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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-07

ern mountain lambs. Sal0c; San Joaquin
plains, 6M7c; Humboldt and Mendocino.
nile
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-07

City Ticket of1iee. No. Il North Main
St, Butte. ], E. Dawson. General Agent.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-07
A General Banking
Business Transacted,

Foreign exchange. We draw direct on
all the principal cities of Europe and issue
our own letters of credit availab BILE in all
parts of the world.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-07

Chas. S. Fee, G. P.&T.A
st. Paul. MINI.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-07

w. II. Merriman,
Act'g Genl Agt., Butte
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-05-18
CHICAGO COUNTRY HIDES,


CHICAGO. May 1.-THE market continues firm
and active despite effort the part Of the
tanners to not let the prices so down. They
prefer waiting until they can get desirable short
haired stock. The supply of branded hides has
become greatly reduced and none is being offered
There is also lull in calfskins.
No. Bluffs 40 to co lbs. steady, with liberal
six sold at 9Ac, with the No. selection
at 9hc.
No. extreme light hides stronger and in
better demand. One lot of $40 sold TO Milwaukee
tanners at l0Ic. More wanted at this figure:
with the rs at 9lsc.
No. l native steers 60 lbs and over. free OF
brands and grubs. steady. One lot OF 800
brought 1oc, and &c for the No. rs.
No. heavy native cows, so lbs and over. free
of brands and grubs. steady. with two cars
sold at csc The No. selection brought 91sc.
Branded steers and branded scarce.
being quotable the basis of the best sales
sac and 9i4c.
Bulls stronger. One lot of good run
brought Slac fiat.
No. 1 country calf, to Is lbs. are again quiet.
Small sales have been made at 12c and l2Ac.
skins scarce and nominal at lsc more than
country skins.
Deacons under Z lbs. steady with trans
actions at 52iac each. Deacons. Z to lbs, rule
at 72isc each. Slunks at 25c each.
No / kips. Il to % lbs, without sale. and
held at l0@l0hc, with the No selection at
Sl2TS2c.
Sheep Pets-The market Is well cleaned UP OF
wool pelts. Shearngs receiving considerable
attention. Packers selling May shearngS
freely 40ff45c. Two cars-about S.000-14la Id
average sold at s105. In the country market
there three of mixed wool pelts sold
at prices ranging from 25c to Soc.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-05-18
PersOnalltfes.

In order to impress on the celestial mind
how honorable is agricultural labor the
emperor of China has to learn to handle a
pillow. He is bound by custom to repair once
a year to field within the precincts of the
imperial city and there to pillow a furrow
with his own hands.
Mr.. Lionel Phillips, the South African
millionaire, who was implicated in the
Jameson raid, has offered the Italian gov
eminent the money needed to buy block
of houses now standing over the remains Of
Basilica Aemilia, near the Roman forum.
1t is believed that the excavation of the
Basilica may bring to light some of the
Greek spoils taken to Rome after the victory
Of Pydna
There are four men of American birth or
training in the British house of commons
They are Henry NJ Stanley, who was
brought up in New Orleans; F. A. Charming.
son of the Rev. N. H. Charming. of Boston;
Sir Ellis Ashmead- Bartlett, who was born
in Brooklyn in 1919; and his brother w. A.
Burdett Coutts, who was born in Plymouth,
Mass, in 1851.
The most successful player at Monte Carlo
this season is said to be Mrs. Macadam of
New York, who rarely appears at the tables
without a wonderful run of luck. Recently
she retired from the tables, after less than
10 minutes play, with $4,000 to her credit
while the bank had to send for money with
which to continue the game.
Herbet Putnam, of Boston, the new librar-
ian of congress- is the youngest son of the
late George p. Putnam. founder of the we'll
known publishing house of G. P. Putnam's
Sons. He was graduated from Harvard in
1883, studied at the Columbia law school,
went to Minneapolis in 1884, and there was
admitted to the bar. He became librarian
Of the Minneapolis Athenaeum, which was
subsequently merged into the public library
of that city, an institution founded mainly
by Mr.. Putnam's efforts. He resigned in
1891 to go to Boston, where he was chosen
librarian of the Boston public library
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-05-18
Odds and Ends.

