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AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Affairs of Government ail Sows of
the Dipartieets Discussal
Notes of Interest Concerning the Peo¬
ple and Their General Welfare.
All the executive departments of the
government were closed at noon Sat¬
urday iu accordance with the estab¬
lished custom of giving the employes
a half holiday ou the working day pre¬
ceding New Year.
In his annual report Mr. Robert E.
Preston, director of the mint, gives a
timely and interesting review of the
course of silver from 1848 to 1893, in¬
clusive, and of the causes of its de¬
pression since 1872.
Contrary to the general impression,
the number of complaints of victims of
green goods swindles now being made
to the poetoffice department is unu¬
sually small. There are st 11, howev¬
er, many complaints in course of in¬
vestigation by Postoffice Inspector An¬
thony Comstock, to whom are referred
all green goods oases.
Reports of the condition of the na¬
tional banks at the close of business,
December 29th, are being received at
the treasury department in response to
the call of the comptroller of the cur¬
rency. They show that the average
reserves of. the banks reporting are
very large and in some cases larger
than on the date of the previous call,
October 3d, indicating that the amount
of money still idle is very great.
The state department has received
from the nobles of St. Petersburg, a
splendidly illuminated and printed ad¬
dress-to the people of the United States
conveying acknowledgements and
thanks for the aid extended to the suff¬
erers by famine in Russia. The ad¬
dress is painted on vellum and is ac
compained by paintings of Russian
scenes, the whole magnificently bound
in Russian leather with an inscription
on the back in massive gold letters.
The grand jury of the District of
Columbia was discharged Saturday
without having returned an indictment
against Don Jan, the crank who wrote
threatening letters to Vice President
Stevenson and Senator Mills. The
court officials say this does not mean a
failure of the prosecution, as the Don
Jan case came up too late for the cur¬
rent grand jury to act on it. The pris¬
oner will have to wait the action of the
next grand jury which assembles some
weeks hence.
Exclusive of Saturday’s business the
receipts of the government for the
month of December have been $26,
027,896 and expenditures $30,178,519,
a deficiency of receipts over expendi¬
tures of $4,150,622. The receipts for
the fiscal year to date have been $155,
gp”*"* 500 032, a deficit l h ?, of receipts over *«»•• a
penditwes for practically half the
year of *84,068.718 The balances
Saturday were *89 261,i57 a de
since the 1st of $1,483,714, and the
currency balance was $7,785,822,a de¬
crease of $4,454,745.
The Committee Is Divided.
The subcommittee on banking and
®urrency of the house, to whom wag
committed the question of repealing
the state bank tax, is divided on the
matter, Mr. Cox, of Tennessee, sub¬
mitting a report embodying uncondi¬
tional repeal and Mr. Warner, of New
York, and Mr. Hall, of Minnesota, re¬
porting in favor of conditional repeal.
The bill drafted by Messrs. Warner
and Hall repeals the 10 per cent tax
but provides that the issue of state
bank notes shall be confined to the
«tate in which the banks are incorpora¬
ted and if the notes are used outside
of the state they are to be subject to a
tax of 10 per cent of their face value.
Rcpublicmig Complete a Minority Restore
in the Hawaiian Matter.
The republican members of the for¬
eign affairs committee have completed
the minority report on the resolutions
presented by Chairman McCreary ofl
the day congress adjourned, as a sub¬
stitute for tbe Hitt resolution. The
report was prepared by Mr. Storer, oi
Ohio, and is signed by Messrs. Hitt,
Harmer, Blair, Draper and Van Yorhis,
of New York. It is very voluminous
and goes into the whole history of Mr.
Blounts’s appointment as commissioner
and the course of the administration.
The minority recommends the adop¬
tion of the following substitute for the
resolution reported by the majority:
“Whereas, Executive communications
to congress disclose that the executive
department has been furnishing to a
minister plenipotentiary of the United
States secret instructions to con¬
spire with the representatives and
agents of a deposed and discard¬
ed monarchy for the overthrow of a
friendly republican government, duly
recognized by all the civilized nations
to which said minister was accredited
and to which his public instructions
pledged the good faith and sympathy
of the president, the government nnd
the people of the Unsted States. “Re¬
solved that it is the sense of this house
that any such intervention by the ex¬
ecutive of the United States, its civil
or military, representatives or officers,
without authority of congress, is a
dangerous and unwarranted invasion
of thfe rights and dignities of the con¬
gress of the United States and n viola¬
tion of the law of nations; and further,
that the manner of such attempted in¬
terventions by the executive’s methods
used are unworthy of the executive de¬
partment of the United States; while
the confessed intent of such interven¬
tion is contrary to the policy and tra¬
dition of the republic and the spirit of
the constitution.”
