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Tpesdar. May =.

included in the above 53 bales arrive. Delivered
on contract 300 bales saturday For future delivery tho
100 bales At il42c 500 at little June. 300 doc.
20J At lie. 500 At H. 43c July. 500 ia, 100
ii5nc 300 Al II 4gc; August. 400 at ll52c. 700 ut
lll7c 700 At II isc, 2oo Vt IL l9c October. 800
s osSss soy ssss%'s no
At IL 42c looat IL 40 100 lite 400 zsc.
800 At 42c 100 At 4c 800 at II 44c. July 200
II 47c; lso Mt lsc.. 1900 ll5oc 81 ii.5ic.
II 5oc 200 Mt II 49c August 27o0 At ll54c 400
Il55c 1000 At II &c., $500 II IL 53c., 100 l.52c.
$500 at il SIZE $40 i155c ssptem 1885,.
II lsc, 900 ut LO A. H. Zoe October 100 at
lo99c 500 at lO9sc BOO ~ lie. 700 at lu97c. No
vember. 800 at lussc 500 at i090c 200 vt lOs7c 800
200 at l0s February. 200 AZ II .o3c. March,
llIsc Total 30 300 GALES brand total 70 TOO bales
on. ' ass BALES; Now orlssns 500: Mobile a:
Norfolk. 81: B.l.imers i45;New York. 224;
This day last week. 1896 This last 769 Total
since september 4S 33t bales last ght Cotton
reishts closed AS foiowsfo Hxvrc. By steam, &c
pressed 10 brenen. ny steam iiiec. compresstd; BY
sail, nc. To Liverpool I'D by steam By SAIL 5-64d
pressed
tails Goldfish sold at 50 50 for Georges and e IS tor Grand
Bank. Mackcrel--Good shore were scarce. Sales
made $i3 SIS Tor No. and " for No. . Box
u lie Tor No. Nothin. doug In bRrrclled
FLOUR GRAlS.-Rrceipts-Flour 1925 bbA wheat
pa $50 bushels, corn moAi. LAO bbs and AIS sacks
barley $50 do Flour still dull prices
but little lover the sales including state Western and
southern were about IL. 5Ub bbis within the annexed
meal quiet with sales OF $50 bbls. Rye steady
Barley aud barley malt were quiet We quote:--
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MEMORANDA.


