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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-01-05
A firing Process.

She was very stout, very jolly and little
sarcastic, and she was chiding Mr. De Dood
for not speaking to her at a reception the
day before.
cav, Miss Laura" he pleaded, 'I wanted
to- but you wouldn't recognize me. Really,
don't you know, L walked all around you,
but you wouldn't see men
"Clear around me, Mr. De DoodY' she said
sympathetically. Chow tired it must have
Observation-Disclosures Critic.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-01-05
1t is Not Always MAY.

The boniface of Florida
With smiles and outstretched arms,
Now welcomes shiv'ring northerners
And tells them of the charms
That Florida has now In store n
For those who seek its sunny shore.
He says: "Behold this baImy air,
The orange blossoms scentl
Oh, feast your eyes on paradise,
Where every ones contentr'
But while he speaks blizzard drops
And freezes stiff his wagging chops.
Hotel Mail
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-01-05
Where the DELAY Occurred.

''The climate in Dakota is something
frightful, l understand" said New York
man to a citizen from that wouId-be part OF
the United States
Yes, indeed" was the reply.
You are just from there, aren't your
YES, sir; and L would have been here a
week sooner, but we got stuck in the snow
between New York and Pokeepsie."-The
Epoch.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-01-05
A Powerful Plug.

Landledy-Really, Mr.. Smith, am so
annoyed know not what to do.
Boarder-Why, what is the matter?
Landlady-There is a rat hole in my pan
try. and no matter what 1 stop the hole
with the rat gnaws his way through again.
What would you doa
Boarder-Well, 1 don't know; but you
might try plugging the hole with one of the
breakfast biscuits. Boston Budget
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-01-05
A Word of Praise.

Mr.. Gotham (after the performance OF
Julius Caesar)-And so you were pleased,
Miss Breezy
Miss Breezy (of Chicago)-Delighted with
the whole performance, Mr.. Gotham, and 50
much obliged to you. 1 think Marc Antony,s
Grafton over Caesars body was the cutest
thing ever saw.-The Epoch.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-01-05
PhilOEoDhY.

If were a philosopher how happy would be,
at care I'd snap my fingers, from annoyance I'd
be free.
Philosophers are happy men; they neither sioh
nor groan:
And everybody's troubles they can bear-except
their own. Boston Courier
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-01-05
The Careful nIiIkman.

When the chilling frosts of winter
Freezes everything up tight,
It's then the thrifty miIkman
Takes his pump in over night.
st PauI C,loba
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-01-05
Chance to Think 1t over.

She latter an offer)-You pay me the
greatest complimenta woman can hear, Mr..
Payinadvance, but I must give you refusal.
He Gn the real estate line, eagerly)-For
how long, until tomorrow uightf-New
York Sun.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-16
By TELEGRAPH.

