Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 6, 1888, Page 11

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, MAY 6. 1888.--§ IXTEEN PAGES. THE SPECULATIVE MARKETS. Bull and Bear Influences Well Bal- anced in the Wheat Pit. FLUCTUATIONS VERY NARROW. . ghorts Still Buying May Corn and Near Deliveries of Oats—Prices Average High in Provi- sions—Quotations, CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET, Telegram to the Bre]—This was the.most uninteresting day the wheas market hi seen for weeks. Fluctuations only attained a range of %c throughout the session and for an hour at a time ) was the extreme variation. The Liverpool quotations for to-day-~‘‘quiet and steady”—would do very wcll for this mar- ket. ‘There were no particularly strong in- fluences cither way, Foreign news was un- important, One pleasant feature for the bulls is the falling off in northwestcrn re- ceipts which is considerable. Nota few of the believers in higher prices think that the next upward impulse will come from a de- cided decrense in receipts at Minneapolis and Duluth. Foreigners are not taking our wheat to any considerable extent, but it appears from the diminished deliveries that we have but little to sell them and the effect upon prices wonid naturally be the same as if there was a better export demand. The most important crop mnews was that from the Missouri state board of agriculture which gives the prospective yield of the state as 14,100,503}bushels. If this is nearly correct it indicates a decrease. of about 18,600,000 bushiels as compared with that of last year’'s crop. People found it difficult to reconcile this with the conditions given of the 187 crop, but a St. Louis dispatch said this should have been 77.5. Other cropnews received to-day was not important, except as confirming previous reports. 'Che volume of business to-day was not large, and very little of it'eame from outside sources. Hutchinson was a buyer carly, but later sold some, and offered more in larger blocks than found buyers, Ream was also selling wheat. However, most traders seemed to be waitin and the government crop report, which w come m‘xt week, is expected to decide in which direction the market must go. Expecta- tion that it will show a considerable falling off in the condition within the past month is encouraging muny holders to *‘hang on’ who would otherwise unload on such a market as this whicli refuses to advance for days at a time, That report alsois a discourager of short selling. July wheat to-day opened at 83%¢c, advanced to 883c, and for more than an hour only fluctuated between 831¢ and 88i¢c, then declined to 831{@S3}ge and closed at 83! June wheat kept just under’ Juiy. It is estimated that next Monday’s visible supply statement will show a decrease in whnut’bf abont 500,000 busheis, The shorts were again active buyers of May corn and the price for that delivery Went up to 58¢ ngain, but dropped 3¢ _before the close. The lougs in that month who are fixing the price, are, toa considerable ex- tent, changing over into July at 2 difference in price. This serves to keep the price of July delivery steady in the face of incrensed receipts present and -prospective. It was said that a considerable amount of short corn which is now being covered is for foreign account. July corn opened at 553¢¢, held between that price and o«'i%l for a long time, declined to and closed at 55c. June corn'opened at 53¢, sold up to 56¢, down to BhLg@hdiie, and closed at 555 There was a very uctive speculative trade in oats, the demand being chiefly from shorts and for near deliveries. The shorts do not 80 much fear of manipulation in this market as they do the effect of manipulation and Possibly much. higher prices. in corn, which would tuke the oats market with it. -May onts opened at 333¢e, sold up to 3417, but late in the session fell to 335¢c and_closed there, June onts opened at d2¥gc, sold up to 33i{c, Qown to and closing at 82c., July oats opened at 325, sold up to 33c, then down to and closed at 52!¢c. August oats sold down from 283c to 2. For September oats 98¢ was askod ut tho openiug and the close was nominal at 273c. ’rovisions ‘again displayed unmistakable strength. The extreme prices obtainea dur- ing the day were not maintained, but the average wus materially higher as a rule than g‘?llnrduy Tn pork an actual advance of 25¢ and in short ribs of 21{@5c was es- tablished. Lard closed unchanged but firm. The buli side was regarded with great favor, with poris ieading in interest, CHICAGO LIVE STOCK. Cmicaco, May 5.—[Special Telegram to the Brp.]—Cartrne—Receipts to-day were small, but the demand was quite as small or smaller. In fact there wos almost no de- mand, orders for the week having been all filled by yesterday., Buyers hud to be conxed to do anything to-day. They figured on the chance of big receipts carly next weelk and so could afford to move slowly. The best prices were about 25¢ higher than on Monday, but sellers haa to take of some- thing to muke clearances to-day. Steers, 1350 w 1500 1bs, $4.25@4.75; 1200 to 1350 1bs, 4.10@4.55; 950't0 1200 bs, &.00@4. tock: ers and feeders, $2.40@3. cows, bulis and mixed, $1.! Wv(mlh bulk, §2.50(w3.10; Texas IleLn\,N. (4,00, Hoas—Business was active to the extent of wrun and prices generally a shade flrmes Best heavy mm-hc‘l £5. 5773 and best mixed $5.6065.65; a few common at £5.50@ B.565; light, §5.45@5.00. Values have ad- vanced 10@ 17 ¢e during the past week, Wise ones ure predicting a big ruu next weok. KFINANCIAL, New York, May 5.—[Special Telegram to the Bre.]