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APRIL 3 
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MI80KLLANE0D8. 
Monday, March 29, i860. 
A huge whale, measuring 65 feet In length, has 
been on exhibition for several days near Fulton 
Ferry, New York city .Mr. Edison Is con¬ 
stantly experimenting with the electric light. A 
recent thorough Investigation revealed beyond a 
doubt that, the light can be put to practical use 
both in light,-houses, streets and other places; but 
It Is not yet perfected, and It will require some 
further experiments to bring It Into working or¬ 
der.Atlantic steamers report heavy gales 
and very perilous passages ... _A telegram re¬ 
ceived from the United States Attorney at McsUla, 
N. M., the 26th, by the Postmaster General, states 
that on account of Indian depredations It, Is Im¬ 
possible to carry the malls regularly from Santa 
Fe to Mcsllla. General Hatch has been asked for 
protection and has promised to supply It, but at 
the writing of the telegram no assistance had been 
received. The attorney says It will be Impossible 
to carry the malls until some protection la given 
by the military.The Florida orange crop 
this year Is much larger than ever heroic, From 
such counties as are easily accessible the flgures 
point to a crop of about 440,000 boxes. In Putnam 
county alone the 1879 yield was nearly 5 , 500,000 
oranges, and next year, with the large number of 
blooming trees that will come Into bearing, the 
crop will amount to 25,ooo,ooo oranges. 
The redaction of the debts of the United States 
since August, 1365, has been $701,319,350, or 27.6 
percent. In that year our public expenditures 
were $1,217,704,199, of which more than halt was 
raised by taxation. In 1879 the expenditures were 
reduced to $260,947,883.The United States 
circuit court at San Francisco, in the Parrot 
habeas corpus case, involving the validity of the 
law recently enacted, forbidding the employment 
of Chinese by corporations, has decided the law 
unconstitutional. The case will probably be taken 
to the United States supreme court, Gen. butler 
having announced his willingness to make a case 
there for the people. 
AGRICULT URAL NEWS. 
Last year's Russian wheat crop, though short, 
Is reported to huvo been double that of this coun¬ 
try—but, then, Russia has to feed a population of 
about 90,000,900. . Ueporis have It that 05,000 people 
have died In Armenia irorn starvation—It is denied 
that any one has died In Ireland from that Cause.. 
The receipts ol wheat at Chicago Lhe past year 
were 3 , 000,000 bushels greater than in any previous 
year The receipts of corn were 1 , 200,090 bu.greater. 
There was a shortage of the oat crop In the State, 
of 8 , 000,000 bushels.. Florida is planting rice heavily 
this year_Durham, N. C., Is to have a silk fac¬ 
tory..., Texas Is said to have received $lSo,Oou,0o(l 
for her cattle in tne bust live years—Unit would be 
$ 36 , 000,000 a year-a trifle too much exaggera¬ 
tion, ... Youug grasshoppers have begun to appear 
In Hill Co., Texas .. Louisiana Is about to import 
large numbers or Chinese laborers to replace the 
exodusiers on the cotton and sugar plantations... 
Reports from all over the country show Che past 
week to have been unusually cold and stormy for 
this season of the year....A cablegram irom 
France, on the 22d, says that, the unusually cold 
weather has severely Injured the grape vines, es¬ 
pecially In burgundy and Champagne, so that la 
is feared that this year’s crop, too. will be very 
poor_the drought In Asia Minor creates great 
uneasiness as to the crops, and the poor are suffer¬ 
ing from a steady rise In the price of provisions.... 
Frost in Egypt—a strange visitor there —has 
greatly damaged the sugar fields .. Spain has 
lately prohibited the lmportaUonof pork from this 
country or Germany, through fear of trichinosis... 
Grain speculators in Grand Rapids, Mich., have 
failed lor ubout $ 400 , 000 .... The first colored grange 
has lately been organized at Dallas, Tex,, under 
the name or “ Texas Farmers’ Association”—no 
white ’• trash” admitted_The New England Milk 
Produces' Association have fixed the price ol milk 
in Boston for the six months after April 1 , at 33 
cents per can of 8# quarts, all payments to be 
made on or before the 15th of the month after 
that in which the milk was furnished.Excessive 
drought In Cuba .. The Hon. C. L. Flint, Sec. of 
Mass. State board of Agriculture, who has lately 
resigned the presidency of the Agricultural College 
at Amherst, has paid off all the indebtedness of the 
college, proving that It can be self-supporting_ 
J. W. lloynton & Co.—father, wife and son—a very 
extensive Chicago commission house, have tailed 
with no assets, having fleeced a multitude of far¬ 
mers who had consigned goods for sale t.o the 
rogues In Kt. Loula all grades of wheat are 
about 22 cents per bushel higher than they were 
just a year ago, and corn is exactly five cents per 
bushel higher. Oats show an advance of six to seven 
cents per bushel on prices of last year at tills 
time, and a similar advance can be shown 
In most of the staple products of the farm.,.. 
