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DAILY INQUIRER • SUN: COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 80, ISSG.
STRANGER THAN FICTION.
Secretary Lamar's Suit for the Hand
of Mrs. Holt.
IIor Stlll-Loslm;
Wl.l 0 " ,U "" Alr * l “ «• the
New York Herald.
Macon, Qa., December 27.—The see re
teryof the interior, L. Q. C. Lamar, who is
<?ol William® i ue3 i ofhiso >d time- friend,
?. ?: Ro "> arrived here on
and onlv y Anp ri h “ °? ming was unheralded,
ed that the " e, jspaper discover-
ea mat the distinguished gentleman was
hidden away behind the dense evergreen
foliage which shuts out Col. Koss’ elfgan
mansion from the street. elegant
™»e secretary’s presence had become
generally known to-day, and the result is
an excitement scarcely equalled bv that
occasioned by the visit of Mr. Jefferson
Davis last May. Atthechurohesthismorn-
nB ti c sermons iell from the lips of the
preaoheis unheeded, as everybody was
wondering what would be the outcome of
the secretary’s visit.
At Brown’s hotel at 6 o’clock a m. a
sable porter, who was conducting u Herald
rtqiorler to Mr. Lamar’s room, inquired:
y °,V 0me , a T U <ie wa J’ fum New
York to tend General Lamar’s weddin’?”
h„,orA U P.? r ^ r told tlle P° rter tha t he was
neie foi that purpose, provided an invita
tion was forthcoming. The various com
ments on the secretary’s visit and its ob-
J fuvn! a , re ?P u , sln S- The porter’s question
furnishes the keynote to the excitement.
It is generally believed that the secretary
has come herewith a weddingsnit packed
in his yellow leather trunk, and that he
will marry a well known lady of the city
before the end of the week.
The lady in question is Mrs. Henrietta
Holt, the beaut 11 m and wealthy widow of
the late General William S. Holt, who died
suddenly at Saratoga a few years ago.
EARLY LOVE.
1 he romance which connect Secretary
Lamar and Mrs. Holt has never been prop
erly told. She was the reigning belle in
Georgia. Her father, who lived near Ma
con, was a wealthy planter and he saw to
it that the beauty of her person was fully
equalled by the thoroughness of her edu
cation and the depth of her culture, She
was a favorite wherever she went, es
pecially in the famous old town of Eaton-
ton.
It was while on a visit to Eatonton that
Secretary Lamar and Mrs. Holt (at that
time Miss Deani met. The gossips say
that the secretary was an ardent Metho
dist and that he was a shining light in the
Sunday school. At a picnic given to the
pupils of the school ho was the orator of
the occasion. His manly aopuarance and
his eloquent periods made sad havoc with
Miss Henrietta’s heart. She was an hon
ored guest at the picnic, Later in the day
the orator was presented to her, and he
then received a shait right through the
middle of his heart which ho was never
■able to pluck out.
Ho visited her often while she remained
in Eatonton, and when she returned to
her home lie followed as her accepted
suitor. The old people were willing, and
the secretary returned to his home filled
with the brightest anticipations of what
the future had in store for him.
A RIVAL SUIT.
Everybody knows, alas! that the course
of true love is often rudely interrupted.
In the secretary’s case there was no excep
tion to the rule. Within a stone’s throw
of Miss Henrietta’s home there resided a
family whose name was Holt. They were
connections of a large and influential
Georgia family. Their blood was the
bluest of the blue. But they were not
rich. A son, known to his friends as
“Bill,” but to ordinary acquaintances as
William, was employed as a listing
clerk in the Macon office of the
Southwestern railroad company. He
was a bright young fellow, full of
life and energy, and, in language often
used by hinn “Determined to make his
Jack.” He fell in love with Miss Henri
etta and pressed his suit with grunt vigor.
He besought her to marry him time and
again, but was uniformly met with the dis
couraging reply, “I am bound to another.”
William did' not give up the chase. He
called on Miss Henrietta so often that the
neighbors began to talk. One of them,
evidently anxious to do the future secreta
ry a favor, wrote Mr. Latnar that it would
be wellj tor him to come and shoot Wil
liam. Instead the young man wrote Miss
Henrietta a caustic letter, insisting that
she should send William about his busi
ness. She did not like the letter and
wrote a bitter reply.
LOVE’S YOUNG DREAM DISPELLED.
The result was the breaking oil of t he
engagement between her and the secre
tary.
William profited by the unhappy event.
He renewed his suit with persistent be
seeching^. Miss Henrietta yielded, and in
the course of a year they were married.
When William carried his young bride
home he told her that lie inte .ded to be a
rich man before shuffling oil the mortal
coil. .„
He kept his word. He rose rapidly from
one position to another until he became
president of the Southwestern railroad
company. He was fortunate in all his un
dertakings, and when the war lie^an ne
owned much land and many slaves, besides
many shares of bank and railroad stock.
