Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-08

a BOLD thief, on January 2nd
entered the government printing
office, and, watching his opportunity
took from the safe of the disbursine
clerk a package of currency containing
$4,000, intended for paying off en-
ployes and for the purchase Of materi-
al, and made his escape without OBJ
servatlon. Detectives were immedi-
ately put to work, and it is thought the
money will soon be recovered.
A CURIOUS report has been received at
Washington from Europe that leading
Jews are perfecting plan for the pur-
chase of Palestine. Indeed, it is said
that the project is conn leted,
and that Messrs. Rotbschi]d'
Montefora, and other prom
inent financiers and patriots have hopes
of success in their undertaking from
every point of view. The secretary,
who is a Christian in faith, says every
evidence of support to the project is
manifested by the Jews of the entire
world yet wise reserve as to details of
plans is demanded.
The ostmaster-general is receiving
many letters from prominent business
men IN large eastern cities, complain
ing of the hardship to which they are
subjected by the recent ruling of the
post-office department., excluding
matter printed by papyrogra phi
&c process, electric pen and
type writer from the mails except
Oh payment of the first class or letter
rate of postage. Some firms say that
this order will increase their postage
bills 81 900 year. The ruling referred
TO went into effect on the LIST inst.
Heretofore the product of the papyro-
graphic press and electric pen have
under an old ruling of the post
master-general been carried as third
class or printed matter. Last summer
the owners Of certain patents for type
writer's made application through coun-
sci to the department to have the matter
printed IN type-writers admitted to the
mails as third class matter. In the
argum ents it was made apparent that
the application could not, under the
law, be granted, and that the practice of
carrying both the photographic and
electric pen products was also illegal.
SAYS dispatch ofDec 3Oth, Edward
Nimmo, chiefof the bureau Of statistics,
has prepared a statement compiled
from the complete commercial reports
of November, which shows the balance
of trade for the month to have been
the unusual amount of nearly S32,-
100000 in favor of the United
States. This is the largest No
vember balance in our favor that has
been noted since records have been
kept, which is one Of the dullest months
Of the year. The balance Of trade in
our favor for five months Of the cur
rent fiscal year, COMMENCING July
l, is $i13, 9O4, OS4, an increase of
nearly 100 per cent over the
balance in our favor for the correspond
ing months Of last year. The balance
in our favor for the twelve months end
ing Nov. 80, 1873, is $309, ,741 while
that for the twelve months ending Nov.
80, 1877, was Onl y $14O,723, 629.
This shows the growth of our COM
mcrce in q single year, and returns for
the calender year of 1873, which are
last fifteen days of December,
show that the balance of trade
in favor of the United States
will be nearly $350,0OO,000, more
than $1O0,OO0,OO0 more than last year,
nearly S20O,000,00O more than 1876,
more than $250,0O0,00O more than 1875,
and $30O,000,OOO more than 1874, be-
fore which time the balance of trade
ranged S10.0OO,O00 to S150,O00O0O
against the United States.