THE' HTTSBTJKG DISPATCH. WEDNESDAY . APRIL 20, 189a
FEATURES OF TRADE.
The
Evolution in the Mercantile
and Manufacturing Lines.
OLD TIME METHODS OBSOLETE..
Kew Intentions Compel Shrewd Tradesmen
to Be Ever on the Alert
MUSIC AND THE CALFSKIN TRAFFIC
Oftice or The Dispatch, J
rrnsBCBG, Tuesday, April 19. J
Darwinianism has had no stronger con
firmations than have been furnished of late
years by the developments in trade lines.
The tradesman who would adhere to the
methods of a decade ago wonld Terr soon
find himself without a constituency. The
methods of business by which success was
won in the olden time would be disastrous
to-day.
In the good old days merchants waited for
business to come to them, How the mer
chant must go for trade and the drummer is
abroad in the land. The merchantman
who at this day waits for trade
to come to him is no longer a
quantity in the commercial world.
Trade must be pushed or the tradesman will
be left. In the past year this fact has been
demonstrated as never before. Mareins of
profit have never been so close in thfs land
as they have been for a year or two past.
Close Karcln the Rnle Sow.
So close has been the margin that in many
lines there has been a loss to the manufac
turer. The manufacturer of hardware who
can rean anv profit at present prices must
have rare advantages in location and prices
ot raw material. It is within the memory
of people not very old, when nails were sold
at $7 00 per keg. At this date they are dull
at 51 70 per keg. Steel rails were sold at
BraddocK ten years aso at $75 00 per ton.
Present price is $31 00 to $31 50. And
o it is in all departmentsoftrade. Thenew
Inventions In machinery compel manu
facturers to keep a constant watch in order
that they mar keep in line with tho new
era. One of our leading manufacturers who
K reduces a special line of goods, which havo
ad a great run for some years past, had
this to say in a rerent interview: "1
have no more dlfllcult question to
solve In my business than this of
meeting new inventions. Multitudes of men
all over the land are workins their brains to
discover new methods by which onr pro
ducts may bo put on tho market at lower
nrices than wo are able to furnih the good.
The result is we mnst be constantly on the
alert to produce the goods at rates with
which we can compete with new comers.
The methods which were successful a few
rears apo would not now brlngusany profit.
The merchant or manufacturer who would
keep abreast of the times must keep his eyes
open and be ready to tail in with the new
inventions."
Mnslc in Calfskin.
A correspondent of the Chicago Side and
Leather has this to say of a special trade in
calfskin lines:
Joseph Rogers, Jr., of Htghview, Sullivan
county, X. T., who is said to bo the largest
manulactnrer of drum, and banjo beads in
the United States, furnishes Bideand Leather
with the following interesting particulars:
I uso calfskins only in producing my
heads a two-pound skin up to 12 pounds
Inclusive, selecting light spready skins that
are well taken off and kept clean. Skins
for my trade must be absolutely perfect.
They should be free from score cuts part
ways through, for, wheie such arepiesent,
when the head is drawn tight on tho instru
ment, it breaks In the weak spot or will pull
apart in damp weathor. The Eogcrs family
has secrets in manufacturing that have
never gone out to outsiders; the mode of
curins, etc., is entirely different from that
or other makers from the time the skin
is first put into the vats until it is finished.
My heads, of which I manufacture three
brands, bring more than any of the other
Rorers:'" these goods go to every State In
the Union, aud also to many foreign coun
tries Canada, England, Scotland, Australia
and South America taking large lots. I
admit no one to mv works, unless well
known to me. My capacity is 30J dozen per
month, although I seldom turn out more
than 200 dozen in that time. Orcoursowe
liavo dnll seasons. Just as In any other busi
ness, but lTgcneraJly manage to keep busy.
Now, I am always on the lookout tor nice.
ciean. wen taken on caiismns, running irom
two to eight pouuds, green salted, although
I also uso much heavier, preferring, how
ever, seven to eignt pound stocK."
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
Receipts, Shipments and Prices at
East
Liberty nnd All Other Yards.
OrncE of Tnc DisrATcn. I
Pm-SECta, Tuesday, April 19. (
Cattle Receipts, 100 head; shipments, 120
head; maiket slow at yesterday's prices; no
cattle shipped to New York to-day.
Hogs Receipts, 1,000 head; shipments. 900
bead; market slow; all grades, $4 903 10; 2
cars hogs shipped to New Tore to-day.
Sheep Receipts, 1,200 head: shipments, 800
head; market steady at yesterday's prices.
Ey Telegraph.
Chicago Cattle Eeceipts, 7,000 head;
shipments, 3,000 head: market steudv; prime
to choice steer;, 54 354 65; Blockers', $2 90
3 25; cornfed, $2 25i 25. Hogs KecelpU,
25,000 head; shipments, 11,000 head; market
opened strong aud closed a shade lower:
rough and common, $4 00g4 23; mixed and
packers', $4 354 60: prime heavy and butch
ers' wehrhts, $4 C54 70; light, $4 404 05.
Sheep Eeceipts, 8,000 head; shipments, 4.000
bead; market active and stead)-; ewes, $3 30
4 50; wethers. $6 00g6 83; Westerns, $3 80
o 30; lambs, $5 7IQ 7 to.
New York Beeves Eeceipts, 777 head, all
for exporters and slaughterers; no trade;
leeling firm: dressed beet steady at CQSc per
lb; to-day, 7,000 beeves; to-morrow, 90S beeves
and 6.836 quarters of beef. Calves Receipts,
432 bead; market steady; veals, $4 005 50 per
100 lbs. Sheep Eeceipts, SS! head; market
slow: unshorn sheep, S6 006 75; clipped
lamb?, $6 236 90; dressed mutton, 1012c
Serlb; dressed lambs dull, HJ13c per lu.
ogs Eeceipts, 4,214 head consigned direct;
nominally steady; $4 S05 25 per 100 lbs.
St. Louis Cattle Eecelpts.1,753 head: ship
ments, iOO head; market steady to strong;
handy to good native steers, $3 0004 23:
Texan and Indian steers, $3 004 23; all
kinds, $2 504 00. Hogs Receipts, u,8J5 head;
shipments, 9G3 head: market barely steady;
fair to prime heavv. $4 594 65; mixed or
dinary to good, $4 C01 5j: light, fair to
best. $4 404 60. Sheep Receipts, 600 head;
shipments, none; marker, strong; good to
choice natives, $4 506 CO; clipped Texana,
$4 755 15.
Buffalo Cattle Eeceipts, 2 loads through,
no sale; nothing doing, leeling firm. Hogs
Keceipt,S loads through," sale; steady: heavy
prades,$5 03Q5 10; packeis' andmedium,$5 03
5 10. Sheep nnd lambs Eeceipts, none
uirough, 5 safe; market steady: sheep, extra
fancy wool, $d 75g7 00; good to choice, S6-5J
6 65; fair to goon, $B 105 40; lambs, good to
extra wool, 7 607 65; lair to good do, $7 00
7 0.
Kansas Cltv Cattle Eeceipts, 5,400 head;
shipments, 1,000 head; the market was weak
to JOo lower: steers, $3 S54 23: cows, $125
2 50; stocker and ieedeiv, $2 logs 35. Hoj.s
Receipts, 17,000 head: shipments, 1,700 head;
the market opened 510e lower.aud closed 0o
lower; all grades, 3 97J$4 33; bulk, $4 25a
4 32, Sheep Receipt-,:!, ii l.ead;shipmeni,
400 head; the maiket was active and strong.
Cincinnati Hogs in good demand and
stronger: common and light. $3 25S470: pack
ing and butchers, $4 4C4 75; jeteipts, 2.0S0
bead; shipments, 1,30 head. Cattle steady
at S2 OOg-4 00; receipts, 3J0 head; shipments,
30 head. Sneep strong at St O06 23; re
ceipts, 70 head: shipments, none. Ljimhsin
good demand; common to choice, ii ODQs 50
$ 100 lbs.
Omaha- Cattle Eeceipts, 4,400: market
lower; common to lancy steers, 13 004 25;
Westerns, $2 7o3 40. Hogs Receipts, 6,000;
the market was eak nnd5f$10c lower: light,
$4 334 45; heavy, $4 254 40; mixed, $4 3n
4 35. Sheep Receipts, -4S; market acthe
and steady; prices unchanged.
The Drygoods Market.
New Toek, April 19. The demand for drv-
foods was of somowhat improved character
n regard to lall fabrics. Dress goods con
tinued active for orders, and there was more
doing in woolen flannels and cotton flan
nels. Neither of tho two latter were active,
but the situation was more defined, and it is
now almost certain that there will bono
auction sales of flannels. Blankets havo al
ready bad A lair sale
The Metal Market.
Kit Yorx, April 19. Pi; Iron dull; Ameri
can, tl4 '75616 25. CODper quiet; Lake, $11 80
bid, $11 90 asked. Lead firm: domestic, $4 23
jJ4-27J. Tin strong; btraigs, $20 50 bid,
tM 60 asked.
