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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
New York Cotton Futures.
NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-QuDtations for cotton futures today were as follows:
New Orleans Spot Cotton.

NEW ORLEANS Aug. 27. The cotton market today was strong and somewhat more active. One list of l 100 bales cha r ged hands after hours yesterday and have been counted in today's sales. Fac tors are more Inclined 70 abate their de- mands, and there is less difference exist ing between views of buyers and sellers Sales today. 2.400 bales, including 20 to alive. Quotations reduced 1-16.
 The movement in contracts was again fairly large, and again this market as stunned full leadership in the dii ection of values. Liverpool evidently in a fog over the failure on this side to respond to her bulge of yesterday by recording a hand some net advance i'll the level. opened down 3-32d on spots and 3-64Q6-6id on con tracts. to which this market respomocd with opening losses of 2Q4 points Ln the first call. Immediately after the operiag, owever, there was brisk ire Of buying orders that sent prices up l0lI11 points After the advance there was considera ble realizing among the long clement and prices worked off and after moderate fluctuations finally closed with JOSS of 15 points on August and from to points on the other months compared with yee- terday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
London Financial Cablegram.

NEW YORK, Aug. N.-The Commercial Advertiser's London financial cablegram says: Settlement was easy but absorbed attention. The tone of the stock market was good, although there is some uneasi- ness over the renewed talk of a fresh war loan. American stocks remained hard, but without public support until the New York opening when, on profit taking quotations settled back F to full point On renewed bidding Chicago. Milwaukee upward IF. The general list, however was irresponsive. After the markets closed there was an attempt to rally stocks on the curb, but they relapsed closing near the bottom. The general contango is 41a finally 312 on Chicago, Mill waukce and St Paul 1A. Copper stocks were heavy on the absence of a confirma- secuted here. the Rothschilds denying any knowledge of it. ....
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
In 1he Financial World

than a week past. December opened h exc lower at 55ssQ5Sh and, influenced by run of liquidation, prices receded to b5k,
 but when general buying set Tn the ad-
 vance was rapid, top figures being reached at 57s. The close was slightly
 below the high mark at 57A657&, gain of 1$d1&. Receipts were 433 cars. nine of contract grade.
 Oats opened quiet and steady. Buying
 by outside carly in the day caused mis-
 givings to shorts, who hastily took to cover and a rally set in which carried
 prices from x to 1c higher. The advance in corn. however. was the main bull fac tor. Prices were we'll maintained through out the entire session, although trading was rather quiet during the latter part of the day. December ranged between
 3ih034h and 35%. closing K higher at 35A. Receipts were 3l2 cars.
 Provisions were moderately active, but
 easier on fair liquidation of both nearby | and deferred deliveries. The opening was steady, but large receipts of hogs at WeGt- ern points created weak tendency. which would have been greater but for the | strength in corn. January pork sold be- | tween $15.+ and sl5.47h, closing with a | loss of 71s at the low point. Lard ranged | between $S.771 and ss.S21k. closing a shade | lower at $s.771adS.S0. Ribs closed un- | changed at s7.s21z, after selling between | S90 and s7.95.
 TAs leading futures ranged as follows:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
Cbicago Grain and Provision.

