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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-08
Increase in reCeipts this wear,

Increase in receipts this year. ...3l ,044
At noon: Liverpool spots were
good business, hardening Sales, IL, 900
bales, of which American $500 bales.
Receipts, 49, 600 bales, of which Ameri-
can 400 bales,
Closing quotations were as follows:
Ordinary, Aid good ordinary, 40 16d ;
low middling, 15-l6d; good mid
ding, odd; middling uplands, 5 8 l6d !;
middling Orleans, 5 5-16d.
The prices are given in pence and 84ihs,
thus: 4 SO means 4 63-64d; and 5 OIL
means 5 1.64d.
At noon: Liverpool futures were
irregular; December, 5 ODD; De-
cember-January, O8d; January. Feb
rusry, 5 0Sd; February.Msrch, 5 %
@5 esd; Marcb-April, 5 11@5 lOd;
April-May, 5 1906 I'D; Mav-June,
5 1906 lad; June. July, 5 1905 18d ;
July-August, 5 1905 18d.
At 2 pm: Liverpool futures were
steady; December, 5 God, sellers; De.
cember-January, O8d, sci ers; Janu.
ary-February, 5 08d, sellers; February
March, 5 esd, sellers; March-A phi,
lud, Duyersi Aprll-May, b I'D, buy.
ers; May-June, 5 14d, buyers; june
July, 8 I'D, sellers; July-August,
5 19d, sellers. .
At 5 pm.: Liverpool futures were
irregular; December, 5 cod, value;
December-January, s 0Sd, buyers; jan
uary-February, 508d, buyers; Feb.
Iuary-March, 8 09d, value; March
April, B lid, sellers; April-May, 8 1Sd,
sellers; Msy-June, 5 l5d, buyers
June-July, s 1Sd, buyers; July-Au.
gust, 5 god, sellers.
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WOOL.

BURY grease wool, unwashed, 1870
1Sc; clear grease wool, 23@26c; bury
washed, 23@30C; tub washed, 93@37c
NEW YORK, December Wool
quiet; domestic fleece, 3O@3Sc; pulled,
14@35c.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, December Wool
quiet and steady; medium, 2l@28c
coarse braid, 1B92lc; low and sandy,
13@19c; fine light, lS@25c; heavy,
14@2lc.
BosToN, MASS, December Wool
market continues firm at unchanged
prices; medium Territory, 23927c;
No l Ohio, 37@3Sc; Michigan X held
at 323c; other grades unchanged
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, December o.
Wool quiet and steady at un-
changed prices; New York, Michi-
gan, Indiana and Western medi-
um, 38@39c; tub washed, choice, 400
44c; medium unwashed, combing and
delaine, 3l(032c,
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DRUGS, PAINTS AND OILS

DRUGS -Qninine, P. & W., o., zoe
cans, Csc; New York Quinine, o., Csc
cans, co.; q. 4 s. guinine, co. Csc
cans, Doe; morphine, P. &w. ,EoE SO 81
o. l os. vials, So 10; New York NOR.
phine, ! o. So Is per c.; i OF. vials,
2O5; cinChonidia, os. visls, lSc OF s
OF. cana, 1896 CT. gum opium, per pound,
So 40; iodide potash, 81 80 per pound,
inclusive; subnitrate bismuth, So 20
per pound, inclusive; ehloroiorm, 45c
per pound blue mses, 43c per pound
calomel, zoe per pound; mercury, zoe
per pound; Chlorsl hydrate, 81 SO per
pound camphor, &c per pound; al.
cohol, barrels, per gallon, 81 %; cas-
tor oil, barrels, per Gafon, 81 AZ.
PAINTS AND 0IL--White lead, Col.
lier's, 73c per pound; 500 pound lots,
&c per pound, &c OF, 10 days; South.
ern white lead, 7Ac per pound; 500
pound lots, 70, 2Ac of, 10 days; boiled
hnseed oil, 43c per gallon, by barrel /;
raw, 4Oci turpentine, SS4c per gallon,
by barrel.
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FINANCE and COMMERCE.
HONEY s PER CENT, NEW YORK
EXCHANGE SELLING AT PAR.
Cotton Firm-Middling, 8 13.18e-
Sales Yesterday, 500
Bales.

