m thMarket basket. Fruits and Vegetables Grow Scarcer and Prices are Higher. BUTTER AND FODLTKT ADVANCING Storms on the Coast Curtail the Fish and Oyster fanpply. PEACHES SCARCE AND GRAPES PLEXTI Office of Pittsburg Dispatch, 1 Friday, September 27, 18S9. J There are no marked changes in pnce3 of market basket materials since last Satur day. Tomatoes are a shade higher and peaches are growing scarce. The varieties of fruits are narrowing down, until grapes and apples will soon have the field. These, with tropical fruits, will be alone in their glory within the next few weeks. Peaches are still on the market in limited quantity; lul the quslitv is none of the best, and prices are high.' Dealers in Iruits and vegeta bles report trade slow for the week, and attri bute it to tlie fact that prices are on the up ward drift. Poultry Exceptionally Scnrcr, There is an unusual scarcity of poultry, and pricc- in this line are moving up hicher. Our markets arc mainly dependent on Chicago for poultry bupplies In this section the crop was never scarcer, and Thanksgiving and Christmas tnrkeys would be out of reach of the average purse, if we were dependent on the ne-iriiy porltry crop. A peddler who pays wrcklv visits to our markets aud traverses a region of country 50 miles west of Pittsburg, reports that in 15 j ears' experience ho has not known poultry as scarce in this section as it is this fall. Bntter keeps steadily moving upward, and supplies in tins line will no doubt be more ex pensive than they were a week aco. Fish mid Oysters Wanted. The fish sunply has been far below demand for a week or two past. Storms along the coast have curtai)ed supplies, and our dealers here have not been able to meet Demands. Baltimore oysters hac also been in scant supply for a number of days. One of the lead ing dealers said to-day: "we nave not ueeu awe lor a week past to more than half till our or ders. In the earlv Dart of the week we were almost bare of stock. There were not enouch choice oysters ana nsh in the Pittsburg market on Monday to supply one lirs'-class restaurant. Ana eien yet we cannot, by our utmost en deavor, get half enough stock to meet the de mands of out customers." Following are retail nnces of market basket materials as furnished by leading dealers: Meats. Tho best cnts of tenderloin steak range from 20 to 25c, with last figure for very fancy, which are very often no better than the 20c article; sirloin, best cuts, from 18 to 20c; standing rib roast, from 15 to 20c; chuck toast. 10 to 12c; best round steaks, 15c; boiling beef, 5 to Sc; sweet breads, 20 to 50c per pair: beef kidneys. 10c apiece; beef liver. 5c a pound; calf livers, 25c apiece; corned beef from 5 to 10c perprund Veal for stewinc commands 10c: roast. 12J to 15c; cuJets, 20c per pound; spring lambs, fore quarter, 10 to 12c; hind quarters, lie. A leg of mutton, hind quarter, of prime quality, brines 12c; fore quarter, Sc; loin of mutton, 15c; giblets. 5c per pound. Vegetables and Frnlt, Potatoes. 15c per half peck; Jersey sweet pota t oes.25c per half peck; egg plants, 10 to25c; toma toes, per half peck; cabbage,5 to 10c;bananas, 20 to 2oc a dozen: carrots, 5c a bunch; lemons, 25 to 35c per dozen; oranges 50c; lettuce, 5c per bunch, 6 for 25c: radi'bes, 5c per bunch; cucumbers.2 for 5c; beets, 3 for 10c; cauliflowers, 15 to 35c a bead; string beans, 20c a half peck; golden wax beans, 25c a half peck: new South ern onions, 25c a half peck: new Spanish onions 5 to lUc each; squashes. 5 to S5c; Beas, 20c per quarter peck; Catawba. 7 to 8c; Delaware grapes, S to 10c; Concord grapes, 5 to 7c per pound; plums, loc a quart; peacbe. 25 to 30c per quarter peck; pineapples, 20 to 35c ISuurr. Ercs anil Poultry. Choice creamery butter, 32a Good country bntter. 32c Fancy pound rolls, S5c The ruling retail price for eggs is 22c The range for dressed chickens is 75c to 125 per pair. Turkeys, 20c per pound. Prairie chickens, SI 00 a pair: ducks. El 00 to SI 25 per pain reed birds, $1 00 per dozen; jacLsmpes, S2 50 per dozen. Fish Id Season. Following are the articles in this line on the stalls, with prices: Lake salmon, 12c; Cali fornia salmon, 40c pound; white fish, 12c; her ring, 4 pounds for 25c; Spanish mackerel, 30c to 35c a pound; sea salmon, 40c a pound; blue fish, 25 to 30c; perch. 10c: halibut, 2oc; rock bass, 30c; black bass, 20c: lake trout, 12c; lobsters, 25c; green sea turtle, 2Sc; mackerel, 20c small, 40c large. Oysters: N. Y. counts, fl 75 per gallon; clams, SI 25 per gallon; scol lops. 50c a quart; frojs, S2 00 per dozen; soft shell crabs, 75c per dozen; devil crabs, 85c per dozen. Flower. La France roses, SI 251 50 per dozen; Bride roses, $1 25 per dozen; Perles, SI 00 per dozen; Xmhetos, SI 00 per dozen; Bennetts, $1 25 per dozen: American Beauty, 25c apiece; Mer mets si 00 per nozen; carnations 50c a dozen; Maiden Hair fern. 50c per doz. fronds; gladiolus, 50c per dozen; Asters, 50c per dozen. LITE STOCK ItARKETS. TIio Condition of Bnsinesa at the East Liberty Stock Vnrds. Office of Pittsburg Dispatch. Fbidat, September 27, 188a J CATTLE Receipts, 610 head; shipments, 620 bead: market nothing doing; all through consignments; no cattle shipped to New York to-day. Hoos Receipts. 3,200 nead: shipments. 2.900 head; market firm; best Yorkers and medium weight tops. S4 704 SO: medium Yorkers S4 65; common Yorkers and grassers, $1 004 60, heavy boss S4 40fi'4 50: 10 cars of hogs shipped to New York to-day. Sheep Receipts 1,600 head; shipments 1,600 head; market slow at yesterday's prices. By Tcleitrapb. New York Beeves Receipts 45 car loaas for exportation alive and dead, 62 car loads for home slaughterers directyand 60 car loads for the market: the trading was extremely dnll at a de cline equal to 25 cents per 100 pourds; poor to fancy native steers fold at S3 155 00 per ICO jwnnds: Texas do, S3 003 20: Colorado. S3 25 3 75: bulls and dry cows at SI 502 70. Calves Receipts, 800 head and 500 head were carried over yesterday; market dull and weaker at S4 75 5 10 per 100 t onnds for veals $2 002 75 for irrasses and S3 00'? 12J for bntt-rmilks. bheep Receipts 6.900 head and 1,200 head were carried over yesterday; market dull and about He per pound lower on nearl vail offer ings sheep sold at S3 50(55 25perl00ponnds; lambs at So 007 00. Hogs Receipts. 2.900; the few sales en the live weight w ere at 1 .'30 5 30 per 100 pounds and the market closedabout steadv. Kansas City Cattle Recemts 7.010 hpafl; shipments. 5.298 bead: best natives a shade higher; others steady; grass range steers steady to stronc; native cows steadv; Texas cows slow; stockers ana feeding steers active and stronger: good to choice corn fed steers 54 O04 25; common to medium. S2 903 75; stockers and feeding steers, $1 60ffi3 20; cows $1 352 50; grass ranee steers, $1 602 05. Hoes Receipts 5,231 head; shipments. 2.635 bead: market strong and 5c higher on all classes, closing weak; good to choice light, S3 404 25; heavy and mixed, S3 804 15. Sheep Receipts 313 head; shipments, uonc; market steadv; good to choice muttons 13 604 00; stockers and feeders, S2 003 00 Chicago The Drover? Journal report's: Cattle Recelnts. 10.000 bead: shipments, 2,500 bead: market slow; common loner: choice to extra beeves, S4 504 SO: steetr, Ss 004 30 stockers and feeders SI S53 00; cows bulls and mixed. 1 203 00: Texas steers, SI 5(. 3 50: Western rangers. $2 403 75. Hogs Re ceipts 20,000 bead: shipments 9.500 head; mar Vet about steady: mixed. S3 954 55: heavv. S3 S0S4 35: light. S4104 SO; skips S3 404 2a Sheep Receipts. 