T&? jf r THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH? WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 21, 1S92. , 11 A SHARP RECOVERY. Industrials and Others gain Some of the Lost Gronnd Be- AKD SCORE A PEW GAINS On Easier Money and Exchange and Good Foreign Buying. READING LEADS THE RAILWAYS And Western Union and Manhattan ire Prominently Strong. A STEOXG CLOSE IT THE HIGHEST JBrECIAI. TELEGBAM TO TOE DISrATCII.1 :New York, Dec. 20. All ot the Wall street markets experienced to-day a re action from yesterUay's tension. Money and foreign exchange vreie easier and stocks were higher and in every department there was less activity. The highest rate for money was 15 per cent, and the lowest that was quoted at the close was 4 per cent. The bulk of the business was done at lees thati 10 per cent. Foreign exchange was weak under pressure to market loaned bills until the close of business, when a steadier tone developed. Gold to the amount of $500,000 was taken for export to-morrow. The en gagement had very little effect upon the stock market During the forenoon it was comparatively qniet and a little irregular. The tone was in the main firm, because American stocks were quoted higher in London and buying orders lrom that center were known to be in the market. Many of them were executed from time to time as traders raided the list and in this way foreign arbitrage houses picked up about 10,000 shares of various stocks. In the afternoon the market became ag gressively strong, and recovered a large part of yesterday losses. Many of the railroad shares did even more than that, notably St. Paul, Bock Island, Missouri Pacific and Union Pacific, yet none of these stocks can be described as active, which fact, in connection with the material advances scored by them, is strong circumstantial evidence that the floating supply ol railway stocks is not large. Manhattan Railway on transactions of only 2,000 shares closed 4 per cent higher than yesterday. Canada Southern and Lake Shore scored net sains that, considering the transactions in them, were relatively as great as that In Manhattan. The only really active railroad stock was Heading', but it did not recoverall the ground it lost yesterdar. Western Union was a feature, closing 1 per cent lilirher, ci-dividend, on transactions of less than 9.OJ0 shares. The heaviest trading was naturally in the same stocks that received the most atten tion j eterday, namely, those based upon manufacturing enterprises. The friends of Distilhns and Cuttle Fee. ling weie evi dently in the market with large orders lor that stock, and on transactions asirrezatimr only a little moie than half of yesterday's total it iecoored practically all of yester day's decline. The dissolution or the pool in Chicago Gas appears to have resulted in a more stable market lor the certificates. The dealings in them were on a normal scalp, and the net advance of l?g per cent was about the average o' the active list. The speculation in Sunrltefin!n? carried the price if per cent above the final figures 'r yetordav .National Lead also participated 'readily in the general improvement. The closing was strong at about the best prices. SPECIAL FEOM DOW. JOJCES S. CO. New York, Dec SO. To-day's market has been the neces-sary complement of yester day's, and under the influences of declining jnoney rates lias been strong practically throughout. London set the tone from the opening and on its becoming known that only $000,000 gold would be shipped to Franco to-moriou stocks began to advance. In the first l.air hour 10 per cent was the ruling rate for monc and the list moved upward, though somewhat slowly. Then money was bid up to U per cent by certain firms who lnitde an attempt to depress Heading on a continuance of yesterday's unfavorable rumors. ery soon, however, xnonej rates bepiu to decline and the ad anco in the list became more rapid. Interest centered in Distillers, Chicago Ga and Su:ar, and there was good buying in all tin ee by bouses who have been out of tic mat ket lor Industrials lor some time. Tne buj ing of these nas prompted by the belie: that they were lowund also that there m Its-, discrimination against them in cullate.al. i: tilroad stocks showed the strength that wai expected after the very small losses made in yestei day's scare, and this was con sidered a strong bull point. About noon it became known that sterling loans to the amount of about $5,000,000 bad been made by various houses here, and theie was a vbarp break in sterling ex change to tl S7, as compared with $1 87JJ yesterday, llus reanimated the market, whicn h.id been Inclined to dragulittlo in the absence of any nervous short interest, and loi the rest of the day there was free and heavy trading on the bull side. A feature of the trading was the activity m railioad stocks, the gains being much gieater on the whole than the losses ot the pre ions day. The feeling at the closo in the room was bullish on the idea that gold exports were over for t!io time being. In high financial cncles. ton ever, it is felt that the ciesent improvement is only temporary and that thoie is danger until the Sherman Ian- is re pealed. To day's advance in the stock market was discouiagod in banking circles as likely to lead to orerconflder.ee and ignoring of the true cause of the dungcr. Exchange houses say that sterling is strong as Suown by the market taking such a large quantity of bills at such a si In lit fall. tales of some of the bonds pledged to se em e Union l'aciflc trust notes are reported, and it is tald that the entire holdings of the trust in one of the branch lines bonds will be closed out by a deal just made. The strength of Susar yesterday and to day is based on the tact that the stock was not discriminated against to any great ex lent during the scare. It is probable that Northern Pacific will shortly issue 47,000,000 5 per cent bonds on the Calumet Belt Line, the pro ceeds to retire the Northern Pacific's floating di-bt Heading has 47,000,000 worth of coal on bund and coal dialers' notes for $1,000,000 more. fET ASSOCIATED mtSS. . ew Tore, Dec. 20. -There was a complete change in the flunncial, as well as the specu late e outlook to-day. Efforts were made In cei :ain quarters to prolong the stringency in the n.ouey market, but they wero futile, because the hili rates of interest induced bankers to make somo large sterling loans, theieby depressing sterling exchange and putting a stop to the apprehensions In re paid to the export movement in gold. The only new en-.-aueraent of gold lor to-day nas that of SSOO.OOO by August Belmont. Call loans opened at liner cent and ad vanced to 15, but soon dropped to S. At this junctuie the offerings were largely in excess ot the demand, and the late declined to 1 per cent. It is now evident that the flurry lu the money market yesterday wns due largely to manipulation lor the purpose of depressing certain stocks like the Indus trials, on which the banks and financial In stitutions generally have been lending nii.nej Ueely of late. These lacts were mado so clear that speculative sentiment on the stock Uxcuange underwent a complete change. Pi ices advanced sharply and there were no reactions worthy of tne name at any hour ot the day. The industrials weie naturally the features, because of the ac cumulation of mi enormous short interest, and the met thatthoso identified with the properties gave them vigorous support. Distilling and Cattle Feeding advanced 6, Chicago Gas 2. General Electric 2, Na tional Lead 2, and American Sugar y. The rallroau list Improved to the' extent ofii to 2Ji per cent outside or Manhattan, h.ch si.ld up 3Jtol3 There was a. steady absorption of the urangers.Missourl Taclflc, Union Pacific, Western Union, Louisville and Nashville, Beading, Lacka wanna and Northern Pacific preferred, but Hock Island was leally the feature, it hav ing been the first to rise any, with continued purchases by leading houses right up to the close of business. Final quotations were i to ' below the highest but the tone of speculation was firm. Railwav bonds were stronger. The sales wore $1,092,001 Central Ohio lsts advanced i tn 10SK; Monis and Esiex, 7b 2 to 12 and Bicmnond Terminal 1 to M; Atchison and Reading issues advanced anywhere fiotn to IK per cent; Cook Island lsts de clined 114 to 12K: Utah Southern generals 1 to loyi, and liio Grande Western lsts 1 to 7 Government bonds closed as follows: U.S. 45.reg M IT. S 4s, coup 114 U. S. 2uUs 10O raClflcGsor '95 Ho Louisiana stpd 4s ... 