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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 19, 1891)
Press People's Rights Maintain. Hero the I t I.l.Itllll 1 X Til 1 VI I I l X 1 I .ill Z . . x or V0L vn UNION, UNION COUNTY, UHKUUA, TJLUUSsUAI, r r,im i u i i lnaciicn ent weekly Jouma , lwue.1 etery Tliurday iiiornlnj by JOXES & C J T AaSTCE Y, Publisher nnd Prorrietor. II. Cm otbv. Forem.ui IJnto of Sulncrlptlon. me copy one year. St.50 J. 00 Invartiilily Cnli In AiIviiiht, it hti i-hn-nt-r aulurri nl inns are vol paid till end of year, fir tlollan tnft be charged. n ....... l i.i.nlit Lnnun nil itmilifAtinn. Kir Currcsiiondence from ull lurt ut tue country A?l'jreM Ml conimunl-atlons to the O it eiion Scout, Union. OreKoti OFFICIAL DIKKCTOttY. UNITED 8TATI2S. 1RE-IPF.ST-I!etijanila Harrison of Inillana. HECKETAllV OK STATU -JllllMM U. V.U lie of Maine. Skcbetaiiv ur Tim TiiBAiUKV William Windom SecHETAUV or WAU KeilfleH Proctor of Vermont. Sec it eta n r or tub Nav Iteiijiiula I. Tincy of New York. . , , ,,.,. . SECP.ETAr.v or the lj.TKnioii-JoIitin.N-.liIe or .Missouri. . , Postm AST er-G EN E HAL John W uuamnktr of Penn- ATTUKShvOKNEKAL-W. II. H. Miller of Inillana. Secrhtarv or AiiuicULTUHE-Jeienilali Kusk of Wisconsin. STATE OP OHEOtlN. Senators, 1 j! n.'dolni. (J. II. M 1 J. N. Do I MlTf-HV.I.I.. Congressman, - - iiiniii-.ii iiekma.-.. Governor. - Svi.vkstbu l' SJ.OVKK. Secretary of State, - Oc.oliiiE . McHiilDR. State Treisurer, - - - (., . ii I. Ml. .Superintendeut of Public Instruction. K. 11. Mi-IIlkov. UtSl'rmter. - - - Supreme Judge j SIXTH JUDICIAL Circuit Juntos, Trosecutlnu Attorney DISTKIOT. j M. I), rurrniti) 1 James A. Fee. 0. P. Hype. COUNTV OP UNION. State Senators, Representatives, Judge Sheriff, Olerlc, Recorder Treasurer, School Superintendent, Surve)or, - : Assessor, Coroner, Commissioners, ( J. W. Nokval. .1- I. II. P.ai.ev. f John McAi.iteii. I J. A. Wr.imiT. I. N. SANIlEltf, .). T. llOI.l.ES. TUHNKK OLIVER. J. S. Elliott. E. U. Drain iti. H. 8. Straniik. J. L. Uurtis. J. I). (JUILH. Jokl Weaver i William Armh.h. I John McDonald. CITY OF UNION. Mayr, .... J W .KESNMlV. lleoordcr, .-- - 0. L. 11mki-.hi.ke. Marshal. .... Aiini Jmi.NsoS. Street Commissioner, - - N. r. rirKLlN. COUNCILMEN. It. P. Wilson. J. H. Coniu.v. J. S. Ellioit. A. K. Jones. J. M. Oahiioi.l. H. A. l'fltSKL. LODGES. UNION LODGE. No I. O. O. F., MKKTrf EVERY Friday evening at 7:30 o clock .,.. ii M. KAbl. i, l 0. S Miller, Secietary. GIIANDE llONDE I NCAMPMENT, No. 11, 1. O. O. P.. meet! ou the tirst and third Tiic-ulsja in each mooth. O. 8. M1LLK11. C. P. J. II. Thompson, Scribe. .GRANDE RONDE VALLEY LODGE, No. 56, A P. k A. M., meets on the second an I fourth SHturdajs every month. E. W. DAVIS, W. M. It. II. Brown, Secretary. GRANDE RONDE VALLEY CHAPTER, No. 20 . It. A. M., meets tirst a d third 'I i:.-V"J t?ic,i.,"t;llVi' W T. Wl. OUT, M. E. II. P. Tl'RNEB OLIVER. Secretary. BLUE MOUNTAIN LODGE No. 23 K. OP P me,t3 every Wednesday ewnii. Q Q Tfn.NER Oliver, 1C of R. & S. TUESTON POST. No. 18. G. A U MEETS EVERY tWnl Saturday la VmKWol Oeoroe Heininoer, Adjutant. CHURCHES. The Methodist Ejilscoial Church holds services at 11 A. M. ani 7 ,-. M. J c Mouuls Iastor Services are held at the Presbyterian Church at II A, a. and 7 r. M. of eaca n,ay; avanvbi VMtof PUOFESSIONaL cards. J W. SIIELTON. J. M. CARROLL. SHELTON & CARROLL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Ofilce two doora aouth of Postolllce, Union, OreKiin. Special attention given to all business entrusted to us. Jt. EAK1N. J- A. EAKIN, Notary Public. R. EAKIN & BRO., ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Union, Ori'Kon. Prompt' at'entlon liald to .llectlon. DR. E. N. NORTH, worn anu hi )l)lr-Mali St., Utiliin. Or. W. E. BROWNELL, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, r.lRlnt Orcjjoii. omoe at CDy Drug Store. -mi 1. N. CROMWELL, M. D., HYSICIAN !AND SURGEON, Offle eoe door wutb ot Summer I Layue'i iwre, L'nlou, Orvicoii, RESIDENT DENTIST, Has the fluest antithetic for fJ .VnMI thS i. Yin Vniwu to the i-rofeslon ill practice in an ino LmncheVSf mKluatftry BlUer and, Kold ork a .'