Prof. J. W. Comstock, entomologist of the Agr. 
Dep’t has been examining the tnseois Injurious to 
oranges In Fla., and Is about to visit, other orange- 
growing States also. Including California. 
Prof. Cyrus Thomas thinks that If we have a dry 
summer the Chinch-bug will be troublesome, in 
the West this year. The Iowa Legislature 
has abolished the State tax on dogs.The 
congressional party to Inspect the Baltimore oleo¬ 
margarine werkB was made up as follows: Com¬ 
mittee on Manufactures—Congressman Morgan 
R. Wise, of Pennsylvania, Chairman; R. L. T. 
Beale, of Virginia; W. M. Lowe, of Alabama; 
John G. Hall, of New Hampshire; R. G. Horr, of 
Michigan, and Mr. D. II. Moon, clerk of the com¬ 
mittee. Committee on Agriculture—Congressmen 
D. Wyatt Aiken, of North Carolina; J. H. McGow¬ 
an, of Michigan; D. WUfiur, of New York; E. P 
Forsythe, of Illinois, and J. C. EJitson. clerk. 
There were also present from Washington, Messrs. 
George O. Sellhamer, attorney of the United States 
Dairy Company, and James McNabb, Jr; also, 
Mr. H. A. Proston. of Massachusetts. The visitors 
were received by the Directors of the oleomargar¬ 
ine company, as follows: President—W. Morris 
Orem; Secretary and Treasurer—William p. Her¬ 
bert. ; general Manager—E. Fawcett, and Messrs. 
W. S. Carroll and William H. Brown, Directors. 
-M-«- 
Common sense and the science of chemistry 
when applied to butter making, reduce the time 
of churning one-half, Increase the product. « per 
cent., the quality of the product 20 per cent., and 
give a rich golden color to the butter the year 
round. All there Improvements, together with 
many others, result from the use of Gilt-Edge 
Butter Maker. Sold by druggists, grocers and 
general storekeepers. 
-*-*-*- 
Bnrnctt’w Cologne Is prepared from the 
purest and best materials, and is unrivaled in 
richness and delicacy of perfume. 
Thkoat Diseases often commence with a Cold, 
Cough, or unusual exertion of the voice These 
incipient symptoms are allayed by the use of 
" ffrown's Broncjital TrocTn>.%” which If neglected, 
often result In a chronic trouble of the Throat. 
®Ite 
SPECIALS FROM ALL CENTER8. 
Until Saturday, illnrcli 27. 
Baltimore,— Wit bat—SOU them firm and quiet,; 
western dull and easy; southern red at $1.38® 
$1.43 ; do. amber. $1 4ft(..; 1.48; no i red, $ 1 .43; No. 2 
western winter red, $1.41. <’okn—S outhern firmer 
for white and steady for yellow : western quiet, and 
steady; southern white at o9««ti0o.; do. yellow at 
66^@57c,: western mixed. f>f>(j.5/>*'c. Oats —south¬ 
ern. 45® 16c.: western white at 46®i7c.; do. mixed 
at 44@4Bo.; Penn, at 450400.. Rye quiet; prime 
at 93c. IIa v firm and fairly active; prime to 
choice Penn, and Md. at $16:3,18. Provisions 
M ess nork at $!2 25@12 so. Bulk meats—Loose 
shoulders at 4?;o.; clear rib sides at 6?ic.; do. 
packed at sc. and ■ * o. Bacon —Shoulders at 5 vc.; 
clear rib sides at. ~%c. Hams at lOj^SHUvc. I,akj> 
atHGjSVjT FirrTRR active and very flrrn ; western 
packed and roll at 884*300 Kuo* firm at. lie. Mill 
Feed—T he demand for city Is regular, and the 
market Is .steady at $22 pur ton for both middlings 
and browc-ituff, with no other Stock offered. Hay 
and Straw— The supply of hay La less liberal and 
the market is firmer, straw is steady and firm. 
Hay—Choice Cecil county Timothy funano. fair to 
prime Md. and Penn., $16018, mixed $15® 17, and 
Clover $14®,lft per ton. Straw—Wheat $9(410, 
Gate $13. and U.ve $ta«nl9 per ton. seeds— 1 The 
price of clover has declined materially, and there 
Is more doing, sales being reported good Penn, at 
6vc., and prime Penn, and Western at. vc. Com¬ 
mon Is quoted at 0e^c^'c. 'I luiothy Is jobbing at 
$3do per bushel. 
Boston.— Flour dull; sales Western superfine at. 
