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ENQUIRER- SUN: COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 7, 1890.
THE INDIAN^ WRONGS.
THE GREAT CHIEFS TELL OF THEIR
MANY GRIEVANCES,
JLNI) NOW THEY WILL FIGHT—THEIF.
CAMP STRONGLY FORTIFIED.
THEY AGREE TO MEET .
GENERAL BROOKE.
Omaha, Neb., December 6.—The Bee
has received the following from its special
correspondent at the Pine Ridge agency,
South Dakota, via Rushville, Neb.: As
perillous a mission as a man of God has
undertaken for many a day toward avert
ing bloodshed and the loss of human life,
was completed today when good Father
•Jule, a Catholic priest whom General
Brooke requested to go out and talk with
the hostile Indians, returned to the
agency. It seemed sheer madness for the
whites to so much as think of attempting
■such a mission and hope to return alive,
but Father Jule, having spent seven years
among the Indians, four of the
seven at the agency, and having
been looked up to and greatly confided in
by the reds, he and the officials considered
it would be more possible for him to make
the final effort at a peaceable adjustment
of the present crisis than any one else.
The Rev. Father was accompanied by
.Jack Red Cloud, the widely respected sou
of a famous chief, who went more as a
guide than upon the supposition that he
would be of any use in making the mission
a success. The start was made Wednes
day noon. They went to White Clay
creek, a very unusual route, aud as a re
sult got lost after crossing White river.
All Thursday night they wandered about,
being compelled to keep moving about in
order to avoid freezing. Hunger was
added to their discomfort, since they had
not taken a morsel of food with them.
Ten miles from the hostile camp they were
halted by the enemy’s pickets, who leveled
their guns on them and held them until an
Indian runner could be sent into camp,
and inquire whether or not they were to
be admitted.
A favorable reply was received and they
proceeded on, but at the muzzle of Win
chesters. The camp was reached at 11
o’clock a. m. next day. Two hours later
the chiefs met Father Jule. In the coun
cil there were present. Two Strike, the
head chief, Turning Bear, Short Bull,
High Hawk, Crow Dog, Kicking Bear,
Eagle Pipe, Big Turkey and High Pipe.
The Pipe of Peace was conspicuous by its
absence. Father Jule opened the council
by asking the Chiefs to state the particular
cause of the grievance that had led them
to assume so startling an attitude of war.
THE LYING CENSUS.
The replies were substantially as fol
lows: “We object to the recent census re
turns made by Mr. Lee. His enumeration,
as he is now making it, would not give
food sufficient for us to live on. Lee puts
ns down less, many less, for each teepee
than it contains. We are to receive food
according to that enumeration. We shall
starve. We know we shall
starve. If the Great Father chooses
to cheat us, we will have
one big eat before starving comes. After
that we shall fight our last fight and the
white man shall see more blood, more lead
by us from our guns than ever before.
Then we will go to the last hunting
grounds happy. If the white man did not
mean to cheat us out of food the Great
Father never would have sent the soldiers.
There, is no need of soldiers if the Great
Father intended to be fair with us. We
know he intends cheating us, by the way
the census man put down the figures that
lie,and by which we are to be fed. The Great
Father has done us another wrong. He
put a new boundary line between the Rose
bud and Pine Ridge agency, that makes
many of us leave our homes and give them
to others. The Great Father broke an old
treaty when he did this. We can no
longer believe the Great Father. He says,
‘children, you are never to be moved again
unless you want to go,’ and then he goes
right away and moves us.”
WE WILL FIGHT.
We are done with promises, and now
we make the promise that we will fight,
aud the Great Father will find that we
will not break our promise. We will now
be very plain with you, Christian father,
and tell you another thing—-something of
which you may have already thought. It
is this: We are not coming in
now, and will not lay down our
rifles, because we are afraid of the conse
quences. We have done wrongs. We
know it. If we stop now we will be pun
ished. The Great Father will send many
of us to his big iron house to stay many
moons. We would die. Now we will not
go and give up. We know' the Great Fa
ther better than he knows us, or cares to
know us.”
A BIG TALK PROPOSED.
After a long pause, Crow Dog said that
they might come in if the soldiers were
taken away. Father Jule says he then
urged them, with much fervor, to be peace
ful, give up their designs of war, and be
peaceable. He explained that the soldiers
were not to harm the Indians
but to protect the agency; that the rations
had been increased at the agency, and that
if they came, Gen. Brooke would tele
graph to Washington and get permission
for them to stay upon the agency. So far
:as the depredations were concerned,
Father Jule told them they had better stop
committing them and they would be more
easily forgiven. He urged upon the chiefs
that they all come back with him, to this
some of the older ones made favorable an
swers, but young ones, who were heavily
in the majority, said no. But the red men
finally agreed they would come back to
Father Jule’s house, which is about four
miles Northwest of the agency this morning,
and there meet Gen. Brooke and tell him
in person just what they had told Father
Jule. This brought ou a renewal of bitter
opposition from the majority, which came
near ending in a row. Finally, the young
chiefs cooled off, and Two Strike, address
ing Father Jule, said: “Hold your hands
up to the Great Spirit, and tell us, as
though you were about to start on a jour
ney to the last hunting ground. The red
man knows that what you say to us from
General Brooke to be true, and that we
will not be harmed if we come in simply
to talk to General Brooke.
