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J >Uin BY CLISBY, JOSES & REESE- MACON, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING DECEMBER 14,1879.™PRICE FIVE CENTS. NO. 9,392. IJV DAY DISPATCHES. TELEGRAPH | - - — ; was taken to-day in the Produce Ex- | change on the question whetlier tlie cen- 1 tal system should be retained in the Ex- I change or not. The whole number of ! votes was 1,273, of which 608 were in favor ; of retaining it and 605 against its being retained. the defense of Galveston harbor, was The Sanitarian Committee, adopted and not rejected, as erroneously j WABHRtOTOy, December 13. — The >!aml last night. It was his amendment, ! committee appointed to make a sanitary -irikinc out a provision for tlie convex i ? ar 7 e y of , Memphis have made a report of aion of smooth bore cannon into rifles, iu investigations and measures will be at w hk~!i was xv>*cietl. ' once takenJor the proper superintendence Washington. Wamiingtox. December 13. — Mr. Kcagan's amendment to the fortification till, appropriating $50,000 for batteries for i Foreign. I.omkix, December 13.—Six villages have been ruined by floods near Arad. Many entire families, who found refuge iu iH-ishtioring villages, have been frozen i death. and care of the work to be done. There shall be carried out a methodical and thorough system of ventilating and chill ing all the houses in the city, that it is important that the city should have con trol of the water works so as to insure * *2* ri if—■ csus&r «Mouu> hump. liiAn,, 11.. ;, tm dowo aml I.um,,., a „ d a ,v.s- nition of tlie Persian frontier, which threatened by Russia. tem of sewer burned, and tliat a sys- be introduced that will brtnm ..., j ilisdiarge the drainage into the Mississippi. IxiNnox December 13.—A Times Cal-, river . This w ill cost $235,000. The eutla dispatch says the man who fired up- »** Lonl Lytton, Viceroy of India, imag ined he had some grievance against the l^nremment. He was recently discliarg- el from the Allahabad lunatic asylum. I/ODox, December 13.—-The bally Vcta, in its second edition this afternoon, imhlialies a dispatch from Cahul, dated Friday evening, which says that General MaePlierson attacked tlie enemy on the ridge above Balia Ilissar, at noon to-day. He captured and now holds the lower part of tin; ridge. (General Baker has arrived here from Martian. He had some sharp fighting on Wednesday and Thursday. The crest of tie* hill is to lie surrounded and stormed «>n Saturilay. The city of Cabul is quiet. Tlie Times, in a leading cilitorial, says • lie rirruinstances of the attempt upon the lif** of tlie Viceroy of India seem lo divest lie* deed of any political significance. It :* a '••usational incident—nothing inure. A Vienna dispatch to the same paper says, according to a telegram from St. Pe tersburg. published in tie: Wciulayblatt, that GotlseliakolT, after his return to tlie Russian capital, presented to the Czar a programme of his future |mliey. The ba sis of tlie programme is peace. Friendly relations with Austria, Hungary and Ger many an* recognized as iudrs|iriisah!c. Tlie programme is said to have, on all points, met with tlie approval of the Czar. News Items. Boston. December 13 Bishop Gilbert Haven, of tlie Mrtliodist Episcopal Church, is seriously ill at Malden. Bicnjioxn, Va., December 13.—Tlie Readjustees, in caucus last night, nomi nated < lem-ral William Malione for United ■states Senator to.succeed Senator Withers, whose term expires March 4th. 1881. Tlie nomination was made by acclamation. Mi:mi*iiis, December 13.—At Plum Island, la-t Sunday, David Norman, wood contractor, shot and killed Norris Smith. cho]i|ier. Tlie parties had a dispute over w ages, and Smith raised Ids axe to strike Norman, wlien,the iatler crew a pistol and shot him through the head. Norman was exonerated. A Terrific Explosion. Auiiiiuvriirnnii, Ontahio, Deeemlier 13.—A magazine of nitro-glycerine and mica powder on Fox Island, opposite this place, exploded last night with a terrific report, shaking the ground like an cartli- quake and breaking many plate glass win dows in this town—frightening people generally. The explosion was felt forty mil<*s aw ay in Leamington ami Kutlmeii— .shaking every house in both towns and 'lartling the inhabitants. It was also felt f*ir:y miles along the Canada .Southern railroad line. ~ *i The cause of tlie explosion is not known: but it is sup|iosed to have licen caused by hunters leaving lire on the Is land which reached tlie magazine at tlie time of tlie explosion. rage I e draii river. This will cost $225,000. j hacking up of the high water from the river should he prevented. The report also recommends a system of building I regulations to be enforced by the munici- , pal authority. The committee is com- imsed of Doctors Billing, Charles F. f Folsom, Major W. H. U. Benzaurd, | United States Engineer, and George E. Waring, Jr., Civil Engineer. Indications. YV AS Hi XOTOX, Deeemlier 13.