THE PUGILISTS PULLED
According to a Prearranged Program.
Bonds Promptly Given.
A Jacksonville special says: Charles
Mitchell and James J. Corbett were
arrested according to a prearranged
program of the Duval Athletic Club,to
test the law of Florida in reference to
glove contests. Mitchell was arrested
just after he finished breakfast at the
Everett hotel, but Corbett did not ap¬
pear in court until the afternoon, as
he could not reach the city from his
training quarters at Maypert at an
earlier hour. The affidavit was issued
by County Judge Baker. It says that
Charles Mitchell and James J. Corbett
did on the 27th instant agree to com¬
mit an offense prohibited by law, and
proceeds to give the law iu the caBe.
Bond was promptly given and the pu¬
gilists released.
THE GOVERNOR INFORMED.
Shortly after the arrest of Corbett
and Mitchell Solicitor Christie notified
Governor Mitchell and Attorney Gen¬
eral Lamar, informing them of the
action that had been taken. The ar¬
rests were made under two sections
of the Florida statutes. The first sec¬
tion (2415) is as follows:
“Whoever, by previous appoint¬
ment or arrangement, meets another
person and engages in a fight shall be
punished by imprisonment not exceed¬
ing six months, or by fine not exceed¬
ing $500.”
relates The second section alluded to (2594)
to attempt to violate the laws
of the state and fixes the penalty at
one-half of the greatest punishment
which might have been inflicted if the
offense attempted had been committed.
Under this provision Corbett and
Mitchell, in the case of conviction,
would be confined in jail three months
and fined $2.50 each. Solicitor Chris¬
tie has wired Attorney General La¬
mar to be present at the habeas cor¬
pus proceedings Monday.
The members of the Duval Athletic
Club feel confident that the court will
decide that glove contests are not ille¬
gal in Florida and assert morepositive
yl than ever that the contest will oc¬
cur.
BATTLING FOR BREAD.
A. Bad State of Affairs in the Great
0 j Chicago.
A Chicago ’ special ‘ o£ Friday says:
„ t , of the , tinning. packing houses
h o stockyards are In Ar
, „ hi eh is the busiest, only a
few ca ttlc are being Idlled. The can
ningdepartinent is entirely suspended,
and, as many other departments are
dependent upon, the canning depart¬
ment for work, they, too, are closed.
As a consequence, large numbers of
men are out a£ employment. Outside
of those employed regularly, there is
a few hoars’ work for a small number
of men, and it is the engagement of
these men that brings on the fights and
struggles that occur daily in the yards.
The men gather early as five o'clock
in the morning and increase until
seven o’clock, when the foreman ap¬
pears to secure the men he needs. In¬
stantly there is a rush to get near him.
“Might makes right” in that rush, and
the weak are knocked down or pushed
aside. No consideration is shown for
anyone, and the man who is not strong
enough to assert himself and defend
himself must get out or he will be
knocked out.
A number of men are said to have
been hurt, some of them seriously, ir
thes j daily struggles. Those who fail
to secure work assault the workmen
and rob them of their dinner pails and
what money they may have, In the
evening, men and children stand
around with baskets, begging for what
may be left of the luncheon of the
workmen.
WOMEN FIGHT A ROBBER
Who Had Entered Their Home in Quest
of Booty.
A masked burglar entered the house
of Mrs. Ellen Kelly, five miles south¬
west of Argentine, Mo., Sunday. She
and her daughter Eliza live alene and
there was considerable money in the
house. The women awakened to find the
burglar in their presence. Mrs. Kelly
got hold of a long sharp corn knife and a
three-cornered struggle followed. The
robber received a wound in the head
inflicted with the knife, and he beat
both the women badly about the head
and face with his feet, while the daugh¬
ter received two severe wounds in the
head inflicted by the robber with the
corn knife. Finally the daughter suc¬
ceeded in giving the alarm and neigh¬
bors came to their assistance. A large
posse is in pursuit of the robber, and
a lynching is not improbable. Mrs.
