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    rfiEFTY INDUSTRY,
fActive Demand for Chilled and Sand
- nous, ana rnces
SADYAKCED FIVE DOLLARS A TOU.
ffEolI Manufacturers Dreading a Still
" Further Boom to Trade
10 BE FOLLOWED BT DEPBESSION
OrncR oFPrrrsBTmo Dispatch, l
THttBSDAY. December 6. 1881 J
Interviews; with representatives of the
A. Garrison Foundry Company and the
Phoenix Boll "Works develop the fact that
the chill and sand roll industries were never
in a healthier condition than at the present
time. Both these manufacturing establish
ments are working well up to their capacity,
-with orders ahead sufficient to keep the works
moving until after the turn of the year.
Prices have advanced So per ton since the
middle of November. It is claimed that this
advance goes mostly to the benefit of labor and
iron and coke manufacturers. The quality of
iron which is used in the manufacture of rolls,
which is the very best charcoal iron, has ad
vanced fully IS per ton In the past 60 days.
How Coke Was Bulled.
Coke has jumped in the same time from tl 10
to SI SO, and even in cases, to SI 75 iter ton, and
the advance on rolls has evidently been ab
sorbed before proprietors derive any benefit.
The chief benefit of the advance to proprietors
has been to such as anticipated the advance
and laid in large stocks ol iron atthe low rates.
A member of one firm reports that his estab
lishment is stocked up for months ahead at the
low prices. Said he:
"If wo had not laid in a full stock of Iron and
coke at the low prices, we would have had no
benefit from tbe late advance. Labor, coke,
and the grade of iron we use in makine rolls
liave all advanced in the past month sufficient
to wipe ont the Jo additional price of rolls."
Tber Have Been Higher.
Within the past decade rolls have sold at
nearly double present prices. Chill rolls were
Isold within that period at 6ic per pound, and
sand rolls at 4c per pound.
The former were sold within the past year at
Zfa per pound at the latter at S4C When the
liigb prices were reached a reaction followed,
and a few years of dull trade with little profit
was tbe result.
A member of one of the firms referred to
above, taid recently: "lao not want to see snea
a boom and sucn high prices as we had In
1SS1-2. There was such a boom in those j ears
that business in our line was stimulated
berond a healthy condition. We made money
too fast for a year or two. and forseveral years
while the couniry was sobering up from its
spree we felt blue enough.
What is Dreaded.
The thine to be dreaded most now is an
other boom like that of 18S2. There is a reason
able profit in our trade now, and we are turn
ing out a large amount of stuff, and if trade
will only keep on in its present state we are
altogether satisfied. Better a reasonable profit
than these great booms, which are inevitably
followed by periods of depression.
"In the past two or three years our works
have Increased their capacity 100 per cent, and
we prefer to turn ont more goods at smaller
margins. Our trade is all right now, and we
would deplore any further advance."
Following are the price of chilled and sand
rolls as furnished by the Phoenix and A. Garri
son works:
From C to 12 Inch diameter to 40 Inch long, 4c
per pound In roujrh.
From IS to :4 inch diameter to 72 inch long, 2c
per pound In rough.
From 34 to 34 inch diameter to 1M Inch long, 35) c
per ponnd In rougb.
Additional charge on rolls for brass and other
fine wore
band rolls made of best charcoal Iron, 23(c and
SJfc per pound In rough, according to size.
Liberty Live block.
Owing to the absence of Weighmaster Dun
keld from the city the live stock receipts and
sales for the week are not getatable. Sales of
hogs for tbe week were as follows: Thursday,
1,553 bead; Friday, 2,473; Saturday. 1.423; Mon
day, 6,741; Tuesday. 1,341; Wednesdav. 3,689.
Total, 16.220 bead; last week, 25,815; previous
week, i,4u.
bales f sheep and Iambs: Thursday. 4iSbead;
Friday. Ill: Batnrday, 7S4; Monday, 2,928: Tues
day, LS&Vi; Wednesdav. 74. Total. 6,203 bead;
last week, 5,974; previous week, 8,741.
Br Telearnpb.
Netv York Beeves Receipts. 35 carloads
for city slaughterers direct. 13 carloads for ex
portation, and 2 carloads for the market: no
trading In beeves; dressed beef steady at 5
7Jc per ponnd for sides, with a little 'extra
beef sold atc. Exports 500 beeves and 940
quarters of beef. To-dav'a Liverpool cable
quotes American steers easier at ll12c per
pound for the dressed weight, sinking the
offal, and American refrigerated beef dull at
scant 9c per pound. Sheep Receipts. 1.700
head; market Ann for both sheep and lambs,
with an early clearance; common to choice
sheep sold at S4 O0C 00 per 100 pounds: com
mon to choice lambs at SS 257 50: outside
price for 3 loads. Calves Receipts, 300 head;
firm for all sorts, with sales at So 258 00 per
100 pounds for veals, and at Si C03 60 for
grassers and Western calves. Hogs Re
ceipts, 3,800 head; no sales on the live weight;
market quiet at the nominal range of S4 00
4 20 per 100 pounds.
St. Loots Cattle Receipts, 1,400 head; ship,
ments. 3.800 bead; market strong; good to
fancv native steers, M C04 90: lair to good do,
S3 200140: stackers and feeders. SI 53 10;
range steers. S2 003 00. Hogs Re
ceipts, 6.200; shipments, L100 head;
market shade higher; fair to choice
heavy. S3 643 70; packing grades, S3 503 65;
light, fair to best. S3 453 GO. Sheep Re
ceipts, 600 head; shipments, 900 bead: market
firm; fair to choice. S3 10Q470; lambs, H 60
65U
Chicago Cattle Receipts, 17.000 head;
shipments. 4,000 head; market weak generally
and a shade lower: beeves. S4 905 25; steers,
S2 90i 75; stackers and feeders, SI 85-2 80;
Texas cattle, 31 402 9a Hogs Receipts,
30,000 head; shipments 5,000 bead; market
slow, weak: mixed. S3 50S3 80: heaw. S3 50
3 SO; light, S3 553 fea Sheep Receipts,
7,000 bead: shipments, 1,000 bead; market
strong: natives. I35 40; Westerns, S3 50
4 20; Texans, S3 40E4 15. , -
Buffalo Cattle stronger but not quotably
higher: receipts, 68 loads through, 4 loads sale.
Sheep and lambs stronger and higher; receipts,
14 loads through. 15 loads sale. Sheen Choice
to extra. So 206 65; good to choice, 54 S55 la
Lamb-Cbolce to extra,S6106 65: good to choice
S6 006 35. Hogs active, 510c lower; receipts,
SO loads through, 60 loads sale: mediums and
heavy. S3 803 85: heavy ends. S3 7503 80:
mixed, S3 bO.
A PATENT ON THE1T.
Ideas nnd Inventions of Pittsburg Mechanics
and Other.
List of patents issued to Western Pennsyl
vania, Eastern Ohio and West Virginia in
ventors, on Tuesday. December 3, IBS9, fur
nished by O. D. Levis, patent attorney, 131
Fifth avenue, Pittsburg:
Amos E. Abrahams, Clortcs Mills, Pa., sucker
rod elevator; George Allen, Franklin, Pa., ap
partns Tor pumping oil wells; Daniel Arger-tn-lght,
TroY, O., carriage certain attachment;
Adam Beach, Columbus, store service attach
ment; F. Bitsford, Erie, expansion trip; C. K.
Brady. Washington, Pa., machine for .finishing
the necks or bottles: Thomas M. Campbell, Alle
gheny, dumbbell: John 8. Davis, Toledo, grain
binder: E. C. Dauson, fareely, O., device for
lamps; Elizabeth K. Graham, Pittsburg, brush;
Oscar.F. Grant, Pittsburg, fountain pen: Joseph
Guest, Pltubure. rolling forge bar; Xzra Hazel
ton. Warren. Pa., picture frame: C. M. Hover,
Cruton. O.. thill coupling: Jacob O.Joyce, Day
ton, ol, liningiack: John Kerby, Jr., Dayton,
O.. car lamp: Albert Lampert, wadsworth, O.,
automatic steam injector; Gustavus A. Miller,
Jiutlcr. combination step ladder; Justus L. Miller,
Paulding, O.. plow: John Pedder, Mtteburg.
utilizing wornout railway tires: William C
Powell. Corry. Pa., slelrb: G. J. Roberts and H.
