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burglars Made = ~

Kyle. Texas, February 2'' m
tered the store of R. Weber ~ sr
carried away dry goods and ~ mn I
ing to about $500. No ciew ~ ~ r
man offers a reward OF sisS 81 q
and conviction OF the ropps'1
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SUGAR.

New York, February Is suesr--Raw arm.
Refined firm,
New Orleans, February Sugar open ke,s
ll,is&i1s whites ssgils yellows ,;4eitAs I,
Seconds : sas ISIS Moiasfss strong. centri,
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Duly interior NIoye,iess'
Comparative Cotton 81.

Comparative Cotton Staten,s
New York, February 21.--F olIoWim
comparative cotton statement for IL I
ending today
Net receipts at all u. S. ports. I. ..,....
Same week last year ........:...,,.
Total receipts to this date..,.....a,
Same date last year. ...........,....,
Experts for the week. i. .........,s.,
Same week last year ..............,....,
Total exports to this date. ..........ll
Same date last year. ..................l
Stock at all United States ports......u
Same time last year. ...,......,........
Stock at all interior towns...........
Same time last year. ...s...........,..s
Stock at Liverpool ...................L
San,o time last year. ............,.....El
American afioat for Great Britain..
Same time last year,. -......s
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MONEY AND pANKrNG.

Houston. February 25.-The local banks ara
well supplied with money for all purposes
There IL, however, no great activity In the
loan market, the deposits generally showing
IN Increase
Exchange Is quoted as follows: New York,
buying. par to SOC premium. selling, New
York. St Louis aud Kansas City, 81 90 to
$50 premium. New Orleans, buying. par;
selling, VI to premium.
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SORGHUM SEED 81 20 per bushel
RYE SEEp-sac per bushel,


APPLEs--Fancy Bon Davis. 90 1894 90,
Winesups and other varieties, "a 2au4 80.
BtNANAS~Si .io@i, 80 per bunch, packed
for shipment.
LEMoNS--Mcsslna and Palermo, common
s. u, choice, $3.50; extra fancy, $500.
ORANGES California seedlihgs. $2.2jI2.5o;
nhvCis $2.0od3,9n.
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COTTON.
Houston Daily Statement.
Today. Yesterday. Last year.
Houston Comparative staten n
on isniiromd Receipts.
Lnnstan.s rross recelpts Q co.lon ~ tne var.ons

Holistons gross receipts o cotton ny the various
railroads entering the city wore as foiiows:
Missouri. Kansas anu Texas wv
Houston ANA Texas Central, ...t.-.....i.. IL
International and Great Northern. ........- SOS
san Antonio and Arkansas Pass ...,,.......- 81
Cuff, Color ado aud -anta Re.
galveston. HARRISBURG and san Antonio.... siS
uouston Enst A nd West ruxas ,. 54s
.Taxns and New Orleans NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ~
Waton ........ $40
NH
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80 '.'-7---
Houston weekly Statement.

Gross receipts this week ...........- 2l,3f5
Net fece PTS this week ~, l,.........,.. $50
Gross receipts this week last ycar..!..... "a ~
Mel receipts this week last year......... 6.o2l
Total receipts this year ,5Ss ,e9b
TOTAL net receipts this year ......s. 5Bi 81
ot gross rec,pts same time last year. l,gaI .329
Total net receipts Same time last year 45l, 33i
Shit,ment rnlf ward this wees . . ......... 1882
Shipments rail TO and via New Orleans, ;l,7so
In tpa"si: ."ian $685.
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put. aud can. ON Grain.

Chicago ahvieos by private wire TO II, w.
Hunter & ca. save puts on July wheat S'A
and SIS, and calls Sai4IsoSs. Calls on May
/ 0sis, PUTS .N0ii Puts on May corn 2eis and
?ass, aud calls 29ls Tho odict has gone forth
that war or no war wheat and corn for tho
present should ho sold on all huiges.
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COTTON SEED PRobUer'

F.o. b. mills. Texas interior poiatss 9. :, J.
ing TO location: I'LL
Prime crude oil. loose. $3.50 ~
Prime summer yellow oil, Of !,
fered at .....,.......'..''''' shsti
Prime cotton seed cake ..."..,'Ms z n
Prime cotton. seed meal ........ = I'd MI
LiLteIs, per pound. .....'...''. -
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SHORT Of Seed wheat.

