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HOME NEWS. 
Saturday. March 17,1888. 
The storm is over. It extended from 
Northern New England to Virginia and west¬ 
ward to a line from Cleveland to Pittsburg, 
rain taking the place of snow on its Western 
limits. Boston, Philadelphia and Washington 
suffered like New York, but to a somewhat 
smaller extent. The money loss due to block¬ 
aded traffic and prevention of business, to¬ 
gether with injury to property of all kinds, 
cannot be much less than from $15,000,000 to 
$20,000,000 in the afflicted region. A large 
number of railroad accidents with many 
deaths have occurred on the various roads, 
especially in attempts to open passage-ways 
with snow plows. Along the coast a vast 
number of shipwrecks have taken place. A 
telegram tbis morning from Baltimore says 
“hundreds of vessels have been wrecked in 
the Chesapeake and 40 lives are known to have 
been lost.” There are severe floods now in 
Virginia; many are feared in New England, 
and other places are sure to be swept by them 
should the snow go off quickly. 
The strike of the Brotherhood of Locomotive 
Engineers and Firemen on the 6,000 miles of 
the Chicago. Burlington and Quincy Railroad 
still continues; but the places of the strikers 
have been nearly all filled. There are many 
complaints, however, that the new hands are 
not skillful enough for their situations. At 
4 o’clock on Thursday the engineers and fire¬ 
men on the 3,000 miles of the Atchison, Tope¬ 
ka and Santa Fe system quit work, because, 
as they alleged, they were “tired ” The real 
reason was that the road, as the law compels 
it, was handling “Q” freight. The men didn’t 
want to render themselves singly liable to 
prosecution for conspiracy, hence their subter¬ 
fuge in declaring that they were not striking, 
but merely “tired.”. ......... 
...A combination of wholesale grocers in va¬ 
rious parts of the country is reported in pro¬ 
cess of formation, having for its purpose the 
regulation. of prices and possibly to make a 
business arrangement with the Sugar Trust . 
_A New York company has refused to in¬ 
sure the life of President Cleveland .. 
Robert Lincoln has written a letter again re¬ 
fusing to allow his name to be used in connec¬ 
tion with any political office.The 
Boston Stock Exchange has decided to pro¬ 
hibit membei's from dealing with bucket shops 
under penalty of $1,000 for the first offense, 
and expulsion for the second. 
The Chairman of the National Committee of 
the Union Labor party has issued a call for a 
National Convention to be held at Cincinnati, 
May 15, to nominate candidates for President 
and Vice-President of the United States. 
..Members of the Canadian Parliament who 
have been interviewed on the subject of buck¬ 
et shops are unanimously in favor of their 
abolition.The Northwest Territory In¬ 
dians and half-breeds are again threatening 
an outbreak, owing to the Government not 
having furnished supplies. Gabriel Dumont, 
now in New York, has sent them advice to 
steal food rather than starve... 
.... After lasting over six months, the Knights 
of Labor have declared the Lehigh Valley 
miners’ strike off. The strikers have suffered 
a world of misery and been finally defeated.. 
.In 1844 the Legislature of Mississippi 
passed a law making it a misdemeanor for 
any legislator, executive or judicial officer or 
any person holding office of honor, trust or 
profit to travel on any railroad in the State 
without paying the fare required of passen¬ 
gers generally. It is said the Governor holds 
passes over all the railroads in the State, and 
there is considerable talk about this violation 
of the law and the consequences to which the 
Governor may be subjected. 
At Ottawa, Canada, rumors are plentiful 
of probable Cabinet changes. Sir Charles 
Tupper is to retire from the Ministry at the 
end of the session and confine himself solely 
to the duties of High Commissioner at Lon¬ 
don It is stated on authority that the Gov¬ 
ernment will not wait for the action of the 
American Senate on the fisheries treaty, but 
will push a ratification bill immediately after 
the debate on Mr. Cartwright’s motion in 
favor of unrestricted reciprocity is concluded, 
which will be some time next week... Mr. 
