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A BRIDEGROOM IN WALL STREET.
Squalor and Luxury on the Street Where
Mr. Carnegie Llres.
STKAWBEEEIES A QUAETEE A BOX.
rCOKRESFOMJENCE OP THE DISrATCH.1
2fEW Yoek, February L Standing
amidst a lot of excited petroleum brokers
on the Consolidated Exchange yesterday
was a young Pittsburg gentleman whose
prominence, socially and financially, is rec
ognized here as well as in the Iron City. It
was Henry Spronl. ThatcleTer little Fourth
aTenne financier is Here spending his honey
moon, having recently chosen one of the
rarest of Pittsburg's social flowers Miss
Louise Becgs for a bride. Tbey are en
sconced at the Brunswick, and their many
social engagements bespeak for them a large
share of If ew York's gayety, and with thea
ters, balls, receptions and luncheons, this
popular pair seldom find an open date.
However, Mr. Sproul, with his chaiacteris
tic assiduity in business, cannot retrain from
going down on "the street" and indulging
in a "flyer" in stocks or petroleum, at the
same time informing himself as to the status
of affairs in his banking house at home.
A BAFID ASCENSION.
By the way, he is one of the few young
Brokers who haTe come out of the maelstrom
of speculation with a very goodly sum of
Uncle Sam s certificates. Only a few years
ago Mr. Sproul was an obsenre clerk in one
ot the banks at home, and through his quick
perception and natural business qualifica
tions rose to his high standing ot to-day.
He was made a member of the Exchange,
dealt some very sham deals; acquired a re
munerative outside following, and was at
once recognized as a "high-roller" on the
floor, his gay trading at times having a very
significant effect on the market in general.
He has a seat on the New York Exchange:
is abaut 34; handsome, and wortn $300,000
or $400,000.
SQUALOB AND LUXUBY.
I'll venture the assertion that there is no
city in the world where luxury and squalor
live so close together as in New York. The
other day I had occasion to call on Mr. An
drew Carnegie regarding his new library in
Allegheny. I took a Broadway surface car,
getting off at Filty-first street I walked
eastward on the numbered thoroughfare,
which was filled with swarthy Italians
sitting in the doors of their shops, from
which emanated in very large quantities,
excited snatches of their musical language
and strong airs from stewed garlic and stale
beer. I walked on, wondering if my
distinguished friend could not have a
huirble namesake who abode in this neigh
borhood. I crossed Sixth avenue, and lol
a grand transformation scene! A moment
before, mid squalor and rags; across the
street, luxury and laces. It is up in this
portion of the city that the Vanderbilts,
Astors. and such nabobs live, but they never
know what daily goes on within a stone's
throw of their palatial homes nor do they
care.
Everybody wears a high silk hat here.
I mean more particularly the men, but not
a few of the ladies attect this male costume,
and even don high hats for walking, which
hitherto was only permissible for riding
horseback. Millionaires, clerks, stripling
boys, bar-lenders and bad actors, all regu
larly have their headgear daily ironed at
"Dunny's," as they would perform their
morning ablutions.
STRAW-BERRIES GALORE.
This remarkable winter has developed
many strange things; especially has it
brought fruit into the markets. The June
like weather here has stirred the Southern
tropical frnit growers up, and as a conse
quence strawberries and other perishable
delicacies have always been within the
reach of everyone with the price. How
ever, in this matter there has been no reason
to complain, as I saw myriads of crates of
strawberries at 20 and 25 cents per box.
"The Senator" is quite the most success
ful stage production uhich has been given
in New York for moons. "W. H. Crane com
pletely fills the character of the new member
of the Senate, who is thrown pell mell into
"Washington society, in which he sometimes
does things not exactly de rigner, but in this
lies the point of the play. It is a
satire on the everyday life in the capital and
the truthful portraiture in "The Senator"
is readily appreciated by one familiar with
"Washington City. Dixey and "Seven
Ages" continue to draw. The "County
Fair" is a very enjoyable and novel per
lormance, the stage effects being particularly
deserving of notice. In one act the scene of
a horse race, with real horses and riders, is
a great-nit. "The Old Homestead" is per
manent; but another company takes it to
London soon.
SO OCEAlf FOR HIM.
Denman Thompson, however, will not go
with it. He says all the money in London
couldn't induce him to cross the ocean.
"Aunt Jack," an English production, is
highly spoken of. "Shenandoah" is Bear
ing its two hundredth performance, while
iu opera we can hear "The Gondoliers" and
"The Brigands" Mr. D'Oyly Carte came
over to see and hear his company sing the
former, and occupied a box this week. He
has taken a book ot notes, but won't talk
for publication as to what he intends doing
to give "The Gondoliers" smooth sailing.
Balls are the proper thing now. Every
organization from the 400 down to the boot
blacks have something on the card for the
coming month. The French ball at the
Metropolitan last week proved that the day
of French terpsichorean fun has past for
ever. The police were the cause of this, and
a poor lone fairv was ejected, tights and
wand, for appearing in such costume.
At the hotels I see the following familiar
autographs from Pittsburg: St. James,
James A. Eobinson, E. L. Maxwell; Hoff
man, H. C. Fnck, Albemarle, Joseph W.
Craig, A. J Minke and John F. Atcheson;
Filth Avenue, Horace B. Moorehead, John
D. "Wrignt, J. Scott Ward. Henry Sproul
and bride have gone to Boston.
Lyman Kaine.
Smoke Comoniptlon and Conl Economy.
A patent has been taken out in England
lor a new smoke consumer for fires and fur
naces of every description. The patentee
claims for his invention a saving of 0 per
cent in coal. The poorest quality of fuel
may be used, and no cinders remain, onlv
dust. The smoke is thoroughly consumed,
and the use of shovel, tongs or poker is en
tirely dispensed with; for the working of a
set of angnlar fire bars with a hand lever re
moves all dust and cleans the fire. When
once made op the fire will last for 21 hours
without replenishing; by closing the angu
lar firebars and dampers at night, tbe fire
will remain alive, and by drawing the damp
ers next morning a bright fire is instantly
provided. The invention is said to be the
result of several years' application on the
part of the patentee.
IlORSFOKD'l ACID PHOSPHATE
For Impaired Vitality
And weakened energy, is wonderfully success
ful. "
Extike satisfaction can come only when
the bestris used. In making beer the Iron
CityBrewing Company employ the choicest
ingredients and tbeir patrons are always
pleased. AH dealers keep their celebrated
Iron City, Pittsburg and Pilsner brands.
Armour & Co., of this city, report the
following sales of dressed beef for the week
ending February 1, 150 carcasses, average
weight, 553 lbs.; average price. 53 39.
Come see tbe new spring goods.
Knable & Shcster.
STAB GAZERS' GOSSIP.
Pointers About the Principal Planeti for
Fcbranrv Tbe Pan to be With ni
nn Honr and Seven Allnutr
Longer In Fonr Yvek.
Despite the fact that the weather of late
has not been particularly favorable for star
gazing, the planets will do their duty and
will furnish us for the month of February
with as many interesting events as usnal.
Mercury reaches elongation and may be
seen during the latter part of the month;
Venus disappears as morning star to adorn
the evening skies with her presence in the near
future; the fiery god ot war and the prince of
planets, Jupiter, are coming into view in the
morning, while Saturn leads the van by getting
into opposition with the sun on the 18th of tbe
month, at which time be rises at sunset and
graces tbe whole night with his presence. His
solar majesty, too, bezins to make its longer
visits, remaining above thohorizon for 10 hours
and 6 minutes on the first, and for 11 hours and
13 minutes on the last day of the month.
Mercnry should rather have been named after
the Greek divinity Hermes than the Roman
Mercnnus. Hermes was the messenger ot the
gods, swift with his winged sandals. Mercnrius
was originally tbe patron ot merchants, bnt aft
erward tbe Romans identified him with the
Greek cod. The nlanet's name was donbtlcss
suggested by bis celerity of movement, as he is
the fastest moving member of tbe solar system,
so far as known. If any vlanets exist Between
him and the sun they, of coarse, move faster
than he, as the velocity 01 a planet depends on
its nearness to the Min.
