The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-08
THE MARKETS.
New York Financial.

Money on call was easy at lB per cent
prime mercantile paper 4dej per cent; ster-
ling exchange was easier, with actual bus.
mess in bankers bills at 4SSIs 1iS6N for
demand AMI 4s3A04S4 for sixty days; posted
rates. 4s4 DiS4le AMI 4S71s 0iSS; conmsr cia
bills. 1924
Silver certificates, $685. sales, 5000; bar
silver, 65ls; Mexican dollars. 5o]s.
United States government bonis firm;
As registered. 1874; do. coupons, 1917; 5's
registered, 1875; do. coupons. 1874 a. regis
tered. 100; do. coupons, llO1s IS registered
10; Pacific 6's OF ~. 800.
Chicago Grain and Produce.
CHICAGO, Dec. T.
Following were the quotations on the
Board OF Trade today: Wheat-December,
opened T]sc. c'ossi 1859; Nav. opene
e0jsc, close s04c;July, opened nominal, closed
,41sc. Corn-Decembsr, opened 23c, closed
25c; May, opene 26c. closed 28I6c. Oats
December. opened AMI clos ID nominal; MAY.
opene 2lssc, c.ossd 2lAc. Pork-Decembsr.
opened 500. closed 1915; January. opened
$3.50, closed s7.57h Lard-December, opened
and closed nominal; January. opsnsi So 80,
$3.50.
Produce: Butter-Extra crea merry, 23c per
ID; extra dairy, 49,; fresh PACKING stock,
S191ec Eggs-Fresh stock. 22c per doz
Poultry-Turkeys 101lJy6, par Id; chicken,
(hens), &c; spring chic xsns, cas- 81; roo,
ters. DC; ducks, 91l0s; geese, 7o9c.
Potatoes-Burbanks, 90 1A, per ba; Hebron.
00L23c Sweet potatoes-Illinois. ST. a ll. 90
per bbl Honey-white clover combs ION
l3c per Id; extracted. 517c. Appe,-Con.
mon to fancy, 5Dc0SL5) per Dbl
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO. Dec. T.
Live Stock-Prices at the Union Stock
yards to lay ranged as follows: Hoys-Esti.
mated receipts for the day, GOD: sale,
ranged at S2.7O133) pigs. SllO9l3j light.
lff2 - n q ~
and SS.0j039O heavy packing and shipping
lots.
Cattle-Estimated receipt, for the dav
l',5O; quotations ranged at So 80 05.7O Christ
mas beeves, $500 0il5 choc, to ex.
ira shipping steers, S45O05OI COOL to
choice do, sf.l leDfoo fair to cool. Si6t@i1O
common to medium d.. Sj5J0lgl butcher
steers 81. 30 stockers, $3.50 04 90 feeders.
81, 63.6) cows, S. 0Ll5 hsifers. SLDAl7j
bulls, oxen AMI stays S2sJ0I2O Texas stesr,.
and 81 75d5.sj veal calves
Sheep and Lambs-Estimatei receipta FOR
the day, l6,OO); sales ranged at S2.3ja35J
western, s,.6l93OJ Texans, Sl.5OOl7j native,
and S2.S5D54O lambs
East Buffalo Live Stock.
EAST BUFFALO. N. Y. Der7
Cunning G. Stevens Live stock Com,,i,
sion Merchants, East Buffalo N Y. onot, oa
follows: f'o'' Us
Cattle-Receipts. 175 car; market oho,,.
steady Tor light handy and heavy steer cat.
te; prime steers, S4.65d4. 80; good 70 cboios
sfpg4oO; fair to MEDIUMS Si2Jal az. cbo,c,
TAT heifers, 50 10 040); common lgbt 20 80
Sz.goG32j; prime fat cows sI2ja3.O IL,
,heceipts. 3s2 cars; market dull and 1oaIss
lower s,o Workers, 1925 3 27IS; mixed packers
Sapg32o heavy AMI msdium, saal0aa o..
hght forkers $3.50. Sheep and Lambs-pn-
ceipts, ~ cars; market dull and lower. -
na ao Jams, S4.75G4S5; fair to eooi. siaS%
Nv; cuils and commgn. sl7jAt *. o.. -.
onoice mixed sheep, s34Oo36 90; common ~
.ar, s..aog3.5; cull,, SaOOa35o: haIvv
ewes, S3.25GD34O. n'''y Ia
st. Louis Grain
wneat-No red cash elevator o..
p 1,ack, si,sa9lNc; No. q hard cash 7sxo Ma.
december. s9&; May, s,S30s9o. CornSNn
ASH si,sc; December, 2ySzc bid. Ma oar
~. s'sANo' zcash. Zoe bid; May, 2sl<o r.
Milwaukee Grain.
wb... MILWAUKEE D,o. ?
"neat-No. 3 spring. DO: No go
ern' osc; May, S,<c Corn-No. N. C coa'
s.,r,J .n a aSfslAc. Barley-No SSI..
'Ainp'eA ssd&c Rys-Na 1, UaSc' ~s''
Detx>af Es>1n.
m ~hea4-Cash whitn a2c $500. s's,'
o. .@I Dscemhor. 1885,, ,Nxs' sssxn ~