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'JneTcabTnFt officer, 1
The Department of Agriculture
Springs Into Existence.
Commissioner of Agriculture Colman
Nominated for Secretary.
Tbe President has approved the bill raising
the Bureau of Agriculture to the dignity of
an executive department, and named the
present Commissioner of Agriculture, Mr.
Norman J. Colman, to be Secretary of tha
Department of Agriculture.
NORMAN- J. COLMAN*.
^ Tbe law creating the new department does
not define its functions or limits. A dispatch
from Washington says: "The
Senate will doubtless confirm the nomination,
as it rarely interferes in the
President's choice of advisers. But quite
aside from this, it is conceded that Mr. Colman
has discharged the duties of his office
with intelligence, faithfully, and to the satisfaction
of a large number of Democrats
as we 1 as Republicans. It is therefore quite
/virtjtin t.hnt hfi will have the satisfaction of
being the first Secretary of Agriculture,
though he will have held the office but three
weeks. At any rate be will return to Missouri
as Secretary."
It is forty years since a new executive'department
of the Government was created.
The State Department and other departments
of the Government in 1?4S had become
overburdened with public business.
The result of the war with Mexico was a
large acquisition of territory. The discovery
of gold in California opened up a new era in
emigration to the West, and the land question
was becoming a very important on?.
- The business of the Patent Office was
also increasing. The details of the census,
the care of the Indians pension and bounty
matters were multiplying details. All these
were grouped under the new department,and
the act making it the Interior Department
was approved March 8, 1649.
Naturally, agricultural matters aggre'
gated under the Secretary of the Interior
until 1SC2, when Congress created a Department
of Agriculture, independent entirely
of the Interior Department, but
made its head only a Commissioner.
The new department which is now to take a
part of the burden of the Interior under
la care will be known as the
Centennial Department of the Government.
One hundred years ago
the State, Treasury, War, Postoffice and Attorney-General's
office were created by act
of Congress, and these five Cabinet positions
were filled that vear by President
Washington. The Navy Department did
not begin until 1796.
For fifty-two years thereafter these s'x departments
had charge of the executive business
of the government, and the new department
just now created completes the octette.
A PRIEST MURDERED.
Killed By a Lunatic Whom He Had
Befriended.
^ Father Ashfield, one of the priests of St
P?ter's Cathedral, Memphis, Tena, was assassinated
by Will Reed, a semi-lunatic, the
other morning at 5 o'clock.
Reed had been befriended by the priest,
' . who had got him out of jail, where ne was
coafined for lunacy. Reed appeared at the
door of the fathers house at night and called
for him. Re was sent away by Father
31 oran. Next morning the sexton heard a
noise at the door and found Reed there. The
sexton then went for a policeman, and while
he was gone Reed slipp?i in. ran to Father
Ashfield's door and knocked. When the |
priest opened the door Reed stabbed him in
the heart. Reed was put under arrest St.
Peter's Cathedral is one of the largest \
churches in tb9 ijouth.
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THE LABOR WORLD.
5K..S ?????
Miners are now idle two-thirds the time. [
Pittsburg sends lamp-chimney s to Cn na. ;
There are twenty-two State Labor j
Bureaus.
Thit sav the "Q" strike cost the company !
$3,500,"00.
STr.ZETER, Labor candidate for President, |
got 150,0J0 votes.
N~w England's cotton spinning industry \
kpEepgjpcnally prosperous.
? I:; Wib?.cnsiu ihe average wage of skilled j
mechanics is $611.11 jwr year.
The manufacture of terrS cotta goods La? |
just now begun at SpringfiaM, Mass.
The New York Confectioners'Union has
1cn memters and owns $2:5 j in cash,
v The workmen in the glass works at
Cbarleroi, Eelgium, have gone on strike.
New York has now but -550 labor unions
against more than tWU this time last year.
Women in San Francisco earn on an average
$3 more a week th:in they do in Boston
A New York Court has decided that a
strike is no excuse for not fulfilling a contract.
A crxsus cf the compositors of tho United
Kin;dom shows that they number ubout
Industrial train'ng is found to be the
essential lasis in the education of the
Indians.
The English naval engineers are pu'ting I
forth claims for increased jay and a more
ra\>.d promotion.
Canadian mariners, in convention at
Toronto, declared that the lake trade d e*
not pay any more.
There is continued complaint abroad
atout t' e limited supply of stokers for
marine machinery.
The average weekly earnings of women in |
Atlanta, Ga., orj set down at S-1.05. In I
Richmond, Va., they are $-'VA
The New York Central Rai road is trying
the patent pillar cloaks which indicate the
length of time between trains.
The Schuylkill (i'enn.) coal miners are in
dangtr of starvation from the stoppage of
the colltries because of the mild winter.
Ok the 11,000 people arrestorl in New York
city during the quarter ending January 1,
cearly one-half were without occupation.
The window glass trade of Europj is in a
bad way. _ Six of the largest firms in it have
gone into Danicruptcy in tne last naic year.
Tee coal production of this country for
1S8S is placed at 1^0,000,000 tons. Divide
this among 280,0X? miners and the average
would be 430 tons each.
The incorporated companies ?f Birmingham,
Ala., representing mainly manufacturing,
mining and land companies, have an
aggregate cap;t$LU"tocic of over ?75,000,00'.
" " Tn? daily'wages paid to 4{unes_G. Blaine,
Jr., during* his apprenticeship at the machine
shops of the Maine Central Railroad amount
to eighty cents. Th s is at the rate of ten
cents an hour for every working hour. Miss
Mary Perry, a sewing girl of
Bristol, Me., has patentee! a chair lor the use
of employes in sewing factories. The chair
has an adjustable back and is designed to
make stooping shoulders and spinal troubles
less prevalent.
The Journeymen Barbers' National Union
came into existence September 5, 1SS7, and
has eight locals and over 2500 members. The
initiation fee is $2, the dues 40 cents a month.
At first the hours of labo> were iOOpor week,
but are now reduced to 86. Wages were
per week, but are now $ia _ 1
THE MEWS EPITOMIZED Eastern
and Middle States.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to destroy
a big New York city brewery witb
dynamite. The explosion was terrific and
damaged the houses for a hundred yards
around. Several persons were hurt.
The Pacific Guano Company of Boston
has assigned, with liabilities of $1,000,000.
Allen S. Gookin, head cashier of the elevated
railroad companies, in New Ycrk city,
is short in his accoun&s and has lied. The
defalcation will be made good by his bondsmen.
