THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. FRIDAY. APRIL 11. 1890.
PEICES ARE BETTER,
Rut the Iron Market is Still in an
Unsettled Condition.
THE SOUTfl'S TKODUCT A PUZZLE.
Sot Much Demand for Steel Eaih Just at
the Tresent Moment.
A MAKKED EEACTION IN GREAT BRITAIN
jfTT.CM.TZl.ZOKXX TOTBBDIUPATCn.'
'evt York, April 10. The Iron Age re
port of the market is as follows:
American Pig The market is still in a
more or less unsettled condition. Some
anxiety exists as to what steps the first law
of nature may prompt certain recognized
leaders in the sale of standard Pennsyl
vania brands in this locality to take in Tiew
of the sharp competition from sellers of
Southern iron, and in the absence of infor
mation on that point or new developments
in other directions, business is deferred to a
certain extent. In remote cases prices as
low as those quoted last week for Southern
piC are still beard of. bat local representatives
of the largest concerns quote 117 50018 00 for
No. 1 and J17 0017 50 for No. 2 as
their lowest figures, claiming not to
have made sales at lower rates.
The assertion is quite general that strictly No. 1
foundry is in comparatively lignt supply in the
South, one company indeed, refusing, it is said.
to take orders for other than small quantities.
An offer of $16 50 for 5.000 tons N o. 1 for forward
delivery was made by a broker and found no
takers. The intending buyer, it is claimed.
would pay 117 for that quantity of any of the
recognized first-class brands. On Northern
iron the lowest prices quoted are SIS for No. 1
and 17 for No. 2, which figures do not appear
to be named except on stock in second hands,
regarding the quality of which there seems to
be some doubt. On transactions in small lots
for immediate delivery the ruling figures are
tl8 5019 lor No. 1 and S17 501S for No. 2, ac
cording tu brand. There is a general belief that
if anv "cut" is made in prices of leading North
ern iron it will be no half-way measure.
Bessemer Tic Eastern prices are practically
the same as quoted last week, being abont $19,
S19 50 in Eastern Pennsylvania, and relatively
lower further West.
Spieccleiscn and Ferro Manganese Few
transactions have been reported, bnt there is
still some trade under negotiation with a fair
prospect of business. Abont $33 5034 seem to
be sellers' inside figures for 20 per cent Spie
geleisen and $33 the best offer.
Steel Rails Apart from small sales for early
delivery there has been no business in the East,
and orders are rather scarce as well as invaria
bly small at the present time. What transac
tions have gone through were at 531. at the mill,
for heavy sections. Brokers are said to have of
feredj at $34, at tidewater, however, and
to have also solicited bids of $33. How fir the
brokers acted upon their own responsibility is,
however, open to question. It is an open secret
that some manufacturers have orders on which
there is a cnarantee against a decline from the
contract prices, and this fact, along with the
absence of orders of sufficient magnitude to
prompt low offers, may account in a measure
Irr the present display of firmness. Pittsburg
is still relatively lower than the East. That fact
is suggestive in itself, as is also the placing of
the recent Chicago. Burlington and Quincy or
der for 14.000 tons, on which Pittsburg under
bid the Chicago niilL
Fastenings The demand improves very lit
tle, if at all. and prices are still weak. Splicfl
bars are quoted at L752c Spikes may be pur
chased at 12 at mill and S3 10 delivered. Bolts
and square nuts are nominally 2.903c and bolts
and hexagon nuts 3.10S.15c delivered.
Old iron rails A lot of double-heads has ar
rived. The owners offered at $26 50, but re
ceiving no satisfactory bid. placed the lot in
store. Tees are nominally $2424 50 with very
little demand from any qnarler.
A REACTION IX ENGLAND.
PlE Iron Once More Starts on the Upward
Torn.
ISrZCIAI. TELEOKAK TO THB DISPATCH.
NEr York, April 10. The Iron Age has the
following special cable from London : Pig iron
warrants have been weak and depressed until
within the past few days, under the influence
of continued free liquidation and bearish"
tendencies on the part of outside operators.
Ike withdrawal of that pressure Tuesday re
sulted in a quick reaction. Scotch selling up to
49sod; Middlesborough to 52s. and hematites to
567d, at the close. To-day there was business
at 49s 2d for Scotch, 52s for Middlesborough and
95s 6d for hematites. Prices for makers' brands
of Scotch show unimportant changes onlv, and
previous figures are quoted for Bessemer, but
makers of Middlesborough ask 2s 6a advance.
Spiegeleisen is now offered at 110s and steel
rails 5d lower, but no further (change has been
made on billets or slabs.
In the tin plate market no new features have
developed, and the impression is that the ma
jority of buyers have held their orders bacx
pending the results of the next quarterly meet
ing to be held to-morrow. The stock at ship
ping,, points amounts now to 53S.O0O boxes
against 351,000 boxes at the corresponding
period last ear. Only 17,000 tons were exported
to the States last month against 31,000 tons
during March, 1SS9.
American Manufacturer's Cable Quotations.
Scotch Pig Warrants sold at as low as 47s.
KM., but have since reacted to 49s. 6d. under the
influence of freer demand. Latest sales were
at 49s. 3d. Makers' brands somewhat irregular
in price and selling slowly.
No. 1 Coltness 72s. Od. f. o. b. Glasgow
No. 1 Suramcrlee 71s. Od. f. n. b. r,hm
No. 1 Gartsherrie 70s. Od. f. o. b. Glasgow
No. 1 Langloan..
71s. Od. f.o. b. Glasgow
.......50s. 6d. f. o. b. Glasgow
71ft. fid. f. n b fSlafiTdur
io. i i;arnuroe.
No. 1 Shotts.
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No. 1 Dalmellington .. ,62s. Od. at Ardrossan.
NalEglmton 52s. 6d. at Ardrossan.
Bessemer Pig Warrants declined to 57s. 6L,
but reacted to 59s. 6d.,closing quite firm. There
is more demand for makers' brands and the
tone of the market is stronger. West Coast
brands, Nos. 1, 2, 3, at 70s. f. o. b. shipping
point. ,r K
Middlesbrough Pig There was 6s. decline
early in the week, but speculation since
bronght warrants up to 52s., and makers are
stiff. Good brands No. 3 quoted at 52s. Cd. f.
o. b.
Spiegeleisen A fairly active business has
been done at rather lower prices. English 20
per cent quoted at 110s. t o. b. at works.
Steel wire Rods Prices are difficult to quote,
demand being moderate and supplies light. Mild
steel. No. e, quoted at 9 7s. 6d. f. o. b. Ship
ping port.
Steel Unlli In Good Demand.
Steel Rails The market is steadier with
rather more demand for good sized lots.
Heavy sections quoted at 5 10s. f. o. b. ship
ping point.
Steel Blooms Demand continues light and
prices are nominal, with Bessemer 7x7 quoted
5 10s. f. o. n. shipping point.
Steel Billets o improvement in the demand
?"!d ,,ei?,t,n f"ornc buyers. Bessemer
(size 2)x2) quoted at 5 10s. f. o. b. shipping
noint. r fc
Steel Slabs Very little doing in these and
former prices are asked. Ordinary sizes quoted
at 5 10s. f. o. b. shipping point.
Crop Ends The market remains dull and
prices are nominal. Run of the mill quoted at
S 15. f. o. b. shipping point.
Old f ron Rails Only small sales making and
the demand no better. Tees quoted at 13 15s.
and double heads at 3 17s. fcd. f. o. b.
Scrap Iron Demand Is light and prides still
rather weak. Heavy wrought qnoted at 3
5s. f. o. b. shipping points.
Manufactured Iron The demand is running
slowly. Common bars are not offered as
cheaply, but other goods are still unsettled.
Stafford ord. marked bars.
(f. o. b. L'pool) o OsOd 910s0d
common bars 0 Os Od 8 OsOd
black sheet singles 0 0sOd915sOd
Welsh bars, f. o. b. Wales... 7 7s 6d 0 Os Od
Steamer Freights Glasgow to New York,
2s. Od. Liverpool to New York. 10s. Od.
