fp& i fFT; ' -1 THE PJTTSBUBG. DISPATCH, 2T, " 1889r u; -; $', THE IAEKET BASKET. Kew Vegetables Approaching the Average Pocketbook. f0TSTEES PRACTICALLY AT AN END Brook Trout, Shad and Frogs Ire in Full Supply and Demand. FL0WEES LOWER AND VERY 'ACTIVE Office of Pittsburg Dispatch, 1 FMDAY. April 26. 1889. J Market basket materials vary very little in price this week from last. Xew garden stuff, -which is coming in freely from the South, is a shade nearer the average con sumer's pocketbook capacity, but all else remains Tery much as it has been for weeks past. There has been no change for six months past in the price of tenderloins and fine rib roasts, though the price of cattle is fully 2c below rates of last fall. The choice cuts hold up to old rates, but other pirts of the beef are sola at concessions. At the Diamond market butcher stalls the ex pected boom following the Lenten fast has not thus far materialized. The Esq trade continues extra good, not withstanding the fact that Easter is past. Said a leading dealer in this line: "Our trade has been first class all the week, in fact, much better than we expected immediately after Lent." Brook trout, Spanish mackerel and frogs are now in f nil supply on fish stalls. Shad from the Potomac, Delaware and Hudson also begin to come in freely, and demand so far keeps pace with supply. The oyster season is abont at an end. After Saturday no oysters can be taken from the Chesapeake Day accord ing to law. New York counts will be on mar ket all the season. Our fro; supplies are in the main from Charleston. S. C, at this tune of the year. In the line of vegetables the only new thing on the stalls this week is cauliflower. There is adrift toward a lower level of prices as new garden stuff comes in more freely from the Sunny South. One of onr leading florists thus puts the situ ation of his industry: "Lat week we had a boom, as we always do in Caster times. Trade still keeps up remarkably welL W t never did as large a business in the week following Eas ter as we have done this week. Our trade at this time a year ago was not nearly as good as it is now." Floral prices are on the downward drift, as will be seen by our quotations. In the line of market basket filling It has proved this week,as last, that the greatest activ ity has been in the lines of fish and flowers. In other lines trade has been quiet. Following are the latest retail prices as fur nished by leading dealers of materials for Sun day dinner tables: Meats. The prices called for at the Diamond Markets remain unchanged. The best cuts of tenderloin steak range from 20 to 25c, with the last figure for very fancy, which are very often no bet ter than the 20c article; sirloin, best cuts, from 18 to 20c; standing rib roast, 15 to 20c; chuck roast, 10 to 12c; best round steaks, 15c; boiling beef, 5 to 8c; sweet breads, 2jc per pain beef kidneys, 10c apiece; beef liver, Sea pound: calf livers. 25c apiece; corned beef from 5 to 10c per pound. Veal for stewing commands 10c; roast, 12 to 15c: cutlets. 20c Iier pound; spring lambs, fore quarter, 12)4 to 5c: hind quarters, 15 to 20c A leg of mut ton, hind quarter, of prime quality, brings 12Xc; fore quarter, 8c; lorn of mutton, 15c Vegetables and Frnlu Jersey sweet potatoes, 25c a half peck; potatoes, 15c a half peck; celery, 10 to 15c a bunch; new Bermuda potatoes, 25c per l peck; new Bermuda onions, loc per quart; tomatoes, 40c per quart box; new cabbage. 5 to 25c; apples, 15c to, 20c per half peck; bananas, 15 to 25c a dozen: lemons, 20 to 25c per dozen; oranges, 25940c; onions, 15c a half peck: spinach, 20c per half peck; lettuce, 7c per bunch, 4 for 25c: radishes, 5 to 10c per bunch; cranberries, lac per quart: cucumbers.10 to 20c a piece; mushrooms, 7oc a pound; asparagus,l0c a bunch, 3 for 25c; new beets, 15c a bunch; straw berries, 35c to 50c; cauliflowers, 25 to 50c a head. Butter, Eggs and Poultry. Choice creamery butter, 35c Good country butter, 25c Fancy pound rolls, 40c The ruling retail price for eggs is 15c, or 2 dozen for 25c; goose eggs, 4 for 25c The range for dressed chickens is 125 to $150 per pair. Turkeys, 25c per pound. Spring chickens S2 per pair. Fish and Oyslera. Following are--the articles' in -this line on the stalls, with prices: LakeaffiiDn, 12c; Cali fornia salmon. 40c pound; white fish, 12c; her ring, 4 pounds for 25c; Spanish mackerel, 45c to 50e a pound; shad, 80c apiece; sea salmon, 40c a pound: bine fish, 20c; perch. 10c; halibut, 25c; rock bass, SOc; black" bass, 20c: lake trout, 12c: lobsters, 25c; green sea turtle. 2Sc Oysters: standard, Jl per gallon; select, SI 0 to SI 75; N. Y. counts, SI 75 per gallon: snaps, 90c: shell oysters, 25c dozen; smelts, 20 to 25c pound; clams, SI 23 gallon; scollops, SOc a quart. Flowers. la France roses, SI SO per dozen; Bnde roses, SI SO per dozen; Perles, SI 00 per dozen; Niphetos, SI 00 per dozen; Bennetts, SI 50 S:r dozen: Magna Cbarta roses, SOc; American eauty, 2550c apiece; Mennets, SI 001 50 per dozen; Lie Wattnlle, SI 50; carnations, 35c a dozen; Lily of the Valley,75c per dozen: Maiden Hair fern, 50c per doz. fronds. Bermuda Easter lilies. S3 00 per dozen; tulips. 75c per dozen; mignonette, 5c per dozen: lilacs, 25c a spray; daffodils, 75c per dozen; Dutch hya cinths, 20c apiece: pansies, 25c a dozen; Jacque minot roses. SI 00 a dozen. LIVE ST0C MARKETS. Condition of the Market at the East Liberty Stock Yards. Office of Pittsburg Dispatch, T. FRIDAY. April 28, 18S9.J CATTXK Receipts, 1,020 head; shipments, 1,000 head; market, nothing doing; all through consignments; no cattle shipped to New York to-day. Hogs Receipts. 1,700 head: shipments. 2,200 head; market slow; Philadelphias, H 804 83; pigs and Yorkers, $4 S04 95. Sheep Receipts, 490 bead; shipments, 200 head: market nothing doing. Br Telecnwh. New York Beeves Receipts, 2,400 head. Including 93 carloads for export, 59 carloads for city slaughterers direct; 32 cars for the market and 10 cars of sale cattle were carried over yesterday; the market was firm, "yards were cleared before noon, poor to pnme steers sold at S3 354 75 per 100 pounds; bulls and dry cows at $1 753 50: exports to-dav:720 beeves, 300 sheep and 900 quarters of beef. Sheep Re ceipts. 7,200 head, and as many more were carried over from yesterday; the supply largely ' exceeded the needs of the trade, and the mar ket was uncommonly dull and lower: unshorn sheep sold at S4 75o 50 per 100 pounds: clipped do at S3 004 60; unshorn yearlings at So 65 6 75; clipped do at M 605 50: spring lambs at 53 5(i6 50 each. Hogs Receipts. 3,800 head; dull and lower for lire hogs at $5 005 30 per 100 pounds, with a cargo of fair Ohio nogs sold at15. St. Louis Cattle Receipts. 400 bead; ship ments, 400 head: market steady; choice heavy native steers. S3 804 40; fair to good do. S3 00 4 00; stockers and feeders, fair to good, S2 00 3 10: rangers, corn-fed. 52 6063 40: grass-fed. t2 002 85. Hoes Receipts. 