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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1884-07-24
1876 Acres.

moro or I,ts. bounded North by lands OF ! ohI
a Dietrich aud Jonathan Rudy, East b'
ianls OF Samuel Wiltonmyor and othe s
South by lands of the Heirs oi JacOb Bolsnder
doc'd, Midllecreek, md Others, West by LAM
81 II. ID Gilman and Otbors, (LnOwu ~ the lshA
smith faru), wher con arc erected go7'
tgO.stOiy
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
MONEY AND STOCKS.

a Dun Day in them York Market, and
Prices Generally Lower.
NEW York, Sept q. Money easy at liza
per cent; offered at the close at II per cent
Prime mercantile paper 81 96a per cent
Sterling eashange firm; sixty days, $4.S22;
sight, $4,84A
Governments strong 8
Railways firm.
State securities steady
At the Stock Exchange to-day, the market
opened dull, and prices declined to II per
cent, Union Pacific making the greatest de
decline, selling. down to 49h on sales of a few
hundred shares The selling movement was of
short duration, for before midday speculation
was strong, with all leading shares in sharp de-
mand This was particularly true of Union
Pacific Lackawanna, Jersey Central and Pacific
Mail The first named moved steadily
to 513 and its strength impaired
buoyancy ito the remainder of the active
list The rise in Union Paeifcswas due to pur-
chases for local and New England accounts,
based on the recent report of President Adams
and seni-oficial statements that the improve
4 ment in the earnings and financial condition of
the company would warrant a resumption Of
dividends next year baekawanna was strength
ened by reports of Improvement III the iron
trade Both Union Pacific and Lackawanna
were reported to be practically cornered, and
important developments in these stocks are
looked for After P. NJ q weaker feeling pre-
vailed. Rumors were set ahoat affecting the
credit of leading trust company and several
banks Investigation tailed to confirm any of
the-reports, which were evidently. circulated for
speculative effect. The grangers were especially
weak, and dropped 3 per cent, to 89a for North
WESTERN and Il, to 49,, for st Paul.
The break in these shares led to
dechneof to. 2s per cent IN the other active
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TTIE
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
DAILY AND WEEKLY EDITIONS.
The Oldest The Largest, theBest Republican
NoWspspDrin indiana
The DAILY JOURNAL.

The indianapolis journal is better equipped
than ever in its history to serve the public.
Withda fine mechanical outfit, not excelled
anywhere, the topographic appearance and
arrangement of the paper will maintain for
the Journal the deserved reputation of being
aonesof the best printed papers in the country.
Our arrangements for the collection of news
from all parts of the world were never so com.
Iplete never involved SO large IAN outlay of I
money, while in all departments the paper is
aservedwith experienced and intelligent direc-
.tion. The JonInalis, first, a Newspaper. 1t
will give allthe news of the day, from every
quarter, with fullness; entire fairness, and so
edited as to make its columns free from inn
purities and allow them at allstimes to be read
with perfect safety by every member Of the
family. The Journal is a Republican paper,
believing in the principles and general policy
of the Republican party; but it recognizes
,thatin the work of parties there are and will
be wrongs, possibly frauds and corruptions
These the Journal proposes to beperfectly free
to criticiset and to condemn without stint but
in aspiritiand with a purpose foregood, 9hauing
a proper regard for personal rights andsreputa-
tions. And the right to make this critiSism
will be asserted and maintained without datri-
ment to the political character and standing of
| thepaper. With nodesire tosbe captious sor
fai3I ~ 49, -, g4l,o s;,4,,ot ~ III = 4
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1000 to 1s1eO lbs average so as; fair to good
native cows, So. IS adj Is; stockers and feeders
! So 500450 Market closedsweak
SheeP-Receipts to-day. 3. 400; receipts consigned
through 1onei ESQ scaf-oads on sale. Fair demand
The market was nBxettlef an lowery good,
$3 94s good to choices S415 04.25 good to4choice
Western lambs $404 so; Canada lambs So 10 Z
Hogs Receipts telay, = SEQ receiets seonsrned
through. carloads; 20 carloads on, sale he mar
ket was dull, weak and lower; good to choice York
ers, E$6'06.l5; grassers ste575D5s30; butchers
grades 90 @0,4O extra eayys rs 60sachi pigs
NEW YORK, Sept. %. --Beeves- Receipts, O20.
The market wasdul and weak; native steers sold at
$9UIlO w csgts few selections tgoingsto sa7. Is;
Texas and Colorado cattle soldat $4. IS 05s35.
SSheep and 1ianbs-Receipts, 81 100. The mar.
ket was dull and lower Sheep sold at % 05.25 P
Fcwt lambs $t.5005. Gap scwt
Hogs-Rece1pts, IL 900; market nominally dull at
$50 08s60 $scwt.
BALTIMORE, Sept. ;22.-SBeef Daftle-4 Receipts,
BIB; sales z l66. Thamarset Was slow and lower
SO so; ordinaryss$2 25M2.S5.
Hogs-ReeeiptsI q $40 There.was a fair demand;
selling at Sc. 5068-75.
Sheep and La1nbs-Receipts, 6 1916. Quotations:
Sheep, 81. 5004s5O ;.lanbs, SO. 5005s50.
EAST LIB ERTY, Sept % zaSfarlet closed
slow prices strong at l4c off from last week closing
prices Reeeipts. 1890; shipments. 2,261.
1Hogs-zSlow. Reeeipts IS. 900, shipments 8. 10Ol
Philadelphias, $3.50 D6.60 Baltimores and Yorkers
f$6.2006.S 80; grassers, 5s250575.
Sheep -Closed slow at lastweek prices. Receipts
5000; shipments !, 400.
CINCINNATI Sept % Hogs quiet; common and
light ~ 90 80 packing and butchers, = 5-25R.
60 Receipts, /, 500; shipments, as.
$50
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(INDIANA STATE JoURNAL!
Price, One D0Hltru Yeur.

