S?'f -?- THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. MONDAY. PEBRiTAH 23, 189L ' -- THE CITIES' PLAGUES Bev. T. DeWitt Talmage Begins a Se ries of Ten Sermons Upon Them. CKIMES CAUSED BY GAMBLING. A Strong Denunciation of One of the EtIIs of tbe Metropolis. THE HISTOEI OP THE GAMESTER'S LIFE rfFECIAL TZLZORAM TO THI PISFATCB.I "New Yobk, Feb. 22. A decided sensa tion was proanced in this city and in Brook lyn: to-day, by Dr. Talmage's announce ment of a series of sermons which he .pro poses to preach on "The Ten Plagncs of These Three Cities." In this sermon, which is the first of theserie6, he pays his attention . to the prevalent curse of gambling. He preached it in the Academy of Music in Brooklyn in the morning, and acain this evening at the service in this city. His text was taken from Eiodus Ix.: 13, 14: Let rny people go that they may serve me; for I will at this time send all my plagues." Last winter in tbe Museum at Cairo, Egypt. 1 saw the mummv or embalmed body of Pha raoh, the oppressor of the ancient Israelites. Visible are the very teeth that he clashed against the Israelitish brick-makers, the sock ets of the merciless exes with which he looked upon the overburdened people of God, the hair that floated in the breeze off the Red Sea, the very lips with which ho commanded them to make bricks without straw. Tbonsands of vears after, when the wrappings of the raum inv were unrolled, old Pharaoh lifted up his arm as if in imploration, .but his skinny bones cannot acain clutch his shat tered scepter. It was to compel that tyrant to let the oppressed go free that the memorable ten Dlagues were sent. Sailing the Nile and walking amid the ruins of Egyptian cities, I saw no remains of those plagues that smote the water or the air. None of the t roc-s croaked in the one. none of the locusts sounded their rattle in tbe other, and the cattle bore no sign ot the murrain, and through the starrv night hovering about tho S lyrainldsnouestrovingangei swept ma ivinp int thprp are ten ulatrues "till stinsring and be- f nnlini- and cnrsinc our cities and like anrels of wrath smiting not only the first born but the last born. The Three Cities Are One. Brooklyn, New York and Jersey City, though called three, are practically one. The bridge already fastening two of them together will be followed by other bridges and by tnnnels from both New Jersey and Long Island shores; until what is true now win, as the years go by, be come more emphatically true. The average condition ot public morals in this cluster of cities is as good if not better than in any other part of the world. Pride of city is natural to men. in all times, if they live or have lived in a metropolis noted for dignity or prowess. Caesar boasted of his native Borne; Lycurgus of Sparta; Virgil of Andes; Demosthenes of Athens; Archimedes of Syracuse, and Paul of Tarsus. I should suspect a man of base-beart-edncs v. ho carried abont with him no feeling or complacency in regard to tbe place of bis residence; who gloried not in its arts, or arms, or behavior: who looked with no exultation upon its evidences of prosperity, its artistic embellishments and its scientific attainments. Grand old New York! What Southern thor oughfare was ever smitten by pestilence, when our phv6iclans did not throw themselves upon the sacrifice! What distant land has cried out in the agony of famine, and our ships have not put out with bread'tulfs! What street of Damascus, or Beyrout. or Madras that has not heard the step of our missionaries! What struggle for national life, in which our citizens have not poured their blood into the trenches! "What gallery of exqnisiio art. in which our painters hae not hung their pictures! What department of literature or science to which our scholars have not contributed! I need not speak of our public schools, where tbe children of tbe cordwainer, and milkman, and glass Mower stand by the side of tbe flattered sons of merchant princes; or of tbe insane asylums on all thee islands, where they who went cutting themselves, among the tombs now sit, clothed and in their right minds; or of tho Magdalen asylums, where the lost one of the Etreet comes'to bathe the Savior's feet with her tears, and wipe them witrn ibe hairs of her Jiead confiding in the pardon of Him who said: "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone at her." I need not speak of the In stitutions for the blind, the lame, tbe deaf and dumb, lor tbe incurables, tne wiaow, ine orphan, and the outcast; or of the thousand armed machinery that sends streaming down from the reservoirs the clear, bright, f paneling, God-given water that rushes through our aqueducts, and dashes out of the hydrants, and tosses up in our fountains, and hisses in our steam engines, and showers out tbe con flagration, and sprinkles from the baptismal font of our churches; and with silver note, and colden sparkle, and crystalline chimes, says to hundreds of thousands of our population, in the authentic words of Him who said: "I will; be thou clean:" The Plague of Gambling. All this I premise In opening this course of sermons on the Ten Plagues of these Three Cities, lest some stupid man might say I am depreciating the place of my residence. I speak to you to-dav concerning the Plague of Gambling. Every man and woman in this houe ought to be interested in this theme. Some years ago. when an association tor the suppression ot gambling was organized, an agent of the association came to a prominent citizen and asked him to patronize the society. He said: "No, I can have no interest in sneb an organization. I am in no wise affected by that evil." At that very time, his son. who was his partner in business was one of the heaviest slayers in Hear no's famous gambling establish ment. Another refused his patronage on the same ground, not knowing that bis first book keeper, tbongh receiving a salary of only 1,000, was losing from $00 to $100 per night The president of a railroad company refused to pat ronize the institution, saying: "That society is good for the defense of merchants, but we rail road people are not injured by this evil;" not Knowing that, at that very time, twe of his con ductors were spending three nights of each week at faro tables in New York. Directly or Indirectly, this evil strikes at the whole world. Gambling is the risking of something more or less valuable in the hope of winning more than you hazard. The instruments of gaming may differ, but the princinle is the same. The shuf fling and dealing cards, however, full of temp tation, is not gambling, unless stakes are put np; while on the other band, gambling may be carried on without cards or dice, or billiards or a ten-pin alley. The man who bets on horses, on elections, on battles the man who deals in fancy" stocks, or conducts a business which hazards extra capital, or goes into transactions without foundation, but dependent npon what men call '"luck," is a gambler. Whatever vou expect to get from your neighbor without offer ing an equivalent in money, or time or skill, is cither the product of theft or gaming. Lottery tickets and lottery policies come into the same category. Fairs for the founding of hospitals, schools and encrcbes, conducted on the raffling evstem, come under the same denomination. Do not, therefore, associate gambling neces sarily with any instrument, or game, or time or place, or think tne principle depends upon whether you play for a glass wine, or 100 shares of railroad stock. Whether you patronize '"auction pools." "French mutcals.' or "book making," whether you employ faro or billiards, rondo and kenn, cards or bagatelle, the very idea of the thing is dishonest; for it profeses to bestow upon you a good for which you give no equivalent. The Sumptuous Haunts "of bin. It is estimated that everyday in Christendom 50,000.000 pass from band to hand through gambling practices, and every year in Christen, dom $123,100,000,000 change bands in that way. There are in this cluster of cities about 800 con fessed gambling establishments. There are about 3.500 professional gamblers. Out of the t60 gambling establishments, how many of them do vou suppose profess to be honest? Ten. These ten professing