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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-02
A TOWN UNDER WATER

Nashville. Tenn. April IA large
part of Athens. Tenn. is under water
and between twenty and thirty thous-
and dollars damage has already been
done. The streets and sidewalks are
ruined. 1t is still raining and the
water will rise another foot.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-02
THOMPSON MAY LIVE
He Has Bullet i'm His Brain. Put There by
Girl He Had Betrayed.

Lancaster, Pa, April Harry
Thompson, who was shot here by Ber.
tha Mcconnell, of Coatesyille. the girl
whom he betrayed. is now believed to be
on fair way to recovery. He has for
several days been gaining strength. and
although the bullet is imbedded in his
brain, the physicians expect him to get
well, unless something unforeseen oc-
ours.
The girl who, after shooting Thomp-
son, returned to Coatesville and fired
bullet into her breast, is still in a SER
ious condition.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-02
NOW las THE FORCE OF LAW-

Washington. April THE President
has signed the act repeating the statute
prohibiting the appointment to the
army and navy of persons who held
Confederate commissions.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-02
WILL NOT RFCnvEP

Erie, Pa. April 1.-Wm. Brewster.
secretary-treasurer Of the Erie & Pitts
burg railway, was stricken with apo
plexy this afternoon while at his office.
His physician thinks he will not re-
cover.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-02
KILLED BY GIANT POWDER

Victor Col. April Edward Cas-
key. Of Marietta. Ohio. was killed and
Joseph Weigand fatally injured to-
day by an explosion of giant powder
which they were thawing.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-02
DAUGHTER OF PRIVATE DALZELL
And a Prominent Young West Virginia
Business Man Married at Caldwell.

Special to the Register.
Caldwell Chic, April Miss May.
the oldest and highly accomplished
daughter of Private and Mrs. James NJ.
Dalzell. was quietly married at the
home of her parents, at this place. last
night. to William McGarry. formerly Of
Caldwell now one of the most promin-
ent Young business men of West Union,
w. V. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. Keith. pastor of the Presbyte-
rian church, and this morning the
happy young couple left for West Union
to make their future home.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-02
GETS NO NEW TRIAL.

David Musgrave Must Go the Penitentiary
for Life.
Special to the Register.
Morgantown, w Va, April 1.-The
Supreme Court to-day refused a new
trial to David Musgrave, under life SEN
tence here for numbering his wife in
December, 1894, and convicted last
June Musgrave was well off, and spent
everything on the trial and appeal
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-02
DYGART WELL TP
The Inquiry Into IL So .eing Made
with Due Haste bv g dish Authori-

ties.
Washington, Apr. 1-Oficial ad-
vices received by the State Department
from the representatives of the United
States in Cuba show that Dygart, the cit
izen of Illinois. arrested by the Spanish
authorities, is alive and is we'll treated,
that the Spaniards have had under con-
sideration the question of his release
at once, but after an examination reach
ed the conclusion that the circum-
stances which have come to light con-
corning his movement warranted at
least further inquiry before his case can
be disposed of. The inquiry into Dy-
CARTS case, therefore, is still proceed
ing. and Dygart will be held at least
until it Is completed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-02
The Weather.

Washington. D. c., April For
West Virginia. Western Pennsylvania
and Ohio-Fair; decidedly colder: fresh
and brisk westerly winds.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-02
BIG BY-PRODUCT COKE PLANT
1t Will Be Erected at McKeeSport, Pa,
by The Union Gas Co.

OF Philadelphia, and Will be the
Largest of Its Kind in the United
States-The Gas Which in Old
Fashioned Coke Ovens Goes to
Waste, Will More Than Pay for
the Burning Of the Coke-Forty
Acres of Ground Bought.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-02

CONDITION OF THE TREASURY
Washington, April 1.-The treasury
to-day lost $3O4, 900 in gold coin and
S.. 700 in bars, which leaves the true
amount o. the reserve SIPS, ,149, ,6SS.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-02
W. VA. POSTAL AFFAIRS

