Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 26, 1888, Page 11

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE THE (ONDITION OF TRADE. Money Continues In Fair Demand At Easy Rates. THE NEBRASKA CROP OUTLOOK. Indications That Farmers Will Get L Prices For Grain—Busi- ness.on the Whole Quite Good—Notes. TRADE CONDITIONS, Money continues easy, and the supply is equal to the demand, all wants being promptly met at they usual rates, S@10 per cent. Country banks are beginning to call ed in moving the heavy ©rops now nearing maturity, e crop ou look continues very favorable and unless frost cuts in between now and September 15, the state will be in tion ideed at the ¢ for all products indigenous to Nebraska are high ns compared with recent vears, and ad- vices in regard to crops in Burope are de cidedly unfavorable, so that there seems to be no doubt but what the surplus of this state will be large, and in demand at very remunerative figures. General trade is v good for the season, Collections are not at all unsatisfactory, and when harvest is made the financial aspect will doubtiess improve and mutters in that line shupe themselves very comfortably. The produce markets have been well sup- plied with fruits and vegetables from home markets and from California and the south, and prices have Leen quite reasonable. Teas are sciling somewhat low ana there is no firual disposition to bu, Cable advices are rmer in tone, how and telegrams from Japan report the markets the stronger, The cable advices indicate that the shrinkage in the crop will be greater than was at first reported. s are steady and in fair demand, and thought that prices will go lower present, Coffee is in fair general demand, and Java, which isin light supply, is selling more freel Brazil coffec is unchanged. The following table shows the stocks of Brazil coffee in first hands at the scaboard aud atioat for our shores New York. Baltimore, Tota . Afloat from iio per sic Afloat from Rio per sail. Afloat from Santos per steam and sail. 21000 4,000 17,1 Vite 560,006 ® Mackerel are still tend pward and sales are light. Boston advices state that $4p JVeny has brought in one fare worth £,000, but these were consumed for market purposes, and the dealers in salt mackerel arc almost bare of stock. Last sir 31450 per bbl was paid for fmaclerel to go in pickle. This week $24 ‘waa puld f Boston for o better fish.. Tho cawh of mackerel by the New England flect thus fur the present year is the smallest fo like period in many years, being only 14,750 bbls., against 26,941 to a like date last year, 84,078 the corresponding period n_ 1836, and 180,872 in the same proportion of 155, Ganiicd peaches are likely to o higher. The agents of leading canners in Baltimore and Ciimden, Del,, have withdrawn all for- lists for extra_peaches, owing to arcity and relatively nigh cost of choice fruit. All the indications are that the pack of extras is going to be decidedly short and prices high, which may or may not affect the values of the medium and low grade, of which the supply bids fair to be amplc Secrotary Littler of the Chicago produce exchange, reports as follows: “‘Fancy of butter are very firm and low grades sive supply. Cheese is stead firmer, The egg market is very Same time last year. OMAHA LIVE STOCK. attle. Saturday, August 25, 1838, There were no cattle here to make a mar- xot, only three fresh loads being reccived. There were afew fecders and a few odds and ends of butchers' stock in the yards which had been held over from yesterday. There were no beef cattle here suitable for the dressed meat trade, Hogs. The week closed with a fair run and a strongor market. The advance was fully 5e on all grades, with the demand good and the trade active. The hogs were all sold early and the pens eleared The supply was large, tmirtcen double decks of good Oregon sheep being received. Reoceipts. Cattle, . Hogs Sheol . vars . 100 200 Prevailing Price Thefollowing 13 a tabls of pricas paid in this market for the grades of stock men- tioned. Prumesteers, 1300 to 15001 steers, 1100 to 1300 1bs. ative fecders Western feeders. Range steers, col Common to good cow: Choice to fane; Common to choico bulls. Fair tocnoice nght hogs. Fair 1 choice heavy hogs. Fairto cuoica mixed hogs. §2.091 230 250 4.00 Pr. 130 \v Shk HOGS. Av. Shk. Pr. No. L 104200 $6.05 240 6.10 6.10 6,10 6.10 Highest and Lowost. The following are the highest and lowest prices paid for mixed and keavy loads of hogs o0 this market during the past fow days, and forthe correspouding period in 1857 and 13806 August 188, “AUgUST I, FF 0 @ § e PET 2 setEezaE £88 2" 28 29PPe0 o :a";:as 3 5 g 3 B 5T o S o e bed Movement of Cattle. The following table snows the receipts and shipments of cattle the past weelk at the cen- ters mentioned, s also for the preceding week, us compiled by the Cincinnat Price Current: Pork Packing. s ial reports e Cincinnati Price Cur- show the number of hogs packed from March 1 to date and latest undermentioned plac pmpared wath cor- responding timo last year, as follows March 1 1o Augiist i ieer, ihicago o 1438000 Kunsas City Omalin 8t Loufs Indianapolis Cinclunati waiikee r I(n|xm~4 lan mail dates at the Cle Sfon Ot Packers Parchases. ing the number of hogs bought by the leading buyers on the market to-day: G. H, Hammond & Co........ Omaha Packing Co Armour C. P, Co... 4. P. Squires & Co,. Gibbs & White. ., Live Stock W. C. Riley of Cheyenne county, was a vis- itor at the yards. George Elwood, Washington, here with two loads of cattie, Gould & Baker, Fullerton, topped the mar- Ket with a load of 335 1b. how: W. J. Harbaugh of Agenda, Kan., with a mixed load of cattle, Frank Hershey came in with thirteen do ble deck loads of sheep from LaGrand, Ore. F. M. Fischer, general trafic manager of the Strect Stable Car line, was at the yards to-day. Henry Hammer, Mineolas Miilard, and J. with hoys. Plumer, representing Hammond & 'sts at Minneapolis, was a visitor Kan., was came in George Boetel, A, Garten, Dewitt, were in Co.'s int at the yaads. ‘The Street Stable cars are to be taken off from the Union Pacific. Cars furni: far western points will be under a spe rangement by which the stock will be un- loaded at Omaha. The Eremont, Elichorn & Missodri Valley railroad has a contract With the Street Stable Car company and will continue to use the cars, but it is expected that an arrangement will be made to transfor all the stock at the Omaba yards. Produc Burrei—Ian roll, 2@ solid 16a@1Sc; chojee country r, 19 mmon grades, 10 13c, jntie candlo £.00@h.00 per hox: Rodi, & box; §3.500@4.00 per half box. CALIFORNTA DANMSONS—£1.25 er box; south- ern Damsons, Te@s<1.00 per box, CALIFORNIA GRAPES —81 250 SoUTHERN GRAVES—THe(@$1.00 per case. per 10-1b £1L00@1.50 per box; igbu, 0@2.25 per bunch; Missouth, SL00@! BANANAS-—Comition, $1. choic LEMON 584000 Squasit—3c per | CANTELOPES—T0@31.50 per dozen. PLUMS 12560150 | HuckLe 5 —$1 Porstors—New, home growth, 50 bushel. Sweit Potators—i@se per b, PouLTRY—No dressed fowl in the market; i por doz; spring per case. 50 por ~$1.50002.00 per bu, LONS—312.00@17.00 per 100, Peans—California, $3.003.50 per bu box; Southern, 75 per ! bu. SELERY—B0@40c ver dozen. 2.500er 100, Bt PLANT—$1.00601.25 per dozen, ONoNs—11gc ver 1. ApprrLes—22.00@3.00 per bbl, CrABAPPLES—31.00 per box. Cioer—Michigan, $£50@6.50 per bbl 32 gals; California pear cider, £15.00 per bbl, Por Conx—Rice, Sudc; common, 2wie. Cannors—i5e bushel. stern handpicked navies 12,50 per bushel; western hand picke navies, 2. : mediums, $200@2. 1 Lima beans 5¢ por pound. HAY—f. 0. b. cars, No. 1 upland, $6.00; No. 2 upland, £5.00, Bray—$10.00. Cupreen Frrp—$17.00 per ton. Dry Goods, CorroN FLANNELS—10 per cent dis.; LT, Bige: OO, 6'e; S8, 7ijc; Nameless, RX, 18¢; R, 20¢; No. 10, 8'¢e; No. 40, 1056 No. 60, 121 3¢5 No. 80, 13bge; No. 30, colored, No. 50, colored, 12¢3 70, Bristol, 12i50; Union Paciic, LCAneET Wane—Bib- White, 19} 10c; ). colored, Gem, Beauty, sarge, 73 T1CRs 131 c: Thorndike EF, Thorndike XX Cordis No. 4. 11 orndike OO, Thorndike 120, Cordis No. 5, Beaver Cr 1e: Beave l\l NTUCKY J Memorial, 15¢ ;Dakota, Horcules, 15¢; Leaming. Cottswold, 23 B, fe; Stovens' B, Je; Stevens A, %‘,vv Stevens' bleached, ‘J‘,A Stevens' " bloached. 10i4¢; Stevens, SRL, 12}c MiscELLANEOUs.—Table 01l clotn, plain Holland Pado Holland, 12 Brown shoeting—Atlantic A, 4-4, 71505 At- lantic H, 4-4, Tl4c; Atlantio D, 44, 63ic3 At- lantic P, 44, 6c: Aurora LL, 44, 6c; Aurora C, 44, 4303 Crown XXX, 44, 6¥c; Hoosicr L, 44, bo; Indian Hoad, 44, fige; 1 rence LL, 44, Gc; Old Domiuion, 44, > 'R, 44, 1c; Pepperell O, 44, e Pepperall. 834, 18i4c; Popperell, 94, 21¢; Poy perell, 104, 23¢; Ut 43{c; Wachusett, 44, Tie; Aurora R, 4, ie, Aurora B, 44, 6150 : DUck—West Point %0 in, 8 oz, 10}c; 10 oz, 13¢; West Point st Point 40 in, 11 0z, 16c. Privers Hed, 24 in, 15343 ', 24 in, G, 24 in, 156 H A F, 3, 90¢; J RF, %) Prixts—Pink and Robes—Richmona, 814c; : 503 Steel River, 65¢] 20 in, 12 07, 15¢; W Richmond, 6! ¢c; Pacific Prinrs Jress -~ Char Ramapo, 4:50; Lodi, blye inund [ w.m\«u. 65c; Eddystove, tl4c; Pacifl Sukeriyo—Berkeley cambric Best Yet, 4-4, G3¢c; butter cloth 7360 Farwell halt bleached of " Loom, 9%u: Greene Hope, T8¢ King Philip cam Lonsdale _ cambric, = 113 New York mills, 10} Pepperell, 46-in, 1% spperell, $4, 2le; Pop- 3 Pepperell, 104, 23¢; Canton Wamsutta, 11¢; Val- brie, 1le Lonsdale, ' 9 Pepperell, 42-in, 11c Pepperell, 64, 11 |.m.-n -4, 23 44, Siic; Triumph, do; s.—Plaid—Raftsmen,20; Goshen, 'f.’\,.» Clear Lake, 3tlde; lIron Mountu)u, ELS- 7\\'h m-—(‘ H,No. H, No. 3, ¢ Qu« !uw No. 1, {25 - Plunkett checks, 73405 York, 7i¢e; Normandi aress, ttenton dress, i Renfrow dre 8 MERICS - Slater, Standard, 5'¢e; Peacock, 5'Jc. Prixvs [NpiGo BLu rnold, 6 Amer- ican, 615¢; . Bijc: Arnold C loug cloth, 9: Arnold B long cloth, 1034; Arnold 1'Seal, 10}¢: Stiefel A, 1:. Windsor Gold Cal- Woods, 5ic; ocks, Caledonia X, 93e ., 10ic; Feonomy, Ye; Otis, 9e. Grocers List. Revised prices are as follows: BAGaING—Stark A, seamless, 2lc; Amos- koag, seumloss, 16:40% Lowiston A, seamloss, 100; American, seamiess, 16i5¢; burlaps, 4 105 b, h‘@fl&' sutnies, single, 18¢; gun- nics, double, 2e; wool sacks, 35c. Twine: lax, 35¢; extra sall, 2@2le sail B, 19@20¢; cotton, 21¢; jute, 10¢. Corrers—Mocha, 25@%c; Rio, good, 16@ Mandahling, 26@28c; roasting Rio, 14@ G. Java, @ Java, interior, 22@ ney, 16w ife; caibo, 17@19¢: Arbuckles, I!