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Cattle Trade Shows ImproYement at
East Liberty Yards.
BUTCHERS WANT LIGHTWEIGHTS,
A 'Light Run of Sheep, and Prices Above
lew York Figures.
HEA?r AND LIGHT HOGS THE SAME.
Office of Pittsburg Dispatch, 1
WEDNESDAY. March 27, 18S9. J
Cattle receipts on Monday were 62 loads,
an excess of two loads over the previons
'Monday. Yesterday some three or four car
loads were added to supplies, making a total
of local receipts of 63 cars. Quality varied
little from supplies for a number of weeks
past The noticeable feature of cattle mar
Lets all this season has been the absence of
heavy prime steers. The demand for these
heavy high grades has very much fallen off,
owing to depressed markets and the sharp
competition with Chicago dressed beef.
Batchers don't want the heavy cattle. Beeves
which weigh from 1.050 to 1,150 pounds, and In
good condition, are in much better demand
than those weighing 1.500 to 1.C00. Light
weights are active at 3jC to 3c, and heavy
are flow at 4c. In the present condition of
markets the former are preferred by butchers.
There were very few on hands this week that
weighed as high as 1.400. A single carload of
this class brought ic
The bulk of receipts was from Chicago.
About 23 loads were from Ohio and Indiana.
In the supplies were 12 loads of stackers and
feeders, the range for which was 2Ji3Jc. Of
the stackers, there were not enough to go
around. Buyers were plenty, and many more
could have been sold than appeared. Bulls
and calves were plentv and slow. It was hard
to sell bulls weighing 1,400 pounds and upward,
even at mean prices. Nice fat bulls, 1.000 to
1.200 pounds, found ready sale at V$3Xc
The range of prices for veal calves was 46854c.
A number of calves were condemned by
Meat Inspector McCutcheon for their extreme
jouth.
-h condition of markets shows an Improve
mpTrt uTi tin ., i. Tn fact, theie has been a
gradual appreciation in prices for three weeks
past Said one old-time dealer: "Isold three
loads this week at prices ranging from 4 Ooo to
4.15c which would not have brought over 4c a
week ago." Another dealer said: "Ihave no
ticnl an lrrmrovenient. slow but sure, for tw o
or three weeks past. We reached hard pan J
,...... .!..... .......T... .. .w. nnJ .A 1,n flma till
aUUUk UUtX WCCtS Ah1! . wu ., u.v
now the tone of markets has been better." All
stockmen agree that the n orst is past. S. B.
Hedges, who has recently returned from an
Ohio trip, reports that cattle raisers through
the section he visited are holding back their
stock on account of low prices. Farmers are
not willing to take prices that shippers can
stand. The fore-handed farmer Mho is not
pressed for money, prefers to feed his cattle a
little longer rather than take present prices.
Only the needy are willing to sell.
Sheep nnd Lnmbs.
The run has been light, and as a consequence
prices are 15 to 25c better than they were last
week. Said a leading dealer "We have been
getting such prices for choice wethers here
this week that it has not justified to ship to
New York. The outside price there j esterday
was So 30. I sold the same grade here the day
before at 5 35." There has been no advance
over last week's prices for common light lambs.
It seems there is little or no demand for this
quality.
Hoes.
The run has been light, rather below the ave
rage. But five cars were received to-day. Some
grades are a shade higher. The range is 5 to
5c. At Chicago the price of tops this morn
ing was $4 90, a drop of 10c from yesterday's
prices. There is no longer any perceptible dif
ference between the price of heavy and light
hogs. From the opening of the season, Novem
ber 1. up to the past week, heavy-weights were
at a discount, owing to cheapness of lard. Now
heavy hogs are back to their position of former
seasons and command fully as good prices as
lightweights.
McCall & Co.'s Report.
The receipts of cattle are light, especially
common to fair butcher glades, which sold 10
to 15c per cwt. higher, while good heavy was
dull at last week's prices. We give the follow
ing as ruling prices for the. week:. Prime, 1,300
to L600s,104 40; good. 1,200 to 1,400 fts.
S3 T54 10: rough fat, 1.100 to 1.300 fts. S3 40
3 65: cood butcher grades. 900 to 1.100 lbs. SS 25
63 50; common to fair. 900 to 1.000 fts. S3 00
3 40: bulls very dull at $2 002 75; fat cows,
2 003 00; fresh cows and snringers extremely
dnll at $15 OOS35 00 per head.
The receipts of hogs continue light, and with
a limited demand the market ruled easy at the
following quotations: Philadelphia and
Yorkers, $5 005 10: roughs, S3 754 50.
The receipts of sheep Monday and Tuesday
were fully equal to the demand, and the mar
ket was fair at an advance of 15 to 25e per cwt
To-day the receipts are light and the market
slow at the following quotations: Prime Ohio
and Indiana wethers, weighing here 110 to 120
fts, $4 705 00; good wethers. 90 to 100 fts, J4 60
4 75; fair to good mixed, S5 to 90 fts. $4 20
4 CO; common to fair, 75 to SO fts, S3 25g3 50;
prime lambs, 83 to 95 fts. So 506 00; good, 70 to
85 fts, S5 005 50; common to fair, 50 to 65 fts,
$4 004 50; veal calves. 110 to 140 fts, 54 75
o 00.
Br Tclecranh.
New York Beeves Receipts. 47 carloads
for exportation alive; 45 carloads for city
slaughterers direct and 30 carloads for the mar
ket; trading dull and limited, with an easier
feeling at the close; common to prime steers
told at S3 501 50 per 100 pounds; extra steers
at $4 604 70: fat bulls at "S2 253 00, with one
fancy bull taken for exportation at $4 00; ex
ports to-day Included 910 beeves and 3,080 quar
ters of beet To-day's Liverpool cable quotes
American refrigerator beef dull and Kcper
pound lower at TJJe per pound. Sheep Re
ceipts, 1.850 bead, and 1,200 head were carried
over yesterdav; market firmer and higher for
both sheen and vearling lambs; unshorn sheep
sold at S4 704 75 per 100 pounds; unshorn vear
lings at S6 007 50. and good clipped sheep at
S4 251 35. Hogs Receipts, 6,400 head, nearlv
all for slaughterers direct: a few fair hogs sold
alive at So 2005 25 per 100 pounds, and the nom
inal range is put at $5 10Q.5 50.
Kansas City Cattle Receipts. 2,529 head;
shipments, L723 head: dressed beef and ship
ping steers weak, to 510c lower; cows steady
to strong: choice heavy feeding steers, 10c
higher; good to choice cornfed. S3 904 30; com
mon to medium. S2 753 60: stackers and feed
ing steers, SI 604 30; cows. Jl 65g2 90. Hogs
Receipts. 8.149 head; shipments. 1,401 head:
market weak to 5c lower, closing firmer; good
to choice. $4 554 60; common to medium $4 10
4 5a Sheep Receipts, 560 head: shipments,
none; maTket strong and active; good to
choice muttons, $4 254 50: common to medium.
S2 50ffi3 90.
ST. Lours Cattle Receipts. 900 headtlsliln
ments, 800 head; market steady; choice heaw
native steers, S3 804 30; fair to good do. S3 00
3 95; stackers and feeders, fair to good, S2 10
2 90: rangers, cornfed. S2 80fi!3 40: grass-fed.
Jl 402 70. Hoes Receipts. 4,800 head; ship
ments, 600 head; market easv; choice heavy
and butchers' selections. S4 754 85: packin
medinm to prime, S4 C54 80: light crude?
ordinary to best. S4 65g4 8a Sheen Receints,
300 head; shipments, none; market stronc:
fair to choice, $3 004 91 b
CHICAGO Cattle Receipts. lLOOOhead: ship
ments. 6,000 head: market steady: beeves, $4 25
4 40: steers, S3 004 10; stackers and feeders.
S2 203 40; cows, bulls ad mixed. SI 40i 25:
Texas steers, S3 003 5a Hoes Reccipts.18,500
head; shipments. 8,000 head; market strong;
mixed, 6564 80; heavy. S4 654 85: light, S4 65
4 95; skips. S3 504 2a Sheep Receipts, 6,000
head; shipments, 2.000 head; market strong: na
tives. S3 005 00: Western cornfed, S4 254S0;
lambs, SI 505 6a
dwcnyirATT Hoes dull and lower; common
.. ln.hr. 4 00(5)4 80; narfcin. anH hntnii.Mt
S4 604 85; receipts, 2,750 head; shipments, 850
bead.
