The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-07-30
To which this PaEi Of the COuairy is
tributary = Iron, WoOI and Pro.
daes MAFksis-A Rusy Time
for Midsummer.

able, and the extended transactions oi th
summer months will not seriously inter
iers with 1t. In the aggregate the trans
actions are beyond oil precedent for thi
season. g.
In the dry goods market the domestic
commission and importing houses oil 70
port an active and large business, In thI
importing dry goods trade there Is
marked increase In the quality and value
OF the goods ordered Tor this seasons
trade. Jobbers and manufacturers claim
to have an ample outlet for what goods
they have bought, Clothing houses are
preparing for an active fall trade, expect.
ing very liberal demands from the Wesl
and Southwest especially.
The grain market has been unsettled.
There was . small gradual decline In
wheat, which was nearly recovered at the
close, The weakness spplied mainly 10
cash wheat. Corn also has been weak.
Oats steady.
Cotton has advanced and prices are
about quarter cent higher Transaction
were mainly in September contracts. =
Wool steady and Arm, There is com.
paratiye little business doing. Mauufac.
turers are inclined to hold of and holders
are sorting and arranging stock and are
content without pressing sales.
Frelghts dull and steady, except petro.
leum shipments, 10 which line they are
falrly active OF about previous rates.
The lumber market since the last re.
port has shown feeling OF fair strength
in the leading grades, but slight ConCes.
sions are reported In few instances, oCca.
sioned by an accumulation OF stock. This
is expected annually at this season, but
much less this than any previous year,
There 10 q strong confidence in prices for
the fall and an evident disposition among
deslsrs to hold desirable stocks. =
Business In pig iron for the past week
has been quiet aud encouraging, the vol.
une Of II having lately Increased. Que
hopeful feature Of this reaction is the fact
that oil the iron sold here has gone into
the hands oil the consumer and there 10
absolutely no speculative feeling mani.
tested. In bar aud plate iron the prices
are some higher and business is still very
active. The chief anxiety a. this time is
TO be abe to. make prompt delveries
Consumers are increasing their orders 10
meet actual requirements, and business is
In fact In q Satisfactory condition.
In produce arrivals of butter and cheese
are very heavy, but exporters are opeFat.
Ing freely and prices are well maintained.
Raw sugars continue dull and prices
steady. In refined sugar there 10 little
change; business quiet and with slight
tendency to lower prices. In teas the
demand 10 moderate and prices are held
up, Rio coffee, stronger for Rio cargoes
aud better businessj mild grades more
active and steady at previous rates.
10 regard 10 failures, they continue very
Hmall. In the Western States there were
nineteen, OF no importance, reported. In
the Middle States but twenty.three, In the
Eastern States eleven, in the Southern
States four and the Pacific coast ten, max.
ing total Of peyenty.iour for the country
as against ninety last week. No busi.
ness disaster Of any consequence occurred
In the city Of New York ID the last seven
days
Wheat receipts, 169 4i6 buuhels; ship.
msnts, 1870 bushels.
The Associated Press reports 40 iollows
concerning the mining stock market for
the past seven days; Mining stocks have
been very dull and generally weak, the
leaders, the State Line, Oriental and
Miller stocks, again declining, the Oriental
and Miller 10 day selling at the lowest
price yet reached-sixty cents. The OK.
element 10 the Central Ari1ous has sub.
sided, the stock remaining dull at 2 to 2t.
No material improvement is expected In
the general market until the State Line
mill starts up, which II Ia believed will ID .
crease the stocks and advance the priceo.
The Arizona copper mines are attracting
attention and o large production 10 an:
tiCipSted At an early day. The hoisting
works, machinery and amslting furnaces
ot the Old Dominion Copper Company are
now Ell route to the mines, and the result
Of the first run is awaited with much In.
terest.
IRON, GLASS, COAL, PETROLEUM AND STOCK
AT PITTSBURGH.
PITTSBURGH, July 29.-Gensral business
presents no new features since last week.
Trade continues good Tor the season, with
the outlook for the fall very encouraging.
The iron market ia decidedly active and
p.IS., % @ Ia. o.S a., Iii. s."i. n"ro Il. ,ne .i
iron % ,snapt @ nm mir insrss.inv % dsm"nJ ' :" p'K
Glass is slliF and unchanged, The sun.
ply in stock is diminishing and an
advance IA looked ior soon.
The cnal business IA A tribe more active.
on account Of a sIight rise 10 The fiysrS
and the consequent shipment OF /, COO CCJ
bushels to lower ports,
Petroleum has been cutie active and
excited, prices advancing ssvsn . cahlH,
More CobfldenUs ls ielt IA ihe peaY future,
aud some predict ninety cents for oil be.
fore September, United oettlGcAtes Ciosed
Arm to-day Al 77Sc,
Cattle are iAlfly active, local prices
ranging from 50 IS 10 So so for common to
prime. Hogs 6tm and bIsber, PhiISdsi.
phias selling At 81 90 I 10, YoIketS, SO Ca
0 IS. Sheep actIve, common 10 extra
quoted al So 0Os6 25.