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8 THE WILMINGTON MESSENGER, TUESDA V BlBBRTJA JR V 2 190 TERRY TRIAL Second Big Venire Drawn In Court Yesterday Morning TWO DAYS DELAY Trial Now Awaits the Summoning of Xtie New Jurors Venire Made Re turnable Tuesday Morning De sired Five Jurors Expected to be Selected in Time to Commence the Evidence Tuesday Morning Seven Jurors Already Obtained Now Liv ing at the Court House Present Term Extended and the Fortnight One Pushed Ahead Notes of Yes terday's Proceedings. The trial of the capital case against S. Hill Terry, the alleged murderer of hU son-in-law, Geo. Tate Bland, would have been entirely without new interest yesterday but for anx iety over the drawing of the second venire of two hundred and fifty. The anxiousness of the accused and coun sel over this important matter sank almost utterly into oblivion along 4ide of that felt by numerous citizens -their dread of being summoned to act as even a prospective Juror in a case of life or death. It took about two hours yesterday morning to clear nway this feeling of uncertainty and then it came with a harsh realization to many, as their names were drawn forth from 'the jury box and placed on the speciar venire" list. AT ONCE TAKEN UP. The drawing of the special venire commenced as soon as court con veaed at 9:30 o'clock and lasted with 'dreary monotony until 11:30 o'clock. This task was carried out strictly in accordance" with the letter of the law. The slips of papers bearing the jurors names were drawn from the official jury box by a lad under ten years of age and placed into the hads of Deputy Register of Deeds John McLaurin, who read aloud therefrom the names, each of which was recorded by Clerk of Court John D. Taylor. ALL. DEEPLY CONCERNED PRES ENT. Besides the regular court officers Terry, still accompanied by his son, ana all counsel in the case were present. All were interested listen ttK, but the concern or the latter . tms not confined to simply listening. It partaok of a more active course, as each name had to be carefully noted, with a view to ascertaining .as sooa as possible all about its owner THOSE SEVEN JURORS. "The seven jurors. J. J. Loughlin, iEuntiet Northrop. Thos. B. Casteen, J. Sneeden, Vrans swann. R. J. iteen and R. M. Wescott, selected -iday and who represent the fruits f the first venire, were also in court. T them the drawing must have been decidedly boring, as. with tired ex ressions and impatient actions, they tolled restlessly about in the jury box. Occasionally one of them would ask to speak to a relative, who was present, about business or domestic affairs. The mutual consent of coun sel representing both rides would tben have to be sought by the court before the request waa granted. This is only one of the many unpleasant Incidents of thi3 class of jury life. To this seven the doings of the outside jyorld for the present must be a giank. All this for duty and when Jiey have consciously performed tjaeir unenviable task self-gratification and public commendation will be their. AUDIENCE -NOT fAS LARGE. . The total attendance upon court yeeterda' morning wa3 not by any means as large as Friday, as the special veniremen were absent and a, large part of the previous day's spectators remained away, knowing that nothing of great interest would mark the session. RETURNABLE TUESDAY. Upon completion of the special v.enire list Judge Ferguson had it placed officially in the hands of High Sheriff F. H. Stedman and ordered t(im ts return it Tuesday morning at 9:30 o'clock, when the arduous work jf selecting the five jurors yet to be btained will be commenced. HIS HONOR'S" ORDER. The exact order issued by Judge Ferguson .relative w trie second venire was as follows? January Term Superior Court, 1904, New Hanover county State vs. S. Hill Terry. It appearing to