, 1881-02-02
ITEMS.

The Pullman Palace-Cnr Company yester-
day declared quarterly dividend Of s. per
share, payable Oh a1lt after Feb. II 10 stock
holders Of record nj close OF business Feb. |.
Tile Atchison, Topeka Il Santa FL Railroad
Company has Just bought 1a5 acres of land Mt
Argentine, Kas., nenr Ka,sas City, mid will
make 1t Its Eastern freight terminus. The
rn,,ndhouses, enal-cllutgs, mid st0ck-,ards
will be concentrated nj this punt.
The stockholders Of tic Chtcago T. Pacific
1lntir0ad Cu1npnny init yesterday morning IN
thy Office 1f Nj: +. Walker aMl elected tile
following Directors for the ensuing year:
Gary, 7. D. +. sn',i', J joel . j. iiuryey, WV I. I.
Walker, and Leslie Carter.
Even the Southern railroads arn beginning
to lind Out that low passenger rates my bet
ter than high Ones The Caroliua Central
has reduced passenger fAres to Three cents
tt0n.. This IL II remarkably low rtts for II
Southern road, where passenger tral'lc IL not
very heavy.
For some time past the Missouri Pacific
Inns been operating It llnrrDw.Eauge llttc ten
niles IN length from knrsAs City to l.eXlnyS-
ton. AZ thfs Company Inns nls!l standard;
It ratfier expansive 10 ntaintntu the narr0w-
gauge, and It lns finally tlecttleal to abandon
Y altogether. The people living atong tho
llna of the narrhw-gaugc ain! Tug parties who
leased 1t to the Missouri Pacific tgel very
wrattiy In consequence.
"a, and sir: George Willard, Of tils city,
have entered into u partnership mil Will cotl-
duct business ms II law firm In this city. By
order Of the Hoard OF Directors Of the Penn
briggs l,aye been appointed tliat Cn!npany's
solicitors for this State, nnd Il. lIitlhio Rob
erts !!ls been appointed consulting counsel.
Mr. Walker ll;lving res!gned the SOLICITOR
slip Of the pIttsburg, Cincinnati It st. Louis
ltuilrond, the suhle trIn haze bcen appoints
I'll to fill the yncnlcy.
:sfr. \. i. Stokes, General, Eastern Agent
lany, has on exhibition Mt his ntltce, No, I9
Clark street, n iinc display uf products raised
m"nG "a e. me baat fs "t tat GGny M s
over shown IN this city, some Of tllen weigh
Ing from sixty to seventy pounds to the BUSH
q, excclllng tloGelebrntetl Australian wheat
by several ros.nds. ,,, The Gals on exhibition
line samples Of barley, Timothy has, and other
products showing tlut Oregon Is most
promising country for farmers who wnEt to
establish new hoHes LII tile Fur West.
;, Although no meeting of the southwestern
Hallway Association las been held for n!nhy
more smoothly tllan ever, and tlle ctl,laliza-
tlon. Is made very. promptly aul balances
settled Mt the end Of every month. Settle
ments hive already been made up to alul lii
Guiding Dec. III, 1850. The last statement
shows that out Of 4 total business of mnru
than 81, SQ0, QUO by the three ST. Louis lines,
one lil,H came within SS00 Of lis allotted per-
centnge, nlul the other Of sl0O, while tile
third llne WINS S1,.00 ahead. u closer
equalization could not well bu made aIMl tlle
difference amounts to less tllAN half days
business.
The, indianapolis Journal snys: "Evefy
effort Is being nude possible tn draw stock
trntfic frnn the indianapolis lines rnlis1
through Chicago. Nnt only arn snwcr rates
beinw offered by the lines leading iht0 Chi
caIO from Western lnfntS, If shippers will
forward via Chicago, hit rUats running cast
from Chicago to SECURE tho through business
give special attention To forwarding the stink
rnlidly, and 1t hcll0nyrs the officials Of lis-
uIAnapoais lines to hrstir themselves If they
expect to retain small per cent Of the bust
ness. The Boston tldIGrttacr Ut "Wednesday
Inst says: Shippers are taking II lively III
terest III tic prompt dispatch over the North
orn .roMtes TINT has been secured for llyD
stock anil meats during the past week. Tho
noticeable delivery was traltl Of fifteen ours
Of hogs that LEFT Chicago Thursday evening.
Catnbritlge after q itye days' trlp. 4 second
hight were delivered to Squire last evening.
A third lot Is now III route. which will
possibly mike Getter tilne thatl Its pretlecrs.
sDfs. 1lcsc shipments hnyU been over tho
Grand Trunk, Central Vermont, Cheshire,
nnti Fltchburg, aud have been brought nl0ng
In Il time TINT would hive been creditabe Iii
midsummer