THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE TUESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 27. 1894. ONE CENT A Word. Wants of all Mud i-vsl that Mitch, WP rtpt Situations Wanted, which an- inturtrtl FSKS. Situations Wanted. Sf ft atijin vv w ante d hV a" ' d uss i3 maker to go out by the day. AddresA . Tribune ofhVo. OITUATION WANTED BY A PRACTICAL o iir.-snM.iki r. work either at borne or put by the day or week. Address. Mi-s Esther Bennen, ins Rook street, n,iu Park, Bcran ton. U 'ANTED siTi'A'i'loN r.v A Hi LIABLE ngy man. KuuonabL' wages Ad drees "B" Tribune ofBco, (SITUATION WANTED H A YOU NO is ram who is willing t do any kind of vo:k; age, It'; fuir pennim: can furnish Rood reference. Address .VI, O. i Post l'Hlci",Scf an i. u I1Y A YOLNU MAN IN DRY QOODS OR IJ grocery itoro, or s rate business a here be eouldwork'up. Bonis exnerleuOB. good refer. bob. will work cheep. Address P. o. box ft, Montrose, Re. GENERAL NEWS Of INDUSTRIES Manufacturers of Steel Casting Have M Yet Foriu.'d a Pool. BUT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT IT The Entire Affair Is Now In the Hands of Committee Which M.iy Make its RtpOri at Any Day 'Increasing Shipments ot Oonnallavllla Coke Are Reported Some New Railway Activities and Conjectures Miscel laneous Jottings of an Industrial Character. Help Wanted Male. Ur ANTED BTEKOGH vi lli R AND typewriter. Balary email. Apply 11. D. Rookateller, Mystic Bwlng. 618 Penn venue Y msi w Too report tlnit all the manutiotnr era of steel castings in tha country with cue exception had formed u pool er Combination together is souiswhat premature, m the pun i still under consideration, Sum time nuo mine of the steel mannftictnrori i,f -; ii decided to make in effort to fenu eneh a continuation for the pur pose ol putting an eail to rate cutting and th tt prioM should bo maintained upon what they claim should be a ptY l08 basil. invitations war tent out to maonfaotartri in diffaraat parti of the country to attend u matting at which planl for the combination would be submitted and di ennad. The meeting was bald to Pbiladatphia a month ago and with tha exception of the ntldvale steel works of Pbiladatphia, it la said that every considerable manufacturer of steel was riDreiiutexl The Philadelphia origin aters of the combination idea itro- lented their plju for a pool bu'. some of its clauses illl not meet with the Hp proval of the manufacturers from other i l..u K.v ! cities and there was a geueral ilisjus oi9 lion over the scheme, and tiuslly a :. - .viiiinttty was iinii.-iintsd to draft a plan for a combinstiou. Frederick Humbert, of the N'orristown Steel work', is chairman of the committee, snd tne committee has not yet pre sented iti plan and it could not be learned wheu another meeting of the mannfaotareri will be iitll at which X ,x. ..X ....;.,..... . ... . , ... , , . I t r , . 1..V,..-. wue. a re ilesirai'le . m -fs ana ' luw irx.x wi iua t jiuiuuvsca luwia will be presented. Agents Wanted. AXTKiY Lxi'VliuiNCED ' l.ll": IN rnranoe solioltor, Good position to right j WO UickOOn avenue ANTED MAN rtlTH LIFE AND FIRE I iiisuranx-c experience as so'l.-itoi' tit I Lackawanna County; good InduoemenM to nxht man Address US-M Hiti building, 1'hiladelphia. 1'a. ANTED IK S AND UlKLS WHO wisn to make monev wheu out ot sibiail; seud nurue ar.d we will ti'U you how; i,o uionev wanted. P BTAYNRR Prorideaee R. I I U 'ANTED TWOYOUSQ UER OF GOOD uddreMi to eail on bnilnses houses. , Steady eiupiovmetit for gtxl men. Apply NATIONAli CLEAN TOWEL COMPANY. Arcade buddiu. FINANCIAL ANU COMMERCIAL Stocks and Bouds. New YniiK.reb. -Jil. Wall strrot rsview. Speculation at the Stock tXOkang WSJ (iuet. Sales of stock were oulT lj0,95l hhare;', ol which 111,190 wan American Suiar, SCSOO VThilky, 15,400 Bt Paul and 18,900 Chicago Has. Tim next stock iu point ot activity was Western I'uion, of which a800ihana ihasged baud'. At tha start the market was weak and fever ish, owing to the heavy aelliug of American Bagar. Lust week this stock was up on the belief that the company would be nllowed a small protection. Tiday Iri-a cuntldence was fait m i ins theory and rasliaatloot were in order. Bngst declined Irom M to 70, laid from -7V to 'i' pre.'eried front ?lli to 7u'i and Cordage from ISM ton1, General Eleotria and Uhloago Uaa loit N and K per cent. respectively in syinp.it by. Whiskey was relatively itfoogar thuu the other Indnatrlali aud rose l to 15, sub lequintly there svas a decline to "il 'n aud - i ,. ihe railway listwni Brajar under the leadership of St. Paul This stook m .v ad Opto BTJf, Jthe stirs from London account hiring had mi riled. An effort w as made to dentaai the rnarket u talk of demoralil Itlon m the trunk line pool. The fact tbit the stocks command a fair pro. minm tor Ml and the inability of the pro fessionals to dislodge, holding nccounta for their nervousness. The closing wns firm with the railway stocks anywhere from )i, to percent higher for the day. The in dustrials scored losIM of i for Sugar . ommon ami 1 for lead coiuuuu. The (olloWlnV complete taliln shuwiun the ilay's BaotuatlODI 111 satlTe stouks Is suppllml and rerUed dally by LailUr A Fuller, stock tuokers. l.t , .i. .,: avenue: Open- Utah' Inc. est. ... mi -;.j nmmw tor Kent. I i .. BEN f - BTOBK Kooll l wanna avenue Irom Apiii i i d second r1ir well adapted ko'-iaekeeptus Also bouse Isuo tapoose avs hue with all mo.ieru unprovemenis, beautP fully prepared. F S PAl'LI, IJit Sanderson avenue. l-ott BINT STORE. 