Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 February 1889 — Page 6

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THE MMB NATIONAL BANK, Design a tpl Unltctl State Depository. Corn-r r.onn Odd-fellows' HalL Tnro. r. IlArciiET, Pres't, E. E. Kexjced. Cash'r. CONDITION OF THE 3LLKKETS

RTieat Quiet and Slightly Lower for May, While July Is a Fraction Higher. Corn Unchanged on Light Transactions Oats Doll and Easier Provisions Quiet, Firm and Higher for Leading Articles. MOXEY, BONDS AND STOCKS. TL- Market "Was IVeak Doxlng the Day, but Strong and Higher at the Close. NEW YOI1K, Fcd. 23. Money on call ruled easy, -with no loans, closing offered at 2 per cent. Price mercantile paper. 42 6 per cent. Sterling exchange dull but 6teady at $L8CU lor tixty-day bills, and $LSi for demand. The total Rales of stock to-day were 100.343 fhares, Including the following: Atchison, 6,750; Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, 3,400; Erie, 3,440; Late Shore, 3,125; Louisville & Nashville, 1,300; 3Iissouri Pacific, C.520; "W-tuwestern.3,320; Northern Pacliie preferred, ,3 0; Oregon Transcontinental, 5,750; Reading, 3,700; St Taul, 1,700; Union Pacific. 7,510; Western Union, 3,307. The etock market to-day was strong at both end.. but -weak in the middle, -with the result of making, except in a few stocks, but slight final changes, which, however, were generally in the direction of higher figure?. The strong tone noticeable at the clo3e on Thursday continued at the opening this morning, and the first sales f howed advances over Thursday's final firices of from 4 to 1 per cent, with Northern Pacific preferred, Union Pacific and Atchison showing the largest advances. Ther was good buying for London account of a few of its specialties, but the professionals were selling, and after the first demand was - satisfied, the bears came in to hammer the list, making ft. Paul and Cotton Oil their special points of attack. The latter was lorccd off 12 per cent., but the loves in the rest of the list were confined to fractional amounts only, St. Paul preferred being the weakest stock in the reular lift. Burlinsrton k Oregon Navigation wero the strong points in the early trading, but Manhattan dvelofed themot marked strength after 11 o'clock, and rose over a point, followed by the Big Four. Lower prices were reached in the last hour, but the pressure was removed from the list, and buying to cover set in, which broucrbt almost everything up to and beyond last Thursrlay'a tieures. the market closing quiet, but firm to Atnur. The active LUt L almost invariably higher this evening, though the advances aro cn q fined to fractious only, except in Manhattan, which rose 1 4 per cent.; Big Four, 1H. and Union Pacific 1 per cent. 6t. Paul preferred, however, lost ln. The dullness in the share list was also shown in the railroad bond market to-day, the sales of all Ksnes reaching only $$06,000, out of which j:rie seconds contributed $13G,000 and the Cairo cc Fnlton firsts $100,000, while the number of shares traded in underwent marked decrease. There was a firm tone, but the changes in quotations were for tho smallest fractions, and important a5 ranees are few in number, and no declines of n te whatever were made. Beyond the animation in the two issues mentioned there was no featm! to the trading. The sales of bonds for the week acgrecatcd $9,302,000, against 10,629,000 for the last week, which, however, contained six nusmess days. Government bonds were duU and steady. Mate bonds were neglected. Closing quotations were: Four per ct. bonds. 128 Four per ct.coup.. 128?t Four and as reg.l077e Four and a ljs coup 109 Pacific Us of '95... 120 i Louisiana st'P'dls. Missouri tis.l loOio Tenn. new set. 6s.l03 Tenn. new set. 5s101 3 Term, new set. 3.. 7'2 C am Southern 2ds. QGi? Cen. Pacific lsts.,113 Dem A R. G. lsts.. 121 Den.&R.O. 4s... ".5 Kansas fc Texas... 13U Lake Erie fc West.. 1084 L.,E.fc w. pref... 58 Lake Shore 1044 Lou. & Na."h. 6OI4 Lou. &N.A. ,. 46 Mem. t Charleston 3llchigan Central. 893 411L., Lt. Si ' 70 M LL, I 8 j & W. DreflO 1 X Minn.ji8t.L 5 Jl.et. L.pref 10 Missouri Pacific... 7134 Mobile & Ohio 103 NashviUe&Chat.. 90a New Jersy Central 903 l)en.R.O.W.lsls' 93 Erie seconds.. ...10314 21., k jc x. gc-a.6. 5G orroik3c w. prel. o'J 51.. K. &T. Ren 5s. 53 Northern Pacific. 2634 10134 Northern Pac pref 62 N. J. C.inL cert... 1091 Northwestern. 10034 North'n Pac. lsts..ll7L North n. Pao 2ds..ll5 orthweste'n pref.140 New York Cent:aL109 N'west'n consols. .144ss wesrn deb'n 5s.lloia N.Y.,C.&St.L... 185 N.Y.,C.&St.L.pref. 73 Orepon & Trans 6s.l0o2 8t.L.fcI. M.gen.5s 90 1 St.L.d:8.F.Ken.m.ll7 I ft. Panl consols.. .123a FLP.,C.&P. lsts. .119 T. P. L. G. Tt. Beta 89 3 T.P. R.G.Tr.Kcta 374 Union Pacific lsts-im West Shore 106b Adams Express. ..150 Alton & T. H 49 Alton k T. H. pef . 90 O. fe Mississippi... 238 u & m. prer bo Ontario & West 17b Ore. improvement 59 Ore. Navigation... 96b Ore. & Trans 33 M Pacific MaiL 37b Peoria. D.&E..... 253i nttsburg.... 155 fuuman palace... 199 Heading 47 Rock Island 9634 American Expressll3 St. & 8. F 25 Bur.,C. K.&N.... Canada Pacific... Canada Southern.. Central Pacific... Ches. & Ohio C. & O. pref. 1st.. C. fc O. pref. 2ds .. 25 St. L. & 8. F. pref . 62 h oa2 8J & a. Y. 1st pref.109 54's St. Paul 62 ao;sL Paul pref. 9S CO tSt. Paul. M. & N...102b 173i st. ram & omana. 32 13 St. Paul & O. nref . 92 Chicago ii Alton.. 130 C, B. & Q. 102 C, fit. L. 4: P 1734 C..8t.L.fcP.pref. 40 Tenn Coal & Iron. 374 Texas iacinc 21 T. & O. Cen. pref.. 50 Union Pacific 65 C, S. & C. t3 U. 8. Express. 