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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-12
CONDITION OF THE MARKETS.
Wheat Quiet but Firm Under Reports
Indicating Damage to the Crops.
Corn Dull, and the offerings Only Fair-Pro-
visions Also Dull. and the Spectators
Holding Off for New Developments.
MONEY, BONDS AND STOCKS.

a Quiet Market for Railway Bonds-Stocks
Dull and Generally Lower.
NEW YORK, March 1L-Money on call was
lasy at II az per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 405 per cent.
Sterling exchange was dull but steady at 81 874
FOR sixty days and S. s9i for demand.
The total sales Of stocks to-day were 279, 255
shares, including the following: Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western, 80, 15O; Erie, 1910;
Kansas 6 Texas, 5,7I0, Lake Shore, 25.4S3;
Northwestern. $3.50; Pacific Mail, 1850; Read
ing ~. $50; St Paul, 10, 1875; Union Pacific, TO-
13e; Wabash Pacific, 3l95; Western Union, 81,
D20 Northern Pacific. preferred, 5,321
Government bonds were dull and steady.
State bonds were neglected.
Railroad bonds were quiet. The total sales
were 81, $4,000.
Stocks continue very dull, with changes of
only small fractions. This morning the market
was generally shade lower, and in the early
dealings. in many cases, further small declines
were established, but from that time
It was firm to strong. In the last
boar prices were about steady, until
near the close, when there was another
small rally, and the final figures were from to
/ higher for all the active stocks Among the
inactive shares the Wabashes were very strong,
gaining Ii for the common and Il for the pre-
ferred, and st. Paul g. Duluth is up II. The
exception to the general rule was Western
Union, which opened I lower, declined on com
paratively large transactions. then became
steady, and slowly rallied to 68a and closed
lower, with net loss of per cent
It is said this afternoon that the strike on the
Southwestern system would end in the next
forty eight hours, and the statement was sup
posed to come from inside sources There were
also rumors that the Reading road reorganza-
ton scheme would be given to the public this
afternoon, but no knowledge Of this was known
to tho Representatives of the syndicate here.
There are indications that the transcontinental
fight will be settled at early date, but nothing
definite in regard to any of these matters was
known before o'clock.
The market closed with the following prices
bid:
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Chicago, st. Louis & PittsburJ.

Chicago, st. Louis PittsburJ.
Disqualification Mail and Express. daily. 400 an
New York, Philadelphia, Washing
ton, Baltimore and Pittsburg Ex-
press daily, s.-....-.----....--- A:30 an
Dayton and Columbus Express,
except Sunday. HOO an
Richm ond Accommodation ----- 400 am
New York Philadelphia, Washing
ton. Batimo re and Pittsburg Ex-
press daily, s.. h.-..----..--- 4:55pu
Arrive Richmond Accommodation, except
New York, Philadelphia, Washing. 80
ton. Baltimore and Pittsnurg Ex-
press daily -.-.--...---..-. III: as an
Columbus and Dayton Express ex-
cept Sunday. .-......--....... Abs pm
Western Mail and Express daily 94Opm
New York Philadelphia Washing.
ton, Baltimore and Pittsburg Ex-
press. daily. 1020pm
CHICAGO DIVISION VIA KoKoMo p c. & ST. L. R. r.
Depart-Louisvile and Chicago Express,
p. .....----.---..-..-..11:15 am
Louisville and Chicago Fast Ex-
press, daily. s.. -.-.-..--...-. 1100pm
Arriye-Chcago and Louisville Fast Ex-
press, daily. Observation-Disclosures. 400 am
Chicago and Louisville Express,
p. c--...-.-.--- $3.50 PM
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Eyansvllle & rerre Haute Railroad.

