THE1 PITTSBURG- JDKPATOH" 'SATURDAY FEBRUARY
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IRON TBADE REYIEW.
A Slightly Improved Tonfe Koted in
ilie Local Situation.
THEMAHOXINGVALLEYSnOTDOWK
IIss Dad t!ic Effect of Strengthening- Prices
Somewhat.
JIEPOETS TE01I THE LEADING CEXTEES
There is a slightly improved tone to iron
markets in the week past. The shutdown in
the Mahoning and Shenango regiou, to
gether with labor troubles in the coke re
gions has had the effect of strengthening
prices. Furnacenien are firmer in their
views of values, and while there has been
no advance in prices there is a better tone to
markets. It is generally accepted that bot
tom prices have been reached, and that any
iuture changes must be toward a higher
level. A settlement of the troubles in
the coke regions would, no doubt,
have the cff.ct of changing
the situation, but certain it is
that in the past week the situation lias been
more in favor of tbe producer 01 raw irons
than lor months past. Owing to tbe better
tone in raw iron markets there is some im
provement in tlielinisof tinHhcd products.
Muck bar structutal iron, blooms and billets
are ttronser, but old rates still rule. Steel
nails and rails are still quiet, as istn be ex
pected at this season ot the rear. Kails have
never been: selling at lower figures thau for the
past few weeks.
Follow ins ire rates as siren by iron brokers:
structural Iron-Antles, 13c: tees,2.S3c: beams
and channels. 3.10c: sheared bridge plates, steel.
I-fOc; universal mill plates. Iron, 1.30c; rcliucd
bars. Ic card.
r.arljt.l wire ltnclnjr. calvcnlzed, J 00; plain
wireitnclnc. caltaulzed, SJSO.
Neutral mill J13 ran 55-casli
AU-orujnill 14 iyai4 "5-asli
o. i lounury, name ore it tviu av cmi
u 1 ruundry. lake ore
llciseuicr
Charcoal Jonndry iron So. I..
Charcoal foundry lrou o. 2.,
4 narcoal cold blast
17 00ffil7 23 cash
IS 50CU6 tio-iash
22Sr23 00
n re:; so
scsoo
MucV hir I7WJSW 50
fctcel blooms 5 Totems 25
Jteel slabs iS SniM is
fcteel billets 3M1S
Will Jt-C ends 5 30(&rs75
WicI rails, new SttiffiSSO
Bariron 1SU5
Wire rods 3i KWC9 u)
Mcel nails, per ke;, usual dls. I t3 1 90
ire nails, per kea 1 l&g 2 15
Tcrru manganese 64 CO
A BETTER TONE.
The Philadelphia Market Has Now Attained
a Healthy Equilibrium.
SrrCIAL TILIGE11I TO THE niSFATCH.!
Philadelphia, Feb. la During the past
week the law of supply and demand seem to
lave been fairly adjusted, so that the market
may now be said to have attained a healthy
equilibrium, bales during the week have been
on a very liberal scale and but few furnaces are
bow carrying any large excess of stock.
Slany of tbe recent sa'oi are belicVed
to have been made in anticipation
of tbe coke strike in the Connellsville region,
which has affected the leading iron-producing
sections of tbe country. No upward movement
li prices has as jet been started, but the mar
ker is more aclire, -Mtha firmer, tone and a
stronger feeling. In pig iron it is difficult to
give exact quotations, as there are many kinds
of iron in tbe market and almost as
many price". The job lots have been
pretty well taken un and business is
lirmer at a range of prices about as follows
for lots delivered in consumers' band',: Stand
ard Pennsvlvania. No. lx, $17 50018 00: No. 2x,
tlG o017 00: medium. o. lx, S17 2317 30; No,
2x. 16 0US16 25: ordinary forge cinder mixed,
513 oOQH 00, and charcoal car heel iron, S!2
-6. Muck huiers are not strong and buyers
are indifferent at anything over 26 5036 75,
delivered, while sellers ask J27 2527 6a Bar
iron has not increased in price, but the volume
of business is increasing and tbe market as vet
3s very unsettled. Some mills quote L85L90c
ana are said to refuse business at less luouev.
-while others are seeking orders at a tenth less,
but L75QL80c fairly represents the actual bcsl
ncss at most mills.
Plates are in improved demand, and the mills
are gradually filling up with work. Prices for
lots delivered iu consumers' yards are about as
follows: Iron ship and tank plates, SffiilOc.
and steel. 2.10S2.2OC: iron bridge plate, 2.05
2.15c and iron, 2.1562.25c. structural ma
terial is without special movement, al
though the mills are fairly well employed
on old work. Prices for lots delivered in con
sumers' yards are about as follows: Angles,
2.052.15c: sheared plates, 2.102.20c and from
10c to 20c more for steel. Tees. 2.516c; beams
and channels, 3.1c for either iron or steel. Sheet
iron is not Quite so active and prices
for the time being are easier on large
sized orders. Prices for tbo best refined
are about as follow: Nns. 14 to 20, 2.9003.00c:
Nos. 21 to 24. ai0S.15c:Nos. 25 and 2t. 3.303.40c:
Nos. 27 and 2s, &50&aL Scrap iron is in fair
demand with prices steady at about tbe follow
ing figures: No. 1 railroad scrap, S21 SOg 00
in Philadelphia, and $22623 for deliveries at
mills in the interior, according to distance and
quality.
BTJYESS SIIIL HESITATE
About Placing Any Very Large Orders In
the St. Louis Market.
ISfECIAL TELEGEAJI TO THE DISPATCn.!
St. Louis, Feb. la Rogers, Brown 4
Meachain say Inquiries have been made freely
the past week for small lots of Southern and
Ohio iron. Bayers, however, hesitate making
large purchases, but wc find in most cases it is
not the condition of the market that prevents
them, but a lack of work. Should trade pre
sent a brighter future, consumers would And
some difhculty in placinc their orders at tbe
current market figures. The miners' strike in
tbe Connellsville district mil prove a serious
disturbance to the foundry trade generally,
and will probably be a long-fought contest. We
quote torcash f. o. b. St. Louis, hot blast coke
ana charcoal:
Southern coke So. 1 SIS 75 to f 16 31.
Southern coke So. 214 75 to J15 25.
boutliern coke So. 3 c!4 25 to 14 75.
-outi.ern jray lorec-Si3 75 to $14 23.
Southirn charcoal So. 1 S17 50 to 513 03.
southern charcoal o. 2 f 17 03 to ?17 50.
MUsourl c! arcoal .o. 1 SIS 50 to Sib 00.
Missouri charcoal .No. 2-15 00 to 15 SO.
Olno son.cm.ro f IS U0 to (18 50.
Car wheels and malleable irons:
Lake superior SiO tO to f2l 00.
Southern 19 00 to fit CO.
Omnellsvllle lounury coke, East St. Louis
tS "i0.
8- Loul5-$5 65.
ITJEN1NG POINT EEACHED.
A More Active Demand at Cincinnati Than
for Months Past.
SrrCIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISATCK.1
ClMSNNATX, Feb. la Rogers, Brown & Co.
saj: Ihc week closes with moie signs of
strength than have been exhibited -in the mar
ket for several months. Tho buying Improve
ment has been heavier than has been witnessed
for a long time. Stocks of Southern coke
irons have been slowl) diminished, and with an
active demand and curtailed production, the
turning point has finally been reached.
There are buyers to-day of round blocks
at 50 cents per ton higher than Iron
was offered for January L The Connellsville
coke strike has something to do uith tho
activity of demand and the strength in prices.
Stocks are also beinc steadily reduced and
production in tbe country at laigeisatthe
lowest rate recorded since September, 1SSX
It it believed that there is a foundation fof a
good heavy market from this time ou. There
are those, howei er, who maintain that between
slack railroad demand, short crops heavy pro
duction and larze stocks on hand, there la little
room tor any substantial advance. Charcoal
Irons continue to drag, and prices are at per
haps tbe lowest range ever recorded.
K0T MUCH ACTIVITY.
A ery Little Demand for Iron In the Chi
cago Market.
tSPECIAL TELEGKAM TCI THE DISFATCK.
Chicago. Feu. la Rogers, Brown and Mer
wlns.ij: Duly a moderate amount of activity
bag characterized the Chicago market durin;
the past week. Transactions which have taken
place have been almost exclusively In the way
of lake Irons, there beingat present no demand
for any sire of Chicago brand. On lake irons,
parucularlv those made in the Alabama dis
trict, sellers are presenting a firmer front
as to prices, there beinc less in tbe way
of special cuts than for some time. While in
dications point to no material advance An
prices in this line, it Is apparent that nearly alt
tbo speciil cheap lots of iron which have been
pressing tbe market have now been picked up.
IteP'T.s ::h a larg decrease iu stock if
Iron at arious furnace' ilunuc Jatfuary. This
fact, coupled with the mke tiike. may lead to
a rcadjutiuent of valuis -...oner than has been
expected. The matter is ono of too much un.
certainty, however, to permit makiug definite
predictions.
Metal Market.
N-'wVoitK Pig Iron quiet nd steady. Cop
per nnchanged. Lead, nominal; .domestic,
4 STyi. Tin dull and heavyr straits, 119 85.
THE SUNDAY DINHEB.
First Effects of Lent, Ocean. Products la
Better Demand.
