The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-07

Il gEbLsEuuy lJlNBIpU0t Will " uGuNy ChEEO
iii cotton, consisting If 53sa bales.
Ten million paper bugs were made by n
factory Nj Ballston Spa, N. ", lii one month
recently. and yet tho demand exceeds tho
supply.
Wine making 10 we'll under why In Napa
county, Cal. Ii Ia estimated that 100000
gallons will be made. Grapes sell from SIS
to SAP per ton.
The annual tea crop oil the world is Gs1,-
100000 pounds, China producing 600, o00.0
pounds, Japan 4o,ooO,0oo pounds, India 49,
Uuu.uuu pounds md JavH J.uuU,upU pounds
Tie Cincinnati Gazette says: "some Of our
merchants and manufacturers are 70 overrun
with business that they are calling home their
travelling statesmen.
The receipts III lumber III Chicago the past
week were very large. In fact the largest for
any one week on record. They amounted to
90, an7, 900 feet.
The cost OF the materials In q freight car
is safe more than 1t was few months ago,
owing to the remarkable rapidfty with which
iron has been advancing lii price.
Who dares to Ray that Now Orleans IL not
ID specie receiving port2 Yesterday the steam
ship Commander arrived here from Vera Cruz
with $25iI In gold and $3.50 III silver
Last week, Ut its monthly pay. tho Gam
bria Iron Company paid out to its employees
over $4,000 In gold. The event was quite
unexpected to the men, who were much
pleased at the sight of the ''yellow boys"
The great clothing manufacturers OF Boston
have seldom. II ever, done larger or moro
satisfactory business than this season, and
all their productions have gone speedily into
the hands OF the rctaiers.
letter from Maine describes tho develop
ment of u new source Of riches. In that State
"a copper mine. "a rich vein seems to have
been discovered, and The work Of mining has |
already passed beyond the experimental stage.
The Mercantile Marine Insurance Company
OF New York city has closed. The officers
Say all claims will be paid In full. The CAPT
tai stock was reduced In May to s25oooo. The
company was one OF the oldest In tho city.
At New York yesterday United States per
cents improved and closed at 1021s6l1o2]4. At
London they ruled ut 1861. The money rate
At New York opened at and closed at per
cent. Money ID evidently getting very cheap
and easy az New York.
State Consols yesterday closed at 391aa. AT
New York they ruled at 3ss4Rio, with no
sales reported. Premium Bonds closed at the
Stuck Exchange ut 2sfz a, with sales Of
s2a4, $3.50, and outside sales Of $4,000 at from
100000. -
Eighteen years ago there were but thirty
white men In Denver. Six years ago 1t was
smart town OF perhaps $4,000 or $4,000 In
habitants. To-day 1t is q handsome, we'll
built, bustling city of three times that size,
and doing business Of over $3o,oo0,0o0
year.
The Cincinnati Price Current has long and
elaborate r.view of the peanut trade OF that
city during the year ending with September
80 The receipts were 100000 bags. and stock
left on hand 17,4oo bags. The value OF the
entire crop OF the country In first hands was
Sl,5oo,Ooo The following Is an estimate OF
the peanut crop Of 1879 SO:
Vjr0inin 600 900
Iennessee .'.* ~. pop oo
North Carolina. .-............--t..-..-. l2e oU
Estimated total for 1880. ......-..1 725 900
Against total for ls7s-79. ....-...l 1880 900
THE FOREIGN SILK TRADE-The Lyons
silk trade ID reported to be going through q
very serious crisis. There has been o gen
eral breakdown In prices. and the decline Is
still not checked, SO that general disorgan-
ization OF the business is apprehended. The
middle OF September Is generally busy pc
ried with manufacturers, as orders accumu-
late largely by that time, but this season there
does not appear to be the least symptom OF a