vw-"'- ': "- "-. '', ' .si THE PITTSBURG- DISPATOH, MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 18901 - ( V, r v 5s? TALMAGE IN LONDOII. Brooklyn's Divine Preaches on the Thilippian Earthquake. WHAT FAITH DID FOE PRISONERS. Credentials of the One in Whom Men Are Asked to Trust. ASSURANCE TOR TIMES OP UPHEAVAL rEFXCXAI. TO THI DISPATCH.: Loxdcht, January 19. The Rev T. De "Witt Talmage, D.D., of Brooklyn, preached in this city to-day, taking for his text Acts xvi., 31: "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.'" He said: Jails are dark, dull, damp, loathsome places even now; but they were worse in the apostolic times. I imagine, to-day, we are standing in the Phllippian dungeon. Do yon not feel the chill? Do you not hear the groan of those incarcerated ones who for ten years have not seen the sunlight, and the deep sigh of women who remember their father's house, and mourn over their wasted estates? Listen again. It is the cough of a consumptive, or the struggle of one in a nightmare of a great horror. You listen again, and hear a culprit, his chains rattling as he rolls over in his dreams, and you say: "God pity the prisoner." Eat there is another sound in that prison. It is the song of joy and gladness. What & place to sing ml The music comes winding through the corridors of the prison, and in all the dark wards the whis por is heard: "What's thatT What's that?" It is the song of Paul and Silas. The; cannot sleep. Thev have been whipped, very badly whipped. The long gashes on their backs are bleeding yet. They lie flat on the eold ground, their feet fast in woodon sockets, and of course they cannot sleep. But they can sing. Jailer, hat are you doins with these people? Why have they been put in here? O, they have been trying to make the world better. Is that all? That is all. A pit for Joseph. A lion's cave for Daniel. A blazing furnace for Sbadrach. Clubs for Johu Wesley. An anathema for Philip Melancthon. A dungeon for Paul and Silas. BELEASED BT XS EARTHQUAKE. But while we are standing in the gloom of that Phllippian dungeon, and we hear the mingling voices of sob, and groan, and blas phemy, and hallelujah, suddenly an earth quake! The iron bars of the prison twist, the pillars crack off, the solid masonry begins to heave and rock till all the doors swing open, and the walls fall with a terrific crash. The jailer, feeling "himself responsible lor these prisoners, and feeling suicide to be honorable since Brutus killed bimselt, and Cato killed himself, and Cassius killed himself puts his SKord to his own heart, proposing with one strong, keen thrust to put an end to his excitement and agitation. But Paul cries out: -Stop! Stop! Bo thyself no barm. We are all here." Then I see the jailer running through the dust and amid the ruin of that prison, and I see him throwing himself down at the feet of these prisoners, crying out: "What shall I do? What shall I dor Bid Paul answer: "Get out of this place before there is another earthquake:put handcuffs and hopples on these other prisoners, lest they get aar" No word of that kind. Compact, thrilling, tremendous answer; answer memor able all through earth and heaven: "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shaltbe saved." WelL we have all read of the earthquake in Lisbon, in Lima, in Aleppo and in Caraccas; but we live in a latitude where in all our memory there has not been one severe volcanic disturbance. And yet we have seen 50 earth quakes. Here is a man who has been building up a large fortune. II is bid on the money mar ket was felt in all the cities. WHERE HE HAKES HIS MISTAKE. He thinks he has got beyond all annoying rivalries in trade, and he says to himself: "Now I am free and safe from all possible per turbation." But a national panic strikes the foundations of the commercial vorld, and crash ! goes all that magnificent business es tablishment He is a man who has built up a very beautiful home. His daughters hare just come borne from the seminary with diplomas of graduation. His sons have started in life, honest, temperate and pure. When the even lug lights are struck, there is a happy and an unbroken family circle. But there has been an accident down at the beach. The roung man ventured too far out in the surf. The telegraph burled the terror up to the city. An earthquake struck under the foundations of that beautiTul home. The piano closed: the curtains dropped; the laugh ter hushed. Crash! go all those domestic hopes, and prospects, and expectations. So, my friends, we have all felt the shaking down of some great trouble, and there was a time when we were as much excited as this man of the text, and we cried out as he did: "What shall I do? What shall I dor The same reply that the apostle made to him is appropriate to us: "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou Shalt be saved." There are some docu ments of so little importance that you do not care to put any more tnan yonr last name under them, or even your initials; but there are some documents of so great importance that you write out your full name. So the Savior in some parts of the Bible is called "Lord." and in other parts of the Bible he is called "Jesus," and in other parts of the Bible he is called "Christ;" but that there might be no mistake about this passage, all three names come In together "the Lord Jesus Christ." HIS LIFE HIS CREDENTIALS. Now, who is this being you want me to trust in and believe in? Men sometimes come to me with credentials and certificates of good char acter; bat Icannot trust them. There is some dishonesty in their looks that make me know I shall be cheated if I confide in them. You cannot put your heart's confidence in a man' until yon know what stnff he is made of, and am I unreasonable this morning when I stoi to ask you who this is that you want me to trust in? "No man would think of venturing his life on a vessel going out to sea that had never been inspected. No, you must have the cer tificate hunc amidships, telling how many tons it carries, and how long it was built, ana who built it, and all about it. And you cannot ex pect me to risk the carco of my immortal inter ests on board any craft till you toll me what it is made of, and where it was made, aDd what it is. When, then, I ask you who this is you want me to trust in. von tell me he was a very at tractive person. You tell me that the con temporary writers describe him. and they give the color of his eyes, and the color of his hair, and they describe his whole appearance as being resplendent. Christ did not tell the children to come to Him. "Suffer little chil dren to come unto me," was not spoken to the children; it was spoken to the Pharisees. The children had come without any invitation. No sooner did Jesus appear than the little ones pitched from their mothers' arms, an avalanche of beauty and love, into his lap. "Suffer little children to come unto me. That was addressed to the Pharisees; not to the children. Christ did not ask John to put his head down on His bosom; John could not help but put his head there. Such eyes, such cheeks, such a chin, such bair, such physical condition and appear ancewhy, it must have been completely capti vating and winsome. A LOOK AT HIM MEANT LOVE. 1 suppose a look at him was just to love Him O! how attractive bis manner. Why, when they saw Christ coming along the street they ran into their bouses, and tsey wrapped up their invalids as quick as they could, and brought them out that He might look at them. O! there is something so pleasant, so inviting, so cheering in everything He did, in His very look. When these sick ones were brought out did He say: "Takeaway these sores; do not trouble me with these leprosies?"' No, no; there was a kind! look, theie was a gentle word, there was a healing touch. They could not keep away from Him. In addition to this softness of character, there was a fiery momentum. How the old hypocrites