The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-05-20
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| wAsHraaToa. May l9.--A despatch from
the son 81. Jesse, ,p. Briaht saws ,there Is
little hope Of his father living through
/ the day. Hon. Michael @. Kerr has re-
turned from d prolonged visit to the
South, entirely restored to health. -
Gov. Pennington, of Dakota, arrived
to-day, on business connected with the
sale of the Black Hills reservations. y
Auditor Sheats left for Alabama tonight.
| Probabilities--For the South Atlantic
and Gulf States, stationary pressure and
temperature, increasing gSoutherly winds,
partly cloudy weather and local storms
The Supreme Lodge of Knights of
Pythias, to-day, considered the rules of
order, and heard O report from the spe-
cial committee on the Supreme Chanc cel-
lor's report; after which the Supreme
Lodge degrees wero conferred and the
very fine. Their marching received
great applause.
| CHARLESTON, May 1S.-Arrived, steam
ships Champion, New York; Fanita,
Philadelphias sschooners Myrover, Wind
ward, New York.
LAUNCEsToN, CORNWALL COUNTY, May
IA terrible conf1ngration is raging;
1t IL feared the whole of High street will
be consumed.
TYRONE, PA, May 19.-Twenty-five
Italians and other laborers have arrived.
The strikers held meetings ut various
points: thinly attended; strikers de-
moralized.
CINCINNATI, May 19.-In the conven-
ton of the Catholic Benevolent Socie-
ties, this morning, the new constitution
was adopted and tho societies were in
structed to acknowledge in their next
| ftoV a hoSr -
stitution as the fundamental law. Reso-
lusions were passed denouncing Big
! marck and his war against the church in
Prussla, and expressing sympathy with
the Pope.
CHICAGO, May 19.-The distillery men
who were brought before United States
Commissioner Hnyne, this morning, on
charges Of defrauding the Government,
were held under bonds of SIS, 600 each to
await the action of the grind Jury.
NASHVILLE, May 19.-One of the Is
Indians ON their way to the Florida
prison, managed to get hold of n knife,
with which he stabbed two soldiers and
then himself, this morning, while the
train was standing at Madison Station,
| FIVE miles from Nashville. 1t in reported
that the soldiers are not seriously hurt.
On the arrival of the train at this CITY,
the Indian was taken off and laid ON the
platform, wrapped in his blanket, md
BALTIMORE, May 19.-Mr Bristow, Sec
retary of the Treasury; Mr.. Jewell,
Postmaster General, and Mr.. Potter, Su-
pervising Architect, are in this city,
making inquiry and examining as to the
| necessity and propricty of the erection
OF a new post Office building. They will
report to the next Congress.
Yesterdays Market Reports.
NEW YoR1-Noon.- Stocks active, un-
settled and lower: Money!. Gold 16s.
bonds dull. Cotton dull; sales 400
bales-uplands 16S; Orleans 161. Fu-
lures opened easier: May 16 1-32M
16 1-1e; June 10 1-32@16 3-s2; July
16 3-16916 1882; August 16 11-32@16S.
Flour and corn dull and declining.
Wheat quiet and heoyy. Pork quiet
21.80. Lard dheavy-steama153.
PARIS. = -Rentes CAT. $50. -
/ HP, M.-Ootton dull; sales 1,425, at
16a@164. Flour 5@1Oc. lower and only
very moderate Inquiry. 15G,6.5 So.
Wheat slightly in buyers fnzor and mo-
derate demand-1.35@1.4 Corn opened
hcnvy and lower, but closed steadier and
moderate demand -8GG@87. Coffee dull
laacargoes quoted 152@184 gold Rio.
Sugar dull and heavy, refners not ope-
rating-8 1-1G@11a. Molasses dull, with
out decided change. Pork lower-new
I21:50@2f.75. Lard lower and closed
firm H15f. Whiskey dull and n shade
loyer-1.2l. Freights steady-cotton.
sail / steam 9-32. Money easy-2M23.
Sterling quietly. Gold firm-16l a.
16s. Governments active-new IS l6J.
States quiet and nominal. Cotton net
receipts 621; gross 718. Futures closed
quiet and steady; sales 23,2OO: Nav
16 1-32016 1-1G; June 16 1-32@,16 1-16;
July 16 3-1G@16 1882; August 16 5-1GG,
1611-32; September 16I@18 5-S2; Octo-
Der Is 1i-1G@15 $3.50; November is 1870
| @l5 9-16; December Is 17-32@15 1889;
January Is 11-16G15a; February 10 1882
OBS 1916; March lG 5-32; April 1G}
@16 7-16.
BALr1Monz. Flour dull-5. 12M5. IS.
Wheat firm. -l.30@145. Corn weak
85A093. Provisions dull but steady.
Lard-refined 16f; steam 15J. Coffee
dull and heayy-ordinary to prime Rio
153@184. Whiskey very quiet-city
la; Western 1875. Sugar easier-1O, (G.
1Os Cotton dull and nonlinal-mid-
ding 16; gross receipts 1Gi; exports
coastwise 100: sales 101; spinncrs TO.
DEMONSTRATION dull ind nominal
middling 16l; sales 263
| MEMPHIS. uiet-middlinp Is
@155: net receipts 137; shipments lis;
sales 700. Z. :.
| CHIcAao.-Flour quiet and Unchanged.
Corn active and irregular-No. 9 mixed
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