Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 20, 1874, Page 12

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1874. REAL ESTATE. A Quiet Market—-Some Instances of ke Appreciation of Prop- erty. A Large Amount of Building Being Done. Boulevards as a Means of Checking Conflagrations. Enlargement of the Illinois & Michigan Canal, The Loan Earket- Ete., Ete. o one expects the real-estate market to show 0y considerable actisity till after general busi- neas has been prosperous for a year or two. Sur- plus fuuds are invested in real estate, and, uatil these accumnuiate, and can no longer be profiia- Dly used in trade or manufactures, traussctioos are coufined mainly to purchases for improve- ment and occupation. That money is very abundant all over the conntry, does uot give any definite promise as to when bolders of real estate may hope to realize. Till the great public are eatisfied that “bed-rock” has been reached zod no further sbrinkage can bo expected, an active movement in tho safest of all investments can- notbe expected. That they are go when judicions- 1y, and sometimes even recklessly, mado in and near great commercial ceatres, is attested by tho history of all the cities in this country. While in mercactilo life more than ninety out of every hundred—as proved by tho most carefully-pro- pared statistics—fail, thoso who bave ‘acre- property.” or any considerable realty in our great cities. and can manage to hold on to it, always mako their fortunes. Of course taxes and in- torest, if they have much of that to pay, may «eat themup " during = long sexson of depres- gion ; but iz is o fact well understood, that,while one Stowart may amass a great fortune as a merchant, by far the larger proportion of the greut estates are made by early investments in real estatein our leading cities. 46 an examplo of the way property has appre- ciated IN NEW YOBE, : the following from the {Zimes of that city of the 14th : The following are the facts in relation to the rrivate pule of properiy on TLirty-second street, between Broadway aid Sixii avesue: W. 1L Raynor sold one snd two-Tifth duts, corner Broadiway aud Thirty—ec— ond street, 42 feet on Broadway, 92 fect on Thirty-sec— and strect, 40 feet ou Sixih aveuue, and 108 feet on the Tine, with four four-story brick stores und dwellings thereon, for the sum of $215,009, which are 1o rewted for $15,000 per annum. A3 un evidence of {he great inerease of real estate 1n New York City, Mr. Raynor makes the following statement : He sold wid J2nd, when vacant in 1843, for $,000: sgain, in 1836, after huildings were erccted, for $35.000; sald them Sain. in 1656, for $40,000; sgain sold them, in 1862, 107 $45,000, 3ud now, in 1574, for §235,000. 1. A. Wit- thaue was (ite last owner, and_has realized at least a rofit of 300,000, owning them only twelve years, he receiving 3 large rental on'the price puid for perty, . e, $45,000. The Tnion Dime Savings cd the property as a future locatioun for iheir bawk, ‘Lhe prescns bauk js located in Canal strect. Instances in abundance might be given of a like appreciation in this city. The writcr was offered, 1n April, 1852, fourteen acres immediate- Iy south of and fronting on Twenty-second street. and through about tho centre of which Nickigan avenue runs, for €500 per acre,— $7.000,—10 per cent.down, balance in ten years 176 per cont mtcrest. ‘The fear that ho might zet Lo ahle to 1ruride for the interest and taxes deterrel L purchasing. A friend who went w ck at the property took it, andiu eigiss sold it for §14,000,—making s clean pront o ¥7,600 on au invesiment of 7,000, The property is uow valued by an ex- parienced real-cxiate dealer at OVER ONE JMILLION DOLLARS! All this in twenty-two and a Li2!f years. Most men who havo been in the city & quarter of o century, and are gtill numbered amoug * the Jzboring classes,” have made simiiar narrow es- capes from boiug rich. In fact, tho wholo ¢ cr almost any part of it, might be given as au lustration of the sieady appreciation, in spite of occagional periods of dullness, and often shrink- age, of ilie real cstate of thocity. The common saying, * Hold on to it, and it will surely bring vou out,” 15 founded in the entire experience of Chicago. =y Ii1s often said that all opportunities to make forcunes sre past. NOT A BIT OF IT. In s timo of dullness and depreciation, like tho preseat, with care one can find where to lzce comparatively a emall zmount of funds Ehat will bo sure, in ten or twelva years at most, loyicld » fortune. When the ciowd, 18 now, are in tho market to sell, is the time tobuy; but, of courre, good judgment must be exercised in makinginvestments. The opinion of the coolest heads is sadly av_fault if tho_population of Chicago does not rise conxiderably avove 1,000,- 000 by the time the century closes. Let oach one extimato for himeelf what effect that would bave npon tho value of real estate. DUSINESS I'OR THE WEEE. Very little has been done during the week. Dezlers report inquiries quito freely, but very few purchases were closeo. A noticeablo fea- ture is that, inquirens, in most cascs, talik only of paying cash. People ata dotermined to get out or to keep out of debt. BUILDING. Taking sdvantage of the low price of labor and raterials, there is really an immense amount of building gomng on all over the city. One gentleman counted forty marble-fror: dwellings gowg un on Calumet and Forrest svenues, be- tween Thirty-second and Thirty-fourta streets. The recently-burnt district is alive with work- men. State street, cspecially, reminds one of the activity in building immediately after oar Great Fire of 1871, BOULEVARDS AS A MEANS OF CHECKING CONFLA- GEATIONS. We are permitted to publish the following val- cable paper, read by IL W. S. Cleveland, Esq., the landscape-artist, before the Engineers’ Club of the Northwest, Sept. 143 1t bos long been a favorite theory of mine, that we 15 2 nation enjoy such an opportunity as was never be- fere offered, for the develojment of the scientific and ariistic principles which shouid be observed in the lay- ing out of towns and cities, in order to_secure all tho dvantages which the situation aords, for the promo- .tion of convepicnce, safety, and health, 8 well as beauty and atiractive iuterest, There 8 probably scarodly a ringle city of any importance in existence which is not subjected to greater or less inconvenience, xnd often to continuz} suffering and taxution, from csuses which might bave been avoided by timely forethought ond the exercio cf judgment in the original design of arrangement, but which it is almost bopele=s o attempt to retricve by subsequent alterations. The experieuce of Boston rince her great fire of Novembyr, 1¥73, affords 22 illustration of this truth whicls ougit to rerve s a lesson and u warnivg LG cities yet young enongh to profit by it, The map of the burnt district in tuat city, which I have brought with me this evering. shows the aress which have been ondenined in_order to widen or_strafghten, or make new streets hefore rebuilding. The portions colored in red arw the condemned areas, snd the tofal debt in- curred by the city for the purpose was $6,403,413, Of course nothing bt the most urgent and obvious neces- ity could justify the ascumption of such a debt, or tie seizare of 50 much land, thie owners of which could only have been compelled by such necessity to part withit. _And afterall,—great as the improvement bas been.