The losses bv the recent tie-up of street
railways in New York city ore estimated as
follows: Car companies, .<117,(iOO; strikers,
J5M00: retail trade, *1.500,000; theatres,
saloons, &>0.w0. Total, ?1,707,000.
TriE Standard Oil ConiDany's glue factory
at Constable Hook, N. J., was totally de|
strayed by fire. Loss, 0500,000.
The steamer Haytien Republic, which was
| the bone of contention in our recent emi
broglio with Hayti, has arrived at Boston.
Wyetii ?sr Son's large wholesale drug
| store and several fine residences were dej
stroyed by fire in Philadelphia, causing a
| loss of about $500,000. One fireman was
I killed.
United States detectives succeeded in
I canturiner a cantr of eleven counterfeiters at
| Br'anchton, i'ennl A large quantity of bogus
I coin was found.
A ( extrifugal machine used by the New
j York Tartar 'Works in drying acids burst in
Gowanus. Brooklyn, killing two men and injuring
three.
An attempt was made to blow up a tenement
house in New York city in wtiich 100
people were sleeping.
Edward J. Phelps, United States Minister
to the Court of St. James, has arrived in
New York.
Mrs. JosErn Groxer, of Tarport, Penn.,
made a call on a neighbor. While she was
, away the house caught lire and Carrie and
j Joseph, three-year-old twins, were burned
I to death.
| Edward D. Crall, business manager of
j the Morning Call, at Harrisburg, Penn.,
; died at his father's house on South Pitt
j street, of blood poisoning caused by excessive
smoking of cigarettes. Ho was in his twentyI
third year.
j James Oliver, of Industry, Me., died a
! few days ago, age ninety-six. He was avet|
eran of the War of 131:2.
The eightieth anniversary of the birthday
I of Abraham Lincoln was celebrated by va|
rious clubs in New York city, Brooklyn,
i Philadelphia. Jersey City, N. J., and Newark.
N. J. Speeches were delivered by Genj
eral Porter, Congressmen Butter worth, BouI
telle and S. V. White, Theodore Roosevelt,
Warner Miller and others.
' woo IfiIIasI VitT Vii'c olovon.
i^ijtuva ??cio niucu mj
| year-old son, at Carbondale, Penn., duriDg a
i rehearsal of private theatricals, in which the 1
j father was the villain and the son the here
| of the play.
Sonth and West.
Hknuj Dieckmann, a prominent membei
of the Merchants' Exchange of St. Louis, has
gone to Canada, leaving a shortage of ?50,|
uoa
| James Ross, colored, has teen hanged at
Erandenburg, Ky., for the murder of Benej
diet Rhodes, an old farmer.
I The I.ecis'atures of ten "Western States |
have reso.ved to investigate the dressed-beei
j "combine."
Thkke men were killed in the mine of the
! American Mining and Smelting Company al
| Leadville, Col.
Haywood Handy, colored, who shot a
young white man named Charles Stewart, !
| was lynched by a mob at Shreveport, La. j
The Chio and 'Western Coal and IroD '
Company, of Columbus, Ohio, has failed. '
The company was capitalized for ?S,000,00(
in bonds and $5,000,000 in stock.
| J. Bordkavx and his four children, ran?- '
i ing from six to fourteen years old, died
! from eating poisoned cabbage at Bhelton. 1
I Washington Territory. i
i A coal tnr boiler at the Creosoting Brick
\ Works in Chattanooga, ~'lenn., exploded,
causing the death of Charles Falls ^pd fatal t
injuries to his son. Both of the men were j
j covered with coal tar, and the body of the
! former was burned to charcoal.
The postofflce at Amity, Ark., baa been '
; robbed of ?10J0.
A colored wcman in Henry County, Va. |
I on going to the field to work carried ber in j
j fane with her and laid it down in a fence
corner near where she was employed. In a
I 6hort time she saw her cabin, in which she
: bad left ber two older children, on fire. She
j ran to save them, but was too late. They I
I were burned up. Returning to pet her only '
| remaining child, she was horrified to find
| that bogs bad torn it into fragments.
Five children were killed by the caving ir
of a sand bank at Ysleta, Texas.
R. P. C. Wilson has been nominated by
the Dtmocrats of the Fourth Congressiona.
District of Missouri to succeed James N. !
Eurnes, deceased. j
The popular vote in Nevada on the bill Ie
galizing the sale of lotteries resulted in the
defeat of the measure by about 400 majority.
Washington.
The "protocols" (official minutes) of th
conference on Samoan affairs, held in Wash
ington in 1^7, together with additional corrcspc
ndcnce on the subject, have been laid
before Congress by the President.
The President has nominate! Carroll D.
Wright, of Massachusetts, to be Commissioner
of Labor. |
Mi'.s. Cleveland held a largely attended
reception at the White House.
John A. P. Edgehton has been dismissed
from the position us one of the Civil Service
Commissioners by President Cleveland.
Pi ar Admiral Bancroft Giierardi, '
commandant at the Navy Yard. New York, 1
has been ordered by tho President to command
the North Atlanticsquadi on, relieving
Pmi- Admiral Luce, who goes on the retiroU
ilst.
Colonel Henry J. Hunt (retired),
Governor of the Soldiers' Homo in the District
of Columbia, died afow days ago from
a complication of diseases. He was in his !
sixty ninth year,and was appointed Governor
of the Home about four years ago.
The Senate has confirmed the nomination
of Colonel John C. Breckinridge to I e Insjjector-Gcneral
of the United States Army.
Tiik Agricultural Department bulletin just
issued makes the proportion ot cotton already
marketed ?4.:i per cent.
The President has nominate! Adlair E.
Stevenson, of Illinois, to bo As?o^iate Justice
of the Supreme Court of the District of,
Columbia, vice William M. Merrick, de ceased.
At a caucus- of Republican Senators the
Southern question was discussed.
A statement has been prepared by the
Unite 1 States Treasury Department which
estimates that the Hou<e Tariff bill would
reduce the revenue about ?i>.\u.)0,00.), the
Senate bill about *4s.0(h',<iu >. The reductions
by the House bill wonld l>e on tho internal
revenue ^ii.huvam, on firm
The reductions by the Senate bill, internal
revenue SJj->,U tariff SI.'J, !>7(!,8S7.
The President has transmitted to Congress
the State correspondence with England and
ether ynvernments relativj to the liehrlng
st a fisheries.
Foreign.