“’ SUGAR — Granulated, s C: white extra C, The: exbea G, 1@Tigc ,o‘how C, Bl @o%c; powdered, ' 81385c) Cubes, $3;@sc. Hoxuy =12 nr@ for one pound frames; strained honey, @S¢ per pouns BrrswarChoice. yeliow, 20@223e; dark lored, 13@14e. Cuerse—Young America, full cream, 93{@1ice; fall croam cheddrs, 0@9%¢o; ; tull cream flats, 9@9' ; good to choice skimmed chiedcars, 66!y ; skimmed flats, S@5tfe. ik v Medljum, in bbls, §5.50; do in halt bbls, $5.00; small, in bbls, $6.50; ‘a0 in balf | bbls, 3.7 bhls, Tonacco—Plug BLLIES - §1 Sanr—§1 Rore aBse: smoking, per s0-1b pail. 3015 per bbl, 7-16, 01 Nutmeg, por 1b, 55@62c: 1i@10c; cloves, per Ib, 18@2le; all- cinnamon bark, 8%¢: cassia, 6c; o buds, 1214 rloves, 2003 mace e, NAILS—1ron nais, per Keg, £2.05@2.10; steel wire nails, per 16@e pepver, Voung Hyson, wood to, fanc Gunpowder, common to good, : powder, choice to fanc Apan, com- mon to' medinm, |7 choice to fancy, 3045c; Oolong, common to good, 3 Oolong, choice to faney, 50@0c; Impet ial, " common to medium, 2 Imper 00d to fancy, 407500 NUTS—Almonds, 15@17 Brazil, 9 10c; walnuts, 1205 pe peanuts, Hiose, CrAcKERs—b(@10¢ per 1 assorted cakes, 7 @20c per 1b, as per list Marne Stoak—nricks, 10@104e penny cakes, 11@111,c per lb; syrup, $1.00 per gal. Broows—Extra 4-tie, painted handles, $2.00a 2. 2 #1.70; heavy stable broonis, STarou—Mirror gloss, by bc; Osweg Tey Oswego corn, WDER ANU E buckshot, powder, ke t ke one-fourth ; blasting, kegs, &2 Tuses, 100 ft, 53070 ReFINED Lann—Ticrco, 8! cans, ¥ige; 50-1b round, 8ige 101 pails, 9¢; 5-1b pails, it filberts, 11(@12c us, 10@11c; per Ib; pure maple 401b square 0-1bround, -1b pails, nOVISIONS —Hams, con, 10% 11l c; 3 shoulders, 8 01414 c; breakfast ba. os, 05,1003 A J@siges dried beef, ~Two-hoop ¢ hoop_pails, 810 tub, - $6.00; ds, $1.35@275; s No. 1 churns, $5.00; No. 2 churns, No. # churns, #5.00; butter tubs, pruce, 1n nests. 70¢ per nest b 1 RUITS "1z, in_boxes, per Ib, 13(@ London Malaga Malaga Valen- ils, per doz., No. 1_tub, tubs, £5.00; orted bowls layer raising, per | loose raisins, cia raisins forna _ loo; iin London 50; mitted che per b, . California’ pitted plums, per Ib, dried blackberries, per b, 8U@he: dried raspberries, per 1b, 24@He: evaporated ap ifornia sun dried peaches, unvared - evaporated porated _ California irrants, 7e; Turkish citron, 212 orange 16, new raisins, per | rn peaches, apricots, 19c: Zant prunes, 4’ peel, 1503 lemon poel, Leather. Hemlock sole, 150 3¢ per 1b; oak b ted oak and trac lock upper, 200 1b; oak sole, 30@ 23@30c per 1b; selec- < per 1b; onk and hem- foot. Hemlock calf skin, No. 1, S0w%c per Ib, according to weight: oak calf skin, No. 1. 90c@31.00 per 1b; Philadelphia culf skin, extra, $1.00@1.10 per 1b; hemlock kip skin, No. 1, 60wi0c per ib: oak kip skin, No. 1, 704S0¢ per Ib: Phila- delphia kip skin, extra, S0@3c per ib. French calf skins, (according to weigh! xl:\ua!n,\'r, S1.15@1.75 per 1b; French kip skins, do, S0ca 8110 per Ib, Cordovan, russett, 18c¢ firiish, 20c per foot; welt leafher, per side; moroceos, (pebble goa per foot; moroceos, boot leg, foot; glove calf skins, 20@ilc per foot; Douglas kid, 30a40¢ per foot: garoo skins, 40@50¢ per foot, ording to qualif Toppings, $8.00@10.00 per dozen; linings, £5.00@8.00 ver dozen; apron skins, $10.00 12.00 per dozen. satin k.50 0 we e per Tin plate, T rooting, | C, 14x20, 753 pig lead, $4.30: bar le . block tin, 25¢; small pig block tin, \der, 11@l7c; copper b tinned, 2c; large pig Dlanishing 3 lead pipe, be: sheet NS, 151024, $8.20; Itssia_iron, Am Russia planished, A,'10%c: Am Russi planished, B, 9c; paintod barb wire, nized barb wire. 81.0): stocl nails, ); steel wire nails, #2.6002.70; ails, 32100021 JrNK—Muchine stove plates, $7.000@S. 10.005 bones, dry, $5.00; ste copper, #8.0009.00; brass 3.00; solid lead J@2.50; rubber, SL10@115 per ewt. iron .00 per ton; U0a@s.00; zine, 003 tew lead, mixed rags, 0@ Drugs and Chemicals. AN Sulph. acid, tartarie, tloroform, 47 gum Arabie, select, £1.00; gum ¢ gum opium, 255 sulph. morphia, 32 bromide potassium, borax, 10¢; 1752 irginia No. | golden ma- S, lard, 6ic; No. 1 urpentine, 44e; linseed raw, 5ic; boiled, L & W, pev oz, Bde; German, per oz TLavE mest hair, & Anthracite, range, large 0.75; Rock Spr perior, £0.00; Towa, #4.50 3150 10 $L00. do- and cement, coment, $1.85; plaster, $2.00a@ and nut, $10.00; ug, 3700, Su- )} steam coal, 0 15 00 1100 2 00 2 019 00 19 (4 3 (0 No. 1 com,s 13 §1 No.Bcom,s1s | s Add 50 ceuts er 1,000 for roug h PENCING, No.1, 4 and 6 in, 12 and 14 ft, rough No. 1, 16 15, 9 ¢ 2 and 14 ft, 106, * s A, 12,14 & 16 11 1 & 10 (ST Bl S In W CEL.ING AND PARTITIO! 1st com, 5 in Whito pine ceiling. 2 Clear % in Norway pine ceiling. 2dcomy in FLOORING A 6 in white pie At ie My Gu M w oy A e B Six inch drop siding 3 BATTENS, WELL TUBING, PICKETS, 0. G. Batts, 214 in 0. G. Batts, J4x3,s1 Fin well tubing, D. & M. and Be Pickets, D. & H. flat. Pickets, D, & H. square NGLES, LA XX clear. Extia A~ *A* Standard. CAYH.B. & B w ¥in, Ilrn. 4 in round Tennessee Red Cedar, split. Spht Oak.... 1st and 24, clear, 1, 11, s 134, 34, clear, 1in, s 2. 114,13, 3 in ) i, 13 B, select, all 16 ft, $1 extra, r—— Coal Again Goes Up. NEW Yons, August 25.— [Special Telegram to Tne Bee.|—Ata meeting of agents and revresentatives of all the big coal compani and mines in the east yestorday, it was agreed that the price of coal for western markets should be advanced from 25 to 50 cents a ton wholesale, ~The rise was made to cover the increased transportation tolls ou the railroads to far western poiuts, owing to the effect of the intgr-state commerce iaw. The effect will be Heaviest on consumers west of Chicago, on account of the great &nm from go mines. It 18 m-ow l;m-:al al Wi n e railrosd ‘companics agai SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 1888 —-TWELVE PAGES, 11 An Immense Volume of Business in Wheat. THE PIT NERVOUS AND EXCITED. Corn Rules Weak—Oats Dull and Lower—Moderate Business in Pro- visions—Cattle Unchanged— Hogs in Fair Demand. CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET. Cntcaco, August 25.