Father Jule says he complied with the
request. All the chiefs then extended their
hands to the heavens, aud with
great solemnity, promised they would
come. This ended the council
and Father Jule and young Red Cloud
withdrew, the former telling the chiefs
that if they broke their word to him he
would never again believe an Indian. I f
the chiefs keep their pledge, the meeting
between them and General Brooke
will occur at Father Jules’ house this
forenoon.
While in hostile camp Father Jule said
there were between 1000 and 1200 men, all
fully armed, and he supposed from the
size of the camp and the great number of
pickets out that the hostiles num
ber over 2000 fighting men. He
saw large numbers of cattle being
driven in from all directions
slaughtered all about the camp and the
meat being cured. The camp is, he says,
remarkably well fortified with finely con
structed rifle pits, considering that the In
dians did the w'ork. The camp is wholly
inaccessible, he says, by the military,
otherwise than on foot and in single file,
and as to cannon and such pieces as the
Gattling guu,$such a thing is out of the
question. God alone knows, continued
the priest, the fearfulness of the results
awaiting the effort to conquer these hos
tile people if they continue in their present
stronghold.
READY TO ADJOURN.
LAST
A HEAVY COTTON FAILURE.
THE THIRD LARGEST HOUSE IN THE
COUNTRY.
Chicago, December 6. — A dispatch
from New Orleans says: The cotton firm
of V. A. A. Mi-yer has suspended, with
lbbiliuts aggregating §2,300,000 and as
sets of s;J,000,000. This is the third larg
est cotton house in the country, and it was
supposed to be one of the wealthiest.
They will ask for an extension, and say
they will pay dollar for dollar. The recent
financial panic, the slowness of collections,
and the decline in the price of cotton,
each had its sh ire in the result. The house
is composed of Victor Meyer, vice-presi
dent of the Union National Bank;
Adolf Meyer, recently elected to
Congress from the First Louisiana
District, and Lussius Meyer, a
capitalist. The firm is interested in
twenty- five or thirty cotton plantations,
and owned liaif a dozen of the best sugar
plantations in the State. The failure was
not announced till after business hours.
It is feared the wreck ot this great com
mercial house may involve several other
firms. Solomon Meyer is the resident
partner and manager of the New York
office of the firm of V. and A. Meyers,
who are part proprietors of the Port Gib
son cotton mills, the Natchez mills and
the Stripes Manufacturing Company of
North Carolina.
NOTES FROM SEALE.
THE EXECUTIONS ON THE 10TH INST. AND
OTHER NEWS.
Seale, December G.—[Special.]—The
Russell Register is now edited by Brinson
& Tucker. Mr. Will Tucker, who has
been compositor all along, is now a part
ner in the business. Success to the new
firm.
About!) o’clock Wednesday night the
alarm of fire was given, and the mill and
gin of Mr. H. B. Perry was found to be
burning. The flames had made pretty
good headway, and but for prompt action
would have destroyed the buildings. It
was soon extinguished.
Walter Daniels, now under sentence of
death, has been reprieved by the Governor
for thirty days, from December lit to Jan
uary 10. An investigation will be made
into the case, and Daniels will probably
have, his sentence commuted to life im
prisonment.
Step Ford, who will be hung on Decem
ber 19, tried to cut his way out of his cell
a day or two ago by means of a piece of
glass.
Mr. II. T. Benton, Assistant Clerk in
the House of Representatives,, was home
last week on a visit.
Dr. Ilomer H. Allen, of Oswichee, who
has been quite ill for some weeks, is now
well enough to sit up some.
Mr. Abner Vann has moved his family
to Seale. They occupy the house near the
Methodist church, formerly occupied by
Mr. John Lester.
The time for the execution of Ann Pat
terson and Step Ford draws near—only
about two weeks.
Mrs. Turner Green, of Wetumpka, is
visiting Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Green.
A little rain fell here a few nights ago—
the first in weeks. It was badly needed,
and the dust is not so annoying.
A DULL SESSION
AND EMPTY BENCHES—SEVERAL EXECU
TIVE APPOINTMENTS CONFIRMED.
Atlanta, December 0.—[Special.]—
This was a typical Saturday session—a
day of empty benches and second read
ings, of motions to adjourn and otherwise
unbroken monotony.
The tax bill was not reached in the
House, the entire day there being given
up to the reading of bills a second time.
