Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 27, Number 52, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 August 1878 — Page 8

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 14, 1878.

FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL

FINANCIAL. OiriCKOJTTHB IXDIASAPOLIS SkKTIKEI., Monday Evksinq, Auk. 12, 1878. i There was no noteworthy change in the local moucy market yesterday. It ites of Interest continue unchanged at 8310 per cent. Kew York financial Market. Nkw York, Aug. 12. Money Easy at 1J42 per cent. Prime Mercantile Paper-33S percent. . 4'ustoms Receipts S17tJ,00. The assistant treasurer disbursed Hofl.OOO. t'leartng-J,0UU,W)O. Sterling 60 days 41; sight 488. Oold Sold all day at lw. Carrying Rates-K per cent. Borrowing Rates 1 per cent, and flat. Governments Generally steady. Railroad Bonds Qui st. State Bonds Nominal. The stock market opened weak and declined slightly, but soon afterwards became strong, and prices advanced Xa2 percent. In theentire list. In the atternoon the market was weak, owing to a fresh bear attack on the 8t Paul shares, especially the preferred, which decllued from to and after the exchange cloned was offered at The remainder of the list declined in sympathy. Transactions aggregated 107,000 shares, of which 5i,0i)0 were Krle. ,000 Lake Shore, 15.000 Northwest common, l,7uo Northwest preierred, 15,000 Ht. Paul common, 15,000 St. Paul preferred, 17,000 Lackawanna, 2,200 Michigan Central, 2,200 New Jersey Central, 5,600 Union Pacific and 2,100 Western Union. Coupons, M 107 Cleve. A Pitta 7 jxorcn western oDo preferred. 6i C 0. 0. A I.........., 23 N. J. Central 34 Rock Inland 11 - . . at 1 ' Coupons, "67 IW-l Coupons, Ho.. tub 10 new on ..... New s... New is... Ht. Paul 10-408.. my. Do preferred Wabash Fort Wayne. 6ii VI 1 10-408 (coupons) 109 Currency b... 120 W. U. Telegraph... tMB Quicksilver 12 I Do preferred-. 30 Terre Haute... Do referred. Chicago A Alton 81 Pacific Mall WA . Do piererrea .. Ohio A Miss 7i Del. A Lack N 52tf A. A P. Telegraph. 25 Missouri Pacific- IK ChL Bur. A Q -110 Uannlbal ABt J 11 C. P. Bonds 105T4 U. P. Bonds mil U. P. Land ar'nts.l04g U.P.Slnk'g F'nd.lOa Tennessee (old).. 35 Tennessee (new) 34 Virginia (old) 20 Virginia (new) 20 Missouri 6 105 M a rl ivwik Do preferred A'larax ExpressJ04 WeUs-Fargo Ex 90 American Ex 4tt United States Ex- 41 N. Y. Central 108 Erie 1&4 Do preferred.. 31 Harlem Mich. Central ,137V, . 63 Panama 123 U. P. Stock .... 65 Lake Shore Illinois Central. COMMERCIAL. Business was moderately active in the local merchandise markets yesterday. In the line of Krocerles coffees and sugars wore strong, 'with a decided upward tendency. For wheat there was a strong and slightly higher market for cash and early deliver-, with an active hipping demand and sales of No 2 red, elevator, at 9."$c, and free offerings at Wc. August delivery Is firmer, 91c bid, while long futures are dull and neglected. Seaboard markets are reported nominally unchanged In price, but strong. Receipts are heavy, 80 to 100 cars arriving at elevators this morning. Corn is quiet but firm, with a fair demand. Oat are In good demand. Flour is quiet and unchanged. Provisions are active and strong. Country produce is quiet. The following were the icceipts and shipment of leading articles during the preceding twenty-four hours, as reported to the board of trade: - F our, bbla,. Wheat, bu. Corn, ba Oats, ba Rye. bu. Barley, ba. Bran. tons.. (Jornmeal, bbla., Starch, bbls . 21ay, torn Lard, tea Provisions, tons.. INDIANAPOLIS MARKETS. Breadstnfls. Floub We quote: New wheat flour New proc?H8,5H 50: fancy, $55 25; family, HQi 50; low grades, 92 25.A2 75. vVhkat We quote: No 2 amber 95c bid; No 2 red, sales at 95c elevator; No 3 red 91c bid; rejected, 863ic; unmerchantable, B0$Ktc; August, V4c bid; September, nominal, Sic: October nominal, bUc. Private sale reported : o cars No 2 red ftjc. Coks Mixed is offered more freely at 3&c, elevator; No white Is quick Hale at 42c on arrival: other grade are dull. We quote: White, No 2, 42c bid; white. No 3,40c; yellow, aioc: high mixed. sSnyo ; mixed, 7i3Hc ; rejected. MCQ-Sic, no grade, tgiiv; August Odered at 3c. Oats No 2 white sold at 23,Se; mixed are held at 2223c; August delivery offered at 21o elevator. Krc No 2 in active demand at 4'J8i0c. Bran 19 bid per ton. Co (in try Prod nee. Bcttxh The market is dull and quiet, with no change to note iu prices. Most of the arrivals are inferior and common grades that sell only to packers and shippers. Very choice sweet is scarce and ommands full piles, while lots a little off in flavor are undesirable for city trade, and go at the Inside figure. We Siuote choice fresh, good color, from store, Jt;c; prime country, 10412c; inferior, otic. Eat Receipts are only moderate, demand good. We quote selling from store at vc per dozeu. Pouutrt We quote: Turkeys, alive. 