—|Special Telegram to Tue Bee.|—Wheat opened about Z¢ off. First ofMicial quotations were 80},¢ for Sep- tember and 92 for Decemoer, There was very little trading in December around the opening above 91391 3c, which was really the market. The excitement right at the opening was very great—almost as much so as yesterday, For the first time in a week cables came in rather tame, though, and there w 1 indication of a serious set back. Then crop reports are somewhat better than the radicals have been trying to make them- selves believe was the Wheat in the northwest has not been entirely destroyed, as some of the people on ‘change have been led to imagine by their speculative advisers. On the whole the bull spirit was cooled down to some extent. Outside buying is more general now than 1t has been at any time. It was the support from that quarter that made Cudahy and some other local operators of importance and weight think they had run against a stone wall when they undertook to hammer the market to picces this morning. There was a sur- prising small amount of wheat for sale con- sideringly the severity and abruptness of the break. After some little hesitation the mar- ket advanced 1j@%c and seemed fivm at the recovery. The principal pressure was on December, for which delivery Hutchinson was a free seller, as he has been at intervals for a week. He was a big buyer for Septem ber, however, and his operations served to still further narrow the difference between Septemberand December from 2cat the open- ing to 1!¢e. Chicago No. 2 spring is clearly in high favor with men who are not afraid to come into contact with actual grain. Nearly 1,000,000 bushels have been shipped out this week, toe clearances for yesterday alone footing up 581,000 bushels. At sundown the stock of No.2spring in the regular ware houses here was not much, if any, above 8,000,000 bushels, This will show a reduction in total stocks of about 750,000 bushels since last Saturday. The strength of the cash market and near-by options has revived the gossip on the subject of a deal, though therc is nothing in the situation to justify such apprehension beyond the fact that Hutchinson is a large owner of cash wheat and holds contracts for many millions more for Soptember de- i st which he is supposed to have sold exten: y for December. This might mean a good deal with anybody else. It may mean something with Hutchinson, and that operator is giving out mysterions tips about the immense valuc that yet y tach to September wheat, all of which is va- riously construed. The loeal market ranged 803@)le for September or 911, 92ife for Décomber. Fluctuations of #{ullic wers frequent, und the explanation offered for these violent churnings were not satisfactory or conclusive. The market was in a state of high nervous excitement and subject to un- reasonable and un ning fuctuations most of the session, It was alternately very strong and uncertainly weak, but on every bulge, 1rom 10 0'ciock on, it was noticed that ||1LAI(\ of t, however wnich highe ately go, a good, healthy now in order. Now York and larger markets wera clearly 1 for the first sars ventured to > an organized front L that they onen bad Phe elosing Fange was not < 1 the opening and the inside. The Iul-u' n' business in the pit was immense, £ was weak to lower with * businoas and 1ncstly on the part of roomn traders. Kine - weather, cheerful crop prospocts, continued big receipis and sy pathy with the sharp breals in wheat w the weakening intuene September sold from £ to 405, impre trifle, closing with about 1%c lower to May New crop futures were less wight on_ was most of the of the same time in four present some- JI" the other cercals, ruled dull ouly fair wading all along the line deching of 1{@%c¢ in most fu- tures. In pro s the day's trading was only moderate, seall and again during the closing fifteen minutes of the regular scssion there was considerable life, but in the int vening period business dragged more or ess, In tho general market a strong feelng was exhibit+d. Lard suffercd a limitod reaction from yesterday's sidien ad but_for pork closings showod un apprec of Ly o, and for s1ort rit rhe seline in lard was only 5. best prices obtaiued for short ribs and pork prevailed just previous to theadjournment, und for Lard around the opening. ta @15, CHICAGO LIVE STOCK, CiicaGo, August 25.—|Special Telegram to Tne Bee|—-Carrie—Business was about the same as on any other Saturday. Dressed beef dealers »about the only buyerson the market. Shippers were not buying, and there were searvcely haif a dozen loads of na- tives on sale good enough either for the ship- ment or dressed beef trade. Swift and Ar- mour owned heal half the Texans on the market, the same coming direct from iKansas This left only fifty or six for s, Armour und other buye 1of which were taken by the above named buy- ers. There was little or 10 change ou uny thing as compared with yesterday. All the fluctuations for the week were not over 10615, the market closing steady at a 10t 15¢ decline on natives and about the same on Texans and rangers. Native butchers’ stock followed the ups and downs of Texans and closed absut 10@20c lower than a week ago. The stocker and feeder trade reumains dull with a low range of valuations. Quota- il were as follows: Choice to extra beeves * #.75(@6,25; medium to good stoers, 1350 to 1500 Lbs, $5.40@5.00; 1200 to 1350 1bs, $4.80@5.50; 950 to 1200 1Ibs, R170@ 450, Stockers and feeders, $1.50@2.90; cows, bulls and mixed, $1.30@2.85, bulk §2 . 