Via Vandalia Line1
Live Indpls. 7:30am p-12:O0m ta00pm sA10:45pne
Ar Indpls.- 35oam t1000am 3.35pm 4:l5pm.
Vial g. St. T.. Rvl
1--we Tndpis. *1O50pm t5:30pm *l1:55am 7;10am
Ar Indplis.. 3:45am f1000am 3:35pm 6:23pna
Daily, daily except Sunday, parlor car, sleep
ing ear
These trains carry the magnificent Monarch parlor,
sleeping and buffet cars, the finest run in America
between Indianapolis and Evansville Cars open
for passengers at $50 y. N. Train does not leave
until 10:45p. n-
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Cotton.

NEW YORK, March 11.--C. L. Green & Co.'S cot
ton report says: 1T scalpng market on con-
tracts throughout with all hands working close and
apparently very few new deals made. A Decline ad-
vance and reaction covered range of some z or 8
points with the close barely steady at tre below last
evening.
NEW ORLEANS. March 1l.--Cotton dull; net
receipts 1882 bales; gross receipts, 422 bales;
ports to the continent 4 983 bales: coastwise $3.50
bales; sales, 1000 bales; stock. 14S ABB bales.
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Farm Notes.

Mirror and Farmer Have an object TO look
ahead to. if it is only to how fat you can get
one sheep.
A farmer of North Belgrade. Me-, says three
bushels of plaster on grass land are as good as
six. He would apply it just after the ground
becomes bare in the spring. and just before a
rain, if possible.
Indiana Trade Review: Those farmers who
buy expensive machinery only to use it one sea-
and then let it lie out in the weather and rot
should not complain because their bank account
refuses to grow into large proportions.
A hill of raspberry plants. after berg trimmed
in the spring. should only have three or four
canes. about three and half feet high and
nearly one inch in diameter at the base, each
cane having a few side spurs about ten inches
long.
In those European countries from which we
get our bsst dairy cows but little grain is fed.
Grass and roots bulky food that has a tendency
to enlarge the intestnes and strengthen the
digestive organs. are much better for heifers
than rich. concentrated food.
A New England man has patented process
for improving the fertility of fields by trenching
and cross trenching them three and one-half feet
deep and four rods apart, partly filling the
trenches with loose stones and throwing enough
earth over them TO allow the pillow to pass over
without coming in contact with the stones
Quite discussion is taking place among the
agricultural journals regarding the dehorning of
cattle by artificial processes but as we have breed
of poiled cattle it has been suggested that the
suit can easily be arrived at by breeding The
Scotch breed, divided into Angus and Galloway,
is now being used extensively as beef producers,
and possess the characteristic of being without
horns
Covered yards possess one advantage in regard
to the smaller consumption of food by animals
that are covered than by animals that not.
The cold wind, which causes loss of the heat of
the body of an animal, necessitates that animal
consuming more food to regain such heat; but
the wet which falls upon any animal requires a
still much larger amount of heat in order to con-
vert that moisture into vapor. Under covered
yard an animal is protected not only from cold
winds. but also from the rain, and an immense
amount of food is thus saved.
An Ohio farmer says that he last year raised
300 900 cabbages. and kept the flea beetles away
at a cost of only single dollar. His method Is
to pour gallon of spirits of turpentine into a
barrel of land plaster. and when the plaster ia
dampened all through. as it will be in few
days, spread it broadcast the field. 1t is
better than lime ashes. and may be applied
when the plants not wet with rain dew.
1t is also said that the mixture will keep for
several years without losing its strength. If
this simple remedy shall prove remedy it will
bring much JOY to farmers and gardeners. -
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Elsewhere.

