The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 5, 1898, Page 10

10 COMMERCIAL W ORLD. SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS. Silver unchanged. | but finally rallied sharply on export business, Wheat quiet. Barley advancing. closing only @%c net lower. No. 2 red, Jan- Oats, Corn and Rye unchanged. uary, ‘TOTHC, closed i May, STNGUC, Bea. inactive. Seeds dull. close Hay firm. Feedstuffs unchanged. g%sl;\':l'yyfifl'z.‘;n_ Potatoes and Onions firm OLEUM DUl PETROLEU Los Angeles Vegetables in oversupply. PIGIRON—Warrants, market closed dull, Butter still lower. ges weak. l $6 65@6 75. z v e s P ived. LAKE COPPER—Unchanged at $10 §5@11. e e | TIN—Quiet and unchanged at $13 @13 5. i ddon SPELTER—Unchanged at § S0@4. % roxan Oz | LEAD-Dull. $3 67%@3 72%; brokers', $3 I5. Lemons dull a . Limes scarce and | PFEE —Options closeq. . barely aigher. 5@25 points net decline. Sales, 10,000 bags, in- Provisions inactive. | cluding January. & T0@5 S0 March, $ 905 . Hides advanced again. SPOT CO: E—Rio, quie o, 7 I o No change in Wool and Hops. | :\:f@ “?u. 7 lobbing, 7 mild, quiet; Cordova, Hogs in smaller supply. SUGAR—Strong for raw; refined, strong. Leather firm. 22¢; factory, 12@ise, EGGS—Receipts, 7800 packag: DRIED FRUITS. R@s e wire tray, MINING STOCKS. Can Southern 5213 Wabash .. !O Clear ® Partly Cloudy | | %o pacitic.. Mod, ® Cloudy ® Rain® Snow| X« SHADED AREAS SHOW PRECIPITATION| | O tod & L. DURING PAST 12 HOURS by > T Lead Pacific Mall Pullman Pal Stlver Cert . The top fig- | Do st pref . Stan R & T. aum temperature | Do 2d pref . 16| Sugar , if any, the | Nor West Do pref amount clted snow in inches | No Amer T C & Iron and hus hs during the past twelve hours. o Pacific § Leather {sobars, or solid connect points of equal | Do pref . Do _pret . Mr press erms, or dotted lines, equal Ontario & W .... 15% U S Rubber temp wind “high” means high Or R & Nav. 3% Do pret barometic pressure and is usually accompanied Or Short Line .. 2 |West Union with fair weathe: “low’ refers to low pres- = Pittsburg .168 Chi & N W. sure and Is u v preceded and accompanied =Reading 21% Do pref by cloudy weather and rains. “Lows” usually Rock Island SRSt L &SW first appear ngton coast. When St L & § F. 7% Do pref e interior and low | Do 1st pref . RG W 1 isobars extend uorth Do 24 pret . Do pref he coast, raln is probable; | St Paul Chi & G W. * is inclosed with isobars of | Do pref . . rain south of Oregon is im- CLOSING BONDS. 3 the vicinity of 6 may, be expected | D0 SOuDS 125 | Do ds ... r weather in winter. The T S 4s . naitior s “ Do coup . S 113%| Do 3s opposite result. itlone) vill Drodice e | ootans . 99| Da s i e — U Ss6reg ......14% N Y C & 5 L ds. WEATHER REPORT. Do 5s coup .... 1141 Nor & W enee Dist 3 658 ........ 109 Northwstrn cons. (20th Merdat cific Time.) Ala class A...... 107 | Do deb s FRANCISCO, Jan. 4, 5 p. m. Do B 1107 |O Nav 1sts g are the rainfalls for the past Do C 101 O Nav 4s Do Currency hours and seasonal rainfalls to | eop, TR O Line 53 tr . compared with those of the same date | Do adj 4s . O Imp 1sts tr last season Can So 2ds . Do 5s tr Past This Last | Chi Term . . Pac 6s of 95 Stations. 24 Hours. Season. Scason. | C & Ohlo s .... 1144 Reading 4s d R 3 S 2215 | C H & D 4%s.... 143 R G W lsts 0 6.06 1146 D & R G 4s...... 8916 S L & I M C Bs. [ 422 6.4 | g, Tenn 1sts . BEL&SFG 0.04 2.5¢ 3.1 | Erie Gen 4s 5 St P Con o 4.0 10 F W & D lsts tr. St PC & P lsts 9 159 411 | Gen Elec 58 . o e 4 158 M GH&S A6 § Carolina non 01 17 436 | Vo ioas 0 RY 38 .coveenn Sl A 0.89 1% paTc N |Stan R & T 6s.. temperature: Maximum, 54; | B % T C 8 |Tenn new set s. gy £ : | Towa C 1sts TP L G lsta. H)!;!I"‘_("V\QST:AA\D GENERAL | Xan P Con tr. 84%| Do rg 24s KPistDtr re continues over | La new cons 4 ng. A feeble low lies | I & N Tni ds. Northwes Washington and Van- | Myssourl 65 .. T Island. has been but little | M K & T 2ds. ige In the pressure during the past twenty- | Do 45 area of high . Idah 100 | Do 2ds has fallen slightly over | N J ¢ gs Elsewhere it has re- Lol NG STOCKS. 25 Ontario . 30 Ophir ... 12 Plymouth . the past twenty-four | Chollar ... tfornia, Arizona and | Crown Point Con Cal & Vi elocity of 36 miles per | Deaawood . i reported at Fort Canby. | Gould & Curry. San Francisco for thirty | Hale & Norcrs t, Jan. 5, Homestake a — Cloudy ednesday, | Iron Silver rain, except in extreme | Mexican tern portion; southerly winds. | = « flm tnla — Cloudy Wednesday; | BOSTON. ; winde. 35 00 Standard 25 Unton Con Utah—Falr Wednesd: Arizona—Fair Wedn: San Franciseo day, probably wi Spectal repo at Oregon Short Line, 20. Cloudy Wednes- | ut rain: southerly winds Mount Tamalpals, t p. m—Cloudy: wind south, 12 miles; tem- | CHICAGO, Jan. 4—Wheat was [ perature 4, maximum, 45 irregular to begin with. Thers were buyers of ALEXANDER McADIE, May at from 91% to $1%c on the start, as com- Y:::al Forecast Officlal. | pared with $13:@$1%c at the close yesterday. | DX A May very quickly began to give evidence of de- | EASTERN MARKETS. | cided weakness. About forty-five minutes after Bz | the opening It weakened on news connected NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. | with the Argentine situation and before the NEW YORK. Jan. 4.—Prices of stock showed & further decline to-day, and thers was noth- Ing to indicate that the decline was due to any | other cause than the preponderance of those who desired to sell cver those who desired to buy. There was some short selling by the profesafonal bears, but no marked recuperation such as would be caused by the covering of | shorts was manifest, and the bears, It they | £0ld, were apparently content to leave their | contracts open. The specialties continued to abeorb the largest share of business, The market showed a broader tendency and the Ii- | the price of May was 903,@90%c. tably emong Southern and Southwestern roads | which carried repeated to-day largest part of the day' made at 4 per cent, with ex: fons at 33% per | where it was quoted at the close. Cont pate clearing house statement discloses | Corn acted weak most of the day, but be- that the January intcrest disbursements result- | came fairly strong near the ond, May closing ed in the transfer of a little over $4,000,000 from | a shade higher. the treasurer to the New York money market | = Oats were weak, elevator people seliing very &s Indicated by the sub-treasury's debit bal- | freely. May closed a shade lower. ances ran up to the enorm, the balances foot m wh cash, doubtless figures in the transactions, but there were evidently heavy in addition guite suffictent to account for the flurry in the money market yesterday. In view | of the proportionately small surpius reserve | there are not such confident predictions heard | of an immediate easing of the rates of money | @s were current last week, though the ex- | change market holds firm on a demand which is based on a presumption of lower rates for | money in the near future. The demand for bonds was not heavy to-day, | put prices were well held. Total sales, $i.