Farnnm. Darton. O.. piston rod packing: Clark
Llnty. Springfield. O., gas engine; A. TraxelU
Liberty, O.. unloading platform: ltobert K.
Turner, Columbus, apparatus for manufacturing
gas; AL A. Wright, Columbus, cigar mold; D. G.
VV yeth, Newark. O., fifth wheel for buggies.
4tit Tbe Ladle Delighted.
The pleasant effect and the perfect safety
with which ladies may use the liquid fruklaxa
'tlrev'Syrup of Figs, nnder all conditions make
It tSelrifavorite remedy. It is pleasing to the
eye'and to the taste, gentle, yet effectual in act
ing on the kidneys, liver and bowels.
Drop
A 510 hill in onr salesman's hand and get a
fine chinchilla overcoat, worth from $18 to
$20. C CO.,
Cor. Grant and Diamond sts., opp. the new
Court House.
Ob. I Am So Hnppr i
.Tnt lnnlrlnir at the tras fires.
- O'Keeix Gas Appliajtce Co.,34 Fifth ay. J
MABKETS BY YIEE. .
Wheat Active by Flu and Starts Prices
on a Lower Level Pork Improves
Early bat Lose tbo
Advance.
Chicago Wheat In the aggregate a fair
business was transacted to-day. At times the
market ruled very quiet, at others trading was
good. The market was ruled by fits and starts,
and an easier feeling existed. Some lines of
long wheat were closed out, one house being
credited with selling 500,000 bushels. Good buy
ing on the first decline held prices in check for
a while, but with renewed selling again prices
found a lower level later. The fluctuations
were rather small for the volume of trading,
price changes covering a range of only e.
Tbe market opened a shade easier than yester
day's closing, held rather steady for awhile,
and then declined c ruled steady, and then
closed about c lower for December and Jfc
lower for May than closing figures on 'Change
vesterday.
Trading centered chiefly in May. Early cable
advices were generally quite firm, and in some
instances slightly higher, but later and closing
cables were weaker. The receipts in the
Northwest, although not as heavy as last week,
keep up above what had been expected.
Corn There was only a moderate business
transacted, tbe pit at times being quite dull.
Tbe feeling prevailing was easier, and lower
prices were established, especially on Decem
ber, tbe premium on this month over January
having entirely disappeared. The market
opened HQiic lower than yesterday, that is,
December was sold freely at Sliie for a time,
rallied and advanced Mc borne outside orders
coming on the market again ruled weaker,
selling off JJc. rud steady, and final quota
tions were a lower for December, Hic
for January, while May showed little change
compared with yesterday.
Oats were traded In liberally, and a stronger
feeling existed. Prices advanced Kdic. Sell
ing by a heavy local operator caused a recession,
and the market closed quiet; at almost inside
figures.
Mess Pork Trading was rather more active,
and the feeling was stronger early, and prices
advanced 57c Toward the close the feeling
was easier, and the greater portion of the ad
vance was lost
Lard Alight business was transacted, but
the feeling was firm and prices tlightly higher.
Short Rib Sides The market exhibited a lit
tle more strength, and prices were advanced
2K5c. Later an easier feeling was developed,
and prices settled lack to medium figures, ana
the market closed quiet.
.The leading futures ranged ss follows:
Whkat-No. 2. December. 779K78K
7Sc; lanuarv. 80goOK?679c; May, 84
Corn Ka 2. December. S1KS1&30JS
31c: lannarv, 8181K3030c: May, S3
Oats No. December, 202020K
20r; January, 202120J2OJc; May, 2
232222?ic
Mess Poke, per bbL January. S9 S59 42
9 359 40; Febrnarv. S9 42H&9 47J9 42X0
9 45; May. S9 S09 809 72X69 77X-
Lakd, per 100 s. January, 55 905 92X
5 925 92X; February, $5 955 955 92X5 92X;
May, S6 106 la
Shobt Ribs, per 100 Ba. January. S4 77X
4 S0g4 754 77X: February. W 82X 82X4 80
4 80: May, S5 I165 02X5 005 02. .
Uasn quotations were as follows: Flour easier
but not quotably lower; No. 2 spring wheat,
785c; Ho. 3 spring ' wheat, 64c: No. 2 red, 7SJ4c:
No. 2 com. 31c No. 2oats. 20X20c. No. 2
rye.44Xc No. 2 barley, 58a Nalflaxseea.
SI 36X- Prime timothy seed, SI 20. Mess pork,
per obi. S9 309 4U. Lard, per 100 lbs.
5 92X5 95. Short nbs sides (loose), S4 90
5 2a Dry salted shoulders (boxed), S4 37X
4 5a Short clear sides (boxed), S5 055ia
hugars Cut loaf, unchanged. Receipts
Flour. 14.000 barrels: wheat, 83.000 bush
els: com. 199.000 bushels; oats, 137,000 bushels;
rye, 19.000 bushels; barley, 68.000 bnsbels. Ship
mentsFlour, 10,000 barrels; wheat, 14,000
bushels: corn. 123,000 bu-bels; oats, 104,000
bushels; rye, 9,000 bushels; barley, 41,000 bush
els. On the Produce Excnange to-day the butter
market was firmer: fancv creamery. 27K!
fine. 2123c; finest dairy, 21S24c; fine, iS19c
Eggs, 2223c
Nkw York Flour fairly active and steady.
Cornmeal dull. Wheat Spot unsettled and
weaker; fair export and milling demand; op
tions f airly active, Hz off and weak. Rye
Western nominal at 60c Barley easy. Barley
malt dull. Corn Spotless active and stronger:
options dnll and easier. Oats Spot active and
stronger; options active and a up. Hay quiet
and steady. Hops fairly active and firm. Coffee
Options opened steady, 5 15 points up; closed
firm and unchanged to 15 points up on better
cables; fair trade: sales, 637,750 bags. Including
December, 15.4515.60c; January. 16.5001560c;
February. 15.6515.70c; Marcb, 15.60io.75c;
April, 15.65c; May, 15.60lo.S0c: Jnne, 15.65
15.80c; July, &65c: August, 15.5015.65c; Sep
tember, 15. 4515.60c; October. 15.4015.45c; spot
Rio dull and lower; fair cartroes,19Kc:No.7.165ic
Sugar Raw. verv strong and quiet; centri
fugals 96 test, 66c; refined quiet and firm.
Molasses New Orleans steady. Rice steady
and in fair demand. Cottonseed oil dull.
Tallow easy; city (S2 for packages) 4 7-16 big.
Rosin quiet. Turpentine steadv. Eggs moder
ate; receipts firm: Western, 2S23Xc; receipts,
3,400 packages. Pork firm. Cut meats slow,
middles in better demand. Lard firmer and
quiet: sales; Western steam at S632X6 35; De
cember, S6 27, closing at S3 29 asked; January,
S6 308 32, closing at S8 81 bid; February. SB 34
6 33, closing at 56 35 bid; Marcb, S6 40 bid;
May, S6 48 bid. Butter Fresh in light sup
ply and firm; Elgin9c; Western dairy. 918c;
do creamery, 1427Xc; do held, 1019c: do
factory, 720c Cheese quiet and unchanged:
Western. 7X10c
Philadelphia Flour quiet and in buyers
favcr. Wheat Options steady but quiet;
eboice wheat scarce but firm; fair to good mill
ing wheat, 8085c; choice and fancy longberry.
S790c; No. 2 red, December. 795f8(Mc; Janu
ary. 81XS82c: February, 83XS4c; March, 84Ji
S5Wc Corn firm, but speculation quiet; car
lots firm; new No. 3 high mixed on track, 41c;
old No. 2 mixed in Twentieth street elevator
and grain depot. 44X new No. 2 for local trade
quoted at 42X43c; No. 2 mixed, December.
39&39c; January. 3939Kc: February. 39
39Xc: March, 39Ji40c Oats firm; No. 2
mixed, 27c; No. 3 white, 2SXc; No.2 wbite.29Xc:
ungraded white, 2930c: futures a shade firmer;
No. 2 white. December. 29?g29?ic: January.
