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THE PITTSBURtT ' DISPATCH, ' THURSDAY AUGUST 18; 1892.
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SUGAR AND LEAD RISE,
But the Other Industrials and Bail
way Shares Decline.
A MILLION GOLD FOR EXPORT
Checks the Animation and Starts the Gen
eral List Downward.
EAILEOAD BONDS EXUSUALLT DULL
JTew York, Aug. 17. The stock market
to-day again displayed a reactionary temper,
despite the strength in the Industrials.
Among the Grangers Bocc Island showed
most w eakness in the forenoon, bat Atch
ison led the downward movement later in
the day. St Paul iras oflered down, but
received support and recovered, the others
displaying no feature of note. The weak
spot in railroad shares was the
"Wheeling and Lake Eries, each of which
retired about 1 per cent on very light
oflerings, but all other losses were confined
to fractional amounts. The Sugar and Lead
stocks were leaders among the Industrials,
the Cordage share s being quite neglected,
and General Electric was advanced only in
the afternoon. The upward movement in
the Sugars and Leads was very sharp in the
early dealings and Sucar preferred was
lifted i per cent, while the common was
content -with The Leads rose 1 and 1J
respectively before the movement came to a
halt.
The encasement of nearly a million gold
for shipment had the usual eirect of check-'
Ins: the animation ana advance, though the
drooping tendency ot the general list could
hardly be said to liavo been stimulated by
It, and the activity of the bjokcrs who
usually act tor the leading bears was suf
ficient to account for all tho weakness dis
played during the day. Trices dragged
along during the day, slowly depreciating,
but toward the close tbero was an Increase
In the pressure of short sales and sueclal
nimation was developed in Reading, Rock
I "s'and, .Burlington, Sew England. Erie and
St. Paul. while all retired to still lower figures
than had lieen reached during the forenoon.
The fears of a liquidation or Mr. Bostwick's
holdings possibly exerted some Influence in
bringing that stock to the tiont, but the sell
ing lor the day was btrictly for the short
account, and-in anticipation of such liquida
tion the market remained without other
feature and finally closed quiet and weak
at the lowest prices or the day.
The losses in the last hour brought most
of the active stocks down to a materially
lower level than that of last evening, and
while Sugar preferred'scored a net gain of
2- per cent, it stood alone in that respect,
lor Cotton Oil lost 1, Burlington 1, New
England 1J, Wheeling and Lake Erie pre
ferred 1, and New York Central 1 per
cent.
Railioad bonds were very dull, and while
New York and Northern seconds scored a
rise of 3 per cent to 65 there was no move
ment whatever among the more prominent
Issues, and all special animation bad seem
ingly disappeared from the market. The
business for the day. which amounted to
only 3919,000, was widely distributed, but no
feature was developed other than men-,
tloned.
Government bonds were dull and steady.
Close of the list:
TJ. 9. 4s ret: USH
Mutual Union 6s 110K
1). S. SSCOnp 1153
IT. b. 4sree 100
N.J. C. int, Cert...Ill'i
Northern Pac lsts.116H
Northern Pac 2dsIl
Northw'n Consols... 137M
No'bw'n Deben.5s.US
Pacific bsol '05.. ...107k
l.ouls1nastampea4s. B2
Tenn. new6etts lOOt
Tenn, new set 5s. ... 100
Tenn. new set 3s..... 76V
Canada so. Ms lOiilt
On. Pacific lsts 103
Deli. A K. G. lsts. ..117
St. L. Al.5I.Geu. Ss. 85
St. L.AS. F Gen.M-105Ji
St. Paul Consols 129
st. P. CAP. lsts. ..IIS
T. P. L. G. Tr. Rets. 80
T. P. K. G. Tr Rets. 27
Dm. A K. G. 4s 83V
Erields. 1W
M. K. T. Gen. 6s.. Hi
M. K. A T. Gen. 5s.. 47
Bid.
Union Pac lsts. 1061
WestShore 103W
R. G. W 79,
Alining shares closed as follows:
Con. Cat. and Va 323 Sierra Nevada.. ... 105
Dead wood 215 otandard 140
Could & Curry 80 Onion Con 7
Hale A Xorcross 70 Iron Silver CO
HomestaXet 1500 Quicksilver 350
Indepcudencet 20 Quicksilver pfd 17
3rth Start. Bo bulwer. so
Plymouth 25
t.Uked.
The total sales of stocks to-day were 229,793
shales, including Atchison, 14,235; Chicago
Gas, 5,810: Erie, 12,555; Uarlhattan, 6.273; Mis
souri Pacific. 1,250; Northern Pacific, 1,250;
Xoithern Pacific preferred, 6 834; Reading,
45,235; St. Paul, 13.200; Western Union, 6,298.
Watson Gibson to Oakley & Co.: "The
strike news to-day, If It had come upon a
maiket with operators disponed to be bear
ish, would have precipitated a much greater
deoline e-pecially as ft came In conjunction
with an engagement of nearly a million
more gold for export. Traders think that
the heroic measures adopted by the State
will suppress the rioting tendency of strikers
and that the violent and destructive spirit
manifested by the mob will deter seir-re
specting employes of the great railways
from engaging In a sympathetic strike.
"St. Paul for the second week of August
Increased Its trioss earnings nearly 195,000,
and the business it is now doing far sur
passes all previous , records. Tho annual
meeting of this company occurs September
21, and a good report for its fiscal year end
ing June 30 will be made. It will show that
the company can safely pay 5 per cent divi
dends. We look for much higher prices for
St. Paul, aud tr we get a bull market within
a year, St. Paul ought to sell at par or
higher. It has never been in as safe and
good a permanent position as at present,
though, of course. It once temporarily
earnod more net money.
The leellng or traders grew despondent as
the day progressed, and, not seeing any
thing new to bull the market on, these
turned In to sell, cauBlng a rather w eary,
drooping closing. The outlook for to-morrow
Is a renewal of this selling. Then the
accumulated short interest win lead a sharp
rally again. Yesterday the bears were re
flecting, to-day the bulls arc engaged in this
pastime.
"Louisville Rnd Nashville and Northern
Pacific preferred are two of tho best stocks
to seU in our judgment."
The following table 6hows the prices of active
stocks on the New York Stock Exchange, cor
rected dally for The Pittsbdrg Dispatch bv
W1I1TMT 1 MErHBXBOX, oldest Pittsburg mem
bers of .New York Stock Exchange, 57 Fourth avenue:
Clos Close
Onen High Low in? Aug.
lug est. est. bid. 16.
Am. Cotton Oil 47S4 47K 46 40 47W
Aln. Cotton Oil prd.. 82 82S 82s, 82K 82W
Am. Sugar K. Co... K8H W)i loss lOSJS JOSS
Am. Sugar K.CO lifd ltM1, IOC 104 1052 1034
Atcll. Toil. Aj. F... 39H 21 2SH 383, 39J
Canadian Pacific 8S 88
Canada Southern.... K bSii SS 5S 59
Central or .. Jersey. 134 134 133, 133 lSlW
Central Pacific 2jJ
CuirapcakcOhlo.. U 24 235 23J, 23
C. i.O.. lstpld 62J 63
C O. 21s pld 43",
Chicago Gas Trust.. 82' S3H 81! 81H 82
C Bur. tjuincr... lay, ins uei io:h ira
C., Mil. A St. Paul.. 82 82K SS 821
C, M. A St. P. prd.. 127 127 127 126J UBf
ti. RockL&P 8I sii
C, St. P.. M. A O. S3?, 53K 5S 52H 53U
C St.P...M.&0.pId 120,1 151J,
U, A Northnestcrn. 11751 117U 117 117k 117
C, C, a I 665 -COS, 66 66 OSM
C. C. C. A. 1. pfd 99 ....
Col. Coal & Iror..... 33 33 22 321 S2K
Col. A Hocking Vat.. 341 341 331 33J4 34
lel.. Lack A West 156 1S7
Del. A Hudson 1XV 1361 138 l&'i ISO
lcn. Rio Grande Ii 16
1. i Ulo G.. pid 4SX iSH 4SJ1 47)i 475f
IJis Cattle F. lr 47H f?
