, 1866-06-20

5l4 during The preceding retsou. and 0oLt5s dur
Ing ihs ss.son % q q 1eeSA -. Thi: dsGea.s r. tie
tfrejy to tho failing ~ in 'he hog crop, which waa
xesy light II compared with that o. former seaton..
No'w1thst.ndmg thn eoesyeI. II L ss,isiae'oty 70
as the largest pork market In the United STATES.
and that about Cueh1sd Of the entire crop Of hoss
~as packed n shts city. II u Hlto noticeable that,
there WIS larger pzopost,on Of the hoga received
c1po, thsn formerly.
greater thsn N the eea.on Of isaEd and theEe was
alto large tnc1eate IN the yield OF lard
The pncc Of liTe hog. taneed from - 50 so $l3.es
ber. Mess porE st rsnsed ION - 50 TO lis 20.
yesr endi1E. s1aonnied 10 1895 read. 1es,n,,
shipments OF beef ca,tie dnrfnz The past yeas
amounted to 31o,4A head, against zsa,4As hesd
shipped during the previous year. .
larger tncrease than the receipts. Ths Is 10 be ac
counted for ny the fact that during the summer
and al Of 1s6o, immense herds Of beef cattle were
The purpose Of taStnK the high rates Of tre,ght
charged Them by The railroads. or the receipts by
this source we hsre no retord but they were large
3 P ae Ss IN The sRRa
1nel1ts.
more sttzact,se than ever before as csttle market
AZ the country Eesl becomes deFeloped. the calt1e
trade OF Chicago viii increase as rapidly during
the paes ten years.
The beef PACKING during the past SEASON has been
very light Owing to the dull state Of the markets.
sE @ M Is ~ p1sssss ' e
j. that there were OILY s7.l77 head OF cattle pack
ed during the entire eea.ous against 92,459 hesd
The price of beer cattle ranged from sa5o to
*l99 rs pes hundred Ness beef ranged nom 5000
March 81. i6S amounted 10 ;si fec, ,sgansi
5l 5sa aG feet 1ecelred during the preceding year.
consisted chiefly Of pine. The balauee vas brought
wood lnmber from Indiana ana Michigan.
hiehiy % pleeperous Soth for m vsnd md
dealers; md, Notwithstanding the enotnous re-
ccipte, the stock on the 1st Of January was com.
Rssst L. se R !psa % s sd
lie % io,loning a tab1e shows tho stock Of lumber.
sbingles lath ETC., In this city on the s1st Of Dc
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Shinelts, ..-........--........-..- ay,8aS Wy,
9ln, Pc. sna ~
11ckete4 1taa,894
Ctdar posts, pee. ba,636
The stock Of lumber, on the 1st Of April was
VERY mQEn {EQHCeQ 1fGH1 Tue l&ufEA GlFEa AuQfG$
and the stock Of shingles, lath. etc on the same
date, was 30 low that ordera had to walt Arrivals
by the ch1cago ard Northwestern Railroad, rom
Wisconsin,
The CARO- pEice Of mixed lumber ranged from
&10.oo TO te1oo per thousand
been received and Isl, ,sss forwarded.
Tha Hmornt Of salt received for the ysar wa1
Gl1.d95 barrels; 4aI,sM barrels were Forwarded.
lne ps,os oi domestic aoe sslt per barrel ranged
! or b,de, 10 ess I'M n aon1d, were ress,yed. md
70, ST. 95s forHarded. The pEtea Of green salted
hides ranged tum 10 81 cents.
| uIGHWNE9.
| During the past year the trade In Htghwtnes has
been light. y eonseQ1enoe Of the tax ot sa.oo 2
1114 barrels hsye been made by our city dittulezE
during the year ending March 3l,1566, Against
5a.655 barrels Manufactured BY Them during the
preceding yeat.
At the commencement Of the year thsre was 4
fair stock OF old bfEhW1nes en- hand, but for SIX
months past this has been reduced to tners tna:,
! and lhe tsaat during that period has been sap
Itls proper TO state thst the two dollar taI has
greatly reduced the consumption In variety Of
ways.
raneed nom sl.ssH 10 9&.7,s y gallon.
! LAKE FISH.
| The number OF packages Of I1ke dsh inspected
during the year. IVES 15,1s5, equal 10 about LIS
ba1rtIa.
During the year 81 s54 tons Of coal were Re.
cttveo, and ~ 100 forwarded. The price Of coal
rareed from 50 % to $1,000 fos Illinois and 91201
+ o $1a % for an.esaase.
Tbs receipts Of wood sess 1sa,d2a cords.
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