29X30e; February, 230SbC; March, 80
St. Loins Flour quiet and unchanged.
Wheat lower: there was considerable firmness
at the opening; late, however, with declines at
other points, selling increased and the close was
c below yesterday; No. 2 red, cash, 79c seller;
December closed at 78Xc bid; March, 81c
nominal; May. 82c asked; July, TSJic nominal.
Com lower; No. 2, mixed, cash, 2828c: De
cember and year closed at 27Jc asked; January,
27c asked; February. 27c asked: May. 29c
bid. Oats weak; No. 2. cash. 21c asked, 20c bid;
January. 20e bid; May, 22Xc Rye No. 2,
40Xc Barley neglected. Flaxseed firm at
tt uy jrrovisions quiet ana steady.
MnwTEAFOLls The early demand for sample
wheat was good for the upper grades, but re
jected and no grades were difficult to sell at
anything like satisfactory prices. The higher
grades went chiefly to local millers. Arrivals
381 cars and 89 cars were shipped. Duluth re-
Eorted 335 cars in. Closing quotations: No. 1
ard. December, 77Xc: January, 78Jc; May
83Jc: on track, 79c; No. 1 Northern, 75VC;
December, 76c; January, 81c; May, on track,
77c: No. 2 Northern, December, 71c; January
May, 7JCc; on track, 7074c '
Milwaukee Flour fairly active. Wheat
easy: No. 2 spring, in store, cash, 7273c: May
TTXc: No. 1 Northern, 81c Com steady; No.
3. 29c Oats steady; No. 2 white, 22i22Xc
Rve qniet; No. L 44Xc Barley easy; No. 2.
47c Provisions steady. Pork, S9 Sa Lard!
S5 90. Cheese unchanged: Cheddar. 99Xc
Baltimore Provisions unchanged. Butter
firm; western, 1620c; creamery, 2526c
Eggs firm.
Toledo Cloverseed active and firm; cash,
December and January, S3 65; February, S3 70.
Drysroods.
New York. December 5. A very dull cotton
market at home and abroad is a fair resume of
the day's proceedings in the cotton trade. Tbe
receipts at tbe ports are full, especially at the
gulf ports, while the Atlantic's slooe shows
some slight decrease in the movement, values
scarcely fluctuated during the day. Tenders,
have been made on the December contracts
and will continue to be made while a premium
is maintained in that position.
Metal Market.
New York Pig iron qniet and strong
American. 516 50Q19 oa Copper irregular and
easier: lake, December, $14 00. Leaddull and
unchanged; domestic S3 85. Tin unsettled and
weaker; straits. S21 35.
Whisky Market.
Finished goods are firm and. in good demand
atSl 02.
Wool Market,
St. Eonrs Receipts of wool 34,306 pounds.
The market is firm and unchanged.
i
I want no new-fangled coujjh-cure.
Give me the old reliable Dr. Ball's Cough
Syrup.
Christmas Present! A Nice Gn Fire!
O'Keefe Gas Appliance Co.,34 1"iah av.
When baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
When sbehadChildren,8hegave them Castoria
a49B.77-xwwtt
1&- J& (jE,f ,
SOME1 GOOD THINGS
In Real Estate Showing a Strong
Undercurrerif of Activilj.
TWO MORE BIS DEALS CLOSED UP.
Iron Trade' More Than Holds itb Own,
With a Eosy Outlook for riext lean
CONTEACTS FOE 0BE ALEEADI PLACED
Two important transactions in real estate
were uncovered yesterday, showing that
there is something going on in this import
ant department of business. The slight
shrinkage in the demand for small proper
ties in the last few days is more than made
up by increased activity In large ones.
Scarcely a day passes withont a transaction
involving many thousands of dollars, and
while, in the majority of cases, efforts are
made at the instance oi" sellers or buyers to
keep the facts from the public, they generally
come to the surface In some shape The shal
lows murmur, but the deeps are dumb.
One of the deals referred to was the sale by
W. A. Herron & Sons of a block of land on
Forbes street. Twenty-second ward, near the
Schenley Park, comprising TJi acres, unim
proved, at a price approximating SoUOOO cash.
The purchaser Is John McGinlev, auditor of
the Philadelphia Company. He will lay the
ground out in lots, and put them on the
market.
The other transaction, of which nothing ex
cept the bare fact could be obtained, involves
a fine building site in the Cast End, the con
sideration being S140.CXX).
The iron market gives out no indication of a
halt tn the-upward movement It is as strong
and active as at any former period since the
boom sot in. All of tbe mills are full of busi
ness, and some of them will be compelled to
increase their capacity. Among these is the
Allegheny Bessemer, at Duqnesne.
There has been an advance in pig metal of 50
to 75 cents a ton in the last 10 days, but with
this exception prices are as previously noted.
The advance in pig, however, has hardened
values along the entire line, and further en
hancement is among the probabilities. Con
tracts for ore are already being placed. This
is about two months earlier than usual. About
1,000,000 tons have been contracted for, all for
next year. This indicates two things confi
dence of continued activity and apprehensions
of higher prices for same, as well as manufact
ured iron.
The outlook for next year is very encourag
ing. The extraordinary activity in railroad
betterments is far from exhausted, and the
prospect for a heavy business in steel rails could
scarcely be better.
The trade in England continues active and
excited, and pricesare advancing. A Wolver
hampton letter says: Never berore in tbe his
tory of the trade has there been a wilder mar
ket than that of Middlesborougb. The excite
ment was intense. Prices of pig iron again
advanced by leaps and bounds, there being a
gain of 4s lJd per ton during tbe market,bring
ingup the price of Middlesborongh pig to a
figure 8s 6d per ton above that of a week ago.
and yet scarcely any iron could be got at these
advanced rates. The present price of pig Iron
is above anything that has been realizod since
1873, the previous best since then being in 1880,
when 63s was reached.
There is a perfect squeeze, a veritable cor
ner, for Cleveland warrants, and they have
gone np at a rate much faster than Scotch
warrants, the stock of which prevents any cor
nering. Hut there is no doubt that Cleveland
iron is uncommonly scarce; in fact, as regards
No. 3 there is quite a famine The price of
Cleveland warrants is actually 3s 9d above the
price of Scotch warrants a circumstance never
before known; for generally Cleveland is 6s be
low Scotch, and sometimes 8s and 10s below.
Great firmness at Barrow is again the record
for West Coast hematites. Prospects continue
good all ronnd; the proDability being that tbe
demand will show further development and
that quotations will further advance. Mixed
numbers of Bessemer iron were at Monday's
market quoted 73s 80, and No. 3 forge 72s 9d.
Stock are again smaller, deliveries being large
both by rail and sea; and all the output going
into consumption.
For some time past Denver capitalists and
Eastern millionaires have been engaged in or
ganizing an improvement company to be located
in the Trinity "Valley, Texas. The object of the
corporation is the reclamation of 100,000 acres
of land In the Trinity Valley, near Dallas. This
is to bn done by straightening the channel of
the river, which is very winding. By this means
the river during a flood can carry off a heavy
volnme of water with much greater rapidity
than it now does. After straightening the
channel rast levees will be thrown up on either
side for five miles. Competent engineers de
clare this work will bring about the desired
result and that it is practicable. The estimates
of the entire work range from 750,000 to
SL500,00a
Trinity Valley is one of the richest tracts of
land in the State of Texas, and if the 100,000
acres were reclaimed and turned into a truck
farm enough produce could be raised to supply
the entire region west of the Mississippi river.
The value ofthe laud will be raised from prac
tically nothing to at least S100 an acre,orS10,
000,000 for the entire tract. It is understood
that the various owners of the property
are willing to go into the scheme and put their
land in for stock in tbe company. If the project
is- carried ont it will constitute the largest
work of internal improvement ever under
taken in Texas.
WORSE AND BE1TEE.
Some of tbo Local eitock Weaker and Some
a Little Sironser.
Philadelphia Gas was the only stock that
showed any activity yesterday. It opened with
a sale at 2 dropped to 2, rallied to 29,
and closed at that figure, with 29K asked.
There were office sales at 29. One hundred and
eighty shares of it changed hands.
