THE RURAL HIW-YORKER. 
FEB. II 
of t\)t Week. 
HOME NEWS. 
Saturday. Feb. 4, 1882. 
Fire in Tms City — A terrible fire neenrrerl 
in this city on the 81st ult., which destroyed 
the Potter butldinff comer Park Row and 
Beekman Street, just opposite the Rural 
New Yorker office. Tn the buil liner w Pre 
the offices of the Reientiflc American, the Ob 
server, the Turf, Field and Farm, the Press, 
a daily paper, the Scottish-American, a la rite 
clothing store, a belt and rubber store, and 
numerous small offices. The Rural New 
Yorker had a narrow escape, the side of the 
building; next the conflagration, being “badly 
scorched ” There were several persons lost, 
many who jumped from the windows of the 
bummer building were either killed or injured 
bv the fall, while others perished in the flames. 
The scenes of suffering, as witnessed from 
this office were terrible and excruciating. At 
this writing four bodies have been recovered 
from the ruins. 
On Saturday, the 4th inst, Judge Cox over¬ 
ruled the order for a new trial for Guitcau, 
and sentenced him to be hanged on Friday, 
June 30. 1882, between the hours of 12 and 2 
p. m. Guiteau was taken from the room curs¬ 
ing nearly everybody who had had anything 
to do with the trial. Mr. Seoville coming in 
for his share. Guitcau still believes the court 
in banc will reverse the decision. 
On Feh. 1, at a meeting of the representa¬ 
tives of the trunk lines it was resolved that 
the first and second class passenger rates, both 
East and West bound, should be restored to 
the following basis on February 6: Chicago 
and New York, limited. *20, and unlimited 
$23 25, except by the Pennsylvania and the 
Baltimore and Ohio Roads, which will be 
$26.50: the second class bv all lines will be $17. 
The New England rates are to be made on the 
basis of $22, limited, from Chicago to Boston, 
by way of all route* crossing the Hudson 
River north of New York City. New Eng¬ 
land rates through New York City will be 
made by adding to the New York rates the 
local rates east, of New York by the route of 
the ticket, together with 75 cents transfer in 
all cases. 
A showman in Philadelphia wants Guiteau’s 
body to put on public exhibition after his 
death. He will give the relatives of the as¬ 
sassin one half the proceeds. Mr. Charles Reed 
who assisted in the defense of Guiteau, says the 
proposition to publicly exhibit his body is 
monstrous and an outrage upon common de¬ 
cency. He says that such a thing would not be 
allowed ; that the person seeking to make the 
exhibition would be liable to arrest and pun¬ 
ishment as a public nuisance. 
A destructive fire in Lockport, N. Y. on the 
1st inst., consumed three flour mills, entailing 
an aggregate loss of $125,000. The mills de¬ 
stroyed were the old Spaulding Mill, 10 stories 
high owned by Thorton & Chester, of Buffalo ; 
Arnold & Little’s mills, and Gibson and Pur¬ 
ser’s mill. 
After five weeks of the " dead-lock” at Al¬ 
bany. Mr. Patterson (Dem.) of Troy, has been 
chosen speaker, and the organization of both 
branches will be completed in a short time. 
Just what is the extent of the concessions 
made by the Tammany faction is not now' evi¬ 
dent, or what compromises have been made by 
the regulars, but it is sufficient for the present 
to know that there are some signs that busi¬ 
ness will bo attended to in the Assembly be¬ 
fore long. 
The amount already expended upon the new 
State Capitol Building at Albany is $12,706,- 
626.30. 
Representative McKinley, chairman of the 
special committee to make arrangements, says 
the Garfield memorial services will be held on 
Saturday , February 25, or Monday, February 
27, ex-Secretary Blame having notified that 
either of these dates ill best suit him. 
