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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-08-14
FROM THE COAL FIELDS.
MIR. J. c. Woodson Is Enthusi-
astic About the Country.

Mr.. j.. &. Woodson is Enthusi-
astic About the Country.
SIR. j q. Wooison returned the
latter part of last week from trip
through thc coal regions Of Virginia.
West Virginia and kentucky. Mr..
Woojson spent the greater part Of
his time n Eastern Kentucky and IN
certain sections Of West Virgins,
and what Dee saw of the coal wealth
of that country has made him enthu-
siasuc Ar Wood.on says that all
through the coal section Of West
Virginia and Eastern Kentucky veins
no solid coal running from four 20
eleven feet ia thickness are 20 be
found There Is splint coel, camel
coal. and biiuminous Goals of every
variety The supply seems 20 b,
practically ineNhaustible. Along IN,
healwaters of Shelby Creek and IA,
Nkhorn there is plenty ST coal. III,
veins being from seven 20 eleven feel
IN width, and averaging thousands o.
tons 90 the acre
Ia tastem kentucky, extensive
PLAN, are being made By various rail
yoads 60 construct branches through
che coal country. aud a large contrec
ior a branch line has been swarde,
. by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroa,
TO Mcssrs. G.. ]. johnson and G. ID
Langhorne
Mr. Woodson brought home witt
him a number Of photographs show
ing many veins Of coal. In some o
the pictures the veins extend severa
feet above the heads Of men. MI
Woolson also brought with hin
samples Of cosl.-Luchbarg Mars.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-08-14
POTATOES

Saue farmers who hive in south-
cu Sew Jersey near the seashore
havc peculiar way 90 raising pota-
Goes After the ground !, piowed
and narrowed the potatoes are
dropped on che surface DO rows. on
perhaps covered with an inch Of earth
Then large loads OF seaweeds are
hauled AMI spread on top, and the
rDb-rs are lclt Co their fate. as the
seaweej keeps Oh ,he sun aud crowds
out the weeds, TO- the fall the sea.
weed Is saked 90. and there you have
she potatoes an ready TO pick mp and
insd into the wagon.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-08-14

Gone 70 PENNSYLVANIA. Who're
He VIII Be Married az
Noon Thursday.

Nr. T. .. Aisovcs. shiptiox cierk
for The Stonsea Coke snd Coal Com
psny at this place. left on last Fat
day night Tor Fleetwood. Pa where
he viii be united in marriage A noon
on Thursday 81 this week 20 Mis-
stella L. Bieber. At the home Of her
parents in Fleetwood
Immediately after the ceremony
they will leave for Toronto. Canals.
sud other northern cities % spend
their honeymoon, ani in about two
weeks viii return 70 Big Stone Gap.
and viii make this their future home
The many friends Of ,his very
popular Young couple. both in Nir-
ginia and Penn slyouie. wish them a
happy snl prosperous married lite.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-08-14

~ <&<<422 " 4t1<<0< <F<<I 0<H0<t TT -
Limo 100 Miles from the
kentucky Shore at
Ironton to Pound
Cap
FsASxroxr. KY Aag- 7.--As,i-
-les cf Incorporation were filed today
~ the Sandy Valley & E3khorn rail
way 10 construct line Of 100 miles
cf railroad from the keatncky shore
81 the Ohio riser opposite trenton.
.. TO point near Pound GAP. IN
Leteher county. along the course of
I.eviss Fork Of the Big Sandy rail-
road. Capital stock $4,000. Ia
eorporators: Levi G. Goodale. Gin
einnati: John =. Hsger. Ashlsnd.
Ky.. J. II. BronwelI. Wyoming. o.
Frank Sallivsn. Covington. Arti-
clss were filed increasing the capital
stock Of the Louisville Point Lunber
Company from $1,000 20 SIS. 600.
The Brow. Bord Mercantile Company.
o. Fulton. $4,000. and the Two
Jakes Sign Company. Of Louisville.
81 900, also Eled articles.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-08-14