E.T.. V. Ga. 4 4
Hlluols Central 100 1(0 99S XH 100
eke Krle & West... 24 24 24 Wi 21!,'
E.4W-, pfd. 76 76
ke Shore &M. S.. 134S 135" 134 lf 135J4-
Loulsvllle&Nash.... KIJ, C0,V C9 69 can
Michigan Central 103J, I09H
Missouri Pacific... 59V K"V 55H 59 69,H
national Cord. Co... 1S! irau 1-7H ir?, 118
Nat-Cordage Co.,prd 122ii 123H 1214 IS IZW
National Lead Co.... 40! i4 40), 4( m
NaU Lead Co., pfd.. Si S7H U31( SOkj MK
New York Central... 113?, 113 113 113 113S
N. Y.. C. A St. L..t. 17), 17li 17 17 17
N.Y C.iSt.L.I8t pfd 72 72
N.Y.C.St.L..2dprd .-.. 34 34
I. Y.. L. E. & W... 27 27 2C 27 27K
K. Y. Jt N. 37;i 37 3."i ZS'i 37
2. Y., O. W lJi J9, 19i 19H !?
orlolk.t Western 11", 11J(
Norfolk tlV. prd... 42 43
North American Co. 1314 13 13V 13S 13
Northern Pacific 20 21
Northern Pac pfd.. SS 505, 65i 55h, fJ
Pacific Mali....:. 33) S31
Peo..Oec Evans 18 18
Plllla. i Reading.... WX 595, 5S 581 59J
P., C, C. &. St. L 214 21
r..a,C.ASf.L.pld. 63 CZH 63 62 62
Pullman Palace Car. 186K 196, 196 196 198)f
Richmond W.P.T. 8)i i SH 8H 85,
Rich. aW.P.T. pfd 40 40,"i
St. Paul DuiulTi 41 41
St. P. Dulnth ptd 103 103
Texas Pacific...;. 8JS 9
Union Pacific asjj 2&i SSM 3S?V 3&H
Wabash io 10,1 Hs !" 105
Wabash pfd 2S -r.jj 2". 25J 25
"Western Union joo loo 99 9";k wo
AVheellng A L. E.... an 29X 23?i S 2f
M'lieellng4L.K.prd 71 71 70H K 71
BaltlmorcftOlllo.... T.V, SJil TiW V75i 07H
W.Kl.&M.Co.lstpfd 95i 97 06H 98 84
ANOTHER, DECLINE.
Heavy Movements of Grain and Boca to
Market Depress Prices.
Chicago, Aug.17. The movement of wheat
and hogs gave the markets for grain and
provisions a decline to-day. The weak ca
blcs and more favorable crop news added to
the heaviness, and prices went lower all
around. The aotlon In the wheat market In
dropping to 76Jc Tor September was not at
all surprising to either buyers or sellers.
The-cables were bearish, the weather per
fect, the crop returns more favorable, and
the movement to marketf heavy. Cables
were lower and Western receipts free. The
weekly crop bulletin from Washington was
very favorable. A Paris private cable said
tho'French yield was large than was ex
pected, and the maiket was weakening.
The export clearances were lighter at 227,-
000 bushels of wheat and a moderate amount
01 fio'irliom Atlantic ports. Offsetting all
this bear news, buyers had only the fact
that prices look Bare for Investment, the
free outmovement here of about 300,000
bushels a day, and the possible crop dam
age in the Northwest. It Is feared that if
the Buffalo railroad strike continues longer
It will injure the grain markets very serious
ly, as parties will fear to ship with such
great risks.
The corn market opened weak, ostensibly
because the weather indicated an improve
ment for the crop throughout the entire,
country, xtie latest iraumg i.aa ,k mu ivi
September.
Tho oats market showed another decline.
There wero selling orders In the market
from the outside, crop reports were un
changed, and other markets on the flobr
were weak and tho close shows a loss of $c
There was a decided change In the tone of
the provision market, and from leading all
others In strength it became decidedly weak
and generally dull, and was raided badly.
The decline was helped by the lower prices
ruling at the stock yards and the larger hog
receipt. Pork went off 60c from last night,
closing 5Kc lower.
Lard is down 12e for September, and ribs
nre off 15s for the -ame option.
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour,
steady and unchanged: No. 2 prlng wheat,
76Jc: No. 3 spring wheat, 6570c: No. 2 red,
7ok:77c. No. 2 corn, 52c. No. 2 oats, 32c;
No. 2 bite, S4Kc: No. 3 white, 3034c. No. S
r e. 63c No. 2 barley. 63c: No. 3. 56c: No. 4.
35j8c No. 1 flax seed, $1 02. Prime tlm-.
otnv teeu, 3i zg. juess poiK, per oarrei,
$119C12 00. Lard, per 100 lbs, $8 05. Short
sides (loose), $S 008 10. Dry salted
shoulders (boxed), $7 207 30. Short clear
sides (hoxed),$s308 35.. Whisky, distillers1
finished goods per gallon, $1 15. Sugars, cut
loar, unchanged.
Receipts Flour, 33,000 barrels: wheat. 523.
000 bushels; corn, 356,000 bushels: oats, 4S4 000
bushels: rye, 17,000 bushels; barley, 6,000
bushels.
Shipments Flour, 11,000 barrels: wheat,
290 000 bushels; corn, 817,000 bushels; oats,
lSi.OOO bushels; rye, 30,000 bushels; barley,
2.000 bushels.
On the Produce Exchange to-day the
butter market was nnchanged; eggs, 16
16Xc
Range of the leading futures, furnished by
John M. Oakley & Co., bankers and brokers.
No. 45 Sixth street:
Open- High- Low- Clos- Close
Articles. Ing. est. est. lng. An. is
Wheat.
August f 7C 76l 76S 76H 1 77
September 77 77 76 76 77Ji
October 77K 775 77 77t 77
December 79S 795, 79 795, 79s,'
May 84s 84)4 84)4 84)4 84X
August .'..'. 52'4 KH am 52S 52H
September 52 52 51,4 51J 53X
October 51 51 51 SIH 5154
December 50J 50S 49V 50H 5i4
May 525, 5254 &li i2H 52.
Oats.
August S2X 32'4
September 33 33 3254 32- 32
October 33 33)4 32, Si!i 335s
December
May , MM 36M S5K 3Wi 365,
September 12 32 12 32 1185 1187 12 45
October 12 45 12 5 11 95 11 97 12 52
January 13 30 13 SO 13 00 13 02 II 42
Latis. "
September 8 05 8 07 7 95 8 00 8 12
October 805 S05 797 8 02 8 12
January 730 730 722 722 735
SHOBT RTBSi
September 800 805 792 795 8 10
October. 790 7 92 7 60 785 795
January 677 680 6 70 6 70 687
Car receipts for to-day Wheat, 565corn. 261;
oats, 253. Estimates for to-morrow Wheat, 515;
corn, 205; oats. 233.
GENERAL MARKETS.
New York Flour Receipts, 21,000 pack
ages; exports, 900 barrels, 107,000 oat ks; quiet
and generally weak, instances 5010c lower;
sales, 28,900 barrels. ,
Wheat Receipts, 378,000 bushels; exports,
243.000 buhels; sales, 6,170,000 bnshels fu
tures, 337,000 bushels spot. Spot more active
for exports at easier pi ices: No. 2 led, 81Jc
In store and elevator; 82l83e afloat; Sfiyi
SlJcfo. b.; No. 8 red, 7bJi78Kc; ungraded,
rea. 7482c; No. 1 Northern, 85c; No. 1 hard,
90490c: No. 2 Northern, 7&JQ80e; No. a
Chicago, 8485c; No. 2 Milwaukee, 82
82Jc; No. 3 spring, 80J480ic Options were
moie active and jJc lower, declining
ex-ily c on lower cables, free selling for
foreign account, West selling, heavy re
ceipts, light cleatancesand good crop news;
advanced Hc on coverins and closed
steady; No. 2 red, August, 8181c, closing
at 81Jic; September, 8282Jc, closing at 82c;
October, 838Jgc, closing nt 833ic: Decem
ber, S686Jge, closing at 86; May, 91
91c, closing at91c
Rye Dull and easier: Western, 6870a
Corn Receipts, 78,000 bushels: exports,
11,000 bushels; sales, 995,000 bushels futuies,
99,000 bushels spot. Snot more active and
firmer: No. 2, 62o elevator, 63c afloat; un
graded mixed. 54f64c; options active; bet
ter advanced JclJc with the West and
shorts covering anu,closed Ann af Jlc up;
August, 5961c, closing at 61c: September,
53 3-1658c, cloilbg at 58c; October, B7
53c, closing at 58c; December, 5SJ57c, clos
ing at 53c
Oats "Receipts, 52,000 bushels; exports, 165
bushels: sales, 455,000 bushels lutures, 70,000
bnshels spot. Spot quiet, lower; options
modoratel) active, closing steady e up and
c down; Angnar, 3738c, closing at S8c;
September. 37J3So, closing atSSc; October,
37j33c, closing at 380; May. 414He,
closing at 41c; No. 2 spot, white, 4142c;
mixed Western, 3iyiQJ9ic; white do, 4045o;
No. 2 Chicago, 38Jic
Mat In pood demand and firm.
Hops Steadv and in moderate demand.
Groceries Coffee Options opened firm. 5
points down to 15 points np.closed flrm,2o35
points up: sale, 315,500 bags, including Au
gust. 13.35c; September, lS.2013.50c; October,
13.2513 40c: Decomber, 13.2513 45c: January.
13.3013.40c: March, 13.3513 45c; May, 13.300
13.40c; spot, Rio firmer and active: No. 7,
14Wc. Sugar Raw Ann, fairly active; fair
refining. 2c; centrifugals, 96 test. 3c;
sales, 4,000 tons Muscovado, 89 test, 2o; 4,
2S0 bags centrifugals, 96 test, 3iic and 1,120
bags molasses sugar, 89 test, at 2Kc: refined
rairly active nnd firm; off A, Hi 5-16c; No.
13, 3 5-163 7-16. Mola6es-FoieUn nominal;
New Oilcans quiet. Rice Inlair demand, firm.
CoTTOif &KKD Oil steady.
Tallow steady.