00@ 3. Texas steers, 950 to IAW! Ibs, £3.00@3.30; 3 600 to 700 los, #2.40 WS, $1.50002.30; west- ern rangers, natives and half-breeds, $4.40. Hoas—There was a fair demand for best assorted butcher weights and light assorted lots, with prices ruling about the same as yesterday, but the ordinary run of mixed or such as packers usually buy were not wanted unless such could be bought a strong 10c lower than yesterday. In the first place Ar- mour was about the only buyer and in some of the divisions his agents were bidding only £5.00(@6.00 for packing sorts at the close but #6.10(e6, 15 would buy the best heavy packing anywhere in the ya Light sorts sold at $6.40@0.50. FINANCIAL. BW YORK, August 25.—(Special Telegram to Tne Bee)--Smocks—The stock market to-day opened at negrly the same figures as yesterday and the session was shortand dull, Fluctuations wete fnsignificant as a rule. There were a number of buylog orders from London at the start ‘which caused s slight improvement early ‘but uhe day throughout was & fitting termination to a dull week. Coalers continued to make a good showiug, Delaware & Hudson gaining 34 point whila Lackawanna likewise gained a little, Rock | Island was higher tliguih there was not much of the stock changed hands, and St.Paul sold a little better at the close. Canada Southern and Michigan Centr sales wore . 8. 45 regular L8 fscoupons T 8. 4lysregular TR Pacific is of i 20 N Y Central Pacifi » & Altou Burlington & Quiney huli&w ik 1 were lower. The total 205 forred, . Central D.&E..... K Island 1o prefarred, St Paul & Omahs dopreferred Union Pacific V., 8t. L. & P pretarred Western LukeShore ... Michigan Ce N Missour! Pacifi F| MoNey 0N Cant—Easy at 11/@2 por cent. PRIME MERCANTILE PAPER—b; @il per cent. TERLING EXCHANGE—Dull, steady and un changed.- 023 d - PRODUCE MARKETS. Cricaco, August 95, —Wheat — and lower: cash and August, S0%c; S ber, S0i¢; October, S9lgce, Corn—Lower: casl, August, and October, 44%;c. Oats—Steady; cash and August, September, 247,¢; October, 2415w e, Rye Barley -Nothing doing. Flax—$1.30 asked_for cash on track. Prime Timothy—81.80, Whisky—81.20, Higher: cash, August and Septem- 1 October, $14 .nrd Hicher: cash cited ptem- September e S0¢. August and Septem- ield at $5.00@5.15; £3.65( Salt Meats Shoulders, $7.40 } sh?vl clear, $.80@9.00; short ribs, #8.35@ 8.8714, Butter—Inactive except for fine woods; creamery, 141, @19'gc; dairy, 13} @lic, Lhcu 3 et: full crcam cheddars young Americas, S}, @S ims, 51t irm} fresh, Mig@1se. “irmer and prices have advanced vy n salted, 6cig; light green salted bull c; green @7e: dey flint, h@Se; dry branded hides 15 per ce (@20 e dry salted, 10@ Firm: No.' I, solid packed, 4 L and cake, 33{@4c per lu, Recemnts. Shipments. 3, e Hidos— ey hy ralted calf, 6! calf, Tw@se Flour. bbls. Wheat bu. Corn, bu Oats, bu... Rye, bu, Barley, bi : ew York, August 25,—Wheat—Receipts, 5,600; exports, 45,0005 spot unsettled and quict, closing weak’; No. 2 red, #93/¢ in ele- vator, #1000 1,013 afloat, $1.01¢21.024 f.0.b. 5 ungraded red, SS1;@S103%¢; options were v cables, but advanc 1e on No. 2 red, Septem- Corn—Receipts, 194,000; exports, 9,000; spot, weak and dwil: No. '2, 533 @dde in' el vator; options J(@1jgc lower, n sympathy with wheat and good crop reports, but rai lied lc@lgc, closing steady; No. 2 September closing at 54t Oats—Iteceipts, 121,000; exports, 230 easier and slow; mixed western, : white wostern, 85(@45c Coffee—Options steady; sales, 35,000 bags ; August, $11.05@11.20; September, £10.90@ 11.00: October, £10.2010.40; spot Kio, steady but dull; fair cargoes, $14.25. Petroleum—Quiet: United closed at 803 Igrgs—Firm and in fair demand at western, 151 Pork—Quiet 14.25 for old; £1 Card—Si quoted Butter—Strong others; western creamery, 141, @20! Easy and quiet August Augusty ud steady 0Nl y und quiet; w for choice, _steady dairy, 12 150 for western western, T@7c. —Stendy 94iges September, Corn—Lower: cash, 40,@10%c; August, 1ge; August, 243c; Whisky—sL.14. Butter—Firm; 14w ite. Milwauk cash, 837, creamery, 18620c; dairy, b 1 nominal. ¥ pork, Auust 61 cars . 1 hard, cash \)1 Inh\'l. o1 1510n8 — St Minncapolis, local receipts W q 1 north- October, Septem- ber, £5 Cinc demand; No. d, Corn— Al Wn-.l D0 0. .mwil No. 2 mixed, 2 —Wheat—In good Whisky Kansas August, N cnst bid; No. fllul casli, no bids or no bids or Chicago, / nal reports is follows Cattle— R s, 2,300, s and western cattle; lly steady; choi (@025 cominoa o ood, and fee cows, buils mixe cattle firm; ste £2.4000 0w 0. Hogs—Roc slow and heav, including marke 1,500 western _shorn, '1 Texans, shorn, 33 03, 75; lambs, 34,00 Kansas City. ceipts, 2,000 Augast 25, —Cattle—Re- shipments, blank; market strong and active for good dressed beef and shippors! sieers and il higher: grass 1 i cows, 10@1be higher; good 0 choic @h.1 25 mon to medium, ¥ teeding stecrs, $1. \.