A BULGE IN CORN,
Cansed by Kervons Bushing; to Cover by the
Shorts A Surplus of Swine Knocks Out
the Provision Market Wheat Goes
Down a Cent.
CHICAGO Corn and pork divided public
Interest with wheat to-day. A bnlge of near
ly 2 cents took place In the corn pit. Fork
was almost panicky, and slid down 30 cent.
Wheat went off a cent.
The stir in corn was due to nervous buy
ing, helped on by some manipulation. The
firmness in corn for several days past, even
when all other markets on the floor wero
weak, was a warning to the short sellers in
May that it might be safer to get under
cover. This feeling has increased from day
"to day as the receipts kept coming in very
moderately and the grading showed no im
provement. The opening of navigation has
left practically no contract corn here. The
weather has been against both shipments
and grading. Tho action to-day was almost
entirely in May. The crowd acted as if
afraid of some strong parties in New Tork
said to be heavy long on corn. Tho market
eased off ic from top prices, closing irregu
lar, May 1?1X0 un compared with last
nieht, and July onlv K6e.
Oats firmed up with corn, closing about
Jc higher than last night.
Too many hogs at tho yards and conse
quent lower prices knocked the bottom out
or the market lor pork. Trading was active,
the public selling freely and the shorts bny
ing, thus taking their profits. Lard and ribs
were, however, comparatively quiet and
fairly steady. Shortly before the end of the
session the local operators raided the mar
ket and drove it down to the lowest point of
the day, everything in the way of hog prod
ucts closing weak.
Wheat trading was largely local. The
market opened weaker and prices c
lower than yesterday's closintr, advanced to
the extent of the decline, and yesterday's
closing figure was reached, but again be
came weak and declined lie. then ruled
lrregular.and the closing was about lc lower
than yesterday. The speculative offerings
were rather heavy most of the day.especial
ly for July delivery, and it was this which
held the market down somewhat. New
York parties bought fairly at intervals dur
ing the session.
The early weakness was influenced some
by the English cables, which, it was thought,
would come in higher on account of the re
ported cold weather in England and on the
continent yesterdar, but instead came in
lower all around. The temporarv recovery
was on a decided falling off of 2,210,000 bush
els in the quantity on ocean passage. This
was more than offset later by u statement of
a hu?e decrease in the estimated receipts of
the United Kingdom and Europe.
The leading futures ranged as follows, as cor
rected by John M. OaUev & Co., Sixth street,
members of the Chicago Board of Trade:
Clos
ing. Articles
wheat, 'o. 2.
April
Mar
Jnlv.
Coax, So. 2.
April.
May
June
Oats. No. 2.
May ,
June ,
Mass Fork.
Slav ,
July
"I.ARD.
May
Jnlv
SHORT RlCS.
May
Julr
mi
80)
4!
42,
as
MX
S8
9 62
9 75
620
5 47K
5 62H
Cash' quotations were as follows: Flour
steidv and nnchanged. No.2 spring wheat,
81KSlJc: No. 3 spring wheat, f. o. u., 80c: No.
2 recLSSkc; No. 2 com, 4042c; -n. 2oats. i8y
2SJc: So. 2 white, f. o. b., 3032c; So. 3
white. 2S29Jc: No. 2 rve. 72c: No. 2 barlev.
S5G0c; No. 3, f. o. b.. 4455c; No. 4, f. o. b., 44
Kc; No. 1 flaxseed, 97c: prime timothy
Feed. $1 291 Si Mess pork, per bill., $0 57K
9 CO. Lard, per 100 lbs. $6 2086 22. Shore
ribs, sides (loose), $3 475 SO. Dry salted
shonlders (boxed), $1 5'mi 00. Short clear
sides (boxed). $G 17K6 30. Whisky, distil
lers' finished goods, per gal., 81 13. Sugars
cut loaf, 53c; granulated, 4c; standard
A,4c.
On the Frodnoe Exchange to-day butter
was in good demand: fancy creamerv, 21
22c: fine Western, 1920c: ordinary. 1718c;
fine dairies, lSglOc. Eggs steady at 12,
NEW YOKE Flour, steady and quiet.
Cornmeal dull and steady. Wheat Spot
unsettled, weak and active: No. 2 red. 95J
96c ctoro and elevator, BSJc$l OOK afloat,
9SJc$l OOJf f. o. b.: No. 3 red, 91WK92c; un
graded red, 7Sc$l fW; No. 1 Northern.
9c; No. 2 Chicago, 83945c: No. 2
Northern, to arrive, 86c: options No. 2
red, April, Slii&Kftc, closing at !HKc: May,
&0?K9ic. closing i.t 98c: June. 8SsS90 13-1 6c.
July, K 0-lfiT30-Je. closing at e&gc: Au
gust. S3i9$4c: September. 8SK89c,
closing at fcSJjJc: December, 9192Jc, clos
ing at 91c Kyedull. Birleydull. Corn
Spot opened stronger and closed easier and
quiet: no. -i, ec'jc in elevator, 43jijOo
afloat; ungraded mixed. 4130c; No. S. 4l
46c; steamer mixed, 46J-J4SJ4c; ontions
April, 4949Jc,closing at49o; jlay,46Jf47c,
closing at 47c: July, 45J46c, closing at 46c.
Oats Spot irregular ana moderate business;
options dull aud irregular: May, 33JiS4c,
closing at Sic; June, 33iffi33c, closing
at 33Kc July, 33S3Wc. closing at
SPc: No. 2 white. April, 355f: spot, No. 2
wlnte. 36e: mixed Western, 34K36Kc: white
do, 3340Jic Hay firm; shipping, 73c; good
to choice. 8593c. Hops strong.falr demand:
State common to choice, 2tC2c; Pacific
coast, 2632c Tallow steady. Eggs firm:
Wostern, UyLc Hides steady and inactive.
Pork active and firm. Cut meats dull and
easy; pickled bellies, 5c: middles quiet
and easr; short Clear, $3 no. Lard opened
stcadv. cloced weak and dnlhWestern steam
closed $6 52 asked: May $B 5L closing $0 50:
July J 0 57, Augnst, 56 65. Butter In moderate
demand nnd firm: Western dairy, 13VsC17c;
do creamery, 1624c; do factory, 1416c;
Elgin, 24c. Cheese in moderate demand and
steady; part skims, 59c.
PHILADELPHIA Flour slow. Wheat
steidv: No. 2 red and April, 951SJc; May,
93JJ94c; June and July, 91Jg9Jc. Corn
firm: No. 4, in grain depot, 44c; J o. 3, in ex
port elevator, 4c; steamer, in export ele
vator, 45c: No. 2, in export elevator, 46Kc:
No. 2 mixed, April. 4G16Jc; Mav. 46
4Gc: Jnne, 45K45c; Jmy, 45J4Sc
Oats Carlots quiet out steady: mtures
wholly nominal: No. 2 mixed, 33c: No. 3
white, 27c; choice ungraded white, 33Jc:
No. 2 white, SSc: do fancy, 39Kc: No." 2
white. April. 37&3Sc; June and Jnly, 35
S7c Butter quiet; Pennsylvania print extra,
3C33c Eggs firm aud in'fair demand; Penn
sylvania firsts, 14c
ISAIriMOKr. Wheat firmer: No. 2 red
spot, 95c; April, 93Jc: May. KpzyBc: June,
92c; steamer No. s red, SSe. Corn firmer;
mixed pot, 48J19c: April, 4Sie4Sc: May,
46K46Kc; Jnue, 45W15c; July, 46c;
steamer mixed, 47K47Kc. Oats steady:
No. 2 white Western, S38Xc: No. 2 mixed
oo, itjiaaic. uyo quiet: no. 2. 86c asked.
Hav firm: good to choice timothy, $14 50
15 30. Provisions steady and quiet. Butter
firmer; creamerv fancy, 25c; do fair to
choice, 2I23c: do imitation. 1921c; ladle
fahcy, 18c; good to choice. 1517c; rolls, fine,
18c: do lair to good, 1517c Eggs steady at
1313c
T. LOUI-FIonr firm, but unchanged.
Wheat Cash advanced lc: No. 2 red, selling
at 85c. Options opened a off, recovered)
then dropped again and closed lc below
yesterdav: ilav closed at 833c: July, 78c:
August, 7Sc Corn "vns slow but cash and
Jlavwero hleher: No. 2 cash, 37G)37J.c: Mav,
36c: July, 3CJic. Oats higher: No. 2 cash,
KOJc: May. 30c; Jul3", 27c Eve and barley
Nothing doing. Provisions Dull and lower.
Pork, stnndard jobbing, $$10 25; irregular.
$10 00. Lard, $5 906 00.
NEW "TILKANS Sugar firm, open kettle,
choice, 3Jc; fully fair to prime, Za good
common to good fair, 2 13-163c; common,
2211-lGc; inicrior, 2c: centrifugals,
choice yellow clarified, SJfcc; primo, do, 3V
3 ll-16c; off, do, 53c: seconds, 2 9-163c.
