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BOOTS AND SHOES.

Americans are now better shod for less money
than any other people In the world. That much
OF our leather Ia better aud cheaper than that
produced abroad Is evidenced by the large guam.
THY OF American leather that ~ now being cS-
ported. or solo leather alone there have been
shipped from Boston and New York during the
year lssN not less than 10000 sides, while the
shipments OF upper leather are also steadily In.
crcasing, Theio,al exports OF sole aud upper
leather from all parts OF the United States during
the fiscal year ending June 80, lSSi, were sS6yp,
CTS pounds, valued at sGi7a69s, Thi, leather
brings n higher price In Europe OF course than I,
does In tho United states, aud the cost OF pro.
ducipg shoes in England aud France, as wen as
on tho continent Ia far greater than II
IL hero. Tho Lynn factory system has
been introduced IN England. and American ma.
chinery Il quito In general use there but the
English are unable TO get anywhere near ~
ErcAt q product a. Ia obtained from the same
machines In this country; and an English opera.
Two does not earn anything like the wages that
are made BY Iii American operative with pre-.
'S o sS sa% pspSs wholesale sOo
and shoe trade continues buoyAnt and manu-
fActurvrs OF ovury description Of foot wear an
hAid pressed 70 6u orderf, aud getting = email
bul EjnssA advance q an unss q seodA
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NAliDW ARE.
ro.pAy's QUOTATIONS

To.nAy's QUOTATIONS.
Nxos-Collins', per dozen, 9,tO cold Dollar,
per dozen, 500; Diamond Edge nor dozen,
100. Double hit, 1910.
Shoyels and Spadcs-Rowlands discount 80
per cent; Amcs' list steel goods, discount " and
10 per cont
Rubber betting Discount 80 per cent
Nalls--AO0 rate.
Horse shoOs-GS per key,
Horse nails-Northwestcru, No, q $50; No &
rs per box,
lrou--ic rasC.
slcel--plow, 70; lay, 70; cast Use per pound.
shee, iron-T h, DC; gulyanisod, discount %
per cent,
skillcts aud lids, Sc per pound; sugar kettles,
81 per pound,
Iacks-m boxes, loopepers, $50 per box.
Grub hces-per dozen, 1905 railroad picks,
per dozen, aOc.
Maitocks--per dozen, li,oO
Scalcs-fairhanks, discount - per cent.
| Howe, discount - per cent
Tin PLATED, C.. ln1lI per box, 800; |. O., lix
| ~, per box, 500; Terno, ltN?0 per box, $50;
| Tcrue, 2Ox2A per box, 1850
Tinware-picced, discount so per cent,
stamped, discount 40 per cent
soller-No. 1, iSc; No. Ia and Ia lsc POI
pound.
Babbit me,al-iO to isc per pound.
| Bar lcad-7 l.2c per pound
| No, 1 duck horse COLLARS " per dozen.
Hamos--two loop, 400 per dozen, threo loop,
AS per dozen.
Back bands-thrce inch, l.7S per dozen
| Batbed wirc-St@pkc.
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DRY GOODS.

