Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 2, 1890, Page 15

\ & THE OMAHA DAILY BE ~HE CONDITION OF TRADE, No Appreciable Change Noted in the Local Money Market. AN INCREASE Bankers leport Abont the Usual De- mand for Funds General Trade Not 80 Good as was Anticipted. Loanable The Local Commercial Situatior Mr. Hughes reports the clearings of bunks of Omaba for the week #3,071,400.65, an increase of 1145 per cent over the sume period in 1880, Thero is no appreciable change in the local money mar. ket. Bankers suy there 1s a steady aemand, meither greater nor less than is usual at this season, for loanable funds. Rates aro steady to customers with prime paper at 8 per cent and good two name outside bills are taken at 10 per cont. Thoro 18 a fair demand from country bankers who are carrying farmers desiring to hold their sur- plus crops with u view to obtaining possible higher orices, and there is an increasing call trom city jobbers who about now are wont to discount their spring purchases. ‘The opinion that money may bo closer through out the country during the next thirty days grows stronger und it is freely predicted in financial circies that a +higher money market isa certainty in the near future,but none t think that a stringency suficie contract business can possibly obtain. Generally speaking trade has not been so @ood the past week as was anticipated by Jobbers who predicted their expectations upon results apparent at the advent of the cold and unlooked for weather of the past ‘week. Spring trade in most lines had opened fuiry well and satisfaction was be- ainning to be felt with the ouvlook for tha season’s trade when the storm came and checked the volume of business which was rowing to a comfortablo rotundity. No @reat harm has been dono 1if we may kave pleasant weather from now on, but a cold, backward spring would dis- gruntle business men very much aund lead them to think that their just deserts were withheld by the fates., (irocers find little fault, but clothing, dry goods and boot and shoe Gealers do not want another quiet year and think 1t time to ask for seasonable wouther in Nebraska. City trade bas been stimulated somewhat by the preparations necessary with the feminine portion of the comwmunity to fit them for their appearance during the short sassion of grand apera as annonnced, and ailers sny the week's trado has been satisfactory and that collections are fairly easy. Wailures in the country have becn few in number and smallin amount, and four weeks more will tide over the dingerous period during which the weak brethren are prone to lie down. : Prices aro steady for most staples, and changes in quotations are not numerous—in groceries, coffees and sugars about the sume as last week with a firm market. Cotton goods are steady and the tone of the market is strong. Woclens are quiet and weakness is manifested by holders. Flaxseed is firm and nominully higher. In the local produce jmarket receipts of choice butter are light Javd quotations are fairly maivtained, but 8o much poor stuff is shipped that the markef coutinues depressed, as a whole, Eges are in ample supply and prices are sometimes a shade below quotations to make sales. Circulars have recently been sent through the west to dealers in anthracite coal inquir. iug about stocks and probable demand. Magy responses are to the effect that “We have none on hand and want none with corn at 12%e per buushel.” This is supposed to mean that coru is being extonsively used Tor fuel. It is estimated by the Price Current that that the packing of the west for the season cnding with this month will foot up about 6,600,000 hogs, being an _increase of 1,150,000 over the total fora year previously. current week, however, is- reported o give an aggregate of some 30,000 less than the corresponding time last year. The flour market, if anything, shows a rather better form, but there is no improve- ment that can be reduced to actual figures, it is an affair of gmood. Sellers are taking amore cheerful view, and business is at steady prices for all kinds of state and western flour, ‘The feeling is that prices have about touched bottous, ‘The New York shipping Lst and Price Current suys of raw sugar: A strong un- dertone has provailed, as indtcated by tho higher views of scllers, and the available offers on the spot as well as afloat have been held at an advaace upon our last quotations, but buyers have shown scarcely any dispo sition to replenish their stocks, making low bids and aisplaying the usual indifference when they are out of the market and are endeavoring to neutralize the effect of a buoyant feching. Ihe strength of the position is due to the small offerings that aro available both here and in producing markets, together with the gen- oral backwardoess of caue crops and holders bhave been trying hard o estabiish an advance, but so far have been prevented by unwillingness 10 refiners to enter the market, and of Brazil coffee there has boen the — further adyance in pricos, the upward move. A s & ment being based “upon the sume infilucnces that have prevailed now for saveral weeks, and the trading in invoices has been fairly active, about 13,000 bugs having changed hanas since our last issue. There has been a good distributive demand, which, in con- nection . with the