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THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 29, 1890.
EGGS,0LE0 AND BARK.
Receipts of Eggs Declining and Choice
Stock Firmer.
LAW AGAINST OLEO A DEAD LETTER
The Consumer Mada to Pay Butter Prices
for Imitations.
TIEWS OP A WEST TA. BARK DEALEE
Office of Pittsburg Dispatch, I
TCESDAY, January 2S. 1S90.
The egg market this winter has been a
puzzle to the oldest dealer. Cold storage
and pickled eggs hare been a dead loss to all
concerned, because the open mild winter has
enabled hens to get in their work much
ahead ol their usual time.
"Within the past few days the tone of mar
kets is stronger than it has been for some
time past, and strictly choice stock is a
shade higher. Said a leading retailer who
handles in the neighborhood of 15.000 dozen
weekly: "Last week I paid 18Jc for eggs in
Nashville, Tenm, to L. Winter dfc Sou, and the
freight cost added 1c to these figures. This
week the same firm asks lic, and are not
anxious to sell at this figure. The present lay
down price of eggs here is 15Jc, and prices are
bound to advance very soon."
Colored Men Chief Dealers.
It was developed in the interview with this
heavy dealer in eggs that the Nashville firm,
L. Winter t Son, were of the colored persua
sion, and that they handled more eggs than
any house in this or any other country. Their
advices to their representatives within a few
days are that receipts are falling off in Nash
ville the past few days, and ihit all signs point
to firmer and higher markets between now and
Easter. Probabilities are that we will have to
pay stirrer prices for Easter eggs than we did
for those of Christmas, a feature of markets
which is something new under the snn.
Another fact developed in this interview with
the egg merchant was that in one city of the
land, San Francisco, eggs are sold by weight.
Said the dealer:
'This is the only right way to sell eggs. The
limea or pickled article will not weigh above
12 to a pound, while eight to nine good fresh
eggs will weigh a pound. All our cities must
finally come to tne style of San Francisco and
selllytte:gnt. This is the only just method
for producers, dealers and consumers."
flullcr Versus Oleo.
The laws of Pennsylvania forbid the sale of
all imitations of bntter. and make every man
who does so a criminal. Notwithstanding this
law, it is claimed by those who have the best
opportunities of knowing whereof they affirm
that 75 to 90 per cent of the butter, so called,
sold in this market is entirely innocent of any
connection with the genuine product of cream.
The law is practically a dead letter, and the re
sult is that the consumer pays much more for
his bogus butter than he wonld if it sailed un
der its proper colors, and was handled as oloo
xnargsjine. A workingman from ono of our neighboring
manulacturing towns recently said to the
market editor of The Dispatch that he paid
tne storekeeper with ulioui he dealt 3Scper
Eound for what he supposed to be first-class
utter, and when it was put into the frying pan
lie discovered that he had bought butterine,
which was not actually worth one-half tbeprice
paid. Chicago manufacturers ot butterine
furnish the high grade article to our dealers at
about 14c per pound When this U retail eu at
35c or 3oc per pouud somebody is robbed that's
the exact English for it and the principal
sufferer is the consumer Certain it is that
Penusylvania laws as to butterine should cither
be enforced or repealed. As it is now, the con
sumer pays almost double prices for the ma
terial with which to spread his bread.
SInch Bark and Little Prodi.
H. W. Williamson, a produce and bark dealer
from Friendly, W. Va., a village on the Ohio
river opposite New Metamoras, was in the city
to-day looking after some business interests.
Said he: "I delivered 3,000 cords of chestnut
bark to one of the Allegheny tanneries last
year at $9 SO per ton. At this price there is
very little left to the dealer, when shrinkage
and w as e are taken into consideration. We
pay 57 per cord to the mountaineers, but no
matter bow well it is packed it looses from ono
and a half to two cords in every 15 in trans
portation. The bark packs down in shipment
.and by the time it gets from the mountain re
gions of West Virginia to Allegheny Citv there
is a shrinkage of .ilmost two cords in 15. Pros
pects now ere that prices will go lower, and
that we will not be able to get present prices
from the Al'cgheny tanners next fall. Whether
ornotwewm be able to get producers down
to the loner level is a question. Hut if we do
not, we may as well suspend operations, as
margins are nearly wiped out at prices we are
now getting."
LIVE STOCK MAKKETS.
The Condition of Business at the East Libera
Stock Yards.
Office of Pnrsnur.G Dispatch, (
Tuesday. January 2S.1890. (
CATTLE Receipts, 120 head: shipments. 210
bead: market fair; prime, $4 501 To; good, $3 90
Ql 25; fair 3 10Q3 50; no cattle shipped to
NewYrk to-day.
Hogs Receipts. 1,400 head: shipments, 1,100
head: market fair: m-dium and Yorkers, Si 00
64 10; heavy hogs. $3 803 90: 2 cars of hogs
shipped to N ew York to-day.
Sheep Receipts. 3,000 head; shipments,2,0G0
head; market steady at yesterday's prices.
By Telesrapli.
Xkw York Beeves Receipts. ST0 head, all
for city slaughterers direct, except one carload.
No trading in beef cattle. Dressed beef dull
at 6g"c per lb. for ordinary to good sides, with
primo and extra selected stock sold at 77Kc
Calves Receipts, 140 head; reported stcadv at
5KSc per lit, for veals 2J3s for grasers.
and at 34c for western calves. Sheep Re
ceipts. 1,300 head: firm for both sheep and
lambs, with a fair trade at H 50(i 40 per
cwt. for sheep, and at S67 40 for lambs.
Hogs Receipts, 6,500 head. Not much trading
in live hogs; nominally firmer, at $3 S5l 25
per cwt
Cixciknati Cattle Receipts,270 bead;ship
xnents, 270 head: in good demand and steady;
common. $1 5C2 50; fair to medium butcher
grades, S2 753 50; good to choice. J3 604 00:
f;ood to choice shipper, 3 904 25. Sbeep
leceipts. 1S5 head: shipments, 20 head: in light
supply and firm: common to fair, 3 004 50;
prime to choice. 15 005 50; extra wethers and
jearlings, $5 505 75. Lambs There is a firm
market: medium to choice shipping. 6 2o6 50;
heavy, SO o06 35; common to choice butchers'
qualities, $5 25G 50; culls, S4 004 75.
Chicago Cattle Receipts, 8,000 head; ship
ments, 2,000 head; market steady lor best;
others lower; beeves, none here: steers, S3 000
4 To; stockcrs and feeders. 52 53 35; Texas
cattle, $1 75S3 55. Hogs Receipts, 35,000 head;
shipments. 7.000 head: market slow, closing
weak; mixed, J3 G5g3 S7&: heavy. J3 &53 95:
light, 3 C03 &5; skips. S3 003 50. Sheep
Receipts, 7.000 head: shipments. 1,000 head:
market strong: natives, $3 O0Q5 80; western
corn-fed. SI 95ig5 75; Texans,S3 505 80: lambs,
S5 006 35.
St. Louis Cattle Receipts. L900 head;
market slow; good to fanc native steers, H 30
4 90: fair to good do. E3 404 35: stockcrs and
feeders. S2 002 35: range steers, $2 003 50.
Hogs Receipts, 7,100 head: market 5c lower;
fair to choice heavy. J3803 90: packing grades,
3 703 85; light, fair to best, 13 6037o. Sheep
Receipts, 400 head: market strong; fair to
choice. H 405 40, lambs, $5 206 40.
Wool Market.
Boston The demand for wool has continued
fair, and the sales have been up to average pro
portions. Prices remain about the same as last
week. In Ohio and Pennsjlvanii fleeces tbcro
liaie been sales of X at 3'32c: XX at 34
345c, and No. 1 at 33c Michigan X fleeces are
stcadv at 30c, but no higher pnee can be ob
tained, except for fancy lots. No. 1 combing
wools remain firm at 39c for Michigan and at
40c for Ohio. Fine delaine sells quite freely
at3SS6cforObioandatSl35e for Michigan.
There has been good trade in Territory wools
at 57ff)c: fine medium at 55g56c and medium
at 5052c, scoured. California and Texas wools
have been quite steady. Pulled -wools are
moving quietly at previous prices. Foreign
wools are firm.
Dry food.
New Yokk, January 28. There was no
change in the market for drygoods.
Heart Disease.
Read the hospital reports, read the mortuary
reports, read the medical publications, read the
daily newspapers, and learn bow wide-spread Is
heart disease, how difficult of detection it is to
most people, how many and how sudden are
the deaths it causes. Then read Dr. Flint's
Treatise on Heart Disease, and learn what it is,
what causes it, what 'diseases it gives rise to,
what its symptoms are. and bow it may be at
tacked. If you find that J on have bearttiis
ease.askyourdrugglstforabottleofDr Flint's
Remedy. The treatise may be bad on applica
tion to Mack Drug Co., N. Y. mwf
Highest prices paid for ladies' or
gents' cast-off clothing at De Haan's Big
6, "Wylie ave. Call or send by mail, wsu
MAEKETS BY WIBE.