the court that the special venire heretofore drawn in this case has been exhausted before a jury has been chosen in this case, and it fnrther appearing to the satis faction of the court that another special venire of two hundred and fifty is necessary to obtain a fair and Impartial jury to try this case, it is therefore ordered that .another spe cial venire of two hundred and nrty be drawn and summoned in like manner as the first, until the jury has been chosen. That said special venire be return ed on Tuesday, the 2nd day of Feb ruary, 104. at 9:30 o'clock a. m. It Is further ordered that this term of the superior court of New Hanover county be continued as long as is necessary for the purposes of this case- G. S. FERGUSON. . - Judge. EXTRA DEPUTIES. x With his' characteristic prompt ness Sheriff Stedman at once started considering the work of summoning the second venire. He had sworn in eight or nine extra deputies and they were sent forth immediatery on the quest for the much desired tws -hundred and fifty citizens or New Han over county. AGAIN HARD AT WORK. Counsel in the case spent all yes terday afternoon studying the new Jury list and several burnt midnight oil last night bent on the same pur pose. Every juror that has done . jury duty in the past two years or who Is not a freeholders or who has not paid his last year's taxes will be known by Tuesday morning to these zealous counsel. For all this Infor mation records have been and will be searched. Many of the new jurors will be disqualified by these causes of challenge. ARE THEY CONFIDENT? Counsel for the defense, since the selection of the seven Jurors, seem more confident than ever of a vic tory. Not for the .reason that they believe the Jurors will be partial far from it but because they con fidently think that they have secured unprejudiced, reasonable minds. That being so both sides and the public should be satisfied. FIRST DEGREE NOT EXPECTED. A verdict not of greater effect than murder in the second degree, which is punishable by not less than ten years nor more than thirty years imprisonment in the penitentiary, ts expected. TRIED MURDERER BROCK. Of the now much Gtscussed seven Samuel 'Northrop is the only veteran capital case Juror. He served in the John Brock case and with his eleven colleagues returned a verdict of mur der in the second degree. As can be distinctly recalled Brock slew his wife and buried her body In a marsh at Queen's Inlet, HOME OF THE JURY. From now until the end of the trial the seven Jurors already select ed will make the court house their home, except when taken out to meals or to exercise, under guard of Deputy Sheriff William Sheehan. The other five Jurors as soon as selected will enter upon this temporary but tiresome life. The judge's room and the solici tor's office in the court house have been converted into sleeping quarters and there yesterday afternoon were installed .thirteen comfortable cots, equipped with all necessary cover ings. The unlucky number gives a resting place to the special custodian of the jury. MORE .PREMEDITATION EVI DENCE. The state is certainly preparing to prove strongly that Terry 4n no un certain and no choice language threatened the life of Bland. To the Ust of witnesses, some of whom are very prominent men, who are to es tablish this fact, has been added an other. Yesterday a subpoena was Issued for City Attorney William J. Bellamy, who. it is said, will testify to dire threats made in his presence by the accused against Bland. LENGTH OF THE TRIAL. It is conceded that the length of the trial from the time the taking of testimony commences until the Jury gets the case will hardly be an hour less than a week, as it is ex pected that the argument alone will consume two days and the Judge's charge fully half a day, to say-nothing of the time taken in the exami