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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-07
Household suppIics.

FRuIr-Stcady. orangcs-Florida, 5000
$50 per box; Mcssina; S2.50G3.5O per box
Lemons, S2.5O@S0O per box. Bananas,
81. 50@2.50 per bunch. Grapcs-Malaga,
$G00@900. Dates, 7@sc; Figs, l2@l5c per
pound.
&c per Id, from store. Dried peaches, 20
SIC, from store.
GAMr-Quail sl.25@i.5o per doz; SOUR
rels, $l25 per doz; rabbits, sl.25 per dozi
wild turkeys, 5Oa75c each; mallard ducks,
So 20 per dor, ycnison saddles, l0Ol2c per
10: whole deer 5GJ6c per Id; opposum, l5@
iOc; dressed coon, l0@S5c.
NKGErABLEs-Onions Sl.75 per bril- cab
bagc, loose, brl, Sl.00; New Orleans, crate
sl.5OQ2.O0 knut per brl, $500 half brl,
500 garlic soc per leo; carrots. S3.OOd3.5O
per brl; beets, S{5O@3.00 per brl; parsnips,
~ so per brl; horsoradish, S4.50@5OO per
brl.
BUTTER-Butterinc, l5c; creamery, 2S@
Doc; dairy, lS@2ic; country. butter lVg2jc'
CIDER Ozark, $3.50 per brl and So per
half brl.
VNEeAR-Per gal, le@l3c.
EGGs-Quet, boxes, o.; cases, lOc.
RusrHs-London layers, $500 California,
". 25 per box.
PIosLrs-Brls $3.50; half brls, siO0.
POULTRY Chickens young, S2OO@3OOi
mixed, $2.50@3.OO hens, S3.OD@3.JO Tur
keys. young. $GOO@s.O0, old. SS.0O@l2.OO
| geese, 81 5O,d5OO, ducks, $2OOC13.JO; dressed
| turkeys Sl2@llc per ID, hens. 5000 $50
chickens, ~ .5Od200; geese, Sl.OOtg5.O0.
PorArors-Firm; SljO@20O per brl
sacks, G0@7Oc Utah sOgDc per bu; sweet
| a. OO@25O per brl.
Nurs-COcoanuts, $500 per 100, peanuts
! Virginia Sc: Tennessee farmers stock, A..
| @8c. roasted i6plisc higher shelled, red.
Be-. white. 20; Spanish, lOc; pccans, Texas
old, 7@l2c. Arkansas, 3gbc, Italian chest
nuts, lOal2c4
FREsu FsH-BuGalo, lac per 10; eat, e
per ID. Game--perch, trout, etc, 59sc pei
I H.
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MIsccIInneous.

WHISKY Straight Kcn,ucky Bourbon.
tl.JOGbGOJ, Robertson and Lincoln toun.
ties, firm ~ u jJd3 90. Eastern rycs S2Jd
go, according 10 tie age aud make; com.
mon whisky, uOcdsl30. according 10 proof,
nothing under 20 per cent quoted.
FuR--l'car skins, sl.UJrdOt mink l5d
Csc. coon, hunter handled, liMl5', country
handled, ijttGir. otter, sl.OJtsIIn, beaver.
Sl.OOaGj1, wildcat l5Ctyr; FOX, l5N5jc.
muskHt, l0d2jc. OpUssum, lu'B2Oc wolf,
yctFsi.O panther jp@'iOG skuuks.
lou soc
GiN-Sl.oO@i.50 for domestic: S2S935o
for imported
BAgUiNo--0alOc.
TIEs-SiiO.
sHor-Drop, 1925; buck, $50.
ITNp-6ifdHc.
TALJnw-lisc.
SNurF-Garrctrs, sl075. Ralph's $40 -;
Railroad. ig25 Gail 4 AXIS 500
PowprR-kcss, 500, hall kcs~, S275.
quarter kegs. $40.
CoAL Ori,-Primc white, wholesale lots 0jsc
per gallon.
Woodbury.. grease wool. unwashcd, 10
Ct21c, clear gras, wool 21d2'c; bury.
washed. 2Ud3D, lub.washcd, 3Ja35c.
ToHAcco--COmmon, 2j1tjc other grades,
6D@.Nic.
BrrswAN-2lc.
NMis-lron. 500. steel. $40.
HfpTs-Dfy lint No. l, In; No. .. 7c;
dry saltcd, 5c No. ,, h., green -nlicd. No.
I, b.. No. , &c. green. &C. dccrskins, 30
6D3ic. shcrpskins. lAcdtiOp steady.
GAS Satisfied clover. - ~ bu herds
5000 hu. orchard, sl30ei 10 bu timothy,
a. 75d2u bu
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BY TELEaRApH.