The question of intra-Mercnnal planets, as
such possible bodies are called, has been agi
tated for a long time, and at present does not
seem to be in a fair way to be decided. As
Mercury is so bard to see it is evident that there
would be great difficulty in observing planets
still nearer the sun. Thev would rise and set
at so nearly the same time as the sun
that there is little hope of seeing
them when the sun is below
tbe horizon. There remain then but four ways
of detecting such planets: First By direct
observation in the da) rime. This method will
probably not be successful, as these possible
bodies would be too small and too near the sun
to be seen in that way. Second Mercury and
Venus occasionally come directly between us
and the Bun, crossing the sun's disk as black
spots, bnt distinguishable from solar spots by
their round and sharp appearance, and by the
rapidity of their movement. Intra-Mercurial
planets would do the same, and might in such
cases easily be seen bv the host of observers
who are watching the sun. Third During
eclipses of the sun a few precious moments are
afforded during which bright stars may be
seen. Bnt the first method has yielded no fruit
at all, and there has been so much uncertainty
about observations coming under the two lat
ter heads, that the whole question is still in
great doubt. Another resource remains, that
of watching Mercury to see if it appears to be
affected by tbe attraction of another planet,
the method by which tbe planet Neptune was
so happily discovered in 1848. But neither has
this method yielded any fruit.
Saturn bears off the palm for the month, as
on the 18th. at 11 r. XL, he reaches "opposi
tion," or tbe point at which be is 180 from the
sun. He rises at sunset and shines dnrine the
entire night. He is a few degrees east of Rigu
lus. and may be easily distinguished from sur
rounding start by his brightness and calm, yel
low light, not twinkling.
Uranus is morning star, rising abont mid
night in the early part of the month. Neptune
is
evening star, reaching qnaaratnre on toe
23th.
oert. v.iitrrr.
HOMER CITY SCENTS COKE.
An Indiana County Town That Believe
Itself to be on tbe Edge of a Boom
Were the Geologists Mis
taken About It?
tCOBBESPOXDEXCB OF THE DISPATCH.'1
Homer Ciiy, February 2. Perhaps
there is no town in Western Pennsylvania
where the prospects look brighter than for
this little city, which is located right oyer a
vast body of coal now about to be developed.
People are asking the question on all sides
why it is that this vast body of coal land has
not been developed long ere this. The
question is easily answered. By looking at
the geological survey a person will find the
coal here reported as ''good for nothing,"
or in other words not fit for coke. Thus peo
ple took it for granted that to open mines
here would be a useless expenditure of
money. Evidently the geologists came far
from making a correct statement ol this coal.
Not being satisfied' with this report, our
enterprising citizen, Mr. J M. Guthrie, the
well-known lumberman, went to work,
opened a mine, erected some ovens ana
started to manufacture coke as an experi
ment; and no sooner was it put on the mar
ket than it was prononnced of superior
quality. Encouraged by this, Mr. Guthrie
fell to work and bought up 6,000 acres, all
underlaid with coal. His plant now con
sists of 26 ovens, bnilt as an experiment,
and the output of these ovens has from the
first found ready sale. He has now in course
oF construction a large number, which are
being finished and utilized ns fast as possi
ble. The land all contains three veins. The
top vein is seven feet in thickness; the sec
ond one four feet and the lower vein is three
feet. Both the seven and tour-foot veins
can be mined by drilting, as they both lay
above water level. This makes it all the
more valuable, as no shafting is needed.
Mr. Guthrie has sold 500 acres to Mr. J.
W. Moore, of Greensburg, formerly a heavy
operator in the Connellsville district. He
is now negotiating for what is known as the
Mikesell plant, and, should he succeed in
getting it, will commence at once the erec
tion of 200 ovens. Quite a number of other
capitalists are looking over the field, from
Philadelphia, Pittsburg and other places.
The coal is said to make much better coke
than is made at either the Millwood, St.
Glair or Latrobe mines, and as good as, if
not superior to, that produced in the great
Connellsville district. It is ready for the
ovens as it conies from the mines, no wash
ing being required. If Homer City's pros
pects pan out, the place is on the edge of
one of the greatest "booms" ever enjoyed by
any town in the western part of the State.
FEOM ONE OF THE BACE.
A Colored Clergvninn In Ohio Argue
Affalnut Further Irjiiatlce to Neproea
In America Not la Favor of
Drportniloa to Africa,
ISrZClAL. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Massillon, O., February 2. Rev. N.
E. Willett, a colored clergyman of this
place, is out with an interview in which he
radically opposes the Southern scheme to
deport the negro to Africa. As introduct
ory to what he says in reply to questions,
the reverend gentleman says:
A few days ago I got on a train at tbe Mas
sillon depot, en route to Salem. I rode as far
as Salem with a gentleman from Massillon;
but be changed bis seat after the train reached
Canton. Then a lawyer came In the car, looked
at me rather familiarly, and asked: "Can I sit
down beside you?" He did so, and began
talking away in regular legal style, drifting
finally to tbe negro question, the solution
of which, be thought, might be reached
by all the colored people going West and taking
up lands to layout farms and build cities for
themselves: making their own laws and send
ing their own members to Congress. By that
means, he said, the white people of the country
v ould get rid ot the negroes, and tbe colored
people would be compelled to stay out West
and all become cowboys and girls.
Now. in answer to all such suggestions as
this, I have simply to say: God has not passed
a sentence on the down-trodden race, to my
knowledge. If be has. it is not that thev shall
live in any one corner of the United States.
The colored people don't want, don't need and
-Hiii not accept any place oi seclusion or any
Land of Nod.
Ibe President of this great land says be Is
Eowerless to do anything that shall endnringly
elp the colored race, and that It is a matter for
the States to settle. Senator Bntler. of South
Carolina, has introduced a bill providing for
the emigration of all American colored men to
some out-of-the-way corner of the world. It
won't da The only solution of our race prob
lem is to quit murdering and whip
ping colored men in the South. To
think of a people that were stolen
from their own land and made slaves, kept in
that condition for 243 years, and finally made
part and parcel of the citizenship of the na
tion that stole thsm to think of these eagerly
advancing people being deprived of that citi
zenship and exiled it is Impossible! Their
race has been creditably represented In the high
est offices of the United States (except those
of President and Vice President) and repre
sents a cash property holding In this land to
dar that aggregates not less than $75,000,000. to
say nothing about tbe real estate. JOo injustice
In fill Tunm ftnrt nil rtia Kn4w .ni. ... .,
the Injury, and will feel It, sooner or later.
M. TAJJAGK WJUTKS
A Letter Prom Constantinople to Take
the Place of His Sermon.
WHAT HE HAS ENJOYED ABROAD.
His Journeyings in Palestine and Apostolic
Lands and Seas.
HIS DESIRE ON THE EYE OP RETURNING
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DlSPATCHl
New York, February 2. As Key. Dr.
T. De "Witt Talmage is now, as had teen
anticipated, on an ocean steamship en route
back to America, he has furnished, by ad
vance mail from Constantinople, the follow
ing characteristic letter, to take the place of
his nsual Sunday sermon for publication:
On leaving America I addressed some words
of farewell to my sermonlc readers, and now,
on my way home, I write this letter of saluta
tion, which will probably reach you about the
Monday that will find me on tho Atlantic
ocean, from which I cannot reach you with the
usual sermon, I have completed the journey
of inspection for which I came. Others may
write a life of Christ without seeing tho Holy
Land. I did not feel competent for such.a
work until 1 haa seen with my own eyes tho
sacred places; and sol left home and church
and native country for a most arduous under
taking. 1 have visited all the scenery connected
with our Lord's history. The whole journey
has been to me a surprise, an amazement, a
grand rapture or a deep solemnity. I have
already sent to America my Holy Land ob
servations for my "Life of Christ," and they
were written on horseback, on muleback, on
camelback, on ship's deck, by dim candle in
tent, in mud hovel of Arab village, amid the
ruins of old cities, on Mount of Beatitudes, on
beach of Genesaretb, but it will take 20 years
of sermons to tell what I have seen and felt on
this journey through Palestine and Syria.
All things have combined to make our tour
instructive and advantageous. The Atlantic
and Mediterranean and Adriatic and Egean
and Dardanelles and Marmora seas have
treated us wclL Since we left New York we
have had but a half day and one night of
storm, and that while crossing Mount Hermon.
But let onlv those in robust health attempt to
go the length of Palestine and Syria on horse
back. I do not think it is because of tbe un
bealth of the climate In Holy Land that so
many have sickened and died here or after
ward as a result of visiting these lands, but be
cause of
THE FATIGUES OP TRAVEL.
