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DAILY ENQUIRER SUN: COLUMBUS GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 28, 188*1. A Couple of Yarns About the Fertile Soil. lift) on a Dakota Farm CantraNtod with (Irornln llninm—A 1’ronresiilvo Town in tlir Wentmi WIMa—Privations to Which the Natives arc Subjected—A Ward About Dakota Generally. Correspondence Enquirer-Sun. Two gentlemen said to me ve-terdnv • •'Why did you not tell us something about Dakota in your letter from there ?” There fore, assuming that others, as well as these two, would like to know something of th s wonderland of the far northwest, and being reminded that in my lost. I promised to tell something of it, with your permis sion. I will now endeavor briefly to do so, and it 1 should happen to repeat some thing already written I know I will be ex cused when 1 tell you that I have never seen or heard of my letter since it was mailed to you, and being written in the bustle and confusion of the livest western town I was oyer in, I have forgotten what X did say. But I rememberthis much, that that letter was written for the lovers of sport, and this I intend for those who are interested in the material development of this great country of ours; and, further 1 intend it especially for those who are dis posed to be dissatisfied with the small returns which they receive from the soil here as a reward for their labor. The sun set over the rather broken country of Wisconsin on the 16th of August .as we sped along by the beautiful lakes and fertile farms, and when we retired in our sleeping car berths we could peep out of our windows and catch glimpses ot tho moonlit mounds and knolls of Minnesota; and on the morning of the 17th, after we had rubbed the sleep from our eyes, we went out on the platform to see the great state as we passed, with the legend “Min nesota” on its eastern face and “Dakota” on its sunset side; and as we looked, be hold 1 What a sight to eyes acccustomed to be limited in their range by the hills and pines of Georgia and Alabama. Far, far away to where the sky kissed mother earth, north, east, west and south, are vast, trackless, treeless, almost streamless, earth. I say earth, for nothing else seems to express size enough. THAT IS DAKOTA, and just as we flash past the stake that marks the western line of the states, a beautiful covey of prairie chickens fly up and away, as though they meant us to un derstand them to welcome us to Dakota. Poor things! little did they know that we had two preachers aboard,and one of them a Methodist at that. I stood long in ad miring contemplations of the prairie, cov ered by its brown spots of wheat fields, its ^reen spots of grass lands, its yellow patches of wild sunflowers, and its red patches of crimson rose apples; but ofter a lew weeks sojourn I became impressed with the idea that in time I would grow tired of this sameness of scene. ON THE TRATN going out we met a number of pleasant people, some on the same mission as our selves, and of these there were parties from Chicago, Boston, New York and London. Adi were communicative and talkative, and as some of the gentlemen whom we met had lived out in the territo ry and some had been out on trips before, tlieir conversation was most interesting. But I did not care to talk to the hunting fellows much, for I had talked with George Waddell and some other members of our gun club about hunting and shooting matters generally right after we beat the Oswichee club, and somehow what these New York and London fellows had to say •sounded kinder flat and tame. But I was much interested in what the other gentle men had to tell me about Dakota. One old gentleman from Chicago was going ■out, he said, in answer to a telegram from a loved son who had been dangerously in jured a few days before. Upon our ex pressing lively sympathy for his anxiety, the old fellow grew more confidential and told us the cause of his son’s trouble. He said: “My son lives in a two-story house. The soil of his farm is very rich. The spring was late and when the sun did finally come out warm things grew off as if by magic. Well, he planted some pump kin seed in his garden, which is about one hundred yard3 from his house. On the night of the third day after he planted the seed he went to bod as usual, and about 12 o’clock he awoke to find himself in what he supposed the deadly embrace of un anaconda. He could hear hir, ribs crack and his leg bones snap, aud when finally his stilled cries brought help he lay an inert mass of broken, bleeding humanity.” Was it an anaconda? I asked. “Oh, no,” he answered, “it was that infernal pump kin vine that had climbed up the side of the house and into the open window, up the bed post, until it coiled around him as he lay asleep, and grew so fast as to nearly murder him in his own bed before he could get help.” I expressed fresh sym pathy for his soil and felt a great deal more for the father, and was about to retire, when another gentleman who sat just in front of us asked the old fellow if he had ever heard HOW HE LOST HIS HOUSE in Dakota, and being answered in the neg ative, he said that in an unfortunate mo ment he planted a row of beets on the sunny side of his house, and being then ignorant of the great fertility of the soil, he put them too close to his house, aud they grew so fast that one night while he was away from home the expansion of the beets pushed his house entirely off his land on to that of an unfriendly neighbor, who