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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-16
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ST LOUIS. Mo-. Nov I4.-Elour dull and
unchanged. Nheat-Tha opening was z1c
hi!hsr with st,ong and higher cables. ana ad-
vSnces el'eHhere, bat trading wss light and
prices soon fell b4cA and Ihs close was weak
al abouI Same figures So Yesterday Csrh SlO7l,:
DeceInb Z, closed 81 O7's; May 81 l2,saI Is
Ask d. Corr Duil bat ism. Cash SEA 400; No
vember So; yer 81 I Nav Cl SEQ 35Tc Corn
MT al duII lower al $40. Whisky eAdy at 81 IA,
Provisions quiet. Pork SIS 90. Lard, prime
steam, nom nal at 81 90. Dry Ealt meAte-
Shoulders 50 90; longs and ribs 81 I097 soc !;
short clear IS co. Bacnn-Sh0ulders S. 90 /;
lonEs and short ribs S. 62h9S IS; effort
clsar IS 9I09 90. Hams Sll 00Gl3 so BsgEing
tracy, N lbs, : lbs. l2slc; iron cotton ties,
n 2 al %.
CHICAGO. Ill, Nov. "A. Wheat Wa. quiet
but prices ECleT higher, though the close was
aooui the same as yesterday: Trading In corn
Wss OF local characte- The opening wss
fl m snc the close was i+GH higher thsn yes
tefday. There was fairly actiy3 trade II pork
and the close was firm Trading was moderate
IN isrd and the feeling u settled. Short ribs
ruisd finn. Leading futures closed: Wheat
No November, 81 l2}6c; December, 81 1870;
January, 81 IKE; May, 1iHc Corr No >,
November 4CSC ;Decembe7 359,c January STs<c:
Aia 80 &C, MeJs polk-NDvru beI 81 60 lJa-
Cembsr Sl4GO Js7rsrs Sl4 72yS ne SIS O2[5,
Lard Nov nb2I S l715i Deem er $so.}[;Jsn
uar, IS II Ma IS -. Short iibs-A Fember
81 Az; January 81 AZ My ~ Casn Guo;s
tiors: Hour ca !. and neglected. No , suring
wheat 81 l2Gl l25s; No, red 81 l28l I2X.
No fS,o coin 4U1s Mess porE SO "a. Lard
gboaideIs, bnxed. 81 75as co. short cIear slses,
bC1ads IS 25Gs 371s.
NEW FORK, Nov, A. Flour-Lowez Wheat
spoI. lower; spot No. 2 -1tsf, 81 c98al 10.
Options closed. November 81 Osg<; De-
cember 81 1915 JaHrary IlE; May
81 1t&; jana .&A1H. Corn = STEADY;
spot No. quoted at 49IzS5Os. Options
closed: December 5O11c; January 4sLc; May
4sSc. Cofee-Op tons openei stesqv and
clio ed barely ateady; Faes 80 100 bags,
irc n6iTg December at SlS 3O9l2 IS; January
sl3 s0al3 40: Fe rl9ry SIS IOG ID p. SPOT RIO
tsiE; cArgo5s l5i4c. sugar Raw, Iuiet
and firm, Ieineu quiet; centrifugal, SO test,
6%G64c; holssses montreal; New Orleans
open kettle, 4OG45ci syrup 35G423, Rice-Qaie
and stead.
KANSAS ITY, Mo-, Nov. l4.-Wksst stronze
No. red. cash 900 assed; December s0Hc
Id December 2si4c BID; ia uaIy 2sIc bid
MAY 30kc bic.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-16
CAUSE ANo EFFE3ssGssgaas
Stsnl;s That WI YosE.6iy EelIou he Re
CeEt EieCr1o1.
Cincinnati En- qIirer.

Cincinnati Ell qIirer.
WASHINGTON, nov, 9--Anosher exact
OF ths elsction viii hs the creation Of tao
or thIes new STATES .aa yAe addition Ct
tour ~ gtx Republicans to the SsRsts snd
lNe.ye cr fifteen 50 the House from De-
kots, Mortsus SD Washington terrific.
RES. Il is p3Selh!o that ShO Democrats
Will yield the position Iiey haze taken
IN RESPECT to D ko,s, Dut they VII,
st tie cORing session rene
their Commands that tbs Territory, ii
admitted, shall come Ia without division.
The Republican, and particularly General
Harrison, ara pledged agaiiss this, And
Harrison IL tae sREhor OF the oil! now
pending in the Senate fer the division II
The territory and the admission Of the
southern iGlt.
Among other measures thss will GER
t4inly be passed is that which provides
for the funding OF the Psci1; R.iiroad
indebtedness 20 tee United States,
sud the bill introduced by Bsriah
Wilkins, which is yet pending before
tie House, permitting national banks TO
issue circulating notes TO the par Of the
bonds represented in the Treasury 10 Sc
cuIe their circulation. General Weaver
OF lows, and his colleague, Mr. Anderson,
who have been the most vigorous oppo-
nents OF these meaeures, are both de-
feated for re-eleefioD, and will be
greatly missed in the EEK. House Of Rep
resent1tiyes, Tor their obstruction tactics
have made them conspicuous in this.
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I've Rinnk Markntr

