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WEDDING BELLS.

Cards have been received in this city for the approaching marriage of Miss Mabelle Albertson to Mir. Arthur Lee Ferguson, which event will oc- cur at Hannibal, Mo-, on Wednesday March the 16th, 1898.
 The bride elect is acharming young lady of Hannibal, while the fortunate bridegroom to-be is the efficient book-keeper for the Bluff City Lum- Der Co.,, of this place.
 After the ceremony the newly we'd ded couple will take a brief bridal tour. and will be tat home" at No. TOP West Second avenue, Pine Bluff, Ark, after April the 1st.
 Mir. Ferguson is well-known in this city where he Is universally esteem ed, and his many friends will be glad to welcome his charming bride to Pine Bluff.
 In advance, the GRAPHIC extends its congratulations and good wishes.
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AN INSURANCE MAN
Arrested for Violating the Insurance
 Laws of the State.

Mir. Wm. J. Humphries, an insur- once solicitor for the New York Life Insurance Company, was arrested yesterday (Tuesday) for violating the insurance laws of the State. The Statutes of Arkansas require insurance companies doing business in the State to pay a license for ev- cry one of their solicitors in the State Upon payment of that li- cense the solicitor is furnished Q certificate by the State Auditor. Mir. Humphries was arrested on a charge of soliciting without that li- cense.
 Pending examination, he was placed under a $500 bond. The fine for violation of the insurance law is $500. His trial comes up before w. D. Vance J. P. next Tuesday.
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STEEL RAILS. PURCHASED FOR THE PINE BLUFF 6 ARKANSAS RIVER
 RAILWAY. New Steel Tracks to Be Laid ard Modern Appliances
 Use q.

MT. John M. Oracle, of Little Rock, President of the Pine Bluff X Arkansas River Railway, is in the city today,
 He informed GRAPHIC reporter this morning that he had just closed contract with the Garnagie Steel Works, of Pittsburg, Pa, for 500 tons of steel rails to be used in re laying the track of the Pine Bluff & Arkansas River Railway.
 The rails will be delivered about April 1st, and the new track put down as soon thereafter as possible,
 Modern appliances will be used throughout the system and when this work is done the Pine Bluff & Arkansas River Railway will be one of the best equipped short lines in the country.
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s. c. ALEXANDER & cos.
Cotton Letter to Their Eastern
 Correspondents.

PINE BLUFF, Ark, March ?, 1898.
 DEAR sIRs-Sinee we wrote you Inst the weather has been good with the exception of a few wet days, and planters have begun preparations for another crop. Very little blowing has been done as yet, but if the weather remains favorable good Progress will have been made in the next ten days Our merchants and those furnishing supplies are insist fng on the planting of more corn and less cotton. The past three years lave been very disastrous to hill farmers and they are in no condition tD increase cotton acreage, hence we Book for q general reduction through out .our upland districts; we hear of no increase anywhere and trust that the reduction will extend to the river and bottom lands as well. Any estimate made now would of course he the merest guesswork.
 This market has received since Sept. 1st, SS,476 bales; stock now in Bands of factors and merchants, 6933 bales. More than half of this l3,59Gis owned by three persons and part oft has been held for three seasons; there is not over 2,5O0 bales aetually on the market and these are chiefly low grades; the good grades aave disappeared.
 This crop has moved with unusual rapidity and there is practically nothing left on plantations.
 Very truly yours,
 $. c. ALEXANDER & Co.
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WELL PLEASED.
Messrs. Covington and Harrison Ex-
 press Themselves That Way.