CHICAGo-The Drouers' Journal reports:
Cattle-Receipts. 5000 head; shipments, 5000
head: market steady; choice to extra beeyes
81 5O@4 80; steers, 81 9OQ4 GO; srockers and
feeders. 81 9O62 s.; COWS. bulls and mixed
81 2592 IS: Texas cattle, 81 5O92 ST. Western
rangers, 81 1898 90 Hogs-Receipts, 10000
head: shipments, 1000 head; market strong and
SC higher. closing weaker; mixed 81 O5014 As:
heavy, 81 OOG4 40; light 81 0O64 so; skips, S3 50
81 10 Sheep-Recelpts. 5000 head; shipments,
5000 head; market steady; natives, IS 5OG4 IS:
Western, S. 6O04 10; Texans, s. 5OD4 90; lambs
lower at 81 20G5 80.
The DroUerS' Journal London cablegram
quotes medium to best American at l0dl2c per
pound, estimated dead weight or lc higher
than last week.
NEW 1oRK-Beeves active: all for exporta-
tion and for city slaughterers direct; no trading
In beef cattle; dressed beef dull at 5J<G71<c per
pound for native sides and at 4d5l<c Tor Texas
and Colorado. Exports, 1000 Quarters of beef.
Io-day's cattle advices from London and Liver
pool quote American refined beet steady at
SIC per pound. Calves-Receipts, 400 head;
market steady at 5QSc per pound for veals and
at Z04c Tor grassers and mixed Western calves
Sheep-Receipts, 400 head; frmer feeling hut
limited business & at 4@51zc per pound for
sheep and at 5lQ65zc for lambs. Hogs-Re-
ceipts, 300 head; a better demand for live bogs
at 81 6095 10.
ST. T.LoUIs-Cattle-Rece $500 head: shin
ments, 400 head; market higher; choice heavy
native NJ i've steers. 8 SOg4 50; fair to good, DO.
range steers. 81 1902 TO- Hogs-Recejpts
4,SOO head; shipments, 500 head; market
higher; fair to choice heavy, 50 9O34 d:
packing grades, So S0G4 10; light, fair TO best
81 OOG4 40 Sheep-Receipts, 2 100 head; shin,
ments. none; market strong; fair to choice
So 25GG4 50.
KANSAS CTTY-Cattle-Reeeipts 6335 head;
shipments none: market strong to l0c higher;
good common to choice cornfed So OO64 so:
stOckers and feeders, 81 00@3 90: Texas 81 20
az rs Hogs-Receipts 1896 head; Shipments
2s5 head market &c higher; good to choIce,
light, 81 l594 IS; heavy and mixed. So 956
4 10. Sheep-Receipts. 1851 head; shipments,
800 head; muttons strong and feeling weak:
good TO choice lambs ana muttons 50 5O64 so.
stockers and feeders. 81 5OG3 Is
BUFFALo-Cattle dull and irree ular: receipts.
IS loads through 2 sale Hogs steady; receipts
% loads through: sale; Workers. S4 7OG4 rs:
grassers 81 60Q4 20; others unchanged
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-16
Grain, Flour and Feed.

Receipts as bulletined at the Grain Exchange,
33 cars. By PIttsbufg. Ft. Wayne and Chicago,
car Of hay, of oats, of middlings, of
shorts, Of ear corn, of straw, of bran, 6 Of
-four. By Pittsburg, Cincinnati and st. Louis,
8 cars of oats of bran, of corn, of hay.
of middlings By Baltimore and Ohio, car
of wheat, ] of hay, of oats. The only sale on
call was a car of No. 2 white oats at &c, spot
regular. A lack of yard room has curtailed re.
ceipts of late. Prices are steady for choice
grades of corn, oats and hay. but verv weak for
all low grades. Wheat and -four are unchanged
since last report. Prices below are for carload
lots.
WHEAr-New No. red, S5@s6c; No. q s1@
SIC.
CoRN-No. yellow, ear, 43@44c; high mixed.
ear, 42043c: No. 2 yellow, shelled, 4Oc: high
mixed, shelled, S0@4Oc; mixed, sheiled, 3S1S@
SOC.
OATs-No. 2 white. 271S@2c; extra. No. &
'261&027c; mixed, 24@l25c
RYE-No. Pennsylvania and Ohio. 5O65lc:
No. ]. Western, 4S@49c; new rye, No. 2 OHIO,
FLoUR--Jobbmg prices--Fancy winter and
spring patents, IS 00G5 30; wintcr straight,
81 25N4 so; clear winter, 81 O004 25 straight
xxx bakers, sS 5ogs 70 Rye -four. ss SOC
MnLFEED-Middlings, nne white, sle ooQa
10 50 " ton; brown middfngs. sls 0Oals so; win
ter wheat bran, sIl 5O@ll Is; chop feed, SIS 50
@l6 co.
HAY-Baled timothy. No. !, sl2 OO@ls 30;
No. 2 do sl1 00@l1 50; loose from wagon, 'Sll 90
G13 co. according 70 quality; No. upland
do, 81 soar Bl
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-16
Groceries.

