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THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, SATURDAY, MARCH 14.- 189L
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IRON TEADE EETIEW.
The Tone of the Market for flaw
Material Is Bather Stronger.
KO LARGE TRANSACTIONS IN PIG.
A Decided Improvement in the Condition
of Southern Easiness.
THE MABKET BASKET.
,-EEFOETS FKOM THE LEADIKG CEXTERS
The situation in iron and steel lines is
practically the same as it was a week ago.
Tone of raw iron markets is strong. Fur
Sacemen are not disposed to let go their
products at any concessions on prices.
"While there have been no large transactions
in pig iron the past week, markets are
strong. Manufacturers of finished products
are pursuing the hand-to-month policy in
the hope that a settlement of coke and
freight troubles will reduce prices of raw
materials. The demand for muck bar has
declined the past week and prices are a
shade lower, as our quotations will
disclose. Bar iron is also a shade
lower than it was a week ago.
The nail trade gives signs of weakness, and
prices are lower than they have been at any
time in the history of the trade. Steel nails
have sold at the factories of late as low as SI 05
per kcg.and have been jobbed by our hardware
merchants at Jl 75. At these figures it would
be difficult to discern where any pront comes
in to the manufacturer.
Barbed wire has been advanced since our last
report, and the reason is that a syndicate has
been formed and important patents have been
purchased which will enable" the syndicate to
control trade in this line. Steel raits stand as
reported a week ago.
Follcmingare rates as given by iron brokers:
Structural Iron Ancles, 2.o;c: tees,iToc: beams
and channels. XlCc: sheared bridle plates. stceL
unlier-al null plates, iron, 2.10c; refined
U40c:
bars. l.Mc c.ird.
liailiod wire lencinpr. jralTiiuIzed, $3 40;
L -wire leucine, galvanized, .i yu.
plain
'Neutral mill.
.All-ore mill
o. 1 foundry, natiie ore ...
o. I loundrj. lake ore
i Uesscmer ..
Charcoal loundrj iron .No. I
Charioal luundri iron 2so.
"Charcoal cold blast
3Iuck bar
,bltel lilipoiii!,.
'Men slah
fcteel hillets
'fcleel ILC cuds
fcleelrailt, new
Uarlrou
lre rod. ,
bteel nails per ke, usual dls...
Wire null., lurkej:
Ferro manganese
....fi: (KfSJ'i S3 cash
i. ourau iu caen
.... It. J5(iji7 ou cash
... 3" OOffiir S3 cash
... 10 50ffll7 ()-cash
... Si OUSZL 50
... :i uxSci 50
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.... a; s3 oo
... S .WatTT Ul
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A DECIDED 1JIPE0VEMEKT
In the Condition of the Soutlif rn Iron Trade
Noted at Birmingham.
rFI-ECUI. TELIGIvASI TO TIIK niEPATCH.l
Hikmixgiiam, Ala., March 13. The condi
tion of the iron trade in this district is better
this month than it has been for a year. There
Is an active and increasing demand for all
trade of iron and prices have advanced 25c
to 50c per ton. All the furnaces in the district
aie selling all the iron they can make, and sev
eral of them arc 30 to CO days behind on their
ciders. There has recently been a phenomenal
demand for gray force iron and nearly all the
furnaces have sold ahead on that grade. .
Following are the latest quotations f. o b. at
the furnaces:
No. 1 Foundry 12 75 to 813 OT.
No. 2 Foundry 11 75 to 12 00
o. 3 Foundry 11 25 to 1150
Oray Forge 10 30
At lliee eructations several large contract"
have recently been made. Orders continue to
come in from Ohio and Pennsylvania mills in
increasing numbers, and the Western markets
are now baying fieely. Furnaccmen say they
do not expect any further advance in price for
tome tunc to come, and they are anxious to
make ail the contracts thev can at present
.figure.
1 he stock of iron on hand in thisdistric- is
now very lo. All the furnaces that are out of
blast for repairs will be started up just as soon
as possible. Some of the largest companies
Jiave enough .-oi tiers on hand to keep all their
luruaecs running tor 00 daj s.
Monday Judgo Bruce, of the United States
District Court, on petition of the East Tennes
see, Virginia and Georgia Railroad Company
appointed a receiver to take charge ot the busi
ness of the Gadsden, Ala Fiirnaee Company.
The railroad claims a debt of $lfi,500. The re
ceiver is lo keep the furnace m operation.
At Talladega, Al3.. a companv has been or
canized to build a 125-ton coke furnace. Bonds
have Tieen sold, and work on the plant will
begin as soon as the contracts can be made.
Choice Batter Away Up, and Eggs Lower
Price of Staples.
There are few changes worthy ot note In the
line of market basket materials the weet past.
Butter has advanced to a price where it has be
come a luxury, and the average consumer pre
fers butterine at this stage. The best grades ol
creamery butter cannot be sold in a retail way
below 40c per ft. and at this price there is little
profit. Supply of eggs is better than it was a
week ago, and prices are a shade lower. In job
lotslGc per dozen is the outside of the mar
ket Supply of poultry has scarcely been
up to demand ot late, and prices
are Arm. The early arrivals of Flori
da strawberries have proved inopportune,
as demand has been light and stock is h?avy in
the hands of dealers. Xn the line of ocean
products the situation is practically as it was a
week ago. Demand is fair, and prices are un
changed. Florists report a good demand for
their products. While society events have not
made" any special demands on the trade
the week past, volume of trade is good for
the Lenten season. Staple meats change not,
whatever the fluctuations in live stock may be.
Choice steaks and roasts are the same now as
they have been for two years past, though in
that time beeves have declined 2c per pound.
Following are latest retail prices of market
basket filling:
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, 12 to J5c; boiling
beef, 5 to 8c; sweet breads,20 to 50c per pair; beef
kidneys, 10c apiece; beef liver, 5c a pound; calf
nicia,iuiwv auicce; cornea ueei xroin auioic
per pound. Veal for stewing commands 10c;
roast. 12 to 15c; cuilets, 20c per pound; spring
lambs, fore quarter, 10 to 12c; hind quarters,
15c. A leg of mutton, hind quarter, of prime
quality, brings 12c; fore quarter, 8cj loin of
mutton, 15c; giblets, 5c per pound.
Garden Stuffi
Sweet potatoes, 15c per quarter peck:
cabbage, 10 to 15c; potatoes, 25c per half
peck; Bermuda potatoes, SOc a quarter
peck; Hcrmuda onions, SOc a quart;
bananas. 15 to 20c a dozen: carrots, 5c a
bunch: tomatoes, 35c a quart; lemons, 30
to 40c per dozen: oranges, 25 to 40c;
cauliflower, 15 to 40c a head: lettuce. 5 to 10c per
bunch: beets, 5c per buncb, 85c per dozen:
new beets, 15c a bunch; asparagus, 20c a
bunch: radishes, 5c a bunch; cucumbers, 25 to
30c apiece: apples, 15 to 20c a quarter peck;
celery. 5 to 10c a bunch; nie pumpkins. 10 to 25c;
Malaga grapes. 25 to S5c a pound; strawberries,
30c a quart.
Choice creamery butter, 40c Good country
butter. 25 to SOc Fancy pound rolls, 35 to 40c
Strictly fresh eggs. 18c
The range for dressed chickens is EOc to $1 00
per pair: ducks. GOc to $1 00; turkeys, 18 to 20c
per pound; geese, 10 to lie
Ocean Products.
Following aie the articles in this line on
the stalls, with prices: Lake salmon, 10 to 15c;
California salmon.35 to 40c per pound; white fish,
12 to 15c: birring, 4 pounds for 25c: Spanish
mackerel, 40c a pound; blue fish, 15c;
halibut, 20c: rock bass, 25c; lake trout,
12fc; lobsters, 20c: green sea turtle, 20 to 25c
Oysters: N. Y. counts, S2 00 per gallon; stewing
oysters, si .a per gai on: ciains. ai ou ner rrauon:
smelts. 20c a pound; shad, 75c to (1 50 each;
scallops, 20c a pound.
Flowers.
La France. SI GO per dozen; Mermets, SI 25 per
dozen; Brides, Jl 25 per dozen; yellow and white
roses. 1 00 per dozen; Bennetts.Sl 25 per dozen;
Beauties, 50c to SI OO; carnations. 50c per dozen;
Duchess of Albany, SI 00 per dozen; violets,
SI 00 per 100; heliotrope, SOc per dozen: lily
of valley, 75c per dozen; camelias. 25c each;
Harrisii. 25c each; hyacinth, 50c per dozen;
Magna Charta, 75c each; hostes, SI 25 a dozen;
tulips, 75c a dozen; narcitsus. 75c a dozen;
freesias. 25c a bunch; lilac $1 58 a bunch;
Dutch hyacinth, 15c each; Jacks. 30c apiece
BUSINESS SITUATION.
Obstacles Disappearing and the Out
look Brightening.
LAST TEAK'S BAD PRECEDENT.
Abominable Weather Wholly Eesponsible
for Yesterday's Depression.
ation opened at 72Kc: highest, 74c: lowest,
72J$c; closing, 7Sc Total sales. 50,000 barrels.
THE JNEWS AKD GOSSIP OP THE CITI
Price of Bar Silver.
ISrECIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
New Yoek, March 13. Bar silver in London,
455-lGd per ounce. New York selling price,
as reported by bullion dealers, 99Jc
STOPPED THE EISE.
FAIELY ACTIVE HABKET.