2,400 head: ship ments, 3,000 head: market higher; choice heavy and butchers' selections, SI 654 75: packing, medium to prime, S4 4504 SO: light gades. ordinary to best, S4 6004 70. Sheep eceipts, 400 bead; shipments, 400 head; mar ket steady; fair to choice. S3 004 80. Chicago Cattle Receipts. 7,000 bead: shipments, 3.500 bead: market steady; choice beeves $4 1504 40: steers, S3 3504 10; stockers and feeders, 2 503 65; cows, bulls and mixed, SI 703 15; Texa cattle, S2 253 6a Hogs Receipts. 12,500 head: shipiuent 4.500 head; market strong and 5c higher: mixed, S4 504 75: heavy. 4 454 75- light St 604 SO; skips, S3 50 4 15. Sheen Receipts, 3.000 head; shipments, 00 head; market slow and 10c lower: natives, JS'OOSS'IO; Western cornfed, S3 5035 00; lambs, 54 6035 75. Kansas Cttt Cattle Receipts. 2,501 head; shipments. 1.120 head; market steady to strung; dressed beef and shipping steers steady to 10c higher; cows active and firm; cood to choice corn-fed. $4 004 25; common to medium, S3 00 63 90; stockers and feeding steers, S2 00" 60; cows. SI 7303 25. Hogs Receipts, 6.247 head; shipments. 525 bead; market strorc and 5S"Kc higher; good to choice. S4 554 60: coirmon to medium" $4 254 SO. Sheep Receipts, 771 head: shipment-, none: market dull and a shade lower: good to choice muttons, S4 254 6a: com mon to medium. S2 503 9a Buffalo Cattle Feeling barely steady; re ceipts. 400 bead through; no sale. Sheep and iambs slow and 1025c lower; receipts, 1,200 head through; 6,000 bead on sale. Hog strong Jo 5c higher; receipts. 4.500 bead through: 3.375 head on sale; mediums and Yorkers, S4 90 CI2?CIX3att TTntrm nnf At and Ann: common i ??JJch 00g4 60: packing and butchers', headf "ce'Pta, 1,000 head; shipments, 925 LILLIAN SPFi.r.FRft''!? 3. . , " " count, m w U.T- fban bullfight in to-morrotc, Dispatch. She foaeruia the torturet inflicted upon the ant- VtKeaymbalZ ' "Tee, ne varuansm q MAEKETSBY WIRE. Wheat Fairly Active, Weak and Unsettled July the Favorite Option Corn and Oau Fractionally Lower Hoe Products Abont Steady. Chicago A moderate business was trans acted in wheat to-day in the aggregate, and the feeling was somewhat unsettled. The opening for July, which was the favorite future, was J Jic lower than yesterday. There was but lit tle news from outside, and the market was gov erned principally by local influences. The early decline was attributed to fair selling, some realizing by the smaller holders, with appar ently but little demand from any source. This let prices ease off gradually, but when the inside price was reached better buying checked the decline, causing a reaction and a stronger feeling. Around 79c for July there was quite an effort made to prevent the market going higher, but there was sufficient demand to carry prices over that figure. Later, how ever, free offerings created weakness and the advance was lost. A good business was transacted in corn, and the feeling developed was considerably weaker. A much lower range of prices was established, and fluctuations covered a wider range than for several days past. The easier tone was attrib uted mainly to increased movement. Offerings were heavy, the crowd being lone, and in the absence of any outside support the market ruled weak. The market opened rather1 ex cited, with sellers at yesterday's closing prices, and declined quickly, with slight reactions, c, recovered Kc. ruled weaker and closed c low er than yesterday. Oats were depressed by heavy receipts. The opening was weak and HKc lower, first sales being made at about outside figures of the day. Prices declined irregularly, and May sold lc below yesterday's closing figures. June and July declined lc There was a large business. There was no support to tbe market except that given by shorts, and they showed no dispo sition to buy except on the declines. Slight re actions occurred from tbe extreme Inside prices, but last sales were on an easy market at aPout the lowest figures. Mess pork was stronger early and prices ruled 10ffil5c higher. Later the market ruled easier and prices declined Sfflikc and closed comparatively steady. Tradinc was only moderately active in lard, and tbe feeling was firmer. Prices were ad vanced 5c, and the market closed steady at medium figures. Short ribs were fairly active and 25c higher, closing rather steady. The leading futures ranged as follows: Wheat No. 2 May. 80i81801SOc; SK678Jic; year, 7bS76We755i76c Coen No. 2 May, WiiQi3&i&&Kc; Jnne, 35353434c; Juty,Se334j! 31JgC OATS No. 2 May, 22K2B2121c: June, 232322Jie22c; July, 23Jie23h622 "Mess Poek, per bbh May, Sll 60; June. SU6511 70; July, Sll 75ffill S2KU 72 XI stX Labd, per 100 fts. May. $6 856 87; June, S3 906 90: July, S6 92K6 976 926 95. shout Ribs, per 100 Bs. May, S5 a75 97 June. $6 024 056 02K6 05; July, 6 11 o uati uf,Kio iu. Casn quotations were as follows: Flour dull and unchanged. No. 2 spring wheat, bO80Kc; No. 3 spring wheat, 70c; No. 2 red, 80 esOiicNo.2 corn. 33JfS3Kc. o. 2 oats, 21c No. 2 rye. 48c Ho. a barley nominal. So. 1 flaxseed. SI SB. Mess pork, per barrel, 511 6a Lard, per 100 lbs, S6 S7. Short ribs sides (loose). SS 956 00. Dry salted shoulders (boxed), S5 255 50. Short clear sides (boxed), Sfl25S 37. Sugars unchanged. Receipts Flour, 6.000 barrels; wheat, 16,000 bushels: com, 156,000 bushels; oats. 84,000 bushels: rye, 1,000 bushels; barley, 17,000 bush els. Shipments Flour, 8,000 barrels; wheat, 18.000 bushels: corn. 351,000 busbels: oats. 120. 000 bushels; rye. 5,000 bushels; barley, 17.000 bushels. On the Produce Exchange to-day tbe butter market was weaker; fancy creamery. 2324c; choice to fine. 2122c; fine dairies. 2023c; fair to good. 1S1Sc Eggs weak at 1010c New York Flour steady and quiet. Wheat Spot steady and quiet; options dull and irreg ular for early months, weak forlate months and KJc higher. Rye quiet. Barley quiet. Bar ley malt unchanged. Corn Spot stranger, scarce and wanted; options more active and liSlo lower and weak. Oats Spot dull and weak; options active and Jc lower and heavy. Hay quiet. Hops firm. Coffee Op tions steady and unchanged to S points down; closed steady at last night's prices, dull: sales, 18,000 bags, including April, 16.45S16.50c: May, 16.55c; July. 16.75c: August, 16.80c; September. 16.9517.00c; October. 16.95c; December, 17.0517.15c; January, 17.05c; February, 17.10c; spot Rio quiet; fair cargoes, 18J$c Sugar Raw steady and quiet; fair refining, 6Jc; centrifugals. 96 test, 7ic; refined strong and quiet. Molasses Foreign firm; New Orleans quiet. Rice quiet. Cottonseed oil quiet: crude. 4142c; yellow, SOc Tallow steady; sales 170 hogs utyat4JsC Rosin steady and quiet. Tur pentine dull at 45c Eges firmer; western, 1212Jc; receipts, 4,136 packages. Pork quiet: new mess, S13 0013 25; extra prime. 512 001225. Cutmeats quiet; pickled bellies, 6e7c: do. hams, 1010c; do. shoulders. 5 SJJc. Lard stronger; better export; dull speculation; sales, western steam, export. S7 20; crty, 8 70; May, $7 127 17, closing at $7 17; June, $7 21 asked; July, 7 25 asked; August, S7 267 29, closing at $7 23 asked: September. 