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Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-02-12

CITY BUILDING AMI
~ Loan Association. The annual meet
Ing of above association will be held at the
office ofthe Secretary, under the Clayton
House, on Tuesday, Feb. 18th, at o'clock, p.
m, at which time the annual report nill DO
submitted and an election held for officers
and directors. Attest,
J. f. PIERCE, Sec'y.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-02-12
ROcLRlhS-we viii sell 1.-THE loIIov

RDCf.RltS-W Will sell at the follow .
" ing low prices;
3hs lnlnccmeat BE. 3'hs new dr. apples DC
Ans app'H butter 25c. 2hs good kiO coffee Z5c
"hS new pruhcs DC 2Cans Bakcrs corn 2JC
"bs new currants DE y, 1s new rttsins DE
Golden dlips molasscs, 2Oc, Honey drips, l5c.
Silver drips re New crop n, q Mol, ~,
lour "a, 4and "a per H. We viii sell for
t6. g cast a barrel u good fine family -four. II
It does not give t4tisfactiua We viii refund the
money and send after tho -four, 80
ypu take no risk We keep only standard
brands Of flour. Teas 80. 80, co. and SOC Oul
iNc extra IS excellent. our SEC /. equal t.
what some other stores sell ut and 80 cents
Our assortment Of good. IL equal to any other
store IN the city. Jcllcs and preserves Of all
sufts.. Fine early rnsc POTATOES. ~ 20 pei
buShcl. can at one" and be convinced.
T.. j. FORD, Front n Madison stS.
Front and Maryland ave.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-02-12

NDTlCE.-A DIVIDEND OF THIRTY
~ cents per share has been declared by
the Wilmington and Philadelphia Turnpike
Company, payable on or amer the 18th inst,
at the n. Il. corner Of Front and Orange
streets. JOSEPH TAlNALL, Treas.
flOl0ti
NOIlCE-I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE
~ that shall apply TO the present session
of the Legislature for divorce a vinculo mat
rimonie from my wife. Sarah j. Fouperay
Rene J. Fougeray.
Wilmington, Del, Jan -, 1888. l.5-2iw. I'm
NOTICE - WE WANT II UNDER.
~ stood that We Will hot pay any bills,
except by those In the family so contracted
without written order from GEO. W. YER
NON n SONS.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-02-12
WILMINGTON
HOUSE.
Now is The Time,

And the place Is the WiImirS ton
Clothing House, nj 4ih and Market
streets, II you want u suit or an
OvercOat IN either ready made or
custom made garment. We have
mad, aIlres to sui. me purchaser
ana can please you In III and sty 40
Of garment. Remember, We mean
to reduce our stock by disnosiiig Of
all ODDSUITSi In our READY MADE
and all ODD SUIT PATTERNS In
our custom department.. OyercOais
yOn can buy If yOU want one Tor
either yourself or boy. We max
this announcement for the balance
of this month, and you know " hen
We say prices to clear our stock, II
means the lowest price possible
SECURE ONE OF THESE BAR.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-02-12
HAY

Apply ry the little finger into the nostrils
BY absorption II ctcctunliy chean.cs the mas
al passages Of catarrhal virus causing healthy
secr"tlpus. IL aliays Inflammation, protects
the nclnbrhhal Innings of the head from nd.
di'ionnl colds, completely heals the sores and
restores the sense Of taste and smell. Bcne.
hcial results ar" realized by few app!ra.
tons thorough treatment will cure. IN
equaled for coIds in head Agreeable to use
Send for circular, Sold by druggists. l'y
mail boc package-stamps.
ELi'S CREAM BALM CO.. Oswc 20, \
Y. deca
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-02-12

ID UPTCkE. - CURE. GUARANTEE
~ by J, -. Mayors Method. Permanel
Cure for all cases. Patients of both sexes GU
Of every aye entirely cured by this treatmeh
Send stamp for testimonials of persons cureu
Advice free. Once hours. 9 q. N. to6n'
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-02-12

THE PROFESSOR"
ALL THB GIRLS PRETTY.
LOVE AND ROMANCE.
ALL THEiIRLS PRETTY.
From THE Famous
MADISON SQUARE
N. BALL THE GIRLS ARE PRETTY
Sale Of seats begins Friday, at usual place
and at usual prices. is.-t
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-02-12
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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-08-25
DOMESTIC,

