-2 WIFE OF AHASTJERUS. Ucv. Dr. Talmage Talks Concerning Esther the Beautiful 10 PEOPLE OP THE SOUTHWEST. An Address at a Chautauqua AssemWj.at JIonon3 Lake Shore. 5BIE FOK WOEK WILL SOOX BE TASSED tSFECIAI, TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Madison, "Wis, July 2G. Dr. Talmaje preached this morning at a Chautauqua As sembly on the banks of Monona Lake near this citT. It is a great gathering of people from all parts of the Xorthwest. His text Vas Esther 4, xiv.: "Who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this." Ksther tho beautiful was the wife of Aha- cuerus the abominable. The time had come for her to present a petition to her infamous husband In bchalt of the Israclltish nation, to which bhc had once belonged. She was afraid to undertnke tlio work.lcst shesdiould lose her own life; but her uncle, Mordecal, who Lad brought her up, encouraged her u ith the suggestion that probably she had been raised up of God for tliat peculiar mis sion. "Who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" Esther had her God-appqinted work; you and I have our It is my business to tell you what stylo of people n o ought to be in order tnat i o may meet the uemand ot the ago in which God has cast our lot. It you have come ex pecting to hear abstractions discussed, or tin- technicalities of religion clorined. you have come to the wrong place; but it jou really would like to know what tins age lias a rignt to expect of jou as Christian men and women, then lam icady in the Lord's xiKine to look j ou in tho xace. When two armies uae rushed into battle the officers 01 either army do not ant a philosophical discus-ion about the chemical properties of human blood or the nature of gunpowder; they want someone to man the batteries and swab out the guns. And now, when all the forces ot light and daikne-, of heaven mid hell, Imi e plunged into the fight, it is no time to give ourselves to the definitions and Jonnulas and technicalities and ion ention alities of religion. Wh.it wo ant is prac tical, earnest, concentrated, enthusiastic and triumphant help. What we need in tho Xastyou in Wisconsin need. MUST BE AX AGGKKSSIVE CHRISTIAN; In the first place, in order to meet tho special demand of this age, you need to be nn unmistakably aggressive Christian. Of half-and-half Christians w e do not w ant any more. The Church of Jesus Christ will be better w ithout ten thousand of them. They aie the ;lnof obstacle to tho Church's ad i uncement. I am speaking of another kind of ihriitiau. All the appliances for your uccommgan earnest umistian arc at 3 our hand, and there is a straight path for you Into the broad daylight ot God's forgn e ness. Von may have come here to-uay the bondsmen ot tho w orld, and yet before you gooutot these doors you may become tho pnnces of the Lord God Almighty. You .know what excitement there is in this coun trj when a foreign prince comes to our fchores. Why? Because it is expectod that some daj he will sit upon a tnroue. llut wliutisall that honor compared with the honor to w hii'h God calls you to be sons and daughters of tho Lord Almighty; yea, to be queens and kings unto God? "Ihcy ihall reign with him loreveraud lorever." But, my fnenc"s, you need to be aggiessivo Chri-tians, and not like thoso portions who spend their lives in hugging their Christian graces and wondering why they do not make any progress. llo much robustness ot health would a man have if he hid him self in a dark closet? A great deal of piety of the day is toocxcluMe. It hides itseli. It needs more fresh air, more outdoor exer cise. There aro many Christians who are giving their entire Hie to self-examination. They ate lecllug their pul-es to scow hat is the condition ol their spiritual Itcalth. How long would a man have robust physical health if he kept all the davs and weeks and months and jears of his life feeling his pulse instead of going out into active, earn est, everyday w ork? . I was once amid the wonderful, bewitching cactus growths of .North Carolina. 1 never was more bewildered with tho beauty of flowers, and vet w hen I would take nn one of the-e cactuses and pull the leaves apart the beauty was all gone. Ypu could, hardly tell that it ever had been a flower. And there arc a great many Christian people in thw day Just pulling apart their Christian experiences to see what there is in them, and there U nothing attractive lelt. This style of self-examination is a damage ln- sieau 01 an auvanrago xo meir unrisiian character. WHEN HE WAS A SMALL HOY. I remember when I was 11 boy I usod to haven small piece in tho garden that I called my own, and I planted corn there, and ever- few days I would pull it up-to seo how fast It was growing. Now, there area great many Christian people In this day whose -elI cxamiuat'on merely amounts to the pulling up of that which they only yes tcrdiij or the day before planted. Oniyfnend: "if jou want to have a stal wart chri-tian character, plant it right out of doors in the great field of Christian use fulness, and though storms may come upon it, and though the hot sun of trial may try to con-ume it, it will thrive until it becomes a great tree, 111 w Inch tho fowls of heaven may have their habitation. I have no pa tience with these nowcr-pot Christians. They keep themselves under shelter, and all theii Christian experience in a small, ex clusne circle, when they ought to plant It In the great garden of the Lord, so that tho w hole atmosphere could be aromatic with their Chi i-tian usefulness. What we want 111 the Church of God is more brawn of piety. The century plant is wonderfully suggest ive and wonderfully beautiful, but I ne er look at it w ithout thinking of its parsimony. It lets whole generations go by before it puts forth 0110 blosipni; so I have really more heartfelt admiration when I see the dewy tear- in the hearts of the violets, for they come every spring. Jly Chiistian lriends, time is going bv o rapidly that wo cannot afford to be idle. A recent statis tician says that human life non has an aver ago of only 12 jear. From these 3i years j o'l subtract all the time you take for sleep and the taking of food and recreation; that w-111 leave you about lGj-cars. From those 10 j ears you must subtract all the time that you are m-cessarjlj engaged in the earning of n livelihood; that will leave you about eij'lit j-ears. Kiom those eight years you must take all the days and weeks and mnnth all the length of ti no that is passed In childhood and sick'icss, lea Ting you about one j ear in which to work for God. Oh, my mhiI, wake up' How dreit thou sleep in hart est time and with so few hours in which to nap? Soihatl state it as a simple fact that all the time that tho vabt majority or j on will ha vo for tho exclusive service of God will be los than one year! Ml'ST AVOID ICOXOCI.ASM. Again, if you want to be qualified to meet the duties which this age demands of you, you mu.t on the one hand avoid reckless iconoclasm, and on the other hand not stick too much to things because they are old. The nil is full of now plans, new projects, new theories of government, new theolo gies, and 1 am amazed to sec how so many Chntians want only novelty in order to jecommend a thing to their confidence; and so they vacillate and swing to and fro, and they arc useless, and they aie unhappy. Xeir plans secular, eth.caU philosophical, 1 elisions, cisatlantic, transatlantic Ah, my brothct. do not adopt a thing merely be cause it is new. Try it by the realities of a JudgmentDay. But, 011 the other hand, do not adhere to anytlung merely because it is old. There is not a single enterprise of