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THE ILLINOIS FA.IIM:EII. 



223 



COMMERCIAL. 



St. L,oui8 Market~Feb. 5. 



Flour— =ale8 of 1,000 bbls city sniKrfine delivered at $5 

 12J^ 800 do country superfine. 5uO do city superfine; 300 de 

 country t-xtrn, and 200 di> double extr.i ronn'ry. all on pri- 

 vate jernis; 85 country superline $5 tb; 500 do city extra |6; 

 2li tmiriibUdo i'o 25. 



Wheat — Only a Bm:ill portion ofaeceipts sold, and market 

 declinuil 3 to 5c. Sales of loo tk* poor tnd •'omuiun at from 

 90c to il: 63 ilo common 103c; 141 do fair lOoo; 150 d.> «oni- 

 mon and fair i04@105c; 817 do prime 113c; 75 do choice white 



nsc. 



Corn —Sales of 300 <ks yellow at 76c; 500 do white 77c; 160 

 aiid 288 sks private: 300 *iKS in the ear 70c; 6000 bush m the 

 ear, delivered at a poin' above 70. 



Oats — 75 Bk3 light sold at Coc, snd 108 do fair 76c. 



I'ork— 108 bbls clewr told at $20; .WO do mess $19; 107 and 

 250 M 1 1 $18; 350 do shouMer pork $13 yO. 



Bulk VleiU— 12 000 rib sides sold at SJ/^o; 3.500 shoulders, 

 hams and sides at 6, 8 and 8>^c, 10,000 shoulders at Alton at 

 e 1 10c. 



Lard— Sale of 30 tesat ll^^c. 



Kacou — 10,000 loose hams sold at 0)4c; 20 casks rib sides at 

 gi^c. 



Whisky— Salss of 37 bbls at 261^0, and 25 do at 27c. 



St. Louis L.ive Stuck Market—Feb. 5. 



JHellevue ^tock Yards. 



liKEF OATTLK— But f-w on the market and demand 

 ratlicr liKhtfor sliippiu^, with sa es VBrying from 7 to '14, 

 fur net; one lot averaging 817 fi)s net. sold tor ij^c net — 

 Butchers paying at retail prices tor cjmmon to fair 214 t" 3c 

 gross, fur good lo choice 6J^ to ll/^c net, with sales of a few 

 wxtra lit 8c. 



IIO.tS — In good demand for butcher's use at 7 to 7J-^ net, 

 with few on tli»- tuarket. 



SllKKP — Scarce and felling readily at prices ranging fr m 

 $2 to {a per h ad for coiumcn to choice. 



COWS AXDCXLVUS— npply liiuiU'd. »ith afair demand 

 at $20 to f-iO per he»d, according to qua'ity. 



Kew Y ork Cattle Market.— Feb. 2. 



A. M Allerton A Co., proprietors of the Washington Prove 

 Yards, Forty fourth street, report the cattle in mark..-t from 

 the following Stites: 



New York 776 



Pennsylvania 34 



Ohio tiiS 



Indiana 176 



Illinois 379 



Kentucky 136 



Iowa 84 



New Jersey 23 



Michigan 51 



Canada 33 



BKEF CATTLE. 



Number reported for thi.< market at Forty-fourth Btreet..2,000 

 The prices to day are quoted as follows: 



Fir.-t quality. 10Vi;@llo 



Medium 9 '(^lOc 



Ordinary 7 (g> 8c 



Some extra (rood beeves may be quoted atllj/^©l2c 



Toe general average of the market at —to 9c 



The most of the sal«i rai ge from 8}^(g>10c 



Tot.il uuinhfr of beeves received in th; city this week. ..2,958 

 This is 94 head more tbau lust week, and 722 head more 

 than the average of last year. The averag" number at eacii 

 Wednesd >y market last vear was 2,782 head, while the num 

 ber to->day being 2.000, thowx 782 head less tbau the averaj^e, 

 and 72 head mure than this dny week. 



