THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH. SATURDAY, APRIL 19. 1890. 11 IRON TRADE REVIEW. The Local Markets Sliil Show No Siijns of Improvement, STOCKS AEE UNDOUBTEDLY LIGHT, And An Increase of General Inquiries Has JJecn i'oted. THE SITDATIOX BOTH WEST AXD EAST Iron markets gave no signs of improve ment the pat week, but the reverse. There is more inquiry than last Meek, and stocks arc undoubtedly light in the mill yards. Mill iron and nails are lower, and sellers in both lines are disposed to concede. There arc rumors of grey force iron being sold as Jow as $15 oer ton. A leading iron broker, however, reports that he has not sold a pound below 515 75. Buyers report offers below these figures, bnt no bona fide ofiers of standard brands could be traced below $15 75. On the other hand, $16 is the ex treme outside price lor the very best stock on the market. Bessemer iron is practically the same as it was a week ago, bnt markets are quiet. Kails are lower and dull. There is more inquiry for iron this week than last, but buyers are disposed to buy sparingly, in the present uncertain condition of markets. The necessities of manufacturers will compel them, ere Ion;, to buy more freely, and there is a strong undertone of confidence on the part of holders that hardpan Jhas been reached, and, that future changes are bound to be ton ards a higher level of pnres. Transactions are still light. Buyers are disposed to go slow, and are laying in supplies quietly, fearing that large purchases might bring another boom. When the increased cost of matenals is considered, it is evident that prices are now lower than they were a vear ago. The turn of the tide cannot much longer bo delayed, and though markets are still ueak, the outlooK for better prices is good. Following are the latest quotations: Structural Iron -Angles, s.3c: tees. S.S0c: beams and c tunnels, XlOc: sheared bridge plates, steel, S.0c; universal mill plates, Iron, S.J5c: refined bars, l.ioc card. Barbed wire fencing galvanized, S3t0; plain wire icncing, paivamzea, fj ou. Neutral mill SIS 75(316 00 cash All-ore mill 16 7317 00-casn o. 1 foundrv, native ore 17 75A18 00 cash o 1 foundry, lake ore 18 Pc16 50 cash Kesemer IS 00 cash hpleeel S6 o(VX37 00 Muck bar Is C03 00 Meet blooms 2S 2fc23 75 fctcel slabs SSS5a.3 73 Meil billets I8:S:S75 Meet K.C. ends SI W&M 50 Mcel bloom ends 2! OWte! SO fetid rails, new 34 50(ffi35 00 Meel K. light sec liar Iron .. Neel nails, per keg, uual dis . Wire nails, per leg Fcrro manganese . 35 0OS36 00 , 1 &S) I SO 2 00(3 2 15 , 1 45fc 1 50 , 84 00(805 00 HEATI BDI1SG AT CliCIOATI. The Tonnage Ordered In the Last Two Weeks Almost Uncqnaled. rsrrciAi. tclepuam to tub dispatcim Cincinnati. April IS. Rogers. Brown fc Co. say: Heavy buying of Iron continues. It is largely confined to Southern lronsgas prices in that specialty range lower than In Northern brands. As near as can be ascertained the orders placed during the past two weeks aggre gate the largest tonnage ever recorded for an equal lencth ot time. The books of tho large companies are again well filled, and there is but little iron in the yards that has not been sold. One company with f onr stacks has 35.000 tons sold ahead. Another larger corporation - has fully double that quantity. It is estimated roughly that the unfilled orders standing on books of furnaces south of the Ohio river are not less than 250.000 tons, while the aggregate of stocks on furnace banks will not reaojk one fifth of this. The situation, thereforeSecms healthy from the Southern standpoint. The published statement that bouthcrn stacks were blowing out by the wholesale on account of late prices does not accord with the facts. Bo far as known no Southern furnace has shopped for this reason. In Ohio irons the sig nificant feature is the increase of cost, which Is now coming on through the working up of old ore and coke contracts and commencing on now ones at higher prices. There is no dispo sition in this State of things to follow the down ward movement in Southern irons. A heavier demand for Ohio iron and steel products is noted, and a hopeful feeling prevails at tho leading centers of manufacture. Many rumors afloat as to exceptionally low prices on South ern and other irons in recent sales, when traced down, have proved groundless. Extraordinary claims have been made by buyers as to what they could do in nnrcbases, but it is noted that they have been willing to put in heavy orders at schedule prices. BCIEKS TAKING HOLD. borne Southern Fnrnnces Ilnvo No Iron to Oflr nt Present Prices. 'SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Philadelphia. April 18. Buyers are tak ing hold of pig iron with a little moro confi dence, as they believe that the lowest prices have been made. Borne Southern fumacemen have given notice that they have no more iron to offer at the low rates which have been prevailing, and others have advanced prices 51 per ton. Arrangements are being made for tho construction or additional furnaces in the Booth, where oro is very cheap. The present cost ot ore in some parts of the South is only 50 cents per ton, but, as operators are annually tuuijicucu id go ueeper lor ine ore, it win soon materhlly increase in cost. One reason for the firmer feeling in the iron market is that coal producers are inclined to harden prices on fool. Mills making structural iron are all bnsv chiefly workincupon old contracts. Prices are pretty low at $17 per ton for No. 1 foundry, $16 for No. 2 and $15 for gray forge, but some favorite brands exceed the-e figures by 60c$l per ton. An advance of $1 001 50 per ton would not surprise the trade. Steel rails are steady at 534 O034 50 per ton at the mill. Billets are quiet but steadier at $30 50831 50 per ton. Prices on blooms are nominal at $52 0053 00 per bloom ton; hot blast charcoal $54 00S55 00 per ton delivered for cold blast and 44 0045 00 for rnn ont anthra cite. Muck bars are irregnlar at 29 50 per ton at the mill and $1 extra delivered. Some anxiety for orders Is said to be notedaraong bar iron makers, who are quoting L901.95c per & for the best refined iron. Skelp is quoted at 1R51 90c and grooves at 2.05Z10c In small lots plates are freely taken at the following prices for Iron and steel respectively; Heavy plates. 2.102.15c and 2.402,45c; tank, 2.152.20c and 2.502.60c: bridge plate, i20e2.25c and 2.50S2.55C: shell, 2.402,50c and 2.S03c, fiance. 3.103.25c and 33.15c; fire box. 3.75c and A754.25c; bridge plates. 2,20 Z25c; angle". 2.212.25c: sheared, 2.252.30c: tees, 2.G0Z70c Old rails are quiet at ?23 50 24 50 per ton. ACT1TE WEEK AT CHICAGO. Many Consumers Think That the Bottom Has Bern Reached. ISrEClAL TELEOKAH TO TUX DIBPATCH.I Chicago, April IS. Rogers, Brown J. Co. say: The week in the pig iron trade has been, on the whole, an active one. Several good sized transactions in Southern irons have been closed and at prices that are an improvement on figures obtained in this market a week or two ago. Many consumers think bottom has been struck and are covering liberally for fu ture wants, borne others believe still lower price are ahead and stay out to get the benefit of them. There is nothing the matter with consumption so far as close observers can see. Certainly iron and steel products were never being used up so rapidly in Chicago and the Northwest as they are now. The trouble in tho local building trades has not been seriously felt as jet. A gleam of hope for the farmers is fonnd in the improving puces of grain and provisions. Ohio furnaces say lower prices are out of the question on present prices of raw materials, and the situa tion is such that coke and ores are not likely to decline soon. New York Quotations. New Yokk Pig iron weak and dull; Copper nominal; Lake. 814 20; Lead, dull and easy; domestic, $3 85; Tin, lower; Straits, $13 7a BUSINESS MTES. SuoAB certificates were the most active"feat ure of the New York stock market yesterday. Mb. Caukace insists that there is nothing to warrant any conspicnous Improvement in prices of stocks. Senator Jokes, of Nevada, says there will be bnt one outcome on the silver question, and that v ill be free coinage. TniBTT thousand dollars will be expended the coming summer to pnt the streets of Wil kinsburg in passable condition. THE demand for building lots at Hazlewood It unabated. Several were sold yesterday. A large number of houses will bs erected there this season. A deal for several acres of land down the Fort Wayne