The hair on the heads of most of the hum
dreds of thousands of dolls now being ex-
hibited in shop windows is made from the
hair of the Angora goat. This product is
controlled by an English syndicate, and is
valued at 100000 a year. After the hair
is prepared it is sent to Munich and made
into wigs by girls.
In France there are 5000, 900 smokers, and
of every Is there are eight who smoke a
pipe Ave who smoke cigars, and only two
who use cigarets. Still. they use more than
800, OOO, 900 cigarets year, or enough to go
around the world 500 times if they were
placed end to end in line.
1t appears that they are to have a new
form of field sport in England, as several
gentlemen are busying themselves in the
process of training an-hunting blood
hounds. AS the sport is followed on horse
back, it will probably be supplementary to
if not a substitute for-fox- hunting. 1t
is not mentioned what is to be done with
the men when he is run down. He can
hardly be treated in the same way as the fox
now is.
An interesting discovery was made recent
ly at Hampton court in the course of the
excavations for a drainage pipe Between
the ratings of the private gardens the
foundations of the old water gate or water
gallery built by Henry VIII have been cut
through. The walls or piers are of immense
thickness, being no less than rs feet wide
and they are made of the hardest chalk
faced with stone. The opening through
which the state barges passed is clearly
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-05-18
News ant; Notes.

Half Of the $4,000 Scandinavians in the
United States live in Chicago.
Pins have been made for $50 years, but
needles have been used for 40 centuries.
Prussia began absorbing railroads in 1876
In eight years she owned 5000 miles. Now
nearly $1,000 miles are under control of
the state.
DR.. Murray expects to have more than
half of the new English dictionary pub
lshed by the end of the century-up to
the middle of the letter L.
Within a mile from Congleton, England
on the high road from Macclesfield, there is
deserted village consisting of over 60
houses, not one of which is tenanted.
Some of the ccd lines used in the fishing
industry measure 1000 fathoms long or
about 80 ordinary miles, having 1880 hooks
the whole costing in some cases 81 500.
At the recent annual meeting of the I'm
perial Bank of Germany the president re-
ported that 1887 of the stockholders own
only one share apiece and 1921 only two
shares each.
Marriage in Spain takes place by day or
at night. according to the fortune of the
young people or their station in life If
well to do, the ceremony comes off in
early part of the morning.
fire occurred two weeks ago in the viii
lage of Fohrau. on the Hungarian frontier
and among other houses destroyed was the
modest matched building in which Joseph
Haydn was born.
President David Starr Gordon, of Leland
Stanford, Jr university, declares that he
would rather have the Anglo Saxon race
extinguished than to contemplate the pos
sibility that it might dominate the world"
No comet. so far as is known, has ever
come in contact with the earth or mingled
it's substances with our atmosphere. The
nearest approach ever observed was that of
the comet Of 1910, which came within 400, =
900 miles of our planet.
In recent lecture delivered at Liverpool
DR.. William Carter pointed out that the
deaths directly attributed to intemperance in
1896 were 81 per 1000, 900 among the males
and 50 per 100000 among females; that
the rate is constantly increasing and that
the deaths are increasing among women
far more rapidly and in far greater ratio
than among men.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-05-18
CHICAGO GRAIN.