to be honest because they arc merely tbe ante-chamber to the 790 that are acknowledged fraudulent. There are first cla's gambling establishments. You coup tbe marble stairs. Yon ring tbe bell. The liveried servant introduces you. The walls are lavender-tinted. The mantels are of Vermont mar ble. The pictures are "Jephthah's Daughter.' and Dorc's "Dante's and Virgil's Frozen Re gion of Hen." a most appropriate selection, this last, for the place. There is the roulette table, tbe finest, the costliest, most exquisite piece of furniture in the United States. There is tbe banqueting room, where, free of charge to tbe guests, you may find the plate, the viands, and wines, and cigars, sumptuous be yond parallel.: Then yon come to the second class gambling establishment. To it ynu are introduced by a card "brongh some "roper-in." Having entered, yon must either gamble or fight. Sauded cards, dice loaded with quicksilver, poor drinks, will soon help yu to get nd of all your money to a tune in abort meter with staccato passages. Yiu wanted to toe. You saw. The low vil lains of that place watch xou as you come in. Does not the panther. qut in tbe grass, know a calf when he se s it? Wrangle not fur your rights in that place, or your b'idy will be thrown bloodv into the street, or dead into the Eat river. You go along a little further and find the policv establishment. In that place joubet ou numbert. Betting on two numbers is called a "saddle;" betting on three numbers ts called a "gig." betting oa four numbers is led a "horse," and there are thousands of our y?wS ,;is'' '"pin Into that "-addle," and mounting that "gig." and behind that "horse," riding to perdition. There is always una kind of sign on the door "Exchange;" a most ap propriate title lor the door, for there, in that room, a man exchanges health, peace and heaven, for loss of health, loss of home, loss, ot family, loss of immortal soul. Exchange sure enough and infinite enough. The Infernal Spell Upon nim. A young man, having suddenly heired a large property, sits at the hazard table, and takes up in a dice box, the estate won by a father's life time sweat, and shakes It, and tosses it away. Intemperance soon stigmatizes its victim kicking him out, a slavering fool, into tho ditch, or sending him, with the drunkard's hiccough, staggering up tbe street where his family lives. But gambling does not in that way expose its victims. The gambler may be eaten up by the gambler's passion,yet you only discover it by the greed in his eyes, the hardness' of his features, tbe nervous restlessness, tbe threadbare coat and bis embarrassed business, "f et he Is on the road to bell, and no preacher's voice or startling warning, or wife's entreaty, can make him stay for a moment his headlong career. Tbe infernal spell is on him; a giant is aroused within: and though you bind him with cables, they would part like thread; and though you fasten him seven times aronnd with chains, they would snap like rusted wire; and though yon piled up in his path heaven-high Bibles, tracts and sermons, and on the top should set tbe cress of the Son of God, over them all tho gambler would leap, like a roe over the rocks, on his way to perdition. Again, this sin works ruin by killing indus try. A man used to reaping scores, or hun dreds, or thousands of dollars from the gaming table will not be content with slow work. He will sav, "What is the use of trying to make these 50 in my store when 1 can get five times that in half an hour down at 'Billy's' T" You never knew a confirmed gambler who was in dustrious. The men given to this vice spend their time not actively employed in the game, in idleness or intoxication, or sleep, or In cor rupting new victims. This gin has dulled the carpenter's saw, and cut tbe baud of the fac tory wheel, sunk the cargo, broken the teeth of tbe farmer's harrow and sent a strange light ning to shatter tbe battery of the philosopher. The very first idea in gaming is at war with all tbe industries of society. This crime is getting its lever under many a mercantile house in our great cities, and before long down will come tbe great establishment, crushing reputation, home, comfort and im mortal souls. How It diverts and sinks capital may be inferred from some autnen tic statement betore us. The ten gaming bouses that once were authorized In Paris passed through tho banks, yearly, 825,000,000 Irancs. Where does all tbe money come from? Tbe whole world is robbed! What is most sad, there are no consolations for tbe loss and suffering entailed by gaming. If men fail in lawful business, God pities and so ciety commiserates; but where in the Bible or in society is there any consolation for the gambler? From what tree of the forest oozes there a balm that can soothe the gamester's uearir an mat uuuu nucic uw ara .. tears of His children, are there any tears of the gambler? Do tbe winds that come to kiss tbe faded cheek of sickness and to cool tbe heated brow of the laborer whisper hope and cheer to tbe emaciated victim of the game of hazard? When an honest man is in trouble he has sym pathy. "Poor fellow!" they say. But do gamblers come to weep at the agonies of the gambler? Many Crimes Caused Thereby. But the dishonesties in the carrying on of tbe game are nothing when compared with tbe frauds which are committed in order to get money to go on with the nefarious work. Gambling, with its greedy hand, has snatched away the widow's mite and the portion of the orphans; bas sold the daughter's virtue to get tbe means to continue tbe game: has written the counterfeit signature, emntied the nanker's money vault and wielded the assassin's dagger. There is no depth of meanness to which it will not stoop. There is no cruelty at whicb It is appalled. There is no warning of God that it will not dare. Merciless, unappeasable, fiercer and wilder it blinds, it hardens.it rends, it blasts, it crushes, it damns. It bas peopled our pris ons and lunatic asylums. How many railroad agents and cashiers and trustees of funds it has driven to disgrace, incarceration and sui cide! Witness vears ago a cashier of a railroad who stole $103,000 to carry on his gaming prac; tices. Witness 540,000 stolen from a Brooklyn bank within tbe memory of many of you, and tbe 5180,000 taken from a Wall street insurance company for the same purpose! These are only illustrations on a largo scale of the robberies every day committed for the purpose of carry ing out the designs of gamblers. Hundreds of thousands of dollars every year leak out with out observation from tbe merchant's till Into the gambling hell. A man in London keeping one of these gambling houses boasted that be had ruined a nobleman a day; but if all tbe saloons of this land were to speak out, they might utter a more infamous boast, for they have destroyed 1.000 noble men a year. Notice also tbe effect of this crime upon domestic happiness. It has sent its ruthless, plowshare through hundreds of families, until tho wife sat in rags and the daughters were dis graced and the sons grew up to the same infa mous practices or took a shorten to destruc tion across the murdeter's scaffold. Home bas lost all charms for the gambler. How tame are the children's caresses and a wife's devotion to tbe gambler! How drearily tbe fire burns on the domestic hcartM There must be loude laughter, and something to win and something to lose; an excitement to drive the heart faster and fillip the blood and fire tbe imagination. No home, however bright, can keep back tbe gamester. The sweet call of love bounds back from his iron soul, and all endearmen are consumed in the flame of his passion. The family Bible will go afte' all other treasures are lost, and if his crown in heaven were put into hit hsfld be would cry: "Here goes one more game, my boysl On this one throw I stake my crown of heaven." A young man in London on coming of age received a fortune of $120,000, and, through gambling, in three years was thrown on his mother for support. The History of the Gambler. Shall I sketch the history of the gambler? Lured by bad company he finds his way into a. place where honest men ought never to go. He sits down to his first game bat only for pas time and the