Tin nnd Tin Plate.
Pig Tin Prices are slightly lower and the
market slow. Straits quoted 90 for spot; fut
ures (3 months), 90 17s. bd.
Copper The demand is smaller and prices
are less firm. Chili bars quoted 13 for spot,
4S7s. 6d. for future delivery. Best selected
English, 55.
Lead The demand has continued moderate
and prices show little change. Soft Spanish
qnoted at 12 10s.
Spelter Still lower prices have been made
with little increase of sales. Ordinary Silesian
quoted at 20 15s.
Tin Plate There Is some improvement in the
demand and prices are rather steadier. There
is now a stock of 640.000 boxes at shipping ports.
I, C. charcoal, Allaway grade,
T. o. b. Liverpool 16s. 6d.17s. Od.
Bessemer steel, coke finish 15s. 6d.lBs. Od.
Siemens steel, coke finish 15s. 0d.etl6s. 3d.
B. V. grade coke. 14x20 14s. 0d.14s. 6d.
Dean grade ternes 14s. 8d.14s. 54.
New York Figure.
Nsw YORK-Pic iron qniet and easy. Copper
neglected; Lake, April. $14 25. Lead dull and
steady; domestic, $3 8 Tin unsettled; straits.
MARKETS BY.WIKE.
Wheat Active nnd Excited It Advancee
Early, bnt Lets Co Lnier Sena
llonnt Reports nt the Bot
tom of the Flurry.
CHICAGO-Wheat-A large speculative bus
iness was again transacted In wheat to-day.
with local operators trading freely and outside
order also numerous. Some business was also
doing bv parties having.! oreign clientage. Tho
feeling was decidedly unsettled and nervous,
dne entirely to tho uncertainty of the Govern
ment crop report. Even should the report be
unfavorable, it was feared that a break might
occur, as there has been no doubt a great deal
of wheat brought to sell on the strength of an
unfavorable report. Hence some traders com
menced to sell to-day. Some of the largest
buyers yesterday were reported as being the
heaviest sellers to-day. At the same time
there was active buying, and prices fluctuated
frequently.
The market opened excited and prices were
lie higher, being in part a continuation of the
bullish feeling which prevailed yesterday. The
demand was good and shorts covered. Bnt the
advance also brought out heavy offerings, un
der which prices declined IQlKc for the vari
ous deliveries, and then recovered $Kc held
steady for awhile, eased off and closed about
sc lower for May, c lower for June and Jc
loner for July than the closing figures of yes
terday. Cable advices were rather more en
couraging to holders.
Foreien reports generally indicate good crops,
though India is reported somewhat short, anda
private cable estimating the crop 15 to 20 per
cent less than an average, or about 50,000,000
bushels less than the average of the past five
j ears. Home crop news was rather bad from
most sections in Indiana, Illinois and Michigan.
The fly was reported as doing some damage in
Indiana. Some contradictory advices ere re
ceived about crop damage, reports being re
ceived to-day from private source that some
wheat which had looked winter-killed had start
ed growing again.
Corn Another active day was witnessed in
this market, the volume of business being
heavy, the bulk of which occurred early in the
session. The leellng prevailing was nervous and
unsettled, prices fluctuating from within JC
range, but the market on the whole was weak
er, and the bulk of business being at a low
rauge. The reaction in wheat, together with
more favorable weather, were the chief factors
to effect values, and local longs sold out. A
large local speculator was a free seller. The
market opened excited and irregular, prices
varying considerably in various parts of the pit,
but the feeling was rather firm; but when wheat
sold off corn followed, aud prices declined
quickly c rallied a little, became easy,
and closed c lower than yesterday.
Oats were active but unsettled. Shorts have
bought freely of late.and after a sharp flurrv at
the opening, when prices advanced c lor May
and xtc for July, a turn occurred. There was a
great desire on the part of holders to realize,
and also a good deal of selling for interior
holders of cash property. A liberal number of
Buying orders were also received, but the sell
ing was larger than the ability of buyers to
absorb. A weak feeling developed, and prices
declined lic reacted slightly, but closed
steady at KSc below the last sales ot yester
day. A brisk trade was reported In pork, and the
market was quite strong during the greater
portion of the day. 1'rices rnled somewhat
irregular, bnt advanced 17jC20c, and the ap
preciation was fairly well supported to the
close.
A moderate business was transacted in lard,
and the market exhibited considerable
strength. Prices, however, ruled only slightly
higher.
Quite a good trade was reported in ribs, and
the market ruled stronger. Prices were ad
vanced 57c, and the appreciation was well
supported.
The leading futures ranged as follows
WHEAT April. a Z. 82KHS2SeSl
May. S2KeS3tiaS2g82Ucj June. 83
32632c
UA's-So i May. 22K2i'23Q23Kc; June.
242ikC223c; July. 2424K2323c,
-Mess Pork, per Mil. Mar. 510 70010 90
JO 7010 S7K: June. $10 NXgll 0010 o0U 00;
July, $10 90U 1010 80011 10.
Lard, per 100 tt-. Mav. $6 20g6 256 20fi)
6 22K; June. J6 27HS6 27KS6 27&6 27k; July.
$6 346 32X66 306632.
Short Rib Sides, per 100 lis. May. $5 25
5 32BI5 22K5 SM June. $3 3005 37J5 30
5 37K; July, $5 S5o 42K5 325 42&.
Cash quotations were as lullons: Flour
rather dull; dealers in some instances securing
an advance of 510c No. 2 spring wheat, 81
SIc:No. 33pnng wheat.7073c:No. 2red. Slfc
No. 2 corn. SOJc No. 2 oats, 2324c No. 2
rye, Hic. No. 2 barley, nominal. No. 1 flax
seed. Jl 44. Prime timothy seed. $1 231 23K.
Mess pork, per bbl. $10 S7U. Lard, per 100 1 lis.
f6 Ki6 20. Short ribs sides (loose), IS 30;
dry silted shoulders (boxed), $4 5004 60;
short clear sides (boxedf. ?5"B05 65. Whisky
Distillers' finished goods, per gal., $102.
Sugar Unchanged. Receipts Flour, 17.000
barrels: wheat, 16.000 bushels: com. 254,000
bngnels: oats. 111,000 bushels; rye, 9,000 bushels:
barley. 24.000 bushels. Shipments Flour. 17.000
barrels: wheat. 202.000 bushels; corn. 439,000
bushels: oats, 2S7.000 bushels; rye, 52,000 bush
els; barlev, 26,000 bushels.
On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter
market was unchanged. Eggs, lOc
NEW YORK Flour active: 5Q10c advance
asked; later checked, business closing dull.
Cornmeal steady. Wheat Spot unsettled,
closing heavy and dull; options active: c
oil on early months; December, tc up: August
and September unchanged; closing weak. Rve
strong: Western, 5758e; sales, 20,000 bushe'ls
Western to arrive. Barley strong; Western. 45
62c; sales, 15,000 bushels; Canada, 65Q67c.
Barley malt strong. Com Spot opened strong
er and closed weak and fairly active; options
fairly active and J4Kc lower, closing weak.
Oats Spot easier and less active: options mod
erately active and weaker. Hav quiet and
steady. Hops easy and quiet Coffee Options
opened barely steady: unchanged to 15 points
up; closed steady: unchanged to 5 points up;
sales, 33.250 bags, including Mav. 17.5017.65c;
June. 17.SO017.45c; July. 17.2017.25c; August,
17.0017.10c; September, 16.8516.95c; October.
16.65 16.70c. November. 16.35c; December. 16.30
16.0c; January, 16.2016.25c; spot Riu steady
and fair demand; fair cargoes, 2Uc; No. 7 flat
bean, 19Jic Sugar Raw firmer and fairly
active; saie ouoi.i uags; cenirimgai,
96 test, 3 1-323 1-loc. and refined is better
and steady. Molasses Foreign dull; New Or
leans steady. Rice firm and in good demand.
