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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1898)
0 THE OMAHA DAILY JJEE : MONDAY , DECEMBER 10. 1808. COSTLY FOE OF FARMERS Deitructire Capacity of Ohiuch Bugs Measured by Government Exports. ENORMOUS DAMAGE DONE IN A YEAR i Mont I > nn T < nm of Ilir limcot KOCH f Jifinliiit Which AKrlciillurUtn Iliit- j lie I'miiaHfil Mcunnren for I IlM , ll ! An Insect that Is able to do $100,000,000 worth of damage to the farmers of the United Stales In a single year may well be regarded an the most dangerous and destruc tive of the many feta against which tlie agriculturists of this country are obllgcJ to flght for a living. That Is the highest rec- I ? ord up to date of the famous chinch bug , J ; which has been such n sorrow in recent 1 ' times In Miszourl , Kansas and other states of thu middle west. Hence It U not sur prising , wrltea a Waihlngton correspondent , that the government should be making a serious study of the creature In question , or ( hat on elaborate publication on the subject ehould be now In course of preparation. The latter Ij from the pen of Prof. Webster , the well Knoun entomologist , and will be pub lished shortly by the Department of Agri culture. Prof. Webster sayfl that the chinch bug drat inaiki Its presence known In this coun try by Its ravage ! ) In the wheat fields of the North Cniollnn farmers , In 1783. From 1845 to 1850 It attacked Illinois and portions tions of Indiana and Wisconsin. The loss which It caused to the farmers In Illinois in 1850 was reckoned at $4,000,000 , or $4.70 for every man , uomnn and child living In the late. The i > arllr outbreaks , though the occasion of smaller money loss , were even more disastrous ; for the destruction of the grain crops In thoAC pioneer days not only took away all cash profits , but also de prived the early settlers of their very liv ing and In some caec-s reduced them to star vation. From 1863 to 18C."i the insect wa ? again destructive , and It wns estimated that three-fourths of the wheat and one-half of the corn crop were wiped out through al most the entire northwest. This meant a loss of 30,000,000 bushels of wheat and 138- 000,000 bushels of corn , reprcs-ntlng total value of more than $73,000,000. KitlmntliiK the I.OMNCB. There was a serious outbreak of the chinch bug in the west in 1868 , and again In 1871 , but in 1874 the ravages were wide spread and enormous. The Ices In 1871 In even states , viz. , Iowa , Missouri , Illinois , Kansas , Nebraska , Wisconsin and Indiana , was computed at $30,000,000. Dr. C. V. Rlloy computed the loss In Missouri nlone in tbe year 1874 at $19,000,000. The loss to the whole country for 1874 was not ksn than $100,000,000. The next great outbreak occurred In 1887. In this case the damage was * tlmated at $60,000,000 , the heivlest Io8 e8 occurring In Illinois , Iowa , Missouri If and Kansas. This gives , as the estimated I' ; loss in the thirty-seven years , 1850 to 1887 , the enormous sum of $267,000,000. Another chinch hug plague reached Its maximum evcrlty In 1896. Careful estimates of the losa during the last seven years would In all probability ewell the amount to fully $330- 000,000 for the period from 1850 to 1898. During the outbreak In Ohio at least two farmers became discouraged and sought re lief In sulcldA It should be taken Into consideration that I ) the financial losses above estimated have not | { fallen upon the entire nation , but upon the nine states named. In fact , small as It Is , the chinch bug has cost the people of these nine states a sum of money sufficient to de fray the entire expense of the national gov ernment for a whole year. Fire exceptcd , there is probably no other thing that has caused so great a financial losa within the tame period over tbe same area of country. No other insect , native to the western hefnUphore , has spread Its devastating hordes over a wider area of country with more fatal effects to the stable grains of { forth America than has this one. But for the extreme susceptibility of the very young to destruction by drenching rains the prac tice of raising grain year after year on the ame areas , as followed In tbe United States , Would be altogether unprofitable. It seems to be a fact that plentiful rain destroys the chinch bugi , if It comes at the proper time. The years of greatest abundance of tbe pest r * apt to be preceded by a series of years of drouth. Bach female chinch bug lays about COO fs and the adult Insect Is not produced until sixty days later. Tbe newly hatched young are very active and the first to ap pear may be observed with their progenitors about the bases of wheat , corn or grata plants and later all stages are seen mingling together , having little appearance of be- lonflng to the same species , so greatly do they vary In size and color In their sev eral stages of development. On first emerg ing from the chrysalis the adult Is general of a dull pink color. In a short time these colons change to tbe normal ones of the pecle ? . which are black as to the body , With white wings. Natural Foe * . From attack by enemies the chinch bug ecms to be protected In come degree by Its Tile odor , which U similar to that of the related bedbug. However , In the middle vest tbe birds which are Its natural foes , uch as the quail , are being ruthlessly wlptid OUt. by the shotgun. This fact may account , lu a measure , for Its spread and multipli cation , but , as will bo explained later , only la a small degree. Various predaccous In fect * feed on the chinch bug , but they do not stem to bo of great Importance. Indeed , ttie spread of the pest la accounted for largely by the absence of natural * enemies Within the limits of the United States. The most Important