Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 10, 1873, Page 2

2 THI CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1873, AUERICAN SECURITIES IN GERMAN ‘Why They Are No Longer Salable. Enormous . Shrinkage in the Past Year, List cf American Railroads that Have Defaulted on Their Coupons. A Melancholy Exhibit--Total Des preciation Over $30,000,000. Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune, Frankron-ox-rhe-Maiy, Nov, 17, 187, Itis no exaggoration, but a sorry, indisput- able fact, thot thore las mover beon such o thorough distrust of all kinds of American securitios, with tho almost solo oxcoptlon of Uniled SBtates CGovornmont-bonds, in this country as has now provailed unintorruptedly, aud grown moro. intonse from mouth to month and weel to week, formore than a yoar. Ger- mun capital hos had more than onco, in timos prst, n discouraging oxporienco, and mot with Iargo losses, in connoction with various Ameri- onu ontorprises. Eapacially botweon 1858 and 1860, many millions of Gorman money wero sunk in Amorican railwny-stock of companies whozo origiual capltal was ontirely wiped out, though somo of them now aro among tho bost-paying roads in tho United States. But the TROFOUND AND UNIVERSAL DISTRUST ‘bat lins charactorizod the daily record of tho Gormaun Bourses as regards American railroad- bonds, ovor sinco last yoar, has nover hadsa parallel in tho fluancial history of Germany. This distrust hae even greatly affected the sstimato of enfoty and desirablencss for por- manent investmont placed horotofors upon tho bonds of tho Amorioan Government by tho public at large, ‘his is proved by tho fact that every effort to placo the now 6 por cent United States bonds awong tho lattor has failed, and that tho nggrognto of United Statos 6 per cont bondy held in this country is now less by hun- drods of millions than a fow years ago. Tho writer has read, in somo Iate Amorican papers, speeulntions ns to the probability of Europoan capital availing itsclf of the opportunttics for choap and yot safo invostments at high ratos of interest afforded 'by tho prosent crisis in tho Unitod States, and thus contributing to the roturn of hettor times. Now, as far as Gormany is concerned, it will be absolutoly uscless to ox- peot any direet or indivect roliof from her in {] mauner stated, The Gorman mouey-market, in dead, must bo considered oy NENMAETICALLY OLOBED for yoars to comoe ngainst all claeses of Ameri- can railway stocks and bonds, and even all State, couuty, and municipal bonds, no matter by whom fssued and at what prices offered, I do not hesitato to say that sl Germany might be searched vainly for a bank or banker willing to touch auy mortgage loans, evon of any of the older Lastorn States or cities, or ot any of the best-paving railroad companies, such os tho New York Central, Pounsylvanin Contral, Chicago, DBurlington & Quincy, Chicago & Alton, Illinois Central, and the like, And this not beeanso the intelligence aud information of German bankers is so limited as to render them incapuble of pereeiving that such loaus would bo safe, but bocaugo bankers buy to sell, and tho German publie will not touch any= thing Amorican any longer. What I say, then, will be confirmod by the numorous representa- tivos of Amorleau railrond companios that have been foolish cnough, in spite of frequent warn- Ings, to attempt to persuade Gorman bankers to buy mortgage-joans of {hem within tho last fow nontha. Espoclally thoss that poeddled tho vonds of new Westorn roads through the Ger- man money-markets had to retwrn with oxtra- Inrgo floas in their cars, Evon the influential delogation ropresenting tho Southern Pacifie, though it consisted of such magnates as Thomas A, Scott and Judge Picrrapont, could hardly got 8 hearing, Tor, vorily, & German banker con- sidets it at this time almost an insult to his un- dorstanding to ba oxpected to take Wostern railroad mortzage-loans. The discredit of American railroad-bonds in the German markot datos back to che lattor part of Fobruaiy, 1872, During the summor and fall of 1871, thero bad already boon grent dullncss in thom, partly owing to tho offect of tho war ba- tween Franco and Germany, and partly to the provious offering of loans of the same class in too rapid succeesion for the absorbing capacily of tho Boursos, and to the- DON-PAYMENT OF TLE COUPONS Jf the Alabama & Chattanoogn, nnd the Rock- ford, Rook Island & Bt. Louis bonds. Bat, in November, 1871, under the stimulus of the Fronch Indemnity milhards, which had already, months bofore, excited a goneral specalative fover all over Germany, sn unexampled demand for American railrond-bonds sprang up, and continued until the ond of the following Fobru- - ary, when the sudden danger of war betwoon Euglmd and the United Btales over the famous indircet or coisoquential damages chocked it instantly and permanently, In tho poriod of those threo months, not far from $30,000,000 of Amerlean railrond-bonds wero brought on and sbsorbed by the market,—South Germany, and oepecinlly Frankfort-on-the-Maln, boing the main fiold of oporation. At tho height of tho demuna I have known os many oy $6,000,000 of bonds to be subscribed for in & single day. Subscrlptions were obtnined on the SYNDICATE PLAN sf oporation, by which all loans are placed in this country, and undor which a number of banks and bankers in varlous cities aud towns tako part of a loan (ordinarily from one-tenth to ouc-fourth) “ilrm,"—that is, poy cash for i, aud oblain “ options" for the remainder, and thon offer the whole simultancously, on o cortain day or numbor of dnys, throngh the differont mombors of the Syn- dicate. Bo ougerly wero tho mortgago-bond loans thon taken by tho public, that there was o vary lively compotition among banks and bankers for the chaneo of bringing them out ; and Amor- can negotiators did not have much aifficulty in finding customers for thoir financlal wares, if thoy only sold them cheap -enough to glve the original takers a largo margin for profit, Could thiere bo anywhoroe a cleanor or more profitable business than to tako such loaus at a cortain price, aud then, within s fow days, shove tho wholo of them off on tho public, at a profit of from 5 to 10 per cent? So snxious wero the houses making a regular business of bringing aut such lonns—,the oldost and maat roputable *Nrmy, howovor, nearly all declined having any- thing to do with them, leaving tho fleld to now banks and privatg flrms of recent origin—of roaping such casy Larvests of onormous profits, that they looked in many oasos moro to the cheapness than to tho soundness of louns, and closed bargaing In u haste not at all compatible with proper cau- tion nud safety, Ihoard of ono casein thoso dnys, whero a woll-known Fraukfort housa ro- coived, by the ovoniug mall from London, the partionlars of a loan which o prominent firm in tho Iatter city wishod to linve brought on tho Germun markot on commisgion, The Frankfort i at onco accopted tho proposition by telo- graph, had the prospectus printed durlug the vight, and noxt morniug the local papers aun- nouncod that subscriptions would bo tsken, In this