$5915.25; common extras $5.25(35.75; Wisconsin ex¬ 
tras $5.25®ti; Minnesota extras $607.25; winter 
wheats at. $6 2506.75 for Ohio and Michigan: $6.50 
<*T tor llltnolaand Indiana; $0 75(017.25 for st. Louis; 
patent winter wheals at t7-.o-8.5b; patent spring 
wheats $ 7 i.< s 76: but extreme prices not easily ob¬ 
tained. Cohn quiet; soles of mixed and yellow at 
COi.i fil>,C, Oats dull; No. i and extra white ut 50 
053C.; NO. 2 White at 48@48#C. Rye at 90092c. 
Aborts, fine feed and middlings at Rorr-ga 
—Choice Western creameries .-it aWAse.; ladle- 
packed, choice at 26 (,isoc.; fair to good at 22® 25c. 
Kgos— Western at 11 \ @12c. Cheese Sales con¬ 
fined to-sinali lots; choice Northern factory 14*0 
I6c. V IK; fair to good at 14,Kc.. and common 10®. 
11 vc.; Western—choice 14® U^c.; fair to good tl®. 
13c'.; common 9® 10 c. Hay a no St aw-T here has 
been a fair demand. We quote first quallty coarse 
Easter and Northern at $16® 17 79 ton; poor and 
medium at; 11 0 ! 4, Rye Straw $ 20 ® 22. PnoviS- 
ionb—P ork, extra prime, an $1l@ll.S0; mess $13.25 
018.50; Western clear at i t 60014.76; Boston clear 
at $14 75015, and hacks at ItK.So^ifi bbl. Beef 
Is steady; we quote Western mess at $11011.60 W 
bbl.; extra mess at $11.75(412; and extra plate at 
$12.50®]3; of Beer nains at $11.50018; and beef 
tongues $36027 19 bbl.; smoked hams are firm: we 
quote Western smoked at 9\>,l0c. &>•! Boston 
at, 1UV0 9VC- and 110,1 tor fancy In bags. 
Uhirogo —Wheat steady, with a fair demand: 
No. 2 red winter at $1.19; No, 2 Chlcugo spring, 
$i.lov,®l.RU ;i ; No. it do. at $1.04^01.05; rejected 
at 65c. corn hi fair demand and firm; rresh 30 \c. 
regular, 37 %<s oats in good demand at 28 c. Ryb 
easy at «8®7l^C- Barley easy at 76c. Poke 
strong at $10 <W. Lakh In fair demand at *e. Bulk 
Meats In good demand; shoulders at 4c. short rib, 
6 *e.; shore clear. $ 6 . 0 fic.; Eons at 1 uv 0 !te. but¬ 
ter— Prices remain firm all around ; creamery, 31 
036c-; good to chotoc dairy, 24030; medium, 180 
2oo.; Inferior to common, !O0iec.; roll, 16026b. 
Ciieesk— No abatement, in the demand for choice 
and fine makes, but lor poor and ihln goods only 
a limited inquiry. Stocks are light and prlcea are 
steady and unchanged at the annexed range: 
Good to choice lull cream Cheddars. I4@14vc. V 
lb.; part skJuuned of good quality, :Lrfdl lc.; full 
skimmed, 8049c.; low grode-S, ]£ay— No. l 
timothy at $11.50012.50 r< ton; No. 2 at $ 10 . 66011 ; 
mixed do at $9010: upland prairie at $9@9,fi0 : No. 
1 do. $7.2508,26," and No. 2 do. $607. Small bales 
sell at 25030c. w ton more than largo bales. IIiprs 
and Pio.-hs— The current, quotatt iih are: Green- 
salted light hides, 6X& t> it*.’; do. heavy cows, av. 
no its. and over, 9Vo., No. 2 . or grubby and out, all 
weights, - 0 M t e,; green-aalted bull, 707 vc.; do. 
calf, M 0 i»x,c„ dry-soiled hides, 14015 c.; dry hint, 
18019a; dry calf, 15(A16 c.; doacons. 65c. Sheep 
pelts are salable at 611066 c. p Hi. for the estimated 
amount of wool un each pelt. Mai-i.h Suuak— Fair 
to good bright, new-, setL-i to a moderate extent at 
11012 c. It., with dark-colored and j*ix>r lots not 
wanted, the sugar Is ample, .seeds—P oor to 
choice medium clover ranged at $3.8504,10 y bush.; 
prime timothy at $S.55@*-t9>; fiax at $1.5601.55, on 
a basis 01 pure, and Hungarian and millet at IK 10 
80c., according to quality. 
Cincinnati—F i.OUK dtUl lamlly at $6.6005.75; 
fancy unchanged. Wheat easier at $1.27>, ; 
Cohn In fair demand at, ao^c. Oats steady at 
37>s@3SC. Rye Steady at 84c. Barley stronger; 
extra No. 3 fall at soc. Pork active at $lG.&o@io. 
