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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-16
The Ceffcs Trade

The st. Louis Times. Of the 18th inst. in the
course of an article on the above Subject, makes
these remarks:
The New. York men issued circulars and
tried to whip In the dealers first of Cincinnati
But customers who have the opportunity OF
seeking other markets are not easily driven,
even by New York merchants; and Cincinnati
determined to free herself from the bondage of
Gotham. She was Joined by other cities. and
now the entire coffee trade of the West Is in a
tair way OF being transferred from New York to
New Orleans, Mobile and other Southern ports,
AS g. soon as the, trouble, commenced, the
alert importers Of Mobile and New Orleans sent
drummers north with samples OF coffee eat at
lover prices than the New York dealers were
would also be cheaper. Tho result is the i'm.
mediate loss to. New York of s5.oeo.ooo of trade
from Cincinnati alone. When other prncinal
Western cities follow the example of Cincin-
nati-as they assuredly wil-the loss will
AMOUNT to at least s25 900 annually This
will be gradually increased as the smaller cities,
now buying direct from the New York import
ers learn the advantages of dealing at the
South: One would think there was q lot of very
old ladies engaged In the coffee business In New
York - 49,"
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BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS.

SUPERINTENDENT OFFICE Dec TO- 1877.
Pursuant to resolution of the Board of Di-
rectors. COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION Of
applicants for position as teachers in the Pub
lie Schools will be held in the Franklin School
house, St. Charles street, on THURSDAY, 27th,
and FRIDAY, 28th inst. at 9 a. m.
This examination is for Grammar and pri-
mary Grades and is open to applicants who. by
reason of absence from the city, or for any other
cause failed to secure certificates of aualifca-
ton In the September examination.
Applicants are required to send written notice
to the Superintendent Office, 20. City Hall,
prior to the examination. stating their Names
residence, experience, and the certificates of
qualification at present held by them.
By order Of the Committee on Teachers
VIM. 0. ROGERS
de13 I'd Chief Superintendent Public Schools
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-16
QUOTATIONS.

BUTTER-Moderate stock and demand fair.
We quote New York creamery. fine. 30@31c;
New Yo ri s dairy se as in quality Western
CHEESE-Fair stock and demand light New
York cream 15@15ac. Western factory 12@13c.
o sTAko q sm.s g2os demand at sc in LOTS
WOOL-More stocks Offering than there is de-
clear lake 271i029c p fb.
HIDES-Supply fair and market quiet; coun-
try green s@s1zc. dry sailed 13@1316c. dry flint
SALT-stock light with a good demand. Since
our last report one cargo. all COARSE sold at
727sc per sack. atiOat, and one to arrive on pri-
vate terms. We quote cargo price at 70@75c. &C.
cording to filling; Dealers are selling from
iected; held nominaiy at sac . bushel. Table
salt II PACKETS %SS d 1@ ~ each az in size
8; ducks So: geese S.: turkeys $40 . dozen.
EGGS-Western 26@2sc; Louisiana 3o@83c y
RICE-Is in moderate supply. No. 2 sk@sMc
common 4@41sc. ordinary 43s@5c. fair 505a.
gqeed f3@GS1Se prime s%@s oho snd s ne d.
WHEAT-None here and nominally at 81 300
81. . bushel for winter. and 81 2o01 25 for
i SGT Potatoes are selling at 81 500
1 rs !; onions at 50 25@2 rs; apples at 81 1904 %
Dbl; cabbages at s60s p 100. and 81 1902 p crate.
BAGGING-Steady at 12kc in round lots; re-
failing at 12A@13c. Baling Irvine at 1314c in
round lots retailing at lac.
Weekly Quotations of Hides.
(Our quotations represent actual Gales at first
hands. Weighing, bundling. drayage and COM
mission have to be added.)
New ORLEANS. Dec. IA. 1877.
Steer Hides, City Slaughter. over IS ib,
p Observation-Disclosures c
Steer Hides. City Slaughter. 70 to 81 ID H. SIC
Steer Hides. City Slaughter, under 10 fb.
Cow Hides, City Slaughter as they run, y ID C
Kips, City Slaughter, 20 to "a fb, p B.....9 G
Kips. City Slaughter. % to 30 ID. tb.-....7 c
f!ajf skins each ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS G
County Hides. Flint. 20 to 25 ~. o b.. Ia c
Country Hides, Flint. damaged, half price.
Beeswax. prime yellow. p b. -........25027 c
Ok Horns. each. ...................is
TalloW, y h.... f7Ss G
.aIss 1 "a & note iooo lie sat 71le1 5000 Sc.
lected COWS ct T8c. ans asn fs14 sa u
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More children's bureaus at the palais Royal.