(.. r. or Leeiu always uu iiki.m. - - JASPAR G. STEYENS, Proprietor, -DEAI.KR IN- PURE DRUGS, Patent pdieines, Perfumery, Paints and Oils. I'ri'Rrrliitlons Carefully- l'roimrui!. -ALSO DEALER IN SPORTING GOODS, -CONHISTINO OF Rifles, Shotguns, Pistols Cartridges. and Importod and Domestic Cigars, Etc. Montreal Saloon Ed Remillard, Proprietor. If you want a refreshing ilrlnk or a good cigar, drop In. Ililliard and pool tables for the accommodation of cuxtoiuer. Gopnaeopia Saloon. William Wilson, Proprietor. The Finest of Wines, Liquors Cigars Always in Stock. and First-class billiard table. Drop In and bo sociable. For Information About the South -ADDRESS WITH STAMP. The Official Immigration Deparlment -OF- FIFTEEN SOUTHERN STATES, CARL ROI1IN60N, Secretary, IUleifc-h. N. C. DnionTonsorialParloFs GEORGE BAIRD, Proprietor. Shaving, Hair-Cutting and Shampooing In the Lasest Style of the Art. Hhoii two doors south of the Centennial hotel. Give me a call. City Meat Market Main Struct, Union, ()r'Kn. BENSON BROS., Proprietors, kekp niSKTANTLV OS UAND Beef, Pork, Yeal, Mutton, Sausage, Hams, Lard, Etc. PIIOFESSIONAL CAHDS. E. BROOKS, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, Island Vity, rctrn. l'romnt nttentlon Eiven to all profes sional calls, day or ulRUt. M. D1TTEBRANDT, M. D Physician and Surgeon, i:i(,-ln, Oregon .. . .....i . .in.. fW All calls vrmPu aueuueu iu, uj or night. T. McNAUGHTON, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Kllfln. Ort'ifun. All IU promptly ttf wlwl to day or nl WILLIAM KOENIG, Architect and Builder, Cove, OrcBon. Draft. plu nd iMtat Iot JwoUlogl n4 Ulilgo ITUE PACIFIC COAST. A Pot-Pourri of Occidental Oc currences. Considcratile Talk at Colfax, Wash., Over the Fraudulent Proving Up on Government kind. John Mile?, one of the Spoknne Falls cattle thieves who was shot by Shunll Pugh, is dead. I,. M. AVajiiiLT, a jeweler at Txs An eeles. elaims to have been mysteriously robbed of $H.000 worth of diamonds. After February 1 the "curfew" ordi nance will be enforced in Vancouver, and all boys on the street after 8 p. ni. will be arrested. United States Senator Mitchell seems to have had hut little opposition to his return to Congress at the hands of the Oregon Legislature. Mrs. M. A. Gnnther of llanford, Cal., has been allowed '80a by the govern ment for depredations committed by the Southern Utes in ISSo. Two prisoners escaped from the Olym pia jail last week. The jailer discovered the break just in time to prevent eight other prisoners from escaping. Counterfeit 25-cent pieces bearing date of 18SS are in circulation at Albuquerque, N. M. The spurious coin stands the test of acid, but the ring is very ileatl. The property of the defunct Los An geles Tribune fold for ,fl,:500. The press was not bid on. Not enough was real ized to pay the printers and reporters. C. L. Mast of Horseshoe Hend, Mari posa county, Cal., has built a foot bridge over the Merced river. It is 300 feet long, made of wire cable one and onu half inches in diameter. The abandonment of Fort Lowell, seven miles east of Tucson, has been or dered bv the