In the Senate it was almost as dull, only a
few local bills being passed, and that of
Senator Terrell in reference to insurance
companies, combinations and pools. Mar
tin’s bill, to appropriate money for the
Technological school, was also passed.
In executive session the following ap
pointments were confirmed: J.C.Matthews,
County Court Judge of Sumter; S. J.
Jones,County Court Solicitor of Dougherty;
T. N. Hopkins, County Court Solicitor of
Thomas.
The fight on the Twitty bill was post
poned by the bill being recommitted. It
will probably come up as the prominent
feature of the Senate session Monday.
The tax act is to be taken up Monday in
the House “whether or no.”
The best that can reasonably be hoped
for now is adjournment by the 20th, and
even then a great deal of business must be
left unfinished.
OPERATIONS OF THE TREASURY.
Washington, December 0.—The stand
ing offer of the Treasury Department to
redeem bonds of the per cent loan at
par and interest to maturity, has so far
tailed to secure their presentation in suffi
cient amounts to prevent an increase of
the surplus. The Secretary of the Treas
ury has, therefore, issued a circular invit
ing proposals for the sale to the Govern
ment of §5,000,000 of 4 per cent bonds, the
offers of which may be made until the
above amount is obtained. Payments of
accepted bonds will be made at the nearest
sub-treasury. The redemption of 4 per
cent bonds will continue, as heretofore,
until further notice.
Funds have been deposited by the Treas
ury Department to the credit of disbursing
officers for quarterly payments, and dur
ing the week ending December 11, §21,-
000.000 will be paid out on account of
pensions. This, together with the §5,000,-
000 to be paid for bonds under the above
call, will make §20,000,000 to be put into
circulation within the next week or ten
(lays.
THE WOKLD’S COTTON SUPPLY.
New York, December 6.—The to'al
visible supply of cotton for the world is
2,978,981 bales, of which 2,000,181 are
American, against 2,828,434 and 2,439.034
respectively last year. The receipts of cot
ton this week at all interior towns were
218,495: receipts from plantations, 279,181.
The crop in sight is 4,381,919 bales.
day’s proceedings of the
NATIONAL ALLIANCE.
Ocala, Fla., December 6.—The Alliance
met at 9:30 o’clock this morning. A reso
lution was offered by Governor-elect
Buchanan, of Tennessee, to amend the
Ocala platform, adopted yesterday, so that
the President of the National Alliance
shall not have the power to suspend the
editor of any Alliance newspaper organ
which advocates any policy or any meas
ures in violation of said platform.
Buchanan said this gives too much author
ity to the president, and would be a dan
gerous precedent to establish. The amend
ment was discussed at length and referred
to a committee, which will probably re
port its action before the noon adjourn
ment.
An amendment to the constitution was
offered by Buchanan, which provides that
it shall not be necessary for an Alliance
editor to get the official sanction of the
President before publishing a State, coun
ty or sub-Alliance organ. His objections
were practically the same as to the plat
form provision above referred to. It
vested too much power in the National
President. This amendment was also dis
cussed. and will doubtless be reported be
fore the noon adjournment.
Immediately after the adjournment the
National Alliance delegates will march iu
a body to visit the Alliance Exposition
building.
Grand Master Workman Powderly, of
the Knights of Labor, will address the
public meeting.
Much dissatisfaction is expressed at the
report of the committee of investigation of
the charges against Polk, Macune and Liv
ingston, presented yesterday. It is learned
this morning that President Hall, of the
Missouri Alliance, who was a member of
the committee, is pronounced against its
finding, and that his protest is attached to
the report as presented. There are rumors
that Hall, and others of like opinion, will
have the matter brought up again today for
discussion,hoping to have trie investigation
recur openly. But this is not likely to
occur, as the time is getting short and the
committee claims to have thoroughly sifted
every rumor to the bottom.
While the election of officers yesterday
gives general satisfaction, there is a
strong indication of dissatisfaction with
the result. This feeling is likely to lead
to some Alliance political complications.
Everybody is looking for a final adjourn
ment sometime before midnight, blit
there is a great deal of unfinished busi
ness still before the convention.
Tuesday morning next the Alliance visi
tors will start on a tour of the State under
the guidance of the Hon. H. A. Mann of
Florida, stopping at Leesburg, Milsburg,
Ithersburg, Tampa, Bartow, Kissimmee,
Orlando, Sanford, Titusville, go down
Indian river and up again, then touch at
DeLand.Palatka, St. Augustine and Jack
sonville, where a grand banquet will be
held at the Sub-Tropical building on the
night of Saturday December 13th. Already
247 persons have had tickets issued to
them and the number will be increased
nearly 300.
At the morning session complaint was
made by Col. Livingston that the Govern
ment crop statistician relied too much
upon information furuisliad by uninformed
Congressmen. The committee on agricul
tural statistics reported, proposing that a
committee of Farmers’ Alliance Congress
men make arrangements to get statistics,
so that the people will not be dependent
upon reports from tihe Government statis
tician. They are tc co- operate with the
Alliance crop statistician in his labors.
