Maryland, Virginia and Penn, 
New Jersey. 
California 
Kansas and Nebraska 
Arkansas 
Total 
488 
ity of feed. This is especially so in the Neuces 
country, usually one of the best stock sections 
in the State. A telegram from San Antonio, 
Tuesday, says: The winter prospects for cattle 
and other live stock in the country west of 
here, along the valleys of the rivers Frio and 
Neuces are reported by stockmen as being very 
gloomy. The gmss is all gone except on the 
high divides, away from the water, and cattle 
are subsisting on brush and are losing flesh 
every day, with a prospect of heavy mortality 
before spring. Sheep are reported in better 
condition, but hard to herd. Sinking wells on 
the divides is the only remedy the stockmen 
have.,. ..The majority of the tobacco planters 
of Cuba are complaining of the drought, 
which is damaging the tields. Only a few lo¬ 
calities have been visited by rain recently.... 
. The rumored consolidation of the Minne¬ 
apolis (louring mills is denied. This seems to 
be a chronic sfcoiy that goes the rounds with 
periodical regularity.Monday, Senator 
Spooner, by request of Senator Miller, who 
was absent, introduced a Bill to extirpate cou- 
tagious pleuro-pneumonia, foot-and-mouth 
disease and rinderpest among cattle, and to 
facilitate the exportation of cattle and the pro¬ 
ducts of live stock. The bill is much the same 
as that mentioned editorially last week. It 
provides for the appointment by the Presi¬ 
dent of a commission of three pei-sons, and 
gives them power to enter any premises sup¬ 
posed to contain infected cattle. Infected or 
exposed animals are to be destroyed and the 
owners paid three-fourths of their value. The 
Commissioners are to be paid $5,000 each per 
annum. A similar bill was introduced 
in the House on the same day by Del¬ 
egate Carey of Wyoming, by direction 
of the House Agricultural Committee. 
.The New York (State Agricultural 
Society has decided to hold several Farmers’ 
Institutes in the State this winter; the first to 
be held in Lockport, Jan. 13 and 15, the 
second at Ithaca about the middle of Febru¬ 
ary, and the third at some place in the eastern 
part of the State not yet determined. 
.The great land suit, pending in the 
State District Court at Laredo, Tex , between 
the Texas Mexic an Railroad uud settlers of 
the Bcrega grant, in Zapata County, com¬ 
prising 70 leagues of land occupied by 1,000 
people.has been decided in favor of the settlers. 
....Minneapolis is now without a Millers’ 
Union or any other organization to purchase 
grain In large quantities ami to control the 
markets of the Northwest. Yet wheat is 
abundant and business booming..A 
lawyer's clerical error in the transfer of a cer¬ 
tain piece of property in Kansas City, wliich 
in 1843 was sold for $850, has led to a lawsuit 
over the possession of the laud which is now 
valued at $200,000. It is stated that two 
more new elevators are to be built at Duluth, 
Minn., each having a capacity of 4,000,000 
bushels.An effort is being made to 
raise $2,50(1 at Olny, Ills., for the purpose of 
securing the location of the next state fair at 
that place ...The Bohemian Oat operators 
took *250,000 out of Iughatn County, Michi¬ 
gan, last spring, and farmers are now lookiug 
about for money to pay taxes and buy cheap 
overcoats.Great mortality is reported 
among cattle in Northwest and Southwest 
Iowa, one owner suffering a loss of 50 head, 
ami one near Hamburg a loss of 200 out of 300. 
The reports allege the disease to be pleuro¬ 
pneumonia, and Gov. Lorrabee is hastening 
an investigation by all means in his power.. . 
.Reports of contagious pleuro-pneu- 
mouia among cattle near Dallas, Texas, are 
declared to be unfounded by Dr. Paaren, of 
the Bureau of Animal industry, and Dr. Hop¬ 
kins Veterinarian of Wyoming, who have in¬ 
spected the ailing beasts. Unregistered Jer¬ 
seys imported from Indiana were affected by 
“quick consumption” which wus mistaken for 
•‘pleuro.”...... 
