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The Russellville Democrat., 1883-03-15
Notice for Publication.

Land ONCE, Dardanelle, Ark, Feb. ID, 1888.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler las fled notice of his intention to
make final pr oef in support of his claim, and
that said proof Will be made before the County
Judge Pope Co., at Dover, Ark, on Mar 23d,
1888, to-wit:
II. +. Blackburn. Id. entry 1890 for the NV x
swA swI. nwL & ~ swx sec % tip n r Is W.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, aud cultivation
of, said land, to- wit:
George Jo' is, Eubanks, Dan Blackburn
Jacob Tate, all of Appleton, Ark
mchl5. T. N. GIBSON, Register.
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-03-15
Notice for Publication.
LAND OFFICE AT DARDANELLE, ARK,
Eah oad 1899 [

LAND OFFICE AT DARDAHELLR, ARK
Feb 23d, 1888.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof IN support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before the Regis
Ter and Receiver at Dardanelle, Ark, ON Apr
9th. 1885, namely:
G b Burgess Hd entry No Il, O26 for the nwA
of sec 2s tip On Off 81 W.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultivation
of, said land, tow it:
j w Nordn, NJ NJ Pless, Joseph Womb
John libel, all of Berlin, Ark.
Mich 30. TN. G1BSOS, & lister.
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-03-15
The NGrket.
PINANCIAI

FINANCIAL.
State Scrip-92 to 95c,
C"untv Scrip--40 to soc.
Rgsseilyille Corporation Scrip-9o to 90
GROCERIES.
Corn meal SOC per bushel.
sweet potatoes ! so per bushel.
irish potatoes SOC to 81 per bushel.
corn 10 to soc per bushel.
Rntter 20 to zoe pa" pound.
Fggs 81 TO 10 per dozen.
Chickens. scarce, 20 to 25c.
Pork 20 20 l21ac.
onions 81 per bushel.
cabbage PC per pound.
Dried fruit-apples zoe to 81.
Green apples 81 90 per bushel.
Tprpips % to 35c.
Reeswax IL to l8c.
Salt 1925 per barrel.
Bagging 10 to l2c per yard.
Meats, dry salt l2to 1851 per lb. hams,
plain, 19c per pound.
Lard Ice.
Flour So to IS per barrel.
Coffee l2la to zoe per pound.
Sugar 10 to l24c per pound.
Moiasses 60 to SOC per gallon.
Cheese IS 10 25c per pound.
Mackerel Soc to Sl.25 per kit.
Coal oil % to 35c per gallon.
Powder 4Oc per pound.
DRY GOODS;
Prints 5 to SIC per yard.
Domestic-Brown, A, Sc; Bleached z
to zoe per yard.
Drills, Cotton plaids and Lowells 12l$e.
Delaines l24 to 25c per yard.
Shawls 81 to So.
Ticking l23 to Soc.
Linseys 20 to 30c.
Cettonades 16 TO 40c
MISCELLANEOUS.
Hames 20 to 75c per pair.
Traces Csc per pair.
Axes 81 to $1.25 each.
Nails &c per pound.
Plates 40 to 75c per set.
Cups and saucers Is" 20 81 per set.
Wool yarn rs to so C.
Spool thread 60c per dozen.
Shoes-Ladies' high polka 81 20 1.50;
boys kip brogans ] to 1.25; boys kip
boots 1.50 to 3; mems kip boots $50
to 4.50; mems kip brogans, 1.25 to
1855.
Wool 80 to 35c per pound.
Hides-Green &c; dry salt Zoe; Cry
salt 121ac.
Skins-Coon 10 to 123c each mink 'at-
csc each; beaver DOC to 81 each otte!
81 to So each.
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-03-15
Notice for Publication.

LAND OFFICE AT DARDANELLE, ARK.,l
March 3, 1883.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named sc ttler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof viii be made 19fore Co.
Judge OF Pope Co.. Ark, on 18th April 1888, viz
Mark Prince. homestead entry No. 1882 fol
the 5 u w 4 and f 4 s w 4 section ~.
and Z y Il u section 2s, township II north.
range 10 west,
lie names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon,and cultivation
Of said land, viz:
NJ L Birch, Mitchell Mutt, Henry Younger
and Houston Burch, all OF Geesvile Arks.
Apr12 Il. NJ. GIBSON, Register.
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Notice for Publication.

