The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-25
BUSINESS IMPROVED. II 7 l|,( \
At THE VARIOUS TRADE cESrEns
VI tho country---Advnnco In Breadstuf,
Iron Continues Very Duli--wool Mar.
ket Iieal.iy--lrlntlow Glass Trade, ::
Number OF Coke Ovens Idle, Il,

NEW York, August 24-Throughout the
West, rs reported in special dispatches 10
Hradstrea's there Is II distinct improve.
ment IN the general feeling IN the n,ercan.
!lle community dependent on the excellent
harvest OF wheat already secured In pros.
pect. This Is not carried out, however,
thercportcd transactions, country deal.
ers not having ordered goods with more
freedom than noted week ago. At St.
Louis, Kansas City, Peoria, Evansville
In some lines at Chicago, st. Paul md,
Minneapolis the sales Of dry goods, no.
tions, hardware and general groceries
have been moderately full, though Tho
gain has been rather by comparison Will,
reccntwceks than with earlier cxpecta.
tions. n = 4 r s. y = ~. Ss. -
Receipts OF new wheat ut leading West.
erh markets have been in some INSTANCES
greater than anticipated ut current ratcs
IN others, notably at Minneapolis, the re-.
celpts have been very light indeed, Our
own adviccs from the Northwest are TINT
the recent low prices fixed by the Mime.
.lpolis milles for spring wheat arc likely
to be advanced. The Northwestern farm.
crs are said to be rather better or than OK.
nefted, and therefore likely to hold back
their grain at current rates. sS!S55
gt4Ss,ss BaEADsTu PROVISIONS. .,s ,s.S
Breadstuttsp prices during the week have
advanced tona buying spurt at the West,
y reported sacold wayc, y and The, small
stocks OF contract corr. Z Wheat has since,
declined, tas was inevitable III the iace. OF
excellent: harvesting reports at. home md
abroad and astusnant foreign sbreatlst stnffaj
market Corn Is relatively stronger. tllan
wheat, though sympathizins. Flour is no
bcttcrnntl lrlles in.buyers' favor al com
pared with prices on August Is No.2 rcd1
wheat has declined lc; No. 9 mixed corn 7
gained 4c per blshel, and shipping extra I
flour lost &c per barrel. = -
Tie corners in hog products still con:
!thue, though the general speculation In
hoSseco'nmolities is less md quotations T
arc lower. Demand is dali and the supply|
i sab,nndnnt, and the strong market is due
to Chicago operators ISL.
IRON. a.. s5.ts
3, Iron is still very dull: Eastern furnaces
feel able to. take, care OF themselves and
fail TO see the advantage to them in join
ing III the proposed restriction in produc-
ton. Steel rails have sold Mt so73 per ton,
which lowers the record aglin twenty-five
cents under the previous lowest price.
Manufactured iron is dull, and compcti-
ton for orders leaves 'itiwith little profit.
Anthracite 5coal is bearing harder than
ever on the market and further agree
ments to restrictttlc production in Sep.
tembcr,a and October are likely. l55isis43 5is.5
There were POS failures in the Unite
States, reported to Brads.1W.'s during the
past week, MS. compared with 2G4 in the
preceding week, and with l79, 1872 and 10,
respectively, in the corresponding. weeks
OF 1881, 1852 5and 1881. Canada had II,
against Is last week. p z ! l. .5:y;ss.sf'
BosToN August 23:-The Adrcr.is,r, in
its weekly review, Of the wool market,
says: The market is in a very healthy
condition, and in fine staple woods there
isa hardcninstcndcncy. Ohio NX flceces
are firm, and one sale Of q, 900 lbs was re-
ported at 35!c, This description Of wool |:
~ not plenty and one house reported Il
bid oi 3Gc for, Il small lot, which they. were
unable TO accept, MS the large business of
the past month, had left them. with their
wo;k bchinl.and they had none of this
particular graIeropened One sale OF
o0.o 600 lbs asrcported ut 335aSGc, but il is
slic to say that thc!m market is firm at Ala
Doc. In Michigan ileecos, there was little
doing, and sales ranged from 3Oya3lc,
which isa fNir, quotation for Y. Territory
wools were scemingly in good demand and
numbers Of round lots were reported:
The most notable sales Of this grade:wcre
10000 lbs 1t e0a22r, rs, 900 lbs 1T lsa223c,
$4,000 lbs ut l7a22c and 67 900 lbs ut! PIC.
Unwasl,cd ,wools were: quiet, but this
grade isfreportcd steady III : price. III
pulled woods there was little doing, al
thong h one round lot of 70, ,00O pulled fat
2Sa;A ssc; was report ted. Y Secured woods are.
in5 light:stock, md sales are light ts91'ho
most notable sales were, 10000, lbs; al, EOa
59c and 10000 lbs ut 45a50c.5 Californini
woods were 5quitc;Vctive this week, nearly
$4,000 Tbs being sold, ,iincluding one round
lot Of 256, ,00J lbs fall at .Sallc and tlD2 900
lbs Of spring ut &c. There is Il steady
feeling to, alI lines, and, with steady tone
to:woolltn goods and an improvement cx-
pected, it would lookas ii wool would be
sustained. Prices are considered VERY
low,: and still there is little disposition
shown TO speculate, and about NIL The bus;
mess is on manufacturers, account. MI
| Says:s 4 HINDo'XGLAss TRADE.
Tho Manufacturers Will Probably Continue
tho Shut to October. L d =