Kelly is seventy years old.
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.
Tie Mt of Her Prcpss aaf Pros¬
perity Erlefiy No:ci
Happenings of Interest Portrayed in
Pithy Paragraphs.
Atlanta, Ga., is to have the largest
and grandest exposition the south has
ever witnessed. That was decided at
a citizen’s meeting in the Chamber of
Commerce Thursday morning.
W. A. Quarles, confederate briga¬
dier and Tennessee politician and law¬
yer of some note, died Thursday night
at the residence of his daughter in Lo¬
gan county, Kentucky. His home was
in Clarkesville, Tenn.
A special from Sumter, S. C., says:
The large sum of $1,246.23 worth of
dispensary booze was sold here on Sat¬
urday before Christmas, and the total
sales for that week were $3,018.86,
which probably eclipses all records of
single dispensaries.
The will of Thorny Lafon, a wealthy
negro, who died at New Orleans a
few days ago, was probated Friday.
Lafon’s fortune is estimated at $500,
000. He bequeathed to charitable or
educational purposes $214,000. Most
of the institutions endowed by him are
exclusively for whites.
A Nashville special of Sunday says:
E. E. N Clark, head of the Conductors’
Brotherhood, and Chief Sargent, of
the firemen, will, with the grievance
committee of the Nashville, Chatta¬
nooga and St. Louis railway, hold a
conference with President Thomas in
reference to fixing a date for restoring
wages to where they were before the
10 per cent reduction was made about
four months ago.
J. W. Burke & Co., the well-known
book dealers aud publishers,of Macon,
Ga., have failed. Ed. Burke and John
Birch were appointed receivers. They
I are preferred creditors for about $35,
000. The Exchange bank has a war¬
rantee deed for $18,112.84. The lia¬
bilities are about $100,000; assets about
$75,000. The bill was filed by the
Macon Gaslight and Water company,
the Empire Store and L. S. Worsham
& Co.
Governor McKinney, of Virginia,
has received an invitation for himself
and family to be present at the recep¬
tion of the Columbian liberty bell at
the hall of representatives, Nashville,
Tenn., on January 8th. The invita¬
tion is from the Ladies’ Hermitage
Association, and the occasion is to
commemorate the battle of New Or¬
leans and approval of the liberty bell
as it starts on its mission of freedom
and peace around the world.
A Louisville, Ky., dispatch of Satur¬
day says: The work of clearing away
tqe debris of the wrecked bridge has
been suspended for the present, aud
the chances for the recovery of the re¬
maining bodies are very poor. It is
not known how many bodies are under
the wreck, but twelve men at least are
missing. Time Keeper Kelley says he
has no idea when the work of clearing
away the wreckage would be resumed,
but says the bridge company will be
compelled to clear the river.
The campaign committee of the Ala¬
bama State Educational Association
met in Birmingham Saturday and out¬
lined its plans to work for the adop¬
tion of the Hundley school amendment
to the state constitution. The com¬
mittee resolved to flood the state with
literature favoring the amendment.
Every paper in the state will be be¬
sieged and urged to publish communi¬
cations favoring the amendment so
that every reading man in the state
will be familiar with the subject be¬
fore the election.
At 12 o’clock Wednesday night fire
broke out in Rosenbaum’s dry goods
store, at Hillsboro, Bosque county,
Texas, and was the most destructive
that ever occurred there. The entire
block on the east side of the public
square, in which were located many of
the heaviest business houses, was en¬
tirely wiped out. The total loss is
estimated at $275,000, with about one
third covered by insurance. The Hills¬
boro opera house, one of the finest
play houses in the second class cities
of the state, is among the concerns
destroyed.
A Columbia, S. 0., special says: The
people of the state are very much con¬
cerned about the payment of their
taxes. Hundreds are absolutely una¬
ble to meet their assessments. Satur¬
day was the last day under the law
and no extension has been made. It is
believed that Comptroller General El
lerbe, who, under the new law, is em¬
powered to make an extension, will
grant it for about ten counties where
it is thought to be most needed. Un¬
less an extension is granted there will
be distress in many hundred homes.
The North Carolina legislative joint
committee Saturday completed its an¬
nual examination of the state treasury.