THE CHRISTMAS TREE.-If you would have the
children happy on Christmas and thrill their
souls with ecstatic Joy; erect Christmas tree.
In another column will be- seen the advertise
Canal street This place has long been noted
for the and display Of elegant imported fancy
goods for the "a tba mss we venture
where such an array of beautiful imported
fancy articles can be seen. MT MT. Nippert informs
us that the next steamer prings magnificent
nrcserts. Parties who propose making Christ
mas presents should just step into this store
a and o aaaa aoYaltes exhibited there. s
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-16

The boots and shoes of the country cost
st5.o00.o0o more than they ought to, because of
the exaetions of the protective tariff and the
increased cost that the people pay does not go
into the national treasury. but into the pockets
of the manufacturers Is 1t either just or profit
nhle TO sustain such q swndle2
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NOTICE.
NOTICE.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, J

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Auditors Office, !
New Orleans, December s, 1877
In accordance with section 146 of Rays Re-
vised Statutes, page s.. relating to auctioneers
hereby inform the public that Mr.. FRANK
SHARP, an auctioneer in and for the parish of
Orleans. doing business at No. 90 Camp street
having failed to account to the State for the per
centage imposed by law. his license is hereby
declared forfeited and withdrawn
dec lot ALLEN JUMEL, Auditor
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-16
Commercial and Financial Matters.

The assessed valuation of Chattanooga in
1866 was 81 ,57o,s25 the assessed valuation OF
1877 is g. 49, and the assessment of 1877 does
not include personal property Of manufacturers
which is exempt by law for ten years. expiring
Tune 1874
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-16

But few merchants visited the banks o-dsy
with view to having their notes discounted
On the street there Is no change to note either
in the offerings OF paper or rates.
Exceptional commercial paper 500 v cent !:
Al do 1o@12: second grade do 1908: loans on
collaterals g01O: Al mortgage paper 901O:
second grade do d W cent per annum.
Gold Is easier and quiet.
Foreign Exchange is moderately active.
Sight is freely offered and easy.
State Consols are weak mt s4fs0sbl6.
Premium Bonds are not much in dem and
and easy at 35A@35R.
Stocks are quiet
Gold opened in New York ut 1o2a, and
closed at 1o2ss. Here it opened at lo2's@1osl6,
and closed at 1O2s4@103 Sales $4,000 and $1,000
at 1885 $5ooO $4,000 and $1,000 at Os $4,000 ut 1o21s
$1,000 at 1O2s4.
STERLING SALES-s1oOo sight bank Mt 4ee ;
e1b.ooo and Eli 900 bill OF lading at 4se@490;
e18,oOO do at 48olst@49O Bank sterling -@49sk,
commercial bills 4S9 10000.
FRANC SALES-35oooo commercial ut -.
Bank francs =, commercial 516i4@5 15ss.
SIGHT sALEs-ssooo 900; $4,000 and, s25,ooo
bank and bankers at u 100000 and SIS 900
bankers and commercial at l6; $4,000 com
mereial and $4,000 on Boston at i per cent dis
count. Bank sight u. bankers and fcom-
mercial is@7-16 v cent discount.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-16
Human Hair and Toilet Goods.

Real French HAIR BRAIDs. for SOC.
Twenty-six inches long HAIR BRAIDS. at 81 25.
CURLs, FRIzzETs, PUFFs. etc.
1--WE have just received from auction a lot of
5000 HUMAN HAIR SWITCHES, and We
shall give our customers the benefit of this
low purchase)
FLORENCE HAIR Hat and Cloth Brushes.
TOILET MIRRORS. with rubber buck, 50c. 75c.,
CSC. to 81 rs.
Rich DRESSING CASES for ladies and gentle-
men. very suitable for presents. from 50 up
to 4f2.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-16
NOTICE TO PHYSICIANS.

A GoOb PHYSICIAN. with capital of $500
desiring. a lucrative country practice and drug
store, nN over thirty miles from New Orleans,
can obtain same BY addressing H., this Office,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-16