The Coke Strike, However, Is the Key to the
Iron Situation.
rSrXCIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCB.J
fHn.ADEi.PHiA, March 13. No decided im
provement was made in the iron market the
past week, and, although pig iron appears to
be in a healthier condition, the uncertainty
which surrounds the final outcome of the coke
Strike is a bar to an active resumption of bui--ness.
The strike is the key to the whole situa
tion, and, the sooner it is settled,
just so soon will the iron market become
settled. "While it is on, prices will hold firm,
but its settlement may send prices down a few
points. Fnrnacemen are, in consequence, timid
about contracting for future delivery. The
production of pig iron is largely on the de
crease, and it is now lower than at any time
since the early part of 1SS9. The local market
may be said to be fairly active, but there is
little selling, owing to the advance recently
established. The demand is fully equal to'the
supply and stocks of good iron are not large.
Another reason given for the present dull,
r.ess i that more attention is being paid to the
law of sunnlv and demand, and when th. t
7oints are equalized the market will becomc'l
uriu an-i steady at living prices. There is little
animation in the market for manufactured
Iron, and it continues in about the same grooves
It has been following for many weeks. Of
course there is business, but it is limited to
bctual wants, and at low prices. Everyone is
lioping for an Improvement, but it seems to be
& hope long deferred in coming.
The Itivers Xot Expected to Go More Than
Four Inches Higher.
Captaix James A. Hcvdehso- was re
ported a tittle better yesterday. He was able
to sit up for a short time
The H. K. Bedford departed for Parkers
burg with a good trip at noon yesterday. The
.11. F. Allen will leave to-day at noon for the
same port.
The last reports from the rivers showed 13
feet and rising slowly. The cold snap has
stopped the rise materially. There is not more
than 3 or 4 inches more expected.
This party of Pittsburgers consiiting of G.
V. C Johnson, Drs. J..Quy and A. jE. He
Candless and F. C. Miller are on their way
home Thevwill visit Mammoth Cave, Ky., to
day, and arrive borne on Monday.
The Scotia arrived from Cincinnati ten
hours late last evening. She was detained by
a heavy fog below Steubenville. She left at
midnighr, with a fair trip. Captain Simmonds,
owner of the yacht Puritan, was a passenger on
the Scotia last evenimr lor Cincinnati and
Southern point;.
Whether business be regarded as brisk or
dull depends altogether upon how people
look at it While trade lacks the vim
which characterized it at the same time in
1890, the volume of transactions equals that
of 18S9, and is in excess of that of any year
previous to tfiat,
Last year set a bad precedent. It broke
all previous business records and set up a
standard of activity to fall below which is
considered a calamity. Its big Clearing
House reports aroused expectations impos
sible of fulfillment. It swelled people's heads
and inflated their ideas to such an extent that
a good average business is looked upon as but
little better than stagnation. This is unrea
sonable Some people are easily frightened. They see
mountains where there are onlv molehills. They
want the earth, and, failing to get ir, they
think everything is going to the dogs. Those
who take this view of existing conditions do
themselves and the commnnity a great wrong.
They throw obstructions in the way of im
provement instead of removing them.
To show that business is not struggling with
anything of a serious nature, it is only neces
sary to point to the fact that it is steadily in
creasing in volume. The depression of the
last two or three days was duo to the weather.
There is nothing bullish in a blizzard. Collec
tions are as easy as usual and forced sales are
few. Nearly all of the great activities are in
operation. That the people have money is
shown by the large sales ot real estate for cash.
Money is easy and confidence is returning.
So far as can be seen domestic conditions are
healthy. Production and demand are about
even. The markets are not burdened with
large stocks of anything. The outlook for the
crops is good. Such disturbances as exist are
of foreign origin. English capitalists have
been badly pinched by reckless investments in
unproductive South American securities, but
they have pulled through, and instead nf sell
ing American stocks to raise ready cash they
are again bnying them. The flurry in France
was short-lived. In other parts of Europe
nnanciai matters possess no leatures worthy of
note. Conditions are about normal. The im
provement abroad will soon be felt here. Light
la breaking all around.
Coming back to Pittsburg there is nothing to
cause alarm or even ucspondency. There is a
good movement in all business lines, and it is
getting better. The heavy depositing at the
nanus turnlsnes prooc ol this; and the fact is
further emphasized by the prosperous condi
tion of the numerous savings institutions of
the city. The Westinghouse complications are
losing their power as bearish factols. Quar
terly settlements will soon even things up and
repare the way for a forward movement,
alio; disputes are less threatening. Business
is getting" out of the slough of despond and
nearing sona grouna. xne dullest part ol the
year is past. The outlook is full of hope and
promise
HOME SECUKITIES.
Demand Drops Off and the Market Gets
Into a But Bearish Influences Still
Uppermost Status of Electric
and Switch and Signal.
The local stock market was slow and bearish
again yesterday. Neither buyers nor sellers
were anxious to do anything that involved
much hazard. No orders for anything were re
ceived from the 'East, which appears to be
satiated until something new turns up. Total
sales were 330 shares, of which 120 were Electric
and 210 Philadelphia Gas.
Electric opened a good fraction below the
previous close, held steady at the second call,
and firmed up just a little just before the finish
on news mat lioston was higher, ineueinanu
for the stock was very light, tfoston being the
center of interest, having, it is said, 60,000
shares, will hereafter set the pace and Pitts
burg will follow, but as her holdings aro small,
she has ceased to be a controlling factor.
Switch and Signal was a shade stronger if
anything as It has been ever since the new deal.
Preferred went back to Its old position, 33 bid.
There was the usual amount of tall talk in and
about the company's office. As things seem to
be workingin favor of the Westinghouse fac
tion, it is almost certain there will be no litiga
tion. Philadelphia Gas sold at 12. and closed at
12t bid. The little slump was due to the ab
sence of buyers and scarcity of the fuel
throughout the city.
There was no movement in insurance stocks.
The recent fire has detracted materially from
their popularity as an Investment. They are
not being forced on tho market, however.
There was no change in the Tractions. Luster
was a trifle stronger. Sales were:
First Call 10 Klectric at 10, 100 Philadel
phia Gas at 12, 10 at 12J, 50 at 12
Second Call 10 Electric at 10?i 60 at 1 50
Philadelphia Gas at V2JL
Third Call No pales.
Before Call 50 Electric at 10.
Missouri Paeiflc &H 66t
National L,eadTrast. .. J8& lSJi
.iew rorK central
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N. Y u. K. & W
n. v.. u e.& w. pa
X.X.&H.E. 3t! uv
Jj. r.. o.tW WA 12
Norfolk & Western
NonolK Western of.
Northern Facinc 27M T.H
Northern faclflc nr.. . 11 119
Ohio Mississippi 111)4 ....
Peo.. Dec. A Evans
Pnllaael. & Keadlne-. .. 30JS 31
Klclimona & W. 1. T . 17 17ft
St. l'anl & Uiilutn'.
5t. Paul & Dulutn or.
St. f.. .Minn. & Man
7'exas Paclac 13 13K
UnlonFaclPs 4194 5'4
Wabash !i fl'j
Wabasn preferred Is 1S
Western Unton. H
W heellnir & u K. -tHi SZ
WheeilngI..iiprer.. 71J4 71
North American Co... 17.S 17)4
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DOMESTIC MARKETS.
Eggs Drop to a Lower Leyel.
Dairy Products Stronger.
and
ACTIVE DEMAND FOR POTATOES.
All Along: Cereal Lines Drift of Markets Is
Still Upward.
U. S. KEP0KT FAY0KS GKA1N BOLLS
P. 1". S.& M.Ex.
Bank of Pitts....
German Nar.ll't
Birmingham In?
City Insurance..
German A.lnsur
renua. G. Co....
1'hila. Co
Wheeling Gas Co
ColuinbMUUCo.
runaoil Co
Central Traction
citizens' J rac'n.
Pittsburg Trac
Pleasant Valley.
ChartiersKv.....
P., V. AA.'lt. 1!
l"p. V. & A. pref
1". A C. Shai
P. V. ,fc C. It. Co
I'&WCKCo.pref.
LaNoria M'kCo.
Luster Miuine..
SIlNerton MinV.
Westlnehouse E.
U. s. A s. Co....
U.b. iS. prer..
A est'housc A r.
Stan. Un. C. Co.
KIRST
CALL.
U A
3S3
319
425
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SECOND
CALL.
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Boston Stocks.
Atch. & Top I..G.73 2334J
jiosion .VAinany ....i
Hoston A Maine.. ..2i7
U. U. &Q 77
r.asiern re. k. o vsi
Kite I. bur It. 1!.. ... s3
Flint iPereM. pre. 75
Mass. Central J 3?,',
ilex. Cen. com 20!
N. V. &N. En. .... X4
N. Y. & N. Enjr. 7s. .12H5J
Old Colony 1ST
Wis. Cen. common. 19!4
AllonezM.Co.(new) 2-j
Atlantic 15
Boston Mout....
Calumet & Hecla.,
Kearsame
Osceola
Quincy
santa Fc Copper..
Tamarack
Sin Diego Land Co.
41 'i
257-4
3?!i
100
61
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West End Land Co. 'Jl'i
Hell Telephone 20O
Lamson btore S 19
Water power 31
Centennial Mlnine. 16
. .!is. xciepnone. w4
Butte 4 Host, copper 14
Phlladclpliia, Stocks.