The number of mile3 gives no indication of
the exhaustions of the way. A hundred and
fifty miles in Palestine and Syria on horseback
demand as much physical strength as 400 miles
on horseback in regions of easy journey. Be
cause of tbe near two months of bright sun
light by day, and bright moonlight or starlight
by night, the half day of storm was to us the
more memorable. It was about noon of De
cember IS that the tempest struck us and
drenched the mountains. One of tho horses
falls and we halt amid a blinding rain. It Is
freezing cold. Fingers and feet like ice. Two
hours and three-quarters before, encampment.
We ride on in silence, longing for the terminus
of to-day's pilgrimage. It is, through the awful
inclemency of the weather, tbe only dangerous
day of the journey. Slip, and slide, and tumble,
and climb, descend wo must, sometimes on tbe
horse and sometimes off, until at last we halt in
the hovel of a village, and instead of entering
camp for the night we are glad to find this re
treat from the storm. It is a house of one story,
bnilt out of mud. My room is covered with a
roof of goat's hair. A feeble fire mid-floor, but
no chimney. It is tbe best house of the village.
Arabs, young and old, stand around in wonder
ment as to why we come. There is no window
in the room, but two little openings, one over
tbe door and the other in the wall, through
which latter opening I occasionally find an
Arab face thrust to see how I am progressing.
But the door is open, so I have some light. This
is an afternoon and night
NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN
for its exposure and acquaintance with the
hardships of what an Arab considers luxurious
apartment I satthat night by a fire, the smoke
of which, finding no appropriate place of exit,
took lodgment in my nostrils and eyes. For the
first time in my life I realized that chimneys
were a luxury but not a necessity. The only
adornments in this room were representations
of two tree branches in the mud of tbe wall, a
circle supposed to mean a star, a bottle hung
lrom tbe ceiling, and about 12 indentations in
tbe wall to be used, as mantels lor anything
that may be placed there. This storm was not
a surprise. Through pessimistic prophets we
had expected that at this season we should
have rain and snow and hail throughout our
journey. For the most part it has been sun
shine and tonic atmosphere, and not a moment
has our journey been hindered. Gratitude to
God Is with ns tbe dominant emotion.
Having visited the scenery connected with
Christ's life I was glad to close my journey by
passing through the apostolic lands and seas.
You can hardly imagine our feelings as we
came in sight of Damascus, and on the very
road where Saul was unhorsed at the flash ot
the supernal light. We did not want, like bim,
to be flung to the earth, but we did hope for
some great spiritual blessing brighter than any
noonday sun, and
A NEW PREPARATION
for usefulness. Onr long horseback ride was
ended, for a carriage met us some miles out
and took us to the city. The impression one
receives as be rides along tbe walled gardens
of the place are different from those produced
by any other city. But we cannot describe our
feelings as we entered the city about which we
have heard and read so much, the oldest city
under the sun, and founded by the grandson
of Noah; nor our emotions as we pass
through the street called Straight, along which
the good Ananias went to meet Saul; and by
the bite of Naaman the leper, and saw the
River Abana. as yesterday we saw Pharnar. the
rivers of Damascus that Naaman preferred to
wash in rather than the Jordan. Strange and
unique Damascus! It is worth while to crocs
the Atlantic and Europe to see it. Though it
has been the place of battle and massacre and
of ancient affluence and splendor, as ell as it
iB of present prosperity, to me its chief attrac
tion arises from tbe fact that here the scales
fell from Paul's eyes, and that chief of apostles
here began that mission which will not end
until heaven is peopled with ransomed spirits.
So also I saw day "before yesterday Patmos,
where John heard tbe trumpets and the waves
of the sea dashed to his feet, reminding him of
me songs oi neaven, "iie tne voice oi many
waters."
MUCH MORE TO FOLLOW.
But this letter can only give a hint of the
things we mean to tell you about when we get
home, where we expect to be before this month
is ended. I baptized by immersion in the Jor
dan an American whom we met, and wbo de
sired tbe solemn ordinance administered to
him in the sacred waters. I rolled down from
Mount Calvary or "place of a skull" a stone for
the corner-stone of our new Brooklyn Taber
nacle. We bathed in the "Deid Sea" and in
"Gideon's Fountain," where his 300 men lapped
the water from their bands as tbey passed
through; and we sailed on Lake Galilee and
stood on Mount Zion and Mount Monah and
Mount Hermon, and I saw tbe place where the
shepherds heard tbe Christmas anthem the
night Christ was born: and have been at Naz
areth, and Capernaum, and sat by "Jacob's
Well," and saw Tel-el-Kebir of modern battle,
and Meglddo of ancient battle, and where
the Israelites crossed the desert, and
slept at Bethel, where one ladder wu let down
Into Jacob's dream, but the night I slept there
the heavens were full of ladders; first a ladder
i uguus, iucd a lauuer oi stars, ana an up ana
down tbe heavens were tbe angels ot beauty,
angels of consolation, angels of God ascending
and descending; and I was on nearly all tbe
fields of Herodic, and Solomonic, and Davidic,
and Mosaic and Abrahamic history. I took
Borne, and Naples, ana Athens, and Alexan
dria, and Cairo on the way out, and take the
Greek Acbipelago, and Constantinople, and
Vienna on the way back. What more can God
in His goodness grant me in tbe way of natural
scenery, and classic association, and spiritual
opportunity! Ah, yes! I can think of some
thing gladder than that He can grant me. Safe
return to the people of my beloved flock, the
field of my work, and the land where my
fathers died, and in tbe dust of whose valleys I
pray God I may be buried.
T. DeWitt Talscaoe.
Helntlve Coat oi Qm and Electricity.
Inquiry is often made as to the relative
cost of gas and electric light. After a care
ful comparison it is found that gas at $2 per
1,000 feet is twice as expensive as electric
light. At fl per 1,000 feet for gas, there
fore the two iliuminants would cost the
same.
Beech aits Pills cure bilious and nervous ills
Peaks' Soap secures a beautiful complexion
PrrrSBUEO Beep Co., wholesale agents
for Switt's Chicago dressed beef, sola for
week ending February 1, 141 carcasses of
beef; average weight per carcass, 627 lbs;
average price per B, 6.77 ctt.
THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH,
MABKETS BY WIRE.
A Doll Day All Round la the Windy City
Wheat Weaker nnd Hob Prodncli
Stronger on Most of tho
Leading Articles.
Chicago The wheat market held all day
within the limits established yesterday. Early
prices were about K"4c higher, advanced Jo
more, then became easy, receding e, closing
about i4c lower than yesterday.
The corn market opened active and a shade
under yesterday's closing prices, and gradually
declined Hc, ruled steady and closing He
lower than yesterday.
Oats were slow and without featured Inter
est. Outside of a light trade in May there was
nothing attractive to the maiket, and price
changes were limited to quarters.
Trading was only moderately active for hog
products. Early the feeling was stronger and
prices ruled slightly higher on tbe leading
articles, due to a slight advance in the price of
hogs.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
WH-AT-No. 2, February, 757574f47$c;
March. 76V7t&7676c; May, 7678
7SK78c: June. 7U7bc
CORN No. 2. February. 2SK292828Mc;
March. 29g)S2c; May, 31Jl3&31c;
June, 313lWc.
Oats No. i Februarv. 21c; May. 2222
2242ac: June. Z22c
Mess Pork, per bbl. February. 89 62K
9 709 62M9 70; March. ?9 809 82K69 75
9S2K; May. 810 05010 02K10 004S10 05; June,
810 07H10 05.
Lard, per 100 tts. February. $5 77K5 8
5 77KG5 80; March, 85 87K5 Sly,: May.
Sti 02K0 026 0U6 I12K; June, 86 07X6 10-
SnoRT Ribs, per 100 its. Febuary. 84 72K
4 77K4 72K4 77U; March, 84 77K4 82
4 77J.JW4 80; May. 84 9501 9504 9204 93.
rig
2 corn. 2bc No. 2 oats, 2O021c No. 2 rye.
sjpic no. 2 naney, oysaic. jmo. i naxseeu.
81 38K01 37. Prime timothy seed. 81 20.
Mess pork, per bbl, 59 7009 75. Lard, per 100 lbs,
85 80. Short nbs sides (loose), 84 754 8a
Dry salted shonlders (boxed), $1 254 37;
short clearsldes (boxed), So 0005 05. Sugars
Cut loaf, TXfSSc Receipts Flour, 14.000 bar
rels: wheat, 25.000 bushels: com, 162,000 bush
els: oats, 156,000 bushels; rye, 12,000 bushels;
barley. 41.000 bushels. Shipments Flour, 15,
000 barrels; wheat, 17,000 bushels: corn, 210,000
bubcls; oats, 164,000 bushels; rye, 50.000 bushels;
barley, 44.000 bushels.
