Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 30, 1876, Page 6

G THE CHICAGO 'TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JULY 3%, 1876—SIXTEERN PAGES. OUR STENCHES. 4 Hunt for the Smells that Infest Chicago. What a “Tribune” RBeporter Found in This City and in Lakg. The KNoxious Condition of the £ Country Near the Stock- X Yards. The Fertilizing Establishments Responsi- Dble for the Greater Part of ihe Odors. A Hasty Glance at the Sonth Branch and the Healey Slough. Packing-Honses Which Are Clesn and Packing-Houses Which Are Offensive. The noisome and fearful stench which at {imes covers this city like a pall has been the theme of much discussion in the newspapers and with the public gencrally as 1o Low the nuisance could be abolished in a city where elaughter-honses and fertilizing establishments are allowed to run, evenin its very beart. Toe TrRuUNE has had a commissioner out during the past week investigating stenches and their drigin, and he thinks he has discovered the gourve of the evil, and how it may be cured. At best, slaughter-houses should not be tol- erated in themidst of any thickly-setiled town ot city. No matter how dleanly they are kept end buw purc the surroundings are, they will prove a puisance to the ncighborhood; and they have a demoralizing effect upon the youth of the vicinity, who, as a rule, flock there in sreat sumbers, hear the profane words used by the butchers, see the animals slaughtered, and from daily contact become case-hardened, as it were, not hesitating themselves, at the least provocation, to use the knife and pistol upon tbeir own companions. Then again: Whercever there is a slaughter- house (and no matter how cleanly it is Kept), there must of necessity be animal” matter and blood leaking through the floors and into the vards. These substances will also be carried around the buildines everywhere by the feet of the empioyes, thus forming 2 rotting mass whicl will send its sickening spores into the air 2 suon as decomposition sets in. ¢ This,” said a weli-known physicisn to Tue TRIBUNE re- Jorter, ¢ is a great source of meningitis, ma- ]:m'a, fever, bilious fevers, and other kindred discases.ahroughout the dty. This thing is con- fined o no one locality alone, but is wafted all over the city by the ever-changing winds, aud many a diseasé which has bafiled the physician’s kil could, no doubt, be ultimately traced to this source.” TIIE CONDITION OF SLAUGHTER-TIOUSES. - These things will be again_alluded to further on, the commissioner prefering first to give the condition in which be fouud slanghter-houses and fertilizing cesteblishments. The be was zccompanied LY ns{x ceial agent of the Citizens' Association, and all the evidence gathered may be substantiated in the future when the etink- factories shall be prosecuted and driven :n\-:xg from the gity. And here it should be state that the business of hog-killing can be carried on without sell, but that it 1S not donc_be- cause the packers are not compelled to put in the latest improved machinery, such as may be found in one or two places in this dty, and be- cause they do Dot exel suffident care to keep their Jp!m-cs smelling sweet and pure. As to the fertilizing factories, they are a curse to a city; their places mean death toinfant life; they accelerate consumption; they are preductive of the most maligrant malarial diseases, and the soouer they are driven from ourmidst the better will it be for the great, growing, and beautiful City of Chicago. The two investigators first called at the.estab- lishment of TOBEY & BOOTH, corner of Eighteenth and Grove_streets. upon the outskirts of the classical region of Bridge- port. - The locality is by no means an attractive dne, being immediately east of the bridge, the mailrond track cutting the packing-house off from the retail market. The reporter introduced himself to one ot the gentlemen of the firm, * Uncle Tobey ** being away. The commissioner was kindly received, and ‘when he made his errand ¥mown the finn expressed a willingness to show him through. It should be stated that there is no stench here whatever, and that the place is as well and tleanly kipt as any well-regulated kitchen. Fer- tilizers are manufactured here, every part of the bog being disposed of in the establishment ex- spt bristles. Sam Davis, the superintendent of the place, took the repurter through. - The offul comes from tanks to the ccllar, where it is put into a vatand rendered into lard- oil. It isdrawn, - FRESH AND HOT, gpan inclined plane to the press, whenceit comes through a heater clean and pureas sand. The eheese Is takien up on to a plattorm, whence It goes into another crusher and picker, and mes out pasty and damp. It is put into pans mdinto a drying-oven, and when sufliciently ars is Y!nted in apile in the dry-house. There is all this time not a particle of “offensive smell, and the floors are clean and white, very little ernible. The blood is also dis- HOW THE STINK 18 DISPOSED OF. ‘The noxious vapors are condensed from the tanks through the means of a trap, and brought ander the boilers, and the gas is thus destroyed. Mr. Davis took the repurter to the trap, when, through a little valve, he turned a little of the pure essence of stink into his Lkand and gave the reporter a whitl, Tt immediately sickened him. The tirm of Tobey & Booth have the emells ander perfeet control, and there is no complaint whutéver made of the house. TUE BRISTLES ore carted away daily, and are sold to curled- fiuir manufacturers, who make from them + pure horsehair-filled” mattresses and pillow They are ulso put into sofus and other articles of covered furniture, where the uncultured eve will not detect the deception. These bristles are tuken out and spread upon the prairic to dry, and therefore emit nc smell, but they would stink if allowed to lio several days in the touse. Hog-killing is douc in summer” only in e morning. About 250 are disposed of here daly. After having gone through this establishment the stench from_ some pf‘.w.'s Leewme terribly apparent, so much so, that both the searchers witer truth were nauseated. The trip wastal sround Wentworth avenue, out Archer avenue, ~here the stink was traced, then out Ialsted itrect, to THE STOCK-YARDS. The yards ar¢ kept dean, and, barringthe smell” of cattle in the pens, which is not un- wholesome, there was nothing’ 1o complain of there. Some forty teams are engaged all the time in carting away manure to a pile just west of Dexter Park, which is known as * Sherman’s private box.” Tt lics ina picce of prairic, whiclt 1< so fenced in and guarded night and day that none but the yard teams can enter or leave it. The streets through the yards are clean, though somewhat muddy in places, but the entire space shows that careis excreised in keeping the yards in suck condition that they cannot prove a nui- sance cither to the Town of Lake or the City of Clicago. Just cast and west of the yards are 1he places where all the trouble is encountered T Le sure, in the day-time the fertilizing cstab- Jishments show at their best, they being mainly . runat night. MESSRS, FOWLER BROTHERS ran one of the Jargest packing-houses in the own of Lake, northwest of the yards. They ave an jmmense capacity for hog-killing, and during the summer turn from 1,350t0 1,750 hogs lay into pork, bacon, and fertilizers. Their is_only tolerably dican, though not dirty. have no such arrancement as Tobey & Booth for the disposal of their smell. 