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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. Alpha A. Williams 1 best photographs $4 dozen. Alpha A. Williams best photographs $4 dozen. Alpha A. Williams’ best photographs $4 dozen, d&weow Almonds, Walnuts, Pecans, Brazil Nuts and 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 ley, New York; A. J. Keeling, Philadelphia; D. B Shelton, Atlanta; H. P. Moffett, Alabama; J. 8. Johnson, C. C. Franklin, Louisville, Ky. U BO ltd I A » R< IKil’l KM. I’orrerteU by John lllttckninr, fuiniD* Imih. <411. 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. Cabinet photographs, $4 dozen; cards, $2.oO. Cabinet photographs, $4 dozen; cards, $2.00. Cabinet photographs, $1 dozen; cards, $2.00. d&w-eow Alpha A. Williams. Nl A lit 14 ETN 14 Y TKMXJUAI’II. 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 6th 1386. F. M. BROOKS, dec6 oawlw Ordinary $ 5 000 REWARD^ THE VIST', Clover 5ecl in OM; h v V , f, *! * ,&■$>'/ )L.nu..l. OrcTOtU’.v.*:- DOUBLE "e'C:- c . • • / ^ t» HL’LLER. ^ Vvyssa os * NEWARK VaU * DAY, MACAi lM, CO., Celuinbui, 0, Hr, lieu*, llag TEN ( ENTCOLUMN [Advertisements will be inserted in this columa, for one cent a word each insertion, but no singlt notice Will be taken for Ichs than iwenty-nvi cents. | I X)R RENT—MY HOUSE ON THIRTEENTH street, between Second and Third avenues. Six rooms and Kitchen attached, water works, etc. Apply to ANDREW CRAWFORD. Georgia Warehouse 12-24 fl V HK l'OR'COLCIATE’H “NKW” SOAP, THAT Ih the beat und cheapest In the market. ,1 If / UU.CIATK'S “NKW” SOAP IS TAKING THB Y..J place of all other brands. Ask for it when you go to buy, and take no other brand. 12-21 tf 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. 31V O I t. POLLARD HAS JUST RECEIVED A • fresh lot of Candies Almonds, Walmits, Pe cans, Brazil Nuts and Cocoanuts, and will sell at wholesale and retail. 12-18 tf I ^RES 11 SMOKED HALIFAX SALMON JUSf 1 received at Kavanagh’s. 12-24 3t V F. GIBSON it CO. 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