desire of being thought sociable. The players deal out the cards. They uncon sciously play into Satan's hands who takes all tbe tricks and both the players' souls for trumps hi being a sharper at any game. A slight stake is pul up just to add interest to tbeplav. Game after game is placed. Larger stakes "and still larger. They begin to move nervously on thel' chairs. Their brows lower and eyes flash, until now they who win and they who lose, fired alike with passion, sit with set jaws and compressed lips and clenched fists, and eyes like fire-ballsthat seem starting from their sockets to see the final turn before it comes; if losing, pale with envy and tremu lous with unuttered oaths cast back red-hot upon the heart or, winning, with hysteric laugh "Ha! ha! I have it I I have It V A few years have passed and he is only the wreck of a man. Seating himself at the game ere he throws the first card, be stakes tbe last relic of his wife, and tbe marriage ring which sealed the solemn vows between them. The game is lost, and staggering back in exhaus tion he dreams The bright hours of tbe pst mock his agony, and in his dreams fiends with eyes of tire and tongue of flame circle about him with joined hands, to dance and sing their orgies with hellish chorns. chanting "Haill brother!" kissing his clammy forehead until their loathsome locks, flowing with serpents crawl into his bosom and sink their sharp fangs and suck np his life's blood, and coiling around bis heart pinch it with chills and shudders un utterable. To a gambler's dcatbbed comes no hope. He will probably die alone. His former associates come not nigh his dwelling. When the honr comes bis miserable soul will go out of a mis erable life into a miserable eternity. As his poor remains pass tbe bouse where he was mined, old companions maylook out a moment and say: "There goes the old carcass dead at last," but tbey will not get up from the table. Let him down now Into bis grave. Plant no tree to cast a shade there, for the long, deep, eternal gloom that settles there Is shadow enough. Plant no "forget-me-nots" or eglan tines around the spot, for flowers were not made to grow on such a blasted heath. Visit it not in tbe sunshine, for that would be .mock ery, but in tbe dismal night when no stars are out and tbe spirits of darkness come down horsed on the wind, then visit the grave of tbe gambler. Drygoods Market. New York, Feb. 21. There was compara tively little doing on the spot in drygnods. There was a fair number of orders, however, by mall and wire for a variety of goods chiefly from the West and Southwest. Standard and three-yard sheetings wide sheetings, fine bleached goods denims, tickings prints ging hams and printed dress cottons were in good demand. Mining Stock Quotations. New Yobk. Feb. 2L Adams Consolidated, 160: Aspen, 559: Best and Belcher, 240; Bodie, 120; Crown Point; 140; Consolidated California and Virginia, 4S0; Eureka Consolidated, 300; Homestake, biO; Horn Silver. 300; Ontario. 3,800: Sierra Nevada, 200; Standard, 140; Yellow Jacket, 200. New York Coffee Market. New" York, Feb. 2L .Coffee Options opened barely steady, 6 to'JO points decline, and closed steady, 5 points down to 5 points up. Sales 23.500 bags. Special To Let Lists This Morning. When baby was sick, we gave her Casteria, When she was a Child, she ciiedforCastoria, When she became Miss she clung to Castoria, When she had Cb.ildren.she gave them CastorU ap8-77-JIWKSU FEATURES OF TRADE. Floods oi the Week Dave Curlailea Volnmc of Business. PRODUCE AND GROCERIES SLOW. The Hide Situation Is Practically as It Was a Week Ago. WESTERN TIEW 0P CATTLE ODTLO0K. OFFICE OF PrTTSBTTRO DISPATCH, J Saturday; Feb. 2L i Trade and Floods. Volume of trade in produce and grocery lines has been very much curtailed tbe past week by the floods At least two days were lost by high waters, and the time remaining has failed to make up for that which was lost. The principal features of the week in produce lines were the drop in eggs and the advance in creamery butter. Eggs are 7c per dozen lower than a week ago, and not a-few investors in this line were forced to unload at a loss A leading dealer reports prices to-day at 16c per dozen, and yet 18c was considered low a week ago. While eggs have droppedV'lancy creamery butter has been moving upward. Choice but ter bas now reached a figure that helps oleo, and the latter is selling much more freely for a few days past. When the jobbing price of creamery butter eoes above SOc per pound the average citizen refuses to indulge. In grocery lines, tbe volume of trade for tho week has been light, and prices remained essentially un changed. Sugars are tbe uncertain quantity, in view of the fact that they go on the free list April L The labor troubles in tho.coke regions andbad condition of country roads have, no doubt, had much to do with light volume of trade. The Hide market. Tbe hide situation bas not materially changed since our report a week ago. Transactions have not been as large this week as last, but prices are maintained. There was heavy buy ing a week or two ago and tanners are well sup plied. Thoneb demand has not been so active for tbe past few days there-are no indications of a decline in pnees. Tbe tone of buff hide and calf skin markets is stronger than for a month past, and steer bides are steady at quotations Following are prices paid by tanners and hide dealers: No. 1 green salted steers, CO pounds and over 7X jno. 1 green salted cows all welgnts No. 1 green salted hides 40 to 60 pounds. Ko. 1 green salted hides 25 to 40 pounds. No. 1 green salted bulla No. lxrven salted calfskins No. 1 green salted veal kips No. 1 green salted runner kips.. .., No. 1 irreen -steers. tiO nounds and over..., No. 1 green cows all weights 4K ti o. 1 green bulls 4)tf No. 1 green hides 40 to 60 pounds 4 No. 1 green bides. 2Sto40nounds 4H No. 1 green caiakins 6 No. 1 green veal kips each 90 No. 1 green runner kips each CO Sheepskins.....-: 15c?120 Tallow, prime 4 These prices subject to change without notice. Keductlon for .No. : stock l)c per pound on steers and light bides: Ic on bulls and 2c on calfskins. The Cattle Supply. The following letter of R. M. Allen, of Ames, Neb., general manager of tbe Standard Cattle Company, to the Chjcago breeders' Gazette, will no doubt be of interest to all live stock dealers: I have just read in your issue of the24th ult. a letter from Mr. T. L. Miller regarding the marketing of cattle. I do not see how an one can possibly expect to secure a simultaneous holding back of cattle from shipmen among the countless number oi shippers spread over a vast region. Cattlemen either sbip cattle to meet obligations or because they are fit for market. They have good and urgent reasons for shipping. As for cattle beingover-marketed and not over-produced, one might as well talk of a pipe continuously discharging more water at one end than is admitted into it at the "th .. Cattle certainly might be marketed in too great numbers for some short period of time, but if this is true we shall so much themo-n get tbe benefit of It when tbe conseq t depiction of the total number has resulted. As far as tb. dressed beefm -c are concerned, wby should they, during the last five years, have contended and competed with eac t other for caul-- when th ir necessities have been more than snppl'e . by the average dally re ceipts! Whetu).'ornolsoie combination or agreement exists btw e" them no one ca'i tell; but if it does wha. then? When the number of cattle marl: Jrd is not sufficient for tbe de mands of th. trade, their combination will do tbem no good. If there proves to be an active demand they canuot hold prices down below tbe natural point, for if tbey were to attempt to there would be margin enough In the busi ness for any one who pleased to go Into it. At the present day the dressod beef men have a partial monopoly because they only are able to practice the economies which are necessary to secure a margin of profit. Mr. Miller says that there is no one that will question that there is a shortage of cattle. We all hope there is but nobody knows whether there is or not; and it is perfectly plain that the shortage of cattle on farms has absolutely