.The intestines of hogs that have died 
of a disease about La Porte, lud., are ‘’literal¬ 
ly filled with worms from one to six inches 
long.”.Territorial Veteriuanau Keefe 
has just finished his final tour of all of the 
Montana ranges before winter closes in. He 
linds range prospects very bright. He inspect¬ 
ed numerous herds of cattle and horses, aud 
finds uo cause for alarm. The grass is short 
iu some localities, but as a whole the outlook 
is very promising. 
Iu 1850 
“ Brown's Bronchial’ Troches” were intro¬ 
duced, aud from that time their success as a 
cure for Colds, Coughs, Hoarseness, Asthma 
aud Bronchitis has been unparalleled. Sold 
only in boxes. 25 cents.— Adv. 
Crops & iHfivluls. 
Saturday, Dec. 25, 188(1. 
With regard to the present condition of 
crops, the Farmers’ Review says the tenor of 
the reports from the winter wheat belt con¬ 
tinues to be generally favorable. The pres¬ 
ence of the fly in various counties of Ohio and 
Indiana is reported, though uo serious injury 
as yet is indicated. The reports from Kansas 
are not as encouraging as one month ago, and 
a number of Southern Illinois and Northern 
Ohio and Indiuna counties report the plant as 
looking feeble. Nine-tenths of the counties, - 
however, throughout the entire belt report 
the crop as being good and iu fine condition. 
The movement of corn is reported to be 
moderately free in Missouri, but slow in Kan¬ 
sas, Nebraska aud Illinois. Five Illinois and 
10 Iowa counties report this week that the 
corn supply is so short as to prevent any ship¬ 
ment or is entirely exhausted. 
Telegraphic advices this morning from Chi¬ 
cago say the weather is still dry and water 
scarce in many sections. Little snow on the 
ground. Slight increase in movement of corn 
in Nebraska, Iowa, and Central Illinois; home 
demand still good, stock feeders readily ab¬ 
sorbing all the com offered. Owing to mild 
weather, vast quaatities of feed have been 
saved Very little rough feed, however, in 
the Northwest, heuee a much larger consump¬ 
tion of corn than usual is probable. Weather 
hitherto favorable for winter wheat—no alter¬ 
nate freezings aud thawings. Weather very 
dry in Texas, aud wheat has suffered some¬ 
what. Although prices for live hogs continue 
to advance at Chicago, there is no correspond¬ 
ing advance in receipts, probably because the 
very dry weather of July, August and Septem¬ 
ber sent to market the hogs that ought to come 
now. 
In Tennessee and Kentucky surplus wheat 
is nearly exhauster! for milling purposes—both 
are looking to ludiaua and Illinois to supply 
deficiency; so also, with Southern Ohio. Very 
keen competition between winter and spring 
wheat millers. Much doubt still as to the 
quantity of spring wheat last season iu Min¬ 
nesota and Dakota. Northern Dakota has 
marketed her crop much closer than Southern 
Dakota aud Minnesota. In Northern Minne¬ 
sota especially farmers seem to have huug on 
to their wheat closer than elsewhere. Roads 
now good and marketing freer, aud should 
roads aud prices remain us now a good deal of 
wheat will be marketed right along. 
The condition of the hop crop, the amount 
of stock on hand aud other considerations in 
the spring of this year led dealers to suppose 
that the hop market would be higher than for 
some years. On the strength of the reports 
of the extensive loss to the New York crop 
the market did rise from eight cents a pound to 
25 cents. Then it was found that speculators 
had bought up all the 1885 hops they could 
get hold of and held them. When it was 
seen that the brewers were well stocked up 
with 1885 hops, the market lost its s-trength 
and dropped from 38 cents to 25 cents for 
prime stock. The speculators then tried to 
sell their stored bops, but fouud no market 
for them. These hops were bought at prices 
ranging all the way from 20 to 28 cents, and 
only recently a lot of the same quality was 
bought at 12}.; cents. On the other hand, a 
sale of prime hops was recently made at 40 
cents a pound, but it was the finest quality of 
hop.*. California has produced a quantity of 
a fine quality of hops. There is a good 
amount of European hops in the market, but 
there is absolutely no demand for more than 
a bale or two at a sale. Brewers, as has been 
above stated, have hops enough m stock to last 
them for several mouths at. least. These are 
all 1885 hops, but they buy a bale or two of 
this year’s crop semi-occasiounlly, which they 
mix with the hops iu store. 
