Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1899 — MARKET REPORTS. [ARTICLE]

MARKET REPORTS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $0.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 70c to 71c; corn, No. 2,32 cto 34c; oats, No. 2,21 c to 23c; rye, No. 2,57 cto 59c; butter, choice creamery, 21c to 23c; eggs, fresh, 15c to 16c; potatoes, choice, 30c to 40c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $6.25; hogs, choice light, $2.75 to $4.75; sheep, common to prime. $3.25 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 67c to 68c; corn. No. 2 white, 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 25c.' Bt. Louis—Cattle, $3.25 to $6.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2,69 cto 71c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2,22 cto 24c; rye, No. 2,55 cto 56c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $6.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,68 cto 70c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 24c to 25c; rye. No. 2. 62c to 63c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $6.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2,71 cto 72c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 26c; rye, 59c to 60c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 68c to 70c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 21c to 23c; rye, No. 2. 57c to 59c; clover seed, old, $4.35 to $4.45. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 69c to 70c; corn. No. 3,32 cto 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 25c; rye, No. 1,67 cto 59c; barley, No. 2,45 cto 47c; pork, mess, $7.75 to $8.25. Buffalo—Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $6.25; hogs, Common to choice, $3 .25 to $5.00; sheep, fair to choice weth- i ers, $3.50 to $5.00; lambs, common to extra, $4.50 to $6.25. JfciLi: New York —Cattle, $3.26 to $0.50; hogs, $3.00 to $5.25; sheep, SB.OO to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 78c to 75c; corn, No. 2, 88c to 89c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 30c; batter, creamery, 18c to 24c; eggs, western, 13c to 18c,

men and the rest nre police and detectives. -Of the latter 120 are on duty in the twenty-four hours. It is estimated that the grand total cost is 9,5(50 francs, or a little over SSOO a day. As the siege has lasted thirty-eight days, M. Jules Guerin and his twelve men have already east the taxpayers about $19,000. To this is to be added the amount of the indemnity which it is now almost certain will be paid by the Government to people whose business has suffered owing to the siege.