Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-19
MARKETS.
GBY TELEGR PHI
New York.


NEW YORK, May lS.-Flour dull and droOp-
ing; sales OF 400 barrels at 81 75@S4 S5 for
supernne State and western; S. g595 IS for
common TO choice State; s595 IS for extra
western; S. 05@S5 IS for:rOund hoop Ohio and
S5 4096 90 for trade brands. Southern-sales
sales of 600 barrels at Sc O0R6 T5 for common
to fair extra, and So S099 95 for good to
choice extra, Rye flour steady; sales 80
bbls at 81 50d5 S5.
&c for state.
Cheese steady at S9le14c.
Stearine dull; sales Of $1,000 lbs at 189l634c.
Tallow unchanged; sales of 2, 200 lbs at $50
Whisky dull and heavy; sales Of 1000 bbls
Cotton closed quiet at Sa2314c for middIing
uplands and Mobile, and 2314G&35<c for mid
ding Orleans and Texas; sales $50 bales, viz:
1000 for export, IS for spinning, 2ll7 for specu-
latiOn, including $500 bales to arrive for future
delivery. Sales last evening 800 bales low
July PIG; 200 to sellers 80 days, 2t1<c. To-day
200 for May, 2l5sc: 100 for July, 2l5Sc; 25e do,
2l5c: 800 do, p l3-lbe; 800 do, H1se; 800 DO 2Ze
Rice-The stock Of Carolina is small and
frm at 654971sc.
Brazil coffee remains steady freely heId by
sellers, but buyers refuse 10 operate unless at
concessions; West India and Java coffees are
firm but quiet.
Moiasses more firm for good grades, but
low grades dull; clOyed Cuba, 4096Sc; new
centrifugal. O922c; old, 30933o;new Porto
Rico, SO95Oc; new n. o., SO9s5c; Muscovado
S8a45c
Exchange firm at lO91SglO95< for 60-day bills
Gold rather weaker at I4sS9ll454; rates,4,
"a, fiat, and 2 per cent
sympathy with the decline in gold
Southerns quiet and generally steady;
BIAS: Ievee 6s, HOAX; IS, 92g921S; Arkansas
| rs, 755<97S; Alabama S., l0l1zgiOZ1S-
Union Pacific 4C2s 94O1s; income S649S8%;
! land grant 755ss76; LIST mortgage S61ESS614;
Central 93149935s.
Railways stronger, with a general recovery
from tae towes1 a. OF 1iet 1hs and Ss1od oI
Miscellaneous list dull but generally steady.
EXPRESS shares firmer in American and
/ United States; steady in others.
New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, May lS.-Middling cotton
| PIC; market quiet and nominal Total re-
/ cefpts yesterday 5595 bales.
| The demand for -four was fair, and prices
firm but unchanged. 5. F., 81 621l94 IS; Xxx,
| So S71S035 So; Xxx, S5 1906.
Corn firm and fair demand; choice white
/ 81 40; mixed and yellow, 81 29l IA. Oats
| quiet but firm at zoe; Hay quiet at Sa; Bran
/ firm but quiet at 81 40.
| Mess pork quiet at S8lG3l 50. Bacon firm
and dem and fair; shoulders, lS5zo; clear rib,
| I71Sc; clear sides, lS39c. Hams, demand good
| and prices hrmer al 01sG2lc. Lard quiet
and firm; refined, 74gls74c; Kettle rendered
Sugar quiet but firm; common, s14991lc;
prime. ll1z@l2e; white clarified, l21agllSc
| MOlasses quiet but arm; fermenting, 7Oc;
common reboiled, 559eOc
Louisville.
LOUISVILLE, May lS.-Bagging quiet and
| firm at &c for 2 p. c Kentucky hemp.
Cotton market dull and weak; mlddlings,
2l51c; sales of Is bales low middlings at 2O1lc.
| Flour more active; supply OF low grades
moderate and prices very nrm; extra family,
Grain-Demand fair and prices steady /;
choice shelled corn in sacks, 81 20 Red and
white wheat 81 059l 70 Oats, 6oe. Rye, q W
Barley, 90c, including sacks, from store. Malt
| unchanged.
Groceries quiet gpd but little doing on or
ders, transactionssJeing confined to jobbing
lots Prime Rio coffee, 221Sc; prime n. o..
sugar, u; prime n. o. molasses, zoe,
Hay-Fatr shipping demandi sales OF cholce
timothy delivered at depot at SlS so; receipts
Provisions continue very firm, with mod
crate transactions at full prices. Mess pork
ouiet at $40, Bscon-demand fair; shoulders,
BIC; clear rib, I714c; clear sides, I7S4c. Bulk
meats-demand fair; shoulders, l215c; clear
active; sugar Cured l9c. Lard-demaRd far
at l7c in tierces and lS1%c in kegs. Breakfast
bacon quiet at l9c packed.
Whisky inactive but steady at 81 O69l O. for
Leaf tobacco active at full prices sales to
day 845 hhds, bids ranging from So to $50.
Cincinnati.
| CINCINNATI May lS.-ProyisiOns Arm at
$780, Lard I6JIale3Sc but held at l61zc. Meats,
steady demand at IL Is, l5% and Ice; sales of
$1,000 lbs at above quotations Bacon active
and firm; shoulders l8ss9l31zc; clear rib 1914
| clear sides &c; sales Ill hhds.
Flour inactive ; sales for fair, SIS and IS 5
| wheat quiet at Sl lUlIl II. corn Qull anu
declined to S4995c for ear, and 9Sc9Sl for
shelled; sales of 200 bushels at 94@95c. Oats
quiet at 55962c. Rye and barley unchanged.
Cotton dull at 22G224c.
Whisky firm; sales of 255 bbls at 81 o..
Bran, SlS@lS so. Hay Sledn So
Dairy products unchanged.
| ReceipLs-W heat, 4SU0 buShel; corn, 100
bushels; cotton, 1850 bales; whisky, 1880 bbls
Sbipments-Wheat, 2fO0 bushels; cotton
| lTO0 bales; whisky, 70S bbls; pork, lS3 hhds
366 tierces and 0,000 lbs.
Pittsburg.
| PITTsBURG, May lS.-The crude oil market
quiet and unchanged. 1000 bbls s. o. for May
I21zc and 1000 bbls 5. o. all year, 1910. We
quote spot oil, l2@l23so, and 5. .. for May, l2g
l21kc; June, l2c and all year, 1ls4ci buyers all
year, 1414c. The market on Oil Creek Is weak
, | and prices lower; refined, weak and declin-
, ing. We quote spot or May at 1910; June at
&c; lines from August to December, ,2Sc; buy
ers' option, all year, 2o5492ec. No sales.
ST. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, May lS.-Flour-Low grades In
active demand.
Wheat nominal; No. /, 921Ic.
Receipts-Corn, l6, ,766 bushels, $50 SKIS; flour
100 SKIS; rye, lO7 do; wheat, ia do and $50
bushels.
Chicago.
CHICAGO, May ls.-Wheat, No. spring
/ 9l1Sa92c Corn a shade easier and quiet at 8
! taSIZc; No. 2, T9aSOe; rejected, "A to 76e; N.
grade closing at 5414 10 S41zc for No. 2 Oat'
unsettled and Irregular. the market being un
, der the control of few strong parties. Rye
: quiet.
, Highwines dull at 81 o.
! Provisions quiet but firm, except lard.