A famikk an l epidemic of typhus fever
prevail in Doboka. Hungary. Ten persons
hove died and the distress Is spreading. 1 he
calamity is attributed to a failure of the
potato crop.
Count Tolstoi has tendered his resignation
os Russian Minis'er of the Interior, and
it has been accepted by the Czar.
Heavy gales have been raging on tho
English and Irish coasts. A building foil
near Bolton, crushing a number of cottages
and killing six persons. At Fenibroku a
ferryboat capsized and nine persons wero
drowned.
Ten thousand of the unemployed laboring
class rioted in Home, Italy. Alie mob looted
bonks and shops, smashed windows and street
lamps and attempted to build barricades to
pr tect themselves against tho troops. In tho
^fisht that followed stores of the rioters were
wWmdid, also a do/en policemen. The military
wereirSAjlysiiceessful in dispersing tho
mob. s.
A tekrific snow storritpcevailed throughout
Scotland, accompanied o?~&?b winds
and extremely low temperature. The telegraph
wires were prostrated.
The bark Theodore Behrend lias been
wrecked at Texel. I'ngland. Ten persons
were drowned, including the Captain and his
faxnlv.
When neighbors of William Tubbs. of
(Jpffielil, Canada, entered his house a few
- ; 7 " ,v,uy^"\;'HI- :tvu.', r:*y"'/TT^T".^
- y.
days ago they found (be entire family dead
?father, mother and four children. Tbey
bad all succumbed to malignant diphtheria.
M. de Lesseps in a circular letter issued
from Paris to Panama Canal subscribers
said that no new company could be formed
to complete the canal, because not enough of
the new shares had been taken.
Gales and snowstorms were prevalent in
Great Britain. Along the coast there were
numerous wrecks. A bark was lost off
Grimsby, and eleven people were drowned.
Rear Admiral Chandler, commanding
the United States naval squadron in Asiatic
waters, died a few days ago at Hong Kong,
China, of apoplexy.
A max, thought to be "Jack the Ripper,"
the Whitechopcl fiend, has been arrestoxl in
Dundee, Scotland, for murdering his wife.
The Scrutin d' Arrondissement bill has
been passed by the French Chamber of
Deputies, whicn is considered a victory for
Minister Floquet and a set Lack for Boulau?er.
Cardinal John Baptiste Pitra, of
Rome, who was the second in rank in the
Papal Sacred College, is dead.
The Constitution of the Japanese Empire
was proclaimed by the Emperor in person
amid great popular rejoicing.
A mob stoned the guard which was escortiug
William O'Brien, the Irish agitator.from
Clonmcl Jail to Tralee, Ireland.
A shock of earthquake was folt at Bolton
and Manchester, England. The earth tremors
extending to Wigan, Blackburn and
Stockport. They were accompanied by repeated
rumblings.
A goldsmith of Vienna killed his five
children with cyanide of potassium. After
administering the poison to the children he
took some of it himself, and died in great
agony.
The Soudanese have evacuated Handoub,
EevDt, after destroying the town by fire.
A severe shock of earthquake was felt at
Naples, Italy, in consequence of which
Mount Vesuvius is in a violent state of eruption.
The Portuguese Cabinet has res:gned.
Thomas A- Robeson, Consular agent of
the United States at Frierth, Germany, has
just died of "onsumption.
SUMMARY OF CONGRESS. 1
The Senate,
j 44th Day.?Tho President submitted the
proposal of Bismarck for a resumption of '
the Samotn conference, with Secretary Bayard's
reply and the protocols of the con-;
;ference....Mr, Piatt then Reported the!
disagreement of the conferrees on thej
bill to admit as States the Terri j
ritorics of North and South Dakota, Montana,
Washington and New Mexico. The Senate
instructed its conferrees to insist upon the
position they had assumed... ,Mr. Stewart:
offered a resolution for the appointment of a
select committee of seven to consider the!
subject of irrigation....The House bill to
quiet title of settlers on the Des Moines
River lands in Iowa was passed.... The:
Senate considered the Legislative Appropration
bill. The amendment to increase the
clerical force of the Civil Service Comntis
eion was rejected without a division, and
this bill, together with tho Pension Appropriation
bill, was passed The Union Pacific
Fundine bill was brought up, the pending
question being Mr. Mitchell's motion to re-'
commit the bill.
45th Day.?The House omendment to the
Direct Tax Refunding bill was non-concurred
in, and a conference was asked. ..Tho bill
to establish a United States Court in the Indian
Territory was taken up in conjunction
with the House bill to change the Eastern
and Northern Judicial Districts of Texas.
Mr. Vest moved as a report from the Judiciary
Committee to substitute the Senate bill
lor the House bill. This was agreed to and
the bill passed.... The Fortification Appropriation
bill was taken up. An item of &200,000
was inserted for the purchase of movable
submarine torpedoes impelled and controlled
at will l.y power from shore stations, and
the bill was parsed.
4'?th Day.?The Senate went into secret
session on the Panama Canal question. Mr.
Sherram proposed an amendment to the
Sundry Civil Bill as follows: To enable the,
President to protect the interests of the
United States and to provide for the security
of the persons and property of citizens of
the United States at the Isthmus of Panama,
in such manner as he may diem expedient
$350,000. This was passed .. .The injunction
of secrecy was removed from the proceedings
in connection with tho consideration of
the British extradition treaty....The Naval
4 mrnnpioUnn hill wn? t.hnn tatfin un. The I
amendments reported by the Committee oil
Appropriations for installing or increasing
the electric light plants on the monitors,
cruisers and other vessels (appropriating
about .0 HI) were agreed to. The amendment
for the construction of two steel cruisers
or gunboats to cost in th3 aggregate (exclusive
of armament) not more than *700,01)0;
of one steel cruiser at a cost of not more
than ?700,0 K), and of one ram for harbor defence
was agreed to without discussion.
47tii Day.?The election outrages :n Texas
were considered, but no action was taken....
The Senate passed the Naval Appropriation
bill with the clau^ in reference to the
Thomas cruiser so amended as to eliminate the
Congressman's name but broadly giving him
credit for the designs.... In executive session
Mr. Plumb, from the Committee on Agriculture,
fnvorally reported the nomination of
Norman J. Cowman, of Missouri, to be Secretary
of Agriculture. Under objections the
nomination went over until the next executive
session.... The President transmitted the
State correspondence relating to the seal
fisheries of Alaska.