opportunities for turning over stocks at a profit, has imparted a much more cheerful feol. ing and encouraged dealers to operate more freely, The business transacted has consisted chiefly of resaies of parcels in all positions upon which hoiders have beeo en- abled to see and realize a profit, but the situ- ation has not developed uny new feature eitber here on in Brazil. The visible supply both here and there continues small; mild grades ure coming forward slowly from the most important sources of supply, and theso two factors iupart a very firm feeling to holaers, especially as_desirable grades aro getting scarcer, but there is confidence re- specting the future, as dealers recognize that prices are abnormally high, that the di tributive movement is likely to slacken, and that receipts in Rio and Santos are held back on uccount of rains that interfere with transportation, i OMARA LIVE STOCH. Catrle, SATURDAY, March 1, 1800, Receipts of cattle estimated at 1,400 com- pared with 2,603 yesterday. Among the Teceipts were quite n number of bunches of ®ood steers, more bunches of fine stock than are often received in ono day. Half a dozen sales were made at or above the # ark. The bulk of the steers sold at $3.50@.90. The steer marketopened rather slow, with prices uuchanged. Soon after the opening the changing became active at steady prices, not u fow sales being reported at strong figures. Everything changed hands by the miaale of the afternoon. Cows contin- ueactive and strong,all of *he receipts being sold early io the day at prices hard with yesterday's best sales and in many cases sules were reported at a shade's advance. The bulk of the eows changed hauds at 2. (@2,85, with a few sales at or about the $3.00 line, Feeders ard stockers are being picked up us fast us received at strong prices, most of tham changing bands g §2 8@ i ch. ones selling us bigh as $1.85, Bulls ure Luive and frm. ‘The receipts for the week were 9,603, compared with 11,474 for tha prior weck, showing o fallin;; off of 1,822, The receipts for the mooth of February were 41497, compared with 48,985 received during January, @ falling off of 2545, Hogw. Receipts of hogs estimated at 1,800, com- pared with 2,45 yesterday. Nearly every- lhln{qpoumle was sorted today, the lighis aud butchers' weights selling 5 cents higher at 83.75@4.80, vl!i‘l’ls hoavy vlal-lhh l%d packers’ hogs sold steady uv #3.66@0.70, steady at yesterday's yrices. Nearly every- thing chanzed hands at §.70@3.80. Every- thing passed into second Lands early. On ae- count of the comparatively large receipts of H 4 g Lhe average receints will show au vance frow a shade to 0. I'he reveipts of hoga durizg be week has been 11,704 com- pared with 15,460 the prior week, showing a IN CLEARINGE, | a8 footing | deckine in receipts for the waesk of The receipts for February wars 63,104, com pared with 9,509 in January or a falling off in receipts of Sheep. Receiots are estimatod at 1,250, compared with 105 yesterday. There was a doublo ck of westorn ewos that were only fair, hreo double decks of choice lambs and three double decks of choice wethers, Th Intter averaged 107 pounds and sold at £5.05 The market 1s firm and the demand good. Prevailin z Pri The followine is a table of pricos pmd in this market for the grales of stock men- tioned: @ steers, 1300 to 1600 M d stoors, 1250 to 143) the od steers, 1050 to 1350 s Common 1000 to 1150 1h st Common canners Ordinary to fair (@3 00 'air to good cows.. ., @245 0 3, ‘ (@3, @4.50 @415 (@3.90 (@3.40 (@2.00 ir to good bulls Choice to fancy bulls. . Light stockers and feeders..,, Feeders, 950 to 1100 1 ir to choice heavy hog: Fair to choic Highest and Low Today, Highest Lowest. . £3.90 5.65 Highest .. Lowast K Ate OMicial Yeaterday, Cattle, 82 Hogs, Sheep, 1 car. st Estimated Today. Cattle, 70 cars, . 1,400 Hogs, Sheep, ol Stock. Showing the number of cattle, hogs and sheep bought by the puckers and leading bugers on to-day’s market: Buyers, Swift & Co r George H. H 0 The Armour-Cudahy Packing company. Les Rothschild Benton & Underwood. Nels Morris, . . R. Becker.. Rogs. Showing the number of hogs bought the leading buyers on todav's marke! Armour.Cudahy Packing company Omaha Packing company .. Swift &Co. ....... George H. i Sheep. Showing the number of shovp bought on today’s market and the purchase Swift & Co. During the Week. Showing tho number of cattle, hogs and shieep bought by the packers and leading buyers for tna week ending Saturday, March 1. OATTLE. Buyers— George H. Hammond & Co. .. .0, 11 The Armour-Cuduhy Packing company Omaha Packing company. ... Shippers and feeders. .. noas, The Armour-Cudahy Packing company. Omaha Packing company ... Swift & Co George . Hammon smn SWIE & €0, . .. ot ) George H. Hammond Packing compan Armour-Cudahy Packing company .. N 2.4 2,006 53 Monthly Receipts of Stock. January Pebruary Cattle Hogs Sheep, ), 101 cars. Horses, +cars, s, 4 cars. A age Coit ot Hozs. Tue following table gives the ave of hogs on the dates meational, inciuding tho cost today, as based upon sales roported Date. Price. . Dase. ¥ob. 1 Fep, 3 Feb. 4 ¥eb, 5 Feb. 6 . Fen. 7 Feb, 8 Feb. 10 Feb. 11. Feb; 12., Fob, 13 Feb, 14 March [ The following table shows the range of prices paid for hogs: Light and medium hogs, ... .83 70 Good to choice mixed hogs. .. 