all of our own manufacture. all stylish cut and
fit equal to custom make.
ELEGANT CASHMERE BUsI NESS SUITS
BLACK DIAGONAL DRESS FRoCKs AND
BLACK CLOTH DRESS SUITS. for Balls and
YOUTHS BUSINESS AND DRESS SUITS,
stylish and nice, very low.
BOYS OvERCOATS. s. and up.
BOYS SUITS, for school and dress. VERY
Low.
Shaker Underwear, Dress Shirts, Bows,
Crayats, Half-Hose, New Scarfs,
stylish so cents to 81.
ALL FRESH GOODS, ONE PRICE AND
POLITE ATTENTION, AT
WHEELER & PERSONS,
Ii and Is Camp street.
WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT UP STAIRS.
Complete Stock of Low PRICED GOODS for
Country Merchants. dec i'm
NOTICE.
Sections of cemeteries in the parish of Orleans
are hereby notified to report at my office, State
House, on or before THURSDAY December 20,
and receive BLANK REPORTS for the ensuing
year.
Hereafter section ten of act No. 1o1 will be
strictly enforced.
J. o. LANDRY,
Registrar of Voters for the Parish of Orleans.
def4 st
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-16

from tho stock at noon, as noted at the Ex-
change, leaves In presses 128,90l bales,
The movement at ports for one day up to
noon to-day is given below
Received Received This day
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-16
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
MONETARY.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT.
Satur dav EvaninQ Dec. IL lR77.

Saturday Evening. Dec Is. 1877.
Cearances. Balances.
December Is. ........ 81, 064, O6g II $1e0.3H b8
We are under obligations to Mr.. ]. N. May.
nard. superintendent, for the following report
OF the condition Of the Associated Banks at the
close Of business Friday, December H. i877
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-16
by Telegraph

by Telegraph
New YORK. Dec .15.-Money closed at 5a6 y
cent Exchange closed firm at 4s2 l.(04sG Gold
closed at 1O2ss. Governments closed steady
currency SKIES 1908. Pacific Railroad bonds
closed as follows: Union f1rsts 1O77S@1O7h; land
grants 1o3a@104; sinking funds 94la@945S Cen
trails 107A@108. In State bonds Tennessee old
declined from Az to Al. and District of Column
bia 1856 IS sold at 75ls.
Financial Review of the Week in New
New YORK. Dec. 15-Events of the week in
tinaneia l circles were important In the gold
room the course of speculation was Influenced
chiefly by Developments from Washington in
from 1929 to 1O3'a and later dropped to 1o2sS on
the announcement that Congress would not
take UP the silver bill until after the holiday re-
cess
Foreign exchanges were firm and higher.
The money market worked steady and rates
for called loans ranged from 36b7 n cent
with most usiness at 56d6 y cent. AT the close
however the demand suddenly became active
and rates advanced.
Government bonds were heavy and lower;
the decline ranging from 4 to per cent. The
railway and miscellaneous speculation was
active early in the week, but became quiet
towards the close. and the entire list declined \
to 2 per cent In the early dealings Lake Shore
Michigan Central and the coal shares were the
most conspicuous in downward movement, but
subsequently the decline was recovered. owing
advance, however, was followed by break Of
to 4 per cent in coal shares, while at the close
rally of to 3 per cent in these specialties was
noted. The general list was firm in late deal
ings. and the advance from the lowest point of
the week ranged from \ to per cent.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-16
Cutlery and Silverware Department.

Six steel KNIVES with FORKS, for 75c.
Finer goods at CSC. to 50 per set.
Six silver plated TEASPOONS, for SOC.
Six silver plated TABLESPOONS. for 7sc
Six silver plated TABLEFORKS. for use.
Finer grades at CSC. to 50 65 per set.
Silver plated five-bottle CASTOR. 75c. to ss.
Silver plated NAPKIN RING for 15c. to 81 50.
Six Ivory NAPKIN RINGS, for 7sc. etc.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-16
A Very Large Doll and Toy Department

A Very Large Doll and Toy Department.
BUY DOLLS HERE AND SAVE MONEY.
WAX DOLLS. from 1oc. up to $40. comprising i
variety of over 100 styles.
CHINA DOLLS. from 1oc to 80.
KID DOLL BODIES. 81, 81 Is, 81 so.
DOLL HEADS. all sizes. from 1oe. to IS. In
Wax. Biscuit. rubber and China.
In the Toy Line
We have everything what pleases the little ones.
both Girls as we'll as Boys.
China TEA SETS. from 4oc up to IS.
Brittania TEA SETS, from csc. up to 50.
KITCHEN SETS, STOVES. and PIANOS which
never get out of order.
Crandells celebrated B G and PICTURE
BLOCKS, from 15c up to 81 so.
All the latest novelties In Mechanical Toys
MONEY BANKS. TRUNKS. DOLL HOUSES.
etc. TOOL CHESTS, from s5c. up to $40.
GAMES-Amusing and instructive: CHESS.
DOMINO. BACKGAMMON. PARLOR CRoQUET.
GREAT REPUBLIC. CHESsINO. CRIBBAGE,
and fifty other games, from csc. up to 81.
In addition to the above goods We have
thousands of other articles.
Please remember that we sell beautifully
carved Walnut BRACKETS from s5c UP to ESQ.,:
also. WALL POCKETS. MATCH SAFES, etc.
LOOKING-GLASSES size 10 by II, only s5c.
Best UMBRELLA In town only soc.
Velvet and Gilt EASEL FRAMES at prices
which cannot be duplicated elsewhere.
LAMPS. GOBLETS. etc.
ENGLISH POCKET KNIVES at prices which
will please you.
Merchants will find 1t to their advantage to
buy of us.
C.O.D.ORDERs PROMPTLY FILLED
Address
THE CHICAGO TRADE PALACE,
145 Canal street............I4z
- NEW ORLEANS.
e. LEVY BROS, Proprietorvrrs
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-07-11
A Curious Steamboat.