no effect whatever on tbe price of beef cattle at market so long as tbe supplies continue as tbey have. The shortage must be ielt at the mar ket, not estimated or gnessed at back on the farms When this shortage shall have made itself thoroughly felt on the market, and if it is great enough to hold the price of cattle up for a long period, we shall forget all about tbe re lation of the dressed beef men to the price of cattle, with which they really have very little to do. MAEKETS BY WIRE. The Unexpected Balmy Weather Has an Influence Wheat, Corn and Provis ions Lower Oats Doll A De cline All Around Near tho Close. CHICAGO The delightful change in tho weather acted to the disconragement of those who had bought wheat yesterday expecting zero weather here this morning. From this cause solely those who were previously short were encouraged to press the market with further offerings There were sellers in abund ance of May wheat at 97c against 9"c on;the previous afternoon. Tbero were buyers for these liberal offerings . Tbe leading futures ranged as follows, as cor rected by John M. Oakley Co., 45 Sixth street, members Chicago Board of Trade: Open- High- Low- Clos- Abticles. Ing. est. est. lng. Whbat, no.: February 94 k 9iH S3 93V May OTX S7H 9tH 96 July. S3 M3'a ni via CORN. NO. S February 62X 53$ 52)s 52 May UU an ' 54 M$ Jnlv IZH iza t3H S3 OATS NO. Z May 46K KH 4SH V'n June 46 46 48 46 July 43 43 43 , 43 Mxss Foiix. -March 9 60 9 eZH K 45 9 45 May U 90 S 92S 9 75 9 T, Inly 10 Z5 10 27X 10 10 10 10 Lard. March , (70 5 70 5 62 5 65 May 5 92)4 6 92i 5 82)4 5 85 July 6 15 6 15 to;s 6 10 SHORT KU1K. March 4 62 4 tSU 4 60 4 60 May , 4 S3 4 95 4 65 4 S7W Jnly. 5a 6 31 5 15 5 15 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour steidy and unchanged. No. 2 spring wheat. 9394c: No. 3 soring wheat, 8791c; No. 2 red, 95ji965C: No. 2 corn. 62Uc: No. 2 oats 45kc: No. 2 rye, 8181c: No. 2 barlev nominal; No. 1 flaxseed, SI 22, prime timothy seed, $1 28. Mess pork, per bbl. 59 37J. Lard, per 100 lbs S5 605 62K. Short rib fides (loose). $4 554 CO; dry salted Shoulders (boxed), $3904 00; short clear sides (boxed), U 854 80. Sugars Cutloaf, 77e: granulated, (c: standard A, 6Jfc No. 2 white oats 4747c: No. S white. 4646c; No. 3 barley, f. o. b., 646Sc: No. 4 barley.f. o. u., 6065c On tbe Produce Exchange to-day the bnttermarket was active, firm and unchanged. Egjs, loQICc NEW YORK Flour dull and unchanged. Cornmeal quiet. Wheat Spot market higher and quiet; No. 2 red, 81 10" in elevator, Jl 12 afloat; SI llgl 13K f. o. b.; No. S red. II 05; ungraded, tl Oil 20; No. 1 Northern, f 1 06; No. 1 hard, SI 1901 19; options opened ic lower, rallied on c vering of contracts, closing steady; No. 1 red, February closing at 51 10: March, 11 101 10-. closing at SI 10; May, SI 0631 06 7-16, closing at SI 06; June, SI 031 04. closing at SI 04; July, fl.00' 100U-1S. closing at J1WK: August, closing at 96-: September closing at 9fic: December. 9708K', closing at 8ja Barley steady and quiet; No. 2 Mllwankee, 81S82e; ungraded western, 788Sc. Corn-Spnt market firm and dull: No. 2. 64c In elevator, 65c a&nat; ungraded mixed, 64C6V; steamer mixed. 61g0oo: option" hl-.'licr and firm on coverings Fi-bruiry, 63J84c closing at 61c. March. 6363JS-. closini; ar 63-&; Mav, 61 615ic, closing .at MJo; Jnlv, 60fus'c,closlng at 60VsC Oats Spot market quiet and higher; options firm and quiet; February, 53c; March, 53c: Mav, 62S524c clos ing at 624c; Jnlv, 61J4C: spot. No. 2 white. 'Ko4c; mixed Western. 62355c; white do, 54 Clc; No. 1 Chicago, 55c Hops aulet and weak: State, common to choice. 2935c; Pacific coast, 2!)i34c Tallow dull and easj; city (52 for pack ages). ie bid. Eggs quiet and steady; West ern, 17c Fork quiet and steady. Lard dull and weak; Western steam, SO 00 asked: March,So 87 bid; April, S6 05; May. S6 00S6 11, closing at S611; Jnly. S 87: August, 86 47 bid. Butter firm and moderately active. Cheese fainy active. MINNEAPOLIS The market wis firm on good country wheat to-day, with sales of No. 1 Northern running about KSlc under the May price, and some selections going above lit ; ln range for this grade was from 93HW4f0' very fancy; poor wheat was generally slow to place, except the better qualities Loal mill ers were good buyers and considerable was picked up to be shipped out. The tables were generally cleaned uo early. Tbe receipts are running light, and with about half as much go ing out as is coming in it leaves hardly enough to go around, bringing out more demand for elevator wheat. Closing quotations: No. 1 hard, February, 94c; on track, 95c; No. 1 Northern, February and March, 92c: May. aijc: on track, 93Kc: No. 2 Northern, February, 90c; on track, Ol&OlKc; July closed at 95Kc PHILADELPHIA-Flour quiet. Wheat Spot firm; futures dull;, ungraded, In grain depot, SI 07: No. 2 red, February. SI 041 WJfc March, SI 05l 05: April, SI 061 08; May, $1 0b 1 06. Corn weak and lower; steamer No. 2 mixed. In elevator, 62c; No. 2 low mixed. In grain depot, 63c; No. 2 yellow. In do, 63c; No. 2 mixed, February, 6262Kc; March and April, 6262c; May. 60c Oats dull; No. 2 white, regular, 63c; choice do, on track, 54c; No. 2 white. February and March, 53!453!ic: April, 6354c: May, 5353c Butter scarce and firm; Pennsylvania creamery, extra, 2930c Eggs Bteady: Pennsylvania firsts 16c BALTIMORE Wheat Western steady: No. 2 winter, red, spot and lebruary. 5103010 May, $1 04i05. Corn Western firm; mixed, spot, and February, 62K62c; March, 61c;May, 60H60c;steamer, 61&61I4C Oats firm. Rye easier; cunice 90c; good to prime. 85SSc; common to fair. 78S2c Hay firm; choice timothy. $10 5011 CO. Provisions dull. Butter active and strong. Eggs firm; strictly fresh, 15016c Other articles unchanged. MILWAUKEE Flour quiet. Wheat quiet: No. 2 spring, on track, cash. 9294c: May, 92c; No. 1 Northern, 98c. Corn easier: No. 3, on track, 51c Oats quiet; No. 2 white, on track, 46c Barley steady; No. 2. in store, 66c. Eve higher; No. L in store. 8384c Provisions steady. Pork May, S9 80. Lard May. $5 87. KANSAS CrTY Wheat stronger; No. 2hard, cash and February, 84cbid, 85c asked: No. 2 red, cash. 91c asked. Corn steady; No. 2 cask, 473i43c; February. 4747Mc Oats steady; No. 2 cash. 44c bid, 44c asked: Febru ary. H'Ac bid, 44c asked. Eggs firm at 12c CINCINNATI Flour dull. Wheat dull; No. 2 red. 98c Corn quiet and a shade lower; No. 2 mixed, 6556'-. Oats easier; No. 2 mixed, 48 49c Rye quiet; No. 2, 87c Provisions dull. Butter firm. Eggs strong at 13c Cheese steady. TOLEDO Wheat dull ana low.er; cash, 99Kc; May, SI 00: July. 53ic: August, 90c Corn dull and ealer; cash, 54c; May, 55c Oats quiet, cash, 47c Cloverseed active and firm; cash, February and March, S4 70. DULUTH Wheat was dull and firm most of the day, with a little weakness at the close. Closing prices were: May, 99Jc; No. 1 hard, cash. 9'c: No. 1 Northern, cash. 90c; No. 2 Northern, b8c NEW T0EK STOCKS. Shares Continue Dull, but Are Moderately Bullish Slim Prospect of Legislation Depresses Silver Mobile and Ohio Up Susquehanna Is Down. New York, Feb. 2L There was no expecta tion of anything more than a dull and listless market this morning, and no one was disap pointed, many brokers falling to put in an ap pearance, and the floor for a long time pre sented a deserted appearance, while the trad ing was strictly in accordance. The room was inclined to tbe bull side for the most part, but just before the bank statement appeared there was shown a disposition to discount an unfavor able showing, and the final dealings were marked by a weaker tone. Tbe opening was firm, reflecting the general sentiment, and in tho early trading further slight adritces were scored among the Grant eM. St. Pal, Rock Island and Burlington Ebowl.ig so'ie animation. Silver however, was weak, tb; general indications bei-.g that no further legislation favorable to the silver in terest will be allowed to go through this ses siou. Mobile and Ohio was pron,.nent among tbe low-pricedsbares, advancing from 36 to 39c on reports of favorable developments to come out and good earnings of the road. On tbe other band, the Susquenanna stocks were sharply depressed, tbe common falling from 10 to 9c, and theprefoired f rom 37 to 34c, though a partial recovery took place later. Tiie theory of the movement in these stocks is that certain of tbe insiders have been en deavoring to secure options on the stock in or der to take advantage of the pending deal, but failing to secure the options, tried to depress it in the market to buy. The market was totally devoid of other feature, and the close was rather heavy at insignificant changes for the day. Mobile and Ohio is up 1J4. but the Sus quehanna and Western preferred is off 3 and the common 1. Tne rollowlng table snows tne prices or active stocks on the N ew York Stock Exchange yester day. Corrected dally for THE Dispatch by Whit.ney & STBPHKN60N, oldest flttsuurg mem bers of the New York Stock Exchange, 57 Fourth aveuue: . Clos- Open- High- Lnr ing tne. est. est. Hid. Am. Cotton Oil tZH 22 22M 22J Am. Cotton Oilnrer... 