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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-12
FUIVRE MOVEMnNTS

The Anchor Line steamer City oI
Natchtz is due down from New Or
leans.
The Anchor Line packets tomorrow
evening are the City of Vicksburg, for
Vicksburg, and the City OF p evidence,
for st, Louie.
The Chickasaw, Capt. Ed q. Postal,
is the packet this evening at 5 o'clock
for White river. @. NJ. Postal and
John Childress are her clerks.
The Gayoso, Capt. w. P. Hall, is
the packet Tomorrow evening at 8
o'clock for Hale's Point, Tiptonville
and all way landings. ]. p. Walt S
her clerk.
The Dean Adams, Capt. Henry
Cooper, 10 the packet this evening at
5 O'Clock for Osct ola aud the upper
bends. William Smi,her has charge
Of her Office.
tbs Kate Adams, Capt. Mark II.
Check, is the United States mail
packet tomorrow evening at 8 O'Clock
Tor He ens, Arkansas City and all way
landings. W. G. Banker is in charge
Of Ter office.
The 0. Line steamer Golden Rule
CAT. o. F. Shinkle, will pass up 10
morrow at - o'clock for Cairo, Louis
vile, Cincinnati and all intermediate
POINTS on the Ohio river. Frank Bon
durant has charge of her office.
THEgreat excursion steamer Charles
Morgan, Capt. G.. Wash. Thompson, Is
the o. Line packet to morrow at IL
o'clock for New Orleans and all inter
mediate landings. Charles Church
aud Harry Miller are her clerks.
TIE James W. Gait, Cap. John S,
Jones, is the packet tomorrow even.
ing at 5 o'clock for Cincinnati aud all
way landings on the Ohio river. H.
Q. Bruce and Lew Briggs are her
clerks. The CAT will give cheap
rates to all points North and East.
TUE Coahoma, Capt Thos, Claggett
is the packet this evening at 5 O'Clock
for FIR ars Point and all way landings
Will Ashford is in her Office. The
Coahoma will give through bills lad
irg for freight for sll points on the
Mobile aud Northwestern railroad al
Glendale.
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HORNES Ann mIiLEa

HoRsEs Good driving, $l50@225;
good saddle, Sl4O@30O; plugs, $500
so; good mares, SS56l40.
MuLts-l4l TO Is, Sll0@l35; 10 to
l54, Sl25@l40; l54 to Is, Sl509l75.
Good demand; supply fair.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, May 1.-THE Dro.
uers' Journal reports: Catle-Re-
ceipts, 5000 head shipments, 1900
head market brisk aud l0@l5a
higher; shipping steers, $50 to 1900
rounds, 81 50(95 Go; stockers and
feeders, $3@4 20; COVE, bulls and
mixed, 81 25@4 %; bulk, $3@3 % ;
through Texss cattle. corn fed, 81 1905.
Hogs Receipts, 1900 head ship.
ments, 5000 head market opened &c
higher, but closed with the advance
lost; rough and mixed, IS 50ta
4 10; packing and shipping, SO 900
So; light, So t0G4 10 skips, s. 500
so. Sheep-Receipts, 306 head ;
shipments, more; pIics l24c higher ;
six cars. 1870 pounds, shorn Nebra 'kss,
IS 50; geneIal quotations, s. 50@5 %.
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Corn ruled easy at the opening. rallied
aud closed shade higher than yester-
day. Thers was a sharp break Of J to
lc for May delivery OF osts, and the
other options ruled easier, Flour
quiet, unchanged. Whea' weaker;
sales ranged: May, "a l5l6976tc,
closed 75lc; June, 76lG77lc, closed
20 lS-l6c; July, 7Ss@1g5C, closed
IS 7-l6c; No. 2 spring, 75ls;
No. 8 spring, 66c. Corn opened
easy, but cl, ssd hrmer; cish,
sale; May, S4s@3isc, cosed at
sale; June. S5l635 1870, closed at
s sc; July, 36sG363c, closed a. S6lc.
Oats weak and wer; cash, sSlc; May,
27S@2Slc, closed at 2s4c; June, 2Sl a
2Slc, closed at 2Sic; July, 272@274c,
closed at 274c. Rye dull; No , 60Ic.
Barley dull; No. =, SOC. Flaxseed
steady ut 81 O44@l %. Receipts
Flour. 1900 brls; wbept, 1900 bu;
corn, $1,000 bu; oats, 49,, 900 bu; rye,
1900 bu barley, L, 600 bu. Shipments
-Four, $4,000 brls; wheel $4,000 bu ;
corn, 397, 900 bu; Gate, 1000 bu; rye,
none; barley. 1000 bu.
afternoon Board. - Wheat frmer
Juue, i75c Corn steady; June, S5sc.
Oats ct .ady; June, este.
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R'ts U. S.
poits,4 dys 20.007 5,244 3 723
Ex. CIR. Br 1883 l0,09l 2.257
Stock, GAS SOB 5O9,425I 539 3jS
R'ts Sept. is .l04, III 1912, 096I i,73O, 472
For'gn Elk 1896, 496'3,547, 7l0l3, 497 20i
Increase OF receipts this year. 43 !,63s

