The National tribune., 1883-08-09

is the Illinois Central Road system, is now
open for business to Gainesville, Tex.
The certificate of Incorporation of the Ex-
change Telegraph Company has been filed IN
New York. The line is TO run from New York
TO San Francisco touching at all intermediate
points desired. The capital stock is fixed at
81. 000. 600, In 10000 shares Of 500 each, with
provision for an increase. The eorporators are
Stephen ID. Field, Charles s. Hurd, Alex. Thain,
J. Bentley Squire, and James Z. levitt.
r. G. Dun IL Co.'S report for the week says
that business throughout the country has been
restricted. A return of confidence has been
somewhat retarded by the shoe failures in the
East. The uncertainty about telegraphing has
also tended to restrict speculative operations.
In New York iobbing business is as yet limited,
but fair autumn trade is expected.
Charles III. Ward & Co., boot and manufac-
turers of Boston and Brockton, Mass, made
an assignment TO II. (. Dickinson for the bene-
fit of their creditors, August LIST. Their iiabil-
ties are in the neighborhood of $750,000; their
assets are at present unknown. +. Shaw &
Bros. owe the firm about 100000.
Senator Tabor and others have been sued for
$4,000, 600 by Harvey T. Cutter of New York.
The allegations are that Chrysote mine was
sold TO the plaintiff by the defendants who
made fraudulent representations as to its value.
The mine is located at Leadyille. and was sold
for Sl,000000.
The cotton receipts at Norfolk Va. for the
present cotton year foot up 795,529 bales to
August Sd. and by the end Of the month, which
viii be also the end of the c,tton year, the re-
ceipts wIii doubtless reach 100000 bales, the
largest receipts within the history OF the city.
The total receipts from customs during the
month OF July last We're $50 sos, 800, as against
SIS.950,657 collected from the same source dur
ing the same month OF last year. This shows
an increase OF $685., 653 in the lrst month of the
new tariff law.
Hon. Bradley Barlow. president of the Yer
mont National Bank Of st. AlbAns, also presi-
dent Of the southwestern Railroad Company,
has failed. The bank hes closed its doors. lie
says that his embarrassment is due to unsuc-
cessful railway negotiations.
Charles W Clements, who had shoe factories
il Dover, \. H.. and in Broc1t0n, Lynn, aud
other towns Ia Massachusetts. has failed He
employed nearly 1000 hands He was asso-
ciated in business with L. Shaw, of the firm OF
+. shaw & Bros.
The treasury cattle commission, after having
thoroughly inspected all the great cattle depots
from Kansas City, No, to the seaboard, en-
platically deny the existence of the foot and
modth disease among the cattle of this country.
On the 1st inst. the Calumet Iron and Steel
Company at Chicago executed q mortgage for
100000 On what are known as the j. B.
Brown Iron Work." to A. J. Ives, for the pur-
pose Of clearing up outstanding accounts.
To enable it to extend its lines and facilities,
the New York Bankers and Merchants Te!e-
graph Company Oh the LIST inst. obtained from
the Farmers Loan and Trust Company $780,
0O0 secured by the Issue of 800 1900 bonds.
The Springvale Mil Company. of springvale
Me-, manufacturers of print cloths, is reported
TO have suspended. 1t had a paid in capital OF
100000, and was supposed TO be making
money.