Market basket materials are eentlally the
same in rrice as they were a week ago. In a
jobbing way there have been some changes, bnt
not sufficient to make any marked change on
reiail prices. Choice creamery butter has ad
vanced 2c per lb during tbe week, and ectrs
have declined from 3c to 4c per dozen. Southern
vegetables are coming in more freely, and old
stock is on" the wane. New potatoes from
Bermuda and new tomatoes from California
aro in fair supply, but prices are beyond the
average consumer's pocketbook. The arrival
or Lent has favorably allected -vegetable and
fish inarke'ts In Increased demand. Prices,
however, remain, about tbe same as last Satur
day. Poultry is scarce and tendency of markets
is upward. Florists report a good week's trade,
with prices unchanged. A quiet time, how
ever, is anticipated in the next few weeks, ac
cording to precedents in the Lenten season.
The gr at Christian fast is felt more and more
1 dealers in meats and flowers as the years go
by.
Following are latest retail prices of market
basket tilling:
Staple Meats.
The best cuts 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, 12J to 15c; boiling
beef, 5 to be; sweet breads.20 to 50c per pair: beef
kidneys. 10c apiece; beef liver. 5c a pound; calf
iivers,25toS5c apiece; corned beef from 10 to 12c
per pound. Veal for stewtnc commands 10c;
roast, 12 to 15c; cu Jets, 0c per pound; spring
Iambs, fore quarter, 10 to 12c; hind quarters,
15c. A leg of mutton, hind quarter, of prime
quality, brinzs 12c; fore quarter, be; loin of
mutton, 15c; giblets, 5c per pound.
Garden Stuff:
Sweet potatoes, 15c per quarter peck:
cabbage, 10 to 15c; potatoes. 25c per half
peck; new Bermuda potatoes, 35c a quarter
peck; Bermuda onions, 35c a quart;
bananas, 15 to 20c a dozen; carrots, 5c a bunch:
new tomatoes, 40c a quart; lemons, 30
to 40c per dozen; oranges, 25 to 40c;
cauliflo-ver, I5to40cahead; lettuce, 5-toJOc per
bunch; beets, 5c per bunch, 35c per dozen:
new beets, 15c a bunch; new asparagus, 20c a
bunch: new radishes, 5c a bunch; cucumbers,
25 to 35c apiece: app'es. 15 to 20c a quarter peck;
celerj.5 to 10c a bunch; pie pumpkius, 10 to 25c;
Malaga grapes, 25 to 35c a pound.
Choice creamery butter, 35c Good country
butter. 20 to 25c. Fancy pound rolls, 30 to 35c
Strictly fresh egg3. 23c
The range for dressed chickens is 50c to SI 00
per pair: ducks. GOc to SI 00; turkeys, 18 to 20c
per pound; geese, 10 to lie
Ocean Products.
Following ore the articles in this line on
the stalls, with prices: Lake salmon, 10 to 15c;
California salmon,o5 to 40c per pound; white fish,
12 to 15c: hirring, 4 pounds for 25c: Spanish
mackerel, 40c a pound; .blue fish, 15c;
halibut, 20c: rock bass, 25c; lake trout,
12c; lobsters, 20c: green sea turtle, 20 to 25c
Oysters: If. Y. counts, S2 00 per callon; stewing
ojsters, SI 25 per gallon; clams. SI 00 per gallon:
smelt?. 20c a pound; shad, 75c to Jl 50 each;
scallops, 20c a pound.
Flowers.
La France. S2 00 per dozen; Mermets, SI 50 per
dozen; Brides, SI 50 per dozen; yellow and white
roses. SI 00 per dozen; Bennetts,Sl 50 per dozen;
Beauties, 50c to $1 00; carnations. 50c per dozen;
Duchess of Albany, S2 50 per dozen; violets,
SI to SI 25 per 100; heliotrope, 50c per dozen; lily
of alle, SI 00 per dozen: cauielias, 25c each;
Harrisii, 35c each; hyacinth, 50c per dozen;
Magna Cbarta, 75c each; hostes, SI 50 a dozen;
tulips, SI 00 a dozen; narcissus, 75c a dozen;
freesias, 25c a bunch.
LOCAL LIVE STOCK.
Condition or Markets at Cast Liberty Stock
Yards."" ,
OFFICE OF PlTT.SBUKO DISPATCH, I
Friday. Feb. la I
Cattle Receipts, 1,176 head; shipments, 1,087
head: mirketnotbiug doing, all through con
signments; three cars of cattle shipped to .New
York to-day.
Hogs Receipts. 4.450 head; shipments, 3,950
head: market firm: mixed and Philadelphia.
S3 753 bO; Yorkers. S3 653 75: pigs. S3 25
3 50; live cars of bogs shipped to New York
to-day.
Sheep Receipts. 800 bead: shipments, 600
head; market firm at unchanged prices.
By Telegraph.
CINCINNATI Bogs easy; common and light.
S3 003 55: packing and butchers', $3 453 05;
receipt, 3,2i 0 head; shipments. 450 head. Cattle
in good demand; common. SI 5002,75; fair to
choice butcher irrades. 13 00GM So: nrime to
choice shippers, S4 U04 75: receipts, ISO head;
snipmenrs, j neau, oueep tjetler gntrien;
scarce and stronc; common to choice. S3 OOQ
5 DO; extra fat wethers and y earlings. S5 25
5 50; receipts, 34 head; shipments, none. Lambs
scarce and strong: common to choice butchcis,
51 00QG 25: good to choice shipping. So 506 25
per 1U0 pounds.
CHICAGO The Evening Journal reports:
Cattle Receipts. 2,000 head; shipments, none;
market activa and steady to strong: steers,
52 255 50; cows, bulls and mixed, SI 6304 50:
stockers. S2 253 90. Hogs Receipts. 39.000
bead; shipments. 50,000 head; market strong;
rongh and common. S3 353 40; prime mixed
and packers, S3 453 50: prime heavy and
butcher weight', S3 553 00, light, S3 5033 55.
Sheep Receipts. 6,000 heart; Shipments. 2,500
head; market active and firmer: natives,
S4 0O4 85; Westerns, M 005 75; Tcxans, S3 05
64 75; native lambs. S5 00QG 15.
NEW YORK Beeves Receipts. 1,624 head,
including 23 cars for sale: market a shade
firmer; native steers. $4 00150per 100 pounds;
bulls and cows. S2 004 25: dres-ed beet steady
at6bc; shipments to-morrow 875 beeves and
5,764 quarters or beef. Calves Receipts. 248
bead: market stead; veals. S5 005 bO: West
erns. f3 003 50. Sheep Receints 4,418 bead:
maik't dull; sheen. S4 005 62K: lambs. S6 00
G6 SlKt dressed mutton firm at 9c: dressed
lambs ntcady at9S10c Hogs Receipts. 5 325
bead, consigned direct; nominally steady at
53 -J034 00 per 100 pounds.
OMAHA Cattle Receipts. L'850 head; mar
ket active and steady to firm on ben butchers
stock; feeders unchanged: fancy 1,400 to 1600-ft
steers. $4 555 60: prime 1,200 to 1.475 ft steers.
S3 954 65: lair to good 1. 050 to 1.350-B steers,
52 7o4 15. Hogs Receipts, 3.500 head; market
active and 5c higher: all sold: range, S3 00
3 45: bulk. S3 2001 S3: nips.- 1 50i 25: lieht
lights, $2 2S&2 9b: light. S3 053 3o; heavv. S3 30
1 45: mixed, S3 253 35. Sheep Receipts. 225
head: market active and firm; natives, S2 75
4 50: Western. S2 5064 60.
ST. LOUIS Cattle Receipts, L100 bead: ship
ments. 1,000 head; market strong; good to fancy
natives. S4 50Q5 25; fair to good natives. S3 90
4 60; stockers and feeders, J2 203 35: Texans
and Irdians, S2 401 15. Hogs Receipts,
4,100 bead: shipments, 4.100 head: market steady:
lair to choice heavy, S3 4063 55: mixed grades,
53 2U3 45: light, fair to best. S3 2503 40. Sheep
Receipts, 700 head; shipments. 1.000 head;
market steady; good to choice, S4 005 20.
KANSAS CITY Cattle Receipts, 2,960 head;
sbipments.150 head; market steady to strong:
steers, $3 755 55: cows. 52 003 30; stockers
and feeders. ?1 6531 55. Hogs Receipts, 8.170
head: shinraent, 2.9S0 bead; market 5c higher;
bulk. S3 253 40: all grades. S3 0063 50. Sheep
Receipts. 1.4J0 bead; shipments. 400 head; mar
ket steadv aud unchanged.
BUFFALO Cattle fairly steady and firm;
receipts, 4S load', no sale. Sheep and'lainbs
weak; receipts, 5 loads through. 20 sab-. Hogs
slow; receipts, 43 loads through. 25 sale.
The Wool Market.
New Yoek Wool firm quiet; domestic
fleece. 3i37c; pulled, 2033c: Texas, 1724c
. ST. LOUts Wool Receipts. 74,226 pounds;
firm: nn ashed bright medium, 2024c:
coarse hnid, 1422c; low sandy. 1217i-; nne
light, 16622c; fine heivv. U18c; tub washed,
choice 34r; inferior, 29g32c
Pun. IDELPHIA Woil Prices firm and
stocks llht: Ohio. Pennsvlvania and West Vir
ginia XX and above. 32635c: X 30232c; medium,
3738c: coarse. 3637c; New York. Michigan.