The total Of stocks the GARD to-day aggre.
gated l19, 1893 shares.
The exports OF domestic produce from this port for
the week ending this date So COS. $780, against
&s27, 500 for the corresp ondng week last year, and
ST. 430 in 1876 inc total exports of produce since
January $l4o 1867 1866, against $1o6 o04 for
tho period last year. and $97 9o6 037 in 1870
The receipts and shipments OF wheat and corn at
Chicago and Milwaukee to-day were NJ f0llcws:-
Chicago-Reocipts OF wheat 1l2,bo7 bushels; ship.
ments esz DO; receipts Of corn, 69l. o24 do ship
ments. 46O, 423 do
Milwa ukee-Receipts of wheat 63 900 bushels: ship
ments. IS 300 do receipts OF corn 1900 do. ship
mcnts, 700 do
Tho gross earnings Of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids
and Northern Railway Company for tho week ending
May q, 1878, s35,192 So; week last year,
$13,497 SO. Increase, $2l.695 o.
Tho net earnings OF the Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy road for the nrst three months OF the yoar
compare as foilows:-January. $479, 666, against
$303475 last yoar-increAsc SIG, 191; February,
$34l 695, against $3.50 59l last yearincrcase $sI04
March, $49 Co., against $379.s72 last year-ncrease
STA, $50. The net earnings tor the quarter
$l3la &c., against 81, 44O last year. Increase Of
$297,52l.
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IZ.JU II. N.
sioooO 6's 81. losA 100000 IS, 1910 1U7x
l:30 p. M.
$1,000 e's G, 81. iosI 10000 5s c. 81 1u5x
5vou $500 be lot1s 10000 do...... rs 1861
lUuUJ . J's, r.si.... 1908
- gao p. NJ.
SECOND B0iRD--l p. N.
5000 louisiana Ts,c. "a 100 shs q NJ so. 80 e2x
1900 Bur. G. RAN LIST TN 100 Mich Cen. 68I
10000 L,RIAP6's 17.r IS 400 Chi n W......be b3
1000 NJ q list. con. be 80 $40 do ............ 5sx
500 Am u In U.s.. ~ GU do ............ 5yk
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date May esaeccpss 1910 bags; sales SO pse stock
remained dali and nominal Domestic was
quoted ~ 47zc De- according lot
1900 lbs prime sold a. private price. quoted as ne
srcAR-Ths marke. for raw was quiet ana Refined
quiet ~ the decline We quote Fair refining. I4c
ssa. ana Soss n Ss. 81 see ao moass
Is Ia ar s d. rs soaa ks S4ms
.1.ss refined .ssnaasa 4 ss.s sss Of !: Sac ssss
"a rssaa.'.a % s..s ;ssl Ssse ss.'s @
Gs s shs ye 4s ss!sA c. M re other
I.sio$ARsss,s..-s ahds 10 ss. 70 e..s, and e
Tin Pig .in-Lonior aavicss report the market e.
s.ysri.h Plates were quiet. We sao,s: Bsnes, i5As
1s; s ss s;s coke $ 81 d.
rosAeco The m.rke, was aais. but steady. Sales q
sssas we're os Nc. hnsi.aa crop 1875 Al ss
s,.r ss 90
A do. crop 1876 7sc. $50 oacs havana at
waasxs.. -.sceips. 1856 sbis The market was nr'ner
PmriGmrs--Tpors was fairly active business accom-
pisncd particularly In grain charterng but rates
:. IN %ss'' ss L:sp:s ' sa s.i:.
ss asssh oas. sossD LOCAL. sIs' sos
sns s,a
sSsans y sa Lsaass ssi s Bii'.a bark
ant SC ain. $500 bos ionr through freight "a 3D. 800
p.ekayss provisions. sSs per ton ana 4s "a g. a.
Cheese 4os: 100 beet o.. 500 bushels grain,
ss,sa. 1900 bbl. -four. through June shipment. o.
grain, SID $500 bushels 40. Cd Antwerp sail. % oo
bushels gain on private terms 200 tons provisions,
marks liavre sail 1900 packages provisions at rs. Sd
27 Sd and $4,000 bushels oats addition last
l3t.c Bremen. steam 900 $50 marks y
tobacco. marks so hnds do 40 marks 100 tons
measurement goods. 80 Iarks 100 marks; $50 bales
with 5000 hes refined petroleum. At "a 3D.; Nor
wegisn oark, hence 70 s'oSknon' 2s1 Sb's 90 g:
to Elsinoio for orders. $3.50 oSis. do. H. 7Sa
British bark, Fhiladcphia to Trieste 5000 bbis do pri
5000 bbls do IS. i'd American bark hence to Baltic,
refined pssfSsum on gy1,s terms German BARK. niia
quarters grain s. Sd Italian S"1s hence
% 90, 1000 quarters grain, s.. Cd; Aus,ri.n
Norwegian bark. hence 10 Copenhagen. 400 auar.ors
grain. s. 3D. long DAYS; French brig. Bayonne.
Soo DO xs s e' so . VIA bark hsncs TO Bristol
70 DO. $500 90; grain. o. I'd: one hence 20 Cork
bark. hence Bristol cnanns 5000 quarters xrnln S.
7ad Austrian bark hence to Cork for orders $3.50
grain 5s ID British bark. hence Cork FOR
1900 quarters grain o. 3D. Italian bark hence to Cork
hence do, $500 quarters grain 5s o. British bark
5000 quarters grain hence 70 do. IS iosd Norwegian
American brig $50 tons. hence 70 river Platte general
Iaad river Platte: ~ net; Am,sis.a S..k eaox
tor orders. grain IS. ID; Russian brig. 800 tons
sssss s s Of i r. a. a9o s
% ac an 70 B@s
shp JIG tons. hence to Bueaos Ayrss osia ON, ieooe
bushels grain, I'D; 800 tons provisions, Sos
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The Stock Market Active
and Steady.
GOLD l0l A l0l IA A l0l l-8.
Government Bonds Firm, States Weaker
and Railroads Strong.
MONEY ON CALL EASY AT 2A4 PER CENT.