He lost heavily by the war, but at its end
he still had a handsome property. Ke-
embarking in railroad business he torrnea
a, partnership with Senator Jos. Brown and
a number of shrewd northerners and
leased the Western and Atlantic railroad,
a trunk line owned by the state, inis
partnership transaction proved a bonanza,
so that when William died his widow had
in her own right about a million ot dollars.
THE OLD FLAME REVIVED.
Secretary Lamar came to Macon last
summer especially to see Mrs. Holt. He
revived the memories of their loathful
days, and besought her to marry hm.She
hesitated a while, but fiimUy ioji ieiited.
She stipulated, however, that the consent
of her daughters should first be ootair .
The daughters would not consent, we
informed people here say that the} found
nothing objectionable in Secrets 1 . . ’
but they were proud of their lather
and did not wish their mother to ch»oge it.
In accordance with her stipul.it ;
Holt refused to marry the secietA.y, o
he went back to Washington resetting
that her daughters had not been bom sous
Mrs. Holt visited the White UovntMM
last fall, a custom she has kept 1 t
long period of years. Returning , d
the secretary in Washington. 1
his suit, but without success.
dalliance.
A letter was sent to Mr. Lamar a ^ew
weeks ago and it is said that - ; tary .
wrote it. It suggested that if the se ' >
would visit Macon about ^'" .Crhters
he might find the two objecting da ':> nlerH
in a more tractable frame of mind.
unonu uig ,
current "to-day, one is to the effect 1 \ r —,
tin ■
. Many
I'lic Cnrorr anil llinth of a Uuspxlrlmr Spend*
thrift—Ills Life I nun roil tor llunilrnls of Tlimi-
sanils of llolliirt,.
New York, December 28.—The World
says: Under the fulse name of “A. Alleu,”
there died at a little hotel in South Nor
walk, Conn., last November, a man who
had taken out Insurance policies to the
amount, so far as known, of $315,000. He
died from an overdose of morphine. The /
policies had all been written wit hin four
teen months o;' the man's death—most of
them within the eight months immediately
preceding it. Tlicy are divided between
forty-nine companies, so far os known, but
further investigation may show that the
amount of insuranoe and the number of
companies is to be largely increased. Of
the $315,000 insurance on liis life, only $71,
000 was tor the benetitjof his relatives. The
remainder is in the names of apparently
only casual friends and business acquaint
ances.
The story of the man’s late life is dra
matic to a degree rarely found even in fic
tion. To one, at least, of the beneficiaries
of his insurance policies his intention to
commit suicide was known several months
prior to bis deat h, lie was of ail excellent
and wealthy Boston family and apparently
the favorite, though dissipated son of aii
indulgent mother. Me hud lived a life of
adventure in many countries and hud spent
a fortune in riotous living or in reckless
speculation. When found dead in the lit
tle hotel room he had but a few dollars in
his pockets, but with hundreds of thous
ands dependent upon his death. There
was a cynical detail about the prepara
tions before his death, whether with aui-
cidial intent or otherwise, that was not in
keeping with the usual good tempered and
easy going disposition.
He has a young and pretty wife and a
widowed sister living in this city and a
mother and three brothers in Boston.
They profess to know little or nothing of
the otner beneficiaries. He was very well
known in certain circles here. .Among the
beneficiaries of bis insurance, oatsiuu of
his family, is a cashier of one of the lead
ing New York banks, a member of the pe
troleum exchange, the wife of a cosiness
acquaintance, a young girl of Mount Ver
non, a lawyer in Liberty street, a hotel
keeper in Boston and a young man in Now
Rochelle. Of the insurance companies in
volved there are but comparatively few
of the old line stock companies. The
largest amount of the insurance was writ
ten in various co-oparative associations.
The question of til payment of the poli
cies, therefore, interests a great uumber of
persons, as in these associations payment
of policies is made by a direct assessment
upon tlie members.
An officer of one of the companies said
to a World reporter yesterday, “Not a cem
of that money will ever bo paid.” It is not
known that there has been any concerted
action looking toward resistance ns yet, but
one of the companies at least has|instituted
a rigid investigation, the ulleged facts in
which make a pile of doonments a foot
thick. But if, as seems certain, the pay
ment of the policies in the case of John
Tylar, alias “A. Allen, ’ alias “John Tay
lor,” is contested in the courts on the
grounds of conspiracy and fraud, the litiga
tion will, from the dramatic features of the
man’s life and death, be one of the most in
teresting ever brought before the courts of
this or any other country. The company
before alluded to, according to the scate-
meut of its superintendent of agencies and
the counsel of the company, propose to
develop a story almost unparalleled in
human history, a story of a spendthrift’s
misery, of his illegitimate and thwarted
plans to raise money, of his peculiar busi
ness relations with several persons not
members of his family, of his taking out
policies in his name and making them the
beneficiaries thereof, of his oft-repeated
intention, well known, as is alleged, to end
his life with his own hand ; his friends’
pecuniary benefit, of his Htudy of the use
and misuse of poison under the alleged
teaching of one of his beneficiaries, of his
acceptance from him of a deadly formula.