5 I LACKAWANNA r avenue, by Apr I. I. Emiuiro ol Ueary Prey, t-i Lacfcawaaaa awuue or at the rreuiises. 1 'OK KENT - IN BURR BfJlLDINO WASH. X iutou sv e.sts. Beat very reasonable tto desirable par ties cau he Men bv applying to janitor iu building. For teias apply to CHARLES A. BVKK. ill North iu:n avenue. foK KENT THREE BOOMS. FRONT ON 1 seeo;il floor, over N A Holbert'l music store. 117 V yomiu, quire iu the st re. areaoe, from April 1. Iu- l'OK KENT rWO-STOBY BKl'.'K DWEL JT ling bouse; mislern improvemeuts. 313 Forest court. Apply to MAI RICE COLUN s. svent. West Lackawanna avenue. 1 LET FOR A TERM OF YEARS Part or all of three hunJred feet of vard room along rar o:ul Apply at -lb Fraukiia V' nue. h'O RENT STOKE iaHU OR FCF.NISHED l ball on Green Ridge street Bh location and on reasonable t. F. E. NKTTLETON or C. Republican building Wry deaira- iern,s. Appl WOUDK For Sale. V 'R SALE - 12-ACRS I and utensils. J. M. farm, srcic SHEFFIELD. iA Monroe ave "L'OR SALE I.' R EXCHANGE FOR SCRAN iv ton propurty A bearing orange urova increasing in production and value yearly in the oranire section in Morida. Addres F. E. NETTLETON. Lake Helen. Fiorioa Lost. -A HILL BOOK rONTAIXINi fieirfh: ijili- anil f-w i'de.ks and cash, cm Penn avenue a: the crner of l.imlen stiest. Floder will be lilierally rewarded hy leaving it at 510 Wyoming a1, enueyr D L. & W. freight .fflce.,r S. BALDEMAN. I 1 BT-J la frelgl Money to Loan. To LOAN IIO.ijul. $a.r. J5.ijo. t-lW. ri.ii) and $1,i'i; ..u first mortgages. D Vv iv.OW N Att rney. ,Vs Spruce str.'et, Scranton. A IcXF.Y - 1 Rissi Specia Notices. P ARTY' 'WIT H''BL"slNFrsrt''EDl"CATl')N and eiperlence has from :J 0 J tr, J.iiii to invest with services in business. Address room W, Common wealth buildimr. ScaARTOa. Frfb. ill, USUI. rl'HE 'XXL'AI. MEETING OF THE 1 -tick-holder of tn- Laccawamt Iron ar.d Steel company for the election of di rectors and transaction of such other business as may properly cot. ) before th j me.jtin will be held at the office ofine company in the cltv of Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Wed nesday. March 7. 1104. at 2 s'etonh p. m. The polls ail! remain opei for one hour. The transfer books will bi closed oil Feb. 21. UH, and ra-open on Marrh s sl J. P. jnOGlHSOW. Secretary, 1JLANK BOOKS PAMPHI.KTfli MA(a' l lines, etc.. bound or re), md at Thk Taiauaa offloe. prices. qiulok work. Resionable EAL TICKETS CAN HE BAD A T Hi. corner Spruce street snd Franklin ave Twenty meal tickets for f&ju. Good nne table board Res Estate. J.'OR MALE SINGLE H0C8X, MB QUINOY sveriue; very desirable location. Anplr ft F. REYN'oLOS, ft KN APP. or WILLAKU t.i,.vi will bi;y MoiiF.t::; tp l.ouse, all Improvements; M.W S-RfKlM ; t ries easv: cor ner Madison avenne snd Llelsware street. Ap p.y iakk i.r.r.n 1.400 WILL liL'Y VERY DKBIRABLE lot orner Madison avenue and Lielawari street. Terms easy. Apply HARRY LEsa Coke production, according to the Philadelphia. Timea, ihowsd a net gain ol 4 830 ov) last week over the onttiut oi the previous week Tne shipments held their own, iucreniiag thirty-one ! car-'. Western and Pittsburg ship ments ikow a giin of more than 100 cars each, tut the eastern shipments j fell off lamentably. Somi coke was stocked, but the amount was small, I'i round numbers 550 ovens were ad l ed to too active lilt of the regiou. By ibe latter port of March it ii axpeotafl that fully two thirds of the ovens in the region will be producing cok-. i With such b spurt as this the price of coke will probably advance, but bar tly enough to sffsct wages Cok) would I have to advanc 115 ciots per ton to benefit the Workmen. In all tinea of 1 the coke trade there is an enormous .uaouat of business under rastraint. Consumers are buying iu a huad-to month fashion an 1 boldine back big i orden at contract pricis. The demand I for railroad iron, which is expected j soon, is alio looked forward to by the j coke men as a benefit to their trade. Jast now the markets of tha southern coke operators are ths prey of the Con- neLtv.llo pro lucers. Listsnnnnar a party of Penniyl' vani x railroid engineers surveyed the we9tside of the Monongahela river bo tween Brownsville Pa,, and Morgan -town, W. Va. This was taken