6c per lb; live ducks, young f 125, old SI 75 per doxUlve fowls, hens 60 per dux; roosters, lcO per doz: spring chickens scanfc, in active demand and juiek. sale at SI tio2 25 per dozen from store, buying at 1 UJyafl 00, according to size; geese, full lealheied, $-1 60 per doz FXATHEK8 We quote prime live geese at Sdc; mixed, geese and duck, 2oJ5c; old feathers 10 cJ'flW. Tallow Prime country brings 6c in small lots. Rags Ootton mixed 2c per lb; wool J4C per lb. Dkikd Fruits Dull and nominal. Beans Navy held at fl3l 25 per bu; medium 75c. Vegetable aud Fruits. Quotation on rruits and vegetables represent the selling prices from store: Blackbskrie Receipts moderate and demand fair. We quote 1M per stand for choice wi d in good condition; lots held over, out of order or sour, go for less; Lawton's extra large l. O rapes Receipts large aud demand light at lower prlcei. We quote Ives' seedling $ajl per stand; Concords lj per stand. Pearh Are in fair demand; choice will bring si&lbO per bushel box; selected Burlett's 50 per bushel; common 75c. Pkachk- Receipts fair; desirable stock meets ready sale. Choice in gxxl coodltiou are selling at tO-g-jOc per bu box, as to quality aud size; extra lots bring 7ic; bushel boxes bring II 25Q1 75. Plum -Large blue are in fair supply, and bring ft per stand; green gagw 12 iofci 60 per busliel ; Damsons sell from 2 t)ri per stand. Apples Are in large supply from wagon, with very little demand from store, except for maiden's blush, which sell at f 1 50 per bbl for choice. We quote common to choice, loose, 7jcW1 per bbl. Potatoes Dull. Demand wholly supplied from wagons at 30c per bushel. bWEET Potatoes Bermuda held at S3 6334; yellow S4 50SS per bbl. Tomatoes Kxtra fine lots of freh home erown sell from wagons at7ocal per bu. Cabbage Scarce. We quote: 75o per bbl. loose from wagons; 11 for chelce In snipping order. Omioss Dull, no demand. Choice can be bouzht at 76c 'fl per bbl. Watermelons Selling at 117320 per hun dred for choice. Nutmeg meloss Dull and lower; selling at S 2$2 50 per barrel. Pro? lalon. Mesh Pork f 1111 50. Drt salt Meats Shoulders held at5c ; -.1 - .U.. kL'a Lard Prime steam 8c. h. p. meats Mams nominaiiy vihuni. Johbiso PRirKS-Mess pork held at 11212 60; . .1 . Illll. AAAW.ItnM ,n S. c. nams active at iiuu, .;wimug w average and brand; a. e. shoulders 7c; breakfast bacon 9c; bacon, clear sides, firm at sc; bacon, shoulders, 9jc ; ketUe lard, in tierces, vc ; in Kegs vc. niaeellaneous Markets. C11 e Ess-Selling at 7o for ordinary ; 8ic for CorrEEs vve quote fair 15rfle; good WW 17c; prime l7iUic; strictly prime at lslao;

Receipts Shtpm ts 4,100 5,200 47,3)0 40,000 39,4:10 26.H00 14,700 Sf.SJO 200 2-JO 100 100 "".ZZ ' "ico 130

choice 19jl9Jc; fancy 194320c; Java 219 'd'rVgs Opium 55 25. Quinine f4 50. Borax 12o. Camphor held at ao'fic. Iodide rjUish tl. Iodine $5 255 50. Alcohol 12 15(3 20. Assaroetoda 2S:i5c. Alum :. Cochineal twH9c. Chloroform Bohoc. Copperas, barrels, I) 504. Cream tartar, pure, 33n35o. Indigo 11 10(1 20. Licorice, calab, genuine, 35 iOc. Magnesia, carb, 2 ox, 3035c. Madder 12 yl4c. White lead, pure, sj 60. Castor oil, No I, per gal, tll 10. Oil bergamot, per lb. 93 50Q 3 75. Balsam copaiba 40a.4jc. Hohu, Castile, 15 020c. Soda, bicarb, 4(6c. Salts, Epsom, 4 5c. Sulphur, flour, 69o. Saltpetre 8Qa)c. Turpentine 35(440c. Glycerine 2025c. Bromide potash 4H(coe. Clxloraw potas! 2kJ25c. Foreign Fruit We quote: Layer raisins, new. 12 00O2 25; old 1175(91 85; loose Muscatel, new, 91 352 50 per box. Prunes, new Turkish Ullc. Citron 20avJ5o per pound. NewcunanU6iQ7c. Dates 7o per pound. FiKs.drumlOc; layers, new, lA3l4c. Oranges, Hicllia, i 5ixal0 50. Lemons, Palermo, $10 60Q 11; Messina 10 Btxll. iliDES-We quote: O. 8. cured 77Kc; green hides, cows, 6c; green hides, steers, green kip 7c; green calf 8c; tulls, stags and grubby e off. Horse Suoes Burdens 434 87i ; mule shoes 5ro5 87i. Iron Bar sizes 12; other sizes at the usual advance. Leather We quote oak sole at 32&37c hemIook sole at 243t)c; harness 3(V3-3c: skirting 34 17c; rough harness 2H.Jc; Pittsburg harness &o 47c; bridle, per doz, 4.s54c; city k.p 509lc; French kipfuil 40; city alf skins 80c I 25; French calf skins 11 2bl 75. Molahsks and Syrups New Orleans molases35a5oc; common syrups 3.V10c ; medium 40050c : choice 503ttc; fancy 75c(!l. Nails-12 40 per keg, lod to QUI; imaller sixes at regular advances. Horse nails: Tens 15 per box; other sizes at the usual advance. Rick 7(ij84c for North Carolina. Oils Linseed 5255c per gallon. Lard oil 80;tSo for current make extra. Coal oil 110 13.Met.tlll2c. Salt We quote: SI 10l 15, car lots, for Ohio river; New York tl llrtjl 15 on cars; small lots 5rjl0c more from store; dairy S33 50 for 60 to 100 pockets. Soap German is quoted at 496c. Sugars We quote: Hards 105,,10c; standard A VHlOc; off A940'Jic; yellows of all grades H9c. Spicks Pepper 16i8c : alsplce 1920c ; cloves 50((jc; cassia 35 10c; nutmegs 9oc(?S110 per lb. Ground goods Pepper 2025c: ginger 20O a5c ; alsplce 23:Wc ; cln namon 403Wc ; cloves 60 ((iic; mustard 2 x45c; baking powders 18'J0c: cream tartar 25loc. Tinners' Supplies Best trands charcoal

