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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
4AN, 6 
Hftcs of the o (fleck. 
GENERAL REVIEW. 
The principal even! of the week lias been an 
order issued by Judge Brady Saturday, Dec. ;th, 
enjoining Mayor Hall from recognizing the old 
Board of Aldermen. 
\Vm. M. Tweed, huving resigned, has been suc¬ 
ceeded as Commissioner of Public Works by 
Geo. H. Van .Sort, formerly connected with the 
Park Department, and a Republican ill politics. 
To avoid sharing the fate of Connolly in bud- 
low street Jail. Tweed hid himself in the city 
Dee. 26, and did not appear again until the 29th, 
when a bondsman lian been secured in the place 
of Terence Farley, who desired to withdraw. 
Tweed’s ball are now justifying. 
Horace Greeley has written a letter to a Mis¬ 
souri editor who bad nominated him lor the 
Presidency, in which he says be is ni t the man 
file Democrat- want, being a ferocious protec¬ 
tionist, and recommends them to take some man 
like Grate Brown, or Trumbull, or General Cox. 
An important change has been made in Cuba. 
Marshal Concha succeeds Valmaseda as Captain- 
General. 
Admiral I’alo has been appointed Spanish Min¬ 
ister at Washington vice Senor Roberts. 
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DOMESTIC NEWS. 
New York City and Vicinity. 
DEC. 23. n terrible g;i> explosion occurred ill 
the purifying bouse 'at. the Metropolitan Gas 
Company’s Works. The force of the explosion 
was so great as to completely wreck the building 
in widen it occurred. The tenements In the vi¬ 
cinity were shaken aa though by an earthquake, 
and every pane of glass in the windows was shat¬ 
tered. Moot) after the explosion took place, gas 
was withdrawn from the entire district supplied 
by tiic Company, and a large section of the city 
was wrapped in total darkness. 
Only one person was seriously hurt. The 
damage has been sufficiently repaired to furnish 
the usual quantity ot gas. 
An official statement ni the debt of the city and 
county of New York, at. the close of business on 
the 16th inst, 1ms been prepared by Comptroller 
Green. The city is now pay ing interest on about 
*1111,000,00(1 including* 26 , 000,000 held by the Mink- 
lug Fund. The net indebtedness, including $6,- 
000,000 of claims already presented on unsettled 
accounts, and deducting the cash in the city and 
county treasuries, Is $94,533,887.22. ’Che funded 
city debt on Sept. 14, Ihr dnt< ot the last state¬ 
ment before this, was *54,302,808.51; it is now 
*57,392,308.51: funded county debt, Sept. 14, $27,- 
816,850; it is now $39 970.500. 
Gen. Sickles, our Minister to Spain, who has 
recently arrived hero, hus important communi¬ 
cations to moke to the Government at Washing¬ 
ton in reference to our relations with Spain. 
The General denies that he is retained by the 
combination against the Eric Railroad Directory 
a* counsel. 
Ah application lias been made for an attach¬ 
ment against Connolly's property by Patrick 
Carroll, formerly Superintendent of Markets for 
*13,308. for provisions furnished Connolly, dur¬ 
ing 1867, *GS. ’63. 
The Grand Jury, after an investigation, have 
exonerated Judge Bedford from the charge of 
tee. u ing $5,509 lit a frauduh lit oianm rfrean tjte 
city when Assistant Dif triet Attorney for '-xtnt 
sendees. They say he was legally entitled to the 
amount. 
The Erie Railway Company lias com Dieted the 
transfer of the 60,056 shares of stock claimed by 
Heath and Raphael. 
The Jury in the case of Miner, on trial fur 
counterfeiting, have rendered a verdict of not 
guilty. 
Crimea. 
The dispatches in relat ion to the trouble in 
Chicot county, Ark., growing out o! t he murder 
of the negro lawyer, Wynne, and t he lynching of 
the three murderers, are conflicting. It is evi¬ 
dent, however, that the negroes huv> disbanded 
and the county authorities are in full possession. 
The reports that the negroes committed gross 
outrages, ami compelled citizens to leave the 
county, are discredited. 
