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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.
Orphans Court q 81. Nary, County,, 81

Orphans Court of 81. Nary, County,, ST -
Nov 10, 1870.
nRpERED ~ TIE COURT. That John
" biIlahay and Lane Il Morgan. a,imui>tr,-
tors OF Chas CLcscld.nc, late of Saint Ntrk
county, Mary land, deceased. give the ao,,r
quircd by law Ia the dcgc.,scl's creditors io ~
hilit their claims aud that the Sarrc he pub
lished once Il week fo- six successive weeks IA
some newspaper printed in said county.
Test: Jas I VI RALEv,
Register Wills for - Mary's county.
NOTICE
In pursuance Of the above order We hereby
give notice that we have obtained from the
Orphans Court of st. Marv's county. Mar,-
land. letters of administration on thc personal
estate OF Chas Clc>cldinr late of said county.
deceased. All persons having claims against the
said decreased are hereby Lotifcd TO exhibit the
same with the proper vouchers attached thereto,
10 the suhscril crs. on or before the 2lsi day of
May. 1871, they will otherwise hy law hc cI-
cludcd from all benefits of the said estate. All
persons indebted 10 the deceased are requested
to make immediate Payment To the suhscrib,.s
JOHN DlLLA!Al,
JANE MORGAN.
Administrators.
Nov 10, Is.O-Gw.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1871-01-05

kS The following are valuable re-
ceipts:
To make man drunkari. give him
wife who will scold him every time he
comes home.
To make woman scold. give her 4
husband who comes home drunk.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1871-01-05
ST. MARY * I,EACON
LEONAEDTOVy, ND.

THURSDAY MORNING, January 5,h, 1871.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1871-01-05
Notice..

"A IL persons indebted to me on open
IA medical account are respectfully re-
Iucstcd to settle the same by cash or note
by the 18th JANUARY. 1871.
W. NJ. ADELL.
Jan. 5, 1S11-2t.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1871-01-05

The following are the inspections of tobacco
for the week ending December -:
Mary land, 2I7 hhds.
Ohio, :.
Kentucky, %
Virginia, ?
Total. 800 d"
GuANo.-Peruvian we still Trotc si S67 80
gold, for Chncha Island, and 500 per ton gold,
for GUanapc, these being the agents prices
for lots of 50 tens more. Stock Of the
former very light, hU, supply Of latter literal.
We still quote EciuHda and Orc!Ii!la ~ S2n per
ton Of 900 lhS. "A Mexican do. at $50 SOL
uble Pacific do. at $50. PatapSco Company :
Guano at 500. Fertilizers. including phos-
pilates, Manipulated GuanuS &c, range from
Sio TO $40 per ton of 2,ooO lbs, all currcn-
icy The market is. however, very dull for fer
tilzer> Of all descriptions.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-25
A Terrible Tragedy.

