14 The Nebraska Independent JULY 26, 1908 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX)OOOOOOOCXXXXXXXXXXXX)OOOOOOOOOOOCX)( cocococococoocococxxx Weekly Market Report LIVE STOCK MARKETS , Special market letter from Nye & Buchanan Co., Live Stock Commission Merchants. South Omaha, Neb., July 25.We had a $6.40 top on cattle Tuesday, 40 cents above Chicago's top for that day. Ripe dry lot beeves are holding nearlv fiteariv with last week but the short fed and common kinds come In competition with the western ranker i and are 15 to 25 cents lower. This same condition prevails with the cow and heifer market. Inquiries for stcckers and feeders are disappoint ingly small. Choice heavy feeders are about a dime lower and undesir able ones 15 to 25 cents lower. We quote: Choice steers $5.256.40 Fair to good $4.255.20 Cows and heifers $3.004.50 Canners and cutters $1.90?3.00 Choice feeders $3.404.15 Common stockers $2.253.25 Bulls and stags . .$2.754.10 ,Veal calves . . .$5.005.75 1 The hog market is again on the advance under pressure of light re ceipts. Range $6.50 6.65. Receipts of sheep are becoming more liberal with the tendency to weaken values from, the high level so Any boy can earn a handsome watch In one hour; send 10c for samples and full instruction. Agey Specialty Co., Charleston, W. Va. SHERIFF'S SALE Notice is hereby given, that by vir tue of an order of sale issued by the (clerk of the District Court of the Third Judicial District of Nebraska, within and for Lancaster County, in an action wherein J. L. Kellogg and jM. L. Williams are plaintiffs and fthe unknown heirs and O. M. Colby, jwidow of O. P. Colby, d ceased, now intermarried with Henry Holt et al, defendants, I will at 2 o'clock p. in., on the 21st day of August, A. D., 1906, at the east door of the court house, in the city of Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, offer for sale at public auction the following described lands and tenements, to wit: 1 Lots 3, 4, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 25 and B6 in block five (5) and lots 5, 6, 7 land 8 in block eight (8), al in Lin coln View subdivision of the north east quartet of the southwest quarter L 11 1 A C 1 n Lancaster County, Nebraska. Given under my hand this 18th day f July, A. D., 1906. l NICHOLAS RESS, Sheriff. SHERIFF'S SALE Notice is hereby given, that by vir tue of an order of sale issued by the clerk of the District Court of the Third Judicial District of Nebraska, within and for Lancaster County, in an action wherein J. L. Kellogg and M. L. Williams are plaintiffs and George W. Young et al, defendants, I will at 2 o'clock p. m., on the 2 1st day of August, A. D., 1906, at the east door of the court house in the city of Lincoln, Lancaster County, Ne braska, offer for sale at public auction the following described lands and tenements, towit: Lots 1, 2, 5, 6, 19, 20, 21, 22 in block five (5) in Lincoln View Sub division of northeast quarter of south west quarter of section 11, town 10, range 6, east, Lancaster County, Ne braska. Given under my hand this 18th day of July, A. D., 1906. NICHOLAS RESS, Sheriff. far maintained. Kansas City Kansas City, Mo., July 25. Cattle Receipts 18,0000 including 2,000 south erns; market steady; native steers $4.00(56.25; southern steers $2.75 5.00; southern cows $2.00 3 3.50; na tive cows and heifers $2.005.50; stockers and feeders $2.504.GO; bul's $2.404.00; calves $2.505.50; west ern fed steers $3.756.00; western fed cows $2.504.50. Hogs -Receipts 11,000 head; market strong to 5 cents higher; bulk of sales $6.60(x6.65; heavy $6.656.67; packers $6.60(3 6.65; pigs and lights $5.806.70. ' . Sheep Receipts 5,000 head; market steady; muttons $4.506.00; " lambs 5.507.25; range wethers $5.006.10; fed ewes $4.255.25. St. Louis " St. Louis, Mo., July 24. Cattle Re ceipts 6,000 head, including 2,400 head of Texans; market steady; native shipping and export steers, $4.85 6.25; dressed beef and butcher steers $4.105.40; steers under 1.000 pounds, $3.504.70; stockers and feeders $2.00 4.25; cows and heifers $2.105.25; canners $1.002.00; bulls $2.404.65; calves $3.506.00; Texas and Indian steers $3.005.00; cows and heifers $1.903.25. Hogs Receipts 9,000 head; market j 5c higher; pigs and lights $6.75 6.90; packers $6.256.80; butchers and best heavy $6.65 6.90. Sheep Receipts 3,500 head; market slow; native muttons $3.006.00; lambs $4.008.00; culls and bucks $3.504.25; stockers $3.255.00. . Chicago Chicago, July 24. Cattle Receipts 4,000 head; market steady; beeves, $4.006.40; cows and heifers $1.25 5.25; stockers and feeders $2.50 4.25; Texans $4.255.20; calves $4.75 6.75. Hogs Receipts 12,000 head; market strong to 5 cents higher; mixed and butchers $6.456.92; good heavy $6.50 (36.90; rough heavy $6.106.45; light $6.556.95; pigs $5.756.75; bulk of sales $6.606.85. Sheep Receipts 18,000 head; mar ket weak; sheep $2.905.50; lambs $4.755.75. Our Premium Watch The Independent One Year and the Watch for onlv $2.50. Less than the regular nrice Q p of the Watch alone. . The Watch FREE o To Anyone sending $5 00 to pay lor five yearly Subscriptions. GRAIN MARKETS Omaha, July 25. The option today was a busy one, especially during the last fifteen minutes of the board when prices Jook an upward turn and the bidding was strong. September wheat was the leader and while the closing price was not very high above the opening, there were many trades made at higher figures. But Septem ber corn figures were lower all the time than the opening. The follow ing figures tell the story. Receipts Sixty-two cars wheat, 73 cars corn, 16 cars oats. 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The Russian situation was a fator of the higher prices, it being feared that the movement of the higher prices, it being feared that the movement of the crop to the seaports would be checked because of the ap prehension felt by shippers. Septem ber opened unchanged at 76 l-2c and sold up to 76 3-476 7-8c. The corn marketw as firm. Sep tember opened a fourth to an eighth higher at 50 1-2 50 5-8, and sold at 50 7-8. The oats market was strong. Sep tember opened a fourth higher at 32 7-8c and sold up to 33 3-8c. Wheat July 76 7-Sc; September 76 7-8 75c. Corn July 51 1-8 : September 51 o Oats July 34 1-2c; September 33 no i n St. Louis St. Louis, Mo., July 25. Wheat Market higher; No. 2 red cash, ele vator . 74 l-4c; track 74 1-4 75 1-4: September7 4 l-4c; No. 2 hard 731-2 76. Corn Market higher; . No. 2 cash $501-2; track 511-2; September 501-8 December 46. Oats Market higher; No. 2 cash 35c; track 3535 3-4; September 33c; December 34c; No. 2 white 3738. Kansas City Kansas City, July 24. 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