Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1868-1887, December 16, 1883, Page 5, Image 5
Cammrt’tial.
’ SAVANNIH M \KKKt.
OFFICE OF THS >1 HtN ING NEWS. J
SAVANNAH. GA.. Dec. 15. 1883. 5 P. M.(
OorfO!*. —The demand ha« not increased,
and the tone of the market is rather dull. A
little business was transacted to-day, hat it
did not strengthen values, which eontinue
very weak. The bnllr of the trading was
•n liberal concessions of factors. Even on
that basis buyer, were not plenty. They were
cautions, not being inclined to make any firm
offers, notwithstanding that some holders
were very urgent as well as liberal in their
offerings, besides being free sellers. The ad
vice, from other markets contain nothing of a
stimulating character, list continue very de
pressing. stocks being rather full and oppres
sive. There was comp trativelv a fair day’s
sales— amounting to 2,401 bales. Tie record
of the day’s business at the Exchange is as
follows: The market opened dull and un
changed, with sales of 391 b ales. At 1 p. m.
it was easy, the sales bsing I.4'H bales. It
dose I quiet, with further sales of 571 bales.
Below w.ll bo-found the official closing tuo
tatw, is of ' he savannah Cot con Exchange:
Middling fair .... ... 10 1-16
<i ... i mi'tdiing 9 15-18
M -Idling
D.w nu-i-ning 9 7 16
Good or itnary 0 1-16
Ordinarv 8 5-16
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'vi /*Zond.—The market was very quiet
and unchanged. There was nothing offering.
In the aiisencemf sales we quote nominally:
Common ..... nominal.
Medium -12 @33
Good .... 33 Op'd
Mislimn tine .................. 34 @!5
Fino 85 @36
Extra tine ..86 @l7
Rick.—The market is dull, and priccseasior.
There is very little doing, and stocks show
largo accumulations. The sales for the day
were only 183 barrels. We qu -te:
Broken ..... 8% cjH
Common .... ...4% $5
Fa i r none 5% itf>%
Good 5%d
Prune ......... >%
Choice noimaa .
Bough-
Country lots $
Tide water 1 25 <Ol to
N»v»t storks.—The marked falling off in
receipts of spirits turpentine led to a very
firm teeling. and buyers showed some little
interest, freely bidding 30c. tor regulars, with
factors bolding at 81c. There was, however,
very little doing. About, luu barrels changed
hands during the dav. The official report, of
the market is as follows: It opened firm at. 30c.
for regulars. The sales were 40 barrels. At 1
p. m it was unchanged, an-1 remained ho Io
the closing hour, with no further sales re
ported. liosius —The market was very firm,
receipts being readily taken as so >u asolfered.
Then was considerable changed hands, the
*ul s being about l.Hifi) barrels, 690 barrels of
Wilicii wei’u Eal •$! 20 and Fat 41 25. The offi
cial record of the market is us follows: It
opened firm at the followingquotatioms: A, B,
C, l> and E4l 17'a,, F?1 20, G*l 25@1 27'4, II
|1 .10. I 41 35. K $1 60, Al 42 15, N $2 62'4, win
dow rlass $i 1214. water while $3 25, and con
tinued unchanged for the ualance of the day
with uo reported sales.
NAVAL STORKS STATEMENT.
Spirits.. Rosin.
Stock on hand April Ist.. ... 2,105 44,971
Beceived to-day ..- .... 177 743
Ejoei red previously 120.840 411,712
Total 122,922 457.428
Exported to-day 40 suo
Exported previously 108,758 381,058
Total 108,798 381,864
Stock on hand and on shipboard
lis day 14,124. 75,562
BeceipUsame day last year... 53 823
EiNANUIAi..—M >ney in good demand but
stringent. Domestic E.xcuauge— The bauKe
an i oausers are buying sight drafts at *4 per
sent. oo’, and selling at per cent, to
par. .Sterling Exchange—Market steady;
sixty day bitts, with lulls lading attache l.
oommercial, |4 79; ninety days, prime, 44
Fr-mch franks, S 5 27; Swiss franks. 45 27.
SKct’RiTiKS.—The market i.s weak and stag
nant for siocks. Bonds are in lair invest
ment demand.
si.>i its and Bonos.— City Bonds.—Mar
ket firm. Atlanta 0 per cent., 102 bid,
kit asset; Augusta 7 per cent., 108 bid.
11l a-ked, Columbus 5 per cent., 84 bid, 6
asked; Uaeon 8 per cent., 105 out. I 6 isse-t.
New savannah .5 oer cent.. bid. 80*4 asked.
>iatr Bond*.— Market steady. Georgia uew ti'a,
ISni, lus jid, lu6 asked; uuorgia •> per cent.,
•oupim Kooi'iiary and August, maturity 1883
an-i'm>, 10l bid, 102 asked; Georgia mortgage
on W. & A. Railroad regular 7 oer cent.,
ccupiius January and July, maturity 18so,
104'4 bid, 105'4 asked; Georgia 7 pel
com. gold, coupons quarterly, 114 bid,
115 asked; Georgia 7 per cent., coupons Jan
uary aui July, maturity 18'.>8. 121 but, 1.3
a-skoil. Oceau Steamship 0 per cent. bond.--,
guaranteed by Central Railroad, 9--J4 bid. 9si*4
z asked, savannah Gas Light stocK, 14 bid,
15 asked.
Biiiiroii.i Stock*.— Market very weak. We
quote: Central common, ex-div., 85 bid, 86
asked. Augusta and Savannah 7 per cent.
bid. 118 asked. Geor
gia common, biu, 147 asked. South
weHte-n 7 per o< nt. guaranteed, ex-div., U4J4
bi<1,1154 asked. Central Railroad b per cent.
Certuicates. ex div., 88 bid, 81 asked. At
lanta ami VV’esi, I'oint Railroad stock. 101 Old,
102 asked. Atlanta and West Point 6 per
cent, certificates. 97 bid. 19 asked.
A'i Iroad Borels.— Market quiet. Atlantic
« Gulf Ist morlg. cousolid d 7 per cent...
JkuipmisJanuary and July, maturity 1597.1 U
old, 1.1 tsked. Atlantic & Gulf indorsed city
ci savannah 7 percent., coupons January auo
*uly, maturity 1879. 99 bid, 102 asked. Cen
tral consolidated mortgage 7 per cent..coupor s
Jan and July, molarity 1893, 112 4 bid, 113
“G'ji. Georgia Rai.road 8 per cent., 1897,
r ’ i nid, 1i)64 asked. Georgia Railroad 6 per
W.it., 19W, ;of bid, 105 asse 1. M>oue a
Guard 2-t mortgage indorsed 8 per ceut. cou-
F'iis January and July, maturity 1889, 109
o‘d, 110 asked. Montgomery & Eufaula Ist
mortgage 6 per cent. ind. by Central Railroad,
'u bid, Masked. Char.otte,Columbia A Au
gtwia Ist mortgage, 105 ‘4 bid, 106 asked. Char
’de, tolumbia A Augusta 2d mortgage, 98
but. W Western Alabama 2d mort
«*•.<., lu-lorned, 8 percent., ex-coupous, 110
. llu * 'LSked. Soutii Georgia A Florida
■• ■oise.i tu b.d, 115 asked: south Georgia
. ’l’l ts ;'ii naortiraire. too bid. 102 asked.
<1 M: *rkei very firm and advancing;
u', ’ aiuoketl clear rib sidea, ,
Riz". 111 .', 1> * ‘GC.; dry salted olear rib stues,
!_•* lougc.ear. BJ4' J .. shoulders, 6%c. Hams,
fJi- A |’ GlNii A SD Tl£ 3.—Market steady with a
»** deman 1. qllote: uaggiug-2 i h>„,
I'"' i 4 ’.k 2 a**’’ ic 80lle.; 144 f”'-- lb-®
tn» 9 » v 9 z‘4 •• according to quan-
3. <. ‘' ra ud. trou I'ies—Arrow ami Deila,
au.l > r ‘V t ‘ r , > oun ' ilv » according to quantity
M l 1 ,eced lle • 1U “«J 15 Bagging
k >»^ 1U n ; t;ui 1013 a faction- higher.
muter -U llle “arket is quiet; demand
ly l f ‘ mole: Ordinary, 11@12c.; fair,
I ■•ii- 'ifZ,P riln **, 1244 c. For small
bk' p f air, 1244 c.; medium.
fair K \i o.y° U ?’~^ he m arket is steady wit 1
Pnnt, alockß lull - "
iti' Georgia brown shirt-
kkeetin'’ * <s ,lo -> 5*4c.; 4-4 brown
whil « osnaburgs, B@ioc.;
bra . ' .? yarns, 85c. for best makes.
'lnnings, 6j4lcs.se.
W-- 1' L ll '~-' l arkei steady; demand fair,
fei •> , , *“Perflne, 44 uo@4 50; extra, |5 00
If ii 'f .i, **k»6 Roller Mills, 4<i 75
&7 ; >’■ * b ‘s@< bo; choice patent, $6 75
I'auirs n’ Ullxtur e. 47 00@7 25.
OU,, „■ “aiiauas,yellow, <1 50@2 50. Lem-
Ba, ,1 . * ,eiu and very good; Messi-
’ferstiM ir?,/ per b®*- Oranges— Market
1 «« per de “ aQd b'londa, SI 50@
qtpi;7 stea dy; demand good. We
oom ?./?*? lot3: Wiuw corn, J2‘4c.; mixed
m »u’l i’’ .| ui^ e 'l ®ats, 46c., steady, de-
PsrtwnhiA’i l es ' ‘ se- Bran, $1 15. Grist,
bushel sack, $1 80.
<kuiVi'' klite ady and well stocked; fair
«rn. s. . uole » *0 job lots: Hav.North-
Uiors w Mt Western. 95.
f krc.—Hides—Market active:
Ulte.l 11- alr ,j. dr y Him. 13c.; drv country
«k.usL,ii n ’. '’.ool nominal. Wax, ’2sc. Deer
Oo B! *lted, 23c.; otter skius.
In ct-re'TViz mar^® t *s firm. We quote:
PotatoesUkr ln i k ' e 8 8 ' 10c -
Oo ’l-nn.Z?’ we H stocked, demand
SaLt I JCI ’ ba *’>’el.
betis.Le de,t *hnd is fair aud the mar
9*r loa.i im. 1 a lul * 8l »ck. We quote:
II 00. d 10t8 ’ to. b.; small lots, 95c.@
»auj ACC w7~^ ar^et Arm; moderate de-
Ch, 'wiiiv-U A quote: Smoking, 40c.@$l 25,
BOun ' 1 ’ Wh*.; medium,
fine slS lt lf? 1 ® 76c, 5 fine f»ncy> 85@90c.;
* ark n'G'^^^ ; bn K llt navies, 45@57c.;
H Uattr., Kt nsumnurH.