Randall’s tariff bill, just completed, repeals 
the entire internal revenue tax on tobacco 
and on fruit brandies, the license tax on 
wholesale and retail liquor dealers, makes 
alcohol used in the arts free, and reduces the 
tax on whisky to 50 cents per gallon. The 
estimated redaction under this bill will be on 
repealed internal taxation $70,000,000, and on 
tariff schedules $25,000,000. The bill is twice 
as long as the Mills bill aud relates to many 
more subjects. Concerning the wools tariff 
the bill provides the following: Woolens and 
worsted cloths and shawls and all other manu¬ 
factures composed wholly or in part of wool, 
or hair of the goat or other animals, not 
specially enumerated or provided for in this 
act, valued at not exceeding 40 cents per 
pound, 25 cents per pound; valued above 40 
cents and not exceeding 60 cents per pound, 
30 cents per pound; valued above 60 cents and 
not exceeding 80 cents per pound, 35 cents per 
pound; valued above 80 cents per pound, 40 
cents per pound; aud in addition thereto upon 
all the foregoing, 35 per cent, ad valorem. 
There is only a slight reduction in the tariff 
on some grades of wool; the duty on others 
remains the same, and that on a few is in¬ 
creased. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
Saturday, March 17, 1888. 
Kaiser William 1. was buried yesterday 
amid imposing ceremonies in the presence of 
vast crowds of mourning subjects and a host 
of foreign kings, princes and other high nota¬ 
bilities. Emperor Frederick does a good deal 
of work, but is still a very sick man. There 
is intense indignation among Germans against 
Sir Morel Mackenzie, the Emperor’s chief 
physician. The German physicians are jeal¬ 
ous of his paramount influence and declare 
that the patient would have had a good chance 
of being cured long ago by means of an oper¬ 
ation for cancer, were it not that the English¬ 
man denied that there were any certain symp¬ 
toms of cancer and opposed the operation. It 
is said he feared the patient would not survive 
the operation, and with Queen Victoria, he 
wished the Princess Royal of England, the 
Crown Prince’s wife, to be Empress of Ger¬ 
many on account of the great honor and 
dower of the position, and hence wished that 
the sufferer should live hopelessly on until he 
reached the throne rather than risk the death 
of the Prince and consequently the hopes of his 
wife,for a chance of cure. He now lives on the 
same floor as the new Emperor in the palace 
at Berlin and is specially guarded against the 
threats of the exasperated Germans. .. 
... Boulanger is again causing trouble in 
France. Having asked permission to leave 
his command at Clermont-Ferrand to visit 
Paris, the Aiinister of War did not give it; 
but Boulanger visited Paris three times, in 
disguise the Government says, though he de¬ 
nies this. To maintain discipline he was re¬ 
moved from active service by being deprived 
of his command, and straightway started 
once more for Paris on Thursday, where he 
conferred with Rochefort and other Radical 
supporters. Committees have been formed 
throughout France to make him a candidate 
in all elections to the legislature, as a national 
protest against the Government’s treatment 
of him. As the representative of the war 
party and of undying enmity to Germany, he 
has a large following, and is the object of 
much enthusiasm .A great many 
marks of respect and expressions of sympa¬ 
thy on the death of the German Emperor 
have displayed a kindly and magnanimous 
feeliDg on the part of the vast majority 
of Frenchmen; but, of course, there 
were some extremists’ howls, which 
were promptly suppressed by the authorities. 
All European countries are loud and, no 
doubt, sincere in-their regrets at the death of 
the Kaiser, and in their sympathy with his 
suffering son and successor; but all are quite 
anxious as to the political effects, and strain¬ 
ing every nerve to put themselves in the best 
possible condition to engage in a general war, 
which is likely to occur at any time, should 
the present Emperor’s ailment kill him or 
force him to resign the active control of 
affairs and make Prince William Regent.. .. 
