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THE PITTSBURG
PRTDAT,
.OCTOBER
18,
1889.1
THETEENDOFTEADE.
The Shoe Upper Industry is at This
Time in Splendid Shape.
MANUFACTURERS BEHIND ORDERS.
Canned Heats and Dressed Beef Moving
Out Very Lively.
THE WEEK'S WORK AT LIBEETI YARDS
Office or PrrrSBtmo Dispatch. 1
Thubsdat. October I". 1SS3. J
J. D. Chantler & Co., who represent the
shoe upper industry in this city, and for
that matter lead in this line in the United
States, within the past year removed from
the McCance block and established them
selves on the fifth floor of the Diamond
street Dispatch building. It was thought
that the new commodious quarters would be
sufficient for a number of years. But busi
ness has grown untii it has been found
necessary lately to secure further room.
"When the firm changed its quarters the
number of hands employed was 86, two
thirds of whom were women and girls. Uow
there are, in round numbers, 100 employed,
and with the increase in number of em
ployes has come improved machinery,
which enables the 100 hands to turn out
proportionately more stuff than heretofore.
"Within the past week or two 15 new ma
chines have been introduced
Increnslns the Cnnaclty
fully 30 per cent. The donble stitching and
scolloping machines of the Singer Manu
facturing Company, and varions other
new devices have recently been added so
that the 100 bands now employed can readily do
the work -union a lew years ago would have re
quired fullydouble that number. The Chantler
firm is a month or more behind its orders, but.
with improved facilities and new machines
'hope to catch up before the mouth is nut. Or
ders are coming in from the furthest East and
"West. A look at the books of the Arm showed
orders ot recent date from Portland. Ore.,
Spokane Falls. Los Angeles, California, Salt
Lake, Boston and New York. It is a pleasure
to discover that Fittsburc is dome big things
outside of the heavy weight industries. In the
line of shoe nppcr rnanutactunng we are attbe
front, and this industry was never before in as
prosperous a condition as it is at the present
time. t
Canned Mean nnd Dressed Beef.
The canned meat industry has passed its bnsy
time, but October's trade so far, has been fully
SO per cent larger than last October, according
to the testimony of a representative of the Ar
mour firm. The brisk season for this trade is
in the summer months, when the societies and
Sunday schools take to the woods. It is
within bounds to say that the trade in canned
meats the past summer was 100 per cent better
than any previous season.
, An idea of the growth of the dressed beef in
dustry in this citv may be gathered by the fol
lowing figures: The sales of the firms engaged
here in this line last week were in round num
bers as follows: Winter & Dellenbacb, 200
carcasses: Armour fc Co., 170; Swift. 131, and
Hill, 136. From these figures it appears that
the daily sales of dressed beeves in this city are,
in round numbers, 110 bead. In addition to
this one of the four firms mentioned above re
ports sales of 40 to SO dressed sheep and as
many calves each week. The other firms, no
doubt, do equally well. It is evident from these
figures that the dressed meat industry has come
to stay.
Liberty Live Stock.
It will be seen from the accompanying report
of the week's transactions that the through run
of cattle was unusually large, andlocal receipts
unusually light. A difference of 1,600 head of
cattle for the local trade in ordinary times
would have had some effect on markets. This
season, however, is an exception to all rules,
and breaks all precedents. Prime cattle were
lower this n eek than last in face of the light
run. The only class of stock that showed firm
ness was the light, tidy butcher stock. Low
granes naa toucnea Doitoni nexore, ana were
fairly steady this week.
Sheep were a shade higher, and hogs were
firm at last week's prices.
The following table snows transactions for
the week at the .East Liberty yards:
jiECEirrs.
CATTLE. HOGS ' SHEkP
Thro'. Local.
Thnrsday S0O .. . 2,325 jio
Fridav 310 .... 4,330 tu
baturdaj 1,131 130 4, 41, 1,210
fcunday 1,840 1,140 S.So0 3.CS0
Monday Ml) 510 3,83 1,70
Tuesday 30 no 1,63 3.510
'Wednesday 710 SO 6,675 2,jo
Total 4,893 2,010 29,073 14,520
I.sstweek 3.380 3,610 31,200 15,200
previous week.... 4,530 2,930 27,290 13,200
SALES.
Thnrsday 7 1,403 41
Friday 7 1.717 TOO
Saturday 12 830 m
Monday 1,6" 3,ao 4,149
Tuesday 238 1,001 2,98
cdnesdiy 14 "433 933
Total 2,010 11,189 8.852
Lastweek 3,006 13,4Kb 6,080
rrevlonsweek 2,933 11,712 10,718
LITE STOCK MARKETS.
The Condition of Business at tbe East Libert?
Stock Yards.
OFFICE OrPlTTSBtJEO DISPATCH, 1
THURSDAT, October 17. 18S8. J
Cattle Receipts, 640 head; shipments,
640 head; ma" 'et. nothing doing, all through
consignments; no cattle shipped to New York
to-day.
Hoas Receipts. 3,100 head: shipments. 2.700
head: market slow: Yorkers and Philadelphia,
ti b54 75; common and heavy. Si 504 60; 4
cars of hogs shipped to New York to-day.
Sheep Receipts. 3,200 bead; shipments. 3,200
head; market dull; all grades, $4 504 75.
By Telecrnph.
New Yoek Beeve Receipts 600, all for
exportation. Notradinjr in beeves. Dull for
dresed beef at 45c per pound for Texas and
Colorado. Exports, 750 beeves and 740 quarters
ot beef. Liverpool and London cable advices
quote American steers unsaleable and Ameri
can refrigerated beef down to TKc per pound,
and dull at the figure. Calves Receipts. 300.
About steady at 57d per pound for veals
and at IJJgaKc for crasser and mixed lots.
Sheen Receipts, 6,900. Dull for both sheep
and lambs, bheep sold at 4 O0S 50 per 100
pounds, lambs at S3 006 65. a few earlv sales
going to $6 756 85. Hogs Receipts, 2,800, in
cluding about 200 to be sold alive. Common to
cood bogs sold alive at 4 25Q5 10, a few pigs at
$5 20 and a bunch of poor grass at S3 75.
Chicago Cattle Receipts. 14.000 head:ship
xnents, 4,000 head; market steady; choice to
extra beeves, $4 504 90; steers, 53 004 40;
stockers and feeders. ,.$1 903 00; cows, bulls
(and mixed, SI 252 75; Texas cattle, SI 30
IS 00; Western rangers, 1 754 00. Hogs
. 'Receipts. 20.000 head: shipments. 10.000 heao:
market steady closing lower; mixed. $4 00Q.
40: neavy, J itvti a; uRnt, N uuidi UU; skips,
S3 504 15. Sheep Receipts, 11.000 head; ship
ment"?. 4.000 head; market steady; natives.
S3 005 00: Western. $3 504 15; Texans, $3 40
4 20: lambs, M 005 75.
Kansas City Cattle Receipts, 5,317 head;
shipments. 3,5Slbcad: market steady to strong;
feeders unsettled: common to choice cornfed,
13 1504 60: cows. SI 302 25: stcckers and feed
ers, S2 2503 00: Texas, tl 402 SO. Hogs Re
ceipts. 6.690 head; shipments, 2,092 head; mar
ket weak, at yesterday's close; good to choice
light, $4 104 30; heavy and mixed. S3 90
4 10. Sheep Receipts. 1,649 head; shipments,
220 head: market steady; good to choice lambs
and muttons, S3 504 90; stockers and feeders.
-t$?003 25.
'St.Louis Cattle Receipts, 1,300 head; ship
jncnts. 3,600 head; market steady; choice heavy
native steers, J4 304 70; fair to good, do. S3 25
i 30: stockers and feeders. SI S02 70; range
steers. 2 102 90. Hogs Receipts, 3,700 head:
shipments, 3,300 bead: market a shade lower;
fair to choice heavy, 53 D0Q4 20; packing grades.
S3 804 15; licbt, fair to besr, 54 004 35. Sheep
Receipts, 800 head; shipments, 1,200 head;
market strong; fair to choice, 3 404 70.
BulTAI0 Cattle dull and irreenlar: receipts,
55 loads through: 3 6ale. Hogs slow and
20c lower: receipts, 25 loads throuch: 20 sale;
medium and heavy. S4 o05 00: Yorkers, 4 65
SO; pig, 004 &K roughs. S3 003 65.
Drrsood.