natural foes of the Chinch bug are two species of parasite fungi , Xhlcb under favorable circumstances destroy them wholesale , literally eating them tip. For some years past a distinguished Kansas entomologist , Prof. Snow , has been engaged In propagating these bumble but destructive plants for the purpose of In fecting healthy chinch bugs with a fatal mal- ady. He has widely advertised a proposal ( o exchange sick chinch bugs for well ones Che latter , as fast as they arrive , being In fected with the deadly complaint by placing ithtm together with Insects already diseased , The sickened bugs are sent In tin boxes through the mails to farmers , who scatter thoin in the Infested fields. In this way the greedy Insect hordes are Inoculated with the horrible complaint , and BO perish by whole- Bale. Bale.There There has been devised recently an Im portant Improvement on this plan , by which the disease-fungus Is propagated artificially In 'mixture of cornmeal and beef soup. The pores of the plant , being stirred up In the inUturo aforesaid , quickly germinate , and { ho result U the production of Infection-pro dicing material. This substance Is very much more convenient 4o handle than mori bund Insects , and It may be scattered over field with far greater ease and con yenlenco. Some flood In Thli. The effectiveness of this plan for com municating plague to chinch bugs artificially has been much queatloued , but Prof , Web ster and other scientists today pretty gen crally admit that It accomplishes wonderful I results. In a , field of wheat that has been treated In the manner described the track of 4ho iusects as they move iu any direction is literally paved with their dead bodies , each little corpse enveloped In a white wind- it Mogul. la placet the ground Is nhlte with them nnd , on stirring up the roll nt the edge of n cornfield , It Is found to be full of dead chinch bugi to a depth of two or three Inches , the while fungus-cov ered bodies contrasting strongly with the black color of the rich loam. Nevertheless , It seems that the fungus tins little effect ex cept where the lnncct arc very thick , so as to make contagion easy. Furthermore , It requires moist weather for Its maximum efficiency. "Thero ought to be a central propagating station for the disease-fungus , from which supply , " says Prof. Webster , "Farmers , also , should watch the Reasons carefully and when there are t\\o dry summers In succes sion every preventive measure should bo adopted notably the burning of leaves , dead grass and other rubbish during winter or eaily oprlng , followed up by sowing small plats of early millet , Hungarian grass or sprlug wheat In low damp places In the fields with a view of attracting the females and massing the bugs nnd then freely apply ing the fungus In their midst. ' One very effective method of fighting chinch bugs Is to lay a line of freah coal- tar as a barrier between a migrating horde and the field which they are advancing to attack. The line , poured from the nozzle of a watering-pot with the sprinkler re moved , needs to be only three-quarters of an inch wide , and at Intervals of twenty feet In length are dug holes , In which tin cans are unh. The Insects proceed along the tar line until they fall Into the cans , \\hcre they are easily killed with a little kerosene. In this way the bugs ale caught literally by the bushel. Chlnrh buss are essentially gregarious , gathering and feeding together In llocl-a. On reaching a suitable- field of1 grain they congregate upon the stalks untir the latte. ' ' are literally covered with the Insects , vary Ing in color from the black-and-white atlultH to the differently-tinted larvae. Only the winged adults fly away , the main body of lrs developed bugs remaining and 'leav * I ing in a body only when the plants on I which they have congregated have been drained of their juices and have begun to wither. Then they simply crawl to the ieare9t healthy plants and begin work on them. A general migration by flight takes place In the autumn. What It FcedM On. Favorite articles of chinch bug diet are jroomcorn , sorghum , Bermuda grnvs , blue grass , bottle grass and crab grass. Over .lie western country the major portion of .he damage done IB to fields of wheat , bar ley , rye and corn. Oats are rarely at- .acked. The female chinch bug deposits icr egg about the roots of grasses' and grain plants. In carry days the Insect doubtless subsisted on the native gracees , I iut It readily acquired a taste for exotic 1 clnds. Lust summer Entomologlst-In-Chlef i Howard of the Department of Agriculture | ! Found chinch bugs In the act of destroying the lawn In a Brooklyn park. In 1897 an j I assistant of Prof. Howard's collected chinch bugs from coarse grass , Incrusted with a salty deposit , In the Colorado desert of Cal ifornia. This locality is considerably be- ow the ocean level and represents an an cient extension of the Oulf of California. The immunity of the chinch bug from at tacks by natural enemies Is so striking that t has attracted the attention of all ento mologists who have made a study of the species and all accept this as Indicating bat It Is an exotic , not originally belong- ng to our Insect fauna. Prof. Web ster's theory is that the bug Is of tropical seashore origin and worked Its way north ward centuries ago by way of the east coast of Central America. Apparently the chinch occupied tbe most of the country prior to Its occupancy by the white man and its j first depredations were caused by Its coming In contact with tbe advance of civilization. Not until within the last fifteen years has the chinch bug been known to work serious and widespread injury east of the Alle gheny mountains , nor of Virginia ; and west of these mountains they have