Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 July 1893 — Page 7

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, "WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 12, 1893-TWELYE PAGES.

STORING THE WHEAT CROP.

OTHER SUBJECT DISCUSSED BY V, THE AGRICULTURAL EDITOR. re for Barbed Wire Experiences with. "Two-Year-OId And FfBi:e Something- About Self Binder The Care of Bees Shrinkage In Stored Wheat UtilUlngr Straw Preserving ESS A "Word Ahönt Tomatoes A Collection of Poaltry 5otes A Budget of Valuable Recipes. At this time the readers of The Sentinel farm department are debating the . Question of storing the new wheat crop or selling: It at the very low prices offeredAs our readers know, we have always advocated the marketing of all farm crops as soon as they are ready, holding that during the last few years those -who have followed this plan have made the most money. Beyond this general rule we have not cared to go, as It is not given to any man to predict prices with any degree of certainty, and the responsibility of advising Is too great to be assumed in usual cases. Even now, with a proposed price of 50 cents a bushel, we shall not urge the infraction of the rule that products should be marketed early, but do want to make some suggestions. One point we regard as settled: "Wheat cannot be raised in any state east of the Mississippi for 50 cents a bushel wl'hout absolute loss to the farmer. It Is very true that occasional fields, yielding from thirty to forty bushels per acre, may seem to afford a little profit, but the rental of such fertile soils should be placed at a high figure, as they would produce large crops of other farm products, and such yields form an exception that affords no guide for future action. A little study of state averages shows that profitable production of wheat at 50 cents a bushel is an impossibility. It is a losing game to raise wheat at this price. If the present crop be sold at present prices, and another be raised for the harvest of 1894, the loss on this crop is a fixture, and chances are taken of a future loes In regard to prices In 1S94 we cannot tell. But it does not appear business-like to sell an article below the cost of production merely to get the money to produce more of the same article. If there is any reason for growing another crop, there is reason for holding this one. If wheat promises to be profitable next year, then it will pay to store fifty-cent wheat. If there is nothing to be gained, then is it not folly to seed more land to wheat? It each one consider the question carefully. But. says some one, this does not help us any in deciding whether to store or to 611 this year's crop. "We think it would do so if all farmers considered their business interests carefully. If there be reason for sowing wheat this fall, then why not store the present crop; and if there be no promise for the future with the present acreage, and farmers so thnk and act, then will a shortened supply help prices and make storing pay. In any event, it appears idle a.nd worse for men to sell an article at a price that does nor cover the cost of production, merely to get the money to enable them to raise nnother crop. Make this crop pay, or else quit. In other words, let us be consistent and business-like. There s another point to be considered. The national adminstration during many years sowed the seed of a panic. Candidly it is doubtful whether the statesmanship of cur president can avert it. The expectation of a panic is a prime cause of the present depressed condition of the wheat market. Banks do not care to loan money to speculators. Such a time is usually a bad time to sell. Some farmers may be compelled to sell, and necessity knows no law. Of such cases we are not speaking. But we do press home this one point: If next year promises no Improvement, so that storing now will only bring loss, then the seeding of land to more wheat appears unbusinesslike. After using our judgment in this matter, let us be consistent. t"e for Barbed "Wire. ' Those who do not like barbed wire fences can offer many valid objections to 'them, but I find it profitable to keep a few reels of wire for special use in making temporary fence, or strengthening an old one. It Is sometimes nearly impossible to keep acolt from breaking down a rail fence by rubbing and pushing against it, or throwing riders. Iast pummer some two-year-olds kept pushing down my fence no matter how solid and high we made it. Within a. few davs after fixing the fence a rider would be gotten off, then another, and soon the fence was low enough to step over. There were no jumpers among the colts, but they they were fast learning to become breachy. I strung one wire along the top of th fence, putting a staple in each top rider. This ended all trouble. The rails could not be moved out of their places, as the wire held them fast, and the barbs kept the colts from pushing and rubbing against the fence. There is no danger in this arrangement, as stock will never run into the wire. I built a low fence around the field of clover in order to pasture some hogs, and it was necessary to turn some colts In for a few weeks. A barbed, wire was strung along the inside corners, fastened to the top of each corner, and the fence, which was about three and one-half feet high, was never bothered. The wire was too low to let them get Into trouble bv getting under it. and they could not push against the rails. I strung the wire very tight so that each top rail was held in place by the staple. This makes a good and cheap temporary fence. All permanent pastures should have a high and solid fence around them. and In a timbered country a staked-and-ridered rail fence is the cheapest. They are not as solid as board fences, and horse that are inclined to be breach v usually find a weak place in them in time, but a single wire, tightly strung, will make them turn any sto-k and will inn hi? mem laat nearjy iwkp as long wunout resetting. OBSERVER. The Care of Herrn. Sometimes a new svarm of bees for some unaccountable reason will after a day or so desert the new hive. "As a remedy for this," says a correspondent of the Germantown Telegraph, "if you will take from some full swarm a card of brood comb and put it In with the new swarm you will not have any trouble of bees leaving a above described, as bees will never desert brood. The ringing ot bells, blowing of horns, banging tin pans ana throwing dirt and sand among swarming bees is of no use. Kit down or stand and watch them, and when you see them begin to settle go and get things ready to put them in their new home. Tour times out of five they will be where an ordinary ladder will reach them. If In a place where they can be shaken Into a bushel basket do It and then empty them In front of their hive, which should be tilted o as to leave an opening at the bottom for them to go in. to, and in the evening following put them on their permanent stand. If you are a little nervous about handling Iwea use a temporary screen of some kind at first, and getting confidence you "will discard it. In handling bees practice and confidence are about air that are necessary. A fancy has got among peo ple that bees hate some persons and like others. But that is only a fallacy. If a person who fancies that bees hate him will keep quiet when one comes buzzing about Ms ears he will soon find that these little friends have no particular spite toward him more than toward other

persons. There are a great many popular fallacies about bees that have no more foundation in fact than, beliefs in ghosts, and, like ghost stories, rest entirely In superstition or ignorance, or both. Self Binder. It would be Interesting to know the amount of wheat that Is added to our supply each year by the use of selfbinders in the place of cradles. The waste from ' the cradle would probably average three pecks or a bushel to the

