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I THE STOLEN BOY. Philadelphia Excited but No Tidings. J [Philadelphia letter (Julv 18) New York Sun.] * Poor little Charlie Ross is not yet m i c his home. The police say that they are t sparing no pains to find him, and the i c parents of the child are frantically en- i a deavoring to discover his whereabouts, j It is now seventeen days since he was \ j kidnapped, and those who undertook i , the search for him are as far in the dark as ever. All Philadelphia is ex- j cited over the disappearance of the lit- A tie fellow. Chief of Police Jones seems t stupefied, and Capt. Hines of the detec- ( tive force says he knows nothing about , the case, although several of his subor- i j dinates are understood to be hard at 1 work on it. It is the first case of the kind ever thrown into the hands of the 1 police of this city, and it is a puzzler. I ( One of the detective wiseacres said to |, the Sun correspondent: _ “It is a crusher for us. The child- . stealing business belongs to the old world, and is patterned after the w'ork of the Italian brigands. It is a little too much for Philadelphia. We have tried all the devices known to uetec- 1 tives to unearth the scoundrels, and I have been unsuccessful, and we are sat isfied beyond a doubt that the work was done by persons who do not make i this city their abode. I think that the i abductors are Englishmen, and I know ! that they have made a great mistake in ! their man. They would gladly, if it 1 were safe for them, return the boy to his parents. They must know by this time that they can obtain no ransom for him, and consequently he is an ele phant on their hands.” THE MAN UNDER ARREST. Christopher Wooster, who was ar rested yesterday by Detective Joshua Taggart on suspicion of having some thing to do with the abduction, is still in prison. lie is tall and thin, with ( sSiarp cut features, and sallow com- , t plexion, and he has a coarse, straggling j beard. He has served several terms in < the penitentiary, and but a few months < ago was released from Moyamensing ] prison, where he was confined for blacK- i mailing. He was known to the police ms a confidence man, and last attempted ; aTimposc on a physician in Walnut!, street. Detective Taggart, when called upon by a number of citizens and di- j rected to begin a search for the ab- j doctors, made himself acquainted with Wooster's movements. The detective learned that since Charlie Ross disap peared Wooster has been mysteriously prowling arouud the post-office, and thinking that he might be in some way implicated, arrested him. Some of the police and their allies have been busy circulating stories that Mr. Ross knows the whereabouts of his little son ; that he had him taken away for a purpose — that purpose being to gain sympathy \ from his creditors and to obtain money from them ostensibly to be used in the search for the boy. Those who know Mr. Ross pronounce such stories false. THE PARENT'S GRIEF. The fact is patent to all that he and his wife have suffered terribly in the loss of their child. The father has worked almost incessantly to discover the little fellow's whereabout’s, and it is but fair that the story of his attempt to gather money from his acquaintances was started by those who were unable to ex tort money from him. To-day's In quirer prints a communication from one who says that every parent's heart must have been made to bleed by the pub lished accounts of the abduction of Charlie Ross. The writer suggests that the amount demanded by the scoundrels, 520,000, for the return of the boy be raised by a public contribution of from one to five dollars. He asks that two hundred responsible persons be appoint ed by the mayor to go from house to house soliciting money for the purpose. The Inquirer says: “ We advocate it because we believe it to be the only way by which the stolen child can be restored to its sorely stricken parents. The machinery of the law, which was thought sufficient to' have affected the rescue of the child long before now. has proved itself to be ab solutely worthless, and it is folly to place reliance upon it any longer. Noth ing can be more humiliating to justice and the community, or more disgraceful to the agents of the law, than that so enormous a felony as this must be com pounded ; but to Mr. Ross the restora tion of his child is greater than any ab stract idea of justice, and every parent will sympathize with him in this feel ing. The harm of it all is that com pounding a felony of this sort once be gun, no one can