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GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
[He News of tlie Two States Told in
Paragraphs.
gevsn Negroes Shot .indOne Cut in a
row in Dodge County A Gentleman
0 f Greensboro Narrowly Misses
Shooting His Daughter—Sweep of
t he Flames in Vario us Parts of the
State.
GEORGIA
Mr . > >. Upson, of Lexi agton. died a few
iy . - ago. aged 82-
n hP s o re of King & Dawson at Greensboro.
* ; € on dosed bv the sheriff.
r) i o Sergeant Frank Watt, of Columbus.
- j [nursdav and broke one of his feet.
■r h( Georgia confereace, of the Meth
od#t church South, meets in Dawson on the
t:tth in>t.
There has probably been mo**e meat raised
n \ her . county this year than any year
g in,*e tlir war.
- here some talk of putting in an electric
-ant at Bremen to supply that place and
Waco with electric lights.
H mutual consent on Dec. 1. the firm of
Ru pert Bros. & Cos., of Douplasville. wasdis
gfVoii K B. Smith retiriug
The revenue officers captured two blockade
. ;. and three negroes wj’hin three miles of
stock last Monday morning.
The bill to transfer certain lots in the cast
er part of Randolph county to Terrill
county "'as killed in the state Senate.
I F. Penn. who is charged with the mur
(jprofSim Ballard shine weeks since at Grif
to arrested at Valdosta Thursday, and
taken to Griffin for trial.
K V Harrell, of Dodge county, lost his barn
ami its contents last Sunday morning. The
i o .< iv about. $360, and the insurance $10.). The
origin of the tire is unknown.
j.>seph H- Lester died at Marietta Friday
t fV r a brief illness, as he was taken sick
with pneumonia only last Sunday. He was a
s • ,',f the late Attorney Gene.al Lester.
John F Johnson, who movedtrbm Morgan
I county to Newborn about three weeks ago.
ttr; , citizen of Morgan for a“bout. eighty
v'arv He is a veteran of the Seminole war.
The governor has offered a reward of *IOO
forthe arrest of Gene Reville. colored, whois
suspected of murdering the colored man
Kainey who was found dead near Greenville
a few weeks ago.
\ rich vein of gold was struck at the Davis
mine, a few miles from Canton, last week,
, n i work is going on 5 n earnest there now. It
.- thought that this will prove one of the best
paying mines in the county.
John A Edenlield. who lived near Duck
creek in Screven county, was found dead in
the woods where he was working, apparently
having uied instantly and without a struggle,
ji supposed that heart failure was the
cause.
Nfter discussing the matter and appointing
a committee to examine the present jail, the
crarul jury of Screven county has come to the
conclusion that it would be better, and much
cheaper in the end. for the county to build a
new brick jail.
Quite .i number of citizens fmm the. country
; ,re seeking homes at Roswell for the purpose
. f educating their children, and houses are in
demand. l)r. G. A. Vinson has sold his house
and l<>t on Canton street to Prof. Morris, of
Milton county.
On Wednesday night of last week the barn
o: Mr>. Nancy Henderson, who lives on the
Spring Place road, about seven miles above
rassviile. was burned to the ground with its
contents except the stock which was gotten
out The origin of the Are is thought to be
incendiary.
In a general row among negroes on Mrs.
Daniel s j i ice, near Central Point, in Dodge
county, one day last week, seven of those im
plicated were shot and one badly cat. One
party received a ball in the leg and has since
died Sho-guns and Winchesters were the
principal weapons used.
Tough tales are being told on a prominent
Georgian who has been in Augusta during the
past two weeks. The charge is made by a
Granger that he gave the Georgian a roll of
money to count for him. Both men. accord
ing to the narrative, were intoxicated. The
roll was handed back over SIOO short.
John Gibbs, a respected citizen of the east
ern part of Gilmer county, dropped dead at
his home on Sunday morning last. He had
•een hauling wood the day before and was
thrown bv a runaway team and hurt, blit it
was thought not seriously. The next morning
' - attempted to walk out of the house and
dropped dead at the door.
Madiscn Advertiser: Some fiend set tire
to a cotton house belonging to James F. Sto
vall, of Xpalachce. last Tuesday night,. The
house and about one and a-half hales of cot
ton in the seed were, consumed. The fire was
discovered before the house had burned
down, and Mr. Stovall succeeded in saving
two i ales of cotton. The party is suspected.
At a conference on Saturday last it was de*
< d' j by the member* of the Baptist church
Ht Lexington to make the nroposed improve
ment-* iri the church building. They have
11.200 in sight for the purpose, and hope to
the amount in the neighborhood of
*2'}*), \n architect from .Vtlanta is expected
within the next few days to draw up plans
i*nd make an estimate on the work. There
have t'* * n several liberal contributors to the
fund.
The revenue officers captured a blockade
‘i ten gallons of whisky and two men about
‘hr* r miles from Canton on the Rudasill farm
■a'*: Friday night. The men captured were
Frank Robertson, an old offender of the
revenue laws, and a negro. While the offl e:*s
■rr.- waiting at the depot for the train to take
them T' Marietta for committal trial Robert
-on in ,'ome way succeeded in making good
his-cape from the officers and has not been
heard from since. The negro was taken to
Marietta and bound over to the United States
court
hrrensboro Herald Journal: Wednesday
evoi.mg R. H. Champion was loading his gun.
he barrel being turned toward the open doer.
-Veinc his wife and little son coming, he
' irr.*' ! the barrel a wav from the door toward
hr tire place. His daughter. Miss Rosa, was
siting in a chair almost in range of the gun's
" eu 1 ositiou. and by some means the load
'•> <b-< harged. shattering the mantle just
’ ;.v*.nd her head. One small shot entered the
; oung lady's lip and the concussion stunned
her for awhile. The wound was trifling, but
r i ( . rtainly fortunate the gun was not in
range of head.
FLORIDA
'•'•luale-' Mora & Cos., are to more their
p, ear factory from Chicago to Tampa.
hiriL'f- K. a. Pinnell.of Bronson. lias been
•Hmitteii to practice in the Florida courts.
TV rails on the Flagler road have been
13 i about twenty miles south of Sebastian.
M Kustis a literary and debating society
organized by the young people recently,
the circuit at Jasper damage
aggregating $50,000, have been recently
filed.
/'* ' rumored at Fernandina that an airline
: ‘ r ad from Lake City to Fernandina. to
o.i:. t with the Plant system at the former
I ' ,acr ' i- s among the possibilities.
l*r f Gentry and his ponies and dogs
their last performance at Jacksonville
‘Quisdav afternoon, and the animals are now
o ceiv Quartered for the winter in that city.
A* ;i meeting of the hoard of directors of
•niV ’ !l '’ Pn - s ' National Bank, of Pensacola.
v I hursday. the. resignation of John K
las cashier was accepted and R M.
ishpeii was elected to succeed him. George
" right was elected a director vice Hugh
JV Hatton.
by the name of Smith was
•'n t v a falling tree in the First district.
> ''' r , 1)1 Smith's recently. The darkey
1 1 • and some article on a hush or stuuip
yau'• distance from the tree he was cutting
■ '■ • Uig the tree about to fall on It be ran
move the article when the tree fell on
' m '’rushing him to death,
yv beer and dan ** hall of George Wilson.
* tiaacola. was closed Thursday by the
' 11 •‘Mates marshal on an execution issued
i r- " u L ne 9* costs imposed upon
, • u the United States court on Tuesday.
is in jail, awaiting to be taken to the
v .,‘. ' ::, uirv at Columbus. 0.. to which lie was
’ !u , ‘d ior a term of four years.
>.*’ h*- \ nited States court of appeals at
. r.’-uns on Tuesday, the court atirmed
uugment of the United States circuit
Mae Northern district of Florida in
a- , ,J - T. Whiting, administrator.
/ 1 the Equitable Life Assurance Soci
-y the payment of certain insurance
’ ’ 10 heirs of the late C. T. Brown,
a iT.uVT?’ Ala - Mirror: Jessie Spiguer and
~ , ..P?. wn c blored character, known as
■ y i’ul was arrested at an early hour
’!' V . rnor J*iug by United States Deputy
'•mi A. .1. Matthews and carried to Pen*
' rrV - , a , r^*'w ith {foiling illicit liquor at
, Fla. Just before crossing the
ourly marshal was arrested for debt,
■ • -ceeded in giving bond.