Special to the register
Washington. D. c.. April 1.-The
postofice at Derby, W. Va. has been
made a limited money order Office.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-02

g.o,~s that English Makers
-7 60 Into 1t - Manager
-r Of Philadelphia Knows
,r,-g Definite About ANY Pool,
Gives Reasons Why One
s bs Fomed-A Meeting in
Nav York To-Day.
o., April 1.-As the re-
maaon of the steel trust the
merpig iron has advanced
ION Within two days. Two
The mills would not buy at
Sow there is brisk bidding
7b.a Pa, April Nearly
leading manufacturers Of
and rail slabs and blooms,
. r5rresentatives. will meet i'm
-o-morrow at the Hotel Sa-
feet a combination for the
m the price and the nature and
tho output i'm their respective
a steel industry AT "a meet
N.v York last Friday evening
mn8ry plans for the combina-
scussed. buJ as AN the man
re companies were not repre-
and as some of the companies
only represented 10y their agents,
aei to- adjourn until to-mor-
.r evening. Meantime the agents
submitted the plans TO the re-
employers who viii be ON hand
understood that they are unan-
non. fr their endorsement of the COM
ZION. and will promptly adopt plans
mmate it.
e are from 90 to- % companies
-Ha United States which manufacture
s uuets for the general market
Nev York. April Representatives
da IRON and steel industries Of the
tinted States viii hold a meeting i'm
.y tomorrow. probably at ,he
I savoy. AT that meeting some
may be done regarding the regu-
-oo of prices of iron and Steel The
su- advances i'm the prices of steel
e-s and rails was made necessary,
was said by an iron man here to-day.
r reason Of the increase i'm the price
iron ore which recently went in,o
lect. Some such advance i'm the price
tbilets and rails would have been gem
rally made irrespective of whether
here was q steel pool or not. The
use assigned to-day for an improve
as0t in The iron and steel trade is the
..sotion of orders for large quantities
' rails by the Carnegie and Illinois
-ssI and Iron Companies for shipment
Japan.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-02
NEW PRESIDENT ELECTED.

n Simon>au Chosen as the Succe, sor of
General HipPoyte-AH is Tranquil and
there Are No Signs Of Dissatisfaction.
Copyright. Associated Press.)
Kingston. Jamaica, April 1T. ST.
monsam, formerly minister of war for
Hayti, has been elected president to
succeed Gen HippolyJe, deceased. by
the Senate and House of Representa-
tives. Perfect tranquility prevails and
there are no indications of any dissat-
isfactiOn with the choice for executive.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-02
MINORS 0Fl BIG IRON POOL.
P~ Has 1t to Include Nearly
tss Whole World.

..sin London Fail to Confirm
psDors that English Makers
, GO Into IL - Manager
-- Of Philadelphia Knows
.r,,g Definite About ANY Pool,
- Gives Reasons Why One
t be Fomed-A Meeting in
,-..- YORK To-Day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-08