3 70 Good to choice heavy hogs... 3 65 Ranze of Prices—shesp, The following table shows the range of prices paid for sbee Primo fat sheep Good fat sheep.. .. iy Common to medium sheep. Lambs..... @3 8y @3 75 @3 7> Comparativ The following tables show tha rings in prices on hogs during this and last waoi: Days. 1an wesk. Monday.. Tuesday . Wednesday Thursday. Friday Suturday Average eri Showing the average prics paid f5F loads ofhogs on the days indicatel in 1337, 1333 and 1500 Day. | Feb, [Fab, 1980,] Fob. %8, 04 | B 40 2 08 366" 45 | Sunday, 3 71§ 3 511 Sunda 517 b 880, [Mar. 198, | Mar. 1887, EX b 42 ntALIve Sales. STEERS, wemeenEesns ZEBLELEEHEEELE gggge 2o Fror wesne SEEx- o R BEEEEEZIEHLLY 2?882528@3335“?#?8588 TS 115 15 1S 1012 42 45 B D IDAC WAL T WIS 25 srrorn b momememaSEace 22EHSE e BoEcse = & £ © £ E E 3% 815 CANNERS, 178 860 HEIPERS. 0. STOCKERS 215 woos, BEIRE OO0 S | western cornfed Monthly Statement, The following revort, furnished by Secre- tary Sharp of the stock yards, gives the r ceipts and shipments complete, also the num- ber of head sol1 to packers on this market for the month of February RECEIPTS, RAILROADS, i 54| 60,191| 15,009 DISP RAILROADS. Grand total Market Mentios Bolgrade was represented by N. P, Beer- bower and G. Hilgerson, both of whom marketed cattle. R. . Roberts, an overyday patron of this market added a car of hogs to the receipts, They were shipped from Arlington. Governor Thayer had appointed J. B. Erion of the Live Stock Shippers’ Manual as a representative from Nebraska to the inter- state cattlemen’s convention to be held in Fort Wor’h, ‘Tex., on Marsh 11, - Colonel E. D. Savage of this city will also attead the convention as a delegate of tho Nationa! exchange. H. Schinstocl, a regular shipper, camo m with a car of cattle from Bremer, J. P. Morden, a_prominent Tekamah ship- per, marketed two curs of cattle. J. W. Wilbura of Greenwood, a prominent cattle dealer, camo 1n with catle, G. M. Winters, a_regular wesiern Towa shipper, marketed catwtle from Yorkshire, Braashaw was ropresented by Miller & Co. with two cars and White & C. with one car of cattle. J. 8. Forayce, the Central City sheep man, sout in one double-deck load of prime'sheap. J. R. Rush brought m 2 car of cattle from Central City. L. P. Southworth, the woll known shoep reeder and shipper, brought in six doublo londs of sheep from Sheldon. J. P. Morden of Tekamah came. in with two cara of cattle. This makes threa trips for Mr. Morden, in 0s many days, and & total of eight loads of catule for the weelk. F. L. Andrews brought in a load of cattle from Ashland. Goodwin & Dudley, regular shippers from the prohibition side of tho river, ware at the yards with a car of cattlo. B. D. Gould, banker and stockman of Fullerton, was at the yards oa business. G. C. Mabon came 1n from Ewing with two loads of cattle. Mr. Mabon is one of Nebraskw's ropresentative farmers and feeders, and does a heavy stock business at Detroit. J. Brownlow of Ewing was on the market with one carof cattle. “The regular monthly meeting of the Live Stock exchange and the board of cirectors will be held Monday, March 3, at 3 o'clock p. w, All members should be prosent, as busi- ness of importance will come before the meeting, Of the 41,437 cattle received there wero 24,300 slaughtered in South Omaha,of which number Swift & Co. used 11,202; Hammond, 0,571; Armour, 4.833; and the Omaha pack- ing _company '405. ' Shippers and feeders purchasea 21,005, making the total number weighed here 44,471 The receipts for Feb- ruary, 1800, wero 26,921 and the number used in South Omaba 17,376, There wera recoived during February 0,104 hogs, of which number the Armour- Cudahy company purchased 2 packing company, 14,504; Swift & 814, and George H. Hammond & Co., a total of 64,751 used in Sonth Omaba, The receipts in February, 1880, were 82,053, and the numper slaughterad hore 80,315, SINGULARITIES, There is & dog In Brunswick, Me., who visits the corridor of the postofiice daily to warm his feet ut the radiavor. In o desperate eacounter between a large bula eagle and two dogs at Derwood, Md., for the possession of a piece of fresh beef. the bird cameoff vietorious, “Aoatin Santa Cruz, Cal., hias bocomd™ 8o expert in climbiog up the door and raising the latch to get in that the carrying of a vie rat does not now uterfere with her perform} ing the feat. - In Piedmont, while a peasant was lately engaged dlfzmx the soil, he discovered a deep hole in which were' found buried an immense collection of copper ‘aud bronze ¢oins of the Roman republic and empire. There is a lady liviog on the cast side of the river, says an Augusta, Me., papor, who is in her seventies and is cutting & new set of teeth. Several months ago the gums hecame painful, and in o short time the new teeth began o appear, Mr. William High of Hoopestoon, Ili,, is the owner of a hog with tive perfecy fuet, all of which it uses io walking. Sull, this re- markable hog can never expeet toshine in porcine society, one of the iuflexiblo pules of Which is that none of its members shall put wore than four feet in tho trough, - - A deer was captured alive in Monsos, Me., recently. He was first seen crossiug the narrows of Lake Hebrou within tiity rods of thegbotel, walking slowly, aud secmed to be studying the plan of the village until & tem drove onto the