a an indication hat tne company intended extending the Pittsburg, Virginia an I (inarleston railroad between tbspolnti named, but whether this theory ws right ll not known, as the pmic came ami operations in that quarter were teinprrily suspsndel, List week, however, the olHciali of tho Pittsb.irg, V.rgitiia an 1 Charleston orlerel th i Thompson Distilling company, whos' works are located it few miles above Brownsville, to vacate its in. 11 It stands direct y on thi line lurveyad last summer, and the order to v ie ite n now taken ae an indication th it w irk on the extentnn is to be begun etriy this spring. The new line Will it is Mid, open up valuable cost, on and timber lands, ami there areanumbsr of town on both si les of tha river be twsen the two points wuich Would aho contribute considerable new buiins Brsdstroot'l analysii of tin effect of the panic of HOI on the banks of the conntry points oat that OBOOBl of three of all those nompalled to suspend rs sumeil prior to Jan 1 las' , that two out of three national banks suspending hud resumed, but only one out of IbfOs suspended state bank", and less than one out of every five privat) banking institutions, resumsd business by Jan. l, 18M Am. Cot. OIL. Am Sunar a t. ,s. r. Can. So. Can. X. J Chic, S N. w ('., B. u.... Ohio. Has C. C, C. St. L... Col . RookTVid, T, p, ,v u D L. Jf W D, A: C. F Erie Q, B. Ci Lake Shorn L, & N Manhattan , Miss. Pac Nat, Lead N. Y. N. E N. Y. Coutral N. Y.. 0. A W N. Y., S. W rj, h. c. t o North Par North Pac. pf Omaha Pac. Mail Reading Kiu-k lslaud R. T St. Paul T..C. A 1 Texas & Pac Union Pac Wabasu, pf W. Union W . ft L. B W. ft L. E. pf .....llSMS net, m v;h is" IMM 1MB UN us la's M IjM " li.Mi ll'S ; Low est. Mm h An H5is liiiU !Vl4 UN i'sla loft Bwi iHi liWU MM mi It 4 "14 116 MM Cloa- log, ISSSj I 14 Sli I inu sstt I2IM tm ml lid m THE samvL BOY is often a sufferer (ran headache. The i ut of kick headache is nut in the brain, tor if i on ragolata the atom nob nud iKiwels you'll .cure It Dm union L brain work ami bram- Itirii bruiK" on a nu n nf litis nl to the In',, I with beudueho, dliat ii" i or uotjo lilcou. Miss BBSma Wm.rr.. ot Dovton, Oattonnjooi Co., N. Y.. writes i "I suffered from loss of upiN'llte, iiinstlpiitloii, nemalglu, and great weakness, and bid ter rible attacks of sick beadaone very fre quently! also nose bleed. My health wun so poor Unit I was not able to go to school lor tWO years. 1 took llr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and 'Ooldeii M..,1l..l ni.,i,ivi.ri- 1 ,1 m ii short Ume I wiih strong and well. Many friends are taking your uiidlcluiu, iectug what they huyo done fur inc." BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL Connolly & W allace MlS'l Win. it. Ii'i "W llt HI Ut) iiii Utll, lieu lin-4 iV IS inis HN dov4 2 U5t IIU Hta IDs, liZ ltli u 61 till IUV(J Mi IBM si, IN ISM ait. KM IHZ m 11 is4 isi4 my, m Chicago Oram and Provisions. Si'kamom, Feb :';. -Ttie foUpwIUI quota tloai are supplied aua c .rrected daily by La Bar ft Fuller, stock : .-r..!.. Wyoiniug avenue. WHEAT. Opening Highest Lowest -losing CORN. Opening Highest Lowest Cioeing OATS. Opening Highest Lowest Closing , PORK, opuniug Highest LOW' St Closing LAllD. )',uing Highest , Lowest Cli fciug Sll BT K1LS. Ooening...., Highest Lowest Closing Feb. 5TU m m UN w Kit i.'s-. m ll5 lis', lleS ills TM ;) J37 (IS nt us us Hay. 90M ti MM 5fV4 rut FSu lU's tlHB ms nu ml 1.1 si 1:01 1157 llDa 711 115 ;u: ho IS) D.1I Julv. II i, tH Ul oil iim KM ill's, tit Um IS) I 11M7 11U7 'VI '1)1 on on J)Hi i.lto e l)1!, J. VONNKI.L, OOlia avenue, cornet- Siuo-e PHYSU IANS ami st RGKONS, 11 I'I. DKAN. 1 1 thuKrv. Nina Tin oat ami Ear. Uil l-lMino ttreet, opuo i-itu court hoiimi. Ml Waslnuatou street, over Itfsldunce, 'ti Vine st. i to lg a. m. and ' i aud .Ik) p. iu 1 uiidav, to ;l p. in. W. tt ALLEN. Offlee cor. Lacks. wai.na luid W latiiiietoii nves .: over i.uon Hi d shoo store; oflioo hours, 10 to if a. iil aud Uto 4 p. m ; evenings at residence, 5ISIN, Wasliliigton ave. DR. c. l. TREY, Practlos limited to in, esses of the Eye. Ear. Nose and Throat; A FEW 1 1 1 NTS FROM OUR Dress Goods aDepartirLent: Novelties and Fancies in I wide, 50c. per yard. Worth I Five pieces Bedford Cord, great profusion daily ap-double. forty-eight inches wide.made nviilgs We arc showing a preatlto sell at $1.75 per yard. Ou The Crow's Foot and Shep bargain in iluddersfield price now, G5c. This is a herd Check; are new and Bietres. ,12 inches wide, at orrint hareratn IP M . .1 r 11 1 10c. iNever ueiore sola un der $1. SOME BLACK GOODS SPECIALS. decidedly See them Our stock now remarkahU meet with Ten piece pretty and neat. present:; a offering that will 1 very ready sale: Scotch Heather Mixed Cheviots, 54 inches Our line of ENGLISH SERGES, 54 inches wide, is, without doubt, the greatest value ever shown in Spr-an. Several pieces of Merino ton. Three grades, $1.00 Guipure, formerly sold at $1, !