- | 650,000 - Tnited States old 4s, registered, were lower bid to-day, and the Se were i higher, NEW YORK, Jan. 4—Total sales of stocks | to-day, 204,700 shares, including | Atchison preferred, L& 2,483; Metropoliian Stre 6080; Missouri Pacific, 71 referred, 3890; Rock Island, s total of $230.731,265, and | Jard, 10c lower. and May ribs, ow’s Union Paclfic payment of $8,500,000, “Wheat No. 2— baaking operations | yanuary 2650: Man- | Railway, Northern Pacific 990: St. Paul, | 1,177, American Tobaoco, 7450: Chicago Great | Cash quotations were as follows: X 4120; People’s Gas, 12,260; Sugar, 1,- | quiet and easy. No. 2 spring wheat, 53, Western Unlon, 36 3 spring wheat, 78@86c; No. 2 red, Weste: | No. 2 corn, 26%@26%p; No. 2 oat MARKETS. | NEW YORK, Jan. 4.—The Evening Post's | Londen financial cablegram: | The stock markets here were rather dull to- : duy, the only feature being a strong Inquiry | Fides (loose), $¢ 40g4 for Argentines, which have risen sharply. per gal., $119. the operators here entirely awalting a | lead from the other side. There is no initia- | _ Articles. Recelpts. Shi tive bere, where the disposition is to center | Flour, bbis 40,000 Epeculative activity on Argentines and mines, | Wheat, bu . 88,000 with a weather eye open to Americans, if in- | Corn, bu . 533,000 clined to move. Oats, bu T 683,000 Important negotiations are proceeding here | Rye, bu . om0 as to a Chinese loan. Spanish and most other | Barley, bu . 0,000 foreign stocks were good on strong support from Paris. China and Japan securities have | On the Produce Exchange to-day the Butter risen sharply. Grand Trunks weee booming | Market was steady; creameries, 15@2lc; dairies, on largely increased freight receipts. 12@18c; cheese quiet, 3@8%c; eggs steady, fresh Gold is at 775 1014d. | e The Paris and Berlin markets were firm. | WHEAT MOVEMENTS, NEW YORK GRAIN AND PRODUCE. | v Rassista.tmy NEW YORK, Jan. 4.—Flour—Receipts, 39,- | Minneapolis . 403 barrels; exports, 2580 Quiet and barely | DUIth ... steady. Chicago .... WHEAT -Receipts, 130425 bushels; eXports, | Toledo ...o.e sesseeseersoss 21129 207,162 bushels. Bpot, firm; No. 2 red, $100%. | Bt. LOUIS reenerreriessneneers 55,000 1 ned weak and sold oft ail the fore- o Wnabr ahort selling and. some. liquidation | inspired by lower cables and foreign selling, | Philadelphia New Orleans .. Liverpool Wheat Futures. EASTERN LIVESTOCK CHICAGO, Jan. 4.—CATTLE—Sales of steers ranged all the way from $4@4 25 for common grades up to §5 25@5 50 for the best offerings, the bulk of the cattle crossing the scales at Stockers and feeders sold fairly well and butchers' and canners’ firm and animated. 'W YORK, Jan. 4.—Butter—Receipts. 4700 ackages. Firm: Creameries, 15@22c; Firm; State and Pennsyivania, 22@25%c; Western, 22@24c. Calves were less active and lower, choice lots selling at $8 15. Fruits: Apples, firm; other fruits quiet and | ern-fed Texas cattle were firm, and cattle di | rect from Texas were in demand at $2 70@3 80 for bulls, cows and heifers and $3 75@4 35 for NEW YORK, Jan. 4.—California APORATED APPLES — Common, wood-dried, prime, fancy, 9@9%c. oval, 7@8c: Moorpark, $@llc. | S—Unpeeied, 7@10c; peeled, 12@c. | | ~Heavy packers sold at $3 50@3 55 and | prime Hogs at $3 653 70, the bulk of the Hogs £ the scales at 33 55@3 6. Pigs sold y at 83 35G3 5. SHEEP—Were wanted at poorest lots up to $4 to fancy flocks. Westerns, sales of whi, 475. Lambs were. sal ©commonest uj 75 for & few prime | 3@Sc; Tomatoes, 40@75 he receipts were fed ch were chlefly at $3 90@ lable at $4@4 60 for the P to 35 T0@5 78 for extra lots, most the offerings finding buyers at $4 25 an ufiuwu—c‘tm 4500; Hogs, 34,000; Sheep, | Atchison 125 St Paul & Om, Do pret 2% | Bakt &Cnic | Can Pacifio . 162" Union Pacific . %% UPD & G. KANSAS CITY. Jan. 4.—CATTLE—Receipts, €; Texas steers, §2 75 32 25@8'3); native steers, | Dative cows and heifers, $2g4: feeders, $§2 T5G4 2 HOGS—Receipt: bulk of sales, KANSAS CITY, 7000; market stron, Texas cows, 3 Do pref . . 75 (Wheel & L 1 | Do pref . 124c for Hens: dressed Turke: Geese, per pair, $150@2; Ducks. $4@6; Hens, i |88 : stockers and | $3 5004 50; Fryers, $5@5 50; Brotles 23.000: market 5@10c lows $545G3 50; heavies, 88 35G3 3 2008 47; yorkers,’ $3 45@8'47; pigs, muttons, $2G4 55. 3 50;_Canvasback, $4@5: Sp $1; Widgeon, $1;' Small Ducks, Toc@$l: Gray Geese, $2 252 50: White, $1; Brant, $1 35@1 T5; | Del L & W......15 = Express Companies— Dem @ R G...... 11 |Adams Ex .. Do pref . American Ex . Erie (new) Tnited States . Do 1st pref Wells Fargo Ft Wayne Miscellaneous— SHEEP—Recel, lambs, $3 65@5 Gt Nor nrei A Cot Oil . Hocking Val ... Do pref . Tilimois Cent .... 103 Amn Spirits .. Snipe, $1: Hare, $1: Rabbit: Cottontatl] Lake Erie & W.. 15% Do prer . OMAHA, Jan. 4.—CATTLE—Rece!, market steady; native beef steers, Western steers, $3 60g4 30; Texa: | 4$6: cows and’ heifers, $3@3 80; stockers and feeders, $3 50Q4 40; | $4@€; bulls and stag HOGS—Receipts, 6800; markes | 83 40@3 50; mixed, $3 45@3 50; | bulk, $3 46g3 4. lower: heavy, | lght, $3'50@8 65; SHEEP—Receipts, 3200; market steady: fair to choice natives, 40. sheep, $3@3 $0; lambs, Do pref . Am Tobaceo . Lake Shore . Do pref . Louls & ..ash .... 66% People's Gas . Manhattan L ... Cons Gas . Com Cab Co . Col F & I. Do pref Do 1st pret Gen Elec S onds, ¢ 1llinols Steel . Laclede Gas . air to choice common and stock | mon to good. $@ile; Cream Cheddar, 10@1ic 80 " Or Imy Co . AVAILABLE GRAIN SUPPLY. NEW YORK, Jan. | cable advices to | principal points of accumulation indicate the | following changes in available as compared with the preceding Sat |, WHEAT—United States and Canada, east of ip | the Rockies, increase, 1,435,000 bushels; afloat for and in Europe, increase, 400,000; total increase, —United States and Canada, east of the Rockles, increase, 980,000 bushels. OATS—United States_and Canad | the Rockies, decrease, 734,000 bushels. The more important decreases of Wheat not reported in the officlal ent and Saclusively reported to nclude 450,000 bushels at Chicago private el vators, 225,000 bushels Svela bushels at’ Galveston, Orleans and 0,000 bushe terior elevators. rtant increase Includes 160,000 bush- | neapolis private elevators and 75,000 points in Manitoba. BOSTON WOOL MARKET. 