NV Npug, March 0-Moncy on CALI
easy at pos per crnt. last loan. per
cent. CLOSED offered at ! per cent Primo
mcrrnhtilc paper ittH per cent Sterling
exchange dull but steady NJ 80 MI for sixty.
day bills aud q $50 fur demand
Government bombs quiet and steady. State
bonds neglected.
The stock market was ssUmcN bat murc
active to-day, aud on the whole wns tcvcr.si
aud quite Irregular willis generally heavy
tIuc and most stocks tonight arr fraction.
ally lower Than last evening London figures
this morning were slightly lower. bat the
fuwign buying today Wns considerable aud
lidcd H. resisting tie attack. u thc hrarish
element upon the list while the buying fpr
domestic account WIS IT the best character
aud the selling was confined almost entirely
10 the professional element. The anxiety
felt in some sections IN rrrnrl a. the stand.
inF u the French copper syndicate give the
hcar the opportunity ~ making prc cs in the
forenoon. aud although most Of the list
reached their lowest figures In the lusl hour
the largest part of tie decline we mode
in the early tmdiug The general dis,atis.
faction with the action ~ thc Manhattan di.
| rcciors in The matter of the dividend made
that stock specially weak aud the other
Gould stocks suffered in sympathy In
marked contrast With these shauss the o.
though the consolidation with the Utah A
/ Northern lust all the Short Line early i'm.
proycmCnt The decision " the supreme
/ Court, which rrlicycs the Oregon NAVIGATION
/ of al liability to the Or'ronian Railrual vas
made the uccnsion II on advance ON that stock
AMI " stands alone THE evening IN shuwinen
/ material gain Tor the day. late in the day
there was determined drive 10 Reading.
but the result of the raid WIS cntrrly iusig.
niiicnnl and the other coal stocks were quiet
and we'll held. The Granger. especially in
the toonoun, showed unusual strength.
| with ~. laul IN the lead, bat all
the marked movements, az usual oi late.
were confined 10 The tpecaltic. Colorado
Coal became Vcry weak toward the close
while Tennessee Coal was stfuug all the way
out aud the new Chesapeake A Ohio nrst,
preferred aTnin made q marked UPWARD
movement First prices were eoncmll,
slightly lowci than last nights hgur's, hul
the Pacific Mail. Short Line aud Manhattan
wcrc conspcuous,y weak, the last named be
ing down = pcr cent The demand iuf stock.
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Actual stock FEBRUARY ~, 1883 III ~, Oh
which unsold, OF, 75i; actual stock March TO-
1855 100, los, of which unsold, s7,s07.
NEW YORK.
Spots opened steady and closed steady;
middliug, 10 S-l0c. Sales 729 bales. Quota
tons were as follows Ordinary, 7-lGc;
good ordinary, 1850; low middling,
9Ac; middling, 10 slice; good middling,
10 li-lGc; middling fair, il9sci fair, re.
Futures opened firm and closed very
steady, as follows March, l0,OO@l00l; April,
ioO7@lo Us; May, iO.l5@iO.iG June, 1929
July, 10. 29@iO.So August iO369l0.37, Sep
TENDER, ag0@a0s. October o76@07G No
vcmber, 06G@96s; December 0.67@009
January, a77@070. Sales, GG,VOO bales.
NEW ORLEANS
The spot market opened quiet and closed
firm; middling, 0l5-lGc. Sales, 0,O00 bales.
Quotations are rs follows: Ordinary, 3 6-iGc;
good ordinary, SIC, low middling 7-lGc;
middling, . 1916; good middling, 10 0l6c.
Futures opened firm and closed steady as
follows March, 07o@0sl; April, aS3;
May, o.s9doo; June, 0.07@99s July, 1904
CGIOO5; August, aD9dlOOO, September, a5i
6055. October, o32@0.33 November, o.2S
@02i; December, 02l@o25. Sales, 1000
| bales.
DAILY FORT AID INTERIOR MOVEMENT.
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View YORK. Dry Goods Market.