Bulgaria is still the chief cause of immediate 
trouble. She refuse* to listen to the demand 
of her suzerain,Turkey,that Prince Ferdinand 
should resign and quit the country. Bis¬ 
marck, who still remains the arbiter of 
European political affairs, ostensibly favors 
the removal of Ferdinand, but as Austria, 
Italy and England are opposed to such a mea¬ 
sure unless the Czar explicitly names the 
person whom he wants to succeed to the 
throne, the Iron Chancellor is not very en¬ 
thusiastic in the matter-During the week 
the weather in Europe, and especially in the 
United Kingdom, has been nearly as bad as 
in New York. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, March 17, 18§8. 
It is announced from Denver, Colo., that 
President Head, of the International Range 
Association, and ex-Governor Routt, of the 
Cattle Trust, have closed a contract with the 
French Government to supply the French 
army with 150,000 cattle annually. These 
cattle will be taken from the ranges and ship¬ 
ments begun at once. The competitors for 
the contract were the Armours, the Plate 
Company, of South America, and a Canadian 
firm.A cablegram on Monday says 
that a decree will shortly be issued in France 
providing that imports of fresh meat can only 
be effected through frontier and interior cus¬ 
toms houses previously designated, at which 
the sanitary inspection decreed in 1887 will be 
made. Decrees issued by the prefects of the 
various departments will regulate the days 
and hours when cattle will be admitted. The 
carcasses of beef cattle and swine must be im¬ 
ported completely whole or in halves or quar¬ 
ters. Certain special parts, like fillets and 
sirloins, will be admitted as isolated pieces... 
_L. H. Bailey, Professor of Horticulture 
at the Michigan State Agricultural College, 
couldn’t resist the tempting offer of $3,000 a 
year, expenses of a trip to Europe and some 
minor inducements held out by Cornell Uni¬ 
versity. Well, what Lansing loses, Ithaca 
gains. The annual meeting of the 
Missourri State Horticultural Society will be 
ht Id at Nevada Dec. 5—7 next, and its semi¬ 
annual meeting will be held at Oregon, June 
5—7. 
For an Irritated Throat, Cough, or Cold, 
“ Brown's Bronchial Troches ” are offered 
with the fullest confidence in their efficiency. 
— Adv. 
Cwps & i^iuiiris. 
Saturday, March 17, 1888. 
The statistical returns of the Department 
of Agriculture for March relate to the distri¬ 
bution and consumption of w heat and corn, 
the stock in farmers’ hands, the proportion of 
merchantable corn and average prices res¬ 
pectively of merchantable and unmerchant¬ 
able. 
The corn crop is the smallest since 1884, and 
the remainder on farms also the smallest in 
seven years. It is estimated at 508,000,000 
bushels, against 603,000,000 last year and 773,- 
000,000 two years ago. The proportion is 
34.9 per cent, of the crop, the lowest percent¬ 
age, except in 1884, when it was 33 and the 
stock 512,000,000 bushels. In recent years the 
percentage has ranged from one-third to four- 
tenths of the annual product. 
The proportion merchantable is 84.4 per 
cent, of a present average value of 50.6 cents 
per bushel. The unmerchantable averages 
32.2 cents per bushel. The average value of 
the stock remaining is 47.6 cents per bushel, 
3.2 cents higher than on the 1st of December. 
The proportion consumed without removal 
beyond county lines, which was last March 17 
per cent, is estimated at 12 per cent, for the 
present crop, which reduces the quantity 
transported to 170,000,000 bushels, 118.000,000 
less than last year, while the amount for con¬ 
sumption is also smaller by 90,000,000 bushels. 
The indicated stock of the wheat of 1887 in 
the hands of farmers is 132,000,000 bushels, 
against 122,000,000 last year, or 29 per cent, of 
the crop, against 26.7 per cent, last March. 
There has been used in seeding of winter 
wheat 34,000,000 bushels, 187,000,000 in eight 
months consumption, 61,000.000 bushels ex¬ 
ported in wheat and flour, 38,000,000 visible 
supply and an unusual quantity in minor 
elevators and mill stocks, in course of distri¬ 
bution between farm stocks and actual con¬ 
sumption. 