The Educational Commission of
tae Baptist Association Of Virginia.
which has assumed the task Of SCI
earring Che money to pay the indebted
ness OF the Virginia Institute in Bris-
toI, forwarded les first check to Rev.
p. Caiei llenuing. financial agent
Of the school last week The check
va, for $3.50 It was forwarded 90
Baltimore 90 be- applied on the inter
est dcut of Mr. JAS A. Carey. who
holds bond. of The institute In the
-rm of s25.00O
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-08-14
NEW IRON COMPANY
FORMED.
a Million Dollar Corporation
70 Develop Tenn. Mining
Properties.

fA0kIA ffGNr
CHNrrASooaA. TENN., August -
Stockholders Of the VALLEY Iron Con-
pany. recently formed FOR the pur-
pose Of developing iron interests 30
this section. organized today. and
the following o0iocrs President.
james W Bowden. Baltimore. Vice
President. w. G Mccormick. Nash
vile. Tenn; Secretary aud Treas
urer. Erskine Ramsey. Nashville.
Tenn.
Il is understood that Colonel VII
liam Nixon, formerly general mana
ger Of the Cumberland Coal and
Coke Company. will be general man
ager.
The company is capitalized at
81 100000. and will erect iron and
steel plants ia the central. portions of
the mineral district along the lines
Of the Alabama Great southern rail.
road.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-08-14
CONTRACT FOR RAILROAD

kSoxvuLg. TENSs Aug. S-The
contract for the construction Of the
Knoxville. LaFellette aud Jellico
Railroad tthe Louisville and Nash
Vile extension into knoxvillc). from
Lafollette TO Beaver Ridge. neas
knoxville. twenty eight miles. was
Jet today to Mason & Hoge. Of Lex
iagton. Ky. and st. Louis. No. aud
Walton & Co., 81 Roanoke, Va. 1t
involves about 81 900. 900.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-08-14

d.. , w Southaii. supesiatsad-
ant oi Public Instruction. has made
his bieuuial repott. the advance
sheets of Which arc inst from ths
public pr'ntef Amoag other things
be Says Nc have been designating
our educational energies and scsonrc-
es instead Of consohdations aud con-
ccutmt.ng iAem for the great sirug-
gle against i.iietacy aud crime
This lcQiorablo state oi affairs Is duo
mainly to the wild and insane tend
cucy ta multiply small district
schocls' Nearly Que half Of the
public schools BOZ the state. Lc SAYS.
should Or abolished tn the matter
cd pay Cor iae teachers. it b. noticed
iu nr. Scuihall'. report that ia ihc
list oi che a. States and Territories
in The United States Virginia stands
forty hith iu the matter of salaries
paid Go her male aud female teachers.
Only tuo states North and South
Carouaa-qaF lower salaries 60 their
teach.n- .arce ihaa Virginia. The
average salary paid 10 male teachers
is s320y whsle iemais teachers re-
ceive $3.50
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-08-14

Bio SToSF Gar. VA, July IL, 1902.
Mr. Charles Hale.
Rig stone Gap. Va
Dear Sir.--Somc time ago got
you co have some pictures enlarged
for me, aud / desire TO say that | am
ieeN pleased with the work aud the
price IS Gerry reasonable / am sur
prised that such good work can be
done at such reasonable figures. II I
have any more work ia this line
viii certainly get you 70 10 it Tor me.
Yours very truly
J. W KELLs.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-08-14
a FAMILY CHARAC-
TERtSTtC.

a iittei g'ri was visiting her grand
ma ulo.H,od on a farm One of the
CONS which had learned TO jump fem
c.~. lad iittle calf. One day the
Ntt.e calf was seen attempting Co
Jump over fence The child see
ing DO. exclaimed. "Oh. grandma. see
chat httle calf jumping the fence. 10
must have inhaled it from It's moth
el. -f retuHGr.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-08-14
AePLE cRoP HEAVY.
Philadelphia Merchants Pre-
pare 10 Handle 200. 900
Barrels.