New York has 400 Japanese inhabitants.
Bennington, VT, is to have $1000o0
monument.
Judge jeremiah s. Black died at York,
Pa, August IL.
The gold thread alone used in the Wander
biIt embroidery screen cost 10000.
It is now proposed to utilize the arches
of the Brooklyn Bridge as market stand.
William Writ Sykes, United States Consul
at Cardiff, and husband of Olive Logan, is
dead.
Congress has authorized the erection of
monument at the birthplace of Gen. Wash
ington.
A woman residing at Island Heights, N.
j., has just given birth to the third set OF
triplets.
Powerful influences are at work to secure
a pardon for the defaulting ex-Paymaster
Wasson.
The only Chinese Joss House in the
States is attached to laundry at Troy,
New York.
A Vermont villager has his walk and
front yard paved with hcadstones from O
cemetery.
An $500 diamond was vornited up by
chub-mackerel caught near Sheffield's reef,
i'll Connectitut.
Although Barnum lost $4,000 On his
recent white elephant failure, he is negotia-
ting for another.
Oscar Wilde says American audiences are
more sympathetic and quicker to catch
point than English ones.
It would not cost the government more
than $l5, 900 or $4,000 year to keep its
coin in tirst-cIass condition.
Boston is to have ali exhibition made up
wholly of foreign productions, which Con-
gress will admit free of duty.
| A couple of dishonest druggists clerks at
Philadelphia have been discovered in rob-
| berry of over 5000 worth of quinine.
| The finest chime of bells ever cast for
this country are being placed in the Church
of the Holy Trinity in Philadelphia.
| A Kansas miller drowned himself in
mill-pond, the dam for which he had just
built, as the water proved insufficient to
turn the wheel.
| The BridgevilIe Methodist Church, at
Monticello, N. Y, declined to accept a do
nation of $50 raised by young people at
dancing party.
Oscar Wilde says he supposes the news
that he had cut his hair and abandoned
knee breeches sent thrill of excitement
through the country.
| 1t is customary for the Piutes, as vol az
many other tribes, to kill the medicine man
who attends chief during an illness which
ends in death, and then sacrifice the unfor-
tunate wife on his grave.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-08-25

Capt. Webb, the noted English swimmer,
attempted the feat of swimming through
the whirlpool rapids, below Niagara Falls,
and lost his life in the venture. His body
was recovered at Lewiston, N. Y, several
days afterwards, with deep cut on top of
the head, penetrating to the brain, cash
on the forehead and two or three bruises.
There is difference of opinion among the
physicians who examined the corpse, some
contending that death had been caused by
the swimmer striking against hidden rocks,
others holding to the belief that the giant
force of the mad waters had crushed out
his life before any of tho wounds discov-
cred upon the body had been inflicted.
The reckless character of Capt. Webb's
undertaking will be at once appreciated by
all who have seen the rapids. The current
flows at furious rate, waves rise to the
height of twenty feet CIR more and the river
Is lashed into a white foam across its entire
width. Some years ago the little steamer
Maid of the Mist was taken through the
rapids to avoid service of a writ of attach
ment, and her escape from destruction was
more than nine days wonder.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-08-25
NUMBER 81.
OUR GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
Ft,REIGN.

AU1tE1sfNs
The japanese alphabet has 70oo letters,
| each having four sounds.
| The French Government proposes to ex-
pei Ruiz Zorila from France.
| It is affirmed that tho bonbardment of
Hue by the French has begun.
The Grown Prince Rudolph opened the
electrical exhibition ut Vienna
Casamicciola, the scene of the Ischian
earthquake, is rapidly being rebuilt
Morocco has agreed to settle all Italian
claims and Italy will recall her fleet.
There are alarming signs OF an earth
s, quake in Serrara, on the Island of Isehia.
Tho Emperor of Austria aud King of
Servia are to have on interview in Hungary.
The Prince of Montenegro has closed all
the cafes and drinking shops i'll his domin-
ion.
A firm of vinegar makers iii London en-
tertained 100 men at dinner in their 53 900
gallon vat.
A new Socialistic paper says the present
inactivity of the Nihilists is not owing to
weakness.
The great Bartholdi statue will be finished
in September and will be conveyed to
America in 800 pieces.
The Swiss railway coaches are eessred
with phosphorescent preparation, which
makes them luminous ut night.
A Siamese embassy, including two princes
of blood, have left Singapore, destined for
England and the United States.
A vein of ore has been struck in San
Augustin mine, at Catorce, San Luis Potosi,
which yields about $4,000 ton.
Eight thousand weayers in the Ashton
under-Tyne district, London, have struck
work Twenty thousand persons are idle
in consequence
1t is said to be under consideration to put
the informers ashore ON one Of the Samoan
or Friendly Islands, where there are no
Irish1nen to slay them.
The Russian Minister of Interior has
ordered the enforcement of the decree for
bidding Jewish manufacturers from employ
ing Christian Werkmen.
During the recent destruction Of a private
insane asylum at Ealing, Middiesex county,
England, the proprietor and his son per-
ished i'll their attempt to rescue the in
mates.
1t has been discovered that canal sup
plying crowded quarter Of Alexandria
with drinking water communicates with
place in the cemetery used for washing
corpses.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-08-25
As when She WAS Young.