$1. 2'2 and $1.25. These now 50c. mustbeseentobeappreciated i raiicUe s drug slm Ofllce hours: 111. t) M to 1 l)"w CONNOLLY & WALLACE 209 WASHINGTON AVE. 0pp. Court House. ufiicu, UH Wyoming ar iirees. ltusideiica, US Vine H LSI OATES, Ui Wauhingtou Aveuui. hours. H to 'J a 111 . UK) to U and . to Ii p.m. IOHN L WKNTiS, M I). OUoes 51 and i 'I I'ommonivealtli building; rssideUOS 711 Madisonarei onlce hours 1J tu li, I to 1, 7 to C; Sumlayn 2 !W to 4, evenings at Ifmdanoa A specialty mad of iIus-shcx of tho eye, ear, uusa ami throat and gyuncologi . Ml BRAY. SDeclaltf made on ills- In.au w IV Olllc . ti 1). eases o! hours: evo and akl I'ntll hla in itc yommg Ave 4 and 7 to S p in. VK1 RBINABV SUUtiKOllS STUUUE, Veterinary Surguon. Dan 1.. tistry a specialty: gold medalist of On tario veterinary (,'ollei livery, .OU Di.t st.. near Telephone No. 41:1 giv Oltlca. Summer I Keller s Carrlsgo shop I.AM l.li I M C RANCH S laiw and Collection of. I . Hco, No 817 Spruce St., opposite Forest BoUia, Bcrantoii, l a.; collections a i-peetalty throughout Pennsylvania; reliable Correspond ents in every county. IKSSLrsft iiA.iu, Attoruoyi ami Counsel. tJ ioin i.t Law, Coiumouvi ealth building, Washington avu. W. H. jKasi f. HonAOl II Hand. W II Jaaiup. in UriLLARD. WARREN ft KNAPP, Attar neys and Counselors at Law . Republican bulldlaa, WashingtoD ave. Bcrauton. Pa. 1)ATTEBSOM ft WILCOX, Attorneys anil Counsellors at Law; offices o uud 3 Library build.ng, Bci anion, Pa n Of WILL ll rATTiiisoH. w i i.i.i wi a. wiMa LFRKOHAND. WILLIAM. I HANI), At- tornera and Oounsellors. Commonwealth buililin r. Honms ill. .'o and 'Jl. IIKNHV M SF.KLV Law offices In Prli 1 I RAILROAD TIME TABLES. CENTRAL KAILKOAD OF N. J. LEHIGH AND SUSQUC.HANNA DIVISION Anthracite coal nan I SZCluslvely, Insuring oleanliaeai and i otnfert TIMS TAniiCtl Kilter rgR. I, I 'M Trains leare Seranton for Pittaton, Wtlkes- Barre, ute , at n.iu, 11,15 11 m ,,. ,.. ig.SH - ''. M0, 5.011, IT; 11.(16 p iu. Sundays.! a. ui , L00,g.(O, 7.10 p. m. For Atlantic l ity, H IU a. 111. For New York, Newark and Elisabeth, 8,10 feiuress) a. in., :) (sxproes with Huifet parlor car). S !lO (ispraai) p, m. Sunday, S.O0 p. in. Foil MAUI 11 CRUMB, ALI-IKTOWH, BaTBLa- unit, EAiroa and Philaiielphia, s io a. in . 12.U0, a.;w. '..mi (exoept PbUadalphlel p. m. Bundav, 21m n, m, For Loan HiUN. 11, 1 11 CAM QBOVI, etc., at MO a. iu . Iil . XI p d, For Ueading, Lebanon and Hal l isburg. via AUentown, MUa. 111., 1&8U, 5.00. p.m. Sunday, II (10 p. in. For I'uttsvillc. Mil a 111 , ).' W p m. Returning, leave New Fork, loot o' Liberty street, North river, at 1.10 fespreai) a m., I. lo, 1,30, 4.:n Cexpresi with Buffet tairior car; p. m. Hi.ndav, 4.1"! a. m. Leave Philadelphia. Heading Terminal S.00 II. 111 , 2.00 and 4 31 p. ro. Sunday. Ii 27 a. m. Through tlokets to all podnte a I lowest rates may bo hasl on aimiica'.lon in ad , are to tha I ticket agent at ibi station. II V HAI.UW1.V, ticn Pan. Aipi nt. I. a OLHAtTSEN, Pen, supt. N A AND rVBLAWARE, LACJCAWA1 D V KKTKK H KAILKOAD Trains leave Sofaatbn as follov.'s: Kipress for New York and all pooits Lust, 1.59, 2.W, u IS, - ')i and I Hi a. m ; RSI and :i v p, 111. lapreM tor Eaaton. Trenton, Plil.leJpbia and the South, (.15, S fl and D .'I a. m. 12.55 and S.B0 p 111. Washington nud way stations, 2.40 p m. Tobybanna locpmnioaatioo, 11 10 p. m. Expi h- for fslughamton. Oswego, Eiudra. Corning, Bath. paairUle, Mount Korrli ano Buff alo. 13 II). 2 1", a m. and I 24 p. in., magna close 1 onnaetlooi at Buffalo to aupoiati la ibe West. Northwest and Souihwcal. Buffiio loeommodation. u tn a. m. Uiiighaintou and way stations, L 57 p. in. Nii uolsou and war stations, p. m. Blughaintoii slid Elmtra Kxpress, 1 00 p, 111. Express for Cortland, Syn. use. Oswugo. L'tlca and Blebfllld Springs, :.l'j a in. and UN p. m. I JIM., u. Oil and I'.n) a. m. and 1 24 p. ni. For Northumberland. PutsKih, Wukes barre. Plymouth, Bioomsburg and DlOTllle. making I close connections at Northumberland for linamspoi't. Harrishurg, Baltimore, Wash ington and the South. NoilhumbirUnd and intermediate nations, 1 00, y r) a m. and IJU and 407 p, m. Nantiooki and Intermediate itattoia I Oo and ILL"! a 1:. Plymouth and intermediate Stations U Viand 5M p. in. I'ulliiiau parlor and sleeping coaches 011 all elp-e.s trains. For detailed iiiformat:on, pocket tlma tables, etc , apply to M. L Smith, city ticket ottke, ,i LaefawaannaTanne, or depot ticket office. READ The new offer made to Tribune readers on page 7. It is the best one yet made public. V 17IUL AND 1) RO building, LSI Washington avenue. I 'BANK T OKfcLL, I .'1. Coal Bxohaage Attorney at Law. Scranton. Pa. Koo:u Ecranton Wholesale Markets SrRAHToa, Feb. M Fruits a.tn Pro sccauried apples, per lb., a7e.: STao orated apples, lOallu. per lb.; Torklsh 1 Jirunes, 4nos. ;Knglish cur rants, 2 it' a. .",4 a.; yer lalslni, S1.7. I.m; mnscatels, tl..:'ia t.OO per box; new Valencies, Mb per lb. Bbaro Harrow-fats, 2JOa'2.oo per bushel; mediums. SI.70al.faU )'iA8 Oreen, $1.25al.;:'i per bnsbeljspllt, Sk.50a2.6T); lentela, 8al0c. por poind. PoTAloxa fiafi!c. per bushel. Oxioxa- 60a70c. per bushel. BDTTaR h -'.'