NewYobJC. October 17. There was a buoy,
ant spirit in the drygoods market, with a good
business in spring fabrics. Staple and fancy
Roods for the current season were rarely so
closely sold up. and there is perceptible im
provement In the tone. Print cloths are also
firmer, and other weak spots are vanishing.
Prices are without change, but an advance in
some directieai would occasion little surprise.
The jobbing trade continues fair, but without
special feature.
MABKETS BY WIRE.
A Day of lips and Downs In the Cbtcnco
Wheat Pit A Moderate Business la
Corn A Little More Interest
Manifested In Lard.
Chicago Early trading was rather light in
wheat to-day, and tbo market ruled quiet and
barely steady for a while, then became weak,
with prices declining fie then rallied-rather
sharply under good buying, prices gaining Je,
ruled easy and closed about the same as yester
day. Some of the local traders haTe felt a little
bullish on the market tor the past day or two,
on the ground that for several days the price
for December wheat had not been allowed to
go below 82c Not that there is any special
significance to be placed on that particular fact,
but the market evidently had been "pegged"
there, and when it reached close to that point
to-day operators thought it was safe to take on
a little load. This buying, aided by better ex
port I nsiness assisted the upturn in prices, bnt
at S2Jc for December a prominent local trader
saw fit to sell a considerable quantity. Other
traders followed suit, and there was some real
izing on the early purchases.
A moderate business reported in corn. The
feeling was easier, and ttioujrh.at times the
market ruled higher,purchascs of year.Novem
ber and .May were made by a prominent local
speculator. There was no outside news brought
to bear on the market. The market opened a
shade below and closed, the closing quotations
of yesterday changed bnt little and closed H(
Jc lower than yesterday.
A weaker and lower market was noted for
oats due to receipts exceeding estimates, also
to the fact that shorts have covered of late and
longs wanted to unload and found few buyers.
Offerings were free and prices receded KKci
May being the weakest owing to the bulk of
trade being for that month. A fairly active
trade was reported in pork. Prices irregular,
the market closing at about inside figures.
A little more interest was manifested in lard,
trading bring light. Shorts provided for a few
contracts which tended to strengthen the
market slightly, especially for the near de
liveries. Prices were advanced 25c, but
settled back again, closing quiet. The market
for ribs attracted little attention. Prices ruled
57c higher for October delivery, while other
deliveries were without material change.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Wheat No. z, December, S2iS2Kes2ii
gS2Jc: year.S0c; May, 85U85Vfe85S5gc.
Corn No. 2, November, 313130
30c; December. 3030$c; May, 33333-
6S3c
Oats No. 2, November. lS518JJlS3i
lKc; December, 19K19c;May, 2.--i-lJie
21?C
Mess Pork, per bbL November, $9 40:
year, S9 509 5039 259 35; January, 59 50
69 52K9 45g9 47K-
labd, per iuu .
lbs. November, $0 95
5 92,: vear. 5 S7UB5 Sii: January. $5
5 90ao 87&a5 90.
Shout Ribs, per 100 tts. November, $4 $2
1 904B2K1 85: January. $4 77K04 80-
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
stcadv and unchanged. No. 2 spring wheat,
80WS0c: No. 3 spring wheat, 6070c; No. 2
red. OJi!)0Xc. No. 2 com. 305c. In a 2 oats,
lSJ.e. .No. 2 rye. 42c. No. 2 barley, nominal.
No. 1 flaxseed, 51 28K- Prime timothy seed, 1 21
Mess pork; per bbL, 510 75011 00. Lard, per 100
pounds, 6 20. Short ribs sides (Iooie), So 10
540. Dry salted shoulders (boxed). 4 254 50;
short clear sides (boxed), S5505 62. Whisky
Distillers' finished goods, per gallon, 51 Oi
Sugars Cut loaf, oVc; granulated. 7c: stand
ard A, 75c Receipts Flour.26,000 barrels;
wheat, 131,000 bnshcls: com, 227,000
bushels: oats, 313,000 bushels; rye, 15,000 bush
els; barley. 119,000 bushels. Shipments Flour,
S.000 barrels; wheat, 21,000 bnshels; 00m, 311,
000 bushels; oats. 1SS.OO0 bushels; rye, 3,000
Dusneis; oariey, i,uuu Dusueis.
On the Produce Exchange to-day the but
ter market was dull, weak and unchanged.
Eggs, 16jjl7c
New Yoek Wheat Spot market dull and
easier; No. 2 red, SlESoo in elevator, 85S5Jf c
afloat and 85Ji86cX o. b ; No. 3 red, S0KQ
Sic; ungraded red, 7795c; steamer No. 2 red,
82c: steamer No. 3 red, 75fc: No. 1 Northern,
93c delivered; No. 1 hard, Dt9Sc delivered;
options fairly active, and prices are c lower
and easy; No. 2 red. October, closing at 84c;
November, S5KSoJc, closing at S5c; Decem
ber, 83 ll-lb!7ic, closing at 86c; January,
87JiJb8c, closing at 87?ic: May, 91 ll-lb92c,
closing at 91c Rye dull: western, 495Jc.
Barley quiet. Barley malt oull. Corn Sspot
market closed stcadv at a slight decline and
fairly active; No. 2, 352390 in elevator, 39
40c afloat; No. 2 whi.e, 39Ji40c; ungraded
mixed, 3740c; options quiet and weak at
He decline; October, 38:; November, 39c;
December, 40c: January, 40c; May, 41 11-16
412c, closing at 41Jc Oats Spot market J4
Kc loner, with a lair trade demand; options
more active and easier: October, 25c; Novem
ber, 25Jc: December, 2526c, closing at 25JIc;
May, 27c; spot No. 2 white. 27
2Sc; mixed western, 2326c: white uo.
282S2c; No. 2 Chicago, 2ofi26ic Hay
in fair demand and firm. Hops qniet and
steady. Coffee Options opened barely steady at
1020 points off; closed steady: sal es, o0,2S0 bags,
including November.' 15.00 15 05c: December,
15.0015.10c; January 15.a15.05c: Februarj,
15.05c: March, 15.0015.10c; April. 15.05c: May,
15.O015.10; June, 15.05c; Julv, 15.05c; August,
14.90gl5.00c: September, 14.80014 85c; spot Rio
quiet; fair cargoes, 19Kc Sugar Raw nominal:
refined, quiet and steady. "Eggs Easy and
quiet: Western, 2020Hc; receipts, 5,138 pack
ages. Pork quiet and firm: mess. Inspected,
512 2512 50: do. uninspected, 12; extra
prime, 10 0010 25. Cutmeats quiet and steady:
pickled bellies, 7c: pickled shoulders, 4Uc;
pickled hams, $klWic: middles firm; sh'ort
clear, $5 75. Lard firmer and quiet: sales West
em steam, 6 67 ; October, $8 60g6 65, closing
at 6 65; November, S6 40 bid; December, S6 34
asked; January, 6 32: February, S6 35; March.
6 4a Butter easy and dull; Elgin, 25c; western
dairy, 915c; do creamery, 12J4c;do held, 12
19c; do factory. 713c. Cheese easier and
quiet; Western, 8luc.
Phixadelphia Flour steady. Wheat
dull, but prices ruled firm and late features ad
vanced J4c under moderate offerings; high
grades scarce and firm: No. 2 red, October
83SS3c; November. 83S3Kci December,84j2
&4Kc; January, S5Kbo5ic Com Specula
tion dull, but prices it options ruled steady;
car lots scarce and firm; No 3 mixed in Twen
tieth street elevator, 40c; No. 2 mixed in Twen
tieth street elevator. 41c; No. 2 high mixed, in
Twentieth street elevator, 41Kc; No. 2 white in
Twentieth street elevator, 41Jc; No. 2 yellow
in grain depot, 42c: No. 2 mixed, October.
39fi!i0c; November. 3940c; December, 39
S9c: January, 3ss9c Oats Car lots
firm: No. 2 mixed on track, 28c: No. I white,
dead storage, 27c; No-3 white, regular, 27c;
No. 2 white, 29c; futures quiet, nut steady:
No. 2 white. October. 2b25kc; November 28
2bc: December, 2SKac; January, &
29ic. .ggs stead) : Pennsj ivanla firsts, 23c.
