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mf.XJ TREND OF SPIRITS.
■I ADVAXCED TO 31
( KNTS A G VLLO
|H iirinniMl for dll' Li 111 Ill'll
’ 11U pale Grades of Rosin
■^H 1 ' <L - in- <!>oI lolto 11 V.nrkrl
|| a Firm and l nfhangetl—
■ (< |rr Markets Steady.
jjH'' ' b. 20.-The most inter sting
H' :• ailing markets to-day as
|H i jnec of spirits turpentine,
There was a strong
jH il of the offerings. The rosin
tied Oil pales, while other
. rm and unchanged. The de-
BB ion at unchanged prices was
jjH rings were light. The tone
markets were steady and un
n, following resume of the'
markets, local and teie
how the tone and the quota-
the close to-day:
COTTON.
■H , . a further ad nice in tlie fu
. t. and local spots were in good
. The offerings were limited. Tiie
|no day were 41S bales. At the
W' , i;\.-hange, at the *rst call, the
, , i was bulletined quiet and steady
: .,-d, with sales of seven bales.
B; ciilar Saturday’s closing call at
1 . K, tile mark, t was bulletined quiet
H r.' with sales of 411 bales.
wing were the oflleial spot quo
a tis, close of the market, at the
Exchange to-day:
IK |; 1 i 11111 it s ®, I_lc
v*
duig ‘- -6
. lain; sales, spot, 4ts; f. o.
,t The mar a t om.mi. and
H. steady, with light transactions.
R,, quotations are as follows:
. eh.uee Kloridas 11 ©ls
Bj- ne Kloridas 13
Hr' il.orgias
oi ■ Georgias 13 ©12%
hue Georgias l<Hi
H ... . reins 9@ 874
line Georgias 874
Georgias 8
B -.ivar.iMit lbeiipts, Exports and Stocks—
this day 2,541
this last year 1,685
B) ~i„ts this day year before last .. 4,020
since Sept 1, ’97 1,046.660
Hparr.e time last year 748,740
time year before last 632,033
continent, this day 175
H a; orts. coastwise, this day 180
ci hand this day 93.017
B; day last year 70,015
H Receipt? and stocks at the ports—
oeipts this day 16,<777
day last week 25,094
H-hts day last year 18,109
day year before last 16.637
r. eii’ts since Sept. 1, 1597 7,288.558
H time last year 5,907.979
time year before last 4,‘136,589
B i it at the ports to-day 1,204.271
same day last year 892,980
ES Receipts this week last year—
; irday 18,109 Wednesday 9,955
Hr, s lay 17,638 Friday 17,535
H Movements at Other Forts—
i:H <;• -t.,n -Firm; middling, 515-16; net
Hevipis, 4,657: sales, 4,154; stock, 161,270.
!■ N v 11; leans — Steady; middling, 5 11-16;
pis, 6,120; sales, 7,400; stock, 542,035.
H JIM . -Firm; middling, 511-16; net re
(■ <’ .ii -Steady; middling, 5 11-16; net
I fl iV'iijiitiaton—Firm; middling, 5%; net re-
B ps 704; stock, 20,172.
IB 75 ■'k - Firm; middling, 515-16.; net re-
Htii-ls. 996; sales, 311; stock, 64,200.
IB l:dtlmore—Nominal; middling. 6 1 3; net
H’e-'ipts. 911; stock, 32,690.
IB N.York— Quiet; middling, 65-16; net
c 913; gross, 1,999; sales, 65, all spin-
B'l'h stock. 204,469.
IB :: ton—Nominal; middling, 6*4; net re-
B' p's. 353; gross, 1,925.
I 1 Philadelphia Firm; middling, 6 9-16;
El 14aiiy Movements at Interior Towns—
IB Augusta—Firm; middling, 6%; net rc-
H-'lr-t?. 491; sales, 1,098; stock, 55,414.
I■ -Meraiihis—Firm; middling, 511-16; net re-
B'cipts. 1 sales, 3,100; stock, 110.440.
K <- ltt;s—Firm; middling, 515-16; net re-
B'e'.iits, 1,007; sales, 467; stock, 69,921.
( - 1 'UGH. -Firm; middling. 51-5-16; net re-
B' ; ! ■ 3.:p;:{; sales, 27; stock, 06,717.
B ! ‘"ttisville—Middling, 5%.
11 Exports of Cotton This Day—
|4 Giiheston—To Great Britain, 1,673; to the
■continent. 8,755; coastwise, 6,747.
11 New Orleans—To France, 16,363; to the
■continent, 14,504.
I I Mol.i;. —Coastwise, 42.
. savannah—To the continent, 175; coast-
Bwise, iso.
(I Norfolk—Coastwise, 382.
■ N- w York-Forwarded, 230.
B lo’al foreign exports from all ports to
■' “ill thus far this week: To Great
K 1 069|; to France, 16,363; to the con-
B' !n, ut, 23,434.
I T l,! ''l foreign exports since Sept. 1, 1897;
■?. ' Britain, 2,532,567; to France, 615,-
B; . the continent, 2,079,546.
■ Tool, Feb. 26.—Cotton, spot hiph-
Todcrate business; American middling
|H ''.'f- •••4d; good middling, 3Hd; American
I- ‘7- 15-32d; low middling, 3 11-32d;
■Bead ordinary, 3 3-16(1; ordinary, 3 1-32.1,
B.’ ‘' s bales, of which 500 were for
P : ! : <tion and export, and included 7,000
B ’”’’,7' ?"• It '-’ ce) Pts, 22,000-bales, iticlud-
h j! c, - i.boO American.
u nres opened firm with a moderate
,1, closed quiet, but steady;
k an middling, low middling clauso,
■!; ' ir . v . 3.25©3.26d buyers; February
■ 1 . 3,25 U buyers; March-April, 3.23d
1.. .;:V' ril ' Ma y. 3.25d buyers; Mav-
R !' t ’*2s®’3.26d sellers; Junc-July, 3.25@
■ r .,‘ / 1 * T ‘ s ; July-August, 3.23®3.26d sell-*
He,/ August-Septembet, sellers;
I>:o ■7 n I?' r “ Octobe r, 3.2cd buyers; October
let o sellers; Xovember-De-
H v ' r \ 3.23d sellers.
Ir , \ urk * 2G.—The cotton market
■i- t , a i unchanged prices to 2
■ ' advance on light local covering, in
■ l >y an advance in Liverpool. Fol-
B 7. ,tlc t>uytnar became general
It , ' le contingent in the lead, on
|. , M> of flmier Southern spot markets
■ ’ for only moderate port re
|, , I'rioes alvanced to a not gain of
In b°ints. with trading active. At 11
■ " k the market was firm, at a not gain
■ Sales to that time were 73,-
k ’ s - Liverpool and New Orleans sent
1 ordors * adding: not a little to the
'|i . a * ron Sth of the market. TV>-day's
B r<l celpts were estimated to bo IPT‘?O
Ir ; md for the week 140,000 bales. For
B 11 •‘nalnder of the session the market
I, r^ Vl an d generally showed firmness.