The story of his suilden flight from town,
his dying reo nest of his family, his final
taking of the drug, his ante-mortem reflec
tions and his communications to the ex
pectant beneficiaries, and finally, of his
lonely death at a country hotel, is fully
told.
POWDERLY S POSITION.
The Labor Leader’s Opinion and Actions Ex
plained—lie Clnlnis there Is No Revolt Against
Him—Ills Views ol' tlie Anarchists,
marriage will take place M-mon’o'V; / ^
believe this to be true. The seer £ hat
fuses to be interviewed, and itw sn. Mf ,
a big negro is posted at the fc- rnle( [
Holt’s premises on Orange street,
with a shotgun, ready to shoot J
mar-
IS not take place tins /-Vers to
be clue to the refusal of the dang
give their consent.
Relics Preserved.
After the sweets of “^^..'jp-al^
ae family jars remain.—Boston It
P 7til r generally conceded that il th . 1
riage does not take place this vv ;; .- ■
Scranton, Pa., December 29.—Powder-
ly in an interview last night was asked :
“Do you know anything of the alleged
revolt against you in the order?”
“No, I don’t know anything about it,”
was the reply. “There may be a few dis
satisfied people in Chicago. It would be
unreasonable to expect tiiat I could please
everybody. There are a few men in Chi
cago who. up to last spring had no use for
the knights of labor. They did every
thing in their power to discourage the
patient, persevering workers of the order,
and when the boom began that brought
us so many members throughout tlie coun
try Chicago was not behind in furnishing
her full quota of recruits. Those new men
in that city, who clai ed to be leaders
of thought and radical sentiment, seeing
tlie rapid increase of membership, jumped
iu to lead that which they could not throt-
tie.”
Mr. Powderly did not regard the in-
fluence of these men as being of particu
lar moment and smiled as he produced a
large bundle of correspondence marked
“Chicago,” and said: “See for yourself. I
have the endorsement of nine-tenths of
the order in Chicago, and those who op
pose me are the loudest iu their protesta
tions of friendship to the organization. If
the order of the knights of labor were
handed over to the men who profess to be
leading the revolt against me, 999 men out
of ever 1000 would desert it rather than
follow such leadership.”
THE ANARCHISTS.
“Is the anarchist element crowding
you?” was next asked.
“No,” was the reply; “there has been no
special pressure from that direction, al
though certain unfriendly newspapers
have endeavored to make it appear so.
Some papers have represented to Parsons
that I attacked anarchism since his trial.
I have never mentioned his name; I know
nothing about the details of his case, and I
feel as every other fair-minded man should,
that if passion or prejudice hau anything
to do with his conviction or that oi his
associates, it would be nothing more than
fair to give them another trial. Justice
has nothing to fear from a searching in
vestigation into every case. I ha,e never
regarded the actions of the anarchists of
Chicago during the early days of
May as having anything to do with the
knights of labor, no matter ho.v
much certain people may have
endeavored to identity that movement with
our order. Tlie men who threw the homos
in Chicago did not receive their teachings
in an assembly of the knights of labor, nor
did they act in accordance with any law,
legal summons or command oi the order
or any of its officers, in committing any
acts of violence. As a consequence our
order cannot in any way be lic-kl respon
sible for any of their actions. X know that
certain men connected with the anarchist
movement in Chicago are endeavoring to
create a feeling against me because of the
ordering off of the strike on the
10th of last month, a 'id they
m “m that I overstcoped my authority.
T v also claim that -Messrs. Barry and
A . h.,11 are onposiug me for tile action I
a m i;; S they are mistaken, for
neither of tlie gentlemen named has ex
pressed himself in any manner calculated to
give out such an impression. It is true
that Barry and Carlton were both in
Chicago, when the order to declare the
strike oil was sent from Philadelphia. Be
fore ordering that strike ofi’, 1 h id the
opinions of four members |of the executive
board of the knights of labor in addition to
my own views. These were Messrs.
Hayes, Barley, McGuire nad Ayleswortb.