CHICAGO May l7.-sensational claims of
damage from Hassion flies caused advance
with gain Of ha3sc and oats Ac Pork de-
clined 7lxc, and lard and ribs 2i2c each. Fore
ing weather throughout the spring wheat belt
and heavness abroad. despite advance here
limited however and the market soon turned
: strong numerous reports that the work of
ruin of the crop being threatened in several sec
lions. The strength was helped by report
from Roumania that 30 per cent of the wheat
crop had bean ruined by droutb. July opened
1ITasc lower at 10lsN 104c. declined to 7Oc, ad-
vanced gradually to 71sM71Ac. and closed with
buyers 11kc. Receipts comparatively
light. Chicago receiving but SO cars: four of
compared with 500 for the corresponding day
last year. Aggregate receipts Western prim
airy markets were 3240oo against 1,12l.oGo a
and flour equaed 2s700o bu. The cash bust
ness greatly interfered with, owing to the
blockade Buffalo. The worlds visible in
creased $4,000 bu compared $4,000 de-
crease last year.
A complete standstll in shipping operations
and favorable crop advces weakened cor'i early,
rathy with wheat. Receipts 225 cars Worlds
visible decreased 3.547.00o July opened 1sc
lower at 1874 m33ssc, declined to 331sM 3314c. and
advanced to 33s4c at the close.
Small contract stocks and heavy purchases
by elevator concerns strengthened oats. Worlds
visible increased 4O3 600 Receipts 400 cars July
s q t''4e advanced 10 -'''s ana close" a. -'7'"
Provisions carly were steadied by small hog
receipts and higher prices the yards but the
market weakened under liquidation. July pork
opened unchanged $40. declined to $3.50, and
closed at ss.3ons.3 2he. July lard opened a shade
cined to s5.o515.o712. and closed at s5.o7k.
Ribs duh within narrow limits.
Estimated receipts for Wednesday: Wheat.
p cars; corn, IS: oats $50: hogs. 80. 900 head.
Ti1c load fnt rod a
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-05-18
LIVE STOCK.
ST. PAUL LIVE. STOCK.


SOUTH ST. PAUL, May 17.-Receipts
Tuesday, 500 cattle. 200 hogs 900 calves. $50
hogs. 3OO calves, $50 sheep.
Hog market steady and active; quality fair
to good Sales: 63 hogs, av 226 pounds,
$685.; A hogs. av 1856 pounds. 1915; So
hogs, av 236, $50; IS hogs, av 27s, 1910;
1s1 hogs, av 225, s.. GIN; u hogs. av 211,
$3.67s SO hogs. av 264. So. 81; 30 hogs. av
2s6. $3.72h; 6S hogs, av 23O, 50. 65; s. hogs,
av 1856. 50. 72h; Z culls, av 44O, 1886; 4
culls, av 337, SO. As; culls, av 3O5, $685..
Cattle market, butcher cattle are strong.
not enough to supply the demand. More
buyers here this week for stockers. Prices
higher. Sales: steers, av LOO. 81. 60;
steers. av 1923, $40; steers, av 1868
"a 10; 4 steers. av 1887, $3.50; 4 steers. av
1902, 81. 50; steers av LILO, $40; steers.
av 1.18O. 81 20; 5 steers, av 1,13O, 81. 80; 20
steers, av 1122, 81. So. 13 coks, av 996, $3.50;
9 cows, av 1.345, "a; 6 coks av 1915, 81; 2
COWS, av 1900, 1886; 1 cow, 1910, 1885;
stockers, av PIT, $4.S5; II stockers, av BAT,
So 8 stockers, av 400. 81. %; 3 stockers. av,
266, 81. IS; bulls, av 985. 81. IS; bull, av
919, 1925.
Sheep Market-Good sheep and lambs are
steady. Receipts are coarse quality and sell.
ing SLOW
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Wheat weak. h@Nd lower; May 80 Sd; July IS
Sd; Sept. So 5,sd. Corn weak. 1tQAd lower: May.
Is. 51sd: July. 3d. 5hd; September IS. SID.
ern winter. stocks exhausted: futures weak:
May, IS Cd; July. IS Sd September. SIS sgd.
Corn-Spot American mixed, new, quiet at
b SD; American old quiet at s. md. Futures
steady; May. 3s sgd; July, IS sid: September
IS SD. Receipts Of wheat during the past
three days. 239, 900 centals including IA. 600
American. Receipts OF American corn during
the past three days, 271.700 centals. Weather
partially cloudy
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Busily Engaged.

Zones, how do you do. I'm deuced glad
to see you. How are all the folks in the
cid town."
"Everybody's well, I guess
"And old man Brown, he used to make
whistles for me. How is the old man? He
was the most worthless individual l ever
knew. I've often wondered about him.
What is he doing?"
Doing? Heavens, he isn't doing a
blamed thing. He never did anything.
"And that boy Tom of his. He's, of
course man grown now What's he do
ing?
''Oh, he's helping the old man."-Detroit
Free Press.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-05-18
ST, LOUIS LIVE STOCK.