NEw YoHK, March 0.-Trade In dry goods
was active with jobben, but buyers con-
tinuc 20 be conservative In the quantities Of
goods selected. The volume OF trade, and
the animation Of the market, however. was
considerably enlarged by the special opera.
tions In cheap ginghams. ii. Il. Clahin A
Co. made n drive In Calcutta and White
Manufacturing Company's dress ginghams
today at q TO 6hc, the Offering comprising
over 200 cases. Business with agents was
moderate ~ Ia general demand, but fair 10
good in special features for spring trade and
IN staple goods adapted 10 the wants Of con-
ycris and the manufacturing trade.
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GENERAL TRADE.

Tho quotation committee Of the Mcr.
chants Exchange made several changes In
the price list today. Mess pork was al.
yanccd PC. Clear rib side bacon aud bulk
pork, clear sides. clear rio sides and long
clear went up &c Sugar was advanced
from Isc to &c. Mackcrcl In barrels aud
Kits and canned goods are materially adj.
yanccd. Cheese Is a shade higher aud can.
dies lower.
AZ New orleans sugar receipts are light
with prices strong aud well maintained the
general tendency ~ prices IL upward. Mo.
lascs continues In good demand. all dcsir.
able offering hnd prompt sale at firm
pficcA Ricc In fair demand. prices steady
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FisH-MackoUl half brls, No. I. tii25.
No. , fa5N, No. =, tnOt iOlb hits, No. I.
$40. No 2, ti.ii. No. 3. siN Dry Herring
Family. aic per box. y. G. roc herring.
half brls, $40 White Fish-llalf brl,,
500
Hoo PEoptcu Strong. pork. si3 25@ia7a.
sugar cured hams. iiCuit sc. breakfast bacon.
lOhWli'tc. clear rib side bacon 7H@1Akc;
bulk pork, clear sides &C.. clear rib sides
CSC, long clear. csc. shoulders 10.
fnrsH MrATH=lloof headquarters. Sole,
fo~quartor, 24mtc City hogs, 0t1c
country dressed oBhUc per N. aparc-ribs,
ttsc. hnCkboncs, htetg per 10.
LtHp-fcs 7 Ac half brls. 51c. Kegs 7alc.
choice kcttlo, shmiOc strong.
Pros fEE -Brls, 500. half brls, $50
| key, ca -.
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LIVERPOOL.

At noon. Spots Steady, demand fair
Sales. 1000 bales, II which 5000 were
American. Receipts, s.U0 bales, Of which
100 were American. Closing quotations
wcrc ~ follows. Ordinary, a,id; good ordi-
nary h'sd. low mldiliug. 5isd; middling,
ll.i6d. good middlinr . i5.i6d.
Futures opened quiet and steady aud
closed steady.
These prices are given in pence aud Giths
thus G.GJ means GGS-Gid, and SOL means
S.Ol-Gid.l
AtI PM March. S.il SELLERS March.
April. 5i3 buyers. AprilMay, Gas buyers;
Mny-Junc, b.i3 buyer; Junc-July, 6.ii sell.
crE Iuly.August 5.il value August.Scp
tomhcr, hi2 sellers, Experimentation,
D. gA anllar.. snntrmhrT b % .nllor.
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HAY-Choicc, from stuc, Sic, car load,
from lcycc or depot, slhO6ti0u0 prime.
from store. $50 Snr. car load. from lcycc OF
depot siAgOWihuU prairie, from storr 500
Oic. car load. irum lcycc or depot, $1,000
li.uO.
CoES-from store, white, &c mixed, iSc.
from loyoo az depot, white In bulk. iOc. ln
sarks, tlC mixed In bulk anC. in sacks, lic.
pot fihUOatihO
OAu-Frum store. white. SIC mixed, SSc.
nom lcycc or depot, white IN bulk, $40,
$50, In sacks Sc, mixed, la bulk. Ditc, IN
sacks Y1c
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Live storh.