7.500 bead; shipments LOOO bead; market closed lower; natives. S3 504 60; Western. S3 654 35; Texans S3 504 10; lambs, J4 505 85. ST. LOUIS Cattle Receipts 2,000 head; ship ments 1.600 head; risrkot strong; choice heaw native steers, S4 0004 45; fair to rood do. S3 40 (34 10; stockers and feeders. S2 102 60; range steer. $2 50p 20L Hoes Receipts 2.3U0 head; shipments, 4.000 head: market stronger; fair to choice heavy, S3 80g4 20; picking grades S3 75 01 10; light, fair to best. $4 154 45. Sheep Receipts 2,4ft) head; shipments 1.700 head; market firm: fair to cboico. S3 104 41 Buffalo Cattle slow; prospects lower; receipts. 4 cars, sale. Sheep and lambs little life to trade: prices lower; sheep 10c to 20c off; lambs fully 50c off: receipts, 23 cars sale. Hogs, receipts 24 cars sale; market ruled excited and higher for York weights, selling at 510c, and toward the clue weakened: mediums and heavy. S4 604 60. iHE SULTAN'S HAREM, ZA beautiful inmates, iU government and cott of maintenance are araoMcally described by frank Q. Carpenter in t-morrow' Dispatch, J MAEKETSJY WIRE. Wheat Weak nt ihe Opcnlnc, Stronser Later on, and Depressed at the Close Contradictory News Deferred Deliveries buffer the Most. Chicago The speculative trade in wheat was again of largo volume to-day, but the market was very unsettled and irregular, price fluctuating frequently and rapidly. The opening was weak, and JJgC off, the weak ness starting really on the curb yesterday. News from tho outside was conflicting and some of it very sensational. The crowd early were disposed to fight all hard spots and a majority of local speculators looked for a break. Fluctuations in the latter dealings took a wide range and the market was wabbly, ruling strong and weak by turns Minneapolis advised that the advance in wheat had stopped the flour busmees, ard it was said that orders here for Dnluth wheat were 45c too low for present working. Early London cables were d dearer with a good in quiry reported ana "few sellers. Closing Liverpool cables to the board noted a penny advance in cash wheat ana all futures higher, with a strong, active demand. A, St Louis dispatch said that receiving houses there re ported country dealers as selling wheat more freely. One of the early bull cards was the reported working of 20 loads at Baltimore for export. This news put the market up sharply about noon, but the report was afterward contra dicted and a substantial reaction followed. Light export clearances gave to the market a decidedly bear turn ju.t at the finish. Final closing figures were lilJSc lower for the day, September and the more deferred delivenes showing greater weakness comparatively than October and December. In corn a fair speculative trade was wit nessed and the feeling developed was a little firmer. Trading was in the main local, the principal feature lying the heavy selling of October and the buying of December by a prominent local trader, which narrowed the difference and they were selling at times nearly the same price. The market opened at yester day's closing, was firm aud gradually advanced Jc, rnled steady and rloed with near months auout the same and off months c higher than yesterday. The oats market was without new features trading being light and mainly for Alaj de livery, vcrj few outside orders were received to either buy or sell, and a amet and steady feeling prevailed. In mess pork onlv a fair trade was reported. Prices ruled 1012c higher early, but an un settled feelinc Drerailed later and Drices re ceded 2025c on tap near deliveries while No vember advanced 1520c, and January ruled steady. Trading in lard was comparatively light. Early the feelln; was stronger and prices were advanced 25c but tne market weakened again and the advance was lost. buort rib sides were less active. The feeling was easmr and prices declined 5s7c on the near deliveries The leading lutures rangea as follows- Wheat No. 2. October. S2S2SlW81Kc: December. 84S4e83KlSS3Kc: year. S--?4 81GSl4c: siaj. ss7y&8oXS54c. COBN No. 2, October, 31K313131Kc; November. Sl3l,HuHH-: December; 31K3131K631c; May, 3S3333 S3c OATS No. 2, October, 19Vi19I9Ur19ic: December, lJ19c; May, 222y4&'22 Mess Pork, per bbk October. $10 951I 25 ju aojjii n; NovemDer. sy o"0U 7UQU oua vu; January, 9 3269 459 32K9 35. LARD, per 100 its October,S6 lli6 106 07K 6 07K; November. 55 97U5 97K; January, S5 9-JH65 955 90g5 92. SHORT Ribs, per 100 tts October. S5 07 5 07K4 97K4 M7 November, S4 774 VJ 4 S54 90; January, S4 72J4 77K4 72S Cash quotations were 'as follows: Fiour in good demand and unchanged. No. 2 spring wheat, SlJSi;4c: No. 3 spnnc wheat, 70Q72c; No. 2 red. SlH&SlVfc No. 2 corn.31c No. 2 oats. 19ffli9Jic No. 2 rye.41c No. 2 bar ley, nominal. No. 1 flaxseed. SI 27. Prime tim othy seed, SI 20l Mess pork, per bbk Sll 00. Lard, per 100 Dounds S6 L!K0g6 15. Short ribs sides (loo-e). So 155 2a Dry salted shoulders (boxed), S4 374 50. Short clear sides (boxea), i5 50o &!. bugar Cut loaf, unchanged. Receipts lour, 11,000 barrels; wheat, 95,000 bushels; com. 338.000 bushels; oats 194,000 bushels; rye, 12,000 busbels; barley. b5,0C0 bushels Shipments Flour, 10.000 barrels: wheat, 138,000 bushels: corn. 119,000 busbels: oats 210,000 bushels; rye, 2,000 bushels; barley. 34,000 bushels. On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter market was unchaneed. Eggs 1515c New York Flour opened strong and active, and closed dnll and barely steady. Cornmeal easy but quiet; yellow Western. S2 452 70. Wheat Spot unsettled, closing dull and heavy; exporters quiet: options active, opening weak, afterward advanced c on stronger cables and larger outside buying, became weak on heavy realizing and sold off c closing steady at ifi lower than last niEht. Bar ley quiet; Canada, 6S70c asked. Barley malt dulk Corn Spot moderately active, JJc lower and weak-options dull, JKc lower and neak. Oats Spot dull and barely steady: options quiet and easier. Hay firm but quiet; shin ment, 50c: good to choice, 60S5c Coffee Op tions opened easy at 1015 points down, closing quiet and steadv; sales 25.500 bass, including beptember, 15.5515i60c: October, 15.15gi5.50o; November, 15.4aia50c: December. 15.45 15.50c: March, 15.4515.55c; Mav. 15.45lo.55c: Spot Rio firm; fair cargoes 19Kc Sugar Raw steadier and In more demand: refined quie and steady. Molasses New Orleans quiet. Rice in fair demand and steady. Cot tonseed oil quiet. Tallow steady. Rnsi dull. Turpentine quiet and steady. Eecs firm and in cooa aemana: western, lreh, 2Z5c; receipts, 2,563 packages Porkquietand steadv; mess in. spected. S12 25Q12 75: do, uninspected, $12 25c; extra prime. $10 2510 50. Cutmeats firm; pickled bellies 12 pounds, 6JJc: pickled shoulders 44c; pickled hams, 10g10c Middles firm. Lard more active; September and October firm; new crop casv; sales, west ern steam, SO 57J6 60, cloiiiic; at S6 60; Sep tember, SO 60; October. $6 526 54, closing at $6 52 bid; November, S6 36; December, S6 310 6 34. closmc at SO 31 bid; January, S6 316 33. cloine at S6 32: Febrnarv. Jfi 40 elneim arss 3. March. S6 4366 44. Butter moderately firm: western dairv.9(gl3c; do creamery. 1225Kc; do held at 1220c; do factory, 712Kc Cheese stronger; receipts closely sold, western. 79c St. Louis Flour firm but demand li"ht trading inactive. Wheat Cash verv stron" but trading light; options opened wildlv ex cited, with sharp fluctuations, but the general feeling was bearish and tendency downward closing a full cent below vesterdav: No. 2 red cash, SlJc; Sentembcr, SlJc closed at SlWc bid: October, SOJSSlVfc. cloine at 80-Vc asked; December, SlKvS-JMc, closing at 811e bid; May, 8oJiSoc closed at S5MS 85c Corn advanced early and closed weak, though at too rates: No. 2 mixed, cash, 29c: October, 2929c closing at 29? f29Kc asked; December. 