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WHE CHICAGO -TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. MAY 12, 1876—SIXTEEN PAGES. £:50 for mess: $10.00810.50 {or extra mess; xad sy5. SAN FEANCISCO. Life, Death, and Burial of Mr. ‘W. 8. O’Brien. The Pioneers of California Rap- L idly Passing Away. Dr. Dio Lewis’ Latest Scheme to Raise the Wind. ‘The Chinese Suffrage Matter to Be Car- ried to Washington. A Wild Story to {be Efect that Col. Ingersoll is to Torn Actor. Will He Appear as «Hamlet” at the California Theatre ? W. 8. O’BRIEN. Soecial Correspondence of The Tribune- Sax Fraxcisco, May 4.—They are burymg W. S. O'Bricn to-day, the first of the bonanza kinas to depart and Jeave bis new millions behind him. He was the senior member of the frm in point of years, snd the partnership between him and J. C. Flood snte-dated the bomanza developments by many yeare. W. S. O'Brien—he was always called plain **Bill O'Brien™ antil they wrote his obitnary—was the Icast active member of the lucky quartet. Inpoint of fact, he simply took his ease, and permitted the millions to roll in apon hiwa mnchecked in their golden impetuusity. Flood is the managing man in San Francieco, and a shrewd head he wust have to control the tre- mendons amountof business which passcs through Lis hands, the more cspecially as he was not trained in the counting-room. Mackay and Fair take charge of the Comstock. They are never both absent from the bonanza at one time, unless ander morc than ordinary stress of circametance. Naturally the deathof O'Brien hasbrought them both to town together for ance, and T do not doubt that they assist at the last cere- monies with repressed uneasiness as 10 how things are_pownz on - up above.” 7 o ity people always suy ** up abore, ™ 43 i 3t were_impossible 10 unistako their ‘meaning v ague its expression. _ e Fhare Wak othing g leit for O'Brien buta ive part, which he Siied well. PR D A of fenial and convivial tastes in a 1ain war, and adhered to the fricnds of his humble ife alwaye, It was hx'! stom 10, snell;: ualedu- 4 enjoy lumeelf with tnem after lus old- e, A atier how fast the millions piled cmselves o, e he bonanza kings are moted for indis- crimimate generogity, but O'Drico is credited with fany little acts of unobtrusive kindoes. A1l ihis tastes were unobirusive, for aithough ho prirchased for his sisters and his’ nieces the biz, Tinbliuz, gorzeousiy-upholstered Sharon mun- Hion, he never took ub permanent. residence under i roof until sickness fell upon bim. His one jux- ury was £t trotter. 4 ie might be secn any afternoon speeding his mare on the race-track, or bowlinZ along tre e o as o hale, robust looking Six months azo he Wi b man. | He was, indeed, the fincat looking of the bo- nanza crowd, being of more than average b And of maseive and shapely build. His silver-gray hair gave hun o rather aristocratic appearance, and contrasted pleasantly with 3 pair of Leavy Dlack eyebrows and dark kindiy eves. ‘"He lived and died a bachelor. . His estate is supposed 10 be divided between his nephews and nieces, of whom there are some six orseven. and, a8 it 18 estimated i somewhere Satween fftecr. and thirty millions, they will get along. _ ]“u wmade his will only & week ago. Althongh its main provisions are understood, there are all orts of wild speculations as to what charitable beguests Tic moy have made. The etory is told that there ie an old agrecment between the pariners thut each oue, dying, shafl rorurn one-four:h of his estate tothe firm.’ This s probably true, for they are as a unit in their ‘business relations, and cléave to and stand by each other ifke Jews. Under soch an arrangentent the lust man will have a l\ig will to make. | Afr. O'Drien died in San Rafacl, whither he had on6 afew weeks since, hoping for help frow its fia}my climete. But the change came too late to Delp. Inany cese it wonld mot have availed, for _itis ope of the Jaws of our glorious climate that a man cannot have at once an mmense fortune and a sound liver, THE FORTY- Tke pronecrs are beginning to pass away in Cali- fornia. O'Brien was a Forty-niner, and, since the accamulation of his wealth, has been accustomed to give an apnual dinner to his fellow-passengers on the Tarclinta, the ghip in which he came to Cali- fornia. These banquets have become common among the early comers, but the tables are fast thinning year by year. Mark Hopkins was alsoa pioneer. Another onc of them died last week, —Mr.Georze A, howard. s wealth was not._fabul t he was the head of one of our ‘‘old families.” He owned s large estate in San Mateo, the connty ad- joining San Francisco on the south. the famons Toward ranche, which covered many miles. It was one of the fow estates where the tenantry gystem is carried on, though toa emall extent. “Gan Mateo itseif is 2 peautifnl litile rural villaze n feature is an Lpiscopsl church, minia- ture in size, sharply gotlic in architecture, and buil: of gray stone, which gives it an appearance of greater anliquity thun is common in a country of ‘woooden structures. ~ Tntil Jately it was entirely covered with a heavy growth of crecping-ivy which mace it bezutifally picturesque, but hig has been sacrificed to wani- fary considerations. 1t is in possasion of 4 hand- tome stained window, imported to this countrs mony yeare ggo oy the elder Howerd broiher, who, in other countries. wonld be callea the founder of ke fomily. Tlis remains lie in this ehapel which he boilt under o marbie menument, which is ot only besutiful a8 2 work of art, but & curiosity in 3 country where people ure neither buried nor me- morialized in marole in churches. ¥ Others of onr ploneers Lave gone abroad in an £lwost hopeless scarch of the health, which fled Them iu the ceascless and cxciting ronnd of money- etting. % B i¥ 36 thirty yeare since the gold-husters first begen to com¢, andas they were all the adventur- ons spirits who rush throuzh life drewing heavily always upon the vital encrzies, it_is small wonder 1hat they are begioning to drop off pretty fast, . DR. DIO LEWIS. Dr. Dio Lewie, the muscalar Christian of Boston fame, hae -been sojourning in the Athens of the Pacitic for some time past, lecturing in the younz {ndies’ seminaries, and promulgating his bygienic 1aws after his usual custen. * The Doctor's way had been paved for him by an ardent pupil, but he has not heretofore met with a success commensurate with his own opinion of his own abilities. Hie latest venture, the organizing of a larre camping party to ‘*ao” the sights of California, hag » happier ontlook than any scoeme he bas yet attempted. He hos been all winter getting his forces togeth- cr, ard they started out last week. There were fifty peopleinall. There are slecping-teuts, din- ing-tents, and cooking-icuts, and the cquipments cowprist everything necessary for perfect comfort, if not sbsointe luzary, in § Lfe.in the woods, Dz, Dio Lewss carrice the pufse, bays all the ex- pensés, dirccts the routes—is fn short the prand boes. | Fartics wishing 1o join the expedition fzom time to time can do #0. and il i prodable that by the end of the elx months, the time allotied for the tour, there will be many a coange 1o the personnel of the traveling yartr. There are not many who will patiently endure 6ix consecative months of tent Life. They intend taking 1 Santa Barbara ard Los Angeles. the Geysers, Yo Seuite, and Lake Tahoe, nd eonie lots exvlorod regions. They wentiuto camp 1 a pretty glade o few miles from Oakiand to remain six days. Sixseems 10 be their magic number. At last ‘accounts they were