Railroad will pronably be closed up to-day. The liuvera have recentl v figured as extensivo operators in that neighborhood. General Manager Hicksox, of the Grand Trunk, denies that an agreement has been entered into between his road and the Northern Pacific for construction of roads in Manitoba and the North w est. The statement of business of the Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburg Railroad for March, 1S90. as compared with the same month in 1S89, shows an increase increase In gross earnings of $00,533 26; an increase in expenses of 34,246 o2; an increase in net earnings ot 26,256 74. MARKETS BY TOE. CerraU Settling Down to Sober Business No Ilocms nnd No find Breaks Pork Quiet nt Medium Figures. CHICAGO Trade in wheat was good to-day. but the volume of business was not as large as during the preceding days. The feeling was again unsettled and operators were a little uneasy and undecided as to which course to pursue. Fluctuations were confined within a small range. A batch of bnll news was received from varions quarters which started an upward turn in prices early in the day, advancing in all Jc for May and c for Jnly, with June follow ing the May future. Later, however, there appeared to be renewed pressure to sell and prices declined lefor Mav andltfc lor July, recovered and closed Xc higher fer May and c higher for July than closing yesterday, "inero seemed to bo more or less difference of opinion as to the designs of a certain prominent trader, some believing that he is endeavoring to unload while others think he may be trying to create a larger short interest. Corn was traded in to a fair extent, the mar ket ruling fairly active the greater part of the session. The feeling earl) was firm but later an easier tone was manifest There was no new or important outside news, and fluctuations were governed to a great extent by local in fluences. The market opened at closing yes terday, was firm, selling op Jc. but became weaker, declining c, ruled firmer and closed ashade lower than yesterday. There was a fair trade in oats, bnt it showed a moderate decrease from the past few days. A firmer feeling existed earlv in the day and opening sales were at KSSic advance and showed a further slight appreciation. This brought out considerable realizing and a reces sion of gjc followed, and the market closed easyataDout the same prices as on yesterday for June and July, but tne strong buying for May produced a rally of Jc and closed at again ofJsc. Only a fair trade was reported in pork and the feeling was unstoidy. Prices fluctuated considerably within a moderate range. Early sales w ere made at 10l5c decline, bnt this re duction was quickly covered. Later a weaker feeling was developed and prices declined 15 20c, but rallied again and closed rather quiet at medium figures. Trading in lard was moderate and prices rnled irregular within a small ranee. Prices were advanced 5c Laterthe inquiry slackened and prices gradually sold back again o7Xc. To ward the close rather more steadiness pre vailed and prices advanced 2J5c, closing steady. Rather more interest was manifested in short ribs, bales were made at 25c decline, but this reduction was soon recovered. Laterthe market ruled active but weaker, and prices de clined 710c. At this recession there was a better inquiry and prices rallied 710c, the market closing steady. The leadinc futures rangea as follows COKN No. 2, April. ."52Xff32!3232Vc: May, S2He32JiS5i&32Jic; July. 33itSS3i 3333c. OATb No. 2, May. 24621V24ffi24Kc; June. 23Ji.3c; July, 23K24823tf23Kc Mess Pock, per bill. May. $13 15S13 35 13 1513 SO: June, $11 4013 45913 27KS13 32; July, S13 4013 5513 4542134. Laed. per 100 fts. May. $6 506 55a 6 47K6 50: June, $6 556 55; July. $0 bOQS 65 66 5756 6a Shobt Ribs, per 100 IK Mav, $5 57K05 602) 5 60U5 57K: J une. $5 b2V5 6505 605 65; July. $5 705 72K5 62KS 70. Cash quotations were as follows: Flour firm and unchanged. No. 2 spring wheat. 87ib3c; jo. aapringwneai.;vjjtuc;.no. z red. 67KSBSC No. 2 corn. S2Uc No. 2 oats, 2)Kc. No. 2 rye, 4SKc No. 2 barley, nominal. No. 1 flaxseed. $1 49. Prime timothy seed, SI 25. Mt ss pork, per bbl. $13 2013 25. Lard, per 1K) lbs. $6 5u.aShort ribs sides (loose), $5 55 5 GO; dry salted shoulders (boxedj, $55 2o; short clear sides (boxed), $5 9038. Sugars Unchanged. un tne .Produce Exchange to-day the butter market was weaker, but not quotably lower. Eggs. 10Kllc NEWYORK Flour firm and quiet Cornmeal steady. Wheat Spot unusually active for ex port and milling; prices 11: higher.closing strong: options closed forerish at HQlfie above yesterday; offerings moderate, restricting busi ness. Rye firm; Western. 67J5SX& Barley firm. Barley malt strong. Corn Spot strong and less active: options qaiet and firmer. Oats Spot higher and less active; options fairly active and stronger. Hay steady and quiet. Hops quiet and easy. Coffee Options un changed to 10 points higher; closed barely steady; sales, 37.750 baes, including April. 17.20 617.25c: Mav, 17.C0l7.10c; June, 16 bOS16.!(0c; July, 16.70ia75c; August, 16.50iab5c: Setetu ber, 1635016. 45c; October, 16.10lb.25c; De cember. 15lS515.95c; March. 15.70c: spot Rio firm and quiet; fair cargoes, 2020Jc; No. 7 flat bean 18c Sugar Raw firm and moderately active; sales, 350 hhdsand 1,000 bags of Musco vado. t.9 test, at 5c; 100 bags centri fugals, 96 tet, at 5c; 5.MK) bags centrifugals, DoQSG3 test, at 3 3-32cQ3-: C and F: a cargo ot do for Philadelphia, 96 test, at 3 3-16c; refined, quiet and steady. Mo lasses Foreign firm; New Orleans, steady. Rye active and firm. Cottonseed oil firm. Tal low stronger: city ($2 for packages), 4Kc Rosin firm. Turpentine dull; offered at 40c Eggs firmer: Western. 12J413c; receipts, 6,205 packages. Pork strong. Cut meats steady; pickled bellies 56c; do shoulders, 6c: do hams, 10c Middles firm; short clear, $S 20. Lard lower and dull: sales 750 tierces Western steam at $0 SO; options, sales 5,250 tierces; May, $G 776 82, closing at $6 77 bid; June. $6 85; July, $6 806 94. closing at $6 91 bid: August, $700. closing at $6 90. September. $7 06. closing at $7 02 bid; October. $7 05. Butter Steady and in fair demand: v cstern datry. 713c; do creamery. 1018c; Elgin. 1920c Cheese easy and in fair demand; Western, 910c PHILADELPHIA Flour quiet. Wheat desirable milling grades scarce and wanted at full prices. Options nominal. Rejected. 74gS0; fair to good milling. S894c: prime to fancy, 9GI1 00; rejected on track, SOc: No. 3 in export eletator. 93c; No. 2 red do.. 95c; No. 2 red, April, 93g95c; Maj. 91Ji92c; June. 9192c: Jnly. SBJtSOc. Corn quiet bnt firm; No. 4 track, 37c: No. 3 mixed, in grain depot, 37c; steamer No. 2 mixed on track, 40c: No. 2 mixed, on track. 40c: No. 2 mixed. April, 3939c: Mav. 39&39Jc: June. 3939Kc; July. S9-J9-c. Oats Carlots firm; No. 3 clipped white. 343.Jc: futures In fair demand and higher; No. 2 white. April, 31S35c: May 3232Kc: June, S232c; Jnly. 32i632J.Jc. Eggs steady and In fair demand; Pennsylvania firsts, 12fc. BALTIMORE Wheat Wtern dnll; No. 2 winter red, spot and April, 87K875c; May. S7Jiblsc; Juh, SGc asked. Corn Western firm; mixed, spot. April and May. 3930 39c; June. 3939c: July, 4040tic; August. 40H640J4c; steamer, 37Jic bid. Oals very firm; Western white, 3233c; do mixed, 30 31c; graded No. 2 white, 33c Rye quiet and steady; prime to choice, 5758c. Hav very firm; prime to choice timothy, $13 00014 00. Provisions fairly active; mess pork, old, $12 75; new, $13 50; bulk meats loose, shoulders. $5 25; long clear, clear rib sides and sugar pickled shoulders, $6 25; sugar cured smoked shoulders Kc: hams, large. Iftgllc; sinill. 11KS12Uc Lard Refined, $7 75; crude. $0 256 50." Butter firm; Western ladle, 1213c; creamery, 1019c Eggs steady at 12c Coffee dnll; Rio cargoes fair. 20c. ST. LOUIS Flour qniet and weak; demand and Dnsiness light. Wheat better; May closed c and July e above yestcrdav; No. 2 red. cash, S6c; Alay, f5S6c, closed oWcj June. S542 SGKc, closed SbKc: Jul v. 82S3Hc. closed 82JSc asked; August. 8iyf$2ic closed 82!j2c bid. Corn unsettled; No. 2 mixed, canii, 2&5 wow, .lArtj uiuscu ac; iuiy, ouc; August. 