Molasses Centiiiiiunis firm; strictlv prime,
lflc; good prime, 1517c: fair to prime, 10
13c; common to good common, 69c
CINCINNATI Flour easy. Wheat strong;
No. 2 red, P031c Corn in good demand: No.
2 mixed, 42$c Oats steady: No. 2 mixed,
3232-ior Re steady: No. 2, 82S3c Pork
eair and lower at $10 12. Laideasierat
$6 OOgG 03. Bulk meats easier at $5 63.
Bacon steady at $6 636 70. Butter firm.
Eggs quiet at lie Cheese steady.
MiXWADKKK Flour quiet. Wheat un
settled; May, 79Jc; No. 2 spring, 83c; No. 1
Northern, 84c. Corn firm: Iso. 3, S9Kc Oats
quiet: No. 2 white, 30K31c. No. 3 white, 29
30c Barley quiet; No. 2, 53c Rye steady;
No, 1, 80c Provisions easy. Pork May, $9 60.
Lard Slay, $6 77K-
M1NNKAPOLIS Wheat No. 1 Northern
April, closing at 7Sc: May opening, 78Jc:
highest, 7SJo: lowest. 77c: closing, 78c; July
opening, 8Sc: highest, slKc; lowest, 80Jfc:
Closing, 8oju: on track. No. 1 hard, S2c; No. 1
Northern, sOJfc: No. 3 Northern, 7678c
UCLITTH Wheat No. 1 hard, cash, 80Ve;
April, 79c: May, Sllic; June, 83Jc; Juiy,
f4J4c; No. i Northern, cash. 79c: April, 78c;
May, 80c: June, 81c; Jnly,82c; No.2 North
ern, cash, 73;: No. 3, 6Sc; rejected, 6lc: on
track, No. 1 hard, 82c; No. 1 Northern, 80c.
KANS SCITT Cash wheat sold at yester
dsy's prices; No. 2 hard, 727Hc: No. 3 red. 81
Sic Corn was strong; No. 2 mixed, 35c:
No. 2 white. 36J37c. Oats stoady: No. 2
mixed, 29S0c; No. 2 white, 30a Eye
was weak; -No. 2 sold at 67c
TOLKDO-Wheat dull: May, 90Jc; July,
fie; Augnst, S3c Corn stcadv; No. 2 cash, 40c;
No. 3, 39Kc: Maj-, 4IXc. Oats quiet; cash,
31 Vc Bye dull; cash, 80c
Open- High- Low
ing, est. est.
f 80 1 HH 80
80S m soh
son sm no
40V 4I 40H
4t v 4o;
38H 3Wi SS,S
m JH S8H
273 SS 27fc
9 85 B 85 9 62H
10 CO 10 00 9 7S
6 3) 3S 6 20
6 27,S 6 30 6 25
S 52 5 52K S 47K
5 63 S bill 5 6
ON. THE NORTHSIDE.
Many Buildings Going Up and Con
templated in Various Quarters.
HFTI COUNTED FEOM ONE, POINT.
Contract let for a Permanent Home for the
Keystone Bicycle Club.
FEATUBES OF K0NEI AND SPECULATION
The Keystone Bisycie Club, composed of
prominent young people of the East End,
recently purchased for $2,000 a lot on Howe
street, near. O'Hara, as a site' for a perma
nent home. Yesterday the managers of the
club let a contract for the erection of a
building to cost $8,000, and tobe completed
at as early a date as possible. ,Orth Bros,
are the architects.
A Hegheny City Is Growing.
Building operations are being prosecuted
with much energy on the Horthside. Mr.
Herbert DnFuy is finishing the last of 40
pressed brick front modern dwellings, mod
eled after the Philadelphia style, on Sedg
wick street, Morrison avenue and St Clair
Terrace, Sixth ward, and has commenced the
foundations lor 0 more of the same class in
the same locality. They will be completed
by August 1. A. Z. Byers & Co. have
them in charge. Mr. "VV. "W. Davis, the
well-known druggist, has demolished the
old'building at the corner of Ohio and San
dusky streets, preparatory to the erection
of a brick four-storv business stand of mod
ern design and equipment. The large
building corner of Biver avenue and An
derson street, owned by M, C, Bracken, is
undergoing reconstruction to a degree that
amounts practically to rebuilding. It is
said it will be used as a hotel. No. 219
Federal street, razed some time ago, is being
replaced by a four-story business house.
The substructure is about finished. No.
223, .in the same locality, will soon be
treated in a like manner. M. A. Donovan,
brick contractor, is putting up a 510,000
residence in the Btdgeview Land Com
pany's plan, Eleventh ward. Messrs.
"Wright, Mellor, Kose, McKean and Coffin
are building nearby. From the corner of
Charles street and Perrysville avenue CO
houses in various stages of completion can
be counted.
Activity In the Lot Market.
The Allegheny lot market is in a healthy
condition. J. TC. Ewing & Co. disposed of
24 lots in the Mayfield plan, owned by the
Bissell estate, at the opening sale. This
firm will soon put in the market a new sub
division on Linden, Maple and McNaugher
avenues. Tenth and Eleventh wards. A. Z.
Byers & Co. are opening up the Grande
Pointe plan in the Eleventh ward. They
report a good inquiry for lots in the Bidge-
view Land Company s plan, jMeventn ward,
and also in the Bcllevue district, which is
rising in importance as an l outlet to the
crowded portion ot the city.
Yesterday's Bnlldlng KeCord.
Building permits issued yesterday do not
make a list of imposing length, but are well
up in figures. Eight were taken out, repre
senting 17 improvements, the cost of all
being estimated at $110,700. Those oi most
importance are: .Ruben & Solomon, brick
Cve-itorv business house on Smithfield
street, $90,000; John H. Beese, two frame
dwellings on Vespucci street, Twenty-third
ward, $1,400; Andrew Uressel, bncK dwel
ling on Ann street, Sixth ward, $2,000;
Charles Kreiling, four brick dwellings on
Tus'tin street, Sixth ward, $5,200: John A.
Kaercher, six brick dwellings on Ann
street, Sixth ward, $8,500; Balph Bagalay,
frame addition to dwelling on Breckinridge
street, Thirteenth ward, 2,500.
Special Features or Trade.
It Is said Pleasant Vnlley cars will be run
ning to Bellevue by October.
The annual meeting of the Monongahela
Water Company will be held Tuesday, May 3.
Thomas Burgess sola to ). w . jviegauan a
residence property on Biddle avenue, Wil
kinsburg, lor$2.S00.
Work on the Jack's Enn bridge is making
nnsatisfactory progress. Citizens or that
quarter are anxious for itsearlycompletlon.
Tho Pittsburg Femnle College proporty Is
offerod as a whole or in parts. It is well
situated for almost any kind of business.
Bonds of tho Wilkinsburg Electric Light
Company are in the market. Tho plant cost
$118,000. " Earnings last year paid all ex
penses and left something lor the surplus
iuna.
At the close of the final stock call yester
dav 2 was hid for Birmingham Traction,
an'd 39 Jor Manchester, offered at 40. Du
qnesne as passed.
The Odd Fellows' Savings Bank yesterday
elected the lollowing Bomd of Directors to
serve for'the ensuing yean Andrew Miller,
George W. Eankin, John M. Horner, A. M.
Brown, M. Schuetz, George W. Schmidt,
Samuel Shaner, Frederick Gwinner, T. J.
Stevenson. B. H. King and F. E. Moore.
In New York $3,000 Pittsburg and Western
4s sold at 3.
Additional Points in Realty.
The congregation of St. Luke's Church
has sold a lot in the Twentieth ward, Pearl
street, 60x321 fcet.for $10,822. ,
J. J. Cupplcs sold for Samuel Courtney an
acre and a quarter at Emsworth, to John C
Anderson, for $2,400. The purchaser will im
prove with a handsome residence.
John K. Ewing & Co. sold to James S. Wil
son four lots, 23x100 each, on Mayfield avo
nne, in tho Mayfield sub-division. Tenth
ward, Allegheny City, for $2,800. The pur
chaser will Improve the property by erect
ing four flvc-roomed frame houses.
W. A. nerron & Sons sold a property on
Locust, near Gist street, lot 23x33 feet, with
an old building, for $1,300; also a lot 24x100
feet on Madison avenue, near Thirty-third
street, for $C00. The-.purchaser pays for im
provement and sewering of street. He will
improve at once.
Black & Baird sold to Charles Glendenlng
lot No, 63 in tho rear of the D. II. Barr plan,
Brushton, fronting 25 feet on Tioga street by
100 in depth, for $500 cash.
W. E. Ilamnett & Co. sold a house and lot
on Holland street, Wilkinsburg, for $3,530.
HOME SECURITIES.
A DULL MARKET, tTITn NO MATERIAL
TRICE CHANGES.
Philadelphia Gas and Luster the Only Spe
cial IFeatnrea Street Railway Neg
lected Investors) Following the Exam
plo Set by Micawber Business and
Fluctuations.
The stock, market yesterday was dull and
almost featureless. Investors appear to
have a surfeit of securities for the present.