Cottonseed oil firm. Tallow steady. Rosin
firm; strained, common to good. $1 271 32.
Turpentine lower and quiet at 42c. Eggs
firmer: Western. 12c; receipts, 6,630 packages.
Pork firm and quiet; mess, old, $11 0011 25: do.
new, $11 7512 23; extra prime, 59 6010 00;
cntmcats strong; pickled bellies, 55?c: do
shoulders, 5K6c; do hams. 10c; middles firm;
short clear, 6c. Lard stronger and quiet: West
em steam, $6 52; sales, 253 tierces; options
and sales. 2,250 tierce; April. K 50 bid; Mav,
$6 51; June. $658; JulT. $6 63 bid; August. $6 70,
closing $6 71; September, $6 77; October, $6 80
6 81, closing at $6 SO bid. Butter nuiet and
easy; Western dairy. 713c; do creamerr. 10
18c; do held, 5llc; do factory, 4 13c; Elgin.
1920c Cheese firm and fairly active; West
em. logiOJJc
PHILADELPHIA Flour firm and higher.
Western winter clear. $3 854 10: do do
straight, $4 154 50; winter patent, $4 505 00;
Minnesota clear, $3 754 10; do straight, tJ25
4 65; do patent, $4 705 00; do do farite
brands, to 10Q5 lot Wheat firm with a fair
milling demand for desirable grades. Options
were to a great extent nominal; rejected,
6573c:fair to good milling. 086c: prime to
f ancy. 8S9c; No. 2 red, in Twentieth street
elevator, 86H"c; No. 2 red, April. 8687c: May.
8787ic; June. 87S3C: July. 8jc. Corn
Options firm and higher; No 3 mixed in
Washington street elevator. 35c for local trade;
No. 3 mixed and high mixed on track, 37
37c; steamer No. 2 .mixed on track and
grain depot. 37$j.sc;jo.;jyeilowin Twentieth
street elevator, 39Kc: No. 2 mixed. April, 37
37c; May. 37K33Kc: June. 383SKc; July.
3H39c Oxls Car lots firm with fair demand;
No. 3 white, 32c; do, clipped, 33c; No. 2 white,
33c; No. 1 white clipped, 35c; futures a shade
s:ronger: No. 2 white. April, 3232Kc; May, 30J
31Kc; June. S0f3lc; July, 30fc31c Butter
dull and weak; Pennsylvania creamery extra,
19c; do pnnts extra, 2631c. Eggs dull and un
settled; Pennsylvania firsts, ll$(S12c.
MINNEAPOLIS Receipts of wheat for the
last 24 hours were 122 cars; shipments,
30 cars. The offerings of cash wheat
from the sample tables were small, but the
early demand was not active, buyers generally
holding back, seeming to lack the necessary
confidence in the situation to pay the higher
prices asked. The futures market was the
main cause for the backwardness. Local
millers were very cautious in their operations
and contented themselves with careful buvinc
taking only such amounts as were needed for
present use. Low grades were extremely slow
and difficult to move. Closing quotations: No,
1 hard. April and May, 82c; July. 83c; on
track. 82c; No. 1 Northern, April, and May,
81c; July. 82ic; on track. 81KS2c: No. 2
Northern. April and May, 78c; July, 80c; on
track, 787SKc.
BALTIMORE Wheat Western, easy; No.
?wi!l?r red spot and April, 85S5Kc: May.
66aS6Kc; July, 8484Wc.. Corn-Vestem
strong: mixed, spot and April. 37K38c; May.
SSiSE.6 W&y' JnIr. 39te39c; August,
3440c. Oais active and strong: Western
white, 31032c: do mimrt fsrasno? tmArA Nn.
2 white,, 32c Rye inactive at 6557c. Hay
steady; prime to choice timothy, $12 5013 00.
Provisions and butter unchanged. Eggs steady
5J.?9- c"ec quiet and steady: Rio. fair. W.
fPMZ Rece'Pts-FIour. 4.632 barrels; wheat,
30.000 bushels: com, 77,000 bushels; oats. 6.000
bushels: rye, 3,000 bushels. Shipments Flour.
537 barrels; wheat, 4,000 bushels; com, C70.000
bushels. Sales Wheat, 16.000 bushels; corn.
108.000 bushels.
TOLEDO Wheat active and lower; cash. 84c:
April, 84Jic; May. 845c: July. 82c. Corn firm
and higher; cash, 34c: May, 33U& Oats qniet:
Mill ilt P1I.VBH..4 .! .117 ..9 .
V"i - viuicioocu uuu una i
steady; cas,
M to; uctowr, f3 to.
m
SS2Jc; Julv, b2t2I81Kc
Corn No. 2. April. 31W31S0K630Xc;
May. 31&32K3l'ia31lc: July. 33kS33k
THE CONTRACT LET.
Work on Arbuthnot, Stephenson &
Co.'s Building to Begin at Once.
A PLUM FOR THE COMRACTOBS.
Conrt House District Coming- Into Promi
nence as a Business Center.
LOCAL ESTIMATE OP WESTERN CK0PS
Messrs. Arbuthnot, Stephenson & Co.,
yesterday, let the contract for their new
eight-story building, corner Penn avenue
and Eighth street, to J. A. and A. H. Wil
son. It will cost about $150,000, and will be
the most imposing structure on the avenne.
It Is to be ready for occupancy by January 1
next. The old buildings on the lot have been
removed, and the work on the new one will be
gin next week.
As business is beginning to make quite a dis
play in the Conrt House district Fifth avenue.
Grant, Diamond and Ross streets Important
improvements in that locality are being con
sidered, although they may not materialize for
some time. Among the desirable properties on
the market within the limits mentioned are tho
University building, owned by the county, the
United Presbyterian Church and St. Peter's
Episcopal Church. The latter is held at about
$250,000. Four or five years ago theU. P. Church
property was offered for $60,000. It is held at a
higher figure now. The county building and
lot are valued at $100,000. All of these are good
sites for large buildings. There is considerable
cheaper property suitable for any ordinary busi
ness. The centrality and accessibility of the Court
House district promise to bring it speedily to
the front as a relief to the overcrowded portion
of the city below Smithfleld street.
A Liberty street grain dealer, who has just
returned from a trip to the West, yesterday
gave bis impressions of the crop outlook. He
said: "So far as I conld'see and learn wheat is
growing finely, and is as far advanced as usual
in April. I was told that there had been no
grain sown in Minnesota, and the prospect ot
immediate seeding was far from encouraging.
This time a year ago a large part ot the oats
crop was sown, bnt so far in Indiana. Illinois
and Iowa very little of it has been put in."
The backward condition of farm work he
attributed entirely to bad roads, which have
been well nigh impassable all winter. They
have prevented the free movement of grain,
and the consequence is large reserves of wheat,
corn and oats in the tanners' hands.
It Is said of Judge John J. Davis, the richest
man of Montana, who died a few days ago, that
he owed his immense fortune to an old white
horse. One day in 1864, a miner came along,
who was "down on his luck." He made Davis
this proposition: -Say, stranger, I am going
back East. I've got a claim back here that I
can't afford to work any longer, but I believe
anybody with a little moner could make a good
thing out of it. I've got to give it up and walk
back East. But the walking isn't good, and if
you'll trade that white horse of yours, I'll
make over tne claim to you."
Davis investigated a little, and closed the
bargain. He spent his available capital in de
veloping the mine, and it became the famous
Lexington, one of the richest of that region.
Since 1884 it has paid $1,600,000 in dividends.
NEXT TO K0THIKG.
Local Stocks Tery Doll, bnt Some Handsome
Advances Recorded.
There was no business In the regnlar way at
either of the stock calls yesterday. After the
morning session 25 shares of Philadelphia Gas
brought 31, an advance.
