fj.iMIJTw,pfaH TRADE MOVEMENTS. Growth of Demand, for Typewriters Edison's Invention PROMISES TO EKLARGE THEIR USE. lincle Sam's Trade With Pittsburg Mer chants Healthy, AND 0PS WELL FOE THE NEW TEAE Office of the PrrrsBCBG Dispatch, Monday, January 7, 18S9. There are now in active use in Pittsburg and Allegheny about 1,000 typewriters. A half-dozen years ago this labor-saving ma chine was little used except by professional men. Since that time it has been growing steadily in favor with business men, until a typewriter has become a recognized necessity in tbe appointments of offices where business transactions are large. An interview with Mr. A. Martin, the agent o the Remington typewriter for the recion of which Pittsburg is the center, developed the fact that the year past lias been one of the best in sales of typewriters. Said Mr. Martin: "Our sales for the past sir years have showed an in crease each year of from 25 to 33 per cent, and 1SS8 shows no decline. An attempt has been made in the past year to bring the public to see the advantage of a typewriter to the borne, ana a few families of the citv now have tbem in use in place of tbe old-rashioned method of writing bvpen. We have 6trong confidence that the time is not far away "when the typewriter will be in general use by families, as it is already generally adopted in offices." rnoKOGRArHS a-d tttewbiters. In response to an inquiry as to the effect of the phonograph on typewriters. Mr. Martin said in substance: "We have not yet noticed anv effect on the sale of typewriters by the phonograph. There is hardly time, as the phonograph has not yet come into practical use. What revolutions in business habits may be made by the phonograph, of coarse, it is impossible to foretell. The greater its success, howcter, the greater will be the stimulus to typewriters. The typewriter must be a neccs sarv accompaniment of tbe phonograph, and the'more tbe latter is adopted by our business men the greater will be tbe demand for tbe typewriter. The problem is by no means solved as to the adaptation of the phonograph to business, and in its present status I have no fears that it will do any damage to the stenog rapher'f. ocenpation. or that it will affect the demand f or t pewriters in any other way than to stimulate it. At uresent, however, he would be a raMi man who vould venture to tell what revolutions will be broucbt about in business methods bv Edison's new invention. I will be able to talk more intelligently on this matter a few months hence." CUSTOM HOUSE TRADE. A visit to Uncle Sam's warehouse, on the corner of Fenn avenue and Garrison alley, de veloped the fact that the ycarlSSS had been the best j ear in volume ot goods imported by mer chants. The year 16S7 made so good a record, and the first half of 18SS so poor a one. that up to midsummer the prospect of keeping up the record was by no means flattering. Now, that the returns for the year are all in, it appears that the value of goods received through the cntom house this year is an ad vance on last Through the fall months receipts were larger than they had ever been for those months. December showed a decided falling off in volume, as it alvrajs does in the few weeks preceding holidays. Holiday importa tions close up in the latter part of November. Since that time custom house business has been quiet. In the past few dars there has been a decided improvement, as invoices for spring roods al ready becin to come in quite lively. The Dis patch rcnorted four months ago that all signs pointed to the conclusion that at the year's windnp lbSS would show the largest volume of business through the custom house of Pitts burg that has been done since the privilege was first granted to our merchants to clear poods at home. Secretary Keating justifies this prophecy to-day bv the statement that last j ear shows the heaviest volume of trade in the history or the custom house, and adds that tbe new year opens unusually bright. MARKETS BT TELEGRAPH. A Rally In Wheat Giving to Shortage in the Vislblo Supply Corn Quiet nud Ont Active Pork DnsettlcTT Lard Jatronccr. Chicago. January ".A moderate business was transacted in wheat. The early feeling was v eak, and prices declined c below the closing figures of Saturday, but rallied c later, and after some fluctuations closed about c higher than Saturday. There were pretty fair offerings early in the session, and operators felt bearish. Even when tho visible supply was announced, showing a decrease, the mar ket sagged off a trifle. Bnt there was very good baying around 1 01 and under for May, and the decrease in the visible no doubt stimu lated some buying, and a reaction of Jc fol lowed, then sold off c again railed with some fluctuations, this time selling to the outside prices of tbe day. and the closing was steady. There was some little outside business, and some selling orders from millers in tbe North west were received. While one large local trader was credited ith being a free seller, others were reported as being free Duyers. In com the trading was again on the light local order: little interest manifested in tbe market tbe entire session. Fluctuations were limited to iQi. The market opened at about Saturday's closing prices and at the close showed Kc advance. In oats a fair volume of business was Iran', acted, especially during the latter part of the session. Early the market was quiet and easy. later the strength and advances in wheat in duced buyers to take hold moderately, and prices for May advanced c, the market clos ing steady Tradmc was quite brisk in mess pork and al most exclusively for May delivery. The market opened rather firm at 15c advance and a further appreciation of 1527Jc was gained. Later prices settled back 7fcpl0c but rallied quickly 1012Kc Near the close the market was easier again at 710c decline and closed quiet. Quite a good speculative trade was reported in lara and the feeling was stronger. Opening sales were made at ofglOc advance, but a re action of Sc was quickly submitted to. Later the market showed more strength and prices rallied 57c and closed comparatively steady at medium ngures. The mai ket for short ribs sides was moder ately active and the feeling was stronger. Prices were advanced 1015c and the market closed comparatively steady. The leading futures raneed as follows: Wheat No. 2, January. S9JclffSl 0038Jc 699c: February. 99eU01K99KcSl Oljfc Nav, 1 03J1 0&1 01 0 July, SVS& 69&&c Corn No. 2 January. S3K33-'B5t33Kc: .February. SiHSiic; March, iijiQibc; May, 6Ke3736Ji36JJc Oats No. 2 January. 24JE24Xc; February, 25c; May. Zty&2SZWc Mess Pork, per bul.-Jsuuarv. $13 20Q13 20: February, SI3 30(5)13 32U13 2513 25: May, J13 4SK13 T013 4513 37. L.AKD pr ICO lbs. January. $7 55$?7 55 7 4567 4b: February. S7 57K07 57J7 507 50: May. 7 7 7JJS7 677 U7K. Siiokt Rrus, per 10(1 &. January, 58 97V 6 93: February. $6 957 006 957 00; May, P 107 207 107 15. Cash quotaaons were as rollows; Klonr. steady and unchanged. No. 2 spring wheat. No. 3 sprinc wheat. SOffiOOe: No. 2 red, OSKJc No. 2 corn. 3c No. 2 oats, 24c No. 2 rye. 48c No. 2 barley nomin al. No. 1 flaxseed, $1 6L Prime timothy seed, 1 501 fiL Mess pork, per barrel, 13 2013 25. Lard, per 100 lb. t730. Short nlis sides (loose). JOStogfOO. Dryaltedshoulders(boxed).K37 6 50. Short clear sides (boxed), J7 12J7 25. Sugars Cut loaf. Eo-c: granulated 7c; standard A. 7c Receipts Flour, 10,000 barrels; wheat, 19.000 bnsbel:corn. 188,000 bushels: oats. 114.0UO bushels: rye. 6.000 bushels: barley, 50.(XO bushels. Shipments FIour.10,000 barrels: wheat, 53.000 bushels: corn. 243,000 bushels: oats. 119.000 bushels: rve. 6.000 bnshcls: barlcy.25,000 bnshels. On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter market was dull; fancy creamery. 