Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 19, 1878, Page 6

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. 1R78—SIXTEEN PAGES, REAL ESTATE. Facts Which Show an Improve- ment in Real Estate. Capitalists Prefer Reil Estate to the Insecurity of Se- curities. Chicago's Interest in the Mortgaze De- cision of the Supreme Court. Activity in House-Building---Sales and Loans of the Week---Auction Sale. of an improved plece of le reported below i ‘Eactern capitaliet is one Stete street property to an of several symptoms of an improvement in the market for Chicago real estate. Another piece of brsincss property was sold during the week toa citizen of Chicago for $114,000 cash, the partico- Jars of which are for the moament withheld for per- sonal reasons. One of the wealthiest capitalists of New England has beenin the city looking at property. and the opening of a negotiation, which mzy end in the sale of real estate to the valne of nearly half a million doliars, wae the result. A £irm of real estate-dealers report that they made 2 cash offer, on bebalt of a principsl, of $330,000 for 2 lot of improved business property. and that the offer was refosed. These facts, gathered ina r3p- 1d circuit smong the real-cstate men, agree {ully with the reports made unlversally among them ‘that REAL ESTATE 1S IMPROVING. . Among the outsiders bere Jooking for a prodnct- jve niece of property is a capitslist who has £3,000.000 of Government bondsin his posseseion. The highest intercst paid by sny of them is 6 per cent. and thebolk pay 4 to 5 per cent only. There bas been a loss in the value of this S$3,000,000, supposing it to be pretty well dlstributed among the various classes of bonds, of 12)% per cent. or apout $375,000, since Jan. 1, 1875. It is not -surprising that holders of secarities when TUnited States bonds, railroad —bonds. and Jocal and maunicipal obligations of the first class have depreciated ae rapidly as has been the case in recent yeare, £hould look for some Detter investments. The resultof their calcnla- tions 18 xeen in the quickencd demand for improved busivess propertyin Chicago. It is worth nouicing Thirty-sixth streets. The demand for house: tbat nelghborhood bas been o good this spring that all there were to let were taken, and preparn- tions were made to eupply the future demand. Now there arc abont scventy new houses under ray. They are two-story and basement brick and Stone houses, with_eight to ten rooms, and will Tent at from £3U to $458 month. * Boilding enter- ‘pries are not Mkely o be confined this summer to this’ neighborhood. Extensjve improvements in dwelling-bouses are planned’Tor other parts of the Santh Side and for the West and North Divigions of the city. 4 3 Tae suilding permitslast weeck numbered 76, most of them for dweliinge. The eatimated value of the 76 dwellings is $i8,400. Theé following are some of the more important: George Chambers, three 1wo-story stone-front dwellings on Maple, near Clark strect, to cost $2,700 each; Patrick Carroll, two-story dwelling on IHinman, near Paulina, to cost $1,300; P. F. Elance. dwelling at 27 Alaska a7 streer, to cost $1,100; G. W. Vale, two-story stone-front dwelling on Indiana aveuuc, near Thir- ty-third street, to cost $4,000: John W l'llulg!- s/milar building, in same locality, to cost S3,000% S. Pearsons, two-story dwelling at 211 Linevin avenue, to cost $2,000; William Aldrich, two- story addition to house on Culumet avenue, near Twenty-first street, to cost 5,000; Jon Diederle, two-sfory dwelling at 355 _West Fourteenth strect, 10 cost §2,700; C. E. Eddy. store at 235 Randoloh street, to cost $1,500; William Burbach, two- Story store and dwelling on_Wentworth avenue, near Thirtieth street, to costS1,500. Contracts are about being made for building up the vacant lot on the southwest corner of Michizan avenue and Harrison street with a handsome block of brown-stone fronts for the Hon. D. Wells, of Milwankee. On the corner will be n four-story and basement private hotel, aiready leased, £0x75. ‘which will be an imposing feature of that part of toc avenne. The buildings are to be renay vy the 1xt of April mext. C. P Thomas is the architect. Plans are prepared by the same architect for a block of flats on the northeast corner of 'Third avenue and Tavlor street for L. 1. Brasher, of Cincinnati. The building is 100 fcet front by 50 feet, and will be made to euit the requirements of the neighborhood. RENTS. Some of the honse agents report an excellent bosiness for last week, althouch the hes-aay of the renting ecason is past. There are still tenants and vacanf honses *o be brought together. Land- lords who bave held but too stiilly agaiust a reduc- tion of rents or were disappointed at the last mo- ment by tenants who were expocted to rencw, and tenants who waited till after the 1st inst. in order to get advantage of the rfeaction, and the mew comers who are always dropping intos city like this, are still in the rent market, and will give oc- cupation for weeks to come to house agents. AUCTION SALE. C. C. Thayer & Co., real-estate auctioneers, aunounce that on Wednesday, Mu{ 22, they will gell at public auction fifty Jots in Unlich & Mu- ellke's addition, frontinz on Wentworth avenue ond Arpold street, between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets. 1f this sale 18 a success, iLis intended to follow with others. Those tawiliar with the real-estate history of Chicago will re- member that real-estate auctions have been power- ful agents 1n quickening the market. The Jurom'rly now offered for sale is 1 the neighborhood of the 1hst both Chicagoans and ontsiders participate in | yonq “recently sold to the Michizan Southern & 1his, Business property naturslly feels thie first, botit1s only 8 question of time when reel estate generally will start forward under the same stim- ulue. THE TRANSFERS OF PROPERTY +were quite numerous, and the prices realized were encoutaging. Ttere s quite a steady flow of busi- ness in this direction. especinlly a8 regurds city Jot, which seems to increase in volume from week 0 weck. Suburban lands gonot yet show much improvement, but there begins to be alittle shak- ing umong theee dry bones. The following were the principal transactions: The four-story and basement stane-front build- ing and lot, 3Gx147, known as 20 and 231 State street, bos been sold by Catherine Miller to Yienry R. Hinckley for $10,000, Mr. A. J. Averill acting for Mrs. Miller, and Mr. D. W, Storrs rep- resenting Mr. Hinckiey. Edson Keith porchased lot on Indiana avenne, 173 fcet north of Twenty-fourth strect, cast fTront. 2614x170 feet, with buildings, for £12,000. Laton West Jackson strect, 174 feet eastof ZLoomis street, north front, 253120 feet, sold for $3.000. Nathan Dotsford old to L. C. Bignall tot on For- est avenue, near Thirty-fourth sirect, east front, 24x123 feet, with improvements, $7.000. Byron Loomis sold to_ John Z. Torgersen lot on YWest Indiana street. xo1theast corner of Carpenter strect, 116116 feet, S11,500. Edwin A. Elliot sold to Stephen H. Ladd lot on Campbell avenue, northeast corner of Congress streci, west front, 50x125 feet, improved. $6,500. Lot 'on West Harrsonstreet, northeast corner of Tonoro street, sauth front, 135 9-10x120 feet, sold for $7.500. "Jacob.and Henry Beidler sold to the J. Beidler and Brother Lumber Company lots 185 to 1622 and 75 feet of lot 183 in Greene's South Dranch ad- dition, belng twenty-ve south of the southwest corner of Loomis and West Twenty-sccand street, for $118, 000 Sarah Greencbaum sold to Nelson Morris prop- erty at the northwest corner of West Randolph and TUnion strecte, 505122 fect. for $24,000. SATURDAY’S TRANSFERS. The fotlowing instruments were flled for record Satarday, May 18: CITY PROPEETY. West Madison st, 50 foe of Ladin'st, nf, 25x 125 £z, dated May 11.. .3 3250 Fourth 7, 75 {L6 of Van Buren st. % 1. Tt improved, dated May 1S (Alansin etal. 1o Wovghouse & Lymaa)... 