nation of nearly one hundred wit nesses. WILL COMMENCE WEDNESDAY. The taking of testimony is expect ed to commence Wednesday morn ing, as certainly the new venire should supply the wanted five jurors and that, too, Tuesday. TWO EXPERT STENOGRAPHERS. Everything possible to expedite matters during the trial will be done. Two expert stenographers will be employed. One will work in the morning and the other in the after noon, so that the court can be kept supplied with typewritten copies of the proceedings without delay. Mls3 Stella Shrier, who is a well known and able expert in this. line, will be one of the stenographers. TERM EXTENDS. But for the Terry case the present term of court, which was only ap pointed for one week, would have ended yesterday and the following fortnight's term would have been convened tomorrow morning. As it Ls. the present term will have to be extended until the murder trial ends, though the court will have to rest tomorrow, and the other term will In the morning be adjourned until Tuesday. February 9th. TRULY A DAY OF REST. The counsel in the case will cer tainly appreciate this Sabbath as- a day of rest. Messrs. Lew s and Schulken went to Whiteville yester day afternoon to spend Sunday at home. They will return tomorrow. MISS FANNY BEERS DEAD. Died at Her Home at Lake Waoca may Yesterday Afternoon. Friends in this city of M:es Foamy J. Berrs, of Lake Waccam&w, we e shocked axd greatly grieved yesise day to learn of her death at her home, at 2 o'clock yesterday morning. f ;ec an illness of about two week. Miss 'Beers w&;h her brother, Mr. Charles Beers, tolas res del in North Carolina few a great m-ny yea:a, (hiv ing come to this state anlgdrttiv from Minnesota. This funeral wdl take pl3C at Lake Waocamaw this. Sun&w atfternocn at 2 o'clock.. DRIVER NOT TO BLAME. Fire Committee Finds That Accident to Hose Wagon Could Not Have Been Averted. Thb fire committee, composed- cf Al dermen P. Q. Mcore, XT. G. Tiertlren anl W. E. Yopp, made a thorough inveet.: gattjem jTeSterduy aterncon ol the ac cident whEch. occurred to h5 wgo? No, 2 at Fif Jh atnd Grange streets Fri day aftsemoGaixIt was fourd f.ot. t e VhSver of the wagom. Michi-cl Prvan. had has horses unxier o?ntrci before t reachei thie above named (o.ier, r. n. J that the accMenft was caused b. th grourJd being very sl'ct; causing one cf the rear wheels to slid? in the scutrer, and thfe wagon to tur,i oer. The. in juries to the wagon were repaired yes terday afOernocn and it Ss jw reaJy for use again. Aw expert tailor reprt?entingrr- fcnbrwn cOcdhin& firm of Stnwjse & Bro., of Baitaraore, will be .it J. Sjdky & Co's on Tuje&dky, WedtoesdXr a." Thursday of 12'ii week. : - f ,0W RAMPAGE (Three Negro Wonien Es cape from Convict Camp SMASHED DOOR All of the Women Were Captured Six Women Who Were Confined in Same Room Did Not Attempt to Escape Shooting Scrape at Navassa- Dan Baker, Colored, Charg ed With Shooting a Negro by the Name of Calloway Baker Is In Prison. Three negro women who are serving terms of imprisonment at the convict camp at Castle Haynes escaped from their quarters last night, but it was only a few hours until they were again in the toils of the law. The women were Mamie Garfield. Lilly Miller and Janie McColl. These women together with six other prisoners were con fined in a smallv frame house. Mr. H. Hocutt. the foreman of the camp said he locked the door of the building where the women were confined abouf 9 o'clock. A short time after this one of the guards went to Hocutt and told him that several of the woman had escaped Upon examination it was found that the women had smashei the door of the building into splinters. Six of the prisoners made no attempt whatever to escape. As soon as he learned of the escape of the prisoners Foreman Hocutt got in his buggy and started in the direction of