Il have used Parker's Hair Balsam and like
it better than any similar preparation / know
Of" writes Mrs. Ellen Perry wife of Rev P.
Perry. of Colbrook Springs, Mass. My hair
was almost entirely gray. but a dollar bottle of
the Balsam has restored the softness, and the
brown color it had when was young-not a
single gray hair left. Since began applying
the Balsam my hair has stopped falling out.
and I fiud that. it is a perfectly harmless and
agreeable dressing"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-08-25
Written for the CHIEF.
GOOD NIGHT.
Nv aAT.yrE

BY aALUs.
When daylight fades upon the skies
And warblers seek their nest,
Our evening songs with JOY shall rise
TO Him who giveth rest.
At His command we rise to toll
Till daylight's task is DER.
While blessings flow like streams of oil,
Fresh from the golden shore.
And when six days of toll are passed,
The seventh rolls round anew;
The holy seventh-we rest at last
From what our hands would do.
1t stands hallowed sign to man,
A sign of mercy given;
A day wherein redemption's plan
Brings us nearer to heaven.
But when for us no SUNS shall rise
And bid us tolls attend,
We shall enjoy within the skies
A day that knows no end.
A day of rest no time renews,
Though long it wings its flight;
We sing its praise mid falling dews,
Good night to all, good night.
- s>-
Written for the CHIEF.
LOCH MARLY.
BY DUNDEE.
Mony q brow is bare and bald,
Mony cheek is scared and auld,
Mony leal hearts lynn cauld
Since last sailed on Marty.
Oh. we were lichtsome crew,
Sailin' DER the waters blue,
Alas! we're sairly sinderad moo
Since that blythe nicht on Marly.
Some are aft an oure the sea,
An some look cauld and lichtly me.
And some aneath tho kirkyard lea
Are sleepin' sound fou early.
Mony weary gate I've gaen,
An mony a weary sicht I'veseen
But I'll ne'er forget that summers cen,
The last spent OH Marty.
THE UNLUCKY HORSESHOE.
BY JOHN II. MACDONALD.
'Tis pretty superstition.
One which many men maintain,
That the finder of horseshoe
Ample fortune will attain.
But the rule has its exceptions,
And call to mind the case
Of d man in Southern Texas
For whom it took another phase.
He was rambling through the country,
And when near the Sabine's shore
Discovered horseshoes in profusion.
But selected only four.
The event was inauspicious,
And brought no felicity;
; For a posse cOmitdtus
Left him hanging on q tree.
The sign failed on that occasion,
But the apology is sound
The County-Sheriff's trotting-mare
Had on the shoes our pilgrim found!
N. Y. Clipper.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-08-25

A member of tho House of Lords has
been considering the prob lem of the in
crease in population in England and has
made public his opinion that further in
crement must be controlled by legislation.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-08-25
-GOOSEQUILL

The best medical authorities acknowledge the
great value of Ayers Cathartic Pills, and fire.
quently prescribe their use with the utmost
confidence, we'll knowing that they are the most
eifectgal remedy ever devised for disease
and bowels.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-08-25

A gentleman at Charleroi, France, whose
nephew had been arrested for forging &
10000 franc note, felt 80 dishonored that he
forced his wife and two children to commit
suicide, and then drowned himself.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-08-25

The complicated diseases brought on BY in
tense study, thought. care. anxiety. etc. ars
symptoms as losa OF memory. universal lasai-
tGde, heart disease, kidney. complaints, hyee
troubles and a general breaking down of health
least oxertIon causes great fatigue, when life
seems a burden. use the reliable strengthening
tc1lc. Browns Iron Bltters. 1t will afford you
sure relief
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-08-25

1t has been pretty clearly proven that the
King and priests of Hindostan poisoned
Barnum's white elephants as last resort, to
prevent the sacred animals leaving the
couatry.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-08-25