partioular lustance, tho oventual rosult of tho rapncity of the firm in question was the loss of millions to the subsoribers, It was ut first belioved that tho oheck to the busiucss of bringmg out such loans from the ALADAMA COMPLIOATION wonld bs but a temporary ouo, and thut in & lit- tle while it would be again a% flourishing as dur- Ing tho wintor-months, This expeotation not only consoled thoso who had taken loana bofore tho cheol onmo, without as yot having boon able to offer thom to thopublic, butinducod not a fow bauks and private flrms to nccopt furthor offors of loaus of thisclnss. But their hopes woro doomod to moroiless dlsappointmont, nnd thoro has not been n day sinco the time montioned whon anything but stoady depression reigned at all the Gorman Doursea in American rallwny- bonda, For, long poforo tho original eauso of tho unsnlablonoss of the lattor was removed by tho finnl adjustmont of tho Alabama imbroglio, tho snccossion of dofaulta in the payment of intercst bogan, which haa sinco wrought tho utter digerodit in tho Gorman markot of every kind of Amorioan rotirond aud othor sccurity, excopting, au alrendy stuted, tho older lssues of Government- bonds,—from which there may not bo a rocovery in our gonoration. TIE EXTENT OF THE DEPRECIATION of the sovoral railrond-loany placed i Gormany, partly from the non-paymont of conpons aund partly from the lozs of confidence in consoquence of the dofaults, will boe best soon from tho tables subjolned, coutaining, under two soparato liends, first, o list of tho loaus on which no in- torost ia now pald, tho price at which thoy wore offored to and taken by tho publio, and tholr prosont quotation at the Frank- fort DBourso; and, mnoxt, a list of thosa losns on which tho conpona hnve been honorod so far, which have sufferod gront deprecintion along with tho rost, The quotations are those of Nov. 16, It will bo ad- mittod by overy ono familiar with tho stato of tha caso, that the prosout engorness of tho Gor- man public to get rid of all American nncnrltlcu’ and ite willingnoss to make Inrgo sacrificos in ridding {tsolf of them, is duo quite as much, if not more, to the ecaundalous, provoking rovoln- tions of absolute bad faith and outright finud in connoction with sovoral of tho railrond-loans palmod off upon it, as to tho failure topay interest itsolt, Tho history of tho firat-mortgago lonus of the Rockford, Rock Taland & 8t. Louls, and the Oregon & Oelifornin Iailroads, as brought out by the investigations of tho committoes of bond- holdors, discloacs deliberate cleats of the most ‘barefaced charactor, and on a gigantio scale. I vouturo to eay that tho chargo, nover disproved, that ox-Senator Lathawm, tho Trusiee undor tho mortgage on the Orogon & Californin Railroad, pockotod an enormous commission (it is eaid to lave beon 8600,000 in gold) for eelling the bonds in Iurope, which, of courso, was eventually paid by the bondbolders wheso interost he was appointed to protoct, has dono as much a8 tho ‘Lweod affair aud the Erio misman- agomont to disgust the sufforing Gormauns witly overything American, Tho ropudiation, too, by somo of tho Southern State Goveramonts, of thefr guarantecs of bonds, has destroyed the faith in American authorities, other than the Foderal Governmont, quito as thoroughly as that in privato individuals, As will bo seon from the foregoing, thore aro TWO KINDS OF LOSERS in this country in conncction with Ameriean rail- road-loans, tho banks and bankers who took loang without as yet Laving boon ablo to marlket thom ; and, sccondly, the publio at large. As regurds tho former, tho fact that not a fow owong them had niready mado millions out of the confiding public beforo thoy wera caught by & decliniug markot, and that, ns romarked before, thoy bad a sharpor oyo to tho oxpeeted profits from, than to tho solidity of, the loans, wakes thom appear ns undesorving of much sympa- thy. Thore aro, howover, among the provincinl bankors n good many innocent suferers, whom the standing of tho latter induced to join, all but blindly, the respective Syndicatos. It ia estimatod by compotent nuthority that thore nre no less than §20,000,000 of German capital thus tied up in unplaced loans, which aro, of courss, now ungalablo on either side of tho Atlantio, and which, for all purposes of uctive business, are no better to tho boldors {han £o much wsto paper. Owing to the unsalability of these socuritics, no positive loss has as yob Leen realized on thom. Dut on some of thom the coupous have already gono to protest, which malkes thom pactically valucless, DBut for the common practico of ro- quiring tho interost on nogotinted bonds to ho deposited for a year or two shoad with trust- compavioy, defaulb in tho payment of interest on most of theso unplaced securitios would have probably been mado oto ting, IL is woll for this couniry that the $20,000,000 aio distributed among scoros, and porkaps huudreds, of differ~ ent firms, The other class of losors—iho subecribors to lonus among the general public—deserve, as a rule, THE GREATEST BYMPATIIY. Thoy are worthy peoplo of tho middlo classes, to whom tho opportunity to increage their income by investing thoir savings ata higher interest was most wolcomo in viow of the constantly- incroasing cost of living, aud who wore led not to suspect any risk by the exaggerations and false- Loods of flaming ndvertisements in thoe public proas, indorsed Dy bauks and bankers, and, in not a fow cases, by purchased editorlal noticas, Iaving been in communication with soversl of tho committees of bondholders, I can state as fact, that this class of sufforers numbers tens of thousands,—thic loans in question having be- como distributod almost as widely as any popu- lar home-loan. Among them aro thoussnds of bieads of familics, many of whom invested tho whole of their means in thoso securities, It will bo seen from tho table following the aggrogate of losgos from deprociation hag beoou no lows than THIRTY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, Geoneral distross, and, in many cases, complote ruiy, has been tho result. ‘ho vast mojority of the victims reside in Bouthern Germany, which part of this country has nlways beon in closer rolatiouship to tho United Stutes, owing to tho largor omigration, than Northiorn Gormany. That thero js intenso bitternoss of feoling among tho holders of American railroad-honds must appear natural, Nor Is it to bo wondered at fu view of the proof both of bad faith and deliborato swindling in conncotion with a num- ber of loans, that there should be profound in- dignation, not ouly agaivst the guilty Ameri- cau purtics, but aleo againet Amoricaus genor- ally. Novertholess, tho bondlioldors might woll turn thelr wrath (which thoy have as yet dono ouly in isolated instancos) also agalust the banks und bankers that tomptod them to take bonds, and ngainst that portion of tho home-press that, it is woll understood, accepted both direct and indiroct britios from tho former to povsunde the public to subseribo to the loans, For tho former gonerally know onough of the United Statos to undorstand porfoctly woll that really