Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 10, 1888, Page 11

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE SUNDAY JUNE 10. 1888.—SIXTE PAGES. i1 THE SPECULATIVE MARKETS Wheat Badly Demoralized by Gov- ment Report Rumors. EVERYBODY GETS TOO PREVIOUS. Many Mistakes Made in Endeavors to Anticipate the Oficial Document ~Corn, Oats and Provisions Dull—Hogs Lower. CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET. Cmcaao, June 9.—[Special Telegram to Tne Bee,|—The only influence in the wheat market to-day was the government cropre- port, togrether with a guess or two as to what it would be, and several interpretations of ‘what it actually was, These influences were sufficient to give us a market which fluctu-, ated more widely and wildly than any seen here for a long time. The mistakes that men made in their haste to take advantage of the earliest news furnished a strong arcument for the issuing of the report at night, orat any rate at some other time than in the midst of the session. The crop report began to come at 11 o'clock. Up to that time the mar- ket had fluctual about e, with no consid- erable trading and no especial tendency in either direction. July wheat, which had opened at 851¢c and sold at 85%c and 8be, was standing at 85)4c, which was last night's closing price, at the time the first crop rumor arrived. This was to the effect that the condition given was , and immediately the price fell to843(c. Almost immediately dispatches came from w York giving the average as 60. Then July advanced in less time than it take. to tell it to86ge. By this time the genuine press report had arri and a hasty glance at it showed the average condition of winter wheat to be Without waiting to further investigate the report the longs began to sell and the downturn was about a8 rapid as the advance had been. It was not checked until July wheat had sold down to ¥4%¢c, a continuous decline of 1’c from the top price, and all accomplished in a very few minutes. Here buying by one strong local house stopped the decline and steadied the market giving speculators a little chance to think. Closer exammnation of the govern- ment report showed a decrease in the spring wheat acreage of 134,000 acres, and of winter wheat of 1,750,000 acres, and as the govern- ment statistician put the per ceatage of re- duction of acreage through the entire winter ‘wheat region at it was seen that the fig- ures which came first from New York—66— were not so far outof the way with every- thing taken into consideration. ‘The senti- ment of the pit changed and an advance began which was slow at first, but presently became quite rapid and did not stop until July wheat touched 86! @s6lge, a fraction higher than it had gone on the previous bulge. This was within five minutes of the end of the session and the close was at 86!, c. Diecember wheat opened at 863ge, sold up to Kilge, down to 85lgc, up to and closing at siige. Lurge receipts of corn press upon the spec- ulative market for that grain with almost ir- resistible force. To be sure receipts to-duy were less thun expected by 83 curs, and the market wus a trifle firmer at the opening in consequence, but even these decreased re- ceipts were 80 much larger than the corn bulls expected a week ago that they found little encouragement in the decrease. Then came an increased estimate for Monday's re- ceipts to give confidence to the bears. July corn opened at 53¢, which was ge above last night's close, and soid soon after the opening at 53lge, then gradually dropped with casional reactions to 52¢e, advanced to 5ic again, then under the iniluence of the esti- mates for Monday, fell to silge, advanced to 528{c, part! npathy with the strength in wheat, and closed at 52! @525¢e. Septem- ber corn opened at 5iige, sold at 533e, down 31gc and closed at b3dce. he trade in oats was very light with nar- row fluctuations, no special feature and but little change in price from yesterday's close. July oats opencd and closed ut 2247¢, ranging ¢ to 82idc. September oats opened ¢ and closed with that price asked, selling down at one time to 27g¢ In the provision trade the week closed with . @ better showing of strength than was ant ipated. Business failed to show any particu- lar enlargement, but the dullness witnessed was offset by light offerings and with hold- crs refusing to press their property, better prices prevailed. In \mrl( the day’s actual advance wus be, in lard 5@ 10¢, and in short ribs 23¢@be. Lard led in strength and in- terest. 3 STOCK, Cnic pecial Telegram to Tur Bee.