81b W.,St.L.fcP 13ia CleverdAColnVb's 72 Del. & Hudson. ...136H Bel.. Lack. A W... 141U W.,8t.L.&P.pref. 27 J4 wells & Fargo Er.141 Western Union.... 86 Bcn.&B.G 1634 LastTennessee 9 Am. Cotton-oiL.... 58U E. Tenn. 1st pref.. C9U uiioraao coal 35 E. Tenn. 2d pref... 22 Ilomestake 12b Erie 293t IronbUver. 330 Erie rreferred Ontario 34 Fort Wayne 150b Quicksilver 7 Fort Worth & Ben Quicksilver pref. flocking Valley. .. 26b feutro Houston & Texas. 12 Bulwer llUnois Central. .. .109b! nich & W.W I., B. & W llbl'Ex. dividend. 37 11 45 26b The weekly bank statement shows the follow ing changes: Beserve, decrease $1,555,450 ioans, increase 951,300 J'rcie, decrease 513,100 Legal tenders, decrease 989,600 I eposits, increase 211,100 Circulation, increase 4,000 The banks now hold $15,701,150 in excess of the 25 per cent. rule. NEW YORK. reb. 23.-Bar silver, 93bc Business of the Clearing-IIouses. Boston, Mass., Feb. 21. The following table, compiled from dispatches to the Post from the leading clearing-houses in the United States, thows the gross exchanges for the week ending Feb. 23, 18S9, with rates per cent, of increase or decrease, as compared with the amounts for the corTespondlngwck in 1S88: New York S565.79S.307 Increase.. 25.2 Increase ..17.0 Boston.. 81,194,361 58.062,167 51,949,000 15,744,817 13,061,320 11,133,262 9.004,235 9,210,900 8.670.207 7,91,796 2.777.180 4.364,200 4.583.608 3,351,502 2.812.195 2.591,674 2.607.049 2,733.290 3.158,877 2,931.683 2,101.313 1,610.289 1,454,963 1,430,K3. 1,1 5 14 2,089,992 1,160,127 1,870.033 684,800 857,481 77S265 597,195 785.32 919.314 862.013 ;5.499 586.333 477,875 293.909 3C5.494 300,521, Philadelphia Chicago t. Louifc Fan Francisco... Pittsburg Baltimore Cincinnati New Orleans.... Kansas City Louisville........ ITovidence Milwaukee Detroit Ft. Paul. Omaha Minneapolis Denve r Cleveland. Memphis Columbus Indianapolis.... Hartford Peoria M. Joseph BKbmomL f;alveton Duluth Los Angeles..... New Haven..... Norfolk. Wichita Portland J-prlngfield Worcester Lowell Syracuse J rand Bapids... Topeka HouxCity Tacoma Increase. .13.3 Increase.. 5.7 Decrease.. Decrease.. Increase.. Increase.. Increase.. 5.8 0.1 8.3 l.O 9.6 Decrease. .12.8 Increase ..23.2 Increase.. 2.49 Increase.. 4.6 Increase.. 22.3 Decrease.. 6.5 Decrease.. 2.1 Increase.. 4.1 Decrease.. 4.5 Increase ..26.8 Increase 12.2 Increase.. 20.(i Increase .. O.q increase., o.a Decrease.. 6.4 Increase. .14. 9 Increase.. 4.3 Increase. .18.8 Increase ..6o.2 Increase.. IOO.O Decrease. .50.0 Decrease.. 17.4 Decrease.. 2.6 Decrease. .17.1 Increase .. 3.1 Decrease.. 0.9 Increase.. 3.9 Increase ..13.7 Increase. .15.8 Decrease.. 5.0 Increase. .24.2 Total 57.890,305 Increase ..19.9 Outside New York, 322.09l.9S8 Increase .. 9.7 TRADING AT CHICAGO. The Ufis and Downs of the Market, with the Hang In Price of the Leading Articles. CniCAGO, Feb. 23. Wheat was quiet. There was a noticeable lack of ouUlde orders, and local trading was also of a restricted order character. The market opened up stronger, with prices la 1 be higher than the closing figures of Thursday, Influenced by the change to severe cold weather, but the advance was met with pretty fair offericira. under which the marfcet became weak, and after numerous small fluctuation gradually t?uUd a lower i?olnt with each reaction, until a

decline of bo was scored cm the top price of the day, and closed about 34C lower for May than the closing lLgures of Thursday,

and 3go higher for July. There was nothing exiKX'ial in outside news to influence the market. Transactions in corn were chiefly confined to room ojerators. The market opened at Thurs day's closing figures, end gradnzJly declined 4C, rracted UaV; ruled steady and closed about the same as Thursday. Oats were uiui ana. easier. Prices for Mar receded bac and closed quiet. A quiet and firm feeling prevailed in hog products, and prices averaged higher In the leading articles. Prices were adranetd in tho day, owing to fair buying on the part of "snort. rratthc improvement was not sup ported, and about the middle of the session the advance was lost. Later prices rallied to the out side. rnt settled Dark strain to medium ngures and closed quiet. The leading futures ranged as follows:

Option. OpenCff nighetl Lowest Closing Wheat-March fl.0S34 $U083t 51.068 ll.OG5 May 1.10b 1.103; l.ouk 1.09 July l.W3 1.0534 l.C43j 1.04?4 Corn March.. 343 3b April.... 25 May 353 35 33 S5b OatsMarch .... 237$ 3Iay 273t 273i June.... 267 .... .... 27 Pork March 11.17b May 11.33b 1L40 ll.22b ll.S2b June 11.40 11.32b U.40 Lard March.. 6.80 6.77b 3Iay 6.90 6.92b .83 6JO June 6.02b COS 6.90 6.95 Ehortribs-Mar 6.20 6.82b 6.90 May 6.05 6.10 6.00 6.07b June.... 6.07b 6.15 6.07b 6.12b

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour firm and unchanged. No. 2 spring wheat, $1.06 ai.os:No. 3 sDrtnc wheat, yuicuvc; jo. mz reo. $1.0631.08; No. 2 corn, 344C; No. 2 oats, 253c: No. 2 rye, 43c; No. 2 barley, nominal; No. 1 flaxseed, $1.56; mess pork, per bbl, $11,159 11.20; lard, per pound, 6.75 fc6.77bc; short-rib sides (loose), 5.8535.95c; dry-salted shoulders (boxed). 5.25 2 5.27bc: short-clear sides, (boxed) 6.12ba.6.25e: whisky, distillers' finished goods. per gal, $1.03. On the Produce Exchange, to-day, the butter market was steady and unchanged. Eggs steady at 13c Eaceints Flour.16.000 brls; wheat. 50.000 bu; corn, 190.000 on; oats, 161,000 bu; rye, 6,000 bu: barley, 106.000 bn. Shipments Flour. 17,000 nns: wneau 40,oou du; corn. -:.uuu era; oats, 161,000 bu; rye, 6,000 bin barley, 69,000 bu. AT NEW YORK. Ruling rrices in Produce at the Seaboiird'f Commercial Metropolis. NEW YORK, Feb. 23. Flour Receipts, 16 717 packages; exports, 14,877 brls, 9,155 sacla; market strong but quiet; sales, 11,900 brls. Wheat-Receipts, 2,200 bu; exports. 