'Kv‘hey luwve condensing pipes which run through water- nks haud under tneir boilers and juto the sewers, carrying, in the stinks under ground. iowe\'m!:“:;'ound the establishment the smell is but too plain] perveptible. In the buildings the tanks (tho only one or two were running when the reporter was therc) sent upa borrid smell. But the foreman explained, ortried to explain, “thay jt Gidn’t amount to anything,” wieress it was hoth sickening ana disgus to the reporter. Tle foreman stated blandly, when the reporter him what he felt and” saw, *‘the place will sunk aliztle anyhow,” one of the best anru- ments in the world for compeliing these people 12 put in the stink-absorbing machinery, which it is possible to do, though it would cost a Little money. OTOER PEST-TIOLES. Leaving there, the fact was noted that around <very place were pools of ereen, nasty, stagnant water, sending up their share of the emanations which prove s0 baneful to infant life, and are so great a eause of the desths of children under 5 years of age. Where the Tire from Messrs, Fowler Brothers’ tanks enter the sciwer there is a wooden covering over the receiviug basin, b\;t the stench which goes forth fromt ur. smells to hesven, and «al .s Jouder than any words or expreasions on paper for its immediate suppression. The ditchies the neighborhood are the receptacles for dead matter of all kinds. Offal and other stuff lies rotting under the noonday sun, conteminating the atmosphere and surrounding the nelgl'nb_or- hood with a sort of dull, lplstycloud,\\hmh scems to carry discase with itinits every breath. 'ANOTHER TERRIBLE NUISANCE. Back of the Stock-Yards is u ditch. Ttis meant for a canal, which some «ln]y will consiect the South Branch with South Chicago. It was jotended gs a blessing and relief, “but as Tue TriBusEg reporter found it, it is a curse and-an eye-sore,—a. very plaguespot, bordering the Aty. The. inteution of its planuer was good, Dbut instead of being now & canal, it is but a drainoge ditch, baving no outlets, and into hich the deposits of the surrounding country flow. In its midst are green, slime-covered slums. Offal and putrid matter appear every- where, and the sceds of discase there, ready to bé carried over the city. This ditch is anest-hole of corruption. Better closc it at once than have it asit is now, contaminating with stink and discase an cutire community. This place should be attended to at ont rcmcgicd, and Health Commissioner M L has here a fine field in which to commence his labors. DEAD ANIMALS, With all of these lvathsome features sur- rounding our city, not nes me-half nor the sworst has been told. Every word stated here is plain truth, and but shows the nccessity of some decided action by our health authoritics, especially at this tinie, when the scason for acute and epidernic disrrheeal dieases is 50 near at hand. . On_uearly every strect which the reporter traveled he found dead dogs, cats, rats, cte, all of which aid in sending corruption into the atmosphere. On Weutworth avenue, Mather street, Desplaines, Archer avenue, Halsted street,, Park avenue, and on nearly cvery West Side thoroughfarc, might be scen the carcasses of dead aninnals in’ various stages of putrefica- tion. These animals are mostly poisoned by the police. There was a time when they were rowmptly removed, but now they are allowed to Fic in the streets and rot. But this should not be. True, the city is hard up, but there certaiti- 1y can be an arraugement made to remove these unimals and thus protect the public health. The packing-house of E. D. CHAPIN & CO., near the Stock-Yards, in- the Town of Luts was found clesn and pure. There are: no fertit: izers made at this establishinent, and the offal and blood are Yarried away daily.- About 300 liogs are disposed of in the forenoon of each a ay. 1In the vicinity are also the packing-houses of Coey & Co., Armour & Co., Culbertson, Blaine & Co., and i[urphcy & Co. None of these man- ufacture fertilizers, and their places cannot be called noxjous. - Boyd & Dunban are running; they are located near Chapin & Co.’s, but, they do not manufacture any fertilizers, the place is not offensi 8. A. Ricker has a large packing-house imme- diately north of Chapin” & Co.’s. They have 2 large “capacity, and manufacture fertilizers. There is some smell about their place, but not nearly so much as at others,—at lcast not the day that Tue TRIBUNE reporter was making the examinations. Then there come the firms of Davis, Atkinson & Co. und E. H. Meyers & Co. They do mno rendering, and sell their offal and otlier offen- sive stuif to Obendor{ & Co., who cart it away to their fertilizing manufactory. TIE GREATEST SANE OF ALL. We come now to the whitewashed shanties of the Northwestern Fertilizing Company. The place is easily discovered by the stink whiich sur- rounds it, and which permeates_every nook and crevice in the neighborhood. This place fears investigation, and, therefore, Tuz TRIBUNE representative was not admitted. Entering the dingy office, which stunk worse’ ‘than any hog-pen in - the Stock-Yards, the reporter ~ was informed that he 1d not go through without certain preliminari As this would give the concern at least a duy’s time to prepare for the visit, the reporter de- clined. It is evident that if the reporter had gone to Jackson street office to get the pass, whicn was deemed so essential for admittanee, the place would have been in a manuer deodor- ized, and one-halfl its hideousness at least hid- den. Everywhere the stench from this hell-hole was too apparent. On the outside of the fence is a horribly filthy ditch. Filled as it is with a pool of stagnant water, the two combined do their fair share to aid in killing infants and spx;lmdiug discuses of the stomach and bowels, an AS{ISTING TO TIIE GRAVE those who are_consumptively indined, To add to this mass of filth, there wdre a number of old hog-pens in the neighborhvod. They, too, send up & stench, filthy and rotten, which cotnes from the manure snd recking and rotten buards which have never been cleaned. One-half the horrors of this plae could not be told in a dozen newspaper articles. They are evils which cry aloud for obliters- tion. Itisin the power of our Health Commis- sioner to grapple with this death-dealing mon- ster and erush it to the earth. The matter of stinks can be controlied as casily as any other evil which annoys our city. The fact that Tobey & Booth manufacture fertilizers in the heart of the city without giving offense, shows that it «can be done outside of the city is the same way, if the places will only put in the improved mis- chinery. It would be wiser, however, to REMOVE THEM from this locality altogetticr,and put them svmewhere near the Union Rendering Compal which was claimed to be so offensive some years ago whereas it was not as bad as the places which surround the Stock-Yards now. Leaving this locality and going further west we tind the pecking-houses of Libby, McNeill & Libby, L. B. Doud & Co., Hough & Co.’s (for- merly run by Davis Brothers). These places nn\g kill in 1311 and winter to sny great extent, and they manufacture no fertilizers. All of the packing-houses render lard, but this is not of- Tensive, the only objection being ' to the manu- facturc of guts into lard-oil and fertilizers In the vicinity just mentioned are the slaughter-houses of Romp & Co. and William Moore. These places :u‘ecompumlivelf clean, and, Jocated as they are, there is little in them to complsin of. The offal and blood from these houses are_carted to the neighboring stink- factories, where they are converted into tirst- class manure. OTHER STINK-FACTORIES. Of these factories there arc in the