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who call themselves young and feel badly because 
they do not get, the opportunity lo give some one 
the "mitten.” Young Teacher throws her spite 
on Solomon SAr. I think she should learn from 
her mother how to shorten her pie-crust, etc. 
Scotch J>«ssik need not worry through fear that 
we shall tear our clothes, as there is no danger. 
1 agree with Prajkie chicken's advice.-H ockv 
Mountain' -Ioe. 
(Tilt 
HIDDEN STATES AND TERRITORIES. 
1 . My dear Mlnnet so IMgllonl has left us. 
2. His name is Penn Sylvan, 1 assure you. 
3. Out In our park. Ansa smith saw a friend. 
4. That is t he calif, or Nlapa deceived mo. 
5. I saw Farlz on a ro ft. 
f,. Louis'. I anathematize such things. 
7. Away In the bark Ansa sails. 
8. He was In a rage, or Ulacoma told a lib. 
9. Gen. vala Barnaul was shot In batt le. 
in. Go on, Orth ! Carol In a medley. If you wish. 
11. "Take the south car.” O Lina, do come. 
12. Poor Hode is landed on a reef. 
13. Old Massa ChU, set. T.’s teeth on edge. 
14. Newjer Seybold took poison. 
15. Ho wrote: " Yoon ken tuck your own dress.” 
16. Please let Hones see me home. 
17. A picture of the *• Virgin ” I am painting. 
IS. Mrs. Mich. Igan has got back. 
19 , Ida, home Is the best spot on earth. 
2n. Edwy Otnln gave me a Christinas present. 
21. 1 h ive been washing ions of clothes. 
22. Make a new ** Y,” or Katie will boat you. 
23. In parsing, dear W., Is con singular or plural? 
tv Answer In two weeks. Little one. 
CLASSICAL ENIGMA. 
I am composed of 51 letters: 
My 3, 37,10,1, 6, 9,12 one of the narples. 
My 20. 14, is. 5, 2, 8, 31, 7, 42 a writer on classics. 
My 26 , 'At, 28 , 32, 45,40 the ferryman of Hades. 
My 37, 27, 39, 47, 19, 4 the wife of Vulcan, 
My 29, 2 , 36. 48, l, 21, 16 Grecian descendants of 
Apollo. 
My la, ;($, 20 , 39, 50, 15, 38, 25, 17 the maid of 
Alcmena. 
My 33, 39, 35, 10. 2. 34 deml-gods. 
My 11, 2 , k, 43, 14,19, 51 daughter of Brlses. 
My 41, 7, 39, is, 25, 28 , 12 attendants on Venus. 
My 23,3, 80, 46 au animal who suckled a king. 
My 49, 8, 30, 14, 17 what, all men should cherish. 
My 22 , 3, 7, 44 means variety. 
My whole Is an old French proverb. 
iv Answer in two weeks. Md. 
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PUZZLER ANSWERS.-March 24. 
i' i wit.' Bible Characters — L Ishmael. 3. Aaron 
, Martha 4, Mary: 6, Levi; 6. Elisha; 7, Elijah; 8, 
1 r' ija: b Rachel; 10. Janies: 11. Iscariot, 12. .Sarah: 
l.j, i until. 14, Vaaliti ; 1ft, Esther, 16, Obailiah ; 17, Jacob; 
18, Esau. 
i, Enigma.—H e alone is truly wise who Is 
••use unto salvation. 
1 i -iTions.— t, Care, race; 2, Share, bears; 3, 
ifii heir; •», Sole, lose; 5, Rule, lure; 6, Diet, tide. 
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HOME NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
A general Strike Is Imminent, on the Philadel¬ 
phia and Reading Railroad, in consequence of the 
order Issued to their employes to sever their con¬ 
nection with (.lie Brotherhood of Locomotive En¬ 
gineers. A secret meeting of the engineers was 
held, at. which over 1.50 members were present., 
it was urged that harmonious action should be 
taken rikI no violent resistance made, such as 
leaving cngl nets, etc. It a strike was agreed upon, 
the engines should be taken through to their des¬ 
tination In every case. There was no formal vote 
taken, but each member was left to make his own 
choice. There was a determination, not express¬ 
ed by vote, however, to remain In the Brother¬ 
hood at all hazurds. The next twenty-four hours 
will determine whether there will be a strike or 
not. The Reading oftlelUSsoy they are prepared 
ror any emergency. 