ST. LOUIS March Observation-Disclosures. LOO;
shipments 300 Butcher cattle easier; good shipping
strong and steady; good tc choice shpping &4. 900
800; common to fair, S4 O004.75; butchers steers,
3d. 25Dt 90 cows and heifers $50. 2513.70; stockers
and feeders $3OO04.I5.
Hogs--Receipts 5000 shipments. 1920. Market
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Milwaukee Sentinel

IN
Milwaukee Sentinel
Fl. j. Wilkinson, secretary of the Wisconsin
Sheep breeders Association, discussed the wool
and mutton industry from the stand point of the
practical farmer He said that as wool had to
be imported in large quantities, both in the form
of finished goods and original fleece, there is
home market for all that can be produced. We
use 125, 000, 900 pounds per annun and ought to
use still more. There is no better wool grown
in the world than America now produces. He
thought it was formerly believed that Austria
liam wool was better His experience had chiefly
been confined to the growing of Spanish merinos.
Sheep require less labor and attention than the
dairy cow They are beneficial to the soil, and both
clothed and fed man. change of occupation
seldom helped the man who had natural liking
for sheephusbandry. They respond to good care
and food as promptly as does the cow and it ia
just as wasteful to abuse them. They will cul
tivate rough, billy lands, and give good returns
on the best of lands Wet ground is not favor
able to them. The expert wool-dealer, by look
ing at the fibre of the fleece knows how the
sheep were fed and which it was grown.
That the wool may be of even texture, the food
of the sheep must be constant and sufficient.
He had high hopes of ensilaged corn as a cheap
food for sheep. Good shelter for sheep paid as
we'll as it did for cows. He would not feed large
numbers in inclosure The old and the
young should in winter be kept separate from
the breeders and wethers The grower should
keep selling to butchers, so that but few will be
animal of any kind. He lets lambs run with
the mother only four months. One of twin
lambs should be raised by hand for both mother
and lambs are damaged if suffered to run
together Too many kept sheep to get
four pounds of wool per annum, the same as
TOO many cows are MIXED to earn only $25 Six
pounds are easily attained, and eight, nine and
ten pounds are not uncommon yields. With his
experience and farm improved through the sheep,
he could produce Spanish merino wool at a cost
of l6 cents per pound-proft came for all it
would sell for above that price. He had got his
flock up to production of nine pounds of
washed wool per head. Ninety per cent of in
crease on the ewes was the best he had done,
and 70 per cent. was fair increase. neigh
Dor, Mr. Crawford had sheared fifteen pounds
per head at no greater cost than he had been to
get nine pounds. and it was because he had the
best full bloods, while he, Mr. Wilkinson, had
mostly grades. He made his estimates of keep
ing sheep at two to each acre of the farm, but
had actually kept three on his own On the
mutton question, he is in doubt whether there is
much difference in the meat value or quality as
between breeds, if all are well-raised and fat
tened.
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ending at o'clock F. NJ. March H. 1856, as fur
nished by Elliott Butler abstracters of titles
No. 2. HStna Building
The Berkshire Life Insurance Company to
Dalphan Hutchings and wife, lots PIT
and 2l8 in Allen 81 Roots addition to
Indianapolis. .............-... 81, $4,000
Sarah A. Hartman and husband to Will
lam Hartman, part northeast quarter
of southeast quarter section %, town
ship IL north of range east-contan-
Ing . acres 00UUO
Elizabeth j. Rushton and husband to Will
lam Ell. nglish, lots 164 to 173 in w. j.
Davis's Sugar Grove addition to Indian
John A. Benson and wife to William A.
Owsley and wife, lot Al in James M.
Ray trustees, subdivision of part of
outiot 100 in Indianapolis. .--.... $4,000
Moses o. Gwynn and wife to Mahalah j.
Harden. part north halt west half Sec
ton 90 in township II north, of range
east-containing s-...-... 10000
James III. Coghill and wife to Luella j.
Nixon, part of lot in David r. Smock's
addition to the town of Southport...... 305.O0
Conveyances, g. consideration So, 165O0
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Dry Goods.

NEW YORK March 1.-THE jobbng trade has
been good in all departments, but the demand of
agents has been Irregular still through many moder
ate wants and forwardings of previous orders, the
sales are of good amounts
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indianapolis, Decatur & Springfield.

