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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-07-14
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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-07-14

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Hotel ile same liberal provision inr their
comfort. u Is located in the immediate
mcni AMI the different railway d.pnis. as
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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-13
BY TELEGRAPH.


NV YonK, May i2.-Money on call easy al
pcr cent Primo mercantile paper, $40
az. Sterling exchange fair 60 active and
firm at is5k for sixty day bills and 4Ssh
for demand.
Government bonds were quiet and steady.
State bonds were dull and steady.
The stock market today was very dull,
aud, while there was no movement In the
list, except ina few stocks, which was OF
any importance, prices saggcd slightly. The
opening still showed the influence OF the
upward squirt OF yesterday and under n
general bullish feeling was firm at advances
over last evenings figures Of from x 10 y
por cent. London had purchasing orders In
the trunk lines, grangcrs and coa.ers, but
the bears were inclined 10 resist the ad.
yanccs, aud the demand soon Stacked
10 the lat after the first half
hour. Richmond & West Point, however,
with East Tennessee second preferred
were strong, the latter decidedly 80 and II
moved up ia per cent. Cotton oil certiIi'
| Gates also became feature, and after frac-
| tonal loss moved up per cent, but finally
ended where Il began. Manhattan advanced
| 2 per cent on the story In morning paper
Of an advance In fares In short time, but
reacted toward the close. The bank state
mcnt proved more favorable than had been
anticipated. and some covering Of shorts fol-
lowed toward the end Of the session, and the
market closed about steady at irregular
changes OF small fractions for tho day. The
final changes are. insignificant, except In
Manhattan, which Il up per cent The
railroad bond market was moderately active,
the only marked movements being IN Kan
sas and Texas BE- aud q. and the Wheeling
and Lake Erie Il, which were strong and
active. The total sales reached $G1l 900. Tho
total sales Of stocks today werc O1,5io shares
| closing quotations .
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lions were as follows: Ordinary, nc;
good ordinary, s l1-i0c; low middling.
o o-l6c; middling, Toe; good middling, lo14c;
4niddling fair, 10 i5-l6c; fair II o-i6c.
Futures opened quiet and easy and closed
steady as follows; May, 9.sG@0.s7; June,
o9i@o,o2; July, lo.ol@lo.o2; August, 10000
1910; September, e.7O@o.7I; October, 0.4i@
o.45; November o.3o@937; December,
o.37@0.3s; January 9.A@0.40; February,
o.59@o.5S; March, 100000. Sales, 1920
bales.
NEW ORLEANS.
The spot market opened quiet and closed
dull; middling 0Jxc Sales, 100 bales.
Quotations were as follows; Ordinary,
l3-lGc; good ordinary, 9i0c low mid
ding, lice; middling, 9JEc; good mid
ding, o l5-l6c.
Futures opened steady and closed dull,
rs follows; May, 0.30@03s; June, 0.40@
Gal; July, 04i@0.i5; August 04IG0.i5i
September, 9.ii@9.i2; October, s.9l@s02;
November, s.s0@s.s7; December, sss@ss so;
January, s.o0@o.9s; February, 005@907i
March, o.li@0l0. Sales, 1900 bales.
DAILY PORT AND INTERIOR MOVEMENT.
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Remedies.

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General News.


THE Tennessee river Is rising slowly.
TnERE was nothing doing on the levee
yesterday.
THE Ohio river Is still rising at all points
except Louisville, where IL Is on stand.
TnE Rosa Lee leaves tomorrow evening at
s o'clock for 0sceola and the upper bends.
TuE Coahoma Is the Lee line packet leay-
ing tomorrow evening at 0 o'clock for
Helena ana Friars Point.
THE gauge at this point at 2o'clock yester-
day afternoon registered 20 feet decline OF
onctenth since last report.
The Kate Adams goes out tomorrow at
o'clock p. m, Cor Helena, Friars Point Con-
cordia, Terrene and Arkansas City.
TIE Gayoso will arrive today and leave
tomorrow at o'clock p. m, for Tiptonville
and way points on the upper coast.
TnE little towboat Fred Ncllis came down
from Cairo yesterday with n raft Of logs, and
will leave with II this morning for New Or
leans.
TnK City Of Baton Rouge, from 81. Louis,
loaded 30 her guards, passed here yesterday
afternoon bound for New Orleans. She re-
fused freight at thisport.
TIE Anchor line steamers announced 10
leave here today are the City OF Providence
for Natchcz az i0a.m., and the Belle Mem.
phis for st. Louis at 4 pm.
The Madison Marine Railway company
has contracted with Capt. Leyhe, OF st
Louis, 90 build n monster new towboaf. She
Is 10 be 30 feet long thirty-seyon feet beam
six feet hold. The machinery OF the ole
VIII s. Hays Is to be placed upon the new
boat She Is intended for the Mississippi
and Missouri river trade. Work will begin
at Pittsburg Pot, hoy IL.
TnE Mississippi river at 81. Louis Is In az
ugly mood aud rising rapidly. Telegram
| from Canton and Alexandria, No., state tina
the river has almost reached the flood stag
/ Of 1882, and that the railroad tracks ar
under water and the inhabitants panic
stricken at the outlook. The farmers on tn
American bottom, between Alton and Cairo
are greatly agitated, and fear repetition o
the great lnundation OF 1882.
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co.h onoiatIons were as followG

