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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-09-24
ANDY JoHNsON's TOAST.



History is not altogether written
in books nor earned in the minds
Of sayants. The sources of histori-
cal information are vared. Co.,.
For instance, says the Indiana
polls News, one may get an idea Of
the character Of President Andy
Jofnson from a talk with. his bar
be-, who happens 10 live in this city,
aid Is none other thsn George L.
Keeble, one Of the proprietors Of The
Young Mems Christian Association
barber shop.
Il might have been the first free
colored man TO be married in the
White House." said George, "but /
was not willing TO wait until we
could 70 from Nashville TO Wash
intcn. II happened in this way;
MY wife was Mrs. Johnson's
maid. She waited on the trent
door Of the johnson mansion and
wGs very aaectionstely treated by
the family.
When Governor. johnson vent
to Washington, knowing that ] wa
waiting on Mrs. Johnson's maid, we
were asked to 20 along and be mar
RED al the capital.
"1he circumstances Of my court
ing were unusual. One day 4 was
walking past the Governors house,
wien ] saw Q captain of the army,
veal known in Nashville, walk up
10 Mr.. johnson, who was in the
yard, and begin 10 use abusive lang
guage.
Among other things / remember
be called johnson q traitor John
son fired up in an instant 49,
"Hb night hand and arm were
parAlySed With bis left be struck
out briskIy and tumbled the captain
down upon the grass. After that
guards we're PLACED sbUut the pre-
mises, with instructions 10 exclude
oil pe.Sons not having passes. -
This interfered somewhat with
the other Young fellows who were,
like myself, paying attention 10 Mrs.
JOh7sOn'r maid. Bus il helped me.
"1he maid at the front door told
the guards 10 admit me, and By the
time the Governor wns ready 40 40
10 Washington ! bad prosecuted nv
eourthip 10 = successful result,
"How did Mr.. johnson conduct
himself toward the coIored peopleS"
ale Wa free and easy with Us.
For instance, BIO would come down
10 my barber shop Of = mornin 4 and
about The hpt remark would be:
well, George, do you know where
can find a good mint julepf'
y generally knew where 10 find
one and be would always invite me
over 10 Try the liquor with him. In
drinking he would generally propose
. toast, and this was the most corn.
mon one: God bless the white folks
and the LOtd save The Biggen'"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-09-24

J. S. CARR,
W.w.FULLER

CARR H. W. SMITH, J. T MALLORY ]. W. WALKER
w,wFULLER G. S. BRYAN, ia. BRYAN, A H. STOKES
A General BANKING Business Transacted
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-09-24

x..,,ux.ox.- DAILY.
'A'''S No. 81. No. 50.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-09-24

Addiu, TO T., leave 01fjrd
,laily esp { .Y"IyIl'90 a. M, ar.
i've Hs'rls,s i!t,j . M, return.
bg cave 10 /. r.". =. 0p NJ, daily
x sgt saniy. At ~ Oxfold 3.1j
=. q
NJ. Sc leaving g III boro 2.90 =
N, end Raleigh AS ?. m. daily,
makes connection at Durham viii
No. 10, leaving at 6 p. m. daily eI
cept Sua,iay fur Henderson, and aI
. inis GA o. Il G.. and K. & NJ.
r1rj..
Passenger coaches ron through,
between West Point and Raleigh
u,a KeygiIle, on Nos 81 and zO2.
and 81 aud 1O3.
Nos. 81 and So connect 1t Rich
nond daily except Sunday for West
Point aud Baltimore, yis York River
Line.
SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.
On Trains so and 81 Pullman
BuiFet Sleeper. between Atlanta Az
NeS YORK, Danyille and Augusta
and Greensboro, via AthvilIe, 70 Nor
rissoWn, Tenn.
On 81 and So Pullman BufEei
Sleeper, between Washington AIT
New Orleans, vie Montgomery ant
between Washington, Birmingham.
Richmond end Greensboro, and be.
tween Washington aud Augusta ant
Pullman Buffet Sloepers between
Washington and Asheyille and Hol
Springs. JAS. L. Taylor.
SOL. HAAS, Genl Psss. Agl
Traffic Manager.
W.A.TCRK, Div Pas. Agt.
Raleigh, N. G.
s<~ss<zzs <<zw<z~zz~HE
eruuIxsM &szx - 81 80 ~ 10 -
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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-09-24
ACCOUNTS OF BANKS, BANKERS. CORPORATIONS AND IDI-
VII uALS RECEIVED ON FAVORABLE TERMS.