acre, while the amount left by the bind er is usually too small to compute. It is certainly within the mark to estimate the saving at two-thirds of a bushel per acre. . Estimating our average acreage in the United States at 36.000.000 acres, while we cannot tell what portion of this was cut with binders, it is safe to put it at two-thirds, or 24.0(X,000 acres. Esti mating the saving at two-thirds of a bushel, we have an increase" of 16.0OO.OrtO bushels over the amount cradles would save. These figures are conservative, as many a cradled field has over a bushel left on each acre. The amount of our binder-twine bill is large. Machine agents generally estimate the amount of twine needed per acre at a smaller figure than facts Jus tify. When the wheat is tangled and the straw Is heavy, three pounds of common twine is not an unusual amount to use. The northwestern wheat does not usually have a very heavy straw. and it is probable that two pounds of twine per acre is a fair average for the whole country. If 24.000,000 acres are cut with binders, and the average cost is twenty-five cents per acre, we have a charge of J6.000.000 for twine. I Shrinkage Stored Wheat. ! The Ohio experiment station made some careful experiments with stored wheat, and found that when grain is threshed dry from the field the loss in weight by storage is only 21-3 per cent, on the average. The last weighing was made when the grain had been in bins three years. Another experiment proved that condition of weather affects weight of stored grain. Twenty bags of dry wheat were put in a bin in January, 1892, and left through the extraordinary wet spring and early summer that followed. being rewelghed in July. It was found that the aggregate weight of the twenty bags was a few pounds greater than when stored. One cannot test orn with exactness, as its condition in the fall and that of the cob are so variable. A friend, made a test with -one lot, leaving it in the crib until late spring, and the shrinkage from its weight in the fall was nearly 20 per cent. Alva Agee. Utilising: Straw. That practical farmer, John M. Stahl, says: "Not infrequently there appears in eastern agricultural papers an article or an editorial note scolding western farm ers for their waste of feed, and urging them to utilize completely the hay, straw and fodder produced on their land. Sometimes this advice creeps into western agricultural papers. It is doubtless tendered with the best intentions, but it is not good advice. Farming is a practical business and men engage in it to make money. While other things are to be considered, the chief fact that determines the success or the failure of farming is the amount of money made." So long as the farmer gives' his animals sufficient food fully to satisfy their hunger, he is. generally speaking, under obligation to utilize only so much of the rough feed produced on his farm as he can profitably. It may be that it would be more profitable for him to keep more and better animals and feed to them more of the stover produced on his land. The chances are that the western farmer would make more, money by utilizing more of the rough feed that is so liberally produced in the West; but unless he can do this profitably he should not. generally speaking, do it and it Is certain that the large majority- of western farmers would lose money if they utilized fully the hay, straw and fodder that they produce. "Conditions are somewhat different in the West from what they are at the Bast. Here feed is cheaper and labor is dearer. Tt may be better to waste some feed than to employ more labor, and It may also be belter to waste some feed than to make other changes in' existing conditions. "However, we cannot escape the fact that not a little feed Is wasted uselessly and could r utilized to advantage. The error lies not so much in the 'quantity fed as in the manner of feeding it. This Is particularly true of straw. "It applies more forcibly to straw than to hay or corn fodder. There are other Important uses to which straw may be put on the farm, but feeding it naturally comes first." Preserving; Eggs. We have often given replies to inquiries in regard to how best to preserve eggs, and though many methods are given, yet the following rules will enable one to keep eggs from three to four months if followed: 1. The eggs from hens that are not with males. 2. Keep the eggs on racks, using no packing material. 3. The egs should be turned half over three times a week. 4. Keep them cool, which it the most important of all. 5. Cse only fresh eggs, as one stale eRg may injure the others. Farm and Fireside. A Word A bon Torna toe a. It is always interesting to note the progress of traffic in any line of domestic produce. The tomato has become perhaps the most prominent of any of our side crops. In a comparatively short time it has attained staple commercial importance that Is surprising, and each year adds to its use in fresh condition and also in the immense canning industry which prevails in every section where it is liberally grown. The plant lias been long known, but some time elapsed, however, before its value In the food list was comprehended. For ornamental garden purposes, it was grown in England almost 300 years ago. It was first used as a rood vegetable in Italy; afterward ' France and England realized the excellence of this delicious product. In the old times, in its English home garden life, it was 'called the "love apple," and gray-haired people in this country are not few who can remember v.hen that was the name the tomato vas known by long before it was added to the general bill of fare. For a long period it held certain medicinal tradl tions; In lti29 Its retputation was j re corded as an antidote against heat and thirst in the hot countries where it grew naturally. In this and the old country it was probably first used in a salad way; especially as the production was light. It is only within the past forty or fifty years that it was given a place here among cooked fods, and it obtained a much later Introduction Into the kitchens of England. N. Y. Tribune. Poultry Xotea. Poultry-keeping Is a simple business, Mav be. that is the reason why so many people fail at it. They think it is 0 simple that it will run itself. But it won t. Fourteen hens and one cock make the outside number that should be in any breeding pen. With the large Asiatics this should be reduced to eight hens and one cock. Cleanliness should be the first law of the poultry-keeper at all times and in all places. But if at one time more than another, it Is demanded in the car of the sitting hens. Never give fowls sour or fermented grain or food that is spoiled. This is a direct method of Inducing disease, and in order to have the flock profitable it must be kept healthy. If croup gets among your flock, isolate all the diseased fowls at once. Give soft feed, on which sprinkle a little ground ginger. Then keep them in a warm. dry and comfortabla place. Have a place for the - sitting hens where they can not be bothered by the

other fowls. The attempt to hatch chickens in a nest where other hens are laying is not often successful. Our average annual importation of eggs during recent years amounted to more than $2,000,0O0 in value. To supply this deficit will give occupation and income to many more poultry-keepers. Doctoring sick poultry is at the best an up-hill task. It Is far better and easier, to keep 'them well than to cure them. One of the things to observe at this season is to keep them from taking ; cold. The poultry manure Is valuable for the garden, but Ehould not be applied direct to the crops in a crude state. Mix it with double the bulk, of loamy soil and make fine, breaking up all lumps. When shipping live fowls do not have the coops so large that they can not be easily handled. To do so invites rough usage and breakage. Have them strong but light, also go as to avoid excessive freight charges. Practical Farmer. .One reason why many, people are not successful with incubators, is that they will not take time to learn how to run the machine. They go at it hit or miss, with the incubator full of eggs the first thing, and then get discouraged because they don't all hatch. Valuable Recipes. Gooseberry Pie Put ine pound of sugar to one of .'mit, cook until It begins to Jelly, then spread over rich puff paste already baked, sprinkle the top with powdered sugar. Currant Pudding One pound of ripe currants, a pinch of salt, ten tablespoonfuls of sugar, a cup of flour, four eggs.