The report of cotton marketed was com¬ 
plete for eight States a month ago, but de¬ 
ferred for returns from the Carolinas and 
Texas. The apparent proportions forwarded 
from plantations on the 1st of February were 
as follows: Virginia 90 per cent.. North Car¬ 
olina 94, South Carolina 93, Georgia 94, Flori¬ 
da 87, Alabama 92, Mississippi 90, Louisiana 
89, Texas 94, Arkansas 90, Tennessee 89, and 
Missouri and Indian Territory 92. The gen¬ 
eral average is 92 per cent. This indicates an 
increase of 3 or 4 per cent, on the aggre¬ 
gate of country estimates of the 1st of Octo¬ 
ber, although the February returns of esti¬ 
mated product, compared with that of 1886, 
were nearly identical with the November re¬ 
turns. This furnishes a further illustration 
of the local tendency to underestimate pro¬ 
duction. It was suggested in the November 
report that it might be assumed that deep- 
rooted and early and well-developed plants 
would produce better than is expected in their 
apparent loss of condition, and that if the out¬ 
come should surpass this first estimate the 
excess might be due to this cause. This view 
was corrtct. An allowancefor the depressing 
effect of panic in local returns, so stoutly op¬ 
posed by speculators, is again proved to be 
necessary. The quality of the fibre is super¬ 
ior, condition clean, and the yield of lint a 
little above 32 per cent. The value of seed 
averages 16 cents per bushel on the Atlantic 
coast, is 15 in Mississippi, 14 in Tennessee, 13 in 
Louisiana and 12 in Texas. The average close 
of picking is as follows: North Carolina, 
December 10; South Carolina, December 8; 
Georgia, November 29; Florida, December 4; 
Alabama, November 24; Mississippi, Decem¬ 
ber 2; Louisiana, December 13, Texas, No¬ 
vember 30; Arkansas, November 26; Tennes¬ 
see, November 27. The date was later than 
last year on the Atlantic coast, Georgia ex¬ 
cepted, and earlier in the more Western 
States. 
Hearts. 
Until within a few years the diseases of the 
heart and of the system were in nearly all 
cases reached through the stomach, for the 
doctors say, “ We cannot, of course, reach the 
heart directly. How can we?” 
This question, asked twenty-five years ago, 
was only partially answered—it was only 
guessed at—until the discovery of “Compound 
Oxygen.” Drs. Starkey & Palen, the physicians 
who have been so successfully administering 
this remedy, answer the question by telling of 
their experience. They call attention to the 
fact that on the completion of the circuit of 
the system, all the blood wLich has been 
thrown out by the heart comes back to the 
heart by way of the lungs. Here it finds a 
great field for aeration, exceeding in area the 
entire outer surface of the body; here, with 
the air, the oxygen reaches the blood. The 
returning blood, entering the heart invigorat¬ 
ed, adds new vigor to that organ, and, with 
less effort, a greater volume is sent forward, 
carrying vigor and comfort through all the 
arteries and veins in its circuit. This is a very 
brief statement of the method of cure by 
Oxygen. But a reading of the letters of pa¬ 
tients who speak of the comfort the Treat¬ 
ment gave them, of the relief of heart trouble, 
and of the ability to sleep, after being for 
months or years deprived of it by palpitation 
or fluttering of the heart, will be the best evi¬ 
dence that could be produced that the right 
method of cure for disease has been found in 
“Compound Oxygen.” And the value of the 
statement will not be decreased by its brevity. 
The curiosity as to what Compound Oxygen 
is may be gratified by any one who will take 
the trouble to write a postal card or letter of 
request to Drs. Starkey & Palen, at 1529 Arch 
street, Philadelphia. They publish a brochure 
of two hundred pages, entitled Compound 
Oxygen — Its Mode of Action and Results, 
which will be sent free.— Adv. 