Philadelphia Gas and Luster were tho only
attractions. The former advanced to 19 at
the mld&ay call, bnt weakened a little in tho
afternoon. There was next to none of it on
the market. The advance in Luster was
due to information from the mine that all
the mills nre in operation. The street rail
ways were neglected, with scarcely nny de
viation in prices. Switch and Airbrako
closed a fraction up for the day. ,
The result of the special meeting of stock
holders of the Pleasant Valley Railway to
consider the proposition to increase .the
capital stock and bonded debt will bo fouud
in the local department.
The onlv sale at first call was that of 10
shares of Underground Cable at 74. After
call, 100 shares or Pipeage went at 11, 10 Lus
ter at 94. 10 at flji. und $4,C00 Birmingham
bonds at 103. Tht-ie was no business at the
second call, but after the close SO. Philadel
phia Gas changed hands at 19. Sales at the
afternoon session were 40 Manchester Trac
tion at 39, and 10 Iron and Glass Bank at
135. Bids and offers in detail follow.
EXCHANGE
STOCKS.
THIRD
CALL.
B. A.
Allegheny N. B..
M. M. N. B...
Mercantile Trust
Char.Val.Gas Co
P. N. G. &P. Co
Phila. Co
Wheeling Gas Co
Ft. Pitt In. P. Co
12X.
II
"X
IS
19
21
Central Traction
Cltlzens'Tractlou
.Pleasant Valley..
fcecond Avenue..
Pbr.. Y. Ash..
62
25
tax
"J3
29M..
Pbg.JncU.lt. Co
J'.. V. Jtc K.K.
Pbg. Wh. St. Kv..
50
50
61,'
N.Y.JtCG.f.Co
Luster Mln. Co..
Red Cloud Mln..
Kn termite M. Co.
w8
West'nouse Elec
it
is
U.S. ts. Co....
U. s.is.Co., nra
West. Airbrake .
B. U. Cable Co...
7
FIRST SECOND
CALL. CAI.L.
B. A. B. A.
66
"....
.... 106 .... 105
1214 13 12)4 13
11 11,4' 11 HH
1SX 19H 10 19)4
20X sm
5 20
TSH
62 02
25 25 ! 25 25X
. 60h
"fflM"" '.'.'.'. '.'."
'"i "'i '"sx'"X
:::: .::::::::
IS 19 IS 19
14 1H 15 ....
.... S7,S .... 7H
110 .... 110X 112,
74 73 742 75
BEADING STILL LEADS,
TVITn OVER ONE-HALF OF THE BULK
OF STOCK BUSINESS.
The Bullish. TTava Finds Its Limit, and
Everything Goes Down Coal Shares the
Only Ones That Yield Materially Kail
road Bonds Again Active.
Nrw Tork, April 19. The stock market ex
hibited a decreasing volume of business to
day, and though there.was heavy trailing in
the first hour the operations were again re
stricted later In the day to very ordinary
proportions. The Coal stocks wero the only
ones which yielded to any marked extent,
though a decline of 1 per cent in Cotton Oil
occurred, which was afterward fully recov
ered. The trading in Beading was still
heavy, but the othors, while'not particularly
active, kept pace with it in its decline.
The feverishness and weakness in the
market hardly outlasted the forenoon, when
there was the usual material decrease in the
volume of business and a corresponding de
crease in the pressure of short stocks upon
the market, which was accompanied by the
usual fractional rally in prices. Western
Union continued to bo tho special strong
point in the list. It feels none of the influ
Tirn nf thn ndvRrss aspects of the snecnla-
tive situation, and its price rises slowlj'but
steadily under the buying. There were a
few other strong points in tho'ltst; but they
failed to score anv material improvement.
nnd their advance failed to outlast the final
attack of the bears or resist the depressing
influence of the steady selling of the Coal
stocks and the material losses in those
shares toward the close.
The transactions in Beading, which were
not so overshadowing as usual or late in tho
forenoon, assumed even greater proportions
than for some time in the late trading, and
over one-half the recorded transactions are
again in that one stock. The selling was felt
in an extreme decline .of 3 per cent from its
best prices, the others following, and the de
cline served to check tho bullish feeling in
the rest of the list which had such steady
fTOWth during the last week. The general
ist, however, fluctuated within narrow lim
its, and only the Grangers were affected to
anv marked extent.
The market finally closed active and
henvy, though rallying at the time, with
prices generally close to the lowest, and in
most cases fractionally lower than those of
the opening. The final declines of moment
comprise. Beading, 3 per cent; Jersey Cen
tral, 2)i per cent: Lackawanna and Delaware
and Hudson, each 2 per cent; Erie, VA, per
ceift; Bock Island, iy. per cent, and Distill
ers, Ontario and Western and New Tork
Central, each 1 per cent.
The total sales of stocks to-dav were
429,400 shares. Including Atchison, 3,700; Chi
cago Gas, 6,020; Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western, 9,300; Delaware and Hudson, 3.6b3:
Erie. 13,120; Louisville and Nashville, 5,410;
Manhattan, 5,970; Missouri Pacific. 3,510;
Northwestern, 4,810: Northern Pacific pre
ferred, 4.115; New England, 13,910; Readin?,
224,100; Richmond and West Point, 4,370;
St. Paul, 21.750: Union Pacific, 4,35.!; West
ern Union, 21,780.
Eailtoad bonds, owing to the resumption
or activity among the Beading issues, were
specially active, the total transactions
reaching $2,300,000, of which $476,000 were
Beading thirds. The Eeadings are all lovrer
this evening, the thirds declining 2 to 59.
l'he following table shows the price of actlre
t-ock; on the New York StocK Exchangp vesterdav.
Corrected dally for The DisrATcn by Whitnkt Jt
STErHENSOV. oldest Pittsburg members of the
New York Stock Exchnge. 57 Fourth avenue.
Clos
ing bid.
Open
High Low
est, est.
40Jj 394
77 76"
96K KTi
S74 97i
"m "cvi
H0;2 133
"mi "77JJ
1095 IDS'
80 79J4
YS 1Z1!
49 S 4W
115X 115S
121 H 12J
144 144
71 ;o
II!, 31',
32H 32H
162?s 100
lioH 144
173 17
52 62
ing.
Am. Cotton Oil.
Am. rVitton OIL
0H
71
40
76,'
05
7K
J6H
8S
Gl
139)4
31
23
60
41
na
1C8K
79H
rsii
87
43 K
115i
12UJ
31J,
32
ma
144
I Am. Sugar Refining Co.
3g
Am. Sugar Refining Co.pid
Atch.. Top. ftS. F.
Si
61 '
Canadian Paclne
Canada Southern
Central of .New Jersey
Central Pacific
Chesapeake ft Ohio
c ft a. istpm
C. ftO.. 2d DM
Chicago Gas Trust
C, Bur. ftQuincv
C, Mil. ft St. Paul
C, Mil. & St. Paul, pfd....
C, Rock 1. 4 P
C, St. P. M. ftO
C, 8t P. M. ftO.. pfd....
wv,
to
1351
8a
49H
115
C. ft Northwestern
C, ft Northwestern, pfd...
C. C. C. ft I
Col. Coal ft Iron
Col. ft Hocking Val
Del., Lack, ft West
Del. ft Hudson
Den. ft Rio Grande
Den. ft Rio Grande, pfd...
K. r. Va. ft Ga
Illinois Central
Lake Erie West
Lake Erie ft West., pfd....
LakeShorcftM. S
LouisTlUuft Nashville
Michigan Central
Mobile ft Ohio
Missouri Pacific
National Cordage Co
National Cordage Co., pfd
New York Central
N. Y.. C. ft St. t,
ian
141
izh
1M'
17h
52
5
NWS
2RV
79
in.
37.6
17H
62!
4!l
lf4
2J)
73
131'
75
"37"
60
Vtl'4
ins'i
114,S
is h
73
-33
31);
74
33M
m
11
22H
evi
22
35)4
KU
58H
23
G.1
IKK
10?J
57
4
113
im
41
va
28
M
23!?
75
47
31
S5X
G!4
1U
109
115
is,V
N. Y., C. ft St L., 1st pfd.
N.Y.. C. ft St. I... 2d pfd.
N. Y., L. K. ft W
N. Y.. L. E. ft W..pfd....
N, Y. &N. E
N.Y.. Oft W
Norfolk ft Western
Norfolk ft Western, pfd. ..
North American Co
Northern Pacific
Northern Pacific, pfd
Ohio ft Mississippi
Pacific Mall
Peo.. Dec. ft Evans
Philadelphia ft Reading...
P.. O., C. ft St. L
P.. C. C. ft St. L.. pfd....
Pullman Palaec Car
Richmond ft W. P. T
Richmond ft W. P. T.. prd
St. Paulft Duluth
St. Paul. M'.nn. ft Man....
Texas Pacific
Union Pacific
Wabash
Wabash pfd
Western Union
Wheeling ft I,. E
Wheeling ft L. E,. pfd....
DIs. A Cattle I'd. Trust....