9S Missouri 68 .... 103 Tenn. new set Cs...ioi Tenn. new set 'is 101 Mutual Union 6s UM N.J. C. Int. Cert. .Ill Northern l'sc. lsts. .119 Northern lae aids. 112)5 Northwest. Consol.I36 Northwest. Deb 5 104 &t.I..JtIronM.en5s. 84 &t L.aSanK.Gen.lI.HO St, Paul Consols. ...131 St.P.,Chi.JacHts.ll7 TVtP.T. .n.Tr.Retl 77 Tmn. new set 3s 75K Canada So Si'ls 10154 ( en. Pacific lsts I07S Tten A IL G. Ist3...116l TexPacR.(J.Tr.Rcls MK Den & K. ti.49 &S Union Pac. IsU.. .107 .104 . 7SX irlBlndi! 10IK Wektbhore.. 31. K. AT. Gen. 6s.. T9H R. G.-W. lsts.., W. K. AT. Gen. 5s.. 4SM Close in mining shares: Crown Point. Deadwood Gould Curry Hale and Noreross. Homes tale Mexican 50 Plymouth 110 blerra Nevada... , 40 Standard KjO Union Con ISOD Yellow Jacfcet... .. GO ,. 110 .. 130 .. 100 .. 40 .. 40 . 354 .1700 .. IS ........ 113 Iron surer. 650 Quick Silver . . 1SX) Quick. Silver. pf. North btar, Ontario Oplnr , 140 lulwer.. 'Asked The total sales of stocks to-day were 372, 00o shares, including: Atchison, 6,500; Bur linuton, 5,600; Chicago Gas, 35 000; Distilling. 77 000; Lackawanna, 5,500: General Electric, 4 000: Missouri Pacific, 5 00: National Lead, 18.S00; National Corda.'p. 4.0J0; New England, 5 500; Northern Pacific preferred, 6,500; Heading, 78.300: Rock Island, 5,000: Sr. Paul, 12,200; Sugar 30,000; Union Pacinc, 3,700; West ern Union, 8.900. The following table shows the prices of active stocks on the New York Stock Eichanfre, corrected dally lor THE Dispatch by tVhltnejr S. Stephen son, oiliest Pittsburg u-enbers of New York stock Exchange, 57 Fourth avenue: Close Die 19. Open High Low est. Clos ing. ing. est. American Cotton Oil 40J, iH 4o; 40 80 107 J 96), 34 39 "ireii 96), x 1 93 91 89! 56M 123 27 22 88 H 96S nn 1I9 S2H 46)4 H7H 110 141 674 393, 27 143 123 15X 60V SSH 97 21 tf 73 k Am. Cotton oil, pref Ml 80 107?j S8 31' eu Ain. frujrar iterg io. A. bu?arR.Co., pref 10S 105W m a?4 33h aicu.. tup. & o, r . Ualtli.iorc .5- Ohio... 33, t)J lialtl. A Oll.o Trust. Canadian rncltic .. Canada Southern... Central orN. Jersey Central Pacinc Chesapeake A Ohio . S9H '"89J 57 224 89K S6X 124 21 lii 1 lMh 27 22S Chlciiro Gas Trust.. tt SSHi MV 83 c, n. y c. M. A r.t- 1". V, Ulh 974) 7C4 77H 76 76X 121 88 47? C M. A St. P., prefl -120S u.. it. i. A r ... c. st. p.. sr. a o tri 4S4 li7)a liov 142 7 ax US'! 131! 83) 47X 118'. 111), 46j H7S 110) C,St.P..M.AO. pref 118 HI 140 micago A - oriuwn unicago & N . prei. C G. C. &I Col. Coal & Iron Col. A Hocking Val. Del , Lack A est Iel. A Hudson Den. A Itlu Grande . 142 8 Hi 57 39 67 40 4VH1 an 28U TIH 2aJ 147. 1)4 12SM lffl 16 16 1Q Den. A Hlo G'e. prefl 51M 52 93 H SIM 51ii Llls. A U. t. ITnst. Illinois Central .. Lake Erie A West i 93 uu 63" 98H 23M 97X 21 218 74)4 130)4 CM Lake Erie A W..pref JO1 13034 7ui I'M "kj" 44 130 j.ake snore x m. k. . Louisville A 2iash'e ISO Vi 128)4 69 164" '55 5J 133)4 112)4 43 91 H 106V 16)4 73 34 3)4 421, 18 4 37 70 IS3 70 113 70s Manhattan. ......... Mlchljran Central.... Mobile A Ohio Mibsouri l'aciflc National Cord. Co.. Nat. Ord Co., pref. N ational Lead Co... 1354 MX 5o4 103)4- 103K .'6 "56' 183 13SH 112 133 43H lKi 112 44 92V 43 43 S2f 109'4 1654 76 33 23S 42)4 17H 9 Hat. Leid Co.. Dref. 81H VSt .New York Central.. N. Y.. C. A St. L... 1UIU 16V 1WS 110)4 I7 76 3d 24 U1, KH 9-H 3S4 10' IC4, 4Shi 213 SGX 16H 53ii 17 76 35 43 .N. Y.,C.t-L..l pr. N Y..C.ASt.L.,2pr. N. Y.. L. E.&Y.. n. Y. AN. E N. Y.. O.A W 33 23i 11 33)4 III 16!i 18! Nor'oK A Western.. N. A West'n, pref . Kb 37 H .norm American jo. Northern Pac fie 16 47H 16)4 48.H! Nor. Pacific pref... 47X Ohio A Mississippi.. facific3Iail Peo. Dec A Evins. Pnilada. A Reading 1'.. C. C. A st I P. CC AstL, prd. 21 52H 21X 25H 16H S1H 21 26 16X 16 62 19 59)i 194 & 32 41 105 11114 9 3714 11 "ia 1954 62 M 19!4 59)4 Pullman Palace car. Richmond A W.P.T R. AW. P. T..pid.. St. Paul A Duloth .. St. P. A D.. prefd . St. P.. M AM. Texas l'aciflc Union Pacific Wabash Wabash, prefd .... estern cnion W heeling A L. E.... W. AL. ., prelM 195 195 6 7; 6 3Z 41 l.o 111 9), 28 11 !H 92 191, t2 4iy 41 I7 II -4 S3H 3SU 37X 11 24 91 H "63 11 I4X 93 63 633. Ex-dlv. Closlnz PlUladclpbla Quotations. . . ld- Pennsylvania. o3V Heading 26V, Buffalo. New York and Philadelphia. 64 Lehigh Valley S7i Lehlfrh Navigation Philadelphia and Erie 31 Northern Pacific common 16 Nortnera pacific preferred 4SX Asked. 53, . 7 57K 53; 1654 Electric Stocks. Bostos, Dec 20. Special. Close of elec tric stocks to-day: Bid. Edison Electric m 135 General Electric estinghuuse, second preferred.... S1 Westlnghouse. firstpreferred t!H Ft Wayne Electric i:jj Ft. Wayne Electric (A) 7 Thomson-Houston Tr. D 754 Thomson-Houston En. Elec. Weld.. 1 Asked, 140 110 33 43 , 13 Boston Stocks Closing Prices. Atrh. A Top 34KIFrantUn. 14)4 .11)4 34 144 156 Boston & Albany.. ..212,S Kearsaie jjustuu njiuuc ...1,1 ifsceoia... ii. uur. x y Vtt Qnlncy .. t itcnnurg k. it.,pra 85 xai 'ainaracl Mass. Ceut 17 . boston Land Co. 5K Mex. Cent. com... N Y.AN. E. Old Colony Rutland com . !01j 43 .185 2S San Dleiro Land Co liu Dell Telephone 209 Lamson Stores..... 15U Water Power. 2 Centennial y N.E Tel. ATel,... 58 Ilutte A Boston Cop. io Thomson-Houston. .li3Jf is. Cent com... Wl Allouez M. Co.(new) 90 Atlantic 9)3 Boston A Stout 33 Calumet A Uecla...luo Bid. A BREAK IN CORN Under Heavy Selling, and Provisions Also Tend Downward on Realizing Wheat and Oats Also Affected by Liquida tion. Chicago, Dec. 20. There was tremendous selling of corn to-day. The offerings came in the main from the larger commission houses and parties having country constitu ents. The market opened active and unset tled, but generally weak at JiJo under the final quotations of yesterday, the receipts overrunning the estimate-) 612 cars. Under free offerings, the market sold ofTJo more, a large line supposed to have been taken on yesterday by a prominent professional com ing out on the break. For May there was heavy" buying, the demand being very urgent and market rallied Jic, be came less uctlve and steady and closed with Ko loss. Tne Illinois State crop report w an a stimulating factor but was offset by the heavy selling pressure at the start. The decrease or 1,336,000 bushels was the chief support for wheat at the opening, but there was free liquidation, very little out side trade: domestic markets were heavy and cables lower, which lesulted iu a grad ual decline. The English visible was re ported to nave increased 1,125,000 bushel. Corn was exceedingly weak, and its decline helped to depress wheat. The rally toward the close waa largely due to the fact that the exports from the four principal Atlantic ports were liberal, amounting in wheat and flour to about 670 000 bushels. Alter the opening, about the same as the closing of yosterdav, the market advanced Jic, then receded c, recovered Jc and closed steady. uuiiiuisui ua ncinuupuseu to uniO&d, and theie being but lew outside bnving orders the market had little snpport. Trad ing was chiefly in May. The market opened JJc loner, advanced Mo, declined Ko. and Iinally closed at nearly the lowest price, with a net loss of c Tne provision inaiKet opened stiff at a slight improvement upon yesterday's prices. J. G. Steever became u free seller imme diately after the opening and his action caubed the scalpers to take the same side with him. There was no big and sudden rally on the breaks as bas so uequently oc curred .before during the present deal. Whether the present is the beginning of permanent liquidation depends, apparently upon how much bas already been saddled upon the crowd. Pork closed, compared with yesterday's final prices, 27Ko lower: lard 15c lowerand ribs at 20c decline. Ca-U quotations were as follows: Flour, dull, weak, but not quotably changed; No. 2 spring wheat. 