Closlnp quotations of Philadelphia stocks, fur
nished uv Whitney & btcpheuson, brokers, o. 57
Fourth avenue. Members New lore Stock Kl
change: j:i. Ask
rennsvlvanla Kailroad .' SI 51K
Keadlne 14 IMS 14
buffalo.NcwYorkandriiliadelphla 8 m
j.ciiijcu vaiiev.. ,.,... ..........
i.chiirh Navigation
Philadelphia and Erie
Nortnern Pacltlc common. ...
Northern Pacific nrelerred. .
491 494.
4694 464
29
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713
fCx-divIdend.
Sales of Mining Stocks.
New York. March 13. Mining quotations:
Eureka Consolidated, 250; Hale and Norcross,
210: Hnniestake, 823; Horn Silver. 320; On
tario, 850; Mexican, 800; Ophir. 425: Savape, 225;
Sierra Nevada, 250; Standard, 120; Iron Sliver,
100; Yellow Jacket, 275; Union Consolidated,
2S0.
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FANXIE II. WARD has written u letter
for to-morrow's DISPATCH on the Chilean
rebellion. She had a personal Interview
nith President Ilalmaceda, and was In the
country when the trouble becan. See to
morrow's bis: issue.
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DEOVE TOO MANY KAILS.
Sonthside Neighbors Quarrel Over Supports
for a Clothes Line.
On Wednesday Mrs. Lizzie Grant, who lires
at 120 South Nineteenth strett, was put under
bail by Alderman McGarey, chamed with ma
licious mischief by Henry Frost, her next door
neighbor. At the hearing yesterday Frost tes
tified that Mrs. Grant had driven nails into bis
new fence upon which- to hang her clothes
line. The fence Is close to his house, and the
force of the blows knocked down bis picture.
Mrs. Grant, he said, was not satisfied with
lpavinstuo nails wbeie ihe first put them, but
chanced them every washday. He objected,
but she paid no attention to hiin. At the hear
injf Mrs. Grant admitted the charges, promised
not to trouble him ajiMln, and was let coon
paying the costs.
HIGHEE PEICES ESTABLISHED.
Consumers Are Buying More Freely In the
St. Louis Market.
If PECIAI. TKLECSAM TO TH PISrATCO.1
Et. Louis, March 13. Rogers, Brown 4
3leachamsaj: The past week has established
the higher prices that the Southern furnaces
have been asking. Consumers seem to realize
that the market is on the advance and are buy
ing more freely than a few weeks ago. The
furnaces, on the other hand, are not disposed
to take orders for extended deliveries and the
supply of certain grades is quite limited, even
lor immediate shipment. We quote for cash
f. o. b. St. Louis:
i Hot blast coke and charcoal:
Southern Coke No. 1
fcouthcrn Coke No. 2..
Southern Coke No. 3
Southern Gray Porfre
(southern Charcoal No. 1
bouthern Charcoal No. 2
iliifourl Charcoal Io. 1
illtsourl Charcoal No. 2.
Ohio borteners
Car wheel and malleable Irons
I-ake Superior
Southern
Found Dead In Bed.
Mrs. Thomas, of South Eighteenth street,
died suddenly Thursday morning of heart fail
ure, it is supposed. She retired to bed in usual
health, and about 4 o'clock her husband was
awakened and found her dead. The Coroner
was notified.
THE MISSISSIPPI SENATOBSHIP.
Chartered and Organized.
A charter has been obtained by the Munhall
Valley Land Company, and it has been organ
ized with James W. Drape as President, F.
Schuchman Treasurer and William West Secre
tary, with Major James D. Glover and Captain
Roth as directors. A large piece of land has
been purchased near the city, and is now being
divided and laid off in lots, which will be placed
on the market in afewda.VF. Already .inac
tive demand has set in for them. Tho plan has
been named Abbotville.
Business Xews and Gossip.
It is understood the Oliver property, near
Hazelwood, was purchased by a Southside iron
manufacturer, who will sell it off in lots.
Allegheny City is short of office buildings.
All the rooms in the Steriitt block have been
taken without satisfying the demand.
The Wood street fire has revived tho talk
about widening Diamond street. Some think
it wilt hasten the imp.ovement.
It is said the Exchange building will not
again be offered at public sale until the new post
office is finished and occupied. In the mean
time private offers will continue to be received.
A large brick manufactory will be started be
tween Hawkins and Copeland the coming sum
mer. It will be a Pittsburg enterprise.
The impression in some quarters thai Judge
Acheson will build on his Smithtield street
property this year is erroneous. Expiring
leases have been renewed.
Only 20 mortgages were on file for record
yesterday, the largest of which wa3 for $12,000.
The advance in hog products is due to thn
belief that France and Germany will soon an
nul their restrictive laws.
There was a verv meager market for local
stocks yesterday. The usual Eastern stimulus
was lackinc.
Kuhn Bros., Sp'roul & Lawrence, Watt and
Gporge B. Hill x Co. bought about all the
Philadelphia Gas stock that was on the market
yesterday.
At the last call yesterday 1CJ was offered for
500 snares of Electric.
The annual meeting of the Consignee Mining
Company will bo held on the 25.h.
The Manufacturer Natural Gas Comnanv
announces a monthly dividend of one-half per
cent, payable 20th inst.
The Building Itecord.
The following permits for tho erection of new
buildings were taken out yesterday:
Hubbard & Co., frame addition two-story
factory, 30x40 feet, on Butler street extension,
Eishteenth ward. Cost, $700.
Ii. W. Allison, frame addition one-story
stable, 24x32 feet, on Violet alley, Thirty-sixth
ward. Cost,$125i
The total sale of slocks at New York yester
day were 158,402 shares, including: Atchison,
4,052. Lackawanna, 10,330; Louisville and Nash
ville, fi.150; Northern Pacific preferred, 5.325;
Reading, 4.300; Richmond and West Point,5,105;
St. Paul, 1C,446.
MONEY MAEKET.
Business Given a Black Eye by a Flurry of
Bad Weather.
Tho stars fought against Cisera. The ele
ments were arrayed against business yesterday
and got the better of the tussle. Financial
matters, and indeed everything else, were very
slow.
A few borrowers put in applications for loans
and were quickly accommodated. Even de
positing fell off. The weather was wholly re
sponsible for the shrinkage. There was no bad
news. Exchanges were $1,784,001 17 and bal
ances $400,777 58.
Money on call at New York yesterday was
easy, ranirine from 2 to 3 ner cent. T.st. lnntv
2: closed offered at 2& Prime mercantile
paper, 67. Sterling exchange quiet and
steady at S4 85 for 60 day bills, and $1 88W for
demand.
LOCAL LIVE STOCK.
Condition of Markets at East Liberty Stock
Yards.
OFFICE OP PlTTSBTJKG DISPATCH,
Fuiday, March 13. (
Cattle Receipts. 940 head; shipments. 9S0
head; market nothing doing: all through con
signments; no cattle shipped to New York to
day. Hogs Receipts. 3,800 bead: shipments, 3,000
head; market firm and light; Phlladelphias.
$4 604 10! mixed. $3 904 00; Yorkers, 83 60
(23 85: pigs. $3 403 50; 9 cars of hogs shipped
to New York to-day.
Sheep Receipts. 1,000 head; shipments, 1,400
head; mariet fair at yesterday's prices.
Closing Bond Quotations.
P. S. 4s. Tee. ,121
U. S. 4s. coop 122
U.S. 4S$s, ree 102
U. S. 4Ss. cono 102
Pacific 6s or '95 111
Louisiana stampedts 91 X
juissouri qs
Tenn. new set. 6s.. 302
Tenn. new set. 5s.... 99
'lenn. uewset. 3s.... 71
Canada So. 2ds 96
veuirai 1'acinc ISIS.1US
Den. & K. 13. Ists...ll7ij
Den. Alt. G. 4s i2
JJ.&K G. Westists. '
Eric 2ds 98
M. K. & X. lien. 6s.. 77H
M. X. &T. tien.Ss.. 396
Mutual Union CS...100
N.J. C Int. Cert..llOM
Northern i'ac. lets.. 116
Northern l'ac. Ms.. 113
Northw't'n consols.l37X
Nortw'u deben'sSs.105
orefton Trans, ds.
ht.L I. M. Uen. 5s. 925f
St.L. & S.F. Uen.M.108
St. Paul consols.... 12IH
st.P. Chl&Pc. lsts.115
lx PcL.G.Tr.Ks. 87Sf
Tx.. Pe. It tS.Tr.IL5. 3114
Union 1'aclnc Ists. ..lira'
West bnore lcwif
Ki3 Grande W. lsts. 76
Bank Clearings.
CniCAGO Bank clearings, 813,286,000. New
York exchange at 75c discount. Raies for
money were unchanged at 6G per cenf.
New York Ban- clearings, $01,247,740: bal
ances. 6.200.988.
Boston Bank clearings, $13,092,937; balances.
SI.454.201. Money 5 per cent Exchange on New
York, 17c discount.
Phixadklvhia Bank clearings, $9,027,851;
balances. $1,139,281. Money 5 per cent.
Baltimore Bank clearings, $2,085,268; bal
ances. $284,784. Money 6 per cent.
ST. Louis Clearings. $3,254,714; balances,
S3o2.199. Money 67 per cent. Exchange on
New ork. 90c premium.
Memphis New York exchange selling at SI
premium. Clearings. $41(1.820: balances. $97,060.
New ORLEANS Clearings, $1,142,233. Now
York exchange, commercial paper. 25c: bank.
$1 per $1,000 premium.
CINCINNATI Mouey 6 per cent. New York
exchange heavier at 40c discount. Clearings.
$1,817,350.
