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6 UNDER THE WEATHER This is the Explanation the Bulls Offer for the Present Situation in Wheat. Thero is a Chance That the Winter Wheat Crop May freeze Up and Be Euined. tirain and Provision Markets Show a Decline "Which Short Buying Failed to Counteract. £. Lively Day In Wall Street, the Mar ket Closing Stronger at Top Figures. Chicago. - Special to the Globe. Chicago, Dee. 29.— 1f it were not for Ihe very warm weather that has prevailed Bow for two weeks, suggesting to every body bare wheat fields and a '•forward winter wheat crop, all the bull iuiluences would count for little. The ligures of Sec retary Stone last night, showing that the wheat ' "visible" had commenced to die, was effset this morning by news of an increased movement in the Northwest. The "visible" really cuts a small figure now among the market influences, and is not likely to un less it begins to decrease a million or two a week. The bullishness is supported by the fear on the one hand and the hope on the other that rain will soon be here, and then a freeze, anil that damage on a great scale will be suffered. Although there is cer tainly no sign of great expectations in this market by any party, it is steadily claimed that the Northwestern milling crowd has a holding here of not less, certainly, than 10,000,000 bushels, bought through Foss, Strong «fc Co., Norton & Worthington. Hamill & Erine, Crosby & Co. and some others. ABOUT AT BOTTOM PRICES. '•Wheat, I guess," said Mr. Worthington, "is about at bottom prices. 1 look for a rapid decrease in the visible supply, and if 1 were 'short' I should feel very nervous over This unseasonable weather. Unless every thing is favorable there is bound to be dam age. All the fields in the winter wheat coun try arc bare now. and a cold wave is on the way now. Besides, there is strength in the speculative situation. Armour, Archie Jones and some other rich local oper ators are long n great deal of wheat. They are not anxious holders, but such a concen tration of wheat is a menace to shorts. The j. however, is by the very rich sof the Northwest; who have bought tin! wheat not for the sum of a couple of <-. > ■:-. but who expect to make 10, 20, perhaps So cents a. bushel. They ought to know the situation. They make §50,000,000 worth of flour and know- the demand for it. They know the situation in the interior. They know the amount of wheat in farmers' hands. They know the movement and know the crops. They must be better posted than the shoestring Chicago operators. I believe in wheat." "TnE visible supply on this crop," said Robert Lindblom, "has not increased more than 16,01)0,000 bushels. There are 42,000,000 bushels of old wheat in the country, and I think we will soon be eat ing into that. The ordinary increase in the old 'visible' at this season is about 25,000,000 bushels. 11. at the harvest of 18S5, there has been no enormous surplus the 'visible' now ■would have been very small." Wheat opened }£c higher than it closed yesterday, advanced %c or thereabouts, And then declined to about the opening or j shade below. where it hung lifelessly dur ing the greater part of the session. The long-looked-for turn in the visible supply was made known this morning by the pub lication of the official statement of stocks In warehouses. The country sent in mod erate buying orders on the receipt of the news, and New York was a large but not aggressive purchaser. The ereat holders of long wheat made no sign, but symptoms of nervousness on the part of several pro fessionals, who are working the short side I of the market, and who are reported to be I heavily short, were clearly manifest to the sharpened visions of the professional ob servers who live in and around the wheat pit. The early temper of the market may rightfully be described as FIRM AND EVEN" STRONG, but liberal offe rings by holders who thought it a good market to sell on had a softening effect. Until well along in the day there was a firm undertone to the market, but later dealings were on a scale of diminish ing values. The 1 o'clock closing was at the bottom prices of the forenoon, and the feeling was one of weakness. Outside mar kets were heavy and the influence was de pressing. The early surface strength had evaporated in a large degree by the time the board adjourned for lunch. The market Buffered a drain of ]4(<a%o. this afternoon, and closed very weak. Liberal offerings of long wheat anil raiding by the bears did the business. Alter the late board puts on May sold at 89X@90c and calls at 91@91%c. CORN* OPENED HIGHER for May in spite of the large increase in the visible supply and sold up 4 c. At this point Nat Jones, who is known as a heavy long bolder, scared the boys by dropping 150,000 bn among them. E.W. Bailey was the principal' taker of the stuff offered. Nor ton & Worthington sold January early, but when May broke later on, they took hold of considerable of that month. The market presented a quiet and steady appear ance, with trading only fair and mostly by professionals. .Receipts were moderate ami shipments rather .small. For eign and Eastern markets were steady. Offerings were not large, and prices moved with a small range and closed at a He de cline on yeai, Jg'c on January, but }{@Xc higher on May, which held firm owing to the large .short interest and bad weather. Year sold at oi>}^@36%c. January at 36? a @36^c, May at 39^<a39J£c, and closed at the inside. • PORK was the principal article of merchandise in the provision pit, and it was traded in only on a falling market during the entire ses sion. The small number of hogs received opened .May pork at $10.37J£, or2}^c above the close of yesterday, but the dearth of •buying, ordeis sent the figures steadily downward, and this option lost 7>£c during ing the first two hours of the session. The . •narket was quiet and rather strong early, bat easy at the close, showing a decline of 16@17%c0n pork and2>£c on lard and short ribs. : Trading was almost exclusively local. Mess pork for February opened at SlO, and ranged from 59.87J<@10.02K, closing at S9.S7>^. March closed at 59.97}£ and May at §10.20. Lard closed at §6 for February, 56. 10 for March and $6.22 >* for May. Short ribs closed at $4.70 for Feb ruary and £4.97% for March. peter berkkt. Pres. F. W. ANDEH.SON, Cashier. «'. W. GRIGGS, V. rrea. A. C. AXDEIISON", Asst. C. THE ST. PAUL NATIONAL BANK, Capital, $500,000. Comer Fifth and Jackson streets. The Quotation*. Chicago. Dec. — Flour steady and un changed. Wheat opened %c higher, advanced i %c additional, declined %c, rallied %c, de clined %c and closed at inside figures. Sales ranged: December, 84%Q86%C, closed at 84% @S4%c; February, Ss@S6c. closed at 85c: May, 90 7 - ©9l";c, closed at 9o>£c; No. 2 spring, 84®84%c; No. 3 spring, 66® 70c; No. 2 red, nominal. Corn opened firm and a shade higher, but re ceded and closed easy: cash, 36% c; year and December. 36J£@3ti»-£c; January. 36%©oG$^c, closed at 36%©3(5J<c; May, 39%©39JiC, closed , at 395^®39%c. Oats quiet but firm and a shade higher; cash, 27% c; December 27%@ 215^c, closed at -2~%c; January, 27%®275^c, closed at ilT^e; May, 31^@31^c. Rye duU; No. 2. 5S%c. Barley dull; No. 2, 62®6e%c Flax seed steady; No. 1, $1.12. Mess pork opened fins, but broke off toward the close and closed 12}.>®15c under yesterday; cash, ?9.25®9.70, according to a?e; January $9 77% ©9.90. closed at $9.77%@.9.50; February, *9.87%@10, closed at $9.S7}< . Lard quiet and easy; cash, $5.95; January, $5.95®6, closed at $5.95; February,s6@6.'Js, closed at $336 02V£ Boxed meats steady: dry salted shoul ders, $3.75@3.50; short rib sides. $4 80 .