Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-27
THE MARKETS.

New YORK. Oct. a.

new HOfG Financial
NEW York. Oct q.
Money on call easy at l per cent. Prime
mercantile paper 2s413ts per cent. Sterling ex-
change firm with actual business IN bankers
bills at 1915 04s7A for demand and 4sil<
for sixty days; posted rates fSS and 4SS,S
@4S: commercial bills 4S51s.
Silver certificates $50 no sales; bar silver
6Es. Mexican dollars 5lA.
United States government bonds SIS regular,
lisa; IS coupons, 10; As regular, ll4sz; A.
coupons, llt!s; rs regular, ed bid; Pa;ifc SIS
of ". lOl bid.
Chicago Grain and Produce.
CHICAGO Oct. -
Following were the quotations on the Board
Of Trade today: Wheat-October. opened
5lIsc closed 5.1<c; December, opened 521fc.
| closed Ssllc; May, opened she, closed size.
Corn = October. opened sO4c, cloced so,4c;
December. opened 4s1xc, closed 4slSc; May,
opened 1890, closed 1890. Oats-Octob.r,
opened e'ssc, closed 27ssc; December opened
| 2sl1c, closed 2slsc; May, opened sc, closed
s1sc; Pork-octoper, opened slsla closed
sll.S1f; january, opened Sll S., closed
ell.62le. Lard-October, opened SEQ. closed
$s.s5
Produce - Butter: Extra creamery. &c
per ID; extra dairy, a0c: packing stock. 1870
| l3c. Eggs-17 per doz. loss off. Live poultry
Chick ms, old &c per lb; spring, &c; :ducks
.lf9sc; turkeys. 6H@esc; geese, 6G1sc per doz.
Potatoes-Burbanks, 45@53c per bu; Hebrons,
| 55G5sc; Rose, &JdiDc. Sweet potatoes-Jer-
seys, S2Gd2.5o per bbl illinois, $l.0dl p.
Apples-Common to choice. n.01d2D per
Dbl Cranberries-Cabe Cod. choice. $50
@s:O per Dbl; sa.s592.75 peg l-bu box. Honey
White clover, lib sections, new stock, l3k
@i5c; broken comb. l0cll2c dark comb,
poor packages. Sc; strained California, 5@Sc
per ID.
Chicago Live Stock.
| CHICAGO Oct. %.
| Live Stock Prices at the Union Stock ards
today ranged as follows: Estimated
-eceipts for the day. 23.OD; saes ranged at
2..JdL Las pigs. St..5d.k6j light, St3O14.3,
| rough packing. S@3 6t41o mixed and -. 4Ud.
| G4.sO heavy packing and shipping It's.
| Cattle-Receipts for the day. 600; gu lta-
| ito IS ranged at S56DdS25 choice to extra
| shipping steers, A.+50,o50 good to choice do.
| <3.s5Gli-O fair 10 good, $3.+Udf29 common to
medium do s3l5a115 butchers steers. se.so1
2.95 stockers. $..S,13.61 feeders, $l.25Gt2.s 81
cows g. i05t3.D hefers 81 5OGt.3 30 bulls s2.3Dss
| $40 Texas steers, <2.15lt4.40 western rangers
and S2.u06Jti.:J0 veal calves.
Sheep Estimated receipts for the day
500; sales ranged at 81 .jOl2a0 west ,rns, $3.50
GEO Texans, $li5l5.O natives and ts.0JGi.B
| lambs
Closing Quotations.
CHICAGO, Oct s7.-wheaf, easier, cash. 81 u c,
May. 56a. Corn, higher, cash, 5oac, May $3.50.
osts. easy. caeh. s.lsc. Pork. higher, cash.
| SllssO IorO, nlsneI, CASH, Sooo hiDs, hfs Mt r
cash, s6S1...
New York Money Closing.
NEW YORK, Oct. s..-noney on call, .asy,
| prime; mercantile paper. aai04x.
The Local Ssrketa.
GRAIN. ETC.
| Wheat-50c.
CoTn-nsw. 45c: old, SEC.
Hay-T,motny. s1a1s1s: upland. Sl00Nl ;
| Wild. $3.50; sloll b, S5a$7; baled. 20.
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
| Potatoee-45c.
| Onions- Doc per bu-
Futter-Fais to choice. aOc: creamery. ~.
| Egge-Freeh. 17c-
Poultry-SprinE chickens, g. per pound.
LIVE srocA.
Cattle-Butchers pay for c,r fed steers
414xc: cows and heifeIs. sL&ss calves
| 3a15:.
dogs-4ltAe.
Spring lamb. 3x05c pouni.
| CoAl-Soft, 10c.
Wood-s350 per cord.
whea Baby was sick we gave her CastoffA.
When she was q Child, she cried for Castoris,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Cast0ia.