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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-06

GALVESTON, July 5.-CottOn-hOliday; net
receipts 3l9 bales, gross Sl9; stock l,477 bales
NORFOLK, July 5.-COttOn-hOliday: net
receipts 40 bales, gross 40; stock 22,753 bales !;
exports cOastwise ia bales.
BALTIMORE. July 5.-COttOn quiet; mid
ding lOl4c, low middling $50, good ordinary
S'2c; net receipts 223 bales, gross 1872; sales
none; stock Il $40 bales; spinners $50 bales
BOsTON, July Cotton steady; middling
TO- &c. low middling l0c, good ordinary SIC;
net receipts none, gross none; stock 1850
bales.
WILMINGTON, July 5.-COttOn dun and
nominal: mIddling SIC; low middling 914c;
good ordinary Lice; net receipts bales,
gross 3; sales none; stock lob bales.
PHILADELPHIA. July 5.-COttOn dull; mid
ding 1880, low middling lO3sc, good ordinary
81 &c; net receipts - bales, gross -; stock
AIS bales.
NEW ORLEANS. July 5.-COttOn steady; mid
ding l3-l6c; low middling 81 &c; good Ordi-
nary ll-l6c; net receipts Il bales gross $50,
sales 500 bales; stock 9S9i7 bales.
MOBILE, July 5.-COttOn dull; middlng
$50; low mlddling 93sc; good ordinary sc;
net receipts bales, gross ,; sales 100 bales;
stock 1,149 bales.
MEMPHIS, July Cotton quiet: middling
csc, low middling 9lsc, good ordinary Sl5c
net receipts 81 bales, gross 81; shipments IS
bales; sales y bales; stock 1888 bales.
AUGUSTA, July Cotton quiet and steady /;
mlddling 952c, low mlddllng 9l4c, good ordi-
nary =; net receipts for two days S bales;
sales POP bales.
CHARLESTON, July 5.-COtton nominal ::
AultNliAllE lu-4Cs low uulNtllluH St4Cs ROOu OfQl
nary -; net receipts Il bales, gross Il; sales
- bales; stock 1856 bales; exports cOastwise
2;3 bales.
NEW YORK, July 5.-COnsOlidated net re-
celpts Tor all cotton ports for two days 2,54S
bales; exports, To Great Britain I, III bales.
PROVISIONS. GROCERIES. ETC.
LOUISVILLE, July 5.-Flour unchanged.
Wheat nominal; No. red winter, 81 o.. Corn
dun and lower: No. white, SIC; ditto mixed
5lc. Oats dull; mixed Western. Soc. Pro-
visions quiet: Pork, new mess, Sl7 75 Bulk
meats-shOulders, SIC: clear rib. SIC; clear
sides, 914C. Observation-Disclosures, 734c -clear rib,
| 9i4c; clear sides, Toe. Hams, sugar cured, l3c.
Lard quiet and unchanged. Whisky steady
and unchanged.
NEW ORLEANS, July 5.-FlOur dull and
lower: high grades, 81 SOFAS 5615. Corn quiet
mixed 6lG62c. Oats firmer at 44(d45c. Pork
lower at SI7. Lard dull and lower;
fierce $50; key Toe. Bulk meats lower;
shoulders : 40c. Bacon, long clear and clear
rib closed dull and lower at 914c.
Hams, sugar cured, choice canvased. 13(Gl3J &C.
Whisky steady; Western rectified, 81 O5(Gl 20.
Coffee firm; Rio 712gl015c Sugar nOminally
unchanged; common to good common 634(G7c;
yellow clarified, StGS3sc. MOlasses dull and
Louisiana 5CG6c. Cotton seed, crude 34d3jc
summer yellow refined 4jCG46c.
NAVAL STORES.
LONDON, July ., $50 p. m.-Turpentine, Us
9dG29s.
CHARLESTON, July 5.-Spirits turpentine
/ firm, 33lac bid. ROsin dull.
WILMINGTON, July 5.-Spirits turpentine
/ firm at 33I2c. ROsin. strained dull at 81 20;
good strained firm at 81 25. Tar firm at 81 40.
Crude turpcntine steady; 81 % for hard and
+ - 90 for yellow dip and@yirgin.
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PASSENGERS.