43X 4S& 48 43 Am. Cotton UU Trust.. 24H 24X 3S 23K Atch., Ton. & B. t 28i4 28M 23 23 Canadian i'acinc 7H Canada southern 50 SOfe W 50" Central of NewJeraey .... 117 Central I'acinc 29 Chesapeake & Ohio 18X Chicago Uas Trust 42 42 41 41 Jl C. Bur. A QnlaeT &3"t 64 83H 83 C. Mil. &St. Paul.. .. 55)4 MX WJ4 55 C Mil. &St. P.. pr... ., 112 C, KOCK 1. ft P. 67"4 68 67M 67 C, St. P.. M. 40 24 C, St. i".. it. O. pt 83 C. & Northwestern. ...107 107 IKK 10634; C C, U. X 1 63 63 63 63 C. C C. & Lprer. W Col. Si Uocklne Valley 26 26 26 2o Cties. ft Ohio 1st orer.. 524 524 ? 52 Ches. sumo 1A prer.. "W 23H 83 33 IJel.. Lack ft Y est. .133 138K 13S 137 Del. ft Hudson 137 137ft 1J7 vr,v Uen. ft Klo Grande 18U Den.ftK10Uraude.Dt.COM 60ft 60K GUH E.T.. Va. ftua ! Illinois Central , 96 lake Krle ft West 14ft 14ft 14Ji UV L.aKeKrle& West pr. SIX Lake Shore ft M. s... .112 112 112 111 Louls-nileftAashvllle. 75 76 75M "M Micnutan Central ; .... eu Komle ft Ohio 36ft 39 S6X 37 Missouri racide 07 67 67 67 National i.eadTrast-.. 192r";iX 19 I .New tore Central ; 101 N.T.. Cffl 31. L, 134 H. Y.. 0. ASl.L.lltpr 60 N. Y..C. ft St. L. 2dDf 29 N. Y.. A,. E. ft W ,19X . 194 19 19 N. Y., L. E.& W. pd 52 K. Y. ft A. E. S6 XH M 38 N.Y.. O. &W 17 17 17 17 Norfolk ft Western 15 Norfolk A Western or. , .... 55 Northern Facinc 28 28 28 23 Northern Faclllcor...., 72! 72 72)4 72!4 Oregon Imorovemem 27 1'acldcMaU 3734 37 37 37 Peo Dec. ft Evan 20 20 2ok 20!4 rmtaacl. ft Keadlne. 32 fuUman falace Car... 192 192 191 191 Klehmona ft W. P. T . 19 19 J8"tf 164 Richmond ft W.F.l.ot 75 St, Paul ft Dulutn 25 St. Paul ft flulutd or. 87 St. P.. aiinn. ft Man 105 St. L ftSaniT. lstpt 51 SuearTrust 844 844 84S4 84 Texas Paclnc H 14 14 14 Union i'aclfr 44H 444 44 t4 Wabash 10 Wabasn Drererred 18 18 17" 1754 Western Union. 81 WneellmrftL,. E. 32 32 82 32 WheellngPuis.prer.. 73 73 72 72 North American Co. . 18 18J-J 18 18 P., C, C. &SU1, 13 P., C, C. ft St. Upr 49 Offered. tSale. Boston Stocks. AtCb. ft Top L.U. Boston ft Albany. Boston ft Maine. C. B. Q Eastern K. K. 6s.. KltcLburir It. 1L. 8 23 ,.202 . '8 .. 834 ..122 Franklin .. 17 ..12 .. 37 ..95 .. 62 ..145 Kearsame, tisceola.. Santa Ye Copper, 83 lamaracc Boston Land Co. K. C.bt. J. ft CU.7s.U8 Jj. IS. ft Ft, S 91 5 San Diego Land Co. 22 West End Land Co. 22 Hell Telephone 193 Lamsbn Store S 22 Water Power 3 Centennial Mining. 154 N. Ens. TeleDhoue. 50 Mass. Central 19S .Vex. Cen. com 214 N. Y. &N. Em..... S67s N. Y. ft N. Enjr. 7S..123 Wis. Cen. common. 20 AllouezM.Co.(new) 2 Hoston a aiont,.. Calumet ft Hecla. ,-4l),kButteftBost,copper 154 .200 Philadelphia Stocks. Closing quotations of Philadelphia stocks, fur nished bv Whitney ft Stephenson, brokers. Mo. 57 Fourth avenue. Members Hew York Stock Ex change: Blil- Asked. Pennsylvania lUUroid... soft 51 Heading 161-16 16 5-16 Lenigh Vailev. 49ft 50 Lehigh Navigation 4734 48 Philadelphia and Erie 30 Nortnarn PaclLc common 28 28 Northern Pacific prererred 72 72 Sale. Closing Bond Quotations. V. S. 48. ree. 12n M. K. ftT. Uen. 5s.. 414 Mutual Union 6s. ..102 N.J. O. Int. Cert..lWH Northern Pac lsts..II5"4 Northern Pac. Ids.. 112 Northw't'n consols.137 Nortw'n deben's 5s. 107 Oregon & Trans, es. St.L&LM. Uen. 5s. 91 St.L. ft S.F.Uen.M.107 au Paul consols..., 124 it-'P. CblftPc.lsts.I20 lx., Pc. L.G.Tr.Ks. 88 Tx.. PC B G.Tr.Hs. 32 Union racinc lsts...l09 West Shore 1024 u. a. ss, coup jzuft i'. a. 4)$s, rer...... iuis U. S. 4s, coup Pacific bs of '95. 1U3 1C9 Louisiana stamped4s 92 aus&ouri us Tenn. new set. 6s.. JOS Tenn. newgEt-5g HO Tenn. newsot. as.... 5u Canada So. 2ds S9 Central PaclHclsts.108 Den. It. O. UU...117 Den. ft K. O. 4s 82 u.ixri. tt vresiuu. Erie 2d 100J4 M, K.ftT.Cen. 6s.. 73 Klo Grande W. lsts- ' DOMESTIC MARKETS. Eggs Are Drifting Down and Cream ery Nutter Tending Dp. FRUITS AND .VEGETABLES QUIET. Cereals Firm All Along- the Line and Shell Corn Higher. GENERAL GE0CEEIES MOTE SLOWLI office of Pittsbcbg" Dispatch, l Sattjkdat, Keb. 21, j Country Produce Jobbing Prices. The supply of ecc is in excess of demand and prices still show a downward tendency. Sales are reported to-day as low as 16c for job lots. Klgin creamery butter is firm at the recent advance, but demand light because .of high prices. Tbe average consumer prefers buttenne to butter when tbe latter goes as high as present quotations. -Cheese is very firm at outside quotations for choice stock. In lines of vegetables and fruit markets are slow. Price of potatoes Is well maintained, but other vege tables are in buyers' favor. Tropical fruits are still quiet as they have been for weeks past. Snpply of Florida oranges is in excess of de mand. Apples SI 50Q6 60 a barreL Butter Creamery, Elgin, 32ffi33c: Ohio do, 272Sc; common country butter, lu15c; choice country rolls, lS20c; fancy country rolls, 23 23c. Beass New crop beans, navy,.S2 302 33; marrows. S2 352 40; Lima beans. 56c Bekswax 2S30c "p ft for choice: low grade, 22025c Cibee Sand refined, J10 0012 00; common, 85 506 00; crab cider. 810 OOglll 00 "p barrel; cider vinegar, 1415c "1 gallon. Cheese Ohio cheese, fall make, lie; New York cheese, llllr-. Limburger, 13KHc; domestic Sweitzer. 1415c; Wisconsin brick Sweitzer, 15c; imported Sweitzer. 26Kc Cranberries Cape Cod, 83 7S4 00 a box; 811 5012 00 a barrel; Jerseys, 83 603 75 a box; 811 00U 50 a barrel. 1-Dressed Hogs Large, 45c "l tt; small. 56c Eqqs 16017c for strictly fresh. Feathers Extra live geese, 5060c: No. L 4045c; mixed lots, S035c ft. HONEY New crop white clover, 2022c " ft; California honey, 1215c "1 ft. Maple Syrup New, 81 101 15 p gallon. jnew .maple sugar iuc w 10, Nuts Shell bark tuctorv uuti. 81 GOfiJl 75 a bushel: peanuts, 81 501 75, roasted: green, 4 6i: j? ft: pecans, 16c ft; new French walnuts, 7K16c "fl ft. POULTRY Alive Chickens, 7590c a pair; turkeys, 1213c a pound; ducks, 8090c a pair; geese, choice, 81 00 a pair. Dressed Turkeys, 1618capound:dncks,14i5capound; chickens, Haioc; geese, 810c Tallow Country, 4c; city rendered, 5c Seeds Recleaned Western clover, 84 90?8 5 15; timothy, 81 501 55: blue grass, 82 85300; orch.ii a grass, 81 85; millet, 7590c; lawn grass, 25c V ft. Tropical Fruits Lemons, 83. 00; fancy, 83 75; Jamaica oranges,866 60 a barrel; Messina oranges, 82 602 75 a box: Florida oranges, 82 25 02 75 a box; bananas, 81 75 firsts, 81 23 good seconds. $1 bunch; Malaga grapes, 87 00012 50 a halt barrel, according to quality; figs. 1516c fi ft: dates, 4X5ic " ft." Vegetables I'otatoes.Jl 10 120 "ft bushel; Jersey, 83 50l 00; cabbage, f 34 "p hundred; German cabbage, $1213; onions, 81 50 $1 bar rel; celery, 3510c a dozen bunches: parsnips, 35c a dozen: carrots, 35c a dozen; parsley, 15c a dozen: horseradish, 5075c a dozen; turnips, 75c81 J barrel.' Groceries. Granulated sugar has recovered tho ground lost and prices are back to where they have been tor a few days past. It is, however, only a question of short time when sugar must drop again, as tbe time draws near when it goes on the free list, O ther staples are .unchanged. Green Coffee Fancy, 21"25c; choice Rio, 2223Kc; prime Rio, 23c; low grad? Rio, 20K21Kc; old Government Java, 29KS0c; Maracaibo, 25K27Kc; Mocha, 3032c: Santos, 22026c; Caracas, 2527c; La Guayra, 2Gg!27c Roasted (ir papers) Standard brands,21KlS high grades 27K30c; old Government Java, bulk, 31233c; Maracaibo. 2829c; Santos, 26 30c; peaberry, SOc; choice Rio, 25Kc; prime Rio, ZlXc; good Rio. 23Jc: ordinarv. 