enjoying themeelves hugely, the joys of hunting, flehing. and botanical research_ having not ve palled. “They pull up stakes on Monday and move southward, 83 ey futend to got tirouza that part of the journey duriug the earlicr and mln{"gu 'munumdx is expedition shou!d prove to b 18 will be the precedent for muny more. . Mane of , Californin’s choicest besuties ure off the lines of ::‘v?nl'fi:d‘ ‘;l 2‘; ;o::‘g[ ary mlunu ls’ peculiarly e, ‘ex scencry will take to it kindj plorers for natural THE CHINESE VOTERS. « Cal. F. A. Bee, the champion of the Chinese, gave it 28 his cpinion before he submitted his peti- tion for the naturalization of the Chinese that he Eould ot get the franchise from the courts in this State for his pig-tailed followers. ‘bogiment of perseverance, and if he is in earnest in his determination to obtain the privileze of the vole, it is as fixed as fate that he will get it some- how and somewhere. THE COMING “IIAMLET.” The California Theatre and the Grand Opera- ‘House wilt both be closeaduring the coming week. The Grand Opera-Honse will not n open-per- manently with a stock company, but wilt be rented to combinations, -orators, and passing shows gen- erally. .1t is a magnificent theatre, and boasts of having the finest stage in America. But it is alto- gether too magnificent. and the failnre of the ** Evangeline” combination has sealed its fate for the present. It has rarely been crowded, never I think outside of the brief Kellozg opera season, excepting at_Sunday nizht benelits, matinecs, and a few well-advertised first nighta, : T'he California Theatre will be closed on account of the iliness of Miss liatherine Rogers, who was t0 have opened on Monday night in & transcription of **Janc Shore ™ which has been running ko suc- ceasfully In London. The lady is suffering from an attack of acute bronchitis, and has beeo order- ed to San Rafael by her physicians. _ 'Lhe tlieatre meantime will undergo some repairs in the shape of fresh paint and carpet, but there are well-2zrounded rumors that 8 more important change sull iy taking place. Gen. Barton, who- tirst came with Bob Ingersoll, made several saccessful Jittle speculations while ‘bere. andannounced San Francisco to be, in his oninion, the begt **show " town In America. Managers have not Intterly indorsed this“with ;nufh beartiness, but he is willing 10 trust his nck. ‘The rumor goes that he is about to take John McCullough's share in the Californis, retaining Barton Hill as acting manager. Gen. Barton feels that it will be essily possiole to build the house up to its old stundard, and is ready to face all the risk of doingso. Abdsenteeism has been ono of the main evils of the California Theatre management, and this wili be the first evil amended. . Gen. Barton has the benefit of being a wanager who understands how to manage - without wantiug toact. ltisscldom that & man combines in Lis one person the divine stllaius of dramatic genius and a superior order of commercial aoi Barton 18 not an actor. If be carry out one pro- gramme which, it is whispered, he has 1aid ous for himself, there will be a vig stir in dramatic affairs. “This is nothing more nor less thanthe introduc- tion of Bob Ingersoil to the pablic in the character of tamlel. The rostrum is always a temptiog highway to the staze, but who could ever foreseen this most genial of lecturers and jolliest of intelds pacing toe etage in the sable robes of Jamlel, giv- Jng its gloomy philosophy with deep sepuichral stuge clocution? Asa matter of course he will 1ling aside many of the traditions and give us somethiug new and startlin: Perhaps he will even dure to give ue bis well- balauced head in its natural baldness, aud scorn the Fechter hair of Saxon yellow, the Sullivan chestnnt brown, or the welancholy looth back. Perhaps he will discard tights and tunice, and cting to broadcioth. As he is b student, and a man of deep intelligence. whatever: Lis vagaries, we may look for many new readings, and, possibly, some new bueines: Inany event, thongh it should be a complete flasco, the occasion will be interesting enough to draw ome of the bizgest houses that the heart of manager dare hope for. Boo Ingersoll as Hamlet will be the bicgest card in the United States for at least three days, It now remams 10 be found out whether Bob Tugersoll has any remote intention of playing Humlet, or whetlier bis coutempiated theatrical career 13 mere gro:ndiess rumor. On Monday night pext we are to have *‘The Danites” at Baklwin's Theatre. Although it is all about California, it hus never been in Cali- fornia before, and Joaquin Miller's fricnds bave been anxiously waitinz o sit in judgment upon the Western poet’s work. The walls are placarded with some raost attract- ive bille, and expectation runs higzh The Maverly els are doing an fmmense business st Locke's Bush Strect Theatre. They came in the nick of time. A minstrel troupe exactly what was wanted to revive drooping =pirits these hard - times, for stocks are down, down, cown. Many a jaded-looking man drops in for an honr at the minstrels when he would not go elsewhere, and goes away refresned. We need a trouve of anln bere all tho time to balance the stock-market ues. The Haverly Minstrels hit upon 2 happy mo- ‘ment, and are reaping the fortune of good luck. o JassanTiL Two Brutal Marders—The Fenian Scare~The Grange-Catholic Feud—Sale of Blooded Live Stock. Special Dispatek to The Tridune. St. Jomy, N. B., May 11.—The body of Timo- thy McCartby, the missing Monckton grocer, was found in Scandae River this morning. McCarthy visited Shediac last fall for the purpose of buy- ine zoods, and put up at a public house kept by a family named Osborne. He suddenly disap- peared, and shortly afterward a servant girl named Parker; in Osborne’s fannly, yave infor- mation to the authorities that while MeCarthy was stopping at the Osborne ilouse his liquor was drugged by Mre. Osborne and aaughter. He was then robbed and killed. Young Osborne during the nizht carted the body off and dumped it in the river. “The body was Sound near the place pointed out by the girl Parker. There were bruises and blcod marks about the icft ear. The Osbornes are In jail awaiting trial at the July term. The ir] Parker is also in jail as a necessary witni ‘The finding of the body creates great excite- ment in Monckton as well as Shediac and St. Jobu. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. Lo~NDOx, 3ay 1L.—The Indian. Jack Smith, accused of murdesing John Allen, for whom he was acting as guide from Berdie to Fort Erie, wae arrested st Thorndale to-day. He was found living in a shanty with a colored womap, a short distance from the village. Soectal Dizvzick to The Tribune. ToroxTO, May 11.—The Leader says that pri- vate information from BuTalo amply covfirms the truth of the reports as to the Fenian orian- izations inthat clty, althouch the extent of the: preparztions has been greaily exageerate well'2s the number of wen engaged in the busi ness, and calls upon the Guvernment to strengthen the defenses of the frontier. 