69Ji70c: If o. 3 spring wheat, C066c; No. 2 red. e947Gc. Ha 2 corn. 4150. No. 2 oats, 29e29"ic: No. 2 white, S35io on track: N0.3 wiilto,3131tc. No. 2 r e, 47ko. "So. 2 barley. 64c; No. 3 f. o. b., S9C5c: No. 4 t. . '.., 3515c. No. 1 flaxseed, tl is. Prime timothy seed, $2 0JL Mess pork per barrel. 1 14 62:lard per 100 pounds, 10 07K; short ribs sides, loose, $8 05Q8 10; dry salted shoulders, boxed, $7 S7KS o0; short clear sides, boxed, $3 "i3 SO. Whisky, distillers' finished good", per gallon, $1 30. Sugars, cut lnaf,, OKSgO: stranulated, Dcj standard "A", c No. 3 com, 37c Receipts Flour, 17,000 barrels: wheat, 185.000 bushels; corn, 149,000 bushels; oats, 244 000 bushels; rye, 5,000 bushels; barley, 15,000 bushels. Shipments Flour, 17,000 barrels; wheat, 18.000 bushels; corn, 68,000 bushels: oats, O.OOO bushels; rye, 5,000. bushels; barley, 61,000 bushels. On the Produce Exchange to-div.' the batter market was quiet; creamery, 2029c: dairy, 1926c; eggs Arm; strictly fresh, 21 25c Range of the leading features, furnished by John M. Oakler A Co., bankers and brokers. No. 45 Sixth street. Close. AltTICLES. Dec. 19 WlUEAT. December Jannary May July CORN. December t January MT Julr OATS. December January Jlay PORK. December January May LARD. December January May .4 SIIORT RIBS. January. ....... May.... 70M 76)4 745, 41 41M KH 46M .10 m 14 80 15 82 16 20 10 05 10 10 992 822 3 42 Car receipts for to-day: Wheat. 414: corn, 6t oats, 284 J1 tlmates for to-morrow: TV heat, 200; corn, 190; oats, 140. GENERAL MARKETS. New York Flour Receipts, 50.S50 pack ages; exports, 1,305 barrels, 57,393 sacks; dull and weak, but not quotably lower; sales, 8,100 barrels. Coknmeal dull and steady. Wheat Receipts, 86,025 bushels: exports, 197.6S6 bushels; sales, 1,125.000 bushels futures; 80,000 bushels spot; spot dull and easier, closing steady; No.2 red. 76c store and ele vator: 76c afloat; 75Ji77Ko f. o. b.: No. 3 red, 72c: uniriaded reu, 70fSc; No. 1 North ern, 79Js'a79c: No. 1 hard, 85c; No. 2 Northern. 75kffi75Uc: No. 2 Milwaukee. 75c: N". 3 soring. 69J4G9c: options declined iK0 on weak cables, lar-je imports into tne United Kingdom and a large Increase in the English visible, reacted a and closed steady, with the trading moderate and chiefly local. Sales included No 2 red, De cember. 74KJJ74 ll-16c, closing at 74c: Jan uary, 7475c. closing st 74c; March. 775-l677e, closing at 77c; May, 79 7-16 ii 13-ittc, closing at ic. Rye nominal: Western, S45Sc. Babley inactive. B ABLET MALT Qlliet. Cors Receipts, 100,000 bushels; exports, S8.246 bushels; sales, 935,000 bushels lutures, 100,00 buihels spot; snot quiet and weaker; No. 2, 49c elevator, 5050Kc afloat; options declined a on lower cables, increase in amount on passage, weaker West, freer of ferings and local realizing, closing steady trading moderately active; December. 4 Vc, closlne at 49Ljc: January, 49X50J4o, closing at 49c; May, 5152c, closing at 51c. Oats Receipts, 25,800 bushels; sales, 210 000 bushels futures, 64,000 bushels spot; spot dull and irregular; options dull and easier: January, 86Ji36Jic, closing at 36ge: May. 3S"S9c, closing at 38c: spot, No, 2, while. 4254c: mixed westorn.iKiKsc; wuite ao, 41)45 47c: No. ? Chicago, STJic Hat in fair demand and firm. Hops quiet and steady; State, common to choice, 2023c: Pacific coast, 2023o Groceries Coffee Options opened steady, 10 points up to 25 points down; closed steady, 10 up to 20 down: eales, 15,000 bags, including December, 16 10c; January, 15.75. 15.S0C; March, 15 3515.45c; May, 15.05 15.15c: beptein ber, 15 0015.10c: spot Kio dull and stead; No. 7, 16M163.Jc. Sujar Raw, firm and qniet: sales 2,11)0 bags; centrifugals, 96 test, at Se; refined, dull and easy. Molasses New Orleans, steady and quiet. Rice in fair demand and steady. Cotton seed oil firm. Tallow firm; city ($2 for pegs), 55c. Bosrsdtill and steady. TcRrEhTiSE dull and weaker at 3031c. Eoos dull; fancy steady; ice house, lS20c; Western best,25c; receipts, 2,455 packages. Hides quiet and steady. Hoo products Pork quiet and firm; old mess, $15 0015 25; new mess, $16 O0Q1G 60; extra prime, nominal: cut meats, quiet; fair demand: pickled bellies, 99c; shoulders, 8c; middles, strong; short clear, $8 60. Lard, spot steady, options easier; Western steam closed at $10 37W10 40; sales, 1,100 tierces; options, sains. 1,500 tierces; December, $10 30; January, $10 35; March. $10 30; May, $100. Daisy products Butter In better demand and steadier: Western dairy. 1724c; Western creamery, 2339c; Elgin, 20c. cheese in lair demand and firm. Philadelphia Flour weak. Wheat weak, declined iiQ Wo under lower cables and a continued iL;ht export demand: steamer No. 2 red In export elevator, 7273c: No. 2 red, December, 7SV7ilKc; Januan. 73U 73Jc; February, 74&75c; March. 7676J4. Corn Option market declined $0 under lower cables, a light foreign demand and bearish speculation in the West; No. 3 yel low on track, 49c: steamer in export eleva tor, 47c; No. 2 yellow in grain depot, 49c: No. 2 mixed in export elevator. 48c: No. 2 mixed, December. January, February and March, 4818la Oats Carlots weak; futures duU and Ji&c lower for all deliveries ex cept December, which was nominally un changed; No. 2 white. 39c: No. 3 white. 41c: do choice, 41c; do clipped, 41f42c; No. 2 white. December, 39Ji40c; January, Feb ruary and March, 39K40c E rgs scarce and firm; Pennsylvania firsts, 2933c St, Louis Flour dnll and unchanged. Wheat went up MKc early, but soon de clined and closed fi&ic below yesterday; casn and December. 65Vc: January. B6U1R) 66Kc; February, 67c; May,72c: July. 72Jc. Corn feli from the start, and finished o below yesterday: cash, 36c; Decemner, 36c: January, Slo; February, 37?f?37Jc. Oats dull; cssh, 32c: May lower at 3335j2c. Rye lower at 47Kc. Bailey quiet: small sales Nebraska at 50c. Bran lower; 57o ease track. Hav unchanged. Eirss easy at 20 21c, but strictly fresh would bring 22c Toledo Wheat Dull, steady; cash and December, 71Jc; Mav, 77c asked. Corn dull, steady; No. 2 cash, 45c: May, 45c; No. 3, 41c; No. 4, S8LJe. Oats quiet; cash, J5c Rj e dull; cash, 51e. Cloverseed steadv; piime cash, December and January, $7 85 asked: ilaioh, $7 97K- Receipts Flour. 179 barrels; wheat, 28,309 bushels; corn, 55.524 bushels: oats, 650 bushels: cloverseed, 454 bags. Shipments Flour, 1,670 barrels; wheat, 1,200 bushels; corn, 1,'JOO bushels; oats, L400 bush els. Minneapolis May wheat opened at 70c and closed at 69c after selling a fraction lower. There was only one sale of Decem ber made at 64o. There was about the usual demand lor cash wheat. The price ranged principally from 6465c for No 1 Northern, and No. 2 Northern went at b$y, 62K: receipts ol wheat here were 274 cars, anil at Duluth and Superior 483 cars. Close: May, C9c; on track. No. 1 hard, 65?ic; No. 1 Northern, WJic: No. S, 59g60c Milw-.uk-e Flour quiet. Wheat steady; May. 69c; No. 2 sprinir. 