©4.82%; short clear sides, $5.20©5 25 Whisky steady at $1.16. Sugars steady and unchanged. On the produce ex- — Butter and eggs unchanged. Receipts— Flour, 15,000 bbls; wheat, 53,000 bu; corn, 320,000 bu; oats, 106,000 - bu; ' rye, t,OOO bu; barley, 76.000 bu. Shipments— Flour, 11,000 -bbls; wheat, 14.000 bu; corn 17,000 bu; oats, 126,000 bu; rye, 7.000 bu; bar v ley, 45,000 bu. : Afternoon board; Wheat Vie lower.' Corn unchanged. Oats %c lower. Pork and lard unchanged. - Bulntb. Special to the Globe. Dui,tith. Dec 29.— market: We had a flay of dullness, inactivity, with little more dis position to trade than was brought out res terday. Decrease in visible bad effect early to strengthen our market, but as it did not receive the outside support that was looked for, values dropped off aud the situation ' became very dull with a weak and lifeless market. Open ins: prices were 98%0 May, followed by sales at 98% c, which was the outside price of the day. The demand was fair at the open ing:. Buyers soon began to reduce their bids, which sellers were obliged to accept, which they did reluctantly.and values dropped back gradually until ' May was ' offered at 98%@95%c, buyers demanding ■ still further concession.which restricted trade. May sold at the close at 3S%c; January sold at 92% c. Northern wheat was in good demand.and sold at BS%@BB%q. January, cash, was in good demand, and soldat9l?4cforNo. 1 hard, 88%0 for No. 1 Northern, 84% c for No. 2 Northern, Tic for No. 3. I At the close trading was at a standstill: 98%0 bid for May. Afternoon mar ket was dull, weak and inactive, and without life or animation. Outside markets were lower and the feeling here tended strongly to lower values. The opening sale was 9S%c for May; one sale was made afterward at 9S%@ 96} ,c, but the close was weak, . the last sale being at 98c. At the close 98c was bid for May. Sales to-day were 800,000 bu: receipts, ' 31,000 bu. Grain inspection in: No. 1 hard, I 20 ears; No. 1 Northern, 10 cars; No. 2 North ern, 2 cars; No. 3, 1 car; rejected, 1 car; total, 34 cars. MICHAEL DORAN & CO.. COMMISSION MERCHANTS, IST. PAUI* MINN Grain and provisions bought and sold for cash or future delivery. Orders for the purchase and sale of Stocks on The Fluctuations in Detail. St. Paul, Dec. 29. — The following quota tions.giving the range of the Chicago markets during the day, were received by M. Doran, commission merchant: ~ Wheat. Corn. I Pork. Time. ' >— Jan My Y'r.jM'y Feb. My. Yes. close. 85 91% 36% 1 39% 1 10 02% 10 37% Opening. 85% 91% 36% 39%i10 02% 10 37% 9:40 a. St. 55%91% 10 00 10 35 9:50 " 85% 91% 10:00 " H5%91% 10:10 " 85 91% 10:20 " . 84% 91% 10:30 •'. 85% 91% 10:40 " . 85% 91% 10:50 "..85 91% 11:00 " 84% 91% 9 97% 10 32% 11:10 " ' 85 91% 36% 39% 995 10 30 11:20 " 85%91%36%39% 11:30 " 85% 91% 11:40 " 85 91% 11:50 " 55.91%36%39% 12:00 M 36% 12:10 P. M. 12:20 " 85% 91% 995 10 30 12.30 " 84%91% 12:40 " 84% 91% 9 92% 10 27% 12:50 " 84% 91% . 990 1 10 25 1:00 M 84% 91% ! 36^ 39% 9 87% 10 22% 2:00 " 84 90% 30% 30% 9 87% 10 22% 2:10 " 84 90% 9 87% 10 22% 2:20 " ....90% 2:30 " 84 90% 36% 39% 9 87% 10 20 Close — Wheat. Corn. Oats Pork December..... 83% .... 27% 920 January 36% .... 9 77% February 84% Milwaukee Produce. Milwaukee, Dec. — Flour dull. Wheat lower and weak; cash, 83% c; January,BB%c; May, 90% c. Corn firm: No. 8, 36% c. Oats firm; No. 2. 27% c. Eye dull; No. 1, 58% c. Barley firm; No. 2, 52% c. Provisions easier; mess pork, cash, old, $9.15; new, $9.85; prime steam lard, cash or December, $5.95; January, $5.97%. Butter quiet; dairy, 14©16 c. Cheese firm at 7%©9% c. Eggs weaker at 19@20c Receipts — .Flour, 15,795 bbls; wheat, 33,144 bu; barley, 18,325 bu. F10ur,35,106 bbls; barley, 9,050 bu. BRYANT & CO., GRAIX, PROVISION AND STOCK BROKERS. One-Cent Margin Plan. EVERT MAN HIS OWN BROKER. 151 Drake Block, - - St. Paul, Minn New York. Produce. Nkw Tork, Dec. 39. — Flour — Receipts, 22,469 bbls; exports, 1,391 bbls, 1,200 sacks; dull; sales, 15,000 bbls; common to good extra Ohio, $3.50@5.50. Wheat— Receipts, 2,750 bu; a shade higher and more active, partly for export; options opened firm, subsequently ruled easier, leaving off heavy; sales 5,344, -000 bu futures, 110,000 bu spot; No. 2, spring, 92% c; ungraded Duluth, $1.01%; No. 1 hard, $1.05; No. 2 Chicago farm. 90% c: un graded red, 84@97%c; steamer No. 3 red, 65c; No. 1 white, 95c; No. 2 red, January, 9D% ®91% c, closing at 90% c; February, 92%<2> 93 %c, closing at 92% c; March, 94@95V;i c, closed at 94c; April, 95%@96%c, closing at 95% c; May, 97 1 / 4 '@9B%c, closing at 97% c; June, 98%<&99%c, closing at 98% c. Corn, higher; closing weak with some re actiou; receipts, 169,800 bu; exports, 49,718 bu; sales, 880,000 bu futures, 320,000 bu spot; rejected, 40c; ungraded, 46@51c; No. 3 42@ 40% c steamer, 4r>;4@45%c in elevator,46%(g> 4(i%c afloat. 45% c January; No. 2, 48%@, 49c in elevator, 50% c afloat; steamer yellow. 46c; steamer white. 47% c; yellow, 48c; No 2, December, 48%@49e, closing at 48% c; Jan uary, 48%@48%c, closing at 48% c; Febru ary. 48%&48% c. closing at 48% c; March, 48® 48% c, closing at 4iic; May, 48@48%c, closing at 48c. Oats higher but quiet, closing heavy; receipts, 55,100 bu; exports: 29 bu;. mixed Western, 34%@36c; white Western, 37@43c. Hay steady, demand fair. CoffeeaSpot, fair; rio dull at B%c; options dull, nd rather weak; sales, 8,250 bags; December, $0.65; January, $6.60; February, $6.65: April. $6.75; August, $6.95; October, S7. Sugar firm and quiet; refined quiet and steady; standard A, 6%c; powdered, 6%@ 7%c; granulated, 6 13-16 c: cubes, 6%@ 6 15-1 6 c. Molasses quiet. Rice firm and in fair inquiry. Petroleum steady; United closed at 88% c. Tallow steady. Rosin quiet and firm. Turpentine dull at 37% c. Eggs firm and in fair in quiry; receipts, 1,496 packages. Wool quiet and very steady: domestic fleece. 27@36c; pulled wool, 14<&33e; Texas, 9®22c. Pork dull; mess, ?9.75@10.25. Beef steady. Lard opened firm, closing weaker; sales, Western steam, spot, $6.25@6.40: January, $6.34@6.35; Feb ruary, $6.38@6.40; March. $6.45@6.47: April, $«.51@6.53; May, $6.59@6.62; city steam, s6. 2s @6.35. Butter quiet and firm. Cheese firm and in fair inquiry. Copper firm. Lead quiet. Other articles unchanged. THIRD NATIONAL BANK, Corner Third and Robert streets. CAPITAL ; .... $500,000. Walter Maxv, Richard B. Stower, • ,; President Cashier '.'. < FINANCIAL. * New Voris. Special to the Globe. New York, Dec. 29.