Money is in pretty active demand
at s per cent. The tghtDess in
finances is being relieved by the
heavy sales ard shipments of cotton.
Local securities are strong. The cot
ton market was firm; middling,
8.1S16c. Sales, 500 bales. At New
York apots steady; middling, 97.l6c.
Futures steady and 2 to 8 points
lower.
A leading New York cotton circular
says of the speculative market:
Contracts, stimulated by further
advance at Liverpool, started strong
and gained 5@6 points, when sud-
den outburst of supplies from all
quarters carried sharp and general
reaction, with a full 10 points decline
from the highest. Every body ap-
pesred possessed with a desire to
realize, and an immense amount of
long cotton was liqudsted.
At New Orleans spots were strong;
middling, Sc. Futures barely steady
and to 2pOints higher; December,
9.01@9.CSc.
At Liverpool spots were steady, good
business, hardening; middling, 5 316d.
Futures irregular ana 2 to 4 points
higher; December-Janusry, 5 S.64d
sellers.
The general market presents a
strong feeling.
IMPORTS.
Seventy.eight pkgs butter, 65 pkgs
bacon, 73S pkgs boots and shoes, 20
pkgs cheese, 2s3 SKIS coffee, IL cars
cotton seed, 1875 SKIS cotton seed, So
pkgs dry goods, % pkes eggs, 402 brls
-four, 1924 bales hay, % pkgs hats, 81
nd hogs, 8 nd cattle, nd horses and
mules, 455 pkgs lard, $4,000 it lumber,
"a pkge liquors, IA brls meal, ia brls
molassss, 397 brls potstoee, cars pork
sides, 800 brls sugar, 1928 pkgs tobacco,
800 bu wheat and 6 brls rice.
ELEVATOR REPORTS.
The following shows the amount of
grain received, Withdrawn and in
store by regular elevators, as reported
to the Merchants Exchange yester.
day: Wheat-in store, 1045 bu. Corn
received, 1858 bu; withdrawn, "a
bu; in store, 1857 Blu. Oats-with-
drawn, lS45 bu; in store, 227, 347 bu.
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"FrOA0n.
PITTsBURG, PA, December Moon
River 8 feet 10 inches on the gauge
and falling. Weather clear and pleas
ant.
EVANSVILLE, IND, December IT,
Noon-River falling fast, with IA feet
inches on the gauge. Thermometer
340, barometer 290.
CAIRO, Ill, December 7.-Noon--
River 10 feet 3 inches on tbs gauge and
falling. Weather clear and cold. No
arrivals or departures.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Dscember7.- Noon
River falling, with feet l inch in
the canal and 6 feet on the falls.
Business fair. Weather cloudy and
warmer.
CINCINNATI, O., December Moon
River 10 feet II inches on the gauge
and falling. Weather clear; Their
mometer $40. Arrived; Sherley, Pitts
burg, and laidup.
WHEELING, W. VA, December l.
Noon-River G feet 2 inches on the
gauge and falling, and fall OF ice.
Weather cloudy snt cold. Arrived;
Andes, @ M, and will lay up here.
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GENERAL TRADE.
RREADHTuFFR.

CoRNMEA1-Sta Standard, So 2O92 rs;
pearl, So 25@3 60; roller, 81 As.
HAY-Choice, from store, Zoe; car
load from ievee or depot, $i4; prime,
from store, zoe. car load from levee
or depot, $12 50@13; prairie, from
store, 45c.; car load from levee OF
depot, So 80.
CoRN-From store, white, 51c mixed,
Acc, from levee or depot; white, in
bulk, 44c; in sacks, 47c; mixed, 10
bulk, 42c; in sacks, 444c.
0ATs-FTom store, white, 800; mixed,
&c; from levee or depot, white, in
bulk, 33c; in sacks, Csc; mixed, in
hulk, Gle; in sacks, 33c.
BRAE-From store, SOC; FROM levee
or depot, Sl4 90.
FLoUR-From store, No. 8, 1908 %;
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COTTON SEED PRODUCTS.