CArrLE-Choicc 10 extra. a',G3Nc. good.
3a3i.c. scalawags 10 medium. la@2i.r;
choice feeders, NO aud up, 294@Sc, feeders,
80 60 nin. 2lsm2Ac.
IIoas--Chuicc cornicd, lis@la.c good,
a.. 2jfa t.iO. common. 3isGitc
SurTr--t hoiuc. &c, medium, 3isfftc,rom
mon. fi.Olttl.jn.
LANus-Ghuic &c. common a. good. Der
head al tsimgun
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Itrentistuua

fiouH-=fum siorr, choice. o. 2hCfl3i.
fancy, % 1tta { ~. extra fancy a.. $50 Is. ao.
patent. sASitrGU0 EASY.
tuACHrus- Sudn extra. r.. trvblc extn,
Ga6'tc, ginger snaps, 5wshc. assorted jun.
hlcs, ilmi2'sC. crram cracker. 7ismS'sc
CoHNNrat--lcnh $50. roller, f2UO6g2 10.
huu
iE,Vs Asn Pas Navy beans. g. p. me.
dium. t2Ul
OHgrN In half brls $3.50 from store.
CuAohEn Wurr=ln half brls, si.5O lrom
store
llouSY AM Gnus- Prom store, s325.
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flToeorIeM

CasSrp Goons -riucapples ti.ib@i on.
Peaches, 2 lbs, standard tf5SGeiiO. second,
t.01 Tomatoes, 2 lbs, standard, sSc
2 he. standard, fliU Strawberries, 81 %.
Raspbetrics li. % Blackhcrrics, 400 Green
Rngrs n.to. Pears $3.50. riums $3.50.
Asparagus, lAoo. Green corn, ti.O06ti.b0
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COTTON MARKET.

The local cotton market opened very firm
and closed very nrm; middlinF olsiOc.
Bales, AGO bales, including 40 bale, last
evening. Of which $50 bales 10 exporters
and $50 hales 10 lplnnefa.
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EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS.

Ordinary, 7jfci good ordinary, sHc low
middling okc; middllng,o isiOc. good mid.
ding 10 5iOo. middling fair. 10 ii.iOc. fair,
nominal dusty, hetie lower.
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PHINr CRupE OIl-iOalc, prime summer
yellow. Od1ic. choice cooking summer vel
low. Ni6Gi,c. cotton seed meal. slD.OO. les.
than car load, s2lj0.
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CHICAGO ILL.,, March 6.-.Tho Drorers' Journal
reports: Cattle - Receipts 1900 head;
shipments $500 head. Market slow aud
generally weak. beeycs S2l0Gi.50; steers
S3OOa3.uO, stockcrs and feeders, S2.2Od3.40
cows, bulls aud mixed, $i.5O@340.
llops-RecciptS, 1900 head; shipments
$500 head. Market strong and iOc higher;
mixed, sl.55Gi.7j; heavy. sl00@LS0; light,
SL6jgl75; pigs Si006gL75.
Shecp-Rcccipis $500 head; shipments,
1900 head. Market slow and weaker; ma
tiycs. 5000 20, western corn fed, Si.lO9
So lambs 81 0OdOl0
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DAILY COTTON STATEMENT.