On the Produce Exchange to-day the bntter
market was dull; creamery, 1626c; dairy, S
20c Eggs weak at 12013c.
New York Flour dull, irregular and
heavy. Corn meal dull; yellow western. 82 250
2 65. Wheat Spot a shade higher, dull and
steady; options moderatlvely active un
changed to Jc up, closing firm; deliveries on
contracts, 280,000 bushels. Rvo steady; west
ern, 50060c; Canada, 57060c. barley firm. Bar
ley malt strong. Corn Spot moderatelyactive
and stronger: options moderately active, Kc
np and :flrrn; contract deliveries, 1,500,000
busbels. Oats Spot firmer and quiet: op
tions dull and Ke up. Hay Choice steady;
shipping, 40045c; good to choice, 65085c
CoffeeOptions opened steady, 5020 points
up, closed steady, 10015 points up; sales 27,000
bags, including March, 15.77c; April. 15.i0c;
May, 15.70c; June, 15.70c; July, 15.65015 70c;
August. 15.70c; September, 15.65015.70c; Octo
ber, 15.60015.65c; November, 15.5515.60c; De
cember. 15.5515.60c Spot Rio dull and steady;
fair cargoes, 19jc; No. 7, 17c Sugar Raw
auiet and steady: refined, auiet and easy:
Molasses Foreign firm; 50 test 21c;
New Orleans, quiet. Rice quiet and steady.
Cottonseed oil steady: crude, ZSc: yellow, 340
34Kc Tallow steadier; city (2 for pack
ages), fyic Kosln quiet; strained common to
good, 81 2001 22K. Turpentine steady. Eggs
quiet; western, 1414c: receipts, 2,060 pack
ages. Pork quiet and firm. Cut meats dull
and easy; pickled bellies. 505c: pickled
shoulders, 404c; pickled hams, 88c. Mid
dles, quiet; short clear, 85 25. Lard, quiet and
firmer: sales. 1.100 tierces; western steam,8S 20;
options, no sale: February, 86 18; March, U 250
8 26; April, 88 30 bid; May, 86 35; July, 86 48.
cutter quiet: nne creamery nrm; iMgin, zskc;
Western dairy, 8016c; do creamery, 1227c;
do held. 8I5c; do factory, 5017c Cheese quiet
and steady. Western, 8010c
Philadelphia Flour quiet but weak.
Wheat choice milling grades firm; options
nominal; ungraded, in grain depot, SOc: No. 2
red, in export elevator, 80c: no grade, 5055o;
rejected, 60070c: fair to good milling wheat,
7ES5c; prime to choice do at 8S092c; No. 2 red,
February, 8080Jc; March, 81Hc; April,
82&83Kcj May, W?i84t4c Corn Options
firm with a fair inquiry; car lots quiet; No. 4
mixed in grain depot, 3434c; No. 3 mixed
in grain depot, 35c; stearner. No. 2 mixed on
track and in grain depot, 36Kc: No. 2 high
mixed in grain depot, 38c, with 36c bid for No.
2 mixed in export elevator; March, 3636:;
April. 36K037lc: May. 37l0375c Oats-Car
lots firm; No. 3vS!8Kc; No a white. 29K029Jic;
futures firm; No. 2 white, February, 2y029Wc:
March, 28JJ29c; April. 2S029Jc; May. -JH
29c Butler Fine goods firm; Pennsylvania
creamery, extra, 2Sc: do prime, extra, 3235c
Eggs dull and weak; Pennsylvania firsts, 13c
Minneapolis Receipts for tbe past 24
hours were 175 cars; local shipments. 30 cars;
Saturday is usually a dull day in the sample
market and to-day was no exception. The
general range of prices was about tbe same as
yesterday, though somo parties thought a
better selection was required than yesterday to
bring tbe same price. Poor grades in poor de
mand. Closing quotations: No. lhard. Febru
ary, 775ic; March, 78c: May, 80c: on track,
78c: No. 1 Northern, February, 79Vc: March,
76c: May, 78c; on track. 78: No. 2 Northern,
February, 78c; May, 75c; on track, 73K57c
St. Louis Flour moderately active and un
changed. Wheat opened a small fraction high
er, but eased off later and closed && lower;
No. 2 red, cash and February, 75e; .Mav, 72
72c: June, 76K76c; July, 7474c clos
ingat74c Corn Cash firmer: No. 2.26c;
options lower; February, 2626c; March,
26Ji26Kc; May, 27V28c, closing at273Jc;
July. 282SJic Oats firm; No. 2. cash, 20c;
May, 22c. Rye dull, 43c asked. Barley slow;
small sales of Minnesota at 55c Flaxseed low
er at 81 25. Pork; 810 00010 12. Lard quiet.
Milwaukee Flour dull. Wheat easv; No.
2 spring, cash. 72073c; May, 73Kc; No. 1 North,
era, 81c Corn steady; No. S, on track, 280
28c Oate quiet; No. 2 white, on track, 22.
Rye quiet; No. 1. in store. 44c Barley easy;
No. 2, in store. 41c Provisions firm. Pork,
89 6U. Lard, 85 801 Cheese unchanged; Ched
dars, 99Kc
Toledo Cloverseed dull and easier; cash,
83 45; March, S3 40.
PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
A Decrenne of S12.243.S95 Daring
the
Month of Jimnnry.
WASHINGTON, February L The following
is a recapitulation of the debt statement, Issued
INTEBEST BEAMXQ DEBT.
Bonds at 4K per cent 8 117,569,400 00
Bonds at 4 per cent 622,243,400 OD
Befundlng certificates at 4 per cent. 10"), 650 00
Uavy pension fund at 3 per cent.... 14,000,000 00
Pacific Railroad bonds at 6 per cent, 64, 623, 512 00
Principal
Interest
518,950,962 00
5,067,226 00
Total $ 8:4,018,18!) 00
DEBT OX WHICH INTEREST HAS CEASED SINCE
MATURITr.
Principal t I.S41.34S 00
Interest 151,118 00
Total t 1,992,463 00
XDEBT BEARING NO INTEBEST.
GTaacnTanil and legal tender notes.. 346,737,458 00
Certificates of deposit 11,630,000 00
Gold certificates 1jb,S57,I69 00
Sllvercertlflcates 231,331,771 00
iractional currency, less S3, 375, 934
estimated as lost or destroy ed 6, 914, 132 00
Principal ,.... 785,270,530 00
TOTAL DEBT.
Principal..
Interest ...
..J1,60S,CG2,S2S 00
5,218,345 00
Total
Less cash Items avail
tl, 611, 281,183 00
able for reduction of
the debt 433,435,469 00
Less reserve held for re
demption of United
States notes 100.000,000 00
638,679,967 00
Total debt, less available cash Items. 11, 072, 601. 216 00
Met cash In the Treasury. 31,891,200 00
Debt, less cash In the Treasury Feb
ruary 1. JSIO.. 1, W0, 707,016 00
Debt, less cash In the Treasury
January 1. 1890 It, 052, 952, Oil 00
Decrease of debt during the month.
Decrease of debtslnce June 30,1889,.
12.245,895 00
35.939,605 00
CASH IN THE TREASURY AVAILABLE OB REDUC
TION OF THE PUBLIC DEBT.
Qold held for gold certificates ac
tually outstanding- 1 133,657,387 00
Silver held for certificates ac
tually outstanding , 281,331,771 00
U. S. notes held for certificates of
deposit actually outstanding 11.630,000 00
Cash held for matured debt and in
tcrest unpaid 7,059,690 00
Fractional currency 1233 00
Total available for reduction of debt JUS. 678, 866 00
BESEBVE FUND.
Held for redemption of United
States notes, acts of June 14, ,1875.
indJnlT 12. 1332,
100,000,000 00
Unavailable for tbe reduction of the
tlpht;
Fractional silver coin,
Minor coin
822,508,533 00
177,396 00
22,683,899 0
Certificates held as cash ,.,i 21796,988 00
Met cash balance on hand S.894,200 00
Total cash In the Treasury as
account .
Duunu vj .icmiuci'b srenerai
617,065,053 00
If you go out early in the morning, you
may catch rheumatism; Salvation Oil
cures it.