15,000 Fulton st. 125 {¢ ¢ of Calliornia av, 81, 2i% 1t, 2inted May 18, 1875. . : 500 Seymour st, 1 of and near Lak 1. 1t fmproved, dated Oct. 1. 1 4.500 Park av, 12811 e of Pacest, b1, tnproved. dated May 16. 4,500 Soutx Halsted st 9511 8 o 5,000 . 1,700 ghice -10 7t, deséd May 16. . L 4 1h st 1873 Tt w of Wediern av, nf. 37ty ST ... 1,300 Arnoid o L ¢ T, 35% 1L fmproved: alsu Archer av, tear Twenty- second st. 8 1, 591t 10 Elgin’ 81, improved, dated May 1 PR Michizan av, X136 11, fmproved, dated Aprii 30 (Sarah' E. Phillns 105, H. Southwick). Wabansia av, 205 fow of Mclicnry st 61, 103 1¢. improved, dated April MILES OF THE COUET-HOUSE. Brhetta st 8 cor of Fablus st, 0 f, 147xI24% 1t. duted May 18. $ 3.500 EOTTI OF CITY Li OF SEVEN 2 . Grand Douievard, 150 £t 8 f Forty-trst 451150 ft, dated May 17 (L.'B. Sidway 10, Joun B, Drake et. al) 7.500 SCMMARY FOR THE WEEK. The following iz the total smount of city and sudurhan transfers within a radics of seven miles of tae Court-Honse filed for record during the 'k ending Saturday, May 18: City, sales, 73: eideration, $278,945; north of,_city limits, 2: consideration, £4,250: th of city les, 12: consideration. $3. west of ity limiis. sales, 2: consigeration, $1,700. Total zales, 803 total conelderation, $316, 504, LOANS. The transactions vibrate from week to week be- tween 000 und §300,000, and_this is kept up wjtheut any prospectof chianze. There are a few apnlications for building-ivans, but they are zen- erally for smali mmounts, and prodace no ripple in the peacetul breast uf the real-estate loan market. Somse little stir has been caused among our loan agents by the recent decision of the Supreme Court a1 Warhinuion relative to the time allowed for re- demrugn'nrnm:,my gotd under foreclosure. Our Jocal United States Circuit Courl has been in the Thabit of selling out the morteage debtor absolutely, if the mouey was mot puid_within_ three months. ‘This practice, the National Court has decreed. is altozetner wrong, The laws of the State must be comyphed with, which grant the mortgagor twelve months, and his creditor fiftcen moaths in which toredeem. It fe’not probadle tiat this decikion will upset many titles in tuis city. for the reason that very - little money is loaned on mort- sages, most of these transactions being effect- ed by trost deeds, the sales of prop- crty under woich csnnot be upset by this decision. We do not think the Connccticat Matnal har lonned a dollar on mortzage for the past three i;:an, and we understand that parties wno nave 0 ucht at foreclosure kale under their old mortgane pian nave taken 2 deed 1n which it is expressly Etipulated that the mortgage debtor has the right of redemption within 1welve months, The market is not well supplied with funde; in fact, there has been a gradusl withdrawal for some months, for which various causes huve been as- sizned. such ¢ the unfortanate condition of our clty finnuces, the exorbitant taxation, the failure 1o collect taxes, etc. Tnais timidity of capital cannot be laid at the door of defaulting debtors, for never were payments betters both™ principal and intereet are being met with exceeding prompt- ness. Under the limited demand, interest rates chn:lm'ml ‘nnahanged. : h¢ following were the pri; g ‘“m principal loans of the leted etreet, couthweet corner of Adams stree 200x125 feet, and & 1ot near the northuwest commer of Csnal and West Washington streets, fronti s0uth on Canal street, by 80 fect deep, to sccare $22.000. three yeors at 7 per cent. Wabash avcuue, between Twen Twenty-clehth streete, west front, (cula "ém‘a:.:o, nL“ ytnr:t at 7 per cent. A reet, northeast corner of Fifth avenns 005103 feel, $14,000, three years at 733 por ent. groibe strect. 55 feet south of Jluron street, west ccnl;.l‘ 55x148Y feet, $1G,500, five yearsat 8 per Lot on North Clark street, morthu " 3 est corner of é‘iz ‘l)-&dgg running north 101 feet, éast front, 1,000, ive Jeamaigpercent S A note with 7 per cént intarest giv i AT LT e st et sien to . :Il;r:fr;t on 20 §3-100 acres fn Ihni’:mw > AIATIVE STATEMENT FOR TRE ) NDIN ) T WEEK ENDING Pstruments|— . 57 T Clideratn!] Ho:p ¢ = ) | oup Cratderan, ll-m"s 209, ] S 558 07 1 TInatruments, Trust-decds| Mortgages... Agzregate.. Releases...|~ 3 Great sctivity fn bflg'n?;’ e ot bescen on | 3 xvenme in uw. vicinity of Thirty-fifth :\m‘iI Lake Shore Railroad. REAL ESTATE IN SAN FRANCISCO. The San Francisco Hulletin says: Itnow ap- cars to be a forcgone concluslon that there will ¢ no special gctivity. m real estate in San Fran- cisco this year. It is not material to inquire iuto the causes of the present and prospective upathy. The fact of depression is ad d, and the rea- sona for it are understood in well informed circles. Last month there were 264 deeds put on record, representicg a value of $1,323,800, against 333 deeds of 2,340,600 for the same month lust year. (eneral business is mucl better than it was 8 year a0, and _the. prospects are brighter; yet, in the face of oll this. the volume of transactions in real estate shows o falling off of nearly 50 per coak CURRENT GOSSIP. 3 REGRET. 1 =it with empty hands alone. Far to the West the day has flown, In crimeon mists; by the breezes blown, And the shadows of night are failing. 1sit alone by the enay. cold ashes From whose ecattered bed no fire flashes, Weeping bitter tears: Sobbinir alone by the cold, gray ashes, The sombre asheg, Of the burned-out yeazs! 2 Wistful dreams of o happy time, The blissful longings of youth divine— Emoty hands when the sun is set:ing! The golden days forever have fled, The cacer fire of youth is dead. . ‘Age Lringeth me fears, Weeping alone by the gray, cold ashes, The barren ashes, . Of tue wasted years! Cuicaco, Tk Paus FELIX BROWNE. WATER IN THE EARS. New York tvibune. As this is the scason when arranzements are made for summer vacations, a word of advice may be of service to those who are seckinz the sea-shore. . If. you.don’s wish to run the risk of becoming.deaf, take a bandiul of cotton along with vour- thin clothes, and, when you go in bathing, put-nlugs of cotton in your cars. This may save you from ear-ache, and perhaps from more serious trouble. . Dr. Samuel Sexton, Sur- sreon-in-Chief to tbe New York Ear Dispensary, in a recent communication to the Medical Kecord, estimates that 3 toousand people of this city are seut to their physiciaus to be treated for car disease evéry year, whose trouble has arisen from gettine water in- their” ears'while bathing, or l)‘y catching cold at such-times by exposure or negiect. - i Tu avpears from the Doctor's researches that salt water is_peculiarly irritating to the delicate structures of the inner ear. Very.cold water of the freshest” kind may, however, be equally harmful, and there is a short list of cases re- sulting from the Russian bath, two of the pa- ticnts being themselves pbysicians. A few in- stances are