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The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-29
CROOKED.

From the following communication, re-
ceceived yesterday evening from Dr.wever,
it would look as though the one-session par
~ took an unfair advantage of the other
side, and sprung the question on them be-
tore the time agreed upon:
LEAvENwoRTH, November &c, 1871.
EDITOR TINEs:-I see that in your report of
the called meeting of the Board of Education,
held last Saturday evening, 1 am reported as
signing the call. / did not sign the call, and
was opposed to II, as the Board, at its last
meeting, had appointed a committee of in
vestigstion IN the matter of one and two
sessions, to report at the next regular meet
ing of the Board, which was had ten DAYS
from the time of the called meeting. The
committee had already sent out cards to IL,
first-class cities, which were maintaing gra-
ded schools like our own, and would not have
time TO get returns before the regular meeting
in December, at which time the report would
have been ready; but the effect of the called
meeting was 10 suppress the report and en-
abed the members who favored one session
TO force their point. Yours Truly,
J. L. VIEWER.
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HOUSE.
WASHINGTON November q.

WASHINGTON, November q.
Mr.. MORRISON asked unanimous con-
sent to address the House for a few min
utes upon the currency question. and con-
sent was given.
Mr.. MORRISON having concluded, Mr..
Singleton, chairman of the printing COM
mittee, reported the printing Of ten thou
sand copies Of the testimony taken by the
monetary commission, together with the
reports, for the Use Of the House.
Mr.. HEWITT said the report was a one
sided affair, and, after discussion, the reso-
luton was committed.
Mr.. SHELLEY asked leave to offer a
resolution reciting that the loss OF the ''Hu-
ron" was attributable to her unseaworthi-
ness; that other vessels were now being re-
paired, and were in like condition. and
that it was poor economy To repair old
hulls, and directing the Secretary of the
Navy to suspend work on the naval vessels
now being repaired, and providing for the
appointment of board to proceed TO the
several navy yards and inspect all the YES
sells under repair
Mr. HALE objected.
Bills introduced and referred:
BY Mr.. MACKEY-For the free trans
mission through mail for members OF con-
gress Of documents printed by order Of con
gress.
By Mr. BANNING-For the establish
ment Of branch mint at Cincinnati.
BY Mr.. RlDDLE-Restoring to the pen
sion rolls the names of all soldiers stricken
off on account Of di-loyalty; also repeal
ing the act prohibiting the payment, by
any officer, to any person not known To
have been opposed TO the rebellion.
BY Mr.. CORBETT-Amending the Con-
stitution 80 as to give to each of the terri
tories and the District Of Columbia, one
member Of Congress.
Mr.. CRITTENDEN asked unanimous
consent { r the consideration Of his resolu
ton requesting the President to state what
legal impediments, If any, exist that pre-
v, mt him from executing the loans in rela-
fion to the Union Pacific railroad and its
branches.
Mr.. PRICE objected.
Mr.. CRITrENDEN then moved to sus-
pend the rules and adopt the resolution,
thi. being one Of the last six days Of the
session, when it Is in order at any time to
move to suspend the rules.
The CHAIR entertained he motion, and
tha question being put, the resolution was
to ii two-thIrds in the affirm
ative. The House then adjourned till Fri
iay.
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ing, hard worker, saving what he makes, a
Close buyer and an economical liver, taking
the world as it comes and caring little for
. OF or glory. J can easily see why the
L:-as,Ans make gooi soldiers. They accept
the situation a. presented to them, and don't
hanker after that they know they can't get.
A Russian newspaper with an unproro..rra-
able name, but which means -g
The Home, is published at Halstea .dhs
good circulation. 1t is printed ..,s'
power press, the only one is this r,e ,.
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Markets bv Telegraph.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.

