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Gloucester Fish Market.

FOR THE WEEK ENDING April 2S, 1880.
Our quotations are wholesale prices for fare lots
and jobbng lots command advance on our fig
ureS.
Georges Codfsh-S5 % qtl for large and s31S@
S3A for medium; pickled-cured Bank at S4dS41 70
% qtl for large and $3@$31s for medium dry cured
Bank at So p gtl for large and S31a@3M for
S3A for medium Nova Scotia Bank $4A to S41s
for large and $24 to So for medium: choice Nova
Scotia Shores $5@S51a y qtl.; Bay trawl S45s.
We quote Cusk at SO " ass, Haddock at S214C0
2M Hake at 11A@11s; American andsEnglish,Po1-
lock at S21a@2sA FY qtl.
Hake and Cusk to 51s@8 for best Goldfish. Smoked
Halibut at 1Oc ~ lib. Smoked Salmon at 1Sc; Sealed
Herring 1S@20c 49 box. Bloaters at zoe 3Y hun
dred.
Mackerel-S23 % Dbl for mess, S1GaS1S for Is.
S613 for 2s. and S45s@$4A for 3s; Nova Scotia
b S4A a41a for large and $3sA @S4 for medium;
Prince Edward Island 2s S5@Se 1s; IS, S41a.
Pickled Herring at So bbl for round Shore and
$6A @S61s for Labrador and Nova Scotia split;
Eastport and Bay Shore round SO; Newfoundland
do at $214@21a; do split at 1914 9$3Ha; choice
Shore splits $b1s@$5A; Eastern do So; Medium
Nova Scotia split $31a@OS4
$6@7; Goldfish at So, Haddock at $31a, Halibut
Heads S31s, Halibut Fins 50 bbl Fins and Napes
at say, Tongues Sc, Tongues and Sounds at S1O;
Alewiyes nominally S31a@S4.
Fresh Halibut-Sales to-day at 71a@51ac % for
white and gray.
Market Fish-Last sales 81 IS }y cwt; for Steak
Cod and soc to 81 for market Cod and Haddock.
Blacklist Oil 55c; Cod do 35@36c; Shore do at 35c;
Porgie do 32933c.
Porgie scrap, $12 P ton; Fish do SO to SO; Liver
do S912; Livers 35c P bucket.
The Portland daily press., 1881-04-30
THE GALLOWS.

Execution OF Royal S. Carr for Murder.
WINDSOR, Vt, April 29.-Royal S. Carr,
who murdered VIM. Wallace Murcommock, of
Indian descent, at Worcester, VT, Dec. IL,
1873, and was convicted in' Sept, 1879, was
hung at 2 p. m. to-day. He had previously
served ten years in state prison here, having
been found guilty of manslaughter in the mur-
der of Mary K. Loomis at Worcester, VT. in
1865. Few persons attended the execution,
the interest in it being very limited. Carr as
cended the scaffold with firm step and calmly
listened to the reading of the death warrant.
He remarked what brought him here twas the
two women" The drop fell about o'clock.
The chaplain says Carr fully realized that
there was another world, but had not heard of
the Saviour; he was glad to know that he
could forgive sin. He tried to pray for him
self for pardon. He confessed to all the scenes
in the murder in minute manner, in such a
way that Lo person could help but see by his
simplicity that he, although guilty, was the
victimized assassin, and although he met his
lust deserts, there are others equally guilty.
Before going to the gallows he ate a good din
ner and smoked a cigar. After hanging fif-
teen and one.half minutes he was pronounced
dead, his neck having been broken. He was
then taken down. put into his casket and TAX
en- to tho new cemetery for burial. He had no
relative living nearer than a cousin.
A Colored Man Hanged.
BALTIMORE, April 29.-John Gothard alias
Sandy Smith (colored), convicted of the muir
der of Joseph Woods in Baltimore county
the I'd of December last, was hanged at Tow
sonton this morning.
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UNBLEAcuEp corroNs.
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WASHINGTON.
a Rush for Consl,latas