a tablespoonful of 6oda, and a tablespoonful of butter. Boil and eat with foaming sauce. Green- Currant Pie Take one pint of green currants, two tablespoonfuls of flour, two of water and a teacup of sugar. Line a pie pan with puff paste, put in the currants, etc., cover and bake twenty minutes. Rich Currant Pie One teacup each of green currants, sugar and sweet cream. mixed. Line a pie pan with crust, beat an egg, stir into the mixture, pour in the pan, lay over bits of butter, cover with an upper crust and bake. Let cool and sprinkle the top with powdered sugar. Gooseberry Jam Pick the gooseberries just as they begin to turn; stem, wash and weigh. To four pounds of fruit add half a teacup of water; boll until soft. and add four pounds of sugar and boll until clear. If packed at the right stage the jam will be amber-colored and firm, and very much nicer than if the fruit is preserved when ripe. Baked Gooseberry Pudding Put some gooseberries into a jar, and put the Jar into boiling water; let it boil until the gooseberries are quite soft; beat them through a coarse sieve, and to every pint of pulp add three well beaten eggs, an ounce and a half of butter, half a pint of bread crumbs and sugar to taste. Put a border of puff paste around a pie dish and put In the mixture after having beaten it well. Bake forty minutes and serve. 'White Cake A very delicate loaf of weilte cake that many prefer to angel food is made in the following way: Work one cupful of butter to a cream and add to it gradually two cupfuls of sugar. When light and creamy add a cupful of milk and two cupfuls of flour that has been sifted three times. Beat vigorously and add gradually the stlfflybeated whites of eleven eggs and one more cupful of sifted flour. Add the eggs and the flour to the batter alternately, and mix gently, but thoroughly. Mix in quickly a teaspoonful of baking powder.- Put the cake in tins and bake three-quarters of an hour in a moderate oven. Iced , Oranges Peel six oranges, carefully removing all the white skin and seeds, and separate into small portions. Whip the white of one egg with three tablespoonfuls of water, then add a dessertspoonful of powdered susrar. Mix these well together and strain through a fine wire sieve into a fiat vessel. Dip the pieces of fruit first into very good sherry, and then into this mixture, and roll carefully in sifted granulated sugar. Place each piece separately on a platter until dry. and arrange tastefully in a gla-ss dish. Remove the seeds by cutting through the portions of fruit in the center, Just deep enough in pinch out the seed without losing much juice; the icing will close the cut. Delicious Red Currant Jam Take the currants at the hight of their season, the finest that can be bad, free vfrom dust, but gathered on a dry day; strip them with great care from the stalks, weigh and put them into a. preserving pan, with three pounds of the best sugar reduced to powder to four pounds of the fruit; stir them gently over a brisk, clear fire, and boil them exactly eight minutes from the first full boll. As the jam is apt to rise over the top of the pan, it is better not to fill it more than two-thirds, and if this precaution should not be sufficient to prevent it. it must be lifted from the fire for an instant. To many tastes a still finer jam than this (which we find sufficiently sweet) may be made with an equal weight of fruit and sugar boiled together for seven minutes. There should be great exactness with respect to the time, as both the flavor and 'brilliant color of the preserve will be injured by longer boiling. French Salad For a salad course at your next luncheon use tomatoes filled with celery mayonnaise. Select toma toes of a medium size that are ripe and firm: cut a thin slice from the top and scoop out carefully part of the seeds and the pulp. Do not brea"f the tomatoes. Fill the cavity with small pieces of the heart of celery mixed with mayonnaise, Serve on lettuce leaves that are crisp and fresh. Tomatoes are also very good served on water cresses, with a French dressing. ' Any cold chicken you may have can be made into a second deli cious course if cut into bits and served in the following way: Chop the chicken moderately fine , and melt an ounce of butter in a saucepan; add to It an ounce of flour and one cupful of rich milk or cream. When the sauce thickens add two hard-boiled eggs chopped very fine, a tabiespoonful of minced parsley, salt and pepper to taste, and, i.istly, the chicken. When well mixed rnd heated In the sauce, dip into sh?'!s. put over the top of each a little of the teaten yolk of eggs and a sprinkling of fine bread crumbs and brown. Fillet of Beef As a fillet of beef with mushroom sauce Is one of the standard" and epicurean dishes that never goes out of fashion, every housewife should know how to prepare one. First, have your butcher remove the skin and fat from the top of the fillet and trim and lard the upper side. In a -baking pan put avbed of seasoning consisting of a small onion, sliced and peeled, a third of a little carrot, a bay leaf and a sprig of celery and a number of strips of pork. Lay the fillet on this foundation, pour In two tablespoonfuls of hot stock and bake half an hour in a hot oven. Easte occasionally with melted butter or stock. To make the sauce add an ounce of butter to the gravy in the pan and when it Is melted add two ounces of flour. When smooth and brown turn in one pint of hot stock and stir until It thickens. Strain thiough cheesecloth, season with a tablespoonful of mushroom catsup, salt and pepper. Garnish the fillet with parsley or jour the sauce around it. It is well before putting the fillet in the oven to cover it with buttered paper and just before it Is taken from the oven remove the paper so that the surface will brown. Stuffed tomatoes and 'the hearts' of lettuce heads make an attractive garnish for a fillet of beef. . An entire fillet or tenderloin is only necessary for a large dinner, as three and a half pounds will serve at least, eight persons. If it is necessary for you to lard meat yourself, select the best salt pork you can get, without any streaks of lean and cut It into even strips that are as thick or thin as you may wish. If broader in one part than in another you will have , trouble in drawing them through the meat. In hot weather it Is well to lay the lardons in a bowl of ice and water, as you are using them. This will make them hard and firm.

THE MARKFT REPORTS.