IO-DAY's QUOTATIONS.
PRISTs-FreemHu's 8; Lodi, o. Gloucester 6,
Harmony 3; CochcCo, Va; Merrinac, 6i. Green.
wich, 5i.; Allen, &; Albion, solid, 81 Peabody
solid, %; Peabody black, 90; Simpson black
6'G Simpson mourning, ca Gloucester mourn
lug, Ga
HEAVY BEowS DoNEsrrcs-Augusta, I'll, 81
Indian Head, 50; Swift Creek II, Il 81; Etna,
a., Sc Edgeheld, Al, Sd; Cabot, A, ~;
Derby, So, 81; Glendale, Sd 54; Natche2, 81
6 4; Charter Oak III, IA; Lake George, III, III.
Great Western, It, S; International, A, 5 81
FISE PlowS DOMtsIICs-La George ~; Har
vest So; P0cahontas, 2; Great Falls, *; Peer.
hess is; Plum Island, S, Atlantic, 81; Green
brier S.
BLEACuED DoMFsrIcs-Social,lO 10; Sunny side, s.
llolmesyile, -; Forest s. Big Bonanza, rs, ca;
Auburn SIS; Lonsdale TO- Lonsdale cambria
~ Wamsutta, 1875. New York mills, Is; Diamond
Hill, cambria, 9; Knights, cambria, q Hero. IA,
2 Hero, IS, y ballardyale, 4 Cambridge, rs, 7;
Peerless 81, So.
DucKs-Arkwright, lG; Ettrck, S.oz, - Stark,
S-oz, T. "a; stark, lkoz, II; Savage, S-oz 12ia;
llampdcn, brown aud drab 90, 10 IIampdcn,
NN. do, II; Boston, 1907, brown and drab, l7ls;
Montauk. ~ inch, %; No, $, 10 inch, pa; No.
$, - inch, 81; Gold Medal Blue, Ia; Lion,
brown and drah Is.
PLAID OsNABUEGs-Oelta, ~: Economy, L. 4;
Ottawa, Sc; Michigan, 50. Belle, "a; Wood
lawn, 81, CalHwbH, 81.
TIcKISG-Amoskeag AGA, lO's Hamilton 10;
Hollywood plaid, III standard Z, 10; Easton b,
y',, Omega, 1913
CHAMBRAY-l4l,6G Ice.
COTToSSADE-New York Camlet, lie; Bay City
l5lsc; Royal, lie, OXmead, lie; Kansas, l3hc
HICKORY Rock River, G-3; Blue and Brown.
ghc; India, l04c; Arlington, sac Thorndike,
II &c, Hamilton II
KESTucKY JEANs-pacifc r. r., 24Columbia,
10; Kansas, lS}s; Humboldt 49, Palars. q a;
Table Rock, l6ls; Bonanza, 22ls; Pride of the
West S2is; Bang Up, 90 Deer Island, i2S; Keo-
kuk so; Mississippi X. A., Roxborough, 1914;
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PROVISIONS.
ro-pAy's QUOTATIONS.

ro-pAy's QUOTATIONS.
BAcoN-Long clear sdoS i6se short clear
l1ck, breakfast bacon l7sc.
Dry sALr-Lons clcE Ndca iSbvc; short clear
l6Ac,
HAMs-CanvAssed, III Magnolia II.
cans it.c: ?o.lb cans ltNc; i0-lb cans Is sc S-it
cans ibAc Glib cans, lSsc
The provision market In Chicago to-day wa,
excited aud mess pork shows u goo advance
II opened FOR October At s.1o1S, twenty cent,
above the close last evening. During the early
part OF the day 1t declined, reaching slp W bu
1T the noon call It rallied aud vfaiually al
vanccd, closing at so 20, thirty.two and q hal
cents advance since tho last sales yesterday,
The receipts OF hogs at tho principal waster,
packing points continue light and the sualit,
poor The packing returns stul show fifths
gradual reduction and will probably continu,
10 do 80 until near thu approach Of The wints
packing season.
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THERE were good receipts OF grain to-day Of
wheat and oats, and both elevators were fully
employed In storing II away for future delivery,
Prices were stoady vt quo,stions. The different
ing and shipping, ono. party sending OF several
cars To the south and east aud Others doing
equally AZ we'll ltmay DO said that, there Is
unusual activity In the grain trade OF the city,
condition of the grain, aud yet some three or four
carloads were forwarded from the city TO differ.
ont localities One car OF corn was
shipped to Charley Warner IN the pincrios
cars more OF both corn and hay. Tho mill men
IN eastern Texas seek this market for all their
supplies There was little doing In either bar
10y or rye, but holders are Arm In their asklngs,
In view OF the demand which is sure 10 follow
In tho near future. AZ yet there Is little doing
In millet .oed, hut farmers are already making
enquiries for IT. Tho prices given below are
wha, grain win briug on tho streets
To.DAys QuoTsTioNs
WAIAr- Choice, phc; medium, poe how grade
6bc Nicsrsgus Gs tn 70c.
Ryk-Firm ~ 70 to SSS
BANlHy-GO To Coo.
WuIEr SNsp.-,0 To 6S; uormau nillet u Ia II
OATs--gs 10 700 for spring; rs to iec for nll III
saeks. 3 cents additional
CoRS--old IN ear &C; Kansas IN sacks S0c
TO Q5 new, - To ioc,
BRis-wc quote at mills, 75c IN store @css
fGoua-wo quote City Mills As follows; XXX
oliU XxXX, s27H cxira $500 Magnolia, saoO
Fancy, 81 lttetS, ~ choice, 2 &@S o,
xXXX, s2. $500. xxx. $40; Xxx, $40.
Corn meal per bushcl 81 70,
Graham -four per hundred. $500,
THE American corn crop for tho year " nov
estimated by good judges nj 800 600 900 bushels
This estimate Is, Of course, contingent upon
good weather during this mouth for ripcnini
no crop' An early frost would materially les
sen the amount of merchantablc corn. INT III,
maturity Of crop OF l. 500 " 600 bushels, woult
round upa record of crop production In thi
country this year. including hay, the cereal.
cotton, and the root crops, never before cQualed
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The ImporWIOn Ot VIydrsuNIts aud FfcnCh
fcrchcron horses seems 10 I've growing more IRE.
Qucnt and larger than ever Not many weeks
pass but some large consignment is received,
and the amount ufcapital Invested In this bust.
ness is assuming enormous proportions Yet
the demaod seems greater than the supply, and
there Is but little danger Of overslocking the
market tor years TO come. Higher prices are
paid than were ever known before, and rela.
lively high prices arr realized with hut little
trouble The supply seems inexhausublc, ana
the latest importauohs received seem to contain
better horses than any previous when the
breeders throughout the entire country awaken
o their true interests there will bs room for all
hat can be brought.
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TRADE ITEMS