advance was soon partially lost. The real
ly decisive movement of the Gay took
place shortly before O'Clock, when the
details of the Presidents message became
known in the street. The reference to
the trusts was followed by vigorous sell-
ing movement in Sugar, which carried that
stock down from 116% to lis,
the final quotation being HE'S.
The fact that the Sugar Trust
declared the usual quarterly divi-
dends on the preferred and common stocks
was ignored by the trading element, who
sold freely ON the way down. There was
also marked weakness in the Changers.
which declined anywhere from " to rs
per cent, the latter In St. Patti and Bur-
lington and Quincy. Consolidated Gas de-
chned l&, but outside OF this speciality, the
losses from the highest of the morning
were II to 1ss per cent. The market
closed unsettled at or near the lowest
prices of the day. Net changes show de-
clines of A11A per cent, Manhattan lead
ing. Total sales were 202, 9OI shares, iu-
GLIDING $4,000 Sugar, $4,000 Union Pacific.
1880 st. Paul, 1900 Burlington ana
Quincy and 12,400 Manhattan. The bond
market was weak. The sale footed up
SIT 600
New York Stock List, Stocks and Bonds
at the Closing-Amercan Cotton Oil, 49,
do preferred. 81; Sugar Refinery. 115is: do
preferred, 1903; American Tobacco, "A; do
pAtitAISu, lVltas 2lcnlSoiss Il. ana >. h., Ia
Baltimore and Ohio, 14ss; Canada Pacific,
55la; Chesapeake and Ohio, 1854 Chicago
and Alton, 1850; Chicago, b. and O., rs; Chi
cage Gas, 753s; Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western, 15Sla Erie, IS; do preferred,
341s; Edison General Electric, 32ia; Illinois
Central, SO; Lake Erie and Western, 1Sla;
do preferred. 70la; Lake Shore, 1914; Louis.
and Nash. 1875; Louisville and N. A., ~;
Manhattan, 95i4 Memphis and Charleston,
Is; Michigan Central, 92; Missouri Pacific,
%; Mobile and Ohio, 22A, Nash, C. and St
T., 67is; U. S. Cordage, 6is; do preferred.
~; N. j. Central. 1903; N. Y. Central, 95h;
N. Y. and N. e., as; Norf. and West, pre-
ferred, l6A. Northern Pacific, 1415; do pres
ferred. 2S3s; Northwestern, 105ta do pre-
ferred, 149; Pacific Mall. 25%: Reading,
2s19; Rock Island, 689s; st. Paul, 74ss do
preferred, $780,; Silver Certificates, &5h /.
Tenn. Coal and Iron, 2s1a; do do preferred.
30; Texas Pacific, 9ls Union Pacific, 10t
Wabash, st. L. and p. Ga do do prefer
red, 1914; Western Union, S6k; Wheeling
and l.. e., s; do do preferred 80; Southern
Railway SIS, 91A: Southern Railway com
mon, 10ss; Southern Railway preferred,
1885,.
State Bonds-Alabama A 1O2, do r.. fO2:
do c, Sc; Louisiana stamped As, SO; North
Carolina As. 100; North Carolina 6s, l19;
Tennessee. new set IS, 50; Virginia s., pre-
ferred, 5; Virginia Trust Receipts, 7; Vir-
gipia Funding Debt, 60N; South Carolina
AS, 100.
Government Bonds-United States Is,
registered, 100; United States As, coupons,
1l0ls; United States rs. registered, 95l5
United States As, new, registered 1888
United States As, new. coupons, 1194.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-08
SPOT COTTON LOWER.
THE LOCAL MARKET DOWN AGAIN
TO SIS CENTS FOR MODELLING.

Futures Opened ut 3 TO Points Adj
vance, but Lost IL Points ON the
Day--Spirits Turpentine in Strong
Demand mt Ac Advance - ROsin
Firm and Unchanged - Wholesale
Markets Steady and Generally In
changed-Markets by Telegraph.
Savannah, Dec. Another disappoint-
ment greeted the bulls in the cotton mar
ket after the opening this morning. Flu
lures, after rising about 6 points, steadily
declined, and closed at loss of about u
points on the day. Local spots dropped
Lice at the closing call at the Cotton Elk
change, and the trading was very light
Spirits turpentine advanced l4c under a
strong demand from exporters. Rosin re-
manned firm and unchanged. The whole
sale markets were steady and unchanged
The following resume of the different
markets, both local and telegraph, will
show the tone and the quotations at the
close to-day:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-08
OCEAN FREIGHao.

