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Thxbz is a good prospect for a row over
the Republican - Congressional nomination
in tbe Second Wisconsin district. The dis
trict is a close one, Caswell's majority two
years ago being but 278. A Democrat may
succeed in slipping in on account of the
quarrel. _ _^______^_
The Farmers' Board of Trade did a sen
sible thing yesterday in selecting Hon. Geo.
Giles as secretary. The previous seoretary was
a tool of the Minneapolis Millers' associa
tion, and possibly, a paid agent for that or
ganization. The change is one that is good
for the board and public.
Arkansas is solid for the Democratic State
ticket by about forty-five thousand majority,
and Vermont is solid by nearly twenty thoa
and for the Republican State ticket. One
party can therefore crow as loudly and with
as good reason as the other, but there is,
after all, no great occasion for exaltation on
either side.
Grist didn't draw well at the Wisconsin
State pumpkin show at Madison on Tues
day. As he is not a candidate for the Presi
dency tie political managers didn't deem it
worth while to work up "spontaneous en
thusiasm" in his behalf and less than two
thousand persons were present to see him
and tbe other prize cattle.
Washbubnb's friends at Chicago are mak
ing Herculean efforts to secure bis nomina
tion for Congress from the Third district of
that oity. Elibu has been bo long out of
office nearly two years— that he is getting
lonesome and poor. He wants to get baok
into the old atmosphere and get his hands
once more into the public crib. A Wash
borne without an office is the unhappiest
mortal on the face of the globe.
Fob the first time since the original ex
posures were made' the Republican papers
are taunting Forney with that twenty- five
thousand dollar Paciflo Mail bribe. They
seem to forget that when Forney fell he was
a staunch Republican, and that as long as
he remained a . Democrat his honesty was
never impugned. - Evil communications
corrupt good manners, and there ' was never
a better illustration of the fact than in For
ney's case. Now that he has returned to the
Democratic . party we may hope for better
things from him.
Ix is stated on what is deemed to be good
authority that Gen. Nelson A. Miles has been
selected as the successor ,of Gen. Myer as
chief of the signal service, and that he will
shortly be transferred to that department.
Gen. Miles is now colonel of the Fifth in
fantry, the seventh in lineal rank in the ser
vice, bat his distinguished services ' in the
Northwest will entitle him to greater consid
eration when promotions are in order* than
some of his seniors in rank. His transfer to
the signal corps would not be a promotion,
bat might interfere with his advancement in
the future, and it is questionable if the of
fice will be accepted by ' him on that ac
count.
,The New Hampshire Republicans express
the profound est admiration for the military
services of Mr. Garfield and the business ca
pacity of Mr. Arthur. H Garfield is a ' genera
who never won a battle,' and was * content' to
serve as a staff officer in the rear when he
might have been using his sword at the front.
His only achievement was chasing
Humphrey Marshall over the mountains, but
he took care to keep far enough behind to
avoid any stray bullets that might be sent
back from the disorganized ranks of the pur
sued. Arthur as a business man has an
equally enviable record. He was removed
from the office of collector of the port of
New York because he allowed gross abuses to
gain a foothold in his office, and made it a
rendezvous for political adventurers, rather
than for the purpose of collecting the rev
enue. A model pair, truly.
A REPUBLICAN REBUKE OF REPUB
LICAN LAWS.
Unwittingly, without doubt, the New
Hampshire Republican convention adminis
tered a keen rebuke to tbe Republican State
administrations of Massachusetts and Rhode
Island. In the third resolution adopted by
that body it declares "That if any State shall
attempt to limit or abridge, directly or in
directly, the freedom of a citizen, or his un
trammelled right to provide for universal ed
ucation, or shall impede or destroy, by legis
lation, intimidation or fraud, the exercise of
the right of franchise, either for national or
State offices, * * * * we demand the
active interposition of the federal govern
ment to furnish the citizens of States pro
tection and those benefits which State action
fails to supply." Probably the framers of
this resolution did not know or hvi forgot
ten the fact that in the States of Rhode
Island and Massachusetts there are thou
sands of citizens who are deprived of the
right of suffrage by legislative enactment,
and of course for this act the New Hamp
shire Republicans demand the interposition
of the federal government. * »
In Massachusetts law prescribes that no
person who has not paid his poll-tax shall be
permitted to vote at any. election, State or
national. On account of this law it is esti
mated that a hundred and fifty thousand
persons who are otherwise qualified as elec
tors, are deprived of the privilege of a voice
in the administration of the government. In
Rhode Island the State constitution pre
scribes that every qualified voter shall pos
sess at least $250 worth of real estate, and
failing to be so possessed he shall suffer dis
franchisement By this provision
more than one-half of the adult
male population of the State are kept in the
condition of aliens, with no interest in the
manner in which the State is governed. t
The New Hampshire Republicans perhaps
did well in calling attention — though the*
did it inadvertantly — to this infraction of
the Fourteenth amendment to the constitu
tion of the United States. That article
says:
When ihe right to vote at any election for
the choice of electors for President and Vice
President of the United States, Representatives
in Congress, the executive and judicial officers
of a State, or the members of the legislature
thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabi
tants of such Slate, being twenty-one years of
age, and citizens of the United States, or in
any way abridged, except for rartiripation in
rebellion or other crime, the basis of represen
tation therein shall be reduced in the propor
tion in which the Lumber of male citizens
shall bear to the whole number of male citi
zen?, twenty-one years of age, in such State.
It is manifest to all that under this provis
ion of the federal constitution the represen
tation in Congress of the States of Massa
chusetts and Rhode Island should be reduced
in proportion to the nnmber of male inhabi
tants disfranchised by their oppressive and
unjust laws. Siuco for the goose is sauce
for the gander. Though the amendment was
adopted with a view to securing the colored
men of the South in their right to vote, it
should not be construed as permitting the
disfranchisemant of white men at the North.
That would be discrimination against the
whites that should not be tolerated. If Geor
gia and Mi.-;*i-ri; pi are to be punished for
dis r.Lchising the ur^roes it is manifest thai
Mi-'-Rchusetts and Rhode. Island
should be punished for ; disfran
chising white citizens. The New Hamp
shire Republicans are deserving of public
thanks for protesting egsiost tbe discrimina
tions and injustice practiced upon the white
citizens of the two most prominent of the
New England States. They are in the posi
tion of "a Daniel come to judgment."
THE TARIFF ISSUE.
A Republican organ-grinder of the stal
wart school complains that the position of
the Democratic party on the tariff question
is not defined as clearly as it onght to be,
and wants to know just what its idaas on
this issue are. The impudence of tho organ
grinder passes comprehension. The posi
tion of the Democratic party on this : ques
tion has never been a matter of doubt. It
has been asserted and reasserted by Con
gressional, State and National conventions
for the past eighteen years in language the
most explicit, so that even a fool might net
misunderstand it. In the last national con
vention held at Cincinnati the plank of the
St. Louis convention declaring for a tariff
for revenue only was reaffirmed, and Gen.
Hancock, in his letter of acceptance, says:
"A tariff for revenue only is a principle I
have cherished in the past and shall endeavor
to maintain in the future."
The tariff is at present a necessary evil.
It cannot be wholly abolished without mate
rial injury to the country, but it can be re
vised so that the poor need not bear the
greater part of the burdens of taxation. As
it is the bulk of the revenue from custom du
ties is derived from a tariff on articles of ne
cessity, which the poor consume to as great
an extent as the rich. Sugar is largely taxed,
and millions derived annually from imports
of that article, the greater part of which
comes out of the pockets of the poor men.
Woolen manufactures are taxed from 54 to
77 per cent, ad valorem; cotton jgoods 35 to
63 per cent.; linen goods from 30 to 40 per
cent.; leather from 20 to 50 per cent.; crock
ery from 40 to 45 per cent., and hemp and
jute fabrics 40 per cent. On other articles of
daily consumption in about every household,
the import Is equally burdensome,
while thousands of articles of luxury, princi
pally used by the rich,eitber enter the conn
try fre9 of duty or are only nominally taxed.