the church or the world but has sometimes been scoffed at There was a time when men oenueu even jsioie societies; ana wiien a few young men met near a haystack in Jlassachu'-ottK and organized "tho first missionary society ever organized in this country, there went laughter and ridiculo all around tho Christian Church. They said the undertaking was preposterous. And so also the w 01k ol Jesus Christ was assailed. People cried out- "Who ever heard ot such theoiies or ethics and government? Who ever noticed such a style of preaching as Jesus has?" Ezckicl had talked of mysteri ous w ings and wheels. Here came a man from Capernaum and Gennesarct, and ho drew his illustrations ironi tho lakes, from the sand, from the ravine, from the lilies, from the corns'alks. How the Pharisees scofled! How Herod derided: How Caiaphas hissed: And this Jesus the plucked by tho beard, and thej spat in liis lace, and tlioy called him "this tellow:" All the great en terpnses in and out of the Church have at times been scoffed at, and there ha e been a great multitude who have thought that tho chariot of God's truth would fall to pieces if it once got out of the old nil. THE CHURCH SHOULD WAKE UP. And so there are those who havo no pa tience with anything like improvement in church architecture, or with anything like jjood, hearty, earnest church tinging-, and they deride any form of religious discussion which goes down walking among everyday men rather than that which makes an ex cursion on rhetorical stilts. Oh, that the Church of God would wake up to nn adapta bility of workl We must admit the simplo fact that the churches of Jesus Christin this day do not reach the great masses. There are 60,000 people in Edinburgh who never hear the Gospel. There are 1,0C0,C00 peoplo in London who never hear the Gospel. There are at least S00.CO0 souls in the city of Brook lyn who come not under the Immediate min istrations of Christ's truth; and tho Church of God in this day. Instead of being a place full of living epistles, read and known of all men, is more like a "dead letter" postoflloe. "But," say the peoplo. "the world Is going to be converted: you must bo patient; tho kingdoms of this world ai e to become the kingdoms of Christ." Never, unless the Church of Jesu Christ puts on more speed and energy. Instead of the Church convert ing the world, the world is converting tho Church. Here is a great fortress. How shall it be taken? An army conies and sits around about it, cuts off the supplies and says: "Now we will just wait until from exhaus tion and starvation they will have to give up." Weeks and months and perhaps a j ear pass along, and finally tho fortress sur renders through that starvation and exhaus tion. But my friends, tho fortresses of sin are never to bo taken in that way. If they arc taken for God it will be bv "storm: you will have to bring up the great siege guns of the gospel to tho very wall and.wheel the flying artillery into line, and when tho armed lntantry of heaven shall confront tho battlements vou w ill ha e to give the quick command, "Pom nrd! Charge!" THERE IS WORK TO DE DOSE. Ah, my friends, there Is w ork for you to do and for me to do In order to gain this grand accomplishment! Here is a pulpit, and a clergyman preaches in it. Your pulpit is the bank. Your pulpit is tho store. Your pulpit is the editorial chair. Your pulpit is the anvil. Your pulpit is the house scaffold ing. Your pulpit is tho mechanic's shop. I may stand in this place and, through cowardico or through self-keeping, may keep back the word I ought to utter; while yon, with sleeve rolled up and brow be- sweated with toil, may utter the word that will Jar tho foundation of heaven with the snout 01 a great victory, uu, tnat to-uay this whole audience might feel that the Lord Almignty is putting upon them the hands of ordination. Every one, go forth and preach the Gospel: You have as much right to preach as I have, or as any man has. Only find out the pulpit where God will havo jou preach, nnd there preach. Hedley Vicars was a wicked man in tho English army. The graoe of God came to him. He became an earnest nnd eminent Christian. They scoffed at him, and said: "Yon are a hypocrite; you aro as bad as ever you wore." StillElie kept his faith in Chr st, and after awhile, finding that they could not turn him aside by calling him a hypocrite, they said to him: '0h, you are nothing but a fanatic." That did not dis turb him. ne went on performing his Chris tian duty until he had formed all his troop Into a Bible class, nnd the whole encamp ment was shaken with tho presence of God. So Havelock went into the heathen templo in India while the English nnnv was there. and put a candle into tho hand of each of the heathen gods that stood around in tho henthen temple, nnd by the light of those candles, held up bv tho idols. General Have lock preached righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come. And w ho will say, on earth or in heaven, that Havelock had not the right to prcacni SEEMED TO P.EACn TIIE THRONE. In the minister's house where I prepared for college there was a man who worked by the name of Peter Croy. He could neither read nor write, but he was a man of God. Often theologians would stop in the house grave theologians and at family prayers Peter Croy would be called upon to lead, and all those wise men sat around, wonder stnick at his religious efficiency. When ho Iirayed he reached up and seemed to tako told of the very throne of the Almighty, nnd ho talked with God until tho very heavens were bowed down into tho sitting room. Oh, if I were dying I would rathor have plain Peter Croy kneel by my bedsido and command my immortal spirit to God than some heartless ecclesiastic arrayed in costly canonicals. Go preach this gospel. You say vou are not licensed. In the name of the Lord Almighty, this morning, I license von. Go preach this gospel preach it in the Sabbath schools, in the prayer meet ings, in the highways, in the hedges. AVoo be unto you il you preach it not. I remark, again, that in order to be quali fied to meet - our duty in this particular age, you want unhounded'falth In the triumph of tho tmth and the overthrow of wickedness. How dare tho Christian Church ever get dis couraged? nave w e not the Lord Almighty on our side? How long did it tako God to slay tne nosts 01 scnnacneriD, or Durn Sodom, or shake down Jericho? How long will it lake God, when he onco arises Jn his strength, to overthrow all tho forces of iniquity ? Between this time nnd that there may be long seasons of darkness tho chariot-wheels of God's Gospel may seem to drag heavily, but here is the promise, and yonder is the throne; and when Omniscience lias lost its eyesight, and Omnipotence falls back impotent, and Jehovah is driven from his throne, then be despondent, but never until then. Despots may plan and armies may march, and the congresses of the na tions may seem to think they aro adjusting all the affairs of tho world, but the mighty men of tho earth are only the dust of the chariot-wheels of God's providence. THE LAST TYRANNY MAY FALL. I think that before the sun of this century shall set the last tyranny may fall; and w ith a splendor of demonstration that shall be the astonishment of the universe. God will set forth the brightness nnd pomp and glory and perpetuity of his eternal government. Out of the starry flags and the emblazoned insignia of this world, God will make a path for his own triumph, and, returning from universal conquest, lie will sit down, tho grandest, strongest, highest throne of earth his footstool. Then shall all nations' song ascend To