Nouu Report.
Yo r » f,n * nclal -
*» 10en r ..^7h ,9- «•—Stocks onened heavy
.uz, mo ’, at 2 « 2:/ 3 Per ‘■•ent.
Quiet ° 81^; short, H34J4. Stale
Government bonds strong.
Lie , COTTON.
ilr ; irregu-'
K Uplands 5 middling
Orleans 64; sales 4,000 bales—for speculation
and export 500 bales; receipts 13,500 bales—
American 4,150 bales.
Futures: Uplands, low middling clause.
December deliverv, 5 48-64 d; December and
January, 5 47-6»d: January and February. 1
5 49-64@5 50-«4d: February and March, 5 52-84 J
@5 51-64 ®5 52-64 d; March and April, 5 55-64'3) J
5 54-Mdts 55-64 d; April and May. 5 57-64G8
<<2s 58-64 d; May and June. 5 60-tt+@s 01-64@
562-64 d: June and July, 6d; July and Au
gust, 6 4 bld. Market steady.
1:30 p. m.—Futures: Uplands, low middling
clause. February and March delivery, 5 53-64
<<i;s 52-64 d. Market closed easier.
Sales to-day included 3,860 bales of Arneri
can.
New York. Dec. 15.—Cotton dull; middling
uplands 10 7-16 c; middling Orleans 10 11-16 c;
sales 974 bales.
Futures: Market opened firm, with sates
as follows; December delivery. 10 35c: .ianu
a'-y, 10 39': Fehruar'. 10 54c; March, 10 69c;
April, lo 83c: May, 10 97c.
The total visible supply of cotton for the
world is 3,131,600 bales, of which 2.635.500 bales
are American, against 2,782,432 and 2,191,212
respectively, last year. The receipts of cotton
at all interior towns for the week were 150,-
440 oales; receipts from plantations, 304,932
bales. Crop in sight, 3,876.273 bales.
PROVISIONS. OKOCKRIEH. KTC,
Liverpool, Dec. is.—Lard. 45s 6d.
nkw York. D- c. 15.—Fuh 'dull and heavv.
Wheat opened J4c better; afterwards lost the
a Ivauce and declined *4O Corn opened J4 ! ®
!4c lietter: afterwards lost the advance and
declined a trifle. I’ork steady; mess, sl4 75
fdH5 25. Lard linn at 8 25c. Freights quiet
but steady.
Hai.tim'ihk. Dec. 15.—Flour dull and easier
to sell. Wheat —Southern dnll and about
steady; Western higher; closing quiet; South
ern. red $1 10a)l 13. aiuuer 41
Maryland, $1 lljga)! 12; No. 2 Weuter<i winter
red. on spot.ll o’4£@l 07%. Corn—Southern
lower and dull; Western inactive and nomi
nally lower; Southern, white 54@58c, yellow
55@59c.
NAVAL STORES.
London, Dec. 15, 2 p. m.—Turpentine, 25s
6d@2’>s 9d.
4:30 p. in.—Spirits turpentine, 25s 6d.
xti* inr.K, Dec. 15 —spirits turpentine
dull at 3414 c, Rosin steady at $1 50@l 55.
E»einii. Report.
FINANCIAL.
Rio dk Janeiro, Dec. 14.—Exchange on
Ixindon 21’4d.
ijßi.r.ANs. Dec. 15.—Exchange—bank
ers’ sterling, $1 Bi<4@4 82.
Nkw \ iikk, Deo. 15. Excnange. $4 81*4*
Money,23)2*4 Percent. Sub-Treasury balances
—Coin. 4115.461,060: currency. $£,5'6.u00. Gov
ernment Isuids strong; four and a Half per
cents, 114*4; four per cents, 124; three per
cent-. 1 (| 1% bid. State l ends quiet.
The weekly statement of the associated
banks, issued to-day, shows the following
changes:' IxMtns decreased $584,300; specie
decreased $1)1,200; legal tenders increased
$679,60'); deposits decreased $389,700; circu
lation decreased $32,280; reserve increased
>585,825. The banks now hold $5,256,575 in
exi-esHof legal requirements.
Share speculation was-weak and depressed
o-day for Vidards, Louisville and Nashville,
Canadian Pacific, Missouri Pac tic and Union
Pacific stocks. In the early trading Canadian
Pacific fell off f om 56 to 54, Louisville and
Nashville ■from 45% to 41)4, Missouri Pacific
from '.)'>*% to 91 ‘4, Northern Pacific preferred
trout 52 2 to 7,1%, Oregon T anscoutinental
from 35 to 33%, and Union Pacific from 78*4 *°
77% Thin Was succeeded by a rally ot J4@%
percent. ii> the general list, anil .Northern
Pacilic preferred moved up to 52%. Before
11 a. m. the market was mice more on the
downward course. Canadian i'acitic fell off
io S3 1 a, Camilla southern to 53*4, Missouri Pa
cific to 93'4, New Yo r k Central to 115, North
ern Pacili.’to 23>4, preferred to 51'4, Oregon
i'ranscontiiienlal to 32%, O egon Navigation
lo 101, Union Pacific to 77%, Wabash to 19,
and preferred to 31. in the afternoon a firmer
tone set in, and the market showed a dispo
sition to harden, Prices rallied J4®l% tier
cent., and the following stocks sold upto the
' best figures of themiv: Northwest to 117%.
Quincy to 121, St. Paul to 95%, Louisville and
Nashville to 4-5%, Lakeshore to 98% and Read
ing to 57%. The Villards were also somewhat
higher, Northern Pacific selling up to 24%
preferred to 52%, Oregon Transcontinental to
34’4, and Oregon Navigation to 102. About
| 2:30 p. in., however, a large selling order in
Oregon 1 rans '.ontinental and Northern Pa
cific preferred mad its appearance. The
order, which came from up town, was given
to a leading room trader to execute. North
ern Pacific preferred was attacked savagely,
breaking 2% points in as many minutes to 50.
Oregon improvement broke to 66 and Oregon
Navigation to 100%. Union Pacific also de
veloped marked weakness, touching 76%. The
general market did not sympathize with the
sharp break, and closed firm. There were
various unfavorable rumors set afloat during
the day. A reason assigned for the decline in
Isiuisville and Nashville was that the com
pany contemplated a fresh issue of bonds.
U'ion inquiry it was stated that the company
did not intend to issue fresh bonds, but had
applied to the StocK Exchange for the listing
of certain bonds which had already been
issued and distributed years ago. The bonds
in question were simply put out to tuke up
others which had matured at that time.
Another report was also freely circulated that
Villard had refused the committee appointed
ou Thursday to make ;m examination of the
affai<s of the Oregon Transcontinental access
to the books of the company. This story was
also pronounced false by the officials, and it
is lurther stated that not only are the books
open to the committee but also that a search
ing investigation is courted. It is probable
that a banker of h gh standing will he added
to the committee who are to make the exami
nation. As compared with last night’s clos
ing, prices are down %<a;3% per cent., except
for Quincy, Northwest, Lackawanna, Kansas
and Texas. Reading, and Western Union,
which are %3)% per cent, higher. Exports of
specie from the port of New York for the
week euded to-day were $59,641, making a
total since January 1 of $15,974,083. against
144,698 013 for the same period last year. In
specialties, Burlington, Cedar Rapids and
Northern declined 2 per ceut.to 83, Cleveland.
Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis 1 per
cent, to 68, New Nork, Chicago and St. Louis
1% percent, to 8%, Norfolk and Western pre
ferred I*4 per cent to 44. United Stales Ex
press 2 per cent, tosß, and Dubuque and Sioux
City 3 percent, to 80. New Yorx and North
eastern. after falling off 2% per cent, to
22%, rallied to 23. ih transactions i • West.
Shore firsts were enormous to-day, amount
ing to $788,800. The bon s opened at 72, broke
to 70—regular 69%, seller 60. Subsequently
the price rallied to 72 and reacted to 71%.
Other active issues were weak, in sympathy
with the depression. I t the share list he
sales of stocks for the week were 2,518,321
shares, an increase of 624,0780ver the previous
week. Imports at the port of New York for
the wees ended to-day were $8,783,770, of
which $2,118 073 were for dry goods and $6,665.-
697 for general merchandise. The total im
ports since January 1 were $142,612,306, against
$481,376,985 last year. Imports of specie for
the w -ek were $327,422, making the total since
January ! of $20,706,406, against $7,010,529 last
year. Bales aggregated 481,196 shares, the
market closing at the folloiving quotations:
via. class A,2 too. 82% Maunatlan titev 43
Ala. class A,small 84 Memphis & Char. 35
Ala.ciassß,ss ...100 Metropolitan EG. 90
Aia.classC,.4B .. 82% Michigan Centra) 89%
Georgians *lO3 Mobile A Ohio.. 10
“ 7s. mortgage 105* Naan. & Uhatt’a 55
“ 7s, gold 112* N.J. Central 84%
Louisiana consols*74 New Orleans Pa
li. Carolina, 01d..*30 citic, Ist mort 88%
“ new *l6 N.Y.Central H 3%
“ funding *lO New York El . 10.5*'
“ special tax.. 4 Norf. &W. pref. 44%
So. Caro.(Brown) Nor. Pacific,com. 23%
consols .101 “ pref. 50%
Tennessee 6s, old 37% Ohio&Mississippi 25%
“ new *87% “ “ pref.. 98
Virginia 6s ... *3B Pacific Mail 41%
v a consolidated *4O Pittsburg 133
Vai deferred 8 Quicksilver 5%
Adams Express 128 “ preferred... 25
Am’can Express 90 Reading 56%
Ch’peake & Ohio. 14% Richm’d&Al’gh’y 4%
Chicago & Alton 132> 3 Richm’d & Danv 55
Chic.A N’rthw’n 117% Richm’d A VV.Pt.
“ preferred . 142% Terminal 30
Chic, St.L.A N.O. 82 Rock Island 118%
Consolid’ted Coal 22 St. Louis A San F 24
Del., Lack. A W 116% “ “ pref. .43
D"n.AßioGrande 24% “ “Istpre 1 87
Erie 2.i% St. Paul 94%
E. Tennessee Rd 6% *‘ preferred.. 116%
Fort Wayne 183 Texas Pacific 20%
Hannibal A St. Jo 38% Union Pacific ... 76%
Harlem 190 U.S. Express . . 56
Houston A Texas.*so Wabash Pacific.. 19
Illinois Central 132% ” pref. 31%
Lake Shore 98% Well A Fargo ...115
L’viile& Nash... 45% Western Union... 78%
♦Bid.
