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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-28
An Insane Imagination.

NEW YORK, Dec. &C.. T. Reynolds
of tie firm of c. T. Reynolds s. Co.,
large dealers in paint, was declared in
sane to-day. He imagiueS that parts of
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Add on most lines of goods there Is a strong
one TO prices; especially will this remark apply
o dry goods. Tho wholesale men say that they
would not ask for a better trade. and the stead
ness of prices tends TO create . confidence
shich is shown In the liberal purchases. Com
ng to the grocery markets, there is an activity
which 10 seldom excelled. The firm tone to
.offees aud al other groceries, unless it be the
weakness 10 sugars, is favorable to increasing
.ales. There is less Of the hand-to-mouth policy
N retail merchants purchases Wholesale gro
ers are of the opinion that the weakness in
sugars will be of short duration. 90 light is the
.upply. 10 the produce markets the volume Of
business is unpreccdentedlv large. and has
been for some weeks. Receipts of apples
md potatoes are large. and prices rule low "a
compared with last year. A very fair apple can
90 bought for sl.75 per barrel and choice fruit
at SO % per barrel. Peaches and pears are
coming in slow, and prices rule higher. Re-
reipts Of poultry ara liberal and prices are weak.
The same is true OF butter, while eggs are in
light supply with an upward tendency in prices.
The provision market Is In strong position.
Prices are steadily advancing.
GRAIN.
The local wheat market was in Q wild and un-
settled condition. Sellers were not anxious to
unload even at the highest bids. Offerings are
light. Millers took hold cautiously. In SYM
pathy with the wheat market the corn market
TOOK on a stronger tone. Offerings were ample
to meet the demand. Oats are advancing 10
tendency, with fair arrivals. Track bids to-day
ruled as follows:
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choice No. 2 white, in grain depot, 36136i4cs regu-
lar No. 2 white. in elevator. Soc; futures iac higher;
n347sc; December, S5ls 935lac. January, 35ia8
36c. Eggs firm and active; Pennsylvania hrsts, 2sc.
Recsipts-Flou, 4 zoo brls; wheat, 8 500 bn; . cS oco
bu: corn. 1900 b; oats, 14,4O0 bu.
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 3.-wheat-Local receipts
were $50 cars and shipments 90. Duluth reported
81 on track. 1t was the most exciting day from be-
ginning to end in the memory OF the Oldest Members
of the board. Sellers were asking loo more for
wh,e. than yesterday; No. Ii ] hard being held .s Sls4;
ranged be ow those figures. though covering a wide
range. Following are closing quotations: No. l hard
No. / Northern. cash. Sl.l9io; on track. 81 20.
No. 2 northern, cash. $l.14; December, $1-14is; on
track. $I.f5.
BALTIMORE. Oct s.-wheas-western irregular
Der. S1.{00i.1O4; December $l.13b0l.l4. Corn
-westera mixed, spot and October. 52c; year.
asa i7c; january. 464D46ac- Oats firm; West
ern white, 81 o34c: do mixed. 2s03Oc: Rye frmer.
6dS65e. Hay stiff; prime No. to sh n"ss w sss Rn PIC
Eggs firm. 2Oa2lc. Receipts-Flour. 1000 brls:
wheat, 1880 bu; corn, 4l.oO0 bu; oats, 5000
bu; rye, $50 bu. Saiss-wheat, $4,000 bu; corn,
TOLEDO. Oct. 3.-wheas active; weak; cash.
Sl.1l01.14; october. 81. -; December, SLIP;
May. Sill. Corn neglected; cash. 45lsc. Oats
sssi' sr o easa $3.50. November. s5.s7ia. Deem
Der, 1915. R~eceipss-whest. $1,000 bu; corn.
S.OOO o: oats, Zo.OOO on; ciover-seeu. ooS bags.
| Shipments-wheat, 5000 bu: corn. 5000 blu; oats,
"a, 900 bu; clover seed. 5000 bags.
LOUISVILLE. Oct. 3.-Grain strong. and demand
for wheat especially active. wheat-No. 2 red, &c;
No. 2 long,berry. 9sc. Corn-No. 2 mixed, Acc;
white. 47c. Osts-No. g. mixed, 26e. Provisions
strong and advancing. ~Bacon-Clear.rib sides,
10. 25c; clear sidee. lie: shoulders, Use. Bulk
~meats-Clesrrib sides, 9.62Asc; clear sides. 9.s7asc;
shoulders, 20. Lsrd-Choice leaf, 1880 Sugar
cured hams, 12.75013.50c.
DETROIT, Oct 4.-Wheat-No. 1 white, cash,
81. Is: No. red. cash and October. 81 IA: ovember.
Sl.l51: december. 81. 16ia May. $1.l9ls. Corn
No. 2, 45ac. Oats-No. 2, 26c; No. 2 white, 30loe.
Receipts-Wheat II. 800 bu; corn. $500 bu; oats,
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NEW YORK AND CHICAGO.

