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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-22
WIDE FLUCTUATIONS.
Movements Of Prices We're Conflicting and
Irregular Up to Final Decline.
UNION PACIFIC ELEMENT OF WEAKNESS
Selling stocks for London Account
Wcro More or Less n Drag ON thc
Market-Outsiue OF tho Industrinls
Transaction vcre on n smasl
Scale.

New York. Oct. 21-What looked at
one time to-day like n resumption in
force of the upward movement of prices
came to an untimely end in the after
noon on the Wall street Interpretation
or SPANS reported intertion to press
for more stringent measures against
f1Hbusters by the United States Govern
mentI and to call this Government to
account Tor this success Of iillbustering
expeditions There was a very wide
range OF fluctuations for the day, and
movements of prices were conflicting
and irregular up to the final decline
There wis Il good deal of commission
mouse buying reported during the morn
ing. but the market continued for the
most part largely professional. Union
racine was an element of weakness, its
heaViness bsing caused by the reported
circulation In the street of u syndicate
agreement being made contingent on
some further developments in the case
reports were also circulated that money
was being raised for this purpose in
London. Selling Of stocks fer London
accounts was more or less Of q drag
on this market. The early rise I'm the
market WIS aided by the continued
favorable character of statements of
railroad earnings and rumors Of stnte
inents yet to come. But the question is
arising in the minds of dealers in stocks
now Far the present high earnings are
uuc to abnormal movements of special
commodities. The president of one of
the great trunk lines points out that
the rise in the price of wheat led to
quick and heavy unloading Of Western
SraGaries, and that the settlement OF
the great soft coal strike is bringing
forward very heavy arrears of traffic
lie adds cautiously:
1T is impossible to state now whether
thiS Improvement is due to the prosper
.ty OF the country. After the abnormal
business is over I VIII lie better able
10 say whether the Improvement is
likely TO continue"
There has been. of course, n marked
increase In the movement of general
merchandise over the railroads, but
owners of shares III these properties are
beginning TO question the extent of this
general Improvement. Iioney continued
DISTINCTLY easy in this market, the bulk
OIL the call loans being made ut about
per cent No further imports of gold
are expected while European money
centres show the present relative stiff
ness OF rates the tendency being all the
time to Increase the difference, as shown
nS inc sharp contraction in the Bank of
Englands leans this week TrGnsac-
IONS to-day were on n small scale out
side of the industrial spcctaitics, the
Changers and one or two other leading
railroad stocks. Transa ctions in bonds
were dull and prices in the main were
firmly held. Dealings in Union Pacific
collateral trust notes were n feature,
Total sales, $1,900,O 600.
| United States cid As were advanced
| lad. bid. the new As I'd. bid, and the
SIS registered SD.
The total sales of stocks to-day were
100000 shares
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-22
COTTON MARKETS.

New York, Oct. Election dull; mid
ding 3-16c. Net receipts, 1854 bales;
gross, $685. bales; exports TO France,
10 bales; to the Continent, 100 bales;
forwarded 1859 bales; sales, G., all
srinners; stock, 5G,579 bales.
Total to-day: Net receipts. 1929; ex-
ports to Great Britain, 1881 bales; to
France. 9,S77 bales; to the Continent,
l4.90S bales; stock, 64G,592 bales.
Consolidated: Net receipts, 3O6 75G
bales: eSSorts to Great Britain, Si,S65
bales; to France. 1851 bales; to the
Continent. 1894 bales. n. sI&,.t
Total since September 1st: Net. re-
ceipts. 1G9i,29G bales; exports to Great
Britain, 466525 bales; to France 11S 196
bales: to the Continent 322, S3S bales.
New York. Oct. 21.-The cotton mar
kct opened steady ut the advance:
sales. 300 bales. January, 60; Febru-
airy. 6.13; March. 6.17: April. $50; May
6.25; June. 6.2S: July. 6.31: October
6.o2: November, 6.03; December, COZ.
Liverpool. Oct. 2i.-i p. m.-Cotton
spot. good business done; prices lower
American middling, 3 1924
The sales OF the day were 10000. Of
which 1000 were for speculat ton and ex-
port.
Receipts, $4,000 bales, Including &c. 400
American.
Futures opened quiet but steady.
with a moderate demand, and closed
barely steady.
New Orleans. Oct. Election futures
steady; sales, 2l.20O bales. October, SIT
bid; November. 5.79M5.S1; December. $50
m3.Sl; January. 5.S265.S3: February, EST
ass; March. 5000. %; April, 5.9T@5. 9S:
May, 6.0lI6O3.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-22
NoRFoIY vJRGTNTAN Az FRI s AZ. OCTOBER ~. ls97E