A gentleman from the neighborhood in
| Grimes county, some five miles from Nava-
| sofa, where the saddest occurrence which,
| we believe, we have ever recorded, took
| place on last Saturday night, gives us some
| particulars additional to those which have
already been published. We refer to the
accidental killing of his wife, by Mr.. Briggs
Goodrich, kind husband, as we learn, and
a sober, industrious and respected citizen.
There were, it seems, several robbers in
the house, and Mrs. Goodrich hearing them,
had aroused her husband, and he, not being
able to find his pistol, had taken bowie
knife, and was in pursuit of the thieves.
He had struck at one of them, and another
mad passed him inside of the house, and he
seems to have hastened outside and around
to the window of his own bedroom. which
he knew to be hoisted, with the expectation
of intereepting the escape of some of the
burglars. fE.s ..
1t is said that chlOroform had been used
by the thieves. but not sufficiently to pro-
duce stupefaction. Yet, it is likely that
the feeling of faintness caused by the in
halatiOn of the chlOrOfOrm induced Mrs.
Goodrich to rise from the bed where she
had been left by her husband, and to 90 to
the window for air. There she was found
by her excited husband, and, as the night
was so dark that he could discern only the
outlines of the torn, he naturally imagined
he saw one of the robbers about to pass out
through the window.
Then came blows, bearing all that the
human mind can conceive of the terrible
blows by which husband took the life of
his own wife with the thrice-accursed bowie
knife. God help him! We learn that he
is distracted, and can not be trusted alone,
but is guarded constantly to prevent the
commission of suicide. Mrs. Goodrich is
represented as very accomplished and
noble woman, and it is said that she died
with words of sympathy for her unfortunate
husband upon her lips.
In the utter CONSERVATION and desolation
which followed the terrible tragedy, we are
that the only child of the mar
riage, which is still almost an infant, was
seen, with its head pillOwed upon the slain
mothers breast, begging her to awake and
grant it an evidence of recognition. |
No man, who is really man, would hest |
tate to pray that any calamity might befall |
him in preference to that which now bows |
Mr.. Goodrich in the dust The love of hus-
Jand and wife is the highest form of tho |
affection; all others are derivations from it,
md the thought that the good angels who |
watch about us should permit the hand
which would, if possible, have warded off
he slightest rOughness in the winds of
leaven from the cheeks of wife, to plunge
he cold glitteriRg steel repeatedly into her
aithtul bosom in consequence of little ex-
itement and a slight defect of vision is too
for us, and we bow in silence be-
ore mystery which can not be explained
u the hither side of the grave.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-25
The Quincy, Illinois. Wing of the twent,

The Quincy, Illinois. Wing of the twenty
first gives the following description of a
race gig that has been purchased by some
of the enterprising and muscular young
men of that city, and hopes it will take
part in the coming regatta.
A couple feuterpriSing young gentlemen
OF this city, better known as William b.
Bushnell and William b. Bull, received
yesterday morning via New Orleans from
New York city, "a handsome little craft
which they chrstened yesterday afternoon
in the bay, and called her name Mike
not "Dixie." The stranger is of the species
known as 'shell boat" is thirty-two feet
long by eighteen inches wide, weighs about
120 pounds and cost over 5000 1t is a per
feet little beauty, and, we doubt not, will
be one of the competing boats at the re-
gatta TO be held at Burlington on the fourth
of July.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-25
ForetRu Markets.
YESTERDAYS Evening Dispatches-1

New YORK, June 24-The Savannah fire.
men return today. They were presented
with splendid banner and silver speak.
ing trumpet. They are having saturna-
liam time of it to-day.
The National Committee of the Union
League met to-day. After a long debate
resolutions were passed to aid the loyal
governors of the South to maintain law and
order
The regatta association awards the prizes
as follows: SchoOners-Tidal Wave; first
class sloops-Addie; second-class slOops-
Breeze. The Tidal Wave and the Addie
take the regatta subscription and challenge
cup, and the Breeze taking the regatta cup.
CINCINNATI, June 24.-The distillation of
saloon washings, which have any smell of
whisky, has been forbidden under the recti-
! fier's license. The reason assigned by the
officials Tor this course is that other articles
not taxed as spirits are used as such,
whereby the government is defrauded.
MADRID, June A.-An address to the
crown was adopted by one hundred and
sixty-tour to ninety-eight, when the resgna-
ton OF the whole ministry was announced
1t is generally thought that Marshal Sierra
no will be president of the new ministry.
ST. LOUIS, June 2i.-An overissue of fifty
thousand dollars in city treasury warrants
has been traced to the term between 1867
and 1869, while Degenere was controller
prosecution has been ordered. u
OBaldwin, better known as the Irish |
Giant, has challenged Tom Allen to fight |
for twenty-five hundred dollars a side or |
more, the mill to come off within four |
months.
PARIS, June 4.-The Orleans Princes will |
not return to their estate at Chantilly until
the Prussians have evacuated the depart
ment of the Disc.
BERLIN, June 24.-Serious complications
have arisen between Germany and Eng
land. The subject is unknown, but severe
dispatches are passing between Bismarck
and Granville.
VERSAILLES, June 24-General Lallemand
has raised the blockade of Fort National in
Algeria, after a spirited fight in which he
lost eight men killed and thirty wounded.
General Bourbaki has recovered from his
wounds and been placed in command at
Lyons.
Gambetta declines candidature for the
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lOoNTMUED FROM FIRST PAeE.l
is unprecedented for the gulf and sout
Atlantic coast.