ST. loUIs, mo. Nov. H.-Css5ls- Receipts
$780, shipments 200; cts edY; choice heavy ma
uva stecrs S. 00d5 80; fair 10 good do. 81 400
IS co, butchers 50 5CG4 40; s:oCBert and
fea- err s. COO 10; FINGERS corn-f5d SS OOGi 10;
erase fed s. 1908 -. u gs-Receiptp $500
shipments eco lower; choice heavy $ % a
40 packing 50 DDS 40; lighE gra5es s. ljo
% 40. Sheep-ke-6i Is 20J0; shipments . !;
sirLng; fair to choice s. 0O94 40.
CHICAGO, Ill, Nov. "A - &iSIs- Receipt, 49,
eco: shipments 1900 weaker; choire heeyes
So 0 as Is. steers 50 C0d5 co; sIOCke,s ana
teedezs 81 $50 20; cow buns and mixed 81 80
eJs g 1893 80. II rs Receipts % 0C0; chip |
menis $50; mixed 50 25d5 IS; heavy s. 30a
60; light S. 4O65 65 sheeF-Reasipts 5000;
st imeL - 300. marie, strong; natives 81 500
3 20; westerns So 1893 So Texans g 6g9S 40 /;
4ambs s. coos 70.
hASoAs Ol1z No. NOV H. Cat lie -Recelpts
6ell; shipments $685. COCO TO choice corn fed
81 Iod5 25i comm % TO medium s. 2524 60;
s!cck.rs ami feeding eers 81 O68 80; grass
rarge steer 81 50G3 60; cows 81 CONF u. Hogs
Rtce pts l27sl; shipments the market
WE lower; gooc o choice s. 2565 35i COM
mon 10 Ine3ium 81 900 Is. sheep Receipts
s56; shipments ....i market YES s,eadyj
good 20 Lhoice muttons So 5063 55i common 70
medium 81 5063 60.
NEW YORK, Nov. H.-BeeVes Receipts 90
c-IlosCs; make high r. natlre stef rs g sea
b, with ONE OF tops ct s. 60c5 -; rangers
native bulls 6; 81 az go. To avs cable from
Liverpool quotes American Refrigerator beef
Gull st $40. Sheep-Rsceipts sTS; market
rgm and igber for good tLock, with a larga
bisiness, st s. 0oG4 10 for sheep. and s. oOf5 Is
Tar lambs,
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-16