the wheels of. Several ladies, seeing
the accident, went to the assistance OF
Mrs. Collins. and when they asked the
old fellow what he meant by running
into the buggy. he threw up his hands
and said: Everything goes: whcats
worth dollar bushel, and we don't
givo n On for nothing" He then APP
piled the whip TO his mules and left the
good women standing In the rond.
At Casey. Ky. two young girls, aged
seventeen and nineteen years, died re-
Gently OF consumption. and neither OF
them had ever been in church or
schoolroom, and neither OF them had
ever heard a prayer or the Bible read.
Lewis Walker Of Glendale. Texas, was
about to cut the throat of steer that
had fallen down and was supposed to be
deadc:trhe animal struck the knife with
its houf. driving 1t into MIR. Walkers
throat nearly an inch.
Three negroes are engaged in the man
ufacturc Of tobacco In Davie county, n.
c. The style of the firm Is Dulin Bros.
They employ about twenty-five hands
ard do business In log house.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-22
Free Pills

send your address to IT. i. Bucklcn
&c Co, Chicago. and get n free
sample box of DR.. Kings New Life
Pills. y trial will convince you of their
merits. These pills are easy in notion
and arc particularly effective i'm the
cure Of Constipation and Sick Hcad
ache. For Malaria and Liver troubles
they have been proved invaluable. They
are guaranteed to he perfectly free from
every deletcrious substance and To ho
purely vegetable. They do not weaken
by their action. but by giving tone 10
stomach and bowels greatly invigorate
the system. Regular size. Csc per box.
Sold by Burrow, Martin e Co, drug
gists.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-22
STRANGE SOUTHERN sroP,pe

The people in the yicint,v or w.,
Mills II. c., were, trro.oI ~ H'ncS
spectacle recently Mic ~, ~ an unusual
heard that VIII TrcxInr ~ W t''n''h
slanderous Statements 49,. I'VE SI.,e
approached Trexlnr ma $50, ,'t, - PIG
had made the Statement, "'''l nc
him. He admitted hi. ,,,;;, n.y. "
admitted that no had liad ,r,,,. NJ NJ, 'is"
appease the Young loGv ,o,.I 40 ,.''' s nor
requcs ted n voups. m,n M, isa. 9he
to get her a whip lie wan, a,', n"hI
a big cedar switch, ahon, ~, "t - ,,'I cu'
Trexlcr did not b,larn on,I -, 'o., :.
young lady began ny,nr .ha r',., IN
on his back he s.III rn,,ni, :" -, ~
boy on the buruinr aon,, ..,,,, IN ne :,
The young lady administered aleu- e. s'i,.
ty telling blows ana tben ro,ir.d IL,
injured honor had been oycpg.J
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-22
BALTIMORE GRAIN MARKET.

Baltimore. Oct. 2l.-Flour firm, In
changed.
Wheat-Strong; No. 2 rcd, spot, Oc-
tober, November and December, 0G5s@
96%c.; steamer No. 2 red. 91h@91Ac.;
Southern wheat by sample, 91@97c.; do
on grade, 9lA@9l%c
Corn-Firmer; spot, October and No
vember, S0B@31c.; new or old, Novem-
Der and December. 3O1a@30Ac.; Jan
uary, 311a@31Ac.; steamer mixed, 2SM@
29c.; Southern white, 3l@33c.; do yellow,
32@33c.
Oats-Firm; No. white, 26k@27c
No. 2 mixed, 23c bid
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-22

]. NJ. Thirswend. OF Grosbeck, Tex.
says that when he has spell Of indi-
gestion and feels bad and sluggish, he
takes two Of DeWitt's Little Early Ris-
ers at night. and he is all right the next
morning. Many thousands Of others do
the same thing. Do you. j. NJ. r. Tvot-
ter, r. l.. Wake, Truitt & Smith.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-22
Pneumonia Cured.