Brysoods Mnrkct.
icrir York. March 27. There was a stead v
trade in rvgoods to-day. A fair active busi
ness was na'd by jobbers in all kinds of spring
and snmmer goods including domestics, stocks
of which are running low. Agents were hav
in" a fair demand for replenish
ments, but scarcely anything was
doing for future delivery. There is a
cheerful tone to the cotton goods market, the
stability of which now seems assured. Low
grade light-weight'eottons continue very firm,
but the ending of the strike at Fall River to
day marks the limit of prices.
Wool .Market.
St. Louis Wool dull and prices nominal;
offerings er light. The Interest at present
centers almost entirely in the prospects of the
' new clip. Considerable difference of opinion
exists regarding opening prices.
Mem I Marker.
New York Pig iron steady. Copper aniet
nnd unsettled; lake. April, tl25 Lead un
changed: domestic S3 65. Tin dull and easier;
straits, 81 05.
Whisky Market.
""There Is a fair demand for finished goods at
(103.
MARKETS BY WIRE.
Jane nn July Wheat Higher nnd Slay
Lower an a moderate Business
Corn Moves TJp OntsStendy
nog Frodpcts Qalet.
Chicago A moderate business was tran
sacted In wheat to-day and the market ruled
rather quiet most of the session, only oc
casionally relieved from dullness by temporary
spurts of trading. For May delivery business
was slow, trading centering mainly in July, in
whtch a fair business was transacted In the
aggregate. May opened Hliz higher, de
clined with some fluctuations 2?c, advanced
lJic, closing Jc lower than yesterday. June
advanced JJc, declined lc and closed He lower.
July opened Jlc higher, declined lc.
rallied Jc, closing c higher.
Many operators closed their May trades,
while July seemed to be gaining more atten
tion. The prolonged absence of rain and the
talk of too dry weather in some sections of the
winter wheat States has influenced buying for
the new crop futures, and evidently was the
basis on which the advance was established.
Com was moderately active at times, though
most of the session the market ruled quiet.
The feeling on the whole was firmer, and
slightly higher prices were established. Open
ing sales were a shade higher than the closing
prices of yesterday, influenced some by the
moderate receipts, cased off He on selling by a
prominent local operator, reacted c, became
steady and closed a shade higher than yester-
The activity and strength noted in oats yester
day was continued to-day on anenlargedscale,
and an advance was recorded. The bulge was
due entirely to the maneuvers of local opera
tors, who, after allowing a recession of HQkc,
soon after the opening, took hold and by vigor
ous bidding started the shorts into buying. A.
few outside buying orders were also received,
and prices were bid up a for May and Xfgfic
for June, with heavy trading. The bulge
brought out a good many lines of long stuff, the
Milwaukee bull party being credited with sell
ing the largest quantity. A recession ofKc
followed and the market closed steady at about
yesterday's closing sales.
Trading was quite brisk in pork during the
greater portion of the day. Opening sales were
made at 5c decline, and a further reduction of
57c was submitted to with comparatively
light trading. Later the demand improved
and prices advanced 2025c, but a reduction of
2oc was acceded to toward the close and the
market ruled quiet.
A fairly active speculative trade was re
ported in lard and the feeling was stronger.
The market opened firm at 2K5c advauce. but
soon weakened and prices receded slightly,
rater, the demand improved, and prices rallied
57C receded again 2J5c, closing steady.
Short ribs were more active and strong, with
an advance of 2oc.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Wheat No. 2 May. SI E5S1 02?1 00
1 01K: June. 96K96?i95K9c; July, 89
90S&8JTS9c; year, $
Corn No. 2 April, 34K35c: Mav. 35J
353535Jc: June. 35K35JS35K635C
uath ii o. z jiiav, -joiiiarJigr-sW-vbCi une,
25K25K25Ji25?ic; July, 25iKc
Mess Pork, ner bbL Mav. S1260I
12 62K12 77H; Jnne, S12 6512 8512 57
12 80: July. SLi 75 12 9012 656112 87K.
Lard, per 100 fts. May, S7 12KQ7 150
7 07K7 10; June, $7 157 17K7 12f7 15;
July. S7 17k7 2a
faHORT Rlbs, per 100 Bs. May. S6 32K66 0
6 30IS16 35; June, S6 S7K66 404S6 356 40; July.
S6 42X 6 6066 42K6 47J
Uasu quotations were as follows: Klonrnom
inally unchanged; No. 2 spring wheat, 89S99Vc;
No. 3 spring wheat. 83c; No. 2 red. 9999ic
No. 2 corn. 3434c. No. 2 oats, 25Vc No.
2rye,42c No. 2 barley, nominal. N 0.1 flax
seed. SI 5L Prime timothy seed. SI 35.
Mess pork, per barrel, 512 7012 75. Lard, per
100 lbs S7 057 07K. Short ribs sides (loose).
$6 3036 35. Dry salted shoulders (boxed). $5 50
5 75. Short clear sides (boxed), SS 626 75.
Sugars Cut loaf, unchanged. Receipts Flour.
9,000 barrels; wheat, 19,000 bushels: corn. 213,000
bushels: oats. 86,000 bushclstrye, 20,000 bushels:
barley, 28,000 bushels. Shipments Flour, 7,000
barrels; wheat. 8.000 bushels; com. 65 000 bush
els: oats, 61.000 bushels; rye, 2,000 bushels;
barley. 18,000 bushels..
On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter
market was easy and unchanged. Eggs weak
at 1010Kc
New York Flour dull and unchanged.
Wheat Spot dull and JiKo higher; options
active, unsettled and MWpC higher. Rye and
Barley quiet. Barley malt dull. Com Spot
fairly active and steady; options c lower and
weak. Oats Spot Arm and quiet: options dull
and Qic higher. Hay easy and quiet. Cof
feeee Options steady, and closed 515
points below yesterday: sales. 57.250 bags,
including March and April, 16.60iab5c: Mav,
ia6016.75c: June. 16.70ia85c: July, 15.850
16.95c: August. 16.9517.05c; September, 17.05
17.20c; October, 17.15017.20; November, 17.20c;
December, 17.2017.30c: January, 17.30c; Feb
ruary, 17.3017.40c; spot Rio quiet and easy; fair
cargoes. lSjfc. Sugar Raw very strong and..
-unusually active; fair refining, 5-ll-16c; cen
trifugals. 96 test, 6c bid; sales, 90,000 bags
centrifugals, 96 test, 6c P.ot and 4
4Kc c. L and i.; 1,000 tons English
islands, 87 test, 5C". refined, strong and quiet.
Molasses Foreign firm; 50 testT25k26c; sales
of two cargoes at 2525c; New Orleans duU;
open kettle, good to fancy, 2S42c. Rice
steady and quiet. Petroleum steady and quiet:
crude in barrels, Parker's, S7 25: refined here,
S7: Philadelphia and Baltimore, S6 90; United
closed 91Mc. Cottonseed oil firm; yellow, 490
50c Tallow firm: city, 4 9-164c Rosin
steadv and quiet. Turpentine lower and dull
at 49)05Ga Eggs quiet and weak; Western,
9f10c; receipts, 10.S33 packages. Pork firmer;
old mess, S13 00; new mess, $13 7513; extra
prime, $12 5a Cut meats steady: sales
pickled bellies, 12 pounds 7c: 11 pound4, TVc;
pickled hams, 9jl0c: pickled shoulders,
5c; middles quiet. Lard opened easier and
closed steadv; sales of Western steam, S7 40,
closing at $7 407 42K: 99 tierces ci'.y, $6 95;
options sales, 750 tierces; March, $7 34, closing
at S7 SS; April. $7 35. closing at $7 3S; May,
$7 39, closing at $7 41; June. $7 43; Jnly, 57 45;
August, S7 47; September, $7 50. ' Butter easy,
moderate trade: Western dairv. 1218c: do
creamery, 1624Kc; Elgms. 2626Kc Cheese
dull and easy; Western, 9KUJ4C.
St. Louis Flour firm but quiet and un
changed. Wheat higher. The opening was
.excited and sharply higher nnder an urgent
demand indnced oy fears of a dry weather
scare. There was a rapid drop when early buy
ing had been supplied. Later a sharp and
active demand developed for May and it ad
vanced rapidly; close was 22c above yes
terday, and June 2c higher: July also rallied
some, only to break on reports of rain in the
West, though the close was firm and Wc above
yesterday; No. 2 red, cash. 93c asked; May.