cited where the trouble came from usmg the so-called “nssal douche,” water having penctrated to the ear by the passage from the back of the mouth. But these are un- important compared with those where trouble has come from salt-water bathing. In all of sixty-five of the last named cases inflammgtion oceurred; in fift; ven it was acute. A varety of subsequent damages may accrue. when the trouble spreads; permanent deufness is not among the least of these, and life itself may be endangered. G5 _ Surf-bathers are cspecially exposed to such injurics, since a breaker may strike them on the side of the bead, and drive the water into the ear; the same result may ensue if the batber gets a sudden monthful from an unexpected \wave, the water then being forced from the mouth to the fnner car. Man, the doctor thinks, is not'naturally amphioious. Animals fitted for aquatie life are provided with various arrange- ments for keepiug the water out; seals, for in- stance, have 2 movable membrane in the car, which closes, and shuts out fluid; the muscles of the water-shrew are competent 10 shut the car-passages. People who are blessed with v emall openings to their ears run the the least risk in bathing. A man should vever dive, says the doctor, if he wishes to preserve his hearing. When in the surf he should take the wave on | his chest or back, *‘closing his mouth and nos- trils '3 though how a man can ciosefhis nostrils the Noctor does not state. But the pledget of cotton for the ears is essential, and every bather should be proviaed witn it. - DAMON AND PYTIIIAS. Detrott Free Press. A Gratiot avenue saloon-keeper was sorting out the lead nickels from his till yesterday morning, preparatory to the hoaest labors of a rainy day, when a smillng stranger came in and satd: ] «Q)d feliow, I’ve got a bet of $10on your bead.” The saloonist felt all over the top of his head, found no bet there, aud looked for a further explanation from_the stranger, whose coat at the ¢lbows seemed bound to secure ventilation. “The cuse s this,” continued the stranger, “I've bet my friend B that vou are a well-read mun. To prove it, I bave come to ask you if you know what Damon did when there was every reason to doubt that Pythias would re- turn. While I am sipping my’ lager, you can joir your memorv a little.” He pusked o glass across the counter, but the saloon-keeper scemed 1o be hunting for something down among the kegs. *It's only a trifle—small wager—but the principle is what 1 want to establish,” remarked the man as he auxiously sioved. the glass around. 5 4 % 3 % «[expeets0,” came from down amongz the ._**Damon and Pythias were chums, you know. ‘Wiien Damot Wipéd off bisthin, Pythias pulled down_his vest, and Viee versa.- While I am z you can ponder over my original query” Y 2 5 “Shust 50, replied'a voice as the kegs were rolled about. 2 R “If Damon bad the headache,” contioued the man, i 10 work the pump projecting aboye. the bar, “Pythias bad 3 sorc eye as ap offset. | 17 Pythias gaid he would tuke-sugar fn . his. Damon * sweetened: up with New Orleans mo- lasses. . All this you kuow, of course: but what dn.l. Damon do when Pythias did not return?’’ 1 seall now show you vot he did,” replied the saloonist, as he rose up with a metallic guico} in his hund. **Ven dot Piddeus diu not. burry up, ;I)‘ mon Thalks aroundt der bir shust Thie straneer rot, out, anid, hoiding the d from the outsi e "throngh the glass nmlsm: utside, fie looked 'through the glass *Ium now convinced that.vou never read a t}nme-! tine of Shakspeare! - While Damon was went,” appeared in the Dublin University Maga- zine, then in the pride aud flower of its youth. "These bave long ago been reprinted in Amerlea, but not, L think, clsewhere. He ' also con- wributed many notable essuys on Irish Scen- searching under the bar, Pythias drew and drank threc glasses of beer!” The saloonist smiled, latd away lis spizot, and as he zood-naturedly pulled open the door he called to the stranger at the curb-stone: “Vhen Damon vhas drawine dot peer, Pid- aeus vhas moofing der pump into der schiop- ” ke He turned A tremor passed over the waz. started for pale, showed his teeth, and as e the wood-vard opposite he replied: «}Hanged if he didn’t—Damon wants rest ! THE REAL AUTHOR OF “FATIER TOM AND THE POPE.” . Frviser's Muguszine. Sir Samuel Ferguson is the designation by which a true and admirable English poet wili ereafter be known, and possibly better known than heretofore. He is a native of the County Down, and has passed most of his life ‘in” the City of Dublin. II's literary fortuse bas been & curious one; his very first production was a lyrie which has already borne the wear and tear of morc than forty years, sud promiscs to prove a2 permanent addition to English litera- ture. It was published in Biackwood's Magazine, and entitled *The Forging of the Aunchor.” This was read sud applauded, aud copled and recopled into collections of verse: but the author kent quiet, and nobody took auy particular further notice, or guesséd the Rabelaisian ¢ Father Tom and the Pope ” in the same magazine to be the work of the same pen. Fatner Tom, 1 may say, I have mysell scen in the flesh—n stout, sporting pricst of the old school, well known at coursing matches in Connaught and clsewhere. Our author’s series of romantic stories trom Irish Distory, called * Hibernian Niguts’ Entertain- ery, ete. to the same periodical. In 1805 Mr. Ferzuson published a volume of collected poems in London, *Luys of the Western Gacl,” a name altogether enigmaticaland uninvitme to the Sassanach in geueral. It accoraingly was a dead 1ailure, although it included a number of poems thoroughly and justly established In public favor in Iréland and Awmerica. Atterthis the author published his-wonderfully-spirited and striking epic poem ot _** Coungal,” " with the same result, or worse. The Cockuey crities in general took no notice of the book, but the Saturday Iteview did review it, and was mag- nificently contemptuous. An account of it, to quite a different tune, will be found in fraser tor May, 1875. It seems very likely that u poem of Ferguson which appeared in Hlack wood the other day, called “The Widow's Cloak,” expressing tropically Victoria’s domin- jon over Indla, is the proximate cause of the public honor now done to him. But be that as it may, it is gratitying that here at Jeast.the luck bas fallen to the right man,and that o gentle public may bave its sagaclous eyes turned o greneration or so sooucr in the diree- tion of, this particular poet, and—who knows {— of ancient lIrish literature, of which he s the best exponent in English. Sir Sumuel Fergu- son, Q. C., LL. D.. Deputy Keeper of the lrish Records (loug life fo bim), 18 moreover a highty istinguished arcaieologist, and—may it be per- mitted to aad#—one of the kindest and most wonial of men. . THE TFRESI-AIR IDIOT. Burtington Hawckeye. . He dresses in & manuer pecoliar to his tribe, does the fresh-air idiot. He wears two pair of woolen stockings and heavy cork-soled boots;* two suits of flannel underwear, achamois chest- plotector, a double knit jacket, a woolen vest, lined pantaloons that weigh about ecightecn pounds and are as impervious to air as a rubber Dlanket: a double-breasted coat, fur gloves, anda scalskin cap pulled down over his cars. Thus attired. it is the delight of his oue ideal soul to meet you some bracing Sentember morning, and regard, with a fixed stare sud wild howl of derision, vou in your fall suit and light overcoat. ** Of with it, man,” he yells, smiting his chest with his buried hauds. “Off withit! Why, bless my soul, Ihaven't worn an overcont for more than ten years. What do you want with an overcont? Brace up, inhale the fresh air; fill your lungs with it, till it makes your nerves tingle with natural health- wing, glowing warmth.” Ile bawvss in upon you in your oflice. ** Whoot!”