Emx&Zzm THE FITTSBTJRQ-. DISPATCH,' SATURDAY, ' OCTOBER 18," 1890." IRON TRADE REVIEW. A Downward Ter.dencr Shown in the Market for the Past Week. . MAMJFACTURKD GOODS ACTIVE. "Ko Chan-re for the Better Manifested by the bleel Men. THE SITUATION AT OTHER POINTS In the line of raw irons it is impossible to iiscoverauy discouraging features in the situation. The tendency of markets tor the week pjst has been downward. Bessemer is probably weakest on the list and inside quotations are said to rule. Ther" are ru mors ol mill iron selling below 515 00 per ton. One of our leaiiing brokers reports that he has sold nothing belrw 515 25. There has been certainly no change or the better in the iron and steel situation the past week. Muck bar is active and firm at quo tations, and the same is true of finished prod ucts in general. There is a continued active market for manufactured iron. If ails are unchanged and markets are fairly steadv. Wirenai'sand wiie rods are not so firm as they have been for a few weeti past. Bails are quiet at old prices. Blooms and billets are selling a shade below last week's quotations. The buyer of raw iron has the market more decidedlv In his favor than a week ago. Manu facturers ate fairly well stocked until the close of thejear. and therefore show little disposi tion to buy at this stage of the markets. Following are latest quotations: Structural Iron -Angles, i.a: tees, 2.85c: beams andchsnaels. 3.10c; sheared bridge plates, tteel, 2.05c: unUcrsal mill plates. Iron, z.35c: refined bars, 2c card. Barbed wire fenclnc galvanized. S3tC; plain Mire leucine, fralvanlzcd, S3 50, Jientral mill S15 WV315 25 cash All-ore mill .. . 14 s WI8 no csn . 16 i16 5"casb , 17 aSi; 50 cash , 19 5WWIS 73-cash . 21 u (&Zi (O . SO 75-5 75 . l&S6 00 ETol&M 50 , 31 00(331 :i . SS75&.3 2S . 75aj9 2i . 23 73(3 2a . 24 U.KM 50 No. 1 foundry, native ore .... No. I loundry, lake ore , ltcsenier Cluirco&l foundrv Iron So. 1., Charcoal foundry Iron J.'o. S. . Charcoal cold blast fcpleeel Muck bar bteel blooms....... .........., fcteel slabs ................ bteel billets .... bteel l'..V. ends , Metl bloom ends -I .-if' bteel rails, uew 30 50ffi31 00 Old rails 27fcaO0 Barlron 1 S3 1 90 wire rods 4iaa50 bteel nails, per kez, usual dls.... 1 9i : 00 M ire nails, per fceir 2 aS 2 35 Ferro manganese 72O0ffi;iO0 FIBM IK EVERY BRANCH. Philadelphia Reports Present Prices Steady in tho Local Market. ErECIAL TELEGRAM TO TnE DISPATCH.: Philadelphia, October 17. In every de partment of the iron trade there is a feeling of absolute firmness at present prices, and some dealers have heen able to realize more or less of an advance over prices with which the month of October was started. The qu es ti on with the majority of sellers is how much ad vance ill the market stand at this time. The tone of the market is very much improved, with plenty of orders and no trouble to sell at present prices. The passage of the tariff hill has not as vet had anv direct influence on prices. Pigisquotedat15 0015 50 fnr gray force, J16 50017 S5 for No. 2. and $18 001S 50 for No. 1. Bessemer pig is very firm. The fact that the railroads are holding back orders does not depress the market. Prices are $16 50 at fur nace for standard qualities, and 21 50 for high irrade. Murk bars are scarce and difficult to get; price SCO 50 delivered for future orders. Bar iron is much firmer. There is no scarcity of business in this department, and all of the mills are full of work. The quotations are l.S5L90c at city mills, and L7SLS0c at mills in the interior. SWelp continues in large demand. The story of the past few weeks must be repeated. The mills are all buy and full up with orders. The quotations are ZOogZlOc, dehvei ed,for grooved and 2.20g2.25 for sheared. Plates continue firm at the lollowing figures: Ship plate-, 2.25 2.30c: tank. 2.252.30c; bridge plate, 2.30S40c: speel, 2.45i5oc; flange, ail3.i0c, and Are box. 3.75c Structural ir..n contin ues unchanged at the following prices delivered at consumers' varus: Angles, 2.20 2.30c; sheared pla.es, 2.40Z50c: tees, 2.07 2.08c, and beams and channels, 3.01c Sheet iron Is very active and tbe mills are alt fall ana turning a ay orders every day. The following UNDIMINISHED ACTIVaTY Eeported Again in the Iron Business at St. Louis. rSrECIAL TELEOBAU TO THE DISPATCH.: St. Louis, October 17. Rogers, Brown fc Meacham say: We have a?ain to report a fair aggrecatc of business during tbe week and un diminished actmty on the part of local con sumers. Tbe large and surprising reduction in furnace stocks during the past month is al ready causing some inquiry in this market for future delivery a d scins likely to strengthen prices. Southern furnaces are now statistic ally in a ttronxer positiou than at any time during the jcar, and an early rise in prices would scarcely surprise any one, while inquiry for charcoal iron is limited. The leading fur naces show no deire to shade quotations. Omo tolteieis keep moving about tbe normal rate, lull prices being obtained. We quote for cash I. o. b. St. L mis: Hot blast coke and charcoal: boutnern coke o. 1 Southern Coke No. 2.. ............ bouthern Coke No. 3... boutberu Oray h'orpe boatliern Charcoal o. 1 boutliern Cnaicotl N"o. 2 Missouri Charcoal No. 1 Jtllfesourl Cli-ircoal No. 2. onio softeners Car wheels and malleable Irons: Lakebuperiur boutliern.. ConuellsiiUe loundry coke. .East bt. Louis bt. Louii AIL PLANTS BUSHED. foundries and Rolling Mills Pressed With Much Business. -M-FC1ALTEI.KOIIAM TO THE DTRPATCH.: CiscisSATi, October IT. Rogers, Brown fc Meacham say: A more liberal flow of orders for pie iron during the past lew days has followed a short period of dull business during which time there was some disposition to make low prices by speculators and new furnaces anxious to intro duce iron to the trade. Later information, however, tends to bcliet in a stronger, as well as a more active market. One of the the strongest influences in favor of a firmer market is a decrease of 43.000 tons in the stock of iron at the furnaces during tbe month of September. Another factor already in force. is the advance of 25 cents per ton in prices bv the Southern Company based upon large sale's which cover the capacity of its various stocks for sevcial months to come. .All industrial plants throughout thecountty are busv and rusued. Pipe works are melting iron heavily, stove manufacturers have large orders, special foundries are months behind in the fulfillment of contracts and rolling mills are pusned with work, many running over time to keep pace with orders. There have been improved sales of charcoal, iron and a moderate movement of softeners. LARGE BLOCKS SOLD. Northern and Southern Coke Brands in Lively Demand. rSFECIALTELEGEAM TO THE DISPATCH.; Chicago, October 17. Rogers, Brown t Mervinsay: The past week has given active buying in the Chicago pig iron market, North ern and Southern coke brands being largely in the lead. Lots of 500 to 1,000 tons have been freely booked and the result is that the week's sales foot np a good-sized tonnage. Silvenes and soft irons have also moved in large blocks, one or two of the Ohio furnaces having come into the market and forced sales at from 50 cents to Jl per ton concession, boutliern silvenes are also relhng readily and tbe demand continues good in this direction. There has been some movement of Tennessee charcoal iron, but for the most part both South ern aud Lake Superior charcoals have been quiet. Indications, however, all point to con siderable buying of tbe latter duringthenext GO das, and from all appearance some cutting of prices is likely to occur. Southern coke irons, however, are firmer In prices. Consump tion In all lines is on tbe increase instead of de crease, and mauv consumers are running out in consequence of the extreme scarcity of cars at all points. We quote for cash f. o. b."Chicago same as last week. Metal Markets. JfEW York Pig iron quiet and steadv. Copper dull: lake. Octolier. $16 75. Lead Suiet and rather weak: domestic, S$ 75. Tin ull at closing; straits. $21 50. S15 73(216 3 14 715 25 14 2Vo;4 75 13 75314 25 17 5U&IS 00 17 U&I7 50 10 0. lilO SO 15 5 6 00 18 XM,ia 50 J21 75S22 25 19a22 50 S5 65 5 80 MARKETS BY WIKE. A Spurt In the Grain Pit and Prices Shoot Upward Strong Cablet at the Bot tom of the Advance Pork