National .Lead Co
National Lead Co., pfd...
31!i
75H
33 'i
3H
'49
15
2Ii
uz
'Si
20
so:;
11314
J0!4
4r,H
J2
28 (
J2S
75'j
47X
Boston Stocks Closing Prloes.
Atchison ftTopcka.. 3GM
Calumet ft Hccla...
Franklin
Kcarsarge
Osceola
.280
. 13
. 33
Boston ft Albany.. ..205
Boston ft Maine 175
Chi.. Bar. ft Qnlncy.C8
FltchburgR. R fSH
Flint ft Pere M. nfd. 88
Santa Vc copper.
Tamarack
.. 57M
..172)j
Little Rock ft Ft. S. 'XH
Annlston Land Co.. 30
Miu. Central 18
N.Y. ftN. E Sii
N. Y. &N.E. 7s 119
Old Colonv 175
Rutland pfd.. .... GS
Wis. Central com... 17H
Wis. Central pfd 40
Allouez M. Co. (new) 1
Atlantic.'. 12
Boston ft Moat. 44)4
Boston Land Co G
San Diego Land Co. IIJi
West End Laud Co. 19
Ben Telephone 201
Lamson Stores.
. is
Water rower
. 3H
, ll
. 5.1
. uy.
Central Mining...,
N.E.Tel
B. ft B. Copper....
Boston Electric Stocks.
BOSTON, April 19. ISprcial.l The latest Elec
tric stock quotations to-day were:
If.". 104
2C!f 2b
79 78H
1SV 134X
75 75
"JT.'i "&'4
Gift IOH
102 JOlTa
10) 10S
115 114V
ISI4 lS)i
"i'iii "ii'ii
75-1, 74Vi
33V 3S
3 19
"ii" "49"
i.j'4 I4V
2244 Z!s
62H ClJt
"3-" "mi
20.' 20
61, 58
"ioji "'
57 511
455,' 4S
11314 1M'4
10H 10H
KH 40
lit i;v
2-W, 23
!V Wi
Zi 33)1
-6H 75
47i C4
"S6J4 "U
Bid Asked
. CIV 61
. 2 29
. S'i 9
. VA .7)4
. 10 12
. 12H 13
, V 7X
. 27 2s;s
. 41)4 44
. 113
. 103X H33
Thomson-Houston Electrle Companv..
Thomson-Houston Electric Co., pfd...
T.-II. R. Co., securities series C
T.-H..E. Co., securities series D
T.-II. E. Co., E. W.Co
Ft. Wavne Electric Companv
Ft. W. E. Co.. securities scries A
Westlnghouse Electric Company.
Wcstlnghouse Electric Company, pfd..
EdltonE. 111. Co
Boston Electric. Light Company
Philadelphia Stocks.
Closing quotations of Philadelphia stocks, fur
nished by Whitney St Stephenson, brokers. No. 57
Fourth avenue members of New York btock Ex
chauire.
Bid.
Pennsrlranl&itatlroad 55
Reading Railroad 29 7
BufTalo, N. Y.&Phll 8H
Lehigh Valley 58
Lehigh Navigation 54
Philadelphia & Erie
Northern Pacific, com 22s
Northern Pacific, prcf. 62
Asked.
56
IS 23K
814
59
5IX
39",
22
62)
Bllnlng Stock Quotations.
New Yore, April -1 Mining stocki B. &
B., 225: Crown Point, 110; Con. Cal. & Va., 430;
Deadwood, 210; Eureka Con.. 200; Gould &
Curry, 135: uale & Norcross. 155; Homestake,
1.350: Horn Silver, 20, Mexican, 150; Ophir,
225; Plymouth, 170: Potosi, 100; Savage, 143;
sierra Novaau, 13S; Standard, 130; Union
Con., 125.
ft
Bar Silver Quotations.
New York. April 19. Special. Bar silyer
in London, 39d per ounce; New York deal
ers' price lor silver, l;6o per ounce.
POINTS IN MONEY.
The Market Said to Be a Little Stronger
Cheap Bates.
The local money market developed some
hopeful symptoms yesterday. There was a
slight improvement in the call for loans, and
counter business was brisk. There was no
change in the interest rate, which was main
tained at 6 per cent, but there was consider
able outside business around S. Whether
shading is to be 'the -rulo or not depends
upon tho course of business the next few
weeks. Clearings were $2,912,510 54 and bal
ances $592,163 93.
The Journal of Finance says: "Money in
Europe and this country seldom if ever was
cheaper or more plenty. Its abundance and
the light demand is the feature of tho situa
tion. Call loans were recently made in Lon
don at less than 1 per cent. Chicago reports
that they are overflowing with money, and
It is plenty all through the Wests this will
likely lead to the loaning on paper that
heretofore has been closely scrutinized and
tend to aid better prices and more activ
ity in all investment or speculative prop
erties." -
At New Tork yesterday money on call
easy at 1J to 2 per cent, closed offered at 3.
Prime mercantile paper, 3K35K Per cent
Sterling exchange quiet but steady at
$4 S6X for 60-day bills and $4 87Jjror de
mand. Closing Bond Quotations.
U. S. 4s rcg 115H
3f..K.ftT. Gen. 59..H1
Mutual Union 6a HIV
N. J. O. Int. Cert...li;
Northern Pac. lsts. .111
Northern Pac. Ms...
Northwestern cons..07U
U. O. S9 COUP 10U
U. S. 4sreg
TJ. S. 4Ks coun 109
Pacific of '95 84
Louisiana stamp. 4s.
Missouri 6s 107
Tenn. new set. s,..100
Tcnn. new set. 5s..,. 69J$
Tenn. new set. Ss....l0O).
CanadaSo. 2ds 106 "
Cen. Pacific Jsts lis
Den. ft K. G. lsts.... 82
Den. &K. G. 4s
I)en.&R.G.West ljtsl07V
Erle2ds 81K
M..K..&T. Gen. 6s.. llii
Northw'u clbrs. As .. 81
Oregon ft Trans. Cs.,109
St. L. &I.M.Gcn.5sl2S
St.L.&S.F.Gtn.M..llS
St. Paul consols 834
St.P..C.&P.lst.... 314
IT. P. L. G. Tr. KctslOTH
T. P. R. G. Tr: RCU1C3K
Union I'ac. lsu
West Shore
R. G. West 80
Bank Clearings.
New Tork Bank clearings, $155,107,435; bal
ances, $7,05.281.
Boston Bank clearings, $16,250,379: bal
ances, $1,030 638. Monev 1K2 per cent. Ex
change on New Tork. 1720 cents discount.
Philadelphia Bank clearings $10,016,664;
balances $1,728436. Money 3 per cent.
Baltimore Bank clearings $3,973,569; bal
ances $456,328. Money 6 per cent.
New Orleans Clearings, $1,754,723.
Memphis New Tork Exchange selling at
par. Clearings $451,527; balances $146,264.
St. Louis Bank clearincs, $4,612,316; bal
ances, $564,520. Money, 56 per cent. Ex
change on New Tork par.
THE HOME MARKETS.
CREAMERY AND COUNTRY BUTTEB IN
LIGHT SUPPL AND STEADY.
Tropical Frnlta Still Quiet-Cereal Receipts
Light and the Tone of Trade Is Improv
ing Coffee Is Quiet at Lower Prices.
Otfice of The Dispatoti, J
PrrTSBuna, TcrsDAT, April 19: -J
Country Produce Jobbing prices
At the Monday sales of creamery butter at
Elgin prices, of last week were reaffirmed.
Supply of country and creamery butter has
been light the past few days, and markets
are fairly steady at our quotations. Eggs
are not as brisk as they were a few days be
fore Easter. Job lots were sold to-day at
13c per dozen. Poultry is in limited sup
ply and markets are firm. Tropical fruits
are dull and slow, with bananas as the ex
ception to the rnle. Lemons and oranges
are heavy stock. California oranges are not
up in quality, and are particularly dull.
Southern vegetables are In good supply and
demand is fair. Last season's vegetables are
dull and slow.
ArTLES-J2 002 50 per barrel.
Butter Creamery. Elgin. 15(aak:: Ohio brands.
2324c: common country butter, 1416c; choice,
country roll, ls20c.
BEAXS-New York and Michigan pea. $1 TTOl 85:
marrowfat $3 153 25: Lima beans, 3)43jc per lb;
band picked medium, 41 7C1 75.
Beiswax Choice. 3334c per lb; low grades, 22
25c.
Buckwheat Floub New. VlMa per lb.
CHEESE-Olilo choice. U6l2c; New Tork
cheese, 1212!c: Umburger, lJ3)nMc: Wisconsin
sweitzer, lull cream, 13)f14,Sc;Jmporterstreitzer,
2ea:6ic.
CiDKii Countrv cider. $5 0035 50 per barrel: sand
refined. $B 507 00: crab elder, 7 508 CO.
CliANllEItltltS Per box, $1 251 50; per barrel,
$5oaasoo.
EciGS Strictly fresh, 13KHc; goose eggs, 6065c
dozen.