Indiana and Western fine or Xand XX, 280
30e; medium. 3637c; r-oir-c 35637c; fine
washed delaine, X and XX 34638c; medium
washed combing and delaine, 4J64&-: coarse do
do do, 36638c; Canada, do. do. 3438c; tub
washed, choice. 37640c; fair. 35g37c: coarse, 33
635: medium unwashed combing and delaine,
2S631c; coarse do do do, 272bc: Montana,
20624c; Territorial. 1522c
BOSTON. Feb. 13. The demand Tor wool has
been good and ihe sales of the week are 3.048.0G0
pounds of all kinds. The market has been firm,
but there has been little change in prices. In
domestic wool tbo principal sales have been in
Territory grades and have been in tbe
range ot 16624c Fine medium Montana
was sold to a good extent at 22
22Kc On the scoured basis, the prlt1cln.1l
sales of Territory wool have been at 60663c
lor fine, oS60c for,finc medium aud 55657c lor
medium. In Texas, California and Oregon
wools there has been nothing of consequence
done and prices are nnchanged. Pulled wools
have been in good demand, supers selling at
40645c for the best, at 303Sc for fair to good
and at 2230c for extras. Ohio and Pennsylva
nia fleece, hive been quiet, with sales at 31
32c for X at S334c for XX and
at 57638c for No. 1. Michigan X sells at 29
30c: o. 1 washed combing is firm at E942c;
Ohio flno delaine at 36637c and Michigan tine
delaine at 3536c bales of nnwashed combing
have been nude at 27632c for one-quarter and
three-eighths blood. Australian wools have
been active and firm at S642c There has
been more demand fur foreign carpet wools.
KUDXABD KIPLING J,as visited the
Mormons, and In THE DISPATCH to-naor-row
will give his Impressions. One of his
brightest (T-t.
ON TEE PANHANDLE
A Busy ideality Whose Merits Are
' Seldom licvealed to the Public.
FiKE IMPROVEMENTS UNDER WAY.
A Blz'Deal in Timber Land at Ohio Fle hj
Pittsburg Capitalists.
THE KEWS ASI GOSSIP OP THE. C1TI
A large transaction in timber land was
consummated yesterday by James W. Drape
& Co. They sold about 1,200 acres near
Ohio Pyle at a price approximating $25,000.
The purchasers are Pittsburg people, who
propose to erect mills and other works for
manufacturing lumber. Tbe walnut timber,
of which there is a large quantity, will
probably be logged and shipped to n
gland. A Flourishing Locality.
There is quite a movement In real estate
down tho Panhandle Railroad, of which little
notice ever reaches the public Straub Mor
ns report sales aggregating almost JlOO.OOOin
the vicinity of Ingram and Crafton within 18
months. Wood. Harmon fc Co. are improving
their tract of 50 acres, bought last fall, between
Sheridan and Nnulck. Several other pieces of
acreage are being brightened up.
Building is active. John J. McCormick, the
steamship agent, gave out contracts yesterday
to Andrew JIcMaster for two elegant frame
dwellings at Ingram, to be finished by July L
S. Keighley is finishing a very fine residence on
therUgeat Ingram, and George Troop is put
ting up one of the same kind on tbo adjoining
lot. John Bell is putting tbe finishing touches
to a fine house at the same place. All of these
buildings are first-class, none of them costing
less than $4,000, and from that un to S10. 000.
All that is needed to fully develop this local
ity is rapid transit, and the prospect is good
for supplying this want the coming summer.
This secureil. no place around Pittsburg will
have suuerior attractions to boine-seekers of
moderate means.
A Lively Property.
There is a piece ot ground on Collins avenue,
near Broad street. East End, which possesses
the traditional characteristic of the nimble
shilling. It was sold about a year ago to
George Scott for 812,55a VUhln4hree months
he turned it over to Mr. Rainey at a good ad
vance, "i esterday Mr. Rainey resold It to Tim
Barrett, a well-known Eaht Ender, for 314,210.
The lot is 90x200, with a large bnck dwelling
tbereon, which Mr. Barrett will occupy as a
residence.
Business News and Gossip.
Complaint is as lh.ud as over of a scarcity of
houses In tbe East End and on the Southslde.
Pittsburg seems to be too prosperous to boose
her people.
Friends ot Electric are anxiously awaiting
the return of Mr. Westlnghouse to find out the
true inwardness of things. Confidence is still
expressed that everything will end well.
The most important of 23 mortgages on file
for record yesterday was for $15,000.
1 be earnings ot the Pittsburg and Western
Rail-oad for the first w'eek in February, were
(32,773, a reduction of $5,691.
Baxter, Thompson fc Co. The real estate
business is picking up. Outlook for a good
spring trade is excellent. Prices are firm. The
demand for houses is unabated. We could
rent several hundred it we bad them.
A local church corporation secured a large
sum of money yesteidayon moitgageal 4per
cent.
It was stated yesterday that a new move
would soon be made in the Homcwood Driving
Park property, but the nature ot it could not
be learned.
The Building Record.
IbefolIOMing permits for improvements of
various kinds were taken out yesterday:
Sterrit it Thomas, iron-clad addition three
story pattern shop, SSx50 feet, on corner Thirty
second and Smallman streets. Fifteenth ward.
Cost, 900.
Frank Brehl, frame one-story and basement
dwelling, 19x32 feet, on Holt street. Twenty
seventh ward. Cost, 900.
Mr. Kecland, brick two-story and mansard
store and dwelling, 16x22 feet, on Clark street.
Eighth ward. Cost, 11,500.
Robert Craighead, frame two-story and man
sard dwelling. 21x32 feet, on Dearborn street,
Nineteenth ward. Cost. 51.900.
F A. Siwert, frame two-suiry dwelling, 20x45
feer, on Bond street. Nineteenth-ward. Cost,
2,250,
5. W. Jefferes. frame addition two-story
dwelling. 14x20 feet, on Lake street. Twenty
first ward. Cost, 600.
Edward Baker, frame two-story dwelling,
20x3 feer. on Eureka street, Thirty-first ward.
Cost, 1,450. .,,,
Mrs. hpriesterbacb. Trame addition two-story
dwelling. 16x16 feer. on Larkins alley. Twenty
sixth ward. Cost. 8750.
Movements In Realty.
Straub & Morris have sold eight lots In
Schenlcy View place within three days. Among
the purchasers were Harris Crawford, W. A.
Merriman and Charles S. Wright. They also
sold a lot at Ingrain station to W. L. Galbraith
for SS50 cash; alo, three lots at tbe same place
to W. Von Bonnborst for 1,500 cash, and a lot
at Crafton for 825 cash.
C. Beringer & Son sold a lot with two boues,
on Heman street, for W. H. Fritz to Michael
Clancy for 2,750.
James W. Drape & Co. closed a deal of about
SO acres near the citv for 20,000, cash; also sold
a farm in McCandiess tounshlp, near Pine
Creek of abont 55 acres, for $8,250, cah: also an
interest in two properties, houses and lots, of
S.O0O.
6. A. Dickie fc Co. sold an improved property
on Carver street to H. W. Harrison, a two.
story and attic frame, with lot 24x100 feet, for
2,100.
Black fc Baird sold for the Germanla Savings
Bank the property No. 337 Edmund street, con
sisting of .1 two-story frame dwelling on lot 80x
97 feet, for $4,550.
W. A. Herrnn & Sons closed the sale of the
fine residence of Mrs. M. C. Davis, on Center,
near Liberty avenue. East End. lot 70x200 feet,
wltb a dwelling of 12 rooms all modern con
veniences, stable and carriage house: price,
$14,000.
Charles Somers & Co. sold for Messrs. Hallet
& Arthur to Samuel D. Meanor a property
situated on John street. Thirteenth ward, in tbe
Elba bquaro plan, consisting of a modern
frame bouse of six rooms, reception hall, bath
room, etc, on a lot 24x100 feet, tor $3,750.
HOME SICTTEITIES.
Electric and Philadelphia Gas Stock Some
wliat Ont of Joint.
The stock market j esterday was the least in
teresting for several weeks. Weakness was the
feature. There were oither few orders or the
filling of them was postponed. This was natural
with things on the run. Total sales wore fc!4
shares.
The opening bid for Electric warily. The
highest sale was at 12 and the lowest 10. It
closed at 10 bid. The crow d showed a disposi
tion to await further developments in regard to
tbe preferred stock before loading up much
more. Shorts were said to be pretty well
covered.
Philadelphia Gas was another weak btother.
Opening at 13, it sold down and closed at U
A point was nipped off of Luster. Tractions
held to their old position. Switch and Signal
was steady. Tbe rest of the list was tame.
THIRD
CALL.
li A
Rrldeewater.
P. N. G. & V. Cu
l'lnla. Co
Wheeling Gas Co
7 B'i
12J 12
Tuna Oil t'-o
Central Traction
Ottiens'lrac'n.
1'lttsuurz Irac
Pleasant Valley.
Alice. V. R. It. .
'liartierKv...
I'llts. JfcC. bhan,
S.Y.3M.U. C.C
f :onsluee Mtn'g
Luster Alining.,
bllverton alln'g,
MerlliixtJ.al.Co.
Westlnghouse K.
u. a. & a. Co....
1 e t'house A 11.
18 19
... H
24K Uh
"sh "eo
5 ....
