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Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

THERE is 4I.III postoffices
in the United States. Pennsyl-
vania has the largest number,
3s46 and Alaska the smallest,
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

The Brcnham BANNER is en-
larged again; VIC can't see how
it can well get much larger OF
find more news to insert than
now.-Hiisb0ro Bee.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

OK Tuesday the Houston
Icleg7m published a rumor that
a citizen of Polk county, who
had visited the now celebrated
steamer Colorado at Galveston,
has returned home and had a
pronounced case ofyellow fever.
The Galveston Meas had the
rumor investigated and finds
that the man referred 10 has
chronic opthalmia or sore eyes.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

MIR. DARDEN, comptroller,
has returned to Austin from
New York, without selling the
five per cent bonds. He thinks
they can be sold in the
spring.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

a BARBER in Sedalia, Mo-, a
Swiss, works, when he has moth
ing else to do, on a monument
for himself and wife. 1t is OF
stone and is eight feet high.
The man is more than 65 years
old and displays considerable
ability as a sculptor.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

MEMPHIS had twenty-three
new cases of yellow fever on
Tuesday. The disease IS grad
ually spreading in the country
adjacent to Memphis.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

SENATOR A. w. HoUsToN
writes to the Houston Age that
the amended Sunday law did
pass, but that he was opposed to
it and used his influence to dc
feat it. The Agr, however,
maintains its original position.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

THE Philadelphia commercial
exchange has adopted the cen
tai system to take effect jan
uary next.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

IvpGE SAM DODGE, who was
quite prominent in Galveston
during the Davis regime. died
recently at Leadville.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

GEN. TooNBs sends sIoo to
the Hood fund and promises TO
repeat it every year during his
lie.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

THE Austin Statesman thinks
that newspapers no longer de-
pend upon parties for support,
but that parties depend upon
newspapers for support. In
this respect the party organ is
dead and buried.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

JoKv SHlLLlro, 4 Cincinnati
dry goods merchant died re-
Gently, aged 60 years. He had
been in business many years
and left estate worth s3,ooo,ooo
having commenced poor man.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

TUE BANNER has received the
premium list of the Bel county
fair associations fat, to be held
at Bolton, Oct. 20, 81, 7a and
g, 1879.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

ACCORDING to the Austin
Statesman the Bastrop green
back club is composed of Wash
Jones, another white man and
cs,-en. 1cr-roec
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

ADvIcEs from Santiago dc
Cuba state that slaves on PLAN
tations have demanded their
liberty, and that their masters
have promised to give them
freedom if they will agree to
work three years for wages.
Many slaves are running away.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

iHE department of agricul-
tore in the cotton report TOR
August gives the Texas aver
age as GO, a loss of IS. The
general condition of the crop is
5 per cent, lower than last year.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

The Waco ErGmiNc, tells
how to smoke 4 cigar. The
art Of smoking cigars is well
enough nderstood-llow 70
get the cigar is the question
. that many are trying to solve.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

TIE Austin Independent is
dead. II had only attained the
aye of four OF five weeks.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

NATcuEz and Vicksburg have
rcscinded quarantine against
New Orleans.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

n the Maine Legislature the
republicans will have MAORI
) ty on joint ballot Of 81.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

IT is now thought that a mint
will soon be established at St.
Louis.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

BYa Typographical error a To-
cal paper called them "hell
punches and now 4 great many
wicked papers seem to think
that the right name was wrong
fully applied to the contrivance.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

TIE Brownwood Banner de-
MES any afhliation with or
syrnpaty for the greenbackers
and says: This running after
new ideas has always been det-
remental to the success OF the
democracy, dividing up into
factions, and thus aiding the
radical party into power.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

FIFTY years ago on the 18TH
Of October the first locomotive
was run by. steam on rails.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

ACCORDING to Professor Tice
we are to have on the night OF
November IS. 1879 the most
brilliant meteoric display ever
seen since 1883, when to all in
tents and purposes the sky lit
orally rained fire. One o'clock
in the morning is the appointed
time.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19
PASSENGER TAEIPPs.