2b2bc: choice to nne, 204222c; fine dairy, 1821c: (rood to choice, 14E15C. Eggs dull and easy at 16c New YoEK-FIonr Receipts. 25.402 pack ages; exports, 2,649 barrels. 3,172 sacks: steady, moderately active export and home tradeales, 19,151 barrels. Cornmeal moderate business, steady. Wheat Receipts. &300 bushels; ex ports. 1.252 bushels; sales. 1,832,000 bushels fut ures, 24,000 bushels spot: spot market unset tled, with the options kc lower, closing stead v: No. 2 red, 1 011 01K in elevator. $1 01U 1 04 afloat. SI UIM&I 01i f. o. b.; No. 3 red. 96c: No. 1 wliiu-, $1 01K: No-1 red, SI 09; No. 2 Chicaco. SI 07I 07; options dull, ir regular and lower: advanced ?c, closing c under Ratnrdav: No. 2 re'l. January, cljsing at $1 (K: 'February. 1 Olgl 0 closing at SI 01: March, 11 2K1 03& clos ing at SI 03J.J: itav. Jl 03. cloiiig at Si 05; June, SI 05V1 05, closing at II 05K: July, a 01Sl 02. Rye dull, western 88GOc Barley dull, steady. Barley malt dulL Corn-Riceipts. 431,400 bushels: exports, 109. 282 bushels: sales. 536.000 bushels futures; 291, 000 bushels spot; Bpot market active, He higher, firm: No. 2, 44JiHKc in elevator, 456c afloat: ungraded mixed, ZS&tnic; No. 3, 3Sg;39?ic No. 2 white, 45i47c; steamer mixed, 4142JJc: options fairly active, HSKc higher, strong; January. 41J45c closing at 45c; February, 44V45V(c. closing at 45Vfc; March. 45JJc; May. 45H015HC. closing at 4oKc Oats Receipts, 64.000 bushels; exports, none; sales, 200,000 bushels; futures, 218,000 bush els spot: spot market a trifle hither, moder atelynctire: options quiet at U Kc higher; January, sni31Kc. closing at 31Ke: February, 3232Hc, closing at 325-Sc; May. S333c clos ing at 33Kc; spot No. 2 white, 31K 31c; mixed western, 27K32c: white do. 23 S9c; No. 2 Chicaco. 32KC Hops steady, quiet. Coffee Options opened irreeular, chiefly 510 points up. closed weak at 3040 points below Saturday; sales. 66.500 bags, including January, 15.5015.70c; February, 15.2515.70c: March and April. 15.3015.65c: May. 15.3515.75c:June, 15.7015.75c; July, 15.5015.80c; August 15.750 15.85c; September and October. 16.00c; Decem ber. 16.10c. Spot Rio easy; fair cargoes, 17c. Sugar Raw barely steady and dull; refined more active. Molasses Foreign nominal: New Orleans quiet. Rice strong and quiet. Pork stronger and quiet: mess, a4 0014 oQ. Cut meats stronger; pickled bellies, 7K3.c; pickled shoulders, 7c; pickled bams. 10c; mid ales quiet and stronger; short clear, S7 50. Lard higher; covering contracts; spot dnll: specula tion firm; sales, western steam, $7 95: January. S7 83: February. $7 S77 SS, closing at $7 88; March, S7 S97 90. closing at 7 89; April. $7 93 asked: Mav, S7 957 96, closing at 17 95 asked: June, $7 96 bid. Butter quiet and weak; west ern dairy, 1422c; do creamery. 1719c Cheese firm and qniet; western, 10lic. St. Louis Flour quiet and unchanged. Wheat declined JJc. but rallied e on the reported decrease in visible supply, then be came unsettled, but closed c above Satur day's. Cash. 9oc nominal; May, 99KGS1U1; closed at SI 03: June. 9Sc: July. SSeSSc, closed at 8SJi89c; August, UTc Corn, large offerings depressed the market, but buy ers of Mav took bold freely at the decline and steadied prices; cash. 29J30c; January, 29Jc; February, 35Ve; March, 31Kc: closed at 31ic bid; May, 3333fc, closed atS3Jebid. Oats cash lower; No. 2. 23c bid: May, 27K27K Rye stronger: No. 2 cash, 48c; May. 51c: Barley unchanged! Baggineeasy;ranginc at 1012c. Iron cotton ties, II 201 25. Provisions firm and higher. Pork, small lots, new mess, $13 75, Lard S7 30, with $7 40 asked at close. Dry salt meats Small lots, loose shoulders, 16 25; longs and ribs. 17 00; short clear. S7 25. Boxed lots, longs. So 80; ribs, 17 007 12K: short clear, 17 25; Bacon Shoulders, 87 00: longs. S7 25; ribs, $7 80 7 SS; short clear, S8 12J Ribs. February, 17 87K; March, SS 00. Hams, S10 3712 75. Philadelphia Flour weak bnt not quota bly changed in prices. Wheat dnll and lower; No. 2 red, January, 95iS?95c February. ObVQ 6Kc; March. 9S9sKc; April, 89KS100; May, $1 01?il 02J Corn Export demand light and market for No. 2 and steamer in ele vator ic lower: grades below steamer were scarce and ruled firm with moderate demand. Oats Carlots dull and barely steady. Provi sions steady but dull. Pork Mess, new, $15 15 50: do prime mess, new, ill 50; do family, S16 5017. Hams Smoked, HK12c Lard Pure, 99!c Butter dull and weak; Pennsyl vania creamery, extra, 2So; Pennsylvania prints, extra, 30c Ecgs steady: Pennsylvania firsts, 20c. Cheese steady; part skims, 68c. Cincinnati Flour in moderate demand; family, S4 254 40; fancy, $4 754 85. Wheat easier; No. 2 red, 97c: receipts, 1,600 bushels; shipments, 600 bushels. Corn in fair demand and prices well sustained; No. 2 mixed, 35Kc Oats barelv steady; No. 2 mixed, 27c. Rye unsettled; No. 2, 5556c Pork in light demand at J13 50. Lard stronger at S7 45. Bnlkmeats quiet and firmer; short rib. $7 007 12K. Bacon steady and quiet; short clear. 8 50. Butter dull; fancy Northwestern creamery, 32d3c: prime dairv roll. 1315c Sjigar steady; hard refined, 78c; New Orleans, 6!45c, Cheese steady and firm; choice mild Ohio flat, 10Jllc Baltimore Wheat Western firm; No. 2 winter red. spot, 9595Jic; February,963i9Gfc; March, 9j9SKc Corn Western steady; mixed, spot. 41g41Kc: January. 41J441)c; February. 4!41c; March, 4142c; steam er, spot,SSc. Oats dull; western white, 32 33c; do mixed, 2931c; traded No. 2 white, 3Jc asked. Rye quiet at 60c Coffee quiet; rio fair at 17jjc MttWAUKEE Flour unchanged. Wheat, firm; cash. 92?c; February, 94c: May, 97c Corn steadv; No. 3, 30c Oats steady: No. 2 white, 2S2SJc Rye quiet; No. 1, 4Sc Bar ley firm: No. 2, 6Sc Provisions firm. Pork, cash and January, 13 15. Lard. S7 50. Butter steady at 2022c Cheese unchanged; Ched dars, 10103c Toledo Cloverseed active and steady; cash and January, So 15; March, $5 25. LITE STOCK MARKETS. Condition of the Mnrliet nt the East Liberty Stock Yards. Cattle Receipts, 2,261 head: shipments, 1.425 head; market steady at last week's prices; 35 cars of cattle, shipped to New York to-day. Hogs Receipts, 7,900 head: shipments, 5,500 head; market firm: Philadelphia?, S5 055 15: mixed. $5 105 15; Yorkers, $ 105 20: common to fair; 55 0u5 10; pics, 15 005 25; 30 cars of Iiors Khinnerf.to New York- to-dar. SHEEP Receipts, 7,800 head: shipments, 4,000 linnd. T.!i,-lrn cto.rfv , l.ct vtndVc nlo , .wuu, U.H.UW un-uj . ..bba pi.u By Telcjcraph. New York Beeves Receipts, 2.61S head, making 8,230 for the week; fair demand, quick trade and an early and full clearances: com mon to pnme native steers sold at S3 S55 25 per 100 ponnds; extra and fancy do, $-5 505 65; ordinary Colorado do at S2 50; poor native at 3 603 70; bulls and dry cows at S23, with se lected extra and fancy bulls up to S3 504 25. Sheep Receipts. 13.S74 head, making 28.420 head for the week; market firm for good sheep; null and easier for all kind of lambs, but nearly everythtug sold; sheep ranged from HSI 6 25 per 100 pounds, with a few tops up to 85 50: lambs sold at S5 107 65, with one carload sold atS7 75 and two carloads holding for 18, with S7 80 bid. Hogs Receipts, 19,540 head, mak ing 31.200 for the week; no sales on tho live weight; nominally dull at S5 305 60. ST. Lours Cattle Receipts. SOO head; ship ments, 600 head; market stronger; choice heavy native steers. 