20 "166
IS 18
joS it
Sales at first call were 10 shares of Electric
at 12, 45 Airbrake at 95 and 15 Philadelphia Gas
at 13. Sales at second call wore SO Consignee
at 20. 155 Electric at 11, 100 at 1 10 Airbrake
at 95, 25 Pipeage on account, etc. at & Be
tween calls 100 Electric sold at 11. Slesat
third call were 50 Electric at 10, 0U at 10. 4 at
11, 60 Philadelphia Gas at 13, 100atl2.
At New York yestcrdav the total sales nt
stocks were 152.S92 shares, including: Atchi
son, 7,230; Lackawanna and Western. 4,800;
Louisville and Mashville, 11,725; Missouri
Pacific, 7,315: North American, 3,370; Northern
Pacific preferred, 5,000; Richmond and West
Point, 4,355; St. Paul, 10,400; Union Pacific,
10.550.
FIRST SECOND
CALL. CALL.
B A IS A
.... !7!
7Si.. 73f..
13X l!0i 23)4 12S
15a
GU
16S ID 1S 19
.... HH .. . S3
Mf S3M .... 33U
Ki UH .... Uh
44
55 53 55 ....
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7
at .... m ....
16 18 16 It
2
4
11 i: 117 12
10H 1034 10 10X
4 85)i .... ....
MONET HABKET.
All the Local Bunks Well Fixed In Regard
to Funds.
Bankers reported a lair borrowing demand
for money yesterday, with a plentiful supply.
Nearly all tbe banks have money to lend, those
that were short at the beginning of the month
having changed conditions.
There was a pretty close adherence to the 6
per cent rate of interest for call loans. Time
paper was discounted at 7. Depositing showed
improvement in the trade movement. Clear
ing House exchanges were $1,959,701 65. and
balances 8224.558 7L ' "
Money on call at New Xork yesterday was
easy, ranging from 2 to 3 per cent, last loan
2. aud clnvd -offered at 2. Prime mercantile
paper 57. Sterling exchange qnietf aud
steady at H 86 for 60-day bills, and $4 &A for demand.
Closing Bonn: Quotations.
U. S. 4S. Tfv
.120
.13)
M.S. &T. Oen. 5s.. 41J
Mutual Union 6S...104
N.J. C Int. Cert..;ioS
Northern I'ac UIS..115H
Northern Pac ids,. 112)4
Northw't'n eonol.136i
Nortw'n dehen's 53.109
Oregon Jt Trans. 6s.
ht.L ftl. M. Gen. is. M
St.L.S.F.Gen.A1.108
St. Paul consols. ...124
St.P. ChlAPc. lits.115
Tx.. Pc L.B.Tr.Ks. 87K
V. 8. 4s, coopi
U.S. Ms, reg.
, I01J
U. S. 4KS, COUP.,
. lira
Pacific 6s of '95. 109
Loulsran&stampcdts 93
iuiuun ds.. .
uenn. new set. 6s... J03J
UU, UCfTt,D6., Vg
Tenn.newset. to.... 71
Canada so. Ms 119
Central PaclHcists.I08W
Den. & K. a, hue.. .1173
Aen. d Jfc. V. 4S.,... K
O.AK. G. Westlits.
Erie Ms lOMf
lb. K. s T. (Jen. 6s.. 78 j
Tx.. Pc.KG.Tr.Kn. 32
Union racinc I6U. ..ira.-s
IPtct HiiAre .... .102
Kio Grande W. lts. 75X
Bank Clearings.
Chicago Bank clearings $11,887,000. New
York exchange was 40c discount. Rates for
money were firm at 67 per cent.
New Oblkaks Clearings to-day, $2,066,406.
New York exchange, commercial paper, par;
bank, $1 per $1,000 premium.
New Yokk Bank clearings to-day, $93,517..
700: balances. $3,558,933.
Boston Bank Hearings to-day, $14,654,271!
balances, $1,803 038. Money. 4 per cent, ex
change on New York, 17c to 20c discount.
Philadelphia. Bank clearings to-day,
$10,012,803; balances. $1,587,778. Money, 5 per
cent.
BaLTlmobe Bank clearings to-day, $1,975,
877; balances. 260,010. Money 6 per cent.
Memphis New York exchange selling at l
premium. Clearings, $412,486; balances, 129.-
St. Lotus Clearings. $3674.565: balances,
$518,101. Money 67 per cent. Exchange on
New York. 25c premium.
SS0FS OF OIL.
The Market Fairly Active, but Closes a
Trifle Down.
Oil moved Kc yesterday, opening at 81Jc
and closing at bOc bid. Abont 20,000 barrels
were sold.
Refined was steady at previous figures.
Average runs. 7550: average shipments, 68,356:
average charters, 29.602. .
McGrew, WIIon & Co., 90 Fourth avenue,
quote: Puts, 79Jc; calls, 80X80Jc
OU Markets.
Bradford. Feb. 13. National Transit Cer
tificates opened at SUc: closed at 80c;
highest, 80Xc; lowest; 7c; .clearances, 286,000
barrels.
Oil Crnr, Feb. 13. National Transit Cer
tificates opened at80c: highest, 80ic: lowest,
80c; closed. oOMIc; sales. 48,000 barrels; clear
ances. 290,000 barrels; charters, 16.508 barrels;
shipments, 69,274 barrels; runs, 74.847 barrels.
New 'Xork, J?eb. 13. Petroleum opened
firm, but the market failed to respond to re
ports of activity in the West and in tbe after
noon yielded He and closed dull. Pennsylvania
oil; Spot opening. TSJfc: highest. 79c: lowest,
TBJit; closing. TOJic March option: Opening,
80c; highest, otc: lowest. BOc; closing, 80c
Total sales, 141,000 barrels.
NEW YOEK STOCKS.
The Stagnation of the Share Market Intensi
fied, and Bonds Sympathize Closely
Fears of Legislation and Wild
Gonld Rumors.
New York, Feb. 13. The stock market to
day. except in a few spots, was as near dead as
it was possible to be and have business trans
acted at all, bnt there was an inclination to
heaviness, and prices at the close were left gen
erally a shade under those of last evening. The
stagnation is the effect principally of the fear
that some free coinage measure will be rushed
through by book or by crook in the closing
hours of tbe session.
The possibility of further orders of gold for
shipment by to-morrow's steamer, not to speak
of the chances of tbe same thing next week and
exaggerated reports jegarding Gould's health,
were effectually used to depress prices. The
general list to-day presented as little feature as
on any da j this year. Burlington and Quincy's
delay over tbe matter of the dividend is caus
ing some uneasiness to those most Interested,
and to-day it was one of tbe weak spots fn the
market. Louisville was heavy on lower Lon
don figures, and Chicago Gas was sold on
rumors of liquidation by a bull pool in the
stock.
On tbe other band, the Susquehanna and
Western stocks were again strong, tbe pre
ferred rising materially. The opening was
lower In sympathy with the lower London
market and under, the influence of the gold
shipments, but tbe traders endeavored to rally
the list in the oarly trading without mnch
change. Manipulation in bugar stocks was in
the direction 01 lower figures in the forenoon,
and tho new common stock was depressed from
75 to 72, and the receipts from 88 toSSJic giving
a heavy tone to the regular list.
Later there was a sharp reaction, especially
Iu the last hour, when these losses were en
tirely made up and tbe preferred stock sold up
to 88. The general li.-t exhibited no recupera
tive uower, however, and theclnse was no moro
than steady generally at .a shade under last
night's prices, sb a rule. In no case is the final
change for more than a fraction, though the
advances among the active stocks are few.
The trading in railroad bonds, also, showed a
material falling off, both in the number of
issues traded in and the aggregate of tbe sales,
which was $1,189,000. 'Ihe market exhibited tbe
same lack 01 vitality tbat characterized tbe
dealings in shares, and while a heavy tune pre
vailed, the changes were insignificant in ail but
a few cases. Losses aro most numerous, how
ever, and Minneapolis and St. Louis seconds
lost 4, tool.
Tiie following table snows me pnees of active
slocks on the -New ork Slock Exchange yester
day. Corrected daily for 'Ihe Dispatch bv
WHII.MY & bTltruthSOX. oldest Pittsburg mem
bers orthe .New York Stock Exchange, 571fourth
aveiiue: ,
-tlos-Open-
Hlfh- tow- ing
inc. est. fit. Jtlrt.
Am. Cotton Oil 1SW
Am. Cotton on nrer. ,. 41
Am. Cotton Oil Trust.. 21 21 24? ;i
Atch., Top. 8. If 27Jf 28 273 ZIU
Canadian l'aclnc 72h
Canada southern. ...... boh 5I to 50
Central 0r.NewJeMe7.ll6 116 116 lis
Central I'acinc 29
Chesapeake & Ohio ... 18 18 Igy 1SW
Chicago Gas truss 4i)i 10& KJ - 393
C. Our. (JaiacT. .... 80 , SoS SS'A
C. MILAM. Pant..... MH SVi Mfc WH
C. Mil. bt. l.. pr. lliw
C. Koclc x. A K C$H G) 63H 6sH
C. St. P.. M. Jt O jju
C at. P.. M. a UL pi. tUi M 84 84
C & Northwestern. ...lory IK'i iH 106
c. t;.. c. 1 ciia em a s-i
C. C. C & Lpref. 92
Col. Coal A iron &M
Col. & lloctlni: Valley 23 K 2GK Z&M I'o.'i
Ches. & Oiuo ui nrer.. 5l SIM 51K SIS
dies. s. Ohio 2d pref .. 31'i zzii 32M .izs
Del.. Lacks West... ..1J7X 133H 137lJ 138J,
Del. & Hudson Ii6fc 137 136 IX!
