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Bostonpeople propose to have a crematory.
Michiganfruit buds are reported but little damaged by the late freezing.
Ex-Governor John Letcher, of Virginia, is dead.
Kansascorn is being shipped to Wabash, Ind. It sells for 65 cents per bushel.
Gouldis reducing the pay of employes along his Southwestern system fifty per cent.
TheVirginia House has passed the joint resolution asking Senator Mahone to resign.
TheRussian authorities have refused to allow a monument of Luther to be erected at Riga.
Thelines of the National Telegraph Company have been absorbed by the Baltimore and Ohio.
LastSaturday night Europe experienced one of the severest gales ever known on that Continent.
Theissue of silver dollars for the week ending Jan. 26, was 110,000; corresponding period last year 263,000.
E. M. W. Mackey, the Republican Member of Congress for South Carolina, died at Washington, Monday morning.
Mr. Blainehas introduced into the Senate a bill for the free circulation of newspapers within the States where published.
Fred Douglas, the eloquent African, has astonished the natives by marrying a white woman. He is about 70, she 46 years old.
Thebodies of the Jeannette victims have reached Moscow, where the American residents placed flowers and wreathes on the biers.
TheChicago Opera-House Company, with a capital of $600,000, has been incorporated at Springfield by Charles Henrotin, Edward Koch, and others.
TheBrigham Young Academy, at Provo, Utah, valued at $30,000, was burned Sunday evening. There were four hundred students in the building. No lives lost.
Thereare now 7,794 ocean steamers belonging to the different nations. About one half the ocean sailing vessels belong to England. Their total number is 36,194.
Thefamous Smithson college building at Logansport, Indiana, which is said to be the handsomest structure of its kind in the State, is to be purchased and turned into a normal school.
Articlesof incorporation have been filed at New York for the Merchants’ Telegraph and Cable Company; capital stock $13,000,000, with power to increase that sum to, but not beyond $20,000,000.
Thediscovery of tin at King’s mountain, Cleveland county, N. C., is announced. This is the first discovery of this metal in the United States. The State chemist will make a careful examination.
O. A. Carpenter, suspected of the murder of Zora Burns, at Lincoln, Ill., has been indicted by the grand jury, and is now in jail. It is said that sufficient new evidence to convict him has come to light.
Itis believed that an agreement has been reached at Pittsburg between the striking glass-workers and the employers. Great concessions are said to have been made on both sides. The strike has lasted five months.
Thesergeant-at-arms of the House of Representatives presents bills for $3,461 for escorting the remains of Representative Haskell to Kansas. Among the items is one of $201 for a lunch before starting from Washington.
Thenewspapers say that one of the jurors in the Emma Bond case spends considerable time in crying; another runs from his house when visitors approach it, and a third has been dismissed by a beautiful woman to whom he was engaged.
TheHay-Shippers’ Association is getting up a petition to the Canadian Government in regard to the excessive duties charged on hay exported to the United States. It is understood that the Government will present the matter to the Washington authorities.
Inthe French Chamber of Deputies, Monday, Minister Ferry expressed the opinion that to ameliorate the labor crisis in Paris would be a difficult task. The exports were 1,200,000,000 francs in excess of the imports, he said, and within five years 6,000,000 francs had been expended on buildings for which tenants could hardly be obtained.
YoungJames Nutt was acquitted of the murder of Dukes on the ground of insanity. An after examination of his condition resulted in a declaration that he is no longer insane. The case is one of wide celebrity. Public opinion justifies the verdict. The President, Secretary Chandler, and ex-Secretary Blaine, also indorse the action of the jury.
MARKETS
Office of The Prairie Farmer,Chicago,Jan. 29, 1884.
Business at the Chicago banks is by no means brisk, and it is not anticipated that it will be until after the first of February.
Bonds and stocks are more active than for some time. In New York there has been a great boom in what are known as the Villard stocks. It is said that Gould and associates are boosting these stocks and squeezing the shorts unmercifully.
The number of failures reported in the United States during the past seven days was 287, and for Canada 30, a total of 317, against 425 for the previous week, a reduction of 108. The greatest reduction in failures is at the East.
Money in Chicago is worth 5@6 per cent on call.
Eastern exchange is firm at 60@70c per $1,000.