The corn and bean packing season is over, 
and the packers have figured the results. It 
has been many a year since they were so satis¬ 
factory. The packers of Maine have put up 
his year 445,'.*00 cases of corn. As each case con¬ 
tains 24 cans, the total number of cans mount 
up to 10,701,000. These statistics leave out vust 
quantities of Lima beans, linked beaus, toma¬ 
toes, squash, etc., which have been canned, 
but all these products together do not come up 
to the output of corn. The puckers have paid 
to Maine farmers for vegetables nearly $40o,~ 
(KK). These figures show of what great impor¬ 
tance as an increment to the profits of Maine 
agriculture the sweet-corn canning business 
has become. Fully #400,000 more have been 
paid by the packers to their can-makers aud 
other employes. 
The tomato pack of 1880 reaches a total of 
2,303,700 cases of two dozen tins each, being 
929,754 cases ahead of the 1885 pack anil about 
up to the average armual pack for the three 
years of 1883-85, which was 2,132,921 eases. 
Iu 188H the supply reached 8,000,000 cases. 
In 1885 the pack was less thau ouc-half that of 
1883, and 087, 171 cases below that of 1884. 
The shortages of those two years aud the fail¬ 
ure to bring the supply of this year up to the 
maximum yield of 1884 have been productive 
of good, in that they have sent all the old 
To our friends who have not already received it, we are ready to mail 
oar NEW CATALOGUE of 
HIGH CLASS SEEDS 
FOR 1887 • 
J.M. Thorburn & Co. .15 JohnS: NewYork. 
packed goods into consumption. Two million 
cases of tomatoes are less than the annual re¬ 
quirements of the United States, which are 
placed at Lully 2,500,000 cases. The spring of 
1887 will see the stock of tomatoes throughout 
the United .States fighter than it has been at 
any time for six years. Packets have had this 
seasou a rising market, something they have 
been looking forward to for years. The work 
of the year has been profitable to all good 
packers. The crop was variable, being very 
heavy in New Jersey; good in New York, 
Ohio and Canada, but not up to expectations 
in Maryland or the Western States, where it 
was very irregular. The American Grocer 
gives the following figures for the pack of 
1880: 
-Cases- 
Two doz. tins each. 
New York . 
Iowa . 
Indiana .. 
Missouri. 
Michigan . 
Massachusetts. 
Connecticut. 
1836. 
1885. 
. 592.856 
408,212 
. 710,133 
353,650 
. 161,031) 
102.700 
. 185,263 
63, U7 
. 1 1,030 
69.117 
. 59,111 
85,325 
. 119,082 
68,400 
. 48,000 
64,51X1 
. 116,326 
63,OGi 
. 60,81)0 
53,120 
. 66,735 
30,’06 
. S3,165 
26.900 
. 30,042 
24,264 
. 21,050 
12,933 
. 14,097 
9,762 
. 4,500 
.2,363,760 
1,434,006 
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. 
Saturday, December 25, 18S6. 
Chicago.—Wheat.—N o. 2 Spring, at TiiJ-fc: No. 3 
Spnug, nominal; No. 2 Red, 17He, coax.—No. 2, 
uaTB.-Nu f.26c BYE.-No 2,53c. dARU. • 
No. 2, 52c. Flvxsliu*—N o. 1. Hie. Timothy setii— 
Prime, $1 TT&ITr. Mess Pun*—#11 40 a 11 50 per bbl. 