In fact nearly all the natural gas stocks
showed improvement. Wheeling being bid up
to 21Ji and Bridgewater to 34. closing at 34.
Electrics and the tractions held around former
quotations.
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City Insurance
Allegheny Gas Co.. Ill
Allegheny Heating Co.
Bridgewater
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People's Nat. Gas.....
People's U.U. A P,Co.
Pennsylvania Uas Co..
Philadelphia Co
Westmoreland & Cam.
Whe.Mln? Gas Co
Forest Oil Co
Uazelwood Oil Co
Washington Oil Co
Central Traction
Citizens' Traction
Pitts. Traction
Pleasant Valley
N. Y. & CI. G. C. Co..
4orthslde Brldce Co..
La 2'orla Mining Co...
Luster Minlnjr Co
Hist End Electric
Westlnghouse Electric
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PnhinHnn Rrn. S,1H 000 Rr Tnconti Un
guaranteed 6 per cent water bonds at par and
interest.
E. P. Long sold 100 shares Philadelphia Gas
at 3 50 shares Wheeling Gas at 20Kand200
shares Central Traction at 26.
Rea Bros. & Co. boucht 50 shares Philadel
phia Gas at 31. and sold an odd lot of Mer
chants and Manufacturers' National Bank at
Wr
The total sales of stocks at New York yester
day were 115,555 shares, including Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western, 9.900: Missouri Pa
cific. 12.600; Reading, 3,100; tat. Paul, 5.000;
Union Pacific, 33,100.
W0REIKG SMOOTHLY.
All Department of the Local Moner Mar
ket In Good Snnpe.
All departments ot the local money market
worked smoothly yesterday. There was a
moderate demand for funds, which were in
ample Bupply. Rates were 67 per cent. Cler
ical business was brisk. Exchanges were
$2,595,049 19 and balances $439,582 72. To
morrow's Clearing House report promises to be
the best ono of the year.
The emissions or new capital in Paris in 1889
amounted to 3.750,000,000?.. bnt 3,02S.009,OOOf.
consisted of the conversions of Russian. Bra
zilian, Hungarian, Portuguese and Tunis
stock, while 59.000,000r. were for municipal
loans, 203,000.000f. for railways, and 496,060.000f.
for banks and industrial undertakings. In all,
only abont 750,000,000f. of new capital was in
vested in new issues proper, and it is not
pleasant to hear that this amount has lost one
third of its value.
Money on call at New York yesterday was
easy, ranging at 47 percent, last loan 6, closed
offered at 6. Prime mercantile paper, 57K.
Sterling exchange qniet but strong at $4 bo
for 60-day bills, and $4 88 for demand.
Closing Bond Qnotntlons.
U. 8. 4s. res 112
U. 8. 4s. coup 12S
M. E. &T. Gen. 5s.. 64M
Mutual Union 6s. ...102
N.J. C. Int. Cert...lllK
Northern Pac. Jst..ll6
Northern Pac. M...1UH
Nortliw't'n consol.I
Northw'n deben's 51I?
Oregon ft Trans. 6s. 107
St.Lftl.M. Gen. 5s. 89
St.L. SS.F. Uen.M.llO
St. Paul consols 1I7!
St. P. Chi ft Pc. Ists.116
lx., Pc. I,.G.Tr.Ks. 82
Tx.. Pc.it G.Tr.Ks. 3S4
Union Pacificists.. .11214
West bhore 1053
U.S.4VSS, re 10354
U. S. 445, coup van
Pacific bs of '85 116
r.oulslanastamped4s 95V
Missouri (is juu
Tenn. new set 6s. ...118
Tenn. new set. 5J....I03
Tenn. new set. 3s.... 733J
Canada So. 2ds 88
Central Pacific lsts.lll4
Den. ft It. U. 1SIS...I1S5.
Den. ft K, G. 4s 79
D.&K. G. westists.
Erie Ids UXH4I
JU. &. ftT. uen. lit., is
Government and Btate bonds
and dull.
continue firm
New Yokk Clearings, $107,979,573: balasi-e
$4,942,555.
Boston Clearings. $14,788,895: balances.
$1,378,130. Money 56 per cent
Philadelphia Clearings. $11,489,654; bal
ances, $1,943,671.
Baltimobe Clearings, $2,117,549; balances,
$317,063.
London The amount of bullion gone into
the Bank of England on balance to-day is
X1U.GO0 The bullion in the Bank of England
decreased 449.000 during the past week. The
proportion of the Bank of England's reserve
to liability is now 43.90 per cent.
Paris Three per cent rentes, 88f 82c for
the account. The weekly statement of the
Bank of France shows a decrease of 6,300,000
francs gold and 2,125,000 francs silver.
CHICAGO Clearings. JH.996,000. New York
exchange at 25c per $1,000 discount. Money
steady and unchanged.
Mining Stock's. '
Smr York, April ia Mining Quotation:
Comstock bids. 2900; Caledonia B. H SOO;
Chollar. 500; Consolidated California and Vir
ginia, 513; Ex-Div.; Commonwealth, 250: El
Cristo, 140; Gould and Carry. 190: Hale & Nor
cross, 805; Horn Sliver, 195; Ontario, 3,900;
Ophir, 600; Occidental, 100; Plymouth, 800;
Potosl, 588; Savage. 235; Sierra Nevada, 295;
Softer Creek, 160; Union Consolidated, 325,
SD1TS BOTH SIDES.
Bulla nnd Benra Drnvr Inspiration From the
Pipe Line Report.
Both sides appeared satisfied with the month
ly oil report posted yesterday. The bears
pointed with pride and hope to an Increase in
round numbers of 77.000 barrels production.
This was offset by the bulls calling attention to
the fact that the same report showed a decrease
in certificates of 209,000.
The latter fact is the more important of the
two, as it narrow; by so much the trading cap
ital, which was too small for comfort and peace
of mind before, and gives promise of a contin
uance of the period of slow and cantious trad
ing and narrow fluctuations. The salient
points of tho report are:
Atlantic and Wcitern, increase..
Tidewater, Intrcase
National! rauslt, decrease
Increase for March
Decrease in certificates
.$ 3.1,4:8 15
.121,465 78
. 84. 108 30
. 77,783 S3
. 209,000 00
This is the first increase shown by any
monthly statement since the early part of 1885.
Considerable strength was shown at the open
ing of the market, and it soon advanced on
good trading, but later weakened off and ral
lied shortly before the close to next the best
figure of the day. The extreme fluctuations
were: Opening. 79Kc: highesr, 80c; lowest,
79c; closing, 80tc. The bulk of the trading
was in cash oil. New York selling and Oil City
boring.
The Marshal Oil Company's Halm farm well.
Westvlew, is dry in the Hfl-foot sand. Only tho
slightest showing of oil was found. The Ivory
No. 1 is prndncing abont 200 barrels per day.
The Citizens' Oil and Gas Company's Mc
GowanNo. lln tho Washington field is still
holding up to its good record; in fact, if there
is any change, it is getting heavier. Tho gauge
for the past 24 hours shows a production of 150
barrels. This well, although it does not open
up a large amount of territory, redeem that
part condemned by Berthel fe Co.'s McGowan.
The most important well drilling in the Clays
ville pool came in a first-class producer. This
is Hart Bros.' No. 1 on the Hon. John McClain
farm. It struck the Gordon sand Wednesday
morning, and, alter drilling a few blfti. madu
several nice flows, and is now showing for a 125
barrel well or better. It is situated southwest
of tho Carson heirs' property and will greatly
stimulate operations in that part of the field.
Rohbms & Patch have leased the Ceohas Day
farm of 500 acres at Ninevah, on which they
have already started a rig. They have 1.500 ad
ditional acres under lease in that neighborhood.
Fentnroi of Yesterday's OH Market
Corrected daily by John M. Oakley fc Co.. 45
Sixth street, members of the Pittsburg Petro
leum Exchange:
Opened 79 I Lowest 79,
Highest SO.! I Closed 80 '4
Barrels.