Land Office at Darianelle, Ark Feb 20, 1888.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof n support of his claim, and
that said proof VIII be made before the Regis
ter and Receiver at Dardanelle. Ark. on Both
dav of Mch.. 1888. namely:
James Nichols nd entry 1906 for the sH Sc u
sec SO tip n r 10 west.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultivation
of, said land viz:
John Singleton, n S Kinder. Hiram Liv-
ingston, j King all of CaglesvIlle, Ark
men % L. Nj. GIBSON Register.
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-03-15
THE TWO MANUSCRIPTS.

Strange such q difference there should lie
'Twixt tweedle-dum and tweediedee."
A critic sits IN his Office chair,
With solemn face and lordiy air,
A looking wondrous wise:
A winkless spell is on him now
His speotacles astr dc the brow.
High DER his owllike eyes.
He seems absorbed in anxious Thought:
What shall l do? What shall not7"
Then reaches for his pen.
The verse has merit confess,
And well deserves grand success,
But then-but tben-but then
The writer is unknown to fame,
For never have i seen her name
Inside q magazine.
take no risks on Molly Danks,
SO here IL goes: Returned with thanks'-
Although think 1t mean."
This pseudo maid-I now remark
LIS really man Of mark.
A poet in Disguise
Who planned his willy stratagem,
For reasons which we now (ahemD
May readily surmise.
He sits him down and writes aGafn--
Yet in a far inferior strain
And signs his real name;
the critic reads II: next tits scen
Embellished in his magazine
The latest child of FAM.
--The .ns10A
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Punctuated Jokes.

If brevity is the soul of wit. how l.
this 4 P Wheeling journal.
1t is without IN y Enterprise
Do you expect anybody to !" tha6'
Philadelphia Sunday Mirror.
My $50 you're pointed rs I, aren'i
your harrington Enterprise.
We = the opportunity to say tina,
these are real PIP ? you fellows pro-
pound. Gold.
Well, they offer MS Sous sort oil
amusement at best, and - our spirits
greatly. - Eleuatcd Rail,cdy Journal.
II you were in this S of country
we would grasp your 1Gr.-Aersde''
Recorder.
An editor is an his reputation with
such puns. - Welcome.
Much ado about 0. --Detroi Fsce Press.
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-03-15
R, B, WILSON B. CO..
REAL ESTATE AGENTS.
RUSSELLVILLE,

RUSSELLVILLE, ARK.
Special attention given to Probate
and Chancery business, and the col
lection of claims.
The following are few of the val
liable lands and town property that
have come into our control in the
course of our business and which we
offer for sale at very reasonable pri-
ces:
One nice cottage containing five
rooms with over one acre of land,
delightfully."- located in the town OF
Russellville. A good barn and other
out houses, also two wells of excel
lent water.
One good house well finished, with
rooms and lot, conveniently loca-
ted near the business portion of
town. Good well, barn, etc.
Several vacant lots in the town Of
Russellville, well and beautifully To-
Gated for residences, lying in differ
ent portions of the town.
Eighty acres of good land | miles
east of Russellville, well improved
with fine residence containing
rooms, splendid barn, fine young
orchard and 35 acres in good state
Of cultivation. In splendid neigh
borhood. All the improvements first
class.
so acres about 81 miles S E Of
town, about 20 acres in cultivation.
Small residence. Very cheap.
60 acres ofgood land adjoining the
town of Russellville. 35 acres in
good state of cultivation; good resi-
dence, we'll, barn and other out hous-
es.
so acres miles northeast Of Rus
sellville. About 40 acres in cultiva-
ton, dwelling etc. Good land.
Best watered place in the county.
Very cheap.
200 acres q miles South of Potts Sta
ton on l.. r. & F. s. X. r. so acres in
cultivation. Good dwelling. Barn
30x20, two stories high, two cribs,
stables, COW house, 2 never falling
wells. In first-class neighborhood,
convenient to school and churches.
Land first-class hill and creek bottom.
A very desirable place and offered very
cheap.
The above are few Of the lands
and town property in our hands for
sale. The titles to all of which are
r fec. and without shadow. Call
on or address
M r. B. WILSON & Co.
Russellville. Ark.
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-03-15
Notice for Publication.