TUESDAY, May 28-6 r. N.
The market opened this morning with good many
OF yesterdays clouds still hanging about H. but before
meridian they had given place to brighter condition
OF things wnich lasted tho day out The Wisconsin
stocks still continue DO pieces de resistance Of
which pretty much every tradsr In tho market has
taken slice varying in thickness from 100 to 1000
shares Whether any nourish ment, under tho guise
Of pros will be gotten out of It Is question tor the
future decide The friends OF tho properties, point
ing TO the reports of earnings, say "Ycs tho koys
who shake their heads doubtingy, like so many Lord
Burieghs, refer TO the great advance which has al
ready place and the fact that all short interest
is extinct, and exclsim emphatcaly "No." But
who shall decide when stock doctors thus
disagreei Ono thing, at least, is certainthat the
receipts OF cereals the lake ports (Which have boen
dsbouched by these railroads) greater than ever
before known. and simply astounding from their
magnitude. How greatly the Northwestern road has
contributed towards conveyance OF this tat OF the
land may be judged from the report which gives the
earnings thus far for May surprising those OF the
same time last year by some $780, 900. That the
doubtcrs in the minority. however, plain
from the course OF the stocks themselves which
upward and onward with wind up at q considerable
advance upon opening prices. Al undertone Of
strength, In fact, psrmeatsd the whole market Not
only the grangers. but New YORK Central, Illinois
Tor thcr activity and armness, attracting
rs they did unwontsd attention and selling at
advanced Ggures The sluggsrd OF the list was Lake
Shore. Every advance pricc invites rap from the
BEARS which knocks Il back into the pasied state which
has almost its normal condition, and what Is
remarkable, every decline rallies round It friends.
Thus u is enigma to tho street and perpexlty TO
holders who arc at loss to know whether II be bot
ter to got out or stay In. Outside the changes In
values the market without event The general
list apart from the actves strong but quiet and,
beyond Sur in the borrowing demand for Pacific
Mail--shares OF which commanded q prem,um-and
The hawking OF privileges OF the "Sweet Marjoram"
kind Lake Shore and preferred there
was nothing TO disturb tho serenity Of tine market
OPENING PRICES.
The opening prices of stocks at the Board to-day
were M ioilcws:-New York Central 10SK Erie,
12X; Lake Shore, 621z; Wabash, l3k; Northwest
ern. 53X; Northwestern preerped. IS; Rock Island.
1909; milwaukee and ST. Paul. 52T; Milwaukee and ST.
Paul preferred, 10; Delaware. Lackawana and west-
sp, b6H; Now, Jsrssy. cantra, 22k; Delaware and
Hudson Canal, 561s; Morris andE SLY; Michigan
Central COX; Illinois Central sa Chicago. Buriing.
ton and Quincy, 1887 ohio and Mississippi. s; West
ern Union, sax; Atlantic ana Pacific Telegraph, %;
Pacific Mail 1919.
croarrG oUor ArIovs
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Government bonds were In good demand and Arm,


The London advices report an advance of psr
,ent In consos to ok a97K Tor both money and tho
account United States bonds are u higher. Illinois
Central advanced IN per cent, to 85x. Eric rose to
1917 and preferred to 81. The OF discount In the
open market sl7s per ccnt-thc lowest Tor some limo
past Al Paris ren,ss rose 10 ill., 1oc The closing
prices London we're :--Consols for money and no
count, 97A a97n; now ~ per cent bonds, 1867 a
105K; nve-twonty bonds OF 1857, 1o9x q 109.; ten
forty bonds 1ooX; nves OF 1881, 1914 1o7x; Erie
common shares, l3k; DO. preferred shares, 81; New
jersey Central. 22k; Illinois Central s5k.
Stair BONDS.
State bonds at the Board we're y higher for LousI-
scvens coasols and steady for Missouri skies tan-
nbaI and 81 Joseph issue 'Sol District Of Columbia
$685. advanced to sass and fell OF TO 50.
RAILROAD Boxrs
Railroad bonds continue strong, and tho following
wcro the changes An advance OF u In Lake Shore
registered arsts, h In Union Pacific sinking funds,
sou,n Pacific Railroad nrsts ana q, ana y. nrsts,
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The following were the highest and lowest prices OF

