Apr. 1.
The loca] markets this week were a repetition of last week. The hopes engendered by the br lighter feeling which had seemed to exist howe not materialized, but, at the} same time, the improvement ported recently has certainly been maintained and the markets gen-} erally though quiet have been steady. The piece goods people} have not quite lost their fears as to an outbreak of hostilities when} the weather gets.warm enough to! suit the Chinese idea of warfare and are still going somewhat can-uily. The uncertain weather of this time of year is also having! some effect. Yarn remains steady and some fair sales have been rej ported. The export market goes from bad to worse, which is the more annoying in view of the almost feverish inquiries from Home.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.