The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-08-03
THE WEEKS NEWS.
TUESDAY, JULY 80.

TUESDAY. JULY 80.
The TIMES HERALD of this city says:
Every indication points to heavier
volume of trade this coming fall than
has been known for several years. In
many respects the conditions resemble
those of 1879, after the restoration of
specie payment, and the awakening from
the long business depression that sue
ceeded the panic of 1873.
1t was not until the first half of 1879
had passed that the impetus caused by
the return to sound monetary system
began to be felt. One after another
mills and furnaces opened up, trade be-
came lively and railroad extension and
building commenced. New enterprises
we're entered upon and the hum of in
dustry, low at first, kept on increasing
until by the close of the year every Sec
ton of the Union was smiling in plenty.
With the opening of 1880 every bust
ness activity was alert and moving, and,
despite the Presidential election then
coming on, veritable boom took place
in the summer and fall, and before the
close of 1880 an unparalleled era OF pros
perity spread over the entire land.
Such an era is manifestly at hand
again, for the signs and portents are the
same as appeared in 1879. Nor do we
want to run the chance Of being disap-
pointed by the interference of a long
Presidential campaign next year. Let
the politicians make it short and not
disturb the public mind. nov intent on
good times, by diverting it to politics.
The first two autumn months will be
ample and more than ample for that
purpose. Let nothing be done to mar
the return of piping times and roar
ing trade.
The Secretary of the Navy has ap-
proved the report of the Board of Con-
struction on the two new battleships
and directed that the preparation OF
plans begin at once. The Secretary left
Washington Friday on the Dolphin. on
his tour Of inspection of the North At
lantic station. After inspecting the
Norfolk yard he will leave for New York,
which he expects to reach by Monday.
A MOBILE, Alabama, despatch says
that the British steamer Strathgyle
cleared from Scranton, Mississippi with
100000 superficial feet Of lumber in the
shape of deals for Rotterdam. Barring
the Great Eastern's cargo of deals out Of
Montreal number of years ago, the
Strathgyles is the largest cargo Of lum-
Der or timber ever carried out of any
port of North America"
REPORTS received by the Santa Fe
Railroad officials in Topeka on Thurs
day state that the Arkansas river is
rapidly rising and that many miles of
track in Western Kansas and in Colorado
are under water. A rain storm in Ell
Paso county, Texas, on Wednesday even
ing caused food which washed away
three miles of the track of the Southern
Pacific Railway, several bridges and other
property.
CARDINAL GIBBONS is annoyed and in
dignant at the false and misleading &C.
counts of his interviews with the Pope
printed in certain American journals.
THE Postmasters at Syracuse, New
York, Toledo, Ohio and indianapolis
have been instructed to suspend or dis
miss certain letter carriers. The car
riers are charged with drinking and
lettering while on duty.
THE State Department has advised the
President of the American Humane So
ciety that there is no ground on which
it can interfere to prevent the proposed
"bull fights" at the Atlanta Exposition
and that if such bull fights are viola.
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duty of the State authorities to act,
The business section of Ottumwa,
Iowa, was swept by fire early yesterday
morning. Ten buildings, including the
Bank of Melrose, were entirely destroyed.
The total loss will reach nearly S75, 600.
A despatch from Saginaw, Mich, says
that the smoke from forest fires in that
vicinity is so dense that objects cannot
be seen two blocks away. A rain on
Wednesday checked the flames some.
what.
SECRETARY MORTON on Friday last
issued an order abolishing the seed d.
vision of the Agricultural Department,
to take effect October l.
The Union Steel Mills at Bridgeport,
Chicago. which closed down in 1892,
were started on Thursday, employing
1.400 men in the manufacture of steel
rails.
A COURIER who arrived at Market
Lake. Idaho Friday evening. reported
that all the settlers in jackson Hole,
Colo, had been killed by the Indians.