! he snorts, 1ook- ing wildly around bim, *what au oven? Dou't yon know you are killing yourself in here? Whew! This air comes from a lime-kiln. [u dries up my lungs like parchment.” And he _leaves the door_wide open and a torrent of ey wind rushes in and batbes ,your slippered achill that doesw’t leave them-tora weeks be rushes ucross the office and - opens a window ou your back that makes you shudder hours after you are asleen that night; he closes the drafts and opens the stove door, and then sits close behind it, out of the draft he bas open- edon you, and tells you how warm and com- fortablé he fs, and how he never permits his rootn 1o get so hot as yours was wlhen he came into it. Ile deluges you with his twaddle about fresh air and ventilation, and doesn’t go gway and let you make yoursclf comtortable until he has caught you a cold that will stick to you all winter, cost you §205. for medical services, and then kill you'in tne spring. feet A MAN WHO NEVER TOLD A LIE. # 0il City Derrict. Yesterday afterncon an old oil-man, with crude petroleum dripping from his clotbes and Jegs inciosed in gh boots, “entered an_])erricl: office and'said: % “ Want an item? I've got the biggest ttem you ever heard tell of. Istruck au ile well on my lease Monday, 'an she flowed a stream of ile 100 feet high straight up for half- an-hour. Then she kinder died down. One of my drillers was standing over the hole. when she suddenly spurted up again, and if 1w didn’t take that driller right up with: it. I'he stream was 2 powerful one you see, an’ he went up a hundred feet. Yow've seen those little balls as danze about on the top of those Jittle spurtin’ fountains such as they bhave in the citics? Yes, waal that’s the wav this ere thing ncted, un’ there’s that air driller right -up on top of that hundred-fut.column of erue ile, aw’ he's dancin’ about like chaff in a fannin™ mill. What do you thiuk of that un??" + How long has he been up there < About four davs and four nighis,” “He must be very hunery by this time. Docsl,x‘!. he come down to get something to eatd? . “Why, we 'uns just put a olate of hash in this stream of ile, and it takes it up to him, yon ste. Aw it’s mizhty handy, as he linds his victuals already greased, an’ he doesn’t need butter.” x His face was as innocent of deceit as a plece of tanned leather, and when he asked to bave »his name put down us a deadnead subseriber for information he had given, we didn’t have the heart to huart bis feelings by refusiog. QUIPrS. For The Tribune. A celebrated Kase: Smearkase. A tight squeeze: Embrace of a drunken man. A fine fellow: A Justice of the Peace. Whoen both cnds meet, do they *‘take a drink? Can a proof-reader read the *proofof the pudding ' The vyster is the most stew-dious of the bi- valve family. In the languageof the scasous, Mav is some, but June is summer. The South was defeated, it is true; but they continued to raise Cane down there. Any child can draw an oat, but it takes a goud vriter to put his name on oue. A Dutchman says: **Ouf your knife pes one plade gone, den dot kpife bin biade oud.” A Californin broiser is named Belcher. “Bett yerself.' his cronies say; “we don’t want any of it.” A sailor discovered kicking his boy through the strect explained that he was ouly tee-ing the youngster iuto port. . A San Francisco beauty has 2 head of hair “twhich, when ~unconfived, trails upon the flor.” "She must be o hair-belle. © The difference between the ordinary seaman and the Cantain who uses the rope’s end. freelv is:_ The former tars-the ropes, und the latter ropes the.tars, .. A ‘A carpenter and joiner named Love complains that hehas worked for several of our F. F.'s) from whom le never expeets to reebver We surmise that * Lovt's labor’s lost.” born . asked .as personally of wenius so often -bachelors!” we would have rePlied. * Brecause they . WWere | vever married.” ;Pshaw! Kate; tpat’s an.casy. one. What do you tuke us for? G This is poor twine,”" said a “dustomer to a” dealer; as e examined an inferior artielerof wrapping-cord. * Poort wing, is it }¥ exclaimed an Irishman standing by. “It ist’t poort wine' at il,l!' wan; its sthring just. Ptrat’ré ye givin’ us B Belore setting ont to séetils’ wirl, the other | night, an acquaintance of ‘ours ate a bunch of young omous, took a drink of whisky, and smoked a pipe. On his way to the house he. stoped at a saloon and ate 1 picce of Limburger heese and swallow a glass ot beer. then he wondered why she turned up her mnose and refused to go to the theatre with him. MARINE NEWS. PORT HURON. Ponr Homoy, Mich. , May 18.—Passed up—Props Columbia, Onefds, W. JL Bornum with-W. It Allen, Albion with Acorn and Antelope, Plymontl and bargee, Havana und two consorts; schrs Sun- sise, Eflen Spry, Dundce, E. Fitzgerald, Lem ENsworth, M. L. Beck, Pster, C. H..Johnson, C. G. Cooper, Col..Ellsworth, City of Manitowoc, Down—Props Waverly. Montana, Walea and consorts, Tugner and barges, McClellan with raft, Tempest and barzes. wind northeast and fresh: Tonr Hunos, Mich. , Moy L o Champlein, Winslow, Vanderbilt No. 2. Toledo, Dean Richimond with llazard: echrs Ambia, Vienna, Itasca, losco, Mary Guthrie, Alpens, Phebe, ' Catberine. zDown—FProps St. Albsns. Wissahickon. Town Fend with 5.\, Wood und consort, J. §. Far with Ruodes. and Wagstaff; schrs Scaman, Pandora, T, W. Perry, Calking, Prince Edward. Wind—East, gentle} weather cloudy. weather fine. 8,—Pugscd p—Props 3 LAKE TREIGJITS. The demand for vessel room yesterday was fair atthe current rates, or at 13ic for corn to Luflalo. Charters were made for233,000 bu corn. IFollow- ing s the list of vessels taken: For Buffalo-2 Sehrs Lucerne and IL._A. Kent, corn at 13{c; vrops Empire State und J. Fia, corn throuzh. To Col- lingwood—Schirs Lake Farest, Collinzwood, and in the ufternoon the W. F. Gifford, ull comn through to Kingston, The prop Maiue. coru to Ogaensburs. The schr Ellza Gertach has been chartered to carry rail butts to Cleveland from the North Side Ttolling-Mills. BUFFALO. ByFraLo, May 18, —Cleared for 24 lours ending 8 p. m.—Props Commodore and Raleigh, 130 tons coal, Chicago: schrs A. B. Norris. 150 tons coal, Milwaukee; George I Ward, Chicago. Veasels pussing Port Colborne Juck for 24 hours, ending 6 p. m., 17th—Westward—Bark Witlis Kel- ler. Oswezo to Biack River; schrs Fiorida, Osweio 1o Bay Cify: J. Q. Mott, Ogdensbury to Cioveland; Erie, Stewart, and Lanzeton, no orders. MILWAUKEEE. Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune. MILWAUREE, May 18, —Grain freights dull and unchanged. To Buffalo the rate for wheat is en- tirely nominal at 23c. Little or no demand from shlrpum. Churters 1o Erie—Prop Gordon Camp- Vell, 41,000 bu wheat on Philadelphin through rute; schr Pewakec, 15,500 bu wheat at 24ic; 8,020 bu rye at 25c. MARQUETTE. Spectal Dispatch to The Tridune. ManqUETTE, Migk., May 18.