CHICAGO, July 10. Today provisions and grain were quiet. Wheat closed at a decline of e and corn lost c. Pork is 35c higher and lard and ribs each 7c over 'Saturday's- closing prices. Disappointment over the visible supply statement 'was the chief influence in the wheat pit. Shorts bulged provisions. There was only a slight business in wheat. The rpening was about c lower than Saturday's closing, advanced Mc, then declined c, held steady and the closing price was at inside figures. A reason for the slow trade was that operators were Inclined to wait for the government report. The visible supply showed a decrease of only 497,000 bushels against a decrease of 1,132,000 bushels a year ago. In corn business was largely local. The price was governed by wheat, the re ceipts overrunning, and the fear that the government report would be bearish. Business was largely local, first trades being at e decline and after selling off more raiUed a fraction, ruled easier and at the close had lost 4&c. The feature in oats was the trading in July, which had c fluctuation. The opening was unsettled at Mc decline, and after numerous changes closed at He loss. There were 43,000 hogs received today, where only 28,000 had been looked for. and consequently everyone expected lower prices for the products. Offerings, however, did not come and shorts who stood ready to take them swallowed their disappointment and paid higher prices than on Saturday. The close was at about top prices. Freights steady, lc for wheat and corn to Buffalo. The demand was only fair. Estimated receipts for tomorrow: Wheat, 100 cars; corn. 736 cars; oats, 280 cars; hogs, 20,000. The leading futures ranged as follows: Articles. " Open. High. Low. Close. Wheat. No. 2 July $ 65 $ mi, $ 654 $ eö'i Sept 70 70 704 70". Dec 75i 764 75 75 Corn, No. 2 July 41 41 40 40 Aug 41 41 41 41 Sept 42 42 41 42 Oats, No. 2 July 2 28 2$ 28 Sept 26 26 25 25 Mess PorkJuly 19 65 Sept 20 10 20 45 20 10 20 45 LardJuly lo 17 Sept 10 62 10 70 10 52 10 67 Oct 10 12 10 27 10 12 10 25 Short RibsJuly 925 9 30 523 930 Sept 9 40 9 60 9 37 9 60 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour, unchanged: No. 2 spring wheat, 65c; No. 3 spring wheat, 61f?txie; No. 2 red, 65c; No. 2 corn, 40c; No. 2 oats, 29c: No. 2 white, 3.W34c: No. 3 white. 3133c: No. 2 rye. 50c; No. 1 flax seed, $1.09; prime timothy seed, $1.10; mess pork, per bri, ..19.65' 19.67; lard, per 100 lbs. 110.17?! 10.20; short rib sides (loose). $9. 40-59.42; dry salted shoulders (boxed), W.254i9.75; short ciear sides (boxed),$KV& 10.25: whisky, distillers'finished goods, per gal, $1.12. Articles. Receipts. Shiofs.' Flour, barrels 8,7o fi,nro Wheat, bushels 21,Cn) 3.0X Corn, bushels 214,000 Ktt.000 Oats, bushels 145,000 278,000 Rye. bushels 3,200 Barley, bushels 2.000 On the produce exchange today the butter market was quiet with no special chAnge, Eggs Firm at llc. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Monday Evening, July 10. J. (E. Berry's Chicago advices report: Wheat news this morning was rather more favorable than expected. The Michigan crop report a trifle better than one month ago. Weather generally favorable in this country. Such foreign crop news as came to hand since Saturday read rather more bullish than bearish, and the liberal decrease on ocean passage with lighter India shipments favored the long side. The jruesscrs on the visible decrease were away out of line.j s instead of a two million decrease the Igure.H only showed a half a million. The gaersers on the government figures to be given out this afternoon favor a slightly bullish report. This last feature has been the main element to and In sustaining prices today. The great bear argument Is the Fmnll crease in the visible and over 60,000 bushels here for the week. The market has ruled dull at slightly under Saturday's close, but held well considering the surplus of bearish news. Closing cables show a trifle higher In some cases and a trifle in others. Corn slightly easier, but held up well considering a very bearish government report expected this afternoon. Car lot receipts not so large as many expected and shipments from here very large. The corn traders have been so disappointed in not getting lower prices that they now sell with much caution. Oats easier with some liberal selling for September on anticipation of a bearish government report. Hog receipts so very liberal that a weak provision market was fully expected but the clique manipulators took the offerings and made a strong market for the day for futures, but spot meats nominally unchanged. Wheat Firmer: No. 2 red. 60c bid; No. 3 red. 55c hid; No. 4 red, 60c; rejected, 45ff 60c; unmerchantable, 35&40c. Corn Quiet: No. 1 white, 40c; No. 2 white, 40c: No. 3-white. 39c bid; N . 4 white. SO'ä35c: No. 2 white mixed. 38c: No. 3 white mixed. 37c; No. 4 white mixed. 30 ft 35c; No. 2 yellow, 38c; No. 3 yellow. 37c bid; No. 41 ellow. 30ft 35c; , No. 2 mixed. 3ic; No. 3 mixed, 37c; No." 4 mixed. 30 55c: sound ear, 39c; 40c for yellow. Oats Dull; No. 3 white. 3ic; No. 3, 32 33c; No. 2 mixed, 2Dc; No, 3 mixed, 28c; rejected, 255 30c. ( Bran $11. Hav Choice timothy, $13: No. L fl2.50 bid; No. X 9 50 bid; No. 1 prairie, $7; mixed, IS; clover, 9. Rye No. 2, 52c for car-lots, 45c for wagon rye. Wagon "Wheat &8c. Inspections Wheat, 13 cars; corn, 24 cars. LIVE STOCK MAIIKETS. Union Stock Yards. Indianapolis. Ind., July 10. 1893. Cattle Receipts, none. Market no change. We quote: Export grades. 1,450 to 1,650 lbs.. : 753 5 00 Good to choice shipping, 1,250 to 1.400 lbs 4 25 4 50 Fair to good shipping. 1.000 to 1.200 lbs 3 Tä'-p 4 00 Common steers. 900 to 1.100 lbs... 3 (M& 3 50 Choice feeding steers, 1,000 to 1,200 lbs .....v 4 00CJ4 40 rair to medium steers 850 to L100 lbs 2 75 3 25 Common to good stockers. COO to 8U0 lbs 2 60 2 75 Good to choice heifers 3 Wtti 4 00 Fair to medium heifers 3 25'; 3 50 Common and light heifers 2 tmi 2 75 Good to choice cows 3 OuSp 3 50 ralr to medium cows 2 m'ft 2 7a Common old cows 1 00 2 00 Veal calves 3 00ft) 5 50 Export bulls 3 254 3 60 Good to choice butcher bulls 2 Wve 3 25 Common to fair bulls 1 75W 2 25 Good to choice cows and calves. 2! OO'dSS 05 Common to fair cows and calves. 15 0025 00 Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 40. The sheep and lamb market steady, we quote: Good to choice lambs.. $5 05 25 Fair to good Iambi 4 25-! 4 50 Good to choice sheep 3 2; Fair to good sheep 3.00a3 75 Common sheep .", 2 OOfiS 75 Bucks, per hundred....,...; 1 503 50 Hogs Receipt, l.uw. Market rainy active and lower on heavy, steady for lights. Closed quiet. We quote: Choice heavy and shipping 16 0fM7 20 Heavy and mixed packing 6 OX-iT, 20 Lights 6 0"& 35 Pigs b 00f6 15 Roughs 4 75&5 40 REPRESENTATIVE SALES. No. Average, Price. 8 Ii $4 75 5 210 6 10 16 317. 6 40 60 ., .218 6 05 79 192 6 15 81 190 6 20 69 189 6 30 65 148 6 35 EAST LIBERTY, Pa.. July 10.-Cattle Receipts. 4.00O; shipments, 1.W0; market very oloW; prime, 5.2fi5.40: good, 14.60 4.75; good butcher grade's. $4.2.Vy5.40. Hogs Receipts, 35,000; shipments, 3,000; medium light. J6.30i06.40; heavy, J5.80. Sheep Receipts,. 2.100; shipments. 72.000; market very dull; best grades 15c, common and medium 25c and lambs 25c off from last week's prices. NEW YORK, July 10. Receipt of beeves for two days, 6.261; trade slow but a shade firmer for choice natives; poorest to best

native steers. $4.4065. 40; Texans. $3.u3?3.90;dressed beef. 7fiSc. Receipts of calves for two days. 3.273; dull and c lower; veals, $56: mixed lots, J3.t5(ä5.50: buttermilk calves. $2ft3. Receipts of sheep and lambs for two days. 14.880; sheep, steady and firm; lambs, active and c lower; sheep. $3.50f5.35; lambs. $r6.75: dressed mutton, steady at frlOc: dressd lambs, lower at 912c.

