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MONEY AND COMMERCE.
FINANCIAL.

yca.rd.v VII a, mini in financial circles Is those
that proceeded It during the 1ecs- Thc oaoas nn'e'
outside of hoir regular custo1ners few oo6fao'e
cnts for tho surplus in their hands, anc ratea a1e e
respondinG.y weak The mercantile trade OF tas Guy
has undeniably fallen short Of the expectations tnat
were entertained Of it. but there Is comfort to DO
lad in the concurrent testimony that duh IS 1t Ii, Is Is
acsity tsek IL comparison with the stsguadon Wal
bic In tho East,
Rates Of discount at the banks restn unchanged at
e@lo per cent to regular eueone.n "ho ooz1o" ms
year round. Rates readily made At 9S5 per cent
less independent borrowers who have tna
tori security It is generally understood by this time
That tho dcl1uess OF the loan arke. makes it moro DIFF
1cu than ever for dubious borrowers TO gct 1unos-
Tho lower the tho stronger the security uss o.
Busnesa on tho street gains in dulness with shas
among the banks. Rates aze G<e1s per eent-
New York exchange remains firm and scarce 1t snip
Ping rates.
Currsncy is going forward daily 10 10" 1orA ~
make balances good.
Tho eleaz:nKs Saturday warn g, ,c44 for the
week they ST. 94, l59.4l, and the baancea
41o65. The fguers for the corresponding "eek OF
las. year were $ll ,o68 s9o.os, aud ti,a5Sa9'. re-
spectisely.
TIE BAILDoAD WAR
The Philadelphia Ledger has the following ~1tn 70
gard to the struggle between ths Baltimore on1o and
tho Pennsylvania n4ilroad:
Ohio and the Pennsy vanis Railroad Companies, oy
their couiueed warfare OF tates s told In too psat
and present prices Of their respectvs stocks Previous
to the existing differences tho stock OF fne banoTe
+ Ohio Railroad par s1D> sold ut 19o per share. II
il now quoted at abon, 40, With vary few aaeq Tbs
renusyivsnla Railroad (par sio) sold, when the TWO
roads worked In comparative harmony, u 90 PEI
share and after the announcement o1 tao 1hAs GIVE
ten1, ,he OF Nay aold at soy, and is now quot
at about 4o, with large sales J. thus seen snat
both companies sufferers, the baltimore oe1o
being the greater snEere IS there ia no reason for
the suicidal policy which makes tho owners OF b0th
companies losers in the prices OF their socks
shere is hope that tho sovkhodera will early enforce
reconciliation.
The New York Do1ly Bulletin Of Thursday aays:
There are many rumors In regard to the railroad
war And there is doubt that effort Is making TO
tr7ive 1t n settlement. Mr. Garrett detnands Is
preliminary that hia shall be put back on the
iins leading 10 Sew Tork, aud It is questionable
whether pcnusy}ya1a bad In 3w the right to put them
or II that Is conceded ne il ready to negotiate IN
regard to freishts all points except baltimore Ar
Scott Ia ready open negotiations pertonat feel
ing csu ke kept down 1t ia believed that settlement
will be arrived within week It Eaid that Mr>
Garrett il determined to sllow hts paper to be
Offered again this arlct His only object In SENT
Ing It On erc all that ho could seu 1t At bstter
rates than in Baltimore.
GOVERNMENT BonpS-
, 1875-06-13


