, 1880-09-23

st. 10 earnings Increased tho second week In
Scptcmher $s.Sai: Wabash, $s4,oO9; Chicago Il
Alton, RI H.lSs,-all MS comphrcd with the aafno
week Inst ycar; Cellar ltHptds T. Northern,
$l.,E1
It n reported TINT tho Boston Wntcr-Fo
has Just mndo sale Of t1o0t0o worth Of land.
THE friends of tho Lake Shore claim that they
have +. .nl,0D cash IN hand. and TINT their eurs1-
,nKs ntn0urt tn per cent per month.
Tho earnings ut the Manhattan Company for
tho tsst fifteen days Of tho month show m In
crcnso Of 5000 oyor those Of tho same time
last year.
Tho mMrket for Governments In ChicaKo closed
henvy. Thu usllal prices for tho dry were rs
follows: District ot Columbia aGis. goal1at; Gs,
loatGl0sh; 6s, 1as,4qb 1oss:; 4zs 1lO41ti0.;; Is,
109E0l10t4. Towards tho closo for a., 10DI was
bill, aud ITO asked; for 4Ms ITO was bid md 1l0s;
asked.
sn!es Of West Town bonds: "a nj 1861; city is,
ct, at 119.
Sterling cxcharRe was stoady. With n dull tnar-
knt, Quutati0ns for postetl. 4a.f24a4;t; selling.
is1.s Q1483!{: commercial bills. 4TS:s.
Wo seq it stnted that tho Northern Pacific
HALLWAY &as Just completed n sno to a Oertnan
cn1ony often townships Of land on tho Pend
ltOreIlo division or tho ro,Id Mt 500 per aere
cash. 1t is' believed that this salo Will con-
tribute to tho treasury over <@l00,0 ,00) cnsl.. It
Is to he usod as far as 1t viii 90 in retiring tho
bon,ls Of TINT division of the noad. It Ia snd
that anne Of our strong GranRor roa,ls nro mnk-
Ing liberal bids for the business Of the r0ad; :;
hut 50 far rs learned tho Company prefers to ~
along quietly but cnorgctically with its OWL
work. dealing Justly and kindly with all, but
making "entnnglng allHnces" with tlonc. II Is
now beloved that this ron,1, l,nasng through ny
far tho rtcheat and best strip nf country ct1-
tiroly across tho continent. wilt bo finished In.
esdo Of three, certainly four, yenrs. Its effect
nran the bitancsa and financial prosperity OF tho
city cnn scarcely he cstfnaIeti.
New York Is agatn tlulnF an Immense business
with tho Botlth. 1t is etntni TINT last SA1nr}ny
E00 drays wgro In line At the wharvcs Of the Old
Dominion Steamship Company Whiting their
turn to unload. One tlrny with loud ut GootlH
from prominent DrpadwHy h0nse had to re-
tnAln from In tho afternoon till ncxt morning
boforo Its t,irn to llntuat wis reached. Every
body will be glat to hcar Of tho increasing pros.
rcsity Of the southern half Of tho lcpuhlc.
Whnt blcasing If their politics wero equally
hopof,il.
A dispatch from Calcutta to London reports
tho prospects for good crop In Northern AMI
Western India improving. good raiH hntl
faileu In thu Northwestern Provinces but soma
ot tho crops In Central Doab arc enttso-
| ~ burned UP. 1t Is hopod that 1oH1e
rain mny bless tho Garth in September. Evon
| moderate amount would rotn0vo NIL four nf nny
! immediate scaruity. Reports fron, Scthde ara
that tho river t1ndus) IL rising, and cr0p.pros-
pcots aro Improving. pAtlAnthrhpists every.
where will scJoice II those prospects are realized
and tho faar ut fnmlne IL tndoantt1y 1'ostponctl
At the Chicago banks moro aui larger orders
| fron, the country fnr cl.rronoy wero received
They begin 10 como from nearly all directtonl
! westward. Tho satua aid atnry as tn business
gradually Increastnx must bo repnrfct', with III
| etarge In discount s1ltua-v!x.: for time paper
| GGrS per cont. Call loans. 4413 por cont.