Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1872-12-18
ST. LOUIS MARKET.

There is nothing new in the aspect oi the gene
raj pro,luc" trade. The river IL still quite low
aud No steamers are running regularly. The
markets. ar'. generally Unchanged uu,! quiet.
Flour is firmly held AMI the Il, mani l. good. bUt
trad is restricted hy lack "i transportation Ia,
cisI"-. Wheat continues HAT and trmprtize'i
Corn /, more active AMI promises further ad-
vance, receipts continuing Ia rule below the
wants OF the trade. Receipts Of oats also
dwndlins and price, are stilring up liner" l.
no change III barley. Rye is active nu'l higher
N"tlin. "t Importance IL doing IN hay III" In"i>r
atmosphere Tor thu past day or tw" has brought
out \ lew tobacc" buyers again, hut the narH"t
is very slow. There is nuIhm, new in pro,i-
sons Mes pork ranges al Sis 10 IL Zj and il
very quiet Packing progresses in full force, but
hog. tend down III price. receipts continuing
quite large Democrat, 18th.
NnNrAT. December IG.
/ Flour was unchanged i'll any respect the Giiii-
Guilty nfi.amilInS continuing 10 operate rs check
To transactions, AMI hri'icr> rrniining firm vii h
the idea thatres-nt mni.t torahic Limitations 10 lis
move nrnt viii let up There WAS very little done
/ in VIII At, hut both spring and winter were held
higher Corn WAS active and firm bat. firm
and unchanged Barley and Ia
durin:, the week NnoIlrrrn.s "f f;"bacc". Cot
ton continues Guil and w"ak. without being
Iu"tahly unchanged. Mi'l,ilinS CONTINUES nt
: Provisions were unchanged, mess pork sier.
selling ai Sl2 per barrel, which may hc raSar"ed
as the ruling price at the Cl"-e "i the week lar't
WAS quiet but iirIn with sales III lot of 900 !os
prime steam :. o. January att We mote t!i9
market rs steady for present, and with srccu-
! la;iNc 'l' maud tor future delivery
/ HENl-lhcrc is only retail demand Tor bet
ter gralcs undrrs>cd and shorts, and M order de-
mand tor good dressed. We quote inferior and
common undrees.d hemp S,iuDa ~; far and prime
do .etS,: strictly prime and choice DO SJG loo:
shorts SlO0G 10; dressed hemp sls' laj; harkle
tow sIi9'0 per ton. sales IA bales undresse,i
hemp At S.iJ, and ii do do So
! CArTLE-rhe only grades that presented any
appearance Of activity We're well brpSe Oxen.
The demand for these durilg the first breaking
out ofihc cplzrutic WAS quite brisk and sales
were made rea'liiy at sl3Oa2:i. and a. high rs
81 per woke, ami at 81 5t;'i ~ per lnO lbs when
sold that WAY. Regular dealers showed but liitl,
desire to handle them, ami the majority oi the
sales were nI:I,is un the streets. huring the las
few days ni the week, the disease having abatcd
! somewhat AMI the market being thlriy gutt.d
with oxen. values declined, and sales were mad,
/ at S3ods5, aud Sl2jnit0 for eN,ia, AMI al 81 2it,
| 5per 100 lbs Yesterday t.r market Closet du
with small sales, and with but - poor OUTLOOK
Tor all grades.
The hog market was unchanged from the fra
lures OF the week. Receipts were light and nj
sold at ~ 58n3 .D for light 10 extra hntch-rin;
To packers At 81 .DrfS.5 The aggregate number
] received since Nov. was rs 4pj, against 240, So
! in the same time In year. Sin"c Nov !, -. liS
leaving for packer AMI city consumption 26i
! 2.LS to late