31?c bid; September, 32c asked. Oats higher; No. 2 cash, 2fcc bid; May, 24Jc; June, SiUc July, 24c. Rvc scarce and wanted at higher prices: I o. 2, 45c bid. Barlev unchanged: no sales. Flaxseed, $145 Provisions in little demand. Pork. $13 75. Lard, nrime stnam $6 25, and nominal. MINNEAPOLIS Receipts of wheat for the day 131 cars, vitb 14 shipped ont. The demand for good milling wheat was somewhat limited, but on the whole the sales for the day aggre gated a large amount. All offerings were sold out before the close of the session. As usual, the bulk ot the wheat went to local millers, hut they reported sales of their flour as being un satisfactory. Closing quotations: No. 1 hard April and May, 67c; Jnly and on track, SSc; No. 1 Northern, April and May, 66c; July, S7c; on track, 86JiS7c; No. 2 Northern, April and May, S2c; July, S3c: on track, SOgSlc MILWAUKEE Flour steady. Wheat No. 2 spring on track, cash, 81SS3c: May. 81Jc: No. I, Northern, S5jb7a Corn steady; No. 3, on track, 31c. Oats quiet; No. 2 white, on track, 262Gc. Rye firm; No. 2, in store, i9Hc Barley quiet; No. 2, in store, 4Sc. Provisions firm. Pork, $13 22K- Lard, ?6 4a Cheese lower: Cheddars, 9Ji610r. , TOLEDO Wheat active and firm: cash. 8Sc; 'May. 8Sc; July. 85Kc: August, S4Kc Corn doll and steady; cash, 34c; May, die Oats steady and dull: cash,2oc. Cloversecd dnll; cash. $3 40; October. $3 55. Mining Stocks. New York, April 18. Mining quotations: Alice. 120; Caledonia B. H., 210: Commonwealth, 250; Deadwoon T 125: El Cristo,I40: Uomestake, S50; Horn Silver. 240; Mexican, 340; Mount Diablo. 200; North Commonwealtb.lOO: Ontario. .00; Plymouth, 375; Sutter Creek, 159. WILL SOON BE BEADY. Stock of First National Bant, East Liberty, Said to be All Taken. A PINE GRANITE BUILDING NEXT. Causes for the Temporary Lull That is Holding Real tstate In Check. LUMBERMEN TALK OP niGH PRICES It is understood tbat all of the stock 5200,000 of the First National Bank. East Liberty, has been taken, and that the or ionization will be completed in a short time. In regard to a site for the bink building, it is known that options have been secured on several properties on Penn avenue, one of which will probably be purchased id a few days. The building will be of granite, four stories high, with all modern appliances for the dispatch of business. It will be commenced as soon as a site shall be settled upon. In the meantime temporary quarters will be secured. Among those Interested in the enterpriso are several prominent iron manufacturers and East End capitalists, some of whom are con nected with the stockyards. While there continues to be a fair movement in real estate, it must be admitted tbat it has lacked vim for several days. There are various reasons for this condition ot affairs. Several of the most prominent brokers are out of town, quite a number of investors are carr:ng all their means will allow, and can do nothing more until they realize on some of their hold ings, and the railroad snarl is diverting atten tion from ordinary affairs. No one cares to in vest with the probability of a big strike, far reaching iu its consequences, hanging over his bead. This is the dark side of the picture. Below the surface there is a great deal of quiet woric going on, involving some very valu able properties, but, lor the reasons stated, sellers and buyers cannot be brought close enough together to look at the object through the same spectaclos. Still, brokers having these deals on hand report progress in most cases, and think they will eventually go throdgh. There is very little abatement in the inquiry for property, but those in quest of it will not bring themselves down to business. They think they can gain something by waiting, but how, they are at a loss to say. It is certain there will be no concession in prices. For two or three years the market has eased off pretty regularly every quarter. It did so last year. The present lull is, therefore, in the line ot precedent, and causes no surprise to those acquainted with the facts. It will not last long. Real estate is too valuable ana de sirable as an Investment, to say nothing of in creasing business and residence requirements, to be allowed to go a begging. In regard to the condition and outlook for the lumber market, a Fifth avenue dealer said yes terday: "I am atraid the higher grades of lum ber will be scarce and high the coming sum mer. This will interfere with building opera tions, and affect, directly or indirectlv, all tho interests of the city. I may be mistaken, and hope I am, bat that's the way things look to me at present. Stocks of ordinary lumber are well up, but shop stuff, of which doors, window sash, etc, are made, is scarce, as also are hard woods for finishing such as walnut, poplar, oak and cherry. Lath and shingles are also scarce, and have been marked up within tho last week or two. The lumber trade of Pitts turg has grown to immense proportions in the last few years, and large stocks have to bo carried to meet the demand from the surrounding country." "When Michigan fails as a source of supply, what will you do?" "WoHilllpok to Wisconsin and the South. There is a great deal of good timber in Wiscon sin, while the store in the Booth is practically Inexhaustible." The following mechanical patents have ex pired, and they may be appropriated by any person so disposed: Expansion bolt, D. L. Bartlett; alloy for ornamental coatings on metal, H. Ait in; anti-frlctlnnal bushing, F. B. Barr; channeling and edging tool, L. Bauer; ratcbel drill, B. Gallagher; nut lock, M. L. Bal lard; sawing machine, E. Benjamin; explosive pile driver. H. Vogler; adjustable bit, F. Jonas: fire-proof floor, N. Cheney: cement-llncd pipe, M. Stephens; steam pump and condenser, E. Keese; manufacture of corrugated metal shut ters, A. Clark; manufacture of steel, J, G. Blunt; sheet metal tubing, S. R. Wiltnot; tnbe sockets, machine tor bending, W. L. Newsham; sawing machine, O. W. Brock; compound for preventing incrustations ou steam boilers, J. J. Lavo; using anthracite dust for furnace fuel, A. Berney. KEXT TO NOTHING. The Dullest Day of ilioWoekat the Stock Exchange. There was considerable chappering among the brokers at both stock calls yesterday, but they didn't get down to business. The day was the dullest of the week. Nothing was done in the regular way in the forenoon, the only trans action being before call, and in the afternoon only 20 shares changed hands. The course of the market was somewhat erratic Bridgewatcr Gas opened at 36 and closed at 3G'. Philadelphia Gas opened at 30 and finished at 80. Central Traction closed J better than the opening. Citizens' lost ground, while Pleasant Valley gained H. Char tiers Valley was offered at 44 without bidders. Electric and Switch and Signal were steady. The mining shares wero weak. There is said to be a small short interest in several of the specialties Central Traction for one which may account for the lethargic con dition of the market, as activity to those on that side would be the mest unwelcome thing that could happen. The market, all in all, is In such shape that it wduld take very little to give it an upward turn. MOBNINO. AFTXBXOOX. Hid- Asked, lild. Asked. Pitts. P. S. & M. Ex. . Ucrmsnla Savings B'k Freehold Bank estern Insurance Co. Allegheny Gas Co.. Ill Brldirewater Chartiers V. Gas Co.... Philadelphia Co Poret Oil Co Pine l'.un Uas Central Traction Citizens1 'traction Ptttshure Traction.... Pleasant Valley Pitts.. A. A .Man La iiorla Mining Co... Luster JMiulng Co esllnghouse Electric U.S. A big. Co U. S. Stg. Co. prcf.. WcstlngliouscAlrb'We. Orocers' S. S. Co... 475 830 "so; 72 M 40 MX 45 100 44 31 KKi 27X I7K !7 ft 69 67 a' ,"S 27", 17 S7 J4ll Hi 33 UA 42 41 KH 44 14 .... 14 41 .... 44 Ul)jf H2!4 .... 1K' 102 Ex. div. Before the morning call 20 shares of l'onn sylvama Gas sold at 14. In the afternoon 20 snares of Central Traction brought 27. Rea Bros. & Co. sold 00 shares Merchants And Manufacturers' National Bank at 7070. The total sales of stocks at New York ester day were 177,278 shares, including Atchison. 7.600: Lackawanna and Western, 17,940: Louis ville and Nashville. 