Rosin nulet and steadv.
Turpentine dull and steady.
Egos quiet: receipts, 565 packages.
Hides quiet and steady.
Hoo Products Pork dull, easier; old mess,
$12 75013 25; nies, $13 5014 00; extra prime,
$12 75I3 00. Cut meats dull, easy: pickled
bam,llVl2J:ic: sales.500 pickled shoulders
at 6c Middles dulL Lard dull, lower: West
ern Bteam closed at $8 32. Options at lie;
750 tierces September at $8 368 40, closing
at $8 34 asked: 500 tierces October at $8 35,
VJU3CU Ut 93 UlU.
Dairy Products Butter slow trade: prints
steady. Cheese in light demand and steady.
St. Loots Flour depressed in feeling but
unchanged in price. The wheat market was
dull and heavy to-day with light specula
tion, rallying slightly from bottom prices
and closing yA0 below yesterday: No. 2
red, cash, lower at 71c: August, 71V,
7214c, closing at 72Jic asked; September, 1i
673c. closing at7JUic askod; December, 75J?
77Jc, closing at 77c bio. Corn was weak
and neavv, also closing c off; No. 2 cash
lower nt47c; August. 47Jc nominal; Septem
ber. 4SK(irfc, closing at 48Kc asked: Octo
ber, 4s4Jc closing at 48c aked; De
cember, 45c; May. 49c, nominal. Oats weak
at the start but rallied later, closing strong;
No. 2 cash, higher at 34c; August, 340 asked;
September, 3liSlc, closing at 82Jo bid;
May, 35-o bid. Rye firm at 60c bid. Bran
steady; 65c at mill. Flaxseed lower and
active at 97c Timothy seed, prime new,
$13 00 bid Hr, piltuc. In good demand;
timothy, $12 Ou16 00; prairie, $6 509 00.
Pullade phlH Flour dull. Wheat opened
weak and lower; No. 3 ted in export ele
vator, 76Kc; steamer No. "2 red In do, 77c;
No.i red August, 78V79c; September, 79
9c; October, 816lJic: November, 8
8224C Corn options lower; carlots largely
nominal; ungraded 5356c, as to location
and quality: No. 2mIxedAuitust.6758c; Sep
tember. 5flK57c; October, 5657c; Novem
ber. 56J465.C Oats Uarloats firm, good local
trade demand; options Jglc lower, un
der weaker Western advices; new No. 3
white. 39c; old do. do., 4040Kc; choice, do.
da, 41c; N. 2 white, 42KQ43C: No. 2 Angnst
white 40K41c: September, 3939c; Octo
ber, 39(g4uc; November 3940c. Eggs
strong; good, 1818Kc
Minneapolis There was a slow cash wheat
market Tor nearly all lines. The price was
maintained at about the figures of yesterday.
No.l Northern selling as high as 80c and as low
as 77fc. Low grades were considerably of a
drug. There waagonerally weaker feeling
lor coar-e grains wltu offerings light. Re
ceipts nfwneiit were less than 200 cars. Close:
August, 73fc; September, 73Jlc; December,
76c: n track, No. 1 bard, tWc: No. 1 North
ern, isyic: No. 2 Northern, 7u74c; old Au
gust. 74c: old September. 75Jic
A GAIN IN ELECTRIC.
General Demand Advances
Second Preferred a Point.
the
GAS SHARES SCORE GOOD GAINS.
F. k B. Traction the Onlj Stock Conspicu
ous for Weakness.
LOCAL AND GENERAL FINANCIAL NEWS
j
t Wednesday, Aug. 17.
Accepting the total number of shares
sold as a criterion, to-day's market for local
teourities was a more active one than its
immediate predecessor. It was not, how
ever, as the total transactions were brought
up above that of the previous ixj by one
or two sales of round lots. The market, as a
matter of fact, was dull and narrow, but a
majority of the noteworthy changes were
gains. The most conspicuous were in
Westinghouse Electric second pre
ferred and Philadelphia Company,
the former advancing to 30 J bid, and
sales, closing strong at 30 bid, and the
latter selling up to 20J and closing with
quite a buoyant look at 202l The
strength of Electric camn Irom the East
principally, sales of the second preferred
occurlng in Boston at 31Q31) and of the
first preferred In Now Y4rk at 48& The
demand for Philadelphia Company was gen
eral, but there was some evidence that Bos
ton was anxious to get hold of a little of the
stock again, and also a few straws showing
that some of the people about the big build
ing, corner of Ninth street and Penn
avenue, wanted a few shares. Both
stocks closed at the best, with indications
of being much higher belore the end of the
week. People's Pipeage was somewhat
firmer and 15K sales and a close at 1515U,
and People's Natural Gas continued its ad
vance, closing at SS bid. The only stock
conspicuous for weakuess was P. 4. B. Trac
tion, which drooped to 2626 and sold at
26 after the close. The stock looked very
weak at the finish and. seemed to be utterly
friendless. Appearances, however, are
often misleading. It is current in well-Informed
circles that after some of the street
railway deals now pending are disposed of
P. & B. will be taken in hand by a strong
clique for a turn that will
carry it beyond 30 at least. With
the exception of P. & B. and Citizens' Trac
tion, whlcn latter was off a fraction, the
street railway group was unchanged and
featureless. Airbrake recovered to 129 bid;
Underground Cable looked stronger and U.
S. Glass and Luster were down, the former
to 69 asked and the latter to SJ49.
The Northsldo Dual.
The street had it to-day that the deal be
tween the Pleasant Valley and P., A. 4 M.
Traction Companies was closed up this after
noon, so far as the projectors of it coming to
an understanding was concerned, and that
the matter would now soon be laid
before the stockholders of the two com
panies at a special meeting soon to be called.
The P., A. A ii. people will soon call a special
meeting, it was said, for the purpose of con
sidering the nroDOSition of increasing its
'capital stock to $5,000,000, and when this Is
none tne aeai may oe regarded as practically
olosed. So far as learned, there have been
no chauges in the terms upon which the
P., A. 4 M. will absorb the P. V., and there
ai e likely to be none of consequence. Those
who ought to know say Mr. John Dalzell
will be President of the amalgamated
roads, Mr. D. F. Henry, Vice President
and General Manager; Mr. William Ramsey.
Treasurer; A. M. Keeper, Secretary and
Congressman Stone, Solicitor. Tbe con
solidated roads will make one of the great
est street railway systems In tbe West, but
when the great consolidation of the North
side system with the Plttsburg-Duqnesne
combine occurs, as It undoubtedly will be
lore many more moons have waxed and
woved, there will then be a system without
a peer west of New York and Boston,
Bailroad Eurnlncs.
Tbe statement of the Western Now York
and Pennsylvania Railroad for the quarter
ending June 30 Is appended:
1892. I 1891. Dec
Gross $3:,86s'SG6.947 $37,079
Operating expenses.....'... 529,498 639.212 109,714
Net $300.370 1227.735 "$72,635
Other Income 12.833 12.833
Charges 181.799 150.7.2 3.027
Snrplns 133.571 $73.786 $34,77S
Increase.
Financial Motec
Unlisted street railway shares closed as
follows: P., A. 4 M. Traction, 4t bid; P. 4 B.
Traction, 26326; Dudnesne Traction, SO
asked.
H. M. Long sold 100 shares Pleasant Valley
at 25.
There have been recent sales of New York
and Cleveland Gas Coal at 5
Fifteen shares Philadelphia Company sold
at 21 after the close.
Morris 4 Brown sold Electric 2d preferred
to Hill 4 Ca late in the day at 30 and early
Rlnehart sold to Lawrence 4 Co. at SO.
Hill 4 Co., Long and Sproul sold Philadel
phia Company to Rea and Carothers.
B. F. Arensbeig bought Pipeage from
Rlnehart.
Eubn Bros, were the sellers of P. 4 B.
Traction and Long and Rlnehart were the
buyers.
At the last call Westinghouse Machine
Company was offered at 40.
It was stated on aood authority this after
noon that the statement of the operations
of the United States Glass Company for the
past year showed net earnings of $255,000.
A small block of Pennsylvania Railroad
sold at auction in Philadelphia yesterday at
B4JS.
Application has been made to the Comp
troller for authority to organize the First
National Bank of Ell wood City byW. H.
Harttnan, Ellwood City, Pa., and his asso
ciates. A'trust company to handle electric stocks
and bonds is among the projects rumored in
Wall street '
Long Branch correspondence of the Wall
Street A'eua has it "on the very best author
ity" that negotiations have been pending for
some time been the General Electric and the
Westinghouse people, looking to a consoli
dation of Interests.
At a meeting of tho Board of Dliectors'of
the Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Ex
change of New York, held yesterday, tho
following was adopted: Resolved, That
until further orders tho rule governing
trading in nnd clearing of pipe line certifi
cates be applied to the trading In and clear
ing of grain, with the exception that all de
liveries are to be made In Chicago, suoh de
liveries to te warehouse receipts that are a
good delivery at the Chicago Board of
Trade. The limit of trade shall be 1,000
bushels, and trading in splits to Do per
mitted. Poople thoroughly Informed in regard to
the earning capacity of tbe American Sugar
Refineries Company, In, the present total ab
sence of competition, consider the estimate
recently printed that the company is earn
ing $75,000 per day net, as too conservative.