Secretary of War. The citizens of Southern Arizona see trouble ahead with the Indians if the older is executed. Six sf5 counterfeit gold coin pieces were presented at the postollice in Spo kane Falls one day last week. The coun terfeit is not well milled, and can be de tected by an examination of the figures upon them. While men were discharging the cargo nf I'limied Hiilmon of the steamer Danube nr. Victoria. It. C. the niles under the w-imrf imvh wav. throwing men and iMirtrn intn the water underneath. Four men are known to have been killed. There is considerable talk in Colfax, Wash., over the fraudulent proving up of parties on government land. One case is oositivelv known where final proof ii-nu nun li nn it iiro-omntion claim Dv a nnrfv u-llfl lliul not tllKt'Il OUt HIS 1UUU- ralization papers. Captain Lavender of the scaling schooner Ilenrv Dennis hu sued the owner- of the vessel at Seattle for $2.1125. Tim ivintnin and crew were to receive one-half the furs, and after paying for the vessel the captain was to havo n fnnrtli interest in the schooner. This is I w hat he now sues for. The Jewish people of Seattle have per- studvand librarv rooms. Tho edifice will have'a gallery capable of seating 400 or 500 persons. A railroad corioration has been formed at Spokane Falls to build a road to run through the Columbia Valley to the to some pointon the Columbia river near that place. It is reported at tho odiec of the geo detic survov at San Francisco that .Mr. Itussell of tho Frank Leslie's AiasKn ex- ploring party will return to Alasica 11 ti,e 8,)rjg and make explorations witi will return to Aiasica in i as " I . , the service demands. It is also reported timt i." .1 (Mave. who niiido the descent of the Allsegh river last seasonjn Alaska, will come out in the spring ana mane further explorations in tho region of Mount St. KliiiH. E. J. Baldwin's suit in the United States Circuit Court at Ixs Angeles a"ainst the Southern Pacillc railroad for damages caused by tho burning of his wheat crop bva spark from a locomotive was decided against him, it being shown the spark was from a Santa Fe locomotive. A motion for a new trial on the ground that if the tire was caused by the lessee tho lessor is liable was refused. The po sition of counsel for the railroad coin ..anv fimt ihn lessor was not liable for tho acts of the lessee unless the relation I -i. i.. .1 i.t,.u .1.-.. Tilun.l.wl wiik HtiMtitinrMl. muji mm iuvio"'i publishetl statement is made that John O. Hall, formerly oi tno law nru of Hall A Bodgers of San Francisco and trustee of the estates oi .lonu uawiuy and Marvin A. Baldwin, deceased, has confessed to tho embezzlement of sums aggregating alwut $150,000, which ho lost dealing in stocks. It is stated that the Ilawley and Baldwin estates aro in volved to tho extent of f 10,000 each; that the French Savings and Ix)an Soci ety was induced to loan him $12,000 by means of false abstracts of title on prop erty of his already mortgaged, ami that other partieH were victimized by similar abstracts and other means to tho exU-nt of from $1,000 to $7,000. It la stated ti.nf lii mtvilved to commit suicide, but was persuaded to await trial on the chnrgeB which may bo brought against htm, fected arrangements lor ine erecuou oi a Bvnagoguo in that city. Tho building will be 50x80 feet, witli a basement of liripl- which will be used for Sunday- mouth of Spokane river; tnence inrougn tho Bit; Bend country to Wallula Jun. -tion, where- it will connect with tho TTninn and Northern Pncillc and thence EASTERN ITEMS. The Mt.Carmel Air Ship Said to be a Success. A New York Hanker Arrested for Sending Lottery Circulars Through the United States Malls. Governor Hill of New York, it is said, has come out as a protectionist. The estimates for 1501 place tho reve nues at :WG,0C0,000, against $-10:5,000,000 for IS'.iO. One dnv Inst month the United States pension limit at Topeka, Kan., paid out $1,475,0S8. Tho suar trust has been reorganized under the name of the American bugar Refining Company. AlMs.