It gives out the following statement:
Balance at the closo of the fiscal year
ending November 30, 1892, $310,400 ;
receipts during fiscal year, $1,181,000;
disbursements, $1,284,000; balance,
$208,000. There is a falling off of
$4,000,000 in the assessed value of
general property, solvent credits and
money on hand. There is an increase
of $400,000 in the assessed value of
railway property. There is a heavy
falling off in merchants’ purchase tax
and tax on liguors,
PREN0ERGAST MUST HANG.
The Jury’s Verdict of Murder Univer¬
sally Approved.
A Chicago special of Saturday says:
Prendergast, the murderer of Carter
H. Harrison, will be hanged for his
crime. The verdict of the jury has
said it, and the people of Chicago ap¬
prove it. Ably defended ns the assassin
has been; strong as has the evidence
adduced to save his neck from the
halter, the jury has found him sane—
responsible for his act and demanded
that he pay the highe-t price for his
( ffense against the law. This price,
however, is a corry one at the best.
The value to the world of one life, such
as that of Carter H. Harrison, would
weigh down the scales against the ex¬
istence of a hundred such as Prender
gast.
When Clerk Fitzgerald arose to read
the finding of the .jury the prisoner
stood clutching the back of a chair,
eyeing him with the most intense
eagerness, his long fingers nervously
clasping the chair, his knees trembled
violently, his face was flushed and his
spiteful-looking mouth opened and
closed as though he would say some¬
thing, but lacked the power to speak.
“We, the jury, find the defendant,
Patrick Eugene John Prendergast,
guilqy of murder, in manner and form
as charged in the indictment, and fix
the penalty at death.”
Fitzgerald’s voice, clear and calm,
read out the finding • and died away
with a slight emphasis on the fiual
word. Then Prendergast revealed
himself the utt r * coward. His face
turned pale; he opened his mouth to
si e k, but only a faint murmur came
irom between his hot and quivering
lips. He moved slightly and would
have fallen to the floor but for the as¬
sistance of a baliff. .
ENGLISH TROOPS'MASSACRED.
They Were Surprised by the Matebelcs
and Every Man Was Killed.
A London cable dispatch says:
A terrible disaster is said to have
occurred to the scouting party under
command of Captain Wilson, which
has been in pursuit of King Lobengu
la, and which has not been heard from
for some time past. Several south
African merchants in this city received
cable messages Wednesday announcing
that Captain "Wilson’s force had been
completely annihilated by the Mate
beles, who are said to have cut them to
pieces.
The news of the disaster to the Brit¬
ish scouting party was received by
Mosenthal & Sons, merchants, and by
a broker named Hirsh, as well as sev¬
eral other people doing business iu the
city. It is stated now that in addition
to Wilson’s party that the party under
Captain Barrow, sent out to reinforce
him, have been cut to pieces.
No press dispatches have been re¬
ts -ived which either confirm or contra
d ct these alarming reports. The num¬
ber of men composing the Wilson de
tichment is said to have been from
forty to one hundred, and the Barrow
detachment is reported to have been
composed of about the same number
of men. The news has caused great
excitement throughout the city and is
being magnified on all sides.
A BIG STRIKE PROBABLE
Among the Miners in Ohio on Account
of a Cut in Wages.
A special of Tuesday from Belaire,
Ohio, says: A strike of alarming pro¬
portions will be instituted by miners
in this vicinity January 1st, if opera¬
tors do not revoke their decision to cut
the wages on that date. The miners
affected are those employed along the
line of the Baltimore and Ohio rail¬
road. Some time ago the operators
announced that they were unable to
pay 70 cents per ton, as heretofore, and
January 1st would reduce to 60 cents
per ton the wages paid to West
Virginia miners. The claim of the
bosses was that they could not com¬
pete against West Virginia coal and
pay 10 cents more per ton for mining,
alleging that under this arrangement
West Virginia coal could be sold at
the mouth of the Ohio mines for
less than Ohio operators themselves
could sell their own coal. On the other
hand the miners claim that the bosses
can make a good profit with wages at
70 cents per ton. They have decided
to refuse the reduction and unless some
compromise is agreed upon within a
few days all will lay down their toolfi
New Year’s day.
Receivers Appointed.
