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NEW YORK.

New York, February. ZL-WhWt--EX-
ports iO7 40; spot weaker; No. hard
IN. I. o. b.. ailcat. options dul! all day
net decline. After opening weaker under
increased Argentine shipments and unsat-
isfactory cables, prices rallied on cash
la roe decreases in next visible, but finally
Weakened under evening up Of The long
holdings for the day. No. red February
~ Nav III.
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., CclEMENT - Portland cement, per Dbl
%2sO. lime fireclay ss.25Gs.io; plaster paris
Nv fire brick. st. Louis, per NJ 5000.
drain paving tile. per foot 7ul5c 3 TO 6
inches inclusive; felt roofing per square
SL1aQ250: Acme and Royal cement plaster,
per ton sAW: plastering hair, goat, per
10 &c: laths per Nj 81 90
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New York. February u. The exports
of specie from the port OF New York for
the Week were. Gold So .9a silver, $6a5-
6l5. Tho Imports were. Gold, $3.50, NJ;
silver. SA iS5. dry goods, s.. Slt.i3S, general
merchandise. $,99SM0.
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,,BEER-Schlitz quarts 5000 per Dbl;
plnts WHO per hbl. A Il c Bohemian.
quarts 5000; pints SLIGO; Dixie Pale.
H i %uo; p.nts $3.50; Weiss beer 81. rs
per case. two dozen In a case
tiiiGii WlNES-ti.22 per gallon.
wv HlSkf--Per gallon, finished goods ON
nlsh Wine basis 81 20: straight Bourbon
anu al rye. according to age and quality.
N.'0l3.O0: blended Sl.75ua5O.
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HOUSTON DAILY posn SATURDAY MORNING FEBRUARY % i

t1,@ per 100 lbs; painted wire S2.s5; wau-
Ay,s1n loc rtgher than Gldden.
WIRE NAll.S-Rate $500 per keg. ad-
sahces 10 TO 60 penny Soc and penny
yyVc, o ana I penny I5c; 4 and penny ?0c;
penny sl.2Q. penny NL60
Gut NAlLS-Rate s2.75 per key; satne
advances as on wire nails.
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COTTON-SEED PRODUCTS.

New orleans, La, February 2i--The
market for cotton seed meal and cake IN
IN some grades prime crude oil In hulk.
igs prime siusner yellow, IN BARRELS
"A. meal, 1850; cake. 1850 per short ton
Nsw YORK;. February 2i--Cotton seed
oil inactive and nominal, without quota
ble change In prices.
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CorroN POINTS.


Tomorrow 10 Washington's birthday ana
nll tho American cotton oXchanR VIII
observe the holiday. Gables from Liver
pool VIII be received ms usual. however.
Vaught & Kennedy OF New orleans
wired H. r. Richardson at 1875 "a, m;
New York lighting disposition 10 Hh-
waco, claiming heavy movement today,
dun To-"
Houston expects 1910 TO 1900 bales to-
morrow, against 1921 last year, New Or
leans $500 to 400 against aGlj.
Hubbard Bros & Co. advised h. W.
Martin this morning; yesterdays buy
ers tried 10 sell; found no buyers TO take
their cotton"
Frederic Bcebc OF Boston and Jonn c.
Fisher Of Omaha were among the visitors
registered at tho Cotton Exchange today
According 10 II. Cargiirs adyices the
estimated receipts at New orleans for the
coming week are 1900, against 800 IN
1898; for All ports the estimate is U,ylV
against $1,000.
on the 18th instant stocks or print
cloths at FAN River and Providence were
197, 600 pieces. against 2Os.c0 at The same
time IN, 1906.
Gilbert & GO. OF New orleans wired r.
Cargiil at $50 y. M. New YORK wires
German bears hammerng March ana
buying fall months"
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St. Louis. February q. Flour active
UNCHANGED Wheat weak, l-Hls lower;
snot better. No. cash. elevator 7lia;
trnoD",k 7ea7s. No. hard GO. May 6SIa
.Inly s2i,. corn quiet firm. isqh higher;
srot lower. No 2 mixed, cash 20. May
2iu27'.; July % @2SA oats, futures
casb ia, February 1873; May 2o9s July l9A
Ryeauiet 8Gai 037. Barley steady. Corn
meal M i.35aii5 Bran "a, Flax S ed aulet
H. I'm, tradiny light, prairie 4i0pS0o tim
n nthb' lo@ais.56 this side Whisky l22
Pork steady: standard mess, johhlng, new,
10 l2is. Old, aG2ie. Lard dun prime steam
ers 10. longs 575. ribs 5..s7'9 shorts 500
Dry salt meats. boxed shoulders, AS;
longs sos: ribs 5.S1i.; shorts 5,5p.
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London, February a-Consols ior
var silver. 30 li-16d Money. IL per cent.
nm rate OF discount In tho open market
FOR short and three month"; bills l-sela-a
NOR cent,
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KANgAs CITY.

