The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-12-21
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The LouisviIls Dsmsrras Of Monday says:
n, nsrkst durins The weak hl bess very
assivS, With liberal receipts, snd al tes PORK
heusss have hen IL Operations. Prices s.Al to-
dsv have tended sP1srd, ~ Is 7sas ~ have
40 eurrent saotatious. Ths market to-day va
vsaker. although 81 rs wss paid, bat q the CLOSE
g 3sso 50 gross were rsllaS agnres, the narkss
closing weak and settling. Tho tslegrsrhsc ~
ports received to-day indisAts declins N hsgs IN
I'll the markets Of the eosntfy, and byconPesine
quotations II will be noticed that but one Market
81. Louis, IL equal to Louisville, viz: Nsw YORK
9aIoc; Cincinnati So: Chicago 6aoasi y. Louis
6}a63c.
Eros tAs 81. Leuis Republican, Dec. ls.l
Rseslpts ~ rather uedsrsss, and under
steady ana astivs packing demand and favorable
wsathsr for packing, prices have ruled very
steady, and the market exhibits great frmness.
The range OF prices paid BY packers to-day arc
as follows: Good 10 choice hogs from 30 60a6 IS
| extra 81 Sea7 90. A few lots have been deliver
| ed to day, bought contract some days ago, at
| IS rs, which is below the ruling price to-day.
| A New York corrsspon aent Of the Chicago Re.
psslican says Of the pork market,
The pork market is also feverish. II is belisv
ed that current prices, in view of probabilities IN
breadstuffs, are low. But there are quantities Of
| inferior and irregular products TO be cleared on
| the market before II can assume tsttieu tonc.
/ The Liverpool circulars by the Cubs allnde 10
arrivals Of pork that is not IT satisfactory qua-
t.; and heavy picked hams Of dcabtfui quality
srs selling here as low ~ loo per lb. Az respects
/ bacon, can cor graduate Chicago packers upon
the favor in which their products are regarded BY
iEnglsh shippers. The bacon from smother
Western city in such disfavor, in consequences OF
a quantity of it having proved to have been
| imperfectly cured, that export buyers will not
take il af any price. The difficulty Is said to have
! arisen from the packing Of frozen hogs.
The late failures among the pork spectators in
this market are reported to be turning out badly,
and in ono case il is understood the dividend to
| creditors will not exceed ten cents on dollar.
/ From the Chicago Republican, Dee. ~.
Hogs were quite active to extent of receipts,
which were taken principally by city packers, 81
prices ranging e0asoc per 100 lbs under closing
range Of last night. The market closed active al
decline Received, o,467; sold, SPAS.
IRON the Davenport Gazette, Dec. 49,
The pork houses here have been idle this sea
, .on. Considerable has been done 10 buying hogs
but our dealers far some reason prefer TO ship
} rather than pack Since the fret Of October, Mr.
r Thomas Scott has shipped $500, and Messrs
Bouhn Halter about 1000 head Of hogs. Those
farmers who sold early in the winter got gooc
return for their hogs. The indications now sTs
! TINT prices win not advance much on the presen
. figures, which are 81 75a5 90 per hundred, gross
Yesterday the supply of dressed hogs was th'
largest of the season. Buyers we're offering 70 y
as IS per hundred. Some choice lots bsough
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