Plans are being prepared by the architect of the 
Capitol for Die Improvement, of the hall of the 
Hous; of Representatives, with a view to perfect¬ 
ing the ventilation thereof, which of late years 
has been a source of much complaint. At the last 
session Congress appropriated $33,(inn lor this pur¬ 
pose. 
There is a newsboy In San Francisco, James 
Handley by name, who Is rapidly acquiring a for¬ 
tune by the sale of papers. He Is but fo. rteen 
years old, yet owns two houses and several build¬ 
ing lots on Telegraph Hill. He recently built a 
third house there for $t,soo and sold It to Ills 
brother for $ 2 , 200 . The brother, also a newsboy, 
• j sold It again for $3,100. Jimmy aspires to a pro- 
! fesslon, and attends the Lincoln School, where he 
■ stands high In Ms class. 
A rnan In Fryebnrg, Me., got so disgusted with 
Ms wife because she discharged a pretty servant 
girl in a tit of Jealousy, that be sent to Chicago 
for divorce papers. The wire got wind of his 
game, and, In order to Insure its entire success, 
eloped with another man. The laws of Maine 
win probably now be sufficient to the husband's 
purpose. 
The Chief or the Bureau of Statistics furnishes 
the following figures (which were compiled rrom 
the official report of the British Board of Trade), 
showing the emigration from the i nited King¬ 
dom to I lie Cnlted States during the years 1874, 
1875, and 1876Iti 1.874 t he number was 148,1m ; in 
1873,105,036; and In 1876, 75,533. The total num¬ 
ber of persons who emigrated from the rolled 
Kingdom to the r tilled States from 181510 1876 
was 5,476,078. The amount of money remitted by 
settlers In the Ini led States and British North 
America to t.lielr ft lends in t he 1 nlted Kingdom, 
from imn to 1876, Inclusive, was fl9,685,06s; while 
the greatest amount remitted in any one year 
was In ls54, when the sum covered £1,790,000. 
Minister Russell has returned to the fulled 
stales and has presented to the State Depart¬ 
ment Ills version of the dlfllculty between Brest- 
dent Gusman and himself, and which led to Ms 
recall. 
I’ool-uiaster-General Key has forwarded to the 
postal authorities of the Netherlands full copies 
of the plans ami specifications or the new post- 
oftlces of Chicago, St. Louis, and fort Huron. 
Mich , In response to a request from the Dutch 
Post-Office Department lor plans, etc., of United 
Statis post-oniccs of the most, recent construc¬ 
tion, and which they desire to use In the prepara¬ 
tion ol designs tor new post-offices In 1 licit- own 
country. 
The largest, shipment of live beer from New 
Lngland to old England took place from Boston 
recently. The. steamer Istrlan of the Ltland line 
took out. 278 head of line Western cattle, all of 
them consigned to Liverpool by William Caldwell, 
a well-known cattle dealer in tins East and West. 
This is the third shipment from Boston, the 
largest of the two previous not having exceeded 
fifty head. The Istrlan was specially fitted for 
the accommodation of the cattle, and had on 
board for fodde r til teen tons of cracked corn and 
twenty tons ot hay. 
A list, of clergymen who have fallen from grace 
within a year In the United states Is published In 
the Jewish Times. The number of convictions 
for crimes Is given as forty. 
The Scientlllc American says that tho test of 1 
the radiometer does not sustain Gen. Pleason- 
ton’s blue-glass theory. That Instrument Is very 
sensitive to electricity, and ir, as the General 
supposes, blue rays have supeilor electrical 
power, its vanes would rotate faster under blue 
glass than under common glass. Experiments 
show a contrary result. 
Dried mushrooms are much esteemed In China, 
and they are also largely consumed by Japanese, 
either as a dish by themselves, or as a condiment 
with other dishes. Dried mushrooms, it Is said, 
retain their Uavor ror a great, length of time, and 
thus bear transport to any distance very well. 
The forthcoming revelations that are to be 
made by Wm. M. Tweed, as a condition of Ms re¬ 
lease from custody, will be of the most sensa¬ 
tional and astounding character. It Is said that 
many hitherto unsuspected will be Implicated. 
New York City is again wasting its Croton water 
supply. 