not only would not let him take his house off. but was now suing him for damages for for trespass. At this point I made an ex cuse and got away, with a suspicion in my mind that those two fellows were real estate agents and had mistaken me for a capitalist in disguise. I went to bed and dreamed of the depravity of human na ture. About ten years ago THE SIOUX INDIANS were moved from the portions of Dakota l visited to their reservation on both sides of the Missouri river, in a few miles ot which we went, and the territory thrown open to settlers. Since the removal of the Indians, owing to the enterprise ol the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, set tlers have poured into Dakota. This cor poration determines upon an extension of its lines in some direction. '1 he location of the towns are all marked onthelmap beforehand,and the land where the towns are to be is secured by the rail road, then the road is built, the town sur veyed, lots sold at auction, lumber hauled out by the railroad, and behold, a town! 1 will give an illustration. In June, 1680, the town of Huron was located, and tho country was so wild and unsettled that while the engineers wore surveying the lots a broad antlered antelope, attracted by the novel scene, stood with lifted head and staring eyes on a little knoll a few hundred yards away and watched with ab sorbed interest the strange sight. This scene has been transferred to steel and is now the seat of , ITHE CITY OP HURON. Now this same city of Huron has a street railroad, gas, telephone, electric lights and a fine system of water works, elegant hotels, splendid brick and stone busines houses, four and five stories high, and a population of 4000, which is being in creased every day. As I stood _ on the streets of this busy, bustling city, and watched the eager throngs hurrying to and fro, on business bent, I could hardly believe that less than seven years ago right where I stood was only the wild and trackless prairie, with nothing in sight but the hori zon-bounded stretches of green,and overall the solitude of absolute stillness. And 1 am told that other towns have grown and are growing as ftuft :ut this on%' But mf wonder grew after 1 nhad beew longer iii the territory and found out what hardships and privations were endured by these early settlers, lor the country is being settled up as fast as the towns. The soil is black loam, and as fertile as the decomposi tion of vegetable matter for nges can niake it; and when the prairie is broken the first time the sod is turned entirely over to the depth of three to tour inches and has to lie in this condi- ttoii a year before it can be further broken. Alter it is turned over in this way a hole Is cut m it with an axe aud corn" dropped, and nothing more is done to it till it is gathered. As it is planted in June and trost iell this year on the night of the 24th ot August, a good corn crop is a rare thing; the most of it does not grow over five or six feet high. Wheat does better, but owing to the fearful cold of winter, which is frequently 40’ below zero, only spring wheat can be raised. Fifteen bushels to the acre is considered a big crop. One gentleman with whom we stopped, who was a very intelligent man from Michigan, told me that he kept three large, higu- priced horses; his working force was com posed of himself, father and step-son, all stout, able-bodied men; his wife and daughter did all the work in the house, even to the washing. His crop of wheat this year, which is the only money crop there, was 1100 bushels. This he sold for 50 cents a bushel. He had nine in his family, and the money return of the whole family for a year’s work was $550. From what I saw and heard afterward this is a pretty fair specimen of FARMING IN DAKOTA. Not a farmer that I talked to admitted that he was making any money, and still to live there they have to fight eight months of winter, with the cold frequently down to 40° below, and in the short sum mer it.(sometimes goes up to 120’above zero. The same gentleman referred to above asked me to get the commissioner of agriculture for Georgia to write to him and send him some statistics, and I shall do it, for if the state of Georgia displayed half the enterprise in that direction as doe3 tho Chicago and Northwestern rail road for Dakota, thousands of well-to-do farmers would flee from the ice and snow of the northwest to flud happy and com fortable homes in Georgia. Just think of its costing fifty dollars to run one stove for the vyintcr! Still, that is what one man told me in Dakota that it cost him to keep his dining room warm last win ter. I hope each farmer who by chance happens to read these lines will compare these figures with the figures of his own farming experience, ana see how far even cotton farming beats wheat raising in Dakota. There is one man in Dakota who has one solid wheat field of 35,000 acres, and everybody says he loses money farming. The only explanation I could find of why people persist in putting up with all the inconveniences and hard ships attendant upon frontier life, is the earth-hunger which lies in the heart of every man. It looks so alluring to know you can get a home of 160 acres by either building a house on it and living six months in it, and then pay the govern ment $1.25 per acre for it; or by planting ten acres ot trees and making proof—after eight years—that there are 675 trees living on each acre of the ten planted. This looks easy, but the trees have so