The WBEKLY INDIANA SHAME ,tJ0U9NAIs
should be in the home bfseyery Republican IN
the State, and viii, befound, astwell IA sziu-
able and welcome visitor into every home,
without regard ito politics. TIE 'WErEnY,
JOURNAL is. a complete family newspaper. 1T
Especially edited, and much Of the matter ap
pearing in it is especially prepared for 'ahe
wants Of the weekly readers. It is a casn-
peudium bof the NEWS OF THE WORLD sfrtnn
all quarters; it has full and accurate market
reports; its editorials are political social sid
general; it has the news of the State and Of
the city. Its literary and miscellaneous feat
ures are of the best
THE WEEKLY JoURNAn is &nCwspape thAt
should be IN every family in Indiana and at
the price named fer.sit,t there ASA rsasonaWhy
itehould not be. Political committees cannot
do better than to see that ee6pies Of The
WEEKLY JOURNAL are placed in the hands Of
those persons in their counties who are not
now readers Of some sound Republ ieanspApsr.
The tariff question is the one issue which lis
most prominently discussed and to this he
Journal pays especial attention, advocating
the maintenance Of principle Of protection
to American industry in whatever revisionsof
the tariff laws may be made necessary in Tie
future developtne Of business and labor.
In this question the farming community is
deeply interested, and the discussions Of the
Journal will be largely directed to5the sgri-
cultural aspects of the question.
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TRADE AND 9 COMMERCE..
INpIANApot1s, Sept, %.

INpIANlAPoLIs Sept %.
The Situation in the General Merch andiies
Markets More Encouraging.
The week opens with good trade in most de-
partments, and prospects that it will continue to
impfO7e The Of the indianapolis Grocer
says he has no patience with the fellows who
are continually forecasting thunder-showers and
cyclones whose livers are so inextricably tangled
in their business views that you are unable to
read their impressions without wishing for a
dose Of sarsaparillas Buying is constant edg-
ing forward rather than series Of bold, steady
strides Stocks are not allowed to accGmulate:
the hand ;oyer-h trade is predominating.
While this checks the inclination towards insta-
bility in prices and coois the specuiative ardor,
it also gives the appearance of dullness What
has there been in the prices Of 1884 to make her
trade over anxious to own large stecksl Moth
ing. Therefore, ordinary prudence teaches CON
finued canton and rapid liquidation, It is true
that the line separating Business from fon-prof-
itableness is an attepuated divide, and thatoverf
much losses mean a complete obliteration Of this
division, yet to move right on and Face the
music is far better than cowardiy halt, or a
lngublious whine oyer the unpreventible
The teleeFaphic hdvices to Bradstreets, although
telling Of slight advaneesa at some points, again
fail TO reveal any decided Improvement ia the
general trade situation. The cooler Weather has
stimulated the demand for heavy dry goods and
rlothing. The seaboard cities send no news Of
pecial moment sayethat'at Bostona belief ap
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The English Grafn Tfade..