17 287 31, closing at 7 3a Butter Moderate trade and easier; western dairy, ll20c; do cream ery,1724c; Elgins, 25026c Cheese quiet and unsettled; western, 810c St. Louis Flour quiet and easy with little demand: unchanged. Wheat The new crop options declined though the market was irreg ular and unsettled. Cables were firm but weak. Outside markets caused prices to ease off early, afterward reacting on stronger advices and the export sales made here. Later irave way again, and at the close July was c; Au gust c and year c below yesterday. No. 2 cash. 79c nominal; May, 7979Jc, closing at 79c; Juno, 76. closine 76cJc bid; July, 745c, closing at 7472c bid; August, 74c closing at 74Jc; year, 74c closing at'4Kc Corn closed weak; No. 2 cash. 30c; Mav,30Ji30Jic closing at 30casked; June. 31 631c closing at 30?630c asked; July, 31 S2c closing at 31c; August, 3233c closins at82c; September, 3333Jc closing 33Vc asked. Oats lower; No. 2 cash, 24Kc bid: May,2224Xc; June, 2Z?23c Rye Demand limited; No. 2, 42Kc Barley Nothing doing. Flaxseed Very little doing at 1 45. Provisions quiet. Philadelphia Flour dull and weak. Wheat very dull and prices largely nominal. Corn Spot and April No. 2 mixed in elevator ruled firm and a shade higher, bnt futures beyond this month Kic lower. Car lots dull and c lower. Oats Carlots dull.and weak; sales No. 3 white, 30c: do. short storage. 30c; iiu.nuiuj xcKuiar. oou. x ukurrs weas: ana iec lower. Provisions very quiet. Pork Family. S15.S0. Lard Pure city refined, 7JJ0 8Jc; western steam, 77c Butter dull and easier; Pennsylvania creamery extra, 25c; do. prints extra, 2829c Eggs steady; Pennsyl vania firsts, U12c Cutcesuati Flour weaker. Wheat heavy and drooping: No. 2 red. 83c; receipts, none; shipments, LOOO bushels. Corn firmer: No. 2 mixed, 363hc Oats quiet; No. 2 mixed. 2626c Ryedul;No.2,48ffil9c Pork quiet at $12 25. Lard active; current make. 6 67. Bulk meats and bacon quiet. Butter steady. Sugar firm. Eggs strong and higher at 10 He Cheese steady. Milwaukee Flour unchanged. Wheat firmer; cash. 77c; May, 77Jc; July. 78c Corn firm: No. 3, 34c Oats stead v; No. 2 white. 27c Rve firm: No. 1, 42c Barley Bteadv; No. 2, 56c Provisions firm. Pork, $11 6a Lard, 6 50. Cheese steady; Cheddars, 104211c Baltimore Provisions steady and dulL mess pork, 13 75. Butter dull and easy; West em packed, lb2uc; best roll, l417c; creamery 2426c Eggs steady at lit Coffee dull and easy; Rio fair, 18loJc Toledo Cloverseed dull; cash and ApnL 4 6U Receipts, 12 bags; shipments, 418 bags. No Rise This Time. The water in tne rirers had risen yester day to 4- feet 8 incnes; bat it is not expected to go much higher. A barge stage is not anticipated. The Joe "Walton and Sam Clark arrived last night with tows of empties. Married a Bleadville Girl. Hiss Harriott Porter, of Meadville, was married this week to It. B. Johnston, chief clerk to Secretary Robinson, of the Lake Erie road. The ceremony was performed in Christ Church of that place. ' Come for Salines and Ginghams To-Day. 50-cent ginghams at 40 cents a yard; 40 cent ginghams at 30 cents a yard; one lot dress style ginghams worth 16 cents at 12J; 40-cent satihes for SO cents a yard; 25-cent 'satines for IS cents a yard. A lot of satines to close ont at 9 cents. Jos. Hobne & Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores. B. t B. Be careful in changing your underwear. For spring wear see oar fine merino goods, 60c to $1 25. Attend the gent's furnishings sales to-day. Boggs & Buhl. nTTT TSW reheartet a little ancient his DlLili 11 1 Ei tory in to-morroufs Dis patch, in which he describe the rite and fall o tfie Mormon empire, and relates the sad fate ofEig-Kotcd George, ONE MORE IDLE DiT. Tuesday a legal Holiday Through out Uncle Sam's Dominions. A FEW MISGUIDED GENTLEMEH Shown Where They Are "Wrong in Pre dicting; a Collapse of Eeal Estate. SCHEMES THAT SHOULD BE TY0KKED W Next Tuesday, April Sa will be a legal holi day throughout the Union, in accordance with the last section of an act approved March 2, 1SS9, to commemorate the centennial observ ance of the inauguration of the first President of the United States, George Washington. Persons having paper maturing on that day should remember this and square up on Mon day. . "I think the few misguided gentlemen who are predicting that tbe real estate market will soon go to smash will find themselves mis taken," remarked a Fourth avenue dealer yes terday afternoon. "In saying this I think I know what I am talking about. With millions of money seeking investment, such a thing is impossible, i Besides, the buying fever is spread ing. A short time ago nearly all of this was done by one or two syndicates. Now outsiders are taking hold. More than one-half of tbe re cent sales were made to this class of purchas-. era. Anomer tning: j. here can oe no collapse of the real estate market so long as there are not enough houses to accommodate the people who want them. Instead of a depression, I look for a strong and active market all sum mer." The following is a list of patents that will expire April SO, after which they may be ap propriated by anyone so disposed; Advertising device, J. B. Ziegler; fire and burglar alarm, W. Henckle; cotton press, G. Falkner; count ing register, A. M. White: millstone driver, W. A. Gnstine; water wheel, M. Hungerford; coiling wire spirally, T. J. Mayalljrotary pump, D. L. Jones;pipe mold, E. Walsh; metal cutting machine, A. S. Bunker; dividing plate metal, Waterman and Perkins. "I am glad that the efforts of the Armours to comer pork have fallen flat," remaked a Lib erty street packer yesterday. "They tried hard tojnake it work; but the supply was too large and the offerings too liberal for them to over come, and they gave it up as a bad job. Big men in the Chicago pit were badly scared for a time, but their fears have vanished, and they regard all danger as over. Pork is pretty steep yet, bnt it is in such an unsettled condition that a decline Is more probable than an advance." What has befallen the Penny Savings Fund scheme that was so much talked about two or three months agoT Has it collapsed, or only been pigeon-holed along with the Real Estate Exchange, to be acted upon at some future timer Tbe fund is a useful and inexpensive charity, and the exchange is necessary to ena ble real estate to be properly handled. Both of these enterprises should be worked up. Colonel Daniel S. Lamont. who acquired national fame as President Cleveland's private secretary, has been elected Secretary of the New York Land and Improvement Company. Ex-Secretary Whitney and his brother-in-law, O. H. Payne (son of Senator Payne, of Ohio), are directors. A Pittsburg gentleman, who is acquainted with Colonel Lamont, says he is one of the shrewdest business men he has ever encountered. STILL DRAGGING. Stocks, Like Pics In Clover, Hard to Rnn to Cover. There was a little more animation in the stock market yesterday, the sales amounting to 805 shares. Nearly everything was weaker. Wheel ing gas being tbe only prominent exception. Philadelphia sold at 42c at the opening, and then at 41c In the afternoon 41c was bid and 42c asked, with no transactions. Electric went at 59c: LaNoria at lc; Central Traction at 3030c, with a sale of 150 shares in the aftcrnoon'atoOct "Wheeling at 32c: La Norla at lc, and Switch and Signal at 25Kc There as no special anxiety to buy or sell in view of the nearness of the holidays. Bids, offers and sales follow: MORjrrxG. aftkekoox. Bid. Asked. Bid. Asked. Fourth Nat, Bank..... I2S freehold Bank 52 M Marine Nat. Bank.... 107 Masonic Bank. 60 Pitts N. B. of Cora'ce 230 People's .Nat. Bank.... 150 Brldgewater Gas 41 .