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FINANCE And COMMERCE..
MONEY 8 PER CENT, NEW YORK
EXCHANGE PAR.
Cotton Firm - Middiing S 10 Ice
Sales Yesterday, 1900
Bales.

Money is in active demand st s
per cent. Finances are easier. Local
securities are quiet. The cotton market is
hrm; middling, s IS .l6c. Sales, 1850 bales.
At New York epOts wire steady; middlibg,
. 7-l6c. Futures quiet land / point higher;
December, 9.a699.3 Sc.
Aleadirg New York cotton circular says
Of the speculative market; "A larger
portion of the day YVES given over to holiday
jollifcati ons and the regular course OF BUSH
ness greatly interrup' ed. So far as shown
however, tbs fluctuations have been mod
crate, and the rates we're much the same as
last evening
At New Orlean' spots were quiet and
unchanged; middling, Sc. Futures quiet
and steady and 8 points higheri December,
s99. Lose.
At Liverpool spots were dull in buyers
favor: middling, sid. Futures quiet and
steady Overwhelmingly 51l-64d, sellers.
The general market presents a steady
feeling. Do,-
Two brls bears and meas, Ii pkes butter,
30 pkgs bacon, u pkgs boots and shoes, 7S41
bu corn, l55 SKIS cofe4. Is bags seed cotto ,
&pS SKIS. cotton. seed, SO pkgs dry goods, a
pkgs eggs, 1911 brls -four, 1888 bales hay, IA
pBgs hats, % head cattle, y head horses and
mules, . pigs LAID, a, 600 e Lumber, 1879
pkgs liquors, 10 brls meal, II brls molasses,
: cars pork sides, IS brls sugar, 2S2 Rkgs To-
baccJ, 2i04 bu wheat,
ELEVATOR REPORTS.
The following shows the amount Of grain
received, Withdrawn and in st1fe by regular
elevators, as reported to the Merchants Ex-
change yesterday: Wheat in store, l56l
bu. Corn received 62l ou; wlthdrawn' az
bu; Withdrawn, 20lS bu; in store, 2l4,4 9l bu.
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COTTON SEED PRODUCTS.

COTTON SEED-In car load lots: Prime
crude cotton seed oil, new, 27%d
2Sc; of crude cotton seed oil, 2S@
26r; prime summer yellow cotton SEED
oil, 33@3ic; off summer yellow cotton seed
oil, 3l9S2c; miners summer yel ow cotton
seed oil, 3'9lSc; primo summer white cotton
seed oil, 3igS6c; choice cooking yellow cot
ton seed oil, S5c; prime cotton seed meal,
SIS 80; less than car lots, SIG. Cotton
seed delivered st depot or leyee, 50 per ton
from wagon at mills, 20 per ton.
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RRnCRRIEa.

sUG AR-Pure white, &C.; of white. SIC;
yellow clarified, SIC; seconds, 5g51ac;
refined A, 6g6A; granulated. &c; planta.
iion granulated, 6Hc; powdered, 7g7AG;
cut loaf, 7d1l%c.
CANDIES-St cks, all sizes, in boxes, pals
ard barrels, 7Hg9Mc.
C0FFEE-Cjmmon. 13h8lic; ordinary,
liLc; prime Bio, B9l6%.; c hoice to fancy
l7c; old government, 24@25c.
S0AP-3g5%o per pound.
SALT-sl % per barrel; sacks, fine, 81 3,
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81 5Oa5; redistidod goods no $50 TO 81 3d.,
according to proof; rye, 81 75@6.
CHICAGO, ILL, December A.-Whisky,
81 Is.
ST, LOUIS, MO, December 2i.-Whisky
firm, 81 -.
CINCINNATI. o., December 2t.-Whisky
steady sales of $40 barrels OF finished goods
on a basis of ST Is.
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LIVE SHOCK.
CORN FED CATTLE-Choice, 4c;

