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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1889
Page
7
The market notes a heavy supply of sheep and lambs with yearlings scarce and firm. Hogs continue to drift downward while cattle receipts reach 67 on Monday, with markets slow across grades and prices generally firm only for desirable butcher stock.
Receipts were light for cattle with a slow opening and weaker heavy grade, but the market closed active and higher on most grades. Hog receipts were liberal with prices lower than today’s sales, while sheep and lambs held near last week’s closing values. Indiana and Illinois futures cited in market notes.
Telegraph market notes show cattle receipts at Kansas City with steady to firm tone for heavy steers and good demand for stockers and feeding cattle. Hogs and sheep receipts and values paralleled a generally higher trend with strong demand for mutton and sheep in a firm market.
At the continuation of the auction, buyers remained about the same as competition persisted from May 2 to May 7 at Drigoods Market.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a local item noting sand dullness and domes at a place labeled Saee Eee Aia M with limited readable details. No clear event, date, or organization can be confirmed from the text.
The Mark's Guild House on South Eighteenth Street plans an open air event in front of the building if the weather permits. Mr. Goorley and Professor J A B Cotton will lead, with Seneee and Oia, plus a band, providing the music under management.
Markets drifted lower after a firm early showing as cold wet weather and Liverpool tips supported highs. Export and cash business appeared at the seaboard while futures firm later weakened. corn oats rye and lard showed modest shifts with quiet trading and light demand across major centers including New York Cincinnati Milwaukee and Baltimore.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions prices and fabric descriptions such as unwashed bright medium coarse braid and washed tab fabrics. Specific details, dates, or entities are not discernible from the readable portion.
The Appellate Court handed down several decisions. Justice Moran rules Chicago may not require orderly street parades and a police permit is not always needed. Justice Gary asserts the court’s power limits over parade regulations. A suit against Mary’s Training School Boys to restrain contract payments was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction regarding sectarian aid.
A posse including two sheriffs, a deputy marshal, and eight citizens raided a counterfeit gang in Curcaco. They found counterfeit tools and coins and a quantity of whisky. Four men were taken into custody.
A note on Mount Washington sales shows rapid buyer movement to elevated South Side districts. Oakland and Squirrel Hill gain from improving transit with new electric roads and Fifth Avenue loop cable cars. An old gate of post office property rumor resurfaces, but sale requires Congressional action. Quote from a Butler grocer about a butter barter ends with a moral on honesty. Water discovery at West End spurs sales as four lots go yesterday and Temperanceville rises in bidding. real estate agents praise auctions for quick, competitive pricing.
The market shows dullness with orders but no urgency as brokers expect better fortunes for principals. Notable moves include 500 Pittsburg and Manchester Railway shares sold by Henry M. Long, 100 Chartiers Gas shares at 6, and scattered afternoon sales totaling 26 for the day.
The cashier said demand for money was fair and loan activity was up from the same period last year. Banks reported satisfactory business, with rates unchanged and total figures noted around $2,104,887.72 in loans and $410,000 balances on call in New York.
Fragmented figure list shows clearings and balances across regions. Pri apELrara scene notes bank clearings totaling millions with specific sums for Gas rents and tobacco money, plus a St Louis figure and a separate balance amount.
Oil prices opened strong but quick selling pushed values lower into the day. Buyers in Oil City and New York limited activity as outsiders kept hands off. Dealers noted no new catalysts and a lack of coordinated effort to push prices up, with corrections daily by John M. Daxtey & Co.
Fragmentary lines describe O11 Markets with mentions of prices, sales figures, and barrels. Readable bits reference specific price points and a stated total of 734000 barrels, but many words are garbled, yielding limited coherent facts.
Samuel W. Black & Co sells Lot 188 in West End Place to Mrs L and Logan for 75 dollars. R. B. Kennedy sells Lot on Yew near Mathilda to Wm Lowry for 500 dollars. Jacob Erich buys on Boquet Street Oakland for 7 dollars. George Erich buys adjacent lot. Hefferson frame dwelling 774 Fireaines Oe sells for 2200 cash. Clearing House proposed in Yousastown C. News notes 11 blast furnaces active and 40 mortgages recorded, largest 6000 dollars. Oil stock markets buoyed by holiday. banks closed. Jexsixes & Son open office in Kohlmyer block. Pittsburg and Mexican Mining Company touted as richest tin mines with 45 percent ore yield.