COTTON.
new York. Dec. 15.—Cotton dull; mid iling
upland o , 10 7-16 c; middling Orleans. 10 11-16 c;
sales 974 bales; net receipts 1,460 bales, gross
8,943 bales.
Futures—Market closed barely steady, with
sales of 86,000 Dales, as follows: December de
livery, 10 33fti>10 34c; January, 10 38,1210 39c:
February, 0 53@10 54c: March, 10 68@10 69c;
kpril. 118? q)10 81c; Mav. 1096q)10 97c: Juue.
11 08@1109c; July, 11 19§11 20c: August, 1129
@ll 30c; September, 10 95@10 98c.
The Post's cotton article says: "Future de
liveries at the first c id advanced 2-10 >c, and
subsequently 2-100@3-l<ioc in addition, but the
closing was barelv steady and l-10o@2-100c
higher than yesterday at the close.”
galvkston, Dec. 15.—votton quiet and
easy; middling 9;%c, low middling 9 9-16 c,
good ordinary 9 l-16c: net receipts 4,780 bales,
gross 4,780; sales 1,852 bales; slock 123,978
bales; exports, to Great Britain 2,578 bales.
Norfolk, Dec. 15»— Cotton steady; middling
9 13-16 c; net receipts 5,314 bales, gross 5,314;
stock 86,190 bales; sales 1,663 bales; exports,
coastwise 4,520 bales.
Baltimore. Dec. is.—Cotton dull; middling
10%c, low middling 9%c. good ordinary 9%c;
net receipts bales, gross 298: stock 21,958
bales; exports to the continent 1,250 bales.
Boston, Dec. 15.—Cotton quiet; middling
10%c. low middling 10% ■, good ordin try 9%c:
net receipts 1,544 bales, gross 3,586; stock 6,135
Wilmington, Dec. 15.—Cotton quiet; mid
dling 9%c; low middling 9%c: good ordinary
B%c; tiet receipts 159 bales, gross 159; stock
20.713 bales;exports, to the channel 1,075 bales,
coast wise 81.
Philadelphia. Dec. 15.—Cotton easy;
middling 10%c. low middling 10%c, good ordi
nary 9%c; net receipts 68 bales, gross 68;
stock 8,254 bales; exports to Great Britain
2,220 bales.
New Orleans, Dec. 15. —Cotton quiet; mid
dling 10c, low middling 9%c, good ordinary
9%c; net receipts 19,379 bales, gross 19,937;
sales 5,500 bales.
Mobile. Dec. 15. —Cotton dull and easy;
middling 9%c; low middling 9%c; good ordi
nary 9%c; net receipts 2,124 bales, gross 2,160;
sales 500 bales: stock 82,983 bales; exports,
coastwise 602 hales.
Memphis, Dec. 15.—Cotton steady; mid
dling 9%c, low middling 9%c; good ordinary
9c; net receipts 3,596 bales, gross 3,910; ship
ments 7,287 bales; sales2,7oo bales; stock 99,632
bales.
Augusta, Dec. 15.—Cotton quiet; mid
dling 9%c, low middling 9%c; rweipta 1,041
bales; sales 713 bales.
THE SUNDAY MORNING NEWS: SAVANNAH. DECEMBER 16, 1883.
Charleston,Dec. 15. —Cotton quiet; mid
dling 10c; low middling 9%c; good ordinary
9%c; net receipt* 2.257 bales, groni- 2,257; sales
300 bales; stock 88,«64balee; exports, to Great
Britain 1,’>73 bales, to France 1,030, to the con
tinent 1,100 bales.
New York. Dec. 15.—Consolidated net re
ceipts for all cotton ports to-day 40,736 bales:
exports, to Great Britain 11.071 bales, to
France 1,030, to the continent 2,350.
PROVIHIONH. UROL'KKIKS. KTC.
Rio de Janeiro. Dec. 14.—Coffee —Good
firsts. 5.300@5,400 reis iwr 10 kilos.
Santos, D>-c. 14.—Coffee—Superior Bantos
4,900@5.100 reis per 10 kilos.
sew York, Dec. 15.—Flour. Southern closed '
unchanged in pri -e and dull; common to fair I
extra, $3 65@4 80; good to choice ditto, $4 85@ *
6 75. Wh. at—spot lots %@%c higher, closing }
strong; options opened %ia.%c better, after
wards lo t advance.declined a trifle, later re- '
acted %@%c, closing steady at a shad ■ under ;
outside rates: ungraded red, 91c-®sl 20: No. 2
red $1 14%@1 15% in elevator, »1 13% afloat, j
$1 16% delivered from elevator; No. 2 red. D
ecember delivery,sl 12; January $1 13%@1 13%;
Febr ary 41 15j 4 :§l 15%. Corn —spot lots %c
lower; options o-ened %@%c higher, subse
quently declined %'§l%c, closing steady with
a recovery of %c, trade very moderate; un
graded 48@64%c; ungraded w hite 67c; white
and yellow Southern 58c; No. 2. December
delivery 63%@64%c, closing 64c; January 64%
«565%c,’closing 64%c. Oats—spot lots % §%c
lower; options opened %@%c better, atter
wards declined % §%c, closing steady; No. 3.
39%c. ditt • white 40c; No. 2. m%§4o%c, ditto
white 40%@4 %c; No. 2. January delivery
40% Hops quiet but firm for choice
stock. Coffee, fair Rio, onsitot, dull at ll%c;
options opened 16 points lower, closing fl rm
with decline recovered; No. 7 Rio, on spot
9 75c, January delivery 9 80@9 850. Sugar dull
and nearly nominal; Porto Rico 5 7-16 c; fair
to good refining quoted at 6%@6%c; on
’Change: Standard A, February delivery
7 57%c. March 7 62%c; refined closed dull and
lower—C s%<§6c. extra C 6%q>6%c, extra
white C6%<i6%c, yellows%@s%c, off A o%<s
7%c, mould A 7%c. standard A 7 7-16a7%c,
confectioners A 7%c, cut loaf and crushed
B%c, powdered 8%@8%c, granulated B@s l-16c,
cubes a%c. Molasses quiet but steady. Rice
firm and in fair demand. Cotton 'seed oil
unchanged. Tallow dull and weak. Hide<-
steady but quiet; wet salted New Or
leans. selected, 50 to 60 pounds. 9@loc; Texas,
selected, B%@loc. Wool steady snd more
active. Fork very firm but less active: mess,
on spot, sl4 75@150>; clear back $1737%a,
17 62%. Middles dull and nominal. Lard 12@
@l6 points higher aud moderately active,
closing firm; Western steam, on spot, 9 13§
9 15c; to arrive 8 95c cost and freight: January
delivery 9 01(&9 04c; refined quoted at 9 35c to
the continent. Freights to Liverpool dull;
cotton, per steam. 3-16 d: wheal, per steam.
S%d.
« hicago. Dec. 15. —Flour dull. Wheat, re
gular steady and firm, and in good demand;
fluctuatio s did not exceed %■, and market
closed % i.%c higher than yesterday; regular,
9<%@97%c for December -delivery, closing
97%c; January 97%@98- n c, -closing 98%c; No.
2 Chicago spring 97%@9’7%c. No. 3 ditto 81@
84c; No. 2 red winter 87%c@|l. Corn unset
tled, with only fairly active trading demand,
chiefly for speculation; market opened %c
higher, then shower! weakness and declined
!%'®l%c, rallied %c, and closed %@%c lower
than yesterday;cash 57%@58%c, closing 57%c;
December delivery 5. Gja clo-dng 58c;
January 57%@59%c,-closing 58%c. Oats quiet;
market opened lewer, but before close a
moderate reaction-eel in; cash 33§33%c; De
ceinirer deiiverv 33%@34%c, closing 33%c;
January 33%(a&i%c, closing 33%@34c. Lard
I firm, with fair demand; prices lo@ls points
higher; sales rangeit: 8 70@8 75c for cash:
8 77%@8 90c for January delivery. Pork
irregular; fairly active; opened s@!oc higher,
rallied s@loc additional; weakened aud re
ceded 15@26g, rallied 20@25c, and closed
steady; old $1162%@13 75, new sl4 25@!4 37%,
for cash; Recember delivery sl3 50 <i 13 62%;
January sl4 l. r >®l4 40. Bulk meats in fair de
mand; shoulders. 6 25c: short rib, 745 c: short
clear, 775 c. Whisky steady. Suarar un
changed: standard A, 8c; cut loaf, 8%@9%c;
granulated, B%c.
st. I.oi ls, Dec. 15.—Flour quiet and un
changed, Wheal irregular; prices generally'
unchanged, but some sales rather highe>-;
No. 2 red fall, $1 Oo%@l 02 for cash, $1 02%
for January. Corn unsettled and lower at
46%@46%c for cash and December delivery;
47% «,47%c. f r January. Bran steady at 63%
@64c. Whisky steady and unchanged. Pro
visions dull; only jobbing trade done.
Baltimore, Dec. 15. «ja.is closed dull;
Southern, 38@43c; Western, white 40®42c,
mixed 38@39c; Pennsylvania. 3 @42c. Pro
visions quiet aud unchanged: Mess pork,
sls 50. Bu k meai>,snoul'lers aud clear rib siilea
packed, 7c ami B%' - . Bacon—shoulders 7%c,
clear rib sides 9%c. Hams, 14%@15c. Lard, re
fined, 10c. Coffee dull; Rio cargoes, ordinary
to fair, 10%@11%c. Siur.-n quiet; Asoft. B%c.
Whiskv steady 7 at $1 18@1 ls%. Freights-nn
changed.
t Im innati, Dec. 15.—Fiour easier; family
$4 50@4 85; fai cy $5 00@5 40. Wheat in good
demand and firm; No. 2 red winter, $1 05@
15% for cash; $1 06col o:>% for January de
livery. Corn steady at 53c for new. Oats easier
at. 33% g34c. Provisions—Pork quiet at sl4-'5
@l4 50. Lard in good demand at 8 50@8 62%c.
Bulk meats quiet but firm; rib 7 25@7 87%c.