-. Chanters Val. Gas Co. 54 M .... Hi Manufacturers Gas Co. 25 Mat. Gas Co. of V. Va sa 82 Pennsylvania Gas. 23 Philadelphia Co 41 41& 41U 42 Wheeling Gas Co a! 33 32)2 KM Tuna OU Co 67 .... .... Central Traction 29 30 Citizens' Traction 76 Pitts. A Birmingham 3 .... l'lttsburjr Traction.... KM .... ss 30M Pitts. June K. K. Co 25 ritts.,Cln.tbt.U IsIb 18 19 Pitts. W cstern K. K. .... 11 .... .... P. tW. B. B. pref.... 18 LaNoria Minim; Co... Hi IJs H 'VVestlngbouseiJeclric S3 59K 5S m U. bwltrhA Signal Co. K V. 15 25!? Westlnc'se AlrB. Co.. 119 .... 119 .... estlng'se B. Co. 11m. 64 64 Sales at the first call were 95 shares of Phila delphia gas at 42c 100 at 41c: 40 Cbartiers at 64!ic; 35 Electric at 69c; 50 La Noria nt Klc; 50 Central Traction at 30c and 15 at 30c In the afternoon SO snares of Wheeling Gas sold at 32c; 200 La Noria at ljc; 30 Switch and Signal at 25c and 150 Central Traction at SOc One membership was disposed of at 525. Between calls John D. Bailey sold 50 shares of Wheeling gas at S25c The total sales of stocks at New York yester day were 153,937 shares, including: Atchison, 11,765; Ene.8,458; Louisville and Nashville. 18,800; Northwestern, 8.865; Northern Paciflo pre ferred. 3,357: Oregon Transcontinental, 4,500; Reading, 18,900; Richmond and West Point, 7,440; St. Paul, 4,805; Union Pacific, 8,440. THE SAME OLD WAX. No Noteworthy Chanso Observable In the Local Money Market. The local money market was easy yesterday, and without any noteworthy change. Dis counting was Blow. ' Checking was active, as shown by the Clearing House report, the ex changes being $2,570,574 87 land the balances $574,244 7a Foreign coins in gold are quoted as follows: Kngllsli sovereigns 4 S3 Twenty-franc,pleces 3 85 Twentr-maric pieces 4 72 bpanlsh doubloons... 15 45 Spanish twenty-five peseta 4 73 Mexican doubloons 15 40 .Mexican dollars 70 Flve-lrauc nieces 85 Money on call at New York yesterday was easy at 2 to 2 per cent: last loan. 2; closed, offered at 2. Prime mercantile paper, 4a Sterling exchange dull but steady at S4 7 for 60-day bills and $4 SSJ for demand. Government Bonds. U. S. 4Hs. reg .. lOSHQlOSK U. S. 4HS. coups 10SS103H U.S. 4s. rcg - 129&129: U. S. 46, coups 1S))129X Bid. Currency, (percent. 1835 reg 121 Currency, 6 per cent. 1896 reg. 124 Currency, Spercent, ISOTreg 127 Currency, 6 per cent, 1698 reg 129X Currency, Sperccnt, 1889 reg 132 Government and State bonds are dull and firm. New Yobk Clearings, $99,628,475; balances, $5,495,716. Boston Clearings to-day, $12,769,933; bal ances, $L708,61S. Money 1 per cent. Phtxadklfhia Clearings, $10,138,806; bal ances, $1,614,939. Baltimore Clearings to-day, $1,517,477; bal ances, $302,269. St. Louis Clearings to-day, $2,490,854; bal ances. $415.129.. Chicago Money quiet and unchanged. Clearings, $9,80t00a. London The amount of bullion gono into the bank ot England on balance to-day is 145, 00a Bar silver, 42 3-1 6c per ounce Pabis Three per cent rentes, 67f 5c for the account. Berlin The statement of the Imperial Bank of Germany shows an increase in specie of 4,920,000 marks. ALL AT SEA. The Oil Market Starts OffWith a Bnlge, bat Lets Go. The oil market opened strong and excited yesterday at 86c and almost immediately jumped to 86c Then the bears commenced hammering and pulled the figure down to 8ic This was followed by a reaction to85c,'be tweea which point- and 84JaO the aaukt . f k 'fluctuated until near the close, when there was a slight spurt which sent tbe quotation up to SaJgC, lc below the opening, where the auota tlon stood when the gong sounded. There were few borrowers, and they (lot all they wanted with little difficulty. Trading was ac tive both East and West One failure oc curred, but as it involved less than 8200, it was considered of small importance, either directly or consequentially. A broker said: "1 think to-day's depression is only temporary, as signs of returning confidence may be seen on every hand." Another broker remarked: "The in dications are strongly in favor of a fnrther de cline to-morrow." Another ventured this ob servation: "The market is so hard to under stand that I confess 1 know nothine about it. A wel completed oa the George Waren f arm, northeast of the main developments at Brush creek, was doing at the rate of 2 barrels an hour. This develops some additional territory. There were no changes in the Washington field. The Busbnell No. 2 and McBride, Taylor, town, were due. The Huklll-Bomer well, Brnsh creek, was doing three barrels an hour. LIggett's Ledonville well was flowing at inter vals of three hours, it was estimated, from 80 to 0 barrels per day. XX&TtTBXS Or TUB MABKET. Opened 86MLowest fiK Highest. 86 Closed. ......8a3i 1 Barrels. Buns 32.31 Average J?Jg bhlpments ".J cnrtS:::::::::::::::::::::"::"::::::::::: &earaucev::"""""""::::::::::::::::4.4 Kenned. New York 6.85. lienued, London, ltcnned, Antwerp. 1K. New York closed 85K. Bradford closed K;. OU City closed 85J4. ,, A. B. McOrew & Co. quote puts at 83c; calls. 86i86c Other Oil Markets. Oil Citt. April 26 National transit cef tificates opened at S6ic; highest, 86c; low est. Slc; closed, 85c Bradford, Aprit 26. National transit cer tificates opened atS5c; closed at S5c; highest, S5Jic: lowest. 