lmports--M c RR, 100; NJ & T r X, $50; Id N
r r, ia ma LRRR, 80; CO &swRR, 100 In
O& I. r. r, =; X, Cs& MR. KCM&BRR
ca l r r, :; Tenn Mid. 49, steamers, S9l;
wagons, % Total, 8,572 bales.
Exports-L q R r, 4lO; c, o & swRR, 1876;
L, X r, si3 M&BRR, 200; Tenn
Mid, 1858; steamers north, $50. Total, S,572 bales
ACTUAL COUNT OF STOCK.
The actual count of stock cotton made to-
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ST. LouIs, No, March 0.-Wool quiet and
steady, bright medium, io@2Gjsc; fine light,
i7@2Jc, ino heavy, l3@l0c; tub-washed, 81
Gaulr
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bu; corn, $4,000 bu; oats, 10000 Blu; rye,
ST. LOUIS, NO., March 6.-Flour-Easy
ana n olsZoc lower than last week; xxx, So. Is
(93.25; family, $3.40@350 choice, So. 75@
3.s6 fancy, "a. 4094.70; patents, SIS. 1O(95. rs.
Wheat-Lower and weak early, but recov-
cred later and closed firm at about yester-
days finish. No. cash, red, 93X@94c;
May sold at 94N@95%c and closed at 95 Nc;
June, 92@92%c, and closed at 929sc; July,
S21CyS25sc, closed at S2Ac asked; August
Corn--cash, better and firm. No. 2, 2sX@
2sSo; April, 29S6@29Kc; May, 3oA@3oJsc;
oats-Firm but slow; No. 2 cash, 23Xc
bid; May sold at 27H@27lic.
Rye-Dull 43c bid.
Barley-No market
Hay-Good grades rather scarce and
stronger; prairie, se.oo@zoo; timothy, sll.OC
Bran-Quiet at 53@54c.
Lead-Lower at $3.40@3.42X.
Flaxseed-Quiet at $3.50.
Butter-SteadY creamery, 24126c; dairy,
l4@24c; northern roll, 15@1Sc
Eggs-Firm at IL &c for guaranteed.
Cornmeal-Steady at Sl.75@LS0.
Bagging-7X@9IIc.
Iron Cotton Ties-$l10.
Proyisions-Firm and higher, but slow.
Pork-s12.00@l225
Lard-Nominally 1915.
Dry Salt Meats (loose) -Shoulders s5.25
longs and ribs, $685.; short clears, $500.
Bacon-Shoulders, 1928; longs, 500; ribs
$40; short clear, s7.2O@7.25.
Receipts-flour, 1000 brls; wheat 600
bu; corn, 5l,0O0 bu; oats, 1900 Blu; rye
none; barley, 1000 blu.
Shipments-Flour, 1000 brls; wheat, 800
Blu; corn, $1,000 bu; oats, 1900 bu; rye
none; barley, 1000 bu.
KANSAS CRY, Mo-, March 6.-Wheat-
Quiet No. 2 red, cash, SOC asked May
92c bid, $3.50 asked; No soft, cash, n
bids; May, 92Hc bid, 9iI6c asked.
Corn-Quiet; No, 2 cash, no bids; May
26kc bid, 26Hc asked; No. 2 white, cash
27Ic bid 2Sc asked.
oats-No. 2 cash, no bids; May, 22c bid
| g2Ac askel.
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FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
MONEY 2 TO PER GENT, NEW YORK.
EXCHANGE sl.5o PREM. SELLING.
Cotton Very Firm-Middling Cotton. o
ls-lec-s Sales Today, 3.4oo Baies-The
General Market is Steady-Meats Are
Strong.


