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i moro ubsra, supply md THO difficulty Of pro.
o7o loo bu do At Coo; 400 bu do at 65c. Total,
; parloy WAS ratt,or mora active, and atoadle,
at the selling range Of Friday. Tho rocont d.
cltno soonlod to have brought out more bnyors,
but they gonornlly wanted anall lots, and the
larger receipts nato offerings fully oqual to tho
esnd That tho marhes .c19 cG'o 81 sasy Gas 81
closing at s1.lB. soller October, waH nom.
inai at $1.16@t.1o. No. 8 closed at about 86o.
Cash sales wore reported Of 1000 bu No: At
e1.2o; 400 BY Do at e1.1B4 2,6oo a". nn do ,et q
6u do At $50; 1000 b. do At SO; 800 bn do >.
300; 1000 bu do ut s5c; 1900 b,, do ht Bio; 400
bi Go at 800; 800 bu rejected o. 77ci 1,2oo bu de
at 100; 800 bu DO ns 75o; 1000 bu by sample as
80 Fl 20 100 4 sg Il 81 80 ss se s. sSS so 81
do at 81 90; 400 bu do at 05c; 400 bu do at $50;
400 bu do at 90o; 400 bu do at 83o; 400 bu do at
8211c, on track GOO bu do 1T a1.30; 800 bu do at
81.00; 400 bu do at 83c, delivered. Total, 20,-
800 bu.
EUROPEAN MARKETS.
The following is Beerbohm's dispatch to tho
Board Of Trado OF this city to-day:
Sept. Misunderstanding cargoes of wheat OF
Of s 9 rs'ssfe % IN
cited. Good cargoca American mixed corn OIL cohatp
31n ID do, for shipment in two months, 3is. Prime
HGsH pUfhp ats. AA1
1ld@i2s Cd. Corn quiet. Primo mess pork, t5s.
LATEST.
In tho aftornoon wheat and corn wero quiet,
and the former was trifle oaaler Tor sollor the
scller tho month, closing at S1.1bsa. and at
St.1496 Ho!ler October. Corn waa lower closing
at a. % seller the month"; and 4Ao seller October.
Othor grain and provisions .werc quiet, It waa
run,ored TINT sai1 vessel WAS chartered TOR
vhoat to Buffalo, but nothing dcAnito could be
learned.
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MORTGAGEE'S SALE

OF Machinery, Tools and Fiasusos Of tho lao Phnix
Pross sud Tool Works. consisting o Frame ludinR.
414 ouoetory hgh aud located In tho roar ut 2eS aud
80 Mcg .st. used blacksmith aud forging shop;
ona each, No. au No. 6tylos rrcts, With dies COM
ploo ono Trip IIanmor }nttorold; ono Is foot Latha
<Now Havon,; small 1atho ul"rrs Col; o"a No..
D,nn P,oss com,oto fal(o rsuk ca J; ono Rna Drnn
rress With dlcs; attln Ho1; ono Who'd lac, with
IO0a upnnuto; una u, +. Htuduysnta No. lnirvr;
nch uyitnlor, IS sso Isower Engno and u h"tsa
poWsr boiler With " soturm tos; ono Table and Hswt;
po.k 5sS sssls.; ono Gaqn,sf =, Scales tsi.
inx wild pnllo5s and bgg attached; Des tus Presses.
Work Buuhov, VsVs. An!ils, d., DO Also. lsoan
nearly now. ., H..
tion, hi1heat hlder. for cash. At Nos ~ and ~
MchKanst., On Tuesday, Rept H. At 10 oulock =, ni
4ee9 ~ 1T 8: 8. INOpES. Mortg.goo.
, 1873-09-07
Withdrawn from store on Friday for city con

