GOLD GOES ABROAD And Trading Is Limited and the Ball Movement Checked. GOOD BDIING BY THE INSIDERS In the Leading Eailways and Strength in tbe Industrials. ONLT ONE OR TWO WEAK POINTS NitwTork, Aug. 24. The stock market to-day was In marked contrast to that of yesterday, all the activity and strength of the latter having disappeared, while the dealings again assumed their professional character. Another factor came in to limit the amount of trading, the exports of gold, and the advancing tendency which was dis played by most stocks at the openingsoon gave way to weakness, though the losses suffered were generally insignificant. The favoring elements which gradually made themselves felt In the late dealings were the strength and aotlvity in Missouri Pacific, which was regarded as indicating the atti tude of the old Interest in the market, and undoubted buying of many stocks, such as Bock Island and Reading, by insiders, with the general beliet that the short inteiest is tall of large proportions in comparison with the size of the market. New Lnglaud was to-day the only really w oak point in the rail road list. The grangers throughout the day were quiet, and the declining tendency In Burlington 'was more than offset Dy the strength in Kock Island and St. Paul, and the rest of the list were without special fea ture. In the industrials Lead and later Dis tillers and Sugar were specially strong. Among the specialties Colorado Coal and Oregon Short Line, and, to a less extent. Union Paciflc, Denver and Gull, were conspicuous for the advance made The market closed with considerable ani mation, but only steady to firm under the ressure to lealize, mid a sudden drop in ackawanna, which, like most of the list, showed a marked lack of support, loft it ma terially lower, while most of the list show small advances. Railroad bonds were again quiet, but the old favorites, Atchison incomes, were again brought to the front and, hile advancing only slightly, led the list with sales ot $303 000 out of a total day's business of $L25G,000, The market displayed a firm temper and prices are generally slightly higher this evening, but the important changes are lew. Government bonds were dull and steady. Close of the list: TJ. S. 4s reg 115)4 XI. fc. 4S COlip 115J Mutual Union 6s... 110 N. J. C. Int Cert.. .111!, Northern Fac. lsts..U64 Northern Pac. Mi. .114 Northw'n Consols. .137)4 No'hw'n Deben.Es109 U. S. 4s reg- iso Pacific 6s of '95 107 Louls'na tumped 4s 92 Tenn. new eel ts -....iwi Tcnn. new set5s 100 bt.L.& I. M. Gen. 6s.. 854 St.L.AS F.Uen.M..107i St. Paul Consols'... .130 St. p., c. 4 r. lsts.ais T. P. L. G. IT. KcU. 83 T. P. R. G.TT. Rets. SIM Union Pac lsts 108)4 West Shore ...103X R.&G.W 78.4 Tenn. new set 3s 7754 Canada fco. za not Ceii. Pacific lsts....10s Den. .t It. G. lsts..117 Den. 4 R. G. 4s 8.1 Erie Ms 104; M., K. T. Gen. 6s. 80 M.. K. T. Gen. 5. 47, Bid. Mining shares closed as follows: Cholor.. 40Onhlr. .. M0 . zs . 80 . 143 . SO . 43 . GO . 350 .1700 . 3o0 Crown Point Con. Cat. and Va... Deadwood. Gonld A Carry Hale Xorcross..., Homes take Mexican North Start Ontario . sOil'lrmoutb. ....... , 300 Sierra Nevada... 213 Standard . . 60 ,. 40 .10 . 100 Union Con Yellow Jacket.... Iron Silver Quleksllrer Quicksilver pfd.. Bulwert . 6o0 .3950 t Asked. The total sales of stocks to-day were 233,456 shares, including Atchison, 12,625; Chicago Gas, 4,100; Erie. 4,300: Louisville and Ntish vllle, 6,200; Missouri Paciflc, 12,000; New Eng land. 36.700; Reading, 72.600; St Panl, 9,000; Union Pacific, 13, 100; Union Paciflc, 8,00u; "Western Union, 3,200. The following table shows the prices of active stocks on the New Tork Stock Exchange, cor rected dally for TnE PiTTgncRO DisrATcn by VniTKEY k Stefhexsov, oldest Pittsburg mem bers of New York Stock Exchange, 57 Fourth avenue: Clos- Close Open High Low lng Aug, lng. csu est. bid. 23. Am. Cotton Oil 46 47X mi V, 464 Am. Cotton Oil Pfd. S3 83 83 8SS, 2S4 Ain. Sugar R. Co... 113l 114 113 1M 113K Am. Sus-arR.Co.pfd 10i 1064 Atch.. Top. AS. F.. 394 40 39. 38V 33,", Canadian Pacific 881, Canada Southed.... 59"i S9 59S ' 59?4 59 Central of N. Jersey 135H 186 iss MJH 135 Central Pacific 28S 3)i Chesapeake i. Ohio. 24)4 24X 24.', 24 ux CAO. lstpfd 63S 63 CiO.Mpra 4Ji 43!i Chicago Gas Trust.. 83 831 83 82 824 C B.JcQ 101M 102Si 101M 101 10H4 C..M1I. iV Panl... 824 83i 82K 8i4 S3 &. Mil. &St.P. pfd. 12es 1269 C.. Rock 1.4 P 82 83), 82 815 81S a.SU,.,M.40 5354 S3S 53 53 624 C St P.JI. & O. pfd 121S4 12IX 121 121 12CUf C. A Northwestern.. 117)4 1175, 117)4 117)4 117H a. a, a a i Wi ee 66x ggx ssh C.CCil. pfd 93 SS Col. Coal Iron 35J4 37 35 37?, 3S T-ol. A Hocklne Val U4 S4S Del., Lack. A West. 1S3M 158H 1"H 1S7 157 Del. A Hudson 138 139 13S! 13S5 13S lien. A Rio Grande 16 16 D. A H o G.. ll!d.. 41 49M 49)4 4S "H DIs. A Cattle F. Tr.. 49J4 51?J 49 60y 49 Illinois Central 99"t 89'i Lake Erie A West... 24 24 24 24 24U L.H.AW., pfd 7J"i 75X Lake Shore A M.S.. 135H 135 135 135h 1S4V. Louisville A Nash... 6H 70 CSh U'A '? Michigan Central.... 109,4 Mobile A Ohio 35 Missouri Pacific 61 (j 63 61 621, 61K National Cord. Co.. 1294 130 129S 1304 129 Nat.CordageCo..pfd 122 KSii 122 1HV 121 National Lead Co ... 43 48 M 45 45"-s 4"H Nat. Lead Co., pfd.. S8S4 99S 984 iS'i 9SS New Tort Central.. 112H 112S H2J 112)4 lim N. Y.. C A St. L.... 17,i 17)1 17, 17H 17? N.Y,C.ASuL,1stpfn .. 72 72 N.Y.C.ASt.L.2d pfd 38i S8M 3SS' 344 S J;. . L. E. AW.... 27!, 234 273, 27S 2754 N.Y..L.EA W..pfd 6.-.J, 654 N. Y. AN. E 32 32H SO5, SH, 32 N Y.. O. A W 1X 19S 14 WJ 19)4 Norfolk A Western.. lib 115, Norfolk A W.. pM 434 3 North American Co. 14 14M 14 14 14 Northern Pacific... 21K 21)4 21!4 205, 201, Nortliern Pac, pfd., 564 MJ4 S6)t M4 tGK OhinA Mississippi II ii)4 Oregon Implement.. 23 23 Pacific Mall 334 33K Peo.. Dec A Evans 18H 18W Pblla. A Reading.... 29 SI'i 5S)t iSH 581, P.. C, C. A St. L 21 21 P..C.,C.ASt.L., pfd 63 63 Pullman Palace Car. 197 197 197 196 190 Richmond A W.P.T. SH 8H 84 8 8)4 St. Paul A Duluth 41 41 St. P. A Duluth prd 103 103 St. P..Mln. A Man 116,4 1154 Texas Paciflc 11 nsj 11 114 11)4 Union Pacllio 3UJ, 40 39 S9 39K J abash 11 JVabash pfd 25' S6H 2574 25H 26)4 western Union S9), 99s, 99 94 994 Jfheelllig AL. E.... Sh 284 27 27H 27 heeline A L, E.pra 69ft 70 69 ra, 68, Baltimore A Ohio.... V7H 98 "J7)j 97 Si 97,4 EVERYTHING CLOSES LOWER. A Bearish Sentiment Prevails on tbe Chi cago Board of Trade. Chicago, Aug. 24. A bearish sentiment prevailed in all of the trading pits on Change to-day. and everything closed lower than yesterday's last figures. Wheat was rather strong on the curb, before the bell apped for regular trading, and as a result of this fact transactions in a regular way were at a point above yesterday's close; but the situation was resardod as bearish and thero was considerable selling pressure re sulting soon in lower prices. The bearish points were the weak and lower English cables, tbe strike at Buffalo, the increase or cholera in Europe and the danger of its in vasion of this country and the heavy re ceipts of wheat at all points of accumula tion. BradctneCt reports the increase in stocks East of the Rockies last week at 4.C42.C00 bushels, and 132,000 bushels on the Paciflc coast, waklnga grand total of 4,174, 000 bushels Increase lor tho week. The Gov ernment crop bulletins were also favorable and reported big yields, while interior de llerie continued on a liberal scale. A good deal of long