LONDON, Sept. o. The Mark Lane Express,
in its weekly review Of the,corn trade, says
The fine hot weather causes very favorable CON
ditions for next years crop Values have de
clined. Sales Of English wheat for the past
week, 74.I35 quarters, at 33s led, against 60 444
quarters, at AS 4d for the corresponding week
last year. In foreign trade there has been a
further decline, and values are only nominal.
Off=coast trade is confined to Australian cargoes
and American, which sold at 32s Sd. There
were tens arrivals during the week and seven
sales; two eargoes were Withdrawn, and FIVE re-
manned; fifteen cargees are now due. In London
trade is much depressed; -four is 6dlower, sand
maize very quiet Barley, sd s,lower. Oats
quiet. Beans and peas unchanged, bat steady.
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INDIANAPOLIS a1ARKETs.
COAL AND COKE.


= Antfracte coal $oog z soni llsssDarg 2
"a * Dfs Fam sslss
So Is ~ ton; crushed,scOe d3c 4Y bush; lump coke,
Hop bush. 5.s
nlt cans e oDs;o sos 81 o5
10 Peaches sogd u s0S22O9i
tS e s I * o gsE1
ssg 2 pons gSpa sspSs tai
0ys;sssrs 1poanSd t Ts 81 az AlQ AghH %
10; string beans, s505oc Lima beans S0cS$l. So;
aoSsssss; SsJS ri Fed CHERRIES eoeDdo
DRUGS
Aleonoi @zzo0z.oV; SsslIetloa S0gS9c; aiurn
s4tyoe; camPaeoE; 20 @2oe eocnneal 3VGo 2c;
9or 81 eogPsarsss p1ls
casab. genuine 39S4oc; magnesia, carb, 2-oz 80
gos9c; moqTp Il g ~ 70 noe
oil bergsnos 81 n IS & s. opium 81 5o9 75,
qa1nllne 81 g e ounce RA q 5.EySl patsaHn
abs is sgsam 4g5s saiphsF seea
gIyssEiass 2sSseS lodide p0tsss., $l.sSSl 1o
D0FS9 Ia aS 81 s s51 ~ e59e 6
coal Oi legaa sset log lRs bark 600
lossS sssss Is 2ossoc' %ineEs 65c Lard ois-No
W 1sTsf az s1p{a DC. k
Il DRY GOODS
PRrSys- Alblons solid colors, She; Aineriean
fsncy, 5laG Aliens fancy be- Aliens dark 5lac;
ashsso Gs 6epssos 81 ss sSSq Sf sss
/ Eddystone, be- gloucester, t2ci Hartel, &c; Har
mQny, DC; Hamilton, pc; Greenwich, 5t2c; Knieker
booker 542c; ~ alloryr pink. 6c Richmond. 3. es
BROWN SHEETING-Atlantic A, 714c; Boot q &c
! sAgawam n lac; BEDFORD II 5ci Augusta, Be
Boot; Al l9c ~ 12ac Rylgnt sEar
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-RealsFets.t Transters.

INSTRUMENTS fled for record In the Recorders office
of Marion Indiana. for the twentyfeur hours
lending at o'clock p. NJ, Sept. 22, 1884, as fur,
nished by Elliott s. Butler abstracters of titles room
No. 8, Etna building:
Nicholas Oarty ct al. to Ernest Merge,
e1ot 106 in McCartys subdivision of the
west part of outlet 100, in the city of
John e. West and wife to CHARLES w
Steierbergs lots SO and 81 in Dunlap s.
Tutewilers subdivision of lots 20, n,
%, %, "a and 3d. in B. F. Morris's
addition to Indianapolis --..---...-.--.- 10000
Ebenezer Sharpe and wifesto Stoughton
A. Fletcher eft al. ifots i, 2, 3, a. 5,6
rs, g. 40, IS, IA, IS, 16. II. Is. H.
as 81 So 1881 81 IS 81 ss s7 50 81 1918 gS IS
and 81 in DeyFolfs subdivision of lot
or block 81, in Albert E. and Ingram
Fletchers Oak Hill additionto Indianap-
F. M, Uhirshfnan etai to WilhelIninaa.
Mayer, part of lot32 the Cincinnati
70 Iadsnspo Si p saal',e4 1897
lot 10 in Hubbard et ais subdivision
of square 10, in the southeast addition
TO Indianapolis ......-. 1......-. .s....
William a. Bell and wife to MasthasA.
Garrard. lot A in Alpord g Co. IS subdi-
vision of Ovid Butler,s second addition
John streght and wife to William Wal. 800
lace receiver, lot "a lin DewneylsdS
Brouseis addition to the town of Irving
ton 100000
Marcus u Brown and wife to Maggie g.
Shaw lots 60 and, 69in Lockwood &
McClains southeast addition to Indian
Jacob Cob j. Tfa6b adfnisttfaBor, to Mary 1850
E. Munhall. part Of lot "a in Buffers
north addition to College Corner, i'm -
indianapolis 100000
John Norris trustee, to Ellen Monaghan,
80, Il iHdiaaSpois $50 .ssl !. 0l'i0s 5000
sConyeyanses, TO- reconsideration ~. 1888, B29.9s
/
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ElseMh b