wound American railrond mortgagoe-lonns nover nceded to go begging for takors at a discount of 20 to 40 por cont, and that high intorest in this class of socuritios wont hand in hand in the United Stutos as woll ns overywhoro olso, with risk, which: Inttor thoy wore, however, porfectly willlng the home-publio should take In cousidoration of the profits acerning to thomsolvos, Tho boudholders have, morsover, ONLY THEMBELYES TO BLAYE for a larga portion of thoir losses. Tor there Iy no reul roagon for tho steady, heavy decline, ovon in interest-puying bonds of the sounduous of which there cun Do no roasonable doubt,— such as, for instance, the first-mortgugo bonds of the Contrul Paucific and its consolidated branchos, of the Chieago, Burlington & Quinoy, the Morris & Eesox, and the Missour: Ducltlo Ruilroads, Tor tho depreciation in theso their own seuseloss foars, and stubborn refusal, in spito of ropanted warniugs, to disoriminate be- tweon good and bad, aro alove to blame, Itls really pltiful to soe what credenco all kinds of fooligh rumors constantly find, and Low blindly even good seouritios are slaughtored, Iv would, of course, involve an entlro mlscon- coplion of the rosourcos of the defaulting roads to maintain thav it would have been possibla for all of them to huvo paid the lutevost on their bonds rogularly, oven if thero had beou no misappro- priation and stesling of the proceeds of the salo of tho soourities, But it iy, nuovorthicloss, to bo regeetted very wmuch, on account of the United Gtaten thomsolves, that dofault in tho paymont of intoront hins hoen the NULE NATHER THAN TIE EXCEPTION with tho raflrond mortgage-losns placod over hore. Tor, but forthis dofault, thera 18 no man- nor of doubt that, of tho many hundreds of millions that have baon lost in speculative von- tures during tho ora of jolut-stock gambling in- augurated in Gormany upon the Influx of the TFronch milliards, and brought to an abrupt close in Mny Inst by the Vionna orash, a Inrgo portion would bave beou invested in Amerioan entor- prises, and maybo the prosent collapuo on tho othor ido thoroby provented, It seema certnin, indocd, that tho United Btates will bo tho groate o8t Jonor in the end, In tho following inble, tho prices pald for and tho prosont quotntions of bonds aro givon no~ cording to tho I'rankfort usanco of caleulating tho dollar ng oqunl to two florina and n half, whilo Its ron] value is only about 2.26-60; so that 90 at Frankfort is about oqual to par in gold In Now Yorl ¢ LIST OF COMPANIEA NOT PAYING INTEMEST ON THEIR BONDH, “ 3 w0 =Toraey uo 340 £ micsornomns £ pand 325 £33 yaryn o 30 o3 JuaiAd| <euonmasd —p o punowsy u ua Ala &Chattanoos &0, 8 per cent gold (guaran-| teed by Hintol of Alubamain curmncyz. vor TRuckford, fiock Toland & B8t Lonln, 7 per sont gold (botdholdors assonted to Teduction o] mortige dabt by ong-lnin.| Oregon & Oalid fornin, 7 por cont gold,twol £ 5,500,000 fupucs,.oe.0| 1 3,800,0000" 76 iy cont $ 4,720,000 8 85| $ .25($ 2,830,600 9,000,000 a1 4,230,000 J16] 6,420,600 6,400,000/ W51 1,163,830 2,000,000) 500,000] ol 60| 720,000 160,000 Bouthoastern, por cent gold Brunswické Al bany, 0 por| ceut gold..... 3,250,000 ol 1,015,000 3,300,000 J8| 1,080,000 Fort Woyno, Munecio & Cincinnat, 7 per cent gold, Pon inaulr of] Michigan, 7 er cent gold,| lcngo & Bouthiwest, 7 por cent ol (gnaran- teed fu enrdl reney, and fu ferest pald by Chicago, Rock| land & Pu) 1,800,000) 030,000 1,800,000 888,000 5,000,000 .82%| .08 MEK0 2L PRTRRIn Atehis'n Briocl) 7 per cout goldueueerenn] 1,000,000 8iy| .o0) 913,500 ©oneeeer[§20,400,350 LIST OF 1IONDS ON WilION INTEREST I8 STILL PAID, BUT WHIOH MAVE DEPREOIATED, Totaleeusrensen 0 g o] ~3p Jo gunomy NAMES OF ROADS| ~<pn00q fo Jumo uginey] ....9!. o, w0 ju0fyupiy = paoopd 959 fing o o B 0 2103 JUISILL Kunsas Taclfic! (latoUnion Tuclfle, Biato ern Diviston,t! yer cent gold. Minsourl Vi fle, 6 per, cent gold...,. South Misoui-| i, 8 por cent $ 2,240,000(3 .69 $ 525 380,000 1,000,000 .69 840,000 17,180,000 .66%¢ 8} 1,915,140 [N 8t, Louls Loxington, 0 per cont gald. Buffalo, _New York & Philc- delphia, 6 per] cent goid..,. Qalifornin V- clfie, 6 per] cent’gold... California_Pi-| cifla Yxten| sfon, 6 per] cent gold.,, Westorn P cific, & por| cent’ gold.... 8an . Joaquin] Valloy, 6 pes] cent gold.... Oalifornia & Oreggon, 6 per| ceut gold.....| 6,000,000 sprinoud & lituolsBouth- custorn, 7 per cont gold. ... Calro & Vincen- nes, 7 per] cout gold.... Mobtlo & Olifo, por ceut| 4| hesso n Springheld, 7] por ceut cure roncy (zuar- antead by Tako Shioro & Miehigan Bouthern,und Glevelnnd,Co- Tunibug &Cin- clnuati Jail- FoaH).. o Morrls & -] s0x (construc] tion bonds). 7 per cont ciir- TENCY.uervena] 1,260,000 Totalisiserssensane 000,000 .75 8] 249,000 2,100,000 .70 W50 546,000 2,250,000 56 617,500 5,500,000 At 1,015,000 2,735,000 .08 752,125 0,080,000 1,650,400 1,320,000 2,000,000 510,000 8,600,600 561,250 252,760 83 3 2,000,000 88X J0) 228,125 Grand total depreciation, . Tn addition to tho bovo-onumerated aggro- gate, thore havo been alos losses on the bonds of the Btookton & Copporopolis, and the South Goorgia & Florida Ruilroasd, thojextont of which I am uot able to fix for want of tho proper data. Evan on the 414 per cent bonds of the Cbicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, which wero orig- inally given in oxohango forthoss of the Northe ern Cross Rallroad, thero hss beon o doprecia- tion of nearly 40 per cont within » fow months,— thioir last quotation boing 4. The only American railrond-bonds quoted at the Fraunkfort Bourse, WILICIE BTTOW N0 LSS on (he prica at whicl thoy worw originnlly intro- duced in the Gorman markot are the 6 por cents of the Contral Pacific, und the 7 per conts of the Grand Rupids & Indinna Railroads (tho lattor guaranteod by the Pennsylvania Central), The former woro placed at 08, roso as hugh ns 86, and arc now 78; tho latter brought originally 864, and aro now 90, L V. —— THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY GHANEEé. Bz, Josurn, 1)L, Dec, 0, 1873, 7o the Edutor of The Chicage Tribune: Biu; Tho Granges of this county, belleving that moro benoflt could be derived from a mora oxtondod organization for the transaction of busiucsy, organized the Champaign Couuty As- soclation of Patrons of Husbandry. At their last meoting, hold in Urbaua, Il Nov, 21, 1878, tho following Committeo ou Im- ploments and Machinery was appointed, viz.: J. M. Morse, Rantoul; G. L, Mollroy, 'Uhomna- boro; J. 8, Busoy, Champalgn; J, N. Grahom, Champalgn ; Mercor Brown, 8t. Josoph. Tho Committoo organized by appolnting J. M, Morso Chnirmun, ano Alercor” Brown Seoretary, The Committeo was {ustruoted to correspond with manufacturers and dealors, and got ¢hair whole- snle pricos, and repors to tho subordinuto Graugoes in tho county, Ty plan of concontrating all the buslnoss of tho Granges in the county to ouo manufacturer | for supplios will bo & groat inducoment to them to give us much lower ratos, from tho fact that wo can neotrs to tho manufacturer more pa- tronago thun einglo Granges can do working in- depondontly, Correspoudonee {s salicted, Menoen