ST. LOUIS May 1.-Cattle receipts yesterday
1000 including 900 Texans: market steady: native
shipping steers, 81 5005.25 fancy grades worth
so: light and butcher steers $4G5.20 stockers
and feeders, So. 30Mo; and heifars. 81 25N
sos: Texas and Indian steers, So 50G4 80;
and heifars, 81. 20M4. 80 Hogs-Receps, 5000:
market steady to strong; pigs and lights, 50 500
49, packers, 50 s50D3 90 butchers. So 9O14 Sheep
Receipts. $3.50. including 800 Texans; market
lambs $i.50M7.25: Texas sheep $40.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-05-18
OLD VEGETABLES.
MISCELLANEOUS.
NEW YORK BUTTER AND EGGS.

NEW YORK, May 17.-Butter receipts yester-
day 1859 pkgs; firm western creamery, 1om1Sc;
factory. 11@Tl3c. Old cheese receipts, $500 pack
ages; steady; large white, H12c, small white.
HE; large colored. 11lgc; small colored 1li.c.
New cheese firm; large, 91.di9tac: small sasM9e.c.
Eggs-Receipts 1892 packages; steady: west
ern, 13G14c; southern, ns4G1ic; southern. 1870
l3c. Sugar-Raw firm; fair refining. 4tsc
trifugal IS test 49sc; molasses sugar 4c. Re-
fined firmer; crushed, SIC: powda oi.c; gran
ulated Jssc. Coffee dull; No. I, Gssc.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-05-18
SEED MARKETS.

CHICAGO, May 1.-THE flax market is
weak on nearby futures, and also for cash.
The long futures are depressed by news
CT increased acreage and pleasant outlook
We cannot vouch for for the crop of 1899. but
it looks favorable. Receipts here were II
cars; cars at Duluth and none az Mime
apolls. The official close as reported by the
Weare Commission Co. is as follows: Cash
fax at $1.0S May at 81 .06; July at 81 .O6, and
september at Sic. Minneapolis flax quoted
at $1.01h.
Flax opened with small covering of short
May sales, being made at $1.09 to 81 0912,
and now the tendency is to sell lower as
offerings are more free at $l09, with buyers
to moderate extent at s10S. Cash North
western sold at the May price and May
to July was spread at 24c discount Market
meantime acting heavy. July. s1.06, B, 81. OF
S; Sept. 91kc, bid. 92c. Sellers: Oct, soc
sellers. Receipts, Chicago. II, Minneapolis
nothing. Duluth, g. Chicago shipments.
1856; stocks, 1898, May l. 7s9 1872; May
IA, 738,440. Showing decrease for week Of
5o,752, and fer 1899, May 9Th. 45S,0S5; May
10, 523,930, showing increase for week of
e5,845.
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"You are an execrable william" exclaimed
the defenseless maiden, pale with indigna-
ton and terror.
II know it," howled the man bitterly,
but it isn't my FAULT / have. always played
leading comedy parts till I struck this
company"
And in his despair. he stabbed himself
with a pasteboard dagger and died miser-
ably to slow music.-Chicago Tribune.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-05-18
CHICAGO DORK

CHICAGO, May 1.-THE speculative pork
market shows no signs of recovery Tuesday We
believe. however that this product is good in
Nestment at present prices. Values may go
lower. but there is the minimum of loss and
the maximum of profit.
The following the range of prices yester-
day pork:
May-Closing Tuesday, sS.l5; closing Monday.
$S.27la.
Juy-Opening $50 highest $50: lowest.
$3.50; closing Tuesday IS. 30MS.S2; closing Mon
day $50
September-Opening. $s.571.; highest. sS.a7i.:
lowest ss.i3 closing Tuesday $S.l1=; closing
Monday, IS 80
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DULUTH GRAIN.