Some think it is scraping bottom, while
others contend that tbe general liquidation
that is going on in consequence of approaching
yearly settlements and tbo prospect of tight
money during the rest of the month, will give
It a severer twist than has yet been experi
enced. However this maybe, it is a fact that
public confidence in natural gas stocks gener
ally is rather shaky, and must be counteracted
by opening up new territory or otherwise giving
assurance of nermanent earnings before a
material rally can reasonably be expected.
The tractions are temporarily out of the
market, although holding fairly well around
the old figures. Continued involvement in
legal and other difficulties renders' this stock
particularly undesirable at this time Nobody
wants to purchase an interest in a lawsuit or
court the privilege of paying damages for kill
ing a boy or maiming a man.
The only stocks that developed any particu
lar strength were Citizens' Insurance and
Luster Mining Company, both of which ad
vancedthe latter on inside news from the
works said to be of a favorable character.
There were those, however, who said the ad
vance was the result of a bull movement to in
terest outsiders, and make a market for the
stock. Business in detail follows:
MOBNtHG. JLFTEBXOOK.
Bid. Asked. Hid. Asted.
Pitts. P. 8. M. Ex... 415 470
OddiTellowa' Bay. B'fc 6SJf 75
People's National Bfc.
IK
uity insurance
Citizens1 Insurance....
Humboldt Insurance..
Western Insurance Co.
Allegheny Heating Co.
People's N. 0,4 P.Co
Pennsylvania Gas Co..
Philadelphia Co ...
Wheeling- UasCo
Tuna Oil Company....
Central Traction
Pitts. Traction
Pleasant Valley
.Pitts., A. &. Man
Pitts. & Western K. B.
La .Norla Mining Co...
Luster Mining- Co......
Yankee Girl Mining Co
M estlngbouse Electric
WestlnKbouseA.iJ.Co.
Westlns:house J5. Co..
31
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44
35
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63
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14.
100
"iix
:i
63
a
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"i3
is
1
IS
3
48
w$
II2K
Si
114
3K
xrltts. iTciorams ik,
8
i
At the morning call 10 shares of Pennsvl.
vama Gas brought 13&, 70 Philadelphia Gas
2 and CO 29. At the afternoon call 0
shares of Philadelphia Gas went at 29.
Andrew Carter bought 25 shares of Phila
delphia Gas at 29.
The total sales of stocks at New lork yester
day were 249.327 shares, including: Atchison,
7,755; Chicago and Eastern Illinois preferred,
4.150; Delaware, Lackawanna and Western. 15,.
235; Denver. Texas and Ft. Worth, 3J50; Louis
ville and Nashville, 4,050: Missouri Pacific, 14..
200; Northern Pacific preferred. 7,109; Reading,
41,000; Richmond and West Point. 3,SaQ; feu
Paul, 18,480; Union Pacific, 17,525, '
svwmmrm.
" BWLIi PKOSmiHG.
Local Sanknra Ceathme le Repert a Satis
factory Money Market.
The leading banks complained of a famine of
small bills yesterday, and Eastern exchange
commanded a premium equivalent to express
charges. The demand for accommodations was
brisk, and depositing and checking np to the
average of recent times. Rates on call and
time loans were steady at 807 per cent, respect
ively. There has been no instance reported of
tbe refusal of good paper on the plea of a
scarcity of funds.
The Clearing House report afforded substan
tial evidence of continued prosperity, the ex
changes footing no $2,330,726 OS and the bal
ances S21i,191 87.
Money on call at Hew Tork yesteroay was
easy, ranging from 3 to 7 per cent; last loan,
3: closed offered at 3. Prime mercantile paper,
&?K. Sterling exchange quiet and steady
at $1 83 for 60-day bills and 4 84 for demand.
Closing Bond Quotations.
u. 8. s,reg..... lis
U. 8.4a. COUD 127
U.K. AT. Gen. S3 B
Mutual Union ss.. ..I,
N.J. C. Int. Cert...lHH
Northern Pae. lsts..H5Ji
Northern Pac.2ds..HU
Northw't'n consols.144
Nnrthw'n lnhn's..l09
U. B. 4Xs, re 104
u. . Iks, coup.... u
Pacific & of '05. 115
Lonlslanastampedte s:
Missouri 6s 102H
icaa, new set. us... iu&?$
Tenn. new set. S3... .103
Oregon & Trans. 6B.103
St.1... AI.M. Uea.aWS
St. 14 S. . Gen-M. IKH
ill. Panl consols ....127
St. PL Chi & Pe, lsta. 118
Tx., PeL. ti.Tr Bs. S3K
Xx.,Pe.K.a.Tr.Bctt 35
Tenn. neV set. &...; 73)f
uaiaa so. sag...... v
Cen. Paelac.lsts.....n2
Den. &H.O., 1st.. .118
Den.ftB.O.45 7J
u.ait.tt.west,isu. st
union pae. uts....."'
West Shore 1
Erie. Ms..
ErliL-rtt
,101
.73
U.K. AT. Oen.es.
Government bonds firm and dull. State
bonds firm and neglected.
NBT7 Tons Clearings, 3141272,632; balances,
J1742.96U
Boston Clearings, S16.454.M1; balances,
SL800,39a Money, 67 per cent.
Pnn,ADEUiiiA Clearings. 813,061,568; bal
ances, $1,643,818.
Baltimore Clearings, 2,366,852; balances.
S224.403.
London The amount of bullion -withdrawn
from the Bank of England to-day is 250,000.
Tbe iallion in the Bank of England decreased
240,000 during tbe past week. The proportion
of the Bank of England's reserve to liability
is now S8.0S per cent. Bar silver, 43d. per
ounce
Pabis Three "per cent rentes, 87f 72Kc for
the account. The weekly statement of the
Bank of France shows a decrease of 13,275,000
francs gold and 1,125,000 francs silver.
CmcAOO Clearings. 511,294,000. New York
exchange was par to 25c premium. Rates for
money are steady at 6 per cent for call, and C8
per cent for time loans.
St. Louis Clearings, (3,902,617; balances,
$303,999.
KEAEIKO THE D0LLAB HARE.
Oil Still Slipping Down and Bad Show for a
Rally.
Petroleum approached dangerously near to
tbe dollar line yesterday. The market opened
at 104, highest 10 lowest 101, closing 102,
and was active and dull by spells. R. N. Rob
inson was tbe principal local bear. He sold
100.000 barrels. There was some bnying, but
not enough to sustain values. New York was
on both sides of the fence. Bradford was a
light buyer.
Trading was fair, but none of It can be cred
ited to outsiders, who grasp their pocketbooks
all the tighter whenever oil is mentioned to
them. Opinion is divided as to the outcome of
the slump. There are those who think it will
not be arrested before touching a dollar. The
heavy realizing in tbe general run of specula
tive commodities favors this view.
Features of Iho Mnrket.
Corrected daily by John M. Oasiey & Co., 45
Sixth street, members of the Pittsburg Petro
leum Exchange
Opened 104 ILoweat 101
Highest 104)Uosed 102)4
Barrels.
Average runs 43,631
Average shipments S7,9oS
Average charters 63,137
Iteflned, New York. 7.50c.
HeflneJ, London. 6 3-160.
Refined, Antwerp, l)$r.
Kenned. Liverpool, b l-lsd.
Ueflned, Bremen, 7.30m.
A. B. McGrew & Co. quote: Puts, II 00)f;
calls, SI 03.
Other Oil Market.
Trrusvn.i.E, December 5. Opened at $1 04;
highest, SI 04Ji: lowest, Jl 02; closed at SI 02.
On, Citt. December 5. Opened at SI 04;
highest, SI 04J; lowest, SI 02; closed. SI 025i.
Hale', 401.000 barrels; clearances, 656,000 barrels;
Charters, 31,745 barrels; shipments,59,056 barrels.
New York, December 5, Petroleum opened
steadv at SI 03, but after moving up to
SI 03. the market became weak and declined
to SI ulli; a rally resulted and the close was
SI 02 Stock Exchange: Opening, SI 03;
highest, SI 03r:lQwejtvS10l; closing SI 02$! J
uonsouuatea excnange: opening, u w; mgn
est. SI 04; lowest, $1 02; closing, Jl 0
Total sales. L043.000 barrels.
