The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-19
THE MARKETS.
New York Financial.

| NEW YORK. March 49,
Money on call nominally ll6a2 per cent;
/ prime mercantile pape: 319 "a per cent;
| sterling exchange firm, with ac ual bust
ness in bankers bills at is7d4s714 for demand
| and 1851 04S519 for sixty days. posted rates,
| 4S5@4S6% and 4SS04Ss1s; commercial bills, 4s434.
Silver certificates, G2A0624; no sales; bar
| silver, ga. Mexican dollars, 49,
United States government bonds steady; new
As registered, l23l9 do. coupons l231S SIS
gstered ia; do. coupon III; As regis
tered, Ill; do. coupons, 1874; Us registered
| 9516; Pacific SIS o. 90, 1885.
Chicago Grain and Produce.
CHICAGO, March 49,
Following were the quotations on the Board
of Trade today: Wheat-March opened and
closed nominal; May, opened s3Jsc. closed 74c;
July, opened 7234c, closed 5-5sc Corn -
May, opened 1880, closed Pa 2: July opened,
2l34c, closet 25Ac; Septe nber, opened 1878 :,
clio ed &c. Oats-M Y, opsne l,l4c, clos ID
l714c; July, opened ls4c closed 1910. Pork
May opened Ss.715 cl)sed S877l6; July,
opened 1885,, ciosei s. s71s Lard - May,
opened St22Ia clio ell 81 %; July. opened
xi3216, closed SI3!l%
Produce: Butter-Extra creamery, lsc per
lb. extra dairy, IS; por 10; fresh packin q
stock Sc. Eggs-Fresh stock 9l5c per
doz Poultry-Turke5s, lO0l3; per ID; chick
ems (hens), s9sI6c ROSTERS l6jc; ducks.
&dl2c; geese Ease. Observation-Disclosures. 221
toes-llliaois, 81. 00t5I per Dbl. Honey
White Cover, ll1a Ole p ID; imperfect, 1905
Apples-Common to fancy. 81 0)lDaOJ per bDl
G anberries-J srssys SaOldlJ
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO MarchlS.
Live Stock-Prices at tn, u ion Stock ward,
today ranged rs follow Hogs-Estim ted re-
ceipts for the day 2j.00l; sale rang ID at s. 40
GD4.05 pg., $3.50 i.05 light, S38jGO37O rough
packing S3.Sj94O7J6 mixed, and $J750LO7lk
heavy packing and shipping lots.
Cattle-Estinated receipts for the day, 8, 90;
quotations ranged at Sj.l505.6j choice to extra
shipping steers, S46JdD5. 10 good to choice d J.,
S3.gI0455 fair TO good. SlG9DI.0J comno 70
med IN do S3.j00300 batch srs' stosrs SI2j
03.S0 stockers $3.700i.25 elders, S2OJ03 10
COWS, S2.40Di20 heifers S..2jGD}7j bu Is, oxen
and sta s. Sy9)DLgj Texas steers and 800 q
6.2j VI, al calves
Sheep and Lambs Estimated receipts for the
day. 9O)0; sales ra e d at S'3O04.2j western,
40 Texans, S2.6JlDl.3t natives and 500
@j.55 lambs.
East Buffalo Live stock.
EAST BUFFALO March 49,
Dunning & stevens, Liv 5 ock Commit ssi m
Merchants, East Buffalo, N. Y, quote as follows:
Gait e-Nona. Hoss-Recoip $, Ii cars
market steady for Workers. about DC lower
for others; Workers., S4I5; mediums, m xed
and heavy, 81 l7110i%J; roughs, sil50375
Sheep and lambs-R ceipts, y cars; market
heavy; % Id. iambs, Sj.376D5.55; Others SL5O1
565.
ST. Louis Grain.
IT. LOUIS, March Is.
Wheat-No. 2 ed cash elevator &c; tr ok,
g3c; No. hard cash, Zoe; May, sJlsc bud;
July, 75c bid. Corn-No. ca,h, Gle; May
22I4c. Oats-No. cash, 1issc; May, lossc
bid. Rye-y}c.
Milwaukee Grain.
MILWAUKEE,, March Is
Wheat-No.2 spring, 75c; No. 1 nortnern.
76lfc; May IA Corn--No. 3, 2lc. Oats
mo. 2 white. ls40I4c. Barley-No 2
Detroit Grain.
ETRoIT, March Is.
Wheat-Cash white, 81; cash red, Gle
asked; May, &s1fc asked; Ju.y. 76Ac.
What An Autopsy Revealed.
Cheyenne, Wyo., March 17.-An au.
topsy has disclosed the fact that Pri-
vate Collie who dropped dead while
scufiling with Private O'Shay at Fort
Russell recently. died of strangulation.
In the scufile O'Shay gave Collie an
uppercut on the jaw. which knocked
him over backwards and caused a piece
OF meat which he had In his mouth To
become lodged In his wfndpipe cholxgno