Nine-tenths of the revenue from customs is
derived from artioles of necessity, while the
other tenth is obtained from articles of lux
ury.
The Democratic party is in favor of a tar
iff for revenue only , and it is in favor of such <
a revision of the tariff as will relieve the me
chanics and workingmen of the , country of
the burdens that now rest so heavily upon
them. It would place articles of necessity
upon the free list and tax articles of luxury,
whioh are consumed only by the rich, as
heavily as they will bear. It is not the policy
of the Democratic party to raise more reve
nue than is required for the needs of the
government. The payments of interest on
the publio debt must be met, and the ) legiti
mate expenses of the ■ government must be
paid. This is 8 part of the platform of the
party whioh was emphasized by Gen. Han
cook in his letter of acceptance, in which he
said: - }' j\j± j? :' . .j! . , . : .'.- ■'• ,".','! J
A sedulous and scrupulous care of the public
credit, together with .- a wise . and . economical
management of „-' our governmental expends
tares, should be maintained in order that labor
may be lightly burdened and that all persona
may be protected in their rights to the fruits
of their own industry. , ' r 1
Though pledged to a reduction of the
tariff to as low a rate as can be maintained,
the Democratic party is also pledged to due
care for the publio credit. Every redaction
of the tariff that has thus far been made has
resulted in an increase of the revenue owing
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THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBERS, 18*0
to increased importation and consumption
of the articles. The experiment of reduc
tion might be continued through the whole
list with benefit to the revenue and to the
people at large.
Would not the legislation for this district
be about as safe in the bands of General H,
H. Sibly, . a man who, when the life of the
nation was threatened, volunteered his ser
vices to the government and did gallant and
faithful work during the war, .. as in the
hands of General Washburn whose only
claim to a military title arrises from the ad
ministration of the affairs of a civil office at
a remote point from the field cf danger?
Will you vote for
Maj.-Gen. H. H. Sibly, U. S. Vols,,
or
Surveyor General of Logs Bill Washburn?
THE ST. PAUL BOUSE TRAGEDY.
James O'Brien HeM for Catting Joseph
BMHk Koaey'* Throat.
On the afternoon of August the 17th last,
at the St Paul House, on Fort street, about
5 o'clock, James O'Brien stepped up to an
employe of the house named Joseph Kosey
and slit bis throat from ear to ear. The hor
rible assault was made with a razor, and not
withstanding the deadly nature of th*
wound and the ghastly reminder of the af
fair, Kosey still lives and is on the fair road
to complete recovery.
The circumstances of the almost unpro
voked and murderous attack have been fully
detailed in previous issues of the Globe and
since the assault O'Brien has been commit
ted without bail to await the "result of his
victim's injuries.
The rapid recovery of Kosey is regarded
as remarkable, and yesterday morning he
appeared in the police court at the prelimi
nary hearing which took place at 9 o'clock
before Judge O'Brien. Kosey appeared in
court with his throat bandaged, one side of
which only has healed up, the course of the
murderous blade being indicated by a scar
let seam, which he will carry as a lasting
memento, while the left side of his throat
has not yet healed up.
Charles Faber, proprietor of the hotel, was
the first witness, and testified to what took
place just before the assault Witness had
expostulated with O'Brien for being drunk,
when the latter became noisy . and abusive.
Witness. told him that he must quit drinking
or leave the house, which made O'Brien
more unmanageable, and he was finally or
dered to pack up and leave;
witness ordered the barkeeper to visit O'Bri
en's room and pack up his things. The lat
ter went up stairs to obey instrnctions,follow
ed by Kosey. After Kosey had left the room
j'Bnen started up stairs, and a moment af
terwards, witness heard some one cry, "Mr.
Faber, Mr. Faber." Immediately after the
cry the barkeeper rushed into the room and
stated that O'Brien had cut Kosey in the
throat Witness hurried up stairs and on
reaching the room he noticed that Kosey
had O'Brien down. The men were Strug
ling in the hallway, and O'Brien held up the
razor. Witness got a stick and hit O'Brien,
succeeding in taking away the razor.
Joseph Kosey, the victim, was next sworn,
Witness had heard O'Brien and Faber have
some talk about settling a bill. O'Brien dis
puted the amount. Faber ordered O'Brien
to leave the house, and requested witness to
fetch down his satchel. Witness started
up stairs, followed by O'Brien
Just as witness bad reached the door of
O'Brien's room the latter stepped up from
behind and drew a razor across his throat.
Witness turned and grappled with O'Brien.
John Hinderer, the barkeeper, was in the
room, having preceded witness up stairs.
O'Brien made a pass at Hinderer saying,
"I've got you both now, you can't leave the
room." On hearing this Hinderer jumped
out the window to the yard and told Mr.
Faber what bad happened. Witness man
aged to throw O'Brien and held him down
until the arrival of help.
John Hinderer testified to being in the
room and having witnessed the assault.
Witness hi been sent up to get O'Brien's
baggage. Kosey followed him up sUirs.
Just as the latter reached the door O'Brien
came up from behind and throwing his arm
around Kosey's neck, he exclaimed, ''take
that," as he drew the razor across bis throat.
Kosey exclaimed, l'l am cut," when O'Brien
said "I've got you where I want you; no one
's going to leave this room." Witness then
jumped from the window and brought as
sistance. ■: '■""•?;■'<
During the examination, O'Brien, who is a
nugnaeiom Hibernian, insisted on asking
the most irrelevant questions, interrupting
the court and making auuisance of himself.
He bad no lawyer and preferred not to tes
tify until the case had been passed upon by
the grand jury.
He was committed in default of $3,000
bail. -
Republican .Barnacles.
There was a. gathering of the barnacle
hosts at Pfeifer's hall last night to arrange
for visiting the Garfield circus to be held at
Minneapolis to-night. . There was an air of
funeral solemnity about the thing that made
the air blue and sulphurous enough to tarn
the stomach of the most shiftless hog. The
baptised were there to the extent of two
score and there was not enough entnusiasm
in the layout to kindle the remotest sem
blance to cheerfulness or a smile. Pending
the commencement of proceedings the Globe
representative was approached by two of the
mercenary gang and the audacious wretches
tendered a dissertation on how to get there,
or offioe holding made perfect. The scribe
drew a tract from bis sack and paralyzed
them.
The meeting was called to order by that
great apostle of reform. Banker Hill Haas,
who called upon the assembly to elect a ring
master for the circus. On motion H. W.
Foote was elected to manipulate the whip
lash and upon taking the chair he called up
on the truly great and good to take the front
seats in order to make room for the unre
generate who were to . arrive at the ninth
hour. It is well to remember that this pre
caution was not necessary. ' .
The chair called for the report of the com
mittee who were ;, deputed to collect
money to defray the expenses
to the free blow at Minneapolis ; to-night.
J. Ham Davidson, the chief missionary
in the good work, stated'- that the efforts of
the committee bad been successful, and that
they had collected $50, with good prospects
of swelling tbe amount to-day.
It was also explained that arrangements
had been made with the St. Paul & Manito
ba railroad company to furnish seven coaches,
and more if necessary. The coaches would
leave the Wacouta street depot at ' 7:15
o'clock p. m. On motion it was decided that
the members should rendezvous at the old
court house at 6:45 o'clock, and march to
the depot.
- At this juncture a colored brother arose
and stated that about seventy-five of there
deemed had pledged themselves as willin' to
join the gang. The news was received with
vooiferous delight. In reply to a question
the chair stated that it was the intention to
leave Minneapolis for home about 11 o'clock.