H,sefa7 Dispatch to Iaz Chicago Tribuns,
NEW York, June 12-Pacfhc Mail WAS depresEed :,
in tha stock market by tho announcement Of the needs
Of Tho Company Of Sl,Goo, 900 telcGraphed- Tht
Pacific lau Directors to-day reforred the report o1
tho yicoP1estde2t 10 committee with power TO act.
"! paal has tell OF to-day I,<. Otherw1ss stockz
were dull.
III ne Ausetated Prezs.l
NEW ToEx, June l2.-Money closed It psr cant on
cal.
Foreign exchange trrn. During the afternoon lead,
ing bankers advanced the otctal making rates to 4ss
and 4s1. No business for to-day's packet WIS doaa
above 487A, and 4.90 net. Prime commercial paper
quoted ut 3,1G5 per cent.
Gold opened 1t 116< and closed NJ 1167&, It which al
the transactions OF the day made. Carrying rates
l@2 per cent. LOANS were also u,ade fat Cleatings
S3l 900. The Assistant Treasurer dsbursod today
3o,ooooo Of which 81 ,65e, ,o1o paid out
count Of tbs sixteenth CAL for bonds. Customs
eeipts $4,000.
Government& closed hrrn-
Rairoad securities dull IN the lats a9terneou dsal-
ings.
State bonds quiet aad nominal.
Stocks strong At tho opening, On ths general beref
that the railroad virtually 1t an end Latar
IT, tho whole list fell OF, but afterwards rallied and
advanced 4 to ~ per cont aud then became irregular
md continued SO until late in tho Afternoon, when
ern common and St. Paul common. Tne general list
was very dull, largo number of operators haTing
gone to the Jerome races.
The rlcilc Mil Directors met for tho purpose Of
considering the question ct raising naouef to meet
maturing nsa1nents on account Of three iron steam
cza now building, and also to pay of the Panama loan.
After discussion the matter referred to the Execu-
tive Committee with power.
The decline in Northwestern common and preferred
based on q runner that tho Company intended to
make fresh tssuo OF ttock The also stnrted
that the St. Paul Company intended to issue nav
stock, which NEE without the sighsat foundation III
trnh
Stocks It ths cloao vera steader With recovery Of
4 10 X Per cent from tho decline before noticed.
Northwestern and St. Paul lad the market IN the re-
coyery-
Tho transactions today aggregated 18e,0oo ahares,
Of which 1850 Erie, s0uoo Lake Shore !7,oo0
Northwestern, 1850 Pacific Mail, 100 St Paul, 5000
Ohios, e. su Western Union, and L. 600 Union Pacific
Tho specie shipments to-day were :a0, 600 In gold
and $a34, 900 tn silver bars.
The weekly b1nk-s:Atement shows: Loans, doc1eaae
400; are:e Increase, $153 COO; legalteudess
increase, 49, 200; deposita decrease, 400; ei1-
Gulation, deeroase, $l24, ,2co reserve, increase $
407, ,050
, 1875-06-13
COMMERCIAL.

The fo1tov1u1 1ere the receipts and shipments of
ths leadra Articles Of produces IN this city during the
swentJ-fous houzs xudlns II O'clock On Saturday
, 1875-06-13
TELEGRApHIC MARKET REPORTS.


.s7ec4a1 Dftoatea 10 Tbs Case4s" T+kas~e.
! I,E1roo1s 1uns 12-12 n.-fLouH--No. !, n !;
| No Z, 21s.
| Observation-Disclosures, No !, ~ ID; No. es;
spring. No. l, IS I'd No. 81; white, No l, ~ I'd
No. 2, as ud club, No. J. g Sd Nc. ?, o. Corn
10. /, 32z Cd; No. ? 3z2
! PRovrs1ossPork-;3s. Lerd-61s@EA.
LIVERPOOL, June PA p. n.-BRcAnsrrJ5s-
| Quiet 6n1: unchanged.
Pxov1s1oSs-Larl, Gos8s1s.
I1yEapoo1. June l2-5 D. .m,-F1ourExrn atst.
,oa Western oos
49,.
onAs-"feaf-so~ TO Spring. - sc0es ID.
Corn, Inixed, 32s I'd.
pnov1z1oSs-porx-weste 73s I'd: E,starn- r.,
"a ua.f .xn,-,o,,, 70, "a 1.-a 1-nn,,.,. a..
~ ~ w" ~N N>AA'~>'~ '~">4s ~"
cd. Bacon-Cumoeriandc cut, bos-
CuEEa.-Fins American, 55a
r1ror-4merran 57.
$50, Npsonsa af<a. .r,-.+, ~ 71~z
f@4foA@ea ea-t'e4As't. 77au' 'pnA1 w ~
ANTWERP, June 12.-PErRoLz0x-2ok.
| Ioxpos Juue l2-5 .. m.-RArE or preupuxr
IN onen r,ars1t for thrremo,tb,, td1ls AZ a, Y h
,4s- - ~ r-@tss1o,N, s-As ~ '' '>'' " n N~4
10" 1ne oaak o. 1neianu.
, 1875-06-13
THEtOAN MARKET.