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour-Quict but firm, and ga Zoe advance
over market quotations generally asked;
winter wheat, s2.50@3.0Oi spring, N.10e5f05;
no ? spTine wheat, ssIf@sGS.c; No. 2corn,
6gJ.c; No. oats, 35c No. rye, &c; No 2
barley, 77d7sc; No. ilax seed, si.i5; prime
timothy seed, 500.
Mes pork per brl, tiAS591I37Ii: lard,
per 100 lbs, $3.50, fCss35; short ribs sides,
loose, s762kM7.65; dry saltcd shoulders,
boxed, Se,0O@3 2o; short olear sides, boxed,
Reccipts-Flour, 1900 brlg wheat 5000
bu; corn, iil,OOO bu; oats, $4,000 bui rye,
1900 bu; barley, 1900 bu.
Shipmcnts-flour, 5000 brls; wheat, 81
600 bn; corn, PSI, 900 bu; oats, 10000 bu;
rye, 1900. barley, 1900 Blu.
ST. LouIs. Mo-, May i2-Flour-Firm
and unchanged. Wheat-0poncd strong and
higher. IL advanced &c on reports OF cold
weather In the northwest AM a greater short
age IN the crop In tho western States Re
| ports that foreigners were short ON Deem
Der also had some effect later In the scs-
sion prices dcclln,d about one half, and the
close was ic above ycstenlny. No. 2 red
cash, DoaDoifc; May, closed 'olsc, nominal;
| June, V0AmDihc, closing NJ Olc;July, sos
@ooHc, closing at sO,tc; august sOCaeoc,
| tioslnN Nv oflhNf bee'"'N''t ''shWVsSeei
closing at 03ssc.
Corn-opcncd strong and higher cash,
Sc bid; May, 5l9k@5i1 ~ closing AT 6tAc.
June, blK(a,5lAc, closing at @,kc; July,
| 5lxC55c, closing az $3.50 August 60).
asked year closed, 42iic bid.
oau-strong aud higher; cash, 5oc; May,
3Stc; June, SOY; July, aihc; August 2sc.
| Ryc-Nothing doing bnroy-Nominal.
Bran--sic. Cornmcal-Iiighcr $40.
| Hay..-unchangcd; prime timothy, ti3@
100 prairie, tDO0ai3.0o.
| Butier--Firm; creamery 2Oa2ic; dairy,
i7@2lc. Eggs-.iic. -
Proylslons-stro Pork.-tilsS. Lard
is6tsOO. Dry salt ments-lloxed shout.
dcrs $4,000; long clcnrs $3.50, clcai
ribs AZ ~ va, rs; short clcaf', $500 Bacon
BOXED shoulders, $3.50, long clears, $40
clear ribs ss.ib; short clear, te.05@S.1O
IIams-i1O OO0ai2.Oo.
MISCONCEPTIONS 1000 brls wheat, 5000
bu; corn, 1900 bu; oats, 1907 bui rye none
shlpmsn,s-Tlour 1000 brls; wheat, 4,
600 bu corn. 81, 900 bu; oats, 1000 bu; rye
ZOO bu: barley, none.
Kansas CRY, Mo-, nsy la1Whcat-
Steady, No. 2 soft. cash, sS'tc bid. Corn
stronger No. 2, cash, Ole bid, hac asked
June' bic hid. b2,<c asked; July, b2,sc bid
Sc asked. oats-No. 2, s2Ao bid, Sc asked
1
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1895; June, si2s0@l2.05; July, $ii.0O@
@li.oS; October, si6S5Si0.fS November
$40 40@105o; December, $l0.45@I0.60; Jan
uary,. $1050@1060; February, $40. 45@10. 80;
March. $l0.55@1065. Sugar-Dull; Bahia,
4Mc, 1872 test; refined dull. Molasses--Dull;
bO' test, Csc. Rice--Steady.
CIscISNATI, o., May Whisky Firm;
sales, III barrels finished goods ON basis
OF $l;l2 Butter--Steady. sngar-Quiet.
Eggs-Easier at 13c. Checse-Firm.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, May 12--On the Produce
exchange today the butter market was firm;
creamery, 20tg25c; dairy 16l1@23c. Eggs
Easier at 121l3c.
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reeslstum,