The application for a receiver of the
Ohio Valley Railroad Company, was
argued Saturday in the United States
court at Louisville, Ky.,' and Judge
Barr appointed Colonel John McLeod
as receiver. This is the last of the
Huntington roads running through
Kentucky, with one exception, the
Chesapeake and Ohio, not in the hands
of a receiver. The Chesapeake, Ohic
and Southwestern and the Chesapeake
and Ohio roads are separate corpora¬
tions.
YELLOW FEVER AT RIO.
The Dreaded Plague Seizes Upon the
War-Stricken City.
A Buenos Ayres special of Thursday
says: Very bad news has reached here
from Rio de Janeiro. It is announced
that the important city, which has
been suffering from the ravages of the
war, is now a victim of the worst and
most dreaded of all diseases— yellow
fever—and five deaths from this dis¬
ease are already reported. News that
yellow fever has added its burdens
and horror to the suffering already en¬
dured by the people of Rio, has
caused widespread attention, and
much sympathy is expressed for
the plague and the war-stricken
inhabitants. It is added, however,
that the government is taking every
precaution possible, under the circum¬
stances, to prevent n spread of the dis¬
ease, but the work of the officials at
Rio de Janeiro is greatly hampered by
the condition to which the city has
been reduced by the horrors of war.
It is stated that the yellow fever, which
has broken out in Rio, is not a mild
form of that fever, but the worst form
of black fever.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The Industrial Situation as Reported
for the Past Week.
The review of the in lnstr al s tuation in the
souih tor the pas' w ek. ending December 26th,
allows that the iafl ten -es of the season are ap¬
parent in a less ned number of new industries
established durng the week. In importance
they are worthv of notice. In ntantif ictur ng
and business aff it s there is no material change
of importance. The enquiry for and consi quent
firm ties 8 in the pic: of ’ron continues, and
th re is i> creased denial d tor coal mine pro¬
ducts. No ( spec al cha, go is to be expected
pending the discussion and settlement of the
tar ff question. indus
Twenty-four new ries wer3 established
or incorporated during of the wei k. lo.-eth- r with
three enlargements manufactories and s vea
important new buildings. Prominent among
the new industries of the week are die t flow¬
ing : The Fiori la Miniug and (Jhem cal Com¬
pany, of Tamps, Fia., c; pt'al $!.001,000, or¬
ganized by vV. S Warner and others; the White
Cliffs Portland Cement and Chalk Company,
of Little Rock, Ark., with $L.000,000 capital,
Lewis Meteser and associates incorporatois; the
Potts Valley Furnace Va., and Mining Company,
of Charles on, W. capital $51)0,000;
chattered by O. 8. Long and otheis,
the Powell Novel Hook Pad Manufac¬
turing Company, of Marshal, Texas ctpital
$50 009, hv J. D. Crawford and ass idatec; the
Southern Fruit Packing Company, cap.tal
$50 000, of Churchland, Va. 'i.E. Trotman
and others incorp u-ators; Va., the Guyton Coal Com¬
pany, of Richmond, capital $25,000. by W.
J. Winegar and o hers; the Gibbons Clo hing
Matiu actnring Company, of Houston, Texas,
c Wliite pital $25,000, R Stave by It. Company, B. Morr s anl of Clarendon. nthe s; the
ver
Ark., by A. J. Carte- Sugar and associates, capital
$20,000; the Southei n Refiner.', of Mont
gonnry, Ala., ctpital $10,0110, of wnicn E. E.
Simpson is pr sideir; a $10,00 > canning factory
at tMimter, S. C-, and a d:S tilery ii with $10,000
capital at May.sv.lle, Ky., by Poyutz aud
otners. *
Ice fac‘o ies are to bn csfabli hsl at Char¬
lotte. N. C., and Norfolk Va., stove works at
Mobile, A ! a„ a coal and coke company has been
char ere l at W co, Texas, a tobacco factory is
to be built at S .lisbury, N. C.. acid wor.is at
Augusta. Ga., a canning f ctory at California,
Ky„ and . ar wheel works at Raleigh N. C. A
n w furniture factory is reported at Kingwood,
VV. Va., a boop factory at K lgc re, Texas, and
a saw mill at Attalia, Ala.—Tradesman (Chat¬
tanooga, Tcnu.)
ATLANTA MARKETS.
CORRECTED WEEKLY.
Groceries.