Receipts or nogs ror two aays, ,ue nominally steady at 6.10t?6.75. CRICAGO, July 10.-The Evening Jour nal reports: Cattle Receipts. 1.9X; shipments. .WO; market lO'älSc lower; prime beeves. J1.90fi 6.40; good! Jl.35gl.85; medium, $4.10'ä4.35; common, S3..wi4; 'lexans. .&UT34.ia; stockers, $2.753.25; cows, Jt.10tfj3.25. Hogs Receipts, 44,00i; shipments. 9,W; market opened lOSlSc lower; packers. $6 6.20: prime heavy and butcher weights, $5.5va6.50: light, $U5i;.35. Sheep Receipts. 10.000: shipments. 1,100; market steady to strong; natives. Ji'aS.lO; western, J4ft4.50: Texans, $3.854.50; ewes, $4 'a 4.30; lambs. J:J.506.40. CINCINNATI. July 10. Hogs Easier; J4.50ft8.25; receipts, 3.5iW; shipments. 900. Cattle Strong at 52.o'ra4.o; receipts, l.zw; shipments, 50. Sheep Steady at zz.to'n'o; snipmen is, s.wu; lambs, dull at $Cj6.15. rnODlCE MARKETS. Quotations from Nevr York, Cincinnati and Elsewhere. NEW YORK. July 10. Flour-Receipts, 34.000 packages: exports. 295 barrels, 18,0u0 sacks; Kales, packages; market nrmer; checking business. Corn Meal Quiet and steady. Barley Malt Quiet and steady. Wheat Receipts, 4O2.OÜ0 bu; exports, 394.000 bu; sales. ST5,iMW bu futures. 90.000 bu spot; sxt market moderately active and firm; No. 2 red store and elevator 73 c, afloat 73'T"4c. f. o. b. 73'7 74c: uneraded red. 6vi72c; No. 1 northern. 42?nJc; o. l hard. 78780: No. 2 northern. 71ii71c; No. 2 Milwaukee, 7:"ii72c; options were dull and closed steady at yc decline on increased stocks, foreign selling, large receipts, light decrease in visible, early cables and weaker west, with operators awaiting the government report; July, No. 2 red. 72?,73c closing 72c; Aug., 74ft 74c, closing 74c; Sept., i6 1-l6abc. closing 7c: Oct., 7S&7Sc, closing 7Sc; Dec, $i:i;fiS2e, closing Sl-v,. stocks of grain in store and afloat July 8: Wheat. 9.173,328; corn, 54,0C2; oat. ttö:'..079: rye, y6,348; barley. 4,9t: malt, 26.970; peas, 1.044 bushels. Corn Receipts, 77,K) bushels; exports, 1.400 bushels; sales, 525.000 bushels futures, 179,tx) bushels spot; spots firm and fairly active; No. 2, 48'4'(t4S'4c elevator. 49f?49s;c afloat; ungraded mixed. 4$Wf749c; options were dull, weak and ic lower on easier cables, increase on passage, weaker west, and following wheat: July, 484840, closing 4Sc; Aug., 49a49St,c, closing 49Jic; Sept.. 49E4W60C, closing 49. Oats Receipts, 70,000 bushels; exports, 61,000 bushels; sales. 210,000 bushels futures, 140,000 bushels spot; spots firmer and more active; options fairly active and easier; July, 85 36c, closing 36c; Aug., 33933. closing 33c; Sept.. 31fe'g32c, closing 3ia4c; No. 2 white. 38(ji39c; No. 2 Chicago. 37'4g371ic; No. 3,35ic; mixed western, 363Sc. Hay Steady and in fair demand. Hops Quiet and Steady. Hides Fairly active and steady. Cut Meats Quiet and steady; middles, dull. Lard Firmer and quiet; western steam closed at J10.40 nominal; sales, none; option sales, none; July closed at J10.40; Sept. closed at J10.90. Pork Dull but steady. CINCINNATI. July 10. Flour Steady; fancy, 13.253.40; family, $2.85'a3. WhU In fair demand but lower; No. 2 red, 60c; receipts, 2,9u0; shipments, 1.500. CornFirm; No. 2 mixed, 4iv.c. Oats Dull but steady: No. 2 mixed. 31c. Rye Dull: No. 2, 51c. Pork Steady at $17.50. Lard In moderate demand; barelv steady at J9.50. Bulk Meats Higher at SW.lZi 10.23. Bacon Strong at 111.1211.25. Linseed Oil Quiet at 47c. Whisky Steady and in moderate demand: sales of 471 brls at $1.12. Butter Stronger; Elgin, 22c; prime to choice, IS 20c. Sugar Firm. Eggs Weak at 11c Cheese Stronger. WHOLESALE MARKETS. Provisions. . SMOKED MEATS. Sugar-cured hams Reil- Indlable, ana. 20 lb saverage 13 13 18 lbs average 14'i 13 15 lbs average U 12Vt lbs average 131 13', 10 lbs average 14' Reliable" brandBlock hams 144 Block hams. "Indiana" brand 13 Breakfast bacon clear English cured "Reliable" brand 134 English cured, Morgan & Gray 13Va Choice sugar-cured'Torter" brand, 7 to 9 lbs average 13' 10 to 12 lbs average 13 Breakfast rolls, boneless 12'fc Boneless ham Sugar-cured, Tellab?e" 13 California hams Sugar-cured, "reliable," 10 to 12 lbs 104 Bacon Clear sides, 40 to 50 lbs average 13Ji Clear sides. 30 to 40 lbs average 32l; Clear sides. 20 to 30 lbs average 124 Clear bellies, 18 to 20 lbs average 12 Clear bellies, 12 to 15 lbs average i2si Clear backs, heavy. 20 to 30 lb average. 114 Clear backs, medium, 20 to 15 lb average 12 Clear backs, light. 8 lbs average 12'4 French backs. 12 lbs average 10 DRY SALT MEATS. Clear sides. 40 to 30 lb average 10"i Clear sids, 30 to 40 lbs average II Clear sides. 20 to 30 lb average HH Clear bellies. 18 to 22 lb average 114 Clear bellies, 14 lb average II7 Clear backs, heaw. "0 to. .If! lh nveratre 1(V French backs, 12 lb avemge STi Shoulders English cured shoulders, "reliable" brand, lt lbs average 104 12 lb average Morgan . Gray, 16 lb average 10'i Morgan fe Gray, 12 lb average 104 Dried beef "Reliable" ham. Inside pieces and knuckles 14 Special selection of knuckle pieces or Inside pieces, ic advance. "Morgan & Gray" ham. outside only.... 94 PICKLED PORK. Bean pork (clear) per brl 200 lbs $21 00 Hean pork (clear) "Indiana" 19 50 Fahily pork 18 00 Rump pork 17 50 Also half brls. 100 lbs. at half the price of the barrel, adding &0c to cover addtlonal cost of package. I.ard Kettle rendered, in tierces, 11c; "Reliable" brand. 104c: "Indiana" brand, lOc; also In tubs, 55 lbs net, JgC over tierces; buckets, 20 lbs net, 4c over tierces. , Cans-k;ross weights 50 lbs. In single cases or cases of 2 cans, ic advance on price of tierces. 