pond, whon he suddenly changed lis inteations and started up we poud, making his way directiy into Eben Vray's yard, where be was captured. According to a Florida paper a remarkaole geological aiscovery has been made there. Fhe Gaines Advocate say: CAs I M. Oliver, w compauy with a lot of friends, was chusing a fox through his fields near Payue's prairie Saturday night last, bis horse ran iato o sink, aod iu getting she ao- mal out 04 Saturday morning stiention was dirocted 10 the numerous vurious vetrologieal formations on the side of the sink, Further examination on Monday disclosed imwense beas of the petritied boaes of the new extinet dj notherium gigbeum, icibyosaurus, glylo dou, pulcotnerium, mastodon, Kiganteus, me- wutherium, culvieri, plesiosaurus and ptero- dactyl. ‘Ihis is probably the richest fad 1o tee world, sod altogethier uceidental,” [ DN SUNDAY(/MARCH THE SPECULATAYE MARKCTS, | Whoat Naturally Sttonger But Has to Meot Bea: position, L CORN RULES LY ACTIVE, Oats Qaiet and a Shade Low:r for Other Futures Than May - Pro- vision TeadingOnly Mod- erate—Q ations, CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKETS. Cricaco, March 1.—(Special Tologram to Tnr Bee.]—The wheat market was nato- rally strong today, but had to force by the opposition of the bears, The market oponed higher, with May at 78¥c, and onca touched cand off to 78% . Then there was o gathering of bull strength without any great individual buying, and beforo aoon the prics advanced to 787¢c, %40 over tho olose last night and a fraction over the top price yes terday. There was some bull nows afloat. The cold weather was a bull influence. Ten- nessee, [Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Indinna and other states showed a temperature 10 to 20 degrees bolow freezing and the cold ex- tended far into the south, At Cairo, IlL, it wis but 11 above zero and 1f the reports about jointed wheat are half trie the crop must suffer damage. The absence of clear- ances from Atlantic ports except 5,000 bushels out of Philadelphia worked against the advance, The northwest bought wheat 1n this market. [rosseuu was a froe buyer. The big selling was by Pardridge, Thero was a_regular contest betwoen Hutchinson and Pardriige for control of the wheat marlkot av the close. Hutchiason bought all he could get from 780 up to i8%c, the closing price, and_practically routed the big bear of the market—Pardridge. The clusing prices_were: March, 7i%c; May, 78%c; June, 85¢c; July, 7e. About 100,000 bushets of cash wheat were reported taken hero to- day at T8c. ‘I'he corn market was fairly active at all times toduy. Armour was a good buyer of corn at times. March sold at 2S1{c and 287 @=Blic; May 07%c and 207(@30c, closing at c; June closed at Suc; July, 80%c: August, 3L%c; September, 3174c. Outs were fuirly active for May, but quiev and a shade lower for other futures, May was traded 10 witk move freedom than other deliveries and prices recoded _9gc under fair selling by a large operator. Ou the break he turned and bought nud’ a rally of ¢ fol- lowed and last sales werc at a shade below the prices of yesterda, Car lots of No. 3 in store were quiet at . 203c. No. 2 white - for May was slow at about 23igc. Lrading was only moderately acuve on the market for hog products, as usuul on the closing day of the week. Generally the sur- roundings of trade were made favorable to the “long" interest. Receipts of hogs were moderate and prices ruled higher. Eastern markets were quiet, with little chunge to note in_pr Receipta. of products were fair and shipmeats quate ‘Liberal. Offerimes on speculative account‘were moderately free and the demand was fair. “‘Shorts” pur- chased a fow lots early'and a few outside orders were provided:for, which caused a slight advance in .prices. Later the demand slackened * || somewhat and prices settled batk slightly, and the market closed 'rather tame. = Deliv- caies on March contracts wero rather light, which lead to impressions that stocks of speculative articles urg: centered in strong hands. ‘The movemeny ifor the week indi- cated a reduction ia supply on hand. Speculative trading cemgérod mainly In con- tracts for May and tdfily. The shipping branch of the trade attacted very little at- tention. Buyers were fayored with a few orders, and there was mo partioular pressure to sell, Prices exhibited very littio-change. CH10AGU LLfE STOCK! CHIcAGO, March 1.—{5pecial Telegram to Trr Ben.]—Catrue—Aifew fair to good cat- tle among the arrivals sold at about as the late sales were made yesterday, which, by the way, on account of the arrival of several trains after I2 o'clock, were a strong 10c lower than the opening sales of the morning, but the general market was about the same as on any other Saturday; that is, if buyers wanted stock they weut out and filled their orders, Otherwise they remained under cover, enjoying the gossip and warmth of the exchange bmmmf. All farr to good butchers’ stock, including export bulls and such, sold at atrong prices. Little or nothing was goingeon in the stocker and feeder line. A large number rewains unsold and prices on medium and common stock may be quoted 10@I5ec lower than at the opening of the week. Choice to extra beeves, £+.50@ 5.00: medium to good steers, 1350 to 1500 Lb £4.00@4 30; 1200 to 135 . $3.50@4.10; 950 to 1200 1ba, $3.00@3 Stockers and feeders, $2.50(@3.60; cows, bulls and mixed, $L50@3.40; bulk, '$2.40@2.80. Texas corn fed steers, 83.0063.50. Hoas—Business was again active, with prices strong to 5o higher on about all classes. Packers paid $3.95@4.00 for the bulk of their purchases aud best_ heavy sold uniformly at $4.00@4.05, oae load at $407!5. Lighugorts were steady at $.00 and singe variety may be-quoted at$+06@+ 10, - FINANCIAL New York, March 1.