wheat was closed out and short selling was equally generous, while the buying was somewhat restricted and cautious. The weakness in corn and pro visions also helped to cause depression in wheat and the market naa heavy almost Iroin tho start. Com was lower and woaker: early transac tions were at abont yesterday's close, but reports of generous ruins in the most im portant sections of the corn belt started con siderable liquidation and lower prices. Later it was asserted that tbe rains had been light and local, and the Government weekly crop bulletin Indicating that drought was very general , there was some recovery. Oats were quiet and easy, in sympathy with the course or corn and wheat, closing jjc lower at S4Jic for September. Ho.; products were generally lower; the receipts or live hogs were some 8,000 more than expected, and there was less urgency in the demand and considerable realizing which resulted In lower prices. Pork closed at til OSwjfc leaaorlOo nnKviMd with vaster. day's anal flf rs. eemamuar lri wM "P ttrilyavomlwkdurlttj h tariy part of the J session and closed with a loss of 7K- B'hs are lKo lower. Cash Quotations were ns follows: Flour steady and unchanged. No. 2 spring wheat, 75c; No. 3 spring wheat, 666Sc: No. 3 red, 7594c No. 2 corn. 51Kc No. 2 oatB, Sic; No. 2 white," S8037KO; No. 8 white. 83 34J4C. No. 2 rye, 62c- Ko. 2 barley, 63c; No. 3 f. o. b., 55c; No. 4. no sales. No. 1 flaxseed, $1 OL Prime timo thy seed, $1 52. Mess pork, per barrel, $11 00. Lard, per 100 pounds. 47 62U7 65. Short ribs sides (loose), $7 E0i?7 90; dry salted shoulders (boxed). $6 90? 00: short clear sides (boxed), $3 00S 75. Whisky, distillers' finished goods, per gallon, $1 IB. Sugars Cutloaf unchanged; granulated unchanged; standard A unchanged. Receipts Flour, 22,000 barrel: wheat. 579, 000 bushels; corn, 318,000 bushels: oats, 372.000 bushels; rye, 20,000 bushels; barley, 6,000 bushels. Shipments Flour, 14,000 barrels; wheat, 234 000 bushels; com, 2SS.O0O bushels; oats, 274.000 bushels; rye, 7,000 bushels; barley, 4,000 bushels. On the Produce Exchange to-day the but ter market was quiet and unchanged Eggs, 1717Kc Range of the leading futures, tarnished bv John M. Oaklev i. Co., bankers and brokers. No. 45 Sixth street: Close Au.23 Articles. Whiat. August September October... December. ..... May. COBK. Augnst September. October. December May. OATS. August September. October. December, May. Pons. September. October......... January. Lard. September. October Januarv Short Ribs. September...... Octobtr January. 75J4 76 7655 7SJ6 84)4 52)4 524 52)J 514 MM 34)4 344 344 "S7M 11 30 11 37 12 75 7 70 7 72 7 12 7 87 7 72 6 65 Car receipts for to-day Wheat, 671: corn, 457: oats, 234. Estimates for to-morrow Wheat, 640; corn, 390; oats, 258. GENERAL MARKETS. New York Floitb Receipts, 44,100 pack ages; exports. 6,100 bun els, 8,600 sucks: dnll and wenkandininstances5l0clower. Sales, 11 700 barrels. Cobn meal quiet and steady. Wheat Receipts. 202,000 bushels; exports, 21S.0OO bnshcls. Sales 975,000 bushels fu tures. 117,000 bushels spot. Spot dull and easier; No. 2 red, 81Jo store and ele vator, SiyrZ$ic afloat; 80OJ82!e f. o. b.; No. 3 red, 76c: ungraded red. 66J81c; No. 1 Northern, 85Xc: No. 1 hard, 90Ji9.c; No. 2 Northern, 7W8Ue: No. 2 Chicago, 83 83ic: No. 2 Milwaukee, 8OK80Kc; No. 3 sptmg, 77Jic. Options opened atjc advance, but declined JJlc on heavy receipts; for eigners aud lecelvers free sellers, weak cables, a large increase in the amount oast of the Rookies and Paciflc coast with local realizing, closing weak at JiKc un der yesterday. No. 2 red August. S0J81;c, closing SOU'c: September, 81 3 l81jjc, clos- lngSOc; vember. October, 8283c, cloiing 82c; No- vember, 8384. closing 83Jc: December, 85SCc, clos in, 85c; May, 90&90Jc clos- lug 90Jo. Rte dull: Western. 640X!3c Barley Malt dull. Corn Receipts 14.000 bushels; oxports 64,000 bushels: sales 230,000 bushels futures, 85,000 bushels spot: spot quiet and easier; No. 2, 64c elevator, 6365o afloat: un graded mixed, 59G8c: options dull, declined l2c on lower cables, weak West and follow ing wheat, advanced jKe on local cover ing, closing steady at ibo below yes terday; August, 63&ic, closing at 63Jc: September, SSQilUp. closing at 59c; October, J8c: December, 56J5c, closing at 57c; May, 6SJi5Sc. clojin.; at 58c. Oats Receipts 74.400 bushels; exports, 300 bushels; sales 170,000 bushels futures, 49,000 bushels spot; spot dull and lower: op tions dnll, lower nnd'weak: August, 39o, closing SOWc; September, 39-9c, closing 39c: October, 38S9Jc, closing 39c; No vember, 3940c, closing 39Uc; December. 4040J4c, closing 40e; spot Nu. 2 white, 4S 42Vic; mixed Weitern S941c; white do, 43 47c; No. 2 Chicago, 40c. Hat firm. Hops steady and quiet; Paciflc coast, 20 24KC. Groceries Coffee Options opened steady on near and baiely steady on late: points up iv too oown. ciosea nnu itnxsu points no: sales, 17,700 bags. Including Ancur, 13.55c; September, 13 651S.75C; year. 13.35(5! 13.50c; No vember, 13.25c; December, 13.25ia.40c; Jnnu ary, 1335e: Febrnnry, 13 30c: March, 1815c; April, 13.10c: Mnv, IS 10 13 25c; spot Rio 111 mer and aotive: No. $, 14Jc Sugar, raw firm mid quiet; refined nun and In good demand. Molasses firm: New Orleans quiet and steady. Cottosssed Oil firm and quiet. Tallow dull and steady. , ltosis steady and quiet; strained, common to good, $1 201 27K- TimnamsEqtuut and easier at 283!:S2c. Eogs firm and in fair demand; receipts, 6,115 paokages. Hides quiet and steady. Hoo Products Pork easier and moro ac tive: old mess, $11 7512 00; new mess. $12 25 12 50; extra prime, $12 50. Cut meats dnll and vi eak; middle's quiet; short clear, $S 02. Lard dull and lower; Western "(team closed at $S 00; s.Ues, 950 tierces at S8 00. Option sale, 500 tierces; September, $7 95, closed at $7 95; 250 tierces, October at $S 00, closed at $7 92. Dairy Products Butter steady and in moderate demand. Cheese easier; light trade. I'hilitdelphli Flour quiet and weak. Wheat opened a shade firmer, subsequently reacted to about Tuesday's final figures, closing bat elv steady: No. 2 red In export elevator, 75t?76Jic: No. 2 red, August, 7b elevator, 60JQ61c: No. 2 mixed Angnst, 57 57Xc;Septembei, 5GJi57iCc: October, 56Ji 67ic; November, 5o57J4c Oats Spot steady; futures qu et, without important change: new No. 3 white, 3941Jic; old No. 2 white, 43c; September, 34c; October, 40K41c; No-ember, 4141c Egs scarce ana firm; Pennsylvania firsts, 21o. St. Louis Flour weak but unchanged. Wheat opened lowerand gradually declined, closing c under yesterdav: No. 2 red cash and August closed at 7Wc:" September, 71Kc; October, 72Jo; December, 750. Corn lol lowed wheat and closedc below yesterday: cash clo-ed at 47c: Sopieraboranil October, 47Jc; November, 45Jic: May, 49Kc. Oats low en cash and Angnst closed at 33c; Sep tember. 3232c; May, 86 Rye lnwor at 60c to arrive. Bran qniet at 64c on East track. Har lower; prairie, $7 009 00; timothy, $10 0013 5p. I lnxsp-d steadv ut 93c. Corn meal uteady at $2 402 45. Minneapolis There were several cars of new wheat ottered on the cash tables, mostly of No. 2 Northorn grade. Elevator No. 1 Northern brought mound 76c Tno cars qr No. 1 Northern sold at 74c In No. 2 Nortliern 14 cars sold on a range of from 660 to 70c Receipts of wheat here were 153 cars and at Duluth and Superior 563 cars. Close: August, 72c; September, 72JC; De cember, 74Jc On track: No. 1 hard. SOc; No. 1 Northern, 78c; No. 2 Northern, 6670c; old August, 74c; old September, 74c. Baltlmor- Wheat eHsy; snot, 76Vo; the month, 76c: September, 76Kc; October, 78c; December, 82c; steamer No. 2 red, 70-Xc Corn dull; spot and tho month, 5So bid; September, 58c asked; October. 