tin 1U, 10x14, 17 2; XX 10x14, l50;IC, 11x20, roonn un, k; iu, zjxzs, roonng ua, u; block Un, in pigs 22c; In bars 2:!c. Iron 27 B lrou3Hc;27C lron4c; galvanized 424 per cent, discount. Lead la pigs 4c; in bar, 6c. Wool We quote: Unwashed at 18923c; fleece washed at 27d30c; tub washed 3034c; burry wool &10o leas. Indianapolis IJve Stock Market. I Reported by D. Pat ton A Co., Commission Merchants for the Sale of Cattle, Hogs, Sheep and O rain. I Union Stock Yards. Aug. 12. Hogs The receipts of hegs to-day were light and of fair quality. The packers were oat early and bought readily at Saturday's quotations. For a few good they paid 4 4o, and tl 50 could have been obtained for really good. Common grades sold a little better than last week, yet the packers will not boy them if they can iret enough to supply their wants, unlen they are good. We quote the market active and all selling; good smooth, fatted, Itfcbt and heavy, 94 x& 45; medium fleshed, ligut and heavy, 14 25(44 35; common mixed, light and heavy, 13 50I 15; stags and roughs H(3 25. Receipts 1,020 bead; shipments 467 head. Cattle The receipts of cattle to day were rather light, especially ef good butchering grades. The demand was good from shippers, and butchers' and all desirable stock lound ready purchasers at the quotations. Good butchers' grades were in some better demand, but sold at last Wednesday's prices. Common were dud. The prospects are steady. We quote prime steers, 1,300 to l5i0 lbs, SI 2504 65: good do, 1,100 to 1,200 lbs, S3 75fl4 10; good butchers' heifers and steers S3 40ft-'i S5; medium butchers' cows and heifers 12 7513 23; common cows and bulls SI 5kJ2 60; cows and calves steady at $20(30. Receipts 062 head; shipments 470 head. MARKETS BY TKLEGBAPH. Hew York Market. New York. Aug. 12. Cotton Quiet at 12e; 6c f r new; sales of 325 balea; futures weak; sales 30,010 bales. Flour-Steady; moderate inquiry: receipts 2,500 bb's; sales 16,000 bbls; supers S3 5094; common to good extra 11 054 30; good to choice 14 35(5 75; white wheat extra $5 80(96 50; common to good extra Ohio St5 75: common to choice extra St Louts S47; patent SO 253 7 25; do good to choice S7 25rtH 50. Rve flour Firm at S2 75a3 35. Corn meal Firmer; S2 85(32 75. . WheatOpened dull, but closed better: fairly active; receipts 417,000 bu: sales 472,000 bu; ungraded spring 11 13; So 2 Milwaukee spring SI 11; ungraded winter red 9$1 10; No 3 do SI 01,il 05; No 2 red winter SI 09ai 10; steamer No 3 do SI 02QI 03; steamer No 2 do SI 03 1 09; No 2 amber SI U9(1 10S; steamer do SI 08 ai 09; ungraded amber SI 01 13: ungraded white SI 11(91 22; No 1 white tl 22l old white state fl 25. Rve r irm. Barley tuiet. Malt More active and firm. Corn A shade firmer; receipts 277.000 ba: sales 333,000 bu; ungraded 4531c; No 3 47c; st earner 47K9 WXc ; No 2 49l9Kc ; No 2 white 60c. Oats A shade lower: receipts 8' JKw bu: sales 423,000 bu; No232(a32c; No 2 white 33a336c; No 1 33c; mixed western 3ifiic; wnite uo 66(A 37c; mixed state 31344:; white 33ac. Hay Unlet and unchanged lions Un nchanged? western 10i;. Coffee In good demand and firmer; Rio car goes 1317c. Sugar Unchanged; fair to good refining 71-ltT&7)4c. Mo ases fun ana ncnangea. Rice In fair demand. Petroleum Unlet and firm: united SI 1 f4; crude 6Vc; refined llc. raiiow More active. Rosln-DuU; SI 37t(l 42J. Spirits Turpentine Steady. Kgs Firm: Canada and western 14315c. Provisions Pork firmer and quiet; mesa $11. Beef steady. Bulk meats quiet; middles about steady; western long clear Lard flimer Sbd fairly active: steam S7 807 85. uatter r inn; western V(sic. Chrse Dull; western 67c. Wldsky Firm at SI 07. Baltimore Market. Baltivore, Aug. 12 Flour Steady and Arm; Howard street and western Buperfine S2 60&3 25; extra S3 5094 50; do family 4 75 "25. Wheat Western spot steady; futures lower: No 2 western winter red, spot, SI 01; August SI 08; September SI 075; October SI 09. Corn Western steady and Arm; western mixed, spot and August, 42)l!)c; September 4:f?c ; October 509 61c ; steamer 46c. Oats Western easier; western white 323 824c. Rye-Steady ; VH5Sc. Hay Dull and unchanged: heavy mixed and Pennsylvania prime S10312. Provisions Firm and unchanged. Pork SU 75. Bulk meats: loose shouldtrs 5c; clear rib sides tTc; packed l7c. Bacou: shoulders 6e; clear rib sides 7c; hams 12130. Lard: refined 8c. Butter Scarce and firm ; choice western 15 aisc. Petroleum Firm ; refined 10Jc; crude 8a 8Mc Coffee Strong and unchanged; Rio cargoes 14 417c Whisky Firm at SI 06. Receipts Flour 6,0 bbls; wheat 151,500 bu; eo-n 22.UU0 bu; oats 17.0N0 bu. Shipments Wheat 98,000 bu; corn 2,500 bu. Freights to Liverpool Unchanged; per steam quiet; cotton flour 2s d; grain 8c asked. Cnleaco Live Stock Market, CnicAoo, Aug. 12. The Drovers' journal re ports: Hoes Receipts 7.000 head: shipments 8.000 head. Strona and 510c higher: Phlladelnhlas S4 HO 14 75; good Bostons Si 401 65; light S4 50 t44 bt; mixed ana rougn w 1094 w; au sold narlv. Cattle Receipts 790 head; shipments 100 head. Market booming at 109'J0e higher; shlpp ng steers S4 30at 70; Dutcners' strong and active; cows Z 30; bulls tl; Texans In moderate supply; loo higher than last week; now tl : 0 a.l it). Sheep Receipts 14200 head ; some demand for export siock; no improvement in common and medium; ti 704 85. East Liberty Live Stock Market. Kast Libirtt, Aug. 12. Cattle Receipts since Friday 1,972 head of through and 87S head of local stock; total forthelweek ending this day 3,740 bead through and 7,900 head of local, against head through and 2,93:1 head local last week. The supply Is lair and business brisk at an advance. The ew lork ana Philadelphia markets are reported eood. All were sold out except late arrivals, 30 loads changing hands; heavy for Monday. Hogs Receipts to-day 4M head: total for week 10,170 head, sgidnst 11,040 laU week. Yorkers S4 4034 00: PhlladelDhlaa S4 week lliJO heal, against 1,I"0 bead last week. Helling slow at 10(413 cents oa rrom last week; several loads left over.