Average charters 33,090
Average shipments 70,118
Average runs 62,227
Befined, New York. 7.10c
Iteflned, London, 57-16d,
ISeflned, Antwerp. 16XL
Kefiued, Liverpool. 5 11-163.
Befined. Bremen, 6.45m.
A. B.McGrow quotes: Puts, 79579Hc; calls,
8154c
No Troth In If.
A report from Stcubenville concerning an oil
strike on the Ross White farm near there is
pronounced without the slightest foundation
In fact. A visit to the well showed no Indica
tion of oil whatever at a depth of over 1,700
feet. Wednesday evening the drilling cable
broke at the wing socket, and a fishing job is
now in order in a 3-Vicii hole.
Other Oil Slnrketa.
Oil. CtTT. April 10. Petroleum opened at
79c: highest. 80c: lowest, 79c; closed at
bOJ-ic; sales, 150,COO barrels; no clearances re
ported; charters, 69,841 barrels; shipments, 67,-
vjl uarreis: runs, wfiii Darreis.
BRADroBD. April 10. Petroleum opened at
79?c; closed at SOUc: highest, 80c; lowest,
79c; clearances, 536,000 barrels.
MOYEMEfcTS Iff KEALTI.
Transactions Showing Tbnt the Market
Still on Its Feet.
Hamnett A Meredith, 102 Fonrtb avenue
and Wilkinsburg, sold a lot on Kelly street,
Wilkinsburg, 48x122, for T. W. Fitzgibbons to
William Fox for $L475.
Black dc Balrd, 95 Fourth avenue sold for
James A. and Benjamin Skiles to Philip Kro
nenberg and Jacob Rmn the property known
as No. 112 Taggart street, Second ward, Alle
gheny, on the line of the Pleasant
Valley Electric road, consisting of a
wo-story frame dwelling of six rooms and
lot 21x80 feet, for $2,000. They also
placed a mortgage for $1,000 at 6 per cent for
one year on a vacant lot near Center avenne,
Pittsburg. Tbey also sold for J. Walter Hay
lots Nos. 79 and 80 in his plan of Valley View
place in the Nineteenth ward, each 20x100 feet,
for $390.
W. A. Herron & Sons sold lots Nos. 11 and 12
in W. C. King's plan of lots, Herron avenue.
Thirteenth ward, being 41x36 feet, for $600.
Samuel W. Black &. Co., 99 Fourth .0, venue,
placed a mortgage for $3,000 for three Mars at 6
per cent on property on Thomas strfet, East
End, city. f
Ewlng fc Byers. 93 Federal street .placed a
mortgage for $1,000 for Ave years at G per cent
on property in the Sixth ward. Alletjieny.
Alles & Bailey, 164 Fourth avcnug placed asJ
mortgage lur ti.iw ior uiree years at 0 per
cent on property in the Sixth ward, city.
Baxter, Thompson t Co., 162 Fourth avenue,
sold for Householder Jones, a lot on Broad
street, East End, size 20x90, for 650 cash.
THE STOCK MABKET.
A Generally Dnll Dar Enda With a Lively
Bear Rnld Missouri Pacific Ponnded
The Outstanding Short Interest
Largely Incrensed.
New York, A'pril 10. The stock market was
dull again to-day, and while it presented a firm
front up to the last hour, a bear raid then com
pletely changed the complexion of the deal
ings and all the early fractional gains wero
wiped out. The trading on the whole was but
slightly In excess of that of yesterday, bnt the
transactions extended to an unprecedentedly
large number of stocks in the unlisted depart
ment, where dullness reigned because of the
action of the governors in making commissions
upon those stocks the same as in the regular
list.
Union Pacific was the great feature of tho
day, and its marked activity was in strong
contrast to the dullness and apathy which ex
isted in the other stocks.
Rumors of favorable action at Washington
upon the funding bill were also prominent, but
after all nothing of a positive nature was put
forth. The movements of the stock were, in
comparison with the amount of business done,
extremely narrow, and its full range for the
day was only per cent, while up to the last
hour it bad been only .
There wero many favorable items of news
this morning to affect values in the market,
chief among which was the further reduction
or the Bank of England's minimum rate of dis
count to 3 per cent, while money in the open
market there was lending at 2.
The report of the e pings of St. Paul for th
first week of April, 'Showing a gain of nearly
$30,000, and the preliminary report of the Rock
Island was more favorable than expected. A
firm tone was imparted to the dealings, which
lasted until the last hour, when the bears made
a drive at Missouri Pacific and in
cidentally at the whole market. Mis
ouri Pacific was affected by the action
of the company in giving notice that it would
not send a representative to the meeting of the
association, and thus giving the bears a handle
upon which to Dreak its price. It declined
from 71 to 70, and all others sympathized to
a limited extent, tho market closing dull and
heavy generally, at insignificant changes for
the day. The bears were large sellers In the
last raid and materially increased tho out
standing short interest. There were some
wide fluctuations among the inactive stocks
from mo inst reported sales.
The Post says: A variety of reasons are
given for the exceptional activity and strength
of Union Pacific, but the most plausible one is
that at the next election of directors in the
latter part of this month the Vanderbilt in
terests, as represented bv the Northwestern
directors, will be represented also in the Union
Pacific Board. There are also still some hopes
of favorable legislation on the Union Pacific
funding bill by the present Congress.
The following table shows the prices of active
stocks on the I. cw York Stock Exchange yester
day. Corrected daily for The Dispatch by
WHITNEY ft STEPHENSON, oldest Pittsburg num
bers of .New York Stock Exchange, 57 Fourth ave
nue:
Clos
ing Bid.
1X
264
va
72
54
iiax
I0S4
G7
IKK
914
16
Jfil
111
141K
71X
Vi
46
Open- High- Low
lug, est. est.
Am. Cotton Oil 18.4 19 19
Am. Cotton (111 Trust
Atch., Top. 4 S. F S7S J3J4 37
Canadlan Pacific 72 72 72
Canada Southern 543f HH 54)4
Central of New Jersey
Chesapeake ft Ohio....-22 a( 22
C. Bur. ft Quincy. ....106)4 .106! 1054
C. Mil. ft St. Paul 83 6tH 67V
C. Mil. ft St, P., pf...U3! 113! 113)4
C, KocKl. 1 91 0IJS 9H
C St. L. ft Pitts 154 154 154
C., St. L. ft Pitts., pf
(I.! St. P.. M. ft O X 32 S2
C. ft Northwestern. ...IliK 1114 111X
C. ft N. W., Pt
c, c, a 4 r. nx nx 714
c. c..c&i..pr.
Col. Coal ft Iron 46! 46'A 46
Col. ft Hocking Val... SIK 214 tlX,
Del., Lack ft West.... .135J? 135J,' 135
Del. ft Hudson -.
E.T.,V. G., lstpf
21
a
1
73
E. T Va. & Ua., Id pf Zt
Illinois Central
Lake Erie ft West 17J
L.ake Erie ft West pf. M!
Lake Shore ft M. 8 107)
LoulsTllle ft Nashville. S47
Michigan Central
alobile Ohio
22
22
22
1HS
I7
63 s
107!,
84X
14
to;
107
2414
16i(
70
3D
AKt
17S
19
60 M
304
73!
19
4
37
X3V
2"H
40 i
189
21X
78H
11U
17
30H
SSlj
19t
WH
lIHi
2.V14
8I
73
64)4
17J
45X
17M 17W
64Jf 64
107i 1"7W
84,"4 84)4
71 70K
an HH
IT 17
45X 45
18 13
Missouri Pacific
Hew York Central...
. 71
.N.Y., L. E.&W
N. Y.. C. ft St. L
K. Y.. C Ht. I., nr..
N. Y.,Cft3t. L. 2dpf ....
H.Y.& N.- K. 45J(
N. Y.. O. ftW 18
Norfolk ft Western
Norfolk ft Western pr. ....