CALVES. 



Veal calves are still in good demand if they are good; snch 

 will sell quick at 7@8o '^ lb, live weight. 



■HEKP. 



Sales of sheep at $3,60@$4.40 ^, head. Lambs, $4. 



Heavy hogs scarce, held at 7c grofs; ligtit range from 5c to 

 61/^c gross; stock hogs dull at 4J<^.g>5c; heavy distillery Oj^c. 



Corneau *• Oilier, 



yS'VLOJjE.SXX.E. AND RCTAII4 



DRUGGISTS, 



WOULD RESJ'EOTFULLY INFORM 

 their frit-nds and tke public that tliey have removed 

 to their NKW tTOllK, last side ol tlie J«quare, where they 

 would b ' happy to receive their former pttrons and as many 

 Pew ones as will be pleased to call upon them. Their stock 

 Of 



DRUGS AND MBDICINES 



Is entirely fresh and warranted genuine. All their prepara- 

 tions are made in strict accurdauce uith the United States 

 Pharmacol oela. and are reliable. They keep on hand svery 

 article usually obtained in a we'.l furnished 



DRUC-STOKE!:, 



And would invite all in want, to remember them. 



I*. S. — Iht'Se indebted to them by note or accennt would 

 confer a iavoi by settling the i^ame as soon as they possibly 

 can. jaa22dw;2m 



RESOLVED, BY DN'ANrMOUS CON- 

 sen! , that hedging on the prairies is a decided success 

 \sbere 'cr it bus hud a •' fair shake." 



Overman « Mann, Commercial Nursery, n^ar Blooming- 

 fr'i, offer for the spring trade of 1859, about eleven millions 

 0° .Maclura Hedge PliintH,two years old, of superior quality. 

 AIoo, apple root grafts, in box, and one and two years old, 

 small fruits, evergreens, shrubbery, Ac , &c Prices and 

 terms uniutuiMy favorable (Jive us a call without fail 

 Hedge-cvower's Manual sent to all applications. 



fin, Address Overman A ftlann, (Box 600; Bloomington 

 Illinois. jan7-fw 



MYERS 



LES AT 



H. C. MYERS & CO. 



ILLINOIS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMM 



^V^ ^^J" ^^'^^/f^^ CAPITAL 



'^"^•---^^^•'"'UraiMITED 



AND CQNSTAPfTLY 



f-- Iif CREASING. 



i rUESENT FUND 



tor tbe payment of 



LOSSES BY FIRE 



PRINtlPAI. OFFICE AT AI.TON, IL-l.. 



THIS COMPANY WAS CHARTERED 

 in 1839, and insure.«i, at a moderate cost, almost every 

 specie" of property in Illinois again»^t Loss or Damage by 

 Fire. Vhe r.ite8 of rir.k are so arranged that eac • class ot 

 property insured will support its own loss. 



Kvery one insured becomes a member — the Company being 

 an association of customers — ea-h of whom is concerned in 

 insuring his neighbor. The capital iiugments in exact ratio j 

 with the increase of risks; the security or which rcmaius in 

 thohands of the insured; therefore, every member is the 

 trnasurer of his own money until the same is r«»qaired for 

 the purposed paying losses. 



BOARD Ol '»TRHCTOn.S: 

 Tim Turner, 



Benj. F. Long, 

 .lohn James, 

 Henrj- l.oa 

 F. A. Uofimann, 



H. W. Billings, 



M. O. AtW(KHi, 



Koliert sniiih, 

 Alfred Dow, 

 John .'Vtwood. 



Lvman Tnimbull, 

 Samuel Wade. 

 L. Kellenberger, 

 Elirts Hiiibard, 

 B. K. Hart, 



B. F. LONQ, President. 

 L. EEUi:NB£BOER,^Treasuror. 



M. G. Atwood, Secretary. 

 John Atwood, Ass't Sceretary. 

 John Blaisssll, Gen'ljAgent. 