—The week in Wall street has been one of activity but uncertainty, coupled with wide fluctuations, The bulls had everything in their power during the opening days. Sen- timeut, which at times like present carries more weight than legitimate fuctors, favored higher prices und advances extending to 41§ points were recorded, Longstocks came out 100 freely and during the closing days sharp reacticns followed that carried prices down below the opening of Monday and instead of showing a guin at the close, as on the pre- ceding wecks, there were losses of @8 points compured with closing figures last Sat- urday. The largest gain was on New Eng- Jand, which was bullooned to 46, but dropped 1o 403¢ on Suturday. Manhattan took one of its periodical spurts, but closed 23c lower. Erie was down 1%, Omaha 11, Burlington 1%, Luckewanns 1%, Reading 3, Oregon Transcontinental 114, St. Puul & Northwest ern 3, Lake Shore 5, The efforts of the security hold- ms of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway to rescuc the property from its present managers ave met by the latter with schemes and devices which make it apparent thut the present bourd of directors is hostile 1o the best interests of the corporation, The company has goneé already through some of the first stages which in the past, in the cases of other Gould-managed propertics, have been preliminary to financial solvency and disaster. The latest move of the directors in cancelling, whlle they had the power, the lease to the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, of the International & Great Northern show already their animus. The battle is a hard one, and the rescuing com- mittee has to coutend with wen whose knowl: acquired through experience, covers all expedients in such cases. The report that Erie was a bad way financially doubt- less originated in their trying to borrow woney in London to provide for its fixed charges, which they will be unable to meet unless business improves, ‘The market to-day was active for Satur- day, with sales of 59,850 sha Room tra- ders were bearish, and despite the fact that Loudor bad buying orders in the markst for 10,900 shares, the feeling was wenk. Com- méck's brokers were sellers, and under the leadership of New Englahd declines of 4 to 1¢ were recorded on nearly all active higher. crease the rescive and £7 500,000 in duymfl\lfl and caceed the shorts to cover before the clgse, and prices rallied slightly. GOVERNHENTS,—Government ponds firm, were TRETERDAY'S QUOTATIONS. 1. 8.48 reglstered. 1 48 bonpon.. « . 4148 registred I(' s Coupon Pacitie bs of o Canada Southern. . Central Pacific Chicago & Alton c.B& veeee [ :1 \Hr‘hl jnn ral Mh\uul 1 Pacific Missouri Pacific. do preferred. 02| MONEY 0X CALL—AL 2 por cent. Prisve MEROANTILE PAPER—5@0 por cent. STERLIGY EXCHANGE—Q with actunl business at $1.8614 for sixty bills; #4.89 for demand ) 0%/ do preferred W, U, Telegraph. PRODUCE MARKETS. Chicago, May 5.—Following are the 2:50 closing prices anur Steady and quiet; winter wheat in_ bbls, $2. r.(umn; bbls, £.70@2.90} u]lrlng wheat, #3.50(04.50; rye flour, in sacks, § in_bbls, ("W .10, Wheat—Ruled quiet and steady most all day; fluctuated within 3¢ of the range. and closed ke belo ash, S13gc; June, uly, 884 Cor f\lfl\l(‘rlml\ active, the fluctuations being within a % @ (c range, closing 1§@3¢ lower than yésterday; cash, 57dc; June, 55 bc; July, Bbice. ats—Eirm and higher, closing with ad- yunce over yestorday; cash, and June, 325¢c; uly, Rye Bar lLy—?‘(’b‘ Se. Prime Timothy—$2.80, Flax-seed . -$1.15. ‘Active and advanced considerably which was lost later; cash, and June, July, $14.2734. —Moderately active and steady: cash, ¢; June, $8.174@17.20; July, 8.224@ Drv Salted Meats—Shoulders, £5. l?fl 003 short clear, $7.05@s.00; short ribs, Butter—Iirm; creamery, 20@35c; dmry 10@23c, Cheese—REasy ; full cream cheddars, 9@10c; flnla, 9@l0cls; young Americas, \0@10Ac. ‘i(l-l‘mn Fresh, 12@12}4; les — Unchanged; gru.-n hldcs 4lc; hcn\'y green salted, 5'(0 {fm green salted, 6c; salted bull, 4'(1. green bull, 8¢e; green salted calf, 8c; dry flint and dry cxm 12@13c; dry salted, 10¢; deacons, 80c cach Tallow— Unchanged ; country, 43{@sc; No. 2,4)4c; cake, l}/[g.n,pu‘ . Receipts, Flour, bbls. 9,000 Wheat bu. .. Corn, bu. Onls, bu. Rye, bu. Barley, bu New York, May heat—-Receints, 18,700; exports, 32,0005 cash very dull, with shippers holding off; options tended Tower and declined ke, closing sbcmlv at near the bottom ; ungraded, ¢ No. 2 red, Mk @%e} in clovator, ! delivored, f5c; 1. 0. b/, nominal; June closing at l|3,‘)-&\!m Corn—Receipts, 11,000; exports, cash mmly and quiet} ungraded, 63@ n clevator; steamer, (66} Ein . 6714c delivered; No. 2, 66@(6{¢ for car lots in elevator, June closiug at 625{c. Oats—Receipts, 50,0005 exports, none: market a shade stroncer; mixed western, @3914}4c; white western, 42@46c. ffee—Spot fair; Rio' quict but firm at $15.00; options a trifie better, but very quie sales, 16,250 bags; May, §12.00; June, #1L. July, $11:00@11.05; August, $10.45@ X cptember, ¥10.10; October, $10.0: Pelroleum—smm‘lv Lun&d clu!ul at s Eugs—Steady butquiet; western, 131¢@Lie. Pork—Quiet and unchanged; mess quoted at §15.00@15.25 for new; $14.25@14.50 for old. Lard—G@7 pomts higher; western steam, spot, quoted at §8.574. Butter—Quict and weak; western, 18@27c. Chicese—ISasicr and dull,’ St. Louis, Muy 5.—Wheat—Steady ; cash, $514(@S5; }ic ; June, Sibge. Corn—Firm; cash, 513 cull, ‘@ Shipments. 13,000 54,000 287,000 141,000 3,000 16,000 nonc; June, 52. Junle, 325 Butter—Firm; creamery, 20@c; Gairy, 18@22. Minneapolis, May 5.