THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH,' TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1890.
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AT THE STOCK YARDS.
The Price of Cattle Advancing and
the Market Stronger.
A DEMAND FOR CATTLE AND SHEEP
A Belter Supplj of Lamb and Mutton, But
Higher Trices Asked.
PORKERS, TOO, CALL FOR MORE HOXEL
Office ok Pittsburg Dispatch. 1
Saturday. March 17, 1890. J
At Heir's Island drovers reported cost of
cattle 15c to 20c per cent, higher than lest
week. The increased cost was easily ob
tained here. The range ot quotations was
the same as last Monday, but quality this
week was not up to last. Prime, heavy
Chicago's sold at 55 23 to S5 50. with a few
head of extra primes at ?5 75. Medium
weights 1,350 to 1,450 lbs.. 55 to 55 10;
do 1,200 to 1,300 lbs , S4 75 to 54 90; prime,
light weights, 900 to 1,100 lbs., 54 25 to 54 50.
Bulls, stags and dry cows were firm at
3o4c per lb. Fresh cows and springers
wen- held at 30$45, with sales reported at
S3840. The number of calves on sale was
99 head and the market wasquietat5Cc
per lb.
Receipts from Chicago, I. Zeigler, 110
head; A. Fromm, 66; L. Gerson 109;
i E. Wolf, IS; L. RotlischilJ, 35. From Penn
sylvania, J. Reiber, 2: G. FUnner, 6. From
Ohio, J. Shepherd, 8: N. K. Buchnnan 1.
Total, 377; last week: 355; previous week, oli
The offerings or sheep aua lambs were 157
head against 13 head last week and all were
promptly taken before the regular buyers bad
their wants -upnlied. Some were forced to go
to East Liberty to secure their needed supplies.
Best ueaw native and western wethers sold
at S5 75 to SO 25. medium weights. So 2a to Ea 60:
light weights, $4 75 to So; common and mixed
stock. $3 75 to i 4 25; lambs, 5r to 7c, A few
ot this onus'-. lambs, tbo first offered this
season, sold at 12c per lb.
Receipts lrom Chicago, L Zeicler, 100 head.
From Pennsvlvauia, J. Cruikshank,3; G.
Filmier. 50. Total, 1ST: last week, 23; previous
week, 23s.
The hog markets were active and strong at
an advance or 10315c per cut. on last Men
da' rate Chicago and Oaiossold atSl 60
to" SI 75: Pcnnsjlvamas S 1 35 to S4 oO. Receipt-,
from Chicago. Huff. Hazlewood A Co..
85 head: L Zeigler, IIS. From Ohio. Needy &
hnilth. 321: V illiams Co.. 30; J. Shepherd, o.
Fiom Pennsylvania, J. X. Rub'. 77; J. Cruik
shank. 43; J. Reiber. 22. Totol, 735: last week,
783; pret tous w eek, 759.
Mock Ynrd Note".
Receipts of cattle at Allegheny yards were
189 head from Chicago, and 40 from Ohio. The
average from Chicago weighed 1,250 fts. and
soldat45c The Ohio cattle were heavier,
averaging close to 1.500 fts, and the range of
prices on these was SI 505 25. Calves sold at
C?ic. While these prices were 15320c
higher than the same grades brought last Mon
day, the advance did not more than cover the
increased price paid in Chicago.
The offerings pf sheep and lambs at these
jards were COS head, mostly earlings. The
range of prices for wethers was $1 65 B 110, and
for lamb- 67c . , .
There win-lt9 head of hogs on the market
from Chicago and 70 from Ohio. The prices
paid were $4 50S4 60. ,.,..,.,
The offerings of cattle at East Liberty this
morning wei c 65 loads against bS last Monday,
and 82 the previous week. Markets opened
strung and active, and good butchering cattle
told from lo to 25c per cut higher than last
week. Primes would bavc quickly brought oc
per pound and over by the carload. A load
which averaged 1,150 pounds which was con
siderably below prime, brought $4 70. Of the
05 loads on sale 40 were from Chicago, and the
balance from Ohio. There were no stockers or
feeders on the market to-day, and no inquiry.
List week there were four loads offered and
there were no buyers. The failure to find pur
chasers laat week brought a dearth this week.
sheep, Lnnibn and ?wiue.
The run of sheep was light and markets were
a strong ic higher than last week for natives.
Western &heep did not join in the upward
movement, but were strong at last week's
prices, List native wethers sold at $6 25, and
lambs at7c. Some choice lamDS wem a. iraciion
abue this figure.
The run of hogs was not quite np to last
Monday, the total beinc 20 loads. The top price
was 4 00, an advance of 20c per cwt. on the
highest price obtained a week ago. One of the
leading operators in thislims said that he paid
$4 40 fn Chicago on haturday for selected
hos. Since tills purchase there has been
a "decline there to $1 25, which is
thepnccieported this morning to one of our
packers bv his Chicago agent. There has been
all along The line a steady appreciation of live
stock values at the East Liberty and Allegheny
yard", and all signs point to better markets in
the future than we have had of late.
A Diamond market butcher said to-day that
be bought better cattle two months ago for 4c per
pound than those purchased to-day at Herrs Is
IandforS4 5004 (0. While cattle, livestock, has
Deensteadilymovingup the offals and hides have
been ou the decline. The latter are off 2c per
pound from rates of two months ago.
Cattle Receipts. 1,955 head: shipments,
L7S6 head; market active; 510c higher than
last week's prices; 3 cars cattle shipped to New
York to-day.
Hogs Receipts. 4.700 head: shipments, 2,500
bead: market active: all sold: medium and te
lected, $4 554 CO; common to best Yorkers.
St 454 50: pigs. $4 2504 40; 11 cars of hogs
shipped to New York to-day.
biiELP Receipts. 1.4U0 bead: shipments, 800
bead; market active;25c higher than last week's
prices.
By Tclccrapb.
New York Beeves Receints for the week,
11.500 bead: to-da, 5,400 head; C30 for sale; ac
tive and firm for all grades and 510c higher; all
sold; steers, 3 8005 Ot) for common to prime:
choice and extra, S5 105 20; bulls and cows,
SI 7003 25. Cable ad ices quote refrigerated
lieef at4d- Calves Receipts. 1,200 head; mar
ket -low and J lower; westerners, Zc veals,
4j47c Sheep Receipts for week, 24,000 head;
todav, 10,000 head; active and firm, and 10c
higher for sheen; vearlings, 1520c higher;
sheep. So 256 40: jcarlings. 6 2507 75; all sold.
Hog Receipts for the week, 12.300 head; to
day, 12,300 head; market steady at $4 3004 bO.
CniCAGO Cattle Receipts. 17.000head: ship
ments, 5.0U0 head; market active. 5l0o lower;
beeief. 54 50E5 00: steers, S3 204 40: stockers
and feeders, S2 5003 00; cows, bulls and mixed,
$1 5003 SO: Texas cornfed steers, S3 0003 70.
Hog Receipts, 22.000 head; shipments-, 10,000
head; market clow. 510c lower; mixed and
light, S4 1001 30, heavy $4 101 35; skips, S3 50
4 00. Sheep Receipts, 3.000 head; shipments.
2,000 head: market steadi; natives, S3 505 00:
Western cornfed. U 8005 C0;Texans. S3 80
5 20: lambs. So 006 85.
ST. Louis Cattle Receipts. 1,400 head; ship
ments, 500 head: market steady; good to fanrv
native steers, S4 3005 00; fair to good, S3 30
t 40: stockers and feeders. S2 3003 50: range
steers. S2 4001 75. Hogs Receipt. 2,000 head;
shipments. 2.1KI0 head; market shade low er; fair
to choice heavy, 4 100420.' parking grades, S3 05
04 10: light, fair to best, S4 00$, 20. S!ieei Re
ceipts. 400 head; shipments, none; market
strong; fair to choice, S4 OU05 70; lambs $5 00
06 20.
BurFALO Cattle higher: stronger for good
g-ades. receipts 211 cars through and 100 sale,
xport steers, good to extra, 54 2004 85; choice
heavy butchers, S4 3504 50. .Slice) and lambs
stronger anu niguer; recciprs. la loids through,
stronger: re ipts, 54 loads through and 85 sale;
mediums and heavy, S4 50; mixed. S4 50.
Cincinnati Hogs firm: common and light
S3 7ol 25; packing and butchers. S4 154 35;
receipts, 4,600 head; shipments, 2,000 head.
FKTJIT A.ND P0DLTK1 fcCAKCE.
Bad Rond Keep Fnimers From Brioulcc
Produce to Town.