Ell ktHks,T
eb.2j 1888.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make Anal PROOF in support of his claim.
and that said proof will be made before the
aegister and Receiver of z. s. Land Office at
Dardanelle, Ark, on 9th Apr, 1888, viz:
John W Nordin II entry No. 14,045 for the X
nwi4 sec 49, Q II 81 west,
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultivation
Of, said land, viz:
Guilphord Burgess. NJ Nj P1ess, Josiah WON :
Bile. II S Taylor, all of Berlin, Ark.
Mch 90. ". Nj. GIBSON. Register.
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-03-15
Notice tor Publication.
LAND OFFICE AT DARpANELLE, Arr

March /, 1888 I
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
TO make final proof in support of his claim be-
fore the Register and Receiver at Dardanellc,
Ark, on 14th of A Drill, 1888 viz:
John w. Williamson, homestead entry No.
1909, for the 4 Or 5 or sec 23, township 7
north, range % west.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultivation
Of, SAID land, viz:
Harvill, G sullivan, VIM Brooks and
Word, all of Russellvilee, Ark.
Apri2 II. NJ. GIBSON, Register.
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-03-15
COUNTY COURT:

At Dover, on the4th Monday in March and
lst Monday in January, July and October.
PROBATE COURT:
At Dover, on the LIST Monday IN May and Sd
Monday in january, July and October.
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-03-15
CHRISTIAN CHURH.

Congregational meeting at the Masonic Han
every Sunday at II a. ~. Preaching by W. j.
Maple on the LIST and Sd Sundays at II a. m.and
at Prairie Grove at night. DR.. Harkey will
preach the I'd Sunday night OF each month at
Masonic Hall.
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-03-15
Church and Society Directory
pRESByTERIdy CNURCU.

H.B Miner, pastor. Preaching each Cd an
9TH Sabbath at II a. IN, and 2 bop. m. Prayer
meeting every Thursday at T:30. p. m, Sab
bath school at a. III. every Sabbath.
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fETUODTSy ogUROY. SOI

j. s. Massey pastor. Preaching list and Sd
Sundays at II am. aud Z 80 pm Prayer meet
ing Wednesdays, 1879 p. III. Sabbath school
$50 q. m.
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-03-15
PApTISr nHnPnu

ard 4th sabbath at IL am. and7 80 pm. Pray
er meeting every Tuesday night. Sabbath
school a. m. every Sabbath
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-03-15
ie83--Dire ctory.--i863
Court 9TH judicial District.

TIME OF HOLDING COURT:
Pope County-First Monday in April and
Noyembcc.
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-03-15

BEJWOD7oY KIISCOFIL CT dRCH.
j. T. Hendrickson, pastor. Preaching list
and 81 Sabbath, II a. m. ard 1880 u. m. Prayer
meeting Thursdays, 1880 p. ia. Sabbath school
"a.
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-03-15
LAND GRANT,

AZ there Is every prospect OF large immigra-
ton to Arkansas, IL Is reason able to suppose
that these choice lands will DO in active de-
mand, Persons desiring to secure them should
lose no time in doinc so. Unexceptionably ia
vorable terms to tctual settlers.
For full information app =
W. ID. SLACK, Il commissioner.
Little Rock. Ark.
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-03-15

DEMocRAr and Ark. Traveller $500
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-03-15
SECUREA HO AZ!
LANDS!
LANDS!!
LANDS!!!

The Little Rock & TT. Smith Railway is nov
offering for sale in tracts to suit purchasers
the whole Of their MAGNIFICENT
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FOR sale errvshre.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-05-31
Accidents.