Bacon firm; shoulders 6%c; rib B%c; dear
B%c. Whisky active and firm. quiet;
hards. 8% a.9%c; New Orleans, 5% §6%c. Hog.-
firm; common and light, $4 10@5 40; packing
ami butchers. $5 40:8)5 90.
Louisville, Dec. 15.—Flour quiet. Wheat
dull and prices a shade lower; No. 2. sl6o@
14)2: long berry $ I f's§l o>. Corn un-hanged.
Oats-steady aud firm. Provisions in fair de
mand; market firm. Mess nork, sls.
sim Orleans. Dec. 15.—Flour steady;
family, $1 00 <t)l 50: high grades. ?4 . c 5.&5 02 7 .
Corn higher; white 59c; yellow 60c. Oats
easier and quiet at 43@43%c. Pork higher
and very scarce at sl4 75, ’Lard steady; re
fined, iu tierces, firmer at B%c. Bulk meats
higher; shoulders, packed 6 12%c; long
dear and dear rib. %c. Bacon dull. Hams,
choice sugar cured canvased easier at 14c.
Whisky -toady and unchanged. Coffee
steady and in fairdemand; Rio cargoes, com
mon to prime, 10%(®13%c. Sugar in good
'iemand but easier;’ fair to fully fair, 5%@
5%c; yellow clarified. 6%@7c. Molasses lower;
moderate demand: ceutrifugal 18@28c; fair
28g)30c. Rice steady and in good demand:
Louisiana, ordinary to choice, 4%@6%c. Cot
ton seed oil—prime crude. 85%@3ic; summer
yellow, 42%c. Bran easier and scarce at 92%c,
NAVAL STORES.
New York. Dec. 15.—Spirits turpentine
dull at 34@34%c. Rosin quiet but steady at
$1 47%@1 55.
i:n a'ki.ESTON. Dec. 15.—Spirits turpentine
dull; sales at 30c. Rosin quiet; strained and
good strained, $1 15.
Wilmington, Dec. 15.—Spirits turpentine
steady at 30c. Rosin firm; strained, $1 15;
good strained, $1 20. Tar firm at $1 50. Crude
turpentine steady; *lls for hard and $2 00
for yellow dip ami virgin.
Siiippint) intelligence.
MINIATURE ALMANAC—THIS Dai .
Sun Rises .6:56
Sun Sets 4:56
High W ater at Ft Pulaski... .9:08 A w. 9:32 J >
Sunday, December 16, 1888.
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
Steamship Chattahoochee, Daggett, New
York—G M Sorrel.
Schr Susan B Ray. Tilton. Baltimore, with
guano to order; vessel to Master.
Steamer City of Bridgeton, Hallowea, Fer
nandina and intermediate landings—Wood
bridge & Harriman.
ARRIVED AT VENUS POINT YESTER
DAY,.
Bark (Nor), Jensen, Liverpool, with
salt to C L Gilbert & Co; vessel to Muster.
ARRIVED AT TYBEE YESTERDAY.
Steamship Northern CBr), Watson, Penarth,
in ballast to J B West & Co.
Schr R W Dasey, Tracey, Philadelphia, with
coal to order; vessel to Master.
ARRIVED UP FROM TYBEE YESTERDAY.
Bark Sirrah 'Nor), Halvorsen, to load for
Amsterdam —A Fnllarton & Co.
ARRIVED BELOW YESTERDAY.
Bark Emma Parker (Nor), Larsen, Bristol,
iu ballast—Master,
CLEARED YESTERDAY.
Steamship City of Augusta, Nickerson, New
York—G M Sorrel.
Steamship City of Macon. Nickerson. Phila
delphia—G M Sorrel.
Brig Hattie B Hussey, Hogdon, New York—
Jos A Roberts & Co.
Schr John R Fell. Jackaway, New York—
Jos A Roberts & Co.
Schr Albury & Malone (Br), Thomson, Green
Turtle Cay, Abaco—J B Keedy.
DEPARTED YESTERDAY.
Steamer City of Bridgeton, Dennette, Fer
nandina and way landings—Woodbridge &
Harriman.
SAILED YESTERDAY.
Steamship City of Augusta. New York.
Steamship City of Macon. Philadelphia.
Bark Betty (Ger). Amsterdam.
Bark Carl Friederich (fir), Brunswick.
Schr Albury & Malone (Br), Green Turtle
Cay.
MEMORANDA.
Tybee, Dec 15. 6:30 p m—Passed up, steam
ship Chattahoochee, bark Emma Parker and
one unknown.
Passed out, barks Betty (Ger), Carl Friede
rich (Ger).
Arrived at anchor, steamship Northern
(Br), schr R W Dasey.
Waiting, brig Seliua Stanford (Hal), bark
Emma (Nor), and one unknown.
Wind NW. 14 miles; fair.
Later—B:3o p m, passed out, steamship City
of Macon.
New York, Dec 15—Arrived, Rhein, Talla
hassee, Gulf Stream, Guyandotte.
Arrived out, steamers Nymphae, Appollo,
brig Lucille.
Homeward, bark Egero.
New York, Dec 13—Arrived, bark Elliott
Ritchie, Bartlett. Pensacola; schr Sarah D
Rawsun, French, Fernandina; Mary A
Trainor, Derrickson, Jacksonville.
Belfast, I. Nov 29—Sailed, bark Lammer
gier (Br), Whitesides. Pensacola.
Baltimore. Dec 13—Cleared, schr A D Lam
son, smith, Port Royal.
SaiieL schr L A Rommel.
Heyainis, Dec 12—Arrived, schr Ida L Hull,
Hull. Brunswick. Ga. for Boston.
Philadelphia, Dec 13—Cleared, schr JohnS
Davis. Green. Jacksonville.
Portland, Me, Dec 12—Cleared, schr St
Johns. Gilmore, Belfast to load for Jackson
ville.
Belfast, Dec 12—Sailed, schrs Charles H
Fabens, Curtis, Cedar Keys. Fla; Warren,
Rockport, to load for Jacksonville.
Port Royal, Dec 14—Arrived 3d, schr Clytie,
Laughton, Baltimore; 10th,.schr Chas M Mer
vins, Lidley. New York; 13th, brig Robert
Dillon, Hulse, Savannah.
Cleared 14th, bark Chippewa (Br), Lynch, i
Greenock.
Sailed 11th, schr Gen F K Spinner. Reyno ds,
Coosaw; schr Etta A Stimpson. Bunker, New
York; 12tb.schr Vineyard. Rosebrook,Boston:
13th. shin Port Roya'l (Ger). Schutte, Liver
pool; 14th, schr Charles M Mervins, Lidley,
Charleston.
Darien, Dec 14—Arrived 12th, bark Brage
(Sw), -yvlander, Gravelines, France.
Cleared 13th, bark Caspian (Br), Dolb, Ant
werp.
MARITIME MISCELLANY.
Schr Chas H Sprague, from Milford, Ct, for
Savannah (before reported), remained at
Smithville, N C, Dec 11 repairing.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
Philadelphia, Dec 13—A first-class spar buoy
has been placed near the whistling buov ou
the south shoal entrance to Delaware Bay.
Its color and number correspond with the
whistling buoy, and the object is to have the ■
shoal marked’in case the latter is carried from i
its position.
By order of the Lighthouse Board.
G B White. Commander U S N. ;
Inspector 4th Lighthouse District. I
RECEIPTS.
Per steamer City of Bndgrton. from Fer- )
nandina and way landing—l4B bales cotton. 1
4 nales bides. 5 bbls syrup, 17 bbls and 19 half
bbls fish, 1 boxed organ.
Per < nariesutu iud Savannah Ratiwm. j
Dec 15—58 bales cotton, 3 cars staves, 145 sacks |
guano, 13 sacks rice, 9 sliow cases, 45 boxes to- i
bacco, and mdse. •
Per savanuaii. Florida and Western Rail
way. Dec 15—534 balesootton. 19cars Inmlier.
541 bbls rosin, 86 bbls spirits turpentine, 4.420
loxes oranges, 46 bbls orange-, 2 cars wood,
2 cars cotton seed, 6 bbls ejrup, 31 bales hides,
and mdse-
Per central Railroad. Dec 15—631 bbls rosin,
2.927 bales cotton, 727 bdls staves. <(? corn,
389 pieces bacon, 97 pkgs grate fixtures. 151
pkgs tobacco, 50 bbls cotton seed oil, 40 qr |
sacks fiour, 3 » bales yarns, 25 sacks cotton seed ‘
meal, 20 bales domestics, 20 bales hides. 13 i
bales rage, 13 pkgs mdse. 21 boxes cheese, 10
tubs butier, 10 cases sundries, 7 bbls whisky,
7 sacks coffee. 6 bbls flour, 8 bbls syrup, 5 plow
lines, 5 hf bbls whisky , 5 bales paper, 7 bales
burlaps, 6 cases shoes, 4 boxes bacon, 4 bbls
castings, 2 rolls leather, 4 sacks roots, 3 cases
cigars. 2 boxes machinery, 2 rollscarpet. 2
bbls brasses, 2 bales plaids. 2 bales bagging. 1
box tongues, 1 box wax, 1 crate paper boxes, 1
box frames, 1 car staves, 18 cars lumber, 27
bbls spirits turpentine.
EXPORTS.
Per steamship City of Augttsta, for New
York—2,6s2 bales upland cotton, 115 bales sea
island cotton, 7 bales domestics and yarns. 275
bbls rice, 806 bbls rosin, 49 bbls spirits turpen
tine, 39,269 feet lumber, 21 bales hides. 50 bbls
oil, 14 bbls fruit, 4,193 boxes fruit, 117 pkgs
mdse.
Per steamship Citv of Macon, for Phila
delphia—l,l34 bales upland cotton, 143 bales
domestics and yarns, 61 bbls rice, 1,055 bbls
rosin. 219 blds spirits turpentine. 141,632 feet
lumber, 77 bales paper stock, 679 empty kegs
and bbls, 58 bbls and 1.841 boxes fruit, 1,981
bdls shingles, 2 bales rags, 86 pkgs mdse.
Per brig Hattie B Hussey, fi>rNewY rork—
-201,580 feet lumber. 59,196 feet timber, 120,535
feet oak timber— D C Bacon & Co.
Per schr John R Fell, fur New York—26o,-
237 feet lumber—R B Reppard.
