The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-06-15
RETAIL MARKET.
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REVIEW OF THE WEEK.
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REvHEW OF THE WEEK.
The excitement and panic by the frost of Saturday
night June generally unsettled the market in ev
the additional heavy frost Friday
night, June 1oh has served to aay but has
increased the former gloomy forebodings
As to the damage done the Wheat crop. the reports
conflicting and certainty cannot be arrived
ayet it certain that the damage done very great
the cereals, while fruit has pretty generally gone by the
board.
The Cleveland Leader of last Saturday morning says:
FROST NEws-WHFAr.-Since last Tuesday we have felt
encouraged in regard to the FROST thought farmers
hasty in their reports of the wheat having
off but unfortunately they were nearer right than
letters came from the country 10 our commission mer-
chants II took two three days of sunshine deter
that sunshit has developed the fact that very large
portion of the wheat throughout the State is almost
tirely cut off, From such great wheat growing counties
Stark, Richlnnd and Wayne have news that there
will be almost total failure OF the wheat crop. One
miller from the interior OF the wheat country who
town yesterday 10 conntermand an order for he sale
of wheat which he had consigned merchant, said
thar two men had offered him seventy five each,
for the price of bushel per acre He had not given
his answer but thought he should risk the acceptaDce Of
the offer The frost appears have been heaviest In
strip belt in which situated some of these best
wheat counties One farmer living about forty miles this
side of Cincinnati writes that they had heavy frost but
he hopes did eptend farther These reports
truly dsconraging To nothing of the loss to the
riense, for it upon those sections from which
get the most produce and to which we sell the most
goods. But we only watch and pray
EXTENT OF THE FROST The extent of the
Frost of June 4th st less remarkable its
severity. Its sad effects recorded both sides of the
chain of lakes from Michigan to the St Lawrence and
westward to and heyond the Mississippi River. The
frost blight fell with less severity all the New
England States, and souhward into portions of Mary.
land, Virginia. and Kentucky. Missouri seems to have
almost entirely escaped but the of
try the chill breath of early Summer scattered
like ashes blasting the hopes and expecta-
tione of many. The aggregate damage is IMMENSE but
runous Seed time and harvest yet belong man,
and well directed industry viii bring its rewards The
N. Y. Post remarks:
There something inpressively sublime in these quiet
potent influences of nature thus working in the still
ess of night and In few hours noiselessy undoing the
long and busy labors OF the lers of the soil Like tho
angel that destroyed the frsborn of all the houses Of
Egypt icy presence passes over the fields all bursting
IN e9e G eGg % sne Inc %
of spring time, shriyes awny and dies No human pow
oppose the progress of the destroying angel
there any bloody sign upon the door post that oretes
his lming And yet the fearful yistant is sometimes
foied by agencies that man would never think Of In
places wind sweeps the fields aRd the frost
dares within the power of its breath. In
other nsn5 hear , & g rising 5 and
with tent of cloud, and sheering it from the biting
| cold.
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other frost. Corn and potatoes which had begun
from the 6rsfros had shoots again
down. and the opinion is that ground must
be repowed and repauted, and that the potato crop
cannot recover from this additional blight.
NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET
BULLS HGAD.-There was anything but q jolly set Of
drorers at Bulls Head Yesterday though We must say
day with philosophical resignation to fate they could
cent net below the
ruling prices of Tuesday, though it upon the
was up for the first quality of eatile but
the market dull and becau'e evident long
some instances, S. $S head from prices asked
Tuesday and in instances offered not sell out
before night As il was good many cattle held on tin
nearly down, and some to pastu unsold,
else sold grazers. All day the market character
while regretted having
bought freely at high figures. The figures in Quo-
tHtions Of prices in the market report win be found the
same as last week. the market being Tuesday,
aud Wednesday than it was by the last weeks
| report.
reported at this market Forty fourth streat3ez2
The prices to day reported follows:
First quality. lea@12 c.
Medium. ....i 0a@l1 c.
some extra good Beeves may be quoted at iaSg O.
The general average Oft market II @-c
Total no. OF beeves received in the city this
This 50 head than last week. and SO head less
than the average of last The average number
each Wednesday market last Year was 7s2 head, while
the number to-day being 242is head more than the
average, and 542 head more than this day week.
wooL-The Trumbull County Democrat of last week
says:
The wool trade pretty brisk during the
past ten days Dealers report decline in prices since
Saturday We have been furnished with the following
5e@ss. Y, 4l94I, Full 45g,l6.
RAvENNA.-Duf1ng the week past, business has not