NEWS CONDENSER. 
Jllsccllaneotts 
IMPROVED FENCE AND GATE 
— Tennessee promises ft largo crop of peaches. 
— Omaha la looking for petroleum. 
«*- Camp-meetings hare now fairly begun. 
— Matteawan, N. T., has a ghost. 
— Iowa has flfty-ono agricultural aooieties. 
— The Peace Jubilee netted $110,TOO. 
— The Boston Baby Show was ft snccess. 
— English shows have performing Oshes. 
— Silver was al a discount ten years ago. 
— Paper petticoats sell In London for sixpence 
each. 
— The wheat in Ohio 19 looking remarkably 
finely. 
— Bos Moines, Iowa, has an $30,009 school- 
house. 
— San Francisco Is to have a free letter do- 
livery. 
— South Georgia has fine crops and no cater¬ 
pillars. 
— Thero are two Blues In tbo New York Di 
rectory. 
— Canada has an Anti Cruelty to Animals 
Society. 
— Stettin, Prussia, wants a line of steamers to 
Chicago. 
— Hogs are dying of cholera la Northern 
Louisiana. 
— Tho Glens Falls and Fort Edward Railroad 
Is completed. 
*-But twenty-two persons In Oregon have 
$10,000 Income. 
— Bologna,Italy, had a slight earthquake shock 
on the 28th ult. 
— A twelve pound trout was recently caught 
In Lake George. 
— The cheese business of Erie county Is very 
good at present. 
— Tho Dotrol t Free Press prints a long obituary 
of V'. Loci Pede. 
— Tho National Banks of New York have 
$53,000,0.50 eapt ml. 
— Railway fares l» India are only a little over 
four cents a mile. 
— Jtondout estimates Its commerce at S50.- 
000,000 per annum. 
— The uew City Directory of New York con¬ 
tains 180,143 names. 
— The prospects of tbo Indiana wheat crop 
are highly favorable. 
— The Oormans In London are to have a uiag- 
nltloout opera house. 
— The valuation of real and personal estate lu 
Detroit Is *76,452,843. 
— South Bend, Ind., has raised 1,000 bushels of 
Strawberries this year. 
— Marlon Co., Ind., has 3,123 registered dogs, 
which pay $1 tax each. 
*• A farmer In Dodge county, Wls., has plant¬ 
ed fifteen acres of beaus. 
«- Iowa's wheat crop will probably be oye-tlfth 
greater than over before. 
—* Tbo London Standard called the Boston Ju¬ 
bilee “a musical tornado.” 
— Apples and ohenleanre dropping badly in 
the vldolty of Kalamazoo. 
*- During ten days 58,570 seal skins arrived lo 
San Francisco from Alaska. 
=*Thc sycamoro trees around Buffalo are 
suffering from a new dlscaso. 
— The Mormons arc expecting large re-lnfovoe- 
tnents from Sheffield, England. 
— Three thousand duels were fought In the 
German Universities last year. 
— Near Portage, Wis., recently, thero wore 
three suicides within eight days. 
— The”oonsclencofund” In the C. S. Treas¬ 
ury now amounts to over *80,000. 
«-Somebody murdorod a bald eagle,- near 
Na'rrowsburg, N. Y., the other day. 
— “Dominion Day “—July I —is to bo a holiday 
In Canada henceforth und forever. 
— Eating peanuts in court has bean forbidden 
by Judicial order, at Petersburg, Va. 
— Tho Cliwyoane Leader says that the grass¬ 
hoppers aro about to oapture Denver. 
»- The Territorial seal of Wyoming is said to 
have the dovlco, “Lot us have Peace.” 
— A tnaa reoently desecrated the New York 
Central Park by hanging himself in It. 
— The telegraphic circuit of tho globe cau be 
completed with but 3,000 raiiou of wire. 
— Hartford. Ct., D to have a first class theater, 
Allyn Hull being refitted for the purpose. 
-- During the week ending June 20th, 28,000 
emigrants left Liverpool for this country. 
— There is a couplo In East Braintree, Mass., 
who have been married sixty-seven years. 