2122c spices (whole) Cloves, 1516c: allspice, 10c; cassia, 8c; pepper, 13c; nutmeg, 75S0c Petroleum (jobbers' prices) 110 test, 7c; Ohio, 120. 8Kc; headlight, 150, 8Kc; water white. 1010ic; globe, 14H5c; elaine. 15c; carnadine, llc; royaline, 14c; red oil, llllc; pority, 14c .Miners' Oil No. 1 winter strained, 3941c f) gallon; summer, 3335c; lard oil. 6558c Syrup Corn syrup, 2730c; choice sugar syrup, 363Sc; prime sugar syrup, 3233c: strictly prime, 3135c N. O. Molasses Fancy, new crop, 42c: choice, 3S40c; medium, S336c; mixed, 34 36c. SODA Bi-carb in kegs, 33c; bi-carb in s, 5c; bi-carb, assorted packages, 56c; sal soda, in kegs, lc; do granulated, 2c Candles Star, full weight, 9c; stearine, fl set, 8c; parafflne, ll12c RICE Head Carolina, 77c: choice, 6 6Mc; prime, 66Kc; Louisiana, S&6c STARCH Pearl, 4c corn starch, (57c; gloss starch, 67c Foreign Fruits Laver raisins. 82 65; Lon don layers, 82 75; Muscatels, 82 25: California Muscatels. 82 152 25; Valencia, 7"c;Ondara Valencia, 8V8)c; sultana. 1820c; currants, 55c: Turkey prunes, 78c: French prunes, ll(al3c; Salonica prunes, in 2-ft packages, 8c; cocoanuts. $ 100, 86; almonds, Laa, $1 ft, 29c; do Ivica,.17c: do shelled, 40c; walnuts, nap., 13 14c; Sicily filberts, 12c: Smyrna figs, 1314c: new dates, 56c: Brazil nuts, 18c; pecans. 14 16c: citron, ft ft, 1718c; lemon peel, 12c $1 ft; orange peel, 12c. Dried Fruits Apples, sliced, per ft, lie; apples, evaporated. 14K15c; peaches, evapo rated, pared, 2S30c: peaches, California, evap orated, unpared, lSSJZlc: cherries, pitted, 31c: cherries, unpitted, 1313c raspberries, evap orated, 3233c; blackberries, 910c; huckle berries. 15c. SUGARS Cubes, 7c; powdered, 7c; granu lated, 6c; confectioners' A. 0c; standard a, 6Vc; sott white, 66Kc; yellow, choice, 5 6c: yellow, good. 55;; yellow, fair, 6 6Kc; yellow, dark. 546"sc Picklfs Medium, bbls (1,200), 88 00; me dium, half bbls (600). 84 50. Salt-No. 1 fl bbl, 81 00. No. 1 ex. V bbl, 81 10; dairy. $! bbl, 81 20; coarse crystal, "fl bbl, 81 20: Higgins' Eureka, 4-bu sacks, 82 80; Hig glns' Eureka, 16-14 ft packets, S3 00. Canned Goods Standard peaches, 52 80 2 90; 2nds, 82 502 60; extra peaches. 83 00(2 3 10: pie peaches. 81 90; finest corn, 81 351 50: Hfd. Co. corn, 95cSl 15: red cherries, 81 40 1 50: Lima beans, 81 33; soaked do. 80c; string do. 754290c; marrowfat peas. 81 101 25; soaked 'peas. 7080c; pineapples, S150L60; Bahama do, 82 55; damson plums. 81 10; greengages, 81 50; egg plums, 8220; California apricots, 2 50 2 60; California pears, 82 75; do greengages, 82 00; do egg plums, 82 00; extra wbite cherries, 82 85; raspberries, 81 401 45; straw, berries, 81 301 40; gooseberries, 81 101 15; tomatoes. 95cl: salmon, 1-ft, 81 301 80; black berries, 81 10; succotash. 2-ft cans, soaked. 90c; do green, 2-ft. 81 251 50: corned beef. 2-ft cans, 82 00; 1-2. cans 81 00: batted beans, 81 40 1 50; lobster, 1ft, 82 25; mackerel. 1-ft cans, broiled, 81 50; sardines, domestic "4s, 84 504 60; sar dines, dnineotic, Xs. tf 00; sardines, imported, Js, 811 50S12 50; sardines, imported, i, SIS: sardines, mustard, 84 50: sardines, spiced, 84 23 Fish Extra No. 1 bloater mackerel, 820 f) bbl; extra No. 1 do mess, 828 50; extra No. I mackerel, shore, 824 00; No. 2 shore mackerel, 822: large 3"s, $20. Codfish Whole pollock, 5c fl ft; do medium, Georce's cod, 5c; do large, 7c; boneles. hakes, in strips, 5c; do George's cod, in blocks, 6K7c Herring Round shore, $5 50 W bbl; sulu. SB 60: lake, $3 25 y 100 ftbbl. Vhiteflsb,8650?IOO-ftbalf bbl. Lake trout, 85 50 91 half bbl. Finnan haddies. 10c "fl ft. Iceland halibut, 13c V ft. Pickerel, half bbl. 83; quarter bbl, 8135. Holland herring, 70c; Walkoff herrine, 90c Oatmeal $7 007 25 "j? bbl. Grain, Flour and Feed. Sales on call at the Grain Exchange, 1 car No. 1 timothy hay, 89 25, spot; 3 cars shell corn, private terms. Receipts as bulletined, 25 cars, of which 21 cars were by Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne and Chicago Railway, as follows: 7 cars of oats, 1 of bran, 5 or hay, 7 of flour, 1 of wheat. By Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis, 1 car of corn, 1 of hay. By Pittsburg and Lake Erie, 2 cars of, hav. Receipts for the week end ing February 20, 205 cars against 215 cars last week and 324 cars tbe corresponding week last year. Light receipts have had tbe effect of stimulating prices, and while demand is light, markets are firm. Shell corn has taken a sharp turn upward at sources of supply within a day or two and our quotations are advanced in ac cordance with facts. Prices for carload lots on track: Wheat No. 2 red, $1 031 01: No. 3. 98Q99c Corn No. 2 yellow stu-H. 6162c: high mixed, 5959Hc: mixed shell, SS58c; No. 2 'yellow ear, 63J64c; high mixed ear, 61061c; mixed ear com, 6959Jic OATS No. 1, SitcQaiyia No. 2 white. 5aZ552Kc: extra, N". 3. 6051c; inixfcd oats, 4843)c RYE No. 1 I'Hun-vlvanla and Omo, W85c; No. 1, Western, 8IS2c Flour Jobbing price- Fancy spring and winter patent fl ur, S3 756 00: fancy straight wintpr, 84 853 15; fancv straight spring. 84 85 5 15; cleir inter. 84 755U0: straight XXXX bakers'. 84 04 75. Rve flour, 84 004 25. Buckwheat flour. 2K3c "fi ft. Millfeed No. 1 white middlings, 823 600 24 00 "J" ton; No. 2 white middlings, 821 00 22 00: brown middlings, (20 50321 00; winter wheat bran, 22 0022 50. HAY-Baled timothy, No. i, 89 009 50; No. 2 do, 88 00S8 25: loose from wagon. 810 0011 00, according m quality: No. 2 prairie hay, 87 250 7 60; packing do. 83 7507 00. straw" Oat, 87 507 75; wheat and rye, 87 25 67 50. Provisions. Sugar-cured hams, large, 9c; sugar-cured hams, medium, 9c: sugar-cured hams, small, 9c; sugar-cured breakfast bacon, 8c; sugar cured shoulders, 6c; sugar-cured boneless shoulders. 7Kc; skinned shoulders, 7Kc;sKinned hams, 10c; sugar-cured California hams. 6c; sugar-cured dried beef flats, 9c; sugr-cured dried beef sets, 10c; sugar-cured dried beef rounds, 12c: bacon, shoulders, 6c; bacon, clear sides, 6Jc: bacon, clear bellies, 6c; dry salt shoulders, 5c; dry salt clear sides, 6c Mess pork, heavy. 811 50: mess pork, family. 811 6a Lard Refined, in tierces. 5)c; half barrels, 6c; 60-ft tubs, 5Jc: 20-ft pails, bc; 60-ft tin cans, 5c; 3-3b tin pails. 6c; 5-ft tin pails, 6c; 10-ft tin pails, 6c Smoked sansage, long, 6c;larce, 5c Fresh pork links, 9c Bone less bams, lOKc Pigs feet, half-barrels, 84 00; quarter-barrels, 82 15. SEVERAL MORE GUSHERS SPOIL THE CALCULATIONS OF THOSE WHO WAHTED GOOD PEICES. Openings In the Wildwood Field ThatTVlll Have an Important Effect Production at Other Points Declining With a Ten dency to Curtail Work. ' Tbe great oil industry for-the past week has been invested with much interest and importance, both in field developments, and from a commercial standpoint. The revela tions of the drill have again changed the aspect of affairs, and just when the.situation was assuming a basis to warrant and Justify a better price for crude,, three or four gushers make their advent and for the time blight all hope and prospects in this direction. The Greenlee & Forst well on the Alston farm, better than a quarter of a mile in ad vance of developments on theiSouthwest line of the Wildwood field is withont qnestion the most important in field events. With very few exceptions tbe verdict of practical opera tors, and others who claim a geological knowledge of white sand pools, was In effect that while they admittea tbe possibility of good territory and fair wells in advance ot the marks and Ringheisen developments, tbey never predicted a gusber of such magnitude as tbe Alston surprise. A personal gauge of tbe well Saturday at 4:15 P. M made its production iWf, menes an bour or auoui iu oarreis. u'be McCurdy fifth sand pool bas also during the week loomed into prominence by two wells of more than ordinary caliber being added to the completedlist. The Aiken & Co.'s well on the Parsonage lot, came on the be ginning of the week. Murphy & Galley's Church lot well made a fine finish and is by odds the best well in the pool. The sitnation in other sections of the;Southwest practically remains unchanged. It may be said, however, that at other points, with the exception of Mannington, the production is declining, and the general