Per schr AUr.iry & Malone (Br), for Green
Turtle Cay—s,ooo’ feet lumber, 400 los coffee. 1
box notions, 3 kegs nails. crockery,
3.000 yds cotton goods, 5 boxes drugs, 18 bbls
flour. 2 boxes grits, 2 boxes candles, 1 box
raisins. 1 box chocolate. 2 tubs •butter. 2 cases
milk, 1 crate dates, 2 boxes soagi, 2 doz brooms,
2 doz buckets, 2 doz washboards, 1 box candv,
2 boxes crackers, 1 bbl kerosene oil, 10 lbs
pepper, 10 lbs allspice, 2 cases beef, 2 bbls po
tatoes, 1 bbl onions, 7,09(1 shingles, 2 boxes
cheese—J B Reedy.
PASSENGERS.
Per steamship City of Augusta, for New
York—R W Wright, Jas Donovan, W Hatch
and wife. Master Hatch, Mrs'JS Phillips, Mrs
Whitney. Mrs Spears. Wm D Houston. Win
Neill, S D Blanchard, Miss Elizabeth Green.W
W Green, W F Col vert. Charlie Murray, J W
Embler, Arthur Willicms, Mary Aldeman
(col), and 5 steerage.
Per steamer City of Bridgeton, from Fer
nandina and way' landings—Judge Tarver
an<l wife, A Tarver wife and 3 children. J P
Nicholson, W E Graham. SN Mercer, E King.
E E Narramore and wife, R T Snellie, J E
Knowlton, and 8 deck.
Per steamship Chattahoochee, from New
York—Mrs R Sanderson and servant, R Mar
tin, E II Decker, Mary Reilly. Mrs s Tunper,
Mrs L Bostwick, Mrs J Wilkinson, L W Net
yooue. II S o’Bneiiand wife, Mrs A O’Brien,
Land II O’Brien. D Reaiden. Mrs Elliott. Mrs
G Mobley, W B Young. Miss Holland, R Mun
phry, Mrs B Morgan, Miss Hunguford. Miss B
San Held, Mrs E M Jones. Miss A Carter, C N
Foster and wife. F Carter and wife, J Hall
and wife. Miss A Jchaud. F L Hue. C Wood
worth, E A Oat ley, L Draper, J Strickland,
C Melburn. C Melburn Jr, S J Clark. E Hop
kir.s, J W Weeks, J Carnwell. G Hibborn, F
Randolf, Mrs M Marion, MissM Marion, J
Albert and wife, Mar ret Loyd. C Wheeler, T
Ashby. Jos Burnett, steerage—ll Hally, R
Ebbs, C Koh, C Lee. J Kennedy, II Pollard, G
Gurney, C Wilson, J McMullen, L Fitzgerald,
W A Green. L Paine, D W Ntiler, J Clark, J
J Barnes. D Moelle, FFazakuly, J Bullord, T
Ryan. J Newman, J Mouret, S Galrill, T Gaf
ney, F Lang, J McCJenan, J Eberweln, C An
derson, E Higgins, C f-isher, .1 Banut, A Lun.
It Lick. J Lobin, T Flyn. J Greenwood, W
Harrold, Barber, C Myers, H Nichols, N
Blackman, P Gafney, K Bafu, W Galoway, M
Lynch, J Lumis.
CONSIGNEES.
Per steamer City' of Bridgeton, from Fer
nandina and way landings—M Y Henderson,
W W Gordon & Co, M Boiev A Son, Ludden A
B, H Myers A Bros, ¥, r m Hone A Co, O Cohen
A Co, Saussy, HA R, Jno Flannery & Lo,
Baldwin A Co, Warren A A.
Pet Charleston and Savannah Rauwm.
Dec 15—Furdg Office. E Dubois, II Goebel,
Webber A D,Wm Hone A Co, Lee Roy Myers,
S Guckenheimer A Son., H Myers A Bros. A M
Bush Lippman Bros, Garnett, S A Co. H M
DeLoach. Jno F’lannery & Co, Geo Walter,
J P Williams A Co.
Per --avannah. Florida and Western tian
way, Dec 15—Fordg Office, Peacock. II A Co,
II Myers A Bros, E J Acosta, B H Richard
son. G W Sargent, Bondj& S, D Y Dancy, M
Lavin, E M Green, J H Johnston, Miss Hattie
Read, Rieser & S, H Solomon & Son, R Roach
A Bro, M FeiSt A Co. J J McMahon, McMil
lan Bros, J C Thompson, Krannan A D, C B
King, Rutherford A F, WSH twkins. T P
Haskell,' Lee Roy Myers, C L Gilbert A Co,
S Guckenheimer A Son. Geo V Hecker A Co,
R B Reppard, Dale, W A Co. Sau.sy. H A R.
J H Ruwe, J D Smith, Estes, McA A Co, W I
Miller, W W Chisholm, Baldwin A Co, J P
Williams A Co, C L Jones. H F Grant A Co.
Ga & Fla I S Co, Jno Flannery A Co, L J Guil
inai’tin A Co, Butler AS, Garnett, S A Co,
Geo Waiter, M Maclean, L E Dgjicy. Woods
A Co. J J Derby, M Y Henderson, Chas Ellis,
Woodbridge A H.
Per Central Railroad. Dec 15—Fordg Agt.
II M Comer A Co, WIV Gordon A Co, L J
Guilmartin & Co. F M Farley, Baldwin A Co,
Jno Flannery A Co, Hammond, 11 A Co. Wood
A Bro, J C Thompson. R Roach A Rro, Gar
nett, S A Co. Geo Walter. Woodbridge & 11,
Bogart A H, Wheaton A Son, H F Grant & Co,
M Maclean. Buller A 8. Order, Peacock. H A
Co, H Myers A Bros, T P Bond, J B Reedy, It
D Walker. H Miller. John Derst, Weed AC,
A M A C W West, C E Randall, G C Gemun
den, G Eckstein A Co, Frank A Co, Ruther
ford A F, A Ehrlich, R Roach A Bro, Thomas
Houli an, M Mendel A Bro, S Guckenheimer
A Son. West Bros, Herman A K, CD Rogers,
Lilienthal A K, O P Havens, J A Douglass. L
E Byck & Son. W P How ird. Webber A D,
E J Acosta, C H Carson, 1 Epstein A Bro,
J C Thompson, Rieser A S. C L Gilbert A Co,
A II Champion, M Ferst A Co. D C Bacon A
Co.
Per steamship Chattahoochee, from New
York—G W Allen, W E Alexander A Son, E S
An, heneloss, A R Alttnayer A Co, R Sander
son, E J Acosta, Bendheun Bros A Co. Appel
Bros, Branch AC. L E Byck & Son, Mrs H H
Brigham, T P Bond, J G Butler, D Brown.
Bacon. J A Co. H J Botts, Barbor Bros, J
Barnett, C R R & Banking Co, Crawford A L.
W S Cherry A Co, Jno Cunningnam, Chas A
Cox, C H Carson. A H Ci.ampion, A Cyrnia.R
Connell, Cohen A B, J Cohen, Coekshutt A L.
W H Chaplin, E M Connor, J A Douglass.
M J Doyle, A Doyle, J B Duckworth, R II
Dunlan. Mrs Deßenne, W M Davidson, J
Derst, I Dasher & Co, Eckman A V, Eckman
A G, I Epstein A Bro, \ Ehrlich,Einstein A L.
J T Entleman, T H Enright. J H Estill, C Ed
wards. G Eruest.C Edmonston, M Ferst A Co,
A T R & Co. R Freem in, \ Freidenberg A Co.
Fretwell A N, I L Falk A Co, Frank A Co, D
Freeletter, J H Farber, J B Fernandez, John
Farrell, L Freed. S Guckenheimer A Son, Jos
Gorham. C L Gilbert & Co, J P Germain B M
Garfunkle, D Grimm, F L George A Co, R H
Gugks, Graham A H, L J Gazan. S Gazan, T
Gadson, G C Gemunden. A Hanlev, C Hop
kins, -I W Anderson, Wm Hone A Co, Mrs A
L Hartridge. 8 Herman,. Hyrnes Bros A Co.
F M Hull. Thos Halligan. R RHadock, J H
Melmken, D Hogan. G R Haltiwang r, O P
Havens. H G Harden, s Hexter, J H Hersch
bach. J Jacob. M C Wade, S Krouskoff, R
Krauss. H Koch. Kenned , &B, Kennedy &
Co, J Kaufman, E J Keifer, N Lan*A Bro, A
R Lawton.B II Let y. Lippman Bros, M Lavin,
D B Lester, I D Laßoche’s Sons.O’Hagan A B,
A Leffler, Jno Lyons, J McGrath & Co, 1’
Masters. M Mendel A Bro. Marshall House.
F Morgan A Co, Meinhard Bros A Co. P Ma
loy, Mohr Bros.W B Mell A Co,B F McKenna,
F H Myer, I»e Rwy Mvers, H Myers A Bros,
H Meyers, C H Miller, A Minis A Sons, Mat
thews Bros.H Miller. R L Morgan, D J Nagle.
Jno Nicoison, est Jno Oliver, Palmer Bros, P
Postell K Powers. P Pano, Peacock, H A Co,D
Porter. J B Reedy, C D Rogers, J H Ruwe,
Rieser A•. P Ross Russak A Co. R Roach A
Bro, T M Ray, Jno 'ullivan, M Sternberg,
Solomons A Co, H Solomon A Son, C E Stults,
H L Schreiner, R B Springer, E A Schwarz,
L C Strong. G Sclech, J S Silva, S. F A W Ry,
Savannah Palm Co, Wm Schirm, J T Shup
trine, II Sehroder.W H Snyder. G W Sargent.
Southern Ex Co, R H Tatem. P W Tyson. T F
Turniman A Co, J C Thompson. J H Von
Newton. Weed &C, AMA C W West. R D
Walker. Thos West. Wylly A C, C R Wooes.
V R Winkler. W A Welirenberg, Mrs H E
Wells, J T Waring, W U Tel Co, Ga & Fla I
Co.
Shook & Collier’s "Lights o’ London”
companies are doing a phenomenally large
business on the road. The Southern com
pany opened in Memphis last week to a
S9OO house, the largest ever known in that
city.
If disease has entered the system the
only way to drive it out is to purify and
enrich the blood. To this end, as is
acknowledged by all medical men.
nothing is better adapted than iron. The
fault hitherto has been that iron could not
be so prepared as to be absolutely harm
less to the teeth. This difficulty has been
overcome by the Brown Chemical Com
pany, of Baltimore, Md., who offer their
Brown’s Iron Bitters as a faultless iron
preparation, a positive cure fordvspep- ;
sia, indigestion, kiduey troubles, etc. i
GEORGIA’S WAR CLAIM.
PROSPEC rs THAT SHF. WILL
SECUKF THE $35,000.