Depart-Decatur and Peoria Through Mail. $50 ana
Montezuma Accommodation daily
except Sunday. 600 pm
Fast Express. daily, 1. and So. 1850 pm
Arrive Fast Express daily, ?. and So. $50 am
Montezuma Accommodation daily
except Sunday. .......... $50 ana
Through Mail ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS $50 pm
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Wabash, st. louis & Pacific.
JefrersonvilIe, Madison & indianapolis.
Indiana, BLOOMINGTON & western.

PEORIA DIVISION.
Depart-Pacifc Elk. and Mail daily and re. 7:50 ann
Kansas and Texas Fast Line r. c. 5:l0p pm
Burlington and Rock Island Ex-
press, daily, +. and s. -. 1850 PM
Kansas City Lightning Express. :. 1900 M
Arrive-Eastern and Southern Express,
daily, r. c. and s..---.--.....-. 400 am
Cincinnati Special. 10:40 am
Atlantic Express and Mail, r. o.. 3:45 pm
Express and Mail, daily g. and r. c. $50 pm
EASTERN DIVISION.
Disqualification Express Mail, daily, SIR c. 20 ana
Atlantic Express, c. c.----.------- 4:05 pm
Night Express. daily, S. and r. c.. 9.00pm
Arrive Pacific Express, daily, and c. c. 7:20 ann
Western Express. r. 4:45 pun
Burlington and Rock Island Ex-
press daily. 5. and r. c.....---.. 1020pm
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Cincinnati. indianapolis. St. Louis Chicago.


CINCINNATI DIVISION.
Depart-C Cincinnati and Florida Fast Line
daily, s. and G. c..-.--..-...-. 400 am
Cincinnati. Rushville and Column
bus Accommodation, .-.---.-.-.- L 1:33 am
Cincinnati. Washington and Flor
ida Mail. p. c.-..--....---..-... 3:55 pm
Cincinnati and Louisville Accom-
mediation. daily. .-............ GAO pm
Arrive Indianapolis Accommodation, daily 1855 am
Chicago and St Louis Mail %. c.. / Ids am
Ind annapolis and Lafayette Accom-. 4:55 pn
Chicago and ST. Louis Fast Line
daily, &. and c. c. 10:45 pm
CHICAGO DIVISION.
Depart-Lafayette and Wabash Ry. Accom-. 7:1O am
indianapolis and Logansport Ex..- 7:10 am
Chicago Mail p. c---.--.--------12:05p pm
Lafayette Accommodation. .------ $50 pm
indianapolis and South Bend Ex.. 5:1Q pm
Chicago Peoria and Burlington
Fast Line. daily. s., 7. c...-.....1 lilo pm
Arrive Cincinnati and Florida Fast Line
daily, c. c. and s.-.......-...... $3.50 am
Lafayette Accommodation. 1890. Ills am
South Bend and indianapolis Elk. 11:15 am
Cincinnati and Washing'n Mail pc 3:45 pm
Cincinnati and Louisville Accom-. 600 pm
Logansport and Indianapolis Ex.-. 6:20 pm
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LIVE STOCK.

Cattle Stronger, bat Not QuotabIy Higher
Hogs Quiet and Unchanged.
INDIANAPOLIS, March IL.
CATTLE-Receipts. $50; shipments. l.500 The
receipts of local continue light and mostly
butcher grades. Market stronger, but not quo
tally higher; about all sold at the close. We
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NEW YORK, March 11-Petroleum opened
duh and strong 8Olsc and remained steady during
the forenoon. Shortly after noon raid was made
and amid great excitement and heavy dealings it de-
clined to 771c rallied 79l4c broke to 7Slsc and
closed feverish at i2c. Sales, 9,985000 brls
OIL CITY March 11.--National Transit certificates
opened at 80lsc and closed at 7Sl2c highest S0l2c
lowest, 774c. Sales 3,953OOO brls; clearances
2 1872 900 brls; charters, 43, Iva brls; Shipments
60 5S7 brls.
PITTSBURG, March 11.-Petroleurn excited and
irregular; National Transit certificates opened
and closed at 70 i2c highest 80asc; lowest 773sc.
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Louisville, New Albany & Chicago.

