The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-08-11
Observation-Disclosures.

NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-Ashes quiet at % for pots
Cotton is dull and irregular and without decided
Four-receipts 4S4s bbls Flour quiet and prices gen.
orally without decided trade buying only 10 supply
pressing wants; sales $500 bbls at 4 70 do IS for
superine Western and State; so 615 for common
to good Western and State; 20 az 60 for good
choice do; 90 "a 20 for common to choice White
Wheat Western; 6 05 q 10 10 for common TO choice
extra St. Louis; marked closing quiet Southern Flour
without decided change in price with very limited
demand sales $50 bbls at 20 q rs for common to
fair extra so q 10 60 for good to choice. Rye Flour
steady and in moderate trade demand; sales $50 bbs
at 4 80 q 5 80. Corn Meal steady and in moderate
demand sales 900 bbls at 10 a 90 for Yellow Wes-
tern; 8 So a 3 80 for Brandywine. Whiskey lower;
sales 100 bbls at 94lc. Gran-receipts Of Wheat S.
mand and brisk inquiry for forward delivery; sales
100000 bush (part to arIive) at 10 az y 70 ire
jected Spring; % for inf ror for No Chicago 40
a AZ for Northwestern Spring; 30 a "a for No
Spring; ~ q &c for No Milwaukee; inside price
for Inferior outside price for choice; 40 q so for
Western; 50 for old Winter Red Illinois; sales of
1900 bush new Amber Michigan, list half of Sept at
1 60; and 100000 new Milwaukee for Oct at / ~ a
AS for No 2; 30 for No do. Barley dull and I'M
changed. Barley malt quiet; sales H. 400 bush, four
rowed State, on private terms. Corn-receipts 22o-
at s. r steamer
55 a 56A for sail; 81 q Coo for high Mixed and Yellow
Western; AZ a SIC kiln dried; G@7s for White
Western AS a SOC for heated. Oats receipts 54.
121 bush; Oats heavy and lower; sales 81 900 bush
at 42I a 43lc for new Mixed Western; chiefly 43c; IS
tern. Eggs in fair request and steady Coal at 80
50 for Anthracite.P ton y cargo. Hay is quiet
end without decided change in prices at 30 60 50 90
quiet and unchanged: 1872 quoted at IS a As; Calf
ornia AZ q &c. Leather is In moderate request and
Grande light middle and heavy weights at % q SOC;
California do 2et q 27c Orinoco do 20 q &c. Wool
fleece is a socr No pulled &c; Western fleece 47c
slightly bury; California Spring 263; Black Utah
soc. Coffee quiet and firm; Rio quoted 10 q 20ic
Sugar firm, particularly for Cenrifuga fair to good
fhS at 81 81. Petroleum dull at q q &c for
higher at is CO. Beef quiet and steady at 90 q 10 50
for plain mess II 25 q II 30 for extra do Beef hams
dull and heavy at Is % g % co. Tierce Beef is 9uiet
and firm dnll at II 90 q q so for prime Hmess % 90
a % 90 for India do Cut meats dull and unchanged
middles steady. Butter is steady for choice lots,
prime Western; Is a SOC for State. Cheese quiet
aud in buyers favor at 123 @ 1Sc for fair to prime
49, q Id; do sail liz 1T. ''AA pe' ''''
CHICAGO, Aug. 9.-Flour in good demand ut fsll
prices; stock very light; sales of extra Spring 80 "a
g. Wheat is in fair demand and firm; the market
opened higher and closed advance lost No 1 Spring
q g IL; % do for spot August at | is seller
jected 81 a ylAc. Corn opened and closed dull No
mixed at $40 a Sole spot seller Aug; s55 a 3sc
seller for Sep; 3SSc 90 Oct; high Mixed 3Sa @ 3slc;
rejected 34c. Oats in fair demand and lower No
at 27a on spot 253 q 26c seller Sept rejected rs q
Ri Rys az. G%et sna ss e N S Os o.
seller @ Aug Is seller AT Lard n
demand and higher at l3c bid for round lots Bulk
meats steady; shoulders held at TIC; sides o. e 9ac.
Bacon steady. Sales of sugar cured hams, packed,
Is; Breakfast Bacon life. whiskey quiet and un-
changed at 81 c.
Lake Freights unchanged and steady; Corn to
Buffalo &c. f.-r
Receipts-3,ooo bb,s -four, 81 900 bush wheat 212-
900 bush corn $4,000 bush oats 1000 bush rye, $1,000
bush barley,
Shpmepts--3000 obls -four, 23 900 bush wheat 1885,
900 bush corn 1000 bush oats, $1,000 bush rye 1000
bush barley, 0OO0 hogs. s
TOLEDO. Aug. 9.-Flour is firm and in fair de-
mand. Wheat dull and lower; No White Wabash
50; No White Michigan 90; Amber Michigan on
spot 81 q 81; seller Sept 3si a 80; old AZ
No old Red "A; No do 37k; No 2 DAYTON and
amber Illinois 50; No at As. Corn steady; high
mixed on spot 43c; for last half Aug 49,; do Sept
441c seller Oct at 45H low Mixed 43c White on spot
sic; seller Aug SAC; no grade iOl damaged SEC.
Oats quiet; No old at Acc; rejected PC.