B ' steady at a net gain of 2to 3
■‘ V, ! vi,h Of 129,400 baIPF.
■ r ° 2 ’k, Feb. 26. noon.—Colton futures
Im 1 ate ady, with sales of 6.000 bales;
■ • 7 "D. 60°c; April, 6.11 c; May, 6.14 c; June.
Bi,, - duly * August, 6.23 c; Soptcm-
B v . [' "“ (, J 6.20 c; December, 6.22 c.
B Feb. 26, 4 p. m.—Futures
| fl steady; sales. 129,400 bales; Febru-
B f l0c ; March, 6.11 c; April, 6.14 c; May,
I ;, • Jun °. July, 6.23 c; August, 6.26 c;
■ ' - moor. 6.25 c; October, 6.22 c; November,
B
I * Orleans. Fob. 26.—Cotton futures
PAINE, MURPHY & CO.,
—brokers
Orders Executed Over Our Frivate Wires
For
COTTON,STiK’KS.G UAIN & PROVISIONS
r , For Cash or °u Margins.
Local Securities bought uud .sold
.. , . „ Telsiihone 530.
Loard of Trada Building. Jackson Building,
Savannah. Oa. Atlanta. Ga
barely steady; sales 25,900; February, nom
inal; March, 5.72(it5.74c; April, 6.76@6.78c;
May, s.79'iis.Si)c; June, 5.54®5.50c; July,
0.89tif5.90c; August, 5.9 ti1 5.91c; September
5.895,• 5.90 c; October, 5.90@5.91c; November]
5.90(13.5.91c; December, 5.901i5.91c; January,
5.93 e bid.
New Y'ork, Feb. 26.—Riordan & Cos. say
of cotton to-day: "Lied by the Liverpool
market, where consumers have not un
til recntly, been taking their full share of
supplies, cotton prices have advanced this
week.
"The tendency of the local market has
been to resist the advance, owing to heavy
long liquidation, but the continued firm at
titude in Liverpool won in the end, and
prices are 15 points higher for the week.
“To-day the tendency was quiet and ac
tive and the market higher. Liverpool
was two-sixty-fourths up, the South and
local bulls were buying and there was no
disposition on the part of the bears to at
tack the market. Prices opened 1 to 2
points higher and gradually improved
throughout the session. May opened at
6.14 c, advanced to G.ISc, and closed at 6.17 c
to 6.18 c, with the tone of the market
steady.
"The anxiety in financial circles over
the possibility of war with Spain has had
its influence upon the cotton market, as
well as upon all others. Outside of this con.
tingency, which every one must now in
clude in his calculations, there has been
but one important development this week.
Tltis is the marked changed in sentiment,
both here and in Liverpool, concerning tne
value of cotton.
“The trade is getting bullish. The fa
vorable attitude of Liverpool is ascribcpi
by some to the desire to get what cotton
they can before any outbreak of hostili
ties should occur. By others, the change
Is said to be due to the smallness of their
stock and a better business and political
outlook on the other side.
“We consider this, the latter, the real
reason. All other influences are the
same. The movement continues to grati
fy the bears and the demand to aston’sh
them. The South is very firm. It begins
to look as if the contention of the bulls,
that the size of the present crop is a dead
letter might prove correct, and that with
any justification in the way of a poor start
to the new crop, the market will go high
er.”
DRV GOODS.
New York, Feb. 26.—The week in dry
goods trade has been satisfactory In the
main, with a fairly well sustained busi
ness reported at first hands. With job
bers there has been a widening demand
for the visitors to the local market. There
is still a very fair showing of buyers at
second hand in the market.
NAVAL STORES.
Spirits Turpentine—The upward trend
of the market continued and the price
rose % cent to 34 cents, the highest price
reached in years. There was a strong de
mand. but the offerings were light.
At the Board of Trade at the first call
the market was bulletined firm at 3344
cents bid, with sales of 88 casks. At the
last call the market closed firm at 34 cents,
with sales of 51 casks reported.
Rosin-There was a moderate demand
for rosin to-day. The pales were weak
and declined at the close. At the Board
of Trade at the first call the market was
bulletined unchanged, with the tone of
pales dull and others firm. The reported
sales were 206 barrels. At the last call
the market closed firm at a decline of 5
cents on N and window glass and 10
cents on water white, with sales of 583
barrels reported. The following were the
quotations at the close of the market;
A, B, C $1 20 I 31 65
D 125 K 175
E 1 30 M 1 80
F 1 30 N 1 95
G 1 40 WO 200
H 1 60 W W 2 25
Naval Stores Statesmen!—
Spirits. Rosin.
Stock April 1, 1897 4.836 177,339
Received this day 199 2,191
Received previously 302,936 1,085,777
Total 307,971 1,266,307
Exports to-day 1,539 3.582
Exports previously 258.501 1,089,796
Total since April 1, 1897 ...290,040 1,093,678
Stock on hand this day 17,931 171,629
Stock same day last year .. 18.570 254,074
Receipts same day last year. 25S 2,637
Charleston, S. C., Feb. 26.—Turpentine
market firm at 32Hc bid; sales none. Ros
in firm, unchanged; sales SCO barrels.
Wilmington, Feb. 26.—Spirits turpentine
steady at 33@3314c. Rosin firm at $1.20@
1.25. 'Crude turpentine nothing doing;
prices unchanged. Tar steady at 95c.
'New York, Feb. 26.—Rosin firm, $1.40®
1.45. Spirits turpenitne firm, 354,'35 1 /4c.
RICE.
Market firm and active. The following
quotations are for round lots in first
hands:
Fair \ 4 fi 4H
Good 4%®1%
Prime 404®5
Choice 514@5V4
Rough—7sc to ?110 per bushel.
FINANCIAL.
Money-Market steady.
Foreign Exchange—The market Is
weak. The following are tire net Savan
nah quotations: Commercial demand,
?4.83<i; sixty days, 84.80%; ninety days,
S479VE francs, Paris and Havre, sixty
days,' 5.25; Swiss, sixty days, 5.26%;
marks, sixty days, 93%.
Domestic Exchange—Steady; banks tire
buying at par and selling as follows: Up
to s's. 10c premium; 525 to SSO, 13c premium;
SSO "to SIOO, 20c premium; S2OO to SI,OOO %
per cent, premium; $l.OVj and over, $1 per
* Securities—The market is steady. South
western Railroad stock, is still scarce.
Stocks and Bonds.--State Bonds- Geor
„ia 31:, per cent, bonds of 1930, 107 bid.
asked: Georgia 3% per cent., due 1915, ’O6
bid asked; Georg'a 4% per cent, bonds,
1915 117 bid, 118 asked; Georgia 4 per cen*.
due’l92o 112 bid. asked; South Carolina
411,s 168* bid, 109 asked.