—For the Mouth Atlantic and East Gulf States, lower pressure, stationary or rising tem perature, easterly winds and warmer weather with generally light rains. midnight’dispatches. Foreign. London, Deeemlier 13.—A Berlin dis patch to tlie Pall Mall Gazelle says the Catholic clergy have refused tlie govern ment's concession allowing them to super vise the religious instructions in the schools. They claim that they themselves should actually give instructions as liefnro tlie fall laws. Hunting the Life of the Czar. St. Petersburg, December 13.—It is authoritatively announced that the re ports relative to tlie attempts against tlie life of tlie Czar published abroad arc gross exaggerations, though it is admitted that the jiolice, in investigating tiio circum stances of the recent attempt of assassina tion Czar “at Moscow, have made discov eries showing that fresli crimes were con templated, hut it is impossible, for obvi ous reasons, to allow the details to be telegraphed. The Irish Trials. London, December 13.—One Dublin correspondent says tlie trial of Davitt, Da ly ami Killen have been abandoned. An other correspondent asserts that they have not all been abandoned, but does not specify which is to be tried. Tlie former account is probably correct. Da vitt and Daly are practically at large. Wrecked Vessel. Long Branch, N. J., December 13.— Large quantities of hogshead staves are coming ashore at Sealiright, 300 or 400 bundles of them have been saved by tlie fishermen. Tlie beach is strewn with them for miles. Evidently a vessel has recently sunk off the shore and is now breaking up. Sale of a Railroad Bed. Atlanta, Ga., Docembcr 13—Tlie road .bed of the Georgia Western railriiad, reaching towards Decatur, Alabama, eras purchased to-day, presumably forvthe Louisville and Nashville railroad. A News Items. Spuing field, Mass., December 13.— The daily workers of the Lacowna woolen mills, at Hampden, have struck for an in crease of pay 10 per cent., which was re cently given night hands. Their places will be filled by new men. Petersburg, Va., December 13—The drought which prevailed in this section of the State, for the past four months, drying up the wells and streams, has virtually been brought to an end liy tlie heavy rains of the past few days. Oldham, December 13.—Amass meet- i w lockbtt. JOSEPH BOND LOCKETT & BOND, GENERAL BROKERS Stocks, Bonds, CottonFu- tnres and Papers <4 all kinds nought and told on commlsiicn. Of- 0 o No 87 Cherry itreet in rear o! Hact. Rankin k Lamar's retail drag (tore. W. A. HUFF & CO FOR SALK. hT.it E OP GEORGIA 6 PER CENT BONDS SOUTH WESTERN BAILRdAD STOCK. norlStt FINANGISl AND COMMERCIAL. ing of the cotton operatives held here to- NIGHT DISPATCHES. The Amherstburg Explosion. Amiikrstrurg. Ont., Deeemlier 13.— At the scene of the explosion today nothing whatever can be found of tlie magazine. Where it stoo«l is a hole sixty feet in diameter and lif.een feet deep made by the explosion. A goodly number of unexploded mica powder cartridges are ‘tig around. Tlie slmck was felt so se- _ _ _ vrreiy at Fletcher, on the Canada South- tlie over time system. Tlie meeting also era railroad, forty-four miles from there, resolved that from Monday thc operatives tliat the people ran out of their houses in 1 would recommence working on the old alarm, tt is the opinion of many that it j time, and that any operative who shall be was the work of an incendiary. j discharged therefor shall he supported. Dnnntw TVTirshnl’<i TrnnMpa in Texas. I Vienna, December 13.—Tlie Upper Deputy marshal a troubles in texas. jj ouse C f the Keicluath has unanimously ST. Lotus, December !•>. It will lie re- j passC( j t , ie arm y bill through all of its E m i£S^lX2a"a£E? aSSsf? Ss ori * , “ H5r prcse,,tcd by the gov ' Texas attempted to arrest several men in one of the pan handle comities of tliat State, for alleged violation of tlie revenue laws; that lie was resisted and himself arrested by the State authorities, and it was not Mr- Thomas Wood. Christmas goods are the order of the day, and Mr. Thomas Wood, the reliable and umlUbe had oUahiedmilitary'assistance ! enterprising furniture dealer, comes to the that he succeeded in taking the parties | front this morning, offering fine bedroom - wanted. These men—eleven in number— were taken to Dallas, and yesterday dis- cliarged, tin* grand jury having failed to find a true bill against them. A good deal «>f feeling was manifested in tlie communi ty against what is cliaracterizcd as an out