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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17
MIsCELLANEoUs, MARKETS.

Bacon-The market is steady Smoked
clear sides, 65sc; dry sailed clear rib sides,
cured hams, 10d10jzC
Lard--Market firm; pure. in tierces, SIC;
5O-pound tins, &C; compound, in tierces,
4%e; in 5O-pound tins, &c.
Butter-Market steady; fair demand;
Goshen. l4al5ci gilt edge, l7laq1S19c; best
Cheese3Market dull; s1aa11c; fancy. full
cream cheese 10d12c 20-pOund average
Fish-Mackerel-Ha -parrel. No. /, IS. so;
No. 2, 500; No 3, 95c. Goldfish, 1-pound
bricks, 613c; 2-pound bricks, &c. Smoked
herring, per box. zoe; Dutch herring, in
kegs SLIGO. New mullet, half-barrels,
salt-Demand is fair, and the market
steady carload lots, f. o; b. Liverpool,
burlap sacks, sc; ditto, 125-pound cotton
| sacks, S5c; smaller lots, higher.
,Syrup-Market quiet; Georgia and Flor
23Q25c; sugar house, at 1SaS2c: CHINA
straight goods, 293Oc; sugar house mo-
Tobaceo-Market quiet and steady.
smoking domestic, 22U60c; chewing co,y,
mon, sound, 2iQ27c; fair. 23a55c; g Go5l5-
! 2634Sc; bright. 60d65c; fine fancy e5SSSe0e,
Sugar-Equality -Prices.-Sava1nab 80
tations: Cut LOAF, 6lSc; crushed, 6.1Sc.
! powdered, isle; XANX. powdered. 93c.
standard, 556c; cubes, 5.S1c; mould 4 5SIc:
! diamond A, 5.76c; confectioners' 4 ~:
/ white extra c, &c; extra c. 5.9Sc; goi5ep
c. 46Sc; yellow 4.62c; tone steadv5 eV1N9h
/ Coffee.Steady; Mocha, 29c; Java oo,.
/ Peaberry PC; standard, No. /. 96c. No sc
] 19c; No. 3, 1Slsc; No. 4. 1Sc; No. 5. lie, ~
! 6, Ice; No. z. loo. 0' ~
! straight $40; fancy, $4;O5; family, So. o.
/ Corn-Market is steady; white corn io,,
lots, 46c; carload lots, 43c; mixed co ~
/ Job lots, Acc; carload lots, 42c: craci-aj
| corn, job lots, S5c sack.
/ Oats-Carload, Sic; job lots 35c
] Bran-JOb lots, Soc; carload lots 75c
! Hay-A1arket steady; western, lob lots
| $1.00; carload lots. 95c.
Meal-Pearl, per barrel, $3.50; per sack
/ 95c city meal per sack, size: pea Srrits
| per barrel, $3.50: per sack. $1.OO; CITY grits'
/ per sack, 9I12c.
Wines-Domestic port, sherry. catavvbs
/ low grades, 6OQS5c; fine grades 81 00Ii1 IA.
| California light muscatel and angelica,
Iiquors-BIarket firm; high wines
/ basis, 81 .22i whisky, per gallon, rect.6ed
4 1OO proof, S1.35Q175; choice grades 81. 50SS
4 400; low proofs IN proportion. Gins II
/ per gallon higher. Runs &c higher. ~
Lemons-Market quiet, per box. 81. 500
Apples-Fancy red, nominal Sl.5D05oo
Dried Fruit-Apples, evaporated, S%Gll0c .
/ common, IUSc.
Raisins-L. L.. $1.5O; loose 50-pound boxes
! sc pound.
nal, 45Q50c; West Virginia black. 9G12e.
/ lard 65G70c; neatsfOot, 60dS5c; machinerv
! 20030c linseed, raw, 42c; boiled 45c: ker3.
/ sene, Georgia test, 10c; water white. lie.
hre proof, re; guardian, lie; deodorized
! Lime, Calcined Plaster and Cement-Al-
/ ALBANIA and Georgia lime in fair demand
and selling at Soc per barrel, bulk ard
/ per barrel; hair, 4d5c; Rosedale cement.
! 81 .3)04.40; carload lots special: Portla ~
| cement, retail, $40 carload lots. 50 To-
Nuts-Almonds, Tarragona, 16c; IYicas,
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MEMORANDA.