14 905 30; fair to good native steers. J4 004 90: butchers' steers, medium to choice. $3 104 00; stockers and feeders, fair to good, S2 OOgtf 15; rangers, com-fed, $3 003 !; grass-fed. 2 103 00. Hogs Receipts, 4,400 head; shipments, 700 bead; market nigher; cholceheavyand butchers' selections, $5 205 00; packing medium to prime. $5 105 20; light eradps. ordinary to best, SI 955 00. Sheep Receipts, 500 head: shipments, 800 head; market strong; fair to choice, S3 004 80. Chicago Cattle Receipts, 10,000 head: ship ments. 4,000 head: market steady; choice beeve's, 84 501 65: steers. S2 904 35: stockers and feeders, $2 403 30: cows, bulls and mixed, 51 403 00: Indian steers, S3 203 75. Hogs Re ceipts. 11.000 head: shipments, 6,500 head; market strong. 510c higher: mixed, $5 10 5 30: heavy, $5 155 35: light, 15 lP 35; skips, $3 00515. Sheep Receipts, 7,000 head; ship ments, 2,000 head: market strong: natives, 13 00 4 75: Western corn-fed. S4 254 67V; Texans. 52 503 50; Iambs. $4 756 00. Buffalo Cattle firm; receipts, LOOO head through. i700 head sale: prime, 13 504 60; mixed butchers' stock. $2 503 00. Sheep and lambs Receipts. 2,000 head through, 11,000 head sale: sheep active and firm; good, $4 O04 50; lambs dull: western. $5 355 60; common, 16 50 6 75. Hogs Receipts, 4,500 head through. 18,000 head sale; active and 1015c hicher; raedinms. $5 155 20; Yorkers, 5 25; pigs, 53 25S530 CnrcriTNATi Hogs in good demand and firm: common and light, $4 405 20: packing and butchers', 15 055 20; receipts, 7,550 head; shipments, 1,100 head. BALTIMORE Swine Fair supply and mod erately good demand. Quotations, 77c; re ceipts, 7,626 head. BOSTON STOCKS. Prices Generally Hold. Firm, With the Lund Stocks Prominent. IFrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Boston. January 7. Trading in the Boston stock market to-day was productive of little feature. Prices generally held firm, whilo the land stocks continued prominent and strong. The market was inactive and steady nntil with in half an hour of the close, then it weakened a trifle and closed barelv steady, with no feat ure of interest, ana at me loiiowing prices: ,,-t. r'nllatn.1 Ss CS lfcltlthnrr Atch. Collateral Ss . SS Kltchbnre 76 C, B.&orth,n5s, Mexican Central .... I3fc S. Y. & iewKui... 445 Old Colony. 171 Oreiron Short Line.. 41X Union Pacific m West End Land I3M Bell Telephone Ml C&lnmct & Ilecla ? CliU Kan.S W.M.. 88 Mcx. Central 4s 67M Mex. Central inc.... Zli . Y. N. E. 2d 63.105 Sunora7s 67 Atchison stock 5f.! AIMnucEl-.tciuc... !! Boston & Albany.. .SOHj A'7ai .AlUl...............,dO 4i)l Boston & Montana.. 61 . B. A jsortnern C 13. AV, 109!f Clnn. ban. & Clevc. Wi usceola 2) Brazilian Coffee Slarltct. Rio Dk Janeiro. January 7. Coffee Regular first, 5,700 reis per 10 kilos: good sec ond. 5,200 reis; receipts during the week, 85,000 bags; purchases for the United States, 89.000 bags; clearances for do, 34,000 bags; stock, 389,000 bags. Santos, January 7. Coffee Good aver ages, 5,700 reis per 10 kilos; receipts during tho week, 63,000 bags; purchases for the United Stales, 1,600 bags; clearances for do, 41,000 bags; stock, 250,000 bags. Grain in Sisfat. Chicago, January 7 The visible supply of grain compared with that of one week ago, ac cording to the Board of Trade official report, Is as follows: Wheat, 37,923.000 bushels; decrease. 30S.0G0 bushels. Com. 10,141,000 bushels; in crease. 643.000 bushels. Oats, 8.622.000 bushels; decrease, 2,000 bushels. Rye. 1,666.000 bushels; decrease, 13,000 bushels. Barley, 2,271,000 bush els; decrease, 33,009 bushels. Whisky Mnrketm. Prrs at all points of production are steady atJICX THE A SIGN. OF PROGRESS. An Architectural Departure That Prnmisps RnnH Kpsnlfs. A PARALYTIC PETROLEUM MARKET Gas Stocks Weak and Yery Slow, "With a Slight Break in Philadelphia. TARIFF YICT0ET BEGINNING TO TELL The close observer cannot have failed to notice the ornate style of architecture in vogue this season. It is conspicuously prominent along the line of the Pennsyl vania Railroad as far out as Braddock. Architects have no distinct name for it, bnt say" it is the outgrowth of a demand for something to break the monotony that is so striking not to say wearisome in some of the older parts of the city. But with or without a name, it is very attractive, im parting additional cfcanns to localities already highly favored by nature. Ben Venue, Shadyside, Roup, Dallas, "Wilkins burg and other places that might be named are already blossoming like the rose in archi tectural ornament. It is a composite style embodying the Gothic the Saracenic and the Queen Anne One architect described it as "Queen Anne run to seed." Another called- it the American style. That it suits the popular taste the frequency with which it is encountered is sufficient proof. It does not appear to add materially to tbe cost of construction, while it certainly affords advantages in the way of home comforts that the plain or old-fashioned stylo does not possess. Without indulging in nndue praise of the new departure, it way be said of it that it is a sign of progress in thehomelifeof the people that is highly commendable in them, and is also creditable to the architects whose skill In blending old and new ideas in building achieved so pleasing a combination. AN OFF DAI IN STOCKS. Gas Weaker, 3 ith a Break In Philadelphia The Coarse of Prices. The movement in coal stocks yesterday was less pronounced than usual of late, but it was up to expectation and not bad for a gloomy Monday. There was a brisk demand for gas shares, but prices were rather weak. The most notable event of the day was a fractional break in Philadelphia. Bank stock was again in de mand, and also to a limited extent, electric and traction. All in all the market lacked vim. The total sales ag regated only 410 shares. Bids and offers are appended: MOltJJINO. ArTEBNOON. stocks. Bid. Asked. Bid. Asked. Allegheny Nat. Bank. SI 82 Masonic Bank 58 .... ... Exchange iat. Bank. 81 82 81J 82 XL. and M. Nat. Bank. 57 Metropolitan N.liank. 90 Tradesmen's X. Bank. 220 Pitts.N. B'k Com 23 Brldgcwaterl'l. Gas S3 .... &-H KitUnnlngCN.G.Co. 57 53 .... at. Gas Co., W. Va., S 59.S Philadelphia Co 33ft M SS', 39 Wheeling Gas Co 28 S 29 57 M West'houseElec. L t.. SO'A 36 Xi 36H The sales included 10 shares Masonic Bank at57K; 10 shares Natural Gas AY. Va.. 57K; 190 shares Philadelphia Company 39K, 39V, 39; 150 shares Westinghouse Electric 36, 36& 36, the latter seller's option 60 days. The close was n eak and spiritless. After the last call there was considerable chaffing in the way of offers even lower than those noted, but only a few shares changed hands, not enough to influence the market. The total sales of stocks at New York yester day were 169,074 shares, including: Delaware, Lackawanna and Western. 12,275; Erie, 3,950; Missouri Pacific 8,820; Northwestern, 4.365; New Jersey Central, 4.430; Northern Pacific, preferred, 4",315: Readinc. 41.598: Richmond and West Point, 4,850;Sr, Paul, 30,595; Union Pacific, 14,065. "WORKING SM00THLI. Everything in Gootl Shape at the Banks Cleorins House Business. The money market is working smoothly. Loanable funds are abundant at the customary rates. Until January settlements are closed up nothing new can be expected A good counter business was reported. Clearing House busi ness continues to show a gain over last year. The exchanges yesterday were $2,481,051 27, and the balances $398,628 66. Messrs. Blake Bros. & Co., of New York and Boston, offer in another column a selection of desirable securities. Money on call at New York was easy at 3 to 4 per cent, last loan 4, closed offered at 4. Prime mercantile paper. 5J7 per cent. Ster ling exchange firm and active at $44 for 60 day bills and $4 SS for demand. Government and State bonds are firm. Tho following were the elosing prices of bonds in New York: U. S. 4R, registered, 12 U. 8. 