The Markets

New York- C'attle Stieep Lambs Hoï Best grades....;! lu . 4 40 $3 50 $5 25 4 Í5 Lower grades ; ■:: J ;j 2 15 4 00 4 40 ChiCHgo - Best grades.... 4 00 ;4 30 3 50 4 05 4 80 Lower graües ..3 0ü3 85 3 50 3 50 4 15 Detroit- Best g rades . . . .8 86 1 8 76 3 00 4 25 4 20 Lower grades..-' UOj.3 00 2 00 8 25 4 0J iinln a i I i - Best grade;. ...4 0t 1 2ñ 3 50 4 80 4 1U Lover gradee .2 . . 3 6 2 50 3 o 40 C 'VfilHIItl Best gradea 9 60 Í4 J 8 SE 4 :w 4 S5 Luwer grades. .2 00 325 200 335 4 10 Bnffalo- Host ;rades....4 U0 4 15 3 f0 5 00 4 40 Lower grades. ï 003 7.) 3 50 4 U0 ■):.". I'lttsburgBesl graden.... 4 IK) 4 50 3 m 4 75 4M Lower grades. 4 S6 (S 8S 2 50 8 00 4 80 GKAI.N. Kl'C. Wbeat, Corn. Oats. No. 2red No. 2 mix No. 2 wh'tu New York Tri-, 4.77 rf M i WiJÍ i u 25 l lilraeo 67 ..(;'.; 7',J..27J 21 ..21 Uetroit 72ÍÍ..WÍ 28 ..28 22 ..22tf roiedo tj ..nu ta ..28 21 ..ut Dlnclnaatt 73 . : . 20 ..&H 31 ..21M L'levelaiKl 7.' ..72 28 ..38 21 ..21 'i PltMbOTK 7ï .;.' Í 28 ..38S4 21'(..2I-, Detroit- Hay. No. 1 timothy, ?15 per ton. Potatoes, 26o per bx Live Poultry, chickena, ie per lh: turkcys. I2o: duoks, 120. EgR8, fresh Idoperdoz. Butler, freli d&iry, 4u por lb; ïreamery, ■jiic. KI 1 ! U OF TRADK. Though business is stil! waitlngi there are iigns of detlnite improvement. It is now be■ieved that tno tirst payinent for bomis will :ause DO Curtber preasure and the nioney mnr■ots are dasier aa respecta loan on collateral. .hough the difflcully of making commercial uuns still cheoks operations. Mdrchants mul tankers report tbat the signa promlse a good iprinp: tradc. No inerease appears as yet in ÏUB demand for the principal producís unless or soine forms of iron and steel, and uneer,!iimy as to oongresslODal action stiU aSeots toth industries and oommerce, but iiie Inorease n inquiri und the reports of dealers are leemed aüsurance tr largo tratio coming whenver the uncertalnty U over. The cotton milis tre dlsoussioc curtailment of productioo, as rood8 continue weak, with an output largely bxeeeding distributlon. Woolens are praotl:ally unehanRed. as ea:'h passing week of open veuther dimiu:shes the prospect of profitabie lusinesSi winle ..ubbers. clotüiers and rotallers lave considerable .stociis of heavy uooas renalnlng. salea of domestio wool durin jaulary were fur below those of a year Rgot while lales of foreigu wool were 5,O.W,iJ00 lbs more han the sanio month last year. Wheat has lííain advanced and Atlantic exports are littic arger than a year ago. Corn has ceased tu ■synipathl.e" and records little Mlvanoe. .f'ailures this week have beon 404 in the United. Untes, against -i.'i( last year. Mrs. Einniii 1. Colby, of St. Joseph, las oommenced snit to set aside a ?uper sigued by herself, which she: lupposed was a receipt for S350 alinony. but proved to be an instrument jy which she disinherited lierself aa ne of the tour heirs to the $11,000 :state of her father-irj-law. Her dirorced busbond, Charles Colby, Jr., mil his mother liraily Colby, are made lefendaitts. Escanaba'a indebtedness at present s 9137-500. It is now proposed to bond or $50,000 to construct water works if his is done the rato of taxation will e aboutl. 15 nuxt year. Oft'en woman, who inspires us with great things, prevents us from accom)lishing them. The heart of a man who won't paton iz i his home paper when he can must e made of stone.