huSn Tor COnSulateS.
WASHINGTON, April 20.-Those intending
to apply for Consulates may be interested to
know that more that 5000 applications are
now on file in the State Department for these
places. There are It's Consuls and CONNER
cal Agents all told, and probably not half
dozen vacancies now exist.
An Expensive Blunder
1t is estimated that the careless omission of
the word "and" in the appropriation provi-
ding for new pension building and site will
cost the government S24 900 in additional rent
thus rendered necessary. 1t will be remember
ed that the appropriation as enacted provides
for the purchase of land simply, while the in
tent was to include both land and building.
As consequence the work will be DELAYED a
year.
An Attack on Postmaster General James.
The National Republican of this morning.
ex-Assistant PostmasterGe Brady S paper.
has an editorial, charging Postmaster General
James with disingenuousness in the matter of
brady's removal. 1t states that Mr.. James
himself wrote letter to the President de-
manding Brady's removal forthwith, although
he (James) told Brady that he knew nothing
against him personally.
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Crop Prospects in the West and sout,

Crop Prospects in the West and South,
CINCINNATI, April 29.-The Star publishes a
report OF crop prospects from all parts of the
country, summary of which is about as fol-
lows: 80 Aoi
Ohio-Wheat, large acreage, encouraging
prospects. Tobacco plants advancing iinely.
Fruit is variousiy reported. Peach buds In
killed. '0'""J
kentucky-Poor promise for wheat. Good
prospect for fruit.
Indiana-Encouraging wheat prospect in
Southern Indiana. Barley is a total failure.
Corn planting has commenced in the south.
ern counties in Arkansas and Texas. The sea-
son Is cold and late. Peaches are a failure.
Early corn was injured by rains. There ;s a
reduced acreage of cotton. "
West Virginia-Peaches are killed and ,he
late wet weather was unfavorable to crops
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THE STAR ROUTES.
No Favor to be Shown Officers if Found
Guilty.

mo rdVor W pe OuOWn OmCorS II Found
Guilty.
WASHINGTON, April 29.-Postmaster Gener-
al James is heartily sustained by the President
in the course which he is pursuing in reference
to the Star routes, and he also enjoys the
active cooperation of Attorney General Mac
Veagh. 1t is understood that the President.
within the last two days, has directed Post
master General James to continue the investi
cations until the bottom facts of the matter
are unearthed. without regard to who may be
injured by the disclosures that may be made.
1t will thus be seen that the President, the Post
master General and Attorney General are in
entire accord on this most important subject.
The investigation now in progress will neces.
sarily occupy several weeks, and it may be
the LIST of July before the inspectors, who are
engaged under Postmaster General James in
making the searches in the Second Assistants
Department, have completed their labors and
are ready to report to the Postmaster General,
The public, however, may rest assured that the
inquiry will be most thorough and fearless
one, and that the report which will finally be
presented to the President will be one in which
no favor will be shown to the guilty Mr.
James has been somewhat hampered
thus far by his immediate surround
ings. Among the employees left in
Gen. Brady's department, he has not felt
quite certain in whom to trust. The case of
Chief Clerk French, who was dismissed from
the service on Tuesday, is a marked illustra-
tlon OF the Generalization which prevails in
the department., and how many more employees
OF the same kind still remain it is impossible to
tell
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HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.

Mother Kills Her Three Children and
Then Commits Suicide.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., April 29-Christian
Koch, railroad man. upon returning to st.
Paul from this place this morning, where he had
been at work couple Of days, went direct to
ed in the window and saw one of his children
in bed lying with blood around her upon the
floor near the bed He got sheriff and to-
gether they went in and found three children
IN bed and the wife on the floor with their
throats cut and razor on the table near by.
The children were aged years, years and a
six months respectively. 1t is thought that
the mother first murdered the children and
then committed suicide. No reason is given
for the rash deed and there is no evidence of
insanity
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BLEACHED CoTToNs.
TICKINGS, ETC.


Batting~fest. .................... ....11ha13
Good. ............. .......... 8h91OHs
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These goods have been selected
with great care by an experienced
buyer, and will be offered to our
customers at prices GUARAN-
TEED TO BE AS Low as any
house in New York or Boston.
We invite special attention to an
imp ortation just landed per
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THE RAILWAYS.