65c; .No. 1 Northern, 70c Corn dull: No. 3, S7Kc Oats quiet; No. 2 white, S4Kc; No. 3 do, 3235c Barley firm; No. 2, 68c: sample on track, 36Q60C Bye firmer: No. 1, 56c Provisions qniet. Pork, January, $1557J. Lard, January, $977K Receipts Flour, 8,500 barrels: heat, 102,o6o bushels; barley, 32,300 bushels. Shipments Flour, 6,200 barrels; wheat, 12,700 bushels; barley, 25,200 bushels. Cincinnati Flonr qniet, easy. Wheat st eady; No. 2 red, 67c; receipts, 3,500 bush els; shipments, 3,000 bushels. Corn firm; No. 2 mixed, 45c. Oats barely steady; No. 2 mixed, aj$c. xtye uood demand: No. 2, 54c Pork lower at $14 75. Lard Good demand, steady at $9 75. Bulk meats dull at $3 62VJ. Bacon Darely steady at $9 6269 75. Whisky steady; sales, 728 barrels at $1 30. Butter barely steady. Eggs steady. Cheese stronger. Sugar easy. Kansas City Wheat dnll arid lower; No. 2 hard, 63c; No. 2 red, 6567Jo. Corn weak and HQio lower: No. 2 mixed, S2KS3c; No. 2 w nite, 3334c Oats weak and Ho lowen No. 2 mixed, 29294o: No. 2 whtw. ""m.;!. -.j,-.. J.1111 i.iyv&. Aoceipcs Wneat, 64,000 bushels; corn, -.3,000' bushels; oats, none. Shipments Wheat, 11,000 bushels; corn, 1,000" bushels; oats, 3,000 bushols. Baltimore Flour dnll and unchanged; wheat steady; No. 2 -red spot -and Decem ber, 78JJc Corn easy; mixed spot, 47jc: year and January, 47c; May, 51&o asked. Oats steady: No. 2 wnite western, 4344c Rye dull; No. 2, 5So asked. Hay Aim. brain freights inactive. Provisions unchanged. Butter active at 28032c .Eggs quiet. Coffee quiet; Rio No. 7, lbc Buffalo Wheat No. 1 bard, 80c; No. 1 Northern, 77c: No. 2 red, 74c Corn No No. 2 here. Receipts Corn, liu.ooo bushels. Shipments Wheat, 91,000 bushels; corn. 52. 000 bushels. When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoris. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. When she became Hiss, she clung to Castoria. When she had Children, she gave them Castoria Open- HlgD- Low- Clos ing, est. est. Inc. CSV C0!t K S9V 70)4 70i 70H 70H 76)4 76K , 76', 76)4 75 75 74)4 74H 41K 41H 41 41 42 42 41H 41H 46H KK 46 Kh 46)j 46)2 K)i 23K SOM OH "U )0H 344 3iH 34)4 34)4 f. 14 40 15 70 15 70 15 47 15 62 16 22 16 22 15 92 15 95 10 03 10 05 10 10 9 95 10 03 995 995 9 75 9 7. 820 820 802 802 8 40 840 822 822 THE RUT OF DULLNESS No Public Trading of Consequence in Local Securities. PRICE CHANGES INSIGNIFICANT. ' Philadelphia' Companj. a Shade Weaker, and F. & V. Somewhat Firm. ALL OTHERS ABOUT STEADY TO FIRM Tuesday, Dec 20. The local stock market appears to have settjed down into the rat of dullness, and barring the development of something very favorable or unexpected it is likely to re main there until after the holiday season at least. Conditions are not favorable for ac tive trading at present, anyway. Money is not easy, by any means, and the feverish and unsettled state of affairs in the East is having a restricting effect at all points. Then, too, merchants and manufacturers are commencing to look over their books and stocks in order to ascertain the results of the year's operations, which distracts their attention from securities, and this fact, together with the one that the holiday season is close upon us, is sufficient to account for the pre vailing dullness and is a good basis upon which to make predictions of quietude ior some we.-ks to come It is noticeable, how ever, tbat borue of the local banks are eas ing up somewhat, and it is quite certain that shortly after New Year's muds for in vestment and speculation will be abundant and comparatively cheap, .and that nil stocks of any Intrinsic value whatever, par ticularly those tbat are now considered too low, will rule active on an ascending scale of prices. The business on'Change to-oay covered only Allemannla Insurance, P. & B. traction and Westinghouse Airbrake, and amounted to only 128 shares. Ihere was a little business off 'Change, however, in Pleasant Valley railway, Duqucsne traction, Westinghouse Airbrake and Philadelphia Company; but on the whole the day was a very unpiollt abfe one. Allemannla insurance sold at 50; P. & B. traction was a trifle flimor at24 25 ales, and an odd lot of Airbrake sold at i'."?. tnn mocK ciosinc at iaj uiu. jtiiiiu.uuj- phia Company was a shade weaker, but everything else was about unchanged from the mevious close. Boaid quotations established wereas fol lows: Citizens traction 5, 107 bid; Pitts burg traction Oj, 104 bid, Citizens traction 5s, 104V bid. P. & B. traction closed at 2425, Du quesne traction at 272S and i . A. & M. traction at i3i bid. Exchange Nominations. After the last call this afternoon the mem bers of tne Exchange made the following nominations for officers and directors, to be balloted for at the annual meetiug, Janu ary 3: 1'resident, A. J. Lawrence. Fiist Vice President, A. A. Adams. Second Vice President, R, J. Stoney. Treasurer, K. L. Stephenson. Secretary, W. W. Chaplin. Directors, (nine to elect) : A. W. Mellon, G. I. Whitney, .John McBnde, H. Sproul, A. C. Kobinton, S. S. Piukerton, C. C. iCuhn, E. M. Forguson, W. J. Robinson, E. Fink, W. L Mustin, S. Fritz, William Montgomery, 1. B. Barbour, Frank .fcaton. Board of Arbitration, (five to elect) : II. M. Long W. J. Robinson, S. Fritz, Julius Stark, E. Fink. Sales and Closing Quotations. The transactions recorded on the Ex change eales board to-day weie as follows: FIEST CALL. 10 shares Allemannla Insurance SO 100 shares 1. & B. traction 21 SECOND CALL. 10 shares F. &B. traction 25 THIRD CALL. 6 shares Westinghouse Airbrake 129V Total sales, 126 shares. Closing bids and offers: lit call. id call. SacaU. Ask Did Ask BANK STOCKS. Com Nat Buik.... Citizens Nat Bank Third Nat Bnnk.. esii ALLEOUEXY BKS. Third NAt. Bint... INSURANCE. Allemannla Armenia Ben Franklin Birmingham........ Citizem Man A Mer Peoples 'leutonla. Union Western Ins Co NATURAL OAS. Chartlers Valley.. P. N. G. P. Co... Pa. Gas Co Philadelphia Co.... Wheeling Gas Co... TRACTIONS. Central Traction ... . Citizens Traction. .. Pittsburg Tnctlon. Pleasant Val ev becond Avenue UAILKOADS. Chartlers Hallway.. Pitts., Y. A Ash.... PltU. A Castle 8..., Pitts. June, R. R... Pitts. W. Ky... 49 45 32: 56 56 14M 11 i 20X 78M 6t" 24 20k 20 20J 23 2S Co 03 24Ja C3 24 iMTs iVi 24! Ml 64,M io" M 31JS N. Y. t C. G. C. C. IiRIDGE. Hand Street 50 Northslde HndscCo i'K. a isirminguam. Union MINTVG. La NorU Mln. Co .. Luster Mining Co.. JIISCELLANEOi 8 Monon. Water Co.. Unions. AS. Co... U.S. S. Co. pfd.. West. Airbrake Co. Standard U C. Co.. U. b. Glass, com.... 71 75 M, 9 9 9M 31 130 no 132 130 132 77 7854 T!H 78M 66 77 78 Crops and Crop movements, The Illinois State Board of Agriculture has tabulated tho reports on corn received December 1 from nearly 800 correspondents representing every section of the State, and the result is herewith given: Owing to the unfavorable weather at planting time the area of corn is the smallest reported in 25 j oars, being but 5,188,632 acies. Theaverage yield per acre was 26 bushels. The total corn product amounts to 137,540,285 bushels, or 80,441,765 bushels less than the crop of 1891. Owing to the interior quality of tho grain (but 86 per cent as compared with an average) the ruling price oi 35 cents per bushel Is lower than that obtained for the last two years, and tho total value of the crop, ir sold at this price December 1, would be but $48,913,834, the smallest corn crop in Value since 1873. The quality of tho corn this season is muph below an average, par ticularly In Central Illinois. Much of tho corn is soft and it is light and chaffy, so ahat it will grade unusually low. A dispatch from. Duluth to-day savs: Wheat continues to come into this city very rapidly, and the wheat blockade predicted a few days ago seems almost upon us. The increase in stocks hald heie and at the elevators on the Superior side of the bay, also under the control of the Duluth Board of Trade, bas the past week been 1,615,000 bushels and the total stocks of wheat heie aggregate 12,751,000 bushels. In the week the elevators or the Duluth Elevator Company have been filled; one or the two big eleva tors of the Great Northern Road is lull and there is enough going into the other to fill it in ten days. Tue elevators or the Lake Superior and Union Improvement Com Danies 'have capacity for some 5,000,003 bushels more. The receipts tor this morn ing were 675 cars, or about 400,000 bushels, and this flood of grain continues steadily. The country elevators belonging to the Duluth system, with about 4,500,000 bushels capacity, are ail lull and will not be able to act as reservoirs. Long before the opening of