mN,.,l,,n,, ,.,lluh, ,,a, sho,yn m ,nr M,
Tl'f Mo,tlMoh iav cn ,l was sno"" III "" VI
corn con,Mning i,sw g,a,ns ,,,,,
uiassnoppe,s Nv a uvsm w h,s m"o''S "'' IL
The mporSV. io.ssn nops ino snEhnu iass
week wery ~. Sa,s vs. asa,hs pa''s "f inc
colrssponung WY M' ia ..,, a., 40 ,,,
Tho nay crop u, ~" ro'f 10 s,u W pv ,ho
mos vaIpo, arya hi. wv. vsar ;" WV NAV" "'' IN
FROM ino noluvsm parvW -, w. w"su u,a' NV
ros doing gtsa, oS' r%. sny fv~" V , -,
JnS,e p.S V ssuny than aSSwhse SsS IN Mo-
nGi,on, npyN osms a,c% ~" ""' ""''' '@' !" "'
county o. WY 'n anorssS morc plon,,b,, 4, lava
~ rs; Il, for s..s . s' sS T s
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BUILDING MATERIAL.
To-pAY's QUOTATIONS.


BSicK--At the kilus to $40 kiln run.
sroNS-At the pGl!ss quagTies, SO per cubic
loot IL for foundation: 10 for wall and Is for
dressed front
LUNnER-YellOw pine rough, 81 % per 100
eer over q feet IA length. s2 49, Matched and
dressed Aooriug and dniShing, g. 70. ;, ceiling
e. ceiling 81 So yellow Pine
siding 50, white pine celug, % rs 6rst
common; white pine siding, first common, 81 so
ash and walnut flooring SloO per thousand;
poplar dressed 10th sides, GS5; rough walnut
tl2d Ia 100 Common coors, 81 W " *: SASH 81 Is
10 s No NJ 10 size.
POsrs-Cedsr, sl2 5G Boise an. slA
Ls' Hs--i3 5OG,4 per thousand.
T.. AsrsB PARIs-per barrel, Si@Qi ~.
HAIR--Per pound, TIC,
sHISGLEd--Yelluw. pine, g SO to IS; white
pine, 50 30 20 s. 10 Cypress, No. ], Is; No :,
81 50: Nod 81 ~.
CEMENT = Rosendsle, IS rs; Louisville, 90 so
Portland, 81 &C.
DRAIN PlPS--S inca, ice per foot; inch, 2co
Inch, Eb,C; Inch, &c; inch, SIC.
CEMENT rluEs--6 Inch, SIZE; inch i1c; 9 inch
ceiling loinS 81; 6 inch cap, 500; inch eiling
Joint 81 -: inch cap do, Coo.
MIXED pAISTs-k5ady for use and all Colors
VI loci ~ per gal. All the tested and Standard
makes are on sale by Dallas deslers.
WHITE LHAD--Strictly pure q 50.
LAs-COopered, Austin 81 per barrel: bulk
81 80 benson car lots, ooc; per barrel 81 IS:
Dallas. In lots. 2oC: per bushel 2Sc
| TURPESrtSE-S1C
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LIQUORS.
TO-DAY 5 QUOTATIONS.

