They are Of uniform
size and wcish'--grtat
strength and durability and
can DC sold at about one
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Muiey'. Soiiiopuy.

In darkness in chains: in durnnee anguish
None but Mo-duek could tell oi nv anguish;
Deprived Of Greens pasture, when just in It's
bloom;
Drplorabc fate. a horrible doom
Smiths cows can hear as they go out to Craze ;
Oh had | but horns. Ia make cons,ablcl ,
Haze
But Mulcy poor Mulc, no horns 10 defend you
Must call on your master once more TO he'ricnd
you,
Come, Master YOUR fostering care implorr,
Wi,h pole, axe or grccnbacks, Oh break down
the door,
And turn nc on pasture, Of which you have
store,
And We will bother these village bailiFs no
more.
At NOR ing and night, my milk .',li Aow,
Aud a, noon viii hcll0w. ''oh, i.' for YOU !"
shurkiy Night, JpHe ?is' CAPT. JACK.
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The Diamond State Fruis Assort.r.

Brin. peach grower mn knowing what n
slow tedious and expensive jrh rulling peaches
by hand is to say nothing about III, difficulty
Of getting it done with proper regularity have.
after series Of experiments with the cSrrndi-
turc Of considerable lime patience aud money,
made machine that will do the work take out
all the lravss and tuig. deliver the frnii in dif
fcrcn, baskets, assorted into three sizes. viz
culings, primes and extras withau, hruiSing 10
virtue necessary in u peach sssoti-tl leaving
nothing inr the man At the ireahie TO 40 b, hand
hut 10 Lake out the LAnGg sizci soft and the
LARGE spcckcd penchcs which he can easily d.
as the, pass slowly before him the machine
being 50 constructed rs To give him PERFECT
CONTROL Of his work
Points claimed for the machine
Elrs,-ThHi il Is simple in It's construction
easily adjusted and with proper care will last a
lifetime
SrepSp-Tha, /, will pay for itself several
times over in single season, by saving lahcr
TniRn-That the fruit will run Mong sgutt an
MS II nrsr hc a given size. 10 get into a given
basket, aud 1t will. consequently, nniSG NnRE
aoSrN enough more TO pay for several machines
the first year
T. S--rcrsons having peaches nni maniin.
a mirhne OF this Kind TO use ihi. season. must
/ order them ai unre, rs have but The one made
and will not have any more hu, unless 50 or.
drrei rs do not intend To press u sale upon
any hut expect all parties TO decide that matter
upon tie aERifs ~ fng MACHINE r>riRsLY 'BY
their fruits ,e shall knew thsm lnnS 4 Joxgs
ULeHidnd Jane 81. Near Mount Pleasant, Del
We understand that Mr.. John \ Jones pro-
poses la test his iiuii cutler - frpui Of the post
office, MoaliY next. 1T ! I o'clock mhen hs
will put lluuH.b it llueks OF uoud. coal, po,a
toes apples aud oranges. aud anything NOR,
Middletown transcript., 1873-06-28
The Weather.

At last We have had some rain: not much, ii
is true. but enough to settle some OF the dns, that
has hccn sitting us for so long. II came on
Tuesday morning; n right good little shower
of course there were some people who were moi,
ready for il. That's always tho case. The far
msrs thought rain would injure their hay,
many Of whom are harvesting that crop, and
would beat the wheat down, &c. &c. II WAS
very welcome 10 us, however, aud TO all other
persons whose lines have fallen to them in city,
town or village places.
Middletown transcript., 1873-06-28
Local and State Affairs.
sad Dre " alag Case.

LAD pRowssp WHILE rRriso TO SAVE MS snornxn.
Yesterday afternoon Thos. c. Titus, aged ~
years, living at 30i Poplar street. his brother
Elmer, aged about 10, Henry Hackctt, aRd ano-
iher small lad, took a walk along the Chris,iana,
for the purpose OF gathering cai-iails. They
finally arrived Al place near the moalh Of the
creek, called the "Bluc Button wood" where
Thomas Titus and Henry Hacksi,, took OF their
clothes, and went into the water TO hnthe.
When they came out, Elmer Titus withou, taxi
ing OF his clothes, rolled up his pants. and
walked into the creek short distance While
padding along he suddenly fell into a hole or
sluice, whore the water was quite deep. Becom-
ing alarmed, he cried out TO the other boys,
who came quickly 10 his assistance. Thomas
plunged in but was unable 10 render him much
help. Seeing the rcrilous position Of both bows,
Henry llackei' sprang into the water, and bv
his eSer'ions succeeded in rcscung Elmer hut
Thomas got into the deep water, became helpless,
and before Henry could return to his assistance.
he sank TO rise no more The news Of the sad
affair was instantly hroulh, 10 this city, and
several men went down to the place, and to-
wards evening succeeded in recovering the body
Of the drowned boy. II was removed TO tie
residence OF his parents, from where II will be
buried Tomorrow Sunday afternoon, at 4
o clock. - Gd.oie, 2lH inst
Minor Topics.
James r. Price. the wei-known miller and
dealer 10 flour, II is said has determined TO quit
business, and offers his property for sale Mr..
r. is induced to take this step because his bnsi-
ness docs not pay.
Appropriation having been made by Congress,
for the improvement Of the Chrs,iana and
Iiroadkin rivers. the work will soon he com
menced. About loo cubic yards OF solid rock is
to hc removed from the channel of the Chrisiia-
ma, and 20. 900 yards of mud from the Broad
kiln.
The Steamer, s. W. Ftiion, has commenced
running between Wilmington and Philadelphia.
She will leave Wilmington n, G:30, 4. NJ, and /,
T. VI, and. returning. leave Philadelphia n,
a:3p, \. NJ, Hnd i:l5, 2. NJ. Tickets, 80 cents.
Roand trip, 80 cents.
Mrs. Moore lessee, expected TO open the Bran
dyw nc Springs Hotel, on Thursday. The house
has been renovated with view TO making 1t a
SOmmcr resort.
Our farmers have been harvesting their hny
! this week and ncSi they will lie drcp into III,
/ wheat, Some will commence to-day,
Middletown transcript., 1873-06-28
Action OF the Fruit Growsr.' Associatio,
In Rrrrremer 20 Samuel Tnwn.rnd.