CHICAGO Sept o. The Droysr,, 1onrna, =.
ports; Hogs Receipts, 10000; shipments. B. 500,
The market was slow; rough packing, S. 25I35 rs.
packing and shipping, $5.S516.25; light Sc. $50
81 Cattle Receipts s. $780, shipments, 1000. The
l2Ess sss5 sf ssa s sci e
$50. o@y'Ae, ~o'oVW
sheep and Lambs Receipts 2looo fsb,nTsots
500. The market was steady; inferior to fair So 80
Y sgt medium n 70 good So ordinary
70, SshoIes, VII 04 s25i Texas $2s50a38O.
NH the prpyers journal Liverpool special quotes:
lean steers at l5c v h., dressed and top sheep 1t
4, ST LOUIS, Sept 20. Receipts 400.
ia s5Kss Sas g ssSy. SSt
steers, $590Q6.3O; common TO medium, w Sa
81 15!60; Colorado steers $405; grassfed Tsaas
steers, $3.50D4.5O 35 - 49, 81
Sheep and Lambs - Receipts 2, 100; ,sb;nr,s,,.s
The market was quiet inferior to fair shear,
$2.2542, 75i medium to good SO a 81 sos eboiaa r.
sx E1 ~ GOA lambs, $S 045o Texas sheep, $40
Hogs Receipts. 1900 shipments 500 5tss
market was ctiye but lower; Workers. SIS. nacl.
ing hogs 50 400 $3.50; butchers hogs, Sc 635.
k i 81 CITY * Sept ndi
was weak NATIVE cattle Toe lower; grass Tesss
steers l5NI20c lower; export cattle $666'30; good
to choice shipping steers $56O05.s5; common e
medium, So 90 40s stockers and feeders 81 54H5.
na5lS ,o cows w $500; grass-fed Texas steers @ I'D
Hogs Receipts 700. The market "a. ,s.s
natives sold at $50. f-'Ss
Buffalo Sept. 22, Cattle 4ReceiDts ,to..da av.
Tie market was DIN and lower with 200 %
sale extra cattle Of from 400 to 500 Ms aver
age So 40 06 75i of from Il 200 to i 800 lis aver
age qo.d9i good to choice steers Of from
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2Business ofsthe Uiearins4Hankes,

BosroN; Sept %. THE following table com
pilsd from special dispatches to the Post from
leading clearing houses in the United States,
gives the clearahces for the week ended Sept
20, with the percentage of increase and de-
crease, compared with the corresponding week
1883:
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OIL CITY, Sept %. The petroleum market opened
with National Transit Company certificates at 73c;
highest pree, 73isc; lowest price Tie, and closed
at 1880. Sales to-day aggregated 6,410000 brls..
Cearances, 5,394000 brls Runs, So 229 brls.
Shipments, 49, T99 btis Charters 1896 sbrls.
Oil City Oil Exchange stock $500 per share bid; $500
asked.
PITTSBURG. Sept. 22.-The retroleum market
active but irregular; United pipeline certificates
opened at T3l4c. declined to 7lc, rallied to 1880,
and closed, at z l3lc.
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Cotton.