River Intellfzence. r
SOUTHWEST Pass, June "a, P. MIA
rometer 3O:l5; wind southwest and light.
Arrived: Ship Preston, Donald, master;
forty-fve days from Liverpool, with gen
eral cargo to j. g. Lingham & Co. No de-
partures.
vIcKsBURG, June 25.-Passed up: Ouach-
tia Belle, at p NJ; Exchange, at 6 p. NJ.
Weather warm and clear. River falling
curry 949. River falling. Passed up: Com
mQnSzalth and Shannon. Passed down:
vulia.
CINCINNATI. June 24.-River six feet
three inches; has fallen three inches during
the past twenty-fOur hours. Departed:
Lawrence, for Memphis, and Leonidas, for
New Orleans.
The rates to New Orleans advanced to-
day as follows: Bacon 45c, pork 81 25
whisky 81 rs. On Monday an advance will
be made on the rates 10 Memphis, to cor
respond with the advance by the railroad of
Iwenty per cent.
LOUISVILLE, June 24-River one foot eight
inches in the chute and three feet eight
inches in the canal. Weather alternately
rain and shine, and very hot Business dull
Arrived: Altoona and Lawrence from Gin
cinnati, and Mary Houston from New Or
leans. Departed: Altoona for st. Louis,
Lawrence for Memphis, Cornelia for the
Tennessee river and Indiana for New Or
leans. The Nightingale from Arkansas
river and Alaska from New Orleans are ex-
pected tonight.
ST. LOUIS, June 24.-Departed Belle of
st. Louis for Vicksburg, r. j. Lockwood for
Red river, and Columbia for Arkansas river.
sippi and Missouri are rising. Weather very
hot
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-25
The Mysterious Horse Disease.

Ine new 1Ofk Ecelathg Gt00e says:
The mysterious horse disease which is
prevailing in some of the large stables in
this city was predicted in the Times by
Miss Mildly Morgan, the horse editor of that
sheet, eighteen months ago. She ascribes
the whole difficulty to poor ventilation and
feeding on corn Horses which work all
dav want nerve and muscle tissue, and
should eat that food which helps to build
up these tissues. Corn is fat producing,
and in the end the horse is sure to break
down. According to Mayor Hall, no hess
than forty thousand horses are constantly
stabbed and used within the limits of this
city. We can form from this fact some idea
OF the amount of property involved if an
epidemic should break out We have no
means of knowing how many horses an
nually die in this city from natural causes
The number of dead animals taken from
our streets last year was very nearly twelve
thousand. A large number of these were
doubtless cats and dogs. We hope those
whose business it is will see TO it that all
the horses in this city have plenty of fresh
air and the proper kind of food.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-25
Official DefalcatiOus.

This is dispatch to the ST. Louis Repub
Gcdn:
WASHINGTON, June ola circular was
issued from the internal revenue bureau
yesterday, in which it is attempted by ex-
parte statements to reduce the defalcations
of ex-colectors within three millions of dol
lars. In an official document, communicated
to Congress by the Secretary of the Treas
ury, these defalcatiOns are represented to
exceed twenty millions, and yet no case has
been prosecuted with vigor and success.
The bondsmen are either straw bail or are
politicians in collision with the collectors to
rob the treasury, and hence they are not
prosecuted. Some radical Senator or Re-
preventative asks for postponement, and
that is usually the end of any attempt at
legal remedy. Take q case that recently
occurred; Collector Speer, of Kansas, de-
faulted for $l5S,000, where prominent
Western Senator and an ex-representativc
had the case compromised for $ll, 200, thus
making a clear profit of $ll4,70e iii the
speculation. 1t is believed that &c the secret
archives of the administration could be ex-
plored, one hundred millions of dollars
would not cover the defalcations of govern
ment officers since Grants administration
came into power
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-25
Monetary--Conmercial
MONETARY.
OFFICE OF THE DAILY REPUBLICAN,,
SkruRnAy ErryruG lime % IkTI

