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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-31
WHEAT MARKET.
 CLOSES STEADY Large Purchases By Mil- lers Give Prices a
 Boost

Chicago, October 30-Millers buying large quantities of cash wheat here to- day helped give the option market q lift. The close was steady at l4@9s@&c net advance Corn finished AM1Ac higher than AS hours before and oats up' 1-l60 1kc.
 Latest trading showed hog products varying from 21ac decline to gain of 5c.
 The cash wheat sales was said to be tine largest of the season in Chicago. One broker alone disposed of 35O,000 bushels, mainly No red winter In this connec- .tion the fact was noticed that the stock of wheat in this city had decreased more than 6O0,0O0 bushels in the last week. It was also thought significant that the im- provement in cash business followed re- ports of export clearances which were the most generous for months. The bulls took heart from the relative smallaess of the visible supply increase. At one time there seemed a chance of downturn because of predictions that northwestern receipts would continue to be heavy. The effect however did not last and the close was at nearly the top point of the day. Between the opening and close, De- cember fluctuated from 9SA&9S& &@99A@ 9e3sc with last sales at 99lsc, a gain of 5S0p4c net.
 Unexpected wet weather over much of the corn belt interfered with the free movement of new grain from the country, and tended to make prices climb. F'urth- crmore the visible supply showed good sized decrease.
 December ranged between 63Ac and 64Ac closing 19c net higher at 64lsc Cash grades were in fair demand. No. ? vel low was quoted at 7414@75c.
 Oats Jagged behind other cereals. The shipping trade was dull again. High ana lew limits for December proved to be 4714c and 471sc with the close a shade up at 47ls44714c.
 Provisions developed an easy tone due to hog receipts in the west, being much larger than week ago. Pit offerings be- came rather liberal and there was a fall ing off in demand. At the end of the day, however, the cost of products lad been materially reduced.
 Flour-Steady.
 Rye-No. 2 961sc.
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.'s Letter

New York, October 30.-(SpeciaD. On the absence of frost over Sunday the foreign markets came lower, though not quite reaching the low point of fort night ago. Here, the market slowly sold off to the level of 9 cents for March where sufficient demand from various sources was found to maintain that level of prices to the close. We see few evil dences of active investment demand, but we do notice that, while many do not see how present prices can be sustained in face of the continued good weather into November for the crop comparatively few are willing to follow the decline. The selling comes almost entirely from south ern sources; what the north has bought so far shows a loss
 Liverpool should come unchanged to a shade better tomorrow in view of che steadiness of our market today.
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New Orleans Cotton Futures
Liverpool Cotton Market

Liverpool, october 3o,-Closlng spot III fair demand, firm; points lower Amer ican middling fair, 5.70d; good mlualIns' 5.34d. middling, 5.2O; low middling, 5.10di good ordinary. 496d; ordinary, 4.76d. The sales of the day were 5000 bales, of which 1000 were for speculation and export and ncll1led 1000 American. Receipts, 2o'SN bales, all American.
 Futures opened easier and closed quiet and steady. october, 499d; October-No- vcmber, 4.9$d; November December 4SS1hd; December-January, 48Sl2d; Jan uary-February, 490d; February March A96d; May-June, 4.9Sd; June-July, 5.OOdi July-August, 5.01d; August-September 99d: September-O October, 496d; October November 495d.
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COTTON PRICES
 SHOW DECLINE: Market Opens Steady at Decline in Response to
 Lower Cables

