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usiveston statement.
THE COTTON cRop.
What the Movement Thus Far Seems
TO Indicate.


Elrin. Texas, December 2a.--QuotIng from
the report of Secretary Hester OF New Or.
leane the receipts OF cotton brought into
sight for lib days OF this season is $3.50 40
bales. Tho total cotton brought into sight
Tor l13 days of last season was iii $40 bales
The total American cotton crop Of last sen
son WAS in round numbers IL, 97i 900 bales.
hence there came into sight after this day
last season 4, 1872 800 bales
During the week ending December % ,hers
came INTO sight In round numbers s20 900
paIes. as compared with Az 900 bales last
wear revealing a net loss OF $4,000 bales or
snrinkage OF over 80 per cent n compared
Wlth the movement into sight for the same
seven days of last year Reckoning tho future
movement upon the weeks movement imme-
dlatelv preceding the holidays the same ratio
OF decreased movement for the remainder az
me season indicates that there Is Vol p 550 ono
bales OF invisible cotton to come into sight
which. added 10 the cotton visible points 10 n
cron approSimatins S,226770 bales for the
season. II remains to he fully determined
hv actual count whether the cotton trade has
held out of sight more cotton with cents
as the prevailing price than was held last
season with AZ cents as the average price In
the Interior II certainly looks as though Mr.
Neil S II 10000 hale crop viii not matersizc
MI Neil is no doubt quito well informed that
practically all Of the crop is now concentrated
at interior railway stations. aud IL seems
absurd that he does not avail himself Of this
splendid opportunity of ascertaining almost
the exact count OF the crop.
The great cotton general should not "sulk in
his tent and leave his followers TO surrender
alone. as an honorable surrender would Ger
tainly add prestige TO his eminence as sta
tistlcian even though 10 should prove him to
be an unreliable statistician. j, P. Wilson.
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HOUSTON DAIIl IOsI: SUNDAY MORNING. DEUnM.,r \, "a,
GARDEN SEED VERY SCARCE
THERE Is A FAMINE IN SOME LINES
AND PRICES ARE HIGH.
Stock Can Hardly Ne Obtained to
FIJI Ordcrs--why seed Potatoes
Are In small supply.

II may not be generally known, but the
opening OF the new year witnesses a famine
along almost oil lines OF garden seed
Peas and beans. the latter especially, will
be very scarce the whole OF the year 1900
and correspondingly high in price. 1t may
seem a hardship to gardeners to be com
PEELED to pay $40 bushei for variety q,
beans that in previous ysars they could buy
for IS and less. but the dealers say they had
better buy now or they will not be able 10
get them at all.
1t is not SO much a question OF price with
the scotsman but rather can he obtain the
stock to fill his orders, and this fact the
trucker and gardener must realize II the
price seems high The scotsman is not arbi-
rarily putting up the p:tce; It IS all a
confirmed by MIR. II. c. Jonnscn. manager
OF t. n. Thompson & Co.'S seed department,
VINO las. August went all through the pea and
5enn growing sections of Canaaa, Northern
new York and Michigan, and who knows
only too well how short the seed crops are
In discussing the seed shortage. Mr.. johnson
said:
III you pick up the catalogue of almost,
sold out In front OF many staple variety.
They could hot I'LL an order II we offered
them double what they quoted that same
variety two months ago.
We have, although only yet In our in
fancy, supplied direct from our pea and
bean growing station In the North, seed
houses all over the United States shipping
as far East as New York, Boston and Phila-
delphia. and as far West as San Francisco
and Los Angeles and we are. therefore. in
a coed position 10 know just how things
stand along that line.
Another item on the seedsman's list that
has scared upward In the past month is
onion sets, but this is the result of fire,
which in Chicago, destroyed something like
$1,000 bushels of sets In store and conse-
uuently took that quantity out of the market.
and onion sets are bound to be high Seed
potatoes. on account OF partial failures In
the largest producing sections. are considera-
bly, higher than they we're month ago, and
viii be still higher by spring. Early corn
was more than short this year and VIC will
not by any manner of means get the entire
amount contracted for on account of crop
failure.
While onion seed. both American and Inn
ported stocks. were affected by the general
drouth. and will be much higher In price
than last season, as will all cabbage seed
particularly the Wskefelds Of which thore
was in many cases less than 20 per cent of
a crop
Taking IT. all in all the price of staple
varieties of seed Will be higher IN the year
1900 than in 1895.
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
CoId xealher end Cash Demand Sleadlet
Wheat.
COVERED 10 EVEN UP THE year
Corn Was steady within a Marrow
R"ngc--oats showed . Fair GEN.
crnl Trndc-ProvisionuE Easier,

