Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-05-10

Mcrino, unwashed ...... 40 "a o AZ
Mcrino washed ................. o ~ O. s.
HAY. per ton from the cars......D w M q NO
REMARKS The Flour market during the
past week has been strong and active, and under
light receipts the market has again sustained
an advance Of 25c per barrel hi grades. The
scarcity Of watcr in the upper country causes
light receipts, ANA vi GINA brands are very
,curce and in active enquiry. Pennsylvania and
Western brands Of Spring Wheat Flour are in
fair supply and quiet. We revise our quota
tuns and note firm feeling in the market;
Family 10 75aSli 81, choice Sll IS; Extra . 15n
$40 Is i: Supers h0aSS 3 Wheat is in light re-
! c.pt, and the demand for prime and choice
samples is active; small offerings Change,
with sales at 2l5 for prime and 22O for choice.
! Corn is scarce and in active demand sales to-
day OF white ut sc; no yellow offered. Rye IS
| 10 fir demand; sales to-day ut l03 Oats are in
demand; sales today ut So and 60. The market
j. still bare If imp AID ground Plaster car
; goes are hourly expected. Salt is in good sup
plv ard fair demand Wool is wanted Bacon
continues very dull. Prime Butter is in de-
,nand medium and low grades are not wanted.
! Dried Fruit is scarce and in demand. Eggs are
nlorr active nj an advance OF ! to &c Chickens
are in demand Irish Potatoes in demand.
Onions arc very duh Seeds nre duh and nominal.
/ Fish MARKET II nd"r the weight of largely
| increased supplies, hot weather and little out
side demand, prices have ial!'n to the lowest
po:nt r.ache,l this season. 900 UCO Herring up,
with sales ut las so per thousand and 1900
Slud arrived and sold nj 8 ,SS per hundred.
! BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET May 0. 1872
! Prices To-day for Beef Cattle ranged as fol-
! lows: Best Bceves at 25tSS IA general
! ~ rated first quality ut oaS7 70 medium
J Steers, Oxen and Cows at 1onSj ~ inferior
| and lowest grades of Cattle UuuS4 13--gcneral
! average Of The market to-day So -; extreme
| range Of prices m,.SS l2!. Mot Of the sales
/ were from 6 - 10 = % per 100 lbs Total re-
! cripts for the week 93l head. against sos head
! Int week. Total SKIES Tor the week 92l head,
! against 500 last week, and $40 head same time
! nsL year.
>hup and Lambs-There WIS large increase
! in the recci pts ut sheep this week, causing de-
| cidcd break in the market towards the CLOSE
! We quite fair To good sheurrd Mt 3n6Sc, and
wool sheep ut 1,,c per III gr, S. Lambs are in
good demand. We quote at 3,S5 per head, AS
| to size aud quality.
Uuys-Thc receipts have been largely in
! creased this week, but prices nevertheless have
bptll July llialLhilltu, au though LHc HulllDc!
! has been c mparativeNy so large. At the close
j the p' rs IRE quite bare The d-mand for Corn
! ted Hogs ha> kept about even with the receipts
the butchers III the beginning of the week beiEg
rather lightly supplied The supply of stillrr>
about equal, the demand, which is not very
! brisk. We quote corn-led Hogs HI 6aSb 3D. and
: stiIi-ied at . oUaSj per l0J bs net
! ALEXANDRIA CATTLE MARKET May To-
! Beef CATTLE he offerings this week amounted
to rs hcad-an over supply. The market Was
rather du and dropping, ut n decline of fully
| t. gross weight. Prices ranged from to lie
for from inferior 10 prime. Cows and Calves
| are largely III excess of the demand, and are
| dull at from % To SOP
! Sheep and Larnbs-Abnut 1910 head arrived
| this week, 500 Of which passed on to Bait more,
and the remainder were taken by the butchers
here, and driven To the District markets. Prices
ranged from To &c frr old sheep, and from to
s. per head for lambs.
| liugs-Are in full supply at from to &c net,
and DAHL
GEORGETOWN CATTLE MARKET, May o
There we've LIS Beet Cattle, 1890 Sheep and
Lambs and 30 Cows and Springers offered this
week 40 Cattle, 80 sheep and 20 Cows and
Springcrs rel aim d over unsold the remainder
50 ID ut from to Sc for Cattle ! to SC for Sheep
3 TO s. 10 FIR Lambs. and from Is to SGU for
Cows and Calves and Sprinpers. Cattle dull
Sheep and Lambs MODERATED y active; Cows pnd
SpringerS only active for No. ].
FREDERICKSBURG MARKET May 9.-The Of
fnrngs of W heat smal-no prime or choice
being held by the farmers in this section, all be-
ing brought from other markets. Flour firm at
LASH for Family; Extra 10nSlo So and Super
7jaS9 Is. Wheat, l7Oa220 Tor fair to choice
white and l72a2!5 for do red. C.rn 62a65.
Oats 50a55. Rye 7uu7S.
LYScuB RG MARKET, May 9-Flour scarce
and advancing; Supers 9aS9 Is; Extra 5Oa
s. IS, and Family I0rSlO 30. Wheat white
lG5alsO: red l5ja 20. Corn in steady demand
at sja9U for white; yellow and mixed S2a83.-
Receipts of Tobacco light with but little fine
selling and prices fully up.
RICHMOND MARKET, May 9.-The offerings of
Grain very light the only sales rep"rted being
10 bushels of prime white Corn ut a. ana "a
bushels Oats ut t3c.
G. S q. CANAL TRADE.-During the month
Of \ nril clearances were issued at the Cum ber-
land office to 90 boats. laden with lD1, 800 tors
Of coal 2It tons Of lumber, and s! tons of other
articles The shipments Of coul were ,5j7 tons
lS cwt in excess Of those for the munth of
April, 1871.
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