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THE' PITTSBURG- . DISPATCH,-' SATURDAY, ' OCTOBER 81,' " '1891'
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IRON TBADE REVIEW.
A Big Bessemer Sale Shows Eow
the Tide Is Turnin?.
THE WEEK'SCLOSEMOEE CHEERING
'Some Furnscemen Are Xotr Holding Off
for Better Trices.
HOW THIXGS IRE 3JOYIXG ELSEWHERE
Omrt or rrrrsBCP.o DisrATcn,
FninAT, October 30. ?
Raw Ikov a"D Steel Business during
the week shows no signs of improving. The
volume was fair, lint prices continue at an
xtreniely low figure. The want of con-
dence among business men generally is
udoubtedlv a material drawback on the
ron and steel trade. It may be that after
he election both demand and prices will
mprove. Prices are certainly down to a
low figure, particularly for Bessemer.
Offers continue fair but not large, as cer
tain dealers have withdrawn their stocks
and will wait for a advance which they
firmly believe is not far off At the same
time there is no scarcity of raw article,
provided buyer and seller can make satis
factory terms. Prices in Pittsburg to-day
arc below those in any other market, all
things considered. That the present depres
sion only temporary is the firm opinion of
certain leading dealers, who show their faith,
by refusing to book orders for certain des
criptions at present prices. On the other
band there are parties who will arcept cur
rent prices for present and future deliveries.
The trade is disposed to look upon the pres
ent depression philosophically. However, on
the theory that the darkest hour is just he
fore the "dawn. Meanwhile new business
continues scarce, and the principal hope for
the future is that the least expected some
times happens.
A leading dealer has this to say; "Con
sumption keeps well up to previous limits,,
but buying to meet future requirements
thows a falling off. That is presumably
due, if not exactly to a fear of lower prices,
to the absence of fear in regard to a higher
ranee. In other words the indications of
fall supplies have undoubtedly checked the
disposition to buy very extensively for
future delivery. How Ion,? this condition of
affairs will continue is easier asked than
answered. The real source of the trouble
is that the future has been discounted too
heavily, or to bo more correct, has been
provided for too liberally. Things will right
themselves ultimately, but in the mean
while there is too much iron for sale and
we must nave either more demand or less
supply."'
The steel rail trade has been a great disap
pointment. It will not do to be too certain
as to the date of revival, which is sure to
come.
The Sittatiox The last end of the week
was decidedly the best so far as the volume
of business is concerned. Trices, however,
show no improvement. From the amount
of Bessemer here that changed hands all can
,makc up their minds that purchasers are be
ginning to realize that bottom, prices have
been reached and that tho present is a good
time to invest. Gray forge was steady with
a moderate demand. In our report will be
found sales for the first three months in
3692. Other descriptions show no material
change.
OF.r, SM1LTED LAKE AND
6,960 ton Bessemer at furnace.
Dec.. Jan., Keb., March.
3. COO tons lies eir.er.
3, GOO tons Kes-cmer
.fc00 tens lles.emer, Nov., Dec..
1.5W) tons Bessemer, Nov., Dec.
I.OfO tons B'&eme-
XITIVEOBES.
Nov..
14 1$ cash
15 00 cash
15 25 cash
15 U0 CHSll
15 20 cash
15 15 cash
l,C01tons Bessemer, Jan., Feb.,
J. COO tons rrav force. Nov
March. 15 U) cash
15 25 cash
LOCOtoas Btssemer, Nov., Dec.
1.080 tons grsvrorprc. Dec, Jan
3.000 Ions lles-emer.
1,800 tons pravuirjre ,,
1,0 tons mill Iron
730 tons (rray forge, Nov., Dec.
C75 tone lnilf iron
500 tons mill Iron ,
S90ton?mlll Iron ,
500 tons FUtemer at furnace...
S00 tons lieitemer
MOtonscravforrc
Li 10 cash
13 05 cafli
15 is cah
23 s,5 cash
14 2H cash
13 70 cash
14 20 cash
14 20 cash
14 20 cash
14 50 cash
15 15 cash
13 75 cash
50 tons Southern foundry
14 75 cash
reotons ,n. 2 foundry
1W tons pray rorpp
300 Ions o. foundry
1'iOtonsojien mill
25tonslej..-einer
25 Ions silvery ,
:3tonsop-ii mill
Sotois o.2foundry
14 00 cash
i4 00 cash
15 25 cash
14 00 cash
15 SO cash
........ 16 50 cash
14 Oi) cash
15 45 cash
STCEI. KUES AN IUU.KTS.
J.SeOtonWlieIsar.di.lahs Dec.. Jan..V:4 40
l.sno Jons hlllets, Nov., Dee. anrt.Tnn.. ij SO
3,000 tons billets- Nov.. Dec, 14 31
0 tons billets 24 75
cash
cash
cash
cash
MCCK BAR.
750 tons ncntr&ls Dec.. Jan
680 tons neutral. Nor., Dec
4tt tons neutral. Dec
350 tons neutral
....J2C75 cash
20 50 cash
2S 50 cash
20 50 cash
skelp mov.
60 tons narrow prooied.. .....
360 tons widf grooved
SCO tons sheared Iron
,..$ 1 72!i 4 mos
.. I 75 A mos
.. 1 !)i 4 mos
FK111IO MANCAXESE.
MO tonsSOpereentlmported delivered. 504 70 cash
JSitonfiSOpercenttmporteddellvered. 64 40 cash
to tons W percent imported delivered. 64 CO ea$h
t0tont-60percentimior!eddellvered. 64-70 cash
BLOOMS. BEAMS AM) RAII. EJCDS.
3,300 tons bloom, and rail ends S 16 50 cash
STEM. WIRE RODS.
600 tons American 6's. January (34 25
SOFT STEEL KAIL BUTTS.
6T0 tons steel nail butts. December
mid Janttarv. prnss $ IS CO
160 tons steel" nail butts, November
and December, pross 17 75
100 tons steel nail butts, November
and December, gross 17 50
OLD rJiON- AXD STEEL RAILS.
cash
cash
cash
casn
aeo tans old steel rails, cross 17 00
SOOrons sheet steel rails, gross 16 PO
cash
cash
cash
cash
cash
cash
cash
cash
cash
4(0 tons long steel rails, gross
375 tons lor.p Meel rails, gross..
20lons lonp steel rails, gross
200 tons old iron rails, 45 pounds,
pros
ISOtonsold Iron rails, gross .'...
JOT tons short steel rails, pross
75 tons old iron rails, gross...
SCRAP MATERIAL.
IS 50
10 50
17 00
23 0.1
23 SO
16 75
24 00
450 tons No. 1 U. 11. AV. scrap, net. ..
249 tons cast scrap Iron, gross
200 tons Xo. 1 1!. K. V . scrap, net. ..
JOOSons leafstetl, gross
300 tons cast scrap Iron, pross ,
100 tons R. R. W. i-crap, net
ICMtonsR. 11. W. scrap, net
300 Ions leaf steel, pros
. f n so
. 12 50
. 2040
. 3)00
. 13 00
. 20 00
. 2050
. 20CO
cash
cash
cash
cash
cash
cash
cash
cash
SLIGHT IMPH0VEMEHT IN COKE.
Better Thing!. Looked for After the First of
the Year.
Scottuale. Oct. 30. Special. The coke
trade shows a slight improvement this
week. The total shipments sum up c,057,
against C.4S0 for the previous -week. This is
no sign that the demand has improved. Not
so. The demand is even worse than it was.
After January 1 better things arc looked for,
according to information furnished by sin
extensive operator, who says the dull trade
here makes it better in the Punxsutawncy
and TTcst. Virginia districts. Daring the
lte strike tho operators of the districts
named refused to furnish coke to furnace
.ncn badly in need of it unless they would
enter Into yearly contracts, and sooner than
close down their furnaces they did so.
These contracts terminate in January and
February, and the Counellsville operator
expect to regain thorn, as Connellsville coke
is preferred even at a higher price.
The shipments for the week
ending October 21 were 6,R67 cars, against
6,480 lor the prcvion week, and were dis
tributed as follows: To points west of Pitts
burg, 3,617: to- points east or Pittsburg, 1,200:
to rittsburg, LS50, showing a falling off of 78
cars wet and 12S to Pittsburg, and an in
crease of 330 to points east of Pittsburg. Tho
output in tons is 320,000. The prices remain
unchanged. Furnace coke, $1 SO: foundry,
$2 30; crushed, 42 C5 per ton or2,000 pound, f.
o. b. cars at ovens.
BUOYANT AT BIEKDfGHAM.
Some Stiffening of Prices and
More
Hopeful Feeling.
TJip.MisonAsr, Ala., Oct. SO. cjjeeia'. The
iron market is in a buoyant condition, and
there has been some stiffening of prices
within the last 10 days. Orders are free at
.current rates, ana the fnrnaces are well
j.-old up. The movement to Northern noints
would be exceptionally large but for the car
ffamine now ragin? in this district. One
t rod alone is short 500 cars, 400 of which are
i needed for pig iron.
-, 1'or small lots higher prices are being
asked, but the current quotations are f. o. b.
at the Jurnace: No. 1 foundry, $12 CO: No. 2
Jom-dry, $11 75; Xe. 3 foundry, $10 "5; gray
forge. $10. The rurnaces hero are all in
blast. One more at Sheffield has been re
cenll lidded to the active list, with bright
prospects ior an early resumption by three
more. Altogether, iron men hero are in
better spiritttf ban for many months and tho
general feelrtk is hopetul.
Jloder.tte Buying at Chicago.
Chicago, Oetl30. ecfcrf.1 Holers, Brown
AMerwinsay: A moderate amount of buy1
iiig marks the Chicago market; some deals
of large size have been consummated, but
small lots constitute bulk of business going.
Trices on coke, both NorthernnndSouthern,
remain unchanscd; the conditions prevail
ing a week ago still hold. lake Suporior
charcoal is somewhat luore active, several
inquiries being in for round lots. There is
no improvement in this direction in the way
of prices, however, $17 is an open figure,
with some reports oT shading on the part of
smaller furnaces. None of the leading
brandsare obtainable lor anything less and
in two or three cases $18 is the limit. Con
sumption goes on at a healthy rate. Busi
ness in most lines continues goo"d.
