The Portland daily press., 1873-06-02

Domestic Markets.


New YORK, May 31-5 P. M.-Ashes quiet at 90
for pots Cotton in very limited request for export
and home use without decided change in prices sales
28,315 bbls Flour is heavy and a 10c lower with
very limited export and home trade demand; sales
5000 bbls at Is q Is for superfne Western and
State; 30 q 10 for common to good extra Western
and State; Is q Is for good to choice do; 10 q
ira; so q 10 20 for common to good extra Ohio; 20
q II Is for common to choice extra St. Louis; mar
ket closing heavy; Southern Flour dull and declin-
extra 25 q II 50 for good to choice do Rye Flour
quiet and steady; sales 200 bbls at rs a 90. Corn
Meal quiet with small sales; Caloric 50; Brandy
bbls at 93Ac. Grainreceipts of Wheat 21O04O bush
Wheat heavy and 1 a &c lower, with large receipts
and an advance in freights;. prices strongly tend
downward; sales 104, 900 bush at 1 80 a for in
ferior Spring; IS q IS for No 8 Chicago Spring;
No 8 Milwaukee, at So; IS for Mixed Spring; 81
sp pc n 60 g. @ No ss g
for No do, to arrive next week. 10 for White IVES
term also sales 900 bush No Milwaukee to arrive
&c. 900 bush Canada to arrive at 90A q 9c. Barley is
quiet. Barley malt is dull. Corn-receipts 1871, 1864
bush; market opened firm and closed heavy and de-
clining sales 900 bush at 63A Csc for new Mix
ed Western; so "a 64c for soft do; 653 a &c for yell
low Western; SOC for White do 81 q 69tc for old do
Oats-recepts 1903, $50 bush; Oats heavy and lower;
sales $1,000 bush at AZ q Soc for new Mixed Western
5s g &c for Wire Western; 4s g sc for Black Yves,
90 for Anthracite y ton ~ cargo. Eggs in fair re-
guest at II a isc for Western IS q 1s for State and
HOBS m 1ar
unchanged 1872 dqnoted at So q 80; California As d
55c. Leather firm; Hemlock sole, Buenos Ayres and
3Oc; California do q a 2sc; Orinoco do q a 2Sc.-
Wool dull and easier California fall tic; do Spring
2sc; Mixed fleece at 47t g 5sc; Ohio 4sc unwashee
quoted 17a 1850 in Gold. Sugar moderately active
sales 1920 hhds at g q &c; fair to good refining u
&c. Molasses quiet and unchanged. Rice firm; sales
of 65 ties at u q SIC; 300 bags Rangoon at Ct q &c
currency Petroleum dull and lower at SIC for crude
rehned at 2Oc e lower; sales 10y
Beef-sales 65 bbls at 900 a II so for plain mess
II Is g y 90 for extra do Beef hams dull; sales at
q o. for prime mess; % 50 q "a 90 for Indiana Cut
Meats quet sales at u q 13c for hams; shoulders at
Lard is active ard lower closing steadier sales 300
ties at &c; Western steam for Kettle rendered. also
1000 do for 516c Butter quiet and in buyers favor
at % q 29c for fair to prime grass Yellow State;
II a 22c for Western. Cheese is steady at u a Isle
Turpentine ower sales 225 bbls at 463 a 47c closing
at 45Ac best bid Rosin firm; sales 20 for strained
Tallow quiet; sales g., 900 TBS at q 15-16c.
CHICAGO, May 31-Flour quiet and unchanged.
Wheat opened firm but closed dull and lower; No
Spring sold early at 81 on spot and closed with SELL
closed at 26ac seller July closed at 25a 20 seller
Aug; No Spring very dull with light sales at So
closing easier; No Mixed closed with sellers at sssc
for regular spot 39c seller june 424c seller july;
42ic bid for seller Aug; Yellow Al q 4lfc; rejected
SICK. Oats quiet, weak and lower at 31a q 314 on
spot for No Il $40 q 3lac seller june. Rye is quiet
and unchanged; No 2 at 5ssc. Barley dull and nom
inal. Provisions-Pork steady at IS 90 a 16 12A on
spot Is So seller June. Lard is steady at So cash
seller June. Bulk Meats steady; shoulders at Ga
q g.; short rib middles SIC seller July. Bacon Is
steady; hams long cut averaging II TBS 1O4c Whis-
key-buyers and sellers apart; soc bid, Ole asked
Receipts-14, 900 bbls -four 1l9 600 bush wheat 1885,
bnsh barley, 10000 hogs.
Shpmepts-12 900 obls four - 600 bush wheat. $685.
900 bush corn 600 bush OATS 90 900 bush rye
bush barley, 5000 hogs.
Wheat unchanged; sales No White Wabash at / e5
@200; White Michigan Co. Amber Michigan on
spot 653; seller June 65 do last half do 65I: sell
er July 81 To e.; No Red l IS; No do 66k No
high Mixed acc; seller June 46fc; seller Aug aec
White at 53c; no grade 3s a Acc. Oats quie. and nm
changed; No at 4isc; Michigan 4OIc. ''''- D''-
Lake Freights firm and unchanged; to Buffalo a
a &c; to Oswego q Tic. -N "
Receipts-2 900 bbls flour 10 0O0 hrs ,,bo. q, nm
bush corn, 1900 bush oats "A'''' 'i'O0'
Shiments-2o0o bbls -four II 900 bush wheat. AZ ooo
bush corn, 1000 bush oats. "'" "A'"''a0'00O
CINClNNATI, May 31.-Provisions-Pork ouiet at
10 ov Old, 10 20 asked Lard-nothiug doing steam
der SIC; kettle nominally at 81 a SIC. Bulk Meats
strong; shoulders at Gle spot; buyer June &c; do
July &c; clear rib sides held at SIC with light offer
lngs. Bacon in good demand and firm; shoulders at
tc clear rib sides 9c held a &c at close clear sides
held at 9!c. Whiskey firm al soc.
DETROIT May 31-Flour dull and shade lower
Wheat dull and declining extra Mhfe 81 z, b IA
Corn dn and lower at 47c asked. 46 q 463c bid Oats
dull and declining; State at 4Sc
Receipts-2 600 bbls flour, II, 00o bush wheat 5000
bnsh corn, 5000 bush oats
ShDments-5000 bb!s flour, O,OO0 bush wheat, 5000
bush corn, 1000 bush oats.