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Show BUSINESS ITEMS. A big cotton factory in Atlanta commenced operations Christmas day. The quantity of pins now produced daily is 50,000,000, of which Birmingham Birming-ham produces 37,000,000. Boston, which used to sell its offal to contractors for $3,500 a year, has thus far, this year, received over 20,000 by selling it to farmers. The foreign erports of Philadel phia for the eleven months of 1S76 are $45,887,213, aainst $29,005,879 for the corresponding period of last year. Th j Dominion government has issued An order forbidding the running of railroad trins in Canada on the Sabbath except by oirect order of the government. Illinois has fifty-two railways, with 7,275 miles of track. Nineteen of these roadd are in the hands of receivers re-ceivers or have recently passed under the control of bondholders. There ia a prospect of the opening of an important export trade to Europe Eu-rope in American boots and shoes, the prices ol our goods in the Centennial exposition havim: greatly surprised our lorcigu vuuors. A correspondent of the Chicago Times contends that Denver, Col., is destined to be the great city of that part of America a successful rival uven of St. Loui-i, Ctiicgo and Cincinnati Cin-cinnati in this country. The earning of about 8.S00 utiles of railroad in ihe western states, amd including in-cluding Ihe Canada Southern, Great Western and Grand Trunk of Canada, Can-ada, foot up, for eleven months of the ! year, $44,000,000, against $41,400,000 I for the same months last year. I The hoarding of silver is atiil practised prac-tised iu eastern country towns. A recent scarcity of change in a western wes-tern Massachusetts town, and an appeal lo the hoarders to come down, showed that one merchant had laid away $17 in quarters and halves, another had $30, whilo the postmaster found he hai $45 tucked awuy in his desk. It is no wonder that change is at a premium pre-mium in country towns, oo long as people inuuige in sucu loousuue&s. The regular importations of hardware hard-ware have dwindled down to a lew articles, the principal of which are guns, percussion capi, pocket cutlery, anvils and chaius. The imports of I hies are still important, but steadily 'declining. Oa the other hand, exports ex-ports M American hardware are increasing in-creasing with wonderful rapidity, considering the depressed slate of. trade iu tho countries to which the goods are sent. Even fine goods, such as silver-plated ware, are finding a market where- least expected a few months ago. The national bank slock of the United States is widely distributed. The total number of shares is 6,505,-930, 6,505,-930, and of shareholders 208,486. The average amount of stock held by each shareholder is about 43,100. Shareholders reside in every slate and territory iu the Union, except Washington Wash-ington aud Alaska; iu eleven countries coun-tries or provinces ot this conlinant and adjacent islands; in twenty-five countries in Europe, Asia aud Africa, and in the islandj of the sea. The totl number of shares held in foreign countries is 29,661. |