4.—Spectal telegraphic covering the Ecggs, 20@22%c Bradstreet's supplies last | visible supply stat. Taw Com C & {Haw, Com'Co Cleveland, 118,000 | 112,000 bushels at New els'at Northwestern in- ling to the (all- | U_S new 4s reg.. 125 |N_Carolina 6s . 112% | No P; 1st: Tt 2% | els at M| & | bushels at BOSTON, Jan. 4.—The demand in the Wool been brisk the past week. market 15 yot steady and there s still large leeway in values before prices get to the im- porting basis under the present duty. | Territory Wools are now selling at 4s@%0c, ana the proepect is bright for an advance. Wools have met with little attention, but the 4 | market holds firm. The sale of Australlan n well and at odd price posed to operate freely. ( Utah, Wyoming, ete., n sooured, 4S@50c; staple, 52@53c. oured basis, combing, there for Prunes fruit on the list, are wanted for consumption and export. Peaches are also firm. This mar- ket continues dull fgr all kinds. O § Line 6s tr. Wools holds o : | good to fancy’ Moorparks; evaporated Apples, medium and Austealion W‘;ml-. superfine, c;_combi | average, 2@6ic; Queensland, combt NORTHERN WHEAT MARKET PORTLAND, Or., Ja market {s dull and lower, with but little di sition on the part of exporters to do siness. Walla Walla s qhoted nomt Téc; bluestem and v leared — British | Queenstown, 92,968 bushels WASHINGTON. 4.—WHEAT—No. 1 e, 115 |Union Pac Ists . 013% U P D & G lsts. 55 Wab 1st 5s . 4.—The local Wheat 631 W Shore 4s 5 564 Va_ Centuries N Y Cent 1sts .. 116 | Do deferred . alley, 75G76c per bushel. Galgorm Castle, €0 | 10 | TACOMA, Wi 100 Quickstiver bluestem, T7isc; N 40| “Do pret .. 140 Sierra Nevada PORTLAND'S BUSINESS. PORTLAND, Or., Jai 0%0; balances, 335,680, . 4.—Exchanges, $359, 30/ Yellow Jacket . : FOREIGN MARKETS. - | N, Jan. 4—Atchison, 12%: Bell Tele- | e = 2644; French LIVERPOOL, Jan. Eoes off coast, buyers and sellers apart, 31 lower; cazgoes on passage, buyers and sellers country markets, ts. dull; Wheat in n Paris, weak; quantity of age to United King- V\%z and Flour oa tes, 108c 35c. CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. apart, 3d lower; iet: French country marke: aris, weak; Flour 1 Wheat and Flour o ,000; quantity passage to Continent, COTTON—Uplands, 31d. LOCAL MARKETS. EXCHANGE AND BULLION. Sterling Exchange, 60 days. Eteriing Exchange, sight Sterling Cables .. New York Exchange, sight. New York Exchange, tel Fine Silver, Mexican Dollars .. | decline brought in buyers encugh to stop it news was not particularly Influential way. Liverpool was quoted %d lower at start, Indicating less weakness than was pre- vailing here. Paris was also sald to be some- what lower, but the weakest feature of the first batch of telegrams was what New York had to say of the selling by foreigners. The Continent was selling, they said, and buying orders from France said to have been already | limited to a price below the market were re- ported canceled this morning. Then CINRRRA] WHEAT AND OTHER GRAINS. WHEAT FREIGHTS—Are firm at rates last Quoted. The chartered Wheat flcet In port hos | a registered tonnage of 44,000, against 4,700 tons on the same date last year; 18,300 tons, against I port, 156,000, against golxports from this hides, 9@9%c; Stags | sald the foreign selling and French cancell guidation extended more generally through the | tions were becguse of heavy offerings of A list. Net losses of a large fraction are gen- | gentine wheat for early shipment. eral throughout the list, and a number of | linental cablegramns were weak in tone. t | we uoted freer offerings from Argentina as prominent speciaities and ratirsd stocks, mio-| b Guoted Jest STETIGS Sron frmen dip to good summer, 25@30c per Ib: medium, Zbc 07.200; on the way to this | ter. 10c; Sheepskins, shearlings, 20@0c each: - short wool. 40G7c each; medium, 70@%c; long DOrt in December wer L 31,323,160, making the s valued at §10.217.009, o Of 8138 WHEAT—The pool 103,717 etls, The market drags groove day after day. portance, ‘as the current deman ance all over the world, ter quotations are as follows: | 30%c on this. Bradstreet's made the world's and the coalers, show net losses of a point or | increase for the week 1.835,000 bushels, all but Olery Lesterday’s flurry in the money market | 400,000 bushels of it on this side. In the after- tes up to § per cent’ was mot | noon New York reported fifty-five boat loads but rates were firm and the | taken for export and Infused = some needed transactions was | strength into the trade. May rallied to 91%ec, Shenandoah takes valued at fisish 1O Lver- along in the same old There 1s no news of im- d and supply 4712@1 50 per ctl for extra cholce CALL BOARD SALES. Informal Session—8:15 o'cl $1 353 5000, $1 38%. i Provisions were weak from the start. The The dayls exchanges at the clearing house | close was weak. May pork, 1%%c lower; May lock—May—6000 ctls, nd Session—May—6000 ctls, $138%; 2000, Morning Session—Ma; 000, $1 39; 4000, | . Afternoon Sesston—Ma: $1 38%: 14,000, $1 39. | BARLEY—Th There s a good | 1s a scarce article. up over $16,500,000. To- | The leading futures ranged as follows: ids h 1S to be covered into the treasury in | ___ Articles. 10pen|High. [Low. |Close iy—2000 ctl 000, $1 38%; Y2000 ctls, $1 35%; 2000, e market continues t 3 and for cholce Feed. butji Brewing. 5161 rewing, 92%@97%c per ctl for dark Coast. CALL BOARD SALE lan—b:&o‘c!wk—xu sales. es. on—May—2000 ctls, S4c; thread,” T%c:’ bale rope, Inch, G%e: 1i-thread, G4e: bale' rope, 6XGYC. Informal Sessi Regular Morn! 2000, £3%c; 4000, Afternoon Session—No sales. OATS—Prices have not changed There is a steady demand for the $115@1 20 per ctl; $1 07%@1 ‘l.!;fie ) $1 12%@1 173 at $1@2 per ton over the raw pi Offerings are am and the market is Small Round Yeilow, RYE—$1G1 02 are as follow: White Cherries, $1 25@1 75; Peaches and Pears, 20c@$1 10; Apeicote for some lit- Fancy Feed, ple for all immediate needs per ctl; Large e, white, 1. 