ALConoL-S2 so per ga rs per high wines.
WHIsSy-Rcctihed, 81 1901 81 as per proof
sour mash one year old, 81 CO. two years old
81 0OGs2 Is; three years old, 81 5Oesl rs; fancy
extra oldwhisky, Sos. as per age.
WiNEs-ClareL In case, sSGiS per quality; Ca.
tawba, per gal, @N@l 50; Port 81 2ogs sherry,
per gai 81 aGS, MadeirN, per gal, 81 COOS; white
wine. in cases, 81 0O@l0.
CuANPAGSH-iules Mum b Co, s2Se1a9: Held.
sch. In basket s2tOI2S Krur. In basket. S26y12S
Domestic champagne, SalA
ALS-StocS Ale, PC? doI :? Q092 rs; Porter
per doc, 81 CN0n -.
BoTrLr BEHR-St Louis quarts, SI2 pints si2 %
Budweiser, own size, sle 40 pluts, ST. co. Er.
anger beer, quarts, slS; pints, slSSO
Hub Punch, SIS ",
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sApDLERY AND. LEATHER.

ro-pAY's QUOTATIONS.
soLH LRArH9R oAK-No. |, 5000 No. a 81 q
~
HknlocK-Best buffalo slaughter, So good ~
best Matamoras 90 No. 2, IS good damaged, "a
SIC
HxNLocx-Prime. 81; do good. So do No. 8 s0c
FRkScH CALYsxiS-N Is 10 l W, according "
quality.
PniLApxLrBIA CALrsKis-No. 1, 81 10 to 1 %;
DO No. 2 81 ~ 10 10.
PniLApKLrHIA kIrs-No. 1, Sc 10 81 % &C
coriing 10 weight
sarKr ssiNs-Topptng xxx per dor, $40 a
Innings, white. xxx, q IS; Russcts, 6 toS
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FRUITS AND NUTS,

To-pAY's QUOTATIONS..
RAIsIss-London layer new, per box. IS Z,
layer 90 -.
GREEN ArrLrs-Ncw, s2,5odI5O per Dbl
CURRASrs-Sto sac.
PRACHEs-sl.00 per bushel
CALIFORNIA PEAM-Noue on the market
Observation-Disclosures, mono In market.
LIMoSs-Per box, Sicily, 5000 TO 200 Mcssiua
500
NuTs-Almonds, sc per pound; Brasil. lOals
nlberts l5c Naples walnuts, l5c, ID; Chestnuts
imported, none on the market peanuts, Ten
nosee rod loo; choice white l2l.G oocoanuts
none In market.
DArEs-ln trails, &C per ID
FIas-Hegs. lSc, layers Is tolTc per pound.
GRArEs-Concord, lat.; California, 2oc per ID
PLuAs-New, none In mark-t
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HAY, Sends AND FEIpsrurys


rkxp-Chopped corn, per icS his, "a 80 crush.
aud barley, per lol lbs, 81 u, corn bran, per loC
lbs, &c.
HAy-psrk, s,e& bright IS From stores
prairie ealed, dark, sigpS; bright $40 bright
ire on board car " 70 III dark. tS too
minet u ~ TO 30 soarc In the market
Garden G per paper retail Wholesale. " u
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COOPERATE.

TuxHR Il steady demand here for coopersr,
and cooperAge stock Of all linda and ORDER
ro-pAy's QUOTATIONS..
nolassca bArrelA q - half bafrslA n = hsru
$50 uEsf bsusla& hsnbaftsh = Sop poii
~ lvOA ny
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FISH AND GAME.

THr Merchants Of this city are we'll supplied
WIN hsh from the Gulf and also from Surrounding
lakes aud streams There IL q limited demand
for iish nom some Of the towns on the railroads,
bus the sales are generally confined 10 local
trsde. Game Ia out Of season and oysters have
disappeared from the market.
ro-pAY'e QUOTATIONS..
Bnn--Rsd. sheephcad and trout iokC New
0Fleans rcd lneppet lbG spanish GackssSl =,
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BUGuIEs, SPRING WAGONS. ETC.

THIS is the great central depot for all kinds OF
wagons, bugsies carriages, etc, from which
country dealers get their supplies, The follow
ing are ruling prices here:
To-DAY's QUOTATIONS.
HHArrs-siG9: poies s9eel5 per dos.
BU6GIEs-GTGde and spring, top, s9oSe 100 dc
open, s7QasO: DO side springs, top, Sl0oSiSo; dc
side bar, Sl00SlS0 do phsetons, sl25gyl5O; grade
side spring. Sli0GAo; do pfaetons, S,5CsE20l
bump seat buggies, sl75G250 platform spriu9s
Gl0@l2e three pring wagons SSAGlih.
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WOOL AND HIDES.
QUOTATIONS TO-DAY.