A Minneapolis telegram says: The high
premium that has been paid FOR choice hard
Northwestern wheat IN Tho terminal markets
an wintcr has led the farmers Of Minnesota
and North Dakota TO sell themselves 80 bare
Of grain that they are short Of wheat Icr seed
0syt spring From f50g0,000 To y COCOON hush
ella OF wheat are required In the Two States
for seed aud only the choicest and clranest
wheat IL used; There has bocn ,premidm
over May for this sort OF wheat ranging rom
J to I, cents bushoi while May should 10
worth about cents more thbn cash. owing 10
the cost Of carrying the grain till then. rhis
cxccs5 In value mas mode speunlators Of nearly
all the farmers, and they ARE now cgrfyins
mlllicns Of bushels Of Mny here or in Duluth
or Chicago. on which they already have PROFITS
ss high ma 10 or u cents bHFhci.
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asked; bid; nominal.
New York Futures.
Futures opened steady at an advance: ct
noon quiet and steady; closed very steady;
sales 10000.
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seed oil steady; prime crude ss5s: yollow y.
Pig iron dull. Copper strong. I'm him'
Spcltcr unchanged. Lead dull.
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Grain ana rrevi.ions Elsewhere.

Eansas city. February y, Wheat--pull;
No. hard SsMSais: No ! red, aina6; No. >,
esg94 No. spring, SsfPSi corn-sluw;
steady: No, mixed 26Q26as Oats active, No.
white, s6isef27, Rye-Firm; Nc. ,, a.. Hay
Weak choice timothy Sh06ia 90, choice
prslrie 100 Receipts Wheat, 1900 corn
ioi,sO0 oats i6cOo- shpments-W Wheat, $500,
corn .9.9o0; oats eooo
New Orleans. February 20 --liog products
quiet and steady: pork, STANDARD meas. 10 .T5si
i1.on. Lard--Refned tioreo 5&dii; pure lard
5isei5ss. Boxed meats-Dry shoulders bMT
hA: sidcs 5Nubss Bacon. clear rib sides 6S
@Gn. Hams, choice sugar cured siaMsh.
Riee--Firm, fair 10 good i-6fi&A. Flour,
grain and feed stuffs quiet. riuui, extra
fancy l.GsTt,,5; patents I, 9S6S.os. cornmeal.
1.65tft.10. Bran u. Hay--Frims i2.ooefiS. 90;
choice ii.oodfii,ao Corn No. . sacked, white.
mixed, aud yellow. siGsiis, oats--No. .,
sacked Western. ssis.
New York February 25.-wheat- Receipts
81. s6N: exports FISH, spot easy. No. red,
106as E. o. b. afloat. Options opened easy Mt
%di ,sc decline, Influenced by foreign saliihs
and lower cables but experienced rapid re-
coyry on light offerings and scattering COW
ering. steadiness ruled until near The close
when bear attack aided by disappointing
speculative support caused sharp break, tho
market leayinE off weak at %Nisc net de-
cline No, 2 red. February closed ns. May
ea5. Hides steady Leather firm. hemlcck
sole $4,000 Wool quiet and steady. Cotton
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Difference ~. .15,522 7oIc,, !

Comparative spot No. Z;
The following are the closlne . M
cotton on the spot today At ~ NV! !.
kets, together with the closiS. M y,
yesterday, with today's sslrs. :.
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! I1lex 10 the Condition OF Trade
4 Generally.
INTERIOR ORDERS ARE SATISFACTORY
1nterest in Tobncco culture Around
Housfon--tscultry Firm and In
Demand--yotcs About Trade.
once Of Tho Post.