done scarcely any damage north and east of a line drawn from Chicago'southeast to Cincinnati. Thou sands of farmers In Ohio never saw a chinch bug until within the last four years and there are thousands more in northwestern Ohio , southern Michigan and-northern In diana that even yet would not be able to recognize one were they to see it among their growing grain. OMAHA CSliNEIlAt. MARKET. Condition of Trade nnd Quotation * on Slnplr nnd Fancy Produce. KGOS-Qood stock , 22c. HUTTER-Common to fair , 12@12 c ; choice , 13 < it'16c ; separator , 20@21c ; gathered creamery , 1819c. POULTRY Hens , live , 4'/4c : dressed , 6 < 4 ® 6c ; old roosters , live. 3c ; dressed , 44V4c ; spring chlcxens , live , 5',4'Stic : dressed , 6 ® 6i4c ; ducks , live. 6V4@6c ; dressed , 7c ; geese , live , 7o ; dresseu , be ; turkeys , live , 8@9c ; dressed , llf12c. GAME Teal , blue wing , $1.75 ; green wlntr , $1.50 ; mixed , $1.75fe2.26 ; prairie chickens , $5 ; quail , per doz. , Jl.OOjil.10 ; jackrabbits , $1.25 ® 1.50 ; cottontails , CCi75c. PIGEONS Live , per doz. , 60c. VEAL Choice , Nfc9c. i j. , | VEGETABLES. ONIONS Per bu. , 4060c. BEANS Hand-picked , navy , per bu. , $1.30 © 1.40. POTATOES-Cholce stock , 45SCOC ; sacked , 45Q50c ; poorer stock , 40c. SWEET POTATOES-Per bbl. , $2.50. CAHBAGE-Per Ib. , crated , lV4c. TROPICAL FRUITS. LEMONB-Callfornla , fancy , $4.004.26 ; choice , $3.75 4.00. ORANGES-Mexicans , $4 ; small ftzw , $3.75 ; Navels , fancy rose brand , $4.00'rf4.23 ; Redland , choice , $3.75Q > 4.00 ; seedlings , $3.26 ® 3.50. 3.50.BANANAS BANANAS Choice , largo stock , per bunch , $2.00(32.25 ( ; medium sized bunches , $1.76 < Li2.00. FRUITS. APPLES Western Ben Dnvla. Gentians nnd Wlnesaps , per bbl. , $3.50 ; New York Baldwin' , Grecnlngsiand others , choice , per bbl. , J3.7W4.00. PEARS Bnrtlett , California , out of the market ; other varieties , $125. STRAWBERRIES-Per box , 30c. GRAPES-Mnluga , per bbl. , $8.0008.50. URANBERRIES-Bell & Bugles , per bbl. . $7 : , . , ? ? ' W-SW-M : Per crate , $2.25. QUINCES Per box. $2- MISCELLANEOUS. CHRISTMAS GREENS Trees , 4-5 feet. per doz. , $2.00 ; 5-8 feet , per doz. , $2.60 ; 7-9 feet , per doz. . $3.50 ; 8-11 feet , per doz. , $4.60 ; extra large treea , for school and church purposes , 12 to 24 feet , according to size and beauty. $2.00 to $5.00 each ; evergreen wreathing , In cells of 20 yards , per cell , $1.00 ; holly branches. In cases , 2x2x4 feet , about 60 Iba. , $4.50 ; In bbls. , per bbl. . $2,00 ; wreathes , crosses and horseshoes , per doz $1.50 ; long ne-edle pines , 3 to 6 feet long , per Joz. , $3.50 ; mistletoe , In boxes of about 25 Ibs. , per box , $3.75 ; In smaller quantities , per Ib. , 20c. NUTS Almonds , per Ib , , 17c ; Brazils , per Ib. , 910c ; English walnuts , per Ib. , fancy. soft shell , I2c ; standards , lie ; filberts , per Ib. . lie ; pecans , polished , 7 < fiSc : cocoanuts , per 1W ( , $4.50 ; peanuts , raw. egC c ; roasted , "C ' .au ; chestnuts , SS9c. MAPLE SYRUP-Klve-gal. can. each. gal. cans , pure , per doz , $12.00 ; half- gill. ran. . $6.25 ; quart cans. J3.50. FIO8 Imported , none ; California , 10-lb. boxes. $1.50. 11ONEV Choice white , 12'4I13e. DATES Hallowed. CO to 70-lb. boxes. 6 ® 6 > 4i' : Salr , SHfttic : Fnrd , 9-lb. boxes , lOc. ( MDEH-1'er half bbl. ; $3.00413.15. SAUEHKHAUT Per half bbl. . $2.00. HIDES. TAI.LOW , ETC , HIDES-No. 1 green hides. 7c ; No. 2 preen hides. Co ; No. 1 salted hides , M,4e ; jsjo. 2 Halted hides , iy4c ; No. 1 veal calf , S to 12 Ibs. . lOo ; No. 2 veal c-alf , 12 to 15 Ibs. . 8c. TAIJXnV. GREASE. ETC. Tnllow. No. 1 , 3e ; tallow , No. 2 , 2&c ; rough tallow. IHc ; whlto grraBe , 24Jo ; yellow and brown . . grease. I' ifi2'ic. I SHEEl' 1'EI.TS-Oreen salted , each , l&f ? I 75o : Krwn valttxl shearinKa ( short wooled early Hklns ) . porh , 15c : diy shearhiRs ( short wooled early skins ) . No , 1 , each. 5c ; dry flint , Kans.ia and Nebraska butcher wool I pelts , per Ib. , actual wcdjrht. 4i5c ; dry Hint. Kansas and Nebraska murrain wool pells , per Ib. . actual weight , 3fMc ; dry Hint. Colorado rado butcher wool pslts , per Ib. , actual woiRht. 4fi6c ; dry flint. Colorado murrain wool pelts , per Ib. . actual weight , 3lc. . FUHS-Mlnk.lf _ > a75c ; bear _ Unlock or brown ) , $5.00-1)2000 ) ; otter , $1.50Q8.00 ; beaver , $1.00Q6.00 ; skunk. 16fi50c : muskrut , 3j7a ; raccoon , l&SSOe ; red-fox. 25cGl-25 ; gray fox. SSSMc : wolf ( timber ) , Z5cif$2.60 ; wolf ( prairie ) , coyote. ic360c | wildcat , 10S25c : b4cr , 6iO ; eliver fox , fso.OOS'H.odt t OMAHA LIVE STOCK MARKET Little Bunch of Oattle Winds Up Week of Light Receipt * . MEAN PRICES CUT OFF LOCAL ARRIVALS llolilrrn > ot Inollnril to Prrni TliliiKH Under KxUtliiK Condition * HOK Hun Vrrr llrnvr , with 1'rlcv * Fairly Well Snntalued. SOUTH OMAHA , Dec. 17. _ , Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. Receipts today 462 11,844 4:11 : Official Monday 2.6S9 6,072 1,837 Official Tuesday V.263 15S9l 2.4S3 Olllclal Wednesday 2,731 19,047 3MW Offlclnl Thursday 1,436 1 < ! ,62S 8.13 Olllclnl Friday 1,072 11,007 603 Total this week .10,573 SO.480 9,787 Total last week 11,150 6S.05S 12,337 Week ending Dec. 3 14,941 44,163 10,841 Week ending Nov. 26..11,207 46,820 9.730 Week ending Nov. 19..15,767 50,277 16,005 Average price paid for nogs for the last several days , wltn comparisons : | 1&9S.1S97.1S96.1$95.1S94.1S93.1S92. | | | | ! | Dec. 1 . . . . 3 25 3 19 4 41 570 Dec. 2 3 28 3 09 3 35 o 79 Dec. 3 3 29 3 19 3 23 3 42 4 47 6 KS Dec. 4 3 1C 3 39 4 33 C Dec. 6 3 37 3 3 39 4 27 5 691 Dei ; . 6 3 31 3 25 3 33 4 35 5 03 | 6 05 Dec. 7 327 3 22 3 09 3 36 4 35 6 VI Dec. 8 3 23 3 17 319 4 34 5 93 Dec. 9 3 2 3 13 3 21 3 32 5 86 Dec. 10 ( . . . . 