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$2,014,154,853 18 $12,340,584 94
Total debt, principal and interest to date,
including interest due and unpaid... $2,026,495,438 12

AMOUNT IN TREASURY.

Interest due and unpaid......
Debt on which interest has ceased..
Interest thereon......

U. S. notes held for redemption of cer-
tificates of deposit.

Cash balance available November 1,1881

the line. These were the sounds gathered in by the induction of the grounded wire. The click of telegraphic instruments could be plainly heard, while the buzzing and whirring sounds made the operation of the wire anything but satisfactory. The telegraphic clicking sounds came by induction from the Western Union and other poles forty feet away, to the wire buried four feet under the stones in the street. The messages could hardly be read, owing to the back strokes of the instruments. The other telephone connected with a solenoid wire, used in its proper way with the metallic circuit. was then tested. When the receiver was placed to the ear not a sound could be heard except the voice, clear and distinct, of the person talking into the transmitter. The slightest whisper was distinctly audible, and conversstion could be carried on with the greatest ease.

The Coal Trade.

$2,041,671 15 13,746,305 26 833,955 93 The leading coal carrying companies make 71,535,590 00 the following reports of their tonnage for the 8,311,000 00 week ending October 29, and for the year to 144,493,448 88 same date, compared with their respective $240,960,971 22 Debt, less am't in Treas'y Nov. 1, 1881...$1,785,534,466 90 amounts carried to the same date last year: Debt, less am't in Treasury Oct. 1, 1881.. 1,798,855,925 77 Decrease of debt during the month..... $13,321,458 87 Decrease of debt since June 30, 1881.... $55,064,345 08 BONDS ISSUED TO THE PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANIES,-NI TEREST PAYABLE IN LAWFUL MONEY.

DEBT ON WHICH INTEREST HAS CEASED SINCE MATURITY.

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Gold and silver certificates.

5 per cent. Mexican indemnity stock, 1846..

6 per cent. bonds, 1847..

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6 per cent. bounty land scrip, 1847

5 per cent. Texas indemnity bonds, 1850..

5 per cent. bonds, of 1858..

5 per cent. bonds, of 1860..

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6 per cent. Consol. bonds, 1865, called.

6 per cent. Consol. bonds, 1867, called..

per cent. Consol. bonds, 1868, called..

6 per cent. loan, Feb. 8, 1861, matured Dec. 31, 1880..

6 per cent. funded loan 1881, called..

Oregon War Debt, March 2, 1881, matured July 1, 1881. 6 per cent loan of July 17 and Aug. 5, 1861, matured June 30, 1881..

6 per cent. loan of March 3, 1863, matured June 30, 1881.

- 1-10 to 6 per cent. Treasury notes, prior to 1846........ 1-10 to 6 per cent. Treasury notes, 1846..

5 per cent. 1 year notes,1863.. 5 per cent. 2 year notes, 1863. 6 per ct. compound interest notes, 1863-64..

7 3-10 per cent. 3 years' Treasury notes, 1864-65..

6 per cent. certificates of indebtedness, 1862-63..

4 to 6 per cent. temporary loan, 1864..

8 per cent. certificates, called.

Aggregated of debt on which Interest has ceased since maturity...

16,300 00
43,605 00
35,250 00

7,084 50

Totals..

32,000 00
39,411 20
32,566 40

1,600,000 00
1,970,560 00
1,628,320 00
$64,623,512 00 $1,292,470 24
Interest paid by the United States, $51,467,272 02; in-
terest repaid by transportation of mails, &c., $14,662,-
941 06; interest repaid by cash payments: 5 per cent.
net earnings, $655,198 87; balance of interest paid by
67,198 50 United States, $36,149,132 09.
The foregoing is a correct statement of the public
21,822 00 debt, as appears from the books and Treasurer's returns
in the Department at the close of business, October
2,668 06 31, 1881.
Acting Secretary of the Treasury.
206 00
57 00

99.00 364 50

1,104 43
2,192 35

1,784 80 226,920 00 46,290 11 4,869 71 253 48

H. F. FRENCH,

Testing Underground Wires.