The arple orop which is now being
looked after IS reported % Be an cx-
,cciioziY large cue with Z smaller
proportion o inferior fruit than the
yield has developed fos many vesrs
The output of fancy varieties %
bsrfellei spqiss. e is estimated. viii
Be enormous. and some q the promi-
nent receivers ~ fruit in thi. city
bavc secured options On the n'ost dc-
sifslle svgls orchards in several
States.
More than haH million barrels
&C choice afqies were disposed 81 IN
Philadelphia dnring the last year.
aud it :. predicted thai TIE business
ior the eommg season win be double
that amaunt-P PHILADELPHIA Pres.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-08-14
GOOD WORK.

Bro Sro>E Gar. Va, june II. 1902.
q. 5 HAlH. ESQ.
Big Stone Gap, Va.
Dear Sir-Ihe seven enlarged pie
lures which you msde for me have
been received and are true 90 iiio.af
ticaliy executed, vel. framed and are
entirely satisfactory have had
quite a number OF eulsrgements made
by Others. bat none OF them have
given me such iall satisfaction ss the
work done by you.
wish you much success and cordi-
ally recommend your work to others
Yours truly,
r. a. Ayers
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-08-14
The Big Stone Cap Post
LOCAL ITEMS.

auater st the drug store.
Jn Richmond, Jr. OF Ewing, was
ura Friday.
Gr Rogers. of Swords Creek
mmonn Thursday.
lUIiouaud. of North Carolina,
va. ia town last week.
Ip. Pack. Of Louisville. was in
Cap nst Thursday.
ASIDE. Of Wise. was in town
a,.i't
Sd. uarton. of Wise, was in
I.-t saturday
WU Uyiton went 60 Wise sun
sgo visit relatives.
tJnc.yilie Virgiaian resumed
Ucf..u last week.
Im Ia0ie school open, at This
a.e t.e 6r-t Mouisy DO september.
3d. , saankiia. proprietor ot Ho-
l..ne. went Co Norton Monday
W -,'S ,.
''
Gag. s.. j.. E.ton. went to Bristol
ial morning Co. visit hia family.
ly glass 90 Zee co.i soda water
Odd. ......a .f.HH
'. '.eit ana u',s '.', '' -''
. "''A D. muD'sey returned .'s'
''-'' TO relatives '" i''''
.' w eo-,ef' the popular N"oN-
+"'i' drummer was p" ''"'
" H. Arlington Deputy l'''en"e
'.'. OF Wise' was in town last
attorney h- ID He"e'H Oh 'o"''
".s m town last week ON pro-
- D.. " m,e' o. Nn9N,i'.e' 'n"',
registered &c ho'ei Eugene last
.'" "y tAe zee e''1 soda "''g'
'-' ''os st'iet lls a"l"l so'''
Attorney O.. T.. Cabell went 10
'e Monday on professional busi-
A.. Cora Broadwater, of ST. Paul.
visiting friends in the Gap sat
aud Sunday.
Attorney Mayo Cabeil returned
aaay night from business tap
Wise and Lebanon.
Ms - ,;.;,i,.
' ,,e' % -N, ,,,' Il ''s''.,' {
n
N r- . NJ,
- '''e ' -. W. ,;s;,;,c
a''fes
The southern Methodist Sunday
,too. viii give a picnic some time
Sentember
Nessrs Georpe and Guv Naa and
M smith. Of Stopeca. spent Snu-
visiting home folks in the Gap
~,
as IN town last weak. en- route :,
Wise on professional business.
w ,.a,...
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-08-14

The new Mckinley postal cards
has been put on safe at every post
office The new card has cut Of
The American eagle on the left side.
and "a picture of the late president on
the upper right hand corner Of the
card. with the date lS43 to 1901
under the cut.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-08-14

Charles Dent spent Sunday and
Monday IN the Gap en- route from
Ben uur 60 Pennsylvania. where his
father recently moved.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-08-14
VA. COAL & COKE cos.
STOCK ON THE JUMP
10 Advanced ? 3-4 Points on
Good Buing-Those Deal
ing In Il Gives No EN-
PLANTATION.