--Wheuat-—Receints, 200 cars; shipments, 40 cars. Closing—In store: No. 1 hard, cash, 8 June, 82l4c July, 831ie; No. lnurtln,rn ash. 803g0; May, 80i¢c; June, Slc; July No. 2 northern, Uc; June, 80c; Ju, \ S1c. On track— I\D 1 lmld No.' 1 north , 82¢; No. 2 uorlh(‘rn Flour—Unchanged: patents, in sacks to ship in car lots, $1.20@4.40; in barrels, $4.45 (@4.55. Cincinnati, May No. 2 red, %0@9%0§c. Corn—In good demand and firm; No. 2 mié;t‘d. 6‘;‘,‘/’0. Noi'5 @B ats—Kirmer; No. 2 mixed, c. Rye—REasier; 'No. 2, 2, 69c. Prov:ulonu—l’ork firm at $14.50; stronger at 'ka—Q(.um at $1.00, Kmsns City, May 5.—Whoeat—Steady; No, 2 soft, cash S0c hm 20 offerings, (A)rnfbllonk\r, No.'.: cash, 47¢ bid, 4Sc asked; June, 413¢¢ bid; July, 48¢ bid. Oats—No. 2 20c bid. Liverpool, May 5.—Wheat—Quiet; hold- ers offer frecly. Corn—Firm; demand fair; mixed western, 55 6d per cental, Milwaukee, May b5—Wheat— Steady; cnsh, SUN@S0Xc; June, S05803¢c; July, 81 @82c. Corn—Steady; No. 8, b6c on track. Qats—Firm; No 2 white, sriga Ryo—wealk and lower; No. 1, Gde. parley—Steady; No. 2, T0¢ Provisions—Highor; pork, May, New Orleans, May b.—Corn—Strong and higher; mixed, and white, G6e; yellow, 66@ 07, Oats—Firmer; No. 2, 42@43c. Corn Meal -Steady at §2.85. Hog Products—Firmer but not quotably higher; pork, $14.75; lara, $7.87 Bulk Meats—Shoulders, §6.50; $7.05; clear rib, §7.70. 5.—Wheat—Strong; lard lnug clear, LIVE STOCK. Ohicago, Meay b, reports as follows: Juttle—Receipts, 2,000 murket slow and stockers and feeders, §2 s cows, bulls and Kl‘nixcd, #1.90@3. 'steers, $3.25 (@4 Hogs llmlpu, 6,500; strong and a shade #.40@5.70; heavy, $.55@ #5.:0505.05; skips, #4000 4,000; market steady; 505 shorn, $4.005.90; west- {3 Texans, $4.0066,00; lawbs, The Drovers' Journal shipments, none; D0 4.75; Sheep- wooled, ern, .00 £5.50@7.00, Kansas City, May 5.—Cattle~Receipts, 1,0005 shipments, 500; market ubout steady wood' to choice corn fed, $.25@4.50; com: mon to medium, §5.25@4.00; stockers, §2.00 @2.90; feeding stecrs, $3.00@3.60; cows, $1.80 @3.50. Hogs—~Receipts, 4,000; shipments, none; market strong an, ve to 10¢ higher; good ce, #5.85@h.00; common to medium, 25; skips and pigs, #2.00@4.00. National Stock Yards, Louis, May 5 —Cattle—Req 00; ship- ments, 100; market stronger; choice heavy native steers, $.45@5.00; fair’ to good native steers, Htluu )3 b tehers' steers, medivm ); stockers and feeders, to good, $2.30@d.60; rangers, ordinary 10 good, §2.25(d4.20. Hogs—Receivts, 2,600; shipments, 700 market active and higher: choice heavy aud lul&Iu'ru'wlelu-llul\;, £5.5005.00; packing, medium to prime, $5.30@5.55; light grades, falr 10 bust, 86,1065 40. Wt pendan OMAHA LIVE STOCK. Cattle, Suturday, May 5, 1888, There were not enough vattié here 1o make w very active market, Good wedium weight cattle were in fair request and the market in that class was stronger and in some cases 3 y cattle waero glow @ cattle were about all s0ld before the close. Hogs. The receipts of hogs were fair for the last day of the week. The market was active and the buyers were not long in clearing out the pens The best hoavy hnl’q sold baeloe higher, one load reaching § 1o other grades sold at about steady prices Sheep. There were no fresh recel ts and nothing to make a market. Receipts, Cattle Hogs. Prevailing Pric The following is a table of pricas paid in thismarket for the grades of stock men- tioned, Primesteers, 1300 to 1500 1bs, .84.10 Prime steers, 1100 to ) 1bs. 8.75 Fat little steers, 000 to 1050 1bs, Common to choice cows.... Common to ch Iair to choice light Flair to choice heav Fair to choice mixed ho @435 (@4.10 Iepresentative Sales. OATTLE. 15 western steers. S steers. 43 steers 1steer, 20 %0 4....215 Live Stock Sold. Showingthe nu nbarof haalof stook sold to the leading buyers on the markot to-day. 10GS. Omaha PackingCo. ... Armour & Cudahay P, Co. Swift & Co.. P. Squire & Co. Kingan & Co.. . Wilson & Co. Speculators Stevens, Hamilton & Co. § Dreifis. Al Jackson J. Pepper . Armour & Co. Prices Paid For Hogs. Showing the highest and lowest prices paid for heavy and mixed hogs on this market dur- o past wveck and for the same timo in =l Aprll IS8, T ATFT 1%, e T Sunday & 800 @ 510 370 @380 365 @375 @ 3 65 Sunday _May 1880, B0 o 38 G 300 @370 @53 1 @5 35 510 @ b 40 10 @540 Pork Packing. Special reports to the Cincinnati Price Current show the number of hogs packed from March 1 to date and latest mail dates at the undermentioned places, compared with the correspond] me last year, as follows: Indianapoiis. Cincinnatf Milwaukee, Cleveland. Nebraska City. Sloux City, T . Live Stock Notes, L. A. Combes, Ewing, was in to-day with a load of cattle and hogs. Among the visitors at the yards to-day was Mr. Jarvis, of Jarvis Bros., North Loup, A. Woodhead, Ong, and \Vllllnm McLaugh- lin, of the same place, were in with cattle, A. L. Speerman, the well known uhhlpcr of Springfiold, marketed a load of hogs at $5,40, Swilt & Co. were buyers of hogs on the market to-day for the first time ina long while. Shelton was represented at the yards by George Meisner, who came in with four loads of cattle. J. T, Martin, of the firm of Martin Bros., Chicago, is visiting his brother, J, G. Martin, who has charge of the firm's business at this place. —— OMAHA WHOLESALE MARKETS, Produce, Fruits, Nuts, Ete, Suaturday, May 4. The following quotations are wholesale and not retail. ~ Prices quoted on produce are the rates at which round lots are sold on this market. Fruits or other lines of goods requiring extra labor in packing eannot al- ways be supplied on outside orders at the same prices quoted for the local trade. Rates on flour and féed are jobbers' prices. Prices o gratn ars tose paid by Omaha millers deliverede All quotations on mer- chandise are and are corr cakes, ete Sacturers. To-day wis o regular Saturday market and theve were no changes to note. Vegetables