tell where it will end, and a subscription raised in July for the recovery of a child stolen in June will have to be supplemented by another subscription in August for the recovery of a child stolen in July, and so on in definitely. A better plan, we think, would be for citizens to raise a sub scription as a reward to any person oi persons to hunt down the stealers of th< child. It should be made large enough to induce men of intelligence and discre tion to play the part of detective. A wholesome precedent should be estab lished by this case that child-stealing i: a crime which this community will noi tolerate.” WHAT MAYOR STOKELY SAYS. The correspondent visited Mayor Stokely in his office at noon to-day. Correspondent—l wished to speak to you of the kidnapping of little Charlie Ross. Mayor Stokely—Oh, yes; that was a very sad affair. I came back from Long Branch yesterday to look into it. Correspondent—Will you offer a re ward for the recovery of the child and the arrest and conviction of the kidnap pers ? Mayor Stokely (earnestly)—Oh, no. I couldn't do that. You see I would be liable to a criminal prosecution if I did that. I could not offer a reward with out the direction of the Common Coun cil. They have had one meeting since the kidnapping, but they took no action concerning it. They will not meet again for some time. Correspondent —That is unfortunay;, isn't it ?” NOT THE BOY BUT THE ABDUCTORS WANTED. Mayor Stokely —Yes, but then if I had the power 1 wouldn't offer a re- ward for the boy. It is his abductors that we want. When I became Mayor of Philadelphia I said to my detectives, “There is to be no more compounding of felonies. When goods are stolen, I don't wish them returned so much as I wish those who stole them brought to jus tice. I must have the thieves. If any one on the force turns up stolen goods 1 without bringing the thief to prison, the officer will be discharged from the force.” You see? The correspondent inquired whether the Mayor thought that the arrest made by Private Detective Taggart amounted to anything. ■ “No,” arswered his Honor, quickly, ’“I don't believe it does. Many arrests have been made. Men have come here ; from a long distance saying that they i knew where there was a horse and ! wagon answering the printed descrip ! tion, but upon investigation we i could find nothing in it. But I tell you I am doing my best to keep Philadelphia clear of rouges, and my men are determined to hunt down the fellows who stole the little boy.” WASHINGTON SOSSIP. f Chit-Chat About the Belles and Beaux of the National Capitol. | Washington girls are renownediy in- s lependent, writes a correspondent in 1 hat city of the Cincinnati Gazette , but n nothing more so than in their style a if dressing. They promenade after s sundown these summer evenings minus i lead-covering—even walk out for an ice, 1 >r soda water, without any addition to i their indoor toilets. In the winter, they ittend the opera in full dress or walking < costume, as their fancy or necessity : dictates, and what they “have on is 1 the last thing to worry them at a ball. ; They conform in a degree to the edicts 1 of fashion, but not to such a palpable extent as to destroy their mdividu- 1 ality. At the outset of < the season, the all-powerful Dame Fashion issued her pronuncia mento against white dresses, and the ultraists forthwith ordered their mo distes to construct costumes from dark colored, hot-looking fabrics, differing from their winter costumes only in ma terial. They desired their grenadines —stifling enough in themselves —to be made up over high-necked and long sleeved silk linings, and instituted gen eral preparations to immolate them selves upon the roasting altars of the inflexible goddess. “Our girls, how ever, knew that such foolishness would be simple perdition, in this semi-tropi cal climate, and like sensible human be ings they have arrayed themselves in the crisp, maidenly, but despised white garments, considered so unstylish ! At church, troops of our prettiest and best dressed young ladies, still re luctant to leave this fascinating city, even for Saratoga or Long Branch gai eties, sweep into their various pews, clad in such spotless, cool-looking suits that they unconsciously bring memories of the snow on the summits of the far off Sierras. One young lady, univer sally accredited as being the “best dressed girl in the city, wore a suit which was a marvelous combination of elegance and simplicity. It was some ' diaphanous material of creamy white ness. profusely trimmed with exquisite needlework. The