Per steamship Gate CITY. for BOstop-
W Il Crosby, Mrs W Whitford, ID Y Dancy.
wife, nurse and three children, Mrs c Pur-
dy, VIM Tudor, VIE, nurse and four children,
Mrs r Blanchard, Miss Mary Calvin. Miss
Nellie Hansen, Miss Sadie Robinson. MIR BIan-
chard and wife, Mrs b Burke, q II StOd-
dard. Edith White, Mrs 4 II Cook. Harry
Charlton. : p Brooks and wife, O \ Boothbv.
+ h Gordon. II p Burrell. A NJ Strickland
Fannie BOOthby, Rosa Williams, Jas Nicola
rem. II " Lawks. Geo r Raitt, FL Eastman.
J NJ Davis. NJ Hawks, Matthew Gordon
John Phillips, Geo Chase and wife.
Per steamer David Clark. from Brunswick
and intermediate landings-R p Paul, DR.
Eruminski, Joe Bond, Geo Gignilliat, Tom
Gigniliat, 4 Moore, NJ Delany, Miss Hazard,
Mrs Byrd. Mrs Ferris, Mr. Ferris, and deck.
Per steamer st Nicholas, from Fernandina-
Miss Robbins, / : Burks and wife, Rev o 7
Thackara, J Is WilbGrns, Miss MalcOnbe, Jds
Chasbit, Miss NJ Wallace, NJ Ray, } VIII
burns III N McROv
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Malarial fever, Ague and BiliOusness
will leave every neighborhOod as soon as
hop bitters arrive.
My mother drove the paralysis and
neuralgia all out of her system with hop
bltters.-Edttor OSlceq0 San.
Keep the kidneys healthy with hop bic
ters end you need not fear sickness.
Ice water is rendered harmless and
more refreshing and reviving with hop
bitters in each draught.
The vigor of youth for the aged and in
firm in hop bitters.
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EXPORTS.

!73 bales cotton, 100000 feet lumber, - bbls
rice, l,2S7 bbls rOsin, 1856 bbls spirits turpen-
tine, y bales duck. 33 bales paper stock, 200
bills hides. 200 bales wool, % bales hides, "a
btls vegetables 355 crates vegetables, 3l.46i
WatcrmelOus
Per bark Madonna Nor, for Liverpool
5,i'' oois rosin, weighing l,Sl4,6e0 pounds.
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Home Items.
-"All your own fault
II you remain sick when you can
Gel hon bitters that never Fail.

and sickest invalid can use hop bitters
with safety and great good.
Old men lettering around from Rhe una
tism, kidney troubles or any weakness
viii be almost new by using hop bitters.
Ny wife and daughter were made
healthy by the use of hop bitters, and
recommend to my people.-Methodist
Clergyman,
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diana. Bloomington and Western per cent.
to 3D.. New York and New England per
cent. to l34, Ohio and Mississippi l per cent.
to 81. WeSt Point Terminal = per cent. to
S27s, Pullman Palace J. per cent. TO 1895, ST..
Paul. Minneapolis and Manitoba ] per cent.
20 13fls. and Chicago, st. Louis and Pittsburg
preferred ] per cent, TO So. Jersey Central
and. New York Central lent fl at and other
stock per cent. for carrying to-day. The
transactions were l72, 900 shares at the follow
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-06

between oaEapnah AID Waycross this tram
ST5sfo gp onIy aE AIemtGg, JOhnston's, Jesup and
BlaciksReaf. Between Waycross and Jack
SonVlle stops only at Folkston and Callahan.
beIWeeh " aycross and ChattabOOehee stops
regular stations s' az
Q fulLhan falace Cars on this train between
savannah and New Orleans daily.
- hhls IRAN connects at New Branford With
steamer CaddO Belle, leaving for Cedar Kew
ana SuWannee river points every Friday morn
ing A. M, arriving at Cedar Key 4P M.
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Tybee, July ., 6:l0 p m-Passed up, schr
VIM Il Drury.
Passed out, bark Orncn.
At anchor. schr Kate Wentworth.
Wind :. fresh; fair.
New York, July Arrived. state of GeOr-
gia. Australia. France, Canada.
Arrived out. steamers Belgrayia, Helvetia,
Gallia. Vera; barks Jebria, ThOrgny, Var
mouth. Joven, Dolores. ArtiZan, Orskar; brig
Fannie Z.
Fernandina. July 3-Arrived, bark Caro-.
Armstrong, New York.
Cleared, schrs VIM Willie, DOnOhoo, Phila-
delphia; Chas Morse, Adams. Philadelphia.
New York, July 3-Cleared, schr w II Phare,
Edwards. Jacksonville.
Queenstown. July ARRIVED. steamer Ar
danrigh ,Br), Ever, Fernandina via Philadel-
phIa; bark Briefly Hill lBr), Schiebe, Bruins
wick.
Reval, July 3-Arrived, bark Jacob Aal
Nor. Beruldsen, Savannah.
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SAILED YESTERnA