In Car load lots: Prime crude cotton
seed oil, new, 274@2Slc; of crude cot
ton seed oil, 23926c; prime summer
yellow cotton seed oil, 33@34c; of
summer yellow cotton seed OF, 3l@33c
miners summer yellow cotton seed oil,
33@35c; prime summer white cotton
seed oil, 35@36c; choice cooking yell
low cotton seed oil, 34@373c; prime
cotton seed meal ,$14 70; off cotton seed
meal, none. Cotton seed delivered at
depot or levee, 50 per ton; from wagon
at mills, SO per ton,
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SuaAR-Pure white, 536Go; Of
white, 5s@5Sc; yellow clarified, 5JG
90; seconds, 4!@5c; refined A, ga
otc; Granulsted, 6l@6so; plantation
granuIa'ed, 6@6bc; powdered, 7@7lc
cut loaf, 7@7(c.
CoFFER-Oommon, I2(al21c. ordi
nary, lS@l3Ao; prime Rio, i46i1Gc
h tent, 24@25c.
A'oAP-S@5ac per pound.
SA. u-Sl 20 per barrel; sacks, fine
81 S5t, u %; coarse, 81 1901 Is; pock.
cts, bic. 'ched, 2a@7c; carloads from
!eyee or O epot, sc cheaper.
CAKpIRs- Sticks, all sizes, in boxes
pals and bar. els, 74@9Ac.
CANNED Go, DDS, ErC.-Prices per
dozen: Pineap ,ules, 81 25@l 30;
peaches, BIB, stand. 'rd, 81 15(9I 25; sec,
onds, $1@1 10; tomA toes, 2-lb stand
ard, 90 @$1; 3-lb, $l@i 10; strawber-
ries, 81 lO@1 25; raspberries, 81 lO@
l %; blackberries, sl@1 10; green
cages, 81 6N9l 20; pears, sea
2 25; plums, 81 COOL 20; asparagus,
81 COOL; green corn, l@1 IS; green
peas, 81 55@1 IS; cove oysters, full
weight, lib, 81; cove oysters, full
weight, 2-lb, S. rs; cove oysters, light
weight lib, 80c; cove oysters, light
weight, Glib, 81 10; condensed milk
Crown, So 1905 So; Eagle, 81 rs;
Swiss, So 70.
MoLAssEs - Louisiana, common to
fair, 1S@25c; prime TO choice, new, 40
@45c; syrup, 20940c; common to
fair, 20925e; prime to choice, 2S@30c;
centrifugal, fancy, 90035c.
NEW York, December 7.-Cofiee-
fair; Rio firm at l4c; ostions l0915
points higher, less doing; sales 90
75O bags; December, l320@l2 25c;
January, 12.25(9l2 SOC; February,
- SOC; March, ~ 30al2. 95c; April,
II 30@l2 Soc; May, 12,35@l2.4 0c;
July, l2.4Oc. Sugar Arm and quiet;
refined steady; O, 4I@4fc; yellow,
Ate; mould A, $40; confectioners A,
5ic; granulatsd, SIC. Molasses steady
and quiet. Rice firm.
NRw ORLEANS, La, December o.
Coffee in light demand, but holders
firm; Rio Cargoes, common to prime,
l2@l5c. Sugar active and shade high
er; centlifugals-choice white, So l6c;
of white, 8 l-l695lc; choice yellow
clarified, 4 1916; prime yellow Carl
fed, 4tc; seconds, 33@4kc. Molssses
strong; open kettle--choice, 42e; oen-
Enthusiastically prime, 2i@25c; Lou
isiana syrup, asa 32c. Rec dull; Or
dinRrV Tn pTimp 2iIA4lc
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SKINS AND FURS.

