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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-18

vvstsrn-rFz2pes. News eD H~1& Ne
scarce to-day, and The crowd va ncS
uspeeed 70 venture much On 4tne3 -
May wheat opened IT from 70 5.9H1 <ct
sold between oO1kU60,kc., and clooo4 -
re top SIC. higher than yesterday. csse
There Vas plenty Of room for enprove.
ment In corn. The trade was slow and
listiess. and the tone was borrowed from
wheat: Toward1 the close shorts elo-
played some enetgy In covering.
May corn sold between zS1s and. e40
q I-6c., and closed at the outsbde-1~&c.
higher than yesterday. Cash corn vaD
hc. lower. closing steady.
No, essential, change took place IN cats.
The business was OF an unimportant kind.
and consisted entirely Of local operations
by the regular specialties. May oats
closed l-sc. under yesterday. Cash eats
were dull
!. The provision market was again the
leader In activity. and strength on the
hoard OF Trade floor The carly trading.
whilst at firm prices. was without any
z reaction. which lulled shorts Into p
the close the scene was one OF excite
merit. From the lowest TO the highest
point there was q range Of Doc. on pork.
and several large lines Of short property
were covered. The run on hogs 1T the
yards was light. and an advance Ia prices
for them took place.
AZ the close May pork was &c. higher
than yesterday, May lard. 547Izc. higher,
and May ribs. 1oc. higher.
The leading futures ranged % follows:
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-18
RICHMOND TOBACCO MARKET.

Richmond. Va. January II. 1855
No auction offerings on Change to-day
Private sales Wrappers. 6: cutters. /; NIL
ers. A: dark-leaf. s: Tugs. 8; stems. Il;
western. Is. Total 80 hogsheads.
Revenue collections: Cigars ana clgdr-
arettes. s475S.6O: tobacco. s22oi.oi. rotai
10. 96024. -
Shelburne's warehouse was the only
one selling brights to-day. The sale was
q fairly good one. and prices were very
satisfactory.
Dark sales were also fairly large to-
dav. but the quality was rather poor;
red leaf sold uD to &c.
There was considerable more activity
IN the hogshead market to-day than has
been manifested for some time past
Filters lead in sales. Prices generally I'M
changed.
The committee APPOINTED by the Trade
To obtain WAYS and means for instruct
ing planters around Richmond in the cui-
ture OF bright tobacco, are already In
receipt of several letters from the Clare
mont Na.l section. In reference to rails
ing tobacco there. and expressing their
intention of trying to experiment. II
experienced men can be procured.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-18
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT GRANT
"Pura Blood" and the
Fair Sex.

The Celebrated Waters Of Hot
Springs, Arkansas, have acquired a
worldwide reputation Of recent years
az q Beautifier. Ladies from all over the
world have journeyed to Hot Springs, Ar
kansas. in large numbers ITO Preserve
n beauty already theirs. or to renew
the beauty Of a complexion ruined by
cosmetics or other agencies. causing
Boils, Pimples. Blackheads. etc.
Ladies who cannot go to Hot Springs,
Arkansas, and DESTROYS Of Preserving
their Beauty. Renewing their Beauty,
Improving their Complexion. or Puri-
flying the Blood. can obtain all this by
asking their druggist for "Pura Blood, >"
which Is prepared with the Famous
Curative Waters Of Hot Springs, Ar
kansas, under grant from the United
States Government. "Pura Blood"
costs One Dollar per bottle. "Pura
Blood" Is Endorsed by Physicians. Bill
ups & Co., OF % Cortlandt Street, New
York. are Sole Agents. and will send
Descriptive Book Free to any address.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-18

covered. lie wssa son of Or. 2. r. Jack
sou. OF this city. but had lived away
from Richmond Tor soiee time. When at
tackled BIZ HIS last Illness Mr.. Jackson
was brought 10 the Old Dominion Hospital
in order To have the best skill OF trained
nurses and physicians, aud he received
awaiting. Deceased was 81 years Of ugc
The FUNERAL Will take place from the resi-
dence of Or. Jackson. 800 east tranNhh
street. this afternoon at O'Clock.
noon at the residence OF her husband. MI
NJ. S. Lcidy No. 3is north Twenty-hrtt
street, after an illness Of some time. sne
was an estlmable lady. and ~ years OF
age Her funeral VIII take place from
row afternoon at o'clock.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-18

