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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-03-22
COMMERCIAL REPORT.

COTTON ON THE SPOT 1-8C. HIGHER FUTURES
CLOSED STRONG - FLOUR DULL - WHEAT
LOwER-CoRN sTEADY--oATs F1RMER-PoRK
sTEADY-LARD EAsY-wHIsKEY STEADY
SPIRITS rURpENTINE sTEADY--RosIN STEADY
COFFEE FIRM-sUGAR sTEADY-PETRoLEUM
STEADY.
FRIDAY, March 21-eP.M
fair business has been ip progress in most de-
partments of trade during the week drawing to
q close and the markets have generally been charac
terized by considerable drmness. The extra session
of Congress- it is feared. will prove disturbing ele-
ment although IL Is not thought that legislation cal
culatcd to radically affect the commercial interests
Of the country tho Executive approval.
although thore undoubtedly hot hoads enough
aud blockhsads enodgh in Congress to push through
anything. Meantime tho mercantile interests all
of good money IL the merchants alert they
defeat the Installations Of tho law makers every time
Business rapidly assuming largo proportions and there
whatever for the enactment of laws which
will affect currency That matter is definitely fixed
aud Of agitation alter IT, though 1t keep
things unsettled state Tho markets the present
writing generally steady On Change to-day friday
-four remained dull whoat lower and dull Corn was
steady. Oats hrmer. Barley quiet. Rye quiet
and lower week. whiskoy lower. Pork steady.
Lard easy Cotton tho spot nc higher; fusuros
closed strong. Coffee ruled hrm and sugar remained
steady. Oils naval storcs and petroleum steady
ASHES were quoted 30. SIC. for pots ac. for
pearls.
Asrrxosr ruled easy At iiskc l2Ae. according to
brand.
BExswAx steady and quoted at 24c. . 25cL
for Braxils ruled note sales
bags Ro City of Rio Janeiro 4s7 bags do Dor
Rron Prns n Wilhelm, both i2aic; 900 bags do per
Gaco, 7Ac.. aud 135 bags do, Tom Williams
private The stock In first hands 10 1901 bags
Mid sSs ss. weak W nos sale s 20 1s
iokc; fair do, 1876; good do lac; prime. do.
1ll,e: for lots 1o.se l6c; SANTOS fair
good, lS<c l4c ~ days Java, government bags,
2lc. az do grass mats, 23Sc 25kc; Singapore
lie l7c; Ccyon, l5c 17c MaracaibO. 121sc lie
Lagnayra i4c ai6c Jamaica. i2sc. Ice; 81 Domingo
lbs. Ne; Porto kico. l5sc l61sc; Costa Rcx
1sc. Mexican. Zoe. lOc; Angosturn, l5c. l7c
niila, 13c. n lie. Cnracoa. 13c. ~ lac
CooPsRAGK srocK wNsdu We quotc :--Monssos shocks.
W. inch with heads. 81 rs ~ So Shocks with
heads Stnch ~ s. 90; do, do, 3oinch 81 ~ 81 10;
box shocks soc. sOc. do - pipe do 81 81 SO.
hogseads ~ 50; hoops II feet ordinary primo,
y33 ia SIS do, IL feet do. x25 so per NJ.
CoPrgR ruled firm ut 1Gc. but vo'y little done
CoRpAGx ruled dull We quote Mana large aud small,
lac t7c tarrsd Manila, l2c; sisa rope, Ske. loxc
Russia, lie.
CorTos the spot Nc higher the market closed
firm advance Futures opened II points higher
market led firm during the day aud
the day OF from TO ~ points Tho clos
ing prices to-day with those Oh yesterday wore
aaf
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October 300 at 10 soc November 100 ut Ioloc at
Ms.ss 4 is IS so 8. At
100 at 500 a. Zoe zoo !. i6a7e May loo at
seS i5sss 60 10 S.. esoS :; iS sss so5 Al
i647c.' 1000 at io4se ' ied az ldsss 400 AZ
$50 s o sfas 100 a. ,csas
90 .; % = e a. 70 S
yso9 3, e sss lioS a. Logs 200 a. lesae July
10 7sc 100 at Lore 500 at 10 75c 100 at 70c ut
lodss :, 1 e g 1893 q S
zoo Z. @ d g a. i 4, 100 q
lose 200 ut iossc. 100 Vt IOSoc. LOO at io.s7e.
se.a s 100 :.na .ss Sso.
hs receipts q the ports -
1875 Charleston, Ue Wiiminr.on los; Norfolk. 30
ss S.s ri mi. sy @ Is Ios
s,s Sss Total since
liverpool by steam. I'd sail, sigd. 7sad To Havre
Oieam & lSs ss ss $3.50 zen
~ Sc @ sy s
DRUGS &c-Secds were Q1iot but steady. We quote: =
vi ssy Rsssh y "a R sps
German, " 20; English - 90; aomes,e, 81 caraway
brown. &C. yellow. &c English yellow. ssc Dutch &c.
5s Va: quoted ' Sss
Prime potash
= 3 e Ss6a nSssS w ss % 50
wa. Quoted a WAS s 81 s
=, 449.s for crystal ana 4Sss te,ss for powdered
al 27,c for refined in Lbis ON spot Cream tartar was
powdered In bills and pie a 26,sc for do in 1oxe
Alcoholics Choroiorm and ether were quiet 1t 72c
7c for the former and 5ac Csc Tor the latter Borax
was quiet refined City was quoted at 94c gc Tor bbIs
and sIxc Zoe sof cases Burgundy pitch was quoted
At 41ac. Guarana was quoted at VI 20 and 81 25
sIc for large ana i4c DE Tor sorts CutteGsh bones
were quoted az lie Ice Baisam copaba was quoted
hrna; American quoisd at &c. Spanish at $ls
Sl3 Galanyul root was Quoted MT q Sc. Souills
were ouict vi Iuc Cod liver oil WINS quiet and quoted at
sac. 81 for Newfoundland and 81 ~ 81
81 10 Ginger was quoted vi 24c a 25c. for Jamaica
gold according to package Ergot was quoted vt .Oc
35c Chamome flowers We're quoted ut i4c zoe for Cor
81 90 81 60 for Angostura Waterman quoted
ut lSc a Due for English and lee. l3c for German
Clutch was quoted at &C. a exc Prnssiate potash was
quoted at Die 23c Bichromate potash WAS quoted at
l4c. Gambler WINS quoted 4Lc Sutuac was
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Ian p M