Steady. CHICAGO Wheat Trading active to-day and market somewhat excited, with prices showing a further marked improvement. There was general buying, and the offerings being comparatively small prices ttere advanced with only slight fluctuations. There.was good out side business, and local 'operators also traded more freely. Operators evidently thought the market had turned for a i-harp advance, and tbe demand exceeded tbe supply. The opening was KK higher than yesterday's closing and prices steadily advanced 1IJc more, then fluctuated some, and tbe closing was 1K1C higher than yesterday. The very strong tone of cable advices was accountable for the sharp advances, and was one of the prime factors to cause the up turn. Cum was quite active at times, a good specu lative busiuess being transacted within a 1-cent range. The feeling prevailing Was stronger, and a still further advance was recorded on all futures. The advance was due larcely to the strength in the surrounding pits, wheat and cits, and tbe persistent buyine ot a local opera toi. Fust trades were at Veia decline, but the market soon ruled stronger andsnld up 'U reacted J?c aain advanced c chant;. d -..me, ruled nim and closed with a gain of Oats Trading was large and well divided. The interest centered in May. The market opened unsettled atKOKc decline. Tbe weak ness was only temporary, as buyers outnum bered sellers and prices moved up lic The bulge brought out increased offerings and the market yielded Jo, but gradually braced up, and, after small fluctuations, sold le above tbe lowest figures. Realizing continued freely and prices preceded Jjc, and the market closed steady. Mess Pork More was doing. Early sales were made at 25c decliue, but prices quickly rallied 101'4) - Later the prices settled back 57c and closed steady at medium figures. Laid Trading was moderate. In some In stances an advance of 2c was gained. Short Bibs A fairly cood trade was report ed. Prices were a little mure favorable to sell ers, and the market closed steady at outside figures. The leading futures ranged as follows: Open-I Hijrh-1 Low ing. I est. est. Clos ing. ARTICLES. WHEAT, NO.Z October. December ilav coiix. No. 2 October November ilav OATS, NO. 2 October. December ilav Mess I'okk. December......... January May Lard. December January. May SHOUT K1BS. December January May. tlOOJ f 1 1 05 109 51 tlOOtf f 102 I U3K 1 tax, 107H 507U l wti IBS 107.H sen so 5 , k 10 10 1I77X 12 43 ; 5 37Jf 6 9-S 5 50 s ;5 t 15 51 H 3i 42 i Vi 10 10 U77Jf 12 45 0 37 6 52J4 6 92. 550 5 75 6 12 42K 43 46 10 10 11 S3 12 52X 40 653 695 550 580 6 1TJ 43 cH 10 10 11 90 1S52K 640 55 B95 550 560 8 20 Cash quotations were as rollows: Klour steadt and uncbanced. No. 2 spring wheat, SI 02; No. 3 spring wheat. 9093c: No. 2 red. SI 02, No. 2 corn. 51c No. 2 oats. 42Kc No. 2 rve, 63K64c No. 1 flaxseed, $1 450 1 45K. Prime timothy seed, $1 25 1 26. Mess pork, per bbl, $9 67 Lard, per 100 lbs. $6 22 8 25. Short rib sides, loose, J5 40; dry salted shoulders, boxe'l, $5 62(?5 75; short clear side, boxed. $5 7535 SO. No. 2 oats, 4546Vc; No. 3 white. 4545'-; No. 2 Barley firm at 77 7Sc: No. 3. f. o. b.. 5671c: No. 4. f. o. b.. 53a63c Butter unchanged. Kggs, lb19a NEW YORK Flour-Firm and quiet. Corn meal steady. Wheat Spot market dull; 3Ac higher, closinc steadv; Nn. 2 red. Si 07Ji in ele vator; SI VB1 09 afloat: $1 0SJ1 lOf. . b.;No. 3 red. 93cl 00: ungraded red. SI 02I 08:No. 1 Northern, $1 10K1 10; No. 1 hard, SI Jo 1 16. Options advanced lIJc, but reacted X'-. closing firm on higher foieign markets and tbe smaller deliveries from farmers' hands. Considerable buying on foreign account. No. 2 red. October closing at $1 07; November. $1 07 10S;closingat$lG7J:Dpceiuber.SlCS109i. closing at $1 0SK1 08; 3annary closing at SI 0; February closing at $1 10: Slarch. $1 10Js' 11J, closing at 1 11; April closing atil 11: Mar, SI 11K1 12, closinj at SI 12; July. SI Uol 05, closing at II 05. Kye firm and quiet. Barley strong and quiet; No. 2 Mil waukee, 77r; ungraded western, 75S9c Barlev malt nominal. Corn Spot market dull at llc up. closing firm: No. 2. 57358c in elevator. 575jtc afloat: ungraded mixed. STJigWc Options advanced JSC and closed firm under light offerings West and here. Bull speculation increasing: November. 5758c, closing at 5Sc; December, 5859c closing at 59c; Januarv closinc at 58c: May. 59 G0c, closing at 60c Oats Spot higher and quiet. Options sttnnger. fairly active. October closing at 47c; Sovemher, 474Sc closing at 4Sr; December, 4S49c, closing at 49c: May, 6051c, closing at 51c; spot No. 2 white, 50&50c; mixed Western, 414i)c; white do. 4S6!55c; No. 2 Chicago, 44c Hay firm and quiet. Hops strong and in lair demand. Rye steady and in fair demand. Tal. low uull and easier; city JS2 for packages), 4c Rosin quiet and steady. Eggs Fancy fresh firm and dull. Pork active and strong; mesa, SU 50012 25; extra prime, S1Q. 5001100. Cut meats easv and dull. Middles quiet and steadv. Lard firmer and dull; Western steam, $6 50; options November, S6 49; December, $6 68 6 59 closing at S6 59 bid: Jannarv. 0 75, closing at S6 76; February, S6 5S: April, f 7 05. Butter firm and fairly active; Western dairy, 1015c; do creamery. 1324c: ETgin, 25c. Cheese quiet and rather easier; light skims, 57lc; Ohio flats. 68c BALTIMORE Wheat Western firmer: No. 2 winter red, spot and October, SI 00S1 00: De cember. SI 02103;May, Jl 101 10. Corn Western strong; mixed, suo and October. 50c bid; year, 55c bid; Mav, 57c bid. Oat Western white, 47ffl49c: do, do mixed, 4647c; graded. No. 2 white. 46c: do mixed, 47c, Re steady; choice to fancy. 7677c: good to prime, 7375c; common to fair, 6570c. Hay steadv; choice titno by, Sll 50: good to prime, $10 OG'Q 10 50 Provisions active; mess pork. old. Sll 50; new. S12 00. Bulk meats loosi. shoulders, 6c; long ciear and clear rib sides. 6c; sugar pickled shoulders, 7c; sugar cured smoked shoulders. 8c: hams, small. 12c: large. llc. L-ird Refined, 7c; crude. 6c. Butter scarce: I creamery fancv. 24c: fair to cnoice, 21223c; do imitation, itaic; iaaie lancy. Hiuc: good to choice. ll13c; store packed, ll14c. Eggs firm at 21c ST. LOUIS Wheat was weak and c lower than yesterday's close, the market reacted and advanced uutll near tbe close, which was weak, but 1'' higher than vesterdav's final figures; N.u 2 cash. D9c0Sl 00; D-cember, $1 02ii bid: Maj, SI 0S bid; July, 94c Corn The market opened c lower, declined still further, strengthened and ruled firmer until near tbe immediate close, when it weakened off from the top. tbe last sales were c above yester day's: No. 2 red, ctsh, 48c; November, 48e; December. 4Sc: May. 50c Oats stronger and higher, with a good demand and active trading in Ma: other months neglected: No. 2 cash, 39': Mav opened 4ic, closed 44. Rve firm and 61K'- bid. Barley slow; NfIr.isKa,&570c: Iowa. 7oa70c: Minnesota. 581872c. Flaxseed unchanged. Provisions Demand for job lots good and a fair business was reported at higher prices. Pork, S10 25. Lard, SS 006 05. MINNEAPOLIS Spot wheat in cars showed up in large amounts on the sample tables this morring. Tbe demand for No. 1 Northern as usual was very active, and choice No. 2 sold well, but poor No. 2 did not go well, though with tbe greater activity of tbe day there was less trouble with it than on some other days. Low grades found buyers for all of it when not lipid too high. Receipts of wheat were 523 cars; shipments, 150 'cars. Closing quotations: No. 1 hard. October, SI: on track. SI 01l 02: No. I Northern. 96c: November. 97c; December. 9Sc: nn track, 9S99c: No. 2 Northern. Oc tober, 92c; December, 91c; on track, 91c. PHILADELPHIA Flour -quiet but firm. Wheat quiet and prices largely nomin il. Un graded in grain depot, $1 05; red. October. $1 Olii 61 02; November, SI 021 02: December: Si 041 04; January, $1 00&1 06. Corn quiet, firm and higher. Ungraded white in grain depot, eSc; No. 2 mixed in grain depot, 5Sc; No. 2 hish mixed in elevator. 59c; No 2yellow in track. 69c; No. 2 mixed, October, November and December, SSSSc; Januarv 56S57c Oats strong ami higher. No. 3 52653c; No. 2 white. 5353c: Nn. 2 white October. 5153c; November. 5050c; De cember and January, 5051c Provisions steady but demand light. Kgzs firm: Pennsylvania firsts. 23c CINCINNATI Flour in lleht demand. Wheat steady: No. 2 red, Jl 00. Corn stronger: No. 2 mixed, 5353c Oats scarce aud higher; No. 2 mixed. 