Mrs. A. ]. Lawrence, of Beaver, Pa,
says: "Brazilian BALM brought me out
of severe attack of pneumonia in
splendid shape. 1t is wonderful REM
cdy for coughs and lung troubles. Also,
for outward use, for burns, cold-sores,
and clIappcd hands and face, it cures
like magic. 1t is invaluable in the
family"
FOR SALE RY
WALKE & WILLIAMS,
w. II. TERRY & CO,
BURROW. MARTIN & co.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-22
THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE

, go
w" "a Ho'"si''''m III o''uh companion
~ NV nolueiS vi l'ohE MO,
Anu Inc F'au - worn bS little feet
i'.. NV JuurleSeu mere 10 ana lro;
NV ~" may seek II py hlsht or
u'S
e ,"sN YOU VIII never achieVe,
~ NJ o"'s '',c i'ts'e ones Know the way
l" inc iaila Oh Make beileNe.
H,' -, -, '' '..,, "i i'ioi va L arm lhey rae
~ thI MihSs ot tiieir fancy heet,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-22
live Stock.

Market firm for all kinds of stock,
with strong demand at good prices;
choice heavy Western cattle, 3k@41sc.
North Carolina, best, 2k@3kc.; common,
ih@2Ec.: heifers. Western, 2E@4c.
bulls. 2A@2Ac.: fat cows, 2k@3lkc.
mich cows, good. per mead. s25.OOGD4O 90;
cows, common. sl0.00@20.00; butchers
sheep, 2k@4c.; good corn-fed hogs, 4kc.
lisht pigs. 4Ac. Hogs. weaker in SYM
pathy with Chicago prices; dressed hogs
f,sc. per pound; lambs, 3h@4kc. per
pound.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-22
INDIANS SCARED ny ELEVATOR
rrcpeta Kan) st~:c .Iournnl)

(Icreka kan.) Sto.c .Iournal)
An Indian yell which made the blood
OF the people at the Statc House run
cold revcrberated through the halls and
Offices. II was Wild, uncanny. and weird
and terrifying in the extreme. Chiefs
Much Nose and Little Talk were doing
the STATE House and stepped into the
elevator at the suggestion of their guide.
me carriage started up. and the Indians
yelled One dropped down on his knees
ana lifted up his voice in n weird sun
piication 10 the Great Spirit. while the
oher seized the iron grating of the cage
ana yelled In a savage style. The mus
cles or his face stood out In bold relief
SO great was the cXeir.ion OF yelling.
Inc squawS fell upon the floor Of the
elevator and seemed in a faint. When
the elevator stopped the indians scram-
bled out, but visited the State House
no longer. They hurried down a stair
way leading 10 the mair entrance and
disappeared toward their camp.
on tuesday last TWO deer appeared on
nf
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-22

sugar Market,

Notwithstanding and firm; out of
town prices are dependent on the de-
livery rates to the different points. Local
sales arc being made rs follows: Cut
loaf. $3.50; powdered, S5.iS; granulated,
Sa.23; confcctioners' standard a, $50j;
Amepcan off q. $500; centennial bright,
yellow B, A.67: California B. si.55:
Franklin standard extra c, si.4S: Kew
stone extra c. SAP; American extra c,
$4.36.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-22
Produce.