Citv Bonds—Atlanta 7 per cent., 103 bid,
_ aked; Augusta i’es, -s—, 102 bid, 104
as K-ed; Augusta 7 p;r cent., 106 bid. 106
asked’ Augusta 6 per cent.. 107 bid, ’OB
asked; Columbt's 5 per cent., 10314 hid. ;05>j
asked* Macon <J per cent., 115 bid. 117 ask
ed’* Macon 4>6r, 1926, 103 bid, 105 asked; 8a-
Wannah 5 per cent, quarterly April ejou
mn, now. bit I, lir- t asked: Suyantiah 5 per
’ quarterly May coupons, 110 bid,
1101. "asked; Charleston 4s, 93 bid. 95 asked.
Railroad Bonds Savannah Florida and
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds,
c per cen . interest coupons. 117 bid, 118
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
first mot tgage 5 per cent, gold bonds, due
9’4 ’OBV4 bid. 10914 asked; Cen
tral Railroad and Banking Company col
lateral ss. 51 bid, 91% asked; Central of
Geo r 1 Railway first mortgage 5?, 50-
-car ” old bonds. 116 bid, 117 asked: Central
of Georgia Railway first consolidated
mot: q.n'“ ss. 5 ' bid. 91 asked: Centra!
,f Georgia Railway first preferred incomes,
40 bid, 41 asked; Central of Georgia
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, ISOS.
Railway second preferred Incomes, 12%
bid, 13’™ asked ;C'entral of Georgia Railway
third preferred incomes, 7 bid, 7% asked; j
Georgia Railroad 6s. 1910, 114 bid, 115 asked; j
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta first ss. j
110 bid. 11l asked: Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta second mortgage 7s. 115 bid. 118
asked; Georgia Southern and Florida new
ss. 69% bid, 100'i asked; South Georgia and
Florida first mortgage 7s, 102‘4 bid, 103%
asked: South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage 7s, 103 bid, 105 asked; Ocean
Steamship 5 per cent, bonds, 1926, 105 bid,
lto asked; City and Suburtmn Railroad
first mortgage 7 per cent, bonds, S4 bid,
asked; Alabama Midland 5 per cent. In
dorsed, 86 bid, .90 asked; Brunswick and
Western 4s, 75 bid, 77% asked; South
Bound Railway ss, 74% bid, 75% asked;
Georgia and Alabama first preferred ss,
103 bid, 104 asked; Georgia and Alabama
cons. ss, SS bid, 89 asked; Eatonton
Branch, 87 bid, 89% asked; Central of
Georgia, Middle Georgia and Atlantic Di
vision ss, SO bid, 82% asked.
Railroad Stocks—Augusta and Savannah,
91 bid. 95 asked; Georgia, common, 175 bid,
ISO asked; Southwestern, 93% bid, 94%
asked; Atlanta and West Point stock, 101%
bid, 103 asked; Atlanta and West Point 6
per cent, certificates, 101% bid, 103 asked;
Savannah Construction Company, bid,
81% asked.
Gas Stocks—Savannah Gas Light stock,
22 bid, 23 asked; Electric Light and Power
Company, 75 bid, 77 asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc.—Citizens Bank, 109%
bid, 110% asked; Chatham Bank.
48 bid, 49 asked; Germania Bank, 108
bid, 109 asked; National Bank of Savan
nah, 125 bid, 126 asked; Merchants National
Bank, 87 bid, 87% asked; Oglethorpe Sav
ings and Trust Company, 105 bid, 106
asked: Southern Bank of the State of
Georgia, bid, 139 asked; Sa
vannah Bank and Trust Company, 102
bid, 102% asked; Chatham Rea! Estate and
Improvement Company, A. 55 bid. 33
asked; B, 54% bid, 55 asked; People’s Sav
ings and Loan Company, 98 bid, 99 asked.
Factory Bonds—Augusta Factory, 82
bid, S4 asked; Graniteville Factory, 145 bid,
150 asked; Eagle and Phoenix Manu
facturing Company, 5 per cent, bonds,
bid, 40 asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany 6s, 101 bid, 102 asked.
Factory Stocks—Augusta Factory, SO
bid, 83 asked; Graniteville Factory, 145 bid,
151 asked; Langley Factory, 104 bid, 105%
asked; Enterprise Factory, common 93
bid, 96 asked; J. R. King Manufacturing
Company, 104 bid, 103 asked; Sibley Manu
facturing Company, 70 bid, 76 asked; Sa
vannah Brewing Company, 85 bid, 87 ask
ed.
New York, Feb. 26.—Money on call was
steady at 2 per cent.; the last loan was at
2 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 3®4
per cent. Sterling exchange, firm, with
actual business in bankers’ bills at $4.84%®
4.84% for demand, and at $4.81% for sixty
day s; posted rates, $4.83% and $4.85%(3'4.56.
Commercial bills, $4.81*34.81%. Silver cer
tificates, 55%®66%c. Bar silver, 55%c. Mex
ican dollars, 45%c. State bonds were quiet;
railroad bonds were steady; government
bonds were Irregular.
New York, Feb. 26.—The weekly bank
statement shows the following changes:
Surplus reserve, decrease, $2,729,125; loans,
decreased $5,036,800; specie, increase, $2,325,-
700; legal tenders, decrease, $7,415,4t0; de
posits, decrease, $9,346,300; circulation, de
crease, $50,400. The banks now hold $22,-
969,325 in excess of the requirement of the
25 per cent. rule.
New Y’ork. Feb. 26.—The Evening Post’s
London financial cablegram says: "The
stock Hiarkets here were again better to
day, buL still unsettled. Americans were
bought less confidently to-day. Money
rates have hardened on the further fall
in New York exchange and the continued
American demand for gold, which raised
the price of bars to 77s 9%d. Two stock
exchange failure were announced to-day.
operators in Grand Trunks and West
Australian mines.”
New York, Feb. 26.—The stock market
was listless and without decided tone to
day. The net changes were trivial In most
cases and the market moved up and down
within a narrow range.
London buying gave a slight upward im
petus at the opening and then profit tak
ing by yesterday’s buyers drove prices be
low last night’s level.
The close was above the lowest, but net
changes were much mixed. The course of
prices was unsettled and conflicting in. the
final dealing of some stocks, moving up
wards and others downward, simultan
eously, and apparently without manipula
tion. The whole of the trading was by
small room traders and large operators
were apparently content to stand by for
the present and watch the course of things.
Some few stocks were notably firm all
day, such as Rock Island and Erie issues,
Northern. Pacific preferred, and some of
the Southern and Southwestern roads.'
Canadian Pacific also ruled higher.
The bank statement was without partic
ular effect as the conditions disclosed had
made themselves felt during the week.
