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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
South of the Ohio River, so far, the win¬ 
ter has been mild, with little snow. The 
winter wheat is generally reported as doing 
well. 
California Lima beans have been ad¬ 
vanced on account of a sudden withdrawal 
of considerable quantities for out-of-town 
markets. 
Comparative highest prices at Chicago 
for beeves were $5.20 ; one year ago. $5,20; 
hogs $3.60; one year ago, $3.80; sheep $5 00 ; 
one year ago $5.50; lambs $6.05; one year 
ago $6.35. 
Farmers are selling very little grain and 
many of our interior mills are sending 
away from home for supplies. The opinion 
is gaining ground that the shortage in the 
winter wheat crop of 1890 was not over¬ 
estimated. 
There exbts what is called a “salad 
crisis” in Paris at present. Owing to a 
long and bitter frost which has interfered 
with tne operations of the market garden¬ 
ers only the well-to-do Parisians can afford 
the popular dish. 
The first consignment of American 
dressed beef was received at the London 
(Eng.) Central Market in 1876. The first 
received from New Zealand was in 1882, 
and the first from Australia was in 1880, 
consisting of 60 carcasses of beef and 555 of 
sheep. _ 
Good berry baskets sell the fruit. Send to 
the Detroit Paper Novelty Co., for samples. 
— Adv. _ 
LATEST WHOLESALE PEICES 
COUNTRY PRODUCE. 
New York, Monday, January 26, 1891 
Beans are firm for best grades. White Kidneys are 
nominal. Red Kidneys are dull. 
Marrows—New, 81 85382 80; New Mediums choice, 
$2 20; Rea, $2 20 ; Red Kidney, $S20@$3 25; White 
Kidney, choice, $2 4(J®$2 50 ; Foreign Mediums, $1 75® 
82 00; do Marrow, $2 65<8 $2 75; Green Peas, 81 00®81 05. 
California Lima, $2 95®$8. 
Butter is still in a decline. The demand is moder. 
ate and the state of the market is in buyers’ favor. 
There is most decrease of price in creamery, which is 
lower all around. Fresh made, fancy State dairy is 
in most demand. Grades from 15 cents down are in 
demand for export. 
Creamery.— Elgin, best, 2832854c; State and Penn¬ 
sylvania, 18®2754c; Western, best, 273 2754c; do prime, 
24®25c; do good, 21323c; do poor, 19®20c ; West¬ 
ern Imitation Creamery, prime, 20®22c: do fine, 
17@19c; do poor, 13®15c. Dairy.— State, best, 2454®25c; 
do prime, 22@23c; do good, 19®21c; do poor, I4@l8c ; 
Western, prime, 18®20e ; do fair, 18®15c; do poor, 11 
@12c; do factory, best, 19®20; do prime. 16@18c; do 
good, 10318c. 
Chehsh,— The market continues strong. Prices 
have advanced until some fancy colored has reached 
1054 cents. Trading is active, many home dealers 
stocking up and the export demand continuing 
strong. The lower grades'of part skims are taken 
mostly for export 
Fancy, 1031054c; fine, 9543994c; good, 939%; fair 
83854c ; light skims, 6543694c; skims, 2®254c.; Ohio, 
Flat, 7543994c. 
Eggs are unchanged, but the prospect of heavier 
supplies renders the market weak. Dealers buy in 
small quantities when prices are liable to decline any 
day. 
Near-by, fresh, 2732754c; Canadian,—®—c; Southern, 
245432554c: Western, best. 26 32854c; Ice-house, 19@2Ic; 
Limed, 22c; Fall packed, 22@23c. 
Fruits.— Apples continue in moderate receipt and 
steady in price. Some vr ry good Spies and Greenings 
are received from Michigan. Grapes are extremely 
dull and weak. Cranberries are only fairly steady, 
the demand being limited. Oranges in more liberal 
supply and dull. The larger sizes sell very slowly. 
The demand for evaporated apples has improved, but 
there is little change in prices. Other kinds are quiet. 
Apples—N. Spy, $8385 00; Baldwin, $2 50@$5 00: 
Green. $3 50 386 50; Ben Davis, $4 00®$5 00; common 
good, 8100384 00; Lemons, per box, $3 00384 00; 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, $10 503812 50 per bbl.; $3 25® 
$8 50 pai crate; do Jersey $2 753$3 00 per crate; Grapes, 
Concord, 12318c per basket. Catawba, 12@16c per 
basket. Florida Oranges, fancy bright fruit. 176 to 
200, $8 25; fancy brighta. mixed counts, $3, common to 
fair grade, $2 50®$2 75; coarse fruit. $2®$2 25; russets, 
$23$2 37; tangerines, $4@$5; mandarins, $2 50383 and 
dull. 
