The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-23
A WARM WINTER.
Direct Trade Betwsea New orleans ana
the west indies - Tho ct. L0uis
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The Coopers.
Especial Correspondence Of the Democrat
sT. LOUIS. Dec. 40, 1877.
For mere than two weeks we have had what
the ladies' Of st.. Louis call
DELIGHTFUL WEATHER.
q mild temperature with clear sky. One or
Two slight rains have occurred, but with these
exceptions the weather has been very pleasant
Yesterday and Tuesday the thermometer
showed u temperature Of 10 degrees. and at
time within the past two weeks has II fallen
below 40 degrees. The average temperature for
the month has been ~ degrees, one degree more
than the average temperature for the month OF
December, 1875. the warmest December that we
have had here In st, Louis for forty'two years
Dr. Engelmann an old weather observer here
| says that mild DEFENDERS are almost Invariably
| followed by warm Januarys and Februaryss
and that If his observations the past forty years
are good for anything.
| AN opEH WRITER MAY BE LOOKED FoR
| The predictions may not he OF any value,
viewed from scientific standpoint, but they are
sufI,eient to cause a feeling Of alarm among the
| Ice dealers. pork Fuckers, fruit shippers and
dealers In oysters poultry and game In this
| city The poultry and game dealers have
already suffered considerably. nearly every
sbipment sent to them the past ten or twelve
| days having arrived here In oil unsaleable CON
| dition Out Of seventyAfive shipments received
| In one day last week by W. W. Judy a Co.,
! only ten Of them conld be SOLD and the
| rest had to be dumped into The river The
business OF every game aud poultry dealer II I.
| The atty has been affected more or less. and II
| The warm weather con inues day or two longer
| christmas turkeys will bring big prices next
week. Fruit dealers have not suiieFeq ne9n a az
mt on chow plainly enough that they are
anxiousIy awaiting change in the weather.
Thss are 9 who ere bensd by
| weathar. aud the largest Of these classes is
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people dependent for their support on public
| or private charity This class numbers over
1000 people, fully per cent Of the entire popu-
son Of the city AMI Ylt aeW , sSfehp s
clothing throughout the winter months. Like
every other large city. f. Louis has steat
how how muoh these institutions do for the poor.
there Is always a great deal of suffering among
the destitute elasses sd ~ e2 ~
Louis are cared for by the rrovldent Assoeia-
| ton. and
| THE ST. VINCENT pH PAUL SOCIETY.
The provident Association is composed prin-
eipaily OF the Leading me tohanta aud business
aasoeIation are raised BY individual subHcrip:
ton The association has lts gym 9 5as;sfy a th
winter months. Ilast winter the BAKERS use seq
thirty barfela gf hour Y day during the month .
Ming dapgts and gives out bread and corn meal
every day In the week. Seven wagons for the
delivery Of wood and coal are kept running t all
stove ,tee before delivery. Every applicant tpr
relief must conform strictly TO the rules Of tho
association and the home Of every family as
| al. Il hut ts a. al
the superintendent Of the institution.
The st Vincent DO Paul Society IT, sort o. -
sarish societies. each Of which L, also called q
St Vincent Dc Paul society The members sdat
principally belong to the middle class OF society.
e ety ars m nso identi id with It. Each society
works independent Of the others In the distri-
button q proyiaiopg and eo3nes It's st da1,rion
addition to the 1000 or 5000 families supported
BY the Provident Association and the 81. Vim
are assisted every winter by Tho police depart
ment of the city. The funds are raised almost
wholly by an
ANNUAL CHARITY BALL.
given under the auspices Of the police depart.
mont. Last year the, net proceeds OF the ball
amounted to $4,000, and the money WINS spent g
feeding men out Of employment and poor
families. The provisions consisting chiefly OF
boiled beef, bread. coup and potatoes. were
cooked at the soup house, where between
four and Ave hundred men were TED daily Dur a,
ing the months of January and February laat
year. The soup-house has been opened ened again
this winter but only for lodgers. The Police ,t
that the dinners given daily at the soup house
last winter attracted large number OF PROBES
sona saps to the G and they to
realized by the police ball this year. nnnouneed
to come off next Thursday night, will be used
IN r 81 tb t sty destitute
Mr.. Charles Nathan. who ID trying to establish
a line Of steamers between
NEW ORLEANS AND THE WEST INDIES,
Is now In ST. Louis, He delivered. an address
yesterday before tho Chamber OF Commerce
here, showing the benefits to be derived by 81
Louis merchants from direct trade with Trim
dad Demerara and the Barna goes ne h as,v
the Merchants Exchange of your city. 80 thai
It is unnecessary to give you even . synopsis o.
merchants who heard him was q favorable one
and the indications. now are that Mr.. Nathan
will receive something more substantial th q!
ad Yms that the ss't establishment Of suei
N"tha o woad Do more for b. GSs trade
than a dozen new railroads centering at the
Union depot could do, and II they can be as
line will be successful they will. without {
doubt, join the movement and subscribe liberia.
to the stock OF the Mississippi Valley Tradns
commission merchant here. told your CORE
spondent yesterday that every leading business
man In ". LOUIS uettELly luuOIseu tlS pIOUoSi
! ton to establish direct trade connections be
tween New Orleans and foreign ports. and h
t predicted that IN a few years New Orleans woult
become one OF the greatest shipping ports u
. the world. The corn and -four and breadstuff'
| and provisions generally. that are now shipped
: to England and other foreign countries by, thu
| way OF New York will eventually be carried b.
New Orleans steamers.
3 RIVER TRANSPORTATION
is always much cheaper than railroad transpor
tation and the only natural outlet for the foreigl
trade Of the Mississippi Valley is the mouth o
| the Mississippi river. The jetties once com
pleted, the establishment of steamship lines be
tween New Orleans and the leading commercial
: ports Of the world is insured This is the wa
st. Louis merchants talk and 1t now remains t
| be seen what they will do towards puttn
the first of the new ocean lines into operation
9 meeting OF the members of the Chamber 9
d Commerce is to be held n. xt Saturday for con
9 sideration Of Mr. Nathan's proposition.
THE MILITIA FEVER
Q that spread among the book keepers, clerk
! and other employees of the leading houses Of s
: Louis, upon the close Of the strikers war las
summer has resulted in he formation Of fou
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