A FAIE VOLUME IN CINCINNATI.
2fo Special Activity, at X obody Apparently
Complaining Very Jlnch.
CrscwiTATi, Oct. SO. Special. Rogers,
Brown & Co., say: The business of the week
has been of fair volume, but there has been
no special activity. There has been a lim
ited inquiry for Southern irons for immedi
ate and nearby deliveries, and with prices
for such ruling considerably less than for
deliveries tho first six months of next year.
A few large and small sales have
been mado for this year's deliveries,
but the bulk of the trading, which amounts
to a lair average business, has been for
next year's supplies. Humor has it that a
largo pipe works concern recently in tho
market was enabled .to place an order for
future delivery, at less than the ruling
price. Northern coke irons have not im
proved in prices, but on the contrary,
lonner prices could be shaded to buyers of
round lots. We hear of extremely low prices
being mado In the Wheeling district on val
ley irons, so low that Sonthorn irons
for tlie present are not in compe-'
tition. Some level-headed business men be
lieve that the steady advance in prices
so treely predicted a few weeks ago, and
realized in part to date, will continue into
next year, and that history will repeat
itself, the general industries of the country
demanding materials in excess of supply,
and usher in a swelling lido that will carry
values up to the high flood of '79 and 'SO. On
the other hand, equally good business men
express doubts of any further improve
ments being realized very soon. The condi
tions of trade generally are healthy, and
financial affairs are easy and accommo
dating. ACTIVITY AT ST. LOUIS.
Stove Foundries Busier Than Any Other
Branch of Trade Jost Now.
St. Ixiris, Oct. 30. Special. Rogers,
Brown & 31eacham say: A fair degree of
activity characterizes the market, and a
number of small orders are being placed at
full prices. Charcoals and Ohio softeners
are in- rather better demand. The stove
foundries in this section are having a good
business, and are busier .than almost any
other line of trade. There are no changes
in prices worthy of.notc We quote for cash
f. o. b. St. Louis:
Hot Mast coke and charcoal:
Southern coke. No. 1
-ou1htn coke. No. 2...................
Southern coke. No. 3
Southern pray forpe
Southern charcoal. No. 1......
smutliern charcoal. No. 2
Missouri charcoal. No. 1
Missouri charcoal. No. 2
Ohio sofleners
Car-wheel and malleable irons:
Lake Superior ...........
Southern
Frick's connellsville foundry coke
St. Louis
..MS SOSIS 75
14 SHtfbli 75
,. 13 7514 00
.. 13 2.V&13 50
. 17 25I&I7 75
.. 16 75(217 25
.. 15 SOffilB 00
.. 15 00(415 50
,. IS 00&19 00
..19 50(ffi20 00
,.. 19 5020 00
..5 65
Fairly Active in Philadelphia.
PHiLADrxrniA, Oct. 30. Special. Rogers,
Urown & Co. say: The Philadelphia market
continues to be fairly active, and several
large blocks of iron have been sold to buy
ers along tho Delaware, who require water
delivery, and who wish to anticipate their
wants before the close of navigation. In
the interior of th 3 State considerable busi
ness has been refused for next year's deliv
ery at present, prices, furnaces preferring to
take their chances, thinking that prices
can't be worse, and may be much better
next year.
The aietal Markets.
Nrw Tonrc, Oct, 30. rig iron quiet. Cop
per irregular, closing weak: lake, October,
$11 K5; do November, $11 G: Lead dull and
weak; domestic, $t 15. Tin dull; Straits,
$19 S3.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Receipts at East Uberiy and All Other
Stock Yards.
Office of Pittsburo Dispatch, J
Fhidat. Oct. SO.
CATTLit Receipts, 1,400 head; shipments,
1,120 hea d; market, nothing doing; all through
consignments; 19 cars cattle shipped to New
York to-day.
lions Receipts, C.&50 head: shipments, 6,400
head: market slow, bnt mostly all sold;Phila
dclphians, $4 I0R4 CO; pigs and Yorkers, $3 90
(?1 10: 34 cars hogs shipped to New York to
day. biiKEr Receipts, 300 head: shipments, 600
ncad; market, nothing doing to-day.
By Telegraph.
Chicago Cattle Receipts,10,000head; ship
ments, 3.000 head; market slow and steady
4 40: stockers. $2 25B3 25: cows. SI OOlfM 40.
HogsReceipts, 30,000 head; shipments, 10,000
head; market opened strong but -closed
lower; rough and common, $3753 83; mixed
and packers, $3 904 05; prime heavy and
butcher weights, M W?130; light, $3 75
4 05. Sheep Receipts, 4,000 head; shipments,
1,000 head; market slow, stcadv to weaker;
native ewes, $3 2o?t'l 25: mixed, $4 25t 50;
wethers, $4 73J?t 85: Texans,$4 00; Westerns,
$4 25; lambs, $3 735 25.
New York Beeves Receipts, 2,402 head,
including 35 cars for sale; Texans and Color
adoes, $3 1063 75; bulls and cows, $1 302 80;
dressed beef sleady at 6'9e :p ft; ship
ments to-day, 350 beeves and 1,400 quarters
of beef: to-mormw, 9S5 beeves and 5.100 quar
ters of beer. Calves Receipts, 915 head;
market weak: veals, $6 00C 75: srrassers,
$1 732 12. Sheep Receipts, 6,207 head;
sheep dull: lambs c iy ft lower; sheep,
$3 50t 25: lambs. $4 375 51k dressed mutton
weak at 7$Kc ft ft; dressed lambs lower at
79c. Hogs Receipts, 4,2Iii head, includ
ing 2 cars lor sale; market weak at $4 4C
5 00 1 100 ft.
Cincinnati Hogs easy: common to light.
$3 lofflS 90; packing and butchers', $4 00
10; receipts, 5,700 head: shipments, 1,825
head. Cattle easv: fair to choice butchers'
grades, $2 002 75; prime to choice shippers,
$3 504 75; receipts, 3,000 head: shipments,
300 head. Sheep in light demand and easy;
common to fair, $2 003 00; extra fat
wethers and yearlings, $4 O03 00: receipts,
4SS head: shipments. 7SC head. Lambs
firm; common to choice, $3 003 50 per 100
lbs.
St. IxhiIr Cattle Receipts, 4,5O0head; ship
ments, 3,100 bead: market slow on na
tivps; strong on Texan and Indian: fair to
good natives. $2 4C4 50 Texans and Indian
steers, $2 lOSftl 15: canners and cows, $1 I0
2 20. Hogs Receipts, 7.S0O head: shipments,
4,900 head: market 5e higher: fair to choice
heavy. $4 004 17 mixed, $3 604 00; light,
fair to prime, $3 9.14 05. Sheep Receipts,
2,500 head; shipments. 100 head; market
lower; fair to good, $2 304 60.
Omaha Cattle Receipts, 4,000 head: mar
ket slow, with prices steady on good beef
cattle and good butcher's stuff; common
weak; common to lancy steers, $2 75?5 75;
Westerns, $3 005 00; Texans, $2 253 00.
Hogs Receipts, 6,900 head; market active
nnd lower; bulk sold at $3 753 80; light,
$3 (J0g3 75; heavv, $3 753 90; mixed, $3 70
3 so. Sheep Receipts, 427 head; demand
fair, prices weak.
Kansas City Cattle Receipts, 7,050 head;
shipments, 4,490 head; market steady to
strong; steers, $3 256 00; cows, $1 252 85;
stockers and leaders, $2 003 70. Hogs Re
ceipts, 12,710 head; shipments, 3,630 head;
market for best-strong; others dull; bulk,
$S S03 90: all grades, $3 254 00. Sheep
Receipts, 970 head; shipments, 720 head; mar
ket steady.
Indianapolis Cattle Receipts, 810 head;
no material change in prices. Hogs Re
ceipts, 7,000hcad; market fairlv active and
steady; choice heavv, $3 954 10; choice
light. $3 S53 95; mixed, $3 90i 00; pigs, $2 50
3 50.
Turpentine Markets.
New York Rosin quiet. Turpentine dull
and easy at 3G37c
Price of iJar Silver.
XewYobk, Oct. SQ, SpeciaL Bar silver
In London, 44d per ounce. New York
dealers' price lor silver, 95c per ounce.
Coffee Markets.
NEWYor.E.Oct.30. Coffee Op tionsooened'
barely steady and Unchanged to 10 points
down: closed firm to 515 points up:
sales, 27,250 Dags, including October, 11.60
11.70c: November, 11.35Il.50c: December
lL15611.40c: January-. lL00ll.l5c: Febru
nv. 1L15: March,10.95I1.10:Ilay,10.9011.05c;
Julv. 11.101L15. Spot and Rio firmer; No.7,
1213c
BAinaoBE. Oct 10. Coffee firm; Rio car
goes, fair, !Gc;No. 7, .13c
New Orleans, Oct. 30. Coffco dull and
lower; Rio, ordinary to lair", U&l62c
BOUGHT MA WOMAN.
Mrs. Hirst Said to Have Purchased
the Dalzell Property.
MOTHER APAETMENT HOUSE.
A Very Quiet Day in local Stock Circles
After the Bir Auction iale.
OFFICE AXD STREET NEWS AND GOSSIP
It was reported yesterday that the Dal
zell property on the northeast corner of
Fourth and Pcnn avenues, of .which a de
scription was given in this column a few
days ago, had finally changed ownership;
It was purchased by Mrs. Hirst, a well
known poultry dealer in the Pittsburg mar
ket, for 560,000. This increases her holding
in that locality, she having for some time
owned between 50 and 60 feet on the corner
of Pcnn and Barker's alley, for which she
paid 75,000. The new deal means a large
business house sooner or later. The trans
action was engineered by George Johnston
&Co.
Another Apartment House,
A Xorthside purchitse which will result
in a fine apartment house was concluded
yesterday. George Thomas bought a lot on
the upper end of JTorth avenue for 56,000,
on which he will next spring erect a four
story house of the kind indicated. B was
stated a day or two ago in this column that
there was a serious lack of 'small dwellings
in Allegheny. This statement, made on un
doubted authority, turned Mr. Thomas' at
tention to the matter and led to the deal.