|—Carmie—Trade was active for Suturday and prices fnlly as high as yester- Aay—if anything o shade firmer on such as would suit the shippers and dressed beef trade. Texans were also quoted substan- tially higher, and were about all sold at an early hour, Within a week we have seen an advance in several grades of shipping cattle of 50@65¢, and within the last ten days a gain of 75e@1,00. Without any encourage- ment from the British markets and with but little news of & stimulating character from the cast, the demund from first to last was of the sharpest kind, and from the opening of business Monday to the wind-up Friday the advance was uninterrupted. A fortnight ago & was practically the top of the market and the bulk of sales the past four or five days were about that figure. Good to choice beeves, $5.4065.00; merior to feir, $4.300 4.00; cows and mixed, §1.85 40; stockers and 'feeders, 2.408.10; Texans, $2.65@h.15, Hoas—There wus a sharp downturn of 10¢ on choice assorted heavy and prime packing, while prime light sold only about 5 lower. The bulk of best heavy sold within a range of $.70@h.75 and best mixed at #5.060(@5,05 with common as low as $3.500 Light sorts sold largely at about ¥.60. The cause of the lack of *faith in the murket was the universal belief on the part of speculation, shippers and packers, that the run for Mon: day will swamp the maweet und that the run for all next weel wil? Sxceed this week by 12,000 to 15,008 7 week ago choice hogs W# 10 to be had at 5.5 iday £5.50 85 was paid for no bettel CHICAGO L1V was due to nothing but the temporary short- age in the supply. FINANCIAL, NEW Yorx, June 9.—[Special Telegram to Pur Bre.)—Srocks—The stock market dur. ing the pust week was dull and more un- interesting than the preceding one. The features were Reading and St. Paul, which, like the two preceding ones, constituted about balf of the daily transactions, It was expectod that the freedom with which the £25,000,000 new Reading 48 were subseribed for would give vigor to the market for shares. Such hopes, however, proved groundless, as the market only failed to ghow more than a temporary improvement, and afterward settled back into its former lethargy. St Paul has continued to be the conspicuously weuk spot in the market, It seems to have no support from any quarter, Its earnings ire no larger for the first five months of the year than they were during the same peiiod of 1853, and its bond and stock issues aggrepute nearly fifty millions more than at that time. It is not possible that the company will pay dividends on common stock hereafier, or at least until the earnings show decided gains, of which there is at preseut but little prospect. Diy- idend was to-day offered on the street on 5,000 shures at 1 per cent, aud the price dropped to 63%c. The trunk lines are still unable to pateh up rates and reports of more or lese cutting continue. The western lines are having & hard time of it, und from indi- cations they ar2 likely to coutinue so for some months to come. The statistical bu- reau on southwestern busimess reports a de- creaso In earnings on the Missouri river at 50 per cent. A prominent official of the Alton is authority for the statement that the tonnage has fallen off two-thirds and rates 1-8 per cent, The action of the Iowa rail- road commissioners in reducing rates lower than heretofore will force roads to make lower tarifts. The poor statements of the Burlington, Atchison and St. Paul have gone far toward unsettling the confidence of holders of those securities, and a good deal of long stock has been dumped. The bond statement made a satisfactory showing but had no effect on to-day’s market, which was weak and tame, Trading was light and chiefly corfined to grangers, which were s0ld quite freely. Outof the 81,500 shares traded in 81,200 were St. Paul, 8,000 North- western, 1,500 Rock Island and 13,500 Read ing. Rock Island broke 21 and closed at 1051¢, Northwestern 1'¢, St. Paul 1, Union Pacific 3, Western Union 3, Reading 3, cotton oils %. The changes for the week h few exceptions, light. St. Paul com- mon 18 off 2% points and preferred 8, Northwestern 8, Rerding Missonri, Kansas & Texas i Union Pacific 1, Lake Shore 1§, Rock Island 4. The advan were 134 on cotton oil, } on Lackawanna, § on Western Union, ! on New England. GoverNsENTS—Government bonds were dull but steady. YESTERDAY'S QUOTATIONS 1. 8.ds registere C.&N. W . 8.4 coupon.. . 1 o preferred. UL &, 4w registrod. 107, N. Y. Central 4148 coupon. 10713 O, R, N. Pacific fs of . ... 114 P, Canada Southern Central Paciflc. Chicago & Alton JB& DL & W, DI&R G Erie ¥ o preferred Tllinols Central. B Toooo - 481, Pactfic Mail! 2050, D.&E. 1 .:M ‘l’llllmln PalaceCarli . Reading. . (12805 Rock Tsiand. S 16 St L. &8, F * 245/ dopreferred 55 C., M. & 8t. Paul. do preferred. St. P& 0. do preferred. . .« 905 | Texas Pacific, 5| Union Pacific. W., St. L. & P. do preferred. W. U. Telegraph. . 7 . b Michigan Contral Missouri Pacific. . Missouri Pacific. ... do preferred...... Wil MoNEY. ON CALi—Easy at 1 per cent; closed offered at 13 per cent. Pl MERCANTILE - PAVER — 4@6 . per cent. Sreréive Excimaxoe—Dull but steady at S480: for sixty day bills; $4.88 for de- mand. PRODUCE MARKETS. Chicago, June 9. 