PEATHKRS-Extra live ecese. 67053c: No. L 48
50c ? lb: mixed lots. 2535c.
DitiED FautTS Peaches, halves, 5)$c: evapora
ted apples, 73c; apricots, 9llc: blackberries. 5
fie: raspberries, 1S1S,'$c: huckleberries. 7c; Cali
fornia peaches, 79,'c.
Honey New crop, whlto clover, 1617o ; Cali
fornia honey. 1215c ? lb.
Maple Svkup New, GOtfJOSc ? gallon.
Maple sugab-5Sc 1 lb.
Onion Sets yellow Erie, $5 008 50; Jersey,
josoffiaoo.
Poultry Alive Chickens, 73S0c per pair;
live turkeys. I213c lb: duck3, 7057c a pair:
live geese, fl 00l 10 a pair; dreised chickens. 15(a
16c ? lb: drc-ed turkeys. lCQISc t lb; dressed
ducks, 1617c 9 lb.
Potatoes Carload lots, on track. 30(S35c: from
store. 40315c a bushel; Jersey sweets, 12 50(3275 per
barrel.
j?eeds Western recleaned medlum'clover. lob
bing at $3 10: mammoth, 3 25: tlmothv. 81 & for
prime and $1 GO for choice; blue grasi. $2 G52 80;
orchard grass. SI 50: millet, fl 15: German, $1 30;
Hungarian. (1 10; floe lawn, 25c per lb; seed buck
wheat. Jl 401 50.
TALLOW Country, 4c: city rendered. 4!4c.
Tropical Kkcits Lemons, fancy Messina. $350
(33 75: Florida oranges. M 00(33 15 a box: Mesninas,
SI 753 00: liamnas. $1 toSI 75 firsts. t 1031 23 sec
onds: Pcrsnu dates, 4)5c per pound: larcrflgs,
Italic per pound: pineapples, S2 002 50a W.en.
Vegetables Cabbage, N cw Florida, $3 00S3 CO
a crate; old VI 003 50 a barrel; Havana onions.
$2 753 00 a crate: J cllow Danver. (2 C0$2 25 a bar
rel; new Bermuda onlontt. $2 85 a barrel: new
Florida tomatoes. $2 503 00 a bushel crate: celery,
3530c per dozen: turnips, f 1 251 50 a barrel; Berv
muda potatoes, $10 00 a barrel: spinach, fl Ml 75
a barrel: new beeM, 40345c a dozen ; asnaragus, 50c
a bunch: kale. $1 001 25; radishes. 3040c per
dozen; parsnips, $2 002 25: new peas, 2 002 50;
ereen beans. $2 753 00; new Southern celery. 50a
roc per dozen onnches: cucumbers. fl25160per
dozen; cauliflower, $2 502 75 per dozen.
Groceries.
The weakness of coffco noted In this col
umn for some days past hai culminated in a
drop, as our quotations will disclose. Sugars
are firm at the advance noted several days
ago. All staples aro moving freely.
Green Coffee Fancy, 21Ji22Kc: choice Rio,
2122c; prime, 19c: low grade Rio, 17I8c; old Gov
ernment Java. 2729c: Maracalbo, 2122Kc:Mocha,
2829c: Santos. 2t&22,Sc; Caracas, 23)i2i)ic; La
Uuavia. 21(gi22'4c.
Roasted fln papers) Standard brands, 19.15c;
high grades. 22'q2Gc: old Government Java,
bulk. 3133c: M'aracalbo, I2(521c: Santos. 19M
25c: peaberrr. S)c:cliolcc Rio. 21!j'c: prime Rio,
20)$e: good Rl-. 19,Kc; ordluarv, 17I8c.
briCES (whole) Cloves, 10tvI2c: allspice, 10c;
cassia. 8c: pepper. 12; nutmeg, 7u80c.
PETB0LEU3t (Jobbers' prices) ll test.Oc: Ohio,
150. 7iicx headlight, 150 test. 6He; water white,
73c; globe, 14iai4)-c: elalne, 13c; carnadlne, lie;
rorallue, 14c; red oil, 10,llc; purity. 14c; olelae,
21c.
MlNEES' OIL No. 1 winter strained, 39l0c per
gal.: summer. 3537c; lard. 0255c
SYaur Corn syrun. 2427c: choice sugar svrup,
ZVSflhc; prime sugar syrup, 3032c: strictly prime,
N. 6. SIOL4SSES Fancy new crop. 40042c;
choice, 404ic; old crop. 3GJ8c: N. O. syrup,
4!60c.
SoDA-Bi-carh. In kegs, 3)i31ic: bl-carb. in Us,
Bjc; bl-carb., assorted packages, 5Jj6c; sal soda.
In kegs, lc: dogranulated, 2c.
Candles Stir, full weight, 9c; stearlnc, per
set, 8Xc: paramne. l!12e.
RtcE Head Cirullna, C'SSJi'c: choice, 5Jf6ie;
Louisiana, 551c.
STAUCif-l'earl, Zc; corn starch, 656)c; gloss
starch. 5KGcU.
1' orkion rnuiT jjaver raisins. 5w: L,onaon
layer. S2 25: Muscatels, 81 7i: California Muscatels,
SI 40(31 CO: Valencia.
o90c; uuaara vriencia.
3)Sc; Sultana. 813c; currants, 3)431c: Tur
key prunes. 4)5aL;c: French prunes. fiOO'ic;
cocoauuts, ? l'JU. SO 00; almonds. Lan., fl lb.. 20c:
do lvica, 17c: do shelled, 5Cc; walnuts. Nap., 13
14c: Slcllv filberts, lie; Smyrna rigs. l:'13c: new
dates. uf&5Uc; Brazil nnts. 7c; ierau4. 13I4c;
citron. ?' lb, 2I22c; lemon peel, 10c S lb; orange
peel. 12c.
bUGARS Ciibcs. 4SSC: powdered. Vc: granulated,
4?c; confectioners'. 4)4c: soft white. 4!44c: yel
low, choice. 3,'ilc; yellow, good, 3JI'(53,tsc: yellow
fair. 3X3c.
Pickles .Medium, bbls (1,203), 1 00; medium,
half bbls (1100), S2G0.
Salt No. 1. per bbl, 1 20: No. 1 extra, per half
bbl, (1 10: dalrr, per bbl. $1 2C; coar.-c crystal, per
bbk fl 20: Illgglns' Lureka, 4-bu sacks, 280; Hlg
glns' Eureka. 13 14-lb packets. S3 09.
Canned Goods Standard peaches. II 75(31 so:
2nd. 31 30ai 40: extra peaches. S2 002 10; pie
peaches. 8-vaiOc: finest corn, fl 25581 50: llfd. Co.
corn. 81 ux31,10: red cherries, fl 0031 10; Lima
beans.' fl 3i: soaked do. 839: stringed do. 8S5c:
marrowfat peas, iXtcO'l 10; soaked peas, AO75c:
pineapples, f I 201 30; Bahama do. f2 00: damson
Slums, fl 00: green gages, fl f-5: egg pinms, ( 1 CO;
allfornla apricots, fl 752 00: Calllomla pears;
32 1C2 30; do green gages, f 1 85: do egg plums.
( I 85: extra white cherries. 52 S52 83: raspberries,
fi l.vat 2j; strawberries. 95cf I 10: gooseberries,
SI OXrfl 05: tomatoes. 0(ffi05c: salmon 1-Ib cans.
Jl 3TAl SO: blackberries. 70c; succotash. 2-lb cans,
soaked, 00c: do green, 2-lb cans, fl 2.V31 5j; corn
beer. 2-11) cans, fl &X31 70: 1-lbcins, fl 20: baked
beans, f 1 40 1 55: lobsters, Mb cans. f2 25; mack
erel, 1-lb cans, boiled, fl 50: sardines, domestic,
tfs.. (3 83(33 95: is. 89 25: sardines. Imported, H,
fl 50l 60: sardines, imported. !s. ft 00; sardines,
mustard. $3 15: sarulne. spiced. f3 15.
Ftslt Extra No. t bloater mickercl. 824 00 per
bbl: extra No. 1 do mess. $20 CO: No. 2 shore mack
erel, f 19 50: No.2 large mackerel. $18 CO; Mo. 3
large mackerel, 318 50: No. 3smallmactercl. flO OO;
Herring Split. f3 50: lake. Kt 75 per 100-lb bbl.
White fish. $7 50 per 100-llihalf bbl. Lake troat.
So 50 per half bbl. Finnan baddies. 10c per lb. Ice
land halibut. Ee per 10. Pickerel, half bbls. (I W:
quarter bbl. $1 GO. Holland herring, 75c. Walkoff
hcrrlug. rcc.
OATUEAL $4 504 75.
Grain, Plonr and Feed.