ACCOUNTS BANKS, BANKERS, CORPORATIONS AND
VII UAIS RECEIVED ON FAVORABLE TERMS.
CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT bearing cent interest issued upon
deposit with the First National Bank IL months
COLLECTIONS made direct all accessible points the Uni
States, md RENTED for promptly at lowest rates.
paid to the business OF Correspondents
THIS BANK being recently organized in condition classes
favorable other Bank In the
RANKING SECURITY The United States Government requires
the Liabilities and Assets of all National Banks shall
made and the Directors every
this Bank Examiners the pleasure of the Government
made thoroughly examine into the condition the Bank
National Banks afford larger Of protection than any other
Banking system
CHARACTER CAPITAL The character Officers
National Banks the highest and
Stakeholder the National Bank law responsible for double
Back credit better
ties than the First National
WE WANT of business We solicit patronage and
al entrusted 22
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Capital $1eaoOo!.


S. CARR President LEO d. HEARTT Cashier
w. FULLER. Vice President CHAS. A JORDANr. Teller
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ADVANTAGES OF This City.

es the Norfolk aud Western Railroad on The surveyed route
u tho Ptsbng AM htaata Railroad winch sill be grates
trunk lines ia lac United Il the Of great Southwest
and situated The foot Of the Peaks Otter Mountains which l.
gets its unlimited supply Of
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-26
AMONG THE WITS.

\ cross-eyed man may be straight,
but he never looks that way.-Terds
SQtiRgS.
Mistress-"Have you any references?'
New Girl-'No mum. Have your
Good NeirS.
Because a man has a few "horns," il
is not necessarily a sign that he will
hook anything.-Ne'0 York Herald.
The members OF the Farmers Al
lance may doubtless be set down as
being in favor of hoe 'cm rule.-W'Gsli-
layton Post.
There isn't much deception about
dreSsmakers. They are generally busy
when they -Bnghdmpton
Leader.
The world never knows what loud
prayers a man can offer until he Is
called upon to pray for the sins OF his
neighbor.-AtchiSon Globe.
Are you acquainted with that dog?'
"Well, hardly that. | know his name,
but | don't suppose he knows mine. =
Boston Transcript.
Maddox understand your wife al
ways has the last word" Gazzam-"All
Il mistake, assure you. She gives il TO
me. '-HGrper'S BaZdr.
''If you haven't brought home ca
nary Bird You're the most eXtravagant
person, John smith" but, my dear,
| bought this for song. '-BOSton Post.
Everybody will be glad to learn that
the man who thinks he can cook has
met his just deserts. His wife Is treat
ing him with home made remedies for
dyspepsia IndiGnGpoliS Journal.
Benevolent Person To old tramp
you ought to be ashamed of yourself
10 be begging at your age" Tramp, in
dignantly-"H How in thunder can beg
at any other age now, I'd like to know.
Gimme ckle.'-IVdSl,ington STIR.
Didn't the poet from whom you were
reading refer in one, of his lines to the
germ Of immortality?" inquired Mrs.
BriXton of her husband. YES; but it
does strike me rs carrying this microbe
theory too far. '-WdShington Post.
\ gentleman was looking at a suite of
rooms in an apartment house: he found
them satisfactory. and said to the jani-
tor. "I'll take them" "Eiave you any
children, Sir?' YES, two" Then
can not let you have the rooms. why,
my children are both married and live
in Iowa" That makes no difference.
Ny orders are no; to take in any tenant
who has children. -Shocdnd Leather Re
porter.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-26
STRAY FACTS.