steamship Gate City, Hedge, Boston
Richardson * Barnard.
Bark Madonna lNOr), Petersen, Liverpool
Paterson, Downing X Coz
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OnnrnrrrriaI.
SAVANNAH MARKET

OFFICE OF THE MORNING NEWS, 2
SAVANNAH. July 8, 1888, P. NJ
COTrON.-The market was dull, with sales
6fIE4 bales. aud decline Of 1sc. in quotations
q all grades. We give the Official quotations
of -he Savannah Cotton Exchange:
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AailrnaDe.
central & Southwestern R. Rs


!. SAVANNAH. GA, june 30. 1883.
ON and after SUNDAY, July l, 1852, pas :
~ senger trains ON the Central and South
western Railroads and branches viii run as
follows:
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CONSIGNEFS

Per Charleston and Savannah Railway,
July 5-Fordg ONCE, Epstein B, D Cox.
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and ThomasYille daily. ga
senger trains both ways on Southwestern
railroad to and from Macon, Eufaula, Mont
gomery, Mobile. New Orleans. etc.
JACKSONVILLE EXPRESS
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steamer David CLARK. Hallowes, Satiua
River andintermedIatel andings-W Woodbridge
Il Hartman.
steamer st Nicholas, Fitzgerald, Fernan-
dina-WOOdbridge Il Hartman.
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RailroaDo.
Charleston & Savannah Ry. Co.


SAVANNAH, GA, May u, 1888.
COMMENCING SUNDAY, May 18TH at
~ 5:25 a IN, and until further . tee, trains
will arrive and depart as follows:
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~ Q - n = ~ a. y
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.

Steamer David Clark, HallOwes, Darien
Brunswick and intermediate landings-WO od-
bridge X Hartman.
steamer Mary Fisher. Gibson, COhen's Bluff
Master.
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Shipping 9mtrIIi9rmrr.

MISIATURE ALMANAC-THIs DAY:
Sun RISES ...-..... 81. 4 so
sun SETS -.-.----..- -.........7:II
Hen WATER at TT Pulaski S:42A 9:o2 Pm
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MARKETS By TELEGRAPH
Noon Report.
FINANCIAL