1 inportant cas*-. which occupied theat
hrr, 1 :!. or lhe circuit court at Key West for
uuys, was decided Wednesday. In 1893
the Equator-Democrat published a libelous
article against the New Ru-sdl hotel in Kev
\y est. one of the finest hotels in Florida. Mr
Merrill, the proprietor of the hotel, brought
suit against (’. B. Pendleton, editor of the
Equator Democrat lor the libel, and Mr.
Pendleton pleaded in justification that the
charges male against the hotel were true.
!he case has been hard contested and the
verdict of the jury in favor of Mr. Merrill
completely vindicates the management of the
hotel and convicts the Equator Democrat of
having maliciously published false state
ments concerning this celebrated hostelry.
The best citizens of the city are elated over
the vindication of the good came of the New
Russell. The jury awarded only nominal
damages, as Mr. Pendleton went before the
jury and swore that he did not write the
article, but that it was written by a young
la ly who had charge of the editorial manage
ment of the Equator-Democrat, and that ho
did not know of the article until after it ap
peared in print.
A steamship service has been established
on the Ekonlokhatchie creek as high up as
Hauler so ns ford, and a correspondent at that
place, in writing to the Sanford Chronicle,
says; On Monday last the steamer Jennie
again came into her landing, near Raulerson s
ford, with a full cargo, consisting of hay,
oats, corn. bran, nails, materials complete
for 1.000 orange boxes, and sundries, for
which a number of wagons were wait ing to
haul same to Chuiuota and Fort Christmas.
On her return trip. Monday even
ing. the Jennie carried away 573
boxes of oranges—has capacity for TOO hun
dred boxes. Before the wai steamer service
wa> successfully carried on up the Ekon
lokhatchie river to Raulerson's ford. During
the years which have since intervened the
river has become obstructed with fallen
trees. Some of the trees have recently been
removed by orange shippers, but a general
cleaning out of the stream will be necessary
after the water falls during the coming
spring. To that end a memorial, addressed
to the congress of the United States, is now
being circulated for signatures, asking gov
ernment aid to accomplish the needed work.
COMMERCIAL.
SAVANNAH MARKETS.
Office Morning News. i
Savannah, Ga., Dec. ", 1893. f
Cotton.
There was no change in the situatioa
of the local market to-day. On Change
at the first call the market opened steady
and unchanged, the sales being 620
bales. At the regular midday call the sales
were 234 bales, and at the closing, sales of 30
bales were recorded, the entire sales of the
day being 890 bales. The following were the
quotations at the market ;
Middling fair Q 1-16
Good middling 711 16
Middling 7 7-16
Low middling 7 1 16
Good ordinary 613-16
Comparative Cotton Statement.
Reecipts, Export- and Stock on Hand Dec. 2,189:1, aadi and for
the Same time Last Year.
1:! '9l. | 1892 Kl.
Island ,; P land j Tshfnd u P laßd j
Stock on hand Sept. 1 1 412 9.520] 1,795 7.789!
Received today ... 30 4.242 2 4 )6 3.877
Recetyed previously 33,586 532.196 17,625 498,888 j
j Total 33.027 _ 545.958 : 21.836 510,554
Kxported to-day 100 T~2B.sa#i. 855 3,3531
Exported previously 22.028 415.87.1 14.0K5 40.f*8j
Total 82,128 437,503 14.640| 412.531
Stock on hand and ship- j
pjuoq this day I 12,8991 108.15511 7.186| 98.023
Rice.
The market is quiet and steady. The sales
to-day were 204 barrels. The quotations at
the Board of Trade are as follows:
Head 4U
Prime 4ft,4 *4
Good 3*(&3^
Fair 3^(&3 l 4
Rough-*
Upland 50c® 60c
TfdeWater 90cft*$l 15
Naval Stores.
Spirits Turpentine The market opened
firm at with sales of 994 casks, and
closed quiet anti unchanged. There was bids
of 26V|, at which price about 7(H) casks were
sold.
Rosin—-There was a fair demand, at a de
cline in quotations. The market held firm, at
the following quotations:
A, B. (\ D K. $1 05ftftl 10 K $2 35
F 1 15 |M 3 10
G 135 N 370
H 145 W. G 395
i 175 !w. w..: i iu
NAVAL STORES STATEMENT.
Spirits Rosin.
Stock on hand April 1 ... 7,443 68.573
Received yesterday 830 3.230
Received previously 225,1-01 656.707
Total 234,177 728.510
Exported to day 5 308
Exported previously 217.132 591.796
Total 217.137 592.104
Stock on hand and on ship
hoard to-day 17,040 136,C00
Price spirits turpentine same
day last year 28c.
Financial.
Money is easy.
Domestic Exchange -The tone of the mar
ket is steady. Hanks are buying at
per cent, discount and selling at par to } R per
cent, premium
Foreign Exchange Market Is firm.
The following are net Savannah quota
tions: Sterling, commercial demand. *4 84-\:
sixty days. *4 82 l 4; ninety days. $4 hi * 4 francs,
Paris and Havre, sixty days, 15 21 fg; Swiss
sixtv days, 15 22V marcks, sixty days.
94 Nc.
Securities The market is dull, but steady.
State Bonds—Georgia 4'j per cent. 1915
109 bid. 109 1 - asked: Georgia 7 per cent.. 1896,
106 bid. 107 asked; Georgia 3 1 .. per cent
long dates. 95* f bid. 96 asked.
City Bonds—New Savannah 5 per cent,
quarterly January coupons. lOU± bid. 102*.
asked; new Savannah 5 per cent. February
coupons. 101 1 - bid, 102*5 asked.
Railroad Bonds -Central Railroad and
Banking Company collateral good ss, 7.)
asked: Central consolidated mortgage 7 per
cent coupons January and July maturity 1893,
102'- bid. 103* s asljed: Savannah and Western
railroad 5 per cent, indorsed by Central rail
road trust certificates, 36 bid, 3H asked;
Savannah Americas and Montgomery
6 per cent. 45 bid. 47 asked, Georgia railroad
6 per cent. 1910 102*/- bid. 103 - asked;
Georgia, Southern and Florida first mort
gage 6 per cent. 72 bid, 74 a.^ked;
Montgomery and Eufaula first mort
gage 6 per cent, indorsed by On
tral railroad. 85 bid. 86 asked; Augusta and
Knoxville first mortgage, 7 per cent. 66
bid. or asked; Ocean Steamship, 5 per cent,
due in 1920. 93 asked; Colutn >us and Rome
first mortgage bonds, indorsed by Cen
tral railroad. 45 asked; Columbus and
Western. 6 per cent, guaranteed. 85 bid. 86
asked: City and Suburban Railway first mort
gage. 7 per cent. 95 asked: Savannah
and Atlantic 5 percent, indorsed. 35 asked:
Electric Railway first mortgage 6s. 59 bid. 6!
asked, south Georgia and Florida first mort
gage r per cent. 106 asked; South Geor
gia and Florida second mortgage, 105 asked;
Alabama Midlands, 80 bid. 82 asked.
Railroad Stock—Central common. 12 bid,
14 asked: Augusta and Savannah 7 per cent
guaranteed. 70 bid: 80 asked;
Georgia common, 140 bid. 145 asked;
Southwestern 7 per cent, guaranteed
including order for div.. 33 bid. 34
asked: ie.itral6 percent, certificates, with
order for defaulted interest. 19* . bid. 20*4
asked; Atlanta and West Point railroad stock.
85 asked: Atlanta and West Point per
cent, certificates, hh asked.
Bank Stocks. Etc. Southern Bank of the
State of Georgia. 158 bid. 163 asked: Mer
chants* National Bank. 95 bid. 96 asked; Sa
vannah Bunk and Trust < .. 95 1 - bid. 96'.
asked; National Bank of Savannah. 108 bid,
1 lOasked: Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Com
pany. 108 asked: Citizens' Bank. 1004 bid.
lot asked. Chatham R. Est. and Improve
mentC miptiny. 48bid. 48*4 asked; Savannah
Real Estate Loan and Building Company
stock 43 asked: Germania Bank
WO bid. 101 asked Chatham Bank. 46 bid. 48
asked: Savannah Construction Company
58 bid. 04 asked; Title Guarantee and Loan
Company. 75asked.