Thee, our Ruler, Father, Friend, Till hetven's high arch resounds again With "Peace on earth, goad will to men.' I preach this sermon because I want to encourage all Christian workers in everj- Sosslble department. Hosts of the living od, march on! march on! His SDirit will bless you. His shield will defend j-ou. His sword will strike for you. March on! march on! Tho last despotism will fall, and paganism will burn its idols, and Mohammedanism will give up its false prophet, and the great walls of superstition will come down in thunder nnd wreck at the long, loud blast of the Gospel trumpet. March on! march on! The be slegmentwill soon be ended. Only a few more steps on a long way: only a few more sturdy blow s: only a few more buttle cries, then God will nut the laurel noon your brow. and from the living fountains of heaven will bathe off the 6weat and the heat and tho dust of tho conflict. March on! march on! For you the time for work will soon be Jiassed, and amid the outfiashings of the udgment throne, and the trumpeting of resurrcotion angels, and the upheaving of a world of graves, and the Hosanna of the sa ed and the groaning of tho lost, we shall be rewarded forour faithfulness or punished for our stupidity. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel Horn everlasting to everlasting, and let the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen and Amen. HOME SECURITIES AKD M0KEY. A Fair Volume of Transactions, but Xo Sur prises Flash Up. There were no developments in tho stock .market during the week upon which to base extended comment. Business was fairly good for the midsummer season. Total sales were 881 shares, against 1,310 the previous week. In addition about 500 shares were sold at auction. The only sale Saturday was that of 40 shares of Luster at 13J. Closing prices as compared with those of the previous Saturday shdV the following changes in tho active list: Luster gained 1J and Airbrake 1J. Philadelphia Gas lost C. Wheeling 1, Central Traction Jf, Pleasant Valley Yt and Switch and Signal 14. There were no lluctuationsof consequence in other parts of the list. The local banks did well the past week, tho call lnr loans being liberal and discounting fulr. The supply ot funds was abundant, and rates were steady around fiUQf! as the ex tremes. The bank clearings were larger than thoso of the previous week, over $1,200 -0T.0 in excefs of those of lc89,nnd less than $2! OuO.OOO below those of lfcDO, when everything was booming. baturdar'e exchanges , buturaar'8 balances. .......... Week's exchanges , l'rcrlouo weeks exchanges., Exchanges week of 1S90...... $ 2,021.504 01 358.GW 02 ... I4.404.5M ... 11,1:4,93 3 ... 16.034, 470 67 The Turpentine Market. Chablestok Turpentine steady at 33c. Rosin firm; good strained, $1 27!. Savasxah Turpentine flrmat33Wc. Rosin firm at $1 2001 23. AVilmiotok Spirits of tnrpentino steady at 32c. Rosin firm; strained, $1 20- good strained, $1 25. Tar Arm at $1 40. Crude turpentine firm hard, $1 25; j ellow dip. $4 15 virgin, $4 25. ' Xew YotiK Rosin easy and quiet; strained common to good, $1 35QI 40. Turpentine dull nnd weak; 35J 15c. Metal Klarkct. Xrw TOBK. .Tulr 2t Pin- lmn dull. oW. jean, $16 0018 sa, " ' THE THE PROLIFIC LAND Putting Forth More Than the Con sumers of Produce Require. GARDEN STUFFS DROP W PRICE, And IIouBeV-eepers Can Put Up Things Cheaply against a Cold Day. TUB LATEST ABOUT HIDES AXI) LEATHER Office of the PrrrsBcito Dispatch, ) Saturday, July 23. 5 The feature of the week in lines of farm and garden products has been tho great glnt of stun" and, as a result, a sharp declino in prices all along the line. Fruits and vege tables aro lower this woek than they have been for several years. The drop in pota toes within tho week has been equal to ?1 per bnrrel. Watermelons, which were firm lost week at $20 to $25 per hundred, aro now dull at about one-half theso figures. Cab bago, tomatoes, apples and in fact all gar den products are in excessive supply and prices have been daily declining all the weok. Home-raised products now have the field and Southern fruits and vegetables have little show at this date. Large quantities of stuff from tho South will not yield enough to shippers to pny freight bills. While tho week has furnished few crumbs of comfort to the producer, consumers havo no cause to complain. The articles that enter into home consumption havo not been lower in price the past decade than they are this season. With an abundance of fnitts and sugar at 20 pounds for $1 tho householder hns little cause for complaint. Vegetables, wheat and flour are also steadily drifting downward, and it is now an assured fact that 1891 will be one of the cheapest years for household supplies. Hides and Calfskins. From present outlook it is plain light hides and calfskins are at bottom. Tone of mar kets has slightly improved in the West the past week and effort was mnde to advance prices. Eastern tanners, however, failed to respond to the upward movement, but aro free buyers at present prices, showing their faith that prices are now down to hard pan. Thero is not the anxiety to sell there was a week or two ago. Steer hides are steady and unchanged. Latest Boston advices inj dicate a stronger tone to hide markets. I is claimed, however, by those of bearish tendencies that there is no substantial lea son for an advance, and that, if the present boom is attempted to bo forced by Western dealers in hides. Eastern tanners will hold oft" till Octooer beforo buying. Following are prices paid by tanners and hide dealers for stock delivered here: No. 1 ereen silted steers. CO fis and o er. 7 5 5 5 iM G 5 4 7 4S 44 G ,Xo. 1 Krea silted rowrs, all we'giits,.... No. 1 prt en fatten! hides, 40 to H) lbs Xo. 1 green taltcl hides, 2T)to40 lbs Xo. 1 green salted bulla Xo. 1 green salted calfsMns Xo. 1 green salted veal k1p Xo. 1 green salted runner klrs Xo. 1 green steers, 60 lbs ana over Xo. 1 green cows, all weights Xo. 1 green hulls Xo, lgrcpn hlfies, 40 to CO lbs Xo. 1 green hld"s. 25 to-lOlbs Xo. 1 green railsklns Xo. 1 grren leal kips, per piece -u. 1 KieJU runner Kirs... Sheenskins. 15c$l 50 Tallow, prime Harness Leather. Harness leather tanners report a freo movement of stock at present prices. There is little doubt that prices are now at their lowest for this year. The great crops of tho country point to extra demand for horse equipments the coming fall. M'hen farmers prosper harness leather is nlways in de mand. That this is the common faith of consumers is evidenced by the fact that tanners report a good demand for nil stock produced. Following are the prices of harness leather, as established by tho Allegheny tanners: Xo. 1 trace, 37c f? ; B trace, 35c 1 &; Xo. 1 extra heavy, 1C0 lis and over, 35c fl ft; B extra heavy, 30c ip ft; Xo. 2 extra heavv, 28c 1 ft; Xo. 1 heavv, 130 to 160 ft, 31c fl ft; B heavv, 29e 33 ft; Xo. 2 heavy, 27c $1 ft; black line, 28c fl ft. The Boston Herald has this to say of trade in shoe and leather lines: "Tho condition of the boot and shoe manu facturing trado is not yet all that could bo asked. Manufacturers are struggling along with a few ordqrs, and waiting for more or ders. But the bet informed of them scnreelj'expoct much"of a chango so long ns the present bankrupt stocks of goods are hanging over tho market. It is a fact that there aro now some eight stocks of goods of this character the goods of failed concerns, and goods that must bo sold still hanging over the market. The goods are not all those of Sew England concerns, to be sure, but they are goods that are being offered on this market to a greater or less extent. These