1t sa that, under the pretense of economy, themilit have been starved, the defenses of the coast and of the lakes utterly neglected; and there not only exists the minimum of proteetion, but an actual temptation to the raider totry their uck. It continues: ** To take Toronto alone,—it will perhaps hardly be credited that whilst, at the fort on garrison-commion, there are in store sone¢ hundreds of tons of winmunition, thousands of stands of modern arms, several sicld-picces snd mortars, and A ooy store of war-material, the sole ardians of the new fort are two 0ld penstoners, who retire rezularly 10 bed at 9 oclock every night; and, at the old fort, a few garnsou-artillery, who du no sentry- duty, and are allowed to do pretty much us they like 2t all timi Yet, within & few hours’ ourney, lis a formidadle foree, 200 of whom could at uny moment be sent down 10 raid on the fore, and szize the arms and mtion for their own usc. In this way a power- tul army mizut atany mowent be cquipped, at the expense of Canada.” Specict Dispatch to The Tribune. 01TswWa, May 11.—The Hon. Alexunder Mae- Eenzie, Premicr, replied to the request of the Ottawa City Council for speeial lemislation making the incomes of Dominion officials taxs ble, declinog to interfere with the decision of the courts, on the ground that such action would be uncovstitutfonal. A munber of Oitawa men, who went to Mani- toba in the hope of obtaiving worlk, write home to their friends, advisitic none but agricultur- ists to visit that Irovince. Speciat Dispatci fo The Tylbune. MoNTREAL, May 1L.—Mr. B. Devlin, Member for this city, stated inthe Louse of Comnons just before the adjournment. that, ifthe Orange body celebrated the 12th of July by a public proce: sion in Montreal, it wouldbe regarded 2s an act of ofense, and looked upon as an insult, and would cause bloodshed, riot, and disorder. The cause of this he explains by pointing out that the Province of Quebec is essentially a Catholic Proviuce, and caunol tolerate Orauge proves- sions. The Peterboro Orangemen, besides the To- ronto Young Britons, hiave held o meeting, and decided to celebrate the coming 12th of July at Montreal. Special Dispatch to The Trilmne. HayirToy, May 11.—It is understood that the Rev. Mr. Bell, or of the Wesleyan Methodist Courch on Simcoe street, who lately suddenly left the city, bas been zuaranteed amainst [egal action on'the pary of the father of the Foster girl, by the payinent to the father of £00. Mr. Bell’s confession is meanwhile iu the bands of a commitiee, who will base a report upon it. which will be transmitted to and dealt Tis apprebensions were correct. The J: the Tnited States District Court gave an e]:ii;:: opinicn in the case, the glet of whichis that the Chinamaa 1s not a Mongohan. Jack Bunsby's opinions we s 3mac ere mot moro irref- Col. Bee intends to carry his case to the U; i1ates Sapreme Court st Washington, and nnnll::} w_m & moro Il\'uhl::h decision. Chinaman has come 1o the co hF will inevitably get the worst :f ll.nldn“ls‘g:n;h!:; where the opponition of popaiar feeling is some. ‘t::!):n;_!ormkd:b!e, aad where he hasno legislative Hela s patient, plodding. ineinuating Tic doce not scorh 1o take 7o the by w4y when the 1izht 12 100 strong on the highway. He Is the em- with by the Conference. Speeial Dispatch 1o The Tribune. Prescorr, May 1L—The first sule in Canada of Llooded trotting stock has been held at the Rysdyk stock-farm, the propecty of L P. Wiser. Tive hundred horsemen from Ontario, Quebec, and the United States were present. Ninety- tive bead in all were sold. Some orought fuir prices, while others wenc cheap. A number of tplendid agimals were secured by American reeders. The famous stallion Rysdyk was led w and down before the audience previous 10 csnl_c. He fs the sire of the majority of the youngsters sold on the oceasion. The hizhest prices paid were for W. B. Smith, $425; and for Messenger Diomed, $420,—both IHamble- tonian stock REAL ESTATE. - Sale of an Important Piece of Property in the Business Centre. Few New Loans Reported, bnt Payments Yery Satisfactory. A Fair Demand for City Properfy--- Transfers of the Week. Building Permits—Beal Estate in San Agents' Jommissions, Francisco- The principal event in- real estate last week was the sale of the Turnbull property, on the sontheast corner of State and Madison streets, to L. Z. Leiter? The price pald was $205,000. The azents who negotiated the sale were Rees, Pierce & Co. The frontaze on State street Is 180 feet. On Madison street the property bousht extends castward 243 feet to the St. Mary's Church building. On this front it is bisected by an alley ten feet-wide, whick is situ- ated seventy-three icet east of State street. ‘The depth of the first 110 feet-south of Madison street on State is seventy-three feet to the alleys the rest of the 150 fect on State street is 143 feet decp. ‘The scveniy feet tronting on Madi son street, cast of the alley, are 110 fect deep.” The pyice paid is for the fec-simple, and dos not cover the buildings, which were erected un- der leases that bave sLill twenty-seven years to run. This same plece of = property was sold fifteen vears. ago by Judee Morris for $60,000, and those iuter- ested In real estate, and familiar with the rates of interest that have prevailed in Chicago fu that period, can amuse themselves by figuring out whether, in this instance, the real estate or the compound Interest. would have been- tho better investinent fifteen yers aro. SALES GENERALLY. Generally sales continue to show a little life, and there js a quite steady improvement in the number of trausfers so far as relates to city property. Suburban lots have not veb experi- enced uny revival. ‘The most important sale of the week was that of the lots on the southeast corner of Madison and_State streets, having a west, frontage of 180 fect. Thls was sold to L. Z. Leiter tor $205,000. Charles T. Otis bought the lot on State sfrect, sixty feet north of Jackson street, east front, (32100 feet, for $34,00. Charles Farzo sold to J. C. Fargo lot on Lumber street, opposite Loowmis strect, north front, 200 fect Lo river, for 324,000, Moses D- WVells sold _to Brinton R. Wells lot on Sixteenth street, 400 feet cast of Indiana av- enue, south front, 433¢x145 fect, for $15,000. Benjamin W. Kaymond sold to A. N. Fuller- ton lot on Wavash avenue, 16U feet south of Monroe street, west front, 54x180 feet, for §12,500. 3 ienry C. Ranney sold_lot on Indiana avenue, feet north of Twentieth street, west front, x170 fect, with improvewcnts, for $10,000. . D. Kertoot & Co. have sold 33 fect on La- Saile street, southiwest corner of Chestaut, for $1.0005 20 feet ou Clark street, facing cast, 40 feet south of Erie, $265 per foot cash; 63x100 fect on the west side of State strect, north of Jackson street, for £34,000; 20x110 fvet on the west side ot LaSalle street, south of Maple, for §3.100; & housc and lot on Butterfield strect, South of Tmrty-ninth street, for 57005 a brick house on Park™ avenue, near Kobey street, for §6,500. N B Ira Brown has sold Biock 13 (consisting of 50 lots) in his addition to Thorntou for $5,000; six lots in Evanston for $3,000; and four lots in La Grange tor $00. SATURDAY'S TRANSFERS. The following instruments were filed for record Saturday, May 11 CITY PROPERTY. Soutt Dearborn st, 13010 8 of ‘I'hirty-seventh Sof, 2 S5x104 11, dated May 11 750 rilla av, 1900 n of Vau B 30 6,000 Peorfa st. 1 dated Al 10 3,500 SHgnt &6, 49 1t e of Elizabett 5. s f, Sixs7 ft dnzed Mas 14, 650 Arbour ‘place. 1417t 1001, duted May &, 2,253 Prerst, 189 1L e of L 1,850 Pra 5 s of Thirty. Xi5% % improved, futed May 7. 4,000 DButferueld st, 1w cor of Thiry-si % X7 1t, dated April 3 800 s Stafe st, 82 {Ln of Pearson si. ¢ 1, 3 ft, dated Nov. 10, 1877, . 1,950 ortn av, 152 1t west 'of Larrabee 5t 0 f, fn Tear, 16520 {7, dated Aril §0..... 250 Diviston st, 72 0-10ft e of Shober 565 1, 124 ft, dated April 34, . 