Chicago. December se.--There was less than
an hours business in any OF the markets
today. The-cold weather and n slight i'm
proyement in the cash demand steadied
wheat. May closed at shade gain over yes.
terday. Corn closed shade and oats Mc
better and provisions unchanged TO sis lower.
microscopic comparison OF yesterday a
final figure for May wheat with Initial price
today showed n shade loss this option being
at esNaieet. This was laid at the door OF
Liverpool. which was of y. The tone was
steady, however. as the weather was reported
very cold and 25oooo bushels of Duluth wheat
wero worked from hero TO New York late
yesterday. When an additional sale of 100 go
bushels was announced today shorts stopped
smashing hats aud throwing grain long
enough TO do bit OF covering so Us to
leave the old year with accounts cycned up
May with this encouragement attained Tho
dignity of 69is and though almost completely
neglected thereafter, managed to close steady
AZ bsA NbHle, shade better than yesterdays
ilnal Quotations. An increase OF from ssoOOo
10 SVc,Ov bushels in the visible was predicted
IN tne plt mere. Primary receipts were 1856 400
bushels against ,64 leo year ago. Mime
apoiis ana Duluth reported S6S cars ools-
pared with sos last year Local receipts were
- cars. Soaboard exports in wheat and flour
were equal to $4,000 bushels.
In the corn market such movements az
were visible to the naked eye Indicated
steadiness, but the range was only nc ia
May Country acceptances were as usual
lignt. and there was no indication OF imme-
dlate Improvement IN that direction. Local
receipts were ibcral-31S cars
The oats mnrkot generally distinguished
for being almost indisttngushsble. exhibited
q fair general trade and throughout was
hrm. One concern sold some May. presum-
ahly against a big cash purchase early IN
the week
Provisions were little easier. the factors
beng liberal receipts and Indications Of CON
tinued lherality next week. together with
weaker prices at the Yards The market was
. changing one and resulted in slight mar
rowing of tho January May difference.
Estimated receipts Tuesday: Wheat 100
cars corn 450 cars oats 800 cars hogs $4,000
head,
There Will he no session OF the hoard New
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Inland nicc MT Alvin.

To the Editor of The Post
Alvin. Texas December 29.-I send you
per express a bundle of upland rice. the
seed OF which / obtsiued from Tuspan.
Mexico. and planted on the poorest spot
OF Walnut Ridge. | gave 1t only two
plowIngs with double shovel. and as all
the people of Alvin country know, We did
nor have rain enough after the 18TH OF
February until the I'D OF June to wet
negro's shirt. II was slow and Irregular
in coming up and when IL was two feet
high the army worm ran over IT and ate
nearly all tho blades OF. 1t seems TO
not only be an upland rice, but dry
land and poor mans RICE. And ! stand
cigars that all East Texas can't show
better or longer heads. heavier or nicer
grains. II this rice had got an early
start and had rain to mature 1t earlier l
would have had pretty fair crop OF Sec
ond grown from the stubble like sorghum;
The December frost caught quite lot OF
heads in bloom.
Now. MIR Editor, have read a great
many articles in The Post about the won
derful $4,000 irrigating plants being es-
tabllshed In East Texas and immense
steam pumps raising 10000 gallons water
as that naturally scared a poor man TO
death and made him think rice would,
soon be 81 per pound and would nayeri
appear on his table again. But here
comes upland rice. poor mans rice, which
lust requires 800 pony, 81 80 Georgia
stock, and foir-bit bull tongue. AMI
the poor man Is ready to raise his forty
TO eighty bushels OF as good rice as can
be found anywhere. ! verify believe that
all this coast country Is we'll adapted 20
the cultivation OF this rice. B, Foster.
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81. Loui. Grain and Provisions.

ST. Louis. December 20 Wheat--No. rcd
cash and December CO. May M July 6sM
No. , hard giihqG6 Corn-No. . cash S052 !
December S0Ss; May 2lia03ifs Oats-No ?
cash 23ls; December 23i4: Nav 2i7s, No. .
white 25lhG26. Pork steady; jobbing Q so for
5S2i5. choice 535 Flour oil. unchanged
Timothy seed 20OG2.25. Corn meal 709
1.Ta. Bran firm; sacked east track 63nW
Hay steady; u 30. Cotton les ! a.. Bagging
5NGGl3. HEMP twlne Q DrrBs'd meats EN-
ira shorts 3 30; dear ribs l2iA. clear sides
r S7H. Bacon-shorts CSC; rl"aT ribs G.2i.
clear rib isdes B.27lz. Recslpts-Flour i00f.
whea. 600: corn 1900; onts 5000 Ship
ments-Four 5000: wheat 29,p00; corn 81 9Q1:
nata IS. 900.
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Grnin nnd prnyisinn. EI.cwhcrc.