3(3I 3 13 3 21 3 35 4 20 6 00 Dec. 11 ( 3 17 3 2S 4 20 6 01 Dec. 12 3 37 3 20 3 31 4 25 6 11 Dec. 13 3 38 3 20 * 3 33 4 20 6 11 Dec. 14 3 33 3 23 3 2S 3 38 4 23 617 Dec. 15. . . . 3 27 3 24 3 17 4 09 6 21 Dec. 16. . . . 3 30 3 29 3 17 3 37 G 36 Dec. 17. . . . 320 3 31 3 17 3 40 4 13j 6 41 Indicates Sunday. The official number of cars of stock brought In today by each road was ; Cuttle. HoKS.Sheep.H'se ? . C. , M. & St. P. Ry 19 O. & St. L , . Ry 3 Missouri Pacific Ry. . 4 18 Union Pacific Systsm. I 28 C. & N. W. Ry 8 K , K. & M. V. R. R. . 9 27 S. C. & P. Ry 1 C. , St. P. . M. & O. Ry . . 4 B. & M. R. It. R 1 29 C. , 11. & Q. Ry 5 16 C. , R. 1. & P. , east. . . . 10 C. . R. I. & P. , west. . , . 3 Total receipts 20 1G6 2 2 The disposition of the day's receipts was as follows , each buyer-purchasing the num ber of head Indicated : Buyers. Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. Omaha Packing Co 5 1,165 O. H. Hammond Co 41 1,815 Swift and Company 82 1,548 Cudahy ' Packing Co 84 2,821 Armour & Co 79 2,477 Armour , from K. C ' 737 Hammond ; , from K. C. . . 'ios 256 Omaha i , from K. C 1,068 Cudahy J , from K. C 1,176 Other buyers r. . 81-- Left over 160 Totals 578 13.063 639 CATTLE As usual on the last day of the week , there were very few cattle of any kind on sale , but such as there were brought good prices. A four-load bunch of good 1,355-pound cattle sold to the packers for $5.50 , the best price of the season for a bunch of that sire , the same kind of cattle having sold earlier In the week , at the low tlmo at $5.30 and $ o. 5. On Tuesday the market broke badly and It was about ae mean as could well be Imagined. Receipts fell off rapidly and values gradually re covered , so that at the .close of the week good cattle are back where they were at the close of last week. Common kinds of half-fat steers are. still slow and there has been little Improvement In values on them since the break. At the present time It would be safe to quote good to choice corn- fed steers at $5.0 g6. 0. fair to good at J4.W 04.30 and common to fair at $3.754.50. The cow market this week has gone down hill rapidly. Packers were paying very high prices last week and the llrst of this week , but when they had as many as they wanted for the holiday trade they stopped short off and the-murket sagged from lack of good buying support. It is safe to say that the market on cows and heifers Is 10Q > 20c lower and In extreme cases 25c lower than last week. Moreover the decline has been on the medium to good cattle * while dinners have not suffered as much. At the present time dinners are selling largely at I2.00B2.65 , medium ktnda of cows at $2.753) ) 3.10 and good to choice cornfed cows at $3.153.76 ; good to choice cornfed heifers , $3.6064.60. with the extreme top for the-week at $4.60. The trade In feeders and stock cattle has been very light alt this week , as few cattle have been received and few wanted. In the territory Immediately tributary to this mar ket there Is no great surplus of feed and farmers are not as anxious for feeders on that account as they'might otherwise be. At the sumo time the snow has delayed the gathering of the. corn crop to some extent , so that the farmers are not In a position to put stock cattle In stalk Holds. Still there Is a little demand for Mockers and feeders all the time and toward the latter part of this week the market showed some strength. HOGS Receipts of hogs this week have been the largest of the year to date. Dur ing the week ending July 31 , 1894 , when the crop failure was forcing farmers to sell everything they had , the receipts reached 103,837 , which was the largest number ever received during a period of seven days. At that time the hogs .averaged only 234 pounds , while at the present time they average 279 , so that the number of pounds of pork received this week has been as large as ever In the history of the yards. This morning there was a good liberal run of hogs for a Saturday , and other mar ket points were quite well supplied. Chicago cage reported 27,000. Kansas City 7,000 , St. Joseph 6,000 and St. Louis 2,500 with 6,000 on sale. . In addition to the fresh arrivals at this point there were 650 hogs carried over from yesterday , but as against this Cudahy had In fifteen double decks from Kansas City and Armour eight from Sioux City. Liberal receipts on the last day of the week always constitute a bear factor in the trade , but a far more potent influ ence ) was the fact that the hogs are costing the packers within 5c as much as In Chi cago. One of the heaviest packers bought 14,000 hogs In Chicago yesterday , at an average - ago cost of only $3,33 , while the average price paid for all the' hogs here yesterday was $3.30 % , or 2c lower than the cost in Chicago. Taking these facts Into consideration It Is not to be wondered nt that the market this morning opened 5c lower than yester day's general market , and slow at the de cline. . The soles were largely on the basis of $1.23 for good heavy , such as brought $3.30 yesterday morning. Even at the decline packers did not appear to be In any hurry to fill orders and sellers did not find It an easy matter always to get a buyer to look at their holdings. Tbe market dragged along all the morning and still about everything sold by 11 o'clock. While the heavy weights went largely at $3.26 , rcedlum weights and light mixed sold prin cipally at $3.Z7V4 , with a few choice light at $3.30 3.32tt. This has been a week of great hog re ceipts and values have been borne down by the weight of large offerings. This ap plies to most all markets as well an to this one. On Monday there wan an advance of 5c , which was followed by a strong market on Tuesday. By Wednesday the hogs were coming too fast for the good of the market and values dropped off 5r , but Ptlll remained a shade hltsher thnn tht clean * of th * pre vious week. On Thursday there was a loss of another 5c , the average 01 nil the sales on that Jay belm ? T3.27 , which was the low est point toucnul t-lncc the tirst of the month. On Friday the market averaged a little bettjr , the weiclrslng - 5c .ower than last week , und at the lowe.