many enemies that in reality it is one of tho HARDEST WAYS TO GET A HOME. To sum it all up, if you have no home and you are willing to put up with ten thou sand discomforts and privation, extreme cold and heat, drink alkali for water, burn hay to cook with and have your wife do all her drudgery, and do without fruit and live without trees, and have never heard of the smiling skies and sweet air, and delicious fruits and pure water, gener ous soil, beautiful trees, and the lovely women of Georgia, then go to Dakota and get a home and I will come out in the sum mer and go hunting with you, and tell you of this God-blessed land of ours and make you dissatisfied with your frigid home. I saw some instances of REAL PICTURESQUE LIFE. Miss Alice Lyman was a school teacher near Cleveland, Ohio. She had a widowed sister who wished to go to Dkaota. They went, each filed a claim on a quarter sec tion of land, and got their claims near together: each had a claim cabin built, and each lived in their respective cabins the required six months and then proved up their claims and got a patent from the government. On several of our hunting expeditions we noticed in the distance a herd of sheep attended by a woman on horseback. A field glass brought to bear on the scene showed the woman to be young and pretty, well mounted and at tended by a faithful shepherd dog, but otherwise entirely alone with her sheep. So here was a real live shepherdess at last, the first one I had ever seen, and by a unanimous vote it was determined that we should make her acquaintance, but as our course did not lie that way that day, and as our guide said his mother knew the shepherdess, we decided to call some evening. So taking the lady of the house where we were stopping with us one evening, and the returns of our afternoon’s hunt as a peace ottering, we called on Miss Lyman and her sister. We found her as bright and sprightly in mind as she was pretty and straight of figure. She said she enjoyed the open air life she led and that it agreed with her, and that she much preferred it to the confinement of the school room. She said she never got lonely out on the prairie, for she al ways took something to read or some fancy work with her. Did the wolves ever trouble her sheep? we asked. Not often, she said; but she had the pleasure of helping kill one once. She caught him in a trap, she said, and shot him with a pistol. Yes, she said she drove a reaper sometimes, and could manage one as well as a man, and so on through the whole chapter of the happenings of her rough, but happy, frontier life. We bade Miss Alice good-bye, with the inward convic tion that there was a girl who was in fine training to make some study Dakota farm er a good wife, and when she does, my congratulation shall he : “May you live long enough to have a happy home—in Georgia.” I would tell something of the sun houses or claim cabins of Dakota, but will desist for want of space and for fear I might be classed with the narrator of the pumpkin story. m P- In a sermon at Round Lake Sam Jones said: “You should not ridicule a man for gettin’ an idea in such shape that lie can get it into your little puny heads. Brother, sav, that’s the reason I illustrate. Christ was great at illustrating. Well, Brother Grigger was converted at one of my old churches down in middle Georgia. The minister told him if ho would do before he got religion what he thought he would do after he got religion ho would have religion. Grigger joined the church. Ho went home, told his wife, and says, ‘Get down the Bible, we’re going to have family prayer.’ ‘Why! arc vou going to have family prayer before you have religion?’ she asked. Grigger said he wanted it and the minister said if he’d do before he got it as he thought he’d do after he got it he’d have it. Well, Grig- ger could not get the idea into his head. But Grigger stuckto it, and in a few weeks Grigger was the finest case of religion 1 ever saw. It broke out all over him.” The Avalanche is glad to know that I Bob and Alt' have, through their com mittees, recognized the absurdity of trying to run against Barnum s circus in their Memphis appointment. The chief prompting to our delight with the change is that we didn’t intend to miss the circus, and we, humanely, didn’t want Bob and Alf to miss us.—Mem phis Avalanche. Cyrus W. Field is trying hard to cook Lieut.-Gov. Ames’ goose, but he can t get the oven hot enough with all his millions. FAILED TO HEDGE. Niuv York Hrokprs ttiulp lluu'k nipt hy u NpornlilL ing UonlMontliil Clerk—$106,000 Lost In a Few Weeks. New York, September 26.—It was re ported this afternoon that the suspension of John M. Moore & Co., bankers and brokers, of 76 Broadway, as announced Thursday, was the result of irregularities on the part of a trusted employe of the house. At Moore & Co.’s office it was ad mitted that such was the fact, but tho name of tlie offender was withheld. It was ascertained that some months back the firm took into thoit' employ a young man. aged 21, who had up to that time re sided in a western city. He brought with him to tho metropolis a novel method of growing rich with ease and rapidity aud without the expenditure of capital. Having no faith in the rise of stocks, lie reached the conclusion that such of the linn’s customers who gave orders to buy should sell instead, and on numerous orders lor long account lie gave directions for selling short, without the knowledge of the linn. Finding the market going against him, ho left the city a few days since, notifying the firm by letter that his * “hedging” process, which had been carried on for some weeks, had panned out disastrously, and that the Ann, according to his calculations, would find themselves short some ijjjbO.OOO. An examination of t ho books revealed the fact that the firm ha.s thus far sustained a loss of close onto ^100,(XX). The whereabouts of the confidential clerk are unknown. The' loss occasioned bv the clerk’s speculation falls upon the firm alone. They exect to resume business in a few days. CINCINNATI'S HING57ERS. Hour Strafing wan Carried on by the Public Works Hoard. Cincinnati, September 21.