Chicago Market. Chicago. Auk. 12. Flour Stead v and firm :

western extras S5&6 50: winter extras S4 50O 5 50. Wheat In fair demand, but at lower rates: No 1 red winter WKfttWe : No 2 do 97Se bid cash and August; 97c bid September; No 2 Chicago spring l6c bid cash; W97c Aofust; 93(a9lc September; 834c October; No do, new, 83c. Corn Dull, weak and lower: 38Tic cash and September: rejected 3Tc. Oats Dull and a shade lower; 22c cash: 22(22o August; 22c September; rejected Rye Steadv and In fair demand: held at Barley Quiet and steady: Wc cash: tl 17 September. Provisions Pork active, firm and higher; S10 7oll 75 cash; $10 75 Heptember; S10 8O(9 10 82 October. Lard active and a shade higher; S7 75 cash; S7 80 September and October. Bulk meats active, firm and higher: shoulders S5 50; short ribs W 75; short clear so -. Whisky In good demand and a shade higher; SI 08. Freights Corn to Buffalo firmer: 2MS2c Receipts Flour 4,000 bbls: wheat 85.000 bu; corn 453,000 bu; oau 112,000 bu; rye 21,000 bu; parley oxw du. Shipments Flour tm) bbls: wheat 56.000 bu; corn 3!i9.000bu: oats 52.000 bu: rye 10.(XX) bu; barley 800 bu. St. Lonla Market. ST. Lours. Aug. 12. Cotton Steady and In good demand ;middllng ll:c. Flour Quiet and unchanged; XX fall S4 10 4 35; XXX do S4 40(4 55; family S4 554 70. Wheat I nactlve and lower: No 1 red fall K'A (VWic cash, mostly Inside price: 94Ja4c September; 95Jie October; No 3 do tS7me cash. Corn Easier: No 2 mixed 38Vc cash: 3tHic September; 38c October. oats Active but lower: No Z Zlazixc cash; 21 August; 22c September. itye Active, nrm ana nigner; wxic oia September. Whisky Steady at SI 05. Provisions-Pork firmer at 111 25(311 30. Lard nominally unchanged. Bulk meats nominally higher for cash lots here: sales of winter clear ribs, un country, at SS 50. and summer do at S8 60 for August and September. Bacon excited, higher and active: shoulders S 25; clear ribs S7 407 50; clear sides S7 17 75. Sugar cared hams 1215c. Receipts Flour 6,500' bbls; wheat 117,030 bn; corn 53'000 bu; oats 00,000 bu; rye 3,000 bu; oar ley none. bu; corn 3,600 bu; oats 3,00 i bu; rye 1,000 bu; barley none. Philadelphia Market. PHTLADkLPHLA. Aug. 12. Flour Firm: suf ers IM M; extras $-15iW4; Pennsylvania i 75rt5 75; Minnesota family SoOtt 50; patent and high grades S78 50, Kye f lour wz vs. Corn Meal 12 75. Wheat Unlet and firm; red SI 0831 07X; amber II 051 07; no white here. Cora Firm; yellow 5lA-i2c; mixed 48c. Oats Dull, weak and lower: white western 3avioc ; mixed do 31q33c. itye oic. Provisions Firm and unchanged : mess pork SU 50. Beef: India mess S17 75(ilM 25; hams SU 50(312 50; pickled SIOU; green Wi 50. Lard firm and steady; loose butchers' 17 25 7 60; city kettle S8H 25. Hutter teuiy ana in gooa aemana ; eastern 17(3 ltfc; western 10, 12c. Eggs Westeru 11(3150. Cheese Fairly active; western choice 6 7c. Petrolum Active und firm; refined l0c: crude 8.c. wnisky .scarce; western si v. Receipts Flour 2.500 bbla: wheat 57.000 bu: corn 88.0U0 bu; oats 21,000 bu; rye 1,550 bu. Cincinnati Market. Cincinnati. Aug. 12. Cotton Firm : mid dling at Uc. Flour quiet but nrm; family si so5 go. Wheat in fair demand for best qualities; red94A97c. Receipts 44,000 bu: shipments 48.000 bu. Corn Easier at 42a42c. Oats Steady ; new 23 26c.Rye Htrong at 5758c. Barley In good demand: prime to choice fall Si 05(31 10. Provisions Pork quiet and firm at ill. Lard in good demand ; current make S7 82; kettle S8ivti2. Bulameats active and advanced; shoulders t5 00; clear rib S3 75 cash ; S8 75(37 buyer September; clear sides so 95. Bacon strong; shoulders S(a 12K; clear rib S7 25a 7 30; clear sides 17 SOia7 24. Whisky Firm at 11 w. 22&23c; western reserve lAjlic; central Ohio U319C. Linseed Oil Steady at ao53c. Hots Steady and firm for good; common very dull and lower at S304 85; receipts 1,870 bead ; shipment 630 head. New Tork Live Stoek Market. New York. Anr 12. Beeves Recei cts since Saturday 3 370 hes'i, making 8,640 head for the