Iu produce lines there was some Improve
ment made last week. There has been an act
iye demand for fruits and vegetables at prices
somewhat in advance of rates which have been
prevailing 1 or a few weeks past. Tne supply of
apples and potatoes has not been up to de
mand. Commission men report that it is im
possible of late to meet orders in these lines.
A Clinton peddler said to-day: "I can get all
the apples I want at 50c per bushel on my beat,
but the trouble is to get them to market. The
condition of the roads was never worse than It
is now for a hundred miles west of Pittsburg,
and the cost of transportation easily doubles
the original price of apples. We do not at
tempt any longer to haul stuff Into the citv.but
are mighty glad to be able to get it to the
nearest railroad station. In doing this much
the patience and endurance of man and beast
are sorely tried."
In this interview it was developed that poul
try his not been so scarce in the region one
hundred miles west of Pittsburg as it is now.
Commlaalon 1-S.
McKce & Hagan, of 108 Fourth ave., buy
or sell all kinds of stocks and investment
securities on margin or for cash. Corre
spondence solicited. TTSu
MARKETS BY WIRE.
Wheat Breaks Under the Influence of Milder
Weather, but Rallies on Reports
of Crop Dnmase Pork
Balled by shorn.
Chicago Wheat There was a fair business
to-day and the feeling was rather unsettled.
The opening was rather weak and first sales at
He decline, followed later by a further de
cline of Je, then advanced lKc. ruled some
what Irregular and closed about He higher
than Saturday. The early break was influenced
Dy reports of milder weather and possible fall
or snow; also by the visible supply, which did
not promise early in the day to show as large a
reduction as many operators bad been led to
believe.
The speculative offerings were qnlto liberal,
and there was more or less desire on the part of
longs to realize. A prominent trader, who
usually favors the bear side, however, com
menced to buy qniteficelyand tho purchases
from this source created a stronger feeling,
which resulted in the advance to outside prices.
Some reports of crop damage were reported,
which assisted in hulling the market. The
party credited with doing most of thebujing
to-day has been a crop expert investigating tho
damage to the winter wheat crop, and it is pre
sumably on the strength of this information
that the bumg was done.
Corn a very firm feeling was manifested in
this market and transactions were at higher
prices, which were very well maintained at the
close. The features presented under ordinary
circumstances would have had a bearish influ
ence, hut a very good demand existed all round
and offerings :w ere quite quickly taken. Tho
market opened a shade under tbo closing prices
of Saturday, was firm and advanced c,
changed some, and closed Xc better than
oaiuruay.
Oats w ere quiet and steadier but without im
portant features. Trading was almost entirely
in May within a range of a
Mess pork A fair business was reported and
the feelmg was somewhat unsettled. The feel
ing was easy with some lealizing by longs and
prices ruled 15iS17'ic under thec!osinggures
of Saturday. Later, the market ruled firmer,
owing to some purcha-es bv sliotts, and prices
rallied ll5c. Toward the close prices re
ceded 2&ac and closed comparatively steady.
Lard 1 ratling was only fair and the feeling
was a shade easier. Prices ruled about 2Jc
lower and the market closed steady.
Short rib sides Only a fair business was
transacted and the feeling was easier. Prices
ruled 25c lower, and the market closed
steady at about outside figures.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Wheat No. 2, March, 79if!07SgS0c'.
Slav. 79aS0Ke79XgMKc; J uly. 77J7aJi77
Corn No. 2, April. 2S29S2SKS29Ke;
Mav. 29s30S-J9Ji30c; Jul. 30Jll4oU
631Kc
Oats No. 2, .March, 21212121e; May.
21Vi2121!42Ic: June. 2121.!l21c
Mess Pork, per bbL March. S10 4010 40
10 oUJjllO 35; Mav. SI0 5010 55010 40
10 50; June. S10 40S10 471U 4010 HH-
Lard, per 100 a. March. S6 OSffG 07J4S6 05
6o 05: Mil. S6 07JG 1026 07K&6 10; June,
SO 12gs 1500 12XCC0 122.
Short Ribs, p'cr luo Its. March, S5 05
5 05&5 Uj&o 0a; .Mav. S5 02?5 0705 00
5 00; June. So 1)535 lu5 055 ilo.
Casn quotations wero as follows: Flour
firm .ma unchanged. No. 2 spring wheat.
79KS0c: No. 3 spring wheat. 70fi!72c: No. 2
reu. TOQMlc No. 2 corn. 2oXc No- 2
oats, 20&21c. No. 2re, 42c. No. 2 parley
nominal. No.1 flaxseed, SI 4S1 iSi. Prime tim
othy seed. SI 2i Mess pork, perbbh 810 37J
610 40. Lard, per 100 lb. S6 U7J. bhort ribs
sides (loo'e), S0D5 05; dry salted shoulders
(boxed), St 404 50; short clear sides (boxed).
So 35g5 40. Mugars Cut loaf unchanged.
Receipts Flour, 12.000 barrels: wheat, 17,000
bushels: com, 276.000 bushels: oats, 77,000
bushels; rje, 0,000 bushels: barley. 44.000 bush
els. Shipments Flmir. 12,000 barrels: wbeat,
4.000 bushels: corn, 171,000 bushels: oats, 15(1,000
bushels; rye. 3. 000 bushels; barIe,5Z0U0 bushels.
On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter
market was unchanged. Eggs, 12K13c
New York Flour quiet and heavv. Corn
meal Dull; jellow western, S 55. Wheat
Spot moderately active and irregular; closing
firm; options fairlv active and unchanged to
Jc up and firm. Ilarlej Quiet; western. 43
blc Barley Malt Quiet. Corn Spot stronger
and quiet, on light offerings: options moder
ately active, J6Hc up, and firm Oats Spot
firmer and more active: options fairly active
andj-i5i" up. Hay steady, quiet Hops
Easy. Coffee Options opened firm on March,
other months barely steady at 2040 points
down; closed steady; March unchanged, 1535
Soints down: t-.il ea. 83,750 bags, including
larch. lS.0018.10c: April. 17.6517.75c; May,
17.5017.65c; June. 17.4017.50c; July, 17.20
17.25c: August. 17.05iU7.15c: September, 10.90
17.00c: October, Jfi.70016 80c; December, 10.45
16.60c; January. 18.3016.40c; spot Rio quiet,
steady: lab. cargoes, 20c; No. 7 flat bean, 19J-fc
Sugar Raw steady and more active: sales,
40.000 bag-: Cuba centrifugals. 06 test.
511-lbc, 35-16C c I. f.; 3,500 tons domestic
molasses sugar, 45c; cut loaf, 7c; crushed,
7Vc Molasses Foreign quiet and lower:
New Orleans firm. Rico firm and in fair
demand. Cotton seed oil firm. Tallow barely
steady; city ($2 for pkgs), 4 15-32c Rosin quiet.
Turpentine steady at 4343a Eggs firmer:
western,n;c; receipts, 6,055 pkgs. Pork quiet.
Cutmeats strong. Lard lower, easy and quiet;
Western steam, SO 4TU bid; sales, 750 tierces;
options. April. SB 436 44; May. S6 420 45.
closing at So 42 bid; June. SO 47, closing at SO 6
0 47; July, SO 40: August, $8 51, September,
SO 60; October, S6 65. Butter barelysteadvand in
moderate demand; Western dairy. 6lSc: do
creamery. 1320c: do held, E15c; do factory,
619c; Elgin 2727Kc Cheese firm, with
moderate trade; Western, 1010c.
Philadelphia Flour qniet but firm;
Western winter clear, S3 754 00; do do
straight, $4 104 35; winter patents, S4S54 90:
Minnesota clear, S3 504 00; do straight. 4$ 25
4 65; do patents, S4 6o4 80. Wheat Options
weak and lower; spot, desirable grades, scarce
and held firmly: rejected, 6070c: fair to good
milling wheat, 75S2c: prime to fancy, 859lc;
ungraded in Twentieth street elevator. 8hc;
No. 2 red, in do. bilic; No. 2 red. March. M
84c; April, 84K!c: Mav, 85K86c: June,
85SCc. Corn Options advanced J4c; car
lots for local trade quiet but stead: No. 4
mixed, 3Io; No. 2 high mixed ingrain depot,
3714c; No. 2 mixed for May clearance, 3Pc in
export elevator:No. 2 mixed. March, 353G5c:
April, 3b36c; May. 30K36J5c; June. 30
36c Oats Carlots quiet but steady; No. 3
white, 29c; No. 2 do, 30c: futures firm; No. 2
white. March, 2929r: April, 29K29lc;
May, 2S29c; June, aJ29c. Provisions in
moderate request and steady. Pork Mess,
new, SU 5Uli CO: do prime mess, new, $11 00;
do family. S12 5u13 00. Hams Smoked. 9
lie. Lard Western steady at SO 37. Butter
firm ana in fair demand; Penusjlvania
cieamery extra, 27c Eggs firmer under
scarcity: Pennsilvania firsts, 13KQ14C. Cheese
steadj; skims, 'QSVic
Minneapolis Koceipts of wheat for the
two dais, including Sunday, were 2SG cars, with
slnprae'nts of 2S cars. The demand for cah
wheat was exceedingly slow during most of the
day, with homo millers rather backward in
taking hold. The offerings on the sample tables
were quite largo and after a few selections bad
been made buors hesitated without getting
any further concessions. The range of prices
was a shade lower than Saturday. Clo-ing
quotations: No. 1 hard. March and April, 78c;
Mav, SOJc; on track, 79r; No. 1 Northern.March
7C5i"c; April, 77r; May, 79c: on track, 78c; No.