—tha istreets are narrow,and cruoked, and inconvenieni, compared with what an intelligent en- gineer would have designed could be have had a clear field on which to operste. Let ue not cenwure our zncestors for want of fore- 1hought, Loweser. till we 3t least prove our superiority vailing ourselves of the advantages which modern nce afiords us for grarding ogainst evils which will certainly come upon us, if wo neglect to apply the Iexsons of the past to the changed conditions resulting from modern improvements, - Alitule redlection will ehow that the relative propor- tiou of means to ends has been €0 changed within the lapse of forty or &1ty vears that the application of the creative powers wo now poasess to the development of 4 new country can nd more bo governed by the record of the past than the destructive agencios of modern werfare can be directed by the mititary-tactics of the Izst century. Tie iniroduction of raitroads has not only opened vast regions of new country to settlement and Lin- provement, but has createa anew era in the process of its redemption, by the immediate introduction of all the labor-saving machinery, and all the comforts and luxuries of civilization. Towns no losger grow p b7 the gradual process of accretion, but aremade to order, ~ths neccesary ingredicnts of mills, shops, fac- tories, houses, and iBhabizants to occupy and_oper:te them teing delivered at aux gtven poiut ty rail, where they fall into position end me their respective duties wil almost the precision of military organiza- n. With such powers as these, which no nation bas aver beforn possessed, and with Lalf & continent lying in wait_for us to mold it into shape for civilized hub- itation, is it not incumbent on us, and ought. we not o rejoice in the opportunity afforded, to develop whatever principles ate susceptible of gpplicatiou to the laying out of towns, and to urgo their adoption in thearrangement of all the now towns and cities which are destined to cover the wido regions now Iying va- cant betwven the Mississippi and the Pacific? The sunject is 00 vast aud important to be discussed in"a mers essay,and I baye only alluded tu it this evening ae 5 means of iutroducing 3 kinglo one of tho principies, which I thiuk the expericnce of Chicaso bas esteblished suficicntly to warran: its application a8 = meanure of safety to every town exposed fo such violent snd loug-continued winds as prevail upon tho prairics, 1 sllude to the coustruction of broad, open aress, plented with trees, call {hem avenuea, boulcrards, parks, or what you will, intersecting the cify in different direc. tions, and affording lines of defense agains: tho spresd of contlugrations from ono section to anotler. Iam especially incited to epeak of this subject by the fact that fhe discussion of it in tho public prints and the measurés proposed for its application here seem to me to show & want of appreciation of its true merits, 2ud zn injudicious method of attempting to protit by them, The fact i frequently cited that in the Great Fire of 71 the uindorn were carzied it quantitics us far as the crib, and that no width of boulevard which any city could afford_ would suflice to stop tho spread of fire when borue upou the wings of the wind to such distances, But those who make this assertion overlook the fact which the exporience of both our great fires has proved—that it is bopeless to attempt to cope with = fire rushing forward beforo such o gale, until jt i reduced to the conditiou of cinders, which compare with tha great body of fire as the’ spray which flies over tho Dreakwater compares with the great surging waves which beat sgaiust it. It is invincibie when it ad- vances, whole locks at a time in vast billows of fiame, before’ which xll human defenses must go down in utter lielplessnoes, Before any succesaful head can be made aguinst it by tho most eflicient fire department and the best appliances of modern reicnce, we must exhaust the streugth of the foe, and reduce the attack toa exirmisli, and this can be dune, aud can onty be done, by the'means I have suggested. 1f Harrison street bad been 20 feet wide at the time of the late fire, and especially if it bad been planted with broad-leaved and thick-foliaged trees like tho horse-chestiut and_bard maple, the firemen could casily have worked on the north side of the etrect, while the flames were raging on the south, and the firs would have been stayed at that lLine, On Wabash avenue, belween Peck and Hubuard courts, the west side of the street was entirely destroyed, aud the buildings were of such churacter us to make 3 very flerco confiagration, All the trees on that side wereof course destroyed, but those opposite—clms, male, aeh, anl coitonwood— were noteven strijped, though all thelr leaves wero Eilled aud shriveled, but they saved the bousea behind them with the exception of the one on the corner cf Puck court, which 100k firo from the one on the coracs south of 1t,-aud iu one iustance s maple tree wisich stood Juside of an elm_was injured ouly on ona side, pre- eerving all its foliage ou tho side uway from the’ tite, Iu view of these facts, I assert that whila the measures for extending the tirs’ Limits, and getting rid of wood- en buildings, and increasing the edicicucy of the fire department, are all good, tiiey will prove of little avail until we separate ourkelvcs from the combustiblo ma- ferial which surrounds ns, by an oven space of such width as will be beyond the span of Lhe surging billows of flame. Within tne sres comprising the principal business district of Chicao is contained an aount of wealth in Aie form of costly buiidings and rich merchandise, so Jarge that the statemens of its amount in_fgures (like that of tho distances of fhe stars) would convey mo definite idea except to minds which have bren trained 10 the study of comparativo values. It is enough to state, 53 we all kuow, that it ranks in maguificence and wealth with the leadiug cities of the wo Tmuediately adjacent to uil this wealth, and espo- cially on thie side which i3 exposed to the florcest and most protracted prairie winds, liss a rezion, extending for miles upon miles, which i completely covared with Wooden buildings of the most fimey and_combustibie character,—hiouses, barug, sheds, carpenter-shops, lumber-yards, sud manufsctories of every couceivable s ription, Thero is not a moment of day ornight when all {he wealth concentrated in the business portion of tho city is not in dinyor of being swept off by the careless- ness of a drakard, or the fiendish apirit of such min as revel iu the opportunities for robbery atforded by a great contlagration. Wo have eeen on two memorable occasions that “when & contlagration gets fairly stariod iu the com- Dbustible districts and comes Tashing down upon us efore a southwest wind, githerig headway us i vances, it is idle to hope than its onset can bo re until, 33 1 said before, wo can weaken its farce by the interpositlon of 3 space of sutlicient width for the fire- men to operate, whiie the fierceness of tho Hames iy 80 Teduced that it may be controiled. The first measure of safoty, therefore, should bo to enrround the business portion of the city with sucha line of defenscs, which may also be made to minis- ter largely (o the beanty and beaith of the city, The boulevard system is neccssarily a costly ono ; 50 costly that the first impulse is to shirink from its con- templution and declare it impossible. But we are in the condition of & mn with 2 highwayman's pistol at his Lead. The question of cost 1s the question of the value of our existence, for it involves the life or death of tho city. It should be borue in mind, alo, that the construction of a boulevard guarding 'the business portion of the city would 60 incrense the value not only of property ou the boulevard stsels, bu of all that was inclosed witlin its lines, and would also re- Quce the rates of insurance so mch ikt tho original outlay wonid_be very greatly reduced, if noi ful; balanced, A _gentieman dolog o large bus ness in Cuivago und _lioston teis me that he psys €120 on $IW for iusurance in Clicsgo on_ preciswly the same kind of property for which he pays Lat ceuts in Buston. A momeut's reflection ujon the amount which would be saved by such » reduction on_all the proverty iucluded in the principal bueiness district of Cutesgo will cnable any one to perceive that it would form an important item on the credit s1d- of the improvement, Tle question of jmmediate and imperstive intorest i, How can tho object bo effected in a reliable aud saiefactory manuer, aud at the least expense? Tho followlng propesition, which I cut from Tixe TRIBOUSE, hzs been offered in Council 3 ORDERED, Thet the Board of Public Works be directod to prepare and sabmit o this Couneil at thoir raclicst convenience an estimate of tie cust of cond2mnation and the openiag of & pars or driveway for the bettor proluc- tion of the business portiun of Lho cily from Lire, a8 por plat annexed. The plat provides for a boulevard 50 foot wide, follow- Ing the line of ‘Twulfih streut, from the I; 10 Peoria atreet, north 0a Peuria to Chitago avenas. Asy one who will examine the length of the route in- diczted, and the character of & large portion of tho district it incloscs, will perceive that 3 vast outlay would be needed for its execution, for which no adequate return would b securcd, siuce a very large portion of the region is covered with just such inflammable matcrial a5 we wish to exclude. Qur first object should be 1o pro- tect the vast wealth which is accumuliated in the prin- cipal business district of the city, and to do it with tho least unnecessary outlay. If the line of Taylor or Polk, or even Harrison atreet, wero selected instead of Twelfth, the cost would L very much less, sinco roperty on Twelfth street has alresdy attained s bigh Valuein consequence of its occupition for Lusiness purpozes, while Tazlor and Polk streats have only been occupied by u wretched class of dwellings,—a larga portion of which were destroyed in the fire of July 1. Let either of these strcets be widened as proposed,— aud made intoa fine boulevard extending trom the Iake 10 {he river, and then let all lumber-yarda and combustible buildings and materials be re- moved from tho east bank of the river Lelow thai poiut,—so that the river itself may becomo the line of defense on tho west, and_it will be scen that the whole of the most valbie busiucss portion of tho city will be isolated and much more effectually protected thun is possiblo Dy the extended and costly lincs of Tweifth and Peoria siroets. There will stili remain within the srea -thus incloked & sufliciency of vacnt space to supply the demands for building for a number of years,—for it is obvious, not_only that none but brick, store, or iron buildings ehould be allowed within theso limits, but that property would be 50 cuhanced in valie by the protection thus aiTorded that only those branclies of commerce or manufactures could avail themselves of its advantages, whose profits warranted the ercction of costly structurcs for the storing of goods and trans- action of business, The effect, therafore, would be to attract and concentrate within this arca all such Uranches of business as especially require_protection on account of the great value of material involved in their prosecution, aud thcre cannot be 3 doubt that its growth would be of the most substantial and enduring character. 1t 1 needless to enlarge upon the valuo to the city of snch an ornzment =a the boulevard alluded to would form. Toe value of property on its sides and in 116 vicmity would spsediiy beconie enormously in- creased, and 1 an firm in the conviction that iu & very few years the advantages which it would secure sould be 50 obvious that uu extension of the system would be imperatively demanded in other sections of the city. My present object, however, has been only to show that the protection’ of tho richest portion of the city may be much more ctfectually secured in this comparatively economical mauner than by o more ex- tended and costiy system, Such a line as I have indicated is all that is fmmedi- ately necessary, but the nezessity is urgent, ENLARGEMENT OF THE ILLINOIS & JMICHIGAN CANAL. ‘Wo commend especially to the attention of our capitalicts and buriness meu the following com- munication from the Hon. A. J. Galloway. The subject is one of great importance Lo the futare of our city: Tv the Editur of The Chicago Tribune - Sta: My attention has bosu called to & very sensiblo editorial in tbe Lani-Oiwner of July 23, inder the caption “ Chitago as a Riter City,” in which the sui- ject of canal navigation is discussed, and the impor- tance of o revival of 1ho ontorprise for enlarging the Tikmois & Michizzn Canal sufhciently in width and depth 10 mako it equal to tho *suip capacity ? gpg- gested. In 1§49, a3 the occasional correspondent of =n Tili nois River journsl, I diccussed in its colunns the im- portance nd practicabllity of improviug tho naviga- Tion of thut Tiver by the construction of a series uf low dums and large steamboat locks, £0 us to permit the Inrgest claes of river steamers which could reach the mouth of tho Tilinois to ascend that river to the soutkern lerminus of tho canal at Lasalle, « That work is now Le:ag done by the State, and, wita Jndicious legisiation, will be completed within a very Tew years at a total coet of Jess than §2,500,000, Seven more such dams aud locks, at most, would complete first-class steamboat-navigation to'the City of Joliet. Twelve millions cubic yards of earth and 4,000,000 cubic yards of rock excavation would sdd 150 fee: to the breadth of the canal from the Caicago River to Jolict ; and Sive more locks between Lockport and Joliet would complete the work, connecting 14,000 miles of river-navigation with the ' ship-uzvigation of the great lakes and the Atlantic Qcean,—a work which wonid place the real mouth of the Alississippi at Chi- cago, where the river-etcamers would discharge their cargoes of grain, cotion, sugar, and other products of the immense Valley of the Misnesipp, o be reskipped to the Esat and to Europe, and return laden with e Tich cargocs received in exchange, o be distributed to the hundreds of cities, towns, aud_villages wiich line the banks of that imimense river-system. This shor Link of artficial navigation is the only proposed connections bezween the lakes and inpl, which can draw ita supply of water frow the former—a supply which is at once exhaustless and pure, ‘Think for » moment of {he effect of & strosm of foot wide a0d 7 er 8 feet docp, flowing steadily at the rate of 1 or 2 miles per hour into the Desplaines and Illinois Rivers, furnishing an immense and never-failing water-power atevery lock, and lin- ing the hanks of both rivers with sust manufacturing establishients, giving cmplosment (o tens of thou- sands of wen, womes, and children ; adding constant- Iy to their owli and to the aggregato wealth of the State ; aud relicving our almabouses and other char- itable institutions of wore than Lalf their Lurdens; and, while largely increasicg the basis of tazation, actually dhwinishing the relative amount of taxes re- quircd. Such a stream would carry off all thy sow- age of our city, and still be more pure than tho rivers with whose waters it would mingle. In rolation to the sli-absorbing transportation question now agitating the public mind, znd almost threatening the peaco and good order of soclety, the completion of this grest project would effect a rolution by bringing theso two immense water-systems into full competition with thres-quarters of all the rafiroads in the United States, and doing more to restrain and coutrol the charges of