rage, and District Attorney Minor has demanded tlie removal of Deputy Marshal Johnson. Captain Nolan and Lieutenant Flipper (latter colored), of the Tenth Cavalry, who furnished troops to assist the Depulv in the arrest, have been in dicted by the grand jury lor unlawfully permitting United States soldiers to be used for the above purpose. The Lambert Murder, WixxissoGAN, December 13. — Major Walsh, from Cypress Hills, denies that tlie rauriler of Interpreter Lambert and family at Fort Peck was by the United Tlie innrder was corn- suits, parlor suits, fancy rockers, folding chairs, carpets, nigs, mats, etc., at prices which will enable them to be bought for presents. Also in the same establishment, directly under the charge of Mr. A. L. Wood, is a large stock of music, and musical instru ments. lie has forty different kinds of harmonicas alone. He has enough har monicas to present one to every child in Bibb county. In the way of violins, he has them of all kinds from $1.50 up lo fancier prices, according to the fineness of tlie instrument. There is no doubt Mr. Wood's stock in both branches is full and complete. BAC0H COTTON STATEKEHT OFFICE TBLitGRAPH AND MESSENGER DZCXICBFS IS. 187?.—ET3XIX6. The market to-day was weak at 11 % (or mid dling. and closed with unchanged tone and quo tations. Received by rati to dav....„ 108 by wagon 271— S77 Shipped 339 Sold ...—_ 516 STATEMENT! Stork on Land September 1,1879.. Received to-day. previously.. Slr.DPor to-day- previously... ISO __...S3I54-SSttl 33210-33559 265 States soldiers, lire murucr » » vom-, Correspondence. Tl» following correspondence rill.*- the perpetrators have been attested, and plain itself: two more have been demanded by Gen-! Macon, Ga., December 13, 1879. era! Miles. Messrs. Soderer «fc Ball: Fighting in South Africa. j fr*^( l ^«own?^mber'25«., sav^the TlVcpVosent Novt mber C hicf Movosi was kilk d zens j iavc m i ssc d a portion of these enter- during the fight. On the Bntish stile two tainments we respectfully request, that ( olomsts were wounded and1 two i^ive you favor us with another exhibition on Allies were killed. The attack on CUief Tj olu j av evening next, and suggest tliat postponed until the -ith of u j cvote pj ie entertainment to art December. studies, the works of the ancient and mod- ' era masters. Very Respectfully, From the Antipodes. Sydney. New South Wales, Decem ber 13.—Tlie Colonial Treasurer of New- South Wales estimates that there will lie deficits of22tt.000 pounds, to meet which he recommends an increase of duties as follows: On spirits, two shillings per gal lon; on sparkling wines, four shillings, and on still wines one shilling; on manu factured tobacco, six pence per pound; on laaf tobacco, three pense. *m,„ Gentlemen: lit affords us great pleas- The Captive Bishop. , ^tth your very kind and Rome. December 13.—The V atiean lias „ mnlimpn J a i, been infonnetl that the King of Abyssinia In acconlance^ith your wishes we will will shortly release tlie Bishop ofMassaia . e <. 3tatuary night” on Mondav, De- frompnson. all the European govern- ^> mber 15th, such as we last gave'in St. T. L. MassexbUKO, J. P. Stevens, C. Herbst. Henry S. Glover, Jr., Ernest Peschke, R.S. Saulsbury, W. H. Woodson, Felix Corput. W. A. Huff. ments having interested themselves in his behalf. The House. Washington, December 13—The com mittee on Indian affairs adopted Repre sentative Belford’s resolution calling on the Secretary of the Interior for corres pondence relative the Ute trouble; also Representative Scales resolutions instruct Louis. Mav we be permitted to state our heartfelt thanks for the generous patron age accorded us. Yerv respectfully, Soderer and Ball Macon, December 13th 1879. An Important Personal Item. . Charles S. Prentice, of Toledo, O., wen ing the committee on Indian affairs to m- t o Paris and thence to England to b vest igate the cause of the recent L te out- treated for Bright's disease, and after the break, and the Senate resolution to ap- best physicians of both countries had done point a commission with a view to the re- w hat they could for him. gave up in des- moval of the Utes, was also adopted with p a ; r and returned to America to die. amendments. Here he received further treatment from Precautionary Measures in Ireland, skillful physicians without benefit, and London. December 13.