2 Northern. March, 74Jic; April, 75c; May, 77c;
on track, 747Cc
St. Locis Wheat opened a shade off, then
declined still further, but after the noon call
areaction.setin;shorts hastened to cotcrand
the close was higher, Hc for May and ?fc
for Julv above Saturday; No. 2 cash, 77ic;
Mav 77K6'5C, closed at 77c asked; June,
7755c bid; July, 7777c75Kc, closed at
7575c bid. Corn May. 2Go; July, 27c
asked. live 42Jc Bailey firm and quiet.
Flaxseed $1 40. Provisions firm but not much
business; no essential cnauge in prices.
Milwaukee Flour steady. Wheat un
settled; No. 2 spring, on tracl. 73c: May. 73
73c bid; No. 1 Northern, 81g82c Corn firm;
No. 3, on track, 28c Oats steady; No. 2 white,
on track, 23c Rve higher; No. 1. in store.
41tc Barley firm; No. 2. in store, fresh, 41Kc
Provisions steady. Pork, SI0 40. L-ird, So 05.
Cheeso unchanged; Cheddars, 1010c
Baltimore Provisions firm and unchanged.
Butter quiet and unchanged. Eggs strong at
13c. Coffee steady and quiet; Rio, fair, 20
62U-c
Toledo Cloverseed dull and higher; cash
and March, S3 30: October, S3 40.
Brazilian Coffee.
Rio de Janeiro. March 17. Coffee Regu
lar flrsts.7,850 reis per 10 kilos; good second,
7.400 reis. Receipts during the week, 60,000
bags; purchases for the United States, 63,000
bags; clearances for the United States, 51,000
bags; stock, 83,000 bags.
Santos. March 17. Coffee Good average,
8.000 reis per 10 kilos. Receipts during the
week, 27.000 bags; purchases for United States,
10.000 bags; clearances for the United States,
4,000 bags; stock, 153,000 bags.
Pryffoods.
New York. March 17. There was no change
in the general position of tho market and
prices continued lor the most part firm. Mcrri
mavhirting8 were reduced to 4 cents, less
a small discount. Allen's shirtings i cents.
Commission 1-8.
McKee & Hagan, of 108 Fourth avenue,
buy or sell all kinds of stocks and invest
ment securities on margin or for cash. Cor
respondence solicited. ttsu
S. W. HILL, Pittsburg Meat Supply
Company, corner Church ave., Anderson
St., and P., Ft. W. & C. R. V., Allegheny.
Pa., sold lor Messrs. Nelson, Morris & Co.,
of Chicago, Illinois, for the week ending
March 15, 1890, 1C6 carcasses of beef, aver
age weight 59G pounds, average price 50 10
per hundred pounds.
THE TREND OF TRADE.
New Deal in Business to Result From
Projected ImproYements.
THE OLD CENTERS OP TRAFFIC
To he Bevolntionized and Ancient Associa
tions Finally Broken Up.
WHAT EXPANSION WILL LEAD TO
Birds of a feather fleck together, says a
venerable adage. It is equally true that
men of the same profession, or calling, seek
solace in each other's company by locating
as nearly as possible in the same neighbor
hood and on the same street Thus it is not
unusual to see entire streets given up to the
same business.
This disposition to herd together is not
more true of Pittsburg than of other cities.
It is a world-wide idiosyncracy of the busi
ness fraternity, and is to be attributed, per
haps, to their recognition of the fact that In
union there is strength.
In the early history of Pittsburg there were
no such distinctions because of tbo impossi
bility of drawing and maintaining lines of de
marcation. The first paved street was Fort. It
was crowded with tradesmen of all kinds.
There was no distinction. Other streets w ere
soon afterward Improved, and then the work of
separation, or division, began, each branch of
business massing in a particular locality. In
the course of time the Monongahela river front
became famous as headquarters of the iron
trado and of the steamboat traffic At tho same
time the produce commission business began to
concentrate on Liberty street, where it has re
mained ever since. Along in the forties Wood
street, from Fifth avenue to the river, was
taken possession of by the tailors, who found
profitable customers in the boatmen of the pe
riod, and they monopolized the street until the
river trade was destroyed by tho railroads.
Fourth avenue has for years been designated as
the Wall street of Pittsburg, tho bulk of the
banking and real estate business being trans
acted on that thoroughfare.
A change, however, is imminent. The rapid
growth of tho city and the necessity of
opening new streets to accommodate trade and
travel will so enlarge the business as to ma
terially affect the old centers of trade and cre
ate new ones. It is not improbable that the
produce business will be transferred to Water
street. Tho talk is running that way. Tho im
provement of Diamond street will draw a large
share of the faucy retail trade from Fifth ave
nue at least such is the expectation of many
who have given that subject careful attention.
Recent investments on Smithfield street below
Diamond, have been made on the supposition
that the new postofficc and other important
structures to go up in that neighborhood will
draw business from other parts of tho city.
As business always accommodates itself to
its surroundings, It is not likely that any of the
changes mentioned above as among the prob
abilities of the next few years will Injuriously
affect anv of the interests involved; but that
rather they will be beneficial, as affording a
larger field in which to operate and giving more
room for displaying and handling goods. The
majority of Pittsburg business men need larger
buildings to accommodate their growing trade
The removal of the produce interest from Lib
erty street would afford an opportunity to
erect a class of houses on that thoroughfare
which would be a credit to the city.
The old order of things is passing away, and
all classes of citizens should recognize the
necessity of making preparation to meet the
change which this involves. Business must be
accommodated, whatever else may suffer.
A HOOD DAI IN STOCKS.
Heavy RanlneM for Monday, With Ad
vances All Along (be Line.
The stock matket was active and strong yes
terday. It opened quiet, but gathered Interest
and strength as the day progressed, and closed
in nearly every case at the best figures. Sales
were 615 shares.
The selling of Pleasant Valley was a feature.
Holders concluding it wasagood time to realize
handed it out liberally. But it did not weaken
under the pressure, and moie of it was wanted
than offered. It closed at the best price of the
day.
Monongahela Navigation Company took a
place among the active stocks for the first time
1 his year. Another surprise was tho sale of a
few shares of bank stock.
The natural gassers and the tractions were in
good demand and stronger. Switch and Signal
and Electric were steadv at about Saturday's
quotations. Luster Mining pulled up a trifle'in
the afternoon.
MORNING. AFTERNOON.
Did. Asked. Bid. Asted.
Pitts. P. 8. &M. Ex... 4i3
Central Bank C2 ....
Kxchance .Nat. Bank.. 85X .... SS'A ....
Freehold Bank 63
Keystone Bank of l'"g .... 70)i
Masonic Bank 63
iiou'Bahelaat Ilk .. 115
1'itts. B'k rorbavlntts 170
People's Natlonil Bk. 170
'Ihird Nat, Bank 180
Keal hstateL. &T.CO. SO
btcondlsat. U., Ally 3)S
Citizens' insurance.... 36
Pitts, das Uo 67 ....
AlleirhcnvHeatlngCo. jea .... 'lOS
Bridsewater Gas 30
ChartlersV. Gas Co.... 47J 47& 49
Pennsylvania Gas Co.. 14 .... 14 ....
Philadelphia Co 32X 33 S24f 83
Wheetlncr Gas Co 19 19)
Hazelwood Oil .Co 49
Tuna Oil Coinpauy 70
Central Traction :3M 30 29 SDH
Citizens' Traction 044 65 64, 65
Pitts. Traction 41 41 43
Pleasant Vallev 15 25$ 25)4 25!
Pitts.. A. & Man ISO .... zsO ....