Cotton--Market firm; rates quoted are
per 100 pounds; Boston, per bale, SIS:
New York, per bale. 500; Philadelphia,
per bale, S1.00; Baltimore, per bale, 81. 90;
to Liverpool. via New York, sc; Bremen.
via New York, Toe: Antwerp via New
York, &c; Havre, via New York, 75c: Am
sterdam, via New York 66c; Genoa, via
New York, 7Sc; Reveal. via New York, 90c;
Hamburg, via New York, &c Direct:
Bremen, 5Sc; Barcelona, &c: Genoa, 6Oc
Venice, 65c; Trieste, Csc; Antwerp, SIC;
Havre, soc; Hamburg SAC.
Dumber-By Sail-Freights are steady
at ruling rates. Foreign business Is moro
or less nominal. The rates from this and
nearby Georgia ports are quoted at $500
q4.5O for range including Baltimore and
Portland, Me- Railroad ties, base a feet.
l6c Timber rates. 5Ocd$1 90 higher than
lumber rates. To the West Indies and
winward, nominal; to Rosario, 81. O06Dis00:
Buenos Ayres and Montevideo, $40. 00fD
ll.00; to Rio Janeiro, $14 90; to Spanish ana
Mediterranean ports, $11 .30d11. 80: 10
United Kingdom for orders, nominal for
lumber, 4-pound IS standard.
BY Steam-To New York. 81 90; to Phil
adelphia, $500; to Boston. $500; to Balti-
more, $500.
Naval Stores-By Sail-The market Ia
firm. Large-sized, Cork for orders. are
As Sd; Genoa, Is 3dQ3s Cd; Adriatic, Is Cd
@2s 3D.; South America, rosin, CSC per bar
rel OF $50 pounds. observation-disclosures
Boston, lie per 100 pounds on rosn. SOC on
spirits; to New York, rosin, sac per 100
pounds; spirits, SIC; to Philadelphia, 70.
sin, nc; per 100 pounds; spirits. soc: to
Baltimore, rosin, TIC per 100 pounds; srsr-
its, zoe.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-08
PAGES 8 10 10.

Ss.25; 60, &c. 10; sd. $500; Id. ss75: Sd. fine.
S4.ia; 4d. box, 1915; Adj. cooper, $3.50; all
spikes, $780, Wire nails, $500 base
shot-Firm; drop to B, $l.30; B to larger,
$i.t5; buck, $l.55.
Iron-Market very steady; Swede, 40
&c; refined, $40 base
Gun Powder-Per key, $500: half key.
SECS: quarter key, SIPS. Champion duck
ing, quarter keg, $225. Austin, Dupont
and Hazard. smokeless, half kegs. Ss45;
quarter kegs. $3.50; 3-pound canister, S2iD;
1-pound canister, T5c. Less 20 to 10 per
cent. off.
Lumber-Demana, both foreign and do
nestle, Is firm. Ordinary Sizes $11.00GD
1900; difficult sizes. $l3.009iS.0O flooring,
boards, $l5.Ood22.00; ship stuff, sl6.5Olp2o00,
sawn ties $1,000
Poultry-steady. fair demand; spring
chickens, 25c per pair; haIf-grown to
three-quarters grown. soc to 35c pair:
full-grown fowls, soc per pair.
Eggs-Market fully supplied: candled,
per dozen, 2OQ2lc country, &c less.
Hides. Wool, c.--Hides--The market
Is strong and advancing; dry flint, lllkc;
dry salt, sac; green sailed, &c. Wool
Quiet; prime Georgia. free of sand burrs,
and black wool. 12c; blacks. idc; bury so
&c. Wax, 35c. Tallow, &c. Deerskins, I5c.
Bagging and Ties-I'he market Is firm:
iute bagging, 2Apound, &c; 2-pound, etc:
l%-pound, &c; quotations are for job lots
small lots higher; sea island bagging, SAD
SIC; Standard Arrow ties, steel. As pounds.
large lots $l.40; small lots, bagging, $40
sac; Standard Arrow ties steel, As pounds.
large lots, $780, small lots. $1.25.
Dry Goods-The market is steady; de-
mand brisk; prints, 4a5ci Georgia brown
shirtings 4. sac; q, SC; A brown sheet
ings, &c; white osnaburgs 7GD7lAc; checks,
iQ5c; brown drillings. 5061Ac.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-08
TRANSPORTING EXPLOSIVES.
Not So Very DnngerOus-@raih"
Rates Charged.
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
"rhe transportation OF dynamite IRE
works and. in fact, all kinds OF expio-
sives ), said a leading manufactures ol
avpanoite to Tribune reporter yesterday,
sis almost as common as that Oh urS-
goods or groceries. High explosives arc
Skinned to all parts of the world by raj
ana Inv water. and whether they are on
land or sea, they are not particularly
dangerous if they are properly slowed anu
cared for wouldn't be afraid to make
. vovage around the world in stateroom
filed with dynamite If 1t was properly
slowed and there was no Illuminating
cans to ignite it. Dynamite does hoL eA-
C@p9 - ~ 9s,,ontaneoirs combustion. 1t Is
9arefullv hacked for shipment in paper
cartridges. which are placed in saWdusI
IN strong wooden boxes, which are marK-
ed on the tops and sides: Explosive
Dangerous. -o.,rar.
"Sfeamships which carry passengers
have magazines for dynamite, ana Ia
Fact also for black powder and all kinds
If explosives. When the explosives are
properly placed in the magazines ana not
interfered with afterward, they are nor a
sourea Of danger under ordinary circum-
stances. When they are shipped on ram
roads they are generally placed IN Sep
arate cars apart from other kinds OF
freight. The rate of freight on eXplo-
sives is about the same as that on cry
goods or any other commonplace CONNER
cial commodity. The rate of insurance
is also about the same as on other goocs.
There are some English and some Amer.
lean insurance companies that VIII not
take risks on explosives, but there are
nlenty Of companies which issue policies,
so that there is no trouble experienced ~
having shipments fully covered. Dyna-
mite. with proper care, can be handed as
safely as any ordinary commondlty.
A prominent producer of fireworks sald /;
"F'ireworlxs can be shipped by most lines
of railroads and steamships, but only at
double first-class freight rates lne
Sound steamers will not take fireworks
but the Metropolitan outside line viii. be-
cause they carry no passengers. Most OF
the fireworks sent east from here are ship
ned on the New York, New Haven and
Hartford railroad. rhe Old Dominion and
other Southern steamship lines viii carry
explosives, but only in separate compart-
ments on their upper decks. Fireworks
and other explosives are also shipped on
canal-boats without difficulty. No large
stocks of explosives are kept on hand
ia this city There are four magazines
for storing them near Fort Lee, and, as
they are transported IN small quantities,
the danger is reduced to a minimum"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-08