ruilrond corporations than all the legislative acts which have or can be passed, tsxing the peoplo with the sup- port of an army of officers L0 enforce their provisions. The eost of making this improyement in the manuver yroposed, and making liberal estimate for =il contin~ geucics, including the work already done at Henry and at Copperas Creck, and the protection of the banka of thecanal by amplo nlopo walls wherever necessary, would not excecd §25,000,000,—a nere bagatelle, whet compared with the immense advautsges which'would tlow from its construction. Allow me to hope that you will continue to argo this project upon public attention; and that the daily and weekly papers upon the line, sud_upon the great lakes and rivers, will see its importance, znd Lruss for its eurly completon, It is the only point on the face of the glove whore an expenditure 8o smallcau produce such grand results; and 8o palpable is this fuct, that its accomprishment can be postponed but a very few years, oven if neglected now, Yours truly, Cuicauo, Sept. 18, 1874, A J. Ganrowar, THE LOAN MARKET. Theo statement below coes not tell a very flat- tering story of the Lusivess of tho past week ; but several uegotiations, some of them involving large amounts, are in progrees. Mouey is in fair demand, and a goodly proporiion cf tho loans is for rebuilding purposes in tho burnt district, The rate of inierest has ehiffencd. ‘There was ono pertod dunng tho summer when there was u disposition to lend money at lower rates, aud, in_fact, some lurge amounts were placed in the hauds of certait agents with this end 1 view ; but tho demand at that time was small, aud the conditious were rather exacling, g0 that nothing came of it. Thoe days of cheap woncy in tho real-estato loan market are gous by for this season. Nino to 10 per cent is tho usual rate, though some loaus have been placed as low as 8 per cent, but this ouly in the case of renewals. We note the following transactions: A loan of £15,000 for five years, 9 per cent, secured by morigage on five fots in tho neighborhood of Clarkand Tarlor strects,—tho loan to beexpended in building; & loau of 25,000 for fise years, 10 per cent, Se- cured by trust-dced and lot east sido of Stete streat, Detween Adams and Jackson streots; a loan of #11.000 for five yoars, 10 per cent, o= cured by trust-decd on 42 feet on Rush street, north of Superior street, wich improvements. Gerrish Subdivision, See. 23, 39, 14, was in- cumbered by & mottgage for £30.00), the past week, interest at 12 per cent. This mortgage was made subject to threc existing incum- Lrances, of 30,000, $8,000, and £40,000, respec- tively. COMFARATIVE STAYENFENT FOR THE sePT. 19, WEZX ESDING 216 016,525 30 12,03),798 7es in 1873 was run up to a largo amount ; ¥12,006,000 of which was due to the negoniation of a lvan by the Chi- cago & Lake Iuron Railroad Company_with tho Tiion Trust Company, New York. The Con- necticnt Mutnal Life-Insurance Company also made one lozn, amoanting to $600,000, during the same week. COMPALATIVE STATEMENT TEOM SEPT. 1 To s7PT. 12, Instruments, Consier- No, | aaum || No. | ation. Trust-deeds, v eulssacsll 6163 1,678,0 MOrtgages.....ieeeeeer 197] SIL0I0 | 203 15067 Aggregate.. Releascs. SALES, PRINCIPALLY SUBURR. A large trausaction in_suburbau property has just becn closed oy O. J. Stough, who has sold to Warren, Keeney & Co. 220 acres of land and 1,500 feet front of lots in sud near Hinedale, for £300,000. The buyers will at once improve the property atd plico it in market, and their previous succees argues well for tlus new field. 0. J. Stongh has sold during the week 700 feut near Stough'snew stanon, Hinsdale, and reperts the inyuiry for suburbun bomes bettor than over. Ira Brown is branching out with another sub- diviston enterprive, having bougiit of L. L. Greenleaf 40 acres at Laieside, between Lvas ston and Glercoe, which be will gubiivide inio lots aud place them ia the market at §1i10 each. 1L S. Everhart bas bought of James E. layes Blocks 5 and 14, avd tire east half of Blocks aud 14, in all 3,000 front fect, in Cole's Subdivi- sion, at West Maywood, for £0,000. Iie has also bonght of W.'II. & . P. Powell Block 9 in Powell's Addition to Park Ridge, coveriug 1,200 feet front, for 12,000, Ira Brown has sold twelve Park Ridgo lote durivg the week nt $100 eaclh. Kerr, Davison & Welch bave sold five lots on the northeast corner of Polk stiect and Irwin place, for £4,500; alko five lots on the northwest corner of Volk street and Irwin place, for $4.500. J. Benry & Jacob Weil havoe sold 50 fect onthe corner of Thirty-second streat and Calumet ave- nue, and 50 feet at the corner of Thirty-third strect and Caiumet avenue, for §125 per frout foot in each cave. Warren, Keeney & Co. have just ciosed the transfer, to capuialists residing hero, of S0 feet in Block 1 and ali of Block 2 iu their Ridge Addi- tion in Soutt Evanston, for $G0,600; and 1,200 feot, being all of Block 3, same addition, for $36,000. The tiansaction was on a cash basis, ‘Cimpbell Bros. have sold & cottage and lot on Potk street, just west of Western avenue, for $2,500. Last of sales by Harbert, Kernor & Co.: 1,400 feet in Grant Aadition, at South Evanston. Sold to Milton Cockrill, of Chicago; consideration, £19.000. Fifty feet in Grant Addition to Evanston, to 1. S Herrick : consideration. Tifty feot in Grant Addition to Evanston, to Mr. Jenson ; consideration, £750. One hundred and fifty feet in the Allen Ad- dition to Evanston, to Warren Beal, at 325 per foot. Lot 4, in Block 71 _of Norwood Parl, to 3. Olson; consaderation. $5U0. C. B. Waite sold two of his brick Louses on Jefferson avenne, Hyde Park, between Fifty recond and Tifty-third streots, for 312,701 100 cash, balasice in other property, mostly né Washington Heights. The lots on which thess houses were situatea were each 20x130 feet to a 21-foot alley. J. L. McKeever will commence six fino brick houces on DBowen avenue, between Vinceunes avenue and Langley strect, adjoining the ones just finistied by him. This will make twent; louses, when completed, which 3r. McKeever Lias built in this locality within eighteen mouths. All of 1liem, some twenty, are sold, and occupied mostly by the owners. —_— TRANSFERS. The following instruments were filed for rec- ord Saturday, Sept. 192 CITY PROPERTY. Consideration, Ferdinand st, 216 ft c of Taulin st, n f, 24x100 1t, dated Sept. 17. o $ 30 Bauvens at, 264 £t & of West Blackbawk »l, w 1, 24x1%X £, with buildings, dated Sept. 17 1,400 Eugeuie st, 30 ft e of Church st,nf, 25 ft to alley, with buildings, dated Sept. 14........ 2,300 ‘Thirteenth et, 120 ft w of Paulina st, 8 f, 24x 125 fr, dated Sept. 17... . 950 Milwaukee av, 130 fi n w of Ozkiey &, 8 W f, B3x100 ft, dated June 23, sesvesess 2400 Coartiand &t, 188 ft cof Nocili Toyne &f, o f, 243100 1t, duted Sept, 19 Parkev, 120 ft e of Oakicy dated’Sept Central P 5 1, Tax1 ated Sept, 17, Calumet” ay, 500 ft of Thirty-secon: 252125 ft, dated Sept. 18... Shettield av, 50 {t n of Ciay st, w 1, dated Sept, 18. Samo s the above, dated Sept. 17 P (T Weat Polk #t, 8 w corner of Oakley st, e £, 3% 125% ft, dated Sept. 8..... 1,400 Weat Adamr st. 84 1t ¢ of Seeicy @ % 125 £t, dated Sept. 17........ % v 7,300 West Adams 6t, 200 ft w of Laflin st, T, 163%; {1, dated Aug. 3 . 20,000 Lot 48 Biock 4, Morton's e s 13, dated Sept. 19. O} Wextworth av, near ¢ 120 ft, dated Sept. 17..... . 1850 Cornelia #t, 255k 1t wof Milwaufesay, nf, 253128 1t, with buildinge, dated Sept, 10.... 3,000 Idabo st, 198 ft xof Polk st, wf, 5uxi2s:, ff, dated Jax. 1J, 1813, 2% . 