Southern Fruit-Bananas. 5c@s1oO
per bunch; lemons, s5,oo@3.5O; cabbage.
Northern. S1.50 per barrel.
Potatoes-Haymans, s10o: yellows
Sl.25: onions. s225 per sack; new Irish
potatoes SIPS per sack
Poultry-Old chickens. 2OQ25c.
Eggs--Wnolesale: steady, at lac per
dozen. : :,
Becswax-22c. per pound.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-22
rir.,.,n Filsh.

pound. &c.: pan fish. per pound. &c.; bak-
Ing fish, per pound, 4c.: founders. per
pound. &c.; sheepsh per pound ,S910c;
mackarel, per pound. &c.: blue fish,, per
pound. &c.; specified trout. per pound.
&C.,. rock, per pound. &c.: Spanish
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-22
PORT OF NEWPORT NEWS
ARRIVALS.

Barge Rond'aut, Providence.
Schr. Carper, Hcft. Baltimore.
steamship Orion. Boston.
Steamship OLYMPIC, Baltimore.
steamship Indralema, Norfolk.
SAILED.
Schr. Governor Amcs, Providence.
Schr. y. a. Shaw Allyn's Point.
Sahr. w. l.. Downcs, New Haven.
steamship Grcenbrier, London.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-22
BERKELEY
I'M
J ylRGAlAN LETTER BOX IN BERHltY.

All communications ri ndyertIsc.
nhs'nts. ort,era for Tho paper, or other
busi ness, left In the letter box orisho
NORFOLK Virginian in no alHlco or sho
Hnnk Of Rerkicy, II berkeley Ave,
VIII BIO promptly amended i II pat in
by six O'Clock. q n A2#
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-22

final prices for a time, hut llquidatioD
and w weakness which developed In Ctto-
Der dragged the market down. Corn
followed wheat and closed lac. lover.
Oats did likewise. Provisions were In
dependently strong and closed about
TIC. higher all around.
The leading futures ranged ms follows:
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-22
ODDITIES IN SCIENCE.

! An apparatus has been perfected that
will spin fine silk from the fbrous stalks
! Of nettles.
Vandcrvyver, a Belgian, states that
the length of exposure of photographs
| through limEs of different dimensions
varies as the cubes OF their thickness.
NJ. Bandeard states that Roentgen rays
can diagnose pleur!sy and similar COM
plants.
Scientists measure by the contraction
of petroleum ether temperatures several
hundred degrees below zero, the tenn
pcrnturc at which liquid air boils, pc
troleum ether remains in a semi-liquld
condition and contracts with decrease
OF temporal ure.
Assuming that the cost of electrical
engineering Is l cent per kiIo-watt hour
one stop would cost nearly one-tenth of
Il cent. AT this rate one necessary stop
on each trip for fifteen trips daily
would cost LIS cents per car per day.
St.G7 per car per year. For 100 car, $4G7
per year.
According to statistics, the number of
yearly telephone converse tons IN the
United States ia $4,000, 900: of telcgra PHI
ic messages. 100000; of arc lights l.
100000; of incandescent, 10 .000, 900, and
several hundred thousand motors.
There are 1000 electric railways 1t Is
tStllilaleu tlllt persons In THIS
country electricity contributes means OF
livelihood
Prof. Thomas Gray, of Tcrre Haute,
Ind. has devised an Indicator to show
the pressure inside the cylinder of n
steam engine. which will register 300
successive strokes. In the past fresh
card was required for each stroke reg
istercd, hence 1t was Impossible to OBJ
tain record of two successive strokes.
Now the progress In the changes in the
form Of n curve may be traced from the
time Of starting to 200 revolutions per
minute.
When n Photograph upon leather Is de-
sired the material IS finished with pun
Ice, given dressing of lnseed oil boil
cd with litharge, dried and given a sec
ond rubbing. y solution of gelatinc and
bichromate of ammonia is spread upon
the leather after which it Is allowed to
dry In the dark and exposure is made as
| for carbon paper The photographer
| has come to the assistance of the pro-
| gressive dyer and can produce much
more accurate imitation of fu,s. But 1t
is necessary that he should possess an
original skin of the animal he wishes
| to initiate
| j. T.. Brown. conervator of forests in
Western Australia. describes a karri
tree 800 feet high. with circumference al
the base Of between twenty and thirty
feet. This wood is hard, heavy and
! durable He recommends its use for
wharves and jetties on account of it's re-
slstance TO the ravages of the sea worm.
| lii London 1t Is considered invaluable
for railway sleepcrs and portions of
| bridges 1t Is much preferred 10 pine
| for road paving, both on account of lis
| touGhness and on sanitary grounds, be-
| .nE non-absorbent- Although it's first
cos; is greater. its life Is three times that
| of soft wood.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-22
Pennut Market.