Northern Pacific
Northern Pacific pf... 7iU
Ohio ft Mississippi 19Ji
Oreson Improvement. ....
Oregon Transcon 37!
l'ncliie llall 3814
Pco., Dec. ft Evans
Phlladel. ft Keadlng... 40X
Pullman Palace Car
Ulchinond ft XV. P. T.. 21j
ltlchmond ft W.l'.T.pt 79X
Bt. P., Minn, ft Man
St. L. ft San Fran
Sr. L. ft gn Fran pf.
St. L. ft San F. lstpt
Texas Pacific 1H
Union PaclPc 63
Wabash
Wabash preferred 2SS
Western Union 81
Wheeling ft L. E. 73
Sugar Trust 61)4
National Lead Trust... 174
Chicago Gas Trust 45 H
73
li'.i
73H
19
so.'s
39
an
37
zl K
78
1914
a
i&li
si
73)4
"M
4554
194
62M
25
81
73H
64M
I7
45)4
Boston Htocks.
Atch. ft Top 37M
Boston ft Albany.. ..217
Koston ft Maine 234
V.. B. ft O, 10631
Eastern K. B 1C9H
Flint ft Pere M 324
Flint ft PcreM. pref 08
L. P.. ft Ft. S. 7a. ...100
Mass. Central 17)f
Mex. Central com... 19
N. Y. AN. Eng 45
N. Y. ft N. Enjc. 7S.12S
O. ft L. C. com 8
Old Colony 173
Butland preferred.. 72
Wis. Central com... 3a
Wis. central pf. ra
AllouezMgCo 3
llostonft Mont 49X
Calumet ft Hecla....25."
Catalpa Z2K
Franklin UK
Huron 3
Osceola VlH
Pewablc (new) 8
Qulncr 81
Santa Fe copper 70
Tamarack 100
Annlston Land Co.. 69
San Diego Land Co. 24,4
Bell Telephone 216
Lainson Stores 6)4
Water Power 6
Philadelphia Stocks.
Closing quotations of Philadelphia stocks, fur
nished by Whitney ft Stephenson, brokers. No. 57
Fourth avenue. Members New York btock Ex
change: Bid. Asked.
Pennsylvania Kailroad 54 544
Iteactlng 20 5-15 20X
Buffalo, Pittsburg ft Western 9
Lehigh Valley 51K 52
Lehigh Navigation 51 52
Northern Pacific 304 303$
Northern Pacific preferred 73H 73!j
Business Notes.
Keibert & Co. are about ready to commence
work on their new six-story building on Ponn
avenue.
The Edgewood borough Council has ordered
a survey of the streets. This will be a great
benefit to builders.
Reports ot railroad earnings for the first
week of the current month almost uniformly
show handsome gains.
A IABOE number of business bouses in all
parts of the city are undergoing repairs and al
terations. This denotes prosperity.
The principal stroets in Wilkinsburg are to
be graded and paved the coming summer.
Council will borrow money to meet the ex
pense. Yesterday's report showed that 44 mort
gages wero recorded on Wednesday. The
largest was for $13,500. Seventeen were for
purchase money.
A gentleman who has just come from
Washington says that many Senators bought
Union Pacific recently because tbey expected
favorable legislation.
Pennsylvania Railroad officials are con
sidering plans for a larire freight houe at Wil
kinsburg, the business of the borough having
outgrown the capacity of the present one.
A member of St. Peter's Church congrega
tion remarked yesterday: "I think we will
continue to bold services in the building for
several years yet. We have had no offer of
any kind for the property."
A Wall street special to Whitney &
Stephenson says: Oould brokers are talking
quite hopefully, and judging from their atti
tude (actual nr assumed), the market has about
seen the worst of its present apathy.
LITE STOCK MARKETS.
The Condition of Business at the Boat Liberty
Stock Yards.
Office of Pittsburg Dispatch, j
Thursday. April 10, 1890,
Cattle Receipts, 100 head: shipment1, 140
head: market nothing doing; all through con
signments; no cattle shipped to New York to
day. Hoas Receipts. 1,000 head: shipments, 1.300
bead; market fair; medium and selected, $4 60
4 55: common to best Yorkers. $4 304 45; pigs,
$4 154 25; 1 car hogs shipped to New York to
day. Sheep Receipts. 200 head: shipments, 400
head: market slow at unchanged prices.
Following is tb,e report ot the week's trans
actions at the East Liberty Stock Yards:
receipts.
cattle. hogs. susEr
Thro'. Local.
Thursday 1.180 30 4.3i0 830
Friday 300 .... 4,275 1,650
Saturday 520 2.625 830
Sunday 320 780 5.475 3,630
Monday 20 170 2,550 1,320
Tuesday 120 60 1.725 1,980
Wednesday 20 10 3,150 330
Total 1,960 1.570 24,150 10,670
Lastweek 3.010 1,320 19.800 10.S90
Previous week.... 2.220 1,520 30,300 12,870
Thursday 27 9S1 210
Friday 653
Saturday 20 218 228
Monday 1,150 3,725 3,63d
Tuesday 315 737 2,087
Wednesday 67 602 352
Total 1,569 6.930 6,516
Lastweek 1,331 7.291 4,868
Prevlomweek l.tOO 9.317 6,421
By Teleiraph.
NEW YORK Beeves Receints. 550 head, all
for exportation: no trading; dressed beef firm
at 67c f? ft; exports to-day, 524 beeves, 65
sheep and 1,000 quarters of beef. Calves Re
ceipts. 843 head: market steadv: veals sold at
$4 006UO V 100 ft" i buttermilks, $3003 75.
Sheep and lambs Receipts, 2.613 head; market
firm; sheep, $5 256 60 W 100 fti; yearlings.
$6 50770! spring lambs, $4 006 50 eacb; dressed
mutton steady, 910Kc V fi; dressed vearlings
firm at 10llc Hogs Receipts, 1,263 head,
including 175 tor sale alive: market steady at
H 404 90.
BUFFALO Cattle steady; receipts, 58 loads
through, no sale. Sheep and Iambs fairly active
and higher; receipts, 3 loads through, 20 sale;
choice to extra, $6 356 50: good to choice.
so 100 3u: common 10 iair, o oo uu; cupped,
$0 005 25; lambs, choice to extra, $7 357 60;
good to choice, S7 157 30; common to fair,$6 35
7 00; clipped, $6 00g6 25. Hogs slow and
lower; receipts, 24 loads through. 10 sale;
mediums and heavy and mixed, $4 60: heavy
Yorkers. $4 40; light. $4 35; pigs, $4 20; roughs.
$3 5U3 85: stags, $3 003 25.
CHICAGO Cattle Receipts, 12.500 bead:
shipments, 4,300 head: beeves, $4 905 10;
steers, $3 0004 80; stockers and feeders. $2 60
03 90; Texans, $-J 503 70. Hogs Receipts.
2L00O head; shipments. 6.500 head: market 5
10c lower; mixed, $4 054 30; light, $4 004 30;
skips, $3 604 (X). Sheep-Receipt?, 11.000 head:
shipments. 3,000 head; market lower: natives,
$3 AOffi 6 15; western cornfed, $4 905 75; lambs,
$5 5006 75.
ST.LOUIS Cattle Receipts, 1.500 head; ship
ments, 1,200 head; market strong: good to fancv
native steers. $4 204 90; fair to good do, $3 30
1 35; stockers and feeders. $2 25iJ3 50; Indian
and Texas steers, $24003 90. Hogs Receipts,
4,800head;shipments, 3,800 bead; market lower;
fair to choice heavy. $4 204 27; packing
grades. $4 1004 20; light, fair to best, $4 050
4 15. Sheep Receipts. 500 head; shipments
2,600 head: market firm: fair to choice, $405 85.