Among the canal projects of which the at¬ 
tention ot' Congress has been directed is one 
for a ship canal across the State of Michigan, 
from Saugatuck to Detroit. It is estimated 
that the cost of construction would be $5,554,- 
860. It is proposed that the canal shall follow 
the course of the Kalamazoo River through 
Allegan and Kalamazoo Counties, thence 
through Calhoun Counties, Jackson County, 
and other counties on a line eastward to De¬ 
troit Uartior. The length of the canal would 
be 173 miles. The Kalamazoo River would 
be a useful feeder, and it is said that there are 
no less than 335 lakes from which, w ater can 
be obtained. The number of locks would be 
22. The advocates of this canal nek for an ap¬ 
propriation of $10,000 with which to make a 
permanent survey. Another project is that 
of building a canal from Rock Island, on the 
Mississippi River, eastward, 65 miles, to Hen- 
nepiu, on the Illinois River. 
Mr . Teller, from the Senate Committee on 
Pensions, reported an original bill on the 3d 
inst., as a substitute for the one on the sub¬ 
ject, granting to Lucretia R. Garfield, Sarah 
Childress Polk, and Julia Gardener Tyler, 
widow’s of ex Presidents, life pensions of $5,- 
000 per year from September 19, 1881—that of 
Mrs. Tyler to be in lieu of the pension hereto¬ 
fore granted her. 
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‘•Improvement Ha* Been Wonderful.’* 
A gentleman makes the following report of 
his wife’s case: “ Mrs. J-’simprovement 
has been wonderful since she commenced 
taking the Oxygen Treatment. 1 ler digestion 
and appetite are good, and her strength very 
much restored: so much so that she has for 
the past month been goiug down a flight of 
steps to the dining-room for her meals, and 
she seemed revitalized and brighter and more 
cheerf ul than 1 have seen her for years. Our 
Treatise on Compound Oxygen, containing 
large reports of cases and full information, 
sent free. Drs. Starkey & Palen, 1109 and 
1111 Girard Street Philadelphia, Pa.— Adv. 
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday. February 4, 1882. 
Canada, having obtained the consent ot the 
Home Government, has decided to admit 
American cattle for breeding purposes 
on the same conditions on which cattle 
from the United Kingdom are admitted—a 
quarantine of 90 day». The Government will 
soon name the most convenient points at 
which tbev will be permitted to enter the Do¬ 
minion.The fall of the Gambetta Min¬ 
istry in France, will probably defer the re¬ 
moval of the embargo on the admission of 
American pork. M. Tirard, who is known 
in Paris by the soubriquet of “American 
hater,” and by whose agency the embargo 
was originally imposed w’hile he was Minister 
of Agriculture and Commerce, is now Minister 
of Commerce in the DeFreycinet Ministry, 
and as the admission of our hog products be¬ 
long to that Department, it is hardly proba¬ 
ble he will be as favorable to the project as 
his predecessor, M. Rouvier. 
The following items of Agricultural inter¬ 
est are condensed from telegrams received 
from noon yesterday to noon to-da 3 7 : Boston, 
the demand for wool has been from hand to 
mouth in all markets during the week, manu¬ 
facturers not buying more than they actually 
need. Receipts of the staple at the seaboard 
are growing smaller, as the stocks at interior 
points grow less No advance iB obtainable, 
but holders are very firm.Philadelphia, 
Pa.: Rye dull; w’heatsteady, but only a slight 
demaud. Potatoes fairly active; supply still 
light. No change in price of cotton; Middling 
upland, 12}£. Little doing in the wool market; 
uo change in prices; holders very firm. 
Cincinnati, Ohio: An increase of corn receipts, 
averaging 350,000 bushels weekly; demand 
for it largely from the South. Hog products 
moving easily with light stock in warehouses; 
receipts this week less than last. Flour quiet; 
stock on hand large; at preseut prices of wheat 
not profitable to grind....-Louisville, Ky.; 
Leaf tobacco sales for the past month the 
largest of any January sales on record, 
amounting to 6,174 hogsheads—due to favora¬ 
ble opportunities for handling and marketing; 
market firm aud active. Cotton quiet but 
steady; private advices from adjaceut ootton 
districts indicate a shortage on the crop. 