-aehusetts hospital physicians are well satisfied with the result of their ex periments with lymph. It is said a trust has been formed of oatmeal mills, representing So per cent. of the total output ot tne country. A i-ntiii'ninb eontainintr manv petrified remains of human beings is reported to have been discovored near (.iainesville, Tex. A recent, wind storm straightened tho ...... I .1. ..a -w!.l.ll spire oi t reier s cnurcn in juuuiu- town, l a., which was uem. uy u sniuiai storm in 1820. ("JiMirr.il Milledue L. Itonham of Colum bia, S. C, is a self-confessed defaulter to the amount of $5,000. Ho promises to make restitution. The Directors of tho Distilling and Cattle-Feedim: Company declared a monthlv dividend of one-Halt oi I per cent, at New York. Some of tho principal savings banks of New York announce that beginning with the new year they will increase the interest allowed depositors. finvnrnmont expenditures for the past siv n nnths were in round numbers $200,- 000,000, or $25,000,000 inore than for tho corresponding period in loon. A citizen's committee of fifty has been formed in Philadelphia to secure good municipal government and puiify elec tions and local politics generally. TIip ice in tho Susnuehanim river has gorged below Wilkesbarre, Pa., blocking the channel, and is aa menace to the peo ple living along tne lino oi inn river. K.mimi Ahhnttii short time before her death erected a monument over her hus band's remains that cost nearly $100,- 000. Her estate is valued at if-'.uuu.uuu. While Police Inspector Ilawley was leaving the legislative hall at Denver he was shot through the auoomen uy nui ley McCoy, one of tho toughest charac ters in the city. It is reported that the new smelting works being erected at Bulliilo, N. Y., aro without questkiii being put up under the auspices of tho Calumet and Heck Mining Company. There were 10,2:10 deaths in New York in 1800. Of the-o 5,-l(i8, or more than 1!5 per cent., were caused by consumption, and 1,250 by diphtheria, while only two wero charged to smallpox. lid ward II. Homer, a Now York banker, has been arrested for sending lottery circulars through the mails. The arrest was made on tho stremith of in dictments found against tho prisoner in Springfield, 111. Tho Boston and Maine and Fiichburg rato war has ended, and now tarill's aro issued. Second-class rates to Chicago are advanced by tho Fitchburg to $15, and the Boston and Maine retains the old differential of $1.25. Tho New York Hoard of Health is at tending vigorously to tho duty of seeing that people who live in apartment houses are kept sufficiently warm. It is a cold winter tor the very poor. Tho travel over the Brooklyn bridge increases so fast that Chief Engineer Martin says there should bo at least two more bridges built across the East river in order to meet tho wants of tho near future. t nof week iho lirincipal operation on the Hudson was temping snow in order to got at the ice. There were alwut four teen inches of snow to remove, and it is estimated that it costthecompaniesover $10,000 to do it riw, Mmiliuttan Club of New York has turned tho roof garden on its new cluli house into a skating rink. The water is let in and allowed to freeze, a mi nan