65. Lakd stronger at,7@7.or,c. ficn.K meats firmer 
shoulders at -le. clear ribs al 6 * 0 . dear sides at, 
6 'iC. Bacon In fair demand; shoulders at r>c; 
clear ribs at 7J*c; clear sides, i #c. Burncn stron¬ 
ger; choice Western Reserve at 28030c; choice 
Central Ohio at 2302Tc. lines steady and firm; 
common, $3.6004.20 ; light at $4.2504.50; pack¬ 
ing at $4.2001.65: butchers’ $.*.66(04.66; Bran 
firm and In" good demand at $15 per ton in 
bulk on ta-ack. Summ/Kfa dull at $15016. Mid¬ 
dlings an aettve demand at $18023 and for stuff 
in sacks 6 OC 0 $i.(io per ton more than tho above 
quotations was obtained. Hay. Prairie hay, Jlu@ 
11 ; fair to prime mixed, $ 1 4.60015.50; fair to 
prime 16016 50; choteo light pressed timothy 
$17 per ton on arrival, and $1.0002 mure 
from store. Hides demand good and prices firm; 
Green, 7@8c; wet salted, 8#@9c; dry salted 18@ 
14c. flint, 16017c; do. selected. 18020c. per pound. 
Sheep pelts $1.01.25 each; sheared do. 25040c. 
Onions prime to choice at $ 1 . 5005 . Potatoes 
E arly Rose at$i.S5@i.9<). Russets $1.25. Peerless 
at $1,00. Peachblows at 29030c per hushol, 
loose od arrival, and 35040c. from store. 
Indianapolis -WHEAT qhlet; NO. 2 red at $1.21 
@1.22 J;. Co us firm at36i<@37c. Oats steady at 
32035c. Hoos firm at $3.7604.46. 
Louisville.—W heat firm at $1. 1801 . 20 . corn 
easier; No. 2 white at 42042 vc.; do. mixed at40c. 
Oats easier; No. 2 white, 38c,; do, mixed at 37c. 
Rvk steady; No. 2 at, 850850. Poke qui«t. at $ 12 . 26 . 
Lard firm; prime steam at 7c. Bulk Meats firm; 
shoulders at 4c.; clear ribs, 6%e.; dear sides at 
6.80c. Bacon firm; shoulders," 4 ;.,c.; clear ribs, 
7.10c.; clear sides at 7.Mic. Sugar-cured Hams at 
9@l0c. Canned Goons—Tomatoes, 2 lbs , $ 1 . 16 @ 
1.30; 3 lbs., $1.3501.60. Peaches, 2 lh«„ $1.6001.75; 
3 lbs., $202.84. Blackberries. 31 r.iyai.mi. Straw¬ 
berries, $2 Raspberries, $1.5001.75. Cherries, 
red, $1.5001,60. string beans, $..25@l.no. Green 
peas, $ 2 , Butter—D emand liberal and prices 
nave favored fiellerst. We quote common to fair 
country at 14018c; fair to prime at 18022c.; and 
choice to fancy at 84036c.; Western Reserve at 
260270., and WCBiern creamery at 3^0^00. Cheese 
—T here Is no quotable change. Western factory 
at is#@u Vjc.; Septembjr cream, 15015 vc.; off 
grades, 12074c,; pineapple, ls«> 20c. Firi.d Seed 
easy, with a drop of 2oe. In orchard grass. Wo 
quote, delivered from store: timothy, $2.90; or¬ 
chard grass, $ 1 . 40 ; red top. 76c.; clover, common 
red at $ 4 , 60 , and spring at $4,75; blue grass, clean, 
66c.; extra clean, 65c.; flax seed, $] 10 per bushel 
on arrival. Mtlj, upead active at quotations, we 
quote per ton In bulk: bran, $IB; sblpstuff, $15; 
middlings, $18.50. Hay—D emand moderately 
good, with steady prices ruling. We quote com- 
moH to prime choice timothy, $ift,fw@n, and 
mixed at $ 1 2@14 per ton on arrival. Biioom Coen 
—M edium to prime, 4@0C. per lb for straight; 
crooked, 3,v@4e, 
Miinnuki-o -Whkat opened linn, declined Vc. 
and closed weak ; No.l. Milwaukee hard at $1.19; 
do. Roft at $US.v; No. 2 Milwaukee f.i.uv: No. 
s do. at $1.04 v ; No. 4 do. at 99c; relucted, S9c. 
Lorn firmer; No 2 at :««ic. oats scarce; No. 2 
at 30tjc. Rvi? quiet; No. I at 72c, Barley strong 
No. 2 spring at 59c. Provisions quiet, but firm'. 