4s, coupon, 126Vi; U. S. 4s. registeied, 10S5: U. S. 4Ks, coupon, 108; Pacific 6s of '95, 119. New Yoke Clearings, $88,505,910; balances, $5,533,192. Boston Clearings, $16,861,737; balances, 81, 617.835; money, 5 per cent. Philadelphia Clearings, $10,916,785; bal ances, 81,653,649. Baltimore Clearings, $2,271,517; balances, $251,766. CniCAGO Money unchanged; bank clearings, 812,378,000. St. Louis Clearings, S4,523,88S; balances. $557,839. WORKING A MTSTERT. A Windy Day In OH, With a Break at the Close. Yesterday was a windy day at the Petroleum Exchange. The pikers were in clover. They took advantage of every fluctuation to buy or sell. Some of them made handsome profits. The market opened steady atS6K, an yt above Saturday's close. Bullish advices soon sent tbe price up to 86J. This was followed by a drop to 86 and a quick reaction to 87 the highest price of the day. Oil City then came prom inently forward as a buyer and considerable unloading resulted, which soon caused a break, from which there was no recovery. The market closed weak at 85. 'There were no special influences at work other than noted. Brokers refuse to hazard predictions as to the outcome of tbe anomalous situation. One or two small bets were made that 85 would be touched to-day. The field news was too unimportant to be a factor in the day's operations. The local carrylngrate was 30. Refined was up a little in New York and down a sixteenth in London. Saturday's clear ances were 1,040,000. Among the prominent operators on tbe floor of the exchange were Siessrs. Lowry. Fisher and McKee. A. B. McGrew quotes: Puts, 84; calls, 86 toS6Ji. Tne following table, corrected by De Witt 1)11 worth, broker in petroleum, etc corner Fifth aTenue and Wood street, Pittsburg, shows the order of fluctuations, etc. : lime. Bid. Ask. Time. Bid. Ask. Opened S6K Sas 12:45 p. H.... PH ST 10115 A. M.... M5 86V 1:00 P. V... 87 87 10:30A. H.... 87 S71 1:15P. K.... 87 87H 10:5A. M.. 87 87S 1:30 P. M.... 86 87 11.-00A. X.... 8S i! J:P. M.... 86J 67 ll:I5A. M.... - 67 J:00P. M.... 863, 67 1J:30A, M.... S6M 67 1:15 P. M.... 80 67 11:45a. M.... 66 .87 l:30p. M.... 87 SIX 12:00 M S6 Sfi'i 2:45 P. M.... 86H 86) 12:15 p. M.... MH MWClosed 85 .... 12:30 P. M.... S03 87 OnenriL S6Kc: blgheat. SlUe: lowest. Softc: Closed, 5c Barrels. Dally run 39.373 Average runt 43,016 Daily snlumenu 70.490 'Averace shipments 68,851 Dallv charters 3,015 Average charters ,.,.. 38,063 Clearances 1, MO, OCO New Kork closed at 85c Oil Citv closed at 86c. Bradlord closed at 86c. Kew i'orE. rertned. Ic London, refined. 631. Antwerp, refined. 1C NEWS FE0M TAILOEST0WN. Weill Located, Going Down and Coming In A Cood Producer. rSPZCIAL TKLIORAM TO THX tlSPATCH.l Taylobstow", January 7. Owing to the almost impassable roads and the inclement weather, progress among the wells has been light Not much has been done on any loca tions west of here, but in the eastern direction tion the "Jo-Jo's" have started on another well on the Thompson lease, the Washington f Oil Company on the L. ly, near the Suodgrass line, and tbe same company has made loca tions on the farms of James Hoddens, Jr., and Isaac Hodgens. Another well will go down on the farm-of James Hodgens. Sr., also on the one adjoining, that of John Hodgens. The W. C. Grimes Wild Cat, owned by 'Wash 3r V PITTSBURG DISPATCH, ington parties, was at first reported quite a gasser, and later as having a nice showing of oil. but close investigation shows it not to be mnch good for either purpose. The William Beabout and Donahey wells will get the sand this week. Business in the Knox Brothers' district Is as lively as ever. Ten wells are going down on the Robert Knoxand almost as many on the farm of William Knox. . , The Shamrock White, which came in Frl day, is qnite a nice well,the best In that sec tion. John McMannis 4 Is down 1,600 feet, and James McMannis 2.1,800 feet. Other Oil markets. Bradford, January 7. Opened, 86Jc;hlgh. est, STJic: Jowest. 85c: closed. 85Jc Tttcsvillk, January 7. Opened, 86c; highest, 67Jc: lowest, 85c; closed, 85c Oil cmr. January 7. Opened, 86c; highest, 87c; lowest, 85c; closed, 85c New YofcK, January 7. Petroleum opened firm at 86c, and advanced to 87c It then sagged back to 87c and remained around that fienre until tbe last half hour, when the market broke under Western selling orders and closed at 86c. ' Sales, 1,268,000 barrels. LOOKING -AHEAD. Seal Estate Men Have Somo Good Things on tho String. "We never expect much on Monday," said a real estate dealer yesterday morning. The re sult showed that he knew what he was talking about. The framework of several deals was laid, but not much was accomplished in the way of sales. Many prospectors were abroad with cash in their.pocket, but they didn't find the iron hot enough to strike. They will prob ably turn up again. W. A Herron & Sons sold another Forbes street house, Oakland, for William Wood, of Philadelpia, being tbe fourth that this firm has disposed of in that locality within a short time. These houses front welLand are of a high class. The price was $11,000. Black & Baird, No. 95 Fourth avenue, sold to George W. Garrett lots Nos. 139, 110 and 141 in the Baum Grove plan of lots at Roup station, P. R. R., having a total frontage of 128 feet on Euclid avenue, near Friendship avenue, and being 114 feet, in depth to a 20-foot alley, for a price approximating 5,000. FRENCH IRON TRADE. Snbstitution of Steel Sleepers for Wooden Ones Prices Held Up. From the SoTthBritlih Mail it is learned that although the French iron market displays no ereat activity, the price of bars and girders is firmly maintained at 14 francs, and the Paris merchants have abandoned their policy of competition at any price. Some of the French works have again secured' important contracts abroad. Attention is called to a con tract for 7.000 steel sleepers,which will be adjudi cated by the Board of the French Government Railways on tbe 4th of January next, and it is expected that several private railway compan ies will also shortly decide on substituting steel sleepers for the wooden ones at present In use. In Paris old rails are still in great demand, and are firmly held at 85f per ton of 1,000 kilos. Some of tbe most important iron firms in LyonB have lately turned their attention to the export trade, and it is f -id that they are meet ing with a considerable amount of success to tbe detriment Of their British and German competitors. WHEELS WHIRLING. Old Industries Reviving nnd New Ones Starting Up Important movements. Below is given a list of new mills and new movements in the industrial world. It shows that the success of protection was farorablo to the manufacturing interests: The Niagara Iron Company Works at Buffalo, which have been shut down 12 years, will start with 200 men. At Enfield. N.H., a box factory; l'lttsfleld, Mass., silk mill: Hlllsboro Bridge, 8. H., shoe factory: Perryvllle, Mass., yarn mill; Hartland, Me., shoe mill; walllngford, Conn.. ladies1 nnderwear mill, to employ 200 women; Acnshnet, Mass., cotton: Banning, Ga., pulp; Galveston, Tex., wool and ecourlne; wlnns boro', N. C, cotton; Covington. Kv., woolen, capital !10,000; Turner Stone Company. Chicago, capital 150,000. At Salem, Ore., a woolen mill will be established If the people will pnt up S50, 000. Spring Valley, N. Y., silk mill to employ 300 hands. STOCKS HAMMERED. The Coalers Suffer on Account of Warm Weather Bonds Active. New York. January 7. Tbe stock market to-day showed no change in its temper from those of last week, and the dealings Were con fined principally, although to a smaller degree than usual of late, to the professional element, while the interest in the