45c Kye in light demand; No. 2, 68c Pork stroncer; family, $11 25. Lard In fair de mand at to w. cms meats ano nacon firmer. Butter easy. Sugar easier. Eggs in good de mand at 17c Cheese firm. MILWAUKEE Flour unchanged. Wheat firm; Nil. 2 spring, on track, cash, 9798c: December, S9c; No. I Northern, $1 00. Corn firm; No. 3, on track, 51c Oats firm; No. 2 white, on track, 45c Barley firm; No. 2. in store. 67K6B9C Rye firm; No. 1, in store, 66c Provision- firm. Pork January, $11 SO. Lard January, 6 95. TOLEDO Wheat active aud easier: cash and Ocober. SI 0 December. Jl 04; May, $1 08. Corn steady; cash. 53c: January, 50c Oats quiet; cash. 41c Glorerseed dull, steady; cah and October, SI 10; December, SI 17. DULUTH Wheat was quiet but strong, ad vancing lc from the opening. Receipts were 207 cars. Closing prices: Uctober. $1 05; De cember. SI 05; .May. SI 11: No. 1 hard. SI 01: No. 1 Nortuern,9Sc;No.2,92c BABIES of Washington will be held np for public admiration In TBE DISPATCH to-morrow by Miss Grnndy(Jr. Twenty 8 column pages. Largest circulation. A NEW ENTERPRISE, Oil to be Refined in Pittsburg by a Sewly Patented Process. GROOND GOES AT $10,000 AN ACRE. Another Apartment Bonse Projected, to ba tbe Largest in tbe City. EENTEKS AT THE END OP TH5 STKIKG The Tuhuoline Refining Company.ofWar ren, Pa., chartered under the laws o' West Virginia, and having a capital of $200,000, a short time ago secured a lease, through W. A. Herron & Sons, of a lot of ground on Smallman street, Fifteenth ward, with a frontage ol 120 feet on the Allegheny "Valley Railroad, lor a large warehouse lor the storage o-' lubricating oil, nud work on the building is being pushed as fast as possible. It will cost about $25,000 aud be complete in every detail. The company will refine oil bv a newly pateuted process said to be much better and cheaper than any now in use. Tests have been made in this city, which are said to have been quite satisfactory. Another East End Deal. Thomas Brown has Bold about three acres of his ground, situated between Meadow and Shetland avenues, to James C. Dick, for $31,000. or a little more than S10.000 an acre. The prop erty will be cut up into lots as soon as it can be surveyed and put on the market. Renters In Despair. A great many renters are in trouble. They can't find houses. This causes a great deal of doubling np. Even rooms are scarce. Mr. W, H. Devore broke ground for a dwelling the other day and rented it before night A gentle man living on the Perrysville road rented six before the foundations were begun. A number of other outsider-, have given up the idea of locating here on account of the impossibility of obtaining quarters. A Western man once said when there was a boom in hogs, that he had lost a great deal of monev by having none to sell. Pittsburg i losing population by not having houses for all the people who want to come here to live Another Apartment House. Negotiations are pending for a site near the Fifth avenue market for another apartment house, to be the finest and largest of the kind in the city four stories high, and embodying all modern conveniences. If the deal goes through, as is probable, work on the building will begin in a short time The Cry of "Wolf. Patrick Henry wanted to know why people cried peace, peace, when there was no peace. Analogous to this is tbe persistent declaration of a panic when there is no panic One may come along, and so may an earthquake, or a tidal wave, or cholera, or any other calamity, but there are no signs of a business smashup; and the best evidence in the world that there will be none to amount to anvthing nothing out of the usual at the end of a year is the fact that people have been preparing for the worst that can possibly happen. Forewarned is fore armed. Apinic under such circumstances would be a noveltv that would puzzle business writers to account for it Business News and Gossip. The Twenty-second ward syndicate will close their deals in real estate next neek. Work on the Arbuthnot building is being de layed by labor trouble. It will not be ready for occupancy before next spring. Only two building permits were taken out yesterday one bv Louis Kline, for a frame two story dwelling, 18x18 feet, on Smith's Way, Thirty-second ward, to cost SSOU and tbe other by Jame- Henderson, for a frame addition two story stable, 24x100 feet, on Liberty avenue Six teenth ward, to cost $500. . There are several good hotel sites in tbe neighborhood of the Court House. The lareest of 39 mortgages on file yesterday was for 9,000. Twelve were for purchase money. The hilltop on the Southside are "blossom inglike the rose." Home-seekers find them very attractive. Many huusesare going up, and more are projected. Eastern money is scarcer in Pittsburg than for several years, showing a plentiful supply of the borne article. The interior of tbe People's Savings Bank is being shiuedup, as tbo bootblacks say. Im provement and prosperity go hand in hand. Progress is reported in tbe movement, originating in Scranton. for the establishment of a National Board ot Trade. The Pullman Palace Car Company at its annual meeting yesterday, over 18,000,000 of stock being represented, declared the usual quarterly dividend ol $2 per share. movements in Real Estate. Contractor King sold a bouse aud lot in Oak land square to a Wood street merchant, for S9.V00. Tbe property cost him SS.000 a few months ago. E. D. Wineenrotb sold eight lots in his plan of Nadine Park, to Frank X Woog for $2,409, being lots Nos. 108 to 115 inclusive, and bounded by Poketo avenue. Bramble and Cbaske streets and Delaware alley. Ewlng&Byers sold for William Fletcher to S. Bachman the property No. 97 Pasture street, rear Western avenue. Fifth ward, Allegheny, consisting of a fottr-roomed frame house, with lotlbxCO. iorSl.550. W. E. Hamuett fc Co. sold a lot 145x185 on Locust s-rect. Edgewood, for T. Kennedy to Mrs. A. D. Hill fur S3.000. Black Baird sold for Simon Beymer to Michael Noonan lot No. 22 in the Linden Land Company's plan. Fourteenth ward, situate on Joncaire street, 25x100 feet, for S1.300 cash. MOVEMENTS IN STOCKS. Considerable Trading Going On, hut Feel ings and Figures Rather Offish. Sales of local stocks on, before and after call yesterday were 515 shares, contributed by Luster, Philadelphia Gas, Pleasant Valley and Pittsbure Traction. A raid was made on Luster, and It went on slightlv, selling down to 19 and closing at 19 bid. Electric opened very weak, hut braced up at the last call. Philadelphia Gas closed better than tbe opening. Switch and Signal showed no improvement. Pleasant Valley sold at a concession, Pittsburg Traction held its own, and Freehold Bank dropped to 27 bid. A broker temarked: "The market is in a critical condition, and should be tenderly handled. Realizing seems to be tbe order of the dav. Any general movement here in this direction would certainly cause a shrinkage in values." FIKST SECOND THIRD CALL. CALL. CALL. B A B A IT A P. P. S. & M. Ex .... 500 .. Arsenal Bank 68 74 Hank of Pitts S3 .... Com. .Nat. Bank 104K 106 .... 106 lMtf 106 CltlzcnsNat.uk 67J Freehold Bank.. 57 67 63 Meeh'cs .N.llank 126 -Monon. ft. Bank 127 .... Safe Deposit Co 6S 75 IstN.B.,AU'K'y 180 K. E.L.&T.CO 80 Ulrmlnithain Ins 43 Mon. ins 37 BrldKCwatertias .... 43 ... 47K U. V. Oas Co 40 S8)S SX OhloVallev K P. S. O. &P. Co 15 .... 14! 1'iuia. co an ran an MX isH 2W Wheeling Gas C. 17 Hazel wood Oil U 50.... 50.& Tuna 1)11 Co 06 Wash. Ull Co .... 83 .... Fisher Oil Co.... 55 ' Central Traction .... ! ! Pitts. Traction.. 34 35 ..r. 35 34 .... Pleasant Valley. 263f aft 26X 17 28)f 27 Second Ave 5lri 51 .... SI CharllersKy. 53 P'gb, -McK. Y .... i 62 66 I.. C. & 1st. L, 28 P.&W.IE.K.CO 13i P.&v.K.K.pref. .... 17J 17M P., W.&K.K.K. .... 54 S.i iUU.C.C 32 32 .... Luster Mining.. 19.S igu so 19)f 1SK Westlnptiouse E. 25 13 .... 9 27 28M Monon. V. Co 30 U. S. iS, Co.... VH 15 .... 15, 14 15 U.S. & S. pref. .... .... 47 V.B.Uo..LIm 7J 75 Underg'dCa. Co .... 85 85 At first call 25 shares Luster broucbt 19hi. Sales at second call were 35 shares Philadel phia Gas at 28K. and 10 Pleasant Valley at XJ4. After call 10 Luster sold at 193. At third call sales ere 100 Pittsburg Traction at 84, 25 Pleasant Valley at 20, 15 Lu-ter at 19K. and 60 at 19. After call 20 Philadelphia Gas sold at28K- The total sales of stocks at New orlc yester day were 205,570 shares. Including: Atchison. 