navigation all the capacity at the head of the lakes will be full or wneat and there will beat least 16,000,000 bushels for the ves sels to carry dowu in the early weeks of navigation. The wheat is or the highest grade. There are also in store here 220,000 bushels ol flax and barley, making the total grain In store 13,000,000 bushels. Financial Notes. The Allemannla Insurance sold to-day waa taken by J. C. Bergstresser from H. M. Long. Morris & Brown andMcCutcheon sold P. & B. to Uill & Co. Tho small lot of Airbrake was sold by Sproul & Co. to Carothers. H. D. Sugar common Is selling higher than the preferred, because the common pays 10 per cent and the preterrea 7. Some of the local banks received Colum bian souvenir coins to-day. It is authoritatively announced that ths underwriters or the 6 per oent bonds of the General Eleotrio Company took 70 per oent of the issue oi $6,000,000 at a commission or 1 tier cent. This Is an unusually small com. mission and it la probably accounted for by I the fact that the underwriters are largely Interested in the stock of the comnany. The expdrts (exclusive of specie) iiomtho port of New York ior the week ended to-day were $7,297,953, against $9,362,150 In 18DL It was reported to-day iu New York that the arrangements for the consolidation of the Lead and Linseed Oil companies pro vides for the increase of the Lead capital stock irom $10 000,000 to $50,000,000, of which $5,000,000 is to be common and $5,000,000 pre ferred stock. This is to he given lor the $18,000,000 Linseed stock. It was believed that this ptoDosition, if made, would be re jected by the Linseed Comp iny stockhold ers. Another import was that three shares of Lead-common and one share of Lead pre ferred will be given for each five shares of Linseed Oil stock. No. 19 of R. J, Stoney, Jr.'s National Bank Returns is at hand, and shows the usual careful work, both by the compiler and tho printer. J. b. Bacho & Co. to Oakley & Co.: A num ber of sterling loan have been mado, and It is thought that in tho last weok at Jean six million worth of sterling loans have been placed in the market. Tula of course has the effect of weakening exchange, as it amounts to a virtual short selling In the ex change market. The people who made these sterling loans were the big bulls in the market; they have gained fresh courage, and made things as lively to-day on the bnll side, as the bears did yesterday on the down side. Whisky regained all tho decline or yesterday, and though Gas did not do as well, It scored a big advance The way we Judge tho situation Is that tho exchange market as reported to us by leading broker is only temporarily weak, and we will have to ship gold again probably before the end of tho year. As long us theso conditions pre vail, it is a matter of impossibility to got any great rise in prices. For the second week of Decembor the earnings of the Buffalo, Rochesterand Pitts burg Railioad show an increase of $5,410. Following is a statement of the approxi mate earnings and expenses of the Pitts burg, Yonngstown and Ashtabula Railroad for November, 1S92: Earnings, $101,554, a de crease or $7,312 compared with the corre sponding month or ISOIf expenses, $69,132, a lecreaso of $2,837, and net earnings, $J2,121, a decrease of $4,475. For 11 months ending November 39, 189.1: Earnings, $1,340,537, anin ci case ot $137,1.21 compared with the corre sponding period of 1891; expenses, $824,034, an increase of $90,760,hmii net earnings, $516, 502, an increase ot $46 SOL MONETARY. Locally the only change in conditions is a suggestion heie and there that the lines are not drawn so tightly as a week or so ana Still, there is.no business doing bolow 6 per cent, according to the general run. of le ports, and E.istein exchange and currency are trailing even. New York, Dec 20 Money on call was easier. Ringing from 4 to 15 per cent; last loan 4: closed offered at 4. Prime mercantile paper, 5QG Sterling exchance weaker with actual business at $4 844 85j foV 60-day bankers' bills and $4 8704 87i lordomand. Bostoit, Mass., Dec. 20. Call loans, 57; time loans, 5K6. Clearing House Figures. Exchanges to-day $2,203,179 41 Balances to-day 345,638 27 Same day last week: Exchanges 2,369.743 63 Balances 30j,02u 30 New York, Dec. 20. Clearings, $190,136,908; balances. $8,049,821 Boston, Dec. 20. Clearings, $20,715361; bal ances, $2,147,11L .Money 6 Dor cent. Ex change on New York 10c discount to 5c premium. Baltimore, Dec 20. Clearings, $2,831,036; balancos, $318,331 Money, 6 per cent. CmcAoo, Dec. 20. Clearings to-dnv, $19,133, 073. New York exchange roio to25c premium. Sterling exchango decltned to $4 85 lor 60-day bills, and $4 83 lor demand. Money firm at 6 per cent. St. LOOIS. Dec 20. Clearings, $4,( 68,319: bal ancos, $427,093. Money auiet ut 67 per cent. Exchange on New Yoik, 25c discount. Philabslphia, Dec. 20. Bank clearings, $14,59J,25S; balances, $1,813,810. Money. 4J4 per cent.' Cincinnati, Dec 20. Monev. 4JJ3 p er cent. New Yoi k excban,;e,2510c discount. Clear lugs, $2,357,000. Bar Silver. New Yokk. Dee. 20. SpeeiaL Bar silver in London Jjjd lower at 37 15-16d per ounce. New York dealers' price for assay bars c low er, at 83o por ounce. Foreign Financial. London, Dec. 20 Amount of bullion with drawn from the Bank of England on balance to-dnvis JEIO.000. London, Dec 20 4 P jr. Close Consols, money, 97; New York, Pennsylvania nnd Ohio lsts, 29U: Canada Pacific, 91; Erie, U: do 2ds, 103&; Illinois Central, 1U): ilexican ordinary, 21; St. Paul common, 78i: New York Central, 112; Pennsylvania, 55&: Reading, 26; Mexican Central new 4s, 07. Bar silver, 37 15-16J. Money, 1 percent. Rate or discount in tho fipoa market for botb short and three moums ulna, i per cent. . Tflfi EWING DECLINING. Big Fourth Sand Wells Do Not f-'eem to Hold Up-'-It Is Down to Less Than 15 Barrels an Honr Good Kesponso to a Shot Other Oil Notes. The iourth sand well in the Northeastern McCurdy field on the Evring iarm lias proven to be a disappointment in a certain sense ot the word. It started off bis, but iu the 24 hours lollowing it declined iroin 60 to 10 barrels an hour. This is accounted for by the fact that it is in the top of the sand only a foot or two, and the owners believe that it has onlyt pped the pay. It Is well known that there Is a second pay streak m the bottom of the iourth saud in this locality and the owners or the No. 1 Ewing expect to drill down to it by the end of this week. J. M. Guffoy, Koblson & Stewart, who con trol tho well, think they have struck a bonanza which will develop into even a bigger well than it is at present when it is drilled deeper. Tho sand is thick and thero is plenty ot chance tor them to get a bi pay streak below that which they huvo just struck. J. M. Guffey, S. D. Rnbison and II. S. Stewart's No. 4 on the McCoy faitn, which Joins the Stewait farm on which the bij one w as struck Monday, as reported yes terday to be making 26 barrels an hour. The account is piobably exaggerated, as un old operator who had been at the well yes terday claimed that it was making only 20 barrels an hour. Be that as it may, it is a well of the first-class and will make money for the owneis. Their No. 3 on the McCoy farm Is also a good well. The Belmont Oil Company and Cutler's No. 2 on the Morgan fnriu in tho Melse nool, Bouth of Willow Grovc.ttiis leported last niht to be through thestiavcbove tho Goidou, and to havo filled up several bundled leet with oil. Two AVells Increased Last Night. J. M. Guffey and S. D. Robuon drilled their No. 1 Ewing in Northeast McCurdv deeper into the touith sand :ast evening una It was increased irom 10 to 90 barrels an hour. The Forest Oil Company shot its well on the D. K. Clover lann last night and its pro duction wont up from 10 to 48 barrels an hour. The Gauges Yesterday. The estimated production of the McDonald field yestei day was 19,500 barrels, 500 less than the day before. The Woodland Oil Company's No. 2 Scott was making 40 barrels an hour; Tidal Oil Company's No. 8 Marshall, 25 per hour. The stock in the field was 45,000 barrels. The runs from the SIstersville field weie 19,071 barrels. Kuus and Shipments DIonday. 