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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-12-08
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-Greeley's monument, in Green
wood, will be unveiled early in Decem-
Der.
Mr.. g. w. Jones, deaf mute,
recently enacted ShyiOck before an as
semblage of deaf mutes az St. AIMS
Church in New York.
Nine. Essipof, the Russian pianist,
who has just reached New York, is %
years of age, and described as pretty
and petite. Herreal name is Lechetzky.
Mr.. Emerson once said 10 the Rev.
DR.. Wentworth: 81 never regarded
myself rs a poet; am read only by
the patient suiierance of the public and
the over estimating kindness Of friends. I"
Col. Walter ii. Taylor, of Norfolk,
Va, who was the Adjutant-General Of
Gen. Robert +. Lee, has been appointed
orator ct the next annual reunion of the
veterans of the Confederate Army Of
Northern Virginia.
Walt Whitman satisfies the 'mpor-
tunate autograph-hunters by informing
them that his photograph, with sigma.
ture attached, can be obtained on send
ing 81 TO the Matron of the Orphans
Home at Camden, y. j. The proceeds
are entirely for the benefit of the or
phans.
Edwin Booth ended his engage
ment at the California Theater on Octo-
her %. He afterward acted four nights
in Sacramento. His season of eight
weeks in San Francisco was brillia,tly
successful and largely remunerative.
The theater cleared upward of S25, 900,
and the actor must have cleared much
more.
The death is announced at Lucca
Of Mr.. Charles |. Hemans, a son of Mrs.
Hemans, the poetess. Mr.. Hemans
left England in carly life, and after re-
siding In various parts of the continent,
finally settled in Italy, and latterly in
Rome. 1t was here that his chief stud
les were made in history and archeolo-
gy.
Mr.. j. Hammond Trumbull, of
Hartford, Conn, the famous scholar in
the Indian languages, has in press
volume on the old "Blue Laws " of
Connecticut. There has been for a
long time a dispute among Connectic ut
historians whether the "Blue Laws ="
were genuine statutes or were "A mock
code written as a satire on the manners
and costumes Of the people of that State.
Timothy Dwight, father of Presi-
dent Dwight of Yale College, is 6 feet
inches high. His wife, who was the
daughter of Jonathan Edwards, was
so small that he sometimes carried her
aroand on his open palm, held out at
arms length. On one occasion he seiz-
oil a cart drawn by yoke of oxen, and
stopped il. He was one Of the giants
Of those days.
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The rabbit is timid, but no cook
can make it quail.
BY the name Of what Towering
plant did Hero greet her lover when be
first swan the Hellespont? "Ol Le-
ander.n
-"Man, ;" says Adam Smith, "is an
animal that makes bargains. No other
animal does this-no dog exchanges
bones with another"
All hair-pins look alike to men, but
let wife 90 off on visit and come
home and find hair-pin near the gate,
and she can't wait a minute TO grow
red in the face.
When a woman comes To the door
and calls after her husband, Hem
RE-" finishing the last syllable in
capital letters, you may know that she
is not in a capital huufor.
"A person by the name Of Bruno
Tzchuck is Secretary of State of Ne
vada 1t is one OF those names that
encourages inebriety, as none of his
friends can pronounce il correctly I'M
less they are drunk.
The Centennial hotel clerk-the same
AtibN "hp Pbb loh Wy AZ ANNhh 'f~Nh
on that hot night in August, you know
is around now looking for a job, and
will take almost any thing short of a
red-hOt stove or a billiard-table.
How wonderful is the instinct of
love, that even enables the enamored
youth, from his remote eyrie in third
story back window, to identify his en-
slaver's raiment tapping the free air of
heaven on neighboring clothes-line.
The happiest moments in wom-
ans life are when she is making her
wedding garments; the saddest, when
her husband comes home late at night,
and yells to her from the front steps to
throw him out some keyholes, assorted
sizes.
A sheep-herder near Marysville,
/ Cal, has for some time past been de-
: posting in the bank the sum OF $500
/ per month 10 the credit of his dog and
mule, sothat in case OF his sudden death
/ they would have something 10 live up
on. The other day the dog died and
left the mule full heir TO the estate.
The animals relatives on the fathers
side now begin TO prove up their con-
sanguinity. HdDk-eV6.
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know, aud the nymph-dOes she forget
her oatechism, or is the Senator men,
DRY poOr' Carried right of; dear me,
Aunt Dora, | don't understand il at all
i II because the Senator is so very
powerful and the nymph 50 very weak ?''
