The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-17

terday with 2o99 barrels Of molassea.
The city OF Boston Is about to put a loan Of
$4,000, 600 on the market for the improved sew
erage system.
The receipts Of cotton by river yesterday
amounted 10 1850 bales, against 1888 for
She same day last year.
The steamboat Chaa T. Choutonu brings Ia
this city 6S77 bales, 522i sacks 81 cotton seed
and 1925 sacks Of oil cake
Sacramento paper has been furnished
with statement showing that tho Central
Pacific Kairuad Company employs 300
white men and 1900 Cinnamon
A cotton plantation Of 42io acres, situated
about eighteen miles below Columbus. Gin,
was sold nj auction last week for S3l 700. and
purchased Ivy New York parties.
Ono firm In London. Eng. Ia now nego-
tiating with Toronto exporters for ~ 900 head
of grade Durham cattle and 10000 sheep Of
the Cotswold and Leicester breeds.
An effort will ho made this coming session
OF the New York Legislature Ia make tho Eric
Canal free Of tolls. the object being 10 prevent
trade being diverted TO other points on the
seaboard.
number ~ tho furnit,re deaIora Of Pitts
burg Pa, have organized n cooperative com
pany, and $250oO of the stock has been taken
The factory will be IN operation by the first Of
. the new year.
Tho receipts ~ sugar yesterday were largo.
amounting to zoos hogshcada. besides 5isg
barrels Of molaases Since our last report the
receipts have been about 1000 hogehea,ls Of
sugar and 1850 barrels Of moassos.
The Central Pacific earned $t.543noo grosa
In November. Tho gross earnings of tho
road from January /. 1873, to November 30
were &1G34,3G3. an increase Of more than a
million dollars over the previous year.
IL Ia stated that eleven Of the North Caro-
lima and Georgia gold mines were sold 10
New York parties during last week. and that
contracts arc being negotiated for many Of
the beat mining properties IN that section tho |
bonds running thirty, sixty and ninety days. |
II. u. Claiin e 60. Of Now York. have 400
men In their employment, and say that In
some OF their departments Of trn,io they are
not doing we'll. They propose 10 cut down
the wages Of all, and reduce thcr expenses In
other ways to living standard.
The superintendent of the railway mail
service, in his annual report, suggests that
appropriations be made for tho benefit of
agents killed or crippled while In the dis
charge Of their duty. II Is n suggestion that
should have tho Immediate consideration of
Congress.
State Consols opened yesterday Mt 7i1.M
Eta und closed Mt TT so17tT,. against II Ia
71es on Saturday. Premium Bonds ruled
weak with liberal offerings They opened Mt
26G26ss. but later in the day declined 10 25l4
Gn26, against 26a sG2GAa on Saturday. Sales
at the Exchange footed up 100000 Of State
Oonsols and $24, 900 Of Premium Bonds
There was favorable turn yesterday In tho
Hour trade: tho demand was good sales lib
eral and market firm. The report was gen
orally circulated on the streets that the An
Choir Line OF boats have had to suspend navi-
eating the river between st. Louis and Cairo b
This fact has given tho flour market consid-
cradle buoyancy; sellers getting full prices
for their stocks
Reports regarding tho winter wheat out
look throughout the Northwest are generally
OF an encouraging character. In many Iocali-
ties the acreage has been reduced by reason
OF the unusual drought which prevailed dur
ing the fall months, while in others the acre
age has been largely increased and prospects
are good for an abundant crop
The cost Of dying and being dccently buried /
In Cincinnati does not differ materially from
the expense Of going through the same mo
lions in other large cities. Tho Times Of that |
city finds that n man I'm moderate circum- !
stances can die and be buried In very good
style for $57 OF this sum $500 goes for the 0
coffin and 800 more for carriages exclusive =
)f hearsc This allows only $40 for n ehroud |
md $50 for flowers. If II man wants to ho put !
away in real iirst-cass style he will find that
will cost his estate from $500 to $1,000
Manufacturing interests are doing fairly at 1
.he East. and several new enterprises are an i
nounced. 1t Is stated that several manufae- =
.urers OF spool cotton In Scotland recently Il
moved their machinery and many of their !,
working people from that country'to Long n
Island and New Jersey, and established their b
on American soil Some large
OF linen thread have done the h
'ame thing, and there are now about seven s.
hundred hands employed In New Jersey In |!
his business, working with foreign capital. i