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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-03-22
FOREIGN PORTS

EOhEAsSN FOHES.
At Melbourne Jan 26, ship Frank Pendleton, Nick
Sid TN Sydney Nsw Jan 10. sch Florence Bailey,
AT at smyrna Feb 20, barque Nineveh, wyman,
Boston 40 days.
Ar at Copaulpore Jan 20, Jennie Barker, Waite,
Madras.
Sid I'm Leghorn 4th inst Teekalet, Tracey, for New
York.
Ar at Antwerp 4th inst, Ada Gray, Race, Buenos
Ayres.
Ar at Barcelona 18th inst sch Geo Hatch, Muir
ply. Mobile via Bermuda; j Bragdon, Fletcher.
Sid I'm Cardiff 18th, baroue Fannie Carver for
Padang; brig Sarah Hail. Fort de France
at Bahia Feb II, sch Joseph Wilde, Reed, for New
Ar at Barbados Feb 18th, sch Warner. Lewis,
PHILADELPHIA (and SAILED ed for Cuba) 18th, Carrie
e woodbury., Woodbury.. New York, land sailed Oath
dina.
In port Feb 20, schs L Chaples, Chaples from
Jacksonville ar 18th, disg; Jos Fish, Bano from do
Ar at St Thomas Feb %, sch Eta May, Webster,
and sasa 81 inst 21 AGb ga Ingalls, st Lucia
SID "a inst barque Lorena, Blanchard, Turks ISL
and a Northern port.
At do 4th inst brig Daisy Boynton, AppIeby, from
London for Boston. stepping new masts)
Ar at Cienfuegos 18th inst sch Georgia, Coffin I'm
New York.
Ar at Havana 18th inst, brig Harry, Robinson,
Pascagoula; sch Seth w Smith, Marshall. Pensacola
Sid I'm Cardenas 18th, brig Hattie M Balm, Thest-
rup. North OF Hatteras sch Earl Potter, do.
Sid I'm Sagua 18th inst, sch Roswell Hurbut for
North of Hatteras.
At Sagua Goth, brig Mary Fink, Dyer, from Hayre
ar 17h for New York or Philadelphia, to load sugar
| at SAT.
--latest by European steamers.!
Passed Anjier Jan %, Hawthorn. Mason, Batavia
| for Padang.
Ar at Goree Feb sth Nellie Star, Poland, Boston;
10Th, Jennie Cushman johnson. Gambia.
Cid at Cadlz Feb IS, Jas Ward, Paine. Philadel.
phia.
Sid FIN Grimsby I'd inst G Reusens, Leighton for
Cuba.
Cid at Gibraltar Feb "a, salista Partridge, tor st
Thomas.
Sid I'm Liverpool I'd inst, Neptune, Spencer for
New York.
Sid Sd, ship Ivanhoe, Herman, Bombay; Marcia
Greenleaf Bunker, Key West.
Ar at Messina 21st, Hornet, Hopkins Genoa; 24th,
Kocheko, Jasper. Algiers.
Ar at Naples Feb q, Adolph Engler, Fickett from
New York.
Ar at Cuxhaven list inst, Lady Blessngton, Brown,
Enderbury Island
Ar at Plymouth 4th. Norwegian, Rogers, Lobos.
Ar at Queenstown 9Th, Edwin Reed, Higgins, from
Callao.
Ar at st Helena previous to 9Th inst Carrie Clark
Slower, from Bombay for Hull, E.
Ar at Gibraltar Feb 49, May Mcfarland McFar-
land, Palermo.
SPOKEN.
Feb 6, lat 10 30 S, Ion 81 Oh W. sch Clara Leavitt
from Savannah Dec % for Montevideo.
March 6, off Holyhead ship Oriental, from Liver
pool for San Francisco.
March II, lat 81, Ion 70, brig Ma tie RUSSELL from
Matanzas for Boston.
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MEMORANDA.