MUTATIONS IO-DAN.
Fine spring per 10, o To 25c.; medium spring
per ID, 20 TO DC; Mexican improved per ID. y
to Ice. bury of al grades. 2 TO &c. OIL.
/ Hdes-Dry flint sound and heavy, II to lie;
ditto light 10 to l2c; dry salt heavy, lie. ditto
light IL TO Ice; wet salt, to 7l-2c; green,
butchers, 5 H. TO &c; all damaged, wet OF dry,
half price. Deerskins, 20 Ia nc; shoepskius, IS
o soc. shearlirgs ; to l5c
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WAGON WOOD WORK

DALLAS supplies nearly all north Texas with
wagon wood work, and the sales in this line are
steady and continuous Prices are US follows
To-DAYs QUOTATIONS..
SroREs--from 2 TO * inch, per set, xxx so
Get o.; Xxx, 81 Is
siwrD FRLIoga--,T to ~, 81 rs per set.
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SCRAP IRON.

SCRAP IRON is in demand here. The following
arethe prices paid for all kinds of scrap metals
To-DAY's QUOTATIONS.
Cast 81 per hundred; stove, SO cents; wrough
20 10 25c per hundred brass, SIS 10 80 per hun
dred; copper, $40 to IL 50 per hundied sine and
cad amer hundred
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COAL AND WOOD.
TO-DAY 5 QUOTATIONS.

TO-DAY 5 QUOTATIONS..
CoAl-Indisn nation, % per ton
CoXE--5oc per barrel
WooD---Oak, hickory and ash, sS - 70 tS IS
per cord. sawed stove WOOD Is retailing q, The
rates OF 81 70 to 10 per cord.
CHABCoAI--65 cents per barrel
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LIVE STOCK


TO-DAY + QUOTATIONS..
BEEr OArrLH-COrn-fed, hone
BARREN Cows--FaL t,@3 cents
SHIrrING-SaDS'a cents,
STCCK-rer head s9aslS.
Mich Cows--With calves, s26GSA
SPRlSGgHs-Pcr head, sl0dsSO
Hods-Corn.iUd. b&5r cents; timber .ai SeeS
stock, 2k6pS
Snrrr-Mutton, $685. cents stock, per head
el.60MS2 90
HoRsEs-EStra nne, per spau, S0h@sSOG fancy
harness, slb0GnS2oI livery harness. S5oel76:
farm, sh0DSl21; ponies, SlbyGSJ0
MuLEs-EXtra heavy sl252S200, medium $500
slO0 small s30a6u
The auditor OF Ohio reports 7li55S horses.
1878. 7b5 cattle, i,bgi609 sheep, aud l6eL0l7
hogs in the state ana subject 10 taxation
About 10000 young cattle, the handling OF
which requires 2,v0e men, and the sci ing value
of which In over rhO OCOO have been driven
north from Texas this year
On ranch twenty-five miles northwest OF
stockton, on Bow Greek, Iowa, are /, 500 hend Of
Mexican grade sheep that have been wintored
on buffalo grass from the range They shesrCd
four pounds por head. making clip OF six
thousand pounds, worth 2 cents, amounting TO
Si32l. There Is also u fine lot OF lambs worth
$3.50, thus making total income OF 81, $50
The total expense OF keeping the sheep for tho
past year has not exceeded $500, leaving profit
of $1,000.
According to the proycrS journal the receipts,
up To tho 9th instant Ot range cattle at Chicago
haye been 22S $50 through Texans and IS 500
northern The total receipts for last year were
1880 Texans aud 1913 $40 northern lfthcre are
~ he as many northern cSttle this yearAs last
there arc about 1885 100 tn come during the season
Following shows comparison OF last month,
this year and last
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OuEENSwARE.

TO-DAY's QUOTATIONS.,
Assorted crates, si0 Ia SIS
Tumblers. Soc, TO Sl.0O.
Stonewarc por l0OS gallons, 5000.
Lamps-B. H.. Gl.75: g. H.. $3.50; s. y G. S6C
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POULTRY, BUTTER AND EGGS.

