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Cholor ......... ......... ................ 50
Crown FONT .-.-....- ................... p
Consolidated California and Virginia 225
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Gould and Curry ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 40
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Iron SILVER ......... ...........-.......... -
mexican ..'-.'-.' $4,000. .-............. 90
Ontario ....................... ........... 700
Ophir ......... ......... .................. 80
flymOulh ....''... ...-..... ............. -
quicksilver ...-..... ......... ............ 90
DO preferred ......... 800
Sierra Nevada ......... .................. 50
Standard 49,. ......... .............. $50
Union Consolidated Observation-Disclosures. 80
Yellow Jacket ......... .................. 40
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wy PENNSYLVANIA STATIONS.
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s TRAINs Rim nv CENTRAL llMe
TRAINS RUN ~ CENTRAL nMe.

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CHICAGO, December $L-Cattle: Choice
lots were steady but others We're weaker.
Sales were on a basis Of 81 2j14 81 Tor con-
mon TO strictly choice beeVes, lew 6OlHS
under 50 30 or over 81 %.
Hogs. steady and lower. a few sales OF
fancy light weights at So 17QS 20 cut no
figure and most Of the sales occurred at
So 4003 CO. with the bulk OF the transac-
tons at So 55GiS 60: choice pigs solu ABOUT
as high as choice hogs.
Sheep, I'm good demand and prices
strong. Common 10 chOlce sHeep Melo
salabe at 81 c0Q3 90. the bulk l lev ill5
81 seas so; lambs sold AT 81 504l 90 Tor poor
RSeceiptsGCattle 5000 head; hogs, $4,000
head; sheep 11.00O head.
EAST. LIBERTY, December 3.-Catte;
active and stronger; prime "a -94+ 90, so o5I
81 OOG4 Is: good butchers IS oO4i W; rough
Hogs. active at higher prices; prime
light "a 30I4 40: medium grades 81 5J.t 1v'
heavy hogs 81 1904 .; roughs - 900 %.
sheen strong with prices 23Mbc hlgher
than last week. Extra So 5OgS 50; falr
81 5Nd2 70: culls ana common ioc4Sl oJi
lambs 81 60G5 40.
Veal calves So 5Od7 %.
CINCINNATI, December Sl-HogSS.
easy at So 250S so; receipts, 5000 head;
shipments, 1850 bead.
DRY GOODS.
FALL. RIVER, December a.-Print
NEW YORK, December S1.-There has
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different and better tone to the market
and greater cheerfulness was manifested
IN All directions. The printing cloth mar
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NEW YORK. December S1.-Pig iron,
easy; southern $12(0Gli co; northern Sl2 %
Copper. quiet brokers 1Olsc; exchange
81 cad ca. easy; brokers' So co; exchange
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arhroron connections and through tieH-
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From Chicago. l:l5 a. m. and 1'c5 and
~ From St. Louis. Cincinnati ana Coluin
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DeG., -ciaIraville accommodation, RIO ?.
and 5:90 p. n, except sunday;
IL Ss-evyark accommodation. 1910 =. m
ossialyndusl,y mail, 8: 80 p. m. daily.
Ss-''-N'' CEAS O. SCtLb,
General Passenger A0ent
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-02

~ OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES FOR BLAAN INK
Va ..ea = i eases OIL Leaces, bor hs e..
HSSl;s For sale Cards. end d Rooms iO1
B., carda. Cal at Register OL9oS-
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From Bridgeport 10 ~. Arrive

J. G. TOMLINSON. Passenger Agent.
Station foot Eleventh and Water SITS.
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Northwest System-Cleyeland and Pits
burg Division.
Trains run daily except Sunday as fol-
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OHIO RIVER RAILROAD co

on and after Sunday. December IS 1880
Passenger Trains VIII run as follows
FDaily. daily except Sunday. Eastern
Time.
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FINANCE AND TRADE.

NEW YORK. December 31.-Money on
cali 3Q35 per cent; last loan per CENT
closed easy at per cent.
Prime mercantile paper 6H9 per cent.
Sterling exchange dull ana lower with
actual business i'm bankers bills az 4SoNs4
4,q for demand and 4SPegiSGt for 90 days
Poster rates Q4S9 and iSo4i9J.2 Com
mcrCial bills 4a6l2. -
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NLEVELAND, LORAIN AND
" WHEELING RAILROAD.
Time table IN effect November q, ls2
cleveland Depot, Foot OF South Water
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RAILWAY TINE CARD.

Arrivals and departures OF trains on and
after Oct. ~, 1855. Explanation OF Refer
ence Marks daily; iSunday excepted.
MONDAY excepted; Saturday excepteG5
iSuncay only; saturday only; monday
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'~''es' QUOTATIONS..