in corridor of tho clubhouse is hoisted whenever there is skating on tho roof. riw, nitv nf Memphis. Ten ii.. which was formerly noted for its unhealthftil nosB, has been improved in an extraordi nary degree, partly by a lietter system of sewerage, butchiollyby a supply of pure wntor. winch is dorivou jrom arieuiiui wells. if in learned that tho negotiations which have Iwen ponding between New foundland and tho United States for preferential trade relations havo fallen ilirniK .ii ii h tlm remit of representations made to tho innorial government by the Canadian Executive. A model of the now air ship of tho Mount Carmol Aeronautic Company, ca i)ablo of carrying two passengers, iHcom plbtod and works successfully. It will bo taken to Chicago and exhibited. The ship, with us propellers, rudders, etc. is thirty feet In length. FOREIGN NEWS. Hank of Hngland Maintains Its Kate of Discount. The Sultan Protests Vigorously Against the Proposed l:rencli Kxpedition Against Ghadames. There is talk of a big harlor at the mouth of the Elbe river in tlerniany. It is said that the tourist season brings .1,000,000 vearly into Switzerland. Advices from Venezuela show that country to bo enjojing an era of great prosperity. Nine Israelites wero returned to tho Italian Chamber of Deputies at the re cent election. , The lowers will hold an international congress in Switzerland during tho year to discuss anarchism. The Buddhists of Japan propose to establish a bank in order to obtain funds for tho propagation of their religion. It is reported that tho crews of many vessels in the Elbe have become alarmed at the danger from floating ice, and havo abandoned their ships. The report of tho Italian Department of Agriculture shows that tho crops in Italv during the past year were tho larg est harvested for many years. The Queen Uegent of Spain sent tho l'opo as a Now ear's present a enno, which, when taken by tho handle, will rain a shower of gold at ins leet. Tim London TeleL'raph sys Homo Ilule is dead, and invites Gladstone and hi fiillnu-cru to recoiTtiize tho fact. Tho Telegraph is a Conservative Journal. Tho co-oporative societies of Great Britain number over tiOO.OOO members. For the vear 1880 their sales wero $183,- 500,000, and their profits 17,000,000 ,,,,wi.,. An English company is working a sil- vermine m lsouvni which y ens more man ; uu ounces 10 ine ion, wnnu ii:ui niens of almost puro silver are met with. Lord Lvinington's mansion at Hurst burne Park, England, and the contents of his priceless library, together with some of the most valuable works of art, havo been destroyed by fire. Tho Duke of Bedford, who died re cent v. was an active member of tho Cremation Society, and his lody accord ing to his express'ed wish will bo incin orated at Working. UeHctiinir narties have succeeded in reaching the island of Sylt, off tho coast of Schleswig, where tUo utmost misery ban oxisted. owini: to tho ico blockade. Many of tho people were without food or fire. Tim Gnsliiiht and Coko Company, op nrntini' in London, has been fined 100, with costs, for a deficit of one-candle noivcr in the illuminating power of tho company's gas during a recent foggy pe riod. Ixird Salisbury has warned tho British South African Company that its occupa tion of Massikisso is an infringement upon the modus Tivendi with Portugal, and that it must withdraw at once from that district. The Bank of England has decided to maintain its rate of discount in conse quence of tho demand for gold from Hol hmil niul Brazil. There is a larco do- ....... ----- - - - . i . liiniid from Simin also for money in the open market. Tho