—It is stated while “listlessly lingering in pain and that a •: taehm*has been ordered to anguish,” as he says, heard of the Safe proceed from Ballinrohr, Connaught, to Kidney and Liver Cure, took it, and was the neighborhood of Bollina, in tlai same completely cured in a few weeks. He province, where a great land meeting is gives circumstantial details of his painful aim - • Sunday, so as to be in I experience and astonishing cure in a long ; of any disturb- i letter to H. H. Warner <& Co., which will ^ 1 be forwarded oa application, dec JQ-2w. Latest telegraphic REPORTS Cotton !ut» 1 — Ntoa — Gonon heavy; middling upland* Hhi middlinz Orlezm 7. Sale*, 8 OO bales, of which loop were taken by speculator* and tor export; receipts 4.100—3,4(0 American. * utuir*. * penrd with idlers at 3-SS decline; Upland* low middling clause December dehr* er< 6 27 sHtftlS-lO; December and January do; Krliruaiy aid March 629-Sia6J4:Harch and April 7*6 13 ;« April and May 71-Sia7; May and June 7 It; Jur.eand July 7j4a73-82. 4 00 p m —Sales ot American 6300. NSW Tobe—Noon—Cotton nominal; sales297; middling uplands 12}(; middling Orleans 12%. Putorus opened firm; December 12.56; Jan uary 12.63; February 1291; March 13.27; April 13.43; May IS 68. Kveniog— 'ctton — Net receipts 1907: gross <673 ruiurcs irregular and unsettled, closing firm; Sic* 181,000; December delivery 12.45—17; Jann- ary 12.61-62; February 12.87—90; March 18.13— 13; Aj.rii 13.30—S3; May 18.60—32, June 13.61-66: July 13.71—76; August 13.78—82. LV.inn closed nominal: sales 297; middling up land* iSSf; middling Orleans 18%. Oeusolidafod r.et receipts 37333; exports to Great Kritain 18173;France 12632; Continent—; channel —. GALVBstof—CottOB quiet; middling 12; low miduiinv nji rood ordinary 11%: net receipts 3**7; aro** . tales 327; stock 88650. No,YOLK — cotton quiet; middling 12%; net leeeiDts »:<7; sales 490; stock 6SS74. Ba cm* oEt—Cotton dull: middling 12%; low miccli:./ 11 h; good ordinary 12; net receipts . gro.« *0sS; sales 70; to spinners ; stoc 127.00. Btsxof — Cotton qniet; middling IS; low m iiS'in* *2%; good ordinary lt!i; net receipts 23 7: crt*s* 3429; sales —; stock 1890. Wil uiboiox—Cotton doll; middling 11%: low mi'ldlinr 117-10; good ordinaiyll%: net receipts i d nr.**—; sales ; stock 13845. Prilahslphia — Cotton quiet; middling IS; low middling 12%; good ordinary 12%; net re- ,r*i t. ;:0 gross 736; sales 413; spinners 412; riuk iW 6 Savakjiah—Colton qniet; middling 12%; low middling 11%; good ordinary 11%: net receipts ,7-2. uro**s —: sales 1900; stock 891SS. Nsw (IBLBAS3—Cotton dull; mtddlihg il%; low middling 11%; good ordinary lli'; ne. receipts Ails grow 13113; sales 2400; stock 2783J6. J II OBiLr—Colton irregular; middling 11%; Sow niildlmg i!/good ordinary 11: rwt *caeen.*>ts mSTtoU-4-; sales 1809; stock 64767. ’ Mcurnis — Cotton quiet; middling 11%; re ceipt* 4U79; shipments 2634; sales 800; ssook 109710. 7 Aoousta—Cotton nominal; middling 11%; low middling 11%; good ordinary 11%; receipts 12*4; sbipmeirs —: sales 391. Chablbsios—Cotton dull; middling 12%; low middling 18'j; good ordinary 12% not receipts 1205, gross —; sales stock 69940. tlHASCIAJ. laitDOj—Ncoa—Conso’s 97. Brie4S%. Fab:s—3 per cent Rentes 82 (ranc9 and 16 cexztia>c9. NSW TOES—Stocks opened Strong; money 6a6; exchange, long. 84.81,'i: short =-*.83.';. State bonds dull; Government securities quiet. Money 7a6; exchange sl.81%; government so* ourities firm; new 6 per cents 1.03; 4% per cents 1.95%; 4 oer cents 1.03%. State bonds dull. Stacks closed lower; New York Central 131«; Kmi 41%: Lake Shore 10*% Illinois Central 99*; Pittahur* 107; Chicago and Northwestern 8S%; do prderred 104. Rock Island 149 V; Western Union I olograph Company 106. Sub-Treasury balances: Gold >,103,850,990; cur- i: ry s6 S48.293 FRODUCk RatTiMona — Floor steady; Howard Street and Western superfine '5.00@aS.30; extra S3.75® -6.50. family 87.50@57.80; City Mills superfine -it 00*0- 5 50; extra s5.75St56.50; Rio brands 87.65; Pataps -o family:-8.25. Wheat—Southern steady; Western wl cat easi-r. southern red 81.4oa-l.55; amber .-l.55a-l.63; No. 1 Maryland S1.66X: No. 3 Western winter red spot and December 81.65;*; January 81.57 V. Southern com steady; Western easier; white t2s65; yellow 63x65. Oats-southem 46* 7 Western white 47a*7>i; do mixed 40046%; Pennsylvania 47a49. Pay steady and unchanged, prime to choice Pennsylvania. Maryland 15316. Provisions easier: Pork 81400. bulk meats, loose moulders 6%; clear nb 7%: do packed 6% and 7%. Bacon—shouldeis 67*: clear nb 8 ',. Hams 10*12. Lard, refined in tierces 8%. Butter firm; prime 10 cboico Western Mckod 1S318. Cofiee weak: rio in cargoes 14817%. Whuky 113%, Freights dull# GBICABO-Fiour steady; superfine 84.25a-3.00; ext.