Kansas city. February 2i.--cattle-Re-
ccipts 1000; shipments. 200. Lights steady
10 strong; others weak, 10 lower; Texas
good grades steady 20 strong; others weak
and lower Texas steers, 2.o1Ia 5oi Texas
COWS. 2oolie7Oi beef steers, iooi+ 10; ma
tive cows. lbO43N. stockers and feeders,
fsTq3 rs. bulls. 2GJd3 e. HoEs-Receipts,
$50. shipments 200. market strong, i-2
hirher Bulk OF sales S0d3Si; packers
500 50: heavies 3 GJ12 81. packers, 80
~ 81 10; mixed 2 75Si9 81 -: lights ? ron
s., workers. ssoG3 81; pIgs. 3 sJli3 *
Sheep Recsiuts. 800; shipments. 800.
lambs. 35"a4 70: muttoms. Soona.6n'
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DRIED FRUITS.

CITRON-1ic per III.
CURRANTS - Fancy cleaned SIC; in
ca rsiiG9;S-Evnporato Sc; Turkish layer Ice,
NECTARINES--Ev aporated Zoe.
PEACHES Evapor9ted Sc.
pi5kRS- Evaporated &c.
PIJ-MS-Pitted l0c, ,.<,-
hpTI' ,s-fancy sliced in boxes iId5c,
choice evaporated di4g6s4c. fancy eVapS-
SAPRIGOTs- Evaporatad loo.
SiNS-CaIfornia l.. L.. boxes N40d
5O crown l. n IL ra haIe, g ~ boxes A'
SBf,NicS-Crop 1895 California prunes,
eo.lo6s &C.; so-90s Gi4c COOS &c; 5o-60s The
silver and ruby prunes lec
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Receipts. snlcs Un hand

Beevcs' IN fair supply aud quiet, market
bare of cows and hcifcrs calves and yehr-
ngs I'm active demand and values strong.
hogs In heavy supply, dun and weak
sheep quiet
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lfPlNG SWEET poTArors

\, 'pr'slng farmers at Velasco
l. ~, var load of sweet potatoes to
|.st nv. ' ms week. This is an ex-
na. @'' II 1t proves successful. Will
pots,oolsn ministry for South Texas
lsshtl,ies IN he raised in unlim-
. les ~. IN this State. ana to snip
Sem favored sections would GER
Inot Sta. feasible pian. Colorado
fsss sevsra 70 begin with. as Texas
paatoes thousand car loads of
pa b atom rom there every year. ana
|1nsy ,ee,n"vouraging to see some OF
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ST. LOUIS