Yesterdays Quotations on Produce as the
Two Great Commercia Ceuters.
NEW YORK, Oct 3-Flour-Rsceipts, a.
Goo pkes: exports, l0,4l5 brls, l0,095 sacks;
5925c higher: active demand, chiefly home
trading; sales, 3s, 100 brls; low extras, So.
40; winter wheat, low grades. Ga. go 10; fair
70 fancy. s4l5o6; patents. s. 35 0$6. IS; Mime
sofa clear, "a. 40 05. IS; Minnesota straiehts,
s5.1596.o5; Minn-ss-a patents, $500 7.25;
Minnesota rye mixe5. A. 40 80.
Wheat-Recsipts. IL. 400 bu; exports, 7.76l
bu; sales, 39985. 00C on futures, $1,000 bu
spot. Spot market Basic higher and quiet;
No 2 red, 81 III elevator. 81 IL afoat, 81. IL! a
/ l2t Z. Q. b.; No. 3 red. 81 04; No. 4 red. 96c;
ungraded rod. 81. OH 81. 134; No. 9 Chicago,
e. IL store; No. l hard, neminal; No. 2 Milwau-
kse, 81. 6L1li Options remarkably active;
the busioess was the largest ever known here.
There was much excitement on free buying Of
outsiders and eoveriog contracts; prices stood
&c higher, closing 81 a44c over last hight; No.
2 red. October. l.IJf a IL 49,, closing at 81. liz;
November, 81 122 % I6, closing st l.l32; De-
cemher. sLl41l.l& closing at 81. 15k; January,
81. ID al. Isl, closing at 81. l62; March, 81. l6A a
LOOT. closing nominal; May, 81 IL q !. 201, Clos
ing 1T sl.ls4.
Corn-Reeeipts, 142. $50 bu; exports. 81. l91 bu;
sales, 1928 900 bu futures. 1874. 900 bu spot
Spot market 3to3sc higher; moderate bust.
ness; No 2, 523 952se elevator, 53054c afoat;
ungrades mixed. 52aa5f4c; No. 2 white, $50
asked: opi.Sus were 2}c higher, closed easy, Ito
over Lass Eight; October, 52o53ic. closing at
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washed. medium and common grades. if in good order,
2oc; unwashed fine, l702sc: fleece washed, if light.
we'll washed and in good order, 2S030c; bury and
understandable. according 70 their value.
LEATHER. HIDES n TALLOw.
LEArHER-Oak sole, 35037c; hemlock sole. AGA
&c; harness. 3O835c; skirtine. 3703Sc: black bril-
die, " doz. $60o65; fair birdie, $50 PTS 2 doz;
city kip. 5000 80; French kip, $S5 l2O; city calf
skins. S50$l.lO: French calf-skins. $l.l501.S0.-
HIDEs-No. l, cured, 7G7asc; No., 5039c; No.
l green. Sc; No. ! calf. green. &c; No; 1 calf. cured,
Observation-Disclosures. 2506Oc; lambs. 400.
TALLow-Prime. 4is05c.
GREAsE--Brown. 2i9c; yellow, Z'lc; white, 3i2c.
OIL CA6E.
OH Cake-S23 p ton; oil meal $2S.
PROVISIONS.
JoBBrSa PRrCEs--Smoked meats-Sugarcured
hams, 10 to IL 10 average. 13%c; 10 lbs AVERAGE,
l3lec; l7la ID $ average. l34c: 20 ns average. be;
light or medium. lac; sugar-cured shoulders. 10 10
IL fBs average. 10c; Calfornis hams. light or med
iun, 104c; dried beef hams. lie dried beef hams,
knucklc pieces. l2c; dried beef hams. thin pieces. loc;
Bacon-Clear sides, medium average, II l9c; 80 los and
over. average. IL sc; clear backs. medium average.
1l4c; clear bellies, medium weight ilAc- Dry salt
and Picked Meats-Ciear sides unsmoked). lie: clear
lie; clear pork y bril- 200 ms, Gle; family mess
eco Zoo rs Y 81 s, SGS i5 sols sns; nsR u large ss% or s p0sai Z 7l sc:
cloth. large or small. &c. Lard-Pure winter leaf.
kettle rendered.. in tierces. Has; in ons-hslf brls
12c. Refined Lard-In tierces, Zoe; IN oO-D cans IN
10O-fb cases. 104c.
SEEDS.
Cloyer-Red. choice, 6 20 ID bu. $4.5004.75; En-
glish, choice, 81. 3O04.60. White, choice. $3.50
$50; Alsike, Sc. 7507.5O; Alfalfa choice. SO
$50. imothy-Choice IS ID bu, $l.S502.2o:
grass--Extra clean. Ia ID bu. Sl.250l.5o. Red top
choice. IA ID bu. sOc0$l 90. English blue grass.
"a ID bu, Sl.2501.50. Acme lawn grass, IA ID bu,
$~l.7502.25. Seed rye. Csc p bu. FiaIseed, select
ed. 81 30 l.50 per bu. Hemp. 3Asc. Canary. Atsc:
Rape, 70 per f. Spinach-Bloomsdale ~savoy-leaf
(sealed bass). BOO per ID. Turnip seed, 3Oo4Oc
per ID.
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Farm Notes,