— The stock market i to-aay was a narrow one, but strong early ' in the day. with the Erie securities leading i the advance. The majority of traders, it was claimed, were working on the bull side, though for the present nothing more than a trading market was anticipated. The Van i derbilts were . all strong, on talk of some sort of combination projected to control these properties and secure better rates. It was stated that New York Central would declare a dividend of 1 per cent, at the meeting of directors on Thursday. No dividend was . expected on Lake Shore at this time, though it was announced that the quarterly statement to be submitted would show earnings at the rate of 7 per cent, on the stock since Nov. 1 above all charges. The Grangers were very strong, on talk of improved earnings. Wabash was given an upward spurt at the opening, followed by A DECLINE LATER in the day. Indianapolis, Bloomington <fc Western was advanced two points, and points were again cut for a bull movement in this stock and in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus & Indianapolis. The bullish feeling in these securities was said to be based on increased earnings, resulting from better rates. Jersey Central, it was said, had decided to default Jan. 1 on the Con solidated American Dock and New Jersey Southern coupons, amounting to 5500.000. The stiffness exhibited by the market was the most pronounced feature of the day's dealings. The impression prevailed that strong parties were quietly buying stocks in anticipation of the demand which they be lieved would spring up after the January disbursements. Very little news was re ceived of a character to influence values, but it was generally anticipated that earn ings of the Western roads for the last week of the year would be very favorable. The market closed strong at the best prices of the day, most of the active stocks having advanced one to two points. MARRETT & POWERS, GRAIN, PROVISION AND STOCK BROKERS, 307 Jackson Street. - St. Paul. New York, Dec. 29. — Government bonds were dull and steady to-day. State bonds were very dull and prices steady . Railway bonds were decidedLr more active today THE ST. PAUIi DAILY GLOBE. WEDNESDAY MOKNTNQ DECEMBER 30, 1885. than for some time past, and the business was widely distributed. The total sales were $3,540,000. The only particularly active issue was Erie 2ds, of which the sales were $1,335,000, closing: with a net grain of 1% per cent. Other issues are generally higher. Yesterday's decline in stocks was all re covered to-day, nnd something more. The first prices showed a gain of %@ % per cent, over last evening's close, and with only small reactions the market was strong and slowly advancing throughout, the average gain for thirty of the active stocks amounting to over 1 per cent. The Erie securities were conspicuous in the dealings, both as regards activity and the advances established, the common clos ing with a gain of 1%. Now York Central, St. Paul and Missouri Pacific are also up 1% each, Northwestern 1%, Louisville & Nash ville 134, and the remainder of the active list, with few exceptions, l@l a /jS per cont. West ern Union continued heavy and shows a gain of only %. There was AN EQUAL ADVANCE in Union Pacific. Texas Pacific and Oregon Trans-Continental, while Oregon Railway & Navigation is % lowc. The exceptional gains are 2 percent, in Wabash common, 2% in Lake Erie & Western and 234 in Heading. There was active trading in Erie, St. Paul nnd Lake Shore, and a moderate business in Lackawanna, Northern Pacific preferred, Western Union, New York Central and Mis souri, Kansas & Texas, the total transactions tor the day amounting to 248,900 shares. The news circulated on the street was all of a favorable character. The reported earnings of four railroads all show gains for the third week of Decem ber, Illinois Central making an increase cf $52,655 over the corresponding week of last year. Indianapolis, Bloomington & West ern gained $20,534. The market closed firm at or very near the best figures of the day. The total sales of stocks to-day were 348,909 shares, including Delaware, Lackawanna & Western 27,5G0, Erie 50,166, Kansas & Texas 13,930, Lake Shore 43,312, Louisville & Nash ville 6,750, Northwestern 14,960, New York Central 19,451, Pacific Mail 7,415, Reading 8.300, St. Paul 44,500, Union Pacific 7,815, Western Union 15,118, Northern Pacific pre ferred 17,890, Oregon Transcontinental 5,664. Following are the closing price 3 bid yester day and the three preceding business days: QUOTATIONS OP STOCKS AND BONDS. . Thur. Sat. I Mon. Tues. United States 35.... 104% 104 % 104% 104% United States 4 %5.. 112% 112% 112% 112% United States 45... 124 123% 123% 124 Pacific 6s 0f '95.... 125% 125% 125% 125% CP bonds, lsts 115 115 115 115 Erie seconds 87% 88% 88% 89% Lehigh & Wilkesb'e 104 104 104 104% Louisiana consols.. 86 87 84 85 Missouri 6s 103 103 103 103 St. Joe 118% 118% 118% 118 St. P. &S. Cists... 122 122 123 122 Tennessee 6s, old.. 52 53 52 52 do. new 52 52 52 52 Texas Pac grant... 35% 35% 37% 37% do Rio Grande div 57 57 57 57 Union Pac lsts 110% 116% 116% 116% U. P. land grant. .. 105'^ 105% 105% 105% U. P. sinking fund. 121 120% 121 . 121 Virginia 65... 43 43 43 43 Virginia consols... 50 50 50 50 do preferred 10 10% 12% 12% Adams Express.... 140 142% 140 140 Alton & Ter'e H'te. 37 37 37 36 do deferred 84 84 84 85 American Express. 102 103% 102 102 8., C. R. &N 75 80 75 75 Canadian Pac '.. 59% 62 61% 62% Canada Southern.. 39% 40% 40% 41% Central Pac 41% 43 42 45% Chesapeake & Ohio. 12 12% 12 13 do preferred lsts. 20 20% 20 21% do2ds 14% 14 14 14 Chicago & A1t0n.... 139 139 139 139 do preferred 150 150 150 150 C. B. &Q 135% 136% 136 137% C, St. L. & Pittsb'g 13% 13% 12 14% do preferred 32 30 31 31 C., S. &C 34 34 34 34 C, C, C. &I 52% 53% 54% 55% Delaware & Hudson 95% 96% 96 96% Del., Lac. & West'n 125% 128% 126% 127% Den. & Rio Grande. 19 19% 20% 21% Erie 23% 24% 24% 26 do preferred 48% 49 49% 53 East Tennessee 5% 6% 6% 6% do preferred 10% 10 . 10% 10% Ft. Wayne 140 141 141 141 Harlem 212 210 310 213 Houston & Texas.. 30 30 30 30 Illinois Central.... 136% 137% 136 138% Ind., B. &W 23 24% 24% 25% Kansas* Texas.... 30% 31% 31% 33% Lake Erie & West'n 14% 15% 15 17% Lake Shore... 85% 87% 87% 88% Louisville & Nashv 43% 44% 44% 45% Louisville N. A.. 33 34% 34% 35 Memphis & Charles 34% 33 " 33 35% Michigan Central.. 72 74% 74% 76 Minn. & St. Louis. 20 20% Zo}i 21% do preferred. 46% 47% 46% 48% Missouri Pac 107 107% 108 109% Mobile* Ohio 14 14% 14 14 Morris & Essex.... 135 130 130 130 Nashville & Chat... 44 44 44% 45 New Jersey Central 43% 44% 43% 44% Norfolk &W. pref. 27% 28 29 29% Northern Pac 27% 28% 27% 28% do preferred 59% 60% 60% 61% Chicago & Nor thw. 106% 108% 108% 110 do preferred 133 134% I 134 135% New York Central. 102% 104% 103% 105% Ohio Central 1% 1% 1% 1% Ohio & Mississippi. 23% 24 23% 25 dopreferred 82% 83^ 82% 82% Ontario & Western. 18% 18% 19% 20% Oregon Navigation 105% 107% 107% 107% do Improvement. 30 29 29" do Transcontin'l. 32 33% 32% 33% Pacific Mail 68% 67% 65% 66% Panama 98 98 98 98 Peoria, D. &E 19% 20 20 21% Pittsburg 45 145 145 145 Pullman Palace Car 130 132 131% 131% Beading 20% 21% 21% 23% Bock Island.. 127% 128% 129 127% St. L. & San Fran.. 21% 21% 21% 21% do preferred 44% 45 44% 46 do lsts preferred 97 97% 97 97 C, M. &St. Paul.. 92% 94% 93% 95% dopreferred 118 120% 120% 122% St. Paul, M. &M... 107% 108% 108% 108% St. Paul & Omaha.. 35% 37% 36% 38% dopreferred 102 103% 102 104 Texas Pacific 10% 11% 12% 12% Union Pac stock... 53% 55 54% 55 U. S. Express 60% 61 61 61% Wab., St. L&Pac.. 10% 10% 10% 12% dopreferred 18% 18% 19% 22% Wells & Fargo Exp. 119 120 120 120 W.U. Telegraph... 72% 73% 72% 73% Colorado Coal 22 23 22% 24% N. V.. C. &St.L... 9% 9% 9% 9% dopreferred 21 22 22% 22% Chicago. Special to the Globe. Chicago, Dec. 29.— The ■ demand for money with which to provide for contracts maturing with the first of the year contin ues to increase, and with scarcely an excep tion the banks say their daily loans are quite as large as they care to see them, and rates are firm at 6@7 per cent, for time paper, and 5@6 on call, although very few transactions are made below 6 per cent. Merchants report collections fairly good for the close of the year and trade quiet. New York exchange was firm at 25c premium per SI, 000 between banks.and some institutions declined drawing at less than 40c. Foreign exchange was dull and weak. Actual rates for bankers' bills on London were $4.85 for long and 54.88 for sight. Shippers' sixty-days' documentary was at 54.53>.