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6 FAIR TRADING IN WHEAT. Good Buying at an Early Decline, Prices Advancing a Frac tion. Corn Closes Qtrie?, Oats Strong, Some Interest Being Mani.e&tdd in Perk. Financial Operations of the Money Kings— The General Quota tions. Chicago, Feb. There was considerable of a contest in wheat at one time to-day, with Ilutchinson aud the crowd buying and Pard ridge selling heavily. Early in the day trell was the leading buyer, followed by Schwartz, W. G. MeCormick & Co. and Vance, Baldwin soid freely at the opening, and it was credited to Mr. nutchinson. Alto gether the market had iv softest spot soon nfter the opening, and increased in strength with a very slow advance up to noon. The Liverpool cables early were simply firm, and toward the close improved in tone. The cables were more than offset by the board's cablegram giving 1,360,000 bu increase on ocean passage. There was a report that fresh export business amounting to 145,000 bu was in progress at New York. This was not confirmed, and actual clearances at that port were bill 16,000 bu of wheat and 21.000 bbls of flour. The weathei threatened colder, in the Norlhwestbut was mild over the wheat belt St Louis sent dispatches saying that wheat is well rooted and matted, but not jointed, and not in danger except Irom the most severe weather. Sawyer, of Minneapo lis, was 011 the floor, and is bullish on the light stocks in farmers' hands, and the inquiry for wheat now at Buffalo and New York. Receipts of wheat were mod erate at primary markets. Wheat closed at the very best figure of the day Olid about tee over the lowest prices touched early. The net gain was aDout Vie, and the closing was bouyant, with a fraction better than closing price paid after the bell. Receipts were 10 cars winter wheat, 11 cars spring, 153 ears corn.And 127 cars oats. Withdrawals from store were 3.5*9 bushels winter wheat and 1.520 bushels spring. Corn and oats were weak, and without mate rial change in prices. The provision trade Wf.B lifeless most of the day. Opening prices were about 2VtC under the close last night for all products. The weakness was partially due to the dispatches from the yards quoting hogs '■»>. lower, and packers bidding 10c un der the market Closing prices were about steady for pork and lard, and 2&@sc lower for short ribs. The leading futures ranged as follows: " Open high- Low- Clos- Articxf.s. ing. est. est. ing. No. 2 Wheat: March 7CJ,-. 701-2 76*4 761& May „ 7.*% 79Vi 7^ 79Vi July 77^ 77^4 771.4 77% No. 2 Corn: March 291.2 29% 29% 29% May 318* 31% 31% 313« July . 32 32V3 No. 2 Oats; February 21 . '.. 21- May 22i» 22% 22ia 22te June 2-ijj 22% d»esa Pork: March 9 92 10 00 9 87te 9 90 May 10 12 10 20 10 10 10 17 June. 10 20 10 20 March.'.. 590 590 5 871* 5 S7Ma May .... 6 02V' 6 022 0 02i,*> l 0 <<2>*i June « JO 6 10 bhortitibs: March... ... 4 82% 4 . 5,2 480 480 May 495 -195 -1921,2 495 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour Steady and unchanged. Wheat— No. 2 spring.' 7. r )'&c; No. 3 spring, 6-''@(;t!c: No. a red. 7.M.2C-. Corn— 2, 28%@25%e. Oat>— No. 2, -O7s('"'2lc. Rye— .No. 2, 43c. Barley- No. 2, 5 @57c. Flax Seed— 1. $1.3*. Prime timothy seed, Sl. lß© 1.19. Mess pork, per bbl, «9.87V2(Tf.i).!'0. Lard, per 10«. lbs. 55.521&. short ribs sides, (loose). 54.75©4.8 >. Dry salted shoulders, (boxed), Sl.-5@4.37M2. Short clear sides (boxed), $5.05®5.10. Whis ky—Distillers' finished goods, per gal, Sl.Oi. Receipts— Flour, 9,000 bbls; wheat, 19,< 00 bu: corn, 138.000 bu: oats, 127,000 bu; rye, 9,<i00 bu; bailey. 38,000 bu. Shipments —Flour. 10.0 0 bbls; wheat, 19.<K)0 bu: corn, 335,0(10 bu: oats; 15».00O bu; rye, C,ooo bu; barley, 17,0' '0 bn. On the produce exchange to-day the butter market was steady and unchanged; fancy creamery. 2«Ji'2@-7c; fine, 21@i:3c; finest dairies, 19 (ft-i^c; tine. 14®18c. Eggs. 12c. . R. M. NEWPORT & SON Investni3 1!; Banker?. 152. 15a and 154 Drake a lock. it. Paul, Minn. Buy and sell Stocks. Bonds and Real Estate. CCCHRAN & WALSH, Corner Fourth and Jackson streets. rial Lstate and Mortgage Loans General Financial Agents. DiilulU <»rain. (special to the Globe. Ui'lhtu, Minn.. Feb. s.— Market opened firm and stronger at yesterday's close, and under fair demand. On orders from outside May advanced i^c, holding very firm. There ■were few sellers. Cash. No. 1 hard was un chuused, with nothing doing: closed at 77c; No. 1 northern closed at 75V«c; No. 2 north ern, closed nt 71c. May opened quiet, but very firm at 81«4c strengthened and ad vanced to 81«tc, held steady and closed at that. May No. 1 northern, closed at7BV2C. Cars on track— Wheat 31. corn 17, oats 33. Receipts— Wheat 3.0*4 bu, corn 8,549 bu, oats 3,5 13 bu. Shipment's— heat 8,333 bu. J. J.T\A'ISOM, BHO. & HYNDMAN DC Etst Fourth Street, REAL MATE AND MORTGAGE INVEST MENTS. FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY- Milwaukee Prodnce. Milwaukee. Feb. Flour dull. Wheat firmer; > : o. 2 spring, on track, cash. 72@73c; May, 73%cN0. 1 northern, 81c. Corn quiet; No." 3. o. t., 2SV:>c. Oats steady; No. 2 ■white, o. t.. 22Hic. Rye quiet; No. 1 in store, 43>AC. Barley quiet; No. 2, in store. 42i.i>e. Provisions, firm. Pork, s!»2i 2 . Lard.ss.S-V2. Butter steady; dairy, 15@17c. • Cheese Steady: Cheddars, 9@9»/2C. Eggs easy; fresh, 12i,-'!<il3c. Receipts— 14,800 bbls; wheat, 2 1.200 bu; barley, 34,300 bu. Ship ments— Flour, 17,800 bbls; wheat, none; barley, 3.5QQ bu. 1. Tc-PBEend Mix. W. A. HolbrocK E. TOWNSEND MIX & GO. ARCHITECTS. Cffce?, Hew Globe Building, Minneaoo/is. Architects of Northwestern Guaranty Loan Building; the New Globe building, St Paul; Senator Washburn's residence, and other important works. Orders solicited. B. H. Brown Bunt of Construction. St. 1.011 Produce. St. Louis, Feb. s.— Flour is quiet, and quo tations unchanged. Wheat opened lower, but soon reacted, and closed %©'Ac above yesterday: No. 2 red, cash, 7tii«c; May closed at 78©78«,fec; June closed at 77% c; July, 7514 c. Corn easy and slow: No. 2 cash, 2Gi/ie; May. 27%@27S*ie, closing at 2.% c; July. 2?i/2^i.2H%c. Oats higher; No. 2 cash. Sic; May, 22@22W; Rye steady at 42isc asked. Barley very slow: sample lots of prime range at 45@4*Jc ; choice, 50@55c; taney, 57®58c. New Yorlc Produce. "New Youk. Feb. s.— Flour— Receipts. 24, --757 pkgs; exports, 9,131 bbls; 16,868 sacks; heavy, unsettled and dull; sales, l*,3oobbls. Conn meal quiet and steady. Wheat—Re ceipts, 24,750 bu; exports. 15,779 bu; sales, 2,004,000 bu futures: 38,000 spot: spot market stronger, dull; No. 2 red. 85>&@So*ic in elevator: 87<&87%c afloat: *G%(§iBBM)C f. o. b.; steamer No. 2 red, 81V2@~2e; No. 3 red, BH2<g,B2c; steamer No. 3 red, 74V4c; ungraded red, 70@89Vic; No. 1 northern, OaiA(fc93V2C: No. 1 hard, 95>A@95i.5c; options less active, %(a%c up and strong; No. 2 red, February, Si%<^Ps%c, closing at 85% c; March, 85%© closing at BG%c; April, g«;%(5. l -G7>iC, closing at BG%c; May, SHVi® S7Uc, closing at 87«ic: June. 85?s@8C%c. closing at 86%; July, 8 -1^(2 So 14c, closingat 85Uc; August, 84©84% c, closing at 84% c; September closed at 81% c: Decem ber, 87^is@87%C, closing nt 87%e. Rye steady. Barley strong. Barley malt firm. Corn— Receipts, 241.2 0 bu: exports, 112. 032 bu: sales, l,lb"»,OOObu futures, 226,000 spot: spot market weaker, active: No. 2, :it>i,V(B.3Ci>(e In elevator. 37^<§,38c afloat: ungraded mixed. 25&38 c; steamer mixed, Si)\i,S37%c; No. 2 white, 37t4@39c:N0.3, - 34V2C; options moderately active, unchanged to UC down; steady; Febniarv, 3rt3-l(;<a Bti'.s'J, closing at 30VHc; March, 37@37>4c, Closing at37tj.c: April, 3 <ft3BViC. closing nt 3"Vie: May. 3SS,4t&3HC, closing at 39c; .lime. 38%@:i9e, closing at 3Gc July. 3w*& @3UMic, closing ni 39V-JC. Receipts, 151,(1 0 bu: exports, s<i3 bu ; sales, 370, --0 o bu futures 119,000 bu spot; spot market less active, weaker: options fairly active" easier; February, i2B«.^i;S!Hsc, Clos ing at2"i*.c : March. ■ B%@2SVac closing at 2S3fcc: May,.27a.i@-i7%c. closing at 27 %c; spot. No. 2 white, 2«Vfc:&29^c; mixed West ern, 27C?:«>c; while mixed Western. 