1100 SOUTH OF CITY LINITF, WITHIN A RADIUR OF 7 XILES OF COURT-HOUSE, Sixty~cecond st,48 ft w of Wallace st, 1 £, 481124 ft, dated Aug. 13.. Z Bixsieth at, bet Halated and Sexmple st 79€ 8-10x298 5-10 ft, dated Sept. 10. Indiana ar, 350 ft & of Forty-ninth al 160 3-10 ft, dated Sept, 15, Champlain ay, 1852 1t n of 1, 453145 12, dated Sept. 16. Eeuwood-court, 208X 1t & of 6, w 1, 50x122 {t, dated Jul Stato st bet Fortictlh aud Forty 1003160 ft, dasted Sept. Paulina st, 175 ft 8 of Fifty-third st, ¢ £ 50x 135 ft, dated Sept. 16.... .. 600 Lot ot atpeet bet Firty-olghtls and_ Fifty-ninth ‘sts, and 160 (¢t w of Statest, 1 £, 80XI55 ft, dated Sept. 14 T South open_parkway, 100 1t 8 of Forty-sev- enth ct, o, 502150 ft, dated Sept. 17. 3,87 South open 'parkway, 5w cor of Forty-sov— enth 8¢, ¢ £, 1003150 t, dated Sept. 1 5,750 SUMMAIY OF TRANSFERS FOR THE WEEK. The followinz is the total amount of city and suburban property, within a radius of 7 miles of the Court-House, filed for record during tho week enaing Saturday, Sept. 19 No. salen, Consideration. 3621149 South of city limits, West of city limits. MONETARY, SaTUuRDAY EVENING, Sept. 10, This evening clogos on one of tho dullest weeks of the year. Baukers have had almost litorally nothing to do. Uarelicved dullness in the de- mand for monay was the cheerleys talo from day todey. Customers toany considerable ex:ent seem to have desertea tho banks. loaving Presi- dents and Cashiers to gaze listlessly on the nsual routine of counter business. Good customers aro promptly supplied with all the money they want at 10 per cent. Call loans with cash collaterals are mako at 5@3 per cent. Street ratos nominal at 10@18 per cent with little doing. New York exchango is a shade easier. Tho range of quotations is 25@30 centa discount per £1,000 between banks. To custowers par. LOCAT, STOCK RATES. The banking-houso of Ireston, Kean & Co., No. 100 Wushingto street, fusnish the following quozations at 12 m.: Selbma, United States 0s of 'S1 8 Uuited States 5-20s of United States 5205 of ' United States 5-205 of %65 5205 of 65—Jan. and July. G-24is of "G7—Ixn. and July 5203 of '63—Jan, and July 10-4Cs . United Btates new 53 of ™81 . United States carrency u, Gold (full weight) Gold exchangu, ... Sterli Cable transfers. ¢ Chicago City Par &nt Cook County 7s. Par kint Tllinois 10 yer cent ac Par &int West Cliicago park-bouds... 93 k int The same Louse give the following 3s the courso of Governments, gold, sterliug. etc., for week ending Sept. 19, 1874 Cloning. U. 8. 5.20s, 1857, U. §. 520, 1363 haug S change, sisty dayw. 484 CHICAGO CLEARING-HOTSE, Clearances for the week evding Sept. 19, Clearings. $3,700,470.62 2,710,431 e erling ex: Wednesda; Thursday........ Friday. Saturday. £19,004,80255 year . . 00,570,106.35 2.763,512.59 The figu erence of 310,000,000 in the cicarings and of 700,000 in the balauces in favor of tho last year. Of course this was the pavic week and matters wero docidedly lively. LOCAL STOCKS. Tho banking-house of A. O. Slanahter far- nish the following as tho pricas for local stocks Total .. Did, Aaked, | Chicago City T rer cent Jong omd Cuteayo City T per cunt 9 10 Chicago City 7 ver cent water-loa 99 100 City 7 per cont certifhates. ¥ 6 ver cent certificate unty 7 rer cent West Side Parl 33 i Chiicago City Railroad, North Side ....... 90 923 Ciricago City Rudlroad, South Side, ... 2. 150 Chicago City Railroad, West Side. G 140 Chicago City Lailroad, West Side, 10 per cent oo cs 9 Chicazo Gas-light & Coko Company P Trader's Insurance Company. 100 109 Globe Insurance Company..... 100 Cuamber of Commerce. .. s 8 FLUCTTATIONS OF THE STOCK MARKET. The following list, showing the bighest, lowest, and clowing prices of active stocss for the past week, is furnisned by A. O. Slaaghter : Tiighest. Lowest. Closing, Western Union Telegraph... #0’; Y 93 Pacific Mail. 47 New York Central 100 E 2 Northwestern Northwcatern preferred.. Rock Island, St. Paul.. St. Paul preferred Wabash, Obio & Mississippi. C,C.&1.C Take Shore. Union Pacific. LEFAULTING BAILWAY HONDS. The following latest New York quotations for defanlting railway bonds are reported by A. O. Slanghier: Bid. Asked. Burlington, Cedar Fsplils & Minnesota first-morigage 74, gold, Minnesota Di- vision Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Minnerota first-morigage 7, gold, Milwaukee Di- FSIOD ey 45 Canada Southern first-mortgago ¢ gold. 30 Chicago & Canada Southern Grst mort- Rage 7. . £ Chesapeake & Olifo first-mortsge fr, gld. 48y Central of Towa first-mortguge 7s, gold... 23 5 67 0 854 &g Chicago, Dsnville & Vincennes first-mort- L33 Leaveuworth, Lawrence & Gulve: grant 10, Misourd, Kanans e, gold.. Saiutict Norihiorn' Facié " Srat-morigage 7 3-10n, RéSkford, Tock Trisnd & B, Louia " B mortgage 7, gold, .. 10 St, Joe & Denver City (Eastern Division) first-mortgage 83, gold....... e 8t. Joe & Denver City (Western Division) first-mortango s, gold...... u 16 Texas & Pacific first-mortgago Ts, land- grant.... 20 & B8 8B The banking-honse of Skow-Petersen, Isberg & Co., No. 2 South Clark street, give the fol- lowing rates of foroiga exchange : Sixty daya, London. 4R Taris...... 1 Hamburg. Berlin. Belgium Holiand. Sweden. Norway. Denmark. Loudon.. Pari LATEST. NEw Yomr, Sopt. 19.—Money closed at 214. Torcign oxchsugo dull at 4831:@1833{ for actual bueiness in bankers' sixty-day sterling, and 486@4%6}4 for demand. There was only ono price for gold all day—109%. Rates paid for carrying. 37,1, and 13¢ per cent. Loans were also made flat and at 2 per cent for carry- iug. Clearings, #14.000,000. Tho Assistant Treasurer bere disbursed during the week £514,~ 000, and received for custome $2.410,000. Specie shipments, same time, £400,181, principally s ver-bars. Imports dry goods, $2,431,238; mer- chandiso, §1.238,66%. : Government bonds closed steady. State and railroad bonds quiet. The total transactions on the Stock Exchange to-day aggregated over 122,000 shares. The largest busivess was in LUmion Facific, Lake Shoro, Wabash, Western Uuion, and North- western. At tho close, tho fecling on 'Change was much better than dnring the esrlier hours of business, and rtocks were firm at an advance of ¥ to { per cent from the lowest point of the day. Sales included 27,000 Usion Pacitic, 26,000 Lake Shore, 17,000 Toledo & Wabash, 11,600 ;,\-L;;?‘Mm Union, 8,000 Pacific Mail, and 5,000 St. aul. WEEKLY DANF_ STATEM(ENT. NEw Yonk. Sept. 10.—Loans, decrease, 2208,~ 600; specie, increase, £39,000; legal-tenders, decrease, 2£521,100; deposits. decrease, 21,041,- 700; cirenlatioa. increase, 332,000 ; reserve, de- crease, $171.675. GOTFRNMENT™. Coupons, 81. .113 ! Coupons, 7. Coupuns, 62 ‘1121 | Coupona, 'G3, Coupons, G R Coupenty "&,eereerr or 11534 | Currency Gs BTATK BONDS. ; | Virginisa, old... N. Carolinas, old. . Carolinas, now Canton...... Western Union Tel Quickeilyer... Adams Express... Wells, Fargo, Amierican Express... 61 U. 8. Express. 65 Pacific Mail., New York Central.. Erie.. Terre Haute... | Terre Laute i Clueago k Alton..... 9 | Chicago & Alton pfd.10: Obio & Misssissippi. 2 { Cleve.. Cin. & Col... 85 1 Erie pfd. Chi., Bur. & Quincy.101 Harlem LukoShore,c.re ;"33 Harl fd. ... Indiana Centrs eaigan Illinois Central 8 Sichigan Central Putsburg KFLWayne Northweatern Northwestern Rock Island New Jersey Bt Paul..o... Union Pacific atock. . 352 Union Pacific bonds. 861 Central Pacifie bonds S0 1 Del., Lack. & West'n.101 ; | Boston, Hart. &Erie 9 CORXMMERCIAL. SaTCRDAY EvENTYG, Sept. 19, Tho following were the receipts and ship- ments of tho leading articles of produca in Chi- cago during the past twenty-four hours, and for the corresponding date one year ago: TECEIFTS. FHITMENTS, 1874, | 185 Flour, brls . . 2,80 Wheat, bu, | 33,793 Corn, 'bu. 32,016, 30,020 18,712 203,463 110,948 250,149 1,000 Broom-corn, b 365,800, 175 Cured meats, Ihs| 25,040, 481,581 Lris, ! 