Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-10-26
EVENING STAR.
BaI,imore Markets, October IS.

Cofee.-An varieties are selling slowly, but
with lightstOck prices rule firm previous
ly quoted, viz: Common 70 fair Rio 1917 a2Ok
cents, go d, prime and choice do. 22a22x cents;
gold; Laguayra 81 ka35 cents, currency, ana
Java 45a5O cents, currency.
Flonr.-Sales reported Of small lots OF very
good Howard Street Super at $40, Extra do at
ell, and Western extra at slO.75 per Dbl Inc
leading brands are in fair request for retailing
and hold very firmly, but medium ana COM
mon Flour is neglected ana heavy
Corn Meal.-No sales reported City Mills
kiln dried we quote at s475as5
Rye FIour-Eirst quality new is jobbing at
R7aS7 IS and old stock al S6.75.
Buckwheat Meal.-Receipts small and de-
uand fair al si.S7 ass per 100 bills.
Grain-Inferior and tough Wheat 2iOa27O
cents; fair 10 good 275a295 cents, and prime 10
choice 3OOa3l5 cents; Red was active and steady,
prime and choice selling at 2o5a26O cents; fair
and good do. at 24Oa25a cents, and inferior and
tough do. at 22Oa235 cents. The offerings of
yellow Corn were very light and no sales
transpired White was dull and lower. Sales
of new at 72ae6 cents; and good old al SIS cents.
Oats brought 4Sa5O cents, in large lots. De-
mand very moderate. Rye was steady, $50
bushels very fair quality bringing 81 cents
Provisions.-Transacton very moderate.
Included were so bbls Mess Pork at Sl5 %
aS35 so, 10 hhds Bacon Shoulders at % cents,
and 10000 lbs. Bacon Sides at 22a234 cts. Sides
closed in fair jobbing demand and steady, but
Shoulders were dull and rather heavy. In the
present condition of the market prices are ne
cessariIy unsettled and we give nominal quo
tations. viz: Messl Pork at S35aS35.5h, prime
Sides at 22a22S cents, Bulk Shoulders at is
cents, Sides at 10 AGO cents, Western Lard at
2sa2sH cents. and city do. at 27a27k cents.
Hams, both plain and sugar-cured, nominal
Sugars--The demand for raw Sugars shows
no Improvement, but rates are without mate
rial change We quote:
Cuba and L. l. com. TO good refining s1i .OOal4.2j
q" " grOcery....-..... H.25al5.O0
4" prime to grocery 15.50al6 0D
Porto Rico com. to good grocery. IA 5Oal5. so
prime to grocery. 16.O0aI6.5O
Refined Sugars.-Prices are cent lower
for hard, and q cent lower for soft crushed,
deliveries of 20 barrel lots being made by the
Refiners as follows:
Extra Fine Powdered. ..........21 DR. Id
Crushed, Powdered and Granu'd. 2OS :.
SOFT CRUSHED.
White .......................... 4"
"a I" OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. "
hIIra ......'.-..'......r..... ....le$
1eIlo". ......... ..-........ ....-.lS13 -
baltimore Golden Syrup. 81 ~ pr gal
Half bbls cents, and kegs 10 cents additional.
Wfiskey.-Stock nearly exhausted, the re-
ceipts for some time past having been ex-
tremely fiat. Small sales reported at 81 s3Sa
81 40, closing firmer al the latter figure.-BaI-
hmOre American.
~An Illinois sportsman shot a crane last
week, and while taking the wounded bird had
his eye picked out.
~A woman in New York beat her husband
70 death. The jury found that the man was
consumptIve and rendering a verdict that she
only FASTENED his death discharged the muir
derer.
HThe lot 100 by 900 feet. corner Fourth ave-
nue. and Twenty third street, New York, pur-
chased for the new Italian opera house cost
e144,000.
~The French missionaries say the soldier
woman in Dahomey-the Amazons-are sad
creatur es morally.