Corn cut for fodder while in bloom. either to
be dried or sliced, contains but 13 per cent Of
solids. IL left until ears are formed snd the
kernels begin TO glaze it will have % per cent
of solids.
Foundation wallis for barns aud stables should
20 down deep on low soils that are not well.
drained. Many walls go to ruin 10y failure to
GO q little deeper for the foundation. An ex-
ceptionally cold winter NAV cause damage from
frost, and it is always well to bank No as much
as possible.
The heavy breeds OF ducks can be kept within
an inclosure. with a very low fence, and, II given
a trough tor bathing purposes, they will thrive
and do we'll if fed on erass or bulky food. Too
much grain is detrimental. The Pekin breed
seems best adapted on farms that have no ponds
or streams of water.
The old agricultural theory sustained by Bible
authority, of sumner following (etting the soil
rest one year, is a fallacy long since exploded.
The soil IL seriously injured by letting it lay
bare and exposed TO the sun. Better raise .
crop of cookie hurs than nothing. II they are
plowed under while green, before the seed
ripeus.
The color of the hog seems TO be a matter OF
Importance. Experiments show that. contrary
TO expectation, q black hog. such As the Essex aud
Berkshire, thrives best in the South, while white
breeds, SUCH as the Chester White, Yorkshire
and Chrshire, thrive best in the North. The
Poland China, a spotted hog, and the Jersey
Red. are preferred 10 the Western States.
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TRADE In GENERAL.
Quotations at st. Lcuis, PhiIsdeiphfs, Balti-
moe . Cincinnati and Other Points.