29 ©3 »c; No. 2 Chicago, 29% c. liny steady, quiet. Hops quiet; firmer. Coffee options opened barely steady, un changed to - ; > tints -down, elosine steady;. sales, -4,500 bags, including February, 15.5t»c; March. ©15. 90c: April, l~>-75c; May, 15. 75© 15.8()c; June, 15.70® 15.75 c: July, i.">.". tic; September. 1d 60@15.7>)c: October. )5.55@15.05c; December, 15.45® 15. c; spot Ki<> steady ; fair cargoes. 19% c; No. 7, Use.. Suirar— Raw dull, nominal; tales. l.(X»<i hhds domestic molasses. 82 test, Mac: fined quiet, weak: C, 5 l-16©55'sc: extra US 716@5!14C; white extra C,5 18-10 c; yellow, 4fe@s%c; off A. 5 9-1 6<J15%c; mould A, 6Sgc; standard A. G'-ic; powdered. G'.i-Hc; granulated, (ii^c; cubes. 6 8-1 tie. Molasses— firm; New Orleans, firm. Rice in demand, firm. Petroleum quiet, Meadv; United closed atSl."7i»ie for March. Cotton seed oil strong. Tallow dull. Rosin quiet. Turpentine lower, dull, 42i£(J?42i,2C. Eggs quiet, lower, Western, I3tt@l3>'2c; re ceipts. 5.572 pugs. Pork firm, quiet; mess, old, 810.2.i@10.75: mess, -new, 510.7.0® 11,25: extra prime. $9.^5(f(9 75. Cut meats inactive. Lard weaker, dull: sales 9,000 tierces Vestern steam, $0.20; options, sales, 2,-5. » tierces: February, $6.1 X; March, $'5.22. closing $<i.21 bid; April, 50.27: May, SG.3 <g6.3G. closing 50.33; June. ?6.4<>; July. $6.4«, closing, «6.-15@<> 46; October, $(!.• 5. Butter quiet, fairly steady: Western dairy, S@l6c: Western creamery, r_V,27i/<>c; Western creamery held. «&l-->c; Western factory. s@l7c: Elgin, 2Sm&29c. Cheese firm, moderately active: Western firm, mod erately active:* Western, 10c. Pig iron steady: American, gi7@'-'O. Copper firm: lake, February, $14.20. Lead dull; domestic, $3,821,2; straits. S'J 1.30. Kuusas City Grain. Kansas City. Mo., Feb. s.— Wheat steady; No. 2 Hard, cash 62%: No. 2. Red (i*>> bid. Corn strong and active; No. 2 cash and February 221,2. Oats No. 2 cash 213,4 bid, . February 23. Toledo Grain. Totiepo, Feb. Wheat firm; cash and February 7> 3 %: May 82; June 81*4 ; July 7i»'i: August 79. Corn dull; cash 301,2; May 3246. i Oats quiet: cash 221&. Clover seed active, steady: cash 53.35; February 53.321&; March §3.35 bid. Receipts— Whea"t 5.56); corn 131.500: rye7ou; shipments- Wheat 3. 1J3; corn G<?,7(>o; oats 2,500; rye GOO; clover seed 019 bags. WALKER & CO. Members New York Stock Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade. Offices: New York, 4 Broadway; St Paul 1 GilfilJan Block; Chicago, 0 Pacific At. ii&c«. Qt.AiM, 1-t.GVtsIJH. KUI'IQH AND OIL BROKERS. . Direct wires from our office in St. Paul, No." 1 Gilnllan Block, to New York Stock Ex change andChicaeo Board of Trade. • I'iTerpool Grain. Liverpool, Feb. Wheat, firm; demand poor, holders offer sparingly. Corn quiet: demand poor; new mixed Western, 3s 10i,2d per cental. BANK OF MINNESOTA. Paid Up Capital, StiOJ.OtJO. „. „ i_ Surplus, 8100.0<)-> Wm. Dawsou, Pres. Robt. A. Smith, V.Pres Wm. Dawsou. Jr.. Cashier. FDTAHCIAL. flfew York. ii?^, 1 ? 1 ?' Feb. s.— Clearings. $129, -1H',161: balances, $\100,556. Money on call easy, ranging from 3to 4. per cent, last loan 3. closed offered at 3. Prime mercan tile paper 4%&.i;i».. Sterling exchange quiet i t.utsieady at $4.8314 for sixty-day bills and $4.B<V^ for demand. With the exceptions of Rock Island, Reading, sugar refineries and lead trust, he stock market was dull to day owing principally to the mixed opinions among the traders on the street, and feverish ness and irregularity marked the dealings throughout most ot the day. The transac tions in the general list may be dismissed with but few words, although" Union Pacific after the issue of the rei>ort showing a de crease in the net earnings for December of over 51 75,: 00 was weak and Louisville & Nashville and several of the specialties 1 bowed considerable strength. Reports from London are very encouraging, the industrial speculation having grown much less, con servative bankers are again offering railroad bonds and other first-class investments. The subscriptions for the Norfolk & Western loan were five times the amount allotted to that center. The bears made strenuous efforts to day and liberal short sale were seconded by a plentiful distribution of rumors, some old and some new. but they succeeded iii weak ening ouly a few stocks, and in only three of these were there material declines estab lished. The trusts were once more promi nent in the deals. Sugar was weak from the opening and rallied feebly at times, Dut closed at about the lowest of the day. The bears claimed to have discovered that in siders who have held their certificates j since the formation of the trust were selling and as usual were trying to take the market from them. Lead was sold off upon the publisa tion of the annual report showing only 1 per cent made upon the stock for the year. Lead was the more active of the two trusts. In the regular list Reading was again strong with reports that the shorts were to be squeezed again and the stock was carried up to 41 about noon, the higest price yet attained and only IVb per cent below the last sale of the thud incomes two days ago. Rumors of a mild corner to be worked in the block ,vere current. Rock Island, however, was the feature of the day, being again specially weak and reaching the lowest price for a week past. The old rumors were still cir culated, and reports that the next dividend would be passed, which were declared by in siders to be without foundation, were freely circulated. The Chicago people were free sellers upon the story of heavy losses upon the Western lines, and that the movement against the stock is well organized was ap parent. A story from Chicago that the vice Eresideut of the Burlington denied that there ad been any increase in the dividend oc casioned considerable comment Among the specialties the Chicago & East Illinois stocks recovered a portion of the losses of the past few days, and that some others showed ma terial gains, but as a rule, the general list was dull and without movement of - importance, and the market closed dull and heavy, generally at about the lowest prices. The final changes are in all but a few cases in the direction of lower figures, but sugar witn 3^fe, lead 1% aud Rock Island 1 M>, are the only ones of importance. Chicago & East Illinois com mon rose Hi and the preferred 2 per cent. Railroad bonds were more quiet for the gen eral list, but the Wabash seconds developed considerable animation and furnished $215, --000 out of a total of £1,24H,<>00 for the day. The market was steady and dull outside of the bonds mentioned, and the movements were confined to the smallest fractious throughout the day. New York & Northern seconds rose 2 to 54; South Carolina firsts ex-coupon. 3 to 99, and Green Bay incomes, 2to 23. Tne Post says: 'The Burlington*! increase of dividends was certainly a sur prise to the street, and had an ef fect to stiffen all the granger stocks, though a little of the effect was neutralized by the understanding that if the Burlington is going to continue dividends at the rate of 5 per cent per annum, it will require somewhat larger surplus earnings in 189t> than had in 1889. The relations between the granger roads are still strained, and the only thine that prevents serious trouble and expensive rate wars is the present abundance of ton nage. Whether they will get their differ- ■ ences settled so as to go into some new and i strong combination to sustain rates, before the time comes when freights will be scarce in April and May, and competition will be close, is .111 important question. Government bonds have been dull and steady. State bonds have been entirely neglected. The total sales of stocks to-day were 239,908 shares, including: Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, 8,900: Louisville <& Nashville 6,787; Missouri Pacific, 9,357; Beading 33,700; Union Pacific, 9,757. Sl CERMANIA BANK, : - ; ;» , • (STATE BAKK.) PAID UP CAPITAL. - - $400,000- Surplus and undivided profits, $55,QiK). Alex. Ramsey, William Bickei, ■ President Cashier. Chicago. Chicago, Feb. s.— Clearings, $11,086,000. New York exchenge 12'^c premium. Money unchanged. R. M.- NEWPORT & SON Investment Bankers. 362,153, 15' Drake Block. Loan Money on Improved Real Estate Security, At 6, «X, 7,7}4 and 8 per cent. .' On Shortest Notice for niMgdiiij STOCKS— PRICES. Adams Express. 