Trade Is active, but moves along in the old
ruts. Sugars are weak, Notwithstanding recent
decline. Coffee options move up and down
under speculative influences but all efforts of
bears to bring markets TO lower level have SO
far proved abortive.
GREEN COFFEE = Fancy Rio, 2211@23%c;
choice Rio, 20@211Sc: prime Rio. 20c; low grade
Rio, 1S@l916c; old Government Java, &c; Mar
acaibo, 23@24c; Mocha, 2sG29c; Santos 2O@
231fc; Caracas 2l@23c; peaberry. Rio. 23@25c;
La Guayra, 22@23c.
ROASTED Tin papers)-Standard brands,
2311c; high grades, ,25h@261c; old Govern
&c: Santos, 2l02Sc; pea5erry. 2sc; choice Rio,
Ac; prime Rio, &c; good Rio. 2l16c; ordi.
SPICES (whole)-Cloves, 2l@25c: allspice, Sc;
cassia, &c; pepper, l8c; nutmeg, 70GS0.
PETROLEUM Gobbers' prices)-llOo test, 7c;
Ohio, 120o, SIC; headlight. 1902, SIC; water
white, &c; globe. l4@l412c; elaine, 1415c; carna-
dine, 1l14c; royaline, 14c; globe red oil, 1l0
SYRUPs-Corn syrups, 26@29c; choice sugar
syrups. 33@3Sc; prime sugar syrup, 30@32c;
strictly prime, sS@S5c' new maple syrup, sOc;
medium, 43c; mixed, 40@42c.
SoDA-Bi-carb in kegs. 315@4c; bi-carb In Is
6Ac; bi-carb. assorted packages, 5000; sal
CANDIEsrstar. full Weight, &c; c. stearine. q
set, SIC; paraffine, lI@12c.
RIoE-Head, Carolina, 7Q71zc; choice, s5I@
STaRrH@ @ZtFsSTt ;c. cornstsrcS yeoze zso. ,.
starch 5GS7c '' ~ o''N'' ''~' Gu oeso'' gloss
FoREIGN FRu1rs-Iavar ra,sins 60 es.I
don LAYERS s9 m. CoI;forn;a Tnn, ~ VI, Loa
50 20. Nnscatels 50 S5. CaIifo-,;a MysIs' aayes'
n r. V.Iencis siSc. 0rdora VaIa; ~ osIesfn. LIE.
snstana Sc. c,rrs,,+s Esi[c. 1zgioc;
4sI15c: french nrTnes sil5isc. spio11i, Iunes,
nrnnes in On nackaces ac. rocoanuts ~ I'M
S8 90. almonds Ian 70 n ono. 10 Tv;;.gs TO-. TO-.
do. shelled 40c; waInnts nan ioiISi5c S;c;sn
fiIberts I2c. Snvrna figs 15SIec.a 49, datS dI.tS
5l%GDsc. Brazil nIts Ioc means IISaIsc. c;tra'
u 81 2I052ac. lennon NAL 10 iaTSgI, ra,, o.s,on,
peeI' I25%e. pe'-' y ~ A''s-s' oi@nse
DRfED FRu1rs-Apples Sliced mar n A.
apples. . eyaporared. Re: anricots CaI;for,'
MIA. eyaporated. I2JIlD15c. acbes eyanorated-
pared 202Sc: beaches. California; eva9orated
unpared. l06l3lIc. cherries nitred 9IS21c,
cherries un1itted' 5fDsc. rasnberries $1,000
ated. 24624J5c: biackberries. 7IIGDsc. bnckje-
berries, I0@l2c,
SUGARs-Cubes. SIC: powdered. SIC. 0ranu.
lated, TIC; confectioners' A. 7sSc; standard A
SIC; soft whites, 7k67sIc: yellow choice 76
nc; yellow. good. 6<68I<c: yellow fair az.
yellow, dark, 6Ice --' '7e''
PIcKLEs-Medium bbls n. .2oO). IS rs. medi.
um, half bbls (6OO), So Is.
SALr-No. j, p Dbl, Csc; No. ex. q Dbl. 81 05:
dairy, p bbl, 81 20 coarse crystal. % Dbl. 81 20
Higgins Eureka 4bu sacks 81 30. Higrins'
Eureka, 1914 pockets So 90.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-16