neighbor- hood Joseph Sherwin’s, Thompson Ed- wards’, Scanmon & Co., and Obendorfer, Shepherd & Co.; they, with the North- western Fertilizing Comp: furnish _ the ereatest portion of our municipal stink. Sher- win has but recently moved his place to the gmlri(-_ They all appear more or less cleanly, ut, as a Bridgeporter remarked to Tuz Tris- UNE reporter: “*They lic like —. These places run nights, and that’s the way they dodge 1he surveillanee of the public.” ‘These concerns all pretend to control their stinks and condense them. They run pipes through water-tanks and under their botlers, and in this way they pretend to burn their gases. And right here is where they get the advantage of the public. These fuctories all bave tall chimneys, perhaps 100 to 180 feet in height. Up these chimneys THE STINK-PIPES - are led, and, instead of the noxious gas being burned, it goes up into the air through the stacks, and the wind carries it _over the Gity. Being heavier than air, the stinks come down and enter sick-thamber and parlor or dining- room alike. At timnes, and very often, they come down so hezvily on the South and West Sides that the %L'D[) ¢ are compelled to close their windows. This bas been especially the case during the heated days and nights of this season. The public may rest assured that the greatest portion of the gtink in this city comes rom these factories in the Town of Like, and to these especially is Dr. McVickar’s attention cilied. These places can only be prosecuted upon evidence, and that is casily obtainable if the proper cffort is made. THE SOUTH BRANCH. Leaving the Stock-Yards the reporter hied himself to Bridgegort again, where he took peep into the South Branch. The smell is hor- rible. 1tsendsup all the combined odors of rottenness and corruption. Once upon a time this was a pure and limpid stream. But civil- ization has done for it. "It used to be cleansed through the means of pumps, which lifted the water into the canal. But thisis not the case now. The sewers that empty into it and the washings from the vicinity are allowed to con- taminate it, and it remains now s sluggish, gtagnant stream, without suflicient outlet, and its odors poison the atmosphere. Then there is HEALEY’S SLOUGH, so much written about. It seems to bea natu- ral drain for the surfece refuse of a ncighbor- hood which has few sewers. It does not stink as badly as in days of yore. It scems to have somewhat caught the spirit of reform, now so Tampant, and is eleanlicr this ycar than ever be- fore. Howerer, it is by no means healthful, It aids, too, in sending forth its share of malarial discase, and it ought to be filled up,— the sooner the better. There are some slaugh- ter-houses in this locality, and among them muy be mentioned that of = ? SHOENEMAN & CO., corner of Salt street and Archer avenue. This is not an offensive place, but it is not by any means what it should be. Tt is kept clean and fresh, but. like other slaughter-houses, the gen- eral objection to it is that it istoo near the heart of thavity. Thev kill cattle. hogs, and shieenat this house. The firin manufacture tallow on & I scale and deal in hides. They also try out zuts {or the fat and transport their offal out into the e have conncetion with the sewe est to keep down noxious smells, From here the reporter took himself to the blood-factory of STELN, BIRSH & CO., 506to 512 Archer avenue. This tirm make blood albumen, for sugar refiners and dyers, and are the only makers of this stuff in” the United States. ~ They have men at the slaughter-houses catchin:F the warm blood in pans, where .it is allowe i place in wagons and on_frames. Their place is cleanly kept, and not in the least offensive. to congeal, and is transported to their The blood is chemically treated in the cellar and condensed by stcam. They fill racks in rooms, which are kept at a heat of from 120 to 10 180 degrees. In these rooms there were 90,- 000 pans h which blood was drying. Al the Dblood they get is disposed of fresh every d "T'hey use the blood of about 1,200 cattle daily This concern has another factory on McGregor street, and one in New York.”™ Their business is mnowise objectionable, though located on Healey Slough. The slaughter-houses and meat-packing es- tablishment of JAMES TURNER were next visiteo. This place is conducted on the Paris abattoir plan, and has immense refrig- erator-ware housts conmected with it. e malkes tallow-butter, and cans tongues and beef for the English market. The whole place is clean, and 2il the gases are consumed by burn- ing them in the building. They are caught in tanks, passed through gasoline and lime, and make 3 pure and clicut illuminating gas. ‘Thus, rignt here, is ANOTIHER SOLUTION TO THE STENCHES, which by this process could be profitably util- ized. The gos is also burned in ing-houses in Charlestown, Mass., which w fornerly as great a nuisance as any in Chicugo, but are now clean and healthful, and allowed to exist in the heart of that city. = Turner’s house also sends its offal to the lake in 2 dump-boat, in conjunction with Joseph Sherwin and Shoeue- man & Co. At the corner of Wallace and Me- Gregor streets is THE SEAT OF ANOTHER SERIES OF BAD SMELLS. Reed & Sherwin formerly imanufactured - fertil- izers here, but this portion of their business has been removed to the Town of Luke, as before mentivned. Joseph Sherwin lus a slaughter- house here now, for Killing cattle, and Dennis 0'Connell a place for Killing shecp and Jambs. Everything is clean, so far as the eye could sec. Tallow is made, however, and this sends forth a rather offensive smell. © O'Connell’s place is kept very clean. Opposite to this is TURNER DROTHERS' sausage-casing factory. 1lere the guts of cattle, bogs, sheep, cte., are cleaned and the shells transported to Europe and over the country. Fiddle-strings, bass-strings, and whip-wrappings are also made in this pl The factory 1s kept clean, but the business is disgusting and offen- sive. . This place sends up & horrible stench ut times, and sliould be_removed from the nejgl- borhood, as the people find much fault withit. Then there is INEIDER & C sci Star Candle Works. This place, too, is kept clean. But sometimes it assists in sending up the horrible smells, as, through some process in the manufacture of candles and glycerine, they create a fearful stench. WHAT CAN BE DONE. From the above it will be seen that a pretty thorough inspection was made by Tuz TRIBUNE commissioner for the benefit of the public. It shows that the terrible evils exist, but that they can be abolished if the law is_enforeed, and that Tobey & Booth and Jumes Turner have thor- oughly mastered the stink nuisance. h regard to the stench, the people in the Town of Lake areloud in_their protestations against allowing the stink factories to exist !u)xlx;,:ler in their midst, and they wunt them abol- ished. Physicians, too, are ready to testify to their baneiul influences, and the sooner they are abol- ished the better for Chicago. —_—— HUMOR. Kil'n bus’incss, brick-making. A bandbill, your account for gloves. Sioux-ing machine, the scalping-kuife, An Irishman complained to his physician that he stutfed him so much with drugs that he was sick a long time after he got well. Mr. Evarts spoke in his oration of * Qur debts [ to the men of 1776.” Ah! would that atl our debts were to the menof 1776, You cannot convince a dog with a string of fire-crackers attached to his narrative thutthe American republic is a complete success. The only father that is exempt from taking care of his baby daughter is the locomotive cn- gineer. He cannot Ieave his engine and tender. The Prince of Wales brought back a native waiter with him from Indis, and London pro- nounces the fellow an Hindoo-by-table suc- cess. If any one should ask you the difference be- tween a driving park and the natives of Fiji, an- swer that one 1S a race course and the other & CORTSE ract. Oftentimes a man ransacks the whole housc for a pin, aud, not being able to find one, drops into a chair with disgust, aud is immediately re- warded for the search. What is the difference between an old ex- officer of the Government and the present Gov-. ernor-General of Canada? One is a duffer out, and the other a Dufferin. The boy’s first really ereat lesson in acting usually takes place upon mecting his mother in search of the pantry-key, which lies securely at the bottom of his trousers-pocks An old negro was paid his wages in silver Thalf-dollars. Me gazed beniguly upon them as they lay in his palm, grinned as though in tri- umph, and exclaimed: * Dat's de stulf de rats can’t chaw!?” Little Girl: “Oh, pleese, sir, I've brought your shirt ’ome, but mother says she can’t wash it no more. 