moe +. Cincinnati and Other Points.
ST. LOUIS. Oct. 3.-Flour firm and higher, but
trading light. Wheat-Casb largely higher aud very
excited. Options higher. with the widest and most
nervous and unsettled all day. a local failure adding
TO the feeling of distrust that prevailed. Most Of the
trading was in settlement. The market fuctuat d
with great violence. closing nervous and unsettled;
No. cred, cash. $1.ll& bid; October, $l.l00l.l2,
closing at Sl.lO nominal; december, $l.1laao
1.15h, closing at SLIP; May. S~l.l301.171a. clos
ing at Sll34. Corn higher; No. 2, cash. 40; o.
tober, 40c, closing at 1890 asked; November, &c i9c:
year, 34ls0 35c. closing at 34iac; January. 33bsc:
May, 36Go6i4c, closing at 364c. Oats strong and
higher No. 2, cash, 22Ssc bid: May, 2ShG29c,
closing at 2S7sc bid; October and year. 23c BID; No.
vember. 234c bid; December, 24l9c hi. Rye
steady ut 52i2c.. Hay unchanged; prairie. 81 $50;
timothy, $9d13.5O. Bran. Zoe. Flaxseed higher
dairy, l50l7c. Corn-meal firm at $2.15. Whisky
steady at Sl.14. Provisions higher. Pork, Sl6.256
1850. Lard-Prime steam. nominal. Dry-salted
meats-shoulders. s,75c; longs and ribs, 9 $50;
and ribs, lO.62iac; short clear, 10. S7iao. Receipts
Flour. 5000 brls: wheat, 20, 0O0 bu; corn, o.
900 bu; oats, 80, 900 bu; rye. 5000 bu; barley,
1900 bu. Shipments-Fiour. 1000 brls; wheat,
$4,000 bn; corn, 5000 bu; oats. $4,000 bu; rye,
1000 6u; barley, 900 bu.
PHILADELPHIA. Oc.. 3.-Flour I5025c higher.
Good demand for desirable trade brands. Wheat
steady and excited. Prices irregular and closed &c
above yesterdays closing; ungraded. in elevator,
Sis; No. 2 red, in eles ator, $l.121l.12ls; No. 2
I.13; December. $1.130l.l3ls; January. $l.150
1.16. Corn advanced 3 04c in sympathy with wheat,
but business was restricted by small supplies
and high views of holders. Futures neglected and
nominal at the advance. No. 2 mixed, 50 a55c;
November. ~482051c; January. 4ea051c. Oats
Steady on spot, but demand light; No. 3 white, in
grain depot, S3c; No. 3 white, in elevator, S2i9c;
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Elsewhere.

