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RUSSIA.
ARREST oP RUSSIAN AssAsslSs.

ST. PETEssBURo, March Sl.-Forty.fiye
persons were arrested tonight alter The
an attempt on the life OF General Won
Duntelin, Chief General D'Armorie,
Some were Of such high rank that ,they
were not sent to the common prison
They include officers Of the Guard, Court
Chamberlain and two daughters Of promi
nent Ministers. =
A committee has been appointed TO in,
quire into the cause OF the deaths Of 200
OF tue 500 inmates OF 0harkotf Central
prison, within four months.
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Chicaro Cntiln nnrl,a,

oncAaO, March sl.-Ths Droysrf Journal
reports:
HoOs-R Receipts IL, 900 head; shipments 8, 800
bead. Market firm and unchanged mixed
packing $ 6oa3 75; light 8 50aS so; choice
heavy IS SSa4 co. closed weak; not all sold.
CArTLE-Receipb $500 head; Shipments
800 Market strong; shipping at s. 60a5 %:
ieedes and stocken s. 0oat 10; butcher
sGEtP-Receipts 1000 bead; shipments 800
head. Market firm at 25.
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BALTIMORE, March Si.-Fiour-ouiet and
steady western superiine s. 2St3 70 !; do extra
81 00A4 66; do family $I75a5 So Wheat
Western fair demand and lower; No. 2 Penn.
sylyania red 81 l4al l4lfi No. 9 western win.
ter rcd, spot and April, q l3; May q lSa
! i8h. Corn-Western In fair demand and
lowers western mixed, spot and April 43I<a
4S,kci May 4SaEa 441tej steamer II Izfc. Oats
Dull and lower Pennsylvania and western
white Sla32c; do mixed 90a8lc. Rye-Quiet
a. 5ia11c. Hay-Qulet prime toehoiee Penn.
sylvania lla19c ProyisiOns-FirIner and
steady. Pork-Mess so 26aI0 Is. Bulk
Meats-Loose shoulders SHc; clear rib sides
49lc; packed A. I[a5 No Bacon Shoulders exc
clear rib sides 6Xc Hams -0a9Ac. Lard
Refined In herces 81 q. Butter-Steady; (;
prime to choice western packed lSa20c roll
l5al6c Egg-Qliet; fresh l2al8c. PetFo-
leum-Dull; crude 7sstasJle; refined 9Xc. Coi.
fee-Firmer and fairly active. Whisky-Dull
aud nominal at 81 0fat OK.
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INDIA.
AFGHAN DEFEAT.

LAHORE, March sl.-Two thousand
Afghans attacked a small detachment Of
the British in Pishin Valley, and were de
teated with loss Of sixty killed. No cas-
ualties among the British.
A serious breach has occurred between
Sir Bartle Freir and the Governor Of Ma.
tai, in consequence Of the harsh measures
sanctioned by the former to conscript na.
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oHcIsSATI, March Sl.-In Huntington
W. Va, on Saturday, the jury in the cas-,
of Henry johnson for the murder of Mrs
Parsons in January last, returned a YER
diet Of murder in the first degree. John
son was sentenced to the penitentiary fol
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Poster PRINTING.

with the largest assortment Of wood type
in the State and the best cylinder presses, we
can execute, at the shortest notice, any style
or size Of Poster, Programme, Hand.bill or
Dodger that may be desired.
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RaI,imore CnttIe Market.

BALTIMORE, March Sl.-CArrLE- Markel
dull and . quarter lower; very best 6a6,Io
fiHt quality 49Ea43<c; medium 3J<alKc; or
dinary 2Na3I<c; most sales at 4ka5c. Re
ceipts ,Ss4, sales 1889.
Hoos-Market only fair and 4 lower, a
5Aa6c. Receipts s,767.
sHEEP-Market active at 4asHc, Receipt
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NEN YoRk, March Sl.-In cotton goods
the market continues very Arm; an upward
tendency In prints with steady demand.
Best makes in light supply. Dress goods doing
well. Glnghams in steady request. Mems
woolens quiet in agents hands. Shetland
shawls fairly active. Foreign goods In mod.
crate demand,
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CISclSSArI, March sl.-Deputy United
States Marshal Cochrane, Of oovington
who has been in the mountains Of Eas
Kentucky for the past two weeks, tele.
graphs that he has captured fourteen
moonsliines and destroyed number o.
illicitstills, He Is expected 10 arrive here
tomorrow,
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MaPIne New.