La.Norla.Mlnitie Co if
Luster .Mlnlnt' Co 15J4. 1SH i6 1S
Allegheny Co. Llectric .... 99
East Knd Klectrlc 60 .... 60
cstlngliousc Electric 4535 46 ii ....
Monpahelaav. Co S3
Mononj?a'lA Water Co 35
U. S. ihlg. Co 14 U HH 15
WestlnghouseAirb'ke 115 113
At the first call 100 shares of Monongahela
Navigation Company brought S3 aud 45 Switch
and Signal 14
In the afternoon 240 shares of PIeaant Val
ley changed hands at 25V, 0 People's National
Bank at 170, 10 Central Bank at 65. 5 Chartiers
Gas at 47U. 100 Philadelphia Gas at 32 and 25
East End Electric at CO. Before call 130 shares
Pleasant Valley went at 25.
S:roul & Lawrence siiidllO shares Switch and
Signal at I4J and 25 East End Llectlic at 60Ji.
Henry M. Long told 20 shai es Pittsburg, Al
legheny and Manchester at 200.
Andrew Caster sold S5.000 Frick coke pur.
chase monoy 5s, 1889, at par and interest, 10
shares Allegheny County Light at 96 and 50
Switch and Signal at ki.
The total Fale of stocks at New York yester
day were 194.S05 shares, including Atchison,
23.500; Canada Southern, 3.390; Lake Shore,
4.681; Oregon and Transcontinental, 3,400;
Reading, 43,800; St. Paul, 5,700; Union Pacific,
11,35.
KEAI, ESTATE,
It ! Still Being Picked Up-Tlie Latc.t
DcnU.
Charles Somers & Co., SI3 Wood street, sold
a property on the southeast corner of Webster
and Logan streets, having a frontage of 81 feet
on Webster and a depth of 91 feet to Wilson
stree. with brick and frame dwellings thereon,
for Albert Hastings to M. E. Lamb, for $20,000.
The purchaser will improve with a nice block
of tenement houses.
Baxter. Thompson & Co., 162 Fourth avenue,
sold lots 124 and 125, Bank of Commerce addi
tion plan, Brushton station. 100 feet fronting on
Brushton avenue by 130 feet to a 20-foot alloy,
to W. S. Taylor forSUSOO.
Samuel W. Black d.Co. sold two more lots on
the east side of Buena Vista street, Allegheny,
bein" the fourth and fifth lots south of Taylor
avenue, size 20x110 each to an alley, for 60,400.
They also sold part of lots No. 202 and 205 in
Swissvale place plan of lots, Swlssvale station,
Pennsylvania Railroad, size 53.31x125 feet, for
8410.
Kwing t Bycrs, 03 Federal street, sold for
William A. Black to Albert H. Gerring lot No.
45 in William A. Black's plan of lots. Tenth
ward, Allegheny City, fronting 20 feet on Vir
ginia avenue, and extending through 230 feet to
Sherman avenue, for i550 cash.
Black & Baird. 05 Fourth avenue, sold
another lot for John R. McGinley. on Madison
avenue. Thirteenth ward- Tho purchaser,
Henry Bradburv, will build at once. Tho price
paid was $600.
W. E. Harnett, 401 Smithfield street, Pitts
burg, and Wilkiusburg.told a house of five
rooms, with lot 25x150. on Hay street, Wilkins
hurg. for Elizabeth Smith to W. J. Gill, ror
JL800 cash.
Thomas McCaffrey sold for Alexander Mc
Kinley to Jacob Bender lot 20x120 teet on Lib
erty avenue. Sixteenth ward, for 81,400: for
same owner to Mrs. A. Keely, lot 40x120 feet on
Liberty avenne, corner of Taylor, for 82,000; for
Roncrt McMunn to Mrs. Fitzgerald, property
on Forty-fourth street, witli frame dwelling of
five rooms, for 2,450.
AM0KG THE BANKS.
dealings Back In the Old Place Money In
Fnlr Demand.
The bank clearings assumed their usual pro
portions yesterday, snowing, as stated at the
time, that the depression at the close of the
week was only temporary. They were, 82,610,
291 62; balances, 8532,638 63.
There was a moderate demand for discounts,
which was accommodated at 67 percent,
generally at the inside figure. Small rates
were in better supply.
The flow of money is in favor of the banks,
indicating continued ease.
Money on call at New York yesterday was
easy, ranging from 34 per cent; last loan, 4:
closed offered at 4. Prime mercantile paper.
5K Sterling exchango quiet and steady at
$4 bl for 60-day bills and 84 81 for demand.
Closing Bond
Qootntlnns.
D. S. 4s,reir 122
U. S. 4s. coup atj,
V. S. 4s, rejf 103S
U. S. 4S3. coup 101S
Pacific 6s or 'si. no
Lioulsl&nastampedia 95
M.K. &T. Gen.Ss
Mutual Union 6s..,
N. J. C. Int. Oert.
Northern Pur. l4ts
, 64
102
1II
"5X
Nnrthorn Mac. 2lla. .113
Northw't'u consols.!4IH
North w'n deben's..H0u
Missouri 4s 10O
Tenn. newset. 6s... 109
Tenn. new set. 5s.... 102
Tenn. new set. Is.... 73!
Canada bo. 2s 97H
Cen. Pacificists 112
Den. & K. (1., 1st,. .US1
Den. & it. (,. 4s.. 7SJ
D.ilt.G.West,lsts. -
Erie, Mi lOlJf
U. h.. SiT. Gen. 6s.. 7o
Oregon & Trans. Os.lOSVs
St.L. i I. M. Gen.Ss 92'i
St. L,.b.K. Gen. Jl. 1091
bt. faul consols ....t?7
M. PI. Chl.tPc.lsts.110
Tx l'c.b. G.Tr Its. K'i
Tx..Pc.K.G.'iT.Kcts 33'4
Union Pac. lsts 1134
We.t Shore 105J6
New Tons Clearings, S72,417,745; balances,
84.891,107.
Boston Clearings, 818.609.264; balances,
82.211,074. Money, 4 oer cent,
Philadelphia Clearings, 811,868,344; bal
ances, Sl.993.65t
Baltimore Clearings. 82.4S9.135; balances,
8393.029.
London Tho amount of bullion gone into
the Bank of England on balance to-day is 59,
000. Pabis Three per cent rentes, 8Sf 22c for
the account.
Chicago Clearings. 813.019.000. New York
exchange sold at 2510o per 81,000 discount.
Money unchanged at 6KS6 per cent on call and
6i7 on time.
OUT OF THE KDT.
A Florrj In 011, With a Wide Range of
Fluctuations.
There was a decidedly bullish feeling among
oil operators when the market opened yester
day. Field nows, it was given out, favored
buyers, most of the big wells showing a lack of
staying power.
Under these conditions the market opened
firm at 90. A few shorts theu jumped in and
run it tip to 9IJ, where it hung for some time,
until Oil City and Bradford commenced to
realize, when the market sagged to 87, which
wero tbo closing figures.
It was tho ?oneral omnion that the Standard
sold at the top and bought at the bottom. The
range nearly 4 cents was wide enough for
heavy trading, but the professionals considered
tho situation too critical to run the risk of a
squeeze, and confined their operations to mod
erate bounds.
In fact tho advance was unexpected, and no
ono seemed ablo to account for it; and in the
absence of any other explanation, the theory
that it was the result of manipulation bv the
Standard is as good as any. It is clear, how
ever, that more iuterest is being taken in oil,
and that a fair degree of activity maybe ex
pected from this tune forward.
It was reported that the Coraopoli3 well was
doing about 15 barrels a day. The Griffith
gasser, at Wildwood, was credited with 25 bar
rels. There was considerable excitement there,
and lease hunters were flocking in from all di
rections. The well w ill be drilled deeper.
The rig, boiler house, belt bouse, cable and
oil tank at Preston & Cu.'s Stocking lot well,
Washington county, were destroyed by fire
yesterday morning. The flro was started by a
leak in tlie natural gas pipe.
Isaac Willett's Crothers No. 8. in the Wash
ington field, is completed and doing 75 barrels a
day. His No. 9, on the same farm, is also com
pleted, and has a daily production of 100 bar
rel". The Bethel Oil Company's test venture,
to the southwest of present developments, is
dry in the Gantz and 50-foot sand. Conner &
Biggens' Zelt No. 2 is rated at 100 barrels aday.
The Gilbert Oil Company's No. 8, on lot 169 in
the Sheffield field, which came in a few days
ago at 600 barrels a day, is now doing 400 bar
rels. Gallagher & Co.'s well, on the McMichael
farm, in front ot Sbannopin developments, has
come in a3 a dry hole after long-continued
drilling as a mystery.