30,720; Dclauure, Lackawanna and Western, 1326: Erie. 3.220: Lake Shore, a974; Louisville and Nashville. 2L430;NortbwFStern,6,350:Nortb American. 24.164; Northern Pacific preferred, 13.413; PaciflcMall. 3,700; Beading, 15,600; St. Paul, 80,610; Union Pacillc 15.150, WHEBE DOLLARS JIHGLE. Local Bankers Report Plenty of Funds lor .Business Purposes. -Bankers reported yesterday that the supply J of money was adequate to business require ments. Rates were unchanged. An . officer said: "We are proceeding as usual In the clos ing months of the year moving cautiously, so as not to be caught napping. Our customers are being taken care of. but we are making no effort to extend our discounts. Gilt-edged pa- Fer, however, goes hare overv time it is ot ered." Excbanues were $2,8S0,5tf 03 aud bal ances S444.830 27. .. The opinion Is expressed at the Treasury that the product of the silver mines of this country for the ensuing" year wlU exceed 0.000,000 ounces, and a further decliue in the price of bullion is anticipated." Money on call at New Yorlc yesterday was easv.ranetng from 24per cent, last loan 2j, closed offered at 8. Prime mercantile paper, BtiQTX. Sterling exchange quiet and steady ai 4 tsojf for 6tPday bills and U 86 for demand. Closing Bond Quotations. tr. s. 4s. rce.., U. 3. 43, Coup, ..12.-JH M. K. &.T. Oen. 5s, Mutual Union Cs... .N.J. C. Int. Cert. Mnrthern I'ae. lsts. 69 102 liO r.S. 4143, rep U. S. 4s, coup... Pacific tis of '95 . 101! KH!4 11 III Northern fac. 2ds..ltlH Northw't'n consols.139 Northw'n deben's 5slu8f Oregon & Trans. 8s. 107$ St.1741. M. lien. 5s. 92 St.L. Jtb.F. Uen.M.lloti' et. Paul eonsols.....l2lH St. P. Chi&Pc. lsts.115 lx., PcL.G.Tr.Ks. 9ltf Tx.. Pc. It b.Tr.Ks. S9!i Union I'aclfic lsts. ..HIM West Shore. 10274 t.ouisianastamped4s 83 Missouri 6s 100 Tenn. new set. 6s.. ..104 Teno. newtt.s 100 Tenn. neweet. 3s.... 7Z Canada So. 2ds 06 Central Paclliclsts.llOK Den. & it. U. lsts..U9 Den. lit. u. 4s SIM is.tEit. u. westists. Erie 2da S9J$ AS. JL.acT.tien. 6s.. SWt; Netv TORK-Clearings, J136.617.042j balances, $4,504 99L Boston Clearimrs. $17,105,230: balances, Sl.652,479. Monev, 45 per cent. Philadkuhia Clearings, $13,257,715; bal ances, $1,924,888. M oney, 8 per eent. Baltimore Clearings, $2,452,450; balances, S370.382. Money, 6 per cent. Paris Three per cent rentes, 84f for the account. Chicago Clearings, 814,600,000. New York exchange was 50c discount. The rate for money was uncbanced on the bais of 6 per cent for call and C7 per cent for time loans. DRAGGING ALONG. Oil Weaker All Along the Line Only One Sale, Effected. The oil market exhibited only a rudimentary backbone yesterday, being weaker than on tbe previous day. Tbere was nothing to canse do- pression, refined being strong at all points and higher at some. It was due to outside apathy, which seems to be gaining ground. Outside exchanges were also weak. It looked for a long tune as if tbe result of the session would be a goose egc.but a customer was found for 1,000 barrels, whiclrwasthe only sale. It went at 81. which was the only quo tation. At tbe close 81 was bid. Features of Yesterday's Oil Market, Corrected daily by John M. Oakley & Co., 45 Sixth street, members of the Pittsburg Petro leum Exchange: Opened , ZX Lowest. . UlKbest 81 Jb i Closed... Sl il Barrels. .. 35.32 ... S8.299 ... 82.2C6 Average charters... Average shipments , Average runs Refined. New YorK. 7.00c Keflned. London. &(!. Ketlnecl, Antwerp. HiJat. Iteflned, Liverpool. 5,'vi. Refined. Bremen, 6.60m. A. R McGrew. No. H5 Fourth avenue, quotes: Puts, 81; calls. 81813 Other OH Markets. Oil City. October 17. Opened. 81c; highest, 81Kc: lowest. Sic: closed, 81c. Sales, 75.000 barrels: runs, 87,724 barrels; .shipments, 124,061 barrels: charters, 26.191 barrels. Bradford. October 17. Opened 81c; high est, 81Kc: lowest, 81c; closed, 815a Clear ances, 202,000 barrels. New York, October 17. There was a little more life in petroleum, but the volume of busi ness continued very small. The market opened at a slight advance in Pennsylvania oil on buy ing from the West, after which tho market be came quiet and closed steady. Lima oil de clined to 19c hut rallied and closed firm. Penn sylvania oil. spot Opening. 81c: highest. 81Xc; lowest, 81c: closing, SlJc November opilon Opening. Sle: highest. 81c; lowest, 81Jc; closing. SlJc. Lima oil Opening. 19c: high est, 2Uc: loivest, 19c; closing. 20c Total sales. 90,000 barrels. NEW YORK STOCKS. For the First Time in Two Months the Market Is Decidedly Strong, With an Upward Tendency Money is Still Growing Easier. New York. October 17. The stock market to-day was moderately active, as usual, but the tone disolayed was in marked contrast to that of the past two months, being decidedly strong and at times buoyant, with a conspicuous lack of pressure to sell, and it became evident at the clnse of tbe day that liquidation had been changed from the long to the short account. The buying in most of tbe active stocks was excellent, Boston took its favorites liberally, and London, which was inclined to sell in the early morning, turned buyer later in tbe day. The news of the day. especially that from tho Northwest, was very favorable in its tenor, and the decrease In the earnings of St, Paul for the second week in October was so slight that it attracted little or no attention. There was a greatdeal of talk over the revived rnmors of tbe transfer of tbe control of the Reading to other influential parties, and that stock be came again active and strong after a long period of neglect. Tbere appeared to be con siderable marketing of both Lackawanna and Chirazo Gas. although the points as distributed to the street were all to buy. Each, however, cloed at near to the opening figure. Tbe opening of the matket wasattiet hut strong notwithstanding the lower prices for London and the selling of London favorites; aud while tbere was no excitement of any kind prices moved up seadily during tbe forenoon, and ma'erial gains were scored in many of the leading stocks, the general list as usual being quiet to dull with small fluctuations. Latet. however, the sudden rush to buy Reading and St, Paul caused quite a marked increase in the activity, and the dealings betrayed more, and especially in R'-ading, St. Paul and North American. Tbe bears were on the full run all the afternoon, ano the upward movement met with no check from the opening to tbe close, and the flight concessions made from time to time, and especially in the last hour, were al most wholly from the realizations of profits by tbe room trading element. There are some apprehensions about the bank statement to morrow, but they are principally on the part of those uho are interested In a lower range of values and tbe confident buying of to-day in dicates that those wuo are in a position to judge have no fear of further closeness of the money market. Tbe most pronounced move ments were in the specialties and Manhattan, with a gain of 4 percent. Citizens' Gas. of BrooKlyn, and some others of a like caliber, senrek gains from 2 to 4 per cent. The close was active and strong at or about the highest prices of the day. Tbe final changes are almost uniformly advance, and V heeling and Lik! Erie preferred ro-e '2., North American '1, Burlington and Louisville and Nashville l?ic. jortnern pacincpreierreuz. at, Paul and bugar 1, Northwestern, Pacific Mail and Reading each 1. Missouri Pacillc and Union Pacific li, Atchison, Rock Island, C, C, C. and St Louis, aud Wheeling and Lake Erie each 1 per cent, and others fractional amounts. Railroad bonds were quiet, but sympathized closely with the movements in stocks and dis played a firm to strong tone throughout the day. although tbe sales of all issues reached only SSJ9.0U0. Almost all the active issues scored material gains, and the close was strong. Government bonds have been dull and firm. State bonds have been dull and barely steady. Tbe -Post says: Money is steadily growing easier in London, and this morning was dowu to 4 per cent, for the first time in some weeks. Tbe market for Americans was consequently stronger there to-day. and tbe result was higher prices here throughout the forenoon. This market, however, continues narrow, because merchants and. capitalists are for tbe present employing tbeir money in active trade and new enterprises. Tnis leaves London the most im portant factor fur the present in the demand in the already established dividend securities. But the Increasing supply of money, both here and in London, shows that this demand is likely to Increase, and result in higher prices for securities. It is ibegreat activity of money, ratber tban tbe rates, which still makes some speculators timid about loading up with stocks. Unusually large sums are being moved fjom one bank to another. The following table shows the prices of active stocks on the New York btock Exchange utter day. Corrected dally for TBE Dispatch by WniTMEY & bTEHHZNSON, oldest Plttsbur? mem bers of Her York stock Exchange, 67 Fourth avenue; Clos ure Bid 17 41 1SU. 351T 7bi MS, 113 30 20H 4 KH 60 lua 77 13J 39$ 27 92 1073 139 an Open In?. Am. Cotton Oil Viii Am. Cotton oil prer... ...