Wilmlng- ton. He caught up with the womef when near the Smith creek bridge. They made no effort whatever to escape when they saw Mr, Hocutt, out seemed to think that their escape was quite a joke. The wopien were brought to the city and placed in cells in the city hall. They will be taken back to Castle Hayne this morning. A SHOOTING AFFAIR. In a shooting scrape which occurred at Navassa last night about- 10 o'clock. Sam Callaway, colored, was shot in the left leg just above the ankle. A negro by the name of Doc Baker is charged with doing the shooting. Baker was arrested last night and brought to the emphatically thS T he did the shooting lLah;JV1 city for safe keeping. He denies most but when he was arrested he nad a revolver in his pocket and- further- more the negro wno was snoi says Baker did the shooting. It seems that several negroes who were on the S. A. L. freight last night got into a dispute and the dispute wa3 continued after they got off of the train at Navassa. The negro, who wa shot says he was not in the quarrel and that he was preparing to leave the station at Navasa when some one shoe a pistol three times into the crowd, one of the balls striking him in the left leg. Callaway came to- Wilming ton last night to get a physician to re move the bullet from his leg. The shooting occurred in Brunswick county and the prisoner will have to fbe carried there for trial. . The case will probably be tried tomorrow. . A colored man by the name of Floyd McKoy brought the prisoner from tNavassa to Wilmington last night. THE "TOLOS.V ARRIVES. This Will Make Taird Cargo of Cot ton the Tolosa'' Has Carried from Wilmington Tills Seaeoa. The British steamship Tolosa, 2.09'J tons. Captain Holttum, arrived in port yesterday from Cardiff. The vessel comes to Alexander Sprunt and Son for a cargo or cotton, inis win mae me third cargo of cotton that this vessel has carried from this port this season. The Tolosa cleared from Wilmington with the last cargo in the latter part of November. No more? vessels wiu come to Wilmington this season for cotton cargoes. It took, several weeks to secure enough cotton to load tb Oceano. which cleared for Liverpool, a few days ago, and it will no doubt take several creeks to secure the Tolo sa's cargo. Captain Holttum, of the Tolosa, has a large number of friends in this cily who will be delighted' to know that;5?1 is in the city again. DECLARE DIVIDEND. Board of Directors, of Consolidated " Company Met Yesterday,. A special meeting of the board; of di rectors of the Consolidated Railways. Light and Power Company as held. yesterday at 1 o'clock in the . office of Hugh MacRae and Company.. A state ment of the years business was sub mitted to the board. A dividend of 3 per cent on the preferred stock was declared, 2VS per cent payable Febru ary 10 ta and 2 per cent payable oj August ICth 1904. !Mr. E. A. Taylor, of Rai-etgh. is slop ping at Tie Orton. CONTRIBUTIONS. List of Those Who Aided Katherine -Jvennedy plome Dsringr January. The following contributions wer made to the Catherine Kennedy Hcm for January: Miss Mary Hodges pick et t. pork; Mrs. Alexander, pork, veg etables: Cornelius Harnett Council. sandwiches, fruit butter; Mrs. Wilder. potatoes, coffee, milk: Mrs. Penny, flour, eggs,, oatmeal: Miss Louise Har-? low; Daughters Confederacy, sand wiches ; Mr. Hintze beef weekiy; Mr. J. A. Springer, ice daily; Mr." R. R. Bellamy, drugs, Mr. Hicks ny. drugs Mr.. Hicks Bunting. ; Mrs Brldgers. cojfee; Mrs. Moore. . drugs Roger I Monthly meeting will he Meld at the . vesertfar morntp arl the c&t?e ftgainsX ?ere 3,000 bales of whlc 300 w rv.t v -y, tne sludenta ano that a nam .Tuesday afternoon at 0:51 'clQCfc , ! fcrod.. w .peculate ta m! w?. Tul enU wen?.aUo to tbe, Monthly meeting will he held at the FEDERAL FOIST SCHOOL. Public School at Federal Point T7HJ '. . be Opened on February 8 th. . At the fast meeting of tie ooxnty boasxJ of ciiucnon. th matter of re cstal&sfc&ng a white tchooi at Federal sefcoof at Federal Point at the rr seat I mteSeop&e fn thai vacirtty the white tohool was discoTvt nuM vtra' years -ts.xrxl vfett; fa-r 11 c h re -oenfy move! to tbJe Ix-Kl-ty of the Fed eral Point adhefcrf aI It is now thought that the number of irud-;nta wiO be sufficient to justify the o;e.