11,150; Missouri Pacific, 4,300; Reading, 1.410; Richmond and West Point, 13,066; St. Paul, 6,700. BASE FIGOEES. They Show a Large Movement In and Healthy Condition of Trade. Although some uneasiness is noticeable In business circles owing to the railroad trouble, there is no falling off in the volumo of trade, while steady and important gains continue to be made over last year. So much can be gleaned from a stndy of the Clearing House re ports. Exchanges yesterday were $2,871,126 38, against $2,890,865 OH the previous day, showing a slight decrease, attributable to the cause mentioned at the outset. Tho balances were $561,5S9 2!). Good checking and depositing were the features the latter being in excess of with drawals. Money was abundant, as It Is likely to be all season, the discount demand fair, principally from regular customers, and rates steady at 67 per cent, the latter on outside paper. The opinion prevails among local financiers that money is as cheap as it will be for the ensuing six months at least. Money on call at New York yesterday was easy, ranging at 33 per cent; last loan, 3; closed offered at 8. Prime mercantile paper, 5Q7U. Sterling exchange qniet but firm at t i bSfi for 60-day bills and $4 KVIot demand. Cloiilne; Bond Qaotatlonv. J;. S. 4s, rce, .11 i: M. K. H T. Oen. Ss.. 04 Mutual Union Os.,,.101 .N.J. O. Int. Ccrt...lll Northern l'ac. lsls..tlCH Northern L'ac. 2ds .111 u. h. 4s, coun,. U.S. 4Ss, rejr.. U. S. 4a, coup .103X .1034 lift laciucosoi 'W. I.OUll&ntftmnp(1J Q5V Morlhw't'n consols.142 uiiasgun DS...........1UU Tcnn. newjet. 6s....H8 jtorthw'nueben'sssiiz Oregon Trans, bs.10714 Tenn. new set. 5... ..103 Tenn. new set. 3s.. 75 Canada So. 2ds 9SH SC.L A I. M. Gen. 5s. SSH bt.L. JSS.F. Oen.M.lM St. Paul consols lfiH i cinrai I-acinc 18lS,llli Den. & It. (i. Ists .. izi lien. Jt It. . 4s 80 li.&ll. G. Westists. Frie zds 100' il. K.iT, lien. Cs.. 75 " St. 1'. Ublftl'e. l6ts.H0 ix.. re.LuO.ar.Ks. W5i Tr.. 1'c. K b.Tr.Ks. S Union Pacificists. ..HZ West bnore ins NewYobk $.1855.503. -Clearings, $110,597,573; balances. Boston Clearings, $18 390.174; $1.Mi0.718. Moncv. 4 ner cent. balances, PuiLADELPHlA-CIearings. $12,53,229; bal ances, $1,833,712. Baltimore Clearings, $2,253,825; balances, Berlin The statement of the Imperial Bank of Germany shows an increase in specie of 22.7110,000 marks. Chicago Clearing, $13,885,000. New York exchange steady at 25c. Money steady and un changed. BETTER AIili K0DSD. Oil linking a Desperate Effort to Reach the Ninety Cent Mark. The market for petroleum developed consid erable strength yesterday and trading was brisker than for some time. A small batch of bearish field nens seemed to have no effect. The closing was 1 cent better than the open ing. The principal fluctuations were: Open ing 84, highest and closing 85, lowest &8i. The strength was ;due to a buying spurt on the short side and to reports of a better foreign market. N. W. Stevenson raked in several good-sized blocks, the whole amonnting to aDout 30.000 barrels. Thursday's clearances were 414,000 barrels. The most important news from the field was to the effect that the O'Brien well, at Duff sta ation, recently shot, commenced flowing late Thursday evening and soon covered Chartiers creek with oil down to the river. No estimate has been made of its output. Before tho spurt it was doing about 75 barrels a day. The Ilajs oil well at Cairo has reached the "Big Ipjun" sand at a depth of 1.S0O feet, and spurted oil. The well has been plugged until tankage can be secured. The same operators are preparing to sink fonr more wells in that locality, and McCrum&Ewing have contracted for one on tho land of Hon. H. 8. Wilson. This is an entirely now field, separate from either the Washington or Eureko develop ments. The test well put down jointly by the Luna Oil Company, Captain Corcoran, Fleming and the bewlckley Dairy Company, back of Bewick ley, has come in dry. The Rooert Heber well on the Jaconey farm, about 1,000 feet back of this dry hole, has begun to show oil from the 100-foot sand after a week's pumping. The tools of the Heine well at Bellevue, which had been stuck in the hole for several days, were hsbed ont jesterday morning. The Straw well is down 650 icet and the McLaugh lin is nearing the 900 mark. Several wells are about due at Westvlew. The Hoffman has come in as a pretty strong passer, but without anv show of oil. It is still drilling in the sand, The Claysville Oil Company's John Gourlev No. 5. in the Washington field, is good for 125 barrels a day in the Gordon. The well put down by Pusey A Kerr, on a farm owned by the former, between Chartiers and Niinick stations, on the Lake Erie Rail road, is a duster. THOSE OHi GUSHERS Still Keeping Up, nnd Tank Builders Are Pcrnollshing the Forests. The Young and Depp wells at Forest Grove are not making much noise, but they are keep ing up the recoid well. The latter is flowing by beads while the former's pulsations are uni form. The Depp was agitated between flows yesterday morning and when she had gotten her breath she nut into the tank at a rate tbat made the oil splash on the top showing as much energy as at any time during several days past. Rigs are going Jup all around and tho stately old oaks, that have hitherto lent an indescriba ble charm to one of the most picturesque local ities in Western Pennsylvania, are being sacri ficed with a ruthlessness that indicates there is nothing Bruidical in Presbyterianism. It evidently does not feel with Cowper that It seeins Idolatry with some excuse, hen our forefather Druids In their oaks Imagined sanctity. Some men with compass striking the 45 line, when they first struck the summit gazed with rapture at a panoramic prospect of crag and cascade, cultivated tarms, winding creeks, rnshing locomotives, villages and the beautiful Ohio in the distance, a scene more beautiful, if less grand, thau any to be seen in the Valley of ChamounI, but they soon satisfied themselves with the view and got back speedily to applied geology. The territory is a puzzling one, and a tract condemned one month may command a bonus the next. Features of Ycsterdny'i Oil Market Corrected daily by John M. Oakley & Co., 45 Sixth street, members of the Pittsburg Petro leum Exchange: Opened M I Lowest. Highest 85! Closed.. S3?,- 85H Barrels. 46.0)5 70, Wi 65,143 Average charters Average shipments ATerage runs Refined, tiewyork. 7.15c. Ht-ntltd, London. 57-16d, Ketlnen, Antwerp, 16f. Keflned, Liverpool, 5 H-lSd. KtfineU. Bremen, 6.65m. A. B.McGrew quotes: Pats, 81JS4c; calls, 66C Other Oil Markets. Bradford. April 18. Petroleum opened at R3c; closed at S5c; highest, 85c; lowest, S3c; clearances, 1,062,000 barrels. Oil. City. April 18. Petroleum opened at R3Jc: highest. 85c: lowest, 83c; closed at S5c 8ales, 112,000 barrels clearances not re ported; charters, 84.603 htrreli; shipments, 99, 697 barrels; runs, 75,877 barrels. New Yobk, April 18. Petroleum Irregu lar; spot steady at bVifi, while May option was strong. Spot oil moved up $c and closed dull; May option advanced to 85c and closed steady at Soc Stock Exchange: Opening, 84Jc; highest, S4c; lowest, 84c; closing, 84c Con solidated Lxchange: Opening, b4c; highest, S5Xc; lowest, 81c; closing. S5c Sales, 489,000 barrels. MOYEMEiNTS IN REALTY. Business Enough to Show Tbat tho Market is on Its Feet. Samuel W. Black & Co.. 99 Fourth avenue, sold the properties Nos. 5635 and 5637 Broad street. East End, size of lot 60x187 feet, having a doublo brick house in front and two frame honses in the rear, on Harvard street, tor $6,500. Hammett & Meredith, 102 Fourth avenue and Wilklnsbnrg, sold lot 59, Plan No. 1, Wllkins estate, Wilklusburg, to Joseph Wilson for $lj000. Black Se Baird, 95 Fourth avenue, sold to Daniel McCouville lot No. 10 in the J. Walter Hay plan of Valley View Place, having a front age of 20 feet on Rebecca street and being 100 leet in depth, for $400. Thev also sold for Fred W. Cooper to Peter S. O'Malley, a two-story brick dwelling of six rooms, known as No. 51 Twenty-fifth street, Southslde. with lot 20x80 feet, for $2,800 cash, and placed a mortgage lor $1,500 for three years at 6 per cent on Oakland property, near Ward street. James W.Drape &. Co. closed the sale of a bouse and lot In Allegheny for $7,500: also sold a house and lot on the parks, Allegbenv, for $11,500; also a lot in Bellevue. 