LONDON. July The weekly statement OF
the Bank of England shows "a decrease in
specie OF El52,uuO.
PARIS. July 5.-The weekly statement Of
the Bank of France shows decrease ca
az50.Ol0 frame. ia gold and decrease IL
100000 francs i'm silver.
LoNDoN. July 5, 4 p. m.-Consols, zoos for
money: loo 1-l6 for account.
NEW YORK, July 5.-StOcKs opened quiet
but generally higher. Money % per cent.
Exchange--lOng, 81 Sis4' short - s.. state
bonds steady Government bonds firm
COTTON.
LIVERPOOL. July 5.-Cotton easier: mid
ding uplands 9-l6j; middling Orleans
8 I-l6d; sales 5000 bales; speculation and
export 1000 bales; receipts $3.50 bales-al
Futures: Uplands. low middlng clause.
July and August delivery, > ;ri-6l.gj 52-64d;
august and september, ; 39-6iG5 $50
37-64d; September and October. > 39-64G
; 3s-bHGj 37-6fd; October and November,
8 35-64d; November and December, 34-6ilG
33-G4d: December and January. > 35-6i'G
4-6id; January and February, 36-64G
35-6td: February and March, 30 -64d. Fu
Eures weak.
200 p. m.-GOod middling uplands l3-I6d.
middling uplands 9-l6d, low middling up
lands 5isc- good ordinary uplands ST, Orii-
nary uplands ietd. middliug Orleans ll-l6d,
low mlddlins 9rleau. . 20. good ordinary Or
leans 81 d. ordinary Orleans 45sd; good mid
ding 81. mhdllnE > id. low middliug sod ::
good ordinary 81 81, ordinary 1 I5-IGd
Futures; UPlands, low middling clause. De
cember and January delivery. 33-6ld: Jan
nary nd February. S4-bit.
sales of = saerican 300 bales
1900 n. n1.-Futu~as: Upland>. low middIlug
clause. July and Angus delivery. s 3l-6iCd
s 3O-6id: August aud September. 3j-6{d:
september and October. 30-b4d; october and
November, 8 34-64d Futures closed weak.
NEW YORK, July 5.-Ihe Cotton anu PRO
duce Exchanges are closed.
PROVISIONS. GROCERIES. Ere.
LIVERPOOL. July ., 800 p. m.-Cheese, 81
81. Corn, new mixed, 5s.
NAVAL STORES.
LONDON July 5.-Turpentine, IS 90.
Evening Report.
FINANCIAL.
NEW ORLEANS, July 5.-Exchange, 81 50.
NEW YORK, July 5.-EEcnange, s. $50.
Government bonds firm; new i've per cents,
luzl bid: four and a half per cents, 1928 :;
four per cents, 49,; three per cents, l03i
Money 2lEG3 per cent. state bonds irregular
>ub-Ireasury balances-COIn, Sll5,54S,O00;
currency. SS.056.O00.
The Stock Exchange did not open for bust
ness until II a. m. to-day. The early trading
was dull, but the prices current were lsG34
ser cent. above Tuesdays closing. After I
O'Clock the mafaet became more active. and
4 further adv ance Of l-.dls per cent. was
established, making the imprO, ement for the
DAY tfGl-s per cent The buying was
based on the excellent returns Of
railway companies for the fourth week in
the month Of June, and TO Judge Wheeler's
decision in the Union Pacific AruOld-Lee case.
Judge Wheeler has denied the application Of
glsintin for preliminary injunction restrain
ing the company from Issuing its collateral
t.ust bonds. The strongest stocks were
the coal shares, Northwest. ST. Paul
Union Pacific Missouri Pacific. Texas Pacific.
Western Union and Wabash. In the special
1ses Cedar Fails rose i per cent. to l65s, In
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CLEARED YESTERDAY.

Brig Hardi Nor, Nielsen. Cardenas-Sy
berg Petersen X Co.
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Savannah, Florida & Western Rv,
>UPERINTENDENT's OFFICE,

cUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE,
SAVANNAH, May II, 1883.
ON AND AFTER SUNDAY. MAY "a
~ 1888, Passenger Trains on this road wifi
run as follows: ~
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RECEIPTS.

Per Charleston and Savannah Railway.
July 5-I3 cars phosphate rock, ] car cattle,
cars shingles. and mdse.
Per Savannah. Florida and Western Rail-
way, July $50 bales cotton, 81 cars lumber,
1919 bbls rOsin, $50 bbls spirits turpentne, pa
crates vegetables, 8 bbls vegetables, Il cars
melons. cars cattle. l car wood, Is bales
hides, 50 bales wool, and mdse.
Per Central Railroad, July 5-I59 bales cot
ton, 81 bbls rOsin. Us bbls spirits turpentine,
IA cars lumber. PSI pieces bacon, l20 bbls
lime. l6l bbls -four, l59 sacks flour. 80 casks
clay. l. bales dOmestics, 9 bales wool, 10 bales
rags, ID pkgs mdse, y bales hides. u kegs
honey, 10 bdls hides, Il bales paper stock, 9
bbls honey, boxes lead, % crates fruit. K Il
buggies. 3 hf bbls whisky, tierces hams, 10
dozen brOOms. dozen Dbl covers, dozen gal
Ion kegs. bdls paper, boxes drugs, cases
tiuware, bales yarns, bbls wax, / box pla-
ted ware. > cases shoes. , lots household goods,
l3 boxes hardware. ! box patterns, / box
books. ] bale leather, l roller frame, , bdls
springs. ! Dbl syrup. ! box oil paintings, l box
wood in shape, bales shirting, bales plaids,
] car hay.
Per steamer David CLARK. from Brunswick
and intermediate landings-49l bbls rOSin, 2l9
sacks rice. ! bale wool, ! bale hides, l piece
machinery. I key liquor, tub turtle, Dbl Oat
meal. bag wax. buggy, IS empty kegs.
PcrsteameT Mary Fisher from COhen's Bluff
and way landings-lS bbls spirits turpentine,
Isl bbls rOsin. 1850 shingles, cords wood. .
calves. cows. % lambs, bdls hides, eases
eggs. ! bale wool. lot lumber.
Per steamer st Nicholas. from Fernandina-
I'D bbls spirits turDentine, 20 pkgs mdse, II
bales wool. Is bales hides,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-06