-Lrg of he e&txxA. The matter at the last m 1 c f ox vxs boartt was left in ih? ha a or -PrafesEw Catlatt aisi he was instructed to look inro the rrrutVT nd do what he thought best about it- P o or C t !ett safd yesterday t!it h fa'i &iA ed to open the school and ;bUi be hor-ed to open tt on Monday, Febr.iar 8th. Mr. Robert Lewis wr.l be t e teacher who will have charge cf the school. ANOTHER CASE OF SMALLPOX. Colored Woman Who Works at Y. M. C A. Thought to Have? the Dread ed Disease. colcotJd woman by th3 n:mn of lEZzzell, who works at the Y. M. C A. building, is supposed to bavo smillopx a-l waa quarantined at her bant? No. 114 South; Tervth street yest-trday after noon. The woman will te sent to 'the pest house to-day. Several weeks ago :t waj dseowil that Mr. A. N. Hilburn. a cle. k at the Atlantic Coat Line effloa hwd thj snJ&Lpox. He wus at ence s.mt to ih-r pest 'house arti eo whs his tr.Q.ts, Mr. H. J. Beers, who was fcJs roxn mate. Mr. Beers -was released from ti.e pest house e venal days a?o and u.os rer-J J fri ed his work at tSie Atlantic Coat Line offloa Mr. I 111 burn it. rai&dty recover ing iom -the armllpox ana It wi l be only a ehort Lirae unti: he can Lm re moved (home. Both of these youn men had rooms at the Y. M. C. A. anJ tt is supposed that the colored woman m traoiOvl the duseUse in clearing uox the room occupied by; the young men. On .account of Us bing bikh a Ion? time since Mr. Hi-born was. taken with thu smallpox. It was httel' tit th.j steps taken to prevent the spread! oC tin doatsado had been successful. TO5 DECIDE OX HIS SANITY, Hearing Before Judge Ferguson Yes terday as to Sanity of A. W. Itiven-barL- Mr. A. W. Rivenhsnl". vib!: until re cent:y was a clerk for Stembergier Bros. TiSas given a hearing; before Judge Fer guacvn yeatjerdlarvr to determ'ne as 'to & s a;rtity. Riven-bark is so ;d to lhava been acting in a pleculiar manner for sev eral months and about, cne we -4c ag t .beciame neoessary to- confijia 'hlim. Its "cat i rata.r pacu.tar le s.ms .o be perfectly oonsaiou of eVcTyJhing )n does and when he does sornofchiin:? that allows his mind Is unbaljanved he can 'mvariably give such i goad reason fa. commit'tlling the .ct Unit is inclihred "to believe that "hie iaof eol-otI mirt . Ttoe 'hearing yestenlar -was 4 re WB3 corpus .raoce idinML Judge FeiguJson sa;d he had rather have several ipfhysicdans paj on Roven ar.-v'tj 'case- before he render el bis decision so -he oppo.Tiiied; Dr. Bur bank. Dr. A. Bt HajrnUs. Dr. McMdllan anKi Dr. C. D. Bfc'U as a oomrntLaslon tos examine Rjven barlc and make a reoort on hi 9 cndl tiorv. Judge Ferguson will; probably decdie tTte casie Monday. Mr. A J. (M-jrshlaJl i Ei-etnbark's aDtarney.. THE BOARD OI ALDERMEN. '.Slanthly Meeting to be Held on Moa- day Nlghl- , Tbe board of aider rrn will hold thesr naculhr montihly mestiag on Mcnfiy flight. The important :.vtters to c me .up win be the two ordinances offerei at the lrt meetiaig of the b-vrJ. Oni of. tb? ordinancves offrtd ha3 as i;s 'object the beitermcttt of tiie ieser.t Cdiimbing' eiBiem and al-o reqares :that an inspector fftalt he appointed by !t5ie city to pass cn alt p umbing. There ;ls no douat about this ci'dLnainoe b ing adfapted by the boar J. It is siji th-it there is not arjother town dn the outh ,t!be size of Wlilmington thai hJ-itr. not cot an ordi'.rajiJioe similar to tfc&s. ore. 