, 1873-12-23
1851 9,oo0

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Wool, It's. .........1 N7,sU1l 74,2B5l| 8pHDD 1211f
Lumber. IN ft...... Iii sSs is a1a
1h..Rtes' m.'"'..' t.."....] 1,o4nil Ana Wa
sail, Srls .: '' iio sss 1aia .'''ia56 ias5
Withdrawn from atoro OF Saturday foroi.y con.
sumption 0558 bu corn; 053 ht1 oats l, ,5i8 bu
hurley.
Tic following grain hns bccn inspected Into
store thia morning up to 10 o'clock: 413 cars
wheat, 52 cars corn; 81 cara onts; cars rye;
10 cars barley. Totnl, COB cars, or $4,000 bu.
Tho leading produce rrarkota wero generally
stronger today, with somewhat more Of nctlvity
-ohicity becauao groat mnuy operators were
anxious TO got thoir b1pinosa closed up before
Cbrlstmas, that they might post their books
md onjoy tho holidays. Thoro WAS, however,
n falr demand for casl, produce, on shipping nc
count, and the movement Of tho markets seemed
to DO generally caltl,y one due to convictions
that grain and provisions arc worth present
prices.
Dry goods were III good tcnand, and prices
wore firm and tending higher. In tho grocery
market thero was nothing now to noto. Busi-
ness continues fairly active, with all the staple
and moat side goods firmly held. Duttor and
cflecao sold to liberal aggregate at fu1l satur-
days prlccs where tloy wore firmly held. Thoro
was no change iu tho fish, dried fruits, and
canned goods markets, a liboral amount Of saloa
being accomplished ut previous quotations.
Leather, pig-iron, paints. aud oils ruled quiet
and unchanged.
Lun,por remains quiet and unchanged. Tho
demand for metals ahd Iron, though light, ia
equal to tat Of aat year at thia time and prices
especially for nota1a aud tnners' stock, are very
atoady; md tuplate Mt S12 90 il relatively lower
than III Now York. Nails woro iu moderatc ro-
quest at s4,25 ratea. paokera' descriptions Of
cooporago were dull and woau pork barrels bo-
Ing lowor. Wool aud hops were quiet, tho former
boing firm. The trade IN broou-corn was fair III
the aggregate, and tho tnarlsot ia quoted Arm.
Hny VAS also ilrmt and scatoe+, particularly the
! bettor grades Of timothy, which arc In dumnud
Tile seed market was rather quiet. but prices
| rolnain Hteady. Poultry was III good demand,
| aud choice fresh lois woro firm. Game WAS
stea1y. and in fair request.
| lIighwinos were active ut leo|ino OF 1c, eales
being reported Of 300 brls at 95o. New York was
| quoted firm ut !gct but Cincinnati, was reported
lower, aales having boen made there at 02o y
gallon
oragcd Shade higher but buyers wero unwill-
| Ing to pay an advance asleu in consequence Of
tbs rise liz 1.-Two, aud foil OF hence tho bulk Of
tho sales were made ut &c below tllo closing price
Of Saturday, cosiug steady at s5.s5 = 100 lbs for
| orlor. Sales were reported OF 1877 head at So O0
30 at a5.95; 2B3 at $3.50; 2l5 at $685.; W soft
| ut $500 155 dividing OH 2ou lbs, at s585@5.9o;
1Co on private torn's. Total, 1,1o2 head, out Of
| SUIT received.
| Provisions were stronger and more active in
the aggregate, though irregular In both respects.
| Tho bulletin carly announced ap advance Of 25c
| per 100 los III the price of live hogs, and thig
! inlado holders of product Grmer Ia their yiows.