ST. Louis Flour unchanged and very quiet
Wheat Cash firm and higher; options un
settled; at the opening there was free enough
selling to depress prices Uc bnt a slight re
action and the close was about the same as yes
terday; No. 2 red cash, 7SJic: October, 78Kc.
cloed at TSJc bid; December, 8080c, c'osed
at SOJSc asked; May, 84i8ic, closed at 8IiB
84Jc asked. Corn dull: J 0. 2 mixed, casn 2SH
c; November, 2o28Kc. closed at 2SJ4c; De
cember, 27c;year, 27c; January, 27c; May
30c, closed at 30c aked. Oats weaker: No 2
cash, ISo bid: May. 21K22c: October, 17c bid;
November, lSJic bid; December and January
2c asked. Rye No. 2, 39c Barlev steady
but slow; Minnesota. 63c; IdWa. 40c 'Hay un
changed. Flaxseed quiet at $1 43I 44. Butter
and eggs unchanged. Cornmeal, SI 601 65.
Provisions fairly steady; pork. Sll 5012 00, lard,
58 00. Drv salt meats Shoulders, M 60; longs
and ribs, $5 505 60. Bacon Boxed shoulders
5 00; longs and ribs, SS 00; short clear, 6 15
625.
Baltimore Wheat Western firmer; No. 2
winter red, spot and October, 82c: Novembor
83KS3JJc; December, $4c; January, 6yQ
85Jgc Corn Western Ann; mixed, spot, 401c
October. 3940Xc; November. 3Sc; year and
January, 3b3ic Oats firmer; western white, 26
28c; do mixed. 2425c Rye qniet; prime to
choice. 6658c Hay Prime to choice timothv
13 5914 00. Provisions dull. Bntter firm;
western packed, 1013c; creamery, 2325c
Eggs firm: western, 21c; nearby, 2122c Coffee
nominal: Rio cargoes, fair, 19c
Milwaukee Flour unchanged. Wheat
firm; cash, 73Jc: December,75c, No. 1 North
ern, S2c Com dull; No. 3, 31c. Oats dull;
No. 2 white, 2IJc Rye firm: No. L 43c
Barley easy: No. 2, and October, 54a Pro
visions steady. Fork, Sll 00. Lard, 50 15.
Butter steadv; dairy, 1617c Cheee steady;
Cheddars. 99Xc Eggs firm; fresh, 18c
Toledo Cloverseed lower and dull; cash.
S3 62; November, $3 60; February, 3 75.
Philadelphia Stocks.
Closing quotation! of Philadelphia stocks, fur
nished by Whitney A Stephenson, brokers. No. 67
Foarth avenue, .tlembers Hew York btockx
ch&nfe. BIA. Asked.
Pennsylvania Railroad & u
Beading SS-U 22'4
Biflalo. Plttsburr and Western 9Ji su
LohlEh Valley S3X Sjh
Lehlsh .Navigation Sj wi
Northern faci&c 31 zi
Northern t'aciao preierred 71X 71
Boston Stock.
Atcb.TOB..lst7s. 100M
A.&T. LandGrt7s.l(C
Atcb. ATop.H. K... SIX
Boston & Albny...iu)i
Old Colony. 175V
ttntland prererred.. 45
Wls.Ucntrai.coin... 2!ii
allnna MvfV, i?
Boston & juame.....zi&
U.. it. 4U. I06K
Unn. San. A Cleve. U i
Ksstern R. K Ill
flint & fere M. Dfd. 85
K.C..dt.J.4;C.B.7s.i3
JlcxicanOen. ootn.. 14V
Mex.Clstmts-.bds. W
. y. ewnc... 43H
. Y. AN. E.7i....K7fc
Oxd.&L. Cham, com. o
Calumet HecialllisB
CopDer Falls 9
rranxun. u
Huron. ni
Osceola. 2u
fewable sn
Bell Telcpnone 20s
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Baseball game to-day -at our store.
Chicago ti Allegheny. Fleishman & Co.
REALTY LOOKING UP.
A Good Inquiry for AH Kinds" of
Property in City and Suburbs.
CAPITALISTS ARE INTERESTED.
Some Plain Talk Anent the Decline in
Philadelphia Gas Co. Stock.
W0BK IN THE WILKINSBuBG GAS FIELD
An apparently well authenticated rumor
obtained considerable currency on Fourth
avenue yesterday, to the effect that a fine
boulevard is to be made at Oakland by
changing the course of "Ward street, so as to
run it directly through theMcKee property.
According to information received, the
boulevard will be 150 feet wide, with grass,
shrubbery and shade trees, and a good class
of houses on each side. A thoroughfare of
the kind indicated would add immensely to the
already great attractions of that fine district.
w
There has been a remarkable revival of in
terest in real estate within a week or ten days,
and the outlook is good for an active market
the remainder of the season. The inqniry Is
confined to no particular locality, but extends
to every part of the city and suburbs. The de
mand for business sites is better than for a long
time, while building lots are eagerly sought
for. Values are a little higher in a few favored
localities, but as a general thing they show
very little change. Capitalists are taking more
interest in realty this fall than usual, and many
of them are putting their money in it instead of
mortgages, as they have figured out that it
pays them better.
Speaking of the rapid decline of the stock of
the Philadelphia Gas Company, a Fourth ave
nue broker said yesterday: "The statements
of the company thattho plant is in better con
dition than ever before, that there is plenty of
gas, that recent shortages were dne to the fact
that new mains were being laid and connec
tions made, and that earnings are largely in
excess of last year, do not harmonize with the
facts as understood by the public If they did
the stock would be away up instead of away
down. Although I do not believe that gas is
giving out at the wells, it is certain that it is
giving out in the pipes. While the company
persists that there is plenty of gas, consumers
say they have barely enough to get along with,
and sometimes none at all. It is this
that is hurting the stock. It is probable
that the company has undertaken a greater
task than it can perform. The mistake seems
to be that it is seeking to supply a large part
of Allegheny county when it has only enough
gas to properly supply Pittsburg. If it would
limit its business to its capacity and not en
deavor to drive away other companies by in
vading their territory, by acting the hog,
in short, it would get along all right
and stockholders would not suffer. As
to earnings and all that, while" I do not pre
tend to say that the company's statement was
"cooked," everybody knows that it Is easy to
make figures. I think a more conservative
management more regard for the interests of
the many who have bought the stock, and not
so much for the few on the inside would bring
the company out all right. It is a matter of
great importance to Pittsburg, and there ought
to be no ahenanigin about it."
s
Contrary to general belief the Wllkinsburg
Natural Gas Company has not surrendered the
hope of finding gas in paying quantities on
the Weymond place, near town, but is quietly
at work on well No. 2, which is almost down to
the sand, lapcrts who have examined the
well say the indications are good for a No. 1
producer. The oil well is stlU plugged and
nothing will be done with it until the resnlt of
the new ventnro is known, as it is intended to
make it the final test of the field. Members of
the company think they will come out all right
yet.
Several important deals in down-town prop
erty recently stimulate the hope that that part
of the city is on the eve of an improvement
boom, of which it has long been in . need. In
point of location and facilities for the transac
tion of business, it is the most valuable part of
the city, but the buildings, for the most part
relics of a bygone age, are totally inadequate
in size and convenience to trade as it is now
carried on. Their substitution by first-class
structures would divert a large volume of busi
ness to that district which otherwise will go
out Penn.Liberty and Fifth avenues. If holders
of property down there are wise, and do not
want to make improvements themselves, they
will abstain from asking fancy prices of those
wanting to purchase and are willing to pay
a fair consideration, for the privilege of in
vesting their money in improvements where
they are most needed.
With the exception of plate, which has
hardened a little, there has been no material
change in the iron trade since last week. Rails
are firm at 32 and thereabouts. The mills are
very busy on orders, which they cannot fill fast
enough, although running night and day. New
business for early delivery is out of the ques
tion. The prospect is for a continuance of
activity throughout the season. In regard to
prices, a broker remarked yesterday that he
thought they had about reached high-water
mark. A further advance would be injurious
to the trade, as it would start up many old
plants now idlo and lead to overproduction,
and perhaps foreign competition.
BUSINESS GETTING BETTER,
A Good Movement in Local Stocks, With
, Few Weak Spots.
There was a fair amonnt of sales at the Stock
Exchange yesterday, but the dealings were
confined to two properties Philadelphia Gas
and Pleasant Valley Railway. The sales were
710 shares. In the bond list the movement was
limited to Citizens' Traction 5s, which brought
109. Pleasant Valley Railway shares were in
good request and stronger, showing that in
vestors have confidence that the pending deals
for consolidation will result in benefit to the
road.
Philadelphia Gas opened with good support,
at 32, but later in the dav it weakened on free
offerings, and closed at 31. A broker fixed 25
or thereabout as the price before the decline is
checked. But the completion of the big main
and other improvements to increase and main
tain the supply ought to turn the tide in its
favor. The other natural gas stocks kept
Philadelphia company.