'The crdt-nainoe was driwn up and sub- emitted to the bbaid of alJfermen hy ib city boacd of health. The other ordinance to be dlsousscd is -JLve onij offered: at the 3a3t miing by Airman 'Beinrer.ds in regard. to the blocking of alleys It Is the intension 'ji the biari t3 amejrad thie ordtnarjc? if-qurlng icnat all buil dingo two elortoa cr more xrvht-tight eOeoII be equippad; wit'i ftre saa,i-e -. The ordinance wSU be made tovdrxsJuU..' buLld.ngs throe . f tortus or nore --n htffelht except school bud dings, fir? e ciapes will be siequirei at these v. then orJy two stcrl. in bt"?ht. Saveaal important, wattersf wihicn were not cLtapcacd. cf at .iihe lait m et tng of the board wxre lft to i the han'i? of the stamkiing committees "with, p wer to act. Thies matters. th!e nwlndipal rsnft r,T wTnLch was in regard .tMr. Hugh MacRae's citizens'.np. havebeen d cid- ed fwcpc-u. COMPLIMENTARY DANCE. Miss Caniwell Gave Pliantom Ball Last Night to One off Her Dancing Classes. Miss Leonora cantweit; give a phan? torn ball last night t her advanced" danciag classes. Th ball was of a dancing class. All of those attend ing were dressed in ghostly costume and, as they filed into the dark hail each bearing a lighted candle they presented a weird and ghostlike appear ance. After assembling in the hall each of the guests-selected their part ners for . the ensuing dance. Dress-! in the long white? costumes and dis guised, no one could tell who tbejrwer getting for a partner. After selecting partners the masks were removed ana it was not until: then that the- dancer" could be recognized. The remainder of the evening was spent in dancing. There were about twenty-five eouples present and all seemed to enjoy themselves greatly. season Miss! During tb valentine Cantwell will give a soiree In which j all of the classes will participate. I Wllnm WakMrflL evi a J upm oharge of getting two tck- ens under false pretense, was given a ' ifcmirxiry trial before Mayor SirSn-r f f. WILi-llKCTOII fJARKETS Saturday. January 10. CCfc"rO Steady at l&Jti. ruceit13 of cotton today 4 bales. (KacipCs ' the season to data 101,175 fiVAli STORES. SPIRITS . TLTNrm at 60 rents. BO0lNfl. Wd TAR Firm at fL . CRUDE TURPxrmE-Itrm mom sams 4my I TSm turpentine firm at 51Hc; r"-J n.41; tT fir rt crx d turpsc- tme quiet at fLXl an4 tlM. Receipts today 19 casks PVr,J "J" pentine. 110 barrels rosin. 1S4 oarrtus tar. 71 barrels crude -turpentine, RecelpU same day Iat year 19 spirits turpentine. Z$ barrels rosin. barrels tar. M barrels crude turpeV Uns. PRODUCE. SALT Prices car lss Ists Iff Jhm C. F. 41c; 20 it C. F. IUT 2 I T 7 eoaxse SSic. DRY SALTED SIDES- TVS BUTTER 27 to SOc. COFFEE 7 U 11c FLOUR Straights SI.20 to fct-SO: 2nd patents ts full JfJt to 5.2 M01SSES S. Housfe 14: Sew Or leans BrJghts 23 to 25: Porto EJco 20: rhjba 2. SUGAR Granulated J4.7S; W. C. X Nb, 5 J4.65; No. 7 :; Ns. 9 JL49: X 11 14.20. HARD (Tierce Basil) Pure PC fomwund 7 to 7L. COUNTRY PRODUCE. fHX NUTS North Carolina S5 Virginia 85 to 90; Spanish 90 to to si; 3. BRESWAX 25 to CORN 65 to C7. CORN MEAL 60 tcr DGGS-20 to 22 dull. OirrCKENS Hens 25 to 15; siartng It toi22 cents. TURKEY'S 18c drefcjed. DE25F 2 to ic. N. CT. BACON Hamr f d) 15 rent; kams -(new) 12c; shoulders 12 cenrs: shouldfers (new) 10 cer.ttf; sides (M 12 cents ; sides (new) 10 cents. tfWj3Er POTATOES 9 to 65. SHINGLES Per 1.000:' 6-mch ssss J 2. 00; e-inch hearts, J2.r0p 8-inch sai 12.09: e-incb hearts 14.00. TIMBER: Per M feet Extra milling. -17.53 CS. Mill prime ..16.00Ol.! Mill fair H.50?5.S Common, null 14.003 4.5 Inferior., to- ordinary 1X50Q i.C STOCKS AXD IlGJtTX. Quota tkms on local securities lur- ninhed ty Hugh MacRae &'Ce. STOCKS. Lof Conn "32 -tlroad 171 RANKS. astod. A. N. C. C Z 17C At4.nti Nat Rank 24! MurchiS'-jtr Nat. Bank... 13T People's iav. Bank 150 Wil. avx.jfc Trust Co... to Atlantic Tr. &; BankingCo 12ft V MILL PTOCK. Ir.dereor. Cot. Mills Clifton Jifg Co F. W. Po-!Mfg Co Granby Cot; Mills, s. C. Henritta! MilFs N. C 121 137 i 200 Union Cot .Mills pfd S. C. Pelser Co- Pjdmor.t Mtfir Co 17s 200 A. C. L. - cert new".. A. C. Sj. tWn;.5'S cert... North Ceroliha 4's 103". North Carolina Cs 130 New Hawver Cfeumty 5s. 10S Wiknlnfftao; 5'S; 104 Si 115 lift 103. 