CORN FED CATTLE-Choice, 4c; good,
GRASS CATTLE-Choioe, 3@SNc; good,
2L@Sc; fair TO medium, 2g2}ac; scallawags'
l@lkc.
H~OGs-choico, 40; good, &c; common.
SHBEP-Choice, 4cj medium, SIC Choice
lambs, 41ac per pound.
KANSAS CITY, MO, December A.-The
Live Stock Indicator reports: Cattle-re-
caipts, 400 head; shipments, mono; market
strong, active and 5al0c higher for shipping
steers, and l09l5c higher for choice cows;
good to choice, So 95d4 IS; common TO mo-
diu 10, s. 30d3 30; stockers, Gs5s2 49, iced
ing steers, 81 1903 40i COWS, 81 5O93. Hogs
receipts, 5000 head shipments, none;
market active a1d 5@ltc higher; good TO
chOic. 81 W@i Is common TO medium, u tO
a.. Sheep-reoeipts, 200 head shipments,
none; market quiet; good TO choice, 81 COG
3 25; common TO medium, 81 6O92 40.
CHICAGO, ILL, December "a. The
DtJuera' Journal reports: Cattle-receipts,
10000 head; shipments, 1000 head; market
strong and active; shipping steers, $50 to
1909 pounds, 50 9O9i75 tstockers and feeders,
81 1908 60; COWS, bulls and mixed, 81 %
as 30; bulk, 50 30d2 20; Texas cattle, 81 zoo
2 80. Hogs-receipts 20, 600 head shipments,
5000 headi market strong for heavy; rough,
and mixed, 81 75ai. 25i packing and
shir ping, 81 1894 so; light. So 60gl 20; skipg,
s. S093 Is. Sheep a. receipts, 1000 head
shipments, 1900 head; market unchanged
natives, 81 1894 25; Western, 81 5093 50
Texans, 81 g043 %; lambs, HG0 ..
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EnyIuE TO-NOTUERS.

Mas. WtNsLow'g SCORING SYRUP should
always be used for children teething, 1t
soothes the child, softens tho gums, allays
all pain, cures wind collie, and Is the best
remedy for dilrrh9a; $50 a bottle.
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At noon; Liverpool tpoh dull, in buy
ers' favor. Sales, 5000 bales, Of which Amer
lean 600 bales. Receipts, 1000 bales, Of
which American ZOO bales.
Closing quotations were as follows: Or
binary, 41Sd; good ordinary, 1 10 l6d; low
middling, 5 l-l6d; good middling, SID;
mlddling u%plands, SD; middlins Orleans,
THE prices are Oipen in pence aud 64tts,
thus: 4 SO means 463-6idi and 5Ol means
5 l 3D.
At noon: Liverpool futures were quiet;
December. 5 lid; December January, 5 I'D
January February, s l0i; Februt ry-March,
5 10d; March-April, 5 1895 I'D; April
May. Sad; May. June, 8 1895 II; June-July,
5 1895 19d; yuly-August, 5 20@5 Did.
AT 2 p.m: Liverpool futures were quiet
and steady; December, 8 lid, buyers; DO
cember-January, 5 l0d, buyers; January
February, s l0d, buyers; February-March,
s lid, sellers; M'rch-April, s l3i, SELLERS;
APP Inlay, 5 l5i, sellers; May-June, 5 I'D,
sellers; June-July, 5 l9d, sellers; July
August, 5 Gid, sellers.
Ats p. IN. : Liverpool futures were quiet
and steady; Deco ,nber, 5 III, sellers; De-
cember january, 5 lid, sellers; January
February, 5 Id, sellers; February-Mafch,
5 lid, sellers; Msrch-April, s 18d, value;
April May, 5l5l, buyers; May-Jdno, 3 ~,
bu efs; June-J 0ly, 3 l9d, buyers; July
August, 5 Old, buyers.
The following are the total net receipts Of
cotton at sli the ports since september /,
1855: Galveston, 552,3SS bales; Now Or
le-ns, 1,0l5,47; dObile, li6 534; Savannah,
626,9j6; Charleston, 3l2,l7l; WILMINGTON,
Ill o.; Norfolk, 8 LISA; Baltimore, 3O,4i6;
New York, $500; Bottom, Y ,s26; Newport
News, 1889; Philadelphia, 1851; West
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E,EVWOlEUM MARHET.

COAL 0IL-Primo white, wholesale lots,
0t2@l0c per gallon.
CLEVELAND, O., December 2i.-Petro-
leum-s. W. ll0o, TAc.
PITTSBURG, PA, December 2i.-Petro-
leum dull; National Transit certificates
opened ~ 66j4c; closed at 575sc; highest,
6I5kc; lowest, GjIac.
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SKINS AND FURS-Oeer skins, 1Sc;
boar, Sla7c; mink, l5@50c; coon, hunt
or handled, l5@7Oc; country handled,
li960c; otter, Sl@6 80; beaver, 50c9
loo; opOssup, 10c; wolf, 5O1@92; skunk 800
Ole punthara h0cdIg1
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nTMercbants and Planters, small
Farmers and Gardeners. should, In the In
terval between Harvest and Planting time,
look out for tho future, and
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NEW YORK DRY GOODs MARKET.

