The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-12-21

NEW YORK. Dec. 20-6 P. Motion dull and de-
Ginning; sales 1870 bales; Middling uplands 254c =
tive but prices without decided change; super
fine to fancy State 45 a 700: Southern steady;
sales $50 bbls common to choice Az a 10 co.
Wheat in moderate demand and lc higher; sales 49,
600 bush.; No. Spring 70 delivered; Winter Red
Western 80 q 36. Corn heavy; sales 1890 bush.;
old Mixed Western sound 12b q 15t, the latter
extreme price Oats dull and heavy; sales % 900
BUSH; State 64t 65c; Western So a 63Ic. Beef IS
quiet andsteady; sales 200 bbs new plain mess 90
y co. new extra ao DO % 90 g 70 CO. Pork heavy Ky
old do 50 q @ 81 90 prime do S "a 90 q 70 wi asa,
Isl "a 1916 Whiskey firmer; sales 400 bbis.; West
ern closed firm at 90. Sugar IS dull and nominal;
fair good refining l0a q lie. Mo'asses dull. Naval
Stores dull Ta,low sleady sales 24,o TBS at 1oac
Lnseed quiet. Freights to Liverpool heavy; Cotton
per steamer 56 a Cd; Flour per do Is 10td; do per
sail Is 10id; Wheat per steam 3D.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2O.-Cattle market-Beeves-
to-day trade was very active in consequence OF the
favorable weather, and this being Christmas week
quite large number of show Cattle were on sale,
which brought very high figures even up to 20 a 2tc
for very fine Steers receipts the week 57lO
head; quotations, poor 10 good IL "a Ice; prime to
choice 1G a 21c. Sheep and Lambs-The market was
unchanged to-day frcm last week, a though the de-
mand was not very pressing, good stock found ready
sales extra Cbrism Sheep brought as high Ice,
and in most cases trifle over but at the close the
fully 1c; receipts tor the week, 1891 head; quota
tons, common to prime Sheep, a &c; extra to
choice do 81 a 7c fancy q 9se; Lambs nominal.
Swne-Ihe news from the great Western markets is
favorable to holder, and the offerings Lars e
the market closed heavy; receipts for the week 49,
291 head; quotations, common to prime 109 q lie;
dressed 1871 q 1876.
ALBANY, N. Y, Dec. 2O.-Cattle market-Re'
cepts of Cattle 3553 head; market opened dull with
but few Christmas Cattle offering and first class Cat
tie scarce a: the openng holders OF choice demand
ed an advance OF &c on last weeks prices, but were
met by buyers, and few holders were compelled to
accept last weeks prices others refused to send
their best Cattle forward; Christmas Cattle sold
no higher than last week for common and medium
grades; quotations are unchanged. Sheep in fine
supply but receipts weak, mainly made up of fiji e
Canada; common to fair quoted at Al q Be; fair to
good Al az TIC; good to prime q &c. Hogs-re'
ceipts Of 1--we Hogs light dressed have taken their
places; lew sales however were effected at 10f q
| 103c for light and 10s "a II &c for heavy.
| PHILADELPHIA. dec. 1s-The Coal Market ha:
| been more steady than for some weeks past, and
prices tor shipment East and South rule about the
| same at our last report. This feeling, however
has not prevailed among the New York trade rates
| having materially declined caused chiefly by the
| present warm weather, thereby allowing an uneX.
pected continuance of shipments by canal, and ow
ing to the very large receipts at the coal depos il
| that vicinity. There is an apparent anxiety anons
the shippers at Port Richmond sales. beiev
ing that the production Of Schuylkill county will
| now be very much reduced, and that the stock oil
hand will be disposed OF at present rates without an.
| very great effort 1t is with difficulty that Civ
prices as the few sales made are hardly sufficient
make quotations. The following are the prices O
ash. $500 "a %; do white ash and lump, So 90 q
| u.s. do steamboat. s. 90 a 25; do broken, SIS 90
| 90 egg, % oo q U W. 10 STOVE % 10 CHESTNUT
| IS 90.
| CHICAGO, Dec. 20.-Flour dull and weak; sales {
Spring extras at 25 q 20. Wheat dull and low
er; No. at ss5c; No. at S3s a SiJc in the after
noon No. was dull with free sellers at s3b "a S32,
seller December. Corn dull and lower; sales at ia
for No2 regular, and 7sc for fresh receipts; in III
afternoon No. normally at 7eJc seller January
Oats trmer and higher; No. 2 atet 40 a 431c Ry
inactive and nominaly at 75c for fresh No. 2. Bal
lev dull and nominal at rs a TIC. High Wines quit
and lower at 90c. Mess Pork quiet and nomina
sales at 80 10 a 81 90. Lard at 1I3 a iSic, Gree
! Meats quiet at 1Olc for shoulders Live Hogs firm