On motion it was decided that the members
should rendezvous at the speaker's stand at
Minneapolis at 11 o'clock p. m. ;
Mayflower Oavenport made , a rattling
speech abont the success of the blowout an J
concluded by nominating J. Ham. Davidson
as marshal. The blushing honor was un
oeremously conferred and on motion of
another brother he was' allowed the privilege
of appointing his own aides. . .' „ :.t.\ V
Qaakeraty Barnard had some doubts about
being able to fill the train and suggested
that the cars stop at . the round house on the
way out. -He was sat down upon,' whereupon
Bluesocks Bell wanted to know if it would
do to fetch along the ladies. This settled it
and the members adiourned to dream of the
strange hallucination of the mind, the night
mare of office. ' ;. ..'....„ .. '..'\.V
The Rash Has Begun
At the St. Paul Book and Stationery Go.'s
store. Boys and girls for school books'/, and
all who love good reading are taking advantage
of the great reduction now being made by this
bouse in their entire stock of standard ; and
miscellaneous • books. It is the ' grandest , op
portunity ever offered ,' to replenish libraries,
or secure first-class library works at a email
cost. Visitors to the fair should make a note
of this fact, and be sure to visit this immense
establishment at No. 87 East Third street.. Go
early. '-' • • -~ - ~" ' ■■ ~ '
Go to 39 Iglehart street at 10 o'clock this
morning. '-.-■- : --..'. »' .'-■■ ■. X- "-■■'' '- J : - -
- Heed's Gilt Edge Tonic regulates the bowel.
FARMERS' BOARD.
COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE MINNS
APOLIS MILLKRS* ASSOCIATION.
led* pendent Elevator Men on the TSr.cfc.
enr;d;<4 Division Accuse It of lofa'r
Gr.di.'g and Balldozinj Practices-State
Inspector* Asked— Letters from Partners
—Queer Advice — Adjournment of the
liquid to November.
The members of the Farmers' Board of
Trade were so slow in coming together.yester
day morning, that their meeting began an
hour after ths hour set in adjournment the
day before.
Messrs. E.Locke, of WOlmar, and F. M.
Thornton, of Benson, on , behalf
of elevator men along the St.
Paul & Manitoba line, appeared
before the board to complain as to the sys
tem governing their wheat trade and as to
the inspection of wheat in Minneapolis and
St. Paul, and Mr. Thornton presented their
views at length,' substantially as follows:
He asserted that the independent elevators
are treated unjustly in the
MATTES OF INSPECTION
and in the system of buying the wheat along
their railway. About seven years ago
there was a contract with Commodore
Davidson which gave him exclusive
control of the elevator business.
This was partly broken up by the erection
of independent elevators, so-called, in dis
tinction from the monopoly elevators. Mr.
Locke at Willmar, and I at Benson inaugu
rated the independent elevator system. By
receiving the wheat in store and giving farm
ers tickets, we stopped the combination of
buyers to cut down prices on particular
days. We antagonized the wheat baying in
terest at Minneapolis, a? far as we took the
control of prices out of their hands. : Farm
ers could borrow money on our tickets and
could hole" or sell their wheat as they pleas
ed. This much to. explain the opposition
to the independent elevators of the millers
of Minneapolis, as represented by the Mil
lers' Association. •■ : ';£:
J One point is the system of inspection. We
receive wheat and give a fair inspection.
The inspector at Minneapolis used the Stacy
filler for a time, and then dropped it. He now
rises the old two-quart kettle, and we are as
it were, between the two stones —
farmers on one side and the millers on the
other. They claim to have an independent
inspector and an independent board of arbi
tration in Minneapolis. The claim is almost
a farce. They are appointed by the board of
trade of Minneapolis, to which the millers
belong and which they can control. The
inspector sits in the office of the Millers'
association. Mr. Locke said to him: '"You
are necessiarily prejudiced in favor of these
men who employ you. If you have a doubt
ful grade to which side would you throw
your doubt ? To the association of course.
This is unjust: In a case of doubt you
should give equally to both sides."
We do not know how far yon can go
towards establishing impartial inspection.
The inspection cf Minneapolis and St. Paul
is believed to beinthejnterest of the buyers.
It is not uniform. In Minneapolis, when
prices were cheap the grading was fair, bat
when the prices went up and
MILLING M AEGIS BECAME LESS,
their grades went back on us about one
grade, leaving our houses full of wheat
bought on their first grading. lithe Millers' ■
association have the power to tighten the
grades every time their margins tighten then
we must go back on the farmers. i -. •- <
. Give tbe country elevators some protec
tion in shipping to the Minneapolis and St.
Paul markets, by making the inspection fair
and uniform. It is not always unjust. But
where the man inspecting is under control
of the one interest there -will always be sus
picion. If the inspection is on a fair basis,
the grade of to-day will be the grade here
after. That would be fair. Our elevators
appointed a delegation to meet the millers,
They declared their inspection was according
to law and the established custom and they
would not make any change.' So far as our
country is concerned, St.. Paul and
Minneapolis being regulated would
regulate all the rest. It would
not be necessary to have inspectors all over
the State. ... ?
In answer to questions from members of
the board Mr. Thornton i continued "as
follows: ':% y ■;.',■
There is no practical difference between
the testers if care fully and honestly handled.
But with the old it is easier to grade back.
With the Stacy filler it is difficult. I think
the Stacy filler is a.considerable protection.
This Minneapolis inspector, sitting in the
office of the Millers' association, may hear it
said that an . independent elevator man,
Thornton for instance, is bulling the mar
ket. His mind would be impressed by what
he heard and in all likelihood bis judgment
would be unfavorable to me, so that when
my wheat came to market he would inspect
it accordingly. .
Shrunken kernels or fine and bleached
kernels may effect the grading of wheat that
weighs well. But as a rule not. I sent
wheat to -
THE ST. PAUL MARKET
the past season which"* was graded back
from No. 1 to 2. I wrote to learn the reason.
The reply said that the inspector would not
have passed it as No. 1 if it bad weighed six
ty pounds to the bushel. I wrote to inquire
why, but offended his mightiness and was
not answered. '- I did not ship any more
wheat to St. Paul. The inspector here is
controlled by the wheat buyers. The gener
al character is what controls the grade of
wheat. It was No. 1 wheat according toour
experience. {■?■ : :'. #■** •<-: - 1 '
The wheat must have weight and also have
other good qualities. The weight is indis
pensable.
It really amounts to a conspiracy on the
part of the men who control our markets.
IWe have a free elevator _ union -' : on
our line. We had proposed to the Millars'
association that they should appoint two men
and we two men, and the four a fif — the
five to appoint an inspector subject to them
—that is, an independent inspector and
also a board of arbitration for appeals.
This proposal was rejected without hesita
tion. We met, then, and ' came to the con
clusion that the only way to proteot oar
selves and the farmers (we are mostly in
other business also and it is necessary that
we should favor the farmers) was to build an
elevator in Minneapolis where our wheat
could be stored subject to sale by \ sample.
We selected the ground by our committee
and proceeded to make contracts, but were
advised it was necessary to get permission
of the city council for a railroad connection,
and also under the fire ordinance. . We had
found that Minneapolis is
NOT A FREE WHEAT MARKET.
Farmers cannot store their wheat but are
compelled to take the price of the day it is
delivered or haul it home. We thought to
create a free wheat market by receiving farm
ers' grain in store. The Millers' association
brought out its forces and fought us ' in the
council and our object was defeated. We
have exhausted all oar resources before com-"
ing to you.