B-See Geographic and general news columns
Sch Kosciusko, Kel!ar, from Thomaston for Boston
doing considerable damage. She was run on the mud
between Long and Central wharves.
Sch j M Morales. (of BucksporD Eldridge, from
Boston for Wilmington. NC put into Vineyard H a.
ven 18th and reports while at Tarpaulin Cove 10th
dragged atoul of schr Maggie Allen. carrying away
jibboOm, head gear, &c, of the latter. The j M NJ
tanned other damage.
Sch Dolly Warden, Allen, from New York for Fer.
nandina put into Norfolk 18th inst and reports the
loss of her mate (Freeman KelleyJ who was blown
overheard in heavy gale from ESE.
Sch Dexter Clark, Curtis. from New Bedford fol-
New York, misstayed and went ashore opposite Fort
Schuyler on Sunday, but came off without damage
Sch freeman, Mckenzie, from Belfast, Me, for Will
mngton, Del, with ice, struck bottom at New Inlet
9TH inst She was got off by the Coast Wrecking CO
Brig Lizzie Wyman, Hopkins. from Agoa Bav
CGH, Jan IA for Barbados in ballast while getting
under way, fouled with the barque Ceylon and car.
ried away jbboom and part of head gear, but pro.
ceeded same day. The Ceylon's bulwarks were stove
by the collision.
Sch M M knowles, Dow, from Sagua tor Boston
which put into Charleston nth inst sprung aleak
during heavy NE gale 14th off Florida. Probably
discharge for repairs.
Sch Belle Hooper, from Savannah for Montevideo
collided with steamer Enmore and received consid-
cradle damage. One account mutilated) is under.
stood to state that she filled with water.
Havre, Mch 2-The barque Arizona broke adrift al
Rouen LIST and drove against the suspension bridge
breaking her bowsprit and damaging head gear.
DOMESTIC PORTS.
GALyESToN-Cld 18th inst barque Clara Eaton
Hume, Reval.
NEW ORLEANS-Cld 18th, ship Marcia C Day
Chase Havre.
Ar at SW Pass 18th, ships Momentum, Foster. Liv.
erpool; Arcturus, Costello, Havre.
PENSACOLA-Cld 18th, sch Sarah Eaton, Thomp.
FERNANDINA-C 18th, sch L Durham
Harris. Bath
Ar 18th. sch Eliza Staples, Strout. Bath.
CHARLESTON-Ar 18th, sch Lizzie f Dow Chase
Savannah.
-R1CHMoND-sd 18th, sch Maggie Bell. Hall
New York.
NORFOLK-Ar 16th sch j G Dow, Rockport.
Ar nth, sch Leach, Pendeton, Rackport.
ALEXANDRIA-Ar 10th, sch Marion Draper
PH1LADELPHIA-Ar 10Th, sch Sarah Harding
Smith, New York.
Cid 18th, brig Eudorus, McAlevy Cnot Farr) Ma
tanzas
Cid goth, brig Adeline Richardson Matanzas; sch
Lettie Wells, Ashford, Port Spain.
Below 10th, barque Daring, Branscomb, from Car.
denas; brig Anna knight, Davis, from Matanzas
at Chester Goth, sch Lunet, Kinds, from Fer.
nandina.
Ar at Delaware Breakwater 20th sch Hattie Ross
Durgin, Sagua; w Ii Card. and Eliza Sawyer, do fol
orders; Gamma, GuptilI, and B Lowell, Rice, from
MatanZas.
Sid goth, schs Bagaduce, Annie Leland. and Her.
mon Curtis; 18th, G Paine.
NEW YORk-Ar 18th, ship Columbus, Bethen
Liverpool AZ days; sehs Hattie E Smith. Lee Bara.
Goa 10 days; l. L Whitmore, Jameson, Norfolk Liz.
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Boston stock Market,
New York Stock and Money Market.

NEW YORK. March 21-Evening-Wall street is
dull. Money was easy at q per cent on call with
at 4s6A 1861 for sixty days and 1893 for demand.
Exports Of produce from this port for the week
ending to-day 81 410 423 against $i10i679 for
the corresponding week in 1875.
Gold declined from III to 1135 and afterwards adj
vanced to 1l4s at which it closed. The rates paid
for carrying were q, B. 81 A. 8, and finally per
cent, The clearances at the Gold Exchange Bank
were $298l6,0OO. The Assistant Treasurer ipad out
to-day $4,000 on account of interest and $4,000 in
redemption of bon1s. Customs receipts $685. 900.
The stock was very dull.
The transactions aggregated 81, 100 shares, incud-
ing Erie $500 shares Lake Shore 800 shares North
western 1850 shares, Pacific Mail $4,000 shares St.
Paul $500 shares do preferred 7OO shares Ohics 1900
shares, Western Onion 1900 shares.
The following wer the closing quotations of Gov
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DEPARTURE OF STEAMSHIPS.
MARINE NEWS,
PORT OF PORTLAND.
Tuesday, MAJ CHI 81.

