Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-01
THE MARKETS.
New York Financial.

NEW YORK. Aug u.
Money on call firm at 6fd7 per cent; prime
mercantile paper. EOS per cent; sterling ex.
change steady. with actual bust ness in bank.
ers bills at 4s324 1854 for demand and ls1349
4e2,4 for sixty days; postel rates. 4s2;S 1Ss5
and 4Sa1S G4s6: commercial! bills. 4sl.
Silver certificates. 663s 661: sales; bar
silver, 6Gss; Mexican dollars. 5lss.
United States government bonds firm;
new As registered. 1ls4; do. coupons, 1925:
Us reyistere1. 1'S@: do. coupons. lOslf:
As registered. ex-int., l0il4: do coupons
los; registered slt.; Pacific IS of ~. 100
Chicago Grain and Produce.
CHICAGO. Aug. 81.
Following were the quotations on the
Board Of Trade today: Wheat-August opened
closed 5S1xc; December, opened 00lsc, closed
Ssa4c Corn-August, nominal, close1 2OIsc;
September. opened 2074c. closed 20Isc: May.
opened 253fc, CLOSED 25;4c. ONSLAUGHT nomi
nal. closed l5kc; September. opened I6c.
closed 1875; May, opened l9c. closed l9c.
Pork-september. opened S557Is. clos. /
S5S2k: October. opened $685. closed 5 g.
Lard-August nominal. closed $3.50; Sep
TENDER. opened So 90 closed $3.50
Produce-Butter: Extra creamery 100 per
ID: extra dairy; lac; fresh packing stock,
Poultry = Turkeys. SalOc per h.; chick
ems. hens. 7@7ISc; spring chickens. &c: roos
ters &c; ducks, sIx09c; geese, $1,000
$50. Potatoes-Early Ohio 1s12Oc per bu
Illinois. ls@20c. Houey-White clover. 3Gl4c
Apples-Red stock. 7Sc1Sl. Is per bbl.; green
stock. 4ocaso.
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO. Aug. 81.
Live Stock-Prices at the Union Stock
yards today ranyel as follows: Hogs-E,.
| ranged at S..5tG33S pigs, S3lON3.4O light
s2JJa2G5 rough packing. $2s113.3o mixed
and Sa.7od.'15 heavy packing and shipping
lots
Cattle-Estimatei receipts for the day
LOO; quotations ranged at S45564So choice
to extra shipping steers. $4.3J14.5j good to
choice do, S4001i.1j fair to cool. So l5iL3 Z;
common to medium do, s. 4oa13g1 butchers
steers. S2.J0d3:0 stockers, s. 1913 20 feeders
81 -2J1;i4i cows 81. 1904 % heifers, 81 1893 Ii
bulls oxen and stays. S2.501335 Texas steers,
S2.e0il39o western rangers and 8. 90 D5 10 veal
calves
Sheep and 1ambs-Estfmated receipts 70,
the day, 1s.GD: sales ranged at $3.50 q 80
western. S23od3. 10 Texans, 81 0013. so natives
| and S3O056o lambs.
East Buffalo Live Stock.
| EAST BUFFALO. Aug. 81.
Dunning & Stevens. Live Stock Commission
Merchants. East Buffalo. N. Y, quote as fol-
lows:
Cattle-Receipts, 10 cars: market strong
to l0c higher for good fat native stock with
no extra here; very dull l5a25c lower fol
common and plain western and bra nded stoci
OF which the bulk of the supply consisted
few prime steers. A.1jd4a5: good to choic,
LEO to 1.a5l, S4.50d4.7O: fair to COOL steers
| Loot LID. s415ai.40. Hogs Receipts, 10
| cars; market fairly active but lower; York
ers good weights, S3.5la3.55. mostly 1855
light do, $500; mixed packers. 50 tOd3.5i
mostly s343; medium weights. ss.ga3.i0
| Sheep and laInbs-Receipts 81. cars; markc,
| very dull: lambs fully lOc to lie lower; shce,
| shade to Zoe of; prime native lambs S.9Jd
| 5.i0 fair TO cool. 81 25a4.s5: culls to common
| s3.OC{O; mixed sheep. good to choice. ST.
| @3.%; export grades dull, 1870
st. Louis Grain.
| ST. LOUIS. Aug. 81
Wheat-No. g red cash elevator JgIsc:
track. 59a59,4c; No. hard. 5ILs~; August
5elfc; September. &c bid; December. Gslsd
| 6.9S; bid Corn-So cash. lsLec; August
| lelsc: September. ls;4c: December. eoIeG.sOssc
Der. llsi.c bid; MAJ. Islec bid Rye-s9c.
Milwaukee Grain.
| MILWAUKEE. Aug. 81.
wheat-No. spring Soho; No l northern
| oec: December. 5H4c. Corn-No g. &c. Oatl
| No white. lsc: No. do. 1s1lsc. Barley
NO. z. DC; samples. 2oIs ajoc. Kye-No. !. $50
| Detroit Grain.
DETROIT. Ang. 81.
| oa'n "Hite. clss-' CaSl I"A. "iJsl'
Angus. elstc; September. ol9s; December
| $50.
| The Local 0afkets.
| Cc-n-1022c.
| Oats-:tQ3Oc.
Hay-1imo,hy. e60S7; wild. S5etss
| Potatoes. new sc.
Butier-Faif 70 choice, 13c; freeh creamery
15c-
Eegs-Fresh. Dc.
eprir chictens- q 80 q dozen.
Coal-scft. lac-
&c: cows and heifers. Sac Gs,sc; oal7ee, 81
04Hc.
EoRs -3A&3c.
| Sheep-3c.
Spring Lamb-Sa GOes4 head.