Dec. 2.5, a preconcerted outbreak of Ku-Klux 
at Marshal], Saline Co., Mo., and vicinity is re¬ 
ported to have taken piftre. A large number of 
armed men turned out in pursuit of the negroes 
of the district.. Patrols were placed near the 
town, and every traveler was halted and ques¬ 
tioned. Ail business was suspended, and mob 
violence reigned supreme. It is not known liow 
many negroes were killed, but a man who left 
Marshall at 11 o’clock saw the dead bodies of live, 
two hanging by the neck and three lying on the 
roai 
Dec. 25. the Marshal of Chelsea, Mass., was 
stabbed while quelling a riot. He shot one of the 
rioters, and twelve others were arrested. Charles 
and John Schunckor have been held tu $10,000 
bail for assaulting the Marshal. 
On Christmas day a bloody affray took place 
at East Arlington, VI., in a drinking saloon. 
Fur well ts Lawrence, the keepers of the saloon, 
shot five persons, two of whom have died since, 
and two more are mortally wounded. One of 
t lie victims was Far well’s sou, eight years of age. 
Flu ivt-ll and Lawrence arc under arrest. 
Doc. 21, in the United States Court, Columbia, 
S- C., the jury In the case of Mitchell and Mint- 
sides, Ku-h luxes, after nearly twenty-four 
hours’ consultation, returned a verdict of guilty 
on the second and fourth counts. The defense 
moved for a new Trial. 
Accidents and Disasters. 
Dec. 21, a passenger train bound North. 0.1 the 
Burlington. Cedar Rapids and Minnesota Rail¬ 
road, broke through tfie bridge over Shell Rock 
River, at Rockford Station, Iowa, precipitating 
the engine, caboose, baggage car - and one coacn 
down twenty-live feet. James Judd, the engi¬ 
neer, Bartlett, a brakejnan, and Robert White, 
the firemen, were instantly killed,. 
A locomotive on the Rockville Branch of the 
Hartford, Providence and Fishklll Railroad, ex¬ 
ploded, pec. 33, the engineer, M. S. Collins, being 
killed and .the tiremun, named Voght, severely 
Injured. 
Dec. 26. the Cosmopolitan Well, at Shrub Grass, 
Pa., belonging to 1 tots ford & Co., took fire by an 
explosion of the gas, while drilling, severely 
burning six men. including one of the owners, 
Mr. Botsford. 
A severe rain storm, with a southwest gale, set 
in Doc. 22. There was great disaster to shipping 
on the Pacific coast. The Tule county, opposite 
Sacramento, half of Stockton, Gilroy and Sun 
Jose are Hooded. 
Obituaries. 
The Rev. James B- Taylor, for the past 25 
v< sirs Corresponding Secretary of the Foreign 
Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Conven¬ 
tion. died in Richmond. Va., December 22, aged 
69 years, 
Sidney E. Morse, a brother of Prof. 8. F. B. 
Morse, and one or the founders of the New York 
Observer, died in this city, December 23, of 
paralysis, aged 78 years. 
The Rev. Robert Jefferson Breekenridge, D.D., 
LL. D., died Dec. 27. at Danville, Ky., after a 
irotruelod illness, lb- wn- soil of the Hon. John 
b eckenridge, author of the Kentucky Resolu¬ 
tions of 1798, and Vttorney-Gcncral under Presi¬ 
dent Jefferson. He was 71 years of age. 
A despatch from Rome, Dec. 27. announces the 
death of Cardinal Amut. 
Firm*. 
Dm . 21 . in Hudson, N.Y., Incendiaries burned 
down some of the buildings of the Albany and 
Boston Railroad Co.. 
Dee. 25, tlie Soldiers* lbirncat Kingstown, Ind„ 
was burned. The Inmates will be transferred to 
Dayton Soldiers’ Home. The lessor insurance 
on the bulling is not stated. 
Dee. 25. during a pyniteeJinieal display at Ma¬ 
con. (in., a fire balloon was thrown into a store 
on Cherry street, which ignited a large stock of 
fireworks, and the explosion that followed set 
fire to the building and burned out four stores. 
Loss about $60,000. 
Eec- 24, twelve buildings were burned in Sallna, 
Kan. Loss. $75,000. 