2:30 closing prices: Flour--Steady ; ollowing are the winter wheat, in sacks, $2.75@.85; in barrels, $3.00@4.75; spring wheat, in sacks, £1.75@4.50; in barrels, §.60 @4.90: rye, in sacks, §2.00@8.10; in burrels, 810030, Wheat—Ruled tolerabl cipt of the government report. Various constructions placed upon it by operators :d wide and rapid fluctuations. The market closed 3;@ic above yesterd Cash, 85 15-16c; July, 86}c; August, 86 1-1ic, Corn active but unsettled and wealcer. closing 9% below yesterany; cash, 51 July, -160; Augu: e, ge; July, 325¢c; Au- steady prior to the Whisky—gl1 Pork—Dull and casy: cash July, §14.021,@14.05 Lard—Averaged lower ea and closed steady; _cash, £ 8.62151 August, $3. . Dry Salted Meats—Shoulders, $6.00@ short clear, 8.10@@S.15; short ribs, § Butter—Firm; creamery, 15@15¢; 14! @ 1be £13.05@14.003 full cream cheddars, 7@ j@7}¢e; young Americus, 787 Egps—Tirm at 141@141fc. Hides — Unchangod; groen hides 41fc; heavy green suited light green salted, (ei salted bull, Bize; dvy flint, Sei dry alf, Sc; deacons, cach dry sulted, 6@ Tallow—Weaker; No. 1, country, 4¢; Ne. 2, 4%{c; cake, de per 1, Receipts. Shipments. 50,000 21,000 25,000 120,000 1,000 3,000 Corn, bu. Oats, bu. Rye bu. Barley, bbls . New York, June Wheat—TReceints, 42,500; exports, 42,4503 cash firm and quict; options advanced b, @@!y¢ up to noon, closing strong at best: after regular close govern- ment crop report came in, showing a de- crease of about 6 per cent, shorts were wild and covered, advancing prices 1@ 11ge, but a more settled feeling prevailed when repo was doubted, and prices lost improve raded red, Sic; No. 2 red, 94 @4}y 1; 923¢c in store; 931 f.o. boj July closing c. Corn—Receipts, 104,000 cash, aull; options # heavy: ered Oats — Receipts, shade lower: mixed white western, e, r; Rio easy at $16,00; op- lower, fairly active;sules: 55,500 bags; June, 50; July, $12.10 @12.85; August, ' $11.10@11.35 Petroleum—United closed weak at 75!gc. E irm; western, 16@106}c. Pork--Quiet but stead, mess (uoted at §14.00@014.50 for old; £ @15.50 for new. Lard—Closed lower; western steam, spot, .75, Butter—Quict but firm; western, 12}4@ 19 e, Chcese: St. cash and Co) 10; exports, 440,000; western, | 35@40c; tions B0@A5e points Quict but firm; Ohio flat, T@sec. Louis, June U.—Wheat—Higher; June, 84 401 @4997c5 Basy; July, : June, 315fc. Whisly—$L.14. Butter—Easy; creamery M@i7c; damry, nat, Juned.—Wheat—Steady; No. 2 ved, e, Corn--Lower; No. 2 mixcd, 53@33}gc. Onts—Weaker; No. 2 mixed, 87¢. Itye—Dull: No'2, @6ic. Pork—-Quiet at §14.50, Lard—Firm at 8.1 Whisky—Firm at 8114 Minneapolis, June 9.— Wheat—Ship- ments 60,0005 duil and shade lower: closing: In store—No. 1 hard cash, ibgo 8ii¢e; August, 3 No. 1 north S0bge; July, BI'4c; August, 82; on track, 81@ Flour—Unchanged ; sucks in car lots, $4.50@4.70; in barrels, $4.70 June 9.—Wheat—Strong; August, 88, white, 87c. Provi pork, §14.00. Kansas City, June Wheat—Quiet ; No. 2 soft, cash, B 2 red winter, July und_August, 7 Corn-—Lower; No. 2 cash, 453c aske July, #ilge asked, 46¢ bid, Oats: 0. 3, 21%¢ bib, 22 usked. Juned, —Corn—Weak and low Tw2e. Oats—Lower; No. 2, 431,/ @Hc. Corn Meal—Unchanged : §.10. Hog Products—Unchanged; pork, §15,00; lara, refined t , §T.871 Bulk Meats—Shoulders, §6.50; and clear rib, #7.57%, Liverpool, Juue 5. —Wheat quiet; holders ofter freel. Corn--Dull and lower; new wixed western, 4s 0d per coutal, long clear STOOK. e Drovers' Journal Ly Chicago, June 9. reports as oilow Cattle—Receipts, 2,000; beeves, $4.80@b. 905 cows $ 8.40; stockers und feeders, §2.4004.10; ans, $2.05@4.15. Hogs—Reeeipt 00 Se lower; mixed, 5.75; light, §5.855.0 0; market slow and 0@5.70; heavy, §6.55@ 815 Plgs and culle, $4.00@ Leep-—-Receipts, 5,000 market weak; ua- tives, $4.00w? (u;"l'rxu .00 4 00; spring Lambs, $1.504.50 per head, National Stock Yards, shipments, 000; market actiye; choice heavy native steers, $4.65@5.50: fair to good native steers, $4.25@4.80; butchers’ steers, fair to choice, $3.25@4.30; stockers and feeders, fair to good, $2.40(@3.50; rangers, ordinary to good, $2.28@4.20. Hogs—Receipts, 2,000; shipments, 900; market stron choice heavy and 3 packing, 1,000, shipments, none; market stea good to choic corn-fed, $5.10@5.50 comm to medium, #3.25@4.80; stockers, $2.00@ 2000 feeders, $.50@3.80; cows, £2.00@3.50. Hogs—Receipts, 10.300: shipments, 1 market opened 5@l0c lower; common to choice, $5.10@5.50; skips and pigs, $2.508 475, OMAHA LIVE STOCR. Oattle. Saturday, June 9, 1858, Seventy fresh loads of cattle were on sale to-day, which was the heaviest receipts of i The market was hardly sk ag yesterday, the shippers being a little afraid of the castern markets, but the demand on the part of the packers ' was good and the offerings were all taken before the close. The general market iwas almost ', but one drove of sixtcen loads of very attle soid to the local packers at §5.05, Hogs. There were 117 fresh loads and eloven stale on the market to-day as against 1561 on yes- terday. The market was fairly active ata decline of b 10e. The decline was the heavi- eston the heavy weights, while good light hogs were not much lower, Everything was sold before the close. Sheep. There were none here to ma ke a market, Receipts. Cattle 1,400 Hogs. Prevailing Pric Thefollowing 15 a table of prices paid in thismarket for the grades of stock men- tioned. Primesteers, 1300 to 1500 1bs. .5, Prime steers, 1100 to 1300 1bs Fat little steers, 000 to 1050 11 Common to choice cows Common to choice bulls. Fair tochoice light hogs, Fair to choice heavy ho Fair to choice mixed ho, gz EETEEZER Iepresentauve Sales. CATTLE. No. 1 bull 1 bull 1 bull 1heifer 16 cows. 1 cow 1cow 22 cows., 1 cow i3 1 heifers . 