speculation was centered in a half dozen or so of the leading shares, all the rest being dull and entirely featureless. The foreigners gave evidences of more confidence in American securities, and the commission neople were talking if anything more hopefully, the selling being almost en tirely from the bears and the traders who made a demonstration against the coal stocks, and Reading in particular, because of the contin ued warm weather. The Grangers and South westerns were very well held. St. Paul was one of the strong features of the day, tbe for eign purchases being more marked in that stocks than in anything else on the list. The decline culminated at noon, and prices after that time showed an advancing tendency, although there was very little progress made until well into the afternoon, when Union Pacific, St. Paul, Reading and some of the specialties developed strength and the early losses generally were recovered. Intense dull ness and stagnation became the features toward the end of the session, and the market closed dull and steady at irregnlar changes of small fractions from tbe opening prices. The final declines were few and unimportant, but among those which are, higher this evening Omaha preferred rose 1, St. Paul 1U, Missouri Pacific 1, Milwaukee. Lake Shore and Western preferred 5J and Perry Coal li. Railroad bonds were more active than for sometime, and the sales of all issues reached $1,822,000, of which the Reading first Incomes furnished $2,701,000, though there was no special animation developed anywhere else in the list. There wa a generally strong tone throughout the day, and tbe steady appreciation of values was tbe marked f eatere of the dealings. The advances were not very heavy except in a few issues, and of these the most important was Chesapeake and Ohio, series B certificates, 210 79. The following table shows the prices pi active stocks on the New York Stock Exchange. Corrected daily for The Dispatch by Whit ney fe Stephenson, members of New York Stock Exchange, 67 Fourth svepue: Open- High- Low- Clos ing, est. est. lng. Am. Cotton Oil 53 JiW Atch.. Top. 8. F.. 56 56M Sbii 66 Canadian Pacific Jl Canada Southern Wi li VOL HH Central of New Jersey. S8 S8Ji iTA V7H CentralPaclflc aw C. Bur. & Qnlncy 109 109 103 loa C, Mil. & St. l'aul... 62 63K ffilj 63 v., sin. St. r.. pr....i03i$ io3) 103 iow C, Kocfcl. &B 97H mn J7Ji 97jJ C, St. h. & Pitts 11)4 C, St, L. & Pitts, pf, 38 C,St.V..M. &0 32 32 32 32 C., St. F.,M. JtO., pf. 8l 92 Wit S'S C. A Northwestern. ...107? o107K lXh "1079J CA jsoiihwestern, pf. 140H U. C. O. il 57 Col., Coal & Iron S0'4 20l4 30 30 Col. & Hocking Val 25 Del., L&W 14114 141! 140X H0K Del. & Hudson 132 132 131 131 h' E.T., Va. &Oa.., tH E.T.,Va. &Ga., lstpf 64 E.T., Va.&Ga. Zdpf. 22 Illinois Central 114K Lake Eric & Western 16)5 Lake Erie & West. pr Sl 82 Late Short & M. S 103 lot 1C3H 103 Louisville A Nashville E7 67 bi7i S7 Michigan Central 87 .... .... 87K Mobile Ohio 8 Missouri Pacific 72H 73J ) 72X 73 iNew York Central j(n 8. y.. l.x ft w nn zi 27M zm N. Y., L. E. A W.prcf 61X 615 615( 61 N. Y., C. ft St. L... ?. ..?. 17 N. Y., C ft St. I., pf. 67 N.Y., C. &St. L.2dpf .... 37)4 nIyAv::::::::: S Norfolk ft Western UU Norfolk A Western, pf SOU Northern Pacific an Northern Pacific prer. 53 K S9V SIM S3X Ohio A Mississippi lj 22 njj nu Oregon Improvement 71) Oregon Transcon 31 31 30K 305sJ PaciflcMall 3j$( 3G 38 K'i Pco. Dec. AKvans 22)J Phlladel. A Heading.. 4SH 4SV' 47S 43 Pullman Palace Car J73X Kldimond A V. P. T.. 24V !4 ti'A 24)2 KIchmond&W.P.T.pf7i 78M 73K 7SU Bt.PauUl)nlnth...... 40 40 39 St. Paul Dulutlipf. 84 bt. P., Minn. & Man , 99 St. I.. & San Fran..... S6H St. L. A San Fran pf.. B6H G6K 66X ISH St. L. A San F. 1st pf. .. Hit Texas Pacific 22 fjij 22 22!4 Onion Pacific..... H 65H 64K 6h Wabash .- .. 12$ Wabash preferred 24 Western Union S3X E3V S3X KH Wheeling A L. K 60 60 60 S9 Philadelphia Stocks. Closing quotations of Philadelphia stocks, fur nished by Whitney A Stephenson, brokers. No. 67 Fourth avenue. Members New York Stock Ex change. Did. Asked. Pennsylvania Railroad S3H 6SU Reading Railroad 24 1-18 24)4 Buffalo, Pittsburg and Western I2fc ni Lehigh Valley Mft- ss Lehigh Navigation N2 V. Co.'i New Jersey.,.!..,..! 221 S2IW Northern Pacific 2iH' ' 23)4 Northern Pacific preferred...,..:... M)i C9H r,M5?m-mrwriKm!im!?fr'vr' m -rtv"""--, - . - - . TUESD&Y, JANTTAUT 8, DOMESTIC MARKETS. Blue Monday in Produce lines, . Weather Adverse to Trade. TROPICAL FKUITS MORE ACTIVE. Hay.GroWs Weaker on Account of Too Bountiful Supplies. T0NE OP CEREAL MARKETS BETTER Office of rrrrsBUito Dispatch, I MONDAY, January 7, 1888. J Country Prodnce, Jobbing Prices. There are few features of special Interest in produco lines. To-day will pass as a blue Monday. Weather Is unfavorable to active trade movements. Nothing short of a first class blizzard will apparently lift the produce trade out of tbe ruts in which it has been moving f or.weeks past. Eggs are reported very slow, with 22c as the outside figure. Butter is in the same boat. Poultry continues scarce and firm. A Liberty .street commission firm reports receipt of 3.000 pounds of poultry from Sioux City, la., which came through in 48 hours, and went off like hot The" demand for tropical fruits Improves. Bananas are scarcer and higher. Valenciaand, Messina oranges are in good supply and drift ing toward lower prices. Tho rise or fall of tho mercury is the big factor in the produce trade at this date, and as it rises or falls commission merchants are de pressed or buoyant. Beans Navy from store, primehand picked, $2 002 10 per bushel; medium, $2 00: Ohio and Pennsylvania do, prime and medium, $2 UOil 2 10; imported do. $1 902 CO: Lima, 6c per ft; marrowfat, 82 752 80 per bushel. Butter Creamery, Elgin, 3303oc: Ohio do, 2730c: fresh dairy packed, 2325c: country rolls. 1820c; Chartiers Creamery Co.butter.35c. Beeswax 2325c per ft for choice; low grade. 1618c CiDEn-Sand refined, $6 E07 50, common, 53 504 00: crab cider, $8 003 SO fl iiarrel; cider vinegar. 1012c $1 gallon. Cheese Ohio ohcese. September make, 11 12c; New York, September make, 1212Ke; Limburger, HX12fec: domestic Sneitzer cheese, 1313c . Dried Peas SI 451 SO 13 bushel; split do, Kggs 2022c ? dozen for strictly fresh. "Fruits Apples, SI 25 to SI 75 9 barrel; evap orated raspberries, 25c jj? ft; cranberries, $8 00 r? barrel: S2 75 a bushel. , Feathers Extra live geese. 5060c; No. I do. 4045c; mixed lots. S035c f? ft. Hominy S3 303 40 p barrel. Honey New Crop, 18c; buckwheat, 1315c Potatoes Potatoes, 3510o j8 bushel; S2 50 2 75 for Southern sweets; S3 253 50 for Jer sey sweets. Poultry Live chickens, 5570o fl pair; dressed chickens. 1213c ?1 pound: turkeys, 13 15c live. 1618o dressed fl pound: ducks, live. SO85c $ pair; dressed, 16c $ pound; geese, SI 0Ol 10 fl pair. "Seeds Clover, choice, 62 fts to bushel, J6 per bushel; clover, large English. 62 fts, $6 25; clover. Alsike.SS 60: clover, white, S9 00; timo thy, choice, 45 fts, SI IX); blue grass, extra clean. 14 fts. SI 00; blue grass, fancy, 14 fts, SI 20; orchard grass, 14 fts, S2 00; red top, 14 fts, $1 00; millet, 60 fts, $1 25; German millet, 50 lbs, S2 00: Hungarian grass, 48 fts, $2 00; lawn grass, mix ture of fine grasses, 25c per ft. SHELLBARKS SI 501 75. Taxlow Country, 4X5c: city rendered, 55Hc Tropical Fruits Lemons, S3 0003 50 W box: Messina oranges. S2 603 60 box; Florida oranges, $3 003 60 Ifl box; Jamaica oranges, fancy, S4 505 00 13 barrel; Malaga grapes. So 507 00 13 keg: banauas, $2 00 firsts, SI 2501 60; good seconds fl bunch; cocoa nuts, S4 00 y hundred; pineapples, S10 0018 00 V hundred; new figs, 1214c 13 pound; dates, 5K6J$c V pound. Vegetables Celery, 1030c 13 bunch; cab bages. S3 005 00 fl 10O; onions, oOc 13 bushel: Spanish onions, SI 001 25 f crate; turnips, 30 40c $ bushel. Groceries. Green Coffee Fancy Rio, 20K21Kc; choice Rio, 1920c; prime Kio, 19c; fair Rio, IS ISJic; old Government Java, 26c; Mara caibo, 2IKi2Kc; Mocha, 3031c; Santos, 18 22c: Caracas coffee, 19K21c; peaberry, Rio. 20 2IKc; Laguayra, 2021Ke. Roasted (in papers) Standard brands, 22c; high grades, 23K26c; old Government Java, bulk. S0K31c;Maracaibo 25K20Kc; Santos,. 