80 84y 216,193 321,940 Tatlow, ibs 20620 18,650 Butter, s 400 42230 Live hoga, No. 7.005 R 70 Cattle, No... 313 2065 Sheep, No Hider, ths. B63,430, 47,501 Uighwing 4 0 222,560 Wool, lbs 4,06 carrv out 42,000 bu wheat, 80,000 bu corn, and 75,000 bu oats. Provivions were moderately active, but weak, and chiefly from local causes, the edge of spec lation hauving been taken off by the readiness ovinced to forward hogs to market, and the con- tinued cool weather, which permits the manufac- ture of newe(i)mduc on a generous scale. Mess pork declined nearly 21.00 per brlon old, and 20c on new for delivery during the next packing season. Lard was abont 20c per 100 Ibs lower, the market for present being puroly nominal, with nearly all the stocks held by one firm. Moats welfo quoted easior, owing to free offermga of new; it is beheved that many sales of newmeats have been made within the past few daye, but not reported. A good many ovorators have the idea that holdars of cash property are anxious to unload ; but there is vary little demand, though Southern orders for pork and moats are reported to be coming in at the scaboard. The market clored st the followng raugo of prices: Bloss purk, cash, or seller Septem- ber, $23.20@23.25; do, sellor October, $23.25 asked; do, ecller the year, #17.00@17.95; do. scller Jauuary and February, $18.00 asked. Lard, cash or seller September, $14.60@14.75 do, seller October, €1475; do, seller tue vear, $1L56@I1.35; do, seilor January and February, 211.50; summer lard, 133{@l4c. Sweet-pickled hams, 12!4@13c for 15-1b aver- age, fresh cured; others nominaiat 10@1ic; dry- saited meats. loose, at 9%@YL7c for shonlders, cash and seller September ; 14@143¢c for short ribs, cash and seller September; the same boxed at J{@35c per Ib above these prices ; summer long clears, 12¥{@13c. Eacon meats, 10%{c forshoul- dery, 15¢ for short ribs, 15%c for short clear, all packed m hids; the samo_loose, X6 lower. Bacon bams, 15@l6c. Mesa beef, $0.50; extra _mess do, - $1050; beef hams, £22.50. City tallow, 8%(@8{c: greaso nominal at G@Ye. Sales were reported of 230 Dris mess pork at $23.50 ; 250 brls do at $23.25 ; 500 brls do, seller Octover, at $23.25; 500 brls do, selier the 250 brls do at $18.00 ; 250 Lris do at £17.: 50 bris do at $17.95; 500 brls do at $17.90 ; 500 brls do. seller Febru: at 318,00 ; 500 brls do at $17.95 ; 250 tes I seiler the yoar, at $11.50; 250 tes do, wellor December 2nd Jannary, at $11.50; 320,000 the shoulders (Milwaukee) buyer the month, at 93¢c; 17 boxes summor do at 9. | _ Tho Daily Commercial eport givesthefollow- ing as tho shinments of provisions from this city for the wee’ ending Sopt. 17, 1574, and since Nov. 1, 1873, together with comparisons : 1lecs, 2 ‘Also tho following, without comparisons: Received. Shipred, 182 L . 1,06 601 79 150 523 i) Withdrawn from store on Friday for city con- sumption : 356 b wheat, 1,717 bu corn, 4,141 bu oats, 797 ba rye, 3,637 bu barley. The following grain has been inspected into store this morning, up to 10 o'clock: 12 cars No. 1 spring wheat, 207 cars No. 2 do, 74 cars No. 3 do, 11 cars rejeczed do (304 wheat); 36 cars hi; mixed corn; 189 cars and 38,400 bu No. 2 do, 15 cars rejected do, 3 cars new Liln-dried no grade (243 corn) ; 7 cars white oats, 38 cars and 3,000 bu 0.2 do, 4 cars rojected do (49 oats) ; 6 cars No. 2 rve, 1 ecar rejected do, 13 cars No. 2 barley, 15 cars No. 3 do. Total (631 cars), 280,000 bu. In- spected oul 911 bu wheat, 44,030 bu corn, 2 34 bu barley. Fhe following wera the receipts andshipments of breadstufls and live stock at this poiniduring the past weeis, and for the corresponding weoks ending as dated: Flour, brls, Wheat, bu, 7 465, 1,348, €50,909 1,143 Cattle, No. Flour, brl: Wheat, bu . WHIPMENTS. 22,107 1573 Cattle, No, ,559 03¢ 10,923 The exportsa from New York dnring the past week include 18,000 brls flour, 1,027,500 bu wheat, and 102,950 bu corn. ‘The Commit‘co on Appels from grain in: tion is s singularly constructed body. . Benrloy has been absent from the city for about three months, and Mr. Rernolds is occupied_as Secretary of the Exposition, besides baving various other duties to atiend to. Only one member, Mr, Gurnee, is ** on deck,” and "he is powerless to act, 29 1t takes two to mako a quo- rum. Under these circumstances it sounds like a grim joko when we bear it stated that “only one appeal wastaken during the past month, and in that case the Inspector was sustained.” ‘The matter 1tself is, however, much 00 seri- ous to bo a joke. If a man be ignorant of tho fact that the Committee cannot be called to- getber, makes the mistake of ‘‘taking an ap- peal,” aud finds & chary of $85 azainst that car-load of grain for demu: rage. with no prospect of redpess, ho certainly fails to see’ tho point of the joke. Neither 18 1t likely to be very bighly appreciated by & dozen others who want to appeal, but cannot. From sud after the 215t inst. the railroad companies carrying grain into New York will not pay lighterags on quaniitics less than 5 car- loads, nnd small lots will noube aggregated to mako 5cars. This will entail an aaditional chargo ‘c per bn to the owners of small lots. uffalo Board ot Trade has defined a “regular” boat-load of grain to be 7,800 bu wheat, or 8,300 bu corn, or 14,000 bu oats. The first consignment of new cotn came in to- dsy. It was kiln-dried, and proved to be “un- merchantable” at that, which fact does not speak volumes of encourngement to thoso who arcanxious to rush their new corn through be- fore it 18 ready for market. Itis possiblo to be in too much of a hurry. The leading produce markets wero irrogular to-day. Provisions were weak, wheat tame, and other grain strong, with a very good demand throughout, The movement was, however, al- most cutirely speculativethe shipping inquiry be- ing exceedingly light. The busincss consisted even more largely than usual in the filling of options, which were tirm as a eonsequence of continued small receipts, with light stocks in store. The demand fordry goods wasnot specially ac- tive, bnt the volume of sales would compars favorably with past seasons at a like period, and wae probably up to general expectation. In prices thero wero fow changes, and_those few contined to prims and blesched cottons, both of which are sull in an un settled state. Grocerics continue to meet with an incroasing _demand, and the market for most lince shows a hardening ten- dency. Sugars wers again active and strong, and the advance noted yesterday in coffees was also thoroughly sustained. Doth of those sta- ple articles are reported active and advaucing at the East, and, 2 tt:e market here is only moder- ately stocked, bolders are mot inclined to press sales at the prices now ruling. Tho tendency in sirups and molsases is upward, in sympathy with sugars, tiough at tho moment they are very quict. Rtice 18 wn largo stock and continues weak. Spices, soaps, and candles are in good demand and firm. In tbe butter and choese markets the changes were unimportant. Both were moving freely. and commanded fully late prices. _Dried fruits were quiet and generally easy. Loose Muscatel raisins were lower. Fish continue in good demand at full rates. Leather, coal, wood, and tobacco were uuchauged. Oils were fairly active und steady at yesterday's quo- tations. At the lumber yardsa fair businerss was re- ported, the demand being_principally from the interior and for common bnilding lumber and fencing. The offerings at the docks wers very small and the market nomiually firm undera good inquiry. Building materials were steady and fairly active. The hardware merchanta re- port a eatisfactory business. Aany interior dealers are in the city, beying what thoy need for the fall trade, and orders are coming in frec- )y. Tin-plato and other asticles aro steads, the ouly change in prices being an advance of ke iu sheet zine. s wore firm at $3.73 rates, net. Iron snd stecl were in fairdemand and steady. Prairie_hey was in good local demand and firm, under inadequate supplies, whilo timothy was dull, and ~ weask. Hides were salable 2nd steedy. Seeds were dull. especially timothy, . om,am7| 167,809 ool T2l 3,291,450, 197, €35, 142 1, 2921000, 164, 206, Same wook 1953 Stuce Nov..1, 773, Same 'timo 2 : Includes ali cat meats, oxcopt shoalders aad 5. P ‘Tho shipments for the week ending Sept. 10 fwere Park, bris, 2,8M; lard, tos, 41163 bams, ted, shoulders, Ibs, 763,945 ; middles, tbs, 1,797,748, _ Flour was less active, the demand being very light. Shippers held off, partly because wheat was eavier. and partially becanse thev are consti- tutionally opposed to buying oa Batarday. Prices were unchanged. Dran was inactive, and nominally easier. Sales were reported of 100 bris white wintor extras (Ten Strike) at 7. 