LATEST MARKETS. 
nominal. N. Y. State, new, best, 12®14c; do new, 
medium, 10 @llc; do common, 8@9c, do old, 336c; 
Pacific coast, new, common to choice 8 to 11c: do 18*6 
common, to good 4@7c. Foreign—Germans, crop of 
1887,18® 23c. 
Cotton.—T he quotations, according to the American 
classification, are as follows: 
New Orleans. 
Uplands. and Gulf. Texas. 
Ordinary. 7% <% . 
Strict Ordinary. 7% 7% . 
Good Ordinary. 8 11-16 8 13-16 . 
Strict Good Ordinary.. 9 3-16 9 5-16 . 
Low Middling. 9% 9% . 
Strict Low Middling... 9 '15-16 10 1-16 . 
Middling.10% 10% . 
Good Middling.104ft 10% . 
Strict Good Middling.. 10% 10% . 
Middling fair.11 11% ..... 
Fair....?.11% . 
STAINED. 
Good Ordinary. 7 3-16 I Low Middling ...,*R 13-16 
Strict Good Ord.7% I Middling .9 11-16 
Hay and Straw.—H av—Choice Timothy per 100 ft 
80@85c; good do. 70375c; medium, 60@65e; shipping. 55c; 
Clover mixed-, 55360 c Straw.—No. 1 rye 85®90c; short 
do, 60@70c; oat, 40@50c. 
Feed.—Q uoted at *1 05@110 for 40 1 b spring and win¬ 
ter; latter for heavy from track: 60 lbs, $1 02%@1 05, 
80 lbs. $102%®ll5 100 lbs. $1 05@1 10; sharps, $112% 
@1 17%. Rye Feed. 95c@$l; screenings, 75@90c. 
Poultry.—Live.—F owls, Jersey, State, and Penn¬ 
sylvania. per ft, 18@13c%; fowls, Western, per 
ft, —@16c- roosters, old, per ft, 9@14c; turkeys, 
per ft 15316c: ducks, western per pair, 75@$1 15; 
chickens, near-by per ft. —®-c:do, western, per ft, 
—®—c; geese, western, per pair, $1 40@1 90. 
Poultry.—DRESSED.-T urkeys. fancy, per pound, at 
—@14c; do good to choice, 12@13%c; do common io 
@llc; fowls, Jerseyt 14@15c; fowls, western, 14@15c; 
Squabs, white, per doz, $4 50(3—; Squabs, dark, per 
doz, $3 25®3 50; ducks, fair to fancy per ft, 12@16c; 
do common 10®llc; do State —®—c; do western. —c; 
Geese, good to choice, per ft, 8@12c; chickens, Phila¬ 
delphia, broilers, 25®o7c; do do roasters, —@—c: do do, 
per ft, 20 @ 21 c:do. Jersey, choice, per lb, —@—c: do 
and fowls, western, per lb, l4@15c; do Jersey 
15@17c. 
Game.—W ild ducks,canvas, per pair, $3 50@4: do red; 
head. $2 00.32 50; do mallard. 80@90c; do teal. —<3—c. 
English Snipe, per doz. $1 50 to 175; grass plover, per 
doz $1 50 to 1 75. 
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE MARKETS. 
Fruits. —Fresh.—I n apples the demand is mainly 
for greenings, for which a firm feeling. Cranberries 
are slow. A moderate call for Florida oranges at full 
prices. Strawberries are in limited sale. Quota 
tions are for; Apples.—Greening, *2 7533 75: 
do Baldwins $2 50 38 50; do inferior, per bbl, 
$1 50 3 2 25; Grapes, per lb, —3—c: Cranberries, 
Jersey, fair to prime, per bbl, $2 50@3 25; do do do 
per bbl. $—® —: do Jersey, common, per crate. $1 50 
@2. Oranges, Florida, fancy, per box, $4 00@5 00. do 
do choice *3 5033 75 ; do do, fair to good. $3 00@3 25; 
do do common. $2 00@2 50: strawberries, Florida, good 
to choice, per quart, 30@35c; do do common to fair, 
per quart, 15@25c. 