—|Special Telegram to Tue Ber.|—Srocks—The olose of the stock market was a ploasant surprise for the street, except the protessional bears, De- pression was the order of the day among all who expressed any view last night, With few.exceptions all the active stocks closed higher and on a very fair upturn. Early the market was narrow, guiet and gonerally wealk, though fluctuutions as usual wero ex- tremely small outsige of half a dozen stocks, in which all interest to speculation was con- centrated. First prices were irregular as compared with last night's figures aud chauges are geverally insignificant. In Union Pacific and Louisville & Nashville, bowever, the pressure was not marked, aud the former yielded J§ and the latter 5 per .cemt. Bituminous coal stocks continued o be the weak point in the market and Tenuessee Coal dropped from 58 to 56 and Colorgdo Coal from 43 to 413, but a rally oeccurs@filater in the hour which brought everytllifig back to the neigh- borhood of she opening fizures except Louis- ville & Nashville and P#finessce Coal, Later interest centered in Spgar Refineries, which developed most prono strength, and on @ marked decrease in vily mounted from 61 to 641, reacting sl ly afterward. In the regular list dullness {nd stagnation were the rule, with a slight gpelining tendency, though Tennessee Co lowed Sugar and rose to 50 agaiust 56 in §hb first hour, After the issue of the bank statewent the entire list rallied and befor: close made ma- terial progress, The ains at the close were: Sugar 3% per Teunesses Coal Jersey Ceatral astfifiew Englacd esch 14, Burlington and 7 Paul and Northwel U.5. 48 regular. U’8.48 coupons UL8. #igsragular | UZ N 444y coupons el tis of 'a) Central Paeiles, Chicago& Alton .’ 13 Chicago, lurlingtin & juiney . It D. L& W, .. iliinols Centeai 1. b & W. Ao Dreferred ... 113) x'lia!;llll (.mu-ho . wrrea..... [ iRarysrae - T WSt L &P, 044y aopreforred W | Westera Union. . g MoNe x—Eusy at 3@ per cent. PRIME MEROANTILE PAPER—5 @7 por cent. STRULING Excwavee—Dull but steady; sixty-day bills, $4.503¢; demand, 8454}, Miming Stocks. Ew Yous, Keb. 25 —[Spocial Telegram to Tan Bes,] —Tha sy ing stack guotations: Alics 10 Aspen .70)| Horn Siiver Caledotin, B, iron Stlver Commonweaith .. Mt Diablo Comstor bd, Matuals Comstock. T sep rtn Ballo Tsio Deadwood T, Ontario ool Bureka Con Sterra Nevada L Cristo Small Hoves Gould & Carry Butter Creek Hale & Norcross 13 ar tha Momestake PRODUCHK MAKKEDS, URicAGO. March 1. Wheat—Firmor: March, Corn—Steady ; March Oats —Firmer: March, Rye-Mareh, 45! jc. Barley -Nothing doing. Prime Timothy—$1.161, 17, Flax—8$1.48 bid. Whisky—81.02, Pork—E'irm; March, $0.80; Lard—=Steady: March, $5. Flour—Firm; winter wheat, spring wheat, ' $1.10@4.00: rye, buckwheat, $1.00@1.10 per civi. Provisio toulders, $4.15@4. clear, 5.00@5.05; short ribs, #4.50. 1|lmwrv—swn«l_\"urcmnury, 16 1 e, Cheese—~Firm; full cream cheddars and flats, 01/@0%c; Young Americas, 15@ $10.05. Muy, 8. £2.00(@4, 2. 50(@2. 85} short Murch, for c; dary, Hides—Firmer; salted, 41¢@idic salted calf, 51 hides, 6c and light green saltod bull, 837c; green dry flint, 6@7c; ary saited dry calf, 5@be; deacons, No. 1, solid p N c; cake, 4c. 7,000 16,000 208,000 169,000 Flour Wheat, Coro. Oats. ¢ Bl Now York, March 1.—Wheat—Ro )00; spot stronger; No. 2 r in elovator, S8 (@33 o ufloat, 87 0. b.; options steily, March 867¢c. Corn—Roceipts, 218,600 bushels 8530 1n_elovau closing at 124,500 bushels; exports, 8pot easior: No. 9, HY@ afloat; ungraded ;. exports, 200 bushels; spot stronger: No. 2 white, @304 c; mixed western, 26@30c; white western, 20@ddc; options weak, March clos. ing at 28 Coffee—Options were steady and 5@10 Points up; sales, 32,000 bags; March, 816.70 @16.75; May, $16.6)@16.65; spot Rio firm: fair cargoes, $20.00, Sugar--Irm. Petroleum—United closed for April o, eRs—Firm; western, 154@153c. ,{L)nr\l~su-ud_v but dull; western steam, 6,20, Butter— Elgin, 95c: western dairy, S@llc; creamery, 13@26!5c. Cheese—Firm; western, St. Louis, March 1 cash, 71i¢; May, orn—Higher at @10c. aeat~Higher; casn, Soisc; May, %@ ats—Steady; cash, May, K@ ge ‘ork—Firm at $10.1 Lard—Ftrm at $5 6). Whisky—$1.02. Buiter—Unchavged. Milwaukee, Marc No. 2 spriog, cash, 71@ Corn—Quict; No, B, 31i4c Oats—Quiet; No. 2 white, Rye—Firm; No. 1, 44lgc. Barley—Firmer; No. 2, 4lc. Provisions—Easier; pori, §, SCincinnaw, March 1. —Wheat—Nominal; ed, 523, Oats—Pirm; No. 2 mixed, 24}4c. irm; No. 2 mixed, 82igc. W hisky—81.02. Liverpool, March 1.—Wheat—Firm; de- mand poor; holders _offer sparingly: Califorma No, 1, 73 83@7s 3i5d per centul; red western, 68 3l5d. Coru—Fasy; demand poor; western, 38 73¢d per cental. Minneapotis, March 1. —Wheat—Active; receipts, 137 cars; shipments, 10 cars. Closing: No, 1 hard, March and April, 783{c; May, 7l{c; on_track, 79¢; No. 1 northern, March, 76!5c; May, 7 3{c; on tracic, 7i3¢c; No. 2 northern, March, 74ic; May, 5705 on track, hansas Oicy, March 1.