The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-11

sugar. against 349 hogsheads last year; 1893
barrels of molasses, against 19i barrels last
year; and 1888 sacks OF rough rice, against
202 sacks the same day last year.
BY the final treaty between Russia and Tur-
key the latter will have TO pay the Gar $780,
100000 and s5,3350 600 to Russian subjects In
Turkey for damages sustained during the
war. or course, Turkey can't pay this, but y
Ia not unlikely that Great Britain VIII loot
the bill and foreciose on what remains OF the
Ottoman empire for her pay. Turkey owes
England now about s1,0o0oooooo.
Mention has been already made OF the
ureat tumble IN wheat IN Chicago, when the
nrtoe ~ that article fell from 9GS to a27s,
caused by one party throwing 10000 bushels
ON the market II s claimed that this trans
action was caused by the receipt OF forged
telegraphic order to sell from Mr.. James IL.
Keene, the great grain operator OF New York,
TO his agents In Chicago, but the Tribune
does not believe In this story, and says 1t
ia not easy to credit the statement that this
enormous deal was brought on by forged
telegram sent as an open half-rate night
message. Business between agentsand prin-
cpala involving millions of dollars Ia not
usually transacted In this loose and public
manner, and It will be well for operators to
consider the possibility that this version OF
the affair Is promulgated In pursuance OF q
deep laid scheme to tone up the market with
view TO further unloading
AT New York IL is stated that tho Louisiana
and Texas steamer lines represent that their
business ia from full Is to 20 per cent In excess
of that of last season this time. The New
York Bulletin says
The Cromwell Line is doing 10 per cent bet
ter, and the quantity of dry goods, hardware,
groceries and assorted merchandise going
forward In that direction s an indisputabe
demonstration Of the improved condition OF
the people of Rll that section as regards their
material interests. There is q large distribu
tion Of goods along the railway lines con-
Meeting Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee
while the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the
business connections OF which extend through
the contiguous country, assert that their
Western business is from 15 to 20 per cent
ahead of last year The New England rail-
way and transportation lines are fairly busy.
The Bulletins conclusion is that there Is a
steady and natural enlargement OF trade
under safe and conservative methods, which
after all, IL thinks, fare the best guarantees
against recurring embarrassment and future
panics"
Two Chinese laundrymen In Cincinnati were
In good luck the other day, and bank teller
was In correspondingly bad luck. The Celes-
tas took $3.50 In bills and silver to the bank
to get IL exchanged for more convenient gold.
The teller counted out the money and the
Cinnamon gobbled the yellow pile and left
the bank in q hurry, without counting It.
Soon the unlucky teller found that he had
paid them $45o, nearly twice as much as they
were entitled to- He hunted up the lucky
Ceestials, but they would not disgorge. In
fact, they made light of the matter, and
laughed at the teller and the officers. They
understood very well that they had done
nothing criminal with which they could be
charged. They had simply taken what the
bank officer had given them and got away
with it. The teller tried his best TO get the
innocents arrested and squeezed, but without
avail. There was nothing to charge them
with. SO he charged himself with the amount
Of his blunder on the bank books. He is now
of the opinion that the Chinese are q curse to
the country, and wants them driven out.
GAUdING Coal OIL.-It appears that the
gauger and inspector Of coal oils In this city
performs his work In manner not in vogue
In other commercial communities. The
dealers In that article have sent petition on
this subject to the President OF the Board OF
Health, which strikes us as being proper and
reasonable. and to which we hope he will give
favorable response. The following Is O
copy:
To pr, Samuel Chopin. President Board OF
Health:
Dear Sir-We the undersigned, coal oil
dealers, respectfully request that the system
OF Sauging praetioed by the official gauger
and inspector OF coal oils, may be so changed
as to conform with that practiced by all other
gaugers, and customary among all comomer-
cial communities
Your official gauger oniy takes the quantity
OF Oh Id the barrel. and brands the barrel &C
cordingly; WHEREAS, the customary manner Is
to take the full capacity Of the barrel, and
70 marx the outs upon the head of the
barrel.
The system as practised bv your gsuper Ia
not understood either in the city or country,
and leads to many reclamations for short
measure, ETC., also creating disorder in
rendering account sales Of our consignments
Trusting that you may see the reasonable
ness OF our request and will instruct accopd-
ingly, we have the honor to remain
Yours very truly,
JAMES G. CLARK,
w. z. CONVERSE, JR, 4 Co.
SAM'L nj. ToDD,
G. B. PETIT, Sec. ]. o. I. Co.
j. Il. SCoTT,
THoS. SEwELL, Manager
We, the undersigned, official State and
United States gaugers. do hereby certify that
the commercial and customary manner Of
gauging is to gauge the full capacity of the
barrel, marking the 'outs" on the head OF
each barrel In chalk, giving the owner the
option of dlling up his package or selling as
gagged, this being the universal custom IL all
commercial centres.
GEORGE CAMPER,
JAMES BAYSSET,
PAT GLENN0N,
Merchants arreliInspectors and GaugerS.
III. N. CRUMHoRN,
LOUIS GAGSET,
G.. PEYRAT,
Board United States Inspectors and Gaugers
JAMES Il. CREsAP,
City Gauger.
New Orleans, March 10, 1879.
The Chicago fire department report for 1879
shows AIS fires, attended by an estimated loss
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