were in demand and sold at quotations, but other prices are given unchanged, Burrer--Fancy creamery roll butter, 20¢, with s6lid packed at 20@2lc oice country butter 10@20¢, common grades 17@I8, inferior stuff 12@lie, according to quality. Eces—Strictly fresh 12@ 121 e, Curese—Full cream, 13@l4c., = StiaWBERRIES—Freshiilorida, 25@30c per x. . TR per doz. Poratogs—Choice home grown, 75@she; Utah and Colorado stock, $1.10@1.25; low grades, b5 tained from leading houses d daily. Prices on crackers, are those glven by leading mani- 2@ PorLtry—No dressed fow! in the mariet; live chickens, $3.75@4.00 per doz; turkeys, sgiic per Ib{ gecso, 8.00s10.00 per doz. NAGE—$2.00@ pAKN—be per 1b. 1088 —Native stock $1.25@1.50, Spanish per box of 5 1bs $1.76@2.00, California onions B (@i per I } —~$3.50@8.75 per box; fancy, $4.00@ Messina, $4.50@5.50 Los Angeler Navals, $£.00; Nuvals, $6.00. Asparaaps—50@00e per doz. Cuevnners—§1.00 per doz for choice, Los Angelos, #3,00@ Riverside Lerrocr—80@40¢ per doz. Criery—Califoriia stock, #1,50 per doz. Kkl‘l-m s—40¢ |ur déz. .00 per bu. per bu. TOMATOES @35 per b, Ping Arrres—$3100@8.50, BAvANAs—Common thédium, $2.5 bunch § choice, 8,068 50. TURNt Rutabagasy s@00c, DAtTes—Persian, 6l;@ic per 1b, Saver Kraut—Choica per bbl, of 82 @5.00; 35 bbl., of 5 M gal. 23,00 per gal. $4.00@4.50; #11.00 per bbl, C Choice Michigan cider, 84.50@6.50 per. bl of 83 gral, € Porcory—Ch v Ib,, other k CARROTS—$ 40(c4de per .x.w Pansxips—New stock, #3.00@8.50 per bbl, Cannacrs—81 per doz. for native stock and 81y (@4c per 1b. for California., " CAULIFLOWER= -Good stock, £2.50(1 dozen. I od stock, $2.60@ beans, & 2.40. Fios Nurs 18¢; almonds, lnrrm_ its, 1 @ rigp corn is quoted at 8@ s 93503 per b, @50 per bbl; new stock per California eako, aw 10¢_per ib. Brazil nuts, inglish wal: talian chestnuts, De per doz. ChEEN ON10N8—IB(@20e per doz. vy UP—$1.25 per gal. per Ib. 5e per bunch. Grocer's List. : ARD—Tierce, 1%c; 401 square cans, 13c. 0-1b round, 73¢c; 20-1b round, Sc; 101b padls, 83¢c 5-1b pails, S3c; S1b pails, 8¢ nups—New Orleans molasses, per bbl., Si@46c per gal. 5 corn syrup, 86c; half bbls,, 88c; 4 unl kegs, $1.55; sorghum, 8Sc. Provisioxs—Hams, 103@109 breakfast bacon, 101¢@11c: bacon sides, 83;@S8e; dry salt, S@S1yc; shoulders, T@ilic; dried beef, 5: Qo in half b, & 10; small in bbls, §6.75: do in half bbl gherlkins, in bbls, £7.75; do 1n mur bbls, $1.40. D Goons--Oystere, standard, per strawberrics, -1b, per case, raspberries, 2-1b, per case, £3.00(@ N Calirbrmin poars, for cse, #4.704.50; ‘peaches, per s, per case, plums, per case, $1.50@1.601 blueberries, per cuse, $2.20@2.40; egg plums, 21b, per case. £2.50; pincapples, 3-1b, per cay £.20@ 1b salmon, per doz, $ 2.1 gooseberrics, per £, string beaus, per case, § beans, per case, £1.00@1.65; 21b marrowfat Poas, $4,50@3 605 S1b Garly Juno peas, per case, §2.85; 8.1b ' tomatoes, £2.40@2.50; 21 corn, & .40 sardines, imported 14, 12@ 503 2-1b Lima N 15¢ per box; domestic i, 64(@0igc; mustard, —30 1b pails, $1.25@L.50. per bbl in car load lots, $1.80, Rore—Soven-sixteenths, 105;@11c. Canny—Mixed, 9@ilc; stick, d@dige. HoLLAND HERRINGS—10@72C per Keg. MarLe SuGAR—Bricks, 12}¢c per 1b; penny cakes, 13@14o per 1b. Broovs—Extra, e, 82.60: parlor_3-ti painted handles, $2.25;° No. 1, §2.00; No. 2, $1.75; heavy stable, §4.00, Starcn—Mirror gloss, 5%c; Graves’ corn, 634c; Oswego gloss, To: Oswego corn, 7e. TEAs—Japuns, Sc: Gunpowder, 20@ 60c; Young Hyson, 22@bsc; Oolong, 20@85e. Powprr AND Snor—Shot, §1.45; buckshot, $1.70; Hazard powder, sam half kops one-fourths L1.50: lusting Kegs, §2 100 ft, 45( Svaar —(.mnulnted. T@7c; conf. A, 65(@ white extra C, 6 (c; extra c uwb ; vellow C, b3@dsge; ecut loaf, 79 @ powdered, T@sie; 3 New Orleans, 5% —Ordinaiy grades, 16@i7c; fair prime, 13@10%c; fancy green and yellow,’ 22@23c; old government Java, 28@ 20c; interior Java, 25@38c; Mocha, 25@30¢; Arbuckle's roastad, 10%ci MeLaughlin's XXXX, 19%c; Diliyorth’s, 103c; ed Cross, 19}g¢; Aluromu, 19%e. vzmr—[‘wo'hoon pails, per doz, -hoop pails, $1.65; No. 1tub, $6.75} Np. 3 tub. $1.75; washboar s, .'yu faney Northorn limcn wash! wis, $2.75; No. 1 assort No. 2 churns, #8.50; No. 3 81.70; spruce, in oo nests, 40¢ per nest. TosAcco—Prug—Lorillard’s Climax, 45c; Splendid, 45¢; Mechanic's Delight, 44c; Leg: gett & Meyer's Star, 45¢; Cornerstone, 39c¢; Brummond's Horsdshoo, 4bo; J. Tor 42 Soris Sponriead, 4oc; “Cut’ Rate, 20e; Tonacdo— Swok1NG—Catlin's Meerschaum, 3le; Cathu's Old Style, 23¢; Piper Heidsick, 84c: Sweet Tip Top, 336; U. N. O, 18c; ed, Wite and Blue, 174, CHACKEIS, CXk 15,137 ro.Prices subject to change. Soda, be; soda (city £00d8)-7e4 sodp snowfluke (in'tins), 100; soda dandy, biée soda wafers (in ting), 10c; soda zephyr, Sci city oyster, Gigc; excelsior, 7c; farina’ oys: cr, 7¢; gem oyster, be; monitor, 7¢; Omaha tyster, 7c; pearl oyster, bei picgic, e snowdrop oyster, ‘c; butter, be; Boston, 8c; Omaha butter, 7e; saw tooth bufter, 657c} cracker meal, bl4c; graham, 8c; rnhum Wafers, 10c; graham wafors iti_pound pack. ages, 123¢c: hard bread, 5o: milk, 7ie; oa t meal, 8¢; oat meal wafers, 10c; oatmeal wa fers in pound packages, 131ge;’ animals, 12¢; Boliver ginger(round),ic; cream,Sc; Cornhill 10c; crackuells, 16c: frosted cream, Sige ginger snaps, Se; gingor, suaps (city), o ome made ginger snaps, in boxes, 13c; home made ginger snaps, (1 b cans) per dozen, §2.50; lemon creams, 8c; pretzels(hand made), 11igc’ assorted cakes and jumbles, 111¢c; as” sorted fingers, 15c; afternoon tea (in tins), por box, §7.00; babana_fingers, Mci butter iumblen ¢; Brunswick, 'brnndy snaps, 15¢; chocolate drops (ncw) ulc choco- late wafers, 15c; Christmas lunch_(in