48th Day. -The Senate resumed consideration
of the resolution reported from the
Committee on Privileges and Elections, and
Mr. Evarts proceeded with b s argument in
its support ? The correspondence relative
to the seizure of the American ship Bridgewater
by the authorities of Canada was laid
before the Senate in pursuance to a resolution....
The Senate then went into joint
session with the Housa for the counting of
the electoral vote.
The Ilotiso.
4Sth Day.?The "protocols'' of the conference
on Samoan affairs held in Yfasliington
in iSST by the representatives
of Great Britain, Germany an 1 the
Unit d States, together with additional
correspondence on the subject, were laid
bo ore the House The Army Appropriation
bill was then considered. The pending
quest on was on the point of order raise t
nga list the clause appropriating $500,000 for
the purchase of movalile submarine torpedoes.
The Chair sustained the point of order
ou the pround th.it the item for torpedocs
belonged to th? Fortilication bill,
and the clause was therefore stricken out....
Amendments were adopted appropriating
$l'i,(KK) fur tests to be made in convening
existing ordnance into topedo howizer's; tlu
sum*; sum for the purchase of lani near
Watervliet Arseual tor proaf-firlng, and the
bi'.l wuspassed ...'1 lie Agricu'ture Appropriat
on bill passed.
4'.'th Day.?Mr. Baker introduced in the
House for reference to the Committee on
Ways and Means a bill to regulate commerce
between the United States and foreign
countries The House then went into Committee
of the Whole ou the l ostoflice ApI
r .priation bill. Mr. Blount explained the
provisions of the bill. It appropriated, he
ctntrnl. >~8'i..V.l(i.344. of which It M as estimated
that $< 2,5 iS.aW would be provided by t'ue
department from it* own rovenuo.
50th Day.?The Speaker appointed Representatives
Ermentrout and IJaker to net
as tellers for the House in counting t'io electoral
vote....On motion of Mr. Ccs veil, the
House insisted 01 its amendments to the Direct
Tax bill, anil conference was ordered.
....Mr. Orosvenoroffered a resolution relating
to recent events in the Second Congressional
District of Arkansas which culminated
in the assassination of John M. Clayton,
of that State By a vote of 181 to 8.1
the House decided to consider the contested
election case of Smalls against Elliott, of the
Vllth South Carolina District
51st Day. ?The Smalls-Elliott contest was
further discussed, Mr. Smalls himself speaking....Mr.
Townfhend introduced a bill appropriating
$50,000 for a special display of
the farm products of the United States at
the I'aris Exposition.... Mr. Sayers reported
the General Deficiency bill, which was the
last c;f the regular appropriation bills. It
appropriate-; *14.5fW,HSl A bill was passed
to pay SSOOO to Charles F. Swain, ma-iter of
the l:hik Philena, of New York, for going
to and rescuing shipwrecked seamen from an
uninhabited island near Cape Horn
5.'d Day.?The House resume I the consideration
of the Smalls-Elliott contested election
case, and aftcy.iHon<f debate seated Kllioit
by a vote of l-t:> to ]-(> A bill to
amend the natura nation laws was favorably
reported.... The House then went into
joint session with the Senate for tlia counting
of the electoral votes.
The egg snpp'y for New York city has not
been so large for manv years and prices for
January were lower than they haa been for
twenty saven years during that month.
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SAMOA AND THE SAMOANS.
A Look at the Land and the People
So Much Talked About.
The Interest Which This Country
Has in Samoa.
It is probably safe to say, asserts the San
Francisco Chronicle, that n ine-tenths of the
people of this land are in a state of intense
geographical darkness as to the location of
tho Sarnoan Islands, A good many people
imagine that the islands aro a few hundred
miles west of San Francisco, but lots of other
ordinarily well-informed folks dispute that
statement without, however, being able to
afford any spicific information as to the
location of those little coral-founded mudheaps
over which sc much diplomatic fuss is
being made.
If you drawa circle on a good map ot the
Pacific Ocean and include withiu tho boundaries
of your ring the junctions of the thirteenth
and fourteenth parallels of south latitude
and the one hundred and sixty-nine and
one hundred and seventy-third meridian of
longitude west of Greenwich, you will find
that you have fenced around that portion of
the glo!>e in which Samoa is to De louna.
The little irregular-shuped dots on the surface
of the ocean are the islands over which
not a few people are worrying. Nine of
the islands are inhabited. These are the
prizes. There are a number of smaller
and comparatively value'pss islets, hut
they are rarely heard of. The islands which
make up the Kingdom of Samoa are called
apia harbor from american consulate.
Tutuila, Opolu, Manua, Olosinga, Of'i, Manona.
Anuu, Savaii and A| olima. 0! these
islands hv far the most important is Opolu,
and its great port, Apia, is fnecnpital city of
Samoa. Opola is the second island in size. It
is about thirty-oizht miles Jong and a little
less than eleven miles broad. At Apia is the
seat of government, and within the city
limits are the residences of about all the
foreigners on the island. G rentest in size is
Savaii, being about forty miloj long and
twenty miles broad. The greater portion
of Savaiian surface is occupied by
two mountain ranges of volcanic
origin. In the interior if the island there
are numerous lava beds, and consequently
there is a dearth of animal life. The interest
of the United States, however, is at
present centered principally on the island of
Tutuila, because treaty rights have there
given us possession of the harbor of PagoPago.
The island is fully 17 miles long, and
at its greatest width measures about 5 miles. |
The harbor of Pago-Pngo is on the south side
of the island, and the indentation made by it
almost makes two islands of Tutuila.
NATIVE CHURCH, PAGO-PAGO.
Samoan commerce has decreased somewhat
during the past two years, due to the
great disturbances there, but it is not so
small as some peplc might imagine. In 1SS5
the total amount of trade was $542,612. Of
this Germany secured $281,1)12, the United
States, $14li,0U0,and Great Dritiin the remainder,
$115,(XX). There is no reason why, if free
from internal troubles, the Samoan Islands
should not have a t? ade worth annually fifty
times as much as the foregoing figures. The
soil Is rich and is covered with the most luxuriant
tropical vegetation. Ti e hills are
masses of timber right up to their summits,
most of the tree3 being of valuable varieties.
Fruits such as only the tropics can produce
are everywhere?oranges, bananas,
mulberries, cocoanuts, pineapples, lines, and*
bread fruit. Cottou grows to perfection
there, and sugar cane will prosper wherever
mn^o the* ct.nnlfl
piaill^U* WilCO VUM VW WM-v w?^-s
product.