Withdrawn from Btoro on Friday for city con-
sumption: s,8Ss bu wheat; 1888 bu corn 1,471
bn oata; 929 bu rye; $3.50 bu barley. With
drawn for do during the week: 28,753 bu wheat;
25,o07 bu corn: 21,939 bu oats 4,24o bu rye;
10,032 bu barloy.
The following grain has been inspected into
store this morning up to 10 o'clock: 881 cars
wheat; 627 cara corn 300 bu No. do; s5,400
bu No. 2 do, by canal 10 cars oatH; 40 cars
ryo; 500 bu No. do by canal; o5 cars barley.
Total Il 1859 carB) 554 900 bu. -
Tho following wore the receipts and chip
meutH Of breadstufrs and live stock at this point
during tho past week, and for tho corresponding
woek ending as dated:
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The ItaliauB arc eaid to exhibit specimens OF
deuu human bodicB-preAorved according to tho
Dsnuetti n.othod-whloll arc III hard ah stone,
equal to the bent wax models. This method, aA
described, consists Of soyoral processes. Flrat,
tho circulatory syatcm Ii cleared thoroughly
out by washing with cold wator un-
til 1t lBBuoH quito clear from the
body, and this may occupy. two
to iivo hours aecond, alcohol lB injocsed 80 Oh
to abstract ~ much wAtor a. possible, tha oocu~
pying about d quarter OF All hour; ether ia thou
injoctod for from Two to ten hours, In o1dor to
abstract all fatty matters; aftor this q strong
solution OF ta,,nin iH injected, tho imbibltlon ro
uuirlng somo two to ton hours, aud the bndy IL
now dried for fEsan two to lyo ho,lrH In . our
ront Of warm air passed oyor heated CHLORIDE of
limo. Treated according to tl* hyston the
to offootually resist decay.
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COMMERCIAL,

SATURDAY EVENING, Sept. 9.
Tho following were tho receipts mud shipments
Of tho lending articles Of produce in ChionBo
during the past twonty-four hours, and for tho
corresponding dato ono yoar ago:
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MONETARY,

SATURDAY EVENING, Sept, Q.
Tho financial business OF tho past week las
beon the largest ever transacted in Chicago. It
will DO soen by tho figures given below that
the aggregate clearingB Of tho banks wero
over 87,000,000 groater than for tho
corresponding weck. Of last year. Talk
ing tho bank oloarings as d criterion, IT is
fair to estimato that tho fall trade Of tho
city is at least 25 per cent creator than lnHt year.
And yet, with all this incroase OF buainesa money
Is grent deal easier than it WAS at this timo last
fall. Tho cause Of this Is tho creator rapidity
with which tho crops arc being marketed.
Thoro has, however. boon an Increased de-
u1and for money In the last fow days. There IN
more business paper offered on tile street than
there WAS a week ago, and tho ourront ratio for
money ia tho open markot is now 10 per cont, in
place Of per cent, Us it waa tan days ago.
Tho country orders for currency woro smaller
to-day az il usually tho case on Saturdays, md
tho prico Of Now York exchange was consequent
ly frlnor, with buyors ut 81 per 81 QUO discount.
Tho sudden decline In the prizes Of gold to-
this column Of InE TnlnusE for month
past, viz: That In tho present aspect
ol our foreign trade, our heavy exports OF
dumoatio products, md our diminished i1nporta
OF gold tbis fall seemed inevitable, and TINT tho
groat talk in tho Now York papers about what
the "goid clique" were going to do was merC
;s',hunkum." Jay Could aud lH gold clique u
got into tl,or bud speculation in Anr
and May, when it looked ~ though gold might
advance largely IN July, as It lad doMo for Boy.
oral years. But tho unusually largo exports OF
domosto products this summon have entirel,
changed the aBpeot Of atYairs, and uness some I'M.
portant oyout should happen to alter tho presout
Commercial outlook, 1t IL probable that gold vii
deolno or 5 per cent moro within tho noxt Hi1
months.
The clearlnga Of tho Chicago banks tor tht
, 1873-09-07
" CHICAGO LIVESTOCK MARKET.
Review for tho Week Ending SntIlr~
) day Evening, Sept 9.
SATURDAY EVENING, Sept. 6.
Tho receipts Of Nyo-atock since Saturday have boom