trembled before Him. How the kings of the earth turned pale. Here is a plain man with a few sailors at His back, com ing off the Seaxif Galilee, eoing up to the pal ace of the Caesars, making that palace quake to the foundations, and uttering a word of mercy and kindness which throbs through all the earth, and through all the heavens, and through all the ages. O! He was a loving Christ. But it was not effeminacy, or insipid ity of character; it was acompanied with maj esty, infinite and omnipotent. Lest the world should not realize his earnestness, this Christ mounts the cross. You say: "If Christ has to die. why not let Him take some deadly potion and lie on a cnuch in some briehtand beauti ful home? If He must die, let Him expire amid all kindly attentions." No, the world must hear the hammers on the beads of the spikes. The world must listen to the death rattle of the sufferer. The world must feel His warm blood dropping on each check, while it looks up into the face of His anguish. SAD ITECESSITIES OP THE CASK And so the cross must be lifted, and the hole is dug on the top of Calvary. It must be dug three feet deep, and then the cross is laid on tbe ground, and the sufferer is stretched upon it, and the nails are pounded through every nerve, and muscle, and bone, through the right hand, throuch tho left band: and then they shake his right hand to see if it is fast, and they shake his left foot to see if it is fast, and then they heave up the wood, half a dozen shoulders under the weight, and they put the end of the cross to the mouth of the hole, and theyplunro it in, all the weight of bis body coming down for the first time on the spikes; and while some hold the cross upright, others throw in the dirt and trample it down, and trample it hard. Ob, plant that tree well and thoroughly, for it is to bear fruit such as no other tree ever bore. Why did Christ endure it? He could have taken those rocks, and with them crushed his cruciflers. He could have reached np and grasped the sword of tbe omnipotent God and with one clean cut have tumbled tbem into perdition. But no, he was to die. He must die. His life for ray lite. His life for your life. In one of the Kuropean cities a young man died on the scaffold for the crime of murder. Some tlmo after, the mother of this young man was dying, and the priest came in. and she made a con fession to the priest that she was the murderer, and not her son: in a moment of anger she had struck her husband a blow that slew him. The son came suddenly into tbe room, and was washing away the wounds and trying to re suscitate his father, when some one looked through the window and saw him, and sup- Sosed him to be the criminal. That young man led tor his own mother. You say: "It was wonderful that be never exposed her." But I tell you of a grander thing. Christ, the Son of God,died not for His motbor.not for His father, but for His sworn enemies. O, such a Christ as that so loving, so self sacrificing can you not trust Him? A PLAIN HUMAN TKUST. I think there are many under tbe spirit of God who are saying: "I will trust Him if yon will only tell me how?' and the great question asked by thousands of this assemblage Is: "How ? how ?" And while I answeryour ques tion I look up and utter the prayer which Row land Hill so often uttered in the midst of his sermons: "Master, help!" How are you to trnst in Christ ? Just as you trust anyone. You trust your partner in business with im portant things. If a commercial house give you a note payable three months hence, you expect the payment of that note at tbe end of three months. You have perfect confidence in tbeirwordandin their ability. You go borne to-day. You expect there will be food on the table! You have confidence in that. Now, I ask yon to have the same confidence in the Lord Jesus Christ. He says: "you believe; I tase away your sins?' and they are all taken away. "What!" you say, "before I pray any more? Before I read my Bible any more? Before I cry over my sins any more ?" Yes, this moment. Believe with all your heart and you are saved. Why, Christ is only waiting to get irom you wnat you give to scores of people every day. What is that? Con fidence. If these people whom you trust day by day are more worthy than Christ, if they are more faithful than Christ, if they have done more than Christ ever did. then give them the preference; but if you really think that Christ is as trustworthy as they are, then deal with Him as fairly. "Oh," savs some one in a light way, "I believe that Christ was born in Bethlehem, and I believe that Ho died on the cross." Do you believe it with your bead or your neanr l win illustrate tne amerence. You are in your own house. In tbe morning you open a newspaper, and you read how Cap tain Braveheart on the sea risked his life for the salvation of his passengers. You say: "What a grand fellow he must have been! His family deserves very well of the coun try." You fold the newspaper and sit down at the table, and perhaps do not think of that incident again. That is historical faith. But now you are on tbe sea, and it is night, and you are asleep, and are awakened by the shriek of "Fire!" You rubh out on the deck. You hear, amid tbe wringing of the hands and the fainting, the cries: "No hopel We are lost We are lost!" Tbe sail puts out its wings of fire, the ropes make a burning ladder in the night heavens, the spirit of wreck hisses in tbe waves, and on the hurricane deck snakes out its banner of smoke and darkness. "Down with the lifeboats!" cries the Captain. "Down with the life boats!" People rush into them. The boats are about full. Boom only for one more man. You are standing on the deck be side the Captain. Who shall it betYou or tbe Captain? The Captain says: You." You jnmp, and are saved. He stands there, and dies. Now, you believe Captain Braveheart sacrificed himself for his passengers, but you believe it with love, with tears, with hot and long continued exclamations, with grief at his loss and with joy at your deliverance. That is saving faith. In other words, what you believe with all the heart, and believe in regard to yourself. On this binge turns my sermon; yea, the salavation of your immortal souL LIKE FAITH IN A BRIDGE. You often go across a bridge you know noth ing about. You do not not know ho bnilt the bridge, you do not know what material it is made of; but you come to it. and walk over it, and ask no questions. And here is an arched bridge blasted from the ".Rock of Ago;," And built by the architect of the whole universe, spanning the dark gulf between sin and right cousness, and all God ask3 you is to walk across it; and you start, and you come to it, and you stop, and you go a little way on and you stop, and yon fall back and you experiment. You say: "How do I know that nridge will bold me!" instead of marching on with firm step, asking .no questions, but feeling that the strength of the eternal God is under you. O, was there ever a prize offered so cheap as par don and heaven are offered to you? For how much? A million dollars? It is certainly worth more than that. But cheaper than that you can have it. Ten thousand dollars? Less than that. Five thousand dollars? Less than that. Ono dollar? Less than that. One farthing? Less than that. "Without money and without Srice." No money to pay. No journey to take, o penance to suffer. Only just one decisive action of the souL "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, aud thou Shalt be saved." Shall I try to tell you what it is to be saved? I cannot tell you. No man, no angel can tell you. But I can hint at it. For my text brings ine up to this point: "Thou shalt be saved." It means a happy life here, and a peaceful death and a blissful eternity. It is a grand thing to go to sleep at night and to get up in the morning, and to do business all day feeling that all is right between my heart and God. NO PERMANENT HAEM PERMITTED. No