Thi residence ol’ C. A. Woods, at Wheatland, 
Pa., was destroyed by fire on Christmas day, and 
two servant girls were burned to death. 
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FOREIGN NEWS, 
France. 
The recent communication of Count Bis¬ 
marck to Baron von Arnlm.ln reference to out¬ 
rages committed on German soldiers and the 
measures of retaliation proposed to be Inaugur¬ 
ated. excites the French press to renewed bitter¬ 
ness against Germany. 
The initiative Committee ot the Assembly has 
rejected tin* proposition to return to Paris. ’ 
M. Boil lean Is now mentioned as probably the 
future Minister at Washington. 
The Minister of the interior hoy taken meas¬ 
ures for the further restriction of the liberty of 
t he press. 
The Assembly has voted down the proposition 
for a general Income tax. 
The West Indies. 
’I’m ease of the steamer Hornet is consid¬ 
ered settled in Hayti. The Spanish Consul has 
landed again aud re-occupied hi- post. 
Engagements have recently taken place in 
San Domingo between the Baez’s troop.-, mid the 
revolutionists Cabral was beaten at N’ieba, and 
compelled to abandon tile place hastily, His loss 
was heavy in men and ammunition. He lost 
even his own clothing. Gen. Pimentul resisted 
the attack of the Baez forces sueei-sstully at 
Santa Guati. and routed them, 
Captain-Gene ml Valmaseda of Cuba has Issued 
a proclamation hi which lie gives notice that 
ev ery insurgent captureo after the 1,5th of Janu¬ 
ary will be shot, and those surrendering after 
that date will bo sentenced to perpetual impris¬ 
onment. Tlie negro men ure to be treated the 
same as the whites. 
Austria. 
The statement is made on authority that the 
forthcoming budget will show a surplus of 21,- 
000,000 florins in the receipts over expenditures 
for the year, instead of a deficit, as was antici¬ 
pated. 
Spain. 
Dec. 27, a regiment of Chasseurs sailed from 
Santander to join the Spanish army in Cuba. 
King Amadeus was present, and made a f arewell 
speech to the troops, causing immense enthusi¬ 
asm. 
rurUey. 
Tiu. Sultan, backed by Pruesia and Austria, 
is rhi.-iply pressing the Government ol the Danu- 
biun i’rineipalitjes fora settlement of its railway 
obligations. 
rierntmi}. 
The Germans are making a census of the 
private fortunes of the inhabitants of the invad¬ 
ed provinces of France. 
Itussla. 
A Russian ukase has been published order¬ 
ing .six men in each thousand to be drawn lor 
military service. 
Holland. 
The Roman Catholic Bishops of Holland 
have united in a memorial to the King, praying 
him not to discontinue the Dutch Legation at 
tho Vatican. 
Groat Britain. 
The recovery of the Prince of Wales has 
been somewhat retarded by an affection just 
above the left hip. 
China. 
The Chinese Government has determined to 
follow the example of the Japanese and send 
young men to England and the United States to 
be educated I 11 the. schools of those countries. 
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THE VLICY LATENT. 
THE PRINCE OF WALES. 
London. Dec. 30.—The bulletin of to-day re¬ 
ports that the rest of the Prince of 'Vales was at 
times disturbed last night, by pains from the 
swelling above the hip, but in all other respects 
his condition continues to improve. 
I.OsS OF A RUSSIAN STEAMER WITH ALL ON 
BO A It ll. 
St. Petersburg, Dec. 30.—The Russian steam¬ 
ship Kutmi, plying on the Caspian Sea. foundered 
in a terrible gale. All on board, officers, crew 
and passengers, were drowned. The steamer 
hud a million roubles in treasure on board, which 
is a total loss. 
FEARFUL CATASTROPHE IN GLASGOW, 
Glasgow* Dob. 30. While a large road wagon, 
propelled by steam, and carrying heavy boilers, 
was passing through I lie streets to-day .surround- 
ed mul followed by n throng of children, one of 
the boilers exploded. Five children were killed 
outright, and seven were so badly injured that 
their recovery is douhrfui. The dead and injur¬ 
ed were frightfully mutilated. 
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Fxninple for Ihe Ladies.—Mrs. Elizabeth A. 