--
Model Accountii VS hich were scent the
Financial Secretary of a Cornet Band
—A New {Senator Who Means to be
Heard—Caroline Johnson's Hopeless
Perseverance.
C’^r r ssnonrimc* of th* Sunday hfitmina .Veter. ■
Washington, Dec. 14.—The matter of
the payment to the State of Georgia of
$35,000 for money due her by the govern
ment for supplies furnished to Gen.
Jackson’s forces while in the defense of '
the city ot Savannah during the revola- j
tionary war. will soon receive attention. :
Congress last session passed a bill, which
was signed by the President, directing
the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the ■
amount ot the claim. The Secretary !
withheld the money upon the opinion of
Judge Lawrence, First Comptroller of the '
Treasury, who held that it should be j
applied as an offset to the amount due :
by the State on account of that war
measure.tne direct tax. In conversation on
the subject to-day Representative Turner
called attention to the tact that while the
claim was being considered by the last
House that very question was raised.
The point was made that the direct tax
was due from the citizens of the
State, not from the State itself. As a re
sult the proposition iu the House that
the money should be applied as an offset
to part of the direct taxation was
abandoned and the bill went
through. The shape in which the I
consideration of this claim will
be inaugurated this session will be by the i
introduction of a resolution calling on the j
Secretary of the Treasury for his reasons
for withholding the money appropriated.
This will bring the matter officially be
fore Congress. Then there wi'l follow a
resolution instructing the Secretary to
pay the money. Mr. Turner thinks that
Georgia will get the money fgpm this Con
gress and at this session.
MR. A. IIKRR SMITH,
member of Congress from Pennsylvania,
and bis private secretary were going over
the former’s mail the other night. The
secretary opened a letter trom a constitu
ent of Mr. Smith’s who lives at Rothville,
in that State. The secretary’s eye caught
the words "cornet band” in the body of
the letter. s ‘l guess,” he said, “you will
have to subscribe to another brass band.”
But that was not the case. The letter
read like this: "Dear Sir—l wish you
would send me a model for the work which
falls to the lotof a Financial Secretary. 1
have just been elected Financial Secretary
of the Rothville Cornet Band. There have
been so many cases of financial secreta
ries who have got into trouble with their
accounts, that I want to be an exception,
and keep rev accounts in perfect order.”
Mr. Smith left the letter to be answered
by his private secretary. That gentleman
got a copy of Secretary re
port. a copy of Treasurer Wyman’s
report, and a copy of Register
Bruce’s report. These documents he
sent to the young man in Rothville with a
letter like this: "I send you copies of the
reports of the highest financial officers ot
the. government. They embrace the
models of the most important system of
bookkeeping in the country. If you care
fully study and master them 1 think that
you will be able to leave an irreproach
able record as Financial Secretary of the
Rothville Cornet Baud.”
THE CRY OF THE TOBACGO WEN
just now seems to he “save us from our
fixends.” A ton of bills on the subject of
the tax on tobacco have been introduced
in the House. Some of these bills pro
; pose a reduction in the tax, others pro
pose to remove it altogether. The appear
ance of these bills has brought here to
bacco men from different sections. Vir
ginia being the nearest tobaeco-growing
State furnishes the largest part of this con
tingent. Thev say that they would be glad
to have a reduction of thd tax on tobacco
er to have it removed altogether. But they
protest most earnestly against a protract
ed agitation of the subject. They do not
want to go through such another long de
pression in their business as was brought
on at the last session by the lengthy agi
tation of the subject of the taxon tobacco.
They urge most earnestly upon members
of the House to act quickly or act not at
ail.
THE WELL-KNOWN TRADITIONS
of the Senate prescribe that a new Senator
shall, for a somewhat lengthy term, dis
tinguish himself principally by sile tly
sitting and listening to the wo'tte ot wis
dom which drop from the lips of his
seniors. Every once and awhile a
new Senator breaks out of
the traces, and without any
preliminary waiting grapples with legis
lation, and makes lengthy speeches.
Blaine was one of these forward men. He
commenced just as soon as he got well
seated in the upper House. The new
blood, which came into the Senate this
sessionihad. until to-day, been exemplars
of decorum. Even now only one ot them
has broken out. He is Senator Wileon
of lowa. Senator Wilson is a naiive.of
Scotland, and seems to be almost as tough
as Senator Beck. One thing is certain,
he is not at ail backward. To-day he
brushed aside the cobwebs of Senatorial
tradition and delivered a very lengthy
speech on the question of civil rights.
His fellow Senators evidently thought
that he would only introduce his
resolution and then subside. But he
did not. He opened a carefully prepared
speech and went on for over an hour. The
old Senators looked as much surprised
as their cool dignity would allow them.
But they could not help themselves.
They had to listen to the speech or go to
the cioak room. Many of them took the
Jatter course. Those who remained every
once and a while would put on a L-wonder
when-he-will-get-througb look. The
Scotchman from lowa will have to be dis
ciplined, that’s evident.
“I WISH TO HEAVEN SOMEBODY
would relieve Caroline Johnson, of In
diana.” said one of the file clerks of the
House to-day. “I am tired of Caroline
Johnson, of Indiana. I have recorded
bills innumerable for her relief in the
past six years. Doubtless she has been
wanting to be relieved ever since the
war. She wants a pension. Every mem
ber of Congress from Indiana introduces
on the first bill day a measure for
the relief of Caroline Johnson. This
has been the case ever since
1 have been here. Frequently Caroline
laps over into Ohio and Kentucky, and
those members introduce bills for her
relief. None of the many bills in her
behalf have, however, got further than
simply getting on the calendar. There
has never been a committee report in her
case. There never will be. I suppose.
But she is certainly entitled to relief it
the number of bills introduced in her be
half is any criterion. Ido not know anv
human being who has such a record
tor wanting relief as Caroline Johnson, of
Indiana.”
MRS. LANGTRY DID THE CAPITOL YES
TERDAY.
She was accompanied, when she reached
the private gallery in the Senate, bv sev
eral members of her troupe. She wore a
walking skirt of black silk, a jersey—very
tight fitting—of a brownish color. On
her head was one of those small
hats covered with brown feathers. A
veil partially concealed half her face.
Her figure is very trim and pretty. As
soon as Senator Bayard saw her in the
gallery he went up there. The two were
at once engaged in an animated conver
sation. in a few minutes they started out
to see the sights of the building. It does
not take long for the word to go round when
such a person as Mrs. Langtry visits the
capital. As she and Senator Bayard went
about they were followed by a large crowd.
The crowd stared, but did not come very
near the two. In the old Hall of Repre
sentatives, when Mrs. Langtry was being
initiated into the mysteries of the whis
pering stones aud gallery, she was looked
at probably by two hundred peo
ple. She did not seem to
mind it. Neither did her escort.
Senator Bayard. The latter seemetl to
like it very much. Mrs. Langtry was
very vivacious and chatty. Her exclama
tions of surprise were heard frequently.
She has a very pleasant voice. After re
maining in the old hall for sometime she
and her escort started to look at the
Chamber where the Lower House sits.
They were followed there and until they
got out of the capital by a crowd. There
were more men than women in the crowd.
And candor compels the statement that
many of them were much prettier than
the Lily.
THERE 18 A GOOD DEAL OF TALK
of combinations in the House. It is said
that there is to be effected a combination
which will prevent that body from taking
any action looking towards a reform of
the internal revenue. This combination
is to lie brought about, according to report,
by a coalition ot protectionists among the
Democrats, or “Randall men,” as they are
called, and the Republicans. The
object of this combination is to
be an abolition of the
internal revenue, which would prevent
tariff revision. It at’s a very good scheme.
Even it it should come to a head it could
do nothing. As Representative Bayne, t,f >
Pennsylvania, said the other day, the j
temperance Republicans will unite with |
the tariff reform Democrats, or Car- j
lisle men. in a combination that would
be invincible in preventing any removal
of the tax on whisky. There’s the situa- |
tion in a nutshell. And there is further •
evidence that this is a correct view of it.
The whisky interest is so confident that
the tax on that article will not be re
moved that they have commenced early
in the game to work for a further exten
sion of two years of the bonded period.
Os course there would be no necessity for
an extension of the Ixjnded period if the
tax on whisky were to f»e removed.
THE COMMISSIONS
of the following Georgia Postmasters will
expire on the nates mentioned: Duncan
Jordan, at Cuthbert, who has held the
office twelve years, January 13, 1884; J.
C. Riley, Dalton, who has held the office
four years, March 31, 1884; P. F. Lawshe,
Gainesville, who will then have held
the office four yeais, June 15, 1884.
D. S. Johnston, Madison, who has held the
office five years, January 26th, 1884; C. G.
Wilson, Milledgeville, who has held the
office eightyears, January 13th. 1881; Z. B.
Harzrove, Rome, May 28th, 1884. He will
then have held the office 12 years. W. i
K. Watts. West Point, who has held the
office four years, January 13th. 1884.
Potomac. !
KILLED BY A COKN.
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A German Nobleman's Career Ends in a
Curious Way. ■
New Haven Special. *
Baron Von Bruening died sh the hospi
tai here from the effects of an amputation ,
rendered necessary from dry mortification
following the cutting of acorn. His body
has been taken to Bridgeport, where his
funeral will be held. He was
sixty years old, and was in charge of Mr. I
Frederick Beyer, the leader of Howe
band, ol Bridgeport, who discovered him
seven years ago at Black Rock as a
tramp.
He quarreled with his father and came
to this country with about $75,009. Fora
year or so he lived a gay life in New York
city, spending bis money as quickly as he
could and giving himself up to iutenqier
ance and gambling. Finally the $75,000
was all gone, the friends he had gained
left him as he descended into poverty, and
one day he found himself without any
thing to eat. He turned his oack on the
I metropolis and reached the lowest depths
j by becoming a country vagrant.
In the winter of 1875 and 1876 Van Bru
i ening was the occupant of a little shanty
; in Black Rock, three or four miles west of
Bridgeport. He frequently slept in barns
i in the locality, did occasional odd jobs for
the residents and obtained his food partly
j in that way and partly by charity bestow
ied in the kitchens of the villagers. His
1 clothes were ragged and his general ap-
I pearanee that of a tramp, but his bearing
| impressed those with whom he came in
j contact as that of a very much higher
‘ order than theordinary vagrant. He was
j very reserved regarding himself, and no
j one about Black Rock learned hi name
i or anything et his personal history.