100 brls do (Nashville Eagle) at $6.50; do (National) at $6.25; 300 brls do on private terma; 100 brls spring extras as $5.00; 1,125 bris do on_private_terms: &) brls rye at $3.50. Total, 1,875 brls. The markec closed st the fol- lowing range of prices: Fair togood wiaters, Choice do. Choice spring extras Good dv. 52 Good to covice Minnesotas. Patent do... o Gond choice spring superiiue Commou do.. Lye flour. Bran . ‘Wheat wus less active aud about 1c lower than the point reached in the afternonn of Friday. Liverpool aud New York wers unchanged till noar the closge, when the market in the Jatter city was reported dnll. Qur receipts showed & slight incresse, and tho shipping movement was checked by the fact that there is a loss of about Ge per bu on shipping wheat to New Tork. Henco cash wheat dragged, No. 2 being only wanted to fill shorts, and car lots sold at cne time {c below soller the month, a8 buyers only wanted round lots. **'Tho primal cause that gave birth " to tho weakness was the fact that the market touched £1.00 vesterdar afiernoon. That figare had been mentally chosen as a limit by pumerous Lolders, and “sell at 21.00" was the burden of 80 many telegrams this morning as to make it impossible to follow the direction in any case. Buat the premium on the month was sustained, as October weakened in sympathy, undor free offerings, chiefly from Tocal operutors, who expected Jarzer receipts next week, and a consequent decline in prices. They say that New York obsiinately refuses to goup to s pomnt at which it will pay to ship there, aod that our market must recede when our stocks grow a little larger than now. Seller October opened this morning at 951¢c, receded to 851fc. strengthoed to 937e, declined to 943c, 2nd closed at 93¢e. Seller the month =old st 933{@ 993/c, closing at9%. Caxh No. 2 spring closed at '99c; No. 1 do st SL03 for mew; No. 3 do at 92c; and rejected at 90¢ in mood houges. Minnerota wheat was quiet and relatively firm, at ¥1.04 for new No. 1, and 31.00 for No. 2. Cash sales were reported of SU0 bu No 1 spring {old) ac £1.06; 1,600 bu do at ©1.03; 1.200 bu No. 28pring at 99¢7c; 13700 bu do at 99c; 1.600 bu do at 993cc; 16,400 bu do at 99c; 500 bu do at 93%c; 24400 bu do at 98i{c; 14,000 bu do at 98%c: 2,400 bu No. 8 spring at 92c: 26,300 bu do at 92c; 400 bu do at 9lc; 3.200 bu rejected spring at 9c; 1,200 bu do at 89c; 400 ba No. 1 Northweatern (inn.) at $1.04; 800 bu do old Northwestern at €1.06; 400 bu do at $1.07; 1,600 bu No. 2 Alinn. at $1.00; 400 bu by sample (No. 1) at $1.06; 400 bu No. 2red at 98c. Total, 112,500 bu. Corn wag in good demand throughount, and again 3{@Ic higher, tho groatest appreciation being in cash lois. Liverpool and New York were both quoted firmer, and tho Buffalo tele- gram reported tho articlo a8 scarco thero, The weekly statement does not show such s marked decroase hore as many had expected, but we have scarcely 800,000 bu in store, and receipts continue light, with tho prospect of a farther shrinkngo nest month. 'Lhere was not much de- maud for shipment to-day, except for high mixed, and the fact that fresh receipis commanded a remium indicated that some parties were buy- ing to hold till the eod of the moath, 1 the expectation of being sble to take ad- vantage of a Bqueeze then. Tho short in- terest bought freely, to the extent of the offerings, but there was less disposition to scll than beretofore, very little being offered on country account. Seller October opeuned at 7734c, reccded to T7i(c, advanced to_78%c, and closed at i81{c. Seller tha month sold at 8@ 79ige, closing at the outside. Soller the year sold at T1%@3214c. Cash No. 2 closed at 80c, high-mixed at 80%gc, and rejected at 73}4c. Cash sales were reported of 11,900 bu high-mixed at 803¢c; 12,000 bu do at S037c : 5.200 bu do at S0 2,000 bu No. 2 at 80X{c: 72,000 bu do at S0c; 10,600 bu do at 793{c; 5000 bu do at 79ifc; 2,000 bu rejected at 73%4c’; 5,600 bu do at 7834c; 1,600 bu do at 78%c; 2,000 bu by sample at 7734c, freo on cara ; 100 budo, ear, at 76c on track. -Total, 119,500 bu. Oats were less active, but stronger, avoraging 14c nigher than on Friday, under & good do- tand, chiefly for next month. Our receipts were #gain light, and Now York stronger. giving a Drofic of 3@ic per bu on shipmeut. There 13 little more than 200,000 ba now in store here, of which probably one-third does not belong to the specalativo grade, and there are few onts East, while country holders are in no burry to send them in. At the samo time thero are ndt o few operators who profess to look for a sudden col- Iapse, as oats are now selling at very nesrly the wame price per pound as wheat, sod it i3 be- lieved that thero aro a good many orders hers to sell for next month at S0e, when the market touches that figure. Seller October opened at 4334c, declined to 48, advanced to 49, and closed at 481 7c. Soller the month sold at 49{@ 50ije, closing at 30lc. Seller she year soid at 463;@47ic. Cash No. 2 closed at 5lc, aud white at sbous &2 Cash eales were reporzed of 6,800 bu No. 2 at 511sc: 3,600 bu do at 513{c: 21,100 bu doat5lc: 5,000 bu do at 503;c ; 5,600 bu do at 50%5¢ ; 1,800 bu No. 2 white at 52}¢c; 1,200 bu do at 52¢ ; 600 bu neglectad at 4934c; 1,200 bn do at 49¢; 600 badoat 483c; 1,200 bu by samplo, white, at Sic; 700 budoathiifc; 600 bu do at 33c, all on track. Total 38,300 bn. Rye was active uud strong at a'farther advance of 2@3¢ per by, under a good demand, with con- tinued emall receipts, which necessitated light offerings. Cash saled wero reported of 400 bu No. 2at 92¢; 1,200 bau do at 91l4c; 1,200 bude atdlc; 400 bu doat $0)4c; 1,600 bu do at %0c ; which was dificult to sell at any price. Both timothy and clover were lower; the decline of the latter was occasioned by larger receipts. Potatoes were sicady. Poultry was in good local demand, moderate supply, and firmer. Highwiies were quict and steady nt yester- day's quocatiolls, eales being made of 100 brls at £1.00 per gallon. This inciuded about all the offorings, and the market closed with a firmer feeling, when New York was tyuoted with holders at £1.05. Lake freights wero very dull, and generally quoted essier, at abont % _for corn to Buffalo, aod fTifc for wheat to Kingston, Thero was scarcely any demand axcept for stemner room. Atoal of ]charters waa reported, which gill and 400 bu by samplo at 93¢, on_track. Total, 5,200 bu. The market closed at 92¢. Seller the month sold (15,000 bu) at 90c ; and seller Octo- Dber was nominal at &3c. Barley was active and excited, the chicf canse of the excitement being the failuro of the lead- deductions, as indicated b - at preseut o drug: aong yw?x:h{'cm‘“ ik g made money had”they been coprorl et