-as 85.25a86.00. Wheat unsettled and lower but in good demand; No. 2 red winter 81.82;:; No. 3 Chicago *pring Sl SOiaJjI rash; No. 8 do 81.15: rejacted 97%. Corn unsettled and lower: 4l%a' cash Oatsunsettledandgenerallylower; iS'A cash. Pork active but lower; S1S.00 cash. I.anl active, weak and lower at 7.40 cash. Bulk meats weak and lower; shoulders 4.35; ihortrib 6.55; short clear 6.70. Whisky stealy at 112. Nbw Tobx — Sonthern flour dull: common to fair extra S6.75a-7.C0; good to choice 87.103 «S 50. Wheat opened ;,calc. lower; closed with the decline more than recovered; ungraded win ter 8l.i2a-l.53 Corn dull: ungraded 62*£6.V, Oats dull heavyaudlawer;No3.49. Uofiee dull; rio in cargoes 14%al1%; do in job Ictsl4%al9%. Sugar raw inactive: tair to good refining quoted at8%*9; prime S%; refined quiet and steady: Standard A 9i9%; granulated 9%a0;i; pow dered 1**; cm>hed 10*. Molasses quiet and un changed; New Orleans S6a»7. Rice steady and moderate demand; Carolina 6%a7%■ Rosin quiet at 8i 60 Turpentine dull at 40%. Wool qniet but strong; domestic fleece 42»5S; pulled S8MS; un washed ISaSO; Texas 2i»S8 Pork heavy and lower, prime mess spot quoted at 813.30*812 57% cash. Middles dull and easier; long clear 7% shortclear 7 V; long and short clear 7%. Lard less active •nd lower; prime steam spot 7.87-aS.0« cash. Whisky nominal ot $1.17a8U8. Freights quiet. LOOlsviLt-t—Floor firm; extra 8433aS4.60:lam- il, 85 25(886 £0. Wheat firm: red and amber •*1 2S»^l.S2~ Cora easy; white 46; mixed 41: Oats hrm white 41; mixed 59. Pork easiei at 813 50. Lard easier: choice leal m tierces 8% a%; do in kegs 9% Bulk meats easier; shoulders 4%&%; dear nos c 55; clear sides 6 S3. Bacon nominal. Sugar- cured »«ma 10%ail. Whisk? firm at SLII. CrnciaXATi—riour firm: family Wtftt firm 81 ASa-138. ‘ Oats steady: No 2 mixed e s sp. Lard dull- current make 7.t0. Bulk meats quiet and unchanged; shoulders 4%; clear riba 6%, Bacon steady; clear rib 7%; clear sides 7« G reen meats easier, shoulders 4 V: dear sides 6%; hams 7Ji*%. Whiskv firm at SL1L er Louis- Flour easier: double extra 85.70a -5 90 treble extra-600a.r6.10; (amily86.ltar6.20: chuic** 88.25a-8.70 Wheat easier. No. 2 red tall -134% cash; No. 3 do SI 25. Com lower at SSJ* ■-L rv-»- n.oav V t Mi M.k ITkiilrr Bf Mdw lam CaM ail Mice Hap. To the Merchants and Bnsiness Men ofMaoon, and the Publio Generally.: It affords me great pleasure to inform you that I now have usoclatedwrith me two gentlemen Of ’ '"1 sufficient capital to, commandant centre! a fair proportion of AT propose to do a general our speoialtiM. When * will greet business experlenoo and with _ _ . _ the publi: patronage, and under the firm name of W. A. Huff k Co., we brokerage and commission business, making Cotton. Grain and Provisions spot stuff is not wanted v e shall offer such extraordinary facilities in the option business as w enable all who feel like i t, to deal In futures, lu targe or (mall lots, without extra risk or expense. Our facilittee for obtaining the vary latest 'news from all the Etstern. Northern and Western markets are simply complete. We are situated directly on the great through line ot telegraph!* communications between New Tork and Now Orleanr, receive our dispatchee from ten to twenty minutes in advance of any other market in Georgia, except Auguitt which is Southern headquar ters. We receive telegrams every thirty minutes direct from the Exchanges of Liverpool, New York and Chicago, and mark the same on the Publio Bulletin Board lnouroffloe for the benefit and information of over customers and the public generally, and everybody can come and get tbis valuable information without cost or eipenso. We are also in constant receipt ot special and pri- vate telegrams from all th* leading msrksts of the srorld, and can furnish the very latest quota tions tor any lexdingarticla wanted in this markst. Below will bo found the rulei. limits and regulations governing oar,COTTON AND PRODUCE EXCHANGE, &s well us other features of our business. W. A. HUFF Rules and Regulations. W. A. HUFF & CO., MANAGERS Produce and Cotton Exchange Real Estate. Stocks and Bonds boueftt and sold on small commission. HUI.ES FOB TRADING. In Spots and Futures. At tho latest quotations posted on our Bulletin, you can buy or sell com, wheat, pork, lard or bulb sides. From 500 to 2,000 bushels of grain, for any fature month. From 25 to 100 barrels of pork, “ “ “ From 25 to 100 tierces of lard, “ “ “ From 1,000 to 5,000 lbs. clear rib sides, “ “ Delivered in Chicago oa maturity of contract, unless closed in the meantime by purchase, or sale for same delivery, which can be done at any time at the latest quotations posted on our Bulletin, and when that is done, settlements will be made, and DIFFERENCES PAID AT ONOE at ID OFFICE ill IACDN. OPEN OPTION IN COTTON. TraQs on thi ^ t tations, as posted dn Bulletin, Margin $2 00 iijbc maie ii.' In, either to 9V bale: ;ton, breed on Hew York-quo- ‘ chase or sell same. Limit, 10 to 100 Bales, Deliverable in New York, and Trades may be closed at any subsequent quotations, if dono within Twenty Minutes after posting quotations ; hut no trade received or closed later than twenty, minutes after posting. Twenty minutes will be the limit for making and closing transactions on all quotations. SPECIAL OPTION IN COTTON. Limiting: Margins, Profits and Losses* u*at utzzj a* mi family SS.13gSG.4P. Corn steady at 41a«5 l 10*41. Pork qniet at cash "Oats easier »t 38U cash. Whuky '112. Pork lower at 813.01 cash. Lard ; to. * alt meats dull; loose, shoulders «.15s4.3>; clear libs 6 30: dtar side. 6.00. Bacon lower; shoulder. 