Lard .—pi 20. snort Rih sides doasei, i.his 5.7>.c; dry 
-alted shoulders .boxed i i.sUe, Short clear sides 
boxed >. 8t> r>ty.'!.'20. BciT6.il—M arket steady; cream¬ 
ery. 2lig.27c: dairy, lN*2le; roll. HL*tttc, packingstock, 
It ,'.l2c. Eiais, a: v-'4c. per dux. tor strictly frosn. ut- 
ti.k -Market steady, fancy at *:> l.V»a 35; snipping 
steers, sd'J-Se i T5; siocKers and teeners. Si ixno N ■; 
cov? Lulls, ami .io.v -1 .1 M: bulk. $2 2tk*2 tO, 
Texas < 'attic, $1 iJcfHuU. MOus.—Marsel slow aud 
closed weak Rougn aud mixed, *.-■ 3Ual3); pnckiug 
and shipping. 8-s X ■ -cin-, - 
skips, si 25si8 Li. SHEEP.-Market Blow, but steady. 
Natives, $2 tk>(uci4 50, Western, §2 5IL.3 80, Texans. 
IgSlAI. 
ST. Loins.—W 11 KA r.—Active. No. 2 lied Winter cash, 
$>V: Jauuary, 79*»<ai3Uet Februry, St'sc, May. ftriopat 
1 V . Cl 'K.I.—No. . ill ; sell. a- 1 
v'ltfcc, February, May. u.vis.- No. 2 
Mixed. Cash, 25c.; May, J.o. Rvic. — .'do. Barley. 
— Dull at Mo Butter. — creamery, 2-L»2Tc; dairy, 
15-1.,’oe Eogs. — pxa21c. Flax Sued.—8c. Hat,- 
Timotby, ft.. a\U 2 30; Prairie. *7 Uiglb mi Pork — 
Sll ;j i.AUU.-$ii 15. fir;jcsflKars. Loose lots, long 
clear. $5 6ti; -lion ribs, f."> ■ snort clear, fjtCi. lat- 
ruv.—The market ruled strong under Light receipts. 
Hood Choice Heavy Native St* e;s, ©l jUs .1 Bi; i air to 
Good Shipping Steers fJ Sas4 i Hu toners Steers, 
fair to choice, ’AM t Id; Feeders, fair to good. Si WL 
;i3 j; Stock(T m.. fair to good, »'l Wa* 2 75; Texans coin 
iiieLi ;o choice, S5ci.s 65 Hods — Market closiug 
wen k with all sold. Choice In-ivy and Butchers, Se¬ 
lections, si 35*4 j3; Piu-Kihg, fair to fancy, ft Ida I SO; 
Yorkers, medium lo prime, Mat iu; Pigs, common 
to good. Si ;um.3 SJ. SHEEP.—Market tlrm; common to 
(air, $ 1 75<A' medium to choice. Si iSeil 21 ). 
Boston.—Apples.-G reening, $20;i 50 per bbl; Snow, 
$3 0OAt id; Baldwin, ft Ph*! per hbl; tiubnardstous, 
>s t ,5. Harvey,*.’; common, TtevagL Cranberries.— 
Cape Cod, euuutry. gbao. Butter.- Northern 
creamery, extra, ••Jo. per ft, do. first.-. 2 In Jo.-, per ft; 
Western creamery, extra. AC per do, nrsts, aksltic. 
per ®; do, choice. AigLJc per ft; Dairy, Vraukiiu coun¬ 
ty, Uuest.v'sij. pci n>; guc,ii to choice, R 2oc. per !b; Ver- 
liioui extra. 5.c2'e, NorUieru, choice. 2 LaZie. per c>; 
do, fair to good, ibuisc, per ft, W astern dairy, good to 
choice, 13* ik-. per ft, imitation creamery, extra, lie'. 