People must be housed, and there is no way
of doing it so effectively as by building
apartment houses. If they are a paying in
vestment in Chicago and Cleveland, where
ground is abundant and comparatively
cheap, they will be profitable .here, where
they are an absolute necessity.
Keducing Interest Charges.
It is stated that the Cleveland and Pitts
burg Hailroad directors have decided to
issue a general mortgage of 510,000,000 for
the various purposes of retiring outstanding
issues and providing a new bond at a lower
rate of interest, to be paid to the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company, as lessee, in lieu
of the 7 per cent construction and equip
ment bonds. On January 1 over 51,000,000
of outstanding bonds will mature. The
holders will be offered in exchange a new 4
per cent bond. It is expected that about
53,000,000 will be put out Stockholders
will meet at Cleveland to- consider the mat
ter Xovembcr 18.
TVliy Stocks Are Strong.
A Hew York stock specialist says: "The
chief cause for a return of bullish feeling in
share speculation is unquestionably the de
cidedly easier condition of the loan market
and the indications which have already ap
peared ot a larger demand for bonds and in
vestments. Throughout the autumn the
fear of tight money acted as a deterrent to
the continuance of a rise in prices, and
apart from the artificial disturbance caused
by.the Missouri and Union Pacific compli
cations the collapse of the recent boom is
to be Ascribed to the closer working of
money and the incipient stringency which
made its appearance about October 1. Since
that time the money market has steadily
improved and apprehensions. of a stringency
are no longer entertained.
The Building Record.
Five rJermits Were tkea out yesterday
for the same number of improvements. The
most important was that for the Times build
ing, on Fourth avenue, an eight-story struc
ture of stone, steel and iron, whioh has been
fullv described in The Dispatcit. It is
estimated to-cost 5230,000. F. J. Oesterling
is the architect and C. A. Balph the
builder. The' other permits -were for the
usual class of buildings, the estimated cost
of all being 56,805.
Business News and Gossip.
It is probable the Exchange will be closed
on Tnesdav, election day. The question
will be settled on Monday.
The new piano and organ, factory at Men
delssohn is in operation. This is a new
business in this "neck of the' woods."
The electric railway company at Middle
town, O., has increased its capital stock
from 510,000 to 550,000.
Two important industrial concerns are
erecting plants in the Tenth ward, Alle
gheny, and two school houses will be built
there" next year. This is a progressive dis
trict. A new sugar refinery, with a capital of
53,000,000, is to he started in Philadelphia
immediately. It will be called'the'McCa
han Kefinery Company, with W. J. McCa
han, an experienced sugar refiner, as presi
dent Judging from the number of large trans
actions in real estate in the last few weeks,
the market is as active as usual at this
season of the year.
Messrs. Morris & Aisbitt report that sub
scriptions to the capital stock "of the Pitts
burg Gas- Coal and Coke Company are pro
ceeding satisfactorily. There is no indi
vidual liability. It is a home enterprise.
Uniform -fare and interchangeable tickets
to all parts of the city was the sort of street
talk in vogue yesterday.
James Hemphill, Joseph S. Brown,
George Trautman, W. A. Hoevelcr and H.
C Fowncs have applied for a charter for the
Allegheny.County Sanitaryaad Manufactur
ing Company.
Movements in Itealtj.
A. J. Pentecost ,sold for the estate of
Thomas Itoswell a lot on Penn avenue.
Twelfth ward, 24x100, with two brick houses
on the avenue, known as Nos. 2023 and 2027,
and two frame houses in the rear, for $5,300.
Hoffman & Baldridge sold lot No. 10 on
Palmer place, Swissvale, 10x120 feet to an
alley, or$S00.
M. F. Hippie & Co. sold for the B. A. Elliott
Company a lot on Terrysvillc avenue, 20 feet
front, for $S00; a dwelling and tfl o lots in the
city, size about 50x110 feet, for $3,100; also a
farm in Virginia of over ICO acres at $2,000;
also a piece ot ground of 10 acres near tho
city at $1,000; also a house and an acre of
ground in the suburbs at $2,800;" al6o an in
terest in a. residence and large lot in the
East End of $B,0C0.
A. Z. Byers & Co. sold for the Eidgeview
Land Company to H. B. Kose lot 56 in their
plan on the line of the California avenue
electric road. Eleventh ward, Alleghenv
City, in size 56x160, corner or California and
Davis avenues, running through to Michigan
avenue, for $2,500.
Keed B. Coyle & Co. sold for Samuel Wat
son lot No. 287 in his Wntson Place plan,
Tenth ward, Allegheny, fronting 25 feet on
Watson boulevhrd by 125 feet iu depth to
Chemung.xtreet, Tor $500.
John K.i'Ewing &Co. sold two lots 20x100
each, on Grant avenue, Tenth wcrd, Alle
gheny, to' Mrs. Annie M. Smith, for P. G.
Bohrkaste, for $500.
Black & Baird sold to Allen Graham lot
111 in tho Alta Land Company's plan, on
Duquesne Heights, for $25, payable $5 per
month.
AV. A Herron & Sons sold three lots, 20x81
leet each, on Wlnebiddle avenuo.Nineteenth
ward, about two squares from Penn avenue.
East End, for $500 each. Tbe purchaser, will
improve same at once.
Charles Soiners & Co. sold for Mary Pur
cell to Bobcrt Perret, a residence property
situated in tho Eleventh ward, Allegheny,
consisting of a framo house of seven rooms,
with lot fronting 29.9 foet on McClure av
enue, and extending 56 feet to the line of the
Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne and L'nicago Railroad.
Consideration, $2,500 cash.
George Schmidt sold for William Ander
son a farm of 215 ac,res situated nearLigo
nter and known as the Nicely farm, lor
$6,000, to a Pittsburgcr.
The Burrcll Improvement Company re
port the following sale of lots at Kensing
ton: Joseph Behavev, Allegheny, Pa., Lot
115 block 7, for $375 00; Jacob Wagner, Du
quesne, Pa., Lot HO, block 2, for $255 CO; Koz
mus Walenty, Pittsburg, Lot 1!"2 block 3, for
$255 00; Pasquato Keiouiarito, Pittsburg, Lot
(north half) 21 block 6, for $350 63; Duncan
Anderson, Logans Ferry, Pa., Lot H, block
9, for $2IC-25; Mrs. Grace Jlalono, Pittsburg,
67 block 6, for $1,062 50; James Askey, Pltts-
busg, 160 block 5, and bouse, for $1,330 CO.
HOME SECURITIES.
BUYING OKDERS DEPLETED BY THE
BIG AUCTION SALE.
Only Sixty-Fivo Shares marketed, and No
.Pried Changes of Importance No im
provement Expected UntlL After the
Election Bids nnd Offers.
A calm alter a storm. Following the suc
cessful auction sale of stocks there was a
dearth of buying orders yesterday, total
sales at the three calls footirlg up only 65
shares 50 Luster at llj, 10 at 11 and 5 Air
brake at 104.
Third National Bank was bid up to $125. It
is a very prosperous institution. Philadel
phia Gas was steady and Wheeling a big
fraction stronger at the last call. There
was no chauge in the Tractions. Luster was
weaker, notwithstanding reported good
news from the mine. Something more
definite than "wind" is needed to keep this
or anv stock on its feet. The rest of the list
hung"around Thursday's quotations.
It Is not likely that there will be any im
provement in business until after the elec
tion, as tho work of '-saving the country" is
considered by Americans of greater im
portance than business. - Bids and offers
were:
FIRST SECOXTJ THIRD
EXCHANGE CALL. CALL. CALL.
STOCK. B A B A B A
Alleghenv N. B CS
German Nut. B S35
Marine Nat. Ilk. 103
Third Nat. IlanK 125
FlrstN.B. Allv.. 195 205
Man.Mer.In 47M 47K
Western Ins.Co 50 60
Manftr.GiisCo.... 2M.... 21U.... 24....
Philadelphia Co. Hif VH llS 12 " 12
WheelineUas Co 20 .... 21 .... 20if....
Central fraction. 20)6 Jf .... 201f Mi 20'f
Cltliens'Traction 61
Pitts. Traction 44 ....
Pleasant Vallev.. 2i 22,' 22 22! 23 22M
Allegheny Valley 2
Ohartiers Bail m GO
P., Y. & Aetata.. 33 40 33 40
P.. Y. & A.. pfI. 50 50 ....
ntts.&CastleSh. 7 .... SU
N.Y.&CG.C.Co 39 89
Hand St. Bridge 41
Hidalgo Mln. Co 3,'4....
I.aNoriuMIn.Co 25 33 25
LusterMln.no... 11J- llfc I'M ii?J ll!f 11,
Bed Cloud M.Co 2& 3
WesthurhoiisEl'c 13K
Monon. Water Co 27J4
Union Switch &S 9M.... 9H.... 9'A 10
Westing. Air Brk 103,"i 104 10.V-1 104
PURELY PROFESSIONAL.
SHARES, LED BY SUGAR. AND COALERS,
DULL AND LOWER.
Persistent Hammering by the Bears De
presses Everything on the List Dela
ware and Hudson Gives Way 4 Per
Cent Hallroad Bonds Fairly Active.
New YonK, Oct. 30. The stock market to
day was dull in the aggregate, but consider
able animation was shown in spots, and
while the tone of the market was weaker,
the losses wero few. Tne character of the
trading showed no change, and except for
some foreign purchases in the forenoon, the
dealings continued strictly of a professional
nature.
There was a vigorous attack on Coal
shares, and prices were materially de
pressed. None of the rest followed .except
at a safe distance. The Grangers were com-
?arattvcly active, yielding fractionally. Tho
ndustrials were another feature, and Sugar
made some wide fluctuations without chang
ing materially from last night's figure. The
general list, however, was dull throughout
the entiro session.
The opening showed soino strength on tho
higher London figures, but tho traders ham
mered tho list from tho start. No move
ment of importance, outside of Sugar, was
seen until toward noon, when the Coalers
began to give way, and Delaware and Hud
son retired 4 per cent before tho close, tho
other Coal stocks following with less pro
nounced losses. All rallied slightly before
the close, but tho market failed to follow,
and the close was quiet nnd heavy at about
the lowest prices of the day.