The heavy decrease in loans indicate li
quidation on the Stock Exchange,but prob
ably does not fully measure it as the loans
which have been called have been in part
replaced in time loans and commercial pa
per.
Prices of standard stocks are 1 to 6
points lower than a week ago, declines in
the speculative bond issues are 1 to 3 per
cent? Government bonds are % to 3% per
cent, lower. Call money rates have risen
from 1% to 3 per cent., and Sterling ex
change has fallen to the gold Import point
with $2.200,000 engaged for shipment or on
passage. This, in brief, represents the
changes in the financial situation from
last Saturday.
Prices of stocks are considerably above
the low point of Thursday morning, when
the downward plunge took on panic condi
tions for a time. The week’s drastic liqui
dation in the stock market was forced by
the marking up of call loans. Coming on
a market poorly supported by threatening
outlook of the Cuban question and with
many orders to sell out long stocks, these
offerings precipitated a decline that wiped
out all margins and brought a torrent of
stock on an already weak market.
From a technical standpoint the stiffen
ing of money rates precipitated the de
cline. The higher money rates were in
turn due to withdrawals of currency from
New York banks for shipment to interior.
Competent expert authorities differ as to
whether this movement of money to the
interior is to be attributed to the prepara
tion for the regular spring settlement and
is thus to meet regular business demands,
or whether it is a’cautious safeguard tak
en by interior banks against a possible
need growing out of present complications
over Cuba.
As against the latter view, it Is to bo
considered that the Interior banks are
liermiited by law to count as In their legal
reserves, a certain proportion of money
which is’on deposit In New Y'ork banks,
designated as depositories, the same as
though it were in their own vaults. It Is
also true that there is an increasing
amount of commercial paper offering at
Interior financial centers, reflecting a
growing demand for money for business
purposes anil domestic exchange at inte
rior points has been against New York.
The Cuban question was, of course, lhe
direct Incentive for very large offering of
stocks and bonds, but the forced liquida
tion was augmented largely by the ox
peaillng uses for money in fields other
than speculation. The hardening of money
has been promptly followed by a fall in
exchange and an important movement of
gold, the stocks of exchange available to
be thus drawn upon being estimated all
the way from $46,000,000 to $89,000,000.
The London market has steadily refused
to take alarm at our Cuban complica
tions. and has persisted In buying Ameri
can securities In face of the violent decline
In their prices. This buying had added
materially to the stocks of exchange. Even
the gold movement to New York has not
pul a to London buying of American
securities, the result which usually follows
almost immediately. Large capital and
corporal Interests on the lookout for bar
gains are credited with having absorbed
large lines of slocks in New York, us well
as in London, at the low prices reached.
As for the sharp fall in government
bonds, a rise on the money rate Is usually
coincident with a fall in the governments.
For anything the banks, which became
depositors of, the Union Pacific payment
to the government, have to give govern
ment bonds ®r security, and the demand
thus created made record prices for the
bonds. Now the government is withdraw
ing its deposits and releasing the bonds to
the banks, thus making them available In
the market. The irregularity of the de
cline In the bonds points to some such
cause, the price of the fours registered of
1907 having fallen below that of the fives.
Prices in the bond market have moved
in sympathy with stocks, but over a much
narrower range and on a largely decreased
volume of business. Declines in govern
ment bonds are from % to 3%, the latter
the new* 4s coupon.
Total sales of stocks, 172.800 shares, in
cluding 13,705 Burlington, 3,390 Louisville
and Nashville, 7,975 Manhattan, 3,501 Met
ropolitan, 3.390 Reading preferred, 5.406
Rook Island, 13,320 St. Paul, 6,450 Union
Pacific, 6.696 People’s Gas, 27.927 Sugar. 3.-
SS2 Leather preferred, 5,082 Western Union.
New Y'ork Closing Stocks.
Atchison 11 H|St. P. & Om. ..71 |
do pref 27%| do do pref ...130%|
B. & 0 16 jst. P., M. & M. 132 |
Can. Pacific .... S3 |So. Pacific 19
Can. Southern . 47%|50. Railway .... B%j
Cen. Pacific ... 12 | do pref 28%
Ches. & Ohio .. 20%'Tex. & Pacific.. 10%
Chi. & Alton ...162 |Union Pacific .. 30%
Chi., B. & Q... 03791 U. P. D. & G.... 8%
Chi. &E. 111. .. 64%| Wabash 6%
C. & St. L.. SP%i do prof 10
do do pref ... 75 jW. & L. E 2%
Del. & Hudson .309 | do do pref .... 9%
Del., L. & W... 150 | Adams Ex 112
Den. & R. G. .. 12 |Am. Express ...125
do pref 47;4|United States ... 42
Erie (new) 14%j Wells Fargo ....115
do Ist pref ... 39%|Reading. Ist pref. 44%
Fort Wayne ...168 |Am. Cot. Oil ... 17
Gt. Nor. pref ..151 j do pref 72
Hock. Valley .. 6%|Am. Spirits 7%
111. Central .....,00%j do pref %
L. E. & W— 15%|Am. Tobacco ... SS%
do do pref 7O | do pref 112%
Lake Shore ....191 | People's Gas .... 90%
L. & N 54%|00n5. Gas 182V*
Manhattan L. ..101%|Com. Cable Cos. 165
Met. St. Ry. j.U7%|Col. F. & Iron.. 29%
Mtch. Central ..to6 ) do do pref 78
Minn. & St. L.. 26%| Gen. Electric ...32
do do Ist pref. 84 | Illinois Steel .... 46
Mo. Pacific .... 26%| LaClede Gas .... 41
M. & Ohio .... 27%|Lead 30%
Mo., K. & T. .. 31%| do pref 103%
do pref So%j Nat. Lin. Oil . 16%
Chi., I. & L— 7%|Ore. Imp. C 0.... 26%
do pref 27%j Pacific Mail 27
N. J. Central . 1-2 | Pullman Palace 377
N. Y. Central .112%;Silver Certif. .. 55%
N. C. & St.L. 12%|S. R. & T 4%
dodo Ist pref. 08 |Sugar 122%
do do 2d pref.. 34 | do pref *llO%
Nor. & West. .. 13%|T. C' & Iron ... 19%
No.’Am. Cos. ... 5%| U. S. L 6%
No. Pacific 21741 do pref 61
do pref 61%|U. 6. Rubber .. 16
Out. & YV 15%j do pref 6574
O. R. & N. .... 47 |West. Union 86%
O. S. L 277i|Northw 12H
Pittsburg 169 j do pref 173%
Reading 18%|St. L. & S. W... 104
Rock Island ... 85%| do pref 109
St. L. & S. F.. 6%j R. G. W 23
do do let pref. 54741 do pref 37
do do 2d pref . 24%|C. G. W 10%
St. Paul 92%;Hawaiian 29%
do pref 145%j
Bonds.