rulf. elaborately em broidered, stood plaited high ia th« b'ack .of the neck, and formed a perfectly plain, deep reverse in front. The over skirt was drawn stylishly back and fas . tened on one side by a wide, soft, white silk sash, heavily fringed at the ends. A leghorn hat. of the Charles I. period, was carelessly rolled up on one side and drooped charmingly down on the oth er, throwing the face of the wearer into the softened shadow of a crayon. Around the crown and down the back trailed a vine of exquisite, fragrant-looking white wild roses, with dark, bronzed green leaves. A fresh, pure, charmante face peeped out from another broad, yellow Leghorn covered with fine, gossamer white mulle, in which nestled tiny, pale pink moss-rosebuds, and lilliputian faint blue morning glories clambered toward the gold tints of her hair. Her dress was a translucent linen lawn, the flounces edged with Valenciennes, and the plaits in the waist bordered on both sides with the same lace, while a full ruff of the soft, filmy lace stood high around her throat. Another young lady, whose large dark eyes dealt death blows to the hearts of susceptible young men. was dressed in a suit of white camel's hair, self-trimmed with the fashionable shirred puffs, heading side plaited frills. Another looked delicious ly dainty in a pretty, fluffy em broidered white muslin another still, in a clear, waxy Victoria lawn, with em broidered insertion, and edge to the ruf fles. I felt like offering the young ladies a vote of thanks for suggesting so much coolness, and affording such satis faction to on-lookers, for nothing is more tiresome on a hot day than „to rest one's gaze on dark-colored, dust covered dresses, no matter how stylishly made. The jaunty sleeveless lace jacket, be studded with glittering jet, is a great favorite with us, but has not been car- The -Ajn.ti-ihffon.o'polist. ried to such an excess as to suggest an Amazon warrior clad in armor. The “killing” little side pockets, sparkling with beads and fastened to the belt by jet chains, are also in vogue, and are a great addition to a toilet. SHARPER THAN A SERPENTS TOOTH. Society has been very much exercised over two scandals celebre in their very most aristocratic midst! Last Tuesday the son of a rear ad miral, just retired, was joined in the bonds of matrimony to a notorious dan seuse occupying a position in the can can at the Theater Comique. The boy is hardly nineteen, delicate looking, slight physique, with dark eyes and hair, olive skin, and the faintest shad ow of a man's moustache darkening his lip. His dress has always been a study of perfection, and if his actions were as much above reproach as his gloves and ties, there is no knowing to what heights he might have reached. He was sent to West Point several years ago, but fail ing to pass a creditable examination, was dismissed from the academy. His father had him placed temporarily in the navy department, and intended send ing him to the Lehigh University in the fall, but he has already graduated! JUMPIN6 THE 6AP. Tom Potts, the Esglish Engineer, Tells How the Witch Went Her Prettiest. [From Taylor’s Modern Highways.] Tom Potts, a well-known locomotive engineer in England and the States, is the seif-accredited hero of the following wonderful story of successful daring. I will narrate it as nearly as I can in his own words. I have heard him tell it often: “Well, gentlemen, I say you'll think it's a lie, but I can't help that; you have asked me to tell it, and all I can say is, if you'd been in my place you'd have seen it. “I had been driving the Witch for about seven months, and a sweet thing she was. I never was half so fond of an engine as I was of her. She was the kind of a machine a man only gets once in a lifetime. “She made her steam quick, was easy on fuel, started off lively, and went like a deer. Her cylinders were 16 inch, her stroke 22, and her drivers 7 feet 6, and she was as kind to handle as a' baby. “To see her run off with a heavy load, light and gay, was enough to shame the Juno, Venus and Helen, and other 18-inch machines. “She never wanted fixing up. Venus was always going in and out of the shop to be titivated, and if there’s anything I don't like it's an engine that all the time wants to be titivated. She was always ready and willing to work. Why, bless you ! she wait only washed out for the sake of cleanliness —she didn't need it a bit. “She was the tidiest thing ever seen; seemed as though dirt wouldn't stick to her. “Well, what I am going to tell came off' years ago, before I lelt