The wife of Postmaster Mcdonald Of
Archer died Saturday. after a short Ill
ness.
The Baptists of Orlando have decided to
commence the erection of new house Of
worship at once.
Reports received from all over the coun-
" Indicate that large crop of tobacco
Eil be planted In Alachua the coming
Year
The cigarmalxers at the factory of Sal
Vador Rodriguez, In East Tampa, have
gone out on strike, and the factory is
lle. The real cause of the strike is not
given.
G. A. Boone of Orlando has received TO-
y" peach trees. to be planted In that part
Of the state. Peach culture promises to
Become one. OF the prominent industries
there. ~
Maj. w. T. Martin OF the Plant system.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-08
NAVAL STORES.

Spirits Turpentine-The receipts were
light and the demand strong. Factors
were firm in the belief that higher prices
would soon prevail. There was an ad-
vance of nc, and all that could be se-
cured was taken at 251ac. At the Board
of Trade, at the first call, the market
was buletined firm, at 25Ac, with sales
of 367 casks. At the last call the market
closed firm at 25lzc, with sales of $50 casks
reported.
Rosin-There was a steady demand for
the offerings, and the market ruled firm
at Saturdays closing prices. At the
Board Of Trade, at the first call, the mar
ket was bulletined firm and unchanged.
with sales of $40 barrels. At the last
call ii was firm and unchanged, with no
sales reported. The following were the
quotations at the Board Of Trade:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-08
DRY GOODS.

New York, Dec. THE course of busi-
ness in the dry goods trade at first hands
to-day has been free from any feature Of
Importance, but there is evidence of dis
position in jobbing circles to cut prices on
domestics so as to unload before stock
taking. The primary market has been dull
throughout on the spot to-day and BUSH
ness arriving from orders from statesmen
and others on the road have been of aver
age character.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-08