More Activity and Greater Firmness in the
Wheat Pit Hoe Products Sbow
Some Improvement and Trad
ing Slare Lively.
Chicago A fair business was transacted In
wheat to-day, and the market ruled steady and
showed some firmness. Tiading was largely
local, though a good many outside orders were
received and after the recent decline it is noth
ing more than natural some reaction should
follow. There wero pretty fair offerings, but
no large quantities apparently were pressing on
sale, and there was also a little more disposition
to buy. Some of the recent heavy sellers were
credited with selling fair quantities on the up
turn, but the wheat was absorbed without
causing more than a trifling setback.
There was nothing special in outside news,
but there was buying from some source and
for some purpose sufficient to create a firm
market. The opening was the same as yester
day's closing, advanced KSic. receded J4c,
then advanced Kc closing JJc higher
than yestereay.
Corn ruled very quiet the greater part of the
session, trading being of a light local charac
ter, with fluctuations limited to a fractional
range. The feeling prevailing was completely
firm on the deferred deliveries, while the near
futures were barely steady. There were no new
features developed.
Oats were fairly active, stronger and a shade
higher. There was more disposition to trade,
and especially in the part of shorts, who were
the largest buyers. Offerings were not large,and
found ready takers. Arrivals were not as high
as the estimate, bnt the aggregate was 254 cars.
Prediction for to-morrow was also for a lighter
run.
There was rather more interest in the mar
ket for hog products, and speculative trading
showed some improvement The surroundings
of the trade were regarded more favorable to
the bear side of the market, and there was
more inclination to sell. The receipts of hogs
were moderately free.
At the opening of the market the feeling was
weak. Local operators were free sellers, and
the majority of the outside orders were on the
selling side of the market. During the latter
part of the session a steadier feeling prevailed,
and prices were moderately well sustained.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Wheat No. 2, January. 75K6"575
7SJjJc; February. 76K?6&7676c; May,
79H79K79-K79c.
Cork No. 2. January, 282SJc: February,
24-i4e2929c; May, 3131Ji31
Oats-No. 2. Febrnarv, 20202020Kc;
May. 29i?22i22K22Kc
Mess Poke, per bbL January. 9 709 70;
February. $9 60&9 759 609 75; May, S1U 10
10 lofflglO 00011) 12$.
Lard, per 100 fts. January. So 85; February,
So 87k&5 87K3 87H65 87&; May. SS 10tt 10
6 07J.S&6 07K.
Short Ribs, per 100 lis. January, S4 80;
Feliuarv. S4 74 80; May, S5 00S5 004 97J4
5 00.
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour un
changed. No. 2 spring wheat,75c; No. 3 spring
wheat. 6272c: No. 2 red. 75Jc. No. 2 corn.
2829c No. 2 oats, 20H20-c No. 2 rye. 4Jc
No.2 barley, S5S57c No. 1 flaxseed. Jl 35K.
Prime timothy seed, SI 20. Mess pork, per bbL
S9 709 75. Lard, per 100 lbs, S3 S7& Bhort
ribs sides (looo), SI 70S4 SO. Dry salted
shoulders rboxea), $f 304 40: short clear sides
(boxed),$505510. Sucars Cutloaf.unchanged.
Receipts Flour. 19,000 barrels: wheat, 27.000
bushels: com, 222.000 bushels; oats, 183,000
bushels; rye. 6,000 bushels: barley, 0.900
bushels. Shipments Flour, 12,000 Darrels;
wheat, 13,000 bnshels: corn, 179,000 bushels: oats.
907,000 bushels; rye, 1.000 bushels; barley,;43,000
bushels.
On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter
market was quiet and unchanged. Eggs weak
atl3KHc
New York Flour weak and slow. Corn
meal dull. Wheat Spot stronger and dull;
options active at 55c up and strong; for
eign buying, local selling. Barley firm. Barley
malt firm. Corn Spot weaker. Irregular and
fairh active: options quiet and unchanged to
Jc oS and steady. Oats Spot quiet and low er;
options fairly active and eaker. Hay dull and
weak. Hops strong. Coffee Options opened
steady offilO points down, closed steady and
unchanged to 10 points down; sales
30.650 bags, including January, 16.05: Feb
uarv, 15.7515.90c; March, 15.8015.85c; April.
15.80c; May, 15.S015.80c; June. 15.8515.90c;
Jul. 15.80c; September, 15.80015.90c: October.
15.S015.S5c; December, 15.7515.80c Spot
Rio steady; 62 fair cargoes, 1919jc;
No. 7, 1717Jic Sugar Raw quiet and
firm: slis, 10,000 bags; centrifugals
test, S31-6V, and refined quiet, easier;
confectioners' A, CKc; powdered, 3j5c; granu
lated, rc: cubes, tc: standard A, bjic Mo
lasses .NcwOrleau, quiet. Rice steady. Cot
tonseed oil firm. Tallow steady (S2 for pack
ages). Kosin quiet; strained common to good,
$1 201 22K. Turpentine steady at 42c Eitcs
In fair demand and steady; Western, 16)4
16c: receipts, 8.713 packages. Pork quiet ana
firm. Cut meats active; middles quiet. Lard
easier and dull; sales, 250 tierces; western
steam, S5 22; options, sales. 2,000 tierces; Feb
ruary, $8 21: March, $3 29; April, SO 35: May,
6 426 43, closing at SO At asked; July, SB 54.
Butter in better demand; tine firm; Elgin, 28
2SKc; V extern dairy, S16c; do creamery, 12
27c; do held. SQ16c; do factory, 1517c Cheese
quiet and unsettled; Western, 810c.
Philadelphia Flour weak. Wheat
Grades scarce, firmly held, but demand from
millers light; futures dnll and nominally un
changed: rejected, 65GSc; fair to good milling
wheat, 7685c: do prime to choice. 8S2-.
Com -Steady but speculation tame; car lots
firm: No 4 mixed on track, 34c; No. 3 high
mixed on track 3BKc, steamer, for local trade,
S6K'7c; No. 2 hich mixed in Twentieth street
elevator. 33c: No. 2 mixed, January, 35Ji36c;
February, 363oc; March, S6K336c; April.
37637KC Oats Car lots firmly held, de
mand light; No. 3 white, 26Ke: No. 2 white, in
Twentieth street elevator, iac; do in grain
depot, 29JJc: futures quiet ana steady; No. 2
white, January, 2S29c; February, 28
29c: March, 2829l; ApuL 2o29Kc Butler
Firm for fine goods; Pennsylvania creamery
extra. 272Sc: do prints extra, 303lc. Eggs
Steady; Pennsylvania. 16c.
Baltimore Provisions unchanged Butter
steady; western prime to fancy ladle, 1519c;
best roll, 1618c; creamery, 2327c Eggs
easier; western, 11HjC Coffee quiet; Rio
fair, 19Jic
Business Notes.
Of 17 mortgages recorded yesterday the
largest was for $30.000 purchase money. The
smallest was for S400.
John M. Oakley & Co. were advised from
New York, yesterday, that the Cattle Trust
was to be reorganized.
.A Philadelphia authority says that the
Northern Pacific directors have arranged for
converting 530,000.000 6 per cents into 5's.
A charter was granted at Harrisburg yes
terdav to the Lower St. Clair Bnildintr Associa
tion, of Mt. Oliver, with a capital of 5120.000.
Messrs. Jakes W. Arrott and Francis J.
Torrence have sold their entire interest in the
Porter Foundry and Machine Company. Llm.,
to John C. Porter, Jr., and A. T. Douthett.
The experience of a private bank at Wilk
insburg baring proved a failure, steps are be
inc taken to establish one on a national basis.
Part of the necessary capital has been sub
scribed. The mysterious E. . Clark, who has figured
in recent sales of Cherry alley property, and is
involved in the recent 5S0.000 deal on Smithfield
street, is stenographer at the Pittsburg .Loco
motive works, Beaver avenue, Allegheny.
Mr. R. D. Crumpton, for manv years with
Metcalf, Paul & Co., has purchased the insur
ance and real estate business of R. D. Brown,
at Mansfield, and will conduct it hereafter. He
w III, however, retain bis position with Metcalf,
Paul A Co.
The annual statement of the Allegheny In
surance Company shows that it earned enough
money last year to pay the regular dividend
and put a good lump into the surplus fund,
which is now 55 per cent and oyer the capital
ization. This is encouraging to the stock
holders. A Wall street special to Whitney &
Stephenson says: The bull feeling grows apace,
particularly on the specialties, and most of the
commission houses express the opinion that the
big money of the future will be made in tbe
low-priced stocks, particularly those which
have some prospects of being soon established
on a dividend-paying basis.