U.S. new 4s, rg.t24V4jN. Y. C. lsts. ..116%
do coup 124%' N. J. C. 5s 113%
U. S. 4s 111%, N. C. 6s 125
do coup ..,11274; do do 4s 103
do 2nds ... 99%!N0. !Pac. lsts '...§18%
U. S. ss, rg 112 | do do 3s 60%
do os, coup .. .112 j do do 4s 95%
District 3, ’655...118 ;N. Y. C. & St. L.
Ala. class A 108%: 4s 106%
do do B 107 |Nor. & W. 65....125
do do C 95 j Northw. con ....142%
do currency .. 95 ' do deb. 5s ....117%
Atchison 4s 90%, 1 0. Nav. lsts 114
do adjt. 4s 59%j0. Nav. 4s 94%
Can. So. Ends. .10974; O. S. L. €s, t. r.,122
Chi. Ter. 4s 857*! do do ss, t. r... 99
C. & Ohio 55....117 |O. I. lsts, t. r..,109
C. H. & D. 4%5,104%| do do 6s, t. r.. 57
D. & R. G. 15t5.199 | Pac. 6s, '95 193%
D. & R. G. 45... 90 ) Reading 4s 83
E. Tenn. lsts.. .10671! R. G. W. lsts 81%
Erie gen. 4s 70%|3t. L. & I. M.
F. W. &D. lsts, ) con. 5s 88
t. r 70 | St. L. & S. If.
Gen. Elec. 5s 1007'u! gen. 6s 117%
G. H. & S. A. 65.109 I St. P. con 140 *
do do 2nds ...105. [St. P. C. & P.
H. & T. C. 55.. .109%| lsts 122
do do con. 65..106 | do do 5s 116%
Iv.*a, C. lsts 100 | So. Ry. 5s 90%
K. P. con. t. r. 106 |S. R. & T. 65.... 57
K. P. Ist (Den. |Tenn, new set. 3s 90
div.) t. r 131741 T. P. L. G. lsts.. 99%
La. new con. 45.101 | do do rg. 2nds. 33
L. & N. uni, 45... 88 [U. P. lsts ...*...127%
Missouri 6s 100 |U. P. D.& G. lsts 55%
M. K. & T. 2ds. 60%1 Wab. Ist 5s 108%
do do 4s 87%; do 2nds 78%
Va. Centuries .. 70%W. Shore 4s 11074
do deferred ... 4
MISCELL %YKOfS MARKETS.
The following are the Savannah Board
of Trade quotations:
Bacon—The market la steady. Smoked
clear sides, 6%c; dry salted clear rib
sides, 6%c; bellies, C%c; srngar cured hams,
9%@10c.
Lard—Market firm; pure, in tierces, 6%c;
50-pound tins, 67ic; compound, in tierces,
474 c; 50-pound tins, 4%c.
Butter—Market steady; fair demand; Go
shen, 16®37%c; gilt edge, 22fc23c; creamery,
23®24c; fancy Elgins. 25®27c.
Cheese—Market firm; fancy full cream
cheese, ll@U%c; 29-pound average, 11 %
12c.
Flour—Firm; paienls. $5.60; straights,
$5.10; fancy, $4.95; family, $4.50.
Corn—Market steady; white. Job lots,
61c; carload lots, 49c; mixed corn, job lots,
50c; car load lots, 48c.
Oats—Carload lots, 38c; Job lots, 40c.
Texds rust proof, job lots, 45c.
Southern seed rye, sl.lO.
Rice—Job lots, fair, 4%® l%c; good, 4%@
6c; prime, 5®6%c.
Bran—Job lots, 90c; carload lots, 95c.
Hay—Market steady; Western, Job lots,
80c; carload lots, 75c.
Meal—Peart, per barrel, $2.15; per sack,
95c; city meal, per sack, bolted, 98c; city
meal, water ground, 97%c; pearl grits, per
barrel, $2.30; per sack, $1.05.
Coffee—Steady; Mocha, 26c; Java, 27c;
Peaberry, 17c; standard No. 1,14 c; No. 2,
13c; No. 3,1274 c; No. 4, H%c; No. 5. 10%c;
No. 6, 9%c; No. 7, B%c.
Sugar—Equality Prices—Savannah quo
tations: Powdered, 6.74 c; standard gran
ulated, 5.43 c; cubes, 6.620; confectioners’
A, 5.30 c; white extra C. 4.93 c; extra C,
4.80 c; golden C, 4.65 c; yellows, 4.49 e. Tone
firm. *
Cabbage—Native, barrels, jier head, 6@
7c; crates, $1.75.
Onions—Barrels, $3.25; large, Spanish,
$1.25 crate.
Potatoes—lrish, sacks, $2.75.
Apples—s4,2sl/4.50.
Oranges—Florida, $3,754(4.00.
Lemons—Market quiet; Messina, new
per box, $3.00®3.25.
Dried Fruit—Apples, evaporated, 9c;
common, 5®5%e.
Nuts—Almonds, Tarragona, 13c; Jvlcas,
10%c; walnuts, French, 10c: Naples, lie;
pecans, 10c; Brazils, B%c; Alberts. 10c; as
sorted nuts, 51-pound and 25-pound boxes,
10<5’10%c; cocoanuts, $3.75 per 100.
Raisins—L. L., $1.65; %-box. $1.00; loose,
60-pound boxes, 6%.- per pound.
Peanuts—Ample stock; tair demand;
market steady; fancy, hand-picked Vir
ginia, per pound, 4%c; hand-picked, per
pound, 4c; N. C. peanuts. 4c.
Eggs—Market firm; candied i>er dozen,
13c; country 2c less.
Poultry—Steady; fair dtmand; half
grotvn, 25®35c per pair; three-quarters,
grown, 40®50c per pair; full-grown fowls,
56®65c per pair.
Fish—Mackerel, half barrel, No. 1, $4.30;
No. 2, $7.50; No. 3. $6.00; kits. No. 1, $1.25;
No. 2, $100; No. S, 95c. Codfish, 1-pound
bricks, 6%c; 2-pound bricks, 6c. Smoked
herring, per box, 20c; Dutch herring. In
kegs, $1.25; new mullet, half-barrel. $3.50.
Syrup—Market quiet; Georgia and Flor
ida syrup buying at 18®20c; selling at 20®
22%c; sugar house at 19®"2c; Cuba straight
goods. 23®30c; sugar house molasses, 15
@2oc.
Salt—Demand is fair, and the market
steady; carload lots, f. or b.. Liverpool.
300-pound sacks, 57c; Job lots, fife/90c; com
mon fine salt, 125-pound, In burlap sacks,
carload lots. 36c; common line salt, 125-
pound, in cotton sacks, carload lots, 39c.
Hides, Wool, Etc.—Hides—The nmrKet
firm; dry flint. 15%c; dry salt, 13%o; green
salted. B%c. Wool—Firm; prime Georgia,
free of sand, burrs and black wool, iso;
blacks, 16c; burry, 7® 10c;. Wax, 24c. Tal
low, 2c. Deer skins. 15c.