New York, December 20. Wheat Receipts
81 900 bushels; export GALES 2S,o00 lushels fu.
lures 100000 bushels spot; hpot firm, No ,
red z, O. b. afoat; No. Northern, Duluth
5ti9 f. o. b. anoat prompt 40. rcd 1914
clavator. options Grm. 'sGi}ic higher, sales
included No. 2 red March 755sQ73fs. closed
15M, May rs; July 7fB. Hides firm; Calves
ton. % to - pounds 1919. Leather dun,
steady hemlock sole Belmos hyroa, light
10 heavy weights 25@25ia; acid 25q26i2. Wool
Domestic fleece 12926i Texas lial7.
Kansas City. December So.--wheat--M May,
6eYs: cash No hard. s3M; No red: 6saIo.
Corn-May. 295s cash No. 2 mixed. ?s@ No.
white 2s% oats--No. white 2iA.
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COTTON on sHIPpoARp.

OOI
For Manchester; SIS fedora de Larrinags,
$3.50: SIS Saturnina, 14l1.
For Liverpool: SIS Madriteno, 1876; IS Rydal
Hall. 1884; SIS Gaditano, 1852; IS Pauina, $500;
ss Maria, 500. 81
For Havre: SIS Wilberforce, 1927; SIS Cron-
ham, 1890 IS Aston Hall. 1887; IS Peer
less 1896.
For Hamburg: SIS Hiberna 734.
For Bremen: SIS Eieric, $751; SIS Consols
1O,o36; SIS Treasury, 24s7; IS Nordfarer, 6702
SIS Roland, 3l41.
For Rotterdam: SIS Germania, 1925.
For Antwerp: SIS Middleham Castle, s467;
IS Khartoum, 116S.
For Belfast: SIS Inishowen Head, 1888.
For Japan: SIS Howick Hall, s251; IS Hut
ton 21O0.
For New York. Mallory line. 1880.
Total, 1898 bales.
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bs,vn un,it,cs term The speculative
iaI viii be seem 70 have cost so.
,s Ssr dear. since the relapse has
H. 'ought prices below where thew
M II i, year; There are stocks which te
~. me dividend rate Increased n bnt
~. nevertheless fallen back below the
rfs s before the speculative rise SET
IN .pss'ian Of the increase. II is the
=, This fact and calculations NJ
suSh, interest on money invested that
s nsn. ohlo the market a large element
n ~ buyers who buy stocks rather
bS ~ ,ne large absorption OF the float.
IN y stocks thus accepted the forced
~ u w. doubtful and unsafe accounts.
IN van street phrase. The "so,ieez,
ns Msatef out OF prices,' gave basis
r,ne with which Investment
/ * nvsecuted. Faith in the continn-
Isr M eounstry's prosperity within the
n ri. OF the outlook is unimnaIred
FL ~ edged bonds were not much NJ.
|sisd. sa !. weeks liquidation, but the
! tsv,no.r newly issued Of contingent
IN, sesyh, aIk bonds which suffered f iast
sls,s ven In good demand this week
\ H. NJ; ~ old Is, new As, and IS de-.
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of covering by room shorts. Otherwise the
market was quiet and featnroless, The mar
ket closed firm at net gain of to 10 points.
Sales were 1880 bags, including January az
COS March $50 May 6.30g635 July 90,
August $50 and September 6.5Qd6.N5. SPOT
coffee. Rio. No. / invoice &c; No. Z iohbInB
III: mild steady, sdl21a.
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Import, nnd Export..

New York, December 3o.--The imports Of dry
goods at the port of New York for this week
were valued at s9,45o,6.2 The imports of
siS5.655 In silver. Exports of specie for the
week aggregated 1896, 94S in silver bars and
coin, and 81 q05, 200 in gold
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weekly bank statement.
New York Money.

New York. December 3o-Money on call
steady at SAL per cent; last loan at per cent.
exchange firm with actual business in bank
ers bills at 4.s7h@4s7ia for the demand and
tS1%q4S2 for sixty days. Posted rates 4.S2i2
di.S9 and 4sSia Commercial bills 4.S0l4d
4S0s. Silver certificates. sSisd5s12. Bar sill
yer 59s. Mexican dollars 4712. State bonds
inactive. railroads strong; governments rreg-
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SUGAR.


