Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-05-16
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.


NEW YORK, May Is.
Money on call easy Offered at l per cent.
Prime mercantile paper 214a5 per cent: ster'
ling exchange firm with actual business In
bankers bills 4ss24049 for demand and
4s7l4Qs4s7ls for sixty days; posted rates $3.50
~. Commercial bills 4s6I4 4S6tS.
Silver certificates. 6iG65; no sales; bar sill
yer. On. Mexican dollars, STA.
United States bonds, SIS regular, Hts; do
SIS coupons 1i.If: do as coupons, 1885: IS
regular, ll3s4; do rs, Is bid; Pacific 6's OF
70. lU1 bld. '.'4- y 90 ~ ia - -iol -
oM New York Grain and Produce.
New York, May Is.
Wheat-July, GO l-l6a6O1ac; September, Gao
6a,4c; December. 65I4@65lxc. Corn-May. &c;
July, $3.50. Rye-Dull; western. 5l9a: Oats
July, 3 l-l6036Ac; track white state
4l@46c; track white western, 4la4Sc. PORK
II. 90 short clear, S1AJ0l5l6.0O. IArd-Stcady;
prime western steam Us nominal
Chicago Grain and Produce.
CHICAGO, May IL.
Following were the quotations on the
Board of Trade today: Wheat-May. opened
SIC. closed &c; July. opened 57s4c. closed
56s4c; September, opened &c, closed ts1sc.
Corn May. opened 3.lsc, closed size; July.
opened 3s14c. closed 3.:sc; September. opened
3914c. closed 35sc. Oats--May, opened S1xc,
closed :ssasc; July, opened 1880, closed aS34c;
September, opened G.1sc, closed 2'lsc. Pork
May, opened Sl2l0 closed sil.95; July.
opened Sl22:l%. closed Sl2.tO. Lard-May,
opened :. 81, closed Ss.35.
Produce: Butter-Fancy separator, 15I
15I%c per Id; fancy dairy. 14tl413c; packing
stock. St,ac Eggs Fresh stock. &c per doz.
Live poultry-Chickcns. SC per Id; turkeys. so
&C: ducks, Sd9c: geese, S3ut95W PER dOz.
Potatoes s0lsS2c per bu; Hebrons.
.5a7sc: new potatoes. Louisiana. Sa.Ob6o4.5o
per Dbl. Apples -S5.O15.O per Dbl. Straw
berres-Common 10 fair stock. 50a.jc per
case: good to choice. Sl.0Gil.50: fancy Illinois
stock 500 Honey-Whitc clover. lib sec
TONS 1li.,ftl2J.c; broken comb, lU.tllc: dark
comb, good condition, 0al0lse; strained Cali
fornia, J.,6c.
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO, May Is.
Live stock-Prices at the Union Stock
yards today ranged rs follows: Hogs-Esti
mated receipts for the day. 14,0o; sales ranged
at S4.6Ogl.05 pigs S4Wg5-lO light, $4S0di. 90
rough packing, Si95a5l5 mixed, and SL959
80 heavy packing and shipping lots.
Cattle Receipts for the day. 1900 quota
lions ranged at SI..5di.O choice to extra
shipping steers, S3.at14.25 good to choice do,
S3.JJts3.O fair to good. S,.2bda6O common t.
medium do, S3aG3j, butchers steers, s.. 81
@3.35 stockers S}3sd4.0 feeders. Sl.aOa
a40 cows, S3..nt:,9J heifcrs. S2.OOdt360 bulls,
S2..UlB4.U Texas steers, and S2.OJl1A1 5 veal
calves.
Sheep and Lambs Receipts for the day,
900; prices ranged at S..5dGl.60 western,
S:.e0t3..5 Texans, Sa.ooo4..5 natives. aud 8.
Gals lambs.
The Local MArkets.
GRAIN, ETC.
Nheaf-65c.
Corn 3af t0c.
ONs-32 81.
uxy-T,mothy, SO; upland, S903l0; Wild
g.; slo ,eh. 1905, bsied. %.
StraW, IS.
PRODUCE.
Buttef-Faif ~ choice. l50l6c; creamery, IS.
Eggr-Fre~h. Sd9c-
Poutry-Chickeus, dressed, 10c.
FRUIT AND vEGBTABLEs.
Applee-SS Ter BIB, b Chicago.
Potatoee-10 tSOe.
Onione-sI. 80 per bu.
LIVE STOCK.
Caftle-Butchers pay for fed steer
41ixe; cows and hcifeis 2x.skc cal, C.
43inc.
Hoxs-43c05c
Sheep-o25c
Spring lamb g 500$5 head.
Coal-Soft. 1Oc: hard. Se.sa