Tuesday, MAJ ch Fl.
ARRIVED.
Sch Louisa A johnson, Mailman, New York-coal
to Randall q McAlister.
Sch Eliza Ellen Montgomery, Wiscasset.
Sch Matilda. Orne, Wiscasset.
BELOW-Barque Harriet S jackson, Bacon, New
York, lis ashore at Fort Preble. See general pews)
CLEARED.
Sch Mountain Laurel, Pierce, Bristc!-master,
Sch Taglioni, Carnage, Brstol-master.
[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT
BCOTHBAY, March 14-Ar, barque Eph Williams,
Keene, New Orleans tor Yarmouth, MS; schs Oregon,
Dunton, and Northern Light. Orne, Portland.
March I6-Sld, baraue E Williams.
March 17-Ar, sch Tookalitta, Pierce, Portland.
March 18-Cld, schs Alice G Fox, Rowe, Western
Banks; Humboldt, McKown, do; Alice M Gould,
Harris, do.
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MARRIED.

In Nobleboro, March g. Jacob A. johnson of jet
ferson and Miss Laura e. Rice of Nobleboro.
In Whitefeld, Feb. 49, Warren Bates and Mrs. Eli
Hopkins.
In Whitefeld, Feb %, John A. Bates and Mrs.
Allen Bates.
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lFRoM MERCHANTS EXCHANGE. I

Ar at Philadelphia 21st, brig Amy A Lane, Carver,
Messina; sch George Staples, Cienfuegos.
Cid at Havre 18th, ship Merom, Lowell, for United
States.
Ar at Dutch Island Harbor 21st, barque Norena,
Nichols, from Matanzas for Boston.
Vineyard-Haven. March 21-brig Matte Russell.
York, from Matanzas for Boston, is ashore in bad
position.
Sch Sturdivant Adams, from Kennebec River
for Roanoke, NC, is ashore at the east end of Long
Island.
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European Markets.
LONDON March 21-1230 P. M.-American securi-
tes-United States t0-40s, 1859; new loan at 1863;
Erie at 17a.
LIVERPOOL, March 21.-12.30 P. M.-Cotton market
active and firmer; Middling upands at SID; do Or
leans at 1316d sales $4,000 bales, including 5000
bales tor speculation and export.
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DIED.

In this city, March 81, Mr.. Josiah Black, aged 70
years.
Funeral services Thursday afternoon at p o'clock,
at his late residence, corner of Cumberland and La
Fayette streets Friends and relatiaves and MEM
bers of the Aged Brotherhood invited to attend.
Burial at convenience of the family.
In Belfast March 81 Mr.. Benjamin KiDgsbury,
aged 80 years.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL L

Daily Domestic Receipts.
By water conveyance-1000 bush cornmeal to G..
W. True s. Co.
Boston stock Market
[Sales at the Brokers' Board, Mch. 21.1
80 Boston q Maine Railroad 49,. . -...... 1929
.......... do Observation-Disclosures.
% Eastern Railroad. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 102
Second Call.
$4,000 Eastern Railroad U.s. notes. ............ 50
$1,000 do coupon So
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TT Il q @ 2

! Beautiful Chrome given with ever,
pound.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-08

81 cwt.: 90 Illinois bulls at 4c: per H..
ley sold selves ;3 Illinois at 3t4c- per ID,
weight "a cwt SO Illinois 0tsc H.. with $40
the herd weight Ga. rs Ilinais CSC
H. with ~ per head head weights % cwt AZ cwt.
rs Illinois steers al iO. h.. weight cwt. NJ. Lauter
bach sold for klopier ra q Missouri steers az Nsc
9sc per H. with s. OIL the lot weight cwt - Missouri
steers at ssac H. with ~ the lo weight cwt ID
Illinois steers at 0c H., with Soc head weight
az cwt.
SHEEP LAxDsTrsde very slow; sales In small lots
Sheep sold at age &c. 10 lambs. SIC sac. lb
y hcGraw sold u1 state sheep. weight 5000 lbs, nj SIC
10. T. Kirby sold 26 ho sheep weight 1920 lbs vt
51sc per ID. Hume Elliott sold 10 State sheep weight
lluibs at &C. h. II state lambs weight tSO lbs ~
T4c ID. w. tlott sold 245 Colorado sheep. weight
2iu10 lbs, at 4s4c H.: 81 Kentucky sheep weight
l6s, 4. 5ssc. per y, Judd & Backinghan Sold
~ Ohio sheen. weight 80 lbs per head. 1T 5kc.
per H. 225 Ohio sheep seght - rs head = So per
lbs 1874 Kentucky lambs weight 80 lbs head 1T 7c
per To- Fidcock sold 43s Ohio sheep. weight 80
lbs per &c H. 81 Ohio sheep weight .. lbs
per head 5sc per Ohio sheep. weight % lbs per
head ut &c per h. 81 Virginia lambs, weight 81 lbs.
head per H. l25 Virginia lambs. weight 81 lbs. per
head at Siac per 10. e.. Kahn sold 2Oi Kentucky ewes
weight ~ lbs per head at 5A4c per lib.
Mich Cowssales slow at $40 to So2 per head calves
included.
vEAIs AND CALyRs-No smooth quality veals to hand
Buternk fed calves filc &c. per b ordinary quality
calves Sc 7i.c h.; gross calves sold al - I5 ~
S7ls head. Trade slow.
Hocs.--Thcre no live hogs on sale.
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DOMESTIC MARKETS.