SyrnporFiKS,
Produced from the laxative and nutritious
juice of California figs, combined with the me
dicinal virtues of plants known to be most ben
eficial to the human system, acts gently, on
the kidneys, liver and bowels, effectually cleans
ing the system, dispelling colds and headaches,
and curiiig habitual constipation.
Onlr a Few Left.
We still have a few of those 55 overcoats
left. There's not any money in them at
that price, but our only thought now is to
dispose of our overcoat stock, .and low pricei.
have to do it. We are now offering good
cassimere overcoats in fonr. styles at $5.
They have a velvet collar and satin sleeve
lining. Ulsters go at the same price $5
for those who preter them. To-dav at
tbe P. C. C. C., cor. Grant and Diamond
sts., opp. the new Court House.
You will be well pleased if you make use
of the Iron City Brewing Co.'s ale and beer.
Competent judges pronounce them the lead
ing brews. All dealers keep them.
ALL FOE THE BETTER.
The Old Method of Handling Real Es
tate Contrasted With the
MODERN AND BROADER SYSTEM
Pittslmrg's Phenomenal Prosperity Large
ly Dne to the Change.
SIXTY THOUSAND U0 TEMPTATION
An effort was made yesterday to verify
the report obtained late Monday evening, to
the effect that Captain Vandergrift was ne
gotiating for the lot between his recent pur
chase and the Singer Building, on Fourth
avenue. In the course of the inquiry it was
learned from a responsible source that the
Fitzsimmons heirs, who own the property,
have refused to sell at a price near $60,000,
and that, as Captain Vandergrift does not
want it badly enough to pay so much for it,
the deal is off. The heirs live in Phila
delphia. Henry A. Weaver turned some light on
the subject by remarking: "To my certain
knowledge Captain Vandergrift does not
want the property In question. He has all that
he needs on Fourth avenue, and will go ahead
and build on his recent purchase from Mrs.
General Sweitzcr."
Mr.J.WalterHay.ofAllegheny.haspurchased
two considerable tracts of land on Marlon,
Madison and Adelaide avenues, in the Herron
Hill district. The price could not bo ascer
tained, but it is understood to be pretty well
up. His object is speculation. The ground
will be subdivided and put on tho market.
Radical changes havo taken place in the
method of buying and selling real estate in
Pittsburg in the last lew years, as shown in the
following interesting communication to TBE
Dispatch by a member of the firm of W. A.
Herron A Sons:
To the Financial Editor of The DlSFATClll:
The old method of handling real cstatn in
this city was perhaps good enough when
adopted, but increasing business demanded a
broader system, one that took in the future
as well as the present, and with the demand
came the change. This change marks the be
ginning of the rapid sale of real estate and the
real development of our city. Previous to the
past six or seven years, Pittsburg was far back
in her residence improvements, when compared
with other cities. At that time there were but
few good, comfortable bouses of moderate size
In the city, and "late improvements" were a
luxury. The man who was able to own a bouse
of six or eight rooms with "late improvements"
was thought well off, indeed. But now things
have changed, and it is possible for almost any
one who will try to get a comfortable home.
The purchasing of a home six or seven years
ago, in this city, meant that the purchaser had
to be able to pay half, or more, of the price
cash down.
Small payments and the remainder In easy
payments and long time were exceptions to the
rule. Now it is possible to buy a home by pay
ing a small part down, and the payment f the
remainder so arranged that the debt can be
met and paid off by the purchaser as it comes
due. A tew years ago owners were fearful to
part with their property unless they had all the
moneyin view, as it were, and persons who
wanted to purchase could not, because they
were unable to meet the required payments.
Owuers, as a rule, have seen that they stood in
their own way, and at the same time stood in
the way of the city's improvement and kept
many a man from owning his own home.
Tbe change also gave assurance to men of
means; and made it possible to place loans on
more favorable terms to the borrower. Since
terms of purchase of medium-sized dwellings
havo become moderate, building has been stim
ulated and improvement throughout the city
rapid. A few years ago we had to negotiate
and sell new houses of eight and nine rooms,
with "late improvement," in East End and
Oakland on almost cash terms to the
buyer. Now we can arrange to
sell similar houses in the most
desirable parts of East End and Oakland, on
terms so moderate that it makes it possible, and
far cheaper, for any who are now paying $500 or
$600 for rent each year, and who will try to
purchase the same. We can also negotiate the
sale of smaller and cheaper bouses in Shady
side, East End and other parts of the city, so
that any who are now paying 20 to 35 per
month rent may own a comfortable home. Only
a few years ago it was almost impossible for
any, except those who had cash or sufficient
shares in a building and loan association which
was equivalent to cash, to become proprietors;
now it is comparatively easy for an industrious,
frugal man to buy a home and pay for it
practically on his own terms.
The chance has been beneficial to all con
cerned, but particularly to working people; and
It has also been of great benefit to the city,
which, under its influence, has started on a
career of prosperity, the end of which no man
can foresee.
FEATURES AND FIGURES.
Local Securities Contlnne Firm nnd Fnlrly
Active No Significant Change.
A good feeling prevailed, and there was a
fair amount of business transactod in local
stocks yesterday. Tbe sales were 497 shares.
There was a brisk demand for Philadelphia
Gas, but very little of it was offered, indicat
ing confidence as well as firmness on the part
of holders. It is thought tbe statement will
bear good fruit before long.
Electric and Luster were strong, as was also
Switch and Signal. Washington Oil sold at 80
tbe first movement in it for several months.
Keystone Bank was picked up at 70, an ad
vance of 4 since tho first of the month. Tbe
tractions were steady around former quota
tions. For Ohio Valley Gas 11 was bid and S2
asked. This was done "merely to make a
quotation." If tbe bidder perseveres he may
may get some of it.
MOKNIWO. ATTKBKOO.
Hid. Asked. Hid. AsKed.
Pitts. P. 8. & M. Ex JG0
Fidelity T. & T. Vo 163 .... 161
KeystoneB'kofPltts.. 63K
Marine Nat Bank 102 .... 102
Masonic Rank SIM
Third Nat. Bank 172;
Tradesmen's Nat. B'k
17'1
Allegheny Gas Co.. Ill si
SouthsldeOasCo.,111 25
Allegheny Heating Co 100
Chanters Valley U. Co. .... 41 .... X
Ohio Valley 11 32(
People's K G. & P.Co. 14 WA 14 ....
Pennsylvania Gas Co.. 13
l'lilladelphla Co lii 31M 21,S 31M
Wheellnir bas Co 16M ISM 18H
ll&zelnoou oil co
WaslilnirtonOUCo 80 82
Central Tnctlon ffi 32X
SO
Citizens' Traction..... 63K CO 63 63
l'ltts. Traction
1'leasant Valley Wi 23
IS
Vl H
l'ltts. J unction it. k.uo .... 'A ....
l'ltts. & W. K. U. Co.. 12Ji ,
F. V. pref. is
19
H.l. iCUas coal co it
La Norla Mining Co... X X H
Luster Mining Co 241 24X 24jf 30
bllrerton Mining Co... 1,S 1H
YankceGlrlMlnWCo S
Wcstlnchouse Electric iSM 60 484 49
U. S. SI. Co 10 .... 16J? ....
WeatlnglioiiseAtrb'Kc. 108
Pitts. Flatc Glass Co. 190
At the first call $4,000 Pleasant Valley ffssold
at 103 and interest, 22 Washington oil at 60.
330 Wheeling Gas at 1S. 25 Keystone Bank at
70. 10 Philadelphia Gas at 31 and 50 Luster
24K- After call 15 shares ot Pleasant Valley
went at 23.
Jn tbe afternoon 10 shares of Electric brought
4SK, 10 People's Pipeage 14, 20 Central Trac
tion S2J. 10 Philadelphia Gas 3 1031, and
12 Chartiers Gas ikii.
Sproul & Lawrence sold 25 shares of Electric
at 4S 10 Safe Deposit at 67, and 200 Phila
delpui Gas at 31. Andrew Caster bought 300
shares of La Nona at and sold 25 Keystone
Bank at 70V. Henry M. Long sold 50 Electric
4S& and $1,000 Pleasant Valley ffs at 103 and
interest.
The total sales of stocks at New York yester
day were 325.495 shares, inclnding Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western, 15,210; Louisville
and Nashville, 48.998; Missouri Pacific, 6,600;
Norfolk and Western preferred, 4,500; Northern
Pacific preferred, S.700; Oregon Transconti
nental, 5.295; Reading, 36,350; Richmond and
Wet Point, 8,258; St. Paul. l,141;UnlonPacific,
19,050; Western Union, 9,875.
OPTIMISTIC YIEWS.