Grain active; receipts very heavy; Southern 
demaud aud local trade brisk. Distillers still 
large consumers of corn, which is arriving in 
good condition.Chicago, Ill.: Receipts 
of grain large; but shipments East, ow ing to 
advance in freights are light, except on the 
Vanderbilt roads, the managers of which say 
they are shipping under contracts made be- 
iore the beginning of the present truce. Grain 
market very unsettled. The belief in that 
wLieut “corner” is weakening. Our large 
stock of pork has been sold over three times 
on speculative ventures.Detroit, Mich.: 
Roads passably good. Receipts of grain in¬ 
creasing; stock controlled by speculators. Of 
the business on ’change 97 per uent. is for fu¬ 
ture delivery.Evansville, Lnd.: High 
water greatly impeding travel; roads horri¬ 
ble.St. Louis, Mo.: Cotton not notably 
changed. Receipts since August 31 show an 
increase of 45,805 bales over corresponding 
period last year. Wheat has promptly and 
sharply advanced. Corn goiug up in sympa¬ 
thy with wheat—mostly for Southern ship¬ 
ment. Cattle receipts smaller; prices there, 
fore better. Horse aud mule purchases great¬ 
ly increasing, notably for export; receipts 
here for January 1,194 over those for same 
time last year.Kansas City, Mo.: Brices 
of cattle have declined heavily during the 
last fortnight. Stock is being easily winter¬ 
ed, so a good Spring supply is expected. 
Hogs firm and active.Milwaukee, Wis.: 
Weather fine. Wheat receipts for the week 
show a marked increase, owing entirely to 
high prices Cor January delivery. Market 
irregular and feverish. European advices 
unfavorable to an advance in price. 
San Francisco, Cal.: First shipping wheat is 
$1.70 per cental. A rainfall during the week 
raised hopes of an average harvest; the suc¬ 
ceeding dry north winds and fro6ts render the 
result doubtful.Baltimore, Md.: The 
movement in phosphates, in which this city 
does an immense trade, mainly with the South, 
is now at its hight, and steamer room to the 
South is taken up in advance. Operations in 
grain are mostly confined to deals for the 
next three months. Prices of Southern wheat 
are strongly maintaiued for local millers’ 
w r ants; and a better feeling is noticed for 
Western. Nothing doing in cotton; late sales 
on basis of ll%c for middling. 
Wilmington, N. C.: Weather very changea¬ 
ble. Cotton firm. Provisions and grain ad¬ 
vancing. The new guano elevator is at work. 
.Charleston, S. C., The agricultural 
fair here during the week has attracted a 
great many country visitors—merchants and 
planters. Weather very unsettled. 
Savannah, Ga.: Weather unprecedentedly bad 
all through this section; roads impassable.... 
.... Augusta, Ga.: Cotton coming in slowly; 
bad roads prevent any from coming by wagon; 
sales during the week nearly three times the 
receipts, as all the cotton factories are run¬ 
ning full time... 
New Orleans, La.: Country roads practically 
impassable from continual rains. River high 
and rising. Some uneasiness as to the stabili¬ 
ty of the levees near Kemp’s and Ship Bayou. 
Should they give way the largest cotton par¬ 
ish in the State and some sugar parishes will 
be overflowed.Memphis, Tenn.: Seed 
potatoes in good demand at higher prices. No 
wagon travel owing to bad roads. 
Nashville, Tenn.: High waters rapidly re¬ 
ceding and communication will soon be re¬ 
sumed with country places. Cotton market 
steady, with liberal sales. Cattle receipts 
materially greater at steady prices. A good 
demand for mules and horses, with liberal 
shipments south. 
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The Ithaca (N. Y.) Ithacan observes: Our 
druggists report that St. Jacob’s Oil goes off 
like hot cakes.— Adv 
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K1 <1 n * y-Wort 
is a dry, vegetable compound of wonderful 
efficacy in all diseases of the liver and kid¬ 
neys. It is prepared in both dry and liquid 
form, and can always be relied on as an effec¬ 
tive cathartic and diuretic.—Tribune.— Adv, 
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Write to Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, No. 233 
Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass., forphamphlets 
relative to the curative properties of her Vege¬ 
table Compound in all complaints.— Adv. 