1,997 bfl; sales, 1,043,000 bu futures, 4,000 bu spot Spot market firmer, with fair milling demand: No. 2 red, 08 9940 elevator, $1.01a 1.013s afloat, 99bo3$L01 f. o. b No. 3 red, 94 94bc; No. 1 red, $1.031.03b; Ko. 1 white, $1-3 1.01b. Options dull, bUo higher and firm; No. 2 red, February, closing at OSc; March, 98T9994e, closing at 987c; April, closing at $1.0014; May, $1.01Ss1.01, closing at Sl.oisg; June, $1.013831.01. closing at Sl.oiss: July, 97397c, ciosin at U7c; August, 94c, closing at 94c; December, 97 07bc cloeing at 97c. Barley quiet: ungraded Canada 752 83c. Barley malt dull; Canada 0O3 $1.10 for old and new. Corn Receipts, 99,600 bu; exports, 139,743 ba: nales. 80.000 bu futures. 128.000 bu spot. Spot market firmer and moderately active: No. 2. 433444o In elevator, 4545I40 afloat; No. 2 white 46bc; No. 2, 40b341bc; ungraded mixed, 40b443ic: steamer mixed. 41442bc Op tions dull, b 4C lower and weak; February, 44c; March. 44c; April, 43433ic. closing at 43 ec; Mar. 4343433hc. closing at 434C: June. 437a 44c, closing at 43V; steamer mixed, April,41bc Oats Keceipts,45.ooobu; exports. 98 du; saic, no futures; 49.000 bu spot. Spot market dull and steady. Options neglected; February, uc; March, 30 34c; April, 31 He; May, 313ic; spot No. 2 white. 33333J4C: mixed Western. 28b33c; white Western, 33339c; No. 2 Chicago, 32c. Hay steady and quiet; 8hlpiing,6a i Oc; good to choice, 80-3 95c. Coflee Options opened firm and 1525 points nn and closed steadv at 15320 points above Thursday. Baku, 46.000 bags, includ ing: February, i.jdc; aiarcn, io.4Ud 16.45c; April, 16.35316.40c; May, 16.35 'tf 16.45c; June. 16.50c; July, 16.55 16.60c; August, 16.70 16.75c-v September, 16.85 t 16.95c; October. 16.85 2 17c; November, 16.90c; December.' i6.9UJ17e. 8pot Rio stronger, but ?uict; fair cargoes 177sc Sugar Raw strong; air refining, 4 13-16c; centrifugals, 96 test, 5 9-16c; refined 6teady and quiet. MolassesForeign firm; New Orleans, dulL Rice steady and quiet; domestic, 434 a b-bc; Japan, -4'a.o4c. Cotton-seed oil steadier; crude prime, 40c; yellow, 48c Tallow quiet and steady; city, 54C Rosin quiet and nnn; strained, common 10 good, $1.05 n 1.12 b. j;rgs firmer; western, hidmc; receipts, 5,655 packaea. Pork firm; old mess, $12; new mess, $12.50 12.75; extra prime. $12a12.25. Cut meats Suiet; pickled shoulders, SSc; pickled hams, 34-3 loc; middles firm; short clear, 6.40c Lard stronger, but dull; gales. estern steam, 7.20c; city, 6.80c; March. 7.19c; Apm, 7.19c; May, 7.20c; June, 7.21c; July, 7.23c; August, 7.25c; September, 7.28o. Rutter weak and quiet; Western.dairy, 133 20c; Western creamery. 16329c: Eltnns. 30331c Cheese quiet and easy; Western, lOb&llbc DUN Ss COS WEEKLY REVIEW. Trade Rathe? Quiet, with the Average Prices of Commodities Still Declining. NEW Y'ORK, Feb. 23. Dun & Cos weekly re view of trade says: It can hardly be said that business has improved during the past week, and the accounts from interior points almost uniformly represent trade as rather quiet, or at best, fair. The clearing-house reports continue to show gains over last year, at a majority of cities, but the number falling behind is larger than it has been of late This week's report shows in the aggregate, outside of New York, a gain of 10.7 per cent., but a large part of it is due to stock speculation at Boston. At Chicago and buuib ouicr esiern pomi. gram speculation lias, in like manner. Inflated bank transactions; but general commence in the future continues unaated. The failure of all railroads to assent to the Interstate agreement, with unfavorable reports 01 earnings irom some roads, nas caused some depression in stocks, and the closing on Thurs day was aoout Si per share below last week's. but a stronger market appears this morning. The net earnings overoneratinsr expenses on 127 .nllw.. . IOOO . I 3.( . . laiiiuau?. iui 1000, iHiuuuicu iu 4.4j,oou, against $258,972,626 In 1887, showing a loss of about 9 per cent, for th year, of which the greater part was on orth stern railroads. The iron trade seems rather more steadr. Southern No. 1 is quoted at $17. Bar-iron is still Irregular. The sales of rails in January areoftlcially reported at 494,441 tons, against only 394.8U7 in tno same montn last year, and some works nave now contracts to keep them busy most of the year. The coal market is glutted br excessive production. Copper sells for 16 bo for lake, and the output of the Lake Superior mines in January was 4,557 tons, against 3,686 last year. Tin is weaker at 21.30c in Dreads tuffs there has been a stronger mar ket. Atlantic exports do not Improve, and corn goes to Europe in great quantities in place of wneat, wnne tne exports or wneat from the Pacific porta are remarkably large. But wheat has Tln "lift cincA lust. rV TrMtVirmt rhinom In corn, while oats have declined J4C Pork is steady and lard strong, while hogs are weaker. each by 15c per 100 pounds. Cotton has risen be, with sales here of 400,000 bales. Coffee is 40 stronger, and oil nearly a cent lower. Tho general average of prices for commodities has eclined during tho week. Interior cities all report money In ample supply, and nearly all report collections slow or somewhat backward. The treasury has again mcreasea me circuiauon aooui uu,ixu uy excess of disbursement over receipts for last week. A considerable withdrawal of foreign capital seems, just now, the only apprehended change which could seriously disturb the money market for some time to come, and of this there is as yet uiuc ijuucauuu. The business failures number 270, as compared with a total of 289 last week, and 303 the week previous. For the corresponding week of last . 