accident, no sickness, no persecution, no peril, no sword can do me any permanent dam age. I am a forgiven child of God, and He is bound to see me through. He has sworn he will see me through. The mountains may de part, tbe earth may burn, the light of the stars may be blown out by the blast of the judg ment hurricane; but life and death, things pres ent and things to come, are mice. Yea. farther than that it means a peaceful death. Mrs. Hemans,Mrs. Sigouraey, Dr. Young and almost all the poets have said handsome things about death. There is nothing beautiful about it When we stand by the white and rigid fea tures of those whom we love, and they give no answering pressure of the hand, and no return ing kiss of the lip, we do not want anybody poetizing around about us. Death is loathsome ness, and midnight, and the wringing of tbe heart until the tendrils snap and curl in the torture unless Christ be with us. I confess to you to an infinite fear, a consuming horror, of death unless Christ shall be with me. I would rather go down into a cave of wild beasts or a jungle of reptiles than into tbe grave, unless Christ goes with me. Will you tell me that I am to be carried out from my bright home, and put away in the darkness? I cannot bear dark ness. At the first coming of the even ing I must have tbe gas lit, and the fnrther on in life I get, the morel like to have my friends around about me. And am I to bo put off for thousands of rears in a dark place, with no one to speak to? When the holidays come, and the gif ts-are dis tributed, shall I add no joy to the "Merry Christmas" or "Happy New Year?" Ah, do not point down to tbe hole In the ground, tbe grave, and call it a beautifnl place; nnless there be some supernatural illumination, I sb udder back from it My whole nature re volts at it A TEANSFORMATION. But now this glorious lamp is lifted above tbe grave, and all the darkness is gone, and the way is clear. I look into it now without a single shudder. Now my anxiety is not about death; my anxiety is that I may live aright for I know that if my life is consistent when I come to the last hour, and this voico is silent, and these eyes are closed, and these hands with which I beg for your eternal salvation to-.lay are folded over the still heart, that then I shall only begin to live. What power is there in anything to chill me in tho last hour if Christ wraps around me tbe skirt of His own garment? What darkness can fall upon my eyelids then, amid the heavenly davbrcak? O death, I will not fear tbeetben! Back to thy cavern of darkness, thou robber ot all tbe earth. Fly, thou de spoiler of families. With this battle ax I hew thee in twain from helmet to sandal, the voice of Christ sounding all over tbe earth and through the heavens: "0 death, I will be thy plague. mO grave, I will be thy destruction." To he laved is to wake up in the presence of Christ You know when Jesus was upon earth how happy He made every bouse He went into, and when He brings us up to His bouse how great our glee. His voice has more music in it than is to be heard in all the oratorios of eter nity. Talk not aoout banks dashed with efflor escence. Jesus is the chief bloom of heaven. We shall see the very face that beamed sympa thy in Bethany, and take the very hand that dropped its blood from the short beam of the cross. O. I want to stand in eternity with Him. Toward that harbor I stpvr Ton-am . n-noi I run. I shall be satisfied hen I awake in His likeness. O, broken-hearted men and women, hOW 8Weet it Will be in that f-nnri land tn nnnr all yonr hardships and bereavements and losses into tne loving ear or Christ, and then have Him explain WHY IT WAS BEST for yon to be sick, and why it was best for you to be widowed, and why it was best for you to be persecuted, and why It was best for you to be tried, and have Him point to an elevation proportionate to your disquietude here, saying' "You suffered with me on earth, come up now and be glorified with me in heaven." Some one went into a bouse where there bad been a good deal of trouble and said to the woman there: "You seem to be lonely." "Yes," she said, "lam lonely." "How many in the family?" "Only myself." "Have you had any children?" "I had seven children." "Where are they?" "Gone." "All goner' "All." "All dead?" "All." Then she breathed a long sigh into the loneliness, and said: "Oh, sir, I have been a good mother to the grave." And so there are hearts here that are utterly broken down by the bereavements of life. I point you to-day to the eternal balm of heaven. Are there any here that I am missing this morning? O, you poor waiting maid) yonr heart's sor row poured in no human ear, lonely and sad! how glad you will be when Christ shall disband all your sorrows and crown vou queen unto God and the Lamb toreverl O, aged men and women, fed by His love and warmed by His grace for three score years and tenl will not your decrepitude change for the leap of a hart when you come to look f ac6 to face upon Him whom, having not seen, you love? O. that will be tbe Good Shepherd, not out in the night and watching to keep off the wolves, but with tbe lambs reclining on the sun-lit bill. That will be tbe Captain of our salvation, not amid the roar, and crash, and boom ot battle, but amid His disbanded troops keeping victorious festivity. That will be tbe Bridegroom of the Church coming from afar, the bride leaning npon His arm while He looks down into her face and says: "Behold, thou art fair, my lovel Behold, thou art fair." AN UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT. Hlsa Brown, or the Female College, Run Over br an Express Wagon. Miss Millie Brown, of Deny, a student of the Pittsburg Female College, met with a very painful accident Saturday afternoon, the result of careless driving. The young lady was standing on Liberty street, near the corner of Sixth street, awaiting an ap proaching car, when she was struck and knocked down by an express wagon, both wheels passing over her right foot, crushing it terribly. In a moment she was rescued from her perilous position, and enrried to the drugstore of E. E. Byers, nearby. Drs. Shaw and Phillips were immediately summoned and were soon on hand. Exam ination revealed the fact that the wheels had cut the entire bottom of the foot nearly off, almost severing three large arteries and fracturing one of tbe smaller bones. The work of taking up these arteries in the terribly lacerated condition of the foot in volved great surgical skill and care. The flow of blood prevented their being im mediately located and adjusted, and probes had to be used very freely in accomplishing it For more than two hours the fair suf ferer unflinchingly bore the excruciating agony. No narcotics or stimulants were ad ministered, and the nerve and patience of the fair sufferer greatly assisted the surgeons in their work. A BOSTON MANUFACTURING FIRM Can Save S100,000 a Tear by Locntln(r In ThU Vicinity. tSrECUX. TELKOKAJt TO THX DISPATCH. Gbeknsbueo, Pa., January 19. An other large manufacturing establishment will in all probability be located here. "William P. Tyler, representing a Boston firm, is heie looking after a site upon which to build a mammoth tnbe works. He says that bv locating near Pittsburg they can save $100,000 per year in fuel and $50,000 in freight. At present the firm employs about 250 men, and their specialty is steel boiler tubes. A committee waited on Mr. Tyler this afternoon and made him an offer to locate here. He will consider the offer a few days and then give an answer. STATION AGENTS. The Officers) ot the Local Lodge Installed by the Grand Dlvivlon PreaMent. The fourth annual meeting of the Bailway Station Agents was held Saturday evening at the Hotel Anderson. The officers for the new year were installed by President Albert Cline. Traveling Auditor of the Pittsburg and "Western. The new officers are: Presi dent, P. Colligan; First Vice President, C, V. Wood; Second