Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-02-19

The Commercial and Financial Condition
OF the Country ~ Reflected Through n.
q. Dun . Cos Weekly Review-some
Disturbing Influences at Work. Other
wise Trade Generally Good business
Failures. Etc.
NEw YORK. Feb. l4.-R. q. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review Of trade says:
There Is some Improvement in business at
the East. and a more confident feeling, and
at Chicago the tom Is very hopeful But at
most other western ard nearly all Southern
points business shows no increase in vol
ume, and is rather hcsitating. The indus
trial outlook is nodded by the great strike
Of Connelisvilie coke workers. which must
.ut of large supplies of iron IL IL lasts, and
BY the great decrease in iron output de
crease of II per cent for the month. and II
per cent. in two months, in part explained
by the enormous stocks on hand.
which amount to 5s5.o0D tons from tho
furnaces reporting. Yet the tone of the
market for finished iron Is stronger. because
of the strike. and sales of pig iron have
been unusually liberal The coal market is
dull and weak. A war of prices Is appre-
hensIed unless change In the market de-
mand occurs speedily. The demand for cop
per l. limited The demand for wool con-
tinues strong. and worsted grades are rising.
Sales at Boston in January were 17,0i0. 30
pounds, against II. .lx9 600 last year. The low
price of cotton tends to make trade dull at
the south. farmers holding back for higher
prices. hut at New Orleans general trade
improves materially. and at Nashville it
opens very duh. At other points reporting
IL is only fair or dull st. Louis reports a
fair volume but no improvement, while Kan
sas City finds better wholesale trade. At
Denver and -. Paul trade Is fair; at Mime
apoiis very active In lumber; at Omaha
without improvement. and at Milwaukee
and Detroit quiet. Cleveland reports fairly
good trade in most lines. Pittsburgh notes
better demand for merchant iron. because
of the strike. and good trade In bottle glass.
but duliness in other branches of the glass
business. At Chicago wool receipts are
more than double last years, and there is
some increase In lard and cheese,
but heavy decrease In corn and
dressed beef Philsdelphia reports i'm
proven mt in wool and fair trade In dry
goods and clothing. At Boston general trade
Is good some large mills are buying freely
and more buyers of boots and shoes appear.
throughout the country the money markets
are comparatively easy and undisturbed
The business failures occurring through
out the country during the last seven days,
number. for the United states. 2s2. and for
Canada IS. or total of 2s7. as compared with
a total of POI last week, and $40 the week
previous to the last For the corresponding
week of last year the figures were 50s. repre-
sentirg 80 failures in the United States and
q in the Dominion OF Canada
An Express Robbsr Pleaded Guilty.
SPRINGFIELD. o., Feb. f+-Franh
Smith. the nineteen-year-old train rob
Der who held up a train and robbed the
Adams Express car last fall, confessed
his crime and pleaded guilty at Urbana,
near this city. Smith was followed
through Kansas and back to Belle.
fontaine, where he was arrested Smith
has agreed to give up the names of hi:
accompiiees, and his sentence Will be
made lighter in consequence. The rob
berry for which Smith was convicted oc
CURED October 2, 1890. He and his pal:
bound and gagged Messenger seuddei
and robbed his car.