—Wheat—Steady; No. 2 hara, h, 63c; March, nothing doing; No. 2 red, cash and March, 67i5c asked. Corn—Weal; No. 2, cash 2ic bid; March, 2080, Oats—Dull; nothing domg. LIVE STOCK. 201403 1. —Wheat—Quiet; i May new mixed, No, 2 cash 17{e; March, Onicago, March 1.—The Drovers’ Journal reports as follows: Cattle—Receipts, 1,5 shipments, ——; market steady; beeves, $4.50@5.00; steers, $3.00@4.40;stockers and feedors, $2.50@3.60} cows, bulls and mixed, $1.50@3.40; Texas corn-fed steers, $3.00@3 50. Hogs ~Receipts, 13,000: shipments, ——; market strong; mixed, 83.85@4.05; light, $3.05@14.05; heavy, $3.85@4.05; skips, $3.00@ Shoep—Receipts, 1,500; shipmonts, —: market weak: natives, $3.50@5.60; western corn-fed, # 80@b.40: Texaos, $3.05@4.50; lambs, $5.00@6.00, Sioax Cicv, March 1.—Cattle—Receipts, 400; shipments, 515; market dull; canners, c@$l.25; cows, $LUN@LG; stockors, $1.50 @2.25; feedars, $2.25@2.90; veal calves, $2.00 @3.15. ¢ Hogs — Receipts, 1,100; market steady; dull, everyvhing, $3.65@3,75, Kansas City, March 1.—Cattle—Receipts, 2,700; shipments, 900; market strong: steers, $3.20 @4.80; cows, $1.90@2.90; stockers and feeders, #2.50(@3.40. Hogs—Receipis, 8,800; shipments, 800; higher; all grades, $3.70(3 52}¢. National Stock Yardis East St Lous, March 1.—Cattle — Receipts, 1,000; shipments, 600; market strong; fair 10 fancy native steers, $3.20 @4.90; stockers and teeders, $2.20@3.60. Hogs—HKeceipts, 1,600; market stronger; heavy, §3.85.24.95; light, $3.80(a L - Weekly Bank Statement, New York, March 1.—[Special Telegram to Tur Bee.]—The weekly bank statement shows the following changes Reserve, decraase, Loans, decrease. Specie, decrease. Legal tonders, decrease Deposits, aecrease cee 9,118,000 Circulation, increase ........... .. 14.100 ‘The banks now hold $2,360,200 in excess of the 35 per cent rule. The exnorss of specie from the port of New York last week amounted to $751,054, of which $367,072 was gold and $413.982 silver, The imports of specie at the port of New York last week amounted to $77,203, of which 074,047 was gold and $3,246 silver. ———— New York bry Goods Market. NEw Yomik, March 1.—[Special Telegram to Tuk Bee.] —Business in dry goods was of the usual Saturduy character, with the weather still unfavorable, Jobbers were do- ing relatively well and the demand ot first hands continued fair for this period. Goods of the priut cloth grades are less flem, in mpathy with print cloths, which are in- active, and woolens coutinue in light de- mand. Specialties in cotton goods continue in good shape and in sweady requost. s mcn il The Only One. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway is the only line running solid vestibuled, electric lighted and steam heated trains between Chicago, Coun- cil Bluffsand Omaha, The berth reading lamp feature n the Pullman sleeping ears run on these lines is patented and cannot be used by any other railway company. It is the great improvement of the age. Try it and be convinced. Sleeping cars leave the Union Pacific depot, Owaha, at 6 p. m. daily, arriving at Chicago at 9:80 & m, ussengers taking this traiu are not compelled to get out of the cars at Couneil Bluffs and wait for the train to be cleaned. Get fickets and sieeping car berths at Union ticket office, 1501 Farnam st. F. A. Nasni, Gen, Agt. J. E. PrESTON, Pass, Agt, et ‘The Judson Memworial chape! at Mandslay, Burmah, is completed up 0 the roof. A RETROSPECT IN REALTY. The Value of Some Choice Corners Nine Years Old. THE RECORD FOR FEBRUARY. A Big Month fin Realty and Building Clreles—Intoresting Comparative Tables—~Omaha’s Opportunity Notes on ‘Changoe. The Advance in Realty. Nine years ago real estate in Omaha was not as desirable us 1t is now. Property that 18 now held at giltedge prices then went beg- BING At any price. Some old adyertisements of an Omaha real estate firm, taken from an 1ssue of Tite Bek in 1881, will prove of iter est in this connection. There were croakers in those days, as there are now, and will always be, and the same issue of the paper containg a communication from ono of the croakers in which he termed the prices of real estate ‘‘outrageously high," and pre- dicted that “the bottom will soou fall out of the real estate boom,’ Compare the present prices with thoso of 1581 und laugh at these wiseacres who even at that period of tho eity’s growth had out lived their usofulness. of the advertisements “For § A fine lot, near Twenty-fifth, i cash, 3300 on time. ‘Lhat property today s worth $250 per front foov, Here arve some Davenport stre eed’s first addition; ness ot on Douglas street, 1200, no property for §20,000. wlo—At the Barracks, lot 250 feet, frame dwelling and bar-room, $1,400, one-half cash, balance on time. “For Sale—splendid lot, near U. P. depot with small houso, $1,500. Verws easy. “‘For Sale—&'ine residence, Twenty-second and Burt streets, $4,500, *‘Business house und lot, Douglas street, £2,500. 