<@4.83%. The bank clear ings aggregated 58,058,000. GERMANIA BANK, one r Fifth and Wabasha streets, oppos'to Post* office. , . CAPITAL $300,000. E. ALBRECHT, Prest. ALEX. RAMSET, "Vice Pr. Wit BICKEL. Cashier. P. M. Kekst. Asst Cash. New York Money. New York, Bee. 29. Money on call easy at 2@3 per cent. ; prime mercantile paper, 4@5 per cent.; "foreign exchange dull at $4.85% for 80 days, and $4.88% for demand. THE CAPITAL BANK, Drake Block, St. Paul, Minn. CAPITAL $100,000. SURPLUS $30,000 L. E. REED, President: W. D. Kirk, Cashier, J.W. Wait. Assistant Cashier. ' New York JVliningr Shares. New York, Dec. 29.— A1l of the Comstocks were lower to-day with the : exception .of consolidated Virginia. Sutro Tunnel was very strong- and in good demand at 24. Bodie, ■which sold yesterday at 180 rose to 210 on report that the melting of ores would be re ' sumed next month. Mono was also strong on the same report. Sales: Potosi $3 10 ( Homestake $ * 22 Union c0n....... 35 Iron Silver .... 1 75 Bulwer . . . . *.... 15 Ontario. . . 29 Horn Silver ; . . . 3 15 Quicksilver. .... - 7 Little Pittsburg. . 35 do preferred.. 24 California Cen. . . 2 50 Sutro .. 24 Foreign. Losbos, Dec. 29, 5 p.m.— Consols. 99 5-16 for money and 99 7-16 for the account, j A. &G. W. lsts.. 38% Mexican ordinary. 27 do 2ds 12% St. Paul com 96% Canadian Pacific. 64% New York Cent.. 106% Erie ............. 20% Pennsylvania 55% do 2d5......... 91% Reading 11% Illinois Central.. l4o ; The amount of bullion withdrawn from the i Bank of England on balance to-day is £4,000. Paris, Dec. 29. — Three per cent, rentes, 80f 15c for the account. • •■■••: Boston Railway and Mining- Snares. Boston. Mass.. Dec. 29. — Followtajr wore the closing 1 prices at the stock exchange to day: A.&T. Ist 75.... 124% N. Y. & N. 8.... 38% do land grant 7s 124 do 7s 124 do railroad 85% Old Colony 160 B. &M 18134 Wis. Ceu. com... 21 C, B. &Q 137% Allouse(new)....loo Eastern B. R.... 69 Calumet & H 211 do6s 12% Catalpa 45 F. &P. M 16% Franklin 10% do ofd 87 Osceola 15 Little Rock & F.S. 43 Pewabic (new). . . 2% Mex. Cen.com... 10% Qulncy 50% dd bond scrip.. 86 Bell Tel 172 do Ist m't'g b'ds 48% Boston Land 6 Tamarack M »2%j Water Power.... i% WEEKI.V REVIEW. The presence of the holiday season, when the minds of people are filled to a certain ex tent with ideas of Christmas and New Year, and the period when the account of stock must be taken and the balances of the year must be made, is not a time when much busi ness can be expected to be done. Our deal ers are all busy, aud the balancing up of the books is showing that the season of 1885, now drawing to a close, has been a favorable and prosperous one. Even at the present time, in many lines of business, there is a great deal of activity. The drug market is very active for the season. More orders are coming in than ever before during the holidays thus far. In prices there have been few changes of note. Alcohol continues firm at the advance. Carda mons, carbolic acid and quinine are lower. The latter article has touched the lowest point in price ever yet known. The practice of selling quinine and morphine at cost in Philadelphia, paying their own freight on it and giving from thirty to sixty days' time ad ditional on the sale, is becoming unpopular among respectable jobbers. Senega root is dull. Extra ginseng is in demand, while or dinary grades are little sought or cared for. Drug houses generally take annual stock at this season, and this adds to their pressure of business at this time. The prospective results of the year's business is generally considered favorable. The condition of the hardware market has not changed in any material respect from what it was last week. There is a very rea sonable and satisfactory degree of activity, while collections are coming in quite as liber ally as con Id have been expected. It is re ported that during the current and the com ing week the majority of the nail mills will be closed down. They have been driven so hard to full capacity during the past months that the usual holiday repairs will probably turn out considerably more extensive than usual. This will tend to keep supplies from the mar ket for the present. It is likely that a general reduction of wages will take place during the early future at the Eastern mills. In one or two instances a re duction has already taken place. It is likely that the men will accept the situation, since the higher prices during the past few months were simply due to exceptional circumstances The dry goods market is utterly devoid of interesting features. Apart from a few mail orders received each day and an occa sional visit from some near-by merchants there has been nothing done. Trade is very dull and will continue so until the middle of January. This state of affairs is, of course, usual at this season of the year, and is taken advantage of by our merchants to inventory their stocks, preparatory to closing up busi ness for the year. The stores present a scene oi great activity, as every piece of goods, and in fact, every item has to be counted, meas ured and the yards taken,etc. The presumption is reasonable that the result of the inventory will be gratifying, as the year has been a prosperous one. The closing month of the year, December, showed considerable increase over the same period last year and assisted in swelling the aggregate increase of the sea son to a reasonable extent. Prices are with out change, with indications pointing to a steady market for the coming season. Gro ceries are entirely without change, though sugars are very firm. Lumber, boots and shoes, leather and finished iron and steel still remain without any important change. Groceries. Dried Fruits — Currants, new, 6%c; Turkish prunes, new, i%c; blackberries, in barrels, 9c; layer raisins, $2.15; Valencia, llj^c; dried apples, New York quarters, 4c; dried apples, evaporated, B@9c. Canned Goods — Perdoz; Oysters 2-B> cans, $1.70@1.80; peaches, 3-B> cans, standards, $1.8 5; peaches, 3-fl> cans, seconds, $1.50; sal mon, 1-B> cans, Columbia river, $1.60; toma toes, :J-tt> cans, standards, $1.15; gallon ap ples, Erie, 52.40, Coffee — Java, fancy grades, 34@28c: inter ior, 20<&22c; Kio, washed, 13%@14%c; prime, 13@14c; good, 12<&13c;fair, ll@12c; ordinary, 10@llc. Teas — Japan, common to fair, 25@30c ; su perior to fine, 30@40c; extra fine to finest, 40@60c; gunpowder and imperial, common to fair, 25@35c; superior to fine. 40©50 c; extra fine to finest, 60@75c; Young Hyson, common to fair, 22@30c; superior to fine, 35@45c; ex tra fine to finest, 55@70c ; Oolong, common to fair, 25@35c; superior to fine, 35@50c; extra fine to finest, 60®80c; English Breakfast (Souchongs and Congoes), common to fair, 20@30c; superior to fine, 4Q@ssc; extra fine to finest, 60©80 c. Sugars— Cut loaf, 7%c; powdered, 7%c; standard granulated, 734 c; standard A, 6%c: white extra C, 6%e; yellow extra C, 6%c; yel low C, b%c. -Byrups and Molasses — Syrup, No. 6 , 25c; syrup, fair, 29c: syrup, good, 33c; syrup, prime, 42c; molasses, common. 20c; New Or leans, common, 35c; New Orleans, fair, 45c; New Orleans, good. 60c. Cheese — New York factory, ll%c; Young America, 12c. Beans — Medium, hand-picked, $2; Navy, hand-picked, 53. 10. Woodware — 2-hoop pails,sl.so:3-hoop pails, $1.75; No. 1 tubs, $T. 50; No. 2 tubs, $6.50: No. 3 tubs, $5.50; washboards, "Wilson Singles," $1.75; washboards, "Wilson Double," $2.75. Spices — Pepper, Singapore, 19@20c; pepper, Sumatra, 18% c; cassia, China, 9®l2c; cassia, Saigon, 45®50c; pimento, 8@10c; cloves, Am bogyna, 30@35c; cloves, Zanzibar, 20@25c; nutmegs, No. 1. 