Electric was stronger, but dull, and the same
holds good of the Tractions. As to the latter,
however, there are strong indications of a re
vival of interest and, perhaps, ot prices. The
rest of tbo list presented nothing new. Bids,
offers and sales follows: 4
UOBKING. AFTEBITOOX.
Bid. Asked. Did. Asked.
Pitts. P. S. & M. Ex... 4(J0 455
AUemannla Ins. Co... 48 50
Teutonlalns. Co....... S3
Allesheny Gas Co.. Ill 38
Consolidated G. Co.. Ill 40 ,45
EastEndUasCo., 111.. 55
Pitts. tia6 CO..I1I 62
Allesheny Heating Co 110 .... no
fiartiers Val. Gas Co. .... 60
Nat. Gas Co. of W. a. .... 79 .... 79
Philadelphia Co ,. 317s SIX S2J
WTheeUnj! Gas Co H i& 1S 28
-ViashlngtoulMICo 81 .... 81
Central Traction Sljf ti 31 SS
Citizens' Traction 70 .... 70
Pittsburg Traction 4S .... 48
Pleasant Valley 19tf 20
Pitts., A. & Man 23 .... S3
PlttB.JnncK. B 27
Monongahela Brldjce 25
Point BrlJue ZH ....
Hidalgo MlnlneCo 2K .... ....
La Norla Mining Co... H H K
Luster Mining Co 10
Yankee Gin Alining s .... , ....
Westinrhouse Electric 49 K',i 4SX 49
Granite Uooflng Co 38
Mon'gauela W atcr Co S5
Union Storage Co 77
O.S.ASlg. Co - 21 21 21 ....
Westlnghouse A. B... V".H 114 112 114
Bales at the first call were 400 shares Phila
delphia Gis at 32, 100 at 21 and S2, 000 Citizens'
Traction os at 103. At the afternoon -call 200
shares ot Pleasant Valley Railway brought
19W, and 10 of Philadelphia Gas 31.
Andrew Caster sold 83,000 Citizens' Traction
bonds at 109, and bought Philadelphia Gas at
31U. Henry M. Long bought 400 shares Phila
delpla Gas at 32. J. F. Stark sold 100 shares
Philadelphia Gas at 32. Sproul & Lawrence
sold 400 Philadelphia Gas at 82, W. H. Watt
sold 100 Philadelphia Gas at 3 and 100 at 32.
E. P. Long sold 50 Philadelphia atS2. 25 Central
Traction at 31 and CO Pleasant Valley aL19&
NOTHING TO COMPLAIN OP.
Banker Report n Moderate Demand for
Honey at TJnchaneed Rates.
The Pittsburg money market was easy yes
terday, with a moderate demand for accommo
dations at 567 per cent on call and time, but
only gilt-edged names at the minimum. There
was a good clerical business, checking being
the feature. The exchanges were J2,444,227 74
and the balances S257,I4S SS.
The disproportion between exchanges and
balances was due to heavy checking. The bal
ances of one ot the leading banks were only
$1,100; those ot another, one of the largest in
the city, were only a trifle over $1,400. The
right proportion is about 20 per cent Cur
rency was scarce, and considerable gold was
used in making settlements,
Closing Bond Quotations.
D. 8. 4,reg- U7
U. S. 4. couo 127
M. K. T. Gen. SS
Mutual Union 0s..
, 57
.103 -i
.114
U. 8. 4)4 reg 103K
U. 8. 4Ss, coup.... I05H
Paclflcssor'B5...i. .118
Loulalanasumped4s 80.S
Missouri 6s 101
Tenn. new net. 6s... ltriii
N. J. C. 1st, jeri
Nnrfhitrn Fae. 13U..114
Northern Pac. 2d. -U1J
Northw't'n consols.145
Northw'n deben's.-lMK
Oregon & Trans. 6S-105K
Mt l. T M. lien. 5s 8sM
xenn. new set. &s....uil
Tenn. new set. 3s... . 74
Canada So. 2d 96)4
Ccn. Pacificists 114
Den. AK, U., lsts...I21,S
Den. ttG. 4s 7A
D.& K.G. West, lsts. 110
Erte,2ds 104
U. It. t T. Gen. 6s.. 633d
St.L.S.f.Gen.it.;20
Bt. Paul consols ....IW
4t PI f'hl Jfr P.lltS.1l7
Tx PcL. G.Trlls. SOW
iTC,l'CK.uar.'-w
union irac. w ""?
West Shore 105)
New YOBK-Cleartngs, $144,341,483; balances,
$5J97,817.
Boston Clearings. $17,971,760; balances,
$1,874,053. Money, 3 per cent.
Baltimore Clearings, $2,447,559; balances,
$388,959. M , ,
Psii.AnBr.FHlA Clearings, $14,907,839; bal
ances, $1,891,333. ,
Pabis Three per cent rentes, 87f 27c for the
account .
Chicago Clearings. $12,402,000. New York
Exchange, S060c discount Money rates
continue in dispute, bankers claiming to be
getting 6 per cent on call loans, while brokers
offer money at 57K per cent. Ordinary time
loans, CQlfi per cent. The demand for money
continues quite active.
London The bullion in the Bank of England
increased 290,000 during the past week. The
proportion ot the Bank of England's reserve to
liability is now 36.21 per cent
St. Louis Clearings, $4,062,406: balances,
$258,190.
A WEAK BR0THKB,
Tbe Chartlcra Roarer and New York Selling
Demoralized Petroleum.
The oil market was weak and declining all
day yesterday, with very little doing East or
West Tbe opening quotation was lOOJi, the
highest, 101, the lowest and closing, 100'. The
Chartiera well was the principal bearish feature,
though the persistent selling from day to day
by New York was the cause of some uneasiness,
as the market is in no condition to withstand
such assaults. Oil City, as usual, bought,
while Pittsburg was content with a little
pyking.
Washington county advices were: Kelly fc
Co.'s Hudson well is in the top of tbe Band and
has filled up 1,500 feet with oil. It this well
proves to be a good producer it will start
another great oil boom near town, as it is
situated a quarter of a mile ahead ot develop
ments. The Gosford Oil Co.'s Achcson is a
cood producer, having made 150 barrels the
first 24 hours, and increasing by striking
another streak to over 400 barrels.
Features of the Market.
Corrected daily by John M. OaKiey & Co., 45
Sixth street members of the Pittsburg Petro
leum Exchange.
Opened 100X1 Lowest 1M
Highest 101 Uoied I00K
Barrels.
Average runs H 50.691
Average shipments 85,825
Average charters ,. 38,774
Refined, New York. 7c.
Refine.'. London. 51.
Beflned, Antwerp, ntit.
Kenned. Liverpool. 6 l-16d.
A. B. McGrew fc Co. quote: Puts, B93c:
calls. $100.
i Other Oil Markets.
Tmrsvn.r,E, October 17. National transit
certificates opened at $1 00: highest $1 01;
lowest, ti u: ciosea at ii uu.
On. Citt, October 17. National transit
certificates opened at $1 00; highest $1 01;
lowest 1 00c; closed, $1 Oujgc
' Bradford. October 17. National transit
certificates opened at Jl 00; closed at $1 00;
highest $1 00; lowest $1 00&
New York. October 17. Petroleum Stock
Exchange: Opening, $1 00; highest, 51 00: low
est, $1 00: closing, SI 00. Consolidated Ex
change: Opening, $1 O0U; highest SI 00c: low
est, $1 OOJi; closing, $1 OOJi. Total sales, 805,000
barrels.
EEALTT STILL M0YING.
Penn Avenue nnd Stiller Street Property
Cbnnse Owners Other Deals.
James W. Drape & Co. sold the property No.
1125 Penn avenue, Pittsburg, with lot 24x100
feet to an alley, for $14,900 cash.
W. A. Herron 4 Sons sold a frame house of
five rooms with lot 20x100, being No. 33 Miller
street, citv, for $1,300.,
Black & Baird, 95 Fourth avenue, sold to
Abraham Kay a vacant lot being No. 124 In
Warden A Alexander's plan at Temperance
ville, having a frontage of 25 feet on Webtter
avenue by 130 feet in depth, for $900. They also
placed a mortgage of $4,500 on a property in the
suburbs ot Allegheny, tor three years at 5 3-10
per tent
John D. Bailey sold by auction for the estate
of Robert T. Connell, deceased, lot corner of
Hazelwood and Fleming avenues, 66 feet by 9S
feet 6 inches, with a brick dwelling, for $3,680,
subject to widow's life interest
Samuel W. Black & Co., 99 Fourth avenne,
sold lots Nos. 9, SO and 81 in the 8. 8. Boggs
Elan, Allentown station, Pittsburg and Castle
bannon Railroad, for $750. These lots are
meeting with ready sale. Purchasers are be
ginning to see the advantages of this location.
