The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-08
NEWS SUMMARY.
Good Times Are Coming-Increascd
Activity Reported in the Great
Commercial Industries.

NEW YORK, Sept. 27.-The World
says: The long period of depression
in business seems now to be giving
way to one of prosperity. Merchants
and general tradesmen agree that the
prospects of the fall trade are very
bright. There is no boom, but steady,
healthy growth. Every one sees indi-
cations of better times. 1t is the uni
versal opinion in commercial and
financial circles that not only is the
present condition of business better
than it has been for q number of years
past, but that the future is of greater
promise than for long past.
The hustle and activity in the dry
goods district is apparent to all who
visit that part of the city. That trade
is generally the first to feel the good
times. Big jobbing and commission
houses are lighted up at night, and the
sidewalks are numbered with bales and
boxes. Far INTO the night men pack
goods for shipment. The streets in
that district are lined at night with
trucks piled high with merchandise
and covered with tarpaulins, ready to
be started at daybreak for the steam
ship wharves and railroad shipping
offices.
Confidence has been restored among
investors, and new enterprises are be-
ing promoted in Wall street. The bank
ing institutions are encouraged, and
holders of railroad securities are de-
lighted by the increased earnings of
the lines of freight, which clearly
shows that goods are being imported
everywhere in large quantities.
Iron has advanced in price in the
face OF the largest production ever
Hn inn 1nit ics
mainly confined 10 1.-The Swamp and
the leather trade has felt the effect of
the business growth only in the extent
of its sales. Tanners lament that they
are doing business at loss.
Special dispatches from Philadel-
phia, Boston, Cincinnati, New Orleans,
st. Louis, and Atlanta report general
business revival, with the prospect of
q fine fall and winter trade. San Fran
cisco alone reports trade stagnant and
business somewhat depressed
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Sept. 2S.-A
slight earthquake shock was felt here
at 5:O2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, &C
companied by loud, rumbling sound.
The shock lasted about two seconds.
Houses were shaken perceptibly, and q
number of persons rushed into the
streets. No damage was done beyond
the falling of loose plastering. The
same shock was also felt at Augusta
and Savannah, Ga, Summerville,,
Orangeburg. Camden, Graniteyille,
Hopkins, Kingville, and Ten-Mile
Hill.
The work of the relief committee is
progressing favorably. DR.. j. b. Hub
bell, general field officer, and Miss
Olive Burton, president of the Nation
al Red Cross society. arrived in
Charleston to-day to see whether it is
necessary to enlist further aid from
the various Red Cross societies of the
United States. They bring message
to Mayor Courtenay from Mayor
Carter Harrison of Chicago saying
that the contribution received from
subscription that will be made by Chi
cago, but that the citizens of that
place are organizing a movement by
which the best results will be obtained,
and that Chicago will yet be heard
from.
WILMINGTON, N. c., Sept. g.
Earthquake shocks were felt ut Smith.
vile, on the coast at the mouth OF
Cape Fear river at 1l:30 o'clock last
night and 1850 a. m. yesterday.
CHARLESTON, s. c., Sept. 29.-At
two minutes past / o'clock yesterday
afternoon there was sharp shock OF
earthquake, accompanied by a detona-
tion and very perceptible vibration.
No injury was done to person or prop
erty. The direction OF the wave was
from north to south. The duration
was about one and a half seconds. AT
1:5S there was another shock, this time
q sharp one. 1t was accompanied
by the usual rumbling noise. The
shock was violent enough to shake
buildings and caused many people to
rush out into the streets. The con-
tinuation of these shocks on the eve OF
moralizing effect on the people here,
and many will sleep in the open air to-
night. The shock in the afternoon
lasted six or eight seconds, but it seems