NEW YoRK-Pig iron firm and active Copper
nomin al; lake. October $40 go Lead dull and
easier; domestic, So 80. Tin quiet with an nm
ward tendency; Straits. $40 80.
BosToN-There has been a steady market
and fair trade in domestic woods and foreign
grades are held firm. Ohio feeees have been
sold at sc for Y, 33c for Y and above and 344
S5c for AK and XX and above. Mjchipan
fleeces have been selling at 3Oc for X. with
some holders asking more. No. | woods remain
firm at 37G3Sc for combing and delaipe ieeces
IN steady request at 39c for No. L
combing, 35c for Ohio fine delaine
and 33d34c for Michigan delaine Unwashed
comb1ng woods have been selling at 296sOc for
three-eighths blood and 27@2Se for one-auarter
blood. Territory, Oregon and other un-
washed woods have been selling on a secured
basis Of 60c for fine and fine medium. and 55t1
SIC for medium. In pulled woods there has
been steady trade, with sales super at 32139c
aud extra at 25G2Sc. Australian wool firm
Foreign carpet wools in moderate demand and
steady in prlee.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-16
A REACTION In REALTY.
The LuII Succeeded by Grent Activity All
Along the Line.

The LuII Succeeded BY Grent Activity All
Along the Line.
Thomas Liggett sold for Charles Menker to
l20 feet on Gist street to Ann street, having
thereon three three-story brick dwellings and
malt house, for SIS 900 cash.
Charles Somers & Co., 313 Wood street, sold
for ]. B. Newell to Conrad Hoegel a property
on the northwest corner of Knoll and Middle
streets Allegheny having frontage of 40 feet
on Knoll and depth of l20 feet to Steep street,
with double frame house, for 81. 800 cash.
Kelly & Rogers, No. 6315 Station street,
East End, sold for George r. West to o. h.
Bateman a seven-roomed frame house and lot,
30xl22. on st. Clair street. Nineteenth ward
for 81 600 cash; also sold for S. Kelly to Will
lam tinney for 5000 cash frame house of
nine rooms, lot 29xlOO on Lowell street. Twen-
ty-first ward.
James W. Drape & Co., closed the sale of
a house and lot adjoining Fifth ave.
nue. lot l9xlO0 feet, - and six-roomed
house, for 5000. They also placed mortgage
on a house and lot in the city of So 900 at g. per
cent. They also closed rs mortgage OF $1,000 on on
a mortgage of 81, 100 on house and lor in the
suburbs at per cent.
Thomas McCaffrey 25O9 Butler street, sold
Cedar ST Street, lot ls5S SxiS0 feet, with new two
story brick Of six rooms, for l,6O0. He also
sold for John Holman to G. w. Keep property.
2Sl and 253 Thirty eighth street. lot 3511x100
feet, with double brick and frame dwelling of
nine rooms in each, for 81, 500
Reed B. Coyle & Co, No l3l Fourth avenue.
sold for Joseph Loughey piece of ground in
Oakland, fronting on Ward street, size l25x175
Name of purchaser and consideration are pri-
vate. They also sold to s. ]. Fleming lots Nos.
46 AZ, As, 49. so, 81, in Marion place for 81, 900.
Ewing & Byerse No. SO Federal street, placed
a mortgage OF 5000 for three years at per
cent on property in the Second ward, Allie
gheny
Black & Baird, o5 Fourth avenue, sold to Will
liam E. Marks vacant ior, being lot No. % In
the Urling & Bihlman plan of lots Nineteenth
ward, city, having frontage OF 20 feet on Dear
born street, and running back l0O feet to Gem
alley for S575.
W. A. Heron & Sons sold to F. Tornesy. for
]. j. Speck. lot No. Is, on Flowers avenue, for
$500. 1t is located short distance from Second
avenue, Hazelwood.
Samuel W. Black q Co. 90 Fourth Iavenue,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-16

Business Notes.