Postmaster Sabin, of Calves
tor, writes an open letter to
Col, II. NJ. Hoxie, of the Inter-
national railroad, in which he
says he can see no reason why
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

IT is estimated by the New
York Evening Post that not
more than $4,000 of the 5oo,-
900 republicans who voted for
Hayes i'll 1876 took part in the
primary meetings which elected
delegates to the Sartoga con-
vention which nominated Cor
nell for governor. Itdis now in
order for the 10000 republi-
can voters who did not attend
the primaries to put in their
surplus time in grumbling at the
convention. They may grum-
bic but election day never finds
a good republican absent from
the polls. and i'll this consists
the great strength of that party.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19


Much unnecessary impor-
lance is attached to the bolt o.
the Tammany delegates from
the New York democratic con-
vention. Several leading dem
ocratic papers in the north at
taeh but little if any importance
to it The Tammany dclega-
ton represent but 4 small por-
ton of the democracy Of the
state Of New York and it is
said to be by no means an as
sured fact that they will sup
post Kelley, their nominee.
The great majority of the. party
is said to look upon him as a
traitor. The regular nominee,
Gov. Robinson has given entire
satisfaction as is evidenced by
his nomination. The papers
friendly to Gov. Robinson say
that in spite Of the detection Of
Tammany that he will be re-
elected. We hope these pre-
dictions may be verified as the
loss of New York at this juno
turc would be serious calami-
ty to the democratic party.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

PROF. J. A. CRAIG, editor OF
the Hillsboro Prairie Be. fell
dead upon the streets of that
town on the 18th inst. He had
been unwell for several days,
and died from an overdose of
chlnral
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

COMPLAINT exists at Round
Rock that the International
road has raised It's rates on salt
from 500 to $50 a car ard has
increased the rates OH bagging
SEQ Il car. The Ntadi.ekt
thinks the company has spe-
cial spite against Ro-snd Rock
since it bought the tieergctown
tap. Il giyc. hettcr mt L, II
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

BRAzos county's grand Jury
returned six bills for miscegcna-
uoa,
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

THE Austin Statesman COM
plains of the visitationS of the
newspaper tinca-lic should be
Killed ON the spnt.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19
gYwSPAFEHe.

The Austin Statesman writes
a chapter on the dead newspa-
pers Of Austin. It is now the
only daily paper published at
the capital. Many papers have
lived in Austin since the STATES
nan began its career, but oasu
by one they have succumbe
the inevitable and been q
away to the potters field
tin is hardly able to sup
daily paper taking the
patches, yet there is
establishing one of thd
pers, and also of startii - new
venture. The Gentlemen pro-
posing to embark in this enter
prise know how" to run news
papcr-it will take time and
money to prove TO them that a
town of a given size can only
afford given amount of news
paper patronage; that patronage
divided gives none ofthe papers
an adequate support, the best
one will survive while others
must inevitably go to the wall.
If the people could be induced
to give their support to one good
daily paper in city like Austin
it would be much better for them
and for the paper, than to di-
vide it up between two or three
sickly papers. The Statesmen
has for a long time been the
only newspaper published in
Austin and it should be supper
ted and kept up, as we have no
doubt it will be.
In Texas towns, whenever a
newspaper has, by hard work
and real merit, succeeded in get
ting itself into a self-sustaining
position, some one who knows
exactly how newspaper should
be run comes along and starts
an opposition paper, feeling con-
fident that the patronage is am
pie to support two papers; time
usually solves the problem III
the death of one of them. There
is always room for good pa
per and the people are rarely
mistaken in their judgment-the
bestpaper survives. During the
past year opposition papers
have been started in more than
half a dozen counties in Texas,
simply because those already
established were apparently do
inp well.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19
BAD WHEN MAD.