1 a n"t i vox uw ufciuca w ere .iv. TRADE EV GENERAL. Quotations at St. Louis, Philadelphia, Balti more, Cincinnati and Other Points. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 23. Flour quiet and unchanged. Wheat better. The cold weather and advances at all other points caused a higher opening, but there was more for sale than was wanted and the Price cased otf at once. Subsequently the feelfug was unsettled and trading light, weakening again late, but closing at b2 4C above Thursday; No. 2 red, cash, 97bo asked: May, 99bcs$1.0014, closing at 993ic; July, 8633 87c, closing at 86ag3itbc; August, 85c, closing at 800 nominal. Corn firm; No. 2 mixed, cash, 27 be; March, 273jc, closing at 273ie bid; April, 294C; May, 303&3303c, closing at 303ie asked: June. 31c: July. SjMc; August. 33e,closingat 327sc bid. Oats quiet; No. 2. cash, 25c. May, 273a327bc Rye, 42c bid. Barley nothing doing, nay very ami; praine, a a; timothy, $10312.50. uran, D3b354c. Flaxseed auotable at $1.50. Butter steady: creamerv, 2432Cc; dairy, 20322c. Krscs drm at 11 be, wj Ji demand good. Corn-meal steady at $1.85 e l.vo. Whisky, $1.03. Provisions firmer Pork, $11.75. Lard, prime steam nominally b.bua 6.65c. Dry-salt meats shoulders, 5 3 5.12 be: longs and ribs, 6.05c; short clear, 6.25c, Baccn (boxed) Shoulders. u.25c; longs and ribs, e.75 3 6.87bc; short clear, 7S7.05c. Hams, 10312c. Receipts Flour. 9.000 brls; wheat. 14,000 bu; corn, 172,000 bu; oats, 37,000 bn; rye, 1,000 bu: barley. 13.000 bu. frulpmentA-Hour, 11.. 000 brls: wheat. 8,000 bu; corn, 101,000 bu; oats, 64,000 bu; rye, none; barley, 9,000 du. MINNEAPOLIS. Feb. 23.-8ellers started out to ak Thurs lay's urices for sample wheat among the tables, but there was a marked hesi tancy on the part of buyers, and to induce buylug lower prices were accepted. Speculative markets opened hlcher. but gradually decreased. and lu the absence of any special strength in the lit, millers aid not feel anxious, ft eecuro muca

cash wheat on the. last day of be week. The tables were fairly covered, receipts for the two days beinjc 289 cars, and surplus stocks at tho close were quite large. Shipments wero 149 cars. Iwal elevator stocks are expected to decrease 190,000 bu for tse week. Closing quotation: No. 1 hard. February, $1.19; March. $1.19; Mar, $1.22b. on track, $1.19; No. l Northern, February, $1.08; March, $1.03; May, Sl.lOb; on track, $1.10: No. 2 Northern, February. $1; March, $1; May, $1.02; on track, $1.02. BALTIMORE. Feb. 23. Wheat Western dull but steady; No. 2 winter red, spot, 95b 96c; March, 95b3957ec; May. 9839S7e.c. Corn Western steady; mixed spot. 397a40c; March. 40b3401c; April, 407834mc; May,

4l3i34l7fcc; ateamer, 394339 be oats scarce and firm; Western white, 32334bc Western mixed. 29331c: ended No. 2 white, 32bc

Rye quiet and steady at 56358c. Hay weak; prime to choice timothy, $16. Provisions quiet and steady. Eergs Una at 14ai4bc Cofiee. strong; Rio, fair, 173c Receipts Hour, 54,000 brls; wheat, 9,000 bu; corn. 65,000 bu; . oats. 4,000 bo; rye, 200 bu. Shipments Flour, 17,500 brls; corn. 127,800 bu. Sales Wheat, 10,000 bu; corn, 17,000 bu. PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 23. Flour firm but quiet. Wheat firm and options closed 4C higher; No. 2 red. February, 98149834c: March, 984 98e; April, 094S9934c: May, $1.00a1.01b. Corn steady; sales No. 3 mixed, in grain depot, 39bc; steamer No. 2 mixed, in gram depot, 40c; No. 2 mixed. February, 40b403ic; March, 405834O7gc; April, 41b4l3c; May, 42342bc. Oats Car lots steadr. No. 3 white, 314331 be; No. 2 white, 34c; No. 2 white, fancy, 36 be Futures quiet but steady; No. 2 white, February. 33b334c; March, 33783344C; April, 343 34bc; May, 34b 335c. Receipts-Flour, 6,000 bris; wheat. 3,700 bu; corn, 26,300 bu; oats, 5400 bn. Shipments Wheat, 5, 500 bu; corn, 9,000 bu; oats, 20,800 bu. CINCINNATI, Feb. 23. Flour easy. Wheat weaken No. 2 red, 97c Receipts, I.0OO bu; shipments, 500 bu. Corn barely steady; No. 2 mixed, 33c. Oats easy; No. 2 mixed. 24c Rye quiet; No. 2, 53c Fork quiet at $11.50. Lard stronger at 6.55c Bulk meats and bacon stronger. Whisky active: sales, 1,590 brls. Ratter steady. Sugar firm and quiet. Eggs Supply abundant ; llbc TOLEDO, Feb. 23. Wheat dull, but firm; caab, 99bc3$1.03; May, 993k; July, 91c. Corn steady; cash, 323c; May, 35bc Oats dull; cash, 26c. Clover-seed steady and firm: cash, February and March. $4.85. Receipts Wheat, 4,000 bu; corn. 13,000 bu: clover-seed, 213 bags. ShipmentsWheat, 8,000 bu; corn, 15,000 du; oats, 2,000 bu; clover-seed, 682 bags. DETROIT, Feb. 23. Wheat No. 1 white, cash, $1.02; No. 2 red, cash, $1.014; March, $1.01 b; Way, $1.044; July, 92bc Corn No. 2, cash, 323ic; March, 33c: May. 353ic Oats-No. 2, 264c; No. 2 white, 273ec, Receipts Wheat, 4,300 bu; corn, 23,400 bu; oats, 10,800 bu. oix NEW YORK, Feb. 23. Petroleum opened firm at 91c. but after the first sales, tho market became dull and ranged within 4Cof tho opening until the close, which was steady at 91c Consolidated Exchange opened atOlc; highest, 91 4c; lowest, 903tc; closing at 91c. Stock Exchange opened at 90Tsc: highest, 91 ape; lowest. OOSic; closing at 91c. Total sales, 580,000 brls. Tur pentine quiet and steady at 4734348c OIL CITY. Pa.. Feb. 23. National Transit cer tificates opened at 907ec; highest, 91 4c; lowest. 9034c; closed at 91c: sales, 377,000 brls; clear ance. 2.134.000 brls: charters. 