Municipal Council of Athens has lecidnd to make a formal appeal to tho British government for tho return of tho the maroles of tho Parthenon and to convey an expression of thanks to Fred eric Harrison. Tho German covernmcnt has decided that in the future it will always accept tho lowest tender for supplies of iron or steel, whether tho metal is of homo or foreign inaiiuiacluro. Privato individuals may now oxcavato antinnities in Egypt on tho condition that hall oi wnat iney discover guen iu tho museum, tno inner Having a imr cliiim in unv uninuo obiects. . .. I. f. .,). I.'ouf ofnlnu flint. in- gineers surveying the line for U,e pro- III 1IIMI1 IIUIII L1IU iiittlV UVIIVU kiiHV w prosed railway in too noiy j.anu ru m- .' i. i fiw. ..mnntatiiH imiiin. WI1IK 11L lllUniTIt 111 ItlWIuimMt" .i!..i..i.. n... c..n ni finlllM.. umiui, -..w.h.u. w.-v..w. inooiimiu m ii-..u w . r.110; "? til tt..li :.. -v tirntnut iliir.l ?ffi& "'tel F tween Tripoli and Soudan and claimed to bo within tho territory of the Sultan. A committee of Panama shareholders has devised a schoino to forward work on tllO cailll . iV huccch,iuh iji milium . . i . ! I lotteries is proposed, me government will ask tho Chamber of Doputies to sanction tho schoino. Acenrdinif to tho reports of tho Exciso Commission tho crop of tobacco in Euro pean Russia amounted this year to 4,400, 491 poods, of which tho Provinces of Lit- t nHiiBs a v e dl.7bo.b67.tuia those oi tho southwest lOH.Olil poods. Advices from India Htato that an ex nedition is being prepared to advance mm iiiwi. the notorious Black Mountain eliiof. llashim All. who refuses to sub- iii t to nrlt sh authority aim recently murdered two native soldiers of tho British army. Kuboi'stein has resigned as director of the musical conservatory of bt. Peters burg. The alleged reason is that tho Emperor returned no answer to a com munication sentbv Itubenstein formulat ing a scheme for the reorganization of tho conservatory. It is announced that tho Argentine government has agreed to buy outright tlm ititnnoM AvreH Driiiiiju'o nnd Water Works for 0,750,000 inGpercont.bonds, with tho stipulation that the company shall flnisli the works according to their original contract. PORTLAND MARKET. Wheat Tho market is steady, with a moderate demand. Quote: Valley, $1.22iv(iH.25; Walla Walla, $1.12 1. 6. The English cargo market is re ported quiot but steady. Liverpool spot wheat opened and clos'ed rather easier, and futures wero generally lower at tho close. Eastern markets "aro dull and easier. Floor The market is steady. Quote: Standard, $3.80; Walla Walla, $3.00 H0 per barrel. Oats The market is firm, and still in good demand at present prices. Quoto: White, (50c per bushel. Millstukfs Quoto: Bran, $21 ; Shorts, $22.50; Ground Barley. $:J2.50; Chop Feed, $25 per ton; Barley, $1.25Ql.oO per cental. Hay Quoto: $1018 per ton. Vuoktaiilus Quoto : Cabbage, $1.25 1.50 per cental; Cauliflower, $1 per doz; Celery, 50c per dozen ; Onions, 23.(3c per jiound ; Carrots, $1 per sack ; lieets, $1.50 per sack; Turnips, $1 per sack; Potatoes, $1.0001.10 per cental; Squash, $2 er peontal. i urns rue market is weaK. vjuoie: Uiverside Oranges, $3 25; Navels, $-1.75 5.00 per box; Sicily Lemons, $5.50y(.0O pur case; rears, ic per pound ; Appies, Ii0fei85c per box; Pineapples, $3.504.0U per dozen; liananas, sfoQS-i per duiicii. Quinces, $1.25 per box. Nuts Quoto: uainornm wainuta. I7'..c; other varieties, 13c; Peanuts, 12c; Almonds. 17c; Filberts, 1415c; now Brazils, 20c per pound; Cocoanuts, $1 por dozen. t Ciikksk The market is steady. Quoto: Oregon, 13(Sl4u; California, V(t$wc; Young America, ncaioc por pounu. Birrn:u Tho market is steady and tno demand good. Choice lots sell readily, wnjjH .oor g00ja ,xro imrj to soil at any m.juo Quote: Oreeon fancy creamery. 