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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1895
Page
6
New York produce market shows mixed futures and steady to firm tones across corn oats and wheat. Butter cheese and dairy prices described as quiet with slight declines or steady levels.
The Philadelphia tallow market shows steady prices with rates around 1.76 for lambs and related products. birds and cake values noted. In Pittsburgh on November 14, oil traded at about 1.80 with sales and quotes at 1.68 to 1.61 as markets opened and moved.
Wheat receipts and bids show mixed activity with white and red spring varieties listed. Market details reference different grade classifications and bag counts, with futures months noted as March.
Receipts show 4,000 oats on sale with marey and firm activity. Prices listed for various cattle and sheep categories including mixed stock and port sheep, with bids around 3.26 to 4.96 and best figures noted.
Chicago live stock market report notes ready values for packing and ship trades as common choices with assorted lots priced between 1.00 and 3.70.
Contractors in Newton Falls begin a test well at Ft Wayne Alliance to improve water supply while rail projects expand. The Pittsburg Akron and Western and Cleveland Lorain and Wheeling lines push new locomotives and coal cars, with 400 workers grading extensions. In finance news the Great Northern Northern Pacific consolidation faces court rulings, and New York Erie Railway Company reorganizes after foreclosure with a $146 million capital and voting trust structure led by notable directors.
Production of pig iron on November 1 reached a record high with weekly blast-furnace capacity at 217,300 tons, up from October and September. Iron stocks declined to 396,000 tons, signaling strong consumption. Prices show volatility as Bessemer iron slips to 31.3, steel billets ease to 19 and 19.50. Reading Coal and Iron chief Henderson reports West demand for anthracite is rising while East shortages grow and new freight rates to Buffalo go into effect.
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls General Mahone in the Confederate era. It notes his dyspepsia and his insistence on keeping a cow in the field to supply milk. Anecdotes describe Mahone's stubborn temper and a cook who ate buffalo meat, set against a Petersburg memory.
In the Senate Mahone received flowers from a fair constituent, which he sent to his wife after removing the card. The gesture drew laughter from Don Cameron and others as Mahone admitted he has much to learn. He urged for a fresh cigar.
A long reported accident near a Cincinnati lawyer’s gimmick overturned a murder conviction. Avery, tried in Tennessee for Charles Ensley’s 1887 death, faced hang_ ing. Wallis’ demonstration showed a sunlit refraction created a fatal shot, discrediting circumstantial evidence and altering the case’s outcome.
The Boston Traveler credits Bishop Potter with narrating a sea sickness tale that starkly depicts misery and irresponsibility aboard a voyage. The story emphasizes the horrors of mal de mer and its impact on sailors and passengers.
A sea voyage from Liverpool grows tense as a passenger helps a gravely ill woman on deck but learns she does not acknowledge the man beside her and insists she does not know who he is. The incident unfolds amid prevalent seasickness and a fragile mood among travelers.
Report from Philadelphia describes the long ago murder of Cornelius owner and a gold hoard said to be worth $20,000 hidden near the Cornelius Plantation. Three strangers arrived offering to locate the treasure with John Findley paying for the search and keeping all finds. They searched the old mansion site, left behind a rusty vessel and a note, and vanished.
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