9R93Vc, closing at 93Jic bid: June.
87HS9'4c, closing at S9Kc bid; July. 81K
81&ic, closing at 81Kc; August, 79U0
SOJfc closing at79&c; year, 79c closing at 79Je
nominal. Com firm and a shade better; No. 2
mixed, cash, 28Vc; May, 30330c closing at
30c: June, 3lc closing at 31Jg31Mc bid;
July, 32Uc; August, 33Kc closing at J3Xc bid.
Oats higher; No. 2 cash, 25e bm: May, 26
27c Rje in better demand and higher; No. 2
43045c Barley quiet. Provisions fairly active
ClNCTinrATI Flour dull and easier. Wheat
dull; No. 2 red. 9oc: receipts. 500 bush
els; shipments, 500 bushels. Corn firm;
No. 2 mixed. 3535Kc Oats easier; No.
2 mixed, 2727Kc Rye in fair demand; No. 2,
47c Pork quiet and held firmer at $12 87.
Lard firm at $7 00. Bulkmeats -and bacon
steady and unchanged. Butter weaker. Sugar
strong. Eggs neak. Cheese steady.
Philadelphia Flour dulL Wheat Less
active but offerings light and prices steadily
held: futures neglected and nominal. Corn
steady. Oats Demand very moderate but
prices of carlots steadily held; futures quiet
but steady. Butter dull and weak; Pennsyl
vania creamery, extra, 23024c; do prints, ex
tra, :ic
Milwaukee Flour unchanged. Wheat
dull; jear.SSKc; Mav, S9Jc: July, 8SJc Corn
steadv:No.3,3131Kc Oats dull; No. 2 white.
27K2Sc Rye dnll; No. L 43c Barley
dull: No. 2, 5S05Sc Provisions firm. Pork,
$12 65. Lard, 7 Oa. Cheese dull; Cheddars,
10KUc
Baltimore Provisions firm but quiet.
Butter qniet: western packed, 1820c; cream
ery, 25026c Eggs weak at 10Uc Coffee
dull; Rio, fair, 18Jc
Toledo Cloverseed active; cash, $5 15; re
ceipts, 500 bags; shipments, 938 bags.
Cnnnot Spnre the Time.
Nelson H. Baker, District Attorney of West
chester Co., New York, writes:
-I have received many letters in reference to
my testimonial, lately nublisbed, commending
Allcock's Porous Plasters.
"I cannot spare the time to answer them In
writing, therefore would again say, through the
press, that 1 have found Allcock's Porous
Plasters invaluable as chest protectors and
shields aeainst coughs and colds. Further
more I have found Allcock's Plasters un
equaled for pains in side, back and chest."
' Th
Special Sale.
Thursday of each week during the present
season we shall devote entirely to advertis
ing our business, by selling the most desira
ble goods in our establishment without
profit, and in many instances below cost.
To-day we offer a line of the most elegant
suits and springovercoats which money and
skill can produce, at 510 510 and we
guarantee that the garments sold to-day cnn
not be duplicated for less than 520 to 525
anywhere in Pittsburg. P. C. C. C, cor.
Grant and Diamond sts., opp. new Court
House.
bpring Hosiery 1.000 Dozens To-Dny
In cotton and lisle, ribbed and plain Ask
for "Cable dye" fast black
Jos. HOENE & CO.'S
Peon Avenue Stores.
A TERTEAD POLICY
To Throw Cold Water on Business
Just After the Winter Lnll.
ELECTRIC LIGHT CONSOLIDATION
And How It is Being Worked as a Ball
Influence in tin Stock Markets.
BURGLARS PREPARING TO RAID A BANK
The persistency with which some people
try to throw cold water on every effort to
get business on its legs illustrates a peculiar
and not very desirable quality of human
nature. There is nothing in the local situa
tion to justify these attempts to make
things worse than they are. While there is
no boom, there is no depression. The
volume of trade, as shown by bank and in
dividual records, is about 25 per cent
greater than at the same time last year,
which, as all know, was the greatest busi
ness j ear Pittsburg has "ever known. The
spring season, just opening, will cause a de
mand for many commodities that were not
wanted daring the winter. The granger will
want agricultural implements, railroads will
make repairs, both of these helping the iron
trade; building operations will be prosecuted
with vigor.anddrygoods dcalers,hatters,taiiors,
shoemakers, milliners and others engaged in
different commercial and Industrial pursuits
will soon feel the quickening Influence of the
change of season, and find a brisk demand for
their wares and products. Instead of being
discouraging, the situation is full of promise
of unusual activity in every branch of busi
ness." The latest story out about electric light com
panies' consolidation is that what are known
as the four parent companies mean to combine
with a capital of $200,000,000. This was circu
lated yesterday in the East and here, notwith
standing the well-known fact that Mr. West
lughouse and the Edison people have frequent
ly and time and again denied-any prospects of
consolidation.
"The persistency of these reports." said a
Fourth avenue stockbroker yesterday, "Is al
ready a matter of comment ith the public.
Notwithstanding their unlikelihood and the
express declarations of persons in authority,
they are published and republished and bashed
over again in one form or another every day.
It will be noticed that they generally work up
to the idea of an appreciation of electric light
stocks. That they are inspired to 'bull' certain
stocks is what a good many people are begin
ning to think. If stocks go ub to a high figure
on the strength of these reports and the prom
ised consolidations do not happen, then there
is no responsible party to stand up for the
rumors when a 'dump' comes. It may be that
all electric stocks will prove highly valuable,
though some of them are now capitalized at
many times the money put into them; but some
of the figures talked of are wild, considering
how much of the life of the patents has al
ready expired.
"It would be better for the stocks in the
end," continued the broker. 1f they were left
to sell upon their ruerits"!ts developed, as while
they might not rise so rapidly, they would be
less liable to sudden downward changes. The
same is true of the gas companies. Both Phila
delphia andChartiers Gas would be selling
higher to-day If they had not been manipulated
in one case up to 65 and in the other up to par.
The public easily get shy of stocks that are lia
ble to such sudden: fluctuations. If the chances
for making a hit are considerable, the chances
of losing good money are proportionately
great, as the insiders will always know more
than the outsiders. However, the people who
deal on Fourth avenue are now getting to be
about as smart as those who do business on
Wall street, and before buying or selling they
look carefully into the situation."
A Fourth street banker sounded a note of
warning yesterday afternoon, which should be
heeded. He said: "I fully believe from infor
mation, that has reached me within a short
time, and" from what I have seen, that there is
a gangjof expert burglars in the city who are
preparing for a raid on one of our banking In
stitutions. They have been experimenting In
various directions and ways for some time.
The safe blowing and robbery Sunday night
was, I am led to think, bnt a prelude to some
thing more serious. Several other matters of
recent occurrence here strengthens me in the
opinion that these fellows are working up a big
scheme, which they will flash upon us when we
least expect it. From my knowledge of most
of the city banks I think they could very easily
be broken into. It has been a long time since
Pittsburg had a sensation of this kind. This
immunity has begotten overconfldence and
thrown us off our guard. Realizing the dan
ger of which I speak, I would caution every
business man to tee that his premises are thor
oughly secure."
Liberty street produce dealers are in a
pickle. They have excessive supplies of every
thing in their line, and find very little demand
for it. They say people won't buy when things
are cheap. A year ago, they say, apples were
S4 a barrel, and went off like hot cakes at that
price. Now they are $2 and under, and no de
mand for them; they are rotting in the stores
and cars. It is the same with cabbage, onions
and turnips, which are daily being hanledto
the garbage piles In large quantities. One of
these dealers said yesterday: "Out West
where rabbits are plenty and cheap, selling,
where they sell at all, tor 5 or 10 cents a piece,
they are considered hardly fit for food. Here,
where they cost 50 or 60 cents a pair, they are
regarded as luxuries. If you want people to
buy anything freely you must put a pretty
steep price on it. This is .human nature and
especially Pittsburg nature."
Another mystery was unearthed in the real
estate market yesterday. It was in the nature
of a deal in suburban property, presumably un
improved land in the West End, involving over
$100,000. The agent who managed the transac
tion would give no particulars, only saying: "It
is a big thing, Dut it isn't quite ready to be
made public"
Store windows in all parts of the city, but
more particularly on Fifth avenue, Wood and
Smlthfleld streets, are filled with assortments
of beautiful goods, tastefully displayed, indi
cating not only the presence of spring, but that
trade incident to this ioyous season is begin
ning to move. Apropos of this, it has been re
marked cy visitors from the East and from the
West that more fine goods, for gentlemen as
well as ladies, are sold in Pittsburg than in any
other city west of Philadelphia. These include
silks, satins, fnrs, cloths, household bric-a-brac,
diamonds and other precious stones. Pittsbure
people are as liberal in their expenditures as
they are enterprising and successful in ac
cumulating wealth.
v
Quite a demand has already sprung up for
lots on the Ross farm, near Shvpsburg, the
sale of which was mentioned a few days ago.