nows, Hooretury, St, Juseph, Chunpilgu Gounty, T, - Mr, Colfax and family have rotwmed from thoir visit to Andover, O, Mry, Colfax's sistor, Blien Marcla Wado, aud lier cousin, Miss Luois Wade, sccompanied them, and will remnin at Mr. gol{ln'n uutil aftor Christmas,~—South Zend Lribune. BOARD OF EDUCATION, Conditlon of the School Fund. The Reduction of the Appropriation for Schools Objected Yoo The Board of Education hold n regular moet- fng Inet ovoning, President King iu the chair nnd the following members prosont : Bluthardt, Bonfield, Calling, Goggin, Runyan, Asmbloton, Olinger, Riohberg, Stone, Bholdon, Wolls, and Wilco, The roading of the minutos was disponsed with, 'THE HONOOL-FUND. Tha conditlon of tho School fund was roported nu follows: Oash on hand Nov. 1, 1873, $24,- 021,00 ; recoipts, 171,743,83 ; total, $106,205,02; oxpondlturos, 8181,078,05 ; cash on hand Deo. 1, B106,186.67. In tho roceipts aro Incindoed $14,~ 02183 from A. G. Lano, County Buporiutondent, on accont of tho taxoes of 1872, Of tho cash on hand £11,871,81 s for investmont, $1,326.03 for tho payment of balancss of sundry mecounts, and $2,481.24 for tho pryment of altachoes, FREE LODGING, Mr. Trueadell, of tho Roliof aud Afd Booloty, asled for the uso of tho bullding at the corner of Clark and Inrrison streots, to be used during tho winter as o froe lodging-houso, It was re- forred to the Committca on School-Fund Prop- orty, with power to act. A NEWV BOI0OT. Inspoctor Richberg waa appointed & Commit- too on tho Western Avonue School to secure tercliora for ita opening, which will tako placo at an onrly dato. PENS, Mr. Richborg atated he understood that tonch- era at tho Skinnor Schiool compelled pupils to buy a cortain kind of pen. IHo wantod to know if {ho teachers wore authorizod to act as agonts of_pon manufacturers, It was anunounced they had no such authority, and the Suporintondent was direoted to look af- ter tho mttor. Tho Buporintondont thought it would boa good thing, it the Doard stnctioned or advis- od tho uso of some pen, 80 84 to hnvo tho writ- ing uniform, After a dizcussion on tho virtues of tho differ- ont brands of peus, tho subject was refarred to tho Committoo on Loxt-Books to act with the Superintoudent, FINANCIAL, Tho Prosident stated tnat the Committeo on fnvesting tho School fund, hd decided to pur- chaso four city honds at 8¢ conts, and reported the netion of the Finance Committeo of the Council on cutting down tho expensos of tho Tducational Departmont, all of which fhns boon publishad, Sevoral Inspectors found fault with the action of the Council Committoo in roviewing the cutire Appropriation bill, Mr. Runyan moved that the Council bo re quested not to indorso the action of ity Commit- teo striking out tho appropriation for building n achool nt the ccrner of Westorn avenue sud Twonty-sixth streot. Mr. Gopgin moved to include the proposed building on Coutro avenue and Twolfih streot, Several orations woro dolivered, and then dr, Goggin offored, a8 o substitute for ovorything, the following : Resolved, That the striking from tlo Appropriation Dill of {ho Common Council of auy lteny for the eree- tiou of eclool-houses wmeets with tho disapproval of tlds Board., Mr. 8tono moved to npnoint & committoo to ux,}oululn!u with the Aldermen, 'I'ho Commiitteo on Duildings and Grounds,— Sheldon, Calkins, Wilce, and tho Prosident,— wore npgaiuml t. look aftor the mattor, Mr. CGoggin’s awendment was lost, and Mr, Ruuyan's wotion met whe samo fate, Alr. Wileo moved to add four mombors and the Buperintendont to the Committee, und they wero added nu follows Tunyan, Gogkis, Dluthards aud Wolls, CANDIDATES FOR THE NORMAL SCHOOL. Tt was decided to exawino candidates for ad- mitsion to tho Normal School at the institution ou the 18th aud 10th mst,, Leginning at 9 . m, FULL CERTIFICATLS, Tho followiug wero recomwmended for full cortifieates: Clara A, Allen, Sophia B. Adams, Mary I, Baker, Julia L. Clinton, Auna J, Culd- well, Mary Campbell, Myrtilla Colbert, Illon A. Campboll, Kate Dixou, Emma G, Frazer, Emily A, Gavin, Ids Gillson, Fanny Ilanunon, Flora A, 1lolcomb, Carolina’_ 8. ° Johnsou, _ Mary O'Brien, Boswio V., Dittar, Lizzio Powers, Johanna Powell, Lizzie Patteraon, Amelin §. TRoed, Julis B. loilly, Malvinn Torster, Elols O. Randall, Muthilda Swith, Frouces 1. Bhip- man, Bura M. Swith, Gortrudo M, Tennoy, Loufse O. Wiight, Viola Williams, Emma A Gosan, and Elizabeth Hatterman, The Board then adjourned. THE STORM. 1ts Ravages in the Dominion. From the Toronto Globe, Dec, 6, Genoral opinion is that suck « destroctivo gala has not visited the country since 1844 ; some say thiat, sinco tho storm of 1836, no such tompest of wind has been exporienced. Subjoined ave ro- ports from various quarters : AILSA CRALO. Anisa Cnarq, Dec, 4.—At 4 o'clock this morn- ine, North Middlosox was visited by tho heaviest storm sinco 1844, flooding the rivera, sweepin away mill-dawe, feucos, troos, tack-corn, n other farm-proporty. DELLEVILLE, . BernevinLeg, Dee. 5,—A terrifio galo prevailed hero yosterday, doing muoh dnmago. ‘whe roofs of the Anglo-American Holol, Brown's foundry, the corporation storehouses at the dock, and of mavy othor buildings, wore partly blown off, BERLIN, Benrry, Dee. 5.—About 8 o'clock on Thursday morning a flerco galo ot in, whioh lasted about fifteon hours, making end havoo here and in the vicinity among fences, roofs, signs, and shop- windowa. In tho country miles of fences wero swopt awny ond bundreds of troos upraoted, Tho Grand River has risen to tho hi(éheat froshot water murl, enrryivg with it farm-fencos, wholo treen, aud, in one case, tho roof of a barn and other dobris. DRANPTON, BraxeroX, Deo, 5,—A great amount of dam- ago wus done in Chinguacousy and Woronto Townships. Barns and shods were blown down, end in Brampton chimnoys sud smoko-stacke wero dostroyed, A largo framo stablo belonging to Mr. Walsh was lifted from its foundation and earried down tho stream for mmrliyj o milo aud o Lialf, Furmers in this soction havo suffored soveorely. CHATITAX, CuaTirad, Dec. b.—Several houses were blown down_in this vicinity, and a now Methodist church, nearly comploted, at Charing Croay, had its walls blown down, Tha river hus swollon about threo feot, and a great amount of logs, cordwood, and lumber is being carried away by tho tlood. goNLSTO0, . xesToao, Dee. 4,—Lo-duy our villago was visited with the groatest troshot over kuown lioro at thin season of tho vear. commenced rising rupidly at 10 o’cleok lnst night, carrying away Goodworth & Oo.'s small dam und part of Moesra, Ionry Bulder & Qo,'s vaco, Tho wator continuod rm&u§ until noon to-day, At ono timo the Grand Rivor bridge was in gront danger, but was saved by the villagors turning out aud alioviug off the ico and drifiwood. DUNDAS, Duxpais, Deo. 4,—During the gale this morn- ing Xuox's Church was partially unroofed and the frout gable has also” been Dlown iu, doiny cousldorablo damago to tha church, Bovera other smaller buildings were unroofed, and » great many fonces wore blown down. ELMIRA, Erama, Dec. b—A fonrful hurricano yoster- day destroyed o I, ont number of fouves, atd uu- raofed many buildmgs in this neighborhood, GLENALLAN, GLENALLAY, Doc, b,—The lato storm has dono & gront doal of damngoe in the Township of Peel, unrooflug &:ruut many housos and barus, A man enid ho stood in ono pluce and counted fourtoen harns with roofs blown off ; and one roof was carricd about 80 rods by tho wind, Aores of bush aro blown down, Tho gabloond of the Gold- stono W. M, Church was blown lu‘ Bmasking tho puipit aud doing othor damago, Tho water has {akon Iollin aud Glonnllan dums away, Twa bridges on tho third concossion are fwisted around so thut thoy are impassablo, AODERICH, Goneniost, Dev, 6, —One of tho plora recontly built has beou damugod to tho extent of £20,000, A coucraoto atore halonglufi to D, Btrachan, wud lately buitr, had ono gide blown down. ‘Tho fences, sheds, &o.,, In town are considorably damaged, KEENANAVILLE, KeeNARavVILLE, Doc, 5.