Miscellaneous Markets.
Apples Per barrel. •*I 50
Bacon Market is steady. The Board of
Trade quotations arc as follows:
Smoked clear rib sides 10‘*c. shoulders, none
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, DECEMBER. 3. 1893.
dry salted clear rib sides 9c. long clear.
9c: bellies. 9c: shoulders, none; sugar
cured hams. 13c.
Bagging and Ties—The market steady
Jute bagging. 2#fr. 6c; CTt>, s#c: 1* 4 B>. sc;
quotations are for job lots; small lots
higher, sea island bagging. 12#c: Iron Ties—
Large 10t59995c: smaller lots ft 00# l 05.
Butter-Market higher, fair demand, Gosh
en, 24c: gilt edge. 27c; creamery, 28c; Elgin.
30c.
Cheese—Market firm: fair demand, 127 r
13c; Fancy full cream cheese, 13#(d,14c, 20Ih
average.
Cabbages—Per head. 8> 3 e.
Coffee -Market firm: quoted at for Mocha.
27c: Java. 28#30c, Pea berry, 21c; fancy or
standard No. 1. 22#c: choice or stand
ard No. 2. 22c; prime or standard No. 3. 2l#c;
good or standard No. 4. 21c; fair or stand
ard No. 5, 20#c; ordinary or standard No. 6.
20c: common or standard No. 7. I9#c.
Dried Fruit—Apples.evaporated. 124c;com
mon. 7c. Peaches. California evapor
ated, peeled. 22*/24c; California evaporated,
unpeeled. I3f# 15c. Currants. Citron.
14(*> 15c. Dried apricots, 16c.
Flour—Market quiet. Extra. $3 15: family.
$3 40;fancy.$3 60;patent $4 00#*4 40: straight.
*3 75.
Grain—Corn—Market is steadv. White
corn, job lots. 57b; carload lots, 55c; mixed
com. job lots, 56c: carload lots. 54c. Oats
Mixed. job lots. 45c: carload lots.
42c; Texas red, rust proof, 55c.
Southern seed rye. $1 25. Bran-
Job lots. $1 00; carload lots, 95c. Meal-
Pearl. per barrel. $2 80: per sack. $1 25; city
meal, per sack. $1 12#. Pearl grits, per bar
rel. $2 80: per sack. $1 25; city grits, per
sack. $1 17#.
Hay—Market steady. Western job lots.
92#c; carload lots, 874 c.
Dry Goods—The market is quiet, demand
light. Prints. s&6#c; Georgia brown shirt
ing. 3-4. 44c: 7-8 do, sc; 4 4 brown sheeting. 6c;
white osnaburgs, B#<t£B#c; checks, 4#®6c;
brown drilling. 6<r£7c.
Lime. Calcined Plaster and Cement—Ala
bama and Georgia lime in fair demand and
selling at $1 00 per barrel, bulk and carload
lots special; calcined plaster. $1 75 per barrel;
hair. 4#sc: Rosendalc cement, ft 20#, 1 40;
Portland cement, retail, $2 50; carload lots,
$2 15.
Nails—Market steady; base 60d, $1 40; 501.
$1 50; 40d. $1 65: 30d. $1 65: 12d. $1 85: 20d. $1 75;
10d. $1 90; Bd, $2 110: 6d. $2 15; 4d. $230: sd, $2 30:
3d. $2 60: 3d fine. $3 00. Finishing 13d. $2 05;
lOd. $2 15; Btl. $2 30 : 6d. $2 50; sti. $2 65; 4d.
$2 85.
Hides. Wool. Etc.—Hides, the market is dull
and weak: receipts light; dry Hint, 4c: dry
salt. 2c; dry butcher. 2c: green salted. 2c.
Wool market flat; prime Georgia, free of
sand burrs, and black wools. 12c; blacks, 7c;
burry, ?<#7c. Wax, 18c. Tallow. 4c.
Deer skins. Hint, 25c; salted, 20c. Otter
skins. 50c / $5 0).
Iron- Market very steady. Swede 44715 c
refined. 2*4 base.
Lemons Light demand; Messina. 300&3 25:
Florida. 1 btX&2 00.
Lard—Market steady; pure, in tierces. 10#c;
noth tins. I0#c; compound, in tierces. 74c; in
50th tins. 7#c.
Liquors -Market firm. High wine basis
$1 12: whisky per gallon, rectified. 100 proof,
$1 35771 75c; choice grades $1 507/ 2 50; straight
$1 457*3 50: blended. $2 00$n4 50. Wines - Do
mestic port, sherry, catawbu. low grades.6o#;
85c: fine grades, $1 OOCftt 50: California light,
muscatel and angelica. $1 35# 1 75: lower
proofs in proportion. Gins lc per gallon
higher. Rum 2c higher.
Nuts—Alinands, Tarragona. 18&.19c: Ivlcas;
16# 17c; walnuts. French. 12c: Naples. 14c;
pecans, 15c; Brazils.
assorted nuts, 50Ih and 25®> boxes, 12&13c
per th.
Onions—Crates $1.00ft51.25: per barrel, $2.50.
Oranges Crate. $1
Oils- Market steady, demand fair. Signal.
45(7/50c; West Virginia, black. lOftUe; lard.
70c; kerosene. 10\c; neatsfoot, 50cf,75c; in a
chinery, 25ft 35c; linseed, raw. 47c: boiled,
50c: mineral seal, 18c;. homelight, 16c;
guardian. 1244 c.
Potatoes- Irish, per barrel, 2 50; sacks. 2 35.
Shot -Firm: drop to B, 11.45; B and larger.
$1.70; buck. $1.70.
Salt—The demand is fair and market
steady. Carload lots f. o. b. Liverpool. *2OO
pound sacks. 65c: Virginia, 125 pound Burlap
sacks. 40c; ditto, 125 pound cotton sacks,
45c: smaller lots higher
Market steady. Quoted at cut loaf.
s\,c: crushed. powdered, sc; XXXX
powdered. 5 c: standard granulated. 4
fine. sc; cubes, sc: mould A. 4 *®c; diamond
A. 4 v 8 c: confectioners. 4*4c: white extra,
C, 4ftc; extra C.4K C: golden C, 4*gc; yellows.
4c.
Syrup Florida and Georgia, new,
30c. market quiet for sugar house at
305 40c; Cuba straight goods, 28®30c; sugar
house molasses, laftfiJOc.
Tobacco -Market quiet and steady. Smok
ing. domestic. 223060 c: chewing, common,
sound, 24^27c; fair, 28&35c: good. SlKfciHc;
bright. 60r<7,65e. fine fancy, 65@.90c; extra fine.
SlOtt&i 15; blight navies 25&45c.
Freights.
Lumber—By sail—Freights are steady at
ruling rates. Foreign busines is more
or less nominal. The rates from
this and near-by Georgia ports are quoted at
$4 25£5 25 for a range including Baltimore
and Portland. Me. Railroad ties, basis 44 feet.
16c. Timber 50c&$l 00 higher than lumber
rates. To the West Indies and Windward,
nominal; to Rosario. sl4 (JOjols 00; to Buenos
Ayres or Montevideo, sl2
Janeiro, sl3 5(1; to Spanish and Mediterra
nean ports. sll 30ft 11 50; to United Kingdom
for orders, nominal for lumber Jt'i 5s
standard.
By Steam To New York. $7 00; to Phila
delphia, $7 00; to Boston $< 00; to Baltimore,
$5 50.
Naval. Stores -The market is quiet, with a
little better demand for spot vessels and ves
sels to arrive. Large. Cork, for orders arc
placed at 2s 6d und3s Dd: medium sized 2s
7' : d andis 10**d. Vessels from xoo tons to
1.000 tons to arrive. 2s 6d and 3s 9d. Cork.
November and December loading: South
America rosin. 90c per barrel ol .240 pounds.