57jo asked: year, 55c asked; steamer mixed. Wo bid; yellow. 575Sc Oats firmer; No.2 white Western, 4344c Rye dull; No. 2, 72c. nomi nal Provisions steady and quiet; mess pork, $14 50. Laid, refined, $9 25. Butter firm; cieamery, 25c Egus firm at lS20c Coffee steady; Rio fair. 17c: No. 7, Hjjjc SlllwHUkex Flour quiet. Wheat lower; September, TlJc; No. 2 spring, 72e: No. 1 Northern, SOo. Corn steadv; No. 3. 5253c Oats firm; No. 2 while, 36363c; No. 3 do, 35S5VJc Barley firm; September, 03?c: sample, 4265c. Rye higher: No. 1, now, 64c. Provisions Higher. Pork September, $11 00. Lard September, $7 60. Receipts Flofir, 8,700 barrels; wheat, 46,600 bushels; barley, 5,600 bushels. Shipments Flour, 12,800 bar rels: wheat, 130,300 bushels; barley, 17,000 bushels. CINCINNATI-Flonr dull, heaw. Wheat easier; No. 2 rett 72K74c; receipts, 8,4o0 bushels; shipnientn, S.ouo bushels. Com dull; No. 2 mixed. 51c. Oats in srood deninnd Vn 2 mixed. 83V;34c. Rye dull; No. 2,64c. Pork aulet, ll 75. Lard in ralr demand, $7 62K- Bulk meats dull, $7 87S 00. Bacon barely steady, $9 23. Whisky firm; sales 810 barrels on basis $1 15. Butter firm. Sugar strong. Eggs stronger, 14c Cheese strong, higher; prime to choice Ohio fiat, 9g9c Toledo Wheat dnll and easier: No. 2 cash and August, 77?c: September, 77Kc; October, 78Jo; December, 80J4C Corn dnll; No. 2 cash, 52c Oats quiet: No. 2 cash, 34c: No. 2 white, 36c Rye nominal. Clever seed dnll and steady: October, $5 67K; November. $5 55. Receipts Flour. 179 barrels: wheat, 275,862 bushels; corn. 6,051 bushels: oats, 2,005 bush els: rye, 4,900 bushels. Shipments Flour, 3,187 barrels; wheat, 10,000 bushels; corn, L200 bushels; rje, 466 bushels. Duluth This market ruled quiet and easier. Late In the session the market was dull, and the close easv at Kc off on cash andfntures, and 4c loner on track wheat as cumpaied wlm yesterday. Close: No. 1 hard, cash, August and September, 80Vc; December, 81c: No. 1 Northern, cash ana August, 75c; September, 76o; Decem ber, TTJici No. 2 Northern, cash, 71ot No. 8, Xa. ISortbern, T8c . Open- High- Low- Clos ing, est. est. lng. 75X S 7594 I 744 I 74Ji 784 764 75 756 74 764 764 76X 79 79 77 784 84,4 844 834 4 51 MX Sl,4 514 52 52) 51 514 52 S24 514 MM 51 51)4 M4 K4 53 53)4 524 5276 S44 344 ? 334 M 34S. 34 34)4 314 34', 34 34)4 35)4 35)4 334 37,4 37 37 37.4 II 2S II 25 10 90 11 00 11 3i 11 35 11 W 11 07 12 65 12 72 12 47 12 50 767 772 757 7 C2 767 772 760 7 02 7 10 7 12 75 7 05 775 7 85 760 780 7C5 772 745 760 6 62 6 62 6 47 6 47 A NUMBER OF GAINS. The Boom in tbe Local Stock Market Still Unpunctured. SLIGHT REACTION Iff PHILLIE, And P. & 6. and Imqnesne Tractions tool" a Little Less Buoyant. THE INDUSTRIALS ALL HIGHER Wednesday, Aug. 24. There was only one weak spot to-day Philadelphia Company.' It is hardly the correct thing, either, to say that it was weak. It merely reacted a little. It may react further, but it is a safe purchase, ac cording to people whose opinions are en titled to respect, at anything below 25, and the optimists predict it will go to 30, possibly 35, before the 1st of January next. The basis of the upward movement has been potent to the street and 'public for some time past and it- would be a waste of space, therefore, to thresh over the old mildewed straw in its behalf, if, indeed, it would not look like an effort to unduly advance it. The strength of the basis of the upward movement will be tested as soon as cold weather arrives, and until that time it may be the part of wisdom not to bank too heavily on the result of the test being favor able. Besides Philadelphia Company, neither P. 4 B. Traction nor Dnquesno Traction showed the buoyancy of the previous day. Everything else, however, was strong, and many good gains were scored. One of the featuies of the day was the demand for Chartlers valley Gas and the advance in its price. The most noteworthy features after the Chartiers ad vance were the advances in Westinghouse Electric second prelerred, Underground Cable, Switch and Signal, Wheeling Gas, People's Plpeaga and New York and Cleve land Gas Coal. The demand for all of them was sharp, continuing right np to the close, which was generally at tho top prices of the day. Bull talk was about all that was heard, the most general argument being: "If the market is active and strong now, what will It bo when tho labor situation is not a factor and everything is moving along tmoothly. We aie going to have a big booming market this fall." Perhaps. We hope so. Money is abundant and waj may have a big, booming market. It is possible, however, that the present movements may be the result of operations in the way of discounting the future. Course of the Marker, The shares traded in on 'Change were Peoples Plpeage, P. & B. Traction, Philadel phia Company. Westlnghouse Electric soo oud preferred, Wheeling Gas, Switch and Signal, Chartlers Valley Gas, Pittsburg Traction and Dnqnene Traction. People's Plpeace old at 1616), closing at 16K'eK: P. & B. Traction sold ac 26, closing at 2626K; Philadelphia Com pany sold down to 23 on call, closing at t2J23wtth a sale at 23 aftercall and offers to sell at 23; Westlnghouse Electric second J ireferred sold at 3535 at tho first call, umped up to 36 bid at the last call, In sym pathy with a similar advance in Ronton, losing at 33 bid here, and at 3737 in Boston; Wheeling Gas moved up to 20 sales; Union Switch and Signal advanced to 18 sales and bid; Chartiers Valley Gas sold at 1212J, closing at 12K12; P. & B. Trac tion s-oUi at 59, and Duquusne Traction sold at 29, closing at 2930. Among the inactive share New York and Cleveland Gas Coal was higher and Under ground Cable was bid np to 77, but ofhors were without noteworthy change. The buying of Chartlers Valley Gas was by Morris & Brown. Mr. Btown said: "There is nothing up in the stock that I know of. We got an order to buy 200 shares and I exe cuted the order. That is all I know." One of the sellers said: "Thero has been a quiet inquiry for the stock for two or three days, and I would not be surprised if the old scheme to gather it up and then declare n dividend had been re ceived by tho insiders." The general belief was, however, that the stock was merely sympathizing with the other gassers. The argument is advanced by some that if Philadelphia Company is worth nearly 50 per cent of par Chartiers Valley Gas is also. The comparative dullness in street railway shares mystifleh many, but they believe that when the activity in the gassers and indus trials subsides the tractions will again be taken in hand. r. & II. Trnctlon. EE. Dennison, of Philadelphia, who Is largely interested in P. & B. Traction and Chartlers Valley Gas, and who lepresents other interests in the same stocks, was in the city to-day, and f-ome attributed the movements in the shares mentlonod to operations for his account. Mr. Dennison was seen at tbe Duquesne Club this after noon, and while he talked very freely he said nothing particularly new regarding either P. & B. or Chartiers. Ue intimated, however, that P ,t B. was in better tdiapo than a good muny people imaglne,and that a dividend would come sooner than expeo:ed. The company is getting along finely, is free