One day in the spring he tramped over
> to Bridgeport. The sight of musical in
j struments in the windows of Leish’s store
I in Main street awakened his old passion
j for music. He entered the store and
asked the consent of the proprietor to plav
upon one of his pianos. The latter, more
out of curiosity than anything else, gave
the desired permission.’ The tramp ran
over the keys and then struck into a diffi
cult composition, which he executed with
an expression and precision that quickly
changed the proprietor’s curiosity into
wonder and admiration.
A promise was obtained of the tramp
i musician to call at the music store next
| day. There he was met by two or three
| Bridgeport musicians whose interest had
been aroused by wnat the proprietor of
the music store had told them. Their in
terest was deepened and their friendship
won when they heard thetramp play. Mr.
Beyer presented him with new wearing
apparel and afterwards learned Chat he
was a native of Stuttgart in Wurtemberg.
j His father was Gen. Frederick Von Bru
i ening, one of his sisters was a wife of a
* Russian General and another one was the
morganatic wife of a brother of Prince
Hobenkkbe. He was a graduate of Gen-
I ringen, the colleges of Heidelberg and
I Jena, and was educated in music by
j Lindpaintner. the noted conductor at the
‘ Theatre Stoy al, Wurtemberg. The Baton
I was at one time Consul to Paris and in
1 the reign of Napoleon 111. was a diplomat
j at the railleries and on many occasions
I danced at the receptions given by the
Empress. Von Bruening, until he met
with the injury that resulted in his death,
confined to reside in Bridgeport and sup
port himself by teaching music. His early
■ reverses, however, had so far broken his
I spirit that ihe bad no ambition beyond
earning a bare livelihood. He was mis-
I anthropic and lived as much as was pos
! sible apart from his fellow-mtn. The
cause of his coming to this country and
descending to the life of a tramp is a se
cret which died with him.
Her First Specs.
Detroit P.oet and Tribune,.
A woman who looked as if she bad been
a long time in this vale of tears, went in
to a popular and fashionable jewelry
establishment on Jefferson avenue and
said:
“I want a pair of specs.”
way,” said anobliging clerk with
bis hair parted in the middle, and he led
her up a flight ot stairs into a long room
where space was reserved for optical pur
poses. A small, nervous-looking man at
once surrounded her.
“Sit here,” he said, placing a chair for
her and banging up an A, B, C card in
front of her, “fix your eyes on that.”
“I ain’t going to have my picture tak
en,” said the woman, tartly.
“Certainly not, madam; you wish to re
new your eyesight. Just tell me what you
can see on that card, 9—7—10. Do you
follow me?”
“Just let me have my par’sol and I’ll
fuller ye. I didn’t come here to be made
fun of. I kin read and write as well as
you kin, and count, too. 1 want a pair of
specs.”
“Exactly, but I should recommend eye
glasses with such a nose as yours, mad
am.” ■
“What’s the matter with my nose, hey ?
If it ain’t much of a nose, you ain’t iroiu’
to poke fun at it.”
“It’s a beautiful nose,’’said the optician, \
firmly, “and would adorn a handsome ,
pair of eye glasses. Will you kindly look '
at this circle of lines ? Do they all appear i
to be of the same size?”
“ ’Pear to be ? they air all of a size; no |
foolin’, young man.”
“Certainly not, madam; if the circles
appear to be all of one size your eyes are
wo/. deformed.”
“Deformed! Good gracious! who said '
my eyes were deformed? If ever 1 heard ’
of the like.”
“You see, madam, we are compelled to
test the optic nerve and determine if the
person has presbyopia—”
“No, sir, I’m ‘a Baptist, and 1 won’t :
stay here to be insulted—”
“You misunderstand me, madam; if you I
are afflicted with hypomeopia in either
eye—”
“Look here, young man,” said the wo
man, fiercely, “I dare say you think you
know a lot, but I want a pair of specs; I
ain’t as young as I used to be, and—” (
“Oh, yes,” interrupted the rash opti- j
clan, “I see you are getting old and—” j
But he never finished the sentence. Wnen i
the woman came out of the store she was
trying to straighten out the ribs of her j
parasol, and muttering to herself:
“Old. indeed! I’ve ruined a two-dollar j
parasol, but I haven’t lived all these long
years to be insulted by being called old! i
I’ll find some hardware store where they ‘
speak English to get my specs at. Old! i
the impertinent thing!”
—
Arthur’s Love of Mu-ic.
Washington Sunday Paper.
You published some time ago that story I
about the weakness of the President for I
jig dancing and banjo playing. Ot course '
1 suppose you were correct in stating
that he is too dignified to indulge in such
pastimes now, but let me tell you he has
a great fancy for music in any form, pro
vided it is well rendered. Even a well- I
tuned hand organ attracts his attention. ’
One day a few weeks ago he was driving
in from the Soldiers’ Home, accompanied
by Miss Nellie and myself. We had just
turned into Fourteenth street when a
hand organ was heard playing a lively
air near by. In an instant the President's
face lighted up. He seemed immense!}'
interested, and when we reached the spot
where the organ grinder was standing the
President ordered the driver to stop for
fifteen minutes. We remained there until
the Italian had exhausted his repertoire
and h's monkey had climbed into the car
riage twice. Each visit of the latter was
rewarded with 25 cents, which seemed to
astonish his master when he received it,
and then we drove on, and the organ '
grinder and the children grouped around
never knew that the distinguished auditor |
at that singular musicale was thy Presi- ‘
dent of the United States.
LOUISVILLE IN A LETTER. I
INDIAN SUMMER NIPPED IN THE
BUD BY WINTRY BLASTS.
Oscar Wilde’* Louisville Dude Writes a
Book Without >» Female Character in j
It—Mrs. Langtry's Sorrow Over a Lost
Spaniel Mulhattan Founds a Humane l
Society—The Permanent Art Gallery
Hangs Fire.
Correepttndence of the Sunday Morning Neect. !
Lovisville, Kv., Dec. 12. —Having j
been visited with a North Pole blizzard, I
when we should have had Indian summer,
by he Almanac, Louisville is having I
April weather to prepare the way for
Christmas. It may be these soft skies
and softer winds are friendly signals,
wafted up from Florida, and are meant to j
allure countless immigrants to the land
where the sun is never supposed to set
nor the winds blow cold or hot, but every- •
thing is just as it ought to be. j
At least the atmospheric gentleness *
has the effect of filling the streets
with a holiday throng, which '
pours in a ceaseless tide through shop
doors and aggregates in impassable
masses before the dazzling shop windows
which have been in holiday attire tor the
past month. There seems to be an un
derhand movement between the shop
keepers and the public to have Christmas i
twice in one season. When the first in
stallment ot holiday goods arrives and is
laid out to gull the passer-by there is a
rush to see w ho will snap up the treasures
first; then when the real tune is at hand
there is a second boom, and it would be
difficult to decide which is the more
miserable, D.ves or Lazarus—the one be
cause he can buy nothing, the other be
cause he cannot buy everything.
Col. George Pittman, one of the Fiori- i
da Commissioners at the Exposition, j
dropped dead suddenly on the street a
day or two since. Col. Pittman will be
kindly remembered as one of the Ken
tuckians who bad cast his 10l with the
young State and given his heart full of
enthusiasm to his adopted home. He had
purchased a large body ot land in Orange
county, and had laid out the town of Pitt
man. He was preparing to enter upon
bis winter work in his new home with his
usual zeal when stricken down.
A LOUISVILLE DUDE HAS WRITTEN A
BOOK.
Dudes have done worse things than
write books, and this book, from a pecu
niary standpoint, has been quite a suc
cessful venture for its author, as the first
edition was quickly exhausted and a new
one is selling rapidly. The author who
thus precipitates himself into the field of
ephemeral holiday literature is Mr.
Douglas Sherley, a wealthy dilettante, an
elegant idler, an aesthete of the aesthetes.
i He made himself famous in a degree, first,
by building a quaint, overwrought, richly
adorned bouse, a piece of architecture
tnat gained him the reputation of a harm
less lunatic, and which beholders have
never made up their minds whether to ad
mire or laugh at. Then lie became known
as a sworn admirer and friend of Oscar
Wilde, and made a st>ll geater sensation
j by adopting the Wilde costume. With all
: his idiosyncrasies he is a very bright and
I pleasant writer as well as lecturer, and
I this maiden effort will doubtless not be
! his last in literary pastures. The book is
| entitled. “The Valley ot Unrest; a Book
Without a Woman.” It hinges upon an
I incident in the life of Poe, and there is ab
! solutely not a woman between its highly
! artistic covers, so that Mr. Sherley has
t pioved that a tolerably readable book may
j be made without that hitherto indispen
i sable ingredient. The binding of the vol
; time is unique, as was to be expected. It
j is printed in old English lettering upon
i one side only ot rough te ra cotta paper
with untrimmed edges, the back and leaves
being held together with myrtle green
silk cords, all of which is calculated to
impress the connoisseur to such an extent
i that be will double up in admiring spasms.
MSH. LANGTRY, WHILE PLAYING HER
RECENT ENGAGEMENT
I here, sustained a heart-rending bereave
ment—the loss of her pet spaniel. The
i Lily lodged, during her stay, in her palace
j car, and was very exclusive. The pain
‘ pered animal doubtless wandered forth in
| search ot social diversions, and, alas!
. never returned. To this loss was at
| tributed the intensity of emotion dis
played by the fair actress in her pathetic
i passages, which imposed upon the critics
I and caused them to put down “an added
I depth of passion an<l feeling” to her credit.
; Mrs. Langtry left SSO with an attache of
the theat. e to be given as a reward to the
finder of her lost pet, and reluctantly left
the scene of her bereavement.
The spaniel has never turned up, but
the number and variety of dogs without
< owners which have responded to the ef
' frts of detectives can hardly be credited,
i It is now proposed to found a Langtry
asylum lor outcast curs with the SSO in
! band.
i Joe Mulhattan, the Kentucky yarn epin-
I ner and champion prevaricator, has come
out in a new role this winter. He looms
l up as the founder ofja general humane
j society. There had been a branch of the
, Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Ani
male established here some time ago, but
i it had become practically a deau letter.
I Some time since Mr. Mulhattan rescued a
! little bootblack from the hands of an infu-
I riated employe of the Louisville Hotel,
i who was cruelly beating the boy
i because he interfered with the boot
i blacking trade of the hotel professionals.