The Improvement in the volume OF trade.
partstularly In the way OF orders from the
country. which set in Wednesday has been
maintained aud jobbcfs are in good spirits.
CIT; trade, however. does not keep pace with
thar from the interior.
considerable interest Is taken. not only by
planters but by merchants as we'll, In me
Opening up OF tobacco farms 10 the country
contiguous to Houston. Actual demonstration
has proved that this section s ndaptel 10 tue
raising OF high grade Of tobacco in which
there Is great deal more money thun there
Is IN cotton. Tho war IN Cuba has cut that
islands supply dewn to practically nothing.
and this is being taken advantage OF in ;ha
United States and Mexico. j
Ina experience OF Kentucky farmers SHOULD
BE- valuable to South Texas planters. Tho fol-
loving advice from Louisville, KY, shows
what tobacco means TO tho farmer there:
What the wheat crop OF 1897 was to tho
West and Northwest tho tobacco crop %ns To-.
Kentucky. II changed agricultural depression
70 prosperity. paid on MORTGAGES, renewed
bnnIi accounts and furnished the ngrleulturist
the most convincing object Lesson possible
that the prices Of farm products would adj
vance under gold standard.
The tobacco crop Is a small ono, and tho
value OF every plant grown In the West viii
not exceed the returns from the ~hcat firms
OF Kansas but. on account nf the peculiar
yart 1t plays In tic economy or the Kentucky
farmer, the wonderful advance IN Its price
has meant as much to him ,is dollar wheat 10
the kansan. Diversified crops are the riiie in
this STATE. but tobacco Is relied upon aE the
casproducer.
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Tho following are the clearances OF the
Houston banks tor The week. thus far and for
the corresponding time last year, together
With the increase or decrenso
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HOUSTON WHOLESALE PRICES.

Commodities.
These quotations are revised daily, and their
correctness can he relied upon. Tho prices are
those ruling IN Houston Wholesale markets.
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New Orleans Spots.

Liverpool Futures.
Futures opened steady with demand good
az p. m. firm on old crop aud easy on new
closed easy; tenders. new, 900.
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WIRE AND NAILS.

Quotations are for less than carload lots.
Special prices on carloads,
BARBED WIRE-Glddcn, gal, $2J5 per 100
lbs. Waukcgan, $40
+ WIRE NAiils-Ratc, 500 per kcg ad-
ynntes. i0d. I'D aud I'D, re; 81 and 0d, Zoe;
90 and I'd, Zoe; I'D and I'd, s0c; Sd, 45c; I'd,
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Chicago, February Is --cuttie steady; tina
h'uk OF active cnttle crossed the scales al
aTlbIi No. the poorest steers at . 1nfil 90 two
cars beeyos brought $50. but few cattle we're
good enough 10 fetch a.eS. Stockers ana feed
abol; 7tsc lower
Hogs sts@bc lower. selling extreme ranse.
Y ss'sQti ufis; mostly Se1ia6ii.o5: pigs 3,tSfl
100. a sale was made OF eiAty prlAo 20
Sheep and lambs fairly active: sheen 4 oofa
s,Ss for the poorest 70 f,65 for strictly choice.
fed Westerns 1904 as; yedrlIngs 75SIh M.
lambs ,al' i:sogo'ee mostly S25aS.So; feeders
Rsceipts-cattle 1900. hogs ss.oOo. sheep 5000.
Kansas City. February e5.-- Cattle -Recelp,s
$500 choice shipping cattle scarce. ioc higher.
ifd Coloradcs 4 30; feeders active and hlghor'
sooi go; stookeis quiet 8 i5tft 10: COWS and
heiIois strong, 2.ho6i.35: Southern recent !
mammal. markr. higher IIugss-.i,eccpts ii. :
900; market uneven. generally steady; pigs
and lights duh, a.f0T3.TS; heayics and mack :
eis sSssfi ia medium J sa5fs 20: tights X ibd1
~. pirs !, 25itS -. sheep Receipts 400: &C.
4.rQq5. 80,
81. Louis, February .a-Cattle-- RcceIpts
soN, shipments 500; strong for natives, Texans
hrr.' fair 70 fancy native. shipping aud export
steers A.a6Ga,s5: dressed beer and butcher
steera i.00dli aN steers under 1000 pounds y.s
a. ~. stockcrs and feeder, SCOT 30 COWS
aud heifers . soSti 20. Texus aud Indian steers
\; opEi = so~s snd heiiess a'sis 49,. Ioss-
lower, workers. 8 ss1s ,95: packers s,a5gi OK.
butchers t.csa5-o. she&p--Iisceip,s 100. ship
lnsnte none: steady; native muttons 3.S5d
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PRODUCE.