1,200 Weat Washington st. 93 1-10 1L of RODGH st 'nf, 20<124% fr, nproved, dated May 2. Lumiber st, 335 {t s w of T'went; e, 253120 1t, eated May 10. SOCTH OF CITY LONTS, WITH SILES OF THE C Drexel av, 139 fes of FIL 130 1t, dited May 10... SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK. The following is the total amount of clty and suvnrbun transtess within a radius of seven miles of tae Court-llouse filed for record during the week ending Saturday, May 11: Cuty, eales, 67 consideration, $464.706; porth of “clty limits, fales, 1; considerution. €550; Eomth of city limits, sales, 11: consderation, S3#:21: west of city limits, sales, 13 consideration, tal gales, 80; toinl cousideration, $500, 21 LOANS. In the real-estate loan market the week’s business was very small. The fipures were hout up to the average of the past weeks of the year, -but there were but few new loans. Some $70,000 included in the tabalar statement were to secure part purchase money of projerty or to plase some old indebtedness on a sute basis. Payments continue to be the most fn- teresting featurc of the weekly reports, and their cess in GUINPArizon with vew incumbrances is vers gratifying. ‘The loans cousumated the past week were remarkable for nothing so much as for toe smallness of the amount. The following were the most important: North Sanzamon street, southwest corner of TTubtard street, cast front, S0x114 fect, $12,000; five years at 8 per cent. Tudiana aveaue, 54 feet north of Eizhteenth streat, 25 feet, castfront, §6,000; five yvears at 6 per cent. . ATIVE STATENENT FOR THE WEEK ENDING aav 1L 0 %5 15 Instruments —— ~——-— —— it No. | Caiderat nll No.i Csiderat'n. Trust.decds| 1083 210,803l 1565 068,014 Mortgages..| 29 4%221] 85 59, Aggregate..| 137j3 262,115} 191)5 Releases ...| 10| 181].... s COMIARATIVE STATENENT FUOM MAY 170 3Av 1L 1878 1877, Tnstruments, No. | Csiderat’n 161§ 331,399 5[0 172451 Trust-deeds) Morigagos.. Aggregate.. Releuses. .. BUILDING PEIMITS. Sixty permits have been issued this week for the erection of sixty-threc buildings. Some of the more important were: Farragut Boat-Club, two-story slate-roof boat- heuse, at the foot of Twenty-H{ih street, to cost 5,000; Charles Winkelhagen, L\'io»slnryl(iwcllln'.' at 28 Cleaver street, 1o cost 32,0003 G. V. Adame, two-story dwelling, at 524 Calumet avenue, to cost $3,000: Frank Spenning, two-gtory dwelling, on the soutiwest corner of Hush and Ontario streets, 00; Frank Lenortz, two-story store on Ashland avenue, near Emina, to cost §2,300; C. F, Shacfer, barn. on the cor- ner of LaSalle and Nortn svenue, to cost 32, Jdonn Alimindinger, two-story dwelling, at 29% Teush strect, to cost $2,000; F. H. Labain, two- Etory dwelling and store, on the corner of Webster and” Clybourn avenues, to cost $3,600; 'T. B. Brown, three-story ktore and dwelling (flats), on the coruer of Clark and Superior streeis, to cost ; Edward Watker, two-story dwelling, on kson strect, near Laflin, o cost 8,500 Geurze Lichtenverg, two-story dwelling, at 135 South Peoria, 10 cost$4.500; W B. Clapp, three- slory stonc-front theatre, at 81 and 83 South Hal- sted, 10 cost 20,0003 E. K. Rogers, three-story brown stone front, on Outario, near Pine. 10 cost $12,000. The aggrezute cost of the buildinos, whose estimated value i3 31,000, will be 3158, 300. AGENTS' COMMISSIONS. = A case of interest to real-ustatc agents was tricd day before yesterday before Judire Booth, viz., B. A, Ulrich & Nosh Barnes, real-estate agents, azainst Adolph 11 Uphof for commis- sfons. The evidence showea that Uphof com- meuced newotistions with' Ulrich & Barnes for a business olock on Clark street, valued at §40,- 000, whi he was offered by them for James Mathews for a farm- of cighty acres, No.S55 Third avenue, and §20,000 cash.” Tnis offer was retused, but one month later accepted and con- tracis signed. The Court gave Ulrich & Barnes averdiet for commissions of 13 per cent on $20,000 worth of property.put in by Uphof. A stmilar suit is peadivg against Mathews for one- fourth of 1 per cent commission on the property so0ld by him‘to Uphof. = REAL ESTATB IN SAN FRANCISCO, The San Fraucisco Rew-Estate Circular says with regrard to the real-cstate market for April: There was a better business last month than for the previous three montks. . Two hundred and forty-live sales weee made in March, amon nting to 1,135,393, while 24 eales were made in April, aggregating $1,323,776. Tnere is great apathy amiong buyers, while there is no_sign \hatever of anything approaching a eneral reduction of prices by sellers; consequently ssles remain dull. A rich_man, ' understood to e James G. Fair, hag purchased all -of the property on the northeast corner of California and Mason, throueh to Sacra- mento streets. Tho land has & frotage of 197 feet on Culifornia and Sacramento, by 275 on Mason and Gustavus street. Very high rrlccs were paid for much of this property, especially oo Sacramento. TENEMENT-HOUSES IN NEW TORK. In the last year nnd: o balf SO0 tenement- houses have been built in Now York Cits. The hard times have crowded a great many into these dens who were born sud reared in com- fort. It is calculated that no_less than 800,000 of the population of New York live in these sar- dine-boxes. Light and ventilation arc seconda- ry in the constructicn of a New York tencment- louse. The first thing is to get s many rooms 25 possible out of the cubic space between the walls. MARINE NEWS. BUFFALO. Burraro, N.Y.,May 11.—Cleared—Props James Davidson, Duluth; Antelope, Nebraska, Joiner, 1,000 brls cement; Abercorn, V. H. Ketchum, Vanderbilt, Avon, Chicago; W. T. Graves, Tole- do; schrs E. R. Williams, St. Peter, George W. Adams, Tasco, Alabaster, Toledo; Reed Case, 600 tons coal, Oneonta; R. B. Hayes, B.F. Bruce, Acopatas; W. H. Rounds, 650 tons coal; Red White and Blue, E. V. R. Watsong 850 tons coal; Van Valkemburg, 1,000 tons conl; Ellsworth, Theo Voges, Monguagen, Mary Lyoms, 000 tons coal; Erastus Corning, 1,300 tons cosl; Santiago, Pfister, Ellen Spry, Nevada, Sam Flint, Chicazo; Surorise, J. E. Bailey, Detroit; Ogarita, J. T. Johnson, C. N. Ryan, Marquette; barges John Brecdon, Bay Citys Morning Star, American Giont, Suginaw; Gazelle, Charleoix, J. 1l Rutter, Chicago. Vesscls nassiug Port’ Colborne Lock for forty- cight hours endg 6 p. m.,10th—Eastward—Props Lawrence, Chicago to Ogdensburg; Lincoln, Chi- cago to King‘flmn; barks Shandon, Pentwater to Collins Bay; Mary McVea, Muskegon to Kingsto Ganges, Milwaukee to Kingston; Emerald, Pentwi to Collins Bay; Lady McDonald, Fairport to Ilat- ilton, ; La Pefite, Cleveland to Welland; scurs Nassau, Chicago to Oswego; Cossack, Black River 1o Brockville; Cape Horn, Cleveland to Welland; barges Gibraltar and Ligar, Chicago to Kinuston. Westward—Props St. Albans, Milwaukee, _and Maine, Ogdensburz 1o Chicagos City of New York, Ozdensburg to Toledo; Canada. St. Catherines to Toledo; Africa, Kinaston to Toledos Zealand, Port Delhouse to Toledo; Enterprise, Oakville to Wawashena; Glasgow, Ogdensburg to Bay City: Niagara, or. Catherines to Chicago; barks D. Dresden; Barwick, = St. Cutbenries to Ven Stranbenzee, _St. Catherines = to Duncan City; St Louls, St, Catherines to Chicago; Canada, St. Catharines to Sault Ste. Marie; Woodraff, Toronto to Bay City; W. C. U Port Colborne to Black River; scurs Jimes Norris, St Catherines to Duncan City; Ontario. S Cathenncs to Perry Sound; 1L Dudley, Port Col- borne to Rondeau; White Gak, Kingeton to Toledo; barges Albany, Ogdensburg to_Lay City: Georzc C. Manley, II. Beoson, F. Russcll, Port Dal- hougie to Sanlt Ste. Maric; tug Metamora, Port Dulbousic to Whiteflsh Foint. Vessels Discharging at_Elevator—Bark Butcher Boy. Chicago to Builalo; bark Negaunce, Toledo to uffalo. . pper, PORT HURON. Ponr Huros, Mich., May 11.