0. b., 28%@24%c; No. 3 white, f. o. b., tl. "—$1 35@1 50 per ctl. FLOUR AND MILLSTUFFS. ; dry salted shoulders {boxed). 44 0G4 76; short clear sides (boxed), Amcricans were dull on the New York weak- | vor am g1 5 7+ distillers’ fnished goods, to fancy washed (new crop) o strictly good washed (new crop): 10%@l3c for fair washed (old_crop): T%@10%c for me- dlum (0ld crop); 5%@7c for ordinary (old crop); 3%@5%c for inferior to common (old crop): I for good washed peaberry (old crop); lde for FLOUR—Net cash prices are: Family extras, ¥4 [5@4 65; Bakers' extras, 34 3064 40 per bbl. MILLSTUFFS—Prices in sacks are as fol- mh&w discount to the trade: Graham Y 100° Ibs; "\ Rice Flonrv..rfi 5; C ot e S8 R Wheat Flour, §3 6 9%: in sacks, $3 T5; Peas, §3 50; Green do, HAY AND FEEDSTUFFS. The Hay market continues firm and sales are being made at full figures. Feedstuffs are BRAN-$17 18 50 mm‘-gmu. $2 50 per 100; $2 50; Oat '&r:;u, um Buckwheat Flour, §3 bbls—No. 1, $20; No. 2, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1898. jobbing, §30; 3 ; Cotton- Jobbing. $%0; Cocosnut Cake, 315020 5 per_ton. HAY—Wheat, $12G15 per ton; Wheat and Oat, $12 50Q14 50; $11G13: Barley, $11@12 50} Sompressed, $12 50@14 50; Alfalfa, $9@10; stock, $10G11; Clover, $i@10 per ton. STRAW—30@45c per bale. BEANS AND SEEDS. Beans have not changed for some time, and the market s quiet, with free stocks in the hands of speculators. Seeds are motionless. BEANS — Bayos, 32 90@3; Small Whites, §1 25@1 37%; Large Whites, $1 16@135; Pinks, | 31 70@1 $0; ' Red: 165; Blackeye, $2 50 Puters, §1 4g1 i mn. s 60qr T0; Pea, $1 25@1 40 ctl. st:sbs—mwn Mustard, $3 ctl; Yellow , 4 3 Seed, 2U@2%c per ;' Alfalfa, 6%c: Rape, 2@2Xci Hemp. 3¢; Timothy, 5ic. DRIED PEAS—Niles, $1 25; Green, §1 20@ 1 40 per ctl. POTATOES, ONIONS, VEGETABLES. Potatoes and Onfons are firm at the ad- vance. The market is still glutted with Los Angeles vegetables. POTATOES—Early Rose, 50@60c: River Reds, 40@45c; River Burbanks, 556@66c; Oregon Bur- banks, 70@%0c; Salinas Burbanks, 75c@$l: Sweet Potatoes, 50465 per ctl for Rivers and &k’qw‘ h’l’n Merced; new Volunteer Potatoes, 2%c per ONIONS-$2 2592 50 per ctl; cut Onions, $1 50 @2 per sack. VEGETABLES—Marrowfat Squash, $3@10 per ton: Hubbard Squas| $8@10 Peppers, 5@6c per 1 Dried bage, 60GTic per ctl: Carrots, 25@60c per sack; Garlle, 3G3%c per 1b: Asparagus, Los Angeles Green Peas, 2Goc: Green 100 . 6c; Egs Plnt, 0o per Ib; Summer Squas per ™. POULTRY AND GAME. Two cars of Eastern are at hand. Local stock is firm and in moderate supply. Game shows no particular change. Tive ey Gobbl a4 120 lve rieys, 11@120 for lers and St 13g16c per T: Roosters, 34 5085 50; ‘do old, youni o & Pigeons, for_large’ and $3'50@4 50 for smal 1 50G2 per dozen for young and $1 for old. GAME—Quall, per doz, $125; Mallard, §1 50@2; Teal, a3 Honkers. $i@4 50; Engiish Snipe, $2; Jack 125@1 50 for and 75c@31 for small. BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS. Butter 18 off again with larger stocks. There is no change In Cheese. Eggs are weak. BUTTER— vweam;r?;:i‘nmy Creameries, 31@32%c; sec- —Cholce to fancy, 27G25c; lower grades, Dairy r2c per Ib. Yastern Butrer—Z3g25c per Ib. CHEESE—Chotce mild new, d1@12c; com- Young America, 11%@i8%c; Western, 11 Eastern, 125:@13%c per Ib. EGGE—Ranch Eggs, 26@28c per doz: store astern, 16@16%c for cold stor- age. DECIDUOUS AND CITRUS FRUITS. Apples and Persimmons are still dull and in free sup) Limes are scarcer and higher. Lemons are dull and weak. Oranges are quiet and frozen fruit is begin- ning to make its appearance from the south. Mandarin Oranges are scarce and firm. DECIDUOUS _FRUITS— Cranberries, §7 60@$ 50; per bbl; Coos Bay, $1 75@2 per box. Apples. 25@40c per box for common, 50c@$1 for good to choice and $1 25@1 40 for fancy; Lady Apples, 50c@$1 for large boxes. Persimmons, 2@40c per box. CITRUS FRUITS—Navel ° 81 5@ ges, 3 7; Seedlings, 50c@$1 25; Mandarins, $1@1 25. | Grape Fruit, $3@4 per 'box; Lemons, 50c@ | §1 for common and $1 50G2 for good to choice; Mexican Limes, $4@450 per box; California Limes in small boxes, 50c: Bananas, $§1 25@2 25 per bunch; Pineapples, £G4 per dozen. DRIED FRUITS, RAISINS, NUTS, ETC. W York report a firm market which, being the cheapest Advices from N DRIED FRUIT! Prunes, carload lots, 3% @4%c for 40-50's, 3%@ | 3% for 80-60's, 2%@3Ke for 80-10's, 24 @2%e for 70-50's, 14,@2%c for 80-90's, 1X@1Nc for 90-100's: | Peaches, 3@4%c; fancy, 5@S%c; peeled, 109 12%4c; Apricots, 5@6c for Royals and 7@Sc for L @c; ll\’lll%drled.‘:&“'c:‘bllclk 2;3, 1; sack: 2@2%c; Plums, 4 c for pitted and 1@1ise B Ated: D B s@bike; New tarines, 4@50 for prime to fancy; Pears, 24@ 4%c for quarters and 3@5%c for halves, accord- ing to_color, etc. RAISINS—New Ralsins, 3@ for two- crown, dc_for three-crown, c for four-crown, Sic for Seedless Sultanas and $I 10g1 15 fof London layers; dried Grapes, 2¥c. NUTS—Chestnuts are quotable at @l0c per b; Walnuts, 5@6c for hardshell and 6@ for softshell: Almonds, 2'4@3%c for hardshell, 5@éc for softshell and 7@8c for paper-she Peanuts, {G5%c for Eastern and 43 for Cali- fornia; Pecans, 64@sc; Fliberts, §1.@10c; Bra- zil Nuts, $@Sc per Ib; Cocoanuts, # 50G5 per 100. HONEY—New Comb, 10c for bright and 7@%c rnrqu‘wer"xrhnde ;e ere-dwn‘n;‘e e tracted. 4 c: light amber extracted, ™ EESWAX—23G25c per M. 27 PROVISIONS. Dealers quote a dull market at the old prices. CURED MEATS—Bacon, $%c per ™ for heavy, Sc for light medium, 10c for light, 1030 for extra ligt and 12 for sugar-cured; East- ern sugar-cured Hams, 10%@Ilc; California Hams, 3@9%c; Mess Beef. $8 50 per bbl; extra mess do, $8 50; family do, $11@12; salt Pork, $8@8 £0; extra ‘prime Pork, $9 50; extra clear, $16; mess, $14 50; Smoxed Beef, 11%@12%c per LARD—Eastern tierces quoted at 5%c per Ib for compound and 6c for pure;pails, Cali- fornia tierces, fc per T for compound and 6c for pure; half-bbls, 6%c; 10-1b tinsic; do 5-Ib, Tic per . EOXTOLENETierces, 5%@6%c: packages, less than 300 ™s—1-1b palls, 60 in a case. S%e: 3-1b palls, 20 in a case, §%c; 5-Tb palls, 12 in a case, §c; 10-Tb palls, 6 in & case, Sic; 50-1b ting, one or two in a case, T%c; wooden buck- ets, 20 Tbs net, Tc: fancy tubs, 30 Ibs net, T8 halt-bbls, about 110 Tbs, 7ic per Ib. HIDES, TALLOW, WOOL AND HOPS. Hides are firm at a further advance. Hops | are dull. Wool has lately been selling better in the East, and, In fact, the holiday week in Boston was the heaviest