13.492 brls: shipments, 186,367 brls; runs, 96,162 brls. PITTSBURG, Pa.. Feb. 23. Petroleum dull but jQrm. National Transit certificates opened at 9110; closed at 91c; highest, Olc; lowest, 90 ?4C. CLEVELAND. Feb. 23. Petroleum quiet: standard white, 110, 7bc SAVANNAH. 8. a. Feb. 23. Turpentine firm at 41c CHARLESTON. Feb. 23.-Turpentino firm at 434c WILMINGTON, Feb. 23. Turpentine firm at 45bc. Dry Goods. NEW TOP. FC. Feb. 23. There was a fair trade with the Jobbing houses to-day, and an improved business with agents, orders by mail and through personal selections taking more prints, ginghams and staple cottons tnan tor 6ome time past. A decidedly more confident tone pervaded the market, and an era of activity is felt to be near, (iood sales of woolen goods were made to local buyers. Prices in all directions wero steady to firm. ; Cotton. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 23.-Cotton firm: mid-: dling, 9 11-IGc; low middling, 9 3-16c; net re ceipts, 4,791 bales; gross, 4,83a nates; exports to Great Britain, 11,260 bales: coastwise. 2.600 bales; talcs, 7,500 bales; stock, 334,164 bales. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 23. Cotton steady, with but little doing. Sales 7,000 bales, of which 500 were for speculation and export, and in cluded 6,300 bales American. Metals. NEW YORK. Feb. 28. Conner nniet: lake February, 16.50c Lead quiet and firm; domestic, 3.70c. Tin dull; strait, 21.30c. ST. LOUIS. Feb. 23. Lead Corroding dull at 3.45c; chemical hard, 3.45o bid. LIVE STOCK. Little Doing In Cattle Hogs Open Active and Higher, Closing Quiet. Indianapolis, Feb. 23. Cattle Receipts, 100; shipments, 70. But little business transacted, as the supply was xery , light; market steady. Good to choice shippers $3.75 34.25 Fair to medium shippers 3.2033.50Common shippers 2.6033.00 Feeders (1,000 to 1.150 pounds)... 3.0023.50 Stockers (600 to 850 pounds) .- 2.4032.85 Good to choice heifers 2.7533.25. Common to medium heifers 2.0032.50 Good to choice cows 2.65 33.00 Fair to medium cows....- 2.1032.50 Common old cows 1.0031.75 Veals, common to choice 3.5035.50 Bulls, common to choice 1.5032.50 , Milkers, common to choice I8.00335.00 Hogs Receipts, 2.900; shipment, 1,300. Qual ity good; market opened active and higher, closed quiet; all sold. Ltzht $4.60 3 4.72b Mixed 4.55 34.65 Heavy. 4.5034.60 Roughs 3.5034.25 Sheep Receipts, ; shipments, 200. Supply light; quality fair; market steady at about the same prices. Good to choloe shippers $4.2534.73 Fair to medium 3.5034.00 Common 2.7533.25 Lambs, common to choice 4.003 5.50 Bucks, per head 3.0034.00 Elsewhere. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 23. The Live Stock Indi cator reports: Cattle Receipts, 1,414; ship ments. 1,001. Active to extent of supply, and market strong to 10c nigner on Deer sieers and cows; 6tockers and feeding steers steady; good to choice corn-fed. $434.25: common to medium. $2.8033.90; 6tockers and feeding steers. $1.25 Hogs Receipts, 5,651: shipments, nono. Opened strong and 5310c hicrher, closing with advance lost Good to choice, $4.4034.50; com mon to medium, $434.30. Sheep Receipts, 1,795; shipraenis,740. steady. Good to choice muttons, $4.2534.50; common to medium, $2.50 3 3.50. ST. LOUIS. Feb. 23. Cattle F.cclpts, 400; shipments, 1,400. Market steady; choice heavy native steers, $3.7034.30: fair to good steers, $2.9033.75; stockers and feeders, fair to cood. $1.8533; rangers, corn-fed, $2.8033.40; grass-fed, $1.7532.80. Hogs Receipts, 2,uu;smpraenist a,wv. Market stronger; choice heavy and butchers selections. $44534.60; packing, medium to prime, 4.4034.55; light grade, ordinary to best, $4.50 34.65. Sheep Receipts, 600: shipments, 700. Market strong, fair to choice, $335.25. CHICAGO. Feb. 23. The Drovers Journal re ports: Cattle Receipts, io,wu; snipmenta. . Market 6teaay: sieers, ?jt.ou; cows, bulls and mixed, $1.7532.70; stockers, $3; natives, $3.1034. Hogs Receipts, 13,500; shipments, . Mar ket strong and 5c higher; heavy packing and shipping, $4.5034.60; light, $4.9o3o.l0; mixed, $4.50a4.55; skips, $3.5034.20. Sheep Receipts, 1,000; shipments, . Market steadv; natives, prime. $4.12b34.40; Westerns, $4.75; lambs, $4 6.60. EAST LIBERTY, Feb. 23.-Cattle-Receipt. 980; shipments, 1,300. Market firm at unchanged prices. Forty-six cars of cattle shipped to New York to-day. Hogs Becelpts, 2,000; shipments, 2,300. Market active: medium Pbiladeiphias, $4,753 4.85; heavy hogs, $4.5034.65; pigs and Yorkers. $4.9034.95. Eight cars of hogs shipped to New York to-day. Sheep Receipts, 1,600; shipments, S00. Market firm at unchanged prices. BUFFALO, Feb. 23. Cattle Receipts 2.000 thronch; 80 on sale. Market 6teaav; good, $3.2534. Faeep and Lambs Receipts 400 through; 1,460 on sale Market excited; 10320c higher; good sheep, $4.7535.25; good lambs, $5.85 9 O.iHX Hogs-Receipts 3,000 head through: 1,050 on sale. Market excited; 10 a 20c higher; mediums, l.85; Yorkers, $5.1035.25. CINCINNATI, Feb. 23. CattleReceipts, 600; shipments. 570. Market dull and easy. 8ueeP Becelpts, 300; shipments, 300. Market quiet Lauibs in light supply and firm. ITogs Receipts, 3.580; shipments, 1,320. In llpht supply and firmer, common and light, $3.75 -24.65; packing and butchers, $4.5534.75. INDIAN APO LIS MARKETS. The Yfeek's Trade Very Satisfactory Strong1 Prices Ruling. Indianapolis, Feb. 23. ,Trade in the week closing to-day was very satisfactory, with very few fluctuations In values, and ttroug prices ruling all along the line. Traveling salesmen who came in to-day brought In liberal orders, and report the conntrv roads good, and trade with the retail men brukw Grocers had a good week. Tho firm tone v.klvh.