5; vies 7.80; sides 7.55. NswOzUiSS—Flour strong: superfine 85.00a 8335- double extra 88.05: treble extra 8637,va 86.65, high grades 86.73*87AJ, 1 ,. Com quiet and firm; white 56a»57. Oats firm at 49S50. Pork quiet at 813 50. Lard steady: tierce 8%: keg 8%s9. Bulk meats turner: shoulders, loose 4%; dear ribs t%s7; clear sides 7a7j». Bacon quiet; shoulders 5,8; clear nil SI'; clear sides 8,v. Whisky firm at 105al IS. Coffee arnet: Rio in car goes, ordinary to prime 13%al7. Sugar active and firm- common to good common 5.iit5%; fair folly fair 6aS%; prime to choice 7*7%; yellow clarified 7%sS%. Molasses active; common 24*27; prime to choice SS»39. Rice quiet: ordinary to choice Louisiana 6 * a7— NAVAL STORES. vr itvtvot/iv— Hernia turpentine firm at 32. dull at 125 for strained. Crude tur pentine firm at 160 for hard: 2 60 for jelleW dip; Xar steady at I 10. 10 to 100 Bale lots, Margins $1 per bale. "We will allow parties to buy or sell cotton in 100 bale lots, their jfits to stop with one dollar per bale, less the commissions; and their osses to stop with their margin. FORSAI.E. Tii "Lt« Clower Eii-s Pkiklita,” L UNG immediately west of and adjoining the town of Clinton, Jones County, Ga. c:n- taining between 7,7*0 and 1,800 acre*. Terms easy. It not sold before Deoembsr 1 will be told subject to l«“o *° navIS U CSntoo, LI MIT EE OPTION IN COTTON. From lOO to 500 Bales! The Limitation Plan, Limiting Margins, Profits and Losses and reducing Commissions. We will allow any party to buy or sell from 100 to 500 Bales Cot ton with only 50 cents margin,—the profits and losses to be limited to Fifty Cents per bale—les3 the commissions, which will be only 13} cents per bale on such transactions. MARGINS REQUIRED. On Grain, 2 cents per bushel. On Pork, 50 cents per barrel. On Lard, 43 cents per.tierce. Gn C. R. Sides, I cent per pound,. On Cbtton, from 50 cents to $2 per bale, according to option taken. COMMISSIONS. Grain, 3-8 cent per bushel, when trade i3 closed same day made. Pork, 10 cents per barrel, when trade is closed same day made. Lard, 24 cents per tierce, when trade i3 closed same day made. C. R. Sides, 1-2 of 1 per cent., when trade 13 closed same day made. Cotton, 25 cents per bale, on all transactions to buy or sell, except on limited option, when it will be only 13} cents per bale. Double ab>ve Commissions charged when trade car ried longer than the d*y, except Cotton. All trades in Meat and Grain carried till margin exhausted, unless closed sooner at option of party making trade, and all Trades closed without notice when margin is exhausted. Margins on open options in cotton must be kept up equal to 50 cents per bale, or contracts, will be closed without notice. Additional margins may be deposited any time before original mar gins are exhausted, DUt not afterward. All Trades made _ through us/the property will be received and de livered at points of delivery on maturity of contract, if desired. Five days’notice given and required. The above Buies apply only to trades made on Bul letin Quotations. “ When parties desire to make Trades for larger amounts, we will place Trades in Chicago and New York on the market at the market at the time our telegram is received in Chicago or New York. All orders for spot meats or grain will be filled from the lowest mar kets in the West, without charge or expense to the buyer here, a3 we re ceive our commissions from the sellera in the West. Orders for spot cotton in this market will have the best attention at reasonable charges. We shall make the purchase and sale of stocks and bonds, and the selling and renting of real estate, a specialty. $6?