Charleston, S. c., May l6-Arrived,
schooner d. X. Baker, Hewitt, New York
Cleared schooners James I3oyce, Tilton,
Norfolk Mary Lee Patton, Steelman, Bal
timore.
Sailed, schooners Bertha F. Walker, Cur
It's. Providence; T. w. Dunn, Bonda, Wey-
mouth; Gen. Adelbert Ames Small Prov
idence; Joseph w. Hawthorn, Francis,
New York; Ira B. Ellems, Mareton, Perth
Amboy.
Baltimore, May 13.-Arrived, schooner
Ida Lawrence, Campbell, Savannah.
Brunswick, Ca, May 13.-Sailed, schoon-
ers Mary Sprague. Poland, Boston; John
Z. Avery, Hawley, New York.
Bull River, S. c., May 13-Arrived
schooner Samuel Dillaway, Smith, Bos-
ton.
New York. May 14-Arrived, schooner
Napoleon. BroughtOn, Stiles. Savannah;
Chas. K Buckley, Townsend, Savannah;
VIM. H. Sumner, Pendleton Savannah I;
Helen L. Martin, Williams. brunswick.
Cleared, schooner Bessie Whiting, Day
ton, Jacksonville; Adelia T. Carleton,
Wall, Charleston.
Norfolk, May 14-Cleared, schooner Hill
da, Rines Savannah
Darien, Ga, May 13-Arrived bark Ar
VIC (Rus), Sjoroos, Fecamp; Aarvak (Nor),
Olafsen, Limerick.
May 14-Cleared, schooner Alice Archer,
Cette. May 9.-sailed, bark Zefiro QtaD,
Paturzo, Savannah.
Cronstadt, May ARRIVED, banks Haa-
kon Haakonson (Nor), Salvesen, Savan-
nah for Gutujewski; Mizpa (Nor), Chris
tophersen, Savannah for .Gutujewski
May 9, steamer Glenvech (Br, Holman,
Punta Gorda and Savannah via Norrkop-
ing; bark Wakefield (Sw) Wickman, Sa-
vannah for Gutujewski.
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OCEAN FREIGHTs.

Cotton-Market quiet: rates quoted are
per 100 pounds: Boston, per bale S125:
New York, per bale, 800; Philadelphia,
per bale, %00; Baltimore, per bale, 81 %;
to Liverpool via New York, 32c; Bremen,
via New York, 30c; Antwerp, via New
York, &c; Havre. via New York Sc; Am
sterdam. via New York, 43c; Genoa, via
New York, 43c; Reval, via New York. 53c
Hamburg, via New York, CSC. Direct:
Barcelona. 49c; Genoa, Ale; Bremen, &c
st. Petersburg, 45c; Norrkoping, 45c.
Lumber-By Sail-Freights are steady
at ruling rates Foreign business Is more
or less nominal The rates from this and
nearby Georgia ports are quoted at $4.25G
$50 for a range including Baltimore and
Portland, Me. Railroad ties, base "A feet,
Ice. Timber rates. 50cdSl.00 higher than
lumber rates To the West Indies and
Windward, nominal; to Rosario $4,000
1900; Buenos Ayres and Montevideo, 5000
Qu.O0; to Rio Janeiro, $l4.00; to Spanish
and Mediterranean ports, S0dll50; to
United Kingdom for orders, nominal for
lumber, 4-pound IS standard.
BY Steam-To New York, 500; to Phil
adelphia, 800; to Boston, $500; to Balti-
more, $500.
Naval Stores-1v Sall-Thc market is
quiet. Large szed, Cork for orders are As
Cd; Genoa, IS 3dG3s Cd Adriatic, Is 6d9
IS sd; South America, rosin, Csc per bar
els Of 2S0 pounds. oastwise-St eam-To
Boston, lie per 100 pounds on rosin, GOO on
spirits; to New York. rosin, Sl2c per 100
pounds, spirits, SIC; to Philadelphia, ros-
n, 71sc per 100 pounds, spirits, soc; to
Baltimore. rosin, TIC per 100 pounds. spir-
its zoe.
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EXPORTS.