FFTY-FoUR mortgages were recorded yes
terday The largest was for 5000.
IT IS evident from the loss of specie by the
European banks that the demand is not over
yet, but whether another raid will be made on
the American stock of gold is not known.
Some New York foreign houses are appre-
hensive of it.
INQUIRY for building sites, cheap ground. well
located. to improve for tenantable purposes, is
on the increase. This is due, in part at least
to the fact that It is hard to get high rates of
interest on loans, and the income from tene-
ments pays better than almost any other form
of investment.
THE Department of Agriculture reports the
percentage of condition of corn at 91.7, against
300 month ago, and 81 for the crop of 1888. on
October l. Condition of potatoes. 77.9 against
S6.8 last October; of buckwheat 80, against 92l
last year; of tobacco. S07 against S57 in 1888.
The preliminary estimate of yield per acre is
l2.S for wheat, ll.9 for rye and o. for barley.
THE authorities of Spokane Falls advertise
in The DISPATCH for sealed proposals for the
furnishing and laying in that city Pinch
water main length approximately when laid
3,7S0 feet; also to furnish and lay a six-inch
water main, length approximately when laid
1850 feet; also furnish and lay 100 feet of four
inch pipe for hydrants. Coming to headquart-
ers for pipe shows wisdom, and it is to be hoped
that the matter is of sufficient Importance to
attract the attention of Pittsburg manufact-
urers and induce them to forward their bids.
The time within which this may be done ex-
pres November 5.
For disordered liver try Beecham's Pills.
PEARsf E0an the Dureat and hest ever mazda
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-16
MORNING. AFTERNOON.
Bid Asked. Bid. Asked.

There were no sales at the morning call.
After call 100 shares of Pleasant Valley sold at
Electric sold at 49N. 100 La Noria at ~ 20
Wheeling at 2S711, and so Philadelphia Gas at
34H.
Andrew Caster sold 5000 Observatory Hill
Railway SIS at par and interest Sproul q
Lawrence sold 500 shares Pleasant Valley at
about the market price. w. 81. Watt sold 100
shares Wheeling Gas at 2S1&, and 20 Westing-
house Machine Company at As E. P. Long
sold so Electric at 497s, 30 Philadelphia Gas at
34lz, and 25 Wheeling Gas at %.
The total sales OF stocks at New r fork yester-
day were 25S, ,5SS shares, including Atchison,
A, 346; Delaware, Lackawanna and Western,
STA; Lake Shore, S.5SS; Louisville and Nash
vile, 4,7l0; Missouri Pacific, 36. l30; Northern
Pacific preferred. $500; New England, 1850;
St Paul, 2l.9l5; Union Pacific, 4,S45; Western
Union, $685.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-16
OIL MOVES UP.
The Specter of Scarcity Causes an Active
and Higher Market.

The Specter of Scarcity Causes an Active
and Higher Market.
There was pretty lively oil market yester-
day, prices being higher and business better
than for long time. 1t opened at 100, ad-
vanced to lOl1l, declined to 100. recovered and
closed at 1909. The advance was not in the
nature of boom. but the natural result of the
ceaseless shortage which is making the stuff so
scarce that those wanting it must pay fairly
for il. "a
Trading was good at all of the exchanges
Pittsburg, Oil City and New York were buy
ers until late, when the latter turned seller,
causing the slump at the close. The shorts did
considerable covering during the day. A small
amount of business was done in cash oil at
l003z. There was good feeling at the close.
Mondays clearings were 100000 barrels.
Field news was to the following purport: The
Gosford Oil Company's well. Acheson, and
Kelly Co.'S Hutson, are reported to be both
in the sand. If these wells come in they will
open up considerable territory in the South
and East. The Stevenson Schmertz-Darrah
well is in the top of the sand. This is one Of
the wells concerned in the Acheson dispute.
If II. W. Acheson wins the suit all the oil the
well produces will 60 to him.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-16
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
Quality of Potatoes on the Market
Reported Little Good.
DAIRY PRODUCTS ARE STILL FIRM.
Choice Grades Of Corn, Oats and Hay Are
in Active Demand.
GENERAL GROCERIES UNCHANGED
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH, I
TUESDAY. October l5, 1889.

OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH,
TUESDAY. October Is, 1889.
Country Produce--Jobbing Prices.
The general quality of stuff on the market
to-day was interior. Large quantities Of pota-
toes are offered that are little good. Markets
are slow, but the quality of potatoes offered
does as much to bring the present weakness as
quantity Like multitude of humans they
present fair exterior, but within are hollow.
One jobber reports receipts of a lot from South
ern Ohio that were interspersed with large
quantities little larger than marbles. Grapes
are less abundant thanifor q week past, but are
sufficient for demand. Dairy products are un-
changed, but firm. The egg drift is upward,
and another advance will have TO be recorded
within few days from present outlook.
BUTTER-Creamery, Elgin, 2S@30c; Ohio do
26Q27c; fresh dairy packed. 2S@25c; country
rolls. 2l@22c.
BEANs-Navy hand-picked beans, 81 25@2 40;
BEEswAx-s@3Oc y for choice; low grade
1S@20c.
So 5O@4 90; crab cider. S. 0OSs So p barrel;
cider vinegar. 10@l2c n gallon.
CHEsTNUTs-A 0OG4 80 per bushel
oHEEsE-0hio, il@llHc; New York, 1ll5c;
13c: imported Sweitzer, 2S1Sc.
EGGs-22c q dozen for strictly fresh.
FRUITs-Apples. 81 00@2 70 e barrel; grapes,
OOncOruS, 4Woc % pOunu, CaIaWDaS, oDoc,
Delawares, 709c; Bartlett pears SIS 10 p barrel;
ounces 81 O0@S 90 q barrel; cranberries. Jer-
seys, 50 0O@3 Is q bushel box; Malaga grapes,
large BARREL IS.
F'EATHERs--Extra live geese, 50@60c; No. l
do. 40045c; mixed lots, 30035c p D.
PoULTRY--Live spring chickens, 40@45c p
pair; old, 65@70c % pair.
SEEDs--Clover, choice, 50 Ms to bushel, s. 00@
Is ~ bushe; clover, large English 81 ms, S5 so;
clover, Alsike, S. 90; clover white, SO 10; timo-
thy, choice, 45 rs, 81 so; blue grass, extra
clean, IA ms. 90c; blue grass fancy, II MS, 81 90;
orchard grass. IA ms, 81 S. red top. IA rs, 81 25;
millet 80 MS, 81 0U; German millet. so ms. u so;
Hungarian grass. so ms, 81 90; lawn grass,
mixture of fine grasses, 81 so p bushel of IA
lbs.
TALLow-Country, 4lc; city rendered. ~
@5c.
TROPICAL FRU1Ts-Lemons. common, 81 so
as 90; fancy. s. 50@6 90; oranges. 81 5005 90:
bananas. 81 90 frsts, 81 50 good seconds, p
bunch; cocoanuts. 81 O0@4 so q hundred; figs.
S3@9c p h; dates, 516G61Sc y h; new layer figs,
14118@l611c: new dates, TIC p d.
VEGETABLEs-Potatoes 81 50@1 rs q bar
rel; tomatoes 65@75c % bushel: wax beans, 75c
% bushel; green beans, 40050c ~ bushel; Gu
cumbers 81 25@2 so % bushel; cabbagesL 81 90
as 90 hundred; celery, 40c p dozen; Southern
sweet potatoes. 81 0O@2 rs; Jerseys, 81 rs.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-16
Dryuood.