Chicago and Michigan City Mall. 1910 pn
Frankfort Accommodation. 4:45 pm
Chicago Night Ex daily. s.-------11:l5 pm
indianapolis Night Ex., daily. s.- $40 am
Indianapolis Accommodation --.-- 1000 ana
indianapolis Mail ..---..-----.-... $40 pm
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quotc.
Good to choice shippers 81 6O05. 10
Fair to medium shippers. .... 4.0OO4.35
Common shippers and feeders. 3.5OO4.OO
Stockers. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 3.OOD3 40
Good to choice hefers. ............ 3.50040 90
Good to choice cows 3.250375
Fair to medium cows and hefers. ...-.. 23003 90
Common to old COWS 1.50O2 90
Veals, common to good. --.-..........-.. 400 90
Bulls common to good 1.7503.5
Mixers, common to good. 90. 00045. 90
HoGs-Receipts, 1000; shipments, $50; quail
ity fair Market steady and prices unchanged.
closing quiet all Sold We quote
Selected heavy So 1904. 40
mixed light and heavy. A. 10O4.2O
Common to choice light --..-...-..---. 3.6O04. 15
SHEEp- Receipts. none; shipments, none.
Hardly enough here to make market; no ma
terial change in prices. We quote:
Good to choice. 81 65 rs 90
Fair to medium. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 3.750450
Common. Observation-Disclosures. 25003.50
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Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan Railway.

Over the Bee-line)
and Grand Rapids Elk. 400 ana
Michigan Express. .---.---ll;O5 am
Louisville and Wabash Express. $50 pm
Arrive abash and indianapolis Express IL: 80 a
Cincinnati and Louisville Express 1:55 pnn
Indianapolis and st. Louis Express. 0:25 pm
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09
How Birds Soar.

A wing, as it is well known, is COM
posed of long feathers fastened to the
skin or bone in the front Of the wing
and at liberty behind says a writer in
the Pittsburg dispatch. As the bird
strikes, the air cannot escape through
the wing, nor in front, as it meets there
with the firm resistance of the bone, so
the only place it has Is at the back of the
wing, turning the feathers up q little
there and giving a forward impulse to
the body very much as the wind does
aEliehis blowing IL a quarterlng dlrec-
tion upon a kite. The kite must be
held in position by the string, and the
weight of the birds body takes the
place Of the string. Then the wings
being moved at the proper angle, the
brd is able to ascend, descend or move
forward.
The phenomenon of soaring is done
by the same mechanism. That is by Il
delicate holding of the wings at the
precise angle necessary to keep the
body moving.
1t is impossible for a bird to remain
stationary in a perfectly still air with
out some motion Of the wings. The
observation Is frequent made, eSpeclaliy
of sea birds, that they can stand still,
suspended in the air during the stiffest
kind of a wind. This occasions sur
prise, whereas the fact is that the
stronger tie wind, the better the bird
can soar, as it then has no motion what
ever to make, but simply to trim its
wings to the variations in the velocity
of the wind, but it also follows that in
soaring, the stronger the wind, the
slower is the birds progress, because
they must get their forward motion by
tapping the wings, and the momentum
thus acquired is impeded by the gale.
Oceanic birds can regain velocity by so
altering the angle that they rise in the
air, and then sail rapidly down toward
the sea. This motion is grace itself,
and excites the envy and admiration OF
all beholders. Prof. Wilson says of 1t
Tranquil its spirit seemed, and hoated slow;
Even in its very motion there was rest"
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09
Rugged by n Bear.