moderate prufit. But they wege s Uel v thits, aud wold Short to suep pe oD fo could'not possibly fiil with graesiect themselves at the mersy o Cash salca wore reported of 503 $116; 3.0 bu do at 115 £1.14 800 ba No. 3 at 94c; 4,509 2,500 bu do a¢ 92¢7c: 400 by do rejected at §2¢; 800 bu do at ey #ammple at $1.08: 1,100 bu do a¢ o, do ut 31.02; 400 bu do at Sie; dug | 800 ba do at 8c, all on tra LATI o . Wheat was fairly acnvfi thy ing lower for seller the montl, : sold up to 9514c, clusing at 95ge, oty month closed 2’ 9315@D33c. ~ Corg ST and M@c bigher, eelling at 7o October, closing at T85e, aud at MO by the morith. Oats were ie Lisher, Loibit (s inally at 503c for September, dgporit tober, and 4735c scller tho year. 5 % & were quit. A galo was roported of g3 1 saller Dacomber and January, at $11 5 % 3 —_— ' THE LIVE-STOCK NARKET, 8 aftern, Seiler o::‘ R SATTREAY E: Tho receipts of live stovk ¢using fig i) SR as follows ok duuiag the ek inly Cattle, G005 .o Yy Total....., Same week 1St year. Last week ... [ w1 CATTLE-The arrivals duriog the been 13,707, againit 21,705 or e correspepp Iast year, In-connection with the cattl past week s developed no important ner s 3 E Nothing more thun fair activity has cm.cg—;}‘- - demand for zny class, while ‘extrome quint po 0§ vaded the genural market. Prices are sl ool range, sales having beon made all the way st b ¢ t0 87,75, but most of the trading was doay s rower limits than for a number of weely Lot} -+ fow eules making at 3 Ligher Szurs thag 55 10T} many below $2.49, Furthor improvemen: 1 o3 mand for sockers wa suparest. Ko 3 pricts were obtainable, however, ovgiS tio increased v, =i We quoie o ekl 8o thrity oy Tl s 1 8 G556 &) ) steady at $2.25@3.73 for poor to weighing auywhere {rom G0 to 1,550 s, The of Texas catile will show a gradual dfninpe oy this being the case, prices are working s Moeoiet sellers’ f370r, thouzh as yet we are niable fo ""i’ very prominéns sdvance. There s a continuat dh] of fat cattlo ; in fact, BcuToely cuough Sl locks are arriving 1o farly ewtatlsh marie o> The onty notable ales of this weck wero 43 enrsy G-year old Towa steers, averagiog 1,631 he,at b s & & drove of 1 and 2-yeat old Towa steers, aversgiasts tis, at 250, Tha former was unquestionn finust bunch of steers soen in our market this e ‘To-day there wsa vers little trading, sither or Eastern account, - Only a small nutabar of were in attendance, and their wan:a wers of theo limited character. Sales wore chielly 10 fooken oy Chicago butchers, the former oerating at Mn.':.x‘ and the latter at $2.00@4.00. Consiacrsbls oopey Dative stock rematn i the yards unsold. e e SEUTATIONS. xtra Beeves—Oraded stecrs, averaging 101,350 Ius.... o, Chioich Bewven—Fiae, fut vl farmed s o 5year old Stoers, avers; 1, 142013 FHE S Good Leeves— & steers, averaging 1,150 to 1400 fs. ..., 5 Medium Grades—Stérra in fuir flesh, e aging 1.1000 1,230 Ibs. . X Butchers’ Stock—Foor to fair steers, iad common to extra cows, for city slaugier, averaging 350 10 1106 M. ..., LRI Stock "Cattle—Common _cattle, 1n- decent flesh, sveraging 600 o 1050 fs. .. 5 Inferior—Light and thin cows, Beifers, staga, bulis, and scalawsg steers, Cattlé—Texas, choice corn-fed. Cattlo—Toxas, wintered North. Castlo—Tesas, through droves.. 7 HOGS—Daring the week tho arrivals Lam b 67,353, For the corresponding week lass yer o were 64,564, The sinall receipta of Sunday iud By day gave thio market asharp uprward turn, the difes| grides advancing 15@25¢, but under the large nen of Wednesday and Thursday seilers uot only fomii impostible to maintin the advance of Ms they found it expedicnt to {ake o another 153%n 100 T8 08 g0od 10 extra grades, Stealy impred in the quality of tho hogx is now uoticeatle, b4 average is still very far below that of past sewsi Like period, and 13 far from giving satis ers are of course auzions to take advinisg 33 high prices still ruling, and that they will contznn rend their stock forward Lefore it is. propdrly fizzd thero is Lo reawm to doubt. It is gued conceded that between mow and the o of tho packing sezson Frices must tako 3 “hy D, ble,” though at just wht fiures the packers il fa prudent to begin operations is simois 3 met| rpeculation. Thebusiness of the week was w) plished at 35.00@3.25,—chielly 3t $6.25¢7.5, 7ol trado opened dull, but becanie somewhat mor 12 as the day odvanced, Prices, howeser, were v from the opening to the clome, and wers lower fa, o egtra, _Gales were st §4.50.37.25, with. 18 bikd $6.25G7.00. 0G saLER. No. Ae. Av. Price)yo, Ac, P FL ] 29 g7 1§ 58 175 3 ™ u 81 240 m U a3 12 m g 103 =9 B\ 107 ®u 11 3 U 10 2y @ 33 25 o 24 =5 U a3 6351 47 L m U 6 )T 650 | SHEEP—But slight chapge is noted inasydt featurcs of tho shoep market. With he seppsel the demand sbout evenly bafanced prices ban steady end uniform, at $3,75@4.50 for good 123X 2t $3.25@3.50 for medinm, aud at $22523.0 fz PR k¢ to common. The prevalling jrices were S Only %6 head wore taken on Eastern accomt, Dave been disposed of, and the market eloss sts! the aboye quotations. 3] ENTISTRY. DR, W, B, IPORESHEY, DENTIST. BEST bt usand this fact. \Why pay $20 to 330 eleemberd for Money refunded ln erery inciance if is not iven: or, eatisfactirn first and 7 donbt it. Teoth extracted withou: pain. Fillag inkad By o mont siliTal opwrataros ot bul the ca i DR. H.R. PHILLIY DDentist, 169 Sonth Clark-st,, bet Madison and M Best Gum Scts. Best Ploin Sets. Gold Fillings, from. Silver Fillings, from. Teoth Extractéd without pain. ALL WORK WAR! — PROPOSALS. ..l okl Proposals will ba roceived for the arcction of 4 G E oims at Pontine, TILy aaul 12 o'clock e Ok 5 5 Plans and apecifcacions caa bn seaa at the 0Bce 51, Morraw, at Pontiac, after Sept., 1. Propouls vl ceived for the whola or fur ttis diferent partad E and each proposal must be placed I & scaled :,."§ upon which must bs placed some mn:to or Iifll"u and sccompanying the propozal, and in 3 scpiiad 3 envelope, upon which must be 'a correspoadins oy 1 must be ‘a bond of 85,000, with_two of %" i (which shall be approved by tho Palldisg Com=is the Board of Suporvisors of Liviagsioa Uouad oF Lhey will eater 1nto & contrac sad ghvo & BBl fwo or more suretics ia the sum of IV, () (<2 shiall be approved by the loard of Superritors ston County), provided the coutrzcs shall be hirmor them. = The cnvelups conralpiag 138 and bond 1o be Incosed in ono and tho #3iE7 (2 soaled and addrasscd to J. K. Morrow, Pontise: oo 3aid Board of Suporvisors reserve tho right o fl‘fi,, or all bids, or to accopt any bid or part of s bilt Qeem best for thointereat of the county, accompanying tha bids must be certificd o bT Do of tha Cireait Court of th= county (fram ™ that the euretics have real = NO PAY! 360 SOUTIL CLARIK-NT.., CHICAS AMay be consulied, personally or by res, £ o5 all ehriiic oF Bervou disnars, DR J. KELLS ealy physician in 1ha city wiio warrsots carey ts oroed Fo. m.: Snadays froat2= .EL. Go 187 Washington-st. The Jongest encaged cerafal physicisn in tho city in the special ail Chronic, caliar to fen s i) ing sbort. The market on No. 2was 4@9¢ higher than yesterdsy. Seller the month opened at 17. ndvanced to $1.20, declined to $1.10, and closed, with cash No. 2, at abont £1.16. Seller October rauged from 92c@$1.04, closing at £1.03. Other grades were only a trific Srmer, clos'ng at e for No. 3, aud 78¢ for rejected. ‘The barley shorts predicated their counte on the factof a full ctao, sad thbe expsotation of & mmall de- mand, edly right in shelr OBSTACLES TO o 521 ‘Hagy Relief for Young Men from the ofsctd L] bases in eacly lifo. Santcod Hestors ;‘ug;: 10 Slarriage removed. New m;:hll:iflfld‘ ! 1O WARD Afia Bevaad romaibie romouts, "B froer volopes EToR, s Narek, Nisw At Il iy ] Al STInied oo B 5 “