'cos' she was obliged to paste it up agen the wall and chuck soap-suds at it, it’s so tender! ?—Fun. A boyish novice in smoking turned deadly pale aud threw away his cigar, Said he, T! sumthin in that air cigar that’s made me sick.” 41 know what it is,” said_his companion, pull- ing away. “What?” ¢ Tobacker.” A patriot, who had been laying aside some- thing every year for the completion of the Wash- ington Monument, took the money out lust week and succeeded in purchasing a 10-cent cigar with it by inducing the dealer to knock off 2 cents. A fire was cansed in Scranton the other day by the sun’s rays glancing off a citizen’s nose and concentrating on a frame shed. The cwner of the nose doesn’t belong to 3 temperance so- ciety. He argrues that a little wine for the stom- ach’s sake will barm no one. In the Pyrences the following noticeis posted in a hotel: *All travelers on their arrival will be entitled, gratis, to a bath, with friction and speeial lotions. These lotions will guarantee the traveler perfect immunity from the numer- ous insects which infest the hotel.” In acity where unliceused dogs are rapidly being disposed of by the revolvers of the police, a little girl who hud heard of the frequent deaths and their cause, asked her mother, when i gentleman died next door, “What mude AMr. — die? Wasn’t be licensed?” Stern ostess (who is giving private theatri- cals): “ You arevery late, Mr. Fitz Smythe, They’ve begun long ago! ? guid person of importance (who abominates that, particular form of entertainment): “ What! You don’t mean to say they're at it still} "—Punch. Judge l_‘f‘nch, of Kansas, hung a man by the neck until he confessed to stealing $20, and then gave him 100 lashes. The nest day the owner of the money found it in a drawer where he bad himself putit. The suspended party shouldn’t have been in such husto to confess. Said 2 Denver prisoner to His Honor: “You've sent me up cvery summer for four years, and I've missed the Fourth of July every time. Now I want you to make it short this time. Make it so I'll et out Lefore the Fourth, This is the last Centennial I expect to spend on earth, and I don’t want to epend it in jail.” Occasionally barbers get hold of a poor quality of bay rum,und, when such is applicd to the face of & mnan just shaved, it smarts like fire for afew moments. A case of this kind oceurred in _one of our larber-shops the other day. **Whoop! hold! Holy Moses!” yelled the ma springing wildly from tbe chair, and clasping his burnmyg cheeks with both hands: you may skin me—that’s all right—but D11 be esientially cussed if 'm going to have pepper-sauce rubbed on it afterwards! “Now, you hear me!” ¢ Mike,” said Dennis, * Mike, d'ye see that? TR fall overboard, and you’ll jfimp’in and reseue me, and we'll divide the reward, which’ll be & pound apiec: “ Agreed,” seid Mike; “here. goes,” und a minute later he was foundering in the water. But no sooner had he fallen in than Dennis, to his inexpressible horror, remembered that e didw't kuow how to swim, and so, fn- stead of springing in and rescuing the drowning mnan, he stood leaning over the rail, staring at the bubbles where Mike sunk. Once Mike came up, but Dennis gave no sign. Twice he came up, but Dennis could neither move noruttera word. For the fatal third time he came to the surface, and faintly exs med: ‘‘Denny, av ye ain’t mighty quick it's only 15 shillings efch we'll aef foF re-overin’ the Hodv ™ — Pk, 3 FINANCE AND TRADE. The Country Banks Applicants for Considerable Rediscounts. Light Movement of Carrency to New York---Clearings of the Week. The Produce Markets Irregular ==--Provisions Firmer. Wheat Excited and Weak --- Corn Easior in Sympathy. Condition of the Wheat in Store in Chicago. FINANCIAL. The transactions of the loan market reacheda logv ¢bb durlng the pust week. The clearings indi- cated that counter business of all kinds was light, and that trade was generally quiet. The demand for bank accommodations was any- thing but pressing. The largest single source from which puper comes to the banks is the country. As before expluined in this column, the lowness and fluctuations of the prices of stock und wheat have kept a great deal of them out of market. ates.a demand for loans in two wa. men, who carry these accumulations and a great deal of assistince from the bank; country trade is unfavorably affected, collections grow harder, and ks have more applications from thelr customers than they can mect, and are obliged to upply to the city banks for rediscount. 3 The supply of city commercial paper 18 light. Business is in the quiet stage usual at this time of Little new paper fa taken by the merchants, and they make as little as possible of their own. Rates of discount ut the banks are 8@10 per cent to regular customers. Thereare a few independ- ent borrowers who can obtain sccommodation st the country On thie street there is s demand for good paper that outruns the supply. Rates are 6 per cent and upwards for time loans, 3 New York exchange continues to be quoted at 60 @73c per $1.000 premiumn between banks. W] ever movement of currency there is, is toward ‘The clearings of the week are reported as follovws by Manager D. R. Hale, of tne Chicago Clearing- TAXATION OF BANKS. The incqualities of the assessment of the banks of this city is shown by the following statement made by Mr. W. F. Coolbaugh, President of the Upion National Bank, before the Committee on Equalization of the County Board: - Cardtal Selling orn Central Nation Northwestern N; Capndian Bank of Com- I THE CALIFORNIA MINING-STOCK M The Sen Francisco Evening Post of July 23 re- e 1 8103 fiest act I8, n -ner rapld au Il bia 8 recerved thair punishment wi. ¢ oulls s mitte 4wl e peshtn agvelonuent in (he uiarkay we. il W grreat rise cd £ o thie wreek ding woeck 1004 evurage trom the outlcok ¢ zuod Thedr marglng ch v £ally. hied stnau from unuer during the first dacline, coliected tho scastered rempants of G e el jo'ses by Inveitlu and’sought 10 4 rig.ng mark, n:ed t) $4i{ pend 8 breathed et seemel moie chan ever i BaslSUDE e Lpward murch turougn e case when the mar $ucden ind inexplicable ma ner, the change was un- natural aud short-livel ¢ atoapin whi b toeLsidre wnl the brighs tupes fus 1 ward £ was mercl; idcnt aliort-seilzrs, doomed to b uwat NEW YORK NATIONAL BANKS RETIRING CIRCU- Ten of the New York National Banks have sold their United States bonds and retired their cireu- lation. They are the