The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-19

sxw YoRx. Oct. 1876 P: Motion firm; sales
q o bales; Middling npands 26sc. FloIr,sales 49,
and closed dull and heavy; superne to fancy State
80 a 5O do to choice Western so q go; South
shade AZ 4US
Wheat opened a shade frmer and closed dull heavy
and 2 q &c lower; the extreme scarcity Of freight
No Spring is; No do 50 q 81; White Cali.
tornia so q 81. Corn opened heavy but closed
western ioS a o. for unsound and os q IL for
sound. Oats dull and lower; sales 26 005 bush; new
Southern and Western 50 @ &c, closing at 60 q 6ac
IL 90 "a IT 90 Pork duh and heavy; sales 200 bills;
new closed at 81 90 cash; prime 26 80 q rs co.
les i le Is a s.c Whiskey dull sales 1920 bbs; ives.
tsrn tree 20 "a Fl. Sugar fairly active and steady;
sales GOO hhds; Museoyado Ut q l2le; 1000 boxes
Tailow steady; sales 10000 TBS at III 11Ic. Lin
seed quiet. Freights to Liverpool frmer Cotton per
steamer ad; Flour per steamer 2s Sd; Wheat per
NEW YORK, Oct. 1s.-Cattle market-Beeves-
market heavy and prices barely maintained receipts
tor the week, 1913 head quotations poor TO good
l4jc; prime to choice 14t q C. Sheep and Lambs
market for good Sheep and Lambs ruled firm, while
poor stock brings low igures receipts tor the week.
a 6sc; Lambs q SC. Swine fill off about 4c, clos.
ing weak at quotations; receipts fOr the week s,ll
head; quotations, a 1ohc; dressed 12t q $780,
ALBANY, N. Y, Oct 1S.-Cattle more active this
week; the supply of beeves is larger and the average
quality is equal to that of last week premium and
extra steers sold quicker at an advance from "a &c
over last week; prices OF common and poor Cattle
unchanged; fine selected Kentucky steers from 81 to
81 :; medium 81 q Tic; Cherokees sold slow at &c
and Texas at ~ q 5sc; native bulls al &c. Sheep and
| Lambs-The supply was abundant; LamDs brought
the full prices OF last week. Sheep fell OH &c, and
were slow of sale; Sheep A a 5tc, Lambs q stc:
Hogs dull Illinois 107 g lie; Michigan " 9 loc
| New York 10 q 10ic. -
| PHILADELPHIA Oct. 16.-Coal Market.-We have
to report very decided improvement in the market,
the demand being rather in OF the supply, OF
slightly advanced prices. COastwse vessels are In
quotations. The following are the prices OF Coal by
| the cargo at Port Richmond :-Schuylkil red ash.
So 40 q 60; do lump, So 90; do broken, So 70; do
egg So 20; do stove, So 20 do chestnut, So 90 10
Shenandoah steamboat, 81 90; do broken, SO 10; do
| egg, SO %; do stove, SO %; do chestnut, $526
| CHICAGO, Der. 1S.-Flour active at Is q 90 fol
Spring extras. Wheat opened firm, active and hig h
| er; sales No. at 0s a 0S4; No. at 02t q "a
in the afternoon No. was unsettled and dull at %
Corn quiet; No. at 66 q Sole: in the afternoon No
| was dull at 65+c, seller Oct Oats firm and buOyan
al ~ "a 42Ic cash. Kye steady; No. at size; No.
| at 7ec Barley weak. Hi Oh Wines easier at III
| Provisions dull and easier. Mess Pork nominally
| 81 co. Lard inactive and nominal at III q 17tc.-
Dry sated shoulders offered at 14@c. Rough side
| 17c Hams tic. cattle quiet and steady at 5O
| 90 for Texas Steers and light stockers and 70 g
| 7 80 tor good shipping. Live Hogs quiet and snad
weaker; sales at 10 for stockers, w @ AZ for iai
to medium and 80 q 10 90 for choice.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 18.-Whiskey in moderate de
mand at 10. Mess Pork dull at 81 90, with bu
little demand. Lard dull ia q 173c Bulk Meats.
none Offering. Bacon dull; shoulders lsci clear III