tins), per dozen, $£.50 cocoa taffy snaps, 14c; coffed cake, 12¢; Cuba jumbles, 113¢c; cream puffs, 80c; ogg jumblés, ldc; ginger drops, 1l honey jumbles, 113¢e; jelly fingers, 15¢: jelly wafers, 15c: jelly tart (new), 15¢; lady fing- ers, 18¢; vanilla bar, 14c: vanilla wafers, 1ic; Vienna wafers, 1 dozen packages in o box, per dozen, §2.50. Anpaty packed in cans 1c per Ib advance except snowllake and wafer soda, which are packed only in cans. Soda in 21b and 8-1b paper boxes, ¢c per 1b advance; all other goods 1c per 1h advance. Soda in 1-Ib paper boxes, 1¢ per 1b advance, The 21b boxes are packed in cases holding 18 in case. The 8- 1b boxes are packed in cases holding 1210 a case. The 1-b boxes are packed in casses holding 36 iu & case. One-Ibgraham and oat- meal wafers packed 2 doz in a case. Show tops for boxes, with gluss opening to show goods, 75c. Cans for wafer sodu, &3.00, not returnable, Cans for snowflake soda, £5.00 per doz. Tin cuses with glass face to display the goods, 75¢ each. No charges for packages except for cans aud returnable goods. Glass front tin cans and “snowflake" soda cans ure returnable at prices charged. Dry Goods. Prixts—SoLn CoLors—Atlantic, - 6c; Slater, bige; Berlin oil, 63¢0; Garner oil, 6@ 70, PIND AND Rongs—Richmond, 6igc; Alleny e River Point, be; Steel River 6c; Rich: mond, 6c; Pacifle, Oige. I ; Centur; INDIGO BLUE— , digo blue prints, ul‘;b, Arnold B, § Arnold Clold Seal, 1014c. Ramapo, 434 chond, o5 Windsor, 3 Pacifl , Tides 68fc} Atlantic B, 44, A vora C, 44, be; Crown XXX, 44, Ho sior LL, ‘44, 6o; Tndian Head, 44, Ti40; Lawrence LL, 44, fe; Old Dominion, 44, bige: Popperell, R, 44, T3e; Pepperell, O! -4, 6c: Pepperell, 8.4, 183gc: 21¢; Pepperell, 104, Wachusett, 44, 7 Aurora, R,'44, andard, 9o; Gem, 100; Jl»llm' 1403 “ UAM' 1, !".A Pepperell, 9-4, 28¢; Utiea, O, 44, be i Aurora. 13, 44, G3gc; Beauty, l)l —West Point I’ulhl, 20in. 10 oz, 13 in. 8 oz, 10}4c; West West 'Point, 10 in ) in. 11 0z, 16c. Caledonia XX, Otis, 91c. TUoKY J Mcmurmf, 15¢; Canton, Durham, 27i¢c; Hercules, 15¢; Leaming- 3 Cottswold 24,‘\" Ciasii—Stovens' 13, h‘;:»vuuu' A 8lgc; bleach bleached, 10) MISCELLANEOU plain Holland, 8} lan 0NOm 3 bleached, Te; Tice; l»lehvd B¢ 3 93¢ Stevens' S B T, Table oil i sto 9ige; Dado Holland, jU B BraNkkTs—White, #1,1068.0, uzn 5.00. $1.00@7.50; SHEETING— colored, kely cambric, Xw 00, 91¢c: Best Y : butter cloth, 00, 41¢cr Cabot. 73¢0; Farwell, sho; Fruit of Toom, 95 Frecnp G, 60; Hope, 8 King Puiliv cawliic, 11¢; Lonsdale, 113ge; Lons: dale, 9¢; New York mille, 101¢c; Pepperell, 42:in, 11¢; Pepperell, 46-in., 1%: Pepperell, €4, 16c; Pepperell, 84, 2lc: Pepperell, 94 23c; Pepperell, 104, 230; Canton, 44, S ¢} (mlh{n H (",r Triumph, 6¢; Wamsutta, Blunkott checks, 71 g3 Whitten- York, iige ‘mandi dr Calcutta dress, Whittendon dress, § Renfrew dress, Si@1215e, Ticks—Lewiston, 80-in, York, 82in., Phorndyke OO, e Thorndike Cordis, No Disiss 3 Lewiston, Swift river, ndyke Thorndike ordis, No. 4, 11c o1 Haymaker, Sige; iigo Jufy XX, 12gc; Beaver Creck 4 Beaver Creek 11, Vi 5, 10c. Kaftsman, 200; Goshen, laple |'\. e ¢; G H No. Quechee Anay "X. cont trade _dis- Sige;, Name- i I‘Imd 1 24-in HAF, JRF, %, Corra ¥ count—LL 2150} 80, 10 50 colored, 1961 30, colored, Union Pacific, 18c. O ! No. 10, 814¢ . colored, 10c 250} Bristol, 13} General Markots. FrLoUR AND FeEp—Minnesota patents, $2.45 @2.50 per cwt; Kansas and Missouri _fancy winter patents, 2.50@2.75 per cwt: Nebraska patents, §2.45@2.50 per cwt; rye flour, §2.00 per_cwt: wheat graham, $1.75 per owt: ryo graham, $1.35@1.40 per owt; Now York buck- wheat, §3.50 per ewt; Excelsior, 83,00 per cwt ready raised, £.00 per 100-1b case; cornmeal, yellow, &1.¢ (!Ulul 10 per cwt; white 81.10@1. l-l perewt; bran, $16.00@17.00 per ton; screen- ings, 81350 por ton; sucked, 85c per_ewt: hominy, $3.25 per bbl; chopned feed, $18.00 per ton; chopped corn, $16.50@17.00 per ton. Leatin—Onk _soles, 85@dre; homlock slanghter sole, 21@30c; l\omhwk dry sole, 13 @3c; hemlock kip, 60 & B, Kip, Bo@7se; A. hemloc 5 00 A. hemlock calf, “bae ke, 7 s upper, 19@2dc; English § hemlock grain ummr, 2@Ac; Tampico B. L, Morocco, 2@3: Tuuumn;mrpm 0.1 20@20¢; ' Curacon, B N 0.1, Mo., $2.75@3.00; XM Jkangaroo, 40c; § Simon Dangola kid, 30@@32c; "American calf kid, sen Kids, $3.00 \.';() French glazed kids, Trench calf kids, 200 oak kip $1.00; onk calf skins, $1.0061.55; French calf skins, $1.25@225; Fronch km skins, $1,10@1 5 per doz.; pink cream and white linings, $7.50 }"1“ 5 per doz.; colored toppings, £.00@ 1b,, $2.50; oil pepperment, $3.003 oil ‘intergreen, $2.50; olive oil, Malaga, per gallon, $1.25 WixD0W GLASS—Single, 70 per cent and 5 per cent; double, 70 and 10 per cent, discount. Paints—White lead, pure. 6i¢c; white lead, fancy, Gyge; putty, i bladders, “ge; Paris te, 30 ; common, 2}¢c; red lead, 7c. s—Carbon, 175 degrees, 13c; linseed , 62¢; linséed, raw, 75c; castor, No. 1, 20; 'No. 2, $L13; sperm whale, £1.00} whale water, bleached, S5¢t_fish, banls, 3} neatsfoot, oxtra, 65c; neatsfoot, No. 1, 0c; gusoline, 75 degroes, 15e; W, . Lard, G 0.1 lard, 50c; No. 2 lard, b0@bde; W. Va! zero, 14¢; 'W. Va, summer, 12c; golden No, 1, 40c; golden No 2, 25c; whaie, 20c; naptha, 1'degree, 1c; headlight, 160 degroes, 12c] headlight, 175 degree, 15¢; turpentine, 4Sc; castor, pure, $2.45 per gal. Hinks—Green butchers, 81¢@ic; green cured, Si¢@ilge; dry flint, 003 dry salt, Se green’ salted calf, Ti¢@se} damaged hide two-thirds price; dry saited deacons, 25c cach, Tallow—No, 1" 8ifc; No. 2, 2 Grease—Prime white, 4igc; _vellow, brown, 2¢. Sheep pcluvmuan 00, accord- ing to quality. Branded hides classified as damaged. Seiurs—Cologne spirits 188 proof, $1.14; do 101 proof. §1.17; spirits, sccond quality, 104 proof, §1.16; do'18% proof, £1.13; alcohol 188 proof gper wine gallon, £2. lllul whitkies, £1.25@).50; gin biendod, $1,502. Kentucky bourbons, $2.00(.i: ..u.a,.J and Pennsylvania ryes, $2.00@0.50; Golden Sheaf bourbon and rye Whiskics, §1.50@3.003 brandies, imported, = $5.00@S.00; domestic, $1.80@8.00;_gins, imported, $.00@6.00; do- memc, £1.25@3.00; champagnes, imported, $35.00@83.00; American, per case, $10.60@10.00. i Lumber, DIMENSIONS AND TIMBER. 