MONDAY,
SEBRTJARY
T
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
High Grades of Creamery Strong,
Poultry Firm, Eggs Slow.
TROPICAL FRUIT IN GOOD DEMAND.
Week's Receipts of Grain and Hay Large
and. Markets Quiet.
SUGARS DECLINE, COFFEES STEADY
Office of PrrrsBCBO Dispatch,
Saturday. February L 1891
I
Country Produce Jobbing Prices.
Creamery butter of the higher grade is firmer
and more active. Low grades are slow as ever.
There is an Improved demand for medium and
low grade cheese in Eastern markets, but
while high grades are steady holders aro
firmer in their views than buyers, and on the
latter grade prices are nnchanged. Eggs are
quiet and Inside quotations rule for
large lots for cash. There Is a good
demand for poultry, both live and dressed.
Sweet potatoes and cranberries are very firm
at quotations. Irish potatoes of good quality
are steady. Good cabbage are firm, inferior
stock slow. Onions are scarce and firm. In
tropical fruit lines, oranges and lemons are in
good demand; bananas quiet and Malaga grapes
active at higher prices. The season for the
latter is now close to its goal.
Butter Creamery, Elgin. 30032c; Ohio do,
26027c; fresh dairy packed, 22023c; country
rolls. 19ii20c
Beaks Navy hand-picked beans, 82 0002 25;
medium. 81 7502 00.
Beeswax 25028c $ ft for choice; low grade,
18020c
Cider Sand refined, 87 50; common, $4 50
05 00; crab cider, 88 00S 50 $1 barrel; cider
vinegar, 10012c ft gallon.
Chestnuts Jo 0005 60 $) bushel; walnuts,
60070c V bushel.
Cheese Ohio. 11011Kc; New York, llKc;
Limburger, 90Uc: domestic Sweitzer, 110
13Kc: imported Sweitzer, 23c
Eggs 15c straight ft dozen for strictly fresh.
Fruits Apples, fancy, 83 004 00 barrel;
cranberries, 84 0004 25 a crate; Malaga grapes,
largo barrel. & 50011 60.
Feathers Extra live geese, 60060c; No. I,
do, 40045c: mixed lots. 30d5c 1 ft.
Poultry Livo chickens, 75090c a pair;
dressed. 11014c a pound; ducks 75085c ft pair:
live turkeys, 10012c fl lb; dressed turkeys, 160
17c ft.
Seeds Clover, choice, 62 fts to bushel, 84 200
4 40 ft bushel; clover, large English, 62 fts, 84 35
4 60; clover, Alsike, 88 00; clover, white 89; timo
thy, choice, 45 fts, 81 50; blue grass, extra clean,
14 fts, 81 2501 30: blue grass, fancy, 14 fts, 81 SO;
orchard grass, 14 fts, 81 40; red top' 14 fts, 81 25;
millet, 60 fts. SI 00; millet, 60070c V bushel;
Hungarian grass, 50 fts, 65c, lawn grass, mix
ture of line grasses, 83 00 $ bushel of 14 fts.
Tallow Country, 4Jic; city rendered, 4J
5c
Tropical Fruits Lemons, common, 83 00
3 50: fancy, 84 0005 00; Florida oranges. 84 00
04 50; bananas, 81 50 firsts, 8100 good seconds,
W bunch; cocoanuts, 84 0004 50 fl hundred: figs,
8K09c fl ft; dates, 50bc fl ft; new layer
figs, 12Kl5ic; new dates, 7)c ? ft; pine
apples, $ci 50 fl dozen.
vegetables Potatoes, from store, 55060c;
on track, 45050c; cabbages, 81 7502 25 a bar
rel; Dutch cabbage, 815 00 f) hundred: celery,
40c fl dozen; Jersey sweet potatoes, 84 2504 50
a barrel: turnips, 81 0001 25 a barrel; onions,
83 2503 60 a barrel.
Buckwheat Flour 20iKc fl pound.
Groceries.
The promised drop In sugars is here, as our
quotations below will disclose. The coffee situ
ation is unchanged, but there are no signs of a
decline. Bulls and bears have their innings
from time to time, but the real coffee manages
to hold its own right along.
Green Coffee Fancy Rio, 23021c; choice
Rio, 21022c; prime Rio, 20c; low grade Rio,
18X19Kc; old Government Java. 27028c: Mar
acaibo, 23024c; Mocha, 2SX029c; Santos,
2O024c; Caracas, 22024c: peaberry, Rio, 230
24c; La Guayra, 23)024c
Roasted (In papers) Standard brands, 24c;
high grades, 25029c; old Government Java,
bulk, 31H033c; Maracaibo, 27028c; Santos, 24
228c; peaberry, 28c: cboice Rio. 25c; prime
KIo, 23Kc; good Rio, 22Kc; ordinary, 21c
Spices (whole) Cloves, 19020c; allspice, 10c;
cassia, 8c; pepper, 17c; nutmeg, 70080c
Petroleum (jobbers' prices) 110 test, 7Vc;
Ohio, 120. 8Kc: headlight, 150, 8c; water
white, 10Kc; globe, 14014c; elaine, 14c; car
uadine, llc; royaliue, 14c; globe red oil, 110
UKc; parity 14c
Miners' Oil No. 1 winter strained, 46047c
fl gallon; summer, 40043c Lard oil, 70c
Syrups Corn syrnp, 28030c; choice sugar
syrup, 33038c; prime sugar syrup, 3033c;
strictly prime, 33035c; new maple syrnp, 90c.
N. O. Molasses Fancy, new crop. 48050c;
choice, 47c; medium, 38043c; mixed, 4042&
Soda Bi-carb in kegs. 3!c; bi-carb in Js,
6c; bl-carb, assorted packages, 506c; sal
soda in kegs, ljc; do granulated. 2c
Cakdles Star, full weight, 9c; stearine, p
set. 8Wc: naraffine. 11012c
Rice Head. Carolina, 67c: choice, 6
ojic; prime, o(goc: J-ioui8iana,o$Dc
Starch Pearl, 2c; cornstarch, 5g
starch. 43407c
. 606c; gloss
Foreign Fruits Layer raisins, 82 65; Lon
don layers. 82 90; California London layers,
82 75; Muscatels, 82 40: California Muscatels,
82 25; Valencia. Tc; Ondara Valencia, 8K
8c: sultana, 9kc; currants, 6K0c; Turkey
prunes. 405c; French prunes. 609c: Salon
lca prunes, in 2-ft package, 8Jc; cocoanuts. fl
100.86 00: almonds, Lan., ff ft, 20c: do, Ivica,19c;
do, shelled, 40c; walnuts, nap., 1415c; Sicily
filberts. 12c: Smyrna figs. 12013c: new dates. 60
6c: Brazil nuts, 10c; pecans, 11015c; citron, fl
ft, 1920c: lemon peel, 18c fl ft; orange peel, 17c
Dried Fruits Apples, sliced, per ft, 6c; ap
ples, evaporated, 9c: apricots, California, evap
orated, 1416c; peaches, evaporated, pared,
2G028c; peaches, California, evaporated, nn
pared, 19021c; cherries, pttted.l314;; cher
ries, unpttted, 506c; raspberries, evaporated,
25026kc; blackberries. 78c; huckleberries.
10012c
Sugars Cubes, 7c; powdered, 7c: granu
lated. 6c; confectioners' A, 6c; standard A,
6:; soft white, 6S6c; yellov choice, 5
53c; yellow, good. ojgc: yellow, fair, 5
6)sp; yellow, dark, 5c.
Pickles Medium, obis (1.200), 85 50; medi
um, hall bbls (600). 83 25.
Salt No. 1, fl bbl, 95c; No. 1 ex.fi bbl, 81 05;
dairy, fl bbl, 81 20; coarse crystal, f) bbl, 81 20;
Higgms' Eureka, 4-uu sacks, 82 80; Higgins'
Eureka, 16-14 ft pockets, $3 00.
Canned Goods Standard peaches, 82 000
225: 2ds, 81 6ol 80; extra peaches, 82 4002 60;
pie peaches, 95c; finest corn, SI 0001 50: Bid Co.
corn, 75090c; red cherries, 9OC081; Lima beans.