DULUTH. May 1.-THE market was dull
and lifeless yesterday. July opened &c off
off at INC. sold up to INC at 11:4O and
closed kc up at 72hc. Cash. 10000 blu at
&c under July. Mills last week made 1880
bbls; shipped, 1890; have. $4,000. Close:
Wheat. No. hard. cash, 745sc: May, 74ssc;
July, 75Ac; No. 1 northern. cash. 71ssc;
May, 715sc; July. 721sc September, 7oi@c;
No. northern. 671sc; No. spring. 645sc;
to arrive. No. 1 hard. 74%c; No. northern.
715sc: oats, 27626kc: rye, SIC: barley, 36G
4Oc; fax. sl.0O; September, sOkc; June,
s1.OOk; corn, 32ac. Car inspection. wheat.
112; corn, 81; oats, 1; rye, 10; barley. 8;
fax. 9. Receipts. wheat S6,063 bu; corn.
1926 oats. 1894: rye, 1918: barley. IA
flax, 2,817. Shipments, wheat, 1909. corn,
SIC, OCO: oats, 49,, PIG.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-05-18
KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK.

KANSAS CITY. May 17-Cattie receipts yester-
day 1000; market steady to strong; native steers
S4M5 10: Texas steers. S35O04 80: Texas COWS
s3T4: native and hefers 81 25Ml co. stock
ers and feeders. s315 %; bulls. So. 250i4 30 Hogs
Receipts, Is 900: market steady to shade lower:
bulk of sales. So. 60dl3. 10: heavy. SO 65M3.
packers and mixed, 50 .60GD3. 10: light So 25GI3 e.
workers. So s0af. 50: pigs. SO 25G33 80. Sheep-Re-
ceipts. 5000 market firm; lambs, $5.5OG7 so;
muttons. So .J0GJ. 10
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-05-18
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK

CHICAGO. May 17.-There was a fairly active
demand for cattle yesterday at previous prices.
Fancy grades brought $5.45G5.6O: choice steers.
s5.2oa5f0: mediums. s4.95; beef steers. $4,000
a. 20; stockers and feeders. s4e0M515 bulls, 3d. 90
steers. s4.5om5SO Texas steers. So. sO@5; calves.
$5.000r61 %. Business brisk in hogs and
prices ruled stronger to 21.c higher. Fair to
choice s3.S1i2@4.CO; heavy packers sS55d3.S5;
mixed. $3.65@3.S7l.; butchers, S. 70G3.95; lights.
50 G0n3 S11a; pigs, So. 35n3S0. The demand for
sheep and lambs just as lively ever. and
with diminished receipts prices moved steadily
upward Wooded Colorado fed lambs sold at
So s0de67 20 further advance of &C clipped lots,
S.. 756fGO0: wooded Western lots. Sc. 40G6. S.;
spring lambs. $60oI9.oo per 100 pounds: shorn
sheep, 81. 70G5.30: yearlings. $5.30G5.40. Re
ceipts-Catte, $780, hogs. $4,000; sheep, $4,000.
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discernible. On these massive foundations
which were built in the river. formerly rose
picturesque palace of several stories. 1t
was famous for being the place in which
Queen Elizabeth was kept as prisoner OF
state by her sister. 1t was finally de-
molished by William III. on az count of it's
obstructing the view from the windows of
the palace.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-05-18
SIOUX CITY LIVE STOCK.

SIOUX CITY. Iowa. May 17.-Cattle receipts
yesterday. 100: shipments SOL: market slow;
about steady. Sales: 40 beeves. 113 lbs. 81.
- beaves av LIES lbs, Si.s5: cows s75 lbs,
81 .35. cows $50 lbs. $50; is stock heifers.
av 1926 lbs S4 q stock heifers. 1923 lbs. A.25;
bulls. loo lbs, So bulls. av 1885 lbs. s3. Is;
bulls. 9o2 lbs. $50; IS stockers and feed
ers az 10 lbs 81. %; 10 stockers and feeders. az
$50 lbs. sl.4o: 10 calves, 294 lbs. $40; "a
calves 1863 lbs s5.25: II yearltngs. av 400
lbs $3.50: 81 yearlings, 500 lbs. $3.50. Hogs
Rec Aipts 2300: Monday 40; market weak sell
ing IS. 60G3. 40; bulk of sales. Sc. e2la 0}65.
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OMAHA LIVE STOCK.