portsrce. Nor hGve these predictions
been false, 80 regsr3s this msrEe' al
Least. TIE weather has not been
f.YoEable Of lac i0T the mar
ketiug Ct the c0u1Eyy r)duce
sld farmers have not been IA tht -.ty ~
Is &c nun bers az : COnst querce; cuS The
stree g lave never worn tEa deserted sir
they S. times presented when polidcg
weIe absorbing til LubiiC attention; on
the other hand, ii re his been hustle
aLG ACTIVITY IL the plsGss OF business on
hil streets ihsE bet hers pEOd g1ls coz
diliog OF :tiDg: VIE de. lerE. TIE i'm
9!ovameDt has not 0~fn co Il ed 10 re
tsil tr.dS, for wh lesal Is IN Ill
li1es sEe dong cd bust -sss where
1ef re election on dullness prevailed.
Tlis is psrti2u iy noticeable in the
done DOw pGEisk9s Of the character Of
tlar done in Ihe fsi w2eu the distributors
throughout the STATE we're maEDg heavy
purchases Of !sll stocks. TIE lnd.cZtloEs
are al II the direction CT gEsas prosper
i,y for dealers in this market.
Tie receipts Of produce ere Light, and
the q1otatiOus are RjE changing.
Though sugars have been weak fo-
scue days pSss and declines have besl
expected mcmenttr!ly, no such have
been made, snd ROW sae fesr is over.
L>rd has gone down OF cent all
AROUND on this market.
Speculation is said 80 be scsi7d IL the
AEsptins R4public. Hne development OF
tlSAoUnsY Is proceeding with uupreca-
NJ TaBlditY Tle emigration is very
SSSSyY The promotion Of new C0n DsniSS
re c prom ,rent feature New banks FIRE
berg started and existing ones exc in
creasicg thelI capital. Ssveriean rail-
road concessions aGs now before the Ar.
gcutiDe Congress.
The cultivation CT tobacco il North
B5Tneo, according 10 receIt English
consular repoE', promises 10 assume CO.'S
sldsEa lie importance Experiments have
-h9wl that Il Is posslble 10 grow tobacco
Ia that bland simiirr 10 that low raised
u S1DsgIs. Du.cl CIpitsl is said 20 be
seeking this new fed. The advantages
offered sTe the cdeap2sss OF land aud the
low tsXsg. IN SamGtr1 tbs taxation is
much higher.
Wheat arriving g. New Orleans usually
coDes Down the river II blrgas, &ad Is
su9ssq1antly exported hence 10 Europe.
It is therefore novelty 70 learn that the
steamer Future City ana 5hTges left New
0:leer1s for S.. L 1uis few days ago
sgo with 900 bushels OF Wheat, snd
nat the steamer Port E4ts will
lsaye with $500 bushels mere
Fhs New Orleans P.csyune ssys
that i. "goes without saying that
this is ratler an extraordinary occur
euce, is easily explained By the fact
inst wheat is low much higher In this
ccudtry than in Z lrQpesn consuming
markets, hence it no longer pSys 10 ex-
port the grain, particularly now, when
freight rstes are aolorlslly high. The
wheat which originally csme here for ex-
port has consequently gone back to the
high priced markets of the West"
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-16

Oa RsissS cen several ostbs young girls
sc the III a. school IN North Topeka
olayed * ifa5s on ORG Of their number
WHICH tuEga3 ~ very seriously. TAey
madEnn Cls:Y Of mar out OF sheets ano
nkssSws sDdiplaced it il the yoCm & Miss
SinD, whT when she saw Ire oel2cS,
&fSsap=n thss1 lcr II &: arc vas 0occr-
a5ssssscStould K iew minutes atsr.
ssshe y1TEg ls1y hiss been IN delicate
ssealyh for the gsst yeGr, and alGiough
Fine has suffered much from hys'eris the
.sst few dsyg, there ere nov hopes Of htr
nc lverv.
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Unissa ssa.ss comparative ssas.map.
GalVe8Ion.
Social 70 tia Gazette

GALvssToa, lex. Nov. I4.-Cotton spo:
closed STEADY and unchanged; gross rece.Dlt
1915 ba esi s5les ll2l bses shipments coast
Wise. 400. bales; sIock 7l,527 balCs. Crdi0sry ,
1875 good ordinary, 8 I IS, low mid ling 81;
mi4dlins, Ii is; GOOD mid.Iing, 10 Is; miu-
ding faiE lJ9 Is.
Leading spot markets closed to Gag So fol
follows:
Liverpool Ann sna unchanged Sales eco
bales.
New York easy and unchanged. Sales AGA
bsles.
New Orleans Am and unchanged. ssles
s5J0 bass.
GALVESTON, TEX, Nov. .4.-Cotton irm,
miocn 2 Gil .l6; low middlins 81; good oTcin.
sry l6i net id go rece'pss 1915 exports
coastw.ss 1885, sales 2 OF; stock Il. 72T.
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New oslsGus

NEW ORLEANS, La, GOV. 74--Uotior-Fu
lures opened ST aoy, points higher ruled easy
and clol ed eaty, al a dec ine OF po.r Is (! ON
yesterday's close. Fovemb r So bid; Dee en-.
be- 80; January 39G940; February 94sa9 AZ;
March 5SG9 SO; Apil 96S9j SO; May 7sG
9 20; June ss69 SO; July 997ae %; August
9 9469 IS. Sales, q, 100 bales.
NEW ORLEANS, La, NOV. IA. = Cotson-Markei
ordinary SIC. Net receipts Is, 666 bsles; gross
receipts IA 345 bales. Exports TO the continent
Sl,otO bales; coastwiss 2021 bales. Sale $500
bales. Stock 1875 5e9.
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-hs w DOL MErksl.
Iec,al to the Gazette.