fiom floating debt, end at present Is earning at the rate 01 $365,000 gross per anuum. Tho P. K. H.'s Earnings. The following is a slate'ment of the busi ness of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company: All lines east ot Pittsburg and Etie for July, 1892, as compared with the same month in 1891, show: Decrease In gross earnings $ 101,110 Increase in exiienses 230,801 Decrease in net earnings 331,917 The seven months oflS92, as compared with the same period of 1891. show: Increase in gross earnings SI, 113,931 Increase In expenses l.fiot.495 Decrease in net earnings S-CM All lines west ol rittsbnrg and Erie for July, 1892. as compared with the same month In :S31, show: Decrease In gross earnings I 156,811 Increase In expenses I54.C79 Decrease In net earnings 311.490 The seven months ot 1892, as compared with tbe same period or 1591. show: Increase In gross earnings $2,271,983 Increase In expenses 2,339,'1 Decrease In net earnings 117.978 Financial Notes. Unlisted street railway shares closed as follows: P. 4 B. Traction, 26:c: Du quesne Traction, 2930; P., A. & iL Trao tion, 44asked. P. & B. 5s were auoted at 101.bld; P., V. & CB.1L scrip was quoted at 9u91: par was bid for $10woithof electric scrip and $100 worth was offered at 9i. After the close P. & B. Traction was of fered at 26, v, ith ZE bid. Andrew Custer sola 50 shares Underground Cable at 77. Trading off'Change was active, especially In Electric, Switch and Signal, Cable and the g lasers. E. P. Long returned from tho East yester day. He was in Nbw York most of the time and succeeded in placing the bulk of $165,000 worth of bonds of a Pittsburg corporation there. The remainder will be placed short ly. Mr. Long also expects to place bonds to the extent or $100,000 In the East for a local Iron and steel company. A small sale or Pittsburg and Tastle Shan non Railroad is leportcd at 6, and that price is bid for more. The earnings of Wheeling and Lake Erie for tbe third week in August Increased $2,490. The July net earnings of Baltimore and Ohio show a I ailing off of $163,000. The Red Cloud Mining Company will to morrow pay to Stockholders of record August 20, the regular monthly dividend of 5 cents a share, aggregating $10,000 The superintendent of the company reports ore in sight sufficient to pay expenses and divi dends for 18 months to come. The following charters were issned to-dav: 'The Morris Einstein Company, of Pittsburg, to manniaccure moaicincs; capital stoctc, $100,000. The incorporator are Morris Ein stein, James F. McMorrls, David McGowan, William C Haslage, Adolph Heop and Nich olas Schenkel. The William Anderson Com pany, or Pittsburg; capital, $100,000. Incor porators, William Anderson, William D. Johnston, John Brinn, Silas W. Means anil James II. Anderson. Evans City Natural Gas Company, of Butler county; capital, $10,000. It Is not safe, says the New York Sun, to assume that exports of gold are at an end. The Interruption of railway traffic at Buf falo has made bankers very cautious in ao cepting grain drafts with bills of lading attached, owing to the delay and unusual risk attending current shipments. Be sides, receipts of cereals at this port are falling off heavily, and exports proportion ately, a circumstance that diminishes the supply o.. commercial bills, which will al most certainly result in higher rates foe foreign exchange in the near future. A good time to sell Is when a strong buy ing fever prevails. Manhattan has reaohed-tho highest price It has tonohed since the year that Jay Gould, made his famous move to shake ont the holdings of the late Cyrus W. Field, and It is rumored that the bulk of tbe reoent par LhiMi can be tractd, to. tbe Metropolitan Traetfon inttrMU, tad alio m la war Par drldge, the wealthy Chicago operator, who has been making a great deal of money on paper in the recent rise in street car railway stocks. Everyone seems to have tbe straight tip that Sugar Trnst is to be put on a 10 per cent basis, with a quarterly dividend of 2 per cent. The trading in the industrials is steadily growing, despite the fact that many of them are not doing as well as they prom ised, and that the Thurber-Whyland Com pany has made a very serious cut in wages. Sales nnrt Closing Prloes. Transactions at the Exohange were as fol lows: FIBST CALL., 155 shares People's Plpeage It 100 shares P. B. Traction 26)4 10 shares P. ft B. Traction 26)4 20 shares P. & B. Traction 28)4 50 shares P. B. Traction 26K 10 shares P. ft 1). Traction 2D 50 shares Philadelphia Company Z 25 shares Philadelphia Compiny 2i 50 shares Westlnghouse Electric 2(1 pfd St 50 shares Westlnghouse Electric 2d pfd X SECOND CALL. 20 shares P. B. Traction 2C 63 shares 1'. & B. Traction It SO shares Philadelphia Company 2! i shares Wheeling Gas. 19 10 shares Union Switch and Signal IS BETWEEN CALLS. 100 shares Union Switch and SlgnaL 18 10 shares Union Switch and Signal 18 65 shares Wheeling Uas '.:. 20 200 shares P. ft B. Traction 59 65 shares Chartlers Valley U as 13 THIRD CALL. 20 shares People's Plpeage., IM 12)4 23 23H 29)4 100 shares Chartlers valley 10 shares PlilladelDhla Comnanv 10 shares Phlladelphii Company 10O shares Dnquesnc Traction AFTER CALL. 100 shares Philadelphia Company 23 Total sales, 1,450 shares. Closing bids and offers: lit call, id call. Sd call. stocks. . . . ' . Bid Ask Bid Ask Bid Ask Iron City Nat. Bk 80 Western Insurance 40 .... 40 .... 40 Brldgewater 25 .... Chartlers V. Gas Co 18 12)2 8 12)4 " MX V. N. G.4P. Co... 16)4 17 18 17 18), 16)4 PennaOasCo 11 PMlade'phtn Co.... 23)4 23)4 23 23H 22 23)4 Wheeling Gas Co 20 194 2u .... 20 Central Traction... 29)4. 3i 29C 30 29)4 30 Cltlzens'Traetion 63 CIS 63 61 62)4 Pittsburg Traction 59 57 Pleasant Valley ... 25, 25 25H 25 26 Pitts., Y. 4A.R.R. 41 50 44 50 44 60 Pitts, ft Cas. Shan.. 6)4 Pitts. June. K.R. Co 31 P..C,U.&St.I..pid 62)4 .... P. V.ftC. R. R. Co 45 .... 45H .... Pitts.. W. ft Ky 51H .... 51 N. T. ft C. G. C. Co 51 52 51)4 52 Hand Street Bridge 42 45 La Norla Mln. Co 10c 23c 10c 25c Luster Mining Co.. 9 10 Monon. Nar. Co. .. 65 .... 65 Union Storage Co.. 59 .... 69 U.S. AS. Co 1834 19 .... 19 18j .... West. A. Brake Co. 132H 1M 133)4 West. Brake Co.. It. ... 92 Standard U. C. Co.. 76)4 78 77)4 78 77)4 79 U. S. G. Co.. com j-....67)4 Ex-dlv. MONETARY. The local loan market remains unchanged at 56 per cent on call and time loans, with the supply of money ample lor all require ments and tho demand moderate, but gradu ally improving. Eastern exohange and cur rency are trading even. New York, Aug. 24. Money on call, 22 per cent: last loan, 2; closed offered ut2. Prime mercantile paper, 45. Sterling ex change quiet but steady at $4 66 for 60-day bills and $4 88 for demand. Clearing Boose Figures. Pittsburg Exchanges to-day S $2,429,446 OS Balances to-day 356,608 87 Same day hut week: Exchanges $2,330,954 01 Balances 628,931 06 New York. Aug. 24. Bank clearings, $93, 223,807: balances. $6,823,313. Boston, Aug. 24. Bank clearings, $12,251, 876: balances, $1,141,507. Money 3 percent. Exchange on New York 1520 cents. Philadelphia, Pa.. Aug. 24. Bank clear ings to-dav, $12,555,549: balances, $2,192,860. Money 23 per cent. Baltimore, Aug. 24. Bank clearings to day, $2,137,253; balances, $226,658. Rate 6 per cent. Chicago, Aug. 24. Money firm and un changed. Bank clearings, $16,216,509. New York exchange, 80c discount. Sterling ex change dull and unchanged. St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 24. Bank Clearings, $3572,786; balances, $471,774. Monoy quiet at C7ier cent. Exchange on New York, 75o discount. New Orleans, Aug. 24. Clearings, $884, 910 23. New York exchange. SOc; bank. $1 50 per $1,000 pieinlum. Memphis, Aug. 21. Clearings, $179,289: bal ances. $85,493. New York exchange selling at $1 50. Cincinnati, Aug. 24. Monev. 