—The revela tions of speculation in office, followed by the arrest of George Doll and James Mor gan, ex-members of the defunct board of public works, and of Charles Blackburn and George Seiter, clerical employes of the old board, are but a beginning of a series of exposures of official rottenness that will make Cincinnati celebrated. Charles Doll and James Morgan were members of the board of public works, which the leg islature abolished last winter. Morgan is a republican and is the only member of the old board of public works that Gov. Foraker appointed on its auccessor, the new board of public affairs. He has been an office-holder for twenty years and has held positions in both administrations. Charles Doll is a democrat. Charles Blackburn, the clerk of the defunct board, is a demo crat. Seiter, assistant clerk of thejold board aud of the new, is of undefined politics. Ho has held office right along for years through changing administrations. Blackburn pro tests innocence. All the others refuse to talk except to say the matter is wholly in the hands of their attorneys. This is the first muttering of a reform earthquake that will shake things lively. The method of stealing is described as being simple, but effective. Seiter, who was assistant clerk, would make out vouchers on the comptroller, which would be certified to as correct by President Doll, of the board of public works, and Charles Blackburn, clerk of the board. Blackburn would present the vouchers to the comp troller and obtain a warrant on the treas urer for the money. These vouchers are, many of them, made out in names which are not to be found in the directory. Most of the bills ure for stone, gravel and hauling. All the parties were released on bail ranging from $3500 to $15,000. DIED IN AGONY. A Quarrel Between a New Orleans Mini anil Wife Results In » ShortIng Murder. New Orleans, La., September 26.—In formation was brought to the police headquarters this morning that George Mitchell had dropped dead suddenly at his home on Daupmne street. The police went to the house and found Mitchell’s dead body lying on the floor. An expres sion of agony was upon his face. Borne words from other people in the house led to an examination of the body, when it was found that Mitchell had not dropped dead as was supposed, but had been killed by his wife. They had had a quarrel and a fight while in bed. After struggling some time the woman grasped her husband in a delicate place with al) strength and force. He screamed and shrieked, but she maintained her hold, un til finally, in one desperate effort, he threw himself from the bed, loosening her hold. She then discovered to her horror that her husband was dead in consequence of the injury she had inflicted on him. She then fled from the house and has not yet been captured. A BEAUTIFUL LEGEND Of Fountain Camp Ground, Where the India Plighted Their Troth*. Washington Gazette. Perhaps you have never heard the beau tiful legend of Fountain camp ground, the charming spot where the good people of this and many other countries around are wont to gather every year when the early fall has tinged the precocious leaves with a matchless hue. The people meet here to worship God in the Druid-like temples, and to make these sumo woods which once echoed to the voice of the red man resound with the praises of the Great Jehovah; and on these occasions the spirit of true Chris tian worship pervades the entire place and people. But there is another side of the picture that is not incompatible with the spirit of these occasions. Fountain camp ground comprises a tract of two hundred acres of native forest lying fourteen miles southeast of Washington. It takes its name from the many pure and sparkling streams that gush from the steep hillside and spatter like myriads of dia monds in the rippling stream that winds its pebbly way around the base of the hill. Among some of the tribes of Indians the custom was that lovers would plight tlieir love with tlieir hands joined across a beau tiful stream—that their lives might flow on together as beautifully and peacefully as flowed the symbolic brook. A legend tells us that in this same enchanting nook before the pale face ever trod the trackless forests around, the In dian maidens and tlieir lovers were wont to join tlieir hands and hearts above this selt-same stream. And even to this day the coy maidens and their lovers, of a more enlightened if not more noble race, ramble among the bridle paths that wind about and ever and anon cross this limpid stream; and tell over and over this beautiful Indian legend, the spirit of which Brushes up with the story, as pure and as sweet as the never- failing streams that give this place its beautiful name. Tin* Stale Fair. We have received tne premium list of the Georgia State Fair to be held at Macon, Ga., opening