ST. LOUIS. Oct. 3.-Cattls-Receipts. 2975;
shipments. 3.025. Market strong; choice heavy,
$40: butchers steers, medium TO choice $500
4.5O. stockers' and feeders, fair to good, 81 3. 30:
SIS. ~
~Hogs-Receipts, 1880: Shipments, 4s5. Marke.
higher. Choice heavy and butchers selections. S6.45
at. %; packing. medium to prime ~$6.2o06.5o; light
grades. ordinary to best. SO 06.2
Sheep Receipts, 1855; shipments, 765. Marke.
firm. Fair to choice. S3. lO0435.
Horses-Receipts. 235; shipments, 195. Texans
and Indians, in car loads. S2oO3S.
KANSAS CITY. Oct. 4.-The Live Stock Indicator
reports: C~attle-Receipts. $685.; shipments. 1913.
Slow and weak. closing Zoe lower. Good to choice
corn fed, $5G5.60, common to medium, $3.50
4.s0: stockers and feeding steers. 81. 40:
s s!sss range Steers % common i'A'0
Hors-Rsceip,s, 1908; shipments. lib. Mar.
choice, $6.2506.35; common to medium, So ESQ
els; skips and pigs, 1906.
Sheep-Receipts. 1919: shipments. none. Market
strong and active. Good to choice muttons, SO. 25 a
4.4O; common tomediun. 81. 5O03.5O.
EAST LIBERTY Pa, Oct. 3.-Cattle-Receipts
22S: SHIPMENTS. 266. Market stror g on good; slow
on common Prime, $5.7506; fair To good. $500
AIS; common. $364. Eight cars of cattle shipped
to New York to-day.
H~ogs-Reeeipts. 200; 81 pmsnt., 800. Mar,
1855; Workers.. SO. 20 n 80; grassers and stuboler..
S6a6.l5: pigs, $5.7506. Ten cars of hogs shipped
sheep-Receipts, 500: shipments, 1000. Prime.
s4.250i.5O; fair to good, $3.5O04: lambs. $500
$50.
CHICAGO. Oct. 3.-Cattie-Receipts, II. 900; ship.
msnts. none. Market lower; natives. 81. 1O66.4O;
stockars. 81. 2.65; cows, bulls and mixed, ST. .25
as; Texans, 81 .6002 95; Western rangers, Sl.5c
03.40.
Hogs-Receipts. $4,000; shipments. none. Market
frmer; packers and shippers. Sc l506.90; mixed.
81 .2006.75; heavy. ~S6.S006.S5; light, S5. 900
6.25; skips. $5.9006.25.
S~heep-Receipts. 5000. Market easier: natives.
S30i.3fi2; Texans. $393.25; Western, $500
$40; lambs. $4.5505.30.
NEW YORK, Oct. 3.-C~att,e-Receipts. 90 car
loads for the market, 2 arloads for slaughterers
direct and AZ carloads of sale cattle were in the pens
from previous arrivals. Common to best Texas steers
sold at $3o3.30 per 100 pounds; Colorado steers
Sd 1OG3.60: native steers, $3.50. with one carload
ut So.
S~heep-Receipts, ii 500. Firmer, with an active
trade. Sheep sold at $3.5005 per 100 pounds:
lambs. at 50. 20 16.6 With selections up to 81.
Hogs-Receipts, 10000. Quiet and steady for
live hogs at Sc. a6.6 IS.
BUFFALO, Oct. 3.-Cattle-Receipts J, l35 head
through; 40 head for sale; good. 1000 to 1 200
pounds, 1925 %.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts. 600 head through,
8, 200 head for sale; sheep steady; moders, $40a.l5:
Canada lambs. S~5.7506.O5.
Hogs-Receipts, 2S.400 head through, 2,4OO head
for sale; irregular al 10D25c higher; medium.
$6.6006.65; Workers.. ga. % .65.
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"All the Year Round in the
Home" is a series of papers
by Christine Terhune Herrick
in the Ladies' Home Journal
and Practical Housekeeper.
The one for October is on
Getting Ready. for Winter"
Just that one paper will pay
for the year; but you shall get
what remains of the year (Sep-
tember besides) by sending ten
cents.
Hundreds of thousands of
families are wondering how it
is that we can make a good
magazine for almost nothing.
Why, bless you, the nearer
you get to a million the easier
it is to do it.
Send it in silver or stamps.
The October number is on
the news-stands-six cents.
LADIES HOME JOURNAL,
Philadelphia
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Cash quotations were as follows: Flour IN
good local demand. much frmsr; patents, 500
06. IS; bakers. s. Is 4 so; No. 2sprine wheat,
2 red. 8. O9i a l. 10; No. 2 corn. 44ic; No. Goats.
24i S25c No. 2 rye, SIC; No. 2 barley. nom
inal; No. l faxssed, $l.4l; prime timothy seed.
81. SO; mess pork. per Dbl. els. IS: lard,
per pound, 1l2oc; short ribs tlooseb 9.523 %
8. 75c: ehort-clear sides (boxedL. 925 90 soc;
wbiskey, distillers' finished goods, per ga;.,
81. 20; sugars. cut loaf, S!0Ssc; GRADUATED. 7sc;
standard a, Tie.
On tho Produce Exchange, to-day, the butter
market was active for good; Elgin creamery. %
124c; choice Western. 81 a 22c; choice dairy, I6
else. Eggs steady; recandled, lSi q l9c.
Receipts-Flour, 81, 600 brls: wheat, 163, 900
bu; corn. 546, 600 bu; oats. zl3, 900 bu; rye, a.
600 bu; barley. 10000 bu. Shlpments-Flour.
oats, .i47, 600 bu; rye. 5000 bu; barley. 40. 600
bu.
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on.