The work of laying off the ground will be com
menced in a few days. There will be about 200
lots, each containing one acre. Citizens of
Sbarpsburg think this move will result in
giving their place quite a boom. The location
is one of the most desirable in the county. It is
stated that one of the promoters of tho enter
prise will erect a handsome residence on one of
the lots, and will maks it his permanent habi
tation. STILL CLIMBING.
Wesllnsuonso Electric Crosses tho 03 Line
Other Local Stock Weaker.
Yesterday was another active day on the
Stock Exchange, over 2,000 shares changing
hands, the bnlk of which were Electric and
Philadelphia Gas. The former was stronger
on rumors of the consolidation of all the plants
into a monopoly that would surpass the Stand
ard In capital and influence. It was In demand
early In the day at 63 and 63, but later It
weakened a trifle, being offered at the close at
63 and 63Ji without takers. Philadelphia Gas
was weaker on free offerings, declining from
the day before. Tractions were depressed, 20
being bid for Central and 22 asked. Citizens'
sold in a small way at 68. Although the condi
tion of La Noria is still a mystery, 250 shares of
the stock were traded in atlandl. For
THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH,
Switch and Signal 28 was askecL There were
no buyers at that figure. Bids and offers:
MORNING. AFMBKOOW.
stocks. . Mid. Asked. Md. Asked.
Keystone Bank or P'g S7 BSX E1H 68
Allegheny Gas Co 30 ....
Chartlers Val. Gas Co. KH
Ohio Valley Gas 40 .. ,
PhlladelphUCo S9J4 39K SK X
Pine RunUaa.. 71 80 80 .."
Wheelln? Gas Co .. 30 30 30)4
Central Traction 2 K)j SO 12
Citizens' Traction .... 68 .... 63
N. .& C.Gas Coal Co 39 .... '
l.aNorlaMlnlnKCo.... IK 1M li
SUrerton Mining Co 1 ..,
WestlnghonscElectrlc. 62)4 H
U. SwltenASUnalCo. 23H
Pitts. Plate Glass Co .. IKS
Sales at the morning call were 175 shares of
Chartiers Gas at 60, 300 Philadelphia Gas at
39Jf, 26 at 89K. 5 Wheeling Gas at 81, 60 at 30K.
60 Citizens' Traction at & 35 Electric at 63,20
at6125atC2K. 150 LaNorla at nd 10
at ,, ,
Before call 450 shares of Electric went at 62.
In the afternoon 25 shares of Pine Run Gas
sold at 8a 15 Electric at 63, 141 at 63H.
Before call 35 shares of Philadelphia Gas
changed hands at 39 and 125 at 39$
John D. Bailey soldTlSO shares of the People's
Natural Gas and Storage Company at 10.
The total sales of stocks at New York yes
terday were 238,955 shares. Including: Atch
ison, 41.440; Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern. 7,930; Lake Shore, 5,145; Louisville and
Nashville. 8.275: Missouri Pacific, 4.425: North
western. 33.110: Readine, 40,100; St. Paul, 26,
645; Union Pacific, 9,77a
GETTING INTO SHAPE.
The Bank Flgoren Show That Basin e Is
Stondily Improving.
The bank exchanges yesterday were $2,393,
985 13. and the balances $480,419 97, indicating
a large volnme of general trade after deduct
ing about $100,000 employed in local specula
tion in stocks and oil. Discounting was a lit
tle better than usual of late, and counter busi
ness was moderately active. It is expected
that business will soon b In good shape. Each
day shows an Improvement.
Money on call at Now York yesterday was
easy at 25 per cent; last loan at 2; closed
at 2. Prime mercantile paper, 4Ka
Sterling exchange dull but firm at $4 85 for
60-day bills and $4 83 for demand.
Government Bonds.
Closing quotations in New York furnished
The Dispatch by Robinson Bros- Wood
street. Local dealers charge a commission of
an eighth on small lots:
V. S.4s. reg 108 (3108K
U. 8. 4Hs, ooups . 103 10SX
U.S. 4s, rcg 1MH01159
U. S. 4s, coups a 129&9130
Kid.
Currency, 6 per cent. 1895 ree 120
Currency, 6 per cent. 3898 reg. 123
Currency, 6 per cent, 1897 reg 128
Currency, 6 per cent, ltiSSreg 129)4
Currency, 6 per cent, 1S99 reg 132
New Yoek Clearings $118,305,392; balances,
$8,632,418.
Boston Clearings, $17,656,816; balances, $2,
632.511. Money, 1K2 per cent.
Baltimore Clearings, $1,953,912; balances,
$287,239.
Philadelphia Clearings, $10,872,211; bal
ances, $1,768,017.
Chicago Money I unchanged. Bank clear
ings, $9,5Sl,00a
St. Louis Clearings, $2,682,659; balances,
$505,788.
OIL TAKES A BEST.
Bulla and Bears Waiting for the Next Tarn
of the Wheel.
The bulls and the bears had a sort of love
feast at the Oil Exchange yesterday. There
was very little tossing up or pulling down.
Business lacked vim all day. Both sides
claimed to be in good shape for the nxt turn
of the wheel, and each was sanguine that the
change would be In their favor. The market
opened at 91c, which was the lowest price of
the day. From this It slowly advanced to 91Kc
This was the highest point reached! The close
was 91Jc, the same as the opening. A broker
said: "Although the situation is bullish, the
lack of outside support will probably cause the
market to sell lower before it gets on its feet
again."
The following table, correevea dy De Witt Dll
worth, broker In petroleum, etc. corner Fifth
avenue and Wood street, Plttsbarg, shows tne
order of fluctuations, etc.:
Tune. Hid. Ask.l Time. Bid. Ask.
Opened S1W Sa'sil2:45p. it.... n 91K
10:1SA. M.... MM 91U 1:00P. M... 9IH M
10.30A. M.... 9lW 91 1:1SP. u.. tm Slit
10:45a. II.... tlh 0'H 1:30 p. M.... S1H Mi
11:00a. m.... 91 x am IMP. JC.... S1H sih
11:15 a. M.... 9IH 91 H 2:00 F. X.... 9I.H 91
11:30a. it.... H R1H 2:1SP. H.... fllV SIS
11:45a. M.... 91M 91HI 2:30 p. M..,. SXA Sl.H
12:00)1 DIU 91 2l4SP. V IH 91.1
12:15 P. if.... 91S 91 H Closed 9tM ....
12.30 P. M.... 91)4 V1,H J
opened. 9IJ4C hlghe.t, SlXe; lowest, 91Mc
Barrels.
.... 54,921
.... 45,515
.... 64,298
..... 71.752
.. 43.650
, 41,830
1,710,000
Dally runs ..'..,,....
Average runs
Dally shipments ...,
Average shipment?. ...n
Dallr cnaners
Average charter
Clearances
New York closed si Sljfc
Oil City closed at 91Mc
Uradrora closeaat 9194c
Heir York, refined. Ic.
London, refined. !HL
Antwerp, refined, lie.
Other OH Markets.
Oa CITT. March 27. National transit cer
tificates opened at 91c; highest, 91c; lowest,
91Kc; closed. 91c
Bbasfobd. March 27. National transit cer
tificates opened at91c; closed at 91c; highest,
91Kc: lowest, 91J4C.
TrrusvnJE. March 27. National transit cer
tificates opened at 91Jic: highest, 91Kc; lowest,
91c: closed, 91Kc
New Your March 27. Petroleum opened
steady at 92cl but after a slight advance
became very dull, and remained so all day,
closing dull at91& Sales, 862,000 barrels.
EEAL ESTATE TEANSACTI0NS.
Sales nnd Price Reported by Various Deal
ers Bnalness Active.
Vf. A. Herron & Sons sold a new brick house
of nine rooms being. No. 218 Coltart Square,
Oakland, street paved and sewered, only 13
minutes ride by cable line from the business
center of the city. This firm has sold within
a short time 20 of these Coltart Square houses
at prices aggregating about $150,000. They also
sold lot No. 39 in the Bach plan, 22x100, for
$300.