28K2Se; closed at 2sJc, asked: January, 2SJfc closed at 8c; May, 30K30J;;c. closed at 305 asked. Oits stronger; No. 2. cash. lTJgcbHUJanunrv 19Kbid; Ma, 2222c bid; OctoSer, lSc" Re quiet and untnanged. Barlev stcadj ; siles Minnesota, 55c; Wisconsin, 6i?65c Flax seed strong aud higher at $1 24gl 25. Pro. viions somewhat depressed by unfavorable advices from other markets. Philadelphia rtour firm with a fair de demand for aesirable trade brands of both spring and winter wheat. Wheat strong and higher; No. 2 red, September. S383Vic: Octo ber. S3(ffi83Jic; November. SlESiJt.; December S3K853fc Corn Carlots steady but quiet; futureodull: No 3 high mixed, in grain nepo 40c; No 2 mixed, in erain denot. 40Je;,Io on track, 41c: No.2 mixed,September.40lQ'iCc October. 40if?40c: November, 40K4Ic; Decem ber, 3939ic OalR Carlots orrr, but quiet: No. 3 white, 26e: No. 2 white. 27Mc: future quiet but steady; No. 2 white, September, 26V W27c: October, 27K2Kc; November, 2Sb 2c; December. 2SQ29JC Butter firm and in gooa aemana; renni vama creamery, extra, 25c; do prints, extra. 29332c Eggs scarce and firm; Pennsylvania firsts, 22c Cheese steady; part skims 7Sc Milwaukee Flour unchanged. Wheat easier; cash, 73c: October, 75c; No. 1 North ern, 84c Corn quiet; No. 3. 32c Oats arm: No. 2 white. 2222c Rve stendy; No. 1, 4S 43Jic Bitleye.isv;No.2,5.n60c Provinons fiiju. Pork Cash, Sll 05; " October, Sll 10. Lard Cash, SO 05: October. SC 10. Cheese steady; Cheddars SJi9c Baltimore Provisions firm. Mess po-k. $12 50. Butter active: western packed, lo 18c: creamery, 2223c Eggs quiet and firm; f reh. 2021c Toledo Clovenced active and steadv; cash, S4 00: Ortober and November, S4 10; Decom ber, S4 15. . Sllnlne Stocks. New York. September 27 Belcher, 260; Best and Belcher. 325: Caledonia B. H 300; Chollar. 190: Crown Point. 263; Consolidated California and Virginia. S22: Commonwealth, 290; Deadwood Territory, 150; Gould fc Curry, 190; Hale and Norcross 35; Homestake, 200; Horn Silver. 125: Independence. 200; Mexican, 380; Mutual, 140; Ontario. 3,400;- Opbir, 160: Occidental. 145: Plymouth, J00; Savage. 210; Sierra Nevada.' 265: Small Hopes, 100: Union, Consolidated, 30; Ward Consolidated, 110; Yellow Jacket, 320. Metal DlnrKcts. New York Copper dull and weak; lake, October, SI OS. Lead quiet and steadi : domestic S3 92J4 Tin quiet and firmer; Straitii. S21 0T. London Pig tin The market is steady with trade good;- Straits 90 12s 6dfor spot; futures (3 months), 91 Oi Od. Copper ..V good trade holding the market Mead v; Chill bars are now quoted at 43 0s for spot; 42 04 for future delivery; best select! d English, 48 0s Lead Market dull ai.d Srices rather weak; Spanish quoted at 12 10s L Spelter The market is Irregular wiab. business moderate; ordinary Silesian quoted Jat prices are firmer. 4i .103. j.jn. piaio aeouuiu casincreasea ana, orices are firmer. " yfL i u urn gum wn (nasnrajty iwir wwtfwi REALTY GOBBLED UP. Two Warehouses on Water Street Change Owners for Big Money. FIREPLACES A COSTLY LDXDEY. Pittolrarg About the Only Place Where They Meet With Mnch Favor. WESTINGH00SE HACMKE CO. BUSHED A number of important deeds in real estate were closed up yesterday, but only one was in shape to be given to the public. Henry A. Weaver & Co., sold the two three story warehouses Kos. 62 and 63 Water street, haying a frontage of 44 feet and a depth of 160 feet, to First avenue, for 530,000. The names of buyers and sellers are withheld at their request. Another firm reported five sales, aggregating about 540,000, but declined to give particulars. A broker remarked: "There is quite a rivalry between the East and West Ends in regard to improvements. The former is ahead at present, but the completion of the California boulevard and two electric rail ways will give the latter such an impetus as to compel Its competitor to hustle." If he who makes a blade of grass grow where none grew before is a benefactor, what title of distinction should bo applied to the man who will reduce the cost of house building in Pitts burg! This is a matter of great importance to citirens of all classes After reading the com munication in The Dispatch yesterday, signed "Contractor," a gentleman who handles a large amount of real estate and manages a great many houses remarked: "I read the interview with the Fourth ave nue dealerin regard to building in Philadelphia, as published in TnE Dispatch with great in terest; for it contained some points that were new to me. It was not an arraignment of Pitts burg contractors or capitalists but suggestive of new ideas in builains:. the adoption of which would, in my opinion, be advantageous to Jittsburg. One thing is beyond dispute we need more houses to accommodate the people, and the cheaper they can be built, to secure good work, the better. " 'Contractor' appears to have a poor opinion of Philadelphia houses Ho says that some of them have only two fireplaces and that the rooms ate small. It is not necessary to go to Philadelnhia to find houses with only two fire places I have been renting one with that number of fireplaces for several years and the tenants find it very comfortable, and there are others that I could mention. Of course they have heaters and so they have m Philadelphia. I might add that some of the honsfes in Phila delphia have no fireplaces at all, not even chimneys This is a great saving in space, Cost of construction and fuel. The average fire place costs about $10. Those of a fancy pattern cost from S150 to S300, and even more. So it is easy to see that the fewer the fireplaces the cheaper the building. "The idea of filling a honse full of fire places, one in every room, is an old one, and is being abandoned everywhere except In Pitts burg. Furnaces are cheaper and more satis factory. I am not defending Philadelphia houses or contractors My interest is in Pitts burg. But I am always thankful for a bint or suggestion tbat may be of value to me, no mat ter where it comes from. It would be unreason able to expect Pittsburg contractors to build as cheaply in all cases as is done in Philadelphia, for conditions are different, but the time is coming when the cost of buildinz will be prac tically the same here as there, and the avoid ance of a multiplicity of. fireplaces and rooms large enough for banqueting halls will assist in no small degree to bring about this much de sired result." The business of the Westinghouse Machine Company is growing at a marvelous rate. Dar ing the past five years its buildings have been extended from the square in Pittsburg origi nally occupied by the Westinehouso Airbrake Company until they now occupy 2Jf blocks of contiguous property. Machinery has beeh addea (much of it quite recently) until now the limit has been reached and there is no space for more. No additional property is avail able in the vicinity, and to keep pace with the constant growth of the business the company is engaged in erecting a three-story warehouse for finished engines repairs etc, which will be provided with steam hoists, overhead cranes and all known appliances for the quick and eco nomical handling of heavy weights. In addition to this, the company is taking on a complete new force of workmen, so that the establishment will henceforth be operated con tinuously day and