48x200. for about $1,500; also a mortgage of $1,000 on city propertv, one of $1,000 and one of $5,000, all at 6 per cent; also closed a mortgage in McKecsport of $850 and one of $1,800 at 6 per cent, and one on Butler county property lor $2,000 at 6 per cent. W. A. Ilerron A toons sold lot No. 63 in the Aspinwall Laud Company's plan at ABpinwall station, on the west side ot Eastern avenue, 50x lo leer, ior ci,vw. AHes t Bvilcv, 164 Fourth avenue, placed a mjk-tgage for $5,000, for three years, at 6 per cent, on property the Twenty-ninth ward. Mellon Brothers sold to E.E. Beddoe lot No. 48 in McClintock place plan, on Elysian avenue, near Fifth avenue, for SS50; also to J. W. Mil ler lot No. 49, adjoining above in same plan, for $350. L. O. Frazier, corner Forty-fifth and Butler streets, sold for David Robinson lot No. 59, in Robinson Bros, plan, to Henry Bradbury for $500. A BULLISH TEMPER Developed In Wall Street, and More Interest Taken In Stocks No narpriaes, bnt Smalt Gains Numerous nt the Close. NEW York; April 18. The stock market was only slightly less active to-day than yesterday, and the loss of business in the few leading stocks was about made up by the extension of the trading to an unusually large number of shares, giving the market a broadening tend ency, and whilo the failnre of tho Senate and Houso to get togetner on the silver question acted as a deterrent, the sentiment in genoral seems to be that there will be somo joint action which will result in easier money and higher prices at the Stock Exchange. There was no sign of a let up in the Missouri Pacific, Rock Island, Union Pacific and Alton fight, and the stocks of those companies con- tinued to drag with evidences of long stocks coming out, but the principal effect of the trouble thus far has been to stifle trading in them, and they were all dnll to-day. There was a more general interest In tho market to-dav, and while Sugar and Lackawanna were still tho most prominent in the dealings, there were more marked movements in the general list, and special spurts in Richmond and West Point, Chicago Gas. New England and Louis ville and Nasnville took place. Among the specialties the Chesapeake and Ohio, Hocking Coil and Rio Grande Western preferred all scored material gains. To these mav be added Wheelinir and Lake Erie and Manhattan, though the latter did not retain all of its advance at the close. Tlie movements In these properties, however, are on the large gams lu the earnings over those of last year. The most prononnced movement was in Hock ing Coal, and was stimulated by tho under standing that a proposal for the issue of new stock to furni'h additional capital will be sub mitted at an early day, and will have tho sup port of mnst of the holders of tho stock who think that the earning poner of thccouipiny will bo largely increased by the money to be raised in this manner. The market opened rather heavy on realiza tions, bnt the bulls held prices up and little Pressure was put upon the list. The rise in ugar was not without its influence, but the temper of the whole list was bullish and frac tional gains were established over tho entire list. Dullness again became the feature in the afternoon, but the market finally closed dull and generally something better than first prices, and a majority of the list show gains over last evening's figures this evening. The gains, bow ever, are Blight except in Hocking Coal, which is up 2, Sugar . Chesapeake and Ohio 1st preferred and Rio Grande Western preferred 1 per cent each, while Tennessee Coal shows a loss of L Railroad bonds were again active and stronger to-day, with a more widely distributed business only one issue showing any special animation, the Atlantic and Pacific Incomes contributing $129,000 out of a total of $1,665,000. Baltimore and Ohio 6s of 1925 rose 2 to 109, Utah Southern general 7s 2 to 115 and St. Louis, Vandalia and Terre Haute lsts 2 to!15K- Tho Post says: The strongest stocks were Lackawanna, which furmshod 10.S00 shares, and Richmond Terminal, which fnrnisbed 10, 200. Manhattan was noticeably strong, find on sales of 1,600 shares advanced 1 to 112. There was considerable activity among refineries during the forenoon, the sales havingamounted to 22,000 shares, J.nd the price advanced 2 per cent, but the Granger and Southwestern stocks were dull. St. Paul, Rock Island, Burlington, Missouri Pacific and Union Pacific having been lower at noon than at the close yesterday. Re ports from the West continue bearish, but the speculative feeling is more bullish, and reports of rate cutting, etc., are receivod with con siderable allowance. 'ine following table shows the prices or active stocks on the New ork Stock Exchange yester day. Corrected dally for TIIE DISPATCH by Whitnky & Stephenson, oldest Pittsburg mem bers of New 1 ork. btock .Exchange, 37 Fourth ave nue: Clos ing Bid. J Yi 26 as 74 54 119 31 24 105 6S 113 91 IS 47t ii OS 111 142 7JJ4 95 62 2! 139 152V 15V 43 8 72 22 115 17 64 107 6 97 13 71 107 24 16V 70 39 47 18 19 SO 30 74 19 44 37 40V 20 t, 41 189 21V 79 11114 16 37 SS 20 63 12 26 82 73V 63 18 Open- Hlgh lng. est. Am. Cotton Oil 19)4 Wi Am. Cotton Oil pref. Am. Cotton OH 'irust.. 26 iSH Ateh., lop. & a. P 33! iSH Canadian Pacific Canada bouthern 54V 543 Central of New Jersey'lWS 119 Central Pacific Chesapeake & Ohio.... 23 24 C Bur. & Qulncy... .105 105V C, Mil. St. 1'aul 6SH WH c, mil & st. e., pr. C, Kock I. & P 91 91 C. bt. L. S. Pitts 15j 15. Low est. 19J4 ii'i 33H i't'i 1WH 105 wx 15 c, st. l. & puts., pr C, bt. P.. M. AO 32 32X 32 u., at. i- at. u. pi C.& Northwestern. ...HI ill C. J.. i,Y., pt 142 Ui'4 C, C, C. 4 1 72ii 72 C C..CA I., pr. 98H 96 Col. Coal & Iron 51 52tf Col. &. Hockinsr Val .. 221? 23 lie!.. Lack & West IJ9 1S 111K 142 THi 937, MH 2244 139 1"-H liel. & llucson i:K3g ID.: Den, A Klo Grande lien. A Ulo Graude, pf E. T., Va. &Oa 8 8 E. T. ,Va. & Ga., 1st pr 72 72 L. T Va. A Ga., 2d pf Illinois Central LakeKrieAWest 17V 17 iate Erie A West pf. 64l 65 Lake Shore & M. S 107 107K Louisville A Nashville. bo'A 86 Michigan Central 93 93 Mobile A Ohio Missouri Pacific 71 7'. New If ork Central lo;; 107 N. Y., L. E. A W 24 24 8 72 17X 64! 1"7 85 93 7i 107 24 n. I., u. st. Li N. Y C A St. L. pf.. 70 70 70 a. x.,v. si. L. so pi N.Y. &N.E. 46 47 N. Y.. O. A W. 18 IS Norfolk & Western Norfolk A Western pf. 60 60 Northern Pacific 31 31 Northern Pacific pf... 74 74 Ohio A Mississippi Oregon Improvement. Oregon Transcon 37 33 Pacific Mall 40V 41!4 Peo Dec. A Evans.... 21W 21 Phlladel. A Heading... 41 41 Pullman Palace Car Klrhmond A V. P. T.. 21 22 KlclimondAW.P.T.nt7SUt 793f St. P., Minn. A Man bt. L. Aban Fran St. L. A San Fran pr. St. L. A San F. 1st pi Texas Pacific 20 20 Union Paclfc 63 63V Wabash Wabash prcrerred 26V 26V Western union 82 82 Wnecllng A L. E. 73V 74 bugarlrust 6CV 68 National Leadlrust... IS iw Chicago Gas ltust 47Jf 48 Ex-dividend. 46 IS CO 31 74 37V 40 21 41 21 7D54 20 63 i&H 82 73V 66V 17 473 43 Philadelphia Stocks. Closing qnotations or Philadelphia stocks, fur nished bv Whitney & Stephenson, brokers. No. 57 Fourth avenue. Members New York Stock Ex- cuange: Bid. .. E5 .. so .. 10 .. Si .. 52 .. 31 .. 74 Asked. 54 20 11-16 10 52 52 31 74 Pennsylvania Kallroad Heading Buffalo, Pittsburg & Western.... Lehigh Valley Lehigh Navigation Jtorthern 1'aclUc Northern 1'acltlc preferred Boston Stocks. Atch. & Too 38 Boston & Albany. ...217 Boston A Maine 235 Atlantic 15 Boston Mont 43 Calumet A Ilec!a....259 Franklin 15 Keirsarge vz,i Osceola..., 2V Qulncy u C, B. &Q 105 Cinn., San. iClev.. 26 EasternK.lt 169 r-asiern k. k. b riv Flint APercM 33? Flint A PcreM. pref 98K Mas. Central 17 Slex. Central com... 20 . Y. A .N. Eng 47 N. y. A X. tng. Tt.lZiM Old Colony 177H Wis. Central com... 29 Wis. Central pi 60 Alloucz iig. Co 3 banraFe copper 53 Tamarack 167 Annlston Land Co . 59 Boston Land Co 6 Han lllego Land Co. 24 w est Lia L,ana Co.. Z43 Hell Telephone 215 Lamson Mores 30 Water Power 6 L1YB STOCK MARKETS. The Condition of Business at the East Liberty Stock Yards. Office of Pittsburo Dispatch, i Friday. April 18, 1890. Cattle Receipts, 1,633 head: shipments. 1.495 head; market nothing doing; all through con signments. No cattle shipped to New York to-day. Hoos Receipts. 3,300 head: shipments. 2,900 head: market fair; medium and selected, $4 50 4 55: common to best Yorkers. $4 3004 45: pigs, $4 104 25; 5 cars hogs shipped to New York to day. Siikep Receipts. 1,400 head; shipments, 1,400 head; market nothing doing; nothing on sale. Bv Telegrnpb. NEW YORK Beeves Recelnts. 2,637 head, Including 17 carloads to be sold; market a shade higher; steers, $44 90 per cut; bulls and dry cows. $1 752 75: dressed beef firm at 6 7c per ft; exports to-oay, 154 beeves; to-morrow, 097 beeves, 75 sheep, and 2800 quarters of beet. Calves Receipts, 375 head: market steadv; veals, $4 006 50 per cwt: Duttcrmllks, $33 50. Sheep Receipts, 4 090 head; market flrui; unshorn sheep. $5 626 87K per cwt; unshorn yearlings, 57 308 00; clinncd sheep, S56 25; clipped yearlings. So 506 37: lambs, $gll. Hogs Receipts, 3,685 head; all con signed direct to slaughterers; nominally steady at $4 404 90. CHICAGO Cattle Receipts, 9,000 head; ship ments, 4,000 head: market steady to strong; beeves, $4 80(5)5 25; steers, S3 40Q5 25; stockers and feeders, $2 353 85; cow, hulls and mixed, $1 503 60; Texas steers, $2 603 SO. Hogs Receipts, 17,000 head; shipments, 7,000 head: market steady: mixed and light, $4 I54 35; heavv, 31 154 40; skips, S3 004 50. Sheep Receipts. 