The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-07
THE MARKETS.
New York Financial.

prime mercantile paper ADJ per cent; ster-
ling exchange was stea iy, with actual bus
mess in bankers bills at 1854 40 is7 for
demand an 4S3A 9is4 for sixty days. posted
rates, 1874 DiSj AL 4150lSS: commsr cial
bills 4s24
Bar silver. 65ls; Mexican dollars 5l}s.
United States government bonls firm
As registered. llD4; 10. coupo1s 1881; IS
registered, 1875; do coupons, 1874; As regis
tered. 100; do. coupons, ll0I5; - registered,
80; Pacific 6'sof '91, 99,a.
Chicago Grain and Produce.
CHICAGO, Dec. s.
Following were the quotations on tn,
Board Of Tra1e today: wheat-December,
opened 7s}sc, c,osod 1919; May. openei
sl1sc, close Sj14c; July, opened 76c. closed
16asc Corn-Dacember, opened &c closed
2jc; May. opened 26I4c, closed 2j9s, Oats
December opened 1870. closed ls4c; Nav.
opened 2l9sc, closed 2ll6c. Pork-December
opened and clossl nominal January. open,i
$3.50 closed S7.52l9. Lard-December. openei
nominal, closed S376Is; January, opened So. 81.
S3S2l2.
Produce: BItter-Extra creamery 23c per
ID; extra dairy. 10; fresh packing stock
s69lsc. Eggs-Fresh stock, ~. per doz.
Poultry-Turkeys, lO0lOIlc per lb; chicken,
(hens). &c; spring chickens, 6066c; roo,.
tiers, 5c ducks 90l0c; geese, 7a9c.
Potatoes--Burbanks, 20 D24c per bu; Hebron.
2oG23c. Sweet potatoes-Tlinois SI.4Oal al
per Dbl. Honey-White clover combs. ION
l3c per Id; extracted, 5f17c Apple,-Com.
mon to fancy. 5oc0Sl.5D per Dbl
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO. Dec. s.
Live Stock-Prices at the Union Stock
yards today ranged as follows: Hogs-Esti-
mated receipts for tho day 31Ol1. cole,
ranged at s.. 5G33j pigs. SjlO03.35 light
s2gO g3Oo rough packing, S3lJ6I3i mixed
and S5.lOO33j heavy packing aud shippinv
lots. rp'"s
>Cattle-Estimated receipts for the dav
ON; quotations ranged at S5.j00j.7O Christ.
mas beeves S5.OU1ii5 choice to ex-
IRA ela snlppins steers, S4.5O05OI good to
choice do. Si1)04.5O fair to COOL s3GJ0a IN
common to medium do. S35O02g1 butcher
steers - oO15.5O stockers, S3.3j al 90 feeders.
Sl.,b $3.50 cows $40 1l.lj heifers sl.75a37 *
bulls, oxen ana stays S2s)04sO Texas steers
ana % 15G5.SJ veal calves
Sheep and Lambs-Estimate1 reca;nts eou
.uo Jay o,OOJ; sales ranged at S235a3 5l
ana e2.SoG5.i5 lambs
East Buffalo Live Stock.
EAST BUFFALO. N. Y Dec
cunning q Stevens Live Stoc,. Co,s,.,s.
SION Merchants, East Buffalo. N Y onat. =.
follows: ~ - quote as
>, Cattle-Receipts, car; marke. s.o.su
,nioss-hecelpts, 10 cars; market slow and ia
- y, iorkers, ~ 4O1345. mostly S3.l5.
pigs SS'.oaeS 30 packers s3.35; heavy and
medium, sa.so0aai. Sheep and lambs-.Ra.
ce,pts ~ cars; market steady and nm.
changed; prime lambs, s495; good TO choice,
$4,000 common to fair lambs lower
Milwaukee Grain.
wbs,.-N. MILWAUKEE Dec. g.
ern, Soc; May, size. Corn-No. p aaLt nS Sptn
sno SINo; white, 9oa2lc; No. 8 do. i9Is@
aS; Barley-No. :. 3ic; samples, soifsic Rwo
st. Louis Grain.
tra mhea ao red cash elevator. 9oc bid.
Decenh sS@'S &C; No. hard cash. 5000 asked:
CDecemSer' sAc nominal; Nav. aixc Ia
s @S[nI IN, cash. 2lc; December, eOglo: Nav
MO HID pa UatsrNo scash. zoe bid; May.
Detroit Grain.
wheat-Cash white e3szc; cssb ra PEG ca, 3;
oeosmber. es,Sc; May s5sfc '' 'ea' s''sc'