Government securities are as follows:
4’s coupons, 1907Q. Apr.123¼4’s reg., 1907Q. Apr.123¼4½’s coupon, 1891Q. Mar.1141/84½’s registered, 1891Q. Mar.1141/83’s registeredQ. Mar.100
The Chicago grain markets were quiet on Monday. Wheat took the lead and the market closed about half a cent higher than on Saturday. Foreign advices were favorable; rain was reported in California, and the New York quotations were better.
Receipts of grain of all kinds were comparatively light.
Flourwas quiet at the following quotations:
Choice to favorite white winters$5 40@5 50Fair to good brands of white winters4 75@5 00Good to choice red winters5 25@5 50Prime to choice springs4 75@5 00Good to choice export stock, in sacks, extras4 25@4 50Good to choice export stock, double extras4 50@4 65Fair to good Minnesota springs4 50@4 75Choice to fancy Minnesota springs5 25@5 75Patent springs6 00@6 50Low grades2 25@3 50
Wheat.—Red winter, No. 3, 90½; car lots of spring, No. 2, in store sold at 91@91¼c; No. 3, do. 85@86.
Corn.—Moderately active. Car lots No. 2, 52½@52½c; rejected, 43@44; new mixed, 48@50c.
Oats.—No. 2 in store, closed 32½@32¾.
Rye.—May, in store 57@58.
Barley.—No. 2, 55@60 in store; No. 3, f.o.b. 53c.
Flax.—Closed at $1 44 on track.
Timothy.—$1 30@1 33 per bushel. Little doing.
Clover.—Quiet at $5 50@6 for prime.
Hungarian.—Prime 65c.
Buckwheat.—75@85c.
Millet.—40@50c.
Provisions.—Mess pork, February, $14 75@14 78 per bbl; Green hams, 10½c per lb. Short ribs, $7 65 per cwt.
Lard.—February, $8 95@8 97.
Lumber.
Lumber unchanged. Quotations for green are as follows:
Short dimension, per M$ 9 50@10 00Long dimension, per M10 00@11 50Boards and strips, No. 211 00@13 00Boards and strips, medium13 00@16 00Boards and strips, No. 1 choice16 00@20 00Shingles, standard2 10@ 2 20Shingles, choice2 25@ 2 30Shingles, extra2 40@ 2 60Lath1 65@ 1 70
Note.—The quotations for the articles named in the following list are generally for commission lots of goods and from first hands. While our prices are based as near as may be on the landing or wholesale rates, allowance must be made for selections and the sorting up for store distribution.
Bran.—Quoted at $15@15 25 per ton.
Beans.—Hand picked mediums $2 05@2 10. Hand picked navies, $2 15@2 20.
Butter.—Dull and without change. Choice to extra creamery, 33@36c per lb.; fair to good do 25@32c; fair to choice dairy, 23@28c; common to choice packing stock fresh and sweet, 18@22c; ladle packed 10@13c; fresh made, streaked butter, 9@11c.
Broom-Corn.—Good to choice hurl 6½@7½c per lb.; green self-working 5@6c; red-tipped and pale do 4@5c; inside and covers 3@4c; common short corn 2½@3½c; crooked, and damaged, 2@4c, according to quality.
Cheese.—Choice full-cream cheddars 13½@14c per lb.; medium quality do 10@11c; good to prime full cream flats 13½@14c; skimmed cheddars 9@10c; good skimmed flats 7@9c; hard-skimmed and common stock 3@4c.
Eggs.—In a small way the best brands are quotable at 34@35c per dozen, fresh; 25@28c for good ice house stock; 20@25c per pickled.
Feathers—Quotations: Prime live geese feathers 52@54c per lb.; ducks 25@35c; duck and geese mixed 35@45c; dry-picked chicken feathers body 6@6½c; turkey body feathers 4@4½c; do tail 55@60c; do wing 25@35c; do wing and tail mixed 35@40c.
Hay.—No 1 timothy $ 9@10 per ton; No 2 do $8 00 @8 50; mixed do $7@8; upland prairie $8 00@10 75; No 1 prairie $6@7; No 2 do $4 50@5 50. Small bales sell at 25@50c per ton more than large bales.