Hly.-Choicc, from store, oScctsi 90; car
prime, store, poaa2,Ec; car .oad, from lcyee
or depot, fi7,O0'diSO0, prairie from store,
0Oa7oc; car load, from levco or depot 5000
Cti3.O0.
Bn,S-.From store 800, from leyeo or
depot 5000.
ConN-from store, white. &c; mixed, Ole;
from lcyec or depot white. In bulk, 6sc; In
sacks, Gle, mixed, In bulk, SIC. In sacks Coz.
OArs--from store. white, l3c; mixed, i0c;
from lcycc or depot, white, IN bulk, $50; Ia
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-13
GENERAL TRADE.

The quotation committees OF the Mer.
chants exchange made some changes today
as followsi Mess pork was advanced Soc
clear rib side bacon up &c. Bulk pork-Clcar
sides up &c; clear rib sides, long clear and
shoulders up ,Ec. Lard advanced ,sc. Flour
up i5c on all grades. Cornmcal advanced
loo. Coffee was marked up &c, with old
government up ic.
AZ New Orleans the demand for sugar i
good, the bulk Of offerings being promptly
absorbed. Prices are a shade hrmer, In sym
pathy with New York, aud buyers take hold
more freely. Molasscs Is steady, with fail
demand. There Is no change In the oondl
ton Of the clean rice market; rough rice con
| fiuues dull
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PLANTATION MOVEMENT
cnor " sIour, MAY ll.
td6ILail
wonLp'a yIsInLr suTIIN

Tho New York Financial Chronicle Of
May ~ gives the following agures Total
visible supply, 2leG7S3 bales, against 2,SsG,-
O2l In 1857. These figures indicate de-
crease Of cotton In sight Of is9, 27i bales, rs
compared with the same date In 1857, and
n decrease Of 1909 bales rs compared with
samo date Ia iHsO
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-13

Fpu-Mackorcl. half brls, No. I, q. 25; No.
2 1915. lOib Kit, No I. N.lb: No. 2, ti.i0
Dry herring, family, 25c per box.
Hoo Pnopucrs-strong, mcss pork, $3.50
sugar cured hams, lidi2c; breakfast ba.
con, iOifdiiAo, bacon, clear ribtldes sik6t
o.. bulk pork, clear sides, sA@sNc; clear
rib sides, sas,sci long clear, 7yS@Sci should.
en-, 0N@0Nc.
LAEp-Tcs, 7jE@sc; half brls, sx@s,fc;
keys, SH@SSc; choice kettle, sjs@9hci
strong.
fnrsn MrArs-Cholcc beef. headquarters,
ec forcquartcfs, 4@5c; second grade, hind
quarters &c; forcquarierA SIC. Sheep, 0,ic
fogr, 7hCtsc.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT.


AZ noon; spois-Dull; prices generally In
buyers favor. Sales 1900 bales OF which
American $500 bales. Receipts 4, 100 bales, OF
which American I, 100 bales. Closing quota.
tions were as follows Ordinary, i3-i0d; good
ordinary, Lied low middling, Odd good
middlinr, sgd; midding uplands, . 7-i0d;
middling Orleans blsd.
Futures opened steady at decline and closed
barely steady as follows;
1.-THE prices are given In pence and 0iths,
thus: i63 means 403-0id, and 5.0l means
5.1-Old.l
Atfp m.--May, 6.22d, sellers May-Iune,
5.22d'scllcrs. JunoJuly, 6.22d, value july
August, 523d, sellers; August-Scptcmber,
sod, buyers; eptomber-0ctober, ODD,
buyers; 0ciobcr.Noycmbo 60sd buyers
November December 5.O7d, sellers sepiem-
Der, 5.22d, buyers.
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Groceries.

CoTryy-Common. ibifc; ordinary, i0Kc;
fair, i7lfc; Drinc Rio, isifc, choice 10 fancy,
20,c old government 2oaSlc; strong aud
advancing.
suoAR-rur white, i0xc; OF white 0's@
0fc: yellow clarified, OH1t0llc; open kettle,
5ktahkc; rcilned A, OHc: standard rranu.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-13
COTTON MARKETS.