153 Ohio & Miss . . 21V-* Alton&TcrrcH. 4.0 do pfd.. 83 dopfd .. 110 Ontario West... 19 Am. Express ...115 Oregon 1mp..... 47 8.. C, R. & N... 28 Oregon Nay..... 100 Can. Pacific 74i£ Oregon Transc'l. 30% Can. Southern.. Pacific Mail .39' Central Pacific. 33% I P., D. & E.. ...... 19% &0hi0... 25U Pittsburg .155 do Ist |.fd....- «4 Pullman P. Car..lß;» do2dpfd.. ... 431.5 Reading..... ... 40% Chi. & A1t0n.. ..1h0 Rock Island... . 92% C, B. &Q 107%. St L. & S. P .... 17 . C. St. L. &P.... 16% do pfd.:... ... 38 do pfd 46 •do Ist pfd ..... 86 & i C. S.&C 83 Ist. Pau1........*. tibfc ' THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE THTJKSDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 6, 1800. Del. & Hudson.. 15 US do pfd..... 115% Del., L. A W....131J5& St. P., M. & M...112 Den. & R. G..;;. lOViJjfP, & Omaha.. 32^ East Tennessee. 9% -d0pfd....:.... 9214 do Ist pfd. . . .". 7o Term. C. &I. .. 83 do2dpfd. ... 22 Texas Pacific:... 21 Vi Erie .. 27 Tol. &O. C. pfd. 68 dorrfd 62 Union Pacific... 6«% Fort Wayne. .... 1 54 IIS. Express. ... 85 nocking Valley. 21% Wab., St. L. & P. 13*4 Houston & Tex.. 3 do pfd. ;...... 28% Illinois Central.. ll9 Wells-Fargo Ex.,140 Kansas & Texas. 9% W. U. Telegraph 8434 Lake Erie &W.. 18 IS \m. Cotton Oil. 27% dopfd ..66 Colorado C0a1... 47% Lake shore ... .1' 5% liomestake 8- Louisville &N. 8,8% Iron Silver 150 Louis. &N. A... 45 Ontario 39 Memphis* C... 54 Quicksilver. ..;.. 6 Mien. Central... 941,2 dopfd... 36i£ Mil., L. S. &W. 94 Sutro 5 dopfd 112 Bulwer 15 Alpls.<fc St Louis (ity, K. &W. P. Ter. 22% do pfd 131.2 Atchison.... .. 32 Mo. Pacific 74% I). T. & F. W ... B"ite Mobile & Ohio.. 16V2 D. & R. G. pfd.. 5-Vif Nash. & Chatt . . S. Pacific ....... 32^» N. J. central ...116V2 C. A El. 111 ..... 29 Nor. & W. i>fd.. G'ite St P. & D 3H«.2 N. Pacific 32 Wis. Central.... 32% do pfd 74% Chicago Gas.... 4GV2 North western... 110 Trust 18% dopfd 140 Sugar Trust s<i% N. T. Central. ...l"GV2 C..C, &St L . 72 N. V.. C. & St. L. 17 Oregon S. L...., 5-% do pfd 7oi£ BONDS— CLOSING PRICES. U. S. 4s reg 123 Vi M. K. &T.G. 5s 63 do 4s coup... .123^ Mut. Union 65. .102 do Ji-js reg. .. .1031,2 N. J. C. tat ctfs.l 1 1% •do4i#s coup.. N. Pacific lsts..H4% Pacific 0f '95.110 do 2ds 114V2 La. stamped 45.. 97% N. W. consols... 142 Missouri .... 100 do deb. ...110 Ten. new set. 6s.li>7 Or. A Trans. 65..10514 do do 55... 102Va SLL. &1.M.G.5s 9114 do do 35.... 74 5tL.&5.F.G.M.109% Can.South'n-.'dsluo St. Paul consols. 126 Cen. Pac. 15t5...11l St. P..C.&P.lsts.llG D. &R. G. lsts. . 120 T. P. L. G. T. R. 92% do do 45.... 77% T. P. R. G. T. R. 40 Vi Erie2ds. ln2 Union Pac. lsts.Uli& M. K. &T.G.69 73 West Shore 10514 Lombard Investment Company ! Boston, Mass. Capital and surplus, 750, --000. No. 150 LeailenhnllSt.. London. E. C. Eug. Western office, Kansas City. Mo. Loans on St. Paul aud Minneapolis Real Estate and Improved Farms in Minnesota and Western Wisconsin promptly closed. No applications sent away for approval. St. Paul office (.lube Building. H. J. D Ell EL, Manager. «i.\i\<i sii i«ti:s. SAN FRANCISCO. Best & Belcher..g2 35 Potosi 81 85 Chollar 2 «5 ravage 1 HO Con. Cal. & Va.. 4 b',) Merra Nevada . 1 95 Crown Point 1 00 Union Con ' 2 25 EruekaCon .. . 4 <<<• Yellow Jacket.. 2 00 Mexican ....... 2 65 commonwealth. 3 50 Ophir .. ..... 3On Nevada (j,ueen.. 70 HOLBERT & MIXTER, 328 ROBERT STREET, ST. PAUL, BEPBESENTINd "«=• JDTJJXxZA.^* •- — Members New York Stock Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade. O Rices: New York, 26 Broad St. ; Chicago, S. W. Corner Grand Pacific Hotel. Stocks, Bonds, Grain and Provisions bought and told for cash or 011 margin. Direct wires to Chicago Board of Trade and New York Stock Exchange. J.OCAF. MARKETS. St. Paul. Wheat was unchanged and quiet Corn steady. Oats firm. Barley and rye dull. Millstuffs lower. Bran and shorts firm and in good demand. Hay quiet The calla Wheat— No. 1 hard, 77@78c: No. I north ern. 7G@77c; No. 2 northern, 72@74c. Corn— No. 3. 27c asked. ■■:-■■ Oats— 2 mixed, 20c bid; No. 2 white, 211,2 c bid: February, 2 Hire bid; March, 22i&cbld; May, 24c bid; N0.3, 21© 22c. Barley— No. 2, 45&50 C bid; No. 3, 38@42c bid. Rye— 2, 34c bid. Ground Feed— No. 1, $10@.ll. Corn Meal — Unbolted. 811 asked. Bran— Bulk, $7.5i/@7.75. Shorts— sS bid. Hay— No. 1 upland prairie, $6.5('@.7; No. I,ss@G: No. 2. $4@5; timothy, J8 bid. Dressed Hogs— S4@4. ls. Produce Exchange. Produce is running along steadily. Butter continues in the same rut. The market is overloaded and the prices are weak. Cheese firm and in good demand. Eess unchanged. Poultry firm. Apples find ready sale at quo tations and are firm. Veal is weak, and lower. • The market on apples is very firm and they are selling freely. Butter continues to grow ■worse, and the demand for it is rapidly di minishing. Eggs are weak - and lower. Oranges and lemons steady and in fair re quest. Cranberries are very arm indeed, and in good request Sweet potatoes steady, and in good request. Butter— Creamery first, 20c asked: cream ery second, 10@13c asked: dairy first, 14<fj. 15c asked; dairy second, 6@loc asked; roll and prints, 6@loc; packing stock. 4<gisc. Cheese— Full cream, 10®Llc asked: skimmed. 4@isc. Eggs— Fresh, .50^4.65 asked. Poultry— Dressed turkeys. K»@llc asked; chicken. 9@loc asked; ducks and geese, 9® 10c asked. Maple — 9®loc. Maple Syrup— Per gal, $1.15@1.25. Honey— Slow at quotations; fine while new clover, 13(^i5c: buckwheat 10@Hc. Malt -Per bu, 60@70c. Oranges— Florida, 53.50@4 asked: Valen cias, st> asked; Californias, $3.25&3.50 asked; navels, $4.5 ©5 asked. Lemons— Fancy, $4@5. Nuts— Pecans. Texas polished, medium to large. 8@ 1< per lb: almonds. Tarragonas, 17c: California soft-shelled, 18c; filberts, Sicily. 12c; walnuts, new California, 12@» 15c: cocoannts. $6 per 100; hickory nuts. 81.50 per bushel; shellbarks, 81.75@1.85 per bushel; Brazils, l()@12e; peanuts, Vir ginia hand picked. 81,2 c: roasted. JOi&c. Dates— Persians, 7@Sc ; in mats, s Vac; figs, new. 12@15c. Cider— Choice Michigan, 1 6-gnllon kegs S3 per keg; choice refined, IG-gallon kegs $3: choice refined. 32-gallon bbls, $5&5.50 per bbl ; Ohio cider, $4 per half bbl, 87 for full bbl. Veal— asked. « Onions 6 per bu. Carrots 3sc per bu. Apples— Fancy, $3.50@4; standard, S3® 3.25. Celery— 3°®3sc. California Fruits- Grapes— Malaga, $7.50@8 per keg. Pears— S3 per box. Sweet Potatoes— Jerseys, $5 asked; Musca tines, 84 asked. Cranberries— Bell and bugle. 812.50 asked; bell and cherry $9©10; Cape Cod, 811 asked. «*> Wholesale Produce* Pork, Bacon, Lard, Etc.— Pork — Mess. SI 1.50; hams. loVac; salt dry long clear. 6%c; smoked long clears, 7c; breakfast bacon, 9i4e; long spiced rolls, 9e: tierce lard, 6%c; keg lard, 7VSc: 3-lb tin pail, 7*ge: 5-lb tin pail, 7"£e; 10-lD tin pail, 7%c; 2u-lb wood pail, 7V2C. Flour — Patents, $4.50<&4.75: straieht, S ; -f.7<i<S4: bakers . $3.20©3.50: buckwheat. £3.90@4.50; rye, $2.50@2.70. Beans— Medium. 51<3>1.25; navy, $I.st'@ 1.75. Dressed Meats— Fancy dressed steers. $4.25 ©4.50: choice steers, 54@4.25: cows and heifers, $3.">' <7j3.7.>; country-dressed beef, S2.n<>@3; hindqunrters, ?I@s: forequarters, J2<S^3: vea!.?..5 ®o.so:extra heavy mutton. <J@.7c; mutton ranging from 30 to 4') lbs, 7<& 7<£c; country-dressed mutton, 4®sc; pigs' feet and trine, 90c@$l per kit: quarters. 8-. Oysters— Per can, standards, 30c; best standards. 4''c; selects, 35c; best selects, 45c. Bulk Oysters, per quart— Standards, 45c; selects. s;'>c: counts, 60c. . Fish — Lake Superior trout No. 1, 8c; Lake Superior whitefisn. No. 1. 9c ; Lake Superior whitefish No. 2, Gc; fine Lake Superior her ring. Gc: Lake Superior pike, 7c: pickerel, 6c; smelts, 10@l5e; saltwater herring, 6c: croDpies, 8c; black bass, l:>@lsc; lobsters, 25c; halibut, 25c; salmon, 25c; red snap pers, '.'sc; bluefish. 25c. Furs— 50c@$l ; marten, 51.25<3;2.50; otter. S<'@3; beaver, per lb, 83^ t; fisher. $5 @7: cross fox, S3@s; silver gray fox. $15® 75; red fox, $1.(>5; kit fox, 4 'c: wolverine, $4: timber wolf, $3; prairie wolf, SI; lynx, S4®s; wild cat, 50c; house cat, 15c; skunk, sO@Goc; muskrat (fall), lie; muskrat (winter). 