Frank Burkett, of Mississippi, moved
that a roster be furnished by all sub-Al-
iiauce secretaries who will send to each
Alliance all information in their posses
sion bearing on statistics.
Turner, of Georgia, protested against
such a roster being furnished, as it gave
one man too much power. He said that
such a roster could be used to destroy the
order by politicians or schemers; that if
he, as national secretary, had had a roster
in his possession, and had been willing, he
could have sold it for §1(J,000 during the
recent political campaign throughout the
country. Politicians, he said, could use it
to disseminate their corrupting literature.
In reply, Burkett said that he did not
believe that the Alliance secretaries were
so contemptible, or would be so disloyal
to Alliance principles as to thus conspire
with the politicians.
Col. Livingston supported Secretary
Turner in his argument, and while speak
ing at some length on the subject, was in
terrupted by delegate S. S. Harvey, of
Florida, on a point of order that Living
ston consumed too much time of the con
vention in talking.
Livingston replied that when he run
things, he run things in shape: that there
was some system and order prevalent, aud
that some business was done, but that
when Harvey had anything to do with
affairs, there was only disorder, anarchy
and confusion.
Turner got the floor again, and said that
during the Kansas campaign Sen
ator Ingalls had offered §5000
for the roster of Kansas secretaries
alone, the inference being that
such a roster would largely increase in
value as the Alliance extend into other
States. A brass band was playing outside
of the hall while the discussion was going
on, and great confusion prevailed inside,
many members leaving the hall to join
the procession to the exposition building.
Among other things that Livingston
said was, that Harvey’s only conception of
the duties of a Congressman was the dis
tribution of garden seed.
GRIFFIN GOSSIP.
SUPERB CROPS—THE BOOM IN REAL ES
TATE—OTHER NOTES.
Griffin, Ga., December 6.—[Special.]
Business in Griffin has been good this
week, although somewhat quieter than
in November.
J. W. Sparks, a Griffin merchant, re
turned today from a trip through Florida
and Southern Georgia, and says that we
people in Middle Georgia ought to be very
thankful for our crops this year. Down
there the rain and the boll worm caught
the cotton in August, and their notes are
catching the merchants now. Around
Griffin, there never was such a crop of
cotton raised in the history of the coun
try.
The street car company which 1 men
tioned in my last letter has fully organized
with ample stock subscribed by solid citi
zens, and work on two miles of track will
be commenced as soon as possible. Horse
cars will be run at first, but afterwards
either dummies or electric cars.
Real estate continues active and in de
mand. At the legal sales on Tuesday con
siderable farm property was sold in differ
ent parts of the county, and the average
price was over §14 per acre. A good price
in this section for farm lauds is paid. An
other Northern man has bought a place in
the green fruit section on the Central
railroad above the city, paying §25 an
acre for it. J. S. Ford, an enterprising
young dry goods clerk, has bought a lot on
Thirteenth street for §200, and it is
rumored that Joe is going to get married
soon.
Mr. Wilson, the S. G. & N. A. railroad
engineer who had his leg badly crushed
in a wreck on that road last week, is in a
critical condition. He was carried to Sa
vannah this morning to go in the hospital.
The city election passed off very quietly
on Wednesday, with only one ticket in the
field. Numerous attempts were made to
get up opposition, but Hon. James A.
Stewart, our model young mayor, walked
over the track with flying colors. The
council will remain about as before. This
administration has given us electric lights
and waterworks, and its endorsevaent was
well deserved.
There is strong talk of tearing down the
present unsightly city building aud uniting
with the county in providing a handsome
and commodious joint structure. This could
be done at little cost to the taxpayers, and
would be a great benefit to both city and
county.
THE MILITARY COURTMARTIAL.
INGALLS DENIES A CHARGE.
Washington, December G.—The atten
tion of Senator Ingalls being called to the
alleged statement of Secretary Turner at
the Farmers’ Ailiance convention at Ocala,
Fla., today, that he had offered §5000 for
the roster of the secretaries of the Kansas
Alliance, he said that Turner had been
misinformed; that he had never himself
offered, or authorized anybody to offer,
nor had anybody, iu his name, or with his
authority, or by his consent, ever offered
any money for such information. He was
unable to see how it could have been of
benefit to him in any manner in the cam
paign in which he was engaged.
WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT.
New York, December (i.—The weekly
bank statement shows the following
changes:
Reserve decrease 52,812,000
Loans increase 1,921,400
Specie decrease 3,820,3!;0
Legal tenders increase 5,194,8 0
Deposits decrease 1,054.000
Circulation decrease S.800
Banks now hold §2,429,630 less than
the requirements of the 25 per cent rule.
Dr. J. W. Bowdoin, one of the ol 1 set
tlers of Adairsville, is dead.
