IS. Wheat, $1.05tol.09 ; corn, 47to49c ;
oats 30toStc. Cattle, StoSJc per lb.; cows
$30to40 per head ; sheep, Slooc per lb. ;
swine, $3.S6to4.20 per 100 lbs.
Iron works throughout the country are
all going into operation, and business men
generally say that people who are not in
business can form no idea as to the activity
that prevails in business circles.
An exchange says ; The reason why Gen.
Hood's children are penniless is because
tbeir father Invested bis money in Louisiana
securities, and the Democratic party of that
State repudiated their obligations.
David Stutarasn, of Centre township.
Perry county, drank a gallon of whisky the
other day and yet was not intoxicated. A
copperhead snake had previously filled his
system with another kind of poison. Whis
ky won."
The B. F. Kepner residence in this bor
ough was put up at public sale by Amos G.
Bonsai 1, executor, on Saturday. The offer
was $1,850.00. A lot of ground of said
decedent was offered at tbe same time. The
offer waa $157.00.
A refreshing rain fell on Saturday even
ing. It was a most timely rain, to all hn-
niaa sppciranc timely for the wheat that
was sowed ; timely for that yet to be sown,
and timely for the ground not y-t prepared
to receive the grain.
"A beautiful monument of Scotch granite
hasbeen erected over tbe grave of Louis
u ...i.... in tha Presbvtcrian rravevard.
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