The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-10-21
STATE ~ 20F, TRADE.

|, STATE $0F TRADE. =
THE WEEKLY BUSINESS !. REVIEW
Fall a.d Exhaustive Reports frou Ii. Prs.l
\ neat Commercial ssd Trade Centres st ,hs y
\ EE coahtry. Showing the Condition of {
! pasintss and Eatars Prospects. g,fi&J
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| NEw YoRK, October ,20.-While there Is
. lesscning In activity In most departments,
owing partly to unfavorable weather, the
business Of the week has been on the
whole satisfactory, and the outlook regard.
el favorable. In the dry goods trade there
are more retail buyers 1han usual1in the
marke! at this season. The jobbing trade
and commission business has been retarded
by unlavorable weather, but there Is fair
reassorting demand, which will continue,
as The, retail trade Is very active. 4 4 good
deal of$cleariny out and some cutting In
the foreign dress goods line. In donea-
tics stocks are accumulating somewhat,
but prices are !; firm with business
lquietslr There is fair distributing trade in
cotton goods and some cutting In prices.
4 The carpet trade Is quiet; woolen trade
fairly. active and prices we'll sustained. Is In
grain the market Is strong. In corn there
has been considerable advance. There ia
no material difference between cash corn
md contracts Of near by months from
those Of the latter period. The. market
closes with considerable strength all along
the line, but with prices little below the
llighes! Of the week. There are no new
teaturcs III the iron trade, prices are strong
for American pig rs we'll as for foreign
|varictics. Business In the latter has been
only moderate. @'V,l.iE ,s,f.,
II &s CINCINNATI. n n a 4: i:.i} :tii !. .ts2
ClScISSArI, October 2O.-Decidedly
colderiweathcr has come and a sharp frost
was discernable this morning, It done no
apprec'able damage to the crops, and will
be Of service In checking the rank growth
|of early wheat. The weather has been
perfect for ripening corn as well as fo3rr
Ewheat sowing. Everything that can posi-.
blythe made out OF tbs corn crop has been
attained. by the favorable weather o.. the
Epast two months, still lhe price continues
high, and though new corn from the South
Is making iss appearance holders are very
tirm. Transactions were light to-day, but
75c was asked. Wheat has been Il little
highcrdurinR the week, but is easier now at
81 GOAL OF; with only moderate demand.
Oats continues firm at full prices. Rye
hns been in good demand With pricpu well
Sustained, selling as high as 044c. Pork is
scarce, and is held firmly Mt Ss25 90. Lard
is dulland nominal at SIC 49, The stock Of
bulk meats aud bacon is almost Exhausted
and prices are almost nominal, but are
held high !ltHGFlq .iAGfahHT.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, October 2O.-Thc general
situation in both financial and mercantile
circ!esis without special change! in th,e.
merchandise market. the principal event
was the speculative movement in wheat,
which carried prices above shipping points
and necessarily checked exports. !: The re.
ceipts are unusually small and il is thought
TOME part 6ot tho speculative scheme Ito
hold back supplies so prices on the other
side may be sufficiently advanced to make
renumerative market. The distribution
OF general merchandise is quite liberal,
though some lines haYe been retarded by
the ,pRsea2onable weather in the early part
oflhe week. - g a2's;'% ,,t1
| PITTSBURGH. 80, -, -. -,
Pl7rsnuRall, October 2GATtade il fairly
active with no material change since last
week. Pig iron is in good demand Tor im.
mediate wants, but purchasers are not buy.
ins for the future. Prices quiet and steady,
Manufactured.iron is in, flair inquiry und
unchanged. The demand is not increasing
asAt was expected would be the case after
tilestrike had ended. Manufacturers, how.
eyer, are hopeful. Of il better trade in the
next lew weeks. Glass business is inactive
and unchanged. Petroleum was dull and
steady- United certificates ,wsrs quoted
during tue week between 0ljc and 95lc,
closing this evening at 03tc. a,5iit ,sGffit
| pElQl3ftt ~ ] S'stts SS'"stts e.ASD. ,IyE n
| CLEVELAND, o, Oct. sO.-The iron mar.
kets are in ahopt tho same condition as
they4were one'wcck ago. Pig iron is quiet,
and no perceptible change is noticed.
THERE'S q pressure to sell, but prices are
not lower, though concessions could be OBJ
!ained iof large lots.I s:AipWeata Of pig
|!!on haye been made during the past week
pr ten days to eastern markets.. The de.
mand is steady for manufactured iron and
prices firm, stock light and assortments ir-
regular. Steel rails in good demand at un-
changed prices. .frl,, [sytt.,;,
/ n SIX BOSTON, " :
ppsFpS, October ea.-The, wool market
has been affected By the failures Of two or
Or more woolen milla, one Of them a large
one. Sales Of woolathis week, la 800
pounds, against 6, ,5s5, 800 pounds last week
and 9,496, 500 pounds for the corresponding
week ei lust year. The boot and shoe
trade continues promising and shipments
and fall orders the past week foot up 5l,-
62} cases, against .4S,S30, cases for same
week:in'l8Sl.s Mp IttE; . SO u
THE RREasED HEEF snIPMENrs.s
Railroads, Huyers, aud shippers A nectet,
.l.., by the New Scheme. NJ
CnsAao, October 2Q,E; AlthoWsh tGeihip,
meNt Of dressed Beef 10 the East ID ii liz ii.
fancy, 4 vast number Of men have already
been thrown out Of employment by it. All
day to-day scores Of shippers frequentea
the Exchange Building with tho expeecta.
tionlof receiving orders to prepare ior a |
trip 10 ths Metronolia, hut the ma jorsy Of
the hpylra displayed u 'downcast appear
ance, Which seemed TO say that they would
have to accept the inevitable. The rail.
roadsare also beginning to feel the results
Of the new departure notwithstanding the
reports Of the agents that they ayo s,fl In
the field. Tha ahlpmcnts 81 cattle on THE
hOOf have greatly diminished ain 70 drooooA