staple groceries " carry stimulates trade, and ' there is novhing In the present situation lndica- ! live of an early weakness, syrups being the only article which rules easy. Sugars, coffees, canned goods, fish, foreign fruits and teas all rule firm, ; and have not fluctuated in values for some days, and the last chance in any article wa upward In rricc The Wholesale Grocers Association is. doing well, and all profess to le , selling at the range of prices which are given the press by the proper representative of tho association. Trade with the dry goods men in tho past week was not quite as brisk as it has been for some weeks past. Druggists are experiencinir an excellent trade, and prices on the principal articles which they haudle rule firm. The flour market still rules weak, and tho demand is at a low ebb. The wool market is featureless, with practically nothing doing. Provisions in a jobbing way are moving more freely at the revised quotations of the early part of tho week. - Tho produce market is fairly active. Apples are decaying badly, and carcf ully picked over stock is selling 25350c higher, but are still $131.50 lower per barrel than at the correspond ing period in 1888.- Receipts of poultry, eggs and butter are light and firm prices rule, eggs advancing lc to-day. Irish potatoes are not in large supply, and indications aro for higher prices in the near future. Other vegetables are plenty and steady at the quotations of 6ome aav8past There is a little more activity to tho .hide market but no improvement to note in prices. In seeds but little is doing. Foreign fruits, such as oranges and baunas, aro in lighter supply and rule a shade higher. Home very line Valencia oranges aro coming on the market, and are selling at $636.25 a case, and fine Messinas at $333.25 a box. GRAIN. There was a fair attendance on 'Change to-day, and the bidding was somewhat animated. Wheat was a shadelower, while prices on several grades of com . ruled a 6hade stronger. Oats were steady. Track bids ruled as follows: Wheat No. 2 red, 99o bid, $1.01 asked; No. 3 red, 90 3 95c; rejected, 75 3 80c for poorer, and 853 90c for choice samples. Corn No. 3 white (grade), 30c; No. 3 white (I in color) Slbc; No. 4 white 29 329 be; No. 3 yellow, 28b329c; No. 2 mixed. 29b 3 30c; No. 3 mixed, 28b329c; No. 4 mixed, 2Sc; ear held at 29 be Oats No. 2 white, 29c; No. 3 white, 2743 27bc; No. 2 mixed, 25bc: rejected, 22324c Bran $10310.25. - Hay-Choice timothy. $12.25312.75; No. 1 timothy held at $10.00311.00: No. 1 prairie, $7.0038.00; No. 2 rrairie, $4.5036.00. The Indianapolis Jobbing Trade. CANNED GOODS. Peaches Standard 3-pound, $1.8032.00; 3Ssund seconds, $1.4031.60. Miscellaneous lackberries, 2-pound, 80390c: raspberries, 2pound, $1.1531.30; pineapple, standard, 2pound, $1.4032.50: seconds, 2-pound, $1,103 1.20; cove oysters, 1-pound, full weight 95c3$l; light 65370c; 2-pound, full, $1.7031.80; light, 90c3$l; string beans, 85395c: Lima beans, $1.2031.30; peas, marrowfat, $1.2031.40; small, $1.5031.75; lobsters, $1.8532; red cherries, 95o e$1.10; strawberries, $1.2031.30; salmon, (tts), $1.9032.50. COAL AND COKE. Anthracite. $6.75 and $7.25 ton: Jackson lump, $4.00 ton; nut, $3.50; Brazil block, $3.50 ton; nut, $3.00; Pittsburg, $4.00 i ton: nut, $3.75; Raymond and Winifrede, $4.00$ ton; nut, $3.75;Duggar lump. $3.25 4P ton; nut, $2.75; Island City lump, $3.25 V ton; nut, $3.00; Highland lump. $3.00 ton; nut, $2.50; Piedmont and Blossburg, $5.00 ton; Indiana cannel, $5.00 V ton; gas-house coke, 9o bu, or $2.25 V load; crushed coke. lOo bu, or $2.50 V load. DRY GOODS. Bleaciied SnEETixGS Blackstono AA, 734c; Ballou & Son, 7bc; Chestnut Hill. 6c; Cabot 4-4, 7bc; Chapman X, 6bc; Dwight Star S, 8tc; Fruit of tho Loom, 83c; Lonsdale, 8bc; Linwood, 8c; Masonville.83ic: Sew York Mills. 10bc; Our Own, 55tc; Pepperell, 9-4, 23c; Pepperell, 10-4, 25c; HiUs, 8ko; Hope, 7bc; Knight's Cambric, 8c; Lonsdale Cambric, 10c; Whitinsville, 33inch, 6bc; Wamsutta. lObc Brown Sheetings Atlantlo A, 7bc; Boott C, 6c; Agawam E, 5 be; Bedford R, 5c: Augusta 5be; Boott AL, 7c; Continental C, 63ic: Dwight Star, 8c; Echo Lake, 6bc; Granlteville EE, 6be: Lawrence LL, 53e; Pepperell E, 7bc; Pepperell lt 7c; Pepperell 9-4, 21c; Pepperell 10-4, 23c; Utica 9-4, 22bc; Utica 10-4, 25c; Utica C, 4bc Ginghams Amoskeaev 7 4c; Bates, 74c; Gloucester, 7bc: Glasgow, (be; Lancaster, 74c; Ranelman's, 7bc; Renfrew Madras. 8 be; Cumberland, 6be; Unite, 7c: Bookfold.9bc Grain Bags American, $16.50; Atlanta, $18; Frankllnville, $17.50; Lewiston, $18; Ontario, $16.50; Stark A, $21. " Paper Cambrics Manville. 6c; 8. S. fc Son, 6tf Masonville, 6c; Garner, Oc -Print; American fancy, 6bc; Allen's fancy, 'bc; Alien's dark, 6c; AUen'spink, 6bc: Arnold's, 7c; Berlin solid colors, 6c: Cocheco, 6bc; Conestoga, 6c; Dunn ell's 6c; Eddystone, 6bc; UarteV 6c; Ilarmony, 5bc; Hamilton, t$bc; Greenwich, 5bc; Knickerbocker, 5bc; Mallory pink, 7c "Tickings Ainoskeag ACA, 13c: Conestoga B F, 1 5c; Conestoga extra. 13be; Conestoga Gold Medal, 14c; Conestoga CCA, 12c; Conestoga AA, 10c; Conestoga X, 9c; Pearl River, 12c; Falls OBO, 32-inch, 13bc; Methuen AA. 12bc; Oakland A, 7bc; Swift River, 7bc; York, 32-inch 13bc; York. 30-inch, llbc .:'...' DRUGS. .':Mcobol, $2.2232.30; nsafcetida, 15320c; alum, 4745c; camphor, 30332c; cochineal, 50355c; chloroform, 50355c; copperas, brls, $333.50; cream tartar, pure, 40 342c -indigo, 80381c; licorice, Calab., genidne, 30345c; magnesia, carb.. 2-oz. 25235c: morphine. P. & W.. 4 oz.