14 heifers cees 695 3 cows.. 1250 4steers 5 1005 4 bulls 86 stee 2 steers, 21 steers. ... 10 steers ... 30 steers 48 steers, 1070 1000 1001 1400 700 sz BRZER2E ZERFREEHEEES Gt Av. 210 Shlk. 420 $5 160 120 230 240 40 160 280 200 120 40 40 251 104 120 S0 120 120 120 160 160 120 120 280 120 200 160 440 200 240 120 280 160 234 80 Live Stock Sold. Showing the number of cattle, hogs and sheep sold to packers and leading buyers on to-diy's market. CATTLE, SWift & Co.......s . Hammond & Co. éns, Hamilton & Co. Oumaha Packing C A. Trauerman. 114 Bumugl Dreifuiss. . 43 5 P ne. . 40 W. Burnside 2 Hammond & Co. .. 582 Omaha P. Co. 1,19 2,505 3. P. Squires & Co. 068 A E. Beggs. 1,40 Halstead & C: vt Davis and Atwood o1 A Spring...... Tis J.'M. Doud a7 Payne... 206 B0 2 16 OGS, Pork Facking. Special reports to the Cincinnati Price Current show the number of hogs packed from March 1 to date and latest mail dates at the undermentioned places, compared with the vorresponding time last year, as follows “Murcli 1 toJuna 6 | 18 Chicago Kanxas Oty Omulis St. Louls Tndianupolis. Cincinuati Milwaukee Codur Hupids Cleveland 4 Sioux City s Nebruska City, Neb Live Stock Stock Notes, Everything sold. Cattle touched the bighest notch in the his tory of the yards. Adam Cook, of York, a cousin of John Vallery, is on'a visit here. ‘ From June 1to 7 Kansas City received 20,306 hogs and Omaha 86,713, John Sheve, Hoag, a well known feeder and shipper, was in with cattle and bogs. William Menzey, of St. Louis, is here for the puriose of buying bogs for several New York firm, Hon. . F. Whbite, a well kiown -shipper and grain dealer of Plattsmouth, was in with 8 lond of hogs. [ - The price of deadd was reduced to-day to 3¢ per Ib., whichi is fHe same as is paid in Chicago and Kansas Cityl. The Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley will run a stock trafo between Hastings and Omaha with ten hotY® for the schedule time. The Rock Tsland has hauled out as much stock during the first five.months of this year as she did Quring ten months of last year, 0. W. Perley, Ansley: John Emerine, Council Bluffs; 5. W. Burnham, Anslcy, George Fresh, Powell: J. C. Wysong, Cedat Rapids and J. P. Fall, Pacific Junction, were among those who came.in with cattle. The indicated packing in the west for the week i8 205,000 hogs, against 215,000 the pre- ceeding week and 230,000 for corresponding time last year. The total from March 1 is about 2,100,000 hogs, against 2,205,000 a year ago. Among those who were in and marketed hogs were the following: A. Sutton, Chap- man, J. Tuescher, Ruby; J.G. Matheson, Pilger; Henry Hammer, Mineola; J. R. Alli* son, Silver City, lu.; F.'H. Parks, Bancroft; Richard Davis, DeWitt; John L. Dawson, Weeping Water: G. H. Babbitt, Ashland, and Mr. Edwards, Berlin. OMAHA WHOLESALE MARKET. Produce, Fruits, Nuts, Etc. Saturday, June 9. The following quotations are wholesale and not retall. Prices quoted on produce are the rates at which round lots are sota on this market. Fruits or other lines of goods requiring extra labor in packing cannot al- ways be supplied on outside orders at the same prices quoted for the local trade. Rates on flour and feed are jobbers' prices. Prices o grain aré those paid by Omaha millers llL'Sll'('r(‘tL All quotations on mer- chandise are obtained from leading houses and are corrected daily. Prices on crackers, cakes, ete., are those guen by leading man- factur ers. Trade was very fair to-day, but no special changes were noted. Butter was easier and ogis o shade higher. Vegetables came in fres and berries were in better supply, but other articles ruled as before. We quote: Burrer—Fancy creamery roll_butter, 20@ 21e; with solid packed at 16@2lc; choice country butter, 18@14c; common grades, 11@ 12¢. Eaas—Strictly fresk, 1234@13 Cuernies—Per case of 10 lbs, $£2.00@2.25. Southern cherr! 50 per 24 quart case, £3,50(4.00 per case. ssi—Full cream, 13 14c. :ETs—50¢ per doz. Porators—Choice home grows Utah and Colorado stock, 90 grades, 53@05¢. Povrrtry—No dressed fowl in the market; live chickens, &.00@3.25 per doz; sprin ;hickcns, $3.00@3.25; small chickens, §1.50@ .00 RADISTES—~10@15¢ per doz. STRING Br. £1.50 per bu, GREEN PEAS—§1.50@2.00 per bu, ToMATOES—&3.00 per crate or §1. TH@sse; 5e; low @2.00 per u. u PINE APpLES—82.25@2.50. BaNaNAs—Common medium, $2.50@3.00 per buncn; choice, $3,0008.50, Turxirs—California, 21¢@3e per Ib, rEs—Persian, Gig@@7c per 1b. zu—Choice Michigan. cider, per bbl. of 32 gul. SpiNacn—$1.50 per bbl, Ruvnsnn g ON10Ns—Native stock,$1.25@1.50: Spanish, per box of 5 1bs, 81.75@2.00; California on- ions, 81;(@4c per' It (5 §3.35(@4.50 per box; fancy, $4.50@ $4.50@0.50 s—California Riverside, §3. sweet Riversides, $4.50 per $5.50@7.00; Los Angeles, Los Angeles Navals, $.00; Riverside Navals, $6.00. N CABBA 0 CAULIFLOWER- Aoz, ASPARAGUS—-60@75e per dozen bunches. Curcompers—500 per doz for choice. 