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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-04

-Wheat--The market rather frmer, and the de-
%' % ,sTins SS,sssS
spFas
4Sm - ., bushels
soc: soae, afoat for old Western mixed market
S VIZ
White, closing ar%. barley confined arn, We note
sales Of 1000 bushels Of common Canada at 81 two
Se sold
@ quiet
while rates remained about steady. In the charterng
aed
81 Sa sefS% ny boaes
cheese and BY sail 81 600 bushels at oad
3 sp o CT cake AZ s Sc 70 u SPs S OF FSsn
@ Ssr hence to 1h for ode Se
United Kingdom, s4Os quarters Of grain at S. Brlt,sh
sps s Ss!p ID
rent
Kingdom L4oo bbis. OF refined petroleum. at Is Sd a
crude At IS a. British ship hence same voyage.
anser
ports s gases ,o o, refined a. &c. an Amer
srf a h rsae has no s
mens yet the transactions were specia! import
Ea aS SIS SIS ~ is;
No Edo. 81 50 81. 90; 40 do, sl2 No shore So a
s.: S and f ass 81 sa sl s9sts Bank cod s. @
GusSIEs.The INQUIRY has been fair during the past
three days for domestic CLOTH but without resulting in
transactions OF Importance Quoted at l2c l2sc. tor
high do; Cacuttas &C.. bags l2s4c l3c According to
Me srs, g. Tuckerman Co the stock OF cloth here
in Boston is Is, 200 rolls and OF bags $500 bales.
and quotations the same We quote Manila, ghac. gold.
ssisaI, nomnaiy. SCI sacs gold Dressed American.
a s. 10 gold Juts was quiet but quoted frm a, sag
5sc, gold Jute butts met with fair inquiry, with
sales OF 1000 bales at 2sc, currency, cash and lecI
HoPS-Iherc has been moderate inquiry from
brewers Tor desirable lots but the inside figures OF the
dom realized We quote american, new, good to
choice sOc. 4Oc. do DO, low to tar, zoe 25; year
ngs, -Oc 2c olds &c. I5c Bavaran tgenuipej S5c.
glars SOC. a Sic. Caiiornians 4Oc. a 45c. per 10
HAY STIAw.-The has been air demand for ship.
ping qualities and moderate demand from the home
follows Shppng hay 81 % 81 TO- Retail qualities,
sraw~s5c 81 for long rye SOC Soc for short Do S5e
MoLAssEs.-The market to-day has been quiet but
| nrm with no TRANSACTIONS reported aside from un.
important obbins sales. We quote Cuba, centrifugal
32c Cuba clayed, old crop, 20c DC do,
refining, do. do, dc Csc do, grocery, do. &c Sc
Porto Rico do do, 2sc. 55c English Islands, do do.
Zoe a 5Oc.; New Orleans do. do 45c. 6Oc. crop
New orleans, 6Oc 75c.
| xrALs.-Copper-1he market opened with good in
quiry and large transactions said have been made
251sc., cash and balance Of month, closing, how
quiet Tin was only in light request with straits
SSoeS a. n T Va; 0o s ANA ssass and a
and nc. 7sc tor domestic Lead dull and unchanged
IE9A met WiIR Axht ApyKy RYl pa Anna o. @RaElSass
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-04
COMMERCIAL REPORT.