Tie local cotton market opened quiet and
steady and closed quiet and steady; mid.
ding 0 0,i0c. Sales, 700 bales. including
none Last evening, Of which 500 10 OK.
pories and 200 10 spinner.
EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS..
Ordinary, 7SEc good ordinary, 3 Size, low
middiing. OSiOc; middlng. 90i0c; good
middling, ojGci middllng fair, 10 s-ioc; fair,
nominal.
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Cofian seed Products.

PniuE CRupr OIf---3i@32c; prime summer
yellow, 356c30c; choice cooking summer
yellow, 30glOc; primo cotton seed meal,
Si0.50Cdi7OO, carload lots; lees than car
load ais OOtLis5O
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-13

COM Mr,L-Standarl, 500. pearl, $40.
roller, $50 strong aud advancing.
Rr,Ss ANp PEAs-Navy beans, $500; mo
dlum, sos Stock peas, fi25 per bu; lady
peas, ti.T6 per bu; black eyes, ti.6O per bu.
oar MEAi--ln half brls, $3.50, from store.
fIouR--from store. common, S;ib@Jooi
ira fancy, sl0o, patent, sI.Oo@5.io; strong
and advancing.
Cn,cKrns Soda, treble extra. Sc; ginger
snaps, 5isCts,tc, assorted jumbles, iOcti2c.
CnAcKrD MnHAt--ln half brls, $3.50 FROM
store.
HoNixY AND Cars. Prom store, t3.25.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-13

I..uns--Choice. $780, common 10 good,
per head, t3OOd3.bo.
Hoos--Choicc light, &c; good, bci COM
mon, H..
GnAss CArrIE--Choicc, i6)iAo; good 81
C1lc; fair 10 medium, 3ci scallawngs, 5000
pcr head
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THE RIVERS.
Steamboats, Leaving.
Moxementx nj the I.cyee

Arriyals-City Of Baton Rouge, 81. Louis;
Fred Nellis, Cairo.
Departures-City OF Baton Rouge, New
Orleans
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CHICAGO, Ill, May IL. The Drorers' Journal
reports: Cattle--Receipts 1000 shipments,
-. Market strong. Beeves, $3.75@5. 10;
cows, $2.00@3.S5; stockers and feeders, g. %
$780, Texas steers, $3.00@420.
Hocs--Receipts, 1900; shipments, 5000.
Market opened &c higher, but closed with
advanced lost Mixed, s5.35@5. 60; heavy, 1856
@5.s0; light, s5.30@5.60; pigs, $l.00@5,l5.
sheep--Receipts, $500; shipments, -.
Market strong for good; common, weak. Ma
tives, wooded, $i50@6.50; shorn, $3.75@59 90.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-13

AMER Three Years.
w. y. Walton, ofspringneld, Tenn, sayr
II have been suffering with neuralgia In tho
face and head, oil and on, for three years. l
purchased box OF DIR. Tanners 1nfalliblo
Neuralgia Cure, and took eight OF the pills.
have not felt any symptoms OF neuralgia
since. Itgiycs me pleasure 10 recommend H."
Rangum Root Medicine Co., Manufacturer
Nashville, Tenn. 80 cents per box. Sold at
IIcister's drug store, 2s3 Main street.
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Mage affhe Riter..

oTYicr sI0NAL SERVICE, y. g Al
MgaPnis. May ~, 1 p. m.
The following observations are taken NJ all sta
tons named In the 10th meridian time, which Il
one hour later than Memphis time.
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FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
MONEY PER CENT. NEW YORK
EXCHANGE ga PREM. SELLING.
Cotton Quiet and steady--Middling
Cotton, o e.ie-sales Today, 700
Baies--The Tone of the General Mar
ket Steady--Meats Strong.
APPEAL orricr,(

APPEAL OFFICE,
sArrnnAY EVENING, May ~, itss
The demand for money is active ana sum
Gent to absorb the supply, which Is offered
Al current rates, S per cent. The banks hold
quito large surplus In reserve.
The clearinghouse report Is as follows
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-13