NEW YORK, Sept. 22.-sGotton staaJy;tSepteu-
Der, 10.36c; October 1O.lSc; November 10. l5c;
December 10.23c January, 10.34c; February,
1O.47eMarchi 10.59ci April, lot c;A4ay, 10. 85c
June, 10s97c.
MEMPHIS, Sept. 22.--Co3ton Quiet middling
Toe; receipts, 405 bales; shipments, ZIG bales;
stock sonih hand a g 40 baless sales, none.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 22.--Ootton STEADY and
unchaneed net receipts 3 800 bales; sales, ]; 800
bales stock on hand, %, 3I5 bales
GALVESTON. Sept 22.--Cottorl. stead qmidtling
97sc; receipts 1000 babes; stexports $500 bales;
stock on hand, 20 900 bales
CINCINNATI, Sept. 22.--eotton ,quiettand aun,
changed.
1014c
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pears to prevail in early Improvement IN tn
cry
nrioes Going vest cleveland complains Of the
fiat iron market, while st. Louis notes slight
Improvement ln1ran fr als
Int sends no other rood word At ST Paul
wheat has been somewhat lowered ingrades owf
.zs Io,ihJgfy py rams 6ael ~, W.
NO. Ihard IS 05c,sand at 6rand = ofsS aolc. Lis
minnesota farmers are pefSfSttn ~ titeII
t0fSell AT eSome western sspo1nlS iJne
possible ard boarding their grain Wheat
net change in, price on the week is small.
The Chicago correspondent of Bradstreets telea
graphed yesterday that the conviction is apparf
ently gaming ground luat Lne pottotu P1.oe "
WneaD mas Deen reaened. 4 ne ceal bFstQe SHOWS
no improvement, and iron Is unchanged, save as
regards the better demand reported at St l0I1lS
The iron men are waiting DEVELOPMENTS in the
coal trade The New York dry goods market
lisS eooli - ~ y j s4t 49, y :
nose- sugars are LIN sa1
are again oa .s,I, g - - ~
l,t Ia o,aia5 th
price Rtttter. Is also doing hetter and all good
sweet stock readily finds saIa at fIIIl ulotations
nv e l,,,<,o, 81 ~ = Ia1,,;sl,
Us = =. - 49, e. 1890,
S sese,, n,ee viii npobablv hold
ss,y;. !. te yra pieSS'-0 t'-eS
~ ui4,S
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.MARlsETs DE .rEnEeRAFH.
isProduce nKarkets.

/
was IN fair demand Sales ranged: September. 745s
675gsc, closed ljat T4Ssc; October, 75ds1 T6Ysc
1852 5!scs December zsls @8Ol4c, closedat 7s7sc
No z Chicago spring 74ss@75 lie, closed at 4Ssc;
No 3 do, 5605sc No, red, re; No. 3 do, e3c~ y
lots 7208oc closed at 70 1870; September II a.
| 59c; closed atF9c; October 564059sc. closed at
5Ss4c November. 4764sa4 &c, closed at 7ss 047 loc
all the yearg 40 81 closed at 40 Lei; May
1885, closed at 39ls Oats were firm and2sc higher
sales ranged; Cash lots 26 lie; heptember, 26l40
26c November 26i4 026 ssc, closed at lac all the
year 257 026lsc. closed at 26c; May, 29D295sc,e
closed atI9c kye steady at DOC. Barley was shade
lower at 69090c aFiaxseed was lower at $1:32ls.
Pork--Leng futures active; near ones. quiet. Sales
ga r. fash closed at ~ e an the yna1
$l2'0 I'll closed et l2; january; l09 ZAP,
closed az lzz0 lard was IN good demands advanced
/ .l3c Sales ranged: Cash 'I4007.45ci Septe1nber,
G0I.45c, closed ct q 35c; ovember, 72007.30c
closed at 7.20c; all the year, 2. 15c. Bulk meats
were stronger shoulders, 75c short ribs, 1O.20c;
short clear Ioc Butter was steady Eggs were firm
| at If42c whisky steady at SI.l3. Lake Freights
| Corn to Buffalo by steamer, IAc# Blu. Receipts
Flour, Is, 600 6rls: wheat, 96 600 hu corn 2S4
81, QUO bu Shienents- Flour 22,OO0 tbrls; wheat,
%, O0O By; corn 70 OOO bu; oats, I9S,0OO hu
beard: Wheat The market was fTIner SEC
Corn-The market was stronger; October and all the
gear advanced Gee November advanced 6se, May ad
vanced Asc Oats-Ihe market was hrn,s Sep telAber
i and October ADVANCED lsc Pork-The market was
sssay any maze was easler;
oSCoDel, 1880 anu ueeAiiieu
600 bbls exports 2 900 bbls; good TO choice, 1886
5I6i.extra Ohio ~ 500 .15i St. Louis, W 80 q
/ o.fo. Wheas-zSpoo lots A0liec sioyTer ,op5ens
Snd closed hsayy receipts a. OOo bu;
wv ~; 10; spEgi o5e; red 14GS4c
9ns Steamer red SS c gss
IS dosing s s5Sss SoveaSss q asa
ssss e q 10000 81 eiesRg At
q ~ nn = "a
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0Cnnee