An operator in Sugar whose name has been
prominent in connection with the in
dustry for years past states emphatically
that the company is earning from $90,000
to $100,000 per day net. All of the re
fineries now running are wording night ana
day.
Sales and Final Prices.
Transactions on 'Change were as follows:
first call no sales.
between calls,
70 shares Philadelphia Company ;w
shares P. & B. Traction mh
75 shares Westinghouse Electric 2d preferred. 30
SECOND CALL NO SALES.
THIRD CALL.
100 shares Phlladelohia Company a)K
15 shares Philadelphia Company jo
200 shares Westlnnhonse Electric 2d preferred. S0'2
10 shares People's Pipeage 1514
AFTER CALL.
40 shares P. AB. Traction 25
Total sales, 515 shares. Closing bids and
offers:
lit call, id call, sd call.
stocks. . . . , . ,
Bid Ask Bid Ask Bid Ask
Arsenal Bk 75 ....
Citizens' Nat. Bk 85S$ 66)4
Iron City Nat. Bk.. 80 85 80 85 .... 85
Keystone Bk. of Pg , 85
Citizens' Insnr 33
Western Insurance 40 .... 40 .... 40
Bridgewater 25
ChartlersV. Gas Co .... 12M
People's N. G. Co.. 25M .... 25 .... 20 ....
r. N. G. A P. Co 15) Hh 15 15 16K
Philadelphia Co.... 20)i 2054 2W4 20X 21
Wheeling-Gas Co 20 .... K
Central Traction... 2DJ4 SO 29H 30
Citizens' Traction.. 61)4 GITS 6i) 6Lrt .... 61
Plttkburg Traction. 57 59 57 59 57 ....
Pleasant Valley ... 25), 26f 25)4 26 25)4 ....
Pitts.. Y. &A.R.R 44 .... 44 ... 44 ....
Pitts.. W. AKy.... . .. 6I4 .... 504 .... 50a
N. Y. A C. G. C. Co '50 .... 50 .... 60), ..
La Noria Mln. Co.. 10c ,... 10c 25c ... 25c
Luster Mining Co.. 7)4 .... SH 10 8M
Mesl'me Elee. Co. 17X I9Ji 18 lSk .... 20'
New Castle Water. .... 33
U.S. AS. Co 17 17 17 UH 17 ....
U. 8. A H. Co. pfd 40 .... !
West. A. Brake Co. 127 130 I29j 1J
Standard U. C. Co.. 74 76 75
U. B. G. Co. com 69'f 69 694 ... mi
MONETARY.
Bankers report a moderate volume of dis
counting, with a gradually increasing in
quiry from tbe manufacturing interests.
Bates are steady at G6 per cent, and East
ern exchange 'and currency are trading
even.
New Your; Aug. 18. Money on call easy,
ranging from 12 per cent: last loan per
cent; closed offered at 1. Prime mercantile
paper, S5. Sterling exchange quiet and
steadyat$4 86J-for 60-day bills and $488 for
demand.
Nsw York; Aug. 18. L. Von Hoffmann 4
Co. have ordered $700,000 and Heldelbach,
Ickelhelmer 4 Co. $250,000 gold coin for ship
ment to Europe to-morrow by the steamship
ColumDia.
Clearing House Figures.
PIttsbnrg
Exchanges to-day $2,330,954 91
Balances to-day 623,951 03
bame day last week:
Exchanges $13-3,666 00
Balances 444.200 01
New Yore, Aug. 17. Bank clearings to
day. $88,166,517; balances, $4,311,707.
Boston, Aug. 17 Bank clearings tc-dny,
$14,404,065; balances, $1,952,012. Rate for
money (percent. Exchange on New York
1215c discount.
Cbioaqo, Aug. 17. Money steady nnd un
changed. Bank clearings to-day, $17,679,935.
New York exohange, 40c discount. Sterling
exchange dull and unchanged.
Philadelphia, Aug. 17. Bank clearings to
day, $11,038,204: balances, $1,923,610. Money
2K3 per cent.
Baltimore, Aug. 17. Bank clearings to
day. $52,629,783; balances, $445,913. Money 6 per
cent.
New Orleans, Aug. 17. Bank clearings
to-day, $3,037,304: New York Exchange Com
mercial, 50 cents; bank, $1 60 per $1,000
premium.
Memphis, Tenw., Ang. 17. New York ex
change selling at $1 CO. Clearings, $226,690;
balances, $81,490.
Cincinnati, Aug. 17. Bank clearings to
day, $2 027,950. Interest, 306 per cent. New
York excharge. Mo discount.
St. Louis, Ma, Aug. 17. Clearings, $3,577,
80.', balances. $577,248. Money firm at 57
per cent. Excange on Now York, 40c dis
count. Bar Silver.
New Tore. Aug. 17. Bar silver In London
d lower at 38 3-16d per ounce. New York
dealers' price for silver c lower at 83Jo
per ounce.
Foreign Financial.
London, Aug. 17. The amount of bullion
gone into the Bank of England on balance
to-day is 6,000. India council bills wore al
lotted to-day at a decline of d per ruppe.
Paris advices quote 3 per cent rentes at 99 f,
82c for account and exchange on London
at isr, 18o for checks. ,
Paris, Aug. 17. Three por cent rentes, 99f,
82c for the account.
London, Aug. 17. Close Consols, money
97 1-16; do account, 97 1-16: New York, Pennsyl
vania and Ohio firsts, 33: Canadian Pacific,
90: Erie, 28; do 2ds, 107; Illinois Central,
Mexican ordinary, 24; St. Paul common, 102;
84; New York Cential, 116; Pennsylvania,
55; Reading, 30: Mexican Central, new
4s. 69. Bar silver, S8 3-16d per ounce.
Money, per cent. Rate of discount in
open market for short and three months'
bills, 11 per cent.
Closing Philadelphia Quotations.
Bid. Asked.
Pennsylvania
Reading... '.
Buffalo. N. Y. A Philadelphia
Lehigh Valley
Leliljih Navigation ,
Philadelphia A Erie
Northern Paclflccim
Northern Pacific pref. ,
UH
2)5-15
W
60H
517,
33
Boston Stocks 1
Closing Prices.
Atch. & Topeka UH
Boston A Albany.... 205
Boston A Maine 17914
C. B. AQ 10214
Eastern R. R. 6s iilii
Fitchbnrg R. R 89)4
K.C., St. J.AC.B.7sl23
Little Rock A Ft. S.. 92K
Mex. Cen. com 157a
N.Y. AN. Eng 353
N.Y. AN. --ng.7..121
Wis. Cen. com 1
Wis. Can. pfd 49
Alloacz M.Co. (sew) 90
Boston A Mont
Calumet A Hecla...
Franklin
Kearsarge
Osceola
.300
. 12
. 32
. 15
.167
,. 18X
.204
18
. 2
. 7
. MH
. M
Santa Fe Copper...
tamaracs:
West End Land Co,
Bell Telephone
Lamson store S
Water Power
Centennial Mining.
N. E. Tel
B,k. Copper
Atlantic H
Electric Stocks.
Boston, Aug. 17. The latest electric stock
quotations to-day were: x
Bid. AsKed.
Edison Electric III I 'JO
General Electric Co 117X 117H
General Electric Co., pfd 119H 120
VT. E 31 302S
W. E., pfd 48 49
Ft. W. E.CO 12 13
Ft. W. E. Co.. serlesA 75? 8
T.H.Tr., series C 8? 9
T. H. Tr., series D 8 8M
Boston E. L. Co 114 117
TVnoL
St. Louis. Mo . Aug. 17. Wool recelDts. 144.-
"800 pounds; shipment', 81,500. Maiket life
less at tne lonowing quotations, which nave
existed for many week past: Medium Mis
souri, Illinois, etr.,2022c; braid and coarse,
1819c; medium Kansas and Nebraska, 17
20c; coarse aud low, 15 17c; medium Texa,
Indiana and Arkansas, 8 to 12 months. 19
22c: coarse and low, 1517c; medium Mon
tana, Wyoming, Dakotas, etc., 1721c; coarse
and low, 1516c: medium Colorado, Utah,
New Mexico. Aiizona, etc. 17020c; course
and low,lS16c; tub.washed,3031c; coarse,
2627c.
Cotton.
New York, Ang. 17. Cotton contraots
closed steady at J2 points advance, The
reaction was caused by a denial from Neil!
regarding the crop estimate. He still stood
to his old estimate of not over 7,000,000 bales.
Galveston. Aug. 17. Cotton steady;
middling. 6c; low middling. 6He: eood
ordinary, 5c. Net and gross receipts,
106 bales, all new crop. Sales, 150 bales.
Stock, 16,581 bales.
New Orleans, Aug.17. Cotton steady; mid
dling, 6 15-16c: low middling, G7-16c; good
01 dinary, S 15-160. Net and gross receipts,
669 bales,. Exports coastwise, 1,330 bales.
Sales, 700 bales. Stock, 67,525 bales.
New York Metal Market.
New York, Amr. 17. Pig Iron dnll, weak;
American, $13 505 ftp. Conper anil; lake.