GOLD - opened at 81 e27s, and closed at
81 uS.
tARRYING RATES. 10 2ls and per cent
BORROWING RATrS-Flat AT 3 per cent.
SILVER BAkS-Si 20is, greenback>: 81 IL,
gold silver coin sal per cent. discount.
GOvERSMENIS-FIrmer
RAILROAD BoNIs-f irm and higher.
STATE BoSDS-Quiet.
SroCkS-Ih" Iis.i kcs opened firm, and prices
adv..nc Il IA traction: but !, " ak feeling >.,ou
>.t IN, and al the fir>t bUari "a -T,at ueprcs-
sion CharIcteIH the dealings. Iarg..
blocks Ot stocks ,-re throw. t,y, +, DDar, and
some wide fluctuations took place
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WANTS I'D KNOW, HOU KNOW.
Correspondence Leaveuwort h TINEs.l

PAoLA, kas., Nov. sith, ISL.
EoTroR TINES IL am one OF the few sub
scrib. rs of the you~atof Cowmerce, of Kansas
City, at this point. am also taking the wes-
tern Spirit and Miami Repsblican. haven no.
ticed for the last two or three weeks that the
Spirit and the Reputiican have the same mat
ter in them that get in the journal of Coxs-
merce. viii you please explain to me
through your excellent paper why il is
that the Spirit and Republicun copy all their
matter from the yousalf can't afford to
pay for three copies of the same matter. L
must either stop the Jozraai or the county
papers, Please send me q specimen copy of
the Weekly TINES. GRANGER
A Granger" from Miami comfy wants
to know why it is that he gets the same
reading matter in his county papers that he
gets in the Journal Of Cbmmeycs of Kansas
City. We understand that the firm of Ste
phens & Bunker, who started an auxiliary
institution few months since, and secured
the patronage Of a large number of the
weekly papesof Kansas has been swallowed
up in the Joraal ek Co..ece, and that the
"patent out side" and the Journal are one
and the sane thing. Any one suhscribipe
for paper using TIE ~psaeat" published in
Ka.-as City. viii of cpune ri u s.n.
naAAr - asaD = - Jtunul 8
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officers, whose names have been given, we're
saved.
In the last report OF the Secretary Of the
Navy under the ,a1 Of new vessels ad-
ded To the navy n ls69," are mentioned
ten ships, and in the list with descriptive
Paragraph, is the Huron" lhir,i-rare,
built OF iron, with iull steam power IL COM
mission, and OF good report.
LATER-MIDNIGHT.
The steamer "Chordon" left this evening,
under command of Lieut. Watson, with
stores and men for the relief Of the survi-
yors of the Huron" Ensign Young, the
senior surviving officer, is at Nagshead, \.
e., and he ecntirms the report that thirty
men and four officers are all that were
saved. He says that no assistance could be
given from the shore. Ample relief will
be rendered Tomorrow.
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THE NORTH wESrERN MUTUAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Under date OF September 4th, 1877. we
have letter from ]. NJ. Lynch, assistant
actuary of the North Western Mutual
Life Insurance Company, in which he says:
The cash-surrender value of policy No.
Sl,sS3, on life Of ID. r. Anthony, 5000,
paid-up, date OF March 6, 1873, is s., ,IO9. 40.
We concluded not to accept the s., log. 40
cash, nov, but will wait fora full paid-up
endowment policy, until March 6, 1873
The proposition OF the company for us to
accept that sum for 5000 paid-up en-
dowment policy due next March, was re-
freshingly cool. Fortunately We are not
very hard up and can wait
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cH;cAGoPRn, UCE MARKET.

tHIIAIOt NDNtffIIEI
FLoUR-Steady and unchanged; western
ex,ra, "A EsiJ -.
NHEAT-il.avy and active, but weak and
lower, No. l. spTIng. 81 10; No do, 81 1t1
bid cash or November; No. ), spring, 81 D-ta-
CoRN - Unsettled and gen. rally lower,
nc cash or November.
OATs-DuIi and "a shade lover 2hp-c, cash.
EYE-FIrmer Jr.
BARLEY-In fair DEMAND and lower; t21zc.
Po.K-Dui!, weak and lower; III 80, cash I;
sll ~, November or December and year
/ ~ 1snI2 la January.
LAkD-In fair d.mand and lower; 81 3d. cash
or November; a. IN, December or year
q s-1a January.
BULK MEAS - Irregular; shoulders, &c /;
short RIB, g. a.; short clear, sc.
NHI-ki-sI Is.
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P.rTEnsoN,s aLTEuyaTryE.