46 per cent. New York exchange, 25060c discount. Clear ings, $1,842,250. Bar Silver. New Yortit, Aug. 24 Special. Bar silver in London l-16d higher at 33d per oz. New York dealers' pnoe for silver Ho higher at 83o per oz. Foreign Financial. London, Aug. 24. t p. m. Consols, monev, B7K; do account, 97: N. Y. P. & 0. firsts, 33j; Canadian Paciflc, 90; Erie, 23; do sec onds, 107: Illinois Central, 101; Mexican, ordinal y,24Ji; St. Paul, common. 84; New York Central, 115; Pennsylvania, 55; Reading, 30; Mexican Central, new 4s, 69; bar silver, 37 15-16d; money, per cent, Rate of discount in open market for short bills, 1 per cent; for three-months' bills, 11 per cent. London, Aug. 24. Amount of bullion gone into the Bank of England on balance to-dnv X 10, COO. Paris. Aug. 24. Three per cent rentes 99: 90c for the account.. A Closing Fhilii delphia Qnotntlons. Bid. Asked, Pennsylvania 54H 54H Reading 29 7-16 29)4 Buffalo, N. Y. ft Philadelphia 8 8)4 Lehigh Valley 603S 61 Lehigh Navigation &3X 54)4 Philadelphia and Erie 31)s Is orthern I'aclflc com 21 Northern Pacific pref 56 56H Boston Stocks Closing Prices. Atch.ftTopeka.... Boston ft Albany.. Boston ft Maine... C B. 0 .. S9i .205 .178 ,.1U2 Boston ft Mont.. Calumet & Hecla Franklin . ?5 .293 . 12J4 . itH . 31 . 12S Kearsarge Osceola Kastern B. R. 6s., FltchburgR. R S84 Kan. C. St.J.ftC.B.123 Santa Fe Copper. ... Tamarack Little Rock ft Ft. s.. 93 Mass. Central K Mex. Cen. com 15)4 N. Y. AN.Eng 31H N. Y. ft N. Eng. 7s. 119 Wis. Cen.com 17 Allouez M.Co.(new)100 Atlantic ..10 Annlstou Land Co. 20 West End 18M Bell Telephone 207 I amson Store S 17H Water Power 25? Centennial Mining.. 7)4 N. L. Tel 67 B. ft B. Copper 9,H Electric Mocks. Boston, Aug.24. Special, Tho latest elec tric stock quotations to-day wei e : B'd. Asked. Boston Electric Light Co., 114 117 Edison Electric, 111 120 General Heetric Co 117)4 H7H General Electric Co.. pfd 119)4 ll'l't AVestinzhouse Electric 37 37i Westlnghouse Electric, pfd 61)4 52)4 Detroit F.lectrlcal Works 7)J Ft. W. E 128 13 T. H. Tr. (C) 9 T. H. Tr. (D) 8 Cotton. Galveston, Ang. 24. Cotton quiet; mid dling, 6 15-16c; low middling, 6 7-16c; good or dinary, 51516c; net and gross receipts, 504 bales, all new crop; sales, 141 bales; spin ners, 121 bales; stock, 17,645 bales. New Orleans, Aug. 24. Cotton quiet; middling, 7c: low middling, 6c; good ordi nary, 6c: net and gross receipts, 719 bales, including 126 bales new ciop; exports to i Great Britain, 600 bales: coastwise, 680 bales; sales, 250 bales; stock, 62 865 bales. New York, Aujt. 24. Cotton futures closed quiet; August, 6.99c; September, 6.98c; Ooto ber, 7.10c; November, 7.20e: Decembar, 7.31c; January, 7.41c: February, 7.49o; March, 7.59c; April, 7.0SC. Liverpool. Ang. 24. Cotton dull and lower: middling, 7J 15-161; sales, 6,000 bale, of which 509 were for sDecnlatiou and export. Futures closed quiet. Drygoods. New York, Ang. 24. Demand for drygoods at first hands was without material change, but with Jobbers there was more activity; a larger number of buyers lately coming into the market. To-day agents placed Clover, Oakview and Wessa bleached cottons at value only. Manufacturers refuse to jell print cloths at 3c In any quantity. General Markots. Kansas city Wheat about steady: No. 2 bard, old, 60c; new. 624302Jic: No. 2 red, 63 66c Corn steady; No. 2 mlxod, 46o; No. 2 white, 6152c. Oats In demanu and o higher; No. i mixed, !fr528c; No. 2 white old, 31032c. Recipts Whoat, 62,000 bushels; corn, 9,000 bushels: oats, 2,000 bushels. Ship ments Wheat, 19,000 bushels; corn, none; oats, 7,000 bushels. Baff 1I1: Wheat No. I hard, Ssyia; No. 1 Northern, 82c; No.2 red, 81c; No. 2, 63o. Re ceiptsWheat, 625,000 bushels: corn, 48,000 bushels. Shipments Wheat, 600,000 bushels; corn, 16,000 bushels. New Orleans Rloe in (air demand: or dinary to good, 84J4c Centrifugal sugar AFTER A HOTEIi SITE. Eastern Capitalists Again Looking Over the Ground Prloes a Little Too High to Suit Them V Few Bints to Prop erty Owners Building Permits snd Late sales. Some time ago a party of Eastern capital ists were in the eity looking for a lite upon which to erect a hotel, the locality in which they appeared anxious to obtain property being between Third and Fifth avenues, on either Wood or Smithfield streets, as was noted In this column at the time. The mat ter very suddenly dropped from publicity, and the contemplated improvement had apparently been abandoned. Yesterday, however, it was discovered that the gentlemen balling from the East have re turned to tho olty and renewed tbelr efforts to purchase a Bnltable site on which to ereot a first-class modern hotel. A local real estate ageht reptesentlng the syndicate has entered into negotiations with the owner of a piece of lealty situate on the corner of Fourth avenue and Smithfield street, but it is safe to say that the" deal will not go through, as an interview with the owneryes terdav would indicate that the sale will not, at least for the presont, be closed. He said: "Though these people are very anxious to puichase my property, they are not willing to pay the prico I ask for it. I have sub mitted my lowest terms and you can say that if they are not acoepted that I will not listen to nny other proposition, and as I am not in the least anxious to sell, I feel uncon cerned as to the result. If my terms are accepted, well and good; if not, ditto." Small Improvements Pay. Tho importance of small and comparatively inexpensive things is sometimes overlooked by property owners. Said a real estate agent to-day: "You would hardly bellevo what a difference flagstone sidewalks and cellars excavated tho full way under the sidewalks make to many merchants when looking for stores. As against the slovenly brick side walk, the flagstone pays for itself in rent olten in a single year, or in two. So with large and handsome plate-glass windows. Be the store little or big. It is the helznt of folly to have it present to the public a shabby and cheap appearance. . I can name several streets in the city where the difference in lavor of flagstone pavements, plate-glass windows and other neat details, as against the slovenly brick pavement and poor show windows, is 25 per cent of the total lent. Not only that, but no one will rent tbe poorer sort of store at all, so long as there isa better one to be had in tho neighborhood. People who get Inferior rents from store property have usually but themselves to thank lor It, becanse of their own oloseness about little things to make their property more pre sentable." Building Permits. The following building permits were issued yesterday : Jacob Boobyer,a brick two story addition, 705 Liberty avenue; cost; $500. M. Kirch, a frame two-story addition, Apple alley, near Morgan street; cost, $350. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a one story brick passenger station. Firth avenue, Twenty-first ward; cost, $3,950. 