- per lb. ( BKIIB lOal.Tc. per lb. Eona Fresh.lSJal'Ji; pickled, Ual5c; coolers. 12al3c. Poultry Chickens, dressed, lltal2Jc. : turkeys, 12allic. MaATB nains. lltfe.; large. 10fo. skinned hams, 10c; California hams, 8?io.; shoulders, k-: dry salted hollies, i)c: smoked breakfast bacon. llc.; fresh pork loins, 0sjC.; "Wyoming" porx sausage, lie, Wyoming home i.m !-..-)', H pou ml pail, larded. He; butcb e' sausage, 8)c., our own make; freah porlt ihoulders, fc; fresh pigs' feet. Sc.: fresh pigs' beads, Ac; fresh Hpara ribs. Be.) fresh leaf lard, tic: fresh kidneys, sc. dor.; tuagh snusaga meat, 8a.: tongue, bo.; plucks, .Ic.ea'JU; wiiolo hogs, 7 v PORK Mesa at SIT; short cut, (IS. Lakd Leaf In Uenes at Sc; In tubs, i'Sc, in 10-pound pails, loo, I m : pound pails, 10c.; S-pouud palls. lOJi. per pound. bExr Choice sugar cured, smolted beef, 14c Floub Minnesota patent, per barrsl. S4.4lia4.00; Ohio aud Indiana amber, at ta.75; Uraham at SS.50; rye hour, at (8.2b. Buckwheat Floub (2.85 per cwt. Fkkd Mixed, per cwt., at SI .00. Grair Rye, 05c. ; corn, 4k to 52s.; oats, SlaLlc. per bushel. If TB Straw Per ton. Sisal. UaT-Per ton. Slrtais s Tbekk is nothing like Dr. Thomas' Cclectric Oil tu quica-lr euro a cold ur re lieve hoarseness. Written by Mri. M. J. Fellows, Burr Oak, dt. Joieph Co., Mich. Th) N'ew York, BaaqOlbSOOS and VVestern railroad bn let tin contract for o'H) coal cars. $),Q63 pOOOls 00pa city, MO to the Bloouuiborg Car com pany, of lilooinsluir. and 101 to Mur ray, Dougal & Co., of Mil ton. The cars are to be delivered by dime. Tua . .-is of Oon Hroi 6c Co., for the Delaware, Susquehanna and Schuylkill engine! has been awarded to tbl Bald win Locotnoliro WOtlS, Tuo order is for ten heavy fteiglit onsluei. MiNdit Ixoostmal Notes: Stack No. ') of thn Thomss Irou com- pauy a' llokeiidau'imi has been put into blast. 1 ills maaes four stacks 111 op ira tlon thuiu. Aliout 1,800 Illinois win 01 given work by the resnmption nt the Aurora inion on the Oogebic Ilangc. I.sat . was the Brit week in months that the Heading collieries madu a full week. a now inw of Mimaobttiotti iappgos a lino of from (10 to (I0i on consumers of bituinlnoiiH con) in towns that do not con sume tbren-toortbj of their smoke. West Virginia bus 10.000 square miles of coil Held', an area greater than the coal regions of Ureal Britain, and produces an nually 5, (Kit), 000 tons. An advocate of electrical cooking claims that of every 100 tons of coal used In a cooking stove 00 tons go to waste. The United Stntes has produced two thirds ot the cotton cousumod by the world iu the last nixty-sevou yours. In order tu protect an invention all over the world ilxty-four patents are required, 11 1 11 cost of about 117,500. Kdison claims to tuwo iu bis laboratory every substance, orguuio or inorganic, in tbo world. Pennsylvania bus a greater railroad trackage per squure mile thitu (leruiauy, I'riiucn or Holland. Industrial tendencies last week followed thosa lndii uted in preceding weeks, oigbt resumptions of manufacturing establish ments being reportod to oiie shut down. Tbl lucent advance iu iron ami steel pricte, uased on a more active demand for thoso metals, has evidently been too rapid, and not only demand, but recently ad vanced prices have gone off, steel billets reacting from (10 to (13.50, with Bessemer pig iron shaded. Nw York Produce Maikst. Nxw York. Feb. 88. Flour Very quiet and ea-ier. Winter wheat Low K'radea, S3.00a2.45; do. fair to fancy, (8 45a 2.75; do., patents. Sj8.85a8.S0j Minnesota clear, t8.oma.Wt do., straights, (8.x5a8.60; do., patents, S8.75a4.80) low extras, S2.u5a 8,45; city mills, 05; do., pataata, 84. to 1,115; rye mlxtum, Sj8.60iji.90; inparflno, tl ,75a i.10; tine, (1.75al.0C Wheat -Fairly active, lower With op tions closing steady. No. 8 red stora ami elevator, QOjfe.; afloat, O8W0.; f. o. b., t',2a 08c.; uugraded red, BSa88a, No 1 north ern, 0sa0s)i'i'. : options opened weak at ;.u l;ac. decline, on easy cables, increase on passage, foreign settling, weak west nud local liquidation, rallied vi(c on de crease 111 stock) and visible, tell IsjsX-c 0:1 Weaker oables, advanced j;c. on covering, closed firm at Kallo. Ondet Batnrdsyi trading fairly active; Mny and July most active; February closing OOVc. : March. wijjjc; Kay, 08ho,i July, 05hc. August, 66)40.; Beptoabvr, 6TMo,; December, 71c, CORK Dull, eiibier; No. 2, 41Hc; eleva tor; 42c, afloat; ongrndea mixed, r.c; No. 2 white, 45c.: options wero tnoder- ktely active, weak, Va'a;4c lower on