,.f 10 WY216 50
.. 15 Outa.15 25
.. 14 :.va;4 75
. 14 1X1314 25
.. 17 75(318 00
. 17 25(3117 50
.. 15 5U&16 00
. 15 0J!5 50
. 18 0U&19 50
...$20 00ffl20 SO
.. 19 00&21 00
CONSUMERS ABE TIMID.
They Are Jfot Anxious to Pay the Advanced
Prices Demanded.
tSrECIAI. TELEOKAM TO THE DISrATCII.l
Chicago. March la Rogers, Brown ana
Merwm say: For the most part, business
poing during the past week has consisted or
carload orders, consumers generally being un
willing to pay the advanced figures at which
the coke rumaces, both Northern and Southern,
are holding. Prices on the other hand are
being well maintained, furnace companies
Deing very independent, declining for the most
i . , t Tt " C0lras for long scattered de
livery. Lake Superior charcoals continue very
Ifhan el a f tWs ClaSS renjalninC un-
i?.b4nr,e ln th,e rent situation is con
f . ? SL ?5e c,?lm"ton of labor difficul
ties in the Connellsvil e coke district. If the
existing strike continuesCindefimtelyT present
prices on pig metal will certainly be maintained.
i?aniL-SadVanced- iIaIy consumer
however, look, for an early adjustment and
frT?. th"exJf?C Prices on iron in pig form
will then have to be again reduced.
Walthall -Win Decline a Ke-Election, and
an Alliance Man May Succeed.
Jackson, Miss., March 13. Senator
Walthall's letter positively declining to al
low the use of his name in connection with
a renomination to the United States Sen
ate has caused much surprise among his
friends in this city. His term does not ex
pire till March 3, 1895, but the Legislature
which meets next January will have to
elect his successor.
His determination will place several can
didates in the field. Wlat effect the with
drawal will have upon the threatened Alli
ance war against Senators George and
Walthall, on account of their opposition to
the sub-treasury bill, cannot be foretold. It
may open the way for a compromise by giv
ing the advocates oi the sub-treasury scheme
one of the Senators, and alloting the other
to those opposed to the measure.
Metal Market.
Knr YORK Pig iron quief Amerlran
H6 00017 00. Copper neglectedriakemAIa?cn:
9io vu. Lead nominal; domestic. 4 27i Tin
tjtuet and steady; strait3, $20 15.
BIEDS CABBY DISEASE.
Instance of a Whole Family Being Taken
With Yellow FeTer.
Pall Mall Duagel.1
That domestic pets sometimes constitute
a danger to the health of their admirers is
shown once more by the -following sad oc
curence, reported by the Jfouvelliste de
Lyon: It appears that a newly-married
conple went on a visit to an aunt living in
the neighborhood of Xyons, taking with
them as a present to their hostess two paro
quets newly arrived at Marseilles from
Oceania.
A few days later the visitors, their annt
and the latter's servant fell ill, and the dis
ease was pronounced bv two medical men
to be yellow fever. A fatal resnlt ensued
in all four cases, and the paroquXs, which
are supposed to have been the unconscious
importers ol the germs of the dread disease,
soon died themselves -of "consumption."
The authorities have had the house which
wag the scene of this sad occurrence disinfected.
Movements ln Realty.
Georgo Schmidt sold five more lots fronting
en Lookout avenue, 100x100 feet to an alley. In
hisKureka place plan, Oakland, for $2,250, to a
prominent business man, who will improve
them.
a A. Dickie fc Co. sold for J. A. Warden to
Mrs. Nancy C. McCoy an improved property on
Euclid street, Nineteenth ward, a two-story
frame house with lot 40x52 feet through to Ber
lin street, for $2 0:0.
w.lhomas McCaffrey sold for theM. Conaghey
heirs to Good Hope Baptist Church (colored).
u. w. lAbAcni uu jjiuiuerry auey. near xnirty
fourth street, for $2,000.
G. A. Saint sold to C. Weising for $275 a lot
25x70 feet on Linhart street. Temperanceville;
he also sold a lot 40x275 feet on Blacadore ave
nue, Brushton, for $500.
Black & Baird sold to Edwin Cox for Mrs. M.
L. Stranahan, of Erie. Pa., a lot in North
Homestead, being No. 37 in the original plan,
fronting 50 feet on Whittle street by 120 in
depth, for $250.
A. Z. Byers Sc Co. sold for James a Young,
Esq., a well-known attorney, to Otto Shaffee,
Esq., a two-story brick bouse of seven rooms
and ail modern conveniences, with lot 20x120
feet, running through to -Asylum alley, being
the property No. 42 Palo Alto street, Second
wiu, aiiegueny wiy, lor to.100 casu.
James W. Drape fc Co. closed the sale of a
tract of timber land of over 600 acres in Fayette
county for $17,000; also sold a collateral interest
in a property one square from Carson street,
Southside, of $15,000; also closed a transaction
in an East End residence and large lot of $13.
000. William Petty A Co. sold to Mrs. M. E.
Bairs a lot on Elba street, in the Elba square.
Thirteenth ward, size 36x100, for $1,050.
THE DAY IS OIL.
Refined Market Off, but Crude Boosted a
Full Cent.
The oil market opened yesterday at 72, at
which 1,000 barrels changed hands. This was
the only sale. A weak feeling prevailed until
well along in the afternoon, when there was an
Improvement on New York buying; The close
was a cent better than the opening.
Refined was marked off 10 points at New
xork, making the advance rather unaccounta
J'e. Average runs, 70,443; average shipments,
64,393; average charters, S5.95L
McGrew, Wilson fc Co.. 90 Fourth avenue,
quote: Putt, 73J: calls, T4J75.
NEW YORK STOCKS.
Market Hopeful and Almost Bullish, but
Not Very Active Coalers Lose on the
Coxe Decision A Renewed De
mand lor Railroad Bonds.
New Yobk, March 13. The feeling in Wall
street to-aay v.as certainly more hopeful, not
to say bullish, although there was liitle real
activity except in a few stocks, and that for
only a short time. As usual of late, tho cover
ing of shorts was credited with most of tho
strength displayed, but there was undoubtedly
larger and more confident buying for the long
account, and the uniformity of the improve
ment bears witness to thq widespread interest
in the speculation, notwithstanding its late
narrowness.
The opening was firm, but prices drifted
around within narrow limits, though there was
considerable strength shown in spots ilnrin.r
tho forenoon. At noon there were buying or
ders placed in the market, principally iu the
Western stocks, and nrlces moved nn nnir
shaiply for a time, tho Grangers and special
ties showing tho lead in the movement. Tho"
gains reached per cent in some stocks, with
more decided gains iu some of the specialties
Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg, Great
Northern and Mobile and Ohio being most con
spicuous. After delivery hour, however, it be
came known that the Inter-State Commerce
Commission baa decided tho great Coxe case
against the Lehigh Valley, and this was the
signal for a concerted movement upon the Coal
stocks, and all of them dropped nearly 2 per
cent.
The general lisfwasdragged down by these
sharp losses, and tho market finally closed
quiet and steady, but still at fractional gains
for the day in most cases. The gains comprise
Rome. Watertown and Opdenshnro- 7n.rm.
Great iortliern preferred, 2; Mobile and Ohio,
2; Missouri Pacific. 1J-J. and St. Paul, 1, while
Jersey Central is off 3 and Lackawanna is
off.
One of the most prominent features of the
day was the renewed demand on the part of
commission houses for good railroad bonds and
the tone of tho trading took a firmness which
has been absent for some time, while the
amount of business done increased. The sales
for the day reached $1,113,000. Ihe changes
were not of importance, however, though gen
erally m the direction or higher prices
The following table snows tne prices or active
slocks on the Hew York Stock' Exchange tester
day. Corrected daily lor The Dispaicu by
H iiitney Jfc SiiEPHtNbOX. oldest Plttsburst mem
bers or the .New York btoek i xciianirc. 57 i'ourtu
avenue:
By Telegraph.
NEW YORK Beeves Receipts, 2,052 head:
including C3 cars for sale; market a shade firm
er: native steers. $4 ."05 70; Colorados. $4 80;
bulls and cows $2 00Q4 15: dressed beef steady
ai 'iO(;4c; shipments lo-morrow, i,iu ueeves,
and 10,824 quarters of beef. Calves Receipts,
369 bead: market c per pound lower; veals,
$o 007 00: Westerns,-$2 002 50. Sheep Re
ceipts. 5.405 head; sheep steady: lambs c per
pound lower; sheep. $5 00g6 40: Iain lis, i6 00(
7 10; dressed mutton firm at 8J10c per ft;
dressed lambs steady at 910 Hogs Re
ceipts, 5,037 head, consigned direct: nominally
steady at $3 40S3 90.
CHICAGO The Evening Journal reports:
Cattle Receipts. 9,000 head; shipments. 3,000
head; market steaiH: steers, fancv, $5 65; com
mon to extra, $4 00fi5 40: coms and heifers
$4 25: stockers,$3 00(g!3 50. Hogs Keceiuts.3S.00U
Bead; shipments, 18,000 head; marker excited
and firm: packers and shipper.', $3 6003 &?;
skips and selected lights, $3 25g3 80: prime
heavy and butchers' weights, $3 851 10.
Sheep Receipts. 6,000 head: shipments, 2,009
ueau: mantel slow anu lower; westerns
$o 105 75; Texans lambs, $5 00; natives, $3 65
5 75.
CINCINNATI-Hogs scarce and strong. common
and light, S3 503 SO: packing and butchers.