—Arrived—Prop E. B. Hale, schr Alva’ Bradley, Escanaba. Cleared—Schrs §. P. Ely, Willlam Grandy. TPassea up-—-Pror China. L Down—Prop tfuntic, Weather clougdy: wind south. SPRUNG ALEAK. Spectal Lispatch to The Tribune. East Sscrxawy Mich.,, May 18.—Schr J. S. Miner, bound frovj Cascville to Bay City, sprung aleak m Saginaw #ay to-day.. After much difi- culty she reached the mouth of the river and sunk in 13 feet of water,;. The crew cscaped. j )IIéllIGA}' CITY. Specicl Bjsatch to The Tribune. Micitoax Crtr, Ind., May 18.—Arrived—Schr Jesse Phillips, lgmbpr, Mamstee: scow Mary Helen, lumber, White Lake; Mendota, lumber, Grand River. . LATE .LOCAL ITEMS. Late Jast night o, dlegraceful street row occurred in the vicinity of Kingz's concert saloon on Clark strect, between af street-walker and her lover, 1n which she cut fhim scross the face with a smail pocket-knife, inflicting a long but not deep wound. Quite aigrowd were attracted to the place, but the-vriricipals in the affair wavaged to cscape before the grrival of the police. At 9:45 last everting, while Ofiicer Thomas ren- nock wus arresting 4 man uamed John Kitz, who was in a drunkeniand disorderly condition at the corner of Hubbard and Noble streets, he was ns- saulted by three women and a man, who de- manded the release of the pnsoner. The man struck the oficer over the left eye with some sharp instriment that inflicted o _gush aboutan inch in length. The woman and the prisoner resisted forcibly, and rolled the oficer in the mud, so that he finaliy lost the prisoner. The persons comtniting the assault are not known, as Oflicer Brennock 18 3 stranger on that beat, At 10:30 last evening three men passing along Canal street, near Vuy Luren, beean a wordy quar- rel with Willlam J. Stark aud Martn Write, mght- ‘watchmen of the Wilminzton Coal Company, at No. 41 West Van Buren stree. After some hot words between them. the trio went off, but soon which they shots, The returned with a hat full of stone: threw ut the watchmen, also firing ty watchmen _ returned one shot each. and at this juncturc Ofticer Bowle came up, and succeeded In urresting oue of the nseaflants, who at the gtation gave the name of T. 1L Collins. None of the participants were in- jured. Collins having been arrested just as he had grappled with onc of the watchmen. ———— The Employment of Gun-Cotton In War- fare, ZLondan News. According to our Woolwich correspondent, another use has been found for zup-votton in warfare. The novel explosive 1s to bg employed for disabling guns of the enemy. - It s to take the place, in fact, of the spike and the armorer’s hammer. A slab of gun-cotton, simply laid upon the muzzle of a gun and detonated, so in- jures and distorts the weapon as to render it practically useless for firing, while in the case of a inuzzle-loadep it-at once precludes any attempt to load the gun. The old plan, it may be remembered, of rendering aun encmy’s gups useless atter storming a buttery, wasto spike them by driving an armorer’s nail into the vent or touch-hole, and then, in the event of the attacking party being driven out of the battery again, or retiring, the weapons could not be «d agninst them—at anv_ rate for a time. "The rapid mjuring of a gun by means of gun-cotton in the way now surgested will prevent the cannon ever being employed again; but this is, after all, a questionable advautage, ferin the case of aspiked gun, if the enemy can_ use it once more ou the subscauent boring out of the spike, so also may the storm- ing party, should they prove strongr enough to hold the position. This is not the lirst applica- tion that has been made of gun-cotton for pur- poses of destruction before the enemy.. A new body of men termed Cavalry Pioncers, first created by the Austrians, aud now adooted in the British army. are to employ charees of gun- cotton in a similar way for breaking railw tines and destroying bruges quickly. ‘Tne trooper, mounted on a strong and rapid horse, s provided with a belt containing a few pounds of compressed run-cotton and oun arriving at a railway he dismounts and places a charze upou one of the ratls. The mun-cotton is detonated with a fuse, and the result is that half a yard of metal is seen flying over the next hedire. Probably not more than sixty seconds are necessary to work the mischicl, but the man is up and away before the explosion can take place. In the case of bridzes the work is naturally of longer duration, but two or three intelligent men would not be long iu discover- ing 1 weak point in the structure-and adjusting their charges so as to do the greatest amount of harm. ——— Mistaken Identity. 1t was simoly o case of mistaken identitygq William Jones was a shoemaker, who formerly worked at his trade in Powyn, Wales. e had previously lived at Bala, had marricd there, and his wife had died. At Powyn he married again, his second wire being o cook named Willlams, He was very unbappy with his secoud partner, and, whet Jane Jones caume from Liadwzadfau, asserting that Jones' first name was David, that he was her jawful husband, and that she bad Dborne him - two children, the unfortunate husbaud saw a chance to get rid of one wife and scenre unother, who must, so probably reasoned, be an im- provement. Accordingly he pleacded uilty to bigamy. Le received a heasier seatence than he anticipated,—cighteen montas in jail. Waile be.was serving out tis sentence the real David Jones turned up, but his wife wouid not lelieve in s identity, and he was oblized to take her toa police station belore he could convinee her. Of cotirse the next step was to reopen the case of poor William Jones. who has not only been undergoing pumshment for an offense which he never cominitted, but will not even gain the ex- ccted reward of his false plea 8 guilty,” Itis sard.that. there is a strong resemblance between the two men. T -t Faneral -Baked Meats. Tothe Ecitor of the. nati Crnmerclal., . . Your article of May12,’in regard to éxpensive funerals, js well adiised. Sowe years ago, ai a fupctal-oLa friend, I'was seated iu a carriage. witn .o person who fu face ' carried” all the babiliments of woe. I _was mnot aware “hé was al{juainted with_tbe deceased. I vecame_inquisitive. - Says -1, ,““ Are vou a mélation?” - He prompily answered, **No.' “ A friend?! “Noj 1 know not the man.” In~ TYankee Jashion I smd: *Why atiend his fuueral and look so sad?” “He said: ‘“Infact Tam troubled with dyspepsia. My doctor ad- vised me to ride. Tdm too poor to bire a car- riage, and therefore ride free to funerals.” Are not. some of the pretended mourners more- troubled with dyspepsia tnan grieft o BN FINANCE AND TRAD ¢A Comparative Ymprovement in -the Financial Sitnation. The Produce Markets More Active and Lower---Provisious Close Firmer. Breadstuffs Depressed by Peace Rumors and Wealkmess in Great Britain, FINANCIAL. The clearings of the Chicago banks lnet week make a better comparison with the corresponding week of last year than those of several of the weeks that preceded .it. A decline of 12 per cent in bank clearings does mot necessarlly imply o decline fn the general trade of the city. When the proper allowance for the reduction in prices, the absence of spcculation, and the decrense in the number of the banks is made, it will be found that the regular mereantile and manafacturing business of Chi is improving. ‘The loan market Jast week was anll. There was an insufticient supply of negotiable paper, anda the loanable resources of the banks are accumnlating on their hands. Rates of discount are 8@10 per cent. New York excnange sold through the week at 60c per §1,000 premium, but closed weaker at 50¢ per $1,000 preminm. Tbe clesrings of the Chicago banks for the week are reported as follows by Manager D, R. Hale, of the Chicago Clearing House: Dat Bulances. COIN AND GREENBAC:! Gold and silver dollars were 100%@100% in greenback: Greenbacks were 993{@09%c on the dollar in coln. FOREIGN EXCHANGE. The rates current 1 New York and Chieago were: Siakt, Sterling.. RS i 5 France. Swiezerland... Gerni RNMENT BONDS. Bid. Asked. United States 6 of ‘81 s e Unlred States 5203 of 1013¢ Unfied States5 107 United States & 104 Unlted States 1 33 1074 United States new 1054y W05 United Stazes new 4343, L1043 101k United Statcsnew 4 pier cent coupons. 