NV AonS. August 7-Unusual
activity developed iu the common
stock OF the Virginia Coal aud Coke
Company. which advanced > points
on what was termed good buying.
Opening sales were made at l2l. at
which it rose TO Ia on purchases OF
about 5000 shares There WAS no
news relating 90 the affairs Of the
company which could De attributed
t1 the sudden action and those deal
ing in Che stock could give 40 reasons
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-08-14
FOR SALE.

We have for sale hay. chop and
CON at reasonable prices. Call and
sse Gs. We are also dealers in coal.
J. b. PArrEasos 4 Co.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-08-14

Misses Paralee Buckley aud MA<xis
Nickel returned last week from
Winchester. Ky, where they spent a
month visiting the family Of John
A. Taylor.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-08-14

D. =. Wade. q Keatueky. was n
teen last week Mr. Wade formerly
lived - this plaee.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-08-14

J. \ Charleston and p. Q. Gnly.
two popular young men OF Turkey
Cove. Lee county. left Monday night
Tor Lexington, Ky. where they viii
attend the Lexington Business Col
lege.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-08-14
NOTICE.

VIII sell on easy terms on exchange
c. humber, one % horse power port
able -awmiIl also win sell one plan
ing uii plant, complete. or machiu-
cry Cog manufacturing furniture. either
oHe on oasy tcrms. For particulars
address D. g. Moons.
Big Stone Gap. Va.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-08-14

Attorney John W Chalklcy. of
Big Stone Gap. IS here thi, week on
official business. And. De 10 remom
lerci. John b, a new married man -
IL W..
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-07-01
Alfalfa in Nebraska.

A stockman, ms peaking of alfalfa,
says farmers in Nebraska depend almost
wholly on it for feed and an abundant
crop is necessary. The first crop is en-
ormous and acreage has been largely in
Horses work well on alfalfa feed and re-
quire very little grain. Cattle thrive and
fatten quickly and only have to be fin
shed with grain before shipped to mar
ket. The most important feature of al
falfa lies in the fact hat has made a
hay-eating animal of the hog. Nebraska
raises two crops on unirrigated land and
as many as four crops on irrigated soil.
The former contains about % per cent
more nutritive qualities. however, and
is the most grown.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-07-01
Cost Of the BOer War.

1t has been generally conceded the
England would eventually conquer the
Boer forces in South Africa, but when
the end comes, she will find the cost to
have reached an enormous figure. There
are many persons who also spend large
sums of money in a vain search for heal
tn. They take all kind of medicines.
which at the best only give temporary
relief, and the patient is as far from
recovery as at the start. The result is
different with those who use Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters for Indigestion. dyspep-
STA, heartburn. constipation, biliousness.
or malaria, fever and argue. 1t
cures. Hundreds of persons
nave said so. and many prominent phvs.'-
clans and druggists always
IL. BE sure to try IT. Our Private STAMP
Is over the neck of the bottle.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-07-01
WEATHER BUREAU REPORT.

US. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
WINNEMUCcA STATION, June 80, 1902
Conditions of weather for the "a hours ending
oP.N.. 18th meridian time or 500 Pm. local
time.
Mean barometer, 1914
Maximum temperature, 70 degrees.
Minimum temperature, 81 above zero.
Mean temperature, 90 degrees.
Normal temperature, 80 degrees.
Prevailing wind-direction N.
Precipitation for "a hours O. inches.
Min. temperature. July. L, 81 above zero.
J. c. HAYDEN.
Observer Weather Bureau.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-07-01
HOITT'S

Parents desiring home influences. beau
tiful Surroundings, perfect climate. careful
supervision, and thorough mental, moral
and physical training for their boys, will
find all these requirements fully met at
Hoitt's School, Menlo Park, San Mateo
County, Cal.
Send for illustrated catalogue.
Twelfth year begins August 18th.
IRA G. HOITT, Phi. D., Principal.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-07-01

One Lieut.. Preston Brown once shot a
Filipino dead because the native did not
soldier from drowning. Brown was tried
by courtmartial n sentenced to a term
of Imprisonment, but General Miles did
him the favor of recommending that the
sentence of the court be confirmed. Con-
sequently the name of Lieut.. Brown was
sent to the Senate recently for promo
ton to a Captaincy.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-07-01

WEATHER FORECAST.
Cloudy tonight and Wednesday.
WILSON.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-07-01

The bill giving Statehood to Arizona,
New Mexico and Oklahoma has been
turned down by a Republican Senate, as
everybody knew it would be. The upper
branch of Congress is too close for the
Republicans to take the chance of losing
control by admitting Democratic terri
tories to Statehood.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-07-01

When the Republicans, by means of ex-
exhausted the treasury surplus. Mr.. Har-
rison went out of office and left Mr..
Cleveland a deficit which he was Obliged
to meet by the suanc of ponds. Will
welt retire at a similarly opportune mo.
ment?
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-07-01

Republican Senators and members are
TO be treated to a new experience druring
the coming campaign and many of them
do not relish the prospect. The President
has to his friends that he has
not given up the fight for Cuban recip-
rocity and that he intends to go out into
the States whose members of Congress
have opposed his Cuban policy and
preach his doctrine of reciprocity with
Cub to the great discontinue of those
members and Senators who will stand
for reelection. Not content with having
caused a split in the party which already
augurs i'll for the coming elections. Mr..
Roosevelt will carry the fight into the
very bailIwicks of his opponents and. as
a Republican member from Minnesota
said. pathetically. recently. '.The result
will be that the President will stand fair
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-07-01

President Roosevelt has announced that
he will settle the strike of the anthracite
coal miners of Pennsylvania. The war
like Roosevelt in the role of peacemaker
will be a strange figure. He could get
some good practice in the effort to make
peace between the warning factions Of the
Republican party.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-07-01

For the six years before the Spanish
war the average expenditures of the gov
were 1862, OOO. 900, as against 500.
900, 900 for the coming year, exclusive of
the Isthmian canal. Republican pros
perity" and being a world power" are
rather expensive Injuries, but 1t is for
the voter to say if he likes them or not.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-07-01

according to Representative Cannon
Republican), the estimated revenue Of
the government FOR the coming fiscal year
will be sesa. 0c0, 900, and appropriations to
date. trcuding $50, 900, 900 for the Isthmian
canal. aggregate $3.50, 600, 600. Where is the
deficit to come from?
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-07-01

to have a Democratic constituency in the
House, at least. to carry out his pet
schemes and he added, significantly,
But you wait until the national conven-
ton
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-07-01

been declared out of date, but Congress
promises to adjourn on July Sd. So the
people will have something to celebrate.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-15
MELONS AND HONEY
FOR WORLDS FAIR
Rocky Ford's Colorado Mayor to
Give Exposition Visitors
Feast of Sweetness.