night. Their monthly stock bulletin shows tbat on August 1 there were 232 comploted engines in their warehouse, and 21S engines in progress through the shops This makes a total of 450 engines, aggregating 22.50U horsepower. Orders for tho past six months have averaged nearly LOCO horse power per month more than the output; for August their sales amounted to bO engines, aggregating 4,035 horse power, It is announced that a company already in operation at Litclifleld, Bk, will pipe fuel and illuminating gas into East St. Louis Mr. Henry O'Hara, a capitalist of St, Louis, who is prominent in the enterprise, says they have a process for manufacturing gas from Lima, (O.) oil, which costs VL cents a gallon. This amount of oil renders over LOOO feet of gas They have eight miles of pipe down, and are furnishing families at a rate which for lighting a large house, and supplying three stoves with fuel takes but S54 per annum from the proprietor's pocket. The plant they arepntting into Litchfield will cost some S60.00O. From this they propose to lay an eight-inch gas main to East St. Louis, 37 miles and deliver their product there at a prico far below that which the company now in power there can do. They claim that they can give light and heat to the city at 5 cents per LOOO feet of gas or could give it away for a long time and scarcely feel it, the production costs so little. w The carious calculator has lately been reck oning up the cost of the London strike. He estimates the loss of dock revenue and in creased expenses of the dock companies at the combined total of 125,000; the strikers' loss in wages at 225,000; the loss to tho shipping trade at the enormous figure of 700.000; and the loss to merchants by the nondelivery of goods the deterioration or destruction of car goes and tho necessity of fulfilling contracts at enhanced prices at 600,000. Other inciden tal losses are sufficient to bring the total waste of money involved in the strike up to nearly two million sterling, or, in round numbers, $10, 000,000. But it is believed the benefit to organ ized labor will by far outweigh the cost. GOOD TRADING. A Raid on Central Traction The Natural " Gas Stocks Stronger. A break in Central Traction was the princi pal feature of the stock market yesterday. Under heavy realizing by Whitney fc Stephen son it declined from 31H to 31J The stock was stronger in the afternoon, selling in a small way at 3li. It was reported that the depres sion was due to fears of another assessment, bnt it can be said on reliable authority tbat none i3 in contemplation. Messrs. Whitney & Stephenson sold on orders and were not in fluenced by a change, present or prospective, in the condition of the company. There was a marked Improvement in natural gas shares lndicatmc that the scare over a shortage and loss of business is about over. Philadelphia sold at 35. and closed at 36 asked. The mining shares were weak, and. with the exception of La Noria, neglected. The latter was in demand at 1J. The rest of the list was steady to firm. Almost everything showed a tendency toward a higher level of values. The sale3.wcre 726 shares Bids, offers and sales were: 1IOENIKG. ATTXRTOOIT. mu. ABitci. jiu. AaKea Commercial Nat Bank Metropolitan fl. Bank Allegheny Ins. Co Allemannla Ins Co.. . Mononcahela Ini...... Nat. Om Co. of W. Va. UanuftctureriGat Co. feoplo'sN U4P Co.. PentiBrivanlA Gas ' 87 4CH 37 50 ei" is MX 29 29 17 15 15 lib" ti '"ix IS S3 Philadelphia Co S5 Wheeling Has Co 27 ForesiUliuo. u HuelwoodOUCo tl TnnnlllI Comn&BV.... J CotarahlaUUCospany ... dispatchaturdSTyP Central Traction 3t X SW 31X Citizens' Traction.... -- W .... Plttsbnre Traction.... .H H .... m PIUS. June. B. K 20 30 28 S) P. C. ASt. L.K.TC ... ISJs J 18 20 Pitts. & Western K. K IS. X P.&W.pref. K 2u .... ..-v. PleasantVallev .... 18K H Pitts. Alle, 4 Alan 2 235 La Norla Ki .... 1M .. Yankee Girl Mining M W Alle. County Electric 9' ; Westinghouse Elec 61J4. .... 51 Union B. & s, Co. 23 .... 2 Union S. 4 S. Co.pref .... SO .... SO Westinghouse A. B 115 .... W Sales at the first call were 400 shares of Cen tral Traction at 31& 150 at 3 67 Forest Oil at 110, and 100 La Nona at 1 In the afternoon 20 shares of Philadelphia Gas sold at 35, and 25 Central Traction at 3 J. F. Stark sold 30 shares of Philadelphia Gas at 35K Sproul & Lawrence sold 200 shares Cen tral Traction at Zl and 100 shares at 31 K, P. Long sold 1.000 shares La JToria at 1. 230 shares Philadelphia Gas at 3 and 50 shares Pleasant Vallev at 19. Henry M. Long sold 100 shares Pleasant Valley at 19& The total sales of stocks at New Yoik yester day were 295,385 shares, Including Atchison, 57,730; Delaware, Lacktwanna and Western. 12.433; Denver, Texas and Fort Worth. 9.2U0; Erie, 10.280; Lake Shore, 11.381; Louisville and Nashville, 11.540: Missoui I Pacific, 15.470: Reid mg, 12,6u8; St. Paul, 22.200; Union Pacific, 21, 057; Western Union, 12,272. M0XEI EAST. No Trouble to Get It on Snilsfactory Collnt crnl Clcnrlns Honse Figures. Money was easy all round yesterday, with a good supply, for which 6 per cent was asked at the banks, but with occasional concessions for large amounts and first-class names. There is money to be baa on real estate at 5, and even lower on productive city property. Checking showed a slight falling off. but de positing was fair. Currency and exchange were in good supply. The rlcarings were SXS23,749 71, and the balances $452,556 56. Money on call at New York yesterday was tight at 510 per cent, last loan 6, closed offered at . Prime mercantile paper. 57J. Sterling exchange quiet but Arm at $4 $3 for 60-day bills and SI S3 for demand. Closing Bond Qpotntlons. U. S. 4sreg 1K35 M. K&T. Gen.Ss . 53K u. s. 4s. coup iz(" mutual union 6s... .wit U. S.4XsreK., Kb KViK N. J. C. Int. Cert...lI3K U. S.4MS conn.... Northern Pac. lata. .111 Northern Pac. 2ds..!14 Northw't'n consols. H75 Northw'n deben's.JU Orecon & Trans. 6S.104M racincosoi "ja .... .113 Loulslanastampedls 87 Missouri Ss .....101 .i . jr -. . f :i;'- or '55 lis 'ienn. new set. 6s... 107 lenn. new set. 5S....101 Tenn. new set. 3s.... 74 bt.L. &I.M. Gen. 5s 89 St. UT5.l!'. Gcn.Jl.119 bl. Paul consols ....126 st.PI. Uhl&Pc.lstslls; Tx., PcL. G.Tr Ks. 00 Tx.,PcK.G.Tr.Kcts 37fc Canada Ho. 2d 8 96H ixn. i-acincists 116 Den. t K. G., lsts...ril Den. & K. G. 4s 7 D.&K.G.We8t,Ists. 110 Erie, 2d iotx M. K. & T. Gen. 6s. . 65& union Pac. lsts 114 West Shore 106 Yesterday's bond offerings aggregated $606, 500, as follows: Coupon 4s, $516,000 at 128; reqis ered 4s $16,000 at 12S; coupon 4JCs, $1,500 at 105: registered 4s $38,000 at 105? New Yoek Clearings $100,128,749; balances Boston Clearincs. $11,027,278; balances SI, 526,414. Money, 22 per cent Baltimokb Clearings, $1,623,753; balances, $251,349. Phil vdeiphia Clearings, $10,431,616: bal ances. $1,&46,04L London The amount of bullion gone into the Banc of England on balance to-day is 10, 000. Paris Three per cent rentes 861 40c for the account. Chicago Money unchanged. Bank clear ings $10,014,000. St. Loots Clearings $2,834,276; balances, $477,70L VERT LITTLE DOING. Oil Gives War In Sympathy With the De pression in Stocks. Very little was dono in oil yesterday, trading being licht both East and West. The. market was strong and weak by spells. The former on buying in New York and the latter on the de pression in railroad shares, caused by reports of tight money. The feeling at the close was rather buoyant. The opening was 09$, the highest 99K, the lowest 98K, and the closing The London Grocer recently published a re