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secret session at the Gait House, Louisville,
XIV. August 6, forty-one distillery companies
being represented. committee from the
Western Export Association was also present.
Resolutions were adopted providing for the
appointment of a committee OF seven 10 confer
with committees from other States TO have
charge OF all legislative matters and all trade
questions, and is TO bear its own expenses and
TO fiji vacancies. and that if il is found imprac
tieable Ia distribute capacity among the lead
ing States pool should Toe formed for the
purpose of limiting the production Of whisky
to the want OF trade.
Major F. A. Burke, manager Of the New
Orleans Times Democrat, has been appointed
cirectOr-general of the Worlds Industrial and
Cotton Centennial Expos ton, which viii open
in New Orleans in December, 1881. Major
Burke had twice declined the appointment al
though rendered salary of S200J0, bur finally
deferred 10 the wishes of the public. Upon his
suggestion the salary WAS reduced to $4,000
per year, and in accepting the appointment he
subscribed the amount, say $4,000, TO the stock
OF the exposition, and donated the stock to
the Agricultural and Mechanical College of
Louisiana.
The American Forestry Congress met at st.
Paul, Mimi August :. Hon. George B. Lor-
inc the president, in his annual address said
that in. Ohio Maine. New York and some other
States the acreage Of forests is increasing. In
the United States forests cover about one
fourth the whole surface a less proportion than
in the east, north and west OF Europe In the
near future the country viii have to depend
on the Gulf States for pine lumber DIR. Loring
was reelected president OF the association, and
n. ILL., EgglestOB, Of Washington, ID. C., was
elected recording secretary
Five hundred cases Of ammunition and arms,
manufactured At Springfield, Mass, were re-
comfy sent or the Pacific mail steamship Com
stock, from san Francisco 10 China. 1t is now
asserted that during the past eighteen months
regular shipments on an extensive scale have
been made 10 &. Schmidt Shanghai Dur
ing that period $4,000 Springfield rifles and
25.G00.090 cartridges in ali have been forward
ed, besides from 500 10 500 bales OF cotton duck
suitable for tents, by express by each steamer
for China The total value Of the war mate
rial approximates to S5,009000.
The free canal system gives promise of sue
cess in New York, the increase Of tonnage for
the quarter ended July 81 being 202 l64 tons,
although the canal opened three weeks earlier
last year and had a start Of 440,279 tons The
gains are chiefly on the transportation of wheat.
rye, corn and oats all Of which heretofore paid
tolls The number of canal boats has been
largely increased, and the time of transit has
been greatly reduced between Buffalo and
New York because of the abolition of the fire.
quent long waits at collection offices.
The officials of the Postal Telegraph Com
pany announce that the first few days bust
ness is exceedingly gratifying. Arrangements
for an interchange of business have been made
with the American Rapid, the Southern Tele-
graph and Bankers and Merchants. The
directors of the Bankers and Merchants Tele-
graph Company have decided to extend their
system of wires. At present their line extends
merely TO Washington. 1t is determined TO
run ten more wires to Washington and to
extend the line to Boston and TO Chicago.
The collector Of customs at Tacoma, Wash
ington Territory, with his officers, with the
assistance Of the revenue steamer Walcott
captured sloop engaged in running Chinese
across the line from British Columbia. Two
of the srnucgiers were arrested, but nine of the
Chinese passengers escaped. The collector
states that nearly 100 Cinnamon had landed at
rarious points on the northern frontier in
boats and Indian canoes within the past few
DAYS. and that he is poweTless to prevent their
landing unless his force is largely increased.
The Western Nail Association met at Pitts
burg and decided to order a general resumption
Of mills Tor period of four weeks from next
Monday, the 18th inst. The suspension of the
last four weeks has resulted IN greatly dirnin-
ishing stocks. Trade is light, but the outlook
for the fall is encouraging. The card rates re-
main unchanged
The decrease in the receipts from the inter
mai tax on tobacco for the fiscal year ended
June 30 last was S55,2S7,739 as compared with
the receipts Of the last fiscal year. This was
Que mostly TO the decrease in the tax, which
went into effect on May ]. The tobacco tax in
the aggregate yielded the immense SUN of
So, I04, 249.
The International Association of Boilermak-
ers and Iron Ship Builders concluded their an
nual meeting at Cincinnati August s. They
adopted resolution strongly iaycring the en-
forcement Of the laws for the inspection of
boilers, and suggesting that members of the
association prefer charges in case Of neglect by
inspectors.
Reports from the cotton-growing districts of
Texas show that the plant has been materially
injured by the drouth. Rain has recently
fallen in some sections, but the prospect of the
cotton yield in Texas is from twenty to
twenty-five per cent. below that OF the CORES
ponding date Of last year.
Explorations at the base of Lookout Noun.
tain, on the edge of the Tennessee River, three
miles from Chattanooga, have developed a
wonderful cave Of unknown depths At the
extreme point of exploration a very large lake
was encountered, into which the water poured
over fall $50 feet high.
The Maryland board of public works have
approved the plans for the Baltimore and
Ohio Railway bridge over the Susquehanna
River, ninety feet above tidewater, the rail
way company keeping tug at its own expense
10 assist passing vessels Work on the bridge
viii begin in few weeks.
The Barlow failure has had depressing eff
feet on business at st. Adams President
Brainard, Of the Trust Company, says that the
depositors viii not lose much, but the deposit
ors themselves are not so hopeful The last
statement OF the company showed $500, 900 in
deposits owed 10 2 100 people.
The footprints which were found near Car.
y son, Neb., that have been so much discussed
IN this country and Europe, and which were
originally pronounced by DR. darkness. Of the
Academy Of Sciences to be those Of rnaBmoths
are now stated by him, after years cEamina
ton, TO he only those Of big-footed men
The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette published
recently returns from seventy Of the thirty
eight counties OF Ohio. showing tie effect o
the Scott law. One thousand and nineteer
recognized drinking saloons ia those counties
have been closed, $3.50 paid the $500 tax, ant
1ss2 the 500 tax.
Application has been made for a charter fo
nS Harrisburg and Southwestern Railwa,
Company. Capital, S5,000,090. The road vii
be ninety miles in length, through Dauphin
Cumberland and Franklin counties Rober
Il Sayre, Of Bethlehem, Pa, is president Of tn
company.
Articles Of incorporation Of the New England
Telegraph Company have been fled in Ney
York. The capital stock is 10 be S2590o0. di
vided into 500 shares and tbs purpose Of th