THEY WERE UNANIMOUS
in voting to put an end to the strike and
gave as their reasons that the older had
not decided it proper at tlie time to strike
for eight hours. They also held that it
was an act of injustice for people who
were receiving good wages to strike for
shortening the hours of labor at a certaiu
point, while men engaged in tlie same line
of business throughout the country were
competing with them on the ten-hour sys
tem. I have the assurance of a number of
men engaged in that line of business that
they are willing to establish the eight-hour
system just as soon as it can be made uni
form throughout the country, and the men
of Chicago will be gainers with the others
in the movement. If that strike
were continued in Chicago the men
would expect support from the knights of
labor throughout the country. 1, would
not be consistent in me, as chairman of the
general executive board, to ask men wli *
are working ten or twelve hours a day at a
rate ol compensation ranging from 73
cents to .$1.60 to support an eight hour sys
tem at one point only.”
“Is the revolt against your leadership as
deep as the dispatches indicate?” asked
the correspvndent.
NO REVOLT.
‘•There is no revolt against me in Chi
cago,” said Mr. Powderly. “The general
assembly winch sent Mr. B rry to Chicago
unanimously voted to adopt the
decisions of the chairman, that
only the ‘good offices’ of the
Knights of Labor were tendered toward
settling the trouble, but that, in the event
of a failure the order should not be called
upon for financial assistance. I don’t care
for any revolt that a few hot heads may
inaugurate,” continued Mr. Powderly
with a smile. “The order will stand by
me, and the executive board is with me to
a man in defending the organization from
assaults of its enemies within and without.
I don’t like to engage in a newspaper dis
cussion,” ho added, “as I have no time
for such work. I have no fear of any
revolt. The order will stand by me in ad
vocating justice and fair play, and I can
iidvoeatte nothing else*”
For Throat Diseases and Coughs.
Brown’s Bronchial Troches, like all
really good things, are frequently imitated.
The genuine are sold only iu boxes.
th sat sc tu&w
I’sos of Palmistry.
Eudora—And so you have become a con
vert to palmistry?
Augustus—Yes, although it has become
impossible to explain ait as afsoience, the
exactness of the readings cannot be doubt
ed. Let me prove it.
Eudora—With pleasure. Tell me what
you find in my hand.
Augustus—You are fated to remain sin
gle until the age of 70, when you will pre
pare for marriage with one you respect
but do not love, and you will die of emo
tion at the altar.
Eudora—Merciful heavens! Do my hands
say that?
Augustus—It is all there.
Eudora—And who is the one I am to
prepare to marry at 70?
Augustus—I judge from reading my own
hand that I am the one.
Eudora—One I respect but do not 1
know there’s some mistake! Mr. Blank,
Augustus, have you really studied palmistry
thoroughly?
Augustus—Never studied it at all my
darling. _
llollcf from Indigestion.
221 Second Avenue, New York, Jan
uary 9, 1886.—I deem it my pleasure to
testify to the phenominal effects of Bran-
DRETH’s Pills upou myself in eradicating
from my system the most aggravated form
of indigestion, the attacks of which were
nearly as severe as spasms. After a costly
medical treatment, two boxes of Bran-
dreth’s Pills have put me in a better
condition than I have been for years.
Frank W. Gillett.
To Ho Sold Again.
Little Rock, Ark., December 29.—To
day the Federal court set aside the sale of
the Little Rock, Mississippi River and
Texas Railroad to Jay Gould, because of a
misunderstanding, by the purchaser, of the
stale law relative to the redemption of
property. It will be readvertiaed for sale.
Facta Worth knowing.
Home rulers—Women.
Swift’s Specific is a medicine that has
done more to relieve suffering humanity
than all the physicians.-Larry Gantt.
A bird on the toast is worth eighteen in
tlie bush.
Cancer is the worst form of blood poison,
but Swift’s Specific has conquered cancer.
A court house—The iiome of marriage
able daughters.
The worst cases of scrofula have yielded
to the influence of Swift’s Specific.
Needles were invented in 1545, and some
men haven’t learned to thread them yet.
S. S. S. is purely vegetable, and it is an
antidote to ail vegetable and mineral
poison. Thousands have tested it.
“He who laughs can commit no deadly
sin,” said the wise .and sweet-hearted
woman who was the mother of Goethe.
A gentleman in Montgomery, Ala., took
S. IS. S. to cure an ulcer, and he affirms
that it cured him of incipient consump
tion also.
S. S. S. in dry powder form will suit all
temperance folks. They can use alcohol
or leave it out, as suits them best.
“Is marriage declining?” asks an ex
change. No, it is generally accepting.
The Swift Specific Company have two
books they mail free to all who may apply
for them. One on Contagious BJood
Poisons and the other on Blood and Skin
Diseases. Send for them.
This In All.
Just a saunter in tlie twilight,
Just a whisper in the hull,
.Just a sail on sea or river,
Just a dance at rout or ball,
Just a glance that hearts enthrall -
This is all—and this is all.
