The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-16


| THE women are reported to have increased also
there being. nine years ago. an excess over men
| Of more than $4,000. The Chinese are much
more numerous than they used I'd be-. The
census oil 1870 gives but Ia. and now there are
1t Ia said. over 100, some putting the number az
high az 1000 The census OF 1880 will show
many changes, and probably notable ncreas Q
In population. especially as two wards have
| been added since 1870 It Is thought that the
native population has gained considerably on
the foreign since the last census. and that fg
| ures will show the gain.
4 draft On d bank must be presented III bank
| Ing hours. A draft on d business house Ii To be-
presented during business hours. Banking
hours are fixed by common consent from 10 to
8 o'clock. A New York exchange says: Busi-
ness hours have no "axedness," and bank run /.
nera take cheeks to collect at all hours UP to 8
y. m. In the summer season. when so many
principals leave their offices at an early hour III
the afternoon. this habit is exceedingly neon
venlent. and often quite embarrassing, Drafts
are presented at 4.so, s. $780, and even as late
6 o'clock, sometimes even after the youngest
clerks have gone home, and no one but e porter
is In charge, and protest 1s noted the lee Tor
which is TO be collected in the morning.
:, pAo1Frg hRoAps;i from the San FraneIse,p
crseping up rapidly toward the Columbia
river, Already s.45 miles have been completed
2sg milea. TIE road opens up. The rich coun-
tries Of Idaho and Montana. The road is con
Quoted BY the Union Pacific COMPANY, which Is
now In great mepsura controlled by Jay
Gould II ia remarkable that both the Union
and Central Pacific companies are seeking for
ndepeple,n,t through -, connexions one BY
liza river The other BY way Of Santa Te and
ne Missouri river the Southern Utah Is aiso
2a al ~ aV here rev w Z
line Of railroad from the Colorado to the q !
lnmhia. The north and south railroads have
cpnst1 cred es feeders Ut main lines. The push
Ing Of the Utah Northern Railroad may stimu-
lata work or, ca the California ENG Qregan Ball
tsde u lie ea enrs Faei m
R sd, ag e. n en s Sad W9k
clfc In Arizona I'LL D short time. Work on the
east .rn or Santa Re end has been prosecuted
The competition Of lie south Goast Pacific
agsls il & isz VIII; Whss5sF !, III lsad
probably only known to those immediately con
earned in TIE continuation i Il probable.
possibly - tar Is Hsa Diego The ihSs srow in
aeasa NH N Il us 9asRf3 az fas r saa
now 20. from Santa Cruz to Moptery around
to Watsonv,le. thence ~ the Southern Pacific
Ra aWa Il Mab hsase Z he s ss @
years have been very favorable ones for railroad
building. because Of the eheapness Of iron and |
steel The yanae y the price of these metals
to tho cost VI those roads now Ia |
process Of construction ia cases where the ma
terial is yet t. be bought.
CANNED gooDs TRapE,-New York Bulletin
The revival Ia al branches OF industry md the
general Improvement In trade reported from
III over the country have not been without their
On tits canned goods trade. ana an III
creased demand aud enhanced values are the
If canned goous Vt eytlg variety II considerable
and growing more extensive each year. but there
y also the INCREASED !r aeveopment # the foreign
rade 10 ba added. The exports are swelling ID
greater proportions each year, and all the
steamers leaving New York, particularly at
his season Of the year. are heavily frelghted
With canned meats, fruits and vegetables to
supply he markets Of Great Britain the con
lnent Ut Europe and y her foreign countries,
nes there has baen considerable appreciation
- values OF late. not only on account Of the
strong 1emand fnf. the artiela. lint ALSO because
i the short CROP ~ tontatoas In the WeF4 OF
'era have poured In unon the manufacturers
n 'ter thah they oan m nlled. and the result Is
hat =, tees have gnna ~ 1910 - per cent within
cannot he had except al a still further advance
A New York firm report that they have within
The last ten days puroha sed Of the different
packers Ia Philadelphia between 10000 and
5000 s-pqund cans Ut tomatoes, At pric
ranging from ~ TO II 10 per dozen oash, Il
there being two doaan In case. The
prices paid for similar goods within Thirty days
we're ninety tn niney-tive cents dozen. The
irm say that, owing 10 the short crop of toma-
oes. large buyers, fearing that prices were like
he much higher an the season advanced,
made heavy purchases of Tie goods while uup-
atoms were low, md they have Of course
bought il that line ut Il less rate than II IL cash
md only Ia SMALL Lots Mt that price heavier
purchases nannet be made eyGept at q lyanced
tgnfes. There ID large trade doing Id canned
llmon md Other fab from Oregon and the
'eaifle eoaat, hut prices for these hnya not nd
anced III tho Sumo wav owing u the improved
ABILITIES for catching the fish and the labor saw
ng machinery in nsa. The report hat .
'hinesa We're suprlanting the native help Ia tho
'nsncas l. moi believed to he true.