Annual Meeting OF the Grand Trunk-No
Fusion With the Great Western.
TORONTO, April pa special from London
to the Toronto Globe says that the Trunk
meeting was held today. Sir Henry TYLER. the
chairman, considered that the carefully pre-
clusively its satisfactory position, The renort
was unanimously adopted. The board of d.
rectors, supported by the proprietors, came to
the conclusion that SO long as the Great Wes-.
tern is bound by the agreement which it pro-
poses to make with the Wabash, St. Louis and
own interest to decline to consider anv ar.
rangement for fusion with the Great Western.
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ANOTHER DEFAULTER.

$4,000 Stolen from the New Brunswick
Methodist Conference.
ST. JOHN, N. B., April 29.-E. e. Lockbart
surveyor and executor of the estate of G.. T.
Ray, is defaulter to the amount of 500. 500 tn
the Methodist Conference of New Brunswick
and Prince Edwards Island, to which BODY
100000 was left by the estate
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ADaughter OF the Late Professor Diman
| Killed

Diman. daughter of the late ]. Lewis D-
man of Brown University,wa killed this even
ing while riding horse back attended by a
student in Brown. Her horse became un-
manageable in going Gown Angel street,
dashed against tree and the young lady died
of conclusion of the brain.
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MEMORANDA.

Brig Shasta, Nichols. from Portland for Cardenas
put iuto Nassau, MP, 22d, captain sick and pas
senger dead.
Ship John Patten. which went ashore near Bal
briggan, while on the voyage from Liverpool to New
Orleans, has been fioated.
Brig Susie j Strout. Fickett, from Jacksonville
for Aspinwall, passed April =, lat 25, Ion 81,
abandoned. She had been on fire.
Sch Mary A Power. from a southern port with
kshiptlmber arrived at Thomaston with loss OF two
topmasts. boat sails. and other damage, having ex-
perienced severe weather.
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SATURDAY MORNING. APRIL 80.
METEOROLOGICAL
fNIcAuoNs FOB THE NEXT TwRNrY-BouB
HOURS.

fNINCATONs FOB THE NEXT TWENTY-EOUB
HOURS.
WAR DEPT, OFFIcK CHIEF SIGNAL
OFFICER, Washington, D. c.,
April 30, A. NJ.
For New England,
fair weather, slightly cooler, north to west
winds, higher barometer. Cautionary signals
at Kitty Hawk to Eastport.
SPECIAL WEATHER BULLETIN.
The area of low barometer which at yester-
day morning report was north of Montreal has
moved eastward and now is central in the Gulf
of ST. Lawrence. 1t has been accompanied BY
light rain in New England and the northern
portion of the Middle Atlantic States. The
barometer is highest in the upper lake region
The temperature has risen slightly in the
South Atlantic and east gulf states AMI from
to 10 In the extreme northwest 1t has fallen
from to 10o in New England, Middle Atlan-
tic states and Lake region Light rain is re-
ported from the northern portion of the South
Atlantic States Elsewhere east of the Mis-
sissippi and in the west gulf states fair weather
prevails The Missouri is two feet two inches
above the danger line at Omaha, while the
water is ,apidly subsidiDg. 1t is three feet ten
inches above at Leavenworth, five feet one at
Kansas City, one foot two inches at Lexing-
ton, three feet at Brunswick and within one
inch of the danger line at Herman.
The Mississippi is five feet two inches above
the dagger line at St. Paul, one foot two inches
at Keokuk, ten inches at st. Louis, one foot
seven inches at Cairo, two inches at Memphis
and Nicksburg three feet one inch at Helena,
and at danger line at New Orleans.
Indications are that fair weather will prevail
in New England and the Middle Atlantic
States to-day and probably tomorrow with
stationary or lower temperature. The Missou-
ri river will probably continue to rise below
Omaha aud the Mississippi above LIE Claire
and st. Louis.
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DEATHS

In this city, Mr. Henry H. Coe, born Dec. 18th,
1885. died April 20, 1881.
Funeral service Sunday forenoon, at / o'clock.
at his late residence Coz Congress street. Burial
private.
In this city, prl 20. Nellie E., daughter of Levi
S. Oliver. aged>l9 years.
In Deering, Mary e. Motley, aged 80 years and
IS days.
her late residence.
In Boston, April 25. Geo. n. Briggs. .Ir. son of
George n. and Ida May Briggs, aged years
months and IA days.
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Robbed and Drowned

Folsom, wealthy livery stable keeper of Bal
timore, was found floating in the Delaware
river to-day badly bruised and feet tied togeth.
overheard. '0"A
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Raiding Robbers.