A little steamboat has Just arrived
in this port from Baltimore which
was propelled the entire distance be-
tween the two cities without wheel
or screw. She now lies at the Allan
tic Basin, Brooklyn, and will proba-
bly, be exhibited in motion before she
leaves this city. She is called the
Alpha, and in appearance resembles
the tugboats which ply in the harbor.
Her length is 43 feet, beam l0la, and
depth about feet. She is supplied
with l6-horse power tubular boiler,
which drives a pump. From the
pump to the stern and bow of the
vessel are two lines Of pipe, which
strike the water about three feet be-
low the surface. The pump drives
through each pipe ~ inch stream,
which enters the water through an n
inch nozzle. With GO pounds OF
steam the pump makes $50 strokes q
minute, each stroke driving stream
into the outer body Of water. The
invention is the result of many years
of study, and it is asserted that it can
be applied to ocean steamships with
success. In moving through the wa
ter there is no ripple astern and but
slight displacement. perceptible ex-
cept at the bow. By shutting of the
discharge from the stern pipes and
forcing the water through the bow
pipes the boat is backed, aud by us
ing one bow and one stern pipe she
can be turned in her own length
The propelling power can also be
used to steer the boat, the nozzles be-
ing used alternately as levers on the
principle Of the oar. The boat con.
snmes but . quarter Of q ton of coal
per day, and is considered to be well
adapted for use on the canals. She ID
commanded by Captain Cottrell.-
Nev York Times, 18th.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-07-11

SENATOR BLAINE, at Woodstock,
Conn, on the 4th Of July, devoted
much of his oration to our relations
with Mexico. He evidently consider
ed the attitude of affairs between us
and our sister Republic, as being
grave, demanding that the attention
of our people should be called to it.
The situation in brief is stated as fol-
lows by an exchange:
"Our government has instructed
General Ord to stop the depredations
of Mexican gucrrillas on the Ameri.
can side Of the Rio Grande, and, il
need be, to pursue them to the Mexi-
can side. General Diaz, President OF
Mexico, sends General Treyipo to the
Rio Grande to cooperate with Gen
Ord in suppressing the border dis
turbances, but instructs him that ne
Mexicans shall cross into American
territory, and no Americans in te
Mexican territory. If tho American
troops persist in carrying out the in
structions of the government to Gen
Ord and enter Mexican territory
General Trevino is directed to repe
Ice with force. In short, if Gen
Odoes what he is directed to do
Wa .S;.sEtween the two countries is in
oenasSlaine evidently does no
cons'uo the position taken b,
our g0verna ais tenable.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-07-11

friend sent him the message aY.ouI
wife is grief stricken at the false po.
sition you continue to occupy, and
she bids me to beg you to come home
to your lawful wife and loving fam
lily. Your chamber is ready for you
and she is impatient to see you be-
meath your own roof. If you would
avoid compelling her to do what a
wife must do, come home, etherwise
she will prevent your remaining to-
gether tonight at the hotel. Come
home, if you ever intend to come
come now or never" "a
The appeal of his wife had NO ef-
feet but that of awakening him to Q
sense of the enormity of his crime,
and leaving his hotel after kissing
his supposed bride, he proceeded to
his office, where he ended his life by
shooting himself through the temple.
A letter left by him says:
~ have ruined myself, my wife and
my sweet little children. o, how /
have struggled to make all right, but
it was useless. Iprocured Chicago
divorce and am married to that poor,
good, sweet little girl that my inter.
fernal passions have ruined. See my
poor wife and comfort her, and do
not blame any one but me. Lulu Is
pure and good, and did she know but
half the truth her love would be
turned to hatred"
Ample provision has been made
for his wife and children, and it is
also believed for the girl, who finds
herself only one of the victims of the
fraudulent divorces for which Chica-
go Is so Administrators Ocean.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-07-11