-t point of the month. One thing has been veiy apparent all the week and tliat was that the buyers wanted the hogs ut the prices , so that on most days the market was active and prices hero were very little under Chicago prices. Even with the large receipts local packers could not get enough hogs and shipped In a good nmny from other mar kets. A great many hogs were attracted thin way from Iowa by the high prlcon nnd taken nil In all this wns the best market In the west. SHEEP-Receipts were very light today , only two loads of westerns being reported In The market was just about steady , with no quotable change , the heavy Wyo- mlng wethers bringing $3.83. Thre has been no very marked change In the sheep market this week , values at the present time being very much where they were a week ago. Recslpts have been light. as will be noted fr6m the 'table at head of column. While the market on some days hns been slow , about iWeTythhitf received has ben sold and at prices right up with Chicago , go that there was no'cdUsQ'for complaint. In fact the one grtat cause for the market not being more active was ( hat It wns too high In comparison with the way sheep were telling In other markets. At the present tlmo them appears to be a fair demand for good light mutton sheen and Iambs and It has not been much trouble to UUposo of the few received that would Answer to that description. At tUa iline limn old nnd thin cwr nmy bo dfprndcdf' upon to tttnvr clowUilnf. the prcrnt time. On Thumdny n butuJi of ntirltig Inrnln that had never beckon , nrn'.n feed brought $ ( > .BO , ihtifl proving .tliut tncro Is a market hero for fancy stufritp ymitHtlon * areOpfl ! cornfed western wethorn. $3.7MJ3.93j7tar : lo good , $3.cmf3.75j peed . _ to . choice _ . Mfik-tin . . . ycurlliiK * . $4.2nW j n ! - J..T * \ * . . . _ _ .ll _ _ it IPs l nc feeder ycnrlliiKH , I Jjfiil.S'i ; f of dor lambs , $ ( .00ft4.40 : cull sluep.f | 0 XjT3.00i cull lambs , J3.00&3.60. CHICAGO I.I VIC STOCK MAIIKUT. HrcHiiU of ; ! nnil < inntn- ttoiiH Are \ouiliinl. CHICAQO. Dec. -Receipts of cattle to- clny were too light to make n market nnd quotations In consequence were almost en tirely nominal. A few medium Krnde cattle und one or two cholre lots of Christmas beeves were disposed of ut yesterday's rul ing prices. The recent Improvement In prices Is expected to brinj ? larger numbers of cattle to the market next week. There WHS a rood demand for hossi at prices fully ns high as yesterday's best. Hogs sold all the wny from $3.15 f3.25 for common , up to J3.40ffl.45 for choice to extra grades , the bulk of the Bales being at W.SOra 3.37 % , while most of the pigs sold at $3.00 ® 3.10 * Light offerings ) of sheep and lamb * sold at steady prices. Lambs were salable at KOrWii.GO for Inferior to prime heavy weights and yearlings were quotable ut $4.1&ff4.60. Sheep sold at J2.KH34.25. Receipts : Cnttle , 200 head ; Jiogs , 17,000 head ; sheep , 2.000 head. KANSAS CITY I.IVK STUCK MAIIKRT. Quotation * \niiilnnll > - Stonily nml Hog .Market Higher. KANSAS CITY , Dec. 17.-CATTI.K-nC- celpts , 315 head ; market wim dull nnd quoted nominally steady ; there were no seed to choice cattle on sale ; ore lot of poor western steen sol'l at $275 ; nntlvj cows ranged from $2.25 to $3.00. There was practically no trade In Mockers nnd feed ers. One lot of feeders sold at $3.93 and one loi.Rf S.tock cowa n(1 heifers brought $3.20. HOGS Receipts , 8,181 head. The general tone of the market was higher nnd some sales were tnadn at 2'/4u ' above yesterday's close. One load of prime heavies sold nt J3.40 , the top price. Light market pigs were In small supply ; heaviest , $3.32 63.40 ; r V - . - . * ' * * ! T tW/t.ltfcM. SHEEP Receipts , 24 head. Only one small bunch arrived. One lot of lambs sold at $5.25 ; sheep , $4.104.25. S . Lonl * I.lvc Stack. ST. LOUIS , Dec. 17.-CATTLE-Recelpts , J.'OO bend , Including 160 Texans : shipments , 1,100 head ; choice native beef steers , strong to lOc higher than last week , but steady ; medium grades nre nearly steady und com mon kinds I0815C lower ; stock cattle are wanted at lOc to 20c higher prices than last week ; all other classes of native cattle show no material change ; Texas cattle arc lower ; fair to fancy native shipping nnd export steers. $3.90gs,35 ; bulk of sales , $4.25 § 0.25 ; dressed beef and butcher steers , $350 06.30 ; bulk of sales , $4.2604.76 ; steers under 1.000 Iba. , $2.90 5.00 : bulk of sales. $3.60 ® 4.00 ; stockers nnd feeders , $2.50Q > 4.30 ; bulk of sales , $3.10(34.10 ( ; cows and heifers. $2.00 04.35 ; bulk of cows , $2.2502.85 ; bulk of heifers , $3.00j4.00 ; bulls. $2.16(34.00 ( ; Texas and Indian steers , $3.0004.30 ; bulk of sales , $3.253.90 ; cows and heifers , $1.83113.00. HOGS Receipts , 3,200 head ; shipments , 1,200 head ; market steady to strong ; pigs and lights. J3.20ii3.30 ; packers , $3 30S3.40 ; butcher , $3.4003.50. SHEEP Receipts , ndne ; shipments , 700 head ; market dull and steady ; native mut tons , $3.353.90 ; culls and bucks. $1.60Q3.b5 ; stockers , $2.0053.06 ; lambs , $4.50&5.60. New York Live Slock. NEW YORK. Dec. , 17. BEEVES-Re- celpts , 22S head. No trading , but feeling steady ; cables unchanged. Exports 600 cnttlo and 4,205 quarters of beef. Calves , receipt ? , 74 head. Feeling steady , but very little doing. Veals , $3.76@5.60 ; city dressed veals , SjTllc. SHEEP AND LAMBB-Recelpts. 