5peci3i 10 the Gazette.
GALVESTON, TEX, Nov H.-Wo5t-Firm and
unchanged. Receipts this DAY pounds;
THIS season 1854, ls9 pounds; shipments this day
pounos; this season 5,lis,A9 pounds
eales this day none; this season I,220,7Oe
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. A.-Wooi- Prices
are 1rmer, bus actual sales 90 not show any
considerable Grease as yet.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-16
xne xszs " srEa EIsuHeas.
BuTTER-Texss 22llG25, per D.

BUTTER-Texss 221l asa per D.
COTTOE-s 3IH9s SIX.
OOEEEE-Rio, FAX l6zoi pYin Tx; choices
l7kelso; feucy 1885, java &c; 60 dan Rio le1fc;
Ees Be ~ 1sK6193
CHESSE--sI iii oSssn tgiaa 1EG14c; Bad
ger STATE I4G14Kc; young America l4kc.
uAREEU GOoDs-RIlcss par eexaz: Pine
rppiss, standard. 21s, 81 b5al TO; pSscnso,
ltsndkrd, Is, 81 5Oi5 Is q 10; seconds, EE,
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Now YnEE,

Gaw CoRz, Nov. II Cotton-E Easier; mid .
ding uplencs at los; midtlilg Orleans lGNc;
salsi S26 bales. Futures CT ssG steady
sales lOl,4OC bales Foyember 9 6lG9 81; De-
cembeT 65d 66: Januacv g 1919 20, February
9 S2d9 SO; Ma Ch 10 t2GlO o.: Apri} 10 lIGlO IL:
Nav 10 1000 20; June 10 2SdIO %; Jsly 10 s.
a 10 81; AHEusI IL 420.O43
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-16
UN CHANGE.
spot Cotton Unchanged, Futures gr6m
10 po'nts Lewtr-N5ngY
Market WAS Easy
Wheat Op,ned weSk, Fluctuatsd Narrowly
and CIcsed str0nE-Llvs Stock cEan-
sac ioEG BrIaB.
Daily Review.
GAzRTrB OYgias,
FORT EcsCE, TEX, Nov. Il 1873.
On CHANGE.

HERE has beer
sufficient i'm c
elapsed si1ce the
national eleCGlCn
for business TO
take such g de-
cidsd NOV, meat
as 10 snow WhicG
way II wi! GO,
the predictions
b fers Ebst event
having been il
direction Of ~
Improvement Of
considerable i'm
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-16

Read the low clubbing rates offered in
TIE GAzETTE's advertisement in this
issue headed as above.
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Liverpool.
Special to the Gazette.

LIVERPOOL. Nov I4.-Ooiton-Futures openee
steady, point lower, ruled steady, closed quiet
bat STEADY at yes erday's cloEe. October No.
February March 81 asked; April May 80;
AsT-June So asked; November December
81 asked December. January 5 30 bid March.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-16

April 81 asked; June July So.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. l4.-Uot on Market hrm
with good Cen and. Sales Il 900 bales, OF which
10 Go were for speculation and export, and in
cUced 9200 American.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-16
Ua6ss ZRFEsss


Special to the Gazette.
GALVESTON. TEX. Nov. I.-Cofee-Firm and
UnehanCad.
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, 1888-04-05
Police of Paris and London.

No such thing as the maltreatment of
prisoners is permitted in the forces of the
London and Paris police Should a crowd
assemble in the street in Paris, 1t is but a
minute before the red trousered sergeant
appears on the scene. He does not flourish
q club; he is not demonstrative nor noisy
He glides about, scarcely causing ripple
in the gathering. He quietly investigates
the origin of the difficulty, and in mo-
ment or two the matter is adjusted, and
the crowd separates without noise or fric-
ton In the English cities, the sight of a
policeman with drawn club is as rare as
the appearance Of blood on the moon.
Even where there is resistance to arrest,
the truncheon is never resorted to, con-
stables depending on strength and num-
bers to accomplish their purpose. The
regulations governing the police insist
strenuously that no violence shall be used
further than is absolutely necessary to Sc
cure an arrest or quen a disturbance
Chicago Times.
, 1888-04-05
Peculiar Effect of HIuc Glass.

During the blue glass craze of a few
years ago Mrs. Ruth Smith, of this city,
gave the matter her serious attention.
Being widow of wealth, she caused to
be built on the southeast corner of her
house room composed entirely of blue
GLASS, into which the sunlight streams
during the entire day. Mrs. Smith wears
blue glass spectacles, dresses in blue silk
and has her meals brought TO this novel
room on dishes of blue glass, where she
cats, sleeps and lives. 1t is stated that
aAe has not been out from her glass home
mora than ten minutes at time in eight
years, during which period she has never
iclt pain or IN ache of the slightest de-
.criptiGn.
Her neishbors state that not Il percepti
bic change has taken place in her features
lurirS the period Of her novel method of
..ying, and her wonderful preservation
and Gcod health have led many to believe
that there is more virtue in blue glass
than the general public is willing 10 CON
ccde.-BridSepcT tConn,) Cor. Pittsburg
DiSnatch
, 1888-04-05
Mineral springs ana moi. gssa.