CHICAGO. Aug. 27-The corn pit was the centre of attraction on the Board of Trade today and prices on that cereal made an apprecable advance. December closing 15sa1% higher. December wheat closed 1ac higher. oats were 124 higher, but provisions closed unchanged to 1l2c lower.
 Lower cables combined with bearish re- ports of the enormous Russian crop caused weak opening in wheat. A rush of selling orders during the first few minutes of trading carried prices below yesterdays closing figures. but the sharp advance in corn helped bring about a rally. The market was dull after the opening pressure to sell was over, which fact was partly responsible for the slight advance December opened unchanged to k lower at 71hdTbs and under the heavy selling prices dropped to 7l&s, but quickly 72l4. The close was strong and l2 higher at 72Ss. Bradstreet's worlds visible sup ply showed an increase of l,1S0000 bush els Seaboard clearanceS of wheat and flour were equal to 62l 0ON bushels and g hoat loads were reported taken for ship ment Primary receipts were 1,231 900 bushels Receipts al Minneapolis and Du- luth were Sl4 cars, against 399 cars last week and 414 cars year ago while local receipts were 223 cars with b of contract grade strong local buying set in and the mar ket advanced rapidly and sharply Hot weather in the Southwest caused some ap- pre henSion and Was partly reSpnns!bl Tor the advance. Fair buying CT ITS from outsiders we*r also factors in frishten- ing shorts an1 tho result Wls enc of tho best buying markets witnessed for more
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
! CoCKRELL'S OLD CHECK. It Was Issued to Him in 1883 and Only Recently Presented for
 Payment.

Senator Cockrell of Missouri thinks he is $24 out of pocket. He recently tried to get the amount at the Treasury Department which was dated nearly 70 years ago. The Senator was member in 1883 of what is known as the assay committee" by members of Congress. The functions of that committee, which is composed of members of the House and Senate is to visit the mint at the city of Philadelphia. They go into the vaultsS where the coin is stored after being manufactured and. after picking out coins promiscuously, they weigh. measure and test them to determine whether the specifications of the gov- ernment for their casting! have all been complied with. The work has never been considered onerous and the as- signment to the committee has been sought. On the particular occasion re- ferred to the Senator at the close of the work in Philadelphia received a check from A. Louden Snowden for $24 for his expenses and services rendered. It was the night before the return of the committee to Washington, and on lis reaching the hotel found that he had lost his pocketbook.
 The Senator had a lingering recollec- ton of being somewhat backward about admitting the robbery to his col leagues, and says it Is barely possible that he swallowed his loss without dis closing 1t. In time the matter passed entirely out of his mind. But this week 1t was. recalled to him by the re- ceipt of a letter and package sent from Philadelphia. The letter stated that in tearing down an old house in the tenement district of the city a pocketbook. which was enclosed, was found under one of the floors. The pocketbook contained check for $24. A few days ago the senator took it to the Treasury Department and the off, cials looked up the records to learn if the amount had been paid. After a search through many a dusty ledger the officials found the record of the check in question. and an entry show Ing that 1t had been presented and paid. The Senatans say it is possible that later he had another check issued In place of the one which had been stolen. Tn any event the check itself makes a souvenir which he will gladly retain.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
Cotton at the Ports.

New Orleans-Steady; sales, 2lOo ordi- nary, 9-16 good ordinary. Il.; .ow mid ding, s 1-l6, middl,"g. S7s; good middline 9A middiing fair, 91a, nominal; receipts, ,459; stock. 51S19.
 Galveston-Firm: niddling. g. sales, l. Oil; receipts. 7.151; stock, T5.451.
 M ohil. -Fir'n; midding, S15; sales, 100; receipts, z; stock, 5.159S. ....-
 Savannah Firm; middlng, '3s; sales. &; receipts, 70; stock, 6,65i, Charleston-Firm; middling, Sas; receipts 216; stock, 7S0
 Wilmington Dull; middling S3s; receipts Il. stock. 2,4lS.
 Norfolk-Firm; middling, S7s; sales, 100; receipts, LII; stock, ,1,2l2e,.
 Baltimore-Nominal; middling S5s; stock 1,99l.
 Boston-Steady: middling. S9s; receipts, 79l.
 Philadephia-Quiet; middling, S7s; re- ceipts. 10; stock. 2.469
 St Louis Steady; middling. 9-16; re- ceints 215: stock 36.ON2
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
New York Coffee and Sugar.

