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


10y calls attention of custom house otleers TO
the law. now much disrcgardcd. requiring
that the names Of all steam vessels should be
painted oh tlaeir storms and tho ai,lta of their
ullot houses IL IL purposed to enforce tho
law strictly hereafter.
There was fair movement yesterday III
both State Cnnsols and Premium Bonds. OF
The former $40, 900 were sold, tho closing quot
atinna being ln' Snal2. til Now Work th"r"
were sales uf $4,000 III ~, and St0Oon ut A.
AL our Stock Exchange tho snes Of l'rclni-
ums footed W $iofnoo. thry closing at 2n6f
2a,..
THE WHEAT Boom Wheat went ,p Ill I'LL
the leading American markets Monday from
four tn eight conts II huehcl. Tho advance
within u month has been fully twonty-ivn
cents. Combinations Of spectators have no
doubt much u ~ with tho recent rapid ilUc-
tuations; but back Of these are an almost un-
limited foreign demand and the prospect Or
largely Increased homo consumption.
To PAY For MoH VIOLENCE. Tho Supreme
Court Of Pennsylvania on Monday gavcn DO
cision ut Pittsburg. in tho case Of tho county
of Allegheny, plaintiff III error. vs. John Glib
son. Son X %. for the value Of sixty barrels
OF whisky destroyed in the railroad riot in
Pittsburg In 1s77, In which the county was
held liable for the property destroyed. There
are several other similar cases pending. but
this decision will govern them all.
EXPENDED ARRoAp.--The estimate Ii that
UP to last week $1,000 cabin passengers loft
this country for Europe II s estimated that
III fact, taking into consideration the proven
blal OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of Americans, this esti-
mate is rather low. Thus 1t appears that
this country has spent $2i,ono, 900 In gold In
the one item Of European amusoments this
year.
HEAVY CoNTRACT.--The Pennsylvania
Railroad Company has awarded the contract
for the Iron to be used In the superstructure
of Its proposed elevated railroad In Phtladcl-
phia to the Edge Moor Iron Works. The con
tract calls for about five and half million
pounds of iron at q cost Of about 100000
The time for the deliveries Ii not specified
but the work Of fabrication will begin imme-
diately.
PRICES or MILK.-There is great dispar-
lily In the prices Of milk In different American
cities. The dairymen who supply Philadel-
phia ship their milk daily by rail to commits
sian merchants. and have to put UP with 1lssc
net per quart. Cincinnati milk buyers are
served by the neighboring "milkmen" with
such as they sell at Sc per quart, delivered,
while in Chicago Go per quart Is demanded at
retail for what the Times calls milk. innocent
Of cream, In many cases adulterated with
chalk and water, and paid for In advance.
RAPID RIsE.-The population of Kansas
has increased since the end OF the war from
13S, s07 to 9so,o00; the assessed valuation of
property from SS6, 126 600 to Sl44, $50 27a; the
miles Of railway from $50 to more than 1900;
the lumber of schooI-nouses from COS to
nearly 5000: the number of newspapers from
81 to PTS; the number of acres under cultiva-
ton from 27S9o3 to z, 76s, 926: the annual pro
duction Of wheat from 1859 to more than
50 DOC, 900 bushels, and the annual production
OF corn from 100000 to more than I0Oooo,00o
bushels.
Books FROM ABRoAD.-By new rule Of
the Postoftice Department. sanctioned by the
Treasury, any person may order book from |
abroad by mail, and the duty, IL any, will be |
collected BY the local postoffice where the /
work Is delivered. Hitherto the duty has
been collected through the nearest custom |