—Down—Props Lewis Giibert, Toledo, Clinton and barges, and Glenifer, E. B. Hale Alva Bradley, Escanaba, Queen City, Michigan and barges; gelirs Newsboy. Scotia, Kingfisher, Watertown, Regman, North Cape, M. W. Page. Annie M. Peterson, John P. March. 9 Up—Props Oscar Townsend and consort, Araxes and barges; schrs Peshtigo, C. 1. Burton, Charlie Crawford. Port Huroy, Mich., May 11—10 p. m.—Passed up—Props Badger State, Atlantie, Forest City and consort, St. Alosns, Milwaukee and barges, Mor- oy, ‘Suaan Ward; sches C. I. Burton, Aunt uth. Down—Props Arabla, W. H. Baroum, Mary Pringle, Cayahoga oud barges, Burlington and barges: schrs Home and Regi Wind—Northwest, light. - Weather cloudy. The Forest City’s consort, Harvey Brown, collid- cd with the Canadian schr Jenny Graham ot 6:20 this afternoon, striking hier on the starboard quur- ter, breaking ber stanchion rail, small boat, five stréaks of plank, aud otbor datage, that is est] mated at §500. The Brown's damagc i3 not known, a6 she did not stop. The tug Batiso will tow the Grabam to Windsor, LAKE FREIGHTS. Charters were made on 'Change yesterday for about 220,000 bu corn. The rates were 2¢ on corn to Buffalo, about 5%c for do to Kingston, 8@8kic for corn by lake and canal, and 10%:c by lake and rail to New York, and 11@11iic do to Boston. The schre S. L. Watson, H. C. Richards, and E. Nicholson were chartered for corn to Butfalo at 2¢, and the props Montana and Fountain City corn through, ~The debr G. C. ¥inney corn to Kingston on private terms. MILWAUKEE. Speclal Dispateh to The Tribune. Mirwarkez, May 11.—Grain freights dull and nominally easier, wheat to Buffalo being quotatle at 250, Charters to Buffllo—Barre Argonaut, 50,000 bu whent on New York through rate; prop Inter-Ocean, 15,000 bu & MARQUETTE. Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune. ManquerTE, Mick., May 11.—Passed Up—Prop Japan. Weather cloudy; wind northea: REED. Verdict of the Coroner’s Inquest in the Case of the Victim of the Gag nad Strap at the Joliet Penitentlary—A Bad Showiug for the Ofliclals. Special Dispatch to The Tribunc. Jouer, M., May 11.—The result of the Coroner’s inquest in the case of the gagred-to- death convict, Reed, Is not received with over- whelming demonstrations of satisfaction, aud, the more the affuir is commented upon, the darker it apoears. The verdict of the jury is in accordance with the testimouy of medical ex- wverts as to the cause of death, and the evidence of other witnesses, but there is a strong sus- picion that the subordicate officers know con- siderably more than they divulged at the ino- quest. The prevailing opinion seems to favor a general and searchine investigation for the pur- pose of ascertalping to what extent the gagand the strap have been used at the Penitentiary as methods of punishment. It is also remarked that the verdict, while it exonerates the guards who used the gag upon Reed, does not cxonerato! the oflicials who countenauced and ordered its use. The bottom faets in relation to the whip- ping part of the business should certainly be shown up, as the use of the lash under any cir- cumstauces is orohibited by law, and it i3 doubt- ful if the use of the pax is legal. The strap with which Keed was scourged had been soakea in ‘water previous to its _aplication, in or- der to make it more pliable aud increase the stinging effcets of the blows. It is also stated on good authority, although the fact was not developed at the nquest, that there were ante-mortem bruises of the person of the de- ceased prisoner. which indicated that he had been cither the victiin of more thau one flogeing, or the one he did receive wus exceptionaltly brutal and severe. 1he deceased was a perfectly healthy man, stroog and muscular, and all his organs were well developed. He died in about thirty minutes after being gageed the last tine, and in less than ten winutes after the wag removed from his mouth. The case in detall, and asa_whole, is fully s bad as was that of the convict [lenry Williams who died of alleged rupture of the heart wnile undergoing the pun- ishment of tne bath several years which created an intense cxcitement time. Whether this case will be invest by the Grand Jury, ns_the Williams case was, or allowed to resi as it now is, remuins to be scen. T THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR. To the Editor of The Tribune. Cricaco, May 11.—In to-day's issue of your val- vable paper I saw an cditorial on the *‘ Knights of Labor, " in which you say their ubject is to control the clection of members of the State Legislstures and of Congress, and so shape tbe legislation of the country as to make it conform to tocir Social- istic o Communistic ideas. : Now, Mr. Editor. as a member of theOrder. T ‘would like to know where you oot your infurma- tion as to the object of the Order. as it is altosether eomething new to me, I became a member of the Order five yeurs azo in Philadelphia, and 1 must £ny yon are entirely wrong in saying they are aiders and abetiors of Commumists, Soculisté. or Mollie Maguires. And as to politics or religion, they ure 1ot thought of in uny W=y, shape, of form in our Order. Knowing that you always give both eides a show, 1 hope you will publish this and oblige 8 Exi6ur oF Lanon. MARCHING ORDERS. Special Dispatch to The Trivune. Biswirck., D. T., May. 11.—A telegraphic order from Terry's headquarters was received on the parade ground. of the Seventh Cavalry to-night, orderiug tnat regiment to be in readi- ness for the ficld. Gen. Sturgls docs not un- derstand what the order means, and supposes there is something definite coming in the mail FINANCE AND TRADE. The Significance of the Decrease in Bank Clearings. The Produce Markets Rather Steady--- Hogs Lower---Provisions Tame and Easier. Corn Stronger, Owing to Low Freights Wheat Firmer--Other Grain Quiet. FINANCIAL. The fact that every onc of the principsl citfes, whose bank clearinga are reported, showeda de- creaso for the last week, for which the aggregate returns are at hand, of 22 per cent, snd thatin this ngeregate of loss every city east of San Fran- clsco had its share, without exception, has given rise to unfavorable views of the general condition of business. Without question, the importance of the clearings has been exagzerated. At least, itis enfe to say that these statistics cannot, any more than any others, be accepted brondly, and with- out analysis and qualidcation. The decreasein the numoer of banks in all the leading cities would of itself, the amount of business done re- maining the same, make 1t appear that there had been a decrease of transactions. It is well known, too, that the proportion of cagh has larsely in- creascd in business transactions. erchants financier closely, und give credit, and take it a good deal less, in the West at least, than used to be the case. When to these causes there is added the decrease in prices and tho partial cessation of epeculative operations on the Board of Trade, enough has been adduced to rob the decrease in ciurings, as far us Chbicago is- con- cerned, of s terrors, This, last week. was only about 16 per cent, and, dispute these figures, 1t fs certainly true that the wholesale and manufacturing business of this city hus been as good this season as it was last year, und in & majority of cases better. The loan market was very quiet during the week, with a surplus of loanable funds. Rates were @10 per cent. New York exchange closed between the banks at 60c per §1,000 premium. ‘The clearings of the banks for the week are re- ported as follows by Manager D. R. Iale, of the Chicago Clearing-House: Daic. Balances. 