steady with prices 'uncha nged owing to lack of buying or selling orders, or influ- ential cable news. Room selling on a moderate scale developed soon after the call. under which prices gradually eased off unti at the close a net decline R k0lt points was noted. Trading on the deeiine was active. with foreign houses buying Very heavy primary receipts was the chief bearish factor in the days advices The market closed steady. Total sales az gregated 32,3OO bags. Spot supplies in the street market are held at old prices; Sep tember at 4.sc; October. 4,S5: December 5.05 March, 5.30: May. $50; July. 56O.
 Spot coffee-Rio quiet: No. invoice, 6ss mild quiet; Cordova, sG11h.
 SugAr-Raw. steady; fair refining. 3ss centrifugal 96 test, $; molasses sugar 3-5-32: refined ouiet
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
sHUGRUE IN CLEVELAND.
No Explanation Given of His Myster-
 ious Actions.

Mobile, Ala, Aug. 27.-It was re- ported two weeks ago that while Frank Shugrue and wife of Mobile, were visiting the Buffalo Exposition, Shugrue disappeared and it was feared he had been waylaid and killed Mrs. Shugrue returned home, and after the lapse of another week received word from relatives in Cleveland, O., that Shugrue was there. No explanation was given. Mrs. Shugrue has left for Cleveland
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
Kansas City Live Stock.

ceipts. lS,OOO natives. 1000 Texans, 1,5ON calves; best steers steady to 10c lower cows. steady; stockers and feeders. 1Oa 15c lower: choice export and dressed beef stockers and feeders. g. .904425; fed West ern, 4.15G525; Western range steers, 8. 3.3C GAPS; Texans and Indians, $2.75d3.7 75; Texas cows, $2.35q2.s0 native cows, S2. 40Q bulls, g. 25d4.25: calves, $3d4i5.
 Hogs-Receipts. $500; market generally steady, but closed easy; top, $685. bulk of sa,es. $6d625; heavy, $63Gd6.35; mixed packers. $6d625; light. $5.GOd6.15; pigs, $4. 60Q 5.50.
 Sheep-Receipts, 1000; steady; lambs, $4. 25n4.9O; native wethers, 8. 25Q3 50; West ern wethers, S3,10G350; ewes. $2. 75d13 10: stock sheep, $2d275.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
New York Dry Goods.

NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-The tone of the market for cotton goods is steadily i'm proving. Sellers of brown cottons arc tirmer and in bleached some leading tick ct" are taking orders at values only Wide sheetings are advancing in the lowe, grades. Print cloths are firm. with put further change in prices. Prints also firm with some staples gain buyers. Nc change in ginghams. s.. firm.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
Local Cotton Market.
New York Spot Cotton.

NEW YORK. Aug. Z7.-Cotton-Quiet middIing, s5s: net receipts, 2.Ss2: gross, B. 1St; sales, 265; stock, 1i5. 329.
 Total today-Net receipts, I2,9l7; exports to Great Britain. 1,033: stock, 2o2, ,666.
 Consolidated Gall SC aports) Net receipts. 23.97l exports to Great Britain, l,e33; eX- ports to the continent, 6.2l7
 Total since Sept. Net receipts. 7,507 065; exports to Great Britain, 3.037.022; to France. FPS, ,S59; to the continent. 2,6l8.I I19.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
St. Louis Provisions.

ST LOUIS, Aug. 27.-Flour-Dull and easier; new red winter patents, s. 45d3 g. 60; extra fancy and straight, $3,0563.2O; clear, $2 7Od3.
 Whiskey-Steady at $19O.
 Dry salted meats-Boxed steady: extra shorts, $S6212; clear ribs, sS.75; clear sides, 300.
 Bacon-Boxed steady: extra shorts, $9621a; clear ribs, $9. 75 clear sides, $9.S71a.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
Available Supply of Grain.

NEW YORK, Aug. 27-Special cable and telegraphic communications to Brad streets show the following changes in available supplies from the last account
 Wheat-United States and Canada, east of the Rockies. decreased 66S. 900 bushels atioat for and In Europe, increased 1890, 900: total supply increased 1,l31. 900 bushels
 Corn-United States and Canada, east oi the Rockies. decreased 774,00O bushels
 Oats-United States and Canada east of the Rockies, increased 527, LOGO.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28

the same Also that when a note or other personal property has been ap- praised as being of no value and subse- quently such property Is sold for a valuable consideration. this fact shall be regarded as evidence that the ap- praisement was incorrect and that the realized
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
Decision by Yerkes.