30(@85e per doz y—California stock, $1.50 per doz. Porcory—Choice rice corn is quoted at 3@ 4c per 1b.; other kinds 2! @3c per 1b. Cannrors —New stock, 40w Brans 1 stock, $2.60( beans, §2.25(@2.40. Fics—In layers, 13@15e; cake, 10¢ per 1b, Nurs—Peanuts, raw, 6!5@7c; Brazil nuts, almonds, Tarragona, 3 English wal- @ise; filberts, 18¢; Italian chestnuts, ; pecans, 15c, Hoxeyv—16@2le for 1 1b frames; honey, 2¢ per 1b. £ per do: N ON10N3—15@20c per doz. Pure MarLE Syriv—§1.25 per gal. SaLSIFY—25¢ per bunch. ¢ ver Ib. for California. bod, stock, $1. 3 California canned Grocer's List. vED LarD—Tierce, 77c 79¢c: 50-1b round, 8¢; 20- >lb pails, 8ig 40 1b square b round, Rye; 31b pails, Synurs—New Orleans molasses, per bbl., i@40e per gal.s_corn syrup, 3ic; half bbls.) B0 g £1.55(01.55: sorghum, 38¢. Provisions—Hams, 103(@11}5c: breakfast bacon, 1014109 ¢; bacon siies, J@diyc: dry salt, S1j@ige; shoulders, 7@iye; dried beef, Oysters, standard, per wherries, 2-1b, per case, raspberries, 2-1b, per case, §2.60( lifornia pears, per case, #4.70@4.80; beaches, per 5; white cherries, per case, y lifornia plums, per case, $4.50 (@4.60; blueberries, per case, §2.00@2.10; egg plums, 2-1b, per case, $2.50; pineapples, 21, per case, 83.2005,75; 1-1b salmon, per dozen, 1b goos ios, per case, $2.80 string beans, per case, §1.75 1.80; 21b Lima beans, per case, £1.00(@1.65; 2-1b marrowfat peas, $2.50@2.6); 2-1b early June peas, per cuse, b tomatoes, £2.30@2.44 1b corn, §2.: sardines, imported 15, 12 15¢ per box; domestic 1, 61 mustard, 9} 4 AR o; cont. A, 63@ white extra C, 6% @ige; 5 yellow C, § ed, 4 T anly fair, prime, 18@19 green and yellow,' 22@2ic: old government Juva, 25 Bie; interior Juva, 26@28c; Mocha, 25@30c; Arbuckle's roasted, 21}c: MeLaughlin's XXXX, 21i¢c; Dilworth's, 21c; Red Cross, Alaroma, 2 German, 207 WOODEN WA wo-hoop pails, per doz., §1.40; three-hoop pails, #1.65; No. 1 tub, §7.003 No. 2 tub, §.00; No, 3 tubs, $.00} washboards, clectri fancy Northern Queen washiboards, '§2.75; assorted bowls, £.75; No. 1 churns, #.50; No. 2 churns, .50; No. 8 churns, £7.50; butter tubs, $1.70; spruce, in nests, 70c per nest, Tonacco—PriG—Lorillard’s Climax, 450; Splendid, 44c; Mechanic's Delight, - kett & Meyer's Star, 450; Cornerstone, Drummond’s Horseshoe, 45¢; J. T Sorg's Spearhead, 45c: “Cut Rate, “0h, My,” 2ic; Piper Heidsick, Gic. Tonacco—SxokiNa—Catlin's Meerschaum, 8le; Catlin's Old_ Style, 2c; Sweet Tip Top, . 82¢; U, N. O, 1ic; Red, White and Blue, 15¢, JELLUES—30-1b paig, $1.25@1.50. cr bbl in carload lots, §1.45, Rore—Seven-sixteenths, 10@10}c. Caxny—Mixed, $@lle; stick, S@9ife. PickLes—Medium, in bbls, $6.00: do in half bbis, §3.50; small, in bbls, $7.00; do in half bbls, $.00; gherking, in bbls, $5.00; do in half bbls, #.5 HowLaxn Hewgisas—68@ioe per ke vaak—Hricks, 124 per 1b; penny (@14 per 1b.; pure maple syrup, §1.25 Broows—Extra, 4-tie, $2.60; parlor. 3-tie, ainted handles, #.25; No. 1, £2.00; No. 2, stable brooms, $4.00. firror gloss, h¥c: Graves' corn Oswego gloss, 7¢; Oswego corn, 7c. Jupans, 20 Gunpowder, 20@ : Young Hyson, 22adbe; Oolong, 20@ic. Powner axD Suor—Shot, §1.30; buckshot, 3 Hazard powder, kegs, 85,003 half keys, 3 one-fourths, §1.50; blusting kegs, §2.85, fuses, 100 ft., CRrACKERS, CakEs, E1o.—Prices subject to change. Soda, be; (city goods), 7c; soda snowflake (in tins), 10c; “soda candy, bige; soda wafers (in tis) 10c; soda zephyrs, sc; city oyster, 6ige; excelsior, 7e; farina oyster, To: gem oyster, be; monitor, 7e; Omaha oyster, 7¢; pearl oyster, be; picnic, bo; suow- drop oyster, 1 butter Hoston, Omaha™ butter, sawtooth butte cracker meal, bige; graham, be; wafers, 10¢; graham wafers in pound pack- ages, 1234c; hard bread, bo; milk, 7ic; oat meal. S¢; 0at meal wafers, 10c; oat meal wa- fers in pound packages, 12'5c; animals 12c; Boliver ginger (round),7¢; cream,Sc;Cornhill, 10c; cracknells, 16c; frosted cream Blic; wger snaps, So; gnger snaps (city), dc; ouie made + Wade ginger snaps, (11b caus) per duzen, 4Cs graham Dger snaps, in boxes, Lic; home | #2.50; lemon creams, 8¢ : pretzels, (hand made), 113c; qusorted cpkes gpd jumbles, 113c; as- sorted fingors, The; afterrioon ted (in tins), per box, $1.00; banana fingers, ide; butter jumbles, 11¢c; Brunswick, 15c: brandy snaps, 15¢; chocolate drops (new) 166: choco- late wafers, 15c: Christmas lunch, (in tins), perdozen, £.50; cocon tafly snaps, 14c; coffee cake, 12c; Cuba jumbles, 11igc; cream puffs, 80c; egg jumbles, 14c; ginger drops, 11c} honey jumbles, 11ige; jelly fingers, 1bc' jelly wafers, 15¢c: feily tart (new), 15c; lady fing- ers, 13¢; vanilla bar. 14c; vanilla wafers, 14c; Vienna wafers, 1 dozen packages in a box, per dozen, £2.50, All goods packed in cans 1¢ per b advance except snowflake and wafer soda, which are packed only in cans. Soda in 21b and 81b paper boxes, ic per 1b advance: all other o0ds 1c per {b advance. Soda in 1.1b_paper boxes, 1¢ per 1b advance. The 2-1b boxes aro packed in cases hoiding 18 in a case. The 8- b boxes are packed in cases holding 12 in o case. The 1-1b boxes are packed in cases holding 80 in a case, One-b graham and oat- meal wafers packed 2 doz in a case. Show tops for boxes, with glass ope show goods, Cans for wafer sot not réturnable, Cans for snowflake soda, .00 per doz. Tin cases with_glass face to display the goods, 75c each. No charges for