A Locnl Flnanolrr Snya Money Blotter Are
In Good Blinpr.
"Pittsburg finances are in splendid condi
tion," remarked a Fifth avenue cashier yester
day. He added: "Although there Is a good
business demand for money we hive plenty of
it, and it is working toward greater ease as the
flow continues from tbe West and South. The
bulk of the loans are being made at 6 per cent;
whereas a short time ago 7 was the rule. I
think, as a general thing, that the banks are
taking in more than they pay out. This results
from large and steady depositing, warranted by
the activity ot trade." .
Checking was a trifle off, but still large or
the season. The exchanges were 2,290,422 7,
and the balances J3S9.6S1 37. Currency was In
fair supply.
Money on call at New York yesterday wag
easy, ranging from2K3Jtf per cent; last loan,
2K: closed offered ati Prime mercantile paper,
66K. Sterling exchange quiet and firm at
54 83& for 60-day biUs and tist for demand.
Closing Bond Qnotntlons.
D. 8. 4s,reg 124
U. S. 4s. conp 124
U.8.4Xs,re(t 104)4
U. S. 4HS, conn.... 104
Pacific bs or '95. 116
Loulstanastamped4s 93
Missouri 6s 100
Tenn. new set. As... 106l
Tenn. new set. M....102S
Tenn. now set. 3s.... 74
Canada So. 2ds 99
Cen. Pacificists Ill
Den. &K.G., Uts...ll8
Den, &K.G. 4s 77J4
D.R.G.West,lsta.
Erie, Id; 102
M.K. AT.Gen.Ss .64
Mutnal Union 6s.. ..103
N. J. C. Int. Cert...lllH
Northern Pac. lits..l4
Northern Pac. 2d. .li;
Northw't'n consolJ.Hl
Northw'n deben's..ll0
Oreson & Trans. 6fl-l
St.L.&I.M.Gen.5J 90!
bt. L.&S.F.Gen.M.10S'4
til. Paul consols ....123
it Pl t'hl Pp.. 1st. 116
Tx Pc.L.G.Tr.Ks.92
Tx.,P&K.a.Tr.Bct40J,
Union Fac. isu..."i
West Shore .-...104
ii. n.. x X. lien. os.
75
New YOBK-Clearroes.SUl.032.843: balances,
$5,292,246.
Boston Clearings. SH.934,915; balances, &,
834,038. Money, 2K3 per cent.
Baltimore Clearings, $2,036,001; balances,
$226,914.
Prm-VDELPHIA Clearings, $12,528,025; bal
ances, $1,507,178.
London Tho amount of bullion gone Into
the Eauk of England on balance to-day is
155,200. Bar silver, 44d per ounce. x
CHICAGO Clearings, Jll.280,000. Money steady
at 6 per cent on call and 78 per cent on time.
POINTS ON PETROLEUM.
Pittsburg and Oil City on tho Rear Side of
the lUnrkct.
The oil market opened up fairly steady yes
terday, and was further strengthened by local
buying, but Pittsburg afterward turned seller,
in which it was joined by Oil City. This turned
the tide, and notwithstanding New York was
bullishly inclined, prices segged, the close
being below the highest point and rather
tame. Business was light and of the piking
sort. The range was: Opening, 106: highest,
106; lowest, 105: closing, 10G. Monday's
clearances were 395,000 barrels.
The latest gusher, according to report. Is the
No. 2 of the McCalmont Oil Company, on the
Ingram farm at Doll's Run. in the Mount Mor
ris field, which was said to be miking between
400 and 500 barrels a day. The Davis farm well
of E. M. Hnkill In the Mount Morris field,
which has been drilling In the first pay streak,
was flowing at the rate ot 80 barrels a day, Mon
day night.
The Cochran No. 7 gusher of Barnsdale A
Mooro in the Eureka field is holding up splen
didly, and the same firm is getting ready to put
up eight more rics.
In tbe Shannopin field the Stevenson Oil
Company's No. S on the Ferguson farm was
drilled deeper and started off at 32 barrels an
hour, but is now doine a little over 500 a uay.
Mechlin. Drake & Co.'s gusher is holding up
very well.
Another good strike has been made in the
Sheffield field, where the Gilbert Oil Company's
gusher on the Clapp farm is located. Horton,
Crany t Co.'s well on lot 170. 400 feet from the
Gilbert wen, has reached tbe sand at 2.000 feet
and ts flowing 250 barrels a day. The Gilbert
Oil Company's well is doing about 300 barrels.
In the Canonsburg pool, Morganza No. 8,
owned by Booth, Flinn&Co.. of Pittsburg,
made two nice flows Monday, and Is good for
about 20 barrels a day.
John McKeown paid a bonus of $10,000 for a
lease of 160 acres in tbe Claysvillo pool, just
wostof the Carson well. Large bonuses are
also being paid for leases in the Hundred-foot
district In Butler county. In the latter field
W. J. McKee's well, on the Q,. G. Shannon
farm, is in the sand and will be a 75 barrel pro
ducer. T. W. Phillips' No. L on theMay farm,
is in and doing 120 ban-els a day.
Fealnres of .Saturday' Oil Itlnrket.
Corrected daily by John M. Oaiuey & Co., 45
Sixth street, members ot the Pittsburg Petro
leum Exchange.
Opened 1C6' Lowest....
Highest 106.1) Closed
I0SM
108
Barrels.
23,845
73,641
51.610
Average charters
AveraKe shipments
Average runs ,
Kenned, New York. 7.50c
Henneii, London. 5M1.
Refined, Antwerp, lfiXr.
Kefined. Liverpool, bi.
lteflned. Bremen, S.Som.
A. B. McGrew quotes: Puts, SI 05; calls,
$106.
Other Oil Markets.
Oil Crrr. January 2S. Petroleum opened at
SI 05; highest, SI 06; lowest, $1 05; closed,
Bradford. January 28. Petroleum opened
at $106; closed, $106; highest, $1 06: lowest,
$105.
New York. January 28. Petroleum opened
steady at $1 0 and after a slight decline
moved up to $1 06. A reaction followed on
which the market closed steadv at $1 00.
Stock Exchange: Opening. $1 0GV; highest,
$1 06; lowest, $1 06; closing, $1 06$. Consoli
dated Exchange: Opening, SI 0b: highest,
tl 06; lowest. SI 06: closing at $1 00; total
sales, 618,000 barrels.
LANDS AND HOUSES.
A Stendy Stream of Bnyers of City nnd Su
burban Kenliy.
James W. Drape & Co., sold a piece of prop
erty on Penn avenue. East End, about 230x434
feet, with dwelling and outbuildings, for $J0,
000. They also reported the sale of another
piece of property adjoining Penn avenue for
$23,000.
E. T. Scbaffner, 72 Washington avenue,
placed the following mortgages: $900 on prop
erty on Brownsville avenue. Thirtieth ward,
for three years; 51,600 on a business property on
Washington avenue, Thirty-first ward, for
three years, and S400 on Sixth street property,
in Beltzhoorer borough, for three years.
Charles Somers & Co., 313 Wood street,
placed a mortgage of 2,500 for five years at 6
per cent on business property in the East End.
W. A. Herron & Sons sold for the heirs of
Isaac Taylor, deceased. N os. 41 and 43 Tunnel
street. Fifth ward, lot 40x80 feet with two old
and large brick dwellings, to Henry A. Davis
for 310,000 cash.
Samuel W. Black fcCo., 99 Fourth avenue,
sold lot No. 23, having 25 feet front on Lmdo
street, and running back 120 feet to an alley, in
8. L. Boggs' plan of lots. West Liberty borough,
Pittsburg and Castle Shannon Railroad, for
5150.
W. C. Stewart, 114 Fourth avenue, sold for
Mr. Alex Murdoch two more lots, 50x200 feet
each, located on Forbes avenue. Squirrel Hill,
for $5,000. Mrs. Jennie Lyttle was the pur
chaser. Black & Baird, 95 Fourth avenue, sold to
Frank B. Robinson lot No. 20 in tho It J. Har
die nlan. Fourteenth ward, having a frontage
of 25 feet on Juliet street by 105 feet in depth to
a 20-foot alley, for $750 cash.
Jamison & Dickio sold for J. R Holland a six
room frame house, on Joseph street. East End,
lot 22x100 feet, to Carrie M. Thompson forSX
400; also a six-room frame house on Hays street,
to George Brehm, for $3,100 cash.
STOCKS EEACT.
Lea Activity In the General List nnd Some
Lossr Sostnlncd Louisville nnd
Nashville Develop Unex
pected rltrength Trusts
Unsettled.