week, against izv lastweeK. ine supply is not sufficient for the pressing need of slaugh terers. and the market Is active and firm at an advance of c to y2o on good to medium native i teers, and e to lo on poor and common natives and all grades of Texas, Cherokee and Colorado stock. The yards were entirely cleared before noon, and slaughterers were not fully supplied. Texas and Cherokee Biac ; poor to prime native steers 7910o; extra selected steers 10(410V4. Such Texans as sold last Wednesday at 6 were going to-day at 77io, and fat Colorado half breeds, such as noli i Wednesday avK, were taxen io-aay at 8. Exporters used fat steers from fresh receipts at tsnipmenu ior week i,iw live cattle and 670 dressed. SlieeD ltecelrts 8JJ0 head, making 26.100 head for the week, against 33,800 head last week. Market slow: 3'AWic per pouna ior common to good sheep, with two ears extra at S4 G2fti 7.i per cwt, and a tmall bunch at S5. LAinbs irregular ana dull at 4300 per in. Swine-Receipts 8,loo head, making 2130 head for the week, against 29.550 head last week. No sales alive. Nominally quoted at S4 OO34 70 per cwt. Toledo Market. Tolroo, Aug. 12. "Wheat Weak: Nol white Michigan Si 08 asked; No 2 do SI 05; extra white Michigan SI 1"; amber Michigan, spot, Si 02;. August 1 03 asked; September Si 00; No 2 amber Michigan 97Vjc; No 2 red winter, soot, 974c: August SI September SI 00; No 3 red 98; No 2 Dayton and Michigan red Si 02J4; rejected Wabash 88c; western amber tl 00. Corn Quiet: high mixed 42c: No2 47c; No 2 white 45c: rejected 40c; damaged 86ie. Oats Dull; No 2, spot, 2 tc; September 23?c; Michigan, old, 29c. Receipt. Flour 155,000 bbls; wheat 137,000 bn : corn 84,000 bu: oats 6,000 bu. Shipments Flour 157,000 bbls; wheat 38,000 bu;corn 1,000 bu. AJt the Close Wheat Steady; No 1 white Michigan at 1 09; extra do SI 10; amber Mlchlran. spot. SI 03 asked ;1 02 bid ; seller 10 days 102H;do this week $102: No 2 red winter, snot, held at SI 02 to SI 03; September Si 01 asked: No S red 9Ho; western amber, SI O0 1 0U ; No 2 amber Illinois SI 04. Corn Quiet. Forelffn Markets. London, Aug. 12, i p. m. Consols for money 91 9-18; do account 94 13-16. United States Bonds 4s 10; 5 20s of 1867 10S: 10-40 110X; new fives 107J4. 1 tall road Securities Illinois Central 85; Pennsylvania Central 82; Reading IB; Erie 17?: preferred 32$. Rate of discount in open market for three months' bills. 4V Der cent. Amount or bunion gone into we Dana, ox England tO-da , 6,000. Paris. Ang. 12.-Rente 113f 45c. Sterling exchange on London, 'lot 19c. Petroleum Refined 9t', spirits do 221 9o. Liverpool, Aug. 12. Cotton Easier but not qnotably lower at fc'Otfs ; sales 8,000 bales. Including 1,000 for speculation and export, and 7,000 American; receipts 1J09 bales, all American. Corn 2s 3d. Bacoa Cumberland cut 82s 6d; short clear 3."6d. Hllwaakee Market. Mxlwauxkx, Aug. 12, Flour Scarce and firm. . . Wheat Steady; opened and advance 5c, and closed firm; Nol Milwaukee hard SI 2tt; Nol MllwukeeSl 13; No 2 do, old, SI 09; new $1 OWi; August tl U5i; September SP:; October itf'ic; NoS8994c. Corn ower; No 2 88(c. Oats-Ealer ; No 2, old, Ziy:; new 22c. Rye Dull; Nol 52c. ' Barley Quiet; No 2 spring, cash. SI 22: old, September, SI 30; new, SI 30 bid; SI 35 ProvUlons Quiet. Mess pork S10 75 cash and August. Lard: prime st am S7 62'. Freights Wheat to Buffalo 2c. Reoelpts Flour 2 O obis: wheat 8,000 bu. Bhlpments Flour 2.000 bbls: wheat 93,ooo bu. St. Louis Cattle Market. - St. Louis. Aug. 12. CatUe Moderate demand for shipping and export grades, but none here; butchers' stock scarce aud a shade higher; stee-s 13 254 25; cows and heifers S2 2V93: oxen S3 251 75; grass Texans scarce; steers S22 75; cows SI 7c2 50. Receipts 600 Hogs Active and advanced to Si 15(94 70. Receipts 3, WO head. . , , Sheen-Steady and in good demand; fancy export mutton, weighing 100 to 150 lbs, wanted atli&5: prime to choice butchers' Si (3 7; fair to good S3 2503 60. RecelpU 1,K0 head.

DARKNESS.