October 25 and continuing two weeks. The premium list is large, and embraces almost everything that could be enumerated in the agri cultural or the industrial line. Tho occasion will be an Important one for the display of our re- sources. It is one of the ways of making others acquainted with what we are doing and what we have already accomplished. These fhirs have heretofore served the valuable purpose of | bringing into notice the varied industries and | wonderful re^ouroes of our state. Columbus has ! already achieved a national reputation as the j great mu nil Picturing city of the south. It would I be well to use this occasion to still further ex* I tend her reputation in that line, and to keep j before the public eye what, in that way, we have already gained. I We had :i pleasant chat about tho coming fair j on yesterday with Mr. T. J. Lyon, of Cartersvillo, i one of the vice-presidents and the superintend ent of department No. It. He seemed highly I pie? sod with his visit to our city, and remarked J that he did not know before coining hero that | there was a barrel factory and a bagging factory ! iu t his state. Let Columbus have a hand in the great display. IIOTKfj ARRIVALS. RANKIN HOUSE. C. Kothe. Baltimore; W. TI. Baxter, New York; A. H. Stevens, Hurtsboro; C). A. Sunders, Atlau- ta; J. H. Worrill, Talbotton; E. T. Shubrick, Georgia; Mark Wilkinson, New York; L. M. Haynes, Stone Mountain; W. E. Murphcy and wife, Chiploy; Albert A. Carson,i Butler; C. W. Bachelor, Chicugo; H. Booler, New Orleans; C. L. Dnvis, Warm Springs; .J. B. Shiploy, Cincin nati; W. J. Wallace, New York; C. Mead, Chica go; A. Miles, Atlanta; B. G. Farmer, Shorter- villo; J. II. Washburne, agent F. C. Bangs Com pany; T. J. James, R. A. Murphey, E. N. Mead, Atlanta. CENTRAL HOTEL. R. T. Gould, 8t. Louis; N. G. Summers, Louis ville, Ky.; F. T. Dunnaway, Atlanta; W. F. Hayes, New York; W. 1). Kyle, wife uud daugh ter, Opelika; W. S. Keyes, Boston, Mass.; John Lawton, Augusta, Ga.; J. H. Kuykendall, De troit; W. H. Rizell, Columbia, Ala.; W. 8. Heliums, H. Morganthull, New York; Eli Browning, St. Louis; C. Henderson, Union Springs; Morgan Allen, Alexander City, Ala.; J. F. Comer, Jones, Ala.; It. A. Richards, Talbotton, Ga.; J. F. Davis, J. B. Albert, Baltimore; J. M. Vann, Seale, Ala.; W. E. Taylor, Savannah. Bnse Rail Brevities. Following is the result of the games played yesterday: Washington—Washington .5, St. Louis 2. Boston-Boston 1. Detroit 0. Philadelphia--Philadelphia 2, Chicago 2. Game called on account of darkness. New York -New York 2. Kansas City 4. St. Louis—No game; ram. Pittsburg—Pittsburg 5, Athletics 1. Louisville—No game ; rain. COTTON FACTS. Visible Supply—Receipts at Pol ls—Meat her, K(c. The New York Financial Chronicle of Septem ber 25 makes the total visible supply of cotton I, 019,297 bales, a decrease as compared with last, year ol 95,6(54, a decrease us com pared with 1881 of 391,074, and a decrease us compared with 188J of 574,015. For the week ending September 24 the receipts at the United States ports reached 106,601 bales, making the total since September 1 232,860 bales, showing a decrease of 42,605. The twenty-six interior towns for the week end ing September 24 received 05,575 bales, shipped 57,703 and had stocks of 58,734 bales. Same time last year they received 73,287, shipped 55,809 and had stocks of 52,452. The above totals show that the old interior stocks have increased during the week 4926 bales and are to-night 2679 balcB more than at the same period last year. Tho receipts al the same towns have been 15,718bules less than the same week last year, and since September 1 the receipts at all the towns are 14,281 bales less than for the same time in 1885. The exports for the week ending this evening reach a total of 44,373 bales, of which 31,018 were to Great Britain, 65-18 to Fruncc and 6777 to the rest of the continent. The Chronicle comments on its table of re us follows: shows—1. That the total receipts from plantations since September J, 1880, are 943,531 bales; in 1335 were 812,067 bales; m 188-1 were 275,865 bales. 2. -That, although the receipts at the out ports the past week were 106,601 bales, the actual move ment from plantations was 114,473 bales, the bal ance going to increase the stocks at the interior towns. Last year the receipts from the planta tions for the same week were 132,351 bales and for 1884 they were 130,801 bales. The Chronicle’s telegraphic weather reports for the week are thus summarized; Our telegrams from the south to-night indicate that in general the weather conditions are favor able. Picking has, as a rule, made very good progress, but in a few sections of Texas rain lias caused some interruption. DAILY COTTON STATEMENT. Columbus, Ga., September 27, 1886. COTTON BILLS—SIGHT. New York % off, Eastern % off, Boston slight off, Savannah \\ off; Bank checking on New York over the counter ^premium and on Savannah at par. Cotton. Market to-day active; inferior 0; ordinary 5c; good ordinary 6%c; low middling H e\ middling *%@8 13-16c; good middling 8%@9c. RECEIPTS. To-day. To Date. By Southwestern railroad 113 598 By Mobile and Girard railroad 75 655 By Columbus and western road... 2 103 By Columbus and Rome railroad.. 167 1,120 By the river 92 1,269 By wagons 146 3,961 Totals.. . 595 SHIPMENTS. 7,706 By Southwestern railroad By Columbus and Western road By the river Taken by Columbus factories To-day. To Date ... 