Per steamship City of Birmingham for
New York-505 bales sea island cotton,
1,751 bbls rosin S47 bbls spirits turpentine,
1854 feet lumber, 20 turtles, 1902 bbls veg
etables, 1851 crates vegetables, 800 tons pig
iron, 1,299 packages onion and garlic, 100
500 shingles, / horse, 200 sacks phosphate,
so bales moss, 65 cases cigars, 239 pkgs
mdse.
Per steamship Berkshire for Baltimore
-1,6S7 bales upland cotton III bales sea
island cotton, 80 bales domestics, 67s bbls
rosin, so bbls rosin OIL 115 bbls pitch, 2l1
tons pig iron, 1858 sacks clay, As casks
clay, IL, AGO feet lumber, 300 bdls hides, 951
crates vegetables, ESQ bbls vegetables, 269
pkgs mdse.
Per British steamship st. FiHans, Stabb.
for Barcelona and Venice-5, $50 bales cot
ton, valued at $197, 622 for Barcelona, and
200 bales cotton, valued at $,525, and 1903
tons phosphate rock, valued at $4,000, for
Venice.
Per schooner Henry s. Little for New
York-170l7 railroad crossties, measuring
737, 240 superficial feet-John A. Calhoun.
Per schooner Emily F. Northam for Phil
adelphia, 275, 399 feet of pitch pine lumber
John A. Calhoun, Agent.
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MARITIME MISCELLANY.

Baltimore May 13.-The schooner Geo.
H Mills from Baltimore for Plymouth,
with coal, went ashore near the Seven
Foot Knoll, on the night of the 9th inst,
and got off yesterday and proceeded. It
is said that the grounding was caused by
the bouy marking the shoal being mistak-
en- for the channel buoy.
Boston, May lathe schooner Carita
BD, Parnell from Port Midway, N. s.,
while anchored in South Boston Flats,
Wednesday afternoon, was run into by the
schooner Onward, from Bucksport, Me.
The Onward struck the Carita on the star
board quarter, smashing her rails and
planking. and damaging her to the eX-
tent of about $50. The Onward received
no apparent injury.
Delaware Breakwater, May 14-The bark
Hornet (Br), from Guantanamo reports
April 20, started bowsprit, stove galley
and boat, started ringbolts on main deck,
burst several upper sails, and is leaking
Montreal, Que, May 1.-THE steamer
Owens (Br), was burned at her wharf here
to-day She had just arrived with a tow
of timber. She was partially insured.
Quebec, May lathe steamer Amasis
(BD, EasterbrOol, from Liverpool, with
salt, is ashore here, hut will probably float
off.
St. John, N. B., May 12-The bark Brit
ish America (Br), from Liverpool, had up
per topsails, yard and part of fore rig
ging carried away in bad weather.
The schooner a. G. Roper, while in tow,
endeavored to get~,through the falls this
morning, but struck here foremost on the
bridge and was unable to go under.
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PASSENGERS.