Vice President, James Aiken; Third Vice Presideut, "W. C. Had ley; Fourth Vice President, F. G. Crusan; Secretary, M. N. McGeary; Treasurer, A. 31. North. The annual grand division meeting will be held at Cleveland on May 13. The Association of Station Agents is coming rapidlv to the front among the rail way organizations. S0H0 NIGHT SCHOOL CLOSED. An Entertainment Given by the Students Teachers Thanked. The Soho night school closed on January 17 until next November. A pleasant even ing was spent by the pnpils and friends. There was a song by Evan Thomas, recita tions by John Larkin and Hartley Brown, and an essay by Joseph Davis. The first honors in writing were awarded to Johu Larkin. tbe second to Thomas Grogan. Thomas Ford secured 100 percentage for at tendance. Thanks were voted to the effi cient teachers, Misses Louden, Hopkins and Hume. A BATCH OF CASES. Magistrate Grlpp Disposes of 36 Offenders at the Central. Magistrate Gripp had 56 cases to dispose of at tbe Central station hearing yesterday morning. Most of the prisoners arrested in the Carpenter alley raid on Saturday night left deposits of $5. and did not appear yes terday morning. Those who were less for tunate were fined $3 and costs. Harry Mor ton, a supposed leader of the crowd, was sent to the workhouse for 30 days. Jack Beed, an old offender, was sent up for 90 days. A WATCH FOR A GIFT. Citizens' Employes Remember Their A" slstant Superintendent. Assistant Superintendent "W. V. Smith, of the Citizens' line has become the Super intendent of the Wylie avenue road. Satur day the Citizens' employes presented him with a fine gold watch at the East Liberty power house as a token of their regard. Mr. Smith accepted the gift with thanks. A number of speeches were made, and a general good time.was indulged in. Officers Installed. The regular meeting of the "Walhalla Manee was held yesterday afternoon in the lodgeroom, corner of Fourth avenue and "Wood street Otto Schmit was initiated as a member, and the names of M. Mnller and Albert Wiegle were proposed for member ship. District Deputy George M. Schafer was present and installed the following offi cers: August Loder, President; Conrad Thoma, Vice Presideut; Conrad Dollhopf, Secretary, and"W"illiam Fehringer, Treas urer. An adjournment was made until February 2. An Ocean Cable Broken. New York, January 19. The Punta Passa and Key West cable is broken, cut ting off communication between the "West Indies and South America by way of Key Vest Fob a disordered liver try Beecham'g Pills. Pears' Soap the purest and best ever made Abjiotje & Co., ot this city, report the following sales of dressed beef for the week ending January 18: 154 carcasses, average weight 669 pounds; average price 5c. When baby was sick, we gave her Castorla, When she was a Child, she cried for Castorla, When she became Miss, she clung to Castorla, When she bad Children,she gave them Castorla p-77-xwrsa DOMESTIC MARKETS. Produce Men Carrying Light Stocks -Tone of Trade Better. MORE ACTIVE MOVEMENT OP EGGS. Light Cereal Receipts for the Week Helpful to Markets. PROBABLE ADVANCE IN SDGAE SOON OFFICE OF PlTTSBUBO DISPATCH, t Saturday, January 18, 1890. f Country Produce Jobbing Prices. There is a slightly improved tone to cheese since our last report, and prices will probably advance within a short time. The time is at hand for an upward movement, but weather has upset all calculations this season. Eggs are moving more freely, and maikets are a shade firmer without any advance. The condi tion of country roads prevents produce of all kinds from coming to market, and commission men are, as a result, carrying much lighter stocks than for some weeks past. Choice ap ples are scarce and firmer. Poultry is quiet. A consignment of a carload of dressed hogs to W. H. McGowan, a Liberty street commission merchant, is one of the features of this week's trade. Butter Creamery, Elgin, 2930c; Ohio do, 2627c; fresh dairy packed, 2223c; country rolls, 19G20c Beaks Navy hand-picked beans, S2 002 25; medium. 1 752 00. Beeswax 252So 9 a for choice: loir grade, 1820c Cider Sand refined, $6 607 00; common, H 004 50: crab cider, S3 008 50 V barrel; cider vinegar, 1012o f) gallon. nitarnuTB jo uui&o ou ousnei; waiuuta, 6070c $ bushel. Cheese Ohio. llQllKc; New York, HKc; Limburger, 9llc; domestic Sweitzer, lf 13Kc: imported Sweitzer, 23c. EoQ8 1516c 9 dozen for strictly fresh. Pbuits Apples, fancy, 82 03 00 p barrel; cranberries, $8 509 50$ barrel; Malaga grapes, lanre barrel, S3 5010 00. Feathers Extra livo geese, 6060c;No. 1, do, 4045c: mixed lots. 3035c V &- Poultry Live chickens, 5065c a pair; dressed, 1214c a pound; ducks T5S5c $4 pair: geese, SI 251 SO $ pair: live turkeys, ll12c $) lb; dressed turkeys, 1516c ffl ft. Seeds Clover, choice, 62 ms to bushel, Sf 20 w p uusnei, ciover, large .Cjngii5D,02 ids. oioq 4 60; clover, Alsike, $8 00; clover, white. 59; timo thy, choice, 45 lbs, $1 50; blue crass, extra clean, 14 D3, SI 251 SO: blue grass, fancy, 14 Its, SI 30; orchard grass, 14 fis, SI 40; red top 14 fis. SI 25; millet, 50 fis. SI 00; millet, 6070c $1 bushel: Hungarian grass, 50 Ita, 65c, lawn grass, mix ture of fine grasses, S3 00 bushel of 14 fis. Tallow Country, 4Jc; city rendered, 4J 5c Tropical Fruits Lemons, common, S3 00 3 50: fancy, H 005 00; Florida oranges. 54 00 &i 50; bananas, 81 50 firsts. SI 00 good seconds, W bunch: cocoanuts, 54 00424 SO 33 hundred; flgs, 8K9c ft; dates, 56c f! fi; new layer tigs, 12Kl6Kc; new dates, -7Ko V fi: P'ne apples, 8 50 dozen. vegetables Potatoes, from store, 55G0c; on track, 4550c; cabbaees. S5 007 00 a hun dred: Dutch cabbage. S13 00 hundred: celery, 40c dozen; Jersey sweet potatoes, 84 00 a bar rel: turnips, SI 0081 25 a barrel; onions, S3 O0 3 50 a barrel. Buckwheat Flour 2JJc pound. Groceries. A rise in sugar will probably be here within a day or two. Coffee is steady. Other groceries are unchanged. Green Coffee Fancy Bio, 2324e; choice Rio, 2122c; prime Rio, 20c; low gTdde Rio, 18)f 19c; old Government Java. 2728c: Mar acaibo, 23X24c; Mocha, 2829Kc; Santos, 2024c; Caracas, 2224c: peaberry, Rio, 23 24c; La Guayra, 23&Zic Roasted (in papers) Standard brands, 24c; high grades, 2529c; old Government Java, bulk, 31K33c; Maracalbo, 2728c; Santos, 24) 2Sc; peaberry, 28Xc; choice Rio, 25c; prime Rio, 23Xc; good Rio. 22Xc; ordinary. 21c Spices (whole) Cloves, lU2Uc; allspice, 10c; cassia, 8c; pepper, 17c; nutmeg, 70080a Petroleum (jobbers' prices) 110 test, 7Vc; Ohio, 120, 8Kc: headlight, 10 S&c: water white, lOUc; globe, 1414c; elaine, 14c; car nadinc, liKc; royaline, 14c; globe red oil, Il Uo; purity lie. Miners' Oil No. 1 winter strained. 4&S17e f) gallon; summer, 4048c Lard oil, 70c. Syrups Corn syrup, 2830c; choice sugar syrup, S33Sc; prime sugar syrup. 3033c; strictly prime, 33-335C; new maple syrup, 90c N. O. Molasses Fancy, pew crop, 4S50c; choice, 47c; medium, 3S43c;''mixed, 4042c 80DA Bi-carb in kegs. 33c; bi-carb in K', 5c; bi-carb, assorted packages, 56c; sal soda in kecs, ljc; do granulated. 2c Candles bear, full weight, 9c; stearine, $ set. 8c: parafflne, U12c Rice Head, Carolina, 67c: choice, 6V 6c; prime, 5W6c: Louisiana, 5&Kc Starch Pearl, 2Jc; cornstarch, 56c; gloss staicb,4?i7c Fokeion Fruits Layer raisins, S2 65; Lon don layers. 82 90; California London layers, S2 75; Muscatels, 82 40: California Muscatels. S2 25; Valencia. 7c; Ondara Valencia, 8V 8c; sultana, 9c; currants, 5Jiac: Turkey prunes, 45c; French prunes. 69ic: Salon lea prunes, in2-B packages) 8Kc; cocoanuts. 31 100. S6 00: almonds. Lan., ft fi. 20c:do. Iylca,19c; do, shelled, 40c; walnuts, nap., 1415c; Sicily Alberts. 12c: Smyrna figs. 1213c: new dates. 6 6c: Brazil nuts, 10c; pecans, llf$15c; citron, $1 ft, 1920clemon peel, 18c $ fi; oiange peel, 17c Dried Fruits Apples, sliced, per B, 6c; ap ples, evaporated, 9c; apricots, California, evap orated, 14K16c; peaches, evaporated, pared, 262Sc; peaches, California, cvanorated, un pared, 1921c; cherries, pltted.lSHKe; cher ries, unpltted, 5tc; raspberries, evaporated, 25J26Kc; blackberries, 7K8c; huckleberries, 10012c. faUGARS Cubes, 7o; powdered, 7Jc: granu lated. 