Reading Railroad..
Schuylkill Canal.
Lehigh Valley..
Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western.
Shamokin

Central R. R. of New Jersey
United R. R. of New Jersey
Pennsylvania Coal....
Delaware and Hudson Canal
Huntingdon and Broad Top
Mountain.

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The total tonnage of anthracite coal from all the regions for the week ending Oct. 29, as reported by the several carrying companies, amounted to 689,636 tons, against 661,859 tons in the corresponding week last year, an increase of 27,777 tons. The total amount of anthracite mined for the year is 23,174,957 tons, against 19,181,551 tons for the same period last year, an increase of 3,993,406 tons. The quantity of bituminous coal sent to market for the week amounted to 51,054 tons, against 60,428 tons in the corresponding week of last year, a decrease of 9,347 tons. The total amount of bitaA successful test was recently made of the minous mined for the year is 4,069,594 tons, workings of the National Underground Electric against 3,559,474 tons for the corresponding Company's new line in Market Street, Phila-period last year, an increase of 510,120 tons. delphia, in the presence of a large number of The total tonnage of all kinds of coal for the Philadelphia, Chicago and New York capital-week is 740,699 tons, against 722,287 tons in ists. Three telegraphic and two telephonic corresponding week last year, an increase of instruments were in connection with similar 18,403 tons, and the total tonnage for the coal 244 19 instruments in distant buildings, and an elec- year is 27,244,551 tons, against 22,741,025 tons. tric lamp was in connection with a dynamo-elec- same date last year, an increase of 4,503,525 tric machine across the street. The telegraphic tons. The quantity of coal and coke carried over $13,746,305 26 $833,955 93 instruments and one telephonic instrument the Pennsylvania Railroad for the week endwere connected with solenoid wires, and the ing October 29 was 187,632 tons, of which other telephone with the ordinary ground-cur- 144,306 tons were coal and 43,326 tons coke. rent wire as used in the present system of air The total tonnage for the year thus far has been lines. In the experiments, a cable, doubled so 7,414,367 tons, of which 5,478,759 tons were as to represent a straight length of two and coal and 1,965,608 tons coke. These figures one-half miles, was used. The experiments embrace all the coal and coke carried over the with the telephones were more interesting. A road east and west. The shipments of bitusolenoid wire used as an ordinary wire, with minous coal from the mines of the Cumberlan the ends grounded, connected one of the tele-coal region during the week ended October ous sounds could be heard in addition date 1,757,104 tons, a decrease of 13,90 When the receiver was held to the 29 were 46,877 tons, and for the year to that

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last year. The coal was carried to tidewater as Appeals has sustained this judgment with costs 708.05; increase, $5,015. From January 1, to follows: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad-week, in a decision just handed down.

31,347 tons; year, 1,126,769 tons; increase compared with 1880, 73,428 tons; Chesapeake and Ohio Canal-week, 11,075 tons; year, 397,935 tons; decrease compared with 1880, 131,714 tons. Pennsylvania Railroad-week, 4,263 tons; year, 230,662 tons; increase compared with 1880, 42,347 tons. The coal was brought from the mines as follows: Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad—week, 37,501 tons; year, 1,546,851 tons. George's Creek and Cumberland Railroad-week, 6,745 tons; year, 146,434 tons; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad-week, 1,716 tons;

Freling H. Smith appeared as counsel for the
plaintiff and Thomas W. Osborn for the defend-
ant.

Cincinnati Iron Market.
OFFICE OF E. L. HARPER & Co.

Cincinnati, Nov. 8, 1881.
We are having a very active demand for
nearly all grades and the market closes firm
at the qnotations given below. The mills have
all started.

The Swifts Iron and Steel Works are running both their mills at Newport and also the mill at Riverside employing 700 men and running double turn. They report plenty of orders at good prices. We quote as follows:

year, 57,523 tons. West Virginia Central and
Pittsburg Railway-week, 547 tons, its first
business. The Reading Railroad shipment for
last week, ending November 5, was 173,000
tons, of which 40,000 tons were sent to and
39,500 tons shipped from Port Richmond, and
16,000 tons sent to and 15,800 tons shipped Hanging Rock Charcoal....
from Elizabethport.-Phil. Ledger, Nov. 7.

FOUNDRY.

Strong Neutral Coke.....
American Scotch....

Liability of Railroad Company for Extra Neutral Coke........

Baggage.

In April, 1873, John A. Millard, Jr., bought a ticket at St. Louis, Mo., for Dennison, Texas, over the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad. He had with him a valise, containing his personal baggage, and two trunks filled with electrical apparatus. The baggage-master at St. Louis refused to check all the luggage without extra compensation, because it exceeded the prescribed weight. Mr. Millard then informed him of the nature of the contents of the trunks and paid the charge for the overweight, and checks were given him for the valise and trunks, which were then put aboard the train. On the following day they were destroyed by fire while in the company's possession on the route. Mr. Millard brought suit in the Supreme Court to recover for all of his property destroyed as baggage. The Court gave him judgment for the value of the valise and its contents and for the two trunks, but excluded proof of their contents on the ground that they did not come within the description of baggage.

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THE earnings of .the Norfolk and Western
Railroad for the month of October, 1881, were
$241,672.90, against $235,909.95 for the month
of October, 1880, an increase of $5,762.75. For
the six months ending October 31, 1881, the
earnings were $1,139,100.08; for the correspond-
ing period of the previous year, $1,036,058.95,
an increase of $103,041.13.

and Manitoba Railway for the week ending
THE earnings of the St. Paul, Minneapolis
October 31, 1881, were $184,676.09, against
$118,186.54 for the same week in 1880, an in-
ber, 1881, the earnings were $605,703.74, and
crease of $66,489,55. For the month of Octo-
for the month of October, 1880, $345,056.98, an
increase of $260,650.76. For the ten months
ending October 31, 1881, the earnings were
$3,842,167.11, against $2,561,915.12 for the cor-
responding period of 1880, an increase of $1,-
280,251.99.

The defendant paid the judgment, and Mr. Millard then began another action in the same court against the defendant to recover the value of the electrical apparatus contained in the trunks. The railroad company defended on THE earnings of the Chicago and Northwestthe ground that there was only one contract to ern Railway for the month ending October 31, carry the baggage and electrical apparatus and 1881, were $721,833.21, against $717.417.39 for that the recovery in the former suit was a bar the same week in 1880, an increase of $4,415. to this action. It insisted also that Mr. Mil- 82. For the month of October, 1881, the earnings were $2,305,703.12, against $2,105,216.73

October 31, 1881, $1,522,984.95; corresponding
period in 1880, $1,219,878.65-increase, $231,-
106.30.

The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers.

FROM the address of Mr. P. M. Arthur, Grand Chief Engineer of the International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers of the United States and Canada, delivered before that body while recently in session at Baltimore, we learn some interesting facts with regard to the aims and work of the association over which he presides. There have been thirteen new "divisions" of the brotherhood established during the past year, so that the total number of divisions at present is 191. At the close of the last fiscal year (September 30, 1880) there were 2,203 members. During the year now ended there were 35 deaths and 112 forfeitures of membership, but the brotherhood at present numbers 2,654, a a gain of 304 over last year. Thirty-four claims, amounting to $77,814.78, have been paid in the last 12 months, and the total amount paid to widows and orphans since the establishment of the Association is $1,178,888,33.

The object of the association is to look after the interests of its members as employees, and guard them against errors. It is of a beneficial character. There have been added to some of the divisions relief associations, paying a stipulated sum weekly to members in case of sickness or disability. To encourage habits of thrift is one of the Brotherhood's having a circulation of nine thousand. The chief objects. A monthly journal is published Grand Chief Engineer protests against the severe tests for color-blindness applied by the States, and thinks they indicate "a deep-laid Connecticut and Massachusetts boards of examiners to locomotive engineers of those scheme to enrich themselves at the expense of railroad men." The Connecticut tests have, however, been repealed.

Another alleged grievance is the growing system of compelling engineers to pay for the breakage of buffers, drawheads, etc., a thing incident necessarily, it is thought, to all railroading.

The Bicycle and its Rights. In his forthcoming new edition of his work "The on Highways, Mr. Cook says of bicycles : use of the bicycle as a means of travel is so recent that in this State there is as yet no adjudication as to the rights of travelers employing it upon the highway. In England it has lard could not recover for the loss of his trunks for the month of October, 1880, an increase of highway at such a pace as to be dangerous been held that one riding a bicycle on the and that the trunks were not baggage if their $200,486.39. From June 1 to October 31, 1881, the earnings were $11,203,016.03, against $9,264,262.62 for the corresponding five months of

in one action and for their contents in another,

contents were not.
The Court held that there
were two distinct contracts-one to carry
the
baggage implied from the purchase of the ticket,
and the other to carry the electrical apparatus
as special baggage or freight for which the
company demanded and received compensa-
tion; that the judgment in the first action was
no bar to this, as Mr. Millard there sought to
recover for baggage only, and if the recovery
included items not covered by that term, the
defendant's remedy was by appeal in that ac-
tion. The Court gave Mr. Millard judgment
for the full amount claimed. The Court of

1880, an increase of $1,938,753.41.

to passers by may be convicted of furiously driving a carriage, under a statute forbidding such an act. Taylor vs. Goodwin, L. R., 4 Q. B. D., 228. The right to use a bicycle in a proper manner on the highway was not quesTHE earnings of the Denver and Rio Grande tioned in the case, and the Court by its decisRailway for the week ending October 31, 1881, ion indirectly admits such right. In the abwere $207,521.27; same week last year, $152.973 17—increase. $54,548.08. For the month of them, riders of bicycles would seem to have sence of any legislative enactment forbidding October, 1881, the earnings were $665,686.78, the same right upon highways as those using against $473,317.81 for the month of October, any other vehicles, and the validity of any mu1880, an increase of $192,368.97. nicipal ordinance prohibiting the use of bicyTHE earnings of the Flint and Pere Mar-cles in those parts of the public streets where quette Railway for the last ten days in October, carriages may go would be very doubtful." 1881, were $54,723.05; same time in 1880, $49,- Albany Law Journal.

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Baltimore Stock Exchange.

Closing Prices for the Week Ending Nov. 8.

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London Stock Exchange.

By referring to the usual monthly statement of the imports of foreign dry goods at this port, it will be seen that the total for October is $1,328,812 more than for October last year; $1,582,071 more than for the same month in 1879, and $3,132,376 more than in 1878. For the ten months ending with October the total is $96,299,082 against $107,930,754 for the same time last year, $70,029,458 in 1879, and $65,188,037 in 1878.

The Treasury Department at Washington gives notice that on each Wednesday of the present month, commencing with the 9th inst., and until otherwise ordered, the Assistant Treasurer at New York will redeem at par and accrued interest any uncalled 6s or 58 extended at 3 per cent to an amount not exceeding $2,000,000, on each day mentioned. The only bonds offered under this programme on Wednesday last were a lot of $2,550 extended sixes, which were taken at par and accrued interest, 1011 the market price being 1011@1013.

94@ and 95, and guilders, 393@11-16 and 40. Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans, 86; do. The Minnesota Refunding Act recently pass-consol., 114; Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, ed provides for the issue of new bonds in place Chicago and Pacific div. 1st, 98; do. Southern of the old ones at a rate of interest not to exceed Minnesota div. 1st, 107; Cleveland, Columbus, five per cent. Cincinnati and Indianapolis consol., 123; CoThe British Board of Trade returns for Oc-lumbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Income, tober show an increase in the value of exports 71; Denver and Rio Grande, 86; do. 1st, 1144; of £2,539,021, and an increase in the value of do. 1st consol., 108; Danbury and Norwalk, imports of £3,871,253, as compared with Octo- 70; Denver, South Park and Pacific 1st, 104; ber, 1880. Delaware and Hudson 1st, Penn. div., 128; East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia, 16; do. pref., 283; do. inc., 55; Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe 1st, 107; Houston and Texas Central 1st, Western div., 1102; Hannibal and Central Missouri 1st, M. L., 110; International and Gt. Northern 1st, 1071; Indianapolis, Decatur and Springfield, 1st, 104; do. 2d inc., 72; Indiana, Bloomington and Western, 523; do. 1st, 91; do. 2d, 82; Kansas Pacific 1st consol., 105; do. 6s, J. & D., 1896, 113; do. 6s, Denver Div. ass., 109; Keokuk and Des Moines, 194; Lehigh and Wilkesbarre consol, ass., 110; Long Island, 55; Lake Shore Dividend bonds, 123; Lake Erie and Western, 47; do. 1st, Sandusky div., 100; Louisville, New Albany and Chicago, 71; do. 1st, 104; Louisville and Nashville Cecilian Branch 1st, 108; do. St. Louis div., 55; do. gen'l mort. 6s, 105; Lafayette, Bloomington and Muncie 1st, 1043; Manhattan Beach, 223; Mobile and Ohio, 383; do. 1st deben., 98; do. 24 deben., 72§; do. new mort., 113; Missouri, Kansas and Texas, 444; do. consol., 7s, 107; do. 2d, The closing quotations on Thursday were: 803; do. 6s, 90; Missouri Pacific, 106; do. 1st American District Telegraph, 50@55; Chicago, consol., 104; Memphis and Charleston, 76; MilBurlington and Quincy, 1433@144; Canada waukee, Lake Shore and Western, 52; do. 1st. Southern, 648@643; Chicago and Northwest- 103; Milwaukee and Northern, 39; Metropolitan ern, 1293@1293; do. pref., 1431@1433; Chicago Elevated 2d, 91; Michigan Central 5s, 971; and Alton, 133@134); Central of New Jer-Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis, 844; do. sey, 971@973; Chicago and Rock Island, 135@ 6s, 117; New York, Ontario and Western, 331; 1353; Central Pacific, 961@96§; Chicago, Mil- New Orleans Pacific 1st, 93; Northern Pacific waukee and St. Paul, 109@1093; do. pref., 1st, 1034; New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio 1221@1223; Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati Inc., 53; Ohio Central, 27; do. 1st, 1001; do. and Indianapolis, 931@934; Columbus, Chi-inc., 52; Ohio Southern, 26; do. 1st, 944; do. cago and Indiana Central, 213@22; Delaware inc., 49; Oregon Railway and Nav., 169; do. and Hudson Canal, 110g@1103; Delaware, Lack- 1st, 110; Ohio and Mississippi, Springfield div. 341⁄2 351⁄2 awanna and Western, 1281@128); Hannibal 1st, 117; Peoria, Decatur and Evansville, 43; and St. Joseph, 964@963; do. pref., 114@1141; Illinois Central, 1253@125g; Lake Erie and Western, 464@47; Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, 1223@1221; Metropolitan Elevated, 102; do. inc., 41; Richmond and Danville, 100@101; Manhattan Elevated, 573@57; Michigan Central, 951@953; New York Elevated, 109@1093; New York, Lake Erie and Western, 471@47; do. pref., 923@93; New York Central and Hudson River, 1401@1401; Ohio and Mississippi, 421@42; Ohio Southern, 263@ 273; Ohio Central, 273@277; Pacific Mail, 453@ 45; Union Pacific, 1211@1213; Western Union Telegraph, 87@87; Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific, 493@49}; do. pref., 90@90}.

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Do. 6 p. c. pref. $100 shares.. 91
Do. 1st Con. Mort. bds (Erie) .130
Do. do. Funded Coupon bds. 125
Do. 2d Consol Mort. bonds...106
Do. do. Funded Coupon bds..103
Do. Gold Income bonds...... 90
.Y.,Pa.& Ohio 1st mort. bonds. 56
Do. Prior Lien bds (sterling)..103
Pennsylvania, $50 shares... 684
Do. Con. Sink Fund Mort....118 120
Philadelphia & Reading $50 shs 35 36
General Consol Mortgage.....116
Do. Improvement Mortgage..104
Do.Gen.Mtg.'74,ex-def'd coup. 99
Do. Scrip for the 6 def. coup. 94
Pittsb., Ft. W. & Chi. Eq. bds....105
St. L. Bridge 1st mort. gold b'd.126
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THURSDAY EVENING, Nov. 10, 1881. The quotation for call loans this morning on stock collaterals was 5@6 per cent, and on Governments 3@4 per cent, Time loans were 5@6 per cent, few being redeemable below per cent. Prime mercantile paper was 6@7 per cent. In the afternoon the quotation was 5 per cent, and in the last hour 6 per cent with, in instances, an additional commission of 1-64th of 1 per cent. The closing quotation was, however, 56 per cent.

do. 1st, 1084; do. inc., 75, Pennsylvania Co. 448, 99; Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg, 1st consol., 963; Rochester and Pittsburg, 304; do. 1st,

1161; do. 6s, 103; Richmond and Allegany, 43; do. 1st, 105; Renssalaer and Saratoga, 140; Scioto Valley 1st, 105; St. Paul and Sioux City 1st, 109; St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern, Omaha div. 1st, 114; do. R. E. 7s, 1895, 112; St. Paul aud Duluth, 30; do. pref., 763; St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba, 1103; St. Louis and Iron Mountain 5s, 87; Southern Pacific of California 1st, 104; South Pacific 1st, 1034; St. Louis and San Francisco 2d, class A, 102; do. The following quotations of sales of Railway C, 89; Toledo, Delphos and Burlington, 24; and other securities, for the week, are in addi- do. 1st, 92; Texas and Pacific, 58; do. inc. L. tion to those given elsewhere in our columns: G., 793; do. consol. mort. 6s. 1024; do. Rio New York.-Atlantic and Pacific 1st, 101; Grande div. 1st, 92; Texas and St. Louis, 35; do. income, 42; American Dock and Improve- do. 1st, 891; Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Gen'l ment Co. ass., 136; Boston and New York Air mort. 6s, 98; do. Chicago div. 1st, 913; ArkanThe actual rates for prime bankers sterling Line pref., 63; Buffalo, New York and Erie 1st, sas 7s, L. R., P. B. and N. O., 32; do. M. O. were 4.801@4 and 4.841@, the posted rates 1916, 129; Central Iowa 1st, 1153; Chesapeake & R. R., 32; do. Central R. R., 201; do. 6s, being 4.81@ and 4.85@ Cable transfers and Ohio 1st pref., 41; do. 2d pref., 304; do. fund., 38; Louisiana 7s, consol., 69; North Car were 4.851@, and prime commercial bills 4.79 1st, series A, 102; do. Series B, 854; do. cur. olina 6s, S. T, 3d class, 10; do. 6s, new, Chatham @. The actual rates for continental bills are int., 56; Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and R. R. issue, 9; South Carolina 6s, non-fund, as follows: francs, 5.25@ { and 5.20@§; marks, Omaha, 42; do. pref., 1031; do. consol., 1034; 13; Tennessee 6s, old, 72; do. new, 72; Vir

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ginia 6s, def., 20; Colorado Coal and Iron, 53; @122; do. Generalmort. 7s, reg., 120@124; was no less a personage than the then Robert do, 68, 92; Cam. Coal, 401; Maryland Coal, 23; Philadelphia and Erie, 20@20}; do. 7s, -@ Stephenson, M. P., who made the survey. Sutro Tunnel, 1; Central Mining, 13; Excel- 118; do. 5s, 1053@105; Minehill, 613@61; From an old copy of the "Commercial Adversior, ; Homestake, 19; Little Pittsburg, 2); Catawissa, 161@171; do. pref., 55@56; do. new tiser, Montreal, Friday, June 2, 1854, we takɛ Mariposa, 34; Ontario, 36; Robinson, 9; Stand-pref., 523@531; do. 7s, 1900, 1193@1201; Le- the following: "The report of Robert Stephenard, 223. high Valley 611@613; do. 6s, coupon, 121@- ; son, Esq., M. P., in reference to the propos, d do. reg., 122@1224; do. 2d mort. 7s, -@131; bridge across the St. Lawrence, has just been do. consol. mort. 118@121; Fifth and Sixth printed and circulated by the Directors of the streets (horse), 136@150; Second and Third, Grand Trunk Railway. The report he presents 100@115; Thirteenth and Fifteenth, 70@79; is a very elaborate one, setting forth the difficulSpruce and Pine, 49@50; Green and Coates, ties that have to be met and the dangers to be 90@105; Chestnut and Walnut, 94@95; Heston- encountered before a structure of sufficient ville, @-; Germantown, -@@80; Union, strength and durability can be erected, but con110@125; Lombard and South, 223@231; West taining the assurance that, so far as humen Philadelphia, 105@110; People's 321@324; Con- skill can see, there is nothing impossible in the tinental, 104@105. undertaking, nor any difficulties but such as may be surmounted."-Montreal Daily Witness

-@135; do.