THOUSANDS 1NT0LTED.
Larjte Transactions In City nnd Suburban
Improved nnd Unimproved Renlty.
C. H. Love, 93 Fourth avenue, sold a property
on Shady avenue. Twenty-second ward, contain
ing about six acres, for Jacob Moeck. The
purchasers are 3. G. Glaverand R. S. Houston.
Tbe price paid was S15.30a
W. A. Herron & Sons closed the sale of a
block of land on Forbes street. Twenty-second
ward, near tbe Schenley Park, seven and a half
acres, unimproved. The price was about SCO, 000,
cash. -
Reed B. Coyle Co., 131 Fonrtn avenue, sold
for John F. Steel, to Charles 8. Holmes, lot No.
2 in tbe Fulton place plan, Craig street, size 50
xl42.forS3.70a
Ewing & Byers, No. 93 Federal street, sold
through Samuel W. Black & Co., for John
Otterson to Mrs. Jessie Alexander, a vacant lot
30x67 ieet oifPerrysville avenue. Second ward,
Allegheny, opposite the now University build
ing, for S1.500.
Samuel W. Black & Co. sold another of those
Oakland square, two-story and mansard brick
dwellings, being N o. 19, on the south side of the
square, making the third one this week and the
seventh since November 19. The price paid
wasS7,500.
Jamison & Dickie sold for Julius Voetter a
three-cornered lot with one-story framejbtore
building on Broad street, corner FrankKown
avenue, to M. E. Richards ior $3,400, and for F.
W. Haas, three loU 25x110 feet, on Monticello
street, Twenty-first warn, to J. A Murphy for
Sl,85a
L M. Pennock & Son sold and settled a mort
gage for $950, three years, on property in Mc
Keesport; one for S50a three years, on property
on Mount Washington, and one for 550, three
years, on property in the Thirteenth ward,
city.
pkofessionaiTeusiness.
Room Traders Run tbo Share Market
Weakaes la Chicago x and East
Illinois tbo Only Feature
oi tbe Day.
New Yobk, December 5. The stock market
to-day was professional in Its charaoter. The
fluctuations were confined to the smallest lim
its, and the stocks in which important move
ments were made were less than a half dozen.
London was less of a factor than for tbe past
few days. The money market was noticeably
easier. The market was only .spasmodically ac
tive The early demand for stocks was marked
by considerable strength in Wheeling and Lake
Erie preferred, Missouri Pacific, Denver, Texas
an'i Fort Worth, and Northwestern, but the
bears afterward attacked New England and
Missouri Pacific Rock Island, Atchison and
Burlington and CJuiney, and the upward move
ment came to a halt.
The great feature of the day was the weak
ness and decline in the Chicago and East Illi
nois stocks, tbe common yielding 3 per cent
and the preferred 2, tbe raid being caused by
the application to the list of 10,000 additional
shares of the common stocks, tbe proceeds of
the sale, which have been used In betterment
upon tbe road.
The rest of the list was stronger In the after
noon, but the improvement was slight and the
market closed Steady to firm at insignificant
changes from tbe opening prices a a rule The
advances are in the majority, however.
The dealings in railroad bonds were marked
by tbe same irregularity as those In stocks.
The general list was quiet without special
feature. Shenandoah Valley firsts rose 2 to
lia San Francisco A lost 3 to ni B 4 to llL
and the general sixes 6 at 11
'me following tame snows tne prices oi aetlv
stocks on tbe Mew York Stock Kxcnanre Tester
day. Corrected dally for Tint Dispatch by
Whitkit & STiPHiKSON, oldest Pittsburg mem
bers of Mew York titock xcsange. (7 Jfourth are-
... Clos-
Hlgn- Low- lng
v est. Bid.
JO 29 28
S3g x 33
71
MX 53 64
lit 118ft 118
23X 24 24
104 103X 104
83)1 68)4 63
112
OTX MM 96g
- "J
30
32V
8314 gstf SSU
I'm jessj logg
i
72J 70 . T214
, 7s mi
Open
ing. . 29
. 33X
Am. Cotton on. ...
Atcn., lop.4 B.F..
Canadian PAClflo ...
Canada southern 54
Central of Hew Jersey.H8"tf
Central Pacini
Cbesaneakeft Ohio.... 24X
C Bur. ft Qubicr. ....104M
C. Mil. ft St. Paul.... CSX
c.. Mil. & St. p pr.
C, BocfcL ft P. 91H
C. St. L. & Pitts
C, St. L. ft Pitts, pf.. .. .
C. St. P.. M. ft O
o. st. P..M. & o.. or. esH
C. ft Northwestern. .... 100)i
C & Northwestern, pf. .. -
c, a. c. 4 i.j 7of i
C a, UAL, pf,,. M
W v, "
Col. Coml JL Iran 34
Col. A Hrw tlmr fu IS!
Del.. L. A W. 137!
Del. 4 Hudson. ...',...
DenverftMoa
Denver ft Bio U ni
K.T., Va.AOa - ....
K. T.. va. ft Oa. 1st pf. ....
Illinois central....
Late Erin ft Western
Lake lone ft West. nr.. .
Lake snore ft M. s 10X
LoulsvllleftNasbvllli. 84
MlcMjran central KM
Moblleft Ohio 13
Mo., Kan. ft Texas.,.. SK
Missouri paclfie 66i4
tl. Y.. ti. B. ft W 374
M. Y..L.E. 4 W.pref.. 67
H. X.. a ft tit. L. wi
J. y., u. ft at. L. nf.
-N.I.. C. ABt.li. Sd pf ....
N. YftN. 1! 43
A. Y.. O. ft W 19H
Jiorfolka Western.... 19
Norfolk Western. pf. tSH
northern Pacine 314
Nortnern Pacine ore. 71
Ohio ft Mississippi.. ... 21 K
Oreion Improvement. 44
Oregon Transcoa 32V
Pacine Mall 34
Peo. Deo. ft Kvans
Phtladel. ft Keadtar. 38
Pullman Palaee Oar. ..1831,
Ktcnmona ft W. P. T.. 20
tUcbmond ft W.P.T.pf 80
St. p., Minn, ft Msn..iai
St.l. ftSan Tran 15
St. L. ft San Jrran pf.. 37
ttt.L. ft SdnJf.lat pf.. so
Texas Paolflo 19
UnlonPaeino b7JB
Wabasa 11
Wabash preferred 30
western Union. MJ
Wheeling ft L. t 65
Sugar Trust 6Is.
National im6l Trust.. 18H
Chicago Has Trust.... 41
66X
G3
40M
Boston Stock.
Atch.4Too..JJt7s. 114
A.ftT. Land Gr't 7S.110
Atch.ftTop.B.K... J3
Bostouft A!bany...2HW
notion ft Maine. ....304
C. Jl. ftQ 1M
Rutland preferred.
Wis. Central, com. .
Wis. Central pf...
AllouezMgCo
Calumet ft Hecla..:
48
SIX
, 60
. 1
245
. 16K
trranaun. .
Clun. Ban. ft Clove. 22)4'
Huron i
Osceola, 18)$
I'ewablc 5
Qulnoy 63
Bell Telepnone 199
Boston Land 6)4.
ater Power 5H
Tamarack HSM
SanUlego 20
Santa Fe copper.... 1.30
JMnraii, J. OS ....ill
KateraK.K 124
Flint .t Para M "2
flint ftPereM. DM. 91H
Mexican Wen. com.. 15)4
Mex.u.istmtg.bds. 67H
f i. 4c.new.Kng... z
. Y. &A.E.7S....126
Old Colony. 17s
Philadelphia Htook.
Closing quotations of Philadelphia stocks, fur
nished by Wnitner ft Steohenson, brokers. Ho. 57
Fourth avenue. Members Kew York Stock .Ex
cnange.
J3M.
. mi
. 62
Asked.
tVi
19 11-16
52H
32"
55)
Pennsylvania BaUroad, ,
Keaaing
Lehigh Valley
Lehigh .Navigation
Northern FitrlflA
Honnern Pacific preferred 1-
Mining Stocks,
New Tobk. December fi. Alice, 110: Cale
donia B. H., 125; Comstock, 3tt00; Deadwood
Territory, 145; Ei Cristo, 100; Gould fc Curry.