MYERS PLEADS GUILTY—CAPT. SNEAD
EXPLAINS—DECISION RESERVED.
Atlanta, December 0.—[Special.]—
The military trial of the officers of the
Gate City Guards for endeavoring to ob
tain a printed copy of the drill program in
the contest at the Piedmont Exposition by
unfair means has ended for the present.
Private B. P. Myers pleaded guilty.
Capt. Snead aud Lieuts. Roberts and
Sliellman pleaded not guilty.
Capt. Snead explained to the court that
after he had been seen by the newspaper
men, who said they were in possession of
certain messages from Auburn. Ala.,
signed by himself, he went to the telegraph
office to see about it.
He denied having sent the message over
the telephone, he did not pay for it, nor
did he authorize any one else to send the
message.
The case against Capt. Snead was here
closed, and that against Private B. P.
Myers was taken up.
Private Myers, iu fatigue uniform, was
arraigned for trial.
The charges, conduct unbecoming a sol
dier and a gentleman, were read. Then
Judge Advocate Candler said, facing the
accused: “What say you to the charge?”
“1 plead guilty to the charge, sir,” was
his reply.
A little hum of excitement swept over
the assembly and then Colonel Wylie
asked.
“IJo*>s the defendant care to say any
thing?”
“Yes, sir; I would like to be permitted
to say a few words. I am guilty of making
an effort to secure the program. When I
did it I had no idea that I was doing any
thing contrary to the rules and regula
tions governing the military of the .State.
I thought I was acting as a private citi
zen and not as a soldier. This is my first
offense and I hope the court wi 11 as far as
possible overlook it.”
Mr. Mvers then asked to be excused
from further attendance on the court.
His request was granted and he retired
from the presence of the court.
What the verdict will be in the other
cases is a matter of speculation. It is cer
tain that some time will elapse before the
verdict is given to the public, as there is
considerable red tape business about these
courtmartials. The court, after making
its verdict, reports it to Adjutant-General
Kell, and he in turn reports it to the Gov
ernor, who gives it to the public.
clause, December delivery d; December and
January delivery 5 9-64d; January and February
delivery 5 ll-64d; February aud March delivery
5 14-64d; March and April delivery 5 17-64d;
April and May 5 16-64; May and June delivery
5 22-64; June and July 5 22-54; July and August
delivery 5 25-64(1.
1 p. m.—Futures: American middling, low mid-
ling{clause, December delivery 5 8-64a J-;
December and January delivery 5 8-64d*; Jan
uary and February delivery 5 11 -64% dt;
February and March delivery 5 14-64dt; March
and Aprili delivery 5 -1764g dt; April and
May delivery 5 19-64d*; May and June delivery
5 21-64a5 22-644; June and July delivery 5 24-64U;
July and August delivery 5 25-64,25 26-64d. Fu
tures closed quiet but steady.
tSellers. »Buvers. ^Values.
New York, Dec. 6.— Noon—Cotton market
easy; sales 143 bales; middling uplands 9 7 16e,
Orleans 9%c.
Futures— The market opened steady, with
sales as follows: December delivery 9 oik:; Jan
uary delivery 9 19c; February delivery 9 33c;
March delivery 9 43e; April delivery 9 53c; May
delivery ,62 c.
1 p. m.—Cotton easy; sales today 75 bales,
middling uplands 9 7-16c, Orleans 9%c; net
receipts at all ports 36,662; exports to Great
Britain 2622, France 4675, continent 5665;
stock 657,109 bales.
1 P. M.—Cotton, net receipts 214, gross 2454.
Future! closed bare:y steady; sales 61,000 bales
as follows:
December delivery 9 06 a 9 OSc, January de
livery 9 19 29 20c,February delivery 9 33.2 9 34c;
March delivery 9 43 a0 44c, April delivery 9 53g
9 54c: May delivery 9 62a9 63c. June delivery
9 7129i72c; July delivery 9 7Sa9 80c, August
delivery 9 S2a9 83c; September delivery 9 532
Freights to Liverpool weak; cotton %d.
Galveston. Dec. 6—Cotton, middling 9%c;
net receipts 5G67. gross receipts 5667, sales 519; j
stock 85,355 bales; exports to Great Britain , j
continent France ; Spinners —;
market firm.
Norfolk, Dee 6. — Cotton, middling 9c; net
receipts 3460, gross receipts 3460; sales 1261; stock j
39,321 bales; exports to Great Britain , coast- j
wise 1941; continent , market steady.
Baltimore, Dec. 6.—Cotton, middling 9% s c;
net receipts 00, gross receipts |1653; sales oO; |
stock 17,604 bales; exports Great, Britain —, coast- j
wise 600, continent , France —; market dull. |
Boston, Dec. 6.— Cotton, middling 9 7-16c; I
net receipts 1332, gross receipts 6512; sales 0; stock
—; exports to Great Britain 6222 bales; market |
easy.