Monahan of Brooklyn, N. Y., has used her 
Wheeler & Wilson Machine since 1861. During 
the war she stitched forty blouses a day of eight 
hours, averaging about $16 a week: since then 
she has stitched from thirty to thirty-six linen 
coats a day. Last year, in throe months, she 
stitched 1,274 linen coats, earning $186.46, besides 
doing her ow n housework and tending her baby. 
She would use no Other Machine. 
It give* as great pleasure to record the well 
deserved success of the celebrated piano manu¬ 
facturers, Messrs. Geo. Stbck & Co., in this city, 
already mentioned in one of our former issues. 
Within a year they doubled their manufacturing 
capacities in order that they might fully supply- 
flic demand for their pianos. They have obtained 
the latest patent for improvements in Upright 
and Grand Pianos, and thin patent was so notable 
that one of their Grands, in preference to all 
otliers, was selected as the .first prize at flu- great 
Saengerfest. held in this city In June last,—cer¬ 
tainly an enviable triumph. The Stock Pianos 
have gained for themselves the reputation of 
standing longer In turn- and of being more dura¬ 
ble than any other instrument manufactured in 
this country, and as such an instrument is the 
cheapest In the end, it accounts for the populari¬ 
ty and the Increasing demand for the Stock 
Plano.—c. A. c. 
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Kxnmplr for the Ladle*,—Mrs. C- of New 
York, has used a Wheeler & Wilson Machine 
since 1857, never averaging loss than $700 a year, 
and for the last five years $1,000. She used the 
same needle during 1870, and earned with it over 
$1,000. 
Donh Wait for a Cold to go away of itself, 
for your throat and lungs may become so irri¬ 
tated and inflamed from the accompanying 
Cough, that Bronchitis or Consumption may set 
In before you are conscious of danger. Rather 
get clear of your Cold ut once by using Dr. 
Jayne’s Expectorant, a good remedy for loosen¬ 
ing a cough and promoting expectoration, and 
for healing and strengthening the surfaces of 
the throat and lungs. Sold everywhere. 
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Example for the Ladle*.,—Mrs. T. M. Scullin, 
Troy, N. Y„ has used her “dear friend," a 
Wheeler & Wilson Machine, since 1858 in dress 
and cloak making. The Iasi six months she 
earned $332. and the year before, $417. 
Moke Your Ow n Soap.— Spread out on a plat¬ 
form your soap grease about four Inches thick. 
To procure and apply the lye, place yourself to 
’he windward of the platform and mention the 
Jones Seale to a trav eling scale agent, and lie 
will pour out enough concentrated essence of 
1*0* to saponify the whole mass. Send for Fl oe 
Price List, and see why the Jones Scale Works of 
Binghamton, N. Y.. can sell the best Four Ton 
Hay Scales for $75. 
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Example Tor the Ladle*. Mrs. .7. R. Bowen, 
Wcllfiboro, Pa., has used her Wheeler A- iVilson 
Machine almost constantly since 1859 on all kinds 
of material, without any repairs or personal in¬ 
struction. 
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You Cannot do a Better Thing for your wife 
on a washing day than provide her a Doty 
Washer and a Universal Wringer. It will keep 
aches from her back and arms, wrinkles from 
her forehead ana roughness from her hands, it 
will do the. work of a hired woman and save 
your linen from being scrubbed out and her 
temper from being chafed out. — Neu> York 
Tribune, March 22d, 1870. 
How Delightful it i6 to be able to remove ail 
the disfigurements from the skin, such os tau, 
freckles, moth-patches, etc. The delightful and 
harmless toilet preparation known us Geo. W. 
Laird’s " Bloom ot Youth " will effectually re¬ 
move all such blemish without the fear of injur¬ 
ing the skin. It will leave the skin smooth, 
clear and transparently beautiful. Sold at all 
druggists and fancy goods dealers. Depots Gold 
street. New York. 
Another Lie Yniled.—The Hon. Thomas Mur¬ 
phy, ex-Collector, is not nor never has been a 
stockholder in our works. We supply the Gov¬ 
ernment because our Scales are the best and 
cheapest. The Jones Scale Works, Bingham¬ 
ton, N. Y. 