China now only supplies - per cent
of the tea drunk in England.
Three thousand dogs were drowned
by the Detroit police during the year.
One member OF the Farmers Alliance
is said to own over 10000 acres OF farm
land.
A ton of tomatoes, as they come from
the field. it is estimated. will hill from
400 &c $50 cans.
over IS, 900 copyrights have bee grant
ed To American authors during the pres
ent calendar year.
The Yankton Press thinks the bad
lands will some day be 4 greater attrac-
ton than Yellowstone park.
The Connecticut dairymen have asked
the Legislature 10 have oleOmargarine
painted deep pink.
The whole proceeding was without
an unpleasant incident, Is the way a
Canadian newspaper rounds oil hang
ing.
John Hauser, horse trainer OF Hicks
VILE, Long Island, has received two
live deer which she will train for car
riage driving"
Chicago has annexed and absorbed I'M
I'll she has sufficient pasture range in
side the city limits to feed 10000 Texas
steers all summer.
Proba bly, the heaviest stag ever killed
i'm Scotland or Ireland has been shot ut
MuckroSS, near Killarney. II had horns
OF fourteen tynes, and its clean weight
was nearly ton and half.
The official canvass of the vote Of
Minnesota Unexpectedly shows that the
amendment to the constitution allowing
tive-Sixths Of jury to render verdict
in all civil eases has been carried.
Though suffering from cold that
would probably have buried many a
Younger man, Rev. Mr.. Halves, who is
in the ninety-third year OF his age, has
been regularly in the pulpit of his
church in Litchield, Mass, on recent
Sundays.
In every tobacco factory at Key West
there is reader" Cubans and Span
iards cannot talk without gesticulatiOn.
In order to keep them from talking and
dropping their work in order to use the
hands, a person is hired to read aloud
during working hours.
A novel suit is before the Superior
Court Of Maine. The plaintiff, Cape
Elizabeth man, brings suit against a
Portland man for alternating his wife's
affections, and the defendant in his
plea declares that the wife never had
anv affection for her husband, conse-
ouently he could not ALLEVIATE them. He
will stand trial on this ground.
In speaking of the minute parasites
which are found in the hairy part Of a
tigers foot, scientist says; "Ihey
constitute one Of the most wonderful
curiosities | know OF in the animal
world. The parasites are so small as 10
be almost invisible TO the naked eye
and yet each is a perfect counterpart
of the tiger; head, ears, jaw, legs, claws
body. tail, all are there. You may
think this is a big story, but look the
subject up and see if it is not so.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-26
TIE nAnY INcrHAroR.
II Gives strong and Hearty Lao TO Many
Infants.


The "couy suse" in the Women ;
Medical College is an institution much
iu demand IL Is occupied constantly
by some tiny tenant that is not strong
enough 20 live in the open air, and II
was not long ago that duplicate con
vease" had 10 be- imported from Paris.
The Two ore now in full operation, turn
ing ont strong. wholesome babies.
The French word "couveuSe' means
"a brooder." aud is applied TO the little
incubator. i'm which weak infants are
vut until they grow strong enough 70
iive like the common babies and breathe
the air OF the rest Of mankind. 10 Is
very simple apparatus, easily made,
,asilv manipulated and serves an excel
lent purpose. IL Is plain hard wood
box. asxaOxl5 inches in dimensions.
Six inches from the bottom there Is a
floor through which there is an open
iug made about three inches wide across
the foot end. On this floor the nest Tor
the little tenant is made of thick bat Of
cotton covered with the SOfteSt hannel,
The top of the box fits tightly, and Is
made of glass. AT the head end OF the
box there is an open register three
in diameter. which admits the air into
the lower chamber Of the "couveuSe.
This air passes over five bottles OF
hot water placed IN the basement apart
ment, and goes up through the opening
I'm the floor no the foot. At this open
ing three goOd-sized SpOngeS are SuS-
pended on a wire. The SpongeS are
kept damp and moiSten the air when
comes up from OH the hot bottles. over
the head OF the baby is little chimney
in the top Of the lid, through which
this air passes out. In this chimney Is
a little tin Indicator, which l. moved
constantly by the current of air. When
it stops. the attending nurse knows
that the circulation OF the air has been
shut of
There was a baby in the "conveuse'
last night, and it looked as happy on ITS
bat OF cotton as bird would in IT'S
nest The temperature is kept any
where from so TO 90 degrees, according
90 the strength Of the infant, the weak
or ones hauing the hotter surroundings.
When the head nurse lifted the little
fellow out OF its warm. moist bed. II
acted-abOut ia a very lively fashion.
This pioneer baby incubator was
brought from Paris over year ago, and
10 has never been without an occupant.
The new one is also in constant use.
Not a single infant that has been
brought up in either OF them has died,
and there have been great many
housed there. The treatment must be
very wholesome, for the head nurse said
that the average increase in the weight
of the infants is about thirty grams
daily.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-26
Fine Office Rooms For Rent.