20 lbs in case of 4 cans, c advance on price of tierces. 10 lbs in case of 6 cans, advance on on price of tierces. 5 lbs in case of 12 cans, c advance on price of tierces. 3 lbs in case of 20 cans, le advance oa price of tierces. FRESH PORK. Loins (short cut), 14 to 20 lbs, 9c; (short cut) 13 lbs and under, IO74C. Cottage hams 10 Boston shoulders (skinned) 8 Ham buts or pork roast 8 Tenderloins 11 Spare ribs 6 Trimmings 54 Sausage, etc FreBh pork sausage, in link 8 Fresh pork sausage, in bulk, 20 lb pails 74 Smoked pork sausage 94 Bologna Cloth. 6c; skin, 6a Wienerwurst 94c. Spiced boneless pigs feet in t lb crocks, ard Oil 75c per gal. The Moore packing company quotes: Sugar-cured hams 18 to 20 lbs average, "Moore," 14c; "Empire." 134c. California hams IB; Boneless ham 14 Shoulders "Moors." "Empire." English cured, broad cut, H lbs average 10 104 English cured, broad cut, U lbs average 11 10s; BaconClear sides. 20 to 34 lbs average 124 Clear bellies, 18 to 22 lbs average 13 Clear backs, 16 to 18 lbs average 124 Lard Fine leaf. "Moore packing company's kettle rendered, in tierces lO3 Choice pure, Spencer packing company's, in tierces 1014 ed. Dealers' prices In seeds are as follows: Per Bushel. Clover, medium, recleaned, fair to good $6 06tf7 30 Clover, medium, recleaned. prime.. 7 55 6 95 Clover.mammoth, recleaned, prime 7 Oö-siS 0") Millet, German 8.V;il 10 Millet, common 70 Millet. Hungarian 1 00Ö1 25 Timothy, prime to strictly prims.. 2 00 Timothy, recleaned, choice 2 15 Blue grass, fancy 1 26 Orchard grass, prime 1 50 Red top 50-ft 75 English blue grass 1 651 75 Iron and Haruwnre. Bar iron, $l.S01il.9U, base- wrought charcoal bar, $2.90413.00 base. Horseshoes. Burden's $4.15; Perkins', $4.15; mule shoes, $5.25; cut-nail rate for 60s steel nails. $1.60; horse, $4.31X35 per box; wire nails, rate, $1.75. Steel Plow, open hearth. p r lb, 3c; spring, orPIow, open hearth, per pound 3c; spring, ordinary siees, per lb.4o; tire. 3-13 1. thick, per lb, 3Vc; 4 in. and heavier, per lb, 3c; to calk, assorted sires, per lb, 4c, best qual

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hlnery. round only, tmooin nntsn. per 10. ates. 3Uc. Barb wire Galvanized. $3.85; plain annealed fence wire, $2.00; galvanizeo, 50c advance: 10. 11 and 12 sizes, the regular advances. Ammunition Rim lire cartridges, 25 and 3: & B. caps, round, per m. $1.80; B. r. caps, conical, per m. ow, nii. v. -. B. caps, conical, per m, $2.05; G. D. caps, per m. 30c; Kick's C F., per m. 40c; Eley's E. B. imported, per m. 60c; musket caps. er m. sue: Harara s sporting powaer. per ear 13.75: do do half keg. $3; do do quarter keg. $1.25; loaded paper shells, discount, 40 aid 10. Groceries. Trade steady. Canned Goods Blaskberries. 2 lb. 90c; cove oysters, 1 lb, full weight. $1; 1 lb, light weight, 75c: 2 lb. full weight. $1.902; light weight. $1.20tl.30; peaches, standard. 3 lb, $2.5032.75; seconds. 3 lb, Jl.801.90; pie, $1.30; rinei pnle. standard. 2 lb. $1.4Val.75; seconds. 3 lb, $11.10; string beans. 80ry0c; salmon, 1 lb, il.vY'iZ; pineapples, Haiiama, $2.0'ri2.; peas, sifted. Jl.851i2.25: early June. J1.15 1.25; marrow, $11.25; soaked. 75 85c; tomatoes, 2 lb. $1.25&1.35; corn, standard, $1.15 1.25; cream, $1.35Q1.60. Spice Pepper. 15c; aUaplce, 121515c: cloves, 20üj25c; cassia, 104il2c; nutmeg. 2iS5c. Sugar Hard, CU'aöc; confectioners. A, 5'64c: off A. 5Vj6c,- white extra C. 6c; extra C, öVöc; good yellow, 44&5c; fair yellow. 4c; yellow 4Vs'5i434c. Starch Refined pea-rl. 3l4fe34c per lb; champion gloss, one and three-pound packages. S'aihc; champion gloss, lump. 3g4c; one and three-pound packages, 55ic; improved corn. 6thVic. Molasses-New Orleans, 3ftg40c; fair, 40c; choice, 42"(i48c. Salt In car lots, 95c; in small Jots, $1. Coffee Common to good, 20-&21C; prime to choice, 2a 25c; fancy. 26427c; golden Rio, 27ViSi29c; Java, 2930 c: Banner packages, 24'-4c; Arbuckle's, 243ic; Lion. 2ic; Jersey, 2ic Miscellaneous Rice, Louisiana, 3s4'64c; coal oil, 6410Uc; beans, navy, $2-25; medium, $2.20; marrowfat, $2.7503. Frnita and Vegetables. New Onions $3.50 per prL Potatoes $1.10 per bu. Cucumbers 25c per doz. Beans Marrowfats, 75C3S1 per bu. Oranges California riversides, $3; California navals, $4: Messina, $3.50; mountain seedlings, J3ra3.50. Apples New. 50c 1-3 bu box. Cabbage $2.25. Onions 5c per dozen. Ktrnwhrrin 13 Fifl- hnme o-r-own ? ffS 5ft f Cherries $22.50 pr 24 quarts. Raspberries $2. 753 per 24 nuarts. Peaches 73c 1-3 bu. Tomatoes $1.25 per crate. Green Peas $1 per bu. Watermelons $251130 per hundred. Sweet Corn $2 per brl. Lemons Fancy. $5: choice, $4. Bananas Fancy. $1.50S2.25 per bunch. Pop Corn Pearl. 3c; r.ce. 3c. Cocoanuts $5 per hundred. New Honey 2h:. Green Beans 75c per bu. New Potatoes $2.502.73 per brl; new sweet potatoes, $4.50 per brl. Hides. Leather, Tallpw and Pelts. Grease Brown, 4c; yellow, 44c; white. 6c Tallow No. 1. 4c; No. 2, 34c. Hides Market sluggish and weak; No. 1, cured, 4c; No. 2. cured. 3c; No. 1, green, 3V4c; No. 2, green, 24c Leather Oak sole. 2330c; hemlock soles. 23g2Sc; harness. 25ig31c; skirting, 34&35c; black bridle, per doz, $6(KTS5; fair bridle, $60 tfr65 per doz; city kip. $5orgS5; French kip. 75C5$1.05; city calf skins, 75c$l; French calf skins. $101.70. Sheep Shearing. 2030c; lambs, 4075c Poaltry and Prod ace. Eggs 12c. Butter li-SlSc; poor. 8?T10e. Feathers Prime geese, S0j35c per lb; duck. 20f'25c. Poultry Hens. 84c; chickens. 