| OFFICE OF THE DAILY REPUBLICAN,
| SATURDAY EVENING. June "a, 1871.
The money market is quiet and easy, with
no change in street rates, which we still
quote as follows: as per cent per annum
for AL notes with unquestionable col
laterals 80l0 for good do; 0l0 for short
| AL business paper without collaterals; II O
| I8 for good and second grade do, and 10 a IL
| for AL long do. Mortgage notes rule at 9
| a. for Al, and l00l2 for second class.
Some AL long business paper was done to-
day at TO-
Gold opened at 1929 all3 against 1925
at New York;, and after very small bust
ness closed at the opening both here and in
that market. The sales included $4,000 and
$4,000 at lI2as, $500, $4,000, $1,000 and So
600 at 1925, and $1,000 and $4,000 at lib.
Nothing was reported in silver. 1t is
quoted at 1881 a l09l2 for American half
dollars, and Ga 0334 & cent premium in
gold for Mexican dollars.
The movement in foreign exchange was
more limited than at any time since the
commencement of the season. In fact, there
was nothing done beyond few trifing
sums of bank sterling, one amount of $500
changing hands at l24a4. We quote NOM
inally l23as a 1884 for good to AL bill of
lading and clear, and l2442 o. for bank
Nothing TRANSFERRED in francs.
Domestic exchange was very dull. The
banks supplied RENTERS with sight drafts
ON New York at 3s T. cent premium, and
the transactions included 900 and $50 900
New York commercial sight at a premium
$4,000 bank at "a, and $4,000 Boston sight
at 3-l6.
Operations in New York gold checks in
cluded $4,000 private bankers at 3-l6 T.
cent discount, and $4,000 at "a. Some of
the banks drew for remittance at par.
There was more life i'll the stock market,
but still the business was very small. The
reported sales included 500 and 200 Louisi-
ana Levee at s.; 500 Crescent City Water
works at -; , Mississippi and Mexican
Gulf Ship Canal at $780, small lot of
Crescent City Slaughterhouse Is sharesj at
the reduced rate of S2S, and zoo do, sellers |
option sixty days, at $2s; Pneumatic Pro
peing new stock was offered as low as 81. |
Last week, not reported, IS shares Bank of |
Lafayette stock sold in several lots at |
$40 SO.
Nothing reported in bonds. Seventeen |
hundred dollars State warrants were sold |
at 641a. Dealers bought these at 81 062
for large, and 65 a g. for small, and asked |
63 a GA for the former, and 81 a 20 for the
latter. #..t. ....t
Quotations for city treasury notes are
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-25
BIT. Walshe. which means we he'll;

B. T. Walshe, which means, we believe,
enterprise and energy, is determined to
keep the front rank in the department of
business which he has made his speciality,
and in which he has become so famous. A
man seeking good shirts, well fitting, full,
stylish and cheap, having all the requisites
of first class article, can nowhere be
better suited than by calling at Washes
establishment, on Canal street. Try this,
and you will find out to your advantage
how correct we are in stating that Walshe
can not be excelled. What we say of his
shirts is equally true of his furnishing
goods See advertisement.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-25
RAILROADS.
NEW ORLEANS, MOBILE
TEXAS RAILROAD.
Change Of Schedule.