in creased visible, weaker entiles and local realizing, May ami duly most active; February. Closing, lljsji'.; .March, 4lic: Mar. 42c: July, 42 ,c. OATS Hiili. easier; February, SO .; March, H,c.; May, S3:,c.; No. 2 wh 10 March closing, 00J4o.; spot prices, No. 2, ill !4al',s .; No, 2 white. H8hfal0al No. '4 UhicagO, I",".; No. 8, 87c, No. 8 white, Vtyfd mixed western, BuSDJC.; white do , BBaOlO.) white state, S0a42f. BiiF lunciive, steady; family, (I8i14 ex I I'll mess, (HaH fiO. IlKi.r Hams-DiiII at 116.50. TlSROin BlIF- iVuiet, steady; city extra India mess, IB81. cut ItsUTS Qnlal, stosdyi pirkied bei. lies, 12 pounds, nt 7 .',(. : pickled shouliUrs, iiic ; pickled hums, U.c; middles, 110111 InaL Laiih uUt. lower: western steam closed at ti' BUaT.M, nominal, saloi none; i Ity. 7Lf0.l sales HO liercei; February closed (7 so, uomlunl; March closed (7.00, in no nal: May closed 87,45, nominal: roflnod, dull, lower, continent, (8.25; South Amur lea, (8.05; compound, 0,Stfl)tJc. I'oliK - Fair demand; sales, 400 barrel; mess, 18.80nl I 00, BOITSn Muiut, weaker; stile dairy new, ISoStO, ; do. old, 14alUc. ; creamery, now, 880.I Peiinaylvanla do., 16c; western dairy iaal7c. do creamery 11a 860.I do. fnctory, llalOc; rolls, HalOc; nlglns, 20c; linitaiinn crramery, HaHIc ; ho d crnamrrp, IBaSOO, CUBSSS Moderate dotMOfl, linn; state large, BallHC.; fancy, llWallMC.: do,, smal', 10nl2ic, ; pan skim, SalOc; full skims, 1 4n2 . F.oos Fair ileumnd, llrmer; Ico house iir case an wiaii.uil: western fresh, 11'Hc; lined, lii southern, iHa'lOc ; duck, 80a88s. rALLOn Steady, dull; city i(2 per pack age), naoe,; countiy 1 package rreei, 5ka 5Kc is to quulity. - - Philadelphia Tallow Market. PlILADXtraiA, Feb. 20 Tallow wns dull and unchanged. Pricuswere. Prime city, In liogslieails, 4tiil;ic.: prime coun try, in nogviieniiH, 4j4c. ; do. dark, In hogs heads, 4)c. ; enkes, 5c.; grease, 4V, c. . Cusno from Canada "I'msbyterinn." under slgnnturo of Q Hlackutt Kobln-on, Prop'r: I v.-ai cured of oft-riicurrltig bilious headaches by llitrdock Blood Bitters. MILTON W. I.OWKV, , Ait ys. 227 Washing O, H. YON STOROH, f ton av.. C. H sqaaro AaJESW. OAKKORD, Attorney at Law. I ri. :" t'H. (M and S.V ( 'omiiioiiwesltll b'l'g QAUUEL w. LDiiaK. Attorney at Law. i' Ofllce, Sll Sorueest . Scranton. la. A WATHF.S. Attorney at Law. 4:.'J Lackawaona aua,. Scranton. Pa P, SMITH, Coansellor rooms 54. U, !M Common It PITCHER. Attorney at Lav. inoiiwea'tli biiiiiilng. Scranton. 1 a 1 o.MKOYS fi Snrueaai at Law. otli'-e. vealth butldlnr torn- l B REPLOOLE, Attorney Loom neuo- l ' 9 tiated oil l e.il eht it" se untv ins Hprucn. K1LLAM, Attorn-v at i-aw, l.o v y- oiniiig avenue, Scranton. AVE YOL'K DLKlis iND MORTOAOE8 written a:ul riekuowiedged bv .1 W. BROWNING, Attorney and Notary Public, M 1 oliiliioiiwealtll IS 11 1 1,1 in s. I t 1 . ' II I EBIOS VALLEY KAILKOAD 1 ' FBI 11. 1801 Train leaves Scranton lor Philadelphia and 1 New York via. 1) A- 11 R B at H a.m. 12.10, 2.88 and 11.65 p. m viaD.L. AW. K. K. duo, 8.08, 11.10 a. m, and 1.80 p, m. Leave Scranton for PtttstOU and Wilkes Barra via D., L A- w. B, it . 0.09, su, II 21 a. 111 . 1.80, 8(0, 11 07. 0 8S 111. Lears Scranton for White Haven. Hazletun. I'ottsvlllu and all points on the Beaver 1 Metidow and Pott-viilo biauchea, tut ll St W V . 11 Din. in .vali 11. It R. at a am. IJ.lo. ! 4 16 p.m . via i) . L A W, K. K , c ull, p.08, ll Ai a in., 1.60, &80 p.m Leave Scranton for Bethlehem, Eaaton, Heading, Rarrisburg and nil intermediate points via D A 11 K. H . a a ut 12 10. 2 .is l.gj j p.m., via U , I.. A w. It. K..nd0..s.os. 11. 2U 11. 111 . 1.80 p.m. I.eavo Scranton forTunkhaun 1 -k. Towa 1 1 1, I Elmtra, Ithaca. Grans va and all intermediit I points via D. A- II K.R.,0.07 a in. 12 10 and 11 SJ o. m. viio u. in it rt., B.uj a in.. i.:) p in Leave Seranton for Rochester, Buffalo. Ni agara Falls, Detroit, Clu-ago ami all point, we it vial) AH. R. K. 807 ..m,.12 leu 1, 11 8' p.m. via D. L. A w. it. IL and Ptttston Junction, s us a in.. 1.J0 9 ,S p. m , v.a K W. n B..8.JI p. m. For Elmlra and til ' West via SalsiiMi.o :. vl 1 IX a H K R K07a,m., II0,( 15 p. m., via D L m W K It., .siis a 111.. 1 Id and 0.07 n m. Pullman pa: lor slid sleeping or L. V. chair oars on all trains bitween L ik B Junction or Wilkes Barn- and New York. Philadelphia, Buffalo and Srspenion Bridge. KOI. LIN 11 WILBUR, Hen Sun:. Fsst Die CHAS s. I. ".I. 'I'll Past. Ag't, Phiia.Pi A W NONNEXACkf ERAss't Osn Pass Ag't, South Bet hh hem. Pa. BCIIOOL Tin: Lackawanna, s.ran hiidrua CCHOi IL 0 t ton, Pa , nronara boyi and girls for coil sen or business- thoroughly trains young Catalogue at reqaest lli v TnONAI M CANS. w iltbn h Bum 1. Miss W0RCE8TK and School. 