port from the British actine vice Consul at Batoum. in which he says: "The price of kero sene at Batoum has lately risen 25 per cent, and still has an upward tendency, while the 6 rice of crude petroleum at the wells near aku has at the same time advanced 100 per cent. This is solely due to the fact that the demand, both for home and foreign con. sumption during the year is estimated as near as possible at 3,225.b06 tons whereas the total outpnt of the Baku wells will, it is stated, fall short of those figures, and the maximum quan tity of crude oil that thev will be able to yield is set down at only 1,612.903 tons Unless, therefore, ue w sources are discovered a cessa tion of the supply of petroleum from Baku may be expected within a short time." The foregoing was written under date of July 26, and on August 3 the British Consul at Odessa. Russia, writing further on the subject, says: "Futile efforts have recently been made to strike oil. In consequence of the state of affairs prices remain firm, and a decline during the present season Is not expected." The Idea In New Yoik. NewYobk, September 27. Exciting times will in all probability be witnessed among the oil traders of the Exchange in this city,and the Pennsylvania Exchanges in the next few days The oil men. members of the Consolidated Ex change.obtained about 150 signatures to-day to a petition advocating the abolition of the nre ent system of trading in oil options and ad vising a return to the old system. The matter will be referred to a conference of mem bers of f the New York, Pittsburg, Oil City, ilraatord and Philadelphia exchanges. A telegram was sent to the Bradford Exchange to-day asking their ideas on the xubject, and an answer was received stating that the mem bers of the Bradford Exchange did not deem it advisable to change the present mode of trad ing in options, and tbat they were making money as it stands. A strife is imminent among the traders of the different Exchanges over the matter. Featnres of the Mnrket. Corrected daily by John M. Oaitiey &. Co., 45 Sixth street, members of the Pittsburg Petro leum Exchange. Opened 99Ml.owest 93 1 j 0SH Barrels. 50,7t5 81. M 42,S) ill! hrnest.. . 93)aClosed., Average runs Average shipments Average charters Kenned. Hew York. 7.10c Kefinee, London, i II-lCd. Kenned, Antwerp, 17!ir. Kenned, Liverpool, 6jtl. A. B. McGrew & Co. quote: calls, 0914c Puts, 88Jc; Other Oil Itlnrkrts. Oit Crrr, September 27. National transit certificates opened at 9dc; highest, 99c; lowest, 9Sc; closed, 9Sp. Bradford, September 27. National transit certificates opened at 93Ucr closed at 98c; highest, 99; lowest, 98a TrrrsviLLE, September 27. National transit certificates opened at 99c; highest, 99c; lowest. 9354c: closed at e. New Yore. Seotember 27. Petroleum opened firm at Stc, and after tlin first sales became weak and declined to 9Sc A slight rally followed and the market closed steady at 9SK& Stock Exehance: Openinjr, 095c; high est, 99ic: lowest, 9Sc; closinjr. 9c. Con solidated Exchange: Openincr. Wc; highest, 99c; lowest, 98c; closing. 9Sc. Sales, 400, 000 barrels MOVEMENTS IN EEAlTI, To-Day's Record of Independent Deals In City and Country, Jamison Dickie sold for James Parker two four-roomed houses with lot 50x100 feet, front ins on the railroad. Twenty-first ward, to L. Hoger for J1.730 cash, and 12 lots on Monticello street. East End, 25x140 feet, to Henry Loxter man for $4,620; also a mortgage for $1,000 on Beaver county property, three years at 6 per cent. L. O. Frazier, corner Forty-fifth and Butler streets, sold for George W. King a new two story and manard brick dwelling of eight rooms lot 18x103 feet to & 20-foot alley, situated on the south side of Main street, near Davison street. Seventeenth ward, to Mrs. Mary F. Brady for $4,500 cash. Reed B. Coyle St Co , 131 Fourth avenue, sold for John D. Scully about 2K acres of ground at Marion station, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, for a price approximating $3,000. Ewing Bjcrs. No. 93 Federal street, placed a mortgage of $J,C00on Klrkpatrick avenne property. Second ward, Allegheny, for five years at 6 per cent. Alles & Bailey, lb4 Fourth avenne, sold for F. Frasher a frame dwellineof six rooms eta, lot 112 feet on Omaha (itreet by 15G feet on Joel lane. Thirty second ward, to W. H. Wilson. Consideration private. Black & Baird, 95 Fourth avenne, sold to Frank Wilcox a lot in the Linden avenne plan above Penn avenne, in size 125x174 feet, for $3,125. Lots in this planare selling i cadily, and are being improved by the very best class of fine residences. W. A Herron 4 8.1ns sold lot No. 883 In the Asplnwall Company's plan. 25tl00, for $300. James W. Drape & Co. sold a bonsa of elzbt rooms, with lot 25x85 feet, in the Ninth ward, city, near Thirteenth street, tor1 $9,000 cash: aiso a 101 aooni aaiov icei on norm riiiana avenue. East Una, lor 50.0UU cash: also a lot 1S7 feet, with two small houses, on Walnbt Jstreet,near Roup street, East End, for 83,0 SEPTEMBER8,Wi88 cash; also a small house and lot at Grafton for $2,500. They also placed a mortgage of 15,000 at 6 per cent on housjs and lots at MoKeesport; also a mortgage of $3,00uat 6 per cent on house and lot in the Twenty-seventh ward, city, eouthside; also a mortgage on a leasehold property on Seventh avenue cf $2,000 at 6 per cent; also three small mortgages in amounts from $600 to $1,100 on houses and lots at Tarentum and in- the suburbs at 6 per cent; lsn placed a loan in Johnstown for a capitalist with one of the sufferers in that unfortunate town, without interest. Samuel W. Black fc Co., 99 Fourth avenue, "f m . a pleco of Property on Howe street, lot 32x 100 to a 20-foot street, having erected thereon a new frame cottage, for $4,800. t "Vi p- Baxter. 512 Rmithfield street, sold to J. H. Helm lot No. 315 in the new Villa Park plan, near Krnahtnn station PAnnavlvnnift Railroad, fronting 60 feet on Mohler street by loO feet in depth to an alley, for $350. STOCKS INA WHIEL. Hisher Prices In London and Increased Earnlnes Combine to Slake Things LIveiy Uclr Humor Cnnse Un easiness More Losses Tbnn Gains. New Yobk, September 27. The stock mar ket was more active to-day, and displayed more character than it has for months and tho deal ings were attended by much excltemept. The final result of the day's operations however, so far as the regular list is concerned, was gener ally only fractions The feeling this morning was very hopeful, not to say confident, and higher prices in London with eood buying from that center, with the continued favorable re turns of earnings, were influential In establish ing a higher range of values at tha opening. The market displayed a decided broadening tendency, the number of stocks traded in during the first hour's business being larger than at an) time this year, while the volume of business was on a corresponding scale. The local bull leaders were more active, and the increase in the number. of orders executed for outsiders was very marked. Burners from Boston in regard to the Presidency of Missouri Pacific made tbat stock the leader in the early trading, and it was soon followed by Lacka wanna, Cleveland, Columbus Cincinnati and St. Louis and some ethers while Manhattan continued its upward march on rumors of a set tlement lot the claims of property owners against tile company. Pullman also displayed unusual strength on light dealings, and later Michigan Central joined the procession. Sngar Trusts were still eak and made a decline in the forenoon, which extended to about 