Per steamship City of Birmingham for
New York Sister Matilda II Bradley, Jas
Nelson and wife, Mrs S. Cornwall, Mrs J
NJ Blaisdell and child, T Atkersen, J
and wife, Mrs A n LaBrie, Miss K r
simmons, W r COe and wife, Mrs Chellls,
w S Shoben, John Malloch and wife,
S White. Miss NJ Nuremberg, Miss f
Glade, l Jacobs, = Fechheimer, r d
Dana and wife, Mr. Hester, Sister Mag
Caromana and wife, T Bond Roberts
and wife, NJ Silver, Miss King. Mrs d
y Harrington, Miss J Burns, Miss Liored,
DR. G b Carter and wife, Mrs Fitch, z T
Shoben, Miss NJ Smith. John Cahill, Mrs
II NJ Willet. Geo Martin and wife and
child. Mrs Alfred, Samuel Wiley, Hy La
Rose, Louesia Foster, colored Mary John
son, colored Jacob Suits and wife and
child, Master and Miss A Suits, Mary
AIilledge, colored, Mr. Arup and wife, H
tilda Lycurgus, colored, Lycurgus RAINY,
cOlored, Lucy Certain, cOlored. NJ Mil
ledge, colored, Rebecca Milledge colored,
Y kawashina, Miss Alfred and storage.
Per steamship Berkshire for Baltimore
Miss NJ A Himman, r NJ Russell, Mar
Luck, W A DeGroot, VIM A Taylor, d w
Shubber, Mrs f r Coswell, Miss Jay, Mrs
Hooper, w r Fry, Miss Davis, II Rich
ards, NJ F Mount, Fred Pashin, A NJ
Stuckert r stuckert, Royal Stuckert,
A Kind K b Mathews, II. c. livingston,
c. F Ballon. Geo Mich.
Per steamship Nacoochee from New
York-A Goettlew, Mrs r J Whitehead,
Mrs Frank Storrs, ] L Ingram, Tobias
Morris, J Cox, u T Pike, w A Davies,
] c Leywood, w Nj Railey, G PoIan, L
d Battle, J A Williams and wife, Mrs
Ella Davis, Mrs r Wuling and infant.
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patents. 3D0390. Wheat, quiet and IN
changed. No. 2 red, nominal az 6sQS8lzc-
Corn, quiet, steady; No. 2 yellow, &c;
yellow ear &c No. white, 3lizI32c,
mixed ear, 5J-2l5lc; rejected mixed &c.
oats, quiet and unchanged. Pork, quiet,
steady; mess, $50. clear mess, s. %; fam
lly, $50. Lard. quiet, fair demand; steam
leaf, &c; kettle lard, SC; prime steam.
sales, 4izc. Bacon, quiet. fair demand
loose shoulders. sc: loose short rib sides.
4azc5 loose short clear sides, Sc: bellies,
5izc- Dry salt meats, steady. quiet; loose
shoulders, &c; loose short ribs, &c; short
clear sides, &c; bellies. 4a.c: boxed meats.
lsc more Whisky, quiet. steady at SIP.
ST. Louis, May 16.-Flour. quiet and I'M
changed. Wheat, lower; Nay 56l2c nOmi-
nal; July, $3.50 bid; August, 59i5c asked
September e0c asked. Corn, steady, dull;
receipts. $3.50; May. 257sc asked; July.
z59sc asked; September, 2s1sc asked oats,
September 1Sisc bid. Pork, standard mess,
new, S7.65; old, s7.35. Lard, choice steam,
$40; choice. $4.f7is. Bacon. shoulders,
sc; longs, &c; clear ribs, sac; clear sides.
47sc- Dry salt meats, shoulders, 41sc;
longs, 4lsc; clear ribs, 4.35c; clear sides,
4iac.
Baltimore. May 16.-FlOur duh, unchang-
ed. Wheat quiet; No. 2 red spot and May,
6Sd6Skc; July, 671s 0672sc; August, 67l4G
67izc; southern, by sample, maze; do on
grade, 67lzQ70lz Corn steady; mixed spot
and May. 34Q34Ac: southern white, 35i2c;
do yellow. 341s035c. Oats steady; No. 2
white western, 252lU26c; No. 2 mixed wes-
tern. 24i4n24zc. Rye, steady; No. ?, Ale,
nearby; 43c. western. Coffee quiet; No. Z,
16G161sc. Other articles unchanged.
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lights cannot now be used as range lights
The channel buoys have been shifted as
follows: Outer bar. black and white per
pendicular striped first class nun. New
buryport harbOr lighthouse NV by WIS
W; Salisbury beach range rear beacon Mn
W. Inner bar, black and white perpendic-
ular striped second class nun, NeWbury-
port harbor lighthouse Wi2N, Salisbury
beach range rear beacon NNW&W;
Sailing observation-disclosures made of
Newburyport bar whistling buoy, New
buryport harbor light on with
painted light brown, leads NV by
Wa. 1924 mile. to outer bar buoy. Then
two red houses up Salisbury beach open
to eastward of outer end Of north jetty,
leads N7sW, 7-20 miles to inner bar buoy.
Pass north jetty close on starbOard hand
and stand in. This channel has IS fAst at
mean low water.
Between the north and south piers in
the upper harber there is IA feet at mean
low water.
Bearings are magnetic and given approx
imately; distances are in nautical miles.
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&c; walnuts, French. lie; Naples. lzlkc;
pecans. 10c. Brazls, &C; nlberts, l0c; as
sorted nuts. 5-pOu1d and z9-pound boxes,
IOlrf1c- cocoanuts, El75 Der 100.
Cabbage-Florida, barrel and barrel
feanutsDAmple stock. fair demand:
GINA. per pound. &c, hand picked. per
pound. Sc; small hand picked, per pound
onlons-crates. soc; barrels. S2.25; sacks.
Potatoes. Irish. barrels. s125; sacks.
cJranges-Boxes. S25q3.5O
Nails-Steel cut. l9d to 6od, SS.22; Sd.
8.32; Cd, 1871; 81, sa5zi q, 50 Finish
Sc 8; al, 4.S7; 81. me, $40; "A, box. 1857:
i6i to cd. Ss47: 50. S3.57: Sd. s. 2: "A and 3D.
1881; 90, s4l7; "a, SA57. Finishing. 10d
l2d and 20d, s572; Sd, 1881; Cd. $4O7; Sd.
SA22; I'd, SA42: 80, SA62.
shot-Firm; drop to B. $50; B to larger.
- iro;n@Marf st.P'; very steady: swede. 4za
Sc; refined. $40 base.
Gun POwder-Per keg. s2.75: half key
I.65; quarter keg. ssc- champion duck
ing, quarter key. &.25. Austin smokeless
half keg, 1915; quarter kegs S4-SJ; 3-p0und
canister 2-lO' l-poln1 caHlsteIs t9c. Less
kegs. 500; one-half, kegs, SL75; one-fourth
kegs. $40.
Lumber-Demand, both foreign and do
nestle, is firm. Ordinary sizes, $llO0D
1900; difficult sizes, SlS.O0Ql8O0; flooring,
boards. S150002200 ship stun, Sl6.5Od20.00
sawn ties, $1,000
Poultry-Market firm for spring chick
ems, 45Q5Oc per pair; others quiet; not
quoted.
Eggs-Market fully supplied; candled.
per dozen, &c; country, &c less.
Hides, Wool. Etc-Hides-The market
IS weak; dry flint, &c; dry salt, SC; dry
butcher. 4c; green sailed. Sc. Wool
quiet; prime Georgia, free of sand burrs,
and black, wool 12c: blacks, l0c; bury,
7Q9c; wax, 25c; tallow, &c. Deer skins.
1Sc.
BagRing and Ties-The market IS firm;
Jute bagging pa pound, 6Ac; 2-pound,
sac; Ia pound SIC; quotations are for
job lots, small lots higher; sea island bag
ging, SEC; iron ties, large lots, S0gS5c;
smaller lots, 90c
Dry GooCs-The market IS firm and
advancing; demand brisk; Prints, 4d5l5c;
Georgia brown shirtings, q, 4l2c; 3, &c;
"A brown sheetngs &c; white osnaburgs,
nc; checks. 4G5isc; brown drillings, SO
Tibc
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SPIRITS RECOVERED.
THE MARKET ADVANCED Is CENT
WITH A GOOD DEMAND.