Example for the Ladle*.—Mrs. C. D. Good¬ 
man, Cleveland, O., has used her Wheeler A- Wil¬ 
son Machine four and a-half years with the same 
No. 2 needle that came in it without breaking or 
blunting It. 
Novel and Beautiful Paper Weight.—From 
the Meriden Cutlery Co. (by J. B. Beadle. Sec’y,) 
we have received a solid nickel - silver-plated 
paper weight,—very appropriate for Agricultur¬ 
al Editors, and exceedingly artistic. It repre¬ 
sents u Short-Horn animal of the mule persua¬ 
sion, fastened by u golden cord tou hitching post 
of burnished silver. Those with whom the 
Short-Horns are favorites will be delighted with 
this useful and ornamental article. 
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More than Four Tons of solid lies have been 
told by traveling agents regarding us and our 
Scales. Do not buy until you have sent for our 
Free Price List and see how, by dispensing wirh 
these lu/.y swindlers, we can sell Four Ton Hay 
Seales at $75. The Jones Scale 'Yorks, Bing¬ 
hamton, N. Y. 
Co., has been carried by me nine months; its 
total variation from mean time being only three 
and a-half seconds per month— Horace Hatch. 
M. D., No. 25 W. 38th St,, N. Y. 
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Another Lie N'alled.-The Hon. Thomas Mur¬ 
phy. ex-Collector, is not nor never has been a 
stockholder in our works. We supply the Gov¬ 
ernment because out- Seales are the best and 
cheapest. The Jones Scale Works, Bingham¬ 
ton, N. Y. 
A Protruding Toe is not a pretty sight, and is 
never seen where children wear SILVER TIPPED 
Shoes. They will save half your shoe bills. For 
sale by all dealers. 
SPECIAL NOTICES. 
HAIR. SCALP AND FACE. 
DR. B. C. PERRY, the skillful Dermatologist, 49 
Bond street who treats with special prescriptions all 
diseases which destroys the hair, can now be consult¬ 
ed at his New York office for Falling, Loss and Un¬ 
timely Gray Hair. Dandruff, Salt Khetiin, Ringworm, 
or any complaint or disease which Induces a loss of 
hair. The doctor cures unnatural redness of the 
nose or face, black heads, pimply eruptions, moth 
patches, freckles. Cal! or send for circular. 
HALL'S JOURNAL OF HEALTH 
is 0 Monthly Magazine. Dir entire content of which 
are written hr Dr. W. W. Ham., the eminent and 
trustworthy family physician. It has been published 
for eighteen years. Subscription, flAO a year. To 
Clergymen and Teacher a. $1. HURD & HOUGHTON. 
New York. The Riverside Press, Cambridge. 
RUPTURE CAN BE CURED 
without suffering. Ei.astic Trusses are supersed¬ 
ing all others. Before buying Metal Trusses or Sup¬ 
porters, send for a descriptive circular to the Elas¬ 
tic Truss Co.. No. flS3 Broadway. New York. 
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Colombo* Discovered America, but it has 
been found that the only economical Shoes for chil¬ 
dren are the celebrated SILVER TIPPED—never 
wear out at the toe, and are worth two pairs without 
tips. All dealers sell them. 
STAMMERING CURED 
by Bates’ Appliances. For description, address 
SIMPSON & CO.. Box .5076, New York. 
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“ THE BLANCHARD CHURN” 
is every way the best one now in the market. 
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Show Bill*, Specimen Number*, Etc., of tho 
Rural New-Yorker sent free. 
THE MARKETS. 
MONEY AND TRADE AFFAIRS. 
NEW York, Saturday, December .50,1871. 
The general trade of the week has been active in the 
receipts of Cotton and firm In Cotton Goods. The 
business in Invested Bonds shows better than in the 
week before Christmas. The Holiday shopping trade 
was fair and about equal to lust year, though several 
causes combined to make many of our people feci 
poorer—such a* the lueses on Insurance Stocks by the 
Chicago fire ; the breaking up of t he Tammany Ring, 
which brought down some of the Banks und Savings 
Concerns in which they were interested, and the 
slower progress of the new Railway undertakings,and 
the more difficult negotiation of their Bonds. On the 
other lmnd the Public Credit of the United States is 
higher, and the premium on Gold Is easier than at the 
rinse of 1871. 