00 503K 0021 00123 60 %5 00 20 00 21 00122 0022 00 5020 00 21 (023 00753 00 62520 0021 (0024 0024 00 8 5019 6620 50 23 0023 00 BOARDS. . 1 com, s 1 5.818.50 | No. 3 com, s 1 8.£15.50 2com, 818, 17.00 | No. 4 com, s 18, 13.50 FENCING. in12& H 1t, 1ou§,h oo een 810.50 woow TR SIDINGS. A 12, 13 & 16 1£.821.50 20,50 XD PARTITION White l‘mc u.lluu,.... . 2d com ¢ Clear % in Normay 2d com % in T A 6in White Pine. Béin ¢ L (Sel. Fencing) 6 in Drop Siding 50c per M extra. STOCKBOARDS, A12inchs1s Bas 5 c13 D12 ¢ 1 L 14 16, 17 17 12 in Grooved roofing, n p( M ‘more than 12 in Stock Boards same length, 10 in Grooved roofing same price as 12 in Stock Boards. SIIP LAP, Nu l!’l\nn Smld lUlu veeae I\o l O(n,Bin 34, ('lenr,] inade S Bingll A, seloct, Thi o g 134, 2in 828 T 13, 134, 2in s Clear Finish, 1 and 1 tnl r Finish, 13§ and 3 incl Clear Corrugated Ceiling, 4'inch. ., Clear Yellow e Casing and Base. SOUTHERN YELLOW PINE. Star, 4 inch Flooring 18t and 2d clear 4 inch Blooring Clear 5¢ ir Clear % i Clear i5xd, s 8 in well tubing, D & M ai Pickots, D & H'lat XX clear, . .88, *A* Standard. . No.1.,... Real Estate Transfers, Herman Kountze und wife to George O Hussett, lot 1, bik 2, Kountze place, w d.8 K P Bosworth and wife to R 8 Hitelicock, lot 20, blk 11, Hanscom place, w d Jolm Tidemast to D 1 Thomas,n w5 i nw ig 16, 16, 13, q $an "6 ATl i Wit to o A i bun, lots 19 und 20, blk 1, Hawmond & Donuelly's sub, w d J A Linatinn (single) to .J McCarthy, 14 10t 13, bIK 6, Omaha view, W ¢ fenman Kountze aad wite 1o J' B 8o ard, lots 1 and 2, bik b, Kountze place, un-’ w d. 3 . - olot Faulsen and wite' to John Nowlean, undiv 4 lot 13, Lik 12, Patrick’s 2nd aad, w d 0J 13 Diake, 1ot 14 lot il Apthur Eeat (assiinie X 12, *Atbley plac R mmJ u Drake, k 1 qc lmm. B Gaylord and wite e Bown, se g, ne k. 31-15-10 John 1 Storbiteh and wife pt lot 80, 41 Horbaon's 1st Alva E Léavetr aud wife to B Lright, lov & bik *B," Horbacl's sub, i mentleman of German 18t add, w d N Byron Reed Patrick § ot 10 DIk 1, Reeds o add, W d. ik 10, Clifton T W ukey et al to Jacob Wiliiams, Tot 16, Clifton Hill, w d . ndih Michael IV nmnel 1, lot 13, DIk 3, Park Place, w d Alex G Charlton_and wife ¢ ver, 1ot 14, bly 1, Institute Plp John'T Paulsen and wife to man, lot 1, blk 4, Wm Hagedorn's add W Andrew J Staniey and wife ite 830 1t lots 6 and %, Lix 8, Patrick's A oson and wife to Martha lirow n, (8 8 and 4, bIk 8, Pallman place, w d Samu; s and wife to Richard R nilot 4, blk 13 Improv h Hing mprov Ass'n ad 1t fiengen W v na wife to William 'J Panl, 1 120 1t 1ot 1, Sub-div Jot apital add, wd v Rosewater and’ wife to Wm J l‘unl x.n-«.nnd 3 bilk 1, Capitol il nda, wa Andrgw J Stan] % & lots 0 \\mmm Pliarton to ‘Gustay 8P Rosewater d wite to C I Ree 0 %, DIK 13, Patrick's add, a Peter Clinton” wai wits t n % lots 14 and 1%, supplementary add, o Olifrin Toft and wite to John K Tiard lot 7, bik 11, Hanscom piace, w d — —— CHURCH NOTES, At the St. John's Episcopal church, corner of North Sixteenth and Franklin streets, the litany services will be read and holy com- munion at the morning service at 11 o'clock. The hour for evening prayer and sermon is 5. Tho St. Mary's Avenne Congregational church will be ‘supplied to-morrow by Pro- fessors Samuel Ives Curtis and H. M. Scott of Chicago. The pastor will be present and conduct the services. There will be a chorus chior at the 8 o'clock evening service, Rev. A. B.. Penniman, of the Plymouth Congregational church will deliver the fifth sermon of his serics of topics for the tines to-morrow morning, subject ¢Mormonism.” There will be a 1. P. Bliss song se in the evening. The subject for to-morrow morning's ser- mon at the Immanuel Baptist church will be “Bread Upon the Water.” The evening ser- mon will be an address beforo the Y. P. S, C. E. of the church, Bishop O'Connor will confirm a_class at St. Patrick’s church on Castellar streetat 3 o'clock to-morrow. The afternoon gospel temperance meeting of the Y. M. C. A. will be led by Mr. E. T. Dadmun, *the new sccretary of the associa: tion. A new Baptist church has been_organized in the northern part of Omaha. The orggni- zation is the Immanuel Baptist church. )fu:t- ings are held for the present atthe old mis- sion room No. 2409 Saunders street., The new organization was effected on_last Monday evening, at which forty-four present became constituent members, A meting will be held on Monday evening next, May for the election of officers and the ' trans- ction of other important business, The dedication of St. John's collegiate church will take place to-morrow morning at 10 0'clock. Rev. W. J. Harsha, of the First Presby- terian church will preach Sunday night on the topic, *Why Is Not the Gospel as Certain as Science?” This question has been asked him, and he will endeavor to answer it from the.pulpit Sunday night. A good chorus choir will assist with the singing. BiRev. John Gordon, of the Westminster hurch, will take for his subject Sunday evening “'The Royal Library of Nineveh and the Chaldean Account of Genesis.” There will be no services in St. Barnabas’ Free church to-morrow. The Bishop's visit- ation is postponed to Sunday evening, May 13. The bishop will make his annual visit to St. Philip's Free church {coloved) to-morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. The mid week services of St. Andrew’s Mission, Walnut Hill, will be held Thursday evening at the residence of John Epenneter. ‘The subject at the morning services in the Central United Presbyterian church will be “God's Day in the Sanctuary,” and in the evening, *“I'he Great Salvation.” At the Seward Street M. E. church to-mor- row Rev. Charles W. Savidge will have as his subject for his morning discourse, “The Thraldom of Debt.” Sabbath evening, “The Judgment.” The morning theme at the First Baptist church to-morrow will be “Encouraging the Pastor”’; evening theme,‘‘Unshaken Things.’ The Gospel Army, having captured the old Buckingham or Olympic theater, Twelfth street, below Dodge, will hold meetings Sun- day as follows: Hallelujah breakfast, 7 a. m.; holiness meeting, 10 a. m.; soldiers’ and converts’ consecration meeting, 3 p. m.; knee drill, 8:20 p. . galvation meeting, 8 ll. m, Preaching in the mo6rhing at the First Congregational church will be by Rev. Hugh M. Scott, of Chicago. In the evening the ser- mon will be by Prof. S. Ives Curtiss, of Chicago. The Mission of the Good Shepherd—Ser- vices will be held at 4 p. m. to-morrow after- noon in the west room of the Traill building on Lake strect, opposite the Lake Street school, the Rev. C.H. Gardner, dean of Trinity cathedral, in charge, The subject of the morning sermon at the Kountze Memorial Evangelical Lutheran church to-morrow morning will be “Pure and Undefiled Religion.” Evening sermon: “After the Flood—Beginning Anew.” This will be the third in the series of Sunday evening sermons on the general topic, “The History of Man.” The services at All Saints_church to-mor- row, the fifth Sunday after Easter, will be the 'litany and holy communion 11 a. m., evening 4 p. . At the 11 o'clock service the chior witl sing Tours’ communion service in Cand the anthem by the same composer, “iBlassed are They that Dwell in Thy House.'? The 4 oclock service will be especially musi- sal, for the anthem will be sung “*How Lovely areé Thy Dwellngs Fair,” by Spohr, for so- pruna solo and chorus, and " at the offertory the quartette by Tuckerman ‘“Their Sun Shall no More Go Down" for two trebles and two altos. After the service the organist will play several appropriate selections. The subject taken by the revivalist at the First Christian church last night was “Cnrist the Son of Man; or Christ Viewed in Compurison with Earth's Greatest Men," ‘Wesus for centuries,” said the speaker, ‘‘hus been brought under the fierce, bright light of human criticism, and his character is found beyond reproach. He stands four square to all the world, grand, massive and sublime,’ The wonderful character of the child and of the man Jesus, showing that while he was only human in form he was more than hu- man in character, as was revealed in his every act and deed, Rey, J. Arthur Otis, recently licensed by the Omaha_association, will preach at Hill- side church at 10:30 p. m. Rev. Herman Ficke, of Dubuqus, Ia., will speak at 8 p. m, A Kiss in the Dark. Chicago Journal: T have just heard o story about a Dutchman, a pretty young married woman and a kiss, which is amusing at least. It came near break- ing up aboarding house, too, ‘The affarr occurred in a fashionable Cass street boarding house—one of those imposing structures that look like private resid- ences, but are not, There sojourning in this particular caravansary, among the quests, a young married couple and a gentleman of tonic brogue and parcatage. Somewhere in the back regions rooms a pretty servant girl, who u general favorite with the boarders, One night our German fricnd on the stairs, and, promptly her, pressed a passionate— uby J3unting—kiss upon her ps. There was a shriek and struggle, The landlady hastened to the spot. Lights were struck and the extraction was found holding fast o the pretty young wife. When the lights were struck he let go and put in a plea that he thought he had hola of the servant girl of en- gaging wa There was a scusation, EndiF (ook ‘the gaod landlady half an hour to explain and pacify all parties. At last accounts ull was serene—the hushand content, the wife mollified and the isisser quiet. The only one not sat- isficd is the servant girl, who lost her place. The !andlady said the evidence wus against her, Jncob Kendis, Kountze's 4th embraciug SEIZED BV A SAURIAN, A Brave !lulht\r Rescues Her Child From a Terrible Death, An Apopka (Fia.) special to the St Louis Globe says: A family named Lambert, living on LakeApopka, or Tsala lake. o5 it 18 called, report a very thriliing experience at their place the other day. The family is composed of Mr. and Mrs. Lambert and three chil- dren, two boys and a girl baby, the boys being eight and fifteen respectively,and the girl just able to toddle about. The, moved here some two years ago an pre-ompted & homestead on the south side of the lake. The house is bullt about two hundred yards from the lake and on a slight elevation, the land in front sloping down gradually to the water’s edg At the left, off some lit- tle distan is an immense saw-gross pond, Near this Mr. Lambert built an inclosure for his pigs, one side 'm-(n.