The Erie Is apparently progressing toward sol¬ 
vency. Mr. Hugh J. Jewett, receiver of the Erie 1 
Railway, has Med In the County clerk’s office his 1 
report for the month of January. The report ' 
shows a balance on hand Dec. 31, 1876, of $282,403. 
37. The receipts Tor Jan. amount to $2,450,455.23. 
There w as paid out $2,150,709,53, leaving a balance 
on hand Jan. 31, 1877, of $299,745.70. The Increase 
and the receiver’s certificate of Indebtedness dur¬ 
ing the month wits $382,205.55, on consent of 
counsel In various ncllons against, the Erie Rail¬ 
way Co., Judge Lamminre granted an order giv¬ 
ing Hugh J. Jewett, receiver, authority to com¬ 
promise and settle the suit pending In London, In 
which lie, as receiver. Is plaintiff, and the London 
Banklug Company (limited) defendant. 
Ex-Mayor A. Oakey Hall, it is reported by cable¬ 
gram, has arrived In Loudon under the alias of 
Sutllffe, and tolerably disguised. Ho shipped from 
Boston per steamship Victoria, and was discovered 
and Identified at Liverpool by an agent ol the As¬ 
sociated Press. 
Easter services were solemnized with great 
effect on board the Russian fleet In New York 
lntrbor. , 
1 1 is reported from Washington that the .South 
CaroUna trouble Is settled. The order withdraw¬ 
ing tho troops lrom the state House and bidding 
them cease from further Interference In the local 1 
affairs of the State has been determined on, and 
5\ til be Issued, It. ts believed, early tills week. i 
Gov. Hampton returned to Columbia on Sunday 
night. He and the President were mutually 1 
pleased with each other and parted, it Is said, 
with expressions or confidence, 1 
Air. Chamberlain goes to Columbia also, and it, ! 
Is believed that lm means to accept cheerfully the 
defeat which was Inevitable, and urge his follow- | 
ers to conduct themselves well and unite with the 
Democrats in renewing the prosperity of the 
State. •. 1 
Gov. Nlehotis is said to be reducing expenses. 
James J. Belden was elected President of the 
Syracuse aud Chenango Railroad March 31. 
The Rocky Mount-alb Quartz Mills of George- ; 
town, col., rvere totally destroyed by fire March - 
3 1 st. The loss Is estimated at $50,000. Insurance, 1 ' 
$18,000. 1 . 
FOREIGN N0TE8, 
There is nothing new under the sun. A cor¬ 
respondent of the Detroit Free Press writes that 
In the Laurehteln Library, In Florence, lie saw 
“a map of the world, drawn In 1490 . showing 
clearly the course or the Nile, its division Into two 
streams, and Its connection with the two great 
lakes, solving the question long ago which Speke, 
and Bnrtoi, and Livingstone have been working 
at so diligently In the present age ” 
Popular suffrage has been put to a novel test In 
a village of Awa, Japan, which w hs harassed by a 
midnight robber whom nobody could detect. The 
head of the hamlet summoned the entire male 
population under bis charge, and directed every 
man to write the name of the person whom he 
suspected, and to deposit, the ticket in a box. 
Fifteen ballots bore the name of Abe Taul.hel. the 
rest being blanks. The distrusted man was so 
overcome with astonishment that he made a full 
confession and went to prison. 
The Cremation society ai Milan has at length 
obtained from the Minister of the Interior per¬ 
mission to practise two crematory experiments on 
human bodles-one by the Polll-Clerlcoitl process; 
the other by the Teruzzl and Betti process. The 
Minister, for the purpose of arriving at a scientific 
estimate of ihe FolU-Cierlcettl process, has 110 m- I 
mated a committee, composed of some of the lead- 
' luff physicians of North Italy, to watch Its modus 
| operandL 
Two years ago Geo. Bldwell, (he notorious Bank 
of England forger, was transferred to Dartmoor 
Prison. Soon after he was apparently seized with 
paralysis of his lower limbs, and lias ever since 
been an Inmate of the Infirmary. Lately anew 
Governor was appointed to Dartmoor, who was 
skeptical as to the genuineness of Bldwell's ill¬ 
ness. The prisoner was ordered to get up and 
dress, but positively refused; thereupon he was 
put In a cold cell and leu there unclothed until he 
chose to dress. Wltliln an hour he Jumped up a ad 
put on his clothes, and evidently a perfect cure 
had been effected. But when he was being strip¬ 
ped a curious discovery was made; beneath his 
armpits were found a tame mouso and a rat. 