=
The Liverpool spot market at noon
reported moderate business. Sales,
5000 bales, OF which American $500
bales. Receipts, 5000 bales, of which
American 5000 bales.
The following are the clos ng quo
tations: Ordinary, 1 Lied; good or
binary, l3-l6d; low middling, sd =,
middling uplands, sgd; middling Or
leans, B 3-l6.
Manchester cloths dull, fomewhat
inactive. Yarns dull and little doing
The prices are given in pence and 64ths,
thus: 1 63 means SO Cad; and 0l
means l-64d.
Atnoon: Liverpool futures were dull
at l-64d decline The following were the
closing quotations: May-June, 5 DAD ;
June.July, 5 Odd; JuIy-August, -;
August-September, 5 07@5 06d; Sep.
tembe October, 03@5 old; October
November, =; November-Decemb
1 Cid; September, 0sGG5 Old.
At / pm: Liverpool futures were
fiat. May, 5 DAD sellers; May-Juoe,
5 Cad sellers; June-July, 8 DAD sell
ers; July-August, 05d sellers; Au-
gust-September, 06d buyers Sep'em-
ber-0ctober, ODD buyers; October
November, 62d buyers; November
December, 4 62d sellers; September,
5 Old buyers.
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FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
MONEY PER CENT, NEW YORK
EXCHANGE IL PREMIUM.
Cotton LOwer-MIddliDg, s Csc
Sales Yesterday, $50
Bales.

Money in fair demand at per cent,
Local securities steady. The cotton
market yesterday closed quiet; mid
ding, SIC; sales, $50 bales. At New
York spots closed quiet; middling,
&c. The course OF the future market
is thus described by Greene & Co.. {:
"a very general desire to sell reduced
prices about points on the average,
closing barely steady along the entire
lice. Liberal receipts, good crop ac-
counts and hesitating advices from
Liverpool, accompanied by weakness
on silver, were the evident depressing
causes"
Az New Orleans spots closed irregu-
lar and l-16c lower, middling 15-l6c (;
futures barely steady and 6 to points
lower, June S.S2@S.S3c. At Liverpool
moderae business WIS reported in
spots, middling 5Bd; futures fiat and
led lower, May-June 5.04d, Re
cepts here yesterday 1914 bales, total
this season 531, 1903 bales, agaiost 423,-
257 bales same times last year; stock
60,3O7 bales. The general market pre-
sents no changes OF note.
IMPORTS
One hundred and fifty SKIS bran, )
brls beans and peas, pkg butter, los
pkgs bacon, 20 pkgs boots and shoes,
ll,5U0 blu corn, 2l5 SKIS coffee, car
cotton-seed, III pkgs dry goods, SO
pkgs eggs, 1868 b Is flour, 653 bales
hay, IL pkgs hats, SO nd hogs, 20 nd
cattle, 81 nd horses and mules, q pkgs
lard, $500 # lumber 125 brls meal,
3 brls molasses, 5000 Blu oats, 80 brls
onions, 81 brls potatoes, AZ brls sugar,
and $50 pkgs tobacco.
ELEVATOR REPORTS.
The following shows the amount of
grain received, withdrawn and in store
by regular elevators, as reported to
the Merchants Exchange to-day:
Corn received. $40 bu; withdrawn,
6076 bu; en- store. II ,59S bu. Oats re-
ceived, none; withdrawn, 112 bu; in
store, $3.50 Blu.
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HOusEH0LD SUPPLIES,