Don't be too hard on Senator Patterson.
That was terribly tight place in which he
found himself. There were but two
doors open TO him-the one leading into
the Democratic party and the other into
the Penitentiary. He may not, like Mary,
have chosen that better part" but you
must remember it was a sort of Hobson's
choice with him, at best. There was the
Democracy, and there was the striped suit.
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To prevent drunkenness, don't drink but
il Won have been drinking. more Of it will
not sober you. While you are skaky, ner-
vous and distressed, have resort to Simmons
Liver Regulator, as a tonic to arouse your
torpid liver to action, enliven yonr spirits
dissipate the blues, and drive away de-pond-
ency. Nine cases out Of ten, il il your
heavy liver that causrs your desire to get
rid Of yOurself in int0xication We know
hundreds thst have tried our remedy, and
it has proved their salvation.
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ST. LOUIS STOCK MARKET.

HoGs-Light, lower 50 1Ja4 ~; p cking, in
gOoi demand, 81 % a.; butchers To extra,
81 :gai "a E.ceiptS, 800.
CATTL.-thoicr bui chcrs firm ON light sup
ply other grades dull fair To- chUIc.- butch
rr>' steers, - 4iaI 80; do cows and heiter>,
50 4Js3 40; do Isxans, s3 UIas3 ~. Receipt,
3gl
SHEEP-Ste ,dy and In good demand; good
to choice, 60 1.ssI %; common To Eiir, e sad
~. Receipts, 30
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CHICAGO STOCK MARKET.
lDroyer's Journal Report.l

CATTLE-Receipts, 800. Choice in fair de-
M nd nrn and unchanged; salt - Ssd4 ~
StOcksIs and Feeders, demand light and lsol
tiers firm, u 7J,r, 10 InieIIOr NATIVES "A shade
stronger: butchers cows sold s2 3J03 - bulls,
IL .5d2 -; Colorado duiI, 60 O,d3 %; Texans,
steady and unchanged
HO.--K.c.ipts, 10.J. All grades higher ;
shipping dull: packers paying 81 2513 - (;
cholcs shipping, 81 FJdt - light, 81 2n8 -.
SHEEP - Receipts. 80. Market "A shade
stronger: butchers the chief buyers, saies'
- sldi lz1z-
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X. C. LIVE STOCK MARKET.
KANSAS CITY, November =
IAN TEIEGEAPH

CATTLE-Rec. ipiS, If2: shipments, 3i4;
driven out : >; market St.aGy sales, good
feeders, - 3 b stOchrr>, - 1,d3U 20; butchers
cows, - - Texas SIZE, II, y bUa2 SO; Texas
bulls. SI Ild 30.
iIoG--f;cceipts, r69. Active but weaker.
open q AT 81 % A Is c,osed AT 50 !Utai -.
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A MlSTAkE

A Philadelphia druggist is on trial for
manslaughter, in having killed young
woman by a@mistake." He poured out
castor oil for her USE and then, intending
TO give a flavorirg extract, added muriatic
acid
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-29

Sheriff Woodin went up To Leavenworth
last Tuesday 70 escort George Walton to the
penisentiary. Walton PLEAD guilty to he
ehares Of incest at Tie late tern of Dinic1
Cssst md ~ auAeessd II I've ysas1
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Ispringfield (MaA.) Republican !