The Samoans are really a fine-looking
people, especially the men. They are tall,
well-proportioned, muscular and red-beaded,
the latter peculiarity being due to the habit
they have of applying lime to the hair as a
cleanser. Their clothing is generally of the
jeast elaborate description, and in the majority
of cases consists simply of a cloth or
shawl twisted around tho waist and fall in?:
to the knees or thereat touts. This garment;
covers tho elaborate taltooing which is found
on every Samoan, aud which u never
A SAMOAN HUT AT PAGO-PAGO.
seen aVove the waist nor below the knee.
There is but one desiyn and that is followed
strictly in all cases. Samoan lavys against
tattooing are very stringent, and violations
are punislial le l.y imprisonment and a heavy
line, 'lbc chiefs and principal men wear
garlands of Howers around their n< cks and
sorno of tl em indulge in tho additional
adurnment imparted by a head-dress of
loaves, nicinen cus'Iku worn, unu muy uu
as little ns possible. This is probably due to
the fact that there is but little labor needed
to produce suHicicnt on which to live well.
All the labor on the big plantations is done
by slaves, who are imported from the Salomon
Islnuds and Fiji.
The women are small and not bad looking.
Tlioy are generally clad as the men are; but
there are tlireo or four new styles of semiEuropean
costumes us>d by a fow. The women
aro also tattoo*!, but there is less of it
than in the case of the men. Many of the
natives speak English, and they ara all religiously
inclined. Family prayers ar se twice
every day. and Sunday is a day of unbroken
rest. Nothing can lie bought on that day.
The churches aro tilled at every service, and
every one joins heartily in tho services,
which are conducted principally by English
Wosleyan Methodist missionaries. The Sain
oai is are very fond of music, ami they sing
with an enthusiasm that occasionally spoils
the harmony.
The Samoans Have a pecu'iar variety of
what tlioy call dances. Tlic-ro is but little
real dancing, however, for tho performers
are s -ated the creator part of tho time. Eliz^*
both Scott l'arker thus describes
dances she saw on the deck of ajT^Americnn
man-of-war at Apia: ' Tjjc.-ftance is performed
mostly in a sitting posture, and eonsisbMjDjU4*<!ohcervfflile
motions of the head,
bCfciy and arms, tho rear rows furnishing the
music by cla)>piug hands in various measures
and in perfect time. The movements of
the eight dancers were performed with the
utmost precision and grace, and through
it the whole party sang. Many of
their wild melodies aro really beautiful.
Every figure of the dance has its significance.
Some, as loading und firing a gun. sewing,
rowing, were palpable, but the greater part
was unintelligible to us. This performance
continued for aa hour or more, after which
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SAMOAN HOUSE AT TONGA.
some plays were given, always accompanied
by the weird singing and clapping of hands.
One play represented dogs quarreling over a
bone, and the deep growls and snarls of the
men representing the big dogs, as well as tho
sbrill bark of tbe chief's daughter, the little
dog, were very natural, as well as their action.
Ano'kor play represented a mother
moaning over her dead baby. She was
crying with one eye shut, a Samoan
custom, when tho father coming in
discovered tlie misfortune which had. befallen
his house. Thereupon the grief was
even more violent than that of his spouse,
and he indicated that nothing oould solace
him but rum. When he had gained sufficient
control over bis feelings he asked the
mother what was tbe cause of the child's
aeain, ana ner repi.y creuteu great/ mnn- |
ment among the natives. She said it had
died 'waiting for the American man-on-war
to come!' The entertainment finished in a
frenzy of motion, a throwing up of hands,
a whirl of the body, and a hearty peal of
laughter."
The question is frequently asked: "What
interest has tho United States in Samoa:"
The interest is not a small one. Samoa is
almost directly in the course of vessels running
between the Pacific coast and Australia
and Now Zealand. This line of commerce is
growing very rapidly, and its proportions
will soon be immense. Tho United States
needs a port of call and a coaling station in
Samoa, and if the kingdom is in the possession
of one of the great European ]>owors
it would shut American vessels out
in case of hostilities, and thus do irreparable
damage to this country. If the |
Nicaragua canal is completed Samoa will
then be in the direct line of communication !
between Australia and Europe, and this will j
add enormously to the commercial and !
strategical value of the islands. England
does not want them; she has Fiji. Australia,
and New Zealand. The United States does
not want them: it only wants to see them independent:
it onlv asks that Samoan autonomy
be uot disturbed or imperilled.
SA1L0RSENGULFED,
Fifty-two Men Perish in a Collision
off Deachy Head, England.
The three masted iron steamer Glencoe,
bound from Liverpool for London, collided
off Beachy Head, England, with the British
bark Largo Bay. She sank with all on
board.
She carried no passengers, but her crew
numbered lifty-two, including twenty-three
Chinamen, all of whom perished.
Tho force of the collision was so great
that the foremast of the Largo Bay was
pulled out and fell across the deckhouse,
crushing it A wild tempest was raeing at
Mm time*, nnd snow was falling so thicklv
that it was impossible for the lookout on
cither vessel to see the lights of the other until
tne collision was inevitable.
The Largo Bay would also hav? sunk had
she not been provided with water tight sections.
The suddenness of the shock dazed the
crew of the bark. They saw nothing further
of the steamer, but could make out ner crew
struggling in the water. It was, however,
impossible to render them any assistance, all
of the Largo Bay s boats being smashed.
The wind blew with such force that the
sails of the bark were torn to shreds, and a
boy was carried overboard.
A GIANT'S DEATH.
A Well Known Colossus Passes
Quietly Aivay.
Colonel Ruth Goshen, the largest man
Bcrnum ever had on exhibition, died a few
days since at Clyde, N. J., where he has
lived during the winter for the past ten
years.
After an illness of six months he died of
dropsy. During his ilmess ho had four men
in attendance ail the time. It took their
combined strength to move him about in
bed with a block and fall. He stood seven
feet two inches in bis stockings, measured
t?ofcet six inches across the shoulders,
twenty-eight inches through the chest, and
weighed O'W pounds when In health.
From pspers found at Hs bom* he is supposed
to be about seventy years ape, and
was born in Egypt about "the year l8lfl or
15)21.
PROMINENT PEOPLE,
Bismarck is threatened with paralysis.
George Gould is very fond of bicycle
riding.
Geoge W. Cable, the novelist, has six
children.
Cardinal Newman play3 the violin exquisitely.
Joaquin Miller's real name is Cincinnaties
lliner.
Admiral David Porter is writing another
novel.
General Harrison always begins the
day with family prayers.