APPLES Apples, 81 5O(93 from
store; 81 25@2 per carload from leyee
or depot. bred apples, S@4c per
pound from tore. Dried peaches, 3
@4c from store.
PoTAToEs = Potatoes, s1@2 from
store. Sweet potatoes scarce, 81 IS per
brl. Peas, $l5O@1 70 per bushel.
VEGRTABIEs = Onions, 81 1908
from store; 50 5000 so from levee OF
depot. Cabbage, So 75tS3 Ter crate.
Krsut, barrels, $5@5 80; hslf-bsrrels,
So 75t43. Garlic, 100000 per 100.
Turnipa, Oc per bushel.
FRUIT-OTauges, Louisiana, none; ;
California, S4; Messina, 50 5095 per
box; Inperia,s, $5@5 so per box.
Lemons, $5@6 per box. Bananas
$l02 50 per bunch. Cocoanuts,
81 per 100. Psanuts-Virginia, 74c;
Tennessee, fsrmen' stock, 394c;
roasted, 23c higher; shelled, Zoe. Al
mouds, lS@20c.
PIcKLEs-h jars, pints, 95c; quarts
81 50; halfgallons, 81 rs; gallons,
SO 70; lo1se barrels, So; half-barrels,
SO 50; mix'd, barrels, $40 3d. mixed,
hsltbarrels So.
RAIsINs layers, So 40; lay.
ers, 81 rs; California, -; Imperial,
So 5000.
PEcANs-Texas, S@1Oc for small to
medium, D9l4c for large; Arkansac,
3@5c. II
WALxtls-French, l2c; Naples, l5c;
Grenobles 15c. -Filberts, l2c.
CIDEF-Missouri, 1901 50 per bar.
rel and s4a4 80 per half-bauel; Vine
gar, 11@l6e per gallon.
PoUTIY-Eurkeys, per dozen, sl2
@l6; chickens, So so.
FIsI-Mackerel, half-barrels, No. l,
81 JO65; No. 2, So %; No. 8, SO rs;
lob Kit No. l, SOC; No. 2, zoe; l5-lb
No. 8 SIC. Dry herrinss, family, 30c
per box
GAME-Venison, whole, Base; sad
dies, 6@9c; bear, 6C98c; wild turkeys,
509g5c ducks, SO; squirrels, i5ci
quails, 65c@sl; prairie chickens, IS;
game fih. l1@l2c.
EGos-frm, ll@12c.
HIDES AND POULTRY.
HIDFi-Dry flint, I2l@l6c; dry
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GENERAL TRADE.
FUTURE DEALS.