Union, Park, Chemical, Ful- ton, City of New York, Metropolitan, Republic, First snd Third Nationals. looking to economy, and as strengthening the po- sition of the banks by reducing their labilitics. STBAWS ON A RISING TIDE. Several of the manufacturers in Lancaster, 0., are driven with work, and the others ¢: creased business in the fall. in: the farmers fs good, over their bountiful barvest The movement is vne 1t is a pleasant thing to record, Instead of lower- ing prices, and_ failuros, and such like disagree- Dles, that the Johnson Gincham-Works, which closed a short time ago o suddenly, are to’ resume The Boston Advertiser says: jobbing-housvs of this ci this year than they di Tonses are doing their full The New York Tribune says: find encouragement in the prospect of a good fall The dry goods and commission houses re- port_esrly sales and u hopeful outlook. Low freights, it is thought, will bring greater custom, TIE RECENT AUCTION-SALE IN NEW YORK. At the conclugion of the late auction-gale of flan- iew York, the senlor partner, Mr. Byers, of the firm of Parker, Wilder & Co., on whose ac- count the sale was held, made a speech which wound up with the hope that **the buyers would make as much money as the manufacturers had lost.” *‘Itisa fact,” says the New York Journal of Commeree, **thnt thongh it was an excellent sale, admirably conducted, and showing an ad- vancing tendency unmistakably, the prices were not remunerative, and only indirectly encouraging 28 pointing to improved ‘future prospects, not to any very sutisfactory realization of present hopes. "'he prices, in fuct, were considerably below those 2t the frst sale of the kind last fall. important issue involved, however, beyond the mere transmuting flannels into dollars and cents. The object was to sustain the market, and giving it u better tone by forcing it on the perceptions of every one buying goods that the corucr has been turned at last, that bottom prices werc not tonched this week at all, —that painful but necessary opera- tion having been previously pérformed. GOLD AND GREENBACES. Gold wae 1113:@112% in greenbacks. Greenbacks were 893 ¢ The dry-goods year- amount of business, ™ ** Business men There was an e ou the dollar in GOVERNMENT BONDS. B Tnlted States 65 of ‘81 505 of "7 January aud Jul 6 Of '8 January and July. 31 United States currency e, CITY AND COU: ty 7 P ct. bonds.. 1Ly 7 }ct. sewera: West Park 7 @ ct, bonds. Norti Clleago 7 ¥ ct. ‘bonds (Lincuin *And interest. LOCAL STOCKS. *And fnterest. BY TELEGRAPI. New Yorg, July 20.—Gold opened at 1117%, sold up to 1123, at which figure it closed. Par- chases were large. Carrying rates flat to 1 per Governments dull and steady. Tailroad bonds generally quiet. ing funds advanced 10 8033, und the LaCrosse Di- vision declined to 1013{. Northwestern gold 78 declined from 943 to 84, and afterwards rallicd to Other changes slight. quiet and nominal. The stock market opencd irregular and feverish. Cosi stocks took the leasd as usual in the point of activity and changes in prices, New York Central opened at 64, advanced to 643, and afterwards fell to G314, upon_ rumors of a strike amon; 5'Aug. 1 in consequence of & reduction of ages. Deloware & Lackawanna opened at. 974, Granger stocks dull and a Si. Panls heavy. tern Union - dull and | Central dull St. Paul sink- dcclined to 963 fraction lower. suasg at 53, ug;l_ speculation was__dull, and tranenctions Ixni!nd. Chicago & Northwestern stocks a shade Tow Ty upon false reports of the illness of John F. E-udin;,' busi‘x‘xéfls Dircetor of the Company. St. Puul shares were also heavy, but the remainder of the market was pretty tirm. Michigun Centrul improved to 421 ; inkc Shore, 5333 Delaware & Lackswanna steadierut 963, The leading rate for the last-named is quoted at 3-18 per cent for use to-day and very scarce. Late in the day the mar- ket wos weak for Western stacks upon reports of o decline in wheat for Angust and September deliv- ery. Northwestern declined to 38%, St. Paul to 853, Rock Islond to 107%. Other stocks guict and steady, The market closed dull and irregular. “Transactions to-day aggregated 77,000 shares, of which 14,000 were Lake Shore, 4,200 North- western. Rock Ieland 4,000, Pacific Mail 1,400, St. Pauls 26.000, Ohlos 3,600, Western Union 3,700, Delaware, Lackawana & Westcrn 8,800, New Jersey Central 2,500, #nd Aichigan Central 9,500, - Monc}i market e“z’i 8t1%@2. Prime mercantile aper 3% and upward. P Cictons receipts, $340,000. Tho Assistant Treasurer dishursed $160, 000. E‘lpuri I [’ $110, 000, 000‘. 5006 Siipmeits of specie to-da, 550,000, Slehine dull and heavys sty dags, SLETA@ 4867 wighty S5, S0V 0% GOVERNMENT BON Coupons, '8t Coupous, New.. Coupaus, 7. Coupos, *68: Harlen: pid....... Micliigah Contral: Tanams.. U. P, stoc 25t 27| Central PaciticLonds. 107 Tilinols Ce Clevelund & Plutsburg Northwestern.. 1. Pae, land-grant... 104 ortmwesternii i U Pac” sloking-fund. 94% e Cy 5 STATE BONDS. 4141 virsinla, new. 134 3 311 Tennessce s, old. 14 | dsour Tennessects, ne Virginta, ofd., The New ekly bank statement iy 4 ve: Lonus, decrease, S1,177,100; specie, de- ce, S1,380,200; legal-ténders, increase, 323,200; deposits, decrease, $876,700; circu- , decreuse, $251,1005 reserve, increase, $1,158,175. FOREIG: Loxnoy, July 29—Evening and account, 4J 11-16. —Consols for money American »ecurmeu.lgfis. 1064 ;_ 678, 1094; 10-40s, 108%{; new New York Central, 08; Erie, 1 referred, 20, Pamis, July 59.—Heutes, 100f 2i¢c. ¥raxgrout, July 20.—New ¢, 102%. COMMERCIAY, The following jwere the reccipts and shipments of the leading articics of produce in this city during the twenty-four hours ending at 7 o'clock on Saturday morning, and for the correspondiagtime Just year: Recelpis. Shipments. 1876, i 1875, 1878. |- 1875, T + Flour, bris. 11 5,965 Wheat, bu 86, 49| - hoy Gattie Sheep, No Hides, 1bs, 1. wihe Wool, 1b3. Potatoes, bu. Coul, tons. Lumber, m i, Shingles, w. Selt,"br sumption: 6,135 bu wheat, 3,166 bu corn, 653 bu oate. The following grain was inspected into store in this city on Saturday morming: 10 cars No. 2 K. W, wheat, 6cass No. 2 spring, & cars No. 3 do, 3 _cars rejected do. 2 cars no grade (20 wheat); 1 car No, 1 corn, 38 cars high-mixed do, 219 cars and 10,000 bn No. 2 do, 1 carnew mixed do, 65 cars and 3,000 bu rejected do, 1 car no grade (375 corn); 2 cars No. 1 oats, 8 cars white do, 23 cars No. 2 do, 2 cars rejected do (35 oats); 1 car No. 1 rye, 8 cars No. 2 do; 2 cars rejected barley. Total (450 care), 198,000 bu. Inspected out: 25,87 bu wheat, 172,042 ba corn, 27,520 ba oats, 1,175 bu rye. The following were the receipts and shipments of ‘breadstufls and live stock at this point during the past week, and for the corresponding weeks end- ingas dated: Rereipta— Flour, bris Shipment: Flour, brla, Wheat, bu. B 15,177 10l The following were the esports from New York for the weeks endingas dated: . 