4042e: fancy dairy, 37ee; fair to treed. 27;30c; common, 2025c per pound. Koos Tho market is firm, and aro more plentiful. Tho warm weather seems to have inado tho hens lay more: hence tho market is being overstocked with Oregon produce. Tho market is also full of Eastern stock. Trices will l1l,llmu.-l (Innfrt. .'j.torn. 22 per dozen. Oregon, I.;)U,;rnvTho nmrketisalitt littlo firmer. Quoto: Geese, Chickens. $5.00: Ducks. U(n8; $1)10 per dozen ; Turkoys, 14c per pound. IIoi-s Tho market is Bteady. Quote : 35c. per pound. Wooir-Tho market is firm. Quote: Vallov, lti20c; Eastern Oregon and Walla Wa'la, 10(3100 per pound. Hiduh Tho market is dull, liuoto: Dry Hides, selected prime, 808jC, o less lor culls: irreon. Loleoted. over 55 pounds, 4c; undor 55 pounda, 3c; Sheep Bolts, short wool, 3050e; medium, on 80c: long, Wees!.!); sneariuiKo, 20c; Tallow, good tochoico, li(6yac par .Nails uaso quotations: imii, r ..o. Steel, $3.30; Wiro. $3.j)0 por keg. Siioi' wuoto: ifi.o per buuu. Tlin MerclinnilUo Mnrknt. Suiiar has fallen Me, nnd dealers look for further declines. Tho markets aro well supplied, which keep up with tho demand. Coal Oil Quoto : $2.So per caso. Kick Quote : $0.25 per cental. Pioklks Quoto: $1.25 5s; l.l03a. CitANiiKimiKs Quoto : Capo Cod, $U 1)USAi;rQuoto: Liverpool, $17, $18, $19; stock, $110? 12 per ton in carload lots. Cokkkh Quoto: uosta iv.ca, .sou, Itio, 25c; Arbucklo's, roasted, Mo per pound. Bkans Tho markot is firm. Quote: Small Whites, .c; Pink, 3c; liayos, 4?.c; Butter, 3&c; Limas, Oo per KlIOAUS THO inarKOt in nun. vuuw Golden O. 5c; extra 0,5.0 ; dry gran ulated, G)c; culx) crushed and povr dored, do per pound. Duiku Fnurrs mo marnoi, m Quoto: Italian Prunos, ivw, iu tito and German Prunes, 10c por pound; UaiBins, $2.50 per box: Plummor-dned Pears, 10llc; sun-dried and factory Plums, ll12o: evaporated Peachos,18 20c: Smyrna Figs, 20o; California Figs, 0c per pound. , riAKKitnUnons Markotsteady. Quote: Table fn,Uf,, $2.00. 2s; Ponchos, $2.50; Hnrt ett Pears. riums, i.to. Kli-mirluirrloH . '2.ri ) : U hemes. (iQ.OU: Ul'lllfT u.ivmi , . t Blackberries, $2; IPles $,.oo ; rincuiiim-o, "i'" , 1 ,, ' " frnit. AHwnrted.1.50 nertlozon ; Peacnea, (w"- - . . i r;ri Plu itiH. 1 .25 : BlaclclHirries, i.t r . " xh. .t,.l,l..B. Corn. 1 .25 'i r.n nnllm' to cma tv: Tomatoea. I LT UU&UUt T vkwmm.v . w-..., t - S BuTgar Peas, $l.t()l.0; RirliK.lteans. Ul.lOpcrdozon. l'ishtbal- mon. $1.25(3)1.50; sardines, 80c$1.00; lobsters, 23; ?8tr?. 1;M3.26 per dozen. Condensed milk : Eagle brand, $8.25; Crown, $7; Highland, $0.75; Champiou, $0 per case. Tliti Meat IMurkuU Tho market Is steady. Quoto: Beef Live. 3M(i3)c; dressed, Gc. Mutton Live, 84o; dreeood, 7 HOgB 1.IV6, ldaoyiiO; urennou, oiu Veal 58e per pound. KMOKKI) Ml! ATS AND LAHP. Tho market is firm. Quotations: East- era HaniB, JU.asiac; "reuKiusi. im eon, lOVjQUo; Sides, 9210c; Lard.BO lie per pounu. Tho Houho Committee on Public Buildings and Groiuidi has authorized a favorable report on tne uiu increasing to $2,000,000 the final limit of tho cost of tho San Francisco public building. A. favorablo roport has been ordered to tno Senate on tho bill appropriating for the purchase of u site $l,200,uuu. The King of Sweden desires to present medals to tho uaptain anu crow oi uiu iTnltcil States shin Baltimore, which conveyed ti o romalnsof the late Captaiu Ericsson to Sweden last year. A bill law been presented toCongroB to permit tlm I acceptance of tho medals.