QgEEysrowx, March Sl.-Arrived: Ger
mania, New York.
New YoRK, March 3l.-Arrived; De.
yonia, Glasgow.
LONDON, March 3l.-Steamers Bolivia
and State OF Georgia, New York; Yader.
land, Philadelphia, arrived out.I
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49,, s.n,smLer lst to March 10Th (ast
.,il.,,,t =, ssl;as5 kegs Of nails had been cen
s'a'o' y, Cincinnati, as against Psi, ,7Os
=, ssi,s' ~ .,ns !. time last year. This looks
!, b. 'ns J. '+ ,mU,oyemen, in the demand for
.i','A llis Ne Ts' may remark that the demand =,
liS r,..Iins "T nails at this time is quite
y. ~ "TI !, mice, were as satisfactory as the
~ 1.,dibsr 4 wonld be no room for COM
as'o, asIa.I B, the way, it issaid that a promi,
l.. ~ ,di mill at Pittsburgh has closed
bEn. ----
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THREATS OF ABoLisHrxo rnR rREScn SENATE.
PARIS, March Sl.-The extreme Repub.
licans threaten 70 abolish the Senate II II
interieres with the will OF France in the
matter Of the removal TO Paris, represent.
ed BY the Chamber Of Commerce.
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Toledo,

ToLEpo, March 3l.-Wheat-steady; am.
Der Michigan seller April 81 051; seller Nay
81 0Oss; amber western 81 06K; No. 9 red
winter, seller April 81 o5S seller Nay 81 O6st.
Corn;-Dnll; No: 2 cash, SEC; seller May S6jSc
asked S6Ac bidi seller June size asked;
SIC bid. Oats-Qliet: No. 2 9Ic. y
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SILVER COINAGE.

u
At the close Of March the mints will
have coined q, 800 900 standard dollars,
making the FagemonthlS coinage since
the passage Of the act about s, ,1s0, 900.
VI the amount coined SCI geo 900 have
been transferred TO the Treasury, leaving
q, 10000 in the mints at Philadelphia,
Carson, New Orleans and San Francisco.
" is stated that there Is now on hand in
The Sub Treasury and mints at San Fran
cisco and 0alson about $500 900, q, sum
sufficient 70 meet all demands for silver
dollars on,the! Paeific coast for some time
to come, and from this It would appear to
be good policy on the part Of the Govern
ment to have larger portion OF the silver
dollar coinage'done hereafter By the mints
ut Philadelphia and New Orleans.
But so FAR the department, 1t appears,
has not been able TO procure sufficient
bullion at reasonable rates to run the New
Orleans mint to its. full capacity on such
coin; which Is stated to be about 500, 900
per month. The Mexican bullion trade
having been diverted by the war from
New Orleans, her merchants and bankers
have not yet succeededin regaining II, and
the products Of our own mines in Idaho,
Montana, Utah, Wyoming New Mexico
and Colorado, are shipped direct toINew
York, on account OF the ready facilities
with which they can be marketed in that
city but 1t would appear that there should
be little or no difficulty in procuring an
ample supply of silver bullion of domestic
production for the New Orleans mint. -
All embarrassment could be obviated BY
purchasing at the assay iofIice in Denver,
where there are large reclining works, and
by opening assay Offices at Sc. Louis and
Omaha, where there are also large smelt-
ing and refining works, and transferring
the bullion from these points to New Or
leans. There Is no doubt that the parties
controlling the refining works ut these
points would gladly sell their bullion to
the Government and save the expense OF
shipping to New York, as well as the bro
kerage and other expenses to which they
are subjected. The cost OF establishing
assay offices at st. Louis and Omaha would
beyery small compared TO the expense the
Government will be compelled TO incur for
transportation in case the policy Of the
coinage Of a large proportion Of silver dol
lars at the mints on the Pacific coast is
COntinnnlA l. L"H.
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Book Printing.