{ the lu and up to a month ago he had amagnificent lot of porkers, Several weeks since one night he heard a trems endous uproar in his hog pen and hurrying out with his shotgun and lantern, he was ust in time to see one of his fine hogs disappearing in the lake in the mouth of a huge alligator while the scores of balls of fire see glimmerin, in the darkness on the lake showe the presence of others of the saurian’s friends, for, to the average *gator, fresh pork is a luxury he dearly eraves. From that boginning, theirinroads were kept up with great regularity, and though he killed a dozen or more, yet the pork was oo nice for them to relinguish their feeding ground. Lately they have grown so bold as to crawl into his rds in the day time, and the preda< raids of these marauders on hisg hogs and fowls have rendered Mr. Lambert’s life a burden to him. Last Saturday afternoon Mrs, Lams hert, who wasin the back part of the house, was attracted by the screams of her little girl, and her frantic cries of “Mamal” “*Mamal” Hurrying to the front of the house. she could not at first Jocate the little one's where= abouts, but her piercing screams continued, and the almost fran= tic mother soon discovered the flutter or her child’s dress near the lake shore, the palmetto bushes nearly hiding her from view. Snatching” up an ax from the woodpile she flew to the water’s edge, and as she rounded the palmet atch a sight burst upon her that nearl; drove her crazy. On the edge of the bank, with its body half in tho water, was a huge alligator, with its forepaws outstrete ed raising it from the ground, while its tail lashed the water into foams Just in front of it, and clinging to a almetto root with its tiny hands, for Hcm’ life, was thelittle girl, h(‘r dresg bcmp:hdd in the jaws of the ’gator, who was slowly dragging the child to a terrible doom. The ’gator’s dull eyes gleamed with anger, like coals of fire, and when Mrs. Lambert appeared the monster uttered a hoarse bellow and started backward, tearing loose the child’s slight hold. The latter’s in= fantile features were drawn into an agos nized appeal, and as the animal dragged her down she was too completely pars alyzed to even cry out. The peril of her baby banished all fear from Mrs. Lambert, and she rushed up and( struck the saurian over the head th the ax, and, seizing the child with both bands, tried to pull her away. The sharp blade cut into the alligator’s eye, and, mad with the pain, he opened his jaws ‘and half sprang at the woman. his left the child free, and they both fell backward. Mrs. Lambert sald afterward that at this mo- ment she never expected to save her life. As she fell the 'gator swung around his tail with a terrible-sounding whisk, but the fortunate fall of the two plm,ul them outside its deadly sweep. The alligator advanced as fast asit could, with unwieldy waddle, and Mrs. Lambert llllk‘)n!)tud rise apd escapa. Her dress caught on 2 root, and before she could free herself the ‘gator made a snap at her and missed, catching hold of her dress instead. nding that it had secured something, it commenced backing toward the water, draggin along the prostrate woman, who no fully realized her peril, and filled the air with her cries for help. She fran= tically clutched at the roots as she was dragged over them, but her dress was of stout material, and the ’gator’s strength soon overcame her feeble resistunce. Suddenly, with a heavy sinking of the heart, she felt that her foot was in the water, and that,1f no belp came, she was doomed to a terrible death. The horror gave her strength for a moment and she made another frantic effort to free herself, but it was vain, and she felt herself hciug drawn into the water, Snddenly her hands, which were nerv= ously clutching at any and everythin, that seemed to promise a support,passes over the ax hundle. With the swiftness of thought and with superhuman encrgy she seized the helve and scrambled up, how she cannot say. She managed to deal the ’gator a heavy blow with the blade. With rare good fortune it struclk his other eye and crushed intothe head, The maddened and wounded animal opened its jaws with a roar of pain and rage, and Mrs. Lamberts's dress slipped off its huge teeth. Scrambling s she seized her baby girl an Ned wildly to the house, and fell on the porch in dead faint. Her husband, on returning home at night, found her there unconscious, with the child pat- ting her mother’s cheeks and trying to arouse her. Doctors were at once sum= moned, but at last accounts the sorely tried mother was living over again her heroic fight in the fevers’s delirium. The next day Mr. Lambert went to the lnke and at the same spot found out the old 'gator lurking 1n the weeds. As footsteps were heard approaching, he came forth menancingly with a_4: cali- bre Winchester soon placed him hors de combat. The wounds in his head were deep and showed that the mother’s arm was nerved to strikea terrible blow, The little child was not hurt, as the ‘gators teeth caught in its dress. But sses of both the child and Mrs, 't showed the hard usage they were subjected to. This is one of the first cases reported here where a gator has attacked human beings. —— ON DUTY TO STOP A MEETING, Simply AnInnocent Young Man Stand- ing Between An Old Boozer and a Young Gambler. Detroit Free Press: A policeman observed a young man hung(u{; around the door of a wells known gambling house the other evens= ing and felt it his duty to give the kid & little fatherly adyice *Oh, 1 haven't been up there, and don’t intend to go up,” wis tho reply, “But you are hanging around.’ *Yes, but I'm on the watch, There's an old fellow drunk around the corner, There’s a young fellow up-stairs who s going to marry the old fellow’s daughe ter. Neith wants to be seen by the other, and I'm on duty here to prévent ameeting, If they get the old cha loaded into a coupe before the youn, one gets down it will be all right. they don't I've got to be here steer the young one somewhere else. See? I'm simply an innocent youn man standing lu.\wm.n anold boonsru & young gimbler.” X