Apropos Of the Indian Orchard Council.
writes our Hartford correspondent. there
comes to mind an incident which occurred
at Monday minister meeting, in Con-
necticut city mot Hartford), q few years
ago, when the junior clergyman of the city
freed his mind on 9 subject that had given
him much mental distress BY saying
"Bsethren, 1 am in trouble. have been
preaching future eternal punishment to my
people, when l find that l don't believe in
il myself" Sitting down after this coofes-
sion, he waited with fear and trembling the
expected condemnation of his elder beth
rem, but to his great surprise, nothing bot
silence ensued, until, after . long pause,
another brother started smother subjeca.
q But Why didn't you rehuke him, father Pr
aid Tie hright daughter of TIE respected
pas1sr Who telh this ssoey. Il fancy that
- vue al afraid 70 1t eacA oshr knsv
- en- visua" a"vot ssP5.
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a short distance east Of Great Bend, is a
thriving little village, mainly a German
settlement, and being OF sufficient distance
from its larger neighbor, Great Bend, has a
good support from the country, and has
promise OF becoming a town of some conse-
qucnce. A large number OF business build
ings are in contemplation for next spring,
and as soon as the season will admit, the
erection of the new structures will COM
mence.
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MAJOR JESSE NORM.


MAJOH JESSE mOHsNs
RidicmIed and De.Pised as Home
ne a. ak 20 mn the WrOux Passenger
a..
-rosse ""s .
+ L.: .-o,,o,,, ,-;,b m, CrSrp
III HIS eo"'io'e VIII"
u,
w. NJ. PaxtOn, Ol flatte Slty. we caiiee
.L ,..,,o-.I =. abv,.or;,a .rd E.rv and h.
the ueuei"i h!Po'i'e an" ', ~ '
facetiously tried To shuffie of these epi
=, n,
;,L ,ho fouo~;, b,-l.S,,.
oach oh "iin VII" 'i'e
poem which we find published in the Platt,
county, Mo, papers:
THE STORY OF OLD JESS.
d., Um p,,,o,
There are many who say
That the hypocrites stay
In th,. churches and no other place:
But Ill prove they are wrong,
While The story of Jesse trace.
JESSE JOINS THE CHURCH.
o,a y.ss q; h,s ,or,b
49, ,,r,na a I'd trntb
An, i..'s n,,i,.. :, reanect.,hI.. fa,Iow.
He early believed,
And IN church WIS received,
And twas seldom he swore or got mellow.
He was fond OF good eating,
Attended camp-meeting,
His worthy old teacher
said he'd make a good preacher,
II they'd send him Where preachers are made
FALLS KUN "hAef'
But Jess lost his place
A s,d ra,nru.., I,i1a q s"w, bar v.IIow-
H.. swore mar i'm ouiIe
The brethren ". re vile,
And cn,id h..at tba old dsyiI alI-boIlow
~
On, of church he was turned
u mi, ii, ~ =; ~,a.'. ~ W. ,,,p.
A-@ TStI ~. int;,,.i sn..ar
Ia ~. n,...t,..'S -, Ii...r
W.. iud..Iit,f, n,,rl,t5 on i,is f,ca
"e'0 '' " "" '
IsA Union MAN.
When wars first alarms
Called the nation To arms.
And bioodShed ana rum began,
Old jess was "a cain
As meek sucking lamb;
For you know hes "A sensible man.
All, my boys he would say,
loull hnd IL no play
When the grim dogs I'll war are unbound,
For millions must bleed,
Ifthe South shall secede,
And no peace shall hereafter be found.
Wnen Jh, si,,t,. w.,s ahIaze
with , The hame, OF secession and war;
Win his coat wrong side out,
And Wore ON his shoulder star.
ACCEPTS GENERALS COMMISSION.
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A Great Invention.

HE NEW AMERICAN SAD lRON
il HEATER A useful invention agents
wanted and large cOfDmis>AO ions gwen Apkeas-
ant business for ladies and gentlemen This
IN no humbug. You can make money oy IL
Special arrangements made win stove deal
ers Send one dollar and get sample and full
particulars Say what i.unber stove your
: .npie Is for. some OF its merits-it
saves fuel, saves yOt.I iOom from bring 20
hot fh-r.by saves health, keeps your irons
neat and clean: two irons ar. all that are
needed, ana keep one busy ironing Say
where you saw this advertisement. CORES
pondeEce invited
Address n. y. JOHNSON,
Box 344, Bloomfield. Iowa.
or ]. Il. wOoI4sEY, Patentee,
d2f-wH Box Js, Bloomfield, Iowa.
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Ridicmled and DesPised NJ Home.
He ~ axes mp the Wrong Passenger
Platte has q Poet.