known there for rs. This market has not yet responded, but b is expected to shortly. HIDES AND SKINS—Culls and brands sell | at lc under sound stock. Heavy salted steers, 10@10%c_per Ib; medium, 9c; light, 9¢; Cow- 6c: salted Kip, 10c; Calf, e; dry Hides, 16c: culis and brands, 13c; dry Kip and Veal, 14@ifc: dry Calf, 15@30c; 16@17c; Goatskins, 20@37%c each: Kids, 5@ o 5w wools, $0c@$1 30 each. TALLOW-No 1 rendered, 3@3%c per Ib; No. 2, 2@2%c; refined, 5c; Grease, 2G3%c. WOOL-Fall clip—Middie_counties—tree. 10@ Be: do’defective, 10@llc; San Joaquin., defec- tive, 7@%c; Southern Mountain, 3 free Northern, 12G13c; do detective, 9@lic; Hum- boldt and Mendocino, 13@15c; Eastern Oregon, 9@13c: Valley Oregon, 16@18c. OPS—O0Id crop, 2@6c for poor to falr and 8 @10c for good; new crop, 10@l4c per . GENERAL MERCHANDISE. BAGS—Calcutta Grain Bags, 1898 delivery, 5% @3%c: Wool Bags, 2i@30c. COAL—Wellington, $3; New Wellington, Southfleld Wellington, $7 50; Seattle, 35 50. Bryant, £ 50; Coos Bay, $1 76; Wallsend, $7 00; Cumberland, ‘$14 50 in bulk and $16 in sacks; Pennsylvania “Anthracite Egg, *15; Cannel, $ per ton: Rock Springs, Castle Gate and Pleas- ant Valley, §7 60; Coke, $13 per ton in bulk and $i5 In sacks. CORDAGE — Prices are as follows: Ma- nila—1i-inch, $%c; 12-thread, 7 CANNED) 1UITS—Prices for the 197 pack Black Cherries, $1 1 50; CANNED VEG n'gl.izs—m 0c@$1 25; Tomatoes, T5c. COFFEE— Costa Rica—17@18%c nom for prime washed (none here); 15@i6c nom for good washed (none here); 17@17isc nom for good peaberry (none here)! 13@14%c for good to prime: 10g12 for good ‘mixed with black beans: 9%4@likc for fair; 514@Sk%c for common to ordinary. Salvador—14@l6c for good to prime washed; 12@13%c for falr washed: foglic for good to prime washed peaberry; 10x@11%c for superior unwashed: 10c for good green un: T 9% @loc for good bleached unwashed: 14@l5c for £00d to prime unwashed peaberry. Nicaragua—10@ilic for good to superior un- washed: 13%@l4c for good unwashed peal iberry. 11@18%c for prime 15@16%c for good Guatemala and Mexican—} unwashed peaberry (old crop): 10@ 1 %e for good to superior unwashed (old crop). nm—cooam is quotable as follows: Bun. dles, do; cases selected, (Kc; bonelers, Sike; strips. 64 @eXc:biocks. i@Tie: tablets, Crown Brand, Tho: o otres. $4@tc; drsiccated. per caes 6t Uwo dozen, $1 60 led Cod, bbls, $5: hf-bbls, $4 75: Pacific Hnfl%"u per bbl; Dutch do. $1 10@1 25 per oss 15 per_cemt: pick- efish, $10 50 in half-bbls $180 in Tongues ‘and Sounds, $1@110; Mackerel, 3. $17; hal: 11; No. 2. $10; No. 3, $8; kits—No. 2, §1 25; No. 3, $1. | soft Hogs, 214@3% | Flour, ar sks Hops, bales Wheat, ctls Wool, bales . Barley, ctls Pelts, bals | Oats,”etls Hides, no . | virgint | 100 Andes . 16 300 Mexican | 600 Belcher . 461100 Overman 400 ...... . . 45100 Potosi 400 Best & Belchr.. 53800 ...... G bbis, 55c; No. 1, 45c; cases, 5c more; China Nut, 41@55c_per gal; Neatsfoot O, bbls, 6ic; cases, 65c; No. 1, bbls, 50c; cases, 55c; Sperm, crude Gic: natural white, SGc; bleached do, 85c; Whale Oil, natural white, 40c; bleached do, 45c; Pacific Rubber mixed Paints, white and house colors, 31 25@1 35 per gallon; wagon colors, $2¢ 225 per gallon. PETROLEUM, GASOLINE, ETC. — The Standard Oil Company quotes as: follows: Water-white Coal Oil, in bulk, 10c; Pearl OIl, in cases, 15%c; Astral do, 15%c; Star do, 15%c; Extra Star Cli, cases, 19%c; Elaine do, 20%c: Eocene do, 17ic; Deodorized' Stove Gosoline in bulk, 1ic; o in cases, 16%c: 63 deg Deodorized Naphtha, in bulk, 10ic; 63 deg do, in cases, 15%c; 56 deg. Gasoline, in bulk, 20c; 86 deg. do, N TTE LEAL s . v E_LEAD—Quoted at 6@7c per TURPENTINE—In cases 50c; In fron barrels, 45c: in wooden barrels, 47c per gallon. LUCOL—Boiled, bbls, 43c: do cases, 48c; raw, bbls, 4lc: do cases, 46c per gallon. CANDLES—The Standard Oil Co. _quotes as follows: Electric Light—6's, 18 o0z, The; M 0z, Blc; 12 oz, 12%c; 10 oz, 44e. Granites—&'s Paraffine Wax Candles—I's, &', §s and Parafine Wax Candles—1' and 1Zs. white, $%c: colored. $%c. LEATHER—The market is strong. Harness, heavy, 30@3%c per Ib; do medium, 2c; do light, 26@27c; nmg:1 Leather, 22@23c; Kips, $40 @45 per _dozer f, “0c@31 per fb; rough splits, 7@sc; belt-knife spiits, 10@12¢; Collar Leather, black, 10@12c per foot; do russet, 10G 12: Skirting Leather, 30@35c per M. SUGAR—The Western Sugar Refinery Com- pany quotes terms net cash: Cube Crushed | and Fine Crushed, 6%c:; Powdered, 6%c; Dry | Granulated, 5%c: Confectioners’ A, 5%c: Mag- | molia_A. 6%c: Extra C, 5%c: Golden ., Ske: Candy Granulated, §%c; Californla A, Sisc per Ib; half-bbls e more than barrels, and boxes %c more. WOOD, LUMBER, ETC. etall prices are nominaily as Pine, ordinary sizes, $11@14 for No. 1 11 for No. 2; extra sizes higher. Red- W0od—$14@17 for No. 1 and $11@12 50 for No. 2; }1“2‘; & feet, 41 10G1 cfni!nd“"' 316; shingies, or common an 2 for fancy; Rustic, $19G21; shakes, $2. BAN FRANCISCO MEAT MARKET. Hogs are not plentiful, and, in fact, some | dealers report difficulty in filling their wants. Others, however, have all they want. Prices | remain unchanged. Beef is firm at the old | Quotations. Mutton ranges the same as for a long time. Wholesale rates tor dressed beef stock from slanghterers are as follow, SF—First_quality, 6%@7c; secon &; third do, 4@be per 1 0 St VEAL—Large, 5@éc; small, 6@7c per Ib. MUTTON—Wethers, 6@7c; ewes, 6o LAMB- Spring. nominal. bt PORK—Live Hogs, 3 o for 3% @3%e for amlll“.nd“%c forh'x::dhmd: > dressed do, 5@6%c per Ib. RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE. Tuesday, January 4. Cheese, ctls .. Egzs, doxz . 4 | Butter, ctls Raisins, boxe 15% Beans, sks Leather, rolls 150 | Potatoes, Wine, gals 43,900 | Onions. ‘sks . 