Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-03
THE WORLD OF TRADE.
Detroit Produce Market.

Quotations are as follows: Wheat. red,
No. 2 spot, 81 O4]S; May, s112]5, 81 12h,
81 1898, 81 1Z]6, 81 1l1f, 81 49,, 81 1l$S,
81 11A; No. white, 81 O41lz, 81 04. Corn
No. yellow, 85c. Oats-Light mixed,
294c; rejected, 25c. Glover seed-Prime,
IS 02I%, S. 05; No :, s. 65, 81 20, 81 60.
Apples-at Sl.250G1.75 per barrel in large
supply, and none but the most choice bring
the outside price. Trade very dull
Beans-White, mediums and pea beans,
unpicked, Sl,35@l.60 per bu; city hand
picked, Sl.s5 in car lots; iobbing lots, SO
l0c per bu. more.
Butter-Fresh dairy medium and fair,
160tSc per Id; choice and fancy, 22(024c;
creamery, 2SG32c; oleomargarine, 13G16c.
Cheese-Full cream, l1lIa121Ic per ID;
skinned, S(a9c. Special exea brands, 1870.
Market firm.
Gran berries-Best stock, $500 per Dbl
Market very quiet and much soft stock
Dressed Meats-Beef, 3I5(06c per ID veal
7C18c; mutton, G0D1c. These figures repre-
sent the price by the carcass.
Dressed Hogs-Packers' prices, s6dG 10;
butchers prices, S6.lO096.25 per cwt; live
hogs, S5(CC505.
Dressed Poultry-Fowls, Sc; chickens,
&c; geese, Sc; ducks, l0c turkeys, 10c;
pigeons, l5c per pair. Receipts liberal.
Dried Apples 405c per ID, and dull;
evaporatcd do, 5H@619c; fancy lots, some
higher.
Eggs-Fresh receipts bring 2l@22c per
doz; lined, 1S(d20c
Flour-Mchigan patent, So per Dbl; roll
or process, 1915; Minnesota patent, 800;
Minnesota bakers IS. 15Cu6 /; rye -four, 50. 15G
4; buckwheat -four, Michigan patent, s2.75
6C3. Market firm.
Hides-Green, 4l9c per ID; cured, 594c;
No. cured, &c; green calf, size; No2, SIC;
light demand.
Peas-Biue Wisconsin, 81 25@l 80; Mich
igan do, 81 Is.
Poultry-Llve fowls, G@7c; spring chick
ems, Sc; turkeys, S(Gs15c; ducks, s@9c;
geese, Sc; pigeons, 15c per pair.
Potatoes-ln car lots, 2S@30c; job lots,
35@3Sc.
Rutabagas-15@20c per bu.
Provisions-Mess pork, new, $14 500
IA - per Dbl; family, S156tl5 %; short
clear, $40 25n16 80, tierce lard, S(GS9%c;
half bbls, S4@9kc; pals, 9IE69Xc; hams,
dried beef hams, 9(691Sc; extra mess beef,
81 5OtG7 20 per Dbl; plate beef, Sl0010 so.
Sweet potatoes-Jerseys, kiln dried 50 25
613 80 per Dbl.
Tallow-42lc per pound; dull.
Wool-Fine, washed, 2Sc; coarse, do SOC
medium, do. Bic.
LIVE STOCK.
Hogs-Market moderately active and a
trifie higher; light, S4.95@5.20; rough pack
AhRt cfOOVAJsOO, IlAOu, tDl0OsSOY hCdNJ
packing and shipping, S5.0595.30. Cattle
Market dull and lower; beeves, 1905. p
cows, S1.3003; stockers and feeders, $500
93.4O. Sheep-Market steady; natives, 81
CD5; western feeders, So 20(D3.75; western
corn-fed, S4@440; lambs, siCd5.60.
New York Produos Market.
Flour dull but steady; Minnesota extra,
81 goa q 20; superiine, 81 90@3 GO; fine,
81 206e3 20 Wheat quiet; No. l red state,
q No Il ...N1 vs..Nn
January, 81 COZ; February, $1.07. Corn
quiet; No. 2 mixed, cash, 472%c; Decem-
Der, 461Ec; January, 463Ec. Oats steady; No.
white state, doc; No. 2, do, nominal; No.
mixed, December, 364c; January, 36&c.
| Pork dull; new mess, Sl4 756o15 %. Lard
quiet; s. 25 December; IS IL January.
Butter firm; creamery state, 2O(d2ec.
| Cheese steady; 12@121Tc. Eggs fairly &C
tive and stronger; western, 23td231&c.
Chicago Produce Market.
Wheat December, $L04sl; January,
M,O59S; May, $l.105S. Corn-December,
| $3.50; January, 33Ec; February, 34zc;
| May, 361TCd37c. Oats-December 25s(c;
January, 251sc; May, 29c. Pork-Decem
Der, Sl2.15; January, Sl2.Sj; May, $1325,
Lard--December, $50; January, $40:
February, 6.77If; May, $500.
Chicago Live stock Market
Hogs-Quality good; market moderately
active; prices tri1ie higher; light grades,
81 95t95 20; rough packing, 81 95@5 05
mixed lots S5@5 20; heavy packing and
shipping lots, IS 05C05 49, Cattle-Market
dull and lower; beeves, 1905 %, bulk,
50 7594 %; cows, 81 30jd3; stokers and
feeders, 81 zoos 40. Sheep-Market steady
native mutton, 5000; western feeders
81 2O@3 90; western corn fed, s4(d4 40
ambs, $4C65 60.
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The steamer Jasper, from Worlington
for Glasgow, has foundered of the Wig
town coast. Her crew, numbering II per
| sons were drowned