$11 5011 60. Lead steady; domestic. $1 00
4 05 Tin steady at a decline; straits, $20 30
20 40.
General markets.
Toledo Wheat active and higher: No. 2
cash and August, 78o; September, 78c; Oc
tober, 79c; December. 81c. Corn dull and
steady: No. 2 cash, 51c. Oats anlet; cash.
34c: SeDtember. 32i0. Ty0 gteadv: cash. C7e.
Cloveraeed native and lower: October and
November, $5 65. Receipts Flour 160 bar
rels: wheat,283.491 bnshals;corn,4,123 bushels;
oats.SCO bushels; rye,5,865 bushels."Shlpruents
Flour, 2,273 barrels; wheat, 79,600 bushels;
corn, 560 bushels; oats, 1,141 bushels; rye, 400
bushels.
rin'nth The early demand to-day was
confined almost exclusively to cash wheat,
which changed hands at the same figure as
yesterday. Later in the day track wheat
was in lair demand at prices c lower than
yesteiday' close. Close: No. 1 uardcash and
August, 81o; September, 81c: December,
81c; No. 1 Northern cash and August, 77c;
September, 77c: 'December, 78c: No. 2
Northern cash, 72c; No. 3, 62c: rejected, 52c;
on tiack, No. 1 hard, 81c; No. 1 Northern,
79C
Cincinnati Flourdull. Wheat heavy, but
lower; No. 2 red, 74c;irecolpts, 11,500 bush
els; shipments, 14,000 bushels. Corn weaker;
No. 2 mixed, 51c Oats easy and lower; No.
2 mixed, 35o. Bye steady: No. 2, 67c. Pork
generally neglected at $12 00. Lard nominal
at $7 87. Bulk meats dull and lower at
$8 378 5a Bacon .lower at $9 25. Whlskv
steady and firm: sales. 852 ban els at$l 15.
Butter firm. Sugar wtrong. Egs strong at
1212c Cheese slow and weak.
Milwaukee Flour quiet. Wheat easier;
September, 73c: No. 2 spring, 74c; No. 1
Northern. 81c corn quiet: No. 3. 60o. Oats
lower; No. 2 whlte,3335c; No.3 do. 3J34c
Barley nominal; SeptemDer, (3c; sample,
406tc Bye qnlet; No. 1, 64c. Provisions
easy. Pork September, $11 901 Lard
September, $8 00. Receipts Flour, 8.C00
barrels wheat, 70.000 bushels: barley, 6,000
bushels. Shipments Flour, 26,000 barrols;
wheat, 3,000 bushels; barley, none.
Baltimore Wheat weak; No. 2 red spot,
78c: August, 7SVfc; September, 78c; Ooto
bei, 80c Corn dull; mixed spot and Au
gust, 6bo bid: September, 56o bid; October,
50?c asked. Oats firm: No. 2 white Western.
424Sc: No. 2 mixed Western. 39t0c Rye
dull: No. 2, 72c Provisions firm. Mess pork,
$14 50. Lard firmer; refined, 9c Butter
strong: creamery, fanoy, 24c. Eggs firm and
active at 18c Coflee firm; Rio lair at 17c;
No.7.1414c r
Kana tin Wheat weak and lower; No.
2 hard, old, 6I62c; new, 6263c: No. 2 red,
6567c Corn White wa- CuMk and mixed
w as strong; No. 2 mlxed,4445c: No. 3 white,
5152c. Oats weak; No. 2 mixed, 2727c;
No. 2 white, old, 31c Receipts Wheat. 54.
000 bnshels: corn, 3,000' bushels: oat", 13,000
bushels.' Shipments Wheat, 31,000 bushels;
coin, none; oats, none.
Bur) o No. 1 hard wheat, 00c; No. 1 North
ern, 83c; No. 2 red, 8l82c; No. 2 corn, 56c.
BeceiDU Wheat, 700,0u0 bushels; corn, 93,110
bushels. Shipments Wheat, 400,000 bush
els; corn, 60.0J0 bushels.
New Orleans Rico In fair demand; or
dinary to good, S4c Sugar firmer;
centrifugal, prime yellow clarified, 1 l-16c;
off do. SJ?1 13-16c: seconds. 2r1 9 16
MS
2S
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31 S
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REAL ESTATE GOSSIP.
A FEW BIG, TRANSACTIONS IN THE
FINAL STAGES OF NEGOTIATION.
A Bala of Second Avenue Property at Bather
a Low Price David Arnhelm Bays the
Nlmlck Property and TW11 Improve It
Reports From the Building Inspector
and the gents.
The realty market yesterday brought
nothing of very great importance
to the surface that is, for publi
cation. The many deals of great
importance which are known to be under
way, and aie likely to be consummated at
any time, are still in such a shape as would
not warrant their publication. Negotia
tions for tbe sale of a large piece of prop
erty located in the heart of the city are in
progress, and, as the only obstacle In the
way is the difference of a few hundred dol
lars, the transaction is likely to be closed
in a few days. It Is tbe intention of the in
tending purchasers to improve the property
by tbe erection of a large business block In
case the deal goes through, which will add
value to the property In the Immediate
neighborhood.
A new plan of lots located In a very beau
tiful portion of the city; is about' ready to be
placed on the market, but as tbe agent de
sires the publication of the details to be
withheld for a few days the location of the
plan, the houses to be ereoted thereon, size
.of lots, prices, etc, cannot be given at the
moment.
The report published in one or two of the
morning papers to the effect 'that Ira M.
Blrcbfield, the well-known agent, was lying
in a very critical condition at Denver, hav
ing been stricken down with typhoid fever
while attending the convention of the
Knights Templar in that city, and was not
likely to recover, Is untrue. A telegram
from Mr. Blrchfield was received by his
father this morning reading: "I am well;
sickness was not In the least dangerous;
send me a copy of The Pittsburo Dispatch
dally," which clearly defmonstrates that Mr.
Blrchfield Is well and wants the news.
A gentleman who probably makes any
where from $1,500 to $2,500 per year talked to
The Dispatch to-day as follows: "The re
marks in your real estate column about the
need of more medium-priced houses and the
opportunity offered capitalists to make a
good thing by building some somewhere
within easy reach and placing them on tbe
market, were timely. I would buy a small
house, with modern conveniences, at a rea
sonable price, and Iknowanumber of others
who would do the same thing. There is a
crying demand for such properties, and it is
very strange to me that someone with
money does not make preparations to meet
Low-Prlced City Property.
David Arnhelm, the dealer in horses and
mules, has purchased the old Nimlck prop
erty on Second avenue, Just below Ferry
street, 100x75 feet, for $25,000. The property
Is unimproved, having been used as a metal
yard for years, but even at that the price is
considered low. Mr. Arnheim will Improve
It, however, and when the improvements are
completed it will probably bo brought up to
the average for that section- At pi esent the
Arnhelm sales stables are Ideated on the
Fulton property on Second avenue, and Mr.
Arnheim's lease runs for four years yet.
Building Permits.
A building permit was Issued yesterday to
Messrs. Arbuckle 4 Co. for the erection of a
six-story brlok business building on Seventh
street, between Penn avenue and Duquesne
way, cost $65,000. Other permits Issued
were: John Bloszok, a two-story frame
slaughterhouse and dwelling, Spring alley,
near Twenty-seventh street, cost $1,600.
Henry Bieke, a frame two-story dwelling,
2777 Yew street, cost $1,350. Michael Hays, a
frame two-story dwelling, Carnegie avenue,
near McCandless avenue, cost $1,700. John
Conway, a frame two-story dwelling, Harri
son street, near Fifty-sixth street, cost $1,650.
John Utzig, four connected brick two-story
dwellings, Dresden' alley, between Fifty
third and Fi'ty-fourth streets, cost $3,950 for
all. J. R. Pearson, a brick two-story dwell
ing. McKee place, near Forbes street, cost
$8,700. Thomas Means, a frame two-story
dwelling, Almeda street, near Glenwood
avenue, cost $1,500. Jacob Newer, a frame
one-story dwelling, Orphan street, near
Larimer avenue, cost $800 Mrs. C. J. Aiken,
a brick two-story addition to dwelling, Am
berson avenue, between Castleinan and
Ellsworth avenues, cost $1,000.
Beporta Frnm the Agencies.
E. T. Schaffner, the Hill Top real estate
agent, reports the sale of lot No. 215 In the
South View plan, on Phillips avenue, to M.
F. Cassady for $150. Also sold lot No. 216, on
same street, to Thomas Minahan for $150.
C. II. Love sold lot No, 48 In the Hunter
plan, Wilkinsburg, to Mrs. Jennette Gilles
pie for $400.
John K. Ewlng 4 Co. told for Samnel Mo
Cain, to Mis, Kate McKeon, a lot 27x103 on
Perrysville avenue, Secondward, Allegheny,
for $1,000 cash.
Black 4 Balrd sold to Anton John, for the
People's Savings Bank, a small fiame dwell
ing on a lot 20x137 feet on Pearl street,
Bloomfleld, being No. 53 in the Woolslayer
pian, lor i,u.u
Mr. Nicholas Hartman, of 115 to 119 Franks
town ave., has purchased In full the prop
erty lie has been partly interested in for
some time, well known as- the Hartman
House, and proposes shortly to thoroughly
renovate the house. He will also build an
addition to the building at a cost of $5,000
lor improvements.