Washington. Aug 27.-Commissioner of Internal Revenue Yerkes has held that when stock has been appraised. subsequent fluctuations in the market price shall not be considered in fixing the amount of the inheritance tax on
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
Cincinnati Provisions. s.

CINCINNATI, Aug. 27.-Flou.-Dull. Bulk meats-Firm at $50. Racon-Firm at $950. Whiskey-Active at $1.30. Sugar-Quiet,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
Money and Exchange.

NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-Money on call 31hd4 per cent; last loan at 3la per cent. Sterling exchange easier with actual business in bankers bills at 4.S624 for de- mand and at 4.S41a for sixty days; post ed rates, 4.S51a and 4.SS.
 Commercial bills. 4.S3kG4S414.
 Bar silver, 5S1a; Mexican dollars, 45R: Government bonds, steady; State bonds, inactive; railroad bonds, weak
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28

If the boiler should explode and you had one of The Advertisers $1, 900 Acci- dent Policies. it would come in handy to your family. Readers can get them. Ask about it. sun-wed-fri.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
Country Products.

Eggs-Per dog, lie Chickens-Grown. $2 50d3 per dog. Syrup-Country, 40G45c per gal. Dried Apples-Peeled. 10c; unpeeled 9a1Oc.
 Evaporated Apples-9c. Lemons-Choiee. $5; fancy. s3ds.5o per Potatoes-New. $1.5OG16O bushel. Onions-$1.20 bushel. Hay-Johnson grass in bales, $1Od12 per Cabbage-$35O 50 per crate. Cheese-Full cream. l212c; selected l3IAc. Apples-$35O.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
Naval SrorAs-

WILMINGTON. Aug. H-Turoentine Firm at S3la; receipts. 76 casks. Rosin-Firm at 95G$1; receipts. 510. Crude turpentine-Quiet at (1al.S0 r, ceipts, 70.
 Tar-steady at $1 35; receipts, POS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
ARTICLES.

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour-Barely steady. -. Wheat-No. Spring, 6sa6s1s No. red, No. 2 corn, 55h.
 No. oats. 35i4d35A; No. 2 white, 37% No. white. 36lAd37h
 Mess pork per bbl, s1425a143O Lard, per 100 h.. $s.S7kdS.9O
 Short rib side dooessssssssssssshhhh Short rib sides 0oose), $s.25GS4 45. Dry salted shoulders (boxedD. iLGTh. Short dear sides (boxed), $S.S0ds.S0. Whiskey. basis of high wines, $1. 30.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
Treasury Statement.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27-Today's state ment of the treasury balances, exclusive of the gold reserve, shows: Available cash balance, SIS 11S,609; gold, $1O4, 12S 929.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
LOCAL WHOLESALE PRICE LIST
Provisions.

corn-White. 7s; mixed. 76 .*". SaIt-I.iverpool. $1 sack; Virginia, Csc; Michigan, 250-pound barrels. Sl.75 Butter-Jersey, 2Oq26c; Tennessee coun- try, 15c. --- Syrup-Fancy, 40c; reDoiled, BOG.
 Lard-Tierces. 9Ac.
 Fiour-Patept, $425 per barrel; straight, USugar-Granulated. 5N; Y. C., 5A; cut loaf, 6k.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
New Orleans Cotton Futures.
NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 27.-Cotton fu-
Livernool Cotton Futnres.

LIVERPOOL, Aug 27.-C1t.on futures opened quiet and closed very steady. August (sellers) ....................4.5 August, st,september (se'lers) ......43$ September (sellers) ............ ...4.53 October (g. O. c, tellers) ..........4.J .J5 October November tbuy Ara) .....,i.50 November December tscllars) ....4 Z1d 1. 2S December January tbrvers) ......+ 26Ie 1. 27 January Feb:uarA (sellers) ......4 260 1 2 February March (buYers) .. ...4.- -b March April (buYers) ..............4.26
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
Hardware.