BY BUN. I had a dream which was not all a dream ; The bright gas was extinguished, And thieves and burglars did wander. Unmolested, eternally through the streets. ' Noisily and fearfully the police groped Blindly on his rayless beat. Tramps came and went and came. And brought more tramps, to revel In the city undisturbed. And men forget their business, and hastened Home at even' to 'seape the tramp. The assasin, and the muddy crossing. Good people's hearts were chilled Into , A selfish prayer for gas. And they did live by kerosene; The temple, the palaces, huts and Habitations of all those that dwelt Were Clamed by kerosene. Old lamps Were gathered out of the rubbish In back yards, and cleaned and fillc-d And fined and fired, and men were gathered Around their non-explosives to read Economy in each others' faces; But hour by hour said non-explosives Forgot the "non," and flared and faded And extinguished with a crash, And all was black. Happy were those Who dwelt near to the corner or Had tallow candles. The brows of men. By this economical light, wore a gas-tly Aspect as by fits their reason flashed Upon them. Some sat down and tried to think, But couldnt, and some did rest their Elbows on their knees, and look around With mad disquietude on the dark town. The moaster offspring of hard times and Economy; and then, with curses, hunted up A two for-flve and were consoled. The rogues did multiply by degrees ; But few of all who won a Precarious livelihood were found in their Respective homes at night. They'd meet And plot, and execute, and escape, All under the broad shield of darkness. The force was doubled, multiplied, and Doubled again; and still all crime increased; Thief with the billy watched thief with the bundle. And raised no cry; but with mutual hideousness Shared and said "Well done," not caring Who be was upon whose wall darkness Had placed a ladder. The city was (a)vold(ed) By respectable travelers and strangers. The populous and once powerful had become A den-a filthy hole of corruption Hopeless, virtueless, pittllesa, pennyless, bis-less, A pool of sin, a chaos ot dead beats. Trains, passengerless, lay rotting on the switch, And tramps carried them off piecemeal, Or made them their headquarters, and slept Without a fear. Order was non est. And peace was played out. Destruction was mistress of the situation; The devil bad no need for any moreHe owned the whole concern. Moral Vote the democratic ticket, and there will be light. UNCLE PHIL'S STORY. There was never a kinder man than my Uncle Phil. He had a warm heart, a cheery voice and a fall purse; and he was ever gen erous in exerting their good influences. But there was a melancholy air about the good old man and a sad smile that he usually wore, which gave one who was as frequently with him as I an impression that he had received, at one time or another, rather rough treatment at the hands of the world. So, one winter evening, as we all sat around a roaring fire, in the best of spirits, exchanging jests and making miserable puns, Isthltohim: - ' "Uncle Phil, tell ns a story?" "What about, my boy?" "I wis!i that you would relate some incident of your own life. Did yon ever have lore anair?" Instantly I regretted that I had asked the question. The kind expression on his face changed. ' He was cot angry; he never was. But a lock of pain crossed his features and his melancholy mood, which we had for a time dispelled, returned. 'I am rorry. Uncle Phil." said I. "if I have 'called up painful memories." "You didn't mean to, my boy," said he; "it was a natural question, and I wonder now that you never pot it to me before. Odd as it may seem, it is true that your crusty old bachelor uncle has had a love affair, and a very serious one, too." He paused and we all kept silent. After a moment he proceeded: 'My dars, I have never told the story to man nor woman, and never thought to. But as you an all just starting out in life, and as Henry tbere (pointing to me) seems to be much interested in the vision in white, whom wt saw at church on Sunday, I will relate to you a portion of my history, which is sadder and darker than any other man I know; and however strangely any sentence I mav utter may fall upon your ears aj coming from a man nearly sixty, I know that you will not treat it lightly, for I will speak from mj heart. Perhaps the story may have a rroral, which you may apply to your own conditions as yon think fit. "It wai about five and thirty vears ago," said Undo Phil, "that I first met llelenToll. She was a beautiful girl, with a soul as pure as her bright blue eyes, and from the first moment of our acquaintance I felt that I loved ho with an ever strengthening affection. She was only twenty, and I was three years her senior. There was a sympathy between w arising from a mutual love of the beautiful in art and nature and a liking for tbe sami authors, so that after six months I ventured to tell Helen that I loved her, and you wil guess the purport of her answer when I uy that I was the happiest man in the word wben I rt tired to bed at a late hour thit night "Aftetamost blissful courtship of three months ilr Toll, Helen's father,' proposed to take Us family to Europe; and wben I, with the presumption of an accepted lover, offered t accompany the party, Helen joyfully acquiesced, and her parents civilly approved. " "We arrived safely at Liverpool, and went from thire to London. Oh! what a delightful tint it was for ns two traveling all throughthe great city and hunting out the places o; historical interest with which our reading aad made ns familiar! During the first tweweeks of our stay we were perfectly happy sght seeing and love making. Then we begai to get acquainted with some of the great pople of London, and were rather annoyed Uan otherwise at the batch of invitations t dinners and balls which we received. ,But we entered into, the society of tbe metropolis with an eagerness which was aomewrat whetted by curiosity. The friendship of fie American minister opened all doors toour entrance, and Helen at once became a avorite with both the ladies and the gentlensn, and I bad no rsason to complain at my orn reception." Unc'eFhil leaned his head upon his hand, as if ho were collecting his thoughts. He heaved k sigh and pretended to blow his nose, bd I plainly saw that bis handkerchief came incontact with his eyes. "Well children, at a grand ball given by a noblemo whose name escapes me. Helen met a yning scion of a great family the Honoraile Charles Leigh who paid her much atention. She seemed pleased to receive bii addresses, but relaxed not a jot in her kinnes to me. He took her to the opera, to the parks and to the 4 Zoo," and uanced tften with her at the entertainments to whicl I generally escorted her. By some means mknown to me perhaps from a careless re cxrk from Helen he became aware