DENVER, April 29.-Forty robbers mostly
Mexicans, have raided settlement near Far,
miDgton, n. NJ, plundering houses and driv-
ing people away. A hard fire was kent nm
during the raid. Four settlers were Killed
The robbers carried off 100 head of cattle.
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ERoM MERCHANTS EXCHANGE.

Ar at Boston goth, ship Charter Oak, Staples I'm
Calcutta
Ar at New York 29tl, sch Nellie Star, Colby, fm
Nueytas.
Ar at Queenstown 27th, ship Wandering jew,
Tapley, San Francisco
Sid I'm Ivica prev to April %, ship Rembrandt,
Paine, United States.
Ar at Queenstown 2Sth, ship Valiant, Daley, San
Francisco. Il 3 days.
The Portland daily press., 1881-04-30
MARINE NEWS.
Missing Vessels.

MISSING Vessels.
GALVESTON, April 29.-Capt. Myers, of the
schooner Frank Z. Fowler, reports three YES
sells loaded with railroad material bound for
Key West left New York 15 days before he did
and had not arrived up to date of his sailing
from Key West 1t is feared they are lost.
The Portland daily press., 1881-04-30
California Mining ssocns.

Denver.-The Tribune's Leadville special saws
dividends will be paid next month by the following
600, Matchless S75, ,OoO Robinson $4,000, Eve
ming Star S25. 900, Hibernia $4,000, LaPlate &
Dunkirk Sic, 900 each. All interest in Comstock
and Blacktail lodes was yesterday transferred to
Comstock Mining Co. for S26O.OOO.
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A Michigan Village Burned.

CHICAGO, April pa special to the journal
from Detroit says the whole business portion of
the village of Mount Moreys, Mich. was burn
ed this morning. Loss heavy as the town is
almost wiped out.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL

Portlanu Du,l, Wholesale Market.
PoRTLAND.A April 20.
Sugar advanced 1sc to-day. Onions % Dbl are
easier at OO@4 so. Valencia Oranges show de-
cided advance. Butter has dropped &c. Apples are
higher.
The following are loday's quotations of Flour,
Grain ProYislOna IGc
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BY TELEGRAPH.
MAINE.
in q Saw Mill.

Accident in Saw Mill.
DAMARIsCoTTA, April 29.-Willam Hull
aged about 20 years. had the four fingers of his
left hand severed by a saw in Hall Brothers
mill this morning.
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Coal Prices for Nav

PHILADELPHIA, April 29-Committees of
the Lehigh and Schuylkill coal exchanges this
afternoon resolved to make no change in the
prices Of coal for May
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lBy Telegraph.)
Nav YORK. April 29-Evening. Money market
fairly active at 3d6 call. closing offered at 4
prime mercantile paper 41s@5. Sterling Exchange
Governments firm. and 1s014 higher for all issues
except IS, which are unchanged. State bords mod
erately active Railroad bonds in fair demand. The
stock market opened irregular and closed strong.
The transactions at the Stock Exchange aggrega;-
ed 27S 106 shares. ~szL
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MAR ElA GEES.

In this city April ~, by Rev. W. f. Holmes, Hen
ry Il: Stickney and Miss Lula NJ Carpenter, both of
Portland.
In Topshami. April 81, David Work. Esq, and Mrs
Hannah T. Griffin.
E. w. Bliss. the brides brother, by Rev. DR.. Chas S.
Robinson. John S. Mathews and Mrs. Fannie S.
Kelley. no cards.l
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European Markets.

NOTICE. Ladies now using cream tartar and
soda in baking will have better results by using
Congress Yeast Powder. Try it in biscuits, cake
dougf1nIits, pie cBust, etc.
SHADES ENGLISH MUSTARD Is sold by all gro
GERS.
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MARINE N EW S.
PORT OF PORTLAND.