-; Am. Cotton OU Trnst.. 19 Atcli., Too. A3. F..... MX Canadian 1'acinc ,..,.764 Canada Southern....... W Central or .New Jersey. 1!2 Central Pacluc..j,.ai' Chesapeake & Ohio.... 2o Chicago Uas't'rujt. )... 44i C. Bur. ft Onlncr..... Dili C. Mil. & St. Paul.. . SSI, C. Mil. & bt. I'., or.. 109'i U Kock 1. St l 76(4 c. su i.. & ruts - C. St. L. Pitts., pf- .... c, st, r m. jto.t C. St. P.. M. S.O- PI. . c. js .Northwestern-... .C7fc C. i.. W. DI...,.u.v i..!- lllfth- Low est est 173 17 19 1SK 76)4 76 ."3 Slit mt 112 X0I H)4 21 20 4li 4.1 93 W'i 6014' ob 110 WII4 -,6 751, 10SK 107 R7U ItitU C. C. C.L... UK C., C.C.4L pref..... 96 Col. Coal ft Iron 43K Col. ft Hocktmr Valley 29 Cites. & Ohio 1st pref.. 54) Cues, ft ohlo 2d prer.. MX Del.. Lack West..... 114)4 Del. ft Hudson 138 Den. ft Itlo tirande Den. ft UioUraude.pi. MVi E. T..VI. fttia., 1st pr ;as Illinois Central WH bake trie ft West 154 LiasaLrteft West pr.. 59 Lake Shore AM. s 107 Louisville ft Nashville. 77 Mo&Ue ft Ohio ah Missouri facinc 7h National i.eadTrust... 20 New York Central 103 N.Y.. Uftst. L. N. Y.. L, E. ft W 21 N.,Y., L. E.&W. pd.. 67M i). X. 4N. E. 4IH N. Y.. o. ft W 17X Norfolk ft Western Noriolk ft Western pr. 53 Northern Pacific 27 Northern Pacillc pr.... 72!$ Ohm ft Mississippi 21S Oreron Improvement 1'aclncMall 41 Peo., Dec. ft Evans fnlladel. ft Keadlnir... 36 Pullman Palace V.tr...2l4 Ulrhuiond ft W. P. T.. I7X Richmond ft W.P.T.pi n St. Paul ft Daluth St. Paul ft Dulutli or. St. L. ft San t. lstpt Sugar lTust 73)f Texas Picmc Is Union "acifl t 6l 46 30)4 M MM H4H 137 45K 29 144 ISO 45 30 M 36 141 17 15 107 794 27M 20 15J4 59 0K 27 67K 20 is ram 107 27 ash 20k ii" 22X ), 17 16 27 7J :i 35 18 37 2134 18 74 30 90 90 74 18 62 10 21 81 32 72 4X 21 21 43 41 17K 17X is" H'ii 273f 27 74 72H :iN 2i " " 37 36 214 213S ' !S 73tf ii p 18 18 10" 10a 21)4 2014 Sl 81M T-M 31 734, 71 24 32 Wnhq.h to u Wabash preierred Western Union WneellneftL. E. Wheeling ft L. ICprer. North American Co... JO 81)4 31 72 32 J, Boston Stocks. Atch. ft Top 35 Boston 4 Albany.... 197 Boston ft Maine 306 C B. &Q 92 Eastern.K. B. 109 Fltcbburg K. It pr. 85 Flint ft PercM 25 Flint PefeM. tire. 91lc Bo9ton A Mont 53W Calumet 4 Hecla....S93 Franklin 21 Huron..... o Kearsarge 13 Osceola 41 rcwblc (new) is Otilncy 112 Mass. Central 18$ Mex. Cen. com 24& N. Y. AN. Emr..... 42 santa Fe copper .... 60 Tamarack 183 Anniston tana uo.. San Diego Land Co. 13 JN. Y. AN. En. 7s. .125 Old Colony 16S Hnfldnrl nrnCarpaH ttK West End 25 Bell Telephone 223 I.amson store S 29 Water Power 3 Centennial Mining. 21 HllWilw UlMVIIhUll w Wis. Cen. common. 21 Wis. Central pf 63 jMlouez Mg. Co 6 Atlantic 19 Philadelphia Stocks. Closing quotations of Philadelphia stocks, fur nished bv Whitney ft Stephenson, brokers. No. 57 Fourth avenue. Members New York Stock Ex changee Bill. Asked. Pennsylvania Railroad 62 62 Heading 18 11-14 183 Buffalo, Pittsburg ft Western 8 9 Eenlgh VaiUv Sl 611 l-chlgli Navigation 52 52 Philadelphia and Erie Slli 33 Nortnerit pacillc 27 27 Northern Pacillc preferred 73 74 Mining Quotations. New York, October 17. Mining quotations: Alice, 200; Consolidated California and Vir ginia. 43U; Hale and Norcross, 195; Homestake. 925; Horn Silver, 335; Iron Sliver, 150: Mexico, 220: Occidental, 150: Siei ra Nevada, V20; Small Hopes, 100; Sutter Creek, 120. LIVE STOCK HABKETa Condition of Trade at the East liberty Stock Yards. Office of The Pittsburg Dispatch, ( FRIDAY. October 17. 1S90. Cattle Receipts, 2,016 bead; shipments, 1,029 bead; market, nothing doing; all through consignments; no cattle shipped to New York to-day. Hogs Receipts, 6,350 head: shipments. 3.500 head; market active: Philadelphia, t4 634 80; best Yorkers, H 404 50; common to fair. H 104 30; 8 cars of hoes shipped to Hew York to-day. Sheep Receipts, 1,100 head; shipments, 600 head; market firm at yesterday's prices. By Telegraph. NEW YORK-Beeves-Keceipts 1.096 head, in- eluding 31 cars for sale; market steady: native steers. $3 204 90 for 100 fts; Texans and Colorados, 3 003 IS; bulls ami cows. $2 C0 3 00; dressed beet steady at 57c per ft; ship ments to-day, 450 beeves: to-morrow, 750 beeves, 102 sheep and 7.500 quarters of beef. Calves Keceipts, 360 bead; market Him and a shade higher for veals: veals, $S 508 25 per 100 ft; grassers. $2 252 75: Westerns, S2 603 10. Sheep Receipts, 0,486 head; market steady; sheep, ti 0O&5 15 per 100 &: lambs. S5 00Q7 00. dre-sed mutton slow at SX10c per ft: dressed lambs steady at 9llc. Hogs Keceipts. in cluding 1 carf orsale, S86 bead; market steady at S4 204 85. CINCINNATI Bogs stronger; common and light, fj 754 40: packing and butchers'. S4 000 4 40; receipts, 1,600 head; shipments, 2,770 bead. Cattle Demand fair; market stronger; com mon, Sll 75; fair to choice butcher grades, $23 75; choice shippers, 244 25: receipts, 320 bead; shipments. 1,350 bead. Sheep Demand good; market firm; common to choice, 2 60S i 75; stock wethers and ewes, 1 2s5 00: extra f.t wethers and yearlings, 4 755 00. Lambs Spring in good demand and strong; good to choice shipping. 56; common to choice butcueis, 4 005 75 per 100 pounds. OMAHA Cattle Receipts, 2,600 head; the best steers are strong and poor ones steady. Butchers' stcck unchanged. Best feeders are strong and others slow and low. Fancy, 1,400 to 1,600 pound steeis are quoted nominally at S4 451 85; prime. 1,200 to 1,47a pound steers. S3 904 50: fair to good, 1.050 to 1,350 pound steers, S2 9034 10. Hogs Receipts, 6,000 head: opened lower. Best shipping steady to 5c lower; packers steady to 10c lower; bulk 5c low er; light, S3 654 10: heavy, S3 80 i 20; mixed, S3 80i Oa. Sheep-Receipts, 19S head. CHICAGO The Evening Drovers' Journal reports: Cattle Receipts. 13.000 head: mar ket steady: steers, S2 905 20: Texans. )1 4542 3 35; native butchers' stock, SI 701 80: rangers, 2 8032S. Hogs Receipts. 26,000 head; ship ments, 8,000; market active and lower: mixed aud packers'. S3 904 20: prime heavv. butcher w izhts, 4 254 45; light, 64 004 40; pigs, 3 00 3 75i Slieeii Keceipts, 7,000 head; market active and steady; natives $4 15K5 00: West ern", S3 6I50; stock lambs, S3 b04 75. ST. LOUIS Cattle Receipts. 17.200 head: shipments. 2,000 heads; market steady; good to fancy native -teers, S4 404 95; fair to good S3 854 40; stockers and leeders, 2 00a3 00: Texans and Indians, S2 403 4a Hogs Ke ceipts, 3.100 head; shipment'. 4.400 head; market tteady; fair to choice heavy, 54 2545 4 35; mixed grades, S3 90&4 30; light, fair to best, S4 154 25. Sheep Receipts. 1,100 head; shipments. 1,700 head; market strong; good to choice, 4 405 10. KANSAS CITY Cattle Receipts, 7,300 head; shipments. 4,000 head; market strong; steers, 3 404 75: cows, SI 502 65; stackers and feed ers. S2 5U3 25; range sieers. S2 65; range cons, 51 00(21 90. Hogs Keceipts. 11.760 head: ship ments. 3.UC0 head; market 510c lower: hulk, U 004 10: all grades, S3 2504 25. Sheep Receipts, 630 head; shipments, 125 head; mar ket steady: lambs, S3 704 75; good to choice muttons, S4 004 25; stockers and feeders, 52 504 60. BUFFALO Cattle Receipts. 93 loads through, 6 sale; market steady aud unchanged. Sheep aud lambs Receipts, 4 loads through. 20 sale. Sheep Choice to extra. 4 755 00; good to choice. 4 404 70. Lambs Choice to extra. S6 10Q0 40: good to choice, 55 856 05. H. g Receipts, 26 loads through. 