Wilmington, Dee. 6.—Cotton, middling s%c: |
net receipts 716, gross receipts 716: sales 0; stock
12,S64 bales; exports to Great Britain , conti- j
unit , coastwise ; market quiet.
Philadelphia, Dec. 6.—Cotton, middling I
9%c; net receipts 54, gross receipts 54, sales j
, stock 5177 bales; exports to Great Britain
bales; market quiet.
Savannah, Dec. 6.— Cotton, middling 8%c, j
net receipts5483, gross receipts 5483, sales 1025: [
stockjl33,377 bales; exports to Great Britain —: j
coastwise 4051, continent 7125; market dull.
NewORLSANS, Dec. 0.—Cotton, middling 9%c;
net receipts 11,274, gross receipts 12,090,Jsales 3250,
stock 218,682 bales; exports to Great Britain
—.France 15,676, coastwise 1572, continent 10,085;
market easy.
Mobile, Dec. 6.—Cotton, middling 9c; net
receipts 2030. gross receipts 2)50. sales Suo; stock
32,470 bales; exports coastwise 1821 bales; market
quiet.
Memphis, Dec. 6.— Cotton, middling 9c;
net receipts 3674, shipments 8361; sales 3600;
stock 128,404 bales; market steady.
Augusta, Dec. 6—Cotton, middling 9' §■;
net receipts 1658; shipments 1445, saies 1233,
stock 41,058 bales; market quiet.
Charleston, 1 ee. 6.—Cotton, middling 9%e;
net receipts 2625, gross receipts 2625, sales 509,
stock 54,216 bales; exports Great Britain .
France , coastwise 286; continent 1338, mar
ket dull.
Atlanta, December, 6.—Cotton, quiet, mid
dling 9c; receipts 1160.
Stocks aud Ho <1». — NEW YORK.
Noon—Stocks, market weak; money
per cent; exchange—long 84.79% -; short
$4.83 a ; state bonds neglected; government
nonds dull but steady.
Evening—Excnange weak but excited, 54.81 Via
4.85; money easy, 4a,6, last loan 5 per cent;
government bonus dull, steady; new 4 per cents
121%, 414 ner cents 103: state Ponds neglcted.
Coin in the sub-treasury §144,127,000; currency
S3,811.000.
Closing quotations of the Stock Exchange:
Alabama bonds, class A, 2 to 5 103
“ “ class B, 5s 106
Georgia 7s, mortgage ——
North Carolina 6s 12u
South Carolina Brown Consols
professional cards
R- R- H. MrCUTCHEON, Offfi W ~U7—-
Drug Store. ’ Columbus, Ga. Offi, ., ' '“>7
a specialty. Telephone 270. " / I'^ctice
Pea
D R. P. H. BROWN,
1132>4 Broad street.over Chance',1,
Office hours from 2 to 4 p. m. KesM, ...
ond avenue. Diseases of women ’ ■
a specialty. Slate at City Drag Store.
DKNlIsIs.
A UG. BURGHARD, Dentist. Office
Drugstore.
D R. W. F, TXGNER, Dental Sure 1
No. 101 a Twelfth street, over Braup,-'
unig store.
apr^iy
j R.- ROACH, Dental Surge,,,
I' Office No. 17 Twelfth Street
Office.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
JL R-GFORD, Attorney at I. , ,,
All business placed in my hands will ■
attended to.
T. Teller. " B s
M ILLEK & MILLER, Attorney- a; i
. nimbus, Ga. Offiee in the'“Little''
ing, west side Broad street. Will prUt
courts of Georgia and Alabama.
I ittle, wimbish & i.n
1 j Little, William A. Wimbi
Attorneys at Law. 1017 1 . IP
phone 36.
B attle & gilbert, AttoruTv.
ephone 245. Office over Th,r.,
Bank.
J. H. Martin! J h tv,,
M artin & worrill, Attorney? ,
Office, Rooms 3 and 4, Li tie If'
HEELER WILLIAMS.
Office over Howard & Newsom s .
site Bell Tower. Telephone 268.
f 1 RIGSBY E. THOMAS, -IK..
VT Attorney and Counsellor at
Will continue at rooms Nos. 3 and
Georgia Home Building, corner E:
Broad streets, Columbus, Ga.
TAMES L. WILLIS, Attorney
practice in ail courts except the <•:;
Columbus. Offiice over Frazer A I> z
ware store.
Jno. Peabody, S. B. Hatcher, W. hTbk.
P EABOBY, BRANNON & HATCHER.
neys at Law, Columbus, Ga., 1119 Hr,
VI ' 2. K11.1, & LEVY, Attorneys at Law.
_5..1 Georgia Home Building.
T F. GARRARD, Attorney at Law.