United States Senator Quay has been
on a fishing trip in Florida.
Prince Alpert Victor of Wales is to
visit the C-ar of Russia in the spring.
Representative Cannon, of Illinois, is
the greatest letter-writer in Congress.
Queen Victoi.ia has just ce'ebrated the
forty-ninth anniversary of her wedding.
Jay Gould's appearance has greatly
changed of late, ana he is becoming rapidly
old and infirm.
John Bright, who is gradually recovering
from a serious illness, has an inordinate
passion for smoking.
James G. Blaine has secured the old
Seward house in Washington ou a ten years1
lease at ?2700 rental.
C.iaklk; B. Holmef, of Chicago, is believed
to control more street car lines and j
iniies than anybody else. I J
Although worth $1.1,000,000. Phil j
ArmoUi-, the Chicago pork packer, works at
his di i: thirteen hours daily. j ;
Although Mrs. B.'aine has turned sixty in ]
years, she is remarkably well preserved and i
does not look to be more than torty.
Eb.vsTcS Wiman, the Staten Island (N.Y.) , i
millionaire, is said to own all the American ]
patents for the slot devices for nickels.
2L Jacques, the unsuccessful candidate in '
Paris against Boulanger, estimates that his . 1
election expenses amounted to ?400,00J. j i
Senator Palmer proves that a man and ]
a Senator may also nave strange pets by \
keeping a tame 'coon in his dining-room.
Dr. Mary Walker, the eccentric advo-; .
cate of the Bloomer costume, has gone into
journal sm, and is officially connected with ;
the Washington Post j (
Harold Marsh Sewall, our Consul- ]
General to Samoa, is a man about thirty |
years of age. who was graduated at Harvard
and later at the Harvard Law School.
Ghooly Khan, the Persian Minister at 1
Washineun. recently appeared at a recep- j
tion wearing white cotton gloves with the !
ends snugly confined to his wrists by rubber '
bunds. | i
Jbs.se D. Abrams, the Dewly appointed j
Comptroller of the Currency, is a native o? | ..
Virginia, Cut for many years has lived in j *
Washington, where for a time he wasinstruc- j 5
tor in a private educational institute. ^
Senator Kenna, of West Virginia, is j
famed all through his State as a hunter '
sportsman. He is passionately lond 6t guu- !
ning and anglingj_?od keeps an "assortment ,
^ftll If'-'1-- r^-fnrtitu; paraphernalia. 1
Pitcher SrAGti.of Yale, will not play ball |
next season unless the success of hi4 coil-ge ;
depends upon his services as a twirler. if he
do?s not p.tch he will preach. In either case i
his delivery will be au important factor.
The new heir of the Austrian Emperor,
b si les being u descendant of the Cu-sars, j
will he King of nine countries, wear eight- ! j
een titles as Duke, one us Archduke, two as :
Grand Luke, four as Murgrave and so cn to
tl.e total uuniler of fifty-lour. j (
Ex-President Woolsey, of Yale, al- j
though nearly four score and cen years of I
age, makes a trip to the New Htven (Conn.) i
1 ostolhce daily, i.ever varying a minute in 1
the time of his going and passing Vhe City J
Hall just as the cIock strikes tf. 1
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i THE ELECTORAL VOTE.
i
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The Ceremony of Counting It
i by Both lionscs of Congress.
The Final Act in the Presidential
Election of 1888.
Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton
have been officially declared President and
Vice-Presidont-elect by both branches of
Congress in joint convention. This being
the first time that the electoral vote was
counted under the new law, it became, therefore,
an occasion of unusual importance and
interest Two hours before the assembling
of Congress the galleries and that portion of
the floor in rear of seats in the ball of the
House of Representatives were crowded
with spectators, a large proportion of whom
were ladies. The first hour in both branches
was occupied with transaction of routine
business, to which but little attention was
paid by the members.
Beside the Speaker's chair was placed one
iwWa n a rvrooi'H in OP Af - i
IA?I kJOUttlWl " uvj ug vtMUiug v* i
fleer of the Senate, was to preside over the
joint assembly, and in thtf area in front of I
the Clerk's desk were placed a number of
richly upholstered chairs and lounges for the
accommodation of the Senators. At* noon
the Speaker's gavel hushed the hum of conversation
and the chaplain made a prayer.
After some routine business by the H< use,
and promptly at 10 o'clock, the Senate was
announced. The procession of Senators was
led by two of the doorkeepers. Then came
venerable Captain Bassett, who has seen
fourteen electoral counts in the CapitoL The
captain carried two boxes of electoral certificates.
Behind him and closely watch.'ng the
boxes came Presiding Officer Ingalls and
General McCook, Secretary of the Senate.
Two-by-two the Senators marched down the
central aisle behind the presiding officer.
When they had taken their seats on the right
ot the Speakers desk. Speaker Carlisle handed
07tr his gavel and chair to Mr. Ingalls, and
took the adjoining chair on the left. The
tollers took their places be ow.
The Representatives remained standing
until the Senators had taken the seats as8
gned them, and then Senator Ingalls called
tie joint assembly to order. Mr. Ingalls
tiensaid:
"This being the day and the hour appointed
for opening the certificates and counting
t'ae votes of Electors for President, the Senate
and House of Representatives have met
together pursuant to law."
Mr. Ingalls then said that unless there was
6ome objection the certificate of the electoral
vote of the State of Alabama would be read.'
lie handed the document to the tellers, who
were sitting in front of the desk. They were
Senators Manderson and Harris and Representatives
Baker and Ermentrout Mr. Manderson
read the certificate, which declared
that ten electoral votes in Alabama had been
cast for Cleveland and Thurman. The whole
document was read. It required fifteen minutes.
Senator Edmunds asked unanimous consent,
which w?s granted, that the entire
reading of each certificate be dispensed with.
Representative Cox made the next interruption
by trying to read a sentence from tne
oWtflPfll count law reauirinz the presiding
officer to ask after the reading of each certificate
if there was any objection. Mr. Ingalls
tried to shut him off, but without sucee38.
The presiding officer did not follow Mr.
Cox's suggestion however.
Things now got somewhat li rely, and Ermeutrout
announced the vote of Florida for
Levi P. Thurraan for Vice-President, whereupon
dignity relaxed, and there whs great
laughter. Ihis seemed to rattle the tellers
and they made several mistaken Senator
Harris announced the votes of Indiana for
Urover Cleveland and had to correct it to
Benjamin Harrison amid confusion and merriment.