Coastwise Steam- to Boston. 11c per 100 lbs
on rosin. 90c on spirits; to New York, rosin
B>.-e per 100 lbs. spirits 85c: to Philadelphia,
rosin 7V*c per UP Ibs, spirits 80c; to Balti
more rosin. 30c. spirits 70c.
Cotton By—Steam Market firm; steady
inquiry for room. Rates are per 100 lbs:
Direct: Barcelona, 55c; Genoa. 55c: Havre,
50c; Bremen, 48c; Reval, 68c: Liverpool,
48c: Liverpool via New York, 59c;
Liverpool via Baltimore, 48c; Havre
via New York, 60c; Reval via New
York, 93c; Amsterdam via New York,
51c; Amsterdam via Baltimore. 48c. Antwerp
via New York, 50c; Bremen via New York.
53c; Genoa via New York, 6Jc; Hamburg via
New York, 53c; BostonJß bale, $1 23; New
York V bale. $1 00: Philadelphia bale,
$100; Baltimore *1 00.
Lumber—Demand, both foreign and domes
tic, is very quiet, and mills are generally
inquiring for orders. We quote: Easy sizes,
$11.25; ordinary sizes. difficult
sizes. *13.09ft 25.00: flooring boards,
22.00; shipstuffs, $16.50ft25.00.
Country Produce.
Market for poultry steady, fair demand;
grown fowls pair, 75c; 5* grown, 50ft>60c: > t
grown chickens, 40ft-45c pair; geese 1® pair.
90c(ftfl 00; ducks. 65ft;75e;. Market for eggs
is firm; supply fair; country per dozen,
21tffc'22c\ Peanuts—Ample stock: demand fair
market steady; fancy hand picked Virginia,
lb. sc; hand-picked, p lb, 4c. small
hand-picked. P th, ic.
MARKETS BY TELEdRAPH.
Financial.
New York. Dec. 2. 6p. m.—Money on call
has been easy, ranging from KftlV* per cent.
The last loan was at 1 Vs, and at the closing
was offered at \y 7 .
Prime mercantile paper, 4'&4Vs per cent.
Bar silver 69 B c.
Mexican dollars 56**c.
Sterling exchange is steady, with actual bus
iness in bankers' bills at $4 83'4&4 for
sixty days and $4 8*‘ 4 ft4 86Vi for demand;
posted rates $1 84*,<'ft4 87*,.
Commercial bills slhj®4 83 for sixty
da h and NB4 - 466 for demand
Government bonds steady. State bonds
dull Railroad bonds strong.
Silver at the Stock Exchange to-day was
neglected.
Treasury balances—Coin, s6l 402,000; cur
rency. $25,118,000.
New York Dec. 2 noon.—The following
were the opening quotations:
Erie 15'*
Chicago and Northwestern n>6 „
Lake Shore. 12* q
Norfolk and Western preferred 22 .
Richmond and West Point Terminal .... 3
Western Union 91 * 4
New York. Dec. 2.—There was a general
though a slight advance in prices at the
opening. The improvement at the start was
equal to about a point in sugar Che#ipeak**
and Ohio, and Louisville and Nashville, and
about per cent, in the other active
stocks. Before 11 o’clock the rising tendency
was checked by a sudden drop in Distillers
from 27^to 26*;. This decline was due to
Washington rumors quoting stating that the
tax on whisky would not be advanced as geq
orally supposed. After this decline the best
prices of tne day were made Sugar rose 2‘ 4 ,
Big Four. 2. Chesapeake and Ohio I. South
era Pacific 1' 4 . Louisville and Nashville V St.
Paul and Omaha ft Mobile and Ohio 2*4.
Oregon Improvement 2 * to 16: Tennessee
Goal and Iron 2'-*. The market ruled strong
until it was announced from Boston that the
directors of the General Electric Company, at
their meeting to-day. had decided to pass the
dividend on the preferred stock owing to poor
business. The dividend is cumulative. The
action was a signal for an attack on General
Electric common, which, under pressure, fell
from 37Y to 354. Other leading stocks yielded
*4 to I** percent., but in the final trading
rallied slightly and closed firmer in tone. Jn
the sped a lties Rubber preferred dropped I per
cent, to 84. Harlem brought 248 for Iss>hares
against 258. the last reported sale. Sales of
listed stocks 130.0U0; unlisted 49.0U0 shares.
The closing bids were:
Amn, Cotton Oil.. 30** Missouri Pacific.. 27
do pref Mobile & Ohio 20
Sugar Refinery... 83# Nash.. C. A St. L 75
do pref 84 iNatl. Cordage.... U#
American Tob’co. 80 do do pref 46
do pref 97 |N. J. Central 118
Atchison.T.& S.F. 21's N. Y. Fentrai . 102 V
Baltimore A Ohio. 73 N. Y. A N E 31#
Canada Pacific. .. 75 Norf A West.pfd.. 22#
Ches. A Ohio. 20# Northern Pacific. 6 k 4
Chicago & Alton. 1.15 do preferred . 23 ,
Chicago. H. Ay . 80V Northwestern .106 8
Chicago Gas 68# t do preferred. 13*
Del.. Lack&W. . 167# Pacific Mail 16
Dis. &. Uat. Feed.. 26 V Reading. ... 21#
East Tennessee . # Richm’d T minal 3
do pref 5 Rock Island 71
Erie 15#,St I'aul 66#
do pref 33# do pref . . 120#
Ed. Gen. Electric 35\ Silver iVrtif s rv.#
Illinois Central... 93# Tenn. Coal A Iron. 16* S
Lake Erie &W. . 16#| do do pref. *7O
do pref 68-Texas Pacific 8 „
Lake Shore .... 128# Union Pacific 22#
L’villo A Nash. 52# W‘bash. s. L. &P. 8
Louisville AN. A. 10#! do do nref . 17#
Manhattan 128 Western Union. 91#
Memphis A Char.. 10 Wheeling AL. E. 15#
Michigan Central. 101 do do pref. 52 „
STATE BONDS.
Alabama A 95 Tenn .new set. 6s 103
do B 96 Tenn .new'set. 5s 10U
do C Tenn..new set. Bs. 71
La. stamped 4s. 98 Virginia 6’s pref 5o
NorthCarolinais 96 Ya. Trust Rec ts. :15
North Carolina 6s 116 Va. FurnVg Debt. ..
Tennessee, oids..
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
United Slates 4s. registered 112#
United States 4s. coupons 113 #
United States 2s. registered . 95
•Asked tßid.
New Yoik. Dec 2. —The weekly state
ment of the associated banks, issued by the
clearing house to-day, shows the following
changes:
Reserve increased $5,261,725
Loans increased 4.2Km.400
Specie increased 3.375.200
Legal tenders increased 1.804.900
Deposits increased - 12,033.500
Circulation decreased 173.700
l lu* banks now are $76,008.9U0 above the re
quirements of the 25 per cent. rule.
Atlanta. Ga., Dec. 2. —The clearings of
the associated banks for the week were
$1,170,763.
Cotton.
Liverpool. Dec. 2. noon.—Cotton, demtnd
moderate; prices easy: American middling.
4 7-lGd; sales 8.000 bales; American. ; 4(g)
bales: speculation and export. 500 bales;
receipts. 20.000 bales; American 23 300 bales.
Futures opened easy, with the demand mod
erate.
Futures—American middling, low middling
clause: December. 4 22-04(1; December and
January. 4 20 64d. also 4 21-04d; January and
February. 4 22 Old. also 4 21 Out; February
and March. 4 24 64d, also 423 64d also 4 22-6ld:
March and April. 4 26-64d. also 1 25 61.1. also
4 24 ld. also 423 Old; April and May l 27 64d,
also 4 26-64d, also 4 27-old; Max and June.
4 27 Old also 4 28 64d: June and July, 430 Old
also 4 29-64d. Tenders none.
4 p. m.—Cotton. American middling. 4#d;
pood middling. 4 9-16d; middling. 4 7-lrtd: low
middling, 4 6 16d; pood ordinary. 4 3 l0d; ordi
nary. 4d.
Futures—American middling low middling
clause: December. 4 20 64.1 sellers; Decern
her and January, 4 19-64<ff4 20<V4d; January
and February. 4 20 64d. value: February and
March 4 2 1 64d. buyers; March and April.