Farmers market quiet; fancy, &C.:
strictly prime, 2Mc., new; prime, PIC:
Spanish, Soc; low grades Smelling stock,
1k01Ac,
Hand Picked-Fancy, de-; extras,
&C.: third grade. 2hc.; No. l Spanish
shelled. SIZE; No. Virginia, 3kc.; No. 2
Virginia, 2hc.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-22
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET

New York. Oct. 21.-,Niloncy on call
easy at 2M2la per cent: last loan, per
cnct.; closed offered at per cent. Prime
mercantile paper, inila per cent
s'erlinE exchange firm with actual bus
mess in bankers bills at iSlla for de-
mand and at 4S2@iS2ls for sixty days.
Posted rates 4S2hQf iS3Hs and 4S5. Sill
yer certificates, 5SqI59la Bar silver
56@s. Mexican dollars. 45Is. Govern
ment bonds strong. State bonds dull.
Railroad bonds firm.
NEW YORK PROVISION MARKET.
New York. Oct. 2l.-FlOur quiet and
steady nj first. easing off near the close
With wheat.
Whea;-Spot. easy: No . red. 97isdT
use. ailoat; No. hard aGlac anoat.
Corn--Spot. quiet; No. q 3lMc. anoaIt.
Cats-Spot. quiet; No. 9, 22h@22%c
Rcef-Steady
Cut Enthusiastically.
Lard-Fil-m; Western steamed closed
ut S4.6; city. $i.35Gi$4 40; October,
si.15: refined, firmcr.
Pork--Du!l
Buticr-Firm; creamery. 1i6o3hc.
do factory. 9GI12c.: E!gins, 2SMc.; imita-
ton creamery, 12MlGc.: State dairy.
12@l9c.; do creamery 14@23Rc.
s'Ict Coffee-Itio. quiet; mild, quiet.
Snrnr-.Rnw rn0rnI
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-22
CHICAGO MARKET.

Chicago. Oct. 21.-Nheat to-day kept
up its little game of sec-saw which II
has been indulginS In all week. the De-
cember option closing at Smbc de-
cline. i was Csc. above yesterdays
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-22

We must Insist on you looking at our
new special designs In brown check
suitings.
RUDOLPH G. WALLACE,
1893 Main street
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-22
AN UGLY FRACTURE,
ARSON ATTEA1rrEn

Inc closets of the residence of Mrs
Z. n. Btrels. at No. 12S Twenty-sevcnth
street. were saturated with Kerosene
past night between . and 10 o'clock
Mrs. Binns believes that this was done
py a discharged servant for incendialy
purposes '-
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-22