10,000 head: shipments, 3.030 head; market slow and 10c lower; natives, $3 75(i 00; western cornfeil. $3 U04S4 00; Texans, $1 15 5 20; lambs, $5 0006 70. BUFFALO Cattle steady and unchanged; re ceipts. 127 loads through, 3 on sale. Sheep and lambs active and firm and a shade higher; receipts, 3 loads through, II on sale. Sheep, choice to extra, tO 40QG 60; good to choice, $6 202G 35. Lambs, choice to extra, $7 50; good to choice, $7 157 30. Hogs slow; receipts, 28 loads through, 31 on sale; mediums and heavy, $4 45; mixed, $4 404 45: heavy Yorkers. $4 40; light pigs. $4 S04 35. ST.LOUIS Cattle Receipts, 400 head; ship ments, 000; market steady: good to fancv native steers. $4 354 90; fair to good do. $3 30 4 40; stockers and feeders. $2 25is3 60; Tex ans and Indians, $2 403 90. Hogs Re ceipts, 4,400 bead; shipments, 4,200; market strong; fair to choice heavy, E4 204 30; packing grades. $4 104 25: light, fair to best, $4 104 20. Sheep Receipts, 100 head; mar ket strong: fair to choice, $4 C06 00. INDIANAPOLIS Cattl e-Recclptsllght; mar ket ictive and light on top grades; shipper". $250370;butchers'.$l 254 00; liulls.$l 5003 25. Hogs Receipts, 4,000 bead: tnirket steady; choice beivy and medium. $4 S04 35; mixed, $4 10(34 30: light. $4 1004 30: piggies. $2 50 3 SO. Sheep Receipts light; market active; lambs, $0 007 50; sheep, $3 001 75. CINCINNATI Hogs in good demand; common and light f3 60Q4 30; packing and butchers. $4 154 35; receipts, 3,300 head; shipments, 1,170 bead. DOMESTIC MARKETS. Potatoes Bid Fair to Keach One Dollar a Bushel Yery Soon. EGGS STEADY AND BDTTER DULL. Corn and Oats Firm Millfeed and Hay Weak Flear Steadj. GROCERIES MOVING VERI FREELY OFFICE OF PITTSBURG DlSPATCn, Friday. April 18, 1S90, 5 Country Prodnce Jobbing Prices. Potatoes are very firm, and choice stock readily brings outside quotations. Markets are stronger East and West than here, and there is little doubt tbat potatoes will go to SI per bushel before another week. A Liberty street commission merchant who makes a specialty of potatoes said to-day: "I find the situation very much as it was nine years ago, when potatoes started out in the early spring at 60c per bushel, and before the new crop came in advanced to 81 50 per bushel. We iind It difficult to procure choice stock." Eggs are steady at quotations. Butter is weak. Choice grades of Sweitzer cheese are very firm at qnotations. The move ment of produce is active. Commission men report that they find a difficulty in securing a sufficiency of choice stock to meetthe wants of trade. Butter Creamery. Elgin, 2122c; Ohio do, 1920c: country rolls, 1516c Beans Navv hind-picked beans, SI 7501 80. Bfe&wax 2528c $ & for choice; low grade, 1820c Cider Sand refined, 37 0; common. S3 00 4 00; crab cider, S7 50Q8 00 $ barrel; cider vin egar, 10 12c $1 gallon. Cheese Ohio, HllKc: New York, 12 12Jc:Liraberger. 14K15c; domestic Sweitzer, ..usqiit;, uuiMiiLcu owcibci. ijnyi Eggs 1212Kc If) dozen for strictly fresh. Fruits Apples, fanev, S4 004 50 ?? barrel; strawberries, 3o40o a box. Feathers Extra live geese. 50C0c; No, L do, 4045c; mixed los, 3035c ft. Maple Syrup New, DJcQSl a can. Maple sugar, HQl2c fi lb. Honey 15c fl ft. Poultry Livo chickens. 854J90e a pair; dressed, 1415c a pound; ducks, 75c$Sl pair; dressed turkeys, 1820c fl lb. Seeds Clover, choice. 62 fts to bushel. S4 00 $ bushel; clover, large English, 62 fts, J4 35 4 60; clover, Alsike, SS 00; clover, white, 9 00; timothy, choice, 4i fts SI 60l 70: bine grass, extra clean, 14 ft. SI 251 30; blue grass, lancv, 14 lbs SI 30; orchard grass, 14 fts. SI 40; red top, 14 fts. SI 00; millet, 50 ft. 1 00: Hungarian grass, 50 fts. SI 00; lawn grass, mixture ot fine grasses, S2 50 59 bushel of 14 fts. Tallow Country. 33ic: city rendered. 4c. Tropical Fruits Lemons, common, S3 00 3 50: fancy, S4 004 50; Florida oranges, 54 00 m 25; Valencia, S4 004 50 for 420 case, Jamaica, 57 00 a barrel; bananas, SI 5002 00 firsts, SI 25 good seconds. 1 buncb; cocoanuts. 54 00 4 50 Jl hundred: dates, 67c f lb: layer figs, 12K15c; pineapples, EO4 a dozen. Vegetables Potatoes, from store, 7580c; Bermuda potatoes J10 00 a barrel; on track, 6070c: new Southern cabbage, f3 003 25 one barrel crate; celery. 75cl dozen: Jersey sweet potatoes. SI 755 25 a barrel; Ber muda onions, $2 402 50 per bushel crate; green onions, 2025c a dozen: parsnips, S2 00 il barrel; onion sets. S2 50(33 50 V bushel kale, SI 2ol 50 fl barrel; asparagus, 060c If) bunch. Groceries. The movement continues active, without any material change in prices. Coffee options were weaker at latest advices, but packages are un changed. Sugars are steady at quotations. Green Coffee Fancy Rio, 2425c; choice Rio, 2223c; prime Rio, 23c; low grade Rio, 20K21Kc; 'd Government Java, 28K30c; Maracaibo, 2527fc: Mocha. 30 32c; Santo, 2226c; Caracas, 24K26Kc; La Guayra, 2bZ7c Roatsed (in papers) Standard brands, 25Kc;high grades. 26KS31c; old Government Java, bulk. 33K35c: Maracaibo, 28K29Kc; Santos, 263uic: peaberrv. 30Kc: choice Rio, 26c: prime Rio, 25c; good Rio, 24c; ordinary, 21K23c faPiCES (whole) Cloves, 1718c; allspice, 10c: cassia, 8c; pepper, 17c; nutmeg. "OffiSOc. Petroleum (jobbers' prices) 110 test. 7Jc: Ohio, 120. 8c: headlight. 150, 8?ic: water white, lOKc; globe. 14S14c; elalne, 14Kc; car nadine, HKc; royallne, 14c; globe red oil, 110 HKc; purity, 14c Miners' Oil No 1 winter strained, 42344c 3 gallon: summer. 3S40c Lard oil, 6005c SYRUP Corn syrnn, 26029c; choice sngar syrup, 3638c: primo sugar syrup, 3033c; strictiv prime, 33035c; new maple syrup, 90c. N. O. MOLASSES Fancv, new crop. 4748c; choice, 46c: medium, 3843c; mixed, 4042c Soda Bi-carb in kegs. 33c; bi cart in K5, 5c; bi-carb, assorted packages, 66c; sal-soiia in kegs, lc: do granulated, 2c Candles Star, fnll weight, 8c; stearine, 9 set. 8Kc: parafflne. ll12c. Rice Head, Carolina. 67c: choice, 6V 6c; prime, 56c: Louisiana, 6c faTARcn Pearl, 2Jic; cornstarch, 66c; gloss starch. 47c. Foreign Fruits Layer raisins, $2 65; Lon don layers, $2 75; California, London layers, $2 75; Muscatels, $2 50: California Muscatels, S2 40; Valencia. 6: Ondara Valencia. 109 lie; sultana. 14r: currants, 56c; Turkey prunes, 6S6c: French prunes, 8llc: Salon lca prunes, in 2-ft packages. 9c; cocoanuts, W 100, $6; almonds, Lan., $ ft, 20c: do Ivica. 17c; do. shelled, 40c; walnuts, nap.. 1314c; Sicily filberts, 12c: Smyrna figs, 1213c: new dates, 66c; Brazil nuts, lie; pecan. 910c: citron, ft ft, ISQIOc; lemon peel, 18c t ft; orange peel, 17c. Dried Fruits Apples sliced, per ft, 6c; ap ples, evaporated. 10KHKC! apprlcots, Cali fornia, evaporated, 15gl6c; peaches, evaporated, pared, 2426: peaches, California, evaporated, unpared, 1820c; cherries, pitted, 1313Kc; cherries, uupitted. 56c; raspberries, evapo rated, 29K30c: blackberries, 77c; huckel berries, 1012c Sugars Cubes. 6c; powdered, 6Jc; granu lated, 6c; confectioners' A. 6c; standard A, 6c; sou white, 56e; yellow, choice, 5J 5c; yellow, good, 5M5c; yellow, fair, 6 5c: yellow, dark, 55c. PICKLES Medium, bbls (1,200), 87 50; me dium, half bbls (600), 84 25. Salt No. 1. V bul, 95c;No. 1 ex. fl bbl. $1 00; dairy. bbl, $1 20; coarse crystal, 59 bbl, $1 20: HigS!ns' Eureka, 4-bu sacks. $2 SO; Higgins Eureka, 16-14 ft packets, $3 00. Canned Goods Standard peaches. $2 00(3 2 25: 2ds. $1 651 80; extra peaches. $2 402 60; pie peaches, 9oc; finest corn. $1 001 50; Hid Co. corn, mtBSoc; rea cnerri's. umaisoc; uma beans, $1 20; soaked do. SOc; string do, 657uc; mar rowfat peas, $1 101 15; soaked peas, 7080c; pineapples, $1 301 40; Bahama do, $2 75; damson plums, 95c; greengages. $1 25; egg plums, $2 00; California pears, $2 40: do green gages, $1 85: do egg plums, SI 85: extra white cherries $2 40: raspberries, 95cSl 10: straw berries, 80c; goosebcrrle", $1 301 40; toma toes, 8388c; salmon, 1-Ib, $1 501 85; black berries bOc; succotash, 2 ft cans, soaked, 90c; do green, 2-ft, $1 251 50; corn beef, 2 ft cans, S2 05; 14-11. cans, SI 4 00; baked beans. $1 40 1 50; lobster, 1-ft. SI 801 90; mackerel, 1-ft cans, broiled, $1 50: sardine, domestic, ,, $4 25 4 50; sardines, domestic, -ks, $6 75&I7 00; sar dines, imported, s, $11 5012 50; sardines. Im ported, s. $18 00; sardines, mustard, S3 50, sar dines, spiced. $3 50; Fish Extra No. 1 bloater mackerel, $36 $ bbl; extra No. 1 dp. mess, $40: extra No. 1 mack erel, shore. $32: extra No. 1 do, mess. $36; No. 2 shore mackerel, $24. Codfish Whole pollock, 4Kc ?1 ft; do medium, George's cod. 6c: do large, 7c; boneless hake, in strips. 