—A tuarful storm passed ovor horo last vight, causing great destrnotion of property, ]\lnu[vl buildings “have boen torn down, aud wore than hulf the fences in the Tho wutor” noighborbood have boen ontirely blown to pieces. KINCARDINE, XrnoAnninr, Doo, 5.—Tho storm of yostorday was ano of tha koverest over known here. Tho dnmago douo in this sootion {s immenao, in the sliape of buildinga bolng Llown down, nnroofod, &e, Tho telegraph wires suftored groatly, KINGHTON, Xrxantox, Deo. 4—A now houso on Qordon stroot was ovorturned, ‘fho wheel conncotod with tho wator-works windmlll was dostroyed. Sovoral buildings were moro orlesa fnjured, Tho barl Britiwh’ Lion dragyed hor anchors nnd wont nslioro abont four miles holow here. Tho Agnen ia ashoro near Colin's Bay, Tho Bismarole also draggod hor anchors, LONDON, Loxpon, Deo, 4.—Amnnfl the ohief places in- {urcll aro tho Lecturo Hall of tie North Stroct Weslayan Chureh, tho front and rear walls of which 'aro blown down ; tho ontire frame work of tho now Cathollo Chureh, IIill streot, In lov- aled to the ground, and abont 200 feot of brick wall, belonging the Grent Weatorn Railway car- sliops, now in process of erction, wora critalied in by to forca of tho gale. Two small hourcs in tho northern part of the city wore Jikowise Dblown down. Minor casunltios woro almost intu- merablo, ‘T'o ndd to tho sorlousness of the situn— tion, theylver hns overflowedils banks, and swopt away tho bridgo ab_Tarvilia's Milla, "Tho proof lino rond {e soriously damngoed ; Baunby'a mill s submorgod; tho Konstngton suburb “is cut off from communication with the eity, eithor by Dlackfriars’ or Kenrington brldro. The water Lins rison 8o rapidly that tho famiiles reslding in liunuinfilon wore hemmed in by the flood, and bad to be rescucd in boats, Tho water wan a foot highor thuu during the gront frashet in the ;prlug, and i #aid to be highor than ever beforo nowl, LUOAN, Lyoan, Dec, 4, —Taclson's large brick foundry wad blown down, and the new Ohurch of In- gland at Park Hh shared the samo fato. Darns woro unroofod in a1l directions, MARKIAM, Manrias, Dec. 6,—1Tlho flerco galo of wind which passed ovor this vicinily coused an imn- monso nmount of r]nmniu by unroofing barns and sheds, removing chimuoys, and lovoling miles of foncos, MILLIROOR, Mitrnnoog, Deo. 5.—A new brick forndry, Just finished, ownod by Mr, V. Russoll, & dwoil- ng-liouso, & number of barne and sheds, and a Eront quantity of standing timbor, havo been lown down, - MITOMELL, Mrronsny, Deo, b.—A rew brick houso, eroct- od by Kr. Griflin, was blown down, tho walls he- ing lovoled to the ground, Somo'smallor build- ings in the suburbs of the villngo also suffered, The river is swollon by the heavy rains of ‘lues- day night to a hoight iiover beforo known here, carrying away fences, cordwood, and in mauny 1“"":1"““ blocking the main ronds with drift- wood. NEW IAMDURG, NEw Haxnong, Deo, 6,—1he storm, besidos unroofing four or five barns, did much damage to foncos, onthouses, ete, Tho flood crouted noarly & panic. It aroso so suddenly that many porsons awoke to find themsolves surrounded with water. Tho mill-dam owned by Mlessra. Parker & Wilson was destroyed ,nnl‘fv in the morning. The tanuery and woolen-mill nlso re- crived much domage., Fences and eidewnlks wore carried away, and celiars and houres were flooded, and the occupants made privoners, § oral families had to Lo roscued thiough the wi dows of their dwellings. Mauy shoep wera car- ried away. Tho loss to this villago'is estimatod at about ¥5,000, ONANGLVILLE, OUANGEVILLE, Dec, 5.—~A portion of the roof was blown fiom the Bruk of Commerco, and ortion of Mr. J. B, Houso's brick houso was lown in. The roof of Collin's pottery was Iifted bodily and carried across the road. ~ Cur- rie's 1fatel, at_Camilln, was slightly damaged Km‘t of the roof boing torn off, 'Fhe Episcopal Tothodist Chureh, newly erected at Mellvillo, was totally dosiroyed, and numerous barns and othor bulldings ‘were unrcofed and otherwise domaged. OTTAWA, - O1rawa, Dec. 5.—During tho height of the storm tho now St. Patrick’s Church, in course of orection on Hugh streot, suffered severe damago. A tomporary wooden gubla on the west ond of tho building was nearly all blown down, and went crashing in upon the altar, smashing it to pieces, andecattering what ornaments wore on it. X block of brick bildings in the courso of erection at tha corner of Bauk and Marin streots, tho proporty of Mr. Quinn, ulfered mueh damage. Tho brick worlk had just been complated, the roof put on, and operations commenced in the intorior, Sud- donly tho gable end of the building camo tum- bling down with foarful violonco, crashing through the roof of n smuil frame dwelling nd~ Joining, and domolishing tho contonts of av up- per room. Anothor accident of an alarming na- turo occurred pbout tho eame time on Quoen streot. ‘Tho chimuoy of a new building being erected by Mr. Campness was caught by the wind and thrown down, aund s large portion of tha brick work carriad bodily across the street, whora it foll with preat violenco on tho roof of Dr. Qibbg’ d\velling, cruslung through the roof into tho gentleman's bodroom, whore o was dressing at tho timo, and suddenly putting a stop to the arrangomont of his toilat. PETERBORO'. Perernono', Dee. 4.—At an early hour (his mormng o torrific galo swept over our town, dolug an immenee amount of damago, 2nd was accompnuied by o #ad loss of life. . J. Clegg, & citizon of this town, while walking on tho road, was fatally injurod, 80 o8 to causo bhis death in a fow hours aficrwnds, by o partof & woodon bridge being blown againat bum, Thoro is great loss of property in the town and country, by tho blowing down of Luildings and fences, PORT_COLDOBNE, Pont CoLnorye, Doe. b.—Tho water in the Dbarbor has not been so high sinco 1844, Tt car- ried away a portion of tho pier, and it still con- tinues so rough that it is impossiblo to reach the lighthouse, Throo chimneys on Mr, Bulfomr's store were blown down, and, on falling on tho roof, brolio it in. A small houso near the statiou was blown down, soveral_othiers wore more or less damaged, ‘Uhe tug Hector, that was lying on & reef, Las been carried up on high land. BEAFORTIL, Searontn, Dec, 6, —During the storm yoster- day, tho mill-dams at Rogcburgh and Egmond- villo, in this vicinity, wero swept off, The smolkestack of Messrs, Kendall & Co.'s grist- mill hore wns blown down, aleo that of Mr. B, Shantz's flax manufactory. Tho front of Messre. Monro & Hogan's blacksmith-shop was also Dblown away. A number of barns in the neighborhood were unroofed, and fonces lov- oled in all directiona, T, THOMAS, 81, Tuowas, Doe. 4.