Mr. Thomas y. O'Keefe is confined to
his room by. sickness.
Postmaster II. r. Smith. Of Petersburg
was in the city yesterday.
Ex-senator T.. Z. Perkins. Of Michigan,
has been in the city several days on
business.
There were but few cases before the
Police Court yesterday morning, and none
of them were important.
Rev. DR.. A. e. Dickinson will preach on
Lees birthday at the Bapust churci III
Williamsburg tomorrow at ii O'Clock.
Mr.. J. b. Lipscomb, formerly chief
clerk at Ford's Hotel, but now engaged
I'm business in Washington, is In the city
for short visit.
Sheriff c. y. Pevercomb OF Bath coun-
~. yesterday delivered Stewart Hayslett
at the penitentiary 10 serve three years
for attempted rape.
"The Ministry of John will be the sub
iect of Rev. Edward l.. Pelrs lecture at
the Young Mems Christian Association
this afternoon at O'Clock.
Suit was entered i'm the Circuit Court
for 81 e02.22 Thursday by N. T.. Beck, in
stead of Ii. Il. Beck. against Ellen j.
Binns and Emmie :. Wingfield.
Or. Frank H. Beades. of Sli west Mar
shall, who has been quite i'll for the
past four months. has so far recovered
that he is now able 10 attend TO his
office duties.
A telegram received from Cha~ottes-
Vile last night stated that Polk Miller
and Leo Il. Wheat were greeted by an
audience that crowded the hall in which
they appeared
Rev. Or. A. Coke Smith lectured at
Brosd-Street Methodist church last night
under the auspices OF the EpwOrth
League and was heard with pleasure by
a large audience.
DIR. J. S. Dill. pastor of Venable-Street
church. will preach tomorrow night upon
the subject of Gambling" and will deal
especially with that feature of the sub
ject now engaging the attention of the
State Legislature.
News has been received from Basic
city that Messrs. Ernest b. Marques
and Charles Stewart, who recently left
this city 10 enter the field OF missionary
work. are very much chetred by the en-
couragoment they are receiving.
Mrs. w. c. Cartwright, OF this city. was
summoned 10 the bedside OF her mother.
Mrs. Mary Daniels. In Paducah. Ky, last
week. but the latter lady died before Mrs.
Cartwright could reach her. Mrs. Daniels
was about s3 years old, and leaves two
daughters.
Rev. 4. T. Sweeney. OF Columbus. Ind.
widely known as an educator, author,
of Seventh Street Christian church to-
morrow. and will lecture there on Monday
night His subject will be. Going Up
to Jerusalem"
The following officers Of lvanlfbe Lodge.
No, "A, Knights of Pythias, have been n
Gordon; Chancellor. G. r. Norman;
Prelate. Archie Williams: Master of
Work, L. A. Shepperd; Master at Arms.
ID. T.. GILL; Keeper Of Records and Seal.
Leon Ruskell; Master OF Finance: J, 7.
Gray; Master Of Exchequer. q. c. Rus
kcIi: Trustees. r. NJ Smith, q. r. Tabb,
n l. Starke: Representative TO the Grand
lodge, G.. e. Ruskell
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-18
WHY HE WROTE DIXIE
Emmett Explains How He Came 10 CON-
pose This Popular Melody.
.s . NEW PLANTATION SONG.
,..rcJ ON prcary sunday I"
,nc Request of Bryant, Win "n""
~. Nm. A..ociatcd-Thc Auth"r
aud His Career.