On and after MONDAY May Is, 1871, passenger.
trains will run follows:
ii A. NJ Day Express arriving at Mobile at P.
M connecting with through trains of the Mo-.
bile and Montgomery and Mobile and Ohio Rail-
roads, for all Northern and Eastern cities
Pullman's Palace Sleeping Cais are through
on this train from Mobile, without change to
Louisville, via Humboldt, and from Tensas,
NEAR Mobile) to Cleveland. Tennessee via
al Blue Mountain Route" On SUNDAYS this
train will leave New Orleans at A. NJ.
230P M Accommodation TO Ocean Springs stop
ping at all the watering places. arriving at
ocean Springs at 6:35 P. NJ This train will
stop for passengtr rs at the French Market, foot
|. of Elysian Fields street, and Claiborne street,
in New Orleans, and at the Signal Stations on
the Coast. IL will net run on Sundays.
$50 P. NJ Evening Express arriving at Mobile at
Illus p. NJ, connecting with the Mobile and
Ohio railroad, and at Meridian with the Ala
bama and Chattanooga railroad for all points
North and East. This train runs DAILY.
Through freight trains each way DAILY and
freight received at foot of Julia street before p
NJ, delivered at Mobile early next morning.
Through bills of lading signed for all points Mo-
bile and Ohio and Mobile and Montgomery roads
and their connections.
Rates as low as by any other route.
For through tickets information in regard to
rates. apply at the office of the company, ner Of
Camp and Common streets tStory buildng), oppo-
site City Hotel.
j. 4. KRNDRICK,
General Superintendent.
my14 WILLIAM BE DELL, Ticket Agent.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-25

The Columbus Ohio Journal says: ave
fear that Republican prospects of success
in Kentucky have been blasted. at least for
the present year. General Leslie Combs
has again joined the party, and will, doubt
less, make the war of 1912 an issue in the
CANVASS
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-25

Yesterday morning the mails brought us
New York papers of Tuesday, while last
evenings mails brought in. New York
papers of Wednesday. The question may
again be asked, why do not the New York
mails cone through with perfect regu-
larity, SO as to bring papers through the
third day after they are published
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-25
Government Financial History.

WASHINGTON. June 1.-THE financial his
tory OF the government from I776 to 1871 is
now preparing under the government con-
troll, and will soon be completed. Since it
became known that the government was at
work on this great history, numerous claims
against the United States, growing out of
the revolutionary war, have been received.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-25

A Virginia paper of Democratic tenden-
cies is out in favor Of the nomination of
Senator Thurman, of Ohio, fer President,
because he is "a Yirginian by birth, and
the ablest statesman now living in the
United States"
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-25
LOST.

7 OST-A CERTIFIED ESTIMATE OF THE NV
II penses and disbursements for enrollin1 a "a
organizing the militia of the city and parish 81 n
$ssz, certified by J. Edmonston, colonel com,a ~
ing and superintendent enrolling officer, approxed
ana signed by Governor J. Madison Wells. In Iie,,
plieate copy thereof. Il ;s stg1 a.. gu
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-25
COMMERCIAL

SATURDAY EVENING, June "a, 1871.
CoTToN-The sales to-day were confined
to 426 bales at still lower prices, and, al
though the business was not sufficient to
serve as a basis for quotations. yet we find
it necessary to further reduce our figures
We give also the Exchange figures, which
are for even running OF its types, while ours
are for average lists, with the outside rates
for strict:
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-25

The Cincinnati Commercial urges the ne
cessity for the establishment of news
paper library" somewhere in this country,
in which the bound annual files of at least
one hundred leading journals shall be kept
for the benefit of the public.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-25
IN BANKRUPTCY.