Being near tbe terminus of tbe new Castle
Shannon incline, it is the nearest suburb to the
city.
Reed B. Coyle & Co., 131 Fourth avenne, sold
lots Nos. 156, 157, 158, 159. 160. 161 and 162, being
seven lots in the Marion Place plan, for $2,000.
L. O. Frazier, comer of Forty-fifth and Butler
streets, placed a mortgage of $3,500 on property
located on Forty-fifth street. Seventeenth
ward, for three years at 6 per cent
A DAY 0E DEPBESSIM.
The Stock Mnrket Opened Heavy and Fc
verith nnd Afterward Became Posi
tively Wenk A Fierce Attnck
Made Upon Union Pacific.
New Yobb, October 17. The Btock market
to-day was heavy and feverish in the forenoon,
but became positively weak later in the dav,
and material declines were scored all over tbe
list Several banks were known to bave called
in loans at 6 per cent and put the money out at
a higher rate, which, with tha vulnerability of
the money market to manipulation, developed
a great indisposition to buy anything this
morning, and, although liquidation was small,
the bears were encouraged and became very
aggressive, the local contingent and the Chi
cago people being conspicuous in helping
prices to a lower level.
St Paul and t he other Grangers were given
special attention in early portion of the day,
the earnings for St Paul for the last year being
known to be unusually large and a decrease of
liberal proportions was expected. The stock
yiefded fractionally and when the actual de
crease was found to be only $4,200 the pressure,
was chanced to the other stocks of that gro up
Burlington and Quincy was the next object
and it yielded more readily than St Paul drop
ping about 2 per cent followed by Rock Island
and Northwestern, all of which reached lower
figures than tbey have seen for some time.
The Northern Pacific meeting showed that
tbe opponents of the Villard scheme were
routed and a vigorous attack was made upon
the preferred shares of that company under
the impression that the defeated party in the
stock would endeavor to dispose of their hold
ings and an effort was made to give the selling
tnat complexion. ue ouerings were very
heavy and a decline from 75 to 71 was the
result
The decline in Northern Pacific preferred
drac-treil down Oregon Transcontinental and
tbe movement afterward spread to the stocks
of tbe general list and Lackawanna, Man
hattan, Union Pacific Chesapeake and Ohio
and other specialties became prominent in tbe
downward movement The talk of making
Tampa, Fla., a port from which a large export
business was to be done as the terminus of the
Richmond and West Point system and others
made that stock unusually active and strong at
the outset but it soon quieted down, though
sane into oblivion before noon, though the
early rise was lost toward the close. The
Trusts were quiet and rnled strong almost all
day long, though their fluctuations were small
and their final changes insignificant.
Tbe pressure was continued until the last
minute and the market closed active and weak
at or near lowest prices for most of tbe stocks
of the regnlar list Tbe entire active list is
materially lower this evening, and Northern
Pacific preferred and Manhattan lost 3 per cent
each, Oregon Transcontinental 1, Rock Island
and Chesapeake and Ohio second preferred
each, Burlington and Quincy ami Lackawanna
each, St Paul i, Northwestern Union
Pacific IX, Lake Erie and Western preferred 1
per cent and others generally fractional
amounts.
Railroad bonds were (till less active than
yesterday, the sales of all issues aggregating
only $620,000, while tbe movements of anything
were of less importance.
The following tame snows tne prices oractlve
Stockton the New York Stock Exchange yester
day, corrected dally for TBjs Dispatch by
WBXTffXT&BIXr&XHSOjr, Oldest PltttbUU SUA;
ben of New York Stock Exchange, (7 Fourth ave-
UUCi
Open
lni.
Am. Cotton Oil 41
Atcti., lop. 4 a.F SOX
Canada tJoathern S3H
Central otNevr Jeriey.124
Central Paelttt
ChesaneakeA Ohio.... 28H
C. Bur. A Oulilcy.....l07)f
C, Mil. x St. Paul.... 70X
C Mil. St. P., pt. ..114
C.'KockLftP SOU
C. St L. Pitts
C, St L. A Pitts, pf.. 38
U. St. P..M. AO 33M
c. st. r.ii.ta, pr. ....
C ft Northwestern 112
CAMorthwestern, pr.H2"i
C, C, O. &I .....77
Col. Coal a Iron ZOi
Col. ft Hocking Vai
Del.. L. &Y 143X
Del. ft Hudson
K.T.. Va. Oa - ....
E.T..V. ftOa. 1st pf. ....
E. 1'.. vs. ftOa. 2dpf. ....
Illinois central, 117
Lake Erie ft Western.. 18M
Lake Krie ft West pr.. 64
Late Shore & 41. S 106
Louisville A Nashville. 80X
Michigan central ....
Mobiles Ohio
Mo., nan. ft Texas.... 11
Missouri faclllc es
New Sfork Central 107
!. V.. L. E. ft W 23H
ft. X.. C. A St. Li
. i 0. ft st l. or.
3.X.. O. ftSt.L.2d pf ....
K. rN. IS 45M
ti. i. o. ft w is
Norfolk Western.... J8J4
Norfolk Westerner. 06
Northern Factllc 33)4
Nortnern jfaelflo nref. KH
Ohio ft Mississippi..... 22
Oregon Improvement. .. .
Oregon Transcon 34
Pacific Mall SIX
Peo. .Deo. A Kvans 20
ThUadel. ft Beading.. 5
Pullman Palace Car.. .188
Blebmona ft W. P. T 22Jf
KlchmondftW.F.T.pf ....
St P., Minn. ft. Man..U7
St. L. ft San Fran
St L. ft San Jrran pf.. S7X
st.L. ft San r. 1st pf.
Texas Pacific 19X
Union l'actflo 6Stf
Wabasn
Wabash prererred 11M
Western Onion UH
Wheeling ft L. .,.... 10
Sugar Trust 75)
National Lead Trust. ZH
Chicago Gas Trust.... M,
High
est. 31 3
S3
12S
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107)5
7j
114
99X
38 V
lizS
142
77
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103
69
113
7M
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96
111M
140
74
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117
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78
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106
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183
22
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118
24
55S
107
19H
64
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84H
70
76
K'fi
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Low- Ing
est Did.
23 23
632 S3
124H "4)4
VMi Z3&
106J4
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38"
33
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142
75H
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142"
1I7K 117
18 18
64 63
106 105
80 7S
MM 11M
69
J07 106K
29M 29
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18 18
18! 135
Sd 66
33 31
75 71
22 22
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32 31
20 20
45 44
1S8 1S8
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70 70
77 7554
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C6 56
Business Notes.
The largest of S3 mortgages recorded yester
day was for $10,000. The smallest was for $150.
If money and perseverance are to connt for
anything, Wllkinsburg will have a gas well of
its own yet
The Secretary of the Treasury yesterday ac
cepted offers to sell $188,400 of 4 per cents at 127,
and $113,600 of 4 per cents at 105.
The Northern Pacific annual report will
show net $7,843,926, an increase of 50 per cent in
two years, on 11 per cent increased mileage.
It was stated yesterday that the McKelvy
farm, between Edgewood and Swlssvale, will
be subdivided this fall and put on the market
next spring.
In Philadelphia, $1,000 Allegheny Valley
Railroad income sevens brought 35. and $1,000
Pennsylvania Railroad consolidated mortgage
sixes coupons 124.
It is said the Philadelphia Company spent
$50,000 for gas in the field in which the Ar
buckle well is situated, resulting in one small
oil well. The field is deemed a very treacher
ous one. .
St. Paul earnings decreased the second
week in October $4,289; East Tennessee, Vir
ginia and Georgia, first week in October, in
creased $21,244; Pullman has declared usual
quarterly dividend of $2.
Ownebs of fine horses and gay turnouts
should not be discouraged. With two boule
vards, one down the valley and one at Oakland.
The former in course of construction and the
latter projected, the prospect for fine drives is
excellent
In regard to the purchase of the Brush Elec
tric Light Company by the Thomson-Houston
Company, a broker said yesterday: "In my
opinion this merger of the Brush and Thomson-Houston
means a consolidation of the
three remaining companies within a year, and
before this time next year yon will see one
gigantic electric light company. This deal
would benefit the Westlnghouse Company by
removing one competitor in the light business."