Just a few harsh words of doubting,
Just«» silence proud and cold,
Just a spiteful breath of slander,
Just a wrong that is not told,
Just a word beyond recall -
This is all—anu this is all.
Just a life robbed of its brightness,
Just a heart by sorrow filled,
Just a faith that trusts no longer,
Just a love by doubting chilled,
Just a few hot tears that fall—
This is all—ah ! this is all.
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Cocoanuts, wholesale and retail, at Pollard’s
122-4 Broad street. dtf
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
RANKIN HOUSE.
W. P. McGriff, Columbia; W. J. Ely, Detroit;
B. L. Fletcher, Cincinnati; W. T. McGee,Upatoie;
C. E. Murphy, C. C. McGehee, J. A. Whitner, At
lanta; H. A. Turner, Virginia; B. Sears, Boston.
CENTRAL HOTEL.
D. C. Carey, Mobile, Ala.; T. T. Murrah, Chip-
ley, Qa.; J. T. Tucker, Opelika, Ala.; R. J. Haw
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STOCK AND BOND BROKER.
RAILROAD BONDS.
Americas, Preston and Lumpkin 1st
mortgage 7s 100 <81101
Atlantic an 1 Gulf 7s 117 118
Augusta and Knoxville 7 per cent 114 116
Augusta, Gibson and Saudersville 7
percent 1st mortgage 104 100
Central con mortgage 7s 116 116
Columbus ami Rome 1st 6s, endorsed
Central R. R 104 106
Columbus and Western tat mortgage
6s, endorsed by Central R. It 106 @106
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta 1st ’
mortgage 114 @116
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusva 4s
2d mortgage 110 @112
Qatuesvile, Jefferson and Southern
tat mortgage guaranteed 118 110
Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern
2d mortgage Ill 112
Georgia Railroad 6s 106 @100
Mobile and Girard 2d mortgage en
dorsed by Central RuiJroad 108 @109
Montgomery and EulUula 1st mort
gage 6s and Centra Railroad 108 @100
Ocean Steamsi-ip 6 per cent, guaran
teed by C. R. R 106 106
.Savannah, Florida and Western 6 per
cent 104 108
South Georgia and Florida 1st, en
dorsed by state of Georgia, 7 per
cent 118 @110
South Georgia aud Florida 2d, 7 per
cent Ill @113
Western It. R. Alabama 1st mortgage,
endorsed by Central Railroad 107 @109
Western Alabama 2d mortgage, en
dorsed 110 @111
RAl BROAD STOCKS.
Atlanta and West Point 104 @106
Atlanta and West Point 6 per cent.
scrip 106 @106
Augusta and Savannah 7 per cent 1. 0 (.joiai
Central common 120 @121
Centn. I railroad 6 per cent, scrip 102 @10;J
11 corgi.i 10 per cent 180 @192
Mobile aud Girard l 1 per cent guar
anteed b} Central ft. it 21 @ 26
Southwestern 7 percent, guaranteed.. 128 @129
CITY BONDS.
Atlanta 6s 106 @107
Atlanta 7s 112 @118
Augusta 7s 109 @112
Augusta 6s 103 to 106
Columbus 7s 112 @113
Columbus 5s 101 (c 103
LaUrange7s 100 @101
Macon os 110 @111
Savannah 6s 102 @103
STATE BONDS.
Georgia 4V a s 106 @107
Georgia 6s" 103 @!01 >.
Georgia 7s, 1896 120 @122 '
Georgia 7s, 1890 Ill @112
FACTORY STOCKS.
Eagle and Phenix 100 @101
Muscogee 97 @ 99
Georgia Home Insurance Company Mu @146
BANK STOCKS.
Chattahoochee National 10 per cent...176 @200
Merchants’ & Mechanics 1 10 per cent..124 @125
MISCELLANEOUS.
Confederate Coupon Bonds 1 @ 2
FOR SALE.
Columbus Gas Stock. Seller will guarantee
the January dividend cO be not less than 3 per
cent.
Four shares Mobile and Girard Railroad guar
anteed Stock.
JOHN IILACIKHAR,
Broker and Dealer in all above Securities.
Telephone No. 61.
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Financial.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.
New York, December 29.—Noon—Stocks
active and firm. Money quiet at 5<ai6 percent.
Exchange—long 79,ki@$4.80, short $4.83)4@
4.84. State bonds dull, steady. Government
bonds dull, quiet.
New York, December 28.- -Exchange strong;
$4.80. Money easy; 3@6—wasoffered at 3 per cent
at closing. Government bonds quiet und steady,
new four per cents. 129 V three per cents
128% State bonds dull, steady.
SUll-TKEASUKY BALANCES.