With large fonts Of type, ransing in sIrs
from Nonpareilt to Plea, the most perfect book
preas and a well appointed blndery, we have
taciHtiesfor this special class OF work possessed
by few offices in the West
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NEW ORLEANS, March Sl.-Cofee-ouiet
RIO cargocs ordinary to prime lOKaI5c
Sugar-Demand fair and market firm; com
mon 10 good common 59Ea5Ifc; inferior 4
good common l9la5Ilc. Molases-In ZOO
demand; common 22G23C; fair 2Ia26c. RicI
Steady aud in good demand; Louisiana
ordinary TO choice 51Sa6kc.
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cHARLrsroS, S. c., March Sl.-A man
named Morgan was arrested here to-day
while passing from the First National
Bank with $4,000 Of United States bonds
and other securities stolen from the Presi.
dents private room.
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Brief Printing.

Possessing large fonts OF new type and a fino
book pres, we can print briefs IN a much
shorter time than Is required In offices with
lss ample facilities.
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Mercantile Prrntinu.

Our very large assortment ,i fancy type,
together with our improved Job pr ssses, Gives
Us unsurpassed facilities for / rintins business
cards, circulars, letter heaJs. BTl heads
cheeks, drafts, envelopes, DC.
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PlrTsBuReH, March Sl.-A landslide on
the Lehigh Valley railroad threw the
locomotive of the New York passenger
train from the track, killing the en-.
gineer, Nicholas Schfllinger and seriously
injuring the fireman.
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PHILADELPnIA, March Sl.-The Belmont
Dye Works owned by William L. Elkins
& Co., burned to-day. Frank Callaghan
and John Greayes, workmen, were burn.
ed, the former fatally. Loss estimated at
from S75, 900 to 100000.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
Negotiations with Afghan Still
sra Pending.
Russians Of High Rank Attacked with
the Assassination Fever.
The zulus Making It Interesting for
the British Troops.
ENGLAND

t4llfE - - 7s--s- = l1sf9Ns4
NEGOTIATIONS WITH AFoHAN NOT coMPLErED.
IoSDox, March si.-Ih the House oi
Commons to-day, Sir Stafford NoTtheote,
chancellor OF the Excheluer, said the
negotiations with Afghanfstan had not
been completed and he was unable 10 com.
municate details. He had no information
that an advance on. Cabul had been or
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CINCINNATI, March 3l.-Hoeass sDall: com.
mon g s5a3 10; light g 45aS i6t packinl
S 7oaS 30 butchers 8 9Oa4 10. HaceIpti
LOOO head shipments 100 head. -
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LOUISVILLE, MarchSl. : The eighth draw.
ing by the Commonwealth Distribution
Company occurred here to-day. Tieke,
No, 81 ,S02 drew So, 900; No. II ,I65 drew
$4,000 No. i, ,4l6 drew 5000.
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A Dsrlrcnin another column indicates
,ha enough Democrats in Congress viii
rssds from the position assumed by the
nriy caucus to relieve the dilemma in
eE1rd to the passage of the appropriation
blh It seems to be understood beyond
doubt at Washington that the President
will veto the appropriation bill in case IL
i sent to him saddled with rider repeal,
ing the election laws. It is needless TO
dd that in yetOing bills OF the character
Ehith the Democratic caucus propose to
send to him, President Hayes willrespOnd
to the evident wish Of the Republican
paHy-united on this issue as 1t has not
been united before in many years.
Bat says some one, suppose Congress
should decline to pass an appropriation n
bll. Web, in that case the President will
simply call it together again the next day.
Il il adjourns again, the President will
allit together again. He has no. other
duty in this matter except to keep this
Congress in session until Congress itseli
has done its duty. The President SO OBJ.
ViOusly holds what sportsmen call "the
inside track" that there can be no ques-
tou about the ultimate result Of an issue
thus joined. Congress must yield in the
end il that end does not come until a new
Congress is sworn in. But there is nc
Danger that the controversy will be car
Td to that extreme. The Democratic
niioity in the House is bare majority
and no more. Among its members are
nRe gentlemen who can not be held in
such degrading attitude for very long
Its even doubtful il the votes necessary
bnise the issue in the first instance car
beiOund. .+-.
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NASHVILLE, March 81. Gov. Marks to-
day. signed the bill providing for the set
tlement oithe State debt at 50 cents on
The dollar and ! percent interest
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Retrnlenrn Mnr,..,

PrrTlauIsH, March S1.-PETEoLEuM-ouiei
crude 8 oiH at Parker's for shipment; fr
tined 95se for Philadelphia delivery,
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Blank Books.