packages except for cans and returnable goods. Glass front tin cans and *‘snowflake’ soda cans are returnable at prices charged. Dry Goods, PrINTs — Son1n CoLons — Atlantic, Slater, 5ic; Berlin ol, 65¢ 7c. PIND AXD Ronks—Richmond, len, 81gc; River Point, be teel River, 6e; Richmond, 6c; Pacific, bgc. INDiGo BLin— Washington, 614¢; Century, digo blue prints, ; American, §1¢c; Arnold, 6igc; Arnold B, 3 Arnold A, 12¢; Arnold Gold Seal, 101 ¢, zs&—Charter Oak, be; Ramapo, 43¢ 5e; Allen, 6 Richmond, 6e; Windsor, 61 Eddystone, 01 go; Pacific, 61gc. Biows Supetive—Atlantic A, 44, 7iic; Atlantic H, 44, Tige; Atlantic D, 44, {1yc] Atlantic P,'¢-4, be; * Aurora LL, 4.4, € rora C, 44, be; Crown XXX, 44, ier LL, 44, 6c: Indian Head, 4-4, 71 rence LL, 44, 6c; Oid Dominion, 44, sije; Pepperell R, 441 7e; Peppercll’ O, 44, e} Pepperell, 84, 181¢c; Pepperell 04, 210; Pep! perell 104, 25¢; Utica C, 44, 6e: Wachusett, s} Aurora B, 44, 03¢} Aurora R, 44, 68, farrs—Standard, fo; Gem, 10c: Beauty, 123c; Bay ) cused, §6.50, Pcuu'm‘ Wanp- , white, 19¢; col oed 22, Duck—West Point, 20 in. 8 0z., 103c; West Point, 29 in. 10 oz., 12}4¢; West Point, 10 in, 12 oz. 3 West Point, 50 in. 11 oz, 10c. Checks—Caledonia X, 9ige: Caledonia XX, 1014e; Economy, 9¢; Otis, 0c. ENTUCKY J -~ Memorial, 15¢; Canton, 28c; Durham, 271gc: Hercules, 18¢; Leaming: ton, 221;¢; Cottsworld, 27i¢c. MiscrLiaxEous—Table oil cloth, $2.85; Dado Holland, p SneeTiNG—Berkely eambric, No. 60, 91¢e; Best Yet, 4-4, 65Zc; butter cloth, 00, 4i¢c; Cabot, Tige: Farwell, 8ige; Fruit of Loom, 0ifc: Freene G, 0ci Hope, T8¢ King Philip cambric,lle; Lonsdale, 11%e; Lonsdale, 8%7c; New York mills, 10 Yep: porell 43-fn. A1es Pepperell, 4., 1do; Pop. perell, 6.4, 16c; Pepperell, 84, 21¢; Pepperell, 94, 23c; Pepperell, 104, 35c; Canton, 4-4, 815c; Canton, 4-4, 93¢c; Triumph, 6c; Wam sutta, 10c; Valley 5c. GiNanaM—Plunkett checks, 717c; Whitten- ton, 7ige; York, thje; Normandi dress, Sige; Calcutta dress, 517¢; Whittendon dress, 815¢} Sig@12iqe. {c; Lewiston, Swift river, 7ige; Thorndyke, Of Thorndyke 1 S Thorndike 120, 91¢¢; Thornkike XX, Cordis, No. 5, #igc; Cordis, No. 4, 11c. 16e; Everett, aymarket 81, XXX, 12ic; ver Creck BB, XX, ek AA, Beaver C £Ls—Plaid—Raftsman, 20c: Goscen, ar Lake, 32103 Maple_ City, ¥ #%, 2leo C H No, 80c: Quechee No. 1, ¥, 8¢, 873gc; Quechee N Wind: 231 Ge: blenched, Te; Stevens® A, Tige; bleached, Sige; Stevens' Py 8igc; bleached, 93¢c; N, 041 bleached, 1037c; St E General Markets, Leatner—Oak soles, 35 hemlock slaughter sole, 21@30c; hemlock dry sole, 12 hemlock kip, 60¢i90c; A. & B. runner kin, B0@75e; A. hem if, Sc@s1.00; A. A. hemlock calf, 5§ 3 hemlock upper, 10@c: shgrain upper, 2ic; hemlock grain upper, 21G25; Tampico 13, L) Moroc.o, 2i@ile; Tampico peppie, Q. D. Mo, 22@29c; O u, B. G. Mo., 80c; Simon O. D. Mo/, £2.75@3.00; Dangola kid, 30@ie; X. M. kangaroo, 40c; American ealf kid, #2c; Griesen kids, $3.000 French lazed kids, %) rench calf kids, $3.25: oak kip k calf sk 001555 If skins, §1.25@2.25; French skins, $1.10@@1.50; Russitt linings, .00 pink créam and white linings, ¥7 yer doz. ; colored toppings, £0.000 11.00. Divas—Acid—Carbolie, erystal per 1b, 50c; atrie per 1b, 60c; tartaric, per Ib, H0c; sul phuric, per 1b, 4c; ammonia, carb, per Ib, atum, per Ib, 5¢; alcohol, 95 per cent, per zal, Vitriol, per b, 8¢5 borax refined, per 1b, 10¢; camphor refiied, 82 cream tar- tar, pure, per 1, 42c; cream tartar, commer- cial, per b, 20c; clove cuttle- fish' bone, ver b, He b, 12¢; slyceriue, pure, per b, 80c; hops, fresh, per b 40c; indigo, Madras, per b, 78c: inscct powder, per Ib, 60c: morphine, P, & W., per £3.00; opium, per 1b, $3.75: quinine, . L. per oz,, BSC: quinine, German, per oz, Rochelle salts, per b, 85c; saffron, American, per 1b, 40¢; saffron, true Spanish, per oz, EL00; salapétre, pure per ib, 10¢ Suiphur, Flowers, per 1b., be.; soda, b bonate, per b, He: silver, nitrate, | £11.50; spermacetti, per 1b, 52@ic; str nine, per oz, §1.25; wax, white, pure, per b, 5e: wax, yellow, pure, per b, #c. Oirs—Carbon, recs, 150 degrees, 3¢i linseed boiled, 60¢ linseed, raw, b7c: castor, No. 1, $1.20} No. 2, §.12; sperm whale, §1.00; whale water bleached, 85e; fishy bank, #5¢: neatsfoot, ex- tra, 65¢; neatsfoot, No. 1, be: gasoline, 75 degrees, 15c; W. 8. lard, No. 1 lard, 50c No. 2 lard, 50@i5e; W. carbon, zero, 14c; W, Va. ro, 14¢; golden No. 1, 40c: golden No. 2, 5c; whale, 20c; naptha, 1 degree, 14¢; head- 150 degrees, 12¢3 headlight. 175 de grees, 15¢; turpentine, 45c; castor, pure, §1.30 per gal, Hil ireen butchers, 4@4lge; green cured, b@hige; dry flint, 7e; dry salt, fe green’ salted calf, 6lge: damaged hide off; dry salted de ¢ each. Tallow No. 1, 3%c: No. 2, 2¥c. Grea white, 415¢; yellow, 8c; brown, 2c. pelts—10c@ £1.00,according to quality. Brand- ed hides classificd as damaged. Sriurs—Cologne spirits 188 proof, §1.14; do 101 proof, £1.17; spirits, second quality, 101 proof, $1.15; do 185 proof, $1.13; alcohol, 188 proof, per wine gallon, #2.12; redistilled hiskies, £1.25(@1.50; gin blended, & 2.005 Kentucky bourbons, b and Pennsylvania 8, $2.00000.50; Sheaf and rye whiskies, £503.00; brand! imported, $5.00@8.00; domestic, §1.8003, gins, imported, §6.00@6.00; domestic, £1 B.00; champagnes, imported, per case, £23, @33.005 American, per case, §10.00(17.00. Lumber. DIMENSIONS AND TIMBER 16, I8 fr. 201t BoAL 0.1 com, s 15.