New Yoke, January 25. The stock market
to-day developed a reactionary spirit, and was
much less active than yesterday, both in the
Trusts and the regular list, though tbe general
tone of the market was firm, and the undertoue
showed no change from that of the past few
days. The efforts of tbe sold out bulls to cause
a reaction for the purposo of buying in again
for a further rise, together with the demon
strations of the bears against certain stocks
made the market somewhat mixed for the day,
but a temporary halt in the upward movement
was the best that could be done by the ad
vocates of lower figures. As usual, there was
little doing cither for London or Chicago, but
symptoms of a better feeling in the former cen
ter were not noticeable after tbe fortnightly
settlements, and the report that 200,000 bad
gone mto the Bank of England helped to create
a more easy feeling in money, which was seen
later In renewed buying orders for stocks here,
and the strong closing of Americans in London.
The great feature of the day was the sadden
activity and strength developed in Louisville
and Nashville, which early in the day on the
report that the directors bad resolved to se
cure control of one of their leased lines, be
lieved to be the Kentucky Central, rose over 1
per cent in spite of tbe continued selling for
foreign account. Later the announcement
fiat tbe directors had decided to issue the $13,
000.000 new stock for the purpose of redeeming
certain obligations bearing interest, and which
is to be issued to stockholders at 85 was the
signal for a rush to buy the stock, and on a
very large business it crossed 90. Some sharp
opward movements were made in New Eng
land and some of the specialties, but in no case
was tbe improvement held till tbe close. The
trusts made some rapid movements, but they
were as a rule within limits, and the general
changes were insignificant. Bugar was bought
In the early trading on the rumor of negotia
tions being on foot for the purchase of an out
side refinery, and the old rumor of an agree
ment between the refiners was circulated, but,
as heretofore, could not be confirmed. The
traders took the bear side in the stock late in
the day, and all the early improvement was
lost.
The coal stocks were less active bnt rather
heavy throughout the day, but the grangers
were firmer, and there was considerable buying
of BtPaul upon reports that the company
would begin quarterly dividends of 1 per cent
in tbe near fnture, and of the bullish attitude
of Mr. Armour upon the stock. Union Pacific
also showed considerable strength, especially
in tbe forenoon, but failed to make any marked
advance. The general list was as a rule strong
in the forenoon, but sagged away later in the
day, and tbe market closed fairly active but
heavy under the realizations and hammering of
the bears. The final changes are higher, but
are small fractions only, except in Louisville
and Nashville, which is up 3, and NewEng
land 1 per cent.
Railroad bonds also felt the reactionary feel
ing, but still maintained a strong tone through
out the day in the general list, though there
were more declines at tbe close than yesterday.
The business done reached $1,968,000, ot which
Texas and Pacific seconds contributed $133,000
and the Wabash seconds $120,000.
The .Pol. savs: "The buoyant speculation in
Louisville and Nashville was unquestionably
due in a large degree to the easier feeling in
London in regard to money. The large gain of
over 1000.000 by the Bank of England in ono
day, and the concurrent decline in the rates of
interest for bankers' balances in tbat market,
are Important factors in stimulating specula
tion there which mnst have its effect here.
The following tame snows tne prices ot active
stocks on the New York Stock Excnange yester
day. Corrected daily for The Dispatch by
Whitney & Stepheneon, oldest Pittsburg mem
bers of New York Stock Kxcnange. Sr rourth ave
nue: Clos-
Open- High- Low. lnt
lor. est. est. Bid.
Am. cotton Oil Trust.. 285i 28 27 27H
Am. Cotton OU 34 31 34 34
Atcn., Top. . F 3J 3.H4 33 ll'A
Canadian faclflc 75 loft 73 75
Canada Southern 5C 50 5-'.' tfh
Central ofNewJersey.l20S 12'' IMH HUM
Chesapeake a Ohio.... I6X 26V 26U
C. Bur. yuli.cr. ....1C8S :kh 108 los)
C Mil. St. faul.... 70Jb 71)4 70H 70K
C Aill.atst. r. di US
C, KoctL&l' 97!f 97 974 97M
ft, St. L. & Pitts 17!4 17M 17 mi
C, SU L.& Pitts, pt. 40K 49)4 46K 48
(i. St. P..M. &0 34J 34 345s 33
C. St. i,M. &O..Dr. 984
C. & .Northwestern 111 112 111 UH
C&Nortnwestern, tr. 241
C, C C. &l 72M 73 Tlii 72H
C. C, O. & 1.. pf 93W
Col. Coal Iron SO 60 UK 49
Col. & Hocklnz Val 22i( 221$ 22X 22
Oel L. & V 13G'4 13fi& 136 136)4
Del. St. Hudson lWa 151 1W 150
Denver Klo U 1GH
llenvor&KloU.. pi 60
E.T.. Va.4Ua - 9 10 iH Vz
fc.T..Va.&Ua.lst nf. 72
E.T.. Va. &Ua. 2d pr. 22'i 23 222s 22H
Illinois Central. .... ..119S 119)j 119 119
Late brln .t Western 18
Lake trie A West. Dr.. WA 68 6T,4 C6H
La to Shore A M. S 10S 106' 105V IDS
Louisville &tt&shvllle. t'H 'M'i 87 9u!4
Mlchlran central 90 90 95s 95
Mobiles Ohio 13 18! 18 17
Mo.. Kan. fi Texas.... 10J4 10A 10 10
Missouri faolOc 76 7C 'Abi lh
New Yorx Central luTJfi 107)4 107 107
H. t.. u. is. W ... 27X 27M 27H 27
M.Y..L.E.& W.pref.. 65 65 iiH 61)4
X. X.. U. St. L 17
N. r., C. & St. L. of. 71)4
N... U. &bt.L..2d Df 39$ 39f 39 39H
N.liK. E 48 47 45'i 48
it. Y., O. & W - 19 19)f 13 W
NorfoiK Western.... 21 22 2I& 21
.Norfolk Westerner. 61)$ C3Ji 61H 65,
Northern Paclnc 3-iH U 32S 33
Nortnern facinc prefc 76H 76 75X KH
Ohio A Mississippi... - 22! 22)4 2I!i 22H
Oregon Improvement. 47 48 47 47k
Oregon Transcon 27 38) 37 X1H
PacincMall 39' 40 394 95
Peo. Dec. S Evans 22V 22Jf 22 21)4
Pnlladel. & Heading.. M!4 39 38V 39
Pullman Palace Car...l92 192 192 W2)
Rlcnmona A W.l. T.. 22 22i 22 22i
Richmond W.P.T.nr 78 797B 79)f 784
St. e.. Minn. A Man..tli; 111 111 111
St. L. & San Fran 17
St. L. San Jrran pf. S75i
St.lt. San r 1st pr. 82
Texas Pacific 22X 226 22) 22
Union I'acine 58 e8 67 esH
Wabasn 14 14)5 14 14X
Wabash preferred 29M 23H 29 29)4
Western Union MS 85V k5 85
Wheeling Jt L. . 70 71& 70 70?,
Sugar Trust 644 65 63H 64
National Lead Trust.. 2IV4 22S 22 22
Chicago Uas frost.... 47.S 43 47 47
Boston Stocks.
Atch. &T0P.B.B. .. S35
Boston & Albany.. .217
Boston & Maine.. ...210i
C 11. &Q 108
K&stcrnB. K 137
Flint rereM 24
Mexican Cen. com.. 18
Mex.C.lstmtg. uds. 70
. Y. AAewCnc... 46
.N. Y.AS E. 7s. ...128
Kutland preferred,
Wis. Central, com.,
Allouez Me Co
Calumet A Hecla..,
lrranKlln.
Osceola. ,
I'ewablc
Qulney ,
Hell Telepaone... .
Boston Land
Water rower
Tamarack
San Diego
.. 71
.. 33V
.. 1
..249
. I4V
.. 29
.. 8
. 70
,.217
.. s
.. s
..158
,. 19
OKd.&L. Cham.com. C
Old Colony 176
Butland, com 9)
Philadelphia Stocus.
Closlng quotations of Philadelphia stocks, fur
nished by Whitney A-Stephenson, brokers. No. 57
fourth avenue. Members New York Stock Ex
change. '
l1. Asked.
Pennsylvania ltatlroad 54S 51?,'
Kenning 19)4 19 9-ls
Buffalo, nttsburg a Western H 9
LehUb Valley KH 52?
Lehigh .Navigation 5i; il
Northern Pacific 32'i 33
Northern Pacific preterrea 75 75
THE SClimDERY COMMITTEE.
It Will Meet on Frldny nnd Consult tho
Stnte Authorities.
The chairman of theSchiniiery Committee
of Councils, "W. "W. Nisbet, has issued a call
for a meeting on Friday next at 3 P. u. in
Common Council Chamber. The call is
made imperative on account of the agitation
at present going on among the Southside
citizens as already noted in The Dispatch.
Dr. Thompson, ot the State Board ot Health,
whose services as well as those of his
brother, W. It. Thompson, in the Johns
town Flood Kelief Committee are yet fresh
in the minds of Pittsburgers, will be present.