4,080 Bran, sks 125 Middlings, sks Lime, bbls 162 | Hay, tons . Powder, cs [ THE STOCK MARKET. There was a general decline In mining stocks yesterday, as will be seen by the list of sales. The Crown Polnt delinquent assessment sale takes place to-day. The December bullion product of the Alaska- Treadwell mine was $5,3% from 19,052 tons ore and 375 tons sulphurets, the latter yielding $15, 12. The ore averaged $2 37 per ton. The com- | pany will put up a new 300-stamp mill. It al- | ready has one of 240 stamps, the largest quartz | mill under one roof in the United States. It | |18 also proposed to introduce electric power from a distance, so that there may be no inter- | ruption to work In the winter season. The annual meeting of the Fireman's Fund | Insurance Company has been called for Janu- | ary 18 The Pacific Lighting Company will pay a | mgnthly dividend of 40 cents per share to-day. he San Jose Water Company will pay a regular monthly dividend of 50 cents per share on _the 10th. The Paclfic Gas Improvement Company has declared a monthly dividend of 50 cents per share, payable January 10. The annual meeting of the Sierra Nevada Mining Company has been calied for Janu- ary It is reported that some of the officers of the Ban Francisco Stock Board are in favor of selling off some of the seats owned by the board In order to stimulate business. The California Mortgage and Savings Bank has re-clected the old officers for 1598, with Ernst A. Denicke as president, McD. R. Ven- able vice-president and Henry Brunner secre- tary. The capital stock of the California Vigorit | Powder Company Is now 50,000 share: of 2,000 shares, as formerly. In the Potosi mine they are pushing the re- instead | pairs on the main incline and the air gallery on the 100 level as fast as possible. On the sixth floor above No. 1 crosscut on the tunnel | level they are driving east through fillings of low grade, the assays ranging from $4 to 36 per ton. The joint Bullion-Potosi south drift to connect with the Croesus shaft has been | driven 14 feet through very hard quartz of low grade, and is now out 36 feet. Brunswick Lode—Consolidated California and Best & Belcher and Gould & Curry —Shaft No. 2, 600 level—The joint east cross- cut started jointly with the Gould & Curry Company at a point 42) feet from the station has been advanced 17 feet; total length, 23 feet; face in porphyry. The west crosscut run from the station on the Best & Beicher north boundary jointly with the Consolidated Call- fornia and Virginia has been advanced 13 feet: face in porphyTy and stringers of quartz: total length, 35 feef. The west crosscut No. 1, started at a point in south drift 420 feet from {he shaft, has been extended 17 feet: total length. 87 feet: face In porphyry and quartz. Chollar, 300-foot level—The stopes above this level are becominz more restricted and the streaks of ore are smaller, but the grade is | | maintained. They are saving about 4 tons per | day of good ore. The joint west crosscut on the Potosi-Chol 140 feet. This drift is being extended for the purpose of exploring the west locations of the two companies, and the face is now 12 feet west of what they have considered to be the ‘ootwall of the Brunswick lode. It is in very rd rock. 600 level—The joint upraise has I been carried up 40 feet on the slope for the week, and is up 75 feet: the top Is in por- | phyry and seams of quartz. The east crosscut | Bn”the "line "has been advanced 10 feet through very hard ground, and is out 22 feet. They have shipped to the Nevada mill 9 tons and 1000 pounds of ore for reduction, which ore will be milled as soon as a sufficlent amount has been accumvulated. The top car sample assayed, gold, $3713: silver, ounces, 22.83 per ton. BOARD SALES. Following were the sales in the San Fran- cisco Stock Board vesterday: Regular Session—9:30. 400 Alta 151000 Kentuck 400 Chollar ......... 37/100 Savage . 200 Con Cal & V..135 300 g §00 Crown Point 31100 Seg Belcher 20 . 1 23200 Sierra Nevad: 4 0 D 20480 .... . 2 0 ¢ : % 100 Ginion Gon” i ia & Curry. 40 mion Con 50 Hale & Norere. 1 80 200 Yellow Jacket .. 3 Afternoon Session. . 45200 Ophir 46150 Savage 301500 Sierra 29,200 250 00 Unfon Con . 100 Crown Point 100 Eureka Con . 300 Gould & Cu 500 Justice 39 ol Following were the sales In the Pacific Stock Board yesterday: £ Regular Session—10:30. 500 Alpha Con 08(500 Kentuck .. 200 Alta. 15,700 Ophir 500 Andes 16/200 Overman . 500 Belcher 46300 Potost’ 200 45200 Savage 250 Challenge Con. 200 Chollar ... 200 Con Cal & V. 400 Best & Belchr.. 3% Gould & Curry.. 200 Hale & Norers..1 60 150 Justice .. 50 Mexican . 400 . & 100 Bulllon . 06/700 § . 100 Con Cal 3215 100 Standard Con.1 200 Confidence 9200 Utah B:.‘gfl&fi:l BRSERBINIAINLEAR 29300 Yellow 39 STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE. TUESDAY, Jan. 42 p. m. Bld. Asked. Bid. Asked. P! Oukinga Gus.. 13 e Rl » s it = s 0 Cal N cc"c Stockton Gas. 14% — Du, 'm's Fnd..185 — E {- Bank Stocks— F&cn S eary s # HC D&T.. H%’j LDAO 190 200 Mar! :uuu: |E Dynamite |Glant Con Co 37 Miscellaneous— Pac Assn.. 9716100 Ger Ld_Wks.100 Stock Gas 6s..100 104 H C & S Co.. 28 Hutch § P Co. | Mer Ex Asn |Nat Vin Co ... 93% 9% Oc § Co .. Gas and Electric— Pac A F Al Cent Gaslight. 9% — Capital Gas... — Contra Costa . 42% — Marin County. 50 | Pac Bor Co. | Par Paint Co. MORNING SESSION—10:30. 10 California-street Rallroad 100 Hutchinson S P Co, b 5. $3000 Market-st Ry 70 Market-st Rallway .. 265 S F Gas & Electric Co 208 F Gaslight §8 Spring Valley Water $1000S F & N P Ry Bonds .. §1000 S P Branch Bonds .. 60 Market-st Railway - $4000 Northern Railway of Cal 5s Bonds. AFTERNOON SESSION. 105 Glant Powder Con 85 Hutchinson S P Co .. 15 Market-st Railway 50 Pacific Gas Imp 50 S F Gas & Bleetric Co. 9 Spring Valley Water $3000 Spring Valley 4s Bonds . $5000 S P Branch Railway Bonds $1000 Edison Light and Power Bonds... $6000 Northern Railway of Cal 58 Bonds.102 00 —_———————— REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Tge W. Haight to Mary S. Haight, un- | divided % of lot on E line of Van Ness ave., 23:2 N of Green street, N 31:8, E 1%, 5 4, W $! Sophie E. and J. LeRoy White to Calvin E. Knickerbocker, lot on E line of Baker street, 82:6 S of Page, S 27:6 by E 9:10% Andrew B. McCreery to Louls Friedlander, re-record 1730 d 291, lot on E line of Lyon street, 25 § of Golden Gate avenue, S 25 by E Charlotta Wilford to Christian | Lehmann, lot on S line of Beulah street, 81 E of Shrader street, E 28:4 by S 100; $10. ° Mary A. Duncan to Joseph T. and Willlam L. Dunne, lot on S line of of Mission, W ce irregular line 109:1, N 54:2, W 70, N 32; gift. United Land Assoclation (by, resident, and C. Roy, lot on S_corner Eleventh_streets, along Mission ' Creek, 137:6, NW _157:1; $6. John O'Mara 'to Patrick and Annle Wynne, lot on S line of Twenty-ninth street, 330 W Sanchez, W 2 by S 114; $10. :; Mathilde H. Vocke to Wilhelmine Vocke, lot on NW corner. of Green and Dupont streets, W 6; also lot on N line of Broa 93:6 E of Taylor street, E 22 by N 62 Emma L. Bertelng (ingle) to Louls A | NE ush an Berteling, 1ot on NE corner o . LR e idley street, 10 W thence E In an C. Tripp) to Eugene and &) THarrison and Bush, 137:6 W of Powell, W 50 by N 137:6; $10. Louls A. Berteling to Frederick Tillmann, as trustee of estate Claus Mangels for Alice, Er- nest C. and Oscar Heuter, : Bush and Jones streets, E 60 by N I Numa Duperu to Eliza R. Duperu. 