LARGE ETNRER OF INSTRUMENTS REoohoko
Tbs g1eater part Of the business the 3*st
week has been in the line Of securing part pay
ment. On the transfers Of roal estate in Hhicn
department there appears to havs been m M
us.ai doerea Of activity. At the eame time there
has boen something doing In the way Of aetunt
loans, which are readily negotiated at per cent
On good security and good nanos. The number
Of trust-deeds aod mortgages hled dune MAS
252 probably the uisneat number thss haa ever
appeared on the records Of Cock County IN ono
day, but tho average consideration Was small.
not exceeding $3.50. or these Instruments l58
we're given By one party. and sre Included in our
etateuert below. It appears however, there
was Some informality connected with them,
which has placed tho whole batch IN very
questionable situation with regard to their
legality. In fact they are considered null aud
;oid, and il these 1873 trust leeds With their con-
sideration of 900 bo deducted, very c'edita-
Ole Snoring il made for the borrowers Of Cook
County, inasuuch ~ the releases will then e1-
cecd the inca1nb:ances-
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT fco TIKI WIKI kSDEs6
JUNE II.
, 1875-06-13

Corn, bu...............-.......... 242,3l5 7l,4D
Tho leading produce markets wcfe rather mora lively
on Saturday and LEGS ateady there oetne BONO sFeeu-
Iatye excitement IN nresostuna- 1na "e7Anef VIE
cool {sono called 1t Guilty. and ta7orab'o 10 o1nees II
grain. while 1t had little influence On pEov1sona Iho
forwarding movement IN gram Taa moro acuVe ialf
quantity Of ireightroom being taken ii pzeEaous
rates. about 21c on corn to BunAo 1ne gTeateat IN
qut1y WAS for corn roo1a, the hoideEs being h1o1o
ANXIOUS to forward it now that there is presPect OF
hot weather. Ffetghung has been Vaeenng up dur
ing the past week, me result oeios sfs"51oe 90
croasa OF our stocks In store though not enough was
doing to enable carriers to advance rates from tae low
as. point known IN many Jeara
Ths movennent in domestic dry goods rss fairly
satisfactory. Few Largo orders were placed, the de-
unand aa for tiuca past beng restricted to meet
ing current trade requirements, but orders wern
NUMEROUS and lnade liberal aggregate. The general
market remains steady. Groceries were IN good de-
nnand and were without change in values Codees
remain dull Sugars, sirups, rico, teas. end soaps
were in liberal request. The movement In dried
fruits continues to show improvement, and hrmer
tone perv4des the general market Fish weza without
cuotable change in values, though there WIS weak
feeling IN lake cured Canned goods were active At
former quotations. The baxg:ng, leather, and TO-
bacco markets without new features. Oils sod
fairly at former quotations.
Tho cattls trade exceedingly dull and Prices Of
the grades below choice weak and nomina1ly
.n.,sd ho,der, n .uch to .pstan fo1sr min.
$50 as..7n. - .,,-, -, .,.o-nn.h.1 A.
- KS so ~ ,h,o,1.b Ta,,n. .nd ~ e. oo
o1s.s ~ y n...i1.a ,,oo tssS
-. ..+;ra 5.r,-,.f <,,r,,, 10
~. 49, ~ ,..s- w. 7,.~ra -s,,a,, 5u s.s
c,,..d ur,t n. slight decline 6alea vcre at 81 5oa
-. h.,,,- - ~. +r,dlno - e.
,..s a sA, ~ soo shs.n ~era insc,5r, md n,n,n> =.
se4soa' @o,SSo@ r,,-1I.. s1s. ., -4s-s]. - -,
s5.oos4.ao' h1so"nes @e1e 9oe' >o Ase9os ~ >A.A'
gAilon~
The changes IN lumber Saturday wers few
and unimportant. fair business was trsnsactsd NJ
hs yaFds the orders oofn8 USUALLY for snah lots OF
COMMON stuh. The Wholesale market WIS quiet. The
expected buyers generally we're di posed to Awat he
..sssa +,s,,- ho,a ha<,,a. a,,,rs,. :, .tt.s
arrivals pe'ofo tazane ho'a oe>lues s"'ora"s Is o1'en
quiet day as tho docks. Iron and
steol wcre in moderate demand at irregular
r.t-. r,ncal,v for the former. Wool ,7as arriving
-,"a. ..s ~.,,;n. n ar,,u ,ot, :. ra..,t ,.,..s
so"l1' ~no oe'A" - ~ ~ =. A'e~-' Pt1ee".
Broou-cozn vAa In Light order demand At unchanged
prices. AL tiuds Of hay were duh and weak. The
, 1875-06-13