150; Hale & Norcross, 260; Horn Silver, 205;
Iron Silver, 215: Ontario. 345: Plymouth, 290;
Savage, 125.
Business Note.
The stars fought against Sisera. Bain and
the Monongahela House fire made quite a hole
in the volume of local bnsiness yesterday.
Totett-nine mortgages were officially noted
yesterday. The largest was for $35,000. Sixteen
of the nnmber were given for purchase money.
The Treasury has just shipped $325,000 cur
rency West and $100,000 gold to New Orleans.
The available balance now in the Treasury is
t2t),95S,999. This is tbe lowest point it has
reached in years.
The latest reports from the Luster mine are
to the effect that the company's net earnings
are at the rate of 100 per cent on the capital
stock. Pittsburg investors will be glad to bear
of this with or witbout salt.
The Central Traction people are not worry
ing themselves over Judge Ewings decision.
One of them remarked: "We have no fears for
the final outcome. You can make ud, your
mind that tbe road will run where it now is."
Insurance agents are reaping a harvest
throughout Massachusetts. In Haverhill alone,
during the last few days, $100,000 of insurance
has been taken out. Property holders through
out tbe State seem anxious to carry a full line
of insurance.
Several of the new cars for the Squirrel
Hill Electric road have arrived and, are in
storage at the Oakland power house of the
Fifth Avenue Traction Company. The road
from Oakland over the bill to tbe terminus in
the Twenty-third ward is almost completed.
Unless something happens the cars will be
started In the early spring. The certainty of
rapid transit communications with the city is
causing the territory along the line of the road
to build up very rapidly.
LATE KEWS IBBEIEP.
The Miner House at East Tawas. Mich.,
was burned yesterday, and two of tbe inmates
perished In the flames.
Alocomotive ana 15 cars belonging to the
Canadian Pacific Railroad were seized at Port
Arthur, Ont, yesterday for taxes.
The total amount of insurance involved in
tbe Thanksgiving Bay fire a: Boston as of
ficially reported to date is 82,304,900.
At Duluth, Minn., the wife of the Sheriff
discovered a hole in tbe wall made by the pris
oners, and frustrated a general jail delivery.
Governor Hill yesterday refused to inter
fere in the case of John Qreenwald under sen
tence of death, in Brooklyn, for tbe murder of
Lyman S. Weeks.
Harry Carlton, alias "Handsome Harry."
who murdered Policeman Brennan October 28,
1SSS, was1 banged at the -Tombs prison at 7.30
yesterday morning.
It is understood that tbe duties on mining
machinery and coke will be remdved and other
tariff changes made at the coming session of
tbe Canadian Parliament.
Yesterday's bond offerings were as follows
Coupon 4s, J100; registered 4s. $567,300 at 127.
Coupon 48, 82,050 at 104; registered 4H!,$377.
600 at 104. All tbe offers were accepted.
John Madden and his wife were burned to
death Wednesday night at Kingston, Ont.
Their home took fire, and while they were try
ing to extinguish the flames their means of
escape were cut off.
William Jackson, a chopper in a tie camp
near Beltou, Mo., bad a figbt with John Ryder,
tbe camp cook, Wednesday. Each man was
armed with an ax, and the fight continued until
both were fatally wounded.
Tbe steamer Ataianta arrived at New York
yesterday from West Indian ports, with the
chief officer and 14 men of the steamer Edith
uordun, which foundered at sea on November
20. The Edith Gordon was bound from New
York for Montego Bay. No lives were I ost.
Considerable excitement was caused at
Port Arthur. Out., yesterday, when a bailiff, at
tbe instance of tbe tax collector, seized a loco
motive and 17 cars, the property of tbe Cana
dian racinc uauway, ior taxes aue Dy tne com
pany. Part of tbe cars are full of freight and
the whole tram is sidetracked.
The jury in the trial of Shihok Ingio, the
Japanese sailor who murdered Muro Com! Cou
tari, a fellow countryman, in tbe Japanese sail
ors' boarding bouse. New York City, on Novem
ber 10, by stabbing him in the left breast,
brought in a verdict of murder in the first de
gree yesterday afternoon. He was remanded
lor sentence.
A few nichts ago the bookkeeper of the
Farmers and Mechanics' Bank at Fort Worth,
Tex, forgot to lock the safe, and Watchman
Charles Wallace, discovering this during tbe
night, sent for his friend, Lee Reiily. Reilly re
sponded with a bag, and $5,000 in silver was car
ried off. The men were arrested, and part of
the plunder recovered. .
A circus exhibited at Lumberton, S. C,
Monday night, and a crowd of negroes began a
quarrel among themselves. Soon a free fight
was In progress and pistols, knives, clubs,
stones and other weapons were brought Into
use. Jack Hunt, Tom Collier and Julius Em
bra were killed and half a dozen others more
or less seriously injured.
&. 19U A 19 UK
H US I37K 1371
IK
15
46
fl
69
117
"H
108K 100i 106
84W S3X MH
90g K-A 83
13 .is n
ii ' 9H B
67W SS 66
nil nil 27
67X 67 65
KH 16 16X
70
37U
43 41U 42M
19H 19M 181i
19X a ism
S9X MH MM
31 314 31 K
nii 7H 74JS
21K 21 21
44 44 43
34K 33X 34X
34 344 34?
18
39 39 S)'4
IS3J4 183)4 184
21 20tf 31
1MH 10o5 5j
15j 14! 14M
37 37 S7H
88 86 85
19K 19 19K
68H 67 67H
13 Wi 13
SO 29S S0H
83 tSK 83
tTiH
Kh 60X
IS liii
41J 40
"Jimmy" Hope, the noted bank burglar,
was yesterday discharged from custody by
Judge Wheeler in the United States Circuit
Court, at New York, and he was allowed two
days' time to leave tbe State. His Honor de
cided that tbe prisoner was entitled to his
liberty, having served imprisonment for the
crime nnder which be was extradited.
Viscount Preto, the last Prime Minister of
Brazil under the Empire, who was exiled npon
tbeproclauation of the Republic, has arrived
atTeneriffe, byway of St Vincent While at
tbe latter place he bad a conference with Dom
Pedro, the ex-Emperor. Viscount Preto has
given an account of the revolution.which agrees
with tbe details heretofore oublisned.
The action brought by Mrs. John W.
Mackay against an English newspaper for
charging that, prior to her marriage to Mr.
Mackay, Mrs. Mackay was a washerwoman in
Nevada, was settled by the defendants apolo
gizing to the plaintiff for tbe publication of tbe
article complained of and paying tbe costs of
tbe action. The defendants also agreed to pay
a certain sum of money to some charitable in
stitution to be selected by Mrs. Mackay.
Slewing of Sleop.
Dr. Flint's Remedy, for tbe man or woman
who finds himself or herself unable to sleep
nights. Is an Invaluable medicine, which will
not only procure the blessing of sleep, bat will
prevent a general breaking down of the sys
tem. Descriptive treatise witn each bottle; or
address Mack Drug Co., N. Y. uvrr
Cash paid for old gold aadjsitver at
HBcb'v.o.29SI,iI(aTP WW
: '$
DOMESTIC MAKKETS.
Dairy Prodncfs of High Grade Prom
ise to Go Up Higher.'
GAME ip YERY ABUflDAHT ASD DULL
Coffee and Sngar Firm Not Orleans Mo
lasses Advancing.
OATS AND OLD CORN IN GOOD DEMAND
Office of PrrrsBtrno Dispatch,!
Thursday. December 6, 18S9. J
Country Produce Jobbing; Price.
Frowning skies to-day proved unfavorable to
trade. Game is plenty and dull. Fresh poul
try is in good demancLbut old stock is neglected.
Demand for choice apples improves. Cranber
ries are scarce and firm. Demand for all choice
dairy products is active .and prices are firm.
High grade cheese and good creamery butter
are looking np. Cbeese factories have sus
pended operations and stock is now mostly in
the hands of dealers. A rise between now and
holidays is about certain.