K BEANS California small white, e,zft2N.;
per ID Bayou. &c; pink. 5%c: Lima beans
3MdSiSc biack-eycd peas. 3itm35ic.
BUTTER Blue Star. nc; dairy, l4nlbc; .
fancy Elsin creamery. oIa22o; Texas country
butter. choice. f6efisc: common, Snioc; oieo-
margarine solids. lie. prints. lie: Elgin dairy
brichs, i7i5c: Cynosure fancy creamery, In b
and i0-ib pals. ZSc.
cABBAGEcolorado sa,ooa325. Texas si.75
ds.eh
CHEESE New York fun cream. 1lhl2c;
Wisconsin full cream, iiisnl2c; Dung Amer
lea, J1i1c: Western skim, 10c.
EGGS--Per dozen, 10 cents4
ONtONS-Fnncy rcd 2ihwaaic per lb.- rcd
and yellow onion Gets s2.T5 per bushei,
1Or
TAToES--calfornIa ard Colorado. 500
Sic; sweet potatoes, 555f5oc per busheI; gen
-nlnn New York seed potatoes. u.pedk bbls,
at se:aofta.oO; io.pecle bbla, at s?.75; Tonnes.
see Triumph. f0-reck bhis, s3.TSah0o; In
sacks, S.s0a145o per bushei.
POULTRY Hens S2.i5nSsai: springs $500
az 80; broilers si.75d2 90, Turkeys. hens,
ssiGonp.oo. gobblors S1O.0Oni2.0o. Ducks s2.i'
az. -. Geese. 81 00m4.5 80.
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AFTER FoRTY-sEvEN YEARS.
ME-. Hermann Kotzschmar Goes From
the First Parish to State Street.

When Mr.. Harvey s. Murray left TIE
State street church where he had gained
marked reputation as organist, to &C.
cept the call to the church in Washington
it misunderstood that he should fill his
place at State street church until the first
of April next when his year of service
would have expired. Mr.. Murray did so.
and in the meantime Mr.. Latham True,
who returned from his studies in Europe,
has occupied tie position.
Negotiations have been in progress with
Mr.. Herman Kotzschmar, organist at the
First Parish, for some days, and yester
day Mr.. Thomas J. Little, chairman of
the State street music committee, wired
Mr.. Kotzchmar at New York and Mr.
Kotzschmar accepted the terms offered
and will assume the duties of the position
of organist at State street church April
1st
Mr.. Kotzschmar has been considered a
fixture at the old historic First Parish.
For forty seven years ne has lad charge
of the organ there. Several generations
have passed away in the meantime. He
has officiated at the church weddings OF
many of our citizens and their children.
His departure will be q hard blow to the
First Parish, but the State street will
make great gain.
The Portland daily press., 1898-03-18

200 operatives were present and speeches
were made by prominent local labor
men advising the operatives not to re-
turn under the reduced scale of wages.
John B. Cassista, the president of the
local weavers' union, said there was a
report that the weavers were keeping
ont the other operatives who wished to
rat,,rn to work and that there was much
restitution among the operatives. When
he asked those knowing of destitute cases
To oone forward, no one arose. When
the vote was taken as to whether or not
the operatives should return to work
only four rose.
Later a meeting of the weavers was
held They are the leaders in the strike
who had agreed to abide by the decision
Of tha mass meeting. Only two of the
70 voted to return to work, Those two
were weayers who before the strike were
employed on the poorer kind of work.
The Portland daily press., 1898-03-18
PERSONAL.

