The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-01-05

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i.a sFLCsR TINES IN FRDC0.t lis
Prices Tha& prevailed Ia
the Early t:old MiatsE Days
i5 -ll . d li-iS@f't'-t S3 ast
The California BAncrott, II his hia-
ory 1t the Golden State, elves ahsi
lb'sowtoe specimens OF prices In ''the
tays Of - :" a man would pay $500
for hotse worth ~ \ snonth hsfUse,
ride II to the next camp, turn II loose
and buy subtaef when oe neet.edl one,
provtdsd Ae could. acrsps tom Athsi
ground the coat of, tbs anIunat WorO{
easily than be coula psy lfar the ised}
Of one for . weak or two. Agsis, ~ ~
reiated that on the T9lsre e3aaas aoI
emtgrant sold his cart aud = pale So1l
oxen to 4 French man Tor $gOO. The
gold WAS weighed 10 inprOs isad eceioe,
and the emiyrsnt isnclsd the Efsoch.
man was cheating ntua, but satd aosh.
ing. On reaching Suffers Fort bel
weighed the gotd SRsiu, and found ls|
worth $1,000. - o'is ',-' ''R'" 'ss'- -'SsN
O! articles IL costlu~al requsSt, 6aass
are reported Of .aour at 39O0 D hareoi
aud OF sugar. cof1essnd pofk ato4ooNr1
the same bulk. 4 spiok, shower, tln|
pan, pair Of boots, btaoksts end . gai.
lon Of whisky brought @iW eacn.
Eggs were s eaes drses ID hVssd1
form. 81 drop j; ptils. el each = dos.
.o,'s visit. 800, or 80, or sothine !: y
cooke wsges, 3s5 : day; ths' sire % .
wagon and team, $50 6sy.;; the hiys
Of \ rocker. $50 day. a bog o.
sardines In l848 cost AS Cottna StOve'
SIG pound OF hard bread, 81 /; = bot>
tie Of ale, IS; total, e26 Tor ncdssAts
luncheou. p, .'"' E"1'.
Now for ths resultant prices even In
the great market and pott Of entry,
San Francisco-this, too, although icod
wss abundant at the sources OF sopply,
the cost accrutug mainly from tho
difficulty OF conveying Il. AZ che
City Hotel you paid d for : uaeai con.
slstine Of email slice OF hoiled bssi,
indifferent bread aud wosss oo0se.
Now and then a guest, would boy .
potato for tw snty. i've cents. AZ
Wards Ho,ei . plats Of JuiisnWs soup
cos, 81, an olDs'et %. ~ ward's The
price of q room, without board, was
$3.50 y week for one ol q dozen or 6isy
hunks in lodging room goa nigh,
have to pay $50 weekly. 'tuH t'a ~
omces aud stores wSts isasael 'vei
sums ranging as high ss $1,000 4 month
A cellar twelve feet square could b
had for a law once AZ t260 . nonta
for desk room OF ave fset 81 TIE end d
Ia counter the price was 500. a mod
crate charge for bosrd and IodGGse
the humblest kind W0s $50 d month
On the other hand, The pficls Of win,
we're low compared With tAeSs OF took
aud mstt ifquors, oMisk TO iares I'm
portatious. Thus. oittoseh aie, porte
and cider were quotsd at 42 = bottls
claret, sherry and Madeira stood u "
g and "a respectively, white csaus
pint bottles ut t6 50 aad 81 S. Whisk!
and brandy wsro very Tow - Nsf'
rsisins Gnd ci0Ars. 'l' s3" .''' .' '''
1 Naturally the riss In tbs waiae q
San Francisco real estate would b
analogous. More than sas instance
recorded OF property selling at $4,000
or more which two yssrs agof cost 81
or sic. To satier nsmsd Hicks ID
gold excitement recallsd the uawitiin
purchase in YesbA Bussa Of q Il
] which, on coming back Ia as4o, h
found worth fortune. Hts sou col
half Of II some years later for nearly
quarter Of million. There ID aaothe
story ofa lot sold for $4,000 wAic
1.-Two years saslise had tssa bartarsd e
10 barrel Of whisky. Some iutsvastts
data bearing On the tniidiAE ct Sd
!. Francisco arc presented In TIM stat
men, OF n. r. Williams, whe opGas
q carpsnts1'a q shop ls l849. u Moves
lber Of that year hs paid $t2 Z 1ny
. any one who could hsudte 40 (
: hammer. Buildings now eosiinR 1G6l
were then contracted Tor At t2l,00
The coat even Of Sidewalks ana1 [
; inferred from the fact that one IL
from MontEomery street to, the M
, steamer ONCE wss made OF boxee
first class Virginia tobacco, contaiait
100 pounds escb, that could have bst
g sold for IS cents pound. Tobacco {
e. boxes) was found to be the cbsApt
foundation for email byiidiDgs. Son
q Chit beans sunk for crossint {
Broadway would have made . foriu,
for the owner few wesks later.
4. The nero OF fhe HANNA.