4 22 64(34 23 64d: April and May. 4 24 Old.
sellers: May and June, 4
and July. 4 27-6ld. buyers; July and August.
429 64d. sellers. Futures closed quiet, but
steady.
New York, Dec. 2. noon.—Cotton contracts
opened easy at s<fr6 points decline, and
closed barely steady at ?(&8 points below yes
terday.
New York. Dec. 2.—Cotton futures opened
steady, as follows: December. 7 94c; Jan
nary. 1 y/c; February, 8 04c; March. 8 He
April, a Me: May, 8 25c.
New York. Dec. 2. 4 p. 10.— Spot cotton
closed dull: middling uplands 8 1 lOr: mid
dling Orleans 8 516 c; low middling 7 9 16c;
sales 236 bales.
Future* closed steady, with sales of 47 500
bales, as follows: December. 7 94c: January
7 lire: February. 8 04o; March. 11c: April.
8 18u: May, 8 25c; June. 8 32c: July. 8 38c. \u
gust. c.
New York. l)ec 2. The total consolidated
net receipts at all the ports to-day were 48.002
bales: exports to Great Britain 33 09*.) halos. to
the continent 34.028 bales; to France 12 424
bales; stock 1,060.629 bales.
Total so far this week: Net receipt* 48.002
bales; exports to Great Britain 33,099 bales
to France 12,424 bales, to the continent 34,028
bales.
New York. Dec. 2 The total visible
supply of cotton for the world is 3.945,874
bales, of which 3.570.674 bales are American
against 4.061,377 and 3,653,677 bales;, respect,
ively. last year. Receipts this week at ail
interior towns 202.675 bales. Receipts from
plantations 309.708 bales. Crop in sight 3,872,796
bales.
New Orleans. Dec. 2.—Cotton futures closed
steady, with sales of 19,500 bales, as
follows December 7 50c. January 7 63 . Feb
ruary 7 73c. March 7 82c, April 7 9oc. May 7 98c.
June 8 05c
New York. Dec. 2.—The Sun. in its review
of to-day's cotton market, .-ays: “Lower
prices in Liverpool, liquidation hero and
abroad, and. above all. hi avy receipts at, the
ports, caused a depression here to day and
prices closed 7to 8 points lower then yester
day The speculation was spiritless and un
interesting. H is generally bdteved that a
material decrease in the crop movement mi s'
take place before there can be any permanent
rise of prices. Sales to.day. 47.500 bales,
closing quiet and stead v. Liver
roil declined 2' a to 3 points, clos
ing steady, with spot sales of 8,000
t ales at unchanged prices. New Orleans de
cliued sto ; points. New Orleans receipts on
Monday are estimated at 15.000 to 16,000 bales,
at a nft 9.687 on the same day last week and
18,i>s6 1 i-t year. Spot cotton was .lull and un
changed. There w*re sales of 236 bales for
spinning. There was an advance of 1 16c a
two of the southern markets. New Orleans
sold 2.350 bales. The receipts at the ports
were 48.002 bales, against 53.588 this day last
week and 36,540 last year. The exports from
the port-j to-day were 79.458 bales.”
New York. Dec. 2. Riordan &. Cq., sav of
cotton: *1 he current estimate of port re
ceipts for the coming week is 285,000 bales,
against 255.801 foi the corresponding week in
1892. This estimate, which we are inclined to
regard as rather too liberal, was cabled to
Liverpool last night and caused a decline of
nearly 3 61(1 in that market. Such a slump was
rather more than the bulls had bargained for
and our opening was at a dec lint'of about
6 points, the first sales of March being at
8 12c. But although the port receipts for the
day were large, prices seemed to be fairly
well supported at the decline, and the fluctu
ations were confined within the narrowest,
range that we have had for many a dav. The
highest sale of March was at 8.13 c and the
lowest at B.llc. The close was quiet and
steady, withß.llc bid for March. Liverpool
is understood still to believe that the crop
will be from 7.750.000 to 8.000,000 bales. Here
the tendency, in spite of the heavy
movement, is unmistakably toward a much
lower estimate Tim crop guesses of HO mem
bers of the New York Cotton Exchange in
eluding all the more active traders, obtained
this week, the highest made was 7,865,000,
the lowest 6.750,000 and the average 7.2*4,703.
If this average estimate should turn out to be
about right, we are pretty sure sooner or la* r
to have materially higher prices. We. our
selves think that the outlook shows that the
crop will be considerably less than
the average figures. But the trade may not
become satisfied of the fact until nine-tenths
of the bulls have been slaughtered In a de
clining market. Meantime it in only certain
that the market is terribly overburdened at
speculative holdings. A large portion is
ill protected with adequate margins, ami that
while then may be temporary rallies, no sub
stantiai and lasting advance can be estab
lished until there is a material diminution in
the volume of receipts. That prices will
ultimately be higher, we have little doubt,
but the danger of a disastrous liquidation
•till hangs over the market, and just now we
favor purchases only upon weak spots and
sales to take profits on every good rally"
COTTON TAHLK.
Tone. Mid. Kee. Sales. Stock
Galveston Firm 7 9-16 8.366 1 345 174*65
Norfolk .Steady 79 16 3.71*9 1.209 93.090
Baltimore.... Dull 7\, 1,725 .. . 28,631
Boston. Quiet 8 1-16 447
Wilm gton St dy 7ft 3.100 ... 21,503
Phliad'a. ..Firm B*4 132 ... 7,622
N. Orleans .Quiet 79-16 14 900 3.300 302.933
Mobile .. Quiet 7ft .2.762 500 30,672
Memphis. Steady 7ft 4.182 400 103.126
Augusta Steady 7" 1,987 1.034 40.569
Charleston Quiet 7ft 3.782 Jn 93.212
Cincinnati. Firm 7ft 3 876 300 6.874
Louisville. Firm 7ft
St. Louts. Steady 79 16 2.278 1,000 44.573
Houston Firm 7 9-16 7.968 205 42,868
Atlanta ..Finn 7 1.512 .... ...
EXPORTS or COTTON.
Gr. Hrit. C'si. Cont. Fr no
Galveston 1,238
Norfolk. 2.227 ....
Baltimore 1 2uo ....
Wilmington 9.800 121 9.52:1
Philadelphia 9*:
New i>rleans . .. 13.90 J 5.448 1.200 ....
Mobile t ;wt
Charleston 1.068 565
tfrain rrovidioiiK, Kto.
New York. Dec. 2 Flour dull aiul held
firmly: winter wheat low grades $2 no*ss2 45;
w inter patents $3 M,f. si IVS; Minnesota clear
$2 Aodss.* 90: patents $3
tras $2 O,V* $2 45: southern flour quiet and
firm; common to fair extra s2mxfs3oo; good
to choice extra $3 106 M 20. Wheat, spot mar
ket dull and firm, #e up; No. 2 red in store
and elevator 67#c: afii*at 68#c: options weie
dull, closing firm at #®#c ailvatue on firmer
cables, shorts covering and better was; No. 2
red. January closed 69c; February 70 f c.
Corn, spots firm and dull; No 2. 44#(&45c
elevator; 45 qc afloat; options dull and un
changed. closing steady without features:
December 4i#c; January 4t*..c. oats dull
anq steady: December 3l#c: Jannary 34#c:
No. 2. wnite. January 37c; mixed western "5
(*t g3iV.*; white western 36 -iftlc Hav steadv:
shipping #vdG(V. good to choice Wevoc. Beef
quiet and steady; larnilv sl2Ontjji 14 50; extra
mess $lO sor f *sn 00 Beef hams Oiull at sls :h)
Tierced beer quiet; city extra India mess
S2O 00. Cut meats dull and steady: pickled
bellies B#c: pickled shoulders
pickled hams 9#<2iloc; middles nominal
Lard quiet: futures nominal, re fined quiet;
western steam dosed at $4 70.t£f8 75; city
$8 00; December $8 45; continent $9 25; South
South American $9 C 5; compound $6 7bQ>
$6 87#. Pork, more active and steady; mess
sts 00*/ sl6 00. Butter quiet and steady; state
<a ry 1 .A£s26c: state ereamerv 29fcV26c: west
ern dairy 1 22 c. western creamery Sod27#c;
Elgins 27(jU27#c; imitation creamery 18 p -:2c.