FRIDAY, April 20.
Arrived.
Steamer Falmouth, Hall, st John. NIB, via East
port for Boston.
Steamer H M Pierce, Oliver, Bath.
Brig Kaluna, Dow, Boston, to load for Cuba. To
j S Winslow & Co.
Sch Mermaid, Br) Buckley, Observation-Disclosures
to Phinney & jackson.
Sch David Torrey, Soule, Woodbridge, NJ-clay
to Portland Stonewarc Co.
Sch Swallow, Brewster. New York-brmstone to
Oriental Powder Co.
Sch Emma McAdam, from New York coal to
Green & Lynch.
Sch L Smith, Heater, Boston-molasses to W H
Robinson, Jr.
Sch Starlight, Blake, Boston.
Sch Fullerton, (Br) Parrsboro. NS-coal to
d S Warren.
Sch Ocean Romp. French Cutler-wood to j II
Blake, and potatoes to j Libby.
Sch Traverse, Lane, Brooklin-canned goods to
j Wnslow JONES'
Sch Ida l. Howard Nc Bean, Calais for New York.
Sch Wave, Cole Machias for Boston.
Sch M S0roul, Sproul Damariscotta for Boston.
Schs Pavilion. Smith, and Metropolis, Roberts,
Vinalhaven for Boston.
Sch Franklin Bowden, Vinalhaven for Boston,
Cleared.
Brig John Noyes, Cohert Boston-Chase, ca
witt & Co.
Sch Addie j. Leighton, Cherryfeld IN Blake.
Sch War Eagle, Frsbee, Bangor-Kensell & Ia
Dor.
Sch Starlight, Blake, Wiscasset to load for New
port Ri Nickerson & Son.
Sch G NJ Braina,d Kenniston, Rockland-J Nick
ersOn & Son.
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PORTLAND, April 70.
Eur Portland, 20 cars miscellaneous merchandise;
for connecang roads, 81 cars miscellaneous Eler-
, chandise.
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Daily Domestic Receipts.
By water compensation bush Cornmeal to
Time q To
Dry Good. wholesn,e u.nr,ke,.

The following quotations are Wholesale prices and
corrected daily by Storer Bros. s. Co., Dry Goods
woolens and Fancy Goods, "a & 56 Middle street:
The Portland daily press., 1881-04-30

The following quotations of stocks were received
yesterday by Woodbury. & Moulton' '(members of the
Boston Stock Exchange) corner of Middle and Ex-
change streets:
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Foreign Imports.
Receipts OF Maine Central.

Barbados. Schr Mermaid-3l3 pun 8 hhds
23 bbls molasses to Phnney & Jackson.
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FOREdGN PORTS.

At Hong Kong Mch 23d, barques Alden Besse,
Noyes, for Portland .: Herbert Black, Treat unc;
Annie S Hail. Nelson. from Nagasaki.
Sid fm Newcastle. NSW, Mch 12 barque Henry
A Litchfeld. Lampher Hong Kong.
At Brisbane Mich 10. barque d Bryant, Nichols,
from New York via Sydney, NSW, ar Feb 2S disg.
1t Geelong Mch q. ship Undaunted. Hamilton,
from prnsmhnco iHg & to5 ohteu Staoes s cr;s;,,
for New York next day; Will W Chase, Dermott,
for do 3 days.
At Matanzas Apl 3d. barques Bonny Doom, Cole;
Minnie Hunter, Lathwaite, for North of Hatteras;
W H Gem, Collins. for Boston; Henry Knight, Pen
dleton, for North of Hatteras; Lillian, Rumball;
Mendoza. Whitmore. and j Marsh, Falker, for do;
brig Matte Russell, Atherton, do; schs Eva May,
McDuffie. do; L A Orr, and Nellie j Dinsmore, Hull
bert for New York.
At Cardenas 22d, brig David Bugbee. Showers, for
North of Hatteras sch Clara Leavitt. Lombard, do.
ar at Sagua 2oth, brig Herman. Hichborn. from
Caibarien.
In port 20th barque Halcyon, Dickinson, for New
York 9th.
At Havana 23d, barques Havana, Rice, and Elba,
Powers, for Delaware Breakwater: Charles Loring,
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Grain Market.