INDIANAPOLIS Cattle Receiptslight; mar
,ket dull: shipper". S3 0004 60; butchers'. $1 25fj)
3 75; bulls. $1 5003 25. Hogs Receipts 4.5W,
head; market slow but steady; choice heavy
and medium. S4 1004 30: mixed. $3 0004 25:
light, $4 0504 27K: pings, S2 5003 90. Sheep Re
ceipts light; market in good condition; lambs,
$3 5005 75; sbeep. $2 7505 65.
CINCINNATI Hogs stronger; common and
light, $3 5004 25; packing and butchers, $4 15
04 35: receipts, 2,640 head; shipments, 2,240
bead.
MILWAUKEE-Flour steady. Wheat unset
tled; No. 2 spring, on track, cash, 77c: May,
76cbid;No. 1, Northern, 62c Corn firm: No.
3, on trark, 34c Oats firm; No. 2 white, on
track, 25026c Rye higher; No. 1, in store,
46c bid. Barley unsettled; No. 2. on track, 52c
Provisions higher. Pork, $10 80. Lard, $6 20.
Cheese steady; cheddars,lO01OKc
Brighten up; you don't have to plank
down a fortune; yon can get Salvation Oil
for 25e.
Friday nnd Saturday.
Dress goods remnants.
. Black goods remnants.
Silk remnant.
Velvet remnants.
Gingham remnants.
ChaTlie remnants. -
White goods remnants.
Kxablk & Sbtjsxeb, 35 Fifth are.
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
Creamery Butter and Egjrs Are Still
Drifting Downward.
POTATOES FIBMER-APPLES SLOW.
Wheat Advances Sharply, and Flonr Prom
ises to Follow.
COFFEES FIRM ASD SDGAES STEADY
office of Pittsbukg Dispatch, (
Thwesday, April 10, 1890. i
Country Produce Jobbing Prices.
Potatoes of good quality are very firm and
prospects are for higher prices. Creamery but
ter is still on the decline and our quotations
are again reduced, in accordance with the facts
in the case. Prices have declined from 4 to 5c
per pound within the past 10 days, and jobbers,
who carry large stocks could not fail to be
losers. Supply of poultry is light and demand
is ditto.,. The season Is past for any strong de
mand In this line. Apples are very dull. Choice
stock Is scarce in the market, California fruits
are brought to this city at reduced rates since
March 1. Heretoforo fruits from the Pacific
coast were consigned to Chicago and there re
shipped to this point. Now our commission
merchants are receiving goods direct from
California, and freights here are very little
above rates to Chicago. The reduction on
freight rates of fruit amounts to 25c per hun
dred psunds.
Butter Creamery, Elgin. 24025c; Ohio do.
21023c: fresh dairy packed, 20021c; country
rolls. l021c
Beans Navy hand-picked beans, $1 7501 80.
Bkeswax 25.028c 1 ft for choice; low grade,
18020c
Cider Sand refined, $7 50; common. $3 00
04 00: crab cider. $7 50S 00 fl barrel; cider
vinegar. 1012e gallon.
Cheese Ohio. llHKc; New York.l2012Kc:
Liimburger. 13K14c; domestic Sweit2er, 14
15Kc: imported Hweitzer, 23Kc
Hgqs 12K13Kc 9 dozen for strictly fresh.
Feuits Apples, fancy, $4 0004 50 ?t barrel;
cranberries, $4 6005 25 a crate; strawberries,
35040c a box.
PEATnEits Extra live geese, 50060c; No. 1,
do. 40045c: mixed lots, 30035c $) ft.
Maple Syrup New, 00095c a can.
Honey 15c a ft.
I'OULTRY Live chickens 85090c a pair:
dressed, 14015c a pound; ducks, 75c0!l fl pair;
dressed turkeys, 1820c ?1 ft.
Seeds Clover, choice, 62 fts to bushel, 34 CO
f bushel; clover, large English, 62 ft", $4 350
60; clover, Alsike, $8 00; clover, white, $9 00;
timothy, choice, 45 fts, $1 6001 70; blue grass,
extra clean, 14 fts, $1 2501 30; blue grass, fancy,
14 fts, $1 30: orchard grass 14 fts, $1 40; red top,
14 fts, $1 00; millet, 50 As. $1 00: Hungarian
grass, 50 fts, $1 00; lawn grass, mixture of fine
grasses, K 50 bushel of 14 fts.
Tallow Country, 3c: city rendered, 4Kc
Tropical Fruits Lemons, common, $3 00
3 50, fancy, $4 004 50; Florida oranges, $4 00
04 25, Valencia, $4 0004 50 for 420 case. Jamaica,
$7 00 a barrel; bananas, $1 5002 00 firsts, $1 25
good seconds, fl bunch; cocoanuts. SI 000
4 50 a hundred; dates. 67c 31 ft; layer figs,
12K015KC
Vegetables Potatoes, from store, 70075c:
on track, 60065c; new Southern cabbage. $4 50
one barrel crate: celery, 75cSl $ dozen; Jersey
sweet potatoes, $4 60 a barrel: turnips, $1 50
Cl 10 a barrel; onions, $4 5004 la a barrel:
Bermuda onions, $3 00 bushel crate; green
onions. 2025c a doz.: parsnips, $2 00 W barrel:
onion sets, $2 5003 50 per bushel: kale, $1 25
1 50 $1 barrel: asparagns. 4070c $ bunch.
Buckwheat Flour si 7502 00.
Groceries.
Coffee options advanced 20 points in New
York on Wednesday, and packages are very
firm at the recent advance of c per pound.
Another rise is likely to come soon. Raw sugars
are higher and firm, and it nowlooks as though
lowest prices have been reached. General
groceries are moving freely.
Green Coffee Fancy Rio, 24J25e;
choice Rio, 22023c; prime Rio 23c; low
grade Rio, 2O021c; old Government Java,
28K30c: Maracaibo, 25K027c: Mocha, 300
32c; Santos 22025c; Caracas 24K2oaC; La
Qnayra. 26027c
Roasted (in papers) Standard brands,
S5Kc; high grades. 26K031c; old Govern
ment Java, bulk, 3335c; Maracaibo, 2SK0
2Xc: Santos. 263ufc: peaberry, 30Jc;
choice Rio, 26Kc; prime Rio, 25c; good Rio,
24c; ordinary 21023c
Spices (whole) Cloves, 17018c: allspice 10c;
cassia. 8c: pepper. 17c; nutmeg, 7080c
Petroleum (jobbers' prices) 110 test, 7Jc;
Ohio. 120 8Kc: headlight, 150 8c; water
white. lOKc: globe. 14014Kc; elaine, 14kc; car-
nadine, Uc; royaline, 14c; globe red oil, 110
HKc: purity, 14c
Miners' Oil No. I winter strained. 42044c
$ gallon; summer. 38040c Lard oil. 60065c
Syrup Corn syrup, 26029c; choice sugar
syrup. 36038c: prime sugar syrup. 30033c;
strictly prime, 33035c; new maple syrup, 90c.
N. O. Molasses Fancy, new crop, 4748c;
choice, 46c; medium, 38043c; mixed, 40042c
Soda Bi-carb in kegs. 3K0S?ic; bi-carb in
, 5c: bi-carb, assorted packages, 606c;
sal-soda in kegs, lc: do granulated, 2c
Candles Star, full weight, 8c; stearine,
! set, 8Kcj parafflne. 11012c.
RICE Head, Carolina, b07c: choice, 0
6Jc; prime, 5K6c: Louisiana, 56Ji;c.
bTARCH Pearl, 2c; cornstarch, o6c; gloss
starch, 407c.
Foreion Fruits Layer raisins. $2 65: Lon
don layers, $2 75; California London layers,
J2 75; Muscatels. $2 50: California Muscatels.