NEW YORK. Oct. 3.-Petroleum market opened
steady a. 94$c. and after q slight advance in the ear.
" trading became weak and declined to 81 iec. West
ern buying checked the decline and caused an advance
to 96c. but a reaction followed and the market closed
steady at 81 iac. Consolidated Exchange-opening.
34ac; highest, eco; lowest 944c. closing. 95A9c.
Stock Exchanse-Opening. 94osc; highest. 957sc; low.
est, 94isc. closing. 95ssc. Total sales. 100000
brls.
OIL CITY, Pa, Oct. 3.-National Transit certif.
Gates opened at 81 sac; highest, 95%c; lowest. 81 &c;
closed, 95lsc; sales. I. log. 600 brls; cearances, l..
S26. 600 brls; charters. 1881 rls; shipments. ST.
Ol5 brls: runs, AZ. $50 orls.
~PTTTSBURG, Pa. Oct. 3.-Petroleum fairly act
i've and firm. National Transit certificates opened at
94ssc: closed at 954c highest, 9o+c; lowest, e44c-
CLEVELAND. Oct. 3.-Pe.roleum steady; stand
ard white l10o. 73sc.
WILMINGTON, Oct. 3.-Turpentins firm at 800.
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MARKETS.

An Active Trade, an Easy Money Market and
Firm Prices Cover the Local Situation.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 3.
In nearly all departments q good trade 10 in
progress, aud with an easy money market bills
are being met with q good deal of promptnsss.
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FIELD SEEDS

Wholesale and retail ate. r. HUNTINGTON &CO.'S
successors to Huntington d Hoss, 20 and oU T.. Mar
kst ST.. Indianapolis Samples and prices on application
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LIVE STOCK.

Cattle Barely Stssdy-H"gs Active and High
er-sheep Slow and Unchanged.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 3.
CArrLE-Recsipts. 325; shipments. zoo. Supply
twas light for Wednesday; but few good grades here,
be offerings being mostly Of butchers and common
and medium class. Market barely steady; about al
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Cotton.

COTTON.
NEW YORK, Oct. 3.-Cotton steady. Middling
uplands, l03sc; middling Orleans, l0i9c; sales to-day.
10l bales. Futures closed steady. October. 9.54c:
November, 9.6lc; December. 9.66c; January, 9.74e;
February. $3.50; March. 9.9lc; April, 1890; May.
1O.Osc; June. 10. 17c; July. TO- 3c August, 10.27c.
LIVERPOOL, Oct. Northumberland fair; all
quotations of American cotton have declined i lied.
Kidding uplands. 5 sled middling Orleans,
5 l5-l6d. Sales, 10000 bales. os which ! 900 bales
were for speculation and export. and included 7,400
bales American.
NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 3.-Cotton easy. Middling.
95sc; low middling. 3 l1.l6c; good ordinary. S5sc;
net receipts. 6.455 bales: gross receipts. 6,93S
bales; exports coastwise, 632 bales; sales, 5000
bales; stock, So ,053 baies-
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ST. LOUIS. Oct. 3.-Lead steady; corroding, Sc;
dssilverized. refined. Bose bid.
NEW YORK, Oct. 8. -Pigiron moderate demand.
Copper dull; lake, 1880. Lead weaker; more active;
domestic, 5.05c. Tin, easier; straits. 22.95c.
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Dry Goods.

