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Newspaper

Pittsburgh Dispatch

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Mar 10, 1891

Page

7

Cattle and Sheep Markets Mixed at Herr's Island and East Liberty

Receipts lighter than last week with 283 cattle and a small sheep run. Cattle from Chicago held by Zeigler and Fromm sold at slight price gains. best beef at 6c per lb for large prime weights. Sheep and lambs fewer in number but in active demand, top sheep at 6c per lb. hogs scarce with steady to firmer prices. East Liberty and Weeds Run yards reported light cattle and fluctuating corn, wheat, and other grain futures with overall cautious activity in the market.

Chicago Isaac Zeigler Andrew Frowm Hierr's Island Stockman J. Zeigler James Wright Pennsylvania Herr’s Island Chicagos Thiadelphias L Zeigler Penneylvania Ohio Charles Volbrecht William Zoller Needy & Frank East Liberty Liberty Yards New York Warker Omaha Deeves Actice Cincinnati Lembs Dull the Burning Journal Rene

Real estate boom fuels Boston to Pittsburg supply bonds

A Pittsburgh Sun column notes a strong real estate market with reported Sunday sales totaling $285,000, ongoing Wilkinsburg improvements, new depot needs, and a $16,000 Neville street sale. It highlights investor faith, forthcoming hotel and storefront projects, and warns on reporting gaps.

Wilkinsburg Lohr Jant Pittsburg Odd Fellows’ Hall Horner Penn Avenue Wood Street Messrs. Kaufmann Pittsburg Clothiers Patton Uros Caldwell & Crange

Cattle and Hog Markets Show Activity Across Cities

Telegraph dispatches reveal mixed but active livestock trading. Omaha leads with high cattle prices and steady feeders, Cincinnati notes strong hogs and cattle, Chicago reports fatty market with steady to lower hogs, St Louis sees strong cattle and lower hogs, Kansas City records firm cattle and steady hogs.

ST. Louis Sheen

Wheat Market Sees Wild Fluctuations On Trade Activity

Wheat opened firm and rose above prior close but cooled as heavy arrivals at Duluth Minneapolis and St Louis pressed prices. Traders noted long positions in corn and a scalping move in oats while Cadaby and others stood short for the next report on last year’s crop. May futures opened around 10.15 and traded higher before turning uncertain.

Berlin Paris Antwerp London Boston New York May Dic Juan M. Oakley & Co Sixth Street Chicago Cadaby Duleth Minneapolis

Boston Market Holds Flat as Electric and Gas Rise in Activity

In a light trading session, Electric and Philadelphia Gas led gains while stock availability remained tight due to ongoing selling. Boston influence buoyed Electric with bids around 12 and 12 1/2, as 620 shares traded and creditors faced uncertainty amid Westinghouse visit talk and Union Switch prospects.

Boston Pittsburg Philadelphia Gas People's Pipeage Electric Pittsburg Traction Luster Lron West Union Switch and Signal Company

Money Market Shows Gains Amid Weather Woes and Uncertainty

Clearing House reports a handsome gain from Saturday as bad weather and uncertainty grip business. Domestic conditions steady, foreign pressures easing with London reports improving. Funds flow to London lagged expectations while April retirements promise better times. Local money market remains well supplied with steady rates and mixed clerical activity. Bond quotations, bank clearings, and exchange rates are listed for major cities.

London New York Prime Mercantile Beerting

Oil market opens bullish with moderate demand

The market opened yesterday with 5000 barrels traded at 7 9 0 and closed at 7 4 4 bid. The mood was bullish yet no substantial buying orders appeared to materialize. Brokers note weak volume and cautious sentiment despite quotes around 75 4 cents for options.

National Transit Certificates Opened Amid Quiet Market

National Transit Certificates opened at 764 in New York with 116 000 barrels cleared and 28 500 barrels shipped while March activity showed 20 239 barrels chartered and 44 298 barrels run. April option opened steady then rose 0 to 3 cents before turning dull.

Om Crry Brapforn New York Pennsylvania

New York Stocks See Narrow Movements Amid Gains

In New York on March 9 trading centered on a small group led by the Grangers Lackawanna and Louisville with New England also showing activity. Opening gains of 4 to 4½ percent gave way to selling and declines from the day’s highs, but losses were recovered in late dealings with broad strength in most names.

New York Grangers Lackawanna Louisville New England

Market shows dull close with selective stock advances

In the final rally day marked advances occurred in a handful of issues while Citizens Gas of Brooklyn fell from 96 to 22 then 80 and rallied to 90 on just 1,000 shares. The market ended firm though dull with Canada Southern, C & 4 St Loss es, Sugar, Rock Island and Louisville and Nashville inching up about 1 percent. Bonds were largely inactive with $635,000 traded. notable weakness in Heading jeaues 4s and incomes, while Louisville and Nashville cons rose to 64. The accompanying table lists active NYSE stocks as of yesterday, per WHITNEY & STEPHENSON.

Citizens’ Gas of Brooklyn Canada Southern Rock Island Louisville Ashville New Albany Chicago New York Stock Exchange Whitney &Stephenson Pittsburg

Paying Connection Reports Yearly Finances of Junction Road

The Junction road annual meeting shows fiscal year receipts of 217820 90 dollars, up 3199 22 from 1889, with 270 from passengers. Expenses total 60976 60, down 1511 81, and 106020 loaded cars were handled. Four thousand two hundred seventy-six feet of second track and new sidings cost 14513 76. Officers elected include Thomas M. King president and William Vankirk vice president. other key posts listed. Discussion noted about Pittsburgh and Western deal and Baltimore and Ohio option, with market rumors of a potential exit. A broad stock snapshot of Boston and Philadelphia markets follows.