St Louis. February -Cattlc-Recelpts.
1890: shipments. 1000; market strong, FAR
TO best shipping steers, 316i4O. dressed
beef and butchers grades. 325ffi.21. bulk
of sales. 2 A0d41: steers under 700
pounds, 25d3 40: bull, Of sales, 290it3 20:
siockers and feeders. 2,lOm370; bulk Of
sales ? 3On3 20: cows and heifers. 2ol5i
! 2Id2a5: calves chiefly 5,WdG00. bulk
mostly ent02 % Texas steers, grasserr,
2 .sOff3. 10. fed. 3 O1Ts7a chiefly 3Nhla h.
cows and helfors I.75n2On. bulk Of sales
. 0oT2 IN Hogs Receipts fsn0, shipments
Ge0n Market strong 20 higher Heavy.
? oO0f4 II: mixed. 37sfiiO0: lights. 300fff To-
steady. Natives. 7-s,3 %. Southern. ? ~
a2b5: lambs. 35nfniGo; westerns, 3oon
3 80; Mexican yearliuga, 3.boa3.7b.
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MONEY AND INVESTMENTS.
Doinas Of q Day With Wall Street
Operators.
STOCKS ARE STILL "A GOOD THING, =
Operations We're Quiet, hut There Was a
strong INSTRUMENTATION Was
Irregular.

Nc.r, var, p,o,rnar,, ., ,e,.,,,\ =.
-. -
continues 10 De gocu thing yet Oh the
stock market Stocks continue strong
and Mr. puu u,,s n,,r,,. a,,, 40 ro,a
- - -, "N
worthy gains In LOUISVILLE and st. Pau
were interesting features The hank sur
r,us raso,.,.o. ao,,,.a,saa &c IN, sns ,,b. ,.,ss
OF the treasury gold reserve to over the
800, 900 900 Is also something to crow
.ov,r r,,o onor,,to,. ,,~,a, ,..,, =, N
"' ''''' VIZ Va
quiet character nut the undertone OF
strength was evident. Spectators who
so,a a, tho oner,ny in exre,,ntion of n
- ~ W
lcuS'ph hau W pus o"ch their s'ocNS W.
fore the close, In some cases at materially
hirhcr prices and closing ouotat,ons
-. NJ -, -,
were uniformly stroig' Ihere wero' now
ever few signs of professional activity,
A large business was transacted-in bonds,
which also scored noteworthy advances
po,h nero ana ABROAD
Inc foreign eNch"hse was 1uiet at
siN'ys fs''E' DEMAND 49, supply OF COY
ION p'iiS lar
cotton showed cohs'derihie irroguiarity
today owing to rSacuonafy tendency
mixad trad,nw but ~ tbrous,, il Ill n WV
steady undcrtonc was SIM noticeable.
The early Liverpool adVices were favor
able, hut their hullish influences was lost
as the market for futures reacted. 1t was
also known carly that the receipts at
the ports would he Ia excess of previous
calculations all of which, combined with
a little bear pressure. resulted in worry
fevcrish and nuctuating market The
first prices showed an advance for this
crop months but before the end OF the
call the market weakened SO that when
the next crop months were reached prices
averaged lower. Later this difference In
prices was adjusted and at noon the mar
Ret was quiet and steady With nearly
all tho options showing a net decline.
There was some free realizing by tho
scalpers and liberal offerings from bear
traders but the market held very steady
and "A shade easter In the late trading
IN consequence OF the movement OF the
crop for the week sho wing up larger than
cNpoctcl Spot cotton duh end steady
at unchanged quotations. Sales of 200
hnles were rcuorted ut 77s ccrts Tor mid
ding, closing steady
NEW YORK STOCK MARK Ef.
Nv N ~. 49,, .,or,o,,,s
market lel ~ sh"E po'"" 5es''''"' ~
record in point OF activity aud the course
az nriccs white somewhat errattc. reflect
1l.. rua r,,, ,,r-
eu STRONG ""uo''"''' ~ 100
dency of values was ohsCurcd by the ap-
nrooch of the double holiday, which caused
~ siaoa ~ tho ,ccount Ia
uduN's o' 49, t,,ts INC ,stironn
Nica,l w NJ ~ '9,,.,,,i. IL, ax,ant
S.uvhs VNVctu'u VA ~, s, - ma ca
OF nHilSuctiY9us nl,i ~ ,,,i'H =, ,.',,,tn wa,
S"utp ,,'t ,,,,e ,,,, ,,
uHntaN w. "' ,7n. J''N ,hn,,gn mai
WoVe "Hii 1iS.i l. 49, , ,"""7" ma
ati,a, II; .rh, ir,,rmettorai shares ,,erc
Hlutotlhl NJ N.Y. ii't'Wi''i ntt',t1 49,
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HOUSTON.