412 I l isl January ' s K1NDBROARTRN AiIumis RVinas I'uniii all tluios. Next term will open Wd c c LAUBACH, Wyoniina ave U. BTHATTON, III M ls s Surgeon Dentist, No, llj ifflce c,,hI Rxebanae LO Nfl riaHB REPUBLIC Savings and Loan Asso 1 1 iatloii will lii'in vou 111 uiey on easier (rms and py yon batter on Investment than any other association Call on S. N. CAI.Li.N IillR, Dime Hank building T IIOI I I s VM1 III III. TALI! N I - WESTMINSTER, 217-211 Wyoming Looms healed wlfh stesm: all mod ei 11 linirovoineiita C M '1'iii'MAN. Prop Zll.ill.LK S HOTEL, -27 Lackawanna ave nue, fti-raiilou. Kates nv.soiiable. P fclBOLBR, Proprietor WISTallNSTEB HOTEL W. O. SCHKNCK. Maimger Sliteenth street, one blork east of lliotdway. at I'nloii Siiuare, New Y'oik. American plan. 8fl 00 per dav and upward 4 OYNB HOUSE, Kuropean V riHima liimn day and plied with the best P It coy nt. Proprietor DI-LAWARF. AND lil'l) SON RAILROAD. Comnieui ing .Mav 21'. IsiC. trains will run as fouowii Trains leave Budge street st ii on Scranton, for Pitts- t .li Will."-. Iliil r ..... V ,1 99 1.25. 2.88, 4 18 6,15, 815, Mi ;,! .l 11 i p m For New York- and Phils delnbts, s Kin. in . iv lo. . 2..s. 4 hi ami 11,39 p. m For Ilonei-diile ' irom Delaware. Lnckawauni md western depot 1, 7 ID, 885, 10 lo a.m., 18.00 111 i 17. 5.10 p. 111. For Carbondale and Interraediata stations. 5. in, 700, 8S0, 1810a, m . 1800m .2 17. 8.85,510, 0 20indlSJp.ro.! from Bridge Street Depot, 803 a. m., i.wand ll .5 p. in. Fast express to Albany, Si.rato,a. Hi" Adi 11 ndaek Mountain-. Bosb 11 Slid Ni 4V F.nglaud points. 5. Hi a m , arrivin: at Albany 1245 earaloga 8.80 p. id., and leaving Scranton at8 p 111 . arriving ll Allium St 8,50 p BV, Sara toga. 12 5S a m , and B hton. i 00 a. m The only direct route between the coal fleldi anil Bolton, "The Leading Tourists' Root! 01 America1' lo the Adtrsmdaok Mountain 10- ot t. Lakes Oeorgs and Charoplalu, Montreal, etc. Time taliliv showing local and through tinin arvlci between stationa ou ail divisions ivi.i waie and Hudson Ryatom, may 1'" obtalnofl at all Delaware and Kudson ticket offices. 11 0, Yol'Nli. J. W Hi' HOICK, Becond Vice President. (leu. Pass. Agt. WYOMIN YALI.HY HAH.. LOAD Tiaiul live Scranton .'or N'ew York and in Immediate points on the Erie ;ailro(.d at uK a. m. and 8.24 p m, A1n for Hawley and local points at 885, 846 and '124 pm. Trai : leaving at H 45 a. m. and J 21 ; in. are through trains 10 and Iiom Honeslale. Trains leave lor Wiikee-Barre st S.40 a, m. uud a 11 p. m. Furniture Prices in February ACADEMY OF MUSIC. TUESDAY. FEB. 27. A Y. PEARSON .AMERICAN SPORTING THK DISTEICT FAIR By Edwin Barbour, author of "The Land of thl Jliduight Sun ' ORBAT HURDLE RACE. The horses jumping the hurdlss tu full view of the audienee Special Scenic aid M.'chanical Effects. bale vpvht Saturday. ACsDEMY OF MUSIC. Wed. and Thu.-sJay. Feb. 26 and Mar. I . Walter Sauioru's suja.-rb pr.iduc::on of the THE STRUGC-Le'of LIFE VERY rersou who hr.s had much eiperience in furniture buying knows that between S'.aoons is a great bargain time of nil the year. Owing to tho freshness of our itock throughout, which ouly dates ns far ai ' '98, wo haro no nudosimblo gools to dispose of, lut we have a few oddi in PARLOR SUITS BROKEN SUITS ODD PIECES, ETC. Which Will bi sold nwuy below manu facturers' cost to tbo.ie who reach the store in t;m-j to pick them up. HILL & GONNELL Scranton, Pa. A new story fl tbrfllina and amusing inci dents in and ar.cu.d the great n.etrop olis. New York City, liln-trated with a One series of beautiful stage pictures, Battery Park in winter Rntrer'i Slip in a snow 'ortn. Eiteiior of St Patrmk s Catbedrai Tyj isal Dance Hall In Walter St. Death trap it a deserted eelhr. Sale opens Monday. W!M"k MISS Plan; giasl night, liar eup LJCKAN'I'HN HOI'SL, neat D. 1 aengcr depot 1 a ve .... Conducted on tha F.uroiieau plan. VlOTnn Kuril. Proprietor iliAM) CRNTRAU Hi" iargestand heal ' I eiini.pa-l notsl la AUentown, Pa. i ratei S2 and 12.UJ per day. 11 nui p. Iiaiinrii, PwprjetoTj Early Horn and Early lo Dla. PToaafagfoa 'oil. Many proaidential booms SpOOajf wisely, but too soon. no I When Baay was alck, wo p;ave her CaBtorla. When she was a Clilkl, slie cried for Cuaiorla, When she became Miss, ahc clung to I 'astoria. Wheu she had Chlldreu, she gave them Castvrla, AKC'BITECTa. IIOl'I'T, Alcliltei Is Iteollis 21, I A V IS A' I 2.S snd 2S Coniiiii)iuvinlth o'ldv Scranton. 1? L WALTER Architect. Library build J Ing. Wyoming IvenuSi Seranton. L. BROWN. Arch it Architect, l'rlco building. I'M . i'lgton Ave., Scranton. Fa MIM I.I I A SI IU s MoK'I'oN leinber. Hrrnntoii, Pa 1). BWAHT8 WHOLESALE U and u Dune Hank buihli.ig. t I'.dAKtlF.i ; Isl miuiillerj Warehouse, Pa limn 1 if. 11s, enveloiiea paper 1'HINTKHS' bags, tivlna. Ilk) W'fihlitng'.on avu, HcraiiUm, noOTl'S LIVKRY, ItVtfl laponea avenue. I' Klrstolassearila.i' III. I OOTH, Agt. Funeral Director mid nmbalnu r. IKANK P. BROWN A CO.. WHOLE I sale dealers In WOOdWBra, Cordage aud on cioth, 720 W. Laokawaana avenue BAUKRS ORCHESTRA Ml'siu 1014 lialls, plcnles. pnrtlcia, n options, wed dings anil ooueurl work furnished. For terms address It. ,1. llnner, conductor. 