1 Reported by tho Agents. S. J. Fleming sold a piece of property on St. Clair street, Nineteenth ward, for $10,500. The papers are now in the hands of an attor ney for examination. Black & Balrd sold for Matthias Goetz a property on Charlotte street, Fifteenth wat d, lot 21x100, through to Lafayette alley, having a large brick house, with storeroom; of nine rooms in front and a small frame building in rear, for $9,500. John K. Ewing & Co. aold for the Rldge vlew Land Company, of Allegheny, to J. B Mahaffey a lot fronting 60 feet on Westmin ster street and extending back 120 feet to an alley, being lot No. 42 in the Grnudo Polntb plan, Eleventh ward, Allegheny, for $1,200 cash. Peter Shields reports the following sales in the bcheuley Park Land Company's lan. Twenty-third ward: Lot No. 1, 29x125 leet to a 15-loot alley, located on Gertrude street, lor $900 cash, andlot No. 67, 25x100 feet, to a 20 foot alley, located onLydiastieet, for $400. Charles Somers & Co. sold lor Vv. C. Nixon to D. C Stewart a property situated on Woodland avenue, Ninth ward, Allegheny, consisting of a lot 30 feet front by 140 feet deep to a street in the rear, with a two-story brick dwelling of five rooms, for $3,000. MERCHANDISE FAIRLY ACTIVE And the Demand Is Steadily Improving Merchants Satlsfl & With the Ontlook for thn Fall Trade Current Business Gossip and Revised Prices. Wednesday, Aug. 24, A fairly satisfactory demand is noted in most lines of general merchandise, with the tendency in tbe direction of enlargement, and merchants generally appear to be very well satisfied with the outlook for the fall and winter trade. It is expected that the labor situation will present few depressing features by the time the autumn movement gets under way and that trade will bo helped mateiially by the Exposition and comparative activity and prosperity In the iron business. Collections aie :alr. A business man of Piedras Negras, Mex ico, is qnoted by a Chicago paper as saying thatMexlco will purchase $15,000,000 worth of corn fiom the United btates this year owing to the complete failure of the crop in Mexico. The Government has ordered all the import duties on corn taken off until September. The Import duty on dorn Is 1 cent on each kilo or two and one-tenth pounds. The Chicago Grocer says: "Quite an ad vance has taken place in sugar sirup during the last week, the Franklin refinery having pnt their figures up In some cases 8c per gallon. It Is currently reported that a cer tain New York house has recently disposed 01 a large block of sirup on this market. There is little or no demand tor direct con sumption, but dealers are confident that with the advent ol cooler weather the de mand that n 111 then materialize will at onee send prices much higher than at present. "The supply of choice corn-led cattle is much less tl.uti usual throughout the 'Cen-tral-and Western part 01 Illinois and the Central and Eastern part ot Missouri. The number of good hogs is also less than in former yeais. "Michigan. Indiana and Ohio will furnish Eastern markets with what hegs they need for gome time to come, consequently ship ments from here will probably be light. The packers aie bearish on tue market and the luture markets will doubtless be un even." Grain, Flour and Feed. Sales on call at the Grain and Flonr Ex change to-day: One car No. 2 white mid dlings, five days, $17 50: one car sample oats, five davs, 37c; two cars No. 2 whlto oats, September delivery, 3!c. Bids and offers: Bid. "5S Asked. 80 59 New No. 2 red wheat No. 2Tellow car corn FIVE DAYS. No. 2 yellow shelled corn 56 High mixed shelled corn 56 No. 2 yellow ear Corn 57 No. 2wlilteoats 41 New No. 2 white oats 39 Old extra No. 3 white oats 39 Winter wheat bran $15 00 No. 2 white middlings 17 29 No. 1 wblte middlings, sacked.. 2U U No. 1 timothy hay, new 13 75 Packing har 1 7 75 TEX DAYS. Vew No. 2 red wheat New No. 1 red wheat No. 2. yellow shelled corn 6R 67K 67 69 42 40)4 41 $15 76 17 50 22 00 14 00 85S 80 82 67M 66 CO 40 14 00 iiign nuxea sneueu coru. No. 2 yellow ear corn..... New No. 2 white oats.... No. 1 timothy hay , Receipts bulletined: 64'4 t; 33, 13 50 Via the P. A W.-l via the P. & L. E 1 car nay. 1 car wheat: car hay, 2 cars middling, 1 car flour; via the B & O. 1 car hay, 1 car whont, 1 car oats, 1 car Dran, 1 car flour; via the P., C, C. ft St. L. 3 cars hay, 1 car corn, 1 car straw; .via the P., Ft. W. & C. 4 cars corn, 2 cars wheat, 4 cars oats, 2 cm s hay. 1 car mult, 2 cars rye, 4 cars flour. Total, 35 cars. RANGE OP THE MAnKET. The following quotations for grain, feed, hay aud straw are for cnrlots on track. Dealers charge a small advance from store Wheat No. 2 red 84 85 No. 3 red TJ 80 l-ORN no. 2 yenowear 59).i High-mixed ear 58)(( jtnxeu ear. lit 1 No. 2 jrellow shelled 6aH Hlgii-mlxeo: shelled 65 Mixed shelled 63 Oats-No. 1 white 42 No. 2 white 41 Extra No. 3 white 40)4 iruxcn in Rye-No 1 Western 71 No. J Western 69 ($ 70 Flour (Jobbers prices) Fancy brands, $5 0u 5 23; standard winter patents. 4 855 00: spring patents. ( 8.va.1 00: straight winter. $4 6ib4 75; clear winter. 254 50; SiSS. bakers, $4 (ttgil 25; rye. $4O04 2S. M1LLFI.SD No. 1 white mlddllnrs. $19 00(320 00: 'Ho. 2 white middlings, $17 00316 00: winter wheat Dran, sis Mxmis 7a; Drown miuonoKs. fu uutfrio uu; chop, 19 t023 00. Hay No. 1 timothy, 113 75(314 00: No. 2tlmothr. I12 00I2M; mixed clover and timothy, 12 50 13 00; packing, $3 609 00: No. 1 prairie, $4 G0 9 00: wagon hay. $15 0UI7 00. STRAW Wheat, $6 006 50; oat, $7 6037 75. Grooeriea. Suoabs Patent cut-loaf; sjfti eubM, 6X0 1 now iuti, HMOl rtnauttti (lUudard), djctconfee, 19 13-20e: second grades, 18)419)4c: fancy grades. zu(gz7c. j-,oose java, tic: Jiocna, nifxx Santos, 25)426c:Maracalbo, 27c; Peaberry, 25H 26c: Caracas. 29c: Rio, 22)325c. CorVEE Okxen O. G. Java. 30)431c: Padang Java, 2929)4c; Mocha, 3132c; Peaberry. 21)4(9 24)4c; Santos. 22)423Hc: Maracalbo, 21)423c; Caracas, 24)425c: golden Santos. 21)42)aC; Klo, 1921!c. OiL-Carbon. 116. Cc: headlight. 6cs water white, 7c: Elaine. 13Sc: Ohio legal test. 6)4c; miners winter white, 3236c; slimmer. Sl32c. Molasses New Orleans, fancv new crop, 40 41c: choice. 3738c; centrirurals, 29c SYRUP Corn svrnp, 2325c; sugar syrnp, 2829c: fancy flavors, 31a32c FRUiTg-London larer raisins. $2 50: California London layers, 11 902 10; California muscatels, bags, 5S)4c; boxed. $1 131 26; Valencia. 5M 5e: Ondara Valencia, 7s7Ke: California sultanas, 9g)llc; currants, 4c: California prunes, 8)412)c: French prunes, 7J310)4e: California seedless raisins. I-Ib cartons. $3 75: citron, 13K 20c: lemon peel, loxailc. Rice Fancy head Carolina. 6)46ttc: prime to choice. 5Vfip6e; Lonlslana, 56c; Java, 5,Hic; Japan 5fe6c. Canned GOODs-Standard peaches, $2 0Q2 10; extra peaches. 62 2S2 50: seconds. 11 8Ql M: pie peaches, $1 25(31 30: finest corn,II40l 50: Harford countr corn.ll 051 10: lima beans, 11 20T(8t 23: soaked, 80S3C early June peas, $1 15ai 33; marrowfat peas. $1 0SU5:8oaS:ea.70r375c: French peas. $11 M22 00 1) 100 cans or $1 vmi 50 V doi. ; pineapples. It 2&1 30: extra do. (2 40: Bahama do. 3 00: damson plums. Eastern, $1 23; Cali fornia pears, $2 12)4(32 25; do green gages, $1 50; do egg plums, $1 75: do apricots. 1 8332 00; do extra white cherries. $2 76(32 85; do white cherries. 2.1b eanv $1 65; raspberries. $1 2S(31 SO: strawberries, 1 151 25; gooseberries, (1 ldrai 25: tomatoes. 92)4tf95c: salmon. 1-Ib. 1 231 8C; blackberries, 7iS0c: succotash. 