!l VII Bn.lrarf rtn Kiln, at ,rin tin Kll&tfK'w. ..-
rowfat peas, 81 1001 15; soaked peas, 70080c;
pineapples, 81 3001 40; Bahama do, L 75;
damson plums. Hoc; Greengage. 81 25; egg
plums, 82 00; California pears. 82 50; do green
gages, 81 85; do egg plums, 81 85: extra white
cherries. 82 40; raspberries, 95c81 10; straw
berries, 1 10; gooseberries, 81 3001 40; toma
toes, 85090c: salmon, 1-fi, 81 6501 90; black
berries, 66c; succotash, 2-ft cans, soaked, 90c;
ao green. 2-ft, 81 2501 60; corn beef, 2-ft cans,
82 05; 14-ft cans. 814 00; baked beans, 81 451 60;
lobster, 1-ft, 81 7601 80; mackerel, 1-ft cans,
broiled, 81 60; sardines, domestic Vis, 84 250
4 50; sardines, domestic, H 86 7507 00; sar
dines, imported Ms, 811 50012 60; sardines, im
ported, )4 818 CO; sardines, mustard, 83 30;
sardines, spiced, S3 50.
Fish -Extra No. 1 bloater mackerel, 836 ty
bbl.; extra No. 1 do, mess. 840; extra No. 1
mackerel, shore, 832; extra No. 1 do, mess, 836;
No. 2 shore mackerel, 824. Codfish Whole
pollock, 4Xc fl ft; do medium, George's cod,
oc; do large, 7c: boneless bake, m strips, 6c; do
George's cod in blocks. 67c Herring
Round shore, 84 60 f? bbl.; iplit, 86 50; lake,
82 75W100-fthalf bbl. White fish. 86 00 fl 100
ft halt bbl. Lake trout, 85 60 fl half bbL Fin
nan haddock, 10c f) ft. Iceland hallout, 13c fJ
ft. Pickerel, if bbl.. 82 00; bbL, 8110; Poto
mac herring, 85 00 fl bbL, 82 0 per H bbL
Oatmeal 86 00086 2i 9 bbL
Grain, Flour nnd Feed.
There was a single sale on call at the Gram
Exchange, viz., a car No. 1 clover bay. $8, S days,
P. R. R. Receipts as bulletined, SS cars. By
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago, 9 cars of
hay, 1 of middling, 2 of rye, 2 of oats, 4 of flonr,
1 of malt, 1 of barley, 2 of corn. By Pittsburg,
Cincinnati and St. Louis, 6 cars of corn, 3 of
oats, 2 of wheat, 1 of millfeed, 1 of hay. By
Baltimore and Ohio, 1 car of hay. By Pitts
burg and Lake Erie, 1 car ot flour. By Pitts
burg and Western, 2 cars of hay. Total re
ceipts of grain and hay bulletined for tbe week
204 cars, against 177 last week and 179 for the
previous weeK. Ihero are no signs of improve
ment in tone of cereal trade. Hay is quiet.
Only the bigber grades ot grain and hay are
steady at quotations.
Prices below are for carload lots on track.
Wheat New No. 2 red, 85086c; No. 3, 82
83c
Cohn No. 2 yellow, ear, new, S83SKc: high
mixed, new, 3435c; No. 2 yellow, shelled, old,
38337c; new, 3334c; old, bigh mixed, shelled,
3536c Rejected shelled corn, 28QS0C.
Oats No. 2 white, 27Uffl28c; extra, No. 3,
26H27c: mixed, 24K25c
Rye No. 1 Pennsylvania, and Ohio, 6354c;
No. 1 Western, 5152c
Floub Jobbing prices Fancy winter and
spring patents, to 005 60; winter straight,
4 2504 SO; clear winter, 14 004 25; straight
XXXX bakers', S3 603 75. Rye flour, S3 50
4 75.
MniFKED Middlings, fine white, J15 00
16 00 $1 ton; brown middlings. (12 0014 00;
"""iter wheat bran, IU 60012 00; chop feed,
110 60010 00.
3, 1890.
HAT-Balea timothy. No. 1, 81175012 25;
No. 2 do, 89 60010 60; loose from wagon, 811 00
013 00, according to quality: No. 2 prairie bay,
87 0008 00; packing do. $6 0006 60.
Straw Oats 88 7507 00; wheat and rye
straw. 86 006 25.
Provisions.
Hams were advanced K as our quotations
will disclose. Mess pork declined 60c per bar
rel. Other provisions are unchanged.
Sugar-cured hams, large. SJic; sugar-cured
hams, medium, 10c; sugar-cured hams,
small, 10c; sugar-cured breakfast bacon,
8c; sugar-cured shoulders, 60: sugar-cured,
boneless shoulders. TVc; sugar-cured California
hams,6c;sugar-cured dried beef flats,9c; sugar
cured dried beef sets, 10c; sugar-cured dried
beef rounds. 12c; bacon shoulders, 6c; bacon
clear sides 7c: bacon clear bellies, 7c: dry
salt shoulders. 5c; dry salt clear sides. 7c
Mess pork, heavy, 811 00; mess pork, familv,
811 50. Lard Refined, in tierces. 5c: balf
barrels, 6c: 60-ft tubs, 6c; 20B pails, 6Jc; 60-ft
tin cans. 5e; 3-ft tin pails, 6c; 5ft tin pails,
frc;10-fttin pails, 6c; 5-fi tin pails, 6Kc
Smoked sausage, long, 6c; large, 5c. Fresh
pork links, 9c Boneless bams. lOKc. Pigs'
leet, nan-oarreis, 84 00; quarter barrel, fci ia.
ALMOST SUBPBJSING.
Pittsburg Prospering While Other Cities
Complnln of Dullness Gains In AIILead
Ing Interests Saturday'
Closing Quotations.
Business last week was a little slack, tak
ing the country through, for which there
were several causes, bad weather which em
braced a large territory, and the New York
bank scandal being the principal. From a
local point of view, however, there was
nothing to complain of. In each of tbe
items of bank clearings, stock sales, build
ing permits, real estate transactions and oil
trading, there was a gratifying improve
ment over the previous week, as well as tbe
same time last year.
The bank clearings for January were nearly
816,000,000 greater than those for the corre
sponding month in 18S9. Their magnitude
caused surprise. As they offered the best re
flex of business, there is no escape from the
conclusion that tbe activities of Pittsburg
financial, manufacturing and commercial are
in a condition closely resembling a boom.
The proceedings at the Stock Exchange Sat
urday were in striking contrast to those wit
nessed in Congress duung the latter part of
the week. Brokers were harmonious, but,
lacking orders, they were not In a position to do
much business. Still, the sales were above the
average for Saturday.
There were no important changes in quota
tions. Philadelphia was the strongest thing
among tbe natural gassers. All the rest bad a
bad look, Chartiers particularly, on account of
alleged mismanagement. All the street rail
ways were weak. Airbrake, Switch and Signal
and Luster developed additional strength. La
Nona showed no recuperative power, and
holders seemed anxious to be rid of it. Bank
and insurance stocks were firm at close to pre
vious quotations.
Sales for the day were 490 shares. Those for
the week were 4,798, for the previous week they
were 1,100. Tbe majority of local securities
declined during the month, a number of them
reaching the lowest point since they were
listed.
Sales were 200 shares of La Noria at 12KC 200
Philadelphia Gas at 31. 5 at 31. 75 Electric
at 4SK. and 10 Pleasant Valley at 2 .
Spronl fc Lawrence sold 200 shares Philadel
phia at 3 Julias F. Stark sold 1,000 shares
La Noria at . Henry M. Long sold 50 shares
Electric at 48V, and 20 shares Pleasant Valley
at 23K; also, 82,000 Pleasant Valley 6s at 103 and
accrued interest. Whitney and Stephenson
sold 25 shares Chartiers Valley Gas at 38 the
lowest price ever reached, so far as known.
MILLIONS AHEAD.
Bank Clearings Show a Surprising Increase
Over Ltust Year.
The local money market was in a comfortable
condition yesterday, the supply being abund
ant, the demand fair and the rate to first-class
borrowers 6 per cent. A few call loans were re
ported at 6. As between checking and depos
iting the preponderance was In lavor of the
latter. "We are not afraid of too big a sur
plus'" remarked a cashier. "The spring trade
will toon begin, and unless all signs fail it will
be heavy. This will absorb a great deal of
money. We want plenty to start in with."