Hides and Pelts.—Green-cured light hides 8¼c per lb.; do heavy cows 8c; No 2 damaged green-salted hides 6c; green-salted calf 12@12½ cents; green-salted bull 6c; dry-salted hides 11 cents; No. 2 two-thirds price; No. 1 dry flint 14@14½c. Sheep pelts salable at 28@32c for the estimated amount of wash wool on each pelt. All branded and scratched hides are discounted 15 per cent from the price of No. 1.
Hops.—Prime to choice New York State hops 25@26c per lb.; Pacific coast of 23@26c; fair to good Wisconsin 15@20c.
Honey and Beeswax.—Good to choice white comb honey in small boxes 15@17c per lb.; common and dark-colored, or when in large packages 12@14c; Beeswax ranged at 25@30c per lb., according to quality, the outside for prime yellow.
Poultry.—Prices for good to choice dry picked and unfrozen lots are: Turkeys 13@14c per lb.; chickens 9@10c; ducks 12@13c; geese 9@11c. Thin, undesirable, and frozen stock 2@3c per lb less than these figures; live offerings nominal.
Potatoes.—Good to choice 30@34c per bu. on track; common to fair 25@28c. Illinois sweet potatoes range at $4@5 per bbl for yellow.
Tallow and Grease.—No 1 country tallow 7@7¼c per lb.; No 2 do 6¼@6½c. Prime white grease 6@6½c; yellow 5¼@5¾; brown 4½@5.
Vegetables.—Cabbage, $12@18 per 100; celery, 25@35c per doz bunches; onions, $1 25@1 50 per bbl for yellow, and $1 for red; turnips, $1 35@1 50 per bbl for rutabagas, and $1 00 for white flat.
Wool.—from store range as follows for bright wools from Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Eastern Iowa—dark Western lots generally ranging at 1@2c per lb. less.
Coarse and dingy tub25@30Good medium tub31@34Unwashed bucks’ fleeces14@15Fine unwashed heavy fleeces18@22Fine light unwashed heavy fleeces22@23Coarse unwashed fleeces21@22Low medium unwashed fleeces24@25Fine medium unwashed fleeces26@27Fine washed fleeces32@33Coarse washed fleeces26@28Low medium washed fleeces30@32Fine medium washed fleeces34@35
Colorado and Territory wools range as follows:
Lowest grades14@16Low medium18@22Medium22@26Fine16@24
Wools from New Mexico:
Lowest grades14@16Part improved16@17Best improved19@23
Burry from 2c to 10c off; black 2c to 5c off.
The total receipts and shipments for last week were as follows:
Received.Shipped.Cattle37,99119,093Calves405102Hogs114,73238,855Sheep19,74614,806
Cattle.—The receipts have been large for a few days, and prices have declined about 25 cents per hundred since Thursday of last week. The grade has been far from first-class, but few of them weighing over 1,400 lbs. The export demand for really choice stock was greater than the supply. Common to choice lots sold to shippers at $5@6 70, with some sales as low as $4 75.
Quotations closed as follows:
Fancy heavy fat cattleNominal.Choice to prime steers$ 6 70@ 7 15Good to choice steers6 25@ 6 65Fair to good shipping steers5 65@ 6 20Common to medium steers4 75@ 5 00Butcher’s steers4 65@ 5 10Cows, common to good3 25@ 4 70Common canning cattle2 25@ 3 20Stockers3 80@ 4 50Feeders4 50@ 5 10Milch cows, per head25 00@55 00Veal calves, per 100 lbs.4 00@ 7 50
Hogs.—Most of the packing houses are closed, yet there are a few packers competing with the shippers. Prices are now about 30 cents lower than last year at this time. Receipts were about 16,000 head on Sunday and Monday. The number of hogs left over last night was very small. The market, however, was rather weak, except for choice, well-fattened hogs. Sales of rough packing hogs were made at $5 50@5 95; good to choice heavy, $6@6 55; light, $5 40@6; skipps and culls, $3 75@5 35.
Note.—All sales of hogs are made subject to a shrinkage of 40 lbs for piggy sows and 80 lbs for stags. Dead hogs sell for 1½c per lb for weights of 200 and over and [Transcriber’s Note: blank in the original] for weights of less than 100 lbs.
Sheep.—The supply was good, yesterday, and also on Sunday, there being 7,500 head, against 3,400 for the same days a week ago. The average grade was poor. Sales ranged from $3 05 to $6 for common to prime. Common lots suffered a decline.
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