- Minneapolis is the poorest of wheat mar
ketsnot so good as some of the interior
villages. The farmer must . take I the ■ price
of tbe day or haul it home. If a farmer of
the vicinity has 2.000 bushels of wheat which
ha does not wish ■to sell by the load," there
being no elevator open to him at Minneapo
lis, he most haul bis grain to St. Paul or to
Shakopee. "-<.'.' :-/'.. "i..-^; j'^"."*-"'-'. '
Coming to the conspiracy part of the mat
ter. n, If we do not comply with their regula
tions, the Millers' ' association . will ; not
bay cur tickets. That :; means we j must
go'ont of business or maintain an unequal
conflict with the association. Mr. Looke is
an example of this. He hasn't sold a bushel
of wheat to the association for two years.
They raised prices several cents on him
not increasing their average, as they boy all
along the line, over a fraction. To farther il
lustrate their c operations: Tbe Red ; Wing
millers put in a few buyers two years 'ago,
and the price of wheat gradually advanced
10 or 12 cents. - This lasted a few weeks, un
til one Saturday night a telegraphic order
was distributed along the line, wiihdrawing
the Red Wing buyers, and Monday morning
the price of wheat all & along - the : line was i
dropped eight cents. Any free elevator must
meet this s immense corporation alone. I
don't know whether any law oould reach
this, but I think it best to '-.. make it known, t
They j£ control the market so effectually i
that ,".■ we '■:'. " must ■. submit '-'.to' " their i
rules and regulation-; we must receive unfair <
j inspection. If it is in the power of this i
| board to bring a remedy we want it. We ■ <
speak of the shoe where .it " pinches but ! of I <
course ';- " '•"• i
'"' '..';■ ; ■ LEGISLATION ItCST CB GESEBAL.
A. 7 As I stated before, we live among the I
farmers and have other business with them. j
Is is necessary we should favor them.
A. Oar wheat generally comes from the' j
i thresher and an agreed deduction is made
for cleaning. We have fanning mills at the
elevator and the farmers test : their .wheat
with these mills. '
A. We clean the wheat before shipping.
It is all cleaned.
A. We occasionally ship to other places,
but our only permanent markets are at Min
neapolis and St. Paul. As to other points
we have no complaint to make.
A. I don't know of any difference be
tween these places and Milwaukee. In
some cases at Milwaukee, we get a
better grade and in others worse. The
Milwaukee grades, if independently and
impartially established, if we could have
them, would be good enough. The evil
would be corrected if the inspection was
uniform, as near as gcod judgment could
make it and independent of influence from
either side.
, A. Wheat does not test at as high grades
and there is no more difference in inspec
tion, at Minneapolis, since the Stacy filler
was abandoned.
A. In small towns it is generally the rule
that the inspector and buyer is one and tbe
Same man.
A. The Stacy filler gave good satisf ation
with us.
A. Of course where the wheat is dirty it
is a matter of agreement with the farmer
and buyer as to the deduction to make the
grade. , 'V^'-v*
A. The principal thing is in settling
with the - association. ' They say "You are
too good to the farmers." It is our interest
to be. We want to get so that oar wheat
will not be inspected harder than that o f
others.
A. It is very different to suggest what
can be done. Under the Chicago law the
inspector is paid a large" salary and is ap
pointed outside of the buyers. The .inspec
tor should be independently supported.
A. : | The weights are often short. The
grain is weighed at the mills and we have to
take their weights. In one instance there
was a loss of fifty bushels to the car.
' A. The worst of the system is that it is
raising a race of rascals -in the business.
Country buyers have got to steal or go un
der, if they comply with the regulations of
that association. ;^C' : :"C?^W^'^ -
A. The elevators along our road have
generally come out short on account of the
high inspection at Minneapolis,
Mr. Locke followed Mr. Thornton, saying
that legislation on the subjects presented
should not interfere with business. If for
one party against another it would be apt to
go too far. . He advised caution. .Else we
would have the same result as two years ago,
when the legislature did the farmers harm in
passing into law what had before been only
usage. Then, a great deal of poor wheat
had been taken in as No. 2, and on that came
THE BIGGEST STEAL
of the Millers' association. They docked
55^-pounds wheat twenty cents per bushel
under No. 2. I corresponded with the asso
ciation, saying it was an extraordinary sea
son. It was good milling wheat. We had
tried it in our mill and knew it made good
flour. True, it was light, and could not be
brought to full weight. I said it ought to be
bought on its merits, for what it was worth.
Their answer was, it is yuor business to
grade upon the weight and leave that to us.
I replied, if Locke steals it will be for him
self and not for the Millers' association.
The next I heard from ; them was that they
would buy no more wheat from me forever.
They fought me eighteen months, paying
over their list prices, never less than five
cents above and sometimes fifteen cents
above. But I bought, and paid their price,
and happened to make a profit. They were
buying elsewhere at low prices all the time.
In regard to the way of this ' business at
Minneapolis. When wheat is handled in
large quantities there is always considerable
off grade. Let an elevator man clean 3,000
bushels and put it in a bin. The clean
wheat will fall in the middle, piling up in
cone form with all the dirt falling down the
sides to edge. In drawing it out the lower
part remains until the top *is I . drawn
out. Suppose .it was 57-pounds wheat all
through. The first 1,000 bushels drawn out
will be nearly No. 1, close on to 58 pounds,
clean and nice. The next will be even grade.
The last third, say three carloads, will get
all the dirt and be below grade unless clean
ed over. It goes to market and the first
third passes all right, but with no credit for
overweight; the i next? third just .- squeezes
in, and the last third is graded back. There
is no consideration for that which is above
grade: but the elevator man must pay ten
cents on the bushel or more to make up for
the last third. Every car stands upon its
own merits. Mr. Charles S. Pillsbury ac
knowledged to me that this was the fact, but
said it could not be helped when, shipping
one car to one mill and another to another.
But it could be helped this way: Take one
of the cars of 58 pounds and one of 55}£,
give one of the good and one of the poor to
the same buyer, and with the two
mixed they would have a good fair grade of
No. 2 wheat. ; ',
REGARDING LEGISLATION;
see that it is well considered and defined in
stead of as two years ago when the legisla
ture, intending to do the farmers' good, did
them barm. Our elevators were all full of
farm wheat below the grade in weight*
Before the law was passed fixing 56 and 53
pounds for the grades, we had tbe chance to
say this is No. 2 wheat; show us the law
which makes it less. Now they show us the
law and insist upon it. -
A member of the board said he would like
to have the gentleman suggest some remedy.
Mr. Thornton proposed a State system of
inspection. And then as to this point of
stopping a country elevator's business. It
is not right that .because one runs
an indepsndeat elevator at Willmar -or
Benson, the Millers' association should refuse
to do business with him and raise prices on
him. It is practically a ' conspiracy to drive
him out of business. I don't know how you
would go to work to prevent this but leave it
for you to consider.
A -member .of the board asked that the
gentlemen should put their statements and
opinions in writing for the deliberate con
sideration of the board. '. : "i':"i JVi^'-rj
Mr. ■ Thornton lt requires considerable
nerve for elevator men to come here and tell
you the truth. We are marked men for it.
I say this only to show you the difficulty of
bringing men to make complaints in such
: cases. ■■ ' ' " v :;. ■■■ >. ".':■ '**'..
. Mr. Locke thought that the best to be
done is simply the appointment of independ
ent inspectors at . the leading points, as "is
done at Chicago, so that all will be treated
alike -in inspection. If ' then there
are no changes of grades, we can govern
ourselves accordingly. At Minneapolis they
will want this season 15,000,000 or 20,000,000
bushels :of wheat. But they.' require it in
spected under control and employ of their
association. We offered " to pay half the
dues lof the ] inspector, | bat J they wouldn't
allow it. We have our own man, they said,
and mean to keep him." V . ■'$. ■■ y
Mr. Thornton jin conclusion said : If you
can get anything | out of what we have , said,
for correction of the evils we have present
ed, you can confer a great booh to the peo
ple of the State. ' But it is difficult for ele
vator /men to oome up here and j give their
opinions. They are liable to be damaged
byit.^^^^^gteP '■''•'.'":"""';• y-.y-.-jx-,
Thanks were voted to Messrs. Thornton
and Looke, and the boardjthen took a reoees
till 2 o'clock. r
Afternoon Session.