Reported for The Post daily except
geometry a Co dimitcd). live stock COM
snission merchants:
Coed fat fed beeNeS .,......... 3AH ~
Good fat grass b2evos ....... e%I
Common to fair beeveS..... . ~ 2R
Good fat cows .......-...,..... 2i.di
Good fat ycarlngs. 90 az 50
Common to fair cows, head % OLA 90
Common TO fair ycarlinge. 90 alD 90
Common TO good calves ...... 10 ftl0 20
Good cornled hogs....,.-..... 3Ap
Comm On TO tair.....,........... a IA
Good fat sheep ......-......... ~ 3ln
Common to fair sheep. head w " 10
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WOOL.

Boston. Mass February 2.-The Bos-
ton Commercial bulletin win say tomor-
row 81 Tn, wool market: Tho market Is
dull and depressed and the sales especi-
ally OF domestic wool. unimportant.
Territory Texas, California and Oregon
wools AFRO utterly neglected and pulled
woois have declined / cent, tho secured
M
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-, CHICAGO.
The leading futures ranged ms follows.
CHICAGO.

chicago, ILL.,, February 2l--The uucer-
taint$ regarding the effect of the cold
Nctther on winter wheat and tho uu-
Willingness OF the traders to carry stocks
over tho holiday created rather heavy
wheat market today and prices al the
.iuSe showed about = decline. Cora
ana oats were iirmer and advanced Il
ana = respectively. Provisions also
mado slight advances.
wheat, which closed weak yesterday.
was even weaker when business com.
menced this morning ana in the face 20 Of
conditions which call for steadincss ut
the very least. Minneapolis and Duluth
i{,ea S5d cars, were again smaller
IMAM on thu similar day vi the weeg
before Notwithstanding the fact that
minneapolis millers have been paying
May price, or within q small fraction OF
H. Tor Il week past for track wheat to
induce frecr shipments from the couutry
The continued cold weather caused sonia
appr hensiOn and had a tendency 10
hJld short sellers In check and cncour-
n3ged many longs to hold on to their
lines. But the weakness in Liverpool
and advices from there that was evil
dmce Of tho rapidly increasing ship
ments from Argentine had benrish in
Iuence and prices weakened gradually.
Inero was again marked scarcity Of
outside orders ana to this was added Il
disinclination among the local scaipers
to get FAR short Oh account of tomorrow
being a National holiday and that con-
sequcntly there would be no session Of
the board after today until Monday.
May opened about lower at cas-. sold
mp to 659M5is. of to 6iH, and reacted to
Gia4. The bulge from GO. to 65is was due
to tho later cables, which came higher,
and to few crop damage di5patches
but the strength was snort lived and
the price soon went back to the starting
point The market ruled quiet but trm
during the last hour May selling at
'643sHiFs. closing easy AZ Glss sellers.
Corn was hut slightly affected by
wheat. receiving fair support and small
er receipts also contributed TO the
strength displayed.
oats were quiet and embarrassing.
Provisions extremely quiet. but the
strength Of tho grain markets aud the
Estimated receipts for Saturday:
Wheat 10; corn, 32S, oats, ~ cars hogs,
II nol head.
Cash quotations were as follows;
Steady; winter patents $3.50; win
ter strlights S.00n35D; spring straights
9.G0G2gO: bakers 2ln02io; spring patents
Whcat-No. spring 69i4163ss; No. 3
spring Gi5fGiia. No. . red CO.. n67i,
Corii-No. . 2Sii. No. yellow Sl.
Oats-No 1884: No. white 2liaa26
fob. No. white i9'ig2L
BSrlty"No. nominal; No. 25'4aa7
fob, No. 26g29 fob.
Flax Seed No. 9ll2.
Mess Pork-Per barrel 9.Mi2U 1000
I.ard-Per 100 pounds 5.i5:
Short Ribs Sidcs-Ioose 5l0uala
Dry Saltcd Shouldors-BoNed "A
Short clear sides -RoNod5h ,uias.
Whisky--Distillcrs' finished goods per
gallon LIZ.
4. gat f.aFs
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n Asked, b Rid.

u Asked. b BID.
LIVERPOOL FUTURES.
opened firm. demand moderate. 2 r. IN.
very steady closed quiet and steady.
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TRADE NOTES.