21622c; peaberry, 251c; choice Rio, 23Kc; prime Rio, 21c; good Rio, 20kc: ordinary, 19Kc. Spices (whole) Cloves, 212oc; allspice, c; cassia, 8ac; pepper, 19c: nutmeg, 7080c Petroleum (jobbers' prices) H0te8t, TVJc; Ohio, 120, 8Kc; headlight. 150; 9c; water white. VfAc; globe, 12c; elaine, 15c; carnadine, llKc; Toyaline, 14c ,. . , Syrups Corn syrups, 232oc: choice sugar syrup. 3538c; prime sugar syrup, 3033c; strictly prime, 3335c. N. O. JloLASSES Fancy, old. 48c; choice, 45c; mixed. 4012c; new crop, 4350c. , Soda Bi-carb in Kegs, ZGlic-, bi-carb in Js, 5JJc: bi-carb, assorted packages, 6Ji6c; salsoda in kegs, lJic; do granulated, 2c. Candles Star, full weight, 9c; stearine, perset,8Kc;parafflne, llK12c Rice Heid. Carolina, 77c: choice, 6 7c; prime. 5K6c; Louisiana, 66c. bTARCH Pearl, 2Mc; cornstarch, b7c: gloss ;tarcb. 5X7c Foreign Fruits Iyer raisins, 82 65; Lon don layers, S3 10; California London layers. $2 60; Muscatels, S2 25; California Muscatels, $2 35: Valencia, new, 7c; Ondara Velencia. 7K7K-'; sultana, 7c; currents, new, 4 oc; lurkey prunes, new, 4K-lic; French prunes, 813c; Salonica prunes, in 2-ft pack ages. SHc: encoannts. per 100. S6 00: almonds. Lan., per ft, 20c; do Ivfca, 19c; do shelled, 40c; walnuts, nap.. 12KQ15c Sicilv filberts. 12c: Smyrna ngs, nii&ibc, Brazil nuts, 10c; pecans- ll15c: citron, per ft, 21)22c; lemon peel per ft, 1814c: Orange peel. 12Kc Dried Fruits ApDles, sliced, per ft, 8c; ap ples, evaporated, 67Kc; apricots, California, evaporated, 1518c;peaches,evaporated, pared, 2223c; peaches. Call torn fa, evaporated, un pared, 12i13Kc: cherries, pitted, 2122c; cherries, unpitted. 56c; raspberries, evap orated, 2424c; blackberries, 7K8c; huckle berries. 1012c Sugars Cubes, 8e; powdered, 8c; granu lated, Kc; confectioners' A, 7c; standard A, 7?c; softwhites, 67Kcj yellow, choice, 6K b52c: yellow, cood. b563ic: yellow, fair. 6Kc: yellow, dark, 6c. Pickles Mediums, bbls (1,200), SI 75; me diums, half bbls (600), S3 00. Salt-No. 1 $ bbl, 95c; No. 1 ex, bbl, $1 05; dairy, ft bbl, SI 20; coarse crystal, M bbl, SI 20; Higgins Eureka, 4 bu sack, S2 80; Higgin's Eureka, 16-14 ft pockets, 83 00. Canned Goods Standard Peaches. SI SO 1 60; 2ds, $1 3C1 35; extra peaches, SI 35 1 90; pie peaches, TOj; finest corn, SI 301 60: Hfd. Co. corn. 7590c; red cherries, 90cSl 00: lima beans, SI 10: soaked do, 85c: string do do. 7585c: marrowfat peas, SI 10Q1 15; soaked peas. 'IMS 75c; pineapples, SI 401 SO; Bahama do, $2 75; damson plums, 9oc; green gazes, SI 25: egg plums, S2 00; California pears, S2 50; do green gages. S2 00; do egg plums, S3 00; extra white cherries, $2 90; red cherries, 2fi, 90c: raspber ries, SI 151 40: strawberries. SI 10; gooseber ries, SI 2C1 30: tomatoes, 9295c; salmon, 1 Si, fl 7&2 10: blackberries, 80c: succotash, 2-B cans, soaked, 90c; do green, 2fts, SI 25(31 60; corn beef, 2-ft cans, SI 75; 14-ft cans S13 50: baked beans. SI 40 I 45; lobster, 1 ft. SI 75 1 80: mackerel. 1-ft cans, broiled, SI 60; sardines, domestic, l4s $4 254 5' sardines, domestic, Kf. & 258 50; sardines. Imported. ",s, $11 SO 12 50; sardines, imported, Ks, $18 00; sardines, mustard. SI 25. Fish Extra No. 1 mess mackerel. $30 bbl; No. 1 do, S2022; extra No. 2 do, S24 00; large No. 3 do, $20. Whole codfish George's medium, 4Vc; do large, 4c; boneless hake. 6c; do cod fish, 7K8c; smoked halibut, 1012c; blue fish, 8c; split herring. SO 006 0; white flsb, half bbl. 100 fts, S7 SO: lake herring, new, 100 fts, S3 25; Portland round herring. 200 fts. $4 SO; do half bbls, 100 Bu, 16 65: trout, 100 ft, $5 50. Buckwheat Flour 3)i3c per pound. Oatmeal $6 306 60 ft ubl. Miners' Oil No 1 winter strained, 6962c f) gallon. Lard oil, 75c ' Grain, Flour and Feed. ,- Receipts as bulletined at the Grain Ex change were 67 cars, against 77 cars last Mon day. It will be seen from the returns below that more than one-half of the receipts to-day consisted of bay, the total In this line being S6 cars. By Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne and Chicaco, 16 cars of hay, 1 of rye, 6 of oats, 1 of mid dlings. 1 of barley. 2 of flour, 1 of feed, 1 of corn, 2 of bran. By Pittsburg,,Cincinnati and St. Louis, 5 cars of corn, 15 of hay, 8 of oats, 2 of flour, 1 of shorts. By Pittsburg and West ern, 6 cars of bay, 1 of flour. Sales on call: Two cars extra 3 w. oats, 32c, 5 days. The weak factor of markets is bay, the weakness being due to too bountiful receipts. Oats -and corn are steady. The desperate efforts to keep wheat above the dollar line at grain centers are thus far unavailing. Both January and February wheat are below this line from latest advices. The tone of cereal markets is an im pTovememt on a week ago, and active trade movements will no doubt be inaugurated as soon as tbe January settlements are aver. At least this is the feeling in tbe Grain Exchange atmosphere. WHEAT-Jobbing prices No. 2 red, $1 07 I 08; No. 8 red.'95c$l. Corn No. 2 yellow, ear, 41J2c; high mixed, ear. 8940c: No. 1 vellow, shelled, S940c; high mixed, shelled, 3637c; mixed, shelled, 853e. Oats-No. 2 white, 3333Kc; extra No. 8, 81K32c;No. 3 white, a631c; No. 2 mixed, 29SJ0C Rye No. 1 Pennsylvania and Ohio, 6061c; No."l Western, 5053c; new rye, 5&M57C. Barley-No. 1 Canada, 88cfl00; No. 2 1889. Canada, 95S98c: No. 3 Canada, 90092c; No. 2 Western, S385c; No. 8 Western, 7075c; Lako Shore. 75S0c. Flour Jobbing prices, winter patents, S6 2o 8 50; spring patents, S3 50(38 75: fancy straight, winter and spring; $5 75Q6 00; clear winter. $5 505 75; stright XXXX bakers', $5 255 50. Rye flour. $3 754 00. Cornsieal In paper, 6070c Millfeed Middlings, fine white, $20 SO 21 00 ) ton; brown middlings, $17 50Q1S 0U: winter wheat bran, $15 60ld 00; chop feed $21 0022 00. HAY-Balled timothy, choice. $16 00016 50; No. 1 do, $15 5016 00: No. 2 do, $13 6C14 50; loose from wazon, $23 0026 00; No. 1 upland prairie. $10.5010 75; No. 2, $9 S010 00; packing do. S3 00. ' Straw Oats. $8 009 00; wheat and rye straw, $8 0008 50. Provisions. Large hams, 18 fts and upward. 10Jc; medium hams, 14 to 18 fts. HJc; small hams, 14 fts and under, llc; picnic or California hams, 9Jc: boneless (in skins), 12c; sugar-cured shoul ders, 9ic: bacon. SJc; dry salt, Siic; breakfast bacon, lOJic; rouletts (boneless s. c shoulders), lOJJc; regular smoked sides, fljc; bellies, smoked sides, 9Vc; regular dry salt sides, 8c; bellies, dry salt sides, 8c; dried beef, sets 3 pieces, 10c; dried beef, fiats. 9c; dried beef, rounds, 12c: dried beef, knuckles, 12c; pork, mess, $16 50; pork, family, 817 00; nig pork, half barrels, $9 00; long sausage. 5Jic Lard Tierces. 325 fts, 7c V ft; half barrels. 120 fts. 8Jc fl ft; tubs, wooden, 60 fts. 8Kc 13 &: buck ets, wooden, 20 fts, 8c 1 ft; 3-ft,tin pails, 60 fts, 8c W ft;5-ft tin pails. 