goods are also bolng offered at low prices, nnd at prices that it is impossible for manu facturers to competo with. In some cases the value of tho goods being obtained is not nearly up to tho valuations put on them by the assignees. Stocks of goods that were valued as high as $150,000 are being (.old out at figures that will not make tho total figuro above $$0,000. Tlio West on tho Lockout. "Such prices are demoralizing to the trade, end houses that have continued in business, with good credit, find that their own goods aie being sold at prices that they find themselves obliged to stop, by actually tak ing tho goods back. Thejobbersinthe West and the larger retail concerns aro taking ad vantage of such sales, and are buying all the goods that they can make answer the pur pose of goods that thej-would otherwise bo ordering from manufacturers. It is safo to say that until thco bankrupt stocks of goods are sold out of the way, there will be no great improvement in tho boot and shoe manufacturing trade. "It Is true that the general impression is that the worst is over; but tlio period of mending promises to be a long and a tedious one. This is especially true of leather, and of finished leather in a marked degree. When a buff leather shoo, that cost $1 10 to build last season, is selling from bankrupt stocks at SOc and 90c, there is not much chance that the manufacturers aro going to pay any considerable advance in the prices of buff leather, nor that they aro going to take any more than they are actually obliged to have. Itisalso no surprise that manufacturers are looking after cheap buff leather, and that in the face of this inauiry the cheap buff leather should havo become scarce." LIVE STOCK MARKET. Receipts, Shipments and Prices at East Lib erty and All Other Yard. Office of Pittsburg Dispatch, Saturday, July 25, 1891. j Cattle Hcccipts,l,050 hcad;shipmonts, 1,030 head. Market Nothing doing; all through consignments. Twenty-two cars cattle shipped to Jfew York to-day. llnf-s 110.001013. 3.300 henrifslitTimpnto a Onn - 0 , . ., 1 .u, .wv f head. Market firm. Fhiladelphias, $5 80 S 86; best lorkers and mixed. $5 655 la; common to fair Yorkers, $5 505 60; fair to best pigs, $4 755 00. Elevent cars of hogs shipped to New Yolk to-day. Sheep Keceipts,l,900 head; shipments, 3,000 head. Market slow at yesterday's prices. Dy Telegraph. Chicago Cattle Receipts, 1,500 head; ship ments, 800 head: maikct steady; prime to ex tra natives, $5 706 SO: good to choice, $3 50 5 75; others, $3 75f$5 10: Texans, $2 754 OU; cows and heifers, $2 253 50. Hogs Receipts, 9,010 head; shipments, 5,100 head: market steady; rough and common, H 504 70; mixed and packers, $0 005 25; primo heavv and butchers' weights, $5 3505 45; light, $5 25 5 75. Sheep Ueceipts.2,W)0head: shipments, 500 head; market steady: w ethers. $4 755 25; j callings, $5 203 40; mixed, $5 45J CO; Tex an, $3 604 75; lambs, $5 O0Q6 00. Omaha Cattle Itoccipts, 2,000 head; mar ket slow and weak: good beeves slow at the recent declino of 15 to 25c and 25 to 40c on fairly good ones; butchers' stock firm; steers, $4 254 85; butcher steers, $3 754 80. Hogs Receipts, 4,500 head; light pigs slow and steady; heavy weak and 5c lower; prices ranged from $5 10540; bulk. $5 205 25; light, $3 105 40; heavy, $5 15SD5 S5; mixed, $5 E05 35. Hogs Receipts, 600 head; mar kct firm: natives, $4 255 00; Westerns, $4 00 4 75; lambs, $4 505 75. Buffalo Cattle Receipts, 157 loads through, 4 sale, and 32 loads Texas held oven market at a complete standstill: none sold; prospects bad. Hogs Receipts, 37 loads through, 10 sale; shade stronger for good cornfed, slow for grassy stock; sales good: 'corn yorkcrs, $5 8C3 t5; mediums, $5 835 00: pigs, $5 255 45; extra, $5 60. Sheep and iambs Receipts, 28 loads through, 6 sale; steady for fair to choice; siles. best sheep, $4 7503 00; common to fair, $3 50 50; lambs, $5 OjgG 00, all sold. Cincinnati Hogs in light supply steady; common nna light, $5 75j 85; pack ing anil butchers, $5 3." 70; receipts, 893 head; shipments, C31 beau. Cattlo In light demand and steady; fair to choice butchers' grades, $2 754 75; primo to choice shippers, $753 25; receipts, 224. head; shipments, 160 PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, bead; sheep in light supply and strong: com mon to choice. $f 751 75; extra fat wethers and yearlings, $5 005 25. Lambs in fair nrup; ply and steady; common to choice, $3 5C" -J per 1.C00 Us. St. Louis Cattle Eecelpts, l.OOOhoad; ship ments, 2,300 head: market steady: good to choice natives, $5 005 90; rairto good, J3 " 5 10; Indian steers, $2 20t 00. Hogs-Ko-ceipts, 1,300 head; shipments, 2,S00head; mar ket slow; fair to choice heavy, .$5 5005 tw; mixed grades, $5 005 50; light, fair to best, $5 5 CO. Sheep KeceiptB, 600 head; ship ments, 1,200 head; market strong; fair to fancy, $3 00t 80. Kansas Cltv Cattle Receipts, 2.1S0 head; shipments, 2,600 head; market dnll, teaay and lower; steers, $3 25Q5 93: cows. ?1 W5 5 CO; stockers and feeders, $2 503 50. Hogs Receipts. 4,000 head; shipments, 1,2W head: market dull and lower: bulk, $5 05 40: all grades, 503 50. Sheop Receipts, 1,440 head; shipments, 230 head; market steady. Indianapolis Cattle market dull; un changed. Hogs Receipts, 1,700: stronger; choice heavy, $5 40Q3 60: choice light, $5 40 $560; mixed, $3 405 55; pigs, $3 504 SO. SATURDAY'S MARKETS. CHICAGO Wheat showed a great deal of strength during tho early part of tho ses sion, the news having a decidedly bullish coloring. Receipts were largely bolow tho estimate, nnd cables generally reported a bettor tone abroad. A private dispatch All of these gave a strong turn to prices, and, with ligh t offerings and a good short de, mand, December sold from88J8o toSlJjJe. It held around 8Jc for a time, when there was free selling. This checked the ndvanco, and then the estimate of 850 cars for Monday came, when weakness set in and the price went off to 88c, and closed at 8SKc. Hog products were strong nnd higher. Live hog receipts were only 8,000 head. The strength in corn strengthened provisions. The general crowd seemed on tho buying side, probablv covering short sales. Septem ber pork started at $11 43; touched $11 40; advanced to $11 60; fluctuated within that range, and closed at $11 47. The leading futures ranged ns follows, as corrected by John M. Oakley & Co.. 45 Sixth street, members of Chicago Board Trade: Clos ing. Articles. Wheat Xo. 2. July , August September December Corn Xo. 2. July August :...., September Oats Xo. 2. July August September Muss TOUR. September October Lard. September October i Short Bibs. September October H47 1165 670 680 6 93 6 77H Cash quotations were as follows: Flour steady and unchanged; No. 2 spring wneat, 89c; o. 3 spring wheat, 93c; No. 2 red, 89c. No. 2 corn. 61Uc. No. 2 oats, 35 35c; No. 1 white, 3838c; No. 3 white, 36c. No. 2 rye, C9c. No. 2 barley nominal; No. 3, f. o. b., 53c; No. 4 nominal. No. 1 flax seed, $1 01 J4l 02. Prime timothy seed, $1 23 1 24. Mess pork, per barrel, $11 S!U. lard, per 100 pounds, $6 60. Short rib sides (loose), $6 8506 93. Dry salted shoulders (boxed), $3 705 75: short clear sides (boxed). $7 107 20. WhlPky Distillers' finished goods, per gallon, $1 10. Sugars, unchanged. On tho Produce Exchange to-day the butter market was easier; fancy creamery, 15J lGc; line Western, 1415c; fine dairies, 12 14c. Eggs, 1814c. NEW YORK Flour Low extras, $3 75 4 33; fair to fancy, $4 405 10: Minnesota clear, $4 S54 93; do patents, $4 705 50; win ter wheat, .low grades. $3 754 35; patents, $4 C0??5 23; straits, $4 50i5 15: rye mixtures, $4 354 75; fine, $J 003 85. Wheat Spot market dull nnd stronger; No. 2 red, 99c $1 0014 in elevator and store, 99Kc$l 01 afloat, 99c$l 01 f. o. b.; ungraded red, 98o $1 05K; lsTo. 1 Northern to arrive, $1 09; No. 1 hard to arrive, $1 12; No. 2 Chicago, il 01; options dull nnd c higher on better cables, closing steady, trading local: No. 2 .Inly, 9999lgc, closing at 99c: August, 9536c, closing at96Jc; September. 