John F. Sweeny sold for A. Campbell a
block or nearly three acres of lots, adjoin
ing the Thirty-first ward, having a frontage
of 500 feet on Howard avenue and extending
back an average distance of .100 feet to a 20
foot alley. Mr. Sweeny represents the pur
chasers who are now taking steps for the
erection ot bouses on the entire plot, which
will soon be placed oivtbe market for sale.
The Burrell and Kensington Improve
ment Companies report the following sale
of lots at Kensington, the new manufactur
ing city on the Allegheny Valley Railway:
Edward S. Kennedy. Pittsburg, south 16 feet
of lot 20 and north 10 leetof lot 3L block 5,
for $1,508: Martin Plotrowskl, Pittsburg,
north 20 leet or lot 63, bloek 8. for $375; Louis
Sappet, Midway, Pa., lot 437, block 25, for
$552 50; Mrs. Nattte Barnes, Konslngton, lot
86, block 8, for $488 75: Mis. Mary E. Lowry,
Jtaltzhoovor borough, lot 1,433, block 29, for
$533 33.
A FAIR TRADE IN PROGRESS, r
And Merchants Regard the Future Hope
fullyGood Conditions Prevalent in the
Wrat nnd Sooth Current Crop and Busi
ness Gossip and Revised Prices.
Wednesday, Aug. 17.
The movement of general merchandise is
not large, but it is fair, all things consid
ered, and merchants are confident that the
autumn trade will be large and profitable.
They are counting on the Exposition help- 1
ing an lines 01 ousiness, auu ueueve mat,
within another month, the industrial situa
tion will be such as. to stimulate rather than
depress trade. Generally speaking collec
tions are fair.
Western renorts note a fair trade outlook.
and correspondents at all important South-'
em points report that In general business
tbe conditions are qnlte satisfactory lor the
season of the year! Reports as to injury by
the cotton worm are fiequent, and tho pros
pects for the new crop are not very flatter
ing: production will be materially decreased.
The cereal crops are in good condition, and
tbe yield of corn in the central South is
larger than usual. The practical settlement
of labor trouble In the Iron region shown by
the signing of the wage scale and prepara
tions for resuming by many concerns will
increase the demand for Southern iron, the
price or whloh is still very tow. The lumber
market Is decidedly stronger, and a small
advance has been ordeied In the price of
yellow pine. The interest in the home man
ufacture of cotton is still on the increase,
and several new mills have recently been
started.
"We read a great deal about tbe shortage
In the oat ci op in tho West, but have pot
seen any mention of the unprecedented crop
of oats raised by Texas this year. Our
specialty Is shipping outs from Chicago into
tne Southoin States. This trade is now en
tirely cut off, as Texas Is supplying every
Suuthern State south of Virginia. They are
selling oats delivered in Alabama and
Georgia points at 8 cents per bushel less
tlran we can deliver oats from this market.
Fioinallwe can learn, Texat has raised
enough oats to supply the whole Southern
country for many nonths to come, and this
cuts a Dig figure In the oat consumption."
Chieagxt Herald.
Rome Mnrvland canners are more dis
posed to accept orders for new Harford
county lumaioQB, uu wv .. v. , ub,u
more gooas could be secured.
Late advices by mull from Bordeaux are
to tbe effect that tho Frenoli prune crop will
be 25 per cent short of that ot last year, but
above the average in quality.
Quotations us hlzh as $3 50 for gallon pio
fieuches were received fiom Baltimore, but
t was understood that there ore a few more
left lor which $3 25 would be accepted.
There uro some indications or rather more
Interest in California dried fruit on the part
of Eastern buyers, and along with Itaten
denev toward creator steadiness to values
nearly all along tbe line. No extensive t
trades are being consummated, nor are indi
cations of tendency on the part of Jobbers
to operate'on a large scale visible: yet it is
plain that the market has turned slightly
for the better In tone at least. Prunes at 9c
f. o. b. for 60s to 90s in sacks are taken to a
fair extent, and offerings at that rate appear
to nave diminished. Choice bleaohed apri
cots in bags bring 1414c on the spot,
while offers of 12o f. o. b. coast are declined.
In the primal market 13c for royal and 14c for
Mborpark variety seem to be inside figures
for first-class goods. Choice bleached
peaches In bags that were down last week to
12o f. o. b. coast are now held at J4Qc ad
vance. Grain, Floor and Feed.
Sales on call at tbe Grain and Flour Ex
change to-day: One car sample oats, free
In elevator, at 40c; one car No. 2 white oats,
five days, 39c Bids and offers:
spot.
Bid. Asked.
No. 1 yellow shelled corn $ 55 $ 60
New extra No. 1 white oats.... 97J4 38
Old No. 2 whltooau Si 40)
FIVE DATS.
No. 1 red wheat. 87
No. 2 j-ellow shelled corn W 63
No. yellow shelled corn , 60
High mixed shelled corn 57
No. 2 yellow ear com 58 63
No. 2 white oats. f.Le 39X 41
Prairie hay 8 00 t CO
No. 1 timothy hay 13 50 15 25
ten pats.
No. 2 red wheat 86
No. 2 yellow shelled corn 57 58
No, 2 yellow ear corn 59)4
Receipts bulletined: Via the P. 4 W. 1
car wheat; via tbe P. 4 L. E. 1 car oats, I
car flour; via the B. 4 O. 2 cars oats, 1 car
hay;' via the P., 0., 0. 4 St. L. cars corn,
1 car oats, 1 car mid dllngs, 2 cars wheat; via
the P., Ft. W. 4 C 4 cars corn, 1 car bran,
5 cars flour. Total, 29 cars.
BANGS OF THE MARKET,
rThe following quotations for grain, feed, hay
and straw are for carlots on track. Dealers charge
a small advance from store:
Whiat No. 2red .'... 85 ffi 6
No. 3 red 19 80
Corn No. 2 yellow ear 60 St C0K
Ulgb-nilxed ear 58jlg 59
Mixed ear... 57 (9 53
No. 2 yellow shelled 56S 57
Hlgh-mlxcd shelled 552(a 56
Mixed shelled , 54 & 55
Oats-No. 1 white ! 40 41
No. 2 white &H 40
Extra No. 3 white 3$h 39
Mixed , 37 a 38
Rye-No. 1 Ohio and Penn., new 73 74
No. 2 Western, new 71 72
FLOUR (Jobbers .prices) Fancy brand, $3 00
S 25: standard winter patents. $4 855 00: spring
patents. $4 8V35 0: straight winter. $4 5004 75;
clear winter. $42t4 60; XXX bakers, $4 004 25;
rye. $4 C054 25.
MiLLFErD-No. I white middlings. $19 0C20 CO:
No. 2 white middlings, $16 50317 60: winter wheat
bran, $14 50314 73; brown middlings, b 0017 W;
chop. 19 CO23 CO.
Hat No. 1 timothy. $14 0014 60: No. 2 timothy.
$12 00012 50: mixed clover and timothy. $12 50
13 50; packing. $3 50(39 00: No. 1. prairie, $9 00
9 60: wagon hay. $15 0017 00.
bTKAW-Wheat, fS co6 50; oat, $7 507 75.
Groceries.
SUGARS Patent cut-loaf. 6sc: cnbes, 6Hc: pow
dered, oHctgrannlated (standard). 4Hc: confec
tioners A. 44c: sort A.4!4?tc: fancy jri-llow, 4,"ic:
fair yellow, 34c: common yellow. 3Kffi3Vc
Coffee Roasted. In packages Standard brands,
19 13-20c; second grades, 18!,19fc: fancy grades,
22j274c. Loose Java. SSic; Mocha. UM35c:
Santos. 23)aic: Maracalbo. 27c; Peaberry, 25)i
SSHc: Caracas, 29c; Rio, 22M25c.
Coffee-Ghien O. G. Java, 3031c: Paddang
Java. 2SJ423Mc: Mocha. 3132e: Peaberry. 24H
24Kc:8anlos.22)S3S::Maracalto, 2I)J3c:Cra
cas, 24423c; golden Santos, 21j422c) Rio, 19(3
21c.
OIL Carbon, 116. 6c; headlight, 6c: water
white. 714c; Elaine. 13'.. c; Ohio legal test. 6!4c;
miners winter white, 3236c: summer, 3132c.
MOLASSES New Orleans, fancy new crop, 40
41c: choice. 37(dtf8c: centrifugals. 29c
STItCP Corn svrup. 23!5c; sngar syrnp, 2829c:
fancy flavors. 3I32c.
Fruits London laver raisins, $2 SO; California
London layers. $1 9Cfft2 10: California muscatels,
bags. &354C: boxed. $1 1531 2i: new Valencia, iU
&ic: new Ondara Valencia. 7!7?c: California
sultanas. 9llc: currants, 3c: (alirornla prunes,
8,S12)4c: French prunes. 7H&0lie: California
seedless raisins, 1-Ib cartons, $3 75; citron, 19)j
20c; lemon peel, Hjfi)llc.
