Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-09-05
VERY LATEST NEWS.
A Record Of Important Events
Domestic and Foreign.
WASHINGTON.

THE public debt decreased $3,527, 49l
during August, says dispatch of Sept
LIST. The amount Of cash Ia the treasury
was !43,G96,22S.
A WAsnfNGTON dispatch of Sept. 1st
SAYS there have been five failures In ma.
tional banks since the LIST of January.
| The amount due TO creditors Of these five
banks Is $45G700 The amount Of divi.
dends already paid is $04,0Sl, and IL is
estimated that at least 30 per cent divi.
dends will b. paid 10 the creditors Of the
banks which have failed during the pres.
ent year,
A WAsHINGToS dispatch Of Sept. LIST
says the president and his family leave
Washington, Sept. ., for Cincinnati, on
the way 10 their home in Trcm ont Ohio.
The president will return enrly in Octo-
Der; in the meantime he will attend the
reunion Of the veterans of The 23rd Ohio
volunteers, at Youngstown, and the agri.
cultural fair NJ Nc0sko, Kas.
SAYS Washington dispatch Of Sept
Isl the losses of state and private bank
crs In the State Of Illinois during the
last three years have been an amount
equal 10 three ipurths Of all the losses to
the United States since the first one was
organized. The loss in the State of Mis-
souri, has been nearly onc.third Of Tint
amount while the total losses to crcdi-
tors in these five States during the last
three years have been much greater than
all of the losses In all Of the national
banks since the organization Of the sys.
tenn.
A WASHINGTON dispatch Of Sept, LIST
says The comptroller of the currency
reports the amount Of national bank
circulation outstanding to-day $329, H4,-
l47, exclusion Of $l,4iS,84O Of national
gold bank notes Increase ofthc national
bank circulation since January | last
~, 02l 203. There has been an increase
of lcgnl tender notes deposited for the
purpose Of retaining circulation since the
first Of january 1870 of ~, 49,, 273; amount
Of 10 40 bonds on deposit MS security for
circulation Of notes of national banks
$I0,5l9,000.
A WASHINGTON dispatch Of Sept, list
says the returns received 10 date ut the
Treasury department with regard to ship
building show that there has not been
The same increase in This industry as in
others, and IL has by no means gained the
magnitude that IL formerly enjoyed The
returns for The last year have notall been
received, but for the first nine months of
the fiscal year the new vessels built rep
resented li3,l7l tons. and the scattering
returns Tor the Inst quarter of the year
Indicate Tint this will be increased To
about lO5, 600 tons for the whole year, as
against 235 50i tons for last year, and
1862 for the year 1877. The tonnage
Of sailing vessels built has fallen from
100, 33l IN 1871 and 10G,0G7 in 1873, 10
%, 1pO In nine months of lS70-ju st about
onc.hali, but the number Of steam vessels
built IN nine months Of last year, was
Oh, S65 tons, against 81 800 tons in 1873
and d7,5li tons in 1877. 1t is estimated
that when the returns for the full wear
are In TINT lhey will show nj least 100,
900 tons of steam vessels built during The
year The growth Of steam tonnage hns
been gradual for the las few years, while
the sailing tonnage has been constantly
ON the decline.