New York, October 3o.-New low rec ords were made for cotton today for all deliveries later than December and while the closing tone was steady, last prices showed loss of from il to 15 points, comparing with the final figures of last week
 The market opened steady at decline of to points in response to lower ca bles. Early fluctuations were somewhat irregular, but selling was encouraged by more favorable weather reports, private cables indicating that the south had been a free seller in Liverpool this morning and rumors that leading English trade authorities estimated the current Ameri- can crop at from 15,OOO,O0O to 15,25o,OOC bales The south also seemed to be sell ing here rather more frey than last week, while on every little rally bears were aggressive. Before midday the ac- tive months were about F to r points net lower with January selling at S.S7c and for the season.
 Realizing checked the decline around this point and there were rallies of from to points from the lowest, but while trading became less active during the aft ernoon bulges were barely maintained and last prices were only ? or points up from the lowest.
 Reports of easy southern spot markets undoubtedly encouraged selling late in the afternoon. Much of the sessions pressure here appeared to result from expectations of an easier turn in the interior spot mar ket now October contracts have been llquidated.
 Numerous advices were received rom the south claiming that the spot demand was slackening and the active of the southern spot markets officially reported and not the inactive seemed to take the bearish view in this respect. They were generally unchanged to lsc lower.
 Considerable curiosity was expressed as to the outcome of crop estimates but oth' erwise prices met good support below 8 soc for January, chiefly from old shorts and reactionists.
 Receipts today SS,6O9 bales against S2, S97 last week and 95,S54 last year. To days receipts at New Orleans 11,4W bales against 21,537 last year, and at Houston 4,540, against 2456S last year.
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Metal Market

New York, October SO-Standard copper dull; spot, October, November, Decem- her and January, $12Q12. 20. London easy: spot, 955; futures, e56. Custom house leturns show export of 2O,950 tons so far this month. Lake copper, 121k@125sc; cleo trolytic. 123sq121kc; casting. 12Bd12Ac.
 Tin quiet; October, s41.50; November. &I.75; December, $41. .35; January, $41. .35SD 4iSO; February, s41 20a41. 70. London was steady; spot, 91S9; futures, E1SS los.
 Lead quiet, s4. 2OG4.30 New York; s4 100 E.l71a East St. Louis. London G151 2s Cd.
 Spelter nominal $6 2Od6. 30 New York. SG.25 bid East St. Louis London, e2s los.
 Anthony dull; Cookson's, Ss@S. .121k.
 Iron: Cleveland warrants, 46s, 41bd in London. Locally iron was quiet; No. 1 foundry northern, s15415 50: No 2, s14. 756D 1b.25; No. southern and No. 1 southern soft, $15a15. 50.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-31
Coffee Market


 l. New York, october 30.-The market for coffee futures opened steady at decline of from 25 to 34 points under heavy iqui- daton, European and local bear pressure, which was encouraged by lower cables, and rumors of financial troubles in Brazil. The gossip was that a Brazilian firm, which has been short of 100000 bags show ing a money loan of about 20O0,00O francs, had made settlement for 100000 francs, and this seemed to be taken to- tally as indicating that a supporting fac- tor had been removed, at any rate the market soon sold at 20 to 34 points under the closing figures of Saturday with De- cember contracts declining to H.0oc or about 110 points below the recent high rec ord while later deliveries showed losses from 15O to 165 points from the best level of the season. The decline was checked around this level by realizing by recent sellers, while offerings also became rather lighter and prices rallied several points from the lowest, but weakened again in the late trading under renewed offerings for both accounts which were accom- panied by expectations of a bearlsn worlds visible supply statement early next month.
 The close was steady at net decline of 10 to 21 points. Sales 94,00O bags; De- tober. 14 10c; November, IA. .09c; December IA. .O6c: January, 13.69c; February, l3.4oc; ; March. 13. .1Oc; April, 13 05c; May, June and July. 13c; August, F .9sc; September 12.97c
 Havre was 1A@2 francs lower; Hamburg wassA pfg. lower; Rio unchanged at SIX 25O santos As unchanged at SIX 200; Is nominal. Receipts at the two Brazilian ports 65,OO0 against 4S0o0 last year Jundiahy receipts 57000, against Sl,3Oo New York warehouse deliveries Saturday 13074. against GOA last year. Today's spe- cial santos cable reported As nominal; Sac Paulo receipts 67,00O, against 75,0oo the nreyious day. Spot, unsettled! No. '. 15ibm155sc; Santos 4s 161sal69sc; mild, quiet: Cordova, 17@19c nominal
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by shorts, which was followed by a sag to about the lowest levels of the day. Al ? o'clock prices were 10 to 16 points un- der Saturdays close.
 New Orleans, October 30.-Spot cotton closed steady; 1sc off; middling, 99sci sales, 225; to arrive 200. Low ordinary 15-16c nominal; ordinary, 634c nominal good ordinary, S-16c; good strict or dinary, 9-16c; low middling, S7sc; strict low middling. 9Bc; middling, 92sc; strict middling, 91ac; good middling, sssc; strict good middling, 13-16c; middling fair lO1sci middllng fair to fair, 1O12c; fair lo2sc nominal. Receipts, 11,4Ol; stock, s9oz5'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-31
New York Cotton Futures
Daily Cotton Movement