The San Antonio Express
says we too often hear that some
man is "a hrst-rate fellow only
when he gets drunk or mad he's
bad" 1t suggests hemp as
remedy for these eccentricities
when carried too far. Men who
are subject to these fits of Gee
centricity" when under the in
fluence of anger or liquor know
theii failing as well as any Of
their friends or excusers; know
ing their peculiar failing they
should never allow themselves
to become intoxicated or to get
angry or mad, as it is expressed,
unless fully prepared to abide
by the consequences and they
should be held to as strict an
accountability before the law
as though the act had been pre-
meditated, cool and deliberate.
Every man is accountable for
his own actions and as stated,
knowing his failing should gov
ern himself accordingly. Many
men take the advantage of the
excuse offered by drunkenness
to get drunk purposely, and
when drunk there is much meth
Cd in their drunllendess they
rarely miss an opportunity OF
getting "the drop" on the man
against whom they happen to
have spite. This species of
recklessness is not confined to
any particular locality, but is
quite general. The man who
gets mad or drunk should be
held to a strict accountability.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

Friday. Sept. 10 1875
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

AN exchange whose advcr-
Using patronage is not as large
as it might be relates this ancc-
dotc. AN Indian tried the
soitNss of feathers by laying
one Nn a rock and struicbinc
Elf npon it. 49, are
who Try the "a.
-. ,he sa2i
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

The Austin Statesman writes
a chapter on the dead newspa-
pers Of Austin. 1t is now the
only daily paper published at
the capital. Many papers have
lived in Austin since the STATES
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Purchasers will s.lyc money by giving him
a trial. SHEET NJ SIC \ SPECIAL
". asgS,duf
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-19

seven negroes.
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OFFICE DE rrr,icsnox i:

By RANKIN & LEVIN.
The New York herald., 1879-02-25
The following were the closing quotations At three

The total sales of stocks at the Board to-day
aggregated 24. .702 shares which distributed
follows: Canada Southern. 4l0 Chicago and North
western. $500; do. preferred 33950; Chicago. Rock
Island and Pacific. 500; Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western, IL, 100; Delaware and Hudson Canal. lis;
Erie 47,575; Hannibal and St. Joseph, 1926; do pre-
ferred, 200; Lake Shore. 22.G60; Michigan Central
200; Milwaukee and St. Paul. 10,b50; do. preferred
$500; Missouri, Kansas and Texas 106S0; Morris
and Essex l43; New York Central, 364 New Jersey
Central. 6,750; Ohio and Mississippi, 6.27O; Pacific
Mail, 1,7l6; Union Pacific. 14.250; Wabash, 4.695;
Western Union Telegraph 1925.
Money call was easy to-day at q per cent. the
highest rate per cent and the market closed at
2,s per cent Foreign exchange quiet and steady
with actual business at ASS a 4.s5i. for bankers
sixty day bills and 4.ss 4.ssS for demand. The
sub-Trcasury to-day paid out s1s722 gold for legal
tenders redeemed. The London advices report
weak market for British consols, which declined n
per cent, to 96s 964 for money and 961 for
count United States bonds were steady at I075s for
new 4s 1o4 for 1se7s. 104 for ten-forties and 1863
for new fves The quotations for American railway
shares show scarcely any change from Saturdays
prices Rentes at Paris quoted vt 110f. SOC. ex
interest.
Government bonds here were strong. with the ex-
cepton of the four per cents which u per cent
lower The subscriptions to the four per cents up to
noon amounted to only 900. The Secretary of
tho Treasury issued another call for $40 Of the
hvc.twentes Of 1867. Tho following tho closing
The New York herald., 1879-02-25