Messrs. Covington & Harrison, of Indiana, the promoters of the pro posed new electric light plant and street railway, expressed themselves to a GRAPHIC reporter this after noon as being well pleased with the situation relative to the new enter prise and say that their progress is satisfactory.
 The ordinance passed by the coun- eil Tuesday night is a copy of an or. diuanee at Anderson, Ind, and is regarded as being very fair in all it's provisions
 Messrs. Covington & Harrison have canvassed the city and secured a number of contracts for private lighting. They also feel confident of getting the city contract, in which event the new enterprise is a sure go.
 MT. Harrison says he expects to make Pine Bluff his home in the fu- ture. Mir. Covington is connected with the Light & Power Co.,, at Pc ru, Ind, and will remain in the city for the present only few days longer.
 From present prospects the new electric hght plant and car line are among the things certain.
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The road is to be extended about seven miles further down the river towards Pendletion, where 1t reaches into one of the richest cot ton, cypress and eottowood districts in the world, and will make all Of that country along the river easily accessible from Pine Bluff. By summer both freight and passenger trains will be running in and out of Pine Bluff on the road. The two narrow guage engines now owned by the company will be sold and modern engines purchased. For the passenger train, one baggage coach and two passenger coaches will be used, all of them modern cars.
 These increased facilities for our merchants to buy cotton and sell supplies will be q great advantage to Pine Bluff.
 With this improved railway run ming into town and an electric car line here; canning factory and other industries, Pine Bluff should enjoy a season of prosperity.
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r,ao AMERICAN WARsHIPs TO Go TO HAVAE ] TO RELIEVE
 DISTRESSED CUBANs.
Members of Cabinet Believe That Obstruction of Name Was From Outside ..Causes-They are
 Kept Informed.
snocial to Bonra Of Trade.

Special to Board or 1faa0'
 WASHINGTON. March 2.-It is
 stated at the Navy Department that
 tbe United States warship Mont
 oomery and Nashville will be dis
 matched from Key West to Havana
 within few days to carry supplies
 for Cubans who ar in dire distress. The supplies are to be distributed under army supervision. Also the
 following from good authority: Members of the Cabinet do not, in private conversation, attempt to conceal belief that the Maine was
 blown up from the outside. The statement that the navy department has nothing bearing on results of inquiry may be true as far as writ ! ten reports are concerned. The des partment is liable to be called on to furnish Information in it's posses siou, aud 0u t-ls account care is ex- ercised to have no information of documentary character. Neverthe- Hess the administration is kept well Uniformed as to the developments at Havana.
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LOUISIANA REFUSES TO GIVE
 CONSENT.
Belief That His Election as Bishop Coadjutor of Arkansas Would Be Unsatisiac c.ery to
 Many of This
 States Diocese.

NEW ORLEANS, March 1.-The standing committee of the Protest ant Episcopal Church for Louisiana has refused to consent to the cleo tion of Rev. w. M. Brown as bishop coadjutor of Arkansas.
 They consider the election legal but in view of the irregularity charged the committee consider il unwise to place Dr. Brown in aposi. tion that might be to himself dis agreeable as well as unsatisfactory to many of the dioceses of LArkan sas.
 Bishop Sessums has not yet decid ed upon bis course in the matter.
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MIXED PRINTING.

In some small country newspaper offices, where the copy goes from the editor to the compositor, then, after printing, directly to the subscriber, the need of q proof reader Is often felt. For example; In Missouri of flee, a short time ago, the boy in making up" the forms got the gal leys mixed. The first part of the obituary of an impecunlous citizen had been dumped into the forms, and the next handful of type came from q galley in which was a description of a fire. The country folks were much startled hen they came to the para graph which read thus; "Fhe pall- bearers lowered the body to the grave. It was consigned to the flames There were few, if any re- grets, for the uld wreck had been an eyesore to the town for years. Of course there was ind1o faaaI loss, but that was fully covered by @5asur- anca ; vm5
 oiH'O' fmakes1
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A BIG MORTGAGE.
Filed By the Postal Telegraph
 Co. For S2,0OO,OOO.