-;m 3.60; grass range steers, 1.25( ipts, 2,000; shipments ket strong and b¢ higher; good hoice, £.20@0.30; common tomedium, §5.25@6,10; nd pigs, $4.0005.00. National Sto Yards. East St Louis, August 25 —Cattie—Receipts, noy shipments, none: market strong; choice heavy bati E rs, $5.00@)H.75: 1 good, heavy ative steers, $4.40( butchers’ steers, medium to choice, 4.50; stockers anda feeders, fair to good, $2.30@3.60: rangers, corn-fed, £3.50@4.50; grassfed, $2.2 Hogs. She Had a Reserve Fund. Albany Argus: One of the numerous y visitors to the capitol lost her pocketbook the other duy in one of the corridors. 1t was picked up by an honest New York man, and he opened it, before witnesses, to find, if possible, an address or some sort of identification to the owner. There were five com- partments to the book, and in one com- partment he found a fifty-cent piece, in another a quarter, in another a night- key, in another a sample of a dress pattern, and in the fifth a one-dollar Llll. There was no evidence as 0 who it belonged to, but about five minutes later a lady rushed down the corridor in such mad haste that passers by ;lrmugm a hydrophbic canine was alter er. ‘‘Have you seen a pocketbook lying around here?” she exclaimed, with deep anguish, as if she had lost a hus- band and a million dollars besides. The gentleman who had picked it up handed it to her. Then she opened it carefully, keeping a sharp eye on the untlcmun lest he might escape before she had ex- amined the book to see if the contents were all there. Satistied that every- thing was all rifiht. she said: *“Thanks, but sir,”" she added, ‘“‘that is nnt all the money I have xot.." as she tapped the upper part of her person significantly, WEEKLY BUSINESS REVIEW. An Increased Demand For Money At Current Rates. PREPARING FOR FALL BUSINESS. New York and Foreign Exchange Rule Weaker—A Dull Week in Stocks —Iucreased Trading in the Produce Market. The Money Market. Cnicaao, August 25, —[Special Telogram to Tne Bee.|—The chief changes in the mone tary situation during the week have been the increased demand by parties who are prepar. g for enlarged fall business and require funds with which to carry their plans into execution, and an enlarged use for money with which to handle winter wheat that is now arriving freely at points to which Chi- cago furpishes liberal advances when wheat begins to accumulate in their elevators, But as yet calls for the purposes named have not seriously reduced the loanable balances of banks, and while there is possibly a firmer fecling as regards rates, no changes can bo srded in the figures paid for accommoda tions. Choice names and collaterals readily obtain money at 5abl per cent, where large amounts are wanted, and prime to just fair paper passes at 6(@s per cent, G1g007 per cent being the customary figures tor good business signatures. There scems to be an opinion that an unusually large amount of money will soon be required in the interior to assist the movement of crops. Such conclusions are not justitied by actual conditions, i e, the wheat crop, which usually absorbs the largest percentage of moncy employed in the interior during the closing weeks of the summer and autumn months, is apparently much below an aver age, hence less funds will be required for that purpose than usual. The corn crop will, not under any condition, move with any de- gree of freedom during the next three months, Nor is there anything in the busi ness outlook to justify the conclusion that the absorption of wmoney in other business channels will be about the customary autumn averace, With these facts in sight there seems to be no reason for supposing that money will not be easily obtained at reasonable rates by those who have good paper colluterals to offer for 1t. The "increasiug movement of wheat has compelled bankers in the west, southwest and southeast to draw down their eastern balances for the purpose of using their money at_home, hence the supply of exchange on New York offered from such !oll(‘rs has been sufficiently large to reduce 1scount to 80 cents per §1,000 between b‘mk« Theso fizures render it as advantage- ous to bring funds from the cast by express us to sell bills, and liberal amounts of money have been brought here from New York the current week, Foreign exchange was weaker during the greater part of the week, owing to large offerings of bills, induced by free purchases of raiiroad stocks and land by foreigners. Rates on documentary bills were $4.82@ 4.52 The New York stock market has been de- void of onal features the past weck, and taking it as a whole, was narrower trading was on_a somewhat ing The public, which is always so essential to o likely market, do not take hold with the freedom that cammission men would like to see but, nevertheless, there is a fair number of outsiders in_the market considering the unsettled conditions that are at present gov- erning it. The future course of prices depends upoa crops. If they are good the roads will have plenty of business, Should they turn out more disappointing than at present,there will be many dissatistied speoulators, s they have placed their hopes of higher good crops. London operated on scale on both sides of the market, and one house, having extensive foreign conncetions, called in 10,000 shares of St. Paul from the street to ship to London. Professional spec- ulators, who have run the market for