Little Falls transcript., 1886-01-15
dnrine the year & s7a psr.on., against

daring the year 4 ara persons, against
10, 34a in 1884. 81 ss5
@ @yS Massachuset tts' bin for caring for the in
sane during the past year was something
over 81 ,0uU, 600. s 81
The Maine Bap lists nnnabe i 9, g, 44, with
251 churches, 149 clergy yinen and 10 the
ological st,ldents. 81 M 3s ss4t si s
The Wholesale busin ,ss IN Detroit in1 1856
amounted to $lo3 800. 600, an insxease OF.
$31 239, 900 over 1854. 4
i One man in New Jersey, during the peach
season, averages $4,000 q week receipts
on shipments OF the fruit. g~=as
] Colorado's mineral output in 1SS5 was
S22, ,5O0,0 OF which $l3,OO0,oDO was
silver and SIS, 600, 900, gold. ~ ~. - "
The value OF pittsburs.property for tax
nble purposes at the close OF 1885 was
$121, ,174,714. .The tax rate is 13 mills.
Z There were $500 fires in New York city
1 in 1886. and the total loss SO, 500. 600, as
against 2ts4OG Hires with total loss Of
$3,474, SAT in 1854.
Argentine Repuplic statistics for the past
year show that the country has foreign
trade OF $14o, 900, 900 and. a domestic
traffic OF $25O,O0O, 900. 4 IL ~ -
+SSTho New York Dry Goods Chronicle says
/ there arc over 5000, 600 900 invested in
ehj uiSSocNS DuS:ticSS AZ Iuttt CatS AS
against xl4,O0O,oOo III, Chicago. ~, !.
During 1855 tho Milwaukee fire depart
tnent responded to 3l7 alarms. the total
loss ustained at the fires being 1880
639, upon which there was an insurance ot
81 ,9l9,45
The ship building interests osMaine have
bean in u depressed condition the last
year, the amount OF net tonnage having de-
creased from 4G,40l.S7 in 1881 to 23,-
O53.3S in 1885.
Report OF building improvements at LII
Crosse Tor So5, preps, red Try the sec retary
Of the board 3of trade, shows an aggregut tc
Of S779, 115, an increase over the previous
year OF over 500, 700.
i During 1885 thero arrived at Boston
from all ports 1 ,473 vessels against l Il
ItQ31, for 1884, and 10 800 for 1888! The
!, total cle;.rances lor all ports were 4. l22,
against, l4,042 in 1854, and 4,Gsl III
1883. "'' "5' - 'E ' ''Sr'
During 1856 theGs5 ii, Manufacturing es-
tablishments Of Rehlnoud, Va, employed
lG, 32O hands and capital OSLO, ,oG2,35O
The sales OF thcir products amounted to
ing yrar OF $252,5S7.
South Carolina is Justly to be congratu.
| lated over the fact that during the past five
| s'ears there has been an increase oi $25,-
| 142 eG5 in the value OF her real and per
| sonal property, Il decrease OF half g million
dollars in her public debt, and an increase
OF $40, 71S,79S, in the value OF the pro.
ductions OF The state and OF asricultu RAJ
ma clinery. ~ -"
Col. c. B. Lamborn, land commissions,
OF the Northern Pacific, reports sales o
land made by his department during tht
month nf December OF 80, 1S9 acres 10,
500 ,s73, against 29,37G acres sold during
December, 1884. The total sales for The
six IN >nths ending Dec.s 81 were 225. 18:
acres for $500, ,s4b, against 15e,4a5 acres
! for s791 ,tSA sold during the corresponding
time @f the year before.
Atthc close oI the fiscal year, ending June
so, 1885, Postmaster General Villas had tt
face a deficit in his department OF SIS, ,3S1, ,
57l. AT the end OF the fiscal year OF SS4
uuder Arthur's administration, there was
deficit OF So, 246, ,951 while for the preyi
ous year, ending June 80, 1883, there wal
q net surplus OF $1.o3l ,233. The largel,
Increased deficit which occurred last ye,
is due to the reduction in postage fron
threetto 'twocents.