Tho excitement and general discussion sttenatag 3
tho teecnt reduction made by the city aataoE1t3es -
the auouns Of wages paiu the lAoorere On tue boue
.1-a, has disclosed the fact Of marked ahrnkAgo IN
the rrice Of labor this season among many o. tno
trades Contractors, and arceets, nnd otaeI
employing l,rge numbers Ut men, state shas tte1e
crcat falling IL wages IL the building rsdo. from st
ear Carpenters earn from s2so to S Per oa5 ~
saanIt I'll aversge Ct $50 last year brckayefe' os
1uaaors who paid lar. year from ~ 70 *a.5' e.
dar, rcceiss on the average nus - n ~ >. ~, ~
$40 Ps.ntes nsid only g and s2 aga3p.h hera an
average Last year Of S. Hod d-crrio's &C: s.o mnese
they earned s.. 80 per day last year. atono-1nasoa
s.tixded with reduction Of 30 ceats pr cay sla
n1..tarers there Is difference Of Is cant 10
tac es'iae Of those Who adhere to sns soies u
their society and those who do not Stone-cuess hte
raid rom IS so to $40 per dsy thia ye4I nsan - 20
is as yea- CeIaz have 70 rom
30 to SITS per day.
One feature Of encouragement N this elsua-
tim is the {act that tha laborers in many caset,
e,ceclal!y in the stone-yarde, are WORKING IN
complete disregard Of tho rules Of tho societies
md trades unions. They prefer no" to look
after tho interests Of their families, which theJ
End they have been sacrificing to deluslon.
, 1875-06-13

cash; lot On Indiana avenue, esEs
front, north OF Thirty-dfth street, for s3,ooo J;
Campbell Bros. l. Co. have eo!a nue lot on
Campbell avenue, near coug1css street, Tor soo
foot.
Loring 4, Chase sold two houses and lots on
the col ner Of Brooks Street and Ellis avenue for
tl4,0u0.
Clark L Silva have sold house and lot On West
Monroe street, near Western ssenue, for W: opp.
4. D. Huszavh las sold No. 1o04 South state
greet for $4,000. .oo
al. Pet,ie has sold On North Ia Sale street 100
feet south OF Schiller street, west font ~ 1oes
to .Ier, foz 34,l25 caah, being Sl63 per loot :;
l.: on Llucoln avenue, jus: north OF W:lgat-
7c',l .renue, east front. - teet 11oa| 1os
&LG.1, nearly all cash
oU1sDE PROPERTY.
CH. Gaubert h,o sold Los and in Clarke s
Eubo1vieiou Of Sec. l3 50, 10, for .3.uo0 to d. L.
Campbell, znd u brick hoasa with Tot on camp
te!I arenQe. near Western nScune tor u, 5oo.
J. G. Huszagh hss sold fourteen lots 10 AtE-
woods Addition to Washington Heights for
5000.
Ulsrk i Silva have sold twenty one lots At Nor
gnn Park, Washington Heights for 90: soo: ,.o..
Kirk b Newell has sold = lot, l5o teet 'front.'
on this ridge At Morgan pa.k, tor $4,000.
Ira Brown has told three lots Ut DsspA1nes TO
John Anderson fer 5000; 3 tEo~htory otlss
house and or lots 8. Park Ridge for S3ooo;
peven lots At palk Ridge for $500
S Delama:e1 has sold to Ira Brown lou actes
1T Homowood for S5oU00. THIS is to DO lmme-
d,ately subdivlded aud put ia the ma11et.
Mann i Conedoa have sold 10 air. Jcnn s41z-
gerald, CT Nebraska. the greater part OF blocA l.
Blocks 2 md ., aud Lots u to 81, Elock H. IN
Corgdon's t&1dge Addition to hogers FAfN7 1or
{45, $50.
Mil,ard d. Docker hnvo sold at Lawndaie
house aud 3o-fout lot for <3 1OD, and TWO houses'
With SO feet eacl for $1u. .000-
i. g. Hunt has cold ~ lots IN kolEer q MIL
Jams Subdivision 81. 81. u fer ~ 500.
n. A. Buffers & Co. have sold at Suction 10.
991lGI feet on :he co1per OF Wabash avenue ana
1iit.-trst sr,ect, 1t sia per foot, S555..
Robert C. Giy1ns has solG house and tos on
CauaI street, at South EDglewood, to Z. ssetson.
fur x2Un0; two iots in tho groFe at South En-
c]owood for 5J5u each one lot IN BLOCK l. SOC.
S, 81. u, South Englewood for $3.50 one lot on
Vest Washington street. west OF railroad Tor
81 U,o: one lot in Block l, Sec. l. ~, IA. 1os
$3.50. nm r..
Warren. Eceney Co. have sold 1000 feat IN
Keeuer l. B.rtun'e Adoit Cd to South Evanston
10 laul raurlov. of philalelphlh, for ssaooo'
on IN al]-casb basis. 4 letter from the fuf~
chaser shown the writer indicates fur1nor III
yce,uent of Phi.delphia ca; .sal 1t an cal " day.
The property Vas pouSht as an 'nve>tmsnt ana
will bs rapidly improved. The same trln soid
s42 .oet in the Ridge Subdivision q: South ET-
.nsttn for s29,4o0 and = LOT IN Ha1eert d f.'ca-
ard's Subdivision, same p!ace for $1,000 cash.
, 1875-06-13