The only sale on call at the Grain Ex
change to-day was a carload of No. 1 timothy
hay. $14. Receipts as bulletined. Wears. By
Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne and Chicago Railway
3 cars of hay, 1 or barley, 1 of flour. By Pitts
burg, Cincinnati aud St. Louis 3 cars of hay,
1 o.'corn, 1 of oats, 1 of middlings. The re
ceipts of cereals have been very light tho
past week as compared with receipts for a
number of weeks before. The effect is seen
in a firmer tone to markets. Ear corn and
li.iy are the strong factors of markets for the
reason that supplies in these lines aro light.
Wheat, flour nnd mlllfeed aro fairly steady.
Following quotations are for carload lots on
track. Dealers charge an advance on these prices
from store:
Wheat No. 2 red. 9596c: No. 3 red. 89300c
CORN No. 2 yellow ear, 4949Mc: high mixed
ear. 43S43tjc: mixed ear. 484Cc: Mi. 2 yellow
helled, 45)s4Sc: high mixed shelled, 44h4Sc;
znixea saeueo, 4!
OATt-No. 1 oats. 36W537C: No. 2white. SSVSttc;
extra 5o. 3 oats. MHS&c: mixed oats. ziK($34c.
RTK-No. 1 Pennsylvania and Ohio, S88lc; No.
2 Western. 83ffl87c.
Flour Jobbing prices Fancy spring patents,
$5 W35 3); fancy winter patents, fi OOtt Oil fancy
straight winter. $4 504 76; fancy straight prtna
S4 no 00; clear winter, ft S4 50: tralihtXXXX
bakers'. $4 254 45. Rre flour. (4 755 CO.
St25a4 4S. Rre flour. 4 755
EEn No. 1 -whtta mlddlinsrs.
MlLLVEEn-Nn. 1 white middUngs. Sis so&is co
per ton ; No. 2 white middlings, f IS 5017 50: Town
middlings. SIS 50317 00: winter wheat bran. 170C
17 25: chop feed. SI3 00M17 00.
HAT-Baled timothy, choice, fl4 5015 00: No. 1.
tl4 W914 50: No. Z, 112 0012 5': clover hay. Sll 50
12 00: loose from wagon. 1 14 00 15 oo. according
to qnailtv; pralrlo hay, 9 009 50; packing bay,
f8 509OO.
STKAW-Oats, 7 007 25; wheat, (8 008 50; rye.
P 7 25.
Provisions.
Prices in this department are the same as
they were a week ago, and the movement is
gaining in volume. Margins are exceedingly
close to the packer.
Sugar enred hams, large I 9K
Sugarcured hams, medium 10
Sugar cured hams, small 104"
Sugar cured California hams 7 .
Sugarcoredb. bacon 9
Sugar cured skinned hams, large 10
Sugar cured skinned hams, medium 10
Sugar cured shoulders 8
Sugar cured boneless shoulders 1i
Sugar cared skinned shonlders 7
Sugar cured bacon shonlders s
Sugar cured dry-salt shoulders 1
Sugar cured beef, rounds 12
Sugar cured beef. sets. 9
Sugar cured beef, flats 8
Bacon, clearsldes. SO lbs "M
Bacon, clear lwlllpa "Olh. 7'
Dry salt clear sides, 30 lbs average 6W
Dry salt clear sides, SO lbs average 7)J
Mess pork, heavy 13 00
Mess pork, family 13 OO
Lard. rellnMi In t!.M.
Lard, refined. In one-half bbta....
Lard, refined, ln60-lhtubs
Lard, refined, in20-lh palls
tuard, refined. In 50-Ib tin cans....
Lard, refined. In 3-lb tin palls....
Lard, refined, in 5-lb tin palls....
Lard, refined, lnlO-Ibtln palls...
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Wool Markets.
New York Wool dull but steady; domestic
fleece, 2835c; nulled. 2532c; Texas, 1624c
St. Louis Wool Receipts, 36,000 pounds;
shipments. 63,000 pounds. Very little doing
and very little offering. There is a some
what unsettled feeling of prices at the
opening of the new clip, and holders are go
ing slow.
Philadelphia Wool Improved demand
at quotations; Ohio, Pennsylvania and West
Virginia XX nnd above, 28(R30c; X, 27c;
medium, 3335c: coarse, 3435c: New York,
Michigan. Indiana and Western fine or X and
XX, 2526c; medium, 333lc, coarse, a3V
34c; fine washed delaine X and XX, 2934c:
medium washed combing and delaine, 36
38?; conrse do do do, 3435c; Canada do do,
31(S33c: tnb washed, choice, 3637c: fair,
3536c: coarse, 3233c; medium unwashed
combing and delaine, 2B27c; coarse dodo
do. 2627o; Montana, 1622c; Territory, 13
6 20c.
Bostok The demand for wool was fair
and prices are unchanged in leading grades;
Ohio and Pennsvlvnnia fleece are selling at
J7cforX and 2717Ko for XX and above:
Michigan X, 23ific: No. 1 wools dull at S3
34c for Ohio anu3132c for Michigan: No. 1
combing wools steady at 3537c; Ohio, 29
30c; unwashed combing wool Arm at 2426cr
for one-quarter blood and 2627c for three
eighths: Territory wools are selling at S5
SSc, clean for fine: S5c for fine medium, and
B033c formedlum: Texas. Colorado nnd Or
egon wools are in small supply: Australian'
woois continue in goou. uemana at prices in
the range of 31tlc as to quality.
The Coffee Markets.
New Yobk, April 19. Coffee options opened
steady and 10013 points up; closed steady
ana 10Q2O points up: sales, 13,253 bags, In
cluding April, 12.4012.50c; Mav, 12.2012.2Sc;
June, ll.S0I2.00c: July, ll.SCll.85c; Sep
tember, lLS0ll.85c; December. 1 1.75c Spot
Rio quiet and steady; No. 7. L!13.
Baltimore, April 19. Coffee firm; Bio car
goes fair at 17c; No. 7, 13c
The Turpentine Markets.
New York Rosin firm but quiet. Turpen
tine dnll and weak at 33352c.
Wilhinoton Spirits of turpentine steady
at 31c. Rosin steady; strained, $1 13; good
strained, 11 20. Tar steady at $1 30. Crude
turpentine steady; hard, $1 10; yellow do,
$2 23; virgin, 2 23.
Savaknau Tnmentine firm at 31K31Jc.
Rosin firm at $1 451 50.
Charleston Turpentine steady at 31c.
Rosin firm; good strained, 31 SO.
If yon have a room to let and wish, to se
cure a good tenant advertise It In the "To
Let Booms" cent a word columns of the
Saturday and Sunday Dispatch.
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Michigan peaches are all right.
Texas has a torrid wave, with 00 in tho
shado.
Russian Nihilists won't join forces with
the Anarchists.
New Orleans citizens are organizing to
run down firebugs.
Rich gold fields are said to have been
discovered near Buckner, Ark.
The Austrian press kick against the pro
posed large increase of the army.
The Dominion Government has lost all
bope of coming to an understanding with
Newfoundland.
Oliver Curtis Perry, the train robber
confined at Rochester, N. Y.. has made sev
eral attempts to kill his keeper.
Nick Dunn, James Dalton, Martin Lewis
and Edward Mack have been arrested by tho
Chicago police lor counterfeiting.
Cora Maginni", aged 12, of Dover, DoU
jumped a rope 500 times in a contest with
scnooimates anu win prooaDiy uie.
Two men "jumped" a farmer's claim in
the center of the new town site of .Bonner's
Ferry, Wash., and a bloody local war is
threatened.
English admirers of the late Earl of Bea
eonsfleld celebrated his birthday by wearing
bunches of primroses and covering his
statue with primroses.
Hall stones as large as a man's list fell
during a heavy storm around Antlers, I. T.,
Monday night. Every window on one side
of a passenger train was broken.
United States authorities attacked near
Big Bay, Ark., Monday, a band of moon
shiners," capturing their kit. stock und two
prisoners, and killing one of them.
Two steamship firms in New York: are
said to be assisting the Venezuelan insur
gents on a promise of special shipping favors
should tho rebellion prove successful.
At Baltimore yesterday morning a bomb
wns exploded in a house wrecking tho
windows and doors and the windows of
seven bouses on the opposite side of the
street;
Twentv Garza men beat off a sheriff's
noses of eight north of Bio GrandeCity.Tex..
on the 17th Inst. The revolutionists lost two
men killed, and two of the officers were
wounded.
The energetic measures adopted by the
Czar's Government forRussianiztng German
colonists in Volhynla will be followed, it is
feared, by similar measures in other dis
tricts. RusMaii newspapers charge the col
onists wltti being spies.
The French expedition of Colonel Hum
bert, in Senegal, Africa, has improved by
several victories gained over hostile natives.
Tho French were vastly outnumbered by n
splendidly armed force, but tho natives
didn't know how to uso their weapons.
Captain Nowton, of the steamer W. C
Mitchell, reports that last Saturday ho met
a procession of waterspouts 200 miles south
east of the Delaware capes. He steered
clear of them. He describes tbe sight as
thrilling, the huge bodies of water being
carried 111 every direction for miles around.