13o; muskrat (kits) sc: badger, $1; black bear, $10® 25: black cub bear, 84©7; brown bear, Sl6@2'i; brown cub bear, S4@7: grizzly bearslo®ls; grizzly cub bear. 84@5; ra coon, 60e@$l; sheep pelts, 25®85c . Hides— Green hides, per lb., 4e: green salted hides, oerlb, 4«,sc; green salted long haired Sip, per lb, 4c; green salted veai kip, perlb, 41/2 C: dry flint hides, per lb, 7c: dry salted hides, per lb, 6c; green calfskins, per lb. 4Uc; dry calfskins, per lb, 6c; wool, washed, per lb, 24@J5c; wool, unwashed, perlb. 16@19e: tallow.-per lb. 4c; ginseng, per £2.75 ; seneca, per 3c ; bees' wax, per lb, 20c: dry deer skins, fall, per lb. 30c; dry deer skins, winter, per ID, 25c; dry antelope skins, per lb, 23c; dry elk skins, perlb, 20c; dressed buckskin, per lb, 81.25. ESTABLISHED 1879. WOODWARD&CO. 406 and 4;; 8 CORN EXCHANGE. SD A 1 1! MINNEAPOLIS. BHIi 14 5 Vm BRANCH OFFICES Ul 111 BU At and Members of the CHICAGO and DULUTH BOARD OF TRADE AND- Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce. 1 OPTION Orders Solicited. Send forour Telegraph Cipher. MIXaEAPOLIS MARKETS. : Chamber ot* Commerce. May wheat opened at 7*i/2C, the same as the elosine of yesterday. Fluctuations were narrow and ranged between 7£i,fec and 7 *4c during most of the session. Trading was not active during the early part of the day, as there were no large lines on the : market on either side. There was some good trading, at times, in small lots, at about 78Vgc. About 12 0 clock the market advanced 140 for May and a few trades were made at that early. A cargo of 80,000 bu and another of 70.000 bu of No 2 red was reported going aboaid vessels 111 New York causing some firmness. ' Open ing cables were quiet but firm. Later ones said shade firmer with good inquiry and clos ing ones farthing higher on California fu tures. Seme cables reported 1.460,000 bu Increase in amount of wheat on passage. New York cleared 16,000 bu wheat and 20, --600 packages Hour. Following are the closing quotations: No. 1 hard, February. 78c; March, 7Sc; May, 80i»c; on track, 78c; No. 1 northern, February, 75% c; March, 76 We; May, 7sVt<Bi 78SiiC; on track, 77c ; No. 2 northern. Feb ruary, 73c; March, 73c; May, 76c; on track. 73@75c. Receipts of whgatfor-the day were 193 cars here and 31 at Duiuth. Local ship ments 21 cars. About the usual amount of samples were shown in the market and the most of it was fair to good milling quality. Some lots were not so good and were hard to sell. A few out of town millers were here in person and bought a few cars each but com plained that they could not pay the prices asked for many, as the sales of flour were slow with them and what they did sell there was no profit in. A few milling orders were filled for shipment, but the bulk of inquiries for such wheat was limited below current figures. Car lot sales by sample, delivered 2 cars No. 1 hard, 79e;2 cars No. I hard, f. o. b., "-9c; 3carsNo. 1 hard,- 7<-i4c; 8 can. No. 1 hard, 7Sc: 23 cars No. 1 northern, 77c ; 8 cars No. 1 northern, 77i&c: 3 cars No. 1 northern, o. t. 77Vac ; 6 cars No. 1 northern, o. t. . 77c; 6 cars No. 1 northern, 77 %c; 1 car No. 1 northern, transit 7Va ■ o. w. b., 7*c; 2 cars No. 1 northern, 78c; 9 cars No. I northern, 77Uc; 2 cars No. 2 northern, 74i$c;3cars No. 2 northern, 74c; 2 cars No. 2 northern, poor, 69c; 2 cars No. 15 northern 73c: 2 cars No 3, 79c; 1 car re jected. i,*>-lb dockage, f. o. b\ 71c; 10 cars sample, 73c: 1 car hay, $5 ; 1 cor No. 3 oats, 21c. rLOCB AND COARSE GRAINS. Flour— The added daily outnut of mills grinding yesterday will probably aggregate 18, 1 00 bbls. Patents, sacks to local dealers, 54.75@4.8(); patents to ship, sacks, car lots, ■ 54.15©4.50: in barrels, 84.3 i(®4.GO: deliv ered nt New England points, 55.15@5.4>: New \ork points, $5.n5@5.3<»; delivered at Philadelphia aud Baltimore, S'@->.25: bait ers'here, $3@3 40; superfine, $1.70@2.25; red dog. sacks, $l@1.20; red dog, barrels. 81.25©1.50. - Bran and Shorts— demand was quite active for bran at about ?5.70 in buli, and shorts at about S-><&8.25. Shipments, 732 tons. ■ Corn— Market quiet, with sales on track at 2 ©2Gc, aud 26® 7c asked for samples f. o. b. and switched. Receipts, 28.000 bu; ship ments, 2.4U0 DU. O its— Market steady and sales at 19@20i,!2C for mixed sample and nice white at "Jl@ 2c, all o. t. Receipts, 18,i»uO bu; shipments, 1G.200 bu. .. . Barley— The barley market was in the same dull state, with only poor to fair lots offered at \ijQ3ttC for feed and malting barley. Re ceipts, none: shipments, 600 bu. Receipts, l,t»o0 bu; shipments, 3, 0 >bu. Ojiotedatsl.3lM2@l.32; Chicago, f1'.87%®r.38.i feed— Steady at $I<><<slO.sO o. t., $10.5 i 11 f. o. b. and" switched to bill out Hay— The hay market was dull and com mon wild hard to sell. Nice upland oc casionally touched $«.5 ©7, but there was so much common wild it hurt the sale. Re ceipts, 97 tons. a FLOUR SHIPMENTS. Following shows the shipments of fionr from Minneapolis Jan. 1 to date and same time in 1889: 1890, bb15.. .653.956 | 1889. bb15.. ..226,179 STATE (JIIAI.V INSPECTION— WHEAT X ."lOill 1 *. 1 O ? &. ° Railroads. m I "i « I ? X■• c g a. ::'.:: M.& M.,Breck. div 2 19 1 .... ~ ~ M. & M., F. F. div. 19 23 2 Minn. Transfer 2 3 C, M. &St. P. 2 16 4 2 .... Mpls. & St. Louis 28 .... 1.... Northern Pacific. 6 7 *2 C, M., St. P. & 0... ... 5... .. 1 ... Total grades. ... 29 1"O 17] 2 2— " Other Grains— 4 corn, 4 cars; No. 3 com, 67 cars : no grade corn, 3. car; No 2 oats, 5 cars; No. 3 oats, 9 cars; $0. 3 bar ley, 1 car; No. 1 flax, 5 cars. No. 2 rye, 1 car. Inspected Out— No. 1 hard, 3 cars: No 1 northern, 31 cars: No. 2 northern, 2 cars; .No. 3, 2 cars: rejected, -14 cars; no grade, cars. •• \ ■■■ "■ . RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS. • Receipts— ll<),0ln bu: corn. 29, --060 bu : oats. 18,'M'O bn: flaxseed. l.ttoo bu; flour, 250 bbls: hay, 97 tons; merchandise, 1,281,060 lbs; lumber, 16 cars; posts. 1 car; barrel stock, 6 cars; machinery, 122,3' lbs; coal, 1,005 tons; waod,' 1:29 cords; brick. 16. "0 •; cement 300blils; household goods, 22,22 » lbs: pig iron. 20 tons; live stock, 1 car: dressed meats, 60,000 Ids; hides, 28,250 lbs; railroad material, 1 car: sundries, 5 cars. Total car lots, 482. Shipments— Wneat. 12.18 ou; corn. 2.4' »<) bu; oats, 1 6.20 > bu; barley, 60 ' bu; flax seed. 3,000 bu; flour, 19.028 bbls; mill stuffs. 732 tons: hay, lo tons: merchandise, 952,460 lbs; lumber, 17 cars: machinery, 65.<><H> lbs; hides, 104,000 lbs; railroad ma terial, 5 cars: sundries, 3 ears. Total car lots, 368. WHEAT MOVEMENT. The receipts and shipments of wheat from the principal primary markets were as fol lows: ..,.■"-.,. Receipts. Shipments Minneapolis 110.010 19. 28 Duluth :(,084 8.333 Milwaukee 24,150 Chicago 18,952 18,547 Peoria 2.000 550 St Louis.. 6,000 13.000 Toledo 5,569 3,12! Detroit !i.P99 10.397 Baltimore 13,144 Philadelphia 378 1.553 New York 24,750 15.799 FLOUR SHIPMENTS. '. Milwaukee road. 555 bbls: Omaha, 6,427 bbls: Wisconsin Cen ral, 125 bbls: Chicago. St Paul & Kansas City, 950 bbls: Chicago, Burlington & Northern, 1.615 bbls; Eastern Minnesota, 3,760 Soo line, 5,596 bbls. CAR LOT RECEIPTS. Following are the Minneapolis wheat re ceipts by cars: Milwaukee road, 32 cars; Omaha, 4 cars; Minneapolis & St. Louis, 4.2 cars; Manitoba, l<>4cars; Northern Pacific, 6 cars; Soo line, 5 cars. CITY PRODUCE. Butter— Good to fancy creamery, 20«; fair to good dairy, 16<ai8e: roll and print, I<@ 15c: packing stock, s@si&c; crease, 4@HliC. Berries— Cranberries, bu!., $9.5 @12. Beans— Fancy navy, bu. g1.5u@1.75; fine medium, 51. 25@1.5 . Cider— Choice, per Vi-bbl, $2.50@3; choice cider per bbl, $4@5. Cheese— cream, 10@llc; part skims, 4@6c. Dressed Meats— 3i<2®4^c; dressed veal, per lb, s©6c ; dressed mutton, perlb, 6®7c. Eggs— lncluding cases. 141/2(^lsMjc; cold storage, 9<pil(!c: pickled. B©'.»c. Fish— Bab*, 6<37c: pike, pickerel or crop pies. 4.13.6 c: whiiefish, s©6c. Fruits and Nuts — Choice apples, per bbl. 52.7-i@3.7s: apples, car lots. per bi.l,s'_\so@3; cocoanuts, per lO<>. S5@G: Messina lemons, per box. 53.7f1@4.50: Malaga lemons, per box. 52.75@3.25; Florida oranges, per box, 53@3.5(); Jamaica oranges, per box, $2.75 ©3; LoulsiauM oranges, per box. S2® . 