BuTTEB-Creamery, Elgin, S30e; Ohio
do,2627c; fresb dairy packed, 2221c; country
rolls, 2122c
Beass Navy band-picked beans, $22502 SO;
medium, 52 102 20.
Beeswax 2tj30c $3 & for choice; low grade,
1820c
Cider Sand refined, 16 507 60; common.
S3 501 00; crab cider. 3 008 50 t barrel;
cider vinegar, 1012c 51 gallon.
CHESTNUTS $5 0035 50 ?1 bushel; walnuts.
6070c V bushel.
Cheese Ohio, llllc; New York, lljc;
Limburger, Si&Uc; domestic Sweitzer, il
13Kc; imported Sweitzer, 23c
Eaos 2126c V dozen for strlctlv fresh.
Fkuits Auples. fancy, ! 503 50 fl barrel;
California pears, S3 501 00 a box; cranberries,
JS 609 50.fl barrel; Malaga grapes, Urge bar
rel, js oa
Game Squirrels. 75cfl W dozen; quail, tl
f dozen; praine chickens, U 50o 00 ?1
dozeu; pheasants, ti G05 00 f) dozen; rabbits,
SI 601 75 f) dozen; venison saddle, 1617c fl
pound; venison carcass. 12013c f) pound.
Feathebs Extra lire geese, 5060c; No. L
do, 4045c; mixed lots, 3035c $ &.
Poultky Live chickens, 5o65c a pair;
dressed, 809c a pound; ducks, bo75c fl pair;
geese, SI 2ol 30 $ pair: live turkeys, lOQllo t
ft; dressed turkeys. 12311c ?t ft.
Seeds Clover, choice, 62Ss to bushel. S5 009
6 25?) busbel; clover, large English, 62tts, 560;
clover. Alslke, !8 00; clover, white, 9 00; timo
thy, choice, 45 Bs, Jl 50; blue grass, extra
clean. 14 Bs, 00c; blue grass, fancy, 14 Ss, SI 00;
orchard grass, 11 lbs, $1 65; red top, 14 as. SI 25;
millet, 50 fts. 81 00; German millet, 50 fts, SI 50;
Hungarian grass, 0 Us, SI 00; lawn grass,
mixture of fine grasses, 82 60 jf! bushel of 14
&s.
Tallow Country, 4c; city rendered, t
ac
Tropical Fruits Lemons, common. S3 GO
4 00; fancy, S4 005 00: Florida oranges, $250
3 00; bananas, 2 00 firsts SI 50 good seconds,
$t bunch; encoanuts, S4 004 50 9 hundred:
figs, 8K9c &; dates, 5 0c V : new layer
figs, 14K16Kc; new dates. Tfie p B.
Vegetables Potatoes, from store. S055c:
on track, 4015c: cabbages, SI 00S 00 a hun
dred; celery. 40c. dozen; Jerseys, S4 004 25;
turnips, SI 001 oO a barrel; onions, $2 a barrel.
Buckwheat Flour 22c $) pound.
Groceries.
Trade is active and coffee and sugar are firm
enough to go np higher at an early day. Ad
vices from New Orleans indicate a short yield
of choice open kettle molasses. Reliable esti
mates place a shortage of 60 per centfrom last
year. These estimates have stimulated prices
and an advance of 2 to 3c per gallon since last
week is reported. Choice New Orleans mo
lasses are no doubt a good purchase at present
prices, as a further advance is about as certain
as anything future can be.
Greek Coffee Fancy Rio, 2321c; choice
Bio, 21022c; prime Bio, 20c; low grade Rio,
1819Kc; old Government Java, 2728c; Mar
acaibo, 23K21c; Mocha, 2S29c; Santos,
2021c: Caracas, 2224c; peaberry. Rio,23X
21c: La Guayra, 23K21c
Roasted (in papers) Standard brands, 24c;
high grades. 2529Kc; old Government Java,
built, 31K33c; Maracaibo, 272Sc; Santos,
24KQ28Mc; peaberry, 28Kc; choice Rio. 25c;
piime Rio. 23c; good Rio. 2 ordinary, 21c
Spices (whole) Cloves, 192Uc; allspice, 10c;
cassia, 8c; pepper, 17c; nutmeg, 70SOc.
Petroleum (jobbers' prices) 110 testTJic:
Ohio. 120, 8Kc; headlight, 150, 8Jc; water
white, lOkc; globe, 1414c: elalne, I4c; car
nadlne, Ilc; royaline, 14c; globe red oil. 11
MINERS' OH No. 1 winter strained, 4647c
f) gallon; summer. 40013c. Lard oil, 70c.
Syrups Corn syrup, 2S30c; choice sugar
syrup, S3S3SC; prime sugar syrup, 3033c;
strictly prime, 3335c: new manle syrup, 90c.
N. O. Molasses Fancy. 48c: choice. 48c:
medium, 43c; mixed, 4042c; choice new crop,
63c.
8oda Bl-carb in kegs, 33Jc; bi-carb in Ks,
&Mc; bl-carb, atsorted packages. 66c; sal
soda in kegs, lc; do granulated, 2c.
Candles btar, full weight, 8c; stearine, $1
sotj 8Kc; parafflne, 11912c.
Rice Head, Carolina, 63i7c; choice, 6Q
Cc; prime, 536c: Louisiana, 5&c.
Starch Pearl, 2c; cornstarch, 66c; gloss
starch, 47c
Foreign Fruits Layer raisins, S2 65; Lon
don layers, 2 90; California Loudon layers,
S2 75; Muscatels, S2 25; California Muscatels,
S2 10; Valencia,7c; Ondara Valencia, 8JiSic;
sultana,9Kctcurrants,5X55c; Turkey prunes.
45c; French prunes. 69c; Salonica
prunes, in 2-B packages, 8c; cocoanuts, f) 100,
S6 00; almonds, Lan., $1 ft, 20c; do. Ivica, 19c;
do, shelled, 40c; walnuts, nap., 1215c; Sicily
flloerts, 12c; Smyrna figs, 12013c; new dates,
66Kc; Brazil nuts, 10c: pecans, ll15c; cit
ron, f) ft, 1920c; lemon peel, ft ft, 16c; orange
peel, lixx
Dried Fruits Apples, sliced, per & 6c, ap
ples, evaporated, 9c; apricots, California, evap
orated. 14llic: peaches, evaporated, pared,
628c: peaches, California, evaporated, un
pared, 1921c; cherries, pitted,13KUKc; cher
ries unpitted, 5Gc; raspberries, evaporated,
25K26c: blackberries, 7K8c; huckleberries.
Sugars Cnbes,75ic; powdered, 75c; granu
lated, "!c; confectioners' A, 7Jc; standard A,
7c; soft white, 6e6Jic;yellow,choice,6ii6c;
yellow, good, 66Jc; yellow, fair, 6Jic; yellow,
dark, 5c.
Pickles Medium, bbls (1,200), So GO; medi
um, half bbls (GOO), S3 25.
S alt N o L V bbl, 95c: No. 1 ex, 9 bbl, $1 05;
dairy. 9 bbl, $1 20; coarse crystal. bbl. SI 20:
Higglns' Eureka, 4-bu sacks, S2 80; Higgins'
Eureka, 16-11 ft Dockets, S3 00.
Canned Goods Standard peaches, S2 00
2 25; 2ds, $1 B5l 80; extra peaches, $2 402 60;
pie peaches, 95c; finest corn, SI 001 50; Hid Co.
corn, 7590c; red cherries, 90cSl: Lima beans,
SI 20; soaked do, 85c: string do, 6065c: mar
rowfat peas, SI 101 15; soaked peas, 7080c;
pineapples. SI 401 50; Bahama do, S2 75;
H.mann nlnm. Q. 1. aAn trt num CI O.
egg plums, S2 00; California pears. $2 60: do
greengages, SI 85: do egg plums, Sr85; extra
white cherries, $2 40: raspberries, 95cSl 10;
strawberries, SI 10; gooseberries, SI 301 40:
tomatoes, 8580c; salmon, 1-ft, SI 651 90;
blackberries, Ooc; succotash, 2-ft cans, soaked.