Molasses, foreign, nominal: New Orleans
open kettle, good to choice 30(fii38c. quiet and
unchanged. Peanuts dull; fancy hand picked
t(it4#c. Coffee, options opened dull. stffcls
points down, closed steady. 5(ff.15 points up:
December 16 45; l-’el ruar.v 16 55; May 15 4(JK#.
15 45; spot Rio dull and steady; No. 7. 17#c.
Sugar raw dull and weak; faJr refilling 24*0;
refined quiet, steady; No. 6,3 13 I<V7£4c ;
standard A 4 3 16<*mYc; coufectloneis A
4 3-bWM c : cut loaf sy/5 3-l6c; crushed s(#
5 316 c. granulated 4 5-1 A*j,4#c. Freights to
Liverpool quint and steady, cotton steam
a32d idd. 5 11-6-td asked, grain bv steam 3d.
1 hicago. 111.. Dec 2. \\ heal had an easy
market to day. It opened lower.held
steady, and with a slight advance at the close
showed n gain at the end of #0 for May ami
the same for December Corn was dull. The
opening was unchanged from >e<*terday. sold
otT l#c. then advanced |C. closing #(<r #e
higher than yestrrda>. Oats also were dull,
but prices closed at the top #c above yester
day, Provisions were steady to weak at
the opening. The estimated liberul arrival
of hogs next week and packers
.selling were conducive t*o an easier feeling.
I.liter some buying by a prominent packing
institution caused some strength, shortly
before the end of the tension an easier feeling
developed. A late report from the yards, giv
ing some decline in prices or packing grades
of hogs led to some selling, with a recession
from outside figures. The, close was 7#c
lower for January pork. 2#e higher for Janu
ary lard, and unchanged to 2#o lower for
January ribs.
Chicago. Dec. 2.—Cash quotations were as
follows: Flour dull, prices steady. Wheat,
No 2 spring wheat 62#e. No 2 red 62# g;
6.1 c. Com—No. 2. 35c. Oats No. 2 27' (4.
2; #r. Mess pork, per barrel. sl2 7fW 1 / / st3 00.
Lard, $8 I7#(?rr* 20. Short rib sides. $6 90fo
$7 00. Dry salted shoulders |6 Ag#tifts6 56.
short clear sides. ;5. Whisky. slls.
dreading futures ranged as follows:
Opening, ('losing.
Wheat.. Deo. .. 62 62 #
May 68# 68#
Corn. ... Dec 34# 35
Jail. 35# 35 G
May 39# 40#
Oats Dec 26# 28#
May 31# 31#
Pork lan 12 57# 12 57#
May 12 75 12 75
Lard ... Jan 7 72# 7 75
May 7 62# 7 62#
Klbs Juu 660 6 60
May 6 67# 6 67#
Baltimore, Dec. 2. Flottr dull and un
changed: west-ora supermi $1 15;
family $3
<<s3 65; spring wheat patent $3 ( .o&|4 2Y
Wheat fltefirdy: No. 2 red spot 6LG,kc66c.
December 6T t (/r*k4c; steamer No. 2 red 62®
62> 4 c: milling wheat, by sample. rts*f/66c.
steady, b’orn steady: mixed, spot and Do
oeinber.43<fp4B(e: January steamer
mixed 40V$4lc; white corn, by sample,
43c; yellow, by sample. 4(%4>3c Oats quiet
and stt ady; No. 2 white western 85c: No. 2
mixed western 34c asked. Uye dull; No. 2,
53c. Huy steady; good to choice sl4 s<X&sl6 50.
Grain freights quiet and steady, steam to
fLiverpool 4d asged; ikirk. for orders 3s 3d
ft3s I 1 and Provisions unchanged mess pork
sl6 50: bulk meats, loose, shoulders 7’ic; long
dear 9r; clear ri 1> sides 9c; sugar pickled
shoulders H'jc: sugar-cured smoked shoul
ers Bqc: hams 12c. Lard, refined 10c. Butter
firm; creamery fancy 28c: creamery fair to
choice 24ft26c; creamery imitation 23<ft24c.
Eggs steady. 24c. Coffee steady: Rio car
goes, fair 19*,0: No. 7. 177*c. Sugar un
changed. Whisky unchanged.
St Louis. Dec. 2.—Flour quiet: patents
$2 ( .*3'£s3 15: choice M 2 otXtos2 10. Wheat
higher. December 59 B (fjis9\c,; January tk)I*. 1 *.
Corn higher; December 31c: January 33Vr$
(>ats December May 31c.
I'ork standard mess, soiling sl4 25c; on
orders sls 00. Lard prime steam $8 00
Dry salted meats—shoulder** 6’ 2 c, long and
clear ribs 7c; shorts $7 20. Bacon—boxed
snoulders longs ■; clear ribs Bj,4c;
shorts High winert .steady $1 15.
Cincinnati, Dec. 2.—Flour, spring patents
$3 .s<fts4 0) : fancy family $2 70®$2 83.
Wheat steadj f with lower feeling; No. 2 red
I*6.*; rejected 57c. Corn steady: No. 2 white
40j; No. 2 yellow 40‘/ s c; No. 2 mixed 39c.
Oats, market little more active. No. 2 win
ter 33*No. 2 mixed 32c. Pork steady:
mess sl3 00; clear mess sl4 00; family $15(.0;
ciear family sl6 00. Lard steady; steam
loaf $8 50: kettle dried $8 62*.: leaf $8 30.
Bacon steady; shoulders 7'*c; short rib
sides 8*(c: short clear sides 9c. Whisky
steady at $1 15.
Wool.
New York, Deo. 2—Wool, unsettled, fair
demand; domestic fleece 207/,25c; pulled 16
<&2sc.
Rice.
New York. Dec. 2.—Rice fairly active and
firm: domestic fair to extra 3? s
Japan
Petroleum, 4>ila, Etc.
New York, Dec. 2. -Cotton seed oil dull
and easy: crude 28'4ft.29c yellow 34U(g$35c. fi
New York, Doc 2 Petroleum quiet and
nominal; crude, in 1 arrels. Washington,
$5 65: crude, in bulk, Washington, $3 15; re
fined New York, gh 15. in bar/el 9: Philadel
phia and Baltimore, $5 10 in barrels; Phila
delphia and Baltimore, $3 60ft$2 65, in bulk.
Naval Stores.
New York. Dec. 1.- Rosin quiet and steady;
strained, common to good $127 .'tfcsl 32‘,
Turpentine dull and weak, at 29*y<&30c.
Charleston. Dec. 2. Spirits turpentine
a lead > at 20* c. Rosin firm at 95c for good
at ralnod.
Wilmington. N. (T . Dec. 2. Rosin steady;
strained at 97' *c; good strained $1 02*4.
Spirits turpentine dull at 26*4c. Tar steady,
90c. Crude turpentine firm; hard $1 06; soft
and virgin $1 70.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Sun Kites 7:01
Sun Sets 4:59
High Water at Fort Pulaski 8::’t am. 3:38 pm.
(Central Standard Time).
Sunday. Dec 3. 1893.
Arrived Yesterday.
Steamship Tallahassee. Asking. New York
-CO Anderson.
Bark Amedeo lltal], Babba. Pensacola for
Genoa, put in leaking
Arrived Up from Ouarantine Yesterday.
Bark Mabel fltal). Cacace—ChrG Dahl &
Cos.
Cleared Yesterday*
Steamship Dessoug. Johnson. Philadelphia
- C G Anderson.
Steamship Alleghany. Nickerson.Baltimore
.1 J Caro la 11. Agi.
Steamship Tallahassee. Askin*. New York
- c G Anderson.
Steamship Eastry [Br], Wattley, Bremen -
Wilder & C..
Steamship Dora Foster fBrJ, Morgan. Bre
men J F Minis A Cos.
Steamship Imperial Prince Brj. Jameson.
Barcelona and (enoa —Strachan & Cos.
Bark Record [Nor], Johannesen. Brunswick
—Chr G Dahl A Cos.
Bark Eolo (ItaiJ, Peragallo. Conma, Spain
—(’hr G Dahl & Cos.
Brig II H Wright Lunt.St Simons—George
Harriss A Cos.
