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A WEEK AT LIBERTY.
Transactions in Cattle at the East
7 ', End Live Stock lards.
A SLIGHT DECLINE 15 PRICES.
Slioddj Foot Gear Being Eapidly Forced
V-f Out of the Market.
Chigh license hard on cheap cheese
Office of Pittsburg Dispatch. 1
officer TnCBSDAY. May23,lSK9.J
" Cattle are a shade off lrom last week's
prices. The decline was chiefly on heavy
cattle for which there were lew customers.
A number or loads were shipped to New
York vestcrday. Smooth butchering stock
welchlnc lW to 1.250 about held their own.
There has been a good demand for sheep and
lambs all the week. Supplies of yearlings and
spring lambs were not sufficient to meet de
mands. Receipts of hogs were nearly 6,000 head less
than last week and prices advanced 10 to 15c
For several days there has been little differ
ence between prices at Chicago and East Lib
ertv. The price of tops at Chicago to-dav is
Si 40 to Si 50., a drop of 10c from yesterday.
Kates at Liberty this moraine 'Here the same
as at Chicago yesterday.
Following are returns of the week's transac
tionsjat East Liberty yards:
KECEirrs.
CATTL1.. HOOS SHEEP
Thro', i Local.
Thursday 1,160 .... 4,575 1,090
Friday S.230 S
Saturday. TW 320 1,875 1.130
bunday.....-; 25J : S,!Wi 4,9o0
.Monday 40 100 875 80
Tuesday 40 150 1,125 3.00
"Wednesday W0 20 1,060 2,310
Total 2,400 1,520 15,960 IS, 170
Last week a.:j lsm 21.500 19,400
Previous week.. 3,770j 1.110 17,750 13,1.40
Tbnrsday 21 2,M 710
Friday 1.3W 2,3
Saturday 1,301 217
Mouday. J. 171 3,505 6,053
Tuesday 261 75S 3,833
-edncsdar.... 53 (25 1.838
Total 1,507 10,160 15,175
Lastweck 1777 Tm3 T.Sll! 14,612
ITeTloasweek 1.121 7,CS 11.936
By TclecrnKh-
New Yoee Beeves Receipts, 730 head,
all for exportation; a dozen carloads of sale
cattle were earned over yesterday, and all sold
strong at former prices, including 120 steers at
Si 25i 40 per 100 pounds, and 8 bulls at S3 30;
dressed beef had a fair demand at 6c per
pound for sides, with a little choice selling at
ic Experts. 580 beeves and 1,660 quarters of
beef. To-dav's Liverpool cable quotes Amer
ican refrigerator beef dull and loner at scant
be per pound. Calves Receipts. 1.430 head; a
fair demand and good trade at SI 005 40 per
100 pounds for veals, and S2 703 50 for butter
milk calves. Sheep Receipts, 3.E00 head:
firm at $4 005 00 per 100 pounds for sheep,
H 5065 50 tor vearllnes and $6 00S 00 for
spring lambs. Hogs Recemts, 3.100 head; no
sales alive; nominal value S4 505 00.
Chicago Cattle Receipts. 13,000 head; ship
ments, 6,000 bead; market active and weaker;
beeves, 1 004 S7K; steers, S3 404 15; stock
ers and feeders. w 753 CO; cons, bulls and
mixed, SI 753 SO: Texas steers, S2 753 60.
Hogs Receipts. 18,500 head; shipments. 6,000
head: market weak and 10c lower, closed strong;
mixed SI 254 45; heavy, $4 154 40; light, ?4 25
4 GO; skips, S3 504 10 Sheep Receipts, 4,000
head; shipments, 1,000 head: market steady
to strong; natives, S3 50 4 40; Western, shorn.
S3 654 35; Texans, shorn, S3 003 75; lambs,
S425.
Kansas Cttt Cattle Receipts, 1,354 head;
no shipments; market opened slow and weak;
dressed beef and shipping steers 10c lower:
rod cows scarce; common strong and a shade
higher; stockers and feedinc steers steady;
rood to choice cornfed. S3 854 10; common to
J medium, S3 353 75; stockers and feeding steers.
5,418 head; shipments. 1,563 head: market
steady; good ro choice, S4 2a4 30; common to
medium, S4 054 2a Sheep Receipts, 518 head;
so shipments: market steady; good to choice
muttons, S3 754 25: common to medium, K 50
3 5a
JPx. Lours Cattle Receipts. 700 head; ship
ments, 1,300 head: market steady: choice
-native steers. S3 804 40; fair to good do, S3 20
380; stockers and feeders. S2 103 20;
ranpvs, corn-fed, S2 80ffi3 70; grass-fed. S2 10
QS 25 Hogs Receipts, 4,500 head; ship
ments. 300 head; market lower; choice heavy,
1 S04 40: packing. Si 2004 35: light
grades. Si 3004 40. Sheep Receipts, 1,700 head:
shipments, 200 head; market steady; lair to
choice, S3 00g4 50.
BrjFFAXO Cattle quiet and easy; receipts,
22 loads for sale. Sheep and lambs active: re
ceipts, 4 loads through; 27 sale; sheep un
changed: lambs, spring, S3 505 20; yearlings.
Si 004 50. Hogs fairly active: receipts, 2 loads
through: 15 sale: mediums, S4 505 50; Yorkers,
S4 60; pigs, S4 65.
Cdtcixkati Hogs teas y: common to 1 ight,
S3 754 SO: packing and butchers', S4 204 40;
receipts, 1,100 head; shipments, 900 head.
Driving Ont bboddy Shoes.
A marked feature of the shoo trade which
has been developed by the low prices and close
margins of profit, has been an increasing de
mand for good goods. This has been particu
larly true of rubber goods. For a f ewyears past
there has been a very heavy trade In shoddy
rubber goods, which were utterly lacking in
wearing qualities. A decade ago a pair of rub
ber shoes would last two or tnree winters. Of
late years, by reason of sharp competition and
low prices, a low grade article has been
brought to the front, and two or three pairs of
rubbers a season has become the rule.
The reaction has come, and as trade has been
very much overdone the past year, better
grades are again coming to the front. .
A representative of one of our leading shoe
firms said: "There is a growing demand for a
better grade of rubber goods. While onr trade
has been a disappointment the past winter, so
far as volume is concerned, we find that our
customers demand higher grades of goods than
for many years past. This is not only true of
rubber goods, but of everything in the shoe
line. The depression of trade has given a
black eye to all shoddy goods, and has brought
the genuine article to the front. Depressed
trade and close margins have, therefore, their
beneficial uses. Andnottbe least amongtnese is
the retirement of spurious products to the rear.
"We are having abundant illustrations of
Darwin's theory of the "survival of the fittest'
In all trade lines the past few months. Noth
ine but the best passes muster these times."
The boot and shoe representative quoted
above said: "Our fall orders begin to come in
from Ohio and Indiana, though the home spring
trade still lingers. We cannot say, in truth,
that our business is up to last season. The
freatest decline has been in rubber goods,
here is, however, a good outlook for fall trade.
Orders are earlier than usual. And, if we only
do as well as we did last fall, we will be con
tent, for the year's trade will in that event be a
fair average in volume.
Cheese and License.
"While fresh from the Interview with the
jobber of boots and shoes the commercial
editor encountered a cheese jobber, who talked
in a rather different strain, concerning the in
fluence of low prices, close margins and de
pressed trade. Said he: "I do not recall the
time when markets were so crowded with
poor stuff as during the past few months.
Since so many saloons were knocked out bv
the License Court poor cheese goes begging for
customers. This has led to not a little crook
edness on the part of those who are
loaded with the low grade article. Any amount
of cheese is offered these times for mil cream
which is really made ol skim-milk and cotton
seed oil. The temptation to the averace drum
mer to shade the truth in order to effect sales
is too strong for weak human niture." It is
estimated that one-half of the cheese sold in
ibis market for cream is entirely innocent of
Close margins and depressed trade may bring
the best in most lines to the front, but so far it
has failed to raise cream to the top in cheese
lines. However, the consumer lives and learns,
and the gennine in all lines is sure to win in the
long run. Even cheese must ultimately bow
to this inexorable law.