Mess pork firm at $10.66 CusJi; Lard—P rime steam 
at $7 05c. Live hoos firmer at $4.2004.35. 
FitllndHphiu. wheat, pretty steady; No. 2 red 
«t$l.ll V0L41S; Penn, red on track $1.41 v, Del. 
amber $ 1 . 43 ^. Corn— Penn, and southern Veliow 
on track and In grain depot at r>oc.; Delaware 
yellow at 55c.; steamer on track at S3>£c.: west¬ 
ern rejected on truck at 63,vc.; southern while on 
track at 6Sc. Oats—D emand lbr.iDN*; No. 1 white 
jit 4S@48vc.; No. 2 do. at 47047 >.c.; do. to arrive 
at 46c.; No. 3 do. at 40c.; rejected, 450480. Pao- 
visions dull and weak; City mess Seet at $13 
Beet hams at $17. Mess pork at $1 v s, 12 . 25 ; extra 
prime at $9.60. Hams, smoked, at 9,v0io&.; do. 
in salt and pickle at 7Ji@9c.; clear rib sides, 
smoked, 7 \c.; do. In salt., .c ; shoulders in salt at 
4H@-1.VC.; do. sugar-pickled at 5@5i,c.; do. 
smoked at tiaoHc DresBCd hogs, * 1 ic. Lakd 
—W estern, $; , 62 V ovT.TSc.; do. steam at $7.37 hc- ; 
do. butchers" at 7c. Bimtku firm wltfi good ln- 
qulry ; creamery extra, 35@37c.: Bradford county 
and New York extra nominal at 810830.; dd. fall 
at 1 W 0186 C.; Western Reserve extra at 28@30e.; do. 
good to choice at 23@v.e.; roils scarce and firm ; 
Pennsylvania extras at. 2:>025c,; Western Reserve 
extras at 20027c. Kuos Arm; Pennsylvania at 
12, \,@13c.; western at 12@12 >jC. Cheese In fair 
demand ; New York factory atl4H0l4HC.; west¬ 
ern full cream at lLaU^c,; do. good at 13:.(«* 
13, HC.;do. naif skims, 12340130- Seeds—C lover dull 
ana weak under free offerings at Oa7c. tor low 
grade to prime. Timothy quiet but firm at $ 3,200 
$3 30, as to quality, for Jobbing sales. Flax, last 
sales reported were In small lots to druggists at 
$ 2 ; but round lots were quoted as unsalable above 
$1.70 or $1.70. Feed qulei but firm under moder¬ 
ate offerings, with sales of winter wheat bran, I 11 
store, at $21.75, quoted at $ 21.26 to arrive; Mid¬ 
dlings ut. $24. Hay and Straw—P rime cut llay 
at$ir@IS; prime baled North Penn. Timothy do. 
at $lo@i7 ; western and fork State do.. $lo@io. 
Rye straw at $ 20021 ; wheat do. at $. 12 , and oat 
do. $13 fJ ton. VkukvaBles—P otatoes, choice Ear¬ 
ly Rose at 4604*0.; fair to good do., 3s@43c. ; 
Peachblows, 5oc.; Snow Hakes scarce at 55c. ; 
York State Peerless, :«@40c.; Penn. do. at 250 
800., as to (lUallty. We quote Florida new Cab¬ 
bage al $1 ¥ bbl. for round lots up to $5. In a small 
way, for choice: Noriolk do., $1.6O0$2, as to qual¬ 
ity- aiTlvals generally poor. Florida noons. $3«r, 
$3.50 crate ; do. Peas. 7l.c.@$i crate. Charles¬ 
ton and Havannah Ih\is at $; .f>o for marrows, and 
$2 crate tor small. Florida Beers, $-.25 crate; 
do. cucumbers, choice, f v -;< 4 ii>; do, do., e.ommon 10 
fair, $5@7. Seeds—C lover seed ul 7 h la.s&e. tt. for 
Western and New York; Timothy at $2,75@2>5 %i 
bush.; Red Top at $2.700.2.80 ^ bag; Canary seed at 
$2.45@2.85, and American Linseed $ 1.500155 7 ? 
bushel. 
Si. Louis.—F dohr dull ; Double extra at $5 bid ; 
triple extra at $5 80; family at. $u 70 asked; choice 
at $5.60 bid. Wheat Irregular, with some sales 
higher; No. 2 red fall at$1. 200 : 1 . 20 y*; No. 3 do. at 
$1.16J4@1.17; No. 4 do. at $ 1 . 12 . corn firmer for 
cash at 36,¥036|.j c. Oats dull at 32c. Kve nomi¬ 
nally 78)40. fiAiti.KY steady and unchanged at 
$1.06. Poke dull at. $10.90. Baku higher at 6.92L. 