grain SID and steam l6 600 bushels grain Cd 60 lbs
500 do bacon, sos 800 packages butter 4os 800 bbls.
apples 3s 5000 packages cheese butter and provisions
at 35s 45s quoted asked 1000 packages cheese and
butter through freight rs sd s,s some lots cotton.
and IS. 3D. per bbl To London. sail $50 oil cake
Dos. 0oD bbls: flour, Is. Sd some lots
beef, 6s., and pork As. To Glasgow. sail. 300
b6ls % -four 2s 4ed. and steam, some throagh aoar
bushels grain, As. 3D. per quarter, and steam,
lots cheese and butter i5s. 70 Uavre.
steam }5 measurement goods $40 Charters Brit
sh bark hence Bordeaux Antwerp $500 quarters grain,
I'D; Norwegian bark hence to Aarhuus 100 quar-
ters grain 5s 3D. Austrian bark, hence to Bayonne,
quarters grain U.s. 3D. British ship 0S3 tons,
hence Bristol general rates including grain at
4s Cd quarter: German bark hence to Bremen 5000
bbls. refined petroleum 3s I'D American bark, al5
tons hence for long voyage particulars unknown British
bark quarters grain, Philadelphia Cork for orders
5s. 3D., coast OF Ireland Is. 9d.
The New York herald., 1879-02-25
DOMESTIC MARKETS.

GALVESTON, Feb "a 1879.
ordnapy s.e Net receipts 4s4s bales Esports-cesst
wise, ,47e. Sales. 800 Stock, 65.6es.
Cotton steady middling Ole low mlddiing ssc good
ordinary sac Net receipts 1891 bales; gross, 1919
Exports to Great Britain 1880 sales, 600 Stock,
MorrLr, Feb. "a. 1879
Cotton Arm; middline, &c low middling sac. good
wise, 1855. sales, lVOo stock, 43,isd
oswsoo Feb. "a 1879
Hss % Snrss M S wSs %
Seer demand sales bushels canada BY sample "s
Soc 1000 do. No. bright at ~ M, 100 do No at ssc
ada held a, SC in bond Corn meal sic 30 Socd
sls 80 f.r ansosed Eer Ton Mi fed steady .hos so
Flour soU bbs barley, 500 bushels Grain IN store
%hea, o rs, % @ dc s";Is,s PEAS IHTS d. barley
DETROIT Mich. Feb "a. 1879
Flour firm but quict sales 3ub bbls, white at ~ ~
ssss s @ssI, fg'sy %arcs Ss'Ss & sns April
May, Si osi4 Ii o4a. Corn steady with good demands
no ado, s6c. Oats scarce and vsry 6rm No. / white
27ac, 2sc;; No. do, 2u.sc No mixed, 2alsc;; NO
hogs steady at 81 80 Receipts-four 100 bills wheat,
2.so bushels % s.rn ~" do DO; css t% .s,. Do ship
$500 DO; oats sWD do
Wheat easter; extra white Mchyan 81 ,r, No white
Michigan u6Ac.; amber Michigan, March, 81 olaa No.
dsn,s5 .pS q q March asa u oa or, Or, AS,
sac; rejected 34ac. Oats steady; white Michigan DC
CHIcAeo, Feb. "a. 1871.
sss:f .ss % IS ssso sSs
nand and prices shade higher sai.c, cash. ss1sc'.
March; 'sAc, April sIAc s'Aac; May Oats fairly &C.
and nneHanged io,sc' Barley easier at 7sc.
s as s'ss fsas 'S"ssr ssrs"s s"Sp s"S Ssssr $40 ~
The New York herald., 1879-02-25