The following is the record OF the
bids and offers at the session of the
Call Board of the Merchants Ex-
change yesterday;
CORN.
No ., white, May, 9Sc o. t. bid ;
No. 2, spot, sac o. t. bid, SIC asked ;
May, sac o. t. bid; June, SOC asked.
OATS.
No. 3, white, spot, SIC o. t bid /;
May, S3tc o. t. bid; July, S2c bid !;
No. ., spot, SAC asked; May, 33ic
asked; June, 334c asked; July, sic
bid, 32 asked.
BRAN.
May, s1S % asked; June, $l3 asked /;
July, $l3 asked.
CoRNNiEAL.
Spot, 81 IS asked; May, 81 IS bid,
81 50 asked; June, 81 30 bid, 81 95
asked; July, 100 brls sold at 81 30.
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New York Dry Goods Market

New York, May 1.-THE exports OF
domestic COTTON goods the past week
have been 966S Iacksges, making for
the expired portion OF the wear total
Of S3,627 packages, against 66, 270 pack
ages the same time lst wear, 62,7l2
packages in 1884, comp red with 800.
702 in 1888, and 1868 in 1879. The
general market has oeen quiet as usual
Tue idaV, printing cloths alone sho wir g
any activity and firm at Sic for "a
squ7res
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WHISKY. VINES. LIQUORs. ETC

WHIsKY-Straight Kentucky Bour-
bon, 81 6O@6; rye, 81 1906; domes.
tic, 9Oc@fl 80,
ST, LOUIS, Mo, May ll.-Whisky
firm at 81 10.
CHICAGO, LII, May ll,-Whisky
steady at 81 IA.
CINCINNATI, O., May Whisky
firm at 81 10. Sales of 600 barrels
Of finished goods ON this basis.
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PROVISIONS.

BUTTER-Creamt ry, 30(d34j; dairy,
15(G20c; butteriue, lS@l5ci country,
lo@G0lSc, accord ne to condition.
CHREsE-Prime fats, To- New York
factory, s.; full cream, l2lc; Y. A.
l2@c.
MISS PopK-O.d, IS 1909 per bar
rel new, Sl09l0 25 per barrel sugar.
cured hams, packed, 94@l0c; break
tAst beacon, 1900; clear lib bacon,
6l@6sc.
BULK PoRK-Clear sides, 5b66c
clear rib sides, 5s@5ac; long clear,
5I@5sc; shoulders, 494ic,
LARD -Tierces, 5IG6c; half-barrels,
6B@6ic; kegs, 6i@6sc; buckets, GO
6Ic; half-buckets, 6l@6sc; 50-lb tins,
666Ic; 20-lb tins, 6s@6ic; l0-lb tins,
6f96sc; 5-lb tins, 6s@64c; S-lb tins,
6s@63c; choice kettle, tierces, GO
6lc.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, May IL Provisions
more active but easy. Pork 50 l5@
8 %. Lard about steady. SOC. Bulk
meats easy; loose lots-long clss3
3 zoe; short ribs, $780,; short clear,
5.5)c. Boxed lots weak; long clear,
Sic; short ribs, SOC; short clear,
3 40c. Bacon steady; long clear, So
short ribs, 5.S0c; shoit cleir, 5.95@6c
Hams firm, 99l2c. Butler dull aud
easy =; choice 10 fancy creamery, l6@
1sc; choice to fancy dairy, l4@16c.
Eggs steady, 74c.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, May Illness pork
active anu irregular; ihe market
opened 5@l0c lower, rallied lao l5c,
closing stasdy; cash, So 650S 20; June,
SIS C0d8 rs, closed at IS zoos 72l
July, IS 70@S IS, closed at IS SO@S S29
Lard easier; cash, 6S5c; June, $3.50
5E: july, 5.9O@5.95c, c|tted 92l@
5.9'c Short rib sides steady; cash,5lr,
Boxed meats steady; dry Ialtad shout
ders 494l0c; short clea sides, 8 So
@5.60c. Butter-creamefy, l4@l9c
dairy, 13@15c. Eggs, 9@0c.
Afternoon Bodrd-Pork frmPr; June,
So 75. Lard steady; June, sc.
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LAVE STOCA.