Den. Klo Grande ni
Den. ftUotiraude.pt cuZ
E. r.. Vn. ua ;4
Illinois Central 97 97 9CV 96K
Late Erie & West W4 UH UH u
LiakeLries West nf.. 57'J 57 H 7Ji S7t
LaKebhorc 4 il. a... .II13J 112 111K llltf
Louisville X-Nisiivllle. 71 U 75 74X T4J
JllchlL'Jii Central 91
"' "to S3 Z3i 33 32
Missouri Pacific -CC3 6C5t C6S4 tsfi
klouui ..e,u iruC. 1'Ji 1SX 10 VtH
New rork Central ,,. .... 10 '4
-N... Cx St. L, 14 14 1JM nil
S. r., C Abt.L.Utpr 6,
N. i C. Sc fet. L. 2d pf 23'j 29S 29 !
N. Y.. Lu K. W 13 Ti 19 19M 11i
N. Y L. E.& W. pd )
JM.Y. &.!- 37K S7M Z!H 37
N.Y.. O. &V, 17 17 It HX
Norfolk X estcrn.... IS 16 16 16
Noriolk Jt Western or S3
Northern faciHci .. 27 27l ti 27
Northern Pacinc nr.... 7l U 71H 715
)luo&Mlulslpoi....t 13
Oregon Improvement. ZUH 27 2b C7
racinc Hal! .'su 3li 36 sOi
Peo.. Dec. & Evans.... M( I8M Hs4 184
fnllaael. & Keadlne. .. EH Sl'i 32'A 32V
I'nllman l'alacecar... la: 192 191 ai
Ulchmono & W. r. T . 1S)f I84 J8X 18K
KlcliinonaV.l.'i.nl u 75
at. iaul i Untutn '. 25
St. Paul ,c Dulutn or. -.Wi
St. P., Minn. A Man lie
at, L ban if. 1st Dt SO
aucrarTrust, UH $a S3! E6
Texas Paclnr, 11 144 14H 14
Union Pacifs 44 4tK 44 41!
Wabash 10 in 10 10
Wabatn nreierrea 18X 18S-' is ' 1SV4
Western llnton. 8Di MS SO1.' !0!
Wneellnc&u e.i SIX
WheellnicaUK.prer.. 72K 72H 71 J1K
Nortli American Co.- 17J( 17 17 17H
P., C, C. Jt fet. L 13
P., C, C. &bt. Upr.. 41 SI SO 50
Philadelphia Stocks.
Closing quotations of Philadelphia stocks, fur
nished bv Whitney & Stephenson, brokers. No. 57
Fourth avenue. Members New York Stock Kx
chansei Jtld. Asked.
Pennsylvania Kallroad, 81 K Wi
IteadlnK , ..,, 16X 169-16
buffalo. New York and Philadelphia Si, &X
Ienlirli Vail.iv. ,- ....., 49-J JO
mi
48!f
SIS
27
7IX
illladelntit srr" '"'.'"" " 54U
hnrrn.m ..ia ! -sr&z
Vi TL " ncwcsBiniiiBn ,...,. i
J Northern Pacific preferred-. 7IH
Boston Stocks.
Alcn. i Top 3IHurou
3
12
liostou SAIbanr....2o4 (Kearsarjre
owtuii a; aiaine....2C9
g" &Q 85H!
Eastern K. K. 61 122
Osceola i
Qulncy... ...., f?
Santa Fo Copper....
ramarack l
aan Uleeo Land Co. 22
Boston Land Co. .. .6
West End Land Co. 22S4
Bell Telephone WH
Ijimson Store S 21
Water Power 3a
Flint . Per at n fi
?- X'4 Ens;,.,.. S1H
N.Y.&N.Enjr.7s..l24
Wis. Cen. common. 20$,
AIloucz Hg. co tK
Atlantic ssil
Centennial Mining. 15
N. Enir. Telcnhoilc. W4
Calumet & Hecla)...260
Franklin ; 17
Butte & Bost.copper V&
Mining Stock Quotations.
New York. Feb. 13. Alice, 160; Adams Con
solidated. 165; Aspen. 575j Best and Belcher.
240: B,ndie. 125; Crown Point. 170: Consolidated
California ana Virginia, 480; Eureki Consoli
dated, 300; Iron Silver, 100: Homestake. 850;
Horn Silver. 305; Mexican, 210; Ontario, 3,900;
Ophir, 300; Plymouth, 215.
New Tork Coflee Market.
New York. Feb. 13. Coffee Options opened
steady, nnchanged to 20 points down, closed
steady and unchanged to 10 points down: sales,
28,500 bags, including February, 17.0017.05;
March. 16.6516S0;Aprii. 16.5016.55; Mav.l&SO
18.35; June, 16.05018.10; Inly. 15.6515.70;
September, ia0015.05: -spot Rio dull and firm:
fair cargoes, 10c; No. 7, 17c. "
Price of Bar Silver.
rsrsciAL tSltgejlsc to the dispatcii-i
New York, Feb. IS. Bar silver in London
was 46d per ounce; New York selling price,
as reported by bullion dealers. 51 00.
Drygoods Market.
New York. Feb. 13. The drygoods market
presented no new features. .Business was fair
with agents and improving with jobbers.
THE H0J1E OF TUEKETS LEPERS.
It Is Out From Constantinople in the Midst
of a City of the Dead.
Pall Mall Budget,
Miss Kate Marsden lias lately visited
Constantinople, Miss Marsden and her
guide took a carnage and drove toward a
place which, iu the distance, looked
like a forest of cypress trees. The
white stones, just distinguishable, made
her think it must be inhabited;
but, as tbe carriage drew nearer, she saw
tbat they were not houses, as she imagined,
but hundreds and thousands of graves
packed as closely as It was possible for
graves to be, even in Turkey, with the tall,
dark, gloomy cypress trees planted every
few yards apart. She asked the guide why
the cypress trees were planted there so
thickly; his answer was, "Because, mad
ame, it helps to kill the stench from the
eraves."
She drove a long way into this forest of
the dead and the cypress, until all view of
the sea was gone, aud she lound uerseii snut
in. Yet she was not alone, for here in the
very midst dwell the poor outcast lepers,
driven here by the Government. The guide
was simply horrified when he discovered
Miss Kate'Marsden's intention of going in
among them all; he absolutely refused to go
a step nearer. As she stood within tbe leper
bouse, she was dumb with astonishment that
any nation, however barbarous, could, in
the face of civilization, subject any portion,
of its people to such a miserable condition.
No sun sheds its healthy rays there, and the
chill which struck her as she remained
witbiu the house gave her an idea of what
the lepers must suffer.
She said she did so long to tell them how
she sympathized with them, and how gladly
he would take their bnrden from them; and
she hoped and prayed in her heart that no
where in the world were the poor lepers
treated as here iu the paradise among cities,
Constantinople. There is a ray of I'ght
here, however, and that is tbe good doctor,
who is doing everything in his power to in
duce the Sultan to provide properly for
them, and he is devoted to their cause; hut
in such a country and with such people he
is powerless.
A SEAL VISITS HEW YORK.
In Taking- a Look at the Town From the
Land He Meets Death.
"New York Times.
Seals occasionally paddle into New York
Bay and up through the Narrows to take a
look at the great city of New York, bnt it is
an uncommon thing for them to climb out
of the water to get a, land view. Those that
prove themselves exceptions to this rule
generally come to grief. A big fellow, 4
ieet 6 inches in length and 38 inches bust
measure, started yesterday on a land-exploring
expedition near fort Wadsworth. It
had not made much progress inland before a
Staten Island youth, Albert Nichols, caught
sight of it, and, as Albert was mnch swiiter
of loot than the seal was of fin at least, on
land be soon came up with it.
For a 14-vear-old bov to capture alive a
seal nearly as tall as himselt is no light
tack. Albert believes, however, that he
would have succeeded had not 11 boatman,
"William Giles, believed otherwise. Giles
went for an ax, and, when be fouud one,
smashed in the seal's skull, so that it died
with that look of forgiveness in its large,
niourntul ives tbat all seals assume when
being persecuted by cruel man. The body
of the ucfortuuate explorer was put on ex
hibition at the Quarantine dock, and its
skin will be preserved by Alfred as a
trophy.
WHITE LIES IK SOCIETY.
They
Represent Decisions From Which
Thero Is No Possible AppeaL
New York Tribune.
Tne aplomb with which white lies are told
in society is amusing to a cynic Nobody is
deceived, by them. Those who utter the
obvious untruths do not really care if they
are believed or not; they simply constitute
a court from which there is no appeal. You
cannot say, "I do not believe a -word you
say;" you must accept tbe lie as a truth, and
that ends the matter.
If you have received any slight, any
neglect, the white lie apology is sufficient;
you have no grievance, aud therefore no
right to show resentment, nevertheless you
know and she (if it be a woman, as in nine
cases out of ten it is sure to be) knows, and
what is more, she knows you know, aud does
not care. Yon can chafe inwardly, but you
have no redress.
LUCK IN COOKING.