I 100 7. N.
$4,000 US 41s's. r, '9l. 1O4ta
1000 US AS. r. 1901. 9sh
5OOOo US As, c, Isolde 95}1a
$3.50 P. nj.
$4,000 US as, c, 1907. 991a
5000 US AS, lO-4O,c.bc lOlta
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
The Stock Market Fairly Ac-
tive and Quiet.
MONEY ON CALL ACTIVE At 4A7 PER CENT.
Government Bonds Weak States Dull and
Railroads Irregular.
WALL STREET,
FRIDAY. March 21-6 p. M.


The uncertainty to what the price Of money
may be in the future hung over the stock mar
ket this morning like pail. an incubus. or like
Bome underlined ponderable unpleasantness that
weighed prices down and squeezed the strength out
OF values. That money on call has become mate
rally frmer is to be accepted as fact but that it
has lin the words of the "divine William'o "over-
come us like q summers cloud Is untrue as mat
ter Of financial history Hardening
has been looked for the natural accompaniment OF
April iqudations and Of Treasury settlements. and
II there be anybody thoroughly wetted by the burst
ing Of the cloud it is the speculator who has not
been warned by the representations Of the fnan-
cial weather. Money on call has ranged to-day
between SIX and per cent. to the disturbance
Of values and the perturbation of holders of long
stocks Five years ago these rates would have been
considered reasonable enough. and would have been
moro readily accepted as good reason to bull the
market than to bear it. The fact is that borrowers
Nave been long accustomed to ridiculously low
rates for loans that six or seven per cent money
market looks serious, and all sorts of securities
ried upon borrowed capital are expected to look
serious also. Cheap money, like Chinese cheap
labor. has ruined the speculative taste for high
priced financial accommodation. and howl goes
up whenever the same is demanded. Thcre is
reason to believe that tho Secretary OF tho
Treasury will not permit . clamor of this
sort to prevail without check. is reported to-day
that stands ready to pay cash upon demand for
part Of $50.OO00OO of ivetwenty called bonds, the
interest upon the to be computed up to the time
OF payment. As the bonds are mostly the property
of the banks it IL fair to suppose lin case money
should become fairly seven per cent? that the cash
will be called for and the proceeds loaned in the
general market at this or at whatever other rate
may exceed that OF six cent. Tho result cannot
be otherwise than to keep call loans down to or below
per cent and upon this estimation Of the cost
Of carrying stocks the aggregate of speculation upon
che bull side win greatly depend.
The opening, highest. lowest and closing prices Of
stocks at the New York Stock Exchange to-day were
"a follOua.--
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.. ...... .....
-Delvcred contract 100 bales yesterday. Current
prices spot tho following based on
American standard Of classification and store
running quality not morc than half grade above be-
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stocks at three p M. =