tendency is to curtail new work. It cannot be said there has been any Improve ment in tbe commercial situation, and perhaps at uo period within the past decade has the vital interests of tbe producers and the general stability of tbe trade been involved as at pres ent. Tbe Bnrdick bill, now before the Legisla ture, is the all.absorblng topic and overshadows everything else pertaining to the industry. The coming week will be eventfnl in tbe history of oleaginous legislation, ana snouiu tne measure become a law in its present form will undoubt edly mark a new era In tbe petroleum trade Wildwood The well on the Bryant farm at Bryant station is attracting some attention just now. By a majority of the operators in the Wildwood field the location of this well did not inspire tbem with any great hopes of a tig well. The present status of the venture is such that more confidence in this quarter of the field is exhibited even by tbe most skeptical producer in tbe field. Saturday tbev found a second pay, and the well made a flow of 17 inches in a 250 tank. They shut down to move out tbe boiler and make connections, and when the well Is drilled deeper tbe pro duction'may be improved. It is reported tbat tbe well on tbe Shaw farm is through both the third and fourth sands, and its name 13 Dennis. The next well due at the front is located on the Jenney farm, a quarter of a mile southwest, and in advance of tbe Alston farm well and owned by Dibert. J. M. Guffy & Co. have mat ters in good shape again at their Heidelberg well, and it will only be a short time until the resnlt of this Important well is known. Greenlee A Forst bave made four more loca tions on the Alston farm and are expediting worK witn an possiDie vim. aneir 10. x, on tne McGabeyfarm, is doing 16 inches per hour, and No. 2, same farm, four inches an hour. The Mandeville A Evabs well on the Marks farm is through the sand and doing 100 barrels a day. Roth & Jenning, on tbe Peepbles belrs, are drilling in the blue Monday and expect to cut the melon abont Tuesday. Griffith & Cn.'s Ringheisen No. 5 is 20 feet in the sand, with the bole full of oil and salt water, while No. 4 is showing no change from our last report. The Roth Oil Company's well, on the Kyle, is still blowing off gas, and A. C Dibert & Co., on tbe Semple lot, near White sell No 2, are in the bine Monday, and with ordinary luck will Una the sand on Tuesday. McDevitt & Co. are rigging up at No. 3 Guyton. and will bounce tbe drill to-morrow. The com ing week will bring forth some important re sults on the Southwest line. The Harbusb No. 11 and the Alston well bave increased the pro duction of tbe field to 9,000 barrels a day. McCURDY There's nothing new to report from McCurdy since the Murphy & Galley well came in on tbe Church lots. Following are the gauges of tbeimportant wells: Palmer No. L 600 barrels a day; Palmer No. 2, 1,250 barrels a day; Parsonage lots. 500 barrels a day; McCuruy Nos. 4 and 5 and tbe Kanawha Oil Company's well will be due this week. Bridgeville Robblns & Graham's well on the Alexander farm, will make a 100-barrel pro ducer from tbe Gordon sand. Evergreen The well on the Thompson farm, owned by Harry Highlands, is pumping abont five barrels a day. This well is located seven miles southwest from Semple station and two miles west from Guffy's well on Little Pine creek. Bakerstown In the old Bakerstown field and vicinity there is considerable activity for this time in the year. As soon as good weather sets in, and roads are in better condition, there will be quite a lot of new work started. The Butchers Oil Company's No. 4, on the Richard son farm, is in the sand about three feet and showing some oil. It will most likely make a good well on deeper drilling. Their No. L on the Mrs. Kerneban farm, is drilling in tbe boulders. Joe Millison Sc Co., on tbe Patton property, have gotlthe tools out of tbeir well, and are now In tbe Blue Monday. The well on the Mrs. Mahen farm is 12 feet in the sand, and showing for a well. The Cbartiers Oil Company are starting a well on the Kyle farm, and have another upon the Mrs. George Hays farm ready for the drill. Joe Millison and Calhoun have a rig about fin ished on the William Allison tract, while the well on the Wesley Monks farm is in the salt sand. Christie & Crosbv on tbe Absalom Monks farm are drilling at LOGO feet, and Ireland & Hughes on tbe Martin farm are down 700 feet, and shut down waiting for cable. Tbe Cbartiers Oil Company's No. 3 Bob Jack is In the 100-foot sand, and their No. 4 same farm has reached a depth of 1,150 feet. Millison & Co. have a well on tbe William Jack farm drilling at 1,150 feet. Tbe Reed farm wildcat well has received its last string of casing. This well is located two miles east from Bakerstown and two and a half miles sonth of tbe old Montgomery develop ments. Painter & Co., on the Levis farm, are pulling tbe casing out of their old gas well ana will ream down, shut off the salt water and drill tbe well deeper. Oil City "Operations in Venango county are very limited, but developments will be quite active as soon as spring opens up. Ed S. Gdss, who for tbe past seven or eight years has been engaged in the capacity of news agent on the Valley road, had the eood luck to strike a ten-barrel well at Sedgwick station just below Oil City. Mr. Goss. elated over his success in his first venture is getting ready to punch another hole, and if he strikes It rich will go into the producing business on an extensive scale. Wolfe, Kugler & Co. ou the Hill farm, have shot and tubed their new well which made 40 barrels the first day, but will settle down to a 10 or 13-barrel pumper; the same party on tbe same property bave another rig building and have made another location. On th e Lee Hicton tract Roess dc Co. have cased their well and Richardson & Co. will soon start their well on the Gormley farm, which they expect to complete in 12 or 15 days. Immediately south of the Joe Hill farm William Heeter completed a 10-barrel well on the John Shiner farm Fri day. Nesbit fc Bell have completed tbeir well on the Wise farm, just opposite Smoky Clty.which will make an average producer for this territory. Messrs. Judd & Geiser at City Point, will most likely bring in their well on tbe Edward's farm next week. Nickle & Geiser bad the eood luck to find a 10 barrel well In tbeRed Valley sand Friday which is located on the, Nickle farm in tbe ancient villase of Kinckie ville. On Thursday tbe gas well at tbe month of deep hollow was treated to a liberal nhot whicb increased the well's production tbe first day to 40 barrels: when the well settles to Its normal condition it will be good for an 8 or 10 barrel -pumper. Petersville Joe Colestock's Splthaler farm well, reported as being dry.-H starting to show considerable mi, and will no doubt make a fair well yet. Jeff Morrison has a new rig up on th boundary line between the Blakeley and McKlnnev, and on the latter they are rig cing up. Sboiip & Co. have a new rig up on tbe Oswald Rader farm. Several new wells will be in within the next ten days, whicb will no doubt increase tbe field's production. "Waters station Huelton SCo. are In tne sand on the Graham farm, but' as yet rrava reached no pay, Possibly a little further drill ing may develop one. One of Gns Leidecker's crews came up from Wildwood and are en gaged in rigging up on J. A. Leldecker's No. 1 Kelly. Tbey will start spndding to-day. Renfrt-w Renfrew & Graham bave anew rig up within the borough limits and are ready to start tbe drill. McCalmont Phillips' No. 17, McCalmont farm, is 20 feet In the sand and showing some oil. Glade Run The Forest Oil Company brought in their No. 3 Sutton yesterdav. What the actual capacity of the well will amount to is uncertain. But she is not rated as over 25 barrels and may possibly be less. Coe A Co. have a new rig up ou the Drushel farm about 20 rods soutbeast of the Forest Oil Compan r's No. 1, Ed. Geohrinc. The location is important, as there is a block of undeveloped territory to the sonth and east Klingensmltb & Co. are spudding on the Joe Asb. Evans City Boyd & McNuIty have pulled the stuff out of tbeir well on the widow Trushel farm, andhave plugged and abandoned it, H. MCC. THE WEEK IK OU. Light Trading and a Clear Loss of Over Four Cents. There were no orders for oil Saturday, and no business. Tbe market was inclined to weak ness. Tbe opening, if such it may be called, was 76c, and tbe close 76Ke bid. The week throughout was dull and uneventful. Fluctu ations are given in tbe following table: Open- High Low- Clos ing, est. est, lng. Monday. 