Women of To-Day Depend Less on It Than
on Science and Skill.
New York Tribune.
There are fewer housekeepers to-day than
formerly that depend on luck in cooking,
throwing their materials together with a
sweet abandon and trusting to theifcgood
stars to turn out a satisfactory result in bis
cuit, tart or what-not. A few of this race of
cooks, however, still survive. It is due to
a prejudice against written rules which ex
ists still among all uneducated people, that
such absurd, senseless want pf method ia
cookery has not been entirely overcome.
The witty Frenchman, referring to an
atrocious cook, who satd "the difference be
tween her and Brinvillicrs is only one of In
tention," might have had iu mind a woman
who depende 1 on that uncertain factor
"luck" for her result.
Fansles In February.
Fancy pansies blossoming in the open air
bn tbe Sth of February! Anil yet such was
tbe case in Brooklyn last week, a resident of
Lafayette avenue, whose garden has a south
ern exposure, being blessed' with a pro
fusion of flowers of tbe richest and most
.variegated lines.
SICK UlLADACHE.,,, LluleUTerm.
blCK HEADACHE..,,,,,, LlMe Uver 1MUi
SICK HEADACHE.,,.,, tule ur nUl.
ICK HEAlACHECllri;,r,m uttl. LiTe'rpuU.
aol-TTB
ifhlghNavliratlon.
Philadelphia and Er
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
Supply of Potatoes on tbe Decline
and Markets Stronser.
FRESH EGGS F15D A LOWER LEVEL
Kecelpls of Grain and Hay Light and De
mand is Also Light.
GENERAL GROCERIES DSCITAKGED
Office of PrrrsBuito Dispatch. (
Fkidat, Feb. 13. J
Country Produce Jobbing Prices.
Supply of fresh eggs is In excess of demand,
and markets are weak. Choice dairy products
are very firm and show an upward tendency.
High grade cheese Is particularly firm, and
higher prices are due at any time. There Is a
firmer market lor potatoes than there has been
for a few days past, but no advance in prices.
Late advices from Western New York and
Michigan, where the potato crop was good last
season, indicate tbat there is little prospect of
any upward movement. Pittsburg is, witbout
doubt, one of tbe highest potato markets in
the land. Jobbing price in Western New York
is 86c per bushel, and a letter to one of our
produce commission men front tbat section
was shown to tbe market editor in which tbe
offer was made to furnish potatoes hero at 93
to 95c per bushel in carload lots, borne dealers
predict an advance in potatoes at an early day,
and others say that they have reached their
highest point. There bare been sales this week
below 95c in caTload lots on track. Tbe quality,
however, w.is probably below par.
APPLES H 50S6 50 a barrel.
Butter Creamery, Elgin, 30631c; Ohio- ao,
2627c; common country butter, 10gl5c; choice
country rolls, 182uct fancy country rolls, 23
25 c.
Beans New crop beans, navy. J2 3003 35;
marrow, $2 3o2 40; Lima beans, 56c
Beeswax 2ts30c ft for choice; low grade,
2225c '
cider Sand refined, $10 00 12 CO: common,
15 5036 00; crab cider, S10 00011 00 barrel;
cider vinegar. 14I5c 9 gallon.
Cheese Ohio cheese, fall make, lie;
New York cheese. UllKc: Limburger. 13
14c; domestic Uneiizer. 1415c; Wisconsin bricK
Bweitzer. 15c; imported Sweltzer. 26Kc
Cranberries Cape Cod, 13 754 00 a box;
til 50ffll2 00 a barrel; Jerseys, $3 60(33 75 a box.
Ill 00U 50 a barrel.
Dressed Hogs Large, 45c ft; small,
56C
Eoas 21c for strictly fresh.
Feathers Extra live geese. 50g60c; No. 1
4015c: mixed lots, 3035c 1 ft.
Hosey New crop white clover, 20022c fl ft;
California honey, 1215c $1 ft.
Maple Syrup 8olS1 25 V gallon.
NUTS Shell bark hictory nuts. $1 501 75 a
bushel; peanuts. 11 50 1 5, roasted; green. A
66c 33 ft; pecans, 16c 9 ft;new French walnuts,
OK7016c ft.
Poultry Alive ChicKens, young, 4C60c:
old, 6570c; turkeys. 1214c a pound: ducks, GO
75c a pair; geese, choice, tl 00 a pair.
Dressed Turkeys, 1618c a pound; ducks, 14
15c a pound: chickens, 1415c; geese, 8'Jc.
Tallow Country. 4c: city rendered, 5c.
Heeds Recleaned Western clover, $5 50
5 75; country medium clover. (4 254 50; timo
thy, SI 501 55; blue grass, 52 85j IX): orchard
grass, SI 00; millet, 7o90c; lawn grass, 25c ) ft.
Tropical Fruits Lemnns, S3 00: fancy,
S3 75; Jamaica oranges, Sb6 50 a barrel;Messina
oranges, $2 502 75 a box; Florida oranges, S3 25
2 75 a box; bananas. SI 75 firsts, $1 25 good
seconds, fl bunrh; Malatra grapes. S7 0012 60
a half barrel, according to quality; figs, lb$
lCc $ ft; dates. 4K5c W ft.
Vegetables Potatoes. SI 001 15 W bushel;
Jersey, S33 50; cabbage, S34 $ hundred;
German cabbage, S12hj: onions, M 50 a bar
rel; celery, 3540c a dozen bunches: parsnips,
35c a dozen; carrots, 35c a dozen; parsley, 15c a
dozen; horseradish, 5075c a dozen; turnips,
75cQ$l 00 a barrel.
Groceries.
The situation in this department of trade is
unchanged. Sugars are firm at recent advance,
but the future is very uncertain. Between now
andApril,l a decline of 2c per pound is inevita
ble, aud recent advances are hard to explain.
Coffees are steady and canned goods are firm.
Green Coffee Fancy. 2425c; choice
Bio, 222Sc; prime Rio, 23c: low grade Rio,
2021Kc: old Government Java. 29K30c:
Maracaibo, 2527c; Mocha, 3032c; Santos,
2226c; Caracts. 25tfc: La Guayra, 2627c.
Roasted (In papers) Standard brands,24c;
high grades, 27K30c: old Government Java,
bulk. 3133Hc; Maracaibo. 2829c: Santos, 2C
30c: peaberrv. 30c: choice Rin. 25c; prime Rio,
24ic: good Rin. 23Kc; ordinarv. 2122c
- Spices (whole) Cloves, 1516c: allspice, 10c:
cassia, 8c; pepperv 13c; nutmeg, 75SOc
Petroleum (jobbers' prices) 110 test, 7c;
Ohio, 120. 8c; headlight, 150. 8Kc; water
white, lOQlOKi.: globe, 14Q14Kc; eiaine, 15c:
carnadine, lfKc; royaiine, lie; red oil, 11
like: puritv. 14c.
Miners' Oil No. 1 winter strained, 3941c
fl gallon: summer, 3335c: lard oil, 55058c.
SYRUP Corn syrup, 27630c; choice sugar
syrup, 36SSc: prime sugar syrup, 3233c;
strictlv prime, 3435c.
N. O. Molasses Fancy, new crop. 42c:
choice, 3S40c; medium, 3336c: mixed, 3i
36c
Soda Bi-carb in kegs, 3K3K bi-carb in
Xs. 5C: bi-carb, assorted packages, 5&c; sal
soda iu kegs, lc; do granulated, 2a
Candles Star, full weight, 9c: stearlne, fl
set, 8c:p.rafntie,ll12c.
RICE Head Carolina, 77Jic: choice, 6
6Jfc: prime. 66Xc; Louisiana, 5j6a
otakcu reari. sc; corn startn, oHfgnc;
gloss starch, 67c.
Foreign Fruits Layer raisins. $2 63; Eon
don layers, S2 75; Muscatels, 12 25: California
Muscatels. $2 152 25; Valenlca.77t4c: Outlara
Valencta,8JuXc; sultana. 1820c; currants,
55Xc:Turuey prunes, 78u: French prunes,
U13c; Salonica prunes, in 2-ft packages. 9c:
cocoanuts. 31 100, S6; almonds, Lan., $1 ft, 29c;
do Ivica, 17c, do shelled, 40c; walnuts, nip.. IS
llo: Sicily Albert". 12c: Smyrna tigs, 13ffil4c:
new dates. oKS6a Brazil nuts. ISc; pecans, 4i
16c; citron, $1 ft, 1718c; lemon peel, 12c V ft:
orantre peel. 12c
.Dried Fruits Apple. sliced, per ft. lie;
apples, evaporated, l415c; peaches, evapo
rated, pired. 2830e: peache. Calitcrrnia.evapo
rated, unpareil, 182Ie: cherries, pitted. 31c;
cherries, ui.pitted, 1 13e; raspberries, evap
orated, 3233c; blackberries, 9K10c; huckle
berries. 15c.
Sugars Cubes, Tc; powdered, 7c: granu
lated, fijjjc; confectioners' A. 6c: standard A,
6c:soit white, 6lior: vellow. choice, 6
Be: yellow, good, 55?ic; yellow, fair, 5Q
0c: vellow. dark. 5J05c-
PICKLES Medium. Dbls) 1,200),S8 00; medium,
half bbls (600). S4 5a
SALT-No. 1 ft hbl.$l 00; No. 1 ex. V bnl,
SI 10; dairy If bbl, 1 20; coarse crrstal tp bbl.