Schr If (J Kerlin. Dutch. New York—George
Harriss & Cos.
Sailed YeteriMy.
Steamship Alleghany. Baltimore.
Steamship City of Birmingham, New York.
Bark Vimeira. Hamburg.
Brig 11 H Wright, St Simons.
Schr Harriet C Kerlin. New York.
Spoken.
Bark Sagitta Nor!. Olsen. Savannah for
Hull. Nov 15. lat ‘25 lon 31 W.
lleiuomnda.
Mobile. Dec 2—Arrived, hark Ringhorn
[Nor), Andersen. London
Cleared, steamers Welhaven |Nor|, Olsen.
Tampico: Sunnina INorJ. Vert sen.Blueflelds;
.schr Union (Brj. Foster, Grand Cayman.
New Orleans. Dec 2 Cleared, .steamships
Oteri. Santa Marta: Eldorado. New York.
Australia. Hamburg: Quantock. Liverpool via
Newport News.
Port Eads. Dec 2 Arrived, steamships
Knickerbocker. Hulsey. New York: Scowfell
[Hr). Stanhope. Cardiff: Ryvinger (Nor 1 ,
smith. Hocus del Toro; Trevanion (Brj,
Hodge, (Cardiff.
Sailed, steamships Fulton. Bocas del Toro;
Whitney. Haviinu; I’uerto Rico, Barcelona;
Lord Cliarlemont Havre: Gussie Agnes.
Hluettelds; New Orleans. New York; Inventor
and C.uditu. Liverpool.
Charleston. Dec 2 Arrived, steamship Al
gonquin. Piatt. New York, proceeded Jack
sonville: Glenloig [Hr], llay.Liverpool; schrs
Geo R ('ongdon. Hav lea. New York; Nettie
Shipman, iludson. Kingston Ja
Cleared, steamer Bessarabia (Hr). Martin,
Liverpool.
Jacksonville, Dec 2 -Entered, schr Eflfle
(Brj. Malone, Abaco, W I: steamships
Cherokee. Hearse New York; Elihu Thomson,
Hansen, do; and cleared do
Cleared, steamship Brlxham, Durie Phila
delphia.
Port I'anipa Dec 1 —Arrived, steamship
Florida. Hull, Mobile.
Sailed, steamship Yaseongada |Bi . Shear
er. Ipswich, via Newport News.
Norfolk. Dec 2—Arrived steamship l-ake
Huiin | Hr), Carey. Liverpool: schrs Blanche
Hopkins, Frank O Dame. Alfred Hradb*ok. H
M Haywood. C A Briggs and Frank Rudd.
New York: Mary S Ewing. Philadelphia;
Rover. Baltimore; Sullte and Ellen, do
Cleared, steamers John Bright (Brj. Foster
Galveston to Liverpool; Maltby |Br|. Sher
wood. Wilmington to Bremen; schrs Blanche
Perkins, Charleston; Frank O Dame. New
Haven: S(’ Brown and Fannie Tracey, New
York.
Brunswick. Dec 2—Arrived, hark Sidney W,
Bristol: schr Wni Frederick. Savannah.*
Fernundina. Dec 2 Sailed, steamer Para
l Hr], Gavsden. Aberdeen; schr Wm P Sum
ner. Scott. New Haven.
West Point. Dec 2 Arrived, steamer Rich
mond. New York, and sailed do.
Newport News, Dec 2—Arrived, steamers
Sutton |Nor|. New Orleans and sailed Aar
bails; Olive Branch (Brj, Norfolk; schrs Kate
Mai ke Fall River, and sailed do; steamship
Thorn. Boston
Sailed, steamship Lackmore [Hr]. Bremen.
Antwerp, Nov 29—Arrived, steamer Iris
[Beiji. Smit. Savannah.
Sharpness, Nov 29* sailed, bark Bellevue
[Hr]. Jansen Pensacola.
Shields. Nov 29 Sailed, steamer
(Brj, Thompson Fernandina.
Dordrecht. Nov 2H- Arrived, steamer Hjorg
vin fNor|. Keimers, Pensacola
Maritime >1 lace! I any.
Galveston. Nov 30 Two thousand two hun
droit and eight bales of cotton, principally
damaged by water, have been discharged from
the forward compartment of steamer Roddam
|Hr 1. recently on fire The cargo in the after
department was not damaged.
Notice to Mariners.
Pilot charts and a'l hydrographic information
will bo furnished masters of vessels free of
charge in Flitted States H vdographie office,
in the custom house. Fuptuins are requested
t(i> call Ht the office.
Passenger*.
Per steamship Tallahassee from New York
J S Schley. Tnos J Stone. Mrs N Nessl. F T
Garrctsou, Miss (' K White, C H White
and wife, KC(lruy. John Prescott, wife and
2 infants. Miss K Murphy. M A Howies and
wife, Henry Henderson, .las Grace. Mins O
Jaatwane. Miss M K Drew. O 1) Pinner. A
Hanley. Dr N D Faunoe, G Burk hurt. G Van
Horn, wife and 2 infants. Master Van Horn,
Mrs.l Comtes. MU.sC Coburn,Mrs Mueheurv.
F Knight and wife, A t allahan. J Bray ton. W
Ashmeade H J Hutchinson, Mrs J Simmons.
Miss Combes John T McLawa. J Stein. F M
Stein Mrs 11 N Ward. A Lewis. Alex Troy, (4
LGurmuny. A F Johnson. Mrs H Seaton,
Master Wm tlall. Mrs O Hall, if If Althea
and wife. A Irvin, wife and lnfantH. (coll.
MuflterC Irvin (col), Miss F. Irvin, (col), aud
20 st.iorage
Per steamsbip City of rttrmmgham for
Nee York MU* F.ilse Koldmg Miss K H
Fuller, Miss K M Clavel, Mm Griffith and
child. Mrs C L HranUt. T K t'ole. W C Smith,
W Talnuiu, Annie E Jones. Jim Welkin. ChaH
Moore, Nat Sanger. M Moskontz.
Receipts.
Per South Bound Railroad. Dec •?*
145 bales cotton. 91 pkgs tobacco. 7 kegs liquor,
20 hales domestics, ll cases cotton yarn. 2 bdls
standards I pkg std splashers, 1 piano, 2
yokes, 1 bdl boxes, 2 bdls ad matter, 1 car
wood.
Per Central Railroad, Dec 2 6,007 bales
cotton. 139 boxes oranges.29l tons ptg Iron. 180
pkgs domestics, 291 pkgs mdse. 25 bdls rags,
rf2l hales hay 367 sacks bran. 269 sacks cotton
seed. 2.500 pounds buggy material. 4 boxes
axes. 62 pkgv furniture, 10 rolls paper, 7 plcgs
hides. 12 sacks collars. 10 cases tobacco 2,370
btil.s rosin 40s hbls spirits turpentine, 32 hbls
clay, 150 hbls lime, 150 hbls flour, 7 hbls syrup,
3 hhln castings. 10 hbls bottles, 10 hbls liquor,
50 hbls meat 3 curs hay. 2 cars meat, I car
beer, l car pipe. Hears wood.
Per Charleston and Savannah Railway,
Dec 2 23 bales cotton. 9 cars dissolved bone,
24 bbls rosin. 9 hbls spirits turpentine.
Per Savannah Florida and Western Rail
way. Dec 2 2,205 bales cotton,l.B6o bbls rosin.
423 bbls spirits turpentine, 24 cars lumber, 25
cars rock. 6 cars wood. 45 pkgs household
goods. 150 bbls meal 5 bbls whisky, 18 pkgs
iron fence, I car coal, 80 bbls rice. I box tor
pedOM. 1 car cotton need, 159 bdls baskets, 8
pkgs furniture,ll bbls syrup,lOeuses matches,
8 749 boxes fruit,, 61 bbls fruit. 178 pkgs mdse,
6 hales hides. 05 bbls vegetables.
Exports.
Per British steamship Dora Foster for
Bremen 7,350 bales cotton, valued at $277,294.
Per British steamship East ry for Bremen—
-9,245 bales cotton, valued at $353,864.
