The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-08-12
THE MARKETS.
New York Financial.

NEW YORK, Aug. 8.
Money on call offered at per cent; no loans;
prime mercantile paper. 612 dD71e per cent; ster-
ling exchange steady, with actual bust
ness in bankers bills 4sSa49io9 for de-
mand and 4s7341+Ss for sixty days; posted
rates. Assn G4s9 and 4s9LsG490; commercial
bills, 4s1
Bar silver, $3.50; Mexican dollars, 53la
United States government bonds steady;
new AS registered llll9; do. coupons, lllI1;
SIS registered, 100; do. coupons 100;
as registered. 1854; do. coupons, 1O8; rs
registered, 92; Pacific Us of 81 l0J.
Chicago Grain and Produce.
CHICAGO Aug. g.
Following were the quotations on the
Board Of Trade today: Wheat-August, opened
$3.50, closed 56l4c; September, opened 56,Sc,
closed SIC; December, opened 59l8c, closed
$3.50. Corn-August, nominal. closed 23s4c:
September, opened 2+ssc, closed 241sc; May,
opened 275Sc, closed &c. Oats-August, NOM
inal, closed 1890; September, opened l71Sc,
closed l714c; May. opened Zoe, closed 1870.
Pork-September, opened $3.50, closed x8.25;
October, opened $500 closed $500. Lard
August nominal, closed 50. 10; September.
opened 50 l2L1, closed 70. is.
Produce Butter-Extra creamery, 14IHc per
h.. extra dairy. l2c fresh packing stock,
5Q7l2c. Eggs - Fresh stock, e11c per doz.
Poultry-Turkeys. SGloc per To-; chickens,
hens. s@S11c; spring chickens, Sl6c; roos-
tiers, &c; ducks. SO 1l0c; geese. $1,000
60J Potatoes-Early Ohio l7Gl9c per bushel
Honey-White clover. l30l4c per h.; broken
comb. g1ll0c; extracted, 5D3c. Blackberries,
5OQI75c per l6-Qtcsse blueberries. 1901. w per
LOOT case.
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO. Aug. 8.
Live Stock-Prices at the Union Stock
yards today ranged as follows: Hogs-Es-
timated receipts for the day 1900 sales
ranged at s2.7O0t345 pigs, SO l0G5.N light =
81. 1902. % rough packing, s2g5lL335 mixed :
and S2 1903 % heavy packing and shipping
lots.
Cattle-Estimated receipts for the day,
1000; quotations ranged at S4.3514 Is choice
to extra shipping steers, - sOD4. Al good TO
choice do, 1896 D42 % fair TO good. S3456D3. IS
common TO medium do, s3.5014.W butchers
steers, 81 50G132O stockers, 81. l0I3.70 feeders,
81. 4OGl3.40 cows, s2.40di % heifers. Sl.750375
bulls. oxen and stays. s2.5J6I32j Texas steers
s2.sO13sO western rangers and sS.OOG5.5O veal
calves.
Sheep and Lambs-Estimated receipts for
the day, l.5OJ; sales ranged at 81. 25d3 10 west
ems s2md2.S So Texans, Sl75lG335 natives.
and s30OG6.0O lambs.
st. Louis Grain.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. g.
wheat-No. red cash elevator, 5s34c;
track 5s346J5914c; No. 2 hard, 5234c; August
59l4c asked; September. 5s1zc asked; Decem-
Der, ol1Sc Diu. Iorn-No = cas1, @lIsc' august,
PC nominal; September, 22Ac bid; May, 2514
2j3zc bid Oats No. cash, l9c bids August
l9Gl9lsc bid; September, lsI1c bid; May. 2Ossc
bid. Rye-2Sc.
Milwaukee Grain.
MILWAUKEE. Aug. 8.
Wheat-No. spring, 56I1c; No / northern,
59l1c; September, BIC. Corn = No. g. 24c.
Oats-No. 2 white. 21Q2lI6c; No. do eO34G
PIC. Barley-No 2. 33c; samples 24@33c.
Rye-No. !, 3ll1c.
Detroit Grain.
DETROIT, Aug. 3.
Wheat-Cash white 63l1c; cash red, 63lxc
bid; August, 65Ixc bid; September. 63s<c asked,
December. s5l6c.