Railroad bonds wero fairly active, the
number of issues traded in still being very
large, but outside of the Reading issues
there was little special feature to the dial
ings. Total sales, $1,431,000. Tho temper of
the market was strong at first, but later
Reading bonds gavo way and othor active
issues followed, leaving the market slightly
changed from last evening. No material
lpsses were seen, even among the weakest.
Closing quotations were:
Atchison In.. 05 (Si'filJi
do 1st 835&S3
A and P 4s.... 73J.73M
do inc 133Ji133V
rt. S & PBS....118 (BUS
B. to Park.. ..115 115
BCK& N 101 (SlIOl
Hiirll'gt'nN.. S7" XiTb
Deb 102 (5102
Kuf&EN Mmi3i
Can So 2d s 107!t(Sl07)i
i!o2ds OS li9i
CfcE Ills 5s.. P8V.(A 9S.H
C & Ohloas....l0i;i05il02y
K A 1st 73 (Si 73
do 2ds 75 fcH 7.-
Col Mid 4s 70; 70
D& R G 4S... 792(&79'S
I)&lIPaCp..l40 (S140
DTJfc M lsts.-lffl (3128
Krie2d coii....lM?i(Sl,V
E. L &BSlst 83 (B
F W& Dlsts.lOI'JiffilOlTS
1st conn 117!aiI7
sds no auo
Ch A N P 78Ka 7Si
2ds Ill 111
XYCAStLlst. !MKfi94H
N C A St L Ist.l2i4(ai21,4
N Y C deb 4s.. 101 101
del) 5s reg...lO5.H105?
exos :.,103 (5)103
n.tc 5s coup.no ano
nm 1st -ior!;?
Nwn deb new,105Hffil05,1i
Gold reg. KVmi2Hi
N.Y.O.AW.53 97'$a) Sin
Ogll Imp 5s.... fiSVa 63!fi
Omaha cons..,1194(U9)
U.VJI COllS HJinHlV
O St 1st UllglOltf
PA Elsts .... 7SV78!j
PofM 4s 01! 9S
PAP U2d.... 70 70
III 58,0 P IMUiaiOl
II A W P Tr 5s 57a 5ti
It A I) cons.. ..110 (S-llri
It G AV lt .... ;s!4(a 78!J
I!eading4s S.V.,(di 83
Keadlnglst.... 703 6iH
Heading 2d.... 5H4((o soJi
Kcadln3d.... 3.13iia 38',i
F W ARD 1st. 72,S;a 72
II & St J cons.. 113 (3)113
IIV 6s 86 88
6s 91 ( 84
Iowa Cen 1st.. SS'-O 8S'
lnt 1st 115!4(S115'i
IronM Zd
I vnvnat p m a m D.ns (ftns
4s... 80(R 80Js 4's 98'4 Wi
. 4s. 79W.a THWStl'S C 1st.. .122 ($122
Kr Cent.
Ks& Tex.
do 2d 4.tti4itt
KP cons 10S (S10S
1E. -.lif7 (i?,107
SI Li S.tW ISIS. U(ctt iUB
do 2d 31V&3IS'
St PS W U23ft2ll2if
CAP 5s 10G(a)1064
HAD 7s lldftliMttS,
L F. A W lst..l07),lC7M
IjS isis reg...ii.vi.(a'iiB?s
2d coup 122 3il22
Beg 122 aU22
I, I 4s SOWiasO.'i
I, E.tStLlFt. S3 & 83
L&NPa lOT. (S!105
Lehigh V 4s.lOOV2HO
MLstir ex.. wy,(s&&&
Mich Ccn con.l22.'i122J!s
5s 1931 rcg...lll (S.111
M&O 4s C9 C9
N P 3'6 82 8;
S Minn WauMH
TSI,AKClst8S(a88
TAOCenlsts.10! (5(1:4
TexPacld.... 31&(8t 32
r AAA C... 1st 80 (5)80
Wabash is 1CM.(&03X
Seconds ...... TSJ-iW TJ
WN Y AF 1st !RS 99
West S cp....lftHfc102K
Regular 102 101M
The total sales of stocks to-daw were 203,
635 shares, including: Atchison, 14,485: Chi
cago Gas, 10.2S0; Delaware, Lackawanna &
Western, 14.850; Erie, 6 900: Louisville & Nash
ville. 3,555: Michigan Central, 14,435; Missouri
Pacific, 3,601: Northern Pacific preferred,
8,623; Reading, 33,500; St. Paul, 23,670; Union
Pacific, 7.1S0.
The following table shows the prices or active
stocks on the New York Exchange yesterday.
Corrected daily lor The DtsPATcn bv Wihtney A
Stepiiensox, oldest Pittsburg members of New
York Stock Exchange, 57 Fourth aveunc:
CIos
111 Open
High
Low
ing.
esr.
est.
Amcncan Cotton OH
American Cotton Oil, pfd.
Am. Sugar Keflnltig Co...
Am. S. Refining Co., pfd.
Atcli.. Top. 4S.F
Canadian Pacific
Canadian Southern ,
Central of New Jersey....
Central Pacific
Chesapeake and Ohio ,
C. AO., 1st pfd
C. A O.. 2d pfd
Chicago Gas Trust
C, Bur. AQuincy
O. Mil. A St. Paul
C, Mil. A St.I'aul. pfd
a, Rock I. AP .w
C.St. P. M. A Of.
C..St.P.M. AC. pfd
f. A Northwestern
C. A Northwestern, pfd....
V.. CO A I ......
Col. Coal A Iron
Col. A Hocking Val
Del., Lack. A West
Del. & Hudson
Den. A Hlo Grande
Den. A Bio Grande, pfd...
E.T., Va. & Ga
E. T.,Va. AGa. 1st prof....
Illinois Central
Lake Erie A West
Lake Erie West., pfd....
Lake Shore A 51. S
Louisville A Nashville
Michigan Central.
MobilpA Ohio
Missouri Pacific
National Co rdaee Co
27
51
84
93,1
44J4
"ciii
joj4
503
SI
93
267$
5M4
83
93.
43V
5H
Si'.i
S3!$
44J4
"iiii
43
"c65i
114
"as"
87M
60
114
32!4
251
5s;t
38
55
m
75
118
82
Z3i
92
1I6VJ
133
71K
".iw
139?
128J4
18
47
5
'ioi"
mi
(B,'a
1234
'H
107
42
59?
93U
99
16
112S
20.1
81
30
68,'
38 S,
19
17,1
52
ID
27H
741
"aij
20
39S
Xi'A
67
189.'
JSH
sih
35
97
113
131f
40M
14 "
2S
81V
S75S
77
si-,;
IU
113
"20;
26VJ
58,'J
"S5
SB.1
08."i
"55 5a
99M
70H
5S
'55
98
tO'A
118V4
82)j
34j
723
37M
lot
II854
3i'A
34
iir
1165(5
"iui
3Z
142
32
142
"3iW
ism
127
131M
131
4
20
64 J
124,'i
79!
106
2w;
19.
64 'j
121!
79M
10734
'wi
H
121
7Sy
lOBJi
59K
93.1
04
'io"
M,V
National Cordage Co..pfd.
national L,eau Trust
New York Central....!
N. Y., C. A St. L
N. Y.. O. A St. L.,lst pfd.
N. Y., L. E. A W
N. Y., L. E. A Wi, pfd....
N. Y. AN. E.
N.Y.. O. AW
Norfolk A Western
Norfolk A Western, pfd....
North American Co
Northern Pacific
Northern Pacific pref.
Oregon Improvement
racillc Man.!
Peo., Dec. A' Evans. ..;....
Philadelphia A Beading...
P., 0 C. A St. L
P.. C. C. A St. L. pref....
Pullman Palace Car
Richmond A W.P !..
Richmond AW. P. pref...
St. Paul A Dulutli
St. Paul A Duluth pref.....
St. Paul, MlnuAMan
Texas Pacific
Union Pacific
Wabash
Wabash pref.
Western Union
Wheeling A L. E
Wheeling A L. E. pref....
Dis. A Cattle Feed. Trust..
"isjj
"l
113
113
2o;8
30 j
B)
39H
113'
2-J
'io
39&
20M
"Mi
X'A
M.!4
19
19!4
'iaH
-.7,-8
7414
20j
4114
27K
SH
74?i
24Vj
36!4
74
36K
20
39JS
41'4
274
661)
17
enH
"VA
67K
'ii'
114
114
"ax
29 ?i
82!i
33',4
78H
52
113
"ion
14
S)
,81V
37X
77'
5134
4W
14M
29 a1
sin
37ii
77
51j
Philadelphia Stocks.
Closing quotation of Philadelphia stocks, fur
nished by Whitney A Stephenson, brokers. No. 67
Fourth avenue, members of New York Stock Ex
change. Bid. " ' Asked.
Pennsylvania Railroad 55i 55? ...
Reading Railroad 1914 19 13-16
lluflfalo. N. Y. APhlla 8 S)f
euign vnuev 4"4
northern Pacific 27
27
741
50)
33,'i
ji ui uiurn racinc preierreu 74
Lehigh Navigation 49
49X
Philadelphia A Erie.,
Electric Stocks.
Boston, Oct. 30. SpeciaL The latest elec
tric stock quotations were:
Bid. Asked.
Eastern Electric Cable Co. pref. J54 00
Thomson-Houston Electric Co $ 00 49 50
Thomson-IIonston E. Co., pref. 25 75 20 00
t. Wayne Electric Co...... 13 75 14 00
estlnghousi' Trust Receipts 13 no 13 SO
Detroit Electric Co 8 25 8 50
Boston Stock Closine; Prices.
Atch. A Top 43V(
Atlantic
Boston & Mont
Calumnet Allccla.
Franklin ,
Ke.irsage
. 12
. 44
.252
. KK
.12
. 33
. .30
.158
fusion & Ainany....2u2,,
isostonA Maine 1K7"
Chl..Biir.AQiilncy.. 98
Eastern It. R. cs 121"
Flint A Pere M.prcf. 81 "
K.C..St.J.AC.B.7s.lls
Oat-cola
Santa Fc CoDner....
Mass. Central..