1,364 head ; prime stock steady and In fair de mand ; medium and common grades dull. Sheep , poor to prime. $2.50@4.50. Lambs , fair to choice. $5.45(35.75. ( HOGS-Rerelpts , 2,188 head ; slow at $3.60 63.70. - ' St. Joaeph Live Stock. ST. JOSEPH , DecV 17. ( Special. ) CAT TLE Receipts , 200-head. Market I0ai5c higher for the week. Natives , $3.70@4.90 : Texans and westerns.- $2.8004.75 ; cows nnd heifer ? , $1.6004.10 ; stockers and feeders , $3.00 O4.20. ' HOGS Receipts , 5,700 head. Market ac tive and steady to strong , selling at $3.25 ® 3.40 ; bulk , $3.27U3.SS. SHEEP Receipts. 100 head. Market was Bteady and demand strong for killers , Cincinnati Live Stock. CINCINNATI , Dec. 17. HOGS Dull , $3.00@3.35. CATTLE-Stcady. $2.50 J4.75. SHEEP Steady , $2.25@4.00 ; lambs , steady , $4.0006.65. Stock In Sight. Following are the rccelptn at the four ulnclpal western markets for December 17 : Cattl * . HOSTS. Sheep. Omaha ? . . . 462 11.844 431 Chicago 200 17,000 2,000 Kansas City 316 8,111 24 St. Louis 1,700 3.200 Totals 2,677 40.225 2.455 | CONDITION OP NEW YORK BANKS. Gain of $3,258,000 In Hold Henerve and of 92,7nOlOO In Cnnli. NEW YORK. De4. 18. The Financier say * The New York clearing bouse banks gained $3,258,600 In gold lastweek and , as off setting losses of legals was but $497,500. the net expansion of $2,756,100 In cash provided a reserve heavy enough for the Increase of $10,124,100 In deposits , brought about for the most part by the loan expansion of $6,246- 500 , and left the banks with $230,075 more cash than they reported at tbe close of the previous week. The statement does not dif fer materially from that exhibit. It Is favorable from a banking standpoint , as was pointed out In this analysis last week , In Its deduction that the banks are finding employment for all excess cash floating this way. To what extent the expanding loans reflect domestic needs Is another matter. It Is highly probable , however , that th cur rent Increase came largely from borrowings incident to the heavy business being done on the New York exchange. At the same time holdings of sterling Investments are becom ing larger from day to day and estimates of $50,000,000 are conservative. The latest trade reports may bo Interpreted to mean that the financial loan which may be tbe fea ture of New York for some weeks past Is not at an end. Loans are now $73,000,000 larger than on October 1 and deposits lo eleven weeks have risen almost $105.000,000. It Is needless to say that both Items are far ahead of anything ever known In tbe history of the banks. But with this unprecedented gain the clearing house institutions today hold about $2,000,000 more excess reserve than reported In October. The gain In cash for tbe week Is larger than had been predicted. Tbe Interior movement will become larger as the first of the year approaches. If this proves true we shall probably witness a continuance of the operations which iiave swelled the bank totals of late , otHerwIse the demand for funds may curtail toi's'ome extent the avail able reserve ted fotacldentally affect ex change to tbe point of gold Imports. Some bankers are lookl g-4ir firmer money rate * before January , biH-.jhat 'hey can be main tained is rather doubtfiil. London | /fjff > - Market. LONDON , Dec. 18. The market last week was as a whole-remarkably firm , prices generally advancing.In American securities the upward movement was very marked , Now York and the continent doing most of the buying , while-London was Inclined to realize , the result--lmlDK tnat tne close was generally lower. Anting the declines were New York Central & Hudson River railroad shares , which fell 1 5 polnts ; Atchtson , To- cka & Santa Fe adjustments , 1 point ; Atcbl- son , Topcka & Santa Fe preferred , 3-8 ; Atchl > n , Topeka & Santa Fe ordinary , 3-8 ; Reading gold bonds. 1 ; Rending first pre ferred , Ui Reading ordinary ; Norfolk & Western preferred ; % : Norfolk & Western ordinary , 3-8 ; Illinois Central , V4 ; Louis ville & Nashville. > , ; Wabash It debentures , H ; Wabash preferred , U : Erie firsts , 3-8 ; Southern preferred , 3-8 ; Southern ordinary , 1-8 ; Baltimore & Ohio. U : Chesapeake & Ohio , U : Denver & Klo Grande , 14 : Rio Grande & Western , VI : Northern Pacific , * 4 ; Central Pacific , 1-8 ; Missouri , K annas & Texas , 1-8 ; Pennsylvania , 1-8. Union Pacific ordinary rose 1 3-8 , Union Pacific preferred % and Denver Rio Grande preferred Ji. Money on call waa In good demand at from 2V6 to 3 per cent ; three months' bills firm at from 3 7-16 to 3V& . Baltimore Market. BALTIMORE. Dec. 17.-FIOUR-Dull , unchanged ; receipts , 10,700 bbls. ; exports , 1,200 bbla. .WHEAT Cull and lower ; spot and month. I I ' 114(1il 7-So : Menmeri No , ! , CJUCOvic , Re- ' cMpt i * , 12,070 bu , : Pxportu , m.OUO bu. Southern - orn i whi'nt , by snmple , 67(72Wuj ( southern , on grade , 69tt72c. COllN Kiiwy ; upot and month , SaViW-IO' ' c : January , 3J 4fl39c : Mourner mlxrd , 36lic. Receipts , 145,170 hi ) . ; exports. 177.400. HoutV crn whltp corn , 3G < ifl39Uc. OATS-No. 2 white. 32c : No , 2 mixed , 31V tf. HecelptB , 1,99.1 bu , : exports , nonti. llUTTKR-au-iiily. unclianged ; Elgin , 23c. ( . 