10 roer Lombard and Jones streets, N 65:9 valuable consideration and $10. dward G. Koening to T. P. Mar- lot on E_line of Twelfth avenue, 25 by E 120; $10. William and Theresa Tomsk: lots 16 and 33, 3 chase, W of and adjoining Hudson tract; $135. Anna Pavel to Ayers, 1ot 33, block B, Park Lane and "’ Eighteenth Frank H. and Bertha A. Gardiner to Frank and Mary .S Ashton, lot on N line of Sadowa E_Orizaba,. E v block F, Railroad Homestead; $10. Frank and Mary S. Ashton to Willlam H. T. Bracken, same; $10. | Clarence K and Ella N. Harmon to Lilltan | Mitchell, iot on NW line of Bemls street, 319 | NE 7 by NW 140, lot 13 Fair- to Isidor Bau- | Willis H. and | between Seventeenth NE of Castro, Same to same, lot on W line Victoria street, 225 S of Central avenue, S 100 by W 100, lots 3§ block 37, City Land Assoclation: lot on W lire of Lundy’s lane, 150 N Virginia lots 17 and 18, gift v 70 by N 50, Alameda County. W. L. Genung to FEquity Benevolent Loan Association, lot on N line of Palmetto street, 240 W of Boston avenue, W 50 by N befng lots 34 and 35, block A, Revised Map of Prospect Hill Tract. ecuted as and for full discharge of mort- gage recorded in 441 m. 39, Brooklyn Town- Note—This deed | e —— STEAMERS TO SAIL. STEAMER. | DESTIN A Blanchrd |Oregon port Grays Harbo an 5. 5 PM 5. 2 Px|Pier 9 China&Japan. | Jan Vie & Prt Snd | J: D 9.10 AM | Pler 13 9 AM | Pler 13 9 AM Pier I3 ... Jan 1, 11 Am|Pler 11 City Puebla Vic & Pgt Snd | Jan 1I, 9 AM Pier 9 |Jan 15,10 AM|Pler 2% Humbldt Bay. Jan 11, State of Cal| Portland. STEAMERS TO0 ARRIVE, r line, 500 level, is now out | Columbia. o o Ja VAot riaand et Sound [yon {Humbo.at Bay. City of Sydney . Crescent City. . Crescent City Departure Bay North Fork.. .. AOON AND TILu. States _Coast and Heights of High Entrance to San Published by Official Au- | and Geodetic Survey. Francisco Bay. thority of the Superintendent. NOTE—The high and low waters occur at the city front (Mission-street .wharf) about twenty-five minutes later than at Fort Point; the height of tide is the same at both places. JANUARY—1888. NOTE.—In the above ex; the early morning tides hand column. and the succy day in the order of occurrens second time column gives the day, the third time column the and the st or right hand column last tide of the day, ex: three tides, as someti given are additions to_the United States Coast Survey sIgn (—) precedes the hes then the number given is subtractive depth given by the chart &iven in the essive tides of tot e as 10 time. The cept when there are but occurs. The heights undings on the when a min TICE TO MARINERS. A tranch of the United States Office, located in the Merchants' maintained in San Francisco for the mariners without free of expense. Navigators are cordially office, Where complete sets ing directions of the world are ki for comparisoh }n(:r‘:uuon can aiways be ig} dangers to navigation of interest 1o ocean somm The time ball on t graph Hill is holsts noon, and is Hydrographic | regard to nationality and invited to visit the and"reference, and. the. latest and all matters op of the bullding e on Tele- bout ten minutes befors | received each ted States Naval Observatory at Mare notice stating whether the time ball was the error, if any, Is the afternoon time, or givij the same day by the morning Lieutenant, U. 8. N., in charge. 3 The Time Ball. ranch Hydrographic B chants’ + San Franclsco, January | The time bail on Telegraph Hill noon to-day—Li. e., at noon or exgetly at's p. m., Lieutenant B ‘nflo& Greenwich time. _ ] SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. SELSE peas Lo e ————— ARRIVED. Tuesday, January & Nor stmr Peter Jebsen, 5 days frm Nanaimo; % tons coal, to John Rosenfeld's Sons. £ “S!mornPomonn.. ‘Cousins, 19 hours frm Eureka; | pass and mdse, to Goodall, Perkins & Co. 2 v Ham- Br ship Laomene, Jones, 226 days fm burg, via Newcastle, Ens, 19 days; mdse, to Meyer, Wilson & Co. Br bark Birkdale, Wiliams, 163 days from | Hamburg; mdse, to Meyer, Wilson & Co. CLEARED. 5 Tuesday, January Stmr North Fork, Bash, Euréka; Chas Nel- son. 7 2 Br stmr Wellington, Salmond, Nanaimo; R | Dunsmuir & Sons. Stmr Coos Bay, Hall, San Pedro; Goodall, Perkins & Co. Ship Eclipse, Peterson, Nanalmo; R D Chandler. i Fr bark Cambromne, Lemerle, Queenstown; G W McNear. : Br bark Indian Empire, Allen, Portland: Meyer, Wilson & Co. SAILED. ‘Tuesday, Jlnu:ry 4 Stmr Bonita, Nicolson, Southern coast. Stmr Coquille Kiver, Johnson, Fort Brags. Stmr San Jose, Pilisbury, Nanaimo. Stmr Empire, Nelson, Coos Bay. Stmr Weeott, Miller, Crescent City. Stmr Caarina, Magee, Coos Bay. Stmr Gipsy, Leland, Santa Cruz. Stmr Crescent City, Stockfleth, Crescent City. Stmr President, Nelson, Yaquina Bay. Stmr Cleone, Strand, Alblon. Stmr Laguna, Peterson. H B M stmr Leander, Fogen. H B M stmr Virago, Baird. Ship Ortental, Parker, Nanapma. Schr Ocean Spray. wick. Schr Barbara Hernster, Jensen, Bowens Landing. TELEGRAPHIC. POINT LOBOS—Jan 410 p. m.—Weather hazy; wind calm. CHARTERS. A The C D Bryant loads mdse for Homolul schr Czar, mdse for Mazatlan and San Blas. Wheat charters prior to arrival from Port- land to Burope are the Durbri 24s 9d; Lyd- Bate, 40s; MacMillan, m;NP-.k ng, 37s6d. SPOKEN. Dec 27—1 S 30 W, Br bark Invercauld, hence Sept 17 for Queenstown. MISCELLANEOUS. ROYAL ROADS—Arrived Jan 4—Stmr Cleve- land, which was previously reported ashore, | and Is expected to arrive at Tacoma to-night. DOMESTIC PORTS. FORT BRAGG—Arrived Jan 4—Stmr Rival, | hence Jan 3. SEATTLE—Arrived Jan 4—Stmr Progreso, hc | Jan 1. ASTORIA—Salled 4—Fr bark Pacifique, for Queenstown: Br ship Province, for Queens- town; Br stmr Omba. SEATTLE—Arrived Jan 4—Ja stmr Matsuy- » | ama Maru, from Yokohama. Safled Jan 4—Stmr Alliance, for Orca. NEHALEM—Sailed Jan 1—Schr Prosper, for San Francisco. PORT ANGELES—Arrrived Jan 3—Bark | Carrollton, hence Dec 24 COOS BAY—Arrived Jan 4—Stmr Chilkat, tm Eureka; schr Dalsy Rows, hence Dec 24; schr | Seven Sisters, hence Deo 30. GRAYS HARBOR—Arrived Jané—Schr Aza~ lea, from Guaymas. TATOOSH—Passed Jan 4—Schr Sallor Bow hence Dec 28 for Everett. PORT LOS ANGELES—Safled Jan ¢Stmx | Alcazar. VENTURA—Arrived Jan 4Stmr George ALBION—Arrived Jan é—Stmr Navarro, hece Jan 3. GREENWOOD—Arrived Jan é—Stmr Sunol, hence Jan 3. NEWPORT—Salled Jan 4—Schr Albert Mey- er, for Port Gamble. PORT GAMBLE—Arrived Jan 4—Schr Noko- mis, from San Pedro. HUENEME—Sailed Jan 4—Stmr Scotla, fGr | San_Francisco. PORT BLAKELEY—Salled Jan 4—Bark G F Manson, for Sydney. FOREIGN PORTS. VANCOUVER—Sailed Jan 4—Br stmr Ema press of India, for Yokohama and Hongkong. SALAVERRY—Arrived Jan 3—Bktn Port- land, hence Oct 2. PORT ELIZABETH—Arrived Jan 4—Bark Palmyra, from Port Gamble. ALGOA BAY—Arrived Dec ¢—Br ship Tra- | falgar, hence Sept 3. KOBE_Arrived Deo 14—Br stmr Common- wealth, from Portiand, Or. QUEENSTOWN—Arrived Jan 3-Ger bark Paul Isenberg, hence Aug ST THOMAS—Arrived Dec 33—Stmr City of Columbia, from New York, and proceeded for San Franelsco. LIZARD—Passed Jan §, 2:30 a. m.