~Damnge was done to the new Music Hall. The peudunt came down with & fearful crush, dostroying tho cornico in front and breaking soveral windows. Tho new Wes- loyan Church in course of erection had the wost end blowa out. STRATFORD, Stnarronrp, Doc, 5,—Thoe Grand Trunk Rail- wnf' freight-honso, tho smoke-stack of the flour mills, bolonging to Mr, W. Marshall, and tho drill-shod wero blown down, or buildings woro unroofod, WINDSOIL ‘Wixnsor, Dae. 5,—1'he largo three-story brick building in courso of creaiion for Messrs, Win- choster & Spalding, SBandwich streot, to bo used for a ship-chandlery, had just had its last tior of joists put in, whon o gust of wind struck it and sout nonrly the wholo odifice crumbling to the ground, A new frame dwolling honso on Goyeau stroet, bolonging to Mr. J. R, Curry, was completoly blown down, Mr, Gaulier's now brick smnmer hotol at Minoral Springs had the roof swept off, i GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. Miss Julin M. Sonrs, who sued tho Minnesota State Normal Board for hor snlary s tonchor of the Mankato establishment, has compromised for #1060, —'I'ho Grinnell (Towa) Herald says thore is an enterprito establislred it their town, in tho shapo of glove-making, and tho tauning for the same, During the rnut soason 1,200 goat sking havo boen worked up. —The Supremo Court of Kanyag has decided In an oririnal snit of mandamus that tho issuo of $450,000 of bondu by Bourbon County, Kansas, dated July 1, 1871, to tho T'ebo & Neosho Rail- rowd Compruy, aro void, —A young lady, rged 10, daughtor of Dr, Lam- bort, of Yorktown, Lnuramie Cownship, in this gouuly, & few days siuco, complained of a pain in Lor sido. An examination was mado, and the {mlut of a neodlo wna discovered l)mtrudiug hrough the akin, 'I'he noedlo was drawn out, and & ploce of thread of nbout two inohes found attachod toit, Ilow It came thore, or how long it hud boen in tha systom, no ono can, of courss, toll—Lafayelte (Ind.) Journal, —Tho case of Julia G, Joromo against Luthor Beechor, which has boeu ou trlal in the United Stntos Civenit Court for the preceding two or throo i was concluded on Haturdny, the jury roturni vordiey for tho plaintitf for €16, 405,60, “The plaiutiff, who is & reeident of Now York city, purchased frow Mr, Hoocher a quane tity of bouds isauod by Iowa County, Wisconsin, inuid of urailroud which My, Beachor wos then ougagod In builiding, To effoct tho kalo of the Louds, My, Bocohor guaranteod thoir payment, A numbor of oth- CHICAGO LIVE-STOCK MARKET. . TUxaDAY EVENING, Dee, 0, . The recelpta of livo stock during the wack Lava Loen a8 follows: Cattte, Ifogn, ~ Sheen. Monday, 808 28,470 405 Tuesday W00 B8O Total, 6,470 Bamo timo Jnst weel 0,240 Week beforo !ast, 82,505 Bhipments wora us foilow Caltle, IHogn, Sheep, T SO 1T Gl 1 S OATILE=Wilile 1iic amotint of sales necomplishied mado a vory fuir sggregate, ioro was no nl sctivity in the domand for nny class of stack, “cc o il asldo from good {o choico shipping booves, It wan & dragglng trado from tho opening (o [he clcke, Tha firn tone of tho soaboard nuurketn sl tho comparative neatelty of well-fotted booven induced a fecling of cotte fidenca among shippers, and to Lotier grades of stock mot with proinpt mlo af very full prices, or ot $4,60@ 475 Lor yood atcora of from 1,160 tu 1,300 1bn averago, and at $6.00@5.60 for cholco to oxtra afeors avern, flng fromn 1,250 {0 1,460 1ba, Tozas caltle and v.‘ammnn‘ihm natives—compising an thoy did & very considerablo portion of the supply—wero weok and lower, Onlyn limited numbor of feaders woro in ntfondance, 80 {uat, usido from supplylng the wania of loenl bitchers, fhers wan mo outlot for theso deacription, snd holders were compelled to ac- cept lowor pricea for thelr stock, or “catry 1t overs As tho chiuncea woro §n favor of lower rather fhun bigher pricos, thero was littlo inclination to pursuo tho Intter couree, and buyers were generally allowed fo tnka tho eattlont thelr own prices, which “wero 10@150 lower (han woro curront at the closo of Iast weok, Salea woro roported ot 810G for Iuforlor lots, embracing bulls, crawny cows, stags, and lown hol: era; $1.75@4.00 for cominon tochoico Toxan snd Cher- okeo cattlor $.60@4.00 for comnion to good_butchora’ stock; $2.60@1.25 for stock stecrs ; and ot $3.75@! for sbippiug catlle, Tho market closed quict and ¢ QUOTATIONS, Extra Beoves—Graded ateers, averaglug1,400 eroging 1,300 to Good Beovee—iveil-taiioncd, fnsiy forined uteers, nveroglug 1,200 to 1,350 1us, o b yor old slecrs, 450 1t 5,0085.35 440R4T5 Modiuni Grades—Bteers in fair flosh, aver~ gl 1,10 101,350 1080 ssvres. s . 3,76@4.18 Butchiors® Slock—Common to fafr ‘atcore, ond good ta oxtra cown, for city slaughter, nveraging 850 to 1,100 tha. ... 2.0084.00 Btock Cnttlo—Common enttio, 3 lerh, avarnglng 700 tg 1,050 s 2.60@3,25 Inferlor—Light snd thin cows, helfors, 100@2,25 50 stags, bulls, and reslawag ateors, Gattic—Toxus, chiolro cornafed. Cattle—Texes, punimorod Nort Cattle—Toxns, through drove, 82 16 clioico stcc 10 choce stees 16 chofco stecra.. 10 choleo steors, 20 cows, .. 110 ‘Texnh COWS. e 44 Texns cows 1 Toxnn cows, ., 04 Texas cows, 18 Toxn cown 108 T'oxas cow 16 Texas cow 19 cholec atces 42 choico atcera. 48 cxtra steers, .. 109 choice steers,. 3% goud stcora,. 17 good stoers 16 cholcotec 106 Toxas stocrs, 16 oxen and ate 16 clhiolce stears. 17 cows. 3 1arholcanicors, LalLus 593 TR0Q8—Unusial sefivity sl chinracterizen the do- mand {or hoyn, and tio market continues oxcited and advanelng, prices to-day taking o furthee upward turn to thio oxtent of 206 por 100 e, whick nukes tho nd- vance sinco Saturdayfully 43@30¢, The recelpts thus far this weelk linvo Eeou comparatively light, renching only about 66,500, ngainat 79,240 for thy same timo Tant weel, oud 82,805 o tho correnponding poriod week befort Inst, but it fa thought that tho high prices of yeatorday and'to-day will stimulato slipments from the country, and mony predict o resotion befors {ho closo of tiia week, On the other hand, it fs clufmed that the bulk of tho iog crop hias alreaddy "con markoted, and that {ho prezout_sdvance fs legitimate, and therefore permn. ucht. Shippers were not dofng much, tho advanco of yesterday aud to-day baving wiped ou the margin bo- tween this ud the scaboard markets, but the wants of local packers tmoro than equaled (ho supply, and the arrivals wero disposed of as faet aa they could bo driven to tho acnles ond weighed, ot $4.60@4.85 for common to modium, oud ot $4.90@5,10 for good to o, AlLuold, sud Ay masket cloacd qulat al .70 @4.75 for common, b $4,80G4.85 for mediuw, wnd at $4.50@5,10 for good to cholco, > 100 sALES, No, Av, Price|No, Av. DPrice|No, 48 837 $4.90 | 50 288 §.85 | 40 00 240 485 |13 280 480 |24 G %05 490 45 257 600 45 520 500 |43 971 6.0 43 813 490 [191 919 dwo 10 210 465 |01 A4 dgs 90 310 GO0 [us w4 405 20 30 405 48 301 40 0L 345 405 |54 208 480 9 316 605 |G 23 490 WL 22 500 |60 278 6.0 154 280 510 (110 200 495 U4 563 605 |65 189 4,85 W04 35 400 | 4T 255 455 41 254 460 148 827 400 48 B0 400 |7 200 480 63 %05 490 |51 186 4o 60 245 485 (67 278 475 640 600 |40 BG8 4gay 45 160 460 47 81T 40 40 375 490 |63 310 5.00 24 WL 600 (100 Mg 495 485 208 480 |44 RO 40 68 %0 40 |o aw 495 4250 480 (61 269 475 B3 200 40 |44 300 470 €4 205 476 [200 342 4790 45 303 400 |48 359 4,90 43 420 495 |00 208 480 05 57 495 (104 208 485 143 300 400 1108 202 485 T3 260 480 [65 311 483 6L 971 490 SUBEP—Wure i light supply and n Hght roquest, and prices were not subfoctod to any matorial chunge, ruling stoady at $2.75@3.25 for poor to medium, and 8t $3,60@4.35 for good to strietly choice, MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. Forcign Marlkots, Tavenroor, Dec, 911 o, m.