"Mary Emma" solemnly, "it's
both Now be warned, rash grill"
"Aunt,n innocently, "did you ever
know SenatOr?"
"Dear me, Mary Emma, see how
You have caught your parssol in my
lace-there's another thread brOkenl
think we have been here long enough.
Let US 20 10 the bakery and get some
Coffee
And they went, Mary Emma still
looking perplexed and puzzled, and
Aunt Dora virtuously deiiant.-Phtla-
De lphia Letter.
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Science and Industry.

Drying eggs is a new industry IN
Passan, ON the Danube.
Large quantities Of silver are being
shipped from San Francisco to Hong
Kong.
1t is said that wire netting spread
on the roof of building is better
protection against lightning than up
right rods.
During September and October
Norfork received l4S,9l5 bales of cot
ton, an increase of 1896 oven the cor
responding months last year.
"A large New England establishment
has just received "A contract for the man
ufacture of 60O,0 shoes for the Rus
sian army. What with contracts for
guns in the United States, knapsacks in
Sweden, and other war materials in
other places, the Car makes things
lively.
A vessel sailed from Montreal the
other day, laden with Canadian manu-
features, mostly Of wood and iron, and
including furniture, farm implements,
steam engines, and many other articles
of utility, which have already found a
market in Australia. The shipment is
understood to be the pioneer of an ex-
tensive trade for which arrangements
have already been made.
The Goldfish caught of the shore OF
Newfoundland are split, washed, and
laid on spruce boughs to dry. After the
sun and air have bleached them white,
they are assorted into ''merchantable, v
for the best markets, Madeira" for
sale as second quality, and "dun," OF
broken fish, for home consumption
The fish exported To hot countries are
packed by screw power in cases. Very
large quantities are sent TO countries as
remote as Greece, Spain, and Portugal
An immense amount of the costly
products of Asia now reach the United
States and Europe via the Pacific rail
ways. On the 18th, for instance, g
Council Bluffs paper notes the passage
OF IL cars Of tea; on the next day it re
ports 40 cars of tea and two of silk, and
so the daily record goes on. The trade
of two hemispheres was turned from
the route il had taken for centuries by
the opening of the transcontinenta
railroad.
"A great number Of processes fol
initiating butter have been patented
but the product was in most instances
apt soon to get rancid, or too unlik,
the genuine article to sell readily.
new and better mode is said to have beer
devised. Fat is thoroughly pressed
forced through fine sieve, melted, anC
oil e. 10 I'll t.s q l..
drained of, cooled, and churned will
sour milk, annatto, and bicarbonate o
soda, thus acquiring flavor and odo
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Senators aud Nymphs.

Yesterday in the Art Gallery a gen
tleman looking at picture hung high
over the entrance read aloud the title,
"Centaur Carrying off Nymph. !" A
lady who had just passed it turned hasti-
ly and looked again; then touched her
companion and said in low tones:
"Oh, Mary Emma that is a Senator
carrying off a nymphi"
"Why, dear aunt! A Senator carry
ing off a nymph, Do they really do
such things?" and she closed her eyes
in horror.
"Hush sh-hl Oh, my dear, yes
ofteni"
"Well, but Aunt Dora, it can't be
true the nymphs. YOU know-why don't
they make a fuss or something, aunt
never could be carried of without
"No matter what you think, Mary
Emma said the aunt, shortly. al
was in Washington for two months once
and Malvinia Carson was there for hall
year, and such things as saw" shak
ing her head wisely. "lou ought e
hear Malvinia talk" and she shud
dered.
Mary Emma regarded the picture
meditatively a few moments longer
then, "Aunt, she said, "aunt, dear,
think-do YOU know-I think I'd like {,
know a Senator
"Ohl you dreadful grit that shoul,
live to hear you say such a thing a
that! Have YOU forgotten your cate
chism, Mary Emma?"
! "No, aunt; but | am perplexed, Vol
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that the foreign crews in the next war
would navigate the ships TO their own
ports.
The Queen, during a recent Sun
day drive near Balmoral Castle, saw
some reapers at work-the weather had
been wet for long time preyiOus-and
"signified her opinion" that it was Il
work of necessity running counter TO
the sermons of the neighboring kirk,
ofwhich, by the way, she IS the eccle-
siastical head.
The Oldest member Of the English
royal family, the Princess Caroline,
hereditary Princess of Denmark, COM
pletes, on Oct. 2s, her eighty-third year.
