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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1889
Page
7
Receipts of cattle at Liberty and other markets rose this week with 80 cars entering Monday and 15 new routes added. Prices fell 15 to 25 cents from last week, heavy cattle hit hardest amid mixed demand for stockers and calves, while prime lambs held some value and hog markets showed activity but thin runs with prices down from prior levels.
McCall & Co report liberal cattle receipts with market prices mostly lower for most grades. Prime cattle range 1584 to 1000 lbs with some heavy weights near prior levels. Sheep receipts light today, market unchanged. prices cited for prime Ohio and other categories.
Telegraph summary shows cattle hogs and sheep receipts in Kansas City and St Louis with market toneweak to steady. Beef, shipping steers, cows and stockers in Kansas City mixed prices and tonnage. hogs and lambs varied by class with steady to lower figures. St Louis receipts similar with native and western fed cattle and hogs reported and prices indicated.
Drygoods business in New York on April 21 shows light to fair activity with moderate demand for seasonable materials. Cotton goods tone improves with a steadier outlook though prices remain unchanged. cheap goods continue to move in modest volume.
In St Louis and woodland markets activity remains subdued with about 140,000 feet of logs in Tandings on Penobscot lumber rep on a value around 1 400. Prices hold steady while demand lags. Reports note need for rain and easing yard conditions.
Cairo based markets report a safer trading mood in wheat with outside operators purchasing and short covering. Prices for May and June rose slightly while May and July futures traded higher and shorts covered. Commodities tones stayed steady as corn oats and rye largely moved within narrow ranges.
The Vienna street car strike has ended. The legislature moves to restore the death penalty for murder. An explosion in Brance Cullen Dothan kills five. Sinais makes wearing Grand Army buttons a misdemeanor. The US steamship Pete arrives in New York under sail. Capital may fund the completion of a project. A shooting in Fabocher La leaves Noel Thibo deaux dead. City of Paris makes the Sandy Hook to Queenstown run in six days five hours and minutes. Rumors swirl of a tobacco industry merger in St Louis. Union Pacific stockholders reelect the old board. A Carter divorce suit in Chicago questions alleged insanity at a sanitarium. James Hogan, 65, commits suicide in Chicago after drinking. Baltimore and Ohio vice president warns against retirement. Bloom Run official overdrawn from treasury. The Oriole schooner ashore Wreck Shoals. Verbena fails in rescue. President pardons Charli Warner of Maryland for cannery business violations with a fine. Balti merchants and manufacturers active.
An East End resident notes his son’s risky Oklahoma venture amid a wider discussion of mining and town-site speculation. The Wilkinsburg water project advances with pipe laid toward the reservoir and pumping station, aiming for July water supply. A Fort Payne Alabama town plan by New England capitalists gains scale, while Florence Alabama attracts 20 factories and $1.5 million in plant investment. Southern business activity and crop conditions boost optimism across markets and trade.
Captain Barbour faced a quiet morning with no sales as brokers stood apart across a market chasm. Afternoon trading improved slightly with two stocks moving 210 shares, while overall figures remained flat and buyers and sellers remained far apart.
Samuel W. Black & Co sold Nos 18 and 20 Diamond street with a four story brick building for about 40000. L C Frazier sold four lots at Home and Plumer streets to Henry J Lang for 4000. Black & Baird sold four lots at Cypress and Gross near Ben Venue station to Samuel Hall for 3000. Reed B Coyle & Co sold five lots at Homewood Station for about 2000 to M Corbie and John S Boyd. Alles & Halley sold lot at 18th avenue for 900 in Wilkinsburg. The Novelty Steel Wheel Company shares traded at 60. Mellon Bros sold a parcel on J Clair street and Black street for 3700. A C Reiley sold Barton homestead Fifth avenue near Barton street for 86000.
The article notes dull business in local money markets with no price or rate changes. Call and time rates hold at 6 6, small-note supply adequate, and clearing totals vary by city including Baltimore Chicago and London figures.
Trading opened with doubt but soon firm buyers pushed prices higher by 1 cent. Activity remained strong with large blocks traded locally and in New York, Oil City, and elsewhere. The day saw a rally to 83 and a close near 83 amid expectations of further gains though a true boom remained unlikely.