These he said be had caught In the infirmary, and 
had petted and fed with crumbs for many months. 
Hurneti’a (WonInc Is the best and cheapest 
Hair Dressing in the world. It kills dandruff, 
allays Irritation, and promotes a vigorous growth 
of hair.— Ex,. 
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SEMI-BUSINESS PARAGRAPHS. 
InquirieM are continually being made as to 
what kind ot a pistol the Champion Air Pistol Is, 
the opinion of some of those who have never seen 
It being that It Is a dangerous weapon. This is a 
mistake, fur It Is perfectly harmless, and is used 
principally for target practice, tor which purpose 
It is Invaluable, as It will send a dart titty feet or 
more with the precision of a rifle; costs almost 
nothing for ammunition, and makes no report. 
It can be purchased or any gun-dealer, or of the 
Pope Mk'g Co.. 45 High St., Boston. 
fair. 35@20c.; State pails, select invoices. 28@30c7 
good to prime, 25@27c.: creamery, select invoices. 
30<$32c.; Western creamery, select invoices. 30@35c.: 
fair to prime, 20@25c. 
Old Butter—Stuto dairies, with tubs. eho‘re, 20^21c., 
pood 10 (.rime. ItEnISc,. fair to good. I4<*16c.; poor to 
fair, 13,1 lie.: firkins, choice, TH.iav*,; good to prime, 
15oof.Sc-.: fair to Rood. 14«®15c.. pvor In fair. l«@14c.; 
hali-Bi XIn int-s, choice fall, ?#g,23<\; good to prime, 
2 Wi2'io,. fair to good. ITgttDa: poor to fair. 18017c.; 
Welsh mli-, dairies. 1702U'.: pood to prime, 17C619c.; 
fair to/roml, lirdil’e.: ponrtofalr, 13&.HC: Stale, very 
(• 0 , r. I tvtl.ie.AVe*1ern Utkins, Rood to prime. 13@14e.; 
fair to food, 12,5,13c.. dairy tubs, (rood to prime, MS 
18c.: fair to cod. 14® 16c., factory tubs, select in¬ 
voices, I9®2!)c. good to prime, 3&3JSc.; fair to Rood, 
136616c,; Western, all styles, poor to fair. 1M3i:sc,: roll 
barter, Western, Rond, 146218c. Export for week, 
2.192 pat); a Res. 
Cheese. The light,stock is running down slowly, 
but with thy advanced season there are sliehtly 
modliled lie 11 res. Exporters hare bought sparingly 
and ihe bom** trade is very light. 
Fancy factory at t.5)pal.54(c.: good nnd prime, 14 Y@ 
15c.: State farm rin:ry, good ro prime. c-t 
Western factory fancy, 1.5 .c; ii*«i mid' prime, 
Ur,rJ4\e.; factory. State and skims. «W®8 
Cold pant live receipts and export* from June 1st. 
Receipts, pkgs. Exports, lbs. 
June 1. 76. to April 1,’77. 1 .'>','.1.842 82,941.818 
June 1. ’75, to April 1, Ti.2.909.SST 90,640,618 
June 1. ’7i. to April 1. ’75.i.SM.Oro 88.6i5.w2 
THE MARKETS. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
New York. Saturday, March 31,1177. 