of our betrothal, and from that moment his sole aim seemed to be to win my dear girl's heart from me. I suspected this. Perhaps my suspicion had a coloring of jealousy, - but a coolness had sprung np between him and me, who had formerly been good friends, and as I was the lover and had the hotter temper, I could not reply to some sarcastic hits he would give me, except in a way that displayed my anger, and which was, therefore, devoid to wit On one or two occasions I must have made a great fool of myself, and Helen was troubled that I should show so much feeling over what she declared to be a harmless matter. But I told her harshly that I was ill-pleased with the existing state of affairs, and that I wished her to tell ilr. Leigh that his attentions were offensive. No girl of spirit would quietly permit such language, even from a lover, and we then and there had our firit quarrel, during which Mr. Leigh was announced. He entered the parlor and was received by Helen with more warmth than nsual, and by me with a coolness which I mesnt to be crushing, but which, I have no doubt pleased him greatly. "He asked her to -go to the Drury Lane theater with him that evening, and she gracefully declined on the plea of an engagement there with me. But I told her in an undertone, while he was looking at her album, that I absolved her from that engagement; and added, half afraid to speak tbe cruel words, 'from any other which is disagreeable to you.' "The words bad cot left my mouth before ( could have torn . my very tongue out for having given them.utterance." "Very well, sir," said she, in a voice trembling with grief and anger, "all engagements between ns are disagreeable to me. They are now canceled. Mr. Leigh," she said, turning to him, "I have reconsidered your invitation, and I accept it" "Oh, thank you," said he, taking a seat at her side. "Why, Mr. Eltonhead," he asked, rather einltingly, as I arose; "not going, I hope?" Bui I made no reply, and slammed the door like a schoolboy that needed a whipping. "I went to Drury Lnne that evening, and never removed my eyes from Helen from the time the curtain rose until it fell. Mr. Leigh was more assiduous than ever in his attention to ber; but I could easily see that her thoughts were neither with him nor with the play. "Upon arriving at our hotel I wrote her a note. I was still angry, though more at myself than at her. I thought that if I had acted indifferently toward her she would ask a reconciliation, so I told her m my letter that I was resolved to return to America at once; that I had been shabbily treated, and that, as she tad probably purchased rank at the expense of an honest heart I hoped.that she would long live to enjoy it I then started for Liverpool and embarked for New York. Just before sailing a letter was handed to me. 1 opened it and found that Helen bad returned my cruel note, with these words written in pencil: 'Mr. Leigh this morning proposed for my hand. I accepted him. H. T.' Uncle Phil again made use of his handkerchief. So did we of ours. "My dears, I was determined not to make the first advances. I came to New York, and three days afterwards I received a letter from.Helen.' I have it yet" He took a package which was carefully tied with a faded ribbon from his huge pocket book. Unwrapping this he disclosed an envelope much worn and discolored, and drew therefrom a torn and yellow !ieet of paper. As bis eyes recognized the leving hand, the dear old man burst into such an agony of tears as I have never - seen equaled. His frame shook, and he groaned in bitterness of soul as if his heart was breaking. It seemed a long time before be mastered his emotion. Then he read the letter with a trembling and broken voice: Losdok, E. C., Oct. 18, lH-I Dear Phil I wLl forgive you your cruel treatment ot me if you will return and be a good boy. Your own Helen. I was still wicked, and I wrote a formal letter in reply, stating that business prevented another trip just now. I signed the letter with a cold: 'Yours respectfully, Ph. Eltonhead.' One month after mailing it my dears, only one month, just when I began to grow sick for a sight of her, I received a copy of the Times newspaper containing a marked notice of the marriage of my poor, deserted girl to Cbarles Leigh. From that day to this I have been but the grave of my wretched hopes. But away down in the deep chaos of my soul is enshrined the image of her whose heart I broke. For she died in one year from the date of her marriage, and the last words of my angel were of forgiveness for the misery I had wrought" "And row. my darling," said Uncle Phil, as he wiped his eyes, "you have beard my secret Beware of jealousy, for that is its lesson. And Henry," he said to me, "if the 'vision in white' encourages your suit, ascertain whether her heart is right or not. If it is do not seek to control her actions, but leave her to the guardianship of ber own conscience. For if you meddle in affairs of hers which do not concern you, a future generation may find yoa in the midst of them a sad and lonely old man, relating a history as mournful as that of your Uncle Pnil." RELIGIOUS NEWS.

Mr. Spurgeon bas gone to Scotland, on a very short yiait Mr. Moody will undertake to revive Baltimore next winter. Twelve English clergymen have in one month joined tbe church of Kome. Each convict in the state prison at Concord is allowed to take one religious paper. More than 100 subscribe to the Beaton Pilot Services will be held at Rome city by tbe Northern Indiana Universalis! association, commencing on August 16, and continuing three days. The Jewish Advocate says that the result of Jewish mamsgea with Christians is that usually the of&pring of such alliances become Christians. A clergyman created consternation at a funeral byipravintf earnestly "in behalf oA "the bereaved husband and tbe one to come who shall fill the place made vacant by the death of onr deceased sister." a f a Fnn.nl in Ireland the- elenrvmsn had, not been informed of the sexef the deceased. J . . . 1 , 3 AHA. Ka I XI e accordingly leaaeu ore w dcuuu, and said: "Shall I say brother' or sister' here departed." "It's nei&ber, sir," whispered the man; shure it was only an- acquaintance. The Episcopalians, frosakeing the leading Christian denomination, have less than 14,000 communicants in the entire state-of Virginia, while the Baptists have over 15,000 in the city of Richmond alone. One- out J seven of the entire population is a oommmv icant in some Baptist church. The following additional list oJ clergy of the Reformed Episcopal church in England Is reported: The Rev. IL Pad ion, M. A., Eastbourne; the Rev. Nicholas JL Toke. M. A., Eastbourne; the Rev. T. II. Leeson, Hereford; the Rev. John Evans, Worcester; tbe Rev. E. Richmond Hodge, London; tbe Rsv. Cecil Johnson, Croydon; the Rev. B. Horace Ward. South End on Sea; the Rev. It Humuley Taylor, Salop. Under the reviied coda of Wisconsin, Jewish rabbis, as well as magistrates and ministers of the Gospel, are authorized to solmenize marriages; unions wbee no ceremonies are performed, but the parties agree to live together as man and wife, are recognized as legal, aud the divorce law is so amended that if a husband deserts his wife in another state and goes to Wisconsin she may follow him and sue for a divorce at once, but the husband must have a year's residence.

