Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-03
MARKETS 81 TELEGRAPH.
KEW YORK.

NEW YORK, August 2.-Dry Goods
Business in this department is generally
inactive and likely to be so during the
next fortnight, now that the furOre among
commission men and agents has partially y
subsidized II shaWls, and other lines of
! goods prices generally are gradually sd-
Ysncing, in most cases textiles, although
in some special things there has been no
/ advance at sll, as in spool cotton; nor has
| the advance in the price of goods been so
rapid as to be material, but prices have
reached the altitude to defer the country
jobbers from buying in advance. The
Edward harris 8 muslins advanced to
| 12c; Amoskeag brown Canton fannels are
selling at I5c, and bleached do at l6c.
Wall Street.-The gold market to-day
was between 1l2 and 1l2k, with larger
part of the transactions st Is, the closing
price. Clesrsnces, $4,000, 600, and at the
close l-64 was paid for borrowing. Gov
| ernments continued quiet and firm to the
close, and money remained, as for long
time, easy at 293 per cent, Stocks were
more sctive day and the general course
of the market was upword; the movement
being most marked in the Northwestern
common and preferred, Union and Pacific,
Hannibal and st. Joseph, based on a
rumor to the effect that the Lake Shore
company was about to lease the Toledo
and Wabash road, and both these COM
psnies are to gobble up the Hannibal and
st. Joseph road; Sis, regular, l16;coupons,
1l6; 62s, do, l141z Gas, do 1885; Cos, do ia;
new, 1928; SIS, l13; 6Ss, 1l31s; lO40s,
coupons 1l32 currency 6s, 1l41s; Mari
pOsa, 1887; do preferred, l03h; Canton,
7S; Cumberland, 40; Western q Telegraph,
5S5S; Quicksilver, 12; Adams Ex. Co.,
81; Pacific Mail, 471s; Wells, Fargo &
Co.'s Express, AN; American Union Ex-
press Co 535&; United States Ex. Co., "a;
New York Central, 971z; New York Gen.
trsl scrip, 9S3l; Erie, 2SIs; do preferred,
So; Harlem, 1888 do preferred, l3O; Read
ing, ll43s; Michigan Central, 120; Union
Pacific stock, 1873 Lake Shore, 1893; Illi-
nois Central, 1872; Pittsburg, Fort Wayne
and Chicago, 1909; Northwestern, IL; do
preferred, 921S; Cleveland. Columbus and
Cincinnati, rs; New Jersey Central, 1851;
Rock Island. 1O77<; st. Paul, 607<; do pre-
ferred, S0N; Wabash, 62H; do preferred,
S3; Fort Wayne, 9S24; Terre Haute, 25; do
preferred, 56; Chicago and Alton, l23; do
preferred, 125; Ohio and Mississippi, As;
Indiana Central, 19}z; Burlington and
Quincy, l49; Central Pacific bonds, $50;
Union Pacific bonds, 961I; Tennessee 6s,
1917; new, ,735s; Virginia IS, "a; new, Y;
Missouri 6s, 95H; Exchange, long, l1O;
North Carolina, AZ; new, 25.
Cotton in light demand and unchanged;
Uplsnds, 2049 bales at 1870. Flour-re-
ceipts 10 lob bbls heavy I0a15c lower;
$50 bbls sold at 81 35a5; supertine West
ern and State, S. 20a5 IS; common extra
Western and state, 81 55a6 10; good to
choice do, S. 05a6 70; common to choice
white Western extrs; S. 35a6 25; common
to good extra Ohio, 50 75s9. Grain re-
ceipts: Wheat, s1102 bushels; 3s5c lower;
holders are anxious to realize fair de-
msnd at decline; 1900 bushels 81 $50
81. No. 2 spring afioat, chiefly u 30
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, August 2.-COtton dull and
nominal; Middling 19c. Flour, low grades
are scarce and firm; other qualities duh;
superfne winter, "a 1904 So; X winter,
81 75; Xxx, $595 so. Wheat dull and
prices have declined; No. 2 red, 81 10; No.
2 red winter, 81 %. Corn is duh and un-
settled and lower; mixed in bulk on
track, 3Sc; do in warehouse, 40c; do sack
ed, 47650c. Oats opened firm but closed
dull; mixed in bulk on track, S203Se; do
sacked SIC. Barley, nothing doing. Rye
dull and unchanged, 56@57e sacked.
Whisky firm at 94c. Tobacco steady.
Coffee active and firm, ranging from 16z
to 1871, Sugar firm ct 11h@121<c for good
Louisiana. Molssses dull and unchanged.
Pork dull at $14914 25, mostly on orders.
Bacon dull with only an order trade;
shoulders, 6Ac; clear rib sides, SIZE; clear
do, Sk69c. Lard, nominal. Hogs, lower,
SlG4 SO. Cattle steady at SS@5 25 for
medium to choice.
CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, August 2.-Cotton Is dull
and nominal; asking 1910 for Middling.
Flour dull but unchanged; family, IS SO
as so. Wheat dull and dropping; red
winter, 81 10@1 II. Corn quiet and un-
changed In every respect, 5l452e. Rye
dull and unchanged, 63@65c. Oats duh
and unchanged. Barley quiet and un-
changed; winter, s0@90c. Groceries and
oils are unchanged. Whisky is In good
demand at full prices. Butter, quiet and
unchanged. Provisions are dull and un-
settled and holders are anxious to sell.
There were sales of country packed pork
at $l2 IS, and city do at Sl2 80; closing
nominal. Lard, dull; no export demand.
Bulk meats are neglected; they can be
bought at 6Z@6xc. Bacon Is easier;
shoulders, 71<c is asked; sides sold at IL
@s1s, and were subsequently offered at
SIC.
NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS, August 2, p.m.-Oot-
ton firm; sales 1000 bales; Good Ordinary
49, a16%e; Low Middling, I7Z@17Zc.
Receipts, 954. Exports ooastwise, 81.
Stock, A. 4.84S. Flour, in demand; Xxx,
S8 80; xxx, 81 rs. Corn is IN moderate
demand; mixed, 700; white. 7s@7sc. oabs