Dryeoods market.
NEW Yoke. May 23. There was a fair busi
ness with jobbers, but trade at first hands was
almost suspended by the interest concentrated
upon the auction sale of 10.000 cases of colored
cottons, which took place to-day, and which was
attended by a large company of buyers from all
sections of the country. The prices realized at
the sale were verv uneven, Dut the results as a
whole were satisfactory to owners. The trade
opinion is that the sale was a decided success,
prices averaging higher than buyers antici
pated. The general market was without
change.
Metal Market.
Nsw Yobs Pig iron quiet. Copper dull
and easier: lake. May, 112 20. Lead dull and
firmer; domestic. S3 77k. Tin quiet and steady;
iBtralts,C0S5.
MABKETS BY WIRE.
Wheat More Active and Fractionally Higher,
Caused by Fears of Frost Corn and
Oats Pick Up Hob Prod-
nets Steady.
Chicago There was more doing in wneat
to-day and a better feeling existed early. The
opening for July was Kc higher than yester
day's closing, sold both Jc below and c above
opening figures, and closed about c higher
than yesterday's closing, with the feeling
easier. The firmness was attributed to re
ported large export buying at the seaboard late
yesterday, confirmed by more liberal clear
ances, and possibly influenced some by fears of
frost in the Northwest. There was better buy
ing, and in -spite of some rather liberal selling,
the market held up w ell roost of the sessions.
Shorts covered freely. The weather bulletin
indicated higher temperature and advices
also reported weather getting warmer.
A quiet. Ann feeling prevailed in corn. Fluc
tuations kept within Jc range, and the volume
of business was only moderate. There was no
new feature of importance developed, and the
market showed little, if any, change from yes
terday, operations being confined largely to
local traders. The market opened at Jio ad.
vance over the closing prices of yesterday,
eased off c, changed frequently within a
range, and closed jc higher than yester
day. .
In oats a fair business was transacted in June
and Jnly, but other deliveries were neglected,
not enough trades being made to establish quo
tations. A firmer feeling prevailed and prices
advanced slightly.
Quite an active business was done in pork,
and prices ruled with considerable irregularity.
Opening sales were made at 5c decline, bnt tbe
inquiry was sufficiently active to advance prices
37K40c especially for July delivery. Later
the market ruled rather quiet, and prices set
tled back 1012e, and closed comparatively
steady.
A little more life was manifested in the lard
market, and trading was fairly active. The
feeling was easy at the opening, and prices
ruled 2g5c lower. Later the market showed
more steadiness and the decline in prices was
recovered. The demand was mainly from the
short interest.
Speculative trading was brisk In short ribs,
especially during the early part of the day.
Prices were advanced 12loc Later the in
quiry Blackened somewhat, and prices settled
back again 57c and the market closed
steady.
The leading futures raneea as follows
Wheat No. 2 June, 80KSOK80BOUc:
July. 76H7676K76Jc: August, 74744
73-73c; year. 7373K72K72tic.
Corn No. 2 June, 3333?i33633c;
Iuly.3i34K3331c; August, 34K31Jgc
Oats-No. 2 June. 22?2Z2622c;
Jnl. 2222e226225ic.
Mess Pork, per bbl. Jnne, SU 75011 80
11 67Klie7X:July,SH 501I D011501187;
August, sii o(giii weu o?s(aii ou.
LARD, per iuu s j i
ee nraa zma Tn!fR TO
m Ay.u tuv ivy. I
Shout Ribs, per
5 57K570; July, SS 705 85S5 67K5 75; Ao
gUSt, S5 TTJeia SAJOiO obo ktjs.
Casn quotations were as follows: Flour nomi
nally unchanged. No. 2 spring wheat, 81 JSS2Kc;
No. 3 spring wheat, 77Kc; No. 2 red, 81c No.
2eorn.33c fto. 2 oats, 23Vc No. 2 rye,
40c No. 2 barley, nominal. No. 1 flaxseed,
SI 54. Prime timothy seed, 51 S2l 33. Mess pork,
Ser barrek Sll 70ll 75. Lard, per 100 pounds,
i 67K6 70. Short ribs sides (loose). $3 70
57&. Dry salted shoulders (boxed). So 65.
Short clear sides (boxed), S3 65. Sugars Cut
loaf unchanged. Receipts Flour, 11,000 barrels;
wheat, 13,000 bushels: corn, 545,000 bushels: oats,
179,000 bushels; rye, 8,000 bushels: barley, 5.000
bushels. Shipments Flour. 6,000 barrels;
wheat, 33.000 bushels; com. 204,000 bushels: oats.
142,000 bushels; rye. 4.000 bushels; barley. 2,000
busheR
On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter
market was firm; fancy creamerv, 1516c; choice
to fine. 12X14c; fine dairies. 1214c; fair to
good, 810c Eggs firm t 12c -
New York Flour quiet and low grades
stronger. Cornmeal steady and quiet. Wheat
Spot stronger and dull; options less active, and
iic higher, closing weak, exporters selling,
shorts covering. Barley malt quiet; Canada,
90cSl 10 for old and new. Corn Spot weaker
and less active; options opened firmer and dull.
Oats Spot dull and easier; options dull, lower
and weak. Hay quiet and steady. Hops firm
and fair demand. Coffee Options opened
steady atlOglo points up and closed firm at
1525 points up: sales. 36,000 bags, including
Mav. 16.40016 50c; June, lB.4516.50c: July, 16.55
16.60c; August, 16.6516.70c: September, 15.80
fc)16.B5c: October, 16.85S816 90c: November. 16.95c;
December and January, 17 0017.05c; Feb
ruary, 17.10c; March, 17.15; spot Rio
dull: fair cargoes, ISJc Sugar Raw
firm; fair refining fiUc; sales, 6,000
bags centrifugals 96 test, 7io; reflnea firmer
good demand. Molasses Foreign quiet; New
Orleans quiet. Rice Steady and quiet. Cotton
seed oil quiet. Tallow stronger; city, 4 9-16&
Rosin steady. Turpentine quiet and steady,
394S9Kc Eges steady, fair demand; west
ern, 1314c; Pork stronger: mess, S13 25
13 50; extra prime, S12 0012 25. Cntmeats
firm; sales, pickled bellies, 10 pounds average,
7c; 16 pounds, 6c; pickled hams, Uc; pickled
shoulders, S&c; middles quiet: short clear,
S6 4a Lard lower and quiet; western steam,
chieflv for export, part $7 07H, closing at S 07;
city: $6 50; May, 17 03: June, 57 04; July, 87 05
7 06; August, S7 0S7 11, closing at S7 10
asked: September. S7 107 13, closing at $7 12
bid. Butter Extras firm and in demand;
others quiet; western dairy, 9313c: do cream
ery, 1317c: western factory, 8Hc. Cheese
more active and easy: light skims, 6!c.
St. Louis Flour Nothing doing. Wheat
The reports of frost in the Northwest and
large export clearances at the seaboard, sup
plemented by advances elsewhere caused an
advance of c, but the markets weakened
later and closed the same as it opened; No. 2
red, cash, 77c; July, 72"472c, closed at 72"4c;
August, 72a725!723ic, closed at 72Hc asked.
Corn firmer bnt trading very light; No. 2
mixed, cash, 31c: July closed at31Kc: August,
September, 32c Oats strong and higher; No.
2 cash, 25Uc bid; May in demand at TtiKc bid;
June, 23Kc bid: July, 22Jic bid. Rye None
offered; No. 2, 4041c bid. Provisions very
quiet.
CnfcrsHATi Flour quiet. Wheat dull;
No. 2 red, 80c: receipts, 4,500 bushels; ship
ments. 2,700 bushels. Corn firm: No. 2 mixed,
35c. Oats dull; No. 2 mixed, 2627c Rye
firm; No. 2, 48c Pork quiet at S12 00. Lard
easier at So SO. Bulkmeats easy; short rib,
S3 S7X- Bacon easy; short clear. S7 107 2a
Butter dull. Sugar strong. Eggs firm. Cheese
in good demand.