"WEDNESDAY EVENING, March Q, 1850.
Y The money market is easy, with fair de-
rnand and abundant supply at the banks.
Rates to s per cent
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AaIele oponlas Hlrbc',. Lowest Closing

Cash quotations were a. follows
flour-Quict aud unclHug-i.
10. guidug wheat, " HpisC No. 3
sphng wheat, SOgioc. No 2 rcd, Osa@g0Jsc.
30. corn 54l.o.
No. oats. 2os.c.
Nc. = rye, t2A.c.
No. barley, nominal
No 4 aaKsccd. titS
Prime timothy seed, ti.f0
Mo- p,,rk per Or, 81 OiOi2i0
Lard Ter 100 lbs, tdN itWioO
Short rib sides. loosc, ~ 2iC1O 20
Dry saltcd shoulders, boxed. 60 25Cf635k.
Short clear sides. baxci, tG5utCO2i,.
Reccipts-Flour, 1900 bfls. WuraL 1900
bu. corn. $1,000 bu; oats, iUsUJO bu, rye,
400 bu, barley, ti.VOl bu.
shipments lo,uV0btls wheat, 2i.OoO
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rOceries.

NEW ORLEANS, March 6.-CofIee-Quiet
but firm; Rio, common to prime, 16Mgl0J &c.
Rice-stcady; ordinary TO prime, 3H@5c.
Sugar-strong and higher. Open kettle,
| strictly prime, 51sci fully fair TO prime, SCI;
good fair, 1904 l5-l6c; fair, 47fC14 1915;
good common, 1901 ll.l0c; common, 4JSg
I Ol6; inferior, 1904. Centrifugal, of white,
| 6hc prime yellow clarified, 4L696 5-l6c;
OH white, 6L@6 3.l6. Molasses-Strong,
open kettle, strictly prime 3ic; good prime,
| 3l@33c; prime, 20td SOC; fair TO good fair,
| 25Ci2Sc; common TO good common, 20(d2ic,
centrifugal strictly prime, 24@25c; prime,
| 10000; fair, lie; common TO good common,
| l0@l6c. Syrup, nominal.
NEw YoRK, March 6.-Cofiee--0ptions
opened steady, 10 points down to 10 points
up closed firm, l56t25 points up; sales, Il, $50
bags, including March and April, SlL05@
/ Sl72G May, sl6.aj@l725; June, slL05@
/ 1913; July, Sl7 lJCJl7i5, August en- GOA
| 1865; September. Sl7.30@lI70; October,
SlL35@i7.00 November, sl740@lL50; De
ccmber, SlL45@lL0j; January, Sl7j0@
100, february, Si76j@lLs5. Spot Rio
higher; fair cargoes, Zoe.
Sugar-l,aw stronger fair demand; fair
rcfnin.5c; centrfuals o. test 57to
Molasses-Forcign firm and strong; 80. test
22c; New Orleans quiet; open kettle firm ai
2SGiJOc
Ricc-Firm.
CiSciNSAII. o.. March G.--Whisky-
Steady; sales, 726 barrels finished goods ON
basis of SlO3
Butter-Dull.
Sugir-Firmcr.
Eggs-ln fair demand al lie.
Chccse-Iirm.
CHICAGO, H.. March Con the Produc,
| Exchange today the butter market wa
steady and unchanged. Eggs-Steady ant
| unchanged.
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CLEvEL,SD, o., March 9. - Petroleum
steady; 8 w., iiO', nc.
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MUSTANG LINIMENT

CURES UOiJ.owHoRN. CAKED BAGS,
CRUZ A. uOOf ulSLASE IN CATTLE
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CHICAGO H.. March Con the Produce
Exchange today the butter market was
steady and unchanged Eggs-Steady and
unchanged
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-19
COMMON LAR LLBEL.