Tlie People** World-Wide Verdict. 
Burnett’s Cocoaine has been sold in every 
civilized country, and the public have render¬ 
ed the verdict that it is the cheapest and best 
Hair Dressing in the world. 
Burnett’s Flavoring Extracts are invariably 
acknowledged the purest and the best.— Adv. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
Nkw York, Saturday, Feb. 4, 1882. 
Beans and Pkas.— The bean market has shown al¬ 
most a dally advance, with marrows and prime me¬ 
diums eagerly sought for at the high figures of the 
close. Foreign beans are higher, as local buyers have 
overcome their objection to their yellowish color. 
Peas are steady with a further advance In B. i£. 
Beans marrow, prime. f4.2Cift4.85 ifalr to good. $4.0:1 
medium, choice. $5.55ftfair to good, f3.4lxtf 
3.50; pea, choice, fKSSft:'..*): fair to good, fS.0Wtf3,4O; 
white kidney,choice, fi.Ufti 1£? fair to good,S 3 S0®i#0; 
red kidney, choice. 4ri7uft5.8S; rair to good, $2.40ft2.<KI; 
turtle soup, fl.eosl.V: German lb bag*, prime. f&QSft 
3.15 ordinary, $2.6Sft2.Hi; California IJma, $ 4 . Afxtfi.ro. 
Peas, green, prime, In bbl*., fl.tfi: green, In 
bags, gl.WOLtiS: Southern h. c., per 2 bu. bag, fil.HUft 
B.ito, . , , , 
Receipts for the week, 5,16(1 bushels. 
Exports do, 8 l )6 bbl.x. 
BUTTER.. -Receipts are very small, and with a little 
genuine Winter weather the market Is toning up for 
finest table stock, it looks besides as if the upper 
grades are In few hands, aud that feature does not 
diminish firmness. Finn and useful Western aro 
making good prices in the pranmied scarcity of State. 
Exporters are not moving lunch common, but the 
stock Is running down ton quantity that may hold at 
least present ratesfor future outlet. 
Creamery, fancy, special brands, etc.,4SS44e.; choice, 
41<tf42e.: fair to good 854*400.: ordinary, 2$<*33c,; State 
hnTf-firkln tubs fancy, fre«h,2Sc.: choice,9friv37o.; prime 
3KtfS4c.i fair to good, 25ft&)C.; firkins, choice, 34ft35c.; 
fair to good, JOftSloj ordinary, 24*2-4'.; dairies, entire 
choice, 35c.; fair to gootl,28<tf33e.: Welsh tubs, choice, 
Sifttac.; l air to good, 27 * 380 .; Western Imitation cream¬ 
ery, 28 ® 85 e.( dairy Choice, 83 ft:uc.; good to prime 20 * 
ax-.-, ordinary to fair 18*230.; Western factory, 
i r )C. 
Receipt* rot week, 14,603 pkgs. 
Exports do. 1 98V do. 
CBKB 6 B.—The market Is quiet and One goods have 
been prettv closely used up. Shippers are urgent In 
the point Hint cheap sorts must give them a good 
share of quality benefit when they treat for round 
lots. Home trade duil A few selected Ohio Ched¬ 
dars only make the extreme. No State now quoted 
at -3^c. 
Hiatt* TaOtory, fancy, late mudo, liVa*13tyc.; choice, 
12 U<tft2Wu.; prime, U$S®l 2 )d 0 d fair to good. ItiftUlfc.; 
ordinary, 3V»ftMie.-. Ohio. fiat, host, 12)4® 13c.; prime, 
llAt<tfl 8 i- fair r.i good, 8 <tfiUe.; creamery, paid skims, 
choice. 4q,o. fair to good ?Ui7*c ; ordinary, 5*tie.; 
other skims, 3ft4o. 
Recolpts for the week, 34,987 boxes. 
Exports do, 26,360 boxes. 