Galveston: Steady middling, 93sc; net receipts, 25S51 gross receipts, 25,S51; sales 6S2, stock, 2o4,156; exports to continent, 2462; coastwise, 5oS3.
 New Orleans: Steady; middling, sasc; net receipts, 11,4G7; gross receipts, l2'l54' sales, 1925 stock, 263
 Mobile: Steady; middling, 9c net re- ceipts, 3237; gross receipts, 32,Sn; sales, 3251: stock, 4S, 424; exports to Great Britain, 10. 709; coastwise, 727.
 Savannah: Steady midding. S7sc; net receipts, 15, ,949; gross receipts, 15,949; sales, CLIO: stock 192, ,Sl6; exports to Great Britain, 19,32S; to France, 7S19; to continent, 75O; coastwise, 1254.
 Charleston Steady; middlng, SBc; ner receipts 1910; gross receipts, 2Slo; sales 800: stock, 56,S20
 Wilnlington Steady; middling, S1sc; ne' receipts, 4993; gross receipts. 4993; stock 39,6S1: exports coastwise, 1000.
 Norfolk: Steady middling. 9c; net re- ce,pts. s793; gross receipts, 6793; sales, 37S; stock, 34,3SS.
 Baltimore: Nominal; middlng. 9Ac; stock, 6s54.
 New York: Quiet; middling, 935c; net re ceipts. 1o0; gross receipts, 63o4; sales, 22s; stot.K. 1857: exports to Great Britain, 400; to France, 2072; to continent, 1475; coast wise, 3075.
 Boston: Quiet middling, 9.35c; net re- ceipts, 150: gross receipts, 2160: stock, 149S2
 Philadelphia: Quiet; middlng, 9.6oc gross receipts, 3503; stock, So21; exports tc Great Britain, 3403.
 Texas City: Net receipts, 3S73; gross receipts, 3373; stock, 17,013; exports to Mex ico HOO.
 Port Arthur: Net receipts. $500; gross receipts, 650O; exports to continent. 6ooo.
 Port Townsend: Net receipts. 2446; gross receipts, 2446 exports to Japan, 2446
 Total today, at all ports: Net S3.609; ex- ports to Great Britain, S3,S40; to France 9s46: to continent, 11,1S7: to Japan, 2446 to Mexico, HOO; stock, S13,256
 Consolidated, at all ports: Net, 133,346 excorts to Great Britain, 45,522; to France 9S46; to continent 554,365; to Japan, 2446 to Mexico, 1100
 Total since September 1, at all ports Net, 91S996S; exports to Great Britain ,041, ,42G; to France. 297,O71 to continent 905. 794: to Japan, 32, ,249; Mexico, 750.
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clipped, 51455c on track; futures nominal; receipts, 62,525. Hides steady. Leather firm. Petroleum steady. Wool quiet. Rosin steady. Turpentine steady; ma chine barrels, Soc. Molasses steady. Rice steady. Raw sugar quiet; Muscovado, S9 test, 5.2319c; Centrifugal, 96 test, 5.73kc; molasses S9 test, 5.741Rc; refined east. cut loaf, .40c; crushed, 7.30c; mould A, 6.95c; Cubes, 6.34c; XxXX powdered, 6.75c; pow oered, CLOG; granulated, 660c; diamond A, C.6Oc; confectioners' A, 6.45c; No. 1, 6.45c; No. ?, 6.40c; No. 8, 635c; Mo- 4, 6.3Oc; No. 5, 6.25c; No. 6, 6.20c; No. ', 615c; No. S., 6.lOc; No. g, 6.05c; No. 10, 6c; No. il, o.95c; No. F, 59Oc; No. 13 and No. IA, 5.S5c.
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Future quotations were as follows:

Barley-Fe eed or mixing, S5c@$1.O4; fair to choice malting, $1 .13q1.23
 Timothy Seed-$15q15.5 50.
 Clover-$1iQ19. 50. z .4-=.-- Mess Pork-Per barrel, $15 .621Ad15.75. Lard-Per 100 pounds, $SS71a.
 Short Ribs, Sides-Loose, $750S.25 Short Clear Sides-Boxed, sS. 371adS 621s. Butter-Steady; creamerfes, 241RQ31c; Dairies 22@2Sc.
 Eggs-Firm; receipts, 2759 cases; at mark, cases included, 16Q19c; firsts, o3c; prime frsts, 24c.
 Cheese-Steady; Daisies, 1rlc; Twins. 146144c; Young Americas, 14A9141ac: Long Horns, 141sc.
 Potatoes-Steady; receipts, 175 cars; Wisconsin. 65G6Se; Michigan and Minne- sota. 6s@70c.
 Poultry-Live easy; turkeys, 14c chick ems. SC; springs, 10c.
 Veal-Steady 50 to 60 pound weights, SO Sc: 60 to s5 pound weigths, 91sQ10c; S5 to 110 pound weights, lie.
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Fruits and Produce

Corrected by Douglas Bros)
 Apples-Fancy northern, per bbl., s4d5: bulk, $2,75Q3. Oranges: California, per box, s5. Lemons: Fancy, per box. $o. Lines: Imported. Sl. Pineapples: Per crate, S250. Pears: California, per Crate, S275. Grapes: Tokay, per crate. S2.0o Concord. pony basket, 14c; S-lb. basket, Bee. Peaches California per crate, $1.50. Irish Potatoes: Per bushel, s1. Sweet Potatoes: Dooley vans, per bushel 500 S5c; Rutabagas: Canadian. 1b.. 11sc. On- icns: Red Globe, per h., 2Ac; Span ish per crate, $1, ,65. Celery: Colorado, per crate, s3.75; per dozen punches. soc: Oranges Florida, $3. Cranberries, per box, $2.5o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-31
Treasury Statement

Washington, October 30.-At the bet nc Inning of business today the condition yos the United States treasury was: Working balance in treasury, $79,041,- A3l0. In banks and Philippine treasury, 5$33,S sos, 409. The total balance in gen feral fund was s136,S74,242. OrdinTy 3receipts Saturday were S3,032,4O with ordinary disbursements of s2,6S1,252. IThe deficit to date this fiscal year is
 S19,75S, S,O06 as against deficit of s13,-
 91T,572 at this time last year. These
 Bgures excluded Panama canal and
 bublic debt transactions
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New Bank to Omen

Rockford, October 30-(SpeciaD The new Bank of Rockford expects to open tomorrow.
 The high school is progressing finely, new pupils entering every week.
 The farmers in this section will soon have out their cotton. They are as a rule holding. Weather fine z
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New York Grain Report

New York. October 30.-The visible sup ply of grand in the United States Satur- day, October 2S. as compiled by the New York produce exchange, was as follows: Wheat, 62,61S,000 bushels; increase, S03, 900. Corn, 100000 bushels: decrease, 6l0,000. Oats, 25,520.000 bushels; increase, 52.000. Rye, 1,107,00O bushels; increase. 55.O00. Bar ley, 1000 bushels; decrease. 62.000. The statement of the visible supply of wheat in Canada was, not issued today owing to the holiday in~Canada.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-31
Sunday School Convention

