Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-16

the anwarrsnted price az which worthless
stocks have been selling. He regards the
decline as only begun. Henry Ciews says
that before there can be return of the bull
market money must give way from the
present high rates of loaning, or else stocks
will recede still further. The lower stocks
go the less money is required to carry
them. This in itself will give relief in ad-
diuon, as there will undoubtedly and must
be larger buying by capitalists who will
purchase securities outright and put them
away as investments.
California Products in the East.
New YORK, December 15th.-New Cali
fornia Lima beans are beginning to arrive.
The demand is fairly active, and no stock
is permitted to accumulate. The quality
of this seasons crop is fine, and the price
Isl S0t1l 90) is obtained without difficulty.
Turkish prunes in boxes are offering in the
market. They are put up in attractive
packages of IS pounds, sizes, 70s and sos.
The offering of Malaga raisins on Friday
next at public sale promises to be large,
and 4 still lower depth of depression is
looked for. California goods are tritie
weaker in tone, but the best brands for for
ward delivery are not offered, the principal
agents being DESTROYS of assisting their GUS
toners by maintaining present values for
quantities until such time as the stocks
now held can be distributed.
LIGHT STOCKS AND GOOD PRICES IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, December 15th-There are no
more California green fruits in the market
at present. Oranges are expected to arrive
here some time around the first of next
month. The firm condition of the dried
fruit market which has prevailed for some
time still continues, prices being quoted a
shade higher all around. The strength of
the market lies in the fact that stocks are
only moderate, while the receipts are light,
and from reports received there is not much
fruit to be sent TO market. California dried
fruits sell fairly, and the market for them
rules firm. They are quoted by the pound
as follows: French prunes, cents pitted
plums and quartered peaches, II cents !;
halved peaches, pared, Is cents; nectarines,
8 cents and pears, to u! cents. Raisins,
by the 20pound box, are quoted at 81 500
l 80 for London layers, and 81 T0@1 so for
loose Muscatels.
Condition of Charleston Buildings.
New YORK, December 15th.-A fire in
surance company here has received from
Charleston, S. c., communication from a
special committee of builders and archi-
tects embodying the results of thorough
inspection of the buildings in that city in
jured by the recent earthquake, many of
which are insured in companies in this
and other Northern cities. They inspected
in all 5000 buildings They found ninety
per cent of these built of brick and more
or less damaged, while the frame buildings
suffered only from falling chimneys,
cracked plastering and injured foundations
Factories and mills suffered more or less,
but the churches as class suffered more
than other edifices. Not 100 chimneys out
of IA, 600 escaped damage. Ninety-five per
cent. of these $4,000 were broken off at the
roofs, and went to the ground.
The Days of 40.
New YORK, December 15th.-The thirty
ninth anniversary of the discovery of gold
at Suffers Mill January 1Sth) will be cele-
brated by the New York Society of Califor-
mia Pioneers by a banquet at Martinelli
Fith-avenue Restaurant. The programme
arranged is most attractive one. A strong
orchestra will furnish music; well-known
orchestra will aid the society in singing
jubilant songs of the days of 40, and j. S.
Burdett, the humorist, will give recitations.
Many prominent men have been invited
and are expected to be present.
About Time for Another Strike.
New YORK, December 15th-The Empire
Protective Association District Assembly
No. 75 knights of Labor, composed of
employees of the surface car companies,
was in session all day yesterday in Brook
lyn. Delegates were present from every
railroad and association. Every one had
something of which to complain. A strike
on the New York surface roads is looked
for daily.
Georges Organ.
New YORK, December 15th-Henry
Georges paper, the Standard, will make its
first appearance on the 8th of January.