$3 85! 05; receipts, 2,870 head; shipments. 785
head. Cattle in light supply and strong; com
mon, SI 503 00; fair to choice butcher grades,
$3254 75: prime to choice shippers $4 505 00;
receipts, 210 bqad; shipments, 120 head, bneep
scarce anil wanted: common tochoiep. 1st .V)f
5 25; extra fat wethers and yearlings, $5 75
6 00; receipts, J50 bead; shipments none.
Lambs 'strong; common to choice $4 506 50;
good to choice shipping, $6 00fi7 00 per 100 fts.
OMAHA Cattle Receipts. 2.000 head: mar
ket active and 6troug on everything: canners
slow: feeders m iving at steady prices: all sold
fancy 1.400 to l,600.pou id steers, $1 555 25:
prime 1,200 to 1.475-pouM steers, $3 934 70:
fair to good 1,050 to 1.350-pound steers, $2 904 20.
Hogs Ueceipis, 6,400 head; market active and
closed 10c lnelier: all sold: ranee, $3 253 65:
bulk. $3 403 60: ligh , 83 253 50; heavy, $3 45
3 65: mixed, $3 403 55. Sheep Receipts.
3,686 head: market active and strong; natives
$2 7o5 10; Westerns, $2 504 90.
BUFFALO Cattle shade easier; tending
lower: receipts. 190 loads through: 4 sale; innrl
steers. $4 454 50. Sheep and lambs Receipts.
8 loads through, 30 sale: market 1520c lower;
sales best sheep. $5 756 10; fair to enod, $5 00
5 50: lambs, fair to test. $5 756 25. Hogs
stronger, all sold; receipts, 41 loads throuch, 15
sale; sales Yorkers, good to choice, $3 903 95;
uieuiuuja aim ueavy, co yo'iy-i uu; mostly, 91 uu.
ST. LOUIS Cattle Receipts. 800 bead: ship
ments. 700 head: market higher; good to fancy
native steers, $4 755 50; fair to tood do, SI 00
4 8U;stockersand feeders. $2 603 65: Texans
and Indians, 83 004 25. Hogs Receipts. 3.400
heart: shipments, 1,600 head: fair tu choice.
$3 653 S5; mixed grades, $3 403 SO; light,
lair to best. $3 503 70. Sheep Receipts,
2,100 head; shipmems, none; market strong;
good to choice, $4 005 75.
KANSAS CITY Caitle-RecelDts, 2,170 head;
shipments, 640 head;" market strnn- to
higher; steers, $3 755 45; cows $3 754 10;
stockers and feedeis. $3 00&4 00. Hoes Re
ceipts, 8,740 head: shipments. 070 head; mar
ket active and 10c higher: bulk. S3 4-anm (Ji.
all grades $3 COtoS 85. hheen Receipts, 725
head; shipments 150 head; market steady to
stiongand unchanged.
INDIANAPOLIS Cattle Receipts 600 head:
market falrlv steady; shipping. $3 955 10;
butchers, $1 754 00; bulls $1 53'i 25. Hogs
Receipts, 4.000 head: market active and tron;
choice heavy. $3 7Sg3 90: ch oice. $3 6503 75;
mixed, $3 50Q3 70; pigs, $2 753 30.
Office of Fittsbuko Dispatch,
Fuiday, March 13. J
Country Produce Jobbing Prices.
Friday's trade in this line showed more ac
tivity than any previous day of the week. Po
tatoes of good quality are in especially good
demand at outside quotations. Some dealers
are quoting choice potatoes at $1 25 per bushel.
The egg market showj a slight decline,, as our
quotations will reveal. The movement, how
ever, is active, and there is no over-supply of
stock. There isacontinned good demand for
choice dairy products. High grade cheo-e is
very firm at quotations. Swcilzer is firm
enough to go up higher at an early day. Trop
ical fruits are in large supply, and demand does
not keep pace with receipts, w hile prices are
not quotably lower, the situation favors the
buyer, and there is little doubt of slight shad
ing on our quotations.
Apples 54 50S6 60 a barrel.
Butter Creamery, Elgin, 3S39c; other
brands, 3233c; common country butler, 1518c;
choice country rolls, 1825c; fancy country
rolls 2S30c
Beaks New crop beans, navv. $2 003- 35;
marrows $2 352 40; Lima beans 56c
Beeswax 2830c a for choice: low grade,
2225c
Cider Sand refined, $9 5010 00; common.
$5 506 00; crab cider. $12 00&13 00 fl barrel;
cider vinegar, 1415c gallon.
Cheese Ohio cheese, llgllc: Now York
cheese, HKc: Limburger, 13Ji14c; domestic
Sweitzer, lnI6c; Wisconsin brick Sweitzer,
15c; imported Sweitzer, 2728c.
Cranberries Cape Cod, $3 253 50 a box;
$11 5012 00 a barrel: Jerseys, $3 50 .1 box.
Dressed Hogs Large, 40434c !p ft; snialL
4K5c
Eoos 1616c for strictly fresh.
Feathers i.xtra live geese, 5060c: No. L
40l5c: mixed lots. 3035c fl ft.
Honey New crop white clover, 2022c ?) ft;
California honey, 1215u ? ft.
Maple Syrup New. 90c$l 00 $? gallon.
New Maple Sugap. 10c ?1 ft.
Nuts Shell bark hickory nuts !150l 75 a
bushel: peanuts. $1 501 75, roasted: green, 4
6c f ft: pecan:, 16c W ft; new French walnuts,
7K16c V B.
Poultry Alive Chickens 7590c a pair;
turkeys, 1213capound; ducks, 8090e a pair;
geese, choice, $1 00 a pair. Dressed Turkeys,
ioteicapoanu:aucks.i4Q(iocapounu;cnickens,
1415c: geese, 910c.
Tallow Country. 4c: city rendered, 5c.
Seeds Recleaned Western clover. $5 00
5 20; timothy. $1 50! 55; blue grass, $2 853 00;
orchard grass, $1 85; millet, 7590c; lawn grass,
25c 8 ft.
Tropical Fruits Lemons $3 25; fancv,
$3 75; Jamaica orangcs.$66 50 a barrel; Messina
orauses. $2 503 00 a box: Florida oranges.$3 CO
3 50 a box; bananas, $1 75 firsts. $1 25 good
seconds fl bujoch; Malaga grapes, $7 0OJJ12 50 a
halt barrel, according to quality: figs 1516c i)
ft: dates, 4K5ic H ft.
Vegetablls Potatoes,$l 10Q120 yt bushel;
Jersey, $3 503 75; cabbage, 80 fl hundred;
German cabbage, 51314; onions $4(34 25 l bar
rel; celery, 75c$l00adozenbunches:parsnips,
35c a dozen: carrots, 35c a dozen; parsley, 15c a
dozen: ho'rseradisb, 5075c a dozen; turnips,
75c$l V barrel.
24 50 V ton; No. 2 white middlings, $23 OOffl
21 00; brown middlipes, $21 50(822 00: winter
wheat bran. 21 504822 00.
HAY Baled timothy. No. 1, $9 75Q10 00: No. 2
do, $8 60g9 00; loose Irom wagon. $11 0012 00.
according to quality: No. 2 prairie hay, $7 25
7 50; packing do. $7 508 00.
Straw Oat. $S 008 50; wheat and rye, $7 25
7o0.
Provisions.
Sugar-cured hams large, 8c; sugar-cured
hams, medium, 9c: sugar-cured hams, small,
9Kc; sugar-cured breakfast bacon, Sc: sngar
cured shoulders, ojjc: suzar-cnred boneless
hooIders.7c:skinnedi'houlders.7Kc; skinned
hams. 10Ko: sugar-cuied California hams. 6Jfc:
sugar-cured dried beef flats, 9c: sngar-cured
dried beef cts. 10c; sugar-enred dried beef
rounds, 12c; bacon, shoulders, 6c; bacon,
clear sides. GJrfo: bacon, clear bellies. 6c; dry
salt shoulders 5Jic: drv salt clear sides. 5
Mess pork, he.ivy. $11 50: mess pork, family.
$11 50. Lard Refined, in rierces SVc; half
barrels. 5lTr? Kd-If. rnlw. 5-e.?a, nails. O-.0-
60-ft tin cans. 5c; 3-ft tin piils 6vc; 5-ft tin
pails, 6Jc;10-ft tin puis. Cor Smoked sansage,
Jong, 5c; laree. 5a Fresh pork links 9c Bone
less haras, lOKc Pigs feet, half-barrels, $4 00;
quarter-barrels. $2 15.
MARKETS BY WIRE.
Groceries.
The sujjar market betrays weakness, for tho
ffooil and SilflirnVnt rpa.cnn that TtriQ n.r Tn
drop 2c per pound two weeks hence, when the j ?,r,i"d"l",w.as A,rmour-a,,u -'lhy is gener
tnv i to h imv,i rfr u ,.. , ,h ,., 1 ?y credited with having been a heavy buyer
The Bears Obtain Control of Cereals and
Provisions Declines All Along the Line
Specnlators Anxloas to Unload
Drift of Foreign Advices.
CHICAGO Speculators were a selling
humor to-day. The snn was shining in the
wheat pit, which was regarded as a bad men
by the bulls The corn and oats crowds were
jealous of the efforts that they imagined were
oemg made by the Iong3 tn unload their hold
ings, and watched narrowly for evidence con
firmatory of that suspicion, and the packers
were apparently of one mind regarding the de
sirability of selling provisions. The result was
a decline all along the line, amonnting to lc
in com. isc in oats, xnr. per barrel in pork,
17J20c 111 lard and 20i2Jc in short ribs
beat opened at abontjc decline since the
close of Thursday's marker. Trading was not
so,brisk as nn the day before, but it was still
nervous in character. The cablegrams were of
the same tenor as the day before, denoting
firmness in English and French marketsbut
with apparently an impression prevailing there
that they had gone about far enough for the
present in advancing prices. The weather was
favorable here for the winter wheat, and
France reported improved climatic conditions
mere also.