60 fts, 8c 13 ft; 10-ft tin Sails, 60 fts. 8c ft; 20-ft tin pails, 80 fts, 8c; J-fi tin pails, 100 fts, be ft. Dressed Dlent. Armour Co. furnish the following prices on dressed meats: Beef carcasses, 450 to 550 fts. S 5Uc;t00.to650fts, 66Kc:700 to 750 fts. 77c Sheep, 7c fl ft. Lambs, 8f ft ft. Brltiab Brendstnffc. London, January 7. Tho Mark Lane Ex press. In its weekly Teview of the British grain trade, says: The freezing and foggy weather encourages wheat farmers. Owing to the good, reserves of leading cereals the exchanges have not shown the bnoyancy which frequently characterizes the opening of a new year. There is little change in prices from those of Decem ber. The sales of English wheat during tho Sast week were 25.718 quarters, at 30s Id, against r,616 quarters at 31s 3d during tbe correspond ing week last year. Corn at Liverpool is in fair demand. Three cargoes of California wheat bave been sold. One cargo sold at 38s 9d for 15,240 quarters, and two cargoes at 39s. Adense fog prevailed to-day and there was a poor at tendance at tbe market Little business was done. English wheat was firm. Prices of foreign showed a hardening tendency. Flour was dearer for the ordinary makes, but the opinion prevails that the best English is kept too hljrh. Metal market. St. Louis, January 7. Lead easier at$3 55 3 60. New York, January 7. Lead easier. Tin dnll; straits. $21 9a Mining Stocks. New York, January 7. Mining quotations: Amador, 150: Caledonia, SCO: C&nsolidated Cal ifornia and Virginia, $9; Deadwood, 160: Home stake. 11.50; Iron Silver, 300: Mutual, 125; Ply mouth, $8; Sierra Nevada, S3. Melnl Mnrketa. NewYork Pig Iron steady. Copper steady; lake, January, S17 35. THE OFFICIAL CONDITIONS. Terms Under Which tbe Borllngton En gineers' Strike Was Settled. Chicago, January 7. The following let ter was received by Vice President Stone, of the Burlington 'Boad, to-day, and tnrned over to the strikers' committee: Boston, January 3. The Company will not follow up, blacklist or in any manner attempt to prescribe those who were concerned in the strike, but on the con trary, will cheerfully give to all who bave not been guilty of violence, or other improper con duct, letters of introduction, showing their record in our service, and will in all proper ways assist them in finding employment. The first duty of the management is to those who are in the company's employ, and we must re member and protect their interests by promo tions, and by every other means in our power. Beyond this, if it should become necessary to go outside of tbe service for men in any ca pacity it is our intention to select tbe best men available, and In making selections not to ex clude those who were engaged in the strike of February 27, if they are the best men available, and provided they have not since been gnilty of violence or other improper conduct. You are authorized to give a copy of this message to engineers who call upon you. C. E. Perkins. Chicago, January 4. We, the undersigned committee. In behalf of our respective organi zations tho Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers and Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire menand as representatives of the ex-employes of tbe Burlington system, who left the service of said company February 27, 1888. or later, on account of the strike, approve of the forego ing agreement and hereby declare the strike of said ex-employes as settled. Yours truly, Signed, Alex. R. Cavneb, William C. Hayes, a, W. Perley, A. W. Logan, T. Hollinrake, Edward Kent, Thomas Humphreys, T. P. Bellows, A. LeMay, S. M. Dixon, L. Mooney. RATHER ROMANTIC. Which Leonard Tracy Gave Miss Heaton a Note for 95,000. New York, January 7. Helen Dauv ray's former husband, Leonard F. Tracy, gained a point in the general term Superior Court to-day in the suit of Eva Heaton, the actress, against him for the payment of a $5,000 noto made payable to her on demand. Miss Heaton had some time since gotten a verdict in a lower court for 55,400. The de cision of the court to-day orders a new trial on the gronnd of error. There was a romance behind the story. Miss Heaton, who is known on the stage as Etelka "Wardell, met Tracy in Philadelphia in 1877, when both were members of an amateur dramatic company. She was then an electrician and earning $300 a month. Tracy fell in love with the pretty actress, and they were engaged. She advanced Tracy at different times a total of $5,000. At last he sent her a note severing the engage ment. He did not care, lie said, to marry an actress. Then he went to Europe, and came back with Helen Dauvray as his wife. Soon alter Miss Heaton visited Tracy at his Broadway office and secured the note in dis pute. THREE DAIS AT HOME. Benjamin Hopkins, the Ex-Fidelity Bank Cashier, Succumbs to Death. Cincinnati, January 7. Benjamin E. Hopkins, late assistant cashier of the de funct Fidelity National Bank, died at 6:30 this morning, at his residence, No. 268 Eichmond street. He had been home but three days, arriving here Friday, January 4, from the Columbus penitentiary. He had been pardoned by President Cleveland on December 20, but the delay in making out his papers prolonged his confinement. The death of Mr. Hopkins was hastened, in the opinion of his friends, by the long suspense awaiting his pardon, and by the excitement of return to his home, as well as by the painful fact that one of his sons is in jail charged with being an accomplice of young Tinkler, the forger. Hu family were unremitting in their attentions since his re turn, and his wife, it is said, has not closed her eves in sleep since he came. She was bending over him this morning when he died. Water Worts Than Fire. Chicago, January 7. There was a small fire and a great flood early this morn ing at the Mentonc apartment building at the southwest corner of Dearborn avenue and Erie street. Estimated damage by fire, 5500; by water; $14,000. Tbe Dock Strlko Terminated. Minneapolis, January 7. The big strike of the coal handlers atDuluthhas come to an end. Last night it was decided to discontinue tbe strike, and to apply for work at the reduced rate. "When the mucous surfaces of the bron chia are sore or inflamed, Dr. Jayne's Ex pectorant will afford prompt relief. For breaking up a cold or subduing a cough you will find in it a certain remedy. yw-- yyvrfJfr ' - & LATK NEWS H BRIEF. Russia baa placed a flotilla of war vessels on the Vistula river. The eviction of the tenants on tbe Olphert estates, at Falcarragh County Donegal, was not resumed yesterday, as was intended. The Secretary ot the Treasury yesterday afternoon accepted the following bids: Regis tered 4s, $50,000 at 108K, and J2.500 at 108 A meeting of tbe Senate Committee on Foreign Relations will be held this morning to examine Consnl General Sewall In relation to tbe condition of affairs in Samoa. Mr. Mackenzie, the agent of the British East African Company, on New Year's Day presented hundreds of slaves vUb papers giving them their freedom. His action has created much rejoicing and enthusiasm. Governor Beaver yesterday signed the war rant for tho execution of Mrs. Sarah Jane Whiteling, of Philadelphia, convicted of pois oning her husband ana two children, and set the 27th day of March next for the hanging. The exploration of the antiquities of Asia Minor is pttracting special attention. The in scriptions discovered by Prof. Ramsey in Phry gia, more particularly, nave just been published by the Hellene Society, while other results of the explorations have been published by the Royal Geographical Society. The inquiry into the alleged outrages on tho Seal Islands ot St. Padl and St. George and the operations of tho Alaska Commercial Com pany on those islands, was resumed by the House Committee on Fisheries yesterday morning. Five witnesses were examined, all of whom entered a general denial of tbe charges. In a cutting affrav at Prairie Hill. Texas, Saturday night. Kirk Davis was disemboweled, dying in a few hours, and R. A. Cramer, pro prietor of tbe Commercial Hotel, was