'lho National Transit runs were 28,202; shipments, 11,278. Runs of Southwest Penn sylvania from McDonald, 17,347: outside of McDonald, 8,701; total runs, 23.05L Buckeye runof Mackdburgoil,lLC02:shtpinent,noue. Buckeye runs or Lima o I. 48.346: shlnmnntx 57,156. Eureka i uns, 19,508; shipments, 2,284. New York Transit shipments, 53,044. aouth-. ern ripe Line snipments, 29,1.2. The runs or the W. L. Mclioit Pine Lines were 4.23b; receipts fiotn other lines, none; totil receipts, 4,-.36; shipments, 3,241. The runs of the Tidewater Pipe Line Com pany on Monday weie S.ZS!'; total, 81,912; average, 4.311; shipments 27.S70; total, 201,419; average, 10,603 bairels. The Wusiernand Atlantic runs on Monday were 3,687; shipments, 3,113. Tho Oil Market. Range of the January option: Opening, 52c; highest, 52c; lowest, 52c; closing, 52Kc Refined oil New York, 5.45c; London. 434 4Jd; Antwerp, lif. New . ore, Dec. 2a Petroleum was neg glected throughout; not a single sale was re ported; Pennsylvania oil, January option, 62c bid, 62Kc asked. Lima oil, 17c bid. Oil City, Dec. 20. Opened, 62jc; highost, 52c; closed, Blc; lowest, 62c. Sales, 32,000 bairels; clearances, 16,000 barrels; shipments, 143,470 barrels; luns, 103,620 bairels. SICK HEADACHE, Carter's Little Liver Plus. BICK. HEADACHE Carter's Little Liver Pill i. BICK HEADACHE-, Carter's Little Liver Plus. SICK "ACUE-crcrms. ne4-40-Mwrsa A SITE SELECTED. . The Property Corner of Aiken Avenue and Eowe Street, Shadyslae, Pur chased by the First M. P. Church, for Their New Building, for 833,500. TUESDAY, Dec. 20. The property corner of Aiken avenue and Howe street, Shadyside, has been pur chased by tho First Methodist Protestant Church, as a site for their new building. Theround was sold to the congregation by Morris & Aisbitt for Messrs. Cooper and Hamilton for f33,500. The property is 200 feet square, and there are two frame dwell ings erected thereon. These buildings will be razed, and as soon as possible work will be commenced on tho chuich, which will be a fine stiucture, tho estimated cost being $50,C0O. Ti'o entrance to the chuich will face Westminster Place. The congregation Instructed the trustees to negotiate a mortgage of $150,000 on the property on Fifth avenue, recently leased to the? Messrs. Kaufmann, the money to be ap plied to the purchase of the property and the erection , or two churches, one of the churches to be erected in Allegheny, the congregation having been divided into two factions. As has been mentioned in this column betorc, the Allegheny site has been selected on Bidwell street, tho considera tion being $35,000. ' The New Park a Certainty. On account of the very disagreeable weather, the meeting of the citizens or Al legheny interested in the new park, which was hold in the Allegheny Mayor's office last night, was rather slimly attended. Not withstanding this (act the sum of $3,500 was added to the subscription list towards tho puichase of tho Watson property. The fol lowing personscontrIbuted:SIissMargaretta Park, $1,000; Miss Eleanor Park, $1,000; the BJssell estate, $1,000; Strassburger & Joseph, $250; Stevenson & Cartright, $250. The meet ing 1 as as successful as could be expected under tho circumstances and adjourned to meet again ut the call or the Chairman. This enterprise will undoubtedly be a suc cess, as little douut as to the raising of the balance ot the money is entertained by the ptrties Intel osted In the movement. An official or tho Pleasant Valley Railway Com pany has, on behalf of that corporation, notified the committee tbat the company Will contribntn $10O,n. lint fnw tnnh contri butions as this r.ro necessary to make up tho amount needed, and thev will undoubt edly De obtained. Tnro Good Deals Closed. Black & Balrd to-day completed two deals in Diamond street pioperty and unlm pioved really in Boulevard Place, East End, involving in all over $60,OC0. Tho particulars of these transactions will not be in shape for publication until after January 1. Mr. Frank 11. Speei's name appears in connec tion with both sales. Building rermits. Only one permit was issnod to-day by the Building Inspector, that was taken out by II. H. Wuudcrlich for 11 two-story frame dwellings, Formosa nlley, between Murt laud street and Lang avenue; cost $7,500 for all. Iteports From the Agents. Black & Balrd sold to G. D. Simen a frame dwelling on Suinmerlca street, Twentieth ward, corner of Elwood street, on alot40x 161 feet, for 6 500. John K. Ewing & Co. sold for Henry A. Davis to jr. B. and A. S. Smith tho property 'No. 27 Sarah street, Tenth ward, Allegheny, being a oua and one-hall-story frame house and fonr rooms, with a lot 13x57x29, for $1 750, on monthly payments. Keed B. Coyle & Co. sold for the Fidelity Title & Trust Company lot No. 220 in the W.itsou nlnce plnn. Tenth ward, Allegheny, f renting 50 feet on Natchez street by 150 feet deep, for $800. BUSINESS MORE ACTIVE Owing to the More Seasonable "Weather No Change Established by the Elgin Butter Board Spirit of the Markets and Be vised Quotations. Tuesday, Dec. 20. Business was more active iu mercantile circles to-day than yesterday and the mar kets were generally firmer, the touch of winter weather having a stimulating effect, especially in produce commission circles. The grain, flour and feed market was an exceptiou, the feeling continuing weak and unsettled. Sale of creamery butter on the Elgin bhtter board yesterday were made at last week's prices, and in consequence there will be no change in quotatiens here this week. The Western market is holding up better than expected, iu view of the weak ness in the East Their is a disposition on the part of buyers ot some classes of goods to re duce stocks as the end of the year dra.rs near and the season for the annual stock-taking approaches. On the other hand, the holiday trade creates an increase i demand ror some kinds of goods, and altliou h tho most of the buying for Christmas and New Year's has been done for this year, there is a good de mand for some description?, even at this late day. This Is particulaily true or groceiies, which are fairly active. Coffee and suuarnie ruling firm, but there is no essential change in the pnee. Salt is firm and hU'hcr. Canned fiuits ale higher and quite fii in, owing to a good demand and the tact that tle supply is lighter than it was a j ear ago, when ciops were unuxally Invge. Sugar, syrups rice and fish hold about steady. Doners In dru'S and chemicals re port an active market for spirits. Alcohol ha m-ide an advance of 10c and ls,'nov selling at $2 00 per gallon by tho ban el. This shows abuLjeorSOcin tuo weeks. Opium is firm at the recent advance, and higher prices aie expected. A letter rioin Eyotn, Minn., says: "Most of oui laruiers put in all the bnrloy they could about one-third ir.oro acres was sown to barley than ever beloie very little corn and not much wheat. Tho outcome Is a poor crop of bailey and not much money in cir culation. A good many nro selling off their best draft horses in order to pay local debts. Horses are cheap on that account. '1 hey are being picked iip by buyers at all the way from S10J to $153 per span just now. Outside ot this district the same horses are sclllngat from $300 to 400 per span. The grain specu lator is not anywhere. Hogs are stiong this season; so are chickens and eggs. The farmers do not got discouraged after all onr diawbncfcs and poor crops at low prices. They are learning by experience not to put all confidence in one kind of grain or one kind ol stock." The demand for lumber in the principal maikets of the country, while not as urgent as a short time ago, remains above tho aver- nge, considering the lateness of the season. In the Eastern cities building