14 lbs. 193. 10'jal2s; roosters, 4c; turkey, hens, 9c; torn, 8c; old torn, 6c; ducks, 5c; geese, $44.80. Wool. Unwashed medium wool. 17c, unwashed coarse or braid. 14til6c; unwashed fine merino, 1216c; tub washed. 2025c. QUET 1 HOXOLlLf. An Expedition to be Made Against the Lepers. HONOLULU. July 1., Via Victoria. B. C Notwithstanding the talk of treason and assassinations and trial of conspirators, political peace and' quiet reigns in Honolulu. The preliminary examination of the alleged conspirators, Walker, Crick and Sinclair, has been finished, and Judge Caver has reserved his decision until July 3. when he will hold the men for trial before a higher court. In' conversation with President Dqle and later with Attorney-General Smith it was learned that the provisional government intends to follow a waiting policy in imitation of President Cleveland. Sheriff Stoltz, who was shot by the lepers of Kalalau, was buried here June 29. The government dispatched a company of regular troops and police, amounting to about eighty men, with one Krupp field piece by steamer on June SO. Martial law has been proclaimed in the districts where the lepers are. Instructions have been issued to the commander of the expedition to remove the twenty-five lepers terrorizing Kauai lepers' settlement at Molokal at all hazards. They are to be taken dead or alive. The lepers have secured arms and a battle is not unlikely. The expedition will land from the sea and from a camp at the mouth of Rock Bound valley, in which the lepers are hiding. There the difficulty will begin, as the lepers must be dislodged from caves and dense woods. These lepers have defied the government for the past ten years. It is feared here that should the lepers resist and be shot as it seems probable they will. the action of the government at the present time will turn the natives more against it than anything that has yet occurred. TUB APPEAL NOT IX V I I X. Financial Aid for the Survivor of tlie Cyclone. FORT DODGE, la., July 10. The appeal for financial aid made by Governor Boies for suffering survivors of the Pomeroy cyclone Is meeting with fair response from all parts of the state and already $2,000 have been received by the relief committee. This city will send $500 and the county the same tomorrow. The Injured are having good care from physicians and nurses, but many things are needed for their comfort. Clothing of all kinds cannot be sent in too great abundance. Food for the sick will also be a daily recurring want for many weeks to come. .Owing to the severe nature of the injuries which most of the people have sustained, weeks and even months must supervene before they can care for themselves. Many will die soon. Some will linger in anguish for weeks and will Ixs hopelessly crippled for life. Another Convict Kseaie. JEFFERSON viLLE. juiy io. Special. Samuel Ketcherson, noted as a desperate convict In the prison south, tonight made his escape by scaling the wall. Ketcherson is a life-time prisoner, he having been sent from Orange county for killing in cold blood a farmer. So daring is the man that he made several previous attempts to escape. He was successful a year ago by scaling the south wall and upon going a short distance from the prison he overpowered a boy in charge of a horse and wagon, which he drove off, and was subsequently captured at Edwardsville. He Is twenty-four years old, five feet high, has a light complexion, brown eyes and dark hair. He Is married and educated. Died at Ills Dinner Table. GREENSBURO, July 10. Special. Today George Glllaln of this city ate dinner with his family and it was a hearty meal. He died in his chair before leaving the table. He had been sick for some time of consumption. ; An Early Settler Dead. COLUMBUS. July 10. Special. Mrs. Eliza Everoad died last evening at her home In this city, aged eighty-five years. The deceased was one of the oldest inhabitants of the county and was highlyrespected by alL

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Ponte from Colorado Heartlessly Beaten By Their Keepers. GREENSBURO, July lO.-j-Sjteclal. The mcst shocking case of cruelty to animals ever witnessed in this city was shown upon the public square on Saturday evening. A large drove of Colorado ponies had been offered at public "auction and several purchases had been made by farmers in this vicinity. When the ponies were haltered to be taken horn they showed a disposition to be fractious, having never been bridled. Two of them, which had been purchased by John Martin of Westport for $102, were brought into town, and when on the east side of the public square they became stubborn. The cowboys in charge of them threw the ponies several times on the hard paved streets and beat them over the heads until the poor animals were nearly dead. Citizens expostulated and threatened, but the cowboys declared that was the only way to break the will of the animals. Later the ponies were taken to a livery stable and yesterday morning one of them died. The animal was a sight to behold. Its head was swollen to an enormous size, its body was raw in several places and altogether it was a pitiable object. Martin, who, it is said, gave his consent to the cowboys to beat the horses, has Invoked the aid of the sheriff to get his money back. .The cowboys, with the remainder of the drove of horses, have gone to Rushville. OSK 3IORE I XFOKTLXATE. A Yoanff Mother's Plan to Get Hid of an I u welcome Child. NOBLES VILLE, July 10. Special. This morning at an early hour a newlyborn bright-eyed, chubby-faced twelvepound baby boy was found in the vault on the lot of Jacob Thompson. It was removed as quickly as possible from Its bed of filth and cleaned. Sheriff Philip Rhoades had but littla difficulty in locating the mother, who says her name is Mrs. Etta Heyluram. The unnatural parent was seen in the county jail this morning by a St-ntlnel reporter. She admitted to throwing her child Into the vault, but would assign no reason for wanting to murder the Innocent one. She further stated that her husband was working at El wood; that they had separated and she had not seen him for six months or longer. She traces the author of her ruin to the door of a man named Allen, now residing in Tipton. The fair prisoner i.