Me. per IF; ladle-packed, choice, 13^>Uc. per Tb; do, lair 
id.U , 12 c. per ft. Blax>. choice pea. Northern 
hand-picked, S. %13r. per bush, do, do. New York 
choice linmi-pleked. S 170.a 1 *5, do, screened, t S.v*l 85; 
medium choice hand picked, gi to 1 1 to, do choice 
screened, *1 r> : vl :<o. yeltow eves, choice, *1 5N>ti to; do 
Hal, l.Vi'. 5>; red kidneys *i is. Casuss. me mar¬ 
ket for cheese has been very strong the past week, 
aud prices are very Urutly held. New Turk extra 
creamery l* how quoted ut le. per lh. as an oinside 
price, mtgo chow commands lvalue per lb Liver¬ 
pool quotations, *cc, vv ,* quote: New York, extra, 
l.ic. per IF. Uo good lo choice, li «rs !2c. per ft; do, 
common, Tutte*. per ft; Vennout extra, IlC^t 12T|C. per 
ft good to choice, l'jq^?,2c. per ft, oommou 7,?■ 
per ft Weolern, extra, ltht*l2>*c. per ft; do flue, i-s 
iuc. per ft; comiuuu. o ; .,*e. per ft: huge, extra, 13 ,.14c. 
p«*r ft. .Mocha at ill . AV per lh, Jkvt, i:t«2Ic. per lb; 
Maracarbo L’.aiic, per ib; Jamaca, llayu, 18-* 
12c; Klo, fair. Ui. ■■ l;8*; do, onlLuary, Ut>c. Costa 
Rica, lhaUic, (iimteiuaia. U-.Uc: ftiexicaii, 12.ai.ic; 
Edos. - Near by and Capo. Ac- l>cr doech; kastern 
exlriiB, 2-c. per dozen; .trooeiOOK County, 25c. per 
dozen; New Y'ork ami Vermout. 2Ls-sc, Western, 
lo i—’ic- Pet dozen; I’rovmcUU, UL-mAc. |]s.T dozen; tce- 
house, i.wdije. por doz Limed, IV pier aox. n*» and 
ST tvaW. Choice. vlioulH per ton; lair. per ton; 
ordinary, ftll aC*: One, S'xsli per ton: swale nay, 
util per ion; poor, slim 13 M )xir ton; Western, 
choice, sl"- ,i;, do, fair to goon, su- t M 40* rye straw. 
Blhal, per toil; do. do, mttcame, $l2tal3 per Urn: oat 
er to la logs. 
r bush; Beauty of llebrou, :>vai®c. r*' r bush, sweet, 
Virginia Yellow, $) Tvt 1 r*jj>er bol; Jersey, $; 2lig,i iu 
per bob Seeds.— Clover, We»l, vq-vUSjf. per ft, do. 
North, loti'-cltc, per ft; do, white, IS.*2*0. p* r ft; do, 
Alslke. 12*l5e. per ft Bed Top, pci- sack, West, $2 .0; 
do, Jersey, si 3o *.t 5<}; Hungarian. iCc.«,l; Millet, tfoc. 
oil; Orchard, per bush. $1 so^2; Blue Grass, jdllKailUO; 
Timothy, Western, i.Vs.225; <lo, Northern, $2 25u$240; 
American tlaxseoil, $2 25. 
PROD DCS AND PROVISIONS. 
Nkw York. Saturday, December 25, 13S6. 
Flock. Feed asp Meal—Floce— t^uotatioa*. Fine, 
42*0,2 H.i, superfine, $i iVn.i 2'.. No. a 42 UU*3 35; 
Good to Fancy Kxira State. $i ,VX*4: Common lo 
Good Kxira Wcsteru, 42 lALyS 35; Good to Choice 
Extra VV extern, #5 tuiao IN. Oouuuuu to Fair r.xtra 
Ohm, 42 stijvl, tiood $i .Ottii id; wood to 'hoice, 
41 ”C.,c5 15; Common K.xtra Miuncsota. 42 90 * 3uj 
Clear, 70 1 so: aye Mixture, 43 (,(>< 4 * to: straight. 
43 VKtiG t!l, I'ateni 41 TlVjft 25: 1 laker- cxtrA. 44i.vt 55: 
st. Louis Comuiou to Fair Extra, $2 SHX^J 30; Fair to 
Good, 43 NVslit 75; Good to Very Choice, H S0«i,5 25, 
latter an extreme, F'ateut Winter Wheat Extra, 4 * 10 ^ 
so 25, City Mill Extra tor Vf eit ludlee, $i SOtsitiO; South 
American, 84 TlKit 8U. SOL'Tjttciui KLOCu.-Coimnou to 
Fair Extra at *3 3504:1 ’.Hi, and Fair to Choice, 4 •!:«,:) lo. 