To-DAY's QUOTATIONS..
CHICKRss-We quote At 60 % per dozen; tur
keys 5O@75c.
E6as---lbc per dozen
BUTTER-N0rtherll. 25@30c. Texas. l5To2pc.
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Through

Texans, Northern
August ISL ..,,................l lOc0 s. tOl
August, 1881. ....,....,.......... 1900 $3.50
The following exhibit, the daily and total ~.
ccipIs and shipments " live stock NJ and from
Chicago for the past week up to 5 y, III, Saiur.
day, with mpHriSons.
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The dispatches received vt the Exchange to-
day from St Louis, up IN lGi0 p, m, were NJ
follows for grain September wheat ON; Octo.
Der, 9Sis@9jh september corn. 6OS October
CON September oats. nothing done, October
cats, S0A,
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on CnASGa

THE prices for grain on the Exchange today
wore as follows Wheat WCg9b@sl.0J, as por
quality, Oats, for spring, ,sCD3S; fall for feed,
SSG9i2; choice red rust proof, 4t@5o, New corn,
sholled In sacks, 75GDs0. barley In sacks, 10.
Rye, Texas In sacks S5CGgO; northern, si.OO.
Millet seed, little, GOeG65; German, Sg6Gr. In
store In small lots II higher price Is asked.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1882-01-09

THE HOTEL Boon IN NEW YORK.
"A letter from New ork speaks of
the immense business that is now be-
ing done by the hotels in that city as
follows:
"The Astor House people couldn't
let me have a room last night, stormy
as it was, and sight of two and
twenty strangers stretched out on the
parler floor clinched their assertion
that there wasn't even a cot to let.
This prosperity is not confined to the
larger hotels although they are the
places for loafng. If you want to
Sind man" go to the Astor House
rotunda in the daytime and the corri-
doris of the Fifth Avenue or the Wind
sOr ut night. 1t is said that Del
mOnico's profits last year were $780,
600, and yet he speculates in stocks
with the zest of veteran gambler.
AL the good hotel men are rich. The
Astor House profits were $3.50, 900 last
year, enabling the proprietors to back
the Bernhardt speculation and indulge
in personal expenses of phenomenal
nature. The Fifth Avenue people are
credited with profits SO surprising that
dare not give them. They knock
everything in the journalistic line, the
Herald alone excepted, higher than a
kite, and are nea or two.thirds than
half q million of dollars. New
Workers. go to these great places OF
resort to meet strangers and to sec
each other. There is vast volume
Of work done in them. Business be-
gun in the Office is continued and con
cluded over a glass of wine in the
cafe. It's the continental habit, and
that's the sort of thing New York i.
fast coming to-"
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1882-01-09

THE ENGLISH Laws Against Prize
Fighting have received great attention
within the past year. 1t seems strange
that there should have been so great a
change. 1t is not long since the cham
plon prize fighter YVES great man in
England and even great statesmen were
found to be the associates, admirers and
patrons of the man who won aud wore
the belt of the prlz9 ring. But a great
change has been made since Tom Hyer
went TO England and was whipped and
Heenan went over aud whipped Sayers
and carried of the belt. Now, the laws
are so rigidly enforced that it has be-
come question over which the Judges
of the courts are pondeIing, whether all
citizens who may stop to look at a prize
fight are not guilty, and may not bt
tried and sentenced for the crime oil
manslaughter. The question has been
argued before five judges, bat they de.
termlned that Its importance required Ii
to be argued before the full bench.
There is no statute against prize fight
lug, bu. Que against cock fighting. One
OF the parties put the question whether
either of the principals could be held
for assault, since each had consented 10
receive the blows of the other. The
majority Of the judges, however, seem
70 have conceded that both the contest,
ants and all those who take any active
part in aiding and abettiDg can be held
criminally liable. The puzzling ques-
ton was whether passive locker on is
guilty of any offence or incurs any PEN
atty by the mere fact Of his presence.
TINS problem taxed the minds of the
judges of the full bench to such an ex-
tent that they wanted time for consid.
Grafton and desired to put their opinions
in writing.
In Delaware we have put stop to
these brutal exhibitions, but they are
still practiced in some Of the States. A
fight is shortly to come Off in Mississippi
and both champions have gone South tc
train for it. Should the English Judges
decide that the mere spectator is guilty
1t is likely the courts in this country in
some OF the States will do so too, and
that will pat an end to all such uncivil.
lied and barbarous exhibitions.