Features of Yesterday's Oil SInrket.
Correoted dally by John M. Oakley Co., 45
Sixth street, members of the Pittsburg Petro
leum Exchange.
Opened 0JLowet 87
Hlithest lciood S7h
llarrelg.
Average charters 22,427
Average shipments 69,437
Average runs CI, 011
Kenned. J.ew York. 7.30c
Kenned, London, 5.M.
Kenned, Antwerp, i7f.
Itenned, Liverpool, Ril.
lteflncd, Bremen. 6.70m.
A. B. McGrew quotes: Puts, 85Vo; calls,
83X6S9KC.
Oil Markets.
On. Citt. March 17. Petroleum opened at
DOKc; highest. 91c: lowest, 873c; closed at
87c. Sales, 172,000 bbls.; no clearances re-
?or'ed; charters not reported; shipments,
7,173 bbls.; runs, 96,433 bbls.
Bradford. March 17. Petroleum opened at
90Kc; highest, 91c: lowest, 87c; closed at
87c; clearances, 341,000 bbls.
Nlw York, March 17. Petroleum opened
irregular.spot being steady at 90c and moymg
up to 91c, while April opened firm at 91c After
the first sales both markets became weak and
declined 2to 3c per barrel, but the last few
minutes tho market became quiet anu the close
was steady at8SV:. Stock Exchange: Open
ing, 90c: highest. Olcflowest, SSJc; closing, SSJc.
Consolidated, opened, 91c; highest. 91c; lowest,
8Sc; closing, SsJc Total sales, 472,000 barrels.
BULLS DISAPPOINTED.
They Lay Low for n Boom Which Did Not
Pnn Ont "Sugar Adynnccd on
n Canard The Money
Q.icfltion.
New York. March 17. The stock market to
day was dull and somewhat disappointing to
the bulls, who had expected a further response
to tho very favorable news of last week. Tho
disposition, however, seems to be to await fur
ther development on the money question,
though there seems to be no lack of funds seek
ing bom wers. and rates on call rule from 3
to 4 per cent. The bulls early In the day ran up
against tho disappointing earnings reported by
the Union Pacific for January, and a further
break in Tennesseo Coal, which was attacked
by the professional traders, and stop orders be
inc uncovered a drop from 47 to 43 resulted.
First prices as a rnlo were generally higher
than the final figures of Saturdaj'. but the fac
tors above noted soon neutralized tho early
gams. The bears, however, meeting with no
rosponse from the rest of the list, withdrew the
pressure, and some excellent buying of Atchi
son for Boston account appearing, the tone of
the market was changed for the better. Read
ing also was strong, and for some time to-day
commanded a premium of ot 1 per cent per
diem for use, though it afterward loaned flat.
It was kept within narrow limits, however, and
scored no moiement of importance, while the
busine done in it ias comparatively quier.
Tbo Vanderlnlts, as usual of late, showed a
stubborn strength UDon light transactions, and
did much to help along the strength in the gen
eral list. The most importaut movements were
again inthelowpriccd specialties among which
Flint and Pere Marquetto and Wheeling and
Lake Erie was most conspicuous, the Utter at
oncetimo showing a gam of 1 percent. The
former was much more active than usual, and
rose to 31J4 against 27J, as its last previous
price last week.
Sugar refineries was the feature of the after
noon, being pushed with a marked increase in
activity on the report that the dividend was to
bo paid, but the story was afterward denied,
and the improvement was all lost except a
small fraction. The final changes are generally
in the upward direction, though only one im
portant advance was made 1W per cent in At
chison. On the other hand, Tennessee Coal is
down 2 per cent and Oregon Short Line IX-
Into-da)'s railroad bond market the Atchi
son income 5s, which are believed by tho in
siders in the propel ty to be the coming specu
lative security,, furnished 8362.000, followed by
the Louisville. NewAlban and Chicago con
sols with 8165,000 and the Reading 3s with 8137,000
out of a total day's business of 81.783.000. The
market displayed a more decidedly firm tone
than usual of late, and almost all the import
aut changes for tho day are in the upward di
rection. Outside of the issues mentioned, how
ever, there was little or no feature to the trade.
Chicago, Burlington and Northern firsts rose 3;s'
tolOJji
The J'ost says: The established fact that the
Vanderbilt roads are all earning considerably
more than their regular dividends, and this
being applicable to the Lake Shore and tho
C. C. C. and St. Louis, has had an effect to in
crease confidence in the earning capacity of
the Middle State roads east of Chicago, and
stimulates speculation in their stocks.
The unprecedented depression in the anthra
cite coal trade still has its effect on the coal
stocks, and. notwithstanding the flattering
prospects of the Lackawanna as regards its
trunk lino business, and notwithstanding the
investment buying of its stock, it does not ad
vance, but hangs rather heavily about 130. On
the other band, Reading, which is much more
seriously affected by the condition of the an-
thracite coal trade, was active, strong and
higher, being up W, to 4 before 1 o'clock.
This is not nearly so large as it was when the
squeeze was made last Monday, but the under
standing that a pool has taken' 40,000 chares, or
iust half the capital stock, out,of the loan mar
:ct, makes it possible to engineer another
pinch at any time the outstanding short inter
est will justify the experiment. The remark,
however, is made in the street that the experi
ence of last week shows that, whatever may be
the ostensible object of the accnmulation of
this amount of stock, and the holding oi its
price up to 1 or 2 points above the price of the
third preference incomes wblcb sold to-day at
39 when the stock was selling at about 41
there are some members ot the pool that will
not resist the temptation to sell out if they can
get a chance at high price. "The safety of tho
pool depends on keeping the stock at figures
wbicb do not offer the members the induce
ment to sell out on each other."
Tne roliowiug taule snows me prices oi active
stocks on the New York Stock Excnange yester
day. Corrected daily ror tub Dispatch by
Whitney a Stephenson, oldest Pittsburg mem
bers of Mow KorK stock Lxcnange. 57 Fourth ave
nue: Clos-
Open- High- Low. lne
lnr. est. est. ill''.
Am. Cotton Oil Trust.. 27 5754 l& ni
Atcn.. Top.JS a. F Mj 37 3S',i Zi'A
Canadian PaclOc 71'4
Canada southern KX 55H bS'A ii'4
Central orew Jersey H9
Central Pacllii. 3.!!
t'lietaoeake Ohio.... Si's -J? 23M 23'$
C Bur. s, UUlIiCT 107 JH7 Kl 1061
C sin. x at. faul.... 69 IVA 6334 csif
C, Jlll.fi bt. 1'.. PI....1I7 117 IlC'j ll
C. Koctl. &P 94 94 iKJJj 9Si
C, St. L. & Pitts 17 17 17 17k
U. 3C L. a. Pitts. Df. 50
C. St. P.. M. 0 E Zl4 SiH 3-!fi
C. bt. I.JI. &O..DL. .. Wi
C. .Northwestern 110H 110J4 110H HOJt
C. i X. W. pfd 141
C, C. C. XI 71M 71 11 71
C. C, C. i 1.. pr 99H
Col. Coal s. iron 45M 45f 415i 4j
Col. & HocXlng vat .. Zli 22 IV-k 21H
Dei.. L. 411 135 1J0) 1ZHX 1J33
Del. i Hudson 1435
Denver&KioG 14!4
Denyer A Kio G. nf. ih
Illinois central JMJ
Lake Erin ft Western.. 17 18 17?4 17H
Lake trie & West or.. 6-VI 61 H 3H 64
Lase Shore Ail. s 107'4 10714 1U74 107
Louisville iNasBTllle. 8.H,' &l"s tt'i S3
Michigan i antral 97 9SH 97J 97Ji
Mobile Ohio IS 15 15 15
Missouri Pacine UH "" ?3i tlli
Sew fork Central 107(a 107S 107 307S
Jl. X.. L. . IV ... 25 26(4 KM MM
N. Y.. L. K. & W. pf. 62 6i 62)4 6.'
S. Y U t3l. L 17J4 1754 VH 1711
. I.. C. & St. L. Of. 70S'
N.Y.. L. ist.L. 2d or 39J 8H 39H ITO4
N. TJt.N. E 474 47"4 40'4 4H
. r.. O. W 1SJ4 ISM 1314 VH
MonolE Western Kii
Norfolk Western. pr. 605( 60-j 60 60
Northern Pacine .11 3llj 31 sots
Nortnern Pacine pr... 72Jf 73 T1H 1ZH
Ohioi Mississippi..... 20H
Oregon imorovemcnt .. 4)
Oregon rranscon 37)4 3714 17 S7S
PaciflcJlall 3SVf 3SJi 38 ZIH
Peo. Dec. & Evans 1S!4
Pnlladel. & Heading. 40J" 41)4 40i 4QH
Pullman Palace Car 191
Richmond X W. P. T.. 21)4 214 21 Mi
KlchmondA W.P.I.pr 77)
hi. P.. aiinn.je Man..ll2?4 112 112 112
St- L. & san Fran 13
St. L. san Pran nf. 33
at.L. x San r. 1st ot 83
Texas Pacific 29 20f 19J4 20)4
Union 1'aclflc 63"4 sajj eii( 63
Wabasa n 13 12V 12
Wabash nrererred V'A ' 27! 27'4 27
Western Union s3 8J) 82J4 S3
Wheeling &L. , 70 7G4 70 70
Sugar Irust 67)4 69 66! 6734
National Lead Trust. 19 VJ'4 13 18"
Chicago (las Trust.... 43 4 42J, i2Ji
Pbllndclpbla'rttocks.