Grain Market.
PORTLAND, April 20.
The following quotation of Grain received
by telegraph from Chicago to-day by A. ". Jordan,
Ib7 Commercial street:
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DIsSaIIslacIloH W1th the New Union
Pacific Directors.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, April 29.-The board of
trade protest against the appointment of the
new government directors of the Union Pacific
Railroad, Geo. w. Frost of Omaha and
Augustus Kountz of New York VIRTUALLY of
omaha) as more in the interest of railroad
managers than of the government.
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EASTPORT, April 25-Cld, schs Sea Spray. Hill
yard, and Elihu Burritt. Oliver, Western Banks.
April 26-Ar, sch Charlotte Augusta. Holmes,
New York.
April 27-Cld, sch percy, Holmes, New York.
April 2S-Cld, sch Abby Weld, Gardner, Port
land.
ADDISON. April 2Stt-Cld, sch Golden Eagle,
Hinkley, Portland.
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NOTICE.

NHIS is to certify that forbid all persons trust
Il ing any one on my account after this date.
MARK SHATTUCK.
Fitchburg, Mass, April 20, 1881. ap29dlw.
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Train, Provisions. &c.

FlOur.
Supertine.. A 0Oa4 so
Extra Spring. 25@5 so
XXX Spring.. ..6 esq 8 81
Patent Spring
Wheats. 80. 8 OOa8 75
Michigan Win
ter best. ....6 O46 25
low de
Michigan. ...5 25@5 SO
st. Louis Win
ter fair -. 6 0O@6 25
Winter good. .6 25,06 80
Winter best. ..6 1897 90
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SWS6b ccl oCfo SOSZf w
Norfolk 2 1893 90
Onions, " bbf.4 OOa4 30
Bermuda, crate, l rs
Crnberries, % bbl
Maine, COCA 90
CapeCod, A O0@5 90
Round Hoge. ..7hG8
Fruit
Musc'tl Raisins2 25@2 80
London Layers2 35@2 40
Turkish Prunes. .6h@7c
Oranges.
Palermos PIX 4 SOFA rs
Messina, ,pbox,4 1895 00
Valencia Pcass $9@S10
Ex large cases$12912 80
Lemons.
Messina. 3 1894 90
Palermos 3 1894 90
Mats.
PsanuJs-
Wilmington.l 60@l 70
Virginia. y 504l SO
Tennessee. :. Il 209l 30
Castana, y to. 99lOc
Walnuts. !" 14@l6c
F,tber,.. +" 1901 &c
Pecan. 13 al 4c
Sugar.
Granulated. 80. g 9sA
Extra g -. q 9ls
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-02-16
Letter from Fayelte.
Coal VALLEY, FAYETTE Co, w. Va. l
February 6, 1881.

Editor Register If you will give
me space in your valuable paper;
l thought that 1 would try TO in
terest at least a few Of your many
readers. ! left Mason county last
November, and settled down in this,
Fayette county, in the thriving little
town of Coal valley, with u popula-
tion probably of 1880 inhabitants
1t is situated in the extreme lower
END of the county. Our chief indus
tries are mining and railroading.-
This place being one Of the divisions
Of the q. & o. r. R., also we boast Of
q Round House and Machine Shop
Several merchandising establish.
ments, several NJ. DIS. But lawyers
we have none; but no doubt Point
Pleasant could furnish us with that
necessary profession. We will now
speak in regard to coal. Our hills
are interlaid with numerous seams OF
rich coal, ranging in thickness from
8 feet to IA feet; several kinds, viz:
candle splints, gas bituminous block,
&c. And upon the whole, the hum
of industry can be heard six days in
the week. And at night when we
retire for that all invigorating rest,
sleep, our peaceful slumbers are often
disturbed by the shrill shrek Of the
Iron Horse. a word more and will
close. / am proud to find the tall
Sycamore Of West Virginia, working
with a vim to serve the whole PEG,
pie Of his State in the Legislature
/ see he is on important committees,
but regret that he has not been on
the committees of Mines, as well as
that of Emigration; as mining is one
of the principal industries of our
young State. / think that we should
have stringent laws to protect the
lives and health of those who are
engaged in mining and producing
the hidden wealth of the State. Let
this session of the Legislature give
US a good ventilation bill, and 1 will
assure you that this State is not so
years behind her sister State.
j. H. COBB.