wHoLEsAI.E 0UoTAri1NS
yIsIorls. 49,
Norfollk. Va. October 81. lisa

Norfolk, Va, October 81, 1897.
Fish-Mackerel. No. :. In kegs, $500;
new. small. $3.50, new. medium. $1,000
No. in kegs, $4.75; Herring, Family
Roe. half barrel, $3.50: North Carroll. q
Cut Herring, 1925: Potomac, in barrels,
$2.35 ST..
Provislons-Market Guiet;i mess. pork,
old. nCrle; hams, pork, new, $l1.5O
Bulk Meats-Clear ribs, 5lac, rs to
size ana cut; fat backs. SIC: bellies.
heavy. $3.50 for small; Csc. heavy; pork,
pate, 5Ac.
Shouldcrs-sugar-c 7c.
Bacon-Shouldcrs. 79sc.
Breast-Sugar-cured 91ac.
Hams-Smithficld. 17@lSc.; S. C. slip
hams. lie.
Lard-Purc lard tierccs, 51h06c. I:
cases and tubs, &c owe: price Of ticrces;
compound. 4Fsc.; tierces. in cases and
tubs. nc. higher.
Checse-Cream. 1o&c.; Western dairy,
3hM91$c.
Meal, per bag Of 100 lbs, 93c.; per bag
of 92 lbs, SEC.
salt-Firm: Liverpool Fine. 9oc.
Buttcr-Ncw York State dairy, new
23c.: fresh creamery, 22G23c.; country,
14Gfl5c.
Kerosene Ol-Firm; 112 degrees, nc. ;
GO degrees. 10c.: Red. $40 degrees, 1OIac
Coffee-Green. steady; rio common.
9!aq1lc.; fair, 12kMl3hc.; good. 1870
Ice: choice. 17Gl7Iac.; Laguayra, 1GdD
lie: lava, 29@S0hc.
Syrups ard Observation-Disclosures; syr-
ups. Bright, 1SdG23c.: Fair Grades, 15c. 4:
Port Rico, 10, zoe and 26c.. as to grade.
New Orleans Molasses-Qutet; Fair
23n2Sc.: Good, 25@30c.: Choice, 35c.
Flonf-Markct firm; Western spring
wheat, Best Patent Family, SG.15; Win
ter Wheat. Best Family, $3.50; Choice
Straight Family. $500; Good Family,
$3.50; Fair Family, $3.50, as to grade.
Rice-Nfiiled. 4&@GHc.: rough, clear
OF red. 45TG0c.; with rcd. Csc.
GrnIn.
Peas'-Steady: black-eye peas. new
crop, sl.50 per bag; black Csc. straight
per bushel: clay. Coo. per bushcl.
White corn. 4lc.; mixed. i0c
Mill Feed-Markst steady; bran, st4.O0;
shiDstuff or mddl.Gg. $1,000; meal, white,
bOltcd. per 100 pounds, 95c.
Michigan. Ohio and Indiana, No. +.
Timothy hay, $3.50; No. ., $3.50; mixed,
$3.50.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-22

on Tuesday last TWO deer appeared on
the streets Of Woburn, Mass.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-22

ld:ns futures ranged rs follows:
Open. High. Clos.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-07-01
TO CITY TAX PAYERS.

COLLECTORS OFFICE, June 81, 1897.
Notice is hereby given that the tax bills for
1897 are now in the hands of the collector,
The attention of parties interested ia respect
fully called to the following extract from the
revenue bill of that year:
upon all bills paid in full by the LIST day
of Jniy, 1897, the Collector of Taxes shall
allow discount of ten per cent, and on all
bills paid by the 1st day of September, 1897.
he shall slow discount of fve per cent,
and on all bills not paid ON the 1st day Of
December, 1697, there shall be assessed and
collected penslty of five per cent upon the
amount of said bills and on all bills remain
ing unpaid on the LIST day of Ju,e. 1898,
damages at the rata of ak Per centum PSI
annum shall be paid"
Tax payers would do we'll to call and pay
at once in order to avoid the rush and crowd
usually present On the last days in which the
iscount is allowed. Bring list to make
sure you get bills for all your property. as the
collector will not be responsible, or allow the
discount after the time fixed by law.
P.F. GORMAN,
ie24 tly1 Collector of City Taxes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-07-01

A BIMETALLIC DEvELoPMENT.--A
dispatch from London says: The Ma
tional Review announces an important
bimetalic development at the hands OF
the United States monetary commits
SION, The commission, according to
the Review, will present joint state
ment from France and the United
States declaring their "desire to termi-
nate the disastrous experiments inaug..
ursted in 1878 and claiming our good
will and active concurrence" The Re-
view adds
sEngland's reply will.be that the gov
ernment is willing to open the Indian
mints, to make q further substantial!
contribution to the rehabilitation OF
silver by extending it's use in England,
by increasing the legal tender of silver,
making silver the basis of notes, en-
poweriug the Bank of England to use
it's silver reserve and that material as.
sistance and strong moral support will
be given to the object the United
States and France have in view"