Deer skins, 18c; bear, $1@7; mink,
15@40c; coon, hunter handled, l5@
60c country handled, 10000; other,
$l@6; beaver, 50c9$7; wild cat, Is
@25c; fox, l6@75c; musk rat, 10c
opossum, 10c; wolf, 60c@$2; skunk,
6(9T6c; paRthers, 50c(aSI.
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OH oS1eUs NJ my UHHUos
JOHN IL. NORTON
DEALER IN
STOCKS AND BONDS
"a MadIsOn st.. Memphis, Tenn.
FINANCE,

Money in pretty active demand at s
per cent. The Clearing House report
Is as follows:
CLEARINds.
Tuesday, December z, 1885, $751;
554 IS; thus far this week, 81 1884,
952 So; same lime last week, $685.
593 40 corresponding time in 1885,
$558,7l2 49, corresponding time in
1884, S820ll44l.
BALANCES.
Tuesday, December z, 1886, $780,.
ia 49, thus i.r this week, $l39, 1894 al;
same time last week, $2O7, AIS "a I;
corresponding time in 1885, 1884,
1856 56; corresponding time in 1884,
$l4l, 459 o..
EXCHANGE.
New York sight on all points, +
discount buying, par selling; New Eng
land demand, discount buying; New
England sight, discount; New Or.
leans, discount buying, par selling.
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RAg0Tyo Am rIEss I'm,

ky active, firm; sales Of ll2l barrels of
finished goods on basis Of 81 10.
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HIDES AND TALLOW.

Hides-Dry flint, No. l, 18c; No. 2,
12ic; dry sailed, 10I@12Ac; green
sailed, No. l, SIC; No. 2, tic. Sheep
skins, 15c@$1. Beeswax, zoe. Tallow,
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BAaeMa-Oarloai los: Jute, , lbs,
SIC II lbs, 73c; II los, &c. Flax, s
bs, 9ic.
TIKs-Sl 05(61 10.
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RIVERS AND WEATHER.

OFFICE SIGNAL SERvIoE, U. 8. A., I
MRMPHIs, December 7, 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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Joe Peters-6S bales cotton, 8 baQs
seed cotton and 1853 SKIS cotton seed.
Il. W. Cole-644 bales cotton, %
bags seed cotton, OH sks cotton seed
and $50 pkgs sundries.
Cnickasaw-4SO bales cotton and
l405 SKIS cotton seed.
Granite State-775 brls -four, 100
brls hour, 1875 wet barrels, 1926 bxs
merchandise, 300 kegs nails, 80 pkgs
furniture, 1850 brls salt, 400 skis cotton
seed, 1871 SKIS car cora, 10 bales cotton,
"a bales hay and 600 pkRs snndriea.
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STEAM OATs.
NOTICE TO SHIPPERS,

A N0HoR LINE OFFICE.
IA MRnPup, December 9, 1885.
pB During the tu,pension OF navig alton
abova Cairo, the An ehoE Line will run thu
Steamer CITY OF CAIRO from Memphii
s%TuRpAY y 'GsTns R hs@Sa m,I Sy IN -
ssived at the Elevator.
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WHsKY-straight Kentucky Bour-
bon, 81 5O@5; redistilled goods from
Soc to 81 SO, according to proof; rye,
81 1905.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, December 7.-Whis-
ky, 81 Is.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, December 7.-Whis-
Ky steady, 81 lS.
CINCINNATI, o., December 7.-Whis-
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NATLa- LEAD aHOT

NAns-1Os, iron, 50 rs; steel, 81 40.
LEAD-6c.
SHor-Dfop, 81 65; buck, 81 90.
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MEMpHIs DAILY APPEAr. DECEMBER S. 1856

ribs, S. 65G5 70; shor clear, So SOFA
. 81; boxed lcts--l,rg Clear, IS 90
% co. shoririb', IS 20; short clear,
- "a, Bacon aaier; long clear, SO 62l
short ribs, So 70 short clear, IS S71'
Hams firm, at 93@lllc. Butter quiet
easy; creamery, 24@27c; dairy, rs
G25c. Eggs firm al 2l@5IJc.
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COTTON MARKETS.

The local cotton market opened
firm and closed firm; middliug,
slS-l8c. Sales, 800 bales, including
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MOVEMENTS AT THE LEVEE.

ArrirGls. - Joe Peters, Arkansas
riveri Onickasaw, White river; E. w.
Cole, Arkansas river; r. A Speed,
Commerce; d. G. Foeel, above; City
OF New Orleans, st. Louis.
Departures City OF New Orleans,
New Orleans; Gayoso, Concordia;
Rene Macre ady, st. Francis river.
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PETROLEUM MARKET.