The board was called to order at 2:30 by
President Hoyt.
yOn motion ' the • proceedings \of meetings
of last year were read and approved.
The acting secretary then read communi
cations from farmers in various parts of the
State, addressed to the board, and ' asking
consideration , of the subject ' matters con
tained therein.; :,\ ---"*;--" ' --"' .-"ci^
Joseph Dobey, of Sterling township, Blue
Earth county, called attention to \ the act
that farmers are not assessed for the amount
of wheat raised on • their '•■ farms, while the
stock raiser { pays taxes. He .; says the big
wheat • farmers : sell ; their wheat from \ tbe
hresher, and when . the Ist . of May comes
wound ' have : v.. u ..* no..;." "wheat; ..'.to'; as
sess.. while the stock: raiser pays on bis
»tUe. He advocates % legislation "giving
farmers a certain number of cattle ',; exempt
frcm - taxation —say sixteen .- farmers
:outd give their land a rest by seeding down,
raise stock for a while and reap the benefit
of improved land by breaking again.
-The next letter was one signed by William
Wilde, addressed to Mr. Webb, ' ex-member
of the board, on the subject of wheat testing,
contending that the half bushel measure is
no good as long as the farmer will wll by
the tester, saying the producer should let the
buyer who uses them severely alone, and the
farmers should hold public meetings and
have the preeeedings published. Mr. Wilde
l^akes the assertion in hi* letter that the
worst enemy the farmer has is the news
paper — or rather the continual
lying about the crops that appear in the
public prints, especially : criticising . the St.
Paul papers as the worst he knew of, saying
that he had stopped his subscriptiocs, and
now took no State papers, advising all farm
ers to follow his example, and see how long
this course will have to .be continued be
fore the newspapers tell the truth. This
letter caused considerable merriment among
the board, and many a joke was cracked, at
the author's expense. ■■ He also advanced
theories regarding the advances made by
warehousemen for the storage of grain and
the charge of 12 per cent, for advances made,
asking whether the relative prices in Chicago
or Liverpool should control this market,
and advocating the appointment of a public
weigher. v
J. H. Snyder, of White, Bear, writes a
communication drawing the attention of
the board to the fact that good wheat bought
in Chicago failed to pass inspection by Min
nesota miliers, and asking for a uniformity
of grades: also, that millers in St. Paul say
they can get better grade from the farmers
than from tbe elevators. The signer thinks
this matter should be remedied.
, A letter was read from Horace B. Porter
in relation to the importance of planting
linden trees, as if planted along roadways
and in public parks they will add largely to
the honey producing interests of the State,
at the same time being a quick growing tree,
and asking the board to draw the attention
of the next legislature to the matter.
All of the communications were jeferred
to the committee on agriculture.
On motion of Mr. Page the election of
officers was then proceeded with. After one
informal ballot and three formal, the vote
resulted, Byers 7, Hoyt 1, J Bowler 1. On
motion of Mr. Giles the vote was made unan
imous for Mr. Byers, and ex-President
Hoyt surrendered the chair to Mr. Byers.
After a discussion as to the power of the
board to appoint one of its own members as
secretary in place of an outsider, the acting
secretary, Mr. George Giles was elected as
permanent secretary for the next year.
T. L. Francis, of Blue Earth, then intro
duced the following resolution.
. Resolved, That a law should be passed to com
pel farm produce to be bought and sold by the
hundred, instead of by the old fogy way of re
solving everything into bushels.
After discussion as to whioh committee
the resolution could be referred to, a motion
was adopted authorizing the president tc
appoint a committee on recommendation'
for legislation. The president appointee
Messrs. Frauds, Purcell and Hoyt as such
committee and referred the resolution thereto,
Mr. Francis also ijtroduced the following:
Resolved, That we recommend to the legisla
ture that a State inspector be appointed in
Minneapolis and St. Paul, and make it a mis
demeanor to use the old kettle without -the
Stacy filler.
Referred to the same committee as above.
A long discussion then ensued on a motion
by Mr. Hoyt to do away with the Stacy fillei
and use the sealed half bushel. Secretary
Giles moved to lay the motion on the tabic,
as the subject was one which should have
consideration by the members before a vote
was taken. Inspectors had went to the ex
pense of purchasing the fillers, and ' the
farmers in his neighborhood liked them.
Mr. Purcell said the board had no right to
throw out either the filler or half bushel
measure. Mr. Page said no filler was used
in bis vicinity, and said it was a dead cer
tainty that it was the lightest
way to fill" either a two quart
measure or a half bushel. He would like to
get rid of the filler, but thought no difference
could be made on either when filler was used.
Farmers should all procure scales of their
own and they would then know when they
were cheated, and the matter would then
regulate itself. He thought the two-quart
measure the best for grading. The motion
was then laid on the table.
In relation to the subject of the manufac
ture of twine in this State for binding, Mr.
Francis, the author of the subject, intro
duced the following:
Resolved, That a committee be appointed to
consider the subject of twine for binding pur
poses, its manufacture, etc., and report at next
meeting. '.J ;.; .: , : -\
After discussion the resolution was re
ferred to the committee on agriculture, on
motion of Mr. Loring.
The secretary then read the financial ac
count of Secretary Abernetby, showing the
expenditures made, . and accounting for a
balance af $31.65 in bi3 hands. . - ■
On motion of Mr. Bowler a motion was
adopted establishing the grades of wheat in
Minnesota the same as that adopted by the
board last year. >
The board then adjourned to meet ; Nov.
16th at 2 o'olock p. m.
FARIBAULT.
Subscribe for the Globe daring the cam
paign. Subscriptions received at J. R. Par
shall's book store.
A number of farmers around Faribault
are busy, with their fall ploughing.
The new addition to the Arlington house
is rapidly approaching completion. We un
derstand the proprietors expect to take pos
session by October Ist.
Seabury Divinity school opens on the 2lat
of this month. ~- L :
The fare from Faribault to Minneapolis
and return is $2.25. Excursion tickets are
good until Monday next.
A burglar attempted to break into J. B.
Wheeler's grocery store Monday night, bat
was frightened away by some one on the
sidewalk before be oould gain an entrance.
The clerk that sleeps in the 'store saw the
fellow two or three times, but was so fright
ened he could furnish the police with only a
poor description. : ';/; v ; 1
The town of Wells, this county, which
usually polls about 150 votes, has a Hancock
and English club ■ with ninety-six (96) mem
bers.
A W. Muller wtll open a hardware store in
the building formerly occupied by J. C.N.
Cottrell.
Barring the absence of country purchasers
(who are now busy threshing) our merchants
report trade as lively.
Dr. Dallimore, veterinary surgeon,removed
from one of Mr. I. B. Spencer's horses
thirteen pieces of bone from the angle of the
lower jaw Monday morning. The doctor
has but recently removed to our city, and if
one can judge from different operations per
formed by him he is well skilled in his pro
fession. ' ■" : '-'."-' -
ROCHESTER.:
Roohesteb, Sept. 7. As the publio school
commenced Monday the school board held a
special session , Saturday '. evening. Owing
to sickness Miss Harriman will hot ■ begin
her sohool for thirty days. . Miss I McCatoh
on will retain her school at the Third '•:■ ward,
Mrs. Avery taking the B - grammar " : No. ; 2.
Hereafter one year's time will be added ; to
the course. -
The Universalist society has. granted its
pastor, Rev. G. W. Deere, leave of : absence
for six months ) from > the Ist *of I October.