sNEwYOEK Sept. %. Coffee-Spot lots dull and
noninalat 1O01 41ac; options qniet; sales Of $50
bags; October $780, November, 8 doc; December
S.4069.45c; january S.456 $500: February and
March, 1900 S.55cs April, 8.550 S.65e.
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Endorsements from leading authorities. med
ical and dental claim Wards Cream Of 5gli.iily
the best. TWENTY five cents Browning & Sloan.
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LIVE STOCK.
!. Indianapolis NTarI1at.

INDIAN 4roErsg Sept. l92.
CIfrEEAReeeipes 100; shipments 100 Fair sup!
ply, mostly Of butcher grades; quality only fair.
Market SLOW and sell at quotations, especially
shipping grades as the Eastern advices were dull
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RAILROAD RACKET.
PickereII's Opinion of the Pa
cific Railroads.
A CANADIAN BANK GOES UP.
PhiIanthrophists on the Indian Cues
tion-A Horrible Affair in Kansas
A Prospective Rupture.
Railroad Business.

WASHINGTON, September A.-Mr. ?.
Pickerell, of the railroad bureau, In
terror Department, has Just returned
from regular tour of inspection and
examination of the Pacific railroads.
He was accompanied by aciEilengineer,
and he has brought back an immense
amount of data, from which will be pre-
pared the annual report Of the Commits
sioner of Railroads. No figures could
be obtained from Pickerell, but in gen.
eral conversation about the condition OF
the roads, he admitted that they are not
earning as much as they did last
wear. This he ascribe6 to competition
and the consequent reduction in rates I;
but thescondition of the roads IS fairly
healthy, and the business done Is leg1tl-
mate and increasing. Although the
Central and Union Pacific have both
passed dividends, Pickerell considers
them fairly payingProperties; there are,
however, in his opEnion, too many rail-
roads in the west for the population,
and until the COUNTRY grows more, they
cannot pay very big interest ON the
money invested Concerning the Union
Pacific, Pickerell says the main line IS
earning over $4,000 per mile, the con-
.soIidated system of 1920 miles pay
ing more than operating expenses and
dividends; the branch lines, aggregating
1900 miles area drag, however, many
of them not paying expenses. Should
the branch lines not pick up, or should
they continue 80 absorb the earnings Of
the main line, the Union Pacific can at
any time, as a matter of policy, drop
them, as it owns the stock and bonds
and can dispose of them by sale. 1t
may be considered wiser, on the other
hand, to keep them, in order to ward
off opposition. The Union Pacific pro-
per is good property. The lines from
Omaha to Ogden, Kansas City to Den
yer, and Denver to the Pacific, are all
doing well.
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Bank Failure.

LONDON, ONT, September 24.-The
failure of Thomas Fawcett, private
banker, had a depressing effect in west
ern Ontario. The great portion of the
banking business Of that section has
been in the hands of private banks, and
Fawcett's was one of the largest of
these. Besides the Office in London, he
was interested in branch establishments
in Wolfe, Wyoming, Arizona, Aversion,
Millbrook, bloomsbury, Dresden, Mitch
ell, Thamesville and other places.
Fawcett said the liabilities, at rough
guess, cannot be short of 100000 or
100000. That estimate includes the
liabilities of agencies in which he is in
terested. He is satisfied the assets are
far in advance of the amounts named.
The failure, he thought, was principally
due TO the dullness of the cattle trade, in
which the different agencies were
largely interested.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-09-25
Philanthropists ON Indian Question.

PhiIanthropists ON Indian Question.
LAKE MOHAWK, n. Y, September "a.
"A conference of prominent philan-
thropists interested in the Indian ques-
ton opened this morning and will con-
tinue in session three days. General
Clinton B. Fisk, of New York, was APP
pointed president and Herbert Welsh,
of Philadelphia, secretary. The confer
ence will consider the question of cit
zenship as the solution of the Indian
problem, including capacity of the In
dams for progress and education; also
the benefits of granting lands in
severalty. The speakers were Captain
Pratt, of Carlisle Barracks, and General
MilrOy, superintendent of the agencies
in Washington Territory.