At NV Rrazil nuts has been
" York, the first OF the
esiei tsh sIs herring and other salt
~ commission merchants ar
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WILL PLANT RAMIE.

". D. Album. general manager or
Eanie Fibre and Land company, has
y TO make Houston his permanent
quarters for the Introduction OF this
and the decortioating machines nee
d 10 prepare II for market. 1t ~
! probable that a stock company VIII
|Med here to take the Texas agency
De Allison machine, which was in
u BIZ a citizen of New Orleans and
s,en pronounced n successful decor
= BY this means the farmers would
(grsi that all ramie cultivated in
sitt could be decorticated, and thus
rady for the manufacturers who
epurchasc the fiber,
~ number of large planters in this
have assured Mr.. Album that they
mi an acreage in ramie the COM
zSn. The first planting season ex.
TON about this time until the first
Captain William Christian, man
ut W Houses cotton department,
70 see the Texas planners inter-
ms plant The House plantation
str creek has already a small acre
nmie ANA Captain Christian says
Dsh Is wonderful. IT Is under-
~ ."if ilNu0E " AZ nave u hummer
~ planted in ramie this year.
hPRovED COTTON STAPLE.
Blowing letter has been received
u Post from Golad, Texas, En-
Rsase find small sample OF seed
The green seed is my Golden
and the black seed my Little
10 any one of your many sun
VINO are interested in the I'M
~ ~ OF our staple crop. who VIII
sAmx Tor postage. | will mall them
".n OF seed free OF charge. rms
acites the admiration OF every
49, season was very trying ono
nv N ms noighhorhood, and this
ualured bolls eight feet above the
Eo"lng through ten weeks
inc hoer Is one and onc-halI
~ ichgth. very strong ana sort.
Y, ~ y 10 give 1t a fair test. Those
ssen, pant 4N5 feet, and in strong
49, Should II incline too mucn
@sms.owth. pinch off the tops and
siips' Let me know the results
m Should my supply OF seed
~ 800 VII return stamps to those
We disappointed. Write name
rs sxs plainly, w. II. Wentworth.
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EOS 900. totnl visible for the United States
i7d, l3t, against I69, 600 last year.
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COMPARATIVE SPOT MAiskE EFT.
The following are tho closing quotations
for cotton on the spot today ~ tho lead
inp markets together with Ciuaing OF mid
ding yesterday. with todny's sales:
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BhANS-Californta sr all white 3ffS%o
per ID; bayou 2,SP2Me; pink 2Ss@23sc;
BrrTER-Rlue star lsc; dairy i6c ladlc
BE; fancy Elgin creamery, pc. fresh
Texas country Sp20c If in good condition.
BUTTERlNE-S Solids l2c; prints l2lec.
Elgin dairy bricks lSc.
CABBAGE Texas S225a250 in crates;
large sacks Sl75,
CHEESE-New York full cream lac
Wisconsin fun cream l3c' fancy filled
cheese he; Swiss 2Sa29c; Imitation Swiss
EGGS-TeXas, IN cases Sc.
ONIONS-S0MS5c per bushel; onion sets,
In huehel roNes A2.0Wr2..5 per box.
PEPPER-Chile 14ul5c per H.
pOTATOES~Color 50n55c: sweet po-
tatocs 40Q00c. Seed Potatocs-Tennessee
Triumph 800 per l0-peck barrels or 81
per bushcl In sacks; New York seed pota-
toes 81 S5a1.90 per 3-bushel barrels.
POULTRY = Chickens, per dozen, OLD
sGo0alOoO ducks S2,5OQS.5o; geese $4,000
40
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a Asked Ii lid
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES.
opened quiet. is:oS uulct, closed steady,
sales o. 2OO
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cpAIN AND HAY.