NEAL Dow, the aged apostle Of prohibit
ton, is dangerously i'll at Boston.
MATTHEW ARBUcKLE, the famous cornet
player, died at his home ia Brooklyn, n ,
Y, recently Of pneumonia, aged "a years.
A FLOOD in the stream that flows
through the city OF Desdwood swept
away several bridges and number Of
houses on Saturday, and four men were
drowned.
THE explosion of boiler in the VOL
VERNE paper mill at Detroit, Wednesday,
wrecked the building, fine new one, and
killed the engineer and fireman. The
damage to the mill will amount to
IS 1000.
FIRE Monday night destroyed about
$4,000 worth of property at Harrods-
burg; Kentucky. At Hamburg, Iowa,
$50, 900 loss was inflicted. At Silver Lake,
Iowa, thirteen houses were burned, the
loss aggrekating $4,000.
A severe frost occurred Monday night
in the greater portion of Illinois, The
damage to fruit trees can not vet be &C
curately judged, but the probability is
the fruit crop will be greatly cnrtailed.
Corn also suffered to a considerable ex-
tent.
4 THE schooner Wells Burt il believed to
have foundered in the storm of Sunday
night off Crosse Point, near Evanston.
When the vessel left Chicago. May 2, she
had on board ten men and a boy, who
probably were drowned, The ships cabin
washed ashore at Lincoln park during
yesterday afternoon,
The packing establishment Of HAM
mond, Standish q Co., at Detroit, Mich,
was burned to the ground at midnight
Wednesday. The loss by forest fires in
Vermont will be about 500, 600, and many
families are rendered homeless. Al Ma
drid, lows, property 10 the value Of $100,.
0l0 was destroyed.
THERE was sudden fall Of temperature
in the lake region and upper Mississippi
valley Sunday aight, and at many points
snow fell Wednesday. AT Lims, Ohio,
snow covered the ground to the depth of
twelve inches. Fruit-growers and farm
ers generally are apprehensiye of the
effect upon crops.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-05-31

Sioux City r ,ilroad Company have filed
an appeal with the seer etary of the later
Tor from the decision of the commissioner
of the General Land Office. of March %
1888, in the case of George w. johnson
against the company. The commission
er's decision was in favor OF the settler.
SECRETARY TELLER has appointed q
comm ission consisting of Henry G. Linn,
John G. Fisher and John q. 4. Peyton, Of
K ansas, to appraise the K,ckapoo Indian
lands in K ,nsas.
The president has appointed Henry
w. Lord, Of Michigan, to be register OF
the land flee, and Abraham 0 Whipple,
OF Minnesota, receiver of public moneys
at Creeksburg, ID. I.
THE President has appointed Captain
Ferguson, of GreeDville, Miss, a mem
Der of the Mississippi River Commission
to succeed Captain James B. Eads.
THE Secretary OF The Treasury has de-
cided that the $l0C 900 appropriated for
the prevention Of the spread If epidem C
diseases shall be disbursed by the Sur
geon General of the Marine Hospital
Service.
CONGRESSMAN SAM Cox has bought a
stone front residence on Gilpoint circle,
Washington, near Mr.. Blaine's new house.
He evidently intends 10 be prepared to
perform the social duties Of speaker. at
any rate. He paid $4,000.
THE president and Secretary Folger are
comforting frequently about the proposed
reduction by consolidation in internal
revenue districts. Numbers of senators
and representatives are in Washington to
do what they can TO obstruct the work.
They came resolved to prevent it entirely.
This they found to be impracticable. The
president had maze up his mind to re-
dUce the districts. 1t was only a question
of whether the districts shou be cut
down TO 80 or to 80.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-05-31

