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KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Wheat 100,426 bushels: 10 cents higher to 17 cents higher; No. 2 hard 8.47 1/2-8.59n; No. 3 8.36 1/2-8.58n; No. 2 red wheat 8.51 1/2-9.05n; No. 3 red wheat 8.40 1/2-9.04n.
Corn 71,248 bushels: 16 cents higher to 8 1/4 cents higher; No. 2 white 8.96-9.21n; No. 2 yellow 8.06-8.24 1/2n; No. 3 yellow 7.86-8.23 1/2n.
No. 2 milo 12.96-13.47n.
Soybeans 576 bushels: 20 cents higher to 1/4 cent lower; No. 1 soybeans 16.80-17.10 3/4n.
Hoppers 250.00-255.00.
![Newspaper advertisement offering reward for the return of an escaped man to his oppressors, Princess Anne, Maryland, April 1, 1861. Text reads: “0 Reward. Ranaway from the subscriber on Tuesday Morning, 26th Ultimo [last month], My negro boy calling himself Severn Black. The said negro is about 5 feet six inches in height, chesnut color, has a scar on his upperlip, downcast countenance when spoken to, blink-eyed, showing a great deal of white, long bushy hair, is about twenty years old, had on when he lefta [sic] blue fustian Jacket, pantaloons of a greyish color, blue striped shirt, a Black slouch hat and shoes nearly worn out. The above reward will be paid by me for the apprehension and delivery of the said negro in the county jail at Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland. April 1, 1861. Richard E. Snelling. Somerset Herald Print, Princess Anne, Md.’ The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 obliged citizens and lawmen of free zones to return escaped men to those whom they fled. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/GettyImages-53262583-16x9-1.jpg?w=620 "GettyImages-53262583-16x9-1")