4c: do George's cod in blocks, 67c Herring Round shore, $5 00 fl bbl; split. tC 60 lake, $2 90 f? 100-ft bbl. White fish, $6 50 fl 100-B half bbl. Lake trour, $5 50 fl half bbl. Finnan haddock, lOeflft. Ice'and halibut. 13c f) ft. Pickerel, half bbl, $3 00: quarter bbl, $1 35; Potomac her ring, $5 00 fl bbl: $2 50 ft half bbl. Oatmeal !6 006 25 f) bbl, Grain, Flour and Feed. There is a great scarcity of corn and oats on the market, and, as a consequence, prices are very firm. Wheat and flour are steady, with an upward tendency. Millfeed Is weak, with drooping tendencies. The high prices prevail ing of late have brought large quantities of hay to markets and prices are a shade lower. The total receipts as bulletined at the Grain Ex change this morning were 36 cars, 19 of which were hay. By Pittsburg, Ft Wayne and Chi cago. 14 cars of bay, 1 of oats, 3 of flour, 1 of feed. By Baltimore and Ohio, 2 cars of hay. By Pittsburg and Lake Erie, 2 cars of flour, 1 of wheat. By Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis, 1 car of bran, 1 of feed, 6 of corn, 1 of oats, 3 of hay. Silcs on call, 2 cars extra 3 white oats, 32KC 10 das. For No. 2 white oatu, 34Ke was asked and 31c bid, on 10 diys' delivery. Jobbers of flour find it impossible to replenish stock and sell at present prices. As stocks are light, jobbers will ere long bo forced to buy at the ad vance, and higher flour rates are about certain in tbe near future. Prices below are for carload lots on track: Wheat New No. 2 red, 9091c: No. 3,86 88c CORN No. 2 yellow, ear. 45y16c: high mixed, ear, 4l!5c; No, 2 yellow, shelled, 41 45c; No. 3 yellow, shelled, 4142c; high mixed shelled corn. 4041c Oats No. 2 white. 3333c; extia. No. 3, 3232c: mixed, 2930c RYE No. 1 Pennsylvania and Ohio, 558c; No. 1 Western, 5558c Flour Jobbing prices Fancy winter ana spring patents, $5 005 50; winter straight, $4 755 00; clear winter, $4 251 50; straight XXXX bakers', H 004 25. Rye flour, S3 600 8 75. Millfeed Middlings, fine white, S16 oaf 17 00 p ton: brown middlings. S16 00016 50; winter wheat bran, $15 0015 50; chop feed, S15 50016 00. Hay Baled timothy, No.-l, $13 00(S13 50; No. 2 do. S10 00U 00: loose from wagon, $14 00 10 00, according to quality: No. 2 prairie hay, S7 0008 00: picking do. 56 757 00. Straw Oat, $8 757 00; wheat and rye, $8 00 66 25. Provisions Sugar-cured hams, large, 5J$c; sugar-cured hams, medium, 10c; sugar-hams, small, 10c: sugar-cured breakfast bacon, 8c; sugar-cured shoulders, 6c; sugar-cured boneless shoul ders. 7Jc: sugar-cured California hams, 7c; sugar-cured dried beef fiats, 0c; sugar-cured dried beef sets, 10c; sugar-cured dried beef rounds. 12c; bacon, shoulders, 5c: b icon, clear sides, 7c; bacon, clear bellies, 7c; dry salt shoulders. 5Jc; dry salt clear sides, 7c. Mcs Eork, heavy, J12 00; mess pork, family. $13 00. iard Refined, in tierces, 5Kc: half-barrels. 6c;60-& tubs, 5Jc; 20-fi paiK 6Kc; 50-ft tin cans. 5c; 3-ft tin pails 6ic; 5-ft tin pail, 6Kc; 10-fttln pails, Cc; 5-ft tin pails, 6c Smoked sausage, long. 5c: large. 5c Fresh pork, links, 9c Boneless hams, lOVc Pigs' feet, half-barrels, $4 00; quarter-barrels, $2 15. THE MARKET BASKET. Butter and Eggi Declining Poultry Scarce and High Good Supply of Fresh Fish, Meat nnd New Vegetables. There have been few new developments In the line of market basket filllngwithin the past week. Butter Is still on the decline and prices are lower than at any time this year. Tho best creamery butter in a jobbing way has dropped nearly 10c per pound within the past month. Eggs are also down to prices which rondertbem much cheaper than tenderloin steaks. Poultry has not for many years been as scarce at this season of tbe year as it is now. Spring chick ens, sufficient for a healthy, hungry man, will make sad inroads on the ordinary purse Turkeys are very scarce at 25c per pound. In tbe line of lake and ocean products, de mand is fully up to supply. White fish and salmon are in excellent demand. Frogs are to be bad at $2 50 per dozen. At the fish stalls an active week's trade is reported, notwithstand ing ine iact mat ient is past, uominon grades are reported lower in price, while fancy stock holds up well to rates of a week ago. The variety of fruits and vegetables on tbe Diamond market stalls is seldom better, and prices are not often as reasonable at this time of the year as they are now. There is a much better supply of strawberries than there has been for a week or two past. Florists report a good general trade with volume fully up to last week. Very fine mign onette and snirea have pnt in appearence on the flower stands within a few days. Following are the latest prices of market basket materials as furnished by leading retail dealers: Staple Meats. The best cnts of tenderloin steak range from 20 to 25c. with last figure for very fancy; sirloin, best cuts, from 15 to 18c; standing rib roast, from 15 to 20c: chuck roast, 10 to 12c; best round steaks, 12 to 15c: boiling beef, 5 to 8c; sweet breads. 20 to 50c per pair: beef kidneys. 10c apiece; beef liver. 5c a pound; calf livers,25to35c apiece; corned beef from 10 to 12c per pound. Veal for stewing commanus 10c; roast, 12 to 15c; cutlets, 2Cc per pound; spring lambs, fore quarter, 10 to 12c; hind quarters, 15c. A leg of mutton, bind quarter, of prime quality, brings 12c; fore quarter, 8c; loin of mntton, 15c; giblets, 5c per pound. Garden Stufl". Potatoes, 15c per half peck; Jersey sweet pota toes, 25c per half peck; cabbage, 10 to 25c; new Bermuda potatoes, SOc per quarter peck; choice Florida tomatoes,40c a quart: celery, 10 to 15c a bunch; bananas. 15 to 20c a dozen: carrots, 5c a bunch; lemons, 25 to 35c per dozen; oranges, 25 to 40c; lettuce, o to ioc per uuncn: oeets. new, 10c, old, 5c; onions, 40ca lfilf peck: green onions, 5c a bunch;Bermnda onions,20o a quart;rhubarb, 5c a bunch, 6 for 25c; turnips, 20c per half peck; cranberries, 20c a quart; cucumbers, 15 to 20c apiece: mushrooms, SI a pound; radishes, 5c; asparagus, 20c a bunch: new peas, 30c a quarter peck; strawberries, 3550c a quart; pineapples, 20 to SOc apiece. Choice creamery butter, 25c Good country butter. 25c Fancy pound rolls, 30c The retail price for fresh country eggs Is 14c The range for dressed chickens is SI to $1 25 per pair. Soring chicken', $1 25 to $1 75 per pair. Turkeys, 25c perpound. Ducks, $1 25 to SI 60 per pair. Ocean Products. Following are the articles in this line on the stalls, with prices: Lake salmon, 10 to 12c; California salmon. 35c per pound; white fish, 12Kc; herring, 4 pounds for 25c; Spanish mack erel, 25 to SOc a pound; blue fish, 15c; halibut, 20c: rock bass, 25c; black bass, 15c; lake trout, 12c; lobster, 20c: green sea turtle, 20 to 25c Oysters: N. Y. counts, $1 75 per gallon; clams, $1 25 per gallon; scollops, 50c a qnart; frog legs, 75c a pound; soft shell crabs, $1 50 per dozen. Flowers. Jacks, $3 00 per dozen: La France. $1 60 per dozen; Mermets, SI 25 per dozen; Brides, $1 25 per dozen; yellow and white. 81 00 per dozen; tulips, SOc per dozen; Bennetts. $1 25 per dozen; Beauties, 50c apiece; Brunner, 50c apiece; Harrison lilies, 2oc apiece; violets, $1 50 a hun dred; lily of the valley, 75c per dozen; Dutch hyacinths, $1 75 to $2 00 per dozen: heliotrope. 50c per dozen; mignonette, extra fine, SI 50 per dozen; spirea, 50c per dozen. Wool Mnrkeis. Boston The demand for wool continues active. Sales of all kinds amonnt to more than 2,700,000 pounds. The market Is firm, but no higher; and notwithstanding the small stocks ot certain graaos, no better prices can do on tainert. A good movement in combing and de laine fleeces is noted, which has about cleaned up all of these grades on the market. No. 1 combing has been sold at 39340c: Ohio tine delaine at 3536c and Michigan fine delaine at 34c Ohio clothing wools are also selling well at 3031c for X, and at 3233c for XX and above. Michi gan fleeces have sold quite freely at 2829c; New York and Wisconsin X. 28c Territory wools are in steadv demand, and have sold in the range of 1417c for fine. 19221c for fine medium, and 2223c for medium. Texas and California wools are quiet and in small stock. Pulled wools are not very active, and sales have been made mostly in small lots. Australian grades are firm and have sold at 364IKc Cape wool has sold at 30c in a small way. Foreign carpet wools are quiet and steady. Philadelphia. Wool in fair demand. Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia XX and above, 3?34c: X, 3032c; medium, 36Q3sc; coarse, 3I35c; New York, Michigan. Indiana and Western fine, or X and XX, 2830c; me dium 36(j37c; coarse. 3335c; fine washed delatne X and XX, 33037c: medium washed combing and delaine, 3941c; coarse do., 3536c; Canada washed combing. 3335c; tub washed, choice, 3940c: fair. 373Sc: coarse, 3235c; medium unwashed combing and de laine, 27030c; coarse do, 2627c; Montana, iWj-ac; ierruorianou2i:c. Drygooda. New Yobk. April IS. Business In dry goods wasmoaerate though fair with jobbers. The demand at first band continued of a hand to mouth character, bnt orders from the West and Southwest were more nnmerons as regards wants for the present season. The tone ot tho market continued steady, and in regard to low grade cottons there Is a firmer feellngalthongh higher prices are as yet difficult to realize. LATE NEWS IN BRIEF. An Italian East Indian Company has been organized. The Dahomlans have burned eight of the enemy's villaRes. Part of the State prison at Concord, N. H., burned. Loss, $25,000. Fire at Willlamsport, Pa., destroyed 155,000 feet of hemlock lumber, worth $30,000. Herr Heusner. Secretary of the German nary, has resigned on account of heart disease. Governor Fleming has appointed new men. all Democrats, to nu tne ooaros oi atate insti tutions. Ben Klsay, colored, was hanged at Birming ham. Ala., for tho murder of Conductor J. W. Meadows. Agent of English syndicate is buying op tions on sewer pipe works in and around New Cumberland. W. Va. American syndicate has secured controlling Interest In all binding twine factories uCanada, except one in Ontario. Tbe Democratic Congressional Convention for the Second district of Indiana has taken 200 ballots without a choice. A premature blast at Speed's cement mills, Scilersburg, Ind.. killed B. C. Livingston, Samnel T. Cbappell and Thomas James. General Chapin. while receiving tho New England Society of California Pioneers at San Bernardina, fell dead with heart disease. Harrison made Samuel Woodson, of Ken tuckv. happy, yesterday. Pardoned for viola ting internal revenue laws. Henry Srhmidt, of Missouri, has no such luck. He violated the contract labor law. SICK HEADACHE '-Carter's Little Lvler Pills. SICK HEADACHECarter Little Liver Pills. SICK HEADACHE '-Carter's Little Liver PlUs. SICK HEADACHECarter,jLUUoLlTerPmj BOU-47-TTI1U JL A GHASTLY DISPUTE. Heir of Mr. nnd Mrs. Heeacb, Both Whom Were Fonnd Dend, Trying to Determine Which Died First A Fortune at fetnke. Chicago,- April 18. Judge KoWsaat began an investigation this morning of tho disputed question whether Henry Heescb, or his wife, Margaretta Heesch, "died first. Upon the decision depends the fact whether the heirs of Mr. Heesch or the heirs of Mrs. Heeschget $6,000 worth of improved real estate le t bv the couple. July 29, 1883, Henry C. Parot discovered Heesch h.wgin? to a transom in his house, at No. 150 Sangamon street, while Mrs. Heesch lay nnder the bed, with her hand in front of her face. Both were dead. They left no children and no will. A Coroner's jury found that Heesch had first killed his wile by strangulation, and had then killed himself. They based the finding ot murder upon the testimony of a neighbor, who said she heard Mrs. Heesch screaming, and also on a few bruises on the woman's neck. The jury's conclusion was at best only a theory, for there was no other evidence whatever of murder. Mr. ffeeseh's relatives, consisting of several brothers and sisters, adopted the theory that Heesch killed his wife, and then himself because they were eager to prove that he survived Mrs. Heesch. In that event Heesch s relatives would be entitled to the 56,000. On the other hand, Mrs. Heesch's relatives were equally anxious to prove that Heesch did not kill his wife, but that he committed snicide and Mrs. Heesch died of the shock on finding his dead body. In tbat event Mrs. Heesch's heirs wonld get the 6,000, because Mrs. Heesch survived her husband. It was pnt in evidence to-day that there were no evidences of jealousy or any other feeling which would lead Heesch to kill his wife; that Mrs. Heesch had suffered from sunstroke and was injured by a fall, with, the result that she was very nervous and easily prostrated. Henry C. Parot told of fiudicg the bodies of the conple and said he examined Mrs. Heesch's body, and there was no mark of violence. There was a dis coloration on her neck which looked as if caused by a fall. It was very slight. Her hands covered her eyes, as if she was shnU ting ont some dreadiul sight. Dress Goods Bargains. 100 pes SO ct. dress goods to be sold on Saturday at 25 cts. a yd. Knable & Shusteb. 35 Fifth ave. More Facts AND Figures ABOUT EAST CHATTANOOGA, TENN. The whole river front of the city of Cnat tanooga proper is now occupied. Tbe city has more than doubled its population twice in the past nine years. Its business and manufactures have increased in even greater proportion. Activity and progress are the spirit of the com m unity. The only direction m which manu facturing interests can extend is Into East Chattanooga, where tbe only river front prop erty now available is situated, and this river front is entirely comprised in the 2,000 acres owned by tbe East Chattanooga Land Company. Here are found the supremo requisites for a, flourishing center: L Cheap coal, iron and labor. 2. Cheap rail transportation In all dl rections. 3. Cheap transportation by water to New Or. leans. Be Louis, Cincinnati and all navigable points on the Ohio, Missouri and Mississippi rivers. 4. Low taxes. This company offers nnequaled inducements to manufacturers, and an unsurpassed oppor tunity to investors. Its property is indispens able to the growth of Chattanooga, which is the center of a dis.rlct unrivaled in the whole country for its natural wealth, Its resources and Its prospects. The tstate Agricultural Bureau shows tbat the lands tributary to Chattanooga produce an nually 40.COO.000 bushels of wheat, corn and oats. 150,000 tons of bay, 4,000,000 pounds of cot. ton. $3,000,000 worth of fruit, and support $37,. 000.000 worth of live stock. Tbe company's capital is St.000,000, divided into 50,000 shares, of which 20.000 are set aside lor tho improvement and development of this property. Only 5,000 shares are offered for sale at $30 per share, tbe directors reserving the right to advance the price at any time without notice. Investors and manufacturers desiring prospectus and full particulars are invited to address the EAST CHATTANOOGA LAND COMPANY, L. B. RUSSELL, Secretary, 96 Summer St, Boston. apl9-37 WHOLESALE -:- HOUSE, Embroidery and White Goods Department direct importation from the best manufac turers of St. Gall, in Swiss and Cambric Edg ings. Flouncing"!, Skirt Widths and Allovers, Hemstitched Edgings and Flouncings. Buyers will find these goods attractive both in pneo 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. ToilDuords, Chalon Cloths, Bath Seersuck ers. Imperial Suiting'. Heather & Renfrew Dress Ginghams. Fine Zephyr Ginghams. Wholesale Exclusively. Jal3-D T SKIN DISEASES SWAYNE'S 0INTWENT ABSOLUTELY CURES. Simply apply "Swatxi's Obtmiit." So in ternal medicine required. Cures tetter, eczema. Itch, erysipelas, all unsightly eruptions on the face, hands, nose. etc.. leavintr the skin clear. white and healthy. Its great heallngand curative powers are possessed by no other remedy. AsK your druggist for s watse's oniiMi.tT. se2 4 BOTTLES Cnred me of Constioa. tion. Tho most effect ual medicine for this disease. Fbed Coit wat, Haverstraw, tiocKianu co a. x. aplO-Dwk BROKER!- FINANCIAL. -ryHlTNEY & STEPHENSON. CT FOURTH AVENUE. Jssne travelers' credits through Messrs. DrexeL, Morgan & Co New York. Passports procured. ap2S4 b Represent Large Amonnts Of foreign money for investment in busi ness enterprises, or for assistance to those needing more capital. Must be able to show large Dividend earning capacity. Principal only dealt with. Communica tions confidential. John. 31. Oakley fc Co., BROKERS. 43 SIXTH ST. apl5-73 JOHN H. OAKLEY & CO, BANKERS AND BROKERS. Stock. Bonds, Grain, Petroleum. Private wire to New York and Chicago. 15 SIXTH ST, Pittsburg. BT3M& JOSEPH plft GO. 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