371,045 810,52 a0, 612 S1 859 300.611 Clearings. . B8O § .§16,559,846 Corresponding week lust year. 19,934,390 COIN AND GREENBACKS. Gold and silver dollars were 100@100% in greenbacks. Greenbacks were 100@99%c¢ on the dollar in coin. FOREIGN EXCHANGE. The rates current 1n New York and Chicago were: Sty daye.” Ston. 0 49 516 A Pid, Asked. United States 63 of 81 1073 United States5-20s of 104 Lulted States. 1001 United States 5-2 10063 United States 10-405... 108y Uutted States new 5s of '81. 108)§ Tnited States new 41¢s.. oo Unlted Slates new 4 per cent coUNODS. LOCAL SECURITIES, Chicago City 7 ver cent bouds (long).. Chicage City 7 per cent seweragee (lon, Chicago City 7 per cent water luaa(lon North Chicago7 per cent(Lincoln Park) 53 Clty Raflway (South Stde).. 150 Clty Ballway (West Slde) City Rallway (North $1de ‘Traders' Insurance Company... . Ghicago Gaslight and Coke Cornoany. West Division Ratlway 7 per cent *And Intercst. BY TELEGRAFPIL. NEW YORK. New Yong, May 11.—Gola sold at 100% through- ont the day. Dorrowing rates flat to 2 per cent. Steamer Neckar, from Europe, brought $20,000 in Spanish gold coin. Governments strong, Rallrond bonds firm. State bonds quiet. % Stock specalation was generally firm to-day, with afurther upward movement in brices. The ad- vance in the morning ranged from X to % per cent, ana was led by St. Paul, Northwestern, Western Union, Union Pacific, and the coal stocks. In the afternoon the merket was strong, and prices made a further advance, St. Paul preferred selling up to 76, do common to 51%, Northwestern preferred to , do common to 51%; Rock Island to 106, Union Pacific to 698, ond Michigan Central to 6S15. Morris & Essex fcll off to 783, and recov- ertd to 70. Lake Shore sold at 62@61%, and w: aettve. Deliveries of Lake Shore were very irregu- lar, and the bears found the stock quite scarce. At the close the highest prices of the week were current in Eome instances. At the Exchiange, Georee Dicsinson sold to Wood &Holims toe next dividend on 10,000 shures of Lake Share for? per cent. This transaction at- tracted considerable attention. Transactions aggregated 52,000 shares, of which 20,000 were Lake Shore, 6,600 Northwestern cof mon, 6,000 Northwestern preferred, 11,000 § Taul common, 5,000 St. Paul preferred. 11,000 Lackawanna, 2,000 Ohios, 6,700 Wabash, and 3, - 000 Western Union. Radoney, 25%@5 per ceat, closing easy at 3. Prime mercantile vaper. @6, Customs_recefpts, $210,000. The Assistant- Treasurer disbursed 253,000, Ciearings, 59, 000,000, Sterling, long, 480; short, 48833, The weekly bank statement is as follows: Loang, increase, $2.00% 3003 specie, decrense, $2,5! 400; lesal-tenders, increnw 170,700 depo: jts. " increase, $1,96%,000; circulation, increase, €34,800: rescrve, decrease, S896.700. ' The banks now hold $10,004,500 ubove: their legal require- ments. Coupons, '81. Coupons, '65, Conpons. American United States Express 40 Chicazo & Allon.. New York Central.... 1064 Chieago & Alton rd. c. Ohlo & MIssissippl. Erie pfd. a1 D L €W, iarlen 147 A& T Tele 534 Mlissourt Taciic. 118 Chicago. B. £Q 6934 Bunuiosl & St. Joe.. 13 Central Pacitic bon 634 Union Pacltic bonds. 4la U. P. Land Grant. Slaking Fu Michizzan Centrai, ranam Unlon Paciti Luke Shore. 1llinols Central. Cleveland & Pitta Northwestern Northwestera pfd. 'y Virzinla, new... i34 MisSourl, G 2y FOREIGN. Loxpnoy, May 11.—Consols—Money, 05 15-16; account, 9G. United States Bonds— 10-40¢, 107% 3 new 55, 106% Ene, 12'4: preferred, 31. Paws, dMay 11.—Rentes, 100f 724¢c. COMMERCIATL. The following were the latest quotations for May delivery on the leading articles for two days past: Friday. Saturdny, 850" '8 840 Tennessce 69, ol Tenncssee 63, new. Virzinia 63, old. S vxeiiaig The following were the receipts and shipmenta of the leading articles of produce in this city dur- fng the twenty-four hours ending at 7 o'clock on Saturday morming, and for the corresponding time twelve months azo: Recelpt: 187, | 1877 8,546 11Tl 1031857| 4N.751 $40.503] 147 Decf, tea .. Beef. brls. Yoric, bris.’! ‘Lard, iba. Tallow, 1bs’ Butter, 1ba. Dred hogs, Live hogs. No. Cuttle, No. Sheep, Hides. iba. 130.3 TLghwin's, ris| Lo Wool, Ibs, 17,953 Potatoes. b, 140, Coal, tons.. 12,530 Tiay. tous. m] Lumber, m.{t.| 6,357 Shinzles.m. 1385, Salt. bris 5,385 Withdrawn from store during Friday for city consumption: 1,480 bu wheat, 400 bu oats, 401 bu rye, 5,860 bu barley. The following eramn was fnspected intostore in this city Saturday morming: 2 cars No. 2 white winter wheat, 2 cars No. 2 red, 1 carrejected, 157 cars No. 1 hard wheat, 11 cars No. 2 do, 6 cars No. 1soft spring, 48 cars No. 2 do, 7 cars No. 3 do, 3 cars refected, 2 cars no grade (230 wheat); 3 cars yellow corn, S7 cars hign-mixed, 12 cars new do, 13 cars and 8,900 bu new mixed, 301 cars No. 2 corn, 47 cars rejected, 1 car and 4,000 bu no grade (464 corn): 2 cars No. 1 oats, 24 cars No. 2 white, 27 cars and 0,000 bu No. 2 mixed, 1 car rejected (54 ozts); 2carsNo. 2 rye, 1 car refected; 2 cars No, 2 barley, 3 cars ex- tra No. 3 do, 2 cars ordinary No. 3 do, 3 cars feed (10 barley). Total (770. cars), 322,000 bu. In- spected out: 42,000 b wheat, 216,523 bu corn, 11,546 bu oats, 836 bu rye, 10,063 bu barley. The following were the reccipts and shipments of breadstuffs and live stock at this point during the past week, and for the corresponding weeks cnding as dated: Alau 11, Ay 4, Recepts—~ Flour, brls heat. bu. Cattle, Shipmenis~ Flour, brls. Wheat, bu.. Oats, bu. Zye. bu, Bariey, ba Live hoj Cattle, No. 16,170 The following were the exports from New York for the wecks ending as dated: Man1l, Ay 4, Mayl2, 1870, wrE. 1877, Flour, brls. 23,675 23,000 3,800 Wheat, bi 155,815 72 198,236 Corn. bu. 430,905 416,695 600,680 The leading produce markels were irregalar Sat- urday. but without extensive changes in prices. Provisions were dull and casier till near the close, when the decline brought out a better demand; and grain was quiet on futures, but in fair request for shipment. The British markets were quiet, but Liverpool and New York were both firm on wheat, and there was no further rise in consols, while the weather here was again stormlike, and the tempera- turc low. This tended to firmness in breadstuffs. Jobbers of dry zoods rcported o quietand un- chunged market. The demand came chiefly from the city and near-by trade, and was mostly in the shape of small ordera for reassortment. There was a well sustained activity in the demend for staple and fancy groceries, and a firm set of prices was noted. Suzars, coffees, and rice displayed the greatest strength. The butter trade remains with- out much animation, prices not yet having reached s0 low a polnt that buyers feel warranted in ordering in advance of current mneeds. The same is trae of the checee market. In the market for domestic and foreign dried fruits there was o fair busincss doing, and prices were quoted as before. Fish were in demand at former quota- tions, ruling steady. No changes were apparent in the leather, bagging, tobacco. coal,and wood mar- kets. Oils, paints, and colors were in fair request at previous figares. Lumber was in fair demand at carrent prices. The yard-dealer= are doing a satisfactory business, and cargoes eold Saterday at former ficures. Wool was inactive. The old stock is mearly eold out, and new wool 18 not coming in freely enough yet for dealers to name prices. Broom-corn was dall and easy under 3 fair supply, the large dealers