26,756 17,08 July20, July 22, Jul 1876, 1871 I8 Flour, brla. 22 Wheat, b 7, 610 ) Corn. 500,85 274,580 John B. Lyon and William T. Baker, the leading memberg of twa firms which have shipped out be- tween them not far from 80 per cent of all thecorn moved out of Chicago this season, have been inter- rogated in reference to the condition of corn ship- ped by rail versus canal. They agree in stating that a large proportion of the corn -shipped by rail from the West to the seaboard has arrived out of conditlon, while very little of that shipped by Inke and Erie Canal has been warm on its arrival at New York. Mr. Hatch can draw little support from the experiences of 1876, for his 1dea that the water routes must eventually be superseded by rail, for grain. The all-rail movement is not favorsble to condition this year, either in wheat or corn. CONDITION OF WHEAT. The Committee appointed to examine the condi- tion of the wheat in Chicago elevators reported Saturday that they had made a full examination, with the following result. The wheat of the grades known as No. 2 and No. 2 Northwestern was in zood condition and in every way merchantable, Swith the following exceptions: In the Air-Line Elevator there was one bin, No. 140, containing about 4,000 bu that was a little soft, but,in the judgment of the Committee, is not damaged. Tn the City Elevator, bins 42, No. 2 Northwest- ern; snd No. 72regular, No. 2 wheat, was a tritle warm and needs handling. There was no smell of heating upon it, and the Committec do not consider it damaged wheat. IntheC., B. & Q. Elevator C, we found bins Nos. 181 and 201 slightly soft, but not warm. In the Fulton Elevator we found bins 10, 42, and 44 a trifle warm, but readily curuble by prompt handling. In the Northwestern Elevator the wheat might be called elightly soft, but not in any.way out of condition, In Neely's Elevator we found bins Nos. 17 and 35 slightly warm, snd should be handled. The Committec are glad to say that they were assisted in every way in their examinations by the proprietors of the everal clevators and their employes, and they are satisfied they are taking 211 needed mensures as they should to preserve the property in their charge. The Committee are unantmously of opinfon that none of the wheat above referred to as excen- tionsto prime condition is of & character or con- dition that would justify the clevator proprictors in posting ench wheat as being out of condition. Almost immediately after the reading of the re- port prices deelined ubout 2 per bu. indicating that the report was far Irom re-eetablishing cont- dence in the condition of our wheat. It was argued that the wheat is near enough to the hot phase to make it dongerous to ship. On the other hand, parties who ought to know state that the wheat is little if any worse than the average of past years. They sny that a summer never passes without some ‘ins being objected to by the shipper. The objec- tion being made, the bin Isshut off, and the next cool dey its contents are run over, which process " restores it to decent condition. 1If this be the case, it would seem thut the recent ecare has heen morse extensive than was warranted Dy the facts. Itis stated that the wheat is in much better order than it was two weeks ago, and that the wheat having been kept so long without serious damage, there is no further danger, unless very unfavorable atmos- pheric conditions should ensoe. THE MARKETS, The leading produce markets wero moderately | Unlon Pacinic bonds. 103} well attended Satarday, and comparatively steady, with & foir business doing, except that wheat was active and depressed. The receipts were only mod- erate’in the agarezate, and very light in some de- partments, whiic the outward movement was small. The tradingwas chiefly for future delivery. Within the past few days there has been some slight improvement in the demand for dry-goods, but the general market still wearsavery quiet look. The dullness now and forsome time past prevailing 1sby no means peculiar to the present season, how- ever, July usually belng the quictest month of all the year., Prices remuin firm. Groceries were or- dered rather sparingly as a rule. Some of the job- bers appeared to be pretty busy, but others report- ed & dull trade, In prices no changes were noted. All the staple articles and most side- goods were fairly firm. Butter was active, and commanded fully previous figures, Cheese met with a moderate inquiry only, and under lib eral offerings the market had & weak tone. The fish trade lacked activity, the scanty sapply of cod, herring, and fat mackerel restricting business. Whitefish are plenty, and were offered at 10@15c reduction from previous quotatlons, viz. : $1.10@ 4,15 for No. 1. Dried fruits remain dull. The oil trade was quiet, with prices unchanged. Grain bags are in growing demand, and prices are ‘work- fng firmer. Leather was dull at the re: tions of the day before, . Lumber was quict and unchanged. A few sales were made at the docks, bat the offerings of lum- ber cargees were too smallto permit much aetivity. Lath were firmer, owing to scarcity. The yard market was dull and essy. Wool is =ell- ing freely at the recent prices, the East- ern sy well as Western manufacturers being in the market. The receipts are moderate and stocks appear to be decreasing. Broom-corn continues dall and ratber frregnlar in price, 25 usnal just before they aew harvest, when many are desirons of closing out their old stock. The seed market remains quict. Green fruits were in fair supply and casier. Poaltry and eges were slow and lower, except fresh packages of the lut- tor, which were rather searce, and readily found buyers. Lal oaty. — PROVISIONS. HOG PRODUCTS—~Were In falr request, and firmer, fnsympathy with sslizht advance fnthe prices of pack- ing hogs. The receipts of hogs durlng the past few days have beea light, and summer packing slow in con- sequence, but there has been little export demand, though the outward movement of summer meats cut 10 order continues larze. The Duily Commercial Report gives the following as the shipments of provisions from this clty for the perfods bamed: Pork, | Lard, |Hams, Shouldera] *Middles, c A Rl o i d quota- freights were in hetter demand on Canadian account, and firmer, at 53¢ on tvheat, and 454¢ on corn to Kingston. DBuffalo rates were nominal at 1%@13con corn. Rail freights were quict, with- out change in quotations, agents asking 20c to New York, 18c to Philadelphiz, 17%c to Baltimore, and 2Gc to Doston, per 100 s, and heing willing to take considerably less. Through rates by lake and rail were quoted -at 9c for corn und 9%c for wheat to New York, and 10c on corn to New England points. Freight engagements were reported for 67,000 bu wheat, 115,000 bu corn, and 12,000 bu 6,440 2,000 1,002 Gl Swr| 2e8) suLeso] il | 6,100 :u,wxrn.m 39,600, 110279, 170, 110 53112222, 943160, 51732 339, 693 218, 950, 602 “includes all cut meats except S. P. hama aad shoulders. Mess Pork—Was rather more active for September deltvery, with Hitle else doing, and advanced 15@1734¢ per brl._ Sales were regorted of 2,000 brls seller Au- Bust ut $18.65@18.75; 7,750 brls seller September at and 500 brls seller the year at $15.006 Totdl, 10.250 brls. The market closed frm ac .70G18.80 for cash; S§16.70€18.75 scller July; $18.70618.75 seller August; $18.874@18.90 for Sep- tember; and §15.90%15.95 seller the year. Prime mess pork was nomiual et $19.00@19.25, and exira do at $14.2514.50. \Lard—Was quiet, but advanced 124@15¢ per 100 23 under a falr demand with light offerings, though there ‘was no fmproverzent In the Liverpool quotatlon. Sales were reported of 1,500 tes seller August at $10.80@ 10.675; snd 2,500 tes seller September at $10.924@ 11.00. Totsl, 4.0 tes. The marker closed Arm at $10.85@31C.57% casl or & uly: S10.8510.875 for seller August; 1097 00 seller Sepiember: aud £9.75@10.00 selier the year. Summer-rendered was quoted about 5 10¢ per 100 Hleats—Were aufec. but were quoted H@He pes zher. The only sales re- ported were ‘110" tes sweet-plckled Lams on private Termy, BUt there was oine CAaNIng over from August Into Stptember, and & moderate demand for shipment, but at dpures which were Lelow the views of holders, The productlon of meat has fallen off under the recent 433,626! 