'IIK'AHO OUAIN AMI PltOVlyin.V ) . I'Vnturi-M of tlir Trading nnil Cloning I'rfrpH on Mntnnlnv. CH'ICAGO , Dec. 17-Forelgn weakness , heavy primary receipts nnd small ship ments pounded alt bullishness out of wheat today. The price of May shows 7-8c loss. Corn nnd oats closed 1-Sc lower. Provisions nro unchanged to 6c higher. Wheat at the opening evidently felt the heavy realizing Unit took plnce late In yes terday s scFRlon. Buyers wcru In the mar ket after only cmnll lots. Liverpool showed closing declines of 3-S i6-Sd. This was probably the result of yesterday's late break here , but had effect on Chicago trad ers nevertheless. Muy started ic loner nt 6i',4c. Before any support of consequence was given May declined to e'UfiSS 3-Sc. Then buyers became plentiful. Further con firmation of damage to the Argentine crop by rains proved the Incentive for covering that cnrrlcd the price up to 67c In a very few minutes. Liquidation , In which heavy longs were prominent , started , however , be fore the price had reached 67'/J.c ' and B7 io wnst received for only n few lots. Before 11 o clock the price had again been forced down to 6ic nnd shortly afterward 6Gs4e wns touched , the low pnrt of the day. Minne apolis nnd Duluth receipts were 819 curs , compared with 934 last week nnd 650 u year ngo. Chicago receipts were 172 cars , ten of contract grade. Primary receipts were heavy , while tthlpmcntH were very light. Atlantic clearances of wheat nnd Hour amounted to 530,000 bu. Clearances from both coasts for the week were 6,070,000 bu. Bcerbohm estimated the world's shipments nt 8,000,000 bu. Commission houses were quite heavy sellers during the decline. Out siders with wheat were apparently afraid of n serious slump nnd put their holdings back on the market while therp was yet time. May fluctuated narrowly around 6Cc until near the close , when It developed a llttlo more strength on covering by shorts and closed fairly steady nt 66 7-8c. There wns a narrow market In corn. .Prices averaged n llttlo lower , principally In cympnthy with wheat. Receipts were liberal , 625 cars , nnd the weather wns fa vorable for the continuance of a largo country movement. The cash business was moderate , owing to the Inability of shippers to get cars. Outside selling wns prominent , the buying being mostly ngnlnst puts. May ranged from 34 $ c to 35c and closed 1-Sc lower at 3-1 7-8c. Oats were dull and easy within a narrow range , the market In the main following corn. Receipts were liberal , 3S4 cars , and Monday's estimate wns still Inrgcr. Longs wore the chief sellers. May ranged from 2GHc to 264c and closed l-8c lower at 26 G-8c. Provisions were slow , but fairly steady. The weakness In grain caused realizing by longs and selling by packers , but all offerIngs - Ings were taken and prices did not yield much. The close wns steady with the de clines all recovered. May pork closed 5c higher nt $9.67H , May lard was unchanged nt $5.32H@3.35 nnd May ribs unchanged at $4.82V4. Estimated receipts Monday : Wheat , 250 cars : corn , 285 cnrs ; oats , 425 cars ; hogs , 45,000 head. Lending futures ranged as follows : Articles. Open. Hleh. Low. nioie. Yen'd'y 6714 COJ. 0 < ) t 34 S4H-H3 35 34M 33H 8 Ml 26e 28 20 26 e 2tl 26 IBM 9S2I4 040 | 40 SB 807H 800 96'JH B 10 60714 110 630 i as BSD S3H SB1 * 46 * 46214 405 461 4 fi _ 477J4 4814 No. 2. Cash quotations were as follows : FLOUR-Steadler ; winter patents , $3.40 © 3.50 ; straights , J3.10S3.20 ; spring spe cials , $3.KKi4.00 ; spring patents , $3.20@ 3.60 ; straights , $2SO@3.00 ; bakers , $2.20 2.40. WHEAT No. 3 , spring , 63065c ; No. 2 red , CSC9c. CORN No. 2 , 34 l-8f)34Vic. ) OATS-No. 2. 26c ; No. 2 white , 29 > 4c ; No. 3 white , 2828 c. RYE-NO. 2. 64 c. BARLEY No. I , Se ® f. o. b. PLAXSEED No. 1 , $1.0401. < W4. TIMOTHY SEED Prime , $2.30. PROVlSlONS-MesR pork , per bbl. , $8.10 ® 8.15. Lard , per 100 Ibs. . $5.02H < g5.07',4. Short ribs sides , loose , H.WAtH.lVA. Dry salted shoulders , boxed. | 4.5 < 34.37I/4. Short clear Sides , boxed , $4.82 > 4@4.85. WHISKY Distillers' finished goods , per gal , $1.2 . sbaARS-Cut loaf , $5.95 ; granulated , $6.45. The following were the receipts and ship ments for'today.r ARTICLES. Receipts. Shipments. Flour , bbls. 34.000 44,000 Wheat , bu. . 157,000 8,000 Corn. bu. . . . 3G7.000 63,000 Oats , bu. . . . 349,000 160,000 Rye. bu. . . . . 22,000 20,000 Barley , bu. ' 95.000 14,000 On the Produce exchange today the but ter market wan steady ; creameries , 14@ > 19c ; dairies , I3@18c. Cheese , steady , nt 8 43 ! > 10V4c. Eggs , fresh , 2121V4c. Dressed poul try , easy : turkeys , lOc ; chickens , ducks , NEW YORK GENERAL , MARKET. Quotation * for the Day on General Commodltle * . NEW YORK , Dec. 17. FLOUR-Recelpts , 14,775 bbls. ; exports , 7,143 bbls. ; quiet and a shade easier ; winter patents , $3.7003,85 ; winter straights , $3.4503.55 ; winter grades , $2.70@2.90 ; winter low grades , $2.40(92.65 ( ; Minnesota patents , J3.70S4.00 ; Minnesota bakers. $2.8503.00. CORNMEAL Firm ; yellow western , 76 ® 77c. 77c.RYE RYE Steady ; No. 2 western , 61c , f. o. b. , atloat. BARLEY MALT-Steady ; western , 60 ® 70c. WHEAT Receipts , 20,584 bu. ; exports , 168.33 bu. ; spot , easy ; No. 2 red , 77 1-Sc , f. o. b. , afloat. Options after opening easier on cables rallied on adverse Argentine news , only to suffer a second decline near the close , through a heavy unloading by scalpers. The close was \-j1i\c \ net lower ; March , 7475 3-Sc. closed 74c. CORN Receipts , 74,875 bu. ; exports , 170- 642 bu. ; spot , easy ; No , 2 , 42 5-Sc , f. o. b. , afloat. Options opened steady on covering , but later weakened with wheat ; closed l-8 Uc net decline ; May , 33 7-SQ400 , closed S97-SC. OAT8 RecelptP , 14,400 bu. ; spot , steady ; No. 2 , 32c ; No. 2 white , 34c. Options weie dull. dull.HOPS HOPS Steady ; state , common to choice , 1896 crop , 708c ; 1897 crop. HQISc : 1S9S crop. l S21c ; Pacific coast , 189 crop , 768c ; 1897 crop , 10 < S13c ; 1S98 crop , 19fi21c. BUTTER Receipts , 2,500 pkgs. : market firm ; western creamery. 16fi21c ; Bllglm * . 21c ; factory. 1214c. CHEESE-Recelpts. 1.600 pkgs. ; market steady ; large white. 10 @ 10Hc : small white. KWiSllc ; large colored , lOV lO'/ic ; small colored IWic. EGGS Receipts , 800 pkgs. : market firm ; western. 