Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-08-09

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SALT Il. a. (LiverpooD......... 10 te ! 9o
Turks Island ................. ~ Ia -
WOOL, common unwashed...... 40 (d U 40
Washed Observation-Disclosures. 90 (d "
Mcrino, unwaShed ........... Az tD 40
Merino, washed ~ t9 v ol
HAY. per ton from the carS......m w "a ." 'o
REMAEKS-The Flour market du ring thepast
week has been quiet; transactions have been
limited being confined exclusively to the local
trade. The receipts are very light, owing 10 the
scarcity Of water in the upper country. Family
brands are in light enquiry. Good brands OF
bakers Extra are in fair request Supers are
dull and neglected We revise quotations, at
which the market closes quiet: Family 8 - to
SO 80, choice Sll Extras s 80 to SIS IS for new;
do 9 to 50 80 for old; Supers to s. %. The
Wheat market opened for the week moderately
active for prime and choice samples, but under
more favorable advi es prices have advanced,
and ut the close we note an active market with
line feeling, at an advance on opening quola-
tons; offerings to-day 3 $50 Bushels; sales OF
fair white at $40; good at l55 and choice at l1o;
sales of inferior red at 10; fair at l4O to Ia;
good at $50 to 1885, prime at 100 to lG3; no choice
offered Corn-The market has been unsteady
during the week with decline from opening
quotations. offerings to-day 200 bushels; sales
ut % for mixed. Rye is quiet, receipts are light
and demand fair; sales to-day at IS Oats are IN
fair demand; sales at AZ to 45 Plaster is IN
moderate REQUEST stock fair Salt is scarce and
held firm at the late advance, holders evincing
but little disposition to SELL Wool is quiet.
Bacon is very firm; stock light Prime Butter
is in demand, all other descriptions are very
dull. Eggsare quiet. Chickens are very dull.
Apples nrc dull; market ovcrstockcd. Potatoes
steady Onions are less active at decline.
ALEXANDRIA CATTLE MARKET Angus! o
The offerings Of Cattle, Sheep aad Hogs were
light this week, though there was no advance IN
prices Cattle sold ut from to o!c; Sheep and
Calves from ~ to $40 and Hogs at from 4! to &c
net. Market dull, and no prospect of much ac-
1lvity until cooler weather
n B-Sales day for live stock in this market
is Wednesday OF each week. #....
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET. August s.
Prices to-day for Beef Cattle ranged as io-
lows: Best Bceves at 4 Coast 10; general
t. good fair quality. at OOaS5 ~ ordinary thin
Steers, Oxen and Cows ut OO.S4 %; inferior
and lowest grades of Cattle UuaoO oo-general
average OF The market to-day 81 o7!; extreme
range of prices 3 OUsS6 Is. Most Of the sales
W re from 4 Is to IS . per 100 lbs. 10
til receipts for the week 1873 head against 2,b1
last week, AN 1876 head same time last year. To-
TIL sales for the week 1904 head, against 2Olo
last week, and l4l4 head same tme last year.
Sheep and Lambs-There has been very
heavy increase in the receipts OF oheept'ls week
and under the plethorlc con iitlon OF the market
the butchers have fully supplied themselves;
and there is only slight decline to be notlced
since our last report, viz: &c per 10; bit at the
close, in the absence of amy very pressing nome
or other demand, the market has a declining
tendency W. quote fair to good sheep ut .l''c
and good to extra at 5atc per 10 gross oI"ck
Sheep 2aSi per head. Lambs 2l9t per 'ie"c, n
u size and quality.
creased this week, and the market closes rather
dull. Though the prices at which Hogs nave
sold are now in n few instances for choice lots,
quoted higher than last week, and though the
market is inactive, owing to the continuance OF
relatively higher figures in the West there d1es
not seem to be any immediate prospect OF n de-
cline We quote corn-sed Hogs at z'a9i >"
and stll-fcd nj i 75aS7 % per luo lbs net
GEoRGETowS CATTLE MARKET, Aug. s.
There were 40 Bccvcs, 20 Cows and Calves ana
500 sheep aud Lar, bs offered to-day. Cattle
ranged from !" to &c, very ,ew very Fl e at latter
figure; Sheep and Lambs from z tx >, per mead
and Cows and Calves at from 70 to sat-. Market
f,r Cattle and Sheep active though no adva@ce
in prices. The principle sales OF Cat'ls were ere
from to &C. and averag ing about 4tc. All the
Cattle and Sheep offered were disposed OF, OK
cept u head ofCattle. laid over.
y. B.-rhursd.y of each week is sales day for
live stock ut TINS market.
RICHMOND GRAIN Nj .RKET Aug. S.-The Of
l,.rinrs of Wheat to-day reached Upwards OF
5000 bushels with sales OF white and red AZ ilo.t
IS for common to choice. Offerings VI 10y
bushels white and mixed Corn, and sales at 49,
- and So Sales of Oats at IL, 81 and o. Win
offerings Of 100 bushels. Nothing doing III Rye.
FnEnEnIcKSnURG GRAIN MARKET, Aug. s