The waters of many mineral springs
possess decided medicinal virtues siI1 are
capable of doing great good IL cases %
which they are adapted. ScGIa Vt lien:
are not properly medicinal et Gli. hu: the
encouragement to take large a,nay:-i;, @.
fluid into the system, given visitors wcu
have been impressed with their alleged
magical power over disease, causes even
these to be beneficial. But vast numbers
annually resort to such watering places
and subject themselves 10 discomfort and
expense in whose cases the waters do 10
good, and, it may be, positive harm. This
is especially true of springs situated at
great attitudes, and those where bathing
enters into the medical treatment, and
forms most important part thereof.
1t may easily be seen how the ''medi-
cine habit is made to extend itself to
this class of remedial agents. In health,
and when the expense of a residence at
such places is not Il burden, ''the sprjngs''
of almost any variety, provided the sari-
tary conditions are not too bad, are calcu-
lated 10 do much good. The tired busi-
ness ni5il and the lady jatled by society
duties and pleasures there find much
needed relaxation. The artificial COM
pounds to be found in every city are
nearly as efficient as health restorers, but
they should not be taken without discrim-
nation Or without definite object.
Democrat.
, 1888-04-05
WHAI MIGHT BE DONE,
4 Suggestion as to What Might Bo Done
Triih Long Time ConyIcfs.

DR. Seaman, late chief of staff of the
Blackwell's Island hospital and peniten-
tiary, spoke upon the problem Of convict
labor III his recent address before the
Nudico-LeEGl society. He argues in favor
OF the English system Of employing long
sentence prisoners on great public works,
such as haTbOr and foTtiiicatiOn making.
An effort is being made in another quar-
ter to Introduce transportation TO Alaska.
But there is a third alternative, suggested
by some very commonplace facts, here
submitted for consideration.
Society is, perhaps unnecessarily, af-
flicted by having to bear two enormous
burdens, costly, demoralizing and oppres-
sive. These are IL the maintenance of
criminals, and p the maintenance of
widows and orphans left destitute by
''acCidents." l mean, here particularly,
the families of miners killed by cOalpit
explosions, which occur so frequently.
Now, the miner is probably the worthiest
working citizen in the commonwealth.
For our good he submits not only to tre
mendOus toll, but to the sacrifice of sun
| light and the pure air of heaven, and
cheerfully faces the risk of being himself
among the percentage of miners who
every year get killed, something like one
in thirty-eight. We owe more to the
o
On the other hand, the criminal for
feits ordinary sympathy. The worst class,
criminals who have just unfortunately
lodged the hangman, society pronounces
unfit to associate again with the cOmmU-
nifty for q long time, if ever, i. G., society
/ says they are unfit to live i'll the world.
Yet we eXalt these malefactors to the
( position of state pensioners, we give them
palatial residences, a costly staff of liv-
J cried servants, with all the resources of
/ medical and sanitary science TO prolong
/ their precious lives to the last possible
1 gasp-all at the expense of the honest,
/ law abiding, virtuouS taxpayer. And the
/ coal getterl Well, wo condemn him to
! banishment into the bowels of the earth,
with the tOlerably sure and certain hope
| of an "accidentaln explosion, with loss of
| life or limb, and the probable pauperiza-
| tiOn of widows and orphans to follow.
| Suppose, by way of experimental ro-
! form, our all wise legislature were to Sc
Iect the life sentence convicts of the most
worthless and repulsive type, and single
| out also the most dangeous mines. Sup
! pose they were to place the former in the
| latter, say, for ten years daily labor.
| If, III the mysterious workings OF PrOVi-
dence, an explosion were to bereave us of
these our erring brethren-well, we
should rejoice that the calamity bad not
ended the lives of our honest, industrious
miners, who raise their families as good
citizens. On the other hand, the saving
in cost of prisons would go far to insure
the safety of our worthy miners by pro-
yiding better preventives Of accidents. "
Only few years ago boat load Of con-
victs were upset and drowned on a North
Carolina river. 1t was sad, very, though
we have not heard OF any serious damage
to society or the constitution in conse-
quence.-Geoffrey Quarles in New York
Post.