30 sale; good grades firm: choice heavy, 4 65; mediums and mixed, S4 504 60. TFool Markets. PniLADELpntA Woolen market firm; Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia XX and above. 3334c: X. 31g33c; medium, 3739c; coarse, 3637c: New York. Micliiiran. In, liana ami Western fine, or X and XX. 2932c; medium. 373Sc; coarse. 38ffiS7Kc: fine washed delaine, X and XX, &l37c: medium washed combing and de laiue, 4143Jc: coarse do. do. do., 36-837;; Canada do., o43Sc;t'ib tashed, choice. 39040c: fair, 37g38c; coarse, 3536c; medium unwashed combing and delaine, 2U31c; coarse do. do. do., 2729c; Montana, 2024:: Territorial. 10024c. Boston There has been a steady demand for wool during the week, and tbe sales auiount to 4.710,00 pounds ot all kinds. Tbere is less activity, but the tone of the market is very strong. In Ohio fleeces tbere has Deeo a good trade, and sales havo heen made of X and X and above at 3233c; XX and XX and above at 3331c; No. 1 at 38c Michigan fleeces aro firm and selling at 3031c for X and 3637c ror No. 1. Combin ano delaine selection" are in active demand and firm with sales of No. 1 c mbing at 40642c, Ohio fine delaine at .37c, and Michigan fine delaine at 3435c. Unwashed combing wools are firm and In demand, wftn sales of thiee-eigbths blood at 2930c and one quarter blood at 262Sc. Territory wools are in demand, with sale" of fine at 6062c clean: fine medium at 5860c, and medium at 5557c. California wools are more active, with con siderable sales of spring at 1724c. aud fall at 13 18c Texas and Oregon wools are quior. Pulled wools are firm; some choice brushed super sold at 45 47c, and other supers at 135 40c, and extra at 22630c. Australian wools are native aud firm. Foreign carpel wools are film. Don't you know! Why get a bottle ol Salvation Oil; it will cure toothache at once. SICK HkAUACHE.,,, UMe Llrcr ,.,,. SICK HEADACHE SICK HEADACHE. SICK. HEADACHE '-Carter's Little Liver Pills. '-Carter's Little Liver Pills. '-Camr'i Little Liver Pills. aolxf-TTsaa DOMESTIC MARKETS. PirstFrui!s of Catawba Grapes Ful ... .in an, Appearance. GOOD POTATOES SCARCE AND FIRM. Oats Sharply- Advanced Through Specula tive Influence. C0HN F1EH AND ALL CKREALS STEADI, OFFICE OP PlTTSBUEQ DISPATCH. ? t" Fkiday. October 17, 1S90, Country Produce Jobbing Prices. Supply ot potatoes either good or bad has been light for a few days past, and markets are very firm, particularly for choice stock. Mich igan is now one of the chief sources of supply. Sweet potatoo- are slow. Grapes are in bounti ful supply, and markets are weak. The first arrivals of Catawba grapes are reported within a day or two, and for the next week or two Catawbas are expected to have the field. There is a fair supply of apples and prices remain un changed. Creamery butter is firm at quota tions, but only fancy brands bring outside prices. New York cbeese is firm and Ohio steady. Receipts of strictly reliable eggs are very light, and markets are active for all tbat can be depended on. APPLES 2 S05 00 a barrel. BCTTER Creamery. Elgin. 2728c; Ohio do, 2526c; fresh dairy packed, 2022c; fancy coun try rolls. 21622c Berries (j rapes. joncord,2530ca basket; Delawares, 3510c :t basket; Catawbas, 3035c; cranberries. $2 503 25 a bushel: quinces, $5 00 Q6 50 a barrel. Beans New crop beans, 2 502 65; marrow fat, $2 602 75: Lima beans, 66Kc Beeswax 2830c ty fi lor choice; low grade, 2225c. CHESTNUTS 52 25Q2 75 a bushel. Cider Sand refined. 9 00010 00; common, $5 606 00; crab cider, $10 5011 00 fl barrel; Cider vinegar, 1213c $1 gallon. Cheese Ohio cheese, mild, lie; New York cheese, 10llc; Llmburger. 12K13Kc: do mestic Sweitzer. 1315c: Wisconsin brick Sweitzer. 13s14c imported Sweitzer. 28J4C Eoos 2324u $? dozen forstrictlv fresh. FKATHEits-iExtra live eecse, 50S60c; No. 1 iOSUon: mixed tins, 30635c l ft. Maple SVRUP 7595cacan; maple sugar. 910c.fl ft. Honey I222c $ ft. Poultry Spring chickens. 4063c a pair; old, 6o"5c a pair; dressed, ll12c a pound; ducks, 5070c Tallow Country, 4c; city rendered, 4Jc. Seeds Recleaned V estern clover, $5 00 5 25; country medium clover, 4 254 50; tim othy, $1 601 65; blue eras', $2 8s3 00; orchard grass, 81 5C; mille . 70375c. Tbopical Fkuits Lemons, choice, 5 50 6 50; fancy. S7U07 60; Jamaica oranges, new crop, SB 00 a barrel; bananas, SI &01 75 firsts, SI 001 25 good seconds, bunch; California peaches, 2 00250?l box; Tokay grapes, 4 50 5 00: California plum". S2 002 25 box; Cali fornia pear. S4 004 50 f) box: new figs, 17c fl ft: dates. 5tKc f & Vegetables Potatoes. 7590c ?! bushel; Southern sweets, 2 002 25 fl barrel; Jersey, 3006)3 25: cabbage, 3 C05 00 ? hundred, onions, S2 753 25 a barrel; onions, 54 50 for ISO ft baket: green beans, 6575c ft basket: celerv. 2s30c a dozen bunches: turnips, SI 602 25 fl barrel; peppers, 1 001 25 f) bushel. Groceries. The jobbing trade is featureless. Green cof fee is firmly held by importers, and prices show an upward tendency. Package coffee, how. ever, fails to get out of the old ruts. Tea speculation has waned of late, and transac tions are lighter than they were a few weeks ago. Markets are steady. There are no effects of the new tariff as yet felt in grocery lines with the exception of a growing firmness in lines of canned and foreign fruits. A rise i3 looked for at an early day. Green Coffee Fancy Rio. 2425c; choice Rio, 22,823c; prime Rio, 23c; low grade Rio. 20K21Kc: old Government Java. 2930c; Maracatbo. :5K27c; Mocha, 30 32c: Santos, 2226c: Caracas, 256 27c; La Guayra. 2627c ROASTED (in papers) Standard brands, 25c; nti.li t-rarlna 2Af5)30in; old Hnvflmninnt Java. bulk, 3334Kc; Maracalbo. 2829ci Santos, 28 sue: peauerry, sue: cuoice xuo. w: prime rao, 25c: cood Rio. 24r; ordinary, 21J$22jC. SPICES (whole) Clove- 1516c: allspice, 10c; cassia, 8c; pepper, 13c; nutmeg, 5wS0c. Petroleum (jobbers' price) 110 test, 7Jc: Ohio, 120, 8Jc; headlight, 150. SKc: water white, 10K'" globe, 1414c: elaiue, 14c; car nadine, 11:; royaline, 14c; red oil, llgllc; purity, )4c. Miners' Oil No. 1 winter strained. 4345c fl gallon; summer, 3840c: lard oil.5558c SYRUP Corn syrup, 3o37c; choice suear syrup, 38g43c: prime sugar syrup, 3233: stnctlv prime. 3536c. N. O. Molasses Fancy, new crop, 5052c; choice, 49c: medium, 38643c; mixed, 40612c Soda Bt-carb in kegs. 33c: hi c.irb in K. 5c; bl-carb a-sorted packages. 6c; sal soda in kegs, lc; do granulated, 2c. Caxdles Star, full weizbt, 8Jc; steanne, fl set. SK-; parafiine. ll12a Rice Head Carolina, 7Ji7c: choice, 6 6c; prime, 6(ic; Louisiana, bt)c STARCH Pearl, 4c; corn staich, 6S6c; glo-s starch, 67c FOEEION FliCITS Liyer raUins. $265: Lon don layers. S2 75: Muscatels. 2 50; California Muscatcls.S2 40: Valencia, 7Kic; Ondara Va lencia, 910c: sultana. lOllcurrants.S 6c; Turkey prune3,77r: b rench prunes,10 12c; ,-aIomca prunes, in 2ft oackngc9, 9c; cocoa l.uts, fl 100. 6: almonds, La'n.,f) ft, 29c: do Ivica 17c; ilu shelled. 40c; walnuts, nap.. 1314c;Sicilv filberts, 12c: Smyrna Sgs. 12 13c: new dates, M5 Wy.: Biazil nuts, 14c: pecans, 10Kllc; citron, fl ft, 1S 19c; lemon peel, 15c fl ft; orange peel, 15c DRIED FRUIIS Apples, sliced, per ft, 10c; apples, evaporated, 15616c; peaches, evapor ated, pareu, znginuc: peacnes, uaiuornia. eva porated, unpared, 2526c: cherries pitted, 28c; cherries, uopitted, 1212Xc; raspberries, eva porated, 3536c; blackberries, 10llc; huckle berries 15c SUGARS Cubes, H4c: powdered, 7c: granu lated, 6c: confectiooers A, 6c: standard A. tc; sou white, 64aoje; yenow, cnoice, o 4bc; yellow, good. 5fcoc; yellow, fair, 6J 5c: yellow, dark, bMSc PICKLES Medium, bbls. (1,200), S3 50; me dium, half bbl. (GOO). $4 75. Salt No. 1. fl bbl, 95c; No.l ex.. f) bbl.Sl 00; dairy, fl bbl, SI a); coarse cryst il, fi bbl, SI 2u: Higglus' Eureka, 4-bu. sacks, S2 8u; Higglns' Eureka, 16-14 Jb packets S3 00. Canned Goods Standard reaches, S2 80 2 90; 2cds, S2 50S2 60; extra peaches S3 U03 10; pie peaches S2 00: Quest corn, SI s5l 50; Hfd. Co. corn, 95cSl 15; red cherries, $1 401 50; Lima beans, SI 20; snakpd d'. 80c; string do, 75 90c; marrowfat peas. 1 101 25; so iked peas, 7nS0c; pineapples. 1301 40; Bahama tin. S255; damson plum-, SI 10: greengages, SI 50: egg plums, S2 20; Calilnruia apricots, 52 502 CO: California jiears. 2 75; do greentrages. S2 20: do egg plums, 2 20: extra white cherries. $2 85: raspberries, 1 40I 45; straw berries. SI 301 40; gooseberries. 1 lul 15; tomatoes. 