Gold in the Sub-Treasury $128,609,000; currency
$18,*.40,000.
STOCK MARKET.
New York, December 29.— The following were
closing quotations of the stock exchange:
Ala class A 2 to 5.... 1(18 C Sc N 83%
do class B 6s 110 iN. O. Pac. Ists 82
Ga 6’a IN. Y. Central 114J4
Gft 8’s mortgage....*! 10 | Norfolk &W’n pro.. 50
N CG’s 12L Northern Pacific... 27%
do4’s 100 do preferred 61
S C con Brown 110 Pacino Mail 49
Tenn. settlem’t 3s 79.34 Reading 35 ’.,
Virginia 0a 47 Rich. & Alleghany 10
Virginia consols... 52 i Richmond & Dr.n..gl90
Chcsap’ke & Ohio 834Rich & W. P. Ter’l 38’ rt
Chicago A; N. W 114'* Rock Island 124
do preferred 139 .'4 St. Paul 90‘ H
Del. Ac Luck 135 : L do preferred 11b
Erie 33'*„ Texas Pacific 22' s
East Tenn 16^ Tenn Coal & Iron... 44^
Lake Shore 96'*'Union Pacific 71
L. & N 63->i}lN. J. Central 61
Memphis & Char.. 50 | Missouri Pacific 109!4
Mobile & Ohio 15/Western Union.... 71*4
y: Bid. i Asked.
Colton.
Liverpool,’ December 29.—Noon. — Cottoi:
market opened dull and inanimate; middling
uplands 5'4d, Orleans 6‘nd; sains 7000 bales—for
speculation and export 500 bales.
Receipts 80,000 bales—American 66,500.
Futures opened quiet, steady at the following
quotations :
December 6 ll-61d
December and ..January 5 10-61d
January and February 5 09-0 4d@5 10-f>4d
February and March 5 11-Old
March and April 5 12-Old
April and May 6 1 l-04d
May and June 5 16-61d
June and July 5 18-64d
July and August
Tenders of deliveries for to-day’s clearing 1500
bales of new docket and 00 bales of old docket.
2 p. m.—Sales to-day include 4700 bales of
American.
Futures: December 5 12-64d value; December
and January. 5 U-64d vauee; January and Feb
ruary. 5 ll-01d sellers; February and March,
5 11-04(1 seller?;; March and April, 5 18*64(1 sellers;
April and May, 6 15-64(1 sellers; May and June,
5 17-64d sellers; June and July, 6 17-04d sellers;
July and August, 5 21-64d value. Futures
steady.
6:00 p. m.—December. 5 12-64(1 buyers: December
and January, 5 11-64(1 sellers; January and Feb
ruary, 5 10-04d buyers; February and March,
5 ll-64d buyers; March and April, 5 13-Old sellers;
April and May, 5 15-64d sellers; May and June.
6 17-64<i sellers; June and July, 5 19-04il sellers:
July and August, 5 21-64d sellers. Futures closed
quiet.
New York, December 29.—Cotton market
dull; sales 104 bales; middling uplands 9 7-lGc,
Orleans 9->^c. •
Consolidated net receipts 36,227 bales; exportf
Great Britain 3475; continent 911; France 3780;
stock 1,113,353.
NEW YORK FUTURES.
New York, December 29.—Net receiots 761,
grost- 14,672. Futures closed steady, sales 59,400
bales, as follows:
December 9 37-100@ 9 38-109
January 9 40-100@ 9 41-100
February 9 51-100@ 9 52-100
March- 9 01 100@ 9 (11 100
April 9 74-100^t 9 75-1 fO
May 9 81-100^ 9 85-100
June 9 Ol-lOO'iu 9 95-100
July 10 02-100@10 03-100
August ...IU 08-100@ 10 09-100
Green & Co., in their report on cotton futures.
Hay.s: Business was of fairlnroportions with slight
irregularity on value, but the general average was
somewhat better and a close of 3 to4 points above
last evening Trading was to a large extent on
local account and generally a tendency appeared
to favor unloading January, with considerable
buying back on later months. This last feature
was the principal stimulus, though shorts have
been covering.
Galveston, December 29.—Cotton quiet;
midlings 8 15-lOc; net receipts 35.56, gross 3656;
salef 100; stock 127,076: export,s to continent
1600, Great Britain 00; France 00.
Norfolk, December 29. Cotton steady; mid
dlings 9^'uC; riel receipts 2012, gross 2012; sales
2157; stock 51,289; export:; to Great Britain 00,
to continent —.
Baltimore, December 29. — Cotton nomi
nal: middlings 9‘.c; net receipts 00, gross
391; sales 00. spinners 03; **.*•!; 11,598; exports
to Great Britain 00. to continent 00.