O" Application for insurance may be made to the Local 

 Agents, one or more of whom may Ite found in every county . 

 in the State. JA.MES L IIILL, Agent. 



janIO d3mwly 



Garden Seeds^ 



FOR s:le by 

 S. FRANCIS, SpringBe d 111. 



Asparagus, Artichoke. 



Beans, for j-naps — Valentine, Karl yNe win gton,Thon«and 

 to-One, Karly Mohawk, Early China, White Cranberry Buucb, 

 Ro al Whire Bunch. 



Bean, Pole — London Horticultural Cranberry, Liva, Lima, 

 Red Cranberry, ludiau Chief. 



Cabbags— Krtily Kichefold. Early York, U»d Du ch. Early 

 Sugar Lvaf. Prmii im flat Dutch, Large Americas i>iura- 

 head, Drumhead and Str- nwrites. Kohl Kaifi 



CAnLiFL'W>R — Karly London. 



Corn— Jiarly Ked Cob .-^wfet Mammoth Sweet, Early Tue- 

 carora, Ac , Smiths Farly White. 



ilELTS— Karl ' Baa- adore, Early Blood Turnip, Long Blood 

 Fed, .Mangel Wnrtzel, Ac, English Sugar Beet, Ac, White 

 Sugar. 



CccCMBia? — Short Green Early, Long London, Long Tur- 

 ke>, Gherkin. Ac. 



CiLtBY — 8olid white, cbrystal white, solid red. 



CEtss— CurteJ double, proud leaf. 



Cakkott — Cumwou yellow, early horn, blood red, Balgiuin 

 yellow. 



Eqg Plant — Early long purple. - ■. 



Kale — Sea kale. 



Lettuce— J'le coss, early Liberia, green drumhead, 4o., 

 early white, joe co's. 



Melon— (Cantnl.ipe), pine apple, nutmeg, beach wood, 

 green citron, large yellow cantalope. 



Water Melon — .vlountain ciii out, mountain sweet. I.on^ 

 Island, ice cream, black Spanish, citron melons, naslurtiUBi, 

 ukra, short and long green. 



()»,iox — Large Wetherfiuld red, early red, Danver's yellow, 

 yellow silver skin, white Portugal. 



Pi'PPEK— Large bull nose, large squash, Spanish, cherry, 

 small cayenne. 



PK\g — Early constocks dwarf, Bi-rhoh's long pod, cham 

 pion of Euglaud, dwarf Prussian, large maorrwiat. Prince 

 Albert 



Pumpkin —Large yellow fold, parsnip, long eweet. 



Parblev. — Doubl« curled, Wyatt's guiiifhiug. 



RhfBARB.— Mltcliell'seariy, Myatfs Victoria, Spinach. 



Sqi'asHis (wint"r.) — Autumnal marrow, wiuter croohnech, 

 lima corranut, Hubbard's winter. 



>(ju\6HEs (summer.; — Karly croohnech bush, early yel- ! 

 low bu»ti I 



TORNiP.— Flat Dutch, early ei.\ weeks and various varietieg. 



Tobacco — Variflies 



ToMATOE.— Large led, red cherry, yellow. 



Saob. — Common r«d. 



Radish — Early red turnip, early long red 8hr>rt top, long 

 salaio^.. bl.ick S| inich. 8,lsil'y (white), surgoutra. 



^eedsof VHiiius gifden hebs. 



FluWEB SEBDi — In great variety — embracing a hundred 

 sort'. 



Chihese SnoAi Cane Seem— and various other seeds for 

 eurdeu aud field usually found at Seed Stores For sale by 

 •^jebl 8. FII.A.NC1S. 



~ SOUTHER'S COAL MINES, 



BETH ALTO. ILLINOIS.— WE ARE NOW 

 prei>ared to furnish coal of the host qualitv, loaded on 

 cars at our switch, and d-liveral>le on the line of St. A. A C 

 Railroad. Persons wis ing to contract for any quantity can 

 >>8 acc'immotla'eJ by addressing T. .>^OUTHRR, 



-•->nlO Aim Alton, Illinois. 