— It la estimated tiiut 51,000 acres will be 
broken in Grundy county, Iowa, this season. 
— A farmer in Burt County, Neb., ha«slx hun¬ 
dred acres of wheat, and all Inline oondjtion. 
— Harrisburg, Pa., is to have the worst 
paved streets of any town in the United States. 
The Cincinnati and Louisville Air Line Rail¬ 
road is open, und the through time Is five hours. 
— The printers In Amsterdam, Holland, have 
struck for higher wages and less hours of work. 
— Philadelphia’s market houses aro valued at 
*570.000, and they yield an annual revenue of 
*50,017. 
— Tbo present Virginian wheat, crop Is said to 
be one of the finest ever harvested In the Old 
Dominion. 
— In a garden at Lexington, Ky., a 1090 , an 
orange and a grape are said to be growing on the 
same stalk. 
— A terrible storm prevailed in Kansas on tho 
28th ult., which did much damage in the western 
part of tho State. 
~~ Chicago chilms to have the most valuable 
noise In the country— Bushan, Jr., for which 
*35,000 has been offered. 
— Sacramento offers the Government a *200,000 
building site Jf It will remove the mint from 
Sun Franclsoo to that city. 
— An island fa the Merrimack Is traveling 
down stream, the Hoods adding to the lower end 
what they wash from the Upper. 
— An eighty-three carat diamond has reached 
England from the Cape of Good Hope. It was 
usured lor $150,000 during its passage. 
— Shelburne Falls. Mass., claims tho “cham¬ 
pion horse swapper.” He Is but forty years old, 
aad has traded horses six hundred times. 
Till? lately invented, but thoroucbly tested Fence 
ANI> V, ATI-' lift Furin lndoBlues, a-, well us for Town 
und Village Fencing, niter receiving the approval of 
many practical b armors and Muchumen, by miles or 
aciuid use on liiuir own promises, is now uttered for 
nule in Farm, Town, County and Stuto itlghis, at 
terms so moderate us to permit its unit', ,.on' adoption 
where fenolug timber la Dot un Incumbrance to the 
land. 
The posts uru of Iron, the bases of Stone, the rails, 
boards or pickets of wood; and the entire fence as 
cheap in first cost ns ir built with wooden posts. The 
posle are tnrt.’vf rucrlLtt-by time, weather or frost. 
Agents wunted to canvass all juirtaof tho united 
States. For Pamphlet Circulars, containing descrip¬ 
tion und plans, address, with stamp inclosed, 
WILLIAMS’ FENCE ANp GATE CO., 
Black Koclv Erie Co., N. Y., or 
fiUerldun, t luiutnuuuu Co., N. Y. 
A P. WILLIAMS, Prostdent. 
L. F. ALLEN. BeC’j and 
UNION WASHING-MACHINE 
AND WRINGER. 
Cash missels, «January 1 , 18411 ) 
It A K F,' 8 SIBSOI T..-C 
taehed to any plow. The host in 
HOWARD IRON WOUlCS, 
reasurer. 
Cash on hand, in Bank and In Trust Company. 
Invested In United States Stocks, (Market valuo, 83.151,803 75.) cost. 
Invested In New Yoik City Bauk Stocks, (Market valuo 417,882,) cost. 
Invested in New York State Stocks, (Market value, 8991,070,) cost. 
Invested In other Slocks. (Market value, 222.500.) cost . . 
Loans on Demand, secured by V. 8. nod o til or Stocks, (Market value of 
Securities. 8505,715 50)... . 
Real Estate, (Market value, *1.023,800 51)). 
Bonds und Mortgages, (Secured by Real Estate valued at over 85,000,000.) 
buildings iberoon insured for *2,055,700, And tho policies assigned to 
tbi) Company ns additional collateral security... 
Loans ou existing Pulido*...,.... 
Quarterly and Seinl.Annual Premiums duo suboequent to January 1, 1809.. 
Interest accrued to January l, isiivi..... 
Rents accrued to January 1, 1309. 
Premiums od Policies In hands of agents at»u in course at transmission... 
Add excess of market value of securities over cost. 