Nails-Cut. $26O: wire, $2.S5. Axes-$5. 5Nq6.5O. Rarbed Wire-3h. Cotton Cards-A.50 Hollow Ware-Country. Sc. Chain Traces-$Sd5 per dog. Bellows--$4. .50q10. Arrow Ties-45 lbs, $l.45.
 Hides, Wool, -tc. Hides-Green salted, 595hc: dry flint 11c. dry salted, Sc. Reeswax-24c per pound Shearing-10d2Oc each. WooI-Ciear. unwashed, 15a1sc: clear. washed, 20625c; bury SQlOc; bury washed, 1Sd2oc. Jute Bagging-2 lbs. sIc: lA lbs, ssb 0s%c.
 Drugs. Camphor-62l1Gs7l1c per pound. Alum-31aG4c per pound. ouinine-3s45eo per ounce.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
New Orleans supar and Moles "A

NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 27-Sugar- Quiet centrifugal yellow, 4d4A; seconds 1-16G35s.
 Molasses-Dull; centrifugal, 5dl0.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
dy at $l 35; receipts, POS.

SAVANNAH. Aug. 27.-Firm at 34 re- ceipts, 1,S09; sales, 65l; exports 233.
 Rosn-Firm and unchanged; receipts, 5,S45; sales, 45S; exports, 3,465.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
.ooo Would Be Mice.

CHARLESTON, Aug. 27 27-Turpentine- Nothing doing; quotations omitted. Rosn-Firm and unchanged.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
Woodware.

Half Bushels tIron- bound per dog. s2. 5O Peck Measures-Iron-bound, per doz., Buckets-Two hoops. s25O; three h0ops. S275: brass. red cedar, $6.
 Well Buckets-S3.60
 Tuts-Painted. in nests. $3.26 Washboards-$1. .75d2,50.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
Body Found in the River.

London, Aug 27.-Lady smith. wife or Sir Archibald Levin Smith. Master cf the Rolls since 1900. was found dead today floating in the river Spey. It is not knowa how she was drowned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
CORN AND WHEAT

ere again coming into speculative prominence and Eiaher prices for both cereals should be recorded. IEe eyob report Sho7oS he forrest oordifios fn sS 5rcys for corn; this shoaid gfDe hdt eeyedi an rpsmense im mediate ddDaHes.
 ssron shorrage abroad is causing an export demand for wheat. aggregating s.0O.0W bushels per week. With home consumption Of over a0n.0O bushels weekly much higher prices will prevail ' We have every facility at our onces TOT handling
 pfn wheat and cotton orders as well as stocks and can now furnish continuous quotations.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28

Now Elisha. the son of Shaphat was oald-headed. and he had a wife
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-07-20

OATS llARNEST.-O farmers are
now i'll III" midst of their oats harvest.
which crop contrary tu the general rX-
rrctation earlier in the season, turns ont
t" be fine in most sections of the county.
The grain is said +" y" unusually large
and heavy.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-07-20
THE
Farmers and Mechanics
Mutual Insurance
Association
OF CECIL COUNTY, MD.
Pres, ALFRED KIRK, Pennington, Md.
Sec'y and Treas, +. D. CARHART. Zion. Md
Home Office: Zion, Cecil Co Md

Directors-ALFRED KIRK, JOHN p Will
SON. JOHN I. DEWITT, CHAs.
W.SIMPERs. AARON j. Mich
ENER, WIN. I. PATTON. THOs.
b. MILLER.
Evening star., 1901-10-03
A Ranch Dinner.
From the Criterion.