The total sales Of stocks at the Board to-day aggre
gated 113. 775 shares. which distributed fol-
lows:-Chicago and Northwestern 1905; do. pre-
ferrcd. ITO; Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific, 1885,
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, 10 400; Della
ware and Hudson Canal. 1907 Erie. 1890; Hannibal
and st. Joseph preferred 800; Kansas Pacific. 400;
Lake Shore. l7,600; Michigan Central G.5Go Mil
waukee and st. Paul. $500; do. preferred. 5O0 Mis-
souri, Kansas and Texas 100; New York Central, 30;
Now Jersey Central $500; Pacific Mail $50; Wabash.
$3.50; Western Union Telegraph, $500.
Money on call lent generally at per cent.
with few loans as low per cent. The following
we're the rates OF exchange on New York at the un-
aforementioned cities to-day New Orleans, CONNER
cial 6-l6 discount, bank par; Savannah buying y
premium, selling Y premium; Charleston scarce.
buying par. selling u u u premium; St.
Louis. 81 premum; Chicago firm. 1-16 discount.
selling lilo premium; Boston. Cd. to 1s discount.
Foreign exchange was quiet and steady. The Clear
tng House statement to-day was follows:--
Exchanges. $G5 631 276
oaiauces... 33lI, llS
o The sub-Treasury to-day paid ont s126.555 gold
for legal tenders redeemed and received $3.50 gold
in exchange for legal tenders. Tho London advces
reported steady market for consols which sold at
N a97,S for both money and the account. United
Bates bonds irregular. fours declining to
lO1h and AVS and 1sG7s remaining steady at lO7 "
and 1854 respectively. while tenfortics advanced
10 1881 and new hves to 106H. In American rail-
way shares Erie common TO Is and preferred to
az. At Paris rentes were strong mt 11lf. l0c Tho
Bank Of Germany has hxed its rate OF discount 1t
3 per cent. Government bonds lower to-day,
especially for the AVA. which fell u of per cent.
The subscriptions to the four per cents amounted to
a.. $50 Thee closing quotations we're follows
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LIVERPOOL. March 2l-4 80 r. NJ.
ding clause. March delivery. 232d.: uplands. low
middling clause, April aud May delivery, Js4d; also,
25sad npiands, low mddng clause. July and August
The sales Of the day include 300 bales American.
LIVERPOOL. March 81, 1872
leading grain circular says:-"Grnn remains dull at
tho provincial markets. aud prices slightly lower mill
buying sparngly. The demand for curgocs Is
striced Prices tor of arrival
On the spot business is quiet for wheat and Abcat
Tuesdays There
at today Market and only limited transactions in
any description of wheat Values cases. were
unchanged Corn was in rather more request and the
rates OF Tuesday for sound. dry American main
tanned" l-.l
Petroleum, 2oottssf for fine pale American.
LIVERPOOL March II. 1879.
Pork-Prmc Eastern irmer 55s.: Western frnsP
dull at 27s I'D long clear dun 27s. i'd short clear dull
2Ss Hains-Long dull Mt 39s Shoulders duh ut
23s Bce-Inda steady Mt 7os extra mess rner ss
e5s; prime firn,er 7as Lard-Prime Western
dull 10 SIS. I'D. raow-Prme city dull at 35s. I'd
Turpentine-Sprts steady n. 2os I'D. Rosin-Common
hrner It IS 3D. fine steady a. los Cd
State duh at 23s. Cd Wheat-Spring No. dull at g.
spring No ?. in the market Western winter dull
at IS. Id Southern winter dull ut 9s. i'd. Corn
Mixed dull Mt is 51d: old mixed dull at As 7d. Cotton
seed oilYellow American steady 2Ss 3D. Kosn-Com-
London, steady ut As. 3D. TurpentneSprits, %
London, steady AZ BIS Sd. tk
FINANCIAL. AAt
LONDON March 21-4 p VI.
Consols. e6 1916 for both money and the account
io aiiSaS :Assss New Jersey Central s Isa
The amount Of bullion gone into the Bank Of England
balance to-day Is $50 OUu
Paris advices quote per sent lis s21zc for
tho account Y
Nf BKRLIS March n. 1873.
The rate Of discount Of the Imperial Bank Of Germany
has been fixed at per cont. stt4 b
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stained-.ioSd ordinary. sne ssriea good ordinary.
delivery sales follows Ycserdsy after r.
MMarch 100 bales at 10 Toe April uO q ~ iSc, 80
1850 June 80 10 soc 800 q 70 5ac 1000 - e
300 al 1O65c.; August, 400 81 1o7lc., 40
at lu72c, September. loo At ios4c- toU ~ l0.55c.:
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State bonds at the Board were u higher for Louis
dana sevons consos. and steady for Missouri skies
aud North Carolina sixes. new. District of Columbia
s.e6s sold At 81 sly.
In railroad bonds there an advance Of x in
Kansas Pacific sevens. Denver division trust
reipts. and Missouri. Kansas and Texas seconds; y
In Missouri. Kansas and Texas consois asscnted.
Denver and Rio Grande frsts and Groat Western
seconds tex coupon; X in st. Paul sinking funds
and Metropolitan Elevated Railroad nrsts; n in
Kansas Pacific sevens. Denver division. with coupon
certificates Louisville aud Nashville consos of 1885,
and Canada Southern firsts. guaranteed, and v in
New York Elevated Railroad nrsts. There was de-
clino of 81 in Central Pacific gold bonds and X in
New Jersey Central nrsts. consos assented Rensse-
laer and Saratoga hrsts sold at 49, Cleveland and
Pittsburg sinking funds at IFS. Northwestern gold
sevcns at LOG and Union Pacific frsss at 10sss.
The closing prices Of philadelphia stocks were =
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DOMESTIC MARKETS.