Sylacauga, October S0-SpeciaD-A district convention of the Sunday schools of the Coosa River Baptist association was held at the First Baptist church yesterday. Seven schools of the district were pres ent. Addresses were made by s. D. Mon roe of Birmingham. Rev, J. B. Byrd of Talladega Springs and others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-31
Cotton Seed Oil

New York, October 30.-Cotton seed oil was about steady in face of the break in cotton, owing to covering of shorts.
 relative firmness of kindred oils and greases and local professional support. Spot closed points lower and futures lower to higher. November, 5. .5965. .61c December, 5.50q5. 51c; January, 5.51@5. .52c February, 5.52@5. Sic; March. 55SQ5. .59c prime crude, 4S30l4. 40c; prime summer yellow, 5.60@5. 75c; prime winter yellow, 6.65c bid; prime summer white, 5.6Oc bid. Total sales, 6700.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-31
HUBBARD BROS. & GO.

ftOn Merchants, Hanover Square, N.
 Members New York Cotton Ex- Eange, New Orleans Cotton Exchange, lew York Produce Exchange. Asso- ipte Members Liverpool Cotton Asso- tation. Orders solicited for the pur- hase and sale of Cotton and Cotton Feed Oil for future delivery. Special at )ntion and liberal terms given for con ynments of spot cotton for delivery. rrespondence invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-31
New York Money Market

New York, October S0.--Money on call steady. 2A @21s per cent; ruling rata and closing bid, 2as per cent; bf- 'fered at 21a per cent; time loans easy; GO days. 3A @31a per cent; 90 days kand six months, Sk@3A per cent; Arime mercantile paper, 4R @4a per
 lent; sterling exchange easy with aic-
 ual business in bankers bills at
 4.S3.6 for GO days and S4.S6.75 for de-
 hand commercial bills, s4.S27s; bar liver. Sasc; Mexican dollars, 46c; gov- 'ernment and railroad bonds steady.
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Interior Cotton Movement

Houston: Quiet; middling. 91Ac; net re- oeipts, 24540; gross receipts, 24540; ship men.s, 22,S64; sales. 3597; stock, 12o, 721.
 Augusta: Steady; middling, 9sc; net receipts, S350; gross receipts, 40S0; ship ments, 22S2; sales. Ill; stock. 6S,244.
 Memphis: Steady; middling, sac; net receipts, l7,3n6; gross receipts, 21,454; ship ments, 5SS9; sales. 40O0; stock, Ill, ,469.
 St. Louis Quiet; middling, 9s4c net re- ceipts, 699 gross receipts, 30oo; shipments, 34O1 stock, 10,7o1.
 Cincinnati: Net receipts, a33; gross re- ceipts 2033; shipments 1922; stock, 6922.
 Little Rock: Quiet; middling, 91sc; net receipts, 20l9; gross receipts, 2O49; ship ments, 559; stock, 22610.
 Louisville: Firm; middling, 954c.
 Total today: Net receipts, 49,977; gross receipts, 57.206; shipments, 56,S7s; sales, S7OS: stock, 346,667.
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New Orleans Rice Market

New Orleans, October S0.-Rice steady. with trade active; receipts, rough, 10. 9s2 clean, 612S; millers, 4s75; sales, rough Honduras, 2427 at 2.sO@13. .4Os; Japan, S62 at 3.35d3.67c clean, Honduras, 5e39 at 51-1660 5lsc; Japan, 1%@3sc. Quotations, rough. Honduras and Japan, unchanged: clean Honduras, 3A@5Ac; Japan, 263zc.
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Flour and Foodstuffs

(Corrected by Tennessee NH COD
 Self-raising flour, $5.75. Nellie King -four, per barrel. $5. Bolted meal, per 96- pound sacks, $1.75. No. corn, per busn- el. kiln dried, 95c. Pure wheat shorts, sS5. Pure wheat bran, $50. 1O0-lb c. s. hulls, per ton, s11. Prime c. $. meal, per ton, s29. C. s. feed meal, per ton, $25. No. 1 timothy hay, per ton, BPS. Mixed alfalfa and Johnston grass. $20. Corn chops, per 1o0-lb. sack, $1.75. Flour in wood, 150. White oats, 64c.
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STILL No CHANGE ON MORRIS AVENUE Merchants Report Trade Is Very Good But Moth
 ing Further