GALVESTON June :. 1876.
ss ' Sls Sat s RECEIPTS s s 90 css f'''''
NEw ORLEANS June 7. 1876.
Cotton inactive; middllns isge; low midalng ioslc !;
fora Hscors s 70 the S' conssn sales
Stock. loa SIS =
Cotton quiet; mddnr. lie. low middiing, zoe good
1 lssao 0'''"n ''' ''"''~''' % '''s' ~ s.'''
CHARLESTON, June Z 1870.
Cotton quiet; mddllng HE; low midaiii,g o9s
l,c good o'da In, Zoe Net rsesps ~. q bales Elk
Cotton dnl middlinv. lie law @Iddlips. 10 iiss |;
coss coast " $50 Sales, iol Stock, 5oos. '''
Flour steady wn.a. IS @sss 5s"s ss
No. 90. 81 ~: No, white Michigan. "a 2os 50.
JAW S 81 81 ss na a 9' So s Ii s ' ss
Sasi q sa SS @ = SSs rejected Re r,S a. ssIs
~ Grade dv1 as SA oa ,ss steady sIs ss
Soo5 ,soeSSs; sSP$ss':e ass Ssis
changed No: Milwaukee Club offered ~ 81 20 IN round
ss sue; da Cd
sinss ss per Canal srsishts Wheat. sss. peas,
ss Z 20 + Sw Ys ss so
,.v,,. Rs n,. . June ,s7S g.,
bushels corn 5000 DO y rsilroaas-rlour eoo hoIs
400 do barley. 500 do Shipmcnts-lSy canal to
observation-disclosures. 2iuOOJ bushels; oats l2uOJ do To
interior pon,s-whcst, 1000 bushels corn 500 do BY
~ oOo do OATS ~ u1 do rye 24oo do barley 400 do
Cxnal frcigt hrm Wheat. 0c TO New York; asking ac
advance Flour auie. unshsngsd Wheat dull; s,mer
Corn dull steady; sales o. 800 bushels sample on private
nomnay SIC Rye dull Of 100 bushels choice
Western S3c Barley neglected Pork dull $lY 80 for
heavy Lard dull ut Iac Hiehwines nomnay 81 IL.
city made.
Flour quiet and unchanged Wheat active, firm, higher
aud nnse,tlsd No 2chsago spring. " oi's spot u 4A
June VI u6 Juy No Chicago spring, o3c 93'ec: re-
jec.ed safe Corn active firm and higher; No = AZ
and July: 454c August Oats higher: NO. ut 'oc
SPOT and July, 2os June; rejected DE Rye as,nsr 1T
SIS q spot SIS 80 $ls aalay SIS aoa s,s % August
$40 IS Slo 20 spot $40 7aas July. $40 s2f $40 70
rS side. sssc.: clear sides, ssc. whisaey 81 osss
raiiroad Esssp:sroar ilMs sl..; wheat Iso ooo
bushels: 322 600 do. oats 900 do rye 1000 do
barley $500 Shipments-Flour. 5000 bills: wheat.
o. do. corn. 412ulO do oats $4,000 do. rye.
1900 do. hurley, $40 do. At The afternoon call
ofthc Board Wheat Arm and higher: l05sfx 10o} June
1854 July Corl firm aud higher i5ia a5ss. June
July; 455s. August Oats higher; 3oiac 3ossc. cash;
Sis 20 SIS Tx August Lard nrm and higher $40 80,
July: SO 05. August
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COMMERCIAL REPORT.