&C aIS OF MEYER. KOTTWITZ &.
Simon any Ta noses Meyer, Angel s. Kottwitz and
''n''h Aottw1tz, individually.
OFFICE UNITED STATES MARsHAI)
- District of louisiana ,
x~,, New Orleans June II, 1871.
WIS is TO GIVE NOTICE THAT ON TIKI
in hank krentn day of June, A. D. 1871, warrant
SWeyer, kottwitz & Co., and Moses Never Angel
Of Se os.w nrie and simon Kottwitz individually,
81 re" orleans, in the parish of Orleans and
state state OF Louisiana who have been adudged
DanRrmp's ON their own petition; that the
payment OF any debts and delivery of any property
belonging to sueh bankrupts TO them or for their
SsS ana me transfer of any property by Them
9iueeh Dy Jaw; that meeting of the creditors of
SAID bankupts, to prove their debts and to choose
S al o. more assignees of their estate win be held
~ Court OF Bankruptcy to be holden at tho
city of New Orleans, State of Louisiana in the
tustomhouse building before c. s. Kellogg. Regis
o'clock A. M '' - - A'-' " =
s. B. PACKARD,
jelT jyl - = !.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-25

cotton 80 bales moss l. bale wool IS bags wo0f $50
hides II bales hides 2s6bdls hides 81 6bls oil and
sunSrifs s-qtrr - v3es - ID r.
NEW Notwithstanding Emily Souder-l2l5
bales cettOn l01 bbs oil l20 bags wool 400 hides 80
bales osnaburgs % bxs ordnance 4.-.- -.
i KEY WEST-Steamship Hndson-284 bbls -four
1000 skis corn 500 SKIS oats so ties lard
BOSTON-Ship Sherman-2053 bales cotton
IMPORTS.
INDIANoLA VIA OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Har-
lan-l5l bales cotton 40 bags wool IL hhds sugar so
head sheep 259 head cattle and sundries
MOBlLE-Steamer Louise-80 bales cotton rs bbs
turpentine bbls molasses rs cases tobacco and
sun6ries 81
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Duke of Wellington-As-
sorted mdse
RUATAN ISLAND-Schooner Augelna-1200 pine
apples lzoo punches bananas 50 600 piantains 5000
cocoanuts bbls mangoes
RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE.
ST LOUIS-Steamer James Howard-16 bales of
COTTON l43 hhds tobacco 1873 bbls flour IS SKIS corn
lZl5 SKIS bran 400 ties lard and sundry produce
81 LOUiS-Steamer Olive Branch-4242 SKIS
2lS hhds tobacco 2020 SKIS oats h6I bbls -four and
sundry produce
LAF0uRCHE-Steamer Flicker-6 bales cotton
and sundries 4.f-
LOWEl: COAST-Steamer Beaufort-5s bbls rice
19 SKIS rice and sundries
ST LOUIS-Steamer II G Yaecer-6O bbds tohaeco
1888 SKIS corn 1906 SKIS oats and sundry produce
BY THE RAILROADS.
NEW ORLEANS JACKSON AND GREAT NORTH.
bRN RAILROAD, june 24-5s bales cotton and
MoRGAN'S LOUISIANA AND TEXAS RAILROAD,
u1e2i-6 bales cotton 40 head cattle hhds sugar
and sundries
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-25

The Louisville Cou,fer-Journal says: IF
MIR. Toombs doesn't like the new departure
why the deuce doesn't he get up one of his
OWN Ten cents worth of strychnine
would be amply sufficient for the purpose.v
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-25

We learn that the Young Mems Benevo-
lent Association will celebrate their thir-
teenth anniversary next Sunday. There
will be a procession, flag presentation
and a collation.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-25

Cultivation of the beet for the manufac-
ture OF sugar is again prosecuted with con-
siderable vigor in England. A beetroot
sugar company has just been started at
Sandwich, in Kent
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-25

MISUNDERSTANDING uniata-ss2 bales of
cotton ID bales wool l62 bags wool 3e5 bdls hides
bags rags 10 axis cotton seed SKIS oilcake bbls Of
whisky Sc pkgs sundries
For Havana-d2O0 bbls -four 300 bbls potatoes 300
tea lard 500 SKIS kegs pork "a kegs beef g. bxe
pears so bxs apples At pkgs sundries
NEW YoRK-steamship Gulf Strear-l099 bales