Closing quotations of Philadelphia stocks fur
nished by Whitney &SteDhenson, brokers. No. 57
Fourth avenue. Members New York Stock ex
change. l!Iil. Asked.
Pennsylvania Kallroad S1H
Heading 20 5-1R
BuSalo, Pittsburg X Western SH
Lehigh Valley 5134
Lehtgh Navigation 52
Philadelphia and Erie 2934
Allegheny Valley Bonds 111)4
11. Co's New Jersey 231
Northern pacific 31
Northern Pacific preierred .... 72X
Boatnn ioc1ch
Atcn. ATod 3734 Uoston 4 Monti 4934
Boston X Ainany...227 Calumet X Hecla....256
Boston X Maine... ,t2l branklin 15)i
C B. X U, 1074 Huron 3S
Eastern l' H 162)4 Kearsarge 1C3
Eastern K. It. 6s ....123 Osceola, 29)4
Flint rere.ll 31)4 Pewable 3
Flint Pere M. oM. Sa Qulncy 72
K. C.,St.J.& C.B7S.12I santa Pecopper Wli
L. K. X Pt-&. 7s 10u) Tamarack 156
Mass. Central 17 Annlston Land Co.. 5
ilex. Central com... 1SJ4 Boston Land 6)4
". y. ewKn. .. 47 ban Diego 17
N'. Y.&NewEng 7S.126 West End Land Co. 25
U. X L. C. com 7 Bell Telepnone 220
Old Colony 177 Larason Stores 2834
Rutland nrererred.. 70 Water Power 5M
Wu.Central.com... 29X Centennial Mining. 2134
AllouezMgCo 3
Mining Shares
NewYokk, March 17. Mining quotations:
Alice, 115; Adams Con., 100; Best a. Belcher,
240; Caledonia B. H., ISO; Con. Cal. and Va.,
430; Commonwealth, 250; Seadwood T., 150;
Eureka Con., 300; El Cristo. 135; Freeland, 1C5;
Gould & Curry, Ho; Hale & Norcross, 225;
Homestake, 300: Hornsilver, 245; Ironsilver,
175: Mexican. 285; Ontario, 3800; Onhir. 3S0;
Sierra Nevada, 180; Sutter Creek, 175; Union
Con., 190.
Business Notes.
There was talk yesterday of another flurry
in Reading.
Westerx railroad men report that east
bound tonnage is falling off.
The Keystone Bank commenced moving
yesterday into its new quarters.
The Union Transfer and Trust Company has
handsome quarters in the Fidelity building.
Monday is the favorite day of the ladies to
go out house-hunting. Real estate offices were
crowded with them yesterday.
The real estate firm having an order for a
site for a theater received two offers yesterday,
both at about S3, 000 a foot front.
Through an oversight on the part of tho
financial editor the Wall street letter, appear
ing in the Sunday issue, was not credited to
John M. Oakley & Co., over whose private wire
it was received.
The anthracite coal trade continues in a
state of almost unparalleled depression, but the
various mining and carrying interests are
working in close harmony to prevent any
special demoralization.
The Pennsylvania Railroad reports that the
quantity ot coal and coke originating on and
carried over its lines east of Pittsburg and
Erie for the week ending March 8, was 322,101
tons, of which 231,879 tons were coal and 80,222
tons coke.
Crnln In Sight.
Chicago, Much 17. The Board of Trado
report of visible supply of gram is as fol
lows: Wheat. ZSilOl.OOO bushels: decrease,
211.000. Corn, 18,867,000; increase, 2.179,000. Oats,
4,550,000: decrease. 300,000. Rve, 1,554.000; de
crease, 31,000. Barley, 1,009.000; decrease, 84,
000. Metnl IMnrltel.
Nrrw-'fcORK, March 17. Pig iron qniet. Cop
per neglected; Lake, March. 314 50; do, April,
14 50. Lead quiet and easier; domestic, 3 93.
Tin dull and easier; straits. $20 Co.
MICK HEADACHECarler,, LutIe L,Ter m.
SICK nEADACUECarter,, mtle Liver Pills.
felCli IlEADACUECar.er,, J,,.,,, i,tTer j..,,,,.
SICK HEADACHECartcr,, uule i,lyer mis.
H01S-C7-TTSSU
TO TRUSTEES, GUARDIANS, MORT
GAGEE", executors and administrators
ot estates, savings bank, life insurance com
ptnies, and to all having property to insure,
and who desire companies of solid worth.
RENTS INSURED AGAINST
LOSS BY FIRE.
Wo Irsure any actual loss of rents from
buildings becoming untenantable by fire. In
case nf total or partial loss by fire of yonr
bulldintr, the rent ceases, at least for the time
it is untenantable Why not permit the Insur
ance company take the plnce of the tenant
and pty you the rent until the building is
either repaired or rebuilt, and thus pocket
your incume?
, ABE Y0UJHSURED7
Insurance effected In the largest and strong
est Companies doing business, and at tbo lowest
rates consistent with safety. Apply at once to
J. W. Arrott, Insurance Offices.
AT STANDARD BUILDING.
531 AND 633 WOOD STREET. PITTSBURG.
felO-TT
JAS. D. CALLERY President
JOHN W. TAYLOR : Cashier
CITY SAVINGS BANK,
SIXTH AVE. AND SMITHFIELD ST.
Capital and surplus. S130,00a
Transacts a General Banking Business.
JyS-rra t
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
Monday's Usual Quietness Made More
so by Rain and Snow.
A SCARCITY OF GENERAL PRODUCE.
Millfeed Weaker Flour Firm Other
Cereals Are Steady.
PACKAGE COFFEE SOON TO ADVANCE
Office of Pittsburg Dispatch,
Moneay, March 17, 1890.
Country Prodnce Jobblnff Prices
Monday seldom brings forth any new features
In this line. And when rains and snows prevail
as to-day the likelihood of new developments is
very much diminished. Produce men report
an unnsual scarcity of stuff the past few days.
Good potatoes and apples are particularly
scarce, and markets for both are very firm.
Creamery bntter is active at the reduced prices.
Cheese is firm, with an upward tendency. Eggs
are quiet. Poultry is scarce, demand exceed
ing sunply for a week past. There is a fair
movement of tropical fruits. Florida oranges
are about to the end of their career for this
season.
Buttek Creamery, Elgin, 29Q30c; Ohio do,
2723c: fresh dairy packed, 2223c: country
roll", 1920c.
Bkaks Navy hand-picked beans, $2 002 25;
medium. $1 752 00.
Beeswax 2528c fl a for choice; low grade.
1820c
cider Sand refined, $7 50: common, $4 50
5 00; crab cider. 8 008 50 fl barrel; cider
vinegar. lu12e IS gallon.
Cheesk Ohio, ligilc; New York. HKc
Umburger. 9K6Mc; domestic Sweitzer, 13
Uc: imported aweitzer, 23Kc
iioos ll15e ?1 dozen for strictly fresh.
Fruits Apples, fancv, SI 25Q1 75 ?! barrel;
cranberries, U 001 25 a crate; strawberries.
35010c a box.
Feathers Extra live geese, 50C0c; No. 1,
do, 4045c: mixed lots, 3035c $1 ft.
Maple syrup New. 81 00I 25 a can.
Poultry Live chickens M38jc a pair:
dressed, 1213caponnd;ducks,75cSl$lpair;
live turkeys, 13llc ?1 B; dressed turkeys, 16
17c $ ft.
