The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-05-21

during the week the fine weather can
near producing q demoraliEed mafke
Price quickly recovered, however, on
closed pretty strong and nearly at the ou
side prices for the week.
UniaVorable reports are received, toO
from Kansas, Missouri, Southern Illino
and Southern Iowa Of rayages Of tb
dreaded chinch pest, This wide re9io
OF wheat land will be watched with iea
Gus care by speculstors and commissio
men. The receipts Of corn are disappoin
ing, as 1t was believed they would be yer
heavy when once the obstTuCtions 10 shiI
ment were obyiRted. Oats keep up vel
although deferred options are comparI
lively heavy and dragging,
Provisions huCtuated as widely % eve
Pork,is down and lard up, and vice verSl
The general tendency during the wee
In the provision market has been highs
prices, and prices closed buoyant, Rlthoug
provisions were not particularly active
Sales for June options made during III
week are as follows, Wheat, 81 02al 05!
corn, 40a43c; oAts, S6lS7lC; pork, SIS 90
10 Us; lard, 50 9Y!al0 IS. The receipts O
grain during the five days Of the wee
were considerably over two milliol
bushels, and the shipments were about
million and @ half Ia excess OF the receipt
as compared with the previous year. Thi
10 . falling off in the receipts and q gail
In shipments. More grain Is going for
ward by rail- than year ago, shipper
apparently having become educated Il
higher rates. A rumor has 1t, however
that the railroad lines are not slow to Gu
schedule rates when they hnd II neCesaRr!
to compete with vessels.
g PETROLEUM AND IRON.
CLRyELAXD, May 20.-There has beer
no noticeable change in the condition o
the petroleum market for the past week
and prices remain steady and unchanged
Railroad business has been very heavy
and the companies have been unable Il
handle the fFeights readily.
There has been little II any interest ir
the iron market, The ore sales have beer
very light and the furnRCemen stand out
FRRLING IN THR SMOKY CITY.
PITTsRURaH. May 20.-The feeling o
trade In all branches except iron is much
better than for many weeks, and manu-
faCturers and merChants are more hopeful
Especially in the case in glass, which Il
tending upward. The window glass trade
Ia reyiVing and higher prices are beginning
to rule as the time approaches for closing
down and holders are not DESTROYS
OF disposing OF their stock lust now
The bottle and fruit Jar, trade Il
active, the demand for beer. bottles from
the West exceeding that Of any season iol
fve years.
The iron manufacturers still complain
Of q flat and Improbable markets and
express but little hope for q Frightening
up before fall, when boom is anticipated
Goal is dull on account OF low watel
which will not permit shipments by river
Petroleum has been quite active al
week but closed to-day rather dull. PriCeI
have fluCtuated between so and $3.50 foI
United certificates. Sales and re.salei
1,026,000 barrels; ahlpments 2S9, ,0C0 bar
rela.
BUsINR6s AT BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, May 2O.-The markets To-
the past week have been quiet generally
The money market ives quiet though
money was abundant at 4A5 per cent.
Stocks were slow and there was com
paratively little done.
Exports, $736,4Sl.
The receipts oil grain were much large
than the week preceding, but the volumI
OF business was very little larger. Tht
receipts OF wheat were more than two.folt
greater than last week; the sales morl
I00,C 30 bushels greater, and the exportl
10000 bushels less. The market was very
steady. Corn quiet and steady; receipt
more than four fold sales little In OK
cess Of the proceeding week; exports {
little more than 25 per cent Of those o
that period market dull but prices vel
mAintainel.s
Oats remained firm the greater part o.
the week. The receipts nearly doubled
the sales. ..
Rye dull and receipts and sales small
Same prices demanded as last week.
In flour there has been some activity
and with lighter receipts the transsCtioDt
exceeded those of the previous week iol
Western brands. The market stiGened
until an advance Of 10 cents per barrel fol
better grades was fixed. Family has In
been obliged to yield 10 the
small concession, and the stock In store ID
considerably reduced. The coffee market
has been demoralizsd all week, and priCes
were lower than for months past. Moth
ing was done In sugares refined has been
firmly held at an advance over last week
The provision trade is quiet. Lard Yielded
q title, butts firmly held for Job lots. The
dry goods trade is becoming quiet. The
season 10 almost over vet fair business ID
being done. Live stock, except cattle
are steady. Cattle advanced one.hal
cent en- good shipping. Hogs dull. Sheep
unchanged; receipts fair; q greater por
tion shipped 70 Liverpool and Eastern
market, those Tor the latter poilt beinT
principally lambs.
THE WEEK AT PHILADELPHIA.
PHiLApEtpHIA, May 10. The Nortl
american tomorrow, 10 q review Of tht
trade for the past week, will sayi "Tht
trade In most departmsntswas moderAtive
" active, but the prices Of several leading
articles were unsettled and lower. Cottor
remains about the same e. last quoted
Flour has been In better demand ant
prices fitmer; wheat unsettled and lowe
at the close; rye and oats unchanged
corn in fair demand. but the featureI
were O fraction lower. Provisions wa
moderate, tha jobblng trade doing al abou
the former rates. Feeds continue dull
Whisky In demand. Wool was more aC
tive at the close, with prices slightly ID
the buyers favor.
A CoaSresaman's Divorce.
NEw YORk, May 2O.-Congressmai