Mrs. W. c. Clark of 40 Federal street,
Is visiting her brother in Lynn and
friends In Boston.
Hon. James P. Baxter and Mrs. Bax-
ter left on southern trip yesterday.
Lieut.. Comdr. j. D. j. Kelley. U. ).
n, chairman of the board of inspection
of merchant vessels was in Portland
"Wednesday evening for few hours.
Comdr. Kelley while refusing to speak
officially as to the prospects of war, had
this to say, "I never heard or read of
national crisis in which there has been sc
complete unity of purpose as in the pres
emit. Every man seems to be striving fol
one objeot,-to place this country IL
readiness for whatever may happen.
Rev. W. f. Berry of the Congress street
ME-. church will deliver the next lect
ure in the course under tnesdirection Of
the United Temperance Workers OF Hal
lowell, March so.
Rev. John G. Perkins of the First
Parish church, preached Lenten ser
mon ate the Universalist church at Bid
deford, Tuesday evening
Deacon Going Dexter of Sangerville,
who is at the Maine General hospital,
suffering from cancer, has had his left
arm amputed.
At. St. Mary's church. Riddeford, the
Rev. James A. Flynn of Portland, deliv'
cred the discourse on ST. Patrick at the
Vesper service.
Mr.. P. P. Baxter Of this city, son OF
Hon. James P. baxter, read a paper be-
fore the Politics club of Bowdoin college
Monday evening on 'sEnglish Partisan
Politics. Mr.. Baxter as member Of
the graduating class, has retired from
the editorial board of the Bowdo1r
Orient, and Mr. Kenneth G. Stills, class
of '01, 8 son OF Dean Sills, has beer
elected to the board for the coming
year.
Capt. John Barclay of the Allan steam
ship line, was the last guest to leave the
Falmouth. He departed at O'Clock Wed
nesday evening.
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FELL INTO A VAT.
How Frank Davis Narrowly Escaped a
Horrible Death.

Yesterday morning there came neal
being fatal accident at the Jail work
shop. About three months ago Frank
Davis, aged go, was sent to Jail on 9
charge of being common drunkard.
Davis was employed in the workshop and
yesterday morning, was engaged at the
vat where the Oil is extracted from leather
scraps.
1t appears that the water is let into a
large tank or vat to the depth Of few
inches and layer of leather is then put
in and over the leather an iron rack that
fits on projection at the sides of tbs vat.
Then comes more water, more leather
and another rack, and SO on until the vat
is filed. This vat is about five and a halt
feet high and there is little shelf on the
outside or step, on which a man can
stand to handle the upper racks In the
vat.
Davis yesterday instead of stepping on
the shelf, got on to one of the projections
inside of the vat on which an upper rack
was supposed to rest, in order to see that
a lower rack was in proper place. The
projection was slippery with oil and
grease, .and the water and oil in the vat
was fast approaching boiling, tempera-
ture. Davis's foot slipped but he man
aged to catch the side of the vat with
one hand and SO fell sideways into the
vat. He did not go in very far but he
scalded his left leg from the middle Of the
thiob tn the middle of the calf his left
arm from the shoulder below the elbow,
and his right ankle. He was quickly
pulled out and the turnkey wrapped him
in oil and cotton, and the ambulance was
called. Davis was taken to the Maine
General hospital, Sheriff Plummer accom-.
panying him. 1t will be some time before
Davis RECEIVERS from his injuries. He had
very narrow escape from horrible
death.
The Portland daily press., 1898-03-18
THE PRESS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TO-DAY.

Eastman Bros. & Bancroft.
j. r. Libby Co.
Owen. Moore & Co.
Vaughans Bridge closed.
U. S. Flag & Decorating Co.
Calderwood's Bakery.
Wanted--Dental Office.
AUCTION SALES.
F. o. Bailey & Co.
ADJUSTMENTS.
Jefferson Theater.
Illustrated Lecture
New Wants, To Let, For Sale. Lost. Found
and similar advertisements VIII oe 1ouno uiiuer
their appropriate heads on page g.
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WANTED.

To hire rooms Cor n Dental
Office i'm Portland. Must be
good location. Address stating
full particulars.
DENTIST,
Care West End Hotel,
mar1Sd1w Portland, Ne.
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BRIEF JoTrlNos.