Ky h FLot it.-supernue. *2 Joi.;> 10. COW Mkau. - Quiet. 
Yellow Western quoted ai 4- 50rai2 75; and Brandywine 
at si i5@2 35. UccKwatAi'F loi h. quoted, 41 h5@2. 
FEED.—10 ft. quoted at TVu.SSC, to ft. at TIB'75c; HO lb: 
at. 75(a,8i)c. loti ft. at WcJSc; -Itarpg, at 96c.(u;*l0346. Kye 
feed at Tilde; screeuiug!! at lSetiAc. 
GaAtM.— WHe.i T ,—N o. 2 Milwaukee, MUd 1 '. XTograded 
Spring, No. 1 Hard at 02U.c; l.'ugrailed 
Bed. hj&iUIc; No. 3 fled, h 8 c; No. 2 Bed, 6»a*8yH c ' 80 . 
1 Bed, 92c; Ungraded White, v7Ej(u.r'Jc; No. 2 Bed for 
January, -.s5 S n, -j.cuc; do. for February, nusyaiHftc; do. 
for March. oJutUzyic. do, for April, '.ivV''»!dc -do. for 
May, 9t'>i'.ii05-<dc, uo. tor June, nMgc; do. for July, 9‘Jc; 
do. for Augutu, 97CORN.— Lugrutltd Jiixed, 
at i:»,u 1 (it.47SjC; No. a, 46c Steamer, 17’.| '.i«4fec; No. 2, 
to l 4 e- sreitmer Yellow. 4il-ic; No. 2 foi ..auunry, 47%(9 
1ij->,c: do. lor February. 4S?t,i<4,4FjkO; do. for May, 5144 
I'tLlVie - uatb. - Nu. 5 at ubLgc do. White, :fi}*c. No. 2, 
3ka34'4c; do. White, 3Sc; No. 1. While, 394tc; Mixed 
VVesleiri, alut.lfe do. VV hue do. Jifjt.c. White State, 
'JV'iWf. No. a for December, do. tor January, 
o4‘ A'iiJlHo; do tor February, 3i>v-A(u 35tic; do. for March, 
36,v:; do, for May, Sic. 
t hovisioxa.—P oke.- >te«i6. quoted at §12(5.12 50 for 
One Y«ar old, and 4l2 50(aii3 01 Family Mess, §14 50® 
In 2v tor Cleat Hack inu *10 rgifeti £01 Extra Prime. 
BEk>.-Clty Kxira Inula Mess, tll tli; ExtruMess, in 
barrels, »T EG.is’. racaei, si otegO, Plate, §hi<ji§ 8 50. 
Bkltf Hams.- i| noted, *18 5t.Wi.ia 5u. CUT MEaTS. 12 ft 
Pickled Bt tiles o4*c.; Flckled Shoulders, f.jde; Dlckled 
Hauis, 944 c., Smoked Hams, li%10 , .-ac; Mutated stioui- 
tiens, tkc. Midples.- Long Clear in New Y or it. quoted 
nominally at uVc. L)ate- 3 ED tiOGo. City heavy to 
Light at 79464Siva:. Pigs. «Hc. LaIiD.- Western Steam 
spot, 8 52U.C, City Steam, 'i.aic; Ketliu-a, Continent, 
O.ftJc; South Atnericao, i.inc; Decenits-r. 6,58c, Jauu 
arv, 6.51"'.6.5*ic.; Feoruttrv. 6.6s:,t6.65c; March, 6.i3<si 
6.74c; April, O.iit'.; Jluy, u.sSutu.'Jlc, 
BcWEfci—Elgin Creamery—3l@a2cj Western, 20@2Sc; 
State Dairy, Dro.ln, tubs.23"'.-S; Welsh tubs, 2-(>t25c; 
VV esveru imitation Creamery. Ak'j>25c; Western, dairy, 
•2a»,SC; Western Factory, ikgdtc. 