Cotton During the week It was feared that the 
Bank of England would advance Its ruto owing to the 
tiuancial troubles In France, and the eotion market 
was very weak Until the late news of “no Important 
change to afreet our business " urrlved. The market 
closed with considerable wholesome buoyancy. 
which is materially aided by the large falling off in 
receipts. 
CURRENT PRICK8. 
Quotations based on American standard of classifi¬ 
cation. „ _ , 
N. Orleans 
Uplands, and Gulf. Texas. 
Ordinary... 9 5-16 9 9-16 9 9-16 
Strict ordinary .... JM Wf 
Good ordinary. 10 11-16 10 15-16 10 15-16 
Strict good ordinary. llMj DJg ,, 
Low middling. 11 9-1# H 13”j® JJ 
St rict low middling. 1118-16 13 1-16 13 1-16 
Uood Middling. 125^ LgS 12M 
Strict, good middling. 1254 }2Jg i*yh 
Middling fair. ... 13(4 13« 13->4 
Fair...!?. 1314 HR W R 
BT AIMED. 
Good ordinary. ... 874 I Low Middling.}? H5 
Strict good ordinary 97*, I Middling. 11 916 
Futures closed as follows: February, 12.01®13.(>2c.; 
March, I2.2oftl2.36c.: April. 12 .466412.4 >c. : May. 12.66ft 
12.67c.: June. 12.83012.840.ijllly, 12.94(8112.96c.: Au¬ 
gust, 13.KftlS.06c.; September, 12.88ft 12.40c.: Octo¬ 
ber i:.7Hftu.*lc.; November, U.66itfU.69c.; December, 
Jt.67ftU.6C 
Receipts for week, 22,129 bales. 
Exports, do., iT.iHii do. 
Dried Fruits.—T he chief support seems to be from 
local buyers* this 1 $ seldom of a volume that aids 
prices and at the moment applet* ami peaches are 
somewhat weak. Small fruits steady. 
Southern apples, ordinary to good. 5V<©6c.: do.fine 
to Choice, 6W««<fi fancy, 8Rt««9Ho; Western, crop, ordi¬ 
nary, do, choice lots, (4i»e: State, fine-cut, 
Jo. <>M. quartern. l./S#{d < V, evaporated 
apples, ISM, lift:2Jfc; do. ehotee ring cut, iSftiSVtfc. 
Fi-ache*. southern, crop ISbtlTc; Carolina do., good 
Vi fancy, I9ft2lc; On. do., peeled, 18ft 10o; evap¬ 
orated peaches, peeled. gVijIfiO: do. impeded, I4ftl5c; 
unpeeli-d peaches, halves, -V-OWe; do. quarters. 4q,ft 
5c. Hums, Southern, Htfisvie.; State, I6®i7c. 
OherrtoR, Southern, ISft'lie. Blackberries. 13@13J6C. 
Raspberries. 26»26V6c. Huckleberries, i3at4o. 
Eooa—Receiver* have had few fresh lots and prices 
are firm. Held stuck In plenty and the range from 
them to fresh Is very wide. 
Choice stock. V (lost., 8!)<‘630o.; State and Pa., 
28c.; Western, choice, "fresh 27ftifie.-. do and Cana¬ 
dian fine, held, Southern, fresh, fine, 27@88e.; 
Western, Southern and Canadian, poor to good, 15@ 
18c.i limed, State, 30ft81e.; Canada and Western, 
prlmn. tSftjSe.; fair to good, lKtu>l7c. , , 
Receipts for week, 5.26S tibia; do. last week, 4.(52 
do. 
Fnicsii Fruits.-A pples quiet; the best are above the 
views of ordinary trade. A few buyers will handle 
very common at this time of the year. Strawberries 
from Florida seem an assured crop; samples look fine. 
Cranberries nearly out Florida oranges slow for 
any but bright colored good sl*es. Peanuts quiet, but 
seilers expert go.id future prices for Vo. 
