Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1881 — East Liberty [ARTICLE]

East Liberty

Cattle, receipts 969. Market active and a shade higher than yesterday, selling principally to local buyers and butchers. Hogs, receipts 1,000. head Philadelphia* at 6 40@6 50; Yorkers, 5 90@6 20. Sheep, receipts 3,200. Market active and prices strong and a quarter higher than last week. Toledo. Wheat dull; No 2 red Wabash spot, 1 05; March 1 06% ; April 1 08% ; May 109%; rejected 88. Corn quiet; high mixed held at 42%; No 2 spot A‘2.\ March 42%; May 44%. Oats dull; No 2, 84; No 2 white, 39. Closed, wheat dull; No 2 red March, 106%; April, 08%; May, 1 10. 4 ’ P ’ Wow York*DiY Goods. Business continues moderate with package houses and the jobbing trade sluggish. Cotton goods quiet but steady. Quilts active but in light supply. Prints moving slowly. Ginghams in brisk request and scarce. Dress goods doing fairly. Men’s wear woolens quiet and steady. It is estimated that more than |35,000,000 was brought into the United States last year by foreign emigrants.