90c; do green. 2-ft, SI 251 50; corn beer, 2-ft
cans, S2 05; 14-& cans, S14; baked beans, SI 45
1 50: lobster, 1-ft, SI 751 bO: mackerel, 1ft
cans, broiled, SI 50; sardines, domestic, 3s,
S4lS4 50; sardines, domestic. K'. S6 757 00;
sardines, imported, is, SU 5012 50, sardines,
imported. Us. SI8: sardines, mustard. S3 20:
sardines, spiced, S3 60.
Fish Extra No. 1 bloater mackerel, S36 fl
bbL; extra No. 1 do, mess, $40; extra No. 1
mackerel, shore, $32; extra No. 1 do, mess,
S36: No. 2shore mackerel. $24. Codfish Whole
pollock. 4c 33 ft; do medium. George's cod,
6c; do large, 7c; boneless bake, in strips, 6c: do
George's cod in blocks. 6K7Kc Herring
Round shore. Si 60 $ bbl; spilt, 88 60; lake,
82 75 fl 100-ft half bbl. White fish, J6 00 3)100
& half bbL Lake trout, SS GO fl half bbl. Fin
nan haddock, 10c S3 ft. Iceland halibut, 13c V
ft. Pickerel, bbl, $2 00; v bbl. 81 IP; Poto
mac herring, $5 00 ffl bbL 82 50 1 bbL
OATMEAL 56 006 25 bbL .
Grain, Floor and Feed.
Bales on call at the Grain Exchange, 4 cars of
extra 3 white oats, 28c, 10 days, P. R. R.; 1 car
S yellow shell corn. 3Sc, December. Total re
ceipts as bulletined, 23 cars. By Pittsburg. Ft
Wayne and Chicago, 1 car of feed, 3 of barley, 5
of flour, 1 of hay, 1 of oats. By Pittsburg, Cin
cinnati and St. Louis. 2 cars of oats. 3 of corn, 2
of hay, 1 of wheat. By Baltimore and Ohio, 1
car of wheat By Pittsburg and Western. 1 car
of bay. By Pittsburg and Lake Erie, 2 cars of
corn. The stronc factors of cereal markets are
oats and old corn. Choice hay is firmer than it
has been for some time past Flour Is moving
freely, but without any advance. In fact, the
drift of prices is toward a lower leveL One of
our Jobbers reports sales yesterday of 1,600 bar
rels of the best spring patent flour in wood to
Philadelphia at S3.
Prices below are for carload lots on track.
Wheat New Na 3 red, 8485c:, No. 3,80
,82c.
Corn No. 2 yellow, ear, 4213c; new, 37g38c;
high mixed, ear. 404lc; No. 2 yellow, shelled,
4242c; new, 373Sc;hlgh mixed, shelled, 41
41Kc; mixed. 8belIed,4ie41Hc
Oats No, 2 white. -JSJ3c; extra. No. 3,
27K2Sc: mixed. 2026Kc
Rye No. 1 Pennsylvania and Ohio, 6051c:
No. 1 Western, 4819c; new rye, No. 2 Ohio, 45
46c
Flour Jobbing prices Fancy winter and
spring patents, $5 005 60; winter straight
Si 25Q4 50; clear winter. $4 004 25; straight
XXXX bakers', $3 603 75. Bye flour, S3 503
MflO.yjitD-SqddUsiJi, tea. WW, ftf 09f
15 S8 ft ton; brown middlings, HI 0013 OS:
winter wheat bran. HI 25011 60; ' chop feed,
815 59816 0a
Hat Baled timothy. No. L til 25011 60;
No. 2 do, 88 00010 00; loose from wagon. 811 00
012 Oft according to quality: No. 2 prairie hay,
17 0SS Xh packing do. S7 257 5a
Straw Oats, to 7537 00; wheat and rye
straw, 86 O0& 25.
Provision.
Sugar-cured hams, large, 10c; sugar-cured
hams, medium, lOJic: sugar-cured hams, small,
llJic; sugar-cured breakfast bacon, 9c; sugar
cured shoulders, 5c; sugar-cured boneless
shoulders.7Vc:sugar-cured California hams, 7c;
sugar-cured dried beef flats, 9c; sugar-cured
dried beef sets, 10c; sugar-cured dried beef
rounds, 12c: bacon shoulders, &c: bacon
clear sides, 7Kc; bacon clear bellies, 7c; dry
salt shoulders, 5Kc: dry salt clear sides, 7c
Mess pork, heavy. SU 50; mess pork, family,
812 00. Lard refined, in tierces, 6e; half
barrels. 6c; 60-ft tubs, 6Kc; 20-ft pails, 6Jc; 60
ft tin cans. 6c; 3-& tin pails, 6c; 5-ft tin pails,
(gic; 10-ft tin pails, 6c; 6-ft tin pails.
Kic. Smoked sausaire. loner. 6c: large. 5c
Fresh pork links, 9c Boneless hams.l0c
jrigs ieet, nan oarrei, H w, quarter oarrej,
f
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Dressed Meat.
The following prices are furnished by Armour
A Co. on dressed meat": Beef carcasses, 450 to550
fts, 6c; 650 to 650 fts, 6c; 650 to 750 fts, 65c
Sheep, 7Kc V ft- Lambs; 9c fl ft. Hogs, 5c
Fresh pork loins. 7c
A Dreara.
Last night when lost in slumber
I had a sad. sad dream
I dreamt that I was wandering
Beside a woodland stream.
Around and all about me
Grew flowers fresh and fair;
Anemones and violets
Bloomed in profusion there.
But lot I stooped to pick them
And in place of flowers fair
Naught but dark, uead leaves
Lay scattered about me there.
i
Morning dawned and gazing about me
The dream proved all too true
For autumn's leaves were falling
And lay where the flowers grew.
I searched in vain for one bright flower,
But, alas! not one was there.
Nothing but leaves, faded and sear.
On tbe ground and in the air.
Once my lite, as in tbe dream
Was bright as a summer's day.
And I wandered tbrougb tbe woodland
Gathering flowers along my way.
Now searching for the flowers
That once bloomed for me so bright
I find naught but the dark, dead leaves
As in my dream last nigbt
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BOON t0 Hoosewmti.
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Iho fanner and warring man who have been out ha
tha mud all day can wash their boots clean sfefore
enterinEthehOTse.Theyirin be Soft, Polished
and Dry, if dressed with.
Wolff'sACMEBIacking
Hikes housekeeping easier;
Saves Sweeping and Scrtibbinff,
The boots wm wear a great deal longer, wQ not get
stnT and hard in snow water or rain, and will ba
WATERPROOF. Ladies, by it and insist
that your husband and sons use it Onceaweek
for Gents' Shoes and once a month far Ladiee'.
Unequaiedasa Harness DresslngandPreserrer
SoldbyShoe Stores, Grocers, Druggists, Ao.
WOLFF & RANDOLPH, Philadelphia.
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ARMOUR'S
EXTRACT OF BEEF.
ARMOUR & CO., CHICAGO,
SOLE MANUFACTURERS.
This is now conceded to be the best in the
market, is witnessed by tbe fact that we
secured the DIPLOMA FOR EXCELLENCE
at the Pure Food Exposition, held in Philadel
phia. CLEANLY IN MANUFACTURE,
SUPERIOR IN QUALITY,
And with tbe bright appetizing flavor of fresh
ly roasted beef.
PARIS EXPOSITION, 1889.
The GOLD MEDAL has been awarded to
ARMOUR & CO., Chicago,
For their exhibit of
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As old residents know and back flies of Pittt
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and mosi prominent physician In tne city, de
voting special attention to all chronic diseases. -
SSffSSSNOFEEUNTILCUREO-,
MCDnilCaud mental diseases physical) '
IM C tl V U U Odecay. nervous debility, lace o
energy, ambition and hope, impaired memory,
disordered sight, self distrust, basbfuluess,
dizziness, sleeplessness, pimples, eruptions, inw
poverished blood, fall lng powers, organlcweak-.
ness, dyspepsia, constipation, consumption. un-
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BLOOD AND SKINsrM
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ulcers, old sores, are cured for life, and blood
poisons thoroughly eradicated from the systenu '
IIDIMADV kidney and Dladder derange
U ill linn I iments, weak back, gravel, ca
larrbal discharges, inflammation and other
painful symptoms receive searching treatment,
prompt relief and real cures.
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