Receipts.—T he receipts of Produce for tho week 
were as follows: 
Flour, bbls. 39.545 Molasses. 1.579 
Whisky. 2,9.34 Klee. bbls. . 460 
Corn meal,bbls ... 4,W|Cut meats, pkgs.,,. 16,144 
Corn meal. baes... 870 Liml. pkgs... 18,557 
Wheat, bush. 9,644 Tobacco, hhds...... 74 « 
Coro.hush. ... 297,679' do. pkgs. . 4 , 1:12 
Oats. bush... . liy2.821lluttcr.lkRM. 18,035 
Rye.bush.. . 4,719 Cheese, bxa.. 2.748 
Malt, bush. 18.538 Cotton, butes. 4.848 
Harley, bush. W.OWI] Rosin. . . 4,693 
Heims, bush. 5,344 Sots, turn,, bbls.... 1 656 
Grass seed, bush.. 4.20K lined Fruits. pkR*.. 520 
Beef. pkRs. 694 Bros, bbla. 24.166 
Wool, bales. 13 Peanuts, hags. 3.W2 
Hops, bales. 1.;i>12 Leather, sides. .. 54,798 
Porte, bbls. 4.72b 8npnr, libde. 5 
Tallow. 9» Oil cuke.. .i.f,25 
Bka.vs and Peas.—E xports of beans past week, 
1,184 bbls. The now prices for mediums and mar¬ 
rows have an encouraging steadiness, and there is a 
Rood indication that ihe remainder of the crops 10 
,-omo und I 11 store will not fluctuate adversely. Pea 
beans could be plnccd if quality were, more'attrac¬ 
tive. White and red kidneys are dull, without im¬ 
mediate possibility of revival of demand. Canadian 
peas are quiet, buyers'offers being below holders’ 
views. Green peus continue to weaken ; $1.30 Is an 
extreme for sound parcels. Southern B, E peas 
source and arm. We quote: 
Heans, medium, prime,$2.2003.25: W estern. $1.50® 
2.10 ; marrow, prime, ire© to vessel. $2.5502,60; fair 
to Rood, $y,Kk«2,2S; pea, choice. *2.60 ; fair to good. 
$2.1502.25; while kidney, iprime, $2.45(»2.50: (air to 
good. $2.1002.25: red kidney, prime, $2.2002.40; fair 
togood, f2.20i3i2.40; black, or turtle si*up beans. $1. 
Canadian peas, in bulk and bond. 9k*.;green peas, 
$1,306*1.35; Southern B, E. peas. P 2-busfiel bag. $2.50 
6112.90. 
Beeswax.—T here have been very small receipts, 
amt pi lees have recovered a little.althouRh demand 
is small; Western quoted at 8203235?., and Southern 
at 830340. 
Broovi Corn.—CI mioe stiuk is getting scarce and 
favoring seders: the low grades are weak and dull; 
quoted at 7@8c. for brush, short green.: 6a7c. lor 
hurl green, 6646c. for medium green, and 3@4c. for 
red and rad-tipped. 
Butter Trade In old has slackened off again, and 
with the withdrawal of huyer.**’ prices have again 
dropped. Since our Inst the decline In table or ship¬ 
ping grades is 2@8c. Receipts of new begin to press 
upon the market, and as new will now gain a dully 
want among consumers, holders of old will have to 
let the market take its own course with the bulk of 
ihe remnant. Western fresh has arrived moderate¬ 
ly, but free arrivals are expected right along, as in¬ 
termediate markctsarc notjbuying henvlly. We agin a 
remind dairymen to avoid mixing old and new in the 
same package. New butter is easier Supplies in¬ 
clude more pails 
Comparative receipts and exports from June 1: 
Receipts, pkgs. Kxuoris. pkgs. 
June I, ’76, to April 1. '17... 1,085. 33 1*5.409 
June 1, '75, to April I, ‘76... 96.3,919 ,32,216 
Jline 1, '74. lo April 1, *75... 887,160 41,860 
June 1,'73. to April 1, 74... 852.497 3 29,838 
Junel. ’72. to April 1. ’73... 617 293 44,511 
New Butter—State tubs, select invoies, 20928c.; 
goad to prime, 23025c.; fair to good, 20023c.; poor to 
Ah 7 . itrlean*. Texar. 
9 15-16 9 15-16 915-16 
:a eggs, 2G026C.; G 00 SO eggs, 65® 
June 1, 73 t*. April 1. 74.1,903.508 85.904,163 
June 1.72 to A pul 1. ’73.—1.158,6)8 71,017,107 
Exports of cheese past week, 2.201 boxes. 
Cotton has been tather stronger on some increase 
tn export trade. Latest prices are: 
April. IL53&U.5IC.: Muj, H.65@II.95c.: June, 11.800 
II.Hie.; Jnlv, ILtCi@ll.94c . August. !2.0l<@12.03c.; Sep¬ 
tember 11 8 ><mI. 8 Tc.; October. 11.7001l.73e.: Novem¬ 
ber. li-.XK@li. 8 lc.: December. ll.tE 0 U. 6 x:.. January, 
H.70@iU.75c. 