17
Tamarack
-nex. uen. com..
N. Y. AN. Eng,
N.Y.AN.Eng.7;
OldCoIonv.......
Wls.Cen. coin..
2l'
119.k
163
San Diego Land Co.
18
17
179JS
IS
2
13
15K
st r.na j.anu to.
Bell Telephone
I.amson store S
19'4
37
Water Power
Centennsal
B. AB. Cop
His. ccn. pfd
Allouez M. Co. new.
Mining Stock Quotations.
New YonK, Oct. 30. Alice, 110: Adams
Consolidated, 1?0: Best and Belcher, 215:
Crown Point, 100; Consolidated California
and Virginia, 430; Homestake, 1050; Horn Sil
ver, 345: Iron Silver, 145; Mexican, 175; On
tario, 3850; Plymouth, 2C0; Sierra Nevada, 110;
Standard, 120; Yellow Jacket, 125.
MONEY STILL EASY.
Bankers Koport a Fair Demand, With
Plenty to Meet It.
The local money market was a littlo more
active yesterday than for several days past
the call for loans being bettor and routine
linos heavier. The supply of funds showed
no particular diminution, affording fresh
assurance of a continued easy market.
Rates ruled at 67, with nearly all trans
actions at the inside figure. Bank clearings
were'$2,086,817 23. and balances $364,571 28.
A private cable says in well informed
banking circles in London it is not expected
thatth4per cent rate will bo retained by
the Bank of England for over a fortnight, as
the advance Thursday was not necessary.
At New York yesterday money on call
wascasy, ranging from 3 to 4 percent, last
loan 3J, closed offered at 4. Prime mer
cantile paper, 66Ji. Sterling exchange
quiet and steady ut $1 80J4 for 60-day bills
and$l 84 for demand.
Closing Bond Quotations.
U.S. 4s reg 116?f
N. J. C. Int. Cert.. .110
NorthernPac. lsts..H7J
do do 2(ls...lll
Northw-m Consols. 137)4
do debentures 5S.105M
(io 4s coup 11614
UO .3 IIV
do 43s coup
Pacific 6sof '95.... 1.111
Louisiana stamped4s. SG:
Missouri 6s
Tenn., new set, 6s.. -106!
Oregon A Trans. 6s..
St. L. A IronM. Gen.
5s S3
Bt. L. A San Fran.
ao ao as...iiu
do do 3s... G9-
Canada So. 2ds S3
Cen. Pacific lsts WAi
Den. & R. G. lsts. ...117
do do 4s 79J4
Deu.A R.G.Westlsts
Erlc2ds 100'
M.. K. AT. Gen 6s.. 79)
Gen. M 10"i
st. Paul Consols... .125ai
St. Paul, Chi. A Pac.
lsts 115K
Tex. Pac. L. G. Tr.
itcts 85
Tex. Pac. R. G. Tr.
Hcts 32
do do 5s 45
Union Pac. lsts 107V
Mutual Union 6s 107."-2lWestSlior.e.
.102,'
Bank Clearings.
Nirw YonK Bank clearings, $111,601,891; bal
ances, $4,535,907.
Bostox Bank clearings, $16 460,971: bal
ances, $1,854,037. Rate for money, 2J per
cent. Exchange on New York, 15c dis
count. PiilLADEirHiA Bank clearings, $9,930,922;
balances, $1,535,024. Money. 4 per cent.
Baltimore Bank clearings, $1,91S,9G3; bal
ances, $316,335. Rate 6 Der cent.
St. Louis Clearings," $3,400,401; balances,
$37,140. Money, 73 per cent. Exchange on
New York 23e discount.
MEMrnis New York exchange selling at
$1 preminm. Clearings, $556,303; balances,
$147, 12S.
New Orleams Clearings, $1,572,201 New
York exchange $1 50 per $1,000 discount.
Bank 5Cc discount to par.
Cuiqago New York exchange was at par.
Money 68 per cent. Bank clearings, $14,
663,000. -
THE MARKET BASKET.
Garden Stuff on- the Advance Ocean Pro
ducts Quiet.
The season for garden stuff is close to it3
end and prices are higher than they have
been any time this season. Tomatoes are
firm at $2 00 per bushel, whereas at the be
ginning of the month they wero slow at
three bushels for $1 CO.
At the Diamond market frnit and vege
table stalls' trade for tho week is reported
dull. Tho season for grapes is nearly over,
and, while receipts have been light the past
few days, demand is also light. Potatoes
are now at the lowest point thev hnvo
been for years,and it is doubtful if there will
De a oetter time to lav m winter supplies
than right now. A vear ago at this time no-
tatoes were firm flt$l 50 per bushel. -Now
they are slow at 50 cents per bushel. At the
fish stalls trade is reported backward for
the season. Select oysters are scare and
firm. The same is true of frogs and clams.
Codfish and haddock arc so high in Boston
that onr dealers are not inclined to lay in
supplies. All Eastern fish are unusually
high. Staple mints are sold at old prices.
Demand, nowever, has declined the past
week, owing to large receipts and lower
prices of poultry. o
31EATS Best cuts of tenderloin steaks, 25c per
lb; sirloin, 18f520c: standing rib roast, 18(a20c:
chuck roasts, 12c; corned beef, 810c per lb; spring
lamb, 25c; leg of mutton, 12)cfor htndqnartcr and
8c for foreo,uarter: loin of mutton, 15c; lamb chops,
20c; stewing pieces. 6c per lb; veal roasts, 12)15c
per lb, and cutlets, 20c. Pork chops 12,'c, and
steaks, 10c, an advance of 2c per lb on rates which
have prevailed for tome months past.
Vegetables and FBUIT-Cabbagcs,5iai0c: pota
toes, loc per half peck: sweet potatoes, 202o per
half peck; roasting ears. Sac a dozen; green
beans, S5e a half peck; wax beans, 25c a half
peck; pie pumpkins. 15(S12ic: onions. 25c a
half peck: bananas, KvlSc a dozen; car
rots. 5c a bn'nch; tomatoes, 20c a quarter peck;
lemons, 230c per dozen; oranges, 25
40c; lettuce, 2 bunches for 5c; beets, 3
bunches for 10c: radishes. 3c a bunch; cucumbers. 4
forlOc; eggplants, 510c; celery, 5c a bunch: cauli
flower, StooOc apiece; apples, 15.20c a half peck;
grapes, 35c a pound; peaches, 1525c a quarter
peck.
liCTTERAXDECGS Good creamery, rwa.'Mcper
lb: fancv brands. 3S,'c&37c: choice country rolls, ahc;
goqd cooking butter. 17c; fresh eggs, 25c per dozen.
Poultbv Dressed chickens. 12 to 13c per lb;
dncks. 13 to 15c per lb; turkeys, lCc.
FISH Following are the articles in this line on
the stalls, with prices: Lake salmon, 10 to 15c; Cal
ifornia salmon, 33 to 40c per pound; white lish, 12!
to 15c; lierrijig. 4 pounds for 25c: bpanlsh mackerel,
20c per pound; blucfish, loc: halibut. 20c; rock bass.
25c; lake trout, 12)c: lobsters. 2; green sea tnrtle.
20 to 25c; oysters. New York counts, $1' 75 per gal
lon: smelts. 20c a pound; shad, $1 00 to $125each;
scallops, 20c a pound; Mackinaw trout, 12Cc per
pound; frogs. $2 00, a dozen; clams, 8150 a
gallon.
Flowers La France. 1 25 per dozen; Mermets,
1 25 per dozen: Brides, $1 25 per dozen; yellow and
white roses, $1 00 per dozen; Bennetts, $100 per
dozen: carnations. 35cperdozen;-Duchess of Al
bany. $1 25 per dozeo: hostes. $1 25 a dozen;
Senator Wootten roses, $1 25 a dozen; chrysanthe
mums, 50c to $4 per dozen.
TTool Markets.
New York Wool steady and quiet; do
mestic fleece, 30C6e; nulled, 2633c; Texas,
1624c.
St. Louis Wool Receipts, 59,300Jbs; ship
ments. 93,000 lbs.; market steady with only a
very light movement.
Philadelphia Wool in fair demand; prices
steadj-: Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Vir
ginia XX and above, 3032c; X, 23Cg31c: me
dium, 3337c; coarjso. 3134c: New York,
Michigan. Indiana and Western fine or X and
XX, 26J23c; meduim, 3536c; coarse, 33
3lc; fine washed delaine, X and YX, 33r$3(ju;
medium washed combing and delaine, 37Jj
40c: conrc washed " combing and ue
laine, 3435c: Canada washed combing, 32
34c; tub-wushed. choice, 3633c: fair, 35
36c; coarse. 3334c; medium unwashed
combing and delaine, 2529c: coarse un
washed combing and delaine. 25Uz7c; Mon
tana, 1923c; Territorial, 15fi!19c.
Boston The market has b'cen dull for
mostkirids of wool, and a few large sales to
one manufacturer are the only sales of im"
portance. Buyersenerally are holding off
for lower prices and the market is not as
firm. One large, sale of OJiio XX was made
at 29c. and tho range is now from 2S29c for
X, 2931c for XX "and. above. Michigan X
dull at.2627c. No. 1 combing wools have
been sold at 3739c; Ohio fijie delaine. 34
35c: Michigan fine delaine at 33c. Territory
wools have been quiet, with sales mostly in
small lots at 60c for fine, 57(g5Sc for fine me
dium, 5355c for medium, luxas, California
and Oregon wools have. Been quiet, with
two fair sales of super at 3032c; extras at
2230c. Australian wool has been firm.
Foreign carpet wools have been quiet but
steadj'. Tho sales for the week of all kinds
amounted to 2,800,000 pounds.
'ONE night stands Involve the greatest
hardships the actress has to endnre. See
Murray letter in THE DISPATCH to
morrow. Be sure and use Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup for your children while teething. 25c.
, - TTSWk
HALLQW COMUG
Brings an Extra Demand for Nats
and Prices Are Higher. .
CHILLED BANANAS OYER PLENTY.
Heavy Beceipts of Grain and Hay and
Markets Are Steady.
KO NEW FEATURES IN GROCERY 1INES
Office of Pittsburq Dispatch, )
Friday, Oct. 33. i
Country Pp.oduce (Jobbing Prices.)