Oils—Market steady; demand fair; sig
nal, 45®50c; West Virginia black, 9®l2e;
lard. 48®55c; neatsfoot, 60®75e; machinery,
15®25c; linseed raw, 40c; boiled, 4So; kero
sene, prime white, 8e; water white, 9c;
fire-proof, 10c; deodorized stove gasoline,
barrels, B%c.
Gun Powder—Per keg, $4.00; half keg,
$2.25; quarter
ing. quarter keg, $2 25; Austin, Dupont
and Hazard, smokeless, half kegs, $11.25;
quarter kegs, $5.75; 1-pound canisters, SI.UO,
less 25 per cent.
Shot—Drop, $1.25; B. B. and large, $1.50;
chilled, $1.55.
Iron—Market very steady; Swede, 4®
4He; refined, $1.55 base.
Nails—Cut, $1.50 base; wire, $1.90 base.
Advanced national list of extras, adopted
Dec. 1, 1896.
Dry Goods—The market is Arm; demand
brisk; prints, 3%@6c; Georgia brown shirt
ings, 3c; %, 4c; 4-4 brown sheetings, 4%®
sc; white osnaburgs, 6c; checks, 4®sc;
brown drillings, 5',5®16V4c.
Lime, Calcined Piaster and Cement—Ala
bama and Georgia line in fair demand,
and selling at 75c per barrel, bulk .iml car
load lot, special; calcined plaster, $1.50
per barrel; hair, 4®oc; liosedalo cement,
$1.1001.20; carload lots special; Portland
cement, retail, $2.20; carload lots, $2.00.
OCEAN FREIGHTS.
Cotton—Market easy; rates quoted are
per 100 pounds; Boston, per bale. $1 25-
New York, per bale, $1.00; Philadelphia’
per bale, $1.00; Baltimore, per bale, $1 no’
Direct—Barcelona, 53c; Reval, 48c; Brem
en. 40c; Trieste, 65c; Venice, 55c; Naples,
55c; Homburg, 43c. Via New York—Liver
pool, 40c; Bremen, 46c; Amsterdam, 45c;
Hamburg, 43c; Havre. 46c; Reval, 53c; Ge
noa, 55c.
Lumber-By Sail—Freights are firm at
ruling rates. Foreign business Is more
or less nominal. The rates from this and
nearby Georgia ports are quoted at $1.0057
4.50 for a range—including Baltimore and
Portland, M.. Railroad ties, base 44 feet,
to Baltimore. 1?c; to Philadelphia. 13c: to
New York. 13%c. Timber rates, 50e® 31.00
higher than lumber rates. To the West
Indies and windward, nominal; to Rosario,
$12.00013.00; to Buenos Ayres ohd Monte
video, $10.007711.00; to Rio Janeiro, $14.00:
to Spanish end Mediterranean ports, $11.30
®11.50; to United Kingdom, for orders,
nominal for lumber, £4 5s standard.
By Steam—To New York, $5.00; to Phil
adelphia, via New York, $5.50; to Boston,
$6.00, via New York; to Baltimore, $4.00.
Naval Stores—By Sail—The market is
Arm. Medium sized. Cork for orders, are
as follows: Rosin, 2s 10%d for barrels of
310 pounds, and 5 per cept. primage; spir
its, 4s l%d: Genoa, rosin 3s 3d®3s fid; Ad
riatic, 2s 6d@2s 9d; South American, rosin,
80ic per barrel of 280 pounds. Coastwise,
Steam—To Boston, 10c per 100 pounds on
rosin, 90c on spirits; to New York, rosin,
B%c per 100 pounds; spirits. 80c.
GRAIN, PROVISIONS, ETC.
New York, Feb. 20.—Flour quiet end
lower; Minnesota patents, $1.406/4.00; win
ter straights, $4.6004.75; winter extra, J 3.80
04.15; winter low grades, $2.90®3.00.
Wheat—Spot easy; No. 2 red, 31.0574, f,
o, b. afloat; options opened weak at %c
decline, and sold off further under local
liquidation, bearish home and Indian crop
news and absence of clique or other suit
port, closing %®)lc lower; February, $1.0!%;
May, 98%c.
Corn—Spot easy; No, 2,36 Vic; options
opened easy at %c net decline, following
wheat, ruled weak all the forenoon under
disappointing weekly clearances and lower
cables, closing %c net lower; May, ;:4%e.
Oats—S|>ot dull; No. 2,31 c; options quiet
all day and nominally unchanged; May,
30%c. Wool quiet; fleece, r7%®23%c; Tex
as, 13%®15%c. Beef firm; family, $11.25®)
11.75; extra mess. $8.00®5.50. Beef hams,
$6.2506.30. Cut (neats quiet; pickled bel
lies, &%@6%c; pickled shoulders, 4%e;
hams, 74408 c. -Lard quiet; western steam
ed, $5.45. Pork w<gik; mess, slo.t*/tll.o<t;
short clear, $10.75®12.25; family, $11.50®
12.00. Rice steady at 4%®57ic; Japan, t®
5%c. Molasses firm; New Orleans, 28®32e
Cotton seed oil quiet and steady; prime
crude, 2014®21c; f. o. b.. steady; prime
summer yellow, 23®23%c; off summer yel
low, 22%®23c; butter oil, 26®28c; prime win
ter yellow, 28028%c. Coffee, options open
ed steady at unchanged to 5 (stints ad
vance; closed steady and unchanged to 5
points net advance; sales of the day, 14.250
bags, including March, at 5.45®5,50c; Jan
uary, 6.00 c; spot coffee, lilo, dull, tending
lower; No. 7 invoice, 6V4c; No. 7 Jobbing,
6%c; mild and steady; Cordova,
sales, 2,000 bags Maracaibo, 100 Savanilla,
private terms.
Butter, steady; western creamery. 14%.®:
20c; factory, 11014 c. Cheese, steady; light
skims, 6®7e; part skims, 4®5%c; full
skims, 2®3c. Eggs, steady. Sugar, raw,
firm; fair rc-flning, 311-16 c; centrifugal, 96-
test, 4 3-16 c; refined, steady; crushed, 6%c;
powdered, 5 7-16 e; granulated, 6%c.
Chicago, Feb. 26.—1 t was a weak day in
wheat, July at one time was off l%c and
May 2c. Closing prices showed a decline
of 1 cent in both options. It was a nar
row market and the weakness was due
more to lack of support than to the news,
which, however favored lower prtfces.
Other markets were barely steady at
slight declines, corn and oats closing V.
lower each, and provisions declining 2%©
toe, pork being the weakest thing on the
list.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.
