The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-11-26
TOPICS OF TRADE.
TIE WEEKLY BUSINESS REVIEW.
Full and Exhaustive Reports from the Proml.
nsut Commercial and Trade Centres Of tho
Country Showing the Condition Of
Business aud Futars Prospsets.

!. Business aud Futurs Prospsets. ..
New foRK, November 95.-Busincss
, generally satisfactory though the volume
diminishing. W..
In dry goods there are some importan
changes in firms impending for the first G
january, and quite number OF promincn
commission accounts moved into new qua,
tes, which will cause the retirement Q
junior partners from commission houses
and one jobbing house isgoing out Of bust
ness. The trade OF the week has not beer
very aclive from first hands, though con
siderable movement OF goods has takel
place OH account OF orders on hand.
The market for " heat has, rs n rule, beer
a declining one. In corn the situation il
similar to wheat, except the market closes
firm ut the lower prices.
The cotton market exhibits little OF In
tercst. g
Pork and provisions are dull with lower
prices prevailing and closing weak.
There arc no new features in the wool
trade. t ~ =,
The petroleum trade is generally dull
and unsatisfactory.
The American pig iron market is quiet.
A good deal has been done in Scotch iron.
Stocks Of leading brands are reported light
and prices firm. There has been some
large transactions in rails and good de.
lnand is anticipated.
The hardware trade keeps unusually
active for the season. a scarcity is reported
in some lines OF goods, and manufacturers
are behind with their orders in many cases.
The coilee market, II is generally admit.
ted, Is in n very unsatisfactory condition,
and i'm mporters must be suffering consider.
able loss from the variable prices and gen.
cral IN certainty Of trade, which is in buy
ers' favor.
There is very little doing in raw sugars
as the demand OF rciiners is light and the
seasons trade is pretty much over. Prices
unchanged.
The ten market is in very depressed
state, in consequence OF the large importu.
tions, which are generally thrown at once
in the auction rooms 10 be realized ut
loss. Prices are difficult to fix; they arc
variable aud generally in buyers favor.
The drug trade is quiet. The advance
in guinine has almost all been lost. Opium
dull and unchanged. Il. .,..5
In produce there is little change. There
is 4 temporary scarcity in strictly fine
creamery butter, but OF all other grades the
stock is accumulnting here
Accurate returns Of failures throughout
the country show that there we're 100 in the
past seven days. The Western States had
q; Middle, 9S; Southern, %; Eastern, lG,
and Pacific, 9. as H1@s,
TRANSACTIONS IN FLOUR, GRAIN, &c.
The Trarcler says: The total report ed
transactions in flour, also the principal
items in grain and provisions, were is
follows during the week ended Friday:
Flour: Receipts TO-, 200 barrels; exports
l0,4O0 barrels, Go,e3S sucks. Sales 75,O5O
barrels
Graim Wheat, receipts s34 500 bushels;
exports nearly ,lS4 bushels. Sales
l,G6, 900 bushels OF prompt, and lo,SlS,O0O
bushels Of future delivery. Corn, receipts
)20,909 bushels; exports about 3S2, $50
bushels. Sales l,5iS,00O bushels Of prompt,
and 7,322, 900 bushels OF future delivery.
Oats, receipts LIS, ,045 bushels;cxports &c, GAO
bushels. Total sales 1,5l7,0OO bushels.
Provisions: Pork, receipts 3l9 barrels;
exports almost 1869 barrels Sales 1915
barrels, including old and new mess. Lard, ,
receipts $3.50 tierccs, 5,O57 kegs, 737 cases,
y barrels; exports about 3,7OO,G9S lbs.
Sales 4,S30 tierccs Of prompt, and 1GS,34O
tierccs Of future delivery. The sales ill.,
clndc city and western steam, also No. l
city and refined. E
TIE NEW STOCK EXCHANGE.
The projectors OF the new. Stock Ex-
change held another meeting to-day ut the
office Of Jay Gould. The persons present,
including Messrs. Gould, Russell Sage, Cy-
rus W. Field. c. p. Huntington, Sidney
Dillon and representative OF W. II. Van
derbilt. 1t is reported that they decided
to fix the price Of shares in the new ex.
change at $1,000 each, although Gould
favored making it $4,000. 1t is also said
that all the shares have already been en-
gagged, and that rooms III the United Bank
buildings, Broadway and Wall street, have
been applied for us temporary quarters for
the exchange until u building for the insti.
tuition can be erected. laa.
Mr.. Field told reporter that commit
tee had been appointed 10 negotiate with
the owners OF land on which it is proposed
to erect Il new building The ground is
owned by Mr. Field and the Manhattan
Elevated Railroad Company Mr.. Field
said lie had sent map Of the ground to his
architect, L. II. Kennedy. lie added that
nopernanent organization had been effect
cd yet, rs Two different charters had been
offered for sale for the purpose, and the
persons interested had not decided whether
10 buy one OF these Or form new company.
Wa. AT PITTSBURGH.
P,rTsprKoII, November 25.-Thcre las
not been so much activity in general bust
ness the past week MS there was IL few
weeks ago. At the same time, merchants
and manufacturers report quite fair bust.
ness. a ..y-f.E $.r.-r --,..s2s-. &
The iron market has changed in no par
ticular. The demand for pig iron contin.
ucs good Mt full prices, while the movement
in manufactured iron is steady with plenty
Of orders coming in at full card rates.
The coal trade has been decidedly active,
on account OF the high rivers, which per.
mitted OF l0,S43,00O bushels being shipped
by water to the lower ports. Thisii, The
largest shipment on record, and exceeds
any former one by nearly 100000 bushels.
Thctradei in flint glass is very fair. Stocks
are low and prices keep about us usual.
The production for the season has been
limited by stocks and the very warm
weather, SO that there has been no, great
supply in the market so fur. Almost all the
houses are now on full time. Trade in tn.
bic ware is very brisk, and all the houses
are pushed to their utmost. Dealers are
now stocking up for the holiday season.
Every furnace inthe table ware line in this
vicinity'is in full blast, and not one house
is laying up stock as yet. Trade in window
glass is slackening somewhat, but the dis.
counts are maintained unaltercd, and the
outlook is very bright. All the houses are
now ut work, and as the season for building
| is about oyer for the present stock will he.