He is to supply the pulpit of Rev. Dr. Tattle
of Minneapolis, during bis absence to Cali
fornia.-: V ■ J~. ■-.-.'•';
.' Hon. J. C. Burrows to-night. ,
' Notwithstanding nearly 10,000 people at
tended the fair last Thursday, Rochester had
entertainment for nearly 2,000 that was not
utilized. , .
-At the council meeting . only a regular
business was transacted. :
; - Hon.' D. A. Morrison leaves Monday.a dele
gate to the Sovereign grand lodge, I. O. O.
F., at Toronto. ■■'■;:• r,}^. '"-
y< An agent has secured a large number of
advertisements on' the Railroad " Panoramic
Guide. A hovel way for ; advertising. -} : Ki v "i
'SI Rheumatism was the disease with which
Mr. J. W. Walker, of Waterloo, Ind., suffer
ed for fifteen years; after /.trying a great
many remedies without .being l relieved, he
was finally cured by St Jacobs Oil. He says
he feels like a new man. yy-y V*
OFFICIAL.
Proceedings of Boart of CoiiiiiLissiQnefs.
Cocrrrr. AcDrroa'a Chncz,' Rausxt Co.. \
--Si.' Paul, Minn., Sept- 7,1380. \ .
The Board of Commissioners of Ramsey
County met at 10 a. jr.
Present: Full Board, with Acting Mayor
Bhodes in the chair.
The minutes of previous meeting were read
and approved.
The communication : from the St. Pan!
Book and Stationery company, in regard to
furnishing the county offices with new State
maps, was referred to Committee on Printing.
The petition from citizens jof Bamaey
.county, asking to have vacated that part of
the old territorial road passing through the
southwest quarter of Section 23, Town 29,
Range 23, was referred to the Committee on
Roads and Bridges and County Attorney.
, The communication from the County Sur
veyor in regard to the proper line of the
White Bear and little Canada " road near
White Bear lake, was referred to the Com
mittee on Roads ana Bridges and County
Attorney.
The petition frem the chairman of the
Board of Supervisors of McLean township,
asking an appropriation of thirty dollars to
complete the bridge on the Af ton' road was
referred to the Committee on Roads and
Bridges.
The petition from citizens of Mounds
View township asking for an appropriation
of four hundred dollars to repair the Lake
Josephine road was referred to the commit
tee on roads and bridges.
The communication from Thomas Coch
ran, -Jr., secretary of the Fort Spelling bridge
commissioners, stating that the sun of
twenty thousand dollars would be required
to pay the indebtedness incurred by the
bridge commissioners, etc., was referred to
the committee on "ways and means.
The matter of keeping clean the Fort
Snelling bridge was referred to commis
sioner Bohland, with power to employ some
person to perform that work at an expense
not to exceed two dollars per month.
The following report was received from
County Treasurer Bice, and referred to the
board of auditors, viz :
Amount of toads en band Monday, Sep
tember 6;h, 1880. deposited as follows:
First National Bank 55.510 04
Second National Bank 5.5 83
Merchants National Bank 5,195 65
Germ ah- American Bank. ." 4,911 09
Farmers and Mechanics' Bank 4,141 21
The Savings Bank 2,192 90
Dawson & Co.'s Ban* 329 8'
Cash in safe 112 '3
Total $23,535 35
The committee to whom wag referred the :
matter of purchasing wood for the county j
reported that they had awarded the contract
for said, wood to Griggs & Foster at 54.25
for 200 cords of oak wood, and $ 5.85 for |
400 cords of maple wood. Beport accepted :
and adopted.
The report of the board of directors of j
the alms house and hospital for the month j
of August, 1880, was received and referred
to the committee on ways and means.
Commissioners Wagner, Grace, Bene and '.
Bohland, a committee appointed to examine i
the proposed change in the line of the j
White Bear, Mounds View and Minneapolis
road, reported in favor of changing the line
of said road as asked for and indicated in
the petition therefor. The report of the
committee was adopted.
Resolced, That the several banks of the
city of St. Paul heretofore designated as de
positories of county funds by the Board of
Audit of Bamsey county, be, and they are j
hereby requested, to present at the next
meeting hereof, new bonds for approval of
this board, securing the payment of any
and all monies deposited with them by
the County Treasurer, pursuant to
chapter 38 of the general statutes of the
State for the year 1873. Adopted.
Ayes— Grace, Bene, Hoyt, Fink, Bohland,
Wagner and Mr. Chairman.
Resolved, That the sum of eight hundred
dollars be, and the same is hereby appropri
ated by the board of directors of the alms
house and hospital for the support of the poor
alms house and hospital for the month of
September, 1880. Adopted.
Ayes-rGrace, Bene, Hoyt, Fink, Bohland,
Wagner and Mr. Chairman.
Resolved, That the County Attorney bo
directed to commence suit upon the bond of
the Farmers & Mechanics' bank for balance
of county deposits remaining unpaid at tho
time of said bank failure. . Adopted.
Ayes— Bene, Hoyt, Fink, Bohland,
Wagner and Mr. Chairman. . '.iv- fe
| Resolced, That the County Attorney be di
rected to proceed forthwith against all per
sons selling spirituous, vinous, malt or fer
mented liquors in Bamsey county without
a license. Adopted- .
. Ayes— K-ne, Hoyt, Fink, Bohland,
Wagner and Mr. Chairman. :, -: i?- r *£* •> - ;v
The following bills were allowed: :
J. B. Cook, §6; L. W. Bundlett, 553;
Joseph Spiel, 550; W. D. Cornish, 545;. C.
W. Griggs, 557; Wm. Dawson, 560; John
Grace, 560; John Wagner, 551; St. Paul
Gas company, 520.13; Otto Dreher, 5150;
Jas. Davenport, 51; Pioneer Press company,
59.65; Mrs. Conlon, 520.25; Summer &
Baugh, 512.50; C. C. Miles, 53; Jas. Daven
port, Jr., 57980; Lindekes, Warner &Sohnr
meier, 5155 99; E. H. Milham, 534.50; J. F.
Hoyt, 560; Thos. Grace, 545; Henry Bohe,
52.70; A. M. Lowell, 54; Daily Globe,
5607.89; Jas. King, 5299.10; L. Breidert,
56.15; E. F. Lehmke, 57.50; McCarthy &
Donnelly, 516.80; F. O. Olivier, 55; J.
Kahlert, 52.50; Dispatch company, 55.25;
Ed. McKinney, 55; "The Wanderer," 51.75;
4.. H. Cavender, 52; / St. Paul
Water company, 522.60; John G. Hinkel,
520; Ed. McKinney, 56; H. M. Bice, 56; Wru.
Gross, 521; Griggs & Foster, 513; J.
B. Olivier, 57; Pollock, Donaldson & Oaden,
54.75; Averill, Bussell & Carpenter, 56.50;
Chas. Fallon, 550; John Corcoran, 550; J.
F. Warnlnnd, 550; J. A. Brown, 550; Wm.
Welch, 560: Gas Company, 520.11; Wm.
Bhodes, 560.
Bills of Jas. King, for 5105.20; Jas. King,
5124.20; A. B. Kiefer, 530; August Baer,
56.80; Dennis Murphy, 53. 65; A. B. Kiefer,
536 50; Thos. McMahon, " 54.05; Jas. King,
5236 60; Jas. King, 533.10, allowed when
the same shall have been approved by the
County Attorney.
Bills of Municipal Court for 546.55; Ste
vens County for 515.94; and Mrs. Conlon
for 54.92, were disallowed. '
Adjourned until Wednesday, September
15th, 1880, at 10 o'clock a. m.
.".„.' S. Lee Davis,
County Auditor.