06.95c. Biii.k Meats higher for sides; shoulders', 
8.78@8.80o,; clear ribs, ii.30@6 86c,; clear sides, 
6.4606.50c. Bacon higher for sides; shoulders at, 
4 ) 4 c.; clear ribs al. 7.10c.; clettr sides at 7.25@7.30o, 
Live Stock MnrketH, 
Buffalo.—CA 'itle market quiet; demand and of 
fertng8 fight,; Hales of good to prime mixed, butch¬ 
ers’ at $3.90(w4,20; best grades disposed of. Sheke 
and Lames.—M arker dull and prices a shade low¬ 
er; offerings generally of good quality; sales of 
common 10 choice sheep at $660.85; fair to choice 
lambs at $6.4007.25. Uous, fair demand and 
prices higher for Yorkers; other grades dull; sales 
of Yorkers, g<XKl to choice at $4.60irt4.65; fair light 
at $4.4004.45; medltmt and heavy at $4.66.04.75; ialr 
ends at $4.2004.50; coarse rough and common at 
$304; pigs at fi.25@4.35. 
Chicago, -oatti-k market active; shipping at 
$105.36; one load of Missouri steers at $5.75; butch¬ 
ers’ steady aL $2.400.1.20; Stockers and feeders 
stronger and active ai. $i,d4. Hoos—Market act¬ 
ive; all sold; mixed packing $1.2604.45; choice 
heavy $1.50(8 4.85; light $ 1 . 2006 . 50 . siikki' market 
strong and steady; freely sold at $6.60(.%6,50. 
St. Lotris.—Cattle In fair demand; good to choice 
native steers In tight supply; butcher stock dull; 
cholee to fancy steers at 5 ia$c. 75 ; fair to good ut 
3.60(«:$1.SO; light to medium, 4 @f 4 . 40 ; Stockers 
and feeders at 3.25@$3,90; 'Pexana and Indiana at 
2.750$3.76. Hogs opened strong, bin, weakened . 
Yorkers and iialtlmorea at 4.15@$4.$l»; nux-d 
packing at.$4.1004.36; hutehers’to fancy at ?4 .40 
@4.60. Sheep In active demand; fair to good mut- 
tons $t.40(2j5..v;; choice t,o fancy at $5.50@6.85; ex¬ 
port sheep at $ 6 @ 6 . 20 . 
East Ltrertv-, Pa.— Oatti.k.— Supply light and 
all sold out; best at $5@5.25; fair to good at $4@ 
4.80; common at $3.lo@3.65; stockers foo to 900 its 
at $2.2503,76; bulls, cows and stags at $2@3,50. 
Hoos.—Yorkers at $1.4l)@1.50 ; Philiidolphlas ut 
$ 1 . 8606 . Shkk p, selling at $t,7r>@i;,60. 
Watertown. N. Y.—Beef cattle.—M arket firm 
ror good lots; working oxen 111 moderate demand; 
Bales of choice beef cattle at $7.25@7.76 ; extra at 
$6.1507; first quality at $6@6.r»u; Second do. at $5 
@6.511; third do. $t@4.T6, atore catlltr—Working 
oxen, per pair, $96@170; milk cows and calves at 
$20050 ; farrow oows at $2@25, fancy oows at $66 
@65; yearlings at$T@i4; two years old at $12025; 
three years old at $20@38, Hoos.—Western fat 
swine, alive $ 6 . 50 . Sheed and Lambs—Spring 
lambs not in sufficient supply to make a quota¬ 
tion ; sales of sheep in lots at $4@5.50 each ; extra 
at $6<a7; lambs at 6&@8c. Veal calves at4@6j4c. 
Per III I 
Bone ash is nominally quoted at about $22 
per short ton, on the basis of 70 per cent 
phosphate of lime. Bones quoted at $22 50@ 
$23 for Texas and South American mixed, and $25@ 
$26 do. for shin and shank bones. Refuse bone 
black at $ 210$82 per short ton on merit. Sulphate 
or ammonia at 3 vc. IV pound on the basis of 26 per 
pent, of ammonia. Dried blood at$c @$,2 .30 per unit 
Of ammonia short, ton. Ammonia axotine, etc., 
for the former at $2 r,2 v @S2 75 per unit of ammonia, 
and about $2 25 do. for the latter, all short ton. 