There is no longer a scarcity of creamery
butter in the market, as there has been for
a week or two past. Demand has decreased
since prices went above 30c per pound, and
markets show drooping tendencies the past
few days. Fancy cpuntry butter is firm at
higher prices. Pittsburg egg markets have
been relatively below Kew York markets
for a week past. K"ew York cheese is mov
ing freely and prices are firm for good
stock. Grapes are near their end and prices
arc weak. Bananas are coming to our
markets in a chilled condition and prices
are nominal. The nut season is now at its
best, giving evidence that Hallowe'en is at
hand. Potatoes and poultry are In abundant
supply nnd quiet at quotations.
BCTTEit Creamery. Elgin ,Jl31Kc: Ohio brands.
3333c: comicon country butler. 2022c: choice
country rolls. 22rt25c; fancv, 30c per pound.
Beaxs N ew York anil Michigan pea. S2 :$2 40;
marrow. $2 50(32 01; Lima Leans, 4;S4Jjc'$ lb.
ISEESWAX 32J)C loor choice: low grade. 22
2w.
BUCKWHEAT FLOOR New. 2H3c Pr 16.
Cider Sand refined. $,! 50(37 CO; common. $3 50
4 CO: cider vinegar. I213c.
Cheese Ohio cheese. 9?flfi10Wc: New York
cheese. 10Hc: Llmhuritcr. 1212)c; Wisconsin
bweilzer, full cream, 13(tS14c; Imported Swelt
zcr. 27ifi)2Sc.
Encs 22,'i(a23c for strictly fresh nearby stock,
cold storage egirs. 21(322c.
Feathers Extra live geese, 5733e; No. 1. 4S
5Cc lb; mixed lots, WeMOe.
FRUITS Apples, 4O5B50C. per bushel. $1 30(ffi2 00
per barrel; pears, 75epJjl 00 per basket, S150
2 00 per bushel;. Concord grapes, 10-pound basket.
1820c: rraiiberrics. Jerseys, 52 23 per box; Cape
Cods. S2 50 per box.
Honey New crop white clover, 18c; CaU
forula honev. 1215c lb.
MArLESYRLT-73ij:xc $ gallon.
Maple sen ai: lOe i? lb.
NUTR-Brazil nuts. 7Sc 91b: English walnuts.
15c ft lb; French walnuts, 10c ft lb; lllberts. lie p!
lb; almonds, 16c; pecans, l!c; mixed nuts, H'(ai2c
ft B: chestnuts, 53 50 a bushel: shellbarks, 2"0Oa
bushel: walnuts. SI oaai 25 per bushel.
Poultry Alive Chickens, &5jc375c a pair, large;
30(a50c,meillum. Live tnrkevs, 3C(S12c lb: ducks,
5070c a pair. Dressed chickens, 1214c ft lb;
dressed turkevs, ll16c ft lb.
Potatoks Carload lot3. S540con track: fromi
store, 404;c a bushel: Southern sweets, S150l 75
a barrel: Jerseys, 2 00.
QtrixcES-f4 00 per barrel.
Seeds Western recleaned medium clover job
bing at $- 30: mammoth, S5 55; timothy. 51 50 for
prime and 51 55 for choicest: blue grass, 52 65(312 80;
orchard grass, 51 75: millet, 61 10: German, 51 25;
Hungarian. 51.10; fine lawn, 25c ft lb; seed buck
wheat. 51 401 (.
Tallow Country, 4c: citv rendered. 5c.
Tropical Fruits Lemons, J5 005 50; fancy,
$5 506 CO: Florida oranges, $3 50 a box:
Jamaica oranges, $1 5036 75 a barrel; California
peaches. 1 401 50 a box: California pears. 53 00(3
4 00: bananas. $1 231 50 firsts, 51 001 2" good
seconds, per bunch; Tokav grapes. 54 505 00 a
crate: Malaga grapes. 54 507 Qua half barrel; new
Vegetables Cabbage. 40!5c a bushel basSet;
Yellow Danver onions. 52I5(a2 50 a barrel: toma
toes, 51 5C(32 00 per bushel: cucumbers. 755100oer
bushel, cclerv, T.5n0c per dozen ; egg plant, $1 25 a
bushel basket: roasting ears, $1 501 75 a bushel
basket; turnips. COc a bushel.
layer ngs, juitc per id,
Groceries.
There are no new developments in this
lino since our last report. Sugars are fairly
steady and the movement Is free for tho
season. Package coffee is quiet at the de
cline already noted.
Greex COFFEE-Fancy. 21)22c: choice Rio.
SV&Wie: prime llio. 19)c; low grade Eio, 1"H
13c;ld Government Java, 27K20c; 5Iarncalbo,
2I)ir.c: Jtocha, 27:i323c: bantm. 18ii(iiz:c:
Caracas. 22(31SI'c: LiGuayra. 21ji$22Jc.
Roasted (in papers) Standard brands, 20c:
high grades. 23iS2G,'c:01d Government Java, bulk,
29((J31c; Jlaracalfio, 22kiffi24:c; Santos, 19Ji24Kc;
peabcrry. 26c; choice Kit), 20Kc: prime Klo, 20c;
good Itlo. 19Mc: ordinary, namMc.
Spices (whole) Cloves. I315c; allspice, 10c;
cassia. 8c: pepper. 11c; nutmeg, 7.80c.
Petroi.euji (Jobbers' prlces)-llo test, 6k'ci
Ohio, 120. 7c: headlight. 150. 7K: water white,
99c; globe, HU'ie: elaine, 15c; carnadlne. lie;
royaline. 14e; red oil, 103t'llc; purity, 14c; olelne
14c.
Misers' Oil No. 1 winter, slralned, 424!c ft
gallon: summer. 3537c: lard oil, 5558c.
Syrup Corn syrup. 2C30c: choice sugar svrup,
3I38c; prime sugar syrup. 3032c; strictly prime,
2s430c.
N . O. Molasses Fancy new crop, 4S52c;
choice. 47SWSc: old crop, 314nc.
Soda nt-carb. In kegs. :ii3Xc: bl-carb. In Ks,
5fc: bl-carb, assorted packages, 5M6c; sal soda.
In kegs, if c: do granulated. 2c.
1 Candles Star, full weight, 9c; stearine. per set,
8ic:paramne. ll12c.
ltiCE-lIead Carolina, 6HVAe: choice, 66ic;
Louisiana, 51i'6c.
Starch Pearl, 4c; corn starch, 6yc: gloss
starch, fi7c.
FoiiEio.v r'RCIT Layer raisins. 200: London
layers. S22: Muscatels. 81 75: California Muscatels.
51 60l 75: Valencia. 5SMc: Ondara Valencia. 6
6Jlc; sultana. 10015c; currants. SKiSSKc: Turkey
prunes, Cfflflif; French prunes, 69,': Salonica
prunes. In 2-lb packages, 9c;cocoanuts, 100. 53 00;
ainioii'15. bun., p 10, :fc:uo ivira. i,c: nosneuea,
40c; walnuts. Nap., 1314c: Sicily flloerts, 12c:
Smyrna figs,13(Sl4c; new dates, 5ir: Brazil nuts,
10c: pecans. lt51Cc: citron, ft lb, 1718c; lemoa
peel. 12c ft lb: orange peel, 12c.
Dried Fruits Apples, sliced, lie? lb; apples,
evaporated, 1314c; peaches, evaporated, pared,
20(S121c: peaches, California, evaporated, unnarcd.
13(ffllSc: cherries, pitted, 15c: cherries, unplttcd, 8c;
raspberries, cvaiiorated, 2321c; blackberries, 6g)
7c: liucklcDerrles, 8c.
Sugars Cubes, 4?c: powdered, 4Wc:grannlatcd,
Mc; confectioners' A, 4c: soft white. 3K4c;
e How, choice. 3;3?4c; yellow, good, 3.3Mc;
yellow, fair. 3aj3.,c.
Pickles Medium, bbls. (1,200), SI 75; medium,
halfbhls. (GOO), 82 85.
SALT No. 1 ft bbl. 51 00; No. 1. extra, ft bbl,
51 10; dairy, ft bbl, ?l 20: coarse, crystal, ft bbl,
5 20: Illgglns' Eureka, 4-bu sacks, 2 80r Hlgglns'
Eureka, IS 14-lb packets. S3 00.
Canned Goods Standard, peaches. $1 002 CO;
2ds, 51 soffit CO: extra peaches, 52 2GS2 30: pie
peaches. tioffiOSc: finest corn, fl5l 50; Hfd Co.
corn, 51 0O31 15: red cherries, 51 -'C1 30: Lima
beffns, $1 35; soaked, do, SOc: string do, 6570c;
marrowfat peas. 51 lor&l 25: soaked peas, 6570c;
pineapples. 51 501 CO: Bahama do, 52 25: damson
mums, 91 iu: greengages. 51 00; egg piums, 51 ye;
California apricots, 81 902 10: Callfprnla psars,
52 252 40; do greengages. 51 10; do egg plums.
51 90; extra white cherries, 82 85; raspberries 51 05
1 10: strawberries. 05c(Sl 10: gooseberries, $1 O0
1 05: tomatoes, 8o95c; salmon, I-l'u, 51 SOiai 80;
blackberries. c0c:succotssh,'2-lbcaus, soaked, 90c;
do green, 2-lb cans, $1 2531 50: corn beef, 2-Ib cans,
51 85(31 90: 1-lb cans. 51 39: baked beans, 51 4Ql 55;
lobsters. 1-lb cans, 52 25: mackerel, 1-Ib cans,
boiled, 51 59: sardines, domestic, Ms. 53 85(3)4 00;
s, $G 50: sardines. Imported, s, 511 501250: sar
dines. Imported, s, 513 00: sardines, mustard,
53 30: sardines, spiced, S3 50.
Fisn-Extra No. 1 bloater mackerel. 530 00 ft bbl;
extra No. 1 do mess, 525-50; No. 2 shore mackerel.
52l 00: No. 2 large mackerel. 518 CO: No. 3 large
mackerel, $14 00: No. 3 small mackerel. 510 00.
llerrinc-Snllt. S(i 50: lake. 53 25 B 100-lb bbl.