This venerable lady is the granddaugh-
ter Of the unfortunate Queen Caroline
Matilda, sister 20 George Ill, and mar
ried 10 the King of Denmark, Christian
VII, but subsequently divorced. The
Queen was exiled TO the town of Celle,
in Hanover, where she died very young.
The military force of England.
militia, yeomanry, and volunteers in
cluded, is reckonedat 40, 766, of which
l9l, 1874 are regular troops. The navy
numbers $4,000 men. Germany has
1857, goo troops of all arms and classes,
with a naval force of $4,000. The Aus
trian army, including all reserves, num-
bers 10000 men, with about $500 in
the navy. Italy had 10000 men in
the army, and 10000 sailors; Greece,
10000 land forces; Turkey can muster
10000 fighting men; ROumania, 3d.
900, Seryia, III, 200; and Montenegro,
$4,000.
The late visit of Sir Salar Jung,
wealthy Hindoo Prince, TO Europe cost
over $3.50, 900, including the expenses
of his suite of lifiy-three persons. Much
of the money was expended in presents.
Every landlord and employee Of hotel
received a rich gItt, and all employees
of railroad trains or steamboats, were
likewise favored. The captain of the
steamer which brought the nabob from
India received for his wife a costly dress
and Jewels which would have been worn
with pride by an Oriental princess; the
officers received rings and watches en-
riched with diamonds, and all the sail
ors, firemen, and cooks each gold
coin.
"A London correspondent who re-
Gently visited the Empress Eugene de-
scribes her as the model Of an elegant,
well dressed woman, and little more,
her tall slip of son standing by her
side, looking, perhaps, more like her
brother than her son, for misfcrtunes
and reveries have certainly not aged
her handsome face. IL must state my
impression, il must be that | was re-
minded of the consun'mate grace and
studied PROJECTIONS of some of the stars
of the Tt r Francois, rather than
any ideal picture of fallen greatness.
Her life at G, selhurst is quiet and sim
pie. The Queen and the Princess of
Wales pay her occasional visits, and
French lmperialists when in London
make pilgrimages with violets in their
buttonholes 10 Chiselhurst, and the
grave of Napoleon Ill.
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l.. w. Neatherlin was going to his
ranch on the Cibolo in Atascesa CoGn-
ty, and w. II. Slaughter and several
others hove in sight and began 10 play
Indian, just for fun. lie took them for
Indians, and halted and tied his team,
and taking ambuscade awaited the APP
proach to within Spencer rifle range.
The bravest warrior dashed ahead Of
his fellows, and Neatherlin drew bead
on him and shot him through.-Gal-
CeStOn NegS.
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Ham and MIshaps.

A barrel of vinegar fell upon John
Shelton, at GAINESVILLE, Wis, crushing
MIN to death instantly.
Paul Jordan, aged 10 years, son of
Julius S. Jordan, residing in the suburbs
OF Memphis, was killed while hunting,
by the accidental discharge of his gun.
J. ID. Lawton, aged 20, an en-
ployee of the malt works at Fremont,
Ohio, accidentally shot and killed him.
self with "a revolver, while shooting rats
in the basement of the factory.
Mrs. Trimmell's terrible mode OF
suicide, in Sterling, Ky, was to saturate
her clothing with Kerosene and set fire
20 il. She was religiously insane, and
believed that the flames would watt her
to heaven without burning her.
George Cockerill was crushed TO
death at Whitewater, Wis, by a piano
falling upon him while he was loading
1t into a wagon. The horse started,
throwing him down, and the piano
struck him squarely in the face, break
nc every bone in the lower part of it.
In Statesville, n. c., a few days
ago, Miss Leila Armfeld, daughter Of
Lieut.. Gov. Armfeld, young lady
about 10 years of age, was accidentally
shot by her brother. lie was trying to eX-
tract a cartridge from pistol, and the
former exploded. The ball struck her
in the forehead just above the left eye,
entering the brain.
Mrs. Fannie Miller, aged about 30
years, living II miles southwest of Iowa
City, had been i'll with consumption for
many years. The other night she COM
planned tina. she could not sleep, and
told her little daughter, who was sleep
ing with her, that if she had her hus-
bands razor TO put under her pillow
she could sleep. The razor was given
her about 10 o'clock. The girl woke
up during the night, and found she was
wet with her mothers blood. Her
mother had cut her throat and bled TO
death.