Black & Baird, No. 95 Fourth avenue, sold to
J. M. Morris lot No. 31 In the Hay plan of lots
on Rebecca street, near the Penn avenue cable
road, size 20x100 feet to an alley, for $300. They
have a great demand for these lots and expect
to sell quite a number of them this week. They
also sold to Christ Auday a lot on the southeast
side of Bonndry street, Oakland, being No. 39
in the Linden Land Company's plan, in size
23x48 feet to an alley, for $225.
Samuel Vf. Black & Co., 89 Fourth avenue,
placed a mortgage for $2,500 for three years, at
6 per cent, on a two-story brick house and lot
on Second avenue, near Roho.
Ewing $. Bycrs, No. 107 Federal street, sold
for Mrs. Betsie Caldwell to P. McNulty. a two
storv brick houss of six rooms and hall, with
lot 20x70, being No. 240 Sandusky street, Third
ward. Allegheny, for $3,400 cash.
Keea B. Coyle & Co., 181 Fourth avenue, sold
for the Freehold Bank 10 lots at Homewood
station, Pennsylvania Railroad, fronting to
gether 250 feet on Kelley street by 135 feet in
depth, for a price approximating $5,000. The
purchaser Intends improving the same imme
diately. . .
Charles E. Cornelius sold from his plan in the
Eighteenth ward the following: James N.
Laughlin, one lot, $400; Mary Dwver, two lots,
$100; Joseph Rosniski, two lots, $100. ,
L. O. Frazier. corner Forty-fifth and Butler
streets, sold for George Stewart anew frame
dwelling of four rooms, lot 33x136 feet, situate
on the west side of Inwood street, near Franks
town avenne, Twenty-first ward, to Seth C.
Rogers, for $1,600 cash.
Alles & Bailer, 161 Fourth avenue, sold a
mortgage of $1,200 on property in the Thirty
first ward, at 6 per cent, for three years.
Mellon Bros, sold to Wm. G. Alexander, of
Allegheny, lot No. 33, in Mellon's plan of
Alllnder Place, near Dallas station, Twenty
first ward, for $650. This lot lies adjoining his
father's property in tho same plan.
I
A LITTLE 8TB0KGEB.
(Stocks Ncrvons nnd Unsettled but Close
Generally nt Slight Advances on
Opening- Price The Railroad
Bonds Fnirly Active
Special Features.
New York, March 27. The 'stock market
started out this morning with a burst of
activity which, however, soon died away, and
the usual dullness ensued, with a decline from
the high prices of the opening. The result of
the day's operations, hpwever, Is to leave the
great majority of the list fractionally higher,
with a few marked gains. The quotations from
London this morning were materially higher,
and the foreigners supplemented that with lib
eral buying orders, especially In St. Paul, Lake
Shore, Union Pacific and Louisville and Nash
ville. The other reports from the other side were
uniformly favorable, and there was less press
ure upon the stocks which have been so weak
THURSDAY, MARCH 28,
of late, and this induced some buying by the
trading element and encouraged purchases for
the long account generally. The liquidation
In Atchison seemed to have come to a pause,
and purchases aggregating 2,500 shares by an
influential operator helped stock up. but the
bear manipulation a"am camn conspicuous,
and the early improvement was not maintained
after the first sharp demand had been satisfied.
The market settled back into the usual dull
ness, and tho pressure upon Reading. Atchi
son and Northwestern was renewed. The nar
rowness of the range of fluctuations, even in
the active shares, was in marked contrast to
that of the previous days, and the list remained
without special feature until the close.
The opening prices were generally from yi to
K Per cent higher than last evening's closing
figures, while Lake Shore was up and Bur
lington . There were some further slight ad
vances in the early trading on a very large
business, but the activity and strength soon
disappeared, and prices were again turned
downward, with Missouri Pacific, Reading and
Atchison showing the most weakness. After
the first hour, however, a firm tone developed
right through the list, and fractional advances
were again score!.
Extreme dullness marked the trading in the
afternoon with no feature or movement until
toward delivery hour, when Northwestern was
again attacked with little effect, and in the
last hour the strong tone reappeared, and
Atchison rose a point, and with Burlington and
Rock Island reached the highest price of the
day. The close was quiet but firm and gener
ally at close to the opening figures. Almost
the entire active list is higher tc-nigbt. Bur
lington rose Vi, Atchison, Rock Island and St.
Paul 1 per cent each, and others fractions.
Railroad bonds were again fairly active, the
sales of all issues aggregating SL053,000. out of
which Denver and Rio Grande Western assent
ed bonds contributed $18?,00a Those bonds
were the special features of the day, and after
oDeninr- nnitlllti! thev advanced to 93Vf. but
reacted to 90&, Anally closing at the opening
price. The announcement of the opening of
the Oklahoma territory had a temporary effect
upon the Atlantic and Pacific .bonds, but the
improvement was afterward lost The general
list was quite irregular and closing figures gen
erally show only fractional changes. Among
those which are higher, Iron Mountain 2ds rose
4. to 109. The declines were not numerous nor
important.
The following table shows the prices of active
stocks on the New York Stock Exchange.
Corrected dailj for The Dispatch by Whit
ney & Stephenson, members of New York
oiock .rjxenange, 0 ourtn avenue:
closings-
Low- lng
est. est. Uldi.
5?3
41)4 43)4 44
.. .... 50M
t!i S2t 52)4
96H 9SH 0M
34
11 16 W
mu n mx
62H 62 624
100 93H 99)1
81H 90 SI
vH
0)4
U 304 M
91
103J4 10254 i(
136
70H 704 70
20
Htf
132 132 112
153f
s
a
66
21
109 10834 109
17
55K
ioik iook 101
62 61J, 6114
ivi ii'i 121
67H 6SW kV.i
107 106J4 lOtfi?
27 274 Z1H
GSM.
15
68
40
?: ! nH
154
S0 50 50l
255?
6014 60 60
2144 20 21 !
43S 46 46
824 32 24
35V
23)4
44 43 43.
180)4
2534 M 25)4
79
30
f9
.... S8X
22
55 54S UM
10
IS!"
(aH 62 63
1254
25 25! 25
MH S4 84
65 Si 64
Open
ing. Am. Cotton Oil X'-i
Atcb.. Top. A S. F.... 44
Canadian Pacific MX
Canada Sou them. S-H ,
Central of New.Jertey. 96J
CentraiPaclflc...,
Che&aDeaknA Ohio 163
tJ.. Bur. ft Qulncy..... 91
v., mil a at. Paul.... tm
U, Mll.ftSt. P.. pf.... 99
C, Kockl. &P 90H
C, bt. L. & Pitts
C, St. L. k Pitts, pf.
C,-8t. P..M. &0 30M
C, St. P., It. & O.. pr. ....
C North western.... 103J4
C.JS .Northwestern, ptlt6i
O. U. C 41 70M
Col. Coil & Iron
Col. ft Hocking Val
Dei., L. ft W 137
Del. ft Hudson itOi
Denver ft UIoU
Denver ft Bio G., "pr... 43
E. T., Va. &Ua.. ....... 9
E.T..Va. &Ga.. lstpr ....
E. T., Va. AGs. 2dpf. ....
Illinois Central JOSH
Lake Erie ft Western
Lake Erie & West. pr.
Lake Shore ft M. s Klii
Louisville Nashville. 81H
Mobile ft Ohio
Mo..K. ftTexas 11H
Mlesonrl Pacific 67
Mew York Central.. ...10S
1. V.. L. E. ft W 27
M. Y L. E.AW.pref 7...
N. X., C. &St.L
M. I., 0. ft St. L. of. r
X.Y., C. ftSt.L.Mnf .. .
if. YftN. E 43K
A. Y.. O. ft W
Norfolk & Western
.Norfolk ft Western, pf 50)4
Northern Pacific
Northern Pacific pref. 60X
Ohio A Mississippi... . 20
Oregon Improvement. 48)4
Oregon Transcon 32
Pacific Mall S8'4
Peo. Dec. ft Evans
Phlladel. ft Heading.. 4476
Pullman Palace Car
Richmond ft W. P. T.. 25J4
Richmond ft W.P.T.pf 79
St. Paul ft Duluth
at. Paul ft Duluth pf.
St. P., Minn, ft Man... 99
St. L. ft San Fran
St. L. ft San Fran pr.. 54)4
St. L. A San F.lst pr.
Texas Pacific ....