some time past, were moro incline: 0 slow and let the market take its own ngors, especially St Paul, attr ble attention. A large intorest existed in the latter, at one tite it being es- timated at 75,000 shaves, and the price was bid up to force them to , and agood many were driven in, . ern Pacific, the O ous and the € came in for a good degree of attention and prices were marked up. The earnings of the principai roads for the second weck in August that have thus far been reported showing, but the gains for the most part were small. The azgregate sales on the New York Stock exchange for the 5 re 951,500 shares. trading during ¢ was of larger volume cular) in wheat, which advanced sharply, attracted the most tention and drew {rading from other articles, and although at times there appeared to be little animation, there was suflicient at others to more than offset the quict period. The outside public have more confidence in wheat than in any other sal and are more disposed to buy it conservatively Foreign- ers, also, have traded.more freely in this market than for some time past, But they have learned to make quick turns, and by so doing secured good ]vrumn The receipts at all the leading points increasing shightly, but the quality shows but little improveuwient. Export orders were more numerous ard the outward movement shows an increase. Crop udvices are rather conflicting, but from the numerous reports from the northwest, telling about the severe damage being done, there is undoubtedly some truth in the statement reported, and the Indications are that the quality has deter- iorated considerab! Reports from abroad are rather worse the outlook is more vorable for higher prices for wheat than a orso ago. The quality of new oats coming in remains unsatisfactory, the per- centage of contract grades being very low. more contident fecling was noted in pro- isions and prices ranged higher, The ar- rivals of hogs coutinue small, and best grades readily commanded higher prices. The news from the south regarding yellow fever was not at all alarming and the 'shorts” became nervous and covered quite freely, Outside orders were also more liberal, and better speculative business transpired. Shippers took hold of meats and lard with inereased liberality and the outward movement shows a good increase over the preceding week and the stock of all the principal cuts of meats were reduced. A heavy reduction was also wade in lard. tiberal s Rivers and Valleys. Scribner’s Magazin: The valleys of most rivers are forest-clad. While these forests have the gigantic growth char- acteristic of fertile distriets in the tropies and the temperate Louus or take the shape of stunted woods, such tend far toward the poles, they in ull cases form beneath their hrumin.i and and_above the soil, a thick, spongy conting, which forms o = natural reservoir for the rain waters. In most, regions, this forest sponge has u depth of more than a foot; it not infrequently attains a thickness of twofeet or more. It can commonly take into its interstices a rainfall of three or four inches in depth, or from one-sixth to one-tenth the ordinary annual sup- ply. This water is slowly yielded to tho brooks; it often requires ‘weeks for asingle torrential rain entirely to es- cape into the open channels which bear it to the sea. Moreover, the fall trunks and branches of the trees clog the forest shaded rivulets, making little pools, which serve still further to re- strain the oul"uing of the waters. Our beavers, at ono time the most widely d\nl ibuted of our lar ge animals, at making avail of the natural ponds (uumd by fallen timber, learned in time to econstruct more artificial dums so as to retain extensive basins of water, Thus, in the natural condition of the North American rivers, as well as those of most other countries before man be- gan to clear away the forests, the woods constituted a great system of reservoirs, in which the rains were retained into the period of intervening drouths. DIAMONDS Watches and nlam Found in Tea and Coffee---A Novel Way of In- troducing Coods. The names of all persons finding dia- monds, watches, ete., are added to this list daily. The Overland Tea company of San Francisco,have refitted the store, 220 S. 14th St., near Farnam, Omaha. and in order to introduce their goods, this company put for 60 days, souvenirs in every can of toaand coffes sold such as solid gold, silver and nickel watenes, also genuine diamonds, in solid gold setting: also money nml many other articles of less valu can con- tains a souvenir. The can and contents weigh about three pounds; tho tea, can and contonts about one and o half pounds. This expensive und novel way of advertising will be discontinued after 60 days, and these really choice goods will be sold strictly on their mer- its but without the souvenir. Of course every purchaser must not expect to get adiamond or watch. This company claim that they have just as good a right o give away watches. Hamonds or other jewolry and money astheir com- petitors have to_give away glassware, chromos, ete. Get up a club. Those who get upa club order most always get a handsome present. Orders by muil promptly forwarded to all parts u{ the Daited Statos on recoipt of cash or post- office order. Terms: Single can $1; six for #; thirteen for $10, and twenty-sev- en fol . Address Overland Tea Co., Omaha, Nebraska. Mr. C. R. Robbins, Columbus, Neb., mail order, silver cup; Mrs. E. O. Brunswick, S. 80th st., silver butter dish: Dr. R. Trobridge, 16th st., dia- mond ring in can tea; Miss Birdie Wel- lington, Davenport st Iver sugar bowl; Mrs. A, M. ', Minmi st silve ve bottlo castol A. R. Whitloe Omaha, Neb. pickle stand; Miss Carrio Jones, Seward. st., silver cake stand; James H. Ward, Co- lumbus, Neb.. superintendent archt., dinmond ring in can of tea: Mrs. A. R. Hannah, N. 18th st., silver pickle stand Miss Julin A. Morrms, Davenport st., silver butter dish; Mrs. M. C. Johnson, 17th st., silver sugar bowl: John S. Howard, S. 23d st., gent’s hunting case gold watch; Miss Ida Robbing, N. 40th st., silver pickle stand; Mrs. O. A. Berdan, Des Moines, Ia., mail order, 27 cans of tea for $20.00, 850.