StainedGood ordinary, &c. strict good ordinary, Sac
sales follows Friday after two p MFebrnary
400 at 9lsc. March, 100 at 9s0c. 500 at 79c 2o ut
91se. 600 at 977c April. 500 at 995c $500 at o1c
l011c, 100 at O1Oc. 800 1909 200 1OOsc 100 at
loOIc June 4O0at l024c 7OOat 10 2c 70Oa LORE 300
at lo21c July, 200 at lo5e 800 at 1913 Total 220o
To-day up to two r. NJ. February 800 at 7sc March,
26oo at 977c. loo mo notice today, at 97sc. 900 at
s7e 300 at 9soc sOa 79c. 500 no notice this week)
9.2c 1000 at 9s3c., 9s4c.. 22OO at p93c May,
loo at looc 100 at in67e, 400 at loose 100 at Ioo7c
@ asoo at leSsc lSo @ .s ose 100 at dpe ,o. June
% 800 a. l9Ssc; Augusts 300 a. lo'tAs Total, Total,
receipts f the % ports were @ as follow. Galveston,
454s; New Orleans, 1891 Mobile, a547; sayan
NAH iges; Charleston Cha. los wmisgtop % ns,; 7ls;
phia 1853 Total ~ 4e6; this day week. 33 $685. this
day last year, 2s3Oe Total since September !,
Liverpool, steam, hd; SAIL idd 7-s2d Havre, steam,
&c. compressed sail &c Bremen. stean Ne 9-ltc.
compressed sail, i532c &c. Hamburg, steam, sl6c.
nc:. compressed; sail, nc Amsterdam, steam, sac
FLOUR AND GRAN.-Receipts-Flou 30 1886 hbs wheat
S4 s bushels corn meal 3i5 bbs and $50 sacks corn
lO45O do barley malt IA s5I do Flour was firm: the
sales including State Western and Southern about
rn with sales of 500 b6ls Corn meal WAS in moderate
demand but steady; sales $50 bb and 900 sacks.
Rye was firm: but quiet sales 5000 bushels Canada
fairly sales 900 bushels tworowed State
73c and 1000 do four,rowed State S4e Barley malt
dull Feed little active and frmer in
SIS; so lbs 100 lbs $l4 SIS; sharp's SIS 500
rye feed $l4 $5 ground feed, Soc per Peas
still quiet and Canada in bulk in bond quoted at
Zoe s5c green peas were quoted a. 81 30 81 371s
Beans also quiet We quote Medium, 81 20 81 30
marrows 81 a5 81 s5; pea beans 81 - 81 5o white
kidney 81 90 81 SO red do 81 % 81 so; turtle soup
beaus n We
The New York herald., 1879-02-25

os"Goiicnseed oil was quiet At the cali 100 bbls sold
as ess M Ss
and sla S 81. - % a s s 3 'ss ss ia
Sssnsry S%ssa sSs' ssS Ld % city city
made & o nessrdns 81
4ac do southern 4oc Seaehed winter 5oe natural do
4oc; bleached winter white 52c; bssched winter
sannS Soc si'''A'd h'A &c Crude 'h
naphtha Sc refined cargo lots, ese bid DO in cases
f for & s ds S Il
sFSIr'i SaH si sss c ci'y ssl.p
ss ~ sSih Sss sseSsnsss GS IBIS total
in S@a, eases sd desaeay @
soc lis iss STATE , and West
and western; ias siss ea%y..Ssss ducks,
y 30 S1s aes ps sbs
zoe s9c per paiS Grouss sa s II per gs7 sT English a
capcns, ac ssse. Slips, isc phladclphia squads
g. s"f Is s.
faovrs.oxs -Recelpss-Porh, aios bels lard, 1856
tierces $50 bbls SOD kegs and ~ cutmcais II @
paeksses bacon ~ ,sysss @ and $40 boxes 1 beef log
and e Shs dressed hogs M 4 PORK was a Arm ~ sns 90 es &c
s$ srs ssii 10Y iss ,s;arss Ss rSs
'IS ci %
S's sls 7s % sa $40 ssEsa April so 70 $40 IS
asked May $40 30 bid Sl 10 asked, Bacon hrner
ss ss a at and isfsTs ss o0ss ss SS s
ness $40 ash Tor extra do sii Tor pscSe! and 81 Tor
extra. India mess Beef hams quoted at sIs a
ss cd s. s sc cs o o s ycrass
p soses dry .asd .nSaidsrs :. ts Dressed hog:
II s s & s s ss : s and s s.
Change a. iyy e DO DO at " o.ia$ IA lSU DO Ne l At
kettle Al 7c The sales for future delivery at the second
s 81 % and nd ss5ss. sc ss Sss s .. s.
s .y 70 sS AP ssa .s4 cs.srs - r"S
is%sV . Sa 'aS and 90 At e eans a%s
asked asked 4sr Ssn. q sf q a
sle;s paekasss The market was steady We quote =
g fancy; aSs ss state dairy ne 9os Western DO
ssi7 boxes. Tho market remained Arm. We quote
State factory poor TO fancy 5c aac wesern do, poor
ssp ss 6S ss ISLAND
ysnia @ iss iSs western fresh i7c Use Cansd" DO
snc,c-capolns fair to good se "sc; prime to
@ good to prime es sss a""soon Z IN i, bond sc
srarsrrsecepss 50 tierces and 80 obls. The market
ss s sqe r %s Iva" s" eu. SSs s"ss
common refining ~ Sssc, 800 hhds centrifugal at Tie
and steady medium aud lower grades prices unchanged
6hS. nsa sa"%s % ssOS d9 m sc cas S
mclesses hhds and boxes bic a6,ac Porto Rico, rein
ing common to aii 5Ac osc. do do, good TO prime
elsc. aGAc; refined standard A, ssc sac. off A. ic
Sc crushed 20 powdered, sac graduated she OF do
lie. sssc; cut Loaf yc. white extra Cs 1ac
7Sc yellow 40 do. ossc 7sc other grades, including
T,LIow hhds ~ tierces ao4 bbls aud IL
casks The market dull but steady sales were only
2OND lbs. at sac.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 2o7 bbls. The market lower
aud iUU bbls sold 40 81 uS
fRErGurs-Market In general du with rates for berth
Grain vessels unchanged but petroleum ton.
for transatlantic lower engagements 10
Liverpool by SAIL loo tons oil cake, It's cd sou bushels
The New York herald., 1879-02-25
FINANCIAL and COMMERCIAL.
The Stock Market Active
and Weak.
MONEY ON CALL EASY AT 2 A 8 PER CENT.
Government Bonds Strong States Steady
and Railroads Irregular.
WALL STREET. I
Eal, "a II ID nj I


