The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-08-31
Weather, Markets, &c.

Weather, Markets, &c.
The weather is good--cool nights, warm days
and clear skies all the signs favor the idea
that our Fall will be popular 'as usual. Two
or three weeks of this weather will save our
corn, and then the farmers of Iowa and Min
nesota are all isht for 1859.
The river is getting low, scarcely able to
leave its bed There are but few boats running
and frcights are set up about 2s per cent.
Wheat is now 10 cents and oats to St. Louis.
Boats are quite saucy now in the upper trade
it is said there are less than 80 inches on the
lower rapids.
The market for the past week has Auctuated
little at Chicago, Milwaukee and McGregor.
Wheat at McGregor hss sold as low as AZ and
as high as 81, that being the price paid yester-
day for several loads. At Milwaukee, 70 to
IA have been the ruling rates at Chicago,
some activity was shown on Saturday last, and
prices advanced t,co cents above the previous
days sales, 10 to 70 being paid for No. spring
The receipts for the week were 300, 900 bushels
shipments about the same freights to Buffalo
cents.
We are permitted, by Bradley Il Co., to copy
the following very important matter from let
ter to them by ANGUS Smith & Co., warehouse
men of Milwaukee.
"Ous Chamber of Commerce has established
the standard by which the present wheat crop
will be sold Extra club is choice, we'll
cleaned wheat, 60 pounds and upwards most
of your Iowa wheat, if well cleaned, will go
into extra, and bring from to ~ cents per
bushel more for being thoroughly cleaned. No.
wheat will take all that is well cleaned, and
So pounds to the measured bushel, but it mat
tiers not what it will weigh, unless it is soeu
cleaned. Dirty wheat, if ever so good will be
thrown into No.2, which takes all sound wheat
good for SIS pounds to the bushel. Some very
choice club sold to-day (25th) at 80 cents. We
have quality of grain now that will command
almost winter wheat prices, If it can be got to
market clean and in good condition.
As it will add to our reputation as shipping
point, and to the profits of farmers, we hope
every bushel of wheat brought here for sale,
will he well cleaned.
Oats has ranged from Is to 30 and % cts,
for the week, the price on yesterday, being Ii
to 20. There is no Corn in market. Garden
produce is without change and not very high.
Groceries are correctly priced in the report of
Hoffman, Benton & Co.
Some il-feeling is growing up at this point
against the M. e.. NJ Railroad. The ferriage
of teams to and from Prairie du Chen, GRATIS,
feads to the ftfca TINT 6onspany
desire to transfer the Iowa business to the East
side of the river, and hence serious talk is had
about exporting and importing Grain and Mer-
chandise via La Crosse, or Dunleith. We re-
greet this feeling, but business is business, and
if the Road does not satisfy cur side that 1t
means to be friendly to McGREcoR, our dealers
will turn their trade into some other channel,
less natural perhaps, but at no less reasonable
figures our favorite road must not lose pound
by trying to save a penny.
The Grain buyers on WAREHOUSE BLUFF.
are all in the market and ready to pay the
highest prices for grain-a good deal is coming
| in, and we hear less complaint of the prices
than we expected.