€0 in gold coin in can of teay Mr. Wm. B. Cook, Capitol avenuo, silver pickle stand; Christine Nelson, 8. 20th s reet, dinmond ring; Frank Arken, Missouri Valley Junction, dinmond, ring and sil- ver A-bottle castor in tea; M. . Dennis, Parke street, silver pickle stand; Miss Sadie Gasline, N. 20th street, silver sugar bowl; Mr. Walker A. Ierby, Council Bluffs, Ia., silver 5-bottle cus~ tor in tea: John Kealing, Miller street, dinmond ring in tea; C. W. Wright, 16th st t and Harney, silver butter (li~h; Mr. Jos. K. "hompson, 8. d street, silver pickle stand; Miss Lillio Wachter, Saunders st., ele- gunt gold ring. dinmond ruby, sapphire setting, in tea; Mr. D, K. Kelly, S. 14th st., silver sugar bowl; Mrs. A." L. Kin- ney, N. I5th st., silver cake stand; Mrs. E. B. Winn 13th st., diamond ring in tea; Mres. Joe Craig, S. 21st st., silver butter dishy Mrs. Julia Wykoff, 30th st., can money in tea; Mr. C. H. Atwell, N, 2d st., silver pickle stand; Mvs. D. W. Noftzger, Dodge 1 buttor dish; D. W. Lenry, Pierce st., diamond ring in can of tea; Mrs. M. Meclntyre, fair grounds, silver butter dish; Mis8 Lulu .. diamond ring in can 1 Al Barber, 18th st., gonts solitaire diamond stud in can tea; Mise Lou Fairchild, Cuming st., silver cake . . 1. Whitmore, silver pickle Jennie Roland, N. 19th st., lve 2 Mr. A. W. Brandt, Chicage st., silver butter dish; Mr. W. H. Van- derpool, S, 33d st., ladies’ hunting case gold watch in ean tea; Mrs. Alexander Dixon, N. 13th st., silver pickle stan Mrs. John A. 5, 22d st., ladi chatelaine watch h Albert Young, 18th st., silver butter dish; Mist Carrie Swan, Leavenworth st., silver sugar bowl. Mrs. J. Cline, N. 18th street, ladies’ hunting ease gold watch in tea; Mrs. J, M. Fiske, Cass street, silver sugar bowl; Mr Wm, A. Murphy, Jones street, silver pickle stand; Miss Lizzie Conner, S. 12th street, dmmnnd ring in can tea; A. R, \V)llu\nh, ith ‘street, silver pickle stand; Mrs. A. 1. Brown, S. 9th street, silver five-bottle castor; Misy Carrie Gassow: Cuming strect, silver cup; Mrs, C. M. MeMuken, Howard, Neb., mail, $50 in gold coin in tea; A. R. Howell, Capitol avenue, gent's dias mond stud in te Miss Min. nie Russell, Park avenue, silver pickle stand; Mrs, J. B, Parsons, Council Bluffs, 1 ladi wold hunting case wateh in tea Miss Allie Young, North 20th s silver sugar bowl: Mrs. T. A. Wllket. 141h st., silver pickle stand; Miss Inea Burnett, Howard ladies’ chatelain watch in tea; Mr. F. B, Lawrence, 23d st., silvercupy F. Chapin, Davenport st., can money in tea; Miss Grace C, Luuey, Ohio st., silver sugar bowl; Mrs. Chas. Rouse, 17th st., silver pickla stand; Mrs. G. W. Boyer, South 28th st., silver cup; Mrs. F. H. Buck, South 19th st.,silver fruitstand; Mrs, Henry Jacobs, Leavenvorth 8b.y diamond col- lar button; Miss Kate Berry, Dow City Ia., mail order, ladies’ chatelaine wateh in tea; Mrs. M. 1. Wilson, Harney st., silver five bottle eastor; Mr, C. "A. Kingsley, South Omal Neb,, gent's solitaire diamond stud in tea; Miss Mary Gorden, Sher- man ave., elegant cluster diamond ring in can tea; Mr. A. L. Fre man, Sauns ders st., silver sugar bowl; Mr. Harr, Tagger, with Gibson, Miller & Richard- son, diamond riog in tea; Miss Ma; Lewis, Burt st., silver picile stand; Mr. G. A. Whiting, Saunders st., 810 in gold coin in tea; Mrs. John (:u'.hnr(l Sarpy house, Papillion, Neb. nilvor pickle stand in tea; Miss Matilda Smith, Shceley, Neb,, diamond ring in tea; Miss Minnie Reynolds, Capitol ave., silver pickle stand; Mrs, Edward Reed, No. 17th st., mlvor sugan bowl; Mr rt Brigham, 40th st., eles gant ladies’ searf pin, fine diamond sets Will Lewis, Thirty-eighth sugar bowl; Mrs, ohn Kotcham, Duvenport st., silver fruit stand; Miss May Whitney, Chicago st., silver pickle stand; M Charles A, ek s I\umh 20th st., silver sugar vt Johnsou, South 1 th v five-hottle castor; Mrs. M. ard st., silver cup; Mrs, J, C :1l, South Omaha, diamond ring m tea: Miss Lillie Barnes, Davenport , silver sugar bowl. N(hs Maud Buchanan, North Eigh- teenth street, silver fruit stand; Mrs, L. A. Wheeler, South Twenty-fifth street, silver sugar bowl; Mr. W. Wy- ant, traveling sal sman, "dimmond uulllr button in can tea; Miss Mamie Taylor, South Omaha, silver five-bottle eastor; Mrs. Robert Burnes, North Eleventh stroet, silver sugar bowl; Mr. William Galyers, Albion, Nob., mail order, din- mond ring and $10 in gold coin in tea; Mrs. B, B. Daniels, Davenport street, silver pickle stand; Mrs, illiam A Phil“[li, Howard street, silver sugar bowl; . C. Denniston, Cass street, dia- mond stud in can tew; Miss Susie m'.lcouncu Bluifs, Ia.; silver sugas W