95 13-16yic, closing at 96c: Oc tober, OOUiffio. closing at 97c: November, closing at 93c; December. 98K99Jic, closing at Wlic: January, 93$1 06V, closing nt $1 00J4; May, $1 03K1 0 closing at $1 03. Rye quiet and Arm; Western, September de livery, 7G79c. Corn 8pot market dull and steady; No. 2, 70K71c, in elevator; 71JJC, afloat: nngmded, mixed, 70 71c; options i4c up nnd strong: moder ately active, lit?ht offerings; July, 7070JC. closing at 70Vo: Auirust. 668io. oToslne at C6c; September. 6344p$. closing nt C3c: October, 62K624ic, closing at 62Kc; December clostng at 54o. Oats Spot mar ket dnll but easy: options quiet and firmer; July closing at 41c; August, 34434o, clos ing at 34!c; September, 32V32c. closing tit 32c; spot No. 2 white, 47M43c: mixed West ern. 2943c: white do, 4S'59c; No. 2 Chicago. 42c. Ilay qniot and steady: shipping, COg) 65c: good to choice, 7590c. Hops weak and quiet; State, common to choice, 1821c: Paciflc coast, l?21e; Tallow lirm and quiet; city ($2 for packages), 413-16 4c; country, 45c as to quality. Eggs quiet and steady; Western, lejJieVc. Hides dull; wet salted New Orleans selecte'd. 45 to 75 pounds, 6Sc; Texas selected, 50 to 60 pounds, CgSi!. Pork firm and quiet: salo 200 Darrein; old mess, $11 2512 23; new mess, $12 7513 25; extra prime. $10 5011 00.' Cut meats Ann; pickled bellies, 7c. Middles quiet and firm: short clear. September, $6 P2. Lard Arm and nctlve: Western steam, $G S'l: July, $6 80, closing at $6 80: August, $6 08 rG 72, closing at $6 F06 81; September, $6 81 6 93, closing at $3 9J; October closing at $7 03; December, $7 13, closing at $7 25. Butter quiet, cnolco about steauv; ivestern dairy, 11 614c: do creamery, 14lSc; do factoiy, 11 14c; Elgin. 18c. Checso quiet and easy; part skims, 3g6o. ST. L.OUIS Flour dull, easy and un changed. 'Wheat The close was c above yesterday: No. 2 cash, 84UC: July, 84c; August, S4c: September, 84Vic; De cember, 88Jio Corn Tho close for cash w as Jc below yesterday, while August was Jc and September and yearjc up; No. 2 cash, 6SVc; July, 5sc; August, 55c hid; Septembor, 3c; December, 53Kc; year, 40c bid. Oats Market was tame and unsettled: No. 2 cash, 29Vc; July, 29K; August, 23ic: September, 26J40 bid. Cutter weak. Provisions strong and higher; tho offerings were small, especially for bacon, for which the Southern demand continues nctlve. Dry salt meats rather dull. Pork, $11 G2. Lard, $0 25. PHU-ADEXPHIA Flour steady. Wheat Prices advanced lc business restricted by light offerings; No. 2 red, spot, 99c; do first days of August, 97c: do first half Au gust, 9iic, all in elevator; No. 2 red, July, 9Sg9Sc: August. 93593o; September, 95Jf 96c: October, 9797c. Corn Options opened strong; prices largely nominal: carlots dull; No. 2 yellow, in grain depot, 73c: No. 2 mixed, July. 7172c: August. 67Jffi68c: September. 61KG5c; October, GS64c. Oats Carlots scarce and higher; futures neglected and :n: Eggs dull nnd weak; Pennsylvania firsts, 15lGc. BALTIMORE Whoit firmer; spot, 9. 9S4c; the month, 98K9SVc; August, 9.Wi 93c; September, 939CK; October, 97K 97Jc. Corn firm: spot, G9Kc; the month, 69KC: August, G6Jc; September, G3c; spot NoT 2 white, 75e. Oats quiet and Arm; No. 2 white Western, 4Sc asked; No. 2 mixed West ern, 46c asked. "Rye Arm; No. 2, 77c. Hav very quiet; good to choice, timothy, $13 50 15 00. Provisions unchanged. Butter dull nnd steady: creamery fancy, 18c: do. fair to choice. IfcfiilTc: do imitation. 15Ci)16c: ladle fancy, 14c: good to choice, 1213c; store packed, 10012c. Eggs dull and weak, 13c. CINCINNATI Flour more flrmly held. Wheat in fair demand and strong; No. 2 red, 85c. Corn in light supply and strong: No. 2 mixed, 6667c. Oats irreglar and lower; No. 2 mixed, 16c. Rye Armly held; No. 2, 6768c. Poik Little demand nt $11 25. Lard dull at $G 25. Bulkmeats dull at $6 90. Bacon stronger nt $7 617 75. Butter easy. Eggs barely steady at 13c. Cheese steady. MILWAUKEE Flour Armor. Wheat higher; No-2 spring on track, cash, 90c; September, 83'ic: No. 1 Northern, 08c. Corn No. 3 on track, tJc. Oats, steady; No. 2 white on track, 40c. Barley steauv; No. 2 in store, 7c. Bye New native, 70c. Provisions steady. Pork September, $11 47. Lard September, $6 70. 1 DULUTII July wheat was steady and September a little stronger, but tho range was narrow and trade dull. Closing prices: July, L'jJc; September. SoJc; December. 87c; cash wheat closed at 97c tor No. 1 hard; 93c for No. 1 Northern, and SSc for No. 2 North ern. N KANSAS CITY Wheat quiet but stronger; No. 2 hard cash, no bid; July, 78o bid; No. 2 red, cash, 79c bid, 80Kc asked. Com stronger; No. 2 cash, 53Jc bid; July, 53?ic. Oats weaker; No. 2 cash, 2Gc bid; July, 'iSiic bid. Eggs weak at 10c. MINNEAPOLIS Wheat-No. lhard, July, 99c: on track, 99Mc. No. 2 Northern, July, 93Kc; September, fcjJjSc: December. 85Jfi!852ic; on track. 97Jc: No. 2 Northern, July, 93c; on track, 9395c. MCrrALO Wheat No. 1 hard, $1 06; No. 1 N orthern, $1 01; No. 2 red, 92c. Corn No. 2, 67Jc. Receipts Wheat. 123,000. Cora, a,ux). Shipments Wheat, 20,000. Corn, 114,600. TOLEDO Wheat dull but caster; cash and July, 89c; August, 88Jic; September, 89?; December, 93Kc. Corn dull and steady: cash, C2c, Oats quiet; cash, 41c, Open- High- Low ing, est. est. SS7i eOii 83X e$ gj'i 8314 88 87 te 88jJ Kl 88 61 61 S 61 63 57;8 53f 54M 55 &H Zt'A W4 Si 27'4 27?, XH !7X 2 Zl'A 11 45 11 60 11 40 11 SZi 11 65 11 ilH 660 670 660 6 70 6 81 6 70 660 670 680 6 90 7 10 0 80 k MONDAY; JULY 27, THE HOME MAKKETS. Farm and Garden Products Coming in Too Fast, and PRODUCERS ARE ODT OF POCKET. The Cereal Markets in a Condition of Sus pended Animation. NO NEW FEATURES IN GROCERY LINES Office of Pittsburo Dispatch, ) Saturday, July 23. 5 Couxtrt Produce (Jobbing prices) About all that can bo said of farm and garden products is that trade was not quite so mean on Saturday as it was a day or two before. Nearby gardeners report a better demand for their products than at any time this week. Saturday, however, is their good day. Prices show no improvement. Water melons and peaohos are in supply much beyond demand. Ripe peaches were un leaded to-day in largo quantities at nominal prices. Home raised fruits nnd vegetables now have the Held and Southern stuff is a drug. Ohio Cheese is Arm and active at tho advance and prospects are that still further advances will como at an early day. Strictly fresh eggs havo gained in firmness the past Yew days, and outside quotations rule. Somo dealers report candled stock at lc per dozen above our quotations. ArrLES VJSile a bushel, f l ocS2 OOper barrel. Butter Creamery, Elgin. 2021c; Ohio brand. 17lfc; common country butter. He; choice coun try rolls. 15c. BEAN-s-Nnw. $2 305 35; marrow, $2 502 60; Lima b.-ans, 56c. BF.RuiES-GooeetKrrles. 78c a quart: raspber ries, loailc a box: red rapi)crriei, HWlCca box; huckleberries. $1 :5 a pall; currant. 78c; black berries, 75c a pall. Beeswax 60332c H lb for choice; low grade, 22 25c. CIDER Sand reflned. 5010 (0: common, $5 50 BO 00: crab elder. $12 0OS13 Ou barrel; elder Tlnc gar, 1415c?i gallon. Cheese Ohio cheese, new. 8M8Vc; New York cheese, new, 99)$c: Llmberger, 0SU0c; new Wis consin. Sweltzer. full cream. 13hMc; imported Sweltzcr. 27Mc. EGOS 17JiiS18c for strictlv fresh nearby stock; Southern andTWcst?rn eggs, 164(!j17c. Featiiehs F.Tt lire iriese aMlsSc: No. 1.4313) 50c ? 