Do you wish beautiful complexion? Thon
use use Ayers @ 1t e!eanseG hnd pnrie
pinples from the skin, making it smooth and
clear and giving it bright and healthy ap-
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-08-25
Opinion of DR.. Mott, late Government Chernis
on ALLCOCK'S POROUS PLASTER

My investigation of ALL,oocK's 8 PoEoUs PLas-
TER shows it 70 contain valuable and essential
ingredients not found in any other plaster
These ingredients are SO perfectly proportlenad
that the Allcock's Porous Plaster will not cause
blisfers or excessive irritation, and | tird
superior to and more etticiont than any othe
plaster.
HENRY a. MOTT. Jf,., ph. D.. F. c. s..
I'rof. of Chemistry n Y, Meoieaf College. ct
No. 81 broadway. New YORK, M.lT q. 1888.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-08-25

Mr. O. D. Brooks, druggist, at Bayou Sara,
La, says: II have heard many persons recon-
mend Browns Iron Bitters who have tried its
virtues
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-08-25
A Wide-Awake Home Newspaper
Published Eyefs Saturday Morning at
Donalasonsille, Ascension Parish, La,.
by
L. E. BENTLEY, Editor and Proprietor,

Transient advertisements. 81 per square first
insertion; each subsequent insertion, rs cents
per square.
Official OF legal advertisements, 81 per square
first insertion; each subsequent insertion, SO
cents per square.
Editorial notices. first insertion, Is cents per
aine; subsequently,, 10 cents per line.
Cards of six lines or less in Business Direct
ory, S. per annum.
Brief communications upon subjects of public
interest solicited.
No attention paid to anonymous letters.
Ihe editor is not responsible for the views of
correspondents.
Address: The CHIEF, Donaldsonville La.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-08-25
DONAL DSONVgLLE
BUSINESS DIRECTORY,
DRY GOODS. GROCERIES. Etc.

hf ISRAELI l. CO., dealers in Dry Goods,
17As Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Saddlery, Bug
gles, etc., corner Mississippi street and Railroad
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-08-25

~ KLINE, ccfnef Crescent Place and Hou-
~. mas street deaer in Dry Goods. Notions,
Boots and Shoes, Groceries, Provisions, Corn,
0atG md Prov,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-08-25
AT LAW.
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING.

GINGRY, THE PAINTER. shop at Cheap
| VI Tonvs Store corner Mississippi street and
Painting in all their branches. Best work at
| lowest prices.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-08-25

p i4ANDMAN, Ginaler in Dry Goods, Groce-
He ries Plantation Supplies, Wines. Liquors,
Cigars. Tobacco, and General Merchandise, cor
ner Railroad Avenae and Taylor streets, one
block from Railroaa Depot.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-08-25

A ?. VEGA. Agent, dealer in Dry Goods,
Groceries. Liquors, Furniture, Hardware, To-
hacco, Paints, Oils, Glass, Lumber, Bricks, Carts
and Wagons; Loebs corner, Railroad Avenue
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-08-25

MI TOBIAS. dealer in Groceries, Dry Goods,
IVA Clothing. Notions, Boots and Shoes, Hats,
Furniture, Hardware, Crockery. Trunks, ETC.,
corner Mississippi and st. Patrick streets and
No. "a Railroad Avenne. Everything ut lowest
figures.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-08-25

y Goods Glothins, Notions, Hats, Groceries,
Wine, Liquors. Boots, Shoes, Hardware, Paints,
Oils, rsaddlery, Gockery, Furniture and all
kinds Of House Furnishing Goods. Blue Store,
Mississippi street.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-08-25

PERNARD LEIaANN Il BROTHER, dealers
1e in Western Prpduce, fancy and staple Gro
ceries, Liquors, Hardware, Iron, Paints, Oils,
Carts, Plows, Sadeaery, Stoves and Tinware,
Furniture. crockeg, Wall Paper and House
Furnishing Goods, Mississippi street, corner
Grascnnt p1aco
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-08-25
INSURANCE AGENCIES.