I J over Wittich & Kinsel’s store,
phone No. 43; residence telephone No. 127
ri2 ly
Porter Ingram, Leonidas McLe
INGRAM & MCLESTEK,
Attorneys at Law, Columbn?, Ga., will j
in all the State Courts. Real estate Imiu
ami rented, and titles investigated. < m
Broad Street, over Howard i Newsome’s,
phone 268.
CENTRAL, PEOPLE’S
—AND—
Columbus & dulf Navigation
LINES OF
STEAMERS
Columbus, Ga., September l
j On and after September.5, 1890, the loc
of freight on the Chattahoochee. Flint aud Aps-
i lachicola rivers will be as follows:
| Flour, per barrel $ 20
“ I Cottonseed Meal, per ton l 3
Cotton, per bale
Guano, per ton 1 28
Other freight in proportion.
Passage from Columbus to Apalacincoa, fS.U)
Other points in proportion.
SCHEDULE.
Steamers leave Columbus as follows:
Steamer Fanny Fearn Tuesdays at 8 a. m
Steamer Naiad Thursdays at 8 a. m.
Steamer Milton H. Smith Saturdays at a a. m.
Above schedule will be run, river’ etc., permit j
ting. Schedule subject to change without notice.
Boat reserves the right of not landing a* any
point when considered dangerous by the p r
Boat will not stop at any point not na
list of landings furnished shippers under .
,;T< I December 15. 1889.
Tennessee m | Our responsibility for freight ceases after hy
been discharged at a landing where no person 11
there to receive it.
GEO. B. WHITESir
“ 58 In5
“ settlement, 3s 59%
Virginia 6s 50 j
“ consolidated 47
Chicago and Northwestern 08
“ “ preferred 145% i
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western 127%
Erie 17%
East Tennessee, new stock 6% i
Lake Shore 103%
Louisville and Nashville 78% !
Memphis and Charleston 50 |
Nashville and Chattanooga 90 j
New Orleans Pacific, lsts 85
New York Central 96 3 4
Norfolk and Western preferred 5 %
Northern Pacific 19%
“ “ preferred 57%
Pacific Mail 28%
Reading 24
Richmond and West Point Terminal 14%
Kook Island 66
St. Paul 46%
“ preferred 102%
Texas Pacific 12%
Tennessee Coal and Don 30 1 ■>
Union Pacific 40%
New Jersey Central 96
Missouri Pacific 56% I
Western Union Telegraph 74
Cotton Oil Trust Certificates 13%
Brunswick 16
Mobile and Ohio. 4s 59
Silver certificates 103%
Sec’y and Treas. Central Line of if all
W. R. MOORE.
Agent Peonle’s Lira
I. JOSEPH.
President OnlnmOns end (inf Navivetion 1 ' -1
OVER 1,000
INCANDSOT ELECTRIC LIGHTS m 1.1
COLUMBUS.
Of this, over 200 are in reidences. ami wir*
have been placed in new residences for over ‘JO
more. Perfectly safe, no heat.
We will Wire New Buildings at
Cost, Whether the l ights
are Used or Not.
We will also do all kinds of bell wiring, au*i
anunciator work, at reasonable prices. Tele
phone 232 for terms and information.
BRUSH ELECTRIC LIGHT AM) POWER fO.
julv6tf
-THK-
Grafn.—Chicago, Dec. C.—Cash quotations
were: Flour steady, spring patents M 70(25 00.
soring wheat 89c^ No. 2 red 89@90c. Corn, no 0 :' National Bank of Columbus.
jDoC.
Do you know that you can
buy a chimney to fit your lamp
that will last till some acci
dent happens to it ?
Do you know that Macbeth’s
“ pearl top ” or “pearl glass ”
is that chimney ?
You can have it—your
dealer will get it—if you insist
on it. He may tell you it
costs him three times as much
as some others. That is true.
He may say they are just as
good. Don’t you believe it—
they may be better for him; centrifugals
he may like the breaking
Futures.
Opening Highest
Closing
Wheat— I )ecem her
90
90
89
May
9%0
99 Va
98
Corn — December
52- l o
52%
51%
Mav
.... 53%
51%
53%
Oats — December
43
4 S%
42%
May
.... 45%
46k.
45 6.
Cincinnati, o..
|Dec. 5—Wheat §ca
rce: No.
2 red 97 S—c. Com steady; No.2
mixed.
53JI53 1 >c.
Oats quiet; No. 2 mixed 48c.
Baltimore, Me
e. 6.—Flour
firm —
Howard
street and western superior $3 40,54 00. extra
S i 401§4 40, family §4 50a5 (X), city nulls, Rio
brands,extra$5 00(a5 20. Wheat, Southern quiet:
Fultz 93c<§98c, Longberry 93cg98c, western
firmer. No. 2 winter red, spot and December
94 1 ja94? 4 c. Corn, southern, firm; white 54 J a57 1 -oc,
yellow 54(£57 , oC. western firm.