Strawberries, Fla., P qt., f L*0ft2.00; Grapes, State 
*2.75ftS.:«>; ordinary, #2.0.4*2.50; orenbeirtes, Jersey 
fancy, « crate, f v.77ftt.(»>; prime, 63.25ftS.50: fair to 
good tflobStS-'H. Oranges, Florida, 19 half bbl, case, $3 
ft5; do. bbl. case, $1,506*2,5(1, 
Peanuts, Vo, hand-pled V It S^ftlOc.;do, f y, 
extra prime, Tjqfthc.; good to prime, 7ft746c.; 
shelled, pcenn nuts, 10ftl2r Hickory nuts, 
State, bush., 75cft#l: Western, 60Q90C. 
Exports for week, 1,332bids, apples. 
Floor.—T he home and export calls are both llgh 
light and price# slightly favor buyers. 
No. 2„ per bbL.as 4nftt.2tli Stair and Western, super- 
flns. »4.5llftt.H:>: Htjr mills. XX. #7.<»«*?3v Spring 
wheat, extra. anptoS.40; Spring xs and XXX, #5.50® 
7.25: patents. #7.(«ft!U»'. Ohio round hoop shipping, 
t5.25ftA.6J; trade brands, g 5 . 7 jft 7 .‘Xi; St. Louis extra, 
t5.3Tft5.85; do. double extra. J “ ‘ ' 
#6.7Tft7.5d: Southern extra sill 
aud family, #«. 7 i®S.a). Rye ; . 
5 . 10 . Corn nic*.l. Brandywine, 63.7V4:'.1 ni; do. West¬ 
ern, tj-35<tf8.75. BUekwhc-at flour t> lib U- 8 . #3.00® 
3.25. Wheat ftieO. 40 It 4< ton, #2l).5h<<021do 60 tb V 
ton, 21 00®{21.5udo. 100 lb P ton, 833.d0it8fi.00. 
Receipts of flour for the week,-93,150 bids.; com¬ 
ment, 1,300 do. 
Exports ot flour for the week, 51,725 bbls.; corn-meal 
5,636 do. 
Crain. -Wheat unsettled in price. Corn holds up 
well. Outs a trifle stronger. 
Wheat No. 2 Spring, $l.:7v*i.35: Spring, tl.25ftl.38; 
red Winter No. J, tt. 44 ftL. 45 i*: red W inter. $l.S5ftl.4i; 
white Western and state. #l.:iwtfl.43. Rye, 93@98e. 
Oats, white No. 1, Me.; NO. 8 , 48c.; No. 3, 47(tf47!de.; 
mixed, No. t, 48 o-: No. 2. 47?*c.; No. S, Ifift-loyic 
Corn, Western, mixed, tfiftiWie.; do. No. 2, KDftTUc.; 
do. white.75ftTUN.. do new yellow, Southern, TO&iAti.; 
do. white do., irUSH-V. Barley, Canada, No. 1, 81.14® 
LI5; do., “bright,” #USw!.!7jdo. State. 4 rowed, 81.U) 
ftl-CC; do. 2-rowtid, 90ft92c. Buckwheat. 77<aA)c. Har¬ 
ley mall, State, 8 rowed, BTHftfLOO; do. 4 rowed, $1.10; 
do. Canada, #J. 3ft 1.30. 
Reeotpts for the week, wheat. 4Sy,(«J2 bush.; corn, 
227.727 do.; oats. 865,724 do.; rye, 6,814 do.; barley, 
C 6 . 8 HJ do > malt, 23,80b do . . 
Export# for the week, wheat 289,9(4 bush.; com, 
299,965 do.; oats, 5,895 do, 
Kat and Straw. -Low prices have brought out a 
good demand for hut,but the market 1 # not ub active 
ns It would be If the late snow storm had m t caused 
difficult wheeling. Straw selling belter with the 
Deeds of the season. 
Hay, retail quality, fine, F 100 it*., Kfift&Oc.-, do. 
fair to good, 754300.; shipping quality, 6566700 .; clover 
mixed,TOftWa; ail clover, Sftfttec. straw, best rye, 
TOftfl&e,; short rye SOft&X'.; other grain, tUftine. 