Ask any good doctor if hop
Bitters are not the best family medicine
On earth
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DEPARTED YESTERDAY

Steamship Gate City. Boston.
Bark Ornen Nor, Cronstadt.
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Merchants and Miners TranSpOrta.
tatiOn Company.
FOR BALTIMORE.

THE steamships of this Company are APP
Il pointed to sail from Baltimore for Savan-
nah EVERY FIVE DAYS at 8 P. NJ, and from
Savannah for Baltimore as follows:
WM. LAWRENCE, Captain T. A. HOOPER,
SATURDAY, July I, at $3.50 Am.
VIM. CRANE, Captain j. C. TAYLOR,
THURSDAY, July u. at 12:OOM.
VIM. LAWRENCE, Captain T. A. HOOPER,
TUESDAY, July II, att P. NJ.
VIM. CRANE. Captain j. C. TAYLOR,
MONDAY. July %, at 10 AM.
Through bills lading gwen to all points
West, all the manufacturing towns in New
England, and to Liverpool and Bremen.
Through passenger tickets issued to Pittsburg,
Cincinnati, Chicago, and all points West and
Northwest.
JAS. B. WEST & CO., Agents,
ia BaY street.
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ARRIVED Up PROM QUARANTTNF

ARRIVED UPFROMTYBEE YESTERDAY.
Schr VIM K Drury, Bond, New York.
stone for ictties: vessel To Master.
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SPOKEN.
Brig Monitor, Boyd. from Savannah for ;
Jagn. LAT 3 IS. Ion l4:lS June y.
NOTICE To MARINERS.
ADDITIONAL LIGHT AT MARBLEHEAD LIGHT
STATION.

Notice is hereby given that on and after
July 10, 1883. a white light, from a lantern
suspended from a mast 100 feet high. will be
shown at the Marblehead Massachusetts
light-statiOn, in addition to the present light
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NITNL ST0REs--Eo-In- 0TeueI aud oI0-ed
firm. with no sales. We quote; a. b, & and
ID 81 sU. r ST 37ls. O. 81 f5, II 81 60, 81 30, h
$500. 81 - ~. y - 30. window glass s. III a-
IHrueutiue was firm with regulars at .it tc--
auJ finally closed at 33i 81. bud for regulars,
with sales Of Cd barrels. We quote; Regulars
.r bId. oils and WhI-kyS - ~. bid.
a-AvAr STORES At ATENFSr
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Lady Discharges Two Servants.

81 have not been able to do my homework
for many years until lately" writes Mrs.
NJ. p. Morse, of Hyde Park, MINI. 'I've now
surprised al my friends by dlsehargng my
Wort was the cause. 1t cured me and I'm
strong.n
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-06

81 have had kidney disease for 30 years,
writes Mrs Sarah Phillips, of Frankfort,
Y, near Utica. kidney Wort has aHaye
all my pains and cured my settled constipa
ton
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-27