§18.50 | N No. 2 com, s 18.. 17.00 | > FENCIN L 4&0in12 & 14 18, I d 16 “ 16 SIDINGS, 16 1182150 | C, 12, 14 & W 080 (D, M CEILING AND PARTITION, { in White Pine ceiling A12,13& el 2d com Clear % in Normay ** “ 2 com ¥ in [ “ PLOOKING. A 6 in White Pine Bojp 4 & (8e). Feneing) ... . 6 in Drop Siding 50c per M extra. STOUKBOARDS. inchs1s.. 12 f 14 ft 161, 10, 18, 2 12& 141, . L7 Beiassearviins 0 12 in Grooved roofing, $1 per M more than 12 in Stock Boards same length, 10_in Grooved roofing same price as 12 in Stock Boards. SHIP LA, 10in No. 1 com, 2ins1s, $10.00 No. 1 Plain 8 and L S No.1, 0G.8in.. ¢ 0 PATTENS, WELL TURING, TICKRT: 70 85 . 28.00 L1050 10.50 X3, 818 8 in well tubing, D & Pickets, D & H flat. “ D Hsq. 1st and 24, clear, 1, w0 oy e 2. w0 34, clear, 1 in82s. 00 L A ) 0 A.select. Iins2s 00 14, 1} o 00 insvs ¢ loct, all 16 ft, §1 extra. Ceiling Clear Finish, 1 and 114 inch, s 28 Clear Finish, 11§ and 2 inch, s 28, Clear Corrugated Ceiling, 4 inch, Clear Yellow Pine Casing and Base SOUTHERN YELLOW PINE Star, 4 inch Floo \ 1st and 2d clear 4 inch F . 28 Clear 5% inch Ceiling . 20.00 Clear % inch Partition, . 24.00 Clear S inch, Partition $3above & inch -— Aurora Waking Up. AURORA, Neb., June 6.—To the Edi- tor of THE BEE: The building scason of 1888 in this city although beginning later than usual will prove to be the busiest one we have had for years. The past three years have witnessed the erection of but few business houses the growth of our city during that time having been confined principally to the residence portion, and some very fine dwellings have been erected. The firvst brick building to be crected the pres- ent season will be The Temple Craft, to be two stories high, size of building 66x110. This block is being erected by asyndicate composed of our citizens, the organization having a capital of §26,000. The next in order will be an opera house. Mr. J. H. Bell, presi- dent of the First national bank, will erect a two stor brick, 66 fect front, which a handsome structure and furni Aurora has long needed, a fir ¢ opera house. Mr. G. W. Cuny will also erect a handsome brick building before the season elos A new county jail will also be erected, to be composed of brick and stone, and will cost, when completed, $6,000 or &7,000. Other bricks are contemplated. Aurora is just beginning to show her importance as w feeding and shipping station for eattle and hogs. Scarcely a day es without seeing from ten to twenty-five car loads of stock shipped from this point to Omaha or Chicago. Some 15,000 head of cattle and twice that number of hogs have been fed the past winter upon Huamilton county’s corn and hay crop. ANO R S Automatic Fire Escapes, A novel device in the way of a fire escape xhibited recently at the Grand 2 hotel to the chiefs of the fire department and a large number of architects, underwriters and business men, says the Chicago Mail. The de- v sts of a s of balconies. which extend across the front of the building. Attached to each balcony i a ladder, which when not in use, lic lengthwise. along the outside of the balcony. When a fire occurs the lad- de weh turning on a steel shaft and acting automatically, assume a vertical position, connect and make a contin- uous double lndder from the sidewalk to the top of the huilding. While the inmates of the building are escaping by the inside of the ladder the firemen may be using the outside, and between the two there is o space down which persons may be passed. In connection with the ladderisa of thermostats and electric As so0on as the heat of the five one of the thermostats, which ave placed on the different floors of the building, and also throughout the build- ing. At the same instance the ladders are swung into position, and when the firemen arrive, without waiting to raise their own ladders, they can nscend to any floor or to the roof. The ladders miy also be swung and the alurms sounded by means of levers on cach floor, no more strength being vequived than is necessury to “pull” a fire- alarm box. The inventor of the system ig Mr. Alfred Moore, of Detroit, and a company of Chicago men was formed to- for the manufacture of the ap- pliance. e The Sea Captain, captains have always been sup- posed to be fearfully wicked, said asca captain to a reporicr of the San Fran- cisco Chronizle recently. 