Captain Thomas H. Baker, superintendent
of the Bureau of Health, will also attend
tbe meeting and give some important testi
mony. This will be the first really important
meeting held upon the subject, and its out
come will be watched with grave interest by
some 70.000 people suffering from the inflic
tion ot water which they cannot use and
mnst pay for.
A Lndy nnd La Grippe.
From the Des Moines Mail and Express.
"We know a refined and cultured woman,
whose modesty will not permit any newspa
per to mention her name, who was as misera
ble as one well could be last week. Her
whole body was racked with pain. Her
headache was spasmodic in character, but
when it did ache the pain was uncommonly
severe.
Her spells of sneezing were frequent and
protracted. The lining membrane cf the
nose was in a high state of inflammation.
Her cough, especially early in the morning,
was painful, while her expectoration was
copions. She had an exaggerated case of
hay fever. It destroyed hr appetite and
drove her at last to bed. At one time her
family became seriously alarmed, as her
symptoms had assumed, it was feared, a
dangerous character. She refused "to have a
physician called, and said: "Chamberlain's
Cough Eemedy had helped her out of
a very bad cold," and she would try
it anyhow. There was a bottle of the
remedy on the sideboard, but it was half
gone, and us it had not been used for some
time, it was suggested that its strength and
virtue were gone. The fair patient per
sisted and at last she was permitted to have
her way. She began taking it in the even
ing, and the next morning, though the medi
cine seemed to make her slightly dizzy, she
was much improved. The cough hud
ceased and the sneezing was infrequent, less
in duration and violence. The next night
she slept soundly and arose the following
morning realizing that though she was
weak "La Grippe" had retired lroni the
conflict.
For sale by E. G. Stuckey, Seventeenth
and Twenty-fourth streets, Penn avenue
and corner Wylie avenue and Fulton street;
Markell Bros., corner Penn and Frankstown
avenues; Theodore E. Ihrig, 3610 Fifth ave
nue; Carl Hartwig, Forty-third and Butler
streets, Pittsburg, and iu Allegheny by E.
E. Heck, 72 and 194 Federal street; Thomas
E. Morris, corner Hanover and Preble ave
nues; F. H. Eggers, 172 Ohio street, and F.
H. Egeers & Son, 199 Ohio street and 11
Smithfield street wsu
Eemzmbbb that Z. "Wainwright & Co.'s
ale and beer are the proper drinks for this
season. Telephone B525. wsu -
When baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was a Child, she ci led for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
When she had Children,she gave them Castoria
p9-77-jnwsu
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
Poultry and Eggs Firmer, Choice
Apples Scarce and High.
GOOD TROPICAL PKUIT IN DEMAND.
Great Scarcity of Soft White Sugars and
Prices Strong.
CEREALS STILL IN BUIEK'S FAYOB.
Office of Frrrsmma Dispatch, (
Tuesday. January 28, 1890.
Country Produce Jobbing Prices.
Markets forpoultry and eggs are much firmer
the past few days, and good stock in both lines
command better prices than last week. Fancy
apples are very scarce and moving upward.
Potatoes are fairly steady at the old rates.
Choice stock, which is scarce, is in demand, at
a shade higher prices than have ruled of late.
The butter situation is unchanged. Choice
creamery is firm. Cheese jobbers have been
looking for au advance for some weeks past,
but the advance, so far, has failed to put in an
appearance. There is a good demand for tropi
cal fruits, particularly fancy Florida oranges.
Buttek Creamery, Elin, 2931c; Ohio do,
2627c; fresh dairy packed, 2223c; country
rolls. 19S20C
BEAJiS Navy hand-picked beans, $2 002 25;
medium. $1 T52 00.
Beeswax 2528e 53 ft for choice; low grade,
1820c
Cider Sand refined. 57 50; common, W 50
5 00: crab cider, 18 008 50 f barrel; cider
vinegar, 1012c f! gallon.
Chestnuts Jj 00o 50 fl bushel; walnuts,
6070c tjfl bushel.
CHEESE-Ohio, llllc; New York, UKc;
Limburger, 9llc; domestic Sweitzer, 11
13Mc: imported Sweitzer, 23c
EGOS 15016c $ dozen for strlctlv fresh.
Fruits Apple-", fancy, 52 603 50 V barrel;
cranberries, $8 5009 501 barrel; Malaga grapes,
large barrel, S8 5010 00.
Feathers Extra live geese, 60C0c; No. 1,
do, 4045c: mixed lots. 30doc 1 lb.
Poultry Live chickens, 7o90c a pair;
dressed, llfflHc a pound; ducks T080c pair:
live turkeys, 910c VI ft; dressed turkeys, 11
13c f? ft.
Seeds Clover, choice, 62 fts to bushel, U 20
4 40 $ bushel;dover. large English, 62 fts. $4 35
4 00; clover, Alsike, $800; clover, white. S3; timo
thy, choice, 45 fts, SI SO; blue crass, extra clean,
14 fts, SI 2501 30: blue grass, fancy, 14 fts, 30;
orchard grass, 14 fts, 81 40; red top' 14 fts, SI 25;
millet. 50 fts, 1 00; millet, 6070c $ bushel;
Hungarian grass, 50 ft', 65c, lawn grass, mix
ture of fine grasse, S3 00 3fl bnshel of 14 fts.
Tallow Country, 4c; city rendered, 4JJ
5c
Tropical Fruits Lemons, common, S3 00
3 60: fancy, H 005 00; Florida oranges. S4 00
4 50; bananas, $1 50 firsts. SI 00 good seconds,
bunch; cocoanuts, $4 0004 50 fl hundred; figs,
K9e ?? ft; dates. 5KtKc ft; new layer
tigs, 12K15fc: new dates, 7Jc ft; pine
apples, JJ 50 f? dozen.
Vegetables Potatoes, from store, 5560c;
on track, 4550c; cabbages. So 0037 00 a huu
dred: Dutch cabbage. S13 00 hundred: celery,
40c fl dozen; Jersey sweet potatoes, $4 00 a bar
rel; tnrnips, SI 001 25 a barrel; onions, SI 25 a
bushel.
Buckwheat Flour 22jc fi pound.
Groceries.
Our markets are very bare of soft white
sugars and outside quotations are readily ob
tained by jobbers. It is reported tbat but one
refinery is now turning out soft white sugars,
and this simply for the pnrpose of holding
trade, there being no profit in it at present
prices. Coffee is firm at quotations, but there
is no change in prices.
Green Coffee Fancy Rio, 2324c; choice
Rio, 2122c; prime Bio, 20c; low grade Bio,
1819c; old Government Java. 2728c: Mar
acaibo, 23K24c: Mocha, 28K29Hc; Santos,
2024c; Caracas, 2224c: peaberry. Bio, 23
24c; La Quay ra, 23J24c
Roasted (in papers) Standard brands, 24c;
high grades, 25c; old Government Java,
bulk, 31K33c; Maracalbo, 2723c; Santos, 24J
2SKc: peaberry, 23c; choice Rio. 25c; prime
Kio, Zc: good Bio, 22c; ordinary, 21c
Spices (whole) Cloves, 192uc; allspice, 10c;
cassia. 8e: pepner, 17c; nutmeg, 7080c
Petroleum (jobbers' pricesl 110 test, 7Jfc;
Ohio, 120, 8Kc: headlight, lft0, 8c; water
white, llWc; globe, 1414c; elame, 14&c: car
nadine, llc; royaline, 14c; globe red oil, 11
HKc; purity 14a
illNElts' On No. 1 winter strained. 4647c
fl gallon; summer, 4043c Lard oil, 70c
bYRUPS Com syrup, 2830c; choice sngar
syrup, 333Sc: prime sugar syrup, 3033c;
strictly prime, 3335c; new maple syrup, 90c.
N. O. Molasses Fancy, new crop, 4S50c;
choice, 47c; medium, S843c; mixed, 4042c
Soda Bi-carb in kegs. 3c; ni-carb in s,
5c; bi-carb, assorted packages, 58c; sal
soda in kecs, lc; do granulated. 2c
Candles btar, full weight, 9c; stearlne, p
set. 8c; paraffine, 11012c
Rice Head, Carolina, 67c: choice, 6
63c; prime, 55i6c: Louisiana, ogOc
Btarch Pearl, 2c; cornstarch. 506c; gloss
starch, lc
Foreign Fruits Layer raisins, S2 65; Lon
don layeis. 2 90; California London layers,
52 75; Muscatels, S2 40: California Muscatels,
53 25; Valencia. TJc; Ondara Valencia, 8J
8fc; sultana, 9c; currants, 5K5c: Turkey
prunes, 45c; French prunes. ti94c: Salon
lca prunes, in 2-ft packages, 8c; cocoanuts. ?t
100. S6 00: almonds. Lan., ft ft, 20c: do, Ivica,19c;
do, shelled, 40c: walnuts, nap., 1415c; Sicily
Alberts. Izc: Smyrna figs. 1213c: new dates. 60
6c: Brazil nuts, 10c; pecans, 11015c; citron. Ifl
ft-, 1920c; lemon peel, 18c p ft; orange peel, 17c
Dried Fruits Apples, sliced, per ft. 6c; ap
ples, evaporated. 9c: apricots, California, evap
orated, 14Kf16c; peaches, evaporated, pared,
2C23c; peaches, California, evanorateo, un
pared, 19021c; cherries. pitted,1314c; cher
ries, imputed, 56e; raspberries, evaporated,
25K2tKc; blackberries, 7J8c; huckleberries.