SI 2V:Higgius' Eureka, 4-bn sacks. S2 E0; Hig-gin-
Eureka. 16-11 ft packets, S3 00.
Canned Goods Standard peaches. S2 80
2 90; 2nds, $2 50J 60: extra peaches, tS 00
3 Ufjple peaches SI 90: finest corn, $1 35Q1 50;
Hfd. Co. corn, 95cSl 15; red cherries, SI 409
1 50: Lima beans, SI 35: soaked do, 80c; string
do, 7o90c; marrowfat peas. $1 1001 25: soaked
peas. 70b0c; pineapple. Si 5031 60; Bahama
do, S2 55: damson plnms, SI 10; greengage.
51 50: egg plums. Si 20: California apricots,
52 5032 60; California pears, S2 75; do green
gages. S2 00;do egg plums, 12 00; extra whito
cherries, $2 85: raspberries, 31 401 45: straw
berries, $1 301 40: gooseberries, SI 101 15;
tomatoes 95cjl; salmon. 1-&. SI 301 80; black
berries. $1 10; succotash. 2-ft cans soaked. 90c;
do green, 2-ft, SI 251 50; corned beef, 2-ft cans,
S200:l-ftcaNS. SI 00; baked beans, SI 40ffll 50:
lobster, 1-ft, S2 25; mackerel, 1-ft cans, broiled;
SI 50: sardines, domestic S4 50Q4 60: sar
dine', domestic, s. S7 00; sardines. Imported,
&S.S1160S12 50; Sardines, imported, K". S":
sardiues, mustard, SI 50: sardines, spiced. SI 25.
FISH Extra No. I bloater mackerel, S20
bbl: extra No. 1 do mess, $28 50; extra No. 1
mackerel, shore, ill 00: No. 2 shore mackerel.
S22;largo3's S20. OkUIsu Whole pollock.5c
ft ft; do medium, George's cod, 5c: do large, 7ci
boneless hakes. In strips, 5c: do George's cod.
in blocks. 6J7Ke. Hcrriug Round sb re,
S5 50 ?1 bbl: split, SO 50: lake. S3 25 a 100-ft bbl.
White fish. SO 50 fl 100-& half bbl. Lake trout,
5 50 f) h.lf bbl. Finnan haddies, 10o M ft. Ice
laud halibut. 13c lp ft. Pickerel, halt bbl, S3;
quarter bbl, SI S'x Holland herring, 70c: Wal
kojT herring, OOt:.
Oatmeal S7 0007 25 V bbl.
Grain, Flour and Feed.
There were no sales ou call at the Grain Ex
change to-day. Receipts as bulletined, 18 carr,
one-half of which t ere by the Pittsburg. Ft.
Wayne and Chicago Railway, as follows: 1 car
of middlings, 1 of hay, 1 of oats, 1 of bran, 1 nf
wheat, 1 of flour, 1 of sacks of feed. 2 of malt.
By Pittsburg, Cfncinnati and St, Lonls, 4 cars
of corn. By Baltimore and Ohio. 1 car of bay.
By Pitt burg and Iuksl Erie, 3 cars nf flour. By
Pittsburg and Western, 1 car of hay. Cereal
markets are barren of any special features.
Receipts are very light, but seem to be suf
ficient for alt demands. Present prices ot oats
and corn nreve.nt "anr profit to the shipper.
Tbe lay-down price of oats certainly furnishes
110 inarein 01 prone
Prices for carload lots on traclt:
Wheat-No. 2 red, 11 0331 (H; No. 8, P8
99c
Corx Xa-2vellawshcll.5S35SKc:b!i:h mixed.
57H5Sc: mixed shell, 55J56Kc: No. 2 yellow
ear, u:iaoic; nigu mixeu ear, iwiwk mum
gSDHc.
i.. l smsiy
Oats-N". L 52ffi52Xc: "No. 2 white, 51K52c;
extra. No: 3, 5050c: mixed oats. 4018c
RYE No. 1 Pennsylvania and Ohio, 824f83c;
No. 1, Western. 816820.
Flour Jobbing prices Fancy , spring and
wiuter patent flour, S3 756 00; fancy straight,
winter, J4 855 15; fancy straight spring; f 85
5 15: clear winter. Si 755 00; straight XXXX
bakers'. 50Q4 75. Rre flour, SI 004 25.
Buckwheat fionr. 2VQ3c W ft.
MlXLTEED No. 1 white middlings, S23 503
24 00 ft ton: No. 2 white middlings, S21 00
22 00: brown middlings. $20 50021 00; winter
wheat bran. S2L5U22 00.
HAY Baled timothy. No. L S9 00 50: No.
2 do. SS 00S 25: loose from wagon, S1U 0012 00,
according to quality: No. 2 prairie hay, J7 23
7 50: packing do. S6 754J7 00.
Straw Oat, S7 5007 75; wheat and rye, S7 25
7 5a
Fro visions.
Sugar-cured hams, large, 9c; sngar-cured
hams, medium, 9c; sugar-cured hams, small,
9Jc: sugar-cured breakfast bacon. SJc; sugar
cured shoulders. 6c; sngar-cured boneless
shonlders.TJic: skinned shonlders. TKc; skinned
hams, 10c; sugar-enreu California hams, 6c;
sugar-cured dried beef flats, 9c: sugar-cured
dried beef-,sets, 10c; sugar-cured dried beet
rounds, 12c: bacon, shoulders, 6c; bacon,
clear sides, 6JJc; bacon, clear bellies, 6c: dry
salt shoulders, 5r: dry salt clear sides. 6c.
Mess pork, heavy. $11 50: mess pork, famllv.
$11 5a Lard Refined, in tierces. 5c; half-
uarici-i, UTu; ou-u tuns, oc; zu- pan?. OTH-i
50-ft tin cans, 5c; 3-ft tiu pails. 6jc: 5-ft tin
pails, (c; 10-ft tin palls, 6c. Smoked sausage,
long. 6c; laree. 5c. Fresh pork links. 9c Bone
less hams. iomc. Figs, feet, half-barrels, Si uu:
quarter-barrels. S2 15.
MAEKETS BY WIEE.
A Bulge In All the Speculative Commodi
ties, Including Provisions Ball Points
Thick in the Grain Pits A
Sharp Advance in Bye.
CHICAGO The market on 'Change averaged
strong and prices closed bigber for all the
speculative commodities. Wheat was held up
by what is called the inherent strength of tbe
situation in conjunction with the acquired
weakness of the shorts. The surrounding en
vironment of tbe situation was witbout
material change before the market opened, the
only appreciable alteration being a silgbty
firmer tone to the foreign dispatches. A cold
wave was reported to be one of the possibilities
of the next few days. Snow bad fallen at Port
land, Ore.; San Francisco and Ban Diego, Cal.,
reporting elonds bnt no rain.
Opening price of May wheat was 97c with
some sales at the same instant at 97Kc It
touched 97c, reacted to 97c. and ten minutes
from the opening it had advanced to 98c
There was one more weak spot when tbe extent
of tbe Northwestern receipts became known,
then the Milwaukee flour shipments, Atlantic
clearances, cold wave and tlie scared shorts
played into tbe banos of the bulls, and an ad
vance to 9$c was brought about witbout much
trouble anu to the accompaniment of heavy
trading: May gradually sagged from 98c to
0839iSc, and when in the neighborhood of
9Sc there was a very light business. There
was some improvement near the close on re
ports of export business at New York.
C The corn market was in sympathy with the
advance In wheat and closed at c advance
upon yesterday's closing quotations. Tbe May
delivery opened at S2c, with some sales at
52c also. There was very little disposition to
sell until tbe price was advanced to53c,wben
Hutchinson quieted someof the shorts by sell
ing a moderate quantity.
Tbe oats market was active early, with prices
advancing under buyine by Hutchinson, but
later be turned seller, causing a reaction and a
quiet market tor tbe remainder of tbe session.
'Ihe short interest in May rye caused another
sharp advance in tbat cereal. Tbe opening
was excited and 2c higher at 82c Thence tbe
price advanced to 87c, with rumored sales at
87c Tbe climax was reached at tbat price,
wmcb indicated an advance of 7c as compared
with yesterday's closing. Several traders who
held selliog orders then attempted to execute
them by offering their property down to 85c,
when the market closed, showing a net advance
of 5c
Tbe receipt of from 30.000 to 33,000 hogs was
somewhat less than bad been looked for, aud
tbe first sales ot provisions showed some im
provement over yesterday's closing quototions.
The demand at the advance was not active. At
an advance in pork of 10c over the opening fig
ures sellers were more numerous, but tbe final
dealings were at 10c advance on those at tbe
corresponding time yesterday. Lard and ribs
followed tbe course of tbe pork deal, the
former closing with a gam for tho day of 7c,
and the latter of 5c
The leading futures ranged as follows, as cor
rected by John M. Oakley & Co., 45 Sixth street,
members Chicago Board of Trade:
Open- Hlirli- Low Clos-
ABTICLES. luff. est. est. lng.
WHEAT, I0.2
February 91 94 M Wi
May 97J SS 97S Wi
Inly 93 (MX 93 93X
COIIN. NO. 3
February MH S1H KH 31
May... 5-K UH 5-a Wi
Julv .. S- 13 Kit SZh
OATS. NO. 2
February tHi HH 4S
May S W, Ai& &
Jnnc ioM 437, 4ot 4o7i.