V,HE IMPROVEMENTS on THE REILLY
l. Block" corner Market and Fourteenth Sts..
being now completed offer for rent number
OF elegant Office Rooms, now open for inspec-
ton Of renters. Possession given at once. The
spacious front rooms, Nos. and 2, on second
floor, at present occupied by the Chamber Of
Commerce and tho Vince ing Title and Trust
Company, are also for rent Possession 10 these
April lst. Also fine basement room under C.
Schneprs drug store. Natural and city gas
throughout the building. and fine Otis Passen.
ger Elevator in operation. For further pariicu-
lars apply TO VI. REILLY,
decGdw No. 1911 Main Street
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-26
PHRKNOLoGy OF UMBRELLAS.
Vet Day Observations Reduced to Sci
ence

The precise umbrella has an erect
rigidness Of pOise that turns neither to
the right nor TO the left.
The cautious umbrella has a covert,
Notwithstanding snugEeSs that keeps
close to the sheltered side Of the way.
The calculating umbrella has Il weigh
and-measure preoccupation, dipping
down slowly TO the right or left like the
Squint of an eye.
The iraScible umbrella jerks through
the moving mass Of its kind with a RAM
pant air Of general unSteadinesS that
people pause to ruftie their brOws at.
The good-natured umbrella has an
slownesS of movement, a rest
On-OarS look that seems 10 contemplate
its fellows as subjects OF laughter.
The bOund-tO-get-there umbrella has
q steady, determined movement that
brushes and collides and knocks of hats
on an ''all's fair in war" principle.
The gOing-to-the-party umbrella hobs
and skips in air with a certain buoyant
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-26

d.l917MsO.36.e. Trustee
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-26
Commissioners Sale.

cOninlsslOntrs have gNen bond rs required
law and the said decree
JOHN W. MITCHELL,
de5eodi Clerk.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-26
4 90. Butchers So 4Oa3 60; receipts, 5000
head; shipments. 800 head.

Cincinnati Horse and Mule Market.
CINCINNATI, December 20-Trade bright
ened up little early in the week in conse-
quence of the attendance Of few buyers
from other points and fair local demand,
but became quiet toward the close. Re-
ceipts of stock were ample and prices well
sustained.
Quotations at the Cincinnati Union Stock
Yards Stables were as follows: Driving
horses, sl25a250; saddle horses, Sl50a250;
draft horses, sl40a200; street car horses
SS5all0; Southern horses S50as5; plugs, Sl0a
30. Mules, aged four TO eight years. fifteen
and a half to sixteen hands, Sl35al50; fif-
teen to fifteen and a half hands, sll5a135;
fourteen and a half TO fifteen hands, S95a
1l5; fourteen TO fourteen and half hands,
S75a90; plugs sl0a30.
The following prices prevailed NJ the
Fifth street stables Driving and saddle
horses sll5alS5; draft-horses heavy sl65a
225; do medium, Sl25alS5; street-car horses,
S70al15; Southern horses S50a90; plugs, SIS
a45. Mules, four to eight years old, six
teen 10 sixteen and half hands, Sl45a
1856; do. fifteen and half to sixteen hands
sl30al45; do fifteen to fifteen and half
hands, Sl20al35; do. fourteen and half to
fifteen hands, sl00al20; fourteen to four
teen and half, SS0al00: plugs Ss}0af0
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-26
LIVE STOCK.
BALTIMORE, Mp, December Is, 1880.
AT CALVERTON YARDS.