Wheat, No. 2-
May ....$lO3 $3 03% slOl% $lO 02%
July .... 89%®89% 89% 88 88%®59%
. Corn, No. 2
May 29%f% 29%®29% 29%®29% 29%
July 30*i@30% 3074,031 30%®30% 30%
Sept 32 23% 3174032 3174032
Oats, No. 2
May 26 26V4 23%®2C 28
July 24% 24% 24% 2-1%
Mess Pork, per bbl.—
May ..$lO 42% $lO 55 $lO 30 $lO 85
July ..10 50 10 02% 10 35 10 40
Lard, per 100 lbs.—
May ..5 20 5 25 5 77% 5 17%
July ..5 27% 5 3214 525 525
Short Ribs, per 100 lbs.—
May .. 5 12% 515 6 07% 6 07%
July .. 520 5 22% 515 5 15
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour;
winter patents. $1.8905.00; straights, $1.35®
4.60; spring specials, $4.50®5.00; spring pat
ents, $5.10; straights, $4.4004.00; bakers,
$3.60®3.90; No. 2 spring wheat, {*>®9le; No. 3
spring wheat, 9284 c; No. 2 red, 99c©51.02%;
No. 2 corn, 28%c; No. 2 oats, 2574 c; No. 3
white, f. o. b., 27* 4 ®28%c; No. 2 rye, 48*4c;
No. 2 barley, f. o. b.. s2%®4oe; No. 1 flax
seed, $1.22") 1.26: prime Timothy seed, $2.9u;
moss pork, per bbl., $10.30010.35; lard, per
100 lbs,, $5.17%; short ribs sides (loose),
$5.0 /5.35; dry salted shoulders (boxed),
4%®5c: short clear sides (boxed). $5.25®'
5.45; whisky, distillers' finished goods, per
gal.. $1.18%.
Cincinnati, Feb. 26.—Flour firm. Wheat
nominal; No. 2. red. 97%e. Corn easier;
No. 2, mixed. 311 Oats easier; No. 2,
mixed. 2Se. Rye firm; No. 2,52 c. Lard
quiet at $5 00. Bulk meats easy at $5.15.
Baoon steady at $6.00. Whisky firm at
$1.3).
St. Louis, Feb. 26.—Flour unchanged.
Wheat quiet; No. 2, red, track, 97e; Feb
ruary. 96%e; May. 98%c; July, 83%c; No.
2, hard cash, 9v)/90%c. Corn lower, for
both cash and options; No. 2. cash. 27c;
February, 26%c; May. 27c asked; July,
2S%c. Oats, futures, easier; spot, lower;
No. 2. cash, elevator, 36%c; track, 27c;
February. 26%.c; May, 26%e bid; July. 23%c;
Mo. 2. white, 2S%e. Rye lower, 49c. Whls
k.v, $1.20. Pork, standard moss, Jobbing,
$10.37%-. Lard lower; prime steam, $4.95;
choice, $5.06.
FOR TIIE C VriIEIIIIAL FUND.
Yesterday 1 * l.ll.ernl Contributions to
the Committee,
The subscriptions to the Cathedral
building fund footed up a liberal sum yes
terday. The day's list Is as follows:
Miss 1.. ViUalonga 690 09
Mrs. llonom Foley 300 90
W. W. Gordon SIOO 00
Dr. J. S. Uowklns 100 00
Peacock & Hunt Naval Store Cos 100 90
Joseph A. Cronk 50 00
Mrs. Joseph A. Cronk 50 00
H. Weber £5 00
Hunter, Pearce A- Battey 21^)0
Nelson, Champion & Cos 25 00
Commercial Guano Company 25 00
Joseph Gorham 25 00
T. P. Price 25 90
Stewart Contracting Cos 26 60
E. W. Smith 25 00
F. S. Jetto 25 90
F. C. Wilson 25 00
Dr. 1.. A. F.Hligani 25 00
Dr. J. B. Marlin 25 00
George P. Walker 20 00
F. G. Sintcban 20 00
John F. Wheaton A- Cos 20 00
Braun & Glazebrook 20 00
J. I’. Naughton 20 00
T JT. Cunningham 20 00
Dr. E. R. Corson 20 00
T. A. Bryson 15 00
Thomas J. Sheftall 15 00
W. W. Gordon, Jr 10 00
F. D. Bloodworth Jo 00
W. 11. Hoffman 10 00
Dr. B. S. Purse 10 00
T. D. Kline 10 00
Frank E. Kellbach 10 00
James Grogan v 19 90
Dr. A. B. Simmons 5 00
R. A. Rowlinski 5 00
Edgar Denmark 6 00
H. D. D. Twiggs 590
F. M. Oliver 6 00
A. A. Lawrence 5 00
G. M. Sorrel 5 00
Cash 6 00
Mrs. M. C. Hermann 500
R. V. Connerat 5 00
Cush 5 00
George Wagenor 500
W. W. Gordon, Jr. (3rd) 5 00
Abercorn Grocery Company 6 00
TV 11. Ward 500
Dr. St. J. B. Graham 5 00
Jones Pharmacy 6 00
C. S. Richmond 600
Dan Gilsa A: Cos. 5 00
James L. Rankin 2 00
Cash 2 00
Joseph iSognler 2 00
Cash 2 50
Bermuda Gras* Help* Out.
A few years ago a friend of mine, resid
ing In the county, was so unfortunate
as to lose his cotton gin by fire, says a
well-known rural paper. He was very
much “down in the mouth" about It.
Having no insurance, he was "broke;"
there was no help for It. On his planta
tion were some thirty-five or forty acres
of thrown out Lind—hillside and bottom
along a small creek—the bottom subject
to an occasional overflow. On tills low
land, particularly the higher portions of
it, Bermuda grass already had a foot
hold. In fact, that was the chief reason
for throwing It out, my friend, having
fought It for years, finally surrendered
and gav i it up.
But after the loss of his gin, he
rigged up a cheap fence around this waste
land, spent what money he had for poor,
old cows nijl yearlings early In the spring
following the fire, and put them lrt that
Bermuda pasture. By July and August
they were "seal fat," to use his own
words, and butchers from the neighbor
ing towns wore eager to buy I hem, ream
ing to the pasture and tuklngjthem away
themselves. %
This man fold me himself that since
adopting this plan of raising revenue he
never had. failed to double, and In some
instances to quardruple, hts money every
four or five months for more than half the
year. He thinks the burning of his gin
w’as a grofct bless ng In disguise. The,
girt brought In money only three months
out of the year, while his pasture Is a
perpetual Klondike, minus Its discom
forts.
Nicholas McQuillan celebrated his 100th
birthday anniversary at Southold, L. 1.,
by leading a dance with his sister, whose
age Is 91 years.
THE CHATHAM BANK,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Transacts u genera) ban King
business, inalntc.ius u liberal no
lug* department.
Foreign mid Domestic Exchange a
specialty.
Having; a large number of Interior
correspondents, we enn bundle col
lect inn * nt very reasonable rates.
Correspondence solicited.