191 5,375 0 508 Totals IP! 5,883 Sales 1,261 0,287 STATEMENT. Stock on hand August 31, 1885 1,079 Received to-day 595 “ previously 7,111—7,706 shipped to-day “ previously.. 5,883 2,902 dav. .y 227. Stocks on hand Stock August 31, 1885. 350; recei\ 736; total receipts 11,359; shipped f „ total shipments 7,986; stock 3,723; sales 853; mid filing 8 : ^c. MARKETS 15V TCMiilRAI»II. i'iiiitiic Jill. London, September 27. 1 p. m.— Consols— New York, Scpte id fii Mo acti f4.82fo $4.8214, bonds dull and steady. (I steady. New York, September • pur 'EY MARKET. -Noon-Stocks quiet , 6. Exchange—long 1.84*6 (<; $4.85. State uvenunent bonds dull, 27. —Exchange $1.81 '4. market active and prices hardenfng; mid dling uplands ft* 8 d, Orleans 5 7-lftd; sale* 15,006 bales—lor speculation and export. 2000 bales. Receipts 5000 bales—1700 American. Futures steady at advance, at following quo tations : September 6 20-64 ft >5 22-6 Id September and October 5 H-64(.».5 l6-64d October and November. 5 c-04 toft 10-64.l November and December 5 7-64415 8-6 Id December and January 5 6-64 »• 5 8-6 Id January and February 5 7-04«fft 8-«>ld February and March not quoted March and April 6 M-6I@5 12-6Id April and May 6 14-04d Tenders of deliveries for to-day’s clearing 1700 bales of new docket and 00 bales of old docket. 2 p. m.—Sales to-day include 11,600 bales of American. Uplands 5 7-l0d, Orleans Slfjd. 2 p. m. -Futures: September delivery, 5 23-0ld sclln s: September and October, 5 17-64d sellers; October and November, ft tl-6ld sellers; November and December, ft 9-6Id sellers; December and Jnnurv, ft 0-64d sellers; January and February, 5 9-0id sellers; Fehruurv and March, 5 11-6 Id sellers; March uml April, ft 13-6-kl sellers; April and May, ft lft-64d sellers. Futures Arm at iho advance. 4:00 p. m. -September delivery, ft 24-64 1 sellers; September and Octouer, ft 18-64d sellers; October and November, ft 12-Old sellers; November and Decombei ft 0-04d buyern; December and January, ft 9-6ld buyers; January and February, ft 9-84d buyers. February and March, 5 ll-oicl sellers; March and April, 5 13-5Id sellers; April and May, 5 15-04d sellers. Futures closed firm. New York, September 27.—Cotton firm— sales 690 bales; middling uplands 9 7- 16c, Orleans ffrtc. Consolidated net receipts 29,816 bales; exports Great Britain 6819, to continent 295, France 5698; stock 291,127. NEW YORK AND NEW ORLEANS FUTURES. New York,September 27 Net. receiutsOO, gross 14,689. Futures closed barely steady; sales 71,200, as follows: September 9 24-100@9 25-100 October 9 25-100(a>9 26-100 November 9 30-100(.l9 31-100 December 9 85-100®9 36-100 January 9 42-100(3)9 43-100 February 9 51-100(^9 52-’.00 March- 9 60 100(a)9 61-100 April 9 OS-IOOOl9 69-ICO May 9 76-100(a)u 77-100 June 9 H4-100(a'9 85-100 July 9 92-10001/9 93-100 August 9 97-100(6.9 99-100 Green & Co., in their report on cottou futures, say: A quick demand again prevailed for near months, with an advauce of 9<oj10 points and a sympathy to the extentoffl points on distant op tions, the imuket ruling pretty strong during the greater portion of the day. Just at the close Ihore was a fractional weakening under heavy hammering by bears. New Orleans,September 27—2:35r. m—Futures steady; sales 20,200 bales, as follows; September 9 00-100 bid October 8 98-100@8 99-100 November 8 90-100(0)8 91-100 December 8 Hl-100@8 92-100 January 9 OO-lOOro 9 01-1(0 February 0 1(M00@9 11-100 March 9 20-100(0,9 21-100 April 9 30-100(o.9 31-100 May 9 40-100(49 41-100 June 9 50-100(o.9 51-100 July 9 58-100(0'9 60- 1(H) Galveston, September 27—Cotton dull; mid- lings 9L,c; net receipts 7837, gross 7837; sales 442: stock 48,804: exports to continent 00, Great Britain 00. Norfolk, September 27. -Cotton steady; mid dlings 9'.,; net receipts 2159, gross2159; sales 681; stock 6477; exports to Great Britain 00. Baltimore, September 27.—Cotton 11 rm: mid dlings 9','4.0; net receipts 0, gross 811; sales —, spinners 00; stock 3690; exports to Great Brit ain 00, to continent 00. Boston, Sept. 27.-- Cotton quiet, firm; middlings 9/yC; net receipts 0, gross 1069; sales 00; stock ; exports to Great Britain 0. Wilmington, September 27.—Cotton firm; middlings U‘ M c; net. receipts 1601, gross 1804; sales 00; stock 5995; exports to Great Britain 00. Philadelphia,September27— Cotton firm; mid dlings 9%c; net receipts 00, gross 00; sales 00; stock 7138; exports to Great Britain 00. Havannah, Ga., .September 27. -Cotton steady; middling* 9 1 H c; net receipts 7071, gross 7071; sales 3050; stock 62,080. New Orleans, September 27. -Cotton market Arm; middlings 9' 1 ,Lc; net receipts 0331, gross 7973; sales 1100; stock 30,430; exports to Great Britain 00, to continent 00. Mobile, Beptemtoer 27.--Cotton quiet, steady; 1 middlings 9c; net receipts489, gross 587; sales 200; stock 3779. Memphis, Sept. 27-Cotton steady; middlings 9V s c; receipts 2397; shipments 191; sales 275; stock 8184. Augusta, September 27.—Cotton firm; mid dlings 8%c; receipts 1210; shipments 0; sales 1008; stock —. Charleston, September 27.