CATTLE Choice to extra com.ied.
900 TO 1850 pounds, 4l@4}c; good,
32@4lc; choce CRASHED, 3l@S3c
good, 3f03lc; fair to medium, 2l@
pc; common, HOE.
HoGs-Choice, S3@lc; good, $40
SEC common, S63ic
SHEEP - Choice, 4@ilc; medium,
@Slc; common, SlCyl 90.
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PETROLEUM MARKET.

Coal 0L-Prme white, wholesale
lots, lie per gallon.
CLEVELAND, o., May ll,-Petroleum
quiet s. W., lI00, 7sc.
PITrsBURG, Pa, May H. Petroleum
dull but seady; Ma ional I antit
certificates opened at 73sc; closed at
73sc highest, 73sc; lowest, 73c.
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COTTON SEED OIL. ETC.

SEED Delivered at depot and wharf,
So per ton; on bank Of river II o. b.
boat, So; wagon at mills, IS; MEAL -
Prime II. o. b., SIS per ton. Less
than carload lots, SIC. From store,
SOC per sack. OAKE-Nominal, SIG
per ton. On In carload lots, prime,
crude @. S. oil, 2lf@22c; prime sum-
mer yellow, 262@27c; of-summer vel
low, 25l@26lc; miners -; choice
cooking summer yellow, 26@S0c.
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-I-B-
Administrator Notice.


Office Public Administrator, shelby CountF
CSurthoufe, Momphis. Tenn, April 10, 1885.
fJNnE undersigned hay ng been appointed
l. and qualified adm illustrator Of the estate
hereby given 10 all persons indebted TO said
estate 10 come forward and settle; and to
those 10 whom said estate is indebted 70 0 q
their claims with me, duly probatedi within
the time prescribed by law. or the same will
~ forever haired. JOHN L0AGUE,
Public Administrator.
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COTTON MARKETS.

The local cotton market opened
quiet, and closed quiet; middlinR, SIC.
Salee, $50 bales, of which 600 to ex-
polters and 30 to spinners.
EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS..
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cloudy aud hot. No arrivals or depart
ures OF regular packets.
LOUISVILLE, MAY II Noon - River
rising, with Z feet inches in the canal
and 3 feet 9inchel on the falls. BUSH
ness dull. Weather cloudy and warm,
indicating rain.
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RIVERS AND WEATHER.

OFFICE SIGNAL SERVICE, U, S. A., |
MEMPHIS, May II, pm. !
The following observations are taken
at all stations named at 75o meridian
time, which is one hour faster than
Memphis time:
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RAGGING AN ms. Ern-

BAGGINa-Jute, 9lGllc; flag. 9}@
lOlc, accordingto weight. Ties, 81 10
al 20.
NAus-l2 40,92 IS.
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5l@6c; deer skins l6Gl7c; wildcat.
2t@4Oc; fox, 25G75c. skunk. 25@
zoe. Beeswax, lS@2lc; tallow, S@
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JOHN II. NORTON
8 Madison ST., Memphis, Tenn,
DEALER IN
STOCKS AND BONDS

ga Correspondence solicited. InFOr-
maSlOn cheeFfulIy furntehed. ga
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The New Orleans future market
opened easy, and closed barely steady
and 10 9 points lower. Sales, $500
bales. Quotations were as follows:
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ReceInIs Ye.terdnN

CITY OF Cairo 100 tons MERCHANDISE.
Chickasaw-23 ta'es cotton and lot
OF tundries.
CRY Of 81. Louis-l3 tIls mol asses,
s brls pota,o, $, 25 bJ's vlaster, -
boxes tin and % empty hide.
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New York futures opened essy,
and closed quiet and 10 S points
l1wer than Monday. Sale', LOO
bales. The clotiug quotations were as
fnllnnra
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RIVERS And STEAMBOATS,
STEAMERS L.EAyING
THIS DAY.
NOYEMENIsA All THE LgyRR.