Challahake's, but being of different
family, were passing in the street and
the building fell on them. The ninth
discovered body is that OF w. R'gel-
man. Mrs. M. Jackson is among the
list of those fatally injured. number
of people who received flesh wounds
and more severe hurts now reaches
nearly one hundred. Six people remain
unaccounted Tor at midnight.
When the storm struck the lake the
water was thrown in the air to the
height of rs feet. All along the shore,
the farmers say, the cyclone explodes
the popular belief heretofore that
such storms never visited lake regions.
Reliable report comes that two men
we're killed at Western Union Junction;
one was named Weboer.
Ben. Fox's celebrated orchard, three
miles from Racine, has not one tree
standing.
Among other peculiar incidents told
of the cyclone is one to the effect that
the house of Matt. Lsven and wife, an
aged couple residing ON the lake shore,
was picked up and hurled into the
lake, leaving them sitting at the table
on the floor of the room unipjured.
Three miles from there, and out OF
the track of the storms barn was taker
up, and three COWS lefs standing man
gered on the floor.
A barn at Racine now stands on the
gable end, being upside DOM but moi
broken or started in any joint.
At Northpolnt man and whole rig
were lifted in the cyclone and dropped
again some 10 feet distant. No damage
was done by the wind, but the wagon
was injured when it struch the ground
A house situated on high street be
fore the storm, is missing aud canno
be found in Racine.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-05-31
s)ablegrams.

THE car and czarina arrived at Moscow
Sunday evening.
THE village OF LoDgefoy, in Savoy, has
been almost entirely destroyed by fire,
only four buildings remaining standing.
JAcQUEs ABBATUCCI and M. Saulty
fought duel with swords in the Bots de
Bou logne Sunday. Both were wounded.
A MONUMENT to Mr.. Burke, assassinat-
ed with Lord Cavendish in Phoenix park
May 6, 1882, has been erected by the Irish
maRialrates in Glasnevin cemetry, Dublin.
II il guarded by policemen
The office of The Kerry Sentinel has
been seized by the police for publishing
an invitation TO men to join the lnvinci-
bles and for reasonable references TO the
queen.
ARCHBISHOP CRoKE, the Irish prelate,
denies that the Pope ceHcured him, or
that his views on political questions have
changed, bat says the result Of his visit to
the Vatican was not favorable TO the
National cause.
The yield of wheat in England this
year will be below he average, and bread
stnfls generally rule dull and easier Do
mestic wheat sold in the London market
last week on an average OF % Oh per
quarter cheaper than for the correspond
ing week a year ago.
THE Archbishop of Algiers has, by the
Pcpe's directions, called the attention Of
the French Government 30 the growing
tension between itself and the Vatican,
and how eagerly the Republics enemies
are looking for an open rupture. An ann
icable reply to the communication has
been returned.
THE members Of the Bundesrath
Quilted the German Reichstag in a
| body Tuesday because Johannsen, a
Dane, persisted in demanding a reply
! from Minister Schobz as to whether
/ North Sehleswig Germans who became
Danes after the war, would be permit
ted to again become subjects of the EN-
pire,
TIRE ceremony of blessing the imperial
| lag OF Russia, which precsdes the corona
ton Of each new car, occurred Wednes-
day az Moscow A parapet fell upon the
heads Of a crowd OF people, killing some
ard iuiuring more. Fifty suspicious
characters have been arrested in Moscow
the past two days.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-05-31

The work 2i e6amil. ng the person
of all who secure points Of view from
which to see the ceremony of the czar's
coronation, aus may well be imagined,
is very extensive operation, but it is
20 be gone through with. No one can
hire 3 window looking on the open
square who cannot give satisfactory
references No article chat can give the
least ground for suspicion can be car
ried 10y the sightseers. Even oranges
are tabooed as dynamite hand grenades
might take that shape There is some
talk of there being press censo with
reference to the correspondents Of for.
eign papers. II is pretty evident that
there is a very powerful nervous ten
sion present al Moscow, and tina, there
Will be a tremendous sigh Of relief when
is all over.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-05-31
Ghicnmn H1nrker.

