Rock Island Argus., 1894-05-15
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.


New YORK, May Il
Money on cali easy. Offered at per cent.
Prime mercantile paper 2,st5 per cent; ster-
ling exchange firm with actual business in
bankers bills 4ss54d 4s9 for demand and
4s,14 49t4s718 for sixty days; posted rates $3.50
49, Commercial bills 1851 q iS6ls.
Silver certificates, 6ia,65; sales; bar sill
yer. 62E. Mexican dollars, 5l1s.
United States bonds, SIS regular, 1l7sS; do
5s coupons ll.is: do As coupons, 1885: As
regular, lI334; do rs, 30 bid; Pacific 6s Of
y5, lUS bid.
New York Grain and Produce.
New York. May "A.
wheat-July, 6O,4d60,sc; September, 6ss40
62lsc; December. G5ssl6J4c. Corn-May, sc;
July. 43ls6ti3ssc. Rye-Dull; western. 5l@i2.
Oats-May, @a@3FSc; track white state,
42G45lSc; track white western. 43ln45l<c. Pork
New mess, Sl3.5ol4UE family. $l5.M0
Is So short clear, Sl4. .5tdl6.OO. Lard-Quiet;
prime western steam $40 nominal.
Chicago Grain and Produce.
CHICAGO, May Il.
Following were the quotations on the
Board of Trade today: Wheat-May, opened
55asc. closed 16lsc: July, opened 57ssc, closed
| 51:8c; september, opened 5sssc, closed j01sc.
Corn-Niay, opened 37asc, closed 3.;sc; July,
| opened ;s1sc, closed 3Slsc; September. Openecd
SIC. closed 3.3sc. Oats-May. opened ;s,34c,
September. opened PIC, closed a514c. Pork
May. opened Sl2.20. closed SEQ July,
opened SEA- closed ST.. .21l< Lard May,
opened s.. 80. closed S1.45.
| Produce: Bu,ter-Fancy separator. $50
| 15,.c per IL; fancy dairy. IidI4I.c; packing
stock, &C!'c. Eggs fresh stock. yc Ier doz.
Live poutry-Chickens. Sc per Id: turkeys. 80
| &c; ducks, s519c; geese S3.Dft $40 per doz.
Poratoes-Burbanks, s05eSsc per bu; Hebrons,
| sJi1.Sc; new potatoes, Louisiana, $4.Wl04.JO
per bbl. Apples s-s5oD86.U per bbl. Straw
bcrrieS-Common To fair stock Dd15c per
case: good to choice Sl.Wa l.50 fancy Illinois
| stock, 500. Honey-Wni,e clover, lib Sec
tions, llls@l2lac; broken comb. lNd lie: dark
comb, good condition, l0a i0l4e; strained Cali
fornia, Ja6c.
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO. May IA.
Live stock-Prices at the Union Stock
yards today ranged as follows: Hogs-Esti.
mated receipts for the day, y 90; sales ranged
at S4.6Olt56 pigs. ~ g015.l0 light, 81. S0ft4. 30
rough packing. S4a515.lO mixed, and S4.95I
5.l.1a heavy packing and shipping lots.
| -Cattle-Receipts for the day $3.50: Quota
| tions ranged ut S4.4Odi90 choice TO extra
| shipping steers, S39oG4.35 good to choice do,
$3.4Olt3.H fair to good, S3.l5d36D common to
medium do, S33El3.D butchers steers, 81 50
@3.l0 stockcrs. S3.1d3.SJ feeders. $500
$40 COWS, S3.gpG3.65 heiters, Sa.Ood3.5o bulls,
s2..0l1i.UJ Texas steers. and S2.01I415 veal
calves.
sheep and I.ambs-Reccipts for the day,
l0,00; prices ranged at Ss..Jdti.65 western,
Sa.UG3.5 Texans, S2.pu9i..5 natives, and SS.2s
Q,5.0O lambs.
The Local Markets.
| GRAIN, ETC.
| Wheat-6c.
| Corn $40 tOc.
| OIts- 80 81.
hsy-11mothy. $40; upland, &S0S10; Wild
81: slo 1, h s5OS6, oaied. %.
| S;ra~, S.
| PRODUCE.
Butter-raiY m choice. l51l6c; creamery, IS:
| Rgge-Fre-h SI9s-
| Pouitry-Chickens, dressed, I0c.
| FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
Applse-Ss ,er bb, r o B Chicago.
| Potstoes--G0 1S0c.
Oricne-SI 50 per bu.
| LIVE STOCK.
Cattle-Butehers pay for ,rn fed steer
l4t4ac; COVE and neife;s 2h SIC cal> e
40ixe.
| HogS-4Ac05c.
| Sheep-4cd5c
Spring lamb g 5oGs5 head.
Cosl-Soft, 10c: hard, $3.50.