NEW YORK, October l5-There was i'm
proved business in drygoods to-day The
weather was favorable and the good condition
Of trade of the country being reflected in the
coming in through statesmen on trade. The
jobbing trade was without special feature but
the demand at first hands for spring fabrics is
increasing and business of that character is
already large. Staple fancies were in fair rep-
resentative demands with supplies in excellent
shape for the closing of the season. Prices are
consequently firm, with few exceptions: the ex-
port demand is improving as also is.business
from cutters
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-16
A LIGHT DAYS WORK.
stock Brokers Still Waiting for Something
TO Turn Up.

The stock market yesterday was chip off the
old block-that is, it lacked snap as well as
other features necessary to make business
There were very few buying orders. Holders
seem to have reached point where they will
neither sell nor buy except on small scale.
1t is said that the reason for this is that when
they loaded mp they paid higher prices than
those now current This puts them in hole,
and they must either sell at loss or hold out
for an advance. If they do the latter they will
succeed in the end, for it is patent to everybody
that the present apathy cannot last much
longer. Brokers must do something or seek
other fields of activity. Any material change
in prices must be for the better
The only stocks that showed any activity were
Pleasant Valley Electric, La Noria, Philade-
phia and Wheeling Gas. Electric and the
gassers we're fractionally weaker. La Noria
was firm at "a which was freely offered for it.
Pleasant Valley was in active demand at 191s.
The fractions were about steady, but neglected.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-16
srHAy,aoats, SO 5os7 OoI wheat and rye


Sugar-cured hams. large. l07zc; sugar-cured
hams, medium, llNc; sugar-cured hams. small,
u3zc; sugar-cured breakfast bacon, 10c: sugar
cured shoulders, SIC; sugar-cured boneless
shoulders, &c; sugar-cured California hams. &c:
sugar-cured dried beef fats exc; sugar-cured
dried beef sets. 101zc; sugar-cured dried beef
rounds, 121<c: bacon shoulders. SIC; bacon
clear sides, TIC; bacon clear bellies, TIC; dry
salt shoulders, SIC; dry salt clear sides, &c,
Mess pork. heavy, sll 80; mess pork. family.
$l2 90. Lard-Refned, in tierces. exc: half
barrels 6szc; COD tubs. exc; 20-b pals, &c; so
ID tin cans. SIC; 3-D TIN pals. TIC: On tin
pals 7c; 10b tin pals, SIC; On tin pals &c; 10
b tin pals, 7c. Smoked sausage, long, SC;
large, &C. Fresh pork links, Sc. Boneless
hams. l0hc: Pigs feet, half barrel, "a 90; quar-
ter barrel 81 16
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-16
Fc,tures of tbe Marker.
Other OIL Markets.

TrTUsvnLE, October 15-National transit
certificates opened at 81 90; highest, 81 01ssss;
lowest, 81 90; closed at 81 0U3.
BRADFORD, October l5.-National transit
certificates opened ats1 001s; closed at 81 0O5ss;
highest. 81 OH; lowest 81 O0H. Clearances,
296 900 barrels.
OIL CITY, October l5-National transit
certificates opened at 81 COS; highest, 81 0lss;
barrels; clearances. $4,000 barrels; charters
TIT barrels; runs, 49, l55 barrels; shipments.
s., S37 barrels.
NEW YORK. October A-Petroleum opened
steady at 99s6c. Decided strength was de-
veloped in the first hour and the price ad-
vanced to 81 OH. A reaction followed, on which
the market closed steady at 81 0Osz. Stock Ex-
change: Opening, $3.50; highest, 81 01l4; lowest,
995sc: closing, 81 0O3z Consolidated Exchanges:
Opening. 81 90; highest 81 01ssc. lowest, 81 90;
closing, s. 001. Total sales, ], 1893 900 barrels.