10012c
Sugars Cubes, 7c; powdered. 7c: granu
lated. 6c; confectioners' A. Gc; standard A,
6Kc; soft white, 6S6c; yellov choice, 5
6c: yellow, good. o$i5ic: yellow, fair, 5J
5c: yellow, dark, 5c
Pickles Medium, bbls (1,200), S5 50; medi
um, baltbbls (600), S3 25.
Salt-No. L fl bbl. 93c; No. 1 ex.) bbl, SI 05;
dairy, $) bbl, Jl 20; coarse crystal. ) bbl 81 20;
Higgins' Eureka, 4-bu sacks, S80; Higgins'
Eureka, 16-14 ft pockets. S3 00.
Canned Goods Standard peaches, S2 000
2 25: 2ds, tl 651 80; extra peaches, E2 402 CO;
pie peaches, 95c; finest corn, SI 001 50: Hid Co.
corn, 75090c; red cherries, 90c!l; Lima beans,
SI 20; soaked do, 80c; string do, 60065c; mar
rowfat peas, SI 101 15; soaked peas, 70bOc:
pineapples, SI 3001 40; Bahama do, S3 75;
damson plums, 9oc; Greengage. SI 25; egg
plums. S2 00; California pears. $2 50; do green
gages, 31 85; do egg plnms, SI 85: extra white
cherries, 52 40; raspberries, 05cSl 10; straw
berries, SI 10; gooseberries, SI 3001 40; toma
toes, 85g90c; salmon. 1-ft, SI 6501 90; black
berries, tioc; succotash, 2-fi cans, soaked, 90c;
do ereen. 2-ft. SI 2501 50: corn beef. 2-ft cans.
S2 05; 14-ft cans. S14 UO; baked beans, SI 4501 50;
lobster, 1-ft, SI 7501 80; mackerel, 1-ft cans,
broiled, SI 50; sardines, domestic Ks, S4 250
4 50; sardines, domestic Ks, Sd 7507 00; sar
dines, imported, Ks Sll 50012 50; sardines, im
ported, SIS 00; sardines, mustard, $3 30;
sardines, spiced, S3 60.
Fish Extra No. 1 bloater mackerel, S36 $1
bbl.; extra No. 1 do, mess. JiO: extra No. 1
mackerel, shore, S32: extra No. 1 do, mess. S36;
No. 2 shore mackerel. S24. Codfish Whole
pollock, 4c tp ft; do medium, George's cod,
be; do large, 7c: boneless hake, in strips. 6c; do
George's cod in blocks. 6M&7KC Herring
Round shore, 84 50 fl bbl.; plit. $0 50; lake,
E2 75 13 100-ft half bbl. White fih, S6 CO W 100
fi half bbl. Lake trout, S5 50 tfl half bbL Fin
nan baddock, 10c t3 ft. Iceland halinut, 13c If)
ft. Pickerel, M bbl.. S2 00; V. bbl., SI 10: Poto
mac herring, So 00 W bbl.. 82 oO per K bbL
Oatmeal 46 00S6 23 $) bbl.
Grnln. Floor nnd Feed.
Sales on call at the Gram Exchange, 1 car
sacked white middlings, S10 50, 10 days, P.B.R.;
2 cars No. 2 white oats. 2Sc, March delivery.
Total receipts as bulletined, 44 cars. By Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne and Chicago, 5 cars of hay, 1
of rj e. 5 nf oats, 2 of flour, 1 of malt, 1 of corn.
By Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis, 4 cars
of corn, 1 of straw, 1 of wheat, 1 of mill feed, 4
of oats, 3 of hay. By Baltimore and Ohio, I
car of oats, 3 of hay, 2 of corn. By Pittsburg
and Western, 1 car of com, 1 of hay. By Pitts
burg and Lake Erie, 1 car of rye.
1 of com, 1 of oats, 1 of flour. 3
of mal. Tbe cereal situation is unchanged
since onr last report. Markets in gen
eral continue in buyer's favor, and only choice
stuff passes muster the-e davs. While low
grade oats, corn and hay go begging fur buyers,
all choice grades are firm at quotations.
Prices below are for carload lots on track.
Wheat New No. 2 red, 85S0c; No. 3, 82
83c .
Corn No. 2 yellow, ear, new, 383SKc; high
mixed, new. 31033c; No. 2 yellow, shelled, old,
36037c; new, 3334c; old, high mixed, shelled,
35038c Bejected shelled com, 28030c
Oats No. 2 white. 27K02Sc; extra. No. 3,
26K0l'7c: mixed. 24K25c
RYE No. 1 Pennsylvania, and Ohio, 63054c;
N". 1 Western, 51052c.
Flour Jobbing prices Fancv winter and
spring patents, to 005 SO; winter straight,
4 2504 50; clear winter. 84 004 25; straicbt
XXXX bakers', S3 5003 75. Eye flour. S3 50
4 75.
MILLFEED Middlings, fine white, S15 00
16 00 jft ton; brown middlings, 812 00014 00;
winter wheat bran, 811 50012 00; chop feed,
815 50016 00.
Hay Baled timothy. No. L 81175012 25;
No. 2 do, 89 50010 60; loose from wagon, 311 00
013 00. according to quality: No. 2 prairie hay,
37 008 00; packing do, 86 507 00.
STRAW-Oats 56 757 00; wheat and rye
straw. 86 006 25.
Provisions.
Sugar-cured bams, large, 9c; sugar-cured
hams, medium, 9Je; sugar-cured hams,
small, lOc; sugar-cured breakfast bacon,
8c; sugar-cured shoulders, 5Jc: sugar-cured,
boneless shoulders. 7ic; sugar-cured California
bams 6Kc;sugar-cured dried beef flats,9c; sugar
cured dried beef sets, 10c; sugar-cured dried
beef rounds. 12c; bacon shoulders, 6; bacon
clear sides, 7)c: bacon clear bellie, 7Kc: dry
salt shoulders, 6c; dry salt clear sfde. 7c
Mes pork, heavy, ill 50; mess pork, familv,
812 00. Lard Beflned, in tierces. 5c; half
barrels, 6c; 60-ft tubs, 6c; 20ft pails. 6J4C; 50-ft
tin cans, 6?c:3-ft tin pails, 6c; 51) tin palls,
6c:10-fttin pails, 6c; 5-fi tin pails, 6"zc
Smoked sausage, long, 5c: large, 5c. Fresh
pork links, 9c Boneless Bams, lOKc Pigs
feet, half-barrels. 84 00; quarter barrel, S3 15.
THE SWIMMING SCHOOL.
Reports of the Nntntorlum Company Are
Terr Flattrrlng.
A meeting of the stockholders of the
Katatorium Company was held at No. 91
Fourth avenue yesterday, and the reports
presented give the most roseate hue to the
prospects of the company. In the report of
W. G. McCandless he stated that tbe stock
had been increased from $32,000 to $35,000,
as a third story placed on the proposed
building on Dnqnesne war would more than
pay for the expenditure involved. The
election of directors for the company re
sulted as follows: John "Walker, H. H.
Byram, C. L. Magee, "W. G. McCandless,
F. J. Torrence and W. J. Stotz.
Mr. Walker announced that he would
offer a silver medal as a prize for the best
swimming director on the opening day.
Major McCandless modestly suggested that
in order to save time and trouble his name
might as well be engraved upon the medal
at once, when it was ordered, while H. H.
Byram took exception to both the suggestion
and the natatory ability of the Major.
At the snggestion of A. M. Keeper, the
attorney of the company, as a set of bylaws
was adopted as required by the statute. The
report of Secretary Fred Goodwin gave an
idea of the. most sanguine views of the
success of the project. He stated that
family tickets entitling the purchaser or any
member of his family to any style of bath
as often as they pleased could be had for $50;
one giving the same privilege to a single in
dividual can be had for (40, while single
swimming baths, with the attendance of an
instructor, are placed at 25 cents. These
prices are based upon the scale of similar
institutions in Cleveland, Boston, Philadel
phia and other cities.
LATE NEWS IK BRIEF.