—Stmr 8¢ Paul, from New York for Southampton. TRANS-ATLANTIC STEAMERS. NEW YORK—Sailed Jan 4—Stmr Anchoria, for Glasgow; stmr Normannia, for Genoa; str Scilly, for Stettin; stmr Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, for Bremen; stmr Georgic, for Liver- poool. LIVERPOOL—Arrived Jan é—Stmr Cephalo- nia, from Boston. QUEENSTOWN—Arrived Jan 4—Stmr Ma- Jestic, from New York. MEMORANDUM. arle Primrose Hill, Br Ship, from London, Jan 3—Sailed from London Aug 14; had SW and NW winds to Lat 34 N; took the NE trades in Lat 3¢ N and carried them to L at 14 N: from thence to the Equator variable wind: crossed the Equator on Sept 15, Tong % Wi took the SE trades on the Equator and carried them to Lat 18 S; had NW to WSW winds to Lat 50 S; was 18 days irom 30 to 50 § with a succession of WNW _and WSW gales; had WNW winds to Lat 24 S; took the SH trades in Lat 24 S and carried them to Lat 8 N; cross- | ed the Equator on Dec 13, Long 118 W; took [ fhe N5 Frbdts Tn Tat 10 N. ang carried them 16 | Lat 37 N from thence to port NNE winds. Laomene, Br Ship, from Hamburg via New- castle, Eng Jan 4—Sunday, June 27, left Shields with light Easterly wind for 3 days and thick fog at times for 4 days; 2d of July strong gale from SW to NW; 5th of July, strong gale from SW to NW; Sth of July another gale from the same quarter, 14 days | out; 15 miles WSW off Skelligs, SW part of Ireland, light SW wind and calm to 34 N when we got the NE trades, which carried us to 15 N, and thence to Equator had light, un- steady SW moonsoon; crossed the line in 27 N, 50 days out; SE trades, light and very heavy rain and squally throughout; Sept 4, off the Platte, had heavy pampero, which lasted 24 hours; light winds and fine weather to Cape Tres Puntas, where fog and calm set in for 2 days, which ended in moderate SW gale; last- ed 48 hours; down to Staten Island, fine weather and light winds from WSW: Sept 25 and %, light wind at ENE and calm, with thick fog: 92 days out: four weeks of very heavy gales of wind with lightning about Cape Horn; wind varying between NW and WSW, which continued more or less to about 4 S, £ W, and very light SE trade, and crossed the line in 114 W, 166 days out; got the NB trades in 10 N, 119 W, and very favorable to | about 28 N and 130 W: thence to port light to moderate breeze from SW to SE, attended with | thick fog occasionally; made Point Reyes ilght | Sunday night, the 2d of January, 188 days out: e off Cape Horn, lost lower foretopsail Soroe"board. band of main topmast, back- stays carried away, and other damage. IMPORTATIONS. COQUILLE RIVER—Per Jennle—100 tons coal, 19 bdls hides, 63 pkgs mdse, 140 bxs ap- ples, 15 bxs butter, § pkgs chemicals, 110 bbls | salmon, 3 bales flannels, 73 bdls broom handles, 7 bags wool. EUREKA-Per Pomona—1 cs fish, 1 keg pork, | 77_pkes mdse, 1 horse, 1 bugsy, 2 bxs plates, 500 M shingles, 1 cs faucets, 7 bxs groceries, 1 ert tobacco, 135 M ft lumber, 1 cs skins, 20 M shakes, 10 pkgs personal effects, 1 bdl belting, 1 bdl saws, 1 bdl sled material, 9 pkgs express, 1 sk coln. - E R & E R R—3 bxs fish, 7 pks mdse, 100 bxs 1 keg butter, 5 cs milk, 6 cs cream, 1 cs shoes, 7 mats rice, 2 bxs groceries, 27 M shakes, 1 cs furs, 1 bx drugs, 120 doors, 1 cs books, 1§ pkes household furniture, 613 bxs apples, 154 &ks tatoes. HAMBURGPer Laomene—T50 bags potash, 2500 double bags salt, 5950 csks cement, 903 brs &85 bdls iron, 26 csks beryt. Newcastle, Eng—1197 tons coke, 35,350 fire bricks, 36 _grindstones. HAMBURG.Per Birkdale—150 csks arsenic, 40 csks oxallc acid, 200 bbls hyposulphite of soda, 810 plates spelter, 204 billets steel, 200 bbls whisky, 5 casks clay crucibles, 5 cases plctures, 11 cs earthenware, 100 csks epsom falts, 306 cs min waters, 27 cs 71 crts 55 bales hollow glass, 2 cs wine, 17 cs kitchen utensils, | 12 cs enameied goods, 1 cs bronze, T cs furni- Tassware, 10 cs paper, 8 cs black- }:?xlz % Sinfoll. 1 cs plate fglass, 300 bags Wwood flour, 9194 csks cement, 2250 bags sulphate of potash, 100 bbls bleaching powder, 1250 bags | double manure salt, 1500 bags muriate of pot- ash, 10 tons coke, 1 cs pamphlets, 1 cs framed | plcture, 2 es schoolbooks. CONSIGNEES. Per Jennie— J S Kimball; S Bloom & Son: W B Sumner & Co: Tillmann & Bendel; M P Detels; Russ, Sanders & Co; W W Montague & Co; Justinlan Caire; Hulme & Hart; W C Price & Co; S H Frank & Co; Standard Ofl Co;_ McNair Bros; McDonough & Runyon; H R Reed; Hilmer, Bredhoff & Schulz: Dodge, Sweeney ‘& Co; Unlon Brewery; Getz Bros & Co. Per Pomona—A Paladini; A Winslow; Cal Fish Commissioners; A Thiess; Brigham, Hoppe & Co: Dodge, Sweeney & Co; Gray & Mitchell; D Tweedle: Golden Gate Park; H & S Commercial Co; H Liebes & Co; Scott & Van Arsdale Lumber Co: Itallan-Swiss Colony; J H Kruse; L J Siple; R P Dinnigan; B M Heckman; Western Carb Acld Gas Co: W F Forsythe; Washington Brewery: Amer Union Fish_Co: Wells. Fargo & Co; B Calto; Arctle | Onl Works: C E Whitney & Co; C Bianca; ¥ B Halght: Dairymen’'s Umlon: Getz Bros & Co; Goodyear Rubber Co; Hills Bros; Higsi & Colltns; J A Folger & Co; Marshall & Hoj ers; M J Brandenstein & Co; Mack & Co: O B Smith & Co: Norton, Teller & Co: P C Lum- ber & Mill Co; Ross & Hewlett; Standard off Co: Wheaton, Breon & Co: Witzel & Baker; C T Middleton: Eveleth & Nash: Mitchenr ' & Goodall; H Dutard; J K Armsby & Sons; Marshall, Teggart & Co. Per Birkdale—Miller, Sloss & Scott; C W Pennington & Sons; Sherwood & Sherwood: W - R Grace & Co; Abramson, Heunisch & ‘o Wm Wolft & Co: Cal Art Glass Works: Jonu California; London Lok, iR e i, Ceienn & ooy