the old coun try, and it was one of the best railroads —single track then, though it’s got three now, and four in some spots. “Well, the Witch and I were put on the mail, one of the fastest trains, and they went like sixty in them days. “The engineer was fined a shilling for every minute he lost. He dared not go slow lor fog, unless he wanted to lose his day s pay. He had to keep going right along, and see things before he got in sight of ’em. “We were running north one darkish, wintry day, and were making our best streaks. I should reckon we were going about fifty miles an hour. “I was saying to myself, ‘She’s going her prettiest,’ when we suddenly shot ahead as if we had been fired out of a cannon. hr.cw what that meant. We had broke loose ; we hadn't a car behind us. The coupling had broke between the tender and the first coach. “How we flew, to be sure ! I whis tled the guard to break up the train. How we bounded along! “I could make out irothing alongside; we seemed to go faster and faster; we must have got as fast as 100 miles per hour. “It was a straight piece of track for some miles. I did not shut off steam directly we broke, for I didn't want the train to run into us, which might hap- pen, if they did not hear me whistle for brakes. “It was lucky I kept her going, for just as I had had about enough of such flying, a man started out about six hundred yards before us holding - a red flag. “There was nothing in the way, so I knew something must be wrong with the track. “You might as well have tried to stop a whirlwind as the Witch in that distance. Her speed was frightful. “There wasn't much time to think, and as we could not stop, the faster we went the better; so I gave what more steam there was. She seemed to have some ‘go’ in reserve, for we shot past the red flag like a flash. “I saw men standing horror struck. 9 “Bill,' said I, ‘quick! Get on the coke, and see what's ahead.' “He looked, and went deadly pale, tottered, and fell back in a faint. “By this time I could see plain enough what was wrong. “There was a gap in the track where a bridge had gone down. “You can t imagine my feelings just then. Going to death—death, swift and terrible, at about two miles a min ute —getting nearer, nearer! I thought of my wife and child—nearer! An in stant more —the gap. r*£ AS immm “God have mercy,’ I shrieked. “Would you believe it ? that engine just cleared that gap! “It was fifteen feet across, and abdut sixty feet deep. “She jumped that gap like a stag, and what’s more, she struck the rails all right on the other side and kept right along, just as if she had not noticed the gap. “I stirred Bill up, and with both of us at the brake, we managed at last to stop the Witch. “She was on a tear that day, but I never dreamed she’d jump the gap— that’s a fact.” The first named stand out in conspic uous superiority as agricultural stock for breeding by gentlemen farmers and retired merchants or professional gen tlemen or the sons of either inheriting their property having incomes without cause for further accumulation; for those capitalists want amusement, and the breeding, raising and training of such animals as would command a very high figure among the class of men they belong to, would give zest to the enjoy ment of their fortunes, giving a taste for country life and thereby preventing the questionable excitement and specu lation in forming monopolizing compa nies, &c., called “rings,” for taking ad vantage of the public. Many of the members, of rings and monopolists have worse dispositions and are bigger rogues than any in Sing Sing, and it looks bad for the future of the United States to see how much ill-gotten wealth is used in bribery and corrup tion to attain ends adverse to the com munity at large but to fraudently en rich a few. Horses vs. Cows and Sheep. Therefore, as the breeding of trott ing or sporting horses is calculated to cause the common farmer to neglect the other stock and may serve to give the sons a contempt for the less exciting duties appertaining to the herds and flocks, itjWould be fortunate if the rais ing of sporting animals could be chiefly confined to the wealthy class who have no business which can suffer by their devoting time and attention to all con nected with the training and racing of fast horses. Farmers could breed the fine draught horses, and, take an average of years, do better than being confined to cows and sheep, for a mixed stock raising is best if persevered in; for if one kind is down in price another will probably be up. Besides on all farms devoted to