6Jc; confectioners' A 6c; standard A, 6Jc; soft white, 6J6Vc; yellow, choice, 6 6c: yellow, good. 55jc: yellow, fair, b!4 5Jc; yellow, dark, Sjjjc Pickles Medium. Dbls (1,200), 85 50; medi um, ball bbls (600), 83 25. Salt-No. L f) bbl, 95c; No. 1 ex,jl bbl, SI 05; dairy, bbl, $1 20; coarse crystal. bbl. 81 20; Higgins' Eureka, 4-bu sacks, 82 80; Higgins' Eureka, 16-14 fi pockets. S3 00. Canned Goods Standard peaches, S2 00 225: 2ds, 1 fcl 80; extra peaches, (2 402 60; pie peaches, Hoc; finest corn, 81 001 60; Hid Co. corn, 7590c; red cherries, 90cSl; Lima beans, SI 20; soaked do, 80c; string do, 60S5c; mar rowfat peas. 81 101 15; soaked peas, 70S0c; pineapples, $1 S01 40; Bahama do, $2 75; damson plums, 95c; Greengages. SI 25; egg plums. 82 00: California pears. S2 50: do pran- gages, SI fco; do ege plnms, SI 85: extra white cherries, S2 40; raspberries, 95cSl 10; straw berries, SI 10; gooseberries, 81 301 40; toma toes, 8590c; salmon, 1-fi, 81 65 I 90; black berries, 65c; succotash, 2-fi cans, soaked, 90c; do green. 2-fi, $1 25Q1 50; corn beer, 2-ft cans, 82 05; 14-fi cans. 814 00; baked beans. 81 151 50; lobster, 1-fi, SI 751 80; mackerel, 1-fi cans, broiled, 81 50: sardines, domestic. ls. 84 25 4 50; sardines, domestic, M. S3 7507 00; sar aines. imported Vs, 811 5012 50; sardines, im ported, K. 818 00; sardines, mustard, S3 30; sardines, spiced, S3 SO. Fish Extra K o. 1 bloater mackerel, 836 f? bbl.; extra No. 1 do, mess, 810; extra No. 1 mackerel, shore, 832; extra No. I do, mess, $38; No. 2 shore mackerel, 824. Codfish Whole pollock, 4Jc ip fi; do medium, George's cod, 6c; do large, 7c: boneless hake, in strips, 6c; do George's cod in blocks, 6K7c Herring Round shore, $4 50 Ifl bbl.; plit, 86 60; lake, 82 75 13 100-B half bbl. White fish, SO 00 V 100 & halt bbl. Lake trout, $5 60 jfl half bbl. Fin nan haddock, 10c $ B. Iceland haliDat, 13c B. Pickerel, K bbl.. 82 00; i bbl., 81 10: Poto mac herring, 85 00 fl bbl., 82 oO per U bbl. Oatmeal $6 0086 2i bbl. Grain. Flonr nnd Feed. Sales on call at tbe Gram Exchange: 1 car timothy and clover hay, 810, 6 days. Pennsyl vania Railroad; 1 car brown middlings, 8U, 5 days, Pennsylvania Railroad. Receipts as bul letined, 28 cars. By Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis, 1 oar of wheat,'2of corn, 5 of oats, 3 of bay, 1 of bran, 1 of miilfecd, 1 of oats. By Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago, 5 cars of flour, 1 of oats. By Baltimore and Ohio, 2 cars of corn. By Pittsburg and Lake Erie, 1 car of malt, 1 of oats. By Pittsburg and Western. 1 car of corn, 1 of malt. Total receipts bulletined for the week 170 cars against 199 last week, and 234 the week before. The drop iu receipts has slightly improved the tone of markets. New corn is not so weak as it was last Saturday. Choice grades of all cereals readily bring quot ations. WHEATr-New No. 2 red, 85S6c; No. 3, 820 Corn No. 2 yellow, ear, new, S738c; hih mixed, new, 3435c; No. 2 yellow, shelled, old, 36037c; new, S536c; old, hich mixed, shelled, 3536c Rejected shelled corn, 30031c Oats No. 2 white. 27K02Sc; extra, No. 3, 26U27c: mixed. 2425c Rye No. 1 Pennsylvania, and Ohio, 63054c; No. 1 Western, 5152c Barley Western, 4565c; Canada barley, 7075c Flour Jobbing prices Fancy winter and Bpring patents. S5 005 50; winter straight, S4 25ia); clear winter, 54 004 25; straight XXXX bakers', 83 603 75. Rye flour, 83 608 4 75. Millfeed Middlings, fine white, $15 00 16 00 & ton; brown middlings, S12 00Q14 00; winter wneat- orau, ill aiaui ov: clioo feed, 115 50018 00. Hay Baled timothy. No. 1, 811 6012 00; No. 2 do, 89 50Q10 00; loose from wagon, 311 00 012 00. according to quality: No. 2 prairie bay, 87 0068 00; packing do, 83 067 00. ?S7 00; wheat and rye Provisions. Sugar-cured hams, large, 9c; sugar-cured bams, medium, 9c; sugar-cured bams, small, lOc; sugar-cured breakfast bacon, 8c; sugar-cured shoulders, 5JJc: suear-cured, boneless shoulders. 7c; sngar-cured California hams, 6c; sugar'-cured dried oeef flats,9c; sugar cured dried beef sets, 10c; sugar-cured dried beef rounds. 12c; bacon shoulders, 6?; bacon clear sides, 7c: bacon clear bellies, 7Kc: dry salt sboulders. Su; dry salt clear sides, 7c. Mess pork, heavy, $11 60; mess pork, familv, 812 00. Lard Refined, in tierces. 6Jc; half barrels, 6c: 60-fi tubs, 6c; 20fi pails, t?ic; 50-fi tin cans. 5Kc:3-fi tin pails, 6-Xc; 5B tin pails, OKc; 10-fi tin pails, 6Jc; 6-fi tin palls, 6c Smoked sausage, long, 6c: large. 6c. Fresh pork links, 9c. Boneless hams. lOKc Pigs feet, half-barrels, 84 00; quarter barrel, S2 15. CLOSING PEICES On Saturday' 'Channel Local Stocks Firm, but Dnll Satisfactory Clearing Home Flsnres In ThU City Saturday's Oil. The stock market was firm and dull Satur day, Central Traction and Charters Gas being the only things in which there was any mover ment. The former contributed 65 and tbe latter 3 to tbe total of 68 shares sold. Philadelphia Gas was strong, with plenty of bidders and no sellers. The tractions were about steady. Pittsburg and "Western Railway developed fresh strength on the report of Increasing earnings. Electric and Switch and Signal showed a fractional improvement. Bank and insurance shares took up advanced positions, but bidders were too timid to secure any of them. Mining stocks were featureless. Nearly everything closed at the best figures of the week. Money is so abundant, and so much of It un employed, that brokers look forward to brisk times in local securities. LEAYIAG LAST TEAE BEHIND. The Record of 1SS9 Already Badly Broken Flsnres for Pessimists. The local money market maintained its cus tomary activity Saturday, there being a fair demand for discounts and a good counter busi ness. The weak spot was hi the checking,which showed a decrease as compared with the previous days of the week. Thii indicates that the yearly settlements have been made and business restored to its normal condition. That business is going full tilt is shown by the Clearing House report. The bank clearings are leaving 1SS9 a far behind as those of that year did 1BSS. Tbe clearings last week were nearly 83,000,000 greater than those for the cor responding time in 1SS9. This is all the more encouraging when it is considered that it is the result of natural expansion and legitimate busi ness. The report follows: Yesterday's exchanges. S 2,274,682 80 Yeiterday's balances 401,439 71 Week's exchanges 15,302,374 30 Previous week's exchanges 19,321,207 14 Exchanges week of 1S83 12,378,818 59 Balance! week of 1S89 2,191,056 71 (Jain for weefcoter 1889 2.93,555 71 Money on call at New York Saturday was easy; no loans; closed offered at 3 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 57. Sterling ex change dull but steady at $4 82 for 60-day bills and 84 86 for demand. CloalnirBond Quotations. U. 8. &,.... U. S. 4. coup... U. S. 4KB, reg.. D. S. 4Hs, coup PaelficSsof'Sa. ..128 ..12s M. K. AT. Gen. 3a . Mutual Union 8a.... N. J.C. Int, Cort... Northern Pac lata.. Northern Pac. 2da.. Northw't'n consols.l424 Northw'n dcbens..no Oregon & Trans. M.lO'.jJ 3UU&I.M. Uen.ss 89 ..104W JUl)i IIS Loulslanas tamped 4a iSH Missouri 6s 100 Tenn. new net. 6a... 105 Tenn. new set. 5s... .102 Tenn. new set. 3s.... 72!4 Canada So. Ids S8H Cen. Pacificists llOVj Den. A K. O., lata... 118 Den. AR. G.4s D.&K.O.West,UU. St. I..4 8.F. Gen.yt.112 St. Pan! consols ....128W St.PL ChlAPc.Uts.llS Tx., Pc.L. O.Tr.Ra. DOS Tx.,PcK.Q.Tr.Bcts 3SK Union Pac. lata..... HI West Shore 104X jine, zas, U.K. AT. Gen. 6a.. Government and State bonds are firm and dull. Snlnrday's Oil Ranee. Corrected dally by John M. Oakley & Co., 45 Sixth street, members of the Pittsburg Petro leum Exchange Opened lCSHILowest I04K Highest lOdttlUosed 105 Barrels. Average charters 27,71)2 Average shipments 76,855 Average runa.. 54.1W Boflned. Mew York. 7.60c Refined, London. 