Palatable sweetness. beyond the dream
of an epicurean Roman Emperor. will scent
the Exposition air for one memorable lay
at the great international show in s..
Louis. 1t is u holiday to be smuggied
out Of the summertide Of a giant Western
State. on 40 freight cars, speeding with
green and golden melons. TO feast thou
sands at the Worlds Fair.
Colorado il the host. Rocky Ford Melon
Day the festai event to be transferred
from that State TO Missouri. and 10000
juicy melons are the fruit to be distributed
as freely as the prodigal scatters his in
h~eritance. Yet this is the least of Colo
radios lavish entertainment to prove to the
world that she is the land ov~eriowing with
milk and honey"
Honey will be there-a State capitol build
ing, wrought in golden honey by thousands
of working bees. under the direction of the
architect, Man. and this man, the originator
of both of these unprecedented exposition
ideas, happens TO be Mayor q. W. Swink
OF Rocky Ford. and Swink will pay the
freight, a philanthropist in honey and
melons. AND this Is what Mayor Swink has
to say:
Il am not going to let expense stand in
the way. This probably will be the last time
! ever will have the opportunity of posing
before the nations Of the world as j. honey
raiser. / am going to do the State p"oud.
1 will not make a cent out of it. l am go
ing to do it for the sake of the State.
Honey, in fancy figures or letters, will cost
about 81 a pound. My exhibit probably will
contain about 1900 pounds of honey IN
letters and figures.
THE design L have In contemplation will
take the bees almost all summer to make.
1t is a facsimile OF the Statehouse at Den,
yer. The boxes composing the outside viii
be filled with honey. OF course, the IN
terror will be hollow. The walls will be
built of honey. The heavy pillars of the
four sides will be constructed OF honey. on
the inside of a great glass case, which will
inclose the display, VIII be placed a great
hive of live bees, showing how they be-
come artisans. which build as truly and
greatly as their larger brother Of the ami
NAL kingdom"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-15

and prices at the close here were quoted I'D to
2Iaa2se; wl London ono and ap P1tTrss Il 4, Is 80, Cd hisser With
rule ruled 9 quiet and steady here. win Lake at, PIC
asked dSS5n e HiSsoa With at ed 1etss q I'd S sss,tns m 8, liS;
snot fs rs Cd and futures f54. Lead at London
5 S5Sf9ss %d IS s %; i,oi sns u at h5lisiai q e: w SeY sp sSsT
also remained unchanged locally. showing a fair
~ IS IS Cd occurred. the market closing there at
~ is I'd. Iron locally was quiet and Unchanged.
Pig N tEo1 %aIFS mas quoted 1aGaeadn s hSm5eal So Nc f 1 fosn,
northern $ls@l9; Ne So1 / foundry Southern sl7; T99
Fnriish marEe;a were higher. GLASGOW Closing al
SIS iGd and Middlesboro at iss I'D.
Coffee.
New York April I4.-Spot-Rio nominal. No 7
invoice sc: mild dull; Corlova sai2c. The mar
opened steady, with prices 5 10 10 points lower,
der fairly active liquidation and bear pressure.
prompted by weak cables from European mar
Ism riivate adyic0s from abroad. Smaller local
holders were thoronshly tisheartened by the fur
IoU-rtcord level unloaded their staple. There was
little sign Of q rally at any time during the rest
net : +" 10 points lower. Total sales were =, 80
bags. Including MAY. 5.o5c: July 5.15d6. &c; Aug.
) soc; sept. S.4e85.4Se: Dec. o.Gjc; Jan. Use;
SIS. r.
New c1 Y9Tf; APril si H t sS sisad goI la ises 5e snkaF
refined steady: crushed 52c: powdered 4.s5c;
z anulated i.75c. Molesses steady; New Orleans
New Orleans. La. April 14.-susar quiet: open
Kettle 2laGJ S-locs open kettle centrifugal 3u5h=c.
yellow 3l2433sc; seconds 2LsU3Ac. Mo
lusses dull: centrifugal 7IlSc.
Bar silver.
New York. April 14.-Bar silver ssl,c per ounce:
weak. 24.ed per ounce.
Dry Goods.
New York. April 1.-THE week has opened quiet
and the market for dry goods to-day shows little
stan OF an Improvement In the demand. although
prices are firm and unchanged. In the staple
cotton goods division OF The market advances
are still predicted and many are Of the opinion
that these will be witnessed before the end CT
the present week. The market closed Arm and