There is still no change in the aspect of trade in general on Morris avenue. Things are still rocking along with no feature of any kind presenting itself. Merchants report trade very good, but that is all they are saying for it.
 Yesterdays quotations follow:
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Earth Shock Recorded

New Orleans, October 30.-An earth shock of A seconds duration was record ed by the seismograph at Loyola college yesterday shortly after midday. Father Franckhauser. scientist in charge w&s of the opinion that the center of the dis turbance was in or near the southern portion of Alaska.
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Naval Stores

Savannah, October 9O.-Turpentine, firm: 46c; sales. 391; receipts. S51; shipments, 2S7; stocks, S6,193. Rosin firm; sales, 2794; receipts, 223S; shipments, 5S6O; stocks, s3,- 6i9' Quote: B, s6.S5; D, s6.4O D, s6.471s; F, G, H, I, K and M, s6.55; N. s6 65 VIC, S7.20; wv, s75O
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Kansas City Grain

Kansas City, October 30.-Cash wheat, No. hard. s1.01@1.0S; No. ? red, 9sc@s1. Corn. No. 3 white, 4s949a4c; No. 2 mixed. 46140471sc. Wheat December. Sl.OoA; May, $1.031a; July. 95q95%c. Corn: De- oember. 631zq63l4c; May, 641ac; July, 641ac. Receipts Wheat. 64,OOO; corn, 470O0; oats. 17.oOo Shipments: Wheat. 3S,0OO; corn, 33, 900; oats, 1000.
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Lake Commerce Decreasing

Washington. October SO.-Commerce on the great lakes during September. as compared with that of September, 1910, decreased more than a million tons. The same condition was shown in the figures for September, 1910. which were nearly a million less than those of the same month in 1909.
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St. Louis Grain

St. Louis: Cash wheat. No. ? red, B1ac0 N; No. hard 99cQ$1. .111a. Corn, No. ? red, 711a@72c; No 2 white, 73Q74c. Oats. No. 2, 4614@47c; No. white, 471a@47&c Wheat higher; Decemger, 93%c; May. S1 09s4. Corn higher; December, 6Sss@631ac; May, 65ssc. Oats higher; December, 47Ac; May, 499s@49%c*
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LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Local Cotton
Pig Ire,
Meats

Corrected by Armour & Co.)
 Lard, 107sc; compound, S5sc; D. S. short ribs, TO- 10c; D. S. fat backs, Sc; clear bellies, 10. 75c. Ham butts, 14c; Boston 15c. Pork Joins, 16c; spare ribs. 11c; Breakfas. bacon, 16Ae: Star Reg. ham. 15c. Star skd ham, 16Ae.
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London Stock Market

London, October 30.-American sc- opened steady and later ad-
 vanced on light buying. The market
 reacted at the end of the first hour kand at noon prices ranged from un-
 changed to % higher than Saturdays
 New York closing. The market reacted
 bn New York selling and the list de- Mlined under the lead of United States
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Dry Goods

New York, october 30.-The opening prices were named on spring carpets dur ing the day, reductions varying from 70 cents to s., on various rugs of domestic manufacture. Cotton goods are easier with trading of a steady character put in small lots. Raw silk Is lower.
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Poultry and Eggs

Corrected by Garrett x HIne)
 Hens-35d5Oc. :. live, per pound, 15c; large flyers. 15c per lb.; medium flyers. 200 per lb. small. 20c per lb. Ducks-30q4Oc each. Guineas, soc. Boosters, 35c each. Geese 4OG150c each. Live turkeys, 20c per ID. Eggs, fresh, 20c dozen.
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BIRMINGHAM SPECIAL" FINEST AND FASTEST TRAIN TO NEW YORK; AFFORDING LUXURIOUS ACCOMMODATIONS LEAVES O,3O A. M. EVERY DAY.
 SOUTHERN RAILWAY