The Portland daily press., 1870-01-25

NEW YORK, Jan. 2i.-Cotton firm and more ac-
tive; sales 1890 bales; Middng upands 251c. Flour
sales SlU0 bbls; State and Western a. toe high
er on low grades; supertine to fancy State 20 %
900; do to choice Western 60 Is; Southern
choice 3 so q I 80. Wheat opened a shade frmer
and closed quiet without decided change; sales 49,
090 bush. Corn dull; sales $4,000 BUSH; new
store Oats dull; sales II 900 BUSH; State 62 a CSC;
Western IS a 60c. Beef steady; sales 2Sl bbls. new
plain mess 10 90 g 10 90; extra do IA 90 a II co.
Pork steady; sales 625 bbs. new mess 2s 90 a. % so
prime % 20 a 20 so. Lard quiet and heavy; sales
80 erces; seam 16i q III kettle 1T g lsc. whls-
Sugar qulet sales 100 hhds. fair to good refining
1of q 1O3. Molasses DUH Tallow quiet; sales "a :
G0O lbs at 81 lOic. Linseed steady at 20 i'll gold
Freishts to Liverpool steady; Cotton per steam I'd |;
Flour per steam Is Cd; Wheat per steam sd.
NEW YORK, Jan. 24.-Cattle market-The market
for Beeves was not very active to-day and prices
head; quotations, poor to good a 15Bc; prime to
cO tet iSx 7c Sheep and Lambs, trade light but
week, 2s.35i head; quotations, common to prime
Sheep, A a &c; extra to choice st "a Sc; Lambs
nominal. Swine-The swine market during the
week was not brisk and prices We're lower, closing.
however, firm; dressed hogs are irmer; receipts Tor
the week 1920 head quotations 9t g ssc; dressed
III q 12sc
ALBANY, n. Y, Jan. 17.-Cattle manufacturers
The market tor beeves opened buoyant and strong,
but subsequently there was a reacGion owing to a
ity was better than last week, but the bulk OF sales
show no improvement in prices. Quotations 81 "a
6sc Tor nght stock u "a 6ae; tor butchering 1luol.
and Ohio and good Kentucky steers Tic, Sheep
sales to fair extent at Al a 83e, the latter for extra.
Canada hogs but little doing; the only sae reported
was IS mich COWS al 9sc, averaging 200 TBS.
CHICAGO, JAM 24.-Flour in demand for low and
medium 81 AIDES TO fill southern ana eastern orders;
high grades dull and nominal; sales at "a "a 4 rs
for Spring extras 81 q 8 so for do supertine.--
Wheat unsettled and irregular No.. 2 closing weak
at S29 cash and sellers February; rates; No. at
90 q &c; in The afternoon the market was irregular
though No. 2 was in active speculative demand at
S2a tg S3c, cash and sellers February Corn easier
under liberal receipts; sales No.. at 9ic Tor fresb
in the afternoon No. was nominal. Oats easier at
AZ "a Az cash. Rye dull at 72c Ter fresh. Barley
dull and unchanged High Wines nominally 924 20
93c. Provisions active; Mess Pork sales at 20 Is
cash. 20 90 sellers February, q 25 buyers February
and sellers March. Lard steady at Ice cash. ICut
Meats in fair demandand easier at 10Jc for should
ers 12a for rough Sides 13s for short rib mideles-
Hams quiet at 14t 15tc for sweet picked, 14c for
green. Cattle active for shipping at B so q 5 62B,
but choice cows and steers sold at 25 q 25 good
to choice 80 for extra shipping beeves. Live hogs
81 q 10 tor common; 965 "a 975 for good to
cholce dressed hogs dull at 10 % @10 so.
CINCINNATI. Jan. 24.-Whiskey steady; sales at
&c., Live Hogs dull at IS a 8 90; receipts $3.50
= Mess Pork held at 81 25; sales at q 90. Lard
firm; sales 1000 tierces at i &c for prime steam and
163c for KETTLE Green eats quiet at 10c tor should
ers, 121c for sides, and lac 145 for hams in bulk
Bacon unchanged and quiet.
CHARLESTON, s. c., Jan. .24-Cotton srm; Mid
dngs 24i q 2itc.
SAVANNAH, Jan. a. Cotton firm Middling
upands 24ac.