still Leeping out of the market. Seeds were very quiet. The spring trade is over, and the sales will probably be light for a few weeks unless the growing crops should be damaged o as to make It necessary to re-sow the land. Timothy hay was in request and steady, while other kinds were quiet. Green fruits were abundant and steady, excenting berrics, which declined under the large offerings. Poultry and egga were In fair supply and steady. Lake freights were less active, and rather tame at the reduction of Friday, 2c being the ruling fate on corn to Buffalo. Room was taken for 220, - 000 bu corn. Through rates by lake and canal were easy in sywmpathy with rates by sail, closing at 8@8Xc for cornand 9c for wheat to New York. Lake and rail rates were quoted at 10}jc asked for cornto New York and 11@11%4c for do to Boston. Rail freights were quoted at 20c per 100 Ibs to New York, 18c to Philadelphia, and 17c to Balti- more: but it wasclaimed by parties iu the trade that extensive ‘‘cutting’ was in order,, 15@17}4c being named as the figure at which the bulk of the shipments were made. IN NEW YORE SATURDAY. sfay 11, —Receipts—rlour, 12,464 bris; wheat, 129,100 bu; corn, 113,172 bu; oats, 22,555 bu; corn-meal, 1,370 okgs; rye, 51,8668 bu; barley, 1,176 bu; malt, 3,300 bu; pork, 564 pkes; beef, 1,323 pkgs; cut meats, 1,201 pkgs; lard, 1,754 phys: whisky, 520 brls. 3 Fxports—Twenty-four hoors—Flour, 7,000 brls; wheat, 141,000 bu; corn, 45,000bu; oats, 51,000 bu. y GOODS RECEIVED : at Chicago Customs May 11: Mandel Bros., 3 cases dry zoods; Georso Bartholomae, 5 cases marble statuary: M. Wright & Co., 1 case needle: Mrs. Elizabeth Kirchhoff, 30 casks beer; Field; Lieter & Co., 8 cases dry goods. Collections, §1,224.20. PROVISIONS. TI0G PRODUCTS—Were dull, and agala tended down- wards, in sympathy with a reported decline fn Itve hogs atthe Stock-Yards, There was scarcely any demand tillnear the close of the session, when the resulting weakening [n prices brought the markes within the Iimits of a few orders held by commission men, and the flig of these caused 8 shade firmer feeling. There was very lttle change fn the advices from other pointa. Tc wae reported that most of _the Engilsh orders for meats have been withdrawn during the past Lwo or three days, and that one firm had resold Friday (pri- vately) a rather large quantity of meats which had pre- viouely been purchased on order for expart. Soeclal reports go the Cinclnnatt Price Current show the packing since March 1 to date and latest 1all dates, at the undermeationed places, as follows 430,000 13,000 7,500 80,608 40,029 24917 “The following table cxuibits the detalled shipments of provisfons from thls clty for the week cnding May 9, and since Nov. 1, 1877, as- compared with the corre- sponding time last season: For wceex Same time, Stnce You. 1, Articles. 1877, Pork. bris.. Lard, bris. Lard. tes. Lard. otl Harms, bris. Hams, tos. Hiams, box Hams, plet Haws! other pkgy Sldes, bris bo: Sides, piece: Shoulders. b Shouldery, tcs. Shoulders, boxi Shoulders, pleces .08 48,407 St PORK—i¥ns quiet. and declined _about 3¢ per brl under offerings which were In excess of the de- Jes were reporled of 2,500 brls seller June at .50, und 10,000 brls sciler July ot SX Gha8. 0. t closed tatue ut $4.40_cash- or seller 3 .45 seller June: $8.624468.65 2ig seller August; and woott $8.375§ seller the yeur. Prime mess steady ot $8.008S.25; and extra do at $7.25GT. Lazp—Was dull, and declined 23c per 1001bs. but closed ncarly the same on Friday afternoon. Sales were reported of 2,000 tes seller June at $6.87%46.£0. and 2750 tes selier July st S0.9215QAR.97%. ‘Lhe marxet Ao ety e SAS Cai or sicy May; So vt seller June: and S6,45@6. 574 seller July. MxaTs—Were rathes more active. though the volume of tradlng was ot Iarze, and & shade casler at former quotations. Sales were reported of 200 boxes shoulders at $3.65 seiler June, anc $3.75 reller July; 500.000 Ihs o on private terms: 8y boxes loag clears at $4.75: HO boxea short ribs a1 $4.80; 50.0.C s do seller July ac $ioma: sud 0 boxes Sacou whort ribs at Sic. The owing e closing prices per 100 1ds o Drinepal cuts of meats: ¥ b ] Shoul- Short L andal. Stort ribs. clears. 7 Loose, part cured. S se S Boxed....... o1 37 4. May, boxed. 5 4 June. boxed. 3.70 4.30 4.50 4.05 Logwclears quoted at $4.50 loose, and_$4.85 boxed; Cumberlands, 45y@5c boxed: long-cut hams, 64@7C sweet-pickied hams, Bi{c 5 Loxecs ! (@6c for 16 and 15 i een s 5@3k4c erag Srols fries s, SADACUF k. avert Dacon quoted At 44@43c for shoulders, SH@5Ke for BT Hbe SIS og Ehort Seams T36LBre Lok Hana all cauvused nnd packed. GRzasz—\Was quict at 4 BEEF PRODUCTS-Were ‘ady sud gulet at $9.008 @16.25 for hama. TALLOW—Was qulet at 7¢ for country. THETHe for city, sadgyy i BREADSTUFFS. OUR-Was dull and unchanged. took Rold spariagly, and shipaers mese, noc er, DUTE operate at former prices, which were frmly aqpers © by sellers. Salcs were reported of 1,125 brig sy’ xtras ot §4.5085.35, a0d 100 brls rye four g Pkt terms. Tofal, 1,225 bris. The marke: eloseq 1122 followlng as the nominal range of prices: ooy favorite brands of winters, $6.0088.50; good g g’ brands of winters, $3.0085.75; cholce to fine gopr $5.25@5.75; falr to good pring. S4.75gs 00 1 apring, $4.0024.50; falr 0 500d Miunesota spring gory @5.50; chiolce to fancy Minuesota springs, §5. 70 " patent springs, $0.50G8.50; low grade, $2. 150y rye, $3.1003.25. AR BraN—Was moderately active, but 2clower, were 60 tons ot SI0.7@1L00 per ton on ek $11.00 free on board cars. A5, 20 tons frum w2t wheat $11.00 frec on board. agee MippLixas—Sale was made of ton free on board. it sty Conx-MeaL—Coarse Was no Lo minal at $14.50 pertay WHEAT—Was rather quiet during the the session, and_generally frmer. The maiot vanced 1c per bu for next month's delivery, ang oy 34c above the Iatest quotations of Friday, Thop.oed was Irregular. Liverpool was aulet, but reporte il Foea a shade dearcr, and New York was higher: pirs our recelpts were larger, with only moderate o ‘menta, and appareatly an Increase of nearly 12 oy 1n ourstocks In store during last week, Tha jor® news tended 10 strength. though 1t was stareq L present spot prices do not offer an Inducement o4y pers to operate, and contiaued bad weather map cepted 48 an additional argument. sguingt lower price ‘The politlcal situation fn Europe 18 not reganged o cors from cause for uneasiness, though the absence of o dlced news for a few daysnias rather been egee s 102 10 the bears than t0 the bulls. 1t {8 worthy of wos, that 97 out of the 20 car-loads fpepertd on track Saturdav were already booght o arrive on orders to ship from this polot, #0 that the." Was 5ot much §50L Wheat on the. markse. - Seee Tet ned at $1.03, $old &t SLOTH@L.OTTx. advagesls £1.0314, snd receded to $1.03.3¢ the clote, St agld 50l 8¢ SLOS¥@1.06, closing at S1.0sH. tack Ll month s at L1480l 120 htng S i Tot? closedat ST 114, GIIE edged rerony d at $1.11% bl 3 C R e i rather done to DIl shorts than for shipment.” Sparsiis ‘were reported of 800 bu No. 1 spring at $1.12: s st N flq ac $1.114@1.12: 1,800 bu No.3at bu do (Nutt’s and Central) 4t S1.02; 100 ba refacreg 0 88c; 800 bu by sample Rt 0092¢ on track: tnd gl il do at $1.05 free on board . Total, 34,200 by, - Hanp WiEAT—-WVas In food demand and hrmuer. Sy were 10,000 bt No. 1 Minfiesota at S1. 13h: 100 b3 dy o $1.133; aud 10,400 bu do by ¥ample st 31.13 fyee o Board. Sales were 400bu X, 3 WINTER WREAT—Was dull. red at $1.06, and 400 bu rejected at91c free on boarg car, CORN—YWas falrly active, and advance Apot. closlugflxc higher and June g nnfiemfix’f‘ orices of Friday. 