3.5'; figs, double crown layers, perlb. 12@ -25c; peanuts, per lb, B@U>c; hickory nuts, per bu, ? 1.-5® 1.75; chestnuts, per 15© 200. : . . Honey— Choice new white clover, in lb combs. ll©l^c. Hides— (ireen salted, 3V2@*>%c; sheep pells. 25c@$l ; tallow, per lb. 3»*>@4c. Maple Syrup— Per gal, i c©Sl. Potatoes— lrish, per bu, -'s@3oc; sweet po tatoes. $2.75©4 per bbl. Poultry— Live chickens, per lb, 4@sc; dressed turkeys, per lb, Il<ai2c: dressed ducks, per lb, B®:tc; dressed geese, perlb, B<a.9c; fancy dry-picked chickens, perlb, 9®Uc; poor scalawags, perlb, 3@sc. Wool— Unwashed, 10@20c: washed, 23® 28c _, ST. PAUL UNION STOCK YARDS GO SOUTH ST. PAUL. The Yards and Packing Houses Often fo Business. S Ready Cash Market for Hoss. UVE STOCK. I n ion Stockyards. Official receipts at South St. Paul :T 807 hogs, 301 cattle. 6 calves and 108 sheep. Hoss— Active, at yesterday's prices, al though reports from Eastern markets were bearish, Chicago closing 5c lower. Quality fair, aud prices were relatively pood. Bulk of sales were at 83.7C@3.75, with top loads at 53.80, aud nothing below $3.65, excepting a bunch of skips or stock stuff at §3.50. Closing steady. Yards cleared. - - _ Cattle— Steady on the general market, with a good trade especially on stockers and feed ers. Fairly good fat butcher stock and fat steers- were rather slow, and most of the sales were made late in the day, the fairly good native steers 23 bead of 1.-'43@1.375 lbs av- 1 erage bringing $3.271<2®3.30; 116 head of 744-lb stockers sold late at $2.37":. and 630 @.R6O lbs average at 2.40: coarse tail ends of butz-hei steers. 1.(150 lbs, sold at ?2.10,and 1 common to fair butcher steers brought S-'.30 for 000@l,0t>4 lbs average. A load ot 1,076 1 lbs at $2.40; 20 head ot 934@l,0Ck>.lbsat 82.65; 22 head of 1,035 lbs at 82.45." Fair .butcher cows sold readily at $2.. Common bulls, a little slow, sold at 81.50 ©2.1 0. Mixed butcher stock, 1,068 lbs average, ; brought ?2.os: and . medium, butcher steers 82.60. Cunuere $1.45®!. 6 ». Marketclosed steady, with dealers pretty well satisfied, as the stock about all sold at steady prices. ■ Sheep— Strong. '-. The receipts, medium to fair natives, sold readily at 81.60 for 98 head. 9-i lbs average, and $4 "'<• for the mixed tailings. 5 los average. Quotations: muttons $4.40®0 ; lambs $1.50(&)i>. ■." J FITCH BRjS & CO., Live " Stock Commission Merchants! 1 j T- Boom 20. Exchange Building, 4 ! Telephone 99 >-2. Union Stock Yards, South St Paul, Twin City •■■-' , Stock Yards . New Brighton. Mian. '£:.•' j Twin City Stock Yards. The receipts of stock at the yards yesterday were: Cattle, 30 head; hogs, 79 head, calves, 7 head. Sales: Cattle- No. Av.Wt Price No. Av.Wt. Price 8 cows 1,<>55 $2 00 1 bull 1,710 Jl 8*» 8 cows.... I.- 15 2 16 3 calves.. 123 300 2 cows.... 1.16 ■> 215 •£ calves.. 140 300 3 bu115. ..1,493 2 <X) 1 calf .... 160 2 s<» 1'bu11.... 1,170 1 75 1 calf 9J 2 75 Hogs— ' No. j At. Wt PricelNo. Ay. Wt Price 7........ 264 $2 7043 100 82 70 29........ 210 2 7w| ' CUNNINGHAM & HAAS, Pioneer Live Stock Commission Men ! St. Paul Union Stock yards. Address, Exchange Building, South St. Paul; Minnesota Transfer, and Twin City Stock Yards, New Brighton, Minn. Chicago. Union Stock Yards. Chicago. Feb. 5.— Cattle— Estimated receipts, 15,000; business slow, with prices about steady on the best and weak on other classes. Sales— Native steers, $3.15® ~>. for common light to prime heavy: cows and bulls. 51.25@3: stackers, 82.«5®3.2-'» : Toxans. corn fed, 52.>0®3.35. Hogs- Estimated receipts. 20,<-Oii. The mar ket opened s(sloc lower, and at that decline the uri-at bulk of the ttock was sold; packers paid $3.9' - to §3.92. getting a greater num ber at $ .90 than ,/Testerdsy, and shippers went in at ß : .90 to $4, paying S4.<>sfora few loads; light sorts underwent little 01 no change, and sold largely at $3.906b3.95 tor an average of 1. 70 to SI. 80; me single sort cost 84, and a butcher weight $3.9.">@4; prices are quoted: Light grades. 83." 5© 4: rough packing. $3. 70(?5 3. :■).<; mixed lots. 53.5@3.!)5: heavy packing and shipping lots, 53.8 ®4.<i5. Sheep— Estimated receipts, 7,<mmi head: st:ong to a shade higher; mut tons, 53.75@5.&5: lambs, $5<&6.15. IStM.r.SSS &. KOGEite, LIVE STOCK COMMISSION iMERCUANTS Union Stock Yards, - South St. Paul. Advance on Consignments.,^! Kansas City. Kansas Citt, Feb. s.— Cattle— Receipts and shipments, 4, -OO head; market steady: steers, Bf."-5@4.~5; cows. 41.75@2.70; 6tockers and ieeders, 82.3i>@3.20. Hogs- Receipts, 7,400 head: shipments, 200 head. Market strong, closed weak : all grades, 83.70 @.'<.Bs;. bulk, $:7.VS. Sheep — Receipts, 2.9' M) head: shipisents, 1.4-0 head; market strong; good to choice muttons, 83.50@0.4i»; stockersand feeders, &>(&>. 2». Oil Markets. New York, Feo. s.— Petroleum opened firm at Sl.ootft, and after a slight decline became strong and advauced to $1.07. The market then reacted, but rallied again, and clo.-edfirm atSl-"6%- Stock Exchange-Open ing. 51.0j% : highest. 51.07; lowest, SI. 5%; closing, $l.»o%. Consolidated Exchange opening, $i.<<b¥i; highest, ?»1.07V2: lowest, SI .0512: closing, J1.07V8. Total sales. 615, --00 bbls. Oil city, Pa., Feb. s.— National transit certificates opened at 81 .05%: highest, SI.071&; lowest $1.0014: closed at 81.06%; sales, '3'»7.oim bbls: charters, 8,367 bbls; shipments, 795 bbls; runs, 66,156 bbls. PITTBBURG, Pa., Feb. s.— feiroleuin active and : stronger; national transit certificates opened at 51.05%; closed at $1.00%; high est. S!-.<i7lfe; lowest 81."5!*. Uradforu, Pa., Feb. 2.— National . transit ce.rtiticales opened at gl.«w%; closed at $l.06»i; highest $1. 7"A; lowest, $1.u5',2; clearances, 604,000 bbls. — — — — ~— ~" . ..: 1 ST. PAUI- REAL ESTATE. The \ following transfers were filed for record yesterday: ; ■ Fred Neuru et al. to Joseph Rosenthal, U2-. blk 1, Neuru & VVallratt"s "8350 Richard Leflman to Paul and II Dee-, bach, It 12, blk. 6,'Skidmore & Cas sedy"s add ...750 Christian Zimmerman to 'William C llaiie, s Vi It 15. blk 33, Linse & Zim merman's add 1,600 Joseph R Weide to John Wcstman, It 15, blk 4. Syndicate add 1,600 Joseph It Weide to Peter Hanson, It 3, blk 4, Syndicate Add No. 2 1.150 J O & E It Bryant to Hoglund & Eks. Its 11 and 12, blk 16, Bryant's subd of biks 15 and 16, Stlnson's Frances - Street add 1,100 Peto* Bender to John B Bender, It 1, Sixth's subd Dlk 12, Stinson's div ...1.500 M J Egau to John Olson. It -4, blk 6, Mackubin & Marshall's add 3.000 Six unpublished transfers 89.450 Total, fourteen transfers 899,500 The following permits to build were issued yesterday : Chas Brenck, rebuild wall of stone building, Robert, near Second. ... 81,000 John Priniuger, . 2-story brick veneer store aud dwelling, Edmund, near Grotto 2,450 Jennie Remer. 2 story frame dwelling, Ellen, near Chatsworth 2,450 Ole Bys. 2-story frame dwelling, Ed mund, near Avon 2,450 E W Knnpn, 2-story frame dwelling, University, near Milton 2,450 T F Herts, add to brick veneered store, ■•- Van Buren. near Dale .... 1,000 One minor permit 500 Total, 6 permits $12,300 mi.v\i-:ai»«»ms REAL estate. The following real estate transfers were filed in the office of the register of deeds of Hennepin county yesterday: •Benjamin S Wright to Ada F Plummer, 1 It 3, UK 4, Jenuie R F Blaisdell's add $300 Charless S Bean to Laura H Carpenter. It 5. blk 1, Pleasant Ay add .1,500 Alfred II lledlerly to George Walter Davis, in section 24, town 29, ranue •-. 24 .. 3'H),000 Potter & Thompson to John Seibert, It 6. blk 1, Carrs 2d add 1,700 Newton II Boltou to Ernest L Hospes. It 1, blk 2, town of St. Anthony 13,000 Bert M stoddard to Harriet L Shaw, It 11, Walter's subd .... .3.500 Herman Wilk to Charles Dminegger, It 21. blk 10. Bloomincton Avenue add. .300 Samuel W Rvan to Charles II Fairchild, It 15, blk 3, Forest Heights 900 Cassie A Rouse to Red River Land Com pany, It 5, blk 4, Esterbrook's add .. 4,000 Mary M Passenger to Thomas Hen nessy, part It 5, blk 14, <;ale"s First add 1,030 Hugh Wilson to Ambrose B Everts et al, It 4, blk 5. Drew's add 4,000 Ada F Plummer to Emma R Hunt It 3, blk 4. Jennie R F Blaisdell's add 800 Mary : Doherty to James Doherty, part ■ of Its 13 and 14 blk 8 Cobb's add to * Minneapolis ... : -800 Charles S. Wright to Eunice Lethrop. Its 13 and 14 uik 11 Prospect Far*. Firstdiv .... .