Seeps Clover, choice, 62 ft? to buhel. 4 00
r bushel; clover, large Enclish, 62 B, SI 35
60; clover, Alsifce, S3 00; clnyer. white. $9 0O;
timothy, choice, 45 fts, SI 601 70; blue grass,
extra clean, 14 fts, SI 2ol 30: blue grass, lancy,
14 fts, $1 30: orchard gras , 14 fts, SI 40; red top,
14 fts, SI 00; millet. 50 fts, $1 00; Hungarian
grass, 50 fts. SI 00; lawn gras, mixture of fine
grasses, S2 50 $ bushel nf 14 fts.
Tallow Country, 3Jc: city rendered, 4Jc.
Tropical Fruits Lemons, common, S3 00
3 50, fancy, SI 004 50; Morula oranges. $4 00
1 25, Valencia. S4 O04 50 for 420 case. Jamaica.
S7 00 a barrel; bananas. SI 25Q1 75 firsts, SI 00
l2igood seconds, fl bunch; cocoanuts, S4 00
4 50 a hundred; dates. 67c H ft; layer tigs,
125f6)15Kc.
Vegetables Potatoes, from store. 6065c:
on track, 5055c; new Southern cabbage. S3 75
one barrel crate: Dutch cabDage, S17 00 fl hun
dred: colery. 40c fl dozen; Jersey sweet pota
toes, St 504 75 a barrel: turnips, SI 251 50 a
barrel; onions, 3 0O3 50 a barrel: Bermuda
onions, (3 75 bushel crate; parsnips, S2 252 50
fl barrel.
Buckwheat Flour $1 752 00.
Groceries.
The looked-tor rise in package coffee has not
yet shown up, but the advance is inevitable,
and that at an early day. A rise of lc per
pound would not bring package coffee rela
tively up to a price equal to the green article.
The supply of sugars is better than for a week
or two past, and the upward movement has as
a result been' checked.
Green Coffee Fancy Rio, 2125c; choice
Rio, 2223c; prime Rio 22c; low grade Rio,
2021c: old Government Java, 2S29c; Mara
caibo. 2527c; Mocha. 29X31Kc; Santos 21K
25Mc; Caracas 2426c; La Guayra. 25K26c
Roasted (in papers) Standard brands,
25c; high grades, 2C10Kc; old Govern
ment Java, bnlk, 3331Ke; Maracaibo, 2S29c:
Santos, 2630c: peaherry, 30c; choice Rio, 2Bc;
prime Rio, 2JKc; good Rio, 23Vc: ordinary 21
22c
Spices (whole) Cloves, 1718c:allspice 10c:
cassia. 8c: pepper. 17c: nutmeg. 7080c
Petroleum (jobbers' prices) 110 test, TKc;
Ohio, 120 8Kc: headlight, 150 SJic: water
white, 10Kc; globe. 1414Kc: elaine, 14Jc; car
nadine, llc; royallns, lie; globe red oil, 11
HKc; purity. 14c
Miners' Oil No. 1 winter strained. 4445o
f) irallon; summer. 4043c Lard nil. 6065c
Syrup Corn syrup, 2629c; choice snzar
syrup. 3638c; prime sugar syrup, 3033c;
strictly prime, 3335c; new maple syrup, 0Oc
N. O. Molasses Fancy, new crop, 4850c;
choice, 47c; medium. 3843c; mixed. 4042c
Soda Bi-carb in kegs. 3H3?ic: bi-carb in
K. c; bi-carb. assorted package', 556c;
sal-soda in ketrs, lc: do granulated, 2c
Candles Star, full weight, 8$c; stearine,
fl set, 8Cc; paraffine, ll12c.
RiCE-5lead, (,'arolinj, 07c: choice, 6$
6c; prime, 5H6c: Louisiana, 5Ge.
bTARCH Pearl, 2c; cornstarch, o6c; gloss
starch, 4Ji7c
Foreign Fruits Layer raisin8. S2 63: Lon
don layers, S2 75; California London layers,
S2 75: Muscatels. S2 40: California Muscatels.
$2 25; Valencia. 7c: Ondara Valencia. 8
9c: sultana, lie; currants, 55ije: Turkey
prunes, 55c; French nrunes, 710c: Salon
lca prunes, in 2-ft nackages, 8c; cocoanuts, fl
100. S6; almonds, Lan., fl ft, 20c; do Ivica. 17c;
do, shelled, 40c: walnuts, nan., 14I5c; Sicily
filberts. 12c; Smyrna figs, 1213c: new dates, 6
CJJc; Brazil nuts, lie; pecan. llI5c; citron,
fl ft, ISglOc; lemon peel, 18c fl ftj orange peel,
17c.
Dried Fruits Apples, sliced, per ft. 6c; ap
ples, evanorated, 9c: aoricots, California, evap
orated, 1516c; peaches, evaporated, pared,
2126c; peaches. California, evaporated, un
pared, lS10c: cherries, pitted. 1313c; cher
ries, unpittcd, 56c: raspberries, evaporated,
2627c; blackberries, 77c; huckleberries,
10012c.
SUGARS Cubes, 7Jc; powdered, TJc: granu
lated, 6Jfc; confectioners' A. 6c; standard A.
6c: slt white, 6K06Jc: yellow, choice. 5
6c; yellow, good, y.oc; yellow, fair, 6
63ic; vellow. dark. Sa&c.
Pickles Medium, bids (1,200). $7 00; me
dium, half bbls (COO). S4 00.
Salt No. l.fl bbl.E5c; Nclex. fl bbl. SI 00;
dairy, fl bbl. SI 20; coarse crystal, fl DM, SI 20:
Higgins' Eureka, 4 bu sacks, S2 SO: Higgins'
Eureka. 16-14 ft oackets, S3 00.
Canned Goods Standard peaches, S2 00
225;2ds, $165ilb0: extra peaches. S2 4002 60;
pie pcache. 95c: finest corn. SI 0Ol 50: Hid Co.
corn. C08)c; red cherries, S0S5c: Lima beans.
$1 20: soaked do. bOe: string do, 60b5c; mar
rowfat peas, SI 10Q1 15: soaked peas, 70S"c,
pineapples. S13II&140; Bahama do, $2 75;
damson plums, 95c; greengages. SI 25; egg
plums. S2 00; California pears. S2 40; do green
gages, SI 85; do egg plums. Si 85: extra white
cherries. S240; raspberries, !tjcl 10: straw
berries. SI 10; srooseberries. SI SU1 40; toma
toes, 80QSJc; salmon, 1-ft. 81 65l 90; black
berries. 65o; suceotish. 2-ft cans, soiked. 90c;
do ereen. 2 ft, SI 251 50; corn beef, 2-ft cans,
S2 05; 14 ft ran. SH 00: baked beans, SI 451 50;
lobster, 1-fi. SI 801 90; mackerel. 1-ft cans,
broiled, 81 00: sardine, domestic. J4-, S4 25
4 50; sardines, domestic. U. S6 75Q7 00: sar
dines, imported. H Sll 50 12 50; sardine', im
ported. , VIS 00: sardines, mustard. S3 50; sar
dines, spiced, S3 50.
Fisn Etfra No. 1 bloater mackerel. S30 fl
bbl.; extra No. 1 do, mes.J10: extra No. 1 mack
erel, shore, S32; extra No. 1 do, mess, S36: No. 2
shore mackerel, S2I. Codfish Whole pollock.
4e fl ft: do medium, George's cod. 6c: do
large, 7c; boneless hake, in strips. 4Jc; do
George's cod in blocks. 67Kc Herrine
Round shore, Sr 00 SI bbl; split. So 50; lake, S2 90
fl 100-fi bbl. Whiteflsb. S6 50 fl lOO-ft half bbl.
Lake trout. So 50 fl half bbl. Finnan haddock,
10.; W ft. Iceland halibut. 13c W ft. Pickerel.
half Phi. S3 00; quarter bM. SI 3j; Potomac her
rinsr. S5 00 fl bhl:S2 50 fl half bbl.
Oatmeal S6 COgtl 25 fl bbl.
Grain, Flour and Feed.
There -nero r.o sales on call at the Grain Ex
change. Receipts as bulletined, 55 carloads, of
which 41 were bv the Pittsburg. Ft. Wayne and
Chicago, as follows: 11 cars of corn, 3 of rye. 4
of hay. 6 of oats, 2 ot feed, H of flour, 1 of bran,
1 of barley, 1 of w heat, 1 of malt. By Pittsburg.
Cinciunati and St. Louis, 2 cars of oat, 6 of
corn. By Baltimore and Ohio, 2 cars of hay.
By Pittsburg and Lake Erie, 1 car of oats, 1 of
flour, 1 of timothy seed. The cereal situation
has 'developed no new features since our last
report. Millfeed has weakened a little on lib
eral receipts. Flour is firm 'at quotations.