Mxss Foiix.
Febrnary. $3 10 J9 37$ ,9 , J9 Z7f
March 9 7, 9Z7S 7X
May 9 70 9 77.S 9C7H 9 75
Lakh.
February. J 57K S 60 5 57)4 S63
March s so 5 6:x sea sgik
MXV 580 SU 580 5M
SHORT Kins.
February. 450 455 450 455
March t 55 160 455 460
May 485 490 485 499
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flonrstes'lv and unchanged. N". 2 spring
wheat. 91JG93 : No. 3 spring wheat. 8632c: N o.
2 red. "7)8Jic: No. 2 corn. 51c: No. 2
oats, 44Klx: So. 2 rye, 80S2c: Nn. 2 bar
lev nominal; No. 1 flaxseed. SI 22; prime
timothy seed, SI 26. Mess pork, per bbl. S3 35
09 37& Lard, per 100 lbs, 55 57KQ5 CO Short
rib sides (loose). S4 504 55; dry salted
suoulders. (boxed). S3 803 90; abort clear sides
(boxed), 11 7531 80. Sugars nnchanged. No.
2 white oats. 47c: No. 3 white. 43K46c;
nn. a uariey, 1.0.0, ooguc: o. t oariey, 1. u. a.,
62g6Sc On the Produce Exchange to-dav tbe
butter market was steady and unchanged. Eggs,
18S11C
NEW YORK Floor firm and moderately ac
tive. Curmneal steady and nular. Wheat
Spot market firmer and quiet; No. 2 red. SI 11
in elevator, SI 13K afloat, SI 121 11 t.n. k:
No. 3 red. SI 011 05; ungraneu red. 97K
SI 6i: N0.lN.1r.hern. SI 17K: No. 1 hard,
SI 20; options Ks0 bUber and steady on a
freer export tiadlng and fnll demands
from millers, chiefly from interior markets; No.
2 red. Febrnary. closing at SI 11: March
closing at SI Vf; May, SI i61 07, closing nt
SI 0 June. SI MMm W&. closing at SI 04;
July. SI 001-I6101, closing at SI 00-:
August, 9697c closing at '&: September,
closing at OtiH'c; December. OSKUJi'', closlnc at
98c Rye quiet and firm: Western, S0S4c.
Barley quiet and firm. Corn Snot tuarke firm
er and moderatelv active: No. 2, 63g63e
in elevator, 646!c afloat; ungraded
mixed. 62614r; steamer mixed. 63
&P4c: options &? higher. trading
fair: Febrnarv. 63c: jIjicIi, 62Q6'5c closing
at 62i-; Mav. 5Ji6H.- closing at 69ji: Jnne. 58
59c closing at 53e; Jnlr. isJiQCac, clos
ing at 59C9c Oat 4 Spot market 0 nner and
dull; options strnncer aud quiet: February,
52c: 3Iay, 51Hj1c closing at olc; spot
No. 2 white. blVJibi; mixed Western, 51
54c; white do, 53362c; No. 2 Chicago, 53c
Hay weak and quiet.. Hops dull and
easy. Tallow quiet and about steady.
Esgs Largo receipts; market much lower;
Western. 18Kr. Purt quiet and steady: old
mess 59 2510 25: new mess, S10 50311 25;
extra prime, S3 0C9 75. Cut meats in fair
demand and steady: middles qnlet and un
settled; short clear. So 25. lard stronger and
more active: Western steam. So 92: March,
So 91t?5 93 closing S5 93 hid: May.S65a607.clos
lng SO 07 bid; Angust.?6 40,clnslng IB -Li bid. But
ter active and firm: Western dairy, ll20c; do
creanierv. 17027c; do factory. 1021c; El
gin. 2828Xc Cheese fairly active and strong;
light skims, 58Jc: Ohio flats, 7K01O4c
ST. LOUIS Flour inactive bnt steady. Wbeit
Aftet a Kc lower opening there was a rally
in sympathy with outside markets, and an ad
vance was scored; later values sagged slightly,
bnt recovered again, and tbe market ruled firm
to tbe close, which was iir higher than yester
day; No. 2 red, cash, 96kJ97$c; Miv. 97K0
08Jic, closing at 9sQlR: July. 878o&c
closing at Sec Corn opened l-16c lower out
advam ed with wheat aud rulod firm, closing
o higher thin vesrerday's close: No. 2 cash.
49JS30c; May.5l HQSie, closing at50c: Julv,
51ccloslugat51. Oats dull, but firm; No. 2.
cjsh, 46c:May. 46Kcbid. Rye Higher: Nc2,
75c Barley dull; Minnesota, 7073c: Iowa,
74c. Hay qnlet. unchanged. Bran quief:
racked f.o. !.. 91c. Butter Firm; creamery
sepnrator. 2426c; dairy, 212!c: Northern roll,
12Q15C. Eg. lower: 14ei5c Corn meal
steady at $2 752 80L Provisions firm. Pork
quiet. S9 62X39 75. Lard, S5 405 50. Drysalt
meats Boxed shoulders, S3 61: longs and
ribsJITU; short clear H 8CS4 85. Bacon
Boxed suoulder.s S4 504 62K: longs and ribs.
So 205 25; short clear. S3 3005 35.
MINNEAPOLIS The strengthened futures
to-iiay created a sentiment on the part of wheat
holders tbat they ought to get within about lc
ot tbe May figures for spot wheat delivered to
tbe mills. Tbe mills resl-ted and wanted to
buy at a wider spread and sales were conse
quently slow at first. Later tbe variance was
reconciled so that tbe milling wheat went quite
well ana there was thought to be some Im
provement in the demand for the nnder grades.
There was the usual buying tor tbe outside
trade, mostly going to mills. Closing quota
tions: No. 1 bard, February, 94c; on track;
95c; No."l 'Northern, February and March. 93c:
May, 95Hc: on track. S3Kc; No. 3 Northern.
February. S9c; on track. 9l92c; July closed
at96e.
PHILADELPHIA Flour quiet but steady.
Wheat dull but firm, and options nominally
Jc higher: choice milling grades quiet: Nn.2
red. February. SI 03K1 04: March. SI Oi0
1 05; April and May, tl06l 06. Corn firm;
steamer No. 2 yellow, track. 61c: So. 2 mixed,
elevator, 61862r;Na.2mixedspot,in export
elevator. 6lkc: No. 2 mixed, 61c: March,
61J4S61c; April. 61K61c: May. oBKSoOJic
Oau firmer; speculation quiet; No, 3 white, in
grain depot. 62c: No. 2 white. In do, 63Kc: do
elevator, 53K' : N1.) 2 white Fehrnary. 5CJS
53-: March. S2JiS3e: April and May. So
53Kc Butter firm: Pennsylvania creamery ex-
m. 27S2S. Eggs dull; Pennsylvania firsts, 20
BALTIMORE Wheat Western firmer; No. 1"
wlnter red, spot and February, SI 03; May,
S105C Corn Western firmer: mixed, spot,
61c; Febrnary, 6CKlc; March. 60J605c;
May. 58Ji59c: steamer. 60c OaM quiet and
unchanged Kyn nominal. Hay firm; choice
timothy. S10 50U 00t good to prime, $9 50a.
10 00. Provisions dnll aud unchanged. Butter
linn; creamery, fancy. 27c:-do fair to choice,
222Cc; do imitation. 23c; ladle, fancy, 2122c;
do good to choice. 15lac: rolls, fine, 1718c:
do fair to good, 1410c Eggs weak; strictly
fresh. 1718c
MILWAUKEE Flour quiet. Wheat firmert
No. 2. on track, cash. 94395c: May, 95Jc
Corn steady; No. 3, on track, 50c Oats qun-t;
No.2 white, nn track, 46c Barley qnlet: No.
2. insfnre, eCJc Rvo Urm:No.L In store. 80
Q8Ic Pork Mess, 19 70. Lard March, Jo 8a
KANSAS CITV Wheat steady: Ko. 2 hard,
cash. 84e bid. 85c asked; No. 2 red. cash,
90c bid. Corn steady; No. 2 cash, 47c bid,
iTJfc asked: Febiuary. 47s bid. 47c asked.
OjU steady; No. 2 cash and February. 44o ,
bid. 45c asked. Eggs weak at I4c
CINCINNATI Flour quiet. Wheat dull: No.
2reil. SI 00. Corn firmer; Ko. 2 mixed, 53JT
053Kc Oats quiet; No. 2 mixed, 4848c
Bye scarce and strong; No. 2, 85c Provisions
firmer. Butter quiet. Egs weak and lower
at 1515c Cheese strong.
TOLEDO Wheat dnll and easier; cash,
SI 0OK;May. SI 01: July. 935c: August, 9154c
Corn dull and firm: cash. 54c; May. 53Kc Oats
quiet; cash, 47c Cloverseed active aud steady;
cash and February, S4 oli; March, S4 55; April,
SI 5a
DULUTH Trading was more Inactive to-day
and the market stronger. Closing prices: May.
SI 00: No. 1 hard. 34c: No. 1 Northern. SlJicJ
No. 2 Northern, 87c
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New York Times.
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that a practical teacher of housekeeping has
only just now arisen. One of the army of
women who had to do something ior berowa
and family's support, and whose limitations
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teaching the youug housekeeper just what,
touch to put upon tbe cogs and wheels, ia
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