THE BETTER HEX.

Ber re and After Harrlage. BEF0BE. She waits and listens. Footstep fall 8he knows they are not his. She waits and listens for a sound That sweetest musio is. He comes and with a sudden thrill And heart beat loud and clear, She does not hear, she does not seeShe feels that be is near. And coyly lifting to bis face Her eyes of heavenly blue. She murmurs. In lovers softest tones. "My darUng, Is It you?" AFTER. Again she liKtens. Footsteps reach And footsteps pass her door. She listens, but her needle flies More swiftly than lefore. She bears at length the tread that time And cares are making slow. And with a start that sends her chair Hard rocking to and fro. Springs to the landing, and with voice More shrill than any lute's, 8he screams above the baluster, "Augustus, wipe your boots!" "What monarch do I 'mind you of. My little one?" said (iawpar, As with his ever handy arms He suddenly did clap her. "I can not tell," she made reply. The while he sought to squeeze 'er; "You can't Why, bent I something like A modern J ulia selzer ?" Susan B. Anthony is a greenbacker. The prettiest faces are not always on the ' prettiest shoulders. It is intimated that about 200 good looking women can find husbands at Little Saskatchewan, Manitoba. Wife beating is common in New York, but the irrepressible mother-in-law still survives, triumphant over every foe. Something to wear means this year (at Saratoga) three new dresses a day with hats to match, and nineteen costly parasols. "There! that explains where my clothes line went to!" exclaimed an Iowa woman as she found her husband banging to the stable. Lady Carington bas surprised English fashionables by setting out on her honeymoon tour wearing for her traveling dress a very (simple print Camden Post: Mr. Rifell attempted to kiss a young lady at a picnic last week, but stumbling he fell down. The girls now call him blunder-buss. Miss Mary Mosby, daughter of the confederate general, was crowned queen by the triumphant knight at the recent tournament at Orkney Springs, Virginia. Miss Mosby is described as a blonde, graceful, and sylph like. Londoners say Patti sings as well as ever, but makes but little effort to act In "Semiramide" at Coven t Garden, the other night, she did alittle but walk through the scenes usu lly so replete with dramatic exeruon. The London Lancet says a blow on the ear has often ruptured the drum, and warns parents against boxing children's ears. Yon can get more music out of a child by applying the slipper a couple of feet below the "drum." In the memoirs of the Empress Catherine, written by herself, she gives an account ot a masked ball which took place at Moscow, where all tbe gentlemen came dressed as women and the ladles all wore the dress of gentlemen. , Tbe women in the post' office department at Washington quarreled like cats about having the windows open or shut; so at last the postmaster general had to interfere and make a rule that windows should not be opened till a certain hour of day. - -A grand . picnic of , the working people's newly formed amalgamated relief union is announced for the 27th of August. Might an interested outsider venture to ask the National Socialist if women are to be admitted to membership In this association? Abby Hadassa Smith, who died recently, was the youngest of the famous Glastonbury sisters. She was 81 years old, and bad a much stronger will and executive force than her sister Julia, who is nearly 87 years old, and has some doubt whether she will now be able, alone, to resist taxation with representation. The medical societies of Trumbull and Portage counties admit regularly educated women doctors as members. At a union meeting of tbe societies of these two counties last week two ladies took part iu the proceedings. Mrs. Dr. Grimes, of Trumbull county, read a paper on "Hysteria," a subject a woman doctor ought to understand if anybody could. It is surprising bow rapidly a lady gains strength under well directed training in archery. She begins a slow moving, langmd half-invalid, and at the end of four weeks of regular practice yon see her running across the lawn to recover ber arrows, like Diana pursuing the stags of old. She bas thrown ofi her lassitude, and is already beginning to develop on her arms the outlines of perfect muscles. The Baltimore American, in a letter noting tbe rapid advancement of women in busi nets pursuits, tells the following anecdote It is a little touh oa tbe average man: The other day a very nice looking young woman called at tbe house of a friend to ex ecute some orders i regard to the covering of furniture and the patting up of summer window curtains Her appearance was so thoroughly good and fitted to her work that my friend could hardly believe she was the person. It expressed, as she phrased it too much "culture." She proved, however, to be the woman superintendent of the upholstery department of one of our most famous furniture and decorating houses, and lightly climbed a step ladder and proceeded lite a womanlike way to get on the outside of a window In the furtherance of the object she had to accomplish. My friend; who is a lady of observation and intelligence, became very much interested in her. and noticing a plain gold ring on ber finger, asked if she were married. "No, thank God " was the reply. "Why are yoa thankful that, you are not married f asked Mrs. H. "Because I have two sisters who are married," she said, "and I have to work, not only to support ntyself and my another, but to help support their children."This will he found about the- position of. every superior working womaam New York and tells the story why the Stewart house bad to revain empty or be filled by persoro who had no. claim upon it Here is another suggestive newspaper paragraph, from the New Yont Tnbone: To the editor of the Tribune:. "Sir I have been manned 15 year. I have seven children. - My husband hvea (and I with bim, of course,) on the old borne place. Every summer during all these yenrs tbe house has been over full with my busband's relatives. His mother comes, and his brothers and sisters with their children. I can say nothing against it bec.use tbey are my husband's kindred. Once wben my husband told me that he had heard from his mother, and that she would be with us tomorrow, I said 'Oh dear!' 0h dear what?" said be, 'I don't know how to take any more trouble,' said L My mother never made any trouble anywhere,' said he. 'I mean that I cam't take any more work.' My mother dont make any more work. All rou have to do Is to put. on another plate.' eaid no more. But from that day to this each year she comes with her children and grandchildren. They sit on the cool piazza and I cook for them over the kitchen stove, with one child in ray arms and another banging at my skirto. It Is a cruel way to treat any woman. If it were not for my children I should run away. I hope other women will $how how they are impose! upon,''