The following market quotations, from the Oquawka " Spectator," show the prices prevailing February 12, 1848:

Wheat (winter), 55@ 57 cents ; wheat (spring), 40@50 cents

Corn, 15@18 cents

Oats, 15 cents

Barley, 30 cents

Flax-seed, 60 cents

White beans, 38 cents ;

Potatoes, 20 cents

Dried peaches, $2

Apples, $1.12

Salt (Kanhawa), 50 cents

Ground alum, per sack, $2.50

Dry hides, per lb, 6 cents

Green hides, per lb, 3 cents

Lard, 4 cents

Tallow, 9 cents.

 

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