$2.80; madder, 12314c; oil, castor, gal, $1.10 31.15; oil, bergamont, IB, $333.25; opium, $333.15; quinine, P. & W V oz. 50355c: balsam copaiba. bOdCSc; 6oap, Castile, Fr., 12316c; soda, bicarb., 4b 3 6c: salts, Epsom, 435c; sulphur, flour, 436c; saltpetre, 8320c; turpentine, 50354c; glycerine, 25330c; Idodide potass., $3 33.20; bromide potass., 40 342c; chlorate potash, 25c; borax, 10312c; cinihonldia, 12315c; carbolic acid, 45350c Oils Linseed oil, raw, 57c gal; boiled, 60c; coal oil, legal test, 9314; bank, 40c; best straits, 50c; Labrador. 60c; West Virginia, lubricating, 20330c; miners. 65c Lard Oils No. 1, 50355c; do, extra, 65370c . White Lead Pure, 63tc; lower grades, 5U36c fruits and vegetables. Aitixs Perbrl, $1.2531.75; choice, $2,753 3.00; fancy, $3.7534.00; selling in bulk on track, 40350c -P bu. Cranberries Per brl, fancy, $7.0038.00; common, $5.00 3 6.00;bushel boxes, choice, $2.50 '32.75. ' Grapes Malagas, $5 for heavy weight, $4 for light weight; fancy, $7. Onions $1.2531.40 brl; Spanish. $1.00 f cr&tc Potatoes Fer br?, $1.25 91.50; from car, 453 50o ber bu. Sweet Potatoes Jerseys, $3.7534.00 brl; Kentucky, $1.7532 ner brl. GROCERIES. CorrEEs Ordinary grades, 173T7bc; fair, 173i3l8c; good. 18b319bc; prime, 20b 3 21 be; strictly prime to choice, 21b322bc fancy green and yellow. 22b 3 23 be; 01a government Java. 31b332bc; ordinary Java, 27b328bc; imita tion Java, 2db326bo; roasted conees i-d pacxteres tv2c flock Sacks No. 1 drab 4 brl, $33 1,000; b brl, $17; lighter weight, $1 1,000 less. Dried Beef 11313c. Lead 6b 37o for pressed bars. Molasses and Syrups New Orleans molasses, fair to prime, 30335c; choice, 40350c Syrups, 25340c. Rice Louisiana, 537c. Shot $1.203 1.25 bag for drop. Spices Pepper, 19320c; allspice, 12315c; cloves, 26330c; cassia, 10312c; nutmeg, 703 85o i ts. 8t arch Refined pearl, 33340 tt; Cham pion gloss, l-tb and 3-m packages, oobo v ro; Champion gloss lump, 3b 34c Sugars Hards. 7 9c: confectioners A. 7b -37; off A, 67n37bc; coffee A, 63t367c; whito extra C, 6 36 3ic; extra c, o-83bbc; iair yellows. 6b36Uc: common yellows, 57t36c Salt In car lots, $1.00; small lots. $1.1931.15. Twine Hemp. 12 31 80 tt; wool, 3ioc; flax, 20330c; paper, 18c; Jute, . 12315c; cotton, 16325c. WoorE?nvARE No. 1 tubs. $7.753 8.00; No. 2 tubs, $6.753 7.00; No. 3 tubs, $5.7536.00; 3-hoop palls, $1.6031.65; 2-hoop pails, $1.403l.4o; double washboards. $2.002.75; common wasnboards, $1.4031.85; clothes-pins, 50a 85c V box. Wooden Dishes Per 100, 113, 20c; 2 fts, 25c; 3 16S.30C: 0163. 40C. Wrapping-paper Light-weight straw, 2333c tt; light-weight rag, 23i33cr tt: heavy-weight straw. l432c a; Heavy-weight rag, 2430 tt; Manila. No. 1, 839c: No. 2, 5b36bc; print fa per. No. l, o37c; dook paper, jno. j, b. dcu., 0311c; No. 2. 8. & a, 839c: No. l.fl. & a, 7b 38c. IRON AND STEEL. Bar iron (rates), 232.25c; horse-shoe bar,3.25c; VvMi-or rkd4 4U Attnon ataal vtl xv. loia A American drill steel. 10312c; 8anderson tool steel, 16c; tire steel, 4c: spring steel, 6c; horseshoes V keg, $4.2534.50; mule's shoes keg, $5.2535.50; horse nails 1 box, 8d, $5; steel nails, lOd and larger, $2.2532.35 keg; other sizes at tne usual advance; wire naus, ?s:.yu. Tinkers Supplies Best brand charcoal tin, TC. 10x14. 14x20. 12x12. $J.75: IX. 10x14, 14x20 and 12x12, $8.50; IC. 14x20. roofing tin, $5.25: IC. 20x28. $10.50; block tin, in pigs, 27c; in bars. 29c Iron 27 B iron, 3 be; 27 C iron, 5c: galvanized. 50 and 10 per cent discount Sheet zinc. 7c. Copper bottoms, 30c Planished copper, 3tc; solder, 103 lbc. . OILCAKE. Oil Cake $23 ton; oil rneah $23. LEATHER. HIDES AND TALLOW. Leather Oak sole. 33 337c: hemlock sole, 26 & 32c; harness, 30335c; skirting, 373 38c; black doz-:city kin.$GO380: French kip, $53120; city calf-skins, 85c3$1.10; French calf-skins, $1.1531.8U. Hides No. 1 green. 4 be: No. 2 green. 3c: No. 1 green salt, 5 be: No. 2 green salt. 4c; calf same hides; No. 1 green salt kip, 5c; No. 2 green salt Idp. 3c ' Sheepskins Pelts, each 25ca$1.25. Talloit No. 1. fie: No. 2. 4bc. Grease Brown, 2bc; yellow, 23tcj white, 4bc PROVISIONS. Jobbing Pkices Smoked meats Sugar-cured hams, 10 to 12 tts average, 12b", 15 tts average. 12c: 17b tts average, llbc; 20 n 8 average. lie; 22 tts average, lOc. English-cured breakfast bacon, light or medium, nc;snouiders. 10 to 12 IBs average. 94r. California hams. light or medium. Obe; cottage hams, light or medium 10c; dried beef hauis. knuckle pieces, 10be; dflf dbeef hams, thin pieces, Sc. Bacon Clear sides. 30 tts average. Oc; clear , backs. medium average, Hie: rb-ar bellies, medium tr.1rbK9c Drv Salt and Pickled1 Meats Clar tldca uinimokedj, bbc; clear backa (unsmokedj.

8bc: clear bellies (unsmoked), 8bc: clear pork. brl 200 tts. $17.00; ham or rump pork, brl 200 tts. $14.00. Bologna Skin, large or smalt 7c; cloth, large or small, Obc Lard Pure winter leaf, kettle rendered, in tierces, S3ic: in onehalf barrels, 9 be; in 50-tt cans in 10o-ft cases. 87c; in 20-tt cans in 80-tt cases. 9e. Prime Leaf Lard In tierces, 8 be HooMer Packing Co. Lard In tierces 7bc:in 50-ft cansinlOO-tt cases, 73c lYesh Meats Pork backs, suitable for chops, tat off, 9bc: ground sausage, in 20-tt pails, 8c; ground sausage. In links, 9c; sausage meat 7c; shoulder bones, 3c; tenderloin, 13c; spareribs, 6c. Car-Load Lots Prime steam lard, 7c; 8. P. hams, 9 14 310c, as to average; S. P. shouldesr, 7c; short-rib sides, 6 b 3 6 s&c PRODUCE. Beans Choice hand-picked nary, $2.1032.25 bu; medium hand-picked, $2.1032.25. Beeswax Dark, 18 c; yellow, 20c Better Creamery, 17319c: choice, 223 24es fancy creamery, 282 30c: country, 12314c; common, 729c.