Cotton quiet; middling. oSs low niddns: Gle good
Sales. siS S. ssssp;s
a10a eass gross, ; .Spofso Srsa' ssl'an
Ngw ORLEANS. March ~ 1879
ScsOn s. srnss light mS s
bales gross s7 expon1sT0 Great arss s ss 70
e, SsssIp.. ssai bales. gross. 7ss EspoSis9To
S Ssss '' 81 ss g III sss to the
SS,on Arms S%ddnS SY ss %sps & sssd
wise. W! sales: ioco stock: se.Iz wsstly.Nst 70
Wise. i.iis. sales iSSso = ' 80 80. go.
Spirit. Of rpco.ne ARM az e. Ii o snr Sa Il
for e end Y u fyT god Sd G S n y u,
virgin Far s.S"dy At ii so -. 49," s''
prices Wheat IN sI. milling demand; sale. Of hys
ss s IL sSrs a. Hssd Hws"lso p
Ssess 81 BARD Da Ss ssra's Corn
steady :aiss ct avg cars now mixed on track a.
ssisi: Western: Sic; aas,; state. ass SIC.
sss s haa ss S"s i sso rdc ssf wsr
sis one: ;is aalshsd SIS; sit SIS Corn
s 81. s~s Iii aa city made 81 &
Es Ss% Yo wAlss s ss s xS Ss
bushels ss a. e SS sa;: i 81 ' Ssy
wheat, ~ 500 bushels; corn, $3.50 do; oats $3.50 do
-, psrnor, March n. 1870.
So Ss but ssS. w ~ MI; Sss
81 oIA No wlsts 81 os4: April u 1st; Nay 81 Is;
ysiies high mss "i' seD No. s'iy
%issd BE- S.. Dun and about steady 10 white s.s;
r'S Prime q sSoics IS 80 i 6assssd
%sss.FicsS % isi I xfSs. Sss SssSss s sSss
~ roLxpo. March II. ls7s.
slcs May, osS: 30 red winter SPOT and Ssss sS
Mixed, S As A. SPOT. S Ssy s;sssy s ssa
cIKe,HxArl March II. 1872
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PRINT CLOTHS MARKET.


