Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-12
TIE MARKETS.
New York Financial.

Money on ca ] easy at lGlle per cent. Prime
mercanti paper 2a4@ti. per cent Sterling
exchange steady. with actual business in
bankers bills at is91is94 for demand and
ass Giss14 for sixty days; posted rates 1850
4s9 and 4s9Iis9ta; commercial bills 4s6,a a
is6ls.
Silver certificates 6l1s no sales: bar sill
yer oO1e Mexican dollars 80.
United States government bonds SIS regular,
llsi4: IS coupons lls; IS regular llila. As
coupons lob. rs regular 81, Pacific Us Of
10 V.'>s
Chicago Grain and Produce.
CHICAGO. Dec H.
Following Were the quotations on the Board
of Trade today: Wheat-De ember openel
5a;sc. closed soc; May. opened 5alac. closed
a9nsc; July. opened 5J3 &C. closed 6I,Lic Corn
December. Cpenei i6iIc. closed 46 sc: Janu-
ary- opened Sl4c. closed 4'1sc: MAY op ned
igSlc closed 4g1sc. Oats-Decemher. opened
29isc. closed :9Iac; January. opened :sl.c
closed =9Ii. May. opened 39sc. closed 32lac
Fork-January. opened Sll.ss. closed sll 77ls
May. opened SI205. closed sla.l2la Lard
january. opened $3.50, closed Sc So.
Produce: Butter-EStra creamery 2ic per
ID; extra dairy. PIC; packing stock llGl 2c
Eggs-Fresh ST 'ck. 2ac per doz. soss of Live
1GCsc. ducks. .GSl.c: geese s5u0I6OJ per
doz- Potatoes-Baroanks. i36JOc per bu:
Hebrons, 43&4i.c, early rose. 43diSc. Sweet
pCtatoes-Illinois, Sl2adl 80 Cranberries-
Cape Cod. fair to ch, ice, ss.to5L9 OO per bbl;
fancy, s6.60Ga..5. Honey-wuite clover. l. b
sections. stock 1879 q lac; broken comb.
l00l.c, dark comb, poor packages Sc: strained
California 5f1Gc per To-
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO Dec II.
Live stock-Prices at the Union Stock Yards
today ranged follows: Hogs-Estimated
receipts far the day, 2.,Jto: sales ranged at
81 soG3.so pigs, Si..5O4.25 light. s4U,dta Is
,,fr,,, III 4
= 60 heavy packing ana shipping lots.
Cattle-Receipts for the day $500: quota
tons ranged at $500 "a $40 Christmas
beeves. s5l5G5.sJ choice to extra ship.
ping steers, si.35GtjI5 good to choice do.
SoU5da.35 fair to good. sdl5d3.60 common to
medium. do. S2S51t3.50 butchers steers. 8. ID
G3oJ stockers. 2.sJlC3+ 20 feeders 81 25I.7D
cows. s2.3G13.3O heifers. sl5lSt3.5J bulls 81 p
G3-lo Texas steers, s2..5fLi.25 western rangers
and $20O0b5.50 veal calves
Sheep-Estimated receipts for the day.
1900: sales ranged at 81 .50Gc3.O5 Westerns
Si5o02'5 Texans Sl.2j lD3. 80 natives, and 81. as
G4.l0 lambs.
Closing Quotations.
ca cAGo. Dec. 12- - Wheat, firm Dec IS q
Ma 5?ac. Corn, higher, Dec. 47kc, May 5ohc.
Oats. firm, Dec. 29xc. Pork higher, Jan. I'll :
o. Lard, higher. Jan. $3.50. Ribs, higher. Jan,
$685..
Chicago Stock.
CHICAGO, Dec. IL. - Hogs. reccipts 5000:
8: higher. Cattle receipts, 5000; firm. Sheen
receipts 1900; unchanged.
New York Money Closing.
New Y6RK, Dec. ls-Mouey on call. easy n,
1n2er cent; prime mercantile paper, eAN4h.
Tine Local nsrhess.
GRAIN, ETC.
CCfn-new. 4J64sc.
Oats 3O032c.
Hay-Timotny. s1s0sls; upland. siooSil
Wild. 5000; slough e51$7; baled. %.
FRUIT AND vEsErABLEs
P0tatoos-5Oc.
Onions-3Oc Der bu.
Blu ter Fair to choice 1sc0s0c; creamery aie
Eggs-Fresh, soc-
POultry-Chickene, 596c: turkeys, &c.
Cattle Butchers pay for corn fed steer,
Sk@Me; cows and heifers, sk1&; calves
3k&D41c
Hogs -4614isc
Snesp-3c04c
Spring lamb. 3x0sc . pouni.
Coal Soft Zoe.
Wood-$3.50 per cord.
Purify your blood, tone up the sys.
TEN, and regulate the digestive or,
gans by taking Hoods Sarsaparilla.
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