IE0 MAI LITE LONG YET.
The Rector of tbe American College, Rome,
on tbe Pope's Health.
NewYoek, October 17. M"gr. O'Con
nell, rector of the American College at
Rome and a favorite at 'the Vatican, is In
this city, and talks quite instructively.
There has been much said about Pope Leo
and his relations with the Italian Govern
ment, but it is claimed that Mgr. O'Connell
is better informed on matters appertaining
to tbe Vati6an than any other member of
the Catholic clergy now in America.
"The Pope," said he, "is not going to die
this year nor next, nor still the next, and,
the Lord permitting, he may live a dozen
more years, so far as his health may now
indicate. He is still hearty and strong, and
works just as hard as ever about 16 hours
a day. He takes the greatest interest
in American affairs and the coming
Catholic celebrations in America.
Of the dedication of the great uni
versity at 'Washington he talks constantly,
and considers it will be one of the greatest
institutions of learning in the world. I
have come to America to represent the Pope
at the big Catholic meeting soon to take
place at Baltimore and also a) the dedicatory
services of the university. Before my leaving
Rome His Holiness sent his blessing to the
members of the Catholic clergy in Amer
ica." "What is the condition of affairs in
Italy?"
"The Pope deplores his present position
very much. There is no doubt but what the
present trouble will soon actuate His Holi
ness in taking some decisive step."
"Will he leave Borne, and, in that case,
where will he go?"
"Wiile regretting the indignities that
have been heaped upon the Vatican, the
Pope dislikes the idea of leaving the city
of his predecessors and the seat of the
Catholio Church for so great a period of
years. But if insults continue, there will
be but one thing to do, and that will
be to leave. There are many rumors
afloat in Europe as to where the Pope
would go, but uo one will know outside the
Vatican until the move is made. I see an
American politician has advised that the
English Government relinquish Ireland to
His Holiness. I have nothing to Bay about
the proposition, though."
PB0PITABLE CULTIVATION OP TEA.
Goed Reasons Why Ceylon Took It Up
Wbcn Coffee Foiled.
H. C. Green In New York Star.
I met yesterday) at the Metropolitan
Hotel, A, Melville White, an English gen
tleman, who is a large tea planter in
Ceylon, and is now en ronte to England.
He came by way of San Francisco, and is
taking a comprehensive view of the States
on his way home. He tells me that a dis
ease having destroyed the coffee trees in
Ceylon about five years ago, the planters
substituted, with success, the cultivation of
tea.
"About three years," he continued, "are
required to bring the plant up to a good
lea -bearing standard. The first year they
are allowed to grow up about seven leet
high, when they are cut down to a height of
tnree leet and Kept as low as tnat ever aiter
ward. The leaves are picked every ten
days all the year round, the whole planta
tion being gone over by the laborers, who
are imported coolies. The natives of Cey
lon are hopelessly lazy, and won't work at
it. About one laborer to an acre is re
quired. "The planters live in the hills in comfort
able bungalows, about 16 miles from Colom
bo, a city of 250,000 native population. A
climate of perennial spring and summer in
sures an ideal oriental temperature. There
are a few hundred English planters and a
garrison of English troops on the island, aud
a small but charming circle of society. Mr.
White has been 14 years out there, and ex
presses himself delighted with the country.
The Ceylon tea is fine in quality and de
licious in taste, and not unlike the best
quality of English breakfast tea. The cul
tivation of tea has become tbe great industry
in Ceylon, and the tea is becoming rapidly
known and used in England."
HORSFORD'S ACID PHOSPHATE,
For'Jndliestlon,
gyjpeptla, md, fljteww tocijwttaMCtP.
DOMESTIC MAEKETS.
Quality of Potatoes and Apples Of
fered of low Grade.
DAIRY PRODUCTS MOVING FREELY.
Corn Steady, but Oats and Hay Weaker on
Liberal Supplies.
SUGARS STILL DRIFTING DOWNWARD
Cttice ot FiTTSBtrao dispatch,
Thubsdat. October 17, 1889. (
Country Produce Jobbing; Prices.
The stock of potatoes in the hands of com
mission men is lighter than for a week, or two
past. Good potatoes are firm and will soon go
higher. The late depression has been largely
due to the fact that an unusual quantity of
poor stock has been dumped on to our markets.
Choice potatoes will readily bring the outside
quotations. The sameobjection stands against
apples as potatoes. A large proportion of the
offerings is low grade. Throughout Pittsburg's
bailiwick the quantity of apples is below aver
age and quality Is generally inferior. Last
season the yield was extra, and the rule is fol
lowed this season that tbe famine follows the
feast. Grapes are In bountiful supply and fair
demand. Dairy products are active and un
changed. Poultry and eggs are scarce and
firm. Tropical fruits are in good demand and
the drift is toward higher prices.
Butter Creamery, Elgin, 2728c; Ohio do,
2528c; fresh dairy packed, 222ic; country
rolls. 204221c. .
Beans Navy hand-picked beans, $2 2S2 40;
medium, $2 302 40.
Beeswax l!830c V & for choice; low grade,
18020c ?
Cidke Sand refined 16 5097 50; common,
53 504 00; crab cider. $8 0O&S 50 ? barrel;
cider vinegar, 1012c 3 gallon.
Chestnuts 54 0004 50 per bushel.
Cheese Ohio. llHKc; New York, llKc
Limburger, 8k10c; domestic Bweitzer, 1U
13c: Imported Sweitzer, 23Kc
Eggs 23c ft dozen for strictly fresh.
Fruits Apples, 2 00(92 75 barrel; grapes;
Concords, 45c ) pound, Catawbas, 68c,
Delawares, 79c;Bartlett pears, 15 00 barrel;
quinces. S7 008 00 barrel; cranberries. Jer
seys, 3 003 25 ) bushel box; Malaga grapes,
large barrel, S3.
f'KATUEKS Extra live eeese, 5060c; No. 1
do, 4045c; mixed lots, 3035c 31 .
Pouitky Live spring chickens, 4045c ?!
pair; old, 6570c $1 pair.
Seeds Clover, choice, 62 &s to bushel, $5 00
& 25 ft bushel; clover, large English, 62 lis, $5 50;
clover, Alsike. $3 00; clover, white, $9 00; timo
thy, choice, 45 lis, tl 50; blue grass, extra
clean, 14 Us. 90c; blue grass, fancy, 14 Us, SI 00;
orchard grass. 14 Bs.51 65; red top, 14 s, Jl 25;
millet, 50 tts, SI 00; German millet. 60 Ss, SI 50;
Hungarian crass, 60 lis, Jl 00; lawn grass,
mixture ot fine grasses, S2 50 fl bushel of 14
Us.
Taixotv Country, 4ic; city rendered, 4J
65c
Teopical Feutts Lemons, common, S4 50
5 00; fancy. So 506 00; oranges, S4 505 00:
bananas. 2 00 firsts. SI 50 cood seconds. 9
bnnch; cocoannts, S4 004 60 it hundred; figs.
;vc V B; dates, &eKc W a; newlayerngs,
tsloKc: new datesi mc v a.
nnmonr.a Tn.n.Ms OT KAiSAI TC SO V .
rel: tomatoes 6575c ft bushel; wax beans, 75c
f bnshel: green beans, 4050c f) bushel; cu
cumbers, $2 252 50 ft bushel; cabbages, $4 00
65 00 a hundred; celery, 40c ft dozen; Southern
sweet potatoes, S3 0002 25; Jerseys, S2 75.
Groceries.
The sugar drift is still downward, and our
quotations are again reduced, in accordance
with stubborn facts. Coffee options advanced
15 to 20 points yesterday in New York, but
packages gave no signs of change. Markets
are manipulated by speculators, but so far they
have failed to reduce prices to a lower level.
Gbeen Coffee Fancy Bio. 22K23c;
choice Bio, 2021c: prime Bio. 20c; low grade
Bio, 1819Kc: old Government Java, 27c; Mar
acalbo, 2324c; Mocha, 2829c; Bantos, 209
23c; Caracas. 2123c; peaberry. Bio, 2325e;
Lh Guayra. 2223c
Boasted (in papers) Standard brands,
23Xc; high grades, 2526$c; old Govern
ment Java, bulk, 31324c: Maracaibo, 26
27c: Santos, 2123c; peaberry. 26c; choice Bio,
24c; prime Bio, 22c; good Bio, 21c; ordi
nary, 21c.