*Any changes in these Boles will be Posted on our Dally Bulletin without notice, as we shall claim the right to increase or decrease the limits to our transactions at any time. J. W. RICE&CO’S Just in, full line of Camel’s Hair in all the leading shades. Beautiful assortment of medium and low priced Dress Goods, cheapest ever shown in the city.j New line Honse-FurfllsMllg Goods very low. Sillss! Bilks! Black Silks and Satins, Black and Colored Pe kin Stripes, Pekin Velvets, etc. Special attention directed to large invoice of Black Silks just in, bought at auction. CLOAKS andfDOLMANS. _ Large assortment bought 30 per cent, off the regular prices. Selling at moderate rates. Ribbons* Magnificent lot of Striped and Fancy Bibbons, cheapest in Macon. We are still Headquarters for bargains in Black Cam el’s Bair and Cashmeres. Big lot of Jeans and Cassi- meres selling at reduced figures notwithstanding the re cent advance in the goods. Gavnois, Rugs, Maifinc tall advance on manufacturer’s pric out at smal , to be prices. closed J. W. SICE & CO., 39 and 41 Second Street. CHBISTMAS IS COME-CALL SODS J. W. BURKE & GO., Cheapest Tilet Soap At retail in Macon. Call and see, at ELLIS* DRUGSTORE. Seasonable Flower Seed For Fall Planting. A fall lins from Goreniami down to Vkfieta, at ELLIS’ DRUGSTORE. Have the larsost and best solected t took of HOLIDAY GOODS ever brought to this Market. Gift Bools, Fancy Goods, Toys, Etc. They were bought In the summer before goods wont ud. and will t h»ve no 8EORT C UTS or FANCY PLANtj for selling, but we wilt I'lluo. U 'avi u BIT Deuu* in Huron oli'avrhnra. o-dor. from thl mu! will be sold at FAIR PRIOES. OTo rill guarantee ail goods sold, and the country filled at short notice* BIAKKiaO, At the residence of the bride's parents. on\ Taesday evening, December 9, 1879, by Rev. Robert F. Jeckson, Jr., Mn. Geocoe Echaix to Miss Mi TILDA ScnuitzEN, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 2STOTICE, years old, m good order, shod behind, barefoot in front, left front foot little slned. Ten dollars re * ward for tho capture of the mule and thief, with evidence to convict. J. W. LOWE, doc!4 It*. Knoxville, Ga. Notice* Notice, Notice. 'N accordance with the postal laws, some of the .. replies to my advertisement of the 7th wore sent to the Dead Letter Office. Therefore, any whoAeslre to reply again, (ar any others), can do so by directing as below. Applications will be considered for the city and county. O, J. Y„ dec!4 It*. Osre of Delivery C!e k. City. Jersey Cows. 'WANT to sell a fine grade Jersey Caw. F.S. JOHNSON. dec!4 It* Bj Twelve O’clock, Monday, f WANT to ran* or buy 25 or SO settees, or . light benches. Who has them ? B.M. ZSTTLER, doclt It. Snp't. Public Schools. TOR A HOUSEandlotinVineville. The lot con tains three acres of land, convenient to cburch and most desirable neisbborhood. Rent cheap.only|12permonth‘ Callon W. A. HUFF A CO. dec!4 St. WANTED- W E want to fill an order. 3*03 of city money and 33.000 of City of Macon Bonds. High- est market price will bs paid. Those having this amount of city bonds or city money for sale will please call at the office of decl43t. W. A.HITFF A CO Grand Military Hop! Under the auspices at the Mitchel Light Guards, on New Years Eve, December 31st, 1879, at Avres’ Hall, Tickets 31, admitting gent’emin and lal.es. COMMITTFB OP ARSAXGBKBXT8: J. O, McMillan, 1st Lien’t; G. W. Crawford, 2ndLieu’t.; J. P. English, 1st Serg’t.; H. Smith, 2nd Sera’t.: James Lynch, Jr. 2nd Lieu't., decl4-2l-2S-30-SL Chairman. decl* W, A- HUFF & GO* BALSTfWN FI A Sal. Friday and Saturday Evenings, December XOtlx and noth UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE Macon Public Librar*. Tlie Musical Event Of The Season. APPEARANCE OP THE KATE THAYER WILL E. CHAPMAN, Director and Manager. CompritiBg the Distinruisbod Artis's: MISS KATE THAYER. Prims Donna. MRS. NORMAN. Contralto. SIGNOR TAGLIAPIETRA. Baritone. HUE. TERESA CARRBItO, pianiste. HR. H. ARBUCKLE. Cornetist. MR. C. E. PRATT. Accompanist. An unequalled Company in a Programme of Un surpassed Excellence. Admission ^1.00. No extra charge for reserved seat*. Sale begins at Brown’s on Tuesday, De cember Hth. The Famous Weber Concert Grand Piano is used as the Thayer Concerts. decl 1...51 Books Of Solid Wortk For The Young. uisa aicoit s latest woras. child’s history of England, history ot England. In short, the montot books for tho young which has Th > Boy Prossairt, by Sidnoy Lanier. All of Louisa Alcott’i latest worka. Dickens’ Child's Pictorial histor. best assortment ot evorboenin Macon FOR PERSONS OF MORE MATURE YEARS. Books ot Poetry, Gilt Beoki, Bibles, Prayer Books, Hymn Books, Photograph Albums, etc, OLD SANTA CLAUS HEADQUARTERS. Toys of every description, and all marked down, for I am determined to go ont ot the toy business it low prices will enable me to dispose of mv stock. So now is your chance. Open at night. Very Respectfully, B.D. IRVINE. Cecil It. 46 SeconA Street. The Knights of Honor Havoleft a beautiful little baby at the store of J. O. BANNON * CO. to be disposed ot. Those interested can soe it and flpd out how te secure it by calling there alter to-day. dcc!4 son, tut:*, thurs. Congregation Beth Israel. A MEBTINO ot important bnsiness will be held to-day at 9:30 a m at the Synagogue. By order of