1t was purely family affair, and
perhaps outsiders ought not to inter.
fere, but the details are SO remarka.
BILE that the bereaved will scarcely
object to publication of the facts
George Rennardson, gunsmith, To.
rontO, entered into q dispute with his
wife, in the course of which he en-
phasized his position by punching her
head. Their eldest boy, q lad Of l6
being armed, as all wsll-regulated
boys at that age are, in this gen.
GRAFTON, drew his pistol and shot his
father. On his death-bed, the old
man sent for his two cousins, Messrs
Dunlop and Huddleston, and willed
them all his property. As they left
the house it occurred to Dunlop that
he might make himself Huddlcston'.
heir, and evolving knife from his
habiliments, he assisted Mr.. Huddles
ton in arranging his angel plumage
In all the annals Of crime, this sud
den obliteration of two members o.
q family, with attendant circumstanc
es, is one Of the most remarkable.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-07-11
HYDROPHOBIA.
A Remedy that lis Strongly
Recommended.

Franklin Dyre, highly-respecta.
BILE and intelligent farmer of Galena
Kent county, Maryland, gives the
following as u sure cure for the bite
of mad dog. AS will be seen, he
has tested it with the most gratifying
results:
Elecampane is a plant well known
to most persons, and is to be found
in many of our gardens. Immcdi.
ately after being bitten take one and
q half ounces OF the root of the plant
the green root is perhaps prefera.
BILE, but the dried will answer, and
may be found in our drug stores, and
was used by me-slice or bruise, put
it into pint of fresh milk, boil down
to half pint, strain, and when cold
drink it, fasting at least six hours aft
erward. The next morning, fasting
repeat the dose, prepared as the last
and this will be sufficient. II il
recommended that nothing be eaten
for at least six hours.
have son who was bitten by q
mad dog eighteen years ago, and
four other children in the neighbor.
hood were also bitten; they took tho
above dose, and arc alive and well tt
this day. And have known mum
ber of others who were bitten and
applied the same remedy.
1t is supposed that the root contain.
a principle which, being taken up b.
the blood in its circulation, counter
acts or neutralizes the deadly effects
of the virus of hydrophobia.
/ feel SO much confidence in thi
simple remedy that am willing yol
should give my name in connection
with this statement.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-07-11
important Arrest.

New ORLEANS, July 5.-District
Attorney Finney has filed informa-
tons against j. Madison Wells, I. C..
Anderson, Louis M. Kenner. and e..
Casanove charging them under Sec
833 of the revised statutes, with ut
tering aud publishing as true certain
altered, false and forged and counter
felt records. Immediately after the
finding Of the information capiases
were issued for the arrest of the par
ties named. Wells and Kenner SUR
rendered themselves to the sheriff.
The information is very lengthy. II
charges them with having on the 4th
of December, 1876, falsely and felon.
iously uttered and published as true
altered, forged and counterfeited
election returns from the parish OF
Vernon, at the election in November
last, by adding l58 votes to each OF
the Hayes electors, and deducting
1876 from each Of the Tilden electors.
Bail was fixed at $5,O 900 each, and has
been furnished by Wells and Kenner.
Anderson and Casanove will surren-
der themselves and furnish the re-
uuired bonds.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-07-11

SAM BowLEs, of the Springfield
(Mass.) Republican, writes thus OF
TIE Iowa Republican State Conven-
ton:
"The Iowa Republican convention
yesterday presents the anomaly in
our political history of the first con-
vention Of the administration party
under new President refusing by
q three-faurths vote to indorse his
policy, and greeting every reference
to 1t with protests and Kisses. The
hope Of the party managers to have
the family quarrel settled behind the
scenes, and everything kept quiet on
the stage, proved delusive, and the
President was snubbed in the mos,
offensive way. The state which gave
him the largest majority of any in the
Union thus rebukes him for living mr.
to the very platform on which Il
helped elect him."
We publish this to show the brazer
impudence of this old Liberal journ
al, which, now for six years, has ben
its most potential efforts to destro,
the Republican party. Sam Bowle
or any other man of intelligence lie
like pickpocket when he says tn,
policy is even hinted at in the plat
form upon which Hayes was elected
We venture to assert there is not on
in q thousand of the men who vote,
for Hayes, that found last year, o
can now find any such policy in tn
platform or in Hayes letter of accept
ance. The Republican party of tn
nation read the platform as di
Packard and Chamberlain, and tn
hosts Of Republicans who risked Can
some lost their lives to carry Louis
lana and South Carolina for Hayel