so. OMAHA, May 1L-Cattle receipts yester
day 5.7O0 market light. steady; heavy easier.
Native beef steers s4.20@3.2o: western steers $3.50
M4.10; Texas steers, 50 500 $50: and hefers.
So. 75af4. 60: Gamers s250n35o stockers and
feeders s4af5.15; calves. sA@6.75; bulls, stays,
etc. $3M4.25. Hogs-Receipts, 1880: market
shade to &c lower; heavy. So .62lad3. TO- mixed,
s3eO61S 672; light s.. G0I3.6 pigs, So 25m3. 60:
bulk of sales So. 6Gfp3 So. Sheep-Receipts $500
market active. strong. Yearlings. 81 80:
western muttons. $f50@5.40 stock sheep, $4a
4. 10; lambs, s.. .JM6.50.
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THE WORLDS VISIBLE GRAIN.

II N0itI10 . IEoII'Lr- UittfI4N.
NEW YORK, May 11.-Speca cable and tele
graph dispatches to Bradstreets indicate the fol-
lowing changes in available supplies last Sat
urday: Wheat-Cnited States and Canada. east
of Rockies, decreased 2 124 900; afloat for and
in Europe increased S,00O.O co; total supply in
crease. $4,000. Corn-United States and Can
United States and Canada east Of Rockies. in
crease 400. 900. The important decreases
include those of 600 at Manitoba storage
points. 900 at Fort William and Kewatin,
1900 at Northwestern INFERIOR elevators. and
1884, 900 at Galveston The heaviest increase is
that of 1O6. 900 at Cleveland. The combined
stock of wheat at Portland. Ore. and Tacoma
and Seattle, Wash, increased 5000 bu last
week.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-05-18
MINHEPOIIS HIDE MARKET

the Mcmillan Fur and Wool Co. Receipts long
haired increasing. Market strong and higher.
partly account of improved quality. Cure
thoroughly before shipping. The high prices
Mnnea polls pays for hides Is making it large
market. Dry hides continue steady and firm.
No
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ST. LOUIS GRAIN.

ST. LOUIS May 17.-Wheat higher and strong
Yesterday: No. red cash elevator. 73c: track,
14c: May. 741sc July. 7lN@71Ac: Sept. 71,ac Corn
firm: No. 2 cash. 32a4c track. 33Ac May. 32hc:
cash. 27lc: track 27Nd2sc: May. 27Ac; July.
FAC: September. ZINC: No. white 2sis6s9Ac.
Rye higher 6Oa61c. Flax quiet. $1.03. Lead firm,
s4.32h@4.35. Spelter firm Sc rs bid.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-05-18
MIDWAY HORSE MARkET

MINNESOTA TRANSFER. May E.-Barrett
& Zmmerman's report: The retail trade was
brisk and satisfactory quantity of horses were
sold Heavy drafters were looked for and sold
wherever shown. Light and the lower grade
horses were sold at comparatively low prices.
Mules and drivers had large inquiries. Trade
expected steady with prices firm. The. NOM
inal value of serviceable sound horses from four
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PRODUCE.

Revised and corrected UP to noon. May 16.
BlTTER-Offerings light and the demand
good at higher prices. Prices AMl2c over
Monday
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-05-18

These prices for prime No / SKINS No 2.
and and kits proportionateiy. Wisconsin,
Mississippi river and similar muskrats &c apiece
higher than quotations. except kits. which
1c higher.
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EGGS-There only a few sales made on
the exchange in a jobbing way. Receipts
quite heavy. There is a steady movement into
cold storage. Retailers fair buyers. Mar
ket is quotably steady.
EGGS put up for cold storage must be strictly
first class and free from checks. cracks, small
or dirty eggs. They should also be put up in
white wood cases. with odoress filters. cork
shavngs on top and bottom Such stock will
bring premium of from agile per dozen.
Quotations are:
Strictly fresh laid, case count, cases
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-05-18

POTATOES-The potato market is dull and
weak; car lot inquiry from the south is very
poor as the sea:on for stock is approach
ing. The season for seed stock is also well
along and the demand for local consumption has
to be depended upon to large extent.
Small lots out of store. delivered. scoring an
advance Of about three to f1ve cents per bu
above quotations.
Quotations are for car lots Of choice. No l.
good-szed ripe stock in bulk. Inferior stock
will NOT brin