Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-05-04

Relative to the Saginaw market the
Republican says:
Messrs. Geo. F. Williams Sc Bros..
have sold all the lumber that they now
have OH their docks and have not now
one foot of lumber unsold. We are
cred.bly Informed that within the past
three weeks they have sold nearly g.
000000 feet, and are now engaged III
saving out bill OF 800 X. The aver
age price received by them was Sc,
$l2 and $25. The demand for lumber.
owing no doubt to shortage of the
log crop, is goo'!, and it is expected that
the price vii, materially advance, but
how Inuyll we are unprepared to state.
Quite nnmber of buyers from the East
ern ami also from the Western market
have teen in the city during the last
week.
The state of the Chicago market fol
Saturday last is thus given in the
| Tribune:
The Wholesale market was more active
and Tower Piece stuff (green) wa!
quoted 25c and SOC lower, and common
| inch SOC and 75c of. The offerings were
about % cargoes. and more expected
| The market is weakening on account O
the heavy Iaii.s, which have raised the
rivers in the woods. and set at rest al
fears about getting the logs out. The
adYices from the North are that the
streams contain plenty of wafer and the
! logs are coming Ollt rapidly. Several
sales were made Saturday at 50 and SIC
for con. inOn inch and SIS 80 and IS 75 fol
piece stuff. the outside tor the Huntington
cut. Shingles were quiet at 81 10 and
| 50 %, and choice have lately fetched
| 81 30, Lath were steady at 81 BIZ
| Good lumber continues scarce. No sales
were made public. At the yards the
sales continue heavy, the demand, Al
heretofore. being principally from the
Southwest. In tact, the trade with
| Illinois aud contiguous counties of the
neiyhboring States, it may be said, is tC
come. The farmers in these localities
have not yet complete / their field work
and the bad roads have kept them out o.
the mqrket. The stormy weather ha!
| had the effect of reducing the shipment!
during the past week. ana put dealers be
! hind i'm filling their orders. Prices are
irregular.
| The Inter Ocean of Tuesday says
|
| the supply on sale this morning and tn,
general quality was OF fair average
well suited to the requirements of tn,
trade. There was good attendance o
| BUYERS. but thev seemed inclined to holC
Off for lower prices, N view OF the large
receipts, but holders were firm in thei
views and refused to grant any conces
siOns. The sales were made OF
the basis of the following current prices
Common inch, $3.50 and $l05 medium
$D and .$1l.o0 no choice on the market
Green ioist and scantling. $S.75 and SIS
and dry, 1925. Shingles, 81. 10 and $2.2J
Lath, Si.371a.
The cargo Ofthe schooner Duncan City
from Thompson Smith, sold last Monda
in Chicago for Sl3per 81.
A careful canvass shows 135 votes 10
Woods tariff bill and. l56 against it.
Two Montreal rioters have been ser
!, fenced to five years each in the peniten
tiary.
The House committee has'agreed up
on bill creating the territory of OklC
; hama.
Mrs. Peter Keeler, of Conersville. Ind
gave birth to five boys on Thursday {
last week.
II The late William Orton held a polio
for $4,000 in the Northwestern Life, {
Milwaukee.
: Gen. Sheridan has been sued for $400
600 for cOnfiscation OF property in Louis
ana during the war of the rebellion.
Over 5000 persons have applied fc
!, pensions rs survivors Of the war of 1S1.
If paid pensions they;will draw $4,000
600.
DR.. Stephen Fl. Tying. sr., Sunda,
preached his farewell sermon as rect(
of st. Georges Protestant Episcop
church. New York.
AtssMilford Mass, Sunday. Father Cue
, deby denounced the Hibernians to lare
crowd. But they refused to be governe
, by church relations.
, A telegram from Paris dated last Nor
day says hundred thousand fOreigne
E had already reached there to witness ii
opening OF the exhibition on Wednesda
The prices of living had advanced, bl
l not 10 the extent that was feared. III
: exhibition will not be in full trim uD'