The chuck wagon r. under the super
vision Of the wagon boss.3 had early in
the day conveyed the camp outfit to a cool
spot under a clump Of cottonwoods. A clear
little stream flowed lazily along between
the cottonwoods and ths box elders, which,
with the fresh, fower-laden breath of the
plains in their faces, and ), the inspiring
works Of nature about them, caused the
guests Of the COW punchers to forget for
the time the dust and heat and turmoil of
the town. And such dinner! Ranchers
know good thing and name it according
ly. though the result Is often fearful and
wonderful commingiing of slang, localisrns
and foreign words. There was spread pic
mic fashion d menue which IL writ upon
the regulation card would appall the fas-
tidious and tax the knowledge Of the most
learned college professor. There were FRI
joles (beans), and only such beans as one
gets at a ranch; there were FRY" and its
inevitable dope" which translated mean
bacon and gravy, and there were "spuds,"
or. in palmer English. potatoes. The bis
cults We're real works Of art-as the am
bilious ''slush'' intended them to be-great
fiaky white mounds quite the size Of an
ordinary saucer, so that the hungry COW
punchers would not be compelled to stop
very often to say Pass the bread, please"
Last on the list came coffee, strong as
hate and black as despair-three cups to
the man.
Evening star., 1901-10-03

all over the world, and human beings will
be sold, no doubt, as long as there are
human beings to sell them and human
beings to sell them to- But we may be
sure that the trade in wives will never be
revived again in England as It was a hun
dred years ago.
There are sere and yellow files in Print
ing House Square which take us back into
a strange England. which none of US have
ever known and few of us can dream of
-Four years before the nineteenth century
dawned-in March, 1196-the Times an
ncunced the sale of a wife in Sheffield for
sixpence, and a little while afterward the
same paper solemnly Informed the public
that the price of wives had risen In Smith
field market from half a guinea to b.
guineas. They were good old times indeed
for the man who wanted to get rid of the
woman he had sworn to cherish. In 1853
1t is recorded, a man led his wife by a
halter into the cattle market at Sheffield
and sold her for a guinea. The market
value of wife seems to have dropped as
the century grew older. for in 1890 worthy
husband at Canterbury placed his wife in a
cattle pen and disposed of her for ) shil-
ltngs. The century had run through more
than half its course when the good people
of Derby had the opportunity of buying
the wife of one of their fellow townsmen
The woman was led to the market place
with a halter around her waist and was
knocked down for Is pence and a quart of
beer.
That was in 1865. but we need not go
back nearly SO far for evidence OF the
wife trade Thirty years later-in the sos
a collier sold his wife at Alfreton, in Der
byshire, for fourpence, and in the same
decade-in the year of grace in which the
bells rang for the jubilee of the Victorian
era-two Sheffield men agreed to the buy
ing and selling of a wife in a public house
in the smoky city 'At the Royal Oak
Sheffield" the agreement ran, Il, Abraham
Boothroyd. agreed to sell my wife Clara
to William Hall, both of Sheffield. for the
sum of shillings." There is not even the
relief in these cases of consoling ones self
with the reflection that the sale of the
it is a deliberate commercial transaction
in cold blood, as in the case that came 10
light a few years ago in which the wife.
with her parents and two friends met 10
arrange the terms of the sale. The price
fixed at 30 shillings, and the bill OF
sale ran: MIR. to have nv wife
Elizabeth . free from me forever. TO
do as she has mind, this day. December
IL, 1888
The notion that a man may sell his wife
and marry again is incredibly common
among certain classes of the population
A prisoner al Leeds on his trial for bigamy
pleaded that the charge could not stand
as he had sold his wife for shilings G
pence, and was therefore entitled to marry
again. The case is barely six years old
and about the same time another instance
was reported from a village near Doncaster,
the circumstances coming to light in the
police court. Il, Enoch Childs,' the agree
ment ran, '1s quite willing to take your
wife and children as mine, that is. your
wife, Ellen Tart, and Sarah. John. Henry
and Eliza" The paper was signed by the
wife of the purchaser and dated New Con-
isborough, March 2S. 1896"