Union Pacific 62
Wabash j
Wabash preferred 255
Western Union SIX
Wheeling A L. E 65
BOSTON STOCKS.
The General Tone of the Market Wss De-
cldedly Stronger.
Boston, Mass., March 27. The general tone
of the market was firmer. Bonds were Irregu
lar, with Atchison, Chicago, Burlington and
Qulncy and Union Pacific of the stocks de
cidedly stronger. Land and copper stocks,
however, were weak and, lower. The trading
was upon a very limited basis. Chicago, Bur
lington and Northern advanced four points.
Atch. A Toe. 1st 7s. 117K
nniiana preierrea.. 61
Wls.uentral.com... 17
AllouezM'gCo.(new)!0
Calumet & Hecla.,,.227
Cataloa 15
FranKlln.....'. 10M
Osceola -.... 121
Pewabic (new) 3
Bell telephone 227
Boston Land 6
Water Power 6
Tamarack 125
San Diego 23
Atcb. ilop.K. B.j. 44!4
Boston & JUalne.....l69
C. B. J 91
Clnn. ban. A Cleve. 24
Eastern B. K 82
Flint Pere M 27
K.C..St.J.4C.B.7s.l2I
Mexican 2en. com.. 13
M. C, UtMort. bds. 63
i. Y. NewKn-. 43
N. Y.4Mewng 7s.l26
Old Colony. 169
Philadelphia Stocks.
Closing quotations of Philadelphia stocks, fur
nished by Whitney & Stephenson, brokers. No. 57
Fourth avenue. Members New York Stock Ex
change. Bid. Asked.
Pennsylvania Uallroad 54 MU
Reading KaUroad 21 15-16 22
Bnftalo, Pittsburg and Western 11 12
Lehigh Valley 5314 &3
Lehigh Navigation 62 52
Allegheny Valley bonds 113 ....
U. Co.'s New Jersey 222
Northern Pacific... 25k 26
Northern Pacific preferred 60 ....
Mining Stocks.
New York. March 27. Mining quotations
closed: Amador, 100: Caledonia B. H., 300; Con
solidated California and Virginia, 312; Com
monwealtb. 450; Dcadwood T., 150: El Cristo,
150; Hoinestake, 900: Horn Kilver, 125: iron
Silver, 300: Mexican, 320: Mutual. 140: Navajo,
100; Opbir, 512; Savage, 250; Sandard. 100.
EDISON'S LATEST INTENTION.
A Machine for Scpnratlnclron Ore of Which
Great Things Aro Expected.
Beading, March 27. Many iron men
and others continue to flock to- a secluded
section of 'Washington township, this coun
ty, where experiments, are soon to be made
with one of Edison's greatest and most
recent inventions, known as the Edison
Concentrator, the object of which is to con
centrate the real ore dug irom a mine
and get rid, by mechanical means, of all
dirt and earthy matter that interferes with
smelting. This machine has been success
fully tested in Mr. Edison s laboratory. It
is claimed that it will reduce immensely
the cost of smelting and bring into use ores
that cannot now be profitably worked. New
York capitalists have purchased eight acres
ot iron ore land, where the experiments
will be made. They have been incorporated
under the name of the Pennsylvania Con
centrating Company. Buildings and ma
chinery are now being put up at a cost of
535,000.
Qfhe invention, it is believed, will work a
revolution in the iron trade. The working
of the ore concentrator is not to be a secret,
as supposed. The rock containing the ore,
after passing through the crasher and
broken to the size of an egg, is dumped into
a large hopper. From here it drops down
an incline within a few inches of a powerful
magnet. This will be so heavily charged as
to draw the ore from its course into one
channel, aud the rock and other foreign ele
ments contained in the ore are permitted to
pass through another channel to the refuse
pile.
If yon would avoid a disappointment
take the people's remedy. Dr. Bull's Cough
Syrup.
POSITIVELY
CURES .'. DYSPEPSIA
IN ALL ITS JFOBMS.-
Cures Headache.
Cures Constipation.
1889,
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
A Slight Drop in Elgin Butter
Eggs Keeps Drifting Down. t
LEHT FAILS TO ADVANCE CHEESE.
Buyers of Grain and Hay AWe to Dictate
Their Own Terms.
CEEBAL'BUPPIiIES BEYOND DEHAKD
Office of the PirrsBrno dispatch,
WEDNESDAT, March 27, 1889. S
Country Produce Jobbing Prices.
The Elgin Batter Board dropped prices only
c on Monday. Prices here for fancy brands
will rule about the same as last week. Weather
has been so favorable to egg laying that hen
fruit continues a drug. A cash customer who
Is ready to pay 10c would hardly be turned
away empty. A leading dealer says he will sell
the best at 10c It seems that this Lenten
season bids fair to wind up without any ad
vance in cheese. Whether this is due to the
decay of pious sentiment or the depression of
trade, this deponent does not say. But the fact
stands that for the first time in many years we
are having our Lenten fast without a rise in
cheese. Speculators who banked on this ad
vance prior to Ash Wednesday are left. Even
the religious sentiment fails on produce gam
blers this season.
Butter Creamery, Elgin, 28c: Ohio do,
2o26c; fresh dairy packed, 202lcj country
rolls. 2023c; Chartiers Creamery Co. butter,
28030c
Beans Choice medium, $2 002 10: choice
peas, U 052 15.
Beeswax 2325c fl 6 forcholce; low grade,
16 18c
Cider Sand refined. $6 5007 50: common.
$3 o04 00; crab cider. $8 003 0 fl barrel;
cider vinegar, 1012c $ gallon.
Cheese Ohio cheese, fall make, 1212c;
New York, fall make, 1213c: Limburger,
lie; domestic oweitzer cneese, uin;izc
Dried Peas SI 451 soft bushel; split do,
2&34C ft.
Eqqs 10llc dozen for strictly fresh.
Fruits Apples, $1 502 00 fl barrel; evap
orated raspberries, 25e ft ft; cranberries, $8 00
ft barrel; $2 402 50 per bushel.
Feathers Extra live geese, 5060c; No. 1
do., 404oc; mixed lots, S035c Jt ft,
HOMINY 52 652 75 ft barrel.
Honey New crop, 1617c; buckwheat, 13
15c
Potatoes Potatoes," 3540e ft bushel; $2 50
2 75 for Southern sweets; $3 253 50 for Jer
sey sweets.
Poultry Live chickens, 6575o ft pair;
dressed chickens, I315o ft pound; turkeys, 13
15c, dressed, ft jound; ducks, live, 80S5c ft
pair; dressed, 1314c ft pound; geese, 1015o
per pound.
Seeds Clover, choice, 62 fts to bushel. $6 ft
busnel; clover, large English. 62 fts, $8 25;
clover, Alsike, $8 60; clover, white, $9 00; timo
thy, choice. 45 fts, $1 85; blue grass, extra clean,
14 fts, $1 00; bine grass, fancy, 14 fts, $1 20:
orchard grass. 14 fts, $2 00: red top, 14 fts, $1 00:
millet, 50 fts, $1 25; German m'llet, 50 fts, $2 00;
Hungarian grass. 48 fts, $2 00: lawn grass, mix
ture of fine grabses, 25c per ft.
Taiaow Country, 4Jdc; city rendered,
55Kc
Tropicai. Fruits Lemons, fancy, $3 00
3 50 ft box; common lemons, $2 75 ft box; Mes
sina oranges, $2 50(33 60 ft box; Florida oranges,
$3 504 50 ft box; Valencia oranges, fancy, $6 50
7 60 ft case; Malaga grapes, $9 0010 00 ft
per keg; bananas, $2 60. firsts; $1 60, good
seconds, ft bunch: cocoanuts, $4 004 oO ft
hundred: new figs, 1214c ft pound; dates, 5
6Kc ft pound.
Vegetables Celery. 4050c doz. bunches:
cabbages, $3 0004 00 ft 100; onions, 50c ft bushel;
Spanish onions. 7590c ft crate; turnips, 30
40c ft bushel.
Groceries.