Provisions.— Chicago, Dec. 6.—Mess pork
S8 25 a 8 Lard 55 55. Short rib sides, loose,
§4 90a5 00; shoulders, §4 50,54 62C,; short clear
sides, $5 25 5 5 30.
Futures. Opening Highest Closing
M.Pork—December.. 8 00 8 hi
11 32 C, ii
Capital and Undivided Profits £175,000.00.
A bank of deposit and discount. Ex hangs
bought and sold. Collections made on all points.
The accounts of merchants, farmers, bankers
manufacturers and ali others r- snectfullv so'if*
STOCKS AND BONDS.
£7000 City of Columbus 5’s. 1909.
£200-Columbus Female College bonds.
50 shares Merchants and Meehanies Bank
$10,000.—City of West End, lie. near .\i
5 per cent bonds, due 1910, at . Populat
West End about lC.Ouo. Valuereal est:i
sessed for taxation £1.200.000. Cuy debt-S*
The city, as a corporation, own- real e.-t;
the extent of SlO.Ooo.
JOHN KL.*« KVIAK.
S tc
Bo
urnbu
COLUMBUS
May
Lard —1|December ..
May
S. Ribs—December ...
May
Cincinnati. Dec.
family §3 50.53 90. fancy
§10 Co. Lard lower. *5
11 in
5 fO
6 40
5 50
G 4 *21
5 82 1 /2
6 —Flour, market <
; 4 55. Pork
GOe. Bulk i
Baco
Geo. a. Macbeth & Co.
COMMERCIAL REPORTS.
Loc 4i i otton.
Enquirer-Sun office, |
Columbus, December r>, 18G0. j
(Corrected daily by Carter & Bradley.)
Cotton market unchanged; good middling 93 g c,
middling S^c, low middling 7 7 / 8v 58c, good ordi
nary —c.
RECEIPTS. SHIPMENTS.
Today .To date. Today .To date
By Rail
“ Wagons
“ River
Factory takings.
U
21.942
19.109
13,089
0
363
0
Totals 554 54,140 31
Stock Sept. 1, 1890 590
Receipts to date 54,140—54,73
Shipped to date —39,6*2
Sales today. 3; to date. 26,038.
33,674
0
■ Stock.
15,105
Market Reports bv Telegraph.
Liverpool,Dee. 6.—Noon—Cotton dull.buyers
favor; American middling 5 3-10d; sales 7000;
American 5500; for speculation and export 500:
receipts 14 200—all American. Futures barely
steady.
Futures—Americam middling, low middling
quiet; short rib sides $
short clear sides S6 50.
Sugar and Coffee.—New York. Dee. 6. —
Sugar—raw dull and steady, fair refining C 4;^c;
• *“ ’ test 5 3 »:i3 1 .-j|C; refined quiet,
;-16c,extra C 5 1 4*5?&c, yellow 4 15-16a5,
white C 5 7-1655 9-lGc. otf A 5 7-16c, mould A
6 4-lGc. standard A 6 1-lGc. confectioners A 5 7 / 8 c,
cut loaf 6 ;; *c, crushed C r5 4 c, powdered 6 3 8 c,
granulated t>%c. cubes e. Coffee—options
closed steady. 105*20 points down, quiet cables;
December &17 15al7 25; January $16 20a16 35,
May >15 10al5 15. Spot rio dull and easier, fair
cargoes 19 1 4 c: No. 7 17^4(517 3 gC.
Wool and Hides.—New York, Dec
Hides quiet—wet salted. New Orleans selected,
50 and 60 pounds. 5^(56c; Texas selected, 50 and j
60 pounds, 5%(56c. Wool dull and easier, !
domestic fieece 345c9c, pulled z7534c, Texas
18^525c.
New York. Dec. 6—Petroleum
weak and dull; Parker’s $7 10, refined, all ports,
$7 30.
Cotton Seed Oil—New York, I>••<*, 6.— I
Cotton seed oil depressed, dull; crude 20527c. •
yellow 32c.
Kosin and Turpentine—New York, Dec. 6.
—Rosin dull, firm; strained, common to good '
§1 4551 50. Turpentine dull, 39V 2 c.
Wilmington, Dec. 6.—Turpentine steady, 36c. i
Rosin firm; strained 81 10; good strained •
51 15. Tar firm; SI 50. Crude turpentine firm; j
hard $1 20, yellow dip $1 90, virgin $1 90.
j Charleston, Dec. 6.—Turpentine firm; 30c |
Rosin quiet, good strained SI 25.
I Savannah, Dec. 6.—Turpentine firm, 36c,
Rosin firm, SI I7b/&1 -7*2.
Whisky—Chicago, Dec. 6 —Whisky 14.
j Cincinnati, Dec. 6.—Whiskv steady Si 14.
WORKS.
Wholesale Manufacturers of
CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, ETC.
Special attention given to Repair Work.
JAMES B. DOO.NEB A CO.. Proprietors.
Columbus, Ga.
Telephone 274.
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