Fruits.— Dried.—A pples.—Evaporated, Choice to 
fancy, 8 %@ 10 c; do common to prime, evaporated 6 % 
® 8 %c; do sliced, new. 537c; do chopped, 2%®3c; oo 
cores and skins, l%@l%c; Apples, State, quarters,, 5% 
@ 6 %c; Cherries - pitted, 16@22c; Raspberries—evap 
orated, new, 25@26c. do sun-dried, 22323c: Black 
berries, 8%@9e; Huckelberries new, 10®llc: Peaches, 
sun-dried, peeled. I6f«20c: Peaches,sun-dried,unpeeled 
6 @ 6 %c; Plums State, 10@llc. 
Nuts.—P eanuts are held unchanged. Fancy hand 
picked quoted at —@4%c and farmers’ graoes at 3 
@3%c; hickory nuts at $2 25@2 50 per bush. 
Vegetables.—N o receipts of domestic potatoes to¬ 
day; trade is generally slowly, with domestic held to 
full prices, and foreign easy, with a good supply. 
Other vegetables are in fair demand, potatoes. State 
Burbank, per bbl, $2 25@—; State Hebron, $2 40(32 50; 
State Peerless, per bbl. $2 25@—; State Rose, 
*2 65i®2 75; Scotch, Magnum, per sack. 82 lu@—; 
Maine Rose per bbl, $3 50®3 75; English magnum per 
sack — (3$2 00 ; sweet, Jersey per bbl. $4 003—; 
Onions, Connecticut red per bbl. $4 5035 do, Or 
ange County red, per bbl, $4 25@4 75; do Bermuda, per 
crate. $3 253 3 50. do, yellow, per bbl., $4 2534 50: Tur¬ 
nips,per bbl —c Kale,per bbl, 8150® 1 75. Cabbages,per 
bbl, *2503300: Beets, per crate, «1®1 25; spinach, 
per bbl, $2 0032; string beans, per crate, $2 00 to 3. to¬ 
matoes, $15033; egg plant, choice, per bbl, $5®8. as¬ 
paragus. per bunch, 75c®$l 25; Pease green, per crate, 
$4 00 to 5 00. 
PROVISION MARKETS. 
New York.—Provisions.—Pork.—M ess, asked for 
one year old; $14 75 to 15; New mess, 15 00315 25, 
short clear, 816318, Extra Prime mess, $13: prime 
do, nominal, family mess, $15 50316 50. Bkke—C ity 
Extra India Mess, in tes , *13 00316: Extra Mess. In 
barrels. $7@7 50: Packet, $ 8 §>— per bbl and $12 75 
in tes; Plate. $ 8@8 25. Family Mess, $8 5U@9. Beef 
Hams.—Q uoted at $16 50. Cut Meats. Pickled 
quoted 7 to 7%c: 12 ft average; Pickled Hams lU%c; 
pickled Shoulders, 6 %® 6 %c; Smoked Shoulders, 
7%c; Smoked Hams. ll%c Dressed Hogs. City Heavy 
to Light, 7%@8c; Pigs. 7%c. Lard.-W estern 
steam spot 8.02%@8.05c; City steam, 7.65c; Refined 
quoted, 7.90c: Continent 8.60c; South American April, 
7.96c; May. 7.95 to7.97c; June 7.97 to 7.98c. July. 8.01 to 
8.02c; August, 8.06c. 