'wo business lots on Douglas street, each. *'Ono and one-half lots or four business Iots, each 29x132 Eleventh and Douglas, 200 for all or will divide. *House and lot in Horbach’s first addition. ‘Sixteenth street, $1,700, on long time. his 18 good property and cheap. “I'hirty choice lota ono to tive years time, No cash payment required if purchaser will build. Prices $150 to $250, only twelve blocks from the court house. “Land in all parts of Douglas county. Prices $6 to $) and $10 per acre, “Eight tracts of five acres each, near Deaf and Dumb Insutute, $25 per acre, or $125 for five acres. No cash required if pur- cnasers wilt bujld ““Half and quarter acre lots, fronting on Eighth, Ninth and Tenth streets, south of residence of Mr. H. Kountze, a gooa lot for $200, As these locations are familiar to every citizen, they can be easily traced on the map and are given as an iudex of the fortunes still to be made in Omaba realty, if the past 10 betaken as any criterion. When lots then valued at $70 per frout, foot on Douclas street are now worth ten times that figure; when balf acre tracts on South Tenth street wers offered for 2200, and lots on west Farnam aud Twenty-Eighth streots were selling at less than each: with Douglas county lands at £ to $10 per acre, who is there that cannot sorrow for the poor fellows who thought property was ‘“outrageously” in- flated, after thoy had sold at the first ad- vance, and then saw it mounting steadily out of. sight. The poor fellows couldn't realize they were witnessing the birth of a great city. THE FEBRUARY KECORD. could not be A Big Business in Realty and Buila- ing lmprovements. ‘The month of Fobruary was a very suc- cessful one for the real estate dealers. Property is in splendid demand and more sales were made than for the same month for the three years past. Some notable sales were made, among the Crounso property, Sixteenth and Capitol avenue, $107,000; the Goos hotel property, Fifteonth and Jackson, $150,000; the Alf D. Jones corner, Sixteenth and Harney, 870,000, and the southeast corner of Seveuteenth and Far- nam, $90,00. The cold snap acted as a check on the transfers for the past week, but this is only temporary und the outlook for the present month is especially promis- ing. Hore 18 the record for the week com- pared with the corresponding period of last year: REAL ESTATE TRANSFE . 1889, 1800 2, $246,306 Thursday Friday The following tablo gives the totais of real estato transfers for the year compared with the corresponding wonths of 1885 ana 1859 1883, 1880, 1890 545 81,276,008 81,283, 152 0. 1,060,936 1,518,407 PERMIT: An equally good showing is made in the building line. The permits for the month more than double the amount for February of last year, and nearly double the amount called for by the January permits. The showing for the week aud the corresponding weels of 1859 is as folluws: Day. Monday ‘Tuesdey.. . Wednesduy. Thursday Friday Saturday’ January February 00824, 130 $7,470 srimits issued for the present year and the corresponding months of 1858 and 1889 are shown by the following table: 1588, 1880, 840100 $52.201 § . 02,575 41,900 1800, 71,640 105,930 January February. n s, ‘The bank clearings for the week were as .8 942,105 08 TN 100 6 549,441 23 632,000 34 Wednesday | Thursday . Friday Saturday. Total.. vvvrs onenereneess . 88,97L405 6 An increase of 118 per cent over the cor: responding week of lust your. The clearances for January and Fobruary and the corresponding months of last year were as follows : 1589 10,216,444 3 480,205 1890, §20,049, 005 16,401,458 Januvary . February Notcs on 'Change. Dr. V. H. Coftman, atready a heavy prop- erty owner, invested $30,000 in Omaha realty yesterday. An Omaba bank has received $45,000 from London whicn will be invested in an Omaba business corner in a fow days. With the entertainment of the New Eng- lana excursionists, the reception of u rail- road delegation from F'airbury, and the visit to Beatrice the memnbers of the real estate exchange have sheir hands full for the cow- lug week. President Hartman attauded a reunion of the veterans of his regiment, the First Ne- braska, at Plattsmouth on Thursday. J. W. Paul of the exchange s spendmy o month in New Orleauns, ‘The exchange committee on the annexa- tion of South Omaha promise an interesting report in & few days. Vice President Upton, who represents the American Building and Loasn association of Minueapolis, w 1o high feather over that company’s recent victory in the fight with State Auditer Kenyon of Mianeapolis. Tne atorney geueral of the state overruled Kea- Yon's churges against the American. Mark Upton says the uew hotel schewe Is ueitber dead unor sleepiog. He says the hotel will bo open for businoss by January.l, 1502, wnd will bo the largest west of Chica His 6 per cont bond scheme is taking woll with logal monayed men. Tho Ihiladelphin Times that “Omaha is & groat cit and tho Chi- cago Tribuno is talking about Omaha for the two national conventions in 1803, has discovered An Entertainment Fund Certain ontorprising mombers of the real estate exchange are at work ona schome for the croation of a fund for the entertain ment of distinguishod paopla who may visit Omaba during the coming year. Thera has never been a time in the history of the city when so much attention has been attracted 0 Omaha as &t presout. Eastern manufacturers are looking for | ontions for branch industries here; eastern capital Is coming in blocks of healthy dimensions wud there 1s hardly a week that there is not a delegation from some eastera city in Omata for somo vurposs or other, A proper entertainment of theso visitors is an excollent