3 per cent, but t seemed to have little or no effect upon the regular list, as no reason conld he as signed foij the drop, and the rest of the market was effectually divorced from its movements After 11 o'clock, however, there were ugly rumors set afloat in regard to Atchison, and it was stateil that the financial plan for the rena bilitationpf the company would prove a failure and necessitate a receivership. A default on the Octouer interest was also promised, while the reorganization scheme was io include a S10 assessment. There was a flood of the stock for sale, and a break was started which only ceased when the stock bad declined something over 4 per cent. Denials of the stories circulated were made, but they seemed to help the stock uuhiiLuch'ftQu wneu ue selling muveuieub uau exhausted Itself the rally was feeble and could not hold.l Sugar Trusts which had given signs of inside tupport, went down again, and its ex treme losi was 8 per cent These movements created great uneasiness in the room, and the pressure to sell extended to all portions of the list, and before delivery hour all the advances of the forenoon were wiped out, and In most cases fractional losses in addi tion were'sustained. All the notable strong stocks of j the forenoon, snch as Jersey Central, Manhattan, Missouri Pacific, Lackawanna and Delaware and Hudson dropped rapidly, while the others kept pace, and in every case the opening figures were passed on the downward movement. The selling craze came to a halt toward delivery hour, and a reaction began which made some progress notwithstanding the fact that money on call was bid np to 10 per cent. The activity disappeared from the mar ket, however, and the movements became limited to small fractions generally, though in the case of Manitoba moil pronounced strength was developed and it rose 2 per cent. Manhattan, Jersey Central and Delaware and Hudson rallied sharply and Sngar rose from 87 to 90, and Atchison from 34 to 88. The improvement in most oi me list was slight, however, and the tone of the market at the close was unsettled and rather heavy. The final changes are quiet irregular, while de clines are rather the more numerous but gen erally are confined to small fractions. Sugar is down bl4. Cotton Oil and Short Line 1 per cent each, and Atchison 3 per cent. The important advances include Manitoba and Manhattan, each 3 per cent, and Jersey Central and Lake Erie and Western preferred, each 1 per cent. Railroad bonds responded to the improved feeling with more activity and more decidedly strong tone, though the decline in the after noon was also felt and the final resnlt of the trading is to leave most of the active bonds bnt silently changed. ,'JHe foliowine table snows tne prices oractlve stocks on the .Mew JTork Stock tlcnange yester day. Corrected dailv Tor The Dispatch by Whitney &HTErnKN60if. oldest Plttsburfr mem bers of .New York Stocc .Exchange, s7 Fourth ave nue: , Clos ing Hid. 3 80S 'C8S, 544 1-Stf 23 10S 73 Sj 117f 101 H I? J7M Open incr. Am. Cotton Oil MM Atcn., lop. & 3.F.... 33m Canadian Pacltlc Bttfi High est, 50 38X 6SH 55! 13h 23 103 74)t 117U 102 Low. est. 48 3111 123 3SH 23 10854. 73 US 101X canaaa soutnern &s Central ofiJew Jerey.l24 SSSf uentrai 1'acinc ChesaneakeA Ohio C. Bur. A Qnliicy. C Mil. s St. Paul C JUl.Aist. P., pr, .. -a ..10SV ... 73)4 ..116M ...IKH u Kocn. ir C St. L. Pitts U.,,St. L. ic Pitts, pf. S!H 37H S7H u., at. r., ji. ec, u c, &t. p.,m. o.. pr. .... C. i .Northwestern. ...114 C.A 3fortbwestern, pf. .... O., C, O. & I T)K C, C. C. .1., pf 100 Col, Coal A Iron Col. 4 Hocking Vat .. 17S Dei., L. & V 147 Del. &, Hurtson 1HK 3d MOW 11311 H2 if 73lj 10U)f 32 i VH 147K 1525i 18 5254 1054 75 23 If 116S 19f tm loM p 109 292 70X 17 SSJf 4954 I8& 0 57Jf 32 H ZZ'A 33f 33H 20 mi llH 113X Wi 73 ima louu 33 32)4 17 il4 Wh M7tf 154i 152 "if 73f 2354 23.f 1HM 117 19)4 I9!f 65 Mi 107X I06)f 79 783$ 93 92f UK lt'4 m kh 76 743 II OK 109f 3uM 293? 71 70 mi iSv 18)4 18 19 19 57f 57 (f 32)f 32 7oK 71 5i 23 23 bS'4 53 ZOi 32 33K 23 21 21 186 183f 23J( 22M 8I)f 81 117 ma 27M 27 62J4 603f 26U ajjj bH4 bU 17J4 17 33 32S BGH S5i 71 7I Denver fcltlo G Denver Bio G.. or... 52J4 E.T.. Va. SOa .... E. T.. Va. & Ga. 1st pr. W C T Va. A Ga. 2d pf. I3 Illinois Central. 117M Lake Lri ft Western.. 14 Lake Erie 3s West. pr et'j Lake Snore & M. S 106 Louisville Nashville. 79 Michigan central 92 Mobiles Ohio U'A Mo.. Kan. ft Texas.... 12H Missouri Pacific 75! ew xork Central 109!4 J. V.. L. E. & W 2W6 M. Y..L.E. 4 W.pref.. 70J4 Ji. X.. C. ft St, Li N. r u ft St. L. pr. N.Y... C. ftbt.L.2dnf .... X.X&N. E 50 a. v.. o. w ish orlolka Western... 19 Norfolk Western, nt. 57J4 Northern Pacia- J2H Nortnem Pacific nrer. 7JS Ohio ft Mississippi... . ZIK Oregon Improvement. 53 '4 Oregon Transcon ai PacilleMalt 33H Peo. Dec. ft Kvans 21 Phtladel. ft Beading.. t7 Pullman Palace Car...IS3! Klcnmona ft W. P. T 23J Kichmond ft W.P.T.nf 81 bU P., Minn, ft Man..iw;a St, L. ftSan Fran 27 St. L. ft San Fran pf.. mH 184 23 81M 115 $ 27 CuV 110f am 65K 16s 32 S8 71Jf S9k 23 !4 53f ai.u. & oan n. isr pr. Texas Pacific Union Facinc Wabasn Wabish nrererred..., Western Union Wheeling & L. ...., ijuptr Trust atlonai Lead Trust. Chicago Gas Trust... . 20K , CG'4 , 17 . KX , tb'A . im 85 . 59 24!f 59 22 5SJ? Bnsines Note. A majority of New York stock brokers are bullish. So is London. The Chartlers Railway has declared a semi annual dividend of 2 per cent. The natural gas stocks were stronger yester day. The periodical scare is losing its force. The Pittsburg, Wheeling and Kentucky Railroad yesterday announced a 3 per cent cash dividend. Dobler's testimony failed to bury La Noria out of sight. The opinion prevails largely tbat be spoke from the standpoint of his personal interest and with little regard to the facts Several well posted Pittsburgers say the com pany is making money. A oentlejian connected with the Central Traction Company said yesterday evening that the report that another assessment would be called was without foundation. The money recently borrowed, with what the company had ou hand at the time, he added, was sufficient to complete the road. The sum of 85,000 has just been paid in cash by the Garfield Home Circle Association, of Allegheny, to the widow of W. D, Holt, one of the deceased members of the association, being payment in fnll of the amount for which the deceased member was enrolled on the books of the company. This is one of the most reliable beneficial institutions in the community, and never fails to pay in fnll all claims made upon it by reason of the death of any of its members. Tbe officers and members embrace many of Al legheny's best known aud reliable business men. Dry Goods. New York, September 27. There was notUng or new interest in drygoods, and the market presented uniform features embrac ing steadiness of demand and tone. A MAIIrCARRIER'S LIFE $& of CLn inter ftUnntlltitlitpii' nrtipltt in fn.m1.. Irou'i Dispatch, written b Brenan. domestic -Markets? I I ! Batter Firmer at the Advance Cheese and Egg3 Moving Dp. POTATOESEASIER-APPLESFIRMER Cereal3 of High Grade in Good Demand Poor Stuff Slow. GENERAL GROCERIES ARE UNCHANGED Otfick op Pittsburg Dispatch, FBIDAY. September 27. 