-- twenty-four years of age, rather good looking and has been working as a domestic in some of the best families in the city during the past four months, ohe came from Tipton to this cRy early in the spring. A STALLIUX OX TUB It AM PA KB. Skipping Through 1 uncle and Una. nil. if Over People. MUNCIE. July 10. Special. A great deal of excitement was cau-d on the streets of Muncie today by a runaway stallion which dashed down Walnut, the principal business street of the cly. Gifton, the handsome black animal owned by David L. Baker, was the horse. He was attached to a cart and collided with a half d'ozen buggies, a street car and run over a couple of people. Edward Manning, a boy, was knocked down and badly injured. The horse jumped around in the vicinity of the depot, twice crossing the high platform with the vehicle still attached to him. Two years ago the horse took the same route on a runaway expedition, traveling a mile west of the city on the Big Four railway track. After making a circuit of about four miles he returned in safety to the fair ground from where he started. The animal is very spirited. It Is a miracle how he and the vehicle could escape from such escapades as those two uninsured. Tussle with a Hnrslnr. KXIGHTSTOWN, July 10. SpecialLast night R. T. Overman's residence was entered. Mr. Overman was awakened about 3 o'clock to find a man in his room in the act of rifling his clothing. He sprang out and grabbed the intruder and a lively tussle ensued. However, with the aid of his wife, he succeeded in overpowering him. but not until the burglar had inflicted an ugly wound ii his forel ead w ith a chisel. By this tin neighbors began to arrive, and the man was taken down and lodged in the lockup. He was arraigned before a justice of the jvjace this morning and bound over to await the action of the grand jury. He gave his name as John Sims, and his residence as Richmond. A watch and $20 in money were found on his person. He was taken to the New Castle jail. A City Marshal Beaten I p. NORTH VERNON. July 10. SjHcia!. Sunday City Marshal Newby of this city went to Scipio to arrest William I Wine, charged with larceny. Devine resisted and was assisted by three friends. The marshal was quickly relieved of his club and revolver, and a young Son of Devine beat the marshal with his own club, inflicting severe wounds about the head and face. Devine attempted to shoot the marshal. Newby. though severely beaten about the head and face, is not dangerously hurt. A Reception to I lie Governor. - JEFFERSONVILLE. July 10. Special. A reception tonight tendered to Governor Matthews by Warden James B. Patten of the prison south, was quite a pleasant social event. A large number of prominent citizens of this city. Louisville and New Albany were present and paid respects to the chief executive. The board of directors will tomorrow elect a chaplain and physician. It is said that the Rev. W. H. Strouse of Washington and Dr. D. C. Teyton of this city are sure winners. K severe Storm in Porter. VALPARAISO, July 10. Special. Last evening about 7 o'clock a terrific wind and rain storm visited this city, doing a great deal of damage. Many trees and buildings were blown down ar.d several business houses were flooded vith water. In the north part of the bounty the storm, was unusually severe. A farmer near Salt creek was fatally injured by a falling building. Mrs. Alice Barke, nee Steele, formerly of Greenville, near New Albany, died at Pittsburg Saturday. Her remains will be buried at Greenville. IN THE MATTER OP THE rETTTION of Frank V. Wadsworth et aL for drainage. No. 65Ti0. Notice is herd.v given that from this date until the 2Sth day of July. 13. the undersigned drainage commissioner, to whom has been assigned the construction of the ditch (drain) described in the report fcf the drainage commissioners in said matter, will receive bids for the construction of said ditch (drain), at the Castleton postoftlce. Said work has been divide! into stations of one hundred feet in length, and bids for constructing said ditch (drain), or any part of it. must be by stations. A computation of the number of cubic vards of excavation in each of said stations has been made and Vlll be furnished to any person Interested or bidding on sail work. Said contract will be Ut to the lowest and best bidder by stations. Any person to whom a contract Is let will be required to enter Into a written contract and give bond, with surety, for the performance of the work, and that be will pav all damages occasioned, by his non-fulfillment of the contract. The risht to reject anv and all bids Is reservedf SAMl'EL T. 1 1 AO I ' K, Drainage Commissioner. Dated, this 10th day of July, lsji.