Domestic. — Apples — Evaporated, good to fancy 
185431554c; poor, 11312c; coarse cut, 854®9c; sliced, 
8®lle.; do old, 354®S94c; Chopped, 4®454c; Cores and 
skins, 394@4c. Cherries, new, 29®Slc; do, old, 8®10c. 
Raspberries, 27®29c; Blackberries, 8®9c; Huckle 
berries, new, 18@19c; Plums, new, I0@12c: Peaches, 
California peeled, 30®S2c; do unpeeled, 18@lSc. South¬ 
ern unpeeled, 65437c; Apricots, California, 15320c; 
Plums, Cal., 15316c. 
Game.— Quail are more plentiful and weak. Wild 
ducks are steady for good quality, but those of light 
weight are slow of sale. Rabbits are in moderate 
supply and firmer. 
Quail, prime, per doz, $1 50®$175; Wild Ducks, 
Western, Canvas, per pair, $8 59®$5 00; do, do, Red¬ 
head, per pair, $1 5U®$2 50; do, do, Mallard, per pair, 60 
®85c; do, do, Teal Blue wing, per pair, 40350c; do, do, 
common, per pair, 20®25c; Rabbits, per pair, 15®22c. 
Hay is unchanged in price, but the large arrivals 
render the market dull for everything but the best 
graies. 
Choice, 70®75c, Timothy, No. 1, 55®65c ; do No. 
2, 50355c; shipping, 40®45c; Clover Mixed, 40345c. 
Straw— No. 1 rye, 853— c.; short rye, 50®69c; oat and 
wheat, 40®50c. 
Honey.— New Comb quoted nominally at 15®18c for 
white clover and 11318c. for buckwheat. California 
extracted, 7c. 
Hops continue dull, and the trading is mostly in 
small lots. Pric< s on some qualities have declined. 
State,’90 crop, 35387c; do, prime and choice, ’89,24 
Ca, 26c,• do good, 22323c do common, 17321c; do 1888, 
good ant prime, 15317c; do do, common, 12314c; 
Pacific Coast, 1889 crops, 18326c; do, 1890 crop, 30®36c. 
Nuts.— Peanuts are unchanged. Fancy, hand-picked, 
quoted at 4543494c, and farmers’ grades at 33394c; 
Pecans, ll®12c ; Chestnuts, $2 00®$5 50 per bushel; 
Hickory Nuts, $1 7538210 per bushel. 
Poultry.— Fowls and chickens are a trifle lower 
under heavy receipts, while turkeys are higher. A 
large part of the supply of dressed poultry is of poor 
quality and. of course, brings low prices. Fine stock 
sells quickly at outside quotations. 
Poultry—Live.— Chickens—Spring, per lb, 10®—c. 
Fowls near-by, per lb, ll®12o, do Western, per lb, 
11312c; roosters, per lb, 63654c; Turkeys, per lb, 11® 
1254c; Ducks, Western, per pair, 60390c; Geese, West¬ 
ern, per pair, $1 15381 50. 
Poultry.—Dressed— Turkeys, mixed, per lb. 93 
16c; Fowls, western, choice, 85439c; do common to, 
good, 7®8c; Ducks, spring, good, 10316; Squab; 
white, per dozen, $2 50312 75; do dark, do, $175; 
Chickens, spring, Philadelphia, ll®15c.; Western, 9 
®12c; Fowls, near by, 9310c. 
Vegetables.— Potatoes have declined another peg 
under increased receipts of foreign Magmums. 
Cable advices, however, report lighter foreign ship¬ 
ments and a report that the British government had 
bought a large quantliy for distribution among the 
stricken districts of Ireland indicate that receipts 
from across the water are likely to be lighter. No 
serious depreciation in price is likely to result. 
Sweet potatoes are in large supply, dull and lower. 
A large consignment of Russia turnips fron Canada 
is of excellent quality and sells in small dots for $1 
per barrel. Onions are in light demand and a trifle 
lower. Kale and Spinach are higher. Most of the 
Southern green vegetables are in good demand and 
sell well if of good quality. 
Potatoes-Bermuda, per bbl. $6 00®$? 00; Jersey, 
per do., $1 50®$3 25; State, do., $3®$3 25 ; Malue, do., 
$3 00a$3 50; Magnums, per 168 lb. sack, $2 75® 
$3 00; Sweets, do., $1 50®$3 00. Onions—Western New 
York, $3 75®$4 09; Connecticut Red, $4 00®$4 25, do 
White, $4 00®$5 50; do yellow, $4 00®$4.25. Western, 
$3 50®$4 00; Jersey, $4®-; Cabbage, L. I„ per 100, 
$5®$6; Squash, per bbl., $1®$1 25; Turnips, per bbl. 