White hsh. 54 75 ft 100-lb half bbl. Lake trout, 55 50
ft half bbl. Finnan baddies, 10c ft lb. Iceland
halibut, 12c ft lb. Pickerel, half bbl, SI CO; quar
ter nm. fi w. noiianu liernng. c. v
Valkoff her-
ring. vcc.
OATMKAL-55 500 00 ft bbl.
Grain, Flour and Feed.
Sales on call at the Grain Exchange to-day:
One car sample shell corn, 63J,c, 5" days: 1
car No. 1 timothy hay, $11 75, 5 days. Re
ceipts, as bulletined, 51 cars, or which
22 cars were by Pittsburg, Cincinnati and
St. Louis Railway, as follows: 10 cars of
oats, II of corn, 1 or hay. Uy Pittsnurg,
Ft. AVayno and Chicagd, 4 cars of oats, 4 of
hay, 2 or straw, 2 of middlings, 1 of bran, 3
of barley, 1 of feed, 1 of car corn. By .Pitts
burg and Lake Erie, 2 cars or oats, I of
rye, 1 of corn, 1 of hay, 2 or flour. By Pitts
burg and Western, 2 cars of oats, 2 of wheat.
Cereal receipts have been largo all this week
and the situation in all lined lavors buyers'
Old shell corn and oats aro steady, and
wheat and now ear corn are quiet at quota
tions, llyeisin good demand nndprices
are advanced, as our quotations will dis
close. Choice hay is firm.
Following quotations are for carload lots on
track. Dealers charge an advance on these prices
from store:
AVHEAT No. 2 red. 51 011 02.
Ookn fc o. 1 yellow shell. 65i(3Cr)C: No. 2 yellow
shell. laSfti'c; high mixed shell. (HffiMWc: mixed
shell. 63)sffilc; No. 2 veliow ear. 6768c; high
mixed ear, CS.'ySKjTc: mixed ear, 65)4(36Jc; new yel
low ear corn, 45(g43c: new veliow sheU com.50(a52c.
fl.- "V.. ,. ... rtfl.t n wltllu -J7Z'T-.V.
extra No. 3 oats, 3l)4a.i5c: mixed oats, 33yS3)c.
KYE No. 1 Pennsylvania and Ohio, 9G91c; No.
1 Western. 951396c.
BARLEY-6S&75C.
ji'Liiun Jobbing prices Fancy spring patents.
$5 505 75: fancv winter patents. 5- 255 50; fancy
straight winter. 55 0O5 Jo; fancy straight spring,
55 255 50: clear winter, J4 755 03: straight XXSX
bakers'. $4 7S5M. Kje flour, 55 005 2i.
MJLLFEED No. 1 white middlings. 522 0n22 50
ft ton ; a o. 2 white middlings. 820 OJ 21 00: brown
middlings, ?17 001 00: winter wheat bran, 51s 50
15 75; choi) feed, 521 00323 00. '
HAY Baled tlinothycholcc. 5IJ0013o0:No. 1,
511 50S11 75; No. 2 do, 510 0010 50: clover hay,
510 5010 73: loose from wagon. 512 00314 00, ac
cording to quality; packing liav, 57 007 00.
Straw Oats, 55 73(33 00: iwheat and rye, $5 50
5 75. .
Provisions.
Sugarcured hams, large 1
Sugar cured hams, medium
Sugar cured hams, small
Sugarcured Callforula hams
Sugar cured b, baron
Sugar cured skin ted hams, large
Sugar cured sklnled hams, medium
Sugar cured shouMers
Sugar cured boneless shoulders.
Bacon shoulders 0
Dry salt shoulders '
Sugar cured d. beef, rounds 13
Sugar cured d. beef, sets 10
Sugar cured d. beef, flats 8
Bacon, clearMdes 10 25
Ilacou. clear bellies 10 25
Dry salt clear sides, lo-lb average i.. !"4
Dry salt clear sides, 20-Ibavcrage 9
Mess pork, heavy 13 00
Mess pork, family 13 00
Lard, refined In tierces
Lard, refined, in half barrels 4
Lard, refined, GO-Ib tubs f,-
Lard, refined, 50-tn tin cans 6-4
Lard, refined, 3-Ib tin palls 7
Lard, refined, 5-lb tin palls 63
Lard, refined, lo-lb tin palls 6-4
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
A Gooxl Business In Grain, but at a Lower
F-ange of Prices A Bad Slump in Corn
and Provisions Succeeds a Strong Open
ing. CHICAGO There was a decided drop in
wheat to-day, but in the aggregate a good
speculative business was transacted. -There
was more disposition to sell, and a good
deal of lone wheat was closed, out. The
opening was abont the same as yesterday's
closing to XGBic higher, but became weak
and declined lc, thenadvanced Kc again
receded, prices declining c, ruled Irregular
and closed about "4c lower than yesterday.
Corn seemed inclined to strength early
and sold up some, November touching 53c
early: year, 45c, and May, 43c, but the sell
ing became urgent and the bulls falling to
come to the market's support, weakness set
in and finally resulted in a hard slump.
November went off to 51c; year, 44c, and
May to 42Kc The market reacted some dur
ing the las't hour on free covering by shorts
to secure profit. October went off to 54c,
bnt reacted to 55Jc; November, after selling
down to 51JJc. reacted to 52Jc, nnd at I
o'clock was 52c: year sold off to 44c, re
acted to fSJdc hut eased off to 45c; May held
steady at 424ig!12c.
Oats quiet and easv: November sold at 30
30c, and May from 30c to 31c.
liog prodncts lower; January pork sola
early up to $11 25, but broke to $11 05; and at
12 o'clock was abont $11 07. January lard
sold Irom $8 10 to $0 15 and January ribs from
$5 62 to $5 75. During the last hour there
was a big slump in hog prodncts. Pork de
clined to $10 00 for January; lard to $6 05 for
January, and ribs to $5 67f for January.
Tlie lending futures ranged as follows, as cor
rected by John M. Oakley & Co.. 45 Sixth street,
members of the Chicago Hoard of Trade:
Oiien- High- Low- CIos-
articlfs. lug. est. est. ing.
AVns.iT, No. 2.
October 91H 94 5 W4 Oi
December. JBK 95y 94'-4 94H
May 1 02 1 02J4 1 C0$j 1 COJi
Corn, No. 2.
October 5fi 57 54'! WJf
November 521j 53 olfi 82
May 43 43 42?a 42
Oats. No. 2.
November. 30 30!,; 29V 29"5
December 29"f st zH 2'4
May 3134 3i; 31H 31K
Mess pork.
Decemlier 850 885 820 825
January 1120 1125 10 90 10 95
Lard. '
November 605 6 05 590 590
December. 6 12li 6.12K 5 97)4 6 03
January. 6 22( 6 22)? 6 07) '6 10
Short Ribs.
November s S7)i 5 90 5 70 5 72S
December. 5 85, 5 85 5 70 5 75
January 5 85 5 85 5 65 5 67K
Casn quotations were as follows: Flour
unchanged. No. 2 spring wheat, KPc; No. 3
spring wheat, 88S9c: No. 2 red, 93C. No. 2
corn, 55c. No. 2 oats, 2029Kc: No. 2 white,
2930Kc; No. 3 white, 3Cc. No. 2 rve, 91c.
No. a barley, 60c: No. 3, 4060e; No.'4, . o.
b., 4050c. No. 1 flaxseed, 94Jc. Trime
timothy seed, $1 18. Mess pork, per bbl.,
$8 23. Lard, per 100 lb?., $5 92. Short rib
sides (loose), $5 80C 00: drv salted should
ers (boxed), $5 705 SO: short clear slde3
(boxed), $0 40C 50. Whisky, distillers' fin
ished goods, per gal., $1 18. Sugars un
changed. On tho Proauce Exchange to-day the but
ter and egg markets were unchanged.
NEAV YORK Flourheavy, moderate busi
ness. Wheat Spot markets unsettled and
lower; active for export; No. 2 red, $1 02Kfi)
1 03, store and elevator; $1 05J afloat: $1 03
1 05 f. o. b; No. 3 red, i9999ic: un
graded red. SSlivmi 07K: No. 1 Northern.
$1 041 M; No. 1 hard. $1 07. Options
advanced JiKc, declined lKIc, closing
steady at 4c under yesterday; No. 2
red. October, closing at $1 03J; November,
closing at $1 03; December, $1 04 3-10Vfj)
1 06, closing at $1 04; January, $1 06
1 07, closing at $1 0i; February, $1 03
1 09 closing at $1 0SK; March, $1 09j
1 11. closing at $1 VSyt: April, $1 1K
1 11, closing at $1 10; May, $1 10K
1 12 closing at $1 11; June, $1 10&1 n,
closing at $1 lojf. Rye strong and in good
demand; AVestern. $1 011 03. Barley steady;
No. 2 Milwaukee. 70c. Corn Spot unsettled,
weaker and dull: No. 2, 7072c in elevator;
71c afloat: ungraded mixed, 6971Jc; op
tions declined ii2c, closing weak; Novem
ber, 6i65)o, closing at 64c; December; NJ
oSJJc. closing at 5(ic; January. 53Ji54Jic,
closing at 53c; Febrnary, 5353c, closing
at 53c; May, 5152c, closing at KJc.
Oats 'Spot weaker and less active; options
quiet and weaker; October, 36!c, closing
at 36Xc; November, closing at 36Jc; Decem
ber, 3Gaic, closing at36Jc: January.36Jc:
No. 2 white December, 3Vic: spot No. 2
white, 3737c; mixed AVestern, 353Sc;
white do, 3742c: No. 2 Chicago, 3737c.
Hay steady, quiet. Hops Arm, quiet.
Tallow quiet; city ($2 for packages). 4c.
Kggs quiet, fancy, steady: AA'estern. 23M3
25c. Pork qniet, steady; old mess, $10 00;
new mess, $11 00; extra prime, $10 5011 00.