.p-rcie- Dan Emmett the author OIL
.n,~,.. Who is in the city with M o.
Fields Ministries. gave a D'Npaao" ~
porter Yesterday. from his own hps' a"
aoco,n, Of the circumstances whleh IN
- ,,w IN write that popular southern
no said he was OF southern parent
80 fsther being Virsnian and his
,,,o,ber Marylandcr yet ne was po'r
1, Nj Vernon. O.. october - 49, anu
-, ,ncrcforc Just 81 years Old added
Tncie Dan jocularly'
In his early days Emmett developer Il
,.,I,hlc musical talent, and when
about IS years OF age, he. with Inc con-
cont Of his parents, accepted an en-
,.,rerent TO a circus. lie travelled with
,rc,,scs then for twenty-five years. AZ
,,o oVniration OF that time he went tc
N,w York and earned his living as
musician in brass bands. Later on ne
went with the minstrel troupe oil the
i,rvantg. who performed at No iI2 Broad
way. This particular engagement was 10
compose comic songs and plantation ne
Gro "walk-arounds. and 10 take DC
,esioual part I'm some feature oil '"0
mueical part of the entertainment
A NEW PLANTATION SONG.
one Saturday night after the perlor-
nance one OF the Bryants asked MI
Emmett TO compose for him new pan
,ation song. The next day being sun
dav. and a dark and dismal day. w.
Nr Emmett set to work TO comply win
tho request of MIR. Bryant TINS "dS III
tho wear 1859. and the words ana i,us'o
of the piece as they were connpu.'" W
that Sunday were appropriate " ''''
times. A.. words NJ
"nixie, >, ms IL Is at present sung, anu Pun
49,, 20 tho tune OF the pixie OF inns
A. rho niece took well at the start
st,hou,h n was eighteen months a'er
before the song came SOUTH anu II "as
in 1859 that the Confederates adop'eu II
as their national song. MI hniiue'. ".
ing known IN the North as .ne Gum
noser of the piece he was the onls per 20"
allowed TO sing it in any place OF unjust
Il ,nent north Of Mason anu i'iNon ,'io
After the disbanding OF inc Drsai.'
4, 5Ss, Air Emmett moved TO CnicaEo'
- 10 resided for years, earning MS
/,'.t,, ae a musician. Leaving Chicago.
~ ,'-.nt IN ohio. and took up his place
~ abode ON his farm, near Mount YER
ron where he resided for twelve years
! onlv leaving there last August 10 80
with Fields Ministries.
NEVER An OBJECT OF CHARITY
Mr. Emmett emphsticaly denies the
| ,enorts printed in some papers that ne
| was living in Ohio In destitute circum-
/ s,auccg. lie says he has always had
p'enty of good warm clothes ana oil
something to eat, and has never been an
object of charity, as some of these news
uapers have stated. lie ADDS that wnen
he has no professional engagement ne
receives the sum of so week from 'ne
Actors Association, which Is apuruah' 70
supply his wants. especially wne" Nv
is living In the country upon NE o"i
nd with all that it produces besides.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-18
FIELDS MiNsTRELs LAST NIGHT.
me Hest Oranntxatton Here for
several Years.

g. Fields Minstrels and Utopia
hslt an Immense audience at the Acad-
,,ny OF Music last evening in a continued
oar OF laughter for TWO and a half
nomnTS The company IS the most ex-
SS.i'ht aggregation Of o-character-
etnhtaiors that has visited this city for
ii.NerSl seasons. Dun momerls are un-
nnoMu, ana the songs and dances are
AL new and attractive.
Dsnlti Emmett. the aged author OF
DiAle, received an ovation when he
appeared al the final Of the first Dart. A
inatlhec this afternoon and this evening $
performance closes the engagement. Two
Sstcny songs written by Miss Julia r.
uennlng, OF this city. will be sung at
'sch OF these performances by one OF
me best vocslsts In the company.
Slr Henry Irving and his excellent COM
Isny VIII be the attraction az the
academy OF Music on Monday evening
ltis engagement Will the most brilliant
event OF the season, as IL Is seldom that
richmond y honored with the presence
OF Sucn distinguished coterie OF players.
Ire opening bill will be Shakespeares
sedntful comedy. "The Merchant OF
Venice" In It's entirety. 10 be followed
~ Nance OldGeld' and "The Bells" at
matinee on Tuesday.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-18
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
REPORTS FROM ALL GREAT RUsI-
NESS CENTRES OF THE WORLD.
Prices of Money, Bonds, Stocks,
Grain. Tobacco, Cotton, Cattle,
Country Produce, &C., Foreign
and Domestic.