95r31; sal mon, 1-ft, SI 3al bU: blackberries. $1 15: succo tash, 2-ft cans, soaked, 90c; do green, 2-ft, SI 25 1 ou; corn Deei,.L'-m ra s. n uu; u-D raps, ill; baked beans, 1 401 50; lobstei, 1-ft, S2 00; mackeml. lft cans broiled, SI 50; sardines, do mestic, c $4 504 75; sardines, domestic Ks S7 00; sarilmes. Imported, Js. Sll 50612 50: sar dines, imported, Ms. S18; sardines, mustard, SI 25; sardines, sniced, 4 25. FISH Extra No. 1 bloa cr. mackerel, 30 fl bbl; extra No. 1 do, me-s S28 50: extra No. 1 mackerel, shore. $19 50; No, 2 shore mackerel, 22: laree 3"s. 20. Codlih Whole pollock. 5c fl ft: do medium, George's rod, 6c; do large, 7c; boneless hake, in strips 5c; ao George's cod, in blocks 6S7c. Herring Round shore. S5 60 ft bbl: split, to 50; lake. S3 25 H iUO-ft bbl. White fish. S650f) 100-ft half bbl. Lake tinur. S550 f) half bbl. Finnan baddies, 10c fl ft. Iceland halibut, 13c fl ft. Pickerel, .half bbl, S3 00: quarter libl, SI 3a Potomac her ring. 3 50f) bbl: $200 fl half bbl; Holland herring. 70c; Walkoff herring. 90c OATMEAL S6 607 00 fl bbl. Grain, Flour and Feed. Sales on call at tbe Grain Exchange: One car No. 2 y. e. corn, 61c. B. A O.; 1 car mixed oats, 46c, spot: 1 car No. 1 oats. 50c, spot: 1 car same, 50c, 5 days; 1 car No. 2 y. s. corn, SSc, 10 days; 2 cars No. 1 oats, 50c, 10 days; 1 car No. 1 timothy bay. S10 50. 10 days. Total receipts as bulletined. 40 cars. By Pitts burg, Ft. Wayne and Chicago Railway, 4 cars ot bay, 7 of oau, 1 of bran, 3 ot Hour. S of barley. By Pittsnurg, Cincinnati aud St. Louis, 8 cars of corn, 3 of nat, 1 of bran. 1 of middlings 1 of hay. By Pittsburg and LAke Erie. 1 car of corn. 2 of oats 1 of hay. 1 of malt. By Pittsburg and Western. 2cars ot corb, 1 of hay. It will appear from prices at which oats utre sold that they have taken a jump. How far this advance Is speculative time alone will tell. A leading grain operator charges the advance up to "Old Hutch." and believes tbat a reaction i" sure to come, which will leave tbe bull in the cold. Corn is steady at old prices. Hay is qoiet. Prices are for carload lo s on track: WnEAT-No. 2 red, SI 031 04; No. 3, SI 00 10L CORN No. 2 yellow car. 61662c: high mixed ear, 5960c: No. 2 yellim. shelled, 5SK59c: high mixed helled corn. 57j58c. OATS-No. 1, 5051c; No. 2 white. 49?49c; extra. N. 3, 4SIoKc: mixed oat. 4647c RYE No. 1 Penn-ylvaniaand Ohm, 69)i70c: No. 1 Vetenr,676ac. FLOUR Jobbing prices Fancv spring and winter patent flour. 6 0060 25: fancy straight winter, 15 25 60, fancy straight spring, 5 23 5 60: clear winter.-5 005 25: straight XXXX bakers' S4 7565 00. Rye flour, 4 2564 50. Buckwheat flour, 44Vc fl ft. MlLLFEED No. 1 white middlings. 21 60 22 00 W ton; No. 2 white middling. 819 60 20 GO; brown middling. S17 001S 00: winter wheat bran. 15 5010 00. HAY Bsleil timothy No. 1, 10 6011 00; Nn. 2 do. 18 50-6'J CO: loose from wagon.Sli C013 00. according to qualitt:Na 2 prairie hay. 88 50 9 00: packing do. $7 007 60. Straw Oat. S7 758 00: wheat and rye,S7 60 7 75. Provisions. Sngar-cured hams, large, lie; sugar-cured bams, medium. HJic; sugar-cored hams, small, llc; sugar-cured breakfast bacon. Sc: sugar cured shoulders. 7c: sngar-cured boneless shoulders, SJc; skinned shoulders, 8c; skinned bams. I2c; sugar-enred California nams,8Xc; sngar-cured dried beef flats lOJc; sugar-cured dried beef sets, lljc: sugar-cured dried beef rounds, 13c: bacon, shoulders, 7c: bacon, clear sides TKc: bacon, clear bellies. 6c: dry salt shouldeis, 0c: dry salt clear side, 6c Mes pork heat'.', $12 50; mess pork, lamilv. S12 50. Lard Refined, in tierces, 5&c: halt barrels, 6c: 00-lb tubs, 6c;20-fi pails tiVlc; 60-ft tin cans, 6?c; 3-ft tin palls. tc: 5-ft tin palls. 6c; 10-ft iln pailsr5c Smoked stusaee. long. 6c; large. 5c Fresh pork, link. 9c Boneless bams. lUKc FS feet, half-barrels, SI 00: quarter-barrels, S2 15. THE MARKET BASKET. Delay of Killing Frosts Seems to Keep Garden Products at Low Prices "What' to Get for the Sun day Sinner. In tbe line of market basket filling the situa tion is practically tbe same as it was last Sat urday. Killing frosts have been withheld by a kind Providence mnch beyond the average time of tbeir appearance, and this fact is a fair offset to tbe late spring, said one of our lead ing florists yestci day: "It is very rare tbat our gardens are not visited with heavy frosts by tbe first week of October. More than balf of our second fall momh is gone and still our gardens are full of flowers." Ail vegetables are unusually low for tho time of the year. Tomatoes, as a rule, are knocked out by frosts long before this time. Now they are slow at SO to 75c per bqshel. As to turnips, pumpkins. radUhes and cab bage, all go begging for buyers at very low F rices. Grapes are still abundant and cbeap. na jobbing u ay. nutter aud eggs are a shade higher tban last week, but not enough to make much impression on retail markets. Lake and ocean products are in good demand, wlih prices uncbauged. Florist rt-port active trade. People are marrying and giving in marriage to an unusual degree, and demand for flowers is very active, with prospects for a continuance next week. One of our florists furnished tbe decorations for a wedding at Colorado Springs tbe past week. In the line ot staple meats there are no changes to note. Tbe game season is here, bat so far markets are hardly quotable. Following are the latest retail prices of mar ket basket filling: Staple Meats. The best cnts of tenderloin steak range from 20 to 26c. 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 steak. 12 to 15c: boiling beef, 5 to Sc; sweet breads.20 to 50c per pair: beef kidneys, 10c apiece; beef liver, 5c a pound; calf iivers,2oto35c apiece; corned beef from 10 to 12c per pound. Veal for stewinir commands 10c: roast, 12J to 15c; cu.lets, 20c per pound; spring lambs, fore quarter, 10 to 12c; bind quarters, 15c A leg of mutton, hind quarter, of prime quality, brines 12c; fore quarter, 8c; loin of mutton, 15c; giblets, 5c per pound. Garden Stun. Cabbage, 5 to 10c; potatoes. 20c per balf peck; tomatoes, 10c a quarter peck; bananas, 15 to 20c a dozen: carrots.5cabunch; lemons, 30 to 40c per dozen; oranges. 50 to 60c; cauliflower. 15 to 25c a head; lettuce, 5c per bunch: beets. 6c per bunch, 35c per dozen: cucumbers, 5c apiece: beans, 20c a balf peck; apples, 15 to 20c a quarter peck; celery, 6c a bunch; masting ears, 20 to 25c a dozen; Lima beans. 35c a quart: eggplant, 10 to 15c apiece: squash. 5c apiece; pie puuipkius. 10 to 25c, Delaware and Niagara grapes, 8c a pound; Concord grapes, 5c a pound. Choice creamery butter, 30c. Good country butter. 20 to 25e. Fancy pound rolls, 30 to 35c Tbe retail price for fresh country eggs Is 25c The range for dressed chickens is 50c to SI 00 per pair; ducks. C0c to SI 00. Ocean Products. Following are the articles in this line on tbe stalls, with prices: Lake salmon, 10 to 12c; California salmon. 35c per pound; white fish, 12Xc; herring, 4 pounds for 25c; Spanish mack erel, 25 to 30c a pound; blue fish. 15c; halibut, 20c: rock bass 2jc; nlack bass, 15c; lake trout, ipic; ioDrcrs -ale: green sea turtle, zu tooc Oysters: N. 1. counts, SI 75 per trallon; clams. SI 25 per gallon: soft shell crabs, SI 25 to SI 50 per dozen; brook trout, 75c a pound. Flowers. La France. SI 60 per dozen; Mermeta. SI 25 per dozen; Brides, SI 25 per dozen; yellow and white, 75c per dozen; Bennetts 1 00 per dozen; Beauties, 50c apiece; carnations, 50c per dozen; gladiolus, 60c per dozen; hydrangea, 20c apiece: asters, 60c per dozen; dahlias, 50c per dozen. BUSY DAY ON WATER STREET. Boats That Have Been Tied Up for Repairs Inspected and Ready for Business Again The Cabin and Pilot House of the Jlc Clnskey Found. Tbe river trade is beginning to assume its usual activity, and yesterday coal fleets were passing at all honrs of the day. Numerous boats tbat have been laid up for repairs are rapidly nearing the finishing points and will be ready for business m a few dajs. Tbe Ray mond Homer has been tied up for a general overhauling for about a month and ber boilers were tested yesterday. Captain Markland hopes to get down to business again within tbe next few days. Tbe Charles Jutte has also been in for repairs since tbe 23th of last month and her boilers were tested yesterday. She made ber first trip la-t night, going up the river