101 1014@10136 LOCAL SECURITIES. nid, Chieago City 7 per cent bondy (long)....+101kg Chfcago Clty 7 percentsewerage (1), J101jg Clifeago Clty 7per cent water 10an (longi 10545 North Chicagzo 7 percent(Lincotn Park) =0 ity nitway (South Side). Cliy Eaflway (West Slde) City liaflway (North Sid ‘Friiders’ Insurance Company... .. Chicago Gaslizht and Coke Comoany West Division Rallway 7 per cents. ~And Interest. BY TELEGRAPH. FOREIGN. New Yorx, May 16.—Gold opened at 1003 and closed at 100%. Carrying rates 2 per cent to fat. Governments strong. Railroud bonds firm. State securities steady. Tne stock market {n the morning was moderate- Iy active and, in the fain, firm. The leading feat- ure was an advance in Rock Island from 100 to 110. Chieago, Burlington & Quincy sold up to 1054 Lake Shore advanced from 631 to 634 Northwestern common rosé to 513, and preferred 1 723 vash 8 ed from 141 to 1. Western Union to 3%, and Lackawanna to 56. In the afternoon the market was lower on realiza- tions, and prices deelined @1 per cent. but the closing gnotations showed o general recovery of 4,@3%. 'The chicf activity was in coal stocks, Geanger shares, and Lake Shore. actions aggreguted 000 shares, of which 1,700 were Now York Ceutral, 21,000 Like Shore. 1,000 Wabash, 4, 500 Northwdstern common, 4,600 Dreferred, 4,700 Rock: sland, 7,500 St. Paul com- mon, 000 preferred, 10,000 Lackawanuz, 3.000 New Jersey Central, 2,200 Dolaware & Hudson, 600 Morris & Esxex, 2,400 Chicago, Burlinston & Quincy, *,600 Oluo & Mississippl, 7,200 Western Union, anu 2,000 Pacific Mail. Money murket casy at 3 per cent. Prime mer- cantile paper, $1@5i¢. Customs _reccipts, $175,000, The Assistant Treasurer disbursed $109,000. . $13,000, 000, erling quiet; long, 48514 short, 488. "The weekly bank statemeat Is as follows: Loans, increase, $1, 001, 900; sneeie, decrease, S1, 429, 5003 lecal-tenders, increaso, S2,408,100; deposits, de- crease, $1.131,900; cireulation, decrease, $30,500; reserve, decrense, S1. 603, The banks now hdld §14,401, 275 in excess of the lezl requirements, 5 New 4 per 110408, ez Mariposi. . Marlposa Adamy i s Wells-Fa 90 Ft. Wusii Amerfean 194 Terro Haute United States Express 433, T i New York tentral.. fllinofs Ce Clevelanil§ Northwestern Tennessce 3, old. Tennessel i\ W, Virginla 63, old. FOREIGN. Loxpox, May 18, —Consuls. count, 96 7-16. D United States Securities—05s, 1041 ; 678, 108%; money and ac- 10-10s, 10815 new 53, 1003 Erie, 123 preferred, Pauls, Moy 18.—Rentes, 169f 3c. COMMERCIAL. The following were the Iatest quotations for May delivery on the leading articles for two days past: Fridny, Saturday, The following were the recelpts and shipments of the Jeading articles of produce in tals city dur- ing the twents-four hours enaing at 7 o'clock on saturday mormmg, and for the corresponding time twelve months ago: e Nufpments. Flour, bris Whent. bu. Corn, bu w000l 105,051 150200 24,500 8,400 | %oz Lumoer. m. ft. Shingles. 1 Salt.” bris. Pouitry, & g3, D CRENUNS Gre'n upl's b Withdrawn from’ store durlne Friday for city conisumption: 340.bu wheat, 500 bu barley. ; Thefollowing grain was inspected Into store fn: this city Saturday morning: -78 cars No. 1 hard’ wheat, 31 cars No. 2 do, 6 cars No. 1 soft épring. 118 cars No. 2do, 9 cars No. 3do, 3 cars rejected, 3 cars no grade (258 wheat); 5 cars yellow corn, 1 car No. 1do, 172 cafs High mixed, 4 'cars new do, 4 cars new mixed, 439 cars No. 2 corn, 127 cars rejccted (752 corn): 2 ears No. 1 oats. 51 cars No. 2 white, 101 cars No. 2 mixed, 5 cars rejected (159 outs); 1 car No. 1rye, 6 cars No. 2do, 5 cars re- jected (12 rye); 1 car No. 2 barley, 3 cars extra No. 3do, 1carfeed.. Total, 1,190 cars, or 400, - 000 bu. Inspectedont: 42,021 bu wheat, 272,000 b cora, 6 b oats, 11,142 burye, The following were the recelpts and shipments of breadstuffs and lve stock at thls poiat during the vastweek, and for the corrcsponding weeks ending a5 dated: 3fav 19, Arau1s, 1877, Receipts— Flour, brls. Wheat, bu. Dresséd hog3, No. Live hogi, No. Catle, No. Shipmeni Finar, hris, 4 418,819 410 e v Barley. bu. Dressed hog: Live ho("v No. Cattle. No. The following were for the weoks cnding as dated: Man 18, Afay 11 1873, 187 Flour, brls. X Wheat, bu. 000 1,185,813 Corn, bu. 525 490935 They say that the new system of grain-grading in New York works to a charm. The Jnspector sel- dom, if ever, secs the grain itself, only judszing from u sample brought him by an unskilled worker, and, when appeals from the judzment of the In- spector are made, the decision of the Inspector is quietly confirmed by the Committee without exam- ination of the ¢rain. Such wonderful unanirhity cannot fail to be eminently atisfactory to Western shippers. The right of appeal is frecly conceded. while the infallibility of the Inspection s main- tamned. Notless than eighty-seven trains passed Wheaton Station (C. & W. E. R.) last Thursday, and some of them were very lorg ones. The freizht movement along other Western roads is equally acdve. o The lending produce markets were fairly active Satarday, for the iast day of the week, and again lower, though prices did not recede far below the diminished quotations of Friday afternoon, in most departments, and therc was a partial re- action 1n the last bour of the seesion. Wheat declined nearly 1c further, oats broke off 14c. pork T¥c per brl, and corn’ X@3%ec per bu. The foreign news was pacific in tone, and the British markets easier on breadstufls, while New York was dull, aund our receipts large, with a rather light shipping movement. But there was more disposition to buy futures at the decline, chiefly to ll shorts. Jobbers of dry zoods were doing a fairly eatis- factory busimess. Few large orders are being placed, but the acgregate of sales reaches pretty liberul proportions. There was a well-sustained activity in the demand for staple and fancy grocer- ics, and the tenor of prices was again unequivocal- iy firm. The tendency in the leading staple articles, including coffees, teas. rice, and sugars, was rather upward. Butter met with o lberal Iocal and shipping demand, and for good to fancy arades the market was fairly steady. Cheeso was nominally unchanged, ruling weak with a downward inclination. Deslers in foreign and domestic dried fruits were fairiy basy, both the city and country trade ordering freely. Prices were about steady. Fish were unchanged. Cod continue in Iarge demand, and herring also were orcered freely. There was a moderate movement in paints, oils, and colors at about steady figures. Leather re- mains dull and easy. Tobacco was ordered spar- ingly at previons quotations. ' The coal and wood markets were