The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1896-02-29
MARKET REPORTS BY TEI,EGRApu
Wall Street Dealings Were on a pro
feSsional Order

New York, Feb. 26.-The stock snac,,.
ton today was a professional affair Wiz
the bulk of the business centerine In +hroa
industrial and two railroad stocks NJ
movement of prices was irregular with a
steady downward trend.
PORTLAND WHEAT.
Portland, Or, Feb. 26.-The wheat mar,
cts are unchanged.
SAN FRANCISCO GRAIN.
San Francisco, Cal, Feb. 26.-Whea+
Spring wheat $l121a@1134 for No. 1. and,
$1.15 for choice; milling, $1.25@1. 271s.
Bariey-Feed, fair to poor. zoe; choice
71A@721sc; brewing, SO0S5c.
Oats-Millng, 750SOc; Surprise. qo0oso.
fancy feed, 771s@SOc good to choice 7oG
75c; poor to fair, 60G65c; black for sasG
G5c@$1.10; gray, 6712@821ac; red for seed
S5c@$1.05.
CHICAGO GRAIN.
Chicago, Feb. 26.-Wheat-There was
smaller trade, the market having mora
quiet periods, the range for the sessior
being &c. The feeling developed was
rather unsettled and the market rather in
a hating, hestating order Close. Nov
wheat, 66Ac; corn, 3O5sc; oats, 21Ac. Re-.
ceipts: Wheat. $1,000 bushels; corn, Asa ,OO0.
bushels; oats 47S,OOO bushels.
MINING STOCKS.
BulWer 15c, Cholar soc, Grown Point Oc
Consolidated California and Virginia sm
DeadWood soc, Gould & Curry 35c, Hale &
Norcross $1.10, Homestake S21. Iron Silver
zoe, Mexican SOC, Ontario Sill. Ophir SIZE
Plymouth zoe, Quicksilver $1S7, Quicksl.
yer preferred SIS, Sierra Nevada 35c.
Standard $2.15, Union Consolidated Soc,
Yellow Jacket Soc.
METAL QUOTATIONS.
Bar silver, 6Sasc.
Copper-Quiet; brokers' price, $1O87h:
exchange price, $1O.9O@11 10.
Lead-Firm; brokers' price, $3121h; ex-
change, $3.2O@3.221a.
WOOL SALES.
London, Feb. 26.-The second series of
colonial wool sales will open at the wool
exchange next Tuesday and is scheduled
to close March "a. The total stock avail
able for the series is 10000 bales.
WOOL TRADE.
Boston, Feb. 26.-The American Wool
and Cotton Reporter will say tomorrow Of
the wool trade:
The sales in the three principal mark
cts have aggregated 4,631, 600 pounds, COM
prlSlng 2,32l 800 pounds domestic and $780,
$40 pounds of foreign WOOL There is no
quotable change in the prices of staple
wool or desirable stock of any kind. The
total sales since January ! has amounted
to 40, 43O pounds, against A., 1855, 1868 pounds
a year ago.
LIVE STOCK.
Chicago, Feb. 26.-Trade today was ex-
ceedingly slow and the prices were largely
l0c lower. Common to extra choice native
beeVes were saleable at $32504.50. Choice
yearling feeders are selling as high as
$3.50 Cows and heifers bring $2.5OGS0;
bulls, 81 25@3.25; choice calves. So. 5016.25.
Hogs-People who bet that hogs would
sell at $4.75 this month are getting badly
lett The prices are going lower and low
er and today, with heavy receipts, the
market was slow at decline of 501Oc;
common to prime droves selling at $3.75@
4.05
Sheep-Prices were largely 10c lower to-
Gay; common to choice sheep sold at $375
al; westerns, $9300370; yearlings, fair re-
quest at $3.6503.90 and lambs sold at $4,000
40.
PACKING HOUSE PRODUCTS.
Chicago, Feb 26.-Porl1, 1892; lard, $685.
ribs, $5.12.
MISCELLANEOUS.
New York, Feb. 6.-Hops-Quiet.
Wool-Steady.
Petroleum-Dull.
Coffee-Closed steady; March, $124O9
lz.4o; spot Rio, quiet; No. Z, $13.25.
Sugar-Raw firm.