"A few days since, at Frederick.
burg, Iowa, John King and Andrew
Goldsberry, two young lads, went TO a
blacksmith-shop to play. They found
! an old musket, which was taken by An
/ drew, while John took "A crowbar, TO
have sham fight. To make sure the
gun was not loaded, several caps were
snapped under the hammer, and as il
/ did not discharge, they were satisfied il
was safe. But, unfortunately. when
their play began, at the first pull of the
trigger the gun was discharged, and its
contents entered the shoulder and lungs
of John, killing him almost instantly
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Foreign Notes.

A statue to Won Moltke has been
erected in Parchim, Mecklenburg, his
ma i've place.
1t IS now reported in a certain cir
Gle in England that Arthur Orion has
been found alive in Australia, and that
"A survivor of the Bella has also been
found, This may lead to more Itch
borne litigation.
Capt. Bedford PIN, NJ. p, told his
constituents in England the other day
that one sailor only in each of England's
$4,000 vessels was an Englishman, and
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of butter. 1t is, lastly, worked and
packed in the usual way. The sub
stance really possesses all the qualities
Of butter, and is wholesome; but
drawback for the manufacturer is that
il also costs about as much.
, 1876-01-20

form thu most toilaome and prolonsol tasks IN,
nero tittance who "boar tho L1trl,ot arI ~ tI's
eAt Or thr day" IN tho fnIcAt souse Ut Tia sYs
food. Toillng % tov d. f,r dsily wsras f1oa th..
would not purchase tho food Of a c,ili in ss nn.
| county. cheap foul Ia tho nucensjty Of tl,I..
lisea. i1enon ltts that they foed la geIy nn.r
a"oot polatoas Tho chospsst Of iii oitibics i,
JnpAnl CheAsnntB. which ara ltuow, 10 "n;ns
m,la nuls," wailo not excessively doar, a,o zen,
| atsl!s beyond tho tnoans Ok tho Cooisca imt
tlcy delight to fancy lhat sroot potateos ~. ~
dhnoss ~ good ~ chestnrits. 30 thoy Aoco,diuTiV
dub The potrto "eiRht taiIe and linf co,d,
which rnakas It onlv half milo phort ii n,
chestnut. man who lives on cbes.ui, ca,, ~
Japannso mIle8 (about 22t< English niissS
IN dhy, wAIln hn who eats swnrt rotntncs
ehn 60 w miles {2lA Engtlst, milosj, loneS
Tue names. Notwithstanding what nep,i,a to n.
10 20 the woak aud insufficient Dirt Of lilo Jass
anoso l"por'ng mon. their endurance aod
60 insloa botueen sl.u aud aun It. jypriokishs.a
drawn ny tro Coolies. and the day aftor that
wont about 40 miles moro will, tho safnn kwo
mon. At tho ond Of tho flrBt dAy'g 1n11rucy thev
o!n NOT beon to 10 worry fasiEnod. ImmoIAteIv
atiof stopping ~ a toa houao for tho p[uht thay
tuok ba.l! In wator 80 hot that cuuIj IN,
havo washed 1nv handa In it. anu after comrort.
nbly parboilIng tlomsolvos got out, took d loayT
meal OF rico aud dried flsl,. and then snt mn n,.
n,oet a!l tho night gamb|lne ami dfnkino sast e.
On tho ooldeat dayf, and cvo1, when tharo il
hnow on the, ground. you can 500 thoss fellows
On TN atfeot WITH no clothing aaYo thin cotton
shft, pair Of papts al tho eame material
rcaching to tho kaeos, and Btraw oan3afa
Nor do they Aaam 10 bs particularly cold, NJ
Though foreigner would consider thoir coa.
thh'o barely sufficient for warm summer daY.
, 1876-01-20
REAL ESTATE.
1ne following instrumenss wsso nlsd for ram,
Wednesday, Jau ~: ava ''s'4


Tho following instrumenss weso dad ror v.co,,
Wednesday, Ian. ~: ''S1'a
pl1Y rnorrnrt
Fs@lsaa q; 13G 3.;o # Of West FOLK II, es.
F;:s::s, ;!v ~ 3 4a;;;:i;i Il. /. 8. aa'o
"s;. .'ss SSns't:s r. IT,! a. & ioeixri ;' '&o
reIeoca 81, % tea r. nj aI IT. I $500
us%sa d w:.; Huron 81, l. :;; 500
,.aaH a1aH y. datea AuI. =. Isis la75......,,,,,..: IN
Irving piass :alH e of Harrison Vt, " I, Is Nv
B.o1n ~ y, y, a4sed Isu ls.... ......... 11eoo
data & Gc - 4 = III st Wright st. ef. "il0o n.