16; mixed lots, 334.ic ? lb. Hoey New crop white clover. 183)c; Cali fornia honev. 121V; "$, 16. Maple Syrup 75Xc ? gallon. SIeloxs Cantaloupes, $1 502 00 a crate; water melons. $10 00(3)15 00 hundred. Peaches $1 00 a basket; $1 JO a box: Bell pears, $3 003 60 a barrel. Plums Damson, $1 50 a crate; wild plums. 810c per hoy. 3MTLE bUOAR-10C V, 16. Poultry Alive Chickens. 7075c a pair: 6prlng chickens. 5060c a pair. Live turkejs, 7c J lb. Dressed Turkcj". 15c y lb; ducks, 12S513cwlh; chickens, iaSl3c $ lb; spring chickens 1415c ? 16. Tallow Country, 4c; city rendered, oc. Tropical Fruits Lemons, 4 C50H 50; fancy, $4 7S3 00; Messina oranges. $3 SOroS 75 a box: Jamaica oranges, $3 C0s 50 per bnrrel; Rodl oranges, $3 0n5 50; California peaches, $1 502 25 a box: California plums, $1 502 50 a box; ban anas, $1 75J 60 firsts, SI 50 good seconds Q bunch; sugir-loaf pineapples, $13 a20 00 $ 100; California Bartlett pears, $2 602 73 a box. Vegetables Cabbage, $1 onl 15 large crate; beets, 25(&35c a dozen; Southern onions, $5 005 23 per barrel; Southern potatoes, $2 002 60 per bar rel; tomatoes, 75c$l CO per bushel box; radishes, l.ySJOcn dozen: cucumbers, 603750 a crate: green onions, locate a dozen; neas, (I CO per half-barrel basket; wax beans. 75c$l 50: green beans, E075c a box; celery, 2533c per dozen; egg plants, $1 O0 1 23 a dozen. Groceries. Trado in this line is featureless. Tho move ment has been quiet all week, as is the uni form rule in midsummer. Consumption of coffee is particularly light, but markets aro steady. Spot coffco is scarce and firm, but tho outlook polntsto lowerprices as the new crop is beginning to arrlvo, and is reported large. Sugars aro firm and unchanged. Qreex CorrEE Fancy, J4'?35c; cholre Bio, 22 (323Mc: prime Klo. 22c: low grade Rio. 20'32mc: Old Government Jaa, 20030c: Maracalbo, 2a27c; Santos, 2i;iC5,c; Caracas, 24j ;:ijKa;-3isc. (In Danersi Manuard brands. 21Kc: high trades. zvi&Smc: Old Government Java. bulk. 8,33'$c; Maracalbo, SlU-Zle; Santos. Z529c; pea berry. 30c: choice Rio, 2oc; prime Rio. 21c; good Bio, Sic; ordinary, 2DZlhc. SPICES (whole) Cloves, 1516c: allspice, 10c; cas sia. 8c; pepper, 12c; nutmeg, 7580c. Petroleum (Jobbers' prlccs)-ll0 test, 6Jc; Ohio, 120, 7,Sc; headlight, 150. 7c; water white, g(&9l)c; globe, Hlllc; claine, 15c; carnadlne. lie; royallnc, 14c; red oil, 10llc; purity, 14c; olelne, 14c. Misers' Oil No.l winter stralncd,4244c gal lon: summer, &37c; lard oil, 5553c. Syrup Corn syrup, 2832c: choice, sugar syrup, 37-39c; prime sugar sjrup, 3435o; strictly prime, 3S&37C. J.O.Molasses Faucy, new crop, 45c; choice, faacc;mcdlum. 3840c; mixed, r.VMSc. SODA Bl-carb., In kegs, Kf3He; bl-carb.. in &s, aHc; bl-earb., assorted packages, 5?t6c; sal soda. In kegs, l&c; do granulated, 2c. Candles Star, full weight, 9c;stcarinc, per set, 8Mc; paranlne, ll12c. Rice Head Carolina, 7K7J4c; choice, 6K6J4'c; price. 6fiHc; Louisiana. 6ic. Starch Pearl, 4c; corn starch, 66c: gloss starch. 6(ok7c. Foreign Fruit Layer raisins, $2 25: London, layers, $2 50; Muscatels, SI 75;t'alllornla Muscatels, $1 601 73: Valencia. o.SJic; Ondara ValencU, tJtOc; sultana. 105515c; currants, 5M5J4c; Turkey prunes, 7i(asc: French prunes, 9(jlu,Sc; Salonlci prunes. In 2-lb pichoges, 9c; cocoanuts, 100,(6; almonds, Lan., 16, 29c: do lrlca, 17c; do shelled, 40c: -nalnnts. nap., 1314c; Sicily filberts. 12c; Smyrna rigs, 13(a)Hc new dstts, 5gjcc: Brazil nuts, 10c; pecans. 1416c; citron, $ lb, 17lSc, lemon, peel, 12c 1 16: orange peel, 12c. Dried Fruits Apples, sliced, ? lb. lie; apples, evaporated, 1314c; peaches, evaporated, pared, 202lc; peaches, California, evaporated, unparcd, 1816c; cherries, pitted, 23c; cherries, uupltted, 8c; raspberries, evaporated, 2324c; blackberries, 6J4 7c; hucklebcirles, 8c. bUGARS Cubes. 47ac: powdered. 5c: irranulated. 4f c; confectioners' A. 4sc; soft white. 4'44'c; yellow, choice, 3qc; yellow, good, 337c; yel low, fair. 3'&.'!s4'c. Pickles Medium, bbls (1,2X1), $5(0; medium, half bbls (COO), 3 75. SALT No. 1 j bbl, $1 00; No. 1 extra ? bbl, $1 10; dairy, per bbl, $1 20; coarse crybtal i'bbl. M 20; Hlgglns' Eureka, 4-bu sacks, S2 10; Ulgglns' Eureka. 16 14-lb packets, $3 CO. Caxned Goods Standard peaches, 8! 4C2 60; 2nci3, $2 103 25; extra peaches, $2 602 70; pie peaches, $1 501 60; finest corn, Jl 2Sai 50; Hid. Co. corn. $1 C01 15; red cherries, $1 20130; Lima beans, Jl 35; .soaked do, SOc; string do, 70(3SOc; marrowi.it peas, $1 101 25: soaked peas, 0Ti75c; pineapples, $1 6C1 60; Bahama do. ti 65: damson. plums. 1 10; greengages. $1 50; egg plums, $1 90; California apricots, $2 0Oji2 50; California pears, $S 252 40; do greengages. SI 90: do etre ulums. $1 90; extra wnlt cherries, $2 85; raspberries, $1 10 1 20; strawberries, l 151 23; gooseberries, $1 10 (i to; lomaioes. v.k'(o.?i uj; salmon. 1-10, 91 ju(a) 1 80; blackberries. 80c; succotash. 2-lb cans, soaked, 09c: do green. 2-lb cans, $1 25(8)1 50; corn beef, 2-lb cans, it 202 23; 1-11) cans, $1 30; baked beans, $1 40l 50; lobsters, 1-lb cans, $2 25; mackerel. 1-lh cans, bulled. $1 50; sardines, domestic, Ms. $4 20(H) 4 60; Ks, $7 00; sardines, Imported, Us. $11 5012); sardines, imported, ), $13 CO: sardines, mustard, $4 60; sardines, spiced, $4 25j FISH Extra No. 1 bloater mackerel, $20 00 33 bbl; extra No. 1 do mess, $23 50; extra No. 1 mackerel, shore, $24 00; No, 2 shore mackerel, $22 00; large 3s, $20 00. Codfish Whole pollock, 6c 1 lb; do medi um, George's cod, 5c; do large. 7c: boneless, hakes. In strips, 5c; George's rod. in blocks. 6)i7Hc. Herring Round shore, 85 50 ? bbl; split, yfl oO; lake, 83 25 'fl 100-lb bbl. White fish, $7U)ai03-lb half bhl. Lake trout, $5 50 E hair bal. Finnan baddies, 10c lb. Iceland halibut, 12c ft lb. Pick -. erel, half bbL H 00; quarter bbl, $1 60. Holland herring, 75c. WalkofTherrliig, 90c. Oatmeal-$7 507 75 bbl. Flour, Grain and Feed. There was very little life to trading at tho Grain Exchnngo to-day. The ups and downs of markets for a fow days past, partake so much of a speculative character that regular dealers are disposed to go slow and buy only ns necessities require. Sales on call the past week have been very few. There were no sales to-day. Receipts, as bulletined, 11 cars as follows: By Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne and Chicago, 2 cars of oats, 2 of hay, 1 of mid dlings, 1 of straw, 3 of Aour. By Pittsburg, Cincinnati, and St. Louis, 1 car of mill feed, lof bran. Receipts for the week ending July 24, 217 cars, against 164 cars last week. In this week's receipts were S3 car loads of wheat, the largest run in this line for tho season. Following quotations are for carload lots on track. Dealers charge in advance on these prices from stoic: Wheat No. 2 red, $100101; No. 3, 9394c; new No. 2red. 909lc. Cokk No. 1 yellow shell, 67g7.Hc; No. 2 yellow shell, 00)467c; high mixed. 6Sg)joc: mixed shell, 646.)c: No. 2 yellow ear. 7172c; high mixed ear, 7t$71c; mixed ear, 696yc. OATS No. 1 oats. 4SSH5ic; No. 2 white. 4i43c; extra No. 3 oats, 43)$41c; mixed oats, 43!4C ItiE t.o. 1 Pennsylvania and Michigan, 89S0c; No. 1 Western, 88&)c; new rye, 7U7ic. ',.v,i.,t .juooing prices rancy spring anu win- lte flour. M 9.var, Si. Milli'eed-No. lwhitc middllug9.