85390c, Egg Plant, Southern, per bbl., $1 50®$4; Caull- 
fljwer, per bbl., —®—, Celery, per doz.. 25c3$l 25; 
String Beans, per crate, $3®$4 50; Cucumbers, Fla., 
per crate, $1 003$1 50. Tomatoes, per box, 50390c. 
Kale, Norfolk, per bol, 70375c; Spinach, Norfolk, per 
bbl, $i 7:3$2 5J. Peas, per crate, $3a$4. 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
WHEAT.—On the spot there was a rise of about 54c, 
but trading did not amount to much. Shippers 
bought small lots at $l07f. o. b. for No. 2 Red and 
Ungraded Red at $10394®$! 05. Sales - Ungraded 
Winter Red, $1 01543$1 0154; No. 2Red, f. o. b., El 0654 
3$l i7, do in store quoted, $1 0554, do afloat, $1 0644® 
$U6^4; No. 1 Hard spring, Nominal, $1 1454 afloat; 
No. 2 January, $104%; do February, $104%; do 
March, $1 04%@$1 05 ; do April, $1 04% ; do May, 
$1 02 5 16®$l 0S%; do June, $1 C094; do July, 96 8-163 
97 5 16c; do August, 94%@94%c; do September, 9454c; 
do December, 9614397c RYE.—Dull and rather weak 
on Canada, while Western rules firm. Western, in 
boat loads, quoted at 76380c; Canada, 72c asked to 
arrive; State, 80®8 c. BARLEY.—Quiet and un¬ 
changed in price. Sales—No. 2 Milwaukee, quoted at 
8254 c; Ungraded Western, 78®90c; No. 2 Canada, 87c; 
extra No. 2 do, 90c; No. 1 Canada, 95c. CORN.-Spot 
lots advanced 54<»%c and closed firm. The rise 
served to check trade, however. Sales—Ungraded 
Mixed and White, 605s®6294c; steamer mixed, 6044c 
elevator, 6194c afloat; No. 2 Mixed, 61®61%c store and 
elevator; 6236254c afloat; low mixed, 6054c elevator; 
yellow, 6154 c elevator; steamer yellow, 6 c elevator; 
No. 2 January, 61361%c; do February, 6054 c; do March, 
59%c; do May, 58®581116c; do June, 58%c, do July. 
59c. OATS.—Spot lots gained about 54c and demand 
continued fair. Sales—No. 3 mixed. 5ic elevator; No. 
8 white, 515435154c elevator; No. 2 mixed, 51%®52c 
elevator, 52%35Sc afloat; No. 2 white, 525435254c ele¬ 
vator; No. 1 White, 56c elevator: No. 2 Chicago, 52%® 
53c; Ungraded mixed and Western, 50®58c; do white, 
53360c; No. 2 January, 51%c; do February, 51%; do 
May, 51®5l 11 I6e; No. 2 White Jauuary, 5235254c; do 
February, 52®5254c; do March, 5244®52%c; do May, 
52%c. 
LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 
BEEVES.— With a light supply and favorable 
weather, the feeling was better, and medium to good 
steers sold In some cases at a shade better prices. 
Inferior to good steers sold at $8 75315 10; stags, 
oxen and mixed droves at $3 50®$4 40; cows and bulls 
at $2 50382 90; and a few good Western at $8 50. 
Cable advices to date quote refrigerated beef slow at 
4%d, or scant 954 c per pound ; and American steers 
dull at London at 12313c, estimated dressed weight, 
sinking the offal; while at Liverpool the top price Is 
1254c. Dressed beef slow for common and medium 
sides, which constitute the bulk of the supply, while 
good to choice is scarce and a little firm. Quotations 
range from 654 c to 8 c, and for extra quality 854 c is 
obtained. 
CALVES —Steady for veals at 5®754c per pound ; 
and sellers disposed of about all their Western calves 
at 25438c, with one car load sold at 3%c. Dressed 
calves in fair demand at 7310c for city dressed veals, 
with little calves bringing 4a 6c; city dressed brought 
8®lle, and dressed Westerns sold at 45436c. 
SHEEP AND LAMBS —The demand is likely to be 
moderate. Sheep ruled barely steady, selling at $5 25 
®$5 50 for fair to good, and lambs were %'<• %c lower, 
with sales at $5 85« $6 70 for extr< mes, ana oniy two 
decks excee ed #6 50. Dressed mutton slow at 83954 c 
and dressed lambs weak at 9^ 1054 c. 
HOGS.-Market nominally weak at $3 65®|3 90for 
fair to good hogs. 