Car load lots. job cars, from mill; deal al,
ers charge from store 49, 1gdUs more psr s iV9
corn. g., ,.eo-
RRAN-G5c -. ,o-,.,.. ..,,,
my 6pPEp CORN-G5c per 100 lbs
HAY-Alfalfa Sl3OQMl4,o0 per toni mli-
let SO t05ii9.5O. timothy 1850 800, Nort Il
Texas prairie $500; south texas s''''S
wv PAINTS AND OILS; ,o,,a,
o1J-Iinseed In hhls, raw ilci noieu
a.. netroleitm, $50 test, IN bbls lac, IN
cases 81 sO brilliant OIL SIR ~ IN Sp'i sa tf9ii
70, p,,snion Oil In hbs lgc, in cases sz,oe
castor oil, medical pure N'O0' 'urpeH'i"''
IN W VII Is LEAD--strictly pure egs..ei; N
WINDOW GLASS-ln boxes, % a Az ~
to 50 and 20 per cent discount nv" 's''
WIRE AND NAILS.
Quotations are from 6 oSeers, s's''a'
'pApItED WIRE Glidden, EalNhH-S'
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-02
rh. olympic Amph,the.ter

The diggings at Olympia have re-
vealed an amphitheater pa yards in
length by IS in width, oblong in sha pc,
with sloping banks This enclosed a
stadium or foot-race course, of 200
yards in length of circuit: and within
its oval were held other games, but
not the horse and chariot races. There
are no signs of seats and spectators
must have viewed the games from the.
grassy terraces above, where there
was room for multitude of 50,o
The hippo6rome, of which only faint
traces have been found, was laid out
only little way from this stadium.
Here was heard the stirring music of
that ryrhmical hoof-beat SO well pro-
duced alike in sound and sense in the
beautiful Virgilian line which so~
many boys have at their tongues end:-
Qradrupedante putrem sonitu quatit ungula.
campum.
Which is thus initiated in English,
'And the base hoof Of the quadruped
shaketh the moldering earth in it's
fight"-G. 7. Ferris. in st. Nicholas
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MISCELLANEOUS.

Roy WITCHER, a ten-year-old boy,
and Clyde Fox. Is years old, were scuf-
fling over Witcher's hat, at Perry, Ok.
Fox attempted to tie the little boy
with a rope when Witcher sta b bed him
over the heart with n penknife. The
doctors do not think Fox can live and
young Witcher is in Jail
EUGENE CAMBURN, at Upton. Mich.
objected to Henry Luce, aged II, keep
ing company with his daughter. when
Luce stepped outside the house and
fred a shot at Camburn through a
window, in f1icting pro badly a fatal
wound. Luce then put bullet into
his own brains
THE Lowell 1um Der yards and plan
ing mills at Butte, Mont, were de-
stroyed by fire on the 27th- The fire
was supposed to have been started by
a tramp who slept in the place.
A CYCLONE did heavy damage in
Faulkner county, Ark. A cloud burst oc-
Cured near Conway and ut other places
hail covered the ground to depth of
from three inches to five feet in drifts.
church and cotton gin were blown
half mile, many farm houses, barns
and other buildings were totally de-
molished and stock killed An entire
flock of sheep was blown away.
and Charles Pustai,za, both wife muir
derers, were killed in the electric chair.
THE bronze equestrian statue of
Gen u. S. Grant, erected by the Union
League club. was unveiled at Broolly n
on the 25th- There was a splendid
military pageant, United States
soldiers and sailors and the state
militia aud G. A. R. veterans parading
to the numb Der of le, 900. u $ Grant,
the generals gran dson, uncovered the
statue amid cheers from the multi
tude- Gen. Horace Porter delivered
the Grafton.
NEARLY 100 Moplah fanatics, who
had risen in rebellion, we're caught by
the rajah's militia in a ten pie at Man
geri, in southern India, recently, like
rats in trap, and the militia fred
volley after volley at them until they
were nearly all down. The most re-
Voting spectacle was to Sc the
vounde1 Moplahs having their tn -oats
tut by those of their comrades who
we're able 20 stand