Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-05-14
EDITORIAL NOTES.

: linen and 100000 yards less cotton
Shan we did two years ago.
) In order to prevent injury to mill
tary equipments, which of late seems
to have increased, hereafter soldiers
will not be permitted to take their
arms TO pieces, except in the presence
of an officer, nor under any circum-
stances to deface the metallic OF
wooden parts by attempts to beautify
) or change the finish of the exterior.
We always thought the last ST.
Louis directory little fshy, but now
it is evident that it has been cooked
up. It contains the following: Oys-
ter, l Rave, 13 Frys, 9 Fish, 4 Sal
mon. l Trout, l Shad, l Mackerel,
Porges. 8 Pikes>2 2 Fowles, Chicks,
Hams, 35 Lambs, 4 Pickles, Pud
ding, Pyes, Figges, 2 Nuts, >
Coffees. 2 Segars.
The New York Bulletin, III an arti-
Gle on the diffusion of labor, calls upon
the leading railroads to take, free OF
charge, to the west the surplus labor
found on the seaboard. 1t says that
if labor could be easily transferred
from the localities and employments
where it is not wanted to those where
it could be readily employed, the net
product Of the country would be in
stantly increased one fourth upon the
present amount
David Sinton, a wealthy citizen Of
| Cincinnati, has decided to erect on the
Fifth street market space, in that city,
granite tower one hundred and sixty
feet high, surmounted by colossal
statute of Cincinnatus habited in Il
toga. The tower will be composed OF
three sections-the first two square
and the last and highest octagonal. \
platform of granite forty feet square,
for public speaking, will be placed at
the base of the tower. The estimated
cost of the whole is S5O,0
An insurance authority says that
the losses by the fire at Oshko osk, Wis,
will be distributed among so many
companies that the percentage to each
will probably be very small. Tie
com panies in the National Board have
not taken very large risks, as there
have been disastrous fires there in
previous years, and it wasnot consider
ed a safe town for insurance business.
The Western companies. and somesou.-
ie of the board would suffer most.
but in business point of view it
would not affect seriously any insur-
ance interests East, and would make
no very great difference anywhere.
From June 20, 1874, to April l, 1875,
the old national banks have voluntar :
ly resigned seventeen million two hun
dred and ninety-six Thousand thirty
seven dollars of their circulation, bY
depositing greenback5 with the comp
tro!ler. After allowing for the new
bauk5 organized, with the eighty per
cent. Of greenbacks retired under the
law of January II, 1875, the New
York Tribune estimates the net co.,
traction of the currency since last Juue
at twelve million dollars
The model houses for Chicago, for
the plans of which prize of 81 600
was offered by the Merchants, Farm
ers and Mechanics Saving Fund, are
now being built III that city. LII about
one month they will be completed,
with temporary doors, windows aud
stairs made Of rough boards and pro
tected with tire-proof paint. Fires
will then be built on the slate roofs
and in the interior of the houses to
find the amount of damage that may
possibly arise from an accidental fire.
1t is not expected that the buildings
will be wholly fre-proof. Several
acres Of land between the parks aud
the business parts of the city have
been purcha ed on which to build the
''model cottages, costing from 81 ,000
to 81, 900 each. The money for the
enterprise is to be supplied by East
ern capitalists.
How the Republican party takes
care of the soldiers in the matter OF
head-gea is sho Wn in a late report
from the Quartermaster-General: Ac-
cording to that document there were
in store in June, 1874, 242, 528 army |
hats, and 800, 455 caps. This for our
total army of little over $4,000 en-
listed men, give nine and three-fourth
hoto 4 tuo 70
Who will have the temerity to sng-
gest, after this, that the Government
is unmindful of its defenders ? There
is an expression, earned calo-a pie"
which We never entirely understood;
we never dreamed that it meant taUeIUe
caps apiece! If each soldier hao even
the fabulous nine lives OF the cat, the
supply of head-gear would be more
than ample. Verify, it ought to be a
good time for military tailors.
The next General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church in the United
States of America will meet at Cleve-
land, Ohio, on the Goth instant. The
proceedings will relate to the finances
of the boards, the overture on the ell
dership, correspondence with the Re-
formed Dutch Church relative to IN
ion, the sustentation scheme, court
of appeals, the hymn-book question,
&c. Important reports will be pre-
sented and discussed on mileage, with
view to better system on the ratio
of representation, ministerial relief,
and relations with the Southern Gen
eral Assembly. The church OF which
this assembly is the chief judicatory
comprises 174 presbyteries arranged
in 50 synods, and having under their
care 4, 906 ministers 1916 churches,
embracing 495. 634 communicates and