advertisement for the oit Tho real estate exchange members are not millionaires and can not afford to go iuta their pockets for thess entertainments, They are entorprising, howover, and are willing to do the work ne sary for such entertainment if a share of the fands are contributed by outsidors, They proposo to sacure subscrintions to u fand of §5,000 or $10,000 for this purpose to be paid as_needod and foel that it will be a big thing for the city if properly carried out. The need of such a fund has been especially felt by the exchange iu the arrangements for the entor- tainment of the New England excarsionists who will arrive in Omaha on Tuesday morn~ ing. The committeo huving tho matter in charge, however, has mado every arrange- ment possible for the propor accommodation of the visitors. *“The world's fair at Cnicago opportunity,” said a roal es! should not be thrown aw upt. of Bradstroets, has mado an oxcalion t, prac- tical suggostion for Omaha, to establish an agoncy at Chicago to induce the investment of eastern and foreign capital in this city, This cannot be acted on 0o s0on, Tho locue tiou of tho fair will attract the attention of capitalists to Chicago from all over the world. In future years that city will be the great financial conter of the United States. The power and prestige so long en- joyed by New York will be moved west and Chicago will be the chief commercal city of the union, It is evident, with capitalists gathering at Chicago from everywhere, a stroke of enterprise on the part of Omaha would be to place herself on rapport with the financial center of the coun- try, and by its commanaing situation attract capital for investment here. Even our litile would-be rival, Sioux City, appreciates the importance of such a move and promisos to build a $100,000 corn palace in that city in 1802, Omaba can do as well and go Sioux Citya great deal better, and we should do so.” CONNUBIALITIES. Joseph Shontz of Germantown, Pa., eighty years old, and 1s about to wed a young woman of twenty-seven. Mrs. Sarah Browu of Clinton, Mo, ot a decree of divorce, and in less than half an hour afterward she was wedded to Josoph Gier. A Newport K. widower fcrfeits an in- beritance of 85,000 by marrying again. It was his first wife's property, willed to him on condition that he remained single. I's very sweot, you know, to kiss A winsome, fair and modest Miss; But when the lady is a Mrs. Most folks would rather save theur krs. Squire Massie Bearloy, who lives at Aber deen, Ky., has tied the marriage knot for 4,076 runaway cOup'gs n nineteen His fees have ranged from “Thank y #50. unaway |marriages are so common in Georgia, an exchauge reports, that many parents deposit injunctions with the licensing oficials forbidding the issuing of licenses to their childrea, The wife of a Maysville farmer found he had mortgaged their home to puy whisicy bill, She collectea soven determined wom, o and before sundowa nearly every smoon iu the town was a wri Miss Tart of White Bear Lake, Minn., will get $2,000 from Dr. Roman of St. Paul because the doctor would not marry her after having promised to do so, The doctor probably thought he had caught a “Turtar ' “Did you knock when you came tonight#’ asked she With a blush, the sly little thing. 1 did, but why do you ask?" said ho; “O!'l thought you came with a ring, Minnie Morris of Hutchinson, Kan., was at the altar prepared to marry Isasc Smita, but beforo she would allow the ceremony to proceed she demanded the traasfer of his bank account to her name and the deed of a farm of 160 acres. Isaac refused and Minnie remaiua single, Mistress (kindly)—Jane, I hear you have been scen in the park with my husband. Jane (defiantly) —Yes, ma’am I have, Mis- tress (still more kindiy)—Well, Jane, you are a good girl, and I dislike to lose you, but I cannot have anyone about the hoase who keeps bad company. Nettie White of Sturgeon, Mo., had two lovers, and calling them and her friends to- gether made the two draw straws to seo who should have her. That was about a year ago. She is now divorced from the man who drew the longest straw and about to marcy the other, who really was her hoart's ohoice at the time of the lottery, Always gallant, those Frenchmen, even under tho most trywg_eircumstances. Lo other day a beautiful Parisian lady, whose husband was dangerously ill, was lamenting in the presence of an old admirer. *“Mon Dieu!” she cried,” “if he dies, what shall 1 becomo!” <A’ widow, madame, the prettiest widow in Paris,” answered her ud- mirer, with & graceful bow, DESIRABLE P Bisiness Paper, w3 e o e proved Property, Bous The Negotiation ot CORPORATION BOND3, A Bpoclalty, Correspondence Solicited, W. B. MILLARD, Room 313 Brown Building, Omaha, Neb. MAX GEISLER, Importer of and deai all kinds of " Birds Fish gud Rare Animals, Bird eages, Fountain Aquar tums Shells, Ete. Received today, a new 1ot of tmported Cnnaries Males and Females, Bird Seed a Specia'ty, 10 cents a pound, “ outh 15th St., Omaha, Neb. BEST IN THE WORLD. BEST IN THE WOR™ " is " ALL KINDS OF On Improved and Unim- Guaranteed to Use Less Fuel Than Any Other, —_——————— EXAMINE THEM. WM, LYLE DICKEY & 0., Tel. 627. 1403 Dougfas Sreet, Omaha. Dr. JOHN C. JONES, PRACTIOR LIMITED 7O DISEASES OF WOMEN, Ottice, 5. 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