Resin in Strong Demand at a De-
cline of Cents on Low Grades.
Cotton Quiet and Unchanged with
Small Transnctfous-Othe Mar
kets quiet and Unchanged.
Savannah May 16.-The principal feature
of the local markets to-day was the adj
vance OF lsc on spirits turpentiue. There
was a strong demand and the reported
sales were heavy. RosIn declined 90 on
low grades, the demand being good at the
current prices. Cotton remained quiet and
unchanged with small sales. The whole
sale markets were qulet and generally UNI
changed. The following resume of the dif-
ferent markets viii show the tone and the
quotations al the close to-day:
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THE LATE SHAH.
He Was an Eccentric Man-Stories
About Him.
From the New York Journal.

From the New York Journal
London, May 6.-The death of the shah
has produced a whole crop of anecdotes
some true, but the majority legendary
about the various visits which the Persian
ruler made to Europe. Despite it's republic
can sympathies, France dearly loves a
king, provided he belongs to some one else.
and, as most kings love Paris, one need
not search long in this center of amuse-
ment for stories about the pastimes OF
monarchs. The French have always been
very much taken with the shah He had
something mysterious about him His
uniform always appealed to the femin-
me mind. As he used to go along the
street one would hear young girls saw
Hes looked at me; my fortune is
made and If the monarch smiled. as he
1sF.equelniIy dla, being OF very affable
disposition, the onlookers went into &C.
stasies. His majesty used to be prea m,
smitten with the charms Of the ballet dan.
GERS. many OF whom were not much i'm
pressed with his manners, for he woujo
make appointments and not keep them
ana would change his ideas with the Rs
pidity of chameleon.
One amusing incident is raIatad &c ~
visit to Paris in 1873. He was solemnIv We
celVed by President MacMahon in tbe
great gallery of the Palais de VersailIes
As ne entered, young girls clothed in white
presented him with bouquets which he
handed to one of his officers who was
carrying basket. Passing along. he
stopped a moment before a groun Fl +ba
wives of some high state osficiaIs amone
whom was the stout and comely spouse Of
member of the government. The shan
struck with admiration, took all the bou
quets which We're in the basket and placed
them in the arms of this lady, thus giving
q new and polite proof of the affection az
Orlentals for opulent natures. There was
a general burst of laughter, in which tbs
shah Joined, as di the lady herself. who
quite appreciated the situation. When he
came pack, many years after the PARIS
exhibition was on, and, of course he 6a5
TO visit all the great features. He was
smltten with mighty tenderness for PM
IaIo BIZ, but he had quite as much at
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A NIAGARA story.