- WASHINGTON. January 17.-Fors-
FiIp cast for Saturday.
For Virginia: Generally fair
] weather; northwest winds.
North and South Carolina: Fair
weather; light west winds.
The pressure has fallen in the Lake
regions and the Middle Atlantic States,
and has risen in New England and the
Northwest.
A storm is central of Hatteras, and
heavy rains have fallen on the Middle
Atlantic coast
The weather Is generally cloudy
throughout the entire country.
The temperature changes have been
slight in the southern and eastern dis
tricts.
The weather will remain fair in north
ern New England and the interior of the
Middle States. Fair weather Is indicated
throughout the South. continuance or
clouy and threatening weather in the
Lake region, the Upper Mississippi, and
the Missouri valleys, and fair weather
in the far Northwest. over most Of the
country the temperature changes will be
slight
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-18
lIttes. which WIN treat the matter at

mittes. which will treat the matter at
length.
A FIRE was narrowly averted In the
Office OF the Evening Leader yesterday
morning. Ono OF the legs OF "A large red
hot stove broke and the stove and stove
pipe toppled over on the floor. Aside from
frightening the employees no damage
was done. as the stove was righted be-
fore fire could take place.
Rev. Benjamin Dennis, rector OF Meade
Memorial church. arrived In the city yes
tcrday with his family from Birmingham.
The young ladies and gentlemen OF
Manchester connected with the Kirmess
had rehearsal yesterday afternoon in
the Leader Hall.
Mr.. Phil. Cogbill. Commonwealth At
torney OF Chesterfield, was in the city
yesterday.
Mrs. John Quarles. OF Forest Hin. was
somewhat improved yesterday.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-18
Truth Needs
No ChampiOning.

We've got no explanations to
make. Ours is plain statement OF
probable--provablc facts.
Everybody knows we bought
Spransy's stock.
Everybody knows who and what
Spransy's is. Naught can be said
against him.
Everybody knows we're offering
this stock at half of Spransys
prices.
That means Suits from 81 up
Overcoats from Sc up-Ulsters from
81 up-Pants from $l.50-and so
OH through the variety of COM
plete and select clothing assortment.
You're not buying "pig in
bag" here. Our guarantee says
satisfaction or che money back. If
there are any alterations needed we
make 'em.
Observation-Disclosures
all point to the Spransy Sale for
genuine bargains.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-18
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET

NEW YORK. January H.-Flour-
Quiet. steady. and unchanged; southern
-four unchanged.
No 2 red store and elevator, 70 1-2g
70 sac: afioat. n 3-4d72c. Options were
advance March. 80 7-sc:; May 81 5-sc.
elevator g G isc hr% aost o Options
dull but steady. at a i-Sd1-4c; advs nee ;
January. IS 1-2c.. February. 30 l-4c.; May
Is 1-8c.
MAY. "a i-2c. Spot: No. 2. "a 1-4c No, =
white. 25 lac: mixed western. 25d25 1-4c.
HNv-Barelv steadv: shipping, 7s1S0c. !;
good to choice. CSC. 6H CO.
wcol.In fair demand. firm, and un-
Beef-ouiet and steady: family. 500
so: extra mess. N.Ng@.
Beef-Hams STEADY; at {l6.o
Tierced Beef-Steady; demand mode
rate: city India mess, sl5.5oasl7.
Cut-Meats-ouiet and firm; picked bel
lies hams. Sns 1-2c.
d-Ei aI c,,v and .c ssss , wes,srn
$50 nominaIly. Refined quiet; CONT
nent $50: South American. $50; COM
Pork-Firm. demand moderate: mess.
Burter-Weaker but quies: State dairy.
i0a21c.: do. creamery. 1921 1-2c. west
ern dairy. 1lml7c.: Elgins, &c.
Cottonseed-oil-0uiet and firm; crude,
a 1-2c.: yellow prime. % 1-2Q23c.; do, on
grade. q l-4n27 lie.
Rosin--Ouiet and unchanged.
Turpentine-Quiet. at 81 1-4n32 SIC.
Rice and Molasses-Firm and unchang-
Peanuts-Quiet; fancy hand-picked.
coffeeSsteadv: 1oai5 points down; JAM
uarv. 1890 March: sls.osasis15; May.
Sugar-Raw dull but firm: fair refining.
3 3-sc.: refined frmer and In fair de-
mand: No. 8. 3-Sc.: No. Z, 5-16c.; No.
5; 5.lse,: on A. l,sgi S-se.; standard
s else: sranulated. 4 l5-isc.
Freights-Ouiet. firm. and unchanged.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. MD. January H.
Wheat-DuIl: No. red, spot and Janu-
arv. IS 1-sc.: May SO 3-4fl69c. southern.
BY sample, ssassc.; do. on grade. $50
corn-Easy: mixed, spot and January.
March. 80 l-sds3 lac: May. IS 1-4c.,
asked: steamer. mixed. 81 l-29si &c.;
Oats-F'irm: No; 2 white western. 2i0
Rve-Firm: No. 2. 40c., for nearby;
Al 1-4c.. for western.
Hav--Steady. at 16c., asked.
Observation-Disclosures steady.
Provisions-Firm; mess pork. sio.75
sides. &C.: suear-cured shoulders. z i-lc.
hams small. 10 1-2c.; large, l0c.
I.ard--Redned. 7c
Butter-Weak: fancy creamery. &C.;
laf sx, lss;; ssSrs-o e sea- i'S'ae
ToHas II l-(c
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-18
Arm Caught In Gearing.