The Postal Telegraph and Cable Company Tuesday recorded a mort gage amounting to $2,000, ,00O in the office of the clerk of the Pulaski Cir cult Court, at Little Rock. The mortgage was given 10 the Old Colony Trust Co, of Boston, and is for three years at per cent interest. It embraces all the real and personal property Of the company, including telegraph and cable lines.
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MEDICAL SOCIETY.
Met Last Night and Admitted Three
 New Members.

The Jefferson County Medical Society met at the office of Dr. A W. Troupe last (Tuesday) )night. The meeting was largely attended and very interesting. Three practicing physicians in the county were elected as members of the society. They were, Dr. J. A. Allen, Pine Bluff; Dr. L. H. Merritt. New Gascony and Dr. ". II. Blankenship of Linwood.
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A RICH TIA TAR RYEST. 2
Being Reaped By the City Papers
 Out of the War Talk.

Since the Maine disaster on Febru- ary 15, the large city papers have been reaping q rich harvest. They have managed to keep alive the ex- citement occasioned by the probable consequences of the disaster, and daily sell all the papers they ran print. Though no change has taken place since the investigation was be- gun, they have fed the people on ru- mors and surmises. It has bee
 learned that the representative here of the St. Louis papers has refused 200 people who wanted to subscribe for the paper, for the reason that he could sell for cents apiece all the papers the publishers furnish him.
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A DRUMMER ROBBED.
While Drunk in a Saloon-The Thief Captured and Money
 Recovered.

"A drummer named Tatum was opbed last night in Reeves Bros. aloon by Burdess, who lives near own. The drumer was drunk when 'e was robbed.
 hen Burdess was arrested he 'ad Sl6 in money, asilver watch and
 h, of r. watch charm belonging to he drummer.
 ne case against Burdess for rob- 'efy was transferred to A. NIven, J.
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MASQUERADE BALL.

The Ladies Temple Society will give grand masquerade ball on Tuesday night March 8th, at Y. M. H. A. hall. Several prizes will be awarded to the most original, com ic, fancy, etc, costumes. The pub lie cordially invited.
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MCOY IS>READY.
-7sihd De Accepts ChOynski's CBaIRaeo, no 4se ,y!s for Fight and Names April 20 as the Date.

HoT SPRINGS, March 1.-Kid Me Coy today accepted Choynski's stand ing challenge to fight him and wired him to that effect, naming Hot Springs as the place and the 2Oth of April next as the date.
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For Sale.

Fifty tons selected 'Truitt" cotton seed at $10 per ton f. o. b. cars at Richardson station, sacks ipcluded. Address Richardson < Mag Land < Planting Co.,, o0rnersto9g Ark.
 .a3.sw If
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=, Bryan spoke so 5000 pco- Nra Point, Miss, Monday

Naxv ,.,6as ouuJecb, money
 UosSsds gather at the Brooklyn navy yards, where work on couple of cruisers is being pushed.
 Martin Pierce, gas inspector in the Roane mine at Redwood, Tenn, was killed by gas explosion.
 The postoffice at Greenwood, Miss, was robbed of $500. Shots were exchanged with the robbers.
 Idaho silver Republicans indorsed the manifesto of the silver party recommending fusion.
 The Secretary of the Treasury has made report on the operations to SGevent filibustering operations. It fats no estimate of cost.
 The provision for Paris exposi- tion appropriation has been striekea out of the sundry civil bill in tho House.
 Russellville, Ark, Is recruiting company to free Cuba, and Milan, Tenn, has force of 100 men all ready for the fray.
 The Nashville Chamber of Com merce is at work on 6 scheme to hold an industrial convention some- where in that State.
 The l, ,5O0 operatives in one manu- iacturing concern at Waltham, Mass, have been notified of \ 10.
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TO WATER CONSUMERS.

Water service taps, for supplying water to consumers, will be put in for $5 each for next ninety days. After June 1st the regular charge of SIS, will be made. Make application atsofIice.
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ne French Minister of War scouts ga ldea of a war with England on .seount of affairs in West Africa
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dohn Daniel, the big East Tennes- ~ olstiller, whose plant was seized
 z revenue officers, has given bond.
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NEWS BRIEFS.