Exports for week. 1.36# bales 
Hops.—There Is a fair trade for brewers’ use, chiefly 
In medium to next grade ot quality. The English mar¬ 
ket 1 b written strong,but there is no disposition slu/wn 
here to operate on that basis, as supplies are Ukely to 
suddenly enlarge through shipments that are due 
abroad. , , 
New York Slate crop of 1881, prime to choice, 85® 
28e.; do., mediums, 22(tf24c.; do., low grades 18@20c.: 
crop of 1630, good to prime, 18ft22c.; do. low to fair, 
18(il5o,; crop Of 1879, fulr to choice, lGft'JOc .; old olds, 
7ctfl3c.; Eastern, crop of 1881, fair to choice, 2tXtf26c.; 
Wisconsin, do.. Mildic. 
Receipts for the week, I. < 88 bales, 
Export* for the week. 770 do. 
Milk.—T he market 1ms been unsettled; some days 
gave u surplus, other days were scunt. Prices ranged 
Jl.7508; average # 8 . 
Poultry and Hare.— There Is no general demand 
dressed poultry and prices are lull for best bright 
near-by packages, yuitoan amount of held Western 
is in ice storage, and it Is quoted with some confidence 
as receipts are small 
Dressed turkeys, choice dry picked Phlla., ISftHc.; 
scalded Jersey, U'tfcftfitc.; do Mute and W estern, lift 
12c.; poor to fair, NwulOe. Chickens, fair, 7ft8o.; 
good to prime, Kktffiic.. l'iilia. dry picked, 14ftl6c. 
Fowl*, choice near-by, lOfttle.j prime, wtfUjy ; fair to 
good, (663c.; poor, 6 ftto. Duck*, clndce, I4ftl5c,; do 
fair to good, lift He. Reese, Western ana State, 
fcktfllie.. Hiltodclptil*. 12 ftl 3 c. 
Cooped stock Is plenty and low: the Jew* are not 
purchasing as freely as usual and I hut I* a great loss 
to the live poultry trade; Dot That they pay big prices, 
hut they have been often relied upon to prevent a 
surplus. 
Live fowls. State and Jersey, Ho.; Western, 8 c. 
Roosters, old, aftOc.; turkeys. Sfthc. for Jersey and 
Pennsylvania, and 8ft9c. for Western. Ducks, State 
and Jersey, V pair, 7Sft#1.23; do. Western, OOftlSc. 
Ueesc, State and Jersey, $l.fitift2.23 do W estern, SUc.@ 
*1 13 
The offering ot game is reduced to few items and 
birds In prime order arc quoted siifily. A few (light 
pigeon* nave sold at $l.3w V do*. Squab higher as 
quail are out. 
Canvas back duck*. #• pair. #290ft262: cl head, 75c. 
ft$l. mallards, 40ft5(k:.; teal ami wood, 3Uc.; common, 
small, 25®35c.; squabs, tunic, light, p do*. $8.5t:ft4; 
dark, $ 2 ftl.nt); tame pigeons, 4 pair 3Dft30c. 
Provisions. Market closes dull w ith exporters hold¬ 
ing off st the current rales, Uacon uud lard, how¬ 
ever, have bad u fair seasonable trade and best cuts 
of former arc firm. 
Pork, West, mess, old, p bbl. 8I7J lift 17.25; do. new, 
$t#.UJftiB. 8 i; prime mess, $ltSbftl7.l)t>; extra urlme, 
618.5’ftlA.UU. Lard, steam VVastcrn, KM ton,, *11.4060 
U. 4 Y; prime city, *U.25ftll.3U. Hams. Smoked city, JH tt. 
H>i*iil2JiC.; ph-kle.d Western tuul city idSltf lljdo. Slioul- 
deis,smoked City. Hft 8 M«: Pickled, iftiJic. tub bellies, 
pickled,9ft9^c. Baeou, long clear W esu-rn, 9^c@9Jft 
Beef, Western mess, Js bbl, 8ll.5Oftl2.50; packet, 
$l4.50@15.ui; India mesH, 9> toe.&Aftgy. Beef hams, 
> bbl- * 2 Uft 21 . 
Receipts for the week — Beef, bbls. and tea. 545 