Cotton Dull for "spOt' and Moderately
Active for Futures-Flour Quiet
Wheat, Corn and Oats Firmer-
Pork Dull-Lard Shade Easier
Groceries Quiet and Easy-Petroieum
Quiet but Firmer-Naval Stores
steady - Metals Quiet - East India
Goods MISUNDERSTANDING Steady
Wool Quiet but Firm - Whisky
Steady.
TUESDAY, Feb. 2-sP NJ
AsHEs.-Recepts for the past three days "a
packages. There has been moderate trade con-
summated IN pots, with prices ruling steady at
exc. &c. per 10. Pearls remained nominal
BUILDING MATERIALs.-There has been no mate.
rial change in the prices OF bricks, and the market
was quiet. Lime was only moderately sought after
and quoted steady at 81 10 for ROckland common.
and 81 IS for do. lump. Cement was only in light
request, and not essentially changed In value,
quoted at 81 rs for Dbs for ROsendae, 81 SO 81 rs
for Roman and SIS rs a SIS SO for Portland. Laths
sold moderately at from 81 rs 81 90 for Eastern.
Hair in light request and quoted steady as
tollows:-Rio Grande, mixed 20. 2Sc per h., gold ;
Montevideo &c &c., do Buenos Ayres Southern, 2Sc
Soc do Northern 25c. 26c.; hog. Western unwashed
7c. &c., cattle l8c bushe; goat 25c. per
do.
BUrTER.-The demand has been moderate. and the mar
ket was firm with the following prices current We
quote state pals, 45c 47c. for CHOICE and 35c 42c
for fair TO good State dairy, make, SIC.
36c. round lots State frkin, 3Sc. a 4Oc. selected
State 42c 43c State half tubs, in round lots, 42c.
45c. finest selected State DC 4sc. Welsh tubs, fine,
fresh, 39c 4c.; common to fair, do SOC. a &c. fair to
good Ac. &c.; State, common to fair, 23c. SOC. ;
packed Pennsylvania, SIC a sc. Western frkin &c a
29c for fue and &c &c. for fair good selected
Western and Michigan, Sc 35c choice Western rolls
&c. &c. poor TO good do &C. &c. do Pennsylvania"
CHKEsE-There has been fair demand for export
and good demand from the home and nearby
trades Prices were quoted steady az foows;-state
common good, l2.4 s1Ic skinned do, DC lOc. ;
Ohio fancy factory e i5c factory good prime,
Skinned &C. &C. farm Gairy 20 good to fine hc
common do, lie. &c., pine apple (Connectcut. 2lc.
CANDIns-The inquiry in a jobbing way continued fair
and the were the basis OF steady prices
We quote SPERM 2Sc patent do, ssc. SOC searine:
Ounces, from &c. ne per b. - - A"0 ~
CoRDAGE;-No particular change has transpired in
ana ne ss ns 1.s ays
Corskh.-T6e market was dull with prices ruling
barely steady at the reduced prices noticed yesterday
Scott report stock Rio in the United States
soi: sayannah 1909; Baltimore; $500 new York, sss
a a4c fair DO. 2@c. 25Sc, good do. Isle. 2e}sc.;
prime do; &c. 27asc; extreme range tor lots, Ac
meat bags sS &c. Sc d. grass mats soc Sc ceylon,
&c. 2Sc Maracaibo, a 2Sc Laguayra, &c CSC
sSc &c s. hea % fSasS RlSS &c.
Curacao. 26c a &c. gold. 60 and 80 days. credit
and values were to great extent nominal Future de
liveres only moderately active, but rates ruled
vpl dem "a
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-04
FINANCIAL and COMMERCIAL
"A Dull Market, Ease in Money and
Firmness in Gold.
INVESTMENT SECURITIES STEADY.
WALL STREET,


TUESDAY, Feb. SO !. M.
The market was simply quiet and firm. The range
ofnuctuatons was from to y per cent in the early
part OF the day. but later there was development
OF strength LII one or stocks which sympathetic
cauy more or less affected others. Pacific Mail
assumed the leadership and advanced from AN TO
s2H Missouri Pacific rose from 40 to 49, North
west common was active in the fnal dealings,
opening at 59t<, selling down to 5SH and recover
ing to 59k. New York Central sold at 1851 a l03S
q 1O3 1888 Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph at 10
1Sk alSk. Harlem was steady at 1885, western
Union ranged from 1874 to 49, the closing price, Lake
Shore was steady at s11k SIX S1'S SIX. Union
Pacific went down to 347S, but at the end moved
up to 35.. Wabash changed only d per cent.
Rock Island the same. st. Paul vibrated about u
per cent. St. Louis and Iron Mountain opened at
70K, declined to 69A and closed at 1914 Pacific
Railroad OF Missouri advanced from 4O3 to 42H
A. c., G. and /. c. closed with drmness at 31H.
Ohio and Mississippi was steady at 344 34as.
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western was steady
at 1861 1861 1865 1861.
THE DEBT STATEMENT.
The debt statement OF the Treasury for February
1 exhibits beggally condition OF its coin account,
as iolows:-
Against which it owes for coin de-
pOss represented by certlncaLeS $4o.UOaUV
MaturNd
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-04