2-1 b cans, soaked, 96c: do standard, 2-lb. It 251 60; corned beef. 2-lb cans. l 73 1 80: do 14-lb. $13 00; roast beer, 2-lb. $1 75; chipped beef, Mb cans. II 001 05; baked Deans, tl 2j1 50: lobste s.l-lh, $2 35: mack erel, fresh, 1-lb. 96c: broiled. II 60: sardines, do mestic. Ms, $4 00: Ms. S6 26; lis. mustard, $3 26: Imported. Ms. 10 505512 60; imported, Ms. 118 00 MH 09; canned apples, 3-Ib,.7C76c; gallons, 2 75 Dairy Products. . Butter is firm at tbe advance, and as stocks are light, production moderate and the de mand active a higher range of prices may be expected. Butter Choice Elgin creamery. 79ia30c: other brands. 2S27c; choice to fancy country roll, 21 23c: low aradea. 1215c: cooking, STdlOc. CilEESE-Ohlo. new,10X10)4c: New York. 10 103(c; fine fall make, fancy new Wisconsin Swiss, blocks. 1415c: do brirks, 10)4llc: Wisconsin jweitzer. In tubs, 13l3)4c for new, 10316c for old ; limherger, 10llc; Ohio Swiss, 12i3c, as to quality. Egg and Poultry. The egg market was irregnlarly quoted to day, tne extremes being 1613c. Some of the commission men said they would sell all the strictly fresh eggs wanted at 16c, and others showed salet at 17c, 17c and 18c The market Is undoubtedly tending upward. Poultry is easy. Eocs-Strlctly fresh Pennsylvania and Ohio, 17 18c. POULTRY Spring chickens. 4C50c per pair for small' and 5565c for larjre; old chickens. 70380c; ducks. 6W370C; geese. 76c$l 00. Provisions. The market is easy, in sympathy with the decline in llvo hogs, but there has been no cbango in prices since the decline in hams last Saturday: Large hams $ Medium Small Trimmed California Shoulders, sugar-cured..... Dry salt Roulettes Breakfast bacon Extra do Clear Bides Dry salt sides Clear bellies, smoked Clear bellies, dry salt Pork, heavy., 1 Light 1 Dried beef, knuckles Rounds Sets Flats Lard (pure) tierces Tubs Two 50-lb cases Lard (refined) tierces Hair barrels Tubs Palls Two 50-lb cases Three-lb cases Five-lb cases Ten-lb cases Berrles, Frails and Vegetable. Huckleberries sold at 75c$I 00 per basket to-day, and $1 001 25 per pall, the outside price for lreh arrivals. Blackberries and elderberries were quoted at 5075c per pail. Peaches were again in heavy supply, but prices held np well at $1 503 00 per bushel, according to quality and condition, and 50c $1 25 per basket, according to size. Apples were qnoted at $1 508 50 per bbl. for ordi nary to choioe, pears (Bartlett) at $6 50i7 00 per bbl. and common grades at75cQ$l CO per halt bushel basket. Damson plnms sold readily at $3 504 00 per bushel and gages wore qnoted at $2 002 25: California plumx, $1 502 00 per case; (li penches, $1 501 75. Lemons w ero Arm at $6 007 00 per box. and bananas were quoted eav at $1 50I 73 for firsts. Grapes (Ives and Concords), $5 C0 6 00 per ytand; Niagaras and Marthas, 5065o per 8 ft basket. Watermelons, $1020 per 100; cantolonpes, $2 00$3 50 per barrel tor Anne Arundels and $2 003 00 per barrel and 75c per basket and crate for Jenny Ltnds; mnrketslow. 1 here were hardly enough egetables to make a tnaiket no more tomatoes coming in, as prices received would not much more than pay freight. Cabbage in light supply ana ninherntsi argil 70 per barrel: onions, $2 252 50: celery. 25635c; egg plants, 75e per one-half bushel basket. Potatoes were steadv at $1 732 00 per bar rel on track and $2 0002 25 from store, with prospects of doing a little better as tbe market is'falrly well cleaned upand receipts are lighter. BflCAlTfln-nu. Beans New crop New York and Michigan pea beans. $1 962 05 per bushel: hand-picked medium, $1 9C1 95 per Dusliel; Llmi new. 3i.1c: Penn sylvania and Ohio beans, tl St(31 85 per bushel. Beeswax Choice yellow, j&ttc: dark. 2530c. Honey New cron white clover, 1820c per pound: buckwheat. 12!5c TALLOW Country, 3!i4c per pound; city, 4 4,Hc Feathers Extra live geese. 5560c per pound: No. 1 do. 485Cc: mixed. J035c. Peanuts Green. 4(35c per pound: do roasted. $1 25ail 35per bushel. Cider sand refined, $8 5036 75 per barrel: Penn sylvania ch-impigne elder. $6 008 25; new country cider, 4 0. 00. Hides Green steer hides, trimmed, 75 Ihs and up. Cc: green steer hides, trimmed. 60 to 75 lbs, 6c: green steer hides. trlmmed,underfi011is. 3'c: green cow hides trimmed, all weights, ac: green bull hides, trimmed, all weights. 4c; green calf skins. M. 1, 5c: green calf skins. No. 2. 2c: green steer hides, trimmed.stde branded. 4c :en.cn cowhides, trimmed, side branded. 2c; green salt steers. No. 1. 60 lbs and tr, 77'4c: green salt ster. No. 1, 60 lb and less, 44)4e: green salt cows. No. 1. all weights. 44'c; green salt bulls. No. 1. all weights, 4)ic: green salt cair. No. 1. 8I5 lb, 5,S36c: green salt kip. No. 1. 16 25 lb. 45c: rnnner kip, N. 1. lf325 lb. 34c: No. 2 hides. 1.4c off; No. 2 calf, 2c off. Fish. Half Qr. Mackerel. Bbls bbls tmls Palls Palls 200 lh 1001b 50-lb 50-lb 10-lb Extra No. 1 mess.... a 00 $14 40 7 40 $ 2 30 $ I 63 fcxtra No. 1 shore. .. 26 00 II 40 6 90 2 15 1 60 Kx. o. 2 large shore 20 00 10 40 540 170 125 Lx. No. 2med.shore 18 00 940 490 165 110 No. 3 large 15 50 8 15 4 27 140 100 No. 3 small 10 50 550 300 105 75 Round herring Hair bbls. 1001b Potomac herring Barrels Half barrels , Holland herring Kegs Lake herring Hairnbls. 70 lh Quarter bbls, 301b Palls. 131b Palls. -.0 lb White fish Hal f bbls. 701b Qui.-lcrbbls. 301b Pails, 15 lb Palls. 10 lb Russian sirdlnes Hair bbls, 100 lb Kegs Whole cod fish Large, per lb Medium, per lb Boneless codfish 20-lb boxes, lf62-lb bricks, per lb.. 20-lb boxes, l2-lb bricks, choice.. Whole hake, nerlb $290 4 00 225 50 221 125 65 55 525 2 40 120 90 SCO 50 7 a 5)4(36)4 8)4 LIVE STOCK CLOSES SLOW And Dr-gey at Monday's Decline In Cattle and Pheep. Wednesday, Ang. 21. The run of live stock at tho Central Drove Yards, East Liberty, this week was large, and prlcessuffered somewhat, thoo for common and medtnm grades of cattle and sheep in particular. The weakness was duo mainly to the slumpy condition of outside markets. The close to-day was dnll and heavy at Monday's decline. CATTLE. The supply on sale Monday was 157 loads, against lOlloads last Monday. The attend ance of buyers was good, but owing to the unfavorable reports from other points the market ruled very slow at a decline of 15c to 25c per 100 pounds on common and medium grades, while prime grades were only 10c lower than last week's prices. Tuesday's receipts were light and the mar ket was slow at Monday's prices. Extra, L450 to 1.600 lbs $ 4 8SM 1 Prlme.l,J00 to 1.400 lbs 4 504 63 Good. 1,200 to 1,3(0 lbs HlOlJH 40 Tidy, 1, COO to 1.150 lbs , 3 854 00 Fair. l.OOOto 1.110 lbs 1:6(5350 Fair, 909 to LOW lbs 003 25 Common, 700 to 000 lb j...., IWflW Besin, ttalf fat, 1,900 to l.loo 1M 1 Mf Tl Common to good fat oxen 2 75 Common to good fat bulls. 1 75( common to irooa rat cows i irirr 7nntni mntha 2 2tffti I Bologna cows, per head 5 0U&I2 03 Fresh cows and springers 16 0045 09 HOGS. Monday's supply consisted of 37 double deck loads. .The market ruled active on good cornfed and slow on grassers and stub biers, as follows: Philadelphia Corn Yorkers , Pigs and grassers Roughs. .... ................. Tuesday's receipts were light and tha ; market closed firm on comf ed and slow oa r grassers. SHEEP. Receipts Monday were 25 double-deck: loads. The. demand was fair: good sheep 1 were steady and lamDs and common sheep ' were 25c per owt lower. Tuesday's receipts), were 7 double-deck loads, and the markefl closed slow at quotations: Prime, 95 to HO lbs Good, 85 to 90 lbs Fair. 70 to 80 lb Common, 65 to 70 lbs Culls Lambs ........... ... Veal calres Grass calves SOME OP THE SALES. Following are a few of tho transactions completed Monday, yesterday and to-day: William Holmes A Co. sold 19 head cattle weleh !ng23,5sulb. at 4 70: 9 head. 8.38(1 lb. $3 26: IT head, 13.830 lb, $2 50; 17 head. 12.1001b. fi 20: IT head. 16,270 lb. $3 25. Hocs-120 head, 23,2001b. $5 95; 323 head, 44,500 ID, $5 65; 29 head. 2,5801b. 15 10; 48 head. 7.540 lb. $6 75:17 head, 13,3401b, 13 10. Sheep-75 head, 4.160 lb, $5 00: 95 head, 5,553 I lb, S5 12S: l head. 11.000 lb, 4 25. I Lafferty Bros. & Hadden sold 47 head cattle. I weighing C2.310 lb. $4 70: 20 head. 20.430 lb, $1 50; 20 head.K,2301b.