60@70c; nutmegs, No. 2, 50® 60c; mace, 60@70c. Trade better a great deal than last year. Collections very good. Dry Goods. Brown Sheeting and Shirting — Hyde Park AAA, 8c; Indian Head, 7c: Wachusett, 6%c; Dominion, 7c; Endurance, 6%e; Crown Stets, 7c; Honest Width, 6%c; Badger State, LL, s}^c; Greylock, LL, 5%c; Lawrence, LL, 5%c; Agawam, F, sc; cheese cloth. 3%@5c. Fine Brown Sheeting— Pepperell, R, 6J£e; Cast Iron extra, 7%c; Pendleton R, 6c; Atlas o. n. B, 7c; Dwight Star, 6%c; Lockwood R, 6%c; Badger State R R, 6}£c; Cambria, 5%c; Echo Lake, 6%c. Bleached Cottons — Wamsuttas and N. T. Mills, 10% c; Fruit of Loom, B%c; Lonsdale, 8e; Lonsdale Cambric, lie; Hill S I, 8c; The Bell, 10c; Imperial 100s, 9%c; Cascade, 7%c; Melrose, I%c; Water Lily, 7c; Montclair, 7%c; Dexter, XX, 6%c; Hercules, 6J£e; Guilford, 6c: Best Yet, 6c. Cheviots — Tonawanda, extra, 16>£c; Ger tnania, XX. 32-inch, 10c; Germania, XX. 12% c; do X, lie; Glenrlddle, ll%c; Imperial Wincey, ll%c; Kinlock, XXX, D C, lie; Amoskeag Stripes, 9c; do Plaids. 10c; Edin burg printed, 9c; Glenolden and Balbriggan printed, 9c; Manchester do, 9%c; Fleeting, 10c; Bate's extra D C, 12% c; Shotwell, 7%c; Mable, Be. Prints, Fancies— Arnold, Cocheco, Eddy stone, Pacific, Windsor and Richmond, 5%e; American, sc; Allen, Steele River, 5Kc: Bel mont and Lodi, i) 2 c; Benwick and Dunkirk, 4c. Prints— Shirtings— Merrimack, Anchor and Americans, l%c; do Robes, 5%@6%c. Ginghams — Staples — Amoskeag & Lancas ter, 7c; Bates & Plunkett, 7}* c; Slaterville, 6%c; do, do dress styles; Canton, Renfrew & Heather, 9c; Normandie & Warwick, B%c; lower grades, B@9c. Shirtings— Stripes and Checks— Dexter 6-3 stripes, lOJ^c; extra stout do, 10% c; Amos keag 6-3 do, 10c; Hamilton 6-3 do, 10c; Ara rapha 6-3, 8c: River mills, 6-3, 6c; Park No. 150 Turkey red furniture checks 16c; No. 90 do, 14c; James Long No. 850 do, 13% c; Shel by do, lOVic; Otis do, 9%@10c, Economy do, B%©9c. Denims — Amoskeag 9 oz, 16c; do Fay mixed 8 oz, 14% c; do twilled, 13c; old York 9 oz, 16c; do Eagle, 14c; North America D & T, 13c; Everett D &T, 13c; Shawmut No. 250, ll^c; Otis axa, 12c; do B B,llc; OaklandA, B@B%c; Artisan AS D, 9J^c; fork's fancies, plaids and stripes, 13% c; Everett checks, 13% c; Palmer do do, 13% c; Clark do do, 12c. Duck, Colored— Boston O P, 9c; do xx, 12c; North Star 8 oz. ll^c; Plymouth 7oz, He; Terrace City A, 12%e; do AA,l3^c; do AAA, 15c; Bates' fancy checks, 12J^c; Lewiston N B, 13^c. Drugs, Paints, Oils. Glass. Drugs— Acid, citric, per ft, 56c;acidtart,52c; alcohol, market price; aloes cap, 16c; am monia aqua, 8c; ammonia carb, 15c; balsam copaiba^ 45c; balsam tolu, 50c; barks, Peru red and yellow, 25®40c: bicarb, soda, s@Bc; borax. 10c; brimstone roll. 4c; calomel am. 75c; cayenne, pure, 25c; camphor, 27c; chlo roform, 65c; cochineal, 45c; epsom salts, 4c; ex. logwood, 12c; gum, arable, 50@80c; pow dered, 75c; gum opium, $3.75; hemp seed, sc; iodide potash, $3; ipecac powder, $1.20; julap powdered, 35c; licorice extract, 27c; morphine, by the oz, $3.20: oil anise. $2.25; oil cloves, $1.25; oil lemon, $2; oil olive, pure, $1.25; oil peppermint, $4; oil sassafras, 60c; potash chlorate, 26c; Prus. potash, 28c; quicksilver, 55c; quinine, 85c; red precipitate, 88c; sal. nitre, pure, 9o; canary seeds, 4%c; flax, ground." 3%c; senna* 20c; sulphur, sc; sugar lead, 18c; sp. turpentine, 48c; spirits nitre, 34c; vitriol, blue, Be. - . Oil— Linseed, raw, 43c, boiled, 46c; eaenbeld sperm, $1.30; lard oil, ex., 54@55c; lard oil. Ha. 1 li<aiSni «*<*»«. OEAOCku mhaia No. 1, 70@750; carbon Inspeoted, 12@16o; ben zine, 74 deg., \l%q\ benzine 62 dog., lie. Window Glass — 70 and 5 per cent, discount for single strength. 70 and 10 per cent, for double strength. White Lead— Strictly pure lots of 500 pounds, $6.50. In smaller lots, $7. Paints — In cans or pails, quarts, half gal lons, one gallon and two gallons, packod six gallons in case: Outside and inside white, $1.05 per gallon; jot black, 51. 05 per gallon; drabs and common house colors, $1.05; floor colors, $1.05; iron paints, 80c; No. 7 (green) and No. 38 (blue), $1.55;: No. 9 vermilion, $2.25; half gal. cans, 5o gal. extra; quarts, 10c gal. extru. Hardware, Augers and auger bits discount 50 and 10; axes, Hunt's $7, Lippincott $7, Peerless $7.50. St. Paul $6.60; butts, narrow wrought, dis count 50 per cent. ; loose pin cast 6o; loose pin wrought 50 and 10 per cent. ; brass 60 per cent. Chisels, socket, firmer and framing, discount 60 and 10 per cent. ; butchers' tang discount 40 per cent. ; files, Nicholson dis count 50 and 10 per cent. ; hinges, strap and T discount 60 per cent., blind, Parker or Clarke's, discount 70 per cent. ; wrenches, Coe's, 50 per cent. ; agricultural 70 per cent; Mattock's long cut, Pittsburgs, $8; Hunt's $13.50; fence wire, 4 pt painted, 4%c per lb; galvanized 5%c, plain No. 9,4 c; nails $3 rate; tin plate lc, bright $(5.25, each cross $2, 20x28 lc, roofing $11; hammers, Maydole No. 1% $6.30. No. 1 $7.20 per doz. Carriage bolts oiscount 75 per cent. ; screws discount 80 per cent.; door knobs and locks dis count 65; Hazard rifle powder $3 per keg, shot $1.40 per sack; stamped tinware dis count 30 per cent., new list; granite iron ware discount 25 per cent. ; Disston's saws; discount 20 and 10 per cent. ; steel goods dis count 60 per cent. : common sheet iron No. 27, 3% c; copper bottoms, 210 per lb.; sheath ing copper, 20 per lb. Lumber. The following prices of lumber are to deal ers only: Common Lumber — Common boards, $13; second common, $11; cull do, $8; common stock board, 8. 10 and 12 inches, $13: second do, $11.50; No. 1 ship laps, $14; No. 2 ship laps, $12; first fencing, selected, $16; second do, $11; cull do, $8; scantling, 3x4, 4x4, 2x12, 18 feet, $11.50; do, 2x4, 4x4, 10x12, 16 feet, $11.50; do, 2x4, 4x4, 20 feet, $12.50. Tim bers, 4x6 to Bxlo, inclusive same as scanty ling; joists, 2x6 to 2x12, inclusive 12, 14 and 16 feet, $11.50; do, 18 feet, $11.50; do, 20 feet, $12.50. Clear and Finishing— First and second clear, 1-inch, I}£, 1% and 2-inch, rough, $45; third clear, 1-inch, 1%, 1%-inch, rough, $42; A select, 1-inch, VA, 1%-ineh, rousrh, $40; B, 1-inch, $30; B, select, 1%, 1% and 2-inch, $25; B, stock boards, $35; C, do, $30; D, do, $30. Flooring and Siding— A flooring, $38; B flooring, $35; C, do, $25; fencing, flooring, se lected, $17, drop siding, same as flooring; first and second clear siding, $22.50; A siding, $21; B, do, $19; C, do, $14.05; D, do, from se lected fencing, $10. Lath and Shingles — Lath, per M, $2; clear shingles, $3; XX shingles. $2.85; X, do, $2; s inch clear, do, $1.60; No. 1 shingles, $1. Boots and Shoes. Men's ens. French calf D. S. opera boots per case, $50; men's cus. French kip D. S. boots, $43; men's cus. calf D. S. opera boots, $45; men's cus. calf D. S. split back boots, $39; men's cus. grain crimp 14-in. D. S. boots, $24; men's cus. grain D. S. boots, $22; mrs.' cus. calf S. B. pol., $1.75; misses' cus. calf S. B. pol., $1.35; child's cus. calf S. B. pol., $1. Arctics and rubber goods, Including special ties, 40 and 5 per cent, from list. Leather, Etc. Buffalo slav sole ex. best, 31c: buffalo slav sole, best, 29@40c: buffalo Spanish sole, 25® 29c,- best oak sole, 36@40c; French calf, 24 to 30 ft, $1.20@1.90; French calf, 30 to 36 Th, $1.20@1.65; French kip, 60 to 80 ft, 85c@ $1.10; hemlock calf, $1.05@1.20; hemlock kip veal, 80c@$l ; hemlock upper, per foot, 23® 25c; hemlock collar, per foot, 17@19c; hem lock harness, 30@32c ; oak harness, 34@37c; roans, per doz, $8.50©12; pinks, per doz, $9. Finished Iron and Steel. Common iron, 83.15; horseshoe iron, 15c; Swedish iron, 6c; best tool steel. 