Cut meats dull; middles steady. Lard
lower and moderately active; Western
steam, $6 30 bid; options, November,
$6 276 28, closing $6 26; December, $6 33;
January, $t". 466 56, closing at $6 44 bid;
February, $6 62. closing at IS 55 asked;
March, $fi 65?6 72, closing at $6 65. Butter
dull, weak: Western dairy, 1423c;
do creamery, 2031c: Elgins, 31c. Cheese
fair demand, steady; Western, 69c; part
skims, 47K&
PHILADELPHIA Flour dull. Wheat
weak and lower; No. 2 red, in export eleva
tor, earlv, $1 01: No. 2 red. October, $1 00
1 00t: November. 1 OOWtfBl 01: December.
$1 021 03; January, $1 041 05. Corn
weak:"foreign inquiry for old crop was light,
but there was a well-sustained export de
mand for new crop for January and Febru
ary clearances: ungraded yellow, in eleva
tor, 68c: No. 2 mixed, in elevator, 6767jC;
No. mixed. October, 6S67c: November. 63
65c; December, 5455c; January, 5353c.
Oats Carlots steady, but demand moderate;
futures quiet and without change; ungraded
wnite, 37!3. )c; 2o.s wniic, 3oc; uo. cnoice.
37c: No. 2 white, 38c; No. 1 white, 33&c: No. 2
white. October, 37Jf3Sc; November, 37f
38c; December, 37K3&Kc; January, 38J38c
Bntter quict and steady: Pennsylvania
creamery, extra, 3132. Eggs firm; Pennsyl
vania firsts, 23c.
ST. LOUIS Flour firm and unchanged.
Wheat No. 2. cash. 9292Jic: October closed
at92Kc bid: December. 2495c; closimrat
949Ic: May,$l 0C1 02. closing at $1 OOJf.
Corn No. 2 cash, 51i05IJc; October. 51
bid; vear, 39i3fVc. closing at 3SK30Kc
asked: January. 38J439;j;c, closing at3SJc,
asked; 3Iay, 4040c, closing at 4040Jc,
asked. Oats Weaknd declined with wheat
and corn, closine USbKc off: No. 2 cah. 2Sc:
October 28c, closing 28Jc: May, 31c, clos
ing at 31c bid. Kvo none offered. Barley
Minnesota, 52J4(55c. Butter weak; cream
ery, 2931c; dairy. 2427c. Eggs stendy at
18&C. Provisions dull and shade easier in
symyathy with other markets. Pork, $9 23.
Lard, 56 03.
BALTTSIOKE AVheat No. 2 red easy:
spot, $1 02l 01: October, $1 021 02J:
December, SI 041 04: January. $1 C6
1 06,i: May, $1 111 UK: steamer No. 2 redV
9898jc. Corn Mixed weak: spot, 65c: the
year, 53V53c: January. 5253c; Febru
ary, B2JJm52Kc: March. 5233c. Oats firmer;
No. 2 white, AVestern, 3839c; No. 2 mixed do,
3GK37c. Rye strong and higher; No. 2, $1 00.
Hav firm; good to choice timothy, $13 00
li 00. Provisions, firm: mess pork, $11 50;
bulk meats loose, shoulders, 6c: lon.r clear,
8c; clear rib sides, 7Jc: sugar pickled should-)
crs, 7c: sngar cured smoked shoulders, 8c;
hams, large, lie; small, 11KC: lard, refined,
8V(c: crude, 7c. Butter steady, unchanged.
Eggs firm, unchanged.
NEW ORLEANS Sngar steady: centrifu
gal plantation granulated, S?3 13-lGz: choice
white, 3c; off white, 33Jc: gray
white, 3l3c: choice veliow clarified, 3 5-16
3 7 10c; prime do, 3J3Kc; off do, 33 M6;
seconds, 22c. Molases Steady: open
kettle good prime, 3233c; prime, 3031c;
irood fair. 27023c: centrifngal prime, 26c:
'good fair. 23c; fair. 21c: good common, 16c;
common, 12c; syrup, 2230c.
aiiXAVATJK.EE Flour quiet. Wheat firm;
No. 2 spring, on track, cash, 91c; Decem
ber, 90fc: No. 1 Northern, 94Kc. Corn
easier; No. 3, on track, cash, 5dc Oats
easy; No. 2 white, 'on track, 32c. Barley
quiet; October, 60c. Rye firm: No.;l, in store,
91)c. Provisions quiet. Pork January,
$10 t2 Lard January, $6 1Q.
DTJLDTH AVheat No. 1 hard, cash. 95c;
October, 93c: November, 93c bid; December,
gjVc; May, $1 01, nominnl; No. 1 Northern,
caHh. 92Jc; October, 92'4c; November, 90Kc;
sellers, December, 90c: sellers, May, 98c;
Na 2 Northern, casn, 87Jcj No. 3, 84c;
rejected, 74c
MINNEAPOLIS Wheat October closed 1
at 87JiJc; December, opening, 89c; highest,
89c: lowest, 88: closed, 88c; May opened
at 96jfc: highest 93c; lowest, 95c; closed,
at 95c; on track. No. 1 hard, cWe: No. 1
Northern, 88Kc; No. 2 Northern, 85S7c.
OINCINNATI Flour easy. Wheat quiet;
No. 2 red, 9494c Corn in moderate de
mand; No. 2 mixed. 50c. Oats active, firm;
No. 2 mixed, 3lX32c- Rye steady; No.
2,91c Provisions dull. Butter easy. Eggs
quiet, 20c. Cheese firm.
KANSAS CITT AVheat very unlet; KoS J
hard, cash and October, and No. 3 red,
cash, no bid. Corn steady: No. 2 cash and
October, 45c Oats lower; No. 2 cash and Oo'
tober, 25Jc bid. Eggs firm at 18c.
. TOLEDO Wheat dull and lower; casta.
October, 97c: December, 98c; May, $1 04Ji.
Corn dull and steady; cash, 59e: January,
Kc Oats quiet: cash, 30c Bye active
and easier; cash. 93c
THE PRICE OF MILK RAISED.
The Lacteal Fluid AVIII Not Be So Cheap
This Winter A Scale of Price Set at
Homestead Higher Kates for Feed and
Poor Pasture.
For two months after November 1 the
wholesale price of milk in Pittsburg will
,be 23 cents a gallon. William Fuher, of
the Diamond Milk Company, said there)
was somewhat of a Scarcity of the lacteal
fluid in country districts, bnt that ths
wholesaler did not have trouble in setting
it, becanse of purchasing it in very large
quantities. The dairymen who deliver by
milk cart will, after November 1, increasa
the price from 7 cents to 8 cents a quart.
This scale is changed every two months.
"I understand that in "the country tha
pastures have been poor, and that the "milk
men and owners of cows have been com
pelled to buy expensive feed for their
stock," continued Mr. Fuher. ''Owing to
this the price naturally would go up, in
order to compensate them for their extra
outlay and trouble. The country dealer
cannot compete with the city dealer on
amount of the large quantities handled by
the latter."
At Homestead the retailers have agreed
to raise the price on amounts taken daily by
customers during the winter, as follows:
1 gallon, 30c; i gallon, 18c; 1 quart, 10c;
1 pint, jc; pint, 3c It has been a long
time since those prices were in vogue in
Homestead. There has not been a change '
of prices for a number of years; not indeed
since the price was reduced from 10 to 8
cents per quart, several yearsuigo.
"Owingtothe great scarcity of milk," said
Jacob Miller, Jr., and Itobt. C. Herron,
"the price has bce'n advanced on all dealers,
and like-all other retail business men, we
mnst raise accordingly. Some of the streets
will be almost impassable for at least three
months this winter. It Js not only the con
dition of the streets that causes the price-
list to De cnangea, out many otner reasons.
One inparticnlar ishe high price at which
the diflerent kinds of cow feed is sold, and
as there has been bnt very poor pasture dur
ing the summer the producers ot milk were
compelled to buy and feed this high-priced
food."
LATE NEWS- IX BRIEF.
Nearly every inhabitant of Melbonme
Australia, has the grip.
A "beauty" show in a Melbourne, Aus
tralia. theater was recently mobbed by the'
audience
The two big cracked cannon on tho
British warship Benbow will be removed
and strengthened.
Tho whaler Grampus, tho crew of whicta
were falsely reported to be massacred by
nativesin the Arctic Ocean, has turned up
all right.
Cardinal Gibbons chances for fllllng'the
papal chair are not very bright, according
to opinion in Rome. The next Pope will
probably be an Italian.
A collision occurred on the Omaha rail
road near Tramway, AVis.,Thusrday,Detween
a passenger train and a live stock train.
Twenty-sir cattle weie killed.
The corner stone ot Augustin Daly's
theater, being built in London, was laid by
Miss Ada Rctian yesterday. The exercises
were closed by tho band playing "Yankee
Doodle."
Orin Turril, of St. George, A't,, swallowed
some dynamite the other day while testing
it on his tongue. He was in mortal fear of
an inward explosion until a physician re
moved the charge.
A little child in the Choctaw nation was
strangled to death last Saturday by a snaki
whice coiled around its neck. The mothe:
had placed the little one in the front yard,
wuere tne trageuy tooK piaco.
Three prisoners escaped from the Michi
gan penitentiary at Jackson. Wednesday,
Dy tunnelling 4U leec to tne street, mi
guards saw them but supposed they wen
laborers, as they had provided thomselve:
witn overalls and dinner pans.
While the British gunboat Sabrina was
engaged in gun practice near Plymouth",
England.yesterday, some of her shots struct!
and immediately sank tlie fishing smack;
Sunbeam and Aurore. One man belonging to
the Aurore was drowned, while another was
nearly so. t4
All but six of he crew of the sealer
Hamilton Lewis, captured by the Russians,
wen sent to A'ladivontock.The Russians took
the schooner to A'ladivostock and ran lier,
aground three times on the trip. The prison
ers were well treated at Vladivo'stock,wher8'
Captain McLean escaped. f
The Drygoods Market.
New York, Oct. 30. Transactions in dryi
goods were of a more liberal character in
staple cottons, with an outlook for increased,
wants amd a scarcity of goods, at least of
popular brands. Quiet was still reported in
outside makes. Prices ruled firm, with in
creased confidence, though the market wa
not wit houf a weak spot here and there Busi
ness was improved in woolen dress goods,
men's wear woolens, flannels and blankets,
though not to any marked degree.
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