—Flour, 28@30s, Wheat =Winter, 123126 3d, Spring, 11s 10di@12 5d. White, 13s 8d@ 138 6d, Club, 1is 6d@l48, Curn, Y6 JA@ISs 0d, Pork, 12400, Lard, 30s 0d. Lrvenvdor, Deo. 9—3 p, m—Lard, 40s. Rest un- ehanged. Livintoor, Dee, 0~5 p, m.—Cotton dull and casier ; midding uplind, BX@82;d ; Orleans, 85@8%A; unles, 10,000 Lules; American, 5,20 bales; upeculation and ox-. port, 3,000," Yurna and ' fabrica at Manchester quict and ‘wichonged. readstutls—Quiot ; recolpts of whoat for the past tireo dnys 62,000 qrs, of which 1,000 qra were Amerlean, Provisions—Lard, 40s, Cumberland middles, 1s, Slort ribs, 40s 6d, Tallow—38 0d, LoADON, Dec, 9—5 p, m—Tato of discount n the open market for § mouths! bills i5 4}, or & per cent bolow the bauk rate, Cousols for money, 917 on account, 93}{@02%, United Stntes securitics—5-208 of 05, 8353 dv Of "0, 9773 ; 10408, 013; ; new b, 09; Now York Contral, 703 Erle, 98343 iirle pro- ferred, 69%., FRANKYONT, Dec, 0,—6-208 of 63, 00K, 2Lams, Dec, U,~Rentes, 681 0 The Live-Stock Markots, NEW TOnK, NrEw Yonk, Deo, 9.—Hoas—Hecolpts, 70,000, The market oponéd with a Airm tono, and thice carm 6f Ohlo hogs, 102 14 uvorage, Rold alivo at $5.18% por 100 Ibe, Cily dreescd were easior, and fell off abont 3go, closiug 8t 6@T2{c for extromes, Woatorn dressed” sold ot 6@ 6}4c, with threo cars of light at 0o, BUFFALO, Burraro, Dea. 9,—CATTLE—Rocolnts to-dng, fn- cluding voported arrivals, 2,205; total for tho weel, 820, o warkot, dragged this morning at 1o nd vanco from last weel's cloeing prices., Quitv a number of Christmna cattle aro in thu‘{unu. averuging 1,800 to 2,000 Its, but buyera aro afradd to touch them at tho Hooa démandod, Tuey Wil bo igped Eantin st hauds, A fulr proportion of the arrlvals aro through consfguments, “About 800 were disposod of, Bales in~ cludo: 290 Olifo stecrs, ay 918 to 1,453 1L, ot $3,8744@ 6.87} 3 200 Iilinofs stoers, ay 018 t0 1,453 Jbs, ut $3,874; @6,873¢ ; 200 do, av 1,188 to 1288 U, at $5,25; 140 Brichigan teers, av 630 to 1,333 il at §3.60, Burre ANp Lasus~Rocoipts, including roported ar- rivals, 2,600 ; total for tho weok, 4,400, ko market han noL fuirly opened, Pricon aro full o higher thun Inst week, closing quist. Sales iucludd 1,200 Blichigan alieop, 8210 83 Ibe, at $4.T6@5.00, IloGs—TRecelpls, fucliding reportod arrivals, 6,100 ; total for the weok, 15,500, Tho markel opencd 'slow yestorday morning at £1,50@4.60 for light to heavy ogs, Toward aficrnoon, un ' wore favorablo advices fromn the East, ratos advanicod o $4,70@4.80, Abont 6,000 wero dlsposcd of, Light hogs mell st §4.80; beavy, if Lioro, would communid 8o por owt, EAST LINERTY, East LINERTY, Pa,, Doo, J,—UATTLE—Arrivals, T0 cars; bost, $5.35@5.05; medium, $4,80@5.00; com- 3.04@4,00 § slockers, $1,00@V,50; bulls, $2.00 802¢ cars; best Ihiladelphis, $4.80 ers, $4,00@4.00, Btezr—Arrivals, 48 care ; best, $5,00@6.10; modium, $4,00@1.50 ; common, $2,70@4.00, Pittsburgh 0il Market. PrrTanonai, Pa, Dec, 9,—Crude potroleum firmor nt #5@u50 3 relinud, for prompt delivery, 1930 § Jun- uary, 194¢, ‘I'he Wool Trade, PrILADELPHIA, Pa, Doc, 0.—Wool quist and firin at i lotg wivinge, 2o wupply 18 wll, b, oo~ oylvanis, und West Virgiufa doublo extra and ' alov, B350 ; extra, B@A20 + medium, 1G5 ; conree, 45 ito 3 'New York, Michigun, Indiana aid_Westorn T'lio suit waw upon tho uuuruuz, the couuty uu-LSm’, {5@600; wedium, $8@5007 o el o ing tailod to mako pryment.wlilroit Fost. .- A5@47] mbluR yeahed, 818400 § qombing u:;"u"l'aed.%"fiim% I Cannda combing, 600 ; Aine unwashed, 2@ o and modivm washod, 52@i5 ule‘nnh(?d, Gi@ste, New York Dry«Goods Market, New Yorn, Drc, U,—Tho demand for ataplo cotton gouda from first handa continues “")ty active, Nrown and blorehed ghirtings wero In ateady req eat, and goneratly irm, Coreot Joans wero mora nctiva; deume andl cottonades tnken Hborlly by tlio olothing trade, Cotlon-flannels iu steady domand, Woolons, for men's wear, mproviug, Rtopolinnts soillug woll, & dark blucs and mnixtires, e Produce Markots, NEW YORK, New Yonr, Deo, 8,—Cor1oN—In Letlor request| middiing upldnd, 1840; futnres cany, TREADBTUYR—LFION' moro notive, and highor ; ror colptn, 11,000 bria ; suporfino Western and_Ktato, 45,60 (?n.a.'a; conunon to good oxirs, $0,66@7,00 cliolco, $7.03@7,05: whito whoat oxtra, $7.05@8:35 ; oxtra Olilo, 0,808 60 ; Bt. Touls, $7.00@11.00, liya ot . "Gy e ncarco tud siyaieliy; Wentorn, $3.60@4.10. Whoat in gaod demand, and llghor § o olits, 76,000 bu; No. 4 Clifcago, SLE2@1.83; No, 1 $1.50'; No, 2 Milwaukeo, $1,65@1.803 winter red Westorn, $1.68, Tye, barley, sud malt nnchanged, Corn fn' moderato’ domond, and higher: recclptn, 42,000 bu ; mixed Weatern'in store, 78 10 e afloat, 78@70c, Oats in fair demand, ond higher | ro calpte, 0,000" bu s mizod Wesloru afoat, 606831 while, 57@h9e, Ends—Quict, . 1iAy—Firm. ora—Qnict, GRocEniEs—dugar very firm ; falr to good refining, 7’;.’\@7,'.'5. Molasses quict, It teady ; Caroling, 1@ ic. Trrnorevs—Quiet, but frm; crude, Sigo; roe fined, He, TunIENTINE—Quiot at 40tc, Irovistons—Pork—Spot dull and lowor ; futnro de« Hivarien n fair sequest, but dectdeily Towoe s How e, Anot, Tobrunry, $15.87) 10,123 ; March, kil Beef fitin 3 nm”uc'?mu i‘fluiu privyed . econd grado,’ $8,60G0,60 3 oxtra moes, bt . Beel linms ‘quict and firm at €22.00@ 24,00, 0 quiet and unchunged, Cut meats quiet § ehouldor for Jununiy, Gc ; mniddles weals ; long cloar, T s mpot lobg And wliort’ st T4@7%e, for January | T7@8¢ for Fobruary, Wentorn ateam, 817-10e, epot ; 8ge, Decombor ; 8%4@0)e, Februaryj 94 @9i¢c, March, Burren—Firm'; fafr to good Wostern, 20@280, Cuersr—Quiet and e wt 183(c, Witeky—1irmer ot 91@05c. Avcouor—ide, MILWAUKER, MitawAuner, Dec, 9.