dull and unchanged. The lumber market was steady under a continued good demand for all comumon grades. A small Teet arrived at the sale-docks, and several cargoes were sold in epite of the rmn, piece-stuff ruling firm. The general market is stronger than a week ago, in consequence of the probable shortage in the log crop and the moderate receipts, some of the east-shore manufacturers having decided to hold their product uniil & more favorable turn in the market. The wool murket was quietand steady. Small lots of new are arriving and eelling readily to the Weatern woolen-goods manufacturers. The broom-corn, seed. and hide markets were quict and unchanged. Green fruits were slow, the rain interfering with trade, and the strawberries were late in coming in, and Were frecly offered in the afternoon at lower prices. Poultry was steady, and egys firmer. Lake freights were quiet and unchanged, on the basis of 2¢ for wheat, 13{c for corn, and 133¢ for oats by sml to Buffalo. Room was taken for 000 bu corn. “'hrough rates by lake and canal were dull at 7e for corn and 8¢ for whieat to New York. Luke and rail rates were guoted at D¢ for cornto New York and 11c for do to Boston. Rail freizhts were quiet and nomin2lly firm, on the basis of 20¢ per 100 Ibs for grain ta New York, 18c¢ for do to Philadelphia, and 17¢ to Baltimore, with 25¢ to Boston. 1¥ NEW YORK SATURDAY. Receipts—Flour, 14,0620 brls: wheat, 277,500 bu; corn, 129,862 bu; oats, 54,405 bu; corn-meal, G40 pku rye, 14.462 bu: barley, 20,350 b malt, 1,180 bu; pork, 887 pl cut meats, 638 plgs: Jard, 1,165 pkas: whisky, $26 brls. Exports—24 hours—Flour, 8,000 bris; wheat, 248,000 bu: corm, 205,000 bu; oats, 2,000 buj rye, 51,000 bu. WHEAT INSPECTION. The following table exhibits the number of cars of each grade of wheat inspected into store in this ity during the first eighteen days of May for four e e Total... The following tal all grades inspected for each month since the 1st of ed. erchantubic. 2442 GOODS RECEIVED at Chicago Castoms, May 13, 1478: F. W. Hayne & Co., 15 cases brandy, 12 cases gin, 3 brls whis- . J. Latbam, 525 tons salt. Collections, £6,147.86. PROVISIONS. 4 HOG PRODUCTS—Were more actlve, and azaia lower. hut reacted in the. latter part of the session, and the eariy deciine n Jard and pork was about recovered. Hois were in large supply fur Saturday,and quoted easter, while Liverpoo! reported a farther declineof 3d in Iard, and 64 on some descriptions of meats. Bat shorts tuok liold rather freely at the resulting decline fn product ttere, several parties having decided tobay when tae wmarke: touched S%.09 on pork, and the later teeling was finmer in consequence. “Ie fyllowlng table ex 1bits the detalled shipments ot rovisions from this city for the weei endiu: May 16, and sisice Nov. I, 1877, a3 compared with the corre- Tl lust 8 ¢ spondl Articles. Pork, bris. ame, tes... 2 I, buxes. .. ams, pre Hams. other pigs Siden, DrS v Sldes, fcs. Sides, boxe: Shoulders, Shoulders, boxes. Shouiaers. pleces Tongues, pks. Hocks, PEES...... 273 1027 7.501 Tatal £T0ss welght 1be— Speclal report c the packlng snce March 1 to date and latest mal dates, at the undermentloned places, 8 follyw Cincinnatl... Chicazo St. Louls Mitwaukee - indlanapolls Cedar Kaplds. Clevelaug e Other places, Gpproximati Total The sl 2,6U8 773,633 : safe to say that the supply of le is compurativuly lighe ac all poincs. snd the guality inferlor. This fs su &t Chieago, where prices range at §5.0J26.00 per ton, and” dealers decline o uume prices for future deiivery, there being but Himited supplles at poluts triburary to thiat marive. A St. Louls prices are even more exireme, and_the stock unusually 1izht, and summer vackinz 'fs expected 30 fall consbierabiy sliort of last year. Indisnapots pack- cra liave llzzht stocks on hund, but have contractedifor an ample SUPpiY &€ Pricus L¥o (o -three Tlmes iTedter than lascyear, Milwaukec packers ase 4 falr supoly. - But vome of the great breweries of that clty are sorts . that point will "do & small business 3t packin; the reunsinder of the seasou. Iotelligeat observers tu 0 catlmate 1hat the sumumer packing there la <ely 10 fali shiort o1 lust season. At Cinclnmatl there i light stock of fve, With no inclination to facrense It at gurrent ratey. = Mzos Poxx—Was moderatels active, znd decltned 10 @iz porbrl, but clused alont the i s Eride evening. Salés were reported uf 800 bris so at $8. 13,000 brls seller June a6 S7.H7%469.00; 15,750 bris erduly at $8.C5@8.17%5: 7,000 bris seller _Augu £8,2568,35; and 500’ Urls seller September ot $8.45. Total, 42.050 bris. The market closed duli a: 34.00 cash O meller May: ST.5753.00 seller June; 4. 15@ 8.17% seller July; $3.30 selicr August; and about $7.65 @3, (uscller the yeur. Frime Incss steady at $7.50@7.75: and cxtra do at $6.7557.00. : Lauo—\Was rather more active, but declined 24@5¢ S selier Augus ketciosed tirmi at $3.65 % 6,675 scller June; 50.7088. 724 azler July; gy July a 361 £ av S0 9> selier August. MEATs—Were more active, b 3 reduction o prices Brinzin at azain exsl a3 {t eiiabled some holders of it them. timited $3.70: 200 boxes do selier £ out a Ntle e, and 4.7 . Totil, 17,053 1y, h or lfll!rk‘ $2.75; 10 $hOT4 b3 Ut $4.25@4.30 $00T, $4.25 seilers 54,856 Loxes long #nd short clears s e avoet bickled bameat o ooy at age, ¢ for new do: 71 ic fur 160 ps s b (19 oy 25 13 1ns Tai; aBows (he e10aing Prices PUF 100 (hasn 15 31 eiler Jul 300 hox cuts of meata.” Loose, part cured..S3.. 1oxe; June, July, boxed.. Long clears guote:d at $4.25 loose, Cumberiands, EOLHC bOXCas Ion-ts hay bo: weet-plckied Lams. GH@ilic for 1 o Freen hains, " 544(a3%c for same avers Saom- e, boxed! lon; oo Z-cat b e3 o at d5a g er.s S Sales were repurted of 20 boreaay, bl uid e ) 4 i 3 20 0 QG Toruiage g o k0 12 aver. T3 fallgy Drincl; sreen shoulllers, e, | e icolt qUULEd nt 4@4e for shoulders, s short riby, Siuste for short clean. saars 4 e et icice, STt elears. TiSc tor gy Grease-Wanqules uc @stie, CTS-\ere soo 0,50 Tor et S10.00G10.%0 Tor earen wauiet 1 $acoq 1625 torbums. wdiis g LLow—Was quict at 7@7He 7c foF country. for elty, mygyq . BREADSTUFFS. FLOUR—Was dull. th e trade botnz local, ag gy, were out of the market. Holders were. prof firm In_thelr views, howescr, claming ‘were alteady Jown to bed-rock. Sales ;em of 125 brls on private terms: 200 br's samy, partly at £5.00; and 25 brls rye flour at $3. 1g, £ bris. The market closed at the followl nominal range of price of winters, $6.00@8.50; £00d t prime brands ters, $5.0025.75: cholee to tice spring, §5. falr to §ood ¥pring. S4.75@5.25; low spring. g4 oo 4.5¢ Mipi ron on fair to good Minnesot sprine, $5.00@5. to fancy Minnesota springs, §3.7588.50: pay $6.50@8.50: low grade, Beas—Wasactiveand 25@50c lower. Sa tons at $2.50@9.73 per (on on track, aad freeon d car. DL trac 4.00: rye, 83, that E::,i, TeHorey - Totat, iy ! i g Chofee. to favorite b of wiy us?: Cholce * WG 5, es were'ng $0.50210.0 vGs—Sale as made Of 10008 at §i2,00pep Conx-MEaL—Sale was made of 10tons drled at $16.00 per ton free onboard car, 3 WHEAT— Dut steadte decliny auozatlon” of Friday. closed 3{c lower. m O ed 3@3{c, but closed onl, For this ews far from warfike, and eat here and in Milwauk ‘narather more active, afterwards. The market he Drictsti m; Private: advices poting their ss tendine o \ith a very small demand, and New York wa e our recelnts were rathier large, 234 o it nspected into storc. “Consols were scrong, the s, itk i 933 had baey 1t 'w'fml?""