We publish the following hy request. II cx.
plains itself
us motion of ]. L. TI-verin, the following
resolution was unanimously adopted hy the assa-
eialion. io-wii
Rcsoir,i Ths, this association regrets The pro.
posed withdrawal OF Samuel Townsend ESQ
from said association and assure him he IL la
boring under misaprrehension in snpposing
there was any intention Of the association 10
drop his name from the committee on new route.
and markets, of which he WAS chairman aud
earnestly request his continuance as n member
OF the association aud also his continuance rs
chairman OF said committee, from which he has
never been removed and that he, with such
other members Of the committee can go with
him, proceed nj as early day as possible in the
discharge Of the duties assigned TO said commit.
tee, aud make report at the next meeting of said
association, 10 he held on the second Tuesday Of
July next, ts,h) at clock, =. NJ, at the Court
House in Dover.
Resofeed That the Secretary Of this associa-
Non he, and IL hereby instructed. to send a copy
Of the above resolution TO the said Samuel
Townsend, Esq, at Townsend
Mirasiis Dieta.
We were witscss to q pleasing sight q short
| time since. As we were going home we met our
esteemed bachelor friend and fellow to- " nsman,
Ex Gov. e.
:" Who never to himself hath said,
| This 10 my ows, my darling babe
engaged in the very commendabie act or wheel
| ing baby carriage down the street, much IA
| the pleasure, no doubt. Of It's chcrub occupant
His Excelicncy handled the little vehicle as " b,
knew all about such things, but the poor fellow
looked awful tinshy when hs met US.
/ AsaasAy Essassioa.
Prof Wood, principal OF the Academy, tso,
| his school on picnic excursion 10 ''fsx Hole
| on the Saxsafrns River, yesterday, where they
| n s.ln a.
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AsadlsAy Esearston.

Prof Wood, principal Of the Academy, tso,
his school on picnic excursion 10 "Fsx Hole
On the Sassafrss River, yesterday, where they
doubtless, spent a pleasant day.
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Dancing Academy.


Prof Gawronski, whose advertisement appears
in another column, comes TO Middlc,own from
Elk,on, where he has recently given n series OF
lessons in the graceful art The Prof brings
with him letters Of introduction and rccommcn-
daiion from some Of the most prominent citizens
Of Elkton, and on the strength Of these we COM
mend him TO those Of our readers who desire to
have their children ,augh, to "trip the light fan
tastic, &c.
-. Anne r. ". Church. sliddiesovvn.
The Rector Of st. AIMS Church Is unavoida-
bly, absent. There will be no service In that
Church Tomorrow.
On Tomorrow week there will he divine SER
vice in ST. AIMS, with the Holy Communion in
the mornisg.
Died.
". W. Ferris. ESQ, formerly cashier Of the
Delaware City National Bank. died last week, al
The residence OF his brother, DIR. Chas. y. Ferris
at New Castle. Mr.. =. had been suffering ioI
some time past from a large cancer, which ul,i
mstely caused his death.
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The Odessa SAKE Horn Band. desires TO retur
their cordial thanks to the ladies and gentlsmc
who 90 kindly assisted them =, heir recent fcs.
val. and also to their friends a, lnrge, who Al
tended the festival aud gave them other materia
assistance By ospgR ov Tns BAND.
Middletown transcript., 1873-06-28

Cor. Ross, commenced harvesting wheat, q
bis farm, near Seafosd, last week. This 10 uni
suaily early for wheat harvest, being at least
wssk earlier thea can he rscollecied 10 the met
ory Of the oldest inhabitsnt.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-02-14
True story for the Children.