Bob Ford, the killer of Jesso James, and
Jack Palmer wero driven Horn Jimtown,
Col., Monday and instructed not to return if
they caied lor their lives. Sunday night the
two men created a panic and endangered
thellvosof many citizens walking up and
down the streets firing their revolvers Indis
criminately. A Paris correspondent say the anxiety
of the Rnsslan Minister of Finance for a
commercial r.ipprochment with Germany is
due to a aesiro for a new outlet ior Jtussian
stocks, such an outlet having become neces
sary, since the quarrel with Paris brokers
resulted In outside brokers renouncing the
right to deal in Russian securities.
It is rumored that Ruila has offered to
advance to Persia SOO.oeo, to enable tho
Government to pay to the Imperial Tobacco
Corporation of Persia (Limited), an English
company, the indemnity promised for the
withdrawal of the tcbaccomonopoly gran ted
that company, and thus liberate Persia from
all pecnnlarv obligation to Great Britain.
The offer islikely to be accepted. Persia
will offer the customs receipts of tbe coun
try as security for the loan.
Beat the Bank ana Got Away. '
The police have so far gotten no trace of
the young man, Fred Moore, who procured
$500 by a trick of larceny from the Dia
mond National Bank on Saturday last.
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BICK HHAJ3ACUSCutet,lliita, Uj ruUL
MH04IWIII
Contesting Jefferson Lane's tTlU.
In the case of the contested will of the
late Jefferson Lane, Register Connor yester
dav awarded an Issue to Common Pleas No.
1 for a Jury trial. The deceased left all his
estate to one child to the exclusion of flva
or six others, who are contesting tho will.
It is charged by the heirs that at the time
the will was written the deceased was unac
countable tor his actions by reason of ad
vanced age and mental incapacity.
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was s Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Cactoria
' BROKERS FINANCIAL.
ESTABLISHED 1334.
John M. Oakley & Co
BANKERS AND BROKERS.
43 SIXTH ST.
Direct private wire to New Tort andChV
cago. Member Now York, Chicago ana Pitts
burg Exchanges.
Local securities bought and sold for casl
or carried on liberal margins.
Investments made at our discretion, and
dividends paid quarterly.
Interest paid on balance (sine 1333).
Money to loan on call.
Information books on all markets mailed
on application. Ie7
Whitney & Stephensou
57 Fourth Avenue. '
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MEDICAL-
DOCTOR
WHITTIER
814 PENN AVENUE, PITTSBURG, PA.
As old residents know nnd back files o:
Pittsburg papers prove, is the oldest estab
lished and most prominent physician in the
city.devotlngspecialattention to all ohrnnia
rrc-NO FEE UNTIL CURED
sponsible MCDnl IQ an(1 mental dis
person liLn V UUo eases, physical do
cay, nervous debility, lack of energy, ambi
tion and hope, impaired memory, disordered
sight, self distrust, basbfulnes-s dizzines
sleeplessness, pimple, eruptions, impover
ished hlood, tailing powers, organic weak
ness, dyspepsia, constipation, consumption,
unfitting the person for huslness.society and
marriage, permanently, safely and privately
rtiBLOOD AND SKINsS
eruptioils, blotches,falllnz hair.bones, pains,
glandular swellings, ulcerations ot tha
tongue, mouth, throat, ulcers, old sores, ara
cured for life, and blood poisons thoroughly
eradicated froml IDIM A DV kidney and
the system. UnilNnn I ibladder de
rangements, weak back, gravel, catarrhal
discharges, inflammation and other painful
symptoms receive searching treament,
trompt relle f and real cures.
Dr. Whittier's life-long extensive experi
ence insures scientific and Tellable treat
ment on common senso principles. Consulta
tion free. Patients at a distance as carefully
treated as ir here. Office hours, 9 a. h. to t
r. n. Sunday, 10 a. if. to 1 p. x. only. DR.
"WHITTIER, 8U Penn avenue, Pittsburg, Pa.
JaS-43-csuwk
WOOD'S PHOSPHODINE,
The Great Encash Komedj.
Promptly and permanent
ly cures all forms of nerv
ous Tvenkness. emissions,
spermatorrhea, tm potency
and all effects of abuse or
excesses. Heen prescribed
over 35 years In thousands
of cases: U the only reli
able and bonet medlclno
fcnnwn. A at rirtifra-Ut for
B'foro andAftt. Wood's PuosPHODCfKctC
he offers some worthless medicine in place of this.
leave his dishonest store, inclose price in letter,
and we trill send by return mall. Price, one pack
age. II; Mx. 55. One nill please, six will cure
Pamphlet In plain sealed envelope, 2 stamps. Ad
d res 9 THE tfoOD CHEMICAL CO., 13 1 Wood
ward avenue. Detroit. Mich. Sold in rittshurg by
Jos. Fleuxxg & Sox. 412 Market street.
del7-51-eodwk
JAPANESB
CURB
AenreforPlles. Extern.il. Internal. Blind. Bleed
Inr anl Itchlnz, Chronic. Recent or Hereditary.
This remedy haa posltlrclT nerer been known to
fall, fl a box. 6 for 13. by mall. A guarantee xiTen
with six boxes, when purchased at one time, to re
fund the $5 if not enred. Issued br EMU, O.
STOCKY, Dnieirist. 'Wholesale and Ketall Agent.
JTos. 540t and 1701 Penn ave.. corner Wylle av.
and Fclton St.. Plttsburr, Pa. Use Stneky'
Dlarrucca Cramp Cure. 25 and 50 cts. Jal-32-rcl
KAPIDLY, THOKOUGHLT. PEIUIAITEXTLY
BESTOKED.
SKILLED, SCIENTIFIC. SUCCESSFUL TEEAT-
MENT.
EECOP.D TVTTHOUT A FAILURE.
Men suffering from Nervousness. Debility.
Spermatorrhoea. Impotency. Weak orUndereloped
Org-ans, loss of will and eneriry. or any of the train
ofeTlls resulting from Toothful Errors, Excesses,
orerwork, worry, etc..
SAFELY, SPEEDILY. PERMANENTLY CURED.
CHARGES MODERATE. TERMS EASY.
BEWARE OF SCHEMING QUACKS.
If you have already been their Tlctlm don't (tIts
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light of scientific truth, but let us show you that
HONORABLE. SCIENTIFIC TREATMENT
CAN AND WILL CURE YOU.
SENS FOE oar 100-pajre book.
AN INTERESnNG.INSTRUCTrVEAND VALU
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Seut sealed rniE. with testimonial and en
dorsements. THE ANGELOS MEDICAL ESSTITUTE CO.,
CANTON, O. ap!7
Manhood Restored1.
"XEKVJSSEEDS,"
the wonderful remedy.
Is sold with a written
guarantee to cure all
nerrous diseases, such
as WeakMemory. Loss
of Brain Power, Heao
acbo. Wakefulness
Lest Manhood, Night,
lj-Emissions. Nerrous.
nets. Lassitude, al
drains and loss of cow.
axroas axd Ansa vsaa.
er of the Generative orcans In either sex caused by
over exertion, youthful errors, or excessive use ot
tobacco, opium or stimulants which soon lead to
Infirmity. Consumption and Insanity. Pntupcon
venlent to carry In vest pocket. SI per package by
mail: 6 for JS. with every S5 order we iglve a written
truarante to cure or refund the money. Circular tVeo.
Address Aerve Seed Co., Chicago. lit.
For sale in Pittsburz by Jos. Fleming Jl
Bon, DrutftfUt, ilu ancTlLs Jiarlcet c
notf-J0-uw
DOCTORS LAKE
, SPECIALISTS in all cases r
qnirinc; scientific and oonfl
nentiai treatment, ut. a- a.
Lake, M. K. C. P. S., is th old
est and most experienced spe
cialist in the city. Consulta
tion free and strictly confi
dential. Office hours, 9 to 4 ana 7 to Jr.)
Sundays, 2 to 4 t.v. Consult them person
ally, or write. Doctors Lakx, cor. Penn afc
and Fourth t. Pictsburjr. Pa. Je3-70Vk
WEAK MEN,
TOUR ATTENTIOS
IS CALLED TO THE
.- .. OnAT XSQLtSS r.EMIDT,
bray sbpecmc Medians
Vans r).bmtV-vlaJcncaa'of Bnd V
;TM. itt Tana and Mind. Spermatorrhea, ana
Impotency. and all diseases that arise from over
Indulgence and self-abuse, as Loss of Memory and
Power, Dimness of Vision, Premature Old Agt,
and many other diseases that lead to Insanity of
Consumption and an early grave, writ far oaf
pamphlet.
A(resa GRAY MEDICINE CO.. Buffalo. IT. T.
The Specific Medicine Is sold by all druggist atM
per package, or six packages for 95, or sent by mall
n receipt ofmonev.ise" fillnnilNTFF
and with every -Wt. bt'HHHPI I tt,
order a cure or money refunded.
49On account of counterfeits we hare Mtopu4
the Yellow Wrapper, tbe only genrjme. Sold la
Pittsburg by S. S. HOLLAND, cor. Smithfield u4
Ubertr sis. laSS-n-uwreoM
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