For future delivery Oasis low middling the sales have
500 bales at i41c March 800 Ct 10 !oo at
9ss; ~ 30 10 S NJ hiSc Nav a at az Sar
1876 June, 400 at l6sc; July, 500 at Tic Total 1850
~ i, n 2 at ~ g? nt - $ At
SO At ISIS, ~ at j. isssc % q Is 7iSc:, 500 AZ
Is 2sRc lSo At a dSlsG 100 AZ Is 2ssss 100 At
isc May, iS at e 7l6e 800 a Ike June soS at
July 800 at loo at l75sc. Total 1880 bales.
Grand total. 1880 bales Rates on cotton to
by Steam lSc by sail, t.. To Hamburg by steam &c
lc, by sail &c. lc. To Bremen, by steam, &c lc
BY sail c 70 Liverpool s.l6d BY steam lid BY sail
The receipts at the ports were 1857 bales
New Orleans. 1889 Mobile, . d7s2; ssysnnah, ass
York $685. Boston, e. ,o5 Ph TSi . Total sl
FLOUR AND GRAIN Recepts-Flour, 800 bbls wheat
1874 400 bnshels 81 672 do; corn meal 1888 bbs and
LIS bags oats, 1920 bushels barley, 900 do rye
T2o6 do. The flour market was generally quiet but
values materially changed the sales since last
report loot up TO- 100 bills including all kinds prices
within the range of the following quotations Buck
wheat aour continues dull at from g 70 s. for State
firm; 2OO 6bls sold within the range Of quotations
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Gold was stronger to-day, the business resting
ON the subtraction from the Bank OF England OF
large sum during the last three days and the ex-
pectation that the bank rate Will be advanced.
1t is difficult to indicate from present advces the
cause OF the drain; but any movement OF this bulk
from England to the Continent Will superlnduce
sensitveness on the part Of capital and result in
the utmost caution. The range Of price to-day
was ILL., l11X and the close was at 111H. The
rates paid for carrying were S. ~, 5h, s. g. 4 and
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-08-22
SPIRlTUkLISM AND INSANITY.

The Supreme Court of Maine, in a
will case brought before it, has decided
that belief in Spiritualism is not Sipso
tactO proof of insanity, or even of an
insane delusion. In the case in ques-
ton, the plaintiff sought to break a
will by showing that the testator was
insane because she had professed to
have communication with her deceased
husband in drawing up the will. In
the decision the Court said:
''1f the testatrix was SO Influenced by
others that the instrument was III fact
their will and not hers, it is void for
undue influence but mere advice, opin-
ions, or argument, however persistent
ly and strongly argued, will not amount
to undue influence, il the testatriy re-
tanned her Own Judgment and free
agency, SO as to be governed ultimately
by her own will, whether she followed
the advice given or rejected it nor
does it make any difference whether this
advice came from living persons OF was
supposed to come from the deceased, if
she regarded it simply as advice OF opin-
ion. The source Of the advice can
make no difference, if it did not subiu-
gate and overcome the testatrix's own
will"
The case is, an interesting one, as it
is, we believe, the first time that Su-
preme Court has pronounced q decision
in which the sanity of Spiriualism has
been involved
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-08-22
WashinSton.