arrivals -Chickasaw, White river
L. w. Cole, Msdison; City of 81.
Louis, New Orleans; City OF Cairo, St.
Louis.
DepdriTts.-Ciiy of St. Louis, ST.
Louis; Rene Macready, ST. Francis
river; Joe Peters, Arkansas liver; City
Of Cairo, Vicksburg
Bouts IN Port-Chicksssw snc 4. W.
Cole.
Boats Due DOwn.-Dean Adams.
Boats Due Up.-Coaboma.
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Danger Line-Feot and tenths Of foot
above zero Of gauge:
Cairo, 40 feet. Chattanooga, 80 feet.
Cincinnati, so. Davenport, 10.
Dubuque, l6. Fort Smith, p.
KeOkuk, IA. lelenn, -.
La Crosse, "A. beaYenworth, %.
Little Rock, q. Louisville, %,
Memphis, "a. New Orleans, 1872.
Nashville, 40. Pittsburg, p.
Omaha, Is. 81. Paul, l.
St Louis, 80. Nicksburg, Al.
Shreveport, 2S. YanktOn, "A.
PITTsBURs, May ll.-Noon-River 8
feet 10 inches on the gauge and station
airy. Weather clear and pleasant.
WHEELING, WA, May ll.-Nocn-
River II feet 6 inches on the gauge and
falling. Weather cloudy and pleasant,
EVANSVILLE, May 1l.-Noon-River
riaing, with 10 feet inches on the
gauge. Departed: Charles Morgan,
New Orleans.
CmcNSATr, May ll.-Noon-Riyer
81 feet 2 inches on the gauge and ris-
ing. Weather cloudy thermometer AZ.
Heavy rain s. night.
CAIRo, May l1.-Noon--RiveI 81 feat
on the gauge and rising, Weather
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HIDES AND POULTRY.
HrDFi-Dly flint, 12l@l6ci dry
salt, ld9l2c; green salt, eS7c; green,
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The New Ufleans spot maTket opened
dull and easy, aud closed iIregu ar
and Lice lower. Sales, 2250 bales.
Quotations were as follows:
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DAILY PORT AND INTERIOR M.RkE7s.
Tone.I Rec. Prices Stock.
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FINANCE.

Money in good dem aud at s per cent.
The Clearing-Ho report is as fol-
lows:
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La. stamps, As, 70. Missouri, Sc, l0liS.
Tenn. 6s, old, IS Tenn. 6s, new, 20
Cent. Pac. lists, ll6A. Den. 4 R.G. lists .ll9.
Den&R.G. W Its ,7354Erie SECONDS, 100.
NJ X. 4 I. Gen 6s,921s North. Pac. lists, ll7Ia
North. Pac. IDS, 941z. N. Western con-, 14l1
INVEST. deb. 5s, log. St lis L. Gen.M, 1903
st. Paul, con-, 1873. St.P.,C. h p. lists ,l2l !
7. p. land grants, 351SI,P. RIG. ex cOu. 49.
U. p. lists, ll718. West Shore, 1921.
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GROCFRIRa.

COFFEE Common, $685.; ordinary,
9@93c; prime Rio, lie; hoice to fan.
cy, 114@l31c; old government, 800
35c; Ceylon, 20,.
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New York spots opened quiet, and
eaey and closed quiet. Sales, 704
bales, Quotations were as follows:
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,1e5ksstyalI(Irl# U)Az1sEl.
THURSDAY EVENING, DEC GMBER :.