Buyers wcro slow to taAo hold, but III tho last
half Of tho session took hold moro willingly at
! the advance, which averaged about 26o por brl
Oil pork, 10@l5c per 100 lbs OH lard, aud 10 pcr
a nj : NI11n ras
quest on export account. Operators wore far
from unanimous In their views aB to tho neces-
sity for tue ADVANCE mud aonlo Of them claimed
that 1t was a n1ere ruso on tho part OF tho pac-
| OIL Saturday, and put up. the price Of hoes vol
UNFAIRLY, That they might DO tho bottor nble
to sell the stocks they have Oh hnnd. Tho
c lol oso weh eh'o m %
Saturday. there wore plenty to trade on, and no
encouragement to 4ighor prices wns couchea in
the alvces from other points, Tho packers at
other places gonorally consider prices to be too
u,lwiinEness to pay tho top OF the ma1kot that
| Inns enabled our packers to do so very much
moro business this season than evor before, as
compared with the work ut other places: Thus
duct At fair, paying prices, aud tic chief office
tionable feature of tho deal is the dsproportiou
| ate quality Of meat that hna boon put up in
pork bnrroa, for Witch 1t may be difficult to find
| Tho market closed ut the following range OF
prices Mess pork new, cash Or Boor December,
! Sl4.25@143O; do zollor January, SlA.35@l4.40;
DO SELLER February,, s14.so@l4.85; do heller
@1s.25; extra prime, do, sll:oo@ll. rs. Lasd,
cash or seller December, ss.350p5.Ao; do sellor
Janunry, sB.40@8.d0 do soller February, 1916
| GDs.80; do soller March,, s9.o0@0.05. Greon
Green ahonlders at Sc; rough sides. 61Sc;
| do short ribs or loug clcAr, G9G@o}Eo; do
short clear, -G36@G9lc; meats, 10@15 days in
salt, 59so for shoulders o99@e;sc for short
boxed shoulders, 53Sc; do Cumborlands, exc
do short ribs or long clear, G26@D7c do
short cloar, 734o;. do 1oug cut llAms, 90
e4c. Meats, solo, February, abo9t 54e
eB.25; extra mess do. s0.00@0.25; boof hams,
S22 5060a300. City tallow GAQl611o; grease quot
abie at 411lG0Gc. salon woro reported Of 250 brla
ness pork, cash Or aollor tho month, at sl4.95;
brls da saler Fabtuary at $1,000. GOO brla 10 at
Sl4.924; 1000 brls do at 9l4.87k; $500 brls
do ut $l4.s6, 1000 brls do Ct 9l4.S0; ,6oo blla
800 brls do at s15.22115; $50 tcs lard at s2y6o j;
$50 tcs do sollor January at 815c; ESQ tcs do ut
s8.471S 1850 tcs do at s8.45; 250 ton do at
a34c; 760 tcs do seller February at $3.50 900
at sSo; &, bod iIs Do Q8 ibs) 1t 80 !;
100 tcs awoot picklod hams at 0c 2Oo,0D0
Ills shoulders at bHo; 1oD,0o0 lbs do at DO i;
$4,000 lbs grcon do at SC 100000 lbH salted do
seller March Ut Go 100000 lbs short ribs seler
February at 73se 20D, quo lbs do buyer February
ut DeH Moines) ut no. 6o,0on tta short clear
or February ut 715c :; $50 boxes long clear at
G5ko; 30 boxes do ut oq4o; 900 lbs do at 8l1o,
looso 20 boxes long cut hama (l8 tbs) at 91Ie :;
AZ tcs grease at " @59lo, for brown and white.
Flour was yery quiet at unchanged prices.
There was little or no demand gu export account,
and sales were ellellY to local doaors Or to I'LL
tolegraphio ordors. The receipts woro large,
but wero not nluol more than lialf the Hhip..
1nentA, 10 Tint STOCKS aro working down, md
holders arc not anxious to effect sales by making
concessions, especially whio wheat is alrong.
Bran was Armer. Baes were reported Of 10O
brls white winter extraa at s8.25; 90 brla do at
| @7.25 100 brls spring extras {Alinnesota) at
$500 100 brls do ut $5,75; TOO bills do oil pri-
vate terms; 100 brls superiines At 94.25; 25 bra
hul chant nt "a m. At frin In Mt ~ m II lr1H