CHICAGO. BURLINGTON QUINCY RAILROAD.
peookt fog4 Of L4ks-st., hsds1sa 2ad Stzt~e.kA
end t9nsi ard &z<enkAttR 1tek<s Qao<z. - c4arhss
xnd r dspoL.
, 1875-06-13

g. L>uts E1pEess.........---..-
St. Louia F1st Lius.....-........
Ca1eo i NsH Orleans Ex..-...-..
Cairo 4 Eew Orleans E1..........
Springfield. Peoria + Ko4'kuk E1
Springfield and PsariA Expre4a.
Dubuque h Sioux Cit5 h. ..... -
Dubuqus i sioux Lity Exprn1&-
Gilman PAzzeneer...-.........--.l
, 1875-06-13

c 1cAG3. MILWAUKEE i ST. paul RAiLR3an
rssipn pecok, H13isoa CanaIs1 Ode.
q South c!crLst., orpaFss SaTaoa Bo4s< and Dsssk
, 1875-06-13

KAn1a1 U1ty aod Denver FaA* Kx.
St. Louis and Sp1fn1:ield RI. -,
~ Louis, Springfield t TexAs..
Peoria, hooxuk ! Eu-iiaxtoa...
Porn, keak'< K Burlington.
Chicago 4 Padacah R.xi1roaa Ex
;;trchior, LAcoa> Washington Ek,
Jolj5t i Dwight khtAoclm1uodAtinn
, 1875-06-13
Ar11.

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD
D<vs3 feet II L1ks-st. and If Tceey<seosA1 Ya
1Sfce 1l Kan1uiph-st, C2o1k.
, 1875-06-13

Milwaukee h frAirfs du Chlan
t}irz1toa, p1sasnkeE....-.......
Milwaukee, a Crosse. Wtnoua,
St. Paul, Minneapolis, Rlpo.,,
0shtosh + Green Bay, through
Expfes1, ..-..:-..........
Milwaukee, Madison, Pra1ns du
Chisn / lows: also, Men1ah4
and Stevena Point, Passenger.
Milwaukee, St. Paul i Mime
4polis, through E1pscas-.-......
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-05-01
A $500 hook Tor $3.50.

The Peoples Common Sense Medical Ad-
wiser, in plain Englirh or Medicine Simplified :
By r. V. Pierce, NJ. D.. Counselor int Chief of
the Board Of Physicians and Surgeons at the
Worlds Dispensary, Buffalo, New York. The
above work-a book Of about nine hundred
large pages, profusely illustrated with wood
engravings and colored plates, and well and
strongly bound-will be sent, post paid, to
any address. for one dollar and fifty cents
making it the cheapest book ever offered to
the American people. Other books treating
of domestic medicine, of like size and style
OF binding, and not nearly as we'll illustrated,
with no colored plates, and some of them COLI
tanning no prescriptions and making known no
means of self-cure for the disease which they
discuss sell for from three dollars and q half
to five dollars. We're DIR. Pierce's work not
published by the author, printed and bound
with his own machinery, and were it sold
price Of it would have to be not less than four
dollars. For when the publisher paws the
author fair price for his production, then
adds profit to his investment large enough
for his labor, but also for the risk of pecuniary
loss which he assumes in taking the chances
OF the enterprise proving . success and when
the state county, and canvassing agent has
each received his profit, they have added to
the expense of q book, that originally cost
about $1.25, so much that the people have to
pay not less than $500 for it. The Peoples
Medical Adviser, on the contrary, is placed
within the pecuniary reach of all classes by
the author. who adopts the plan of the
money in sending it through the mails, the
author advertises that money addressed to
grangers, dispensing with middle men and
giving the benefit of their profits to the peo-
PIE, Offering bis book Mt a price little above
actual cost OF publication. That those do
HIM at Buffalo, New York, aud inclosed in
registered letters, may be at his risk of loss.
The authors large correspondence with the
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-05-01
The Luck Of Storm Lake.