Philadelphia, Pa.—Provisions.—Beef.—C ity fam¬ 
ily, per bbl, $8 5039; do packets, $7 50@8; Smoked beef, 
12® 13c; Beef hams, $17 00318 00. Pork.—M ess, $16@ 
—; do prime mess, new,$11 50;do, do, family,$16 50 
®—. Hams-smoked, ll%@12%c; doS. P.cured in tes, 
10 @llc; sides, clear ribbed in salt,8%@9c do smoked 
9 %@ 10 c; shoulders in dry salt, fully cured, 6 %@ -e; 
do smoked, 7®7%e; shoulders,pickle cured,7%@7%c: do 
smoked, 8 %® 8 %c; bellies in pickle, 8%®9%c; do break¬ 
fast bacon, 10@—c. Lard.—S teady City Refined, $8 50; 
do, Steam, $7 87% to 8 . 
St Louis.—P rovisions,—P ork, new mess, $14 25: 
Lard—$7 35@7 40. Dry Salt Meats.—B oxed Shoul 
ders, $6 00®—; Long clear, $7 12%@7 25; clear ribs, 
$7 25@ -; short clear, $7 40@7 50. Bacon— Boxed 
Shoulders, $6 37%: Long clear, $7 87%; clear ribs, 
$—38 00; short clear, $8 25 to —, Hams, at $10 50 
@12 00 . 
Chicago.— Mess Pork.—$14 05@—. Lard.—P er 100 
lbs. $7 62%@—. Short Rib sides (loose), $7 15; dry 
salted shoulders, boxed, $6 00@6 10 ; short clear sides, 
boxed $7 65@7 70. 
DAIRY AND EGG MARKETS. 
New York.— Butter— Creamery.—Elgin extra, 
—@32c: Pennsylvania, best, 31®32c; Western, best, 
— to 30c; do prime, 27 to 29c; do good, 24 to 26c; 
do poor. 20®24c, do held, —3—c; Creamery State fall 
made in tubs, — to —c; do do firkins — to —c; State 
dairy-Half-firkins, tubs, best, 29@30c: do do prime, 
26@28c; do, do, fine, good, 23@25e; Welsh 
tubs, best,—c; do do fine, 26®27c; do do good, 23 to 
25c; firkins aud tubs, best, —®—c; do do fine, —3—c; 
do do good, —@—c. do do poor, —®—c; firkins, best, 
—3-c; do fine, —3-c; do good, — to -c; 
Western—Imitation creamery, best, 25@2,c; do, 
fine. 2032:3c; Western dairy, fine, 21323c; do, 
fair, 18®20e; do do poor, 16 to 17c; do, factory, 
best, 23%@25c: do do prime. 20322c: dodo good. 18@ 
19c do. poor. 15@17c; rolls. 16321. Old lots as follows: 
Creamery held 18 to 21c; state dairy tubs prime to 
best 2 to 25c; do do do poor t« good 17 to 21c; do do 
firkins and tubs prime to best 22 to 24c; do do do do 
poor to good 17 to 21c; do do firkins prime to best 21 to 
23c; do do do poor to good 20 to 21c; western dairy aud 
factory; 14 to 16%. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
New York, Saturday, March 17, 1888. 
• NEW YORK MARKETS. 
Hops—The Interruption of transportation has had 
the effect of stopping even what little business was 
in progress before the storm and values are largely 
Cheese.— Factory, Fancy, white, 12®12%c; do do 
colored, ll%®12c; choice do, 11%@U%c; do, good, 113 
ll%c: light skims, best, 8@l0c: do common 23 4c; 
Ohio factory, fine, li%@U%c; Skims Pennsylvania, 
1 to 2c. 
EGGs.-Near-by, fresh 19%@20c: southerns, fresh 
per doz, 18%@19%c! western fresh 19%®—c; Ducks, 
30 32c. 
Chicago, Ill —Butter.— Fancy Creamery, 22®29%c; 
dairy, 18%@26c. Eggs.— 13@14c. per doz. 
St, Louis, Mo,—Butter.—Higher. Creamery at 24 
to 30c; dairy, 2u to 26c. 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
New York.—Wheat.— No.2 Milwaukee 89%®89%e de- 
liveied; Ungraded red, 90%c; No. 2 Red, 90®90%c; in 
and elevator; 91%@92c delivered; No.2Red, for March 