CANDIDATES are already at work for the
prominent offices in the postoifice department
under Mr.. Jewell, the new postmaster gener-
al, including the positions of assistant post
master generals!dps. of which there are three.
The p,a>sur for these offices is not confined
10 outside parties but those already i'll The de
partment are working for 4 step higher in
official life.
THE Secretary OF the Treasury has ordered
that all newly appointed special agents shall
be paid IS per day, whether appointed in the
place of Sc or IS per day men or not.
THE attempt made by our government TO
enlarge the system of Interchange of posta
cards, is steadily objected to by England, the
latter government claiming that their intro
duction in that country has proveda failure.
Ii Is said that the Pacific Mai steamship
Company will be ON hand at the next session
of Congress endeavoring to get million dol
lars cash as a subsidy under their contract for
carrying the mail, which contract was not car
ried out by them but under the decision of the
Attorney General just delivered, is declared to
be still in force, and by it the government Is
bound
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-08-22

The Ea ST..

\ PRIzE-FIGHT between Billy Edwards and
Sam Collyer, took place on Mill Greek, Penn.
the 18th inst, resulting in a row, OF course.
Both parties claim the fight.
ANOTHER competitor of Goldsmith Maid ap-
peared at the Rochester races on the 18th
inst, in the horse Lulu She made mile in
2:16%.
A CONVENTION of the Liberals of the state
Of New York will be held at Albany September
9th to nominate candidates for state offices.
Gov. DIX has not yet arrived at conclusion
in the case Of Mayor Havemeyer
IL fight growing out of the troubles in the
New York plasterers union, James Kilduff was
struck on the head with hatchet by Frank
Stuck a watchman, and instantly killed.
ANXIETY is felt at Halifax at the non-arrival
of a vessel which left Norway the It'll of July,
with 100 emigrant families aboard from
Yoland
THE Rochester Driving Park Association
offers purse of 81, 900 to any horse that will
beat Goldsmith Maids time of o. The
plucIy little mare will Try and do it herself.
OWING to the hardship experienced by set
tlo1 Iowa pnhlio l~nds, by being compelled
to go 80 to 100 miles to local land offices to
make final proof of occupancy of their lands,
the land commissioner is disposed to grant the
request of Adiutant General Baker. that local
land officers be required to visit county seats
on certain days to take dispositions.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-08-22

had not crossed the hall, and voice
her husband Scaled:
Rose, where are you
Rose Winner never knew, though she
often asked herself.
But the step came, the voice came.
There was the master of the house, ana
Mr.. Waldo-not French in his manner
now, very business like and American,
indeed-had said:
"My dear Winner, how are you?
I've been keeping Mrs. Winner from
her pleasant walk, I'm afraid but my
sister wanted her receipt for canning
fruit. and | called for it. Tn sure
Amelia will be ver,y much obliged, Mrs.
Winner. Thanks; but / must go now.
The horses, you know. And | hope
you'll have a pleasant walk. Good
bye"
"What a fustered manner Waldo
has, said the man of the house, look
ing after him. ''Rose, look out OF the
window.
''At Mr. Waldo % asked Rose, coldly.
NO" said her husband. 'Come
here
She came. She stood beside him. At
the gate she saw q, basket-phaeton and
a pretty pony.
"Nice, amt they % said her husband.
Yes she answered, more coldly
still.
Don't you guess whoes they are?"
ono"
"Yours
He stood back to mark her astonish-
ment Then he draw her down upon
his knee.
ever since baby's coming made you
less strong than you were, I've meant
you should have them" he said land
so I've managed to get them. I've been
working four months at the translation
of a scientific work and they are the
result. ] know / left you alone a great
deal, but l wanted YOU to be able to
drive out in this sweet spring weather.
You can drive, you know, and these are
very safe, and in the evenings we will
go together, ell, wife?'
She was crying on his breast. But
| why, he could not guess, and asked:
"You are so good, she said, land l
am 50 bad, [ thought you were tired of
me. | was angry"
Astonished, he looked into her face.
can / see HOW you cOiIu nave SOt
such a notion, lie said. "I'm sure /
was nice TO you, wasn't j? What on
earth"
Then the good, stupid fellow kissed
her again.
1t was want of exercise and you
were not well, " lie said. "You took
| foolish notions-women always do"
g Yes, | know it was foolish now,
she said, very foolish.
! But in her heart she made worse ac-
cusations against herself than that.
Mr.. waldo called once more after this,
butMrs. Winner was 50 Instantly polite
that he called no more. He believedh
had made q mistake in asking her to
| kiss him-at least she had become one
OF those prudish women who would not
fiirt, and lie lost interest in her.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-08-22
Foreign.