CitrtsE.—State factory, lOstl lo; Common to fancy, 
Wbstern, flat, 11 ^ 120 , good to choice, light skims, 10® 
lie. 
Enos.—State, 27i«;2Sc, Western, best, 27c: Western, 
held lots, 24v.26c; Limed Siate, iSc ; Limed Canadian, 
LiJ-eeiilSc.; Limed WeBteru, li;»iai7?»e- 
BotUTUv.—ihvit.—uhiexcns, near-oy per ft, at 7c; 
Chickens, Western, per ft, at 7c; fowls, Jersey, per ft, 
at ic; tow h>, Western, per ft, at W6yi7c rixistcrs, old, 
per ft. 4c; turkeys, jer ft at t- j ic ducks. New Jersey, 
ncw York, aud Beungylvanla. per pu.r, 3G . s.c; aucas, 
western pet pair si 4j, '. - geese, rvesierit, per pair, 
at §i.i 26 ti. 22 ; pigeons, per pair, at 25t, :2ic. 
PoruTBl.—liRKsstn. rurkeys, Philadelphia, dry- 
picked, per ft. at 11 <s 12c, do, Jersey, per lh, Lika,l' 2 c; 
lurkcys, .ilitryUiuil and Delaware, prime, per ft, at 10 
UlL3c, do, state, dry-picked, per ft, at lo^Jlc, do., 
Slab, scalded, per lo. a* il :, 2 e; do, Wts • rn, dry 
picked, choice, per ft, km 1 ic; do, VV wterii. scaluecl. 
choice. He; do. Western, dry picked, lair, per lh. at Sfe 
‘.•c; do. western. Iced, prune, per lb, ut sc; chickens. 
Philadelphia, dry picKed. 1 ,-'c. 
fituiTs .—r rush.—A pptes.- King, jve r bbl, at *3<34; 
Baldwins, per bbl., at Si 501-3; Bellltowc-r, per bbl, *2i® 
2N , oreeidugs, per bbl, »2 5a«,o 5j. Grapes^—Catawba 
at i'^c. pci ft; Cranberries, ut *a. 4 ,io tor Cupe Cod 
best; »Aj£ 5 50 tor choice; Jersey, at s2,.-,2 50 per crate. 
Fruits.—Dbzxd.—A pples-Fancy Evaporated, 12 ® 
ISc.; do. choice, do. at Umc; do. prime. Ue. d<-. south¬ 
ern. sliced, prune at ItpiHc: to. North Carolina, 
fancy suu-Uritai, new, i!**s.8c; do. do. choice, be; Uo. 
do. prime. 5e. ecache*.—NOrut carmiua, peeled, 
choice new, 15: do. do. do, fancy, new, He; do. Geor¬ 
gia, choice, I'Jftilfiac, do. uo. prmie faucy, tit-vv, Lc . 
Chirrics. pl»M-u. !iij.::;c. kaspoerries—c-vupooratod, 19 
'o2"c; uo. suu dried, livtlio ULacknerrles- pi uue, luc. 
VVhOrOeberrifrB—To; Beaches—uupeeied iialvet>, 56i54sc. 
IkiH'Ts-i^uoied at 4 '^,vI1ac. for fancy hand-picked; 
36*3itie. for tariners grades. 
Lottos.—T he quotauons. according to the American 
classlilctulou, arv as follows: 
New Orleans. 
Uplands. aud Gulf. Texas. 
Ordinary...sft 6 15-16 6 15-16 
Strict ordinary.7 3-1S 74a 7>§ 
wood cmltnary..84% S 5-16 8 5-16 
Sulci Good ordinary., s 9-16 
bow Middling... 9 9 3-16 9 3-16 
strict bow Middling... 9 5-16 94# 94 $ 
Middllug. . ..»4a 9 11-16 9 11-16 
Good Middling. 9*1 9 15-16 9 15-16 
Strict GOodMkldUng...lll 10 3-16 10 3-16 
Mltldllhg Fair....10J4 10 9-16 10 9-16 
Pair. 11 It 13-16 it 13-16 
STAIXKD. 