There is a small boy in our house
called Tot" But because he has n
nice pair of boots he thinks he is quite
a man. Now boys / want to tell you
right here, don't think boots look
well on small boys in knee pants. l
think a nice pair of shoes are much
prettier but Tots father did not think
so, neither did Tot. So he wore
boots.
One Of those very cold days we had
not long since, the mother of this
small boy went away for the afternoon,
taking his brother with her; and, his
sister being ut school, it soon became
qnite lonely for our young hero. He
tried in many ways to amuse himself.
lie took the box of building blocks and
tried to build a house but there was
no one to help him, and he didn't make
it so very well, so he amused himself
by throwing them up in the air, and of
course they fell all over the floor.
Then he got his street car with its two
white horses, and began to draw il.
But there was no place for him TO ride
SO he got the long lines his sister knit
for Christmas, and, placing all the
chairs in row, harnessed up wonder.
full team, and taking seat began to
drive. But as he sat there he must
have thought "this is dreadful look
ing room everything is thrown around
and il isn't nice to stay here, guess III
so out DOORS" for the first the girl
IN the kitchen knew, Tot brought his
oyercoat and asked her to put it on.
Now Bertha was very busy and did not
stop to think how cold il was, but put
on his coat and SAID "now bring me
your mlttens and cap, so / can tie the
car laps over your ears.
Tot went back to the closet, and got
his mittens, and then, looking away up
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-02-14
Iron Ore Prospects.
From the Green Bay Advocate.


The statement has frequently been
made that the shipments of iron ore
from the Lake Superior mines this
year will reach enormous figures. Ac-
cording to estimates made last Fall
500, 900 tons were to be shipped from
Escanaba alone, and adding the pro-
bable shipments from Marquette
and L'Anse and possibly from Ash
land, the grand total of shipments
from the Lake Superior mines this
year were to reach nearly il not quite
million and half of tons, against
about 5000 tons last year. How
ever, the.present prospects do not war
rant any such conclusion. The iron
market is falling, and if the present
tightness in the money market contin-
ues, the demand for iron must decrease
and the prices still further decline.
Mr.. S. S. Burt, of Marquette, who
has been . outside" attending a con-
vention of iron men, passed north on
Saturday, and gives us the following
figures az the prices demanded for ore
delivered in Cleveland, by the NINE
owners; No. Specular, S12. 90; No. 2
do, 5000; No. ! Magnetic, $11.5O;
Hematite 5000. These prices are far
in advance of those the iron mannfac-
turers are willing to pay, and neither
party show any inclination to change
their views SO there is consequent
dead lock. OF the whole prospective
product there have been but about
800, 000ton entered up as sold, and this
not at any stated figure, but at "mar-
ket price"
In order to get anything like the
amount of ore estimated last Fall to be
shipped tins year, heavy force in the
mines would be required this winter;
but on the contrary those mines beirg
worked this winter are run very light,
the owners not being willing TO take
the RISKS Of the market. From all this
we infer that the estimated product for
this year is far too high, and that in
reality it will not he very much in ex-
cess of last year.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-02-14

THE latest invention is a rubber doll
that can be filled with water, and, on
being squeezed, weeps.
THE ingenious mechanical toys for
children are really works of art. One
of the prettiest is a music-box with a
globe Of goldfish above, in which is a
shell that opens and discloses a fairy
reclining on a grotto. A second
musical toyrepre sents harp. on which
a most comical negro affects to play !;
the price is $50. In third monkey
drinks wine, and wipes his mustache
with his napkin while fourth is a
clock with a monkey beside 1t playing
cobbler. An opera house has stage,
with tiny dancers that perform ballet
while the orchestra plays and menag-
erie has music, and trained animals
that appear to do the bidding of their
mimic keeper. A doll thrums a piano:
the notes of II Bacio " are before her,
and the machinery inside the piano
plays the air.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-02-14
The CLYDE shipbuilding in 1872.

1t appears that 1872 has been the
most prosperous year in shipbuilding
yet experienced on the Clyde. Al
though the number of vessels launched
has not been quite up to each of the
last few years, Ihe tonnage exceeds 1871
by $4,000 tons, and 1870 by "a, 200
tins. The increase of last year has
been larger than any yearly increase
for many years past, and has been en-
tirely IN the class of screw steamers.
| The years tonnage of screw steam ves-
sells is 40, 500 tons above 1871, $1,000
tons above 1871, $4,000 tons above
1869, and 1880 tons above 1868. But
while screw vessels have so enormously
increased, all the other classes seem on
the decline.
In the building of war vessels, 1872,
has been blank on the Clyde. In
paddle-steamers there has been con-
siderable decline, and the year only
shows $500 tons, as against 10000 in
1871, 10, $50 tons in 1870, $500 tons in
1869, and $500 in 1868. In yacht
building there has been a good trade,
chiefly in screw steam vessels, the
Commodores and Vice. Commodores of
most of the English yachting clubs
having followed example OF
the Commodores and Vice
Commodores OF the Royal Northern
Yacht Club, in having steam vessels
built for attendance at the annual re-
gattas and cruises. Hopper barges
and dredges also show falling off as
compared with 1871, but exceeded the
two preceding years. In iron sailing
vessels there is slight improvement
over the preceding year of 1920 tons,
but as compared with 1870 the decrease
is 20, 1000 tons, and with 1869 the de-
crease is $1,000 tons. Composite and
wooden ships are equally low.