The Navy Department has allotted $50, GOO for naval militia aid.
 The Senate will non.concur ia She Hosse bankruptcy bill.
 A successful moonshine raid was made near Rassellville, Ark.
 All the American war vessels are cruising around the Carribean sea.
 No other United States warshs. will be sent to Havana.
 The House Committee on Navi. Affairs has agreed on items for maIl ing smokeless powder for the nay14 militia. IT
 E. l.. Erchelberger, a Chnttanool-i hotel clerk, was detected in the az of attempting to work a spuriss0 ssqqheck for $650
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NoIlcL.

Notice is hereby giveplthat there will be q public exa nation of teachers at Pine Bluff. L 17th and 18th days of March A. p. 1898, to as- certain the professional Aalificatloa as of all persons desiring teachin the public schools of JeffeF In county
 JoL { Examiner.
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DEDIcAToRY SERVICES.

The new Christian church on West Sixth avenue will be dedicated next Sunday at o'clock p. m. The Rev, C. C. smith, of Cincinnati, will preach the dedicatory sermon. The Rev. F. W. Crutcher. of Texas, will arrive Saturday and preach either morn ing or evening, and will conduct q series of meetings the remainder ol the week in the evenings.
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per cent. cut.

Louis H. Alt; bookkeeper. has of getting away gets seven Yeart
 Federal Judge Smith has del which declares f Federal inspectic
 A negro preach vised his flock not fense of this count Nevertheless two have alreaf
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IS THE SUNDAY scta
 Not for a long timeMF School as an institutio ed so absolutely withc~ in Edward Bok's editors Decay of the Sunday-SchT March Ladies Home you' Box has evidently studied nis,- closely, and the results must been far from satisfactory. by the way in which be hay entire topic In words z one can misund@sta aim he pillories th~ school. and declare buke to intelligenc
 to the church.
 ious article of rcss ,ause so mucf
Evening star., 1898-11-02
Hotel Arrivals.

Arlington-H. G. Bradlee. Boston; H. H.
Treadwell, New York: G. NJ. Adam, Akron,
Ohio; J. c. Martin, Atlanta, Ga.
Metropolitan-E. B. Holman, New York
B. Becker, Philadelphia; w. A. Handley.
Roanoke. Ala; F. Pratt, Boston.
Nationally. G. Mears, Baltimore: A. l..
Butler, Pittsburg, Pa; A. A Herbert, New
York
Raleigh-W. R. Peters. Rochester. n. Y:
]. A. Davidson, Chicago; II. T. Burns. New
York.
Regent. ]. Hamilton, New York: II.
r. Smith, England.
Riggs-W. G. Chidley, Florida; ]. NJ.
Wright, Ohio.
Shoreham-J. NJ. Sherwood. Portsmouth.
Va; NJ. c. Afford, Lexington, Ky: ]. C.
Cohen, Atlanta, Ga.
st. James-C. A. Glover, Lansing Mich. !:
W. H. Blodgett, Hartford, Conn: ]. n.
Rarnes, Trenton, n. j.; Sidney Smith, Lon
don, England
Weilington-J. L. Johnson. Philadelphia; ;
L. A. S. Elliott Bombay; A. r. Keller
New York.
Wiliard's-J. Dadie, Chicago; W. H. Les
lie. New York; S. o. Young, Galveston
Tex; c. R. McMullen, Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1898-11-02

Movement to Increase Facilities of
Hallway Vail Service.