FRASCE-M Marshal Bazaine has escaped from
his island prison. Eighty persons formerly
connected with the Commune have been ar
rested at Marsailles.
TURKEy-THE Porte has ordered the lis
banding of the force stationed in Bosnia. and
withdraw the regular troops from the Seryian
frontier.
IrALY.-The government has received 500,
600. 00a from the sale of confiscated church
property. The total amount disposed of since
the law passed in 1867 to the end of last June
is 465, 600. 600 francs.
CuBA-The rebel General Hanclo Vega was
recently killed in 4 skirlnsh at Fray Bemto,
ENGLAND. The crisis las arrived in the
financial affairs of the Prince of Wales, and
Parliament will be asked TO pay his debts,
amounting to 100000.
GERMANY governments demand for
the withdrawal of the war ship Orensque from
Civita Vecclia where it has been malntained
bv France for some Time. 10 receive the Pope
IN case he had TO retire from Italy, has been
complied with. - Two German men-of-war
sailed from kiel On the eth inst. for Spain.
RUssIA.-The car has invited the son of
the late Emperor Napoleon to witness the mil
itary msn9uyres.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-08-22
The South.

W IL. CLAYTON has been appointed United
States Attorney for the Western District OF
Arkansas
A REPUBLICAN, congressional convention met
in TALLAHASSEE, Fla, the It'll inst to nominate
a candidate for Congress. During an adjourn
ment to allow the credential committee to
prepare its report boilers took possession OF
the capitol and refused admission to the resu-
lar delegates. vino would meet in a private hall
next day.
THE young German girl found in the house
Of Madame Fortinmeyer, the st. Louis abor-
ZIONIST is Louisa Behler, of st. Genevieye,
Mo, not Geneva. H.. ~ previously reported.
A LARGELY attended meeting of colored
men and women, depositors in the Freedmen's
Saving Bank of Baltimore was recently held
III that city. Much indignation was expressed.
and the bank denounced as q swindler of poor
colored people.
THE large dry goods house of Moore K Co,
Of Memphis, was destroyed by fire on the 9th
inst. Loss $50 600.
STATE AUDITOR Clinton, of Louisiana has
resigned, not being satisfied with the action of
the late Republican Convention in nominating
Dubuclet for State Treasurer Clinton SAYS
he declines to serve with such an associate
Is the Louisiana radical convention. at New
Orleans, on the Sth inst, the Casev-Pinchback
faction was victorious. Antonio Dubuclet was
nominated for treasurer. c. S. Nash, colored
was nominated for Congress in the sixth dis
trict
WHITE and negro citizens of Wamensburg
Missouri, hung Monroe Davis. negro, on the
Sth inst. for ravishing a six year old white
girI.
The Nicksburg steamer Henry Ames, with a
full cargo, from st. Louis to New Orleans,
struck q snag. near Waterproof, and sank in
twenty-five feet Of water Only three lives
are known ID have been lost
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-08-22
Co0iey's COnundrum.