$2 40: Valencia. 8?c: Ondara Valencia. 1OK0
lie; sultana. 14c; currants, 56c: Turkey !
prunes, ogoc; r rencn prunes, sane: saion
ica prunes, in 2-ft packages. 9c; cocoanuts, )
100. $6; almonds, Lan.. ft ft, 20c; do Ivica, 17c;
do, shelled, 40c: walnuts, nan., 13014c; Sicily
filberts. 12c; Smyrna figs, 12013c: new dates, 6
6c; Brazil nuts, lie; pecans, 910c: citron,
W ft, 18019c; lemon peel, 18c V ft; orange peel,
17c
Dried Fruits Apples, sliced, per ft. 6c; ap
ples,evaporated, 1OJ4011K apricots,Calirornla,
evaporated,1516c;peaches, evaporated, pared,
2426c; peaches. California, evaporated, nn
pared, 18020c: cherries, pitted. I3013c; Cher
ries, nnpitted, 506c: raspberries, evaporated,
29K03OC; blackberries, 707c; huckleberries,
10012c
Sugars Cubes, 6c; powdered, ejjc; granu
lated, 6c: confectioners' A. 6c; standard A,
6c: soft white, 5Ji05c; yellow, choice. iK0
5c; yellow, good, 6&5c; yellow, fair, 54
bc; vellow.inrk.5054c
Pickles Medium, bbls (1,200). $7 50; me
dium, half bbls (600). $4 25.
Salt-No. 1. V bbl.S5c; No.1 ex. M bbl, $1 CO;
dairy. W bbl, $1 20; coarse crystal, & bbl, $1 20;
Higgins' Eureka. 4-bu sacks, $2 80: Hlggins'
Eureka. 16-14 ft packets, $3 0U.
Canned Goods Standard peacbes, $2 000
225;Zda, $1650180: extra peaches. $2 400260;
pie peaches. 95c: finest corn. $1 0001 50: Hid Co.
corn, 6085c; red cherries, 80085c: Lima beans,
$120: soaked do, 80c; string do 65070c: mar
rowfat peas, $1 1001 15: soaked peas, 70080c,
pineapples. $1 3001 40; Bahama do. $2 75;
damson plums, 95c; greengages, $1 25; egg
plums, $2 00; California pears. Vi 40;do green
gages, $1 85; do egg plums, $1 85; extra white
cherries, $240; raspberries, 95cl 10: straw
berries. 80c; gooseberries. $1 3001 40: toma
toes. 83S8c; salmon, 1-ft. $1 6001 85; black
berries, 60c; succotash. 2-ft cans, soaked. 90c;
do green. 2 ft, SI 2501 50; corn beef, 2-ft cans,
$2 05; 14 ft can?. $14 00: baked beans, $1 4C1 50;
lobster, 1-ft, SI 8001 90; mackerel. 1-ft cans,
broiled, $1 50: sardines, domestic -i, $4 250
4, 0; sardines, domestic jK, $6 757 00: sar
dines, imported, Us, $11 60012 50: sardines, im
ported, K". 1S 00: sardines, mustard, $3 50; sar
dines, spiced, $3 50.
Fish Extra No. 1 bloater mackerel, $36 f?
bbl.; extra No. 1 do, mess. $40: extra No. 1 mack
erel, shore. $32; extra No. 1 do, mess, $36: No. 2
shore mackerel, $24. Codfish Whole pollock.
4c $1 ft: do medium, George's cod. 6c: do
large, 7c; boneless hake, in strips. 4c; do
George's cod in blocks, 647Kc Herring
Round shore, $5 00 V bbl; split, $6 60 lake, S2 90
f? 100-ft bbl. Wblteflsb. $6 50 M 100-ft half bbl.
Lake trout, $5 50 ?! half bbl. Finnan haddock.
lOcflft. Iceland halibut. 13c ) ft- Pickerel,
half htL $3 00; quarter bbl. $1 35; Potomac her
ring, $5 CO ft bbl; $2 60 fl half bbl.
Oatmeal $6 0006 25 $ bbl.
Grain, Flour nnd Feed.
Sales on call at the Grain Exchange. 1 car
2 white oats, 32c, 5 days, P. R, R.; 1 car extra
3 w. oats, 31c 5 days, P. R. R.; 1 car 2 w. oats,
31c, May delivery; 1 car 2 w. oats, 32c, June
delivery; 1 car 2 w. oats, 32c, June delivery.
Receipts as bulletined, 16 cars. By Pittsburg.
Ft. Wayne and Chicago, 1 car of oats, 1 of rye,
1 of middlings, 2 of hay, 1 of wheat. By Pitts
burg. Cincinnati and St. Louis, 1 car of rye, 1
of bran, 1 of bay. 3 of corn. By Baltimore and
Ohio. 1 car of middlings. By Pittsburg and
Lake Erie, 1 car of rye, 1 of flour. By Pitts
burg and Western, 1 car of hay. There are no
signs in sight of a check to the npward move
ment of cereals. Corn keeps climbing. Wheat,
too. has joined in the upward movement, and
jobbers look for an early advance in flour.
Prices have already advanced both East and
West, but Pittsburg so far fails to fall Into
line. That there will be an advance' of 15 to 25c
per barrel on flour within a day or 'two is rea
sonably certain. Jobbers cannot now replenish
stock ana sell for less than this advance. Win
ter wheat has already advanced 60 above the
lowest point.
Prices below are for carload lots on track:
Wheat New No. 2 red, 89690c; No. 3, 8545
87c
Corn No. 2 yellow,, ear. 45046c; high
mixed, ear, 44045c; No. 2 yellow, shelled.
41042c; No. 3 yellow, shelled, 40041c; high
mixea sneuea corn. vtoc; mixed ineiiea.
Oats No. 2 white. 31K32c; extra, no. 3.
031c: mixed. 2802eXc
Rye No. 1 Pennsylvania and Ohio. 53054c:
No. 1 Western, 51052c
Flour Jobbing prices Fancy winter and
sprine patents, $4 7505 25; winter straight.
$4 5004 75: clear winter. $4 0004 25: straight
XXXX bakers'. $3 7504 00. Rye flour, $3 25
3 50
Millfeed Middlings, fine white. S16 000
17 00 ton: brown middlings. $16 00016 50;
winter wheat bran, $16 00016 50: chop feed.
$15 60016 00.
Hay Baled timothy. No. 1. $13 5014 00: No.
2 do, $11012 00: loose from wagon. $14 00016 00.
according to qualitv: No. 2 prairie hay. $7 000
8 00: packing do, $6 7507 00.
Straw Oat, 56 7507 00; wheat and rye,
$6 0006 25.
Provision.
Sugar-cured hams, large. 9:; sugar
cured hams, medium, lOc; sugar-cured
hams, small, 10c; sugar-cured break
fast bacon, 8c; sugar-cured 'shoulders,
6c; sugar-cured boneless shoulders. 7c;
sugar-cured California Hams. 7c; sugar-cured
dried beef flats, 0c; sugar-cured dried beef
sets. 10c: sugar-cured dried beef rounds, 12c:
bacon, shoulders, 6c: bacon, clear side. 7c:
bacon clear bellies. 7c: dry salt shoulders. Slic;
dry salt clear sides, 7c Mess pork, heavy,"$12 00:
mess pork, family, $13 CO. Lard Refined, in
tierces, 5c: half-barrels, 5c: 60-ft tnbs, 5c;
20-ft pails, 6c;50-ft tin cans, 5Hc: 3-ft tin pail',
6Kc; 5-fi tin pails. 6Vc; 10-ft tin pails, 6c; 6-ft
tin pails, 6c Smoked sausage,long. 5c; large,
5c Fresh pork links. Vc Boneless hams.
lOKc. Pigs' feet, half-barrels, $4 00; quarter
barrels, $2 15.
Drycooda.
New YgBK. April 10. The drygoods mar
ket continued without change. Jobbers were
doing a fair business with the near-by trade,
but there were no drives. At first hands the
request was moderate, as heretofore, but with
some improvement in orders -from the West
and Southwest. Fine brown and bleached
goods were in fair demand, and cotton goods,
as a rule, continued steady in prices.
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