Extra ........ ......... ......-......'9'fH 4
GOOD ......... ......... ''''....'''''''S -
,leaium ......... .........' -..ss...'.'- ~ "a
COMMON ......... $1,000 '''''''''''' -.t-,
ambs 100000. 1891. .....'s. .o1l@ ', "A
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Elactri, cars between Wheeling. Aar-
tins Ferry and C.. j.. a. y" Depot IA
BRIDGEPORT. -,--
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-02-22
A STUDY IN ANCESTORS.
Result of Following Up, or Rather Down,
the Family Line.

Result of Following Up, or Rather Down,
the Family Line.
4 South side man tells good story on
himself. He comes of revolutionary
stock and his family for several genera
tions back has been prominent in New
York state, but he has never worried
much about his ancestry, having been
too busily engaged in trapping the I'M
wary dollar. His wife comes of good
old Virginia stock and knows all about
her lineage. She has frequently in
sisted that her husband make some eff
fort to trace his family history, of which
nc could give no earlier account than
that one of his ancestors moved from
Massachusetts to Connecticut about
1860. AS the family name is thorough
IN English she believed it possible that
this ancestor came in direct line from
some old pilgrim settler. At last the
husband yielded to her persuasions and
wrote to a ''specialist' in the east to
find out what he could about the family
in Massachusetts prior to 1760. In the
course of few weeks he received a let
ter reporting progress. The man who
digs up family histories said he had OBJ
carly records that in -, Mass, in 1855,
one James - had been sentenced for
six hours in the stocks for public in
toxication, and that in the same town
the following year this aforesaid James
So enjoyed the unique distinction of
being the first prisoner to occupy "a
newly built Jail, the charge against
him being the theft of a cask of rum.
'"My DEAR" said the husband, after he.
had read the report to his Mortified
wife, 1--WE haven't gotten far enough
along to prove that James was a rela-
tive of ours, but l think we can do it
with a little more research" "The in
vestigation has gone far enough" said
She Now when she tells of her hus-
bands family history she is content to-
dwell on the revolutionary period
Chicago Record.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-02-22
Not Afraid of Burglars.

A short time ago gentleman, whose
sister was staying with him, came in
late from a party, and was surprised
beyond measure on observing white
figure prowling aboat the back of the
house. On going to investigate he dis
covered his sister standing outside the
back door with cooked revolver in her
hand. As she was explaining to him
that there was burglar within the
door opened and man emerged car
rying a sack over his shoulder. The
man. the girl and the revolver speedily
made him a prisoner, and in short
time he was comfortably enscOnced in
Jail.
When the man came home he said to
his sister: 'sWhy on earth didn't you
GO down through the kitchen?"
How stupid" the brave girl replied:
don't you know tho kitchen is full OF
mice sA~-Peerson' Weekly
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-02-22

a half-hour drive by moonlight, he
again spoke to her, taking advantage
of a moment when Neville went to
hasten the dilatory hostler in his work.
''See here, little girl" he began,
hastily, with a glance about, to see if
anyone could overhear him, Il can't
stand this. I just"
Gladys turned upon him with eyes
opened wide in mock surprise.
81 beg your pardon" she said, in
her coolest ''who-are-you-anywa
tones.
Enright said something's bad word
between his teeth. but went on des-
perately:
Can't / say or do something to show"
eyes, sir, you can," said the little
girl" snappily. "You can try to
be gentleman and confne your at
tentions to me to those called for by
the nothing more"
Enright shut his teeth savagely and
turned away. He was quite positive of
it now-he was altogether certain that
of all the cOldhearted girls in the
world, Gladys Payne was the worst.
But he watched her (for his party
passed and was passed in turn
by the Neville cutter several times)
just the same, and he was al
most willing to swear that he
once saw Neville kiss the girl just
after they entered the shadow of the
pines on the hillside. He was almost
right, too, for Neville did attempt to
kiss her, but was good-naturedly re-
pulsed. 1t had not come to that point
with Gladys, although. to be sure,
Tom couldn't but think so, and it mad
dened him almost to desperation to have
to sit quietly and chatter small talk to
little Miss Glazer-who, by the way,
was enjoying his attentions immensely.
So after they had returned to the hotel,
ne proceeded to make fool of himself
Meeting Neville in the mems dress
ing room he Kissed between his
clenched teeth:
I'll have it out with you for this
Mr.. Neville"
For what?" queried that gentleman
| In his most urbane manner.
you know. sir. Your attentions tc
Miss Payne are"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-02-22