—Cotton market firm; middlings 9c; net. receipts 4307, gross 4297; sales 1500; stock 28,059; exports to Great Britain 00. I'rovisionH. Chicago, September27- -Flour dull, unchanged; southern winter wheat $4 15.Y/.4 50. Mess pork September $9 35@9 55, October J9 35(« 9 55, November $9 lT'.yuU 00. Lard September closed at $7 35, October $0 WmQ 20, November $0 10 («$6 12jft, Short rib sides for cash $0 90. Boxed meats —dry salted shoulders $6 12,Lj@6 25, short clear sides at $7 10(«$7 15. New Orleans, September 27. Rice (lull and unchanged -Louisinmm, ordinary to good 3' , @8%c. Molasses dull; Louisiana open kettle -good prime to strictly prime 32c, prime 20 u 22c, fair 15(o 16, good common 13(o l ie; centrifugals, firmer--prime to strictly prime 18@20c, fair to good fair 12@13c, common to good common 1 1@ 12c. St. Louis, September 27. - Flourquiot, steady; choice $3 25<u,3 40, family $2 60@2 75. Provisions dull and about steady: Mess pork $10 25; lard easy, at $6 20("*6 25; bulk meats about steady boxed lots easier -long clear sides and short rib sides at $7 10, short clear sides at $7 25; bucon —long clear sides and short rib sides $7 62l v K $7 75, short clear sides $8 25; hams- $12 00(4 18 50. Cincinnati, ()., September 27.—Flour heavy— family $3 2Q(a 3 40. Pork easy $10 00. Lard (lull at $0 60. Bulk meats nominal—short rib sides $7 00. Bacon easier shoulders $7 50, short rib sides $7 87 short clear sides $8 25. Louisville, September 27.—Provisions, market quiet; Bacon, shoulders $0 75, clear rib $7 25, clear sides $8 12'^. Bulk meats -clear rib sides $7 12l^@37]^, clear sides $7 62^; mess pork $10 75. Lard—choice leaf $8 00; hams, sugar-cured, 13c. 44 ruin. Chicago, September 27. -Wheat—September 72"i 72;*c, October 72V./ 73' e, November 7IV"» 75' ,c. Corn closed — September 36'",36 l ..c, October 3ffi M (//j37 l - h c, November 38'V'/OW^c. Oats closed - September 25(h25 i „c i Octoiler 2V%4'25? ft, Novem ber 2(iJU«/20 7 M c. St. J/Ouih, September 27. Wheat fractionally lower -No. 2 red, cash 7'&\</a 7%%e, September . October 734:i'(/j,71' |0. November c. Corn quid but irregular -No. 2 mixed, cash 34',(</.34'.' a c, October 34 1 ,"/ 35' ;c, November 36<« 36\e < hits steady --No. 2 mixed, cash 25J H («/26, 1 ,c, October Nnit Vein*, S^ptembcf 27.—Cotton seed 8ll, 2- ; #> - 26c for crude, 40(44lc for refined. Wool nml Hi (Ion. New York, September 27.—Hides firm—New Orleans selected. 45 and 60 pounds. Ot^lOc; Texas selected. 50 and 00 pounds, 10"/10 1 u c. New York, September 27.—Wool firm, quiet—**, w —domestic fleece 30 »?-88o. Texas 10(5.25c. WTiIdky. Chicaoo, September 27.—Whisky steady—$1 17. St. Louis, September 27.—Whisky firm; $1 12. Cincinnati, September 27.—Whisky active* firm—$1 12. Frr JtflitN. New York, Sept. 27. - Freights to Livemool steady-cotton per steamer 9-5k/|»6-32d; wheat per steamer 3-} id. , No 11 her ClN innati, September 2 rod 76c. Corn weak N strong and higher—No. 2 7.—Wheat quie . 2 mixed 40c. fixed 28c. N( Oat lixed .Siiuiw* an«l 4'oireo. ,w Orleans, Sept. 27. -Coffee dull and langeo -Rio, in cargoes, common to prime, Sugar quiet, 4«*adv op»m ketllr, prime good fair to fully liiii I , / I 7-10<: fair U p:, C4KOK44!A KWt’fUTIES. furr(M*U‘d l*.v .lolm Itiuckiniir, 4'oinm- Imim, 4411. STOCK AND BOND BROKER. RAILROAD BONDS. Americns, Preston and Lumpkin 1st mortgage 7s 100 felOH Atlantic and Gulf 7s 117 (g 119 Central con niortgnge 7s 113 (&114 Columbus and Rome 1st 6s, endorsed Central R. R 104 ($106 Columbus and Western 1st mortgage 6s, endorsed by Central It. R.. 103 (filOft Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta 1st mortgage 114 @115 Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta 4s 2d mortgage 110 (®112 Georgia Railroad 6s 106 @109 Mobile and Girard 2d mortgage en dorsed by Central Railroad 107 @108 Montgomery and Eufaula 1st mort gage 6s and Centra Railroad 108 @109 South Georgia and Florida 1st, en dorsed by state of Georgia, 7 per cent 118 @119 South Georgia and Florida 2d, 7 per cent ill @113 Western It. R. Alabama 1st mortgage, endorsed by Central Railroad 110 @111 Western Alabama 2d mortgage, en dorsed 1W/MU3 RAILROAD STOCKS. Atlanta and West Point 101 @103 Atlanta and West Point 6 per cent. scrip 103 @104 Augusta and Savannah 7 per cent 127 @.130 Central common 96 (a 97% Central railroad 6 per cent, scrip 102 &103 Georgia 11 percent 192 @193 Southwestern 7 percent, guaranteed..125 @126 CITY BONDS. Atlanta 6s 105 @107 Atlanta 7s 112 @118 Augusta 7s 109 @ 112 Augusta 6s 103 @105 Columbus 7s 112 @113 ColumbuBfts 100 @102 LaGrange 7s loo @101 Mucou 6h 110 @111 Savannah 5s 102 @103 STATE BONDS. Georgia 4’<s 107 @108 Georgia 6s 103 @104V£ Georgia 7s, 1896 120 @122 Georgia 7s, 1890 ill @112 FACTORY STOCKS. Eagle and Phenix v 95 @ 96 Muscogee 96 @ 99 Georgia Home Insurance Company 135 @140 BANK STOCKS. Chattahoochee National 10 per cent...175 @200 Merchants’ & Mechnnics’ 10 per cent..125 @130 MISCELLANEOUS. Confederate Coupon Bonds 1 @ 2 FOR HALE. $5000 Americas, Preston and Lumpkin Rail road 7 percent Bonds. 15 Shares Southwestern Railroad guaranteed 7 per cent Stock. $25,000 Georgia new 4!:, per cent. 30 year Bonds. $5,000 Mississippi State new fis. 69 Shares Mobile and Girard Railroad Stock. RUNNING OF TRAINS. Arrivnl and Departure of* All Trains al 4’oIiiiiiImin 4'mcrying l*MNM«*ng«>rM— In Klleei September II, IHHtL ARRIVALS. COLUMBUS AND ROME RAILWAY. Mail truin from Greenville 10:21 a. in. Accommodation from Greenville 2:11 p. m. southwestern railroad. Mail train from Macon 2:25 p. m. Accommodation from Macon 5:20 a.m. COLUMBUS AND WESTERN RAILWAY. Mail train from Montgomery 11:20 a. m. Mail train from Atlanta 0:43 p. m. MOBILE AND GIRARD RAILROAD. Mail train from Troy and Eufaula 12:45 p. m. Accommodation from Troy, Eufaula and Montgomery 10:30 p. m. Accommodation from Union Springs... 