the President. Dec 14th ITHORNER, Secretary. RALSTON 1 HAIL- MONDAY. DECEMBER I5th. r Admission 60ct>, Children 35cts. dec!4 It. Reserved seats at Brown’s GRBA'f KEPPCriOJM. SELLING OUT, NOT TAKING INTO CON- SIDEBATION THE COST. I Would Invite all those who are in need of a nioe, nest, nobby and perfect-fitttlng suit be fore sending your order North, to call and exim- iio my handsome stock ot Fall ai Winter Sailiap, wh'ch I am seliin* out at the customtr’s own price, for cash only. Satisfaction guaran teed to alt who may favor mo with their order. sepJl Sm M.GREENBEBG, Tho Tailor. R. W. CUBBEDGE. BROKER -AND- REAL ESTATE AGENT. STOCKS AND BONOS BOUfiHT AND SOID STRICT!? OK CGKRISSION. Particular attention given to the porchas* >Io and renting ot Bead Estate* MULBERRY STREET. House Crackers, Crackers, Crackers. QIIOICE and Fresh, just received and for ado JONES .t COOK. FIRST NATIONAL BANK. MAOON, GA. SANK OF DEPOSIT. CISGOUKT MO EICKAKS8 New‘ York Exchange, Par. W W WBIGLEY Cashier, fanllnd I O. PLAN 71 PrcsideR) : UTBRVOUS EXHAUSTION.—A medical essay i\ comprising a acnes ot lecture* delivered at Kuhn's Museum of Anatomy, on tboeauaeaad cure of premature decline, showing indisputa bly how lost health may bo regained, affording • clear synopsis of impediment* to marriage, and tho treatment of nervous and physical dabitity. being the result ot 20 year*’experience. By mail 25c. currency or poaUge stamp*. Adilren Sec retary Kahn’s Museum. <88 Broadway. Now York dectaonwedfridWn Seasonable Garden Seed, Early Peas, Lettnoo, Cabbage, etc; at IU ELLIS’ DRUG STORE. (100, (100, (100. Every Smoker Has an Interest in the Profits. One hundred dollars in United States Currency to be givp» QTfOJ oc a grand Christmas gift by the Parlor Cigar Store on December 24, next. jlll persons purchasing 25 cents worth of Cigars will be come participants in the above. Our Impo ed Cigars are tits find. MOHS BELLE GREOLE i Cigar. Cannot be beat. five Is unsurpasseJ. Cromeline & Co.» OPPOSITE LANIER HOUSE. 89.0rders by mail attended to as uinal.-CS novl5tf FOR LEA8S OS RENT- ‘ Offer my plantation, known ai tho J. B. La- . . mar place, on the Ocmulgee river, for lease or rent. The plantation consists of E09 ACRES OF CLEARED LAND, wbicb is divided into two tract* of 500 and 300 ires. The 600 acre place contains 420 acre* op-land and 80 acres swamp land. The 300 acre place ii fine, fertile swamp land. The plantation is well known for its fertility, and to a good lessee or tenant favoraolo terms will be offered. I also have fonr or five hundrol bushel* ol com and 1.895 bnahels cotton seed ou the place, which I will sell on reasonable terms to lenec or tenant. R. M. PATTERSON. dec7tf Macon. Ga. HOTICS. FTIHE annual meoting of the Cotton State* Life . . Insurer ce Company for tho election o* Di rectors, will take pUce at the utBce of tbe Com pany. on he 17 th instant, at 12 o’clock. decl3,..St G.S.OBBAR, BeCy. nrABTED. $00,000 Fomas of COTTON _ the seed, to bo delivered in Hawkinsville or at any depot cn tho Macon and Brunswick railroad. Far particular! apply to the Pulaski Manufac turing Company. or L. W. HOLLINGSWORTH, or J.C. HCBURXEY. 2...d2w Maean. Otorgia. $1200 warned to Mil SUole Good* to deat ers. KonddHsr. ” - *■ 6 a 8 Bari Si- Clnrinmlii 1 T was not a big job o! moving the tremendous Stock of Toys to my (tore, for we havo been at it since August last. But the citizens of Macon and neighbor hood are invited to come and look at my GOODIES and I am *uro they will buy and move things away in a hurry. The Houston Home Journil says: isOHONEMAN: No. 71 CHERRY STREET, Is the King of Toys. ndthe Journal man is no bad judge. *ndaatiafjYQurielt. d*c9...tiU< Come dec 26 $500 Reward. lipped as , for task- r.g a Fertilizer as good a* the boat so d in 6oor- gis. and we have hundred* of Georgia farmer* to back us in laying Black’s Fertilizer, when made right, it equal to Commercial Fertn* iters and tbe whole cast of ingredients to make a ton of BLACK'S FERTILIZER is Less Than Five Dollars. and to make ten tons will cost less than FOUR DOLLARS PER TON. We aive below a few ol the many n*m*s who h*Te certified to tbe merits ot BLACK’S FER TILIZER, viz: Thos B Brown, Sanderrrille. Georgia Leonard Sketoe. Gritwoldvilie, Ga JEM LeSueor, Miin*r, Ga Bev L G Evan*. Bibb county, Ga 8 W Hatcher. Knoxville, Ga T J Maisey.MarehtllvUie.Ga Uriah King. Linton. Ga W R Stanley. Litton. G* Dr P S Bower. ThomasviUc. Ga WI Renfroe, Carre Station, Qa B T Peacock, Boon* Vist*. Ga Dr 8 M Andarson. Cornucopia, Jon as county ^ElTprezier, Gordon, Ga J 8 Waldrop, Glade villa, Ga D P Holloway do County and farm rights for sale. Headquarters st the office of the Tolegreph and Messenger, Macon, Georoia. f;doeadlw*wtt ASHLEY A 8PSIR.