Eggs Shippers paying 12c; selling from store at 14c Feathers Prime geese 35o V tt; mixed dock 20c tt. Game Ducks, mallard. 52.75 doz; squirrels 50375c V doz; venison. 18c tt; whole deer. 10c v tt; rabbits, 50370c Poultrt Hens. 838bc: chickens. 83Sbc:hen turkeys, 10c; toms. 9c: roosters, 3 be: geese, fullfeathered, doz, $0; plucked, $3.6034.20; ducks; v - . wooi Tub-washed and picked. 33335c: un washed, medium and common grades, if in good order, 22c; unwashed fine, 17328c: fleecewashed, if light and in good order. 28330c; burry and unmerchantable, according to their value. SEEDS. Clover Red. choice,. 60 tt bu, $5.1535.25; prime, $4.7535.00; English, choice, $5,303 5.50; white, choice. $7.4037.75; alsiko, $7.6038.00; alfalfa, choice. $7.60 3 s. w. Timothy Choice. 45tt bu, $1.9032.25. Blue-grass, fancy, 14 tt bu. 80c3 $l.00. Orchard grass Extra clean. 14 ra bu, $1.2531.50. Red top Choice, 14 tt bu.85c l.oo. Bird seed cnoice siciiy canary, 03 o v to. Hemp Choice. 435o tt. Millet-Choice im ported, 5 3 80 tt . Rape Choice German, 6 3 80 V tt; choice mixed, 538c 'P' tt. Peas Landreth's extra early (sealed), $4.2o34.50 v bu; McLean's Little Gem. $5.35.50; American Wonder, $6.25 37.00. Beans improved earliest red valentine. $4.0034.50 bm long yellow six-weeks. $4,003 4.50; golden wax, $4.7535.50; black wax, $4.50 35.00. spmaca Rioomsdaie savoy-leaved, S3 30oft. Popcorn Dry, 2330-tt. WRITE F. C. Huntington & Co., Leading Seed Merctonts, For special quotations, 78 & 80 E. Market St.. Indianapolis. Heaver Lake and Kankakee. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: It is stated in a recent issue of a city pa per that a Mr. Kile, of Chicago, is here in the interest of the $45,000 appropriation asked for the removal of the stone obstruc tion in the Kanakee river, in aid of tho drainage of tho adjacent lands. In the first place, what interest has Chicago or her citizens in the appropriation? Iu what docs it concern outsidersT It is the concern of onr State alone, and this should he eo understood. Thid man does not seem 60 anxious to have the proposed improvement made as he is to have the State part with the money. Why. this wish, if it is not to use it for the private benefit of the holders of tho land to be Lenelited? He volunteers the statement: that the swamp lands to be affected by the expected drainage are now worth $3 an acre, and that with this enterprise car ried out there will be an advance in value of $50 an acre. There being over a million ; ot acres tne value would bo advanced SsM),000,000! ; The State, not owning a foot of tho lands to be benefited, except ner eight thousand acres in the bed of Heaver lake, in Newton county, which another set of greedy landgrabbers are trying to steal from her, it is strange that it nas not suggested itself to Mr. Kile that the owners of the land ought to pay the expense of the improvement. I respectfully call his attention to this. But he does not forget to inform the public that there is no lanaf syndicate behind this ef fort, wliat suggests the necessity 01 this explanation? lt is 6imply dictated by the consciousness of its necessity. Certainly, if there is no land syndicate at the bottom of this, there is a money syndi cate, unicago people don't, in a spirit of philauthrophy, put themselves to so much : trouble. The whole scheme is a most audacious one to get out of the State treasury the 45.000 in the 6ole interest of the owners of the land, living in and out of the State, principally in the State of Illinois, and is a gross fraud on the people of the State at large. It is equalled in nothing else demanded. 01 tne Legislature, except the erlorts of certain claimants, principally residing also in the State of Illinois, of tho estate s 8,000 acres in the bed of Heaver lake, worth SSO.OOO. as shown by the testi mony on file in the Senate. As everybody who lias Inomred into it knows, and as the Indiana Supreme Court has decided, the State's title to this land is perfect, legally and morally. There is not a cioua on it, while the claimants have no legal or moral claim to it, and are mere trespassers on it. These two measures are twin sisters in this infamous out race. The one proposes to take the $43,000 from the State treasury; the other the State lands, worth $80,000. which, in the perfection of her title, has cost her over $30,000, including drainage and other improvements. The total sum taken from the State bv the two bills is 6140.000, reduced to a cash basis. But, suppose the State's land is advanced like the general swamp lands surrounding, as Mr. Kile says, the value thereof would reach S400.000. Right here the sisterhood of these lovelr bills is ex hibited. The peoBle forming the land syndicate our friend Kile denies the existence of having a common interest in the drainage and consequent improvement in value of the swamp lands, with those kindhearted fellows who covet the State's Beaver-lake lands, join together and become earnest and enthusiastic workers in the common cause. The former interest, owninc largely the swamp lands, desirins to see them drained at the State's expense, of course, are 'for the passage of the $45,000 loan biU. The latter interest, expecting to pull the wool over the eyes of the Hoosier Legislature, and get tho State lands, want Sro vision made for its more thorough rainage. These twin sisters, therefore, unite in the scheme to swindle the State out of both her money and her land. Taken altogether, was there ever a more impudent, a more villainous fraud attempted upon the public? To cover up the leading feature of each of the enterprises, viz.: that, in the main, the contrivers and perpetrators of frauds, are wealthy nonresidents of the State who are the men principally benefited by them, but who, in person and by agents and attorneys in their employ, come into and around the Legislature, with tears in their eyes, and the money of these foreign speculators in their pockets, as is thought, proclaiming the great injustice which is threatened to be done by tho State to the poor people who are to oe turned out of their liomes. But this is Indiana, and she is represented by a kind-hearted Legislature, and they calculate on being able to humbug the members. We will see how this terminates. It is barely possible they may be mistaken. In 18S3 a game of the kind now on hand was sought to be played, the result being that, with almost perfect unanimity, the Legislature sent the claimants back to the courts, there to assert their rights if they had any. Two years ago they tried it again with the same result. Will this Legislature act differently? Will it turn its back on its its own State, and play into the hands of the men who seek to rob the State of her rights, to grow rich at the expense of our own people? I do not think so poorly of the men who compose this General Assembly. They will not do it. Indianapolis. Feb. 23. Indiana. When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria, When she was a Child, she cried for Castorta, When she became Miss, she dung to Castorta, When she had Children, she gave them Castorta. ATI ra 2 - u:J 1 CAU on an AOOfttU ,jS. I C. O U. W BRADFORD, gz INDIANAPOLIS, itfD.

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