The Woman Suffrage amendment to the
North Dakota Constitution was defeated in tbe
Senate, but will be reconsidered.
At a meeting of the Wyoming Territorial
Democratic Committee, a resolution was unan
imously adopted favoring Statehood ami urging
Congress to take immediate action looking to
this end.
Two bands of Mexican thieves have been
operating on the American side of the Bio
Grande. A large number of horses and cattle
have been stolen, and some highway robberies
have been committed.
The lake sailors, comprising Seamen's Dis
trict Assembly No. 136. to the number of 3.00O,
will withdraw from the Knights of Labor.
They say that Mr. Powoerly has ignored their
grievances and complaints.
Don Lnis Huller. who is known throughout
the country as the "Vanderbilt of Mexico." has
made a proposition to subscribe 3150,000 worth
of Chicago World's Fair stock, and to raise In
Mexico 31,600,000, if given tho necessary time.
Ihe Congregational Church at Danvers
Center, Mass., was burned yesterday. Tbe
church was a historical one, being the successor
of the ancient church In which tbe witchcraft
trouble began. The present building was erect
ed in 1835.
The Bureaus of the French Chamber of
Deputies will elect a Tariff Committee. The
debates which have taken place in tbe various
bureaus indicate that a majority of them will
elect members of the committee who are in
favor of protection.
At Batesville, Ark., Jake Bchreiber, aged
about 21 years, shot Miss Emma Fry and George
Meissner on Sunday evening as they sat talking
on the balconv of the inn's home, elzbt miles
east of here. The eirl will probably die. but
iueussner win recover.
The Coroner's jury In the Kniffln case, at
Trenton, N. J., has brought in a verdict declar
ing that Mrs. Kniffln died from choroform ad
ministered by persons as yet unknown, and fur
ther stating that the jury's labors have been
hampered by the withholding of important evi
dence, which will come before tbe grand jury.
Lee Miner, a well-known cattle buyer of
Tecameb. Neb., suddenly became insane and
assaulted Leander Scott, a young man em
ployed at the stock yards, cutting his throat
with a dirk knife. The jugular vein was sev
ered, and Scott died In a few minutes. The
murderer then sat down and calmly waited to
be arrested.
Lieutenant 3chwatka has secured 11 Cliff
Dwellers from tbe Sierra Madre Mountains,
who are members of the TaBuarmarl tribe and
speak a dialect of their own. They come from
Youkohoma, 200 miles from Chihuahua. One of
the men has a record of traveling 100 miles in
11 hours. These people will be exhibited in this
country and Europe.
At Milwaukee the Women's Christian Tem
perance Union bas received formal notice from
the directors of the Young Men's Christian
Association building. Tbe notice says that,
having allied themselves with the Prohibition
party, tbe women mnst be treated like any
other political organization, and are therefore
debarred from occupying quarters in the Young
Men's Christian Association building.
The recent postoffice robbery at Al
buquerque, N. M., turns out to be much larger
than at first supposed. Chicago merchants will
suffer heavily, as it was tbe Pacific coast east
bound mail that was plundered. The mall had
been sent by the Southern route on account of
tbe s.tow blockade. It i believed to be the
work of an organized gang of experts wbo
knew of the diversion of the transcontinental
malL
Two Stenmbonta Burned.
The cargo of the steamer De Soto, which
was bnrned Monday night, was made rip in
Pittsburg, but fully covered by insurance.
It is a little singular that the Ohio, another
boat belonging to the Memphis and Cincin
nati line, was also destroyed by fire on the
same night. She was on her up trip.
FOB. BILIOUSNESS
Cue Horaford'e Acid Phosphate.
Dr. W. B. Gillies, Winnipeg, Manitoba, says:
"I have used it in a typical case of indigestion
with biliousness, and found it to be, without
exception, tbe best thing I ever used in such
cases."
Excursion to Washington City.
The Baltimore and Ohio will sell excur
sion tickets to "Washington, good to visit
Baltimore, limited to 10 days, to-morrow,
January 30, at rate of $9. Call at city ticket
office, Fifth avenue and Wood street, early
to secure seats in parlor car and berths in
sleeping car. Trains leave 8 A. 31. and 9:20
P.M.
UWH
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Absolutely pure and obL Tbe only whisky
in the market indorsed bv reputable physicians
and used exclusively in hospitals. Only 31 50
per f nil quart. Headquarters,
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blood poison of the very worst type.
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CURES SCROFULA EVEN
IN ITS WORST.' FORMS.
I bad scrofula in 1884, and cleansed m
system entirely from it by taking seven
bottles of S. S. S. I have not had any symp.
toms since. C W. Wilcox,
Spartanburg, S.C
EH3
I HAS CURED HUNDREDS OF
CASES OF SKIN CANCER. '
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
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Embroidery and White Goods Department
direct importation from the best manufac
turers of st. GalL In Swiss and Cambric Edg
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Hemstitched Edgings and Flouncings. Buyers)
will find these goods attractive both in prica
and novelties of design. Full lines of New,
laces and White Goods. UPHOLSTEBY DE
PARTMENT Best makes Window Shades ia
dado and plain or spring fixtures. Lace Cur
tains, Portieres. Chenille Curtains, Poles and
Brass Trimmings: Floor, Table and Stair Ott
Cloths In best makes, lowest prices for quality.
WASH DRESS FABRICS.
The largest variety from which to select
Toil Du Nords, Chalon Cloths, Bath Seersuckt
ers. Imperial Suiting. Heather fc Renfrew
Dress Ginghams. Fine Zephyr Ginghams.
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A. Garrison, President; Edward Gregg, FlrsS
Vice President: Wm. Rea, Second Vice Presi
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Robt. C. Moore, Assistant Secretary and Treas
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alEDICAL.
DOCTOR
WHITTIER
S14 PENN AVENUE. PITTSBURG. PA.
As old residents know and back files of Pitts
burg papers prove, is the oldest established
and most prominent physician in the city, de-'
voting special attention to all chronic diseases.
SbrsCNOFEEUNTILCURED
MtrDfil IPand mental diseases, physical'
IN L.M V UUO decay. nervous debility. lack of
energy, ambition and hope, impaired memory,
disordered sight, self distrust, bashfulness,
dizziness, sleeplessness, pimples, eruptions, im
poverished blood, failing powers, organic weak-'
ness, dyspepsia, constipation, consumption, un
fitting the person for business, society and mar
riage, permanentlv, safely and privately cured.
BLOOD AND SKINJfet,iPl3-S.
blotches, falling hair, bones, pains, glandular
swellings, ulcerations of tongue, mouth, throat,
ulcers, old sores, are cured for lite, and blood
poLsons thoroughly eradicated from the system.
1 1 D I M A D V Lidney and bladder derange.
UnllMrtn Tj ments, weafc back, gravel,
catarrhal discharges, inflammation and other
painful symptoms receive searching treatment,
prompt relief and real cures.
Dr. whittier's life-long, extensive experience)
insnres scientific and reliable treatment on
rnmmnn-ftfnfi nrinciDles. Consultation free-
Patients at a distance as carefully treated as it
here. Office hours 9 A. M. to 8 P. M. Sunday,,
10 A. M. to 1 P. M. only. DR. WHITTIER, 814
Penn avenue. Pittsburg, Pa.
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CURES
NERVOUS DEBILITY.
LOST VIGOR.
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full particulars In pimphlei
tent free. The genuine Uraya,
bpecIOc sold by drusclsts only la
yellow wrapper. Price, tl per,
package, or six for 5, or by malt '
on recelnt of nrice. bv address-
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a Hiring scientific and conHdon
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3 most experienced specialist irt
the city, uonsuitation iree anu
serictlv confidential. Office)
hours 8 to 4 and 7 to 8 P. Jl.; Sundays. 2 to 4 p.
M.Consult them personally, or write. DoctosS
LA.KS. 828 Penn ave Pittsburg, Pa.
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:S OotrtOXL -ROOT
COMPOUND
tCompo3ed of Cotton Rort, Tansy and
Pennyroyal a recent discovery by an
'old physician. It sucu&fuUu used
mrmitdit Ssfn. F.fFectnaL Price SL bv mall.
sealed. Ladies, ask your druggist for Cook's
Cotton Root fompound and take no substitute.
or inolose 2 stamps for sealed particulars. Ad-.
dress POND LILY COMPANY, No. 3 Fisher,
Block, 131 Woodward ave., Detroit, Mich. ,
" -3ild In Pittsburg. Pa bv Joseph Fleta "
tag & son. Diamond and Market sta. se2&23
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Buffering from the effects of youthful errors, early
decay, wanlm? weakness, lost manhood, ttc, I will
send a valuable treatise (sealed) containing full
particulars for homo cure. FREE of charge. A
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man who is nr-rvon-i and debilitated. Address, .
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