with a big tow of empty flats, 'lie Jutte looks greatly improved as a result of ber over hauling and ber decks and cabins look bright and sblnv under a fresh coat of palut. Work was resumed yesterday morning in tbe ssarcb for tbe little Stella McClelland, but no trace of her was found. However, the cabin and pilot house came to the surface and were towed in to shore. The barges under which the little tug disappeared will be inovd to-day. and tbe Captain thinks he will be able to find bis lost property. The packet lines had their usual rnsh of business yesterday, tbe bright weather bring ing out many persons for a trip up or down tbe river. The cause at Market street was dry above 9 feet 4 inches yesterday, and tbe water is still slowly falling. The Ark leaves this miming for Cincinnati with a light low, two boats and four barces. Hornet No. 2, under command of Captain McDonald, expects to leave this morning for Cincinnati with a tow of 15 barges. Dr) goods Market. New York. October 17. There was rather more doing in tbe way of general demand fnr goods, a part ol current purchases beinz de signed for shipment by canal. Bleached shirr, ings continued active, as did all fabrics beinz made for future delivery. The market for cot, ton goods continued firm and was witbout ma terial change. FRANK G. CARPENTER contribute to THE DISPATCH to-morrow a chatty letter upon one of the famons scandals of history. Twenty 8-coIumn pages. Largest circula tion. The Style is Catching. Washington Post. "Mamma," said the son of a member of Congress, after he had received a piece of pastry on condition that he should share it with his brother. "What is it?" "Won't you cut this pie for us?" "Why not let your brother do ii?" '"Cause I see by the way he is going to work that be is getting ready to gerry mander it." CARNEGIE at Cluny In the subject of a cleverly written article sent to THE DIS PATCH by one of tho correspondents of the London Times. See to-morrow's Dig issue. Best Advertising Medinm. Election Expenses In Brazil. New York Tribune. J The Brazilian elections have greatly bene fited the newspapers, whose columns have been filled with electoral cards. One of the candidates, the Banker Mayrink, took a whole page in all the principal papers of his city lor two days, placing thereon only his name in furge type. Advertising aloue costs him over $2,000. STAND FAST, CRAIG-ROYSTON, the best serial tory now running, I published ex clusively In THE DISPATCH. An exciting chapter to-morrow morning. Twenty 8 Mlumn'ptgAGreatNewsps$ariV' ' ' ", A FAMOUS SONG. Curious Story Connected With the Pro duction of Aold Bobln Gray. "AuldEohin Gray" was the work of Lady Anne Lindsay, who tells a curious story of the circumstinces of its comiioil tion: "I called to my little sister, the only person near, and said, 'I have been writing a ballad, my dear. I am oppresing my he roine with many mis'ortnoes. I have al ready sent her Jamie to the sea, and broken tier father's arm, and made her mother fall sick, and given her Auld Robin Gray for lover, but I wish to load her with a fifth sorrow within the four lines, poor thing. Help me to one.' " 'Steal the cow, said the little Elizabeth. The cow was immediately lifted by me, and the song completed." EDEN of thelncas, by Fannie IL 'Ward', Is one of the features of THE DISPATCH for to-morrow. It is one of her best South American letters. Twenty broad pages. Pittsburg's favorite newspaper. Fact In a Chelsea School. Boston Herald. Teacher Why, Johnny, your clothing smells strongly of tobacco. Have you been smoking? Johnny No, m'm. Tencher Ton mnst have been. Johnny No, m'm. Teacher Then where does such a smell of tobacco come 'rom? Johnny Oh, I jnst minded a butt for a feller lor a few minutes GREENWICH HOSPITAL and Nell Gwynne's connection with it is handled by CoL Frank A. Barr in the European letter for THE DISPATCH to-morrow. Twenty 8-colnmn pages. Largest circulation. WHOLESALE-:- ROUSE, Embroidery and White Goods Department direct importation from tbe best manufac turers of St. Gall. In Swiss and Cambric Edg ings, Flouncings, Skirt Widths and Allovers, Hemstitched Edgings and Flouncing?. Buyers will find these goods attractive both in price and novelties of design. Fnll lines of New Laces and White Goods. UPHOLSTERY DE PARTMENT Best makes Window Shades in dado and plain or spring fixtures. Lace Cur tains, Portieres, Chenille Curtains, Poles and Brass Trimmings; Floor, Table and Stair Oil Cloths in best makes lowet prices for quality. wash dress Fabrics. The lareest variety from which to select Toll Dn Nnrds, Cbalnn Cloths Bath Seersuck ers, Imperial Suitings Heather x Renfrew Dress Ginghams. Fine Zephyr Ginghams, Wholesale Exclusively. Jal3-D PATIENTS SUCCESSFULLY TREATEDAT HOME By the Catarrh Specialists of 323 Perm Avenue. Of tbe hundreds of patients receiving treat ment from the physicians of the Catarrh and Dyspepsia Institute many are taking treatment and medicines at their homes with absolute success. MISS LOTTIE CRAWFORD. Who lives at Marlasville, Venango county. Pa., has been a great sufferer from catarrh. Among the many symptoms that troubled ber were a sore throat, with a stuffed-tip feeling, pain la tbe back of ber bead and more or less pain all over her body. She also had an endless amount of trouble with her stomach. After receiving a successful course of treatment from tbe ca tarrh specialists, sbe gave them permission to publish a history of her case for the benefit ot others. With their system many patients can be a3 successfully treated at their homes as those who make regular calls at tbe institute. This week extracts from a few letters received from tbeir patients are published. In good faith to the patients tbeir names are withheld. From Oil City. Pa.: "Am getting on very well. Mycougnisgnne and the pain Detween my shoulders only troubles meat times. My appetite 13 better. The short breath, dizziness and tired feelinc have improved and I sleep better than I used to. Think you have helped my catarrh a great ueal." When this patient Pecan treatment he coughed d ty and night. FroniStoubenviIIe.O.: 'Tarn feeling much better. The cough has about left rue. the pain over my eyes U gone and my appetite it much better. This patient al-o coughed mzht and dar. and would often couzh till he vomited. Claysvillc, Pa.: "lam feeling ever so much better. I hare not felt so well for a long time, Evervone is telling me how much better I lok." Beaver Falls, Pa.: "1 am glad to tell you that I am feeling so much better than I have for a lone time. Tbe hawking and spitting is so mnch better and the couzb, pain in the lungs and -houlders, tickling in tbe throat, dizziness, nofces in the ears, fullness, distress and sick feeling after eating, and pain over my eyes do not trouble me at all." From .Marion, Ind.: "The dropping In my throat, hawking and spitting, shortness of breath and pain over the eyes is better. Tbe dizziness. noies in tbe ears, tightness in tha chest and tired feeling is all gonn." From Victoria, British Columbia: "I can say that I feel about 100 per cent better tban I did two months ago, aud have gained 10 pounds in wet"ht." Office hours, 10 A. K. to 4. P.M., and 6 to8p. JC Sundays. 12 to 4 p. M. Consultation free toalL Patients treated suc cessfully at home by correspondence. Send two 2-cent stamps fur question blank and ad dress all letters to the Catarrh and Dyspepsia Institute. 323 Penn avenue. Pittsourz. OC13-HTT3 The Finest Meat-flavoeiko stock LIEBIG COMPANY'S Extract of Beef. USE IT FOR SOUPS, Beef Tea, Sauces and Made Dishes. Genuine only with fac-simileof Justus von Liebig's SIGNATURE IN BLUE INK Across label. Sold by storekeepers, grocers and dm grist. LIEBIGS EXTRACT OF BEEF CO lim ited. London. seftS-ws BROKERS FINANCIAL. prnPT rc savings bank; rtAlLLha 81 FODRrH AVENUE. Capital. S100.000. Surplus. S51.b70 29. D. McK. LLOYD, EDWARD li DOFF, 4 President, Asst. Sec. Treas, per cent interest allowed on time deposits. oclo-IO-ri i Whitney 8c Stephenson, 57 Fourth Avenue. myl JOHN M. OAKLEY & CO, BANKERS AND BROKERS. Stocks, Bonds, Grain, Petroleum. Privato wire to New York and Chicago, i SIXTH ST. Pittsburg. 1 J . , ' ,- .. - r ,j Uc? , VJiir3Ss& r-? ; - -fiMtoi ti - --WiifWiiift'illlfcff,itstofiT -t'ni-'-'- --"i,iii3iiJii
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