-..-.: 1,000 James L. Bushnell to Charles C. Whit • ney. U5 blk 20 Torrance. Tou3ley and . McNair's 1,500 Casper Janicke to Paul Podamy, It 4 blk 10 Gutter's add 547 Two unpublished deeds. 5,000 ' Total, 18 deeds $367,197 ; MINNEAPOLIS BUILDING PERMITS. The following permits to erect buildings were issued y«sterdav .' Geo R Simmons, 2-story frame addi tion. 25 - 6 Eleventh ay south ,000 C A Cummings. 2-story frame dwelling, 1509 Irving ay. .. .: 2,500 Kennedy & Van Ness, store front, 614 •-' Nicolletav.. 1,200 Seven minor permits 1,365. Total, 10 permits 86,005 ■* Science Clippings. The true elephant first made his ap pearance in the epoch just preceding the "Great Ice Age" in Europe and America.' . The most widely separated points be tween which it is possible to send a telegram are British Columbia and New Zealand via America and Europe. Swiss engineers have in contempla tion a novel: convenience -for tourists,: which is to connect mountain peaks by means of wire ropes, upon which cars will be made to slide from one to the other. A physician recommends that all the wood used in the ; interior construction of houses, and all the plain surfaces of plaster. - should be thoroughly oiled or varnished so that the absorption of foul air and gases shoud be destroyed. HIRED HELP ON THE FAUM, Some Mistakes Made Pointed Out by H, d Greeno in Country Gen tleman. Though much has been written on this subject, much remains to be said before the theme grows threadbare. It is a matter about which much is felt and in which many are interested. We do not expect the problem to be solved for us by another. Every man and woman, compelled to hire help, must seek the solution in their own way ac cording to their respoctive tempera ments and circumstances. The money element is often the chief element in tue aocount,nnd in too many cases it seems to be the only one 0011 --sidered; but no problem was ever solved by the consideration of a single factor. In thousands of cases— and may the number increase — there are "other points involved that entirely over shadow the money element. In how many instances that have come under my notice can I recall the ruin ot character and the blasting of hopes among farmers' boys and girls, trace able to the pernicious influence of some debased employe? Becoming, as hired men necessarily must with most farm ers, part of the household, if viciously disposed the evil is peculiarly hazard ous. This is so apparent that I am in clined to credit the farmer who em ploys such help with his full share of moral obtuseness or stupidity, rather than a willful disregard of the wel fare of his children. One of the erreatest mistakes I remem ber my father to have made in my boy hood was the hiring of a single man. past thirty, for a year. While this man was well dossed, agreeable in conver sation and a splendid worker, he was as vile as a pit— a moral leper. I presume my father never heard an improper word from his lips, lor no man, ever so rough, would use an oath In my father's presence. But as soon as the keener in stinct of my mother discovered his true character he was summarily dismissed. My father did not need to explain to us boys. We knew the reason of his dis charge well enough. It was to say« us from moral contamination. When 1 hire help 1 make it under stood that I expect my help to be agree able, and that coarse langa ge, pro fanity and obscenity are not agreeable to me. I once discharged the very best worker 1 ever had in my employ, soon alter the beginning of his second term, because he would not "'skip the hard words." 1 said to him, "Lute, my boys are worth more to me than your labor, and if you will not bridle your tongue you must go." At the next offense he went; and now that, my boys have be come men, if they feel called upon to explain why they do not swear, I ex pect they will recall this incident as one of the reasons why. No farmer is expected to hire a man for the sake of Ills society, neither is any farmer justified in utterly ignoring the social element in his help. I wish to be and will be, social with my help, but 1 will not be social with a man, es pecially an employe, who cannot or will not omit the profane and obscene in conversation. The only remedy I know for this and many other evils of the sort is to get acquainted with your man be fore concluding a bargain with him. Take a little time. Talk with him so as to draw him out; study him, and if you are. not an adept at reading character, givo your wife a chance to size him up. In nine cases out of ten you need not both be deceived. TO LiIVK LONG. Practical Suggestions by Hail's Journal of Health. It is likely that a tendency to longevity is frequently inherited— that it runs in families. We know that a lack of vital ity, weakness of constitution, and the tendency to certain diseases are trans missible. Premising that nature never indicates any physiological preference for individuals, we can account for this principle of preservation by the fact that in all large families the weakest and diseased die out, leaving only the healthy and most hearty to propagate. With such sound stock long life through successive generations is the result. If the truth be plainly told, death Is usnally but a species of suicide. People seem set upon the very mode of life that will kill them quickest. Too much eat ing and too little sleeping, stimulants, excitement and reckless dissipation, brains overburdened with business, hearts harrowed with the cares and re sponsibilities of life — such are some of the things that are taking people off. Worry and nervous excitement kill folks faster than hard work. Steady, honest, hard-handed labor never hurt anybody. The placid, patient, plodding person.other conditions being the same, lives the longest. Much depends upon the conservation of the physical force in youth. The an cient physiologist pointed out the fact that in early life there is a great deal of this force in reserve/as a sort of stock to meet the demands of advancing years. With the increasing cares and strain of sterner duties in later life, this stock is correspondingly diminished. It becomes prematurely exhausted, and existence ends in bankruptcy. So the proper way to prolong life is to make the body a sort of savings bank for this stock of strength in youth and early manhood. Nothing so destroys the vigor of life as excessive emotions. Worry will waste the most robust body, care will corrode, and even an excess of joy prove deadly. The wise will avoid everything that over tasks the feelings. The man who can continually maintain his equanimity has the best chance, all things consid ered, of living a long and happy life. So, from a merely physiological point of view, we should exercise composure under all circumstances; love nothing too passionately, hate nothing too violently, fear nothing too strongly, lament nothing too sorrowfully, and tranquilly and trustfully accept the order of things as we find them. To a person who has preserved him self, t!