84Kc Tttustixle, April 26. National transit cer tificates opened at 86Vc: highest, 80Vc: low est, oefdosed, 65c New Yobk-, April 26. Petroleum opened steady at SoJic but after the first sales became weak on the reports of new wells, and declined to 84Jc A partial recovery followed, on which the market closed firm at 8oiic Sales, 1,425,000 barrels. SOME BIG DEALS. Over 120,000 Worth of East End Prop erty Sold Within Three Weeks. W. A. Herron & Sons sold another large Shadyside residence property for $35,000. This makes four fine properties sold by the same firm in the East End within a space of three weeks, amounting to $121,500. Samuel W. Black & Co., 99 Fourth avenue, sold the property No. 12 Ninth street, a lot 20x 1U0 feet, with a three-story brick dwelling, for $11,750. The prices of property on the cross street show considerable enhancement as a re sult of the activity on Penn avenue. James W. Drape & Co. closed the sale of an interest in a manufacturing property for $75, 000 cash. They also placed two mortgages of $3,500 each at 6 per cent on two properties near Glensbaw station; also placed a mortgage of $3,000 and one of 2,000 at 6 per cent on prop erty in McKeesport; also two mortgages of $2,000 on East End and suburban properties at 6 per cent; also sold a large lot near Hawkins station, about 150x200 feet, for $2,000. Black & Baird, No. 95 Fourth avenue, sold to A. T. Mathews for J. W. Hay four lots In the Walter Hay plan on Rebecca street, near the Penn avenne cable line, being Nos. 68, CO, 70 and 71, for 1,000, on easy payments. $15 cash, and tbe balance $15 per month. They also placed a mortgage of 51,700 for three years at 6 per cent on property on Lincoln avenue. Alios t Bailey, 164 Fourth avenne, placed a mortcage on property In the Thirty-fifth ward for $600 at 6 per cent for three years. James E. Dickson sold a lot in Miller's plot, Swiss val e, Pennsylvania Railroad, for $475 cash. Thomas McCaffrey yesterday sold for Mrs. M. Brown, to Mrs. Kate Korta, four lots on Penn avenne and Dearborn street, Nineteenth ward, for $2,600 cash. L. O. Frazier sold for James W. Campbell lot 23x108 feet to 20-foot alley, situate on the north east side of Fisk street, near Davison street, Seventeenth ward, to Herman H. Helmicb, for $1,437 cash. fc quietanFweak. London Balls Fnll to Get Up a Correspond Ids Feeling in Wall Street Stocks Lose Their Grip and Sus tain Fractional Losses. New YorKt April 23. The stock market to day was less active and its temper offered a marked contrast to that of yesterday, being heavy and irregular throughout, with the net result of leaving most of the list fractionally lower than last evening. Tbe London prices again came very much higher than our last evening's figures, and the advices from that center shewed a strong bullish feeling upon American securities. The market, however, responded only to a limited extent to the strength in London, and first prices here were generally but slight fractions better than those of last evening, thongh Louisville and Nash ville was a marked exception, being up per cent Tbe traders continued bearish upon the be lief that the advance of yesterday was too rapid to last long, and while London had many orders in the market It appeared to be realizing upon Louisville and Nashville, and local opera tors also realized freely upon other portions of the list This checked the advance at the opening, and on a fair volume of business prices moved off fractionally, with Atchison and Louisville and Nashville leading among the active shares, and Tennessee Coal among the low-priced stocks. 'Atchison and Manitoba afterwaid displayed considerable strength, but the market subsided into dullness. This was relieved in the afternoon by a selling move ment in Union Pacific based upon the action of the Northern Pacific directors yesterday, which it is feared may lead to trouble. Oregon Navigation. Northern Pacific preferred and Louisville and Nashville also became prominent in the movement and the realizations by the foreigners assumed larger proportions. The decline was aided somewhat by the or dering of $1,000,000 for export but the confi dence in the continuance of the foreign de mand for American securities checked the selling by delivery hour as little more gold is likely to go out if such demand continues. The lowest prices were reached about delivery hour, after which the market was somewhat firmer but closed heavy and dull at about tbe lowest prices of the day. There were a few wide movements among the specialties. Pull man advanced 1 per cent, but lost a portion of the gain, while Memphis and Cbaileston re tired 2 per cent In the unlisted department Sugar Trusts were weak, losing about 1 per cent, while the others were quiet and moved over small fractions only, Brunswick closing at 20 on a light business. There were a few fractional advances, Pullman rose 1 per cent anu iianuoDa ira, out tne great majority are lower. Memphis and Charleston lost 2 and Texas Pacific L The dealings in railroad bonds were of about the same nature as those In shares, the market being quiet while the temper of the trading was somewhat mixed, but was generally firm to strong in the forenoon but weakened later in the day. The final changes are quite evenly divided between gains and losses. The ad vances Include Dulutb, South Shore and At lantic fives 2Vi, to Vl; the St Louis division sevens 4, to 118, and the convertible receipts 2, to 98. St Louis, Arkansas and Texas firsts lost 3, and Erie incomes 6. at 70. Tbe sales of all issues reached $l,984,O0a of which Texas Pacific seconds furnished $241,000. The following table snows the prices of active stocks on the New York Stock Exchange Corrected daily for The Dispatch by Whit ney 4 Stephenson, members of New York Stock Exchange, 67 Fourth 3 venue: Open ing. Am. Cotton Oil 55J4 Atcb... Top. & a. F.... IX Canadian Pacific 51 Canada Southern....... SIM Central of New Jersey. 96)4 CentralPacWc 36H Chesapeake & Ohio ,., lift C, Bur. A Qulncy....v94 C, Mil. a, St. Paul.... 65 C, Jill. 4 bt. P.. pr....l(K, C, Koctl.il'. 93)4 C, St. L. l'ltt C, St. L. &P1US. pf.. 38V CrSt. P.. M. 4 O SJi, C, St. P..M. & O.. pf. 93 C. & Northwestern.. ..UtK C& .Northwestern, pC .... C. C. C.&1 Col. Coal & Iron....... 24 Col. & Hocking Val .. 19 Bel.. L. AW WH Denver A RIoG M nH Denver A Bio G., pf... 47 E.T., Va.AGa , E. T., Va. A Ga.. 1st pr 69 & T.. Va. A Ga. 2d pf. 22 Illinois Central.. ....113 Lake Erie A Western Lake Erie A West pr.. iSH Lake Shore A M. S 103H Louisville A Nashville. 6S Michigan Central High, est. X 52 62V 3GW 17V 94 834 jiiooues uaio. ......... .... Mo K. ATexas..A.... 12K Missouri racinc :im New York Central. ....107H ft. Y.. L. E. A W 2914 N. Y.. L. E. A w.nref 71V M. Y., a ASlL 17 m.y., a a st. 1,. pr.. , NwY.. C. A8t.L.2dnf . IS. Y iZ Nm -. 43 W S. Y..O. A W 1... VIZ inorroiES western.;., lev S9iMXJ(tHK0,vt. X CIos - Low- lng est Bids. 65Jf 41H 41 51 51 ; 52 52'i 39 36 17 17 65 CJSj 105 105 92V S3 1614 3Sf 13V 13 33 33)4 3tf 3 , S3 KM 107 lOtft 106)2 139 6SM 24V 24 24)4 I9H 19 19 M 1-3 16 47 46K 9 69 69 69 22! 22 22 1UH mH 1I3V IS 68S MM 58 103 10354 I03H 68V 67M 67 67 AU V-H 12)4 12K I "X 70 71 X 107M 107X 1072 29Sf 29 29 71V 71W J1W 1734 173 17S 71 41 i 43), 43)4 ) I7X 17 J7 , 16V KM 1 - 1 SATT7BDAY, APFuEL Northern Pacific 3SH ZSM 25M Mortnern Paclnc prof. 6IM M Ohlo&MlMlsalppl... . 22$ ZJ ii Oregon Improvement. 49 41JS 41) Oregon TranEcon 32K ) JJW Paeifleilail 363 367s 38JS Peo. Dec. Kvans Pblladel. & Heading.. X mj, 43 Pullman Patace Car.,.191)$ 1WK 191M Ittchmond A W. P. T.. 9 28 Klcbmond, W.P.T.pf 80i SO TVH bU Paul Dnluth SI 33 32 224 S3 St. p., Minn.' Man.. .100 101 St. I.. A Ban Fran 23 23 St. L.. A San Fran pf.. 60i (OH Ht. L. t Han F.im pf.. ..?. ..?. Texu Pacific 22 22 UnlonPaclflc ei 6ltf Wabash 15 15 Wabash preferred 28K 28K Western Dnlon &H S5K Vheeliae & h. K MX 6G3J 23H 60 .... k 38 294 2 85 S5)J SSjl 60 Philadelphia Stocks. Closing quotations of Philadelphia stocks, fur nished by Whitney A Stephenson, brokers. No 57 Fourth arcnue. Members New York Stock Ex change. Bid. Pennsylvania Hallrftftrt SK Heading Railroad i 22 9-18 lluflalo, Pittsburg and Western KM Lehigh VaUey 53K Lehigh Navigation 5l Philadelphia and Erie 30 JJ. Co.'s Mew Jersey....... 