$25 0020 00 ?1 ton; No. 2 white middlings. $23 U0J4 OJ; brown middlings, $20 0021 OD; winter wheat bran, $15 50 16 00. HAY Baled timothy, choice, $12 0012 50: No. 1, $11 OUffill 50: No. 2 do. $10 0C10 50: clover hay, S3 0oa 50: loose from wagon, ?13 0015 00, accord ing to quality; No. 2 packing do, 17 508 00. STUAW-JOats, $C 500 76: wheat and rje, $6 25 Provisions. At the Saturday meeting of Pittsburg pork packers last week's prices were reaffirmed. The advance in hogs and Armness of prices wonld have justified an advance, but the conservative policy prevailed. Sugar cured hams, large $ 11 ll cugrcurea name, medium. SUffar CUreil hAins. cninll Sugar cured California hams sugar cured i). bacon Extra tamlly bacon, per pound Sugar cured skinned uams, large Sugar cured skinned hams, mealum Sugar cured shoulders ,,.,.... 10 189L Sugar cured boneless shoulders 8S Sugar cured bacon shoulders gg Sugar cured dry salt shoulders a Sugar cured d. beef, rounds 14 Sugarcurcdd. beef, sets JJ Sugar cured d. beef, flats ' Bacon, clearsldes - J Bacon, clear bellies JS Dry salt clear sides, 10-16 average Dry salt clear sides, 20-lb average Mess pork, heavy " 00 Mess pork, family " W Lard, reflned. In tierce ! Lard, reflned. In half barrels Lard, reflned, 60-16 tubs Jtf Lard, rerlncd, 20-16 palls J Lanl, reflned, 60-16 tin cans &i Lard, reflned, 3-lb tin palls Lard, reflned, 5-lh tin palls J Lard, reflned, 10-16 tin pails 6 MANIPULATED STOCKS. BUT ONE SHORT HOUR OF ACTlVllI AT THE OPENING. The Rest or the Day Depressed by Bearish Operations Many Shares Close at the Lowest Point for the Week A Favorable Bank Statement, New York, July 25. The stock market to day was active nnd weak dnring the first hour, but dull and stagnant for the re mainder of the session, closed at the lowest prices of the day, and in many cases of the week. The opening was steady and dull, but the bear manipulation in Burling ton was renewed 'immediately nnd in the most open manner, nnd that stock was soon of material amount. A pressure was after ward brought upon the Richmond and West Point securities, and tho bonds suffered severely, while tho preferred stock, which has not been dealt in during the week, sold down over 8 per cent from its last previous sale. In addition to theso declines Jersey Central was also almost unacconntably weak, losings per cent, which affected the rest of the list unfavorably, and small losses were sustained nil along the line. The bank statement, however, unexpect edly showed a material gain in the surplus reserve, nnd the downward movement was checked except in the stocks most directly affected by the manipulation, so that tho Anal dealings were devoid of feature of in terest. Tho market closed dull and barely steady for the general list, but in most cases at the lowest prices of the day. The Anal enanges are generally msignmcani. tosses, but Jersey Central Is down 1; Burlington, 1. and Richmond and West Point 1. Railroad bonds displayed tho usual dull ness, tho sales lor the session amounting to $261,000, but tho tone was weak, and while the active bonds were only slightly changed as a rule, the itichmond and West Point 6's lost VA at 91. The following table shows the prices of active stocks on the New York Stock Exchange yesterdry. Corrected dally for THE DISPATCH by WHITNEY & Stephensojt, oldest Pittsburg members of the New York Stock Exchange, 67 Fourth avenue. eQ American Cotton Oil 20 33 19V American Cotton Oil pfd.. ZJ'i 78 87 31V 793 47Js 103 XX IS 45 27 48 1 80' 624 110V. m 80 103 iSV 30'f 23,'4 131,'i "iiii 42V tn 13 65J,' 108 69S 87 a-K 65 83 90 17 99 10 65 23 18K 45 31K 16 13 435 1314 22 JS'h 2d 3IK l'.'i 27' 13 177 Wi saH son 05w 12 41H 223$ 79 H 30H 73)1 Am. Sugar Beumog uo... Am. S. Refining Co., prd. Atch.. T. &S. F Canadian Pacific Cauadla Southern Central of New Jersey.... Central Paciflc Chesapeake and Ohio C. &0., 1st pref. C. AO.. 2dpreL , Chicago Gas Trust (,'.. Bur. A Qulncy 79K 7SJs 'ism 107 ?, 48 81X 43" C, Mil. & St. Paul. (U 63 62 C, Mil. & St. 1'aul, c... Rock I. & P. .. , pref.. 7154 71H C, St. P.M. AO C.St. P.M. & O., pref. C. & Northwestern C, C. C. & I Col. Coal .tlron Col. & UocklngVal Del., Lack. & West Del. & Hudson Den. A Rio Grande Den. A Rio Grande, pref. E.T. Va. A Ga Illinois Central Lake Erie A Western.... 10413 69. 30J4 l'32'i 127; 1NM 103V 58 30H 131,4 5U "m 43)$ ; 42V Lake Erie A Western, pref MS iosm 70)i 66 108! 55!1 Lake bnore.1: M. s lira Louisville A Nashville Michigan Central Mobile A Ohio Missouri Pacific National Cordage Co Nat. Cordage Co., pref.... National Lead Trust New York Central N. Y., C. A St. Louis N. Y.. C. A St. L., lst,pfd, N. Y., C. A St. L., 2d pfd., N.Y., L. E. A W. N. Y., L. E. AW. pfd N. Y. A N. E N.Y.. O.JfcW Norfolk A Western Norfolk A Western pfd.... North American Co .Northern Paciflc Northern Pacific, prd Oregon Improvement...... Paciflc Mall Peo.. Dec. A Evans Philadelphia A Reading.... Pgh..Cln., Chicago A St. L Pullman Palace Car Richmond AW. P. T Richmond A W. P. T., pfd. SUPaulA Duluth St. Paul A Duluth, pfd Texas Paciflc Union Pacific Wabash Wabash, pref. Western Union Wheeling A L. E Wheeling A L. E, pfd Ex. Div. 0'A "35 am' 65H 05 83 M Vi 13M 'ivi rajs 12H 67 12' 63 67 12H 1214 42'S '22.4 80 30V 74,'i 12 41 '22' 79d S0' 73M 22 "i 30 74( Philadelphia Stocks. Closing quotations of Philadelphia stocks fur ni5licu oy nuney & stepuensou, brokers. No. 57 Fourth avenue. members New York Stock Ex- change: Pennsylvania Railroad Reading Buffalo, New York A Phlla Lehigh Valley Northern Paciflc Northern Paciflc, preferred Lehigh Navigation , Bld Asked. . 50 . 13 13-18 . 6S . 42V . 22)4 , 63i . 40 60 X 13i 7 43 22 C3H MX Boston Stocks. Atch. A Top Boston A Albany. .31V Calumet & Hecla . ..215 .jii Franklin i) do Maine 164 Huron sn Chi.. Bur. A Qulncy 80 Kearsargc. Osceola... HVf . 36 .103 . 50 150 , 30 18 , 1S jasieni it. it. ts ....iju Fltchhurg R. R 73 Flint A P. M. prof... 72 K. C.St. J.A C.B.7S116 Mass. Central 104 Mex. Cen.com 18W N. Y. A N. England. 314 N. Y. A N. Eng. 7S.118 Rutland common.... 3 Rutland prer 60 Wis. Cen. com 17fe AllouezM. Co.(new) 2 Atlantle 15 Boston A Mont 42 Sinta Fc CoDner ; Tamarack Annlston Land Co San Diego Land Co, est cjia i.ana co. Bell Telenhone 178 Lamson Stores 131 :3t 2V Water f ower, Con. Mining 14)4 49 14)4- X. Eng. Tel. A Tel. Butte A Boston Cop. Mlnlnc Stock Quotations. ' New Yobk, July 23. Alice. 1C0: Adams, Consolidated 180' Aspen, 200; Chollar, 170; Consolidated California and Virginia, 600: Deadwood, 110; Gould and Curry, 110; Hale nnd Norcross, 105; Homestako, 1100; Horn Sil ver, 320: Iron Sliver, 100; Mexican. 200; On tario, 3800; Ophir, 300; Plymouth, 178; Potosi, 330; Savage, 130: Sierra Nevada, 260; Union Consolidated, 200; Yellow Jacket, 130. Electric Stocks. Boston, July 25. The latest electric stock quotations to-day were: Bid. Asked. Thomson-Houston F.lectrlc Co 39 12"i 39 60 Thomson-Houston Electric Co. pfd. 24 30 25 CO Ft. Wayne Electric Co 1160 1175 Coffee Markets. New York. July 25. Coffee options opened steady at 10.O points down; closed steady and quiet, 5 points up to 15 down; sales, 13,000 bags, including July, 17.15c; August, 1G.45 16.55c; September, 15.15c; October, 15.45c; De cember, 13.55c. Spot lio dull nnd nominal; fair cargoes, lic; No. 7, 17i17c. Baltimore, July 25. Coffee quiet; Rio car goes fair, 19Jo; No. 7, lTJJc New Orleans Unchanged. AVool Markets. St. Louis Wool Receipts, 22,500 Dounds: snipments, 120,000 pounus. dull and unchanged. Market rather Kansas has been boycotted by tramps this season . Work is so plenty that it is not safe for a loafer to strike the State. JAS. M. SCHOON5IAKER, JAS. JIcCTJTCHEOX, SA3IUEL BAILEY, Jr., President. Vice President. Secretary and Treasurer. UNION ICE.M'F'G COMPANY. Pure Ice made from distilled water for sale at wholesale only. UNION STORAGE COMPANY, Transfer Agent, Genera!, Cold, Bonded and Yard Storage. 3K ACRES YARD STORAGE. 