Bekcham’s Pills act like magic on a Weak Stomach 
Needed Alliance Work.—I f the 
Alliance succeeds in securing red»ced 
freight rates, that alone would be sufficient 
excuse for its existence. The present rates 
are exorbitant, and nowhere will legisla¬ 
tion yield such speedy and gratifying re¬ 
sults as in this matter of curtailing the 
power of railroad officials.—Columbia 
Chronicle, 
TIMELY TOPICS. 
An English syndicate proposes to buy up 
ali the flour mills in the North of England. 
An apportionment bill lately introduced 
into Congress increases the representation 
in the House to 360. 
Seventeen carloads of the first Mexican 
coal ever imported into the United States 
have just arrived at Bisbee, Ariz. 
The latest subscriptions to the New York 
Grant Monument fund bring tbe total up 
to $144,416 45, which leaves only $855,583 55 
yet to be subscribed. 
It is said that statistics show that nine- 
tenths of the children of American college- 
bred women survive infancy—a record 
never equaled in any class, age or country. 
Miss Xavier of Wellesley College, near 
Boston, has been made secretary of the 
French and Spanish Consulate, in Boston— 
the first situation of the kind ever held by 
a woman. 
John F. Hewitt, of Los Angeles, Cal., 
ex-soldier and pensioner, has returned his 
pension certificate to the government on , 
the ground that he is now able to earn his 
own living I 
The latest, or rather one of the many 
“ latest,” is the Bobbin Trust, which con¬ 
trols 85 per cent, of the bobbin and shuttle 
interests in the United States. It is said 
$5,000,000 of English money is in it. 
Michigan’s Salt Combine will expire on 
the last day of March, and it has been de¬ 
cided not to reorganize, and as a result it is 
predicted that salt will drop 80 cents per 
barrel. The import duty on salt is 12 cents 
per 100 pounds in sacks and barrels and 
eight cents in bulk. 
The public debt of North Carolina is only 
$5,939,000—$2,720,000 in six per cent bonds ; 
the rest in four per cents. Interest on the 
sixes is paid by a railroad of which the 
State has $3,000,000 worth of stock. There 
are 19 railroads in the State, and Governor 
Fowle recommends a railroad commission. 
The Pope appears anxious to direct the 
Socialistic movement in Europe; but of 
all the potentates there the German Em¬ 
peror now seems most influential as guide 
in that matter, as his speeches in favor of 
better terms, pay and livelihood for the 
toiling masses have had a deep and wide¬ 
spread effect. 
The people of Mexico have recently cele¬ 
brated the adoption of an amendment to 
their Constitution by which the privilege 
of a President to succeed himself is made 
unlimited. President Diaz is now serving 
a second term, after having previously 
served two terms; and the avowed object 
of the change was that he might be re¬ 
elected. 
The famous Jumel case was decided 
against the heirs in the New York Court 
of Appeals, Wednesday. This brings to a 
close a case which has been in the courts 
for a dozen years, and in which the counsel 
fees amounted to upwards of $1,000,000. 
The “heirs,” scattered all over the country, 
bled themselves very freely to line the 
lawyers’ pockets. 
The Ohio Wool growers’ Association fays 
the wool manufacturers are exerting them¬ 
selves to secure “ free wool,” in violation 
of the agreement made with them before 
IAN. 3 1 
the passage of the McKinley Bill, which 
raised the duty on foreign woolen goods. 
There appears to be a growing determina¬ 
tion among wool growers to insist on “ free 
woolens” if “free wool ” shall be permit¬ 
ted. 
The Direct Trade Convention, just held 
at Atlanta, Ga., advocates the running of 
lines of steamers between Southern ports 
and Europe, the first to be between Bruns¬ 
wick, Ga., and Liverpool, and the second 
between some Gulf port and Europe. Gov. 
Nor then of Georgia presided and the 
Farmers’ Alliance is back of the scheme 
here. It is said that English and German 
capitalists will start the lines, provided 
five per cent, interest is guaranteed on the 
Investment. The convention will re as¬ 
semble the second Wednesday in March. 
The “ persecution ” of the Jews still 
continues In Russia. Until the time of the 
late Alexander II. they couldn’t hold real 
estate in any except a few specified prov¬ 
inces. Since he gave them permission to 
hold it everywhere they have been monop¬ 
olizing the holdings of the peasantry by 
foreclosing mortgages, and accordingly, the 
old law has been restored. Ukases have 
also been issued banishing them entirely 
from certain provinces, limiting the num¬ 
ber of them who can attend the higher 
schools as well as the colleges and univer¬ 
sities, and harassing them in other ways. 
The Jews are the greatest financial power 
of the world, and much pressure has 
been exercised on the Czar to modify the 
persecutions. There is a doubtful report 
that he has suspended the execution of the 
most obnoxious of the laws for three years. 
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