Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-08-05

hight, at Madison Square Garden, Jul
i7th, has nat bssn o@sially maddpublie
but it Is known that after examining II
Law Of 1857 he has concluded that
hard glove daht. whsre the principal
try to knock each oshsf inssnsibls, 1
nothing more nor less than peiss A2ht
and should b prohibited.
Teanessee Elecaion.
AEkrHzs, August 4-Ths Dsmosrat
have elected the entire County tieket sx
cept the Clerk. Tas Constitutional Con
vention was overwhelmingly defeated.
Clicked t. Deash.
JAcxsoSvrLLx, (Fis.) August 4.-Har
rison Carter, colored ,Dsn, who mur
dered Louis Adams, another colorei
man. was hanged today. He died oi
straD2ulation. He made a confession
on the scaff0ld.
Money Market.
CHICAGO, Aug. Mooney has been
very good and in demand the past week.
rates being rather firmer at Ga7 ps.
cent. Local securities continue firm
and in excellent market demand. There
il good deal Of bidding ON ths stock
board, and market prices arc more
sharply defined than ever before and
fluctuate more frequently and widely;
eastern exchange Is discount. The
country, ssdthough sending in pretty
heavy cargoes of grain. calls for less
currency than usnel. Clearing for
week. estimating Saturday, were S56,-
OCO,Oo0, tbs increase being on account
of settlements. On Change general
merchandise has been active and seems
in keeping with the weather. which has
been Spring-like in its freshness. as
well as in temperature. There are few
changes in prices, but groceries are in
clined to weaken aud ths sale is dull.
Coal was rather frmer, ~ also were
building materials. The lumber RS
ceipts SINGS January 1st ars l23,CoO,Coo
feet greater than in 1881 for the same
period, and 100000 more shingles
have been received. Prices firm with
recent advance. Hog receipts are run
ming unusually low. Cattle supplies ars
ample, but. prices ROMAN pretty stiff; !;
and although tho receipts for five days
Of this week were $6,0D), there has
been very little weakening even on
days when receipts were tho heaviest.
On change the tendency OF grain has
been upward for cash, which has weak
ened with the expiring corners Of July.
Provisions have 1uctuatsd good deal.
but firm on tho whole. The grain in
sight il increasing rapidly, although at
this time market receipts have dropped
off. Reports from other markets indi-
Gated increased activity.
Paid The Peaaity.
FERNANpINA, Fla, Aug. 4.-Merrick
Jackson. who murdered John Thomas,
WAS hanged at 1880 today. privately.
Hs died calmly aud easily.
Loss or Life.
CMcAoo. Aug. 4.-Near South Park
this afternoon where the employees of a
manufacturing company were pionicing,
boat attempted to pass through the
canal connecting Park lake with Lake
Michigan, and was upset. Four of the
five persons in it were drowned. The
names Of those lost are Mrs. Ford, an
aged lady; Martin johnson, VIM. Bow
man. and John Fisherman. The other
three were married. Martin Johnson's
wife was saved.
New York Freight Market.
NSw YORK, Aug. 4.-The freight mar
ket, per clipper via Cape Horn. and
shipments Of raw material as we'll as
manufactured goods is likely to be quite
extensive, especially il there should be
an active trade on the Pacific coast dur
ing the ensuing fall and winter. The
Oracle has completed her cargo, which
includes one th"-sand kegs nails, one
thousand ''Isols beer, sixty barrels
whisky tWo hn ,ed aud fifty bales
he n, o. ....ar, d cases cdr, five
tho, q .ses oil. two Thousand cases
tun uH ;, six hun d ed nj d thirty-six
COLI op1 two hundreo and twelve tons
coal, a,.u seven hundred tons steel rails.
Rates are frmsr under growing soar
city and higher prices for ships. A fair
quotation for weight is q per ton for
Iron, $7C13 per ton for GOAL; nails 30
cents per kse; oil and turpsntine. 30
cents per case: canned goods, 17lS@D
cents per case; whisky, .od25 cents per
barrel; cement, plaster and resin, 81 per
barrel: lamber, &l5f5 per thousand
feet. The demand for tonnage il still
general, especially among grain and
petroleum trade, bat tho business Is re-
strictsd by the scarcity Of available ton
mage and high rates current. The CAL
ifornia trade ia well supplied for the
present, and neither of the lines arc Mt
all anxious.
The Wool Trade.
BosroN, Aug. 4.-There Is steady
demand for wool, sales Of the week
amounting TO 2,5oo,CO pounds OF all
kinds. The prioe is we'll sustained for
Ane combings and delaine selections,
but clothing grades are not 50 firm.
Sales Of Ohio and Pennsylvania fleece
have been moderate at 40Gal,S cents
for choice, y, 20 and Il cents is about
ali tqat can DO obtained for \ and XX
fleecss. Michigan X has been in faiz
demand, with rates At $500 cents
mostly -. Unwashed 6eeces have been
quite steady. and not with good de
mand at 25@3sk cents for fins aed me-
dium grades, and 1898 for low and
COARSE. Fine comhings and delaine 90
lecsions are firm, with = good demand