A man who wal around the ferry
dock the other day looked so lopsided
and walked with such an odd gait that
he wa asked il he had been run over
by a saw log.
sit was wuss nor that" lie replied;
" was Rugged by u bear about a year
ago and haven't got my shape back
YET"
''How did it happen2"
well, l was in a lumber camp on
Georgian Bay. 1 was a teamster, and l
went out one morning about 4 O'Clock
to feed the oxen. 1t was pretty dark,
but as l knew the way to the shed i
didn't take a lantern. / was within
twenty feet of the stable when some
body rises up before me. L took him
for n of the men about the camp, and
says L.
"Well, partner, what is itP''
He stood there blocking the way and
made no answer, and | calls OUT
Come, now, no foolingl'
"The fellow sort o. shifted in reply,
as if making fun of me, aud L jumped
for him, calculating to fling him into
the dirt. l wasn't two seconds discov-
ering that had tackled a bear. l wanted
to forfeit the gate money, buthe wouldn't
let me. He put his paws around mo and
settled back for q hug never making All
effort to use his teeth. 1t was like being
squeezed in a carpenter wise, only more
so. l hadn't time to yell before my
breath was gone. and l felt myself being
flattened until, all of a sudden,
my senses left me. When l came
to half IN hour later, l was III the snow
and the bear had gone. He never bit
me at all"
"And your present shape is the result
Of that squeezel'
1T is, but you ought to have seen me
right away afteIl Why, sir, L had no
more shape TO me than a whip lash, and
my appetite was taken away for three
months. Run over by a saw logl Id
lay down ard let three of 'em run over
me soone than take another hug"
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09
\ y GEMS.
Worn by Grave and Reverend Seh"-
tors.

Senator EGmunds has perhaps lne
nrettiest ring in the Senate. 1t looks
like a child's Tiug, has a lovely req
cameo set and is worn on tiIe little
finger. Whenever the senator is par
ticularlv interested in following the
argument OF an opponent, his eyes are
bent entirely on his ring, and he seems
To be wholly engaged in aseertalnlng
ITS quality. This was notably the case
during the debate on the resolution
calling on the President for the papers
n the Duskln matter. When henna
was speaking in defence OF the Ffesl-
dent, Edmunds did not raise his eyes
from he pretty cameo except TO take
notes occasionally.
Senator Logan wears only one piece
of iewelry-a small gold ring. when
appears TO be sunk in the flesh of his
little finger. Hoar of Massachusetts
has a serpentine ring and scarf pin
from which sparkles what is said to Da
A blue India diamond. Senator ingalls,
wears a disleputable looking black band
0 n n of his fingers and a hair watch
chain, which Is concealed, however, by
his closely buttoned coat. All bis
vanity tends toward eye glasses. VI
these be has three pair, and they are
positively gorgeous. The Senat Is
nearly always swinging n OF them
around his fingers while listening to a
debate. Harrison of Indiana wears a
delicate little blue stone ring, which
adorned his fathers hand when the
General was in the White House..
Bowen of Colorado has the biggest dia-
mond pin the writer has ever seen in
Washington. 1t is whispered that be
won 1t, in his early Colorado days, IN a
game of draw poker with a miner who
had struck it rich, and who had, after
the manner of the first silver kings, at
once invested in diamond ornaments.
1t is noticeable that the great mil
lionalres of the Senate have very
meagre personal adornments. Stanford
of California has not one Bit of gold or
a precious stone on his person. HIS
watch chain is plain silk, and his collar
button, which can be seen beneath his
flowing tie, IS of bone, such as are sold
for ten cents a dozen. Sawyer Of Wis
consIn wears no rings, a silk chain and
a fat, gold shirt stud. Fair of Nevada,
with his S45, 900, 900, wears nothing in
the jewelry line except a small chain,
which is drawn tightly from the but
tonhole to the pocket. Jones Of Ne
vada carries a little silver watch from
which hangs a fob. 1t might be re-
marked here, that all the millionaires.
Sawyer excepted, have full growths of
hair, while the bejeweied Senators
above mentioned, are nearly all hair
less. Whether any general conclusion
be drawn from these facts IS a
question, bat surely the coincidence Is
striking.