Money on call was easy at per cont, but closed
at3a4 per cent. Tho following wero the rates Of
exchange on Now York at the aforementioned cities
to-dsy:-savannsh, buying par, selling u premiu !;
Charleston, mono Offering. 1-5 premium, u premium !:
New Orleans, commercial, " a $40. bank "; Chi
cago par Boston, lax cents discount. and St. LOUIS
lilo premium. The foreign exchange market was
dsmoralizcd by tho borrowing rates for cash gold,
and the bankers reduced their rates for sterling TO
l.s3k for long and SO for short
THE GOLD MARKET.
Gold closed al 1917 after selling at l01 and 1o1h.
Cash gold At the close, and loaned nas 10
per cent for carrying.
GOLD cLEARrycs THE NATIONAL RANK THE STATE
YORK.
Currency balances. 500 200
CLEARING HOUSE STATEMENT
Currency exchanges sos, 45S 56t
currency oaihhces.. Iolz Ill
Goli A3uo,ll
Cold Ohances... l,25S,212
GOVERNMENT BoSDS
Al. a~cn~ 4.
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ana In Central Pacific gold bonds There was de-
cline OF u In Hannibal and ST. Joseph eghu con-
vertblss and Northwest gold sevsns aud in g. Paul
sinking funds Cleveland and Pt.sburg gu1eanteed
stock sold 1850 sharss AZ sox sok. and pittsburg
Fort Wayne and Chicago guaranteed (nve shares,
M97k
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MINING suAREI

The opening prices Of mining shares In San Fran
cisco, as oficialiy reported, were:--Tip Top. TX;
Navajo. "; Gould Il Curry, 6; Savage, o; Chollar
Potosi, 24h; Ophir, 34h; Hale & Norcross, o; crown
Point, az: yellow Jacket. s; Bcichsr, IN; Virginia
Consolidated 1914; California. 1873; Ovsrman, IL
Raymond & Ely, az; Best h Becher, 13 Union
Consolidated, ~; Alpha, 10; Sierra Nevada, Al;
Mexican, o; Eureka Consolidated. 81; Justice, a;
Utah, so.
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HAvtNA. Nay ~. 1878.
spanish goid 221'l 2224 schanxe quiet hot arm
quotations unchanged sugar qui.t actual
receipts OF sugar exceed last years ~ Matansa
aud while the receipts Havana are about - per
cent less The stock Of ana Matauk
10000 tons less than last year IL - cs,mssd that 5ooVD
tons have been made In the whole island The Yield
falling OF considerably because Of the heat and sea
sonabis rains which have commenced The Il much
advanced
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PRINT CLOTHS MARKET.
HAVANA MARKET.

PRovipsScN g.. May ~. 1873
Printing cloths are STEADY at previous quota
the market Is duh aud tue ontlook nnsAllsIaelofr
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CoorgRAeE srocH Market dull We quote .-MoIasses
shocks 32ineh with hcsds 81 % 81 Dd sugar sbooks
e box shocks Doc e,c rum. 40, 81 pipe. 40, 81
81 hogsne ads 81 30. hoops, ieet ordn ary
10 prime. s33 $50 10 II feet do, s2s $50 per NJ
CoRpAex -MarKet quiet but uncbaE ged We quote -
Manila, large and small size. per ID. Ike IKE do
cordaKe, bolt rope yarns IBc. lie tarred Mmna I4c
Russia. lie. 49,
CorroS The spot in fair demand Tor spinning and
prices advanced Lice ID. In addition 10 The
sales below reported some 400 bales Nv com.
mission house difcct to the mills fntures opened steady
yesetays closing figures but closed barely steady and
from 10 points Iowrr TJdays prices, COM arcu with
Mouuays fuiloNs:-
Mong T.s, ~.
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100 Us 10 r. pS l03le JSUO do........... I047S
500 US io-4o che c. 1915 25oooU rsi.bc iosas
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CORD is an Elegant Oil Chrome
Photograph Album and family Record
combined, and as It's name indicates 10
designed for the insertion and preserya.
tion Of the pictures Of the family % well
az. the names. 1t is something entirely
new, combines beauty and utility, and
should ornament every home in tho land.
All who see it pronounce it superb, and
are lavish in its praise. The faces Of
dear ones appear in q tasteful setting Of
gold and beautiful colors. and il is ct
once and forever q household treasure.
And its low price places it within tt
reach Of all, Send for it and you will
be gratiiied when you shall see it. Ith
something long needed, but never before
attainable. Size II Is inches. Pries
$3.50. Mailed, postpaid, to any ID.
dress on receipt Of price.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-02-02

be authorized to take charge OF
the Abbeville bridge until next
Saturday.
On motion the Council adjourn
ed to Saturday the 18th inst.
LEoNCE PERREt,
L. G. LYONS, Secretary.