Nitrate of soda, 4 vc. Saltpetre, crude «)^@6X- 
The above are wholesale prices; at re-la 11.'goods 
are delivered at boat or cars at the following rates: 
pure ground bone 47 to so percent.borie phos¬ 
phate and a to4 per cent ammonia, $35@$10; dis¬ 
solved bone black, 16 to 17 per cent, of soluble 
phosphoric acid $sn@$’!5; dissolved bone 13 to 14 
per cent, of available phosphoric acid $7 : 1 : urnmo- 
nlated superphosphate 10 to 11 per cent- of soluble 
phosphoric acid, 3 per cent, of potash, 3 per cent, 
of ammonia, $100140: German potash sails, 25 per 
cent, of sulphate of potash. $15@*18 per ton: muri¬ 
ate of potasli. so percent. 20214 c per !l>. land plaster 
~ flit; dried blood. 10 per cent, of ammonia S35@45 
per ton; fish guano dry ana ground line, in to ll 
pur cent of ammonia, 20 percent of available bone 
phosphate. $iii(n 45 ; fish guano, s per cent of am¬ 
monia, $45,- unground nsh guano, 11 per cent of 
ammonia, $25; castor pomace; fiscal; sulphate of 
soda ground, and In barrels. $15@ 18 per tOfi; sul¬ 
phate of ammonia 4j£c. %( it; bone black, TO per 
cent of bone phosphate, $39082; ground fioutb Car¬ 
olina pi 1 ospi nite, 57 to co per cent or bone phos¬ 
phate, #2<t per ton; No.l Peruvian guano, 10 per 
cent ammonia, standard. $55 pel- ton; Lobos 
$16 per ton: rectified $65 per ton; guaranteed $56 
ger ion; nitrate of soda. 5’y@ 6 ;,, 4 ? it. 
Fore ester’s potato manure, $17.60; cabbage, 
$50; oat . $47.60; lawn dressing. $17.60; turnip, $52; 
grass. $15; hop. $17.60; strawberry, $42 50 : wheat, 
$45; rye, $17.60. 
Stocks a tdsb’s manures quoted.- Potato, $ 50 ; 
cabbage, $ r >0: strawherry. $40; corn $45; seedlDg 
down. $ 10 ; orange tree, $15; onion, $50—per ton 
each. 
Maths's complete manures for clay soil, $25.50 
per 1,000 its.; for light soils $25.50 per l,00u its.; “A” 
brand tor general use. $20 per 1,000 lbs.; fruit and 
vine. $l8.5o per l.oou lbs.; cabbage and caullfiower, 
$23.75 pur 1.000 ;:,s ; corn. $24.50 per 1.000 Its.; pota¬ 
to, $24 per l.oou fa.; asparagus,$25.50 per 1,000 its.; 
g.vpsum, Nova s-otia, ground, ton, $7.oo. 
Bowkkb'b “ Hill and Drill Phosphate” $15; Bow- 
ker's Phospliate $10 R ton. each: Ilnwker’s “ Food 
for Flowers,” 3f«. @ package and $s ^ doz I Bow- 
ker’s “animal UdniI for lewis,” $2 50 per cwt.; 
Ground oyster shells, gi »(cwt. 
Bacoh & Sons’ prices for goods delivered atde- 
pot or boat, in bags and In 3,000 lb lots: Ammon- 
lat.ed dissolved bones. $85; pure boue meal, from 
raw bones. $36: Baugh's raw none superphoapnate 
$40; Baugh's $25 phosphate, $25: Baugh’s A. A. 
nitrogen, 13& per cent, of ammonia, $ts. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
new Took s«njNlx.y. March 27, 1880. 
P«:ajv.« and Pbas.—B eans are g r -ueriP!y quiet, 
tnnugl. marrows show rutbi r iu- i-b steadiness. A 
Kood mat y paLCels rate » nly as Rood and such are 
■ ■lTered free,)- uL f 1.55. Whlto kidney scaice and 
tlrni. Other fancy beens oeBlecied. r d kidney par- 
ticuUriy. Green pens have no wliulcsain inquiry: 
quoted at. f.l,75-^1,80 Soul hern B 12. offer nd freely at 
recent lower Oidr.. ami $1.90(ia8 per two hvsliel bUR, 
wlUaout leading to hminuim o any extent. Mar. 
row bourns, prime. »l,i,5e.1.60 other. M KXitl.bO: me- 
dlunj. prime, ♦1.404tl Other, $1.3001.35; pea. $1,450 
MVI; wh'ro kidney, $' 80(41.70: ron do., $1.1001.60: 
black. $1.80(41.90: tue latter In lb/bt supply. 
Receipt* of beau* for weak.4,.’i()0 bosh, exports. 2,136 
pkirn. Eiport * alflpe .lari, mr, 25,000 pkp:s., or doubla 
than iu aunns pi.riou In 18K9. 
HKESWAX.—Demand is eontlned to small lots, and 
price* are unelianKod : W«ntom and Southern 
quoted at 21 to 25. Exports <-mce Jan. 1st, 19,400 ths.; 
aatue limn'iW, 11,975 do. 
