The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19
GOOD TIMES COMING.

Saltwater, Dec 12-David Bronson,
the assignee of the Schulenber
Boeckeler Lumber Company for this
state, in schedule, places the total
| liabilities at 1925, 500. and the assets in
| the state SAG, SO. The bulk Of as
| sets are situated in st. Louis, Mo-,
and other states. No estimate Of the
| total ass cts is given.
Quanah, Texas, Dec. 12.-Last night
at 10 o'clock the City National Bank
| of Quanah posted notices on its doors,
| signed by the directors, announcing a
| suspension.
Fertile Journal: A good span of
young horses with harnesses were sold
on our street Monday for $50. The
same team sold two years ago for over
$500.
70 the Editor:
In looking over my chattle mortgage
record, l find that | have filed more
chattle mortgages in the last two
before. / cannot imagine what the
end will be. HANS LUNDE.
Town Clerk of Stanchfield, Isanti Co.
The building and loan society of
Loveland on Long Island is the ateSt
defaulter. The disease is spreading,
and the worst Of it is that all cases
are not promptly reported.
The Esterly Harvester Company, of
Minneapolis. made an assignment on
Saturday last.
Slater, Mo-, Dec 1.-THE Citizens
Stock bank, capitalized at 100000,
closed today and is in the hands of c.
p Storts assignee. Joseph Field,
cashier Of the institution, also made
an assignment for the benefit of his
creditors. The failure is bad one.
One hundred and fifty clothing con-
tractors have shut down, locking out
1900 taiors. 1t is thought that this
will result in other contractors shut
ting down until 5000 men are thrown
out of work. The object Of the lock-
out is to force the tailors to return to
the piecework system.
Northwestern Farmer: A Chicago
man has contract to furnish lot Of
horses for the German army, and
picked up a carload of them in Iowa
Most of this lot were gray, sound as a
| nut, strong and shapely. In little
| earlier time such horses were valued
| at $50, but the carload bought aver
aged only So per head.
ST. Joseph, Mo-, 1.-THE CONNER
| cial bank, of which Col. n. P. Ogden is
president, went into the hand of Ar
thur kirkpatrick as assignee tonight.
A meeting of the directors was held
late tonight, at which it was decided,
in view of the recent heavy losses, to
go into liquidation. The capital stock
which is 1925, 900, was impai, ed to the
extent of one-half, and as the banks
has been losing money from the start
the step was deemed advisable. The
liabilities are $4,000 assets $325,0CO.
ST. Joseph, Mo-, Dec. 1.-THE Com
mercial Bank went into the hands of
Arthur Kirkpatrick tonight, he being
selected as assignee. The capital is
| 1926, 900 and by late losses on loans has
been impaired. The directors have
decided it would be more profitable to
close now than to make the deficit
| good The assets are $225,O0O, and
liabilities 100000, principally being
due depositors.
Not since July, when the railroad
strike was in progress, has the Mime
| apolis flour output run down so low as
| it did last week, says the Miller. Only
! Ia, 225 barrels-or 25,7N barrels daily
were ground. This week three more
mills, representing 5000 barrels daily,
are down, and Wednesday. 10 In orera-