8397,351 51 
2,079,807.49 
41,*19 00 
547,859 42 
210,519 09 
V 83,000 SALARY. U. S. PIANO CO„ N. Y 
AMERICAN TONTINE 
Life and Savings Insurance Company 
149 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 
II jLLIAJi II. LL'OLOIV, President, 
KOREKT ML STRATTON, Yice-Presldent 
HENRY f*.\YJ>F.K, Secretary, 
JOHN N. WRITING, Counsel, 
PARKS F.lt KLI'li, Consulting; Actuary. 
FOSTER Jk THOMPSON, Solicitors, 
( HARLl',3 JlfHIILLAN, HI, B,, Hlctlical Examiner. 
Cash Assets, January 1, 1800 
[From the American Exchange and Jtevietv, March, 18C9.) 
The business and financial position of the New Yorl$ I/ifo Iusurnncc Company, nt tho 
close of 1S03, will excite more than usual interest lu the general public j and bo especially gratifying to 
its policy-holders. Lust year the operations of tht? Company wero a succe?* unparalleled by auy of it* 
previous annual achievements. Not only hj the gonorul growth of revenue and assets. but lu tho speci¬ 
fications of Its accounts Is the exhibit for 1803 especially noteworthy. Nearly one-half of tts disburse¬ 
ments ware for dividends to policy-holders, yet tho further dlvbwblo surplus at tho close of tho year was 
$l,f>89,232.17, being still greater than tho previous annual dividend. Tho Interest uccount (including 
premium on gold, &o.,) shows a great Increase; Income from this source alone was more than adequate 
to pay the losses, and was 57 per cent, gtila aa compared with the corresponding receipts of 1807. The 
Ktiin in new policies was 2,503 above the total of 1307, being an aggregate for tho year of 9,105 new poll- 
oies-uu avenge of 175 per week. All tho details prove thorough wqrk — a wldeulng circle of influence— 
higher results to Us policy-holders— and tho engrossing of a larger share of public attention. A great 
future Is before the Ntw Yotuv J,D'8. 
s ihbotohs. 
;.*........President, 
.....Vice-President. 
.or Willei* dk Co. 
.....of Browu Bros, A: Co. 
.of Thome, YViusou &, Co. 
.Attorney and Counsellor. 
...of Robert Schell & Co. 
...ot J. Seymour «fc Co. 
.No. ‘23 West Twenty-fourth St. 
.of Foster »V Thomson. 
...Treasurer of the Novelty Iron Works. 
.-.of Cooper, Fellows dt Co. 
..Vice-President of the Iiuuk of Commerce, 
.Bunker. 
...of John Cnswcll A- Co. 
.President Natiouul Book of the Commonwealth, 
.No. ‘237 Brondwny. 
...No. 213 Water St. 
.No. 63 Wall St. 
.of P. W. Engs dk Sons. 
..of Brown Bros. Jtc Co. 
.Merchuut. 
.of Elijah T. Brown & Co. 
...of Cooper, Hewitt & Co. 
WILLIAM I!. LUDLOW 
ROBERT M. STRATTON 
SAMUEL YVII, LETS. 
CLARENCE S. BROWN. 
JONATHAN THORNE 
JOHN X. WRITING. 
ROBERT SCHELL. 
J. O. SEYMOUR. 
WILLIAM BLOODGOOD 
J. P. Gilt A I’D FOSTER 
J. WILSON STRATTON. 
JOSEPH M. COOPER. 
It. LENOX KENNEDY. 
MINOT C. MORGAN. 
JOHN CASWELL . 
EDWARD HAIGHT. 
WILLIAM M. TWEED 
CHARLES J. SHEPARD 
DWIGHT TOWNSEND... 
PHILIP W. ENGS. 
JAMES M. BROWN. 
SAMUEL L, MITCH ILL 
ELIJAH T. BROWN. 
ABRAM S. HEWITT. 
In (be pnm five year* this Company bun effected over one hundred and five million* ot 
Insurances,and Us udvauee In this period la illustrated as follows; 
Policies Amount Cash Dividend* Losses 
Issued. Insured. Paid, Paid. 
