The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-12-18

Domestic Markets.


NEW YORK, Dec. 16-Ashes quiet and steady at
90 50 for pots and pearls Cotton duh aud NOM
inally unchanged; sales HOG bales NIidling uplans
ceips 1854 bbs; sales $500 bbls saperfine Western
and State 50 q 10; common to z ,od extra do 30
q 6 60; gnd to choice do 6 IS az 10; common to
choice White Wheat Western ex "a 90 "a I rs; COM
mon to good extra Ohio Is q So; ommon to choice
extra st. Louis 675@925; market closing heavy;
common to fair extra 10 a IS; good to choice do
74O@925. Rye flour quiet AMI without deci led
quiet. Whiskey heavy and deei iedly lowers sales
$50 bbs at s3 "a 944c, closing inside price. Grain
ceipts-Wheat $500 bush. Wheat dull and stron :ly
Spring / so q 81; No Milwaukee 81 a 81; Win
Ter Rel Western Sc q 100; Amber Western 81 q
IS; White do IS q / 70. Rye dull and nominally
unchanged Barley duh and heavy; receipts by rail-
are are sales 500 bush; two rowed State S0c barley
malt quiet Corn in fair request and steady; receipts
79c; old Western Mixed held at 7sc in store and 7s1c
ceipts Is, $50 bush; sales 56OO0 bush; Western and
Ohio 55l q 56c in store and aioat. Hay scarce and
firm at IL 80 q IA 10 for shipping, and Is 90 q IS 90
IS 962c 1870 at 20 a SOC; 1869 at 10 q zoe; 1868 at
9 15c. Eggs in good demand and firm at "a q SIC.
Coal quiet and unchanged at 81 a 10 for anfIra-
cite per cargo. Leather active and firm hemlock,
sole, Buen . Ayres and Rio Grande light middle and
heavy weights 26 29;c California do % q 2Sc; ORR
Ohio quoted at o74 a 7Uc; pulled 60 q 63c; Texas
S7le; unwashed 55c ring clip California SO q &c;
fdll ITO 10 90 0lc. CO1fee quiet and nrm,
sales 900 bags Rio 10 q 2O1c. Sugar is dull fair to
good refining SIC q SIC; sales 800 nhds Cuba at a
SIC. Molasses in f request; sales $50 bbls New Or
leans at 4S g 55c. Rice iirm at 81 g Sc. Petroleum
easier crude 13s 13ic; refining 70 @ 23ac. Provis-
ions-Pork steady; sales 800 bbls; mess Is co.
old do 10 so a 49, new prime IL 90; do prime mess
IA so. Beef steady; sales $50 bbls: plain mess 20
10c; extra do II a 13c beef hams steady; sales $50
bbs at % sc; terce beef dull at 16 q lie for prime
mess and IL "a zoe for India do. Dressed hogs steady
at 81 a &c. Cut meats dull at "a &c for shoulders
and e lie for hams middles quiet sales AIS boxes;
short clear 7se; short ribs 7lc short cut hams Ylc
also rs boxes short ribs, February, 7fc Lard heavy
sales 60 5 ties; No to prime steam q 9-i6c; ket-
tie rendered SCI also 500 December 91c $50 do
at ssc $50 do March at losc; $50 do April at lOic.
Cheese dull at ii "a lic. Naval Stores-Spirils Tur-
e co. qTa% ss Ss az %
Freights to Liverpool dull; per sail, Cotton 7-32d;
per steam Slid.
CHICAGO, Dec 1s-Flour unchanged. Wheat is
firm; No Mixed Al g Age. Oats higher; No. at
32ss. Rye qncbange I; No2 at 81 g 62sc Barley
and finn at IS rs. Lard is weak at ca q 67A.-
Hams in pickle 9 &c.. Meats unchanged. Dressed
Hogs at Is g s5, and closed dull. Whiskey active
SSc. Total number of hogs packed to date 100.
Receipts-5,U00 bbls -four, $4,000 bush wheat, 49,
OOO bush corn, 81 900 bush oats, 5000 hogs;
Shipments-i0O0 bbls flour, 4 900 busLwheat, 10 900
bush corn, 1000 bush oats, 5000 bush barley, 400
hogs.
TOLEDO, Dec. 16.-Market unchanged.
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 16.-Flour unchanged. Wheat
duli ana nrm; NO at 1 225; NO = at l93. Oats
steady; Mo- at S2ic. Corn frm; No Mixed 41c.-
Rye is steady; No at 6Ic
keceipts-l,OoO bbls -four, 25, 900 bush wheat.
CINCINNATI Doc. 16.-POrk dull. Lard firm at Sic.
Bulk meats dull; shoulders 1t; clear rib sides 7sc.
Live Hogs in 1od demand at 10 q 20; receipts y,
900 head Whiskey steady at 90c. Green meats are
dropping; shoulders 41c SIC for clear rib sides and
Sic for clear sides.
ST. LOUIS Dec. 16-Flour and Wheat dull and I'M
changed. Corn higher; Mixed A a 4ec. Oats dull;
Mixed sacked ACC, Pork quiet at 10 Is. Bacon and
Lard unchanged,
CHARLESTON, Doc. 16.-Cotton quiet; Middling up
lands 19sc.
SAVANNAH, Dec. 16-Cotton dropping; Middling
upands 1S5 a. 19c.
MOBILE, Dec. 16.-Cotton nominal; Middling up
lands l9s a 19tc.
NEW ORLEANS, Doc. 16.=-Cotton dropping; Mid
ding uplands 19sc.