stock raising there ought to be old grass pasture permanently kept from the plow, and on all such all the best native grasses flourish so very much more luxuriantly and the stock thrives so much better, if a variety of stock graze i for the sheep eats after the horse with great relish, and the cows, too, while at the same time the horse does well after the cows. Monkey Sagacity. It was a wild and dreary part of the country, on the plains of India, while journeying, that one day a friend and self sat down under the shade of a ban yan tree. We were enjoying a meal of various edibles when we were disturbed by the arrival and the noise of a troop of large, black-faced monkeys. The branches overhead literally swarmed with them. They looked on us as in terlopers, no doubt; and for some time their gestures appeared so menacing that we were apprehensive they would dispute the ground with us. We had just risen from our meal, when, to our surpise, one of the monkeys (a young one) fell down from a high branch at our feet. It was quite dead. The clamor that arose above us on the oc currence of this calamity was deafening. The whole assembly of monkeys clus tered together for a confab. Long and loud were the chatterings and various the grimaces of the tribe, each individ ual vieing with the other in the loud nesS of his tongue. Their looks and gestures made it apparent that they suspected us of being the cause of the death of their juvenile comrade. But we were unarmed, and the good sense of the monkey seemed to tell them that there must be some other culprit. Hav ing come to this conclusion, one mon key, apparently the senior and leader of the whole tribe, separat ed himself from the rest, ran to the spot on the beach whence the young monkey had fallen, examined it carefully, smelt the branch, and then glided nimbly down one of the pillars or pendant roots, and came to the corpse of the monkey, took it up, ex amined it minutely, particularly the shoulder, where there was a small wound. Instinct immediately turned suspicion into certainty. He placed the corpse on the ground again, and, turn ing his gaze in every direction, endeav ored to pierce the foliage in his search for the murderer. After a little while something seemed to rivet hisattention. In an instant he had mounte d the tree, sprung to the spot, and with one clutch had seized a long whip-snake, with i which he hastened to the ground. Now occurred a most curious scene. The whole monkey rabble, following their leader, were on the ground almost as soon as he. Then as many as could ranged themselves on each side of the snake. Each monkey put his hand on the reptile, clutching hold of the skin of the back tightly. At a given signal the executioners dragged the writhing snake backward and forward on the ground till nothing was left of the mur derer but the back bone. The mode of execution was effectual, and in the way it was carried out showed the clear un derstanding which the monkey lan guage conveys. —Travels in the East. Ix twenty-two counties in South Car olina, within the last two years, 580,143 acres, an area of 960 square miles have been confiscated to the State for delin quent taxes. Is this repudiation ? ANOTHER CHiCASO FIRE Burns up a Quarter of a Million. Chicago, July 22. —At 4 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the fine stone front block, Nos. 121 and 123 State street, occupied by E. F. Hollister & Co., dealers in carpets, and Giles Bros. & Co., jewelers, and before it could be extinguished consumed every thing. The origin is not known. As these were very heavy business firms the loss is large. The amounts with in surance will be given in another dis patch. SECOND DISPATCH. The building in which the fire oc curred this morning cost 35100,000 in 1872. The insurance is not yet ascer tained. The stock of Giles Bros. & Co., jew elers, is valued at $20,000; insured for nearly half or $60,000 worth. Their stock was in the vaults. E. F. Hollister, furniture manufactu rer and carpet dealer, loses about $75,000; insured. Richards, Shaw & Winslow lose through damaged stock about $10,000; fully insured. The firms on the other side of the street suffered by breaking glass a loss of about SIO,OOO. The following are the insurances as far as known: On Giles Bros.’s stock, in the Frank lin National, of New Orleans, Amer ica and Home, of New York, $5,000 each; in the Citizens, Hrrvard, Man hattan, and Williamsburg City, $2,500 each. * On Hollister’s stock, in the Irving and National, $5,000 each; in the Phoenix and Brooklyn, $10,000; Wil liamsburg City, $2,500. The building was insured in the Home, of New York, for SIO,OOO. The total loss is probably quarter of a million, and the insurance, as far as ascertained, $70,000. Who Was tbe Friend. [From the Mankato Review.] Rumor has it that the reference made by Mr. Dunnell to an attempt to get him into a ring and force him to go back upon a friend, has reference to an attempt made to commit him in favor of Bill King’s nomination in the third district, and Averill was the friend that he was to betray. Will Dunnell rise and explain ? Trouble in Mississippi. Washington, July 22.