Quotations for spot cotton, based on American 
standard of clsssliiention. 
I'pland-f. Ala. orlran*. Texar. 
Ordtnarv.9 19-16 9 U-10 9)5-16 915-16 
Strict ordinary.10 ,3-ch lo 3-16 10 6-16 10 5-16 
Good ordinary. 10 9-16 10 9-10 10 11-16 10 11-16 
Strict g.vnl do.10 13-16 10 13-16 10 15-16 10 15-16 
Low middling. 11 II U )'4 10 % 
Strict low middling... lllf U 4 11* 11 ^ 
Middling. Ilk HB 1IN 11 % 
Good middling. \\\ 11^ lljf 
Strict good middling. 12 12 12 k 12K 
Middling fair. ,. 12M 12* 12* 12* 
Fair. 13« 13* 13* 
Stained, 
Good ordinary. 9 7-16 Low middling.10J* 
Strict ordinary ... 10 1-16 Middling.10K 
Dried Fruits. Apples have had a v-ry light in¬ 
quiry from exporters, and choice lots have, in in- 
stancen, exceeded quolulionrWc. Peaches are hard 
10 sell.and tavur buyers. Blackberries neglected. 
Exports laist. week. 1,375 bbls. dried apples. 
Apples—stale, Sllveu, 4 Ki« I 'v'c.: do . •|oa; tors. 4J4l@ 
Die.; s>. utliera sliced new. lair, in 1 fancy. 
,'n7(>I>sc ; Western qr*., 4 » I <c. Tennessee do, in bags, 
3 K@,i-,e.. fueled peacbet,—Prime new, IsutVOc.; best 
old lit Uaiac- and fair to good at 10 ft 12 c.. U 11 peeled 
-Quarters itt ft* 10c., and halves at Mg lie. Blackber¬ 
ries, 7o. Raspberries, 22 <;c. Blued cherries at 15<@l6c. 
I'lurns at 17(*18c. tor 8 tate, and 15siJ6'.\ for tsouthorn. 
Egon.-B usiness la qua© active at the Hose, two 
stormy dnys having t ut off a good d nl of nude that 
would have occurred torEastnr. fneesare tame oven 
witli extra call (or single bbls. that The coining ies- 
tivu! produces. Receipts will full off next week, but 
thprn Is n reserve here and as consumption always 
m*.derates after Lent, dealers do not look for higher 
prices. We quote: 
Near points. 17c.; Slat© and Pennsylvania, 10)4c.: 
Western liy 3 iltl>ic.: Southern 15H'@16o.; many South¬ 
ern lun small. Duck eggs, 2»V<t23o.; Goose eggs, 65® 
70c. 
Essential Oils.—B eyond an ordinary trade for 
druggists, and confectioners’ supplies ill© market is 
quiet. We quote as hallows ; Oil Peppertulnt, in tin, 
*2,75; do. in glu-- $3.75: Wlutergreen, $2 50.; Worm¬ 
wood, $3,50.: Spearmint $3.0); Tansy, $2.50. 
FLOUR.-Price* have, been steadily hardening on 
Muni! receipts, mid active Inquiry, while »tocks in 
store are very much run down. 
Prices are $J.83«*it.20 for pour to very choice super¬ 
flue Stain: $6.10*0.23 f"r very common t" lair extra 
do.: $ij, 3 Un 6 . 3 n for giiL.d extra do (Ii.-1D4V6.50 for fancy 
do., and ( 6 . 55 ( 817 . 7 ) I nr 1 alley to very ch. .re extra; 
#• 5 . 6046.29 for superfine Michigan. Indiana, lowu, 
Ac.‘. (6.10% 6-#0 for shipping extra do., thu Inside uric© 
for inferior, and $ij.35vj>6.W lor choice to vory fancy 
extra do.: common to choice white wheat extras, 
#6j»Vii.7.25: fancy do. $T.30ft8.ft(l; winter wheat, good 
to choice family, $1.75(48.30; round-hoop Ohio, 
f 6 . 10 ij 6 . 2 V nnd trade brands of do. at f6.3ttojx.IX); St. 
iniuiH.>6,15.4ii j».) for common to tiur extra, and ( 6.80 
r@9.25 for good to very choice Minoesotu straight ” 
at $<',.76*8.75, und pHteut lit $7.80<t 10.75, the higher 
prices on ihese Minnesota for choice lots: unsound 
stock at from (4„>i.t6 ffi. Oily Mill extra at $7.00@ 
7.25for the West Indies: do, English brands.$6.20.; 
do. trade and family, (i ..Xfi-tu.. ,5: No. 2 at $t.80®5 20. 