A hundred yards above the brink Of the
American fall a rock ten feet square
projects for foot above the water in
mid-stream. One morning the inhabitants
awOke and saw man sitting on it, save
Blackwood's Magazine. The noise OF ln5
rapids prevented verbal communicative
They did not, do not, and never wiz
know how,he got there. He stayed thete
thirty-six hours. The people telephoneu 10
one excursion train after another LOT
thirty-six hours to see the man on me
rock. They painted signs and stuck tn 3,-1
up for the man to read, saying; W. W.
will save you" Two hundred yards apoNo
there is a bridge From this by ropes
they foated RATS with provisions 10 mn mn,
At the end of his stay a big one caLIo
going to do with him If they got mn IIa
in this seethng rapid is not known. nj M
tried and failed, and went over the lam
and that is ALL
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New York May 1f-There has been a
poor attendance ~ buyers I'm the dry goods
markets today business on the spot be-
Ing left largely TO the operations Of rep
these were doing little In any department.
The mall order demand was moderate
and the aggregate sales OF the DAY reach
cd. but an Indifferent total The week
closed with a decidedly quiet tone. pre-
vail!ng in both the cotton and wooden
Goods division
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Steamship Berkshire, Kirwan, Balti-
more-J. j. Carolan, Agent.
Steamship St. Fillans (Br). Stabb, Bar
celona and Venice-Strachan q Co.
Schooner Emily +. Northam, Johnson,
Philadelphia-C. W. Howard & Co.
Schooner Henry S. Little, Pierce, New
York-C. w. Howard q Co.
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SAILED YESTERDAY.

Steamship Berkshire Baltimore.
Steamship Drumfell (Br), Stettin, via st.
Petersburg.
Steamship City Of Macon, Philadelphia.
Barkentine II. Grohmann DAM, RE
Grande do Sui
Schooner S. P. Hitchcock, Perth Am
boy.
Schooner Johanna Swan, Perth Amboy.
Schooner Henry S. Little, New York.
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

~~-----~-~-~-~-~-~~--~---
SAVANNAH, Sunday, May II, 1896.
sun rises .........s..........-ss..-. Duo
sun sets 900
High water a TT Pulaski 1850 am, II :26 pm
High water at Savannah II 80 am, 1926 pm
-~-~-----~-~~~~--~----~
The time ball on Cotton Exchange drops
70 m, 10Th meridian.
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SPOKEN.

The steamship Nacoochee at Savannah,
May 16, reports that on May Is, 1896 $50
2. m, off Cape Hatteras, passed schooner
Douglas Gregory, bound south, showing
L s. X. Co. flag.
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RICE.

Market quiet; common. &c: fair, 2ls1
2}4c; good, ShQ3&c; prime, i04hc; fancy.
head. 454W45ac.
Rough-uPland. per bushel. 40qoOc; tide
water J00S0c.
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rent statement, but Il will be noted that
the banks are at present engaged IN a
transaction that Involves a loss OF &lToo.-
90 and over. counting the exports OF
the last two weeks. Against this -
the movement Of the interior funds. which
have not been enough 10 overcome the
apparent discrepancy between the 1885,
30 loss actually reported and the amount
eXplrred and already turned over 10 the
treasury. Unless there BE- an increased
movement from the interior a contingency
not likely, On view Of present exchange
rates. the statement should show a still
further marked decrease in the reserve.
before a balance 81 adjusted. The out
look az present favors firm money mar
ket, but whether the situation viii devei-
Op sufficiently 20 cause a diminutiOn or
gold exports IS uncertain. Another call
from the treasury viii end a factor that
has been used TO strengthen the money
market with the object OF making such
exports difficult The expansion Of S. a.
fJ in loans was a favorable feature or
the statement, the increase in that item
alone IN the last thirteen weeks having
been nearly S0W0nD. The banks lost IN
cash last week S51g70l. the decrease Of
sl,3H, loo in legal tenders being Offset ~
a gain OF sos, 900 in specie. The averages
in the statement for the week ending
May Us, 1896. as compared with the CORE
Spending weeks in 1895 and 1895, are a.
follows:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
CLEARED YESTERDAY.

Steamship Nacoochee, Smith. New York
c. G. Anderson, Agent.