1 don’t know on what principle this theory is bused, but I suppose that, away from’ the mors restraint of saloons and places of that kind, they ure subposed to develop ub- normal profanity. depravity — and irreverance. They ave alwuys supposed to be warring with the powers above, and _cursing them when there’s wind, or too much wind, or to ohe brecze, or a fog, or something. captain can outswear anything in life except the chief engineer of u five ment at a small ive, But sen cap- re not all bad. They cun cury en; they pretty ne about the w they have se very rare accomplishments, but to h them swear when w squuil’s in - progres and they're a trifle late inshortening suil, is aliberal education, here has always been kind of coolness hetween missionaries and sea captains. Not be- cnuse sen captains are irreverent, but v, I think, because missionaries don’t object to, but the captain wants anything—cxcept a hendwind, They A TR e (T R T =--that missionaries don’t g ic and they eat four meuls & di on board u ship who eats fou day is an object of loathing and con- tempt, But sea captains like to tell their wild wnd most thrilling stories to missionar] belicve them so much more readily than the suspicious landsmen of other character, On the Peninsular Y stenmers going to Iudin, whenever th have mission- arics on board, the captain gets some ail of eloves and oil of ein from the stoward and rubs the the halyards and sends down ¢ the missionaries in the middle dinner to come up and smell the ? that **blow soft from Ceylon's they always marvel at the Bishop Hebe with that pretty s spicy An old time F place in Printing House cently, says the New York Telegram 1t is historic ground, made fumous by the fact that Whiteluw Reid and Da abused cach other there for yoars, then shook hands and proceeded arm in arm down the street one afteraoon in full sight of a street full of astenished spec- tators. DBut other things have mad the historic squire famous. Old women have sold apples there: since Columbus discovered America, so to speak, and the shadow of & grcat editov—kHorace fight took square Greeley—once fell upon its pavements. But to return to the fight in question. 1t recalled the days of the Volunteer Fire department, when people fought for the fun of the thing. The contest- ants yesterday wero two women. It wag an impromptu fight. There were no gloves, no Marquis of Queensbury rules, no backers or fellows to declare time and sponge off the sluggers from time 0 time. The only thing that was knocked out of the ring was science—it_went to grass in the first round. But the women stuck to it and would have died then and there in the sight of threo great newspaper offices, had it not been for the fact that the fighters live by selling newspapers, and they had to stop the battle when the last edition came out and attend to business, The two women—one young and the other not so young-—are rivals and sup= rl; the public with literature. One has stamping ground close to the Frank= lin statute: the other, the younger girl, hangs out further on toward the bridge. The younger woman was accused of intruding on her neighbor. Words not used in polite society followed, ana for a fow seconds it was like a riot in a tish market. Then the elder woman touched upon the moral character of her antagonist. A rush and two shrill sereams, mixed up with newspapers, followed. Blows were struck and the older and slighter woman sent out a blow from the shoul« der that shook the other's nose loose from its foundations. The younger woman didn’t flinch. She caused her sonist to spin around like a top. Quick as Je lightning the other seized the whirling woman about the neck and senv in a dozen heavy blows on her head, while she managed to wriggle out of the other’s embrace nnd got free. From a hair pulling and face scratchs ing scene began the rivalled Bedlam, A fierce, disgraceful hand to hand fight continued, until a boy rushed up and yelled: “*Five o'clock edition Telegram, just out!™ and then the two women gathered themselves together as one woman and made a bee line for theie supply of evening papers. Ten min= utes later they were selling papers ng usual and apparently were us peaceful as two singed cats aftor a five. —_— e THE RAILWAY TIME TABLES, UNION PACIF Arrive Depot10th and M Omaha, Bentrice and North toexpress, .. . land Flyer” Timil Island local YILGHS TG v Matil und expross iy BURLINGTON_ROUTE. Depot 10th and Mason sts Chicago Fast Express....| cago Madl..............| o Local. . st ExXpress. wdo Madl. .. rado Mail, . Kausas Oity Kausas City ¥ C., MIL. & L. & ST, P2 0 Depot 10th ind Marcy Omaha. a.m. 00 p. m. C.,BT. P, M. &0, | Depot 15th and Webster st! Sioux City Ihll St. Paul Limited MISSOURIL ¥ Depot hthund Wi Arrive Omaba, Arrive Omaba. LB & M. Leavo Depot 15th ani Wi Omalin., aunfimn?kmnu-m orfolk Passenger........| h+45 p. m. |1 Hixeepn Sundn SUBURBAN El‘ll;\l\' Running between Council Bliffs and Albright. Inaddition to the stations mentioned, traing stop at Twentieth and Twenty-fourth 'strectsy atthe Summit iu Omuha, Westward, Bouth Omaha Omalhu Tepot Trans - for. Al bright. A M A M. A, |sheely. | A EEIBERS EEZRVRBES CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC, Leave 00 p. D ) A A Nod = ies Mo CHIC. No. 6. Accomodation, Dexr Moines Accomadation, GO & NORTHW E8 OUNCIL B 5 @, 1.4 LT, A OMAHA & > B> BB No. & : CHICAGO, BUY No.u 0 No. 4,000 004 No. K00/ 4y No 6600 A No. B dally except THR BANK OF COMMERCE, 910 North 16th Street, Omaha. PAID IN CAPITAL.. GEG, B, BAUKFR, P QUINCY, Y40 8. 0idi it Lo $100,000 stdent. B. JOHNSON, Caslier, DIRECTON BAMUEL R, JONNSON L. B, WinLians, Gro. 1. Banses Wit SEIVERS, F. B, JonssoN, A General B; % Business Transacted Laterest Allowed on iliac Depociia