216 Northern Pacific 2W4 Northern Pacific preferred 607 25 Boston Ateh. ATon..lst7s. IIS Atch. ATop. K. K... 42 Boston A Albany.. .218 Boston A Maine. ....183 C.. B. AU. 94 Clnn. San. A Cleve. 24 Eastern K. K so Eastern K. It 6s 125 EllntAPereM. nrd. 98 Mexican Cen. com.. 12S4 Al. c, lstMort. bds.69 A. Y. AAewEng...?43 Old Colony 172W Kutlandcommon.... 4S Stocks. Kutland preferred.. 37 Wls.central.com... 16H Wis. Central pf.... 34 AllouezM'gCo(new) 1 Calumet A Hecla....200M Franklin 9 Osceola iil uumcy 4 Bell telephone 237 Boston Land 6X Water Power IU Tamarack 107 San Diego 23X BRITISH IRON. Tbe Ulnrkct Continues Strong nnd Active for Nenrly All Descriptions. bpeclal Report by Cable for the American Manu facturer. London, April 25. Scotch Pig Market octive, with prices strong but irregular. No. 1 Coltness 56s. Od. f. o. b. Glasgow No. 1 Summerlee 55s. 6d. f. o. b. Glasgow No. 1 Gartsherrie 52s. 6d. f. o. b. Glasgow No. lLangloan 55s. 6d. to. b. Glasgow No. 1 Carnbroe 47s. 6d. f. o. b. Glasgow No. IShotts 53s. 6a. f.o. b. Glasgow 20. 1 Glengarnock 52s. Od. atArdrossan. No. 1 Dalmelllngton ...46s. Od. at Ardrossan. No. 1 Eglmton 45s. Od. at Ardrossan. Bessemer Pig An increased demand and prices firmer. West Coast brands quoted at 60s Odfor Nns. 1, 2, 3, f. o. b. shipping point Middlesbrough Pig Market firm, but busi ness less active. Good brands quoted at 38s. 0d.forNo.iL o.b. Splegeleisen Firm market with business good. English 20 per cent quoted at 80s. f. o. b. at works. Steel Wire Bods Market is steady, but de mand moderate. Mild steel. No. 6, quoted at 6 Os. Od. f. 0. b. shipping port. Steel Rails This market continues active, and prices strong. Standard sections quoted at 4 12s. 6d. f. o. b. shipping point Steel Blooms Firm market and demand fair. Bessemer 7x7 quoted 4 2s. 6d. f. o. b. shippingpoint Steel Billets This market continues firm on a good demand. Bessemer (size 2x2) quoted at 4 10s. f. o. b. shipping point Steel Slabs A fair demand and market firm. Ordinary sizes quoted at 4 2s. 6d. f. o. b. shipping point Crop Ends Demand moderate and market firm. Run of the mill quoted at 2 15s. Od. f. o. b. shippingpoint Old Rails Dull market and prices un changed. Tees quoted at 3 7s. 64 and double heads at 3 12s. BitttNaw YnrV. Scrap Iron No change In prices; market slow. Heavy wrought quoted at 2 5s. L o.b. shipping points. Manuf acturedlron Active market andprices strong. Stafford, ord. marked bars(f.o.b.L'pool)8 2s 6d common bars 0 OsOd0 517sCd " blk. sheet singles 0 Os Od 712s 6d Welsh bars. f.o.b. Wales... 5 6s 0d 0 OsOd Steamer Freights Glasgow to New York, 2s. 6d. Liverpool to New York. 9s. Od. THE SHAH OP PERSIA. He Wanted One of Ills Retlnno Hanged to Seo How It Was Done. An Englishman, who now lives in Pitts burg, says he sees by the papers that the Shah of Persia will visit England this sum mer. He remembers when this heathen ruler spent the summer once before in Great Britain. The English haven't any love for him, but for political reasons are forced to humor him. The last time the Shah was In England he occupied Buckingham Palace. When he left the place was in such a filthy con dition that no one could live in for six months afterward. One day the Shah was taken to Newgate and shown the hangman and the apparatus for killing condemned criminals. He ex pressed a strong desire to see a man hanged, out was told they didn't have anybody at the time to send across the river Styx. The Shah suggested that they take one of his retinue, and when they informed him that they didn't do business that way in En gland he got very angry. F0RTIFI1KG THEIR HOMES. Farmers in Fayette County Baying Win chester Rifles. The people in the neighborhood of Mc Glellandtown, Fayette county, where so many robberies have been committed lately, are arming themselves with Winchesters, shotguns, revolvers and other deadly weapons. Every farmhouse has been con verted into a fort, and the travelers passing along the public roads are often frightened to see the barrel of a rifle projecting through a loophole. The two storekeepers in the town have been doing a thriving business selling fire arms. One of them was in the city' yester day replenishing his stock of Winchesters. He says the people are tired of being robbed and will make the hair fly in the future. FREE CITIES NO LONGER. Bremen and Hamburg Incorporated Into the German Custom Service. Washington, April ,26. In a long re port to the State Department upon German trade and commerce, James H. Smith, United States Commercial AgentatMayence, relers to the incorporation into the German customs of the two great ports of Bremen and Hamburg. Mr. Smith says that now the anamoly of cities independent in customs matters and free ports of entry has been done away with, and the entrance of these old free ports into the customs union is another step in the di rection of natipnal consolidation, and will be of much advantage to the country at large. THE STRIKE STILL ON. Carpenters Will Stay Oat ns Lone as the Boodle Lasts. St. Xouis, April 26. P. J. McGnire, Grand Secretary of the Carpenters' and Joiners' Brotherhood, arrived this morning from Philadelphia with $6,000 to aid the striking carpenters. Yesterday the strike was Virtually declared off, but at a secret meeting to-day it was declare'd on again. Secretary McGuire soundly berated the weak-kneed element for their lack of con fidence. , WHAT A, SDRPR1SE. The PenniT Comes Down Since the B. & O. Reaches New York. The Pennsylvania road has reduced the first-class passenger rate from Pittsburg to New York to SlOitt, and the continuous trip tickets to $10. The first-class fare to Philadelphia will be 59, the second class 58, reductions all around ot $2. The new rates will go into effect May 1. B. fcB. See our specials in ladies' gloves. At ?1 Imperial,- real kid, wide em broidery. , At $1 25 Napoleon, real kid, wide em broidery. Both lines in good colors. Bogos & Buhl. LADY CAMPBELL ftAffS Uymorroufs DISPATCH, in which she describes the good work done by EnglUh musical socie ties in awakening a love for music in the mw. - -" DOMESTIC MAEKETS. Tropical Frnils and Applea Liyely Eggs Grow Firmer. NEW OHIO CHEESE TO THE FRONT. Corn HigherOats Dull and Lower Hay Drifting Downward. SUGAR FIRM COFFEE OPTIONS OFF Office of FrrrsBUBa dispatch, Friday, April 2B, 1889. ( Country Produce Jobbing- Prices. Tropical fruits are the most active stuff in produce lines. Fancy apples grow scarce and the drift of markets is upward. Receipts of eggs are falling off and markets are firmer. Choice nearby stock in small lots sold to-day at 12c New cheese begins to show up from Ohio, and a full supply is expected by next week. Prodnce commission men report a quiet trade for Friday. Trade has been fair through the week and fully up to expectations. The lull that follows Easter week has Droved to be not so great as generally anticipated by dealers. Butter Creamery, Elgin, 2728c; Ohio do, 2526c; fresh dairy packed, 2021c; country rolls. 