CHlcAso, May %. - Flour - Quiet and un.
changed Regular Wheat nsettled, generally
higher, at l94 cash; lo9's for seller June;
ll2H31I2'l for seller July; l13AG113's for
seller August; 1.13%6l 13it for seller Septem-
Der; 1.O9A for seller the year No. Chicago
spring, l.t9hi No. 3 Chicago spring, 93; No. 2
red winter, l.12h. Corn - Quiet and shade
easier, 56 a 564 for seller cash; sos for seller
May; Sos, a56N for seller June; 5sBG5sA for
seller July; SO G5g4 for seller August; SO = for
eslIer September; 50 a 52'. for seller the year.
Oats-Quet, but stead, ~, for seller cash; AZ
for seller May 424 for seller June; 4lIG42
for seller July 35 for seller August; SO. aS8A
for soller September. SO forseler the year. Rye
-Firmeri 62d62A, Barley-Dull and nominal.
SO. Flax Seed-Firm; I 49,. Pork-Moderate'y
active and higher opened strong and higher,
and closed a. inside prices; 10 S5Gl93O
for sCue- cash and May 1875 dl9.4O for seller
June l9.57s8t9 90 for seller July; 1873
1915 Tor seller August; l99OGI9q5 for seller
September; 7.57aal76O for seller the year.
Lard Generally unchanged, some sales rather
higher; IL75oll.77a for seller cash and May.
II soGlLS2s for seller June; ll.9O0Il.924 &,
for seller July llS1dlIS2s for seller August.
HAS G1l.75 for seller the year Bulk meats
In fair demand, shoulders, SEQ, short ribs.
1885; de clear. 1875. Butter Quiet and UNI
changed. Egg In fair demand, 1864. Wits
key Steady and unchanged
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-05-31
Medical Bubbles.

Columns would be required to enumerate the
medical bubbles that have risen to the surface AID
burst since Hestetters Stomach Bitters became
the standard tonic Of the Western Hemisphere.
Boasts the most extravaganza, fabrications the
most prcpcster0us cant the most sickenug, have
In turn been employed to bolster up the worthless
preparations that have from time to time keen in
PRODUCED, in the hope Of dividing the field with
{ hat famous vegetable remedy. Signal failure
has been the 10; OF each and all. The reputation
Of the Bitters preventive OF epidemics, a sto-
machic an inYigorant, general restorative, and
specific for fever and ague, Indigestion bilious
affections rheumatism, nervous debility consti-
tatonal weakness, and al complaints to which
the more sensitive sex are exclusively liable is
Iabiished upon the sound basis Of more than 20
years experience, and can no more be shaken by
the elap-,rap nosirums Of uascIentifc pre- endefs
than TIE everlasting hills by the winds tina, rustic
through their de6l.s.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-05-31

mIlwAUNEH, May IS, Flour - Inactive
and entirely nominal. Thost-Lower; No. ?,
l0SS; lOSs for seller May; 1.O91s for
seller Juue; Liz for seller July; lib for
seller September Corn iner; No. 2, 56h,
rejected 52a4. oats-Firmeri No. 2, a.
white, As. Rye-Weaker; No. /, 61%; No ?
59%. Barley-Higheri extra No. 3, SOS. Pro
yisions-lIgher, Mess PorS--l9 G5 for seller cash
and June, 1850 for seller July. Lard-Prime
steam, l1s5 for seller cash and June; IL
for seller July Live Hogs Steady; 6.gOG725
Freights-Wheat to Buffalo nominal, 2Ac
Butter - Steady Cheese Quiet but steady,
Eggs - Lower, Reseipts-Flour, 1881; wheat
IS ,225; barley, 1850. Shipments-Flous, 2l96t
wheat $500; barley, 4,GI6.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-05-31
new Mrs.

New York and Brooklyn have Tor.
mally opened their great new suspen-
sion bridge across the East River, com
Meeting the two cities, 1t is one Of
the largest and most substantial bridges
in the world. Its total length is $3.50
feet, and the width So feet. The length
of the river span is 1855 feet inches,
and of each laNd span $50 feet. The
length of the Brooklyn approach is Oh
feet, and Of the New York approach
I $50 feet inches. There are four
cables, made of wire, each 49, inches
in diameter, the four containing IT 631
miles of wire and weighing 3 $3.50 IONS.
The walks for pedestrians can accent
modate 80 GOO persons an hour, the
driveway 1900 vehicles an hour, the
car tracks 500 cars, or $4,000 passeu-
gers, an hour. The entire cost of the
monstrous structure has been $50, 0O0,-
600.