Mrs. James and the Snake Head. WHEN Mrs. James, wife of the Postmaste General, was a little girl, says the Utica He she, with other companions, was walking on the track of the New York Central Railroad. F rails were used in those days, and in extrener hot weather, or when the spikes in the ends be came loosened, the ends curled up. and fr quently found their way through the floor t the cars and created consternation among the passengers. This gave the name of snak

heads," and railroad men dreaded them. M-

James, with the other little girls, saw a snak
head on the track, and hurrying back to th
thanked her, gave her a half a dollar, and sez
station, informed Superintendant Priest, w
a hand-car crew up the road to destroy the
snake head by spiking it down.

In those days a half-dollar piece was as i as a car wheel to a child, and it is not strang

Boston.-Atlantic and Pacific 6s, 98; do. 6s, Income 43; Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 5s, 944; Boston Land, 8; Boston Water Power, 77; Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, Wisconsin Valley div. 6s, 1024; Chicago and West Michigan, 82; Connecticut and Passumpsic Rivers 7s, 116; Connotton Valley, 22; do. 7s, 974; do. 7s, Straitsville div., 844; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 48, 897; Detroit, Lansing and Northern 70; East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia, 16; Flint and Pere Marquette, Baltimore.-Atlanta and Charlotte, 78; do. 28; do. pref., 95; Iowa Falls and Sioux City, 85; 1st, 111; Atlantic Coal, 1.35; Baltimore City 6s, do. 7s, 119; Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf 1890, 116; do. 6s, 1886, 110; do. 5s, 1916, 1211; pref., 122; Little Rock and Fort Smith, 68; do. 5s, 1894, 115; do. 4s, 1920, 114; Canton Co. Massachusetts Central 6s, 984; Mexican Central 6s, 1063; Maryland Defense 6s, 105; Richmond 78, 91; do. Blocks, old, 116; do. new, 981; and Allegany, 42; Richmond and Danville, 108; Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon, 69; Virginia Peelers, 41; do. Peeler coupons, 21; Northern Pacific 68, 1014; New Mexico and Vrginia Midland 2d mort., 108; do. 3d mort., Southern Pacific 78, 117; New York and New 904; do. 4th mort., 50; do. 5th mort., 94; WilEngland 6s, 108; Ogdensburg and Lake Cham-mington, Columbia and Augusta, 100. The plain consol. 6s, 993; do. Inc., 50; Old Colony latest quotations are: Atlanta and Charlotte, 68, 1174; Rutland pref., 27; Summit Branch, 78@80; do. 1st, 110@111; Baltimore and Ohio, 18; Toledo, Delphos and Burlington, 12; Wis- 190@200; do. 6s, 1885, 106@-; Baltimore consin Central, 23; Wichita and Southwestern City 6s, 1890, 116@118; do. 6s, 1893, -@117; 78, 114; Brunswick Antimony, 7; Catalpa, ; do. 6s, 1902, 130@-; do. 1900, Franklin, 12; Harshaw, 5; Osceola, 291; Pew- 5s, 1894, 115@116; do. 5s, 1916, 1214@122; do. abic, 13; Ridge, 4; Sullivan, 23; Silver Islet, 35. 4s, 1920, @1141; Columbia and Greenville Philadelphia.-American Steamship Co. 6s, 1st, 102@104; Central Ohio 1st, 1073@108; 1063; Buffalo, Pittsburg and Western, 223; do. Canton 6s, gold, 105@1081; Chesapeake and pref., 31; Central Transportation, 40; Chesa- Ohio Canal 6s, 41@-; George's Creek Coal, 99 peake and Delaware Canal 6s, 90; Elmira and @105; Marietta and Cincinnati 1st, 1233@124; Williamsport 6s, 110; Nesquehoning Valley, do. 2d, 941@941; do. 3d, 471@473; Northern 564; Perkiomen 6s, 104; Philadelphia and Read- Central, 51@52; do. 6s, 1900, gold, 114@ ing scrip, 68; Pennsylvania Canal 6s, 101; Phil- do. 6s, 1904, gold, 1114@—; do. 6s, 1885, adelphia, Germantown and Norristown, 110; @1061; do. 5s, 1926, 991@100; Norfolk