fatally wounded. Davis was a tenant on Cramer's farm. The quarrel was the outgrowth of a lawsuit between the parties. which Cramer had won. The mansion of Hon. Percy Seawen Wynd bam was destroyed by fire Sunday night. The children of Lady Elcho, Mr. Wyndham's daughter, who were in tbe bouse, were rescued in their nightgowns. Lord Stalbridge directed the firemen in their efforts to extinguish tbe flames. Tbe pictures and plate were saved. The loss 100,000. A courier has broucht in news of a fight that occurred on Wednesday last between a anartet of Gros Ventres and River Crow In ians. The struggle occurred about sundown on January 2, on the banks of Cottonwood creek, in tbe foot hills, three of the reds being' killed outright and the fourth so seriously slashed that be died on Friday night- Princess Lleven, while sleigh riding at Charkeff. Russia, attempted to cross the rail way track at that place. A train that was rapidly approaching struck tbe sleigh and killed the coachman. Both of his feet were cutoff. The Princess was hurled from the sleigh to the middle of the track, where she lay senseless. The.train passed over her, but did her no injury. OFFICI.lL-PITTSBURfL fNo. 208. AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE public sale of the property of tho City of Pittsburg, situate in the Thirtieth ward of said city, now used and occupied as the Thirtieth wara ponce station. Section 1 Be it ordained and enacted by the City of Pittsburg, in Select and Common Coun cils assembled, and it is hereby ordained and enacted by the authority of tbe same. That the Department of Public Safety be and is hereby authorized and empowered to make public sale, subject to the approval of the Councils of all that certain lot or piece of ground and the im provements tbereon. situate in tbe Thirtieth ward of the City of Pittsburg, bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Beginning on the north side of Carson street, at the corner of lot now or formerly owned by Jno. H. Pace and wife and at a distance of 52 f eet eastwardly from Third street, thence extending along Car son street eastwardly 20 feet and in depth northwardly parallel with Third street, pre serving tbe same width of 20 feet, 100 feet to Chestnut alley. Being the same lot or piece of ground which tbe South Pittsburg Co-Oper-ation Association of the countv of Allegheny by its deed, dated August 2, 1873, recorded in Deed Book vol. 811, page 532: granted and con veyed unto tbe said City of Pittsburg. Section 2 That any ordinance or part of or dinance conflicting with the provisions of this ordinance be and tbe same is hereby repealed so faras the same affects this ordinance. Ordained and enacted into a law in Councils this 10th day of December, A. D. 1888. H. P. FORD, President of Select Council. Attest: GEO. SHEPPARD, Clerk of Select Council. GEO. L. HOLLIDAY, President of Common Council. Attest: GEO. BOOTH, Clerk of Common Council. Mayor's Office, December 14, 1888. Approved: WM. McCALLIN, Mayor. Attest: V. H. McCLEARY. Mayor's Clerk. Recorded in- Ordinance Book. vol. 6, page SCO, 3d day of January, A. D. 1SS9. ja5 TNo. 209.1 AN ORDmANCE-REGULATING THE manner of granting permits for the erec tion of wooden buildings within the fire limits of the city of Pittsburg. Section 1 Be it ordained and enacted by the city of Pittsburg, in Select and Common Coun cil assembled, and it is hereby ordained and en acted by the authority of the same.That all pro visions of existing ordinances and regulations governing tbe granting of permits for the erec tion of wooden buildings shall be applicable to and shall be exclusively executed and enforced by the Building Inspectors and the Superin tendent and Assistant Superintendents of tbe Fire Bureau, who shall constitute a board to pass upon all wooden bnilding permits thathave been approved by the Building Inspectors, sub ject to the approval as hereinafter provided. They shall select their own Chairman, and adopt such rules and regulations astbeymay think best adapted to the purpose. subject to the approval nf the Chief of tbe Department of Public Safety, nnder the Acts of Assembly and ordinance of the city. Section 2 That before any permits for the erection of wooden bmldlncrs within the limits aforesaid are issued they shall be approved by ! the Chief of tbe Department of Public Safety. Section 3 That any ordinance or part of or- diuance conflicting with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same is hereby repealed so far as the same affects this ordinance. Ordained and enacted into a law in Councils this 10th davof December. A. D. 1888. H. P. FORD, President of Select Council. Attest: GEO. SHEPPARD, Clerk of Select Council. GEO. L, HOLLIDAY. President of Common Council. Attest: GEO. BOOTH, Clerk ot Common Courcil. Mayor's office, December 23, 1SS8. Approved: WM. McCALLIN. Mayor. Attest: W. H. McCLEARY, Mayor's Clerk. Recorded.in Ordinance Book, vol. 6, paee 561, 3d day of January, A. D. 1889. " jao TAXPAYERS' NOTICE. Office of the Board of Assessors;! Pittsburg, Pa.. January 7, 1889. Valuations upon property in tbe Seventeenth, Twenty-second and Thirty-second wards have been completed for tbe triennial assessment of 1859. Appeals may be made as follows: From January 14 to 17 inclusive, upon forms furnished with transcripts, which can be had at once upon personal application, or by letter or postal card. AH nnpeals mnst be probated at this office. Office hours from 9 a.m. till 4 P. M. Attention is called to section 23 of the new charter, which provides that "The Board of Assessors shall assess all property taxable for city purposes at its actual cash value; provided, that no property shall be assessed for a less amount than the price paid for it at tbe last recorded sale." By order of board. FRANK P. CASE. 1 PHILIP HOERR. J-Assessors. JA31ES J. LARKIN, J ja3S TAXPAYERS' NOTICE. Office of the Board dF assessors, t Pittsburg, Pa., January 3, 1889. Valuations upon property in the First, Sixth, .Twelfth First, Twelfth Second, Thir teenth, Sixteenth.Twenty-thlnLTwentv-eighth, Thirty-fourth, Thirty.flfth and Thirty-sath wards ' have been completed for tbe triennial assessment of 1SS9. Appeals may be made as follows: First, Slxtb, Twelfth First, Twelfth Second, close January 12, i p. jr.; Thirteenth, Sixteenth, Twenty-tblrd.close January 14, 4 P. M.; Twenty eishth, Thirty-fonrth. Thirty-fifth, close Janu ary 15. 4 P. M., Thirty-sixth, close January 16, i P. 31., npon forms furnished with tran scripts, which can be had at once upon per sonal application, or Dy letter or postal card. All appeals must be probated at this office. Office hours from 9 A. 31. till 4 P. M. Attention is called to Section 23 of the new charter, which provides that "The Board of Assessors shall assess ail property taxable for city purposes at its actual cash value; provided, that no property shall be assessed for a less amount tban the price paid for at the last re corded sale." By order of Board. FRANK P. CASE, ) PHILIP HOERR, Assessors. JAMES J. LARKIN, ) Ja3-43-D Sick Headache Toronto, Ont. Burdock Blood Bit ters cured me of oft recurring Sick Head ache, lrom which I hare suffered for years, often rendering labor impossible. C. Blackett Robinson, Publisher "Canada P.resbyterlan.1 Chablkstc-w. Mass. I thank you for the great good BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS have done me. I was long subject to very severe Sick Headache. By (Wing two bottles I was permanently cured. MAQGII SULLXYA5, WHOLESALE HOUSE, JOSEPH HORNE I CO., Cor. Wood and Liberty Sts.j Importers and Jobbers of DRY GOODS and MIS. 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