We manufacture every description OF blank
book, from a memorandum to blank ledser,
on the shortest notice.
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81. Louis IIox szarks,.

ST, LOUIS, March SI.--Hos-Weak; York
sand Baltimores 8 3Sa3 6j; butchers'SS 75l
800 Reespts e.0oo head; shipnents /, so
head.
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0OVERNNIHNT REyENuE,

LONDON, March 3l.-The total receipts
Of the various sources OF revenue Of the
United Kingdom for the financial year now
closed amounted to GSS,ll5, ,072, which Is
e1l4,02T below the estimate. Receipts
from customs show deficiency Of RlS4,-
900; from excise e200, 900, and from stamps
e2OO,O 1000. Other branches Of revenue show
an increase ofreceipts. The net increase
OF revenue, compared with the last finan.
cial year, amount 10 E3,352,G72. s
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CATHOLIC DANEiNa iNTRREsr,

LONDON, March Silt Is said that the
project Of the leading members Of the Ro-
man Catholic Communion. to carry into
financial matters tho bonds OF Catholic
sympathy and confidence, has assumed
shape and the title OF the Anglo Universal
Bank ,;limiied with q directoratein In London
and Paris and the country. Among the
patrons are British, French and Italian
noblemen. The design OF the bank Is TO
take up and extend valuable foreign con.
nection and assume a more Efficient pro.
lection and development OF the Catholic
banking interests throughout the world.
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Financial and Commercial.
By TELEGRAPH.
NonYorl, noner ma atnelr..

NEp YoRx, March sl.-MoSrY-6a7 per
cent Prime mercantile paper Sac per cent.
Sterling Exchange, bankers billsquiet at 81 81;
Sight Exchange on New York s. Ssk.
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Blaine and Conkllng Preparing {,
Open their Batteries on the
Democrats.
GaraeldIs Speech to bs Used as a
Campaign Document.
Coinage Of Standard Silver Dollars.
a Fearful Devastation Wrought b,
Prairie Fires.
WASHINGTON.
PREsIpENrIAL NOMINATIONS,

WAsHtNoroS, March 3l.-The President
nominated VIM. L. Scraggs consul at Chin
Kong; VIM. Z. Burchard at 0moa and
Irnkell.
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SSsoHoLDEEs will and Kellet's Roman
N .;nImehta q sure cure for gout or rheuma.
e.ra esn. i i sold by all druggists for 80
heuu collie. -
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RAILROAD BoSDs-The principal feature was
large movement In Erie; new consolidated
seconds 6i3fa65, on sellers option OF 2j, 80 and
80 days In response 10 rise 10 66 4 in London,
where large short interest has been formed,
STAIE BoNps-Dull.
STocKs-Were sold of In the morning deal.
ings but during the afternoon, under renewal
Of disposition to buy, the market developed
much buoypney, Erie, Northwestern prefer.
red, st. Paul, Rock Island, Chicago, Burllng.
ton & Quincy, 0hios, St. Joseph, and Western
Union being notably strong. The strength In
Erie was in nsympatliy wlthan advance at Lon.
don, under q good buying movement Tie
southern Pacific Railroad has opened for bus.
ines 70 Gila Bend, $50 miles east Of San Fran.
cisco.
2 Transactions aggregated 174,oO0 shares, Of
which $1,000 were Erie, 1900 preferred, S 500
Lake Shore, 5000 Northwestern common,
5000 preferred, 1900 st. Paul common,
1000 preferred, 1900 Lackawanna, OoC0
Ohios, and 1900 Western Union.
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wAsHlSoTos, March sl,-The argument
in the liver-oameron case win be CON.
cluded tomorrow, n :.
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A RENiAN PRoviDED FOR.

Capt. Edward o'Measher Condor, the
!Eenian, was appointed % eierkship in the
Treasury Department.
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The Pope has received 5000 francs
from Count and Counties ohambord.
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$4,000 PIRE.

LOUISVILLE, March Sl.-At Lebanon,
Ky. to day, sixteen houses were destroy
ed by fire. Loss $4,000; insured ioI
SO. 600.
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BOOK Bindlna.