BEEF CATTLE-The Offering of medium
and top cattle was decidedly less numerous
than last week. while other grades were in
full supply For the latter kinds values
were UNCHANGED, the medium and top cat
tie being quoted as 15a4c higher than last
week. We quote at 81 - to q 80 with a
full number at aud near 81 90, and but few
near the top quotation-most sales IT :? Pa
1 40 per 100 pounds.
Prices of Beef Cattle this week ranged
as follows: Best Becves 81 25a4 80; those
generally rated first quality 81 00ai l2i9 !;
medium or good fair quality - 62l@ai 20,
and ordinary thin Steers, Oxen and Cows
81 75a2 80 per 100 pounds.
OF the cattle received l,0l4 head came
from Virginia, POI from West Virginia, $50
from Ohio, 63 from Maryland, 31S from
Kentucky, pa from Illinois. Total receipts
for the week zoos head against . ,S33 last
week, and. ! $40 head same time last year.
OF the offerings to-day III head were
taken by Baltimore butchers, 6y by coun-
try dealers, and 265 by Eastern buyers
Total sales for the week l,2l1 head against
/, 725 last week, and 933 head same week
last year.
MiLcn Cows. There is a very light offer
ing and fair trade in cows this week.
We quote the range at S20ai5, with a few
extra at $50 per head. Receipts 81 head.
VEAL CALvEs-There is moderate
number of receipts and fair trade in
calves. We quote at +a5llc per n. Re
ceipts this week Gj head.
SHEEP AND LAMEs.-The receipts are
rather light, but seem to be sufficient for a
very sluggish demand reported at all the
yards Sheep are without change since
| last week, while lambs are fraction lower
than they were then. Wequote sheep this
week at 2 la5i4c per pound gross, the latter
price for few extra. Lambs 4l9ajSic
per pound gross, a few extra az the outside
figure The arrivals of sheep and lambs
this week numbered 1853 head.
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4nr 9alr.
Commissioners Sale.


Abraham A. Huss In the Circuit Cont
VS.. OF ONO county
Rachel Altman and others West Virginia.
N cHASoERV.
BY virtue Of the authority vested IN us by q
decree entered IN the above entitled cause on
the 2sth day Of November, 1890, We will sell, at
public auction, 81 the front door 81 the Court
House Of Ohio county, on
SATURDAY, THE 9th DAY OF DECEM-
Der, 1850,
commencing at 10 o'clock q. IN. the following
described real estate, las whole or In parcels
as shall be most advantageous, to-wit A
parcel OF ground situate on the east SIDE OF
Main street, in Centre Wheeling, known and
designated on the plat Of the city OF Wheeling
lot No. 20, the same being So feet in front and
l22 feet in depth.
TERMS OF SALE-one-thIrd OF the purchase
money and as much more as the purchaser
may elect to pay in cash. and the residue in two
equal annual payments with interest from the
day Of sale, payable annually. the purchaser
giving his notes for the deferred payments and
the title TO be retained until the payment Of
the purchase money in. full.
JOHN J. JACOB,
!. +. JONES.
Special Commissioners.
hereby certify that the above named special
commissioners have given bond as required by
law and the said decree
JOHN W. MITCHELL,
de5eodi Clerk
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elevation that seems borne on the wings
OF glee.
The take-it-easy umbrella hangs of
with an oh-fuSs, what's-the-hurry lol.
The shy umbrella has forward dip,
like hat pulled over the eyes.
The absent-minded umbrella pro-
trudeS comfortably from under the arm,
while its owners head acts rs a substi-
tute.
The sweet-sixteen umbrella has 4
snug, "chummy" eQuipose, that sug-
geSts web and wool of "isn't he just
lovely" confabs, with acid drop inter
missions.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-26
AdrIcetnNinthers.

Mas. WISsLow's SOOrHING SYRUP has
beef used by millions of mothers for child
rem teething for over fifty years with per-
feet success. II relieves the little sufferer
at once, produces natural, quiet sleep oy
freeing the child from pain, and the little
chelub awakes as bright as button" IL
is very pleasant TO taste, soothes the cnllI'
softens the gums, allays pain, reheveS wihd,
regulates the bowels, and is the best known
remedy for diarrhea, whether arising
from teething or other causes. Twenty-Five
oa,.c a hnttlp
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-26