The stock market to-day was repete with pertur-
batons The strong prices of Fridays closing were
met by the weak prices of to-days opening. SO. to-
speak, there mixing Of the white and blue pow
ders from the financial sedlitz box, which, after
momentary ebultion, became hat and nauseous
The mixture had to be swallowed by somebody, and
in the end the bulls took the physic In plain TERMS
the comparative rmness of last week closing prices
gave way to the positive feebleness of this weeks
opening ones and in the main the latter had the best
Of it. With the exception Of fractional bracing up
during the last hour or there occurred general
settling down of prices, which reduced quota
tions by u to per cent. Union Pacific. notoriously
white elephant while under the care OF Jay Gould,
has apparently lost nothing of its albescent ponder
osity under the of its new proprietors but is
as hard to sustain and borrow money on as ever.
Such at least the inference to be drawn from the
successful attempts to sell it to-day. fall of some
six per cent in Union Pacific could not occur without
tainting such roads intimately connected
with it. and consequently the price of Kansas Pacific
tumbled off some four per cent in sympathy. The
real keynote to the market. however, sounded
by Northwest common. That this stock was wofully
out OF tune was demonstrated by the decline, which
at one time amounted to 3A per cent. 1t not only
discordant ITSELF but it set the teeth of all the
rest of the market on edge. and the result was
general discord throughout the list and lower tone
for all the prominent stocks. While prices were all
lower to-day. in seriously 80. there are
reasons to believe that the decline was created from
malice prepense and with the ultimate object Of
starting q new bull movement from the better van
tage ground Of lower prices. Nothing better, in
trip hammer way to accomplish this object could be
found than in selling Northwestern. and it freely
used in this direction. Western Union remained
upon pins and needles-between weakness and
strengthen waiting for the Senate verdict upon the
Butler bill. The last Washington news pointed to
defeat of the amendment and a reference to confer
ence committee Of both houses. While the market
generally remained weak. Erie held its own, very
nearly 80, the steadiness OF London quotations help
ing the price here During the last hour the
market was propped up to some degree and
prices closed with fractional improvement.
The opening, highest, lowest and closing prices Of
stocks at the New York Stock Exchange to-day
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