NEW YORK. Oct. 4.-There was more doing Ia
an irregular way with agents. With iobbers business
was of seasonable proportions
-- g
Wool
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 3.-Wooi steady and healthy
movement, with no quotsble change in prices.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-09-05
Railroad Accident.
broken.

HELENA, September 4. The Helena
bound express on the Montana Central
yesterday encountered a log chain across
the track near the switch for the Amazon
smelter. The drivers on the engine, trucks
Of the tender and the forward coach rolled
over it without detriment. The train was
running slowly and no damage was done.
It was a gross piece of carelessness in the
person who left it there, If accidental, and
criminal if purposely done The passen-
gers did not notice the jar ocoasioned by
the contact.
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Wretched Mail Service.

Helena subscribers to the DAILY RIVER
Press say they get the paper in punches
Of three and four. We know this to be
true. Now no reason exists for such
wretched mail service as we have between
this city and Helena. With the exeep-
ton Of Tuesday, when no mail is taken
from this city westward, there is daily
mail between the two places. POSTMASTER
Curtis, of Helena, locates the trouble at
Great Falls. There should be no delay OF
mail matter at that point. There is plenty
OF time for it's transfer from the Manitoba
to the Montana Central. A RIVER PRESS
leaving Benton in the morning should
reach Helena at 4:30 p. m. the same day.
Occasionally it does, but generally 1t
gets there in punches of from three to
five.
Now what is the matter? Why should
the paper be delayed. Tt cannot be posi-
BILE that those having charge OF and
handling the mail between here and the
cap al purposely hold back the paper.
Tha5 would be the very essence OF mean
ness and spite A man that Wonld do 1t
has u soul that can find as much room IN
mustard seed to move IN as tadpole
can ind in the Pacific ocean. He IS as
low down as he can get by land. We are
10th to believe there is imam on the whole
line Of the Manitoba SO lost to shame and
SO stepped in vice as to commit such a
despicabIe act. And yet some one does it.
The PRESS is a pretty lively paper, but 1t
cant jump out of mail bag and hide
itself. Some one does the hiding act for
it. If he is ever caught at it may God
forgive him, though it would exhaust the
whole plan of salvation to save him from
tha.punishment he deserves. We dislike
very much to refer to this matter IN this
language, but our contempt for man OF
set of men who would deliberately hold
back legitimate mail matte for selfish pur-
poses. or who would connive at it in 9th
ers, cannot find proper expression in less
| forcible words.
| Occasional delays in the transmission oil
mail matter is unavoidable. Trains carry
ing the mails are sometimes delayed, ano
once in q while mistakes in postoffices viii
occur by which package is either mis-
sent or laid over. But in the transmits
sion of this paper mistakes occur with
such astonishing regularity that we are
perforce led to the conclusion there is
method in them. We hope the Press viii
not be compelled to refer to them again
The cause can readily be removed, and
with it's removal all complaints will cease
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-09-05
A Desperate Fight.

HELENA, Ark, September 3.-The Mum
roe county campaign eliminated IN a
bloody tragedy at Aloendon Saturday
afternoon. The peoples candidate was to
speak, and great crowd had gathered
Wm. Walls (white) attempted to strike
one ZilIard, when the latter pulled gun
and shot Walls, who, falling to his knees,
pulled a revolver and shot zillard twice,
after which he fell back dead. The mob
rushed in on Zillard, but his friends sur
rounded him, and with pistols and knives
drawn. declared their intention to de-
fend him. Sheriff Robinson attempted
to arrest Zillard and was beaten terribly.
One stray shot fred killed negro specta-
tor. Zillard was finally spirited away
with the mob after him.