The city government will possibly meet
next Monday night for the appointment
of committees.
Considerable work is being done on the
underground fire alarm system on Con-
gress street east of Pearl.
At the Kelley Institute, 151 Congress
st. drunkenness and morphinism is cured.
The regular meeting of the W. G. I. U.
occurs this afternoon at O'Clock at IT
Oak street. Subject, alcohol as medicine.
The Mission Circle connected with the
church of the Messiah will hold it's regu-
lar meeting on Friday afternoon March
18th at three O'Clock.
Vaughan Bridge will be closed for re-
pairs until further notice.
The subject coming before the meeting
of Bosworth Postj this evening, will be
s'The Rise and Fall of the Grand Army
of the Republic. The matter OF the
contemplated visit to Brunswick, which
will occupy Thursday evening" March
oath, to attend the camp fire of Vincent
Mountfort Post, %, will be brought up.
On Monday, March 81, the international
Steamship company change to their
spring arrangements, making two trips
week instead Of one.
Yesterday was showery in the early
morning, then sunny and very warm for
the season.
The old lamp posts (which are not in
use in the city, are to be collected and
DO oI~o nd Islands tt
be used to support kerosene lamps.
A tennis club is being talkedeof among
the High school scholars. There are sew
era1 very clever players in the school,
some of whom have played at beach
tournaments.
There was a reception to Miss Sarah
Barnes, missionary fromEBurmah, at
the Free street church last evening.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Portland Wheel club was held Wednesday
evening. Samples Of uniforms were
exhibited at the meeting and the club
uniform for the present year vas select
ed. One new member was elected IN
the person of Mr.. Frank 0. Rogers.
Steps will be at once taken to remove
the large old house which now stands
lust south of the Chestnut street school
house. 1t will be remembered that this
property was bought last year. in order
to furnish yard for the Chestnut street
school children. AS soon as the old
house is removed the land will be grad
ed off and made into the school yard for
which il was intended
Transient travellers arrive on every
train and make their way to the Fal-
mouth hotel. Arriving there they are
much surprised to find it closed. The
Congress Square, Preble, United States
and West End hotels are getting quite
an addition to their business on account
of the closing of the Falmouth.
Two new electric lights have been put
ND on the front of the Jefferson theatre.
They were lighted Wednesday evening
for the first time and make Free street
in that vicinity as light as day.
Co. A., NJ. S. N. g., was inspected by
INSPECTOR General Newcomb last eve
ming.
The ladies' auxiliary of the c. 7. A. s.,
are to have q special meeting on Friday
evening, March 18th at $50 sharp, at
Hibernian hall.
Martha Washington Council, No. 3,
Daughter of Liberty, hold an entertain.
ment and social at the Jr. o. U. A. NJ,
hall, 439 Congress street, Friday evening,
March 18th.
The Portland daily press., 1898-03-18
PORTLAND, March IS, 1898.

4 e daily wv visit '~1 here
should not forget
the Balcony. Lots Of in
teresting stuff up there Of
special Importance to you
who keep house and are
thinking, perhaps, of rem
ovating a bit this spring;
and just atlpresent the bal
cony is full of odd, queer
unique things that you
should see. A few days
ago we got hold Of a
small lot of twenty beau
tiful Wilton Velvet Rugs,
rich colors, choice pat
terms, eight different
styles, deep knotted fringe
on both ends, and they
are to be sold in the bal
cony today at 1915.
They are very cheap.
All the new Spring
goods in the Draperies
department all ready now.
OWEN, MOORE & co.
The Portland daily press., 1898-03-18
ALsEsTATE TRANSFERS.

The following transfers of real estate
have been recorded:
John d. Sawyer to Geo. E. Merrill,
both of Gray, timber land in Gray.
John T.. Small OF Deering to Fred NJ.
Ieayitt of Portland, land IN Portland on
Spruce street.
Alphonso Tripp to jeremiah May, both
of New Gloucester, land in New Glouces-
Peter Cooper of levitt City. Conn, to
Levin K. Lane, Jr., of Portland, land
in Westbrook.
Amanda S. Marks ct al to Margaret
Kaler, for 81, land in Portland on Cotton
street.
The Portland daily press., 1898-03-18
DISCUSSED THE WAR QUESTION

DISCUSSED THE WAR QUESTION.
A prayer meeting at a church in one of
Portlands suburbs few evenings ago
developed into a red hot joint debate on
the war question. 1t started innocently
enough by ons of the brothers incidental
" mentioning the trouble which he be-
lieved was impending. This brought
another to his feet who didn't think
there was the slightest danger of war and
in very few minutes the discussion
was anything but prayerful. Itwould
be unjust perhaps to say that any of the
disputanJs lost their tempers, but they
were decidedly in earnest.