—The Govern or of Mississippi telegraphed that he has sent the President by mail, a state ment of the condition of affairs at Vicks burg which leads him to apprehend a disturbance of the peace which, owing to the militia being unorganized he would be unable to suppress. The mayor and postmaster of Vicksburg have on the other hand telegraphed to the President protesting against send ing troops to that city, as such an act would have the effect of increasing the excitement as there are no indications of an outbreak. Yesterday the Secretary of War or dered two corps of troops from Jackson to Vicksburg as their presence might have the effect of preventing acts of vio lence, should such be contemplated or be likely to occur in absence of restrain ing power. The action of the Secretary of War meets the approval of the Presi dent. Nothing more will be done in the premises. The Secretary of War leaves here Saturday for New London, where his family are spending the sum mer. COMMERCIAL MATTERS. Saint Paul Retail Market. At the city market this morning pri ces were as follows : Eggs 25 cents a doz en ; butter 25 cts. a pound; porter house sirloin steaks, 15 cents a’pound; round steaks, 12 1-2 cents; chuck steaks, 10 cents; corn beef, 5 to 10 cents; mut ton, 15 cents; pork, 121-2 cents; spring chickens, 50 to 75 cents a pair ; pigeons, 30 cents a pair ; new potatoes. 51.20 a bushel; beans, 51 .40 a bushel; peas, 25 cent 3 a peck ; cabbage, 40 cents a dozen ; cauliflower, 40 cents a dozen; squash, 5 cents each; onions, 10 cents a dozen; turnips, 5 cents a dozen ; com, 10 cents a dozen ; cucumbers, 20 cents a dozen ; pickled cucumbers, 30 cents a peck ; tomatoes, 25 cents a dozen ; ap ples 75 cents a peck ; cherries, 15 cents a quart; blueberries, 10 cents a quart; raspberries, 30 cents a quart; gooseber ries, 20 cents a quart; currants, 25 cents a quart; red raspberries, $2 a pail of 14 quarts. St. Paul Produce Market, July 22. So far as the St. Paul and Minneapo lis markets are concerned, the old crop of wheat appears to be exhausted, and buyers must rest until the new crop be gins to come in. On the St. Paul Sc Pa cific, St. Paul Sc Sioux City, I. Sc M. Di vision and H. Sc D., the reports are that there is no wheat in sight, and that what is in store at a few points belongs to the millers who are generally well provided for the next few weeks. Those who are lacking would willingly pay Milwaukee prices to-day, which are a little better than yesterday. ,-Old oats are scarce and as it will be sometime before the new crop win come into use, the value of coarse grain and 3 feed is likely to advance. The stocks on hand are comparatively small. Provisions are firmer with mess porn quotable at $22.50 to $23; hams 14 to 14 l-12e, according to brand ; and all pork products advanced 3 to 5 per cent. Choice butter is worth 22 to 25c and cheese 121-2 to 14c, according tO’ packages and quality. New potatoes are taken freely at 75c to $1.25, according to size and the time they have been out of the ground. Green apples are in but light de mand as yet although some choice lots are on the market. Lemons are scarce and selling at $lO to sll to arrive. There was a lively demand for blue berries this morning, which fairly cleared the market before noon, not withstanding the large receipts. Lots which were damaged by being sent in large packages and jammed, went slow at $2.00 to $2.50 a bushel, while choice lots went quick at $2.50 to $2.75. Some of these last, which were packed in double crates of quart boxes, each crate holding 20 to 24 boxes, if they had not been taken so early would have sold later in the day at $3.00 a bushel. The local demand was good, but the market was kept up by large orders from other" towns by mail and telegraph. Wall Street. Slie stock market opened steady and de clined * to 2 per cent., the latter on Lake Shore. Since 12:30 there lias been a recov ery of ,'s to % of 1 per cent. Lake Shore has been the centre of attraction for the rea son that the executive committee of the board of directors has been in session con sidering as its understood outside question of half yearly dividend and lease to the New York Central and Hudson. At one time the Stock Exchange had a report that the com mittee had adjourned ana done nothing and this caused a decline of 2 per cent, on Lake Shore. New York money and Stocks. [Special Report to St. Paul Dispatch.] New York, July 22.