MrXiWAtTKEE Flour steady and dulL Wheat
steady; cash. 75:; June. 76c; July, 76Vc.
Corn unchanged: No. 3, 33Kc Oats steady;
No. 2 white, 2727"a Rye dull; No. L 410.
Barley nominal; No. 2, 51c Provisions firm.
Pork, cash, SU 60; June, Sll 60. Lard, cash,
S6 70; June, Sfl 70. Cheese Cheddars, old, 9
10c
Philadelphia Flour quiet. "Wheat Op
tions nominal, carlots quiet but steady. Corn
Carlots weak, options nominally unchanged.
Oats Carlots quiet bnt firm, futures quiet and
steady. Eggs steady; Pennsylvania firsts, 14c
Baltimore Provisions dull. Butter firm:
creamery, 17lSc Eggs teady at 12&)12c
Coffee steady; Rio, fair, 18c
Toledo Cloverseed nominal; cash, H 25.
PITTSBDEG IRON.
Prices to be Advanced br tbe Curtailment of
Production.
A broker yesterday outlined the situation
thus: "I think prices will firm up in a short
time. I think so for the reason that production
will be curtailed. This will be brought about
by a strike. The workers will demand an ad
vance which the masters will not concede.
Several of the Eastern mills have been closed,
and a decrease in tbe output is already notice
able This will go on until supply and demand
are somewhat equalized. Then will come higher
prices."
FID Iboh Neutral Gray forge, SIS 7514 00;
cash; wtite and mottled, $13 0013 6u, cash,
all ore mill. S14 7515 25, cash; No. 1 foundry,
S16 001650, casb;No.2foundry.Si61550,cash;
No. 2 charcoal foundry, S21 50J2 00, cash:
No. 3 foundry, $14 50Q14 75; cold blast charcoal,
S24 0029 00, cash; Bessemer iron, $16 OOglo 25,
cash.
Febbo-Maxgakes Eighty per cent, $55 00
56 00; speigel-eisen, $2S 0028 50 f or 20per cent
cash.
Manufactured teoiT Bars, SI 701 75, 60
days, 2 per cent off.
Muck Bab $26 50.
Billets Bessemer steel, J27 00 cash; nail
slabs, $27 7528 00; domestic bloom and rail
ends. S19 0019 50.
Nails Carlots 12d to 40d, $185, 60 days; 2
per cent off for cash.
Wrought Iron Pipe Discounts on steam,
gas and water pipe: black, to 1-inch, 55 per
cent, 1H to 12 inches, 67; galvanized, V. to
1-inch, 47H per cent; IX to 12 inches, 65 per
cent; oil well casing, 60 per cent; 5 inch cas
ing, 37J per net foot; 2-inch tubing, 13c; boiler
tubes, 02, and oil well casing, 60 per cent off
large lots.
Mebchant Steel Tool, SJ$c; crucible
spring, 4c; crucible machinery. 5c; open
hearth machinery. 2c
Rail Fastenings Spikes, 2c per pound,
30 days; splice bars. L60L70c per pound; square
nut trackbolts. 2.75Z85c and hexagon nut.2.90
2.95c t o. b. Pittsburg.
Old Rails American tees, $22 00; steel
do, $17 0017 25 for short, $18 50 for long.
Steel Rails Heavy sections, $2728 cash,
at works.
Scrap Ibon No. 1 wrought, $1819 pernet
ton; cast scrap, $15 5016: wrought turnings. $13
14. net: cast borings, S1213, gross: car axles,
$25 0025 50, net; old car wheels, $18 0018 50,
gross; rail ends, $17 25; bloom do, $19 50, cash.
Skelp Iron Grooved sizes, $1 65, cash:
sheered, 2c
Wool Marker.
St. Louis Receipts, 179,557 pounds.
The
market is steady and unchanged and the de
wanu kvuu.
I
THE
DMGEES OF DELAI.
How a Gentleman Hissed a Good
Bargain by Being Too Slow.
THAT DIAMOND STREET RAILWAY.
A Local Banker Scans the Horizon and Dis
covers No Signs of a Storm.
A BEEATHESQ SPOT AT WILDW00D
The following incident shows that delays
are dangerous in real estate, as in other
things:
"I have considered the matter and be
lieve I will take the lot at Oakland yon
offered me a week ago," remarked a gentle
man to a real estate agent yesterday.
"Oh, you are too late. I sold it yester
day I told you it was a bargain, but you
thought differently. I offered it to you
for , a very low price. I sold it at a
handsome advance. Tour refusal was a
good thing for the owner, as well as for
me."
"Just my luck. I always was too slow," sol
iloquized the disappointed man, as he left the
office
There was an informal conference yesterday
between Diamond street property h olders ana
the Board of Viewers appointed by Councils,
concerning which a gentleman who is inter
ested in the result said: "I notice that the
bugaboo of a railway bobbed up as an argu
ment against the improvement. This is going
out of the way to find an objection. I feel en
tirely safe in saying that there will be no car
tracks on that street. The sentiment against
it is very strong, and will bo still stronger w hen
the street is widened, as I believe It will be, be
cause public necessity demands it. In dis
cussing the question of improvement, there
fore, the railway should be left out, and atten
tion given solely to the question of damages:
and in dealing with this Important point of the
subject, property holders should consider the
benefits as well as damages to accrue, and tem
per their demands accordingly. It is almost
certain that the improvement will enhance tfco
valne of property on the street and in the vi
cinity from $2,000 to $3,000 a foot, which should
more than meet all reasonable damages. Both
sides should have a full and careful hearing
before any other action is taken. The more it
is discussed the more clearly will it appear that
the Improvement is necessary. I take no stock
in the statementthat it is a money making
scheme I know better."
Work has been commenced on the pumping
station for tbe Wilkinsburg water works, at
"Wlldwood. The reservoir Will receive atten
tion a little later on. It is the intention to
make the ground around it available and at
tractive as a public resort by planting trees
and shrubbery and erecting several handsome
fountains. The company informed a citizen of
Swissvale yesterday that they expected to sup
ply that place with water by August L It will
be carried to Wilkinsburg somewhat earlier.
In regard to the possihjlity of an era of wild
speculation growing out of the superabundance
of idle capital at all of the commercial centers,
as suggested by a New York paper, a Wood
street banker said yesterday: "I think the pos
sibility Is so remote tbat it will not materialize.
1 see no signs of It here. Costly experience
has learned our people a lesson that they are
not likely to forget. In 1873 they were wild.
They "bought anything and everything. Over
production was enormous. Millions upon mill
ions of money was tied up in unproduc
tive railroads and other property.. This mado
a crash inevitable. They are not doing that
way now, bnt are proceeding slowly and cau
tiously. Unknown or doubtful securities are
left severely alone, as the daily stock reports
show. Large amounts of money are being in
vested in real estate, bnt as it has a certain
fixed value and is marketable at any time, it
involves no great risk, to say the worst. It is
part of my business to examine the financial
indications. X have done so this season very
carefully, and can see no signs of a coming
storm. Business is being conducted on a sound,
conservative basis, and it is exceedingly active
for tbe season, the volume for the expired por
tion of tbe year being nearly $30,000,000 larger
than for tbe corresponding period in 1SS8. We
have everything to hope for and nothing to
fear."
Here Is something for Pittsburg people to
think about. Jackson, 111., is supplied with
artificial gas at 40 cents a thousand for lighting
purposes and 30 cents for fuel. The gas is made
from slack coal by a new process, and the in
ventors offer to supply Chicago at 23 cents a
thousand, and say they could afford to give
gaslight to every house, office and factory in
tbe city for nothing if they would use fuel gas
at 40 cents a thousand.
A WAITING MAEKET.
Stocks Moving Slowly Strong and Weak
Spots Bearish Tactics.
The stock market yesterday was neither ac
tive nor buoyant. Nearly all tbe business, what
there was of it, was transacted at the morning
calk when 350 shares changed-bands. The only
transaction in the afternoon was the sale of 60
shares of Philadelphia Gas. The market
opened weak for most of the list and closed
the same way. Nearly all the brokers bad or
ders for something, but the drift being in their
favor they concluded to hold off in the hope of
doing better.