3c; cast plow steel, 7c; German plow steel, sc: spring steel, 6c; mach. steel, 6c; nails, 10 to 60c, $2.45; screws, discount 80 percent.; barbed wire, painted, $4.50; barbed wire, galvanized, $5.50. ■ - HOXSIE ™* Cider, & Apples, Tirril Cranberries. uAuunll 280 Jackson Street, St. Paul. LOCAL MARKETS. St. Paul. St. Paul, Dec. 29.— Trading on the board this morning was rather more active than for several days and the market rules quite steady. Wheat was a little firmer, especially for futures, but quotations were not ad vanced. Owing to the supply and warm weather dressed hogs fell off a little and were quoted at $3.30 bid for live, and $3.85 bid and $4 asked for dressed. Eggs were a shade firmer. The weather is having a very unfavorable effect upon the trade generally, and especially in fresh meats, game and poultry. Hay, hogs and oats were In fair de mand. The call: Wheat— 1 hard, 89^0 bid; December. 89^c bid; No. 1 Northern, 84c bid; No. 2 Northern, 78c bid. Corn— No. 2, 32c bid; December 32c bid; January, 32c bid, 33c asked; May, 35c bid; No. 2 new, 32c bid. — No. 2 mixed, 28c bid, 29c asked; December, 28c bid, 29c asked; January. 28% c bid, 29c asked; May, 31c bid, 33c asked; No. 2 white, 290 bid, 30c asked: No. 3 white, 28>Cc bid. Barley— No. 2, 580 bid; No. 3 extra, 45 to 48c. Bye — No. 2, 47c bid, 50c asked; December, 47c bid; January, 47c bid. Ground — $13 bid, $14 asked. Corn Meal— Bolted, $17 asked: coarse, $14 asked. Shorts— asked. Bran— sB bid, $8.75 asked. Baled Hay— bid, $6.75 asked. Timothy Hay— s9 bid, $10 asked. Live Hogs— $3.30 bid. Dressed Hogs— s3.Bs bid, $4 asked. Flax Seed— sl. Timothy Seed— sl.so. Clover Seed— st.BO. Eggs— i9c bid, 21c asked. Sales — 1 car new No. 2 corn,32c; 2 cars hay, $6.50; 1 car hay, o. g., $7; 1 car hogs, $4; 1 car oats, sample, 28c; 2 cars hay, $6.50; 2 cars hay, $6.25; 1 car oats, 28c. CARS RECEIVED — 303. Beer... 3 Hay 1 Paper 3 Brick 6 Hogs IR. R. ties.. 4 C0rn....... 2 Lumber.... 42 Sheep 3 Coal 66lMerch'dise. 94 Stone 5 Cement 2 Machinery. 1 Sugar 1 Const'nma- Oats 4 Salt 4 terial.... 3 Oil 3 Scrap iron.. 1 Flax 2 Potatoes. . . 1 Sundries. . 21 Flour 7Piles 4 Wheat .13 Furniture.. 22 Pig iron ... 5 Wood 52 OARS SHIPPED— I7S. Bran 1 Feed 1 Sugar 1 Beer 2 Hay 5 Salt 1 Barrel st'k. 1 Lumber.... 12 Scrap iron. 2 Corn 1 Merch'dise.lo7 Sundries. . . 10 Coal 1 Malt 1 Wheat .11 Const'nma- Oil 2 Wood 1 terial 5 Pork 1Wire....... 1 Flour 6 Pig iron... 1 FINCK & McCAULEY, COMMISSION merchants AND IiUIIBEBMBJr SUPPLIES. liberal Ad ranees Made on Consignments of Grain 222 SIBLET STREET. ST. PAUL. Produce Exchange. Bannanas— Yellow, per Dunch $1.50©2.50; red, $1.50@2.50. Lemons — $4©5. 1 Oranges— 53©3.75. Apples are in good supply, but the weather Is quite too warm for them, and there is fear that the effect of it if it continues will be un favorable. . Choice . winter fruit is quoted at $2.10@2.35 for car lots; for nice selected, small lots, $2.50@2.75; eating or stand apples, $2.50@2.75; cooking, $2.25® $2 . 50 ; Illinois, $2@2.10. Nuts— Hickory nuts, large, $1.50©1.75 per bu ; hickory nuts, small, $2@2.25 per bu, al monds, Tarragona, 16c per tt> ; chestnuts, $4 per bu or 9c per ft; almonds, California, 17c: walnuts, California and Naples, 12%© 14c; filberts, Sicily, 12c; pecans, medium, 10c; hand-picked, 6c; roasted, Be. Cranberries — This fruit is in sufficient sup ply, is not in very urgent demand, and is sell ing slowly at52@2.25 per bu. and $6®7 per bbL Coeoanuts — Per hundred $5®5.50. Dressed Poultry— To the great surprise of all the weather continues to become more mild, and the result is that the market for poultry Is about destroyed. . No quota tions can be given for chickens. There is a large ■ quantity on. the market, and -if the weather continues this way a day or two longer they will all have to be thrown away. They are soft and mushy and cannot be kept much longer. Dealers ' were offering their stock yesterday for any . price that buyers would give and then could not dispose of it. Turkeys are in moderate supply with light demand and are held at from 9to 10c. ' Game — stock of game, while not large, is quite sufficient for the time. - A good many pheasants and considerable venison was re ceived yesterday, and both are a shade lower. Phoaanntajare quoted at 50; venison sad dies with hide on, 7@Bc; with hide off, 6®7c; whole deer, little sale for3@4c; quail, $2@2.25 per doz. Cider — Choice Michigan, 16-gal. kegs, $2.75 ©3.25 per keg; choice refined, 16-gal. keg, $3 (2)4 per keg;s choico refined, 32-gal. barrel *5.50<&6.50 per bbl. Ohio cider, $4 for % bbls, $7 for full bbls. Butter — Extra choice, fresh creamery, 30® 35c ; extra creamery, 22c bid, 25c asked ; extra firsts, 17c bid, 19c asked; fresh made, sweet dairy, 15 to 19c: choico stock, 16 to 18c: roll and print, choice, 13@15o; common to lair, 8(fcl0c; packing- stock, s@6c; grease, Z% 4c. Most of the butter coming in is of the lower grades. Cheese — Young Americas and fancy. 11® 12c; October and late made full cream, 9%@ 10%°; August and September full cream, B]4 @9%c; fine, 9®loc; fine, partly skimmed, 4 @6c. Eggs— lee house stock, 19c bid, 21c asked; fresh stock, 20c to 21c. Onions, per bbl, $3 to $2.25 Potatoes — (50c asked per bu. by the car load; sweet potatoes, Museutines, S3 to $3.50 per bbl; Jerseys, $3.50 to $4 per bbl; Bermuda, $3.50. Wholesale Produce. The following prices are for round lots only: Pork, Bacon. Lard, etc. — Pork, mess, S10; pork, butt, §9.50: hams, 9^©loc; shoulders be; dry salt long clears, o'^c; smoked long clears, 6%c; breakfast bacon, 8c; long spiced rolls, B^c; short spiced rolls, 7%c; tierce lard, 6%c; keg lard, 7c; 3lb tin pail, 7%c; 5 lb tin pail, 7%c; 10 lb tin pail, 7%c; 20 ft wood pail, 7%c: 10 ft wood pail, B%c. Flour — Patents, 55@5.25; straight, $4.50 @4.75; bakers', 53.75&4.25: rye, $3.25@3.75. Buckwheat, $5.50@6. The above quotations are made on the board of trade. The Roller mill reduced the prices as follows: Orange Blossoms, $5.20 Red Cross, $4.90; Brighton, $4.65; Capitol, $4.40; Bakers' XXXX, $3.70: Derby, $2.95. Beans — Common, 50<§<75c; mediums, 90c@ $1: baud picked medium, $1.75@1.85: hand picked navy. $1.85@1.95. Dressed Beef — The exceedingly mild weather is having a very bad effect upon dressed beef. It has been frozen and thawed and thawed and frozen, till in the present condition of the weather there Is no one that wants it. It cannot be hung up for exhibi tion in stores, and interior dealers who have sent stock in here will have to be satisfied with whatever they can get for it. It is hardly saleable at present, at any price, and but little can be expected unless there is a de cided change in the weather. Fancy dressed steers, from 500 to 600 fts,6@7c; choice dressed beef,s%@s%c; cows and heifers, ranging from 450 to 600 fts, 4%@s^c; bulls, 3%©4 c; country dressed beef, from 3@4c; hindquarters, 6@7c; forequarters, 2%©3 l />c; veal, 6@9%c; extra heavy mutton, s@s^c; mutton, ranging from 30 to 40 fts, 4<§>sc; country dressed mutton, 2@4%c. Fish — Columbia salmon, 20c; white fish, trout and pike, 10c; common fish, s©6c; bass, 15c; halibut and salmon, 20c per ft; fresn cod, 15c; mackerel, 20c each; diamond backed terrapin turtles, $1.50 each; smoked halibut and salmon, 20c per ft; sturgeon. Finnan haddies and English bloaters, 40c per doz; fresh codfish, 15c; salted mackerel, 20c; flounders, 15c. Oysters— Bulk standards, 45c; selects, 60c; canned standards, 40c; selects, 50c; New York counts. 