Good Ordinary.6 9-18 bow Middling.8 1-16 
Strict Good ord.74* I Middling..?... 8 15-16 
Hay and Straw.-C hoice Timothy, S5,J90e. per too ft: 
Good Timothy, ISotSUc: Miviium, ootsiwj; Shipping; 
:V2m.c.i5c; Clover, mixed, (-•■tJ.c. Siraw No. I rye, U5c 
Short rye. atKitVx'; oal. I5t*5bc. 
VgGrrABU«s, -Foiaioes- -State, rose, §1 5og>l t2, do. 
Burbank, §1 Vet'. ■ 2. do, peerless, per obi, §1 50: sweet 
potatoes, Del Bivt-r. taucy, ivr obi., §2.-i2 23; sweet 
potatoes. Jersey, per bbl. , 1 1 15. Cabbages, flat. 
Mate and Jersey, per taJ. si t'’ 50. emioUs.-Coim., 
red. per bbl. Si Loj.2 Ct, do. Orange county, red. per bbl. 
fan* >2. Celery, per dor. bunches, g. ,.\itl 25. Tur¬ 
nips, Buss I an, t«?r qbl . §1. Squash, per bbl, §1 50. 
LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 
Nsw YoaK. Saturday, December 25, 1886. 
Beeves.—C ity Dressed Beef quiet at i.w.r'-*e. for Ordi¬ 
nary to Prune, with Choice bringing ; q,t-c. some 
faucy Cla’lstma- beef sold tip to 8;s<u9u. Chicago 
dressed In moderate requtivt at filgiu.;S-e, with extra 
carcasses sold up to s.-. Lrlvaie ettblo advices from 
British markets quote American refrigerator beef 
Steady at iqd per ft. 
Calves.-D ressed Calves fairly steady at 4L,".5‘ a t'. for 
Dressed Grosscrs; 7;«Uc. for Country Dressed Veals, 
and st*T2c. for City Dressed. 
Siikxp Asn baMins.—Receipts for live days I.McS head 
against 10.126 heau for Ihe isune lime last week. Five 
Spring Lambs ihe tirst of :oc season, arrived to-day; 
no puts 1 had been Itxed, but it is supposed they will 
bring from »tl lo sl‘ per head. The brat anivals last 
season were on January >. “The vv. rid moves,” Cana¬ 
da E»w, 1 3s ft. at ; Indiana Slut;, •cl ft, at .ve: 
state do, 11,14 ft, at TV; Bucks l>7 ft, at ;4jc; state 
Lambs, ,8 ft, al ic Northern Canada Lambs, 76 ft, at 
t-qc; do. Ewes, lea 1b, al ic; Pennsy lvania Lambs, 70 1b, 
at 'V»c, Canada Limbs. st> ft, at 1 - 840 ; do, Ewes. 135 ft, 
at 44|,V; VV ' .'ler:. Nb, ep. 78 ;,r i-..e; uiiada Lambs, 
83 ft. at *6 to. Buffalo Sheer. LS) », al 45 fc o. State do, 
7» lb, at i : li; Jersey Ewes, ltd lb, it ri J Ohio Sheep, 
lit) ft, at 44p*, 
Hods — Beeeipts for five days, 26,979 bead against 
37,764 head for tne same time List week. None for sale 
alive. Nominally steady a> gio.m 1 u Country Dress¬ 
ed on a light supply are firmer, aud sales 10 -day were 
al i 1 awn ft (yj lor heavy; IhVasSt for medium; lin'd 644«*T 
for light. 
PKODUlE C’OJOlllSISlUJi HOUSE 
E8TABH8HJEU 1 
S. U. & E. U. FROST, 
100 PARK PLACE, N. Y. 
Shlopers desiring to favor us will be furnished 
stencils, shipping cards, eic., on application. Prompt¬ 
ness guaranteed. References, Rural New-Yokkkk 
I rviug National Bank, etc. 
Texas. 
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