26c ; southern , 22025c. WOOL Steady ; domestic fleece , 1722c ; Texas. Iliil4c. COTTONSEED OIL Trade light , but prices well sustained ; prime crude , VtWit ISc ; prime crude , f. o. b. , mills , 14 il4Vo : prime summer yellow , 22c : summer yellow , 20S > 21c ; butter grades , 25iij27c ; prime winter , yellow , 21 < 221Hc : prime white , 26c. TALLOW Dull : city , /4fT3 9-16c ; country , 3 3-SJj 3 5-Sc. RICR Firm ; domestic , fair to extra , 4 % G5'ic : Japan. 5U@5Hc. MOLASSES Firm ; New Orleans , open kettle , good to choice , 24 < ff3lc. METALS The firm naming the settling prices for leading miners and Hmeltera ut tlu went quotes lead at $3.55. copper ut $12.75 and casting copper at $11.0214. The Metal exchange Issued no report today. St. I.oiiU Blnrket. ST. LOUIS , Dec. 17-\VHEAT-Futures werp fractionally lower ; spot , lower ; No. 2 red , fusli. elevator , C9c bid ; truck , "O'/i 71c ; December , C9c : May , 70 l-8o bid ; No. 2 hard , cash , 64'Afi65Hc. CORN Spot and futures were fraction ally lower ; No. 2 cash , 32',4c ; December , 32Uc ; May , 33Jiii33 | 3-Sc. OATS Lower ; No. 2 cash. 27c bid ; track , 27c ; December , . ' 7 6-80 asked ; Muy , lic bid : No. 2 white , 29e. RYE 'Easier at Ko bid. SEKD Flaxseed , higher at $1.0S : prime timothy seed , $2.30 , CORNMKAL Higher at $1.65 1.70. BRAN Better ; sacked , east track , 6Sc. HAY Timothy , steady at $ i.OOiJ9.00 ; prairie , easy ttf$6.25iiS.OO. POULTRY Dull ; chickens. SKO'Sc ; ducks , 6HO'C1/4c ; 'geese , & 5Gc : turkeys , Cc. BAOGING Lower nt 6V4fcGc. WiriSICY-Steady ; $1.2ti. BUTTER Steady ; creamery , IS'.iSIc ' ; dairy. 141 ? ISc. EGGS-Qulet at 5Qc , PROVISIONS Pork , quiet : standard mess. Jobblm ; , JS.23. LarO. ijulct ; prims JOBBERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF OMAHA. Y- . BOILER AND SHEET IRON WORKS hraki , Wilson u & Williams Sncceminrii Wllmiu A Drake. Manufacturers boilers , smoke ntncks nnd ftrcechlnKB , pressure , rcndorlnR. sheep dip. liml and % rnter tanks , boiler tubes eon- Itnnlly on hnnd. second hand boilers bought ntul sold. Sprclnl nnil prompt to repairs In city or country. 19th and Pierce. BOOTS-SHOES-RUBBERS , H merican Hand 1 V Sewed Shoe Go M'frs \ Jobbers of Foot Wear WISTERN AOCNTO FOR Th Joseph Banigan Kubbor Oo. r H. Spragui t Co , , Rubbers and Mackintoshes. L'or. Eleventh V Fariiniti Stn. , Omaha , P.P. Kirkendall & Co Boots , Shoes and Rubbers aUtroomi UH.ll04.noi H rn y tin * . CARRIAGES. Sldo burlng Attainment No Horse Motion. Get A Simpson Buggy with tht Atkinson Spring best and easiest rider In the world. 1400-11 Ilodne Street. CHICORY he American T Chicory Go. Orewtn and manufacturer * of all foimi of Oileorjr Omaha-Fremont-O'Ntll. DRUGS. Ichardton Drug Co. go2-906 Jackson St. t O. RICHARDSON , Prett 0. F. WBLLBB. V. Frtrt. E. Bruce & Co. Druggists and Stationers * < QUMB B * " BptcUltlM. I Wlno and BrumtM. MU Md Banw Ctrwl * DRY GOODS. H E , Smith ft Co. tapMtera and Jotter * t Dry Goods , Furnishing Goods AND NOTIONS , CREAMERY SUPPLIES J he Sharpies Company Creamery Machinery _ . . nfl Supplies. pollew. Rnglnts , Feed Cookers , Wood Pufc leys , Shafting , Belting , Butter Pack * . * ot ° ' " * lnd . W7-909 Jones St. . . . . . . _ ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. U/estern E.ectricaT vy Company Metrical Supplies. Electric Wh-inj Bolls and ? Ous LlijliUnp ; 0. W. JOHNSTON. M r. 1519 Howard St John T. Burke , von. ELECTRIC LIGHT and POWER PLANTS 424 South lath St. HARDWARE. United States Supply Co. . . i/o8-irro Harnev St. Bteim Pumps , Engines and Boilers , Pip * Wind Mills , Steam and Plumbln * Material , Beltln * , Km * , Etc. rane-Churchill Co. 1014-1016 Donate * 9tre t. Hmnutecturtr * and Jobber * of attain. Ots a > 4 Water Supplies of All Kinds ; L ee-Clark Andreeten Hardware Ce Wholesale Hardware. BtojclM lftd Hporttai Goods. 1U9-U-3I n y str * t. HARNESS-SADDLERY. J * HHaneytCo. Jf'/V BAKJfttSS , HADDLHlt AMD COLLAR * Jobbtrt of Leather , SadAtery ftordteart , Ml We solicit your orders. 1816 Howard 6V \s f \ | | s\s % | \f \ | b \ | \S\S\ % % | fl % * * * * * * * p f * r f ft ? rt r r r F ? jr jr All suttimer they sold for twenty-five wr cents. Of They won't 3 * i onotsiast iong' * * Get them * > " " " * T0 L\J Forty-eight views , (5x7 ( inches ) of the Exposition. At the Business Office of The Omaha Bee # . B. By mail 3 cents extra for postagt. : Hteam , tf.OO ; choice , KM. Dry salt meats , boxed ' itlioulders , S4.12H ; extra shorts , 4.G2'i ; ribs , J4.73 : shorts , W.87'.i. Hueon. Imxed shoulder * . * S.OO ; shorts , J5.12H ; ribs. I5.37H ; shorts , (5.C2H. MKTA1-S I.eiul , dull nnil weak nt W.62',4 ' , gellem : spelter , dull at J5.00. IU5CEI1TS Klour , 2,000 bbls. : wheat , 16.- 000 bu. : corn. 80,000 bu , ; oats , 25.WXJ bu. SHIPMENTS Klour , 4,000 bblH. ; wheat. 2UOOO bu. ; corn. 49.000 bu. : outs , 23.000 bu. Clnrlnnntl Mnrkft. CINCINNA'ti , Dec. 17. WHEAT Easier ; No. 2 red. C9',4c , . , , CORN Firm ; No , 2 mixed , SoVjO. OATS Klrm : No. 2 mixed , 29 ! 4c. RYE Steady , No. 2 , 57c , PROVJSIONS-Lunl. quiet at $1.90fC.OO | ; bulk mtats , stiiidy at $1.50 ; bacon , quiet at $5.50. WHISKY Klrm at $1.20. Grain ItrceliiU Ht I'rluolpnl Markvln. MINNEAPOLIS , Dec. 17. Receipts : Wheat. 629 rare , DULUTH , Dec. 17. Recelpta : Wheat , 220 CBKANSA8 CITY , Dec , 17-ReceJpts : lipat , 119 cars. CHICAGO , Dec. 17. Estimated receipts for Monday : Wheat , 250 carsj corn , 625 cars ; oats , 425 cars. JAMES E BOYD & CO , , Telephone lO.'M ) . Omaha , Nab COMMISSION , GRAIN , PROVISIONS and STOCKS BOAKU OP TRADE. Olre'l wire * tu t.'uluirfd * < iu N w York. ComipcindrnUi John 4. Wirrcn A Co. TF.I.KI'IIONB 11)53. H. R. PENNEV & CO. , noniii , X. Y. Life II lit if. , O m aim , JVh , StocksGrainProYisions. , , . Direct Wif * ftew York , Chlc Ko iVotvru 1'nlnts. BUY THE GENUINE' SYRUP OF FIGS . . . MANUFACTOBED BY . . . \ CALIFORNIA Fid 5YRUP CQ , frnorrts TUB NAME.