—Money—no loans;: 2% to 3 percent. Gold 109%. Govern ments dull and strong. [State bonds steady. Stocks dull and weak: Western Union 71%; Pacific Mail 44%; Adams Express 107%; Wells Fargo 74 r. American 60 % : United States 67 % : New York Central 99% : Erie 36% ; do preferred 47 %: Harlem 124%; dopreferred 126: Panama). 109: Union Pacific 26% ; Lake Shore 72% r Pittsburgh 87%: Northwestern 37%; do preferred 66 ; C. &. C. 70% ; Rock Islandl 98; St. Paul 34 y % ; do preferred 63% ; Wabash 35 ; do preferred 65 : Ft. Wayne 92 % ; Ohio & Mississippi 25 ; Hartford & Erie 1 %'; Illinois Central 17: Hannibal & St. Jo 26. Chicago Produce Board —July 22.. [Special Report for St. Paul Dispatch.] 10 a. m. —Wheat irregular and higher at sl.ll # to sl.ll % for July, and SI.OB # for August. 10: 16 a. m.—Wheat easier and active at $1.11),' to sl.ll if for July ; $1.08!,' tosl.- 08 # for August. Corn quiet and firmer at 62c to 62 c for August; 63 # c bid for July. 10:40 A. m.—Wheat steady and moderate ly active at $1.11,',' to sl.ll A' for July ; and sl.oß# to sl.oß# for August. Corn irregu lar and stronger at 64 # c-ts. cash : 64 # 1 to 64# cts. for July; and 62#e for August.. Oats firm, higher and in good demand at 36# etc. for August; and 36 # cts. for Sep tember. Pork stronger; $21.85 bid for Au gust. Whisky nominally 95 cts. Freights unchanged. 11:26 A. jr.—Number of car loads on the market: Wheat 123; corn 416; oats 11;. Rye 6 and barlev 9. *11:30 a. m.— Oats unsettled; spot strong at 55c; July 50c ; August 36 to 36# c; Sep tember 35c. 11:40 a. m.— Wheat quiet and steady at sl.ll# cash; sl.ll# to sl.ll# for Julyg sl.oß# for August. 11:50—Com dull at 64 #c cash for July ancE 62 # c for August. Rye dull; nominally 76c.. 12:30 p. m. —Wheat quiet and easier at sl.ll cash or July; sl.oß# for August and $1.06# for September. 12:40 p. m.—Corn quiet and firm at 64 #c; Ash or July, and 62# to 62#c for August; high mixed 64# c; rejected 62 #c. Oats ir regular ; sold at 55 to 58c cash, and 65c Nov. with bids of 59 to 50#c for July; 36 to 36# a for August; 34 #to 35c for September. 1:05 p. m.—Rye quiet at 7oc to 76c. Barley dull at $1.02 for September. Whisky quiet at 95c. Freights inactive; nominally 3#e for com to Buffalo. 1:20 p. m.—Wheat steady at sl.ll # for July, and sl.oß# for August. Com firm at 64#c for July, and 62#c for August. Pork irregular and. unsettled at $22.05 for August, and $22.40 for September. Lard firmer and more active at $1.15# cash, and 9#c seller the year. New York Produce, July 22. Cotton quiet at 17c for middling up lands. Hour rules in buyers’ favor with a. very moderate demand; receipts 16,000- bushels; sales 9,000; quotations Wheat a shade tirmer with a moderate ex port demand; receipts 65,000 bushels; sales 48,000 bushels at #1.28 for No. 2 Chicago; #1.31 for No. 2 Milwaukee; and #1.33 to #1 .36 for No. 1 spring. Rye quiet. Com a shade firmer; receipts 169,000; sales 86,000; 78 ato 79c for western mixed; 79 to 80c for high mixed and yellow. Barley nominal. Oats firmer; receipts 13,000 bu; sales 24,000' bu at 65 to 66)$ c for mixed western; and 70 to 72c for white. Pork firm; #2l for new mess. Cut meats quiet. Beef, western nom inal. Lard firm at 12 xc for steam. Whis ky 98)4 c. Sugar steady. Petroleum, erode 4% to 6c, refined 12c. Coal unchanged. Leather steady. Wool firm. New York Produce Board, July 22. Special Report to St. Paul Dispatch. 11:10 a. it. —Market opens with wheat qui et at #1.27, #1.29 #1.31, and #1.32. Corn, quiet at 78c to 79c. Oats firm. 1 P. m.—Flour quiet at #5.80 to 86. Wheat firm, higher and m fair inquiry at yester day’s closing prices, or #1.28 to #1.32 ‘for fair spring. Milwaukee Produce Board, July 22. Special Report to St. Paul Dispatch. 9:15 a. it. —Wheat firm at #1.19 for No. 1 ; #1.16 if for N 0.2; #l.l3*s for August and tl .09 for September. Receipts 35,000. bushels; shipments 107,000. 10:20 a. at. —Wheat firm at #i.t» tor Wo. 1; #1.16 for N 0.2; #1.13 >4 seller Aug, and #I.OB 3$ seller September. 1:16 p. m.—Wheat weak at #1.191$ for No.. 1; #1.16;$ for No. 2; #1.135$ seller August; . and #l.oßls seller September. 1