>e period between forty-five and sixty will be the prime of life. Experi ence has ripened his judgment, and ma tured strength of constitution will en able him to withstand an attack of dis ease, lie has triumphed over the storms and struggles that threatened his early manhood, mastered his busi ness, secured a competence and rest from wearing work, and safeiy crossed the viaduct called the "turn of life." He is now at his best, all his faculties having attained their fullest expansion. There is no natural death but old age, which, if death may ever be called pleasant, is the only pleasant one. There is a wish for rest, and the tired traveler sinks to slumber in a silent valley at the close of a well-spent day. THE DAIRY GOVERNOR. Tbe Farmer of the Dcs Moines Register Takes Issue With Him A farmer is somebody up In Wiscon sin. The people up there found a gov ernor in a dairy. That's fine, but every now and then Gov. Hoard— for that is his name— gets off something that taxes our credulity to the very utmost. Some ime ago this butter and cheese official ttook a butter paddle to lowa folks who wanted a dairy cow that would bree d good feeding steers, and it took the best pens we had to keep pace with him. You see. up there, according to the gov ernor, they have a "gravelly drift soil" that exhausts very fast by crop ping, and it was discovered that the cow was necessary to keep up its fertility. So far very good. But the governor forthwith took lowa people to task for presuming to keep a class of cows that Wisconsin's "gravelly drift" cannot maintain. It is the luckiest th ng in the world for us that Mr. Hoard { s not governor of Alaska, for then he w ould, with great ability, insist that lowa should have goats or something of the reindeer kind in the dairy, and the gov ernor is a swell debater, lays on des perately and does not always wait to see if his cudgel itself will stand the thwacks he inflicts. A late copy of his paper— everybody with ideas prominent, or prominently with out ideas nowadays has his organ— says thai up there one Hfram Smith keeps "100 cows and calves, horses, etc.—etcet era unlimited— on 200 acres," all sup ported on the farm. Now, this is possi ble, but would it not be wise to attach affidavits and give details when asking people outside the "gravelly drift" of Wisconsin to take this all in. A half civilized Indian once guided an enlight ened white man into the country of a barbarous tribe. The white man told the guide of the steamboat, who in turn told the barunrians, who laughed at the idea of a boat going without oars or sails. The white man then told the guide of the railroad car, and he told the savaees of wagons going over the nrairie without horses or oxen. The wild tribe scouted this also as impossi ble. The white man finally spoke of the telegraoh, by which one man talked to another a thousand miles apart. The guide utterly refused to communicate this to the barbarians, because, he said, he did not believe it himself. Now 200 acres may keep all these animals, with out any food being bought, even on Wisconsin "gravelly drift." but would It not be considerate in the Wisconsin governor to lead up to such a statement gradually? Another article in Mr, Hoard's paper tells us that "No dairyman can afford to devote more than three acres to a cow." This we can absorb. Still another tells of one farmer keeping fourteen cows on eighty acres and of another farmer who keeps seventeen cowr on ltiO acres, grade Shorthorns that pay him #54 each by selling milk. Much of Mr. Hoard's paper is good reading, but he has not reached the upper levels in cheese making. He indorses the pernicious practicaof skimming milk before making it into cheese ;writes learnedly of the"fat left in." Three is only one way to make wholesome cheese that is digestible, that will bring back the good name of American cheese, and that way is to leave all the cream in the milk and ban ish skimmers from the cheese factory. We are not a cheese-eating peeple, as other people are, because of this skim mer. And if authorities like Hoard give warrant for any use of the skimmer, our people will never be cheese eaters. Full-cream cheese is good and whole some; skimmed-milk cheese is not. Consumers simply reject the latter, with no other reason than they do not like it. J. W. BEEF ANIMALS. _____ The Extravagance of Pasturing Cattle Over Large Tracts of Land. The time will come when beef cattle will be raised on small farms, and the food cut and carried to the cattle in stead of using the land for pasture, says the Philadelphia Record. The system of pasturage is apparently the most profitable of all methods for raising cat tle, aud no doubt it will be difficult to convince farmers that other systems are cheaper and better: but, when the farm ers find that they are compiled to limit their operations to smaller anas, they will be surprised to learn that they have before been usine the most extravagant system that is possible to be applied to dairying — that of pasturing over large tracts. Even with our advanced system of agri culture and stock raising the farmers have not become fully awakened to the importance of the use of thoroughbred cattle for the production of beef, butter and milk ; and until they bave,as a class, graded their stock to a degree nearly reaching the full-bred, they will not kindly adopt the intensive methods, but must ultimately be forced from their present position, and the change will be to their advantage. WASTE OK LAND FOB PASTURE. The value of the land, the interest on its value, and the possible profit from its use are factors that should enter into the expenses of dairying or cattle-feed ing. Whether it is cheaper to allow the cattle to- go to the pasture, harvest the grass and bring it to the barn in their stomachs, or whether it is oheaoer to cultivate the land in order to derive all that it wili produce, and feed the produce to the cattle at the barn, is the important question that is receiving more attention than any other relating to feeding at the present time, and the ultimate solution will de pend on the growth of the country and the value of the land. But every farmer has had some experience in a coni|iari- EOn of the two systems, for the fatten ing of steers in winter is siniply the ap plication of the intensive system through necessity, as the lack of pastur age forces the farmer to keep his stock confined in order that he may feed and care for them with as little labor as possible. TIIE PROFITS DERIVED. The largest profit derived is from the manure, as but 30 per cent of the food eaten Is digested and assimilated, the cattle carrying away from the farm but that proportion, though this may vary according to the kind of food provided. If the cattle gave no profit, when sold, over the cost of the food, tne manure would still remain as a large item in their favor. The fattening of steers, however, as at present practiced, is for the farmer to go on the mar ket and buy a lot for that pur pose. If he becomes interested in the improvement of his stock he will learn that it is cheaper to raise his steers and fatten them, for he can secure more beef from a well bred three-year-old steer than from two steers bought from dealers, as there is just that difference between the two classes of animals. Good breeding with the use of ensilaee and grain and the young animals forced in growth from the start will not only give t> larger profit, but allow moie land to be cultivated by a moro econom ical system of feeding. AMONG POULTRY. Points Gathered for the St. Louis Republic. Increase the feed at night. Watch the market aud sell right. A goose will make a nest like birds. If feeding soft feed, scald at night ana let stand until morning. Nearly all root crops are made better by adding meal or bran before feeding. Yournr pullets should be laying now, or they will not begin until spring. Hens that are moulting now had best be sold, as they will not lay until late. Letting the uoultry roost in the sta bles with the other stock is poor economy. Hens that are vigorous enough to keep scratching generally prove good layers. Regularity in feeding and watering are important items in maintaining health during the winter. Lime is a necessity with poultry, and a supply should be placed where they can help themselves. The most economical plan of feeding is to supply such materials as will give the results desired. Some materials are better for fattening aud others to secure eggs. Poultry thrive best on a light, dry lo cality and with a sandy or gravelly loam. Dampness or a heavy, wet soil is more productive of disease. Usually there is but little if any gain in cross-breeding poultry, but if it is done use those that bear a close resemblance to each other. Warm quarters and nutritious food are, in winter, essential to a regular supply of eg<s. The bantam lays more eggs by weight, in proportion to its size, than any other Dreed. They make excellent pets for children. In a majority of cases where the claim is made that poultry does not pay, either they are neglected or no acount is kept by which the fact can be accu