1889. J Country Produce Jobbing Prices. Butter is very firm at the recent advance. The same is true of cheese. Eggs are un changed, but very firm at quotations. A. lead ing jobber of cheese and creamery butter re ports that this has been the best week of the season in volume of trade. His sales of cheese yesterday were upward of 700 boxes and for the week more than 2,000 boxes Potatoes are now in ample supply and markets are weak. The range of prices for carloads on track is tl 50 to $1 60 per barrel. There is good demand for fancy apples Grapes are in good supply. The peach season draws near its end. ' Sweet pota toes are fairly steady at quotations Butter Creamery, Elgin, 2!3uc; Ohio do, 2627c: fresh dairy packed, 2325c; country rolls, 2122c BEANS--Navv hand-picked beans, S2 252 40; medium, 2 30(g2 40. Beeswax ISSdOc 7) & for choice: low grade, 1820c. CIDER Sand refined, 6 507 50; common, S3 &04 00: crab cider. S3 008 50 $ barrel; cider vinegar, 1012c $1 per gallon. Cheese Ohio, 10c; New York, lie? Lim bnrger, S9c: domestic Sweitzer, 912c; imported Sweitzer, 22c. Eggs 1920c tgt dozen for strictly fresh. FBCITS-Apples, SI 500250 barrel: whortle berries T5S0c $ pail; Deaches. $1 502 50 bushel box; grapes. Concords, 45c f) pound, catawbas, Sf$3c. Delawares. 79c; Bartlett pears $5 00 fl barrel; quinces, SI 001 25 Jt bushel, cranberries Jerseys, 3 0003 25 j) bushel box. Feathkbs Extra live geese, 6060c; No. L do, 4045c; mixed lots, 3035c f? . Podltry Live spring chickens 4G45cp pair: old, 65070 pair. Seeds Clover, choice, 62 Ss to'bnshel, $5 60 jf) bnsbel; clover, large English, 62 fts, 6 00; clover, Alsike. 8 50; clover, white, 9 00; timo thy, choice, 45 ft. tl 65; blue grass extra clean. 14 lbs, 90c: blue grass, fancy, 14 B, 51 00; orchard grass 14 fis SI 65: red top, 14 fis. SI 25; millet. 50 3, SI 00: German millet. 60 &s SI 50; Hungarian grass 60 Ss SI 00; lawn gras mixture of fine grasses S2 50 -iR bushel of 14 fts Tauow Country, 44c; city rendered, i, 5c Tropical Fruits Lmons. common, S5 00 5 50; fancy, 6 006 50: oranges 14 505 00: bananas $2 00 firsts SI 50 good seconds, fl bunch; cocoanuts, SI t44 50 fl hundred; figs 8M9c fl ft; dates 56Kc fl ft. VEGETABLES Potatoes, 81 752 00 fl bar rel: tomatoes, home-grown, tl 00 fl bushel: wax beans 50c f) bushel; green beans4050c fl bushel; cucumbers home-raised, 75cSI 00 fl bushel; bome-crown cabbages, SI 25L&) fl bar rel; celery, 40c fl dozen: Southern sweet pota toes ?2 75, Jerseys, S3 25. Groceries. Gbeek Coffee Fancy Rio, 225823Jc: choice Rio, 2021Xc; prime Rio, 20c; low grade Rio, 1819Kc; old Government Java, 27c: Mar acalbo, 2324c; Mocha, 2829c; Santos, 20 23Kc; Caracas, 2123c; peaberry, Rio, 2325c; La Guayra, 2223c Roasted (in papers) Standard brands 23c:hlgh grades. 2aJ526Xc; old Government Jat a, bulk, 31K3c; Alaracalbo, 26Z7c; Santos 2123c; peaberr)', 26c; choice Rio, 24c: prime Rio, 22c; good Rio, 2ic; ordinary, 21c Spices (whole) Cloves, 2125ct allspice, 8c; cassia, 8c; pepper, 18c; nutmeg. 7080c Petroleum (jobbers prices) 110 test. 7c; Ohio, 120, 8Jjc: headlight, 150, 8Kc; water white. 10c; globe, l2c; elaine, 15c; carnadine, lljc; royalme, 14c Syrups Com syrups. 2629c: choice sugar syrups 3338c: prime sugar syrup. 3033c; strictly prime, 3335c; new maple syrup, 9UC N. O. Molasses Fancy. 48c; choice, 46c; medium. 43c: mixed. 4042c SODA Bi-carb in kegs 3i4e; bi-carb in s, 5c; bi-carb, assorted packages 56c; sal soda in kegs, lc; do granulated, 2c Candles btar, f nil weight. 9c; stearine, f set. 8&c; parafflne, ll12c Rice Head. Carolina. 707": choice, 6 7c; prime. 5K6c: Louisiana, Gt&SXc StXrch Pearl, 3c: cornstarch, o6c; gloss starch, 57c Foreign Fruits Layer raisins S2 65; Lon don layers S3 10: Calilornla London layers. S2 50; Muscatels S2 25; California Muscatels SI 85; Valencia, 7c; Ondara Valencia, 910c; sultana, oc; currants igioc: iurxey prunes 4J5c; Fiench prunes, 813c; Salnnica prunes in 2-E pacKages. Sc: cocoanuts fl 100, S6 00; almonds, Lan., f) ft, 20c: do Ivica, 19c; do shelled, 40c: walnuts nap.. 12Ji15c; Sicily filberts, 12c; Smyrna figs, 1216c; new uates, 5K6c Brazil nuts, 10c; pecans, 11015c; citron per lb, 2122c; lemon peel, fl ft, 1314r; orange peel12Kc Dried Fruits Apples, sliced, per ft 6c; anples evaporated, 6K6c; apricots, Califor nia, evaporated. 1215c: peaches, evaporated, pared. 2223c; peaches California evaporated, nnpared, lOQl'-'Kc; cbemes, pitted, 2122c; cherries, nnpitted, 6c: raspberries, evapor ated. 24I4Kc: blackberries, 7J8c; huckle berries. 1012c Sugars Cubes BJc; powdered, !c: granu lated. SKc; confectioners' A, 8Kc: standard A. 8c; soft whites. 7t?8c: yellow, choice, 7Jf)C;iyeIlow. good, 7H7Jc, yellow, fair, 7i-c; ' Pickles Medium, bbls (L200), U 50; medi um, half hbls (600), S2 75. Salt N o. 1. fl bbl. B5c: No. 1 ex, fl bbl. SI 05: dairy, fl bbl, SI 20; coarse crystal; ft bbl, 81 20; Higglns' Eureka, 4-bn sacks, S3 80; Hirgins' iureKa, xo-14 m pocKieis. s w. Canned Goods Standard peaches, S2 00 2 25; 2ds SI 501 65r extra peaches S2 402 60; pie peaches. 95c; finest corn. S11 50; Hid. Co. com, 7090c: red cherries, 90cSl: Lima beans SI 10; soaked do, 85c; string dodo, 75b5c; mar rowfat peas SI 101 15; soaked peas, 7075c; pineapples SI 401 50; Bahama do, S2 75; dam' son plums, 95c; greengazes SI 25; egg plums $2; California pears S2 50; do greengages, $2; do, egg plums $2: extra white cherries, 82 90; red cherries, 2 fts, 90c; raspberries SI 401 50; strawberries. SI 10: gooseberries II 301 40; tomatoes 90cSl 00; salmon, 1-fi, 81 752 10, blackberries, bOc; succotash, 2-ft cans soaked; 99c; do green. 2 fts. SI 2301 50; corn beef. 2-ft cans 52 05; 14-ft cans $11 00; I aked beans 1 45 1 60; lobster, 1-ft, SI 751 80; mackerel, 1-ft cans broiled, SI 50; sardines, domestic s Y jmf wj i,uiuc3, uuiurativ, TV vo tm uv. sardines, imported, s. 811 5012 50; ardlnes, imported, y-,s, 818: sardines, mustard, SI 50; sar dines, spiced. 84 50. i FISH Extra No. 1 bloater mackerel, S36 fl bbl.: extra No. 1 do, mess, S40: extra No. 1 mackerel, shore 832; extra No. 1 do, messed, $36: No. 2 shore mackerel, $24. Codfish Whole poiiocK, ia ft d; ao medium, ueorge s cod, 6c; do large, 7c; boneless bake, in strips, 6c; do George's cod in blocks 6KKc Herring Round shore, 85 00 fl bbl; split, 87 00: lake, S2 00fllUO-ftbalfbbl. White fish, 87 00 f) 100 & half bbl. Lake trout, 85 50 f) halt bbl. Finnan haddock, 10c fl ft. Iceland halibut. 13c fl ft. Pickerel, Ji barrel. 82 00; Ji barrel. 81 10; Potomac herring, 85 00 fl barrel, 82 50 fl ft barrel. Oatmeal 80 30Q6 60 f! bbl. Miners' Oil No. 1 winter strained, 6557o fl gallon. Lard oil, 75c Grain, Floor and Feed. Receipts as bulletined at the Grain Exchange, 19 cars By Pittsburg. Fort Wayne and Chi cago, 4 cars of hay, 3 of oats, 4 of flour, 2 of malt, 1 of corn. By Pittsburg and Western, 1 car of bay. Baltimore and Ohio, 1 car of wheat, 2 of corn. By Pittsburg and Lake Erie, 1 car of oats. Sales on call, 1 car of screenings, $7, spot, P. R. R.; 1 car extra 3 white oats, 26c 5 days, P. R. R. The situation in cereal lines presents no new features Choice grades of oats and hay are in good demand at quotations but low grades so begging for customers There is a wide divergence of views among commission men as to tbe fiour situation and prospect. Some predict a sptedy rise, while others report very quiet markets. The buyer who pays more than our quotations has not folly looked up bis opportunities Prices be low are lor carload lots WHEAT-New No. 2 red, 82S3c; No. 3, 77 78c CORN No. 2 yellow, ear, 4243c; high mixed ear, 4041c; No. 2 vellow, shelled. 40c; hlch mixed, shelled, 3S39c; mixed, shelled, 37 38c Oats-No. 2 white. 