Unless Clearing House figures are totally
misleading, the business of the city Is more
than holding its own. The report for the week
shows a gain ever the corresponding period in
18S9, of (2,292,642, while for January the gain Is
over 15,000,000. The report follows:
Yesterday's exchanges f 2.205,878 95
Yesterday's balances S)1,S30 80
Week's exchanges 13.704.731 ai
Previous week's exchanges 16,067,893 82
Exchanges week of 18S9 11.412,035 36
Previous week's balances 2,375,290 38
Ilalances week of 1089 1,914,564 27
Gain for week over 1889 2,292,642 93
Feature of Saturday' Oil Mnrkel.
Corrected dally by John M. Oasuey fc Co., 45
Sixth street, members of tbe Pittsburg Petro
leum Exchange.
Opened 105Lowest 105)4
Highest 106HClosed 106X
Barrels.
Average charters 25,333
Average shipments 7 533
Averageruns 06.608
Befined, New York. 7.VW.
Keflned, London. S 1I-16'1.
Befined, Antwerp, UJit.
Refined. Liverpool, w.
Befined. Bremen. 6.S5m.
A. B. McGrew quotes: Puts, ?1 05V;
$1 07Jil 07K-
calls.
BUYERSSHOW UP.
The JIank Trouble Having Spent Tbeir
Force, Railway Shores Benin to
Rally No Special Fenture,
bnt a Good Close.
New York, February 1. The stock market
was dull to-day, but in the matter of business
compared favorably with any Saturday session
for the past two months The bears have made
no important attempt to cover the large amount
of shorts put out earlier in the wpek, and as the
effect of tbe bank troubles seem to have about
disappeared, the smaller buyers begin to appear
and tbe improvement of values is again under
way.
The bears in the first hour circulated a report
ot some accident insurance association being
in trouble, but no confirmation of tbe report
was had, and ft obtained little credence and
had no appreciable influence upon the courso
of prices. The only stocks which came into
Erominencewere New England, Reading and
ackawanna, tbe buying in both being con
spicuously by the same parties who had been
active in supporting tnem 01 late. In neither
was the movement for more than small frac
tions, and the rest ot the list was, as a rule,
stagnant.
The Chicago and East Illinois stocks, bow
ever, were marked exceptions to this rule, the
circulation of tbe reDort that no dividend
would be paid in March having the effect of
sending the preferred down 4K per cent and
the common 2K- The preferred rallied some
what, but the common closed at its lowest
figure.
TLe market opened steady, and after a slight
advance retired again, bnt later rallied and
closed firm, though dull, generally at the best
prices of the day. Tbe final changes are gen
erally slight and irregular, but the Chicago and
East Illinois common lost 2 and the pre
ferred 3.
Railroad bonds, with the exception of Texas
Pacific seconds, wete quiet and steady to firm,
though the market showed but little feature
and tbe final changes are of slight importance.
Texas Pacific seconds contributed 1115.000 to
the day's total of 805,000. Tbe sales ot bonds
for the week aggregated 9,823,000, against
19,620 for last week.
Tbe following? table snow tne pnees ox active
stocks on the New Ttork Stock xcnange yester
day. Corrected daily for the dispatch by
WarrKET ft Stephenson, oldest Pittsburg mem
bers of New York Stock .Exchange, it fourth avenue:
Clos
ing Bid.
27
S2
32H
KH
M
no
107K
69
11
93).
IS
r.v
J2X
M
"IK
1401$
72
9SK
4S
n
is:
151 M
183
51
71
KH
1184
19S
67H
ns'2
S3
U'A
m
IMS
17
71
Open
Am. Cotton Oil Trust.. ai(
Am. Cotton Oil
Atch., Top. B.y..... SZTi
Canadian faclflc 75K
nigh.
Low.
est.
27
saji
75
MV
li
jwj:
S5)i
liiji
72Ja
iki
151
5l"
K
22H
iiii
67
10s
83X
est.
273(
32a
KH
S3
van
1C3
70H
KH
"
fi"
Canada Southern !A
Central ofNew Jrer.l20!i
Central Pacini.
C. Bur. t Oulncr..,.
C, Mil. a at. faui...
C, Mil.abt. p.. pr...
C BoexL ftp
u, at. l. & Pitts
a, su l. & puts, pi
.1075
.70
'.KH
', U"
c. St. r.. u. o
a. st.p..n. &O..P&
C.A .Northwestern mx
l.a xi ortuwi-stern, pi.
a, a. c. ft 1 73
u.. u.. u. ft 1.. ni,
Col. Ooat ft iron: 43U
Col. ft Bocxlnc Val !
lieu. L. ft W 138H
Del. ft Hudson. isil
Denver Mo G
Denver ft Bio .. pr;.. 51 H
K.T.. Va.40a , 8)4
K.T..Va. ftOa.lst pf. ...
E. T VS. AOa. Zd pr. 23
Illinois Central.
Lake Erin ft Western.. 19 '4
Lake Krle ft West. pr.. C7K
Late snore ft M. 3.. ...108
Louisville ft H ash vllle. 3H
Michigan central
Mobile Ohio
Mo.. Kan. ft Texas.... 9K
Missouri Pacinc. 1 7
Mew Xorlc Central.. ...luHH
N. If.. L. C ft TV .... 27M
M. X.. U 4 St. Li v
11. x., 0. ft at. l. pr.
137
Mlft
six
23"
iili
C7J,
ice
90
10GX
-V.r.. u. 4Ht.ii. 2d nf ....
N. TCft.N. J5 43
. ., O. W 19J
Norton: s Western
Norfolk Western. or. 62
Northern Pacific S.H
Sortnern Pacific pref. i54
Ohio & Mississippi...- ....
Oregon improvement
Oreron Transcon 27!
Pacific Mall 39;
Peo. Dec. Kvan s. .... 20
Pnlladtsl. A Keadlnz.. Z4
Klchmona A W. P. T.. 2314
KlchmondAW.P.l-.pf ....
St. f ., Minn. & Man..lllH
St.l fttian Fran 17
St. L. A dan Fran pf.. 38K
St.Jj. A San F. 1st pi. ... .
Texas Pacific 21S
Union faclflc S3
Wabasn K
Wabash preferred 29
Western Union S5
Wheeling L. . 703S
Snjrar Trust. 63'$
National Lead Trust.. Zlii
Chicago Uas Trust.... fly,
Zx-dlvidend.
3SV
48X
18
tiH
BVi
75
a
47
20
39
73H
"SH
112
17
3SK
84
21V
67
138
23tf
85
S3ri
ma
v.a
47
OH 48
19f is
& KM
KH 32K
S7M 37"
4oy, six
3 a
23 233
iij" liiji
17 17
3SX 38
21 2K
68 t7Js
13K n
29 29
esa ss
7034 EWS
64 6334
II 21!
47)4 47X
Boilnn Stocks.
Atch. 4T0P.H.K. .. n
Wis. Central, com.
Wis. Central nt.
K
cwhius &ioaaj...zi7
Boston & JUame....,207
C.B.&d. 108
Clan. Ban, A Cteve. 24J4
Kaatern B. K 138)4
Eastern It. K. 6s ...,K5
Flints PenM 22
Mexican Cen. com.. 17
Mex.OMttmtg.bds. 70)4
. I". ft.ftew.Knir... 49
old ooionr. 175)4
Rutland, com 10
itutland preferred.. 79
AUonezMgCo 1.93
Calumet ft Hecla....260
rranxun. 14K
Osceola. 23i
Pewable x
Qulncr - 30K
Bell Telepnone 51Ss
nosioniSDQ of
Wawr Power 6
Taroaraot 153
ban Diego 1.40
Phllndclphia Htoeks.
Closing quotations of Philadelphia stocks, fur.
nlshed by Whitney ft Stephenson, brokers. No. 57
Fourth avenue. Members Hew forK Stock Ex
change. SM. Asked.
rennsvlvanu KaUroad. MJ-J 55!
Beaaing 19 13-is 19ft
Uuffalo. Pittsburg ft Western 9)4
9M
Lehigh Valley 53)4
benign Navigation 52
liorthern Pacific 32
KortnernPacillopreierrea 75,'
Sale.
53
J5
Closing Bond Quotations.
U. S. 4s,reg 123)4
U. 8. 4s. coup 123X
U. S. 4X, reg.- 1033S
0. S. 4)$s, coup.... 104
Pacific 6s of '95. iib
Loulslanaatamped4s 9734
Missouri 6s 10O
Tenn. new set. 6s. ...107
Tenn. new set. Ss.... 1024
Tenn. new set. 3s... . 74H
Canada Bo. 2ds 100
Cen. Pacificists Ill
Den. M.O., lsts...HS
Den. ftR.a.4 VTi
D.AK.G.West,lJts.