Rice Fancy head Carolina. 664fc: prime to
choice, 66Xc: Louisiana, 5J,Kc; Java, 5)5Xc:
Japan. 5Sttc.
Canned Goons "tandard peaches, $2 fn2 10:
extra peaencs. 12 25132 60: seconds. SI SVSH 90: pie
peaches, $1 2S1 30; nnest corn. $1 4C1 50; Harford
county corn. l 30(3)1 33; lima beans. $1 irl 25;
soaked. 8fx3$5c: early June peas, fl l.VoH 25;
marrowfat peas. $1 G5l 15; soa1.ed,7t(375c: French
peas, $13 5052 00 ? ion cans or $1 752 50 ?doz.;
Stneapples, $1 251 3 extra do $2 40; Bahama
o. $3; damson plums, eastern. $1 25; Cali
fornia pears. $2 12'$2 25; do green gages. $1 50;
do gg plums, $1 70: do aprlcnts. $1 85432 CO: do
extra white oherrles. $2 752 85: do white
cherries. 2-lb cans. $1 M: raspberries. $1 Sl 50;
strawberries. $1 151 25: gooseberries, $1 lCl 25:
tomatoes. $1 00(31 10: salmon, l-lb. $1 25(31 95:
blackberries, "affiooc; succotash. 2-lb can., soaked,
9oc: do standard, 2-lb. $1 2V3H 60; corned beer,
2-lb cans. $1 751 80; do 14-lb. $13 00; ro-ist beer,
2-lb, 1 75; chipped beef, l-lb cans. $1 u2 00:
baked beans. 11 .3(31 SO: lobsters, l-lb. $2 35: mack
erel, fresh, l-lb, 05c: broiled, fl 50: sardines, do
mestic, 'a: 00: Hi. $6 28: H: mustard. ; 2: Im
ported, M. $10 50(312 60; Imported. Ks. 118 00(32300;
canned apples, 3-lfi, 7075c: gallons. $2 $3(33 00.
Dairy Products.
The markets are firm with Ohio cheese
fractionally higher, nnd another elevation
of butter quotations next week seems prob
able. ,
Butter Choice Elgin cretmcry, 5S(329c: other
brands. 2325c; choice to fancy country roll, 17
20c: low grades. 13315c; cooking. S10c.
ullKESE-unio, new, lu.ijsiuc; jut iors:.iux(a
lOJgc: fine fall make, fancy new Wisconsin Swiss
blocks, 14I3c: do. bricks. 10HI311C: Wliconsln
sweltzer. In intis. 13ISJc ror new. Iai6c for old;
llmberger, 103111c: Ohio Swiss. 12J?&13c, as to
quality.
Egg and Poultry.
Eggs continue dnll and weak and there
appears to be no probability of an improve
ment until the heated term Is over. At tbe
same time outside markets are relatively
higher than this. Chickens are In good sup
ply and well held at quotations.
Egos -Strictly fresh Pennsylvania and Ohio, 153
16c; cold storage stock. H(3USc
PoOLTRT-Sprlng chickens. 405350c per plr for
small and .vatoo tor large: old chlcEens, 75c$l 00;
ducks. 708Oc; geese, 75cfl 00.
Provisions. I
Large hams
Medium
Small
Trimmed
California
Shoulders, sugar-cured
Dry salt
Roulettes
Breakfast bacon
Extra dn
Clear sides
Dry salt sides
Clear bellies, smoked :
Clear bellies, dry salt
Pork, heavy
Light
Dried beef, knuckles
Hounds
Sets. ..I
Flats
Lard (pure) tierces
Tubs
Two 50-lb cues
Lard (refined) tierces
Half barrels
Tubs ,
Palls
Two 50-lb cases
Three-lb cases
Flve-lb cases
Ten-lb cases
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Berries, Fruits and Vegetables.
Blackberries were In light supply and de
mand to-day at 810cper auart and7585o
per pall, and huckleberries were slow at 75
90c per basket and $1 1C1 25 per pail.
Apples have become more plentiful and
supplies are accumulating under a moderate
demand. Sales were reported all the way
from $1 50 to $3 50. per barrel, 5075c per
-bu. basket, and 3550c for small
baskets, all according to quality of fruit.
Peaches were In comparatively heavy sup
ply nnd quoted at $2 00423 00 per bu. and
50cM 25 per basket, according to size of
package nnd qualltvof fruit. Bartlett pears
at$6 507 00 per bbl., and $1 OOv per-bu.
basket. Lemons at $C 007 CO per box.
Bananas at $1 502ro por bunch for firsts.
and75c$100 Tor neconds. California Bart
lett pears at $3 153 50 per box: do plutnx at
$2 002 75 per case and do peaches at $1 25
150, Orleans Damson plums sold at $3 50
perbu, and pages at $2 252 5a
Concord grapes wero held at 50c per 10-lb
basket: Ives at 4045c, and Niagaras and
Marthas at 3035c per 4 and 5-lb basket.
Watermelons were easier over a wider'
range, quotations being given as $10 0025 00
per hundred, ranteloupes sold ac $2 004 00
per bbl, and $1 501 75 per crate, with the
supply large and the demand active.
Tomatoes were slow and lower at 2550o
per bushel. Cabbage was also lower at 75c
$1 00 per bbl, and vegetables generally were
dull. Celery, Vir,5 ; onions, $2 502 75 per
bbl; egg plants, 75c$l 00 per dozen.
Jersey Rose potatoes were quoteil dull at
$1 752 CO per bbl on track, and $2 002 25
from -tore, and yellow sweets were lower at
$4 254 50.
Flan.
Tbe Eastern market is active and strong,
and It is Intimated that prices are going to
bo higher. Current prices here for 1892 catch
are as follows;
Half Qr.
Dbls bbls bbls Palls Palls
Mackerel. Joo lb K0 lb 50-li 50-ib 10-lb
Extra No. 1 mess.... $28 CO $14 40 P 40 $2 30 $1 60
Extra No. 1 shore.... 28 00 13 40 690 2 15 15o
Ex. No. 2 large shore 20 00 10 40 540 170 120
Kx. No. 2 med. shore 18 Oi S 40 4 90 155 110
No. 3 large; 13 50 8 15 427 140 103
.No. 3 small 1050 5 50 3 00 105 75
Round herlng
Uairbbls. 1001b $290
Potomac herring
Barrels. .... ..... 4 00
Half barrels , 2 25
Holland herring i
Kegs .'. 80
Lake herring
Hairtbls. folb 2 20
Uns.rterMi's.X0 lb 13
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Palls, 15 lb $
PalU, 101b 5$
White fish
Half bbls. 70 lb 00
Quarter bbls, 30 lb 2 40
Palls, 151b 120
Falls, 101b 90
Russian sardines
Hair bbls. 100 lb 3 CO
Kegs 60
Whole codfish
Large, perlb 7
Medium, per lb... -....
Bineless codfish
20-lb boxes. l(32-lb bricks per lb. 58K
20-lb boxes, 2-Ib bricks, choice 8
Whole hake per lb.
LIVE STOCK LOWER.
Good Cattle Holding Up, Common to Me
dium Grades Weak and Hogs and
Sheep Hale Below Last Week's Clos
lng Prices Keeelpta Rather Heavy.
"Wednesday, Aug-. 17.
The ran of cattle at tbe Central drovst
yards this week has been comparatively
heavy, and prices have shown a declining
tendency. Receipts Monday were 101
loads, against 105 the previous week. Tho
market opened active and steady on prima
corn-fed batcher grades and exporters, but
grassers were slow at slight concessions.
Tuesday's receipts wore light, and tbe closa
to-day was about steady at quotations, with
no demand for anything but cornfed stock.
Extra $14 501316 00 $
Prime 13 00(314 00
Good 12 00(313 00
Tidy IP 00I1 50
Fair 9 W3H 00
Fair 10 00(311 60
Common 7 00(3 CO
Rough, half fat 10 00 1 3 CO
Common to good fat oxen
Common to good fat bulls.....
Common to good fat cows
Hellers 7 0C10 00
Bologna cows, per head
Fresh cows and springers ,
HOOS.
Monday's receipts were 23 double-deck
loads. The market opened slow and closed
on a decllno of 1015c. Tuesday's receipts
were light and the market closed steady at
the decline on corn-fed and weak on grassers.
Quotations:
Best Philadelphia $5 90(36 00
511 led Philadelphia 5 &V35 90
Yorkers 5 6535 80
Roughs and pigs 4 005 3
SHEET.
The supply on sale Monday covered 23
double-deck loads, and tbo market ruled
slow on all grades,c!osing on a decline of lOo
per cwt. Receipts since Monday ere seven
double-deck loads, and the market closed,
barely steady at .Monday's decline, as fol
lows: Prime, 95 to 110 lb $5 15(3$5 50
Good, 85 to 90 lbs 4 80(3 5 10
Fair. 70 to 8 lbs 3 75k4 4 3
Common, 65 to 70 lbs 3 00(3 3 3
Culls 1 OOra 2 3
Spring lambs 4 ooa 6 00
Veal calves 6 00(3 6 3
Grass calves 2 60(3 3 CO
SOME OF THE SALES.