CATTLE-To-ntBht closcs one more Of series Of
stock trade. With tLe hinge exception Of claolco ship
ping bceyca, which haye sold fairly there has been no
stocf, and n priees favored re ii buyers throughout The
fresh receipts wero not unusually large, buf
ess sas cattle enough ao,s5,atea, t. sSo ting
bali woro thin Texans. and, as tha remainder waa
oxtroo lullneas md doprsselou during tho wcek ia
easily accounted for. AZ tho FAT values have beon
Boston bains quoted at Ho lower tan last week.
wlile alvices from Albany and Buffalo wero scarcely
ioss fhppse ssn1sd @ Inc NO
III ss'e, ' priees S q s,en must have sassea T.
e1tra acc.s Of from LOO to 1850 i'd average, COM
rrlBod only Insignificant 1,roport!on Of ths weeks
wero substantially tho proes current last week. 1ta
now believed tlat prlcea havo nhont reached tno
the css % a r weafs past
has comprised the great bulk Of supply It "a tue to
hopo for upward movement several large feeders
toward tho close Of the weck and operated on pretty
liberal ecnc thus relieving tho market Of much Of the
from from III II sources @ vas fay satisfied thsee stl
malnod In tho yards not fewcr than 900 head, for
for COARSE thin Te1aa eaiSes. aud tho outa'do fos
To-day the market was dull ,at weak but nominally
uncla1,Eod pricos. The different classes Of buyera
fair AttGHuAnc6 Qut tllGTG Wn8 Ouy !lMlIe0
demand from any SOURCE aud trading was aluBgish.
Shippers operated at f. 30 for common to extra,
who the wants of ocai buyers aud feeders wero sun
Piled mainly Al s2.0o@4.oo.
QUOTATIONS.
Extra Dcovcs-a.aaed steers, averaging 400 M
ohoee ,es ss bcoYres@Fe fat well formed year
to year old steers, averaging 1900 to
nteers, averaging 1900 to lsoo 4so@s,2o
og!ng lido to 1,2so ill., .......... 49, @ 49,. 46o@47s
Butchers Stock e. Common to fair ttcersr
and good to extra cows, for city slaughter,
averaging 900 to 1,100 ibs.. 3o094.5
Stock Cutie - Common cattle, In decent
Acsh, averaging 700 to to 1o50 bs 21s@i.oo
Ipfcrior-lIght and thin COWS, hoifcrH,
s.aes bulls. and scalawag steers 1.7s@275
Cate-To1as, Northern wjntorod 3.2ies4.2 IS
Catte-Texaa, through droVes 1.5uQs2,76
IOaS-The hog trade has been nctivo throughout
tho week under reviow, aud notwithstanding tho heavy
daily arrivals, the market has maintained q 0rm,
healthy tone, yesterdays saleH alone Showing any mp
prcclabie doclue Tho attendance OF buyers has been
more than uHuA1y full, and both heavy and Light
grades have found rcay sale at satisfactory prccB tho
former commanding $4.30Gs4.55 and the latter $450S
48O few extra Assortc !ois wero takun ut whtle
eome rough coarse mixed lots disposed Of at
49, but tho bulk Of tho transfers were within
the range Of $4.4ot94.75.
To-day thero wav good degree Of activity, both IN
the local and outside io1nand, and nbora tho
suppy about everything WIS picked up, and yesscr-
days prices wero thoroughly sustained, salcs making
at $4.3D14.55 for common to chntce heavy and at
S4.50a4.8o for common to choice light. The market
cogod atEA4y.
, 1873-09-07
To Whom It May Concern.

o horoby forcwarn all parica ageinat nanR al hoos
and buaas marked IL. Filst TO-, H. II p9 q nn's'
urJAn. ~ MHrIE hlso't
, 1873-09-07

euEEp-rhe condition Of the sheep market Ia nm
changed in any important particular. There IL still
an abscu,lcc If auy outside denand hut The wants oi
luain seaty ut 4oo9ls0 for good to choice, and at
t300os37s for common to medlun.. 6alea hase heen
chiefly at $360a4.26.
, 1873-09-07

In tho companlouHhlp Of poorlo of Taot, It, hftor
an evening spont IN sucli society, you wako sud
donly in tic tiglt, with lightning -lko conscious
neus Of some horrible blundor you unwilling
" porpetratod, and your blood acosns
with tl,orns, and tho pillow sooma made
Of live Goals, 1t III d soothing thought that your
taotful com panions soomel obliviouH Of your
awkwasdneAa a1ld will persist in that oblivion to
thu ond. Then you suddenly realize that the
highest gocinl culture consiatH In instantaneous
recognition Of wAat not to soc, what not to
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