FALL RIVER, Mass. March ~. 1879.
The market for printing cloths has shown demnnd
with small sales Of e4x6 cloths 3se cash and 5x6o
cloths ut &c. cash which prices the market closes ve1y
strong and faeturer Indifferent sellers The sales OF
the week have been 900 pieces both grades and
futures, and the IA pieces.
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Is Ontario Silver Mg.

$1,000 G. G. 81 con.
5000 Den 4 Rio g lst
5000 do. BIS
5000 Kan Pac 7's.Dd,
trust rec'ts. :.
5000 Kan Pac SD q,
with cou ctfs.
5000 Lake Shore Z I'd
5000 Lou Il Nash con
1000 do. .b3
1000 Ohio 4 Miss c $ {
5000 DO. sis
5000 Northwest combs
1000 II. W&Og LIST con
1000 Con Pac Z BIDS
100 shs Sutro Tunnel.
20 Honestake Min. KID
200 Atlantic d p Tel. So
$40 American Dis Tel.
GoldkStock Tel. bS
1Ol Waatarn IIuiou
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The imports of dry goods at the port Of New York
for the past week were s1.7ss,5ss and the amount
marketed $l.ol4022 The total imports of dry goods
since January were :$22.59l 1915. and the total
amount marketed $22. 46S, 49S
The following the comparative earnings Of the
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy Railroad for the
month Of January
1or
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EUROPEAN MARKETS.
COMMERCIAL

LIVERPOOL, March 81. 1879
This weeks circular of the Liverpool Cotton Brokers'
Association The market
Saturday and the business has been Most de-
scrptions advanced American in strong dcmnnd
and prices generally advanced 3i6d Sea island was
IN fair full prices for the better descriptions
Futures throu ghout the week with
auis business. prices au o
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-25
Building Permits.

McCony & Clark, to build three and
half-story brick house, northeast corner
Longworth and Smith streets; $5,76O.
]. D. Pugh, to repair brick church, Col
lege street, between Sixth and Seventh;
$500.
Oliver Perrin, to repair five-story stone
front. No. 13l Race street; $1,000.
S. l.. Wilder three-story brick, No. 2OS
Sixth street; $1,000.
John Levy, two-story brick, northwest
corner Kenton and Wilkeson streets;
81, 200.
n. Mackay, to repair four-story stone
front, southwest corner Third and Walnut
streets; 5000.
Emil Dillman two-story brick, Eighth
street, near Evans 81, 500.
Victoria Schwartz, twostory frame, Lo-
Gust street, near Linn; $500.
Franz Beicrlein, three-story brick, No. "
Abigail street; 81, 800.
Charles Uirick, addition to two-story
brick, No. 81 West Seventh street; 500.
John p. SChar, three-story brick, No. ID
Harriet street; $500.
Q. H. Cox, one-story frame church, NO.
152 Cutter street, 500.
Fritz Bergeman, addition to a two-story
frame, No. l3 Wistach street; $1,000.
John Jenkins to remodel two-story brick,
Neave street, near Lower River Road F.;
81, SEQ.
Blust & Finnemeyer to repair two-story
brick malt-house, Plum street, near Court ;
$lOo
William Brockman & Co. ,two-story brick,
Belts street, near Cutter; 1851.
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THE DAILY STAR
MINOR LOCAL MENTIONS.