. 4,905 812,142,MS ?u:l,5$5 to 8315,500 
. 6,131 iij, 1)54,3(8 skSftl II 100,522 
. 7,53c rnS4.m 21 4$p.M 
. «,<&. 22 , 1 : 73 , 1 17 331,953 87 5®,230 
. 9,105 30,785,317 1,225,805 20 7R 013 
TUe9e are stages of un expansion which lias not come from fortuitous or extraneous circumstances, 
but which may be eharticicrued, so to speak, ns un organic growth— a development in duo process and 
order. Tho Now York Life Iusuraucc Company now transacts about oae-elghteeuth of tlie entire Ufa 
insurance business or the United States. 
Concerning the regulation* which guide the interior government of thi* Compnny, 
Superintendent Daunts undies this statement and commentary In his last annual report: 
“Tho rty-l.uw* coniine tbo business of tho Company exclusively to insurance on llve*—llralt risks on 
any one life to ten thousand dollars-prohibit u trustco or offleer from using or borrowing the funds of 
the Company, and provide that all Investments shall be made (n the nnuio of tUe corporation, und not 
in the name of nuy ludlvIttnal as aa officer or the Company; besides many other stringent business 
rules for tiuaucial health and soundness.” 
I M T O R T A N S KB w FEATURES. 
, Coapflny issue certificate*, whenever deni red, ngrrclug to purchase ft* noliciei 
may bo cohawal sSty for by July uegotifblc, am 
*unmtVut^D^o^^Aj^ulryfLJfnf i ij?e a aud fouo*S*demptRm V*oriel*» 0 and*iwlnUlOT? B,,>0, " ai,y l “ 
g $r! ! ftw wap ra? e» e| 
Thin citation I* tin epitome of tho Company’* official history. Its general manage¬ 
ment adheres faithfully to tho provisions required “for tlnunelal health and soundness." Tbo accumu¬ 
lating resources of the Company Justify, however, an enlargement of the maximum of insurance 
upon one life and 820,000 is now the limit. 
The well-approved business tneu who compose the bonrd of able Trustee*, exercise 
their supervision with great care and discretion. President Uoitnts Franklin, and William II. 
BEEUi, Esq., Vice-President and Actuary, (and alike capable in both positions,) discharge their duties 
with tireless vlgilanco and u foresight clear and broad. Tho j^ars as they go on bear golden testi¬ 
mony to their ufilcienoy. 
Wo here append nu extract from the Company’* Twenty-Fourth Annual Statement, 
which announces the redemption of tho last scrip dividend outstanding, and tho appropriation among 
the policy-holders Of tho divisible annual surplus: 
CIL1BLES II. KAYMO^U, President 
KOBEfiT CiKAIY^ISS, Secretary. 
SHEPPARD tflOJBAXS, Consulting Actuary. 
Cash Assets,, January 1, 1SGS.. 
Cash Assets* January X, 1SG9. 
Income, ISOS. 
Divisible Surplus, January 1, I860 
89)159,?53 91 
l J ,000,820 Cl> 
4,G7S,*J80 20 
1,<o8:>,2H2 17 
This is a Muiuul Company. The Policy Holders are its Member*. 
The Surplus and Earnings are theirs, uud Divided among them every your on tbs 
Contribution Piau. 
Its Directors are among the most experienced Insurance Men and Financier* iu the 
country* 
Its Officers are careful and conservative. 
Its Assets exceed Oue Million Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars. 
The Imprest ou luveMtments more than pays all Losses. 
It hus paid in two years nearly One Hundred Thousand Dollars la Dividend*. 
Its risks are examined and selected with great care. 
As a consequence, its rate of Mortality is less than any other Company iu tho country. 
It deals only iu Cash. 
It pay* the full amount of the X'olicy iu Cash. 
Its Dividends are paid iu Cash. 
Its Asset* are Cash. 
It* Managers and Representatives believe iu tho Security and Economy of Gash only. 
Cash Insurance is the Huie.t. 
Cash Insurance is the Cheapest. 