11:05 a. m. DEPARTURES. COLUMBUS AND ROME RAILWAY. Mail train for Greenville 2:29 p.m. Accommodation for Greenville 6-00 a. m. SOUTHVVMSTEKN UAILROAD. Mail train for Macon 12:00 m. Accommodation for Macon 11:45 p. w. COLUMBUS AND WESTERN RAILWAY. Mail train for Atlanta 8:22 a. m. Mail train for Montgomery 2:28 p. m. MOBILE AND GIRARD RAILROAD. Mail tram for ! rov 2:30 p. m. AccomtBuuation for Troy and Eufaula.. 5:05 a. m. Accommodation for Union Springs and Mo* < merv 10:26 o m Wm.L.TILLMAN ) Georgia, Muscogee County— vs. .-Mortgage, Ac. In Muscogee R. II. Gifii.i >ON. ) Superior Court. May term, 1886. IT appearing to the Court by the petition of Win. L. Tillman, accompanied by the notes and mortgage deed, that on the fourth day of May, Eighteen Ilu idrul and Eighty-throe, the defend ant. mailt and delivered to the* plaintiff her two promissory notes, bearing date the day uml year aforesaid, whereby the defendant promised by one of said promissory notes to pay to the plaintiff or bearer, twenty-four months nftei the date thereof, Eighbwm Hundred and Eighty-eight. Dollars amt Twenty-two Cents, with interest from date at eight per cent per annum, and if Siiid note was not paid at maturity, ten per cent attorney’s fees for the collection thereof, for value received; and by the other of said promi- sory notes the defendant promised to pay to th© plaintiff, or bearer, thirty-six months after th© date thereof, Eighteen Hundred and Eighty- eight, I tollars and Twenty-two Cents, with interest from date at eight per cent per annum, and if said note was not paid at maturity, ten per cent attorney’s fees for the collection thereof, for valu© received; and that afterwards, on the day and year aforesaid, the defendant, the better to secur© the payment of suirl notes, executed and deliver* 1 of mortgage, whfcr ’ aft that tract or parcel of hind situated on the west side of Broad street in the city of Columbus, and in said county and state, being about twenty-five feet in front on Broad street and running back the full depth of said lot, and known us part of lot number sixty-five, with all the improvements thereon, upon which is situated Store House number one hundred and forty-three; and it fur ther appearing that said notes re main unpaid; It is, therefore, ordered that the said defendant pay into Court on or before the first day of th® next t»*rin thereof, the principal, interest, attor ney’s fees and costs due on said notes, or show cause to the contrary, if any she can ; and that on the failure of the defendant so to do, the equity of redemption in .md to said mortgage premises be forever thereafter barred and foreclosed. And it is further ordered that t his rule be pub lished in tlie Columbus Knoi irer-Sun, a public gazette printed and published in said city and county, once a month for fom months previous to the next term of this Court, or served on the de fendant or her special agent or attorney, at least three months previous to the next term of this Court. J.T. WILLIS, C. J. THORNTON, Judge C. C. C. Plaintiffs Attorney. A true extract from the minutes of Muscogee Superior Court, .May term, 1886. my20 ' Chl I uls U.j fair Rio Didn't Need It. “ You know the new catcher of the base ball nine ?” “ Yes. ,; “Saw him clown at the doctor’s office the ocher day.” “ What was he there for?” “ Getting vaccinated.” “Vaccinated. Why, great heavens! What does he want to get vaccinated for ? He’d never catch anything in a hundred years.”—Merchant Traveler.” iold in the Sub-Treasury $126,819,000; currency i.734,000. STOCK MARKET. 0:w York, September 27.—The following were ising quotations of the stack exchange lass A 2 to do class B 5s... Ga 6’s Ga 8’s mortgage N OS’s do4’s H C con Brown.... Tenn. eettlem’t 3s 78 Virginia 6s * 17 Virginia consols...i 53 Chesap’ke Ac Oh Chicago & N. W.. do preferred... Del. Lack Erie East Tenn C N.. 107 IN. O. Pac. lsts ; N. Y. Central 11 i/-a!Norfolk AcW’n pre.. 124 Northern Pacific... 99>.j do prefer 64 751/ 61 1 Pacific Mail Reading 36 % 47 ! Rich. Hi Alleghany fij * 53 I Richmond & Dan.. 140 11V£ I Rich A W. P. Ter’l 40 V 2 117*41 Rock Island 127 *4 142 St. Paul 96)h 138* £ do preferred 124 353^ ! Texas Pacific 16! y Union Pacific. • A U I ildilw Lake Shore 90J^ N. J. Central 61 ‘ L. & N 49 Missouri Pacific HU'a Memphis A Char.. 41 Western Union. .. 72 Mobile & Ohio 16 | *Bid. \ Asked. Cotton. Liverpool, September 27. — Noon.— Cotton New York, September 27 -Coll* firm 11 1 .,c. Sugar, market dull and nominal English island*, limited I * ,e. Mmcuv:ulo4 ; ,c. con- : triniga! 1 i-16c;faii to u lod refining 1 i ( 13-ltfc, refined quiet -extra C I ' f n c, white extra C ft' .«/; |-16c, yellow (' l'.,c off, A 5 1 !-bW» ft* ,c: I cut and mould 6c; standard A ft?„c, confcc- i tinners A 6c, cut loaf and crushed 0 5-18c, pow- ; dered 6%c. granulated sugar 6c, cubes • eww*. Chicago, September 27. Sugar quiet -stand- 1 Kns 1 n anil Tiir|M»nlin«‘. New York, September 27. Rosin dull strained $1 00@$1 07,'^. Turpentine quiet, at 37%c. Savannah, September 27.—Turpentine dull, at 35c ; sales — barrels. Rosin firm—good strained 90o«( $1 07* ft; sales 00 barrels. Wilmington, September 27. - Turpentine quiet, 3f,'/ftc. Rosin quiet -strained 75c; good 80c. Tar firm $1 50; crude turpentine firm—hard 80c, yellow dip $1 90, virgin $1 00. Charleston, September27 —Turpentine steady 34%c. Rosin quiet—good strained 85@90c. Cotton Need Oil. New Orleans, September 27.— Cotton seed oil products dull and nom’l—new prime crude oil delivered 28>£@29c; summer yellow 36@37c. Cake and meal, long ton, $19 00@ 20 00. G EE IE ‘W RUDOLPH FINZER’S STARLIGHT A \ I) PRIZE At Wholesale by LOUIS BUHLER & Co, COXrtTiLrt-BTJS,