Green Coffee Fancy Rio, 2i22c; choice
Rio, 2021c; prime Rio, 20c; fair Rio, 1819c;
old Government Java. 27c; Maracalbo, 2223c;
Mocha. 3031Kc; Santos,U922Kc; Caracas
coffee, 20X22c; peaberry, Rio, 2022c; La
guayra, 2122c
Roasted (in papers) Standard brands, 24c
high grades, 262Sc; old Government Java,
bnlk, 3233c; Maracalbo, 2723c;Santos,
2321c; peaberry, 27c; peaberry Santos, 222Ic;
choice Rio, 25c: prime Rio, 23c; good Rio,
22Kc; ordinary, 21c
Spices (whole) Cloves, 21 25c; allspice, 9c;
cassia, 89c; pepper. 19c; nutmeg. 7080c
Petroleum (jobbers' prices) 110 test, 7c;
Ohio, 120, 8Kc; headlight, I500, 8c: water
white, lOKc; globe, 12c; elaine, 15c; camadine,
UKc; royallne, 14c '
Syrups Corn svrnns. 2629c: choice smrar
syrup, 3338c; prime sugar syrup, sb33c;strict
ly prime, 3385c; new maple syrup, 90c
N. O. Molasses Fancr, 50c; choice, 43c; me
dium. 45c: mixed, ;4042c
Soda Bi-carb in kegs, 3Klc; bl-carb in Ks,
6$c: bi-carb, assorted; packages, 5J6c; sal--soda
in kegs, lc; do granulated, 2c
CANDLESStar; f uli weight, 10Hc; stearlne,
per set, 8Kc; paramne, U12c
Rice Head, Carolina. 77c; choice, 6
7c: prime, 5Ji6Kc; Louisiana, 66Kc
Starch Pearl, 3c; cornstarch, 5C7c; gloss
starch. 5Ji7c
Foreign Fruits Layer raisins, $2 65; Lon
don lavers, $3 10; California London layers,
$2 50; Muscatels, $2 25: California Muscatels;
$1 85; Valencia, new, C7c; Ondara Valencia,
7K7Kc; sultana, 8Kc; currants, new, 4Ji5c;
Turkey prunes, new,45c; French prunes,
8K13c: Salonlca prunes, in 2ft packages, 8c:
cocoanuts, per 100, $6 00: almonds, Lan., per ft,
20c; do Ivica, 19c: do shelled, 40c; walnuts, nap.,
12k15c; Sicily filberts, 12c: Smyrna figs, 12$
luc; new aaies, oigoc; Brazil nuts, tuc;
pecans, ll15c: citron, per ft. 2122c; lemon
peel, per ft, $l314c; orange peel, 12Xc
Dried Fruits Apples, sliced, per ft, 6c;
apples, evaporated. b6c; apricots, Califor
nia, evaporated, 1518c; peaches, evaporated,
pared, 2223c; peaches, California, evaporated,
unpared. 10l2c; cherries, pitted, 21622c:
cherries, unpltted, 56c; raspberries, evapor
ated, 2424Hc; blacKberries, 7Sc; huckle
berries, 1012c
Sugars Cubes,. 8i8Kc; powdered, SV
SHa granulated, 88j4c; confectioners' A,
7JiSc; standard A. 7c: soft whites, 7Vi7Kc;
yellow, choice. 6K7c; yellow, good, 6H6Jic;
yellow, fair, 6c; yellow, dark, 6ic
Pickles Medium, bbls. (1,200), 4 75; me
diums, nan ddis (UAJ), bo.
HALT-
dairy.
Hieelri
Eureka. 16-11 ft pockets. $3 00.
Canned Goods Standard pearnes. $1 30
1 90;2ds, $1 30g 1 S5: extra peaches, Jl 50 1 90;
pie peaches, 90c: finest corn, $1 001 50; Hfd.
Co. corn, 7090c; Ted cherries, 90c$l OOrliraa
beans, $1 10; soaked do, 85c; string do do, 75
85c; marrowfat peas, $1 101 15: soaked peas,
7D75c; pineapples, $1 401 50; Bahama do,
$2 75; damson plums, 95c; greengages, $1 25;
egg plums, $2 00; California pears, $2 50: do
greengages, i2 00; do egg plums. $2 00: extra
White cherries, $2 90: red cherries, 2fts, 90c;
raspberries, $1 15(31 40;' strawberries, $1 10;
gooseberries, $1 20421 30; tomatoes, 8292c;
salmon. 1-ft, $1 752 10; blackberries, 80c; suc
cotash, 2-ft cans, soaked, 90c; do green, 2fts,
SI 251 60; corn beef, 2-ft cans, $1 75; 14-ft cans,
$13 60: baked beans, $1 401 45; lobster", 1 ft,
$1 751 80; mackerel, 1-ft cans, broiled, $1 50;
sardines, domestic V. H 154 50; sardines,
domestic, Ks, $8 258 50: sardines, imported,
Ks, $11 5012 50; sardines. Imported, s, $18 00;
sardines, mustard. $4 00; sardines, spiced. $4 2
Fish Extra No. 1 bloater mackerel, $36 ft
bbl.: extra No. 1 do, mess, $40: extra No. 1
mackerel, shoie, $32; extraNo.ldo.messed,$36;
No. 2 shore mackerel, $24. Codfish Whole
pollock, 4c ft ft.; do medium George's cod,
6c: do large, 7c; boneless hake, in strips, 6c; do
George's cod in blocks, 67Kc Herring
Round shore. $5 00 ft bbL; split, $7 00: lake $2 60
ft 100-ft. half bbl. White fish, $7 ft 100-ft. half
bbl. Lake trout, $5 50 ft half bbL Finnan
hadders, 10c ft ft, Iceland halibut. 13c ft ft.
Buckwheat Flour 22 ft ft.
OATMEAL $0 306 60 ft bbl.
Miners' Oil No. 1 winter strained, 5S60c
ft gallon. Lard oil, 75c..
Grab, Flonr nnd Feed.
Total receipts as bulletined at the Grain Ex
change, 34 cars. By Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and
Chicago, 1 car of wheat, 2 of barley, 1 of mid
dlings, 1 of straw, 2 of flour, 3 of hay. By
Pittsburg. Cincinnati and St. Louis, 6 cars of
hay. 6 of com, 2 of oats, 1 of wheat. By Pitts
burg and Western, 3 cars of hay, 2 of oats, 2 of
corn. By Pittsburg and Lake Erie, 1 car ot
corn. The only sale on call was 1 car No. 2 y.
s. corn, 3714c, spot. With receipts from 30 to
60 cars daily, and only 3 cars sold in the past
week on call, it is evident that outside deals
must be large or warehouses are overcrowded
with stuff. In all cereal lines, as well as hay,
buyers are able to dictate terms. A leading
operator said to-day: "We aro doing a little
business and there is a slight improvement
over last week, but it requires hustling to
make sales. We think, however, that the
worst is past." Bears are at latest on top on
wheat. May wheat was bnt a shade above the
dollar line at Chicago to-day at noon.
Wheat Jobbing prices No. 2 red, $1 03
104:No.3red.-9195c
Corn No. 2 yellow,ear,39jj39Kc; high mixed
ear, 3637c; No. 1 yellow, shelled, 3o39c;
No. 2 ollow, shelled, 37k38c; blch mixed.
shelled. 3737c: mixed, shelled, 353Sc
OATS JMcZWDlte,
31Kc;No.3 white,
5?c; extra, No, 3, 31
S30K No. 2 mixed, 28
tazuc
Rye No. 1 Western, 7075c; No. 2, 6556c
Barley No. 1 Canada. 9508c: No. 2 Cana
da. 858Sc; No. 3 Canada, 7072c; Lake Shore,
7880c
Flour Jobbing prices, winter patents, $6 25
6 50; spring patents, f 6 50675: winter straight,
$0 505 75; clear winter, $5 005 25; straight
XXXX bakers', $4 7585 00. Rye flour. S4 00.
AUllfeed Middlings, fine white, SIS 000
17 00 ft ton; brown middlings. $13 0913 50;
winter wheat bran, 113 S014 OS; chop feed,
$15 0016 00. '
HAY-Baled timothy, choice, $14 60U75;
No. 1 doT$14 0014 25: No. 2 do, $11 6012 00;
loose from wagon. $18 002O 00: No.l upaunl
prairie. $10 00810 25; No. 2, $8 00g8 50; packing
do. $6 757 Oft
Straw Oats. $8 008 25; wheat and rye
straw, $7 007 25.
Provisions.