This Company has never done other than a Cash Business, 
lu the character ot I’oliclc* issued by this Company — 
Tho Foliey Holder makes an Investment naviug better Interest than Government 
Bondst 
Lay* up uu Annuity for Kickucss or Old Agej 
Aud secures those dependent on him from want iu case 01 oeam. 
1 he most popular feature* iu the practice of Life Insurance were originated by tlio 
Actuary ot this Company. 
The business or the Company is the embodiment of them all. 
It is, hence, enabled to oiler advantages unsurpassed by those offered by any other 
Company iu the country. 
The Board of Trustee* lias directed the Redemption, on and after the first MONDAY' 
in March, lost., of the Ust and only outstanding Scrip Dividend (that of 18C7.) and from tho Undivided 
Surplas of $1,C39,2C2.17 they have declared a CASH DIVIDEND, uvuklabte on setilcmeiu of next annual 
premium, to vaoh participating policy proportioned to It* “contribution to surplus.” 
Dividend* not used lu settlement or premium will be udded to the policy. 
By order of the Board. 
WILLIAM n. fiSEEKS 
A ice-PresitleuX and Aeluary 
MORRIS FRANKLIN, President of tho New York Li|u Insurance Company. 
WILLIAM H. BEERS, Vice-President of the New York Life Itisumnoo Company. 
DAVID DOWS, (David Dows & Co., Flour Merchants,) No. 20 South St. 
ISAAC C. KENDALL, Union Buildings, corner of William und Pine Sts. 
DANIEL S. MILLER, (Lato Miller & Co., Grocers.) 
HENRY K. BOGKKT, (Bogort & Kneoland,) No. 49 William St. 
JOHN L. ROUE US, (Late Y/yetb, Rogers, & Co., Importers,) it William St. 
JOHN MAIRS, (Merchant,) No. 29 South St. 
WM. II. APPLETON, (Applotou A Co., Publishers,) No. 92 Grand St. 
ROBERT B. COLLINS, (Collins & Brothers, Stationers,) No. 10(1 Leonard St. 
WM. BARTON, (Baukor,) No. 33 Wall Si. 
WM. A. BOOTH, (Booth & Edgar,) No. 95 Front St. 
GEORGE A. OSGOOD, (Banker,) No. 35 Broad St. 
HENRY BOWERS, (Bower*, Bcekman & Co., Dry Goods.) 0J Leonard St. 
CHAS. L. ANTHONY (Anthony & Hull, Dry Goods,) No. 60 Leonard 3t. 
SANFORD COBB, President Eug-lo Firo Insurance Co., No. 71 Wall St. 
EDWARD MARTIN, (Provisions,) 40() West Twelfth St. 
EDWIN HOYT, (Hoyt, Sprajrues & Co., Dry Goods,) 50 Park Place. 
LOUIS F. BATTBLLE, (Battelle, & Bcnwlok.) 103 Front St. 
H. B. CLAFLIN, (II. B. CJftfiltt & Co., Dry Goods,) corner Church and Worth Sts. 
HOItRIS FEA^KLO, President. 
WILLIAM H. BEERS, Vice-Pre*. end Actuary. 
THEODORE M. BA.ATA, Cashier. 
CORNELIUS Jl BOCERT, M. D. ) ETAMTf _,_. 
GEOROE WILKES, M. D„ ^Medical Examinees. 
CHARLES WRIGHT, M. D., Assistant IIedical Examinee. 
£ 3 r Partle* desirous of connecting themselves with thl* Company, either a* Agents or 
j becoming Members, will please address the Home Olflce, personally or by letter. 
A PAYING INVESTMENT! AN INCOME IN OLD AGE 1 
AND A PROVISION FOR THEIR FAMILIES! 
tf ILL 
•J’OSftl’ VONSINS CLASS Of THIS 
r ** ue ‘ ted ' for fttl1 information, to apply at the Company’# Office, or to 
»oy 01 it# Agent#. 
tn ^ AC ! iVe ;, i v. nt . e . Ui * e ° t m * n ' famUiar with the bttsine** of Life Insurance, will do well 
to co-oporato witU this Company, 
Address all Communications to the Company’s Office* 
Ufo. 133 BROADWAY, AEW YORK. 