The trend of valnes was downward, but for a
long time every decline was recovered from.
Later, however, sellers evinced more confi
dence. With many radical reactions on Its
'downward course the price of the May delivery
was down to $1 01 about half an hour from
the close of the esion. The clo'inc cables to
the Board of Trade quoted a slight decline in
flour at Pans without any chance in the price
of wheat. Berlin was up about J-jc per bushel
for futures of wheat, London m changed and
Liverpool was Id higher for California wheit
on the spot, but lower for the- later futures.
Antwerp showed a slizht advance in wheat.
The tone of the trading continued heavy after
the break alluded to above. May sold down to
$1 01.
There was an agitated seance In the corn pit,
with a strong desire to unload. This had been
observed by the scalpers for the past two
days, but the holders did not press their offer
ings until to-dav. There was a slump in prices
which started on its course soon after the open
ing. The opening was again wild and sagged
with sales at &3t4c for May, and within a few
seconds it was realizing at 63JJc in one corner
of the crowd. The closing price of the May de
livery was 6161Kc. compared with63cat
the close of the preceding session.
Free selling of long oats led by Bartlctt &
Frazer, caused a break. Fowler was a buyer of
July, taking 100.000 bushels in a lnmn Tho
market was fairly active, bnt the trade was all
of a scalping nature. Mav started at fvTKc: sold
off to 52c: recovered to 52Jc; weakened to 51c
and closed at 51c.
There was general unloading of provisions
and a decided slump in prices. Tbo big heavy
Cnlln. nf .In. .Ii... n I. I ,. r . . '
ot v me u-j. 3 iie uas ueen tor two days
Loose shoulders, 4Jc: long clear and clear rib
sides 5Kc. Lard Refined, 7c: crude, 6&e.
Butter weak; creamery fancy, 35c: do. fair to
choice, 3334c; tda; imitation, 31032c; ladle
fancy. 30c: do. good to choice. 262Sc, rolls,
fine. 25v6c; do. lair to good,2223c. gs
steady at 15JiICc.
PHILADELPHIA Flour quiet, but firm.
Wheat dull and lower; No. 2 red March,
April and May, $1 OSJi. Corn Options opened
slightly firmer, but af terward reacted, closing
weak; ear lots firm; No. 3 mixed, in grain
depot. 72c; steamer. In export elevator. 69c;
ISo. 2, mixed, track, 72K073c; do. In export
elevator. 70c: No. 2 mixed March. 69?70c;
OJ". 69K3632c; Mav. 67K67c: June,
CTjoTJJc. Oats Options opened about K
niguer. butaftenvardlost thelmnrovementand
rio.ru uareiv steady: car lots firm; No. 3 white.
fifNo:.2wh,t'"- JHrcb. 57U5Sc: April. SA9
5SKc: May. 5S58c; Jnne. 5859a Pro
visions steady, but demand only moderate.
Bntter quiet and easy; Pennsjlvania creamery,
r?,r3.,c EK?S firmer; Pennsylvania Aril
l".HlTKc
L0,SV,LLE-Wnea' dull: No. 2 Iongberry,
7,. it"' 2 lea ST!- Corn active; No. 2 white,
6Ic:,J,o;2-,mlxeU-60Kc Oats active; No. 2 on
track, 5253c Provisions higher and brisk!
mes pork, prime. $11 00. hams, new sugar
enred. 989K& Bacon Clear rib sides, $5 75;
clear sides. $6 256 37: packed bellies $6 5a
Knlfc meats Demand fair: cured short ribs,
2jj: clear sides. $5 50 in bulk: bulk shoulders,
ii PS;- Lard, prime steam, $6 00 in tierces,
S7 00 for leaf in tierces
CINCINNATI Flour easier. Wheat steady;
NO. 2 red. SI 02. Corn rinll and Intra,- tn ooll.
No. 2 mixed. 62c. Oats dull and lower to sell;
No. 2 mixed. 53c Rye dull and neglected:
No. 2. $1 03. Pork weaker at $10 50. Lard
nominal at $5 85. Bulkmeats quiet at $5 12k.
Bacon dull at $C 006 12 Butter easy: fancy
Llcm creamerv.37c: Ohio and Indiana, 2730c;
prime dairy. 2728c Eggs barely steady at
Ijc Cheese firm.
MILWAUKEE Wheat eas!er:No.2 spring, on
?,. aSD' JSc: War. TiY&' Nn. 1 Northern,
$1 02, Corn dull; No. 3, on track, 59c. OaU
easier: No. 2 white, on track. 52c Barley firm;
No 2, in store, 08c Rye firm; No. in store.
SOJic Provisions quiet. Pork May. U 35.
Lard May. $6 17&.
r,TSLE0 Wheat weak and lower; rasn,
$1 03; March. SI 03: May. $1 05; July, 9SKc:
August. 9oKc: August. 96c. Corn active and
easLerV,ca3n" e2c' Ma-T- Ke- Oats quiet;
cash, 53c; No. 2 white, 64c Cioverseed dull;
cash and March $4 60.
KANSAS CITY Wheat stronger: No. 2 hard,
cash and March, SOc bid. 90Ke asked; N o. 2 red!
54e;: March. 545JJic Oats quiet: No. 2
cash. 47"4c bid. 4Sc asked; March, 474Sc
Eggs firm at 13c
DULUTH Wheat was dnll and closed lower
No. 1 hard, 99c; No. 1 Northern. 95Jic: No. 2
Northern 92Jc: March. 90c for N6. I bard;
9Cc for No. 1 Northern; May, $104 for No. 1
hard.
FASniON NEWS from the Capitals of En
rope by tiro best writers in THE DISPATCH
to-morrow.
tax is to be removed. Coffee is firm at the ad
vance noted a few day3since. Other staples
move along in the old way.
Green Coffee Fancy, 2526c; choice
Rio, 2321Kc; prime Rio. 23c; low grade Rio,
21!22c; old Government Java, G031c;
Maracaibo, 282Sc; Mocha a)K32ic: Sanies
22K26Mc; Caracas, 25K327c: La Uuayra, 2si
i7ic
Roasted (in papers) Standard brands25c:
high grades, 27J431c; old Government Java,
bulk. 32lS34Kc; Maracaibo, 2S30c: hantos,26J
30Kc: peaberry, 31c; choice K10. 26Kc; prime
Rio, 25c; good Rio, 21c: ordinary, 22S23c
Spices (whole) Cloves, 1516c:.tlspice. 10c;
cassia, oui pcppci. lou, UUkUje, Itivouu.
Petroleum (jobbers' prices) 110 test, 7lc;
Ohio. 120. 8!c: heidliebt 150. 8Kc: water
white. 1010?c; globe, 14I4c; eUnie. 15c;
carnadine, HKc; royalme, 14c: red oil, llllc;
purity, 14c: olelne. 14c
Miners' Oil No. 1 winter strained, 39llc
7 gallon: summer, 3335c: lard oil, 555Sc
Syrup Com syrup, 2831c; choice suar
syrup. 3I36c; prime sugar syrup, 3233c:
strictly prune, 3435c.
N. O. Molasses Fancv. new crop. 42c:
choice, 3840c; medium, 3336c; mixed, 34
36.-.
SODA Bi-carb In kegs. 3KS3?ic: bi-carb in
s, 5c; bi-carb, assorted packages, 5uc; sal
soda, in kegs, lc; do granulated, 2c.
Candles star, full weight, 9c; stearine. 99
set, 8c: paraffine, ll12c.
Rice Head Caroliiu, 77Wc: choice, 6U
6c; prime. 66Kc; Louisiana, o6c
starch Peari, 3&c, corn starch, 66Kc;
gloss starch, 67c
Foreign Fruits Laver ralins. $2 65: Lon
donlaers, $2 75: Muscatels, $2 25: California
Muscatels, $1 90210: Valencia. 707c; Ondara
Valencia, 88Jc: sultana. 182Uc; currants,
VJSiM.: Turkey prunes. TVMiz: French nrnnos
10llc: Salouica prunes in 2-ft packat:es,9c;
cocoanuts. 100. $6; almonds. Lan., 3jl ft, 29c;
dolvica, 17c: do shelled, 40c; walnnts. nap., 13
14c: Sicilv filberts. 12c: Smyrna hirs. lSI4e!
new dates 5XS?6c: Brazil nuts, 12c; pecan. Ity-
1C. A;.n.. 35 Ik 1710... f . ,n .... -
4 lii. IIIIJJIOI
in the same time. Unloading in the course of
the day became quite general, and the nackers
all took a hand in supplying the wants of any
one who expressed a wish to bny. There was a
little strength 111 the fir-t few minutes. May
pork starting at $11 15 and selling up to $11 25.
but that was quickly succeeded by offerings so
heavy that a decline started which lasted to
the close, with but slight reactions.
The leading futures ranged as mnows as cor
rected by John M. Oakley &. Co.. 45 Sixth street,
members Chicaco Board of Trade:
Articles.
wnEAT, no.:
March
may
July.
C'OltN, HO. 2
March
May
July
OATS. MO. S
Slay
June
July
Mess pork.
March
May
July
Larp.
Alarch
-May
July.
MiohtMhs.
March
May
July.
Opening.