135 mMffi TELESHASM. ITKTANCIAL. New fbrit;. Xcuary 3vi-iTr2Ley or. call sr: no loans. Titnv loans Pteedier. sixty days 354. P cent.: ninety fays 4- per cent.; six month? i 4 to 4U pr.-cen Prime ntwcaatile la per A ts 5-4, rr cent. Sterling .--change stendj with actual' btr??ness iii b&nkerfr-!ijills at 54.85.5a for- dema ud ftnd 'at 14.S2.SV to J4.83 forr efxty 'ioy Wile. iiKned rates $4.83 to.' 14.84 imd to J4.i57. Commercial bills $ to M.WS: Bar silver ITA.. Mexican oil are STOCXS. ' A. L.L.... HMM0VU A. C. U DfO. 1081 mom Atchlwa Baltimore- and Ohio Ohesapeak and Ohi?iK . - 34 Dela-awre- and Hudscsu.. 165 nilno Central 112 Louisville and Nashville- 107 Mar.hatta.ii L -... 14TJ4 Metrjoplitfto Street fSailway 120.' New-Yorit Central HSi Norfollt and Western. .. uf& Vorfolfc and Western pfd S Pennsylvania . Readirnr 45',4 Sehoar . Seaboar fd A. Souther Pacific 604 sthem Railways ... 224 Cssrhci Railway, pfdu , Unim Pacific Ktti EXPRESSCOJXPANIES. Aim Express ..220 American v,. 132 Cntte Btates . XOS TeUn Fare i U MTSf-RLLANEOlTS. 'Amalgamated Corpr 47? Brooklyn Ran HI Transit 47 U Pullraa Pattv- Car.. 216 fttsndar Oil 6S2 Tenesee Coal-and Iron..;.... SS -United States Steel i unitea states- steel pfd Virginia Oirollna ch 33 Virginia Oroiixia Ch pfd.., 103 BONDS. United States refunding 2rn reg... 103 United States refunding 5s cou... 103 United States 3's reg 10 United States 3's cou...,. 107 United. States new 4's reg United States new 4's ecu. .... 132U 133; United States old 4s xg Jfi7 United States old 4s ou lci; United- States 5s reg 1C4 Unl?d States 5's 000 lXM Atlantic Coast Line 4fs 354 L. and N. unL 4 s.N. .. yj Seaboard Air Lin - n. Southern Railway Vs., , UZ COTTON. Liverpool, Jansary 29.- i ton: In rit.X2Jr:Z) ooints hbrhpr a 8.SS; good middlmg 8.S2 7 72- low middling 8.C6; good ordinary 8 56 ordinary 8.36. The al flfT; 1 LK4 American. RecelpU 1I.C3 lm(3 ticloding J, 400 American. -Futures opened steady and otftted excited and Irregular with prices more cr less nominal; American middling March SMi March ami April 1.C3; April and May 3.63 ; May and Jane 8.63: June and July 8.C5; July and Atirrf SfiSf Ausruvt UrtA SiwlMnW 8.47; September and November ton. lnal. PORT" RECEIPTS. " Oalveston strong at llc; net re ceipts 6.715 bales. Norfolk, net receipts TOO bales. Baltimore nominal at K.75; set re ceipts 6.42S bales. Boston quiet at 16.71; net receipts 1.000 bales. Wilmington steady at 15c; wet re ceipts 264 bales. Philadelphia steady at-TTc; aet re ceipts 293 bales. Savannah quiet at 16Hc; net receipts 1.665 bales. New Orleans firm at IS lfr-lc; i receipts 12.076 bales. . Mobile steady at 15&e; net receipts CX bales. Vemphls firm at 16c; net receipts 147 bales. Augusta steady at 16Hc; net receipts 05 bales. Charleston firm at 15c: ct receipts 4S bales. St. Louis Arm At 16c:. Houston steady al 15c; net receipt 17625 bales. .New York, janoziry w. uoion mv tlve at 16.75; gross receipts 6.1 Si bn.lre; nck 72.654 bales. Total today at alt saapsrts 5Kt r ,ctipts 32.243 bales: exports to Ore.it Britain 13,034 bales; to the con3nn t S.rSS bales; stock T54."C bales. Coasolldatsd at sJl sapsrts Cfi wr celj;ts Z2iZ bales; exports to Great Britttln IZjOH bales; tar the continent 8523 bhles. TctkJ-since, BeptemtMr 1st at ail sa porti Net receipts 5.061,VU bales; ex ports to Great Britain 1TTSS.23S bals; to France 5M.643 bales; to the conti nent -OIS.561 bales; to Japan IMf bales: to Mexico 20.25 bales. Soot cotton closed inactive 70 points: higher;' middling uplanJs' 1S.7S; mid dling g-jIT 17. Stiles none. Futures clsed steady; February' 16.15: March 16.32; April 16.0; Mar 16.76; June 160; July 16.b?5 August 16.00; September 13.80; Octatoer Novembtr ; December l.1dt GRAIN AND PROYISIONS. Chicago. January 30. The ? leading futures ranged as follows: Open. High. Wheat rr; I C!s May .. . .. 