NEW YORK, December A.-Aside from
the large movement Of goods Ia the oxecu-
ton Of orders there was little inquiry and
less business, and tho dullnes3 u ual to
Christians eve in possession OF the market,
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nInnR TAnI.nM.

HIDES-Dry flint. No. l. Ice; No 2, 12hc;
dry sailed, l01S@l2Ho; green sailed, No. /,
7@SAc; M, 2, 7c; green, h@6c. Sheep skins,
l5c@sl. Beeswax, poe. Tailow, &c.
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BAGsIN9-Clrload lots: Jute, 2 lbs,
sac; "a lbs, re; Ia lbs, 10. Flax, 5 ns,
9Ac.
TIES-sl O5@1 10.
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COTTON MARK L

The local cotton mlrket opered
fra and closed firm; middlinV, s IS Ice.
Sales, 1900 bales, 1900 to exporters and SOC
to SINNERS.
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nRups. ~ AMI OIIN.

SEEDS-Clover, 81 9O15 per bushel
orchard grass, 81 50@l 80; hordsgrass, 6VG
55e timothy, s2@225.
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RIVERS Ann WEATHER.

OFFICE SiGHAL SERVICE, U. s. A., |
MEMPHIS, December "a, l pm. !
Toe following observations are taken
at all stations named at 75o meridian time,
which Is one hour lator than Memphis time
IAh'n LOW
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CHANCERY SALE
REAL ESTATE.

No, 5052, R.-Chanoery Court Of Shelby
county State Of Tennessee VS.. 8. 3.
Ware ct al.
10y virtue Of an in.erlocutory dOcroo for
ID sale entered In thu above cause on tho
Sd day OF December. 1886, nj. D.. %, page
3gi, | will Beil at publil auction, 10 tho high
eBt bidder, In front Of tho Clerk and Masters
ohlcO, courthouse OF Shelby county, Nom
saturdny, sih day Of January, 1887,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated In tho city OF Memphis,
Shelby county, Tenn, to-wit:
An undivided SIS interest IN n certain
lot, described MS follows: beginning at tho
southwest corner Of tho Read lot, on the
north side Of Union street, running thence
westward with tho north limo OF Union
street AZ foet, more or less, to n stake stand
ing 43 feet, more or less, east OF the east
abuti ont of tho bridge over the bayou;
thence northwardly 1851 feet, more or less.
TO the point whero the hypothonnse OF tho
triangle lot Of tho BrinkIey heirs, on the east
Of tho bayou, outs the south line Of old
Union street; thence eastwatdly with the
| south line Of old Union street IS feet, moro
or lees, to the west line Of tho hoad lott
thence %southwardly with said Read line to
Terms Of Saio-0n a credit Of six months,
interest bearing notes with good security re-
quirod lion retained, redemption barred.
This December 10, 1886.
g. MoO0W ELL, Clerk and Master.
BY b.. Il. Coleman, ID. O. and VI.
II. II. x o. W. Heiskell, collectors.
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UHEALTM rs wEALTH.-DR. x. G.
MN WnsT', NERvH AMI BRAIN TREATMENT,
q guaranteed specific for HytteriA, DiESi-
ness, Convulsiopsp, Fits, Nervous Neural
Ria, Headache, Nerves. PrOstration, oaused
By the use Of alcohol or tobacco; Wake
brain, rosultinE 10 insanity and leading 70
misery, decay and death Premature Old
Ago, Barronness, Loss OF Power In other
sex: Involuntary losses and bpermator-
rheR, oaus, ! by o~ver-exorlion Of tho brains
tains one monte troRtment. 81 q boz, o
six boxes for IS, ssnt by mail prepaid, on
receipt OF price, We guarantee Six Boxol
10 cure any case. With oaoh order received
by us for six boxes, accompanied with 81
guarantee TO refund tho money u thes teat-
mont dOos not otsot n euro. Guarantees
Issued only BY \. BENKEHT AGO. IDruG~
Rists. Memphis. Tom.
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UMANCERY SALE
OF
REAL ESTATE