New York stocks closed lower after a lighter day of business. Declines led by Chicago specialties and Cotton Oil Trusts weakened the general list while Vanderbilts showed relative strength. Western Union rose briefly, bonds remained active, and traders noted holiday closing Monday with funds leaving the city.
fragmented OCR text references stock exchanges and companies Aiming to summarize but readable detail is insufficient to identify individuals events or clear entities for a proper news item
Mining stocks list shows Belcher Boa Ghollar 200 CrownCher OllaT and Calif Vir values. Key names include Deadwood El Eureka Consolidated 13 percent 180 Gould Curry 905 Homestake 700 Transver 175 Mexican 325 and Hale Nor Horn Silver Yellow Jacket 870 with other prices around 100 to 420.
Miss Kate Krepley sues Edgar Thompson for damages for breach of promise of marriage. A sewing girl from Allegheny, Krepley alleges Thompson, a plasterer living on Perrysville Road, wooed her from age 13 and engaged for six years, with several wedding dates set then broken as he began seeing other women. The case rests before Judge Ewing.
Emil Yohnke obtained a verdict of $225 from Judge Slagie in a unusual suit against Andrew Shields. Shields’ minor son was the father of Yohnke’s granddaughter, and the claim centered on wares lost by the girl while sewing for the tailor. The case also involved Shields’ father, claiming damages for the wares lost by his daughter during six months of work valued at $125 per day.
A compiled entry lists numerous civil actions in Common Pleas Court numbers 1 and 16. Cases name plaintiffs and defendants including banks insurers boroughs and corporations with motions and adjournments noted.
Philip Franz faced a full day in criminal court on a serious charge. A key Slavonic language witness could not be understood by Court Interpreter Luty who then refused to translate and the court dispensed with the translation service.
Judge Acheson of the United States Court appointed Albert York Smith yesterday as Register in Bankruptcy to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Samuel Harper Esq. The appointment follows the death of Samuel Harper and names Smith as the new official.
Legal actions involve a claim for professional services against the Western Telegraph Company before Judge Asmerdict. A. McCormick and wife sue Sheriff Gray and A. A. Mill for illegal levy and sale with a verdict for plaintiff. The will of Charles Clendenning, 101, West Deer, dated 1882, leaves most real estate to sons John and Robert. Commissioner Haney Cristy files divorce testimony in the Brown case, noting the plaintiff is Effie W. Brown’s mother.
An ad touts Allcock's Porous Plasters as a proven treatment for weak backs rheumatic pains lumbago colds throat malaria and related ailments. It claims over eighty years of use and high medical authority endorsements with numerous testimonials.
A strawberry glut from train delays on the B and C lines hits market with Maryland berries delayed. prices slip to 8 to 12 cents, while local demand weakens. Other produce trade quiet. tropical fruit movement checked by cool weather but prices stay firm. Eggs butter cheese hold steady or firm.
Market notes show buyers and sellers holding firm with little trading activity. Prices for Rio coffees and other varieties listed with extensive figures, while trade reports claim no concessions despite reported firmness in the market.
Fragmentary OCR notes show hams advanced and then dipped below Chicago levels. Mentions of bacon and bellias, with figures like 58 barrels, 2 tabs, and a barrel price around 4 dollars.
Fragmented OCR lists dry white oak green white oak and black walnut values, mentioning West Virginia. It reads like a yard quotation sheet with various wood types and prices, including fan and veneer references, but the text is garbled.
Consolidation in Kansas lands district with Salina, aggs Salina. Baltimore murder trial ends with a three year penitentiary term. New Hampshire Senator Rollins faces threats. Land entries rise in Oklahoma and Kingsfisher districts. Frosts hit New York counties. Rumor on Lower California shifts to strategic talk. Behring Sea sailing order fears stir Victoria. Yukon miners surge as Alaska-British border tightens. Canadian dispute with US over Alaska demarcation persists. Duty ruling confirms 35 percent ad valorem on certain woolen fabrics and clothing.
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