80J tD'A 79X 7B Tuesday 78 78 7W? 7SX Wednesday 73 78 77)i 77$ Thursday . 77 77 77 76)4 Friday 75 754" 753f 78 Saturday 76 76 76 76 This shows a loss of over 4c for tbe week. Tbe highest was on Monday and the lowest on Friday. By consulting tbe table it will be seen that, while fluctuations were neither frequent nor violent, tbe trend was almost uninterrupt edly downward. Refined closed at tbe higbest point of tbe week. Average runs increased from 73.230 to 74,005, and average shipments from 65.009 1 63, 8S. Average charters declined from 26,969 to 22.779. McGrew, Wilson & Co.. 90 Fourth avenue, quote puts at 75; calls at 777Sc OU Markets. Net York, Feb. 21. Petroleum continues dull, and the only trading was In March op tion, which opened steady, and afier a slight decline moved up p on western buvlng and closed firm. March option: sales. 22,000 barrels opening at 76c; highest, 76Kc: lowest, 75JJc; clos ing, 76J5c Bradford. Feb. 21. National Transit Cer- uncates openea at 'oc; cioaeu at. iuat; highest. TTiic: lowest, 7oKc; clearances. 994,000 barrels. HOME SECURITIES. Pittsburg and Boston Awaiting the Outcome of Electric Negotiations Other Active Interests The "Week's Trading and Fluctuations. There was some disposition to operate in Electric Saturday, but holders were stlS in their views and business hung fire. All through the session 12 was freely bid, but only a small jag was offered below 12. The only sale was a ten-share lot at 12. Tbe feeling in Boston was much the same as tbat which prevailed here. There was no ur gency to load up or unload. The few transac tions that toos: place there were around 13. In both places tbe trade assumed a wattmgattitude pending developments in tbe financial deal. Here tbe opinion seems to be gaining strength that a combine of some sort with tbe Thomson-Houston Company is a strong probability. Tbe hesitation to take bold is due to two causes uncertainty as to what tbe outcome of pend ing negotiations will be and to the fact tbat the time f qr bringing affairs to a head March 1 is so near at hand tbat heavy dealing would bear a close resemblance to recklessness. A block of Citizens' Traction was taken at a slight advance. The sale indicates that it is attracting more interest than it bas been fa vored with of late. The onlv other active in terest was Philadelphia Gas, several large bnndles of which were unloaded at .tho uni form price of 12. showing steadiness. Closing prices of the leading stocks, as com pared with those ot the previous Saturday, show gains in Philadelphia Gas, Citizens' Traction, Electric and Airbrake, and conces sions in Central Traction, Pleasant Valley and Luster. Tbe close ot almost everything was from fractions to points better than the lowest quotations of the week. YESTERDAY'S SALES OJT CALLf 100 shares Citizens' Traction 53 3 shares Philadelphia Gas..... 12K 60 shares Philadelphia Gas 12K 50 shares Philadelphia Gas lAZ 100 shares Philadelphia Gas ....12 10 shares Electric 12 81,000 Electric Scrip 49 BEFORE CALL: E0 shares Philadelphia Gas 12 At the close of business Saturday local bankers were in excellent spirits over a good week's wore The volume of Clearing House exchanges was below tbat ot the nrevions week. due to the flood, bad roads and other causes, but the Increased demand forloans and larger depositing more" than made up the de ficit. The banks will be closed to-day, con sequently counter business was heavy. Saturday's exenanges f 1,857,835 50 Saturday's balances 347,779 27 Week's exchanges 11,991,124 60 Week's balances .' 2,009,974 57 Previous week'sexchanges 12,210,133 55 Kxchang-ea week of 1890 (Ovedar-l)... 11,386,035 32 I0CAL LIVE STOCK, Condition of Markets at East Liberty Stock Yards. Office or Pittsburg Dispatch. J Saturday. Feb. 21. Cattle Receipts. 840 head; shipments, 546 head: market, nothing doing; all through con signments; 1 car cattle shipped to New York to day. Hogs Receipts, 2,500 bead; shipments, 2,200 head; market steady; medium and selected, 53 803 90: best Yorkers. ?3 75Q3 80: fair to good Yorkers, S3 603 75: pigs. S3 0003 50; 6 cars hogs shipped to New York to-day. Sbeep Receipts. 600 head; shipments, 400 head; market slow at unchanged prices. By Telegraph. OMAHA Cattle Receipts, 2,100 head; mar. ket active and strong on all good grades of shipping dressed beef steers; less grades of steers steady and butchers' stock active and strong; feeders slow and 25c lower than last week: fancy 1,400 to 1,600-ft steers. H 505 S3: prime 1.200 to-l.475.fi steers. S3 904 63; lair to good 1,050 to 1.350-ft steers, 52 754 20. Hog3 Receipts, 7,000 head; market opened about steady for fresh meat and 5c lower for packers; market slow; range. S3 253 50; closed slow and 5c to 10c lower; pigs. SI 50 2 50: light lights, $2 733 00; litrht. S3 0003 35; heavy. S3 353 50: mixed, S3 203 40. Sbeep Receipts. 305 Head; market uncnanged; natives, S2 754 SO; west ems, S2 5'4 75. CHICAGO The Evening Journal says: Cat tle Receipts. 1,500 bead; shipments, none; market steady, closing easy: common to extra steers. S3 50Q5 60; fat cows. S2 263 60; canner. S125200;stockers and feeders. S2 253 50. Hogs Receipts. 24.000 bead; shipments. 12,000 head; market opened active at slight advances: clo'ert rather weak; rough and common. 3 453 50: prime packers. S3 5.5QS 65: prime heavv and butcher weights, S3 653 75; light, S3 50453 70. Sheep Receipts. 2,000 head; ship ments, 600 head; market active; slicbtlv higher: lambs, U 03 25; Westerns, S4 500 4 75; Western weathers. So O0Q5 40. CINCINNATI Hogs steady; common arid light, S3 353 70: packing and batcher, S3 70 3 90; receipts, 1,981 bead; shipments. 772 head. Cattle strong for good grades; comruon. SI 50 2 75; fair to choice butcher, S3 004 50: prime to choice. $4 255 00; receipts, 201 head; ship ments, 308 head. Sbeep in good demand; com mon to choice, S3 505 50; extra fat wethers and yearlings, S5 605 70; receipts, 153 bead; shipments, 93 head. Lambs scarce and steady; common to choice butcher, S3 504J6 00: good to choice shloping, $5 506 70 per 100 pounds. ST. LOUIS Cattle Receipts, 400 head; ship, ments, none; market steady; good to fancy natives. S4 605 20: fair to good natives, S3 So 4 63; stockers and feeders. 12 253 40: Texans and Indians, S3 004 15. Hogs Receipts, L100 bead; shipments, none: market strong: fair to choice heavy, S3 503 63: mixed grades. S3 23 3 50. light, fair to best,' S3 4C3 65. Sheep Re ceipts and shipments, none; market steady; good to choice, 84 0U5 25. BUFFALO Cattle steady and unchanged; re ceipts, 61 loads tbrougb. 2 sale. Sheep and Iambs slow and a shade lower: recelnts. 4 loads through, 20 sale; sheep, choice to extra, S3 20 (So u; gooa.10 cuoice, 53 8oo 10; iambs, choice to extra, S6 206 40; good to choice. S3 90 6 15. Hogs firm and a shade higher: receipts, 67 loads through. 15 sale; mediums, heavy and mixed, S3 904 00. KANSAS CITY Cattle Receipts, 1,550 head; shipments. 720 bead: market steady; steers, S3 455 10: cw. S2 203 45; stockers and feed ers, S3 503 63. Hoes Receipts, 4,250 head: sliiiimentis 2.250 he.id; market strong and 6c higher; bulk, S3 203 53: all grade'. S3 003 5a Sbeep Receipts, 1,010 bead; shipments, none; market strong and unchanged. INDIANAPOLIS Cattle Re.-elpts.llght; mar ket steady; shippers, S3 5005 25; buiclier-, S2 25 3 75: bulls, SI 753 50. Sbeep No r-ceipis and 1 no market. Hogs Recelnts, 2.000 bead: market active and monger; choice hsavy. S3 70 3 75; choice llcht. S3 o53 65; mixed, S3 40 3 65; pigs, S3 OOQ30O. Special To Let Lists This Morning. " HOD OLD I LOOK, ADD I0T YET THIRTY I" Many women fade early, simply be cause they do not take proper care of themselves. Whirled along in the excitements of fashionable life, they overlook those minor ailments that, U not checked in time, -will rob them of Health and Beauty. 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