—Dneanstures—Flour quiel and unclnnged, - Wiioat stendy: No, 1, SL143g s No,a, $L.114, cauhi; §1,107; December 12 Jun; Oate firm 3 Xo, 2,U4c, _Qorn excited an- hiigher's No, 3, 83)e. Ryo fum; No, 1, Tle, Davley Airm; ‘No. 3, 43, iloas—85.00@5,75, Atxerarrs—Floir 0,000 brlas wheat, 06,000 b, SutesesTs—Flour, 12,000 brls; wheat, 57,000 b, LOUISVILLE, LovtavitLr, Dec, 0,—DRrADSTUFFA—Flour n botter demand ; No. 1, $7.0087.75. Provisioxu—Firmer, Mess pork, $15.00@16.60, Dulk ahoulders, 6%@00 ; clear rib, 7o : clost, Thkc; hame, 93@V0. _Green 'shoulders, Gige Bbh 624@0, % s, 83 2l $5.00@5,10°; receipta light, —Quict, CINGINNATI LnEADSTUFFS—Flour quict, at ady, at §1.46, Corn_firm § il ear, Bi@Bhc ; now, 43306 ; old sholled, 63@G5e. ' Ryo firm, at U0@Dle, Oate firm, at 40@480, Birloy firm, Provieios—Pork atrong’; sales at $16,60, Lard slendy ; ketile, BL@8(c, Iatter jobling; steam in good démand ; salea of 4,500 torec nt Be, Bulk meats quiet aud sleady ; shoulders, 5)@33¢ t eleur rib, 0; clior, Tizo, Bacou firm ; shonlders, 03¢c; clear £ib, Tige? clear, Te, all now.” Greon meats firtn § sales of shoulders ¢ 64@5Xe; clear rib, Gige. Haus, BYG Crwonoatt, Dee, $6.00@7,10, Wheat 83c. oas—Aclivo nnd firm, at §4.50@6,00; reccipts, 3 #hipmen.s, 2,200, ‘Winsxxr—Steady, at 89, CLLVELAND, OLEVELAND, O, Dec, ,—LREADRTUFFS—TWheat firm and higher ; No, 1 ved held at $158¢ No. 2, $L45, Corn botter ; high mixed, 64c; low wmixed, Gic, Oata firm and better ; No, 1 held g 47¢ ¢ No. TrrnonEus—Unsottled and unchang e 8T, LOUIS, ST, Louts, Dee. 0,—CorroN--Dull; prices de dincd, " BREADSTUFFs—Flonr—Low grades, rauging from $4.00 {0 $5.00, scarco and wanted; no quotabla chiange fu the market, Wheat active; prices advanced; 4 Chicago epring, $1,11@1.12; No, 3 fall, $1.54 ; 2 red winter, §.68. Corn scarco and bigher ; No, 2 mixed, 55con east travk and fn clovator, Oata active, prices ndvauced ; No, 3, 33k@40¢, cloving ot the oute #ido prico, Barloy in’ fair dewund, firm, and une changed. Ryo higher ut 80c, WiskT—Steady at 885, Trovistons—Pork notive and strong at $14.00; fre regular brands, $14,60. Stundnrd dry sult very firm ; round lots of loogo held, shoulders ot Gi(e, sidea ut T@ Ti¢e; 101020 dayaold,fully cured, 1{@)¢e Mgher s small packed lote, cash and orders, shoniders, 6 clear rib, T(@7x¢ ; clear, T33@7¢e. Sweet pickied huma firm at Y@vie for 15 and 1336 1b average, Bacon not In demand. Lard higher ; prime stoam, Hoos—Aclive and higher at §LI3@4.75, at $4.60@4.05 ; Teceipts, 4,016, CarTLe—~Quict and u: used, NEW ORLEANS, NEWw Ontpaxs, Dec, O—lav—Dull and prie, 8 cholce, $24,00, P'novisioNs—Dry salt shoulders held at 63¢e, Suaan—Quict ; Inferlor, 4@43c; common, 5} ¢@0e; falr to Fully fulr, 61/@73¢c; prifn {0 cliolc, B i es Movasses—~In good domand ; connnon, 42 @ fair, 43@50c ; primo to cholce, 60@60C ; ol chunge _ CoTroN—In good demand ; Asles, 6,850 balen § pricor ensler; good ordinary to strict good ordinnry, 13%:@ I 3 low middling to strict low middling, 142,@ 16246 3 middling to strict middling, 152:@1650; good midding, 173:G172:c 3 receipts, 5,007 bales; oxports to the continont, 1,210 bales ; stock, 171,681 bales ; une sold, 66,600 hales, . Moxey—Qold, 1091(@1003{, Currcncy, 101! 10123 elglit; for currency, e discount; rfor checks, pur, Sterlg, 118 for checks. PHILADELPHTA, PHILADELPHIA, Dec, 9, — BabADATOFFS—Floun quiet and steady ; superfine, $1.50@5,495, Whoat firin, for prime dull for” other urulonrol, $1.60G1.63} % 3zc, mostly wer; amber, $1,05@1.90, Rye, 81@00c,’ Cortt quiet an sleady yellow, 76@760 ; mixod Western, 14@6e. Oatt unchimged, Trvnot M—Orude, 974c § reflued, 13@18}5c, Wistsis—Firm ot 9de, BALTIMORE. BArTrtone, Dec, I, —DiEApSTUETsS—Flour firm and nnchauged. Wheat—Western uctivo: 2Gadc higher, Corn quict ; mixed Western, 72¢, Oalsin better dee mnud 3 mixed Western, 46@47¢ ; while, 43@49¢. Ryo firm at 85@90¢, PnovisioNs—Buoyaut and strong ; meea pork higher ot $16,60, DBulk clear rib flmli‘ l.\l:ll.l at 7@7%c. Bacon firmerand higher ; shoulders, 1;;@}:;’.; cloar rib, B@8)fe, Sugar-cured hams, 12@l4c. rd firm and Ligher at 85@83{c, Burrrn—Slesdy. with fafr demand; good to cholco Western rolls und tub, 26@i0c, s r—Steady at 041 @USc, OSWEGO, Oawrao, Dee. 0.—DBnrapsturre—Wheat firm whito Micliigan, $1.80. Corn quiet nud firm at 8o, Barloy dull;uplako Canada Leld ut $1.03@1.65. BUFFAL BOFrALo, Dec, S,—BIFADSTUFFs—Market generally dull ; ol kinds ‘of grain firmly Leld ; only sals 3,000 bu No, 2 mixod Weatern corn in lots at 650, A School Attacked by a Strange and Sudden Sickness. From the New laven Palludium, Dec, 5. Considerable excitement prevails in Moriden ovor the fact that more than thirty of Mr. Grues ber'a scholars wore attacked with peculiar fits, whilo one of the classcs was reciting, Tucsdny afternoon. Ouo boy was - takon first, fulling holploesly to the floor. Whilo the Rav. Mr. Grao- ber was attonding to uim another foll, and ro on, ono attor another, Somo appenred as it wholly and stupidly drank, others vomited to a strain- ing dograc, whilo others seomed to bo porfectly belploss, Many wero taken wtih convulsions, and the greater number of tho scholars wero more or less affected. about a dozen girls ro- ported to Mr. Gracbor that_thoy were boginning to fool affocted, 1lo immodintely inquirod if any others folt sicl, when about thirty complained. Ho immodintely ordered the scholars into tho vacaut lot clogo by tho school, which 18 hold in tho basoment of the Gorman Church. In the open lot thoy breathed tho fresh uir, and many whoup to this time wero not affected now commoncod to drop down ono by ono, Dr. Tajt was immedintely callod and exnmiuned the victims, but could dis- gover uothing vory sorious, The scholars wero all gont to thoir difforent homes whovo stitl more of tho unaffected ones werae attacked with vomit- ing, Dr, 'Tait oxamined the school-room, and thought he detected the smell of coal gas, not strong unonizh. lowover, to cause such resulty, 11 thio scholars wore bottor yesterday, though many aro atill confinod to bed. ‘Tho_school will o closed until Saturdsy (or (1o purposo of ovor- bauling the pipos and affording botter facilities for ventilation. Tho groatost oxcitoment pro- yeilod among tho parents of tho childron, and Mr. Graeber was tloodod with auzious inquirics a4 to the probable causo, —_—— A Mother and Ohild Starved and Erox The Rutland (Vt.) Globe gives tho following dotails of ono of tho most terriblo cases of star- yation we ever romomber coming under our ob- servation : On Saturday, Nov, 27, o Mrs, Bran- non, with a young child, npl)earnd in the villnga of South Horlin, N. Y,, ou tho line of tho Har- lem Extonsion hnllmnd. Bho wont to sovoral houses without gaining admission, At one placa she was _given food, and soon sfter loft. On Wednerdny last o fientlnmnu wont into tho South Berlin conl kilus noar the village, whon ho was astounded st finding the woman burrowed thare, with nothing but an old door to protect hor from the inclomonoy of tho weather. Bho was living, but hor little ohild lay doad at hor gide, frozon to denth. When found—in a fooblo voiee—gho unidsho had not eaten unything in nine dayn, Whou nsked if sho kuow hov child was dond, ausworad, ** Yen ; that it was botter off," 8ho was taken in chavge by the 'Town Loor- mastor, who immediatoly sont for Dr. L. A, Hull, bug the poor woman died bofore tho phy- sioian arrived, The physiolan said shie had not Loon frozen. Ilor limbs woro black and hor body in a horrible condition, Sho wus mayriod, but har husband had left hor and was living with auothor wor Bhe had » ploasant look, and 0 all sppoarances, Lad suen botter daym