H.lCftT.Gen.Ss . 63
Mutual Union 61.. ..101
N. J. C. Int. Cert...l01S
Northern Pac. lsts..U4H
Northern Pac. 2ds. .11334
North w't'n consols. 144
Northw'n debens..U0)
Oregon ft Trans. 6s. 105
St. L. ftl.M. Uen. St 90f
St. UAS.tr. (ien.il. IWJi
Sv. Paul consols ....126
St. PL ChlftPe.lsts.H6
Tx PcL. O.Tr.Es. 9294
Tx.,Pc.K.O.Tr.Ket 40)4
Union Pac. lsts... I11U
West shore 105
lob, nai... .....;iuz
M.li. ftT.Oen. as.. 73)4
Government and State bonds continue dull
and firm.
AEEYIEWOFTEADE.
Dullness In Produce, Cereal and Leather
Lines Choice Corn I None Too Plenty
Heavy Steer Bide and Harness
Leather Drifting Lower.
Office of Pittsburg) Dispatch,!
Saturday. February L 1890. J
Markets 'the past week do not show im
provement, hut in some lines the reverse.
Beceipts have been larger than for a num
ber of weeks past, and only the best grades
of corn and oats command prices quoted.
Large quantities of corn coming to the front
falls below standard. A Pittsbnrger who haa
just returned from an extended trip through
the Western States said to-day: "There is no
end to the corn in Illinois, Iowa and Kansas,
but the weather this winter has been very un
favorable to its drying out. Dry, cool weather
is very much longed for by tbe farmers that
they may preserve their bountiful crops after
tbey are produced."
Wheat and flour are quiet, and except on
bakers' flour holders are not as firm in their
views as they were a week ago. For the latter
there has sprung up a strong export demand of
late.
A to Produce Trade.
Commission merchants report a light trade
for the week, with firmer prices for poultry,
apples, cranberries and sweet potatoes. The
egg market gives no signs of revival. The
higher grades of creamery butter are Arm at
quotations, but anything below the best drags
heavily.
There bas been a great scarcity of fancy ap
ples all tbe week, and prices have taken an up
ward turn.
Soft weather and bottomless roads are still a
prolific cause of complaint by produce men. In
Eastern markets there Is a firmer tone to
cheese this week, and on some grades there bas
been an advance.
Hide nnd Leather.
The market for heavy steer hides is still
weak, and though rates are nominally the same
as they were last Saturday, there is some shad
ing in order to sell. Light bides and calfskins
are in good demand and prices are well main
tained. In leather lines harness is the weak factor.
A representative of one of the largest harness
leather tanneries reports that there has been
ot late an uncomfortable accumulation of
stock, and that January's trade was not above
two-thirds that of the same month last year.
The price of harness leather ranges from 1 to
2c lower than a year ago. The present depres
sion in this department of trade accounts in a
good measure for the drooping tendency of
heavy steer hides. The time Is here when or
ders should be coming in freely for soring
trade. Retailers are carrying light stocks, and
the present burden is necessarily borne by the
tanner.
How Sole Leather Shows Up.
In the sole leather department of the leather
trade the situation and outlook are much bet
ter, though not up to former years. At the
tannery of A. & J. Groetzinger it was learned
that sole leather is moving out as fast as fin
ished. The only articles which tend to accu
mulate are tbe trimmings from the leather
belting, for which there is a good foreign mar
ket when the borne trade is slack. Tbe above
mentioned firm worked up over 100,000 hides
last year and gave employment to about
175 men. Following is tbeir latest price list:
Texas Oak Sole Leather X overweights. No.
brand, 29 to 30: A overweights. No. 1 brand, 27: B
overweights. No. 2 brand, 25; C overweights. No.
3 brand or more. 23: X mlddlewelgbts. No. brand.
28 to 29: A mlddlewelehts. No. 1 brand. 26; B mid
dleweight. No: I brand. 24; Cmlddleweixhts.No.
a brand or more, 22 No. 1 overweights, mixed
selection. 23; No. 1 middlewelghts, mixed selec
tion, 27.
OakBacks-X heavy. No. brand. 37: A heavy,
no. 1 orano, : ji meamm auu ugni, ao. Drana,
34; A medium and light, No. I brand. 32.
Oak Belting-
; wnoie niaes. nrsi quality, ; oaK
butts, nrst quality.
33; oak bellies, rolled. 12; oak
heads, rollei
eu, ju.
Oak Harness Leather, La Belle Brand No. 1
choice trace weights, 32; B choice trace weights.
lected heavy weights, 23; No. I selected medium
weights, 28; No. 1 selected light weights, 2S; B se
lected all weights. 23; Mack line leather, 23; No. 1
selected bull backs, ; harness bellies, .
Union Leather o. 1 union backs, heavy, 30;
No. 2 union backs, heavy, 28; No. 1 union backs,
medium. 29; No. 2 anion backs, medium, 27; No. 1
union Dacss. ngni, a; ao. z union oac&s, iignt,
27; union bellies, rolled. 11.
LITE STOCK MARKETS.
The Condition of Business nt the East LI berry
Stock Yards.
OFFICE OF PITTSBURG DISPATCH, I
SATUBDAT. February 1, 189a
Cattle Receipts, 900 bead; shipments, 800
head; nothing doing; all tbrougb consignments;
4 cars cattle shipped to New York to-day.
HOGS Receipts. 3,200 head: shipments, 3,800
bead: medium. S4 004 05; good Yorkers, $4 00;
fair Yorkers, $3 903 95; heavy bogs. $3 753 85;
3 cars of hoes shipped to New York to-day.
Shkkp Receipts, 1,400 head; shipments, L00O
bead; market slow at yesterday's prices.
Br Telegraph.
Chicago Cattle Receipts. 4.000 head: ship
ments, none; market steady: beeves, H75500;
steers. S3 0001 40: stackers and feeders. S2 400)
3 40: Texas fed steers, 3 0OQ3 60.
Hogs Receipts, 13,000 head; shipments,
none; market stronger; mixed. $3 65
3 90: heavy, J3-6503 90: liKht. S3 600
3 85: skips, S3 003 35. Sheep Receipts,
2 000 head: shipments, none; market steadv; na
tives, 13 5005 60; western corn-fed. H 605 40;
Texans, S3 500475.
Kausak Crrr Cattle Receipts, 1900 head;
shipments. 1,700 head; market strong, 10c higher;,
steers. $3 255 10: cows. SI 7503 00: stackers
and feeders, V 403 25. Hogs Receipts, 5,000
head; shipments, 700 head; market steady; all
grades. S3 7033 SO; bulk, 13 723 &K- Sheep
Receipts, 1,100 head; shipments, 600 head;
market steady; good to cboice muttons and
lambs, S3 50o 40; stackers and feeders. So O0
525.
St. Louis Cattle Receipts, 600 bead; ship
ments, 600 head; market steady; goodtofancr
native steers, S4 305 00; fair to good do, $3 40
4 35: Stackers and feeders. 2 003 40; ranee
steers. S2 003 00. Hogs Receipts, 1,200 head;
shipments, 1,400 head; market stronger; fair to
choice heavy, S3 803 90; packintr grades, S3 70
3 85; light, fair to best, S3 066375. Sheep
choice. Si 404 50: lambs, to 0066 40.
When baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was a Child, sheciied for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
When she had Children.she gave them Castoria
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Pimples
-AND-
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RR EVIDENCE That the blood is
wrong, and that nature is endeav
oring to throw off the impurities.
Nothing is so beneficial in assisting
nature as Swift's Specific (S. S. SA
It is a simple vegetable compound. Is
harmless to the most delicate child, yet
it forces the poison to the surface and
eliminates it from the blood.
357Xrs2
SQIJM
I contracted a severe case of blood polsoa
that unfitted me for business for four years. A
few botjVa of Swift's Specific (S. S. 5.) cured
me. J. C Jones, City Marshal,
Fulton, Arkansas.
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Brass Trimmings; Floor, Table and Stair Oil
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The largest variety from which to select,
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814 PENN AVENUE. PITTsBURG. PA.
As old residents know and back files of Pitts
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poisons thoroughly eradicated from the system.
1 1 D I M A R V kidney and bladder derange
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Dr. Whittier's life-long, extensive experience;
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Patients at a distance as carefully treated as if
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Penn avenue. Pittsburg; Pa.
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