Following are a few of the transactions
completed Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day: Holmes, Rowlen & Co. sold 10 bead cattle, weigh
ing 9.330 IB, at $3 60: 14 head. 15,090 lb. $3 50; 20 head,
22.0101b. $3 85; 11 bead, 13.4801b, K 30: 20 head.
3.270 lb. $4 40. Hois 112 bead. 19.SSU lb, $385; 72
head, 11,270 lb. $5 90:79 head. 9.060 lb,$S10;121
head. 24.4001b. $6 10. Sheep 133 head, . axi lb,
$4 to; 129 head. 10.620 lb, $4 75; 97 head, 5,050 lb,
$3 25.
Lafferty Bros, and Hadden sold 18 head cattle,
23,9101b, at$4 85:14 head. 14.300 lb. $3 80: 15 head,
21.7001b. $4 (fl; 13 cows and calves. $116. Hogs 79
head, 13.230 lb, $5 75: 64 head. 12, TO lb. 0 00:45
head, 7.780 lb. 5 70: 18 head. 3.2WI1D. $5 60. Sheep
122 bead. 10,160 lb. $ lu:3t head. 2.250 lb. $4 40: 83
head. 6. 110 lb, $3 50; 11 head, 750 lb. $1 73; 61 bead,
4,900 lb. $4 SO.
Drum. Dyer A Co. sold 18 head cattle, weighing
24.020 lb, at II 3:3 head, 23,030 lb. $2 43: lOnead,
2,560 lb. $4 10; 20 head. 2S.J60 lb. $4 So: 30 head. 28.
OcO lb, $3 05. IIogs-61 bead. 8.160 lb. $ 55; 33 head.
5,1301b. $5 65; 121 head. 24.400 lbs. $s (0: 46 head.
5.C80 lb. $5 40:32 head. 4,350 lb. $5 70. Sheep 13
head, 1,820 lb. (3 05; 120 head. 10.09U lb, $1 00; 54
head. 2.630 lb. $4 60; 117 head. 8.820 lb. $3 75; 23
head. 15,800 lb. $3 90: 122 head. 9.3.0 lb. $1 40.
Huff. Hazel wood A Imhoff sold 22 head cattle,
weighing 20,870 lbs. at $4 3; 51 head. 69.9301b,
$4 65: 51 head, 73.5101b. $5 00: 16 head. 12.510 lb.
$2 80: 3 head, 18.570 lb. $2 65: 27 head, 23.1201b.
$3 00: 16 head. 19.5701b. $4 20. llogt-10 head. 2,550
lb. $5 60; 65 head, 11.130 lb. $5 70; 70 head. II. 000 lb,
$5 75: 119 head. 22.640 lb. $ Su. sheet. 114 bead,
a. 470 lb. l 20: 19 head. 1,130 lb. St 75; 120 head. 9.0)0
lb, $3 3: 118 head. 9.540 lb. $4 60: 81 head. 6.760 lb,
$4 80: 97 head, 7.080 lb. $5 .
S. K. Hedges i Co. sold 21 head cattle, weighing
24.0201b. $4 10: IS head. 19,360 lb. $4 5. Hogs-42
head, 7.410 lb. $5 60: 66 head. 12,50 lb, $1 70; 112
head, 19.: M lb. $5 85; 42 head. 6.160 lb. $5 65: 27
head. 5.470 lb. SS 90. Sheep-3 head. 2.120 lb. $4 50:
38 head, 1.770 ID. $4 73; 70 bead. 6. TO lb, $5 40: 17
head. 1.810 lb. $ 10: 161 head. 12.&0 lb. (4 35; 30
bead. 2, 880 lb. $5 00: 3 head. 830 lb. $1 SO.
Joan iTeslet Co. sold 18 head cattle, weighing
23.9101b. at $4 75: 17 head. 2O.70O lbs. f4 l7.S:20head.
24.720 lb. $4 10: 34 head, 37.150 lb. $3 70: 34 head. 34.
820 lb. $325: 10 head. 7.910 lb. $267h!: II bulls. 15.590
lbs. $243; 3lreh cows at $31 per head. Hogs
207 heaa. 42.360 lbs. $6 00; 161 bead. I7.8M lb, $5 90;
43 head. 8,610 lb. $70: V head. 13.9SO lb. J575.
bheep 223 bead. 19.7001b. $510. 208 bead 17,7301b,
S3 00: 80 head. 6.6501b. $4 65; 111 head. 8. 430 lb. J4 Out
96 head. 5.9501b. S3 15.
Reneker, Llnkhoru Jt Co. sold 40 head cattle,
weighing 43.900 lb. $100; 21 head. SL 700 lb. $3 90.
22 head. 18.500 lb. $3 3; 16 head, 128001b, 13 00; 12
head, .M.luO lb. 81 20: 16 head. 17. WJ lb. S4 05;1S
head. 16.500 lb, $3 80; 21 head. 23.500 lb. $4 00. Hogs
48 bead. 3,91Ulb. $5 C5:61 bead, 11.210 lb. S5 75: 51
bead. 7.560 lb, $5 50; 54 head. 11.000 lb. $5 80:75
head, 11.7001b. $5 55:116 Iliad. 19.300 lb. $5 70: 54
head. 9,8W lb, $ H. Sheep 106 bead. 8.720 lb. S4 3;
207 head. 15,7UUlh, 4b0:55 head, 3.370 lb, $5 25; 89
head. 5.2701b. $5 65.
McCall. R.'Wlen A Newbern sold 22 head rattle,
weighing 18.C80 lb. at $3 00: 22 head. 24.690 lb,
$3 K: 3 head. 19,610 lb. $3 15:11 head.9.rtXilb.$2 85
22 head. 22.280 lb. $130: 24 head. 23.270 lb. $3 20.
Hogs-75 head. 12.200 lb, $5 ei; M head. 10.4o01b
a, 7.1- 41 head. 9.CO0 lb. Si 85: 148 head. 26.950 lb.
$5 70. Sheep 36 bead. 2.960 lb. 14 CO; 121 head,
11.500 lb. 40: ins bead. 5.590 lb, $5 00; 37 head,
2,250 lb, $5 50: 32 bead, 2,370 lb, $0 OO.
Jtj Associated Press.
New York Beeves Receipts, 2,428 bead,
including 54 cars for sale; market active and
1540c per 100 lbs higher; native steers, $3 90
S t0 per 1C0 lbs: Texas and Colnrados, $3 83
4 10: bull and cows, $2 203 CO: dressed
beef, 9c per lb; shipments to-day, 498 beeves
and 4,580 quarters of beel; shipments to
morrow, 1,220 beeves and 1.3S0 quarters of
beef. Calves Receipts, 3,650 bead; market
active and is per lb higher: veals, $G00S CO
per 100 lb-: grassers, $3 003 75: buttermilk:
calves, $3 504 50; Western do. $4 005 37Jc
Sheep and Limb Receipts, 9,910 head: sheen
steadv: sheep, $4 005 50; lamiis, $5507 50;
dressed mutton steadv at 8Ue per lb;
dressed lambs Arm at 912c. Hogs Receipts,
9333 head, including 2 cars for sale; markes
llrra at $5 256 25 per 100 lbs.
Chlcien The JCvnmg Journal reports:
Cattle Receipts, 19,000 bead; shipments, 4,500
head: market slow, steady to 15c lower;
double extra steers $5 005 3D; good to
choirp. $4 754 95: others, $3 S54 25; Texans,
$2 453 50; rnn-.'ers. $3 403 45; cows and
year:ings.$2 103 75. Hogi Receipts, 26.0CO
head: shipments, 8,000 bead: market slow,
10c and I5c lower; rough packers, $5 155 50;
good mlxea, $5 605 70: prime heavy and
butchers' weights, $5 605 95:,llght, $4 50
5 85. Sheep Receipts, 10i000 bead; ship
ments, 1,500 head; snenp trifle lower; lamb-.,
25c lower; natives, $3 B06 00; Texans, $4 12
4 10; Westerns, $4 804 85.
Kansas Clly Cattle Receipts, 4.000 head;
shipments. 6.000 head; steers steady to 10a
lower, $2 20Q4 50; cows steady to strong,
$1 752 35: Texas steers dull to 10c lower,
$2 102 CO: stockers and feeders steady to
strong, ti 3i3 33. Hogs Receipts, 6,000
bead; shlnments, 500 head; tbo market
wn 515c loor: all grades,
$4 004215 80: bulk, $5 405 62K Sheep Re
ceipts, 1,500 head; shipments, 600 head;
the market was dull and steady; muttons,
$4 254 50.
Ban-ilo Cattle Receipts, 193 loads)
through, 2 sale; market strong lor good
steers. Hogs Receipts, 32 loads through, S
sale; market about steady: heavy grades,
corn-fed. $3 056 10. Sheep and lambs Re
ceipts, 12 loads through, 6 sale: market slow
and lower for lambs of common qnallty.
ESTABLISHED 1867.
CHOICE TIMOTHY HAY A SPECIALITY
DANIEL M'CAFFREY.
Hay, Grain and Commission,
233 AND 210 FIFTH AVENUE,
PITTSBURG, PA,
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orders for grain
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Local securities bought and sold for cash
or carried on liberal margins.
Investment niade at our discretion ana
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