2023c; Chartiers Creamery Co. butter, 2829c. BEAHS SI 751 90. Beeswax :b30c 9 & for choice; low grade, 1820c Cider Sand refined, 16 5007 60; common, S3 504 00: crab elder. 3 008 50 $ barrel; elder vinegar, 1012c ff gallon. Cheese New Ohio cneese, 910c: Ohio cheese, fall make, 1212Kc; New York, fall make, 1212c; Limuiirger, 910c; domestic Sweitzer cheese, Uii3iic. Dried Peas SI 2ol 35 bushel; split do, 2Ji3Kc V B. Eoos llHe Tfi dozen for strictly fresh: goose eggs, 5oc ?l dozen; duck eggs, 18c fl dozen. FRUITS Apples, S2 003 00 $ barrel; evap orated raspberries, 25c $i ft; cranberries, M5 ft barrel, 50c$l 00 per bushel; strawberries, 2535c a quart. Feathers Extra live geese. 50060c; No. 1 do.. 4045c; mixed lots, 80335c Si. Honet New crop. 1617c; buckwheat, 13 015c HOMINT S2 65GJ2 75 3 barrel. Potatoes Poffltoes. 3035c fl bushel; 33 75 4 00 for Jersey sweets; seed sweets, 2 60 2 75. Poultry Live chickens, 75080c ?! pair; undrawn chickens, 10012c $ &; drawn. 14 15c $3 ft; turkeys, 183'Alc dressed. $4 B: ducks, live, 6070c a pair; dressed, 13014c if &; geese, live, SI 001 2o pair. Seeds Clover.choice, 62 lbs to bushel, $0 60 f! bushel; clover.large English, 62 2s,S6 00; clover, Alsike, S8 50; clover, white, S9 00: timothy, choice. 45 E3, SI 65; blue grass, extra clean, 14 Us, SOc: blue grass, fancy. 14 as, SI 00: orchard grass, 14 fts, SI 65; red top, 14 Sis, SI 25: millet, ) lis, SI 00; German millet, 60 Sis, SI 60; Hun garian grass, 50 ft 3, $1 00; lawn grass, mixture of fine grasses, S3 60 fl bushel of 14 fts. Tallow Country, 45c: city rendered, 505&C Tropical Fruits Lemons, fancy, S3 50 5 60 1 box; Messina oranges, S3 0005 00 ?? box: Valencia oranges, fancy, S3 60 07 00 ft case: bananas, S2 60, firsts; SI 50, good seconds. $1 bnncb; cocoanuts, $4 0004 60 J? hundred; new figs, 9010c V pound: dates, h 06c $1 pound. Vegetables Celery, 40050c doz. bunches; cabluee, S3 504 00 f? hundred: new cabbage, S3 0003 60 $1 crate; onions. SI 0001 25 $ barrel; onion sets, fancy Eries. S2 6003 00; Jerseys, S2 0002 50; turnips, 40060c barrel. Groceries. Sugars continue firm, notwithstanding recent rises. Coffee options were a shade lower at New York yesterday, but not enough to affect packages. Green Coffee Fancy Rio, 22023c; choice Rio, 2021c; prime Rio, 20c; fair Rio, 18K19c; old Government Java, 27c, Maracaibo. 22023c; Mocha, SOK031Kc: Santos, 19022: Caracas coffee, 2O022c; peaberry, Rio, 2123c; La guayra, 21022c Roasted (in paners) Standard brands. 24c; high grades. 26028c; old Government Java, bulk, 32K033Kc;Maracalbo,27J02S)c Santos, 22024;; peaberrv. 27c; peaberry Santos, 22024c; choice Rio, 25ke; prime Rio, 23c; good Rio, A;9.2;iUiuiuarjr, Ta- cassia. Ohio. 120. 8Xc; headlight, 150, 6c: water white, 10c: globe, 12c; elalne, 15c; camadine, UKc; royaline, 14c. Syrups Corn syrups, 2629c; choice sugar syrup, 33038c; primesngar syrup, 8033c; strict ly prime, 330ic: new maple syrup, 90c N. O. Molasses Fancy, 48c; choice, 46c; me dium, 43c: mixed, 40042c . Soda Bi-carb in kegs, 3K04e; hi-carb in &, &c; bi-carb, assortea packages. 506c; sal soda in kegs, ljic: do granulated, 2c Caudles Star, full weight, 9c; stearine.per set, 8c: paraffine, 11012c Rice Head, Carolina, 77Kc; choice, 6V0 7c; prime. 6K06Vc; Louisiana. 606Kc Starch Pearl, 3c; cornstarch, 6k7c; gloss starch, 6Ji7c Foreign Fruits Layer raisins, S2 65; Lon don layers, S3 10; California London layers, $2 60; Muscatels, S2 25: Caifornia Muscatels, SI 85; Valencia, new, 607c; Ondara Valencia, 7K8c; sultana, 8Kc; currants, new, 4K0c Turkey prunes, new, 4?i5c: French prunes, 8K013c: Salonlta prunes, in 2-ft packages, 8c; cocoanuts, per 100, S6 00: almonds, Lan., per ft, 20c do Ivica. 19c; do shelled, 40c; walnuts, cap.. 12K015c; Sicily filberts, 12c; Smyrna figs, 12J 16c: new dates, 6K06c; Brazil nuts, 10c; pecans, 11016c; citron, per Si, 21022c; lemon peel, per ft. 13014c; orange peel, 12c Dried Fruits Apples, sliced, per ft, 6c; apples, evaporated, 6V06J4C: apricots, Califor nea, evaporated. Io018c; peaches, evaporated, pared, 22023c; peaches California, evaporated, unpared, 1012c: cherries, pitted, 21022c; cherries, unpittea, 66c; raspberries, evapor ated. 2424kc; blackberries, 708c; huckle berries, 10012c Sugars Cubes, 99Kc; powdered, 90 4c; granulated, c; conlectloners' A. SJSSSJjc: standard A. Ac; soft whites. oSJc: yellow, choice. 7Sc; yellow, good. 77c; yel low, fair, 7c: yellow, dark, TVc Pickles Medium, bbls. (1,200), SI 60; me diums, half bbls. (6U0). $2 75. Salt N o. 1 bbl, 95c: No. 1 ex, f bbl. SI 05; dairy, -a bbl, SI 20; coarse crystal, fi bbl. SI 20; Higgles Eureka, 4 bu sacks, S2 80, Higgin's Eureka, 16-14 ft pockets, S3 00. Canned Goods Standard peaches, Slt3O0 1 90; 2ds, SI 3001 35; extra peaches. SI 5001 90; le peaches, 90c; finest corn, SI 0001 60; Hfd. 0. corn, 70090c: red cherries, 90cSl 00; Lima beans, SI 10; soaked do, 85c; string do do, 760 85c; marrowfat peas, SI 1001 15; soaked peas, 70075c; pineapples, SI 4001 50; Bahama do, 12 75: damson Dluins. 95c: creens-ae'eii. Si 25: 'egg plums, 82 00; California pears, $2 50; do greengages. B W: do egg plnms. S2 W; extra white cherries, $2 90; red cherries, 2 fis, 90c; raspberries SI 4001 60; strawberries. SI 10: gooseberries, SI 2001 30: tomatoes, S2K092c; salmon, 1-&, SI 7502 10; blackberries,' SOc; suc cotash, 2-ft cans, oaketl, 99c; do green, 2fts, SI 2501 60; corn beef, 2-ft cans, SI 75; 14-ft can, S13 50; baked beans. SI 4001 4o; lobster, 1 ft, SI 7501 80; mackerel. 1-fi cans, broiled, SI 50: sardines, domestic Ks. S4 1504 60; sardines, domestic K. SS 2508 60; sardines, imported, ls, Sll 6O01J 60; sardines, imported, s. Slit 00; sardines, mustard, S4 00. sardines, spiced, S4 25. FISH Extra No. 1 bloater mackerel, S3S -p bbl.; extra No. 1 do, mess. $40; extra No. 1 ruackerel.shore, S32; extra No. 1 do. messed. S36: No. 2 shore mackerel. S21 Codfish Whole pollock. 4c $ ft ; do medium, George's cod, 6c; do large, 7c: boneless hake, in strips. 6c: do George's cod in blocks, 6K07Kc Herring Round shore. S5 CO M bbl.; split, $7 00; lake, S3 60 ?? 100-B. half bbl. White fish. S7 a 100-ft. half bbl. Lake trout, $5 50 1 half bbL Finnan haddock, 10c $ ft. Ireland halibut, 13c $ ft. iricKerei. p uarrei, ?3 w; , Darrei. ?u iu. Buckwheat Flour- Wl :?)ft. OATMEAL S6 3006 60 ft bbl. Miners' Oil No. 1 winter strained, 65060c "S? gallon. Lard oil, 75c Grain, Flour nnd Feed. 