No. 1854, II -Chancory Court. OF Shelby
county-John 4. Willins VS.. VIM. d. Ira
buA ct nj
10y virtue Of nm interlocutory decree for
ID salo entered in tho above ,Ause on the
7th day OF December, 1886, M. b So, page ilS,
will sell, Mt public auction, TO tho highest
bidder, In 'front.' of the Clerk and Masters
office, at tho Main street entrance Of the
courthouse Of Shelby county, Memphis, Ton
S~SiHTday, Sth day Of January, 1887,
within lognl hours, the following described
property, situated In the city Of Memphis,
Shelby county, Tenn, to-witI
A lot beginning on tho west side Of Walnut
street, Rt the no theast corner OF q parcel OF
land convey cd January 8, 1867. by Samuel 7.
Walker Ia trust 10 q. l., Dgnnlson and. AS.
MoNeair, for VIM. and Ed ergi thence
running northward with the west line OF
Walnut street IS feet; thenoe west 1850 ioot 70
n st IKE; then % south 76 feet 10 the line OF
said trust property aforesaid thence cast
ward 1850 feet TO tho beginning.
Terms Of Sale-One halt cash; balance in
nix months, noto bearing interest at 3 per
cent. from date, with SECURITY requiredi
lien retained. This December 10, 1886.
s. l. MCDOWELL, Clerk and Master.
BY b. y. Coleman, ID. O.. and M.
@. W. Heiskell, so icitor.
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The New Orleans future market opened
steady, and closed quiet and steady and 8
points higher. Sales, 10000 bales. Quota
lions were as follows:
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EXCHANGE.


New York sight on all points, a discount
buying, par selling; New England demand,
"a disc uut buying; New En- gland sight, "a
nor SALINE
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AuRICUAIURAL SEEDS.

POWDER-Kegs, s.; half kegs, IS Is.
quarter kegs, 81 25.
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NAILS. LEA ID. SHOT.
nNp TIES, ETj

LEAD 80.
hH0T-Drop, 81 65; buck, 81 20.
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LONDON, December 2I.-Consols, 100 l. l6
for money and 1907 for the account. At
lautic and Great Western irsts, 5l1S; At
lantic and Great Western seconds, 1874.
PARIS, December 24.-Three per cent,
rentes. S2f 271ac for the account.
BANK CLEAkINGS.
CHICAGO. ILL. December A.-Bank
elearings, SS,2l7 900.
NEW YORK, December 24.-Bank clear
ings today were SOS, t:0,5S0; balances, a.
0l0, IA.
BALTIMORE, ND, December 24.-Bank
clearings today were Sl,9ll,iSl; balances,
1886 1896.
PHILADELPHIA, PA, December "a
Bank clearings today were s., 1879 $685.; for
the week, SO, O23 ,5ii; balances today, ST.
SOL PSI; Tor the week, 81, 1889, 75S.
ST. LOUIS, MO-, December 4.-Bank
clearings today wero S3,6i3, 283; for the
week, Sli. 3iS, $50; balances today, 1928, 2Sl
for the week, 81 464 1856.
BOSTON, MASS, December 24.-Bank
clearings today were $40, 403, S21; for the
week, S7S, 1897 ,9l5 Tor the same week in 1885,
$50, 353, $780,; balances today, Sl,5s9, 200; tor
the week, sS.G50,3iI; same week in 1885,
| 1854, 1853.
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The New Orleans spot market opened
quiet, and closed quiet and unchanged mid
ding, 80. Sales, 1900 bales. Quotations
uare NJ foIlOwg.
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RIVERS and STEAMBOATS,