Junction Road Thomas M. King William Vankirk P. J. Pierce J. A. Smith R. Finney, Jr John W. Chalfant C. B. Herron H. W. Oliver Jacob Painter, Jr Reuben Miller William Metcalf John Speer William V Kik EL W. Painter C. J. Flizhugn Charles F. Mayer William Fr. Irick Fresiaent King Baltimore and Ohio Pittsburg

Mining Stock Quotations Read Punctuated List

New York trading on March 7 quotes several mining stocks with varied prices. Alice 125 percent, Con solidated California and Virginia 675, Euraka Consolidated 800, Gould & Curry 210, Hale and Norcross 130, How nstake 825, Horn Silver 15, Mexican Vd Mt. Diablo 175, Ophir 825, Plymouth 199, Sierra New 215, Yellow Jacket 190.

New York Alice Consolidated California Virginia Euraka Consolidated Gould & Curry Hale and Norcross Hownstake Horn ‘Pilver Mt. Diablo Ophir Plymouth Sierra New Yellow Jacket

Pittsburgh Ninth on the List in Clearing House Report

The Weekly Statement of Clearing Houses Returns From Many Cities shows Boston and other cities with last week’s gross exchanges and percentage changes from the same week a year earlier. The dispatches from city managers indicate which cities rose or fell in activity.

Boston

Carter's Little Liver Pills Headache Ad

An old advertisement fragment promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills for relief from sick headache. The copy repeats product name variants and emphasizes headache treatment claims.

Carter

Domestic Markets Rise on Grain and Hay Receipts

Report from the Office of Printing Dispatch notes heavy grain and hay receipts and a market boom with coffee up and sugar slow. Eggs demand remains high with top job lot prices around 170 per dozen, butter and oleo firm on continued rise, and lively dairy product prices amid tight supply.

Coffee prices surge with broad advance across markets

The market-wide rise in coffee quotations driven by several weeks of upward movement extends across green and roasted varieties, gaining about a cent per pound. Sugar remains quiet as wholesalers pursue a hand-to-mouth policy ahead of the tariff drop on April 1.

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Receipts mark record day at Grain Exchange

Today saw the largest single day receipt total this year at 67 carloads, with Pittsburg Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway handling 339 cars including corn oats wheat bran malt and bay. Other lines moved hay barley flour corn oat and bran cars amid heavy rain and muted bidding, while No 2 red wheat and various oats and corn grades traded at mixed prices.

Pittsburg Cincinnati and St. Louis Ft. Wayne Hill Lake Erie Grain Exchange Chicago No. Timothy Bay Michigan Western Aese

Flour and meat prices in Buckwheat Flour Market Ad

A fragmented ad-like listing shows prices for flour milled products and meat items. It references buckwheat flour, white and brown middlings, bran, timothy hay, prairie wheat and rye, and various sugar cured hams, bacon, sausage, and fresh pork products with unit prices and bulk lot notes.

Prairi Prairie California

New York Coffee Market Opens With Irregular Trading

Irregular trading in New York Mareth Coffen Options showed a four point drop to ten up before closing steady. Sales reached 64 790 bags with March at 18.10 and April at 17.66 0.17. The market featured firm specs with air cargoes and No 7 quality at 18kc.

New York Mareth —Coffen Ica Ft Mer Ae Ie Trio

Grain in Sight Decline in Chicago Board Wheat and Corn

Chicago March 2 visible supply reports show wheat at 22,791,000 bushels, down 1,000. corn 2,857,000, down 180,000. oats 71,000, down 80,000. rye 3,003,000, down 6,000. total 2,068,000 bushels, down 331,000.

Chicago

Drygoods Market Steady. Prints Production Curtailment Mentioned

New York March 1 market report notes steadiness with most sales at regular prices. Production of prints is being curtailed and cotton goods are expected to strengthen prices as cotton advances.

New York

Silver in London Supplies New York Iciness

Special telegram reports London price for silver at 46d per ounce and New York bullion dealers noting a strong selling rate. Gold value of silver bullion in the standard dollar remains implied but unclear.

New York London

Market Bulletin Shows Mixed Metals And Wool Receipts

Copper remains dull and heavy while tin holds firm in March trading. Lead shows steady domestic pricing at 3745 and a lake port level near 140. Wool receipts reported at 1,577 pounds with overall steady, unchanged tone in St Louis market.

New York Lake Louis

Rivers Rising as Flood Risk Lingers for City

Heavy snow and rain keep rivers watchful though steamboat men expect no new flood. Monongahela reaches 12 feet and climbs about two inches per hour while headwater rain persists. Coal shipments delayed as miners work. two weeks before coal is loaded. Coal City returns empties from New Orleans for Joseph Walton & Co. Packet boats run on time with freight and passenger service. Keystone State Lizzie Day and H. A. Bradford sail to Cincinnati Charleston and Wheeling.

Monongahela Coal City New Orleans Joseph Walton & Co Eystone Lizzie Day H. A. Bradford Cincinnati Charleston Wheeling

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