Yesterday morning. at 7i5 o'clock. the
Ambulance was called TO the Chesapeake
and Ohio shops TO attend Mr.. Thomas
Blassmsu. who had his left arm caught
i'm the gearing Of some machinery and
badly lacerated. Both the cpthing ana
flesh were torn from the arm. He re-
ceived the necessary attention from the
physician in charge. Or. Parker, ana
was taken 10 his home. 500 Brook avenue,
where he is resting quietly
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-18

The business of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway Company Thursday was
unprecedented. There passed over the line
207 freight trains, consisting or b.llS
loaded and 1855 empty cars
The loaded east-bound cars carried
chiefly coal and export grain, flour, etc.
The coal loaded at the mines on the
Chesapeake and Ohio and transported
both east and west-bound since January
LIST averaged over 200 cars per day.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-18
Think GoId-Brick Smith Did H..

The detectives OF this city who helped
to work up the gold-brck case last year
are much interested in the published re-
por,s of the recent soId-brick deal trans
action in New York, whereby an English
man lost 5000 TO swndlers. The scheme
was planned on entirely new lines, but
the detectives say they recognize the
hand of Smith alias Parker In the work,
or, if not his, then that OF some asso-
ciate of the gang which so much in
terested Detective Norris.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-18
FINANCIAL.
PROPOSALS
FOR
PITTSYLvANIA COUNTY VA) BONDS

FOR
PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY VA) BONDS
Nv virtue of an order OF the Board
Of Superyisors of Pittsylvania county.
I will receive open bids up to LIST day of
February, 1895, at my office, at Chatham,
Va. for sn issue OF one hundred thou
sand dollars OF PITTSYLVANIA COUN-
Try RONDS, said bonds to be payable
in twenty years from LIST March, 1896,
10 bear per cent. interest, payable semi
annually. at my office, Richmond, Bafu-
more. or New York, as may be deter
mined by the board before the bonds are
issued. Bids will state at which OF said
nlaces payment may be desired. This
issne OF bonds will be made to retire
the balance of an issue of $4,000 of
bonds made by said county 10 the Lynch
burg and Danville railroad; the balance
of said issue. less sinking fund, will be
ON 1st March. 1896. 10000.
The total assessed values OF Pittsyl-
yania county, real and personal property,
for 1se5. are So e9S 1916. The county has
promptly met the interest on its bonded
deb in every instance. and its credit Is
first-clnss. 40.
81 d.po denominations, and will be ready
for delivery at my office on or before
list day of March, 1896.
'Che board reserves the right TO re-
fecf any or all bids. c. H. WALDEN,
Treasurer of Pittsylvania county. Va.
ia S-tFel
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-18
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
PORT or RICHMOND. JAN. II, 1895.


Steamer Pocahontas, Graves, Norfoik,
merchandise and passengers; Irwin Weisi-
ger, superintendent
PORT OF WEST POINT, VA, JAN II.
(By telegrapn)
ARRIVED.
Steamship Baltimore, Murphy, Balti-
more; passengers and general cargo.
SAILED.
Steamship Baltimore, Murphy, Balti-
more; passengers and general cargo.
PORT or NEWPORT NEWS. JAN. IL.
(By telegraph)
ARRIVED.
British steamship Carrie. New York.
British steamship Anthony, Radcliffe.
Penarth.
Italian bark Eleanor O., Baltimore.
Schooner j. Il. Ogden, New London,
Captain Sommers.
Schooner Bertha Deane. Boston.
Schooner Connors, Portsmouth. Captain
Peckworth.
SAILED.
German steamship Francia, Hamburg.
British steamship Shenandoah, Liver
pool.
Schooner y. u. Crosby, Boston.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-18
prom,ucut MnryIandcr Dead.