6,817,607 duliness, xo that there is now less on the market than lererofore. The following were the latest quotations on winter-cured lots: Shous- Shore Stort ders. Tib clar, # 3 34 Summer-c! oted at CH@G%4c for boxed shoulders: Skiti¥e for do sliort ribs: 34GOkC for dolong clenrs: 03¢ Tor do short clears: Uik 4O%C for do loiig nad siort clears: 9% @ai{c for do Cumber- weet plckled hima: snd 1 dcon haus abous 133! cr stendy and qules 8t $10.75 12,00 for extra mess; and 1100 for mess; SI1. 2 r ham: 2300 & 5. Tallow—~Was quoted at 8@8Mc for city, and 3E8¢ for country lots, according to ceudition. BREADSTUFFS. 5 FLOUR—Was rather more actlve, though the volum of trade wasstill light, aad there was no fmportant change In prices. The buying was all done by local dealers and bakers. Sales were reported of 200 brla winters on private terms; 950 brls spring extrasas $3.00 for sour, and $4.62}%@5.50 for good; aud 100 bris spring supertines at $3.15. Total, 1,250 bris. Tha market closed nom!nal a¢ the following as the asking range of prices: Choice winters, $6.2567.25; medlum winters, $5.600.00: cholce spring extras, $5.003:5.5 medfum do, $1.75@5.00; shipping extras, $4.25G4.7: cholce patents, $6.5067.50; common do, $5.75(46.00; sour springs, $3.00@Y.50; spring superfines, $2.50@ 3.00. Rye flour, £3.95G+4.00. Bran—Was in fafr demand, and steady at the recent advance. Sales were 60 tons at $10.50 on track, and 10 tons from winter whent at $11.00 on track. Corn-Meal—Conrse Was nominal at $15.75@16.00 per ton on track, WHEAT—Was active and frregular, declining 24@ 33{c, or an average of 3¢ from the latest quotations of Fridoy, and closing 1@2%c lower. The market opened stronger, Liverpool belng veported dearcr, though ar- rivals off the const were lurge, and speculation was checked by fine weather and Jarge receipts in England. New York was also reported more firmly held, but with littie doing, una our receipts were small, only 29 car- oxds helng inspected (oo store, of which 16 would fll contracts. (The tnspection since July 1 1S 3,204 cars, agalnst 6,274 cars for the. same time in 1875.) But the rmarket soon weakened, and the only reason given for 1t was the rumor that some members of the Committee uppointed to examine the wheat were selling through brokers. When thelr report was read alittle panic en- sued. the market declining 2¢ina few seconds, but fy soom rencted when {t was found that the wheat found tree purchasers at the declice. The difference between the prices for August and September was 5 early, but 1t widened to 6¢ efterwands.under the Increased anxiety 10 scll wheat deliverable’ nest Tuesday. Towurds the end of the session there was some diserimination in favor of whicat in certsin houses, aS members of the Commiteee stated Informully that the Wl il in Central, Armour. Dole & Co.'s, Fllnt & Thompson's, the Galens, ahd Nutt's Elovators. The facts to b gathered Trom the body of the report (tself, that only @ small percentaze of the whole Is {n ques- tionable conditfon, did not welih much in tie marker, for the reason chat the poorcst wheat s expected o be deltvered first. * Sclier September opened ut 94c, sold at 943e, then at 03¢, advanced to m!&ei(uccx ed to u1¥c, e. PO /0 b ic; 9, bt No. 3 do at 79@80c; 7,600 bu rejected do % §;’l 1,400 bu by sampléar SuGa2Kc on xflnc‘};‘.%{fi u. nnesata Wheat—Twas quiet, and sympat] e break (n the. fencral InaTket, thougn B No. 2 commanded a premium of 2G4 over the corre- spondinz grade of stralght wheat. Sale: gdof 400 bu No, LaEeh: A0 S c; 500 bu by sample at B2UC6Sc on track; and 8 Fopuny ) nd 800 L do at <e on board curs. Total, 16,000 bu. N—Was otive and Irregulr. The market ad- vanced 3¢ early under a good demand, which was par- tially due 30 a ise of 34 per4801a 1 Liverpool, and fel OIf afterwards, In eympathy with wheat, closing Sg@tc Jower than the previous evening, New York was iirm, and our receipts only fair, “though a littie largér than Eriday, while thcre weas o very zood shipping démand, which would _probably iave been continuous ‘but for the break fa wheat, and o stronger fecling In lake freights, which'checked the Inquiry. A few buying orders wers recefved from the country, and the local demand to fil Augusy sales made that dea! relatively firm. Sellor September opened at 46ic, s0ld at $636¢, and declined 10453c at the close, Sellér August sold at 4Ws@d6ide, cloalngs at 453c. Seller the month, or cash No. 2, sold st 4534463c, closing atthe Inslde. Highmixed closed ut474c. Cush sales were reported of 26,8 bu high ixed st 47'4eea7ige; 167,000 by No, 2 8t 453¢ii8ke; 400 hu new high mixed at 42c; 2,400 hu new mixed at 41G414C; 37,000 bu tejected at 41@A13(c; 4,000 bu by sumple at 35G43Ke on track: and 1,200 b do &L A3y ¢ tree on_bourd cars. Total, 223,800 bu. OATS—Were more active, and firmer, cash befng 14c and optlons Keh(c higher. Most of the trading was done eurly, the market being quiet, and a shade casics in the Inttér parcof the session, thouzh cash was steady at the early advanee, the offerings belng limited to & Tow car Iots, and there was a good demand for July shorteand shippers. Therecelpts were moderate, and the Ioported skipments small, Cash No.2sold und closed st 36z, and rejected at ‘accoraing to location. Seiler August gold at . und closed a 20%c, % Seprember sold At 293(@29%5¢; andjOctober a both closing at the fnside. ~ Cash sales were reported of 15,000 bu No. 3 at 30c: 9,000 bu rejected at @) @2abge; 2.400 bu by samnple at 304@35¢ on track; 1,800 bu do at B13qicssc tree on buard. “Total, 23,200 bu. By E—Was In falr request at Fridav's range of prices, ®hich varied according to the location of the receipta. No. 2 s0ld at 55@56¢, and short receipts at Silge, Re- fected was firmer, selling at 47¢. _Opilons were qulet. Cash sales were reported of 2,500 bu No. 2 6t 5406@a56c; 400 bu refected at 47¢; 475 bu new by sample 8t 476:57¢ on rrack, ‘Toatal, 3,675 bu. BAl quiet and_easler: carly afew flaes ‘were sold at 69!4c for September. and 673¢ for October, and the market closed quiet atthese prices. Old Nu, 2 80ld In car-lots at 50c. Other grades were tnactive d nomiual as S0¢ for No. 3, and 2%¢ far rejeuted. eject . - Dlos Were quist. The affesings (neluded creoes of oy from different localitles, bnt Casi salca were Himited (0 1200 pu gl Nocls FePoret, -2 s GENERAL MARKETS, ALCOHOL—Was quoted at §2.21. BROOM-CORN—Was tlow, and {rre; Igstated that there will not be over :vf:-lz”m&.:,’;“‘ I fo Iiinols. Kaneas and the Mohawk vaney 209 well, but corn iu other sections {s buckward. UL 1ug s the range of prices furnished by dealery; | L™ oid hurl, 10¢; hurl, 6&8¢; mediom and No, » sGoHc; good to cholce medlum brash, wiguge Sk toside and covers, 4G4%4c; Inferlor, 3gaas it 2@c. ' BUTTER—The posttion of the butter sentlally the same a3 on the preceding day, af o2& falr activity characterizing both the local and g5, demand, and prices ruling Arm. The recelpts rb remarkably, but stocks are not Increasing to agy g ? sble extent, and the outlook secms favoraty, o IC® malntenance of present prices. Sles were aoteg 2 following Sgures: Choleo to fancy yellow, i, medtum to good grades, 156:18¢; dnferlor to pome s 11@13¢. rwu%» % BAGGING—There Is contluucd Improvement 3 demand for gratu bags, and prices are gradually hay, fng. This fs more cspectally the case with thg jrot ed goods, she sapoly Of which 18 compriarts fere’ s only & modurate movemenr Lglirey gunofes. We quote: Stark A, 24ge: Beey 23igc; Lewditon, 23c; Montan, R etles Siana A, e, farlo, e : 'O 2uc: Amoskeag, 0ci Otter Cra, urlap bags, 4 bu, 14@15¢; gunnles, sin Sk, e % o S Fere I etter demand e SANSTWere emand and 6, 1.10 for cholte hand-pleked offerings. 