Wt.s Jackson H. cor Il Monau ~. Z ;,s lo
= rubbing to nlFry patnt Road, dated Jsu.
oar1ol y, 81 of Il. jol.: ;i.:. *o 7seo
'a5s 'n!5s9s IT. With tmprosements dated Doc. a.
Edgar il; Il Il i,iooninEd.is ,;osa 1900
9l3l2s II: listed Or. eJ, ldi6,.,' ' - .oo
WEI ~ =, ~ Of bvidea ", t. :ifiiii ''o
nats,5ss1l \! i! ii twenty ynln,, ~; soo
.,sn. t%o e. dated Jan. H.. ,sao
2tslesA y. dated Dee, l. ls7s nm
Il. ..tsi ~ r., 2! hacFaasnto, I, 2taisv
sosra o. CIV ,m,G .Sa. $500
n. r,,.' "a.han - a AAplts or kILks
sfasi5s s.,a ~; htt*sen e. = Fullerton aud ou-
d.ed nse :; h ~ ~, = u alley. sish building.
aou'A or cl7t LIAlEt. wlIHln s4pIra oyg ,ts v9es
W coURT-ItupsE. "A@
ltJs II. dated jan. H.. .,.".. ~. "'' a.,
h,dsoa ,,n ~ 40 u Fiiiy-hith Il, L i3x 'o'1
M.dison ~. v ss eara, 2,ses
1l,*;s Il. dated Jsu. il. " w. 100 coz
7';s {. 3;1tn e fiti'sta II, !. / s;ii SID 0'1'
ti!'. \; g. r Of o:ix;:ia - l. ;;iisai 1850
VAT Of e'1s I's,1*. xi1ais a.nsrs ~ MIS- Ill
Fh'esso ~, loSJ, It v VI lu,1y.inu.tb It.. 81
1'1i]' s'a9 IT, assea Aug. 4, ls7s...........a e45
, 1876-01-20

l SHl tnffjJ
1us44'y' receipts hastaa changed h.als '''' ~" g.
| NEW YORK.
anu Gay 1C0o a9a!nst l,tt0 It tho sa,aa tins liz
Wesk; naskct extremely duh at further .oous rom
tas pas fss iass spee Sesr1 Eelday IT. mSfs
4. IT, 1Sse nse se,s se1 Xtslia .ch as .od woek aso
wet WIS fully equal tue assi,se lit wess '''''
hHEEr-nese!p,a alu:a Monday stso, agsius. 8.1ao
emer sow aales 1t 6ES7t;c for orIinasy ~ s.,.e IL
s s.s ss a for tive sys against
eorn'fed sold allvn At t7.aU ras ITO u.s. '@ e'A''
EAST Liberty.
daY Ast II. L'nxhf he, Ra, a' to.
Is.vy ats, asn5aai! hsad for two dass; supply
II: se' 10 ' ss :" f: H. IT,
s: s,y: i tad eonno 10 tair, S 70 s'5; sooJ
BuFPALo. Jan. .lo-CATrLr-i,ccen,s cas- 4o,,, ,,.
Is hs wsss Sl9 aaris duh AMI ws1x viii dcsa-
III, ansEr ~, ASo 1aMns-Recents, 94oo; total for ,hs
VIZ; 4o'o nssrkat ys1y dull prices a Cd.
s7.2': heavy, sr.25a7.ao. ''''''''s''-AAoA''
n,,-,,,o,. =. METINoar
E.'Sei noclled i@4c: very best G<3 rtp; nras ola.
! ~ nsso; 9 met!aa Or gooi ~ qualify. Iva
ais"s;s ,sa Si$s: sss iii!
s'.'uds7oo; receipts. s.!si. % .4a' s1''sF' range
p.st,a M ouIs, ~ 3an; aoiIoas ahtppng, scbo@s7s;
GArTLx-s'ov aud unehsnrcG: o. oooa IN MIN.
na.,.s a .h'plua st.ers ehotcs cows 7ss
, 1876-01-20
PROVISIONS

PROVISIONS.
Hot il1opHCFS-Hcrn fairly hcttye, with iItttt
ea'ost tn prices liols were hlshcr, under u,oIsr
atd SUPPLY lil a. packers xthrsw from, ,hs m ,ru,t
buyers Of rrodaet weso unwilling to nav an .t,ana,
AMI atcr the offerings for future became aus FREQ
eausn3 an easier feeling Tbs shipping demand
teAt o't the outward movement keeps full p,cc with
toe production. Nothing moro hrnntt, vi. Known tn
regard 10 tho hog supply bul operators were genor.
ey aapoiSd 10 espaes bigger receipts now that tbs
~ea'aes ." taken aeolA tnrn. and tbs nereHtJ sat-
El!h9 down into The hulb Of tho l,atnnu,oser Will
furnish hsmsr footing l,r tho hoJs iu taair march
aong tho country roAla. Thls expectation operated
a. naf 70 any adrinta IN tn correspond will.