60c; clams and shell oysters, 35c der doz; shrimps and scallops, 60c per quart. Hides, Pelts and Skins — The following are the prices paid by the Minnesota Transfo Packing company, and are corrected daily Hides active; g. s. steer hides, over 61 fts 9%c; g% s. hides, 25 to 60 lbs, 9%c; g. s. heavy cow hides, over 66 fts, B%c; c. s. veal calf. 8 to 15 lbs, 12% c; g.s. veal kip, 15 to 25 fts, 10% c: g. s. fall kip, 9%c; green hides, heavy steers over 66 lbs, 9c; green hides, light steers and cows under 66 lbs, BJ^c; heavy cows over 66 fts, Be% ; green veal calf. 8 to 15 fts, 12c; green veal kip, 15 to 25 fts, 10c: long-haired kip or runners, same price as light hides; dry hides, flints, 14c; dry hides, salted, 13c; dry calf, flints, 15c; dry kip, flints, 14c; green deacons, 45c to 50c; bulls, stags and damaged stock, one-third off ; greenpelts, December, 85c @$1.25; pelts, dry, estimated wool, 30c per ft; tallow, rendered, No. 1, 4%c; tallow, rendered, No. 2, 4c; tallow, rough, 2%c; bones, %c; grease, 3c; scrap, %o. Maple svgar — No. 1 in 1-pound bricks, 12c per ft; strictly pure, 2-pound bricks, 15c per ft. Honey — Dark, 12c; white clover, 16@17c, California white sage, 13@15c. Hops — Washington territory, 12% c; choice, New York, 13% c; Wisconsin, lie. Linseed Oil — -Raw, 43c ; boiled, 46e ; improved oil meal, St. Paul Linseed Oil company, $20 ©21. Malt — 75c per bu. Wool — Unwashed, 16c; washed, 20@22c. Furs— Black bear, $9@13; cubs, S3@s; badger, 60@65c; wild cats, 40c; fisher, $5@7; red fox, 70e@51.25; cross fox, $2.50@4: kit fox, 40c; silver grey, $25@50; lynx. $2@3.50; martin, $1@.2.50; mink, 30@50c; otter, $4@6, raccoon, 60® 65c; stripe skunk, 30@40c: black skunk, 50@60c; wolverine, $3@4; timber wolf, $2.50@3; prairie wolf, $1; muskrat, fall, 4c, winter, 6c, spring, Be, kits, lc; beaver. $2® 2.50 per lb. MESSER BROS., General Produce and Commission Merchants, 627 Jackson Street, Sell Baled Hay in car lots; also, Butter, Eggs, Poultry and Game, as follows: Creamery. 25@ 26c; dairy, good, 14©16 c; fair, 10@12c; eggs, 19@20c; live chickens, 5%©6 c; live turkeys, 9c;j Partridges, $2.50 per dozen; dressed chickens, 6® 7c lb; dressed turkies, 9@loclb. 28-330 MINNEAPOLIS. Chamber of Commerce. The -wheat market opened hi to V,c higher yesterday for nearly every future, and samples were held very firmly at the quota tions of the day before. Samples sold slowly and there was only a moderate inquiry, ex cept for local milling. Shippers declared holders were altogether too high in their no tions and held off for concessions, but they did not come, and most of the samples were unsold. ■ Oats and bran were firm, barley steady, and choice stock was in good demand. Corn, mixed feed, shorts and hay were quiet and easy. Produce Exclmnsre. Apples— Strictly fancy per bbl, 82©2.25; choice, $1.75@2; medium, $1©1.75; good cooking, $1.50©1.75; common stock, $1@1.50. Berries— Held at following- for 5 to 10 bbls; Bell and bugle, $7@B;bell and cherry, $6@6.25; medium, $5@6; Cape Cod, $B©9. Beans — Fancy navy, per bu, $1.75@1.90: fine navy, $1.50@1.75; medium, $1.25@1.50; dirty lots, 75c@$l. Butter— creamery, 24@26c; extra firsts, 21@23c; dairy, fancy, 18@22c; dairy, seconds, 10@16c; thirds, 8©10 c; roll, 10@14c; print, 12@16c; packing stock, s@6c; grease, 2@3c. Cider— From 1 to 10-bbl lots, New York, $4.75@5.00; half bbl, $2.90®3.10; Michigan, $4.75@5.00; half bbl, 2.90@3.10; Mott's, $5.50; half bbl, $3.25; boiled cider per gal. 50c. Cheese — full cream, ll@13c; fine full cream, 9®llc; part skims, 7®Bc; skims 5®70. Dressed Meats — Beef, hind quarters, 6% @3c; country dressed, 3@sc: sides, city dressed, 5@6%c; country dressed, 4%@s^c; fore quarters, 4@4%c: veal, choice, 8@10c; dressed pork, 3%@ie; hams, city, 9®llc; hams, country, 7@Bc: breakfast bacon,9@llc: shoulders, s@9c; sides, 6©7 c; mutton, city, 4@sc; mutton, country, 4@sc. Eggs— sto 10-case lots, strictly fresh, 20c; ice house, 18@19c; pickled, 16@18c. • Fish Fresh bass, s@6c; fresh, common, 3@sc; fresh cod, 15c: frogs' legs, doz., 25c; halibut, 10©12 c; mackerel, 15@18c; flounders, ll@12>«;c. Fruit — Apricots, dried, ft, 15©20 c; bananas, bunch, $3©4.50; pineapples, doz., $2@3; dates, mat, s©6c; dates, fard, 12@15c; figs, double cr'n., 15@20c; lemons, Messina, $4.75@5.25; Malagas. $3@3.50; oranges. Imp., $6.25@6.75: Floridas, $2.75@3; Ja maica, bbl., $t;.5U@7.50; pears, California, box, $2.75(&3.25. — Nominally steady; winter rats, sc; fall rats, 3c; kits, l@2c; fine coon skin, 75c; No. 2 coon, 50c; No. 3 coon, 25c; prime mink, 40c; No. 2 mink, 30c; No. 3 mink, 15c ; No. 4 mink, sc; fox, 75c<^$i.25. Hides— Long-haired kips quotable same as light; dry pelts, estimated wool. ft, 27c; green salted, ft. B@9c: green kips, 8©10 c; green salted calf, ll@12c; green pelts, 75c@ $1; dry flint, ft, 12@13c; dry salted, 11 @12c; dry calf flint, 13@15c; bulls, stags, etc., at y e off. Tallow— No. 1 rendered, ft, 4@4^c; No. 2 rendered, ft, 3%@4c; rough, ft, 2%c; grease, ft, 3c; scraps, ft, %c. Vegetables— doz., 35®40c; red peppers, 10c; cabbage, 50@75c; onion, bu, 75@35c; squash, doz, 50@75c; turnips, bu, 35@46c; parsnips, 40@50c; beets, 30@40c; car rots, 30@40c; horse radish, ft. 4@6c. Grapes— Concords, 10 ft., 40@60c; Catawbas, 60® 70c; Malagas, keg, $7@S. Game — For fresh killed: Venison saddles, 9®loc; rabbits, per doz, $1.00@1.25; par tridge, doz, 52.25@2.50; geese, $4.50@5.50. Honey — By receivers for job lots: Fine white clover, 19@20c; large combs, 14@16c; red clover, 15@17c. Nuts Almonds, ft, 18c; almonds, hard, 13c; Brazils, 18c; chestnuts, bu, $3®3.50; hand picked, $4@4.25; cocoanuts, 100, $5.50@6; hickory nuts, bu, $1.50; shell-barks, $2; pea nuts, green, 6@Bc; peanuts, baked, 7@9c; pecans, polished, 10@12c; pecans, low grade, 7c; walnuts, bu, $1.25. Oysters— cans, 24@26c; A. 8., 28® 82c: oval select, 34®36c : shell oysters, 100 fts, $1.25@2; standards, gal, $1.40; selects, $2; | ounts, $3.25; lobsters, can, 20c. ' Poultry— chickens per ft, 4%@5c; fowls, 4@4%c; turkeys, 6@7c; ducks per doz, $2®2.50; ducks dressed, 7@9c; dry picked chickens. 506 c; scalded, 3®sc; dry picked turkeys, B@9c; scalded, 7@Bc; dressed geeaa, 7(wj9c. Potatoes— ln 25 to 50-bu lots: Sweet, Jer seys, per bbl. 54.50; Illinois, $3.00@3. 75: Vir ginia, $3.00(^.50; Irish, per bu, 60<&75c Wool— Bought ut the following: Fleece waBhed,good to choiee,22Gi2so; fleece washed, fair to good, 20©22 c; tub washed, choice, 22® 25c; tub washed, poor to ordinary, 20<&J2c; unwashed, 14@19c: black. 14@20c JMVE STOCK. St. Paul. Cattle— The market was quiet yesterday, but, as there were no arrivals, the yards are pretty well cleared of stock, The sales were as follows: No. Av.wt. PricelNo. Av.wt. Price 7 steers 1,050 S3 25 14 steers. . . 974 $3 25 7 steers 982 3 25 Hogs— The market is dull. There are no offerings except a few light hogs left over. The following are sales: No. Av.wt. Price No. Av.wt. Price 5 hogs 391 S3 25 3 hogs 800 $3 25 12 hogs 393 3 25 Chicago. Chicago, Dec. 29. — The Drovers' Journal reports: Cattle — Receipts, 6,000; shipments, 3,000; market steadier; shippng steers, 950 @1,000 lbs, 53.30&5.50; stockers and feeders, $2.40(&3.90; cows bulls and mixed, $1.40® 3 80; bulk, $2.75@2.90. Hogs — Receipts, 332,000; shipments, 3.800; market steady, rough and mixed, $3.55^,3.75; packing and shipping, 3. 75@4.05; light, 53.30&3.50; skips, $2.5u<&3.30. Sheep — Receipts, 3,000; ship ments, 900; market st ready; natives, §2@ 4.10; Wcsterns,s2.3o@2.4o;Texans,sl.7s@3 20: lambs, 53.35&4.75. AT THE STOCK YARDS. Special to the Globe. Chicago, Dec. 29.