2727Ke; extra No. 3, 263S6 mixed, 2223c Rye No. 1 PennsUvania and Ohlo,6051c; No. 1 Western, 4849c; new rye. No. 2 Ohio, Pxour Jobbing prices Fancy winter and spring patents'; 55 005 60; winter straizhr, 84 254 50; clear winter. U 004 25; straight XXXX bakers', S3 50i75. Rje flour, S3 60 4 75. Millfeed Middlings fine white. SIS 00 16 50 fl ton; brown middlings, S12 6013 OOjwin ter wheat bran, 811 50011 75; chop feed, 115 &0 18 00. Hay Baled timothy, choice, S14 00Q14 25; Nc 1 do, S12 00012 50; No. 2 do, til 00U 60; loose from wagon, 111 00013 00, according to qnallty; Nc 1 upland prairie. SS 6009 00; Nc 2. 87 007 60; packing do, S7 758 00. Straw Oats $6 6007 00; wheat and rye straw. 89 O06 25. Provisions. , Bnear-cured hams large, ll"c; sugar-cured bams, medium, lljc; sugar-cured hams, small j ttfnn. camd shoulders. Snr nnirar annul shoulders, 7c; sugar-care Oattionrt bhsv 7$c; sugar-cured cried beef flats, 'net sar. cured dried beef sets Ue; saear-eared drM beef rounds. 13c; bacon shoulders 6W; twees clear sides. 7c; bacon dear bellies 7 dry salt shoulders, 6c; dry salt otear side, 7c. Mess pork, heavy, 111 50: Basse port, laWBv, -S12 00. Lard-Refined, in tlereee, Me; ball- barrels 6c; 60-ft tubs. 8c; 28-ft pelK 7c; 50- tin cans, 6c; 3-a tin pails. 7c; 5-a tin paBs. 7c: 10-S tlnpails 6c; 5- tin pails 7c; 16- tia pails. 7c. Smoked sausage, long, 5c; large, 6c Fresh pork links, 9c. Boneless bams, JWeK. Figs ,feet, half barrel, U 00; quartw barrel,' 2 15. Dressed Meat. Armour & Co. furnished the followisg prleef -on dressed meats: Beef carcasses 460 to ESD fts, 6c; 650 to 650 fts, 8c; 060 to 750 fts, 6X7& Sbeep, 8c fl ft. Lambs, Sc fl ft. Hogs, 9ie. Fresh pork loins, 8c Additional Markets on Twelllb Pace. W ANTED, BY A Fust-Class BanMngHonsein Iw Tori, as correspondent, a gentleman of high stand ing, who has a large acquaintance among local capitalists and merchants, and can place in vestment bonds and command somestocfebusi-' ness. With such an one a liberal arrangement will be made. Address stating experience and references, BONDS, Postof&ce box 3867, New York City. se28-73 JAS. D. CALLER President JOHN W. TAYLOR Cashier CITY SAVINGS BANK; SIXTH AVE. AND SMITHFIELD ST. Capital and surplus. S125.0G0; Transacts a General Banking Business. JjS-tts ILESi 8TMPTGH8-Molfr j inienno iinin BUBSiBrl miwtaU UnsiJic; mo "!. worie DJ nil waiim b emtcbliic Itmu lowed to emtiaH 1HJ ITCHIHG PIIJS.KSj&a: beeomtnc tar ton. BWATME BI.NT. MCVT atom the itching and blerdhts, aeaU nlccratlim. aad In moat rnara minM lh ta. mors. SwrK i Oijiiii jit U told bjdrttffsUM,wnalldB wit addreu on receipt of price, SO eta. a box; 3 boxea, V TIL aVUreu letten. DE. SWATHE 805, FUladelobJa, Fl I jMH feMse H A PERFECT Blood Piier. imnwiwm.w 4i.Talfr, 9mmm A. nurelv Vece&bla Compound that expels all bad humors from the system. Removes blotch es and pimples, and makes pure, rich blood. I iiXa iiHKl IlSlS au2-63 BROKERS FINANCIAL. -TTTHITNEY & STEPHENSON, 7 FOURTH AVENUE. Issue travelers' credits through JleMsrsDrexeV Morgan & Co, New York--Passports procured. ap2S-l A Home Security,, Five Per Cent Interest,- FREE OF TAXES. :;J. Mgar-csred breakfat 1 The Fidelity Title and Trust Company offers v -, . for sale, at $1 02 and accrued interest, a lim-t itfed number ot 30-vear first mortgage bonds of hMLc, the H. C. Frlck Coke Companv. the capital 'JXv stock of which is $3,000,000, fully paid in. - f xtf These bonds are redeemable by a sinking ,'.? fund at the rate of 8100,000 ner annum, at SI 05.V -J T commencing Jnlv 1, 1894, Interest belngpayablo "J semi-annually. January and July 1, at the - office ot this company. , -, We have carefully examined into the sound ness of this security, andean recommend it as " one of the most desirable investments oa tha market. -t " FIDELITY TITLE 4TRUST COMPANY, 121 123 Fourth avenue. , se!5-C3 Pittsburg. Pa. - - IIIEDICAL. DOCTOR WHITTIER 814 PENX AVENUE, PITTSBURG. PA., As old residents Know and back flies of Pitts-" burg papers prove is the oldest established' v and most prominent physician in tbe city, de voting special attention to an enronic diseases fibiemprnsNOFEEUNTILCURED MCDni lOand mental diseases, physical ll LMl V UUOdecay, nervous debility, lack of energy, ambition' and hope, impaired mem ory, disordered sight, self distrust, bashfulness, dizziness, sleeplessness, pimples, eruptions, im poverished blood, failing powers, organic weak- ness dyspepsia, constipation, consumption. un- r , fitting the person for business society and mar- "" riage. permanently, safelyana privately cured. " BLOOD AND SKINS-Ji blotches, falling hair, bones pains glandular .swellings ulcerationsof tongue, mouth, throat, ulcers, old sores are cured for life and blood poisons thoroughly eradicated from the system. IIDIMADV kidney and bladder derange Uillllrtn I tments weak back, gravel, ca tarrhal discharges inflammation and other painful symptoms receive searching treatment, prompt relief and real cures Dr. Wblttier's life-long, extensive experi ence, insures scientific and reliable treatment on common-sense principles Consultation' free Patients at a distance as carefully treated as if here Office hours 9 A. M. to 8 p. Jr. Sun- ' dav,10A,M.tolP.M.only. DR. WHITTIER, ' 814" Penn avenue Pittsburg, Pa. selO-40K-ssuWk Health is Wealth Dili i- c. West's Nerve and nHAnr Treatment, a guaranteed specific for hvsterla. dizziness convulsions hts nervous neuralgia, beadache, nervous prostration caused by tha use of alcohol or tobacco, wakefulness, mental depression, softening of the brain resulting in Insanity and leading to misery, decay and death, premature old age. barrenness lors of power in either sex. Involuntary losses and spermatorrhoea caused by over-exertion of the brain, self-abuse or over-indulgence. Each, box contains one month's treatment. SI a box, or six boxes for S5, sent by mail prepaid on re ceipt of price. WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES To euro any caseWlth each order received by us for six boxes, accompanied with to 00, we will send the purchaser our written guarantee- to refund tbe moneyif tbe treatment does not ef fect a cure. Guarantees issued only bv Emil G. Stucky. Druggist, Sole Agent, 1701 and.2101 Penn ave and cor. Wylie ave. and Fnlton st Pitts burg. Pa. se27-100-TTSSu DOCTORS LAKE SPECIALISTS in all cases re- S airing scientific and confiden al treatmentl Dr. S. K. Lake M. R. a P. a, is tbe oldest and most experienced specialist In the city. Consultation free and strictly confidential, Offico hours U to 4 and 7 to 8 p. M.; Sundays Z to 1 p. M. Consult them personally, or write DOCTO&S Lake. 328 Penn ave, Pittsburg, Pa. jel2-45-DWE loii'S Cofctoaa. Eooft COMPOUND Composed of Cotton Root, Tansy and Pennyroyal a recent discovery by an 'old Dhvslclin. Is successultu used montnly Safe. Effectual, Price $L by mall. Seaieu- XiuOies, sa&. yuur utuxgisi, iur iuu.a Cotton Root Compound and taka-no substitute, or inclose 2 stamps for sealed particulars. Ad dress POND LILY COMPANY, No. 3 Fishef Block, 131 Woodward ave Detroit, Mlch. 43-old in Pittsburg, Pa..'by Joseph Flem ing & aon. Diamond and Market sts se26-23 HARE'S REMEDY For men! Checks the worst cases iu threa days and cures In five days Price SI 00, at J. FLEMING'S DRUGSTORE, Ja5-23-TTSsu 412 Market street. MEN ONLY! a roarrrvjs cuke For LOST or Tailing; We&kneaa of Body ikMlnd. Lack of Strenith. Vigor and De velopment, caniea by Errors, Excesses Ac Boole, Moos of SKLT-Tbzatmxkt. and Proofs mailed (sealed) free Address KiUE MEDICAL CO.. bnUalo. N. r. deaw57-TT34wt T i Tl TTx BIN-OXIDEPILLS ara sate superior ililUlljO to pennyroyal or tan-iy. Particulars 4C CLARKE dt CO., Box 711, PhrUdelphl,P. elS-47-Wfl JggJ -s8t - 4TV -J s- - i .: V .fe r V u,-