BALTIMORE, MD, January l7.-Walter
Booth Brooks, one OF the best-known
citizens of the State, died suddenly a,
TO business yesterday, and was apra-
rentIy in good health. Mr. Brooks was
horn in Connecticut about seventy-hve
years ago. He was a son of chauncey
Brooks, at one time president OF ,he
baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.
He was nominee of the Republican
party for the office of Governor In 1881.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-18
Mean temperature. ........
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.


NEW YORK. January 17-This was an
unusually dull day at the Stock Ex-
change. The sales aggregated the small
est total for some time. The trading was
almost entirely professional. In the early
improvement, Manhattan, Tobacco, Sugar,
Wheeling and Lake Erie, Jersey Central,
and Long Island Traction were most con-
spicuous. The gains IN these varied from
ga to IS per cent.
AS the day advanced the street seemed
to have renewed apprehensions as to the
effect upon the local money market Of
the prospective payments on the new
government loan. At any rate. the talk
TO this effect was made the text for a
raid upon the market, and prices declined
all around The bears were most success
full I'm the case OF the Industrials. Leather
fpreferred) selling down 2 3-i. TO 81 Ia:
Sugar | IL, to 1O1 IL; Chicago Gas / IL.
TO s. Is; Colorado Fuel and Iron IL, to
% IL, and Manhattan / IA. to 80 3-i.
The railroad list yielded IA to S-S, the
latter in Rock Island, and the market left
off dull and rather weak in tone. Net
changes show losses of Ia to rs per
cent, Lake Shore and Southern railway
(preferred) leading.
The loes I'm the Industrials ranged from
IA to IL per cent. Sugar, which was
the most active stock. figured for only
l. 800 shares.
Bonds were lower. The sales footed up
sl.0l5,o0o.
Treasury balances: Coin, s92,s55.55o; cur
rency, sS9,5$,s6o.
The sales OF listed stocks to-day aggre-
gated S6,063 shares, and OF unlisted stocks.
ICES shares.
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
Money on call easy at Su4 per cent;
last loan and closing offered at per
cent; prime mercantile paper, so7 per
cent.
Bar silver, 81 Ii; silver at the board was
cuiet.
Sterling exchange steady. with actual
business i'm bankers bills at A.S 3-fGASS
for sixty days. and stseasi.ss IA for de-
mand: posted rates. s4ssnAS9 Ii; COM
merciaI bills, siSs l-2a$i.S IA
Government bonds irregular. State bonds
dull Railroad bonds lower.
,,nru nnnTATtnSs
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-18
, ser,c, Of sermons to Young People

Sunday night in Broad-Street church
Rev. DR.. Starr will begin a series OF ser
mons 10 young men. 10 be followed by
another series 10 young ladies.
These sermons will be prepared 10 reaoh
TIN, subject OF the discourse to-mor-
row night will be How to Make For.
tune by the Use of Common Politeness.'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-18
s,,reme Court OF Appeals.

Gaskins w. Hunton. Argued by r. Il.
Campbell for appellant ana tppa hunton'
Jr.. Tor appellee, and submitted.
Darling VS.. Cumming. Argued by Judge
@. s. Kendall for appellant.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-18
BALTIMORE STOCK MARKET.

BALTIMORE. Md. January 17.-vir-
ginia. new, % l-s97f; do. Century bonds.
50 1880 Ia: Baltimore and Ohio. Al bid !:
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern in
comes, 100 asked; Consolidated Gas. stock.
5Sf58 5-S; bonds, los asked.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-18
GRAIN AND COTTON EXCHANGE.

Richmond. Va, January IT. ISb
Quotations. -Wheat-Longberrv 7lgl3c. +;
mixed. 7oT73c.: shortberry. 6sd73c.; No.
3 red. 72M7sc Corn--White Virgi mia. Boo 4:
No 2 white. 33 1-2d34c.; No: 2 mixed
23c Oats-No. mixed 23f23 1-2c. No
RIVE 40d44c
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-18

., MT. John y. jackson died az the Ola
p,o,nihion Hospital yesterday morning
,apn the effects OF spinal meningitis.
winch attacked him when he was 10 Years
ana from which ho never fully re.