Philadelphia was fractionally lower. People
are waiting to see what tbe quarterly dividend
will be. whether 2 or 3 per cent. Wheeling Gas
slightly higher and firm. The other gassers
were dull and featureless. Citizens' Traction
sold at 70W, and Central at 29V. The best
features of tbe market were Pittsburg and
Western and Switch and Signal, both of which
made material advances and closed strong at
the best prices. Bids, offers and sales follow:
MOEMXG. ATTZBNOON.
Bid. Asked. Kid. Asked.
Pitts. Fet.S.&M.Ex.. 460 500
Commercial N. Bank 105"
Exchange N. Bank. 81 ....
Fourth Sat. Bank 124 126
People's Nat. Bank.... ISO
Third 1 at. Bank 160 163
Enter'se bay's. All'gy 47 .... 4g ....
Pitts. Gas Co tSU
Chartlen Val. Has Co. S1T....
Philadelphia Co &H $X 36M 36
Wheellnr fc- B 30 S
"Washington OirCo.... 72)4
Central Traction 29j -JSH 29 V
CiOiens'Tractlon 7" .... 70
rittsbuw iTaction.... 53 53J4
Pitts. June li. B. Co.. 26K
Wtts. & Western K B. 11 I3 13 13K
P. &W. B. B. pref.... S2U 22 22J? 22
LaNorla Mining Co... li l)J i y$
Bilverton Mining-Co 1
Westlngbouee Electric KM 53 MK 57
U. bwitch A Sljrnal Co. 24J( 25 24 25
V. 8. & Big. Co. pfd 55
Westlnc'seAlrtf. Co.. 016 117
Westlng'se B. Co. Un. 64
Pittsburg Plate Ulass.. 175 185
Ex-dividend.
The morning sales were 10 shares of Citizens'
Traction at 70; 30 Electric 63.10 at 62; 60
Central Traction at29?; 25 Wheeling Gas at
30J4: 25 Philadelphia Gas at 36K: 10OS. O..80
days, at 36K. and 100 Pittsburg and Western
Common at 13.
The only sale in the afternoon was of 60
shares Philadelphia Gas at 36
Tbe total sales of stocks at .New York yes
terday wero 402,920 shares, including Atchison,
43.1S5; Canada Southern, 4.082; Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western, 29,516; Delawareand
Hudson, 3.368: Lake Shore. 15,673; Northwest
ern, 14,555; Northern Pacific, 3,750; Northern
Pacific preferred. 4,250; Reading, 20,350: Rich
mond and West Point, 4,500; St. Paul. 121.520;
Union Pacific, 18,232; Western Union, 14,295.
WISE FE0M EXPERIENCE.
The People Too Cnntlona to Enter Into
Wild Speculation.
Tho local money market was quiet and easy
yesterday, there being no change in rates, and
routine business showing about tbe same vol
ume and features of the previous days of the
week. Some fears being expressed that the
abundance of idle capital might lead to a craze
for speculation, a banker of long experience
said bo did not look for anything of the kind,
for tee reason tbat people had grown cautious
from experience and were not disposed to in
vest in anything tbat did not rest upon a sub
stantial foundation. The clearings were $1,05L
643 97, and the balances 5263,703 85.
Money on call at New York yesterday was
easy at 22K Per cent- ,a,t loan 2, closed
offered at 2. Prime mercantile paper, 8
5K. Sterling exchange dull but steady at
$4 87i for 60-day bills and $4 88JJ for demand.
Government Bonds.
TJ.'B.44s. reg...
U. 8. 4&S. coup
U. S. 4s, Kg.....
PITTSBURG. DISPATCH,
U.S.4J. coup 129K1X
Bid.
Currency, Bpercent 1895 reg JJ'H
Currency, epercent, 1896 reg Jfj
Currency, 6per cent, 1807 reg rn
Currency, Bpercent, 1898 reg.... ijj .
Currency, Bpercent. 1899 reg !
Government and State bonds were firm and
quiet."
New YOEK-Clearings. $124,217,932; balances,
S5.462.327.
Boston Clearings, $13,997,082; balances, 81,
666,894. .Money IK percent.
Phtlvdelphia Clearings, 811,650,782; bal
ances, $2,028,817.
Baituiobe Clearings, $1,675,773; balances,
8450,363.
London The amount of bullion withdrawn
from tbe Bank of England on balance to-day is
11,000. The bullion in the Bank of England
increased 392,000 during the past week, ine
proportion of the Bank of England's reserve to
liability is now 42.16 per cent.
Paris Three per cent rentes, 87f 35c for
the account. The weekly statement or tne
Bank of France shows an increase of 1L2io,uuui
gold and 6,175, OOOf sliver.
Chicago Money unchanged. Bank clear
ings, $10,991,000.
St. Loots Clearings, $3,089,869; balances,
5739,548.
OIL STRONGER
Tho Balls Hnppv Over a Little Boom A
Broker Talks.
The oil market was strong and moderately
active yesterday. Tho opening sale was made
at S3c Jc better than the close of the previous
day. It then dropped, under liberal offers, to
82c, from which point it quickly rallied and
reached BSc In the afternoon it was ham
mered down to 82Jc, bnt in the last hour the
market gradually improved and touched 83c.
the best figure of the day. from' which it soon
receded to 83c, which was the final quota
tion. A conservative broker said: "I consider the
prospect good for a slightly higher market to-.,
morrow, i aon'c ininK me present ii-
will hold. It does not seem to possess the ele
ment of permanency for the reason that, in my
opinion, it has not quite touched bottom. 1
think it will do that in Jnne, and about July 1
or a little later it will get ou its feet again and
move upward. I do not think tbe Standard
guarantee of 90c for 3.000,000 or 4,000,000 barrels
will have much influence either way. The
quantity is too small to either bull or bear the
market. The advance, if there should be one,
as 1 expect, in July or August, will be due to
the shortage in certificates and improved de
mand. I think we may look for considerable
outside support about the time indicated."
Features of the Market.
Corrected daily by John M. OaKiey & Co , 43
Sixth street, members of the Pittsburg Petro
leum Exchange.
Opened 83 (Lowest SMi
Highest 83JSlClosed 83H
Barrels.
Average runs t$i?
Average shipments Si'iS
Average charters ,IjS
Clearings ilHOOO
Refined, New York, 6.85c
Ileflnei', London, 5 7-164.
Refined, Antwerp, UHl J
Kenned. Liverpool, 6Xd. . .
Carrying, ew York. Sic premium: Oil City flat;
Bradford Bat; Pittsburg, lie premium.
A. B. McGrew & Co. quote: Puts, 82c; calls,
84c
Other Oil Markets.
On, Citt. May 23. National transit cer
tificates opened at 83c; highest, 83Kc; low
est, S2Jic; closed, S3c
TrrwvnxK. May 23. National transit cer
tificates opened at 83e: highest, 83Jo; lowest,
82c: closed, 83c
Bbadford. May 23. National transit certi
ficates opened at 83c; highest, 83c; lowest,
82?fc; closed, S3Xc
New Yoke, May 23. Petroleum opened
steady at 83c, and after a slicht decline became
strong and advanced to 84c on covering by
nervous shorts. A slight reaction followed, on
which the market closed steady at 83Mc Sales,
692,000 barrels.
PICKING TBElt UP.
Wideawake People Secure n Few Snaps in
Rent Estate.
Samuel W. Black & Co., 99 Fourth avenue,
sold for O. K. Gardner to John S. Murray the
property No. 152 Third avenue, opposite the
new postofBce, being a- lot 21x90, with a three
story Drlck store and office building, for $20,000.
This is the second sale made by this firm of
property facing tbe postofBce in the last four
months. They also sold for $6,750 another of
those very desirable eight-room brick dwell;
ings ou the east "side of Oakland square, Four
teenth ward. Mr. George W. McClure, the
well-known manufacturer, is the purchaser,
and will move into the square at once.
John F. Baxter, 512 Smithfield street, sold a
lot on the south side of Bennett street, in the
Bank of Commerce addition, Brnshton station,
No. 249, size 40x137 feet to an alley, to Henry
Walsh, for $800.