The Beaver Refining Company begins operations at Morfan's Crossing, a mile west of Bradford, with a daily capacity of 5,000 barrels. Joseph Post of Salem leases 100 acres of the Holiday farm and plans three test wells now, with up to Ll more if results prove satisfactory.
New York April 4 The stock market showed a shrinking business volume yet an overall uptick with London prices lifting early and sustaining a firm tone. Wabash, Manitoba, Philadelphian stocks and several trusts moved notably. overall turnover eased to 1 108 000 with several gains including Manitoba Dakota sixes and Cleveland Cincinnati Indianapolis consolidations.
Fragmentary stock list and railway reference items from Boston market pages. Includes notes on Ateh Top Ist 7s, Albany listings, Eastern BR, and Old Colony with scattered figures and place names, reflecting a partial market summary.
In a contentious Orphans Court hearing, Allie Hearn a 12 year old girl living with Patrick O Herron on Seventeenth Street was placed under guardian J R Nobbs of the Twelfth ward. The case, rooted in religious disputes, followed a failed habeas corpus bid by her sister who sought her custody. The guardian was ordered to place Allie where she would be best using his discretion.
Common Pleas Nos. 1 and 2 list multiple civil actions including Reynolds v Craig Heyman v Weidinger Spencer v Berger McCrader v Kauffman and Bro Miller v Johnston Heckman v Groet ainger U Haird Machine Co v Specialty Glass Park v Doubleday Straub v Troy Hill Incline Plane Co Gaines v Calhoon McBride v Walker Brewing Co Mosely v Eagen McKnight v American Building and Loan Association Commonwealth v sahee executor Wellington v Woodgar and criminal cases Commonwealth v Henry Bian Gottlieb Gilgen Thomas Halloway.
Homestead man pleads to selling liquor without license on Bundy Street. Troy Hill suit filed for 6000 damages for slander. Pittsburgh woman awarded 1064 for property water damage. East Deer resident sues for 2000 slander and alienation. Two men on trial for embezzling 7000 from Crescent Brewing Co. County bids opened for eight county bridges. Anderson suit verdict awarded 270 to Mrs Anderson and 1 Isaac on Liberty Street. Architect Rutan and O Reilly inspect new Court House with County Commissioners. Dawson files 150 damages claim for horse injury on Bull Creek Bridge. Homestead Water and Gaslight stock split into 60 shares. Two more 10000 false arrest suits against Allegheny police in Bowers raid filed.
Ottawa reports the Minister of Customs received a Washington dispatch about a duty on Canadian cars used in the United States. He argued the 3,000 cars in constant use likely refer to cars kept in the U S, not those merely passing across. He said buyers who bring cars into the U S and do not return them should pay duty, ending a long running practice.
Norronk Va April 24 Last Sunday night a colored man named Big shot was killed on Isaac Easton farm near Sober Ground. The killing is claimed to be in self defense as the accused was struck and unable to resist, with signs of breathlessness and weakened flesh. Dr Jaynes Expectorant is mentioned as a remedy to avoid or palliate worst outcomes.
Office notes slow egg prices and scarce choice apples while tropical fruits move freely. Poultry supply is healthy, oats demand light, old potatoes slow but new receipts rise. prices for cheese, sugar, coffee, and groceries edge upward as farmers report calm after Easter week.
Market bulletin lists total receipts at the Grain Exchange with 32 cars in transit. Goods from Pittaburg, Ft Wayne and Chicago include hay oats barley flour. other routes show oats hay wheat and feed. Sales on call feature timothy hay and No 1 timothy hay with varying prices. general tone notes ample cereal receipts and fluctuating cash pricing.
Fragmentary listing of sugar cured hams and related pork products with unit prices and barrel sizes. Mentions pigs feet pricing at $400 for half barrel and $190 for quarter barrel.
An unreadable OCR fragment appears to list Armour and Co items including furnishings and meat products with stray letters and numbers. The legible bits reference pork loins and assorted goods, but the overall entry is fragmented and unclear.
Fragmented OCR draft mentions green and white oak planks with lines noted alongside a numeric tag. Limited readable details suggest a carpentry or construction reference without clear event or outcome. Further context needed for a precise card.
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