Coal 0n-Prime white, wholesale
lots, 9t@l0c per gallon.
CLEVELAND, o., December 7.-Petro-
leun quiet; 8. W., 1l00, TIC.
PITTsBURa, Pa, December Pee
troloSm excited and weak; National
Transit certificates opened at SOC
closed at 70sc; highest, Soc; lowest,
7l4c.
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New York futures opened firm and
closed steady and 2 to points lower
than yesterday. Sales, 1S5,S00 bales.
The closing quotations we're as fol-
Ioua.
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RIVERS AND STEAMBOATS,

WEDNESDAY.
Friars Point...".~JAMEs LEE, SPIN,
osceola.'..'........"-CoAHoNA. SPIN.
New orleans...,..",C. P. CHouTEAU, 5p.m.
white River. .....".CHICkAsAw, SPIN.
Cincinnati.........-..GRANITE STATE, II m.
Arkansas River.".JoE PETERS, pm.
THURSDAY.
Arkansas City.....~KATs ADAMS, Pm.
Observation-Disclosures, 5p,m.
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LONDON, December Z, p.m.-Cou-
soils, 100 1915 for money and 10I
for the account. Atlantic and Great
Western frsts, 544; seconds, I5k, Bar
silver, 46Sd per ounce. The amount
OF bullion withdrawn from the Bar k
Of England on balance today is eSOCO.
PARIS, December 6.-Three per cent.
rentes, 83f 65c for the account.
BANK oLKARINas.
NEW ORLEANS, LA, December T.
Bank clearings to5ay, $2,134,77O.
CHICAGO, Ill, December 7.-Asso-
ciated bank clearings today were $lO,-
100000.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, December Bank
clearings today, $S,119,O99; balances,
$401,0l5.
NEW YORK, December Bank
cleariDgs today, SlS9, Isl, $40; balances,
1882, 1876.
BosToN, MASS, December Bank
clearings today were $l3, 1888; bal.
anCes, 1888. Alb.
BALTIMORE, Nd, December u
Bank clearings today, $2,0l2, 329; bal
ances, $275,625.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, December T.
By k ciesrings today were $ll ,494 334 /;
balances, 81, 42l 1908.
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ELEVATOR REPORTS,

BW Daily Quotations OF Cotton
OIL Trusts and New York Elk.
change Stocks are open to those
interested, AT my office.
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New York spots opened firm, and
closed steady; middling, 8 7-l6c.
Sales, 25S bales. Quotations were as
follows:
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The New Orleans future market
opened firm, and closed barely steady
and to 2 points higher. Sales, IS 800
bales. Quotations were as follows:
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Receipts at ports, this day, 1886. 80, 700
Receipts at ports, this day, 1885. 43, 294
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT.
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The NewOrleans spot market opened
firm, and closed strong; middling,
SIC. Sales, 1900 bales. Quotations
uAra az fnIlnNua.
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CONCERNING WOMEN.

The city library at Topeka, Kan, is in charge Of
two women.
Something over one Thousand farms are owned and
cultivated in Iowa by
Princess Beatrice Vctoria's youngest daughter,
takes great interest in Bookkeeping.
1t is estimated that at least g 500 young women in
Chicago are earning their living as type-writers.
Mrs. Leland Stanford maintains four large kinder
gartens in San Francisco and has recently established
night school for the jockeys and stable boys en-
ployed in her husband stables.
Recently. in New York girl of fifteen, who had
taken lessons in First Aid to the Injured set the
broken leg of hoy who was thrown from q wagon,
and he is recovering rapidly.
Some forty American girls graduates of Vassar,
Wellesley Mount Holyoke and other institutions,
have been employed under ten years contracts by
the Argentine Republic in the normal schools and
female seminaries of that country.
DR. Alice Bennett is superintendent of the Hospital
for Insane Women at Norristown, Pa, sixteen miles
from Philadelphia All the assistants and attendants
women, and the State commission unacy pro-
the institution the best managed of the six
hospitals for the insane under their jurisdiction.
There 763 patients and not one mechanical re-
straint in use Last fall Dr. Bennett held large fair
bazaar, for which all the articles made by the
patients. The sales tables and numerous other de-
tails of the fair also in charge of the patients
who improved more rapidly while thus occupied than
at any other time One thousand dollars Melted.
which were used to purchase three pianos for the in
stitution.
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AT THE CHURCHES TO-DAY.