Black & Batrd, No. 95 Fourth avenue, sold
for Grant "Van Gorder, Esq., a lot on the north
side of Bayard street, Sbadyside, near Bidwell
street, 50x181 feet, for $2,250.
L. O. Frazier, corner Forty-fifth and Butler
streets, sold for tbe Gross estate lot 20x100 feet
to a 20-foot alley, situated on the east side of
Edmond street, near Fenn avenue. Twentieth
ward, to Nancy Lemmon, for $500.
J. R. Cooper fc Co., 107 Fourth avenue, sold
for George S. Martin In the Maplewood Park
plan, Wilkinsburg, lot No. 153, fronting 40 feet
on Fabnestock avenue by 150 feet to Singer
street, for $400, to Perry Hawk; also lot No. 37
in the same plan, fronting 40 feet on Coal
street by 120 feet to Washington lane, to id
ward J. Repp, for S400. The last named pur
chaser will build at once.
J. B. Zimmerman, 101 Fourth avenue, sold to
Mrs. Mary A. Dally lot No. 65. 50x200, in the
Bailey A Moon plan No. 2, at Reftectorville, for
$200; alio lots Nos. 60, 67 and 68 in plan No. 1,
same place, to Thomas O'Riley, and to W. F.
Butler lot 89. 60x200, in plan No. 1, at Reflector
viIle.forS200. Kelly & Rogers sold lot 25x135 on Bennett
street. Twenty-first ward, for Samuel Kelly to
Alfred Beam, for $500; also lot, 26x120 on Broad
street, to John Witzel for $650. They also
placed a mortgage for $1,000 on East End prop
erty at 6 per cent.
Thomas McCaffrey, S509 Butjer street, sold
for Baird Bros, to E. F. McCafferty lot 20x100
on Keystone avenue, near Filty-third street,
for $650.
REACTIONS STOCKS.
The Bullish Feeling Too Strong to be Re
sisted and Everything Moves Up St.
Panl the Great Feature Bonds
, firm and Animated.
New York, May 2a The transactions in the
stock market to-day were the largest for any
day lor a long time, and the strength of tbe
market was in keeping with the amount of tbe
trading. There was a feeling that a reaction
was due among tbe local traders, and to the
efforts of that class of operators to bring about
a decline some hesitation in the forenoon was
due, but the general bullish feeling was so
strong and the advances made by the leading'
shares so material that all opposition to the up
ward movement was overcome, and the entire
list moved up in unison after 12 o'clock.
St Panl was by long odds the great feature
of the day, and it furnished nearly one-third of
the entire transactions in the listed stocks.
The buying which has been so conspicuous
in the stock for the past week was continued
this morning, and while the rest 'of the list
hesitated and even went back small fractions
it steadily and rapidly advanced, and before
noon had gained 1 per cent. Alter that it re
acted somewhat, but again gathered strength
in the last hour and moved up i per cent
further, closing at its best price and the high
est for the stock in many months. There were
several stories to account for tbe heavy trading
and large advance in tbe stock, but the general
Impression is that the Chicago party is accu
mulating the stock on inside information of
future developments in the property. There
was an urgent demand for tbe stock in the loan
crowd this morning and it commanded a pre
mium for use at one time of three-sixty-f ourihs
of 1 per cent per diem, though this rate was
afterward reduced. There was talk of a cor
ner in the stock similar to tbatln Transconti
nental, and the foreigners were sellers of the
stock on sellers' options almost all day long,
though the aggregate of such sales was not
proportionately large.
The general list after 12 o'clock began to
move upward and Atchison. Burlington, Rock
Island, Union Pacific and the Vanderbilts in
turn came to the front and were materially ad
vanced. In tbe forenoon, however, beside St.
Paul tbe trust shares in the unlisted depart
ment were very heavily traded in and Bugar
trusts lose 1 and lead trusts 1. The latter
continued active up to the rclose. The rest of
the shares in the unlisted department were
quite neglected, but after Cotton Oil, Bruns
wick was most prominent and closed at 22.
The news of the day was almost Invariably of
a favorable nature, and tbe utterances at
tributedto Mr. Armour were particularly cal
culated to encourage tho hull element. Some
gold was engaged for shipment on Saturday,
utitbad no effect upon the list whatever.
Among the coal stocks, Delaware and Hndson
and Lackawanna were quite prominent, and
both were materially higher at the close, which
were active and higher at the best prices of the
day. ' The active list is almost invariably
FRIDAY, MAT 24,
higher. Sr. Paul is up VA, Lackawanna 1.
St. Paul preferred 1& Rock Island ljf, Atcn
son VH and Lake Shore L
Railroad bonds maintained their animation
and pronounced strong tone to-day, and al
most everything traded in is higher this even
ing. Tbe sales of all issues were $2,038,000. of
which Denver and Rio Grande vVestem lsts
contributed 8102.000 and the Ft Worth and
Denver lsts $101,000. The most marked gains
are Keokuk and Des Moines lsts, 2, to 105K;
St. Paul and Mineral Point 5s, , to 105, and
Spokane lsts, 2M. to 108 .
The following table snows tbe prices of active
stocks on tbe New York Stock Exchange.
Corrected aallj for The Dispatch by Whit
ney Stephenson, members of ftew York
Stock Exchange, 67 Fourth avenue:
raos-Open-
High- Low- Ing
Inir. est est Bids.
Am. Cotton Oil XX 58
AtCH., Top. & S. jr.... -UH 46 44K 453
Canada Southern 63)4 MH 53H 54
Central of New jersey.lOlW 102 101K 101
CentraU'aclflc i
Chesapeake & Ohio ... 185 18J 18 18
C.. Bur.4Qulncy...llW6 103J4 102X 103M
C, Mil. Jfc St. Paul.... 70 7 70 71
C, -.lU.JtStl".. pr... .1154 116K 1U 1UH
C, K0CKL4P OS W)i 7 S9J4
C, St. L. & Pitts 17
C., St L.& Pitts, pf. 40J4
C.. St. P.. M.&U...... 36)4 37 366 36
C, St. P..JI. SO., pr. 9.S. 99)4 99)4 99
C & -Northwestern.. ..111)4 UlJa UVi 13?
C.A .Northwestern, pt - 142)4
CO. C&I 69X 69X 69)4 69
Col. Coal A Iron 26
Col. & HocMng Val .. 18 18K 18 1S)4
Del.. L. ftW. I4H4 H2K 141 1422
Del. & Hudson 139)4 141H 139)4 1V)H
Denver4KloO - i 17
Denver &KIo.. or. 47V(
E.T., Va,&Oa 9 9S )4
E.T.,Va. tOalst pr.. 734 734 73 73
E. 1.. Va. & Oa. 2d pf. 23)
Illinois Ceninl 117 117 116K 116
Lake Erie Western.. W4 18 182 18V
Lake Erie A West pr.. 59 m 59) 59H
Lake Shore & M. S 104)5 105 IM1 WM
LOulsvnie&NashvUle. 7 6s)4 6i 68),
Michigan Central 83 893 89 89J4
Mobile 4 Ohio It 1V4 11
Mo., K.. ftTexas US lit H3 M
Missouri raclflc 74i$ 1A 'Vi 'Vi
Kewiork Central 107f 108)4 107H 1084
A. Y.. L. E. & W 2SJ( 29 28M 28S
K.Y., L. E. AW., pref 70.,
Jt. Y C. AStLV..... 16)4 17 16)4 16H
Y.. U. A St. L. pr. 70)4
N.Y.. C. ASt.L.2dPf 38V5 37)4 36! J7
H. YAK. E 45 45& 45X 45
A. Y.. O. A W... 165S
Aorfolka Western 15'
Northern Pacific 28)4 28 28 28J
Nortneru Paclflo Drof. G3 6.S 63 64
Ohio A Mississippi... . 23 23 22 22
Oregon improvement S3 53 55 55
Oregon transcon T6H 36J4 3054 36&
PaclflcMall 37! 37)4 M 7H
Feo. Dec. A Evans 25 25 25 25)4
Phlladel. & Beading.. 46 47)4 46)4 47
Pullman Palace Car.. .191 191 191 191
Klchmona AAV. P. Ti. 28 26Mj 25 26
Mchmond A W.P.T.pf SIX 833? 83)4 83M
St. .Paul A Dulutu So); 16)4 H 36
Bt. i-anl A Duluth pf. 85
St ir Minn. A Man 1004
St. L. & San Fran 22)4
St L. A San Fran pr.. 694 E9K 59)4 59
St. L. A San JC.lst pf. 10X
Texas Pacific 22 22)4 21 21b
Union I'aclflc BlJ el 604 01)4
Wabisn 16i 16 16X IS
Wabash preferred 29k 2US 29!4 28)4
Western Union 87)1 M "I ""
Wheeling A L. E GO'S 66M 66 64
National Lead Trust.. 22)4 23)4
Ex-dlvldend.