Broom Cohn —The cilh-rlnEs hove lncrea*ed on 
the pari ol eorae of Din Western holders and prices 
Have ruled cualor. Nominal qn it .tions are for 
choice brush at 7ty«8c.: choice hurl at Ho,: stalk 
braid at 807c.; mixed rod and grei-n at 406c. 
BtTTTER.- Thu marlcat can be dismissed this week 
with mov remarks arid few quotations. Choice freBh 
Stale and Western and the reuiuauts y tend table 
grades of old are ilrrn with quick sale. Boilers do 
not pres* tor upward price*, as supplies cun soon 
enlarge and spririK stirk cannot be held. Under 
griKlej ot rmtuir feel ibe prlce-strongth made by 
sea t ( supplies, and It ta unusual to see such close 
ranves a:* now i UiO for ext re (Hu qualities. 
New buffer, creamery bust.37o.; xood to prime, 35® 
at.-.; fail-40 goo 4,38«?:»«.: pu..r to fair, 2t0:Kks. State, 
pail* and tub*, choice, 8S«.; w od to prime, MOctioac.; 
dairies. 23030c., very poor, 30c.; Western imitation 
creamery 270l2e„ We*U>'U dairy, 22 Ns38o.; poor to 
prime. 23028 c., do. factory prime, 2(i.u37e.; fair to 
«ood, XitffMc,; poor to fair, 21(«,2,lc.; very poor, 160 
the.; roll butter. 23a27c. 
Receipts for week, 13,260 pkas.; exports, 2,675 do. 
Cheese.—S upplies are worklnK down readily and 
they *.ro now quite small tommicrld* the period to 
clap-a be I ore the new make e ones id baud, conse¬ 
quently holders oxpresw decided oooUdeuon of cur¬ 
rent prices. 
Quotations—State factory: beat at UV@14Kc.: 
KOod to prime at l3!iitel4V£<i,; fair toiKOOd at 18Kk«loRc.: 
do. poor at 12012.Sc. state farm dairy : good to 
prime at 13^04DC.! fair lo uood at 13 kS13Sc. Ohio 
factory : Cheddar, due, 14e.: do., fair io good, 12s@ 
13WC , I ff, flue. 14;«>14S • flat, Rood to prime. l.4ul3Xc..- 
fl«i. fair I*, aood. 12S(<il3c. 
Roceipis for week, 5,0)0 boxes: export a. 6.200 do. 
Liverpool cable, 71*.; steam. S5e. * .(s. Cd. 
Cotton—D edliiK* have boon liberal and prices 
olosed firm at for March at. .2.97012 98c,; April, 12.94 
6H2.95c.; May, l8.hsdlUl.16c.: June, 13.32019.311c.: July, 
i3ff4.3U8.45 1 .: A\lKU*l. 13.534tt3.54a.; September, 13.180 
13,19c.; October, i2.3iytl2.38(?.; Novijm oer. 11.99^12c.; 
December, 11,95 j@1L97c. 
Quotations tor spot cotton ar« based on Amerloan 
stwiulhrd of clibsaiflcatlori and >r cotton In store 
j-unninK in quality not more than half a arade above 
or below the crude quoted. 
Ordinary.... .. 
.Uriel ordinary. 
Good ordinary. 
■ trlot , od do. 
Ltiiodllns .. 
btrict low mii-diins 
Mlddlhur... 
Good mtddoior. 
Strict K*JOd unddliuK. 
Middling Fair. 
Fair.., . 
ST 
Good ordinary.11 
Strict tfood ordinary .11 
Dried Entm-s.—Thedemund for evaporated ap¬ 
ples has been fair. Blackberries conrimio s -tree and 
hixlt: other small fruits are utiohankcd. Brices are 
tor N.C. apple*, tail re. good, IXiuih.Hu-; choteo, at 9@ 
9>4C.-, Taney at llXffiUH'c : Viruima, ut 7(*.8c., New York 
State q uitrtcrs, at ?dtSc.; sliced at 7!4ju©M'c.; patent 
evuponitod,.choice In oases, at liftHlxe.; y :od and 
prime at I3 m.18Hc.i evaporated, choice sliced at 
at 13o., auil E'.od to choice do. at llH' l rU2>ic 
Kvaporated peeled pe che*. Rood to choice, 
at 226420 c.; impeded at 12^140.; North Carolina 
peeled, fancy, at 20c.: choice olu at t7(«H*o.: Georgia 
prime at 17c.; fair to eood .ff ll.i«15c. ; coui- 
luiiu at 10w.l2c.; uupeeled halves at 7 R( 08 u.; do. 
quarters at 7«7>4a Bitted cherries at I8641UO. Blaok- 
borrieB nominal at 14c. bid. Raspberries at 28027o. 
Plums at 17«aff8o. 
Uplandn. 
and Gulf. 
Texas. 
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