operations are still actively prosecuted, and vlaning mills are finding orders enough to keep them run ning under their U3ual pressure for some time yet. Navigation is closed on the lakes, and so furas receipts oflumber by waterare concerned they ate ended for the season. Continued fine weather has lavored the dis tribution ot lumber. Work" in the woods in tho w bite pino State? having opened earlier than iiMial, Is being actlvolyptosecuted, the Tivibe. nun sayw. In some sections, as lor cximple iu the Menominee district, the ground was covered with snow botore the swamps were frozen, w hich is unfortunate, as it is difficult to make good toads over such a. bottom, but In other POCiions tho con ditions aie all favorable and the outlook is ior a heavy cut. Grain, Flour and Feed. Sales on call at the Grain and Flonr Ex change o-day: One car choice looso piessed timothy hay, spot, $14 23; one car No. 2 yel low ear corn, ten din s, 5oc. Beceipts bulletined: Via tho P., Ft. W. & C 5 cars oats, 7 cars hay, 1 car feed, 1 car flour, 3 car bailey: via the P., C, C. & St. L. 2 cars corn, 3 cars hay, 2 cars bran, 1 car feed, 1 car heat, aotal, 26 cars. ItAXGE OP TUE MARKET. The following quotations for grain, feed, hay and straw are for carlots on track. Dealers charge a small advance from store. WHEAT-o. 2red ts(3 No. 3 red 73 (S) 76 74 5U corn jno. z yeuow car 43i uigii uueu ettf ................. ........ 43 Mix dear 4R 49 47 49 No. SyillowshLlled sMi High mixed shelled 47 km 43 Mixed shelled 45(4 46! nevii .sueueu .....,.... ViptV Iew high mixed shelled corn 4oM? Oats No. i white. 33 a No.2whitc 3.. 33 (& Kxtraio. 3whlte 37 fit No. 3 31 ft Mixed. 3S Kyk No. 1 Western 53 ISO. 2 Western. 6 (5 47 46 Sli ja4 30 Si 3GH 60 57 FLOira (Jobbers' prices) Fancy brands. $4 75g in; Maiiuwu ivnimr pmeuis, e-l oetH o; spring patents. $1 S05S4 C5: sir-artrht wlrtter. S4 Una! 25; clear winter. $3 7T.4 10; XXX bakers' tl 7o3 85: rye. $3 5033 73. 1 lie Exchange Price Current quotes flour in car loadB on track as follows: Pattnt winter. S3 754 CO Patent spring ,'. 4 jo4 is straight winter... 3 25694 50 Clear winter 80x325 Low (Trades. 2 0532 50 Rye flour 3 00(33 25 Spring bakers 3 5.1 0 Millfeed-No. 1 white middlings. fIS00i9 00; No. 2 white middlings. flS 50BI7 00; winter wheat bran. (14 Ktipir, on; brown middlings. 1S 00I5 50; chop, f 18 003 (0. Hay Choice timothy, 114 00at4 25; No. 1 timo thy. 113 2513 75; No. 2 timothy, $12 0012 50; mixed clorer aaa timothy, $13 0013 60: packing. $7 wm 00: No. 1 feeding pralrlt. ft 009 50; No. 2 do. H 0C3 50: wagon har, $15 0O18 W. STRAW-Wheat, $6 006 50; oat, JO 507 00; rye. $7 0C7 60. Groceries. SUOAB-Patenteut loaf. 5c: cubes. 5c: pow dered, 5c: granulated (standard). 43ic: confection ers A. 4 8-lOc: soft A. 4HHHc: fancy yellow, 4c; fair rellow, 4X4!c: common yellow, StS4c. Coffee -Koasted, In packages-Standard brands. 233-20c; second grades. 22?323c: fancy grades. 27 32c Jinose-Java, li37se: Mocha. 3333Hc: Maracaibo. 29c: Peaberry, 282SHc: Santos, 23 zb4c: uaracas. sofeiasifc: Kio, saxc Mor.ASSES-Cnolte. AI3334C; lancr. 35K36e: centrifugals. 2S'430c: new crop New Orleans. 44 Strut Corn syrup, 23I3c: ingsr syrup, 2530c; faicr flavors. 3IS2c; blackstrap, I516c. FnuiT3-l,ondon liver raisins. $2 50; California London layers. $2 1032 15; California muscatels, baits. GffjMc; boxed. SI 151 25: Valencia. 773c: Ondara Valencia, S!4iaa)jc; California sultanas, II llc: currants. 4ii.ic: California prunes. 1IH 15c; French prunes, 8J?12c: California seedless raisins.. I-lb cartons. $3 SO: lemon prel. 10104c. Kick Fancy head Carolina. MSHc; prime to choice, 51, (36c; Louisiana, 5i6c; Java. 5)5?c; Japan. 5V8c. Canned GCODS-Standard peaches, $2 1032 55; extra peaches, $2 452 50: seconds. $1 651 U5: pie peaches. $1 20l 25: finest corn, fl 351 40; Har ford county corn. II 051 10: lima beans, $1 2G 1 25: soaked, 80S5c: early Jnne pea. 11 151 S: marrowfat peas, Jl O.Y31 10: soaked. 7&380C: French peas. $11 so&ai 00 f 10U cans, or 11 4G1 50 dozen; pineapples, $1 33&1 50; extra do. $2 40: Bahama do. 2 90: Damson plums. Eastern. $1 S; California pears. $2 232 S3; do green gazes, $1 75: do egg plums. $1 75; do apricots, 1 85(31 90; do extra White cherries, $2 752 SO: do white cherries, 2-B cans. $1 M; raspberries, $1 3C1 50: strawberries. tl 151 25: gooseberries. $1 10(g) 1 25; tomatoes. 85c tl 00; salmon. l-ln,i 3i 33. blackberrles.75Oc: succotash. 2-lh cans, soaked. Sic: do standard. 2-lb cans. $1 25(31 60: corned beef, 2-lb cans, tl 75: 90: do, 14-lK, 13 50: roast beef. 2-lb. tl 85: chipped beef. 1-lb cans, tl 852 00; baked beans. (1 251 35: lobsters, 1-lb. S2 23: mackerel, fresh. 1-lb. tl 90; broiled. $1 50: sardines, domestic M, $3 M: H. (6 25; Jts, mustard. $3 CO: Imported. H, t0 5u 12 50; Imported, h: $18 00(823 00; canned apples, 3-lb, 80Vc: gallons. $2 50(32 75. OiLS-Ctrbon. 110, 6c; headlight. 6te: water white. 7c: Elaine. 13c; Ohio legal test5c: miners winter white. 3o31c: do summer, 3Ssic. Provisions. Large hams $ 12',( Medium K'i Small 12H Trimmed 13 California 10 Shoulders, sugar-cured 10 Bacon shoulders 9 Dry salt shoulders 8 Breaklast bacon 12 Extra do 13 Clear bellies, smoked 10)4 Clear bellies, dry salt 9a Dried beef, knuckles 13 Rounds n Sets 10 Fiats 9 l.ard (refined), tierces 11J Tubs II1 Two 50-Ib cases 1IJ4 Lard (compound), tierces. rinii uarreis Tubs . Palls Two 50-Ib cases.... Three-lb cases .... FIve-Ib cases Ten-lb cases Jless pork, heavy Jltss pork, light.. 8.'4 8H 8)4 8 8J , 17 00 13 00 Butter and Cheese. BDTTEK-Elgln creamery. 32K33'c: Ohio bmnds. 2S29c: choice to fancy dairy and country roll. 2527c; fair to medium grades, ISfoOlc: loir grades. lKB16c: cooking. Pllc: grease. CSc. CHEESE Ohio, fall made, 1K5JI1MC: summer made, lOCJlOc: Sew York. 1212!c: fancy Wis consin bwiss blocks. ll!irc; do bricks, 1313Sc; Wisconsin sweltzer. In tubs, lftc; llmberger, 10llc; Ohlobwlss, rysl3c. Eggs and Poultry. EGOS-Strlctlr fresh Pennsylvania and Ohio, 26 27c: special marks. 23c: cold storage, Il-ic. Poultrt Lire Spring chickens. 4555c per pair: old chicken.'. (M7oc: ducks, 6070c; geese, 1 1 40I 50; turkeys. Tl12c per lb. Dressed hlckens. 13l leper lb; turkeys, ItJilBc: ducks, 14 15c; geese. 1012c. Berries, Fruit and Vegetables. .Cranberries continue to be firmly held at $3 003 25 per box under a good demand. Apple-, $2 O03 50 per bbl, with most sales at $2 503 CO; Concord and Catawba grapes are about done for the season; pricos are quoted at $25 0CQ10 00 per hundred baskets, but there i-. scarcely enough offering to make a market; Florida oranges. $2 503 23 per uox; lemons, $3 ou&'t zz; Diinanas, si 'im i 00 per bunch; pinenppIrH, 10 15c each by the bbl. do extra, 20:2c; Malaga crapes, $6 O03 00 per keg; dates, 5c per lb by the case Cabbage, $2 753 50 per bbl; onions $2 0 2 75 per bbl for natives and $1 351 40 per box for Spanish: turnips. $1 5002 00 per bbl; rutabagas. $1 151 35; beets, $2 vu2 25: pars nips, $2 252 50: carrots, $1 501 75; Florida cucumber-, $1 7oi 00 per dozen; celery, 20 35c per dozen bunches. Potatoes, 8590c per bushel for choice stock from store, nnd 7380o on track. Jer sey sweet. 84 004 50 per barrel ror firsts, and $3 003 25 tor seconds: Baltimore bweets, $3 3 50; do seconds, $2 2502 50. Game. Quail, $2 002 25 per dozen; pheasants, $7 C07 50; prairie chickens, $6 507 00; Mal lard ducks $5 005 50; squirrels. $1 251 50; rabbits, 3540c Dei-pair; jiick rabbits, $100 1 25; venison, carcass, 12 13c per lb; do &addles, lb!8c. Dried and Evaporated Fralts. Apples, evaporated, 50-lb boxes, 9o per lb: common dried, 45c; apricots, 15018c; pitted cherries, 17c: California peaches, 14 17c; common dried, 910c; do pears, 16Kc: do nlums. nitted .15c: rasnberries. 21K02lkc: Leghorn citron, 1415c; dates. 6c; flga, DglJc; nectarines, 10c; orange peel, 1314c Miscellaneous. Seeds Choice mammoth clover, $8 50 per bu; choice Western timothy, tl 0532 15. Buckwheat FLOOEiaikc per lb. Beans New York and Michigan pea beans. $210 2 15per bu. : hand-picked medium. 