New York. December 30.-sugar--Raw firm;
fair refining 1916; centrifugal o6 test ~
Moiesses sugar z s-is Refined quiet but
arm; No. mould A I-i6; standard and
|eonfectloners A I5-I6; cut loaf aud crushed
Il 9-16; powdered ~: graduated 5 l-id.
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FINANCIAL BRIEFS.

Paris December sn.--Three per cent rentes
esf, aisc FOR the account. Exchange on Lon
don 25f. sstac for checks.
New York. December ao,--clearings, 1859,
745 6o4: balances, $40. ~, 900.
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BUTTER AND Eggs.

Chicago. December 20. Butter steady; quo.
tations unchanged; creamery l6Ras; dairy u
m?2. Cheese firm; l2di2A Eggs hr-ni fresh
st. Louis. December 80 Eggs steady: II
Kansas CIV December 30. Eggs quiet
steady: fresh Missouri and Kansas stocb
frsts i5M15ik ror dozen; storage. ioqii,
New York. December ~. --Eggs , 1I.,
vanin asGai: Western ungradrd at mark 10
90 Western ~
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HEAVY STAPLES.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS per keg. ". g1
~. blasting powder $,.G5 per key: drop shot.
Der sack sl.55i Duck $3.50. 81, ia
7e. regulars 7ep7lse, boxed hc higher;
smoked bellies, 734GT7sci New York salt pei
lies. 7s.m7Mc; breakfast bacon, s1s4lOlsc.
TAGGING AID TIEs-Less than carlots
, from I H9Sso lies 5, pd ioSiis. W ''
cANDY--Stick. wrapped basis "a. elz4eA
Der ID srecia: sizes hc higher.
cANDLEs--star, fun weight ,I lls; Gran IRA
'CEMENT-P Portland. 81 $685. Rosendaie.
s' c;.oSFFFEE-Rio. fair. sA9se: prime, sAgiOc;
choice, IoH Peabsrry . 1snetie. c9fdoys'
Lass ,ooli, cases. I1ikc delivered. s6-lb cases.
II Zoe delivered: Lion. Ioo-lb cases. lie: Apex,
VcsRp.AcKERs--A p G soda. bulk. boxes sizes
lib cartons se, gngsr snaps na ,S s, e1 IN
~ III oiJR@Tesas Star Mills; rica; Wave,
81 10, sea Fairy. $50: Sea Nymph - 90:
ssa level $40: rye Hour $50: pumper.
interior points Quarter sacks are ior higher
ihnn half sacks and wood 'Sc higher than
iFaRiNAcEoys eoops-egis,sss , benny N ssa
zeal, in 4O.ib sacks, si.5oai IS per Dbl Of four
!, cks. scotch oats. $3.50; Friends oats $3.50,
Columbia oats 81 .as; Hawkeye oats s.? S6.
LARD Rehned, fierce. compound, tg6a'
. ss' ic,lb can. 40 higher 5-ib cans &c
igher ALT cans lc higne'
HANS standard. sisTieci picnic hams Ihc
HONEy-In 0-lb sans rHiraeied snpS,
comb sg ..ssio ~ ii is, ssn' extracted ~
LIME-Buik. 400 per barrel; coopered'
" MfSo,LAssEs -R.boil.d. fair ,sxoiss. prime
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yc,x Work Dry Goods.

market today was quite devoid Of ineidcri Of
in portance Business en- the spot ruled light
and mail order demand bslos the sy.Fage
The tone in an directions ve>-wlfIouf change
and there was no alteration 70 prices OF
either cotton or WOODEN GOODS farns eon'ih'
usd strcr =, but the demand was auieter.
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New York, December So.--Coffse futures
steady; but unchanged prices. and ruled very
dull and embarrassing Near midday there
wat sudden rise Of to 10 points on spurt
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MARINE INTELLIGENCs.
Port of Galveston, December 40.