6d. Refined, Antwerp, 1734T. Refined, Liverpool. 6i, Refined, Bremen, 6.S3m. A. B. McGrew quotes: Puts, 81 04K; calls, 8105. TRUSTS GIYE WAY. They Constitute the Only Live Feature of the Day in Wall Street, bnt Yield to Heavy Pressure. New Yobs, January 18. The trusts supplied all the feature there was in the stock market to-day, being again decidedly weak and scoring material declines, while the stocks of the reg ular list were generally extremely dull but firm for the greater portion of tbe time, but showing irregular and slight changes from last night's prices at the close. The opening was steady and tame, bnt the pressure upon Cotton was resumed immedi ately, and rumors were circulated that tbe company's affairs were in bad shape, and that insiders had been endeavoring in tbe past few days to market their holdings. The stock re sponded with a drop to 2 against 29K last evening, and after a slight rally further de clined to Zjyi, closing at the lowest figure Sugar sagged off in sympathy, but was fairly well held until the last half hour, when it rapidly declined, also closing at its lowest. There was undoubtedly realizing on tbe recent rise, but there was heavy bear pressure in the stock, and meeting with no support it yielded readily. In tbe regular list Rock Island was the most prominent for weakness, and being sold by Chi cago interest with numerous bear points npon it In circulation. The coalers were affected by rnmors of rate catting among the companies, but the belief that a large interest was accumu lating Lackawanna was a supporting influence. The covering of shorts continued in Union Pacific, and that was one of the strongest stocks on the list. The bank statement, which was issued com- Jiaratlvely early, was a favorable factor in the ate dealings, and assisted materially in mak ing a firm close. Sugar is down 2 and cotton oil 24, but the other changes are fur fractional amounts only, though declines are the most. Railroad bonds were more than usually ac tive, tbe sales of all issues being 8820,000 for tbe two-hours' session, but, while tbe Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western 6s were agrin the fea ture, they failed to make any material advance or reach a total of importance. Mobile and Ohio 4s rose 2 to 63. The sales of bonds for the week aggregated only $7,232,000, against $10,426, 000 for last week. The following tame snows tne prices or active atockaon tbe Mew York Stock Excnange yester day. Corrected daily for The Dispatch by Whitney ft STEriiENeON. oldest Pittsburg mem bers of Mew York Stock Kxcnange, 6 1 ourth ave nue: Clos ing Bid. 27 35 SOW 7695 K 122 S3K M)J 106 6S! 113V MX 4 47 S2 95 110 140 71M 07 44 20U 135)4 150 K'i Open ing. . 29Jt . 35 . 30 . 76 Straw Oats. J8 straw. 6 006 25. High- Low. est. est. 29J 27 25 35 30 30 76H 76 55 54H 26 26 ! 105 63 68 114 113V 86 85 Am. Cotton Oil Trnst.. Am. Cotton Oil Atcn., lop.A S.F..... Canadian 1'aclflo Canada Southern Central of New Jersey, 54fe iKntrai racist Chesapeake A Ohio.... 26M C Bur. A Ouli.cr. ....1051. C Mil. a St. Faul.... 68 C, MU.ASt. P pr,...114M C, KoctL AP 96 C St. U & Pitts a, SL L. A Pitta. DC. 461i C. St. P..M. AO C. St. P..JI. AO..tr. C A Mortn western 1U9X C A Morth western, cf. .... C, C. C. A 1 71 C C. O. A I., or 98 Col. Coal a Iron UX Col. A Hocking Vat .. 20 Dei.. L. A V 136 Del. A Hudson Denver A KloU Denver A Rio G.. nt E.T.. Va.AUa .... E.T..Va, AGa.lst pf. .... E. T Va. AGs. Zd pr. .... Illinois Central Lake Erie a Western.. 18 Lake Erie a West, pr.. 65 Lake Shore AM. S 104 LonlavUlcAMaahrtlle, HH Michigan Central 94 Mobile A Ohio 14 Mo., Kan, i Texas.... 10 Missouri Pacific 72 Mew ITork Central lufl 47 46 1C9 lOOX 7IM 98 44H 20 13C 70H 87 20 1S3S em 21 119 18 65S 154 i 86H 93 14M 1 70 1 37 UK 19 21J4 61 30H 73S ilii 45 14 38X 18 S6M 192 JOS TG 111 IS SS 85 20 66 m 18 65 104 mh 94 MH 10 72 ice Is C5 104 86H 93 14 ri 72 106 M. L.. L. J5. A W -. M. V.. O. A St. L. M. r.. C A St. L. or. N.X.. if. ASt.L.2d pf .. . M, YAM. IS 443 M. .. O. A W 19 .Norfolk a Western Norfolk Western. pr.".... Nortnern Pacific Nortnern Pacific pret 73 Ohio A Mississippi.... .... Oregon improvement. Wi Oregon Tranaeon...... .. . PacinoMaU 38 Peo. Dee. a Krana..... 17 Phlladel. A Reading.. 36 Pullman Palace Car Rlcnmona A W . P. T.. 20 ltlchraond A W.P.T.pr 'Hi St. P.. Minn. A Man.lll St. L. A San Fran St. L. A San "ran pf. St.L. A San r. lat pt Texas Paclfio DH Union Paotno sift Wa&isAitt mii ttt ttM x 44H 41 18 73 H ilii 13 363 ivi 76H 73 38 17 36 20 76 lUX 20 00 lil 20 63 28 81 H 83 an 4IX Boaion Stocks. Atoh. &TOP.R.B. .. 30)jj Wis. (Antral, com... 33 V AllouezMgCo 14 Calumet A Becla....263 L'atalpa 20 tranmn li Huron 4 , Useeois. 27X Fewabla 8 Qalncr - 73 Bell Telepnone... ..210 Boston Land S Water .Power 6H .DU81UU A &iuaur...zia Boston & JUame. ....211)4 C. B. itl. 105SV Olnn. ban. & Cleye. 24 Eastern K. K 137 Eastern K. K. ss ....124 Flint Fere M 24 Flint Fere M. pro. 4J Little B. & Ft. b. 7S.10O Mexican Cen. com.. 17 Mex.C.lstmtfr. bds, 693 . Y. .New.Enr... UH Old Colony IT5)$ Rutland, com 7 Tamarack 158 San Diego WA Santa 7e copper..... 1.: Philadelphia Stocks. Closing quotations of Philadelphia stocks, far- nlshed by Whitney & Stenhenson, brokers. No. 37 , brokers, .no. a York Stock Ex- Fourtu avenue. uemoers .new change. , Bill. Pennsvlvania Batlroad. KM Keaamg 18 Lehigh Valley B2 Lehigh .Navigation Sl Northern Pacific SD' Nortnern Pacific nreierrea 7314 Asked. sx 18 3-16 62 30t I3 MAKKETS BY WIBE. More Bnoynncy In the Wheat Pit. bnt Short Caver nnd Weaken Vnlnei Clearances and Visible Sup ply Pork Stronger. Chicago Wheat There was a fair business in a speculative way, and the volume of trading larger than yesterday within a lower range of prices. New York was reported as buying some wheat here to-day, and it was also ru mored that a prominent Chicago trader sold quite freely to New York traders. Shorts cov ered to-day, and at the same time the decline in prices brought out straggling lots of long. Hence, between the selling of long wheat and the buying of shorts a fair volume of business was transacted. The feeling eaily was heavy, being a continuation of yesterday's weakness. The ODening was Vc lower than yesterday's closing, and sold off c more, then firmed up Y, Wifi, out Decame easy and declined 9Wc, then held steady for awhile, and shortly before the close took an np turn of c, due to parties covering who got short at tho low prices and assisted some by the buying on the part of a prominent local trader, and closed about He lower than yesterday. There were only light exported clearances yesterday from three ports aggregating 20.500 barrels of flour and 18.000 bushels of wbeat equal to about 110,000 bush els of wheat. For tbe week clearances from four ports were reported at 238.000 packages of flour and 451,000 bushels of wheat, which was 100,000 packages lesson flour and 7,000 bushels more of wheat than last week. It is estimated that the visible supply of wbeat might show a decrease of about 4o0,000 or 600,000 bushels, and If the 238,000 bushels of wbeat de stroyed by fire at Baltimore is taken out of the stock the visible may show a greater decrease. A cargo of 400,000 bushels No. 2 spring was re ported taken here for export, to go via Balti more, and Baltimore reported the taking of eight loads of wbeat to go to Marseilles. Corn A moderate speculative business was reported and the feeling was easier, trading being at a slightly lower range. The selling was done by the local crowd, tbe weak feeling in wbeat having its influence in this market. Receipts were smaller than expected, but did not cat much figure in a speculative way, though tho sample market was stronger. Oats To all appearances there were no speoial new or important features. Attend ance of operators on the speculative market as for several days past was light. At times mod