GARDENER WANTEC. 



A MAN WHO HAS PRACTICAL EXPEv 

 rience, and understands general farm wor«,wiU l)e re- 

 qniied One who could take charge of the same if neces- 

 -ary, snd manage a fruit garden, preferred. Can furnish 

 house for family, and would be willing if prscttcable, to c n- 

 tract system lor mutual benefits afLei the first J tar. Wa- 

 ges moderate. 



Applicants can sommnnicate with the nndersigned at 

 Athens, Iliiuois. ELIUU IIALL. 



feb9 It* 



Springfield Book Store, 



JOHNSON & BRADFORD. 



MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS. 



SCHOOL BO()K=, 

 All the TariouR varieties uii-d in this Kctkm. .' 



JUVENILE BOOKS 



From numerous am hors and publiah«n. 



PAfEKS 

 In large quantities. 



FOOLS CAP, : 



Various prict'S and qualities. - ' 



COMMERCIAL NOTE 



• Papers in large qnantieg and varieties. . 



LETTER PAPER. .; r 

 Various qualities and prices. 



ENVELOPE-. 



150,000, coneisiitig of all sisi-s and varietiM. .'■--_ 



500 GROSS 



. ■ . ■■ steel pens, various kiods. 



— INK— 



' : Inlutands— Fealing-Wax — Wafers. 



PENCILS. 



Large variety gold pens from the best makers in thecoontry 

 LAKQE VARIETY POCKET BO K". 



. .-; ' -PEN KNIVES. : 



Siatiotiers' Tin Ware. 



Large variety of fancy articles and everything neaallj 

 kept by BookHellers aad Stationers. 



JOIIN'SON t BRADFORD. 



BLANK BOOKS. 



We have a larg» stock of blank books, consisting rf 

 Medium ledger, Joarnal, Day-Book. 

 ' Demi " " " 



Cap « « . « 



Small blank books, 



all kinds and virieties to suit all the wants of the pablio. 



DIARIES FOR 1859. 



We haveseveral dozen of various siees and prices. 



BACKGAMMON BOARDS. : 



CnECKERS! CHECKERS!! . 



CHESS. 



. Several prices and kinds. ". ; ■ -^ 



DOMINOES. 

 OUR BOOK BINDERY. 



We have a very large stock of binders and materials, and 

 pay particuIaratt('ntion to the manufacture of blank beaks to 

 any patteru and in any form. 



Particular attention paid to rebinding old books, binding 

 periodicals. &c., Ac. JOHNSuN & BRADFORD. 



■■]■: ANNUALS. ,. 



GIFT BOOKS— We have and wi.l have tbe belt to be had 

 in the market, 

 decll-rity papers copy ] JOHNSOV £ BRADFORD. 



Singer^s Scwin'g^fiarh ines, 



Western Office. I40 Lake Sii-eet, Cliicag-o. 



IM. SINGER & CO. HAVING ESIAB- 

 » lished a West<-rn office for the sale of their Macbioes, 

 would call the attention of the ladies of Springfield to tbeir 

 FAMIL% SEWIKC; MACHINE, 



Which is the latest presented for competition. It is the most 

 eai ly opor^^frf of anj' machine ever made. Their machinea, 

 for manufucluring purjmi-es, have no equal 



A. W. UARKIS. Western Agent, 

 140 l.ako street. Chicago. 

 ta^A copy ofl M. Singer 4 Co.'a Gazette will l.efurniBhed 

 BRATis on application. ausclii «'m c. h b. 



McKl)UERT!» <& JES^, 



WIIOLE.-;aLE AND RETAIL CON- 

 fi'Ctiouers, dealers iu candies, preserves, grren and 

 drifd fruits, nnts, provisi'^'us, couiitry produce. Ac 

 Address Post OWce box 893. McR BKK'i>*JESP, 

 anl9 w Springfield, lllinoi 