CLEARED.
SIS Pensacola fAm.p. for Pensacola
SIS Lampasas tAm.l, for New York.
SIS Croham (Br), for Havre.
SIS Elleric (Br), for Bremen.
SIS Consols (Brj. for Bremen,
SIS Treasury OBJ, for Bremen.
SIS Peerless fBr.), for Havre.
S. Paulina (Span.), for Liverpool
SIS Inishowen Head (Br), for Belfast.
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KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City, December 30.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts 100; supply too light TO make mar
ket; the weeks business was more or less
unsettled by holiday conditions: liberal sup
ply on Tuesday caused break In prices
Hight runs later In the week strengthened
values; prices today little changed from last
week; heavy native steers 525G615; light
weights 450G6.00: stockers and feeders 3 .i0@
800: Gamers 2.ioas.15; fed Westerns 4.oO9
80; Western feeders 3. 2oq4.50; Texans. $50
d4.s5. Hogs-Receipts 3400; trade fairly ac-
tive: prices 2lk@5 lower; light supply this
heavy and mixed zoos 20: light iiss4 e;
pigs 3.50G3. 80. Sheep-Receipts for the week
5000; offerings all grades too light to satis-
~ demands ,d and prices advanced about Is;
lambs 4.lIls45. 80; muttons i.000l4 s.: feed
Ing lambs 4.2544 80. feeding sheep .25qi3 10;
stoekers 2.75GS.5o; culls 1.5odlS.06.
CHICAGO
Chicago. December 30.--Cattle Arm, Texas
beeyes in especially good demand; good to
choice 5.sS@6. 80: poor to medium !,l5@5. 25;
4.s5@4.s5 good to Choice COWS 5. 4c0ii. so;
heifsrs 10000 90; Gamers 30D(i3. 10; calves
4,0oa7 IS; fed Texas beeves 4.2505.s Hogs
about &c higher, mixed ana butchers 4.lop
$40; good to choice heavy 4. 20lI4. 42ls; rough
heavy 4.05g4.15; lights 4.95G4.35 bulk OF
sales a.2o9i.3 80. Sheep about steady; native
wethers 4.15G4.45; lambs 4,O0q5 10. Receipts
Cattle 800; hogs 26.OOO; sheep 1000.
ST. LOUIS.
st. Louis. December S0.-Cattle--Receip
100. including $50 Texans; market steady;
native shipping and export steers 4.75ge.5o;
dressed beef and butcher steers S.sOd5. 80;
steers under 1000 pounds 3.20g4 so; stockers
and feeders s,00q4.50 cows and heifers 200
0f3. 80; Gamers 1o0l3.00; Texas and indian
steers s.45@5. 10; Texas and Indian cows and
heifers 3.o0MS.75. Hogs-Receipts 800; mar
ket steady on best, shade easier on others:
pigs and lights 42oa4 80; packers 4 .2Oa4 IS
butchera 4.35G4. 42la Sheep--Receipts 300;
market slow and steady; native muttons 1885
M4.5o; lambs 4.a5di5. IS: culls and bucks ESQ
@s.Oo; stockers 2.5OQ2.75.
NEW ORLEANS.
Especial to The Post.)
New Orleans. December 30.--The New Or
leans live stock exchange reports:
Recepis-catte. 1905; calves and yesriings,
3lI; hogs, IA.
ssies--cattle, isa; calves and yeariugs. 400;
hogs, LAO.
Left over.-catte, III; calvas and ysarlinss.
81; hogs. 153
Notwithstanding light receipts market DUH
and inactive: prospects favorable next week,
especially calves and yesrIinEs; quotations I'm
changed.
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PRODUCE.


BEANs--Navy 3a Hslsc, Bayou sac; En-
slsh dried Sc pinks sHc Lima 6p6N";
baek eyes Sc
BUTTER Blue star Pic: dairy 10000; Red
star, &c, Elgin, creamery, 29,snaoc. oleomar-
garipo dairy bricks, lSc; Lincoln solids lSc,
prints, lAr, Special Blue star, lSe,
Red Glover. Crystal Gem and Coun-
try Rolls, 1Sc. special dairy, lie; fancy
dairy. Ice. Daisy Ice: Glover Leaf. l7dflsc,
TEXAS country butter, l9di5s; Texan bricks
CABBAGE crotes. ,2,76. homo grown. &c
ncr pound
CHEESE Now York full cream. 14d1Sc;
Badger state, liisc. Wisconsin full cream
tolls loo. Wisconsin fun cream daisies '5c,
EGGS Texas, rcr dozen, i5dl6c Kansas
1So and zoe,
oNtoNS-rcr Id, 1iSd1%c
PEPPER-Chilo ltT15c per ID: black siues-
pore 1alsc,
POTATOES Colorado. s0Ms5c
PouLTRY.-Hens 81 s5a265. cocks. large
old si6Odi.a0. roasters, s2,25fY2.45; flyers,
81 i5d2,S6. brolers, sl-25Gi.so. Turkeys;
Hens ss50Gs.5o gobblers, ss,oo9isoo per
dozen. according to size and quality. young
turkeys. s450G6Oo Ducks. large. Sc iOaf2 81.
Lc6se. = oOf5 -: full feathered. Guireas,
81 2hdfl IS
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New York, December s0--The Commercial
Tbe tope 81 abe arhats hare sodar say was
GOOD hut business was restricted. Three more
unimportant failures were announced. Amcri-
cans were strong, finishing at the best well
over parity. fair amount of business was
done in them.
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and h aa Ro svs spr stsas
27 3-16d per ounce. Money 5G51a per cent
Rate of discount In the open market for
short bills 6G6la per cent; for three months
5%ds.
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MUNYON'S
llGl]E]l;I5!ll3