1 medium. K 0U32 05: Lima, iic per. iu; x'en beans, tl 7i5,i SO per bu. Pennsyltanla and Ohio Bekswax Choice yellow. : :: dark. 20330c. Cideb 5f country. $4 0035 50 Der bbl: and refined, ts -07 CO; crab. t8 0Cti SO. HONEY .tff crop white clover. lS20c per lb: buckwheat. U&lGc: btralned honey, souie. Tallow Country rough, 3hrlc per lb: city ren dered. 4IHc. Feather;. Extra lire geese, 58S0c per lb; No. 2 do. 430c: mixed. 30lc NUTS Peanuts, green. 3"44Mc per lb: do roasted. $1 151 25 per bushel; hickory nuts, $1 00 (31 25: shellbarks. tl 1&31 50: new walnnts. 6013 G5c:old do. 5055c; butternuts. 5055c for old and GU$65c for new; HUHris.Dc per lb: almonds. Tarra gona, 18e:doirlca, 16c: do paper shell. 25c: shelled almonds, 35c: Brazil nuts. 8&S3C: French walnuts, 9c; pecans, luc;aplea walnuts, 13c; Grenoble wal nuts. ll.Sc PiCKXES-$4 50(35 50 per barrel. PorcOBN ZttSMitz pr lb. IIIOLS-Ureen steer hides, trimmed. 75 lbs and up, 7c; green steer hides, trimmed. GO to 75 lbs. 7c; green steer hides, trimmed, under 6u lbs, He: green low hides, trimmed, alt weights, 4c: green mill hides, trimmed, all weights, 4c: green calf skins. No. I, te; greeu Lair skins. Mo. A 4c: green steer hides, trimmed, side branded, 4c; green silt steers. No. 1, 60 lbs and up, ;7.'e; green salt cows, Ao. 1. all weights, 44'jc: green salt calf. No. I, 6 to 15 lbs, 5W3c; green salt kip. No. 1. 15 to 25 lbs, 45c; runner kip. So. L, 10 to la lbs, 34c; No. 2 blues, l!4c olf: No. 2 calf, 2c off. New York Metal Market. New York,. Dec. 20. Pig iron qniet and steady; American. $13 O0Q15 50. Copper steady; lake, $12 25. Lead linn; domestic, $3 SO. Tin steady; straits, $19 40. W00L St. Xouis, Dec. 20. Wool Receipts, 3,000 pounds; shipments, 193,000 pounds; Missouri and Illinois medium Is qnoted at 22c, but Texas, Indian 'territory, etc, holds up to 22 (323c for choice, and 1821o for fine to fair medium; Colorado and New Mexico medium ranges irom lie to l'j: ior nne to origin. Cotton. Galveston, Dec. 20. Cotton dull; low mid dling. 9 5-IGc: good ordinary, S 13-16c. Net and cross receipts, 3,971 bales; exports to France, 5,988 bales: sales, 335 bales; stock, 135,113bales. New Ohleaks, Dec. 20. 'Cotton opened easy and closed steady; middling, 9 ll-16c; low middling, 9 5-16c; good ordinary, 8 13-16c. Net receipts. 13,659 bales; gross, 15,054 baleo: exports coastwise, 7,332 bales; sales, 3,250 bales; stock, 299 393 bales. Liverpool. Dec 20. Cotton moderately active; s lies, 8,000 bale, of whlob 1,5:0 bales for speculation nnd export, and Included 7,100 bales American. Neuralgic headaches promptly cured by ISromo-Seltzer 10c a bottle. WHEN EATING becomes troublesome, di gestion defective, sleep ing an impossibility, ap petite ceases, take JohaiM HofTs Malt Exiract. -it acts like a charm and tastes splendid. Be sure to get the "genuine," which must have the signature of "Johann Hoff" on the neck of every bottle, and take no substitute. Use Johann HofTs Malt Bonbons for Sore Throat, Coughs, Colds, dea LIVE STOCK. Sheep Lower at the CentrallYards and Cat tle and Hogs Unchanged. Fast Libebtt, Deo. 20. Cattle Receipts, 310 head; shipments, 609 head: market active at yesterday's prices; no cattle shipped to New York to-day. Hogs Beceipts, 1,800 head; shipments, L500 head; market steady; fair light to best hogs, $6 50QS 90; 5 cars hogs shipped to New York to-day. Sheep Beceipts, 2.800 bead: shipments, 1,400 hoad; market dull and a shade oi lrom yesterday's advance. By Associated Press. Chicago The Evening Jnurnal repOTtp: Cattle Beceipts, 6,500 head; shipments. 2 509 head: market steady; best steer. $4 636 00; Others, $3 504 50; stocknrs. $2 503 65; can ers, $1 402 20; cows, $2 503 41). Hogs Be ceipts, 3U.0CO head; shipments, 7,000 head; market opened strong and higher, closed 5 10c lowen mixed and packers, $6 256 40; frime heavy and butchers' weights, $8 JC 65; light, $6 406 45. Sheep Receipts, 6,0m) head; shipments, 500 head: market steady to strong; natives, $3 75Q5 25; prime West erns, $4 7064 75; Mexican yearlings, $4 90. Lambs, $3 506 40. Buffalo Cattle Receipts. 1 load through. 11 sale; slow for common grade and steady for good. Bogs Beceipts, 11 loads through, 35 sale; opened strong and higher for good mediums and best Yorkers; light grades and pigs dull and easier: heavy cornfed $7 CO. Sheep and lambs Receipt, none through, 32 sale; opened about steady for all but com mon, thin and fine wools; choice wethers, $3 25; fair sheep, $4 50: Canada do, $4 60; Cunada wethers, $5 69; lambs, native, $8 25; Canada, common, $6 50. New York Beeves Beceipts. 79 head, all for slaughterers; no trade: leeling Arm; dressed beef higher, 89c per pound; ship ments to-day, 700 beeve-; to-morrow, 1,620 quarters of beer. Calves Receipts, 525 bead, mainly Western calves consigned direct; no trade; leeling Arm. Sheep and Jambs Be ceipts, 946 bead; market steady: Cnristmas sheep, $6 0006 40 per 100 pounds: otner grades, $4 001 85; lambs, $6 507 00. Hogs Be ceipts, 2,326 head, including 3 cars for sale. Kansas City Cattle Receipts, 3,500 head; shipments, 1,600 head; the market was ac tive and strong, generally 1015c higher; representative sales, dressed beef and ship ping steers, $3 10&5 00; cows, $1 404 00; stack ers and feeders, $ 803 40 Hogs Beceipts. 7,900 head; shipments, 1,200 head; the market was active and 510c higher; all grades, $4 50 6 52K: hulk, $o256 30. Sheep-Receipts, 2,600 Head; shipment none; the market was steady. Lambs, $5 00. Cincinnati Hogs higher at $5 753 25; re ceipts. 2,500 head: shipments 2 2X Head. Cat tle firm ut $1 255 GO; receipts, 295 head: ship ments, 635 head. Sheep easy at $3 0C5 25 receipts, 1,000 head; shipments, none. Lambs easier at $4 005 50. Knocked Off a Bridge. Jeremiah Gather was struck by a lump of coal which fell irom a passing freight car and knocked off the Ft. Wayne bridge. He fell to the water below a distance of 60 feet and was unconscious when pulled out by some boys iu a skiffi He was removed to the "West Penu Hospital. He is in a criti cal condition. Many GlTts to Be Given Aw y. . The Building Trades Council announces that arrangements-have been made to dis tribute a large number of presents at Homestead-Saturday. The donations have been made by leading merchants and business men in this city. "WHEEZiNo'Mn children Is soon cured by the lamous Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. WOHTH A GUINEA A BOX." 3 BLIND. They axe blind who will not try a. box of BEEGHAM'S PILLS for the disorders which OTOweut of Impaired? wiso.tia., cr "Weak Stemneh. Con. stlpattOD.D1sordere4 x.1ver. Slctt Head- a.tlA- ...- i.nv RlllAHafll and Serrni ailments, they take the!! place of an entire madiefnechest. nnvtRtn with & t'stti fss ahb . .-,-...- " ""-;" OULUBIE bUAIimt. Of all druegists. Price SS cents a box. New York Depot. 305 Canal St. ' BEST LINE CH'C?T.L,oUI$ fXX DENVER, Valued Indorsement of Scott's Emulsion is contain ed in let ters from the medi cal profes sion speaking of its gratify ing results in their practice. Scoffs Emulsion of cod-liver oil with Hypr phosphites can be adminis tered when plain oil is out of the question. It is almost as palatable as milk easier to digest than milk. Prepared by Scott A Borrae.N.Y. Ahdrcnist. DANIEL M'CAFFREY. CHOICE TIMOTHY HAY. Car Low a Specialty. S3S AND 210 FIFTH AVENUE, sc9-n PITTSBPno. 11KOKERS FINANCIAL. ISSTAliLlsllLD last. John M. Oakley & Co., BANKEBS AND BUOKElti 5 SIXTH ST. Direct private wire to New Tort: and Chi cago. MemberNeirYorl,Cnlcag0aadPlM4 burx Exohanges. Local securitlei bought and sold ror oasi or carried on liberal margins. Investment made at our discretion ami dividends paid quarterly. Interest paid on balance (since 1SS&I Honey to lean on calL Information books on all markets mallei on application. ie7 Whitney & Stephenson; 57 Fourth Avenue. it J0 apS&M ; i j 5 4SL I v
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