Stock on hand this day.,.... 36,slS 222,S47
Stock same day last year.. 20,462 155, $50
Receipts same day last year. $50 4.253
Charleston, s. c., Dec. 7.-Turpentine
market Arm. 2islc; sales, 100 casks RosIn
firm: sales. 600 barrels: A, b, $40; G, ID.
Il, s1.45; II, sl.f71k; O, $50; II, s1.55; T.
sleo; X. $le5; M. $3.50; N. 500; w @, $500;
w w, $3.50.
Wilmington, N. c.. Dec 7.---Rosin firm;
strained, s1.45; good strained, $50. Spirits
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-08

turpentine steady; machine, 25c; Irregular,
2412c. Tar steady at $110. Crude turpen-
tine quiet; hard, Sl.40; soft, S1.90; virgin,
$3.50.
New York. Dec. 7.--Rosin. quiet; strain
ed, common to good. 81. S0d1. S21s, Tur-
pentine, firm at 2714927s4c.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-08
N GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

warren CrisweIrs Testimony Taken
for Use in a WOman's Suit Against
the Southern Railway A Failure
in Henry COunty-EIbert County's
ordinary Dying Florida Militia
officers Eligible to the Regular
Army.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-11

In addition to special investigation of
traditions and tendencies of our life in
every part of the United States, the At
lantic Monthly, during the coming year,
will publish series of articles on problems
of present interest-articles that are as
timely and as thorough as the most eminent
authorities can prepare. Among them will
be such subjects as the following: 1.-The
Social Results of Liquor Laws" by Presi-
dent Charles w. Elliot, setting forth the
results of the original Investigations made
by the committee of Fifty-the most re-
markable sociological investigation ever
undertaken In the United States; 1.-THE
Social and Economic Results of Modern
Suburban Transportation" by Professor
Arthur T. Hadley, of Yale University;
"The Falacy of the Present Unrest: Are
the Poor Becoming Poorer?"-showing the
extraordinary fallacy that turks In the
assumption of increasing poverty in the
United States; 1.-THE Necessary Changes in
Oar Banking SYSTEM" and other subjects,
taken up, of course, when they are under
discussion or are thrust into prominence by
events.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-11
Real Estate transfers.

Owosso City-A V. Johnson to w. ID
Potter, lot blk 7, Johnson's' add $500.
j. Wagner to l.. V. Van Wagner,
lot II and part 10, blk 13, A l. & b. o. w
add sl400.
III. Douglass to II. Seer, part lot 3 and 4
block 4, ID. d. SIS add, $1,000
Woodruff L f. Van Deworker to M.
Shaft, I20 acres on sec 81, $500.
Caledonia-A. S. Bruff to A. p. Newell
20 acres on sec 4, $1,000
Durand-Eind Co. to j. III. ferguson
ct al, lot IL and Is block 8, I'd add, $500
Corunna-T. Hits to f. ticks, lots
7, s, 8, 10 and IL. block 1, S. b. Thomas
div, 1900.
Venice A. Derham to ID. Mckay, sc
acres OIL sec $1,000.
Perry-C. NJ. & T.. Spalding to q. w
& G. Role, lots 3 block 8, @. IL. @. add
SIPS.
Z. NJ. Spalding to G. NJ. & E. Spalding
lot and 3, bock s, G. III. G. add 1870.
Ii. j. McEuwen to f. NJ. padding lo
l, block 10, q III. O. add, 500.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-11
Government crop REPORTS.

The returns to the statistician of the
agricultural department for October
make the general condition of corn 90 8
per cent against 81 for September. The
wheat crop is generally short in guam
tity and poor in quality. A decrease in
oats is also noticeable, but not to SO
great an extent.
The worlds sugar crop for 1866 is
placed at z, 069, 756 tons against 8, 20S,
36l tons last year. In this estimate the
beet sugar producing countries, exclud-
ing the United States, furnish A, 235, 100
tons against 4,688, 500 in 1894-5. The
world s visible supply is estimated to
be 1881 ,306 tons against 1900, Alb tons
last year. Returns for cotton show q
decline of 3.5 points from September
condition, being g. for October.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-11
In tho Vegetable Garden.

Flowing before winter is a help
where early garden stuff is grown.
Where drainage is deficient put in tile
drains
A good way to store cabbage is to
open trenches and set the heads in
them, closely together upon their roots,
filling in little soil. Then cover with
On inverted trough made of two boards,
and this later on, with litter or manure.
Soft heads thus set out will grow hard
during winter. The stumps may be
planted out in spring and viii produce
crop of good greens. Celery may b.
stored in the same manner for spring
use.
A coat of old compost for next year S
service may be put OH the asparagus bed
at any time