Some unknown friend yesterday pre-
tented Marketmaster Quinlan with a beau
tiful gold-headed cane.
The residence of Jane Mcclure, No.
1876 West Third street, was robbed of a con-
siderable amount of money night before
last.
The County Commissioners have gone
10 remington to formally accept the bridge
lately finished across the Little Miami
River at Remington.
The Hamilton County Democratic
CLUB met last night at the headquarters on
Sixth street. The organizing of ward clubs
was left to the decision OF the Democratic
eltizens oil the respective wards
The Kentucky Central Railroad Com
pany has voluntarily contributed $50 to-
wards the funeral expenses of Duffy the
man who suicided last week in Lincoln
Park. Duffy had his leg cut off year ago
on the X. c. Road
Harry L. Wartman, son of Mr.. jesse
l.. Wartman, Deputy Collector of Port, died
Yesterday afternoon at Dagger Springs,
botetourt County, Virginia. Harry was
appointment member of the Lytle Grays
md Clio Dramatic Club.
The writ for the commitment of Coun-
Gilman Gus Clarke to the County Jail was
issued yesterday afternoon and served by
Deputy Marshal Twiford. Clarke declined
to see his wife but went Immediately to
Jail and was locked up.
The Peppler Fire-escape Exhibition
was gwen last evening at the Grand Hotel
10 an interested audience. Large numbers
d persons were lowered from the seventh
story, and not a hitch occurred. An ascent
was made by one of the firemen, who ar
RED up four-inch hose in half minute.
The escape is pronounced grand success.
At the meeting of the Union Board of
High Schools yesterday afternoon the fifty
per cent. condition was stricken out OF the
rule which states that pupils can pass from
grade to grade, if they have seventy per
cent. general average and not less than fifty
per cent. in any one study. Mr.. Peaslee
was present and advocated q change in the
method OF studying history.
Tom English and Michael Whalen got
into fight yesterday afternoon at the cor
ner of Sixth and Plum streets Market
master Henry Hacks interfered, when the
combatants turned upon him and gave him
fearful beating. Detectives Mead and
Duffy went to the assistance OF Hacks, and
the ruflians were taken to the Station
house. In the Police Court this morning
their cases were continued till tomorrow.
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CATHOLIC NEWS.
Closing of Mt. st. Mary's se!ninary-The
Ladies p:.zar.

An official announcement has been issued
by Archbishop Purcell of the closing for at
least one year of the Archdocesan Semin-
ary, Mt. st. Mary's of the West, situated
on Warsaw Pike, about a mile back Of
Prices Hill. The reasons for taking this
step are that the stringency of the times
forbids the hope of immediate payment Of
the debts, the absence of any pressing need
OF priests for the mission of the diocese and
the illness of the President, Rev. DR.. Joseph
PabisCh. The expenses Of the Seminary
exceeded its income the past year by about
$4,000
Archbishop Purcell has issued the follow.
ing announcement in regard to the Ladies'
Bazaar:
TO the Clergy OF the City of Cincinnati.
The Ladies' Aid Society has informed us
that bazar will be held under their kind,
charitable auspices for the liquidation OF
the Diocesan debt, in the month of Septem.
ber Of the present year. We have given
our warmest approval of this good and
charitable work. We desire that the clergy
of the Diocese should give to it the encour-
agement and aid which it so highly merits.
We are convinced that their united zeal
and cooperation will crown the generous
iabors of the Catholic ladies of this city
every congregation of the city, under the
direction OF its pastor, should bt
represented by a table at this ba
zar. We therefore desire an announce
ment of this work of the Ladies' Aid So
ciety to be made at all the Masses in til,
churches Of the city ON next Sunday, july
9th. We also desire each pastor to selec
some ladies OF his church, if it has not al
ready a representation, to act in the nam
OF his congregation in the next meeting o
the ladies, to be held Tuesday, August 5th
in the Grand Opera Building, at oclocl
P. IN. ~. u. PuRcELL
Archbishop of Cincinnati.
J. F. CALLAGHAN, Secretary.
A letter has been received by the Arch
bishop from Rome, supposed ito relate tc
the appointment Of Coadjutor to
Archbishop Purcell, or of Bishop for the
See of Columbus, but the contents OF the
letter is still kept secret
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-25
The Irish Language.

In a paper recently read before the
Statistical Society, Mr. Ravenstein states
that the Celtic portion OF the population
of the British Isles makes total of nearly
100000 souls, of whom very nearly one
half are Welsh. Further we are told
that in 1851 there were few Irish counties
in which the old language had altogether
died out; the localities in which Irish
was then spoken makes a total area OF
nearly 10000 square miles, with a pop.
ulation not far under ,500,0 900, of whom
69.3 per cent. spoke Irish, while in 1871
the Irish area had sunk below 6,00O
square miles, with a population under
100000, of whom about 63 per
cent, or considerably less than 100000,
spoke Irish only. Lastly, itappears that
probably not 5000 persons throughout
Ireland were able to read an Irish book,
and not single Irish newspaper was be-
ing published. This contrasts strongly
with the state of things among the Welsh
who print over thirty newspapers and
periodicals of various kinds, while the
Welsh in America have several flourish
ing newspapers, and hold eisteddfod:
without number in the country of theil
adoption. We have no statistics of the
Celtic element in North America, though
it is well known to be considerable, bu
so far as concerns the Irish portion of it
there would be no great error in suppo
sing that the Irish language loses grount
among the emigrants much faster thai
among those left behind in Ireland.