erate offerings of May delivery appeared. In this future, which remains the center of trade, there was a moderate business, but other futures possessed hardly enough life to give tbem a recognized place in tbe market. Of May delivery the offerings rather exceeded tbe demand. Bales were rather slow and an easy feeling prevailed. Prices, however, were not subject to fluctuations or changes. Mess pork A more active trading was wit nessed than for several days and the feeling was decidedly stronger. Local shorts and man ufacturers purchased rather freely, while tbe offerings were fair. Tradipg was mainly In May contracts. Prices were advanced 17W20c on tbe whole range, but receded again 67c and closed comparatively steady. Shipping demand was moderate, and cash lots were quotable at 89 COS9 62- Lard The market tor lard attracted very little attention and trading was moderate. Offerings were not very large and the demand was only fair. The feeling was firmer and prices were advanced 2c and closed compara tively steaay. Short rib sides More was doing in this mar ket and tbe feeling was stronger, the course of prices being influenced by the same features as strengthened the market for mess pork. Prices were advanced 710c per 100 pounds, and the market closed comparatively steady at the appreciation. Tbe leading futures ranged as follows: Whxat No. 2, Jannarv, 76V076K76 70c; February, 767776t377c;May,8o;i5 81jS0Jffi80. Cork No. 2, January. 28285iQ28 2Sic: February. 29H29K29Ha29ic; May, 3131KSlK31c Oats No. 2, January. 20K20Uc; February, 20K20Vc; May. 22222222c Mess Pore, per bbl. January.SS 479 60 9 47K99 60:February.S9559 67kffi9 55b9 67K; May, 89 909 5C9 90Q9 50. Lard, per 100 As. January, 85 82K5 82 5 82KS5 82K: February, to 87K5 905 87$ o Bipi; May, to utvgio lutso u5(($0 U'v Shobt Bibs, per 100 As. January. 84 72W 4 72M4 Tiii&i 72K February. 84 7264 75 4 724 75; May, 84 92K4 9?K4 92 4 97J4-I Cash quotations were as follows: Flour quiet and unchanged. No. 2 spring wheat, 76Kc: No. 3 spring wheat, 6S72c;No.2 red, 76Hc No. 2oorn. 28c No. 2 oats, 2020tic no.zje.uyc. no. a nariey, ox. no. i nax seoo, 81 35. Prime timothy seed. 81 18. Mess pork, per bbl. S9 62. Lard, per 100 lbs, $5 lm 5 85. Short ribs sides (looso), 54 7004 80. Dry salted shoulders (boxed), 84 204 30; short clear sides (boxed), 84 755 00. Sugars, un changed. Receipts Flour. 19,000 barrels: wheat, 10,000 bushels: corn, 145,000 bushels; oats, 154,000 bushels; rye. 9,000 bushels: barley, 50.000 bushels. Shipments Flour, 15,000 barrels; wheat, 70,000 bushels: corn, 485,000 bushels: oats, 149,000 bushels; rye, 3,000 bushels; barley, 73,000 bushels. On the Produce Exchange to-day tbe butter market was quiet and unchanged. Eggs, steady and unchanged. New Yobe Flour dull. Wheat Spot dull; options dull, c down, and steady. Rye firm. Corn Spot quiet and weaker; options steady and moderately active. Oats Spot quiet and steadier; options dull. Hay steady and quiet: shipping, 404oc; good to choice. 658oc. Coffee Options opened dull, 6Q15 point down; closed dull, unchanged to 6 points down; sales, 10,000 bags. Including: January, 15.85c: March. 15.8515.50c: May. 15.95c: June. 15.90c; July, 15.95c; September. 10.00c; Octo ber, 15.95c; spot Rio firm and in fair demand; fair cargoes, 19Ve; No. 7, Vliic Sugar Raw firm and in fair demand; fair refining, EJc; centrifugals. 90 test, 5c: sales, 10,000 bags brazils, 81S3 test; 4K4c flat; refined steady and In fair demand. Molasses Foreign, nominal; New Orleans easy; open kettle common to fancy, 3144c Rice steady and quiet; domestic, 46c: Japan, 45c Cottonseed oil firm; crude. 28 2SKc; yellow. 34c Tallow steadv. Rosin steady: strained, common to (rood, tl 2001 23. Turpentine dull and nominal at 4343c Efzs firm: Western. 16t316Kc: receipts. pacKazes. r-ors quiet ana nrm; mess. Old, 89 750)10 25; do new, 810 60Q11 00; extra prime, S9 259 75. Cut meats in moderate demand; pickled bellies, 55c; pickled shoulders, 4 4Kc; pickled hams, 8Sc; middles dull; short clear, 85 25. Lard stronger and qniet; sales 331 tierces choice at $6 25, closing at 86 22 bid; options, sales 500 tierces January at 86 18; Feb ruary, S6 22; March, 8 31 bid;..pril, 8637; May, SG 43; July, 86 55 bid. Butter Choice steady, others weak; Elgin, 2828Kc; western dairy, 8 616c; do creamery, 122bXc; do factory, 16c Cheese quiet; western, 810c. Philadelphia Flour steady but quiet. Wbeat Choice grades scarce and firm, with fair inquiry from millers. Options declined KKc; rejected, 5565c; fair to good milling wbeat, 78S5c: prime to choice, do, 8S92c; No. 2 red, Januarv, 81081Jc; FeDruary, 8242 81c: March. 83K83c; April, 84e8c. Corn ruled a shade easier and closed firm. Cariots firm and in fair demand; No. 4 mixed, on track. 28c; do in craln depot. 80c;No. 3 low mixed, on track, 84c: No. 3 high mixed, on track, 35c; steamer No. 2 maid, on track. 37c: No. 2 maid, in train riennt SSc; No. 2 yellow, in Twenty-ninth street ele vator. 3SJc; No. mixed, January, 86V36kc; February. 36p36ajc; March, 3737ic; April. Sl3Ic. Oats Cariots steadv: No. 3 white, 27JicezriS: No. 2 white, 28028 Features quiet but steady; No. 2 white. 28i 23c: February, 28K2S; March, 2S2S3ic; April, -:o4c. .eggs una ana easyiextra firsts, 15c. St. Lotus Flour firm, with light business. Wheat again lower: discouraging advices from other markets and lower cables caused a weak feeling throughout, and tbe close was a lower for May and !4c for June, while July was about the same as yesterday: No. 2 red, cash. 77Kcbid; March closed 7SKC bid; May. 80c bid; June. 79Jc bid; July, 76Mc bid. Corn quiet: No. 2 mixed, cash, '2&c February closed at 26K2fcc: March, 2627c bid; May, 2bc hid: July, 29e bid. Oats quiet and weaker; No. 2, cash. 21c bid; May. 21c bid; January, 20K? bid. Rye stronger: No. 2 sold at 41Jc Barley stronger; No. 1 sold at 41c Barley steady, with demand fair; Wisconsin, 45S60c: Dakota, 30c Flaxseed, 81 80. Provisions very firm, at quotations. Minneapolis Local receipts for the past 24 hours were 127 carSjShipments 43 cars, against posted receipts of 203 cars and 41 shipped yes terday. The early demand for cash wheat was oor, buyers being somewhat cautious in tak-' ighold owing to th llnap In othu markets. Wabash preferred 31H Western' Union 84 Wheeling A L. . BS'i Hnicar Trnst. saw National Lead Trust.. SOU Chicago Uas Trust.... 45)j x-dlvidcnd. Sellers were inclined to some firmness early in the day receipts, but later in order to effect sales granted slight concessions. Closing quo tations: No. 1 hard, January and February, 79c; May, S2Uc: on track. 79c: No. 1 Northern, on tTack,77K77&e; No. 2Northern, May, 77c; on track, 7475c Milwaukee Flourdullandsteady. Wbeat unsettled; No. 2 spring, on track, cash. 7273c; May. 74c; No. 1 TJorthern, 83c Corn Quiet: No. 3, .on track, 2727jc Oats quiet: No. 2 white, on track. 