4 fom SL058 baying orders to fll were on the street. Partley ‘CIIIEESE—The demand was 1ot at al active, g quict way a pretty rspectable sagregate of sag lan dccomplfihed. Prices rauge as beforc, viz.: at agherss Tuley wood to best, und at Zw7c for inferior to m {¥e quote the market casy. edinm 'CUAL—Was nactive and unchanged. The foy; quotations are furalshed: LasKawanna, egp. 1 s, t, $7.75: do range, $3.00: Blossburg, $7.00; caosid ; Candy ze, :;4 %(u.w; Baltimore & Ohlo, ug; ih_packages were quoted at xy%-. U Stale stock 1s slow at 10@1ic. Retaflers are only trom hand 10 moutk, sad the Mock dectiny slowly. FLSH—Witensh £re n lasse supply and. with outy 1t demand the market contnus weak g L8 8, YFor No. 1 whitetish 4. 10G4, 12 wore ‘Ha el prices yesteriay, Chough some sales. were il DE e Jlow a8 $4.00. Cocdsh, " h Bnckerel arenlighe siock dnd 37 g Weiiow quote: No. 1 ‘whiteish, 5g-ou T8 P, Y5 Sliola 00 ; tain ek oSkl No. "1 shore _macker: brl, i E72d fam T 'shore ki lurge. $i it S—The frult markes w ahange Fo was a well-suscalned dewand fog poocs 4nd 3bplcs, DUt heyond thial the movement wasHoaig Prices range about as foll Foreiygn—Dates, 648! layers, 15@15%e; figy e, ] TUnLS,” GisGde; French prunes, kegrs and LOSES, 25125 ralsint, luyers, 3o % Valencls, 93g10ie; B Rsic. - % ¥ pared peaches, raspberTies, 3530k 34c; ulmonds, Terragon; s Erepen wanore S «1434c; Brazils, 8@ykc nciace peaniute 54 GREEN FRUITS~Ulackberries were o iiberal fapply and sotd freely carly ata shade cosier prices. Gry Derrica were rather slow. Apples and tomatacssdld o Fosent prices. - Lemons were qroted casler, though o Jruit wouid brifg better Lgurce If tiers Were any 1o Hfock.” The season 1s just Detween the new and oly rops. when therc {3 8 searcity of good frait. Lana Sapics lewions. which are 2lowed 10 ipen on thetres and do not keep well. are oifered at inside Ngures, whi Sfall Messina {ruts, thu picking of the uew crop, com. Mands the Tighest prices. _Oranges are nOw qusteg 3t 8. 0U&8, 50, : uotations: Black raspberries, $1. 3.00 per case of 16 fuchorrics, S2.006250 06 b e apples, pe Beacher, 75 latoes, ¢ Per box: Watere icions, 00 per 100; muvEmelons, 33.003 L “miu, $11.505.2.90 Der box: ormage, 0 1 box. SEROCHANE here was a well sustatned demsnd for eugars, butthe figulry far othier Lines Was not ve wctory. Prices, however, were firm all m plces. We repeat ourquotstions $w6¥c; Caroling, 7GSc: Lonisans, —0. G._Java, 20@30c; Java, No. 2, 267 ancy Rlo, 213{@=2HC: 00d 10 prime do 3ty comnon to falr, 193200 roastiug, 18%E10c; Sirinore Java, 24@2¢; Costa Rica, 2134G3c; Mara- caibo, 21 2:3fe, ‘Sugars—Pateut cut loaf, 113G 12c; crushed, powder- e et DT A SLamdaR. o No. 2, Tl 1dc; do 3. 116lldse: B, 1@iikey extra €, 1044 lle; C 2, 1074cs seliow C Na. 1, 1074 1036c: do C_No. 2 10} fce brown, T @ 10Nes tair to prime do, SHE el s, €xtra fine, 3 extri do, 53g0c; New 70¢: do prime, SNt 0T &4 tco molaes, -wc";im o emee cloves, asoucs casls, nutmegy, $1.10@1.15; Cal Ge: German Mottled, 8%are; 3§@Hc; White Kose, 6i6iic; l::inlgfinn, Golden West, ShigoHe. gloss, 9 4¢; corn, 9 310e. were light d et._ Quotations: e 307y Bimoth: upiand 50z slough, $2.50. ‘eré in moderate demsnd at the annexed Green city butchery', 5¢; ed, Hj Tige; damaged, 53¢ pare c: green s nine hides, 12612 dry salted hides, 10c: dea 15 WINES—Were quiet and bon and turpentine were again guoted strong, the latter showing a tendency 1o bigh_prices. Tiisced and lard were pnsetiled. - Otler olls com- e S AR R TN R e R e/ v test. 176173 {c; do, 11linols L0 des 19K e Wit 150 teat Steesiqes 46 heatiioht, Aa3 dex 1, 77c: No.3, 67c; . winter-bleached, 71 pure. SL1 e a o 15¢; West ofls, nat- ic; natural, 30 deg., 27G30C; Te 220! :Terings of chickens were a ket weak In consequence, there at 10¢. . POTATOES—New were quoted at $2.0022.%5 Ths oferings were falr, and thic farmers were delivering frecly on Wagous. - SEEDS—Were quiet all round, the only sales report- ot! 220G 35, Seller Augustway Quotutivns: “Timothy, $2.30 50; Hungarian, 50G45¢; mileh 1.0, under a fa'r inqch v J$1.30: Canada do, £1.9 31 i and Onondaga, Hae, 1. coarse, $1.70; dalry, Without Dugs, bags, 30.50: Ashton dairy. per sa TEAS—There was a ‘quict marks rlcea: P G nptcder—Common, 30835¢; gaod do, BEI0E: mediuin, . A3G50¢s K00 00, 5Ga0c; e, SHEAE Bhust, GORGC: chiolce, T0G75¢; Cuolcest, 8690 faa S oepiriat=Common, 30@a5 d do, 38@40c: me- impériai—Coinmaon, o, 3 I”Ill!f 404! good 45\‘44{%‘“’" 504 finest, 55n0c: cholce, ©G700: chuluust, o, 5 Jupan—Corn : pood common, 333X medium, 35640¢; zood medium, J0G4e: 10t &5 fineat, 5c; cholee, S6atlc: chojcest, G385 52 3 cholct to choiCest new ATSt PIKIng, 6w 53¢, - Oolongs—Common. @:ie; good common, 4 medinm, 40 3 guod Inedium, 43%45¢; tine, '+ floest, 535@58c: cholce, 60! oicest, WOOD—Sold at fully previous quotations. or at $7.50 for iaple, $G.50for beeen, and $.00 for slube—delv- ered. : WOOL—The market 3 falrly active at unchanged prices. Fasteru artieyarc bujtig, The receiptscor- tnue moderute, ‘The New York Bulletin says: *Th murket appears to have had Its little Surry of activity with the turn of the balf-year, and to be again settli down 1nto 3 quiet condition temporarily af lesst.” Folr lowing are the loeal quotatfuas: Tub-washed, chole ST it t good, s0@UC: waslied ticece, fne 133 un, 26@28e; un ied Acece, coarse and me 18G21¢; fine. 13617 | BY TELEGRAPH. % TFOREIGN. Spectal Dispatch to The Tridune. LrverpooL, July 20-—11:30a. m.—Four—No.1, 235 No. 2, 21564 < Grain—w . 2, 65 87! Provisions—Pork. 853. Lard, 48@4gs. E.xvssm;ogx.‘. July 29.—Cotion~Buoyant; safl!f:‘; sales 15,C0) bales, includiog 3, c)})orl: 10,000 American. B8 (otwpscalathiy gl Tentty! ! —Firmer; Cgiifornia white wheat aversge, 8 2dw0s 4ds do clnb, S 1Us: red Western sprini No2To 1, Beate 2ds winter rod Western, ety 6 Flour—Western _canal, 18 6d@233. Corn—Western 233, nixed, 54 64@253 Bd. Dm,:mg‘:u €d. Burley, 3s6d 55, 0 Pfodfimrla—f‘fln‘m mess rork s, Prime mencl;eef- . Lard, vs. Clicese, 47 ] 3 ey g s, Chiceae, 478, Bacon—Long cleah Jlfallln;o—(lsad.‘ Straleunis . LetrateunsSplrits, 85383 6d; refined, 133 64 25 Resin—Commion, 48 9d; pale, 158. Snirits Taroentinesais, T 19 Gleeretin , Jily 30, Refined Petroleum—12%@134 pres Tt el ks NEW YORK. s Special Dispatch to The Trizwisa New Touk, July 29.—Grain—Wheat—Marzer ¥t setive, bat very firm; sales 52,000 bu at 80GSic for No. 2 Chlcago; 82a85¢ for No. 3 Milwaukees J2e@31.05: for No. 2 Chleago; 93c&$1.07 for No. 2 Milwaukee; 804 $1.13G.1.30 for No. 1 spring. Rye dull 8t 50668 for Western; 65G78c for State; 7578c for Canada in ond. Corna shade firmer acd qulets (7,000 bt at $5@S1C 107 wann Western il a1 SoGe o ungraded Western mixed. Oats qulet and firms 24,000 DU AL 043¢ for mixed Weatern and State; asd Fiigdec for white Western and State. Procigions—Aiiddles quict st :105(@1 1 Lard firer; sales 300 tcs ae 31 5 for August, $11.05 Lid, aud S| wber, $11.20'bid, and Su.zzysn- ) bid,'and $11.50 asked. P §hisiy—larket a shade firmer; sales 25 brisas $1.13 per gullon. OF alcohol, 50 vrlssold at $2. 15 per gallos, Wine meusure, Groceries~Suy o —Market firm_and in fatr demand; talr to £oud relizi.ui quoted at SH@9; prime st H14cy No- 105300 12 Tiayaan 8¢ Besiate.’ Coffc—Market q nd frm; Rlo quoted at 144 173c 1a gold; Mara- caiho at 14J4Gi7c In gold. “Tatloio—icuica steady and In modorate request; pHme coualry quoted at 81§43 5-1dc. INDS, FAIRBANKS, MORSE & 00.. 111 & 113 Lake St., Chicage. e carcéiul tobuy only the Geauingy