" MAURIM General Fire Insurance Agent
v. Mississippi street, over Fernandezs bar
Der shop. represents frst-class companies with
ovar S5O,OOO,GM of capital. Policies issued di-
rectly from agency without delay.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-30

, n1. Us They would he IL politics w.ro
',aT,.,I OUT OF the hands oftbe hunma,
poiiucians. Admitting tint wnna,,
u ,,. not take much Interest IN su,h ~.
,airs naturally, that Is no neasnn Nm.
,ney would not IL they had 4 ,han"s
!. mas been the habit of ali .ges IN
,,o;ok - woman as simply an ati,,c.
uonate, obedient being, posscss;n" n,
OF the qualities OF heart. hui none of
mead. Some day man will have to ra,.
ughize woman rs q kelpmeet I'm all
Things; Most emphatically the hirh.
w sphere of woman Is queen of The
nome, but because that is SO, Il Il right
10 lorce her to remain on Level loSycr
lnan man when struggling TO make
living before she finds a worthy and
willing mate? Bald-headed old bach.
eiors pirate about woman's place beinp
IN the home, and not in the trades and
PROFESSIONS, competing with men.
Marriage Is natural aud proper for
woman, but how many are they who
never find suitable mates? Shall we
force them To sacrifice Themselves
upon worthless husbands, or TO strur.
gle through life single-handed under
greater disadvantages than single
men?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-30

Mary Boulware ofthis place was mar.
ricd 20 Mr. Il. Coleman. Jr., of CALVES
ton. The newly-msrried couple LEI,
immediately for the groom's home, be
Ing accompanied as far as Fort Worth
by party of the brides relatives and
friends.
-Four doors from the southwest cor.
ner OF Main street is being built Tor w.
t.. Mayes of Crocket . stone building,
@lxS5 feet, which, when completed, Is
To bc n wholesale dry goods house. The
contractor Il Mr. John T.. Widlakc oi
Decatur, who promises for $i,2p To
have the house ready for occupancy by
February. On Mason street, between
the Cleavcr house aud Ememau's llv-
cry barn, Judge j. n. Tlndall Is hav-
ing built n two-story frame building,
20xi0 feet, The lower floor IL FOR u
drug store and the second floor IN FOR
law offices. Material for new stone
building now lies on the corner of
Mason and Montague streets. Smith
street has three new dry goods and
grocery houses, Mrrant and Smith
are said to be the streets upon which
most of the business houses are going
up. On Mason Is one very nice stone
building, ajxSO feet, the store of Green
4 Crowell, hardware merchants On
the corner OF Smithand Tarrant streets
Is another stone building, 1Nx,i5 feet,
the property OF Mr., shy.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-30
WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
Christmas al 1ayIor-'rhe Grand
Masquerade Ball.
CORRESPONDENCE OF tho GAzetIr.

Correspondence OF the Gazette.
Taylor, December 2s.--SeeiDg NJ
many specials In the last few dny'
from many parts OF the state, Induces
the writer 10 say something for our
town. We had n very quiet time here
during the holidays, and lust night
our young ladies' and gentlemen visited
the shrine Of Comus In the way of "A
masquerade ball, given In the hal Of
the First National bank building,
which the nasODs and carpenters have
Just finished When completed Twill
be quite an ornament 10 Taylor.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-30
Opinion Of Eminent DIR. X. y.
Steuarf.

lPresideni Of Maryland Hospital. iiaitlmore.l
" HAVE used COlden's
LIQUID Beef T'onie for more than year.
IL combines the virtues Of yood aud
tonic romarkabty and ! am satisfied has
saped ne when any oliw medicine
would fail.n (Bemember the name
CoLpys's -hike no 0fhIr.)
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-30

ERUPTION, SORES, PIMPLES,
RHEUMATISM are but indicators Of
impure blood. Ackcr's Blood Elixir
Is the remedy. Sold by l.. N. Bruins
wig g. Go.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-08-02
CALIFORNIA ChRBAL ACREAGE.

Secretary Edwin f. Smith, of the State
Board OF Agriculture, has collected the sta
tistics given below, showing tee acreage of
cereals grown in California for the year 1888.
1t shows the actHal nrea Of laDd sown to
grain, exclusive of sll summer.fallow broken
for next year. Estimates, CO a rule, include
summer-fallow land, as the acreage given by
the farmer TO the Assessor geserally includes
all lsad broken for crops, Whsther for the
present or the succeeding year. Secretary
Smith has obtained this Information by send
ing circulars to large number of prominent
grsin-grcwers throughout the State. From
information obtained il regard to the condi-
tion of crops, Mr.. Smith estimates that the
wheat crop viii fall 20 per cent. short of last
year d crop, while the acreage has increased
about 10 per cent. The acreage of barley
has increased about Is per cent, while the
yield per acre will be about an average. The
acreage and condition of other crops is about
tha same as last wear: