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

Review of the Financial Business of Last Week. Popularity of the New York Court of Arbitration-—~Commerce for March, The Produoe Markets Generally Less Active—~All Strong at the Open- ing, and Weak Aftorwards, Providons Lower~Breadstalls Apain Migher--The Trading Chiefly Bpeculative, FINANCIAL, The Board of Trade scitlements constitatod the main featars of banking business 1aat week, but the volama of traneactions was not aa 1arga as was cxpected. The tolont fluctustions of the market had catmed a great many of tha deals to be closed up before the 1st of the month. There is same de- mand from the country banks for advances toenable their customers to carry stafl. The sapply of mer- cantilo and miscellaneons paper has not been lazge, and the banks find tholr loanable resources ac- cumnlating, Rates of dircornt wero 8310 per cent at tho ‘banks to regular castomers. On the street, nom- 4pally the asme rates prevail, with lttlo dolng. New York exchange was weak at par, * The clearings of the week are reported, ss fol- Bows by Manager D, R. Hale, of the Chlcago Clear- Alng-House: 00,8008 483,068 3,837,330 €31,100,117 $2,075,101 NATIONAL-DANK CIRCULATION. Following is the atatement of the Camptroller of *4the Currency, showing by States the amount of i | Natlonal-Bank circulation fssuod, the amount of 1egal-tender notes deposited In tho United Stales Treasury to retire National-Bank cirenlation, from June 20, 1874, to May 1, 1877, snd amount ro- tene ’.‘:‘u de- 3333288 sestngsacas| £] 828,B2853228 EEH LEEH i, i k000l 207,040) 1,50, M cmi Hi inig| Zalioat| LAl B aEE B S Tan 2. ool 1,007, 733, €34, 140 1,510, kA 533,043 878,520| 20, B42,529 30, 7, 830, 506, 405'80D, 663,547 815, 384, 418 TIIB WAR AND GOVERNMENT SECURITIRS. In tho bpinionof the London Economlst, the ‘money market proper will not be' deranged by the ‘war aa much as thg stock market wiil bo, The laf ter will be especially distarbed by the discreditof some large gronps of sccurities. Tusslan securl- tles must weaken considerably, and this will have & general and aympathetic effect to depress, Aus- tro-Hungary {s lisble in the fatzro to sovore polit- Jcal dlsturbance, and, so, to Ansncial stralns, The JFconomist thinks {tdonbtful whether the futura has been sAficlently disconnted by the recent fall in pricen on the London Slock Exchange. At tho same time, credit of late years has been largely con- tracted and rehabilitated on every hand, and the coming gdneral Improvemens {n business will do o8 much to counteract the depresalon of war, BUCCESS OF TIUE NEW YORK OOURT OF ARBITRA- TION, 'The threatening proposal of the New York Legls- * Iature to make the Court of Arbitration dependent for 1ta maintenance on Ita recoipts from fees, ets., bas called forth from the buelness-men of New York & remonstranca which is the beat evidence of the high valao they put on arbitration as & substl- tuto for ordimary Mtigation. The remonstrants ntate that experienco has proved tho great advan. tage of such a court for the awlft dixposition of dis paten in the commercial metropolis of the country; that {tis not w privato tribuns), and the Chamber of Commerco has ‘only the {nterest in it which it has {n promoting all the bost Interests of the coune try; that no court is ever self-sopporting, the three Conrts of Record In that city costing $1,:250, - 000, and recelying for fines and fees less thi $20,000, and that tho business-men who need the Court aro large taxpayers and bear thelr sbare of the burdens of the courts, COIN CERTIFIOATES, Tt fa suggested that the Sacretary of the Treas. ury cesse recelving gold from the publlc and san: ing coln certificales for It untll the time comes ‘when holders of gold will bo ready to tske green. backsin exchange for it. The Government, tho advocates of th's plan say, has done all its daty sa far as gold 1s concorned when it has minted it, snd the inconvenience that will be feit by the public and the banks when the Government dlscontinnes the fasue of coln certificates will boan jncentive to the resumption of specie-payments, GOLD AXD GREENDACKS. Qold waa 100%@107 In greenbacks, * Greenbacks wero 4@03% conta on the dollar in akec Unttad Atates 68 of ‘81, Q) s Uited Etales 5.2 of '3 10 of my BLOKKUS' QUOTATIONS. Did, Asked, Chicsro Clty 7 ¥ ct. bonds.... s wlcaw au 7 ¥ CL. S8WLTAZO. . Coleago Gas-Light *And laterest, BY TELEGRAPH. NEW YORK. Nxw Yonx, May 3.—Gold opened st 107, de- clined to 100X, and ruea to 107k, st which the closlug sales wera made. Carrylng rates were Ligy and 1 London, 64} pence; here silver bars ares Gn.nnhukl, 125%; gold, 117%; oolm, N discount. . Goveruments sctive and strong. Hailroad sccarities generally frm. State bonds dull aod steady. ‘The stock market was weak {n the early dealiogs, and prices declined 4; 40 1% per cent, but sabso- quently s 8rm foe}ing set in, and am lmprovement ranging from 34 to 2% per cent was noted, Ia the alternoun prices reacted i 0 1% per cent from the Lighest poiut of tha day on free sales to realize, but st the close there was s recovery of 3 o X per cent fo somu fnatances, Rock lsland fell off DK Lo D28, and, recorored. 1o 03t New \nlkCunlnl declined fruin U5% 10 DAY, 83, Lako bhure declined (o 3%, &nd au...\ s u’.! Delawars & Muduoa fel of 1o 463 » T g Ay T A arg decliaed Lo S0%, ud faally sold oldatson ransactions aggregated o ek 13, 000 et v ot Vork Contar, 68, D00° Laks Shore, 10,000 Northwestern, 30,000 Tock Ialand, 7,200 6t. Paule, 23,600 Do R Ferannre & Nadson o780 Mlchln cnu-al and 718, 200 Western Union. The matkat closed active and unsettied. \Ium- 1‘. la 2% per cent. Primo mercantile | A”:;hl:‘p, Ion&fflwhorh 400. i nnl su:)'ooo castoms, The Sab-Treasury merchandise Imports for the week, zporta for tho week, &1, a.m,n’.fi produce. ox, 92,0003 rpecie exporta fo 1 the ek, $2,310, o meekly bank statement s as followa: ‘Tonae, incrotse, $2,380,100; specle, nereare, $2,654, 0 (100 Tegal-tenders, Incruu $1, 576, Ofl‘llopnslll- lncmn, 4,050 rmnlxuon. docrease, $200} TYe, l 'l'ha !mek B‘xchlnga hag anln raised brokers' commissions and charges for buying or relling ntocks, For any ononot & membor of ths Stock, Exchange, but who s a basker, broker, or active dealery t'1a to b 4 fntead L] 16, Investors are U1l charged X, and other charges, A3 Delween membenal the Bxchange, are the same, me Wi mwrem Tabte Ameriean Terre linota Tnited Stazes E: i New York CG.I:H‘I'.... 81 C. & A, profe Erie oo T Ghio % \Yrmmx prote bely& fae Er:’m:'.. i Bt Unfon Hannibal Lake 8hore. Henim Facing bonda- llllnou Cent; 56 nion Pacific bonda,, 1M} cmvnl-m.l & l’lmnfl' M [lY. P, Iand-gra; P U P! sinklog-fan, Horthwericrn pid. Tenneaswee, old. . T 5 Pofillm‘. £ i ¢ INDOY, —The rate of disconnt In open matket for lhm’n mnnlha' bills Ja 2%, bolow tha Bank of England rate X, Connols far mnnn( -nd Account, 03 5-10. Amorican sccurlties—aSe, '103; '01-. 108K; 10-40s, 208%; new be, ‘New York Central, 90' Erlo, 6X; do proferred, 10: Niinols Cemrll. 52." Fants, May 5.—Hentes, 1031 07%c. LIFE-INSURANCE. THER SURFLUS OF THE EQUITABLE LIPE-INSUR- ANCE COMPANT. Y the Edilor of TAs Triduns. CmicAdo, May 4.—In the recent publieation of this Company, ontitled **Equitable Life-Assur. ance Bociety Examipation," the President of the Company, Henry B. Hyde, whoso compensation as chief officer for the last five years has smonnted to $247,500, claims (page 180f the pamphlet reforred t0) that the Equitable Soclety has a clear surplus of 85,503,703, Dat, in the first place, thls does allow for any part of the $800,000 dedaction recommended by the policy-holdors’ Committes (pages 10,11), which this Committoe says should be taken from the suz- plus fand. In the second place, the portion of the total sar- plus which belongs to the Tontine Bavings Fuad 15 82,103,677, accordlng to the New York Insur- ance Buperintendent's computation (page 0), snd $2,201,600 by the Committee's export, D, P, Fackler (page 0), and the Bociely's Actnary (page 10), The officers appear to have nsed roma form of words in dmwlog the stipnlatiuna contatned in thelr tontine policies, by which. thoy are able to merge this P&ml 4500 Into and mingle it with thele (nn as {f it befonged to the policy-holders In gen- ral, n wall be wnll. therefore, to inquire what this 42, 1ata of, to whom it belongs, and whon u !l lhlu. in order to form a correct con- ¢losion as Efiu Leing a liabllity and the propricty of treating It a8 suct. Itis t‘.ompnued exclusively of nndrawn dividends and Interest thoreon, left with tho Company by those who have taken and pald premiumson ton- tine palicles. 1y 81l the promises and guarantees of "the .Com- any's officers, printed ond written, tor years, this ? m{bolankl wholly to the tontlne pollcy-holders, and no part of it can vader any clrcumatances bo diverted from them and glven to the pollcy-tolders lnnnml by the Boclety under any othor form of olicy. ¥ uy tho same promlscs, this fand, with Its ne- camulations, Is to be kept scparate and secare, and upon the completion bk tontine periads of tne different classcs is to be paid over and dlll.d Smong the living tontine poticy-nolders 2,201,600 an. & fixed And detarmined Tlabilit ’nfin £ would be dlificait to call nay kind of deb a] o 4 n ‘e ’mm place, thers is fucluded {n the 7033 two items which aro rejocted h{ the eaorahio Departents of orory Stats wamelys {+Commuted commlssiona®.. . l7fl.fl5 “*Agents’ balances™ ... ... 0, 304 g8 © of the *¢ Examinatlon," an ho of- fl:lll -’:mmom of the Auditor of Illinols, pub- lished in tho Journal, April 24, 4 To arrive at the real surplos by the New York standard, It {s necessary, therefore, todeduct from 1!.;110 e‘lalmcd surplus of 5, e 1 1udflr 50 nstead of 85, 8o much for A&uw York valuation, which, in view of whatliss occurred during the past few years under uparvision of the New York Insorance De- partmen "h t be regarded with some dlstrust snd taken with some allowanca. Turnibg now ta tho mors conservative and trust- ‘worthy -fimdml of solvency required by lho luu of Massachunetts and Illinols, nlm'K a based upon Interest to bo carnod at the rlu nl -l e cent por pannm, (Instead of 43 an in New orh. Roukln be sworn stalement of the pul lllhtd in the Chicago Evening Jnurnul n! Avrfl 24, It lu’relrl that the Equitable hu nuuulmnnullnl 3 , 713, and Nabiiities 1,807, leaving an upplrunl surplas of 2 bu .slu in U 1o allowance Is mada for the $800,- ooouemcmlnn inreal eatate an: -mlrulu. nor tho $2,201,500 duo the tontine Ynllcy-lwl ors, ‘Thesa nocessary and formidable deauctions make 001,500, —& sum targor than auy surpius that can claitned under Massachussetts or 1\linols laws, and leaving s small deficit Inatead of a surplus, Thesa calcnlations miay be eaally disproved or verified b! n examination of the s«:(:u 's publica- tion prevlously mentloned, andthe Erening Jour< nai of April 2 .{ and if the figures aro lncorrect, or he busis upon ‘which they are madc erroneon wlll soma one vnmfl In the business be goo: enough (o poia l uwrruu Toviox-HoLors, COMMEROIAL. The tollowing were tho receipts snd shipments of the leading articlos of produce fa this city durlng the twenty-four houre ending st 7- o'clock on Satnrday morning, and for the ccn'“wnd.lnx time laat years Withdrawn from store during Fridsy for city coosumption: 6,055 bu wheat, 450 bu corn, 685 bu rye. ‘The following graln was inspectad into store Jn this cny on Satundsy morning: dcaraNo. 2 N, W, wheat, 2 cars No. 3 spring, & cars No. 3 do, 3 cars rejected do, 1 car no grade (13 whest); 2 cars No, 1 corn, 83 cars high-mized do, 25 cars new do, 55 earsand §,200 bu pew mized, 171 cars No. 8 corn, 65care and 5,600 bu rejectsd do, 2 cars no grade (382 cars and 13,800 bu corn) ; 6 care white osts, 12 cara No. £ do, 14 cars and 2,200 rofected do, 1 car no grade (u oats)} 2 care rejected rys cars No. 3 barley, 2care rojected do. Total (44 cars), 190,000 bu. Inspectad cut: 41,660 bu wh t, 186,721 bu corn, B5J, 012 b\l oats, 1.905 hn rye, 3,535 bu barley. ‘The foilowing weze the receipts and lhlpmunu of ‘Breadstafle and liye atock at thle point during the past week, and for the corresponding weeks end lug as dated: dygh g s B S 83,548 604 405 BRWE A0 “'lh e e 86,569 4. 664 PN YT 15, 0, The following were the uporu from New York for the wecks ending as dated: )Ml h A]wfln Mll&,% 24, 20 P RIS 'nm leading prodnce markata were genorally quiet Provislons wera easler. ‘while breadstnffs wera much stronger early and weak afterwarda, The advices from other polnts Indleated continaed strength, butthis dld not eanse activity, and very little was done exeept far fnture delivery, or on outside account, beyond the AHing of shorts. It s gondrally conceded that the mar- kets are too high to warrant shipments except on direct orders, which ara confined to the supply of immodiate wants, and outslle parties sre mostly ofrald to operato with prices at such a criticat range, excent aa they may feel obliged to make provielon for the performance of already existing Tlence the marketa have worked round Intos not very healthy condition, and very few fecl able to even guces intolligently as to the mavement of the near future. There was a comparatively quict market for d s steady et of prices. Otders were numerons enongh, but s they woro almost Invariably for emall amounts, for resasort- ment of stocks, the volumo of busincss was by no meana large, Tho grocary market swas activo and buoyant. Al articles In the list wero unequivocal- 1y firm, while the leading linca were quotnbly high- Coffees wera np \e, sugara Yc, rice Ye, anl The demand for dried yesterday and frrognisr, domestic dry goods, alraps and moiasses I@Be. frults, though leas urgent than dnring the carlier days of the woek, was iberal, and the recently ad- vanced prices were in every lastance malntained, Fish woro quiet and unchanged. Thero was s dull market for butter and cheese. prices of leather, tobacco, coal, and wood wero Olls, palnts, and colors wera In good request at Friday's quotations, Lumber was in moderate domand at unchanged prices. The offerings at the docks wera sinall, and nearly sold out befors night., Yard prices are weak under large offeringa of old lumber, and there 1 considerabla competition among dealors, who aro anxious to reducestocks. ‘The wool and broom- corn markets were quict and steady. dull, and tho early varieties were weak undor fair offerings, the season for them belng over, and dealers waro unwilling to buy to carry till fall, ex- coptata considerabla roductlon from the prices recently current, Green fruiia wera steady, th offerings Leing chiefly of foreign frults and applea, Thoe ¢ool weather has provented the ripening of the carly berries, henco the receipts continua emall. The hide market was active and firm. 1Hay was dull. Ponltry and eggn were nnchangod. Lako frelghts were quict and steady at 3¢ on corn Room was taken for 20,000 bz whest and 23,000 bu corn on throngh terms. Rail freights were quoted steady at the recent advance, the following balng the curront rates: To New York, 30c por 100 1he on graln and 456¢ on boxed meats, To Noston, Portland, and Providence, 850 on grain and G0c on provisions. England polnts, 35¢ on grain, Provisions to Baltl- moro 42¢, and to Philadelphla 43¢, To Montreal, 2Gc on graln and 35¢ on provisions, ¢laas " ratod 10c above grain, ‘The tarelgn vaine added to tho duty and reduced to carrency, mives $75,020. Add to thls 15 per cent, which may be taken as the cast of handling In New York, Inclnalng jobbers' profits, and wo have & total of $87,310, or an averago of nearly $18,000 per day aa the amauntof trade diverted g Chicago a port of entry. And it should be remombered that this ls tho dull- est part of the yoar for Importers, The average of tho year 1s greater than tho above. Walker makcs the visiblo supply, April 28, to be 8,786,507 bu wheat, 8,870, 144 bu corn, 1,010, - 000 bu oats, 1,300,530 bn barley, and 003,427 ba rye. Theso figares show for the week procoding & decreaso of 703,708 bu wheat, 217,000 bu oate, 174,725 Lu barley, 79,803 ba zyo, and an Increase of 143,187 ba corn, BIIPPING VALUEZS. Wo extract the following, by permission, from J. 1, Drake -ECO s r.lr:nlnr' hwheat at 31,75, l“u, Imnrnnn “fl.‘ et wToextio i i, ll.nl ! 4 for onders lhuul |161 lll], flll:‘hll"IIR Kfl&lllh Ir‘nmmlnlnnj No alterations in To intorior Now from New York by m i Inton! sfin ng. ucn':nzu." 5 i frefi [ TNtermediats charges, would HR 707 Mangeido snipin, N ool :!lc.ljdzlnli Ifil ito e el Cont CB ornm o .»mm"‘ t "i lacork ot Cargoes, 208 6. I'ROVISIONS, N0G PRODUCTS—Wers maderately sctive in the sggrogate, and unsettled. There waa very little dolng, except for future, and offcrings wers rather large, though hogs were quated steady at the Btock-Yards snd there was no particular chango {n the furofgn markets, “The early feellng waa strung, in sympathy with bread- stuff, but there were fow buying orders from the oute side, and the trading was chicfly local, & constder- aUla proportion of §t belng simply chianges from one ‘month to snother, ‘The number of hoge packed since March 1 to datés mentfoned are estimated as follows, st the undermen- shipments of plu!l.l- fous la detall for the week endiog May 3: " Als08,562 other pkga lard 402 22 do bame. The followlug table sxhibita the aggrogate shipmeats at provisions lo detal slace Oct. 77, 1870 218, 208 80,871 LT M.un B, 271 o 107) 4,014 1 8,621 Wl K—-Was miod: unl ‘opuned SO h T of 431 hris ulxer 23,270 kwmhunrrau A 15, 404 15,05 e market clow -\.nm 230 bris do at tal, 34,000 teady 41 DPI‘YI r seller HTAG13.45 selice T uae, o uufl“'ma'.éo mul'uqllnlm a% §14.25@14.50, and nlrl nlhzrmanull' and advi ed 174e, and ¥rids i 1" {w&u\‘iml W\nn prtist et wl'lh lmll ehange to nots fa 5o o 5 nn—-\uu ann. was et marl iosod foll TRk of prices: kat cl uu‘ll’.ln\vllmwl 1’9 [l auoted st T e o May H we. all boxed; -wm-pl& ;m*.‘:.. R nfi“ 1o llwrl dnn. lokdl lefor r&-w kg t $10. 1-’7‘- uunhu $i -fi m for uly. ad 30 e lor No. 3. BREADSTUFFS, TLOUR—Was sctive aé full previous prices. There ‘was 8 good demand for ahipment a4 well a4 oo local ae- count, but operations were sotmewhas restrictad by the pauclty of oferings. Bales ware roportedof 110brls winters on priveta termai 3,710 bris sprisg exiras 8 $7.00810.060; 200 brls spring saperfiacs et §3.73 @7.00; snd 100 bris rye dour st $3.00. Tolal 3170 bria The warkes closed at the following rangs nl Ddtfll Chulce winters $10.00811.003 B(u (w eounu, uu. e 3 chulco ‘Spriig vuperta ?.".. superia b 504, 00, p‘unx flupr“ld.m l\un-wn II-III\II“I active, 3“" lllll 'lll ander fl‘l&h 140 14 S0 . Fon Gk, SRR RS SR S )'t'lnnuub.:suo ‘was mads of 10 Lous a3 §19.00 per a-x N:AI.«BLI“ 'l-l made of 10 tons coarsc at —\\n ruud uul! sctive, upwnu The warkct vpeusd a6 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, MAY 7, I¥77. Y' e, -\a Slosed 14 :J Above the Isteat prices of Friday, o per guarice Hikher on ok 'YOIK 'll 2 Milwatkes seiling ol . s Fecelpta s Srens s, with ay nnlm ont de clfllle of some 173,000 hu In onr stocke durd Toek. and there were s few raying orders on ¢ ehrly, but they were -rm filled. The e nce brought out free aeliers, and after thet the mlrkrl was mather Beas, wnhmuudolnump 1n tue local scalp: ¥ odernte inaniry YoF cash wiieat fo mmenz. Ut pricee e wlar, the difterence be cash and Juna nnmn NS "y Tum 1iga 38 por b Reller Jine openeu al 81,80, fell of to 41,31, |B||!Hl'!4 I-n 81,71 aed to lIJOw lml elnled rmor St J58 and nb KL .77, Tanging 194 1'-15 below .'ln!. Reller )'ll'v Dl’" lar No. l]ur ng, ranaelal g1.72a1.75, closing at $1.83, " Cdan mrtpflrla of lflfl.ll 0. . 1,00 bu No, ll 'J , o0 ba Tlecic o at 8130 [ mu mum. by sample &t 368 Syeson track. Mot ST Saiow were resicted to 1,000 T A EERIAT R for Ho.'a T siata, ami §1,m for s ur-lm v il e boant " Tha marked ¥ Ofi Werlea active, 401 rechiarly stroneer, 2444 falling buek ’fll\[ anil !'lul“!r % '"‘l'nl‘P lhfl'l }'fi‘la l“1\‘f'h' ng, [h,fl |l|l|' et :}'Nllur;lh 15\ ¥ Fon A Blaher Liverpo, o A g ' e e e Satomec ot T aestAy nEAL: Brom ATy il og aliaw B0 Tarie s decrease.) . Tayin hiowght ant huyers. and the mlr A‘l vas quite etcited at the ontret, hut Alterwards raled easior, with New York *nat vo Arnw ” the b hrr rlces (nducing more linaral aneringa bot hare and o fie reabonrd, 'rha shipping » advance in prices carry- e rl Sehra fate [ voUmD: wnd sotne op Frutam professed 15 axnect & further ncreave, as they Ay {HAL preac nt fl“mfllmn will Invits sales, an searetiy af wheat will feaye more cart at mmn Tonm gurn. Beller.trine anenci at sAife, Soc, with Pimora of #ala &t 80Yc, daclined -an% eloied at Relier-tuly warquiof AL 19170 shove June, with no sales aboi a e, Seller t! ! month, of regn: Iae No. 3, munmw,wuu clostni aL 8oe: Amd R et rnmlrl Ko. 2. orhigh mizet, comman: ud-nrrmhmln 1{cover regutar. CAsh wales WEre ro. S S el mixed ey bt 7"' o huf‘rlluwu Shdier .o hew high mixed 4 8,800 hy naw mited at A3@a) KM 131,400 h\l re] nclml 039 ll b cars at 85 1‘ I7..”<n|m-nu|leul by’ mal Linare on track in 1hanodn do AL BRI frce. on BoArd cars. - Total, 'OATE=Wera acttva \sariy, wvancing wuddenly at the grenin aboit e, which called ot nnmerous ofor Sy my with New Vork, AN btk aie :'lrmrd S2in? Tanco shipmeata of {ha pant, which ndicatad 8 itheral redriction of the atoek in staré,rushied In to 011, but the nimeroia affcriogs soon camed them to withifraw, and fien the market wenk encd, being lnrl‘\?r depresd hy thie deell grain. ciine in ottier with 1n caxn for ahipment, o . and closed 't H4%R4S or cash urnr)r.‘clr-(n at ddc, 1d 8t it ” al fy agtive, Coan “Sales wero rev 0 _bu Ni, 2 At 4440 4 3 @00 bt po- jected at 38¢; 8,000 bu by sanple at 80 fl‘! on lfll"~ ry:fl.:m Bt At 57@350 fres o board Total 50 XR—Was In talr demaad and dm, adwancing a3 nnder light ofterings, Cash sold e0@ate, and re- Lgr'l 'd st R8e, June mm nt o, and Ma h xales were roported of (1,200 bu Na, 2 at n0@DIer :lll:(urn t?lfd‘tt ’N‘Llll) bu by ssmpie st 80@8s0 on ack. “fota 1 b ivas ¥ yety @ .mm And little better than b A fow car ot 8 wers wanted. and “ ‘s were mads !l nn mlunrn nf 2'1% . fi'C\‘l selling 4733 8] AL 7353 and May af 1()!7'&6, {felml wuvfinoled At 409 Cash sales were repml of 1,200 hyu No. 9ta A, L hco. AL (NW by llmblfl &% 38343 on k. Total, 1,600 bu, Tn the sttermaon & fow irremtiar trades wers mad tn eorn at 1o advance, aales helng made at 873(@33a seller June, closlng at the ontalde. GENERAL MARKETS, ALCOTOL—Was qulat at $2.10@32.30. DUOOM-CORN=Was In moderate request and steadyr Chalce green hurl, 85437cs medlum hurl, red tfpped, 4'4@sa; green brush, with hurl enough to work it. 850kcs red tipped, with do, 4@44o; red do, 3Qa%e; Inslde brush, 324c; medtum to cholee stalk brald, 4@3%o} Inferfor brush, 2433c; crooked do, Z2de, BEANB~Were scarco and firm at $2.50@2.00 per bu for good stock. 1t s reported that tha bulk of the stock {a{n the hands of & fow parties, who are thua able to dic- tate prices. BUTTEN—The butter market presented no {mpor- tant now featurcs. ‘Trade was as dovold of activity as on the preceding days of the week and the course of priccs was no more satisfactory to holders. A llght | cal and shipping demand exlstod at the annexed quota- Honst Cholea yellow, 233t20c; medivm to good, 15@ 1841 Inferlor to common, 8@ 140, DAGGING—Was quoted firm, with a falr and grad- ually-lmproving demand for prain bage. Werepeat ourlist: Ktark A, 234es Montaup, 2201 Peerless, 2icy Ontarfo, 220} Lewlston, 2ic; Utter Creek, 1nej Amers lean, 18%e: Amoakesz, 1bei burlap bags, 4 ands bu, 1auises punnles. stgle, Haatsc: do double, 3433, HEESE—A small volunio was ‘Acoomp st RUoNE provione. anotAHone, - Biacks thon h Jight, are flllllom\lnl 1o prescnt requiromanta: now full cronm chocsa was uuotnd at l!ZHe, lflfl part akims at aistic, COAl—finles wero effected at previous flnm‘ parkecTuling falrly steay st the snuexed quotatlons: A Itouhurg, 'S0 ernnels €7, m, urmllm. iR mb ! timore & (6, £5.00.63.501 (11 5004, 25; Uart. ancryie, 83.01i Indtans biock, 81, §—Wera in falr reaucat at T oige, the outatds b‘hg tho ;:ncr:l aaking price. Nednotatiun wers unchangod. Tha count and cliy Loute ordered whty o ety o nw [rices fotiowing wers vu;J Renerally sustained: No. fiat, | family -nueum b u.on lfl"l(. 83,501 m B0 0, 73! l"\ l 80 i 301N, 14 Kl nal. (0 umny Xita, U3ce8].(0) DAk 4. 04l4 t\.fifim.fll 1 ni! bul? et el ied rfl:ll- per =1 NLTd were no further lml\cro fant prico-chiankes fn goads com m&ummr this head. Tho ftmness chaeacterising the market ourler In e week wai {1 no degrea ab 21 8 son) what quieter feeling all umllnd. The late aivance b d Lh nnlm.-uml\ demand, W 0% [n & measury lows: yers, lun.:ln Tarke = oty the m:lrknl llmn A4 1o PRI a3l Douuflu—Aldln lnnlrl 13a14er Michtaan do Bouthem, di3k4o1 biackberriex, 73{@acs ras :’n(u. TG piited chersics, 1Talhe, oot Filborts, 11461201 almonds, Terragons, 18@ \: "Franch walRITK. MUseL 16t Lrcnuls Batamte 4 @ldige; Brazile, 7iqicy pecans, Tozes, R@sie; dn, .\lIlmIllL oa'\ses Il'll ington posnats, 64@6¥o: Tens 2o peanuia GRREN FIDL T muunnnrmnmle ued good inquiry. “Appies aro selling at ret, stack af goud it Ju noarly sold ont. .mvlnn el Eho oact wentber T Fries from Fipentng, snd 1n sotn Joe nfln sged (he crop, Quntationa; Apple casai’ orangeR ’ $1.0K: ¢ boty Jemor 8,00per hax;banasias, u.fr&‘:mperhunchnx.imw Fien 0 mxmmu.s-'rnm Tnmo chango fn the fatics of the grocery mnrket. demlml(nrlln llllll "lnlu Fn!“ was noted ug; s sirups and piolaases 2 1 rolie w;au Loutstans, B4Q7H: Col ) 4@, M'w;':hrn. Noss :L :MM 20iday cholee "\ faney T 2t good to &!IME( coimmon o fair un‘«. Toartiag 1% llv' 13 l:lll ot !r .l 143 uull slml‘ y‘wéofl'v‘fi& lfl({-d o} oxtr k 'Ifl.‘ N et & No lfi( ' No. gfinl‘c‘u‘emwnbm“allm v to priis dor 1o@IONe) com ARUre- Calitornis tigar-toaf dripe, 0G0) Caittor, nia hone 4 UK -hn\llfl l|'|l‘\ 4344903 oxtrado, S(IM NB' O« lnlnl molastes, el lcnylmm}afl prime. 54/360ci com. molsames, 433330} uummn ma ashed, 4324301 DIsC sirap. SoaTTos m-wu 177417%cy eloves, 604520; cansn, '. per. 19A16WC] nutmegs, 81,0501,10; Cal- I:\llll l tq'- Yot Ge 1 mn (0 mxw\’?‘ fla‘ m’rmn mnu nl1 u‘u‘{:,‘ si@acy -unu lossom, 70t Bavon muflfl. 83{o1 Bane N Was qulot and e bester than nominal Qua- B Ra7. 50, npiaad praitia, S0 Nor gl ot taeds HiTliks—Wara tn_contiaued good de: 4 goe cnuvl et anare L oy oluod domand and Brom, TaTict wreen-cored, Hebs '"".u"-‘.'l{éi' T8, Wi dreen Eats ‘.‘."'.“n"m""‘-g h ] H ics and prime drillp ! el 15 ,—,.‘..1 .“mlM A N ora mulesoad nmmn-mnn”:o. 'afl ‘lh. P‘II week, ‘was made of 100 nn.Biunnn T8 sesly st Feitays roductton. ' lo, and m er Glls wers dem, PrigTi &‘:’:““" 'vl:lang e, ' °\.amnf fight: |7s‘ffeumu-fi. o afd boheu.':‘xnfn‘x winter-blcuahed, fic: aparim, h.ofi“ z‘ rlcu( T, $1.0641.10 do, 5 do sk oll. Shot iratia; M«: mioers ol deodor 1,83 grae, 17 IMIIMOIIM. de o, A7 ity Wi ?vn int n.'1 l al, tne, oy Wes nta oy odl H,, 2 dog., 3304 Batural, 30 doi... 0o redu des., PI)‘I'A'I‘(IBB—WGNII moderste dlmlnd. lhl eum- maluuaflnrlnii belng wiak, while fine Peschbl wers rocent prices, e receipta cont| ‘ud {tie & e inis coalTaie 3] drade iz i Deachblows wer auoted ab at 95c@$1. 10, i —Lnlcms ‘wore svaady 88 tarkeye ot 123136, SKEDA—Were qulet and wnchang ‘Timothy uld st $1.30@1.62%," snd faacy ¢ $1.75. Primi quotedat 81.63. Prime clover sold as §6.80. Mifiot sud Slungactun iera ulet 8t 43931c, oA AZWaa aulet shd ste ¥ingsalt, 81.30; ordl- 'y, coarse, §1.70; ey 3 'l b bags, $3.501 Ashe e, I pir s 4, 'BAS—Were I {1 «ma.nnd'mlm Weustill auote at followat GuurownEr—omman, 30@3%0; 500y do, 2 Inldl\llll. 60a35¢! flMA 80C el =fnfo=.'iw1m Cholcess, Bs@00) Taner,$1.00 lxrlluu-cc)mnm m diom, ¢nuc'Lnn-.“abauu nw. \,«x Yot S 04756, 0uNG HYsox—Comnioa, 84: do, 33A33c) do. w‘“"bfld m:u; Inul, dct ce. holcest, v I-Lummuu. T wmmml. i, 35438} mndfm 13 ..m nu u.mu.c alce &w:ic chnl 80 for bt‘bb. ll\lM C'l. 1 50 $0F B8] dv WHWJ VEGETARL i mnd-rlu apply, snd Srmer. Qflumlanl' Bermuds tomatoes, Bonmcum- 0y Fs1 Dhisa g perba; apia- b Kper ox F box; ple- Per h mapasagu §.80per gos, froca "'"b&.f:.ulnm.d aest £or these out, Wi ¢xt Yollowlag are doulers’ prices L manufacturers for Sasirte 8 pay 2.3 loss for mixed this Band of Sueul Tecolvers: Washd fecce, Ana, m‘afi g, 8343761 do coarec, 30cedicr eece, anwasied Sre hedyy m_x.tm. Zan; uammu& 2agdscs 4, brime to cholcs, Hhb u..; & poorwnm. LU&!“E 1. ‘Tuo lumber market was quict Saturday a8 the fate de- eling, everal sales wers made, and but fow cargoad wezalaft over. Julits sud scantllng were quotad st $7.00 fur say grade, and comunon inch at §4.0003.50. TLa recelpta of cholos luluber cuntinys Lght, sad thery lslivtlocall for %, the yerds being amply supplied, condition of the fog crop Is the sah. foct of mnch talk among the lambermon. Reports fron Menomines Indicats that the condition thers In Thera 14 not water enougli In the matn river d drive the logs, and mannface tarers apprehend that the bulk of th log crop will bo hopeleesly hung up. Bome of the deslerson the docks vay that the statement made in Baturday's tmue, that tholom wers coming dawn {reely In southern M o According 1o theso atementa, ihe [ iy, "4 8 rule; and st Kaglane Pk rihaiatl o of good nian, oty ta he. Keps onts of tha FAC OF Imanbine, [ liere Apnears to be more nnd branche to fost ot At soina MeRAIRCENT J‘m nmn-fi 5"' Tucientty arze fo Jantzof me trade and probably at the end o (nn leu- ' hy o caxs once oF twice before, th wnhm mm- to .mre 1oy Hm(nnrn market I8 woak, receipts nt wrecn stui a AT ARG s0aDd lcAT. 3 40 h hrul(nc holders Al Flvartng, Trek camman, Argceey e lctrmd l::)mmrlm.‘drene ,\lmr:lmnm 1o'to'Ta stock bos N 0 12 In LIVE STOCK, 44,370 17, GA‘n‘le-Altmulh lllo past week's recelpta “fell somo 4,000 head below the number reported for the pravious week, such was tho depression st tho East that the demands of the shipping trade were materal: Iy curtailed, sad scllers had ali they conid do to work cholea grades ren at & slight reduction {n prices. e’ staff and stock cattls the coure of the market was ‘The supply of the inat named doscriptions barely equaled the domand, and prices were thoroughly sustained, it indeod thay not did range The offerings of extrs heavy beoves wore faw, aud it was well that such was the case, s there was verylittle Ingairy for that clsss, and the prices bid wers ont of all propartion to those current for second and third clase caitle. waight ateors continua Lo recofve tha most attentlon, sad smooth fat droves aversging from 1,150 tn 1,253 s commanded nearly a3 good prices ag do chofce dmves Sverapia from 1,330 1o 3,100 fon, demandand wore lrm st 83753 4.00 f TImo lots, with salve nf chuica feeding Cactio &t ny 4 lowar, quoted 8t 83,01 2 13,00 “per head. L% Cnnwllnllnl T slow &t Fridar's qupta fractlon higher. Light sad mudinm ankun wers. In . r S rFl e - wEro nok Baturday wasa qulet ere prsent, and sal Eaxtrs Deaves—Grad Ch“l and npwarla nad ‘sicers, weighe or :Dmmunllnhulco £oxn 1unnyxhnnu,- iy 3:3004.00 days of the weok witnewed a ut. and tho close of {radson 110101 lawer than at the elusa ylous week, L a1 frade, ahd thatmriet or workul back to alout mu opens b 5200 for memnm"-’.?m Wedvy .um afr to cholco Ii‘l"lfl bers wars timfind, rocel) ABOuT o same utort o whek Bifore. ol as. betta than 18 often seen In Saturdaye trading waras 95,25 Vand 1 £3.4085.03 T hiurchy tho market nt thiv substantlally Fri nlu] . I‘Y'I‘cm. oy salw for um-. But the bulic of the hoge $3.704: ery light, and the mrlm 8 vory amn tund. n o comm. 31 BT:.; | foodtocaica s 0305, e xira Tetchod ki the {hroughodt the YA A BY TELEGRAPIIL PORTIGN CITTES, Spectat Dispateh (o The Tribune, _LtvxrrooL, May 5-11:304. m,~Frova~No. 1, S UraIN—~Wheat—Wlater, No. 1, 13344t No. 2, 38 845 Nu. 2, 1253 white, No, 1, 13934, 1, 1ia 0dg No. 2, 199, Lurn 1, 24a; No, 2, 270 8d, Puovisions—Pork, fa 61, Land, 408, GTl.lvmm'uol-. May8-3:90 p, m.—Provisions—Pork, 2] uroot, May S—Evenlog—CorroN--Dull heavy; at 834@a}c; sales, 6,000 balcsy speculation and export, 2,000; Amoricag, ,000. BrEansTOrre—Californis white whoat, 129100%138 2d} doclub, 1353185 0di No. 2 to Now 1, 12e@104 643 da winter, 13s@134 44, Flour—Western canal, e Carn=-Weslorn mixed, 270 6d@28e. Osta—imort: Puas—Can: 23, nn,wu-'kl.‘ {arluy-&mr an, 3u0d. = Amertean, 00734, o—Prhae nlm- pork, ¢Te 84, ‘beat a6 Mhork ioar, 41er LLOW=e21 04, lzplrfll. Na; rlfinnd. 12900 ¥loe Amnrlmm. 'n 8.9 i azmnl Vero Tecalved on 'Cianga —Prime 3fess Pork—East -cun-cumberflmd-f"am -..35": i gm 6d; 1ong clear, , 2ot shoft clear, 201 nits m.-n. w| witen Tadih Siedss 1370 o0 oese, NrOoL—~Wheat sc 3 § Lnl(lavfll: wlm‘zl."l':mc. g The followtn lmm teorhonis PO0L, OXDON, L, fornia clu'b. m:«umm }nelnn pamage— Wi ] cunn, Zux uocnu uml-whqu 2 £ons o mixed corn off coast, 0308 T S ConatY heat werones cora unch'-im -3 ust iy J Gl Flhdv or.:euly K} B Vairavorage quality ht prompt lhlymln“.“ b]qml. WBSO AMERICAN CITIES, Nxw Yorx, May é,—Corrox—Quict at 114@114c; fue tures closad weak: May, 11.00@11.070; Juue, 11,133 14,1301 July, 1L.21@11. 2204 August, 11,20@11.3004 " I Al UT¢1 December, . 11,1631, 300} Februey, 1150811, 630, FLOUR-Récelpts, 10,000 bris; listle moro bustness doing; No. 2, 88.00Q7.23 super ‘Btato snd Western, $7.758.00; common to §ood extra, »33.1038,33: good to cholce, $8.80G8.40: white woeat extra, 88,403 #.45; fancy, $8.40410.75; extrs Ohlo, $8.10810.251 8t Louls, $10.23@10.731 Minnesots $0.73@12.00, Tye fourateady; $0.8084.75, Cosx-MEaL—Firm: Western, 83 3023.85. Grarg—\heat—Receip 1,200 but moderate milltag demandi shippors holding oftivery Inferlorapring, $1,40; ongraded pring, $1.75§ No. 3Chlcago, in store, §1.05 $1.09; wigter red Wnum oate 2, et 110 Dark rm, M m....:'.".!a.......,:‘."""“ Bl mixe l‘c?;fllu in lltr demlnd lud II No. 2 Miwauke 1iay~Blesdy and nnennna mio n—(hu. 20 unchanged, o - 3 “1 umfln mud. lwcx cases, |21 1c. e, i, ‘h.trlzlhdhl.mlufli e cmrmu 0, 248301 Sommimon utot dum-mo JDes od,' ui.um 130} vfllhd. 188 new 0 TSe10 73+ stor clal B1@AY 2 Lard penod 8o &fl" wun- -um. 310000 uuu—bta-u CY u. 1 SeTRd tandzs Jugos laks tnerican ( 13 Al [ mfil& o I‘Qa: .N.llu"" ab 174100; Kuasla Pu".Anll.rllA‘ ~FLo 13 l‘!llhl’l‘lfl‘: {-l“l‘t" l‘un'uvl'lnhnd““l.u e emazdy nlu"f'n"x‘m alika, sugmon -5 uf fl 1 fLovmesexooQulos at L@l 7.0 tact xmmmn-suu:; u llul'fl'll— cstora extras steady; Dew, 233G} OId. u&nu-ulln tdlddcm;ndl 1491430, mum refned, M@1ebio; LT elLl \l‘)hl iFarara-Corts b4 {i by o o0be 7. Lovis, Mag 5.~Corru ot olistles Jesiiad s00 sivadier BAL—\Vheat Liguer sud nwnn ho, 3 red fall, *rrm 214 unchuaged. 0, cuhy Ko, 8 do. 821022 16 cuh. Com nv!m s AT Dt feregnl ne-und finc fiatiog, s ¥ npened at 844e. advaner eoltned b n cloncit 3t Slej dune openeda sac, ad. oo 0 And a6 3% for July. oate mm:{l No. SRR H rnm T ok hite ik H Digtior, at 8tc. = liaries~No sal e dnnohar ( Paaae Steydy inlunRalm s SLOL ) oo sory, i Tand dull llll nomtnal, BIII EM‘ Illl et snd une rallélflll é’nkllll"(’hllofl!l [} N\III§ r’“. Bacon quoiet and ehine M n'im-nn“r. Fiohiovia; wheat. 12,000 buy corn, 4 fll.ll onta M!x\ bty rye, 2,000y hll‘lf’nl)lle‘ hogs, 1, lml cattle, 20, BALTOIONK, nu.-rmu\n-, May “A.—FLOUR-Quict, but firm and U, RAL —WXI!A lllllll but flem. cam—wu}era Irreg- Biar An ; pat closet dully Western, mixer spot, 7301 May, aqvin June, Tcs, July, 73ct ar, a%gce. Oata atead) m: "ul&l'fl 'ullr fi'\(‘ o mixed, s0@ats. m ‘nominally steady &% #1008 HAY=Firm and unchanged. Frovimoxs-Galctand Snchanged. vr" ~Flng k ftm and demand fair: other Kpin Arl) and Ry Weopernr b e fAIE S 0t prrnorarac il and weak for ey eaucl, 14 1o, Cormee—strany. bit et andunchanged. AP ToT=Quies and e 5t MacRtoTas Flonr, S 100 bries whest, 5,00 buy cora, 7B 1100 b oal SmruasTs-tom, xm ot I et May, & sy NoSiamite 3 Sl Sofe! Oia'aring S R At B0Ct TS 16T i AT poltECEITEA=Flour, om) risy wheat, 19,000 801 corn, e, O h b am brie; whest, 5,000 bu P 4 wheat, 3 corn, CI‘O’XIKA‘I‘ 'Y B aTie domily, ORATN=] llfnl FUATCE AN r red, Corn moderately activo and high rnlM (ll-l stea yJ Mmxadse, lllu strong at 03c@31.00 liatley quiet ad: anchy fl TUOTIRIDTA—~Park anlet byt Arm $13,75@10.00, Tant et atenm 100y ettio, JAAaLior I TRERE e ;{llvnbnudcn‘(u. “?l\.flll‘lu'!‘l‘ 0'4¢; BMe@dife; e g I B T —Faviery Drimo to choico Westera Rescs lmzo..ueauf_lg} 5, 162180, BT .ll.w‘v'". MiLwAURER Wia., MaV 6. V1.0rR=Qulet and Armer. GRAIN~Wheat e li"l’dflndl hert fll"‘m! ’"’l!k! ld‘ Anced l)‘l.‘ l‘|“l°l g A a0, e, 81-wite; ity 181 hllwlnnker. 1, ffl.‘"db‘n"‘l‘hhlbyur ‘J',"‘ 'll’-lfl!!') No. bt seouiget and avaret No, 31416 115G phoratt Ao 17" G50 Bacley weae: No. 3 NTe— A abinal: whoat to Tuffalo, 4o. JeoxnTA—~Flom B 000 hrisy wheat, 43, 600 b, BuiPkeNTA—Flout, 7,00 Lrlsy Whoat, 10,000 Dits Yflullvllll. Ma) IL u‘rrmt utetat 10740, 5 n~Bteadys ’cxm‘ $7.0087,807 nnflr 98,002 Jinaveocor frmiwhite, ey mised, B3¢, Oste— Wity st Tt 47, e Uienanit © ¢ O ) ~Fork, lulk-meats ¢ a0, W‘v acon firines o b n-m.—mm'flr'e’u'vrlfa"fn ‘aniny cholco leaf,terce, TN, Tostox, May f.—Frovk—stéadys Western suporfino, $7.21.24.00; Wieconstn, $3.0030.93¢ Minnesots, 80,50 ), 23, (lnAn~Cflm quiet; mixed and yellow, 71G75c. ond Y= Witern, 1000t 00, BUYPALO, Durrata, Mavn.-ixaeithest neglectods tuyers boldlng oft; Corn dutl am ieets! cars willd at ouson track. Oais fasctive, Hive: haes.” “Bariey e !%flu Faeionra—Cora, New York tolls tnctuded, DRY GOODS, Naw Tong, May 5, ~Tlhaere waaa light movement In cottun o la but lieavy woolen guods fortuen's wenr continue in falr denand. Denims and dyed ducks in steady roquest sad firm. Prints qalet and cteady, Ginghama drin, with aa npward tendency, Dreas bunte ings in brisk dewnand. Forelgn goods qulet, o —v— -, WOOL. Tostax, Sfay 0.—Wool steady during the week: prices wall suatained; stocks of alf destrabls kinds come paratively small; Olilo and Penasvivanta, 40.M1cq mee diwmn and X Mlchlgau oud nsln, 3UCHT'6us pulled In falr demand; supor and X, 8573023 combdlug and de- Ialno scarcu; comblug pulled, 43@48'¢e. PETROLEUM. CrxvarLaxn, Muy S.—Aarket Grm and unchanged, Standard white, 110 test, 134c. * Pirrsuuun, 8,~Petro'oum qulet and firmsg crade, $2.37}4 at Parker'ss 1436c, Philadelphia deltvery, —e—— What Is Chiceory! joaton Commercial Dull A ehort thno ago Gosslpor mflu nvis It toa mfluo-lmnulng cstabliskment to get somo {ea how the fragraut and delivdous Mozha {3 mon- ufactured, aud there for the first thino be was made practically acqualnted with chiccory, one of the mest comnmon and successful adulirants of coffee. Along orie sfde of the room In the mills werg o number of Lins eapable of contaln- !l,'?z cacl, perhips, elzht or ten sacks of cofleo, icy wero nearly full ab tha thne of the visit. In tho firat was cotfes of n superfor quality, next to It suine not quite so good; then came chic cory, then barley aud utker gralns, all belng roasled und ready for grinding,” Thore was nott Ing |lqu|cnuu!. only that the st of {L was not cotfue by any means, Chiceory {3 0 species of dandelton, or rather it helongs lu the ssing botuni:al famlly as the dundelion, and tlicre 1a a great roscm fyl.mv.n in the shiapuof the leuvis of Lhe two, although those thu chiceory are much the larger, coarse, and dnrknr colored, The ronts of the ehfecury are fleshiy and milky and grotw to nhout the alzo of & varsnlp ‘or earrot. ‘They mature In October, when they are taken from tho ground and spread otit to dry un ra'sed platforms. A few days’ cxpostire to a hot sun makes them suf- ficlently dry for tho rousting furnace, which is mado {n tlio form of a cylinder suspedod over n hot fire and kept revolving until the roots =re parched to ocrisp. Thls and the drying process reduco thom nbout one-fourth In Lulk, After rousting, tho roots are gronnd to a coorse powder, Hko mnml coflce, which s barreled an'i_lhlugz to the umx1 u}. Bl o beveragoe mado from pure chiccory fs un- Pluunntw tho taste. Chemleal analysis proves t to possess few of tho clements I common with coffee and very littlo ot the nutritive prop- ertics commonly ascribedtoit. In cases where it Is used a long thng its cflects aro often deluterious, vspeclal ‘E upon the nervous systei, Ono wrlnly ot umc lccory 18 caltivated [n En- gland s o salad, tho topa having & pleasant, r.u“m‘ flayor, and oven tho common variety sometimes eaten here when otber salads are searce, but it {8 very coarse aud strong and rather too snzgestiveof thodict upon which Nebuchad- nezzar was for a time competled to feed. - The chlecory grows wild I great profusion along the launes and nywn 8 fu Eneland,'aud in most parts of Euro) in Calilornia on thc banks of tho San nquln, near Stockton largs arca of land is yearly devoted to the erowth of this plant, and tha rich alluvial soils scom to bo peculiarly well adapted to fts luxuriant growth. e )llpll-llll‘lr Statlstios, rifurd Coupans, A few figures nbuut the maple-sugar business are suggested by the fact that thisscason thirty- five tona of thie snear have been shipped to market from Brattloboro, Vt. Tha best estimata puts the yh:hlul l treeat twelve to twenty-four, say elfhwen. gallons 8 scason, atd of sugar nok over unrpouml». ‘That {a, n[;:l-lcan uarts of sap make 8 pound; conscquentl; lhum were butled, about Lrattlcbory, to make 70,000 pounds of sugar, 1,200,000 quarts of sap, which wero the yield of. '17,800 trovs. Supnosing _that, the country through, there aru 100 places whero as much sugar Is uale as about Drattleboro, then & total of 81,500,000 gullons of sap is drawn overy spring.. No dount thia {s far less than the actual amount, yet it would welgh about 253, 000,000 pounds ot 120,000 tous, aud would make o far greater dauld mass thun some of the res- ervolrs thut have, fn bursting, causcd such disaster In the past tew years. A pound of wood burned ea twenty-soven to thirty-six Kzum‘h of water from thirty-two degrees to the iling volot, Assuming that o pound of ordinary forest gatliering would boll the water out of thirt: llx ounds of u&‘u RpnCars m 1t would take 7, mwm wood tomake s lcn.mn'l sugar; uul also lm the fire-wood burued Just about equals Iu welzht the sugar produced.” Treeshave to bo tapped; fuel hn to bo gathered, If not preparcd; nni thirty-ive pounds of water havoto be Bofled® away lmluro the sugar s reachied; mioreover, soveral wecks spent at the work. What wounder that forcign substsuccs sometimes creep into the pans. e miE— Alleg d cuu far llydroplmhll. A corres) nd'nl wru nm Inrlhlrly ears past & farmer m‘:’&.a llry. asidln; nnrAnnut-’mn Fu. bas treatod hydrophobla with unvlrylnx success by tho following simple method: The patient is kopt freo from excitemont of every sort, e rclllly from that eansod by the ‘Illll of sympa- friends. The medicine is to be propared by takiog one ounmce of llfl:lmpln- TOOt, pOW- dered; one teaspoonfut of madder, and ond quart of new witk, and bailing them all togethor slowly (na water Mttll possible) untl reduced to a rlnt. ‘The doss is one wineglussful ouce a day for hree days; then intennll three dny snd futermit again, and sgaln repe; wineglassfuls are ulmn lu all, lnd there Ihna intermlssions. 1In lu]ywfl of the 'fllmy ul thly treatment it Is stated that thirty years ago Mr. Jteed and Danlel Mershon were lem at Qerman- lawn by s rubld dog: that Mr. Reed was trea ‘Iln -mlnuul vhylldlu, snd dicd of bydrophobla, I in nr- o, uuder Fry's treatmont, uever sul- A youny man named Jacoby aud a d-u,hur In 1aw of John Boyer, st the corier of Mill strect and Chesten svepue. under similar Lreatment recoveréd mm nu dunuul discaso lbonl twenly years ago, B34 & policeman, 40 {ar gona with b munanl- - m be held in tha carrlage in which he was ariven through Getman- town (o Mr, ¥ry's residence, was slso treated with eotire succ n. A number of additional cascs arc uulml in all of which the remedy deacsibed fs d 10 Bave efected complats curea " BALM mUnIoes, tumpted by LYON'S KATITAIRRON, 1S (Tl ad Iegd YOUR what K] and you_will HAIR [l bow it may worTn (b8 doue at a small SAVING2Igost, Men and women should bs careful of thete balr, 1t s not mur«.-ly an ornament; it s ag much a part of Nature's pinn for the pnr!cd[un of health and tho ::re:erunon of life, anls any other member of the body. Men of sclence have scarched long and pa. tlently for thie best means of prederving aad eultl::'unfiz tho hialrs i ! % Thi ve' yedrs y the eminent scholar, Prof. E. Thomas Lyr?fi,n of New Jeracy, entered into a thorough stidy of the matter. He went to the very ‘oot of it, and his Inbors swers crowned with succeas, o {t was who gave to the world that priccless flltoover;, Lyon’s | Kathairon, For the growth and preseryation of the nalr, The preparation sprung into Immediate and wc‘:'rlld-wl«lc £ lnvn‘r. 9 was just wha wnn wanted for the purpos LYON'S KATITATION has never becn ‘sup. planted or cast aside by the peonte, for the very 0od reason that nothing cauafl to It hos ovcr een found, The consequence 1s, that tho KATHAIRON haa beeome more and more popular every year, and Is now In dally use by muflons who “under. stand Its wonderful yalue. Bealdes Leing the best hatr dressing ever pro- duced, It will positively prevent grayness, nul will reatore new balr 16 bald heads I the roots and follicles are not destroyed. If these things nro so, is not such an articls of the greatest valnel n;l'l,mr. tlulsyunrg 1 (.lhu been u-sulned%o h{ thai- 18, and 18 abundantly proven by the hlstory of the KATIIAIRON for more llm);: oue-third of a century, A FATR SPECIMEN, I have heen anticoly bald for_several ™, stitutional, 1 sppo: o 0F ool o T B of Kathalron, and, to n Rt op ey great surprise, I have a thick COL, JOIIN L, DORRANCE. No nther articlo I comparable with the Karn- ATON nuupect of these three'most Importaut 1. To Cure Baldness. 2. To_Restoro and Beantify To Remove Dandruff and Beautify tho Hair. BEAR IN MIND.—Tho Katuainon is no sticky, pnsty sulphur and sugur of lead, to paint and daub the hale nnd paralyze the braln, [t s & pura and Hmpld veretale Jotton, Intended to restore tho halr by natural growth and relnyiz. oratlon, 1t I3 the most delightfal toltet diegs. Ingknown, No ludy's or rentlenun’s toilet ouilt Ia completa without LYON'S KATHAIRON, ONLY 60 CENTS PER BOTTLE, BOLD EVERYWHERE. [ M ln I l.m.n’rl.exm uull (1 MOoro rapid an it dld DAL | 2Fony it Defnre ATt s Folt -“r ouny MILOmpTG 10 Crnil BVERY| ¥ fnvor on the Musiing's 1 K‘K‘l'llll‘ll.l;l'lluru NAYOr Wity o o hiellove ro nover EVERY | witl bo, n vemedy for m‘lh'l WOIUND| and wonnids equnl te Jexi- WOUND| €232 Mustiug Lintmo abalm for vvery wi d, nn WOUND| mngel of morcy in overy fam- ‘WOUNDI| ity—for 28 conts,, PROPOSA‘LS BUILDING FOR STATE, A Aup vy Orrics or Ih‘ ARTMENTS, WABHINGTON, by 1, 1471, 8cal 18 will ba rocolved this_uifice untll 'lflnl.lfld% m,, Uf the tuth day of M l’"’.mfl)l’ fur- alshiug. delivering Seting Yo putt 2 o piie iha Wfll“ll Iflflflm- l"fll' itk s exhibited by h“lh‘"' [l Fl. in the Il’lfl-lfltlflllm.’ called for fo (he I:d'lfll il ".;“lll‘r\'llll for }'IH crn! II‘I'n'"lflfldll’:lflQ ey of “'.Qlll!ll: IIG, = > o drawiivys, siociicatl dule may o nufi Jha amuiey apaciication, and sobesa Al seatllding Secsiuary to put'the wrk fo pucowil b furmlaned atd €recied, walfat hotseing wil oo iy the e wts work st lated wi hlnonlnl- mmdnanmmdumurufifinmn ted 4 lust be accom -}l. .munm sum of the uzzre, uuumuunm AT, Rl yaceept wiid per nmuhuwmuw Awaried to him. e Elated Juds Clerk ofuss Ustiea u'v.’;: ite, the Clerk of the Unlte (fuu.lnnnonumctmwrn- of the Districs whureln ho fidffllfl"!l :¢ any or b 1 FHCI SR Bl 1 baer doevaal TORTOrER 0 110 Faueirommants of Lais saveriie” e ‘Fropotats Tilzot be racct arties whoare oot tlomseives T S8 R are OF rLuED anil who" hLo not (he neceiasry a0d cait. o, Taciuttes m ttiag Duk Lhe, 1' * "2e for Tron Work for nmrg'r” -_s;unx:;flhouu: iane Wing ‘of Tlia for . av Dk, B Rt Aspustmonts, N N CABEY. Lteutenant-Goloni) Corps of Angincert PROPOSALS YOI;- HARDBOR IMPROVEs Il.'A'I’lll l'rar“—" HLI' \Hl‘.) Ml 3, I nu:m mshu, T duniicabe. il bp Fec x 8t itaotice, antf] 10 0clock & Bo on 1 B dar Seay. "1, luruulgl;u”:cvm:cntnt he fotlows fi,.mxom Hienos, Mich, axd Wis., crlb work Ghienw Day Maxnon, Wie, dredatn vre wx TLAkan Wie., fuperatsutiures on 7 cride. : R AR F T Tt ormlnlurmluoul at this omce, Partios p (;I::‘:lld - Hg ll, hll:unflfle:flflflflwrfl s ac Fosd o ?':';h Lv-f“"‘ i ok et SRR uulmn-. Siajor of Eninoers. STOOKUHOLDERS MEETINGS, O of Chicago & Northwestern Raifay Company, 52 Walls, Nxw Yonk, Aptll 28, 1877, ‘Ths Annual Meoting of the Btockholdets nidholders of this Company for the election o Directors laununnl 10 law, sid for the transacdiu , of such olher buslness as may come beforo wal mn ting, will ba held at tha ofifce of the Companyy {n Clilcago, oa Thuraday, the Tih of June nash, ho tranafer books wlll ¢|on o Saturdsy, Msy ,_and open on Mon: ‘ ext. llondhold-n il antbentionta thoir voling bonds S igiirad ALBERT KEEP, Presidents M. L. BYKES, r., Decroiary, o0 Orricu Cutoaag, Rock Tseaxp & PACTrIO RAlte CoxraxY, April 24, 18T, he Chbe The Amfim:lnuu B thaStockbuldarsf ine il ciica of Dirv fs parséant o s, and the 1 e of queh nthfi "lfl o2 24 before the will be het, a o o Colnpany, ta. tho Cly Sdhieaday, Th el ar o e Lext. 4k 18 DL, Prestdeat O F0lt: TOWS, Becrotary, VULt HIDDLE, Frv MISCELLANEOUS. TUE ANKEICAR. CAT! TEASEB poibe e .fi’mmm.r...u-. Bold l:cl“l:‘\'n'l‘d lln“l X! V. Bu.nm'l . 81 uu«lnt-.l-.i} lw.: de la Grasge Daeltere, H I!.l"l.l(l? BLUE»BOXES ,;m.u,..n: s ', BuTus red oz s counter m “1"!M‘:‘U‘luuajfitu:ldu il Chstipt, Pasie