Platte has q Poet.
In his CONTROVERSY with us, GENERAL
NORM goes out OF his way to insult Judge
W. NJ. Paxton, of Platte City. We called
the General "hypocrite and liar" and he
facetiously tried to shuttle of these epi-
thets on Mr.. Paxton. The latter comes
back on him with the following burlesque
poem which we find published in the Platte
county, Mo, papers:
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PROMPTEST ASSISTANCE

to be given to the saved. He has sent a
steamer to the scene of the wreck by way OF
the canal from Norfolk, in addition to 9TH
er vessels despatched, in hopes that some
may be picked mp. The Secretary has also
telegraphed to the signal observer at Kitty
hawk to use every possible exertiOn to re-
lieve the saved to employ messengers and
send them up to Norfolk, and get the people
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-29
TURNS SECEssIoNIsT.

But soon came the days
when the state WAS abiaZe
With the flames of secession aud war
Then jess turned about,
With his coat wrong side out,
And wore on his shoulder "A star.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-29

HOW THE MENoNITEs LIVE.

at Halstead, l went up into the northern
portion of Harvey county to pay a visit to
the Mennonite settlement there to see how
the Russian fugitives from the fold of the
Gar live, move, eat, sleep and have their
being. In the majority OF cases the stable
is built adjoining the house, ior two reasons,
to protect the dwelling from the cold blasts
Of winter and for convenience, principally
the latter. From the stable, where the hap
py family of horses, cows, pigs, chickens
and those other animals dear to the farmer
reside, to the house is but a single step fire.
qnently without so much Of a distinction
between the two as a door, and you are
within the residence. The principle part
of the furniture isa large Dutch
oven, built of unburned brick, which
does double duty as heater and cooking
range, which Is heated up twic day, morn
ing and evening, the fuel used being straw.
The rooms are invariably small, not scru-
pulously clean. barren OF furniture with the
exception of benches and beds. no chairs
bling visible, with the inevitable cradle
with q child varying from four to eight
months old-after the latter period the,
are usually ready to present the husband
and father with another-while the walls
are rs desolate of pictures or decorations a.
q desert. Here, in q house fourteen by six
teen feet in size, divided up into small
rooms BY petitions and the Dutch oven.liye.
eat and sleep, families having from three to
seven members, but where they pack them
selves away at night cannot imagine.
There is no privacy whatever, any more
than in the stsble, and there the Mennonite
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-29
LIFE PREsERvERS,

and one rubber ball, rigged on to the fore
castle. The top gallant iorecas,le was full
of men and officers; two or three men
lashed themselves to the bowsprit every
one was perfectly cool and showed no sign
Of fear. The majority of us got close to-
gether on the upper side of the forecastle,
suffering much from cold and exposure.
The seas would
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-29
THE ONLY BOAT LEFT,

stove in and knock Capt. Ryan and the
navigation over board; saw two men killed
on the forecastle. Mr.. Conway suggested
that We make some effort to get line on
shore. said would attempt il and called
for men TO put the balls over, when three
inch line was made fast to the balls and the
same
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BREAK CLEAR ovER Us

and nearly suffocate us. Loomis and my
self sounded our side, and found about six
feet Of water. A little while after, we again
sounded, and got seven and half and eight
feet saw lights about one point On the
starboard bow, and We gave three cheers
and repeated them several times. We then
saw that the flood tide was making in fast
and the sea was breaking over Us still worse.
We here saw the "First Launch
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-29
WORKED MYSELF FORWARD.

/ thought / saw Mr.. French go into the
rigging; saw a number of men standing in
the starboard gangway and on the first
launch. and number OF men under the
top-gallant forecastle. / succeeded in get
ting on top of the gallant forecastle with the
assistance OF the men. ;. here were a num-
ber of men who had on
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tialD JACKSON, the tfaltOr,
And Union cause hater,
Bestowed on Old jess "A commission;
1 he General III gray
Pressed On to the irdy,
And waVed his bright sword for secession.
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when a very heavy sea came over and wash
ed myself and about five others down to
leeward, and all but myself went under the
sail and they were drowned. / was caught
in a bag of sails, and hurled both legs
against the gofi, regained the gear OF the
nine-inch gun, and
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TAKE EVERY CARE OF THEM.

The department expects to get very full
information tomorrow of the wreck by the
steamers that have left Fortress Monroe
and Norfolk, in obedience to instructions
issued this evening. The loss of the "Hu-
ron" was not generally known in this city
until somewhat late in the evening, and as
a consequence there were very few inqui-
ries made at the Navy Department by
friends and relatives Of those on board, for
details Of the calamity, or information as to
who had been lost or saved, but tonight
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by Ensign Donner about four o'clock.
About eight o'clock Mr.. Donner told me
that the iib and the fying-jib stays were
carried away, and the wind was blowing a
gale | went to bed about $50, and was
aroused about midnight by the quarter
master calling Mr.. French. heard Mr..
French ask him
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-19

transportation. The following facts will show
upon what foundation 1 base the predictions
OF this event: Forty years ago the Achapalaya
WIS not one bali Its present vou ne. Old river
from which it is supplied and through which Red
river once found its way to the Mississippi river
WAS deep and without q bar or obstruction, the
cutoff which formed Barrows (now Turnbulls),
having occurred previously. What have we nov?
Old river has filed up until its shores are lined
with bars which contain thousands OF
acres overglown with cottonwood and
willows that hide the island. Much OF
the main shore, in fact the island,
ia joined to the shore; the "towhead" is OF re-
cent growth and the depth at low water is about
thirty inches at foot Of ''towhead," little more
at sugar. house, and about the same at the out
come to the Mississippi river. Ii any more, or
better proof is required to show that this trade
will be lost, unless active measures are taken to
prevent IT, those who require such proof are ex-
acting indeed. / would be happy indeed to see
the noble old State Of Louisiana go to work, as
sisted by New Orleans, in improving her natural
advantages instead OF i jurDg herself by impo-
sitious upon river commerce, and pandering to
every unjust demand Of the fraudulent railroads.
SMARBA.
Such ready writer as Smarba should be more
familiar with names. He will pardon us for put.
ting him right as to some of them. It should be
Atchafaays, not Atchsplaya; Bisteneau not Bish-
nesu; Bmuf, not Beupp; D'Arbonne, not D'Ar-
bon; and lastly Berwick's Bay, not Berwis's Bay.
[ Ed. Democrat.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-19
Receipts Of Produce.

UPPER COAST-Per steamer Mary Ida--2 bbis
sugar M Gordon coz sacks potatoes DIR BIickell
-sundries tn order-Total bbs sugar
LOWER COAST-Per steamer Martha-sundries
to order
ARKAPOLIS- Per steamer Katie-10 bales cotton
Never, Weis &co--10 Lehman, Abraham &co--1O
L Harris &eo-5 Burnett &co----3 McGehee, Snow
den & Violett-3 Z L Airey Geo 3 Richardson e.
May FL & G Newman-7I3 sacks Gotten sead N u
Cotton Seed Assocaton-sundIies to order-TOtal a.
bales cotton 713 sacks cotton seed
ST MARTINVILLE-Pers steamer Geo SDangler
-16 bales cotton Clapp Bros &cO--55 sacks cotton
seed N Cotton Feed Association--6 bbs molasses
Hirsch, Adler &co-l do Dbl sugar % hides X Beer
is do l. Lacassagne-su ndries to order Total IS
bales cotton So sacks cotton seed bbls molasses
LOWER COAST Per steamer Isabel-sundries
to order
sundIies to order