Hogs are 10c lower to-day than yesterday at
Chicago, with H 90 as the outside price for
tops. 1
Sugar-cured hams, large, lOJc; sugar-cured
hams, medium, 10c: sugar-cured hams, small,
lie: sugar-cured breakfast bacon, 10c; sugar
cured shoulders, &c: sugar-cured boneless
shoulders, 9c: sugar-cured California hams,
8c; sugar-cured" dried beef flats, 8c: sugar
cured dried beef sets, 9c:sugar-cur2d dried beef
rounds, lie: bacon shoulders, 7c; bacon clear
sides. 8c; bacon clear bellies. 8c: dry salt
shoulders, 6c; dry salt clear sides, TMc Mess
pork, heavy, $14 00: mess pork, family, $14 50.
Lard Refined In tierces, 7c: half barrels, 7Jc;
60-ft tubs, 7:: 20 pails, 7?c: 50-ft tin cans,
7c; 3-ft tin palls, Tcz 5-ft tin pails, 7c; 10-ft
tin pails, 7c Smoked sansage, long. 5c;large,
5c Fresh pork links. 9c. Figs feet, half barrel,
$3 75; quarter barrel. $1 75.
Dressed Meat.
Armour & Co. furnish the following prices on
dressed meats: Beef carcasses, 450 to 550 fts,
6c; 550 to 650 fts, 6c: 650 to 750 ftoKC Sheep,
7c ft ft. Lambs, 8Kc V Hogs. 6Ja
Lumber,
purr trjrPLANiD tabd quotations.
Clear boards, per M $52 005S 00
Select common boards, per M..s 30 00
Common boards peril 2000
Sheathing 18 00
Pine frame lumber per M 22 00?oo
Shingles, No. 1, 18 In. peril SCO
Shingles, No. 2, 18 In. per M 375
Lath ZOO
PLANED.
Clear boards, per M f 60 00
Surface boards 30 00(335 00
Clear, X-lnch beaded celling 26 00
Partition boards, peril 35 00
Flooring, No.l 30 00
Flooring. No. 2. 25 00
Yellow pine flooring 30 0040 00
Vtather-boardlnR moulded. No. 1.... 30 00
Weathec-boardlne, moulded. No. 2.... 2500
Weather-boarding. 4-lneh 20 00
HARD WOODS YARD QUOTATIONS.
Ash, 1 to4 In ! flO OOfflSO 00
Black -walnut, green, log run 3 00SOOO
B ack walnut, dry, log run 6O0073CO
Cherry 65 0cg75 00
Green white oak plank, 2 to 4 In 25 0030CO
Dry white oak plank, 2to41n 2SOO30 00
Dry white oak boards, lln - 35 00(SHO 00
West Va. yellow pine, llnch 20 0C25 00
West Va. yellow pine, 1M Inch 25 0030 00
West Va. yellow poplar, Ktolln 25 00(330 00
Hickory, IK to 3 in 18 0022 00
Hemlock building lumber, peril 13 00
Bank rails 15 00
Boat studding: MOO
Coal car plant 13 00
HARD WOODS JOBBING PRICES.
Ash, Ito41n 3 00(330 00
Black walnut, green, logTun 45O0SO0)
Black walnut, dry, log run 30 00f343 0u
Green white oak plank, 2 to 4 In 17 00(33) 00
Dry whlteoak plank, 2 to 4 In lS002O0O
Dry white oak boards, lln 19 0OSCO0O
WestVa. yellowplne. 1 In 1SOO3)00
West Va. yellow pine, ljf In 19 OOiSa 00
WestVa. yellow poplar, H to 1 In IS 00tt 00
Hickory, 1)4 to 3 &.. 18 0022 00
Hemlock building timber, fill 10 0012 00
Bunk rails 14,00
Boat studding , M00
Coal car plank U00
LATE NEWS IN BBIEP.
Tascotthas been captured once more. This
time be was masquerading as a farm hand In
Arkansas. ,
Secretary Windom has directed the re
moval of Richard Lancaster. Surveyor of the
port of St. Louis, and has recommended James
O. Churchill for appointment as his successor.
John Rosenbarger, a farmer, shot dead
Andrew Castaline in a row over a trivial matter
near Creighton, Neb., yesterday, then burned
his own house to the ground, and shot himself
dead.
Secretary Windom has appointed Mr. M.
E. Bell. Superintendent ofJPublic Buildings at
Chicago, vice Mr. Bailey, resigned. Mr. Bell
was formerly Supervising Architect of the
Treasury.
The last steamer belonging to Captain
Wissman's East African expedition has sailed
from Hamburg for Zanzibar. A, number of
officers connected with the expedition sailed on
the steamer.
Adolf Weichelhaumer, of Chicago, fell
from a train in New Brunswick, N. J., yester
day and was instantly killed. He was on his
way to Germany, and haa a letter to Ludwlg
Redenberg, 23 Monteith street, Brooklyn.
The President of tne Town Board ot Ken
ney. III., which was almost totally destroyed
by fire Monday night, involving a loss of $100,
000, telegraphs to the Mayor of Bloomlngton
asking for pecuniary assistance, and stating
that many are homeless and devoid of food or
clothing. The Mayor has called a mass meet
ing for the purpose of raising money to send
to the. afflicted town.
The strike of the weavers in Fall River,
Mass., ended yesterday morning, and the oper
atives will return to work at the old basis to
day. At a mass meeting on the park, which
was attended by thousands of operatives, the
Executive Committee of the weavers' associa
tion advised giving up under protest and sub
mitting their case to the State Board of Arbi
tration. An East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
southbound passenger train, running at a speed
of 40 miles "an hour, collided with a freight
train 20 miles south of Atlanta. Engineer Un
ion, of the passenger train, was killed. The
engineer of the freight train, both firemen and
both conductors were hurt. H. L. Wilson, of
New York; L. S. Hydeman, of New York; Jake
Dart, of Brunswick, and A. J.Lyle, of Atlanta,
passengers, were injured, but none seriously.
Detective Reburn, at Toronto, One, yes
terday, acting under instructions from Ottawa,
arrested a man in the St. James Hotel, who. it
is believed, is a swindler badly wanted in En
eland and the leading cities of the United
States. His operations were conducted under
the guise of a Catholic priest. He was regis
tered as G. Barnett, of Ottawa, and when ar
rested six massive gold watches, out of which
he had swindled an Ottawa Jeweler, were fonnd
in his valise. Barnett confessed his guilt, on
being arraigned for trial, and was remanded.
Tho impression has heretofore prevailed
that since the adoption of the inter-State Com
merce law all pooling between railroads has
been abandoned. It transpires, however, that
Sooling is still practiced by the roads between
bicago and Omaha, covering all the freight
traffic between these points. The. arrangement
was mad6 between the general managers of the
various roads immediately after the adoption
of the inter-State law, and great precautions
were taken to prevent the matter from leaking
out.
COUGHING UP LEAD.
A Boston Itlan Who Feels the Effects of His
Army Service.
Boston, March 27. Charles L. Dunlap,
for many years a boss workman in the
quarries at Bockport, was First Lieutenant
of Company I, Fifth Maine Infantry. At
the battle of Antietam, September
17, 1862, just as he raised his musket
to fire, a rebel ball struck his
left arm above the wrist, broke both
bones, and passing on, entered his left side
under his arm, went through his chest and
lodged beneath the skin under bis right
shoulder, whence it was easily removed by
the surgeon. He keeps the ball to remind
him of the olden time. He re
covered slowly, but was harassed by
a distressing cough, as the ball had
ploughed a track directly through his lungs.
In about nine months after the injury he
coughed up a fragment of his woolen shirt,
a piece about as large as a dime, which had
been pushed into his lungs by the ball when
it tore its way into his chest.
Still his cough continued, and about a
year afterward ne coughed up two pieces of
bone, one about an inch long and the other
about three-fourths ot an inch. These were,
of course, fragments of his broken rib
which the ball had driven in. A few days
ago, in coughing violently, he brought up
still another bit of bone and a little spherule
of lead. The bone from his broken rib
had been much eaten and rounded in its
stay of 27 years. The round nodule of lead
must have been chipped from the ball by a
sharp edge of the broken rib, and though it
was then undoubtedly irregular in shape, it
must have "been slowly rounded and
smoothed by the long process oi agitation in
his lungs. Mr. Dunlap is better now than
for years, and has probably at last recovered
from the effects of the war.
Ration-ally treat yonrcold from ihe
start by using Dr. Jayne's Expectorant, and
you may escape Inng troubles not so easily
gotten rid of.
Ladle' Cable Dye Fast Black Ingrain
Stpcklags,
With split feet, fine quality; sure to give
satisfactory wear.
Jos. Hobne ft Co.'s
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930 PENN AVENUE, PITTSBDEO, PA
As old residents know and back files of Pitts
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