'Total receipts bulletined at tbe Grain Ex change, 31 ars. By Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne and Chicago, 4 cars of oats, 11 of hay, 3 of flour. By Pittsburg. Cincinnati and St. Louis, 1 car of bran, 6 of oats, 2 of bay, 1 of e. corn. By Pitts burg and Lake Erie, 2 cars of rye, 1 of feed. All cereals are weak excepting corn. Shell corn is strongest. Oats are very dull at a re duction from prices of the past few days. Hay is also reduced owing to too liberal receipts. Flour is easy at quotations, and another drop would not surprise jobbers. Said a leading jobber: "I have found it difficult of late to rocnre a sufficient quantity of fancy patents or the demands of trade. High grade wheat Is scarce and apparently insufficient in quantity for the needs of flour production. Fancyepat entsflnd readiest markets on present down ward drift of wheat and flour. Wheat Jobbing prices No. 2 red. 96097c: No. 3 red, 85088c Corn No. 2 yellow ear, 4142 high mixed ear, 37038c; No. 1 yellow, shelled, 410 42c; No. 2 yellow, shelled. 40041: high mixed, shelled, 39040c; mixed, shelled, 38039c uAio-iiu,niiiw, tiiTfKoc; extra, no. o. NO. 3 white 28W(ffl2flc? No. 2 mixed. 27! (28c YE No. 1 Western. 7075c: No. 2. 551358c Barley No. 1 Canada. 9cV398c; No. 2 Cana da. 85088c; No. 3 Canada, 70072c; Lake Shore, 7SS0c .Flour Jobbing prices, winter patents' So 7606 00: spring patents, S6 0006-25; winter straight, SS 0005 25; clear winter, J4 7505 00: straight XXXX bakers', $4 2504 6a Rye flour. S3 6003 75. mujsEJO Middlings, fine wfcit, (05 000 16 00 ton: brown mlddlmcs, SU 50012 EO; winter wheat bran, S13 00013 50; chop feed, Slo 00016 00. tfl Hay Baled timothy, choice, $14 60014 75; -No. 1 do, $13 60014 00; No. 2 do, $U 0001260; loose jrom waeon, sis umai K do. x upland prairie, $10 6O0U 00; No. 2. S9 60010 00; packing do.$55O065oT Straw Oats. S8UO0825; wheat and rye straw, $7 0007 5008 00. Frovlii!on. Sugar-cured hams, large, 10c; sugar-cured hams, medium, lie; sugar-cured hams, small, HHc; sugar-cured breakfast bacon, 10c: sugar cured shoulders, 8c; sugar-cured boneless shoulders, 9c; sngar-cured California ham. 8c; sugar-cured dried beef flats, 8c; sugar cured dried beef sets, 9Jfc; sugar-cured dried beef rounds, lljc; bacon shoulders, TV; bacon dear sides, 8c; bacon clear bellies, Kc: dry salt shoulders, 6Kc: dry salt clear sides, 7c Mess pork, 'heavy, $14 00: mess pork, family, $14 50. Lard Refined- in tierces, 7c; half barrels, 7c: 60-ft tubs, 7K 20-ft palls. 7c; 50 , ft tin cans, TKc: 3-ft tin pails, 8c; 5-ft tin pails, 7c; 10-ft tin pails, 7c Smoked sausage, long, &c; large, 6c Fresh pork links, 9c Pigs feet, half barrel, $1 00; quarter barrel, SI 90. Dressed Meat. Armour & Co. furnish the following prices on dressed meats: Beef carcasses, 450 to 660 fts, 6Kc: 55U to 650 fts, 6Vc; 650 to750 fts, c Sheep, 8c 1R ft. Lambs, 9c fl ft. Hogs, 6c Fresh pork loins, 9c A SCARCITY OF SUGAR. The Market Very Active and Higher The Trmt Not to be Blamed For some time past tbe Pittsburg wholesale dealers have been lifting their feet to a very altltudinous height against the Sugar Trust. They assert tbe latter is the cause of the flurry in sugar and present high prices. A promi nent broker in sugars, syrups, etc, said to a Dispatch reporter that be bad maintained all along that tbe trust was not at fault, but the foreign dealers in raw material were the direct cause of the advance. Asa substantiation of nis statement the following remarks, emanat ing, as they do, from Mr. E. C. Knight, head of one of the largest Eastern sugar firms in the United States, appear very seasonable and per tinent: "The raw market has advanced at least lc per pound within the last two months, while the refined market has only advanced about lic Granulated, which is now 8c was80ldat7c It will be seen that the refined market has not advanced in proportion to the raw article The latter seems to be scarce in consequence of the short crop in Europe, and particularly in Cuba. It would appear tbatthe very low prices ruling for two years past cur tailed production and stimulated consumption. With tbe prevalence of low prices, the growers in Cuba and tbe West Indies could hardly get enough out of tbe business to live comfortably, and many ceased growing cane I suppose that the high price that sugars are now com manding will, to a degree, check consump tion. That will be something of an offset, but not to a very great extent. It would seem that the market will continue firm till the next crop comes in. That from Cuba will not begin to arrive until next January, and from Demerara some time in the fall. The beet crop I cannot tell about. For several years at the close of the season, during November and De cember, sugars have always been very scarce, aud I presume tbe same condition will obtain this year. The raw crop is shorter this season than for eight or ten years back, and the tend ency In price is upward. "I think speculation has a good deal to do with the advance, as well as scarcity. Parties who have crops have sold perhaps half of their stocks, and are holding on to the other half for higher prices." Yesterday's latest quotations to wholesalers In granulated were: 8Jo in Philadelphia: cut Joaf, 9Kc: crushed, 9&c: powdered. 9Jc; yel low. 7fc f or low grades. The market is still very active, and Indications point to a great scarcity of sugars, owing to the increased de mand and falling off In supply. Wool Market. Philadelphia The market is quiet and prices nominal. St. Louis Wool quiet and steady; demand good but offerings continue very light. New York Wool easvand quiet: domestic fleece 32038c; pulled, 2339c; Texas, 1428c Boston April 26. There has been no im- grovement in the demand for wool this week, ales have been only 1,644.400 pounds of all kinds. Aside from the movement In foreign wool and considerable sales of domestic pulled wool, there has been no activity in any grade. In prices there has been very little change, but concessions would have to be granted If sales were forced. Stocks were smalL Sales ofX Ohio have been reported at 31032c and at XX at 33034c For Michigan fleece there has been a moderate demand, and buyers were ready to pay 2930c Combing and delaine fleeces have been in limited suppl v. with small sales of Ohio fine delaine at 34K3oc. and of unwashed combing at 28c for Missouri, three-eighths blood. Territory wool has been dull at 18 7y au urengn wool moderate saies nave been made of Eastern at 1923c Nothing has been doing in California wools. Pulled wools were sold to the extent of 415,000 pounds, in cluding super at 30038c, and extra at 25028c Metal Markets. New York Pig iron steady. Copper dull and firmer: lake. May. $14 25. Lead steady; do mestic, S3 65. Tin lower; Straits, $20 50. Plates quiet and steady. London Pig tjn Firm market and demand fair; Straits 92 10s Od for spot; futures (3 months) 93 63 Od. Copper This market Is barely steady on a moderate trade: Chili bars are now quoted at 36 17s 6d f or spot, 37 0s Od for future delivery; best selected English, 45. Lead Firm marketand thedemand improving; Spanish quoted at 12 15s Od. Spelter Stead ier market, with more business doing: ordinary Silesian quoted at 17 123 6d. 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