117 Wyoming avu , over Hiilberl's music wtoi-e. ijZRA Finn" sons, builders and cootrao- El tOK Yards: Corner Olive st. and Admin ave ; corner Ash at. and Penn ave.. Scianton. M1HIIS. s K. CLARK & Co., ; Ismen riorbTti I I and Nurserymen: itore Mn Washington oveniia; green hoilse.liUU North alum avenue; More telephone 7H2. thai. UHAND UNION TEA Co.. .lones Hr.H WIHK. S( IIKl NS. JOS KUF.TTF.L, 5ii Lackawanna nveiius, b. 1 anion, Pa , mauuf'r ot Wiru lerMni, NCUATllN niVI'slON. In I Hi d .lanilivrv SHlli, mill. North Hound. 1011111 'iuiit. -nt 'J4i I 'JOS 109 tot SOfl III a - b t. f- 1 nuns nuiiy, Kv- - itr. rent kuml'iv t 88 I' u s .H tt to J Arrive Leave rT)N Y Franklin SI ; ii'i-i 4nd itreet! . 1 W Wcrhawken j . HiArrlVO leaves 1 iMIsiiciick .functluir ii 00 1 mi III ; si . . . iv w 741 .. II 47 nm ... itSt Tu- ... list 7 B IS Ii rm ,. nam, ', ns e BUM fl.u tat 11 4i 6 OS'S 8711140 fll!f5H! ....I D4I filM'll S3 0 3fi a 14 11 2S mssi iiriisO nij a iff 11 ill BIS iOMtl 17 nui no 11 m1 M mi 4 iv 11 m fl IB' 4K II 10! f SKI Sll.,,. I II III 4 .VI II I,'- r mi m!a m Leave Hancock siiiillghi Pretton pnu Cono Poyatilli III llllDIlt Plnsiait mi lulondale Foriet city c 11I1 nidaie While llrldge .Maylleld .lei nil n Archibald Wlnton l'likvllli Olyphnul IMckhOh 'lliruop 1'nn Idcnce 1 :11k Place I .1 .i iton Id , ii 7S3 Si t '' M 2 OS I'. 1 fl U IK .... its .... inn, .... 11 4 1 .... fl 4ui .... AW .... tlW .... 7 Id HI VI IV 1 11 21 III V41 ISO .1 jfi I ,. 1.1 t DUPONT'S MtNINO, BLAfTINQ AND 8PORTINQ POWDER Manufactured at llrn WapwalMpen Mills. Lu zerne county Pa., and st Wil mington, Delaware HENRY BELIN, Jr. General Agent for the yarning District, 118 Wyoming Ave., Scranton Pa. Ihird National Hatik Uuilding. lmendng MOXOAT, lKn. sc. ic Accomplished Actress, ETHEL FULLER. Supported bv the WOIDEPLARD DKAHATIC COKP.W. Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday. The t-act society comedy drama, Strioken Blind. Thursdry. Friday and Sa'.jrday, Tin- Sensational drama, UNDER THE GASLIGHT. ADMI88ION, 10,9O aad 30 CENTS Opera cbaiis can Is reserved, by nunilvr, every af- tcracon, from ISO to 8rA for tbi svenhVi ntevtninincnt. Performances even afternoon except Mondays and Thursdays, at 886 ar.d I l' evening at .s li. Doon ojasn at LJ6 and SCIENTIFIC SHOEING. Havinf sci -urcd the SHOEINQ POROlot w ii i in Blame a B .11 for a permanent 1 neas stand. 1 shall conduct Svienttflc and Patnologlcal bhoi ng f, r the Prevention, I lief ami C11 e of Lameness and other impedi ment..!., tCI movements f Her,... incidental or dno to imperfect shoring 1 shall giro the work my personal attenti n and giisvanteo n eatra charge, except tor improvement, Lan-.e iiess, et.., wni be tieeted if tarn 000 a tre eUnle and profesaionsl :,di,i given every Monday from . to . 1 . .11. JOHN HAMLIN, D. Y. S, AnSXGtBB. T1IOS FOHD. Pittat m, Pa .toRN H SMITH iT SON ; Plymouth Tu. V ML'LLIOAN, WllkeadJarre, Pa. Ageuis loi tho Kepanno Chemical Com 1 any s High Exolosivea ... inn: n 7 Cl liiis':i yt I t 111 la. :t 7 u 7M,io i.i Am 7 M 10 171 '1 1 ; 7 ;b 10 v 1 in HWMO!. ill HOI.HVgfl 4 17 (tiuio ;io, 40 1 A I 1 1 V . a K MTU All 11 aim run dully except Miiidm f iiUnllles that trains stiiji on slunl for l as. lengera, Additional trains gya curb Wdsll OTf c IBs urn MOiuiuu.i.i p. m, arriving nt 60bntOB l.fi, lino f.w. Leave scriiiit. 111 fur curb iiuliih'. 5,50 mill -iiri lvlng a! carb unl.ilc ni 1 iiilsvu '.1 1.M1 1,1 ro.". miio via i-iunie. A WtsneiTI lllton- Day" and 1! MATTHEWS BROS. Druggists AND DEALERS IN BURNING ami LUBRICATING OILS M . 1 iiicbiislng ticket s and save woncj Nlligt Eiprcsstothc Weal .l.C. Andor'veli, Qen. pgt T. nitoron, Dlr raaa, (ft Btrantoa ul"U. Atlantic t emi mill French zinc. Puis Linseed (III. Tiiipuiillao noil Yiirulalics. What is IW010 Attractivo Thau a prctte face v.llh a fresh, blight 1 couipioiioUT lor it, uso Foawnl'l P' Adcr 1 naadymltad Paints In nil colors, Olldera' tthltlag, Paris White nn.l Kiilsunilmx Oil Urol, Marble Dust mud Window tilast '8' syvPr-?T 2 I , DON'T FORGET That weave headquarters for evtrvthinr ll ii. line or WATCH aSS. It yon bare aai Aea of purchasing anr kind of a Watch, lady's or gent's. UoU! or Silver, you will make 11 kHit oils mistake it you do not give us a call and gs our prices, which you will find far Below all ulnars, especially in all the high grades ot P.lgltt, Walrham and tlampden Bicveminta, If you have auy doabta and are nt all posted 1 n prices gtva us a call and lea will have uo troable in convincing you. Wo at ill haves large took kn dispose Of. and will offer you won drrlul indu-ements In .lowelry. Silverware, Clocks and all other goods which we have iu stock. C. W. Freeman i'enu Are. and tipiuui bt.