(3 85: 34 head. 43. 090 lb. $4 33; 49 head. 52,080 lh, 3 15; 20 bead. 22.2801b. $3 90. Hogs-34 head. 5,630 lb. 15 85: 78 head. 15,230 lb. W 90. Sheep 47 head, 2.6J01b. $1 50; 154 head, li.670 lb. $4 SO: 58 head. 3, ISO lb, $4 60; 67 head, 5,450 lb, S3 00; 33 head, 2.2501b. $2 25. Drum. Dyer & Co. sold 28 head, weighing 29,130 lb. at S3 00: 11 head. 13.1501b, 13 15: 10 head. 10.770 lb, S3 60; 16 head, 23,560 lb. $4 70: 12 head, 10.560 lb. $3 ou; 22 head, 22,2101b, $3 25: 21 head, 25,370 lb. $4 00. Hogs-60 head. 11.530 lb. ts 90: 42 head, 8,700 lb. $1 70; 15 head. 2,750 lb. $5 So; 82 head. 16,650 lb. $5 95: 51 head. 10, 150 lb. $5 S-; 20 head. 4,540 lb, S5 55. Sheep 104 head, 83,520 lb. $4 50: 49 head, 4,040 lb. i 35; 87 head. 7,350 lb, $4 40; 163 head, 13,430 lb. $4 90. Reneker, Llnkhorn Co. sold 14 head cattle, weighing 14.170 lb. at $3 60; 20 head, 2Z.650 lb. $4 06; 16 head. 19,620 lb, $135; 15 head. 16,310 lb, $3 70; 18 head. 19,300 lb, $J 80: 29 head, 21,0901b, $250:25 head. 22,430 lb. 3I2I,:1S head. 19, 460 lb, 13 55. Hogs-107 head. 22,800 lb, $A U); 17 head, 2,940 lb. $5 90; 37 head. S, 310 lb. i 83; 140 head. 26.070 lb, S5 95; 76 head. 11,590 lb, $5 55. Sheep 120 head. 9,390 lb, 4 25;28 head. 21.590 lb, $4 75 1 127 head. 7.U01h, $1 75; 106 bead. 7.460 lb. $2 2a. McCall. Kowlen.Newbern A Co. sold 24 head cat tle. 1,173 lb average, at $4 10: 21 head, 1,190 lbav.. $4 00; 20 head. 1,-40 lbav.. $110; IS hrad. L069 lt av.. 33 95: 19 bead, 1.133 lbav., $1 80: 23 head, 1,033 lb ar., S3 50: 19 head. 1,205 lb ar.. 3 75. Hogs-45 head. 9,700 lb. $S (X); 79 bead. 14.970 lb. j 93: 99 head, 17.650 lb, $5 90: 59 head. 10,040 lb, 5 80: 77 head, II,. 010 lb, (5 85. sheep- 63 liad, 4,-JO lb. $5 S; 21 head. 1,750 lb, $1 25; 47 bead. 2.795 lb. 5 00; J6 bead. 2,010 lb. So 0U: 93 head, S.-200 lb. 60; lZZfaead. 10,900 lb. $5 16. H uff, Hazelwood A Imhoff sold 24 head cattle, weighing 22.830 lb. at S3 20; 18 head, 2t930 lb, at $4 60; W head. 16,400 lb, $3 05; 42 head, 48,850 lb. 13 90: 54 head. 69,730 lb. $3 50: 17 head. 21.970 lb, 14 l. Hogs 20 head, 35501b. $5 93: 61 bead, 10,780 lb, tS 85; 131 head. 22,740 lb, $ 90; 148 head. 24,350 lb. $5 75; 83 head. 12.140 lb, $5 95. Sheep &t head, 5.810 lb. S3 M : 2X1 bead. 16.420 lb. S3 6u: 67 head. 3.320 lb, $4 50; 60 head, 6,210 lb, $3 90; 52 head, 2,63) lb, $4 35. S. O. Hedges 4. Co. sold 19 head cattle. - 17.9301b. 13 25: 15 bead. 17.220 lb.. 33 75: 22 18.C4.llb, $2 90: 21 head. 21. SCO lb. $J20. Hogs-56 head, 10,0101b, $5 75; 116 head. 23.030 lb, 5 0; 64 bead. lCCSJlb. 15 65: 7S-head, 12,8811 lb. $5 80. Sbeen ; 64 head. 4,120 lb, $5 50; 31 head, 2,9a0 lb. $5 10; U 1 bead. 2,1201b, $4 60. John llesket & Co. sold 14 head cattle, weighing 18,970 lb, at $4 70; 18 head, 20.4501b, $4 25: 62 head. . 69.2tK) lb, $4 10; 40 head, 44,550 lb. S3 73; 55 head. 59.140 lb. $3 60; 52 head. 6A950 lb. $3 05; M fresh cows at $30 1 er head; 13 bulls. 12.420 lb. $2 35. Hogs-SX head. 13.900 lb. $5 95; 61 head, 10. TOO lb. $5 90:257 head. 48.5J) lb, is 85. sheep 22 head. 1.330 lb. $5 25; 212 bead, 18.870 lb, $5 15; 144 head, 12.2501b, $4 90:34 head, 20,300 lb, $1 60; 39 head, 2,730 lb, $3 50. iBy Associated Press.l New York Beeves Receipts. 1,516 head, including 63 cars for sale; market dnll and lower; native steer,$3 505 00 per 100 pounds; Colorado, at $330d S5;uulis and cows $1 25 3 50 per 100 pounds, dressed beef weak uc 79c per pound; shipments to-day, 1,000 hooves and 3,660 quarters of beel; to-morrow, 545 beeves. Calves Receipts, 2,308 head; market Lc higher; veal?, $5 008 uo per 100 pounds; grassers, $2 00) 25; buttermilk: calves, $2 504 12K. Sheep Receipts, 9239 head: market c higher; sheep, $4 005 50 per 100 pounds; lambs, $4 87K; 00; dressed mutton Arm at 910o per uounu: dressed Iambs steady at ioilc. Hos Receipts, 7,900 head, including 2 cars tor sale; market firm at $5 906 50 per 100 pounds. clilcica The Evening Journal reports: Cat tleReceipts, la.OO head; shipments, 4,500 boad; market I025c burner: prime native steers. 31 905 50; xexans, $2 602 90; rangers, $3 054 25; native cows and .lei.ers, $2 60 3 60; uo business in stockers and feeders. Uo.s Receipts, 24,000 head: shipments, 10,000 head; market active at ,5310c lower; rough packers, $4 9U5 35; mixe, $5 4035 55: prima heavy and butchers' welzhts, $5 t)i5 75; as sorted lights, $5 b55 75; other lights, $4 60 5 CO. Sheep Receipts, 8.000 head: shipments. 1,000 head: market active; sheep sliada lower; lambs higher: natives, $3 0O435 25; Texans. $3 904 73; Westerns, $4 251 bO; Iambs, $3 50QS oO. Kamas City Cattle Receipts, 4,900 head; shipments, 4,400 bead; market muie activa and strong to higher: Texas steers steady to 10c higher; steers, $2 054 80: cows, $1 50 2 50: Texas steors, $1 652 80; stookers and feeders. $2 00Q3 25 Hogs Receipts, 8,800 head;.hiimcnt.i. 1,100 bead; good hogs were 5c and common 10c lower: all graues, $4 "05 65; bulk, $5 355 45. Sheep Receipt., 1,700 head: shimueius, 1,500 head; market steady at $4 0U3 12- Clnclnniil Hogs lower; common and light, $4 O05 60; packing and batchers', $5 00 5 75; receipts. 3,180 head: shipments, 1,320 head. Cattle firm at $1 751 60: recipts. 835 head: shipments, 160 head, bneep weak at $2 755 00: receipts, 5,361 head; shipments, 3,920 head. Lambs In moaerato' demand: common to choice, $3 753 75per 100 pounds. Buffalo Cattle Receipts, 9 cars through; dull and lower. Common good fat steers, $4 30. nogs Receipts, 51 cars tnrough;2 cars) sale. Market dnll and lower; heavy grades cornfed, $6 056 10. Sheep and lambs Re ceipts, 7 cats tniou'h: 12 cars sale; very dull; Choice wethors, $3 00; native lambs, best, $6 00t25. New York .Menu 3iArkot New York, Aug. 24. Pi iron stcadyj American. $13 0C1550. Copper dull: lake, $115001160. Lead firm; domestic. $4 053 a 10. xin ateany; straits, auaatru4j. 1 NERVOUS DEBILITY cured by the use of AVER'S Sarsaparilla Tones the system, makes the weak strong. Cures Others will cure you. ESTABLISHED 1887. CHOICE TIMOTIIY HAY A SPECIALITT" DANIEL M'CAFFREY. Hay, Grain and Commission, 233AND2401'IFTI1 AVENUE. PITTSBURO, PA, Consignments of solicited. and orders for grain myl748-p BROKERS FI24AKC4AU ESTABLISHED 18S4. John M. Oakley & Co., BANKERS AND BROKERS, 43 SIXTH ST. Direct private wire to New York and Cht cngo. Momber New York, Chicago and Pitts burg. Exchanges. Local securities bought and sold for cash or carried on liberal margins. Investments made at our discretion and dividend paid quarterly. Interest paid on balance (since 1335). Money to loan on calL Information books on all markets mailed on application. le7 . Whitney & Stephenson, 57 Fourth Avenue, .psQ-95 ..$5 WSIS 50 .. 4 sua s 10 .. 1 75& 4 23 .. 3 00 3 50 .. 1 (Wf 2 2S .. 4 003 5 60 .. 6 m s 75 .. 2 SO 3 00 - J A M. JfcarfCs ? , , jWM v-i .JS iK2Ly!&. . "i, j&iA..,.... iaRv -A; Fvjaais&ita WSsSEBSSB
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