The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-18


tursd claims. s7G.7oe: money borrowed SLIT SEQ !.
total 2tsp 1906 deficit spt. pt7. to which must BE-
added the Judgment Of topp .2on obtained IN suit
Of Alexander receiver OF tho Columbia. The
court approved tho report. and ordered 90
cree dlssolylng tho company and turning over
nli It'll property u the insurance Hupnrintend-
ant according TO no now MiRanuri Indn. which
took efTset November A. The auperin'nndnnt
hna taken formal possession Of tho Office In 1T,
/ Louis. ..z-
\ GoAvirr LAnon, An interesting Discussion
took place on tho fourteenth Instant hnfore q
Joint ommlasion from Now jersey. Connecticut
md Massachusetts. regarding tho labor Of
priaon nonvcia. Willis 1t was generally nd
mittod that there were owls connected with tho
contract system. IL was oontended that these
Ind been n good deal exaggerated. EspartH
| from different Statos condemned the partisan
management Of the prisons % tho source from
which flowed most 81 tho difficulties connected
with prison labor. rhnro ID no reason why tho
labor w cpnvcta should not DO 80 employed ~
70 Ito very beneficial both to Tho prisoners and
/ 10 tho public.
| NHw MODE oF lsAIstNa RuNKEN VEsaEtE.-
| Experiments IN " laop lake near 'erlin have
| shown tho praatlahbilIty nf n new ard lingo
| nouH plan for rhialng aunknn vaaaala and
othor heavy oheoIa IN The water. The inven-
ton ia that Of m Austrian engineer. and con
Stats 81 ~ nnnl1deJ balloon. containing u bot
III, IF auphurir mold packed I'LL anlt. which.
whom exposed ~ the action nf tho anlt, gnn
crl,ea rnrbonio noll gas. Tho balloon Ia takon
under winter by u diver and fastened 70 the Oh
iant Tint Ia tn ba raised Then #orew ia turned
| that lberntoa tho acid, gas Ii formed. the bal
loon expands AMI riaes. ana II u only uues-
,..F L,.tl. ~ NO
tho tackle MA Tho weight VI tho aunknn object
whether IL shall 10 rniaed OF not. Tho export
mnnta near Berlin nre represented M having
been successful uFM.5 m=a
| CorrpN Noops IN CulNa. Tho last report Of
| tho Hrl,ish consul nj Shanghai especially re'ars
| to tho increasing Hnle In Ghtnh ri American
| ooton cloth. m increase which no terms posi-
tivoly atartling )" but ut tho snmo time aaaerta
Tint It haa not heen profitable I'd manufacturer
1t exporter ma Tint thnre ID aurmIan abroad
that Tie American manufacturers have boon
sartiteing goods which thoF could not sell. IT.
orlor 10 81 u leRd In tho market for tho future
Az vol. ho eayH. the American goods have boen
unauthorized. but If the trade Ia honest cot
tons does not Hhow betor resnlta IN tho future
Americans viii eventually hnve to suit their
atufr to ths prlrns Cinnamon will uRy. or tax
thrir goods to another marriott lIa Adla. that
the preparation. packing aud shipment Of
American goods nrn ~ vet. elumRily done aud
m excessive proportion Of tham arrive dam
ngod by water"
IMPORTANT DrtalnS Tho supreme Court Of
rnnnRylvanin hna iuat rendered d decision If
tho utmost Importance 70 municipal tax payers
IT holds TINT city rRn 10 moro incrnnae IT'D
noating debt than its bonded dnbt beyond Tie
const itutlonnl limits ana further that even tho
Log innt,ira cannot glvo II authority To do 80.
Hereafter those oltinn. tha hnhta Of which have
reached tho iizod limit. muat pay ~ they go
and not mortgage Tho property Of their citizens
70 Recuro tho payment. i would be- we'll II tho
same principle wore engrHftod into Tie conati-
tutlona az AL Tho hass. Iundroha N towns
md cities AFRO now grooming under tho 90
ptesaivo burden OF i'm almost inRupuortRble
load nj doht contracted undor the influence Of
temporary nsritnmrnt. Nothing ID moro fatAl
70 Tho growth Of u town pr city than aleh m IN
cubua. It ie il first mortgages On MI non -portR-
lila property and IL mpat nirsnlunl bnr 10 thr III
lux of capital for permanent Investment.
THE Wool TRADE ho Bulletin. of Boston
says that If tho wool market continues u rlle
Is nrtvo 40 of III e until Tho first OF January
and tho recGints continue on An equally liberRl
scale tho quantity Of wool which Will havo
found market In Boston will bo equal to four
nfths Of tho entro wool crop of tho Unitad
Staten. n IL oaiimated that thoro wore 100 900
ahoap In 1871 In tho United States. which pro
duced total OF aio,pf0.p 900 pounds of wool. Tho
rorelpts of wool Of MI kinds In Boston during
the yoar 1870. ut tho preRont rate. will oxcaed
thoHe or nat y"nr by noary 100000 balea and
bugs. and will amount to over 10000 balos ind
bags. or say lGa. Oan.nop pounds 5.-5s.
Tho following table shows tho total quantity
Of foreign wool brought into tho United States
ench year during ths pnRt dccnde:
Pounds Pounds