Per British steamship Imperial Prince for
Barcelona and Genoa 5.075 bales cotton, val
ued at $194,893 for Barcelona, and 1,550 bales
cotton, valued at $60,760 for * Jcnoa
Por Italian bark Eolo for Coruna, Spain -
7,648 pieces of lumber, measuring 321,825 feet,
valued at $3.842. shipped by J M Jorcano <fcCo.
Per sehr Harriet c Kerim for New York—
-13,258 cross ties, measuring 424.256 feet—E
Hurd.
Per steamship City of Birmingham for New
York 2.268 bales upland cotton, 250 bales
sea island cotton, 88 bales domestics and
yarns, O'J bills oil, 377 hbls rosin, 114 bids spir
its turpentine, 40.395 feet lumber. 2 hbls fish,
14,226 pkgs fruit. 403 pkgs vegetables, 392 tons
pig Iron, M 4 bbls ochre, 42 bales moss, 50 bbls
pitch, 463 oars. 215 pkgs mdse.
Per steamship Alleghany for Baltimore—
-6.057 boxes oranges, 1.578 bales cotton, 32
casks clay, 25 bales domestics, 93 bbls rosin
oil. 947 bills rosin, 35 hales hides.s bbls molas
ses, 60 pkgs indse.
’POSSUM-PLAYING SNAKES.
When Brougrht to Bay They Make &
Pretence of Killing Themselves,
From Science.
For a long time I have desired informa
tion from others about a common trick of
the ordinary ‘ blowing viper,” or ‘‘spread
head snake.*’ GJeterodon, in several
sj>ecies). I have observed that such ani
mals, when much worried or slightly
hurt, will frequently feign death. This
habit has doubtless been often reporaed
before, but I do not recall having seen
definite mention of it in print but once.
Several months ago, someone writing
about snakes in a daily newspaper alluded
to this matter, and gave, as an explana
tion, the off-hand statement that the
snake became frightened and ‘ fainted
from fear.” That this is not the expla
nation will. T think, appear from what I
have noted about several easos that came
under my own observation.
The first time I ever noticed this be
havior on the part of a snake was when
1 was a child. At that time, I was one day
crossing a field, accompanied by an old
negro man and a small dog. The dog
found a common black *‘spread-head, *'
and without actually taking hold of it,
began to worry it by running around it,
snapping at it. and barking. Anxious to
save my friend the dog from what J
supposed was deadly peril, I struck the
pnake with the only weapon quickly
available, a small whip I carried in my
hand. The snake immediately ejected a
toad it had recently swallowed, then up
appeared to bite itself in the side, and
promptly turned on its back and stiffened
—but did not become stretched straight
out -and lay perfectly ptili. There, was
not even a wiggle in its tail when pinched.
Believing as I then did, that all snakes
were venomous, I supposed this one had
killed himself, and remarking that lie
‘ seemed dead enough,*’ I was on the
point of leaving him. But the old negro
said, ‘*Oh. no! if you leave them when
they bite themselves, then their mates
come along aud lick the bite, and they
come to.*’
So I smashed the snake's head in a way
that no amount of licking would ever
heal. The old man evidently knew, by
some means, that snakes which appeared
thus to commit suicide would recover, and
knowing no real explanation of why they
should, he invented one. Therein he fol
lowed the example of more eminent men
than himself. Before J again noticed
such action by a snake I had studied zo
ology a little, and had learned that the
spread-head was said to be non-veno
mous. Consequently, when I next met
one. and began to cultivate a closer ac
quaintance with him, and he seemed af
ter a time to kill himself, I was much
surprised, and began to investigate his
mouth to see if he did not have poison
fangs after all. He. as they all do, had
turned himself on his back and was lying
rigid in that position. 111 the course of
my investigations I turned him over,
“right side up,” again. He was playing
dead so earnestly that he could not lie in
so life-like a position, but immediately
turned himself on his back again.
Then, of course, I knew that a snake
which was too dead to stay in the posi
tion in which 1 placed him was too alive
to be very badly hurt. I determined to
watch him. Accordingly I removed him
to a smooth, clear place and then with
drew to a little distance to quietly watch
developments. In about fifteen minutes
the snake cautiously raised his head and
two or three inches of his body and looked
around. If he saw me he failed to recog
nize me and in a few seconds had turned
himself over and was making off. When
I advanced quickly toward him he
doubled his efforts to escape, but was
easily captured. He did not, at that
time, again “play ’possum.”
Often since then I have watched them
go through this pretended suicide. Usu
ally when becoming active again, they be
have like the one just described; but oc
casionally when they find themselves
overtaken as they are making off, they
will again at once feign death. Some
times, while playing dead,” if one is
sharply pricked with a needle or other
wise acutely stimulated, lie will promptly
resume his interest in surrounding things
and either show fight or try to escape.
Occasionally, when 1 have spoken to
friends about this matter and they have
shown a disposition to regard my state
ments as “snake stories” in the popular
sense of that expression, T have been
fortunate enough to get hold of a spread
head and show them what I had before
described to them.
It is usually easy to provoke a Hetero
don niger. If. plaiyrhinus, or H simus
into feigning death by striking him with
small twigs or a good bunch of broom
straw, or by a little brisk handling. I
wish someone else would examine these
snakes with reference to this habit and
report his conclusions. I think “fainting
from fear” is shown to Ik*, wrong by the
snake's refusing to stay in any other posi
tion than “fiat on his back.”
Recently while conversing with a friend
about this matter, he suggested that per
haps the rattlesnakes which are so often
provoked into biting themselves and then
seeming to die, were also acting a decept
ive part in order to escape. This seem*
more probable, as one noted experimenter,
l>r. S. Weir Mitchell, says that the injec
tion of rattlesnake’s venom into the
snake’s own circulation does not appear
to cause any special inconvenience to tho
snake.
Official Record for tho Morning News.
Local forecast for Savannah and vicinity
till midnight, Deo.B. 1893: Increasing cloudi
ness and showers; warmer; east to southeast
winds. ltn-reaMln* somewhat in force.
Forecast for Georgia: Showers, clearing
Sunday: Moutheast winds becoming north
west: slightly warmer in northern portions;
much colder Monday morning.
Gompamou of mean temperature at Savan
nah. Ga.. on Dec. 2, 1893, with the normal for
the day;
Departure I Tot al
Tempek ati t hk. from the departure
■I —— normal. sinr
Normal. ; Mean. | or Jan. 1. 1893
| ,w | _i7& ’
Comparative rainfall statement :
Departure Total
Vnrtrifti Amount from the departure
for normal. sinew
Deo. 2, 93. -i or Jan. I, 1893
.10 I 00 10 oth #
Maximum temperature, 61 ; minimum fin-..*
perature, 45°.
The hight. of the Savannah river at Augusta
at. h a. in. <7!S?h Meridian time) yesterday was
6.8 feet, n fall of o.P feet during the preceding
twenty four hours.
Observations taken at the same moment of
time at all stations for the Mohnipo, News.
Savannah. Dec*. Bp. m. city time:
Rainfall
■c ; Velocity
c j
> Direction
I
Temi>eraturc .
Namk
or
Station.
Norfolk 38 K |L OOtClear
Hatteras 50iN E 6 .un clear
Wilmington M N* K 6 .no 1 Clear
Charlotte 42 N E 6 .00 Cloudy
Charleston.. 56 NEI 8 .OO Pt lycloudy
Atlanta So! K 12 T Cloudy
Augusta SHIS K| H .00Cloudy
SAVANNAH WSK TANARUS, .flojPt lycloudy
JacbHonville 621NF.1L, 00|Clar
Tltusvilla Hh S K I,! OOlClear
.ruptter 74, E ini noiPt’tycloudy
Kny West 7| E 101 OOlClear
Tampa 70 E 6 .00;Clesr
Pensacola 6H| S H .OOlCloudy
Mobile 611 S 10 TfPt'ly cloudy
Montgomery 01 S E n 00|Clear
Meridian 6n S 18 .00'Pt’ly cloudy
Vicksburg |
New Orleans 68 E 12 .00 Clear
Fort Smith I |
Galveston. ... 68 SW 20 00 Clear
Corpus (Oiristl 72 S E 12 .00 Clear
Palestine . ... 61 SW 11' 01|Cloudy
P- h:smtt¥
Observer, Weather Bureau.
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