rately ascertained. Turnips cooked and mashed, with a good sprinkling of bran, make an excel lent feed for ducks during the winter. Ducks are hearty eaters, and require liberal feeding if kept in good condi tion. In arranging a poultry yard the va riety of poultry kept will make a con siderable difference in the height of the fence. With the large breeds, such as Brahmas or Cochins, "the fence need not be so high as with the smaller, more active breeds. It is a poor plan to make the nests sta tionary. If the fowls and their quarters are to be kept clear of lice the nests must be arranged so that they can be . taken down and cleaned. When con venient lean meat from the batcher can be purchased and fed to the poultry with " profit, especially when it is an item to keep up a regular supply of eegs. Under ordinary conditions twice a week is oi ten enough to give a feed of this kind. If a disease makes Its appearance among the poultry all the sick or ailing fowls should be separated at once and placed in a yard or house by themselves Disinfect the old place thoroughly and * then give a remedy to the sick fowls. CATTLE FEEDING More Important as the Prices Are Likely to Improve Soon. Cattle will be better soon, and the Dcs Moiues Register would advise the average farmer to study the finishing of cattle. It is poorly understood on most farms. The profits that com« from feed ing the steers that grow on a farm are not comprehended as they should be. We uree small farmers to tie up two, five or ten. and observe the conditions. No large feeder can get such results as ho can who raises the steers he feeds, and the feed they eat. The cattle raised on a farm do better there than elsewhere. There is no expense in hauling off the grain, There is no shrinkage in buying in cat tle, Tying up is to be defended, as no body has done it, and what nobody has done requires vigorous defense, Tying up as milch cows are tied up is the wav to teed a few steers profitably. They are to be fattened on corn. It is folly to talk of anything else. lowa has the cheapest corn in the uni verse. States farther east buy our corn to feed, and could not exist without it. We think breeding animals should have a change of feed, but fat tening stock must have corn. It is the best fattening power known to man. You may grind it and save corn; you may cook it and save more corn, but with the present prices of corn you can not afford to do either. We are told that grinding and cookinc will not pay. They would if help were cheaper. Grinding and cooking economize feed, but the cost of labor eats up the econo my. The hog will act as scavenger, and should .lie around the feed yard. In feeding a pen of cattle, remember that an exclusive corn diet can only be tel with profit till the blood becomes thick and hair comes off. Some change of feed is necessary. A little flax, ooiled, or a little flax meal will correct the derangement, Roots would answer, but they cost too much to grow. Oats are valuable, but not always convenient. A little flax can be harvested like other grain ami no extra help need be called in to do it. The-two-year-old 6teer will eat sixty bushels, of corn while you are finishing him. If he was on your farm all his days, you have saved many little commissions and expenses that the large feeder pays out. It is part of the farmer's profits. What conies from cat tle feeding and how to do it, is part of his education. The younger the steer, the greater the gain, consequently early maturity is a prime factor in feeding. ♦The native cattle do not mature early. Their ancestry was required to endure, rather than mature. They are losing money just now. to all who touch them. We advise the farmers who need all that can be made from their business to finish their own cattle by all means. It is a department of the farm that has been entirely neglected by too many. Cattle feeding as it has been managed in large yards is not the most econom ical way. The average gain is less than in small bunches. The hogs that follow will get disease more readily. Winter work on the farm should require the summer help more nearly than it does at present. We have the finest corn growing country on earth, and surplus corn will always require consumers on the farm. Behind the steer is, of course, sire and dam, and that requires attend ance by itself. Cattle feeding belongs to the cattle breeder. It has a profit peculiar to itself that the average farmer cannot afford to overlook. It teaches the value ot improved cattle as nothing else does. It is one of the forces that keeps up farm fertility. We have been doing It by proxy. Feeders at home have gathered cattle by hundreds and bought corn by the thousands of bushels, and ' whether they made a profit or not the farmers who sold to them either corn or cattle lost certainly the amount they sold off the farm, cow or young steers. Feeders in states east of us have bought our corn and steers and put them together. Feeders In Germany now want our thin steers to finish. Feeders in Britain have always fed our oil meals. All this indicates want of knowledge on West ern farms and want of enterprise. The dairy enterprise of the sate has not helped the feeding department of the farm. Dairying has paid something of itself. When butter becomes cheaper and other profits are necessary, feeding will be suggested to the minds of dairy men. We insist dairymen feed their cattle more. Dairy papers generally overlook this feature of the farm, this auxiliary to the dairy. When the West doubles its cows for dairy use. this de partment of the farm will become im perative, v.*- J. W. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Tested and Vouched for by Orange Jmld's Farmer. If you would have your sadirons clean, keep them in a dry place. Wash them before using, especially if starched clothes have left a little starch on them. If not washed, the irons soil the gar ments first ironed. Sprinkle heavy carpets with a little sait before sweeping; it settles the dust, helps to clean them and keeps them from moths. Salt is said to be a good moth exterminator. Never leave a pail, basket, dustpan or broom on the stairs. It is usually done to save steps, the person leaving them intending to take them down the first time he or she descends. Many a broken limb or bruised or sprained one results from this. In canning fruit in glass bottles, or in pouring any hot liquid into them, it is well to mem tier that there is less danger of breaking them if they are shaken while being filled, Four in a little at first, shake to heat the bottle, then continue without fear. To keep paste from moulding, put in a little alum and a few drops of oil of cloves, or if you have not the oil use whole cloves. Remove ironed clothes from the bars as soon as dry, when they have to be kept in a kitchen where cooking is done. They are apt to gather and retain un pleasant odors, especially in cold weath er when windows and doors necessarily have to be kept closed. Accidents of a painful nature often occur from carrying scissors, pencils and other sharp-pointed instruments in the pockets. To guard against injury they should be protected by a sheath of some kind. / To keep steel knives from rusting see to it that they are wiped perfectly dry, then rolled up carefully In flannel cases. These are quickly made and well repay the trouble. If not to be frequently used, rub them with a cloth slightly smeared with lard in which rosin is melted, the size of a black walnut to a pint of lard. This is easily wiped off when they are to be used, and is an ex cellent preparation to keep all metal surfaces from rusting, including plows and other steei implements. To remove blood stains from pillows, mattresses, etc., spread the stain with a thick coating of starch, lust moistened . enough with water to allow of its stick ing fast." When saturated with the blood, scrape off and apply atrain, re peating it until the stain entirely disap pears, as it surely will. . When Baby was sick -' . We gave her Castorla. When she was a Child - She cried for Castor! When she became Miss She clung to Castorla. When she had Children . She gave them Ca.storia. . ■