Gus lover, Gladys, who had been break
ing her heart all the evening. gave way
utterly, and at once went upstairs to
have her cry out-and there she lay,
utterly oblivious of all that went on
about her, until the crash of falling
timbers, the cracking of flames and the
smoke rushing under the door reused
her from her apathy. It was too late,
she thought, to escape by the door-the
smoke was almost suffocating her even
with the door closed-and she rushed
to the window, threw it open and lifted
her voice in that wild cry:
Toni"
What did he care for flames and
smoke, or for any kind of danger, with
that cry ringing N his ears? With one
bound he was inside the door, and
though half-blinded before he had half
reached the upper hall, CROPPED onward,
trying door after door, until, at last,
he found her, and she tainted in his
arms. How he ever got her safely out
he never knew, but get her out he did.
and when she opened her eyes. half an
hour later, it was to find herself on the
sofa in a nearby farmhouse, with
Toms arms about her and Tom kisses
raining on her face.
"Darling!" she whispered, "do you
think you can forgive me?'
my sweetest Martha" he answered.
smilingly. Il cannot tell a Iie'-you
know / do
She lifted her face to be kissed.
els the surrender unconditional? 2"
asked Tom, presently.
"Yes. dear"
Then" he said, proudly straighten-
ing his broad shoulders, 81 have made a
conquest of which the Father of His
Country might be jealous-and we're
much obliged. after all, aren't we TO
Mrs. Haskins? For, if she hadn't cast
us for Martha and George, we might
not"
"Oh, yes. we would-anything but
making up, for us, would be impossible
you know. she interrupted, confidently
LESTER KETCHUM.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-02-22

and Enright looked eagerly for Gladys,
hoping, yet half afraid, that she would
be a member of the same party as him
self-and when he saw her go by,
flushed and happy-looking, in young
Neville's cutter, alone with that most
objectionable youth, he was very bit
ter, and was almost ready to give up
going. Put he didn't. Instead, he de-
voted himself most assiduously to a
certain Miss Glazer, much to her graft
6cation and the mystifcation of sew
eral of tie others, who were not aware
of his disagreement with Gladys.
There had been change of pro-
gramme, which involved dinner at The
Hills, more sleighing, then some Wash
ington tablead4, and the ball, and En-
right and his ex-fancee met at dinner
thanks to Mrs. Haslzins, who, follow
ing her usual malicious tactics, had so
managed as to seat them next to each
other.
81 hope" quietly said Enright. with
polite gravity, just after the soup was
served-'I hope, Miss Payne, that you
do not think this meeting one of my
seeking. I would have avoided it had
it been possible to do So"
Pray don't be distressed, Mr.. En-
right" replied the girl, Jelly. I'VE are
quite agreed on that point; SO, perhaps.
the less said the better"
Thenceforward, throughout the
meal, Enr:ght directed his converse
ton elsewhere, savagely noting. how
ever, the feverish gayety and apparent
indifference to himself of the girl he
had once expected to marry.
"Cold, cruel, utterly heartless!" he
declared TO himself, after the fashion
of jealous lovers from time imme-
mortal. And, after the fashion of the
same, he proceeded to act as though he,
too, were entirely Indifferent, or, in
deed, rather glad that it was all over be-
tween them.
AS for Gladys, she vehemently told
herself half dozen times that she
didn't care" and, to demonstrate this,
she went on with her Irritation with
young Neville to most outrageous ex-
tent, noting with great satisfaction
that Tom, Notwithstanding his appar-
ent devotion 10 plain little Miss Glazer,
was absolutely white with jealousy
and rage.
However, when they met after din
ner, on the steps of the hotel piazza,
to join the few who were for taking
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-02-22

"Ah. indeed, quote Mr.. Neville. sheer
ingly. IF Miss Payne prefers my at
tentions to yours, it is her privilege,
believe" and he turned away with a
look of supreme contempt at his jeal-
GUS rival, who clenched his fists and
looked, for an instant, as if he would
use them, but wisely thought better
of it, and walked in the other direction.
He walked straight into the presence
of Mrs. HaSkins, to whom he declared
his intentions of refusing utterly to
take any part in the tableaux or the
subsequent proceedings, and to that
lady's protest that it was childish he
answered that such might be the case,
but that he could not. in justice to him.
self. take part with Miss Payne in any
thing. and that he was going home i'm
media tely. He knew that he had NOR
tally offended Mrs. Haskins, but that
was immaterial. His sole desire was
to get away from Gladys presence, and
he was resolved to get away from Mill
ston, too, by the very first train going
anywhere.
Therefore, he made his curt adieux.
and hiring the care-taler's saddle
horse he dashed off towards town, his
whole being animated with rage and
despair, and his brain filled with just
that one idea-to get away as far as
possible. But, by the time he had
reached the top of Four-Mile noun
tain the chill air and the active motion
of riding had Gained him somewhat,
and he drew rein and looked back.
Heavens! What was that? From
the roof of the hotel, from all the win
dows on the west side of the build
ing, he could see, through the clear
moonlight, dense volume of smoke
pouring-and, as he looked, the flames
burst out in places, and angry tongues
Of fire shot forth here and there.
Tom Enright hesitated for one dazed
second-the next he was dashing back
down the road at the top Of his
horses speed.
The front yard was full of people
when he galloped up, but a first glance
showed him no sign of Gladys.
"Where is she? Where's Gladys
Miss Payne?" he asked of those nearest
him, as he leaped from his horse. And
as though in response, came the wild.
despairing cry:
'"Tom! Tom! Save mel"
After Mrs. Haskins had announced
to her the sudden departure Of her jeal-