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Closing.
IK HABDWABE LINES.
Trade Not as Good as at This Time Last
Year.
According to precedent the demand for agri
cultural implements should be fully on this
month. But trade so far has been slow, and is
not what it was at this time last year. The
wretched condition of country roads has no
doubt bad something to do with the present
slack condition of trade. Money, too, is more
precious than it was this time last year. There
has not been an entire recovery from the
stringency of money markets last falL and
buyers are inclined to put off tho evil day of
partinewith their cash as long as possible
Prices are still very close all along the lines or
general hardware. The profits to manufact
urers were sever closer, and it is difficult to see
where there is any profit m many lines. Nails
have sold at the- factories of late as low as
$1 65 per keg, which means 51 75 from the
jobber here. At this price manufacturers are
working for glorv and not for boodle. Wire
nails are a shade firmer than they have been of
late, and card rates of jobbers are $2 25. There
is a general feeling that bottom prices have
been reached in lines of general hardware
Said a representative of one of our leadin?
our experience m the past has been
firms:
00 i
9s?a
60 1
bO
51 t
5IH
?I0 SS'i
10 77k
11 15
I! OS
023
6 42K
5 02
5 22)4
53)
that when Driccs hayn bepn .invn tn . ......
as long as they have been this time, an upward
movement usually come. Prices can go no
lower, and in my opinion there was never a
better time for the retailer to bny than now
Those who wait will have to pay more for their
goods." Within the past week or two a barbed
wire syndicate has been iormed. by which the
price of galvanized wire Iras been advanced 40
cents per 100 pounds The price hereafter will
be $3 55per cwt. The outlook for a Ur"e trade
in hardware the coming year is good."thou-b
the start is slow.
lemon peel, 12c $t ft;
CHECK TO THE BUTTEE BOOM.
It Became Top-Heavy, as the Prices Were
Forced Too II Igli.
It will bo seen by reference to domestic mar
ket column that creamery butter is not so high
at Elgin as It was thij time last week. The
boom became top-heavy, as prices were forced
too high for the average consumer's purse.
There is little doubt that manufacturers of
butterine had somewhat to do w itb the advance
in prices of nutter. Certain it is that their
good3 have been in much more active demand
the past week or two. When butter goes above
3oc per pound the average consumer prefers
olco at SOc per pound.
This is proved by the immense increase in
consumption of butterine tho past few weeks.
Pennsylvania laws which forbid the manufac
ture ana sale of oleomargarine are about as
dead as any laws can be so far as this city is
concerned. There is no longer a pretense on
the part of retaileis to observe the law. Many,
who a few months ago were reluctant to become
law breakers have of late taken out United
States licenses and are openly handling the
article which the State law condemns. Genu
ine butter would cut a sorry figure at
this time of the year ln meeting the wants of
trade. February and .March is tho honest
season lor manufacturers of oleo. The amount
of goods in thii line handled by Pittsburg job
beis was from 8 to 10 carloads weekly several
months ago. There Is little doubt that this
amount has been greatly increased in the pat
30 das-s. The time, however, draws near when
cenuine butter will be to the front, and dealers
iu the imitation will have their quiet time for
several months
elevator;
Oil Markets.
BitADrOBD. March 13. Petroleum opened at
72c; closed ztlQic; highest, 74c; lowest, 72Kc;
clearances. 596.000 barrels.
Oil City. March 13. Petroleum opened at
7c; highest, 74c: lowest, 72c; closed, 74Jc;
sales, 140.000 barrels: clearance-, 250.000 bar re is;
runs, 9J.606 barrels; shipments, 77,618 barrels;
charters, 18.253 barrels
New York, March 13. Petroleum opened
weak on pressure supposed to come from Stan
dard oil parties, but after this pressure was re
moved the market advanced l&c on buying by
traders. A reaction of 4c forward ami ih
market closed steady. Pennsylvania appropri: J KwK uo !...?:
Open
ins. Am. Cotton Oil 21
Am. Cotton Oil nrer.
Am. Cotton till Trust.. 21)4
Atch,, Ton. is. F 25)i
Canada southern 50
Central or.NejT Jersey. 1 15
Cbesapealie i, Ohio ... 171$
Chicago Uas Trust 42W
C. Bur. & Uulaey 771
C MIL SSt. Paul.. .. i4ii
c. Mil. & at. is. pr.. lnw
C HOCKi. A 1. CoH
v.. at. p.. At. iu
c, st. p., it. &v. pi
C & Northwestern. ...ltus
C. 0.. V. A 1 59V
C. c. C. & i.prer..
Col. Coal iron 3Stf
dies. .1 Ohio 1st Drcr
dies, soldo 2d prer.. so1
Uel.. Lack West.... .135
Del. & Hudson 132'
Uen. KIo Urande
Uen. KioUraude.pt. 58X
Illinois Central 7
Latoi-rle J; West
uate Erie H et pr.
LaKebhore & 11. a... .109
Louisville Nashville. 7SH
ilos-
HI?h- Low- inz
est. est. JIlii.
21 21 21
1
si -a 2i
25) 24 2.V4
50 tl W4
UOf 113 113
17 i'M W4
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71h 76 7i
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W Mb 59
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Wool Markets
PiilJ.ATiELPniA Wool market quiet; prices
unchanged.
New York Wool firm and quiet; domestic
fleece, 3437c; pulled, 2633c; Texas. 1721c
ST. LOUIS Wool Receipts light; steady
unwashed bright medium, 2025c; coarse, 14
. Int. Cnjl. 1"5S1T.. Ann l.t.- lTrfftW.. .I....
heavy, ll19c; tub washed choice, 35c; inferior.
29S3c.
Boston Wool The wool market has boen
fairly active, and the sales foot up 3,252.100
pounds of all kinds. Prices are very firm and
unchanged. Large sales of Australian are re
ported at prices ranging from 3442c. and
large receipts are being closely cleared up. In
Ohio theie have been sales to a fair extent of
X at 3132e, XX and XXX and above at 33
31c and of Novl at 3738c. Michigan X sold
at 2930c. No. 1 combine 13 firm at4042c and
unwashed combing at 26828c for one-quarter
and at 2830c for ihrec-eightbr. Considerable
Michigan delaine has been sold at 35Q36c and
Ohio at 36037c Territory is firm at 60uo.i tor
fine, 60c for fine medium and 5557c for medium.
A good sale of 125.000 pounds of spring Texas
was made at 24c Pulled wools have Heen ac
tive; sales have been made at 4045c for choice
super. 3038c for fair to good super, and 22
SOc for extra. Foreign carpet wools are firm;
100,603 pounds of mohair sold at SOc
16c; citron.
oranze peel. 12c.
Dried Fruits Apples, sliced, per ft. lie:
apples, evaporated, 14i15c: peaches, evapo
rated, pared, 2SS30c: peaches. Calilorma, evap
orated, unpared, Kfrf-Oe: cherries pitted. 31c;
cherries unpitted. 13$I3Kc raspberries, evap
orated, S031c: blackberries, 9510c; huckle
berries, ioc
SUGARS Cubes. 7Jc; powdered, Vc granu
lated, 6c; confeciionprV A. 6:; standard A.
6Kc: sou while. P-AffiBKc: yellow, choice, am
Cc: yellow, good. mA-.: yellow, fair, 6.a
0c; J'llow. dark. 55.c
PICKLFS Medium, bhls 1.20flv S on- mo.
dinm. half bbls (600). $4 50.
Salt So. 1 '-fi bul. SI 00. No. 1 ex. fl bbl.
$1 10: dairy, ft bbl, $1 20: coarse crystal. t lib,
$1 20: Higgins' Kureka, 4-bu sacks, $2 80; Hi"--gins'
Eureka, 1614 ft packets, $J 00.
Canned Goods Standard peaches. $2S03
2 90; Stall, S2 40S2CO; extra peaches, $3003? 10:
pie peaches, SI 701 SO; fine9t corn, $1 3501 50:
Hfd. Co. corn, $1 yol 15: red cherries, $1 40
1 50: Lima beans, $1 35; soaked do. SOc; string
do, 7080": marrowfat peas. $1 10I 25; soaked
peas. 6575c: pineapples. $150160; Bahama
do. $255; damson plums. SI 10; green"aes.Sl 50:
egg plums. $2 20; California apricots $210
2 50; California pears. 1250S2 75; do greengages.
it 90; do egg plums $1 90: extra white closin" ii Tea
berries. $1 30451 40; gooseberries, SI 1C1 15;
tomatoes 95c$l: salmon, 1-ft. $1 301 80; black
berries 51 00; succotash. 2-ft cans s-oaked. 90c;
do green. 2-ft. $1 251 60: corned beef. 2-ft cans
$1 90; 1-ft cans $1 00: baked beans SI 4001 50:
lobster, 1ft, $2 25: mackerel. 1-ft cans broiled,
f I 50; sardines, domestic, s, $4 504 W; sar
dines, domestic. 3. S7 Ml? -in1lnex itnnnrt..:
Hi. $11 5012 50; sardines, imported, . $1S;
sardines mustard, $4 50: sardines, spiced. $4 25.
FISH Extra No. 1 bloater mackerel, $20 51
bbl; extra No. 1 do mess. $2850; extra No. 1
mackeiel, shore, $24 00: No. 2 hore mackerel.
$22: large St, $20, Codlish Whole pollock, 5c
?3 ft; do medium. Georce's cod. 5c: dolarsre.