Lacks the Necessary Sense, * .1-
To the Editor of the Globe . -
. Wabashawßt., St. Paul, Sept. With
reference to the assertion that my son stole
from the Clarendon Hotel, the bell boy has
evidently mistaken the party. In the first
place my son is too slow for any - practical
purpose. In the next place he has no ideas,
being afflicted with a nervous derangement,
and, soared as be was by the police, would
not understand any questions; in fact he has
not the sense that a thief requires. It is an
unfortunate fixing on the wrong party, as I
can undoubtedly prove that he is strictly
honest. . He was sent on an errand with a
quarter and received 15 cents ; change. It
takes some one smarter than James - Oakes
to rob hotels like the Clarendon or Windsor.
Neither is my house a receptacle for . stolen
property. Very respectfully, . ' r
Walter Oakes.
As his father I protest against base insin
uations. ; :' ■ \ ■ . ' . '
THIS CulKll, -
■ I Probate '■, Court. ■ ; . : "■ .
' [Before Judge o' Gorman. J ; -.
; In the matter of the estate of Frederick Boss
bach; deceased. Will admitted to probate. i•' "•:
In the matter of the estate of Wm. Cornwall;
deceased. - Petition filed for examination ; of
account and assignment of estate.
'•■ Municipal Court.
I Before Judge O'Brien,
criminal. -
The State vs. James O'Brien; > assault "with
intent to kill. Committed in default of 3,000
bail.V>v,: ':'-••' ' ' ''/ /■;' ■
The city vs. Henry Finn; disorderly conduct.
Continued to Sept. 15. - . i,t °.
Si The city, vs.'. Theodore Golden; . keeping ' sa
loon open after - hours. Fine of $10 / paid and
discharged. . . ; -;/ '.
„The city vs. A. Franitzky ; drunk ;. and >: dis
orderly. Fine of $5 paid and discharged. »•',
. •-■ The city vs. Patrick ■ Shanley ; ' drunkenness.
Fine of $ paid and discharged. •* ?- •?.*: ■'_ "..£ .: '■
■'■■ ''- ''■'.'■ A'i'..- '-- ..'.■.■' > : CIVIL. * ■"-;.; ■; -'■■^''- ';
James Branch vs. Ghas. Nagle; ; action .; for
damages. < r Judgment for plaintiff for $17 ; and
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COMMERCIAL,
Price* mad Transactions On the) St. Past
Call Board -The Wheat Xuket< Excited
. ly Higher— Park Solid -The Stock Market
Stress: and Still Tending Upward.
fr. Para, Sept/9.— the call «rd eater
dav aajeew and transaction* were aa follows:
Wheat— Nx 1 SEa Ma*. !Wc asked; No. 'J 53c
bid; September Us bid, 84c asked; October 33;
bid; year 01 bid; No. 373 a bid.
Corn— Na.2 3!ebid, awn a*xed;, sale*) two
ears and one car at 31:; September 31a bid, 35c
asked; October 35c bid. 370 asked.
Oats— No. 2 white 28a bid. 27c asked; No. 3
mixed 25c bid, 26c aeked; sale of one car at 26c;
j September 'iSi- bid, 260 asked.
Rye— No. I two bid, 67c asked.
Barley— No. 2 65c bid. oTc asked; September
63c bid, >>5c asked; October 60c bid; No. 3 94a
bid. 55: asked; September 52.- bid. 51j asked.
Ground feed—Twjears sold at til 50 per ten.
Messrs. F. T. Htyd-iti'taedt and A. L. Lax
pen '.ear were proposed for member* of the
board.
A New York dispatch of - list evening says:
•'The dry g-ooda jobbing trade continues active
and business is fair with coamis*ioa booses.
Cotton goods generally steady. Prints in fair
demand. O-n^'uims active and dress g^eds
moving steadily, ilea's wear woolens quiet.
Flannels in moderate r* quest acd firmer. The
"Bulletin" says ll.flQfl pieces Sanford tapestry
carpets will be peremptorily sold Tuesday next,
I the 11th ins;., by a leading auction boas«."
St. Pant Waole*ala M<r*i»t Yesterday.
Biiss Choice mediums ai.XVftUu J nsca-picaed
navy |l ■#! n.
Bxrswsx— Per lb, l£©2oc.
Brewers' 3cm tea — craft. $1.10: hops
19, 30Q3ie ; new hops, seeding*, fee.
Brrrss Crramery *c; cii-v-c* dairy 17.J2PC;
fair to *«*-.•** li.Ho; common 13&1 4 c.
I Cobs Jtau.— lncoming, en track, ccane $1X00;
! flue $16.00 per ton •
Coco*jirTs— Per 100, $6 .OCQIM
| Eaos— l2c. ■**
i Plous— proses* $i£CC7XO; ttrsfght $SXO
; C 5.75 clear $4.75©5.25.
! Gisseso — $< jw©l.2l per lb.
Hides, Ere— Butchers', 8c; green salt, »c;
j veal kip, 10c; veal call, 13-; deacons. &■ 'c: dry Bent
' lie ; dry salt 12- . No . 2 stock, two-third*. Sheep
j perts, shearlings, 30©40 c; iamb s^-s 3J^SOo. Tal
i low. No. 1, 5 c; No. 2, 4c.
i llapi^ Sr gab —Sew. lSgHc.
1 Xsw Osrios*— Sl.oo©l.2s per bushel; $3.75 per
I bar!.
Mtv Potatoes— 3J©3o per bushel; sweet potato**
! $i.SASS.OU per bushel.
I Baas— Per lb, VH/a,
i - Bra Fxoca— SlS7J4 per sack.
gxanca Root— per Ih.
Brass Cmcisxs— sire per pair 30036*.
Woon— Unwashed, fine, iy£3oc; coarse, 30023;
medium, 22325 c. Fleece washed, fine, 27Q30c;
coarse, SO&Zio; medium, SJ&34C Tub washed,
; 332-^c.
•«!. Paul Retail Market? Yesterday.
! Butt«b— Choice creamery 23c per S. ; fresh
dairy 14c: cocking 14215 c.
Cbxtss— Paatory cream 15c per lb. ; Edam cheese,
$1.25 each; Pineapple cheese, $1.25 each.
Eggs— Case eggs 15c; fresh country 17y,c.
VsuETiBLSS— 13£cperdoz; radishes 12tt°
per doz.; cucumbers 10c per doz.; erring
: beans 15c per peck: tomatoes 13c per do*.;
j green corn lOj per doz. ; carrots 10c per dos . ; cab
bages 50c per doz : beets 15c per dca ; summer
I squashes 60c per doz ; Hubbard squashes 15c each,
I $ l per doz; celery $1 per doz. ; sweet potatoes, 4 lbs
for 33c,
Faun— per bbL, $3.50; per peck. 30c;
j pears 25c perdcz. oranges 60c per doa ; lemon* 30c
j per doz.; pineapples 45®60c; banana* 75c
I per doz.; plums *5c per peck: peaches 50c per bas
ket: watermelons 103 15 c each; "nutmeg melon* 15e
each; Concord grapes 3 los for 25c
Eastern and European Markets.
New Yobs, Sept. B.— Money easy at 2*2s
per cent., closing at 2% per cent. Prime mer
cantile paper 4>^@s}£ per cent. Sterling ex
change, bankers' bills steady at 91.81.
Sight exchange on New York 51.83.-*.
Governments quiet but generally firm.
Railroad bonds strong and higher for meet is
sues. State securities dull.
Stocks stock market opened firm and
advanced }£ to 3)£ per cent., but subsequently,
under pressure to sell, prices declined -4 to 'i
j per cent, in the general list acd 3 per cent, in
Louisville- & Nashville. At second board a
firmer feeling prevailing and under good buy
ing the entire list advanced steadily up to the
close of business, when the improvement
ranged from li'1 i ' to 2*£ per cent., New Jersey
Central, Western Union, the granger and coal
share?, Oregon navigation and the elevated
railroad shares leading in the advance. Some
additional railroad traffic returns are at hand
and, like those previously reported, show large
gains over last "ear. Central Pacific gains
$323,000 for the mouth of August and $127,900
for the first eight months of the year. Union
Pacific earnings increased $525,000 for August.