The railway mail clerks of the third di-
vision held meeting last evening at the
city post office, in rooms of the chief ex-
am;ncr, to effect permanent organization
10 cooperate with the national associa-
classification of the service and to prescribe
salaries of employees.
Not since 1882, it is said, has there been
any legislation in regard to the railway
mail service, while the service has more
than quadrupled in Importance and magni-
tude since that year and, as the service
was graded to the then existing conditions
it is wholly inadequate, it is believed to
present requirements.
In the third division. comprising the
states of Maryland, Virginia, West Vir-
ginia, North Carolina and tha District CT
Columbia, there are over half a thousand
clerks under the superintendcncy of Chas
w. Vickery, and at their meeting last
evening these clerks elected Mr.. john II.
Gray of North Carolina president and Mr.
/. n. Davidson of Washington city selre-
tary and treasurer. The vice presi tents
are to be elected by the CLERKS in their re-
spective states, VINO will have the power to
call meetings in the cities Of Washington,
Bait more. Hagcrs own, :frdftCn, Ma tins
burg. Richmond, Lynchburg, Greensboro
and Wilmington.
I he general public. it is believed under
stands the vital Importance of the United
States railway mail service and will favor
the enactment of any law by Congress
tending to its Improvement The Post
Office Department recommends the Iegis-
Iation proposed by the National Association
of Railway Mail Clerks, and the business
pubic will be asked to use its influence
with Congress to pass this measure.
Evening star., 1898-11-02
District Conference.

The Washington district conference of A.
NJ. E. Zion Church reconvened yesterday
morning at PatuXent, Nd. Rev. W. Henry
Snowden. presiding elder. presiding. A res
olution, offered by Mrs. l.. V. Allen of Ar
lington, Va. for an increase in the appro-
priation to widows and orphans of deceased
ministers was adopted. Subdistrcts were
formed as follows: Washington. Baltimore
and Rockville
The following district delegates were
elected to the annual conference. which
cUnveneS at Carlisle, Pa. the third We'd
nesday in May, 1899: Washington district
Mrs. l.. V. Allen of Arlington. Va; Balti-
more district. Mr.. c. H. Anderson of Wash
ington. ID. c.: Rockville district, b. +.
Grant of Washington, d. G.
me presiding elder delivered his usual
annual address. in which he said the mis-
Sionary. educational and African work was
succeeding. He also reported the death of
Rev. 5. w. Johnson of Bowie. Md.
The resolution Of Rev II. II. Gray con-
CerninS Catonsville Church. met much OPP
position. and was finally defeated
The licenses of the following local preach
ers were ordered discontinued: Elizabeth
Ayres Zion, Baltimore. Md: Laura Caulk
ZOn. Baltimore; Lewis Fletcher. Mount
Olive. Baltimore: Richard Dorsey, Trinity,
District of Columbia.
The committee constitution reported.
Evening star., 1898-11-02
Profanity Adds to Penalty.

Kate Cumberland became quite angry in
the Police Court this morning when Judge
Scott held her guilty of a charge of va
grancy. She INDUCED in considerable pro-
family, which ended in the addition of sixty
days to the penalty of thirty days already
imposed.
Policeman Mrllen arrested the woman,
whom he had seen in the division" in
tcxicated several times during d week
Shes continually drunk the officer
said land she's in the habit of going in
houses and making herself at home. Only
a few nights ago she entered the house of
Il stranger and was found with her COM
panIor in Il room on the third floor
The officer also told the court that she
was out in a hack last night with ii man
who seemed to have been drugged
When Rates time to make statement
anne she admitted she had been i'll tn,
habit of getting drunk, but denied the
other statements affecting her character.
Il am not a Vagrant,' she declared. Il
get money from my parents in New York" :"
She admitted recent arrest and said her
uncle paid her fine. Ii was after she had
beer sentenced that she became loud and
profane and attempted TO wreck the fur
niture.
Evening star., 1898-11-02
FATAL FIRE IN BROKLiND.
Albert krara Dies-IIis Father and
Alma Dahle BADLY Burned.