soG?lc; choice ssGiaec. fancy new crop syrup
S2n $40: pure new crop syrup i5c.
MlLK-Gold Medal. $3.50; Magnolia, so.
ErHle 81 90: Empire, $3.50
/. PICKLES -Fivc-gaiios kegs. r.7s: io-Eai.
kegs, $500; M-bbls. 800; piuts. American
style ssdsoc: quarts. American style sl.a5; u.
sal. s. 0NM2.s5. Legal, American style S.lS
az 25 l-gnl. HeAagon 81. 90,
RICE Extra fancy head 66s6Ne; choice Sd
size: fair tMgf5c; fancy imported 6xdfG%c
RoPE-Sisal. basis 1.l6. l0&c; Manila. lie;
Gotten rope ioc
sALT--Lverpool. coarse s5Geoc; fine $500
81 90; louisiana coarse. S5c. nne 90o; pbls.
!sios. s2.s5; eo-5s. $3.50: ioo-ss. $3.50; 7o-ts.
SALT F1sH-Mackerei. No. in Io-ib kits.
81 ooUi 10; half bbls $3.50, tubs $S.oo3s5o.
81 10.
ARDiNEs-American quarters ss.sssf4. ":
mustard stlo1i,as; imported Gillette grade.
quarters Sill, fRhcy sprats. quarters, So so.
STARCH.-Staudard goods: Pearl In 4o-lb
boxes. aAaSJsc: Royal Gloss. bulk, 3&&assc.
Nickel, 100 packages rer box ss,75; corn
starch bi9c per 10, 20 and i0-lb boxes.
SUGAR Quotations are for small lots,
Special prices are given on carload orders.
Standard formulated b&e cubcs and pow
dcred Ssc Louisiana yellow clarified. fancy
bMd5Ac; choice, edoS; Arbuckles, s-lt
and 6-lb PACKAGES. 6Mc.
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GALVESTON COTTON RECEIPTS.

First-clas5 linerh 49,.
The above quotations are based on. tramp
steamers. second class liners lc and hrst-
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Oets--No. 2, 29itd22%: NO. . white, 24%R
25ls. No. white. 24itd24a,
Rye--No. ., 52a52A
Barley-No 2, Ssd42.
Flaxseed- /, i49ik
Timothy seed--Prime, 2S2iST2bs.
Messpork barrel, s90dl015
Lard-Per 100 pounds, 63jd5.65
Short rib sides Loose, 5.25n5.4S.
Dry sailed shouldersBoxed. 5ssa5ls.
Short clear sides Boxed 55OI66O
Whisky Distillers' finished goods. per gal.
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LIVE STOCK.
GALVESTON.

GALVESTON.
Galveston. Texas. December 3o.-The A. y.
Norman Live Stock company reports the live
stock market here as follows:
lic hIc
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GRAIN AND HAY.


ouinine. 4OIi2c per ounce. In bottle NOR
phinc, $40 per ounce: cocaine. 6.2J per
ounce. boraX, SIC Der pound in 100 poand
packages, copperas. 81 80 per pound In bar
rels. castor OIL. s. 90 per gallon In 5-galion
packages; epsom salts 81 80 per hundred In
barrels. alcohol 81 30 per gallon: sulphur.
81 .G5 per hundred in barrels alum. 2hc Der
pound In barrels: saltpetre. &c per pound In
barrels. eemnhor, $4,000: wood alcohol. 81. 70.
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HOUSTON Wholesale PRICES.
Current Quotations on Round Lots o
Simple Commodities.
HEAVY STAPLES.

correctness can be relied upon. The prices are
those ruling In Houston wholesale MARKETS..