In connection with our establi.hmen. I. the
Book Binding and Blank Book mandatory
Of Mills, Frew & Co., one Of the finest In
the State, being thoroughly fitted through.
out with ruling machinery, presses, paper.
cutters, numbering and paging machines,
we can now turn out every description Of
binding and ruling in the best style OF work.
manshiP, and with utmost promptnen.
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In the House Of Commons, after a long
debate, the motion, censuring the Gov.
ernment's Zulu war policy, was defeated
by a vote OF 500 to 246.
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CoInmereinl RaIInre

BeIowis a statement Of the number Of
failures in England and the United States
zach wear since 1872:
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dhs GatelLigttfa'.
-, Sol ss and u Foar.een.n s..es=.
-. ton, railroad routes from

:.,,,, now four railroad route, q . from o.
f1l' o. ~ y pitt,bnrsh, viz: the 9. 1 p
VT W VIZ ,bs S'I IIIempaeld & Pittsburgh
...,D e ~ haze A., entered into a running !,.I ar:
Sttlsn Sts,, INV Nv which passengers are tick
H's,1.a, .S.ans5. /, Freight is to be carried
X u, %'SrsI. S,s,Eips bulk at Washington, the
'iiSo'I y, tsioe linz quickly changed by a very
tf'fs :, .s.,riysDcc . at Washington.
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RIRE RECORD.
lNCgNplARY YIRR.

HuDsox, N. Y, March Sl.-An incendi.
ary burned Trimpler's waddfns Mills, at
Riyeryille. Loss $4,000.
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Vot.y ha, at last adopted the use O.
lam ',r,' electric lights in his ownshops
y, = leht is described as very brilliant
~ :. n ay. the cost be will less than hal
y. ~ 4 4 a, The New York Herald says
- srSs results are certainly startling, Al
.,.Is,.dj with gas, rs they show -that
tSI Rt.t y made and stored in the gas
-, 6heen anil half cents for each
.SSI.r',ad SI,T leet to compete with his system,
~ IN A possibility Of further reduc.
=. ~ \, Improvement. In one OF Edison's
js.Ie b1rren equal to sixteen candles
~. I Ii,eopsumed $3.50 foot pounds per
.S,'s -insle. ! whereas gas jet OF equal
.o[sr .[s consumes 1900 foot pounds, or
tI,bteen times more energy to produce the
a. efect as is produced by the electric
FhL" ,,,,
,Sil. the city owns the works, that the
n,vues Of gas will be obliged to wait
b, gIi,On's machine to come along and
d.. them cheap light-as cheap we mean
rth.y ought to have light. The idea Is
oi.rainel into the heads Of some men,
", d our Council that the people who
b,y. burned gas for many years ought to
h punished for it, by being made to pay
pors taz than other people, that it seems
. L lrOthing short Of surgical operation
yuald suffice to get it out.
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NwYoaEt tMarchsl. cotton-Dulla at 1919
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Anomalous Condition OF the Coal Trade
- I'm PeuusyIVnnIn. .y

Anomalous Condition OF the Coal Trade
in Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, March 3l.-The auction
sale OF coal in New York has brought
down prices ten to. twenty-five cents a
ton in this city, and We have the
anomalous condition Of lower prices, with
an active demand and small supply on
hand. The production for the first quar-
ter will be two million bushels ahead of
last year, and yet it has all been used.
Dealers are short and consumers have laid
in no supplies, and yet prices are still
falling. Nevertheless the companies re-
fuse to make contracts ior'tuture delivery
and profess 10 see such 4 steady increase
in,the demand that the prices must ad-
vance, So short Is the supply that the
opinion Is expressed that q iortnights sus-
pension would be worth dollar q ton the
rest OF the season. Further than that the
emigration from the coal regions, at the
rate Of hundred a week, has been 80 great,
especially to Kansas and Nebraska, that
| il would be difficult 10 find miners for
half q dozen more collieries.
On the other hand, the price Is so low
that individual operators cannot ship 70
tideWater except at loss and the opinion
| Il freely expressed that the companies will
ere long get tired Of working for nothing,
and move for q stoppage OF production.
They are now engaged In cut-throat COM
petition, trying to take each others mar
ket, To this policy Boston owes the re-
duction Of 81 30 by the Delaware & Hud'
son, and the Delaware, LAckawanna &
Western coming into tue Eastern market
The briskness Of the iron trade Is q god
send, torit insures large increase In the
| line Of consumption. Shipments to date
are about 5000 900, against q little over
& ,0O0, 900 Tor the same time last year. (.