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 Itatlroad .. 53 53H
Reading Railroad 23K 23 9-10
Butlalo. Pittsburg and Western lOV 11
Lehigh Valley 53V4 533
Lehigh Navigation 62 63
Allegheny Valley bonds 113)4
Pittsburg. Clnn. A St, L. bonds. ...MS
V. Co. "sNew Jersey 223 ....
Northern I'aclflc 28)4 23
Northern Paclflo preferred 64) 64)4
Boston
Atch. AToc..lst7s. 116 V
Atch.Alon.lt It.. 46
Boston A Albany.. .214
Boston A Maine. ....184
C. H. 103X
Clnn. San. A Clove. 24)4
Easterns. B 85
Eastern K. B. 6s... J2t
Flint A PereM 31
EUntAPereM. pfd. 98),
Mexican Cen. com.. 14H
M. C, IstMort. bda. 71 S
. V. ANewEne... 45
N. Y. AN. E.7S....123
Ogd.AL. Cham, com. 5
Stocks.
Old Colony. 174
ttutiana prererrea.. 39
Wis. Central, com... 17)4
Wis. Central pt... 41
A llnna M e-CAfnawf 1
Calumet A Hecla. ...217)4
uuron 1)2
Osceola, 10
Pewablc (new) 2
Qulncr 64
Hen Telephone aa
Boston Land 6)4
&Lir Pftwer 7
Tamjtraftt 109
San Diego 25
Mining Stocks.
NEWYOBK.May 23. Amador, 100;Bodle. 140;
Consolidated California and Virginia, 762; Com
monwealth, 400: Dunkin. 120; Deadwood T, 125;
Eureka Consolidated, 170: El Cristo, 120: Hale
ANorcross, 400; Homestake, 800; Horn Silver.
105; Iron Silver, 175; Mexican, 350; Mono, 140;
Mutual, 140; North Belle Isle.100; Ontario, 3,400;
Ophir, 435; Plymouth, 1000; Savage, 230: Sierra
Nevada. 270: Standard, 100: Sullivan Consoli
dated, 120: Union Consolidated. 350; Yellow
Jacket, 400.
EECEKT INYEflTIOHS.
Tho List ot Patents Jnst Granted in Penn
sylvania and Ohio.
The following is the list of patents issued
to Pennsylvania and Ohio inventors on
Tuesday, May 21, as furnished byO. D.
Levis, patent attorney, 131 Fifth avenue,
Pittsburg, Pa.: .
James W. Alfred, Wall, dumping car; John
S. Bailey. Buckingham, highway sign; Charles
A. Behlan, Cincinnati, vehicle spring; W. J.
Boda, Dayton, doorhangmg; W. J. Boda, Day
ton, finishing of house interiors: W. J, Bokel,
Philadelphia, gas or lamp bracket; Hu
bert Bore, Philadelphia, candle guard;
Patrick Bradley, Harnsburg, hydrant casing;
R. L. Breth, New Washington, car coupling; J.
H. Buettner. Cincinnati, sash fastener; H. C.
Crowell, Erie, friction clutch; Ira Culver,
Cleveland, drill gauge; Elijah Dainty, Coal
Bluff, gripper for cables: M. J. Daly, Pittsburg,
elevator hatchway; A. M. Dunnwicn, Wilkes
barre, steam boiler; James M. Dodge, Phila
delphia, conveyor; Cyrenis Ellis, New Martens
burg, O.. lifting device: Edward Fales, Cleve
land, device for starting cars; J. M. Goodwin,
Sharpsville, dumping car: P. R. Grabill, Mll
lersburg, grain weighing scales: J.
A. Hamer. Reading, forging machine:
G. H. Harvey, Pittsburg, furnace and appara
tus for producing and burning gaseous vapors;
H. S. Janke, Dayton, folding paper bucket; C.
S. Jenkins, Landsdail, exhibiting apparatus;
Cheney C. KUburn, Philadelphia, apparatus
for extingnishing fires; Louis P. Long, Alle
gheny, boot and shoe sole protector; Arnold
Pablorn, Philadelphia, rocking chair; James
D. Roth, Nazareth, hub for vehicle wheels; W.
R. Thomas, Catasauqua, magnetic ore separa
tor; J. C. White, Swatara, anchoring device; D.
A. Wiant, New Bethlehem, clock frame: J. E.
Woll. Pittsburg, machine for grinding shovel
blanks.
A Masonic Dlqner.
The Masons will have another feature for the
dedicatory exercises of Freemasons' Hall, on
Fifth avenue. They have decided as a. fitting
conclusion to the services on St John's Day.
Jnne 24, to tender a dinner to the Grand Lodge
of Pennsylvania. The dinner will be given in
tbe new banquet hall, and the sale of tickets
will be limited to 250.
A Month's Luxury for 2 Cents.
For 3 cents Colgate Co ,55 John st,N. Y.,
will mail you a sample of Demulcent Shaving
Soap.
When baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
When she had Children,shegare them Castoria
ap9-77-3nvrau
Tl ONEY TO LOAN -
On mortgages on improved real estate in Bums
of $1,000 and upward. AppW at
DOLLAR SAVINGS BANK,
mh4-34-i No. 124 Fourth avenue.
512 AND 514 SMITHFIELD STREET,
3PITTHBTJIS43, T.A..
Transact a General BanMii Business.
Accounts solicited. Issue Circular Letters
of Credit, for use of travelers, and Commer
cial Credits,
IN STERLING,
Available in all salts of the world. Also issue
Credits
IN DOLLARS
For nse in this country, Canada, Mexico, "West
Indies, South and Central America.
ap7-91-MWP
BROKERS FINANCIAL.
"Yy"HlTNYfcSTETSENSON,
7 FOURTH AVENUE.
Issue travelers' credits throngh Messrs. Drexel,
Morgan fe Co.. New York. Passports procured.
ap28-l
GEORGE T. CARTER,
6 PER CENT GOLD INVESTMENTBONDS,
611-515 Hamilton Building.
mylO-70-D Pittsburg, Pa.
1.IL1&WMI,
1889.
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
Choice Strawberries in Demand, Low
Grades Not Wanted.
CABBAGE DULL, APPLES FIRMER.
Corn Tending Downward, Oats and Choice
Hay Steady.
WHEAT AND FLOUR H0YIKG SLOWLY
Office of Ptttsbu"ki Dispatch,
THTKSDAT.May23,1889. i
Country Produce Jobbing Prices.
An improved demand for creamery bntter is
reported. Eggs are active, with 14c as the out
side for job lots. New Ohio cheese Is easy. A
glut of low grade strawberries from Tennessee
is reported. Choice berries find ready sale at
15 to 20c, while lower grades are slow at one
half these figures. Cabbage is dull. Apples
are firm. Good stock Is about done. Tomatoes
from Florida are coming in freely and are in
good demand. A Liberty street firm received
to-day a carload of fine rose potatoes from
Florida which found ready sale at S5 50 to S6.
Butteh Creamery, Elgin, lfl20c; Ohio do,
1718c; fresh dairy packed. 1415c; country
rolls, 1314c; Chartlers 'Creamery Co., 19c
Beans l 75l 8a , ,
Beeswax 2830c ttforcholcejlowgrade,
18fi0c
Cideb Sand refined. S8 507 50; common,
83 504 00; crab cider, $8 0008 50 f! barrel;
cider vinegar. 1012c V Rallon.