COoley's memory is exceedingly
treacherous, and it often gets him into
trouble. The other night he was at Il
tea-party at Smiths, and while the
company sat around the supper table,
Cooley suddenly concluded he would
eject conundrum he had heard some
where, and SO, III an interval of silence,
he said:
1--WE got pretty good conundrum
I'd like you to guess. Can anybody
tell me why druggist who keeps his
bottles down stairs is like a certain
kind of musician?"
Everybody at once began to guess
the answer, and Cooley sat there for a
moment smiling. Presently, however
lie thought he would get the answer
ready IN order to give it, and to his in
tense alarm found that he had forgot
ten it. He be an to feel warm. He
thought the object over with all his
might, and he nearly had the answer
several times, but it always eluded
him. Then he became warmer, and
the perspiration began to stand out
upon his forehead The company gave
it up one after the other, and as they
answer was. Cooley smiled a CHASTITY
kind Of smile, as if he was keeping
it back to torment them, but the singu-
lar redness of his face and his peculiar
behavior attracted the attention of
everybody, and the more they looked
at him the redder he got, and the more
profuse became the persplration.
"Come, Mr.. Cooley" said the host,
''wo are ell waiting for the answer. .
"Out with it, Cooley" said another.
Cooley, we can't be happy until we
have an answer to that conundrum. y
remarked a third. Cooley would have
given millions at that moment to have
been hidden in the bowels of the Nam
moth Cave out of sight At last he ex-
claimed:
''The-ah -the-ah-fac is, that
ah-the atfair-that is. the conundrum
the whole thing, your honor, is a
Joke. There Is no answer to ii, your
honor.
Then everybody said they didn't see
anything very amusing ab0nt Jokes of
such character, and Smith frownel
while Cooley heard the man say next
20 his neighbor that the man (CoolevI
must DE drunk. Then Cooley rose
suddenly from the table and bolted out
through the front door. About two
hours afterward, while he was in bed,
he all at once remembered the answer,
and arose and went round to Smiths,
After ringing the door bell for half an
hour, old Smith put his head out of the
bedroom window.
/ know it now" shouted Cooley;
: l know 1t. It's because he has a
vial-in-cellar l"
TO to thunder! calculated Smith.
as he shut the window with IA slam and
went back to bed. And now the Cool
eys don't speak to the Smiths, and old
cooley carries the answers to his CO.
a JhdrumS written on his shirt cuffs
".leh he goes into company, so as to be
certain that he viii have then when
thew are yya7lTpl
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-08-22
The Excursion.
BY NATHAN d. URNER.

BY NATHAN ID. URNER.
Again as thread these rustic ways
Here i'll the heart of the summer land
gently reminded OF other days
BY objects rising ether hand
But mostly yon bowery sic, mid-stream,
Whose thin cape splits the blue river apart,
Recalls quaint feast, LIE feast in a dream
But dear alike to my mind and heart.
There were only six of MS; Ralph aud Nell
And Curtis and Rose (city cousins the lasA
And gray-eyed Florence whose deep heart Wei
l was her lover, and it's long since past;
But jollier party nevar filed craft
As we rounded that point by the cedar glade:
The sourest ascetic co I'D not but have laughed
At the highly romantic appearance we made.
Roses and ionqIils on bright heads in crowns.
Wreaths of them, tor, from the gunwales afioat.
Boughs of fresh foliagsin wild festoons
From stem to stern If the painted boat:
But under them all OF cheek and lip
Rosebuds more TEMPTING, and laugh and song,
Hands splashing over and blades a-dp,
And beauty and Bills as we irifted along.
We reached the isant: How well | recall
The girls pretty screams helped them il
land
How Rose wet her feet, and Flo. IS fiimsy shawl
Like cloud VAILED lny arm as she gave me hel
hand
Then the neat little lunch in the legended grot,
With the white clotl spread by the spring at iii
mouth.
The iests ! remember, the toasts I've forgot
Aud the wind pourng il from the clouds in til,
south
Then we made them aeswing from grape-yin,
twist
Read poems, told tales, with romp now ant
then,
Played croquet wlile, had rubber of whist.
And talked with the echo that haunts the glen.
Then III couples part, as betrothed lovers should
We strayed, ierepeat the old tale ever young
How wei | renrmber the bench in the wood,
Between the Two oaks and who sat there so long
Then, weary int blithc, at the days dim close,
We drifted ( peace in the starlight a-down.
Aud saw withregret, as the sickle-mooa rose,
The faint Thinking lights of our trim little town
For our heal's We're SO full and our souls were :,
blest,
We wishe, the fair stream were enchanted. tina
Might glide down for aye lis sof-heaving breast
Till lost IA The CLEAN of far fairy sea.
Hinged via romance how those things now appear
For iuston my way through the village to-day,
passed II, old house where for many year
Fair Firencc my rivals promo bone has mad
gay
Aud Ralp and Nell are long married; and Rose
Passed away when poor Curtis was killed in tn
was:
And | al alone, while the calm river flows,