Ufices (whole) Cloves, 2125c: allspice, 8c;
cassia, 8c; pepper, 18c; nutmejr, 70SSO.
Petboleum (iobhers' prices) 110 test, 7c;
Ohio. 120,r8Kc; headlignt 150, SVc; water
white, 9c; globe; 1414jc; elaine, 14&:; carna
dine, Uc; royaline, 14c: globe red oil, 11
HKc.
SYEUPS Corn syrups, 2&29c; choice sugar
syrups. 3338c; prime sugar syrup. 30333c;
strictly prime, 3335c; new maple syrnp, 90c
N. O. MolASSES Fancy, 4sc; choice, 46c;
medium, 43c; mixed, 4042c.
SODA Bi-carb in kegj, 34c; bi-carb in K.
5c; bi-carb, assorted packages, 66c; sal
soda in kegs, 13c; do granulated, 2c
Candles Star, full weight, 9c; stearine, ft
set. 8c; parafflne, ll12c
Bice Head, Carolina, 77c; choice, 5V
7c: prime. 56Vc; Louisiana, (S&Kc.
Stabch Pearl, 3c; cornstarch, 56c; gloss
starch, 57c
Foreign Fauns Layer raisins, S2 65; Lon
don layers. S3 10; California London layers,
82 60; Muscatels, S2 25; California Muscatels,
SI 85; Valencia, 8c; Ondara Valencia, 9J10c;
sultana, 8Kc; currants, &5Kc; Turkey prunes,
45c French prunes, 813c; Salonlca
prunes, in 2-ft packages, 8c: cocoannts, ft 100.
6 00; almonds, Lan.. ft &, 20c; do, Ivica, 19c;
do, shelled, 40c; walnut, nap.. 1215c; Sicily
filberts, 12c; Smyrna figs, 1216c; new dates,
56c: Brazil nuts, 10c; pecans, ll15c; citron,
ft Si, 21Q22c; lemon peeL ft ft, 1314c; orange
peel, 12Kc
Dried Fruits Apples, sliced, per ft, 6c,
apples, evaporated, 8c; apricots, Califor
nia, evaporated. 1215c; peaches, evaporated
pared, 2223r; peaches. California, evaporated,
unoared, 10Lc; cherries, pitted. 2122c;
cherries, un pitted, 56c; raspberries, evapor
ated, 242ife blackberries, 7Sc; huckle
berries. tO012c
Suqa&s Cubes, 7c; powdered, 7c; granu
lated, 7c; confectioners' A, 7c? standard A,
VAci soft whites, 67c; yellow, choice, 6
6jjc: yellow, good, t66c: yellow, fair, 6c;
yellow, dark, &c.
Pickles Medium bbls (1,200), $5 75; medi
um, balf bbls (600), S3 25.
SaltNo. L ft bbl, 95c: No. 1 ex. ft bbl, 05;
dairy, ft bbl, SI 20, coarse crystal, ft bbl, SI 20;
Higgins' Eureka, 4-bu sacks, S2 80: Higgius'
Eureka, 16-14 & pockets, S3 00.
Canned Goods Standard peaches, S2 00
2 25; 2ds, SI 501 65: extra peaches, $2 402 60,
pie peaches, 95c: finest corn, SI 001 60; Hid. Co:
corn, 7090c; red cherries, 90cSl: Lima beans.
SI 10; soaked do, eoc; string do, 750S5C: mar
rowfat peas, SI 101 15; soaked peas, 7075c
pineapples, SI 401 50; Bahama do, S2 75; dam;
son plums, 95c; greengages, SI 25; egg plums,
S2; Californiaopears, 52 50; do greengage, $2; do,
egg plums, $2; extra white cherries, S2 90; red
cherries, 2 lis, 90c; raspberries, II 401 5U;
strawberries, SI 10: gooseberries, SI S01 40;
tomatoes, 90cI 00; salmon, 1-fi Si 752 10;
blackberries, EOc: succotash, 2-ft cans, soaked;
99c; do green, 2 Us, SI 25l 50: corn beef, 2-ft
cans, S2 05; 14-11 cans, S14 00: baked beans, Jl 45
Ql SO; lobster, !&, SI 751 80; mackerel 1-B
cans, broiled, SI 50; sardines, domestic, Jis,
S4 254 SO; sardines, domestic, K. $7 25a7 o0;.
sardines, imported. Us, $11 S012 50; sardines.
Imported, s, $18; sardines, mustard, $3 60;
sardines, spiced. S3 50.
Fish Extra No.1 bloater mackerel, S36 ft
bbl.: extra No.1 do, mess, $10; extra No. 1
mackerel, 'shore. S32; extra No. I An. messed.
$36; No. 2 shore mackerel, $24. Codfish Whole
pollock, 4c f) fi; do medium, George's cod,
6c: do laree. 7c: boneless bake. In strips. 6c: do
George's cod in blocks, 6K7Kc Herring
Bonnd shore, $5 00 ft bbl; split, S7 00; lake,
S2 00 ft 100-11 half bbl. White flsb, $7 00 ft 100
11 half bbl. Lake trout, $5 50 ft half bbL Fin
nan haddock; 10c ft ft. Iceland halibut, 13c ft
ft. Pickerel, K bbl, $2 00; U bbl, $1 10; Poto
mac herring, to t ft bbl. $2 50 a K bbL
Oatmeal JO 306 60 ft bbL
Miners' Oil No. 1 winter strained, 6557c
ft gallon. Lard oil, 75c.
Grain, Flour nnd Feed.
Receipts as bulletined at the Grain Exchange,
48 cars. By Pittsburg; Ft. Wayne and Chicago,
6 cars of oats, 2 of barley, 6 ef corn, 2 ot mid
dlings, 3 of hay, 1 of flour. By Pittsburg; Cin
cinnati and St. Louis, 7 cars of hay, 5 of oats,
1 pf bran, 1 of wheat, 1 of barley, 1 of com, 1
of shlpstuff. By Pittsburg and Lake Erie, 1
car of rye, 1 of wheat, 1 of floor, 1 of hay. There
was but one sale on call, viz.: a car of extraNo.
3 white oats, 26Kc; spot, B.4U. Oats are lower,
as our quotations will disclose. Corn is firm.
Loose hay is coming to market in liberal quan
tities and prices are drooping. A fair article
was sold to-day as low as $10 per ton. Through
out the region of which Pittsburg is the center
the hay crop this season is unusually large, and
as farmers are taking advantage of good roads
te bring their crop to market, we are,havine a
surfeit of bay, and hence lower prices. The
wheat and flonr market is unchanged but quiet.
Prices below are for carload lots.
WHSAT-NewNo. 2 red, 84885c; No. 8. 800
81c
Corn No. 2 yellow, ear, 4344c; high mixed,
ear, 42843c: No. 2 Yellow, shelled. 40c; high
mixed, shelled, 8940cj mixed, shelled, 388
89c.
Oats No. 3 white. 2727fc; extra, No. 8,
26820XC: mixed, 2425c.
RYE No. 1 Pennsylvania and Ohio, 60861c;
No. K Western, 488c; new rye, No. 3 Ohio,
FXoub Jobbing prices Fancy winter aad
apnue patents, i wu uv, miKH Dnntni,
H368I ; dw vtBttr, W84 2fc stokfeMLl
XXXX bakers', S3 6083 75. Bya flour, 88 600
MrLLTEXD Middlings, fins '"white, SIS 000
16 SO ft ton; brown middlings, S13 00913 60: win
ter wheat bran, $11 5011 75; chop feed, $15 50
ei6C0.
HAT-Baled timothy. No. L- $12 09813 60;
No. 2 do. $11 00 11 50; loose from wagon. Sll 00
13 00, accordine to quality; No: 1 upland
prairie. S3 50g9 00; No. 2, $7 0087 60; packing
do, $7 607 75.
Straw Oats, $6 507 00; wheat and rye
straw. $6 0086 25.
Provisions.