— The live stock markets were only moderately active. The estimated receipts of cattle were 6,000. As compared with yesterday there was little or no variation in prices, but, as compared with last week, values are anywhere from 20 to 40c lower. In some instances certain medium grades of native stock are selling as low as during the great break a fortnight ago. The estimated receipts of hogs were 23,000. There is a fair demand and prices about the same as Monday, the best heavy making $3. 90@4. 05. That Great Chinese City. Baltimore American. There is an air of decay about Pekin which extends even to its temples. The number of its population is not accurately known, but. according to a Chinese esti mate, which is probably in excess, it is 1,300,000, of whom 900.000 reside in the Tartar and 400,000 in the Chinese city. There is no direct foreign trade with Pekin, and the small foreign population is made up of the members of the various legations, the maritime customers, the professors at the college and the missionary body. In August, ISS4, it was brought in direct com munication with the rest of the world by a telegraph overland to Tien-Tsin. The esti mated population of China is 405,213.152 or 203 souls per square mile throughout China proper. Is it Really Consumption? Many a case supposed to be radical lung disease is really one of liver complaint and indigestion, but, unless that diseased liver can be restored to healthy action, it will so clog the lungs with corrupting matter as to bring on their speedy decay, and then indeed we have consumption, which is scrofula of the lungs in its worst form. Nothing can be more happily calculated to nip this danger in the bud than is Dr. Pierces "Golden Medical Discovery." By druggists. A Good Fashionable Point. New Orleans Picayune. It is always safe for a society girl to be asked to play on the guitar in company. By the time she has shown her handsome arm to good advantage in turning it the E string will break, and then she can excuse herself without profanity and ask some one to play on the piano. "Lo! the poor Indian!" tramping about in all sorts of weather and dying with cold. Wont some good Samaritan send him a bot tle of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup? STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF RAMSEY — ss. District Court, Second Judicial District. In the matter of the estate of Charles A. Ander son, insolvent. The receiver of the goods, chattels and estate of Charles A. Anderson, insolvent, having duly filed a report of all his acts and proceedings herein, showing, among other things, that the sum of one thousand one hundred and twenty-one (1,121) dollars and fifty-two (52) cents, in cash, now remains in his possession, as such receiver, that the amount of cash applicable to the payment of the claims proven against said estate will, when all the expenses of said receivership have been defrayed, amount to seven hundred and twenty one (721) dollars and fifty-two (52) cents, and that the claims proven against said estate amount, in the aggregate, to the sum of three thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven (3,857) dollars and seven (7) cents; and praying further, that the re port of said receiver may be confirmed and his ac count for expenses and services be allowed and that this court may take such further action in the premises as it shall be advised; it is hereby, on motion of John W. Willis, attorney for said receiver. Ordered, that all creditors and beneficiaries nn der said trust and all persons interested in tha estate of said insolvent, do be and appear befora this court at a special term thereof to be held in the court house of the said county of Ramsey, oa the southeast corner of Fitth street and Wabasha street, in the city of St. Paul, in said county, on Saturday, the ninth day of January, A. D. ISS6, a< ten o'clock a. m. on that day, then and there t« show cause, if any there be, why the prayer ol said receiver should not be granted and why"a final dividend should not be declared and paid to tha creditors of said insolvent and said receiver and his sureties discharged in the premises and tha said insolvent should not be released from such portion of his debts as is provided by law, and why such other and further orders should not be mads in the premises as shall be appropriate. It is further ordered that all creditors of said in solvent debtor desiring to receive any benefits un der the insolvent or assignment laws of this state or any payment out of or any share in the pro ceeds of said debtor's estate, file. If they hava not already done so, with the clerk of this court, at or before the time fixed for the hearing afore* said the releases required by law. It is further hereby ordered that this order bg served upon all parties interested by the publica tion thereof at least twice in each week, for three successive weeks, in the St. Paul Daily Globe, a newspaper printed and published in said city of St. Paul, and that the first of such publications be made within three days after the making of this order, and by sending a copy thereof by mail, with postage thereon prepaid, to the said insolvent and to each of said creditors, so far as their respective addresses are known, within ten days from tho present date. Dated at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and state of Minnesota, this fifteenth day of December, A. D. IRBS. By the Court. ORLANDO SIMONS, Judge of the District Court. JOHX W. WrLLTS, Attorney for Receiver. decl6-lw-wed&fri OTATE OFMINNKSOTA, COUNTY OF RAMSEY O — ss. In Probate Court, special term, Dec U, 18S3. In the matter of the estate of Dagmar Peterson, deceased. On reading and filing the petition of Dr. J. A. Westlake, of said county, representing, among other things, that Dagmar Peterson, late of said county, on the 22d day of June. A. D. ISBI, at St. Paul, in said county died intestate, and being an inhabitant of this county at tho time of her death, leaving goods, chattels and estate within this county, and that the said petitioner is a creditof of the estate of said deceased, and praying that ad ministration of said estate be to him or some suitable person granted; It is ordered that said petition be heard befora the judge of this court, on Friday, the 9th daj of January, A. D. 188G, at 10 o'clock a. m., at tha Probate office in St. Paul, in said county. Ordered further that notice thereof be given to the heira of said deceased and to all person* interested, by publishing a copy of this ordel for three successive weeks prior to said day ol hearing in the St. Paul dally Globe, a news paper printed and published at St. Paul, in said county. Ey the Court, WM. B. MCGRORTT, [l.s.] Judge of Probata. Attest: Fkaxk Robert, Jr., Clerk. declC-4w-wed [OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.] Vacation of Alley in Macalester Part CtTT Clerk's Office, } St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 30, 1885. ( Whereas a petition has been filed in thl9 o* flee by order of the Common Council of thl City of St. Paul, as provided by law, asldn? for the vacatiou of the alley running through block numbered three (3) of Macalester Par* addition to the City of St. Paul; and Whereas the petitioners state that they owt all of the property in said block numbered three aforesaid and that the object of the va cation asked for is to enable the petitioners to replat said block on account of the widely ing of Summit avenue, etc. Now, therefore, notice is hereby given that said petition will be heard and considered by the Common Council of said city or a commit tee to be appointed by said Council on Tues day, the 19th day of January, A. d. 1886, at 7:30 o'clock p. m., at the Council Chamber in the City Hall. By order of Common Council. THOS. A. PEENDERGAST, dee2-sw-wed City Clerk.