I Air. Mulhattan rescued the lad, but hedid
not turn in and flog his tyrant; he did
i something far more deadly—he wrote a
I newspaper card about him,’ Then hepro
. ceeded to organize a humane society to
, protect man and beast and called on'the
philanthropists to help him. He was
i promptly met by the principal ministers
and benevolent people of the citv, and the
movement is strong and erowing. The
surprise of the thing was that Mulhattan
should be the prime mover in a work of
the kind, and that he should develop an
adaptability f>r something else besides
ornamental lying. The good man is even
now receiving the just reward of his
labors. He is now Col. Mulhattan.
AFTER THE SUBJECT HAD HUNG
for so long in the balance and has been
shifted from one meeting of the directors
to another for tinai action, it is decided
we will have another Exposition next
summer, if the peeple will subscribe
S2OO 000 for that purpose. Doubtless it I
will not require very hard pleading fori
funds this year. The railroad companies,
who are willing to admit that thev re- I
ceived their contribution back four times I
over last season, will lead off handsomely, f
and will be followed up bv the hotels, i
One proposition is to the < ffect that the i
city lease or buy the grounds of the Ex- i
position and lend them to the company, I
and when the institution is no longer !
needed, turn the space into a public park. !
These grounds belong to 18 different par- !
ties, some of whom are minor heirs, so j
that the process of buying and leasing is
somewhat complicated. Now that there i
is such a probability of its being inhabit- j
ed again, the huge building does not seem ’
so much like a skeleton divested of its •
armor.
THE DELUSIVE DREAM OF HAVING
a permanent art gallery right away is
still a dream unrealized. The directors,
when they sent their committee East to j
collect pictures, guaranteed to the Art
Union to sell SIO,OOO worth of their pic-j
tures if placed upon exhibition in the art i
gallery. In default of such sales they
were to pay the Art Union $2,500 for the ■
loan of their paintings. When the Ex- !
position had run to within a few weeks of
its close only three persons had bought
pictures, and the sales did not aggregate
$1,500. This was discouraging; so a few
art lovers in Louisville consulted together
during those last days and hastily circula
ted a subscription paper with the view of !
making up $7,000 or SB,OOO, to which the!
directors promised to add the $2,500 for- j
feit money. In this way the SIO,OOO sales i
would have been accomplished, and we
would have had a brave beginning though
a email one, for future glory. But when
the subscriptions reached somewhere
about SI,OOO below the required sum thev '
hung. So the project was not quite real
ized. But all things are possible to those
who wait and hope, and a city that grows
year bv year in every other essential and
neglects this imponant element in her
work of educating the masses will eventu
ally become alive to her shortcomings
and remedy them.
Theodore Thomas is to come to Louis- I
ville in the spring and give us a festival— i
a May musical festival such as Cincin- i
nati blows about every third year. A
musical festival is something Louisville '
has long dreamed of and sighted for and i
never had spunk enough to turn in and |
get hold of the right end of it somehow, i
It seemed to bo conceded that the city of '
Porkopolis bad a patent right to such
things, and no one else dared to infringe.
Thomas will bring the ponderous Materna
with him, whose gigantic voice, it is aaid,
has away of climbing above bass drums
and orchestra in full blast, and putting
the whole thing to shame. Os course it
will be held in the Exposition Music Hall
where Madame’s notes will have room to
swell. All the local chorus and oratorio
societies will assist, and the grand organ,
which will still be in place, as the church
which purchased it will not be finished
then, will render its invaluable service®
during festival week.
Coylk Douglas.
THE YOUNGEST YET.
Little Abe, the Seven-\rar-Ol<l Drum
mer.
Franklin (Mo.) Cor. Potion Gl>be.
There has been considerable discussion
lately in regard to the youngest enlisted
man in the United States service during
the war. The following iacts were given
to the Globe correspondent by a gentle
man who served thtoiurh the war, and in
the company with “Little Abe,” who is
believed to have been the youngest per
son euliated.
The gi nt lent an could not recall the name
of the lad who was known in the armv as
Little Abe, and who was eniisted at Jef
ferson Barracks, a short distance from St.
Louis, Mo.. May 1, 1861, as a drummer, at
the age of 7 years and 1 month. He be
longed to Company E, Second United
States Infantry, Captain, afterward*
Major General, Steel. The reasons wh
influenced the acceptance of so young a
recruit was that his father was in the ser
vice and his mother dead. There were no
relatives who could or would look after
the boy, and so, with the consent of tb»
army authorities, he was put with his
father in the army.
Little Abe was a favorite with both
officers and men. He displayed at all
times the coolest bravery and utter ignor
ance of fear. His favorite position was
iu the front rank in battle, and as soon as
he saw a soldier tali disabled he would
throw away his drum, seize the musket
of his fallen comrade and load and tire as
coolly as the most hardened veteran, al
though his diminutive size and strength
did not allow him to elevate the gun with
out some kind of rest. In the early part
of bis army experience, at one of
the battles when the Union forces
found it necessary to take up
a position in the rear. Little
Abe got possession of a gun, mid when
the army was forced back his drum was
captured by the Confederates. He was
reprimanded, and told that when retreat
ing if he could not carry it with him he
should destroy it. Ever after this when
in battle he saw a chance to get a gun he
smashed in the £eads of his drum, and
then devoted bis whole time to his pre
ferred employment of popping at the Con
feds. At the close of a skirmish one day
he was tound crying. Somebody inquired
what troubled him, and received an ex
planation to the effect that he had
been unable to find any gun not in
use, so be had been unable to
have any snooting. The men of Company
E wanted to fit him out with a rifle made
in accordance with his size, but the desire
was not granted, as, according to the
regulations, he must carry a drum. Little
Abe passed through the war without re
ceiving a wound, although always in the
front rank and in many engagements. Os
his career since then nothing is known to
the writer. If the qualities which were
shown in the service of Uncle Sam con
tinued to develop tomanhood, they proba
bly led him among scenes of adventure
rather than to a life of ease.
STRANGER TH AN FICTION.
A Scene In WaHliincton —What the
Changes of Time Bring About.
Washington Gaietto.
Twenty years ago in this city a lady
was married to an army officer, and a
year afterward a plump girl baby
blessed the union. Muj. W. and his wife
subsequently quarreled and parted, Mrs.
W. taking the child with her to San
Francisco, where after a few years she se
cured a divorce, and afterward married a
Mr. B. in the “Golden City.” Her second
husband died in the course of time, and
about a year or two since she made her
way back to this city, with her daughter,
who had grown to beautiful womanhood,
and secured a position in one of the de
partments.
Maj. W. left Washington shortly after
his separation from his wife. He was
mustered out of the service, settled down
in a Western city and married again.
The whirligig of time brought, him to
the National Capital, where he became a
government clerk. This was some time
before the arrival of bis first wife. Tune
had dealt gently with both of them, the
ear-marks of the destroyer telling more
plainly on the Major by a slight stoop in
I the shoulders and a plentiful sprinkling
; of gray hairs.
One day not long since the Major passed
his first wife on Pennsylvania avenue in
J company with a pretty young lady. He
’ had not heard from her for fifteen years.
' and knew nothing of her whereabouts
during that time, bhe knew him, but did
not care to recognize him, for she bad not
known ot his life since they parted. The
Major looked long and wistfully at the
former partner ot his bosom, who,though
slightly aged, bore pleasing traces of her
former beauty, and the thought struck
him as he looked at her beautiful com
panion, “This is my daughter.”
After a search of some weeks he discov
ered that his former wife and daughter
resided on Capitol Hill. He addressed
i them a letter; the wife did not respond
. but allowed her daughter to do so. i'he
latter met her lather by appointment
away from her mother’s home. Tht
meeting is said to have been an affecting
one. Since that time the Major has
showered upon his long-lost girl hot only
his parental love, but rare and interesting
gilts, and the twain can be seen together
on Pennsylvania avenue anv fair dav
mixing with the promenade™. The
daughter still lives with her mother, who
does not speak to, and has made no sign
to, one whom once loy*m» | an ,j who did
not treat her kindiv, she alleges, In “auld
lang syne.”
1 lie reality of the alaive story sur
passes the romances we see from week to
week upon the dramatic stage, and only
reminds us ot the old, old truism that
“Truth is stranger than fiction.”
CIIIOJUNO KAWOSHfNEA’S LET-
TER.
Request from the Chamber of Com.
merce of Askikago.
N«w York World.
Secretary Wilson of the Chamber of
Commerce received yesterday the folluw
ing unique and interesting communica
tion :
Askjkag°, Shimotsuke, Japan.
™'' >elar y Chattber of Commerce,
Jveto kork:
Dear Sir—l beg to inform you that we,
the merchants and mantaeturerS, had es -
tablished this association three Vc a sazo,
under the name of the Chamber of Mer
chants and Manufacturers in the city of
Askikago, for the purpose of encouraging
and promoting the provincial fabrics, but
1 regret that (be laws and regulations of
tl.e same are not satisfied on account of
the Association had not taken so long
years.
And I wish you to see the laws, regula
tions and by-laws, together with the
Several reports, and to know the organi
zation of your association. Will you
kindly send me the abov -, and if much of
the postage fees and prices of the above
reports are requested 1 shall send you the
same, with the pest Older, as soon as I
have received your information. Yours
faithfully,
Chiojuno Kawosiiinea,
Director of the Chamber.
Mr. Wilson has forwarded a copy of bis
last annual report. He says that the
above shows the wonderful commercial
and intellectual progress of Japan.
The Approaching Marriage of Mr. Fre
iinghuyseu’s Son.
Washington Special.
Decidedly the most amusing place in
Washington, now that there is nothing of
consequence going on at the capito? is
the State Department. The delicious airs
of importance of the functionaries of that
department, the manner in which they
imply that they are all members of one
family, and that the Frelinghuysen family
are highly diverting for a time. ’
The approaching marriage of Secretary
Frelinghuysen’s son to Miss Coats re
called to an enterprising woman here an
adventure she had with the elder Coats In
England many years ago. She met Peter
Coats in traveling, but did not catch his
name when he was introduced to her.
Al»out the second remark he made was to
ask her what spool thread she used. “I
used Coats’ thread for a long time,” she
responded; ‘‘but it bps got so worthless
now that I am looking around for an
other manufacture for my household sew
ing.”
Honest old Peter’s face turned crimson
and be shouted indignantly, “You’re
mistaken, ma’am. Ain't I Peter Coats
that makes Coats’ thread? I tell yer it's
as good as it ever was.”
Marriage in the Frelinghuysen family
nutters the official dovecote over which
Frelinghuysen senior presides. Tnere is
an additional air of mysterious silence
oier the department; the tones arc lower,
the clerks look more and more grievously
burdened with the cares of state, and
misspell more words in their dispatcues
than ever.
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