Corn meal selling at V. 8 oi @8 for Vellow Western 
Pennsylvania and New J«r«, y $1.|5 for Brundywli.e 
and t,ay meal at fl-OS for cairre city, nod $1.25 for 
One white Southern. 
FRESH Knurrs.-Exports of apples, past week, 
2,393 bbls. The supply of apples is visibly reduced, 
anil prices are working lip. Prime, bright Baldwins 
brought $2.62. Ru-sets bring full prices, having the 
export, trade to support them. Easter brings cut 
some demand lor California pears; repacked lots 
bring $3.90:84. Cranberries are dull: few sales out¬ 
side of bakers’ wants. Strawberries town , quality 
fair. Florida oranges steady. We quote: 
Sp)t*eDberg ami Spy, V Ltd., $2,50.(276: Russets. 
Jaige, (2.5002.75; do., small, $2.25i!j2.;i7; Baldwins, 
$2.25S(,3.62: odd:- and end*. $1.2501.75. Cranberries. 
N. J.;orates, best *2 2502.62; othei. $1.7602. Florida 
oranges, box, ftiuj. 8 . Florida and Charleston Straw, 
berries, quart, # 1611 . 25 . P«auuts, fancy, bush., $1® 
1 . 20 ; commop, 85c.: shelled, lb.. 4 ® 4 ^c. l'ctaus,5Vi@ 
9c. (< lb. 
Grain.—F or wh- at the English advices have been 
better, ami there has been some inquiry lor export¬ 
ers, with prices higher and about steady at the ad¬ 
vance. Latest sales arc Of No. 2 Milwaukee spring 
at $1.48; No. 2 Chicago spring, 21.44: ungraded spring, 
$ 1 . 43 . Bye is scarce ano favoring sellers; Western 
quoted n’t 82<a85c; Jersey. State and Penn.. 84@90Mc. 
Barley is weak: quoted 5c. for No 1 Canada ; 
85:i> 90c- for No. 2 do : lHE,,i»'ie. for two-rowed State : bo 
@70c for six-rowed do. Corn, with larger supplies, Is 
lower: latest sales at rjlyfioOc. for ungraded West¬ 
ern mixed ; 55c. lor New York No. 8 tor home use ; 
64\'<s55e. for steamer uiixsd Western: SSJfc. for In¬ 
terior old SVestern mixed in store: 5«o. for choice 
do.. In store - 37c. for yellow houtnern on track; 56c. 
(or ungraded wulte Western; 56c. for white South¬ 
ern afloat. Oats are offered at easy prices and dull; 
latest sales at iifttji:, 2 c. for mixed Western aud Slate: 
436660■: tor white Western unit State, including New 
York No. 3 white at 43c.j New York No. 5 at43c.; extra 
at 52c.: mixed State ut ol(«52c., and white Slate at 53c. 
Kay AND Straw. Tim mild weather gives more 
life to ir.ide and a larger number 01 export, as welt 
us home trade orders ur© being closed out, ret sup¬ 
plies are cumittg in more freely and buyers have tbe 
advantage. We quote: 
Halo buy, at ?u.,. -c- for shipping, udi! 75@95c. for 
retail qualities 1 clover. 50»60e.: salt. do.. 55@G0c. 
Straw quoted at 73*300. f(*r long rye; 60^65c. for 
short rye and 550li5c. for oat. 
Exports past week, 1,195 hales. 
Hops —The rainy weather mis limited the trade. 
The exports for the week are only it*) bales, 
uud there has been but a light movement from 
brewers. Bayers have the advnntoge on medium 
grades, hut choice stock is steady: stnetly fancy 
lots are held up to 17c.. but ordinary prime lotsaie 
offered at 15c. The qnolalhais are : 
New Yorks. ID to 15 
East cm. 10 to 18 
Wlsconsins.-. 3 to 12 
Yearlings. 6 to 16 
Olds, all growths. 4 to 6 
Californians.(nominal) —12 to 17 
Oregon.(nominal)....12 to 17 
