The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-28

Cotton sagged at first. owing to large receipts ut the
s ATTN The Z where there has been NO rain Of any
Importance since the 2sd inst. and more orleas long
at Is. 600 bales. but Proved to be Si.o7S, or $500
more than . year ago to-day. Butthe decline had not
quick rally followed, owing to the covering Of shorts
on an Sversold market The early decline was not
more favorable than had been expected. and there
zee o e save SIDE been o some the Sons %Ster ss sOy saii S an
here. Besides. the estimated receipts at
Eou; %Saora tor t &n9tRsf fact F'r Which iHm SttFaetsG
some attention vas the aPfeai Of ysl:oT fever at
seems TO have been pretty complete, as tomorrow is
notice day. New o.leans shorts a. well as local
though that market stopped buying when it wa;
i Sssra aN X. ia s@i we ~ sr rsEs,Ea at G he inte RI aI toR ROS
which were not only much larger than forthe same
last year, SSH shorts drem Il advirsbio % cover
n only because snS no.s SS sh S.. 1nesP pc ,Ss s HeS;nH ssv OF
reports from the South, but also on account Of the
said; Heavy rains in the lower Mississippi VALLEY
have damaged open cotton and interfored with pick
the weather has been favorable and picking is pro-
gressing rapidly. Picking has also progressed rapid
throughout ths. cotton belt generally Indicate that
sh ssi iSR sF9D T row ed t sSc e %1sr rSne snS Il io so@i iiP P I
ton caused . loss Of par. Of the advance. The asnu.
looked upon Sy The generality Of operator: g merely
incidental, while the general trend 10 downward.
e ooptenaed. SIs more than the %arEsst can stand.
Houston. TeI: West Point. Miss;; and Augusta, Ga,
Mobile. Ala. Sept. ~" Continued bad weather in
our section has ourtailed crop very much. Augusta.
Ga. Sept. 22.-"Rains are sRAin general and. the
doubt s csuss oonSidsrabie diseoiorHtiou.1 Athena.
Ca. Sept. 2s.-..Hays had week or ten days Of dry
Of further rottinR Of bolls. Cotton opening rapidly,
pear nm IN : ~ssE; 6SSCp IN tSsils ,i%msdiass u:
IN Iant ai1sTsnts sections stGiS tell Us crop viii not tSssm q
fruit, and that rains threw,o on the top crop" Roswell,
days local showers. with heavy showers In the dis
tAnoe. Picking almost uninterrupted and universal.
Movement free. Yesterday and to-day clearand dry.
yesr." August. Ga. Sept. a4.esWeafhsr continues
perfect. We begin 10 hear some complaints from .
Few stiff land planter. which are the first from that
prospects. at the moment are very good. but
We can hardly expect as hne 4 season from
now on .s We had lat year" Rome. Ga.
but clear weather to-day, with prospects, OF confirm
ance. Rainfall seems 70 have been general and very
excessive in places. Considerable cotton open and
Improving Al rapidly as We would like to SEQ It,, Sta
Pile 10 quite an Improvement on last year and year
before" Bombay. Sept, 10 Rainfall for week 1o
last year. Heavy rainfall improving crop prospects,.
Crop IL developing promisingly.
coEEEE-Rio on the spot was steady; no z. oIAY
at .1b; 1900 bags Maraoaibo. and 100 bags sava.
nillA on private terms. Futures were unchanged TO
8 points higher. The salos were iie9o BAGS. Rio
$4,000; stock. 1870 o exchange 3D., an advance Of
Lied. Santos was Unchanged receipts for two
days. H7.oooi stock. $4,000. The future trading