STEAMERS LEAVING
SATURDAY.
Friars Point. ...-,JA MEs LEE. 2p.m
Cincinnati ....".-.DEsoro, 5p.m.
White River. .......ALBKRrA No. g., SPIN.
Vioksburg ..,......CIrY OF CAIRO, 5 pm.
Conoordia. 80. .....GAysso, 5 pm.
SUNDAY.
New 0rleans~.....W WYOMING. ma.m.
MOVEMENTS AT THE LEVER.
Arrivals - Coshoma 0sceola; Ohesa-
peake,. Tiptonyille; Gayoso, Cone3rjia;
Dick Clyde, Old river.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., OSceOlR,
RECEIPTS YESTERDAY.
yoso-i bales cotton, IS bags seed cotton,
1855 ks cotton seed and IS pkgs sundries.
Dick Clyde-25 bales cltton, IS bags seed
cotton, 500 SKIS cotton seed and Is pkgs sun
dries,
Coahoma-329 bales cotton, y bags seed
cotton, l4i2 SKIS cotton seed, 5 I'D stock aud
900 pkgs sundries. .
Chcsapeako-l46 bales cotton, 10 bags seed
cotton, 1912 SKIS cotton seed, 1912 SIS corn, 10
nd stock andN lkgs sundrics.
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u s.. Be, 1907. 4s, coup, 1887.
AS, coup, ll0L,. Pacific IS Of 1895, 1855,
BONDS.
La. stamps, As, S2L. Missouri Is, 1t3.
Cent. Pao. lists, l16L. Den. a. re. lists, 1l9h
D. AR,6 CIV .lsts,7o. Erie 2ds, 9S1a.
NIX. AT. Gen .6s, 9S. North. Pac.lsts, lis.
North. Pac. DDS. 1851. n, Western con; l99;,
N. West deb .bst 108, St.L.S.F Gen M. ill2h
st. Paul con, 1872, St.P. CAP. lists, 11g.
TIP. land grants,56. T.P.R. .sx cou ,15Is.
U. P. lsts, 1l614. West Shore, lO44.
Tenn IS, set MT, l07. Tenn .5s,set mt, 100.
Tenn Ss,set' mt, 79%.
sTOcKs.
Adams Express, l26. Morris&E., oFd.19S.
Allegheny Cent'l,-. Nashville & O, 78L.
Alton 7. H., 30. N.J.Central, 50N.
A. &r. H,pfd., 81. Nora W. uid,49
American EH., 1918, Northern Pac. n.
b. @. K. * N, IS. Northern Pac ptd, 81.
Canada Pac., $50. C.&N.W .,ll3%.
Canada Sou, 625s. C.&N.W pfd, ,l40.
Central Pacific, 43. NY. Central, ll2H.
Chesapeake 70, 81. N.Y.C.& So. b.. ,12A.
@. 4 o. let pfd, l51t. N.Y.C.& 81 L.pid,26
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FINANCE.

Money in active demand at 8 per
cent. The Clearing House report is as
ioiiows' HEARINGS
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New York spO's opened quiet, and closed
steady; middling, 8 7-l6c. Sales, 673 bales.
Ountatinns Ware as fOliows.
S follows:'

New York futures opened steady, an 1
clos d quiet, aad | point higher than yes
I rday. Sales, 80, 100 bales. The closing
uoOtatiOns were as follows:
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Receipts U. States
ports, 7 days.. 230,' Si 237, 35iI POSSES
Export CT Britain rs. Sl3l t8, 955I 9l.6S4
stock .....,...... |, $50, 43ll1 ,O79, O3q' l,047, 79i
Receipts Sept. LIST. I3,5O3, S71l3, 4Ol 283l3 ,523 ,I5(
Foreign exports, 2, l0l ,t48ll ,952, l9ll2,l35 7W
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Point. lJ1.7SS- Brunswick, 2l,Tsl; Port
Royal, L. $50; Pensacola, 9OI4. Total, s.
sos, 7i3.=
Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-12
AN INJUNCTION CASE.

Trouble Among the Daughters of Lib. erty-ROth Sides Rise to Explain. On Saturday afternoon the papers in the case of Lewis H. Beardsley and others vs. William O. Staples were returned to the Court of Common Pleas. The plaintiffs, the principal ones of whom are Sylvester R.
 and Mary L. Davis, have obtained tempo
 rary injunction against the defendant. The whole difficulty concerns the Daughters of Liberty, and is the subject of much diseus- sion among the members of that order. In the writ the claim is made that Mary l.. Davis is grand secretary of the National Council of the Daughters of Liberty, and all so @ member of Olive Branch lodge this city. Mrs. Davis it is alleged, is authorized to col lect all assessment due the benevolent asso-
 citation, or life insurance department of the
 order' by reason of her 6er.,oa authority 1ty allegations set forth, has been giving
 notice and sending out circulars to the effect that he is the only one authorized to collect assessments for the life insurance department, and since November of last year he has been collecting. Staples, the paper alleges, claims that he is secretary and treas
 urer of the life insurance department and by this authority he makes his collections. The
 temporary injunction asked for to restrain Staples from making or attemptin to make
 any more collections and from acting or at-
 tempting to act as either secretary or treas
 urer has been obtained, and it is probable
 that there will be a speedy hearing of the
 matter.
 Mr. Staples friends claim that he is all
 right in what he has done since November,
 1885, and that Mrs. Davis is not authorized
 to collect the insurance assessments but only
 the per capita tax on all the members of the
 order in the State. This matter has been the occasion of some little litigation in other places and the result in this city will be awaited with interest. The plaintiff claims $1 500 damages and the drfendant is tempo rarily enjoined under penalty of $1 ,000. On the other hand the friends of Mrs. Davis claim that the only proper persons au- thorized to act as officers are the ones elected at the regular annual session of the order in Williamsport, Pa., in October, 1885, when Mrs. Mary L. Davis was elected secretary of the national grand council. The consti- tuition provides that when the national grand councillor disqualifes, refuses, or neglects to perform her duties the national grand vice-councillor shall assume the chair, which has already been done; therefore, that w. O. Staples has no authority whatever to assume the control of the insurance depart ment, as the business was all taken out of
 his hands at the regular annual session and all papers in his possession ordered turned over to the national grand secretary, Mrs. Mary L. Davis, which he has refused to do, and they, therefore, make this explanation to set the matter right.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-12
THE CONSPIRACY CASE.