Sugar-cured hams, large. 10c; sugar-cured
hams, medium, Uc; sugar-cured harav small,
llc: sugar-cured breakfast bacon, 10c; sugar
cured shoulders. 6c; sugar-cured boneless
shoulders, 7c: sugar-cured California hams, 7c:
sugar-cured dried beef flats, 9c; sugar-cured
dried beef sets, 10Kc; sugar-cured dried beef
rounds, 12Kc: bacon shoulders, 6c: bacon
clear sides, 7Kc: bacon clear bellies, 7Kc; dry
salt shoulders, 5c; dry salt clear sides, 7c,
Mess pork, heavy. $11 oO; mess pork, family
$12 00. Lard Beflned, in tierces. 6c: half
barrels, 6c; 60-11 tubs. 6c; 20-ft pails, 7c; 60
& tin cans. 6c; 3-11 tin pails. 7Kc; 5-E tin
Sails, 7c; 10-ft tin palls, 6c: fi-ft tin pails, 7c; 10-
tin pails, 7c. Smoked sausage, long. 5c;
large, 5c. Fresh pork links, 9c. Boneless
hams, lOkc Pigs feet, half barrel, $4 00; quar
ter barrel, $2 15.
Dressed Meat.
Armour & Co. furnished tbe following prices
on dressed meats: Beef carcasses 450 to 650 Us,
6c; 650 to 650 tts. 6c, 650 to 750 Ss. 62$7c.
Sheep, 8c ft ft. Lambs, 9c ft ft. Hogs, &c
Fresh pork loins, 8c.
Gash paid for old gold and silver, at
Hauch's, Xo. 295 Fifth ave. wrsa
Time is the true test F. & "V.'s Pilsner
beer grows daily in popularity.
When baby was sick, we gave ber Castoria,
When she wasa Child, she criedfor Castoria,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
When she had Children,she gave them Castoria
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ARMOUR'S
EXTRACT OF. BEEF. .
ARMOUR & CO., CHICAGO,
SOLE MANUFACTUBERS.
This is now conceded to be tbe befp in tbe
market, as witnessed by the fact that we have
just teoured the DIPLOMA. FOB EXCEL
LENCE at the Pure Food Exposition, now be
ing held in Philadelphia.
CLEANLY LN MANUFACTURE,
SUPERIOR LN QUALITY,
And with the bright appetizing flavor of fresh
ly roasted beef.
BEMJSMBEB,
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Accounts solicited. Issue Circular Letters
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Available In all puts of the world. Alsoiane
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MBS. ANNIE EVANS,
No. 910 Second avenue, has recently been cured
of catarrh and a bad lung trouble, from which
she had been a great sufferer. She had ringing
in her ears, pain over ber eyes and dizziness.
She bad a continuous hawking and spittine of
the catarrhal secretion that gathered in her
throat, and as the poisonous matter extended
to herlunes she coughed badly. The pressure
and pain she felt in her lungs told her only too
plainly that the disease was fast progressing.
Ulceration set in, causing frequent hemor
rhages. She became very weak; nervous, and
seldom could get a good night's sleep. Her
stomach gave her much distress after eating;
and she also suffered terribly from diseases pe
culiar to women. After consulting the physi
cians of the Catarrh and Dyspepsia Institute at
323 Penn avenue she began treatment, and of
the result she says: "I am very glad to give my
testimony. I have been cured oi all the above
diseases,andEladly recommend thesephysicians
to those suffering from diseases of their spe
cialty. MBS. ANNIE EVANS.'
They cure catarrh, dyspepsia and diseases of
women. Consultation free. Office hours, 10 A.
M. to4P.lt, and 6 to 8 P. K. Sundays, 12 to t
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OFFICIAL PITTSBURG.
AN OBDINANCE-AUTHOB1Z1NG THE
widening and opening of Cecil alley, from
tbe northern side ot Liberty street to the
southern side of Suquesne way.
Section 1 Be it ordained and enacted by the
city of Pittsburg, In Select and Common Coun
cils assembled, and it is hereby ordained and
enacted by tbe authority of the same. That
Cecil alley, from the northern side of Liberty
street to the southern side of Snquesne way,
be and the same shall be widened on tbe pres
ent eastern side thereof, to tbe extent required
to make said alley fifty feet in width.
Section 2 That the Chief of the Department
of Public Works be and is hereby au
thorized and directed to cause to be sur.
veyed, widened and opened within 60 days
from tbe date of the passage of this ordinance,
said Cecil alley, between Liberty street and
Snquesne way, to the width of fifty (50) feet,
as herein provided in the foregoing section.
OC17-39
AN OBDINANCE-LOCATING LABIMER
avenue from a point distant 632,384 feet
northeasterly from the center line of Shetland
street to Dean street.
Section I Be it ordained and enacted by tbe
city of Pittsburg, in select and Common Coun
cils assembled, and it is hereby ordained and en
acted by tbe authority of the same. That Lari
mer avenue from a point distant 682,334 feet
northeasterly from the center line ot Shetland
street to Dean street, be and the same is hereby
located as follows, to wit: The center line of
Larimer avenue shall begin at a pin on the said
center line of Larimer avenue, distant 682,384
feet northeasterly from tbe center line of Shet
land street; thence deflecting to the right 6 W
for a distance of 8S2.0S feet to a pin on tbe west
6-foot line of Deary street: thence deflecting. to
the left 39 01' 40" for a distance of 685.00 feet
to a pin on the west 6-foot line of Dean street.
Intersecting said line at an angle of 90, and
said Larimer avenue shall be of a width or SO
feet. ocl7-39
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE
construction of a sewer on Fifty-second
street, from Duncan street to a connection with
a sewer running through private property of
Carnegie t Co., on hue of said street, near A.
.V.R.B.
Section I Be it ordained and enacted bv the
city of Pittsburg, in Select and Common Coun
cils assembled, and it Is hereby ordained and
enacted bv the authority of the same. That
the Chief of tbe Department of Public Works
be and is hereby authorized and directed to
advertise, in accordance with the acts of As
sembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
and ordinances of tbe said city' ot Pittsburg;
relating thereto and regulating' the same, for
propoalsfor the construction ot a pipe sewer
on Fifty-second street, commencing at Duncan
street; thence northwardly to Holmes street,
18 inches in diameter; thence to Natrona
alley, 20 inches in diameter, aud from
thence a 24-inch sewer to a' connection
with a sewer running through the pri-
tbio propCTir ot uuhhuo ot uo. at wo
north tide of tha A. V. R. B., the contract
therefor to be let in tbe manner directed by the
said acts ot Assembly and ordinances. The oost
and expense ot the same to be assessed and col
lected in accordance with the provisions of as
act of Assembly ot the CostmoBweaKa of Penn
sylvania, entitled, "An aetr!HBi-to streets
and sewett ia owes of the seeearf oWms,"
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8wif t's Specific entlrely,flured Be ot ait
case of blood poison which obstinately resisted!
and refused to bo cared jorpyer as yean. 3el
regular medical remedies of mereary aadj
potash only added fuel to the flame. IssSendJ
during most of this long time with atoeMTf
blotches and sores of the most OtTeBSiVeTolMsl-4
acter. and was for a long time praetteaHyatt:?
invalid. In less than JQ days use of as. 8. Ij,
was all cleared up sound and weH. This has !
been nearly a year ago, and no s4gn of af in
turn of the old enemy.
ioBar B. TvrrJ9B,
87 Clark street, Ataata, Gaw '
Swift's Snedfic cured me of terrfti Tetttc't
from which I had suffered for 39 Jesg yeesCXe
have now been entirely weH for five yeas, a4
no sign of any return of the disease.
Rogers, Ait May 1, 1S W-BJWfe
Treatise on Blood and Skis Diseases maei
free. ffiS
Tins Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3 As-j
lanta, Ga. i3H-ltW,ni
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WHITTIETC
814 PENN ATXNTXE, PITTSB
As old residents know and book tte
hmtt papers prove, is tbe oldest est
and most prominent physician ia she
voting special attention to au eaipaa
.oSS-NUhttUN L
MCDni loand mental disoaioa
(1 tn V U UO decay, nerrow
energy, ambition and heme. ip4r4
aisoraerea signs sen msenm.
dizziness, sleeplessness, p4mples,e i
povensnea oiooa, uuiisg owm,i
ness, dyspepsia, constipation, con
riage, permanently, safety aad ftattji.'
BLOOD AND SKINSES
hlntrhex failinor hilr: Vises, auas. cdw
swellings, ulcerations of tongaevssoali, Usijel
ulcers, old sores, are cured for lHaVMt MMi
poisons tnorougniy eraaieaiea itobbh
II1JIM AUV juuiscr ttiiu. xiihuhui . i
UllllirUt I smests,wealc hack;
tairhal discharges, infiamaatftm
painful symptoms receive searesdn
nromnt relief and real cares.
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Dr. Wblttler's life-long extoaelve.'
ence, insures saentinc ana noun
on common-sense principles, umw
Patients at a distance aa caret altar
here. Office hears 9-iic to ST.
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Penn avenue, Pittsburg, Pa,
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