90 July S2SJ. Sent ..78 Corn No. 2 May 504. Jan July 4SV4 ; Oats No. Z- 90 S0, t04 82 83 82U 73 77t T7 50i W iOVi 46 y 4S 4k 40 43 42 41 i 3SH 37 3 TJari . . f ?iy . rJuIy SS- M9B Pork.. per h?T May .. .. 1U9 1-s.rd. rer itO lbs Jn .. .. May .. .. 7.42H Z(Z July .. .. 7.i2i 7. 411 Mi 12.07V4 ir.0i 7.10 T.32 6.62U r.so r.32M Short IUbs. per ICO lbs- May .. ; e.70 C.C0 Jafy .. .. 6.iXSft. 6.724 6.72 Cavh quotRtlors were m let)k. Flour steady; winter patents I4.2).tu J5.C0: straights 14.00 to 14.20; spitng patents 54.10 tar 14.50; straights 13.60 n 54.00; bakers - 12.40 to 13.20; No. 3 spring wheat TS to 87; No. 2 rod 8S to 92; No. 2; corn 48; No. t yellow 43; No. 2 oaUr-40 to 40; No. 3 white 40 to 43; mess pork per barrel !13.0?7 lard per 100 pounds 17.10 to 17.15; short ribs sides (looser 6 to 6; short clesr aides (boxed) 17.00; whiskey basis of nigh wines 1L2TI New York, January 30. FLOUR Quiet, unchanged- winter patents 14 31 to t4.G5; Minnesota , patents 14.70 to -13.00. Rye flour strong; fair to gxd 13.40 to 13.45. WHEAT Spot dull; No. 3 red S3 Options experienced a moderate Je--eiine as a result of better news from the far east and an absence of bull support. Mayv32; July 87; Septem ber 81. ; CORN Spots ' quiet; No. 2, S. Op- --Hons market was quiet, weaker. In- -luenced chlerr by the drop In whent. LThe market closed dull at V to Vic net .declined. May LS; July M. OAT Spot dull; No. 2. 45 LARD Easy; western steamed 7.W refifed dull; compound 6 to 6. PORK Ouk-t: family 115.01 to 11E.S:, K short clear 313.75 to 316.00; mesa 11 4. to to 15.00. BUTTER Firm; extra creameo'" 22H: state dairy 14 to 10. CItEESE--QuIet; state full cream, fancy small 'colored September 12; late made 104; small white September 11; late made EGCS Steady; state and Pennsyl vania nearby average finest 36. RICE Steady;, domestic fair to ex tra 3 to a?; Japan nominal. MOLASSES Firm; New Orleans open kettl good to choice 31 to 37. SUGAR Raw quiet; fair refinlng 2 13-16; centrifugal 96 test 3 5-16; mo lases sugar Z 0-16; refined quiet; con feet loners A. 14.25; mould A 14.75; t loaf 35.1(1: crushed 15.10; powdered 14.50: granulated 14.40; cubes 14.63. POTATOES Firm ; Long Island J1X to 33.50; Jersey 12.75 to 13.00; Jersey sweets 11-50 to 12.50; state and wes tern 12 40 to 12.60. PEANUTS Firm; fancy handpictsd 5 to 5V; domestic 3 to B. CABBAGES Steady; domestic p--r ton 12;00 to 123,00; per 100. 15.00 to-lis COTTON SEED OIL Was quiet, bttt rather,- strong on bullish southern mar kets, crime crude fob mills 30 to 20 W pzlm-c summer yellow 27 to iv off Tvzruner yellow nominal; prime vhit 40; v?c!me winter yellow 40 to 4Z. NAVAL STORES. Nw York, January 30. Turpntle weak 62H to 64. Rosin steady; strain ed common to goo J 12.25 to 13.D t h?rleston, janeary 30. TonenUn- rT w rosin . nominal rntWn r- HAinr isavannah, January 30. Trrpentin; qjdet 61; sales 15 casks; receipts ICj c&ks; exports 405 casks. Rosin quiet. U J; W W 14.50. 31 ANY PRESENT. The monthly meeting of the public school teachers of New Hanover county vxas held at the Cape Fear Academy yesterday There were o&ry three of the publfc? scnoo; teachers of the county who wer- not pretent. .interesting talks were mao by several of the teaehm. -Th matins wona e.most enthusiastic hell UKH 111 several months. teachers i? Tk T - itlt" that books from the rr es .at the schools were being Bies; receipts 2.7C0 barret; exporL-i barrels. Quote: A B c I 12.73. E 12.83' F 12.85; G 22.95? II 13.15; I i.S0; K 13.25: M 12.90 tr w c.