The spectators were enjoying things
so loudly that Mr. Ingalls had to ask for order.
The count was completed in due order, and
Harrison and Morton were declared elected
President and Vice-President The vote as
tabulated was as follows:
HARRISON AND MOR- CLEVELAND AND
TON. THCRMAN.
California 8 Alabama 10
Colorado 3 | Arkansas i
Illinois 221 Connecticut. 6
Indiana 15 Delaware S
Iowa 13 Florida * 4
Kansas. U I Georgia 12
Maine 6 Kentucky 13
Ma sachusetts .... 14 ! Louisiana 8
Michigan 13 ; Maryland 8
Minnesota 7jMs8 8sippi 9
Nebraska 5 Missouri 10
Nevada 31 New Jersey. 'J
New York 36 North Carolina... 11
New Hampshire.. 4 South Carolina.... 9
.Ohio 23 Tennessee 12
Oregon 3 Texas.. 13
Pennsylvania .... 3) Virginia.. 12
Rhode Island 4 West Virginia.... t>
Vermont 4
Wisconsin 11
Total 233 T tal 163
Republican majority?'J5.
LATER NEWS,
State officers of the Grand Army of the
Republic were elected in Massachusetts,
Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Rear Admiral S. B. Luce struck his fag
i'rom the masthead of the Ga'ena a few days
ago, at Key West, Fla. He bade official
farewell to officers and crew and sailed on
the steamer Olivette for Tampa, whence he
proceeds to Washington, where he will be retired.
Mr. axd Mrs. Henry WoMAC.of Monroa>
Ga.. have died of hydrophobia caused by a
cat's bite. j
General Alger has bought the Pittsburgh
and Lake Superior Company's iron
mine, at Marquette, Mich., for fS0J,0J0, in- ,
eluding 1800 acres of iron land. <
n ?- - * n-j# 1 - *. T :i *... TT? .
IHK XianK 01 utxuuiii, at uiueri/, to.'
hag suspended payment on account of overdrawn
accounts by stockholders.
Mr?. Hargrove, a wealthy lady of Smyr- |
?a,Ga.,was murdered by unknown parties in
her own home.while she was alone. She was
found by her son horribly mutilated and her <
skull crushed in.
The nomination of Norman J. Colman, of
Missouri, to be Secretary of Agriculture, has
lieeu confirmed by the Senate.
The proceedings of the Senate on the Brit- i
Ish Extradition Treaty have b?3n made pub- !
lie. ]
The Ameer of Afghanistan is circulating a
rumor of approaching war with Russia. It
is alleged that he is beheading thres hundred
persons daily for interfering with frontier ]
:raffic.
The Queen Regent of Spain has received |
Elon. Perry Belmont, the new American
Minister to Madrid, who presented his ere
lentials. Her Majesty cordially welcomed j
tfr. Belmont, who made an appropriate ]
eply.
The biggest and coldest blizzard of the
winter raged in Canada, Snow blockcd the <
trains, telegraph lines were in inextricable
confusion; sleet and wind mido walking i
iangeroua Numerous deaths were reported.
Frequent skirmishes between natives and ;
French troops are reported outslde_of Ilaip- ;
uong Haner and the coast ports of Tonquin, J
China^^A5Tn<T~of 1000 natives recently atIftdceJ
the French and have practically driven
Lhom out of Monkay. In these lights tLive
trench soldiers were killed and five were
ivouuded.
A hand of fifty prominent ladies made ?
crusade on a saloon and Rumbling hou<*> at
i rosser, Ne!>., deniolwhinu the entire establishment.
They annexed the building when
it was crowded, with their aprons full of
lumps of coal, breaking every window-glass
nnd clearing out the establishment. The inmates
scattered in every direction. Soma of
the loungers were husbands of the women.
Whisky and beer f.owed freely into the gut.
ter.
I* 'Michigan last year it cost twentv-sii
cents to produce and m3rkt t a bushel of oati
and nineteen cents to produce and market *
bushel of corn.
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TREASUEE SEEKERS SLAIN, fl
Eiffht. Mexicans Mnrflfired at the
Month of & Gold Mine. M
A dispatch from Cheyenne, Wyoming,
says: A party of eight Mexicans, trading
overland, reached this city six weeks ago. V.^B
They were richly dressed, splendidly outfitte<l
and Lore every evidence of being 7:jBS
aristocrats. Don Miguel Martinez was <;H|
the leader, and gave evasive replies
when questioned concerning the party'*
mission. It was whimpered that they bad
come to look up a cold mine located by H
Spaniards *00 years ago. 1 he men spent
money freelr and gambled heavily. When B9
the party left for the north they were fol- Bp
lowed by a pair of curious cowboys. j^B
"Mexican Monte," a Jocal character, declaredlbe
travelers had informed him they ,
were going for the mysteric us hdden gold * M
and were guided by a chart that had leen
in Don Martinez's family for centuries. The ^^9
party were almost forgotten until George ^H9
Keller returned from the north to
purchase supplies for horse traders. He says
that while chasing some horses the horse
hunters could not resist the temptation ^H|
to look for the abandoned lodes. They
were successful, stumbling upon what
seemed the main shaft They came upon
the bodies of the eight Mexicans fright/ally
u~A ik.u ?
juau^icu x uu vaoifiiijaiio uau iviiuu turu
mine, but Americans were in possession of it
They claimed ownership, and a band to
band struggle ensued. Knives and six* S
shooters were used, and the indications were
tbat three whites bad been killed. Th? H
bodies bad been eaten by wolves. SI
Tbe fight took place on a high canyon*
"Mexican Monte" was enraged over the af?
fair and says tbe Mexicans will corns in I
force to claim their righto.
A SINGULAR FATALITY. ;':|B
A Bar of Soap Wakes a SlnmberlngGeyser?Four
Chinamen Killed.
News has boen received at Cheyenne, Wyoming,
of a most singular fatality by which:
four Chinamen lost their lives. They were la. IB
Canyon City, near the Yellowstone Farft^ |H
and Yi Sing bad established a wash- fl
house in a tent directly over a boiling spring.
He had hot water constantly, and was doing
a good business in the new mining town.
Wednesday he and three other Mongolians,
who came from adjoining camps, celebrated |H
their Chinese New Year. They carried Are- |H
crackers, and made offerings to Joss by get- BH
ting drunk. |H
Yi Sing bad been cautioned about the- K|
boiling spring and told that it might be %.
slumbering geyser. For this reason his wash> HI
ingtubs were put on the other side of the 19
tent so tbat soap might not disturb tbe quiefc
of tbe boiling waters. No one knows just.
how Yi Sing's bar of laundry soap got overturned
into the boiliog spring. It is mora* ' H|
fkan r\?rth?hla fV?of ortmo mianhiovonQ minor- HB
emptied the soap in the slumbering geyser.