Love IN y -TRAWBERRY Box "A young
lady or Centra!ia being matrimonialiE ii-
clip.d and having an eye 10 the main chance.
hit upon happy idea during he ia,e straw
berry season 10 catch husband. She gave
her name as Miss Bessie May turne: and 90
the bottom Of q strawberry box Inscribed
briefly and in delicate nanG her matrim5-
NAL inciuations The note finally found lis
way into tho newspapers, and as result
Miss Bessie YVES the ecipient OF many ga.
swers. From these sho selected su!tor I"
whom she was subsequently married, ana
she generously divided the Others around
among her unmarried but mariageab!e
friends From Il batch OF thirteen Il youn-
lady residing ia pleasant lawS. hoD" -
lected one particularly pleasing 70 her ia4cs
opened Il correspondence, aud a. q result 4
wedding etsued. The lnird reSn't Of ;Ae
seed sewn by ;he capI;cions Bessie is tie
recent marriage OF her mother-in-iaw, Mr..
M. NJ Faulkner, 10 Iiarin G.. Copler. an
employee of the National Muiual .2ccidert
Association, Of Bloomington, HI. which 90
CURED few days ago, the happy coupe
having just terminated their honeymOnn
among st. Louis friends. ST. Louis Globe
Democrat.
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ORIGIN OF THE ISABELLA, CATAwGA AND Cos
CORD GRApEs--gf the American varieties Of cu!-
tivsted grapes the earliest 10 achieve any wide
spread popularity was the Isabella, which was orr
ginatcd by hIls Isabella Gibbs, Of South Carolina
III 1913. IN 1929 4 chunrc ccdiiug, supposed
to be of fox grape parcntaGc. w~s discovered III
Maryland hy Maior Album. Of Georgcto~n, D. e.,
and by him SCH; cut the Catawba. For more
than Il quar- er Of century these t"o varieties
were the only ones that were regarded ms bcng
worthy of cultivation generally. In 1853 . MIR.
Ephraim w. Bull, of Concord. Mass. succeeded,
after \ long scr:es Of experiments, ia obtainin@
from tac ceds e the Northern fox grape fifiS Ia
brUSca Al rEc ca!HG.E ir,mi-iug tack, or dark
purple .r.;#. r,..cA he na@sA Cn""rd The
concord vas ian ini.rovri:!u!,t on I'll" Isabella II
hat :, mature Is fruit WIN certainty and M
formj!y, ,onts il '.nc.i the a;'v WAS no. 70.
Liable. and. IL addition il was - East ten dag
earlier 30 variety q: the a.. worked lis
way into popular f->a- Tist .:,a;cT ,avid'ty than
the Concord. AN! .T,i. nt't. after tHc laps" OF
than th!rty years, it so! mt,i:s to som"
extent its position rs IT," standard q" cTccl;eu"c
for black grapes
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-02
MANASSAS RRANcH

WARRENTON-Trains Nos. so. 81 I'd o,a *
connect daily to and from Warrepton N -
FRANKLIN nIVISION-Daily. eycant sura..-
Leave Rocky Mt. $50 a. M, STRIVE FranI1;S. :,
Junction $50 a. m; leave Franklin Jnnctinn
'ou p NJ; arrive Rocky Mt. 1000 p. m.
WAsAlhGTON AND OHIO DIVISION
All TRAINS DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY
Leave Alexandria 600 a. m, 900 a NJ and
s:oo p M arrive st Round Hill LOO ~
ll:43 a IN. and 7:19 p. m. = 49,
Returning, trainsleave Round Hill COS -
il:44 a: IN. and 1:23 p. M, arriving Mt A,avs ar
dr Is, at S:32 a. M, $40 p m and 3:47 D. m.
Inc S:2u a. m train from Alexandria conpoots
ut Round Hill with stage for Blue RIDGE Re-.
vile and Winchester, and at Leesbprp With .taa,a
for hldie and Middleburg. '1'1 Stages
he S:2O g. N. train and 4:5O n. n, tro;r 60,
alexendrls connects st Vienna with staaes faa
Fairfax Court House. o'Ases ior
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and New Orleans via Danville. e0on
on trains Nos. 50 and SO Pullman Rutra e,oo,
eIs between Washington and Monteomarr "a
washington and Aiken. via Danville. "''u
On trains Nos 81 and SIS Pullman s,oo
tWeeil Washington and louisville W
dnfoush tickets on sale at the principal stations
20 al points For rates or information apnIv 70
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