Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 7, 1877, Page 6

\ THE GHICAGO 'I'RIBUNE: SUNDAY. JANUARY 7, 187"—SIXTEEN PAGES. seeds were firm, being “THAT BLESSED BABY.” It Was the Cause of a Row Be= tween Dr. Sterl and Fritz _Partell, In Which the Latter Received Two Shots from a Lit- tle Pistol. Partell Acouses the Doctor of Seducing v His Wife and Being the Father of Her Child. Sterl’s Friends Claim that It Is a Blackmail Job. Aburried and angry conversation between Dr. Alexander Sterl and a man named Fritz Partell at Charles S. Tirrell’s drug-store, corner of Ninetesnth strect and Centre avenue, during the noon-hour yesterday; & sharp scuffle, in which Partell, the Jarger man, had the better of his antagonist; a recourse to a small-sized Smith & Wesson on the part of the Doctor; three shots in rapid succession; the fight of the phyeician; all these are the circumstances at- tending the shooting of Fritz Partell, an igmor- ant, uncouth German, by Dr. Bter], a German ohysician of some little prominence in the lower part of the West Division. The wounded man was taken to hls home, eorner of Nineteenth and Wood streets, where Dr. Buckley examined his hurts and found them serious, but not necessarily fatal. ‘There was only one witness to the shooting— a young man named G.G. Shauer, & clerk in the aforesaid drug-store. . According to Shauer, Partell came in and saw the-Doctor, who hap- = gcncd to be in the store, whero he has an office. ‘artell rather excitedly asked Dr. Sterl whether Le intended to take that baby. He repeated the fnquiry two or three times, and something in the nature of the guestion seemed to anger the Doctor. A scuflle ensued. Shauer went out 10 Jook for an officer, but found none, and came in just in time to hear the shots fired, see the wounded man fall, and the Doctor rush out, jump into a cutter, and drive off witha gen- tleman, whose name he does not know, and to some destination of which he is equally ig- norant. ‘The above facts were immediately reported to Sergeant Vesey, of the Hinman-Street Station, who promptly communicated with the officers at the other stations, and men were sent to the varions railroad depots to apprebend the Doc- tor. At last accounts, lowever, he bhad not been found, and has probably made good his escape, although his friends believe he will give himself up. B With a view of gettiog at the particulars of the trouble, and solving the mystery in the queer remark about ¢ THAT BABY,” & TRIBTNE reporter visited the house of the wounded man yesterday afternoon, sbout 4 o'clock. Partell was sitting in & rocking-chair, with his feet on a dirty bed in 8 miserable back room in the second story of the house. The heat in the room was nearly intolerable, and the situation was made cven more comfortable by an _all-pervading odor as of wash-boilersina high state of agitation, and soiled linen in vari- ous stages of reoovation. And yet, notwith- standing the sickening atmosphere, the wound- ed man was_surrounded by hot dirty pillows and greasy blankets, with a wound under_his left ear and oue in his right shoulder, in each of which was a bullet which the doctor’s: efforts had not been able to dislodge. Partell's wife, a frowsy-looking, middle-aged female in whose appearance the signs of pinching poverty were evident, ftood near her busband or stilled the cries of two little ones, as her attention was the more urgently demanded by ove or the other. A dirty-looking baby slept in a dirty-looking cradle; wrapped in equally dirty-looking clothes, in another equslly dirty-looking room. A young woman, of comely appearance, but quite red as to her cyes and cheeks,; who appeared to be the friend of the family, helped the mother to care for opeof the little ones,—a bright, chubby- faced little girl, also red as to her cyes. It was well for the reporter and the public who care to know the details, that an interpre- ter accompanied the news-seeker on this oc- casion. Otherwise but little would have been know Partell can scarcely speak a sentence in Enaiish intelligibly, and "even his German must have been of a “peculiar kind, since the in- terpreter was more than once puzzled as to its meaning. It would simply be a waste of space to give the conversation as it occurred. There were tre(fiwm interruptions from the wife, when the husband tried to say anything, anc the same thing occurre when ~ the wife tried to swate, in & very cxcited way, what she knew things. And, furthermore, _inas- much as the public do not care o know all the sickening details of the smr}n it is simply given in substance and for what it is worth, for Dr. Sterl is not here to deny or explain away its Gamaging assertions. - HISTORICAL. It a) , therefore, from what both husband and mfi, that .\!ri". Partell worked for Dr. Sterl Jast spring, taking care of his office. As Tamiliarity often breeds several other feclings than contempt, it seems, according to their stors, 1o have inspired in the gcotlemanly- looking, well-appearing disciple of Esculapius certatn evil desires in connection with the per- sou of the aforesaid Mrs. Partell, compared with wbom even the witches in Macbeth would bear away the prize for beauty. Time wore on, 2s it slways docs, and the Doctor's conduct became more and more questionable. There came a crisis oune day in April, and Mrs. Partell succumbed,—unwillingly, she says, and under compulsion on the part of the mnmfi medt. cus. The tholufht of the result of this indis- reetion, when it beesme apparent what that result would soon be, so_angered the Doctor that he proposed to Mrs. Partell to stifie & new existence io ope of the numercus ways known to the medical fraternity. But, as Mrs. Partell would not listen to any such proposals, the author of all this trouble, she says, sent her the ecessary funds, to the extent of £25, where- with to compensate a female, of useful occu- patfon, for bringing the Doctor's offspring Into the world. In due time the unwelcome visitor ap] —not quite two months since. Whatis most strange of all, it seems that the hosband ‘was aware of the facts all the time; indeed he admitted as much during the recital of this sickening tale, the details of which did not seem o move either one of this depraved pair. TYesterday morning, according to their story, Dr. Sterl sent 2 man to Partell’s house for the ¢hild, and Partell, somewhat surprised, went down to Tirrell’s drug-store, where he saw the Dotor, and asked him if he wanted the child. Dr. Sterl replied that he did not understand what be sald. _ Partell then said be had enough of his own children to take care of, without sup- rting his (Sterl’s) child. This so angered the octor that he struck Partell, who endeavored 10 protect himeelf with his hands and arms. He says the Doctor grabbed bim, they rolled on the floor, the Doctor probably got a Jittle the worst of the scuffie and, 85 they resched the door and Partell was about going out, the Doctor pulled out his pistal, fi and the shot hit Partell in the ear. _Partell reached the sidewalk, however, and the Doctor, while he had his hand in, fired 1wo more shots, one of which took effect in Par- tell’s back, near the right shoulder, the ball pene: some distance. Dr. Buckley, who attended , indeed, says it PENETRATED THE RIGHT LUNG, but the fact that the wounded man could talk at a pretty fair rate of speed and seemed other- wise comfortable aslate as5o'clock yesterday afternoon would seem to indicate "that the Doctor took rather an exaggerated view of the matter. After the shooting, Dr. Sterl escaped in the menner before allnded to, Dr. Ster's friends raise the cry of blackmall, - and, possibly, with good reason.” They say that the Doctor was in very comfortable circum- stances: that the Partells, on the contrary, were quite poor; that the motive to make money by mfiutxi.ng up a job on the Doctor, as _the it, was a very strong onme; and that the Doctor’s previous good led, is a strong reputation, never before as argument In favor of his innocence. One of the Doctor's friends, Mr. J. G. Shaar, t at 671 Blue Island avenue, an{;zflnz came into his store sometime abont the 4th of July. 1ast and inquired for Dr. Sterl. Shsar told him' the Doctor had gone East. Partell said, * Won't he come back 1 to which Shaar replied - that he had simply gone to the Centennial and ~would return in'a short time. Partell then ex- pressed a strong desire to see the Doctor, and finally raid to 8haar: *Well, he nas seduced m wife, tnd"l(hepaysmem that will make it all it vt .Ol:gt.he other hand, Partell denies that he ever gaid any such thing, but admits that he did see Shaar about this time, and that he said to him thst he ‘‘wanted to sue the Doctor and get bim under bail ’—as the somewhat muddled Partell uts it. . At all évents, the Doctor’s capture or voluntary return and surrender may be the means of throwing considerable light on this ugly affair. ARRESTED. Dr. Sterl was brought into the West Madison Street Station last evening by Officer Hamilto: {* of the Humane Society, to whom he had relate @igiculty, aud by whow he was Induced to deliver bimself up. He had little or pothing to say, in- his defense, but exhibited* a badl smashed face as evidence of Partell’s brawn anc skill. He was removed to the Hinman Strect Station almost immediately by Sergt. Vesey, where he will remain until Partell changes for the better or worse. . ————— LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. INSURANCE. o the Editor of The Tridune. CuicAGo, Jan. 6.—There was & suggestion in ToEe TRIBUNE, I think, some time ago, in the matter of examining the assets of life-in- surance companies, that they be made by com- mittees of and appointed by the policy-holders, in place of relying on the notoriously unre- ligble reports of the New York State Inspector. Igea by your New York letter in issue of this morning they are moving in this direction there in the case of the Eguitable Life-Assurance Company, and I beg to secord the motion, and suggest that the Chicago policy-holders should be represented in- such committee. I am a holder of two policies in the Equitavle, and, while I have no grounds for sup- posing that Company is mnot perfectly sound (other than the feeling of distrust oceasioned by recent failures of prominent and said-to-be-sound companies), yet I am—in common with many others—anxious to know more certainly than it is possible to know from printed statements, whether the facts are as rc‘;resenmd. It seems to me it will be easy to select a competent committee of policy-holders, and the published results of their investigntions will be infinitely more satisfactory than the strongest affidavits the officers of the Company can make, backed by the certificate of the State Inspector. If the Company is sound, they will accept such investigation, and they could not, especially at this time, have a better advertise- mept thana favorable report from such acommit~ tee: 1have hesitated about payinglate premiums, from distrust and inability to get any facts ex- cept as appear in their statements. Let the ‘bottom facts be known now in all life-insurance companies. A more cruel swindle cannot be perpetrated than is in their power by abusing the trusts confided to them. Life-insurance is \-cr.fvdificrent from the ususl business risks, an the demand of the hour is for the good ones to fully satisfy the public, that the‘v may get tronage, and let the lm%us ones ga to thewall forc they swindle any further. I write this with 2 view to calling out some concerted action by policy-holders, and would like to see your comments published with or without it. INTERMITTENT. ‘WHO’S PARLETT? To the Editor of The Tribune. CHICA00, Jan. 6.—In your fssue of the 5th inst. I noticed a short articlo entitled * Travel- ing Men,” in which. & Mr. Parlett figured quite largely. Mr. Parlett made the state- ment that a ‘‘large majority of the 6,000 traveling men of Chicago were addicted to the vice of intemperance, and that no class of men were so low in the moral scale as the traveling men.” Now, with about 5,998 other traveling men, I'wish to take exception to these statements of Mr. Parlett. We claim that it is false in every particular. We do not wish to believe Mr. Par- lett would willfully make falsc statements, but he haa cither done so, or has been made the dupe of some evil-minded persons, and really belicves what he said. Take the 6,000 traveling men of this city, and I guarantee you cannot pick from any other profession a larger number of more_ intelligent, honest, temperate, or moral men. ‘have been a traveling salesman eighteen years, and have had as mucl experience, lpuhsps. as almost, auy man in Chi- cago, and I have noticed that all the best houses employ only the best men. Assoonas 2 man is found to be anything but'a gentleman, he zets bounced. fJ. V. Farwell is going to send 2 man on the road, does he pick out a villain? Of course not. I have met several of his salesmen, and I never met ane yot who was not a gentleman. Take the salesmen in Keith Brothers’. Iow many of them are of this low class? Or of Henry W. King & Co., or Charles P. Kellozg,& Co., Dog- gett, Bassett & Hills, C. M. Henderson & Covy C. H. Fargo & Co., or any other first-class house. Do they employ these low brutes Mr. Parlett speaks of? I think you will agree with me that the statement is utterly false. Now, if Parlett is a Christianand a gentleman, Iet him cowme out and own up that he did not know what he was talking about, and we will forgive him. We think the object and aim of the mecting of the ith inst. is a good one, and would do 211 in our power to further the plan, but do not like to see it begin by traducing the traveling-men as a class. And I'cannot under- stand why the balance of the traveling-men who ‘were at that meeting should sit quietly by anud hear such talk without even & protest. ONE oF THE 6,000 ‘WHo 1S HE? To the Editor of The Tridune. CHICAGO, Jan. 6.—In the report of a meeting beld at Farwell Hall Thursday evening, I notice that one Mr. Parlett made the statement, in the presence of only fifteen men, that the traveling men of Chicago are possessed of the lowest possible grades of morals. Who is this Mr. Parlett? Doeshespeakfromhisownobservation? Doces he judge from his own experience? I will say, as one of the 6,000, that the above-named gentleman is mistaken, and cannotbe in posses- sion of the facts to warrant this assertion, and is evidently possessed of small intellect, or does not kaow whereof he speaks. In fact, he 1s mno representative traveling man. 1 will say that the men of whom we speak are subject to more temptations to intemperance than almost any other class, and, considering this, I would say that they are possessed of as high 4 grade of ‘morals a8 any class that can be mentioved. Iam traveling for a house employing thirteen traveling salcsmen, over one-halt of whom are professing Christians and exemplary men, and none of the entire force addicted to the use of ardent spirits. Ido pot in any way sanction the assertions of Mr. TParlett, but approve of the object of the meet- ing. Boors AND Smozs. THE RECORDER'S OFFICE. 7o the Editor of The Tribune. Ca1cAGo, Jan. 6.—I wish through the col- umnsof THE TRIBONE to call the attention of the people to one of the many flagrant outrages perpetrated by the Board of County Commis- siovers. It iswell known that the Recorder, Maj. Brockway, asserted his right to appoint all clerks and watchmen connected with his office, and that the courts hate fully sustained him therein, and that further he has officlally noti- fied the County Board that he has made such appointments, and that he has nouse for the three men sent to tde Recorder’s office by their order. Notwithstanding this, the Commission- ers still keep these men _sitting around the fur- nace under the office doing absolutely nothing, and an expense to the countyof §210 per month, merely to gratify their spite against an officer whom the people clected, and who is striving to dohis whole duty faithfully. This one fact furnishes an additional reason why our Legisla- ture should sweep the whole thievish gang out of existence. The way to do it was clearly ‘)glm.ed out in THE TRIBUNE of this morning. Will not the taxpayers, who are being plunder- cd, move in the matter? F. Y. BRADLET. CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION. To the Editor of The Trilune. CH104G0, Jan. 6.—The Chicago Atheneum is meeting with marked success in the system of co-operative education. It had 700 class mem- bers fo the fallterm, and its winter classes, which are just commencing, give promise of even larger numbers. It bas some sixty classes in all departments, but it gives special attention to the useful branches. It also gives languages, drawing, =nd paintiag large attention,. It is about opening a regular business college for training young men and women for active com- mercial life, "and it has a day school for those who wish to devote their time to a few special branches. It does this work for its members at very low prices, securing for them the very best tuifion possible. Its corps of teachers is unsur- passed. - If it is a Christian work to help those who are trying to help themselves, this institu- tion is doing this work. It teaches the gospel of self-help and mutual assistance in the most practical manner, and tries, by saving men from ignorance and idfenoss, to save thewm from sin- ning. . T.B. * ANOTHER INQUIRER. v the Ealtor of The Tribune. CHICAGO, Jan. 6.—We would like to ingnire ‘who this * Parlett " is, who claims to belong to the lowest class of men in’ Chicago? Perhaps he does belong to such a class, but the traveling men generally utterly deny that they, as a class, ¢are Jower in the scale of morals than any other men in the community.” Do our great whole- sale houses select intemperate and immoral men, and pay them salaries of from $1,000 to $10,000, todo x.ieu- business and make their collections ‘We think not, If “ Parlett ¥ is as bad as he seems to think the rest of us are, we woald sug- fze.st to his employers that it {8 time they were ooking him up, and we would also sugegest to Messrs. Moody and Sapkey that they make a | ;pecla! “assault on him and try to make him a Dbetter man. OXE OF THE * 81X THOUSAND." SUNDAY READING FOR SKEPTICS. To the Editor of The Tribune. . Cmicaco, Jan. 6.~ am not about to sugges! that THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE Is not the best pos- sible reading for ¢ all classes and conditions of mankind,” but only to say to such as do not go to church that after devouring Tae TRIBUNE I can tell them of two or three books which may not only interest but profit individuals who are skeptically inclined. Though Idonot now *train in that company,” I have & great deal of sym- athy for those who are “slow of heartto Believe ol that the prophets have spoken,” and very much that those who now claim to be prophets do speak. . 1t may be that one reason for thisisthat early in my life g skeptical writer lifted a large burden from my heart, and so helped me to n better views of what a rational creature ouglht to believe. Another reason may be that 1 find it difficult to credit all those people say, who *Tell me doubt is dewil-born,” and incline more to the poet’s opinion .expressed in these words: There lives more faith in honest doubt, Believe me, than in half the creeds. 1 do not, however, wish to be caught or sus- pected of commending the habit of doubting, and was only expressing the opinion that all doubt does 1ot result from recklessness or de- pravity, and that, therefore, in some ecases, reasoning may be better than pelting with threats, and candor more effectual than cursing. Hence, if aoy-doubting Thomas should chance to read this, and would like a very reasonable and interesting book or two to peruse after con- cluding his morning_repast off Tng TRIBUNE next Sunday, 1 would commend to bis - notice, witha great deal of pleasure, “Plato on the Soul’s Immortality,” and “The Hope of Hu- manity, Hereafter and Here,” by Frances Power Cobbe; both published by. Jaines Miller, New York, and for sate by Hadley Bros., Chicago. You, my brethren, who, when you pray, if pray you do once in & while, in a pinch, put in the old sailor’s proviso,—*'O God, if there be any God, have mercy on my soul if I have any soul,’—will find in these volumes the best that ancient and modern thought have done to con- wvince you that you have souls worth the trouble of saving, aud that there is a hereafter in which there is likely to be more of justice let loose than you think you have noticed in_*this pres- ent evil world,” I have not thne to dwell on par- ticulars, but in Plato you will find what the *‘divine man " of the ancients, and wizest of all wise men, Lad to say on this most fmportant of subjects, and also bound up with his thoughts the opinions in brief of scores of other philoso- phers, poets, and sages, prefaced by these fit Words from iho ssered books of the Bratmans: The sonl is indestructible. It knows.mo dis- tinction of time; it is free, immutable, eternal. The wind cannot pierce It, fire cannot burn ir, water cannot drown it, the earth cannot absorb it. It is beyond the reach of the elements, invulnera- ble, invisible, . . . and victorious over death. Miss Cobbe's book is the strongest argument for o future existence I bave met anywhere, from that sense of {\lstlce which is one of man’a chief and most noble distinctious, but which is so much batlled here that it much needs be vin- dicated, satisfied, otherwhere. Both books are the best possible reading for all such as fail to find satisfaction or even fair play at the Taber- nacle. And when these books have both been well pondered, if you wish for another in which the most has been made of * this pleasing hope, this fond desire, this longing after immortal- ity,” ana ' this sceret dread; and inward hor- ror, of falling into naught,” a volume called *“Heaven Our Home,” written and pub- lished by the Rev. G. W. Quimby, D.D., Augusta, Me., will serve the - purpose. Dr.Quimby reasons from the natural longing for anather life, and the insatiate hunger of the heart to feast forever at the table spread for the affections in life’s truest, tenderest relations, as Miss Cobbe does from this innate sense of jus- tice, which is here so often baflled, mocked. So, mi' dear friends of all skeptical persua- sions, with three such books before you, if you do not find some light to shine upon’your paths it must be_because you have the better reason on your side, or because *the light that isin you is darkness.” . P. P. 8.—Persons not skeptical will find in any and all of these books some very excellent read- ing. P, —_—— - HUMOR, The man who was all ‘“‘doubled up witha kick is supposed to have been kicked by 2 pair of double uppers. Mre. Spilkins casually inquired the other day whether it was because he was out so much at nights that George Eljot called her hero * Dan- iel, the rounder.” ¢ 3amma,” sald the old lady’s daughter, “don’t you think that modern table is out of E'hce inthat aocient picture?” “Oh! la, no. ‘hey had modern tables in them days, as wel as now.” Don't get up and cuss when you happen to sit down on & coal-hole cover; sit still & mo- ment and meditate on the fact that the people of Southern California are now doubled up with green cucumbers. James and Thomas Hart were arrested in a Colorado town the other day for jointly beating abartender. These must be the persons referred to by the poet when he spoke of “ Two Harts that beat as one.” The editor of 2 French newspaper, in speak- ing of the dedication of & new cemetery near Lyons, says that * M. Gascoigue had the pleasure of being the first individual who was buried in this deligutiul retreat.” A manfishing for trout on another man’s laud, the other day, completely silenced the owner, who remonstrated, with the majestic an- swer: *Who wants to catch your trout? Iam only trying to drown this worm,’ In order to avoid answering the question “Who is clected?” some Bostonfans have vrovided themselves with printed cards bearing the legend, “ Damfino.” They are always ready to hand them out to all auxious inquirers,— Bus- ton Globe. The ;mm wlsm wrote ;‘I wau:ld not live al- ways” is now 83 years of age aud enjoys tolera- by ood health, > And Lhis: reminds. 1s tht & young man who used to warble * Let me die in Spring time ” was frozen to death last week in a snow-drift. . A conchman is brought before the Police Mag- istrate for running over and killing an old woman. *Why,” says the Court, ** did you not bear to the left and avoid the accident”? ¢ Be- cause (triumphantly) if I had I would have scraped the panels.’ s - A Norristown grammarian thinks theatres should be built with * plenty of egresses to get in aud out of."—Norristown™ Ilerald. So they should, but until the Fiiteenth Amendment was adopted you couldn’s zet a negro into’a theatre il". all, much less out of it.—Jhiludelphia Halle- in. When cremation becomes more general it is going to be very convenient to have the ashes of a relative handy to eprinkle on the sidewalk winter mornings, : Imperial Ceesar burnt to ashes May serve to prevent sidewalk-smashes. . Never, except upon one occasion, was a prom- inent editorot a newspaper of Milwaukee known to refuse to take a joke, and that was the other day at noon, when the boys Inked his spectacles, and sent him home witha lantern to apologize to Dis landiady for being out till midnight.—Cin- cinnati Enguirer, g The other day some of the boys induced s vnuu§ man from Flint Creek to take hold of the handles of a galvanic battery. As it puckered him up he roared, “Jiminy Criminy, let up! Who ever heard of a thing that could make you taste green persimmons With ' your hands, be- fore?’—Burlington Hawkeye. The Danbury News says: ‘The tomb of Agumemnon his becn found. We are glad he had a tomb, We bhave all along been afraid that a subscription_would have to be set afloat for that purpose. The illustrious dead will al- ways lind a bearty welcome in this country, if theyare well provided with good. comfortable tombs," The other day a simple child of nature was walking along the banks of the Seine with her protector. Suddenly she said to her companion: *Tell me, where does . this water god” * Into the sea.” “ But then, why doesn't the sea over- flovfl"i ;‘ hGuess."; *'Weil, I can tell you. Be- cause in the sea there are so many spouges the; suck it all up.” Bl One of the peculiarities of feminine corre- spoudents at’ the National Capital is that they speak of every round-shouldered man as having ‘‘the student” stoop.” They scem to_lack that breadth of compreliension necessary to enable them to understand that a Congressman may be round-shouldered from being cradled in a coal- hoa before he was large enough to sit in an up- }ml}&ered chalr and spit tobaceo juice.— Worces- er Press. Amone the many good things said by the Rev. Mr. Spurzeon in his lecture on % Ecccntric Preachers,” the following account of Billy Daw~ son will be appreciated by our readers: On one oceasion Billy was preaching about David's en- counter with Goliath; and after picturing vividly the challenge of the Philistines and the defiance of David, he took out a pocket-handkerchief, and baving madea sling of it,he putin an imaginary stone, and flung it with such apparent reality and force that, just as the stone left the. sling, Sammy Hick, the village blacksmith, fair- Iy carried away by his feelings, shouted, That’s Ezhf, Biily; now hoff with 'is ’ed !"—Harper's rawer. FINANCE AND TRADE. The Currency Movement Re- versed, and Now Going “to New York. Fair Demand for Discounts--- Clearings of the Week. The Produce Markets Irregular --Provisions Active and Strong. Wheat Easier—Other Grain Steady~—The - Progress of Packing. F FINANCIAL. ‘The business of the banks did not displsy more than the ordinary Saturday activity. The demandforloans was well sustained, and the Joon market has been in & condition verging on closencss on account of the ageregate applications from the packers and the Board of Trade men. - The supply of commer- clal paper has been lessened by the improvement in collections. The banks have had sn active and profitable week. Rates of disconnt are 8@10 per cent at the banka to regular customers. On the street, ratea are 8 per cent and npwards, The carroncy movement has turned about and 18 now forthe first timein scveral months going to New York. Shipments to that city were msde yesterday, and 2 large part of the millions of ent- rency that have been distributed in the last sixty days from New York, Bostou, Chicago, and other centres, will now retarn to them. New York exchange was quoted between banks 2t 50@75¢ per 1, 000 premiam. The clearings of the week were reported as fol- lows by Mansger D. R. Hale, of the Chicago Clear- ing-House: Balanoss. 868, 445.85 ¢ s 348,931.83 383,231.01 240,784.51 $2.755,535.71 1,746,750.53 Cteanngs. o clearings. 6,607,755.43 GOLD MOVEMENT. The New York Nation of ]ast week says: ‘The New York banks for the first. time in many yesrs ‘have fully as much gold cola In thelr possesslon as they have United States legal-tender notes. The statement rendered by the Ciearlg-fouse on Saturday ehows that thic average holdin of Iégal-tender notes for the fiva dsys of the business weelk closing Dec. 30 was $34,975, 100; and, 18 the aversge Wulhdlln(.’ one, it is safe Lo assume that on Saturdsy the actual amount of legal- tender notes in the banks was from $1,000.000 to 2,000,000 less than the average amounc for ihe five days. ' The aversge amount of specle lell duripg the five days was 3, 049,700; snd, 8s the aves fs a rising one, the banks without doubt hotd from $1,5C0, 000 to $2: 500,000 more than the aver- a0 far tho weok This lafe dccumulation of soecle fs duc mafaly to the importations of gold for the past two months, although of course the coln payments by the ‘Treasury on acconnt of half-yesrly Interést and for the redemption of 5-20 bonds have been large. e for- elgn-cxchnoge markes has ruled for the past two weeks gold could Gt be imported, and what has been recelved during that time has been on previo this gold will remain here depends contfuuc to export more merchantable articles or com- buy our bonds or will el The future of the trade movement Iy clegrer than the future of the boud movement. It s not to be expected that we shall very much {ncreasc our imports in the [mportant branch of our manufactures, cotion goods; the exports of thesc durlng the year amounted to sbout 75,000 packages from New York alone, agalnst 41,000 in'1875 and 14,500 fn 1670. Whether Europe will buy or sell our bonds depends (1) on whether thero 1 to e 8 great war o Ew n the earlv future, and (2) pyriled by the us yet undocsided Presidental contes 'he old year closed and the new vear opened with ¢ price of gold, as expressed In our paper_legal-tender, 107; In othier words, the promise of our Government 10 h Id_gold $0.9345. Untll resumption the gold In the New York banks will be serviceable (1) fo piy [0to the Treasury for customs duties. n which way the Trensury will get posscsaion of it for resuinp- tlon In 1679; and (2) fof use as bapk reserve, or, in other words, as a buals for baak credits. The other use to which It can be put I to pay forelgn balances—that 15, to export. The bank statement forlast week, published since the above, shows am increase in the specie on hand 0f$5,321,000. As yesterday's guotations show, the market has broken down under the supply, and sales were made at the lowest price in three years. 1t is impossible for gold to go to parin the present state of our currency, but there s good reason to expect it to go lower still, perhaps to 3 per cent. 'The recent change of relation between our exports and imports, which, by the way, is not at all the sudden thing it sometimes is described to be, but is the resultof the action of potent causes for years, can be nsed by the Government as & part belp in the resumption of specle payments. That the latter may soon be brought about is to be ardently hoped. It would bring back good times 18 nothing else would do. The resumption of spe- cie payments in Great Britain was immediately fol- lowed by a wonderful access of proaperity. CLEARING-HOUSE DUSINESS FOR DECEMBER. Chicago makes the best show of any of the lead- ing cities for December upon & comparison of clearing-honse returns. The figures are given as follows in the last number of the Public » The reporta for December show a positive increase In pay'S1 was worth sggTeRste clearings at Ltwelve ctilea, but an Increase not 1arge enough to compensate for the fact_that there was onc more business day {n December {n 1876 than In 1875. The comparlion, bowever, {s by no means discourig- g2 658, TH 158658, 760 8,574, 842 00 49,002,059 17,007,861 B8.665 2,835,408 $2,321,042,705 $2,280,843,062 THE ASHTABULA ACCIDENT AND THE LAKE SHORE ROAD. The Interruption to freight trafic will be less than s commonly supposed, for the reason that the Company owns what fa called the Ashiabula Branch, which enables it by going nbont forty miles further to go around the point at which the accident occnrred. This branch road leaves the Lake Shore, coming east, ot Ashtabula, runs to Jamestown, on the Erle & Pittsburg, thence going northesst, connects with the Lake Shore at Gizard, which Is twenty-fonr miles tast of Ashta- bula. As to the money dsmage for deaths by rail- road accidents, the law limits the amount to be paid to each person whose life ia lost to 8 sam not exceeding $5,000. In the case of the Angols accident, on the same road in 1868, the largest amount paid for the death of any person was $2,800. Formerly the Company had a blanket in- surance covering all damages by fire to their cars; e understand this is still in force.—New York Etening Post. SAN FRAKCISCO STOCK-GAMBLING. A single moment's reflection must convince any sensible-minded man or woman that the chances to win at stock-gambling are infinitely small. The stock game {s packed with false cards and dealt with dishonest hangs; out of 50,000 people in San Francisco who have dealt in mining stocks there are not fifty who have made money; tens of thom- sands have lost and thonsands have been ruined; mining atocks are now at panic prices, less than they have been formonths, and yot the best mine on the Comstock is eelling for more than ftsin- trinsic, real worth, No moneyed nstitntion inthe | world dares to give the Consolidated Virginia cor- poration twenty millions of dollara for its mine, which is less than $40 per share: yet industrious men and working women have been inveiglea into ity parchase at a rate amounting to nearly 80,000, - 000. Hundreds of millions of worthless wildcats have been capitalized and placid upon this market, and been pald for from the bard-earned toil and prudent savings of working people. This thing will cease'only when the commanity brings to this business the same reason and sense they apply fo other transactions. Until then, stock-jobbing thieves command the position and will continue to plunder the community. —Chronicle. GOLD AND GREENBACKS. Gold was 1055 @108 in greeabacks. Greenbacks were 84%@8% cents on the dollar ingold. FOREIGN EXCHANGE. Suxty days. Sight, ABils 480 51e! BB} 5181 GOVERNMENT BONDS. Unitad States 63 of 'S1, United States 5-203 of S50 of “w7—Jsnuary and gul 20 o anuary sn o20m OF “GiJRTATY B Jaly.- Tofted S 6w 54 of ‘Gl United States carrency &, . BROKERS' QUOTATIONS. Bid. ) Exposltion stack... *And interest. BY TELEGRAPH. NEW YORE. To the Western Asiociated Press. Nsw Yors, Jan. 6.—Gold opened at108%, af- torward selling at 108@100%. Rates pald for carrying ranged from 7 per cent gold to 5 per cent currency. Silver bars—Greenbacks, 131% bid; gold, 123% bid. Silver coin, ¥. The London quotation is unchanged since Thursday, when it was 57%4d per ounce. . Governments active and lower. Rallrodd bonds firm and in good demand. State bonds quiet and steady. The stock market opened firm and afterwards be- came weak and declined, closing dull and lower. New York Central opencd at 1025 against 102 at the close yesterday, and later touched 101%. Lake Shore rose to 57 and then feil off to 56%. Rock Island declined from 1015 to 101%;- St. Paul referred, from 54 te 53% ; Hannibal & St. Jos Fram 14 t0 13%; Delaware, Lackawanna & West- ern, from 754 to 75; New Jersey Central, from 303 to 36% ; and Michigan Central, from 48 to 47%. The widest fluctuations of the day were in Illinois Central, which dropped to 61%, against 65 at the close yesterday. ‘The transactions agzregated 73,000 shares, of ‘which 17, 400 were Western Union, 2,400 North- western, 2,700 Rack Island, 4,000 St. Pauls, 3,700-St. Joseph, 16,800 Lake Shore, 6,700 Ohios, 6,000 Michigan Central, 2,000 New Jers Central, and 6,000 Delaware, Lackawanna & Wes! ern. The weekly Lank statement is as follows: Lotne, increase, §1,471,500; epecle, increase, $,021,000; logal-tenders, tncrense, ,100; eposis, fncrease, $8,328,500; circalation, in- crease, §234,700; rescrve, increase, S3, 548,575, The notablé event of the day on the atreet is that the bank average of gold on the weckly statement 1853, 000,000 higher than the greenback mversze. Such's thing has not happencd since the original issae of greenbacks in 1862. HMoney, 57 per cent, closing easy. Prime mer- cantile paver, 5B7 per cent. Customs, $183,000. The Treasury disbursed $372,000. Ciearings, $29, 000,000, Sterling quiet; long, 4831 ; short, 485%. GOVERNNENT RONDS 2 Coupons, '8t oupons, ‘65 Eoamiin, g7 Coupons, 'g5. Now Jeriey G T isiand. on & Q. 10503 Tennesee Gs, new . Virginia 65, o1d... FOREIGN. Loxpox, Jan. 6—5 p. m.—Consols for money and account, 944, American Sccurities—'05s, 105%; '07e, 108%; 10-40s, 109; new 55, 107!4; -New York Central, 00; Erie, 943: preferred, 18, Pamis, Jan. 6. —Rentes, 106f 10c. 5 F%glfil’flxh Jan. 6.—United States bonds—New 58,2024, COMMERCIAL. The following were the receipta and shipments- of the leading articles of produce in this city during tho twenty-four hours cnding &t 7 o'clock on Satardsy morning,and for the corresponding day last year: Shipments. 1878, . boj % Liva oy, No. Cattle, §0.vos Efim 12 Cheeee, bxs...|.. G. apcles, orls. | Heaus, bu.... Withdrawn from store on Firday for city con- sumption: 3,375 bu wheat, 423 bu corn, 615 bu oats, 1,502 bu rye, and 1,444 bu barley. The following grain was inspected into store in this city on Satarday morning: 1 car No. 2 red winter wheat, 6 cars No. 2 N. W. wheat, 13 cars No. 2 spring, 8 cars No. 3 do, 20 cars re- Jected do, 1 car no grade (49 wheat); 8 cars high- mixed corn, 25 cars new do, 38 cars ney mixed, G6 cars No. 2 corn, 72 cars rojected do, 3 cara grade (211 corn); 1 car white oats, O cars No. 2 do, 20 cara rejected do (30 oats); 2 cars No. 1 rye, 16 cars No. 2do; 1 car No. 2 barley, 9 cars -No. 3do, 7 cars rejected do. Total, 325 cars, or 133,000 bu. Inmspected out: 3,935 bu wheat, 76 bu corn, 591 ba oats, 339 bu rye, 5,636 bu birley. The following were the receipts and shipments of ULreadstufls and live etock at this point during the past week, and for the corresponding weeks end- ing as dated: The following were the exports from New York for the weeks ending as dated: Jan.8, Dec. 30, 1877, T I%e. 187, The Trade will be_held this Monday, Jan. 8. names of candidates have been published in our Tocal columns. The leading produce markets were somewhat an- cven Satarday. Provisions were active and ex- cited. Wheat rather slow and irregular. Oats firmer, and other grain exhibited little change. The chief Interest centered in provisions. That market attracted a large crowd of operaters, most of whom seemed to be on the buying side, owing 1o rumors that the supply of hoga 18 nearly ex- hausted. Dry goods were in moderate demand only, &nd were firm and unchanged. The grocery market prosented the same general features s on the pre- ceeding days of the week, fair actiitly and firm- ness being its characteristics. Coffees were ex- cited ana higher, chofce to fancy Rio advancing to 25@25%e¢, with eome holders naming even higher fgures. Stocks, both in importers' and dis- tribators' hands, are exceptionally small, and prices are likely to 2o still higher, though the ad- vance may notbe long sustained. Sugars.were ordered 1n small quantities. _Sirups and molasses were in good demsnd. Spices were frmer, fn eympathy with sn advance at the East. Teas, rice, - soups, etc., were abont steady. The batter market had no im- portant new features. There is a well sustained demand both from the local and shipping trade and stocks are kept down to moderate dimensions. Checec remains dull at 13@13%c for good to choice factory in job lots. - There were mo important changes in the canned goods, dried fruits, and fish markets. Leather, tobacco, bagging, and pig-iron were quiet and unchanged. Coal and wood were firm. The ofl market was quiet, with lard ond whale quoted higher. Hogs were active and 10@15c higher, selling at 86.25@0.40 for light and at $6.00@7.25 for heary weighta. The receipts were about 12,500, makinz 111,879 for the week. Cattlo were in good de- mand 2nd prices were unchanged, at $2.75@5.75. Sheep were dull, at $3.00@5.00. The lumber market was quiet and nnchanged. A few emali orders for common stuff are received from the juterior, and business on the whole is “riod In 1 A o Inctadesall cat meats except 5. P. hams and shoul- equal to expectations. The broom-corn and wool markets were. quict, Nearly all descriptions of i o some of the dealers were preparing to stock up in expectation of an improved demand next month. The hay market was very dull, and some of the re- ceipts were ordered into store, the receivers being unable to find buyers at the current prices, - Hides were in moderate demand nt the guotatfous, Pota- toes have ‘met with more inquiry since the ‘advent of mild westher, the trade being principally in small Jots, as fes car-loads are coming forward, and rule steady. Game, eggs, and poultry were un- thanged. Rail freights were quiet and unchanged. The ratesare: To New York, 35¢ on graln and 43¢ on bulk meats; to Boston, 40¢ and 50c for 60; to Philadelphis, 313c and 41c for do; and to Balti- more, 30%c and 40c per100 lbs. Freight room was quoted decidedly scarce, cars being acarcely procurable except on one line through to New York. . g RAIN IN QALIFORNTA. . 'The Sacramento Bee says: The long absence of rain, full six weekshaving puased since “Se fast shower fell, is becoming & prominent top- Ic. 'The theory Is that early ralns aré (ndicative of & dryseason, - . . - ThS aversge rainfall each seq- 200 for tweniy-seven years is about iwenty inches. From the above it will be seen that there s in this sca- and the &on plenty of time for sinple rafn to eome cbances, based upon the figures glven, are that the State may be biessed with ezouzh. At any rate, those fucts cxplode the theory that early heavy ralas 8Ign Of a dry season. We have In additton these further dgures with which to console ourselves: In the season 1 , which gave 20,085 Inches, but 3,045 fell be- fore Jantary! In 18545, which gave 15,630 nehes, butp810 fell betorg danazryl 1n Jsas-g which Eive 17,921, but 3,351 fell before January! And in 1863-'s, E ‘gave 16,644, but 3,336 fell before Januaryl . .« . . ‘Theseason thus far has been much more than ordinarily favorable to owners of llve stock. The cattle, although not housed, are still in excellenc condltion, act (s matnly'due to the unusual strength of the new grass, which as yet has not becn injured by raln. and which, early I ihe season, recelved enough mois- ture to start it and sustain §¢ until this tme. THR ENGLISH WHEAT SUPPLY. 44, L. P.,” in Beerbohm's Corn Trade List of Dec. 14 writes abont *¢Our supplies for the next four months. " - We extract the following: There are some who think this will be answered by the 2,000,000 quarters on January, which means 500~ 1,2 art Hhe. o ementary 700,000 quarters 13 qu: months. upol question of chlef Importance. ‘The sume quantlty ((0000 qrs.) was on pastage 1ast year ot this time, and the following table shiows how the requirements were made np: Imports . On passage Déc, o dlar. " Dec, T Supole- mentary. 200,000 600,000 povs 4y , 000 2,1 000 2,300,000 i thea with now we see that (1) The supple- ‘Russia consisted largely of Compar I mentary cargoes from South Azov cargoca already shipped, but not om the test. There are none this winter. ' Odesea supplies are sus- sended. The recent hurryicg of shipmenta by sisatner s the sole cause of large quantity on passage. With poor crope, Odessa cannot do much more, buv &2y 150,000 uarters. (2) Denmark Is shipping nothing this year. (3) Germiany has sent us In the past three months 000 quarters, sgainst 440,000 1ast year, but about the same quantity of flour~75.000 guarters. Can we ex- cct anything betcer than this durlog tlie winter? (4) ‘he same remarks appiy to France.” She 1as sent us 10,000 quarters, agalnst 140,000, but of four about the saine—%1,000 quarters, W whi answer fully the same during_the next four monihy. the “Danube have shipped oS EEEpE lina done.uud ma: two-thirds ol list _year, but it looks very mprobable. (7) The Atiantic ports have shiphet this aULMA £25,000 GUaTLers sgainst 1,373,600, oriitile more thun half. Yer their visible supply (s only 8.900,00C bu wzafnst 16,535, 000 bu last year. Can we expect more than S0.000 guarters per week? (s) India Is the only exception. Let us assume she will continue to 8hip by steamer at the rateof the pasi ‘month, thouzh tne indications are strangly o the con- trary. (9) Sundries were exceptionally large last year, Deing only 80,000 qUATErs Lwo years szv: it nciuded 150,000 quartérs, which will be only 30,000 this year, This leaven prospective deficiency, apto March 31, of 1,400,000 quarters; and I we tage the six months be- fore syring shipmeats, can come lnto pla, the de- cl will be D"’W"u“"‘“r more. And have we not good rason (o expect a Contlnental competition? 1 it ssihle that the Ihine and Gerniany, to 68y nothing of France, can wait, 18 they dli last year, for the Odeses steamers In the spring? ‘Who will Venture to say how much of over 2,000,000 quarters will be diverted a3 ft arrives off coast, Or eflrm thal this will Dot prove the most serlous element In the whole question? ——— PROVISIONS. FI0G PRODUCTE—Were again active, and exclted, with avery strong feallng. Therowas anurgent de- maad for futare delivery, both_onlocal and coantry. sccount, .especlally the Jatter. The recepts of hogs here and at other polnts arenotlarge in numbers, and show a falling off In welght aund quality, which ieads very many to think that the crop s nearly exhausted. Hence they ar2buylng on the theory of & short supply of meat, though It is admitied that the packing of the West to date 18 500,000 hoga ahead of the total up to thls Umes yearago. The country fs excited on the subject, and gending fo many orders to buy product. 7This attracts the attentfon of those who usually trade in wheat and corn, but findno chance to make » turn on those markets while they remain steady. Saturday the hog market was quoted 10@12}¢ per 100 e higher, under ssmall supply, and this brought out buyers of product In force. It would probably have been the ‘most active day of the season bup for the fact that sell- ers were not 5o free as heretofore, even at the advance; except that packers were willing to sell the stuff of cur- rent manufacture. » The Daily Commerciat Bulletin gives the following as the progress of packing at the polnts named: ¥ Total To date, | Todate, | Todate, | season, 1877, | 1876."( " 1875. | 1875-8. Keokul k 0001 Sloux City". 2, 4, sxeessl The following were the 8tocks of pork, lard, and bams iz Chicago on the dates named, as returned to the Sec- retary of the Pork-Packers' Association: Fork, lfl;& was little disposition to sell at market soon rallied, advanciag 1 ‘Efinfl%flxfio Then eased Off .~ What wers fhonghs jolo¥ creasing probalfifiles of war made & STorts. nervous, and they were afrald 1 1o over Sunday, capecially 49 they Knew ‘g powertal coinbluation working with 8 yisw s brices here. The continued abeace of heat-felds of Caltfornla wasans siement faluty, which tesed to keep. up. prie not appear fo affect New York' of market in the st-named city fa Sost now g e exrectation of large arvIvalsof whear {yores istohand now. The trading here was chiofy Aol tive, Gash No. 2was alow, While the lgmalecte Were in fair request. Seller February oo i S1.26, advanced to S1.27. and closed a0 o Masch was qulet ac 51273081 35 1o . Seller the Month ranzed 3t 1 o rwith cash N et =ESE g i FrES, Fhereh 2 i i X o, g 2t L8120 Cashsiierwere 7, poredor s s ba Yo, 2 apving o o151 u No. 3 do (In Cley and Tiocic Totand) e 3t a0 30 bu rejected do (In City) 8t 97@07kac: and % 108 1ol s3mple At 97H2ESL. 14 on track. 1,000 by, °1 STENNESOTA WIEAT— Va3 Guiet and fns was made of 350 b 45 e e naed. Sua Ble st S1. 18@1.25 0 track. otk ot Syua. INTER WiiEaT—Sale Wi bafifl car.h : :‘bm: ': mbflmll‘l.u a3 rathor qulet, but a shade f and Tutures, wad derielly Armer oo e Toes ok | which were'fn much beiter demand, with only Gty - ate offeriogs. Liverpuol was quoted weal arrivalaofl const were Iht, thete was Iftile sho New York, and our rozcipts were somewnas g, Jan. 10, 1874.. 7 The ** Dally reial Report™ gives the followlng as the shipments of provisfons from this point: Pork, | Lard, |llams) Shoulders| {Afiddl Is. e e Y bris.’ | “tes. 5,782 5,045! 1,458f 1,007.6%0/ 9,078,534 4,414 B161] 1,184 979,816 9,851,835 25 75.7:4|un,a-:9 17,634] 7,828, 447124758, 203 ‘e time --| 09,7281 82,3271 0,363' 9,154,000/ 84.250,768 *Green hams—Shipped for the week, 15,009 pos, 700 pes samo week Iast years since Nov. 1, 12 pes, agalust 450, 573 pes corresponding pe- Wkend'g| ers. MEss-PORK~Was o urgent demand, and sdvanced 7t%e per bri. closing 35G27%c higher 'than the latest prices of Friday. Very littie waa wanted for this month, and the trades noted for January were chiefly changea. erc reported of 250 brls cash at $17.82%4: 750 bria seller Jaunary ut $17. 80 222,350 brls seller Febe 8,10:18.40; and 31.250 bris seller March at . Total, 54,500 brls. . The market closed S18.0X518, 10 for round lots cash;_$18.00018.05 18.27}4@18.30 for February; and 5714 arh. Eitra prime pork was guoted at $19.2513.50, Larp—Was In actlye demand, and advanced 10¢ per 10G1s, o sympaihy ¥ith o riseof 04 per o fn Liver: easler at only a shade above the latest Fricés of Friday, as the higher prices brousht out fres sellers. Sales Were reportod of 250 tes cash at Sil 50 tcs do at $11.80; 2,750 tea seller the month at $11 5,750 tes seller February at S11.6234@11.75; and 25,750 tés seller March at $11.80R11.925. Total, 36,550 tes, The market closed casy at $11.55 cash or seller January; §11:634011.05 for February aad SILITHG11-80 T0F arcli, MEAT—TWers loss actlsg, butabout Jcper Ibbigher, tnsympathy withpork. The traing was chiefly do’ mestic, forelku orders being limlted below the views ot sellers. The reported transactions include 140,000 1ba Freen Bame,at 0c for 16-1b 8 for 14 1b.and 8ic for 2015 150,000 1ba shoulders, a¢ 63 cash, and 634c 5.000 1bs green do’ 8t GiC: 10 boxes loni at 9¢: 100,00 103 o &t 83¢c: 250 boxes short clears seller February at 9ic; and 1.000,000 1bs short, ribs st 0.45669.50 per 100 14 seller March. . The fotlowing are eats: - 9,459, the latest quotations on part-sulted m 4 Shout- Shors Long ders. ‘ribe. clears, clears, 8 8% 1 g 8} Aarch, loose. 538 Long apd siorc ciears quoted t9}c cash or Jan- uary. and S4c seller February, autet i Cumberlands plekicd hams, mmo%ic ook c. 4, 84GINHC. acon quated at 74@7%c for shoniders, ¥isi0c for short ribs. 10510i4c fur short clears, 13@14c for hams, 3l canvased and packed. Grmase-Was gulet ui sase, BEEF PRODUCTS—Were steady and qulet at $10.508 .75 for mees; $11.50@11.75 for extra mess; and $19.00 6_}_9,50'0)’)!.;!;“). todat Tie for c 4 'ALLOW—\Vas quote i for city, and 8l 7340 fof comatcy 19t the. Jasias foe Noc L Balewa miado of 140 Driscity st T4c. BREADSTUFFS. FLOUR—Was qulet and Arm. There was a fair local demand for red winters, and a few lots of springs were taken, but shippers held aloof. Sellers were very firm Inthelr vlews, and some of them asked a further ad- vance. Eales werareported of 475 bris winters, partly 8¢ $6.75; and 650 brls apring extras, chicly ot $5.674@ 6.37%. Totak 1,125 brls. The market closed firm at the following ranze of prices, some lots belog held higher: Cholce winters, $6.87}4%7.62)¢; medium win- ters. $5.6734@6.50; cholce spring extras, $6.25@6.7: medlum do, $5.621636.00; shipplaz extras, $5.00@ 5.37%: cholce patents, $7.25@8.50; common do, $6.75 @7.25; spring superfines, $3.50@5.00. Ryeflour, $4.25 @4.37%. Buckwheat do, $6.75@7.25. Brax—Was Iu falr demand, and steady at the recent advaace. Sales were reported of 40 tona at S13.00 per tonoa track, and $13.25 free on board cars. MiDDLING3—Sales were made of 20tons at $14.008 14.50 per ton oo track. Corx-Mral—Sales were made of 10 tons coarse at $16:25 per ton g track, a3d 10 tons st $15.50 delly- ered. ‘WHEAT—Was rather less active, thouzh tners was a falr buslness doing, and aversged about the same as on Frlday, closing.3(c higher. The market opened weak and }4c lower, a3 Liverpaol was reported in- SCHIVE, with Cargoca OIf thie coast heavy. Dut thero | than those of she previous day. carcity slone prevented an active shippine moveqey, shere ‘wera several ‘buylng onders oa ' the ao Fiich were nov lled only becatae Tretgit could not be obtained. Seller February was very 563 430 closiug wih busers i the b Sl No 2 sold ut $4GHe, “uniny 3 bu hizh mixed at #1342 85001 Lew do 3 40bc: 8.000 Lu new mixed ‘st 39%830; 19,50 . by &&c’led AL37@18c: 200 bu ears al 40lg442C on traep. - bu do at 44¢ {re¢ on bonrd, cars: 13,60 ba. spep by samble st 455@40c on crack. and 7.600bn doat gy 2¢ free on boatd cars. Total, 103,600 by, OATS—Were ia little betfer demand snd- firmer 1, der moderate offerlugs. The cecelpts were anly fair,ag the stock {nstore Incressed uurln;i the pas: week. J; mary or cash sold at 345623434c. closig at the onnid February eold at 317Gk, a1d Sarch at 35ia was quiet at30c. Relected oats were a o er, CTlIng ot Z43¢@ic. Samples sold qulte freegs o cal buyers and shippers. h sales were re 5,600 34 25¢; 8. were reported of 4 281 72¢; 550 bu by sample at €9@72c. b BARLEY—Was very qutet, Fhich were more ot and e S R e mal 3t gy ples Vers qulet. Afew carsof low srades were o Sampies wers sslable, Dut The aoriags soutions LS and It s thonght that there fs littie Hue. bariey Liin farmers” hands. A caroi Utah barley sold at 41,57 o track, Cash asled were reporsed of'2200 bu No. 2% 7 2. u refectes ¢y samjly 02006137, Tatal, 8,800 pa. o0 00 B BY TELEGRAPH. FOREIGN CITIES. Special Dispatch to The Tridune. LIverrooL, Jan. 6-11:30 8. m.—FLouE-Xa. 1, No. 2, 248, c GEALN—TWheat—Winter, No. 1, 10s84; No. 2, 103 4I; spring. No. 1,108 9d; No. 2.108; white, No.1,115%d No. 2, 11s; club. No. 1, 11s 7 E No. 1, 26s: No. 2, 253 9d. Provisios—Pork, 70s. Lard, 53s. E LIVRRPOOL, Jall. 6—2:30 p. 17.—PROVISIONS-] LIVERPOOL, Jan. 6~5 p. m.—CoTToN—Excited, st 71-16874d;: sales, 30.0%0 bales; ‘speculation and ex- port. 10.000; American, 15.100. BREANSTUFFS-Dull. Callfornia white wheat, aver: age, 11s@11s 2d: do club, 11s 243118 7d; spring, 10a1ns 9d; winter, 10s 4d@10 8d. Flour—Western canal, %4 @285, Corn—Old Westernmixed, 2839d; new do, 2 9d@26s. Oats—American, 33@38 84. Barley, 2s6d. - Crover Szzp—American, 70@30s. PrOvISIONs—)ess pork, 704. , Prime mess beef, 805, American lard, 535 64. Racon—Long clear, 44s 6d; short clear, 48s: fine American tallow. 42s 6d. PETROLEUN—SDIrits, 135@134 5d: refined, 1963100 63 Resty—Common, 7s; pale, J4s. SPIEITS TURPRNTINE—355@358 6. LoXDOX, Jan. 8. —SPIRITS TORPRNTINE~3s 0GHE. ANTWERP, Ja0. 6. —PRTROLEUM—S, NEW YORK. Nzw Yorr. Jan. &.—CoTTox—Steads: 184@137-16c: futuresclosed weak, with pressure to sell: Janoary, 13 7-32%: Feoruary, 194GIS 17-S2c; March, 10H@13 25-a2e; Aoril, 1431-32c; May. 143c; June, 144c; July, 143c: August. 14 7-10c; September, 147-22@18%e; October, 1234@133c. - Frovr—Dall and unchanged; recefpts, 5,500 brls: No. 2, $4.95@5.00; Superfine State and Western, $5.508 5.50; common to good extrus, $5.80@5.90; good 18 cholce, $5.85G6.10; winter wheat extra, $0.15@.75 :cludlnzchnl&;'s: extra Oblo. $5.807.75: St. Louts, 5.90@8.75: Mla 7 Ry fout dit 2t 51 spes. J3. 0k process, ST.75G95 CorN-MEsL—Qulet. GRALN—Wheat—Recelpts, 5.500 bu: sUghtly In Bu raded spring. 8 pts, ers' favor with limited business: un; @1.34; No. 2 Sheboygan.In starc. S1.41; kec. atloat, S1.43: amber Indlana, S1. 543 €370 Sprivg, nomiually $1.38: wter rod esterny $1.40. Rye qulet; Western spring. 85¢. 2nd Tinchanged: - Malt uncharzed. Corn dul sad w recelnta. 26 Oats“active; receipts, changed; 5,000 bu. lfl.fllvecb mixed Western and State, 40E.52 Hav—Dnchanged. fl_lgmg—y_rghbnged and firm; yearlings, 10@15¢; West- ‘white do, FrruoLEus--Dull Aad nominal: cases, 32¢34e; tha, 15¢; crude. 15ke: refined, 27c. 91 ey TALLOW—Qulet: BY@3kc. STEAINED RESIN—Steady at $2.50G:2.60, SeiBITS TrreENTINE~DUll at 7. Foon e Ne SE ot ®aTilzR—Quiet; hemiock sole, Buenos Ayren, Rio Grandc light, middle, ani heavy welzhts, 263065 Callforaia do, 26%2%; common do, 2 et domestic tleece, 30@57c; WooL—Quiet and_steady; A pulled. 2adsc: unwashed. 12@28c: Texas, 1372, Provisioxs—Mem pork, SIS.40@18.52 DBoef~U- changed: middies firmer; lonz clear, 844@g3c; short, : 102 "Dressed hozs—vestern, TH@7 19-16c. . Lard— le::_:ng%w;‘lw?‘m suh. 733 Jnlr[mn , S11.73. ‘EK—Choice firms otlie 5 Weéstern, 1@e. . Cugrsz—Firm at 7@ l4c. e o b Wuisey—Firm at S1.15. 2 MzraLs—danufactured copper unchanged: Ingot lake qui Eak Mo aSgoteh gp.‘f Iron. aniee a g i vl and heavy at $13.00@21.00. eet] W:,:‘llcsfiu&)l. {m .s A . ct 3.00; clincl i SRS b, $4.50@5.23; ———— IN MEMORIAM. Yesterday at 4 o’clock there was a memorial service in Trinity Church, Buffalo, N: Y., for Miss Mary K. Mixer, who perished in the fatal accident of the 20th ult., one week from the day she set out full of youthfal spirits and the an- ticipation of a bright and happy winter with ons of her oldest friends, but it was destined she should not reach Chicazo. God in His inscruts- ble wisdom chose to take her to Himself; called her to walk through the fiery furnace before He revealed His gjl)ury to her. ‘She was the (fl{ daughter of Dr. S. F. Mixer, of Buffalo, numbered but 20 summers, and was taken o all the freshness and loveliness of youth. She was a person of many gifts and rue attainments for one so young;, of sweet and lov- ing disposition, and, above all. & constant work- erin the Lord’s vinéyard. And although words of love and sympathy are cold now that the hearthstone “is berelt of its brightness, God grant in time that the pleasant memories of how dear she was to all who knew her may com- fort the stricken parents, aud that the daily tears and prayers offered may minle with thefrs. ‘We call these occurrences mysterious dispen= sations of Providence, and to our shortsighted, worldly view they do indeed secm so0. outh, and worth, and lovétiness;so every way tted to be happy and to make others hapoy, should be 86 suddenly taken from life seems 28 | mysterfous as terrible. ut if we conld look from the other side— from the regions of everlasting bliss to thu scene of short-lived and transitory being; tha longest life of which must scem like a moment in the cyctes of eternity,—might notall seem different to us? In one of her Iatest letters to her friends bere, speaking of her parents’ fear of accidents by thee way, she wrote: *‘But 1 shall trust to Frovi- dence t0 bring me safely through.” Can we be- lieve that that trust was in vain? or that It was anything but a blessing to her to be taken in an instant from the imperfect happincss of this life to the fuller and higher joys of Paradise} Full of hope, and life,and goodness, tao, she stepped by a side wal directly, as we. believe, into the presence of her Redcemer, and so avoided the weary road that sickness, and sge, and infirmity have to tread. To those who so much loved ber the trial Is of course great, but for her can we S0rrow or weep other than tears of thankfulness that she was worthy to be taken from ‘‘this earth’s sin and pain tothat world’s perfect joy” ¥ Ralsing a Delicate Questlon. Death, which sometimes cuts Gordian knots in a very satisfactory manncr, sometimes, or the other. hand, creates rather awkward situa- tions. Thus it appears that the Jate death of the Dukede Galliera has raised a delicats question touching a portrait-of Mme, Nilsson, the d}opfl]u prima-donna. It is related that the Duke, wishing to testilyhis admiration for the gifted lady, who was 2 frequent visitor at his receptions, bad her portrait painted by Cabancl. The portrait, life-size, is described a3 a masterplece, **worthy of the painter’s magic pencil, worthy of the Duoke, and worthy of her whose features it represented.” Unfortunstely, when it was finished Mume. Nilsson was abrosd and the Duke could not present it to her. When she returned to Paris the Duke himself was away; and this state of things continued for two years—continiied 5o long, in that the Rukc died I&il‘m’;c he had wr‘:cd 1:“ qul;:- on a8 regards the portrait, which, consequen }y. has become lndnfizd in the inventory of the urniture belonging to the Hotel Galliera. Tha question asked” is whether the portrait is to be or not to be Ophelia's. One advantage that original articles have over those that are scissorized is, that you are not so ltkely to stick the mucilage-brush in the ok stand.—Bostons Bulletin. -~ é‘ L4 % Z 5 ¢ 2