Five brls beans and peas, l2s pkgs butter,
70 pkes bacon, 3T pkgs boots and shoes,
cb0O bu corn, 80 SIS coffee, 200 brls limo,
ss8 ~ cotton seed, 8 cars cotton seed, 10
pkes dry goods. a. pkgi cggs, 100 brls Hour
j,ih2 bales hay, II pkgs hats, ~ Id horses
and mules, 2T2 pkgs Lard, lis,oO0 ft lumber,
~ pigs liquors. 80 brls meal, $40 brls mo
las,es 2O0 kgs nails 1000 bu oats, 10 hrls
onions, y brls potaiocs, car. pork sides,
a. pkg rice. 10 brls sugar, 2ii pkg tobacco,
10 bfls pork and 90 bu wheat
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Impors-M 4 RR O.. ma TRR n; Lam
an "a N4LRR. az g. o4swR n, 81, X 9,
g&NHR.kKo Ma n n, <oe s'eamern, q
-4>rons 10 Total, 60 balcs
fxporis-M 4 CIR \. 90 J. 4 Mr. n. 90 q o a
fweh. ~, l.. n o \, 40 Total ic,s
b&ie<.
xEw yoxK.
Spots opened quiet aud closed steady;
middlIng Ioc. eaIes go bales Quota.
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The following lisi Is corrected regularly,
and may Be regarded as the latest quotations.
hank STOCKS.
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nnMrsrIc EXCHANGE


New York and eastern demand, par buy
Ing s. per $1,000, premium selling New
Orleans. 81 discount buying, u premium
,clllnr. Cincinnati, 81. Louis and Louis
Vile, demand par buying, sl.to per $1,000
premium selling.
I, A few changes were made In tho lists at
the stock call board session today. but no
sales we're recorded. The local cotton mar
kct closed quiet and frm-sales 200 bales
New Orleans spots closed dull, with futures
dun al am advance o, 10 o points. Liver
pool was dull, prices generally in buyers,
favor---futurcs barely steady and OIL 2poins
AT New York spots closed steady with nut
urcs steady and up TO points
Hubbard, Price & Co. say Notwith-
standing unfayomblc reports from Liver
pool our market for certificates did not
respond TO the decline, but opened oaly n
Traction below last nights close.
with the entire absen o OF any orders
trading was left 10 the room scalpers, who,
A. rule short Of contracts, could not find
sufficient cotton offered TO satisfy their
desire 10 cover their outstanding engage
ments to wind up their weeks interests.
Under such demand prices were raised to
points above yesterdays closing.
The Jones bill before Congress for the sup
preston OF trading In futures" has at
iractcd considerable attention throughout
The country, and the commercial exchanges
are making preparations to defeat lis passage.
The New York Cotton exchange has already
appointed committee to proceed to Wash-
inelon and protest against the bill. New
F. Orleans Cotton exchange will also send a
similar committee to Washington, and has
solicited the cooperation Of the other local
commercial exchanges.
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New York, May Succeeding a fairly
large trade In cotton goods there was moro
quiet inquiry, though the business for the
week shows q decided increase in the case
the stocks and supply considerably reduced,
and the tone Of the market much improved
as compared with week ago.
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Nsw yonK. May ~. .-ccfee--spot, fair; Rio,
Arm, ibAc: options fairly active, 30sjpolnts
higher. sales. 10000 bags May, ti3Jptg
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Miscellaneous.


WmaKEY--Strhight Kentucky Bourbon,
81. 5OG0OO; Robinson and Lincoln counties,
Tenn, sharp advance, sl.50@3.00; Eastern
ryes 81. $500 o. according TO age and make;
common whisky, 9Oc@$l.25, according to
proof
SEKps-Rod clover, Si.75 per bu; timothy,
1925 per bu; herds, Csc per bu; blue grass,
$l.25 per bu; orchard grass, Sl.iO@l 90 per
bu; German millett, sl.26@i.60 per Blu.
BAGGfNa--06g7c.
Tms-si.00@ll5.
SnoT-Drop, Si.45 buck, u.T5.
LEAD-0ikc.
NAns-lron, $40; steel. s2.25a235.
rowpEn-Kegs, $780, half kegs, s27o;
quarter kegs, sl.75.
HlDEs--bry flint, No. /. i091ic; No. 2 10
Sc; dry sailed, 5lfg7c; green salted, No. !,
DC; No. ., 3kc; green, 3@ic; sheepskins, loc
@$i.00 irregular.
TonAcco-- Common, 25@35c; other grades,
35CdS5c.
SNurr-Garrclt's. $i0S5; Ralph's, Si0.25i
railroad, 80. %; Gail q Ak, 5000.
Coal Ou,-Prime white, Wholesale lots,
Zoe per gal. 80
Woodbury. grease wool, unwashed, o@
lgc; clear grease WOOL 2Od25c; bury washed
2OCa3Oc; tub washed 30@3lc.
BErswAx--is@20c.
TAIfow..-3(dic.
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ST. LOUIS Mo-, May -. = Wool = I'm
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