and are mucn less liable 10 disease than
those that remain out of doors during
all the season of cold weather. Many
have also found that it pays to erect
buildings to protect hay and other
kinds of fodder. They are still neg
lectfuI as ever about housing the ma
chimes and tools that are used in the
fields. Many of them remain all win
ter in the places where they were last
used. The iron rusts, the paint is re-
moved. and the wood decays. A hay
rake that is worth as much as cow is
left in the field all winter, while the
COW is provided with dry quarters. The
like is true of mower that costs as
much as a good horse. Humanity and
| economy are displayed in keeping the
animals under cover. There is as much
economy in protecting the machines
and implements as the animals
They cannot be kept in a good condi-
ton for even q year if they are not pro-
tected from the influences of the wealth
en- Their period of usefulness is gen
orally shortened one half by the way
they are left exposed. 1t may not be
advisable or economical to turn animals
out of a building in order to put farm
inc machines into it, but it is certain
that provision should be made in some
way to protect the latter. If there is
no building for the storage CT tools
they should be placed in buildings de-
signed for other purposes. Small tools
can be placed in the chamber Of house
and larger ones in the loft of q barn.
If they are too large and heavy to raise
they can be taken apart. If there is
no space in buildings that can be
spared, the machines can be placed
on supports and covered with straw.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-27
Discovery of a Buried Village.

A buried village has been found by
the Hon. Amado Chaves a mile from
his house, near Socorro, N. NJ Mr.
Chaves writes to the Santa Fe ReUie1O:
cit is built of stone. The outer walls
are three feet wide, and the city is
large enough to have accommodated
5000 souls. [ have already cleared
four rooms in the upper story and two
on the first floor of one house The
dimensions of the first floor room Just
finished are II by II feet, while from
floor to ceiling the distance is about
fifteen feet. The village is almost
square, and this building is situated at
the northwest corner. The large room
has large door leading to the outside
of the wall, but no windows whatever.
In this room | found the skeleton of a
girl. The hair is in a perfect state of
preservation; it is fine, and of a chest
nut color. l also found there string
of fine coral beads, another of long
ivory beads, and ring set with black
stone, on top of which is q turquoise.
All the timbers of the roof are burned to
a char. | have arrived at the door
which appears to lead to inner rooms,
and [ am full of curiosity to open it,
but the second floor is only supported
by the stones and debris about the
door, and should | attempt to remove
these the upper story will tumble in
and fill up the lower rooms, Just clean
ed out, with a mass of stone, charred
timbers and debris"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-27
THE SHOOTING OF HORSES.

At recent meeting Of the American
Street Railway Association, the follow
ING was reported on the above subject.
The hoof of the horse in its natural
state is adapted only to the soft and
yielding soil; and so when we wish to
put them to practical use on common
roads and paved streets, it becomes
necessary to protect the foot from the
unnatural wear they become subjected
to. The practice of protecting the hoof
in some manner dates back for centu-
ries, and from the rude devices then
used we have come down to the pres
ent day, in which many forms of shoes
are made, all of which have their claims
to superiority.
In selecting the shoe the kind of a
foot should be considered; but as a rule,
in our Judgment, a flat shoe that will
leave the foot in the most natural state,
allowing the frog to receive q portion
of the weight or blow, is preferable es-
pecially for the forward foot; the natu-
raj formation of the FROG being of a
soft, spongy growth with elastic prop
critics, would seem to be made for that
purpose.
As rule horses coming fresh from
the pasture have sound and healthy
feet with broad frogs, and we should
SO adapt the shoes as to retain the nat
ural formation as near as possible.
Too much care cannot be used in pre-
pairing the foot for the shoe The frog
should never be cut; the shell requires
more or less cutting. The shoe should
always be fitted to the foot and not the
foot to the shoe, as is often done.
Corns, the most prevailing disease
we have to contend with, appear in the
angle of the foot near the heel; and are
caused by the shoe not being conceived
enough, or allowing it to remain on
long enough for the shoe to become i'm
bedded into the heel, and often is the
result of unskillful shoeing.
Moisture we believe to be essential
to the preservation of the foot. The
railroad horse stands on the floor about
twenty hours out of the twenty-four,
and consequently the feet get very dry;
therefore we would recommend the APP
plieation of water frequently, not only
to supply the natural moisture, but for
cleanliness
In shooting the horse the workman
should bear in mind that he is protect
ing the foot from unnatural wear, and
that it is only for that purpose; there
fore all prejudice as to how it should
be done should be laid aside. The horse
commences life with sound feet, but too
many of them are ruined by unskillful
shoeing, and thus brought to compare
tive uselessneSs at a time of life when
they should be in the prime of their
power.