When the stately young statesman
from Denton was approached during
the last session of the legislature and
urged to assist in giving Texas proper
statutory libel law, he declined TO do so,
saying it would overturn the common
law upon the subject, which had been
digested by age and settled by wisdom.
An argument to the same effect made
upon the floor of the house by lawyer
of his brilliancy and eruditlon had great
weight in influencing the members of
the legislature who were not lawyers,
and the libel bill was defeated
Let us see how the law now in effect
works.
England is the home Of the common
law-the country in which it attains its
highest perfection and richest luxuri-
ance. The London Era showed mp the
true inwardness of an alleged theater in
that city some time ago, the nefarious
practices of which were such as to put it
beyond the pale of enlightened toIera-
ton. The proprietor sued for damages.
The paper pleaded truth and proved every
allegation The court held that If was
no defence, and the jury mulcted
the defendant in heavy damages. An
Oxford student wrote to the Pail Mail
Gazette telling how circus man trained
boys for aorobatic peri ormanees by tor
tur6! The letter was published, a
suit brought. The charges were all
proved, but the Gazette was forced to
pay $500 damages. An old man had a
daughter who had fallen into the power
OF a circus man. The father wrote to a
number OF English newspapers of
the cruelty to which his daughter
was subjected. The papers, with
the light OF experience guiding
them, refused to publish his letters.
Finally the father, failing in all his eff
forts to release his daughter from her life
of suffering, killed her prosecutor. Then
t1fsSwhole story came ont, and the 4Rews-
papers published things they had long
known Then the public learned that the
Door girl lad n.Inade to perform aero
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-19


crowded with people who came TO hear
the discussion.
Seth Stevens, q Brookfield halter, no.
ticed that one Of his hens was hardly able
to walk. He shut her up in coop and
doetored her. AS she continued to grow
more feeble, yet showed no sign of sick
ness, he determined 10 kill her In dress
ing her for the table he f6tind inside or
her six perfectly formed eggs shells and
all and seven full-sizea eggs with soft
shells. Henry Hofef of Orange, of the
same state, had hen which =aIked as
though overloaded, and, lifting her, he
was surprised at her .eight Being of
curious turn of mind ne killed her, per-
formed an autopsy, and found twenty
six egg yolks iiicased in one soft-shelI
covering. Each yolk was full size, and
lacked only the white to be perfect egg.
Tie whole bunch was as large as a cocoa
nut aud weighed three anh one-fourth
pounds.
A London telegram says the unmarried
British woman has fresh cause of com
plant. It is not enough to have her
natural future Englishman marry an
AMERICAN, but now Englishman Sir
William Moore is trying to close against
her the Indian matrimonial market,
which was fast becoming her only hope.
Sir William, who is the surgeon-g general.
recommends that AngIo-Indians stop
marrying English girls and get along
with native wives. These, he declares,
are just as good as the Anglo-Saxon
women. They are pretty and hardy,
with plenty of strength, and bear chill
dren. They can live in the Indian eli
mate and do not necessitate the frequent
trips to Europe which ckaraeterize the
English girl married IN India. Sir Will
lam, by his article in the Asiatie Quar-
terly Review, has made himself almost
as much dislilxed as the average Ameri-
can mother, who on this side is credited
with devoting her whole life solely to
making spinsters of English girls.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-19
6HALL T BE AcTIoNa

The GAZETTE is not without encourage
ment of its suggestion to Northwest
Texas, but this paper is labering for re-
suits, not praise. Appreciation of ef-
fort for the public good is very grateful i,
but to see those efforts successful is far
more SO. -.
Northwest Texas needs immigration !;
will northwest PEOPLE who realize. the
nesa of their section inaugurate move
mentS5o. supply it?
Whatgay the progressive men of the
northwest and of the west to an organ
lied effort in behalf Of immigration?
What say you gentlemen to con-
vention at Fort Worth to discuss
this matter and formulate plan of ae-
ton?
What says Fort Worth? What says the
Denver road and the Rio Grande roadP
In sectional efforts alone is there chance
of success. The state will do nothing,
but each section of the state may be
aroused by the effort of some one section
leading the way.
Now is the time to work--people are
ready to migrate in the fall. Shall it be
action now and results in the fall, or in
action now and forever?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-19

MOST of the ministers of Charleston
devoted their sermons last Sunday to the
Mellow case, and the acquitted murderer
was eloquently and mercilessly fayed.
Ministers of the gospel should be leaders
of thought on questions Of morality and
the proud old city by the sea is to be
congratulated on the possession of those
who are fearless in the discharge of their
duty. If they can succeed in over
turning the jury practice in that state
and making crime odious they will have
done grand work, and one which their
brethren in every other state in the
Union, North and South, would do well
to emulate