COTTON ON THE SPOT UxCHASoED-rUTUREs
wEAK-YLoUR sTEADY--wHEAT HIGHER
CORN sTEADY-oATs sTRoNG--wHIsKEY DULL
AND LowER-PoRK FIRMER-LARD WEAK
PETROLEUM fIRMER-sPIRITs 1URPENT1NE
UNcHANGED-RosIN QUIET--oIIs STEADY
FRrIGHTs SLOW AND TAME-CoFYEK QUIET
SUGAR FIRM.
WEDNESDAY,, June Up NJ.
The general aspect Of the merchandise markets was
without material change, they beng Tor the most
part quiet, without marked change in prices. On
'Changc -four steady. Wheat was in good demand
and higher. Corn was steady with moderate demand
Oats steady whiskey dull and lower. Pork was
nrmer Lard closed weak. Ereights tame and mac
tive generally. Cotton the spot was unchanged
Futures closed Coffee quiet Naval stores were
quiet Oils steady. Petroleum rmer active.
cossKg-The market for Brazils quiet but steady.
We note sales baltimore OF 1000 bags Rio Cricket
aud 2O0D and 1000 bags do Grey Eagle. private
terms Mild coffee quiet We quote :--ordinary
goes i45lc. I5c. fair do 1876. i6lc good 49, lie
i7ssc; prime do i7sc. IKE extreme range
l4A4c 1sslc. Santos fair to good, i64c. y I7c gold
ninety days. Java. government bags, 100. = 22c.; do.
grass mats 2c singapore. do, 1sc 2Oc; Ceylon.
lie. lyc Msracaibo l5zc. lyc LaguayrR lie. tsc
Jansica, 15,sc 1s3c 81 Domingo, loc Porto
Kico Isc lyc. COSTA Rics, lie 1vc; Macsssar, ISc
iura lie. lsc. savsna IKE; Curacoa I5Jsc
Uorox on the spot unchanged FUTURES closed
The clos prices to-day with Tuesdays prices
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low nidilIng ioSc middng IKE The spot sales we're
To-Day Last Eceadsg. Total
Delivered contract bales For future delivery
the sales follows Yesterday. after two r. NJ
June 500 at NE July. 100 IL 81 BE August. J. ~
At ~ Lice; September 100 IL i32c October 90 ~
llsfc: November III 25-32c. Total. 3.loo bales
To-day. up two r. M-June 100 Mt II 25;2c. 100 at
Iisc July coo II 27-32c; 800 at II - Ice August
u iolsc: 800 At II ses2e September SOP a. Il Si'ac
500 az II lS-lic 100 ily.c Loo a. u 2ssas 40.
A. lsac; October 200 a, iits; lao - n Use.
ln, Dsesmber iooas II lids zoo q u = sas 2oo
ll7c April 100 It II 7sae Total 1890 bales Grand
Galveston 80 bales; New Orleans LOIS: Mobile 81 "a
rs; New York. 100 Boston 900 Total os2 bales Ih,s
since september 4o27s49 Cotton freigh.s closed as
follows ITO Havre, by steam. &C. compressed To Ham
burg by stean 'sc; compressed To Bremen by steam
5l6d.
FLouR GRAix-Receipts- II. Q = bbis wheat
1913 bushels; meal POS bbs and 40 sacks oats
1881 bushels; corn 10 1871 do rye, ~ 400 do barley
malt 6s do. The Hour market ruled steady with mod
crate Inquiry The sales about 5,uoD bbs including
state Western and southern 1t The snnexed
Rye Hour steady with sales OF 3O bbis NJ ~ - 70 ~
for line TO superhns Corn meal was fairly aetvs with sales
Of 800 bills 800 sacks S3 ID 50 - for Brandyw M
and ~ so s3 o for Jersey Pennsylvania and Western per
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FINANCIAL and COMMERCIAL.
The Stock Market Inactive and
Prices Again Lower.
GOLD 10 So A 112 3-4.
Government Bonds Strong and Higher-Rail-
road Bonds Steady Investment Shares Firm
Money on Call 2 and 2 1-2 Per Cent
WALL STREET,