5 WAREHOUSES, .containing 2,300,000 cubic feet of storage space. Railroad siding to each warehouse. ' Brick warehouse for exclusive storage of oil. Separate rooms for storage of household goods. Lowest insurance rate's. PRINCIPAL OFFICES Corner. SECOND and LIBERTY AVENUES. JyS-15-atwy I I - JyS-15-xwy dtMl-wuwk ' ' M THE BIG SAUTERS WELL. IT WAS DRILLED DEEPER AND THE OUTPUT INCREASED. Fop Some Time It Made Nearly 180 Barrels an Ilour A Lljht Well Drilled In at Moon Saturday Reports From Other Outlying Districts. There was almost as big a surprise at Mc Donald Saturday as any day during the week. It was the only subject which oil men could be induced to talk about. Tho Hg Sauters No. 3 of the Royal Gas Company, which wa9 doing '65 barrels an hour at noon Friday, was drilled deeper late that evening, and increased its produc tion to nearly 180 barrels an hour. It kept this gait for some time and then fell oft to 130 barrels an hour, which it was doing Sat urday morning, Saturday evening it was doing from 105 to 110 barrels an honr, and showed no signs of decreasing. It has already paid for the drilling of if. nnd Is now putting ont a small fortune every 24 hours. How long it will hold up to this rate Is only n matter of con jecture. There is nothing near it now, but before tho week is over the well of Lacount & Valalee, on the Short lot, 200 feet south ot it, will get the Afth sand, and prob ably drain some oil from the rock from which the Sauters is now Aowing. The Ventnre Oil Company has a rig upon tho W. B. Moorhead farm, one mile south west of McDonnld station, and will com mence drilling to-day or to-morrow. Thero are 100 acres in this farm, for which they paid a bonus of $1500 and will give the usual eighth royalty. It adjoins tho J. R. Gladden farm of 200 acres, for which Frank Fertig paid a bonus of $5,C00. Sinking Its Usual Time. NonLESTows The big well of Guffey, Jen nings, Murphy & Co , on the Matthews farm, a mile west of this place, is still doing nbout 40 barrels an hour. It has not been agitated since it wai struck, and probably could be run un to 75 or 100 barrels nn hour if drilled Into the sand a short distance. The Forest Oil Company's well on the Ilcrron farm will he shot this week. Not a Large Well. Moos Bradley & Murphy's No. 2 on the P. H. Stevenson farm came in Saturday, nnd will make n 30 or 40 barrel well. F. E. Boden & Co.'s Nos. 1 nnd 2 on the Hood farm are ex pected to get the sand to-day. Still Producing OIL McCritDY Guffey & Galley's No. 1 on the Annie Adams farm, north of the Bell, is still producing nearly 50 barrels an hour. Black. Emerson & Guffey's No. 1 on the Aiken farm it in the stray above the Gordon, and their No. 2 on tho same farm is In the 30 foot. R. G. Gillespie & Co.'s No. 6 on the Jane Rid dle. 180 feet south of the Bell well, Is Ashing at 2,000 teet. In Old Chartlers. CHABTiEits About tho only well now drill ing iti this once active district H tho Foster Oil Company's well on the Duff farm, which is down 900 feet. Plenty of Gas. DeHayen The well of Spang. Chalfant & Co. on the Judge Sterrett farm at this place has struck a strong flow of gas, which is esti mated at 400 pounds. Nearing the Sand. Gbeen Gardes The test well of the Forest Oil Company, on the John Ingle farm, near this place, is duo tho last of the week. Fishing for the Tools. Mostock The Fort Pitt Gas Company is still Ashing for its tools at its No. 2 on the Burns farm. It looks now ns if the hole would have to be plugged, but if the tools are gotten ont the well will he put down to the Afth sand. W. P. Black ha a rig up on the Margaret Burns farm, 500 feet east of the old Depp well No. 2. Bradford Field Netcs. On the Deltor farm C. K. Book's well No. 2 is about completed and will be shot next week, and this will wind up operations on that farm. The P. C. L. & P. Co. havo finished a Ave barrol well on the Haven farm and. have a rig building for No. IL M. Shear's well on the Paton has been completed and is good for three barrels a day. In tho vicinity of Sugar Run Smith & Jones are drilling a well on warrant 4,909. It was drilled to tho depth of 1,490 feet and shut down, but it is alleged that work will bo renewed in a few dnvs. A showing of oil and ga was found in tho second sand, bat not sufficient to warrant a test. In tbe Old Butler Field. Calleey Tho McCalmont Oil Company hns n rig np for its No. 2 on the AValters farm, and is building a rhr for its No. 3 on the John Staples farm. The same company got tho sand Friday on the John Staples farm, and has nn excellent show for a well. It hns made several flows of solid oil. They got tho first pay nt 27 feet in the sand nnd tbe second at 35 feet. They will goon 60 feet in the sand. The Breakneck OU Company's No. 3, on the Goorgo Marburger farm, lound the second pay at 95 feet in tho sand. It now shows for a fair well. Reports From West Virginia. Down in Marion county tho work of devel opment has regained some of its old-time activity. Beaty No. 4 is in and will make a good well. Burt No. 12 is through the sand and showing lor a good well. At Falrvlew some important wells havo come in lately. Among the number is Sni der No. 1, which came in last week, and is doing 100 barrels. Sutton No. 2, South Penn, is just in, and is a good 100 barrelcr. Burns No. 1, South Penn, is in the Arst pny and has Ailed up 1,700 feet with oil, which is consid ered a good showing. Tnothman No. 2, Fleming Oil Company, yesterday was about 75 feet in tho sand, with discouraging pros pect". S. Yost No. 3, which lias been drill ing since last October, is now in the snnd. Timbers aro on the ground for the Nay Yost No. 3. Several new wells aro being sturtcd at Jake's run. The Aowing wells aro holding np very nicely. Saturday's OH Markets. There were no sales Saturday, hut 15,000 barrels wero offered at 67c. Previously the few Agnres. made wero bids. It thus seems imposiblo to make both cnas meet. ReAned was marked up a fraction nt Ant werp, to 16. The I-ondou quotation was 5 5-16; New York, 7.05. Average dally rnns increased about 1,000 barrels and shipments 2.C03. Cleveland, July 25. Potrolenm easy; S. W. 110, 6Jc; 74 gasoline, 7c; 83 gasoline, 10c: 63naphtlia,6ie. New Yoijk, .July 25. Petroleum opened steady and declined c on n few small sell ing orders, then became dull nud remained so until tlie close Pennsylvania nil August option, sales, 8,000 barrels; opcnlns. 67c: highest, 67Jc: lowest, OTVfc; closing, 67c. BnADPOltD, July 25. National Transit Cer tiAcates opened at 67Jc; closed at 67Jc; highest, 67Kc; lowest, 67c. GOV. BOIES EKTOBCIHG THE IAW. The Antl-Prohlbltlon Executive of Iowa Disturbs Political Calculations. Des Moines, Ia., July 2G. Governor Boies yesterday revoked suspension of sen tence against "Stony" Jordan, ofOttumwa. Jordan is a notorious character against whom, at one time and another, over ?3o, 000 in fines has been assessed for liquor law violations. Two years ago Governor Lara bee suspended all fines and jail sentences against him on condition that he would not go into business again. "When Governor Larrabee went out and Governor Boies, an anti-Prohibitionist, came into power, Jordan returned to Iowa, and has since been running a saloon at Ottumwa. 3Iany Democrats are not pleased at the Governor's action, and Republicans declare it an at tempt to catch Frohibitionist votes next fall. Many similar suspensions will be re voked by Governor Boies. It is a decided departure and is upsetting political calculations. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. S. S, S. My little son had a number of bad ulcers and running sores to come on his head and body, which lasted for four years. 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