22Vc Rva steady: No. L in Toledo Cloversecd dnll and easier; cash, January and February, 83 60; March, 83 52. HIBES AND HOGS. Firmer Tone to Light Hides Harness Leather Falls of Its TJsnal January Activity Strong Export De mand tor Lard. Office of Pittsbubo Dispatch, 1 SATtTBDAT, January IS, 1890. ( The market for light hides has evidently reached bedrock, and large dealers in Chi cago have been refusing orders at market prices of late. The strike ot journeymen tanners and curriers at Woburn, Mass., where there are 23 firms operating in tbe line of tanning huff hides, is declared off within a few days. This strike lasted a number of weeks, and since difficulties between capital and labor hare been adjusted there is an im proved tone and better demand for light hides. While we cannot report any advance as yet, it is plain that the tide has turned and that any change in markets henceforth will be toward a higher level of prices. Heavy steer bides are dull at last week's prices. Sealers are well supplied with this grade and tanners are well stocked, and therefore not anxious to buy. Tbe situation of the heavy bide market gives little sign of strength, and prices may go even lower. Calf skins are scarce and steady. There is no accumulation of stock in tbe hands of tanners, and but for the fact that some large tanners have withdrawn from the market prices would before this have advanced. The following clipping from the current number of the Chicago SAoe and Leather Review will no doubt be of interest to dealers and manufact urers In hide and leather lines: Larsre Gain la Shipments. Shipments or hides from Chicago were 26,000,000 pounds more than in 1888. Light hides, common ly known aa buffs, declined 20 per cent last year. They averaged a little over 6c for 1833: In 1889 they averaged 5c. As these are the principal hides received from Chicago, the shrinkage Is of considerable Importance. The cheapness of grain leathers, small price for spills and disasters in the rough leather market In tbe East, contributed to depress tanners and compelled them to protect themselves by buying raw material cheaply or ceasing production. Then again, in the aprlng and early summer, some 150,000 cow hides were held at the stock yards. and this was a constant menace to tbe country hide market. Besides this, tanners evinced little comparative Interest In-buffs; by a system of Indifference, that seemed almost pre arranged, they kept prices Bteadlly down, even In the fall, when hides were In prime condition. Thia strange condition of affairs puzzled the old eat dealers In hides, who In tbelr 30 years' experi ence in Chicago never remembered so low a price as 4,c. at which buffs stood weak at the close of 1889. In calf and kip, qnotatlons were very low, owing. It is alleged, to the competition or goat, cordovan and kangaroo leathers, which for a brief time depressed the market for waxed calf and kin. Toward the close of the year this leather began to assert lta undeniable good qualities, and as prices stiffened, the raw stock baa steadily maintained a small advance. Harneaw Leather. Tbe Allegheny tanners report markets very quiet without any change in prices. A year ago at this date markets were much more active than they are now, and stock was mov ing about as fast as it could be turned out. According to tbe experience of tbe past few years, the harness leather trade should now be booming. As it Is there is very little accumula tion oi stock. Xhe condition or weatner ana country roads, in the view of the tanners, is the great hindrance to trade. Once tbe roads be come passable, trade will no doubt soon catch up to its regular volume. The only difference, according to the faith of our tanners, will be that tbe boom will be a few weeks later than its accustomed time. Hoc Products. The week closes with a much firmer feeling in markets for heavy bogs and lard. This is mainly due a strong export demand having sprung np within a few days. At Chicago to day heavy hogs were quoted at S3 90, while the outside price of selected packers was 83 70. All this season, until this week, tbe light weights have commanded the best prices. Now tbe tables are turned and, as it was in olden times, heavyweights take the lead. Lard and, in fact, all provisions remain nncbanged in this market. Hams are very firm, with a prospect of going higher soon. All along tbe provision line the tone is a shade better than last week, but there is still largo room for improvement before a satisfactory basis for trade is reached. MEAT OS THE HOOF. The Condition of Business at the Boat Liberty Stock Yards. OmcE or Pittsburg Dispatch, ( SATtTBDAT. Jan nary 18, 189a s CATTLE Receipts, 520 head; shipments, 260 head; market nothing doing; all through con signments; no cattlo shipped to New York to day. Hoas Receipts. 2,700 bead: shipments. 2,500 head; market firm: Philadelphia, S3 753 SO; Yorkers, 83 8083 90; heavy hogs, $3 603 70: 9 cars of hogs shipped to New York to-day. Sheep Receipts. 1,600 bead; shipments, 2.000 bead; market steady; prime, 85 605 80; good, S5 205 40; fair to good.. S3 253 80; common. 82 003 00; Iambs, 84 008 75. By Telegraph. St. Louis Cattle Receipts, 7U0 head; shipments, none: market steady; good to fancy native steers, 84 304 -90: fair to good dc 83 404 35; stockers and feeders, 81 903 10; ranee steers, 82 003 20. Hogs Receipts, 5,000 head; shipments, none: market strong; fair to choice heavy. S3 603 72: packing grades, 83 603 70; light, fair to best, S3 503 65. Sheep Receipts, 200 head; shipments, none; market firm; fair to choice, 84 205 50; lambs. 85 00 6640. Kansas Crrr Cattle Receipts, 3.200 head; shipments, 1,300 bead; market steady to stronger; steers, 83 1004 CO: cows, $1 752 60; stockers and feeders, 82 403 10. Hogs Re ceipts, 7,200 head; shipments, none: market 2Q5chieber;all grades. 83 67J3 75; bulk. 83 703 72.Sbeep Receipts, 2,100 head; ship ments, 500 head; market steady; good to choice muttons, 83 505 40; stockers and leeaers, $3 wan iu. Chicago Cattle Receipts. 2,000 head; mar ket steady; beeves. 84 605 15; steers, 83 00 4 60; stockers and feeders, S2 253 10; Texans, S1603 40. Hogs Receipts. 21,000 head; mar ket steady: mixed and light. S3 603 85; heavy. S3 6003 S7K; skips, 83 003 55. 3beep-Na-tives. 83 50; western corn fed, S3 60Q5 60; lambs. 84 75Q8 5a Buffalo Cattle feeling stronger; receipts, 199 loads through, 4 sale. Sheep and lambs fairly active and firm; unchanged; receipts. 3 loads through, 23 sale. Hogs firm and a shade higher on light; receipts, 21 loads through, 40 sale: medium and heavy, 83 753 80; mixed. 83 85; Yorkers. 83 S03 95; pigs. 83 00. Golng Like Hot Cakes. Samuel W. Black & Co. sold No. 23 in Oak land square plan of lots. Fourteenth ward, be ing a two-story and mansard nine room brick dwelling, with lot about 100x130, price approxi mating 810,000. This makes 24 houses sold, and leaves but two houses for sale in this square. Also sold lot No. 14 in Crawford and McHendry plan of lots in East Bellevue, being 60x125 feet to an alley, for 865a Ewiag & Byers on Saturday placed a mort gage of 83,500 on Alpine avenue property. Sec ond ward, Allegheny, for three years at 6 per cent. . GOT IT IN FOB TBDSTS. The Mississippi Letrialature Waclng War oa All Kinds of Combinations. ISTSCUT. TILIOBJJt TO TBI DISrATCnM Jackson, Miss., January 10. A fierce war is being waged against trusts and com binations of all classes in the Legislature, and if the bills now pending pass, no com bines which have for their aims the con trolling of products of any kind whatever of the soil or manufactures, and of regulat ing the prices of the same, will be lawful in Mississippi, and any person operating such trusts or combines will be liable to fine and imprisonment, and when corporations are found guilty of violation of the laws their charter will be revoked, and all guilty parties phnished by fine or imprisonment, or both. The Attorney General and grand jury have their attention specially directed to this kind of lawlessness. Pittsbubo Beef Companv, wholesale agents for Swift's Chicago dressed beet, sold for week ending January 18, 188 car casses of beef; average weight per carcass, 643 poundi; average price per pound, A, 76 nti, A Swift's Specific entirely cured me of a severa case of blood poison which obstinately resisted, and refused to be cured for over 28 years. Tho regular medical remedies of mercury and potash only added fuel to the flame. I suffered during most of this long time with ulcers, blotches and sores of the most offensive char acter, and was for a long time practically aa invalid. In less than 30 days use of S. S. 8. 1 was all cleared up sound and well. This has been nearly a year ago, and no sign of any to? turn of the old enemy. Jomr B. Wrms; 87 Clark street, Atanta, Q t Swift's Specific cured me of terrible Tetter, from whicb I bad suffered for 20 long years. I have now been entirely well for five years, and no sign of any return of the disease. Rogers. Ark., May L 1889. W. H. 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