Corn, oats and bay barely steady at quotations.
Prices below are for carload lot on track:
Wheat New No. 2 red, 8MEi3c; No. 3, 79
SO'.
Corn No. 2 vellow, car, new, 373?c: high
mited. new. 34035c: No. 2 jellow. shelled, old,
SbUQSic; new, 353Cc Rejected shelled corn,
20vi2.Sc; hieh mixed shelled corn, 33331c.
Oats No. 2 white. 272Sc; extra, .no. 3. 27
627c: mixed. 2JX25Jc
Rye No. I Pem.sviyania and Ohio, oo54c;
No. 1 Western, 5152c.
Flour Jobblne nriccs Fancy winter and
sprlmr patents, S4 75g5 25; winter straigct,
S4 504 75: clear winter, S4 00a4 25: straieht
XXXX bakers', S3 754 00, Rj e flour, S3 25
350.
Millfeed Middlings, lino white, S15 50
17 00 fl ton; brown middlings. $14 50Q14 75;
winter wheat bran, 814 00QI4 25;. chop feed.
J15 50016 00.
Hay Bailed timothy. No. I, Sll E0Q12 00:No.
2 do, S9 00S9 50; loose from wagon. Sll WtjU 00.
according to quality: No. 2 prairie bay, $7 00
S 00; packing do. $6 75Q7 CO.
Btraw Oat, S3 757 00; wheat and rye,
S6 00Q8 25.
Provision.
Sugar-cured bams, large, Kc; sugar
cured hams, medium, 10c; sugar-cured
hams, small, lOJc; sugar-cured break
fast bacon, 8c; sugar-cured shoulders,
6c; sngar-enred boneless shoulders, 7c:
suear-cured California hams, iic sugar-cured
dried beef flats, 9c; sugar-cured dried beef
sets. 10c: suzar-cured dried beef rounds. 12c:
bacon, shoulders. 5Jic: bacon, clear side. 7ic;
bacon clear, bellies. 7c: dry saltsboulders.oUc;
dry salt clear sides, 7c Mess pork, heavy, Sll 50;
me3 pork, family, S12 SO. Lard Refined, in
tierces. 5c; half-barrels, 5c: 60-ft tubs. 5c;
20.fi pails. 6c; 50-ft tin can. oKc: 3-ft tin pail,
6c; 5-E tin pails. 6Kc; 10-6 tin pails. 5Jc; 5-ft
tin pails. 6c Smoked sausage, long. 5c; large,
5c Fresh pork links. DC Boneless bams,
lCc Pigs' feet, half-barrels, $4 00; quarter
barrels, $2 15.
LATE KEWS IN BRIEF.
Major Serpa Pinto has gone to the Portu
guese colony of Mossamedis.
S. W. Yeagley. defaulting clerk of Hills
dale, Mich., has been captured in Chicago. 4
James P. Joy, a Chicago lumber broker, as
signed yesterday. Liabilities are placed at
$32,000 and tho assets $28,000.
The Iowa Senate has passed the bill re
ducing the maximum rate of Interest on nego
tiable paper from 10 to 8 per cent.
Rust Bros. & Co.'s mill at Bay City, Micm,
was burned at 4 o'clock yesterday morning by
incendiaries. The loss will reach $50,000. In
sured. Miss Katie Ott, a teacher in the Cincinnati
schools, shot herself through the temple at
her home in a fit of despondency caused by
overwork.
Two Russian artillery officers have been ar
rested at St. Petersburg on the charges of being
Nihilists. The night patrols of Cossack and
gendarmes have been Increased.
The President has approved the acts for the
construction of bridges across the Mississippi
river near Lyons, la., across the Arkansas
river in the Indian Territory and at Ft. Smith,
Ark.
Secretary Proctor has authorized the
Mississippi River Commission to expend $20,000
for the immediate protection of the Morzansea
levee in Louisiana, reported In danger of
destruction.
Tho village of Gampel. Switzerland, has
been almost wholly destroyed bv fire. Fully
three-fourths of the buildings were burned.
The loss is very heavy. Many of the villagers
were Injured.
John McDonald, a crazy man, was arrested
after a desperate struggle on a train ac
Rochester. Pa. He claims to live on a farm of
296 acres four miles back of Liverpool, and to
be worth $24,000.
The rig on the non. James Stocking lease,
near Washinston, Pa., was destroyed by flro
yesterday. The cable parted and the tools are
now at the bottom of the hole. The loss will ha
in the neighborhood of $2,000. Natural ga3 was
the cause.
Burglars last night entered tho house of
Alfred Smith, a Baltimore and Ohio employe,
at Berkeley Springs. W. Va., and secured $1,600
in money. The family were absent from the
house at the time, and the robbers succeeded
in getting Smith's entire savings.
It has been discovered that a widow named
Payne, living in Memphis with her widowed
daughter, in dire distress, was a sister of the
famous General "Fighting Joe" Hooker. A
movement is on foot to relieve the family's dis
tress, which will be contributed to by old sol
diers of both armies.
The Farmers' Alliance has addressed an
open let'er to the Kansas delegation in Con
gress, demanding legislation for the relief cf
the agricultural interests of the State. Atten
tion is called to the fact tbat a single law firm
in one city in Southern Kansas now has the
contract for the foreclosure of 1,800 mort
gages. Jacob Riffner. aged SO vears. living at
Ritchie C. H., W. Va.. walked to the home of
Mrs. Kay, a widow of 65, and introduced him
self to the widow, stating tbat be understood
she wished to marry. Thev talked 20 minutes,
and Mr. Riffner started for Ritchie, secured
a license and returned with a minister, and
before night they wero married. Mr. Riffner
is a prosperous farmer.
Four members of a gang of counterfeiters
have been arrested at Wheeling. Recently a
raid wa3 made on tbe boatbouse of Hiram,
Lewis, where an extensive counterfeiter's outfit
was captured, with nearly S2.000 in bogus coin.
The gang escaped, but Saturday John Arm
stead and Thomas Beech, two members, were
arrested at Mason City, and yesterday another
raid was made and two others captured.
The remains of Benjamin A. Jones, the
paymaster's clerk of tbe Marine Corps at
Washington, who disappeared in December,
were found floating in the Potomac yesterday.
Jones went away Christmas nisbt. His wife
received a letter from him next morning, say
ing that he would never return. His hat was
found in tbe river on tho day following: An ex
amination of Jones' accounts developed a
shortage of $3,600.
Dr. Hamilton, a prominent citizen of North
port, L. I., committed suicide yesterday wbils
depressed by illness. For several weeks his
friends have, feared that his mind was unbal
anced. He has been watched closely, almost
constantly, but was left alone In his bouse fora
few minutes yesterday. Hurriedly going tn the
barn be drew a revolver which he bad hidden
in his pocket and, placing tha muzzle to his
breast, he pulled tbe trigger.
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direct importation from tbe best manufac
turers of St. Gall, in Swiss and Cambric Edg
ing'. Flouncings, Skirt Widths and Allovers.
Hemstitched Edgings and Flouncings. Buyers
will find these goods attractive both In price
and novelties of design. Fnll lines of New
Laces and White Goods. UPHOLSTERY DE
PARTMENT Best makes Window Shades in
dado and plain or spring fixtures, Lace Cur
tains, Portieres, Chenille Curtains, Poles and
Brass Trimmings; Floor, Table and Stair Oil
Cloths in best makes, lowest prices for quality.
WASH DRESS FABRICS.
The, largest variety from which to select
Toll Du Nords, Chalnn Cloths, Bath Seersuck
ers, Imperial Suiting. Heather & Renfrew
Dress Ginghams. Fine Zephyr Ginghams.
Wholesale Eiclusively.
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ternal medicine required. Cures tetter, eczema.
Itch, eoslpclas, all unsightly eruptions on the
face, hinds, nose, etc.. leaving tbe skin clear,
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JiltUliEItv FINANCIAL.
-I yHITNEx" & &TEPHLNSON,
7 FOURTH AVENUE.
Issue travelers' credits through Messrs. Drexel,
Morgan fe Co New York. Passports procured.
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5 PER CENT JNVESTMENT&
$225,000 Fort Worth. Texas. Refunding 5s.
S40.C0O Buffalo County, Nebraska, C. H. 5s.
S50.0OO Wichita, Kansas, School 5s.
$50,000 North Chicago Street Railway 5s.
Also choice 6 per cent and 7 per cent securi
ties. Information and prices concerning invest
ments cheerfully given. We desire to buy good
municipal bonds.
Accounts received; regular banking business
transacted.
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BANKERS.
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