The advent of Storm Lake Broliuska
into this world was attended by more
suspicious circumstances than the fates
usually accord to humanity at the
threshold of life. The western bound
trains, with several hundred passengers,
were snow-bound at Storm Lake, Iowa.
a village on the line of the Illinois Gen.
trail railroad, eighty miles east of Sioux
City. The hotels of the place, rs we'll
as the private residences, were soon
crowded by the beleagured passengers.
On one train was a car of Mennonites
on their way TO join their countrymen
in Dakota. They refused to leave their
car, and next morning it was ascertained
that Mrs. Brolinska had become moth
er. The report of the occurrence hnv-
ing become generally known, steps were
at once taken to welcome the little
stranger. The mayor called meeting
of the council. which declared the day
public holiday and voted the hospi.
talities of the city TO the baby and its
mother. A procession was soon parad-
ing the streets, and the mother aud
baby we're carried in triumph to the city
hall, where speeches were made by the
mayor, Judge Kidder, delegate to con-
gress from Dakota, and several promi-
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-05-01
Tremendous Flood.

Bursting of Another Dam I'm Mill River
Great Destruction of Property, but
No Lives Lost.
A tremendous flood occurred on the
evening of the 10Th in the towns of
Wrentham and Norfolk by the break
ing away of a dam which retains the
water of Whiton's pond, the source of
Mill river. The sudden bursting of
this dam hurled a tremendous flood
upon the lands below, sweeping away
mills, bridges, country roads and dams
IN it's course, and causing damage to
the extent of between 800, 900 and
5000, 900.
Half a mile below this mill was the
saw and grist mill of the Elliot Feltlng
company, known as Fishers mill. Snch
was the force of the waters on reaching
here that it burst the thirty-foot dam
and carried along the saw mill, por-
ton of the establishment, as though it
was toy shop. Down the stream half
a mile further was the rick of New
England and New York railroad, some
forty or fifty feet above the river bed.
Beneath this the water usually passed
by an arched culvert about ten or fifteen
feet in width. So firm was the embank-
ment of sand above the culvert that it
stood apparently intact for the space of
an hour, and then being undermined, it
caved in for a distance of $50 to 200
feet, forming an impossible barrier to
the waters above. When the road-bed
sank, q freight train was within one
hundred feet of the place, though not
in motion, but the great volume Of
water had already passed the railroad,
and hurried on to the achievement of
its greatest feat, forty rods below, at
the city cotton mills. So thorough was
the work of demolition that the cupola
alone remained standing upon the plain.
The machinery and water wheel shared
the fate of the structure.
One body was swept down on the
flood, but it was supposed that of man
for some months missing. So far as
known no lives were lost, but the dam.
age to property is very large.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-05-01
Crossing the Channel.

The life-preserver in which Paul
Boynton undertook to cross the English
channel last week, from Dover to Bou-
logne, distance of forty miles, failing
only on account of darkness overtaking
him seven miles from shore, when the
accompanying boat took him in out of
the wet, is thus described:
Mr.. Boynton's dress is mostly of In
dia-rubber, and is 30 arranged that it
can be inflated, and rendered not only
buoyant but waterproof. Boynton,
on his way over from New York, jumped
overheard some ten or fifteen miles from
the coast of Ireland, landing with
safety. Recently, in London, he gave
an exhibition on the Thames, he and
two others floating from Westminster
to Greenwich, the trio eating. drinking,
and smoking en- route. More recently
Boynton gave an exhibition in the pres
ence of her majesty, in the waters of
which resulted in several
suits of dress being ordered for the
royal yacht. The dress is so arranged
that the wearer can carry not only a
supply of provisions, but rockets and
other signal apparatus. With fair
wind Boynton generally gets small
sail. He also uses . double paddle to
propel himself along.