'Liverpool was reported easion pos New York and Baltmore were frmor, while the firr Fecelpts here were all readily absorbed by shippers. s} our stocks (n store appeared to iave been reduced oy than 500,000 bu durlog- the week. The fact of i freights was an {nducément to shippers to opersty’ Tather freely, and some orders were received 1o boy s sccount of Enstern parties, which accounted fof thy relative strength of spot, corn. while futures were firm: erin sympatiy, though without a really urgens mand. Scller June opened at 3974, receded 5 39){c, and advanced to 19%c, closing at 38¥c. Reiler July sold at 404G 10¥c. and seller the montl AL 10c,the Iatter closing at the outside. liga-mized clot frm at 40ic, and No. 2 ot 4Uc. Spot sales wers Teported of 52,670 bu high mixed at 4042 10%c: 4iny bu new do at $9ic: 23,307 bu new mixed at SSher 163,800 bu No. 2 8t 40iz40%4c; 44.800 b1 refected ‘a; X 7k icltree on ‘cars; a tars atdle. Total, 262200 bu. SRl O0ATS—Were quiet, except samples, and steady. The offerings of futures were small. and there was llitls de- ‘mand except for cash oats, whichold chiedy by sampla toshippers. The mark 't was ashede frmeridaymose thy with other grain, and oats were quoted stronger in. New York. The local recelpts were liberal, and nesriy ail were diaposed of by sample. Sefler May and Juig were quict and steady st 28:{c. No, 2 fresh vold at 201 @26%c, and closed a the fnside. No. 2 oats sold_on track at 26%@27ic. and do White ot 23aac. Cuh snles were reported of 14,700bu No. 2t 204GasRs; 7,500 by by sample at 263¢:30¢ on track: and 25,400 g do at 26K@31c free on bourd. Total, 48.600 ba. RYE—1as quiet, fresh No. 2 being firmer, In sym. athy with other gralns. Futares were dull i 38 for ay, and 53¢ seliers for June. Fresh No. 2.sold to ahippers at Sekc. and samples ar S335c o (rack, Cash sales were reported of 500 bu No. 2 at 535¢; 280 b by sample at S3EELC on track; and 400 bu do at 6s N oy gatet . Stbe be mizal ARLEY—Was quict aud little better than no ‘The offerings were small, and there was o demand of consequence. A car of No. 2 sold at_50c, exira 3 wu mominal nt 39¢, feed 4t Sic. and No. Sat 36c. Oz five sold for Juné at 5. New barley, seller Septem: ber, was offercd ot T8¢, with no buyers on the floor. A few car-loads were sold by sample. Cash sales wern Teported of 400 bu No. 2 (SHOTE Teceipts) ar50c; 800 ba feed at 35¢; 2,000 bu by sample ¢ 35ESTHC o8 track; And 600 bu ¢ 41@43c free on board. Total, 3,50¢ ba. BY TELEGRAPH. FOREJGN CITIES. Special Dispatch to The Triduns. LrvERPoOL, May 11—11:30a. m.—FLovn—No. 1, 264 6d; No.2,253 6d. * GraIN—Whest—Winter, No. 1, 11s 4d; No. 2, I1s34; spring, No. 1, 10s5d; No. 2, 635d: white, No. 1,114 8d; No. 2, 118 1d; club, No. 1 No. 2, 114 4d. Corn—New, No. 1, 2513d; old, No. 1, 278 9d: No. 2, 2733d. ProvistoNs—Pork, 46s. Lard, 36s od. LiveepooL, May 11—~5 p. m.—CorroxN~Bouyaat, st 515-16@6 3-16d; sales 15,000 bales; speculation and export. 2,000; American, 13,000 ‘BrEADSTCFFS—Wheat—Californfa white wheat, Iis 1d@11s5d; do club, 11s 4d@12s: No. 2 to No. I red Western soring, 03 9422103 Sd: do winter, 114343113 4d. Flour—estern canal, 258 6IQ@26s 6d. ~ Corn—New Western mixed, ;258 3d@25s 6d: do old, 278 SIBITA L Oats—American, 3s 2d. - Barley—American, 3884 Pras—Cansfan. 3. CLOVER SEED—O@E3s. ProvisIoNs—dless pork, 465 Prime mess besf, 795, Lard—American, 36361 Bacon—Long clear, 25 PrTnoLrUN—Splrits, 73; redned, 039 LINSEED O1L—263. Lestx—Common, 58: pale, 125, Cuxrzse—Fine American, 663. Ml!.oxnox‘ May 11.—SPIBITS OF TURrPENTOVE-24Xd AxTwene, May [1.—PRTROLETY—268 64, The following were recelved by tae Chicago Board ot Trade: LivERroOL, May 11.—Prime mess pork, Esstern, 54s: Western, 463. " Bacon—Cumberlands, 263 6: short Tibs, hort_clear, 263. Should»rs, 21 Lird, 35s6d. Prime’ nmess beef, 708; In 83 extra uilla me.a. 1053 Cheese, DON, May 11.-Liveroool—Wheat ) rathereasier. 235 Mark Lane—Cargoes off coasi— Thest a shad ; dearer; Tair average No. 2 epring, 433 49s6d. Corn steady. NEW TORK. NEw YORE, M2y 11.~CorToN—Sominally 104@10%c fatures steady; May, 10.92G10.93c: Juce, 11.018 1n.02c: July, 1ic; Aupust, 11.1M4@11.15¢; Beptem- ber, 10.31@10.82¢; October, 10.64(210.05¢; Novem: ber. 10.53@10.54¢: December, 10.54c: Janusry, 10643 February, 10.73@10.75c; March, 10.83@10.86c: April 10.94&10.56c. FLoUR—Recelpts, 12,000 brls; shipplng a shade firmers others dull snd nechanged; No. 2, $2.70@3.75; super” State and Western, $4.20@4.60; common to good extra, $4,80@3. 153 Ro0d t0 Choice, '§3.05@5.85; white Whess $5.90@6.30; fancy. $5.5567.75; St. Louta, $475 @7.75; Mlnnesota patent process, $6.5063.50. kre our dull at $3.00@3. 60, Cory-Meat—Dull at £2.30G2 60. GratN—\Wheat—Moderate _trade: receipts, 129000 bu: No. 2Chleage sprinis, S1.20%@ . 2 3Mil- wauket, “$1. 23 1 aris g1 2H: No. 2 red wiiter, S1.2346@1.33: N0. 1do, €1.51461.33 No. = Northwestern Say, $1,2361.23%. - Rye more active: Western, 70@72ge. llaricy quiet and ony changzed. Malt duit and unchanged. Corn—Demad active; recelpts, 114,000 bu; steaui, 50G50kc; No: 2 51t@ee; yellow Western, '50c; siam mnixed, Mar, @50c. “Oats—arket dulls recelpts, 23,000 ba o) Western mixed ani State, 34Gu5c; white do, 35639 TAY—Quiet but frm. - :t Hors—Quiet and unchanged. Grocerles—Coflee quiev and unchanged. Sogar~ Deiaand fatr and market Arm; fafr to guod refaln 74T o165 prime, retned, dewrand falr 52 market dull, Solasses—Market dull. Kicesteads, ¥1t3 falr demand. PETROLECY—Qulet but frm; crude, 7G74e; retaed 11K@11Mc. ‘ TALLOY LeaTner—Unchanged, WooL—lieavy aad quiet: domestic feece, 28@45 pulled, 18 unwashed. 15G3c. Prrovistoxs—Mees park duil at $v,40%0.50. Beefdoll and unchanged: long clear middles, dull nod heavy st 4%c. _Lard—Prime steam, $7. 00K Yerrea—Quict but s Wesiern, 10G2e. Cursky—Qulet at S1.05 MrTaLs—Ingot luke, 16¥c: pig.lron dull; Scotch (0®25.70; American, $16.0019.00; Russla abeet” g, 1Wistellc'in Nitzs=Cur, $2.50: clinch. 44@5¥c. ———— THE LOG-THIEVES. - LaRe CraRLEs, La., May 12.—One of Special- "¢ Agent Carter's witnesses, by cosent, testifed to the seizure of 40,000 logs in onc day; that Deputs-Marshal Govan, upoa the day of hisar- rival at the West Fork, of Calcasicu River, stuck up on a trec a notice of the seizure of 40,000 logs, more or less, lying in or near the west fork of Calcasicu River, IndimnBuyoll.Btckw!Lh’s Creek, Hickory Branch, and all other tributs rics and branclies of the West Fork of the Cal- casieu River. Cross-examination showed that ft was im- possible for any man to travel the country named in six days. Another witness testified that he was fams iliar with the country, and could have travel over the part wmeitioned m the notice of seizure in scven or eicht days, and merel? Tooked at the logs, giviug a rough estimate of the number. To have counted the logs would have required ten or twelve days. D uty Govan lett New Orleans for Circasin sbout the 7th of May, 1877, arnved at Lake Charles on the 10thundiat the West Fork of the Caleasien on the 12th. SCELLANEOUS. Dr. JAMES, PRIVATE DISPENSARY. 204 Washington St., Chicago, Hk. ” 16 1 wall knowa Dr, James for the past 18 yeara bas stood the bead af 0 fiow troniment of ail special 84 chronle disensas thet Taquirs tmmetiate attenilon. & book 10 Toe miflion, eaptelnios who shoaid marry T Whynet? Only cxbia opripey pose Callor writag Dr. Jupts b K IE0RS Dariors, ane patisnt Dever mrets another. Ladied e the most deiicate atten el Comaufintion fres. OFicy De. James 18 0 year

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