Tbe Michigan Central $275,000 and the Texas
Pacific $41,000. The New York Central i, Hud
son River railroad company declared a quarter
ly dividend of 2 per cent., payable Oct. 15. .
The transactions aggregated £00,000 shires, cf
which 25,000 were Chi. ago, Columbus A Indians
Central; 20,000 Delaware, Lackawanna A. Western ;
2,100 Delaware A Hudson; 10,<X0 Denver & Bio
Grande; 43,1 Erie; 80,000 Hannibal A St. Joe;
2,000 Missouri, Kansas A Texas; 15,(0) Lake
Shore: 60,000 Lake Erie A Western; 5,1 00 Michigan
Central: 16.0.0 Manhattan Elevated ; 14,e00 Chicago
A Northwestern ; 2,2 Nashville, Chattanooga A St.
Louis; 28,'XiO New Jersey Central; 25,(1*0 New Tcrk
Central; 3,0 0 Northern Paciflc; 3,000 Ohio A Mis
sissippi; 1,510 Pacific Mail: 7,5:0 Philadelphia
A Beading; 42,000 Chicago. Milwaukee A St. Paul;
4,500 Sr. Paul A Omaha; 3,3.0 Union Pacific; 15,000
Wabash, St. Louis A Pacific; 2*,000 Western Union;
7,000 Louisville A Nashville and 25,000 Marietta i
Cincinnati first preferred.
- MOSSING QUOTATIONS.
Bock Island. 119% M.AC, lstpfd 5
Panama 195 do 2d preferred.. 4%
Fort Wayne 122 B. C. B. 4 N. 65
Pittsburgh! 12iVi Alton 4 Terre Haute 10
Illinois Central 115)* do preferred 75%
0.8. A Q 137 Wabash, St. L. A P. S3
Chicago A Alton 116% do preferred 6-5%
do preferred 125 Hannibal & St. Joe. 41 1 *
New York Central . . 132 do preferred 83
Harlemt ....200 Iron Mountain 57-,
Lake Shore 109 St. L. A 8. i' SIU
Canada Southern... Hi do preferred 47
Michigan Central... 96!<i do Ist preferred.. 77v*
Erie......:..: 49& 0. St. L. AN. 0. ... 40
do preferred..... 6-?4 Kansas 4 Texas 86%
Northwestern 104 Union Pacific 94%
do preferred..... 125^4 Central Paciflc 76'
Mil. & St. Paul 91% Northern Pacific. 80%
do preferred 112 V* do preferred Sty,
Del. A Lackawanna. 90% Louisville A Nash'l. 165
Morris* Essex... Ill* N. 0. * St. L 70
Delaware Hudson 85% L. N. A. * 0 lot)
New Jersey Central. "6% Houston A Texas... 67' ,
Beading 28% Denver A Bio Grade 73
Ohio A Mississippi.. 84% St. Paul A Omaha . . 41',
do preferred 77 do preferred..... 81%
Chesapeake A Ohio. 21 Montauk Coal 81 v,
" do Ist preferred.. 27% Western Union Tel. 103%
do 2d preferred.. 22 Atlantic A Pacific. 43
Mobile A Ohio 23% Pacific Mail 4Ui
0. CO. A 1... 72 hi Adams Express.... 117
0.0.A1.0 20 WollsAFargo 109
Ohio Central 24 H American 684
Lake Erie A West . 33 % United States...... 48H
Peoria A Evansville 36>£ Quicksilver* 14
Ind. Bloom'n A W.. 30 do preferred..... 66
♦.Offered. tßid.
EVENING QUOTATIONS.
Coupons, '81.. 104 ft New 4 per oenta... HO*
New6s 102 ft Pacific 6a, '95 125
New 4Kb ....110ft
STATU BONDS.
Louisiana consols.. 48* Virginia os, old 23
Missouri 6s .......109 Virginia 6s, new.... 23
St. Joe 106 Consols to
Tennessee 6s, 01d... 37 Deferred 7
Tennessee 6s, new.. 31
*: STOCKS.
O.P. 80nd5.. ...... Ill* Lake Erie ft West'n: 34*
U. P. Bonds, firsts.. ll2* Ontario ft Western . . 25
U. P. land grant.... lls* O.R.ftN ....... 66
Sinking fundi ...... 11 6 Alton ft Terre Haute 20
Lehigh ft Wilkesb'r.llU do preferred..;.. 75*
St P. ft S.O. firsts. los* Wabash, St. L. ft P. 88*
O. O. ft I. O. firsts.. — do preferred.. .. 69*
do seconds Hannibal ft St. Joe . . 41*
Erie seconds 89* do preferred...... B3*
Rock Island 119 : Iron Mountain 67*
Panama 195 St. L. *S. F 89*
Fort Wayne*. ....12a. do prefer 46*
Pittsburgh:.... ....124 do Ist preferred. 77*
Illinois Central,.... 115* C. St. L. ft N. 0. . . . 40*
0.8.4Q 18 Kansas* Texas.... 86ft
Chicago ft A1t0n.... 117 Union Pacific 91*
do preferred .125" Central Paciflc 74
New York Central. . 1 32 % Northern Paciflo... SO*
Harlem .193 do preferred 6(*
Lake Shore 109* Louisville ft Nash'l. 142
Canada Southern... 62 N. O. ft St. L 69*
Michigan Central . 92 L.N. A. &0 100
Erie... ........... 40* Houston ft Texas.. 64*
do preferred 69 Denver ftßioOra'de 74 X
Northwestern ....... 104 ft Western Union Tel . 1 1 ' I %
do preferred 125% Atlantic ft Pacific. 42
Mil. ft St. Pau1..... 92 Paciflc Mall 41*
do preferred... .113 : Adams Express 116*
St. Paul ft Omaha. . 44* Wells ft Fargo .109
■do preferred..... 85 American 68*
Lackawanna .... 91* United States 48*
Morris ft Essex 111 ft Quicksilver......... 13
Delaware ft Hudson 86* do preferred..... 55*
New Jersey Central. 79 Caribou -1*
Reading...... 29* Leadville 1*
Ohio* Mississippi. 84* Central Arizona.... 7 .
.do preferred..... 78ft : Homestake 31
Chesapeake ft Ohio. Standard 26*"
Mobile ft 0hi0....'.. 24 Excelsior 12
Cleveland ft C 01.... 72 Little Pittsburgh... 8*
0.C.& I. O.".; 20ft 0ntari0............. 31
Ohio Central..; 23 ' *
-.... No tales. (Offered. § Ex. coupon. *Ex. div.
LoifDOH, Sept. 8-6 » . M.
CONSOLS.
Money 97 7-16 Account 97 1-6
UWTXID states sxcubities.
New6s,... 106 New York Central .186*
New 4*» 114 Erie 41*
New4s 114 Erieseconds 92*
HJinois Central . .119* Beading 14*
Pennyslvania Centr'l 67*
Amount of bullion withdrawn from Bank of Eng
land on balance to-day, £17,000.
5-^-* ■ ■■".'■" Pabis, Sept 8, '
: RENTES- 871 17*0.
/ M. DORAN'S REPORTS •
. - The following quotations giving the range of the '
markets .during the ! day . were ... received by M.
Doran, commission merchant :
x Lrvmnpooii, ; '; Sept. y- 8, ■:- lOrflO a. 11.— Spot •
wheat steady. *'-*• Floating cargoes '■•■ and , cargoes on , ■
passage j quiet but : steady. Red . winter '. •Is s lower. -
London quiet.;' Small shipments from \ the ■■ Black,
>■■.-;•'• v* -"' ."•'-.'-■-••- v-». :?• ■-j *.■■•-"..'■. .-- -.