An Amendment Proposed By The
 Attorneys For The State-The De-
 cIsion To Re Given TO-MorroyV
 Morning.
 The attorneys for the State and those for the accused in the conspiracy case against Glidden, Mulcahy, McNamara and Busche met Judge Stoddard in his office Saturday morning, according to previous agreement. for the purpose on the part of the State to offer an amendment to the first count in the complaint. The amendment would set forth with more defniteness the allegations therein contained. John w. filling for the State offered to amend by inserting an allegation that the accused wanted to extort $500 from the COURIER as portion of the expenses of the boycott.
 Johnson T. Platt objected and desired to go into a history of the controversy between the COURIER and the accused, which Judge Stoddard declined to hear. MT. Platt then urged that the amendment be excluded.
 MT. filling stated that he had not time to see the State attorney in refer ence to the amendment, as he had spent the night in Woodbridge. Then he asked permission to consult privately with the State attorney to prove to him that he had good grounds for inserting the amendment even without the knowledge of that official. They retired and NIT. Doolttle upon Cuelr returu sIateo Io HIS honor that the amendment ought to remain. He added that since Friday MT. filling had obtained the evidence upon which the amendment is based and he did not have time to communicate with him (the State at torney) in the meantime.
 Judge Stoddard said he was inclined to think the entire complexion of the case had been changed by the amendment. It ap- peared to him as an introduction of ele- ment of absolute criminality in the case
 Judge Stoddard will give his decision on the adnissibility of the amendment and dis pose of the demurrer tomorrow morning at the opening of the court.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-12
EXCURSIONS.

The Moonlight TO.MOrrow Night by
 the Elm City-Friday's Excursion to
 Mystic IsIand-Glen Island TO.Mor-
 rOw-A Fine Chance For Families
 to Visit the Island.
 Tomorrow evening the steamer Elm City of the New Haven Steamboat line will sail for a moonlight excursion on the Sound. She will leave Belle dock at 8 D. m., returning about midnight. Thomas will furnish music for the dancing and good time is sure to be had by those who go.
 On Friday the Elm City will carry the members of Charles l.. Upham camp No. 7 of Meriden aud F. s. Seymour camp of New Britain, Sons of Veterans, to Mystic Island. The two camps will arrive in this city shortly before o'clock in the morning and the steamer will leave as soon as they are on board. The picnic will be made a State affair and all the Sons of Veterans and their friends are invited to go The sail is a beautiful one of about three miles along the east shore.
 The steamer John H. Starin, Captain Mo Alister, will make one of her regular semi weekly trips to Glen Island tomorrow. She will carry the City Guard, and as this is the only party there will be plenty of room for small family parties to enjoy this excursion, an opportunity which many will not forget to improve. The John H. Starin will leave her dock at S:30 a. m. and returning leave Glen Island at 3:20 p. .m., reaching this city at 7:45 pm. Thomas will furnish music and no in toxicating drinks are sold on the boat. At the island Arbuckle's military band gives two concerts daily and the island is so officer ed by efficient uniformed police that ladies and children unattended will find nothing to mar their pleasure. The fare for the round trip is only seventy-fve cents.
 The annual picnic of the Howard avenue Congregational church and Sunday school will take place at Pawson Park on Wednes- day.and the barge 'fJuno" will transport those attending to the park. The barge will Park at 4:3O D. m