The following are the comparative movements of 
the City Banks for the past fortnight: 
Dec. Hi. Dec. 23. 
Capita).*8T,501,ij(JO $87,801,000 
Loans.283,179,100 5n.363.600 
Gold and Greenbacks. .... 10,283,400 I7i,9s2,rll0 
Deposits. 21i,8)'J,uUJ 199,341;,700 
Circulation . 2V.033.BOl) 28,575,000 
The heavy reduction in Loan* aud Deposits Is not 
ail owing to contraction, as about $4,500,000 of each are 
dropped out of the Clearing House returns, which now 
include only the Bunk*, associated In the Clearing 
House. Heretofore seven or eight outside Banks have 
been allowed to report as n matter of courtesy. Tho 
contraction, otherwise, however, is very heavy and 
lias caused ail extremely close Money Market in Wall 
street, where the Brokers are paying 7 per cent, and :i 
dally commission of an eighth or sixteenth of one per 
cent, for currying over their Stocks. The notable fea¬ 
ture in this state of things is that Stocks, especially of 
the speculative class, go up on the Money stringency. 
PRICE OF STOCK* AND BONDS. 
American Gold.IDs*, 
IT. S. 5-20’s of 18C7.. . ..1)5% 
U. 8. 6* Of !«Sl.11 h 
II. 8. 1(M0», 6 cts ....1<J9>.. 
If. 8. New Loan. lUO’i 
N. Y. Bounty Loan—1U9>4 
Tennessee*. .til 
Virginia*, now. 56>- 
Missouri Bonds. 97 
North t.'uroliiuia, old.. S4 
U. S. Currency tis.I14k 
Centra) Pacific*.103), 
Union do. .93 
Western Telegraph.... 70 
Pact tic Mull.53-V 
Luke Shore Scrip-84*, 
N. Y. Centra 1 Stock... 9514 
Do. Scrip.89 y. 
Heading . .. lll>j 
Hock Island.107VC 
N. West. 07 
Do. Preferred. 90 
|St. Paul. .54 
Do. Prof erred ....... 78M 
, Cuke Shore . 93 
Ohio und Mississippi. 45M 
Toledo & Wabash.... 70iy 
Eric.38$ 
Union Put 1 lie Stuck .. 29 
Adams Express.91 
American Express.... HO 
, United Slate* Exp's.. 053< 
The market Is all up since our last report, the Rail¬ 
roads 210 4 per cent.. Western Telegraph 2>f, United 
States Express 2K. Tennessee Bonds 3, Virginias IK. 
Union Pacific Mortgage Bonds 2 and the Public Stocks 
(Gold bearing.) MS-Yaml United Suites Currency 0 per 
cents. 15* percent. The market ut the close of the Old 
Year Is steady and on the advance. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
Example for the Ladlem—Mrs. Mary Hacher, 
Muscatine, Iowa, has used her Wheeler & Wil¬ 
son Machine since September, 1857, and earned 
from $10 to $20 a week, making dresses and 
cloaks, from the finest to the heaviest, and her 
machine is now in as good order as when she 
bought it. 
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Watch No. 1154, Stein Winder—Bearing' 
Trade-Mark “ Frederic Atherton & Co., Marion, 
N. J.’’—manufactured by United States Watch 
New York, Friday, Dec. 29. 
Holiday week ha* been most religiously kept in 
commercial matters this week, and we again make 
only a nominal allusion to a large portion of good* 
depending upon a wholesale nutlet- Beans are dull, 
and $2.50 la the trade price for prime mediums and $3 
for marrows ; »ale* at both price*. Beeswax hashed 
some movement, which has advanced prices to 35® 
35Kc. Broom corn ranges at .V- 9p. for old and new 
common qualities, and 10y>il2c. for hurt. Butter is 
snlling only for immediate use, and it.In thought that 
with the present Stock a revival of (rede will not pro¬ 
duce much firmness in prices lately current Cheese 
is quoted ut 138c. for hrokeh local lots. Itie market 