CHEESE New Ohio cheese, 99c; jsew
York, new. 10KUc; Limburger,910c; domes
tic Sweitzer cheese, 9K12Kc.
Dried Peas SI 251 35 fy bushel; split do,
23i3V'c sa ft.
Eoos 1414Kc p dozen for strictly fresh;
goose eggs, 30c fl dozen.
Fruits Apples, S2 503 50 1 barrel; evap
orated raspberries, 25c 1 ft: cranberries, $4o
5S barrel, 60c$l 00 ?1 bushel; strawberries, 15Q
lBc ft quart; pine apples, SI 251 75 n dozen.
Feathees Extra live geese, 50&60c; No. 1
do. 4045c; mixed lots, S035c lb.
Honey New crop, 1617c; buckwheat, 13
15c
HominT S2 652 75 IS barrel.
Potatoes 3540c $ bushel; Bermuda pota
toes, S8 008 60 ft barrel; new Southern pota
toes, S5 005 50 j barrel.
Poultey Live chickens, 6575c per pair;
undrawn chickens, 1012c V ; drawn, 14
15c w B: turkeys. 1820c dressed ? ft; ducks,
live, 6070c pair; dressed, 1314c $ fi; geese,
live, $1 0031-25$ pair.
Seeds Clover, choice, 62 is to bushel. So 60
1 bushel: clover, large English, 62 tts, $6 00;
clover, Aliske, S8 60; clover, white. S9 00; tim
othy, choice. 45 lbs, $1 65; blue grass, extra
clean, 14 lis, 90c; blue grass, fancy, 14 fts, SI 00;
orchard grass, 14 Bs SI 65; red top, 14 Bs, SI 25;
millet, 60 Bs, SI 00; German millet, 60 Bs,
SI 50; Hungarian grass. 60 Bs. SI 00; lawn
grass mixture of fine grasses, 52 50 1 bushel of
14 fig.
TALLOW Country. 45c; city rendered,
55fc.
Tropical Fruits Lemons, fancy, S5 500
6 00 ft box; Messina oranges. S4 60S5 60 V
box; Valencia oranges, fancy, S7 609 00 p
case: bananas, 52 0, firsts; SI 50, good seconds,
W bunch: cocoanuts, $4 505 00 ft hundred;
new figs, 8K9c $1 pound; uates, 66Jic ft
ponnd.
Vegetables Radishes, 2530c fl dozen;
mirrnwfat. npns S2 25 18 crate: new cabbaee.
two barrel crates. S2 0S 00: Bermuda onions,
SI 155)1 25 ft bushel: string beans, 2 00; tomatoes,
S3 003 50 ft bushel.
Groceries.
Green Coffee Fancy Bio, 2223c; choice
Rio, 2021c: prime"Rio, 20c; fair Rio, 18J419c;
old Government Java, 27c; Maracaibo. 2223c;
Mocha, 30X31Kc; Santos, 1922Kc; Caracas
coffee, 2022c; peaberry, Rio, 2123c; La
guayra, 2122c
Roasted (in papers) Standard brands, 24c;
high grades, 262Sc; old Government Java,
bulk, 32K33Kc; Maracaibo,27K28Kc; Santos,
2224c; peaberry. 27c; peaberry Santos, 2224c;
cnoice Rio, 25c: prime Rio, 23c; good Rio,
22Kc; ordinary, 2lc.
Spices (whole) Cloves, 2125e; allspice, 9c;
cassia. 89c: pepper, 19c: nutmeg, 7080c
Petrolettm (jobbers' priees)-110 test, jc;
Ohio, 120, 8He; headlight, 150. Kc: water
white, 10c; globe, 12c; elalne, 15c; carnadine,
HKc;royaline. I4c
Syrups Corn syrups, 2629c; choice sugar
syrup, 3338c; prime sugar syrup, 3033c:strlct
ly prime. 3335c;new maple syrup, 90c.
N. O. Molasses Fancy, 48e; choice, 46c; me
dium, 43c: mixed, 4042c
Soda Bi-carb in kegs. 3K4c; bl-carb in K.
5c; bi-carb, assorted packages, 5ec; sal
soda In kegs, lc; do granulated, 2c
Candles star.fnlL weight, 9c; stearine, per
set.8c:parafflne..ll12c
Rice Head, Carolina, 77Kc; choice, 6
7c: prime, 56Ji-c: Louisiana, 6g6Kc.
Starch feari, 3c; cornstarch, 57c; gloss
starch, 57c
Foreign Fruits Layer raisins, $2 6o; Lon
don layers, S3 IV; California London layers,
$2 60; Muscatels, 2 25; California Muscatels,
51 85: Valencia, new. 67c; Ondara Valencia,
7Koc; sultana, 8c; currants, new, 45c;
Turkey prunes, new, 45c; French prunes,
813c; Salonica prunes, in 2-fi packages, 8c:
cocoanuts, per 100, SS CO; almonds, Lan., per B,
20c; do Ivica. 19c; do shelled, 40c; walnuts, nap.,
12K015c; Sicily filberts, 12c; Smyrna figs, 12J
16c; new dates, 5J8c; Brazil nuts, 10c;
pecans, ll15c: citron, per B. 21022c; lemon
peel, per B, 1314c; orange peel. 12)fc.
Dried Fruits Apples, sliced, per B, 6c;
apples, evaporated, 64"6c; apricots, Califor
nia, evaporated, 15lSc; peaches, evaporated,
pared, 2223c: peaches, California, evaporated,
unpared, 1012e; cherries, pitted, 2122c;
cherries, nnpitted, 66c; raspberries, evapor
ated, 2424Kc; blackberries. 78c; huckle
berries, 10ai2c
Suoabs Cubes, 99Kc: powdered. 9
9Kc; granulated,9c; confectioners' A,85i85ic;
standard A. 84c: soft whites, 8ib?ic: yellow,
choice, 7S&c: yellow, good,77Jc; yellow,
fair, 7jc: yellow, dark, 7ic.
Pickles Medium, bbls, (1,200) $4 60; medi
ums, half bbls. (600). 22 7a.
Salt-No. 11 bbL 95c; No. 1 ex. ?) bbl. SI 05:
dairy, ft bbl, $1 20; coarse crystal, ft bbL $1 20;
Htngin s Eureka, 4 bu sacks. S2 SO: Hlggins'
Eureka. 16-14 B pockets, S3 00.
Canned Goods Standard peaches SI 30
1 90; 2ds, SI 30 1 35; extra peaches, SI 601 90:
pie peaches. 90c; finest corn, Sll 50: Hfd.
Co. corn, 7090c: red cherries, OOcQSl 00; Lima
beans, SI 10; soaked do, 85c; string do do, 75
85c; marrowfat peas. SI 101 15: soaked peas,
7075c; pineapples, SI 401 60; Bahama do,
52 75; damson plums. 95c; greengages. SI 25:
egg plums, S2 00; California pears, $2 50; do
greengages, $2 00; do egg plums, S2 00; extra
white cherries. $2 90; red cherries, 2 Bs, 90c;
raspberries, SI 401 50; strawberries. Si 10;
gooseberries, SI 201 30: tomatoes, 82K92c;
salmon, 1-fi, $1 752 10; blackberries, 80c: suc
cotash. 2-fi cans, soaked, 99c: do green, 2 Bs,
$1 251 50; corn beef, 2-fi cans, SI 7o: 14-B cans,
S13 50; baked beans, SI 401 45; lobster, 1 B.
SI 751 80; mackerel, 1-fi cans, broiled, SI 50;
sardines, domestic, . S4 154 50; sardines,
domestic, J, $8 258 60; sardines, imported.
'As, Sll 5012 50; sardines, imported. K.
418 CO; sardines, mustard, (4 00; sardines,
piced, $4 25.