and St. Paul and Duluth, 25; Shamokin, Hazleton Western pref., 54@56; Ohio and Mississippi, James laughingly informed him that he i and Wilkesbarre 5s, 964; Texas and Pacific 1st, Springfield div. 1st, 1173@118; Pittsburg and 105; do. consol. mort. 6s, 103; do. Rio Grande Connellsville 78, 1213@123; Richmond and Dan-paid her the first money she ever earned. T div. 6s, 91; Union and Titusville 7s, 103; Westville, 1174@-; do. 1st, 1890, -@105; do. 1885, Superintendent brushed up his memory, 83 Philadelphia R. R., 110; West Jersey and Atlan- 1013@103; Richmond and Allegany, 41@42} ; finally remembered how the little girl's tic 6s, 110. The latest quotations are: City 6s, Virginia Midland 2d mort., 108@1084; do. 3d, brightened as he rewarded her for an invaluati 110@124; do. free of tax, 127@1284; do. 4s 90@91; do. 5th 94@95; Virginia consols., 81@ new, 105@112; Pennsylvania State 6s, 3d series, 81; do. consol. coupons, 941@943; do. 10-40s, 1011@102; do. 5s, new loan, 1173@118; do. 523@53; Western Maryland 1st guar., 115@ 4s, new, 110@114; Philadelphia and Reading 1181; do. 2d, guar. by Washington County, 110 R. R., 34@341; do. consol. mort. 7s, reg., 1237 @125; do. mort. 6s, 122@125; do. gen'l mort. 6s, coupon, 95}@95g; do. 7s, 1893, 122@125; do. new, conv., 68@70; United New Jersey R. R. and Canal, 184@184; Buffalo, Pittsburg and MR. PETERSON'S staff are still hard at work Western, 231@23; Pittsburg, Titusville and among the eddies and currents adjacent to Isle Buffalo 7s, 96@964; Camden and Amboy mort.. Herron, which acts as a sort of wedge to the 6s, 1889, 116@116); Pennsylvania R. R., 633@ Lachine Rapids; and the more they see of it, 634; do, general mort. coupon, 123@130; do. the more feasible the scheme of the new bridge reg., 121@122; do. consol. mort. 6s, reg., -@appears. There are not wanting among the 128; Little Schuylkill R. R. 561@564; Morris railroad men and other citizens those who sneer For Canal, 65@70; do. pref., 165@165; Schuylkill at the proposition to bridge the St. Lawrence Navigation, 6@7; do. pref., 131@13); do. 6s, 1882, 88@89; do. 1872, 108@-; Elmira and Williamsport pref., 57@60; do. 6s, 111@-; do. 5s, 100@-; Lehigh Coal and Navigation, 471@47; do. 6s, 1884, 1064@106§; do. R. R. loan, 116@119; do. Gold Loan, 111@ 1113; do. consol. 7s, 117@118; Nor 401@401; do. pref., 821@82}; vania, 591@60}; do. 6s, 105

ific,

Bridging the Lachine Rapids.

at that point; but if there is one reason more
than another that commends itself, it is the
ease with which a foundation can be rock-bolt-
ed to the almost iron-stone bed the rapids'
rocks afford.

While on this subject it may not be uninter-
esting to look back twenty-seven years to the

that Mrs. James should remember it. We the Postmaster-General met Superintendent Priest on the train near Utica recently, Mr.

service to him and the railroad company.

A NEW arrangement, it is stated, has been made between the Central Pacific and the ra Pacific Companies. The Union Pacific continue giving the Central its business Ogden as now, and also further agreeing ne carry its Ogden extension to Portland, ::: stop at Baker City. The Central Pacific not to build an independent line from Ogi

the Missouri River.

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ALL ABOUT KANSAS

time when the Victoria Bridge of to-day was in paper, published at TOPEKA, KANSAS, giving full as

process of

survey.

THE WEEKLY CAPITAL is an EIGHT-PAOR, 48CULTAN Instead of Mr. Peterson, it County. $1.00 per year. Sample copy free, liable State news, crop and weather reports in y

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