7c; boneless hakes, in strips, 5j; do Geop'e's
cod, in blocks 6K7)c. Herring F.ound
shore, $5 50 $ bbl; snlit. :650: lake, $3 25 a 100
ftbbl. White fish. $7TO?liOO-fi half bbl. Lake
trour, $5 50 fl half bbl. Finnan haddie-. 10c
ft. Iceland halibut. 13c 39 ft. Pickerel, half
lM. $1 50: qnarter bbl, $1 6J. Holland herring,
75c: Walkoif herrimr. DOe.
Oatueal-$0506 75 ?) bbl.
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour was dull and unchanged. Na 2snrln
wheat. 9Uc$l -00: No. 3 spring wheat! 93a
96c; No. 2 red, $1 01! 02: No. 2 corn. 6Wc: No
2 oats. 505ff!c: No. 2 rye. 94(2H5c: No?2 bar
levnoininal;No.lflaxseed.$118M: prime timothy
Lard, per 100 lbs $6 02Ja0 05. Short rib slues
(loose). Si005 05: dry salted snoulders (boxed)
$4 lo4 25; short clear sides (boxed), $5 255 30
Sugars unchanged. No. 2 white oils 5.53c
No.3wliiteoat.s51'4o2r:No.3barIev.f.o b 6S
73c: No. 4, f. o. 1... 66(c. On the Produce
Lxcnanze to-day the butter market was easier
extra creamery. 3233c: extra firsts. 28530c:
firsts, 22025?; extra dairy, 28230r: extra firsts,
2320c: Ursts IS20c Eggs 1516c
NEW YORK Flour irregular, less active
Cornmeal firm and quiet Wheat-Spot market
lIKc lower, dull; closing heavv: Jfo. 2 red
New York Cofleo Market.
New York". March 13.-Coffce Options
opened firm anil unchanged to 15 poims up
closed barely steady 10 points down, to 20 points
tin: sales. 28.500 bags including March 17 05
L..0; April. 17.20; .May. 17.2517.45: June. 1700
1..10; July. I6.8316.90; August. 16.4516.60:
beptcmber, l!U5ai.25: October, ia60; Iiecein
ber, ll.ooli.,o. Spot Rio firm and quiet: fair
cargoes, 20c; No. 7. ISJc H
I"rj goods Market.
New York. March 13. Business In drygoods
was unchanged in character and volume
Staple i goods are in good position as to stocks"
and the tone of the market continues steady
though there is a little cutting here ana there
as usual at this period.
SICK HEAUACHE
-Carters Little Liver I'llU.
SICK HEADACHE
SICK HEADACHE
-Carter's Little Liver Piiu.
-Carter's Little LlyerPllIi.
SICK HEADACHE
'-Carter's Little Liver Pills
OOIS-TTSStt
Options opened Vx- lowron foreign housed
selling declined Umiic. closine weit
on better French crop reports, weak
er cables and trenemlly tree selling
Wo. 2 red March. $1 11gi I4J' closin" at
$1 13K: Mav. SI 101 1 closm? at $1 loi'.
June. $1 os;ol 0. closing at ill OSJi; July.
$1 0oi&31 06 7-16. closing at 1 05; Aurrnst
$1 02-Xl 02. closing at $1 02: September
$1 01J!31 02K. closing at $1 01; December
$1 0J1 04 1-16. closing at $1 04 Hye steady
and quiet. Barley firm and quiet. Corn
Spot market loner, weak and dull; No. 2. 72Kc
.iU,,tV4 ..I.".,, uncnueii mixed,
71 J4?73?;'-; steamer mixed. 727..; No. 3. 72ti
72Xc; options declined Jl'in realizing
Grain. Flour and Feed.
There was one sale on call at the Grain Ex
change, viz : a car of sample oats, 55c, spot.
Receipts as bulletined, 29 cars, of which 16 were
by Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne and Chicago Hallway,
aJ follows: 1 car of bran. 4 of hay, 1 of shoris,
9 of corn, 1 of oats. By Baltimore and Ohio, 1
car ot corn. 1 or rye. By Pittsburg. Cincinnati
and- St. Louis, 5 cars of hay, 1 of corn, 2 of
flour, 1 of bran, 1 of oats. The upward move
ment of grain noted for the past few days has
come to a standstill in this market, but prices
are fairly steady. Tho latest Government re
ports are favorable to the bull utoyeiuthit. At
tne nest prices outainhle lor corn and nat.,
there is little or no margin of profit m view of
Chicago prices. Wheat is very firm, and an
early advance in flour is predicted by jobbers.
..rtj is liio biuw ni uuie on uir list.
Prices for carload lots on track:
WHEAT No. 2 rod, SI 051 06: No. 3. $1 01
. Corn No. 2 yellow sh-ll. 67Jjra68c: hi-Mi
mixed, 66Jf67c: mixed shell. (iigMc; Nof2
yellow car. WS'-0c; high mixed ear, 6S069c:
mixed ear corn, 06U7c
OATSXo. . 57J)58c: No. 2 white, hlltrtVAe;
extra. No. 3. 5Cg50j:c; mixed oats. SliSGiUc.
Rye No. 1 Pennsylvania and .Michi -au. $1 02
l 04;.No. 1, Western. 98clSSl 00.
Flour Jobuing price Fancy sprin" and
winter pitent flour, $5 756 00: fancy strai-Mit
winter, $4 855 15: fancy straight spring. $4 85
go 15; clear winter. $4755o0: straight XXXX
bakers. $4 504 75. Rye flour, $4 7505 00.
Buckwheatflour.22:?Jft.
MlLLFEEjj No. 1 white middlings. $21 000
anu wun wheat: March. 7IV.C- Ar,i toi,
May. 67K6 closing at 07Jr: Jnne. 66S07v
closing at 00.: Julr. 6iSSfc closing at 65'ic!
uais p.it market low.r, unsettled and less
aetivc; options dull, lower nml heavy. March
fRc: April. oOMav, 56?ioS?:fc. dosing at
jlrc; July, 5n34a57,4c closing at 55ajc: No. 2
white. April, 575S;: spot N. 2whiip.58ffl59c
mixed Western. 56'a59Ke; white do. 5SQS!c:
No. 2, Chicago. 5!)Xc. Hay steady and quiet
Hops Heady and quiet. Tallow siron
Kies quiet and waker; Western, lTJfc re
ceipts, 9,419 packages Hides steady and quiet
Fil'K-.J'J? demand and .teidr: old mess.
$10 ZoJSiO ,.j. new mess $H75I225; extra
prime. J9501050. Cut meats in moderate de-
uiunui uiiuuiei quiet apci nrm. i.ard less Active
lower and depressed: Western steam. JG32M
Marcb, J6 S3: Ap-I', $ 35 r.i;: Mav. JO 4I0 U)
closing at 6 40 bid: Juner$6 51: July. $G60SC 7l'
closing at $0 66 hi I; Aligns. $6 67 .S3
closing at $ SO; September. $6 99 bid. Butter
quiet: fresh stock weak: Western dairy 13
2Xe; do creamery. 2I31c: do factory, 1330r
Klein, 3.I.. Cheese in fair demand and firm
skiiuseQlOc; Ohio flats. 8llc
CLOTHING MERCHANTS
Will find it to their interest to call on us and
examine our stock of Men's. Youths'. Boys'
and Children's
CLOTHI1TG.
taSE-Traffif aTewo" e
augurateda
Grand Clearance Sale.
ASSORTMENT COMPLETE
And Prices Guaranteed the Lowest.
MERCHANT TAILORS will find our stock
ST. LOUIS I'lnnrnniet and steady. Wheat
was unsettled and JJfc down at the opening,
and on bearish advicis sold oir rnpldlv until
near the close, when a sllirlir improvement was
noted: last prices were 1&81C lower than yes
terday's cl"s.; No. 2 red cash. SI 011 02; Mav
$l0IKai 0." closing at $1 02?1 ttl'Ct Jnli-'
9.'-r9JJie. elusion- nt tfXXi,: ln,. An...,. ania
!) el..smg at 92Jf;c. Cm opened weak ai.d
s'B'i" lower Hi .in esrerday'closin'-fi'-are
and after a slight advance sold off aain aui
ruled unsettled n,nd weak to tho close
trading light: No. 2 ensh. 5SU5"iS:'c Mav'
Saae. closing at SSifc bid Julv.' 57Ka
u.-. Hosinrr at 5SJc Oats opened Ua above
yesterdays rlose. but weakened aniT elo.ed W.a
lowei; No 2 cash 51e: May. 515;3c cl-
S . . "'y - trailing, lsarlev
Nothing d..i.e Ilav siead: prairie. $9 50
1000: timothy, ill OOfflS 50. Butter unchanged
T?a,o,,!Si,leI. at' ,1r Con-meal higher at
T-oS3 0Q. Provisions quiet ami easy lor drv
salt meats and lard. Pork nml Incon flrni
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shoiiblers. $3 S714Q4 00; loinrs and ribs S3 10
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siiouiuer"., m oiigt oz; nines and ribs. $5
5 60; short clear, $5 6JKQ' 75.
BALTIMORE Wheat Western essi
winter red. spot and .March. $1 05VBI D.i.-
1 01K. Corn Western .-jsr; mixed spot and
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667c:Juiy, 66c bid: steamer fc7e hid Oats
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5, o8c; graded No. 2 while. 59a59Ke; do d
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good to prime. 9598c; common tn fair. S5W9c
Hay dull: choice timothy, $10 50011 CO: sood "to
P"me ?S10 0a Provislonr firm.8 Me
pork, old. f 10 Sb; new, $U 00. Balkmeau-
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Foreign and Domestic Woolens
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