small fire. but which had very dis
tfeSsing results. occurred between 5 and .
o'clock this mornii at the house owned
and occupied by George \. krara on Dover
street South Brookland. and George A
krara. aged ffty-fve years Albert Krara
ana Alma DahIe. children. were so badly
turned that :hey We're removed to Freed
men's Hospital for treatment
At the time of the affair the children
were alone in the house Mrs Krara hav-
ing gene 10 market in the city and Mr..
krara being al work in the yard near by
There was red-hOt stove in the room
where the chiLlren were left and Ly som,
means the dress of the httle boy became
iSnlttd from the stove. InS antly the b V
was enVelODsd in tlanes. The little e.irl
screamed. but 1t was some moments before
! er cries were nedrG by Mr. Krara, who
Is quite deaf.
As soon however. as he learned what
was tranSpiring Mr.. Krara ran into the
house. which meanwhile had also taken
fire. and fought the flames desperately
Fortunately Officer II. c. Stroman was at
tracteG 10 the scene, and he. with some
citizens. succeeded IN putting out the blaze
krard and the two children wera terrib V
burned. Drs. Williams and Hull render d
temporary assistance. after which the pa
titnts Were taken % Freedmen's HOSPITAL
as stated. The damage to the house
amounted to about $40.
The krtrI 10y died late this afternoon
from the fleets of the burns. The Condi-
ton Of the others was reported at 2;35
clock TO b. Echanged.
Evening star., 1898-11-02
Washington stock Exchange.

Sales-regular csl-12 O'Clock MI = Is cou-
pom, $50 at lool4. Columbia National Bank q
at 1Ss. American Graphophone, 80 at I2I1 100 at
iSSs2 % al ia 100 at l2Ss, 100 at l2%, Zoe at
District of Columbia Bonds.-ss. 2O-year funding,
100 bid. Is 3b-year funding. los bid. is, 1901,
"ater sIork, los & eld Sos funding ICY bid
lislt bid Metropolitan Railroad eonv. os 1851
debt 4 ia bid fan Metapotan ahSs% arasd cert cert In In
debt, b, 116 bid. Columbia Railroad Is ms hid
100 bid. Washington Gas .Gompsny series A. ss'
III BID. Washington Gas Company series b. Gs
lo6 asked Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone ., IS,
lob bid. American Security and Trust 5s. loo hid
nston Market Company imp es fTs bd S %asbse
ton Market COMPANY extn. 6s, 1l5 bid. Masonic
National Bank stocks ks Ifs Bank of Washington ess
bid bid: Metropolitan. 2, 81 bid Central, las bid.
ond 145 bid bid. Citizens, 145 I'D. ooInmb,, 1s7
bid. Capital. l25 bid. West End 81 bid ~ aske1i
T[sder5 S & 100 bid & Lincoln. 10 bid, l22 asked.
Deposit and Trust 1l0h bid. Washington Loan and
Trust. l26 bid; l2S asked American Security and
Trust, l5O bid. Washington Loan and Trust 90
Insurance stocks-Firemen's, 2s hid Franklin.
Potomac 5s 1 bid d., Arlington; MS5 & bid German,
inmbn 10 lid ' II ASKED Rirrs ~ bis ID ps' s. Cd
Peoples, 51s bid. asked. Lincoln 1oh bid Com
Title INSURANCE. Stocks-Real Estate Title X hid
Columbia Title, 4a bid. District Title asked.
bid 70 asked. Metropolitan. f25% bid, fssiI asls
ed. Colupahia. 40 bid. rs asked. lexington, 3 hid
40 Sid, az" si ssked GEORGETOWN Gas 90 ba as
Electric Light, los bid.
Telephone Stocks. IS ks...chesapeake and Potomac. IS
Miscellaneous Stocks.-Mercenthaler Is7atynA. 1Ss
Sa Ssted naran ,TaTSSSsoSo Mon0fy TYP ND is1 e sd 70
ed. American Graphopone preferred TIS bid rnen
ton Market II bid Great Falls Ice. ia hid ias
asked. Norfolk and Washington Steamboat. SO BID
100 asked
xEx dividend.