changed. Cut Meats dull Lard stronger;
western steam 81 o.; January and Feb
ruary 81 2j; March 81 SO; April 81 AZ; May
81 81. Butter quiet and weak: western
dairy lla20c; creamery 20a29c; Elgin 29a
SOC. Cheese, strong; Ohio flats 6a9l4c.
PHILADELPHIA, december o. Flour,
unchanged Wheat, firm; No. . red De-
cember 9sJ6c; January 9sL4 a9selc; Febru-
airy 81 OOl4 March 81 024al 029l. Corn,
steady and quiet; No! 3 5f9c; No. 2
mixed December and January 5622 .a51c
February 5Sa5SIS; March 5slGa59c. Oats,
lower; futures nominally unchanged.
Eggs; firm. Receipts-Flour, 5000 bar
rels; wheat, 1000 bushels; corn, 5000
bushels; oats, 10000 bushels. Shipments
Wheat, 1000 bushels; corn, 6,GOO bush
els oats, 1900 bushels.
BALTIMORE, MD, December H.-Wheat,
western firm; No. > winter red spot and
December soc; January 964a96ilc; May
81 02Sl. Corn, western firm; mixed spot
and year SIC; January 56l9a56s4c; May
| 56I4a56s4c. Oats, dull: western white Ava
| soc; do. mixed 4Sa49c. Rye, quiet. Hay,
fresh 25c. Coffee, quiet. Receipts-Flour,
1000 barrels; wheat, 5000 bushels; corn,
1900 bushels oats, 5000 bushels; rye,
/ 200 bushels. No shipments.
TOLEDO, o., December 24.-Wheat, dull
and lower; cash 95c; May $3.50; July 92jsc;
August ole. Corn, dull May 52l6c. Oats
inactive; No. white 45lGc. Clover Seed,
dull and steady; cash and January - Is.
Receipts-Wheat, 2,3l3 bushels; corn,
6,32T bushels rye, 100 bushels; clover
! seed, LIE bags Shipments-Wheat,3 ,4'1
bushels; corn, 4,76l bushels; oats, GOO
bushels; rye, 100 bushels; clover seed, 54'
bags.
CINCINNATI, ONO, December 24.-Flour
dull Wheat, easy and irregular; No2 red
95l 6a9ac; receipts 800 bushels; shipments
800 bushels Corn in light demand; No. .
mixed sic Oats, steady; No. . mixed
43c Rye, quiet; No. . 74c. Provisions,
steady. Whisky, steady at 81 II. Butter,
quiet. Sugar heavy. Eggs easier at PIC.
Cheese, firm.
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SrATEs-Dull and steady.
$500 nAl

RALRoADs-Dull: sales, $1G0,0OO.
SroCKs-The stock market today PIE
scented little of interest in any way and
there was more attention paid 10 Christ
mas fostivitios than 70 hnsineSs especial
" during the afternoon. The bears were
the only active brokers in the market and
the same professional tone and narrow
dealings characterized trading throughout
The weakness was most apparent in Union
Pacific and st. Paul. The market closed
dull and steady at slight improvement,
with no change worthy of note. Sales 80
800 shares. Quotations closed bid:
Adams Express, l42; American ES-
press. III: Canada Pacific, III Central
Pacific, Is; Chesapeake and Ohio, lGi do
first preferred, 40i5 do second preferred,
26; Chicago and Alton. l2i; Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy, s154; Delaware
and Hudson, l2i; Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western. l2Si4; Denver Il Rio Grande
Il; Erie, 1917; do preferred 80; Ft
Wayne, $50; Illinois Central. 9515; Lake
Shore, 1857; Michigan Central, 80; Min
neapolis and ST Louis. &; do. preferred,
81: Missouri Pacific j91<; Northern Paci-
iic, 905l: do. preferred, 6l5!; Northwest
ern, 1921. do preferred. 1874: New York Cen
trial, %; Oregon Transcontinental, lli9;
Pacific Mail. 3la- Peoria, Decatur and
Evansville, III; Pittsburg, l52; Pullman
Palace Car, ~; Reading, 39ls Rock Island,
G9sl St. Louis and San Francisco, 81; do.
preferred, IS; do. first preferred, 30: ST.
Paul, 49, do. preferred l03; St Paul,
Minneapolis and Manitoba. &l2: st. Paul
and Omaha, 205<; do preferred, IS; Texas
Pacific, l3sl; onion Pacific, 42sz; United
States Express, o.; Western Unitn. az.