QUSCK CASH.
DRY FLINT HIDES 15%c
DRY SALT HIDES 13%C
GREEN SALT HIDES B%c
BEESWAX 24 c
FURS and SKINS wanted. Highest
market prices paid.
Write for quotations.
A. EIIHLICII & BRO.,
Wholesale Grocers and Liquors,
111. 113, 115 Bay street. West.
HIDES WANTED.
DRY FLINT !5%0
GREEN SALT B%c
MINK HIDES 59 0
GOON HIDES 39 o
S. WATKIN3. Brunswick. Ga
FINANCIAL.
~ I Per Cent, assurer! by Investing In
•)-* shares of the American Cosmorama
to. stock. An exceplionu. chance to.
/he small Investor. Write for particular*
RIGGS A- CO., 573-5-7 The Bourse, Phila
delphia, Pa
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEW! OF TIIE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
r—
GEORGIA. '
It Is said that Lawrencevllle will have a
guano factory and an oil mill before next
season.
MnJ. John D. Butt of Augusta died Fri
day morning of heart trouble brought 00
by acute indigestion.
Atlanta is agitating the subject of a
concert association to furnish high-class
music at a minimum cost.
During the week there was shipped from
the port of Darien, coastwise and foreign,
2,541,115 feet of timber and lumber valued
at $26,943.
Sandy Barefleld of Villa Rica sold a bale
of cotton Thursday for S2O that he has held
for thirteen yearn It was worth when
ginned $46. and that amount at 10 per
cent, compounded would have amounted
to $120.27.
Villa Rica is on a building boom. W.
H. & Martin Hamrick have begun work
on the foundation for two brick stores.
G. B. Malone has the Umber on the ground
for a handsome residence of six rooms, to
cost $1,200. 18. F. Floyd has broken dirt
for a brick store on the old Dozier Hotel
lot
Thursday the residence and outhouses
of Hon. M. L. Bunch of Eastman were
consumed by fire. There was no Insur
ance, and very few articles of furniture
were saved. The smokehouse, well stor
ed with moats, syrup, lard and other val
uables, was a total loss. The damage 1a
not loss than SI,OOO.
Friday morning the boiler attached to
the tram engine used at Hancock’s mill.
Just across the river In Montgomery
county, exploded, killing the engineer and
scalding, iierhaps fatally, the fireman. The
k explosion was terrific, blowing the tender,
engine and boiler forty-two feet from the
track. The name of the engineer was J.
M. Arrington. The name of the fireman
Is unknown.
, Cash Cump, the 6-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Camp, was burned to
death at Home Thursday. The little fel
low was left In a sitting room by an older
sister, who had to leave the house to go
u(>on an errand. The boy locked the door
in order to play a Joke upon hi* sister,
and while playing near the fireplace his
clothing caught and his body was almost
cremated.
In the City Court at Lawrencevllle last
week John Rogers et al. was awarded a
verdict for $3,700 against Bates, Klngs
berry & Cos., Inman, Smith & Cos., John
Sllvoy & Cos. and other Atlanta wholesale
merchants. The Rogers hpya alleged that
the stock of goods belonging to them was
seized by defendants and sold as the prop
erly of C. C. Rogers, their father, unlaw
fully and illegally, and filed suit for $lO,-
WK>, nlkglng $5,000 for the gooda and $6,000
ns The case will be appealed
to the Supreme Court. , f i v %
A most remarkable case of Indifference
to pain came to light in Rome Thursday
morning and is causing some speculation
among local physicians. A negro named
Gus Jackson made his appearance In East
Rome from no one knows where, and loaf
id around for some time. In his right
side was a ghastly knife wound extend
ing from near the stomach argund, to
ward the hack, then up toward the neck
for eight Inches or more. In one placa
he knife had penetrated to the hollow, but
the' negro did not seem to mind It In th.
least. He said he was cut in a game of
craps at Cohutta Tuesday night and that
he was cut In a fight. The wound had
never been dressed and the negro said that
he did not know who his nssallarfit was. Ha
went from Rome to Atlanta wlthfv tha
wound still undressed. *
FLORIDA.
IT. L. Hoffman of Chicago Is now the
owner of the W. U. Hadley place at Bu
ena Vista, for which he pnid SB,OOO.
At Mclntosh twenty-two growers liave
planted and arc growing tha Jollppvlug
acreage: Cabbage, 449; tomatoes, 462; po-
I'ltoes, 320; beans, 169; lettuce, 108; squash,
100; peas, 66; beets, 58, and cucumbers, 20,
muking a total of 1,792 acres.
Preparations are being made by a New
York concern to raise the schooner Gild
den, now In the mud ofT Egmont. This
hull was purchased by the Crowell-Sav
areso Company, and they arc making ev
, ery possible attempt to get the boat off.
Work has commenced on the new ar
mory at Aiwilachlcola. This new structure
will be 60x100 feet ar.d two stories high,
with an opera house In the upper story,
and the armory tn the lower. The contem
plated cost of the armory Is between $5,000
and $6,000.
Ca.pt. Samuel Dennette. who fell from
the hurricane deck of the steamer Pope
Catlln, at Jacksonville, Wednesday- /Horn
ing, and was seriously Injured, Is now
resting easily at Bt. Luke's hospital.
There was no fracture of the skull, as w&a
thought at the flrst examination.
Charles Belt Is In Jacksonville. Mr. Bell
has been In attendance upon the annual
encampment of the Grand Army of tha
Republic for the state, held at Gainesville.
While there he secured the signatures of
a large number of veterans, petitioning
Congress to provide for the erection of a
home for old soldl/ws near Sumterville,
where Mr. Bell has a tract of land that
he will donate for the purpose. Mr. Bell
also states that Sumter county will miss
a like donation.
The Southern Dental Association closed
Its session at St. Augustine Friday .light.
The following were elected officers: Dr.
W. E. Walker of Pass Christian, Miss.,
was elected president; Dr. T. B. Hlnman
of Atlanta, first vice president; Dr. 11. H.
Johnson of Macon, second vice president;
Dr. 11. H. Adair of Augusta, third vica
president. Secretary Foster and the treas
urer were re-elected. The association de
cided to hold the next meeting In New
Orleans during Mardl Gras week.
THE CITIZENS BANK
OF SAVANNAH.
Capital, 8500,000.
Traiuacta u general banking bui.
new. Maintains a Saving! Depart
ment ami allows INTEREST AT 4
PER CEXT., compounded quarterly.
The account* of Individuals, Arms,
hanks aud corporations are solicit
ed.
With oar large number of corres
pondents in GEORGIA, ALABAMA,
FLORIDA and SOLTH CAROLINA vre
arc prepared to handle collections
on the most favorable teft*ras. Cor
respondence Invited.
IIRANTLEY A. DENMARK, President.
M. B. LANE, Vice President.
GEORGE C. FHEMAN, Cashier,
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