Queen Esther" will be Dr. Jefferys evening sub
ject.
Righteous Indignation" will be Rev NJ. L. Haines $
topic this evening.
''The Law of Dscpleship will be Rev. E. J. Gantz'
evening subject
DIR. A. r. Benton will preach at the Third Christian
Church this morning.
Rev. David Walk will preach this forenoon at the
Sixth Christian Church.
Mrs. L. o. Robinson will preach at Centralavenue
M. E. Church this evening.
1--WE Tell God to Let Us Alone is Rev. G.. g..
Mitchell's evening subject.
"The Mind of Christ will be the subject of DR..
Jenckess at St Pauls Church, this forenoon.
Fishers of Men" and 1.-The Gospel in Sentence"
are Rev. r. v. Hunters morning and evening sub
jects.
"Christs Missionary Methods is Rev. A. Tbbetts's
subject this forenoon at the Central Universalist
Church.
Rev. w. H. Wydman, of the Seventh-street NJ. e.
Church, will preach this evening Peter Following
Afar Off,"
mint, Anse Cummin is Rev. O. @. McCulloch's
morning theme. This evening his subject will be
Anonymous"
Rev. @. w. Tinsley, of Grace NJ e. Church will
have for his morning subject Family Worship; and
this evening The Dying Thief's Prayer" will be his
topic.
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The Labor Organizations.

The Knights of Labor legislative committee will
meet this afternoon.
Lockedout o. & n. switchmen have been canvass
ing the city the past week in selling handsome
Photographic portrait of Mr.. Powderly. They have
succeeded in disposing Of over sixty.
- Kmgans the 500 men thrown out of work by
the strike of the twenty leaders, have returned to
their labor The Knights of Labor claim credit for
the settlement of this strike in ordering the leaders
back to their places.
Workngmen in the machine-sh and manu-
factories cheerful the prospect of plenty of
work this winter Nordyke e. Marmon have closed
contracts that will ire considerable addition to
their force and the building of the Sarven wheel
works promises employment to many who would
otherwise be idle at this season of the year.
The tile works proprietors wanted their men TO
work nine hours instead of ten and forego their
Saturday haf-holiday. This was proposed 80 that
economy in gas at early lighting could be had. The
employees refused the proposal, and the difference
promised to become serious until yesterday when the
matter was amicably adjusted-the old system Of
working hours continuing
The next regular meeting of district assembly No.
LOG the 21st inst. AS the annual election
of officers is to be held the first Monday in Janu-
ary, that event is receiving attention. 1t is a
rule of the order that eectoneerng shall be car
red on, hence the interest will be confined to what
the nominating committee will do On the first Mon
day in December the local bes will choose their
officers.
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The Building Associations.


The Brghtwood association will pay out one year
from next June.
Several of the prominent associations are loan
ing in advance the money they will have accumulated
next spring.
At the last meeting of the board of directors of the
Illinois and Seventh-streets Saving and Loan AsSocia
ton William A. Bristor elected director to fill
vacancy.
prominent secretary estimates that there will be
five hundred new dwellings built in this city with
ISOLATION money next spring. The majority of these
he thinks will go up on the South Side
The Illinois and Seventh streets Association sold
nine shares last Saturday evening at a weekly pre-
ticpated its receipts and has it's winter money
sold up to Feb l.
The Home Association, of which ]. Il. r. Steeg is
The association has been unable to all the de-
mands for it's money aud several times has been
PEELED to borrow from other associations to
date its members
The Arsenal association doing business at the east
end of Washington street, is among the most
prosperous in the city, 1t has been in operation
two years and has always had all its money out at fair
rate. The members of the military attachment at the
Arsenal nearly all stockholders and half dozen
of them have been enabled homes Arsenal
Heights through loans made from the association.
great many people who take no stock in the build
Ing associations claim that they financial draw
dences put up through them are incumbered. While
this is true there is nothing short of panic that
prevent the men who have purchased houses raising
the mortgage by the time association pays out In
nine cases out OF ten this has been done since the
associations of this city began paying out