People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1893 — THE MARKETS. [ARTICLE]
THE MARKETS.
New York, Juno 14. LIVE STOCK—Cattle 85 05 © 5 85 Sheep 3 50 © 525 Hogs 7 40 © 775 FLOUR— Fair to Fancy.......... 235 ©3 05 Minnesota Patents 4 20 ©4 50 WHEAT—No. 2 Red 71 © 71U Ungraded Red 71«@ 75 CORN—Na 2 47 l /,@ 47?£ Ungraded Mixed 47 © 50 OATS—Mired Western 87H© St RYE—Western 50 © 60 PORK—Mess 20 00 @29 59 LARD—Western Steam. 10 10 @lO 15 BUTTER—Western Creamery. 16 © 20 CHICAGO. BEEVES—Shipping Steers.... 84 20 @ 5 05 Cows 200 @3 86 Stockers 2 80 @4 00 Feeders 4 00 @ 4M Butchers' Steers 300 @ 4 15 Bulls 2 50 @ 4 99 HOGS—Ltve 6 65 @ 739 SHEEP— 350 @ 555 BUTTER—Creamery... 16 @ tOVS Dairy... 13'/,@ 15 EGGS—Fresh:— 13!4@ 13* BROOM OOBNHurl.._ 4 @ 5 Selt-wcrking 4 @ 5 Crooked.. 2 @ 2‘A POTATOES—New '(per ,brl)... 250 @ 400 PCRK-Mees 20 10 @2O 20 LARD—Steam 9 87*4© 0 »5 FLOUR—Spring Patents. 375 @4 10 Spring Straight* 3 25 @3 50 inter 3 80 @ 4 09 Winter Straights.. 320 © 3 40 GRAlN—Wheat, Cash 64 @ 65U Corn, No. 2 38‘4@ 39'4 Oats, No. 2 29V 4 @ 30 Rye, N« >. 49J4@ 49* * Barley.tGood U>'Choice 40 @ 43 LUMBER— Siding..Bl6 50 @24 50 Flooring. . 37 00 @3B 09 Common Boards... 15 25 @ls 50 Fencing. 14 00 @l7 M Lath. Dry 2 70 ©2 75 Shingles «60 @ 3 15 KANSAS CITY. CATTLE—Shipping Steers 84 50 @ 5 60 Butchers’ Steers 3 40 @ 4 69 BOGS 6 40 @ 6 62« :SHEEP 4 25 @4 80 OMAHA CATTLE—Steers 84 09 @ 5 10 Feeders„ 3 99 @4 30 HOGS—Heavy. 630 @ 640
Englishman—“ Pardon me, sir,-but where do you come from!” Paddy—“ From County Cork.” Englishman—“ Then that accounts for your brogue." Paddy—“ May 1 ax you where you come from!" Englishman (proudly) "From Worcester." Paddy—- “ Then that accounts for your sauce."—Tidflits. _ “Wht is Mrs. Cruncher so much more popular than she used to be!" “She has the best cook in town?*—lnter Ocean. Tns man who first discovered the music of the waves must have had ah ear for the main chants.—Hot Bprings (S. D.) Hatchet. A waterspout—A temperance speech.— Truth.
Minks—“ That was a pretty shrewd scheme of Smith’s at Chicago. Made 54.000 out of it in two weeks." Jinks—“What was it!" “Galvanising restaurant biscuits and selling them for souvenir half dollars." —Cleveland Plain Dealer. Whin two stockings are hung on a line they become a pair of suspenders.—N. Y. Journal.
