Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-05-12
MARKETS ~ TELEGRAPH.


New York F1naoeta1.
NEW YoRk, Nay II.
Money on call cosy. Offered 1t Per cent.
Prime mercantile paper 2}405 per cent; ster-
Ing exchange steady with actual business In
bankces' bills lSs,<04seA for demand and
sS714DAS71< for sixty days; posted rates $3.50
~. Commercial bills 1854 1<s61<.
Silver certificates, s40ss; no sales bar sil-
yer. 62K. Mexican dollars, SIN.
United States bonds, SIS regular. Hts: do
regular, Il31s: do 2's, o. bid; Pacific IS Of
New York Grain and Produce.
NEW YORK. May II.
Wheat-July. 6l@6lSSc; September, go
CSC; December. 6s9sa6651c. Corn-May, 49,
5lGs2 Oats-May, 3sIsc: July. 3734c; track
white safe. 42147c; track white western. e
@47c. Pork-New mess, $l3751l40E fam
lily. el5.000l5 30; short clear, $lA156el6O.
Lard-Easy; prime western steam $40 nomi-
nal. .
Chicago Grain and Produce.
CHICAGO. May II.
Following were the quotations on the
Board Of Trade today: Wheat-May, opened
5s1xc. closed 5ssc; July, opened 595Sc, closed
5S14c; September, opened 6Ossc, closed 5osSc.
Corn-May, opened 3sl4c, closed $3.50; July,
opened Se.sc, closed 3s3sc; September. opened
40c. closed 3s4c. Oats-May. opened 3a34c,
closed 3ic; July. opened asSc. closed 3Oc:
September, opened :s5ssc, closed 25Ac. Pork
May, opened $780, closed Sl:.3e July,
opened $l:.S, closed Sl2.3. lard = May,
opened $s.S5, closed $40.
Produce: Butter-Fancy separator, 1910
17c per In; fancy dairy, l51sfi16c; packing
stock, &59c. Eggs Fresh stock. 9yxc yer doz-
Live poultry-Chickens &c per Id; turkeys. "a
DC; ducks. 9(tl0c; geese. s5.Wd5.O PER doz.
Observation-Disclosures, S0dSsc per bu: Hebrons
750ssc; new potatoes, Louisiana, Si.OG4.5o
per bbl Apples -S5O016.0O per Dbl Straw
berries-L0uisiana. Sl.OOd.2OO per 24-qt case.
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO, May II.
Live stock-Prices at the Union Stock
yards today ranged as follows: Hogs-Esti-
mated receipts for the day, I6.0U; sales ranged
at S..5a5.l5 pigs, S5.0ots53O light, Si.ad5.O5
rough packing S5oSs.5.s5 mixed. and $hl00
$50 heavy packing and shipping lots
Cattlc-Receipts for the day. 6.OO6 quota
tons ranged at S4.0d4.W choice to extra
shipping steers, S3.a14.35 good to choice do.
Sj.tEi3.!D fair 70 good, S3.l5a36o common to
| medium do. SsS.9ul35D butchers steers, $3.50
G3O suckers. S;iS,d3s0 feeders. Sl.900
$40 cows, S31a3.65 heifers, S:.oE1350 bulls,
$:..0lsi.U Texas steers, and S..O11l.I5 veal
calves.
sheep and Lambs-Rcceipts for the day,
6,1ss prices ranged at S2.150465 western.
$su0da.5 Texans, Ss.0ee4..5 natives, aud So
05OJ lambs.
The Local Msrketa.
GRAIN, ETC.
Wheat-A6c
CuRn- 800 t0c
Oste-3 81 So.
uay-Ino,hy. SO; upland. ssosio; Wild
s.: clio ish s5Ss6' oAled. %.
straw. -.
Butser-Faif tn choice. 150i6c; creamery Is
3gge-Rre ~. 6i91.
Pouitry-Chickeus, dreescd, 10c.
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
Appaes-$s 3e- bb, r Chicago.
Poistcee-e0 zS0e
Cnions-Sl. 80 per bu.
LIVE STOCK.
| Caftle-Butchers psy for cun fen steer
| 494he; cows and neifeis 2h SIC esr Ct
| f44hc.
hoys-4koG15c
| Sheep-aOG15c
Spring 'amb g SCOTS head.
| FUEL.
Coal-Soft 10c: hard. Ss5a
| 1 love maiden fair to see
| And BIS: OF all she loveth me;
| Our hearts both beat in unity
| We owe i, all to Parks Herb tea.
For she was sallow and l was red,
| And reither OF us would ever have wed
| Had it not been for her aunt who said:
| Just takes Parks Tea when you go to bed.
| So n nv IIar 4 I-Ilemever