Boston, December 29—Cotton quiet; middlings
9 9-lGc; net receipts 1199, gioh- 1725; sales 00; stock
00; export.s to Great Britain 2575.
Wilmington,December 20- -Cotton steady; mid
dlings 9 1-lGc; net receipts 712. gross 712; sales
00; stock *20,705; exports to Great Britain 00;
France 00
Philadelphia, December 29—Cotton dull; mid
dlings 9' M e: net receipts I'D, gross 4‘<u; CM
stock 10,525; export 8 to Great Britain Of; conti
nent 00.
.Savannah, Ga., December 29—Cotton quiet;
middling* at 8 15-16”: net receipts 6449. gros-
5449; sales 1 U); stock 128,317; exports to
Great Brita.u 00, to continent 00, France
00.
New Orleans, December 29. -Cotton irregular;
middlings at 0c; net receipts 17,182, gross
18,249; sales 6600. stock 438,510; exports to
Great Britain 00, to continent 3676, France
3780.
Mobile, December 29.—Cotton market quiet;
middlings 8 7 H o; net receipts 1199, gross 1389;
salof 1600; stock 11,070.
Memphis, December 29 -Cotton quiet, easy;
middlings 8 15-10c; receipts 3553; shipments 3041,
sales 650; stock 154,162; spinners 00.
Augusta, Ga., December 29.— Cotton market
quiet; middlings 8 13-tOc; receipts 347; ship
ments 00; sales 6122; stock .
Charleston, December 29.—Cotton market
firm; middlings at 9 16-le; net receipts 1214; gross
receipts 1214; sales 55; stock 53,331; ex
ports to Great Britain 00, to continent 3125,
France 00.
Atlanta, December 29.—Cotton market-
middling 13-lOc, receipts 171.
I'roviHiuns.
Chicago. December 20. - Cash quotations
were as follows : Flour quiet, and unchanged
winter patents $1 25'<i 4 50, choice to fancy Min
nesota patent.s $4 25.'' i 60, soft wheat putefits
$4 00:34 20. Mess pork $11 87!u@$ll 90. Lard
$t> 30. Short rib sides, loose, $5 75 r5 80. Dry
salted shoulders, boxed. $1 85@4 90, short clear
sides, boxed, $6 .10' »$6 35.
Leading futures ranged:
Highest. Lowest. Closing
Moss V
December
January...
February..
May
December..
Januar
February....
May
Bhortribs Januar
February
Mar-ill ...
May
I 32'
$11 87
11 r~
6 20
-Mola.-x
(i 20 1 ..
. strong;
New C)nleans, December 29.
Louisiana open kettle, easii
42'«(43c, Louisiana open keitle, choice , good
prime 38x 40c, good common 27@29e, Louisiana
centrifugals, easier choice c, good prime to
strictly prune 22>n26c, common to good com
mon 1215c, fair 36 a 37c. Louisiana syrup 30t;i 40.
Rice -Louisiauu ordinary to prime 2 ;l .,«-i 4c.
St. Louis, December 29. -Flour, firm and
higher Fair $2 76(w2 90, choice $3 25(*»3 36,
fancy $1 60(«-3 65, extra fancy $3 80@4 06. Pro
visions fairly active at full prices. Pork firm
$12 00. Lard §6 10@0 20. Bulk meats firm |
boxed lots, long clear sides $5 70, short ribs
$5 85, short clear sides $6 00. Bacon long clear
sides $6 75, short rib sides $6 80@G 85, short
learsidesff 00.
Louisville, December 29. -Provisions steady*
Bacon—clear rib sides nominal, clear sides $7 25,
shoulders nominal; bulk meats -clem- rib sides
$6 00, clear sides $6 50, shoulders $1 75; mess
pork $12 00; hams, sugar cured, $— ; lard-
choice leaf $7 50.
Cincinnati, December 29. — Flour firm—
famiy $3 85@3 50, fancy $5 60@ti 90. Pork nomi
nal; $12 00. Lard stronger—$6 25(<i'0 go. Bulk
meats quiet—short rib sides $6 873bacon quiet
—short rib sides $6 G2J/sj, short clear sides
$7 123.4. Hams .
<4 rul hi.
Chicago, December 29.—Cash prices were ap
follows: No. 2 spring wheat 78c, No. 3
spring wheat. 70c, No. 2 red 78'.,c. Com—No. 2
375«c. Oats—No. 2 mixed 26'. 1 c.
St. Louis, December 29.—Wheat active, irregu
lar and easier, and opeded ; ‘ H higher but closed
% lower than yesterday—No 2 red cash smc.
January 81 : )^@82*4c. February c, May—
Corn *' H lower No. 2 mixed, cash 34 7 H@86j^c.
January 35'.,e, Febbmury c. May .