wxDxEspAY, June Top. NJ
Mr.. Ira Paine, pIgeonst has killed more bras than
As competitor In the international match In Lon
don to-day. Mr.. Paine will receive the en-
eomiums OF his countrymen and the cash OF
his competitors. and 10 doubtless satisfied with
HE result He has done more, for he has shot
on tie. and thus decided the matter for
Bome time to come. Stock Exchange affairs are
not 80 easily settled, and when tie occurs between
the bulls and bears the result Is dull market and
meagre commissions An eighth or quarter is as hard
10 hit a. . blue rock at twenty-six yard rise, and.
what with interest and clearances proves poor bird
when gathered. There has been q tie in tho market
for some time back. and those who have bet their
money on either advance fall are probably ready
70 cry s'quiss" provided they get out whole
The realization in stocks, which only sympto-
matte yesterday, proved to- be well defined maady
to-day, and the number OF the afflicted was only 70 DO
reckoned by the extent Of the long interest
There sellers Of Lake Shore sellers Of Western
Union, sellers OF Pacific MAIL reiteration which In
its monotone reminds Of Tennyson's ''Charge OF
the Light Brigade, aud with result in a pecuniary
sense, quite as unsatisfactory to bulls in physical
point OF view, Il was to the 'six hundred"
In word there decline in all the favorite
stocks Western Union falling from go to esq., Pacific
Mail from Is 23zS, Lake Shore from 541S to 531a
and.othcr stocks less degree they were proper
tonately less active.
The desire to sell appeared to emanate rather from
desire reap the profits which the last four days rise
has offered than from any change the situation OF
things monetary.
The Western Union people decided to-day to pay q
ono and half per cent dividend, We long ago FORE
told they would do The Pacific Mail people believe
that dividend in the misty distance may be disccrned
everything goes right and ones binoculars can ponc-
lrate the fog and think they it. while the Lake
Shore holders Dragging Of increased receipts and
the better future for their stock Despite this
III three stocks have declined. Western Union
vii pay q dividend, but It Is questioned whether
has earned the money. Pacific Mail is IN better
hands than before the election but it is suggested that
to proper place the Bankruptcy court; and Lake
Shore increasing its receipts under tariff which is
simply suicidal
market to hold its own nearly 80, under these
circumstances shows vitality which can be ascribed
10 NO other cause than belief In approaching turn
in the tide which, 1t is to be hoped will float US on to
more favorable harbor.
The sales to-day amounted to 1885, 600 shares. with
The largest transactions represented by Pacific Mail,
Western Union and Lake Shore.
OPENING HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES
The following table shows the opening, highest and
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BUSINESS TROUBLES.

Jcre Johnson, Jr, real estate auctouccr and brokor
Of Park row, Is in bankruptcy.
Franklin A. Thurston has been adjudlcated . bank.
rupt by Register Alien, Of No i52 Broadway. on the
petition Of some Of his creditors, as has Joseph
ZabnskL
Al the FIRST meeting OF the creditors Of Henry 8
Hawks, held yesterday before Register Dayton. Of
No 322 Broadway, ten creditors proved claims aggre.
eating upward Of $40, 900 and elected Henry Doro.
mus Of No. u Franklin street. assignee
The examination Of otto Hustler. dealer Ia furs, OF
MAIDEN lane was continued yesterday before Register
Allen.
y Daniel Drew has sufficiently recovered In health 70
admit Of tue continuation OF hts examination IN the
bankruptcy proceedings lie says he DESTROYS Of
having the examination concluded and II Will be pro-
cceded with before the Register this morning - ten
o'clock.
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FRANKLIN TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

BosroS. Juno I, 1876.
The annual meeting OF the stockholders OF the Frank
lin Telegraph Company was held to-day. Tho treas.
urcrs report shows that tho receipts for tho were
$4,000 7s expenses, $685. All Oh dcnct SIS TO S.
Tho assets sl76so TO- and liabilities $7s,lls 20.
The reduction of telegraph rates had proved favorable
to the line New lines are recommended from Boston
10 Por, and; IRON Bristol y. H., to Wells River, W
from Providence. Fall River, to New Bedford; from
Springfield, via Hoyoke, North and East Hampton and
Greenfield, Mass, and thence to Troy aud Albany The
election Tor ntne directors resulted in the choice OF
Sidney Dillon, Jay Gould, W. J. Lyons, John A. Nor.
timer Thomas J. Echcrt, Henry II. Faber, Frederick
L. Ames, Edwin y. Atkins and X. IL Rollins.
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The annual meeting OF tue Boston ana new IorK AT
Line Railroad was held ut Middleton, Conn, yester-
day and new directors elected tor tho ensuing
year.
The gross earnings for the year ending juno 1879
were $685. 49, the operating expenses for the same
period we're $l2s6s5 49, surplus applied TO consruc
ticn, $s7,sSl L.
In the operating expenses included the following
disbursements, which will not be again required for