“-‘ 20 B takin o i o Whie Tc sras understood that the May o free sellers the previous afternaon. ‘lxlrgrh: May corner could not be sustained, 1 it e or o a2 below manth the k e arkes N orybars of. on every bushel f Whicl o heavy deciing mycyy Calculated for. Tlicre were some foreign market. but at reduced iimits. English oyers lutle um on June quo bat the shiorta were more wi e Klug the market active on futares, while jf sy for present delivery. Seller Juno Gnenedat gy [ disposition itlons. Hi s0ld 3t $1.08, then uUpto SI.06. improved 1o sold at $1.02 the month sold’ at S 51,06, and_cloaed at S s Voot clonne at S1iaa R 051,063, clolng at pay much of orders oa the howlzz srewi °c Lhe market we 14 10 D11 3t the dadie declined 1o L0y iy Wwhich Was abut the 181G (UOLAtion 01 shot No. 115 spot No. 2. sprin at $1.09G1.0906; 1.00) ba refected at § 8ae'2S1.04 on trac 3,000 @854C T Cash sales were reported of 1, and 1000 b by e Lo Totnl, S.000bw, ) AR Hanp WilzAT—Was qulet, and 1@i% . were 1.400bu No. 1 Minnesota at sl?’fiz‘fl‘:&‘s:‘.'; 1,000 bu by rample at $1.12%, delivered. CORN—\Vus gctlve and steadier. The markes vis generally quoted weax, but the decline was establsh. ed the previous afternoon, and the $wu cloainzs were atalmost preciiely the sume fgures. Liverpadt 13 dull, private advices quoting ndecline of 34 Cor. and New TOrk ¥AS eaAlar, with IArge receli, and sympathy with wheat, also teaded o cuuse loyer revion A pather better demand fo i sports. snd eciens ai80 fair Inquiry for shisment. the lower quoissin, with small frelght rates. enabling lh:&lxfl o lay com. by fgures. down But the decline of the ver: cneaply on the seaboa e et Weakencd badly a: the outset, but ruled stedler afte declined wards. Seller 10 83%c, closinyg at 153 29k¢, way at_39W@adke, closinz st the outside. at ‘clostng’ 40c. quie at Seiler une opencd At about 392, and Selter July ranzed and seller g AS% ‘the “moats et Glltedzed Tecelpts of No, 2 closed at 39'4c, with no preference for hiigh mixed uniess in oreferred Bouses. S; reported of 500 bu y-llow 3t 39! corn_at S9¥fc; 161,60 bu No. HP@Ge: 2500 bi new mixed g 27 400 bu ears at tisies v pr W Dieh milsed a2 BHY 400 by 400 by 5,000 bu refected 3t B35 .23 7.000 bu lhel!ei by mmifim 300, on_tracks and 7,200 bu o3t JT@IVKe frescn board OATS—Were active and it lower. carv. “Tutal, 218,000 bu. The markst - broke under the heavy receipts. 169 cars being fusect: cdin, and the stock io store apfiearsto Lave been cu. siderably augmented during the week fn spite of tae liberal shipments. weakness. and New Oats also shared In the genersl ork was reporced dull and essler at the close. probably in sympathy with the local me Ket. Fuuires were inore active, and cash cals vera taken by hippers and to deliver on Mav contracie Slost of the deilyerles were to parcios who fatend wipe Jlu the vata. 2 s0ld at 254@25%c, chiefyat nside. which was the closing price. May sold 3t 25%a, June at 255 early, down to 254e. aad closed at abyt 25%c. Augu Saniples were lexs a.tfve and lower. reported of 19,900 b sainple at K2, 29c. free on board. fngs. cash, a6 fos ‘ot HLEY—! July opened ot st onened af on trac] 'No. 2 30ld at 582, c and closed st e, 3gc and closed at 2i%: selurs. Cash sales wers 2 at 25ka2sic: and 25000 Total, S8.00ba. < Was [n moderste requess ac o decline of ‘K@l The market weakened o sympathy with ence of *hipping orders, aud larzer offer- May was quoted she sam: 31 200 be by i 0o 2505 and other futures were (nactive and nom.oa: a8 r July avd 57¢ for 4,100 bu, June. Cash saies were 1= red 07 2000 bi No. 2at ¥c: 1.307buby sample 5 @50¢ on frack £ and SC0 bu do st 60c free on boant ‘as fnactive and nomlnaliy lower. Ser: erai sellers appeared on the foor, but there was gocal for futures. and a0 transactious were notlced. port of the collapse of the Milwaukee coraer inducd the operators who have pattictic bulge licrt <o No. and July nt 5ic. No. 3 Was not ac Sde. sales wert samiple at g ‘Total, spring. No. 1, 10s 4 0. 2, 118t 4ds step down and out.” Thers en striving to get upasyme May o wwas qrioted at 51¢ sellers; June wasofferedatics, Feed sold 1,60 BY TELEGRAPH. FOREIGN. Special Dispateh to The Tribune. Lrverpoor, May 18-11:30a. m.—FLove-No. 1.3 6d: No. 2, 2536d. GrAlN—Whest—Winter, No. 1, 111 4d; No. 2 11534 N club, No. 1, 113 . 2, 938d: white, N 104: No. 2 minal at 365,30 extratd 34c. Samples were duli. Ca rted of 400 by feed at 3ic: 8.0 by ty ‘on track: and 400 budo at4lcdellvens. 0. 1, 11 s 3 Com—Xew, No. 1,235 6d; No.=2 2583d; old, 3. 27394 No. 2,275 30 Provisioxs—PorK, 43s. Lant, 363 od. L1vE1 PooL. May 1S—Latest.—Corrox—Fimer s4 active at s 1-16:36 5-16d: ales 1:2.000 bales; speculatied andexport, 3,000; American, 9,/ BEEADSTU! do club, 1133d@114 1043 sprin Western _ canal, 273 33@278 0d. Oats—Amerlcar fcan, GLovER-SERD—American, Lay short clear, 25 . 95 82108 $d: do winter, 255 64 Cor Mess nors, 435 merican, 854 6d. TaLLow—Fine American, 381 Curese—Fl Loxpos, 93 9d. Irits, 7s; refined, 125 rENTL 000, AN Priue mess beel, & Bacon, loag clear, 215 8394 4 clox. an, May 15.—Lierixep PrrROLEZTN-H 633 ANTWERP, May 18.—PETROLEUN—263 64 5 Following wers recelved by the Chicsso ‘rade: LiverrooL. May 13.—Prime mess por Western, 485, lands, nia_Ciub, Corn quiet at 253 3d. Wheat and corn qulfet. slow. wheat mionth, 466 47s. Bacon—Cum! lougr clear, Mark Lane Cangoes Falr average quallty of N for shipment di vy y 18.—Liverpool—1heat 118 4@ 11a 1043 do whise, o the preseotaud Falr wvorage qualey of A mixed corn for prompt shitoment by sail. 2 New YoRK, MayBl8.—CoTTON—Qulet st . 25@11.26¢: future: @1L.3% ber, 11.03&1L.07¢; 10.74@10.7%c; December, 10.74@10.75¢; @10.84c; 10.91G10.93¢3 10.97c: NEW YORK. s barely stead: February. : April, 11 10G1L.11¢ 5 July, 1144@11.45c: August, (ctober. 10.85@10.85¢: L 11.47¢ Frovr—Market dull and In buyers' favors ern, §: Gotc. unchanged. Corn falrly 4.00G34.50: common to 45643.7: ‘flour gull ull_un Northiw ‘Barley quiet No. ¥ wetly 1014¢; No. 2. 50k Siay, ozaie. mixed Western aud Stal ‘Minnesota patent D ‘and unchanzed. L—Dull and unchanged. “ing,31.1 HEN 2.75@3.75; super szau; ::d ood_extra $4.7 e wheat exir 8 ktra Ohlo, $4.7565. 25 d heay: e B4.alue. 1{1¥—Heavy and quiet; satpplnz, 556600 Hovs—Heayy, Grocgures—Coffee quict bat 8rm. to oo firm at 9%c. changed. = Prrroizvy—Firiy: crade, 1134c. TALLOW—STZ.00, d retinlig, 737 0-1 Molsaes’ qulet EGus—Steady: Weatern, 12c. LraTien—Quiet:heniock sole, B Graade, 1c; Califorata”,do. Wool pulied, Provisic auleta; Lard Her Cupesz: s 2lC. —Quict ard frm: —Mess pork iull at nd uuchanze Prin dhlo, B@9s. Witisxv—Steay at 51.06B1.07. e Lo« Jear middies steam heavy at $6. 856667 Firm: estern, 042 uenx 1 domestc Heech. 18 w40c: nnwasheld, 1% ‘_"}.:'S& 9,15 qulet rs—Callfornia white wheat, 113@11s & No. 2 to No. 1 red Wesera 1183d@11s 4d. Float~ Boardof ufet: Califer 11 s KBIHE Jupe, 1134 Septem Soreabt January. K March, 1099 reclph Weit 00 MyeTars—Quiet and unctisnged. PRIVATE DISPENSARY. 204 Washington St., Chicagolll 1t 1a well knows Dr. James for the past 33 e buad of tha profesh chronic diseased that require immediate e mill cents 1o prepay posta; a0 parlors, o tha most delicat Cunsuitation fiee. Office Dr. all or write ar meets ano! ‘sttent; ames (s GO Fensa of agve 2 the trestines Tplaining who should marsy tow. A 7y 2ot 1 Dr. James Sother, Ladies arsbar A