The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-09-09
FLEW THE TRACK.
w. W. Walton Of Clay Center. an En-
gineer and Fireman
Seriously Scaldsd by an Engine
Jumping the Track.
Miss Blake Murdered at Her Home
in Glen Elder.
Wonderful Recovery Of Speech by a
Dumb Girl.
Increase or Trade.

NEW YORK, Sept. 6.-Ths Times says
New York merchants, jobbers and com
mission merchants are generally satisfied
picking up and shows In most cases a
very decided improvement Buyers for
fall trade have been and continue numer-
erous. and in many kinds of business
here men have to be kept very
late by their employers to pack up and
forward the goods ordered. Long
arrays of boxes and cases piled up IN
front Of business houses down town, and
awaiting their turn to be carted OF give
strong ocular demonstrations of a busy
corroborate the testimony of these mute
Witnesses. One noted feature Is an in
create of orders from the south and south
west. They are ordering from there not
only large quantities of goods but are also
demanding finer grades. Dry goods men
say the outlook for the fall trade with
them Is unusually bright in the way of
wholesale transactions. The week just
closed has been large one. Merchants
from the west and south have nearly I'm
iahed their fall buying, and only q few
were LEFT IN the CITY yesterday, their places
beiRg taken by merchants from the less
remote sections. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan, lows, Wisconsion and Mime
sofa are largely represented by mer-
chants now in the market. Almost
without exception merchants are
better outlook In business and firmer
prices of goods. Prices for general dry
goods are sufficiently firm to inspire con.
f1dence. Wholesale clothing houses re-
port business better than for several years
past. The most notable increase IN de
mand Is from the south and merchants es-
Inmates this increase at fully S3H per
cent. The demand for clothing IN the
western states Is also reported good. Boot
and shoe houses say, taking it all around,
more is dong this season than any previ-
GUS time for FIVE years. Wholesale hide
and leather trade reports business brisk at
old prices. Glassware and crockery trade
feel very comfortable over the outlook for
fall and winter. There has been no extra
ordinary demand for goods from any sec
ton, but the tendency all over is to-
ward better buying and increased con-
sumption. In the iron trade all report
business flourishIng and manufactures are
busy and there Is brisk demand and good
prices prevail. There is no indications Of
big boom, but t'big boom" said lead
ing iron man, is not wanted. When trade
is good We can keep our mills steadily
employed up TO their limit and then we
are content. That is the case now and we
have q business that is remunerative, and
We believe it has come to stay. It does
not partske OF boom character, but "a
Their is quiet and on a solvent basis It is
not to be ephemeral and pass away as
booms do az soon as they are first discov-
cred, ana the present prosperity is going
to last. Leading companies report large
inquiries for next year and at the office of
one leading mill. a director stated
hak Ill oE kbo Il
manufacturers, locomotive and general
machinery builders now have not only
enough orders booked to keep them busy
all this year, but enough as we'll to insure
! business well into 1887, and big orders
| have been refused within the last week for
rails. "The pig iron trade was never bet
| ter than now" were words used by mag
nate in that line, and other related indus
tries are reported brisk and remunerative.
working now in perfect harmony, and
there Is no cutting of rates. There seems
to be enough and more than
enough for ell TO do and large orders
| for rails have to 60 to England TO be
| filed. Railroads here are demanding
supplies faster than the crowded American
mills can turn out the products. Hard
ware will be cheap and abundant, and the
volume or business promises to be quite
as good az last year. Prices have reached
q level which dealers claim to be a. low
as..ln England. There is good prospect of q
rise, and the present state OF affairs has
put 8 check upon the production and
manufacturers say they intend to go slow.
Wholesale grocers quote trade better than
at this season in long time. The tobac-
CO and cigar business holds Its own. One
OF the most extensive dealers In watches
in Maiden Lane said that the watch and
jeWelry trade. which is the first to be af-
fected by hard times and the last to come
| up. is in better condition than for many
years. Inquiry among leading represen.
tatives OF business shows q very encour-
| aging state of things.