Fish Extra No. 1 bloater mackerel, $36 fl
bbl.; extra No. 1 do, mess, S40; extra No. 1
mackerel, shore, $32; extra No. 1 do, messed,
$36; No. 2 shore mackerel, 521. Codfish Whole
pollock, 4Kc ft fi.; do medium, George's cod,
6c; do large, 7c; boneless hake. In strips, 6c; do
George's cod in blocks, $ic Herring
Round shore, 85 00 ft bbL; split, $7 00; lake,
$2 60 ft 100-fi. half Dbl. White fish. $7 00 ft 100
B. half bbl. Lake tront. So 50 W half bbl.
Finnan haddock. 10c f B. Iceland halibut, 13c
ft fi. Pickerel, K barrel, S24X); Ji barrel. $1 10:
Potomac herring, $5 00 ft barrel, $2 50 ft K
barrel.
Buckwheat Flour 223c ft B.
OAT3IEAL S6 3om 60 ft bbl.
Miners' Oil No. 1 winter strained, 6860c
ft gallon. Lard oil, 75c
Grain, Flour and Feed.
Total receipts bulletined at the Grain Ex
change, 23 cars. By Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and
Chicago, 2 cars of corn, 1 of oats. 1 of floor. By
Pittsburg, Cincinnati, and St. Louis, 6 cars of
corn, 1 of hay. By Pittsbnrg and Lake Erie, 1
car of con:, 4 of wheat, 3 of flour. By Pittsburg
aud Western, 3 cars of hay, 1 of flour. Sales
on call, 2 cars No. 2 w. oats, 32c, Jnne. Corn
is off. Oat3 are steady. Choice hay is firmer.
Buyers of flour seem disposed to pursue the
band to mouth policy in view of the uncertain
ties of markets. Both wheat and flour are un
comfortably quiet.
WHEAT-Iobbing prices No. 2 red, 9293c;
No. 8 red, 8588c.
CORN No. 2 yellow ear, 3940cj high mixed
ear 38c; No. 2 yellow, shelled, S839c; high
mixed shelled. 3838c; mixed, shelled, S7
38c.
Oats No. 2 white, 3232Kc; extra. No. 3,
3131c; No. 3 white, 30$31c; No. 2 mixed, 27
2tSc
Rye No. 1 Western, 7075c: No. 2. 5556c
Barley No. 1 Canada, 9598c; No. 2 Can
ada, 85S8c: No. 3 Canada, 7072c; Lake Shore,
7880c
FLOUR Jobbing prices, winter patents,
$5 5005 75: spring patents, So 756 00: winter
straight, $4 755 00; clear winter. $4 504 75;
straight XXSX bakers', Si 00Q1 25. Rye flour,
$3 503 75.
JIillfeed Middlings, fine white, $15 00
15 50 ft ton; brown middlings. Sll 5012 60;
winter wheat bran, S12 2512 60; chop feed,
S15 0016 00.
Hay Baled timothy, choice, $14 00; No. 1
do, $13 00; No. 2 do, S10 00U 50; loose from
wagon. $16 0018 GO; No. 1 npland prairie, S10 00
mo 50; No. 2, S9 009 60; picking do, $5 500
6 5a
Straw OaU, $8 008 25; wheat and rye
straw, 17 007 608 00. --
Provisions.
Sugar-cured hams, large, lOJSc; sugar-cured
hams, medium, lie; sugar-cured hams, small,
HJc; sugar-enredbreakfast bacon, 10c; sugar
cured shoulders, 8c; sugar-cured boneless
shoulders, 9Kc: sugar-cured California, iams,
8Mc; sugar-cured dried beef fiats. SKc; sugar
cured dried beef sets, 9c; sugar-cured dried
beef rounds. HKc:bacon shoulders, 7Uc; bacon
clear sides, 8ct bacon clear bellies, c; dry
salt shoulders, 6c: dry salt clear sides, TJic
Mess pork, heavy, $14 00; mess pork, family.
$14 50. Lard Refined in tierces, 7c; half
barrels, TVfc: 60-B tuhs7Jic: 20-B pails, 7c; 50
& tin cans, 7c; 3-ft tin pails, 8c; 5-B tin pails,
7c: 10-fi tin pails, 7c. Smoked sausage, long,
6e; large, 5c. Fresh pork links. 9c. Pigs feet,
half barrel, $4 0C; quarter barrel, $1 90.
Dressed Meat.
Armour & Co. furnish the following prices
on dressed meats: Beef carcasses, 450 to 550 lbs,
6Kc;550to650Bs,6c;C50to750Bs, 6Kc Sheep,
8c ft fi. Lambs, 9c ft fi. Hogs, 6c. Fresh
pork loins. 9c.
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Effects Lasting Cures.
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MR. GEO. T. HARTREY'S EXPE
RIENCE. -
Another Patient WJiom the Physif
cians uaiiea to .tteip "
Cured by Dr. Smith, the Magnetia
Physician, at 502 Perm
Avenue. - . "
Dr. Smith is performing some of the most
wonderfnl cures ever witnessed in Pittsburg.
Scores and hundreds of invalids who have
hitherto been unable to find relief from their'
sufferings are being restored to health In largtf
numbers through Dr. Smith's strange magnetic
power. It is exceedingly Interesting to sea
and talk with the vast number of invalids suf
fering from all manner of complaint wbo ars
brought to the doctor for his favorable or un
favorable opinion of tbeir diseases. It is also
gratifying to observe the change that takes
place in many of these seemingly helpless caies.
Scores of Invalids who are so weak and feebls
that they have to be carried to the doctor in
chairs and on beds are restored to health in a
short time. Some are enred by one, some by
two magnetic treatments, while others require
more. The following very interesting case
were cured by our magnetic treatment:
Mr. Geo. T. Hartrey. who resides at Sprtng-r
dale. Pa., has been a great sufferer from con
sttpation bxmorrboi'. tpiles) and from fistula
for a number of yearj. Pile tumors as large as
a black walnut made their appearance several
years ago. and were the cause of much suffer
ing. These tumors were often prolapsed, and
would bleed so profusely as to cause extreme
prostration. As the disease advanced four fis
tula made their appearance, and. were so pain
ful that he was obliged to give up his business,
and was unable to perform any manual labor.
Mr. Hartrey bad tried tbe skill of a number of
physicians but bad been unable to find relief
until he applied to Dr. Smith, tbe magnetic
physician, at No. 502 Penn aveuue, who cured
him permanently without the use of the knife
or ligature. Dr. Smith agreed to cure him for
a certain sum of money, which Mr. H. paid
him at tbe beginning ot tbe treatment. Mr.
Hartrey was permanently cured in a short
time and may be referred to.
Mr. Peet, owner and manager of Imperial
Hall was a great sufferer from vericocele for
many years. He applied to Dr. Smith and was
ennanently cured. He may be referred to.
r. Jobn Foley, wbo resides at Millvale, was
taken with a terrible pain in bis right sbonlder
upward ot five months ago. The attack camo
on suddenly, like a shock of paralysis. Tha
arm became useless in a few moments' time.
He conld not use the hand nor move a finger.
A short time after the attack he began to ex
perience cam in the shoulder. Tbe pain In
creased in severity for a nun.be' of days, when
it was discovered that there was an accumula
tion of pus in the shoulder joint. Mr. Folev
applied to a doctor, who opened the shoulder
with the knife. Large quantities of pus was
discharged at the time and a fistula formed,
which continued to discbarge a thin acrid pus.
In this helpless and bopeless condition he ap
plied to Dr. Smith, the magnetic physician,
at 502 Penn avenue, and was cured per
fectly. He has regained the use of his arm.
J. C. Henderson had been tortured with piles
for ten years. He was cured by Dr. Smith in,
one week.
Dr. Smith cures all forms of female com
plaints without tho use of instruments or ex
posure of tbe person. He also cures piles and
rupture without the use of tbe knife, or pain
to tbe patient, nor detention from business.
He treats and cures cancers in less time and
with less pain than by any other known
method.
Dr. Smith ia permanently located at 502 Fenn
avenue, where everybody can go from 9 a, m.
till 7 p.m. The doctor consults free and cures
after all other means fail. He treats every
form of disease known to humanity. Go to
502 Penn avenue and consult him if you wish to
get well. Letters of inquiry must contain two
stamps, mjZ3
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