Coffee—Roasted—Arbnokle’s 94.61 19 100 lb.
eases. Lion 24.6 In, Leve ring’s 24 6 >o. Green—Ex¬
tra choice 21 %c; choice good 20%c; fair 19 <jC:
c 'tnmon 17%al8%c. Sugar--Granulated
4%e; powdeiet 6%c; cut loaf 5%;
fied white 4%a4%c; extra v, 4%c; New Orleans yei.ow clari¬
\e 1 >w ext-a C 3%e. Syrup—
New Orleansctio'c ■ 45c; prime 35@4ic;c muon
20@3Jc. Molasses—Genuine Cuba S5@38c; im
ltanon 22@25. Teas—Black 85@55c; u' een
40@69c. Nutmegs 65@35e. Clove* 25@3he;
lmianrm ginger 10@l2%c. 18c. Al spice 10@llc. Jamai¬
ca Rice, Singapoie pepper lie, Mace
$1.00. Head 6c; goo t 5%; common
4%c; mporteil Japan F>(d5%e. Salt— Hawley’s
da ry $1.50; Virginia 75c. Ghees'—11 us !3@14;
White fish, Ii i,If bbts. $4-0'; pails 6 c;
Mackerel, half barrels, $6.00@>.50. Soap.
Tahow, 100 bars, 75 ibs $3.00@{75.
Candles—l’.-irafine tuipcntine, 60 bars, 60 lbs, $2.25 Matches— a z.5J;
11c; star 11c.
100s $4 00; 300s $3 (HUS 75; 200s $2 00a2 75; 60s
5gross $3 75.Soda-Kegs,bulk 4%c; do 1 It) pkgs
5%c; eases, 1 lb 5%o, do 1 and %lbs8o, do%lb
C%e. Crackers—XXX soda 5%e; XXX butter
6%c; XXX pearl oysters < %e.shell and excelsior
7c;lemon cream !)c; XXX ginger snans 9o; corn
hills 9c. Candy—Assorted stick 6%e; French
mixed 12al2% Canned goods-Cotulcn el Milk,
$6(K)aSdO; imitation mackerel$3 95a! <•(). Sal¬
mon $5 25i5 50: F. W. oysters $175; L VV
$1 33; corn $2 50 a3 50; tomatoes $2.00
Bail potash nickel $3 20. Starch—Pea-1 celluloid 4o; Lump $5.00.
4«j Pieties, ; plain packages $3 00;
or mixed, pints $1 00,il 40; qn rts,
$1 50al 80. ikegsfl Powder—Rifle, kegs $3.25; sack. %kegs,
$1 90; % 10. Skofc$l 55 per
Flour. and lic it.
Flour—First patent $4 75; second patent
$4.50; extra fancy $3.40 ; fancy $3 30; family
$8.00. Corn—No. 1 white 57c. Mixed,
55c. Oats. Mixed 4lc; White 44c; Texas rust
proof 50c. Seed rye, Georgia 75aS0c.
Hay—Choice timothy, timothy, large bales, large $1.01; halos, choice $1.00
No. 1
timothy, small bales, 95c; No. 1 timothy, small
bales. 90c; No. 2 timothy, sihrH bales, 85c.
Meal—Plain 56c; bolted 54c. Wheat brau—
Largo sacks 90c, small sacks 90c. Cotton¬
seed meal—$ t 3 t per cwt. Steam feed—#1.10
nor cwt. Stock peas 60a65c per bit. White,
60:63. Boston beans $2.65a2.75 per bushel.
Tennessee, $1.75a 2.01. Grits—Pearl $3.00.
Country Produce.
Eggs ISa.Oc Butter—Western creamery
30a35c choice Tennessee 18s20c; other grades
]2%al5o. lave poultrv—Turkeys £7%e. spring 85)10c per
lb; hens 25 and chickens
largo 18.i20c; email spring 10a 12% ?. Dressed
poultrv—Turkeys 10.112%. Irish 12%al5c; potatoes, ducks 2.59@2.75per- 15o; chick¬
ens
bbl. Sweet, potatoes 6 c per bit. Honey—
Strained 8al0c; in the comb 10al2%o. Onions
75ea$l 00 per bu.
Provisions.
Clear rib sides, boxed 7%c, ice-cured belliea
11c. Sugar-cured hams Hal 3c. according
to brand and average; California, 8..8%e. break¬
fast bacon 14al5c. Lard, Leaf 9%. Compound S’
Cotton.
Local—Market Closed Steady. Middling 7a