The strength al the Atock-Yarls.
MEs4 foRa-Mta fairly aetjyp anil 4 thaIa r1sI,r
Cash iots were dan hui fukMse eliyerin wcrr ttt von
dsn.nl largely IN changing nvsr from 1nnnth to
rnrte Of 70 iris cal, vi sipl6; I'D brts scier tc
,n4hn ~ sia.2o t.o3 br1. aetr February Il: s27K
sn Sr:. .sIsr sas 'seF ApF n.Fe Il CA A
a.'og eFls T,a nsrset ctoscl ste.dy Il 3l0l5 ca.h
a5s9TS tssE s1S.ry .9er n.; a s;F
s pofs ] aaa': 1'a ,s ,!'s 'fss .ss snt e1r:
FT1gs g. at s?' Sales wsts 80 bsls pFmo c.a 1t
LAnp-ptc!inea 2Haae per 100 tbs. will, moro doing
the decline hut the bulf Of Thu business vas in
ehanSlrs oyer from. ons month 10 auother. LtYernooi
fui,y l2ao; l.io tcs seller Mare ii tI.49x
ss 6: :ss1 Tas at... Afs ea,, g s'aa I'LL
$t32o ea.h q ae1er Jant4ar}: tt92Msi3.S7Y sel,sr
$l2.i7t 1at2ep -A~ '''''
MtAts-wers .qu.es md unchanged. Tho colder
%.ster IT. 1r oroMsht out te better demand for artsn
car'Iots for ahpuens. Huyrrs tor future usneraIy
askcd r per II conctssu,s. which they coulu moi ob.
AIM Sales Nasa reported Of l!UGjU tba shoulaars Al
e: 70 en1es do a. 7,e; 4o bo1es long CLEARS At
~ eoTa lofc; Sa toxes n1tdAes priFats terms:
70 ten aHa.tpIcklod hams US aj at sud ltVp13
~ green lams at 1910 Tor l8.tb ayesaRs, gHs f,f ID
4 and &C for l5lt asesaaes. Ths nltiei closed 1t
, 1876-01-20
FINANCE AND TRADE.
The Loan Market Continues Quiet, and
the Currency Movement Slow.
New York Exchange Flat at I'nr
--"Tfle Clearings $J,B0O,OOO.
producc Markets Enstor---proyialous
Active''.A Further Decliuo Ia
Wleat and Corn.
FINANCIAL

The Ioin MArfra remains firm and steAdy. though
4"es. 1hats has bocu toas tn city dsposil1 Of lata
nearly al directions. and this, following the Ions OF
country dspoets, hss prevented tho Development ot
ondeney toward case. Tbs packers nre ordinarily
ths principal borrowers At this time Of year, but thoir
operations until ysssesday have been nltsd ly tho
ontasoFahh weaihar. This losa uot help otlss Lor-
fowefs dnce tho money must be held At tl,o
c.a OF the packers. Thcra ia fair Offering
u commercial paper: merchants arc bringing
out paper thoy hasc taken for goo,!s pold and akc
eosnehinlnR OF poor collections. The position Of tho
pankn ie ono Of graf independence Only tin test
paper - &aten and bnrc but few institutions that
haFe bonds for tha accommodation Of o,tside l.ur-
to"ef There arc resources rnoagh u tho control Of
.no eks Tor tho extension Of needed fasors to c,t
toefs but the dccEcaFo In the l,t few days OF city
acposits has Sasly Htraltencd market t.at was ant
Easy hdfore. Tho Interruption by the rains Of The
movement TO market Of country proluce ia the chief
cause of the snngnttA Of the loan. .nlxrke Hut far
sna'' country loans would DO paid or In suoh vnlums
~ 70 change tha whoe inspect Of the local utuation
Natcs Of discount Al Tho hauks are s.ilt g. st0 ncr
e'nt Call loans on the beat security can Js lad 1t
pr cent,
on the atreet busneaa Is moderate natet ara aa,R
PCT c,nt. '''
few saiea. f"'f wan
The movement Of currency uas vtrv ,Ii,ht