Oats dull but easy—No. 2 mixed, cash 2834c,
February 2934c,. May c.
Louisville, December 29. -Wheat steady—No.
2 red 79c; corn, firm—No. 2 mixed 38(<m883^c;
white 3934c: oats firm—No. 2 31c.
Cincinnati, December 29.—Wheat firm—
No. 2 red 81c. Corn firmer — No. 2 mixed
8834c. Oats fair demand—No. 2 mixed 303 gC.
Sugar mill (afire.
New Orleans, December 29.—Coffee-strong;
Rio, cargos, common to prime, 13@
15‘ |C. Sugar quiet but steady—Louisiana open
kettle—strictly prime 4' H c, prime 4c, centrifugals
easier, hoiee yellow clarified 5@5 l-10c.
New York, December 29.—Coffee fair, Rio
firm— M%. No. 7 Rio, December 12 85c, Jan
uary 12 66@12 75, February 12 60@ 12 65. May
12 54@12 70. July 11 65@11 65. Sugar quiet—
centrifugals, fair to good refining 4 r, H "' l 1 |C,
refined steady and quiet—C 4%a4'.jc, extra C
4'ltf r "'4 7 H c , whfte extra C 5c, yellow 4 :, „@4%c,
off A 5‘. M @634» mould A 5 7 4c, confectioners A 6 r, *c,
standard A 5'„c, cut loaf and crushed 6 3-16a6 3*14c
powdered 5 15-16v/*6 , .{c, grauulatcd 51 l-10@6%c,
cubes, 5 /4@f> 13-16c.
Cincinnati, December 29. — Sugar steady,
unchanged—New Orleans 4%@534c.
Chicago, December 29. — Sugar—standard A
634c.
Ilo*In nml Tiir|M k Nline.
Charleston, December 29.—Turpentine steady
3334c Rosin firm—good strained 80c.
New York, December 29.—Rosin dull- strained
1 00'«* 1 0734. Turpentine firmer—3634@86'4c.
Savannah, December 29. —Turpentine firm—
3314 asked. Rosin firm—strained 90@$1 CO;
sales 400 barrels.
Wilmington, December 29.— 1 Turpentine quiet;
3334c. Rosin firm strained 75c; good 80c. Taj
firm—$1 16; crude turpentine firm—hards $1 00,
yellow dip and virgin $1 90.
Wool and Hide*.
New York, December 29. -Hides quiet—
New Orleans selected, 45 and 00 pounds,
934@10c Texas selected, 50 and 60 pounds, 10@
10>4c.
New York, December 29.—Wool quiet—do
mestic fleece 30@38c, pulled 14@35c. Texas
9@25c. x
Live Slock.
butchers $4 60.
<’olton Seed Oil.
New Orleans. La., December 29.—Cotton see d
oil 24@20c; summer yellow 88@37c. crude 36@39c.
Cake and meal, long ton, $19 00@20 00.
New York, December 29.—Cotton seed oil,
30c for new crude, 39c for refined.
WlaiHky.
Chicago, December29.—Whisky $1 18.
St. Louis, December 29.—Whisky steady; $1 13.
Cincinnati, December 29.—Whisky steady—
$1 13.
FroijclifN.
New York, December 29.—Freights to Liv
erpool steady cotton, per steamer, 3-1 Od;
wheat, per steamer, 4%d.
Market SIulIs to Rent.
\\TILL be rented at the Market House, at pub-
U lie outcry, to tin highest bidder, on Mon
day, January 3d. all the Stalls in the Meat .Mar
ket, under direction of the committee on market.
Qutarterly note, with good sureties required.
By order of the Committee.
M. M. MOORK,
dec°4 td Clerk Council.
GEORGIA, MUSCOGEE COUNTY
Whereas, Felder Pou makes application for
letters of administ' ation on the estate of Burrell
Burge, deceased.
These aie, therefore, to cite all and singular,
the kindr
■editors of said deceased.BBI
show cause, ii any they ha* e, within the time
prescribed bj law. why said letters should not be
granted to said applicant.
Witness my official signature this Decembei
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LD NEWSPAPERS FOR HALE AT THIS
office at 50 cents per hundred. tf
Futures ranged and
closed at following prices.
Highest. Lowest. Closing:
Wheat—December
78V h c.
77 V.
78c
January
7834c.
77 V.
78' ,c
February.......
c.
May
86;! ^c.
85 '-.,c.
86 1 „<
Corn — December
37 1 hU.
37c r
37' m O
January
37V.
37' H c.
37 V
Febuary
c.
May
13 V.
43 1 rt c.
43 V
Oats — December
26' s c.
20 V.
26' ,(
January
26 3 H c.
26'. ,C.
26' ,C
Fecruary
May
31V.
31V.
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