Tfaat night there was a sudden spouting of'
boiling water, a tent flying through the air,'- VI
and some piercing yells. The miners rushed flfl
up and found the geyser pouring water' to a. H|
height of over a hundred feet The bodies- flH
of four Chinamen, scalded to death, were- H
found later at some distance from the scenes
The geyrer spouted for three hours and then* VH
subsided.
MUSICAL AND DBAMATIO. j I
Patti gets $GC03 a night I |B
Joseph Jefferson is worth $500,000. ' ! H
Mart Anderson is in her thirtieth year.. H
The Kellogg Opera Company has col? H
lapsed.
Sahasarte, the famous violinist, is coming: HE
to America. 19
Hastreiter is the lion of the operatic- |fl
season in Rome. Verdi
has declined to write an ODera on
the discovery of the new world.
Josef Hofmann, the piano prodigy, is now
studying music with Urban of Berlin.
Modjeska has finally agreed to act tha~ H
leading roles in Booth's support next season.
The Scandinavian drama is growing ill.
popularity iu Germany and German Switz- ^B
erland. m
Janauschik, the German tragedienne,. Hj
has been playing to crowded houses through- ^B
the West. XI
Hans Von Be low, the pianist, will sail. 9|
for Now York in March to make a tour of ^B
the country. B
PniLADEr.rHiAso far this season has proven.
itwlf the best frhown town in this country for- ^B
traveling companies |fl
Ik Henry lrvinjc visits this country again. HI
on a professional tour it will be contrary to* H
his present intentions. BB
Mkp. Langtry's | roduction of "Macbeth" ^b
is meeting w itb much success at the Fifth |H
Avenue Theatre, New York. ^8
A curious feature of the theatres in Mel? ^b
bourne, Australia, is that they are mostly all -^b
equipped with billiard rooms. |B
"The Henrietta," 'Shenandoah," and. Mi
"One of Uur Girls*' have all been arranged. ^B
for Loudon production by Bronson Howard). IB
Emma Nevada, the cantatrice, is shortly B
to dedicate the new Teatro Nevada, which. ^B
has been named in her honor at Rio Janeiro b|
Brazil H
A little American girl, Olive Earclay, Hfl
has attracted attention as a proJig.v in Lon- H
don by the precoc.ouj cleverness of her red- Hj
tations. - .. I- Hj
There will he a Chinese theatre as a part- BR
of the Paris Exposition, with native actors- Qj
p.nd plays. Connected with the theatre will
be a Celestial restaurant. BB
Lee Lamaf, now starring in Eartley HB
Campbell's play''i-ate,''is a Southern actress. Qfl
She is relute l, it issa.d, to the Lees of Virginia
and Justic3 Lamar. Hm
At Hengler's Circus, now exhibiting at H
Covent Garden Theatre, London, an intrepid *
pony descends from the high ieiling to the B9
ring by means of a parachute. 09
Rokina VoK?S,the English comedy queen, EH
is acting in "Ghastly Manor," a burlesque H
melolrama, in which she mimics the gymnastic
death scenes which have become so- IB
common or late. Q
The total number of passengers carried on
Ibe elevated roads during tha second day of
New York's street car strike was G?v500?the
greatest number for a single day. Every car |H
possessed by the company was u<ed, and the H|
trains were run at the shortest possible inter- IB
T H
THE MARKETS. , H
7 NEW tore. fl|
reeves 3 65 (3> 5 03 MB
Milch Cows, com. to good...28 00 @45 00 j SB
halves,common to prime.... 3 23 @ 4 00 HW
Sheeo ? @ 5 BH
Lambs 5 00 (?) 8 50 VR!
Hogs?Live 5 o0 ^ 5 60
Dressed ^l{? 1
Flour?City Mill Extra. 5 ;0 <3 5 35
Patents 5 75 (Q 7 00
Wheat?No. 'i Red. 9Vi? H
Rye?State 5j <g 59 jgfl
Barley?No. 1 .. 81 @ ?5 j ^9
orn?Ungraded Mixed.... 40 <31 45
Uats?>o. 1 White ? @ S9 Bfl
Mixed Western 2.1 @ 33 ^
Hay-No. 1 85 O 90
straw?Long Rye 80 @ HM
r ?rH?Hhr stAAiri ? 10 O.TCo M
butter?Klein Creamery.... Ul (!$ 82
Dairy, fair to good.. IS @ 2>
West. Im. Creamery 10 (g) 21 SH
Factory 12H@ 19 .
Cheese?State Factory 12 @ 12%
Skims?Light W ^B
Western 10 @ 11J? ^B
Eggs?State and Penn 14.'4? ^B
BUFFALO. IB
Jteers?Western 0 25 @ 4 03 91
jheep?Med.umto Gool ... 4 0J @ 5 25 1 IE
Lamos?FnirtoGool 4 00 (cj (i ?0 BH
Hogs?Good t*K hoica Vorka 5 - '? (& a 3D
Flour?Family 5 0J @ 5 25 IH
\\ heat?No. - Northern ? ($1
L orr.?No. 3. Yellow 3fl)? jHj
: ats?So. 2. White ? (<? 32}$ ^B
t'arley?State OS @ TO
Flour?Spring Wheat pat'i. 0 5) @ 7 10 [I
Corn?Steamer Yellow. 47V? MB
Oats?No. 2 White :vv-;($ 3 WM
l ye?State 63 @ 